1.词汇：考察学生的词汇、推理和逻辑思维能力;

　　由30道同义词和30道类比问题组成，测试学生的词汇认知，语言推理，逻辑思维能力。

　　同义词指的就是意义相似的词汇，这类词汇不一定是意思上完全相同，学习这类词汇主要是为了能够让学生区别词汇意义之间的语言色彩，帮助学生在写作和讲话选择精确，也能够体会他人话语中的细微差别。

　　类比词汇就是两种表面上不同，但是有某种逻辑关系的词汇。对这类词汇的考察主要是为了帮助学生利用已掌握的知识建立两种事物之间的联系。

　　2.数学：考察学生解决实际问题的能力，涉及计算、基础代数、几何和数学的

　　考查内容以小学或者初中数学为主，主要包括数学运算，基础代数，几何以及其他数学概念掌握的能力。考试难度整体不大。

　　例题：

　　3.阅读：考察学生对所读文章的理解能力;

　　7篇阅读理解，测试阅读和理解能力。

　　时长40分钟，共40道题目，涉及的文章体裁有文学小说,人文(传记，艺术，诗歌)，科学(人类学，天文学，医药类)，社会研究(历史，社会学，经济学)。

　　常考的题型有：主旨题，细节题，推断题，词汇题，态度和语气题。

　　例题：

　　Everything was wonderful today. Even the birds sounded cheerier than ever. They whistledfrom nearby trees.

　　Polly's bicycle barely stopped as she jumped off. They had arrived at the special place in thepark where the giant silver slide lived. Polly loved the slide. She got a shivery joy each time sheslipped along its long slender back. She ran over to the slide."Slow down, Polly," shouted her mother, smiling at her young daughter.Barbara enjoyed these outings as much as Polly. She loved to just relax and visit with theother women she would meet there. They would trade stories about their children. When she felt likeit, Barbara tucked her knitting or an interesting novel into Polly's bag. She felt a little tired from herbrisk walk and plopped down at the nearest picnic table. Soon Carol, one of her friends, wanderedover to her.Polly watched her mother and the other woman. Polly liked it when her mother chatted orvisited with other women. It gave her extra long playtime.The slide was cold today. But this did not stop Polly from whisking down its bare back. Thecold metal sent shivers of fun through her. Faster and faster she slid each time she climbed the endlesssteps. Up, up, up she went eager to swoosh along the cold, silver slide. Polly loved to daydreamwhile she rode on the slide. She would close her eyes and think of herself as a lovely princess on a white horse. Some days, she would pretend that she was either a lost puppy or a lost kitten looking forits mother. She would crawl around while she meowed or whimpered sadly. Polly had heard hermother say that she had a good imagination. She wasn't really sure what this meant. She guessed thatit meant that she was really great at pretending things.

　　Polly continued her trips up the stairs and down the slide. On what was maybe her twelfthtrip, a strange sound shot into the air. It was a very painful groan. "What's that?" she asked, jumpingoff the end of the slide."Oh, thank you!" came the answer over her shoulder."Who said that?" Polly asked again, looking round and round."I did."Polly bent at the waist, jumped to one foot and spun around. She was staring right at the slide.Two very, very sad eyes stared back at her. "Thank you for getting off," said a giant mouth just belowthe teary eyes.

　　- Susan A. Candela

　　1. Which of the following is the best title for this story?

　　A. "Polly, Barbara and Carol"

　　B. "The Giant Silver Slide"

　　C. "Barbara's Imagination"

　　D. "Polly's School Day"

　　2. Which of the following is true in the story?

　　A. Barbara is Polly's mother.

　　B. Carol is Polly's friend.

　　C. Polly is Carol's sister.

　　D. Barbara is Polly's sister.

　　3. Who is talking to Polly at the end of this story?

　　A. the playground

　　B. the bicycle

　　C. a classmate

　　D. the slide

　　答案：B A D

　　4.写作：根据考试的不同等级，所要求的写作形式也不同。写作不记入总分，但作文会递交给学生所申请的学校作为录取参考;

　　2个题目，选择其中1个题目作答。写作不计分，仅供你所选择的学校参考，了解你的写作和思维组织能力。成绩报告并不含写作，如果你需要一份你的写作副本，可以通过在线账户支付20美金获取。

　　例题：

　　School would like to get to konw you better through a story you tell using one of the ideas below.Please choose the idea you find most interesting and write a story using the idea as your first sentence.Please fill in the circle next to the one you choose.

　　A It was unlike any place I'd ever been.

　　B He leaned forward and said...

　　5.加试

　　考试还包括16个试验性问题，不计分，但对于考察学生的学习能力同样重要。

　　SSAT中级和高级考试还包括16道试验题，包括6道词汇题、5道阅读题和5道数学题。这些问题不计分， 由于学生不知道哪些是加试哪些不是，所以都要认真对待。

　　题型及时间总览