ACT阅读

根据ACT官方网站的介绍，ACT的阅读题材是基于四篇文章，每篇文章的题材不一样：社会研究(social studies)，自然科学(natural science)，叙事性文学(literary narrative or prose fiction), 以及人文科学(humanities)。

以下是各部分的具体内容：

• 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.(内容主要涉及人类学，考古学，生物学，商学，经济学，教育学，地理学，历史，政治科学，心理学)

• 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.(内容涉及解剖学，天文学，微生物学，自然历史，生理学，物理学，科技和动物学)

• Literary Narrative (25%) or Prose Fiction (25%)： Questions in the Literary Narrative category are based on intact short stories or excerpts from short stories or novels, or passages from memoirs and personal essays. Questions in the Prose Fiction category are based on intact short stories or excerpts from short stories and novels.(内容涉及一些完整的小故事以及小说节选)

• Humanities (25%)： Questions in this category are based on passages in the content areas of architecture, art, dance, ethics, film, language, literary criticism, music, philosophy, radio, television, and theater. Questions may be based on passages from memoirs and personal essays.(内容涉及建筑学，艺术，舞蹈，伦理，电影，语言，文学评论，音乐，哲学，广播，电视和剧院)