AP美国史选择题占总分的40%,对于目标5分的同学来说,这部分的分数肯定是不能丢的。所以快来和本文一起看看AP美国史选择题的真题、考法和答题技巧吧。
从2015年开始,选择题从之前的给问题给选项变成了给材料和问题的形式,每个材料后设2-5道小题,共55道,55分钟解决。
材料内容包括文献,图表,地图,照片,漫画等。每个材料考察不同历史时期,要求考生根据材料来确定时代背景和主题,然后再来解题。
AP美国史选择题要求每个考生不仅需要掌握相关历史时期的历史事件的知识点,还要看懂所给的材料与其历史的联系,对阅读能力也有不小的考验。
我们先来看一道真题——
[H]istory and experience prove that foreign influence is one of the most baneful foes of republican
government. . . Excessive partiality for one foreign nation and excessive dislike of another cause those
whom they actuate to see danger only on one side and serve to veil and even second the arts of influence on the other. .. . . The great rule of conduct for us, in regard to foreign nations, is in extending our commercial relations to have with them as little political connection as possible. So far as we have already formed
engagements, let them be fulflled with perfect good faith. Here let us stop. Europe has a set of primary interests which to us have none, or a very remote relation. Hence she must be engaged in frequent controversies, the causes of which are essentially foreign to our concerns.'
George Washington, Farewell Address, 1796
我们结合这道AP美国史选择题来聊下答题技巧。
01 先看题干
看了题目的题干问题之后再回去看文章,比较容易快速找到相应的答案。
常见的题干问题类型有:
问影响(what was the effect?)
e.g. The impact of the.........mentioned in the above excerpt was......
Which of the following was the effect of the above event?
问原因(what caused this? Historical causation)
e.g What contributed to.........?
问观点(point of view)
e.g Which group(or person) would support/disagree with the position described above?
问相似性、差异性、延续和改变(Comparison, Continuity and Change Over Time)
e.g The above description is most similar to what other event/time period in U.S.history?
02 回答材料文章
需要注意的出题点有:
作者观点: Who? Views? Purposes? Biases?
历史背景:When? Where? Events?
文章受众:Who? How might the audience affect the document’s content?
比如上面这道AP美国史选择题,右下角作者是华盛顿,能看出这是他1796年卸任时的告别演说。
这样就马上可以有个预判,大致知道会问什么问题,如从告别演说就应该联想到孤立主义的外交政策。然后再看后面的题目,比较容易快速把握主旨和题目关键点,进阶做题效率,节省时间。
03 去掉错误选项
常见错误选项的特征有:
所处的时代不对:事件和题目要求的时代不符
和题目事件无关
有史实错误
AP美国史选择题答题技巧就分享到这里啦。AP文科的5分率一向比理科低,美国史更是丢分重灾区,
满分率只有10%左右,谁让它分析能力、记忆力、语言和资料运用能力什么都要考。如果你想知道如何针对性进阶以上能力,点击这里预约试听【AP复习冲刺班】——
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文科、理科都能游刃有余
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