美國時間8月25日的北美SAT考試美東考場，重復使用了2017年10月亞太的試卷。其中，閱讀部分的文章和題目全部重復，語法部分的文章和題目全部重復，數學部分的題目全部重復，作文部分沒有重復。美西考場，完美重復了2017年3月北美試卷。做過這些題的同學們，你們有信心拿到1580嗎?

  根據考場里的同學回憶，整套題中閱讀數學偏難。另外答題卡版式這次也發生了變化，閱讀語法和數學都在同一頁上，各位還請留意~

  先是天氣原因取消部分考試，再是美東和美西地區全部考到一年之內的原題，CB這一次看來是壓力山大了...那咱們就來討論一下接下來可能會出現的結果：

  1.不出現任何意外，此次考試的分數在原定出分時間9月7號左右出分(出現這種情況的概率較小)。

  2.正常出分，但Curve也會很嚴!

  3.CB會有針對性的延遲或者取消一部分特高分和進步特別明顯的考生的分數!

  4.會大面積延遲出分(14年老SAT有先例)。

  5.CB會全部取消此次考試成績...

  總之8月北美SAT考試命運多舛

  各位多多保重咯~

  下面是當天的考情

  小伙伴們趁熱看~

  寫作

  這次選用的話題又是考生普遍熟悉的環保話題，從文章難度來說，文章簡單易懂，幾乎沒有生詞;從寫作思路來說， 與2016年11月那篇同為環保話題的“Bad for birds, bad for all” 以及2018年3月北美考題 “Our Failing Weather Infrastructure”論述方式相似;從分析要素來說，數字、例子、對比以及emotive language很豐富，相信很多同學都能感到順心應手。

  1 Some people don’t love trees as much as they used to. After the severe storms we have had this year, including Hurricane Sandy, city trees can seem like a dangerous liability. Are urban trees worth the risk they pose to houses, cars and people when a violent storm comes through?

  2 Urban environments are tough on trees. Street trees are often boxed in without enough room for healthy roots or they don’t have a sufficient water supply to sustain them. Branches on street trees can be broken by buses or trucks that travel or park too close, or they can be damaged by overly aggressive pruning. The damage often goes unreported, and the trees weaken. High winds can bring those branches — or the trunk itself — down on cars, houses or power lines.

  文章用廣大讀者熟悉的Hurricane Sandy作為引子，用一個rhetorical question來引起讀者思考;緊接著，作者引出了市政當局的錯誤做法。

  3 But there is another side to it, too. Trees are green infrastructure. Unlike gray infrastructure — concrete and metal sewers, pipes, bridges, sidewalks — trees are an investment that increases in value throughout their lifetime, which can last a lot longer than concrete.

  這一段告訴我們市政當局對樹的投資是有回報的。

  4 In Baltimore, Md., it’s estimated that a single tree provides $57,000 in economic and environmental benefits over its lifetime. In a single year, Baltimore’s canopy provides

  $3.3 million in energy savings.

  5 Portland, Ore., is planting 83,000 trees as part of its five-year, $55 million Grey to Green program, to help solve its sewage and stormwater run-off problems.

  6 In Austin, Texas, it’s estimated that the city’s trees have the potential to store up to 100,000 tons of CO2 per year.

  7 The state of Indiana’s street trees provide approximately $79 million annually in environmental and economic benefits. In the capital, Indianapolis, this equals $6.6 million in benefits just from street trees alone.

  第4-7段引用了很多例子和數字，說明了美國全境，很多州都很重視綠植，各州都有大量投資。

  8 The list of other benefits trees in cities provide is long — from removing CO2 from the air, cleaning water and providing habitat for wildlife. But in urban environments, the benefits to people individually and society as a whole extend to social, physical and economic well-being.

  9 People are happier and healthier in cities with more trees. Greener urban areas are connected to healthier and more social interactions between adults and children, as well as lower levels of graffiti, property crimes and violent crimes. According to one major study, public housing buildings surrounded by trees had 52 percent fewer total crimes, 48 percent fewer property crimes and 56 percent fewer violent crimes than buildings with few trees. Tall, dense trees with soft ground surfaces can reduce city noise by 50 percent or more.

  10 Cities trees have also been shown to have significant health benefits. Research on more than 3,000 inner-city children in the United States showed that those who could easily reach a greenspace had less stress and a lower body mass. Among children living in neighborhoods with street trees, there is a lower prevalence of early childhood asthma.

  第8-10段在說綠植帶來的benefits， 這里再次引用了大量的facts和數據。

  11 But just as our urban trees are working for us, we need to work for them. As trees in urban forests get larger and provide greater benefits, like any infrastructure, they also get older and may require greater care to keep both them and us safe. Cities must provide adequate funding, crews and staff to keep our trees healthy. But in terms of the services they provide to the city, they are one of the few infrastructure investments that also grows in value.

  第11段 用but一詞，標志著logical turning point， 呼吁城市市政要重視綠植的價值，增加撥款，雇傭專業人員。

  12 Eighty percent of the U.S. population lives in urban areas. Over the next 50 years, the population in cities is projected to increase substantially. Urban forests will become even more critical to ensure healthy and livable communities.

  更多的理由，試圖說服市政當局要加大投資。

  13 With extreme weather occurring with greater frequency, city governments must start investing in urban forests now to mitigate problems in the future. This investment includes long-term, consistent maintenance plans; funding to support jobs for maintenance crews and specialists to monitor and care for trees; and strong ordinances and codes to ensure that planners and developers incorporate trees and greenspace. If we care for our cities’ trees, they will give back to us tenfold. It’s an important investment in our future. Are they worth the risk? Well, we can’t live without them.

  呼吁市政當局要加大綠植投資，并提供了一些solution, 用rhetorical question結尾，提醒我們忽視這個問題的代價。

  號外號外!

  江浙滬的SAT考生注意了

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  您值得擁有!

  SAT考團時間and價格

  10月份 10.05-10.07 7000元

  11月份 11.02-11.04 5500元

  12月份 11.30-12.02 5500元

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  對于參加SAT考試的考生來說，減少路途奔波、確保準時(最好提前)到達考點是必須的。新航道上海學校SAT考團酒店至考場全程專車接送，且采取最佳路線，確保考生在既安全又準時的情況下到達考場，無需擔心交通問題!