SAT词汇填空题OG与真题详细解析

6. because drummer tony williams paved the way for

later jazz-fusion musicians, he is considered a_________

of that style.

(a) connoisseur (b) revivalist (c) beneficiary

(d) disparager (e) progenitor

解析：空格一个填入一个名词，修饰tw，和“爵士混合音乐形式(that style)”，“that style”指代“爵士混合音乐(jazz-fusion)”。because表示前后句因果关系，因此要把“为随后的爵士混合音乐家奠定了基础(paved the way for later jazz-fusion musicians)”的语义填入空格中。选项：a 鉴赏家。b 使...再次复苏复活的人。c 受益者，受惠者。d 贬损者。e 先驱，前辈。答案选择e

翻译：因为鼓手tw为后来出现的爵士混合音乐家们奠定了基础，所以他被认为是那种音乐形式的先驱和前辈。

拓展：tony williams and jazz-fusion music

7. the politician's speech to the crowd was composed of

nothing but_________ , a bitter railing against the party's

opponents.

(a) digressions (b) diatribes (c) platitudes

(d) machinations (e) acclaimations

解析：空格填入一个名词，与语义“政治家对人群的演讲只是由...组成(the politician’s speech to the crowd was composed of nothing but ...)”相关。逗号及后面的同位语构成与空格的解释修饰关系，因此，只需要把“一个对党派反对者尖刻的职责”的语义填入空格中即可。选项：a 跑题。b 长篇抨击性演讲。c 陈词滥调。d 阴谋。e 欢呼，欢迎，喝彩。答案选b。

翻译：政治家对人群的演讲只是长篇的抨击性演讲，是一个对党派反对者尖刻的指责。

8. favoring economy of expression in writing, the

professor urged students toward a_________rather

than an_________prose style.

(a) spare . . ornate

(b) terse . . opinionated

(c) personal. . academic

(d) baroque . . embellished

(e) repetitive . . intricate

解析：空格1和2都填入形容词，修饰“散文风格(prose style)”，表示“教授极力主张学生们采用...的散文形式(the professor urged the students toward... rather than... prose style)”，“ing”引导的从句构成了解释修饰关系，“rather than”说明空格1和2应该为广义反义。因此应该把“喜欢写文章时表达的精炼(favoring the economy of expressions in writing)”填入空格1，取广义反义后填入空格2。选项：a 简介的;过分修饰的。b 简介的;固执己见的。c 个人的，死人的，亲自的;学术的。d 过分雕琢修饰的，装饰的。e 重复的，啰嗦的;复杂难解的。答案选a

翻译：因为喜欢在写作中精炼的表达，所以教授也极力推荐学生们用语简练的散文而不是过分修饰的。

拓展：考生可以思考自己的作文风格，在考作文的时候有的作文老师提倡用“牛词汇”和“牛句子”，而这些华丽的辞藻真的可以带来高分吗?就算是可以带来高分，你的文章真的是一篇好的文章吗?比如mark twain的简约派，文字运用的就非常好。

SAT填空真题解析2

题目为考试原题。

May，09

Section 5

1. Rebecca knew that to finish her project she must overcome her tendency toward ------- and learn to make up her mind.

(A) indecision (B) independence (C) buoyancy (D) exaggeration (E) expertise

答案：A

解析：and表明空格与后面的“learn to make up her mind”是同意关系，即“学会下定决心，独立思考”，空格前有overcome，所以所填词汇为“下定决心”的反义词。

2. Jane Eyre is among the most ------- of feminist novels: it is still widely ------- more than 150 years after its publication.

(A) confusing . .mimicked

(B) provocative . .ignored

(C) enduring . .read

(D) powerful . .overlooked

(E) irrelevant . .taught

答案：C

解析：冒号表示两个空格方向相同，选项中只有C的两个词带入后表示相同方向。

3. Led by Massasoit and William Bradford, the Wampanoag communities and Plymouth Colony created a military and economic -------, drawing upon one another's resources for decades.

(A) experiment (B) stalemate (C) dilemma (D) rivalry (E) alliance

答案：E

解析：根据空格后的非谓语动词短语，其意思为“几十年都依靠彼此的资源”，选项中表示依靠的只有E。

4. Jason’s gullibility was remarkable: he ------- the most outrageous assertions and was therefore much too easily -------.

(A) trusted . .duped

(B) processed . .misjudged

(C) proposed . .deluded

(D) repeated . .apprehended

(E) believed . .imitated

答案：A

解析：gullibility意为“易受骗性，盲目相信”，冒号表示前后同意，A选项两个词恰好有这个意思。

5. Because curiosity is deemed the ------- of the scientific temperament, theoretical physicist Richard Feynman, renowned for his ceaseless questioning, was regarded by some as an ------- of the scientific spirit.

(A) essence . .incarnation

(B) bane . .advocate

(C) crux . .inception

(D) hallmark . .adversary

(E) inverse . .assimilation

答案：A

解析：because表示两空格方向相同，可以排除B、D、E，C选项第二个词inception意为“开始”，不符合常理。

6. The editorial charged that some contemporary music ------- fundamental social values by glamorizing what is essentially an outlaw lifestyle.

(A) enjoins (B) erodes (C) augments (D) spawns (E) sanctions

答案：B

解析：方法一：charge一般后面做的都是不好的事情，这里只有B表示负向的动作。

方法二：by glamorizing…意为“美化不好的事情”，这样会产生坏结果。同样选B。

7. Some people believe a parrot can comprehend the words it utters, but most biologists believe parrots lack such ------- ability.

(A) auditory (B) cognitive (C) observational (D) mimetic (E) prophetic

答案：B

解析：空格前有such，根据代词指代原则，前面必会出现空格处的同义词，即“comprehend”。

8. Nothing in the essay is -------: every sentence contributes in an essential way to the overall meaning.

(A) cohesive (B) querulous (C) paramount (D) mandatory (E) superfluous

答案：E

解析：冒号后面皆是了前面的内容，冒号后的意思为“每一个句子对文章的整体意思都是不可或缺的”，空格前有nothing，所以空格意为“可以缺少的，多余的”。

Section 7

1. Unlike the wild turkey which can successfully fly for short distances, the domesticated turkey is completely ------- flight.

(A) subject to (B) dependent on (C) worthy of (D) captivated by (E) incapable of

答案：E

解析：unlike表示前后方向相反，空格处应与successfully方向相反，即不能成功的飞。

2. Morale among the staff scientists ------- when the director dolefully announced that chances of the project’s receiving additional funding were -------.

(A) soared . .indeterminate

(B) revived . .overwhelming

(C) plummeted . .infinitesimal

(D) slumped . .unsurpassed

(E) splintered . .calculable

答案：C

解析：dolefully决定了大方向，即负向。

3. The slogan “What goes up must come down” was so universally accepted by economists that it was considered -------.

(A) a conjecture (B) an axiom (C) a fad (D) a testimonial (E) an argument

答案：B

解析：空格处重复了“universally accepted”。

4. The corporation’s code of ethics is ludicrous; its principles are either -------, offering clichés in lieu of guidance, or so unspecific as to make any behavior -------.

(A) hackneyed . .unlikely

(B) anonymous . .acceptable

(C) platitudinous . .permissible

(D) portentous . .justifiable

(E) instructive . .commonplace

答案：C

解析：根据分号判断前后为同意关系。ludicrous意为“荒谬的”，为负向。空格一重复cliché一词。

5. Sally, thoroughly convinced of her own importance, often acts without -------: she feels no guilt, for example, about appropriating her brother’s possessions.

(A) compunction (B) gratification (C) aplomb (D) indignation (E) inducement

答案：A

解析：without加空格是被插入语和冒号后同时同意重复，插入语意为：认为自己重要，冒号后意为：她对占有哥哥的财产不感觉任何愧疚。

Section 9

1. While the official’s actions were widely denounced, they were nonetheless -------, fully within the boundaries of recognized laws.

(A) profitable (B) legal (C) unanticipated (D) unforgivable (E) disturbing

答案：B

解析：空格处填正向的词，而且空格后意为“在法律范围内”。

2. While tributyltin (TBT) is generally not as ------- as certain other toxic substances, studies of its damaging effects on marine life show it is ------ to mollusk fisheries.

(A) controversial . .valuable

(B) neutral . .attracted

(C) dangerous . .devastating

(D) harmful . .essential

(E) beneficial . .catastrophic

选项：C

解析：空格一重复toxic，空格二与空格一所在意思相反，即toxic的同义词。

3. Eager to maintain the party’s lighthearted atmosphere, the host skillfully averted ------- between two of his guests with ------- change of subject.

(A) an impasse . .an ineffectual

(B) an agreement . .a tactful

(C) a friendship . .an irritating

(D) a quarrel . .a diplomatic

(E) a respite . .a botched

答案：D

解析：空格二方向与skillfully一致，所以排除A、C、E，avert意为“避免”，后面应该接的词义为“(两者的)冲突”。

4. Although normally cheerful and energetic, Nathan was noticeably ------- during the week preceding the announcement of the pending job transfers.

(A) coherent (B) discreet (C) subdued (D) alert (E) methodical

答案：C

解析：although表示前后相反，空格为cheerful和energetic的反义词。subdued在这里指精神上受到压抑。

5. The editor removed large portions of the manuscript, ------- entire paragraphs that she considered either erroneous or -------.

(A) interleaving . .simplistic

(B) fabricating . .insidious

(C) revising . .decorous

(D) expurgating . .offensive

(E) salvaging . .immutable

答案：D

解析：逗号前后同意关系，逗号前意为“编辑删除了手稿中大部分内容”，空格一重复“删除”的概念。空格二与erroneous同义。

6. On Gold Mountain is both ------- and -------: by recounting her Chinese American relatives’ lives, Lisa See also illuminates the larger story of the immigrant experience in the United States.

(A) conspicuous . .remote

(B) particular . .universal

(C) pertinent . .exclusive

(D) austere . .ornate

(E) superficial . .complex

答案：B

解析：两个空格均被冒号后内容解释。空格一对应“描述她美籍华裔的亲属的生活”，空格二对应“描述在美国的移民的生活”，是特殊与一般的关系。

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