目录 1
PART ONE:GRE Basics 3
1 Getting Started 3
Can You Prepare for the GRE? 3
What Is a GRE Study Plan? 3
What's the Best Study Plan for You? 3
How Can You Tell If Your Work Is Paying Off? 4
What Is the GRE? 5
What's Different About the CAT? 5
2 All About the GRE 5
How Do You Register for the GRE? 6
What Kinds of Questions Are on the Test? 6
How Is the Test Structured? 8
What Does the Answer Sheet Look Like? 9
How Is the Test Scored? 10
What Smart Test-takers Know 11
3 GRE Questions:A First Look 19
What Can You Expect on the Test? 19
How Does the GRE Test Verbal Reasoning? 19
How Does the GRE Test Mathematical Reasoning? 23
How Does the GRE Test Analytical Reasoning? 28
Summing It Up:What You Must Know About the GRE 31
PART TWO:Diagnosing Strengths and Weaknesses 37
4 Diagnostic Examination 37
Answer Key 69
Explanatory Answers 70
PART THREE:GRE Verbal Questions 97
5 Sentence Completions 97
What Is Sentence Completion? 97
How Do You Answer Sentence Completion Questions? 98
What Smart Test-takers Know 101
6 Analogies 111
What Is an Analogy? 111
How Do You Answer Analogy Questions? 112
What Smart Test-takers Know 119
7 Reading Comprehension 127
What Is Reading Comprehension? 127
How Do You Answer Reading Comprehension Questions? 130
What Smart Test-takers Know 138
What Is an Antonym? 153
8 Antonyms 153
How Do You Answer Antonym Questions? 154
What Smart Test-takers Know 164
Summing It Up:What You Must Know About GRE Verbal Questions 170
PART FOUR:GRE Math Questions 175
9 Problem Solving 175
What Is Problem Solving? 175
How Do You Answer Problem-solving Questions? 177
What Smart Test-takers Know 184
What Is Quantitative Comparison? 199
10 Quantitative Comparison 199
How Do You Solve Quantitative Comparison Questions? 201
What Smart Test-takers Know 203
11 Graphs 215
What Is a Graph? 215
How Do You Solve Graph Questions? 217
What Smart Test-takers Know 220
Summing It Up:What You Must Know About GRE Math Questions 226
12 Analytical Reasoning 231
What Is Analytical Reasoning? 231
PART FIVE:GRE Analytical Questions 231
How Do You Answer Analytical Reasoning Questions? 233
What Smart Test-takers Know 256
13 Logical Reasoning 267
What Does Logical Reasoning Test? 267
How Do You Answer Logical Reasoning Questions? 270
What Smart Test-takers Know 275
Summing It Up:What You Must Know About GRE Analytical Reasoning 292
Questions 292
Practice Examination 1 299
PART SIX:Two Practice Examinations 299
Answer Key 331
Explanatory Answers 332
Practice Examination 2 361
Answer Key 391
Explanatory Answers 392
PART SEVEN:Simulated Computer-Adaptive Test 417
Simulated Computer-Adaptive Test 417
Answer Key 566
Explanatory Answers 569