SAT考试填空练习题 7月
Choose the word or set of words that, when inserted in the sentence, best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.
The language of Anne Spencer’s poetry conveys an impression of ------- that can be misleading: just when a poem seems to be echoing routine feelings, the diction suddenly sharpens to embody fresh and unexpected ideas.
1. frivolity
2. triteness
3. diversity
4. lyricism
5. precision
答案B，echoing routine是线索
Choose the word or set of words that, when inserted in the sentence, best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.
Since the explanations offered are ------- to the exposition, it would be unfair to treat them as ------- parts of the studies under consideration.
1. tangential . . subsidiary
2. irrelevant . . superfluous
3. referable . . correspondent
4. incidental . . essential
5. crucial . . immutable
答案为D，这里的两个空格由因果引出，又增加了取反的unfair，故是一对反义词。
Choose the word or set of words that, when inserted in the sentence, best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.
Although often victims of circumstance, the heroines of Shakespearean comedy tend to be ------- women, usually ready with a clever stratagem or verbal ploy for getting out of a difficult situation.
1. imperious
2. suffering
3. excitable
4. resourceful
5. precocious
本题选D，典型分隔，逗号之后的概括进空格即可
Choose the word or set of words that, when inserted in the sentence, best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.
True to her altruistic beliefs, Natalie ------- the ------- attitude of her colleague that a client represented nothing more than a source of income and an opportunity for advancing one’s professional reputation.
1. applauded . . conscientious
2. condoned . . aggressive
3. lamented . . mercenary
4. adopted . . egotistical
5. belittled . . magnanimous
本题选C，这里提示空格的重要线索是altruistic利他主义，显然这样的状态和只喜欢收入的同事们，是相反的
Choose the word or set of words that, when inserted in the sentence, best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.
Scientists have discovered that our sense of smell is surprisingly ------- , capable of distinguishing thousands of chemical odors.
1. rigid
2. inert
3. erratic
4. keen
5. innate
答案为D，完全是分隔的类型，能够分辨那么多的odors，自然是敏锐的。
Choose the word or set of words that, when inserted in the sentence, best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.
Bolstered by his unflagging determination and ------- physical preparation, Tom Whittaker became the first amputee to successfully climb to the summit of Mount Everest.
1. fortuitous
2. assiduous
3. heedless
4. expeditious
5. pedantic
答案为B，这里是and 并列结构，空格之前的内容提示空格
Choose the word or set of words that, when inserted in the sentence, best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.
The world, accustomed to ------- whenever governments change hands, expected rioting and bloodshed; but the transition of power was remarkably ------- .
1. turmoil . . chaotic
2. harmony . . orderly
3. ceremony . . solemn
4. violence . . uneventful
5. splendor . . unpopular
答案为D，but表示取非，空格一的线索为expected rioting and bloodshed
Choose the word or set of words that, when inserted in the sentence, best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.
Since the two legislators had a long history of major disagreements, the senator considered his colleague’s enthusiastic assurances that they would be in agreement on a forthcoming piece of legislation -------.
1. fatuous
2. precious
3. sagacious
4. meritorious
5. ignoble
找一个表示无法理解的词就是答案，这里选A
Choose the word or set of words that, when inserted in the sentence, best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.
His ------- prior experience notwithstanding, David was judged by the hiring manager to be ------- the job.
1. illustrious . . entitled to
2. limited . . qualified for
3. applicable . . assured of
4. useful . . overqualified for
5. irrelevant . . perplexed by
答案为B，notwithstanding是取反的含义，这个取反信号词很少见，这里的答案写的很无聊，qualified，又overqualified的，这里说明这个david没什么本事，但是还是被认为胜任这个工作。
Choose the word or set of words that, when inserted in the sentence, best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.
Explorer David Livingstone has ------- reputation: some historians revile him as a proponent of imperialism, while others ------- him as a founder of African Nationalism.
1. a substantial . . exalt
2. a sketchy . . vilify
3. an illustrious . . dismiss
4. a dichotomous . . praise
5. a pristine . . castigate
答案为D，这里显然while提醒我们对他的态度是两种矛盾对立的
