SAT考试填空练习题第四套

SECTION ONE

1. The fireworks display created so much_________  that the night sky was  completely_________, almost as if it were the middle of the day.

(A) heat.. exploded

(B) gunpowder. . polluted

(C) color.. decorated

(D) refuse . . detonated

(E) light. . illuminated

2. In speech and in action she was never haughty or_________; she was always willing to_________ any recommendations, even if she did not agree with them at first.

(A) persistent . . deny

(B) conceited . . consider

(C) ornery . . oppose

(D) open-minded .. embrace

(E) accommodating .. ignore

3. Believing that a writer has_________ responsibilities, Simon Le Boq hopes that his work_________ the differences between right and wrong.

(A) contradictory . . explains

(B) textual.. blames

(C) principal . . indicates

(D) required ., contains

(E) ethical.. demonstrates

4. Most animals  respond with excessive  violence to insignificant  threats; in  contrast,  some remain_________ when facing serious physical danger.

(A) menacing (B) hostile  (C) inane (D) placid  (E) jubilant

5. Anthropologists had long assumed that hunter-gatherers moved continually in their search for food; however,  recent  findings  indicate that during the  Mesolithic  period  such  groups were  often quite_________.

(A) prudent (B) sedentary (C) industrious (D) indigent (E) superstitious

6. Although it has begun to garner_________, until recently, African drum music was virtually_________ by all but those with the most esoteric tastes.

(A) acclaim . . overlooked

(B) respect. . praised

(C) criticism . . ignored

(D) recognition . . played

(E) censure . . disregarded

7. Presidents of large companies have traditionally been very_________; they rarely suggest radical new ideas unless all other options have been investigated and found to be impossible.

(A) inventive (B) conservative (C) gentrified (D) ingenuous (E) gratuitous

8. While writing her latest novel, Samantha experienced periods where she was quite_________, but these were interrupted by dry spells during which she found she could write nothing.

(A) stagnant  (B) abstruse (C) prolific (D) flamboyant (E) urbane

9. Since none of the original doors or windows of the Mayan Indian homes has survived, restoration work on these portions of these buildings has been largely_________.

(A) exquisite (B) impertinent (C) speculative (D) appeased (E) abstract

10.  While  many  health-conscious individuals  have stopped eating eggs,  dietitians say that in appropriate quantities eggs can be quite_________.

(A) injurious  (B) erudite (C) convenient  (D) perfunctory (E) salubrious

SECTION TWO

1. Critics of the welfare system argue that, rather than aiding people's efforts to govern their own lives, it_________ their independence.

(A) supports (B) saps  (C) hastens (D) renews   (E) abets

2. The audience failed to warm to the candidate, whose speech contained nothing but empty promises, _________, and clichés.

(A) candor (B) platitudes (C) nuances (D) ingenuity (E) threats

3. By dint of much practice in the laboratory, the anatomy student became_________ and was able to manipulate her dissecting tools with either hand.

(A) practical (B) tricky (C) ambiguous (D) ambidextrous   (E) ambivalent

4.  Like many other pioneers, Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell, founder of the New York Infirmary, the first American hospital staffed entirely by women, faced ridicule from her contemporaries but has received great honor_________.

(A) posthumously (B) anonymously (C) privately (D) prematurely (E) previously

5.  While  a  great  deal  of  change  and modernization  has  taken  place  in  India  since  1947,  the  basic economic arrangements; values, and family roles have been generally_________.

(A) overturned (B) stable (C) modified (D) complicated (E) appropriate

6. The hypocrite_________ feelings which he does not possess but which he feels he should display.

(A) conceals  (B) decries  (C) betrays (D) simulates  (E) condones

7. Deloria has his detractors,  but his critics have had amazingly_________ success at shaking his self-confidence or  his reputation.

(A) great. .repairing

(B) widespread...bolstering

(C)  little...denting

(D)  small...enhancing

(E) poor...restoring

8. The linguistic_________ of refugee children is_________ their readiness to adopt the language of their new homeland.

(A) conservatism...indicated by

(B) inadequacy...demonstrated by

(C)  adaptability...reflected in

(D)  philosophy…contradicted by

(E) structure...equivalent to

9. She kept her late parents' furniture, not for any _________ value it had, but for purely_________ reasons.

(A) potential...monetary

(B) ornamental...aesthetic

(C) financial...pecuniary

(D) intrinsic...sentimental

(E) personal...accidental

SAT填空练习题4参考答案:

Section One

1. E     2.B     3.E     4.D      5.B      6.A    7.B     8.C      9.C     10.E

Section Two

1. B     2.B     3.D     4.A      5.B      6.D    7.C     8.C      9.D