科学部分
The content of the Science Test includes biology, chemistry, physics, and the Earth/space sciences (for example, geology, astronomy, and meteorology). Advanced knowledge in these subjects is not required, but background knowledge acquired in general, introductory science courses is needed to answer some of the questions. The test emphasizes scientific reasoning skills over recall of scientific content, skill inmathematics, or reading ability.
The scientific information is conveyed in one of three different formats:
科学测试的内容包括生物，化学，物理，和地球/空间学说(例如：地质学，天文学和气象学)。这些学科的先进的知识是不要求的，但普通的知识背景和介绍性的科学课程对于回答有些问题是必须的。测试强调科学的推理技巧，而不只是记忆科技文内容，数学能力或阅读能力。这些信息都以三种不同方式来陈述。
· Data Representation (38%). This format presents graphic and tabular material similar to that found in science journals and texts. The questions associated with this formatmeasure skills such as graph reading, interpretation of scatter plots, and interpretation of information presented in tables, diagrams, and figures.
· 数据表示(38%)和科技杂志和文章一样，以图形和表格的形式来表述信息。考察学生图表阅读，分散图的解读，对表格，图表和数字形式信息的理解。
· Research Summaries (45%). This format provides descriptions of one or more related experiments. The questions focus on the design of experiments and the interpretation of experimental results.
· 研究概述(45%)提供多个相关的试验,问题强调对于试验设计和试验结论的解读。
· Conflicting Viewpoints (17%). This format presents expressions of several hypotheses or views that, being based on differing premises or on incomplete data, are inconsistent with one another. The questions focus on the understanding, analysis, and comparison of alternative viewpoints or hypotheses.
· 矛盾观点(17%)以几个基于不同的
阅读部分
The Reading Test is based on four types of reading selections: social studies, natural sciences, prose fiction, and humanities. The Social Studies/Sciences subscore is based on the questions in the social studies and the natural sciences sections of the test, and the Arts/Literature subscore is based on the questions in the prose fiction and humanities sections of the test.
阅读部分选材于四个方面：社会科学，自然科学，散文、小说和人文学科。社会科学/科学得分基于前两者的得分情况。文科/文学得分基于散文、小说和人文学科的得分。
· Social Studies (25%). Questions in this category are based on passages in the content areas of anthropology, archaeology, biography, business, economics, education, geography, history, political science, psychology, and sociology.
· 社会科学(25%)人类学，考古学，传记，商务，经济，教育，地理，历史，
政治科学，心理学和社会学。
· Natural Sciences (25%). Questions in this category are based on passages in the content areas of anatomy, astronomy, biology, botany, chemistry, ecology, geology, medicine, meteorology, microbiology, natural history, physiology, physics, technology, and zoology.
· 自然科学(25%)解剖学，天文学，生物学，植物学，化学，生态学，地质学，医学，气象学，微生物学，博物学，生理学，物理学，工艺和动物学。
· Prose Fiction (25%). Questions in this category are based on intact short stories or excerpts from short stories or novels.
· 散文、小说(25%)完整的短篇故事或者短篇小说和长篇故事的节选。
· Humanities (25%). Questions in this category are based on passages from memoirs and personal essays and in the content areas of architecture, art, dance, ethics, film, language, literary criticism, music, philosophy, radio, television, and theater.
· 人文学科(25%)论文集，随笔，建筑学，艺术，舞蹈，道德，电影，语言，文学评论，音乐，哲学，电台，电视和剧院。