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邏輯題是很有意思的，但真正面對考試，往往不那麼輕鬆，因為考試的時間有限。尤其遇難題，運用嚴格的邏輯思維來做，往往耗時甚多。尤其是五個選項逐一論證更是不切實際。所以對於邏輯題，我們必須要培養一種感覺，依靠這種感覺我們可以很快地將一些無關項排除掉。這種感覺除了靠大量練習來培養外，更應通過察覺選項中的“無關資訊”，迅速做出判斷，將之排除。這就是所謂“無關資訊排除法”——通過選項中出現了與原文內容和推理無關的內容將之迅速排除。常常能排除五項中的三個，再對剩下的選項認真考慮，做出最後抉擇。

Schools expect textbooks to be a valuable source of information for students. My research suggests, however, that textbooks that address the place of Native Americans within the history of the United States distort history to suit a particular cultural value system. In some textbooks, for example, settlers are pictured as more humane, complex, skillful, and wise than Native Americans. In essence, textbooks stereotype and depreciate the numerous Native American cultures while reinforcing the attitude that the European conquest of the New World denotes the superiority of European cultures. Although textbooks evaluate Native American architecture, political systems, and homemaking, I contend that they do it from an ethnocentric, European perspective without recognizing that other perspectives are possible.

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Add、plus 加 subtract 減 difference 差 multiply, times 乘 product 積 divide 除 divisible 可被整除的 divided evenly 被整除dividend 被除數、紅利 divisor 因數、除數 quotient 商 remainder 餘數 factorial 階乘 power 乘方 radical sign、root sign 根號round to 四捨五入 to the nearest 四捨五入

★ 一、同語反覆和迴圈定義：定義是明確概念內涵的邏輯方法。
定義由定義項、被定義項和定義聯項構成。
例如：商品是為交換而生產的勞動產品。這是一個定義。其中“商品”是被定義項；“為交換而生產的勞動產品”是定義項；“是”是定義聯項。定義規則要求定義項中不能直接或間接地包含被定義項。如果直接包含被定義項，犯的邏輯錯誤是“同語反覆”；如果包含被定義項，犯的錯誤是“迴圈定義”例如：形式主義者就是形式主義地以觀察和處理問題的人。這一定義就犯了“同語反覆”的錯誤。

在GMAT考試中，很多學員反應看懂了邏輯題，但卻還是沒有選擇出正確的答案，今天就要來看看看，邏輯出題的常見陷阱～

對於GMAT閱讀中態度詞彙的掌握，能提高我們對文章的理解速度和理解力。今天就快來認識一下GMAT閱讀相關的態度詞～

Radio stations with radio data system (RDS) technology broadcast special program information that only radios with an RDS feature can receive. Between 1994 and 1996, the number of RDS radio stations in Verdland increased from 250 to 600. However, since the number of RDS-equipped radios in Verdland was about the same in 1996 as in 1994, the number of Verdlanders receiving the special program information probably did not increase significantly.

GMAT閱讀文章由於選材涉及的知識面相當廣泛，因此常會在文章中出現一些生詞，考生在閱讀中如果沒有解決好生詞問題，就會影響閱讀速度和理解，對解題造成一定的困難。在閱讀教學研究當中，語言學家發現，一篇文章中不認識的單詞占全文詞彙總量的比例只要控制在8%以內，是絕對不會影響到全文任何觀點的理解的。

 As contrasted with the honeybee, the yellow jacket can sting repeatedly without dying and carries a potent venom that can cause intense pain.

Normally, the pineal gland governs a person's sleep-wake cycle by secreting melatonin in response to the daily cycle of light and darkness as detected by the eye. Nonetheless, many people who are totally blind due to lesions in the visual cortex of the brain easily maintain a 24-hour sleep-wake cycle. So the neural pathway by which the pineal gland receives information from the eye probably does not pass through the visual cortex.

不斷練習才能突破！好學同學們快來練題囉：

GMAT考試的閱讀文章取材於學術期刊與雜誌，是學術文章的高度濃縮版，而出題又是針對學術推理本身而不是專業背景知識，因此，GMAT閱讀需要有特別的準備方法，稱之為“結構化閱讀法”。