2012年5月SAT真题阅读全文翻译精讲
2012年5月SAT真题语法部分全文翻译精讲
2012年5月SAT真题语法部分全文翻译精讲Section 31.答案：B翻译：因为19世纪早期，美国大多数地区都是乡村，因此那个时期妇女们的许多发明都和农业有关。
辨析：A、C选项中many inventions后面都缺少谓语；D、E中is、relates和其主语inventions 的复数形式不一致，另外使用一般现在时也是不正确的。
2.答案：B翻译：当舌头受到冷或热的刺激时，味蕾会向大脑传递信号，大脑进而将其输出为像甜或者咸的味觉信息。
辨析：因为该句是在陈述一个客观事实，所以A选项中was的时态使用错误，C、D、E中都缺少谓语，D中的being也是一种awkward expression。
3.答案：A翻译：Westside 预科学校的巨大成功已经被电视报道、被刊载在报纸上，并且为世界各地的教育界领袖所引用。
辨析：B中and后being cited未能和前面been featured和been written保持一致；C、D、E 中the extraordinary success后缺少谓语，C、D中的being也是awkward expression。
4.答案：D翻译：因为在狭小的厢式货车中感觉很不舒服，所以去往运动会的四个小时的路途看起来像会一直持续下去。
辨析：A、B、C中it、the journey和the four hour journey都不能成为comfortable的主语，E 中being是awkward expression。
5.答案：E翻译：尽管Felicia的绘画作品以其强烈的美感而著名，然而一些批评者抱怨这些作品由于主要是同样形式和色彩模式的变换而缺乏多样性。
辨析：A 中complain of 后面不可以直接跟句子；B中them使用有误；C中having为awkward expression；D中时态错误。
6.答案：A翻译：上夜班的工人们发现，夜班开始前打个盹能够极大的提高机敏度。
SAT语法真题2012.5
2012年5月Section 6l. Some researchers think that vertical farms-multistory greenhouses used for growing food-may benefit society by conserving land, recycling wastewater, and reduction in fossil-fuel emissions.(A) reduction in(B) they reduce(C) to reduce(D) reducing(E) through reduction in2. An entire ant colony working together can solve problems, such as when they find the shortest path to a food source, that are impossible for an individual ant to solve.(A) such as when they find(B) such as finding of(C) such as finding(D) like the finding of(E) like their finding of3. The brains of infants have many more neural connections than the brains of adults do, but they are much less efficient.(A) but they are much less efficient(B) but it is much less efficient(C) but the efficiency being lower(D) they are much less efficient(E) their efficiency is much lower, though4. Arctic sea ice first freezes and it forms layers of ice crystals and these are both flexible and almost transparent.(A) Arctic sea ice first freezes and it forms layers of ice crystals and these(B) Arctic sea ice first freezes, as it then formed layers of ice crystals that(C) When arctic sea ice freezes first it would form layers of ice crystals that(D) When arctic sea ice first freezes, it forms layers of ice crystals that(E) Layers of ice crystals occurring when arctic sea ice first freezes and5. New research indicates that regular aerobic exercise can improve brain performance by its boosting of memory and cognitive processing speed.(A) performance by its boosting of(B) performance by boosting of(C) performance by boosting(D) performance, its boost of(E) performance, it boosts6. Having already become famous for his Arctic expedition, polar explorer Fridtjof Nansen won the Nobel Peace Prize in l922 for his humanitarian work.(A) Having already become(B) His having already become(C) He had already been(D) He was already(E) He, being already7. Famous for their fantastic allegories, the works of Argentine author Jorge Luis Borges have been international acclaimed.(A) have been international acclaimed(B) have been acclaimed internationally(C) had their acclaim internationally(D) was acclaimed international(E) was acclaimed internationally8. Some critics insist that Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, although a great humanitarian, is only a mediocre writer.(A) although a great humanitarian, is only a mediocre writer(B) despite great humanitarianism, is only mediocre when judged as to writing(C) even when being judged a great humanitarian, is a mediocre writer only(D) even when noted for his great humanitarianism, only a mediocre writer(E) while being a great humanitarian, but only a mediocre writer9. Defying expectations that she pursued a career in medicine, Amy Tan chose to become a writer.(A) pursued(B) pursues(C) will pursue(D) would pursue(E) had pursued10. Women in developing countries who want to start small businesses often benefit economically from microcredit, a practice in which she is lent modest amounts of money.(A) in which she is lent(B) when she is lent(C) whereby they are lent(D) they are lent(E) lending her11. In the review of her latest play, the playwright was praised as highly for her innovative plotlines and because of her remarkable perception of audience expectation.(A) and because of her remarkable perception of(B) and because she was remarkably perceptive of(C) and was remarkably perceptive with(D) as for her remarkable perception of(E) as well as being remarkably perceptive with12. When we went(A) on a camping trip last summer, my cousin and me(B) rowed across(C) a lake that lies between(D) two mountain peaks. No error(E) 13. After(A) studying plants that thrive(B) in warm climates and those(C) that do not, scientists concluding(D) that a plant's heat tolerance is determined by a particular gene. No error(E)14. There is(A) basic differences between computer memory and human memory that make(B) it unlikely(C) that one can replace the other(D). No error(E)15. Having been(A) Leslie's teammate for(B) three basketball seasons, Claire knew that Leslie had(C) the experience and temperament requiring of(D) a good team captain. No error(E)16. My uncle's house, like many others built(A) during(B) the 1950s, were(C) designed in the ranch style that is still(D) popular today. No error(E)17. As the river current accelerated through the narrowing(A) canyon walls, the kayakers had to be particular carefully(B) to avoid the rocks that would(C) suddenly(D)appear in front of them. No error(E)18. A leopard's spots serve as camouflage not because they were shaped(A) like leaves and branches but(B) because they form a micropattern that enables the animal to blend into(C) its(D) woodland background. No error(E) 19. Located on(A) the firefly's lower abdomen is(B) a mass of luminescent cells in which oxygen combines(C) with a substance called luciferin to produce(D) the insect's distinctive glow. No error(E)u20. In her(A) fiction, Nella Larsen explored the minds of(B) her characters in great detail and making(C) them not only believable but also(D) fascinating to the reader. No error(E)21. A human runner amazed the world in 2004 by winning(A) the Manversus Horse Marathon, it(B) has pitted hundreds of people against(C) horses every year since 1980. No error(E)22. Evidence discovered in regions that were once(A) part of the Roman Empire suggest that(B) the Romans used a covering called(C) a hipposandal to protect(D) their horses' hooves. No error(E)23. If it had been(A) up to my sisters and I(B), we would have spent(C) every summer vacation at our cousins' house, which was(D) right on the lake. No error(E)24. Greenland's vast glaciers contain(A) so much(B) frozen water that should they melt, sea levels would rise(C) worldwide, altering(D) coastlines everywhere. No error(E)25. The domed shell of a box turtle is hinged at(A) the bottom, allowing(B) the animal to close their(C) shell tightly to evade(D) predators. No error(E) 26. The leopard frog, so named(A) because of the irregularly shaped spots on its(B) back and legs, are(C) found throughout much of(D) North America. No error(E)27. Commercial growers tend to(A) breed tomato plants for qualities that increase(B) the profitability of a crop, such as resistance of(C) disease, rather than(D) for flavor and nutritional value. No error(E)28. Historically(A), fewer than twenty percent of the pop songs identified(B) by music executives as likely(C) to be hits have performed as expected(D). No error(E)29. That(A) the country is now politically stable and economically robust and will(B) almost certainly continue to do so(C) is(D) no longer seriously doubted. No error(E)(1) Until recently, university librarians safeguarded rare books and manuscripts from all out the most scholarly hands. (2) Given the fragility of such materials, preservation should outweigh accessibility. (3) Inexperienced college students, nonetheless, were assumed to have little need to access rare holdings.(4) But many librarians started questioning this. (5) They noted that certain rare works, such as those printed on animal skin, are sturdier than previously thought. (6) In the case of fragile documents, they reasoned, increased access could protect works. (7) It could reveal damage, such as mold growth,that might otherwise spread. (8) Thus, if students were given basic training in handling fragile documents, they could actually help preserve the collection by reporting damage. (9) After all, only throughhands-on contact could a student fully observe and analyze the great care taken in binding and illustrating a first edition Robin Hood or the handwriting on a letter from Anne Boleyn.(10) Thanks to the librarians' shift in thinking, students in many universities are gaining just this kind of access to rare documents. (11) Literature students can analyze D. H. Lawrence's careful revisions to the text of Sons and Lovers. (12) Similarly, history students are able to turn the pages of magazines in which monthly installments of Oliver Twist were originally published amid ads for saddles and ointments. (13) This sort of access allows them to experience Dickens' novel in much the same way its first readers in the 1830s did. (14) Even art students benefited: they gained a deeper appreciation of artist-designed books - which are as unique as paintings or sculptures- by viewing them firsthand.30. In context, which would be best to place at the beginning of sentence 2 (reproduced below)?Given the fragility of such materials, preservation should outweigh accessibility.(A) Their thinking behind this was that,(B) They now say that,(C) They believed that,(D) As it happens, though.(E) Moreover, it seems that,31. In context, which is the best version of the underlined portion of sentence 3 (reproduced below)?Inexperienced college students, nonetheless, were assumed to have little need to access rare holdings.(A) (as it is now)(B) in particular(C) however(D) broadly speaking(E) fortunately32. In context, which of the following phrases would most effectively replace the word “this” in sentence 4 (reproduced below)?But many librarians s1ar1ed questioning this.(A) them(B) the purpose of rare documents(C) the wisdom of this(D) all of that(E) the validity of such thinking33. In context, which of the following is the most effective way to revise and combine sentences 6 and 7 (reproduced below) at the underlined portion?In the case of fragile documents, they reasoned, increased access could protect works. It could reveal damage, such as mold growth, that might otherwise spread.(A) They reasoned that increased access to fragile documents, by revealing damage, could protect works(B) Even in the case of fragile documents, they reasoned, increased access could protect works by revealing damage(C) Consequently, in the case of fragile documents, they reasoned that increased access could protect works, revealing damage(D) But their reasoning was that in the case of fragile documents, increased access could protect works by revealing damage(E) Although increased access could protect fragile documents, they reasoned, in revealing damage34. In context, which of the following is the best version of the underlined portion of sentence 14 (reproduced below)?Even art students benefited: they gained a deeper appreciation of artist-designed books-which are as unique as paintings or sculptures-by viewing them firsthand.(A) (as it is now)(B) benefited, having gained(C) can benefit, gaining(D) are benefiting, as they gained(E) who benefit by gaining35. Where in the passage would the following sentence best be inserted? Moreover, the librarians realized that by handling rare documents, students could gain much information not obtainable from elec1ronic or primed copies.(A) Immediately after sentence 2(B) Immediately after sentence 4(C) Immediately after sentence 8(D) Immediately after sentence 11(E) Immediately after sentence 14Section 101. Although today's children certainly need to learn to type on computer keyboards, they also need to develop legible handwriting for doing homework, completing classwork, and to take notes.(A) and to take notes(B) and whenever taking notes is done(C) and taking notes(D) also taking notes(E) with taking notes being included2. While visiting our cousins in the Spanish city of Granada, the palace and fortress called the Alhambra was seen, with its splendid courts, fountain, and gardens.(A) the palace and fortress called the Alhambra was seen, with its(B) the palace and fortress called the Alhambra was what we saw; it has(C) we saw the Alhambra, a palace and fortress; its having(D) we saw the Alhambra, a palace and fortress with(E) seeing the Alhambra, a palace and fortress with3. Bees that are fed pollen from a range of different plants appear to have healthier immune systems than do bees that are fed pollen from a single type of plant.(A) plants appear to have healthier immune systems(B) plants and appear to have a healthier immune system(C) plants, appearing 10 have healthier immune systems(D) plants, which appear to have a healthier immune system(E) plants, their immune systems appear healthier4. When driving in hilly areas on icy roads, snow tires are what you need on your vehicle for traction.(A) snow tires are what you need on your vehicle for traction(B) there is a need for snow tire on your vehicle for traction(C) what is needed for traction is snow tires on your vehicle(D) traction requires snow tires on your vehicle(E) you need snow tires on your vehicle for traction5. In 1977 Tracy Austin became the youngest tennis player to win a professional tournament when she captured a title in Oregon aged fourteen years.(A) tournament when she captured a title in Oregon aged fourteen years(B) tournament aged fourteen years when she captured a title in Oregon(C) tournament when she captured a title in Oregon, being age fourteen(D) tournament when, at the age of fourteen, she captured a title in Oregon(E) tournament, she was fourteen years old when she captured a title in Oregon6. Slightly more than 48 percent of the country's population lives in urban areas, where the remainder lives in rural communities.(A) areas, where the remainder lives(B) areas, with the remainder living(C) areas, the remainder lives(D) areas: but the remainder living(E) areas, the remainder is living7. By removing vital nutrients from the water, a decline in Lake Michi£an's fish populations was caused by quagga mussels.(A) a decline in Lake Michigan's fish populations was caused by quagga mussels(B) Lake Michigan's declining fish populations were caused by quagga mussels(C) Lake Michigan's fish populations are declining, caused by quagga mussels(D) quagga mussels having caused a decline in Lake Michigan’s fish populations(E) quagga mussels have caused a decline in Lake Michigan's fish populations8. Most inks used today contain chemical pigments that are nonbiodegradable and can prevent paper products from being recyclable, pigments made from algae break down more easily.(A) from being recyclable, pigments(B) from being recyclable, but pigments(C) to be recyclable, while pigments(D) being recyclable u111ike pigments(E) so that they are not recyclable, however pigments9. The transformation of an animal into a person, or the reverse, are parts of many a folktale.(A) reverse, are parts(B) reverse, are a part(C) reverse, is part(D) reverse; they are parts(E) reverse being part10. A professional chocolate buyer recently said that his job is much easier than how it was for his predecessors because he can search the Internet for new chocolate products.(A) how it was for his predecessors(B) his predecessors(C) his predecessors who did it(D) those who preceded him(E) that of his predecessors11. The port city of Shanghai, which along with Hong Kong is a leading Chinese banking and manufacturing center.(A) Shanghai, which along with Hong Kong is(B) Shanghai is, along with Hong Kong,(C) Shanghai, along with Hong Kong being(D) Shanghai, along with Hong Kong(E) Shanghai and Hong Kong are12. Like her husband, Jackson Pollock, Lee Krasner was an Abstract Expressionist artist, and her and Pollock influenced each other's work.(A) her and Pollock influenced(B) she and Pollock influenced(C) she and Pollock having influenced(D) herself and Pollock influencing(E) the two of them both influenced13. Despite living only to the age of forty, the music of John Coltrane, it inspired a generation of writers, musicians, and artists.(A) the music of John Coltrane, it(B) the music of John Coltrane(C) John Coltrane's music(D) John Coltrane created music that(E) John Coltrane created music, it14. The swiftest animal on Earth, the cheetah can reach a top speed of about70 miles per hour, it can maintain that speed for no more than 300 yards.(A) hour, it can(B) hour but can(C) hour, though they can(D) hour, but they can(E) hour, however, it can。
5月新SAT真题(阅读+答案)
考情汇总1、难点还是集中在阅读上，小说和双篇文章登顶此次最难的两篇。
2、此次考试的语法部分没有特别难的问题，考生均反映难度适中。
3、写作部分选取的文章非常有利于考生展开分析！4、此次考试数学非常容易，就连北美的同学（美国人）都反映此次数学几乎无压力！5、加试部分为数学，难度依旧非常低。
阅读部分第一篇：小说小说选自美国经典现实主义小说 Sister Carrie，XXX为 Theodore Dreiser，最早出版于1900年。
小说描述了一个贫困的乡村姑娘来到大城市生活，内心向往富足的生活。
为了摆脱穷困，先后跟推销员和酒店经理同居，最后历经磨难，终成一个著名演员。
小说截取的部分在论述 Carrie 在看一出关于纽约奢华生活的舞台剧。
台上演员华衣美服，居所装修华丽，生活应有尽有。
Carrie 不免生出羡慕向往之心。
舞台剧还体现了这些生活在理想状态人还收到感情爱情嫉妒的折磨，这更让Carrie 羡慕，谁不愿意坐在金椅子里发愁，谁会不愿意在洒了香水的挂毯、有坐垫的家具和穿着制服的仆人那样的条件下受些折磨呢？回到她小小的 flat（套间），Carrie 暗暗下决心，假如我不能过上那样的生活，我就等于没有活过，或者说自己活过。
第二篇、自然科学科研型文章研究的主要目的在于探究人类大脑如何区分现实和虚拟（广告/小说人物/童话)信息。
研究者呈现给受试者不同的场景：一，广播听到或报纸阅读到关于布什(总统)和灰姑娘，二，跟总统或跟灰姑娘共进晚餐。
然后利用 MRL 研究他们大脑不同区域的活跃度。
现实和虚拟信息都会激起大脑某些区域比如管记忆的海马沟。
不同的是，现实信息还会激起独特的一个脑区域，这个脑区域跟短时记忆和注意力有关。
一直相对，虚拟的信息会激起一个跟语言相关的脑区域。
研究者后来又在另一拨受试者重复了实验，这次根据跟受试者现实相关的程度设置信息。
结果还是成立，研究者进一步拓展，现实和虚拟其实跟不在于人物本身的现实程度，更跟信息与受试者现实生活的相关度有关。
2012年05月翻译专业资格考试(英语三级笔译实务)真题及答案
2012年05月翻译专业资格考试（英语三级笔译实务）真题及答案试题下载2012年05月翻译专业资格考试(英语三级笔译实务)真题及答案Section 1 English-Chinese Translation (英译汉) (50 points)Translate the following passage into Chinese.PALOS DE LA FRONTERA, Spain - Back home in Gambia, Amadou Jallow was, at 22, a lover of reggae who had just finished college and had landed a job teaching science in a high school.But Europe beckoned.In his West African homeland, Mr. Jallow's salary was the equivalent of just 50 euros a month, barely enough for the necessities, he said. And everywhere in his neighborhood in Serekunda, Gambia's largest city, there was talk of easy money to be made in Europe.Now he laughs bitterly about all that talk. He lives in a patch of woods here in southern Spain, just outside the village of Palos de la Frontera, with hundreds of other immigrants. They have built their homes out of plastic sheeting and cardboard, unsure if the water they drink from an open pipe is safe. After six years on the continent, Mr. Jallow is rail thin, and his eyes have a yellow tinge. "We are not bush people," he said recently as he gathered twigs to start a fire. "Youthink you are civilized. But this is how we live here. We suffer here."The political upheaval in Libya and elsewhere in North Africa has opened the way for thousands of new migrants to make their way to Europe across the Mediterranean. Already some 25,000 have reached the island of Lampedusa, Italy, and hundreds more have arrived at Malta.The boats, at first, brought mostly Tunisians. But lately there have been more sub-Saharans.Experts say thousands more - many of whom have been moving aroundNorth Africa trying to get to Europe for years, including Somalis, Eritreans, Senegalese and Nigerians - are likely to follow, sure that a better life awaits them.But for Mr. Jallow and for many others who arrived before them,often after days at sea without food or water, Europe has offered hardships they never imagined. These days Mr. Jallow survives on two meals a day, mostly a leaden paste made from flour and oil, which hestirs with a branch."It keeps the hunger away," he said.The authorities estimate that there are perhaps 10,000 immigrantsliving in the woods in the southern Spanish province of Andalusia, a region known for its crops of strawberries, raspberries and blueberries, and there are thousands more migrants in areas that produce olives, oranges and vegetables. Most of them have stories that echo Mr. Jallow's.From the road, their encampments look like igloos tucked among the trees. Up close, the squalor is clear. Piles of garbage and flies are everywhere. Old clothes, stiff from dirt and rain, hang from branches."There is everything in there," said Diego Canamero, the leader of the farm workers' union in Andalusia, which tries to advocate for the men. "You have rats and snakes and mice and fleas."The men in the woods do not call home with the truth, though. They send pictures of themselves posing next to Mercedes cars parked on the street, the kind of pictures that Mr. Jallow says he fell for so many years ago. Now he shakes his head toward his neighbors,1试题下载who will not talk to reporters."So many lies," he said. "It is terrible what they are doing. But they are embarrassed."Even now, though, Mr. Jallow will not consider going back to Gambia. "I would prefer to die here," he said. "I cannot go home empty-handed. If I went home, they would be saying, "What have you been doing with yourself, Amadou?' They think in Europe there is money all over."The immigrants - virtually all of them are men - cluster by nationality and look for work on the farms. But Mr. Cafiamero says they are offered only the least desirable work, like handling pesticides, and little of it at that. Most have no working papers.Occasionally, the police bring bulldozers to tear down the shelters. But the men, who have usually used their family's life savings to get here, are mostly left alone - the conditions they live under are an open secret in the nearby villages.答案:西班牙帕洛斯德拉弗龙特拉((在冈比亚国内时，阿玛窦?雅罗(Amadoujallow)曾是个雷鬼乐迷，22岁那年他刚刚大学毕业，在国内一所高中还谋得了科学教职。
2012年5月SAT真题句子填空全文翻译精讲
2012年5月SAT真题句子填空全文翻译精讲2012.5真题1. Alarmed that land-clearing practices are rapidly ___ crucial habitat, the government of Madagascar is working hard to _______ in its citizens a sense of pride in the nation’s diverse animal and plant species.A. depleting .. deterB. restoring .. inspireC. destroying .. instillD. enhancing .. prolongE. isolating .. curtail中文释义：由于马达加斯加政府已经警惕到开荒的做法正在迅速摧毁至关重要的栖息地，他们正在努力地向其公民灌输本国动植物物种多样化的自豪感。
题意解析：由alarmed可知土地开垦对栖息地造成的影响是负面的，由此排除B，D，E项，为了改善这种情况，马达加斯加政府应该鼓励公民保护栖息地，因此第二个空格要填写与宾语公民自豪感搭配的动词，C项比较贴切。
词汇解析：deplete：1. 耗尽，用尽；to empty of a principle substance；2. 使衰竭；to lessen markedly in quantity, content, power, or valuedeter：制止，阻止；inhibit；使打消念头；to turn aside, discourage, or prevent from acting instill：1. 徐徐滴入；to cause to enter drop by drop；2. 逐渐灌输；to impart gradually curtail：缩减，剪短；to make less by or as if by cutting off or away some part2. Not even a microscope is sufficiently powerful to view the _______ molecules that chemist Jacqueline Barton designs.A. trivialB. grandiloquentC. infinitesimalD. distendedE. figurative中文释义：没有任何一个显微镜能强大到可以观察化学家杰奎琳·巴顿设计的极微小的分子。
2012年阅读真题解析
2012年试题分析Passage One生词释义1. be popular with sb: 在sb中很受欢迎2. to scorn: （动词）轻视，蔑视=look down uponscornful: (形容词）轻视的3. Los Angeles Unified：洛杉矶联合校区4. across the country: 整个国家= throughout the country5. to revise: 修订，修改6. ritual:（名词）1）仪式，*ancient religious rituals 古代的宗教仪式*the importance of religion and ritual in our lives 我们生活中宗教和仪式的重要性*The lady of the house performs the sacred ritual of lighting two candles.女主人点燃了两根蜡烛，举行了神圣的仪式。
2）（文中含义）惯例* the daily ritual of mealtimes 每天吃饭的惯例* He went through the ritual of lighting his cigar.他习惯性地点了一支烟。
7. flexible: 灵活的，可改变的inflexible: 不可改变的8. to mandate: （及物动词）强制规定* These measures were mandated by the IMF. 国际货币组织强制规定了这些措施。
# mandate that ...规定.....;要求....* Justice mandates that we should treat all candidates equally.正义要求我们平等对待所有的候选人。
9. exception: 例外# with the exception of sth: 除….之外= except* We all laughed, with the exception of Maggie.#without exception 无一例外*Each plant, without exception, contains some kind of salt. 每一种植物都无一例外地含有某种盐。
2012年5月SAT真题阅读全文翻译精讲
2012年5月SAT真题阅读全文翻译精讲2012年5月SAT真题阅读全文翻译精讲9-10题根据下面这篇短文回答自从伊比利亚的探险者们把现今的佛罗里达州，新墨西哥州，德克萨斯州以及加利福尼亚州开拓为殖民地之后，西班牙语就已经在北美大陆开始使用，并且在过去的几十年中变得无处不在。
但是在格兰德河以北西班牙语的扩散是与别的语言交融的。
越来越多的拉丁裔生活在美国的标志是，在主要城市以及乡村都普遍使用一种非常有创造性的混合语言：这种语言不是西班牙语也不是英语，而是一种被称作西班牙式英语（Spanglish）的混合语言。
这个名词以及它的影响都很具争议性。
纯粹主义者拒绝承认将西班牙式英语做为沟通的方式；他们认为语言是停滞的，然而实际上它是处于永恒的变化状态。
9. 文章的作者认为这种“混合语言”（第9行）是什么样的？A. 费解的（inexplicable）B. 有独创性的（ingenious）C. 荒唐的（ludicrous）D. 不吉利的（ominous）E. 不成功的（unfortunate）正确答案：B题目解析：文章中作者形容这种混合语言的时候是这样形容的：“有创造性的混合语言”（creative amalgam）与该形容词比较接近的只有B选项有独创性的（ingenious)，因此B项正确。
10. 在文章中第12行，“停滞的”（stagnant）与下面哪个词最接近？A. 肮脏的（foul）B. 腐烂的（rotten）C. 无聊的（boring）D. 不变的（unchanging）E. 迟缓的（sluggish）正确答案：D题目解析：文章中提到stagnant意指某些人认为语言是静止的，停滞的，不会再发生变化的，与下文中的“永久性的变化”（eternal renovation）是相反的，与改词意思最为接近的是D选项，不变的。
E选项sluggish迟缓的意思是虽然行动或者流动速度非常慢，但是依然是出于运动状态的，所以排除该选项。
SAT真题（清晰无水印）2012.05解析
SAT真题（清晰⽆⽔印）2012.05解析SAT真题答案解析2012年5⽉Sunday版制作⼈员：猩猩有脾⽓⼄醚卧薪尝胆2012年5⽉真题下载Section31.B（句⼦的主语是inventions，这⾥缺谓语，⽽⼜因为时间点为1800s早期，所以谓语为过去式）2.B（这句话讲的是⼀个⾃然现象，所以时态应为⼀般现在时。
A时态不对且为条件句，排除C、D 和E）3.A（考点是平⾏结构。
B和C的部分跟其余部分不平⾏，D和E只有主语不完整）4.D（uncomfortable形容的应该是we，所以排除A、B和C，E中的前半句不正确，且时态也不正确，应为过去式）5.E（lack为及物动词，后⾯直接跟名词，所以排除A和B，C和D的时态有问题，从although引导的句⼦中看出时态应为⼀般现在时）6.A（find后接的从句中缺主语，B为从句，C和D中的they和you⽆指代，E的动作⽆发出者）7.D（after后应接完整句，排除B，A和C的前后时态不⼀致，介词后⾯只能接简介的单词，所以排除E）8.D（and连接两个时态⼀致的动词，排除A，B中which从句的修饰对象错误，C缺连词，E中的最⾼级错误）9.D（in that=because，A中的they指代不清，B和E缺连词，C中分号后的不是完整句）10.B（A的句⼦不完整，C中which的从句修饰对象有误，D中前后部分的时态不⼀致，E缺连词）11.C（主语为photographs，排除B和D，E只有主语不完整，B中的interest后缺介词，可根据and后连接的respect后跟着介词看出）12.D（固定搭配：not only…but also…）13.B（改为副词修饰deliver）14.C（改为单数，这是倒装句，主语为pattern）15.C（改为⼀般现在时，从句的主语为mainbuilding）16.A（改为过去时，可从but后的decline的时态看出）17.D（指代单复数有误，指代对象为examples）18.E19.B（关系词有误，应该为修饰时间的关系副词）20.B（改为最⾼级，⽐较对象为三个地质时代）21.C（改为复数，主语为gold objects）22.E23.B（指代单复数有误，指代对象为bald eagle）24.B（改为caused by，被动态）25.A（改为单数，主语为caricature）26.D（指代单复数有误，指代对象为youngprotagonists）27.D（⽐较对象不⼀致）28.D（改为复数，what指代的是devices）29.C（lions是复数one是单数）30.D（they指代有问题，直接选⼀个将代词换为其指代对象的答案就好）31.C（简洁原则）32.D（they和he的指代都有问题，所以直接选⼀个⽆指代词的答案）33.B（clue：第五句话中讲了P的发现，就是Alex在接受了⼀些训练以后可以获得并运⽤较⼤的词汇量，通过上述的⼀些实验证实了P的观点）34.E（第⼗句的⼤意是反驳了P 的实验⽅法，那么接下来就要说明P的⽅法和传统的⽅法之间的差别，也可以和同样作为反驳的第⼗⼀句形成顺接）35.E（插⼊句⼦的⼤意是讲Alex在被做实验品时的不易，正好和讲述Alex并没有从实验中获利的第⼗三句形成顺接）Section41.C（从land-clearing可以看出这些practices对habitat的影响是不好的，所以第⼀空选⼀个负⾯的词汇；从alarmed可以看出，government 对上⾯的practices的态度是不好的，所以根据句意可以选出第⼆空的答案）2.C（trivial=琐碎的；grandiloquent=壮观的；infinitesimal=极微⼩的）3.E（key：vast and complex）4.B（key：strongly favored/understandably）5.E（key：ostensibly objective/in fact）6.B（key：misuse/reliance oninappropriate…）7.E（第⼆空直接选⼀个和composed意思相近的单词，⽽although表明了逗号前后两部分的意思相反，所以亦可推导出第⼀空所需要的词汇）8.E（key：experience tactilely/that is）9.B（key：astonishingly creative amalgam）10.D（stagnant：not advancing or developingkey：when in truth it undergoes eternal renovation）11.B（Key:fossilized bone from a mythic biotechdragon dominance=领域obsolesce ne=荒凉）12.E（总结全⽂）13.C（key：the more important emotionalcontent）14.C（key：read ravenously and desperately）15.A（根据上⽂，作者表述阅读带来的感受）16.A（根据上⽂，作者表述什么书她/他都看，所以选A）17.D（key：something-in-me which knows whatI need）18.A（直译19-22句⼦，笔者表⽰是是⾃⼰可以从⽂章⾥⾃⼰了解⾃⼰需要什么信息）19.D（23-49⾏描述作者因为种族隔离，不能够得到⾜够的书看，只能从已有的各种书来理解，后描述其通过读书对世界的理解，⾸先情绪是positive，所以排除部分选项，最后根据上下⽂锁定D）20.D（dailiness=⽇常⽣活，daily[⽇常的]+ness[名词后缀]）21.C（联系上下⽂，“书的描述就像⼀根串起珍珠的线，串起了我们的孤⽴的灵魂”，所以这个string 是⼀个⽐喻）22.B（根据上下⽂“许多侦探⼩说都让年⽼的⼈来作为侦探⽐如……”所以，给出这个⼈名是证实这种侦探⼩书的类型）23.A（根据上下⽂，⽂中表述阅读既是最独⽴的事⼉，⼀旦进⼊阅读中也便不再孤独了，所以可得答案）24.C（感受全⽂，并分析，作者对书有⼀种积极的态度，排除部分答案，再根据确切的情感，敬仰还是感激来做出选择）Section71.E（key：significant strike of working women）2.D（分号的前后两句因为instead表⽰“⽽是”，所以意思相反。
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2012年5月SAT真题阅读全文翻译精讲9-10题根据下面这篇短文回答自从伊比利亚的探险者们把现今的佛罗里达州，新墨西哥州，德克萨斯州以及加利福尼亚州开拓为殖民地之后，西班牙语就已经在北美大陆开始使用，并且在过去的几十年中变得无处不在。
但是在格兰德河以北西班牙语的扩散是与别的语言交融的。
越来越多的拉丁裔生活在美国的标志是，在主要城市以及乡村都普遍使用一种非常有创造性的混合语言：这种语言不是西班牙语也不是英语，而是一种被称作西班牙式英语（Spanglish）的混合语言。
这个名词以及它的影响都很具争议性。
纯粹主义者拒绝承认将西班牙式英语做为沟通的方式；他们认为语言是停滞的，然而实际上它是处于永恒的变化状态。
9. 文章的作者认为这种“混合语言”（第9行）是什么样的？A. 费解的（inexplicable）B. 有独创性的（ingenious）C. 荒唐的（ludicrous）D. 不吉利的（ominous）E. 不成功的（unfortunate）正确答案：B题目解析：文章中作者形容这种混合语言的时候是这样形容的：“有创造性的混合语言”（creative amalgam）与该形容词比较接近的只有B选项有独创性的（ingenious)，因此B项正确。
10. 在文章中第12行，“停滞的”（stagnant）与下面哪个词最接近？A. 肮脏的（foul）B. 腐烂的（rotten）C. 无聊的（boring）D. 不变的（unchanging）E. 迟缓的（sluggish）正确答案：D题目解析：文章中提到stagnant意指某些人认为语言是静止的，停滞的，不会再发生变化的，与下文中的“永久性的变化”（eternal renovation）是相反的，与改词意思最为接近的是D选项，不变的。
E选项sluggish迟缓的意思是虽然行动或者流动速度非常慢，但是依然是出于运动状态的，所以排除该选项。
其他选项不合题意。
词汇解析：colonize：开拓殖民地；to establish a colony in or on or ofubiquitous：无所不在的；existing or being everywhere at the same timeamalgam：混合物；a mixture of different elementsendorse：1. 认可；to approve openly；2. 在...背面书写；to write on the back ofstagnant：1. 停滞的；not flowing in a current or stream,；2. 不景气的；not advancing or developing11-12题根据下面这篇短文回答昔日超动力的休斯顿宇航基地在20世纪80年代走上了下坡路，外围的环境变成了一个安静又具有乡村气息的大学校园，在这里原来那令人难以忍受的沼泽气候以及超现实般的例行人类太空飞行都被鸭子池塘和绿荫树所调和。
沿着引道向前走，斜倚着美国航空航天局褪色的荣耀的象征：一个被拆为碎片的巨大的土星卫星火箭供游客们观看，就好像是从一个神话中生物巨龙身上获得的长长的骨骼化石一样。
熙熙攘攘的校园中有着排列很整齐的商场以及干净整洁的居住区。
附近的一个汉堡摊旁边竖立着一个超大号的玻璃纤维做成的宇航员，身高有13英尺，宇航员伸出的左手还拿着一份薯条订单来招揽顾客。
11. 在文章中第7-9行（“a giant ... dragon”），这个比喻主要是为了强调火箭的：A. 优势性（dominance）B. 过时的（obsolescence）C. 卓越的工程设计（superior engineering）D. 吸引新人（appeal to newcomers）E. 对科学的贡献（contribution to science）正确答案：B题目解析：文中作者把火箭残骸比作神话中龙的化石，既然是化石就说明这种龙可能是已经灭绝或者不再存在于世上的，也就是说已经过时了，久远的，因此B选项正确。
12. 文章中的描写主要是为了：A. 淡化现代太空旅行可能涉及的风险B. 指出休斯顿宇航基地出乎意料的美C. 考虑太空计划重新启动的可能性D. 反映休斯顿宇航基地的前辈空间科学家的创新精神E. 显示出太空计划的衰落是如何从休斯顿宇航基地的环境中反映出来正确答案：E题目解析：短文中主要描述了当代的休斯顿宇航基地的外围环境以及周围的建筑，商店，设施等，并从中可看出当年的基地已风光不再，因此E项最能体现这一内容。
文中没有提到太空旅行，重启太空计划以及前辈科学家的贡献等，因此A，C，D项错误。
文中也没有表明今日的休斯顿宇航基地是非常漂亮的，因此B项也不合题意。
词汇解析：supercharge：对...增压；to charge greatly or excessively (as with vigor or tension)surreal：不真实的，超现实的；marked by the intense irrational reality of a dreamrecline：斜倚；to lean or incline backwardsdismantle：1. 拆除；to take to pieces；2. 脱掉；to strip of dress or coveringfossilize：1. 使成化石；to convert into a fossil；2. 使陈腐；to make outmoded, rigid, or fixed beckon：1. 召唤；to summon or signal typically with a wave or node；2. 吸引；to appear inviting13-24题根据下面这篇短文回答本文是改编自一位非裔美籍作家的散文，这位作家在20世纪50年代开始成熟起来。
从那时起他的身份有诗人，教师，民权运动者，以及文学批评家等。
尽管我回忆不起来小时候读过的书的具体内容，这些书带给我的更多的是情感上的感受-- 我从中知道自己被迫生存的世界，一个种族隔离的世界不是唯一的现实。
在这个世界之外，有一个地方我无法用眼睛看穿，那里充满了梦想和各种可能性。
我知道这些都是真的，因为我能从我贪婪地，不顾一切地阅读中听到来自那个世界的声音。
一本书的奥秘和神奇之处在于，它能够穿越时间和空间并能最终摆脱它们的限制进入到我们的生活，在阅读它的时刻我们同样的也是超越时空的。
让我为这个观点解释一下。
我是一个什么都读的读者。
如果按照大家接受和推崇的文学标准来看，我的口味可以说很恶劣。
除了在那些有名望的书店里买书以外，我还会从公共汽车站或者药店买书看。
我阅读那些垃圾小说的时候跟阅读那些公认的文学名著一样津津有味。
我对此并不感到羞愧，因为我知道我自己的内心明白自己想要什么并会指导我争取，而此刻可能我的意识对于错误的部分还没有认识到。
我在纳什维尔长大的时候，黑人是不允许在中心图书馆看书的--这种情况在我16岁的时候矫正了过来，我一个人把这个图书馆的隔离都废除了。
然而，在此之前，我主要通过每周五晚上去街道的流动汽车图书馆看书。
这个图书馆的书籍不仅数量有限，而且种类不多，主要集中于西部小说和推理小说，并且这些小说都是从白人图书馆里丢弃的。
因此，从14岁到16岁的时候，我主要阅读的都是西部小说和佩里·梅森的推理小说。
每天晚上七点钟我就爬上床，有时候我读书读到凌晨两点。
非常幸运的是，我父母很高兴我待在家里，所以他们也不关心我读的是什么。
但是也许他们在基础的层面上也理解我说做的事情，虽然当时我还很懵懂。
种族隔离是一种致命的精神暴力，不仅仅在于它限制了我们的生存，饮食以及上学。
并且我们不断会感受到人身威胁。
当我每晚躺在床上阅读这些西部小说和推理故事的时候，我意识到我是在尝试抵抗甚至于反抗我日常生活中所遭遇的暴力。
在西部小说和推理故事中我发现一种镜像，从中可以看到我的世界中有一个元素是被孤立的，同时带给我更少伤害。
我很感激我的父母没有对我阅读的作品指手画脚，而是放任我去做自己的选择。
这些书本是一个孤独的声音，歌唱着穿越烟波浩渺并最终被一个孤独的耳朵听到。
就是这一点让书显得非常重要。
一本书能够将我们孤独的灵魂像珍珠一样串起来，使我们走到一起共享人性的光辉。
许多年以前当我住在纽约的时候，我经常光顾位于第二十三大街和第七大道的街角书店。
我对来到那里看书的老年妇女非常感兴趣，尤其是因为看起来她们读的都是推理和侦探小说。
我想像这些妇女们回到家里，坐下来，然后继续阅读这些血腥小说。
直到多年以后我自己重新开始阅读推理小说我才理解这件事情。
有些推理小说中将年长的女性设置为侦探--比如说阿加莎·克里斯蒂作品中的马普尔小姐是最著名的一个。
其它没有任何一种题材中能将年长女性描写的如此高贵，尊崇而又充满爱意。
这就出现了一个悖论：除了读书外没有什么行为是如此的孤独，但也没有任何行为能将这种孤独深入到一种层次以至于我们并不孤单。
这是一种有魔力的行为，也是对我们所有人来说都很神奇的行为。
13. 文章中第1-5行表明，对于作者来说，书的主要价值在于它们的：A. 目的和观众B. 熟悉的语气和态度C. 他对世界的感受的影响D. 广大读者的认可E. 在文学批评家中的声誉正确答案：C题目解析：文章的前五行作者提出通过图书他能感受到另一个世界，这个时间与自己所身处的现实是不同的，由此可推断他认为读书能给他带来有关世界的不同的感受，C项符合题意，因此C项正确。
14. 作者在文章中第7-9行对文字的选择（“I knew ... world”）主要是为了强调：A. 他对自己周围环境的漠不关心B. 他的政治幼稚性C. 他需求的强烈性D. 他的动机的神秘性E. 他的好奇心的机智特征正确答案：C题目解析：在文章的第8行，作者用了这样两个词语来形容自己读书时的状态：“贪婪地（ravenously）”“不顾一切的（desperately）”，说明他十分渴望读书，非常急切地获得读书的计划，因此可推断他对读书的需求是十分强烈的，所以C项正确。
15. 在文章的第10行，“奥秘（mystery）”最有可能指的是：A. 一个奇妙的特性B. 一个难以被发现的秘密C. 无缘无故的残酷D. 一场未解决的犯罪E. 一种小说正确答案：A题目解析：在文章的第10行是第二段的句首。
该句的主语为“一本书的奥秘和神奇之处（the mystery and miracle of a book”，在这里奥秘指的是书本的一种特征，并且作者的语气是赞扬的，充满积极的感情色彩的，因此A项符合题意。
16. 在文章语境中，作者提到“文学标准”（literary standards，第15行）是想说明这些标准：A. 无法为那些被文学评论家评为不值一读的书留出空间B. 难以考虑到相对于阅读的乐趣来说获得知识是次要的C. 没有认识到所有的读者都是根据他们自己的经验来解读小说的D. 与很多喜欢阅读经典文学作品的读者的经验是相矛盾的E. 必须被那些能够认可所有文学流派的贡献的标准所取代正确答案：A题目解析：在文章中作者提到文学标准的时候是这样表达的：“如果按照大家接受和推崇的文学标准来看，我的口味可以说很恶劣。