其考试的重点主要有:动词、形容词和抽象名词的深层词义和用法(占60-70%)。如:prevent和destroy,前者表示某事物形成之前使其成分不能形成,而后者表示破坏、毁灭已存在的事物。所以,在Too often,careless use of words a meeting of the minds of the speaker and listener. 一句中应该用prevents,而不是destroys(可惜的是考试中有63.3%的考生选了destroys)。考题有时会考形容词的区别,如You wouldn’t feel in a business office that has the appearance of a school. 本句就是考proper,correct,suitable和right四个词的深层词义和用法。在上述四个形容词中,前三者的逻辑主语应是形式主语it,而right的逻辑主语应是人表示自身感觉。所以本题应当填right,但只有16.8%的考生选对了本题。
语法和句际关系:这里所说的主要是非谓语动词、代词、介词和连词。考试中一般要考不定式的用法,如,However,inaccurate or indefinite words may make difficult words may make difficult for the listener to understand the message which is being transmitted to him.(A. that B. it C. so D. this)本题不能选who,假如选它,那么空格后边的动词应是第三人称单数形式,所以这里的代词不是代前边的“the speaker”,而是代前边的“the words”,故应该用代词which。考题在考介词时也需要考虑上下文。如,It has long been known that total sleep deprivation is 100 percent fatal to rats, yet, 棗 examination of the dead bodies,the animals look completely normal (upon,by,through,with)。本句有28%的考生选了by,还有35%的考生选了through。假如选这两项,那么,后边的主句“we find that the animals look …”的逻辑主语应该是“我们”,而不是“这些动物”。本题只能选upon,可惜只有18.4%的考生选对了本答案。