Writing is the first part, and the examination time is 25 minutes. This part requires candidates to support or refute a point of view through examples. Examples can come from personal experience, history, literature and so on. This part of the content is not included in the total score, and will be sent to the applicant school together with other parts of the results. The school will evaluate it according to the needs and take it as one of the reference bases for admission.
The next four multiple-choice questions are all multiple-choice, including mathematics (30 minutes each, 25 questions each), Chinese (30 minutes, 60 questions) and reading (40 minutes, 40 questions).
1, math. No matter whether SSAT is at a low level or at a high level, the examination content of mathematics is within the knowledge range of junior high school teaching in China. The difficulty is: because all the English propositions are used, we must be familiar with the most common expressions when understanding the meaning of the application questions. There will be no complicated and accurate calculation in the topic, but the estimation ability is examined, so it is not allowed to bring the calculator into the examination room. The difficulty and scope of the two parts of mathematics are exactly the same. SSAT will insert a non-mathematical part between the two parts of mathematics, so that candidates can use their brains scientifically.
2. language. The Chinese part is a direct test of vocabulary, which is very difficult for middle school students who are not native English speakers. There are 60 questions in this part, which are divided into 30 synonymous questions and 30 analogy questions.
Synonymous questions, the stem of which is a word, require candidates to choose an option with the same meaning as the word in the stem from five options. The vocabulary examined in this part, SSAT advanced reaches 9000 words, SSAT low reaches 7000 words, far exceeding the requirements of domestic syllabus. When solving this kind of problems, we should not only rely on a large vocabulary, but also use the guessing and exclusion method based on word formation knowledge.
The form of figurative questions is close to the pairing questions in ancient China. For example, if a question is given "Frog to Toad" in its stem, then the answer can be "Tortoise to Tortoise" (the internal connection is aquatic to terrestrial). Answer these questions, find out the inner connection between the two given words, even in spelling, and then find the one with the same inner connection type in the options.
Step 3 read. Generally speaking, there are 7-8 articles in reading, with a wide range of sources, diverse themes and genres, and sometimes even short abstract poems. In such a fast-paced reading and problem-solving, candidates must have the ability to grasp the theme and locate the details in fast reading. Individual topics also involve subjective understanding, which is somewhat similar to the subjective reading questions in domestic Chinese exams.