The Rocket Review Revolution:The Uitimate Guide to the New SAT and the PSAT 2005-2006Edition

分类: 图书,进口原版书,语言学习 ELT ,
作者: Adam Robinson 著
出 版 社: 励马文化传播
出版时间: 2004-12-1字数:版次: 1页数: 703印刷时间: 2005/09/01开本:印次:纸张: 胶版纸I S B N : 9780451216441包装: 平装内容简介
The SAT has changed! The students are preparing, the parents are getting nervous, and the media is already covering the crisis.
Includes:
- RocketScore (tm): online software predicts how actual SAT readers would grade students' essays and suggests how they can improve their score
- OmniProctor: creates simulated SAT conditions
- CD-ROM: provides step-by-step demonstrations and access to the RocketScore website
- Plus: specific SAT-taking tips and crucial information on how the SAT differs from classroom tests
- RocketScore (tm): online software predicts how actual SAT readers would grade students' essays and suggests how they can improve their score
目录
Welcome to the Revolution
How to Use This Book (Read This Chapter First--I Mean It)
Important Advice for Girls, PSAT STUdents, and Other SpeciaLCases
PART Ⅰ:Basic TUtorials
TUTORIAL1: The SAT Is Unfair--Get Over It
TUTORIAL2: The SAT Is Way Different from Your SchooLTests
TUTORIAL3: Forget Everything You Think You Know About the SAT: A Quiz
TUTORIAL4: Don't Take Chances with Your Score!
TUTORIAL5: RocketRules Are Absolute--No Exceptions!
TUTORIAL6: YOu'd Better Prepare for the SATbut Practice Alone Is Not Enough
TUTORIAL7: TO Change Your Score, You'lLHave to Changethe Way You Take the Test
TUTORIAL8: Change Is Sometimes Scary
TUTORIAL9: There's a Huge Difference Between Knowing What to DOon the SAT--and Being Able to Do It
TUTORIAL10: HOW Much Can You Raise Your SAT Score?
TUTORIAL11: Taking the SAT Is a Performance Skill:Improvement Comes in Stages
TUTORIAL12: HOW Your Brain's NaTUraLIntelligence Can Get You in Trouble (Warning: You Hallucinate on the SAT More Than You Realize)
TUTORIAL13: How to Gain (or Lose) 30 IQ Points--Instantly! (Hint: Your PenciLis Smarter Than You Are)
TUTORIAL14: Don't Try to Remember Everything I Say
PART Ⅱ:Advanced TUtorials
TUTORIAL15: HOW the SAT Is Scored (I've Got Good News and Bad New~
TUTORIAL16: Yes, Blanks Do Cost You Points
TUTORIAL17: Guessing Does Not Hurt Your Score
TUTORIAL18: If You've Spent Time on a Question, Answer It--Always!
TUTORIAL19: The Only Reason to Leave a Question Blank Is to Save Time
TUTORIAL20: UnforTUnately, You'lLProbably Have to LeaveSome Questions Blank (The Speed Versus Accuracy Tradeoff)
TUTORIAL21: ForTUnately, You Can StilLGet a Very Good ScoreWithout Finishing
TUTORIAL22: Never Sacrifice Accuracy for Speed
TUTORIAL23: Don't Rush on the Test, but Don't Linger Either
TUTORIAL24: When Time Is Running Out, Always GO for Buzzer Shot Guesses
TUTORIAL25: NO Matter What Your Score Level, You'd Better Not Finish Any Section Early
TUTORIAL26: SAT Questions Are Arranged in Order of Difficulty
TUTORIAL27: Each Question Is Worth the Same, So Spend Your Time Where It's Likely to Do the Most Good
TUTORIAL28: Easy Questions Have Easy, Obvious, Popular Answers-- Hard Questions Have Hard. Unexpected, Unpopular Answers
TUTORIAL29: When You Need to Guess, Beware Your Hunches
TUTORIAL30: RocketReview Techniques Are Designed to Improve Your
PARTⅢ:The SAT Writing Test
PARTⅣ:The SAT Reading Test
PARTⅤ:The SAT Math Test
PARTⅥ:Nuts and Bolts
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IIIUstrative problems
The final word on the 27 most frequently asked questions about the sat ,psat and sat subject tests
Diagnostic sat
Additional materials