為AP考試做準備 Preparing For the AP Exam

每年的五月份，是美國大學理事會主持的AP考試時間，共有22個專業37個學科的考試，美國高中生可以根據自己的情況選擇考試。

我選的AP人文考試，目前的教學正進行模擬考試，里面占很大一部分的是兩篇作文。

其中占分比較多的作文叫DBQ。

我們會拿到1個問題和與問題相關的7篇短文件。

寫作文時間總共是60分鐘。

在這段時間里我們必須研究完所有的文章，再利用這些文章做為證據來回答問題。

如果想得個好分的話，除了這些，我們還要提供現有資料之外的證據來支持我們的論點。

這很困難，因為要記住那么多信息，再在有限的時間里把它寫出來是很難的。

今天我們在課上就寫了這樣一篇文章。

我其實對它還挺有信心的，首先因為問題所問的內容我很熟悉，其次因為前幾次寫這樣的作文時我都拿到了滿分。

希望在真正的AP考試時我也能發揮好。

Every May is when the college board hold the AP exams.

The students can take the tests according to their choices.

I chose the AP World History test.

Right now, we’re prepping for it.

A large portion of the test score comes from two essays.

The one that’s worth more points is called the DBQ, where we get a question and 7 short documents concerning the question.

We get a total of 60 minutes to analyze the documents, and use them as evidence to answer the essay question.

If we wanted to get a good score, then other than these documents, we also have to provide evidence beyond the documents, the information that we know to support our argument.

It’s hard, because we have to memorize so much information, and then write them out in a very limited amount of time.

Today we wrote an essay like that.

I’m actually pretty confident about this essay, firstly because I’m quite familiar with the information behind the essay question, and secondly because I’ve gotten full credit on the previous times we’ve done these essays.

I do hope I perform as well on the actual AP exam.