下面是是2013年2月17日的SAT官方每日一题的内容，是关于写作方面的，题型是改进句子。SAT官方每日一题是collegeboard每天都会发布的题目，关于SAT考试的三个部分的各个题型。大家和无忧小编一起来看一下这个SAT官方每日一题吧。

　　SAT官方每日一题之写作---改进句子：

　　Writing > Improving Sentences

　　Part or all of the following sentence is underlined; beneath the sentence are five ways of phrasing the underlined material. Select the option that produces the best sentence. If you think the original phrasing produces a better sentence than any of the alternatives, select choice A.

　　Since William the Conqueror in 1066, every British sovereign has been crowned in Westminster Abbey except Edward V and Edward VIII, neither of them were crowned.

　　(A) neither of them were

　　(B) neither were

　　(C) neither of whom was

　　(D) with neither being

　　(E) with neither who had been

　　The correct answer is C

　　Explanation

　　Choice (C) is correct. It avoids the error of the original by replacing “them” with “whom” and by using an appropriate verb form, the singular “was,” to agree with the singular “neither.”

　　下面是一道和SAT官方每日一题相似的题目，供大家练习：

　　Africa is not nearly so mountainous as in Asia.

　　Answer Choices

　　(A) so mountainous as in

　　(B) that mountainous as

　　(C) equally mountainous to

　　(D) as mountainous as

　　(E) that mountainous as in

　　The correct answer is D

　　Explanation

　　Choice (D) is correct. It avoids the awkwardness of the original by using the idiomatic “as … as” construction to compare “Africa” with “Asia.”