真题解析SAT填空题的难点和易错点

1.Architect Toyo Ito strives to design spaces that seem “aqueous,” creating environments wherein objects appear to___B____.

A. fly

B. float

C. shrink

D. smolder

E. collide

解题标志词：逗号+creating (动词ing形式，插入成分)

解析：插入成分的题目前后互为同义重复，creating 前面的内容为“建筑师Toyo Ito努力想设计出看起来如水般的空间”(Architect Toyo Ito strives to design spaces that seem “aqueous,”) 最关键的线索词是aqueous。所以B. 漂浮，悬浮为正确答案。A(飞，起飞)C(收缩，缩水)D(文火闷烧，慢燃;郁积)E(碰撞，冲突)

翻译：建筑师Toyo Ito努力想设计出看起来如水般的空间，创造出能让物体看起来漂浮的环境。

词汇扩充：Float：to rest on top of a liquid， to be carried along by moving water or air，to cause (something) to rest on top of a liquid : to cause (something) to float

Smolder: to burn slowly without flames but usually with smoke，to feel a strong emotion but keep it hidden，to be felt strongly by someone without being directly shown or expressed

2. Both of the twins tended toward ------, and these attention-seeking emotional displays had won neither of them many friends.

A. punctiliousness

B. stridency

C. seditiousness

D. histrionics

E. sagacity

解析：these后的attention-seeking emotional displays“故意引人注意的情绪化行为”(哗众取宠)对应空格处，所以选D选项histrionic“夸张的，做作的”。

词汇扩充：夸张的，戏剧化的，不自然的：exaggerated, dramatic, theatrical，affected, artificial, mannered

3. Janet's ------ was evident to everyone in the room because she glanced around at them ------.

A. guilt .. confidently

B. anxiety .. calmly

C. conviction .. uneasily

D. hopefulness .. gloomily

E. suspicion .. distrustfully

解析：两空都是在修饰Janet的行为特征，中间由because连接因果关系，所以两空同义，选E选项suspicion“怀疑”distrustfully“不信任地”。

词汇扩充：怀疑的，不轻信的 skeptical, suspicious, incredulous

4. The aroma of the freshly baked bread was so ------ that we were tempted to buy three loaves.

A. enticing

B. unruly

C. convenient

D. fabricated

E. generic

解析：本题是so..that 关系，因为so/such A that/as to B 的结构中A与B为同义关系或感情态度一致，所以从tempted“(被)吸引，诱惑”，可看出空格为对aroma的正向评价，因此答案为A选项 enticing “吸引人的”。

关于“吸引人的”的同义词有很多个，除此之外还有： allure, appeal, spellbind, captivate, enchant, bewilder, entrance, enthral 它们都有吸引，迷惑的意思，这些都是sat常考词汇.考生需要积累同义词。

5. Some of the guests were positively ------, speaking disrespectfully to their host and generally exhibiting deplorable manners.

A. bemused

B. cursory

C. forlorn

D. incoherent

E. uncouth

解析：空格对应disrespectfully“不敬地”和deplorable“应受责备的”，所以应填一个表示行为举止方面的负向评价，因此选E选项uncouth“粗鲁的”。

关于粗鲁的，无礼的近义词有：boorish, churlish, impudent, insolent, rude， 考生需要记忆。