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SECTION ONE

1. Hoping  to_________  the dispute,  negotiators  proposed  a compromise  that  they felt  would be_________ to , both labor and management.

(A) enforce. .useful

(B) end. .divisive

(C) overcome, .unattractive

(D) extend, .satisfactory

(E) resolve..acceptable

2. Geneticist Olivia M. Pereira-Smith has published her findings on "immortal" cells, that is, cells that reproduce by dividing_________.

(A) indefinitely (B) occasionally(C)conclusively (D) periodically (E) precisely

3. The unusually large herb Gunnera is difficult to study because it is found only in_________areas.

 (A) fertile  (B) hospitable (C) inaccessible (D) mundane (E) extensive

4. To_________ about craft clubs is not only_________ but foolish, for the focus of the clubs varies greatly from one town to another.

(A) brag. .necessary

(B) generalize. .difficult

(C)  complain. .important

(D)  rhapsodize. .fair

(E) learn..unproductive

5. The female subject of this painting by Henri Matisse seems_________, as if Matisse sought to portray an unconquerable female spirit.

(A) ephemeral (B) indomitable (C) opulent  (D) lithe  (E) morose

6. Ironically, the same executives who brought bankruptcy to the coal fields were_________ by their contemporaries, who _________ the notion that these people were industrial heroes.

(A) celebrated. .cherished

(B) respected, .doubted

(C) ignored, .belied

(D) condemned, .rejected

(E) antagonized, .enjoyed

7. Even though some people feel historians have an exclusive right to act as the interpreters of bygone eras, most historians insist their profession has no_________ interpreting the past.

(A) interest in   (B) responsibility in (C) consensus for   (D) monopoly on (E) misgivings about

8. It is difficult to tell whether the attention new rock bands are receiving from audiences is that associated with_________ or that which indicates a durable_________.

(A) novelty. .popularity

(B) originality. .understanding

(C)  success. .sensation

(D)  longevity. .image

(E) creativity, .production

9. Fenster schemed  and plotted  for weeks  and  these_________  were rewarded  when  Griswold was fired and Fenster was promoted.

(A) circumlocutions   (B) affiliations (C) gibberings  (D) machinations (E) renunciations

SECTION TWO

1. Whether Mitsuko  Uchida  is  performing  music  or  merely  discussing  it,  the  pianist's  animated demeanor_________ her passion for her vocation.

(A) misrepresents  (B) exaggerates(C) satisfies (D) reflects  (E) disguises

2.  One of the factors that_________ the understanding of the nature of cells was the limited resolution of early microscopes.

(A) aided  (B) discredited  (C) increased (D) contradicted (E) restricted

3. The congresswoman is very powerful: she  has more_________ than any other member of the committee.

(A) integrity  (B) influence  (C) restraint (D) discrimination   (E) pretense

4. Anyone who possesses perceptiveness, insight, and unflagging vitality has invaluable_________, but the rare individual who also possesses the ability to_________ these qualities through art has genius.

(A) prospects. .delegate .

(B) gifts. .express

(C)  traits. .forbid

(D)  flaws. .impute

(E) visions. .bequeath

5. Each male mockingbird views his territory as_________; no other male of the same species is tolerated within its boundaries.

(A) circuitous (B) inviolable  (C) dissipated (D) unparalleled   (E) mandated

6.  To summarize an article is to separate that which is_________ from the_________ material that surrounds it.

(A) notable. .primary

(B) undesirable. .encompassing

(C)  fundamental. .vital

(D)  essential. .supporting

(E) explanatory. .characteristic

7. Sometimes fiction is marred by departures from the main narrative, but Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye is instead _________ by its _________, which add levels of meaning to the principal story.

(A) enhanced, .digressions

(B) harmed, .excursions

(C)  adorned, .melodramas

(D)  strengthened, .criticisms

(E) unaffected. .swervings

8. According to the report, the investment firm had_________ several customers, swindling them out of thousands of dollars.

(A) harassed   (B) sullied  (C) bilked (D) investigated  (E) incriminated

9. Because  this  novel is  not  so narrowly  concerned with_________  political  issues, it  seems as_________ today as it did two hundred years ago.

(A) momentary..derivative

(B) evanescent .nostalgic

(C)  transient .fresh

(D)  sagacious .wise

(E) dated .quaint

10.Contemptuous of official myths about great  men and women that had been taught to them in school, many postwar writers, with the skepticism expected of_________, advanced the idea that there was no such thing as greatness.

(A) idealists (B)  well-wishers (C) dissemblers  (D)  nitpickers (E) debunkers

SAT考试填空练习题第十二套参考答案

Section One

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

Section Two

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