2014年SAT填空考试题目精选

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Section 2
  1. Jim was so opposed to any type of change that he ------- even the most beneficial of -------.
  A. blamed......customs
  B. presented.......inventions
  C. welcomed.......reforms
  D. anticipated.......results
  E. resisted.......improvements
  解析: so....that的因果关系,所以前后同义,第一空应与oppose(反对)同义,第二空是beneficial of...应为正向词,故E最合适。
  翻译:Jim 反对任何形式的改变,甚至是最有助于提高的(改变也反对)。
  2. Eager to enlist as a soldier during the American Revolution, Deborah Sampson Gannett successfully------- the military’s gender boundary by donning men’s clothing and ------ a male identity.
  A. delineated........flaunting
  B. circumvented........assuming
  C. reinstated.......mimicking
  D. denounced......inventing
  E. skirted........disguising
  解析: 从前半句可知,为了要参军,D这个人成功的怎么样了性别界限,说明这人是个女的,所以规避这组词可选,故第一空B,E正确,第二空,她通过穿上男人的衣服并且要装得像男人,所以排除了disguise(掩饰)。assume 这个词作动词时可翻译为“装,做作”等意思=affect=act。所以正确答案为B
  翻译:Deborah很想注册入伍,她通过穿上男人衣服装扮男性,成功地规避了军队的性别界限。
  3. For a cycling tourist, -------is paramount: situation inevitably arise that require a cyclist to be alert and keen witted.
  A. deference
  B. perseverance
  C. munificence
  D. alacrity
  E. vigilance
  解析:冒号解释题,线索为alert and keen witted。故答案为E。
  翻译:对于一个骑车的旅行者,警惕是至关重要的:这种情况要求车手要机警。
  4. The problem of soil degradation is -------: few, if any, agriculturally important regions are unaffected by it.
  A. recent
  B. modest
  C. subtle
  D. global
  E. finished
  解析:冒号解释题,线索为冒号后:几乎没有地区没被影响,所以土地恶化波及很广,故选D。
  翻译:土地恶化问题波及甚广,几乎没有一个以农业生产为主的地区没有受到影响。
5. Lauren was often labeled easygoing because she tended to appear mild and ------ rather than tense and -------.
  A. sullen......serious
  B. relaxed......excitable
  C. joyful.....intelligent
  D. slow......patient
  E. likable......humorous
  解析:并列关系题,第一空为mild同义词,第二空为tense同义词,或easygoing反义词。两空的逻辑方向也是反的,故答案为A。
  翻译:人们都知道Lauren很随和,因为她喜欢显得温和而轻松而不是很紧绷而易激动。
  6. The poet’s publisher cautioned her against overusing -------language, but the poet preferred the lively, informal dialect of her hometown.
  A. vernacular
  B. superannuated
  C. bombastic
  D. austere
  E. erudite
  解析:转折关系,诗人喜欢用生动和非正式的方言,而出版商警告他不要过多运用什么,故答案为A。 Superannuated之前SAT考试中没有出现过,大家把这个词放到“过时的”意群里去。从词根中我们也可看出super-:over; -ann-:year。
  翻译:出版商警告诗人不要过多运用方言,但是诗人喜欢用自己家乡生动的、不那么正式的家乡话。

  7. Essayist Michel de Montaigne cultivated a contemplative prose style that seems to meander with his thoughts, thereby making his essays------- and filled with ------.
  A. digressive.......tangents
  B. cursory.......ephemera
  C. convoluted......jargon
  D. frenetic......platitudes
  E. aimless.......polemic
  解析:因果关系题,thereby为逻辑线索词。本题的题眼在meander with his thoughts,即与他的思想偏离的,所以他的文章是怎么样的,故答案为A。
  翻译:散文家Michel de Montaigne采用一种看似与他想法背离的冥想的散文方式来写作,因此让他的散文跑题并包含很多不切题的部分。
  8. The book was aptly described as------- because it was instrumental in advancing knowledge about its subject.
  A. seminal
  B. recondite
  C. beguiling
  D. incendiary
  E. inchoate
  解析:因果关系题,空格后说明原因是推进此学科知识的工具书,因此答案为A。Seminal这个词之前在SAT填空部分没有出现过,但如果大家词根掌握的很好就知道这个词与disseminate有关,dis-semin-ate:dis-表示分散,-semin-为种子的意思。所以seminal理解为未来发展及推进的种子,种子就要传播生长,故可译为“有开创性的”。
  翻译:这本书可以被恰当的描述为(像种子般)有开创性,因为它是推广该学科知识的指导书。
  Section 6
  1. It was ------- of the hikers to head out their journey into the wilderness without enough supplies or practical survival experience.
  A. dishonest
  B. reckless
  C. petty
  D. cunning
  E. thrifty
  解析:没有充足供给和生存知识的远足者如果进入荒野将会是怎么样的,故答案为B。
  翻译:远足者在没有充足供给和实际生存知识的情况下进入荒野是鲁莽的,不计后果的。

 

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