职场上的综合推理技能
任何企业都非常看重综合推理技能。
全球雇主都非常看重综合推理技能
在GMAC® 2012年对全球636家计划招聘MBA毕业生和其他商科研究生毕业生的企业雇主调查中发现，GMAT®考试综合推理部分所测试的四项能力“非常重要”，而且几乎所有雇主都认为尤其对新的商科毕业生来说这些能力很重要。
今日的经理人需要分析越来越复杂的数据，商学院的项目也随之要求学生们增强解决复杂问题的能力。30分钟的综合推理部分测试的技能是2009年从一个覆盖全球740位商学院教授的调查问卷中总结出来的，这些能力对即将进入商学院学习的学生来说非常重要。
院校如何看待综合推理部分
“现在的时代被称为大数据的时代，而且不断有证据表明将来能够取得成功的是那些在复杂环境中看出关键模式的人”，俄亥俄州立大学费舍尔商学院院长、前Johnson & Johnson’s董事会副主席及Pharmaceuticals Group全球主席Christine Poon说道，“GMAT®考试为了应对商学院和管理项目的需求而新增考试部分以测试学生们所需的能力并不足为其。该考试是商学院入学的黄金标准，而且在追求不断创新，创造新标准”
新增的综合推理部分以及其重要性
综合推理能力是应对错综复杂的商业挑战的基础
| 为什么要改革GMAT®考试？ 商业运作的方式和教授商业知识的形式都在随着时间改变。在过去近60年里，GMAT®考试一直随着这些变化加紧改革的脚步，从而更好地协助学校找到优秀的学生，也帮助学生找到合适的学校。 “综合推理”部分所考察的能力是从一个覆盖全球740位商学院教授的调查问卷中总结出来的，对于现在想要通过GMAT®考试进入商学院的学生来说非常重要：这部分考试的成绩会帮助商学院寻找到更适合的学生，另一方面也会帮助考生从竞争者中脱颖而出。 综合推理是新增的考试部分，测试的是对以不同形式所呈现的多源信息进行评估的能力——这些能力是你已经在每日使用的，也是你在数据驱动的商界中取得成功所必需的，包括： 对不同来源的各类信息进行吸收和整合，以解决富有挑战性的问题。 准确理解以图表形式呈现的数据，确定或估计概率与统计数据。 权衡取舍以及识别、评估各种结果的可能性。 将定量性数据在图表和文字模式之间进行转换。 |
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定量推理部分
GMAT 考试的定量推理部分，将会考核您根据基础定量推理技巧以分析数据和归纳总结的能力。以多项选择题的方式，测试您的解决问题和分析数据充分性的能力。
问题求解例题
问题求解主要衡量运用基本定量推理技能解决问题的能力。
说明
Solve the problem and indicate the best of the answer choices given.
问题
If u > t, r > q, s > t, and t > r, which of the following must be true?
I. u > s
II. s > q
III. u > r
- (A) I only
- (B) II only
- (C) III only
- (D) I and II
- (E) II and III
答案： (E)
数据充分性例题
运用基本定量推理和分析技能，完成数据充分性例题。
说明
此数据充分性问题包含一个试题，以及分别标记为(1) 和(2) 的两个陈述，其中提供了特定的数据。您必须判断陈述中提供的数据是否足以回答试题。您必须使用陈述中提供的数据，加上您的定量推理知识和生活常识（如七月有多少天，或者“逆时针”是什么意思），指出:
- Statement (1) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (2) alone is not sufficient to answer the question asked.
- Statement (2) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (1) alone is not sufficient to answer the question asked.
- BOTH statements (1) and (2) TOGETHER are sufficient to answer the question asked, but NEITHER statement ALONE is sufficient to answer the question asked.
- EACH statement ALONE is sufficient to answer the question asked.
- Statements (1) and (2) TOGETHER are NOT sufficient to answer the question asked, and additional data specific to the problem are needed.
例题
If a real estate agent received a commission of 6 percent of the selling price of a certain house, what was the selling price of the house?
(1) The selling price minus the real estate agent's commission was $84,600.
(2) The selling price was 250 percent of the original purchase price of $36,000.
- (A) Statement (1) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (2) alone is not sufficient.
- (B) Statement (2) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (1) alone is not sufficient.
- (C) BOTH statements TOGETHER are sufficient, but NEITHER statement ALONE is sufficient.
- (D) EACH statement ALONE is sufficient. (E) Statements (1) and (2) TOGETHER are NOT sufficient.
答案: (D)
文本逻辑推理部分
GMAT®考试的文本逻辑推理部分使用多项选择题的方式，衡量你在阅读和理解书面材料，审视推理论据，以及改正书面材料使其符合标准书面英语规范的能力。
阅读理解例题
考核您对此阅读理解题目进行分析和归纳总结的能力。
说明
此部分的试题，是基于某一篇文章的内容。阅读文章后，为每个试题选出最佳的答案。根据文章表达或暗示的内容，回答文章后面所有试题。
例题
Schools expect textbooks to be a valuable source of information for students. My research suggests, however, that textbooks that address the place of Native Americans within the history of the United States distort history to suit a particular cultural value system. In some textbooks, for example, settlers are pictured as more humane, complex, skillful, and wise than Native Americans. In essence, textbooks stereotype and depreciate the numerous Native American cultures while reinforcing the attitude that the European conquest of the New World denotes the superiority of European cultures. Although textbooks evaluate Native American architecture, political systems, and homemaking, I contend that they do it from an ethnocentric, European perspective without recognizing that other perspectives are possible.
One argument against my contention asserts that, by nature, textbooks are culturally biased and that I am simply underestimating children's ability to see through these biases. Some researchers even claim that by the time students are in high school, they know they cannot take textbooks literally. Yet substantial evidence exists to the contrary. Two researchers, for example, have conducted studies that suggest that children's attitudes about particular cultures are strongly influenced by the textbooks used in schools. Given this, an ongoing, careful review of how school textbooks depict Native Americans is certainly warranted.
Which of the following would most logically be the topic of the paragraph immediately following the passage?
- (A) specific ways to evaluate the biases of United States history textbooks
- (B) the centrality of the teacher's role in United States history courses
- (C) nontraditional methods of teaching United States history
- (D) the contributions of European immigrants to the development of the United States
- (E) ways in which parents influence children's political attitudes
答案: (A)
批判性推理例题
在批判性推理试题中运用您的推理技能。
说明
请在提供的选项中选出最佳答案。
例题
The cost of producing radios in Country Q is ten percent less than the cost of producing radios in Country Y. Even after transportation fees and tariff charges are added, it is still cheaper for a company to import radios from Country Q to Country Y than to produce radios in Country Y.
The statements above, if true, best support which of the following assertions?
- (A) Labor costs in Country Q are ten percent below those in Country Y.
- (B) Importing radios from Country Q to Country Y will eliminate ten percent of the manufacturing jobs in Country Y.
- (C) The tariff on a radio imported from Country Q to Country Y is less than ten percent of the cost of manufacturing the radio in Country Y.
- (D) The fee for transporting a radio from Country Q to Country Y is more than ten percent of the cost of manufacturing the radio in Country Q.
- (E) It takes ten percent less time to manufacture a radio in Country Q than it does in Country Y.
答案: (C)
句子改错例题
Test your grammar and effective communication skills with this sample sentence correction question.
说明
此试题将列出一个句子，其中一部分或全句标有下划线。在该句子下方，您会看到五个选项。其中，第一项重复原句；另外四种则与原句不同。如果您认为原句为最佳表述，请选择第一选项作为答案；否则，请在其他四种方式中选择您认为最好的一个。
此试题是要测试表达的准确性和有效性。选择答案时，请遵守英语写作标准的要求；即，注意语法、用词和句子结构。选择最有效表达的语句；此答案应该清晰准确、无混淆、无歧义、无累赘和无语法错误。
例题
While larger banks can afford to maintain their own data-processing operations, many smaller regional and community banks are finding that the cost associated with upgrading data-processing equipment and with the development and maintenance of new products and technical staff are prohibitive.
(A) cost associated with
(B) costs associated with
(C) costs arising from
(D) cost of
(E) costs of
答案: (B)
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