新GRE考試內容變化解讀。新的GRE考試當中關於閱讀部分所進行的形式上調整是比較明顯的，首先從題目所佔的比例上來說傳統GRE考試語文部分中閱讀理解和句子填空試題僅佔語文考試題目比重的不到二分之一(18/38)，而新GRE考試則主要由這兩部分試題組成。雖然表面上來說，從題目的總體數量上從38道題縮減到了20道，但是由於當中增加了閱讀的比重，所以導致考生在做題當中閱讀的量增大，相應的難度也有所提升，尤其是與之前同學們大量背單詞去解決相對應的類比和反義產生了比較大的背離。針對這樣的改革，同學在備考的過程當中應當更加強調閱讀能力上的提升，同時針對變化，考生應當作出相應的調整，提升深入的理解能力和分析邏輯的能力。以具體的ETS官方所給出的閱讀理解的樣題為例，我們來看看到底發生了怎樣的變化。
首先題型上從原來的傳統的五選一變成了三種不同的考題
第一種題型：多項選擇題
Sample Multiple-choice Questions - Select One Answer Choice
1. The passage implies which of the following about the current cost of generating electricity
A. It is higher than it would be if better technologies for capturing carbon dioxide were available。
B. It is somewhat less than the cost of electricity transmission and distribution。
C. It constitutes at most half of the delivered price of electricity。
D. It is dwelt on by policymakers to the exclusion of other costs associated with electricity delivery。
E. It is not fully recovered by the prices charged directly to electricity consumers。
Answer： C
樣題當中所給的第一題即是傳統的五選一的題型，這種題型在解題的'過程當中基本與現行的考試所出的題型沒有太大的差異。是一道傳統的推斷題，我們可以根據當中給出的the current cost of generating electricity找到原文當中的相應句子“Currently， technology that would capture carbon dioxide emitted by power plants and sequester it harmlessly underground or undersea instead of releasing it into the atmosphere might double the cost of generating electricity.”由此答案確定為C。
而後面兩種是在之前的考試當中所沒有的。其中第二種考題是中國同學相對不太適應的不定項選擇。
第二種題型：多項選擇題II
Sample Multiple-choice Questions - Select One or More Answer Choices
2. The passage suggests that extensive use of sequestration would， over time， have which of the following consequences
A. The burning of fossil fuels would eventually cease to produce atmospheric accumulations of carbon dioxide。
B. The proportion of the delivered price of electricity due to generation would rise and then decline。
C. Power plants would consume progressively lower quantities of fossil fuels。
Answer： B
此題雖然從表面上似乎是發生了變化，需要同學們逐一判斷，但是從本質上來說並沒有發生變化，只是需要考生在做題的過程當中分析清楚選項。
第三種題型：段中點選題
Sample Select-in-Passage Question
3. Select the sentence that explains why an outcome of sequestration that might have been expected would not occur。
Answer：
“But because sequestration does not affect the cost of electricity transmission and distribution， delivered prices will rise less， by no more than 50 percent.”