更新時間：2021-07-14 15:29:36作者：admin2
GMAT閱讀文章一般有三種題材：
A 科技類文章(Science
Passages)例如DNA、基因、厄爾尼諾、溫室效應、大氣污染、開采能源等。以下就是幾篇典型的GMAT科技類文章的片斷： “Caffeine, the
stimulant in coffee, has been called "the most widely used psychoactive
substance on Earth …….For many years, caffeine"s effects have been attributed to
its inhibition of the production of phosphodiesterase”， “Nearly a century ago,
biologists found that if they separated an invertebrate animal embryo into two
parts at an early stage of its life…….”， “ Protein synthesis begins when the
gene encoding a protein is activated…………”
此類文章內容枯燥無味，加上通篇“游蕩”著的幾個超長的自然科學類的英文單詞，往往令中國學生十分頭疼。由于此類文章難度較大，所以題目一般比較簡單，基本都是“直接事實題”(這將在以后的“GMAT閱讀題型分析”中講到)，極少出現“信息題”或其它高難題型。
B 社會科學類文章(Social science
passages)此類文章可能涉及歷史，政治或宏觀經濟等社會科學領域的話題，包括美國歷史、弱勢群體(少數民族、黑人、女性)以及法律(法律史)等等，在GMAT考試中所占比例較大。如：“Recent
years have brought minority-owned businesses in the United States unprecedented
opportunities……….”， “In the two decades between 1910 and 1930, over ten percent
to the Black population of the United States left the South……”，“Historians of
women"s labor in the United States at first largely disregarded the story of
female service workers-women earning wages in
occupations………”。相對于上述自然科學類文章，這類文章對中國學生的理解能力并未造成太大挑戰，但其閱讀題目的難度卻不容小覷。
C 商業類 (Business passages) 此類的GMAT
文章數量眾多，而且涉及范圍也十分廣泛，比如市場營銷，存貨處理，以及日常管理等等。例如：“Excess inventory, a massive problem
for many businesses, has several causes, some of which are
unavoidable……”，“Traditionally, the first firm to commercialize a new technology
has benefited from the unique opportunity to shape product definitions, forcing
followers to adapt to a standard or invest in an unproven
alternative….”由于此類文章行文較簡單，所以題目一般會比較難，會有高難的“信息題”出現，考生在對原文進行一般理解的基礎上，應盡力
“聽”出其“弦外之音”，這便是詳細的GMAT考試介紹。