【高清手敲版】2010年5月SAT阅读真题和答案

SECTION 2

Questions 9-10 are based on the following passage.

At a preconcert interview in 2000 for the performance

of one of her works in London, Rhian Samuel was askesd

about her well-known reluctance to be considered a Welsh

composer. Her reply –―I am not so happy to be called only line

a Welsh composer because I haven‘t lived in Wales all my 5

life and have other influences as well. On the other hand, I

[have] been a woman all my life! ‖ – brought both laughter

and applause from the expectant crowd of concertgoers.

In short, Samuel is proud to be considered first a woman

composer, one whose connection to the Welsh language 10

and people resurfaces at interludes throughout her musical

life.

9. The primary purpose of the passage is to

(A) discuss a composer‘s musical training

(B) clarify a musician‘s self-perception

(D) reveal the preferences of a particular audience

(E) reconcile two antithetical views of a performance

10. Her ―reply‖ in lines 4-7 suggests chiefly that Samuel believes which of the following?

(A) Her nationality is not the most important aspect of her identity.

(B) She coule not have become a successful composer if she had remained in Wales for her whole life.

(D) Other people should not refer to themselves as Welsh unless thay have always lived in Wales.

(E) Men should acknowledge the importance of their gender as an artistic influence just as women do.

Questions 11-12 are based on the following passage.

My daughter, Olivia, and I were going to college.

Not together at the same school, thank goodness, just

at the same time, but she didn‘t exactly know about my

plans yet. There were a few things that needed work in line this arrangement. Any mother who has an eighteen-year- 5 old daughter would completed understand why I didn‘t

mention my decision to go back to college to Olivia.

What? I can‘t believe it. Are you actually copying

me? Don‘t you think you should consider getting your

own life? It wasn‘t that I planned never to tell her. I just 10 figured I‘d wait a bit –untile we‘d had a little time to miss

each other.

11. The narrator‘s attitude toward her situation is best described as

(A) perplexed

(B) prudent

(D) annoyed

(E) derisive

12. The narrator uses the questions in lines 8-10 primarily to

(A) voice some pressing concerns

(B) admit to some personal qualms

(D) highlight an unpleasant memory

(E) begin a discussion

答案：BABC

Questions 13-24 are based on the following passages.

These passages discuss string theory, the as-yet-unproven idea that all matter in the universe is made up of ―strings‖ so small that they have not been detected by instruments.The passages were adapted from books published in 2000 and 2006, respectively.

Passage 1

String theory is a work in progress whose partial

completion has already revealed remarkably elegant

answers to questions about nature‘s most fundamental

constituents and forces. For instance, in string theory many line

aspects of nature that might appear to be arbitrary technical 5

details – such as the number of distinct varieties of particle

ingredients and their properties – are found to arise from

tangible aspects of geometry of the universe.

In the final analysis, though, nothing is a substitute for

definitive, testable predictions that can determine whether 10

string theory has truly lifted the veil of mystery hiding the

deepest truths of our universe.It may be some time before

our level of comprehension has reached sufficient depth to

achieve this aim. In fact, the mathematics of string theory

is so complicated that, to date, no one even knows the exact 15

equations of the theory. Nevertheless, experimrntal tests

could provide strong circumstantial support for string

theory within the next ten years or so.

One of the pioneers of string theory summarizes the

situation by saying that ―string theory is a part of twenty- 20

first-century physics that fell by chance into the twentieth

century. ‖ It is as if our forebears in the nineteenth century

had been presented with a modern-day supercomputer,

without the operating instructions. Through inventive trial

and error, hints of the supercomputer‘s power would have 25

become evident, but it would have taken vigorous and

prolonged effort to gain true mastery. The hints of the

computer‘s potential, like our glimpses of string theory‘s

explanatory power, would have provide strong motivation

for obtaining complete facility. A similar motivation today 30

energizes physicists to pursue string theory.

Science proceeds in fits and starts. Scientists put

forward results, both theoretical and experimental. The

results are then debated by the community; sometimes they

are discarded, sometimes they are modified, and sometimes 35

they provide inspiration for new and more accurate ways

of understanding the universe. In other words, science

proceeds along a zigzag path toward what we hope will be

ultimate truth, a path that began with humanity‘s ea rliest

attempts to fathom the cosmos and whose end we cannot 40 predict. Whether string theory is an incidental rest stop

along this path, a landmark turning point, or the final

destination we do not know. But the last two decades

of reseach by hundreds of dedicated physicists and

mathematicians has given us well-founded hope that 45 we are on the right and possibly final track.

Passage 2

No matter how things turn out, the story of string theory

is an episode with no parallel in the history of modern

physics. More than twenty years of research by thousands

of the world‘s best scientists producing tens of thousands 50

of scientific papers has not led to a single testable

experimental prediction of the theory. This unpreccedented

situation leads one to ask whether one can really describe

string theory as science.

Human beings engage in many different attempts to 55 explain the world around them, but only a specific sort of

explanation is normally considered to be scientific. An

explanation that allows one to predict successfully in

details what will happen when one goes out and performs

a feasible experiment is the sort of explanation that most 60 clearly can be labeled. ―scientific. ‖ Explanations that cannot

be used to form predictions clearly do not deserve this

label.

Remarkably, the lack of any progress in achieving a

predictive version of string theory that could be tested by 65 experiment has not led to theorists‘ giving it up. Indeed, in

recent years, many string theorists have become convinced

that string theory inherently must allow an astronomically

large number of physical possibilities, so many that it is

difficult to see how the theory can ever be tested. Y et some 70 theorists are convinced that a better understanding of the

theory will uncover testable phenomena. This way of

thinking is a steadfast refusal to acknowledge the lesson

that conventional science says one should draw in this kind

of circumstance: if one‘s theory can‘t predict anything, one 75 should try something else.

The phrase ―not even wrong ‖ is popular among

physicists. A theory can be ―not even wrong‖ because

it is so incomplete and ill-defined that it can‘t be used to

make predictions whose failure would show it to be wrong. 80

This sort of ―not even wrong‖ is not necessarily a bad

thing. Most new theoretical ideas begin in this state, and it

can take quite a bit of work before their implications are

well enough understood for researchers to be able to tell

whether the idea is right or wrong. But there is a second 85

connotation of ―not even wrong‖: something worse than

a wrong idea. In case of string theory, the way some

physicists are abandoning fundamental scientific principles

rather than admit that a theory is wrong is something of this

kind: worse than being wrong is refusing to admit when 90

one is wrong.

13. Which best describes the relationship between two passages?

(A) Passage 1 provides concrete evidence in support of a hypothesis attacked in Passage 2.

(B) Passage 1 advocates a theoretical approach that is only reluctantly endorsed by Passage 2.

(D) Passage 1 offers a largely positive assessment of a theory that is criticized in Passage 2.

(E) Passage 1 offers a detailed description of a methodology that is praised in Passage 2.

14. The author of Passage 2 would most likely respond to the claim in lines 9-12 in Passage 1 (―In the … universe‖) with

(A) complete agreement

(B) amused toleration

(D) open skepticism

(E) total opposition

15. The author of Passage 2 would most likely argue that the prediction made in lines 16-18 in Passage 1(―Nevertheless …or so‖) is

(A) unlikely to come to pass

(B) based on relevant data

(D) a somewhat plausible outcome

(E) an unnecessarily pessimistic assessment

16. In the analogy of the supercomputer(lines 22-30), modern physicists resemble the ―forebears‖ in that both

(A) have an obligation to acknowledge their own limitations

(B) lack the knowledge to take full advantage of a tool

(D) must learn to use computers to do their work more effectively

(E) should seek instructiom to understand a phenomenon more fully

17. In line 32, ―fits‖ most nearly means

(A) violent attack

(B) unprovoked tantrums

(D) unexpected whims

(E) sudden bursts

18.The characterization of the ―path‖ (line 38) suggests that science

(A) result from purely chance events

(B) is driven by an unforeseen and mysterious purpose

(D) is inaccessible to those without proper training

(E) advances in indirect and sometimes unexpected ways

19. The author of Passage 2 would most likely advise the ―physicists and mathematicians‖ referred to in lines 44-45, Passage 1, to

(A) redouble their current efforts

(B) collaborate more with one another

(D) pursue a more interdisciplinary approach

(E) seek to replicate their experimental findings

20. The primary contrast in lines 47-52 (―No matter …theory‖) is between the

(A) size of a project and its importance

(B) purpose of an undertaking and its result

(D) scope of an endeavor and its outcome

(E) randomness of an approach and its findings

21. Pa ssage 1 suggests that its auther would most likely argue that the ―unprecedented situation‖ (line 52-53, Passage 2) is

(A) proof of the arbitrary nature of theoretical physics

(B) evidence of the lack of consensus among physicists

(D) a testament to the difficulty of directly observing subatomic phenomena

(E) a consequence of the highly complex mathematics underlying string theory

22. The second paragraph in Passage 2 (lines 55-63) primarily serves to

(A) analyze the steps required by a process

(B) assess the practicality of achieving an objective

(D) characterize the qualifications of practitioners

(E) describe the significant advancements of a discipline

23. In line 74, ―draw‖ most nearly means

(A) sketch

(B) lesd

(D) infer

(E) provokr

24. Both authors would agree with which statement about string theory?

(A) Through its development, important technological advances have taken place.

(B) In its current state, the explanations it provides are ultimately incomplete.

(D) It is beginning to be challenged by the majority of scientists.

(E) It represents our best chance of understanding subatomic phenomena.

答案：DAABEECDECDB

SECTION 5

Qusetions 6-9 are based on the following passages.

Passage 1

Liars may betray themselves through linguistic

mistakes,but the main sources of betrayal are the emotions.

Emotion reveals itself, sometimes in contradictory ways,

in voice, body and face.Deceptions typically involve line trying to conceal feelings that are inappropriate or trying 5

cover up the fear, guilt, and distress that may be provoked

when one attempts to get away with a lie. When a person

lies and has an emotional investment in the situation, a

perfect performance is hard to carry off. Nonverbal clues

to deception leak out. What is surprising is that few people 10 make use of these clues and thus liars go undetected.

Passage 2

Human beings are terrible lie detectors. In studies,

subjects asked to distinguish truth from lies answer

correctly approximately half the time. People are often

led astray by an erroneous sense of how a liar hehaves. 15

―People hold a stereotype of the liar – as tormented,

anxious, and conscience-stricken, ‖ researchers Bella

DePaulo and Charles Bond write. Clumsy deceivers

are sometimes visibly agitated, but in general there is no

such thing as ―typical‖ deceptive behavior. As DePaulo 20

says, ―To be a good liar, you don‘t need to know what

behaviors really separate liars from truthtellers, but

what behaviors people think separaate them.‖

6. Which best describes the relationship between the passage?

(A) Passage 1 discusses lying from a moral stance, whereas Passage 2 examines it from a legal viewpoint.

(B) Passage 1 views lying as a skill that is learned, whereas Passage 2 considers it an instinctive impulse.

2 largely rejects that notion.

(D) Passage 1 takes a scientific approach to lying, whereas Passage 2 discusses it from an anecdotal perspective.

(E) Passage 1 focuses on the effects of lying, whereas Passage 2 examines its causes.

7. Lines 1-2, Passage 1(―Liars may … emotions‖), and lines 18-20, Passage 2(―Clumsy … behavior‖), both contain instances of

(A) Simile

(B) paradox

(D) qualification

(E) understatement

8. The author of Passag e 2 would most likely describe the claim about ―fear, guilt, and distress‖ (lines 6, Passage 1) as a

(A) conventional but inaccurate perception

(B) plausible theory that may prove to be correct

(D) nonstandard view that is based on faulty science

(E) widespread and well-substantiated belief

9. Lines 20-23(―As … them‖)suggest that Bella DePaulo would most likely maintain that Passage 1

(A) overlooks the behavior patterns of those who tell the truth

(B) presents the very misconceptions that people often have about liars

(D) takes a overly sympathetic view of deceptive behavior

(E) overemphasizes the role of linguistic patterns in lying

答案CDAB

Questions 16-24 are based on the following passage.

This passage is adaptes from the autobiographical cacount of a journalist traveling through Africa to reseach chimpanzees.

Our walk through the forest was like a journey through

an extended underground cavern.. We wound through

obscure passages, out into small openings or great rooms,

and then tunneled back into winding passageways. Toward line

the end of the afternoon, we followed what seemed to be a 5

large movement of chimpanzees into one great open room

in the forest, relatively clear except for columns of nut

trees. Soon about a dozen chimps were hammering away,

using log hammers on log or root anvils.

We had entered a factory, but it was also a nursery. I 10

turned to watch a mother playing with infant, tickling

his toes with playful little nibbles and then looking into

his laughing face and eyes with the most amazing gaze

of adoration. Elsewhere, three adult females had situated

themselves in a tree and were kissing and tickling an infant, 15

who writhed with apparent pleasure. Suddenly, their faces,

which had taken on remarkable glowing expressions of

adoration, registered in my mind as entirely

comprehensible, I was looking at intelligent faces

experiencing an emotin I could only imagine to be love. 20

One commentator has said that the big difference

between humans and chimps (intelligent though those

apes may be ) is that humans can invent great wonders

of technology. ―I considered the difference between

men and animals, ‖ this person wrote. ―Some were vast.25

A chimpanzee could be taught to drive a car. It could

even be taught to bulid parts of it. But it could not begin

to design it …. Our intellect is incomparably more

sophisticated than [ that of ] any animals. ‖One hears this

sort of argument often, and, to my mind, it is mere 30

self-stroking puffery. Could you or I begin to design a

car? Has any single human actually designed a cars? Could

any one person abandoned at birth on a desert island

somewhere – without pictures, communication, education,

or artifacts –even invent a tricycle or a child ?s kite or a 35 mousetrap? Obviously not. Left at birth on a desert island,

you and I and that commentator would be lifting and

dropping chunks of wood or rounded stones onto hard

nuts – and be glad we figured that one out.

The great accomplishment of Hemo sapiens is not 40 Technology, which has become bigger and scarier than

we are, a mixed blessing. The great accomplishment is

language, which has enabled us to accumulate and

coordinate our achievements, insights, and minicreations.

Our big technologies are collective efforts, cultural 45 Products, all and always made possible by language.

Even the supposed ―milestones‖ of technological

Advancement – the use of movable type, to take one

example – were collective events. Johannes Gutenberg*

didn‘t think up movable t ype whole, in an isolated stroke 50 of genius. His partner was a goldsmith, his father was a

mint employee, entirely familiar with soft metals. Printing

presses were all around Europe by then. Gutenberg‘s great

genius was to assemble, revise, and modify already

long – established traditions in metallurgy, goldsmithing, 55 and woodblock printing, not to mention papermaking and

press design.

Our one great accomplishment is language, but our great

hope is the internal compass that may enable us to guide

ourselves and our technological powers into the future: our 60 glowing capacity for valuing our own kind and for at least

some empathy beyond our kind. The hand lifting and

dropping the stone is less impressive than the eye that gazes

with love.

*Gutenberg‘s typesetting process made the mass production of text possible.

16. It can be inferred that the ―chimps‖ mentioned in line 8 are

(A) using simple tools to crack open nuts

(B) expressing themselves by making a lot of noise

(D) working cooperatively on different tasks

(E) mimicking the work habits of human beings

17. The author uses the word ―factory‖ (line 10) primarily to suggest that

(A) some chimpanzees live a highly regimented life

(B) the sound created by the chimpanzees‘ activity is loud enough to impair hearing

(D) only those chimpanzees who want to participate in communal activities do so

(E) the activity of the male chimpanzees differs significantly from that of the females

18. In lines 30-31 (―it …puffery‖), the author characterizes the commentaor‘s argument as

(A) useless flattery

(B) exaggerated self-regard

(D) self-conscious hyperbole

(E) deliberate distortion

19. The questions in lines 31-36 serve primarily to

(A) suggest ideas for further research

(B) provide an example fo missing data

(D) debate whether knowledge is incomplete

(E) imply that an argument is flawed

20. In lines 40-42(―The great … blessing‖), the auther characterizes technology as

(A) the accomplishment that distinguishes Homo sapiens from chimpanzees

(B) a phenomenon that has come to overshadow those who developed it

(D) an achievement that has grown impressively in importance over time

(E) a force that is ultimately shaped by the fears of those who created it

21. According to the author, th e ―great accomplishment is language‖(lines 42-43) because it allows human beings to

(A) combine small, individual advances into something larger and moer powerful

(B) express their emotions and show their feeling toward one another

(D) express in concrete form notions that would otherwise seem vague and abstract

(E) demonstrate that they are more intelligent, and thus more capable, than chimpanzees

22. The auther uses the word‖supposed‖ in line 47 primarily to

(A) signal a claim that is counterintuitive for most people

(B) make reference to a viewpoint that is known to be controversial

(D) indicate a complete and technically correct definition

(E) bolster the claims of authorities who are often cited

23. Which best describes the relationship between the ―internal compass‖(line 59) and the

characterization of chimpanzee behaviors in the second paragraph (line 10-20)?

(A) One shows a sophisticated understanding, while the other shows a less-developed capacity for understanding

(B) One deals with nonverbal communication, while the other deals with communication through language

(C) One is an example of a uniquely human ability, while the other is an example for an ability that chimpanzees may or may not have.

(D) Both represent the ability to have affection for and understanding of other beings.

(E) Both are examples of the ability of primates to use tools to improve their lives.

24. The ―hand‖(line 62) and the ―eye‖(line 63) represent, respectively,which of the following?

(A) Gesture and feeling

(B) War and peace

(D) Communicaition and meaning

(E) Technology and empathy

答案：ACBEBACDE

SECTION 8

Question 7-19are based on the following passage.

The following passage is from a nineteenth-century British novel. The narrator is Gabriel Betteredge, the butler of Lady Julia V erinder, owner of a stolen diamond called the Moonstone.

In the first part of Robinson Crusoe, at page

one hundred and twenty-nine, you will find it thus

written:

―Now I saw, though too late, the Folly of the beginning

a Work before we count the Cost, and before we judge 5

rightly of our own strength to go through with it.‖

Only yesterday I opened my Robinson Crusoe at

that place. Only this morning (May 21, 1850) came my

lady‘s nephew, Mr. Franklin Blake, and held a short

conversation with me, as follow: 10

―Betteredge,‖ says Mr. Franklin, ―I have been to the

Lawyer‘s about some family matters; and, among other

Things, we have been talking of the loss of the Indian

Diamond, in my aunt‘s house in Y orkshire, two years

since. The lawyer thinks, as I think, that the whole story 15

ought, in the interests of truth, to be placed on record

in writing—and the sooner the better.‖

Not perceiving his drift yet, and thinking it always

Desirable for the sake of peace and quietness to be on

The lawyer‘s side, I said I thought so too. Mr. Franklin 20 went on:

―In this matter of the Diamond,‖ her said, ―the characters

of innocent people have suffered under suspicion already—

as you know. The memories of innocent people may suffer, hereafter, for want of a record of the facts to which those 25 who come after us can appeal. There can be no doubt that

this strange family story of ours ought to be told. And I

think, Betteregde, the lawyer and I together have hit on

the right way of telling it.‖

V ery satisfactory to both of them, no doubt. But I failed 30 to see what I myself had to do with I, so far.

―we have certain events to relate,‖ Mr. Franklin pro-

Ceded; ―and we have certain persons concerned in those

events who are capable of relating them. Starting from

these plain facts, the lawyer‘s idea is that we should all 35 write the story of the Moonstone in turn—as far as our

own personal experience extends, and no further. we

must begin by showing how the Diamond first fell into

the hands of my uncle Herncastle, when he was serving

in India fifty years since. This prefatory narrative I have 40 already got by me in the form of an old family paper,

which relates he necessary particulars on the authority of

an eye-witness. The next thing to do is to tell how the

Diamond found its way into my aunt‘s house in Y orkshire,

two years since, and how it came to be lost in little more 45 than twelve hours afterward. Nobody knows as much as

you do, Betteredge, about what went on in the house at

that time. so you must take the pen in hand, and start

the stoty.‖

In those terms I was informed of what my personal 50 concern was with the matter of the Diamond. If you

are curious to know what course I took under the circumstances, I beg to inform you that I did what you

would probably have done in my place. I modestly

declared myself to be quite unequal to the task imposed 55 upon me—and I privately felt, all the time, that I was

quite clever enough to perform it, if I only gave my own

abilities a fair chance. Mr. Franklin, I imagine, must have

seen my private sentiments in my face. He declined to

believe in my modesty; and her insisted on giving my 60

abilities a fair chance.

Two hours have passed since Mr. Franklin left me.

As soon as his back was turned I went to my writing-desk

to start the story. There I have sat helpless (in spite of my

abilities) ever since: see what Robinson Crusoe saw, 65

as quoted above—namely, the folly of beginning a work

before we count the cost, and before we judge rightly of

our own strength to go through with it. Please to remember,

I opened the book by accident, at that bit, only the day

before I rashly undertook the business now in hand; and, 70

allow me to ask—if that isn‘t prophecy, what is?

7. the quotation in lines 4-6 (―now…it‖) implies that one should

A. assess a project carefully before committing oneself to it

B. strive to meet a challenge rather than to avoid it

C. take advantage of an opportunity before it is lost

D. approach a task with a sense of amusement instead of annoyance

E. focus on the benefits that can be earned by accomplishing a difficult feat

8. the repetition of ―Only‖ in lines 7-8 serves to emphasize the

A. uniqueness of an experience

B. solitary nature of a task

C. simplicity of a solution

D. brevity of an interval

E. insignificance of an action

9. in lines 11-49 (―Betteredge…story‖) , Mr. Franklin proposes that

A. various people contribute individual accounts to a single narrative about the diamond

B. everyone with an interest in the diamond gather together to write its story

C. the lawyer interview different people and compile their views in a report about the diamond

D. the narrator research and write the definitive story of the diamond

E. the narrator determine the reliability of existing documents related to the diamond

10. As revealed in lines 18-20( ―not…to), Betteredge‘s attitude toward the lawyer is

A. belligerent

B. envious

C. deferential

D. protective

E. emphatic

11. In line 23, Mr. Franklin voices the concern that ―innocent people‖

A. have been corrupted

B. have been defamed

C. have been forgotten

D. possess faulty memories

E. suffer feelings of guilt

12. In line 25, ―want‖ most nearly means

A. poverty

B. desire

C. lack

D. fault

E. requirement

13. Line 30-31(―very…far‖) suggest that Betteredge felt a sense of

A. momentary perplexity

B. adamant disapproval

C. sincere regret

D. increasing alarm

E. profound

14. The phrase ―no further‖(line37) emphasizes the lawyers‘ view that the story if the Moonstone should NOT

A. be completed if it implicates a family member

B. be made known outside the household

C. be based on speculation or hearsay

D. continue to be recounted once it is written down

E. proceed past the time of the stone‘s disappearance

15. Lines ―58-59‖(―Mr.Franlin…face‖) suggest that Mr. Franklin

A. lacked confidence in Betteredge‘ a abilities

B. was able to determine Betteredge‘s true feelings

C. enjoys a close relationship with Betteredge

D. tends to disregard other people‘s viewpoint

E. is a difficult man to understand

16. The phrase ―As soon as his back was turned‖ (line 63) serves to emphasize Betteredge‘s

A. deviousness

B. cowardice

C. disloyalty

D. eagerness

E. courtesy

17. The quotation from Robinson Crusoe is repeated in lines 66-68(―namely…with it‖) in order to

A. defend Betteredge‘ s ability to complete a task

B. praise a little-known insight into human nature

C. emphasize a warning Betteredge should have heeded

D. question the relevance of the novel to modern readers

E. show how Betteredge arrived at a faulty conclution

18. In line 67, ―cost‖ most nearly means

A. personal toll

B. legal obligation

C. moral fortitude

D. financial expenditure

E. social sacrifice

19. Ultimately, Betteredge regards the quotation from Robinson Crusoe as

A. an omen

B. a cliché

C. a metaphor

D. a paradox

E. a distraction

DBBEA

EADAC

BCACB

DCAA

周日进 2014年6月SAT回忆

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