SAT填空习题集 含答案解析
6月30日
Choose the word or set of words that, when inserted in the sentence, best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.
Confident that her own political platform would ------- at election time, the mayor considered her opponent's sudden popularity less a threat than -------.
1. falter . . a boon
2. strengthen . . a calamity
3. prevail . . a distraction
4. alter . . an error
5. waver . . a diversion
答案为C，对自己很有自信，而对别人则没有什么信心
6月27日
Choose the word or set of words that, when inserted in the sentence, best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.
Amelia Earhart, recognized as a pioneer in aviation, ------- praise for her successful solo flights as well as her efforts to open the male-dominated field to other women.
1. embodied
2. hoarded
3. garnered
4. compiled
5. dispersed
答案为C 这里是recognize在提示空格
6月21日
Choose the word or set of words that, when inserted in the sentence, best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.
Because he felt intimidated in his new position, he was ------- divulging his frank opinions of company proposals.
1. scurrilous about
2. candid in
3. chary of
4. fervid about
5. precipitate in
答案为C，intimidated提示chary
6月19日
Choose the word or set of words that, when inserted in the sentence, best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.
Laboratories have been warned that provisions for animal protection that in the past were merely ------- will now be mandatory; ------- of this policy will lose their federal research grants.
1. comprehensive . . adversaries
2. nominal . . advocates
3. disregarded . . proponents
4. recommended . . violators
5. compulsory . . resisters
答案为D，这里mandatory与recommended形成反义词之间的重复
6月15日
Choose the word or set of words that, when inserted in the sentence, best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.
The voice of gospel singer Marion Williams has been captivating listeners since 1947; it is lyrical in its expression of joy, yet ------- when singing of life’s sorrows.
1. exhilarating
2. melodious
3. stifling
4. sublime
5. poignant
答案为E，yet表示取反
6月12日
Choose the word or set of words that, when inserted in the sentence, best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.
Joe Louis was ------- fighter: he inspired fear in many of his opponents.
1. a serene
2. an impetuous
3. an insipid
4. a malleable
5. a redoubtable
答案为E，冒号表示提示
6月7日
Choose the word or set of words that, when inserted in the sentence, best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.
Their ideal was to combine individual liberty with material equality, a goal that has not yet been realized and that may be as ------- as transmutation of lead into gold.
1. chimerical
2. indispensable
3. historical
4. cynical
5. inharmonious
这里要重复的概念是异想天开，答案为A，lead在这里的意思是铅
6月4日
Choose the word or set of words that, when inserted in the sentence, best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.
There has been little ------- criticism written about de la Mare; indeed, that which has been written is at the two extremes, either appallingly ------- or bitterly antagonistic.
A. hostile . . ambiguous
B. recent . . illogical
C. fervent . . complimentary
D. objective . . sycophantic
E. temperate . . censorious
本题答案为D
这里可以先从空格二来分析，处在either ...or结构中，是一对相反的结构，因此空格2里是称赞表扬的意思
那么既然对这个人的评价如此极端，就没有中立客观的评价了，因此选D
这个题目我记得以前教材里有十分相似的
6月2日
Choose the word or set of words that, when inserted in the sentence, best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.
Barbara McClintock’s systematic examination of corn demonstrated the transposition of genes, a finding that overturned entrenched beliefs and proved that ------- study may produce brilliant insights and ------- change.
A. haphazard . . radical
B. inherent . . controversial
C. improvised . . startling
D. methodical . . revolutionary
E. derivative . . gradual
本题目答案为D，这里的methodical重复systematic examination ，而空格2则是和brilliant方向相同的词汇
