Thinking skills assessment 簡稱TSA。
是三所英國高校用來檢測學(xué)生思考能力的入學(xué)考試,但是牛津大學(xué)是運(yùn)用最頻繁的。
TSA 有三個(gè)版本:
TSA OXFORD
TSA CAMBRIDGE
TSA UCL
這三個(gè)版本分別適用于的專業(yè):
TSA Oxford:
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Economics and Management 經(jīng)濟(jì)管理
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Experimental Psychology 實(shí)驗(yàn)心理學(xué)
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Human Sciences 人類科學(xué)
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Philosophy and Linguistics 語言與哲學(xué)
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Philosophy, Politics and Economics (PPE) 政治,經(jīng)濟(jì)&哲學(xué)
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Psychology and Linguistics 語言與心理學(xué)
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Psychology and Philosophy 哲學(xué)與心理學(xué)
TSA Oxford S1(section 1):
TSA Cambridge S1 (section 1):
TSA UCL:
【考試內(nèi)容】
TSA 是總時(shí)長為兩個(gè)小時(shí)的入學(xué)考試,分為兩個(gè)部分:
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部分1: Thinking Skills Assessment (TSA)
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部分2: 寫作任務(wù)
第一部分為 50 道的選擇題,共時(shí)長90分鐘。(需要在答題卡上填寫答案)
第一部分會(huì)基本上考兩大種題型;
critical thinking批判性思維& problem solving 解決問題的能力
critical thinking批判性思維
主要是考學(xué)生對(duì)于文字,段落的理解;
題目中會(huì)有一段文字,考生們需要在閱讀完這段文字之后,分析并回答下面的一道問題
Example: (specimen paper Q1)
Every motorist pays the same amount for road tax, regardless of how much they use the roads: someone who covers as little as 1 000 miles pays the same as someone who covers 20 000. This is unfair. Road tax should be scrapped and the money raised by an increase in the tax on car fuel. Making this change would ensure that those who use the roads more would pay more. This would not only be a fairer system, but could also bring in more revenue.
Which of the following best illustrates the principle underlying the argument above?
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People should receive free medical treatment only if they cannot afford to pay for it.
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People who travel to work every day by train should pay a lower fare than those who travel only occasionally.
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People who earn more than double the average wage should be made to pay much higher charges for dental treatment.
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Television channels should be paid for by subscription so that only those people who watch them should be made to pay.
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Telephone charges should be higher for business customers than for domestic customers because they are using the system only to make money.
(正確的答案:D)
答案解析:這段文字主要的觀點(diǎn)是,開車越頻繁的人應(yīng)該付更多交通稅。也就是用一樣?xùn)|西越多的人就應(yīng)該付更多的錢。因此排除 A&B&E.
C的理論是賺的錢越多的人,應(yīng)該付越貴的牙醫(yī)費(fèi)。跟文字中表達(dá)的觀點(diǎn)也不太一致。如果C 是看牙醫(yī)越頻繁的人應(yīng)該付更貴的牙醫(yī)費(fèi),那么C 也可以是正確答案
D是唯一的正確答案。
problem solving (解決問題):
是考驗(yàn)學(xué)生數(shù)學(xué)思考能力,
problem solving 沒有固定的題型,主要是考圖表/計(jì)算。
下面是小編找到的另一道練習(xí)題,大家可以試一試;
Example:(specimen paper Q7)
A publisher produces magazines, all of which have a number of pages which is a multiple of 32. Thus, a magazine can have 32, 64, 96....... pages. The front cover is always counted as page 1.
The centre spread of the magazine could have pages numbered
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15 and 16.
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30 and 31.
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50 and 51.
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63 and 64.
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96 and 97.
(正確答案:E)
第二部分為時(shí)長三十分鐘的寫作任務(wù)。
同學(xué)們需要從四個(gè)題目中選一個(gè)來寫,所有題目都不需要特定專業(yè)相關(guān)的知識(shí)。
例題:
1 When, if ever, is forgiveness wrong?
2 Should parking fines be based on the driver’s income?
3 "The cause of gender inequality is in the hands of men, but the solution is in the hands of women." Do you agree?
【考試難點(diǎn)】
小編覺得TSA 的難點(diǎn)有兩個(gè);時(shí)間不夠&英語能力不夠
1.TSA給每個(gè)人的時(shí)間是非常短的,如果沒有特殊的訓(xùn)練,一般人第一次都沒有辦法答完所有的題目。
所以要備考的同學(xué)們要記得計(jì)時(shí)練習(xí)喲。
(溫馨提示,練習(xí)的時(shí)候也要記得留涂答題卡的時(shí)間喲)
還有一個(gè)小小的考試技巧-- 練習(xí)題目的時(shí)候,一定要留下幾套題目。臨近考試的時(shí)候做,有助于反映真實(shí)的水平哦。
2.有另外一部分人是因?yàn)橛⒄Z,所以覺得TSA比較困難。
TSA 是一個(gè)要求英語能力較高的考試,基本上所有的題目都包含著大段的文字。英語不好的同學(xué)們,考試之前也要找方法來克服。
【報(bào)名日期和費(fèi)用】
09.01 TSA考試申請(qǐng)開始
10.15 TSA 考試報(bào)名結(jié)束
10.30 TSA 考試開始
01.13考試成績發(fā)表
(*雖然一月十三成績才發(fā)表,但是大學(xué)在此之前已經(jīng)拿到了所有學(xué)生的成績。學(xué)生們不用擔(dān)心把成績發(fā)給大學(xué)的問題。)
費(fèi)用方面,TSA 的所有考試都是免費(fèi)的。
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