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今天總算考完。給還沒(méi)有考的G友講點(diǎn)經(jīng)驗(yàn)吧,希望對(duì)大家有所幫助。
    考試前:昨天上午去北京,找同學(xué)住下,順便吃他一下。下午讓同學(xué)帶我看考場(chǎng)。因?yàn)槭侵苋?,沒(méi)有人上班。門鎖了。8501考場(chǎng)不大,在人大附中南側(cè),咋一看,我以為是個(gè)
    飼料鋪?zhàn)?。然后回去小睡一?huì),吃晚飯后6:30,開(kāi)始自習(xí)。學(xué)習(xí)從6:30到10:30,(中國(guó)礦業(yè)大學(xué)的新自習(xí)教室聽(tīng)不錯(cuò)的。而且學(xué)習(xí)風(fēng)氣挺好。)睡覺(jué)從12:00點(diǎn)開(kāi)始,手機(jī),鬧表都上了6:30的鈴聲??墒俏宜押?,以為天快亮了,看了下手表,天哪才3:00,繼續(xù)睡覺(jué),迷迷糊糊,醒了N次,還作了好多夢(mèng),包括夢(mèng)見(jiàn)在考場(chǎng)聽(tīng)見(jiàn)監(jiān)考老師訓(xùn)話。5:30時(shí),躺在床上,就把Argument的模版又回憶了一下。6:30起床洗漱下樓吃早飯。7:00開(kāi)吃,一碗豆?jié){,兩包子。再吃塊德夫,喝瓶紅牛。7:20從語(yǔ)言學(xué)院坐車307到海淀黃莊。
    考試中:剛進(jìn)屋,發(fā)一張紙抄寫(xiě)誓詞,給把鑰匙鎖東西,除兩個(gè)證件,一張?zhí)顚?xiě)有地址的紙張,所有的東西都不讓帶進(jìn)去(機(jī)械手表可帶進(jìn)去,電子的不行,手機(jī)更不行),然后訓(xùn)話,發(fā)稿紙,進(jìn)去拍照,填進(jìn)場(chǎng)時(shí)間(8:12)和簽名,而后老師領(lǐng)著你找到座位,(這時(shí)候你會(huì)看到你的黑白照片在屏幕上,奇丑!)。坐定,戴好耳塞,先是叫你怎么用鼠標(biāo)鍵盤什么的(誰(shuí)還不會(huì)這個(gè)),其次是問(wèn)卷調(diào)查(我象征性的答了幾個(gè)簡(jiǎn)單的),再就是選擇筆考地點(diǎn)(必須選兩個(gè)不一樣的,否則跳不過(guò)去),再就是正式考試Issue + Argument,最后是填死所學(xué)校,包括州,大學(xué),專業(yè)。一些搞定就出來(lái),填一下時(shí)間(9:51)和簽名。
    寫(xiě)作中:兩個(gè)題目,第一個(gè)前幾天寫(xiě)過(guò),不過(guò)覺(jué)得當(dāng)時(shí)就沒(méi)寫(xiě)好,而且我覺(jué)得寫(xiě)一個(gè)生題比默寫(xiě)一個(gè)老題要快點(diǎn),寫(xiě)得也更起勁點(diǎn)。于是我選擇了后一個(gè)。原計(jì)劃段落/時(shí)間/字?jǐn)?shù)分別是這么安排的審題/2min開(kāi)頭/5min/80words,正文段一/12min/150words,正文段落二/12min/150words,結(jié)尾/5min/60words,正文段落三/9min/ 100words。沒(méi)想到寫(xiě)得極快,寫(xiě)完還剩5min(奇跡!平時(shí)寫(xiě)一篇得100min,最后限制時(shí)間寫(xiě)的那十天也在50min,沒(méi)想到今天寫(xiě)得巨快,分析估計(jì)是沒(méi)有壞太多時(shí)間猶豫遣詞造句,而是一氣呵成,當(dāng)然寫(xiě)得語(yǔ)言可能局部那么生動(dòng)了)。寫(xiě)完后小憩一下,進(jìn)入Argument,讀完題就有底了,因?yàn)槲易詈蠡苏奶鞎r(shí)間對(duì)所有242道題認(rèn)真思考過(guò)的,所以一讀完即有點(diǎn)印象,而且本題一看就是有幾個(gè)倍兒顯眼的地方,survery,75 percent,profits。有點(diǎn)遺憾,只寫(xiě)了前兩個(gè)錯(cuò)誤,profit沒(méi)有時(shí)間寫(xiě)了,因?yàn)橹皇O?分鐘了,我覺(jué)前兩個(gè)錯(cuò)寫(xiě)得挺詳細(xì)的,字?jǐn)?shù)肯定上450了,就沒(méi)寫(xiě),把時(shí)間用來(lái)檢查了.出來(lái)后總覺(jué)得沒(méi)來(lái)得及寫(xiě)第三個(gè)錯(cuò)視點(diǎn)遺憾。但是沒(méi)有辦法了,因?yàn)槠綍r(shí)練習(xí)時(shí)就已經(jīng)想到過(guò)了,來(lái)不及寫(xiě)三個(gè)錯(cuò)誤。感覺(jué)就有點(diǎn)像1994年巴喬在美國(guó)玫瑰碗體育場(chǎng)踢飛的那個(gè)點(diǎn)球一樣。足球是一門缺陷的藝術(shù),而對(duì)于每個(gè)考生來(lái)說(shuō),考G,或多或少,也會(huì)有些不盡人意的地方。即便是我寫(xiě)完了第三個(gè)錯(cuò)誤,我也會(huì)因?yàn)閕ssue沒(méi)有在語(yǔ)言上斟酌而又另一番懊惱的,所以,我們應(yīng)該保持平衡的心態(tài),拿得起,放得下。
    考試后:辛苦了一個(gè)寒假(連年都沒(méi)回家過(guò)),當(dāng)然就是放縱一下自己。和在北京讀研的同學(xué)一共六個(gè)人一起到飯店吃了頓好的,敘了敘舊,發(fā)現(xiàn)他們幾個(gè)生活好快活呀,都有了家屬,成天沒(méi)什么重要事情似的,還說(shuō)天天忙著打牌,下載電影。我聽(tīng)了后好是不爽。
    我的作文準(zhǔn)備時(shí)間是夠長(zhǎng)的了。為了兩個(gè)小時(shí),不知準(zhǔn)備了幾百個(gè)兩小時(shí)。從開(kāi)始背誦新概念4,到寫(xiě)issue提綱,找Argument的邏輯錯(cuò)誤,到練習(xí)寫(xiě)四五十篇,等等。言而總之,就像我的座右銘一樣: There can be miracles when you believe. Though hope is frail, it's hard to kill. Who knows what miracles you can acheive. When you believe somhow you will. You will when you believe!年輕的汗水不會(huì)白流!年輕的汗水不會(huì)白流!
    最后,特別感謝李娜同學(xué)對(duì)我的幫助和鼓勵(lì),感謝其他幫我修改文章的同學(xué),祝所有的同路人考試順利。
    Issue:
    (1) 210 "Most people choose a career on the basis of such pragmatic considerati ons as the needs of the economy, the relative ease of finding a job, and the salary they can expect to make. Hardly anyone is free to choose a career based on his or her natural talents or interest in a particular kind of work."
    (2) 50. "In order to improve the quality of instruction at the college and university level, all faculty should be required to spend time working outside the academic world in professions relevant to the courses they teach."
    Argument 40.The following appeared in a memorandum from the president of Excello Food Markets. "In 90 towns where Excello has food markets, natural-food stores specializing in organic food products—products containing no chemical preservatives and made with foods grown without pesticides—have opened nearby as competitors. Surveys of our own customers reveal a growing concern about foods grown using pesticides or preserved with chemicals. Recently our market in Sun City participated in a local food tasting fair, and 75 percent of the fair goers who visited the Excello booth requested free samples of organic fruit. Such evidence indicates that to increase our profits, we should begin to stock a full line of organic food products in all our markets."