SAT阅读强化套题 3

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otherwise" (lines 13 and k4), the author is most likely being (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) reverent pragmatic fearful ironic naive
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below, and then answer the questionsthat follow the passage.The correct responsemay Read each of the passages be statedoutright or merely suggestedin the passage. Questions 9 and L0 are based on the following passage. After the mine owner had stripped the vegetation from twelve acresof extremely steepland at a creek head, a flash flood tumbled massesof Line mining debris into the swollen stream.Though no (5) lives were lost, the flood destroyed all the homes in the valley. When damagesuits brought substantial verdicts favoring the victims, the company took its caseto the more sympathetictribunal at Frankfort. The statejudges proclaimed that the (10) massesof soil, uprooted trees, and slabs of rock had been harmlessuntil set in motion by the force of water; thus they solemnly declared the damage an act of God-for which no coal operator, Godfearing or otherwise, could be held responsible. Questions 11 and 12 are based on the following passage. In this excerptfrom Jane Austen's The Watsons, /ze elderly Mr. Watson discussesa visit to church. "I do not know when I have heard a discourse more to my mind," continued Mr. Watson, "or one better delivered. He reads extremely well, Line with great propriety and in a very impressive (5.) manner; and at the same time without any theatri cal grimace or violence. I own, I do not like much action in the pulpit. I do not iike the studied air and artificial inflections of voice, which your very popular preachershave. A simple delivery is (10) much better calculated to inspire devotion, and shows a much better taste. Mr. Howard read like a scholar and a gentleman." suggests that Mr. Watson would most 11. The passage likely agree with which statement? (A) A dramatic style of preaching appealsmost to discerning listeners. (B) Mr. Howard is too much the gentleman-scholar to be a good preacher. (C) A proper preacheravoids extremesin delivering his sermons. (D) There is no use preaching to anyone unless you happen to catch him when he is ill. (E) A man often preacheshis beliefs precisely when he has lost them. 12. The word "studied" (line 7) most nearly means (A) affected (B) academic (C) amateurish (D) learned (E) diligent

SAT阅读真题及答案解析

SAT阅读真题及答案解析（三）SAT考试真题是很重要的备考资料，那么，很早以前的真题资料还有参考性吗其实大家可以先以最近真题为主，以前的真题资料为辅进行练习。

下面文都国际小编为大家整理了一篇SAT阅读真题及答案解析，供大家参考。

In this passage adapted from a novel, a Canadian woman recalls her childhood during the 1960s. Originally from China, the family traveled to Irvine, Ontario, Canada, where the parents opened a restaurant, the Dragon Cafe.As a young child I never really thought about my parents' lives in Irvine, how small their world must have seemed, never extending beyond the Dragon Cafe. Every day my parents did the same jobs in the restaurant.I watched the same customers come for meals, for morning coffee, for afternoon soft drinks and French fries. For my parents one day was like the next. They settled into an uneasy and distant relationship with each other. Their love, their tenderness, they gave to me.1. In the opening paragraph, the narrator emphasizes primarily which of the following about her parents 主旨题(A) Their work ethic(B) Their evolving relationship(C) Their routine lives(D) Their resourcefulness(E) Their dependability分析：根据第一段字面意思可选择出答案。

高三英语考试阅读强化题含答案

高三英语考试阅读强化题含答案强化英语阅读能力，是学好高三英语的基础，下面我为大家带来高三英语考试阅读强化题，供大家阅读练习。

高三英语考试阅读强化题一A man was sitting in the park watching the duckson the pond. When a woman approached him. Shehad a white poodle鬃毛狮子狗 on a leash 系狗的链子.She sat down on a bench, took out a magazineand began to read .After it had been sitting quietly for about tenminutes, the poodle turned and looked up at the man.―Excuse me,‖ the dog whispered. ―But you look like a kind man. Please buy me from hisawful woman.‖The ma n could hardly believe his ears. A dog was whispering to him. In English!―She is so mean to me,‖ the dog continued. ―She never pets me or plays with me whenshe‘s in a bad mood, which is most of thetime.‖The man was amazed to hear the dog say all this. He was even more surprised when thedog added, ―And I‘m really a very good dog. I‘m quite famous, too. I won a medal in the lastwar and was twice wounded in action. I‘ve rescued three children-two from drowning and onefrom a fire.‖The man decided that he would try to buy the dog from the woman. He would pay a lot ofmoney if necessary. The dog would soon earn tens of thousands of dollars on television. It wouldbe theworld‘s first talking dog.―Excuse me,‖ he said to the woman, ―but I love your little dog. Will you sell him to me?‖ ―I‘ll be delighted to sell him,‖ the woman said. ―You can have him for ten dollars.‖―Ten dollars!‖ the man said. ―Only the dollars? Why so little?‖ ―Because,‖ the womansaid, ―he‘s a trouble-making liar.‖1. The poodle______.A. sat on either side of man and womanB. could read the magazineC. was leading the womanD. belonged to the woman2. The dog ______.A. insulted the manB. asked the man to buy itC. started talking as soon as it sat downD. couldn‘t speak properly3.The man was surprised______.A. to hear it speakB. to see it feedC. to hear it barkD. to see if being beaten4. The dog explained that it had ______.A. stopped a fireman from saving three childrenB. never been in the warC. acted heroically in dangerous situationsD. refused a medal in the last war5. The woman was ______.A. advertising her dogB. happy to sell her dogC. reluctant to sell her dogD. Hoping her dog would earn thousand of dollars on television 高三英语考试阅读强化题答案1.D2.B3.A4.C5.B高三英语考试阅读强化题二Motorola set out a special training planprogramme for children last week with the aim ofdeveloping children‘s business skills and preparingthem for a future as entrepreneurs.Eighty-seven children aged between 12 and 16from Beijing and Tianjin attended the one-weektraining programme called ―Youth Discovery‖directed by Motorola University‘s MU instructors and marketing specialists. The childrenlearned about dealing with a practical problem-marketing and worked out a marketing plan bythemselves. Last week 26 children of Motorola employees in Tianjin completed their training inthe MU-Tianjin Learning Center.Through the training programme, children learnt how to get information through differentkinds of sources, determine end-user needs, make up messages of value to customers, andcommunicate using various means and equipment.Educ ators acted only as team‖ directors‖ ,providing childrento discover their own answers.The children gave their solutions to Motorola‘s management and their parents on the last day ofthe programme.The children, most of whom were primary and middle school students, presentedthemselves freely.The students said that they preferred the open and practical way of learning.―Youth Discovery‖ ,started by Motorola‘s former president Robert Galvin, designed andcarried out by Motorola University, aimed to bring the talents才能 of young people into fullplay and encouraged them to discover how their skills can contribute to a team to help it reachan aim.1.The underlined word entrepreneurs in the first paragraph probably means.______A. schoolmastersB. actorsC. managersD. scientists2.Which statement is true according to the passage?A. The instructors taught the students how to work out amarketing plan.B. The programme was started, designed and carried out by Motorola University.C. The programme is very common in TianjinD. The programme aims at developing the children‘s ability to solve practical problems.3.What role do the educators play in the programme?A. Presidents.B. Directors.C. Businessmen.D. Employees.4. Youth Discovery is a great success because______.A. its way agrees with children‘s characters of interestB. it‘s designed by Motorola UniversityC. the children‘s parents took part in itD. the children come from Beijing and Tianjin.高三英语考试阅读强化题答案1.C2.D3.B4.A。

3月SAT亚太考试内容回顾阅读三精编版

2018年3月SAT亚太考试内容回顾阅读三第三篇：科学类鸟类协作可以抵御异种鸟类在自己鸟窝里面下蛋影响自身繁殖。

然后需要补充的细节是如果不小心异种鸟繁殖，会影响自己的繁殖。

所以一开始就要把成人的鸟赶出去，这个过程中socially 很重要。

原文：In the spring of 1879, Hermann Lau shot two white-winged choughs,Corcorax melanorhamphos, off their nest in Queensland, Australia. He watched asadditional choughs continued to attend the nest, proving that a cooperativegroup shared parental care ( 1). Since then, cooperatively breeding birds havehad a starring role in efforts to explain the evolution of complex animalsocieties. We now know that “helpersat-the-nest”who forgo reproduction areoften relatives of the breeding pair. Genetic payoff is, thus, one of severaladvantages that helpers can gain from their superﬁ cially altruistic behavior (2). On page 1506 of this issue, Feeney et al. ( 3) show that collective defenseagainst brood parasites (see the ﬁgure) can enhance such beneﬁ ts ofcooperation. Why do some bird species cooperate and others do not? Globalanalyses have shown that cooperative breeding (now known from 9% of species) isassociated with a slow pace of life (characterized by high survival rates andlow turnover of breeding territories) ( 4), monogamy (which facilitates kinselection within families) ( 5), and unpredictable environments (such as aridzones) that might favor cooperation as a bet-hedging strategy ( 6). But thesefactors often fail to predict the incidence of cooperation among relatedspecies or within geographical regions ( 7). Feeney et al.’s study is built onthe premise that brood parasitism—reproductive cheating by species such ascuckoos and cowbirds, which exploit other birds to raise their young—is asevere selection pressure on their hosts’ breedingstrategies. Parasitizedparents typically not only lose their current offspring but also waste a wholebreeding season raising a demanding impostor. The best way to avoid parasitismis to repel adult parasites from the nest. Feeney et al. show that socialitycan be pivotal to this process. The authors begin by unfolding a new map. Usingdata compiled by BirdLife International, they show that the global distributionof cooperatively breeding birds overlaps strikingly with that of broodparasites. This overlap need not reﬂ ect a causal relationship: The same unpredictable environments thatfavor cooperation could also favor alternative breeding strategies such asparasitism. However, the authors go on to show that even within geographicalregions rich in both parasites and cooperators—Australia and southern Africa—cooperativebreeders are much more likely than noncooperative species to be targeted bybrood parasites. To determine the reasons for this correlation, Feeney et al.studied cooperative breeding in superb fairy-wrens (Malurus cyaneus) inAustralia. Horsfield’s bronze-cuckoos (Chalcites basalis) should beneﬁ t fromtargeting larger groups of fairy-wrens because more helpers mean faster chickgrowth. Yet, data from a 6-year field study show that in practice, cuckoosrarely experience this advantage, because larger groups of fairywrens much moreeffectively detect and repel egg-laying intrusions by cuckoo females,mobilizing group defenses with a cuckoospeciﬁ c alarm call. Thus, cooperationand parasitism could reciprocally inﬂ uence one another: Cooperators might bemore attractive targets because they make better foster parents, but once exploited by parasites, they are alsobetter able to ﬁ ght back, helping cooperation to persist ( 8). Feeney et al. ﬁnd that superior anticuckoo defenses in larger groups account for 0.2 moreyoung ﬂ edged per season on average than smaller groups—a substantial boostgiven the fairy-wrens’ low annual fecundity. These results show convincinglythat defense against brood parasites augments the beneﬁ ts of helping, promotingthe persistence of cooperation. But as the authors note, they cannot revealwhat caused cooperation to evolve initially. Brood parasitism alone cannotresolve the question of why some birds breed cooperatively. For example,cooperative kingﬁ shers and bee-eaters areheavily parasitized in Africa butnot in Australasia, showing that other advantages of helping behavior are sufﬁcient for cooperation to persist. But we should take parasitism seriously as animportant force in a cooperative life. Indeed, it may provide a mechanismcontributing to the previously discovered global correlates of cooperation (4–6). Some insight into the likely order of evolution might come from furthercomparative predictions. For instance, if cooperation arose fi rst as a defenseagainst parasitism, cooperators may be most prevalent among hosts that relyheavily on repelling adult parasites, rather than on antiparasite strategies atlater reproductive stages, such as egg or chick discrimination ( 9). Incontrast, if parasites target existing cooperators because they providesuperior care, this should be especially true of parasites whose chicks havethe most pressing needs—for instance, those in parasitic families with largebody size relative to their hosts or those whose chicks do not kill host youngand therefore must share their foster parents’ care. Could there be a similarassociation between cooperation and parasitism among other highly socialanimals? Cooperation in mammals clearly persists irrespective of parasitism, giventhat there are no known brood-parasitic mammals (perhaps because it would bediffi cult for a mammal to insert live young into another’s care). Butrepelling parasitic egg-laying intrusions is crucial to many hosts of sociallyparasitic insects and has shaped sophisticated adaptations and counterdefensesfor and against brute force and secrecy ( 10). It will be fascinating toexplore how selection for antiparasitic defense has interacted with monogamyand defensible resources as forces favoring kin-selected cooperation ininvertebrates, touching on an active debate in evolutionary biology. Answers tosuch comparative questions will ultimately be limited by our knowledge ofnatural history. The work by Feeney et al. is testament to the evolutionaryinsights enabled by careful long-term fi eld studies, together with thecumulative legacy of those naturalists who made the unglamorous effort torecord and publish observations of real animals in real places.。

2023 sat 10月集训题

2023 SAT 10月集训题一、背景介绍2023年10月SAT考试是一场备受关注的考试，对许多考生来说，这是他们备战大学入学考试的关键一战。

而在考前集训中，备考教师们为了帮助学生更好地应对考试，提前布置了一些模拟题，以便考生们可以熟悉考试题型，增强应试能力。

二、阅读理解题目1：以下哪种动物最擅长潜水？A. 海豚B. 海獭C. 海龟D. 海鸥解析：B。

根据文章中提到的“潜水技术超裙”来判断，海獭应该是最擅长潜水的动物。

题目2：文章主要讨论了什么？A. 动物的生存环境B. 动物的生存技能C. 动物的行为习性D. 动物的分类特点解析：B。

文章主要讨论了动物们在海洋中生存的技能和特点，因此选择B。

题目3：作者对海獭的评价是？A. 忠实可爱B. 机智勇敢C. 独立自由D. 谨慎保守解析：D。

文章中提到海獭“谨慎且保守”的生存态度，因此选择D。

三、数学题目1：如果a+b=8，a-b=2，求a和b的值。

解析：解方程组可得a=5，b=3。

题目2：若函数f(x)=2x^2-3x+1，求f(4)的值。

解析：将x=4代入方程中得f(4)=2*4^2-3*4+1=29。

四、写作题目：请以“我眼中的家乡”为题，写一篇150字的文章。

解析：作文内容涵盖了家乡的自然风光、人文景观、地方特色等，发人深省，字里行间充满了对家乡的热爱和眷恋之情。

五、语法题目1: 请根据所给句子选择正确的词语填空。

The flowers in the park are so beautiful that I can't help________ (stop/stopping) to admire them.解析：填入stopping，表示“我忍不住停下来去赞美它们”。

题目2: 下列句子中，哪个句子的语法结构是正确的？A. Despite of the heavy r本人n, he still went out for a walk.B. Because of it is r本人ning, the match has been postponed.C. Running faster, he could catch the last bus.D. In order to not be late, she got up early.解析：C。

新SAT官方指南阅读第三篇全解析

新SAT官⽅指南阅读第三篇全解析新SAT官⽅指南阅读第三篇全解析This passage is adapted from J.D.Watson and F.H.C.Crick,“Genetical Implications of the Structure of Deoxyribonucleic Acid.”○C1953by Nature Publishing Group.Watson and Crick deduced the structure of DNA using evidence from Rosalind Franklin and R.G.Gosling’s X-ray crystallography diagrams of DNA and from Erwin Chargaff’s data on the base composition of DNA.The chemical formula of deoxyribonucleic acid(DNA)is now well established the molecule isa very long chain,the backbone of which consists of a regular alternation of sugar and phosphategroups.To each sugar is attached a nitrogenous base,which can be of four different types.Two of the possible bases-adenine and guanine-are purines,and the other two-thymine and 5cytosine-are pyrimidines.So far as is known,the sequence of bases along the chain is irregular.The monomer unit,consisting of phosphate,sugar and base,is known as a nucleotide.The first feature of our structure which is of biological interest is that it consists not of one chain,but of two.These two chains are both coiled around a common fiber axis.It has often been assumed that since there was only one chain in the structural unit.However,the density, 10taken with the X-ray evidence,suggests very strongly that there are two.The other biologically important feature is the manner in which the two chains are held together.This is done by hydrogen bonds between the bases.The bases are joined together in pairs,a single base from one chain being hydrogen-bonded to a single base from the other.Theimportant point is that only certain pairs of bases will fit into the structure.One member of a pair 15must be a purine and the other a pyrimidine in order to bridge between the two chains.If a pair consisted of two purines for example,there would not be room for it.We believe that the bases will present almost entirely in their most probable forms.If this is true,the conditions for forming hydrogen bonds are more restrictive,and the only pairs of bases possible are:adenine with thymine,and guanine with cytosine.Adenine,for example,can occur 20on either chain;but when it does,its partner on the other chain must always be thymine.The phosphate-sugar backbone of our model is completely regular,but any sequence of the pairs of bases can fit into the structure.It follows that in a long molecule many different permutations are possible,and it therefore seems likely that the precise sequence of bases is the code which carries the genetical information.If the actual order of the bases on one of the pair of 25chains were given,one could write down the exact order of the bases on the other one,because of the specific pairing.Thus one chain is,as it were,the complement of the other,and it is this feature which suggests how the deoxyribonucleic acid molecule might duplicate itself.The table shows,for various organisms,the percentages of each of the four types of nitrogenous bases in that organism’s DNA.22.The authors use the word“backbone”in lines2and21to indicate that(A)only very long chains of DNA can be taken from an organism with a spinal column.(B)the main structure of a chain in a DNA molecule is composed of repeating units.(C)a chain in a DNA molecule consists entirely of phosphate groups or of sugars.(D)nitrogenous bases form the main structural unit of DNA正确答案：B分析:⽂章2-4⾏将DNA描述成⼀个长链条，主⼲由糖和磷酸盐交替组成。

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。

【强化】强化班补充材料

【关键字】强化强化班补充材料雅思阅读补充材料T/F/NG 专项练习1．原文：It is almost impossible to write of the Arts in Australia without mentioning the building that first put Australia firmly on the world cultural map－the Sydney Opera House.题目：The Opera House drew world attention to the Arts in Australia.2．原文：The Opera House was designed not by an Australian but by a celebrated Danish architect, Jorn Utzon, whose design won an international competition in the late1950s. Its distinctive and highly original shape has been likened to everything fromthe sails of a sailing ship to broken eggshells, but few would argue with the claim thatthe Opera House is a major contribution to world architecture.题目：Utzon designed the roof to look like the sails of a sailing ship.3. 原文：Set amidst the graceful splendor of Sydney Harbour, presiding like a queen over thebustle and brashness of a modern city striving to forge a financial reputation in atough commercial world, it s a reminder to all Australians of their deep and abidinglove of all things cultural.题目：According to the author, Sydney is a quiet and graceful city.4. 原文：Utzon left the country before completing the project and in a fit of anger vowed never toreturn.题目：Utzon never returned to Australia to see the completed building.5. 原文：The Queen officially opened the building in 1975 and since the, within its curved andtwisted walls, audiences of all nationalities have been quick to acclaim the manyworld-class performances of stars from the Australian opera, ballet and theatre.题目：Australian artists give better performances in the Opera House.6. 原文：Chances are, if you live in a city, you have not seen one for some time. Even in wet areasonce teeming with frogs and toads, it is becoming less and less easy to find those slimy,hopping and sometimes poisonous members of the animal kingdom.题目：Frogs are disappearing only from city areas.7. 原文：All over the world, and even in remote parts of Australia, frogs are losing the ecologicalbattle for survival, and biologists are at a loss to explain their demise.题目：Biologists are unable to explain why frogs are dying.8. 原文：The danger is that planet Earth might not only lose a vital link in the ecological foodchain (frogs keep populations of otherwise pestilen t insects at manageable levels)…题目：Frogs are important in the ecosystem because they control pests.9. 原文：It exhibited some very strange behaviour; instead of giving birth to tadpoles in the water,it raised its young within its stomach. The baby frogs were actually born from out oftheir mother's mouth.题目：Frogs usually give birth to their young in an underwater nest.10. 原文：Unfortunately, this freak of nature is not the only frog species to have been lost inAustralia. Since the 1970s, no less than eight others have suffered the same fate.题目：Eight frog species have become extinct so far in Australia.11. 原文：Another theory is that worldwide temperature increases are upsetting the breedingcycles of frogs.题目：It is a fact that frogs' breeding cycles are upset by worldwide in creases in temperature.12. 原文：Because of the relative freedom of access to information, the Internet has often beencriticized by the media as a potentially hazardous tool in the hands of young computerusers.题目：The media has often criticized the Internet because it is dangerous.13. 原文：In fact, it would be true to say that both Australian Labor Party and the Liberal Partyconsist of conservative, moderate and radical elements, and therefore the generalpublic is often perplexed about which party to vote for.题目：Radical groups are only found within the Labor Party.14. 原文：Welfare societies tend towards bankruptcy unless government spending is kept incheck..题目：Welfare-based societies invariably become bankrupt.15. 原文：Thus, for instance, at the last election there was the No Aircraft Noise Party, popular incertain city areas, and the Green Party, which is almost solely concerned withenvironmental issues.题目：The No-Aircraft-Noise Party is only popular in the city.16. 原文：Nowadays, without a qualification from a reputable school or university, the odds oflanding that plum job advertised in the paper are considerably shortened.题目：It is impossible these days to get a good job without a qualification from a respected institution.17. 原文：It is no secret that competition is the driving force behind the need to obtainincreasingly higher qualifications. In the majority of cases, the urge to upgrade is nolonger the result of an insatiable thirst for knowledge.题目：Most people who upgrade their qualifications do so for the joy of learning.18. 原文：Naturally, although there is agreement that learning can cause stress, Gatsby'scomments regarding university standards have been roundly criticised as alarmist bymost educationists who point out that, by any standard of measurement, Australia'seducation system overall, at both secondary and tertiary levels, is equal to that of anyin the world.题目：Australia's education system is equal to any in the world in the opinion of most educationists.19. 原文：Wealthy parents have always been willing to spend the vast amounts of extra moneynecessary to send their children to schools with a perceived educational edge.题目：Some parents spend extra on their children's education because of the prestige attached to certain schools20.原文：For example, it has been demonstrated that rapid response leads to a greater likelihoodof arrest only if responses are in the order of 1-2 minutes after a call is received by thepolice. When response times increase to 3-4 minutes, still quite a rapid response, thelikelihood of an arrest is substantially reduced.题目：A response delay of 1-2 minutes may have substantial influence on whether or not a suspected criminal is caught.21. 原文：Booking in advance is strongly recommended as all Daybreak tours are subject todemand. Subject to availability, stand by tickets can be purchased from the driver.题目：Tickets must be bought in advance from an authorized Daybreak agent.22. 原文：In Sydney, a vast array of ethnic and local restaurants can be found to suit all palatesand pockets.题目：There is now a greater variety of restaurants to choose from in Sydney than in the past.23. 原文：Of the 26 species that are known to have become successful integrated into the local.题目：At least twenty-six of the introduced species have become established in Australia. 24. 原文：In the clash between environmentalists and developers, the Indians, whose presence isin fact crucial to the survival of the forest, have suffered the most.题目：The indigenous Amazonian Indians are necessary to the well-being of the forest.25. 原文：Los Angeles has some of the world’s cleanest cars－far better than those of Europe－but the t otal number of miles those cars drive continue to grow.题目：Residents of Los Angeles are now tending to reduce the yearly distances they travel by car.26. 原文：According to Company Clothing magazine, there are 1000 companies supplying thework wear and corporate clothing market. Of these, 22% account for 85% of totalsales-＄380 million in 1994题目：Most businesses that supply company clothing are successful.27. 原文：Most people think of the cultures represented in the collection in terms of the absenceof advanced technology. In fact, traditional practices draw on a continuing wealth oftechnological ingenuity.题目：Traditional societies are highly inventive in terms of technology.28. 原文：Singapore has for a while had a scheme that forces drivers to buy a badge if they withto visit a certain part of the city. Singapore is advancing in this direction, with acity-wide network of transmitters to collect information and charge drivers as theypass certain points. When the local government in Cambridge, England, consideredintroducing Singaporean techniques, it faced vocal and ultimately successfulopposition.题目：Charging drivers for entering certain parts of the city has been successfully done in Cambridge, England.29. 原文：With declining birthrates and an anticipated shortage of new entrants to thework force, early retirement will become an issue for organizations toexplore in more detail .题目：Organizations need to examine in more detail the effects of a declining birthrate 30. 原文：They hunted by preference whales ,walruses, caribou and seals, although polar bears,birds and any other edible animal might be taken in a pinch, The Arctic has very littleedible vegetation, although Inuit did supplement their diet with seaweed.题目：Inuit hunters prefer to eat walruses and birds.Answer keys:1-10 T F F NG NG F T T NG F11-20 F F F F NG F F T NG T21-30 F NG T T F F T F F FList of Headings 补充练习Exercise 1Choose the correct heading for each section from the list of headings below.1. Section A2. Section B3. Section C4. Section D5. Section E6. Section F7. Section GUnderstanding Bee BehaviourAA bee’s brain is the size of a grass seed, yet in this tiny brain are encoded some of the most complex and amazing behavioural patterns witnessed outside humankind. For bees are arguably the only animals apart from humans which have their own language. Earlier this century Karl Von Frisch, a professor of Zoology at Munich University, spent decades of “the purest joy of discovery” unraveling the mysteries of bee behaviour. For his astonishing achievements he was awarded the Nobel Prize and it is from His work that most of today’s knowledge of what bees say to each other derives.B.It started simply enough. Von Frisch knew from experiments by an earlier researcher that if he put out a bowl of sweet sugar syrup, bees might at first take some time to find it but, once they had done so, within the hour, hundreds of other bees would be eagerly taking the syrup. Von Frisch realized that, in some way, messages were being passed on back at the hive, messages which said, ‘out there, at this spot, you’re going to find food.’CBut how was it happening? To watch the bees, V on Frisch constructed a glass-sided hive. He found that, once the scout bees arrived back at the hive, they would perform one of three dance types. In the first type, a returning scout scampered in circles, alternating to right and left, stopping occasionally to regurgitate food samples to the excited bees chasing after her. In the second dance, clearly and extended version of this round dance, she performed a sickle-shaped figure-of-eight pattern instead. In the third, distinctly different dance, she started by running a short distance in a straight line, waggling her body from side to side, and returning in a semi-circle to the starting point before repeating the process. She also stopped from time to time to give little bits of food to begging bees. Soon the others would excitedly leave the hive in search of food. Minutes later, many of them, marked by V on Frisch, could be seen eating at the bowls of sugar syrup.DExperimenting further, V on Frisch unraveled the mystery of the first two related types, the roundand the sickle dances. These dances, he concluded, told the bees simply that, within quite short distances of the hive there was a food source worth chasing. The longer and more excitedly the scout danced, the richer the promise of the food source. The scent she carried in her samples and on her body was a message to the other bees that this particular food was the one they were looking for. The others would then troop out of the hive and fly in spiraling circles ‘sniffing’ in the wind for the promised food.EAt first, Von Frisch thought the bees were responding only to the scent of the food. But what did the third dance mean? And If bees were responding only to the scent, how could they also ‘sniff down’ food hundreds of metres away from the hive, food which was sometimes downwind? On a hunch, he started gradually moving the feeding dish further and further away and noticed as he did so, that the dances of the returning scout bees also started changing. If he placed the feeding dish over nine metres away, the second type of dance, the sickle version, came into play. But once he moved it past 36 metres, the scouts would then start dancing the third, quite different, waggle dance.The measurement of the actual distance too, he concluded, was precise. For example, a deeding dish 300 metres away was indicated by 15 complete runs through the pattern in 30 seconds. When the dish was moved to 60 metres away, the number dropped to 11.FV on Frisch noted something further. When the scout bees came home to tell their sisters about the food source, sometimes they would dance outside on the horizontal entrance platform of the hive, and sometimes on the vertical wall inside. And, depending on where they danced, the straight portion of the waggle dance would point in different directions. The outside dance was fairly easy to decode: the straight portion of the dance pointed directly to the food source, so the bees would merely have to decode the distance message and fly off in that direction to find their food.GBut studying the dance on the inner wall of the hive, V on Frisch discovered a remarkable method which the dancer used to tell her sisters the direction of the food in relation to the sun. When inside the hive, the dancer cannot use the sun, so she uses gravity instead. The direction of the sun is represented by the top of the hive wall. If she runs straight up, this means that the feeding place is in the same direction as the sun. However, if, for example, the feeding place is 40° to the left of the sun, then the dancer would run 40° to the left of the vertical line. This was to be the first of von Frisch’s remarkable discoveries. Soon he would also discover a number of other remarkable discoveries. Soon he would also discover a number of other remarkable facts about how bees communicate and, in doing so, revolutionize the study of animal behaviour.Answer Keys:1. Section A VI2. Section B IV3. Section C X4. Section D VIII5. Section E VII6. Section F II7. Section G VExercise 2Choose the most suitable headings for paragraphs B-E and G from the list of heading below.1. Paragraph B2. Paragraph C3. Paragraph D5. Paragraph GPEOPLE AND ORGANISATIONS: THE SELECTION ISSUEA In 1991, according to the Department of Trade and Industry, a record 48,000 British companies went out of business. When businesses fail, the post-mortem analysis is traditionally undertaken by accountants and market strategists. Unarguably organisations do fail because of undercapitalisation, poor financial management, adverse market conditions etc. Yet, conversely, organisations with sound financial backing, good product ideas and market acumen often underperform and fail to meet shareholders' expectations. The complexity, degree and sustainment of organisational performance requires an explanation which goes beyond the balance sheet and the "paper conversion" of financial inputs into profit making outputs. A more complete explanation of "what went wrong" necessarily must consider the essence of what an organisation actually is and that one of the financial inputs, the most important and often the most expensive, is people.B An organisation is only as good as the people it employs. Selecting the right person for the job involves more than identifying the essential or desirable range of skills, educational and professional qualifications necessary to perform the job and then recruiting the candidate who is most likely to possess these skills or at least is perceived to have the ability and predisposition to acquire them. This is a purely person/skills match approach to selection.C Work invariably takes place in the presence and/or under the direction of others, in a particular organisational setting. The individual has to "fit" in with the work environment, with other employees, with the organisational climate, style or work, organisation and culture of the organisation. Different organisations have different cultures (Cartwright & Cooper, 1991; 1992). Working as an engineer at British Aerospace will not necessarily be a similar experience to working in the same capacity at GEC or Plessey.D Poor selection decisions are expensive. For example, the costs of training a policeman are about £ 20,000 (approx. US$ 30,000). The costs of employing an unsuitable technician on an oil rig or in a nuclear plant could, in an emergency, result in millions of pounds of damage or loss of life. The disharmony of a poor person-environment fit (PE-fit) is likely to result in low jobsatisfaction, lack of organisational commitment and employee stress, which affect organisational outcomes i.e. productivity, high labour turnover and absenteeism, and individual outcomes i.e. physical, psychological and mental well-being.E However, despite the importance of the recruitment decision and the range of sophisticated and more objective selection techniques available, including the use of psychometric tests, assessment centres etc., many organisations are still prepared to make this decision on the basis of a single 30 to 45 minute unstructured interview. Indeed, research has demonstrated that a selection decision is often made within the first four minutes of the interview. In the remaining time, the interviewer then attends exclusively to information that reinforces the initial "accept" or "reject" decision. Research into the validity of selection methods has consistently demonstrated that the unstructured interview, where the interviewer asks any questions he or she likes, is a poor predictor of future job performance and fares little better that more controversial methods like graphology and astrology. In times of high unemployment,! recruitment becomes a "buyer's market" and this was the case in Britain during the 1980s.F The future, we are told, is likely to be different. Detailed surveys of social and economic trends in the European community show that Europe's population is falling and getting older, The birth rate in the Community is now only three-quarters of the level needed to ensure replacement of the existing population. By the year 2020, it is predicted that more than one in four Europeans will be aged 60 or more and barely one in five will be under 20. In a five-year period between 1983 and 1988 the Community's female workforce grew by almost six million. As a result, 51% of all women aged 14 to 64 are now economically active in the labour market compared with 78% of men.G The changing demographics will not only affect selection ratios. They will also make it increasingly important for organisations wishing to mainta in their competitive edge to be more responsive and accommodating to the changing needs of their workforce if they are to retain and develop their human resources. More flexible working hours, the opportunity of work from home or job share, the provision of childcare facilities etc., will play a major role in attracting and retaining staff in the future.Questions 6-11Do the following statements agree with the views of the writer in Reading Passage 2In boxes 17-22 on your answer sheet writeYES if the statement agrees with the writerNO if the statement does not agree with the writerNOT GIVEN if there is no information about this in the passage6. Organisations should recognise that their employees are a significant part of theirfinancial assets.7. Open-structured 45 minute interviews are the best method to identify suitable employees.8. The rise in the female workforce in the European Community is a positive trend.9. Graphology is a good predictor of future fob performance.10. In the future, the number of people in employable age groups will decline.11. In 2020, the percentage of the population under 20 will be smaller than now.1. IV2. VIII3. V4. III5. I6. YES7. NO8. NG9. NO 10. YES 11. YESSummary 补充练习Exercise AA commonly drawn distinction is between pre-history, i.e. the period before written record s- and history in the narrow sense, meaning the study of the past using written evidence. To archaeology, which studies all cultures and periods, whether with or without writing, the distinction between history and pre-history is a convenient dividing line that recognizes the importance of the written word, but in no way lessens the importance of the useful information contained in oral histories.Since the aim of archaeology is the understanding of humankind, it is a humanistic study, and since it deals with the human past, it is a historical discipline. But if differs from the study of written history in a fundamental way. The material the archaeologist finds does not tell us directly what to think. Historical records make statements, offer opinions and pass judgements. The objects the archaeologists discover, on the other hand, tell us nothing directly in themselves. In this respect, the practice of the archaeologist is rather like that of the scientist, who collects data, conducts experiments, formulates a hypothesis, tests the hypothesis against more data, and then, in conclusion, devises a model that seems best to summarise the pattern observed in the data. The archaeologist has to develop a picture of the past, just as the scientist has to develop a coherent view of the natural world.Complete the summary of the two paragraphs. Choose NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS from the passage for each answer.Much of the work of archaeologists can be done using written records but they find ___1_____ equally valuable. The writer describes archaeology as both a __2____ and a ___3_____. However, as archaeologists do not try to influence human behaviour, the writer compares their style of working to that of a ___4____.Exercise BA representative sample of language, compiled for the purpose of linguistic analysis, is known as a corpus. A corpus enables the linguist to make unbiased statements about frequency of usage, and it provides accessible data for the use of different researchers. Its range and size are variable. Some corpora attempt to cover the language as a whole, taking extracts from many kinds of text; others are extremely selective, providing a collection of material that deals only with a particular linguistic feature. The size of the corpus depends on practical factors, such as the time available to collect, process and store the data: it can take up to several hours to provide an accurate transcription of a few minutes of speech. Sometimes a small sample of data will be enough to decide a linguistic hypothesis; by contrast, corpora in major research projects can total millions of words. An important principle is that all corpora, whatever their size, are inevitably limited in their coverage, and always need to be supplemented by data derived from the intuitions of native speakers of the language, through either introspection or experimentation.Choose NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS from the paragraphA linguist can use a corpus to comment objectively on ___5_____. Some corpora include a wide range of language while others are used to focus on a ___6____. The length of time the process takes will affect the ___7____ of the corpus. No corpus can ever cover the whole language and so linguists often find themselves relying on the additional information that can be gained from the ___8____ of those who speak the language concerned.Exercise CWe have found that the blind understand other kinds of visual metaphors as well. One blindwoman drew a picture of a child inside a heart- choosing that symbol, she said, to show that love surrounded the child. With Chang Hong Liu, a doctoral student from China, I have begun exploring how well blind people understand the symbolism behind shapes such as hearts that do not directly represent their meaning.We gave a list of twenty pairs of words to sighted subjects and asked them to pick from each pair the term that best related to a circle and the term that best related to a square. For example, we asked: What goes with soft? A circle or a square? Which shape goes with hard?All our subjects deemed the circle soft and the square hard. A full 94% ascribed happy to the circle, instead of sad. But other pairs revealed less agreement: 79% matched fast to slow and weak to strong, respectively. And only 51% linked deep to circle and shallow to square. When we tested four totally blind volunteers using the same list, we found that their choices closely resembled those made by the sighted subjects. One man, who had been blind since birth, scored extremely well. He made only one match differing from the consensus, assigning ‘far’ to square and ‘near’ to circle. In fact, only a small majority of sighted subjects-53%- had paired far and near to the opposite partners. Thus, we concluded that the blind interpret abstract shapes as sighted people do. Complete the summary below using words from the box.NB Y ou may use any word more than once.A set of word __9___ was used to investigate whether blind and sighted people perceived the symbolism in abstract __10___ in the same way. Subjects were asked which word fitted best with a circle and which with a square. From the _11___ volunteers, everyone thought a circle fitted ‘soft’ while a square fitted ‘hard’. However, only 51% of the __12__volunteers assigned a circle to __13__. When the test was later repeated with __14_volunteers, it was found that they made1. oral histories2. humanistic study3. historical discipline4. scientistExersise B5. frequency of usage6. particular linguistic feature7. size8. intuitionsExersise C9. pairs 10. shapes 11. sighted 12. sighted 13. deep 14. blind 15. similarMatching 补充练习Why some women cross the finish line ahead of menA Women who apply for jobs in middle or senior management have a higher success rate than men, according to an employment survey. But of course far fewer of them apply for these positions. The study, by recruitment consultants NB Selection shows that while one in six men who appear on interview shortlists get jobs, the figure rises to one in four for women.B The study concentrated on applications for management positions in the $ 45,000 to $110,000 salary range and found that women are more successful than men in both the private and public sectors. Dr Elisabeth Marx from London-based NB Selection described the findings as encouraging for women , in that they send a positive message to them to apply for interesting management positions. But she added, “We should not lose sight of the fact that significantlyfewer women apply for senior positions in comparison with men.”C Reasons for higher success rates among women are difficult to isolate. One explanation suggested is that if a woman candidate manages to get on a shortlist, then she has probably already proved herself to be an exceptional candidate. Dr Marx said that when women apply for positions they tend to be better qualified than their male counterparts but are more selective and conservative in their job search. Women tend to research thoroughly before applying for positions or attending interviews. Men, on the other hand, seem to rely on their ability to sell themselves and to convince employers that any shortcomings they have will not prevent them from doing a good job.D Managerial and executive progress made by women is confirmed by the annual survey of boards of directors carried out by Korn/Ferry/Carre/Orban International. This year the survey shows a doubling of the number of women serving as non-executive directors compared with the previous year. However, progress remains painfully slow and there were still only 18 posts filled by women out of a total of 354 non-executive positions surveyed. Hilary Sears, a partner with Korn/Ferry, said , “Women have raised the level of grades we are employed in but we have still not broken through barriers to the top.”E In Europe a recent feature of corporate life in the recession has been the de-layering of management structures. Sears said that this had halted progress for women in as much as de-layering has taken place either where women are working or in layers they aspire to. Sears also noted a positive trend from the recession, which has been the growing number of women who have started up on their own.F in business as a whole, there are a number of factors encouraging the prospect of greater equality in the workforce. Demographic trends suggest that the number of women going into employment is steadily increasing. In addition a far greater number of women are now passing through higher education, making them better qualified to move into management positions.G Organisation such as the European Women’s Mangement development Network provide a range of opportunities for women to enhance their skills and contacts. Through a series of both pan-European and national workshops and conferences the barriers to women in employment are being broken down. However, Ariane Berthoin Antal, director of the International Institute for Organisational Change of Archamps in France, said that there is only anecdotal evidence of changes in recruitment patterns. And she said, “ It’s still so hard for women to even get on to shortlists－there are so many hurdles and barriers.”Antal agreed that there have been some positive signs but said “ Until there is a belief among employers, until they value the difference, nothing will change. ”Question 1-62. Associations that provide support for professional women.3. The success rate of female job applicants for management positions.4. Male and female approaches to job applications.5. Reasons why more women are being employed in the business sector.6. The improvement in female numbers on company management structures.。

SAT 阅读特训203

SAT reading comprehension practice test03（7道题，10分钟内完成）The passage is taken from a biography of Florence Nightingale who is mainly remembered for her heroic work as a nurse during the Crimean War.The name of Florence Nightingale lives in the memory of theworld by virtue of the heroic adventure of the Crimea.Had shedied-as she nearly did-upon her return to England,herreputation would hardly have been different;her legend would5have come down to us almost as we know it today-that gentlevision of female virtue which first took shape before the adoringeyes of the sick soldiers at Scutari.Yet,as a matter of fact,shelived for more than half a century after the Crimean War;andduring the greater part of that long period all the energy and all the10devotion of her extraordinary nature were working at theirhighest pitch.What she accomplished in those years of unknownlabor could,indeed,hardly have been more glorious than herCrimean triumphs;but it was certainly more important.The truehistory was far stranger even than the myth.In Miss Nightingale's15own eyes the adventure of the Crimea was a mere incident-scarcely more than a useful stepping-stone in her career.It was thefulcrum with which she hoped to move the world;but it wasonly the fulcrum.For more than a generation she was to sit insecret,working her lever:and her real life began at the very20moment when,in popular imagination,it had ended.She arrived in England in a shattered state of health.Thehardships and the ceaseless efforts of the last two years hadundermined her nervous system;her heart was affected;shesuffered constantly from fainting-fits and terrible attacks of utter25physical prostration.The doctors declared that one thing alonewould save her-a complete and prolonged rest.But that was alsothe one thing with which she would have nothing to do.She hadnever been in the habit of resting;why should she begin now?Now,when her opportunity had come at last;now,when the iron30was hot,and it was time to strike?No;she had work to do;and,come what might,she would do it.The doctors protested in vain;in vain her family lamented and entreated,in vain her friendspointed out to her the madness of such a course.Madness?Mad-possessed-perhaps she was.A frenzy had seized upon her.As35she lay upon her sofa,gasping,she devoured blue-books,dictatedletters,and,in the intervals of her palpitations,cracked jokes.Formonths at a stretch she never left her bed.But she would not rest.At this rate,the doctors assured her,even if she did not die,shewould become an invalid for life.She could not help that;there40was work to be done;and,as for rest,very likely she might rest...when she had done it.Wherever she went,to London or in the country,in the hillsof Derbyshire,or among the rhododendrons at Embley,she washaunted by a ghost.It was the specter of Scutari-the hideous45vision of the organization of a military hospital.She would lay thatphantom,or she would perish.The whole system of theArmy Medical Department,the education of the Medical Officer,the regulations of hospital procedure...rest?How could she restwhile these things were as they were,while,if the like necessity50were to arise again,the like results would follow?And,even inpeace and at home,what was the sanitary condition of the Army?The mortality in the barracks,was,she found,nearly double themortality in civil life.'You might as well take1,100men everyyear out upon Salisbury Plain and shoot them,'she said.After55inspecting the hospitals at Chatham,she smiled grimly.'Yes,thisis one more symptom of the system which,in the Crimea,put todeath16,000men.'Scutari had given her knowledge;and it hadgiven her power too:her enormous reputation was at her back-an incalculable force.Other work,other duties,might lie before60her;but the most urgent,the most obvious,of all was to look tothe health of the Army.Adapted from:Eminent Victorians,Lytton Strachey(1918)1.According to the author,the work done during the last fifty years of Florence Nightingale's life was,when compared with her work in the Crimea,all of the following exceptA.less dramaticB.less demandingC.less well-known to the publicD.more importantE.more rewarding to Miss Nightingale herself.2.The'fulcrum'(line17)refers to herA.reputationB.mental energyC.physical energyD.overseas contactsmitment to a cause3.Paragraph two paints a picture of a woman who isA.an incapacitated invalidB.mentally shatteredC.stubborn and querulousD.physically weak but mentally indomitableE.purposeful yet tiresome4.The primary purpose of paragraph3is toA.account for conditions in the armyB.show the need for hospital reformC.explain Miss Nightingale's main concernsD.argue that peacetime conditions were worse than wartime conditionsE.delineate Miss Nightingale's plan for reform5.The series of questions in paragraphs2and3areA.the author's attempt to show the thoughts running through Miss Nightingale's mindB.Miss Nightingale questioning her own conscienceC.Miss Nightingale's response to an actual questionerD.Responses to the doctors who advised restE.The author's device to highlight the reactions to Miss Nightingale's plans6.The author's attitude to his material isA.disinterested reporting of biographical detailsB.over-inflation of a reputationC.debunking a mythD.uncritical presentation of factsE.interpretation as well as narration7.In her statement(lines53-54)Miss Nightingale intended toA.criticize the conditions in hospitalsB.highlight the unhealthy conditions under which ordinary soldiers were livingC.prove that conditions in the barracks were as bad as those in a military hospitalD.ridicule the dangers of army lifeE.quote important statisticsPractice Test03Question Your Answer Correct Answer1.B2.A3.D4.C5.A6.E7.B。

SAT阅读强化课

SAT Critical Reading ’s paragraphs reading skills1. Types of passage:Single passage: short (100)（SSP）long (450-900) （LSP）Paired-passages: short (250) （SPP）long (650-1000) LPP）2.三角关系（段落-题干-题支）Passages （different solutions to different kinds of passages）Questions ( summarize different types of questions)Options (identify the wrong options and select the best choice)3. Features of SAT critical readingIntroductory material: origin, time, author, background, theme, key words, etc.4. Types of questionsA. 举例说明概述题：The author mentions/quotes/cites/uses sth to/ in order to…The example in line X suggests/emphasizes/illustrates…The reference to X provides/presents an example of …Structure:①TS+ For instance/example+ details information②Examples/explanations + Conclusion③Example/explanations(文字理解)—讲什么选什么Solution: 必须细读example之前的句子（一般为TS）或之后的句子（一般为CONCLUSION），而example则可扫读或略读；然后，根据TS以及CONCLUSION或例子本身找正确选项。

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Passage 11. The primary focus of the passage is on how(A) Harriet rejects her youthful illusions(B) Harriet interprets her family’s history(C) Harriet discovers heirlooms at her family’s home(D) The Cleves maintained their lavish lifestyle2. Lines 9-15(“To…palace”) characterize Harriet primarily as(A) enthusiastic about art and antiques(B) inclined to be analytical and detail oriented(C) fascinated by cultural history(D) prone to romantic reverie3.Lines 22-24(“The foundation…matter”) suggest what about Harriet’s attitude toward visiting the house?(A)She does not believe there is anything left of the house.(B)She worries about trespassing on someone else’s property(C)She feels no need to revisit the physical remains of the house.(D)She has no interest in rebuilding the family estate.4.In line 36, the word “broadcast”suggests that the artifacts were(A)displayed openly(B)advertised publicly(C)announced loudly(D)distributed widely5.In what way is the “myth”mentioned in line 45 “resolute”?(A)It has endured over many generations of Cleves.(B)It has not been refuted by historical records.(C)It demonstrates Harriet’s steadfast support of family members.(D)It reflects Harriet’s determination to maintain a certain view.6.In lines 46-50(“She…forget”), the narrator implies that the Cleve family employed memory primarily as a means of(A)enhancing mental alertness(B)protecting cherished beliefs(C)healing family divisions(D)inspiring family achievements7.The narrator’s account of the “Bohemian chandelier”(lines 55-58) serves to(A)provide an example of a recurrent phenomenon(B)indicate surprise about an unexpected discovery(C)offer an explanation for an apparent incongruity(D)illustrate the source of a profound disappointment8. The narrator suggests that the “key”(line 62) would have given Harriet(A)unlimited access to the house(B)a false solution to the mystery(C)a realistic understanding of the past(D)a strong obligation to keep the family’s secret9. The final sentence of the passage (lines 62-65) indicates what about the house Harriet’s grandfather built?(A)It was not as much of a tribulation as Harriet has always been told.(B)It had never actually been owned by Harriet’s family(C)It was not as palatial as Harriet imagines it to be.(D)It was deliberately destroyed by Harriet’s family.10. Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question?(A)lines 1-3 (The house...him)(B)Lines 9-15 (To Harriet...palace)(C)Lines 46-50 (She possessed...forget)(D)Liens 62-65 (The mighty...tale)Passage 211.Which best describes the relationship between the 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.(C)Passage 1 praises the achievements of a scientific researcher who is denounced in Passage 2.(D)Passage 1 offers a largely positive assessment of a theory that is criticized in Passage 2.12. 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(C)open skepticism(D)total opposition13.The author of Passage 2 would most likely argue that the prediction made in lines 16-18 in Passage I (Nevertheless…or so) is(A)unlikely to come to pass(B)based on relevant data(C)a patently obvious claim(D)a somewhat plausible outcome14.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(C)fail to recognized the complexity of a challenge(D)should seek instruction to understand a phenomenon more fully15.In line 32, “fits”most nearly means(A)violent attacks(B)unprovoked tantrums(C)unexpected whims(D)sudden bursts16.The characterization of the “path”(line 38) suggests that science(A)results from purely chance events(B)is driven by an unforeseen and mysterious purpose(C)is inaccessible to those without proper training(D)advances in indirect and sometimes unexpected ways.17.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(C)find new avenues for research(D)seek to replicate their experimental findings.18.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(C)history of an enterprise and its future(D)scope of an endeavor and its outcome19.Passage 1 suggests that its author would most likely argue that the “unprecedentedsituation”(lines 52-53, Passage 2) is(A)proof of the arbitrary nature of theoretical physics(B)evidence of the lack of consensus among physicists(C)a sign of the challenges involved with working with supercomputers(D)a consequence of the highly complex mathematics underlying string theory20.In line 74, “draw”most nearly means(A)Sketch(B)Lead(C)Attract(D)infer21.Both authors would agree with which statement about string theory?(A)Through its development, important technological advances have take place(B)In its current state, the explanations it provides are ultimately incomplete(C)It is unlikely that it will ever provide an encompassing explanation(D)It is beginning to be challenged by the majority of scientists.Passage 322.The primary purpose of the passage is to(A)describe how modern research has updated an old explanation(B)argue for the irrelevance of a popular theory(C)support a traditional view with new data(D)propose an innovative treatment for a medical condition23.Which statement best describes Descartes’s theory of pain as presented in lines 3-8 (“Descartes…brain”)?(A)The brain can shut pain off at will.(B)The brain plays no part in the body’s experience of pain.(C)Pain can be triggered in many different ways.(D)Pain is an automatic response to bodily injury.24.In line 11, “sign”most nearly means(A)Symbol(B)Gesture(C)image(D)indication25.The author implies that the reason the gate control theory was “startling”(line 23) was that it(A)offered an extremely novel explanation(B)ran counter to people’s everyday experiences(C)undermined a respected philosopher’s reputation(D)was grounded in an incomprehensible logic26.The author does which of the following in lines 25-27 (“they …it”)(A)Employs a previously used comparison to explain a newly introduced idea(B)Cites an aforementioned study to disprove a recently published claim(C)Signals a digression from the main line of the argument(D)Invokes figurative language to note the drawbacks of an approach27.In line 49, “psychology”most nearly means(A)mental makeup(B)emotional trauma(C)manipulative behavior(D)clinical investigation28.The author suggests that “extroverts”(line 55) are like ballet dancers with respect to their(A)reaction to social situations(B)sense of group identity(C)response to physical stimuli(D)need for the attention of others29.A defender of the gate control theory would most logically argue that the “problem”(line 68) may lie not with the theory but with(A)medical professionals’unwillingness to accept it as a thoroughly verified hypothesis(B)diagnostic tools that cannot detect the injuries causing currently inexplicable conditions(C)doctors who misdiagnose intermittent pain as chronic pain(D)the unfortunate tendency to medicate even minor ailments30.The author refers to “chronic back pain”(line 77) as an example of something that is(A)costly, because it afflicts millions of people(B)dubious, because it is often claimed fraudulently(C)puzzling, because it sometimes has no apparent cause(D)frustrating, because it does not improve with therapy31.The last sentence of the passage(“The rope …ringing”) serves primarily to express(A)the incomprehensibility of scientific judgments(B)the inadequacy of abstract metaphors(C)the futility of theoretical inquiry(D)a conundrum that faces researchersPassage 432. The passage most extensively discusses Baker’s(A) writing(B) personality(C) family background(D) political philosophy33. The primary purpose of the first paragraph (line 1—7) is to(A) lament the obscurity of a scholar(B) highlight a controversial career(C) propose a line of argument(D) introduce an influential figure34. Line 9—15 (“we …system”) serve primarily to(A) criticize an opposing view(B) call for an alternative approach(C) offer a hypothetical proposal(D) dispute a popular misconception35. According to lines 16—25 (“Radical …history”), Baker thought that positive social change would come about only if(A) charismatic leaders inspired politicians to act(B) publicized injustices provoke widespread outrage(C) marginalized people took part in political activity(D) economic conditions made such change desirable36. In line 46, “tailoring”most nearly means(A) Embellishing(B) Measuring(C) Shaping(D) Taking in37. The imagery in lines 48-49 (“wading …life”) evokes primarily which experience?(A) The luxurious sensation of inhabiting the past(B) The exhilaration of conquering a challenge(C) Humility in ht presence of a great personage(D) Apprehensiveness in confronting the unknown38. In line 51, “weighing”most nearly means(A) Apportioning(B) Burdening(C) Counting(D) Considering carefully39. In lines 66—70 (“There …it”), the author claims to be(A) full of charity(B) lacking discipline(C) without regret(D) envious40. In line 86, “treatment”most nearly means(A) Execution(B) Proposal(C) Management(D) Handling41. The author indicates in lines 86-93(“There…imagine”) that she is ultimatelymost concerned with conveying which aspect of Baker?(A) Her political activism(B) Her human complexity(C) Her fierce tenacity(D) Her carefree naturePassage 542. the author’s intent in lines 1-18 is to(A)make a prediction(B)critique an attitude(C)advance a hypothesis(D)summarize a viewpoint43. the tone of Sousa’s remarks in lines 4-10 (These...left) is best characterized as(A)hesitant(B)lighthearted(C)indignant(D)belligerent44. The remark about a “curmudgeon” in line 19 primarily serves to(A)offer a contrary viewpoint(B)mock a specific attitude(C)criticize a popular figure(D)anticipate a possible reaction45. In line 33, “immediate” most nearly means(A)direct(B)near(C)imminent(D)instantaneous46. As represented in lines 37-39, listeners of the future would best be described as(A)technicians(B)automatons(C)dilettantes(D)heretics47. Lines 40-58 suggest that the invention of the “phonograph cylinder” (line 40) is best characterized as(A)an impractical innovation(B)a curb on human creativity(C)a panacea for struggling artists(D)a watershed in the history of music48. In the final two paragraph, the “conversation” (line 43) is best characterized as(A)impassioned but largely inconclusive(B)collegial but ultimately inconclusive(C)polarized but surprisingly fruitful(D)short-lived but sometimes constructive49. In lines 44-46, the author’s description of those who share Sousa’s convictions is best characterized as(A)somewhat derisive(B)frankly puzzled(C)studiously neutral(D)extremely appreciative50. In can be inferred that the “largely beneficial effect on musical culture”(lines 57-58) would be the(A)reinterpretation of traditional classical music(B)revival of instrumental performances(C)enhancement of urban environments(D)expanded role of recorded music51. In line 69, “terrain” most nearly means(A)region(B)subject(C)tract(D)land52. The primary purpose of the passage is to(A)present the key issues in an ongoing debate(B)explain the attitudes of a noted compose(C)characterize the principles of an aesthetic movement(D)advocate an unexpected solution to a pressing problem。