8月24日北美的SAT考试是很多考生都非常关注的一场，很多同学都飞到了美国去参加考试。今天的这篇文章里，我们就邀请棒呆合作的北美SAT考团带队老师和亲历考生一起给大家解析这场考试的难度、考点、考试形式的变化、考团学生心得等。
特别感谢考团学生作者：J哥，为本文尽全力回忆，坐标考场中颤抖的freshman考生一枚，孤寡老人欢迎勾搭。
特别感谢考团带队老师：Anna老师，资深SAT老师，世界知名高级翻译学院英国纽卡斯尔大学同声传译和笔译硕士，国家奖学金获得者。新SAT平均每期课程提分150分以上，提分率百分之百。
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#Passage 1 - novel -开头稍有困惑，必须理解party = recital，中等难度
★ Which choice best supports the idea that Marsalles has an idealistic view on her profession?
大意是钢琴老师相信所有的孩子都爱音乐，应用她的话中重复all这样的词看出文章主旨：“But how are you to explain that to Miss Marsalles, who says, All children need music. All children love music in their hearts. “
★ Based on the passage, who is least likely to be interested in piano lesson?
选项有Her mother, Marg French, Joan Crimble(a person who stopped taking piano lessons and attending parties, only mentioned once), Miss Marsalles
答案：Joan。前一句举例说到Joan不再来了。mother and Marg French两人观点相近可能性相同，两个人表态在同一句话中，同时出现同时排除。
#Passage 2 - Social Science - 逻辑清晰易懂，3道图表，迷惑选项少，不用认真看原文
★Which of the following most resembles the situation described in the passage : 对应人们在看到很多人都投票的情况下自己更可能投票，选a teacher signs up for a conference after learning that several other teachers in the district will be attending the conference.
Evidence则选”Yet findings in behavioral science indicate that most of us are motivated by the desire to conform to the social norm.”
★ Which choice best support the idea that voters desire to be viewed as civically responsible : “Following through, however, allows them to maintain their self-identity as contributing members of society.”(the last sentence of the passage)
#Passage 3 - Science - 有图表，文章简单，个别题选项有雷点，难度中等
★ What does “befriend with human” mean : animals take advantage of the benefits provided by humans.（对应那一段附近讲的nutrition theory，说人们投喂动物让动物吃的很开心。）
迷惑选项：be domesticated by human（文章没提到的词一般不选），caution选项应该是后面半部分错了，没有说动物目中无人了，实际上他们还是很怂。
前三篇总结
按顺序做阅读的同学做完较为简单的前三篇理想用时为30分钟。后面历史双篇可以慢慢啃，确保文章观点主旨没看走眼，同时为最后一篇无图表、讲地理的科学留下充分的精读时间。有图表科学提速较为容易，掌握技巧就可以大量计时刷文章，达到6-8分钟一篇，错误率控制在1个以内。
全部做完有时间再回头double check智障题，以防手滑。这样最大几率保证难度与时间分配成正比，减少心理压力和爆炸机率。
#Passage 4 - History-双篇，难度中等
★ What can be inferred about what the author thinks about the treaty between US and France:It’s not the most important reason US should support France.
证据选 “That we are bound by treaty, and how far, I will not say; because it is not necessary. We are bound by a higher principle, if our assistance could avail; the great law of humanity.”
排除法也能做，关键词not necessary和higher principle对应选项中的not most important.
★ P2 comments on “Not from the despots that are against her: These will easily recollect that the cause of their evils took their rise here.”（若统治者赢了，他们会想起法革源头—美国） In P1 : 美国参战会引火烧身，招致更多敌人。所以本质上是不同政治理念的战争。
历史题总结
很多学生考后反馈说历史较难，其实不然。如果同学们有一些历史背景知识，考场亲测是可以提高主旨理解的。
学历史的方法有很多，对我而言最高效的是油管视频，Crash Course, Oversimplified,Hip Hughes等等都有US History老师给你讲。看的时候可以15分钟过一个主题，而不是花1小时2小时看电影，主要是了解格局背景，抓住当时主流观点走向，做题前有个预判。
很多考生做到历史就会发慌，心理上产生恐惧，实际上静下心来，好好看就不会被历史打败。我当时就疯狂告诉自己我是作者，慢慢的就会发现历史文章扯了半天基本上就是围绕一个主题。这么多句观点提示句，你哪怕花了一分钟看懂一句，中心抓住，你就稳了。以前法国大革命考过英国人对法革的看法，难度比这次要高。
历史文章一定不要心急，除非战略性放弃，建议充分理解主旨句再做题。大部分情况主旨仔细研读，文章前1/3处就会出现，注意圈出逻辑转折不要错过作者态度变化。
#Passage 5- Science -无图表，中等偏下，观点较为单一，建议专注看完全文再做题
★ Which claim do the initial flybys support : Mercury interior contained elements and compounds with relatively low boiling points. 本质上是道指代题（词汇题）。
文中 “It was a clue that at some point in its history Mercury’s interior wasn’t as bereft of volatiles as had been assumed.” Volatile = elements and compounds with relatively low boiling points, 即使你不认识，前文有对应解释过。
★How did scientists determine that not all the volcanic explosions occurred soon after Mercury’s formation : By establishing that some craters containing pyroclastic deposits were created quite a long time after mercury formed.
考察对于文章的理解。看到这道题的一种思路是，排除法过一遍选项，剩下的选项中圈出关键词在原文中找对应，1分钟内没找到你就蒙吧，随缘，不要纠结了没有意义。如果找到了对应之处，就再读一遍关键词与题干关系。
这道题选项关键词”craters”, 题干关键词“volcanic explosions”，定位到Goudge and his colleagues took advantage of the fact that most of the sites are located within impact craters. The age of each crater offers an important constraint in the age of the pyroclastic deposit inside it.速度理解一下后可以做题了。
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#Passage 1 - 科学家写作很重要，不会写没饭吃
★ 逻辑: Books by scientists such as 各种大佬 have sold millions of copies and inspired widespread interest in astronomy and physics.___ , scientists can even help shape public policy, as …..
注意了后文冷不丁又来了一句even，由此看出并列逻辑。选in some cases.
★Add/Delete: Scientists often must apply to public and private funding organizations for recourses to conduct their research, and their funding proposals are read by non experts as well as experts. Researchers must therefore be able to explain the significance of their work in simple, compelling terms to people without much background knowledge.
选择不删，逻辑上先判断没错，内容上不冲突，然后看关联性。这里non experts是关键，为后文“让一般人也看得懂文章”做铺垫。如果前文没有说一般人也可能要看高难度的专业文章的话，后文therefore就很尴尬了。
有些学生认为”public and private”已经表达了non experts会看，但是实际上意思完全不一样了。public and private都会有专家的，只不过是经营模式不同。
#Passage 2 - 西班牙语摇滚
★ 小括号好久不考了是不是有些想它？In the 1960s and 1970s, a new genre of music, rock en espanol, (rock in Spanish) emerged from the Rio de la Plata region of Argentina and Uruguay. 括号对其他标点不影响直接无视，外带考了个插入语不要忘了最后加上逗号。
★ Both offer their own unique spin on Santaolalla’s original fusion: Bajofondo blends traditional Rjo de la Plata sounds with elements of rock, hip-hop, and jazz, and Junanes, a native of Colombia, uses the nostalgic tango as inspiration for his music.
扣主旨选，文章从头到尾没有讲到思乡也没有人关心他的inspiration从哪里来，文章在讲不同genre 音乐之间的融合，关键词“fusion”词义明显暗示，融合对应选项“draws on A but also B”结构。这种题相当于变相主旨题。
#Passage 3 - African American journalist Gwen Ifill’s Legacy
★ Start up at journalism 改 start out in, 固搭，考试难免会遇到考前不知道的固定搭配，我在这里告诉你正确意思，下次又来一个，你总不可能把世界上所有固定搭配背完。所以方法是：反着推！start up一般指开company，start out指开始做某事，后面乱七八糟介词选择性无视按感觉选start out。利用现有知识揣测。
★ Chronicle那道题简直令人掉发，但是仔细想想CB语法简洁性考点，出题特征与这道题符合，前面简洁性考点出现不多，果断选chronicle.
#Passage 4 - A Plant’s response to Temperature
感谢CB爸爸这篇无难点
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有一道立体几何题目比较难，出来就有学生讨论的。在这里奉上解析
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作为一名参加考团的学生，不免要提及这次考团的相关感受！大家一定一定要找个靠谱的考团啊！
几乎所有考生都是钱都花了，准备都准备了，但是至关重要的考试前几天却没有准备好，很大程度上影响了发挥。考试的这几天我的朋友圈就被各种吐槽考团的信息刷屏。这里弱弱发表下我的感想：
我不太愿意跟人数过多的考团，听课答疑效果不好，进度不自由，而考前准备实际上是需要因人而异的，不同水平、不同目标之下，每个人的考前定位和状态调整的方式都不一样。
比如说你是熟练掌握技巧的大佬，考前就是按套计时刷题找感觉找节奏；如果是还没有形成自己做题系统和习惯的，整理方法后分类练习题目，掌握技巧就比较重要，比无脑死做卷子效果好上很多，分数上见效快。
一些大考团里基本上是已经认识的同学三两成群，甚至不同机构搞分裂，即没有人文关怀也没有个性化的考前准备安排。要知道考团的一大意义就在于push你去以最佳的状态准备考试，避免自己出国考试可能会出现的懒得做题或时差倒不过来的情况。
综上，我很庆幸这次跟了个非常靠谱的考团——棒呆8月北美SAT精品考团。过来的飞机上我很焦虑，刷了3套题，套套阅读发挥失常，就差原地爆炸了。到了当天老师耐心安慰我，勤勤恳恳和我讲题到11:30，稳住阅读的心态，并且硬生生倒好了时差（做题使人困倦）。
而在考前每天还都会设置有计时模考和个性点评。为啥叫个性点评呢？因为效率高，不用听自己已经很懂的题，不懂的问题直接问，老师都当面一一解答。
考前文具和零食老师也都帮我们准备妥当，连每天的情况老师都帮我们和家长沟通了。啥都不用想了，学就行了。考得舒心玩得开心还省得爸妈担心，哈哈哈哈……
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