ACT閱讀
根據(jù)ACT官方網(wǎng)站的介紹,ACT的閱讀題材是基于四篇文章,每篇文章的題材不一樣:社會(huì)研究(social studies),自然科學(xué)(natural science),敘事性文學(xué)(literary narrative or prose fiction), 以及人文科學(xué)(humanities)。
以下是各部分的具體內(nèi)容:
? Social Studies (25%):Questions in this category are based on passages in the content areas of anthropology, archaeology, biography, business, economics, education, geography, history, political science, psychology, and sociology.(內(nèi)容主要涉及人類學(xué),考古學(xué),生物學(xué),商學(xué),經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué),教育學(xué),地理學(xué),歷史,政治科學(xué),心理學(xué))
? Natural Sciences (25%): Questions in this category are based on passages in the content areas of anatomy, astronomy, biology, botany, chemistry, ecology, geology, medicine, meteorology, microbiology, natural history, physiology, physics, technology, and zoology.(內(nèi)容涉及解剖學(xué),天文學(xué),微生物學(xué),自然歷史,生理學(xué),物理學(xué),科技和動(dòng)物學(xué))
? Literary Narrative (25%) or Prose Fiction (25%): Questions in the Literary Narrative category are based on intact short stories or excerpts from short stories or novels, or passages from memoirs and personal essays. Questions in the Prose Fiction category are based on intact short stories or excerpts from short stories and novels.(內(nèi)容涉及一些完整的小故事以及小說節(jié)選)
? Humanities (25%): Questions in this category are based on passages in the content areas of architecture, art, dance, ethics, film, language, literary criticism, music, philosophy, radio, television, and theater. Questions may be based on passages from memoirs and personal essays.(內(nèi)容涉及建筑學(xué),藝術(shù),舞蹈,倫理,電影,語言,文學(xué)評(píng)論,音樂,哲學(xué),廣播,電視和劇院)