SAT语法错题集

January 2006—580分

【part 3】

1、The library is older than it but still just as beautiful as the courthouse.

A) older than it but still just as beautiful as the courthouse.

B) older and it is just as beautiful as the courthouse.

C) older than the courthouse; it is just as beautiful as it

D) older than the courthouse but just as beautiful.

E) just as beautiful as the courthouse and it is older than it.

8、The time and the place for such a large event is subject to approving from the mayor’s office.

A) The time and the place for such a large event is subject to approving from the mayor’s office.

B) For such a large event, the time and the place are subject to the mayor’s office’s approving them.

C) The time and the place for such a large event are subject to the approval of the mayor’s office.

D) The time and place for such a large event are subject to be approved by the office of the mayor.

E) Subject to the approval of the mayor’s office are the time and place for

such a large event taking place.

16、In English literature James Boswell is the prime example of a biographer who, by ensuring the immortality of another author, has achieved immortality for himself. No error.

18、Until recently, most people entering politics feel that loss of privacy was a fair price to pay for the chance to participate in policy making. No error.

20、When Doris Lessing punished The Golden Notebook in 1962. It instantly established herself as one of the most important literary voices of her generation. No error.

【part 10】

2、The owners of stadiums that bear the names of now bankrupt companies have a problem what to do about the names.

A) what to do about the names.

B) what they should do about the names.

C) deciding what to do about those names.

D) to decide as to whether the names should stay

E) should they change those names or not

6、A discovery in New Jersey actually contributed to the early economic development of America and, in 1714, a worker uncovered a green rock containing copper.

A) America and, in 1714, a worker uncovered

B) America when, in 1714, a worker uncovered

C) America, thus, in 1714, a worker uncovered

D) America, that being a worker in 1714 uncovering

E) America, it was in 1714 a worker uncovered

May 2006—560分

【part 6】

20、Because his experience in the naval medical corps had been rewarding, Bob applied to medical school after he was discharged from the navy. No error.

23、Those who defend sequoia trees from loggers justified doing so on the grounds that such trees are irreplaceable. No error.

26、Opposite to most people I know, Annie, a good photographer herself, actually enjoys seeing the photographs that her friends take on their vacations. No error.

28、Not very particular in nesting sites, house wrens may nest in birdhouses, mailbox, building crevices—even in the pockets of hanging laundry. No error.

29、At the reception were the chattering guests, the three-tired cake, and the lively music that have become characteristic of many wedding celebrations. No error.

【part 10】

3、While describing his first attempt to learn surfing, Jamal would be pleased by the interest his classmates were showing.

A) While describing his first attempt to learn surfing, Jamal would be pleased

B) As he was describing his first attempt to learn surfing, Jamal was pleased

C) Jamal, describing his first attempt to learn surfing, he was pleased

D) When he described his first attempt to learn surfing, he was pleased

E) At the same time when he described his first attempt to learn surfing, Jamal was pleased

6、Having millions of gallons of freshwater underground, Florida environmentalists work to educate the public on the dangers of ground pollution.

A) Having millions of gallons of freshwater

B) Because millions of gallons of freshwater are

C) Because of freshwater in the millions of gallons

D) By considering that there are millions of gallons of freshwater

E) Awareness of the millions of gallons of freshwater

7、Because the meteorite Ahnighito, the centerpiece of the Hall of Meteorites, weigh 34 tons, supports for it go through the floor and foundation down to the bedrock beneath the museum.

A) weigh 34 tons, supports

B) weighs 34 tons, its supports

C) weighs 34 tons, and it has supports that

D) weighs 34 tons, supports are there for it, and they

E) weigh 34 tons, their supports

8、Watermelons have been cultivated for more than 4000years, and whereby thumping them to test for ripeness has an equally long history.

A) and whereby thumping them

B) whereby thumping them

C) because thumping them

D) thumping them as a way

E) and thumping them

11、Bertha Lamme received her engineering degree in 1893, which she then specialized professionally in the design of motors and generators.

A) 1893, which she then specialized professionally

B) 1893, specializing as her profession

C) 1893 and, as a professional, specialized

D) 1893, then, for a profession, specializes

E) 1893, she has specialized as a professional

13、The name “ transferware” comes from a nineteenth-century technique for which a pattern is engraved onto a copper roll, printed on tissue paper, and transferred onto earthenware dishes.

A) comes from a nineteenth-century technique for which

B) comes from a nineteenth-century technique according to which

C) comes from a nineteenth-century technique whereby

D) is a nineteenth-century technique wherein

E) means it is a nineteenth-century technique by which

October 2006—620分

【part 6】

4、Dr. Chien- Shiung Wu has disproved a widely accepted theory of physics when she showed that identical nuclear particles do not always act alike.

A) has disproved

B) having disproved

C) disproved

D) disproves

E) disproving

24、The derelict old house across from the warehouses and the even more decrepit one just beside them have been placed on the list of historic landmarks. No error.

28、The regularly scheduled conference between my tutor and me is set for Friday, but my low grades in chemistry requires me to arrange an

earlier meeting. No error.

January 2007—590分

【part 4】

4、The poet Firdawsi composed the Iranian national epic Shah-nameh in 1010 with his purpose being to recount the history of the Persian kings.

A) with his purpose being to recount

B) and his purpose was recounting

C) to recount

D) thus recounted

E) he recounted

8、In the 100-yard relay our team impressed the crowd, with each of the

members shaving several seconds off her own best time.

A) of the members shaving

B) of the members had shaved

C) of the members was shaving

D) who had been shaving

E) who shaved

16、One subject of Felipe Alfau’s second novel, published more than 40 years after it has been written, is the illusory nature of the passage of time. No error.

23、At the conclusion of the novel The Great Gatsby, Nick Carraway, a young Midwestemer recently arrived to New york, moodily watches the blinking green light at the tip of Long Island. No error.

26、Mediators were standing by, prepared to intervene in the labor dispute even though both sides had refused earlier offers for assistance. No error.

27、According to some theorists, what any particular bird can eat could change with even the slightest variation in the shape of its beak. No error.

【part 10】

12、On October 13. 1955, at the Six Gallery in San Francisco, Allen Ginsberg read his poem Howl, being the inauguration of both a new style in poetry and the Beat movement.

A) Howl, being the inauguration of both

B) Howl, both inaugurated

C) Howl, it was the inauguration of both

D) Howl, whose inauguration of both

E) Howl, thus inaugurating both

May 2007—690分

【part 5】

18、As children mature, they develop an independence that their parents, who have been responsible for them since they were born, often find difficult to accept. No error.

【part 10】

8、Buffalo herds, which once thrived in the Great Plains of North America, trampled vegetation, and future plant growth was aided by this by returning nutrients to the soil.

A) and future plant growth was aided by this by returning nutrients to the soil

B) future plant growth was thereby aided and nutrients returned

C) thereby aiding future plant growth by returning nutrients

D) thereby a n aid to future plant growth returned nutrients

E) but this aided future plant growth and nutrients were returned

11、Theodore Roosevelt was not just a great reformer; he was also a great president.

A) Theodore Roosevelt was not just a great reformer; he was also a great president.

B) Theodore Roosevelt was not just a great reformer, and also a grea t

president.

C) Theodore Roosevelt was not just a great reformer; but also a great president.

D) Great not just as reformer, but Theodore Roosevelt was also a great president.

E) Not just as a reformer, Theodore Roosevelt was also a great president.

14、Nicknamed the supergrain of the future, quinoa is a complete protein, one that contains all the necessary amino acids and is high in fiber.

A) one that contains all the necessary amino acids and is

B) protein, it contains all the necessary amino acids and is

C) protein, and containing all the necessary amino acids in addition to being

D) protein that contained all the necessary amino acids and also is

E) protein; thus, containing all the necessary amino acids and being also

October 2007—590分

【part 5】

1、The Women’s Media Group recently launching an intern program in an effort to encourage minority women to think about careers in publishing and electronic media.

A) The Women’s Media Group recently launching an intern program

B) The Women’s Media Group recently would launch an intern program

C) Recently launching an intern program, the Women’s Media Group

D) The Women’s Media Group recently launched an intern program

E) An intern program recently launched by the Women’s Media Group

9、The apparently chaotic images in certain types of contemporary painting strike many viewers as both confusing but delightfully original.

A) but

B) but also

C) yet

D) and as

E) and

23、As adults, male golden silk spiders live not in webs of their own making but rather in webs made by female spiders. No error

29、To insist that a poem means whatever one wants it to mean is often ignoring the intention and even the words of the poet. No error

【part 10】

3、Alongside the trail on which we ride our bikes each morning run a crooked line of rugged old oak trees.

A) run a crooked line of rugged old oak trees

B) runs a crooked line of rugged old oak trees

C) runs rugged old oak trees in a crooked line

D) there runs rugged old oak trees in a crooked line

E) there run a crooked line of rugged old oak trees

5、Because of pleading in vain for improved maintenance services, the tenants refused to pay rent until the landlord agreed to make the much-needed repairs.

A) Because of pleading in vain for improved maintenance services, the tenants refused

B) Having pleaded in vain for improved maintenance services, the tenants refused

C) The tenants pleaded in vain for improved maintenance services, thus, finally, refusing

D) The tenants pleaded in vain for maintenance services to improve, then refusing

E) Pleading for maintenance services to improve was in vain, which eventually caused the tenants to refuse

January 2008—540分

【part 7】

3、In his old age, the painter James McNeill Whistler walked to the beach almost every day, and he was carrying a small easel and his paints in order to paint the sky, the water, and the shore.

A) and he was carrying

B) when he carries

C) where he carried

D) carrying

E) to carry

5、In researching an individual’s l ife, the biographer must sift through facts, opinions, untruths, and different accounts of the same events. A) different accounts of the same events

B) different people telling different accounts of the same events

C) events told in different ways by different people

D) accounts about events that are different

E) people that tell different accounts of events

18、The bus would not have had to take the long detour instead of the main highway if the bridge did not become treacherous in the aftermath of an ice storm. No error

23、No one but a fool would readily lend money to a person who is known to be a frequent gambler. No error

26、For any mayor of a vast metropolitan area, an understanding of current issues in all districts is not only desirous but also vital. No error

28、The seven-month-old baby was considered precocious to her family because she was already able to grasp tiny items delicately between her thumb and forefinger. No error

【part 10】

4、The owner’s manual for the refrigerator explained how to connect the icemaker, replacing the light bulb, and positioning the shelves.

A) replacing the light bulb, and positioning the shelves

B) both replacing the light bulb as well as positioning the shelves

C) with replacing the light bulb and then positioning the shelves

D) replace and position the light bulb and the shelves

E) replace the light bulb, and position the shelves

10、Few poets combine passion with precise expression as well as Edna St. Vincent Millay’s poetry.

A) Edna St. Vincent Millay’s poetry

B) Edna St. Vincent Millay

C) the poetry of Edna St. Vincent Millay

D) in the poems of Edna St. Vincent Millay

E) Edna St. Vincent Millay would do

11、In winter, when the ponds froze over, the villagers went skating, and the most venturesome of whom played chase and executed complicated turns on the ice.

A) and the most venturesome of whom played chase and executed

B) the most venturesome played chase and executed

C) in that the most venturesome played chase and executed

D) with the most venturesome playing chase and executing

E) accordingly the most venturesome played chase and executed