大学想如果申请经济、金融、管理等商科专业,除了搞好成绩,很多小伙伴还会选择参加一些国际竞赛来增强自己的背景软实力,比如NEC竞赛。正好12月中下旬就要迎来今年的NEC初赛了,本文就来分享一些真题和备赛建议。
NEC竞赛含金量比赛时间
NEC竞赛主办方为CEE,全称为Council for Economic Education(美国经济教育学会),是全球经济与金融教育最权威的学术机构,也是华尔街各大财经集团的重要合作伙伴,而NEC是CEE旗下最具影响力的赛事。
NEC竞赛需要组队参加,每支队伍必须由4名学生组成,每所学校参赛队伍数量不限。
我们以2021-2022赛季为例来看看参赛时间轴——
2021.12.18-12.19,区域站,考生任选其中一天,考核内容是Qualifying Test经济学测评。
2022.3,中国站比赛,考核内容是Qualifying Test经济学测评、Critical Thinking案例大剖析、Super Econ!经济创新挑战、Quiz Bowl经济超级碗四项。
2022.5,全球站比赛,考核Qualifying Test经济学测评、Critical Thinking案例大剖析、Quiz Bow经济超级碗三项。
NEC竞赛的3大组别
竞赛分为三个组别,分别适合不同年龄的孩子(国际学校12年级以上就不行了)——
Pre Division 入门组别、David Ricardo Division 初级组别、Adam Smith Division 高级组别。
【高级组别真题举例】
I.According to Marxist theory, after the dictatorship of the proletariat and the withering
away of the state have taken place, private property would
A be returned to the rightful owners of the property before the revolution
B. be controlled by a government elected by the workers'party
C. serve as a taxable base to help the neediest in society.
D. provide incentives for central planners to use the property efficiently E. not exist; there would be communal ownership of property.
2. The theory of decreasing marginal utility (decreasing marginal value) implies thatindividuals will
A spend less of their income on necessities as consumer incomes increase.
B.place the most value on the goods for which they are the lowest cost producers.
C. value the third hamburger they consume less than the second
D. value the tenth hamburger they consume more than the ninth.
E. produce fewer products on the margin as more workers are hired.
3. According to the principle of the invisible hand,
A everyone acting in his or her self interest leads to the best outcomes for society
B. government must carefully guide economic activity to reach the best outcomes for
society.
C.government policies work like an invisible handle on a safe to protect valuable resources.
D.producers must cooperate with each other so that low prices do not lead to negative profits.
E when everyone intentionally pursues the best outcomes for society, they are guided
to help the neediest people the most.
以上3题答案分别为ECA
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NEC竞赛复习建议
这项竞赛的考查范围包括微观经济学、宏观经济学、国际经济与时事。如果你正好在备赛,可以特别注意以下3点。
01 要会背定义,更要能理解定义
像AL和IB经济都是比较喜欢考定义的,同学也许就会养成答案开头写定义的习惯。不过大家最好还是在背诵定义的时候要达到能用直白的语言去解释的程度,不然很难在比赛后期有理想发挥。
02 案例剖析可以多练练
参加NEC的孩子学AL、IB、AP的都有,如果在你平时的学习过程中,没有接触过NEC竞赛的例剖析题,比如AP学子,那就有特别加深理解了。
案例大剖析考核的形式是每支队伍针对一个经济学问题进行符合逻辑的分析,提出解决方案。AP 课程体系的同学要加深对于 Critical Thinking 的考察形式的理解,强化对于这个考试环节的训练,把备赛系统中的 Critical Thinking Toolkit充分利用起来。
03 别忘修炼团队合作能力
NEC是组队参赛的,除了考查同学们的经济知识储备,更重要的是考参赛选手的团队协作能力。所以大家也不要只埋头书堆完全忽略这点哟。
一个高质量的竞赛,不仅能够帮助同学提升自我学术实力取得申请优势,培养的学习科研能力,还能给文书提供优质素材。
但想要在竞赛中以优异的成绩突出重围,提前备战,扎实基础必不可少。如果想了解更多学习方法,欢迎点击预约试听【唯寻竞赛复习班】——
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