9月SAT考情：纸老虎也是虎

尽管我们之前已经在公众号介绍过很多次，但是仍然有不少没有关注我们的学生和家长不了解SAT大小月考试或者校考的概念，以至于每年都有不少勇士头铁报小月或校考SAT。

诚然，这次SAT考试作为历史上首次9月开考的场次，给人一种“不得不尝”的气质，但是仍然无法逃过小月或者校考的规律。

首先说所谓的小月考试：“小月”就是区别于有大量人参加的3月、8月、10月等大月考试，参加人数明显较少的考试月份：6月、11月、12月等。这些考试场次因为官方知道参加的人数少，所以是完美的试验新题型、新考法的试验田——毕竟影响到的考生人数少，接到的投诉也会少。

所以参加小月考试的同学要做好遇到一二三四五六个完全不同于以往做过题目考试形态、或者选项形态的新题。同时，小月题目也是原题重复的重灾区之一，也是因为参加人数少，所以官方对启用新题库的兴致就不高，所以重复利用往次考试题目就成了很好的选择。

所以和大月考试的“微量新型考点实验题+中量经过改编的老题+少量往次考试重复题”不同，小月的题目就趋向于：少量新型考点实验题+微量经过改变的老题+大量往次考试重复题。

最后说一下校考：SAT可以在自己的学校考试，这个看起来非常方便。实际上校考的题目大部分情况下与全世界的北美东、北美西、国际卷这三大套卷子都有所不同，也就是我们常说的的“第4套卷”。

这套卷在校内体系独立算分，独立出分。卷面难度先不说，这个独立算分就决定了他的算分标准残酷的一批：毕竟有校考的高中都是普遍意义上的好高中，大家水平都不低。

综上所述，这次9月参加校考的同学们，你们是真正的超级英雄，你们是人类勇气的赞歌。

阅读

本次9月13日SAT机考的阅读部分整体难度控制较为友好，与考生日常备考接触的常规题型及文本风格高度契合。从考场反馈来看， “整体难度不高”是多数考生的直观感受 ——文章逻辑脉络清晰，题目设问直接，选项干扰项设置相对温和，只要基础阅读能力扎实、题型方法掌握到位，完成阅读板块的时间压力与正确率压力均处于可控范围。

值得注意的是，可能由于参加考试的人数不多，本次阅读题目不少都是来自于之前题库的母题。虽然选项有改动，但是很多文本都是一眼熟悉。

比如↓

文化习惯和嗅觉是否有关系

比如↓

hyperpop音乐题

再比如↓

氧18的含量与海水高度的关系

最后奉上部分词汇题参考答案：

Populated

Forecast

Substantiated

Proxies for

Copious

Enumerate

Varies from

Utility

Lauded

Considerable

Replicable

subdued

integral

Continuously

hallmark

imitate

suggests

语法

纯语法部分我们遇到了不少老朋友，其中更多都是我们在考前告诉大家要考的，比如：

The world’s many geothermal power plants leverage an array of ______blank the Tiwi plant uses a flash steam system that transforms high-temperature geothermal fluid into steam; in the US, the Bear Canyon plant’s dry steam system pumps superheated steam from a reservoir; and in Honduras, the Platanares plant’s binary cycle system uses lower-temperature geothermal fluid in conjunction with a secondary fluid.

A) technologies in the Philippines;

B) technologies: in the Philippines,

C) technologies in the Philippines:

D) technologies, in the Philippines,

与我们考前18张里面看到的这道完全一致，甚至还简化了一些：

还有更直接的原题复用，一字不改，比如：

Long thought to be sessile (immobile), adult Chelonibia testudinaria, barnacles that adhere to sea turtle shells, have been observed to shift slightly in position over time—a phenomenon that has been attributed to the barnacles’ passive displacement by water currents. ______blank a research team found that adult C. testudinaria moved toward the heads of their sea turtle hosts and thus against the prevailing water flow, behavior consistent with self-initiated locomotion.

A) Drawing a similar conclusion,

B) Contrary to this phenomenon,

C) Confirming this hypothesis,

D) Undermining this explanation,

不能说一模一样，只能说一字不差：

所以当你的语法老师喊你考前刷题的时候，他真的是要告诉你下次考试考什么，但是又不能直接说，就说这是以前的老题，让你练习。你要是真的只是当老题刷着玩，那可就蠢咯。

笔记题倒是有所创新，难度相比8月也有略微增加，但是不多：

While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes:

· Founded in 2017, NextMind is a neurotechnology company that develops brain-computer interfaces (BCIs).

· BCIs interpret and execute brain signals to allow users to control external software or hardware with their thoughts.

· Founded in 2003, BrainsWay is a neurotechnology company that develops neuromodulation technologies.

· Neuromodulation technologies use neural interfaces to stimulate nervous system structures and influence neural activity.

· Founded in 2022, Cortigent is a neurotechnology company that develops neuroprostheses.

· Neuroprostheses act as replacement brain functions to restore the user’s lost sensory, motor, or neural functions.

The student wants to contrast the type of neurotechnology NextMind develops with the type of neurotechnology BrainsWay develops. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?

A) BCIs interpret and execute brain signals to allow users to control external software or hardware with their thoughts, whereas neuromodulation technologies restore sensory, motor, or neural functions.

B) BCIs allow users to control external software or hardware with their thoughts, but they don’t influence neural activity as neuromodulation technologies do.

C) Founded in 2017, NextMind develops technology for interpreting and executing brain signals, which, unlike BrainsWay and Cortigent, is categorized as a neuromodulation technology.

D) Unlike BrainsWay, which develops neurotechnology, NextMind develops BCIs.

可见这个赛季的SAT并没有把难度重心和去年的这个赛季一样押在笔记题上面。