本来原定1月3号上午的考试，由于GMAC系统的问题被取消，还好5号上午有空位，就改到5号了。首先建议大家静下心来准备，不要像我，一边工作，一边炒股，一边追MM一边准备托福，一边准备GMAT。每天用在GMAT上的时间只有1小时左右！

先说一下成绩吧，我的要求不高，650，这是我申请MIT一个课程去年入学的平均成绩。其实我觉得GMAT并不是最重要的，首先，读一个好的学校的好的MBA要近100万，如果有了这钱就好办多了，其次是相关的工作经历，最好是在一流大公司的，有了这两样，我觉得就不是很难了。就拿我联系的MIT来说，我把我的简历给那边的老师看了，当时我只敢跟他们说我GMAT只能保证680他们已经觉得我的条件很不错了。因为你想，真正有100万读书的人成绩一般都不会太好的。所以按理今天的成绩我应该很高兴，确实我也很高兴，美中不足的就是作为一个中国人，考了个47的Q觉得非常丢人，亏我以前还拿过全国数学奥林匹克竞赛二等奖。正是因为这样，我基本没有复习数学，现在想想，如果数学能像80%国人那样考个50，总分就可以上730了。

说一下基本情况。我5年前考过GRE，成绩一般，然后在英国拿到了MBA学位。这次开始准备GMAT是从十月中旬，很多题没有做完。只做了OG10和11版的语法改错和10套GWD，没有看任何机精。当然，这是因为其它部分和GRE考试相比只会简单，所以就没看。模考2次PP3，都是720。

说说今天的考试吧，由于没有看机精，所以不知道有没有换题库。我想跟大家分享的是一定不要忽略数学，把该拿的分拿到。也不要依赖机精。说实话，很多机精都不完整，答案也未必可靠，这样的话看了还不如不看。今天感觉语文部分很简单，提前5分钟做完，而数学则时间不够，惭愧啊！

数学里有一题很难，讲的是一个书架上有4本红书，6本绿书，如果从书架上拿5本书，其中至少有一本红书和一本绿书的概率。我直接猜了个答案。这题同以下一题很像：

Q30:

There are 8 books on a shelf, of which 2 are paperbacks and 6 are hardbacks.  How many possible selections of 4 books from this self include at least one paperback?

A.      40

B.      45

C.      50

D.     55

E.      60

答案C，我怎么做都觉得是D，惭愧。

语文里出了一到GWD做过的黑体字逻辑题：

Scientists typically do their most creative work before the age of forty.  It is commonly thought that this happens because aging by itself brings about a loss of creative capacity.  However, a study has found that almost all scientists who produce highly creative work beyond the age of forty entered their fields late and less than a dozen years before their creative breakthroughs.  Since creative breakthroughs by scientists under forty also generally occur within a dozen years of the scientist’s entry into the field, the study’s finding strongly suggests that the real reason why scientists over forty rarely produce highly creative work is not due to age but rather because most have spent too long in their fields.

In the argument given, the two portions in boldface play which of the following roles?

1. The first is the position that the argument as a whole defends; the second is evidence that is advanced as part of that defense.
2. The first and second are both claims that have been advanced in support of a position that the argument as a whole opposes.
3. The first is an explanation that the argument challenges; the second provides evidence in support of a competing explanation that the argument defends.
4. The first is an explanation that the argument challenges; the second is evidence that has been used against an alternative explanation that the argument defends.
5. The first is an explanation that the argument defends; the second is evidence that has been used to challenge that explanation.

答案是D