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1、GRE®RevisedGeneralTest:VerbalReasoningQuestionTypesTheGREVerbalReasoningsectionoftheGRErevisedGeneralTestcontainsthreetypesofquestions:·ReadingComprehension·TextCompletion·SentenceEquivalenceReadingComprehensionquestionsappearinsets;TextCompletionandSentenceEquivalencequestionsareinde

2、pendent.ReadingComprehensionQuestionsTherearethreetypesofReadingComprehensionquestions:Multiple-choiceQuestions—SelectOneAnswerChoice:Thesearethetraditionalmultiple-choicequestionswithfiveanswerchoicesofwhichyoumustselectone.Multiple-choiceQuestions—SelectOneorMoreAnswerChoices:Thesep

3、rovidethreeanswerchoicesandaskyoutoselectallthatarecorrect;one,two,orallthreeoftheanswerchoicesmaybecorrect.Togaincreditforthesequestions,youmustselectallthecorrectanswers,andonlythose;thereisnocreditforpartiallycorrectanswers.Select-in-Passage:Thequestionasksyoutoclickonthesentencein

4、thepassagethatmeetsacertaindescription.Toanswerthequestion,youchooseoneofthesentencesandclickonit;clickinganywhereonasentencewillhighlightit.9a35a7e7294f4282f845997d6d3b24db.docPage11of11Readingcomprehensionpassagesaredrawnfromthephysicalsciences,thebiologicalsciences,thesocialscience

5、s,theartsandhumanities,andeverydaytopics,andarebasedonmaterialfoundinbooksandperiodicals,bothacademicandnonacademic.Thepassagesrangeinlengthfromoneparagraphtofourorfiveparagraphs.Samplequestions1to3belowarebasedonthispassage:Policymakersmustconfrontthedilemmathatfossilfuelscontinuetob

6、eanindispensablesourceofenergyeventhoughburningthemproducesatmosphericaccumulationsofcarbondioxidethatincreasethelikelihoodofpotentiallydisastrousglobalclimatechange.Currently,technologythatwouldcapturecarbondioxideemittedbypowerplantsandsequesteritharmlesslyundergroundorunderseainste

7、adofreleasingitintotheatmospheremightdoublethecostofgeneratingelectricity.Butbecausesequestrationdoesnotaffectthecostofelectricitytransmissionanddistribution,deliveredpriceswillriseless,bynomorethan50percent.Researchintobettertechnologiesforcapturingcarbondioxidewillundoubtedlyleadtol

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