· 誰適合考?
2018年需要申請(qǐng)美本的你;
申請(qǐng)學(xué)校要求比較高,面對(duì)競(jìng)爭(zhēng)比較大的你;
已經(jīng)拿到offer準(zhǔn)備2018年秋季入學(xué)的你。
· 為什么需要考?
AP分?jǐn)?shù)3分以上(滿分5分)的學(xué)生在大學(xué)學(xué)業(yè)成功概率更高;
“Research consistently shows that students who receive a score of 3 or higher on AP Exams typically experience greater academic success in college and have higher graduation rates than their non-AP peers.” —College Board
AP分?jǐn)?shù)3分以上可以替換成大學(xué)的學(xué)分(5 分=A;4 分=A?, B+,? B;3 分=B?, C+,? C);
AP備考過程可以幫助你明白自己是否喜歡某個(gè)專業(yè)(心理學(xué),經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué),歷史,文學(xué),數(shù)學(xué)等);
AP備考可以幫助我們建立起更完善的文化基礎(chǔ)背景。
· 得分情況怎么樣?難考嗎?
College Board 統(tǒng)計(jì)了去年考生在各個(gè)學(xué)科中的各個(gè)分?jǐn)?shù)項(xiàng)的百分比 (見下表)。在歷史社科類中,AP各學(xué)科考試人數(shù)和3分以上的考生比例是:

(https://secure-media.collegeboard.org/digitalServices/pdf/research/2017/Student-Score-Distributions-2017.pdf)
我們可以看到考美國史的人數(shù)在歷史社科中是相對(duì)最大的(僅次于英語語言English Language,排第三參考人數(shù)最多的是English Literature),大多數(shù)本土考生的選擇也許是實(shí)際角度出發(fā),畢竟美國歷史和英語語言/文學(xué)是美高都已經(jīng)學(xué)過的內(nèi)容,拿到3分以上應(yīng)該相對(duì)值得的事。這就很迷了,因?yàn)楝F(xiàn)實(shí)是美國史拿到高分的比例卻相對(duì)比較低。這個(gè)考試不是想像中的那么容易,為什么考試人數(shù)那么多呢?
也許,即便實(shí)現(xiàn)考分需要加大功夫,但這個(gè)學(xué)習(xí)的過程是值得的。對(duì)于我們即將去美國讀本科的學(xué)生們來說更是如此。備考美國史的過程,考生需要訓(xùn)練閱讀歷史文獻(xiàn)的能力,語言層面上是詞匯積累和應(yīng)用的過程,在思維層面上,分析不同歷史觀點(diǎn),思考起因經(jīng)過和影響,并把階段歷史放在大的歷史背景去審視,是學(xué)習(xí)辯證思維(critical thinging skills)的過程。
· AP美國史考什么內(nèi)容呢?
【第一部分】
Part A. 多選題55道,占比40%,55分鐘,知識(shí)點(diǎn)范圍1491年到現(xiàn)在。考生需要閱讀歷史文獻(xiàn)(文字,圖表或者圖片),然后回答2-5題,例如:
Questions 1–3 refer to the excerpt below.
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“In 1739 arrived among us from Ireland the Reverend Mr. [George] Whitefield, who had made himself remarkable there as an itinerant preacher.
He was at first permitted to preach in some of our churches; but the clergy, taking a dislike to him, soon refused him their pulpits, and he was obliged to preach in the fields. The multitudes of all sects and denominations that attended his sermons were enormous. . . .
It was wonderful to see the change soon made in the manners of our inhabitants. From being thoughtless or indifferent about religion, it seemed as if all the world were growing religious, so that one could not walk thro’ the town in an evening without hearing psalms sung in different families of every street.”
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Benjamin Franklin, The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
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1. Whitefield’s impact suggests that religious culture among British North American colonists in the 1700s was most directly shaped by
Roman Catholic influences
interest in commerce and business
trans-Atlantic exchanges
reliance on agriculture
2. Whitefield’s open-air preaching contributed most directly to which of the following trends?
The growth of the ideology of republican motherhood
Greater independence and diversity of thought
Movement of settlers to the backcountry
The pursuit of social reform
3. The preaching described in the excerpt is an example of which of the following developments in the 1700s?
The emergence of an idea of republican self-government
The beginning of calls for the abolition of slavery
The increased influence of the Enlightenment
The expansion of Protestant evangelism
Part B. 簡(jiǎn)答題3道, 占比20%,40分鐘, 兩道知識(shí)點(diǎn)范圍1754~1980年,一道二選一,考生需要閱讀歷史文獻(xiàn)(文字,圖表或者圖片)回答對(duì)應(yīng)的問題,不需要考生詳細(xì)論證支持一個(gè)論點(diǎn),例如:
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Using the post–Civil War image above, answer (a), (b), and (c).
(a) Brie y describe ONE perspective about citizenship expressed in the image.
(b) Brie y explain ONE specific historical development that led to the change depicted in the image.
(c) Briefly explain ONE way in which the historical change depicted in the image was challenged in the period 1866 to 1896.
【第二部分】
Part A. 文獻(xiàn)分析題1道,占比25%,60分鐘,知識(shí)點(diǎn)范圍1754~1980年。這部分需要考生閱讀需要閱讀并分析九篇?dú)v史文獻(xiàn)(文字,圖表或者圖片);
Part B. 獨(dú)立寫作題1道,占比15%,40分鐘, 題目三選一,范圍分別為1491~1800年,1800~1898年,1890~2018,需要有歷史事件為依據(jù),多角度分析。
總共三個(gè)小時(shí)十五分鐘的考試,有兩個(gè)技能是被強(qiáng)調(diào)的:1.閱讀歷史文獻(xiàn);2.分析歷史文獻(xiàn)。
考過SAT的同學(xué)會(huì)不會(huì)覺得很眼熟?是的!和SAT閱讀中的歷史文獻(xiàn)閱讀,以及寫作中的分析歷史文獻(xiàn)是一樣一樣的!
· 我該怎么備考呢?
重點(diǎn)來了,既然這么難這么重要這么有價(jià)值,我們?cè)撛趺磦淇寄兀亢?jiǎn)單的說,投入很重要,時(shí)間上需要充足的準(zhǔn)備。
特別是如果我們還沒全面學(xué)習(xí)過美國史(或者上了課,但沒怎么重視且走心的學(xué)習(xí)),那么Domino建議至少需要三個(gè)月的時(shí)間去準(zhǔn)備。
一個(gè)半月時(shí)間熟悉教材內(nèi)容,看一遍 Ameican Pageant? (這本書有一千多頁,很厚,也很詳盡),或者看三遍 Direct Hits US History in a Flash (不到四百頁,主要事件和時(shí)期的高度概括,更貼近考點(diǎn)), 能清晰整理出九個(gè)美國歷史時(shí)期的時(shí)間脈絡(luò)和重要事件。
一個(gè)半月刷真題和寫分析性文章。
所以今年五月份的考試,這個(gè)寒假就開始準(zhǔn)備是很有比較的哦。


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