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1.Architect Toyo Ito strives to design spaces that seem “aqueous,” creating environments wherein objects appear to___B____.
A. fly
B. float
C. shrink
D. smolder
E. collide
解题标志词:逗号+creating (动词ing形式,插入成分)
解析:插入成分的题目前后互为同义重复,creating 前面的内容为“建筑师Toyo Ito努力想设计出看起来如水般的空间”(Architect Toyo Ito strives to design spaces that seem “aqueous,”) 最关键的线索词是aqueous。所以B. 漂浮,悬浮为正确答案。A(飞,起飞)C(收缩,缩水)D(文火闷烧,慢燃;郁积)E(碰撞,冲突)
翻译:建筑师Toyo Ito努力想设计出看起来如水般的空间,创造出能让物体看起来漂浮的环境。
词汇扩充:Float:to rest on top of a liquid, to be carried along by moving water or air,to cause (something) to rest on top of a liquid : to cause (something) to float
Smolder: to burn slowly without flames but usually with smoke,to feel a strong emotion but keep it hidden,to be felt strongly by someone without being directly shown or expressed
2. Both of the twins tended toward ------, and these attention-seeking emotional displays had won neither of them many friends.
A. punctiliousness
B. stridency
C. seditiousness
D. histrionics
E. sagacity
解析:these后的attention-seeking emotional displays“故意引人注意的情绪化行为”(哗众取宠)对应空格处,所以选D选项histrionic“夸张的,做作的”。
词汇扩充:夸张的,戏剧化的,不自然的:exaggerated, dramatic, theatrical,affected, artificial, mannered
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3. Janet's ------ was evident to everyone in the room because she glanced around at them ------.
A. guilt .. confidently
B. anxiety .. calmly
C. conviction .. uneasily
D. hopefulness .. gloomily
E. suspicion .. distrustfully
解析:两空都是在修饰Janet的行为特征,中间由because连接因果关系,所以两空同义,选E选项suspicion“怀疑”distrustfully“不信任地”。
词汇扩充:怀疑的,不轻信的 skeptical, suspicious, incredulous
4. The aroma of the freshly baked bread was so ------ that we were tempted to buy three loaves.
A. enticing
B. unruly
C. convenient
D. fabricated
E. generic
解析:本题是so..that 关系,因为so/such A that/as to B 的结构中A与B为同义关系或感情态度一致,所以从tempted“(被)吸引,诱惑”,可看出空格为对aroma的正向评价,因此答案为A选项 enticing “吸引人的”。
关于“吸引人的”的同义词有很多个,除此之外还有: allure, appeal, spellbind, captivate, enchant, bewilder, entrance, enthral 它们都有吸引,迷惑的意思,这些都是sat常考词汇.考生需要积累同义词。
5. Some of the guests were positively ------, speaking disrespectfully to their host and generally exhibiting deplorable manners.
A. bemused
B. cursory
C. forlorn
D. incoherent
E. uncouth
解析:空格对应disrespectfully“不敬地”和deplorable“应受责备的”,所以应填一个表示行为举止方面的负向评价,因此选E选项uncouth“粗鲁的”。
关于粗鲁的,无礼的近义词有:boorish, churlish, impudent, insolent, rude, 考生需要记忆。
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