SAT阅读全解读
SAT阅读的中国式解读
上海新东方国外部李现伟
lxw0257111@https://www.360docs.net/doc/b45163373.html,2008年9月份一总论
作为美国高考的精髓部分，SAT阅读是最难也是最后需要攻克的一部分，因为以中国人的智商短时间内把SAT数学和SAT语法训练到一个比较高的分数是比较容易的。而CR部分（Critical Reading）则比较难，而难上加难的则是SAT阅读。但SAT阅读也不是像国内高考的文言文阅读或者现代文阅读那样显得琢磨不透，而是有一定的规律可循，当然这些规律是需要你对SAT所出的所有试题潜心研究才可以得出的。本文便以文章分型，题目分型，文章如何阅读，SAT阅读如何训练为议题来展开，同时为了更具备说服力，笔者对Practice5的文章进行了演示，同时对最新的2008年5月份的题目进行了考场上的演练，以检验对15套题（ETS出的8套官方指南的题目以及我们能得到的7套真题）统计的结果是否具有有效性。
与又臭又长的GRE文章比起来，SAT文章更像是中国的大众流行杂志《读者》里面的文章，而GRE文章更像是专业杂志《读书》。当然很多人批评《读者》，说它缺乏严谨性，太多的表达个人的喜好，甚至有点“拉风”，SAT的文章也确实如此，不管是记人的，写事的，还是介绍科学发现的，社会热点的，都会不经意的流露自己的喜好，因为一般来说SAT 文章都是一些“正经的人”比较随性的写文章的一面，符合高中生认识世界的实际；而GRE 的文章则显得非常的专业化，就如《读书》这本杂志，受众定义为那些很有文化底蕴的人，学历达不到一定层次或者没有特定的需求一般人都不会去碰它，因为GRE作为一门将要从事专业研究的博士生入学考试，需要你具备那样的严谨性。所以GRE文章写的都比较学究化，即便是表达自己的观点也会是guarded或者qualified一类，而SAT文章的作者态度则要个性鲜明的多了，你会碰到很多的contemptuous,disdainful,insightful,appreciative等很有个性的态度词。这种鲜明的对比就使得SAT文章的类型和GRE文章的类型产生了很大的不同（当然在学术类文章上还是有一定的趋同性的），所以对SAT文章阅读需要我们重新去研究，而不能机械的套用对付GRE阅读的那套理论来研读。
为了控制SAT阅读的总体难度的稳定性（大约平均145左右），使得ETS的官员在考题的文章和题目类型设计上都出现了一定的模式化。比如从文章类型设计上，每次考试都会出现“两个短篇+一个双短篇对比阅读+一个双长对比阅读+三个中长篇阅读（小说+社会科学类文章+自然科学类文章，小说+社会科学类+社会科学类，小说+社会科学类+回忆录或者随笔性散文）”这样的文章搭配方式。后面三个中长之所以会出现很多搭配的方式，是因为要维持总体难度的稳定性，当前面的双短或者双长对比阅读文章比较难的时候，三个中长搭配要做适当的调整以维持总体阅读难度稳定。从题型设计上来看，经过统计，词汇题和细节题在每次考试中总和都会稳定的占一半左右，这是两类比较简单的题型，同时其他比较难的题型，比如中心题，结构题，逻辑题，作者态度题，写作手法题等则经过搭配会构成题目的另外一半，这在15套题中是一条比较稳定的规律。
笔者认为，一个人CR部分其分数的高低是和其考场上有效剩余的时间成正比的（当你时间不够的时候，你剩余的时间为负值），所以如果正常考场上你能在CR部分剩余五分钟，一般情况下，你成绩不会低于650分。当然要想达到这么高的有效剩余时间，首先你要具备SAT高分的必要非充分条件——单词关，然后不断的训练和总结，最后达到炉火纯青的地步，就像金庸小说中的武林至尊一样，先练固定的套路，然后不断的去实战，最后达到“忘我”的境界，见招拆招。这是一个不断训练，不断总结，不断提高的过程，武功如此，考试亦如此，所以本文便给出实战中这样一个总结的框架，以期抛砖引玉。
二文章分型
阅读的方法*：此处阅读的方法是指第一遍读文章的时候的方法，比如在议论文中具体的例子和引用不读，但是一般来说具体的例子和引用容易出“例子所支持的论点”或者写作手法题，这时候碰到题目了就要回原文，如果没出现题目就永远不要读了。
图1
文章类型分型
表2所有短篇文章分类
1抽象问题解释-地图作用机理2抽象问题解释类-文学语言选择3抽象问题解释-俚语
4抽象问题解释-历史类-土著美国人在经济上如何变得依赖性5抽象问题解释-社会运动
6抽象问题讨论-第二次世界大战对女权运动的影响
7抽象问题讨论-第六感的存在性8抽象问题讨论-历史类9抽象问题讨论-文化类10记叙文-写人-个人喜好11记叙文-写人-社会活动家12记叙文-写人-专家13记叙文-写人-专家14记叙文-写景类
15记叙文-写景类16记叙文-写景类
17记叙文-写人-人对夜晚的喜好18记叙文-写人-父亲对女儿影响19记叙文-写人-批评家20记叙文-写人-作家
21记叙文-写人-法国作家22记叙文-写人-社会活动家23记叙文-写人-音乐家24记叙文-叙事-堵车25记叙文-叙物-电脑
26记叙文-叙物-新书内容27记叙文-叙物-铅笔被淘汰28现象解释类-青蛙畸形的原因
29现象讨论类-黑洞对星系活动作用30
现象讨论类-文学艺术-考古
表3
所有对比阅读文章分类文章类型
两篇文章关系
讨论的问题
1公共生活评论对立环境问题
2公共生活评论对立小人书对儿童教育的作用3公共生活评论对立农场劳作是艰辛还是很有情趣
4公共生活评论对立如何获得社会地位5公共生活评论对立是否允许免费下载6公共生活评论对立糖果工厂作用7公共生活评论对立外星人的存在性8公共生活评论对立玩具对小孩子成长的作用
9公共生活评论
对立
新闻改革
10公共生活评论对立早期教育的重要性有多大
11公共生活评论个例与一般食物与文化融合
12公共生活评论呼应SUV车的象征意义
13公共生活评论呼应科幻小说所起的作用
14历史评论类对立第一批美洲大陆人是通过什么方式到达大陆的
15历史评论类不同方面第二次世界大战对新闻出版原则和对男女地位
关系的影响
16历史评论类对立历史的作用
17弱势群体类对立女权及其女人突破限制18文化艺术类不同方面对一幅画感受的不同方面
19文化艺术类对立对Mona Lisa神奇效应的理解-艺术角度议论文
+社会效应议论文
20文化艺术类对立批评家说这博物馆是猜测的，建博物馆的人说这些批评家的意见不是权威的，所以没关系
21文化艺术类对立历史学家+建筑批评家-Williamsburg值得22文化艺术类对立文学创作的动机
23文化艺术类对立文学翻译
24文化艺术类对立文学评论
25自然科学方法论讨论对立地球是否“overcrowded”
26自然科学方法论讨论对立科学分类方法的影响
27自然科学方法论讨论对立科学研究是否要掺杂个人感情
28自然科学方法论讨论对立有声读物好吗？
29自然科学方法论讨论个例与一般科学和精神修养的关系
30自然科学方法论讨论对立海豚智慧到底多高？
表4中篇和长篇文章
文章具体内容
记叙文随笔性散文-亚裔美国人在美国电视上出境的经历
随笔性散文-对画拥有时不知珍惜，等失去了瞎后悔
小说-作者和母亲矛盾+对母亲怀念
小说-女生暗恋男生
小说-封闭环境对新生事物（电影和留声机）的反映
小说-心理内心矛盾描写类
小说-回忆类-西部大开发时夫妻分离的痛苦
小说-人物事迹描写
小说-人物矛盾-大人与模仿他的小孩的矛盾
小说-人物矛盾-人物内心矛盾
小说-人物矛盾-两个女人之间的矛盾
小说-人物矛盾-叔侄之间对选咩男人做丈夫之间的矛盾小说-人物矛盾-小集体之间的尊敬和矛盾
小说-资本主义与残余的封建主义的矛盾
小说-矛盾-人与恶劣的自然环境的矛盾
小说-特殊人物描写-侦探的处世哲学
回忆录－Hispanic
American
回忆录－黑人对小时候去图书馆读书经历的回忆回忆录-照片记录的以前的历史
社会科学类议论文
公共生活类－城市的合理性（从“自然”合理性角度来说）公共生活类-电视的作用
公共生活类－对“国父”的名言的认识公共生活类－流行电视节目，流行文化批判
历史评论类－美国黑人和非洲黑人互相寻根问祖的过程历史评论类-人类对蝙蝠的误解
弱势群体类-对土著美国人的误解弱势群体类-黑人运动弱势群体类-女权
弱势群体类-女权/黑人/废奴运动文学艺术类-关于黑女人小说的创作手法文学艺术类-黑奴小说
文学艺术类-什么才是真正的审美
自然科学类-物理类-飞机制造及飞行对人类想象的关系自然科学类议论文
自然科学类-生物类-动物的感觉自然科学类-生物类-动物玩耍的作用自然科学类-生物类－对打呵欠的研究自然科学类-生物类－猎豹不能繁殖的原因
自然科学类-生物类-人损伤之后适应的过程自然科学类-生物类-生物发光自然科学类-天文学－对Venus 的认识
自然科学类-物理类-物理学处理问题的方式“省略掉不相关”自然科学类-物理类-物理学家
自然科学类-物理类-物理学家谈时间旅行
三题目分型及解法
图2各类型题目所占比例
表5题目类型及解法
题目类型题目数量百分比48解题方法*
简单题词汇题517.2% 3.4
单词和意思都认识，选同义词
单词认识，意思不认识，按填空题来做
单词不认识，按填空题来做
细节题
297
细节题8211.6% 5.5回原文，看上下文
侧面描写8 1.1%0.5扣作者的态度
抽象词语理解
及指代
638.9% 4.2看上下文，结合写作手法和作者目的来综合理解词语例子所支持论
点
28 3.9% 1.9看上下文作者要表达的观点
列举的作用50.71%0.3列举肯定是为了强调某个论点
话语及行为表
现人物的性格
70.99%0.5
扣作者对人物的评价或者扣人物本身的性格（从原文
中找）
细节所支持论
点
26 3.7% 1.7回原文，看上下文
细节比较70.99%0.5扣作者各所要证明的中心
细节推理34 4.8% 2.3从原文中找出“必然的”线索
综合细节题25 3.5% 1.7选项一个个排除
难题
中心题39 5.5% 2.6
难的一类题型是要分清文章是纯粹叙述性的，还是表
达了自己的观点型的结构题22 3.1% 1.5
第一段，第一句，最后一句，最后一段起什么样的作
用
写作手法题649.0% 4.3
用了什么样的写作手法：parallel,analogy,contrast,
metaphor,figurative,quotation,personification;
anecdote,example,summary,hypothesis,exaggeration
这些写作手法有什么样的作用：比喻排比引用的作用；
比喻的喻体是什么，类比的点等逻辑题
27
假设7
3.8% 1.8
找到前提和结论，然后找一个过渡性的选项，使得从
前提到结论的推论更完整而不突兀
类比14从原文中找到类比的点
增强3
找到前提和结论，找一个能增强或者削弱的结论
削弱3
作者态度题8912.6%扣用词，在用词不明显时，扣语气
取同/取非/交
叉
118
取同38 5.4% 2.5
读双篇对比阅读，读完之后一定要总结一下，两篇文
章是针对什么共同的话题发表了什么相同或者不同的
看法
取非30 4.2%2
交叉507.1% 3.3
P1对P2的某个句子或短语，扣P1的中心；反之，扣
P2的中心
解题方法*：附正确选项改写技巧：取同（类似于填空题）；错误选项的设置技巧：原文没提
（容易排除），与原文直接相反（容易排除），原文提到但转移到其他方面（不容易排除），
原文提到但做了延伸（不容易排除）。
四实战
附表一短篇文章
PT-1
抽象问题讨论-文化类
逻辑题-类比
结构题-最后一句作用记叙文-叙物-新书介绍
推理题
中心题
PT-2记叙文-写人-作家细节题-细节所支持论点细节题-细节所支持论点
记叙文-写人-父亲对女儿影响推理题/细节题中心题
PT-3
记叙文-写人-批评家
作者态度题-用词
细节题/写作手法题-列举的作用
抽象问题讨论-历史类
特殊细节题（sometimes）
写作手法题/抽象词指代-比喻的本体
PT-4
记叙文-写景类
细节题/写作手法题-比喻的作用
作者态度题-用词
现象讨论类-文学艺术-考古类
逻辑题-假设
作者态度题-用词
PT-5抽象问题解释类-文学语言选择
细节题-例子所支持论点
逻辑题-类比
记叙文-叙物
作者态度题
写作手法题-对比的作用
PT-6
记叙文-记人-社会活动家
细节题-细节所暗示的论点
作者态度题-用词
抽象问题解释-历史类-土著美国
人在经济上如何变得依赖性
细节题
作者态度题
PT-7
记叙文-写人-法国作家
词汇题
细节题
抽象问题解释-地图作用机理
细节题-抽象词语理解
写作手法题-比喻-喻体以及作用
PT-8
记叙文-叙事
细节题/作者态度题
细节题-抽象词语理解现象解释类-青蛙畸形
结构题-首段作用
作者态度题-用词
06.01
记叙文-叙物-铅笔
细节题/写作手法-夸张作用
作者态度题-用词
现象讨论类-黑洞作用
结构题-最后一句作用
逻辑题-类比
06.05记叙文-写人-音乐家
细节题/中心题-人物评论
特殊细节题-总和细节题记叙文-记人-专家
细节题-抽象词语理解
细节题-细节所支持的论点
06.10记叙文-写景类写作手法题-比喻-比喻的作用写作手法题-用了咩写作手法
记叙文-记人-专家中心题
特殊细节题-综合细节题
07.01抽象问题解释-社会运动
结构题-第一句作用
细节题-例子所支持论点抽象问题解释-俚语
中心题
写作手法题-类比-类比的作用记叙文-记人-个人喜好
细节题
特殊作者态度题-读者评价作者
07.05抽象问题讨论-第二次世界大战对
女权运动的影响
中心题
结构题-第一段和第二段关系
07.12
记叙文-写人-人对夜晚的喜好
细节题
细节题
抽象问题讨论-第六感的存在性
作者态度题
作者态度题
08.01
记叙文-写景类
细节题
写作手法题-比喻-比喻的喻体记叙文-写人类-社会活动家
作者态度题
细节题
附表二双短篇
PT1-s2-p391自然现象讨论-对立-海豚智
慧
议论文+议论文
单篇-细节题-例子所支
持论点
交叉
取非
取非
PT2-s5-p466公共生活讨论-对立-农场劳
作
记叙文+议论文
取非
取同
交叉
取非-写作手法题
PT3-s7-p543公共生活讨论-呼应-SUV车议论文+议论文
取同
特殊取非/细节比照
特殊取同/抽象词指代
取同
PT4-s3-p589自然科学方法论讨论-对立记叙文+议论文
取非-作者态度题
取非-写作手法题
取同
交叉
PT5-s5-p665现象解释-对立议论文+议论文
取同
交叉
取非-作者态度题
交叉
PT6-s2-p711公共生活讨论-呼应-SF所起
的作用
议论文+议论文
取同
取同
交叉-取非
取同-作者态度题
PT7-s4-p787文学艺术类-对立-文学创作
的动机
议论文+议论文
取同
单篇-例子所支持论点
交叉
交叉
PT8-s6-p862抽象问题讨论-对立-早教的
重要性有多大
议论文+议论文
取非
取同
交叉
单篇-写作手法题平行
结构
ZT-06.0 1-s4公共生活讨论-个例与一般-
吃饭与文化融合
记叙文+议论文
取同
交叉-作者态度题
取非
取非-写作手法题
ZT-06.0 5-s5自然科学方法论讨论-一般对
特例-科学和精神修养的关系
议论文+记叙文
交叉
交叉
交叉
取非-写作手法题
ZT-06.1 0-s5文学艺术类-对立-文学评论议论文+议论文
取非
交叉
交叉
取同
ZT-07.0 1-s7自然科学方法论讨论-对立-
地球是否“overcrowded”
议论文+议论文
取非
单篇-作者态度题
交叉
取同
ZT-07.0 5-s3公共生活讨论-对立-新闻改
革
记叙文+议论文
取非
取非
交叉
单篇-写作手法题
ZT-07.1 0-s4公共生活讨论-对立-糖果工
厂作用
记叙文+议论文
取同
取非-作者态度题
单篇-作者态度题
交叉
ZT-08.0 1-s2自然科学方法论讨论-对立记叙文+议论文
取非
单篇-中心题
交叉
交叉
附表三双长篇
PT1-s8-1 3题公共生活讨论-
对立-social
class
小说+记叙文（随笔性）
取同
取非
细节题/作者态度题
词汇题
细节题-抽象词语作用
综合细节题
取非
作者态度题
推理题
细节题-抽象词语作用
词汇题
取非-中心题
取同
PT2-s2-1 2题弱势群体类-对
立-女权及其女
人突破
议论文（描述女权现实，
揭示形成原因）+记叙文
（通过一个人的事例说
明女性一直在奋斗）
细节题
词汇题
细节题
综合细节题
逻辑题-支持（support）
词汇题
细节题
综合细节题
逻辑题-类比
交叉
取同-作者态度题
交叉
PT3-s7-1 2题历史评论类-不
同方面-第二次
世界大战对新
闻出版原则和
对男女地位关
系的影响
议论文+议论文
取非
细节题-抽象词语指代
细节题
细节题
词汇题
细节题-例子所支持论点
逻辑题-假设
细节题-抽象词语指代
细节题
细节题-细节所支持论点
取同
取同
PT4-s7-1 2题公共生活类-相
同观点不同原
因-环境问题
议论文+议论文
词汇题
细节题
细节题-抽象词语指代
细节题-例子所支持论点
中心题-综合评价
细节题
细节题-抽象词语作用取同-作者态度题
交叉
交叉
交叉
取同
PT5-s5-1 2题自然科学方法
论讨论-对立-
有声读物好
吗？
议论文+议论文
取非-结构题
细节题-例子所支持论点
细节题-细节所支持论点
逻辑-类比
细节题-抽象词语指代
细节题-例子所支持论点
交叉
细节题/写作手法题-列举的作用
作者态度题
写作手法题-引用-引用的作用
细节题-抽象词语指代
取非
PT6-s5-1 2题文化艺术类讨
论-对立-批评
家说这博物馆
是guesswork+
建博物馆的人
说这些批评家
的意见不是
authoritative
，所以不care
议论文+议论文
词汇题
写作手法题-类比-类比的作用
综合细节题-论据
细节题
细节题-论证方法寻找
细节题-抽象词语作用
抽象词语指代
作者态度题
结构题
取非
取同
交叉
PT7-s9-1 3题公共生活讨论-
对立-是否允许
免费下载？
议论文+议论文
取同-细节题-例子所支持论点
取同
细节题-抽象词语指代
交叉
作者态度题
细节题-抽象词语指代
中心题
写作手法题-引用-引用的作用
作者态度题
作者态度题
作者态度题
写作手法题-类比-类比的作用
交叉
PT8-s9-1 3题文学艺术类-对
立-历史学家+
建筑批评家
-Williamsburg
值得建吗？
议论文+议论文
取同
细节题-列举的作用
细节题-抽象词语作用
细节题
逻辑-类比
细节题-抽象词语作用
词汇题
细节题-例子所支持论点
交叉
交叉
交叉
取非
取同
ZT1-
06.0 1-s7 -12题信息性议论文-
对立-外星人到
底存在否？
议论文+议论文
取同
取非
细节题-列举的例子所支持论点
词汇题
逻辑-假设
交叉
细节题-例子所支持论点
作者态度题
交叉
词汇题
写作手法题
交叉-细节题-细节所支持的论点
ZT2-
06.0 5-s3 -12题文化艺术类-对
一幅画感受的
不同方面-画
议论文+记叙文
取同
结构题-第一段所起作用
细节题-抽象词指代
交叉
结构题-第二段所起作用
作者态度题
中心题-段落中心题
作者态度题
作者态度题
交叉题-细节题交叉-抽象词语指
代
词汇题
取同
ZT3-06.10 -s2-9题文化艺术类-对
立-对Mona
Lisa神奇效应
的理解-艺术角
度议论文+社会
议论文+议论文
取同
交叉
写作手法题-对比
写作手法题-引用-引用的作用
交叉
效应议论文词汇题
取同
写作手法题-引用-引用的作用
取非
ZT4-07.0 1-s8 -12题公共生活评论-
对立-小人书对
儿童教育的作
用
议论文+议论文
取同
词汇题
细节题-because题
细节题-抽象词语作用
交叉
交叉
写作手法题-引用-引用的作用
细节题-细节推理
词汇题
细节题
交叉
作者态度题
ZT5-07.0 5-s6 -10题历史评论类-对
立-第一批美洲
大陆人是通过
什么方式到达
大陆的
议论文+议论文
取同
词汇题
写作手法题-引用-引用的作用
词汇题
交叉
逻辑题-支持（support）
细节题
取同-细节题-综合交叉细节题
写作手法题
取同（relationship）
ZT6-
07.1 2-s6 -13题历史评论类-对
立-历史的作用
取同
取同
中心
交叉
中心
交叉
中心
细节题
作者态度题
细节题-抽象词语理解
细节题
作者态度题
交叉题
ZT7-
08.0 1-s9 -13文学艺术类-对
立-文学翻译
议论文+议论文
取同
交叉
交叉
细节
新SAT阅读真题四
新SAT阅读真题四 Exercise 4 This passage is excerpted from Louisa May Alcott, Rose in Bloom, originally published in 1876. Three young men stood together on a wharf one bright October day awaiting the arrival of an ocean steamer with an impatience which found a vent in lively skirmishes with a small lad, who pervaded the premises like a will-o'-the-wisp and afforded much amusement to the other groups assembled there. "They are the Campbells, waiting for their cousin, who has been abroad several years with her uncle, the doctor," whispered one lady to another as the handsomest of the young men touched his hat to her as he passed, lugging the boy, whom he had just rescued from a little expedition down among the piles."Which is that?" asked the stranger. "Prince Charlie, as he's called a ?ne fellow, the most promising of the seven, but a little fast, people say," answered the ?rst speaker with a shake of the head. "Are the others his brothers?""No, cousins. The elder is Archie, a most exemplary young man. He has just gone into business with the merchant uncle and bids fair to be an honor to his family. The other, with the eyeglasses and no gloves, is Mac, the odd one, just out of college." "And the boy?" "Oh, he is Jamie, the youngest brother of Archibald, and the pet of the whole family. Mercy on us he'll be in if they don't hold on to him!"
新SAT阅读真题一
新SAT阅读真题一 如今同学们参加SAT考试，都是SAT改革之后的新SAT考试。在改革之后，SAT阅读部分也有了相应的变化。同学们要想充分的备考新SAT阅读考试，还是需要更多的来练习真题。 Exercise 1 This passage is excerpted from Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey, originally published in 1803. Mrs. Allen was so long in dressing that they did not enter the ballroom till late. As for Mr. Allen, he repaired directly to the card-room. With more care for the safety of her new gown than for the comfort of her protegee, Mrs. Allen made her way through the throng of men by the door, as swiftly as the necessary caution would allow; Catherine, however, kept close at her side, and linked her arm too ?rmly within her friend's to be torn asunder by any common effort of a struggling assembly. Still they moved on—something better was yet in view; and by a continued exertion of strength and ingenuity they found themselves at last in the passage behind the highest bench. It was a splendid sight, and she began, for the ?rst time that evening, to feel herself at a ball: she longed to dance, but she had not an acquaintance in the room. Catherine began to feel something of disappointment—she was tired of being continually pressed against by people, the generality of whose faces possessed nothing to interest, and with all of whom she was so wholly unacquainted that she could not relieve the irksomeness of
SAT og 5阅读真题解析
SAT test 5 1. For a long time, most doctors maintained that taking massive doses of vitamins was relatively harmless; now, however, some are warning that excessive dosages can be _________. (A) healthy adj. 健康的 (B) expensive adj. 昂贵的 (C) wasteful adj. 浪费的 (D) toxic adj. 有毒的 (E) inane adj. 愚蠢的 解析：D，在很长的一段时间里，大多数医生认为用大量的维他命是无害的;不过现在有些人警告过量食用会----。这里however表示转折与前面的harmless是相反的意思。 2. In Jamaica Kincaid's novel Lucy, the west Indian heroine _________ her employers' world, critically examining its assumptions and values. (A) idealizes v. 理想化 (B) avoids v. 避开 (C) beautifies v. 美化 (D) scrutinizes v. 仔细检查 (E) excludes v. 排除，
解析：E，在牙买加金彩的小说露西，这个西印度群岛英雄----她的雇主的世界，精细的审视他的猜测和价值。这个句子中前后两句意思是一致的，没有转折词，所以空格所需的东西与examining是同义词，所以D。 frequent name changes that the country has undergone _________ the political turbulence that has attended its recent history. (A) argue against v. 真钞，辩论 (B) contrast with v. 对比，差异 (C) testify to v. 证明 (D) jeopardize v. 危及 (E) sustain v. 支撑 解析：C，这个国家经历了频繁的国名变更---这个国家的近点史上的政治动乱。从句意可以看后句和前句是因果关系，前面证明了后面。 , clamlike bivalves of prehistoric times, were one of the most _________ forms of life on the Earth: more than 30,000 species have been _________ from fossil records. (A) plentiful adj. 丰富的...subtracted v. 减去 (B) ornate adj. 华丽的...retrieved v. 重新取回 (C) multifarious adj. 多方面的...catalogued v. 登记分类 (D) scarce adj. 缺乏的，罕见的...extracted v. 萃取的 (E) anachronistic adj. 时代错误的...extrapolated v. 推算，推断
2015年SAT阅读理解练习题
在备考SAT阅读的过程中，要进行大量的练习题，这样才能积累更对的考试经验。为了考生更好的备考SAT阅读考试，今天小马过河的小编为大家推荐2015年SAT阅读理解练习题，希望考生认真备考。具体内容如下： The extract is taken from a book written sixty years ago by a British scientist in which heconsiders the relationship between science and society. The pioneers of the teaching of science imagined that itsintroduction into education would remove the conventionality,artificiality, and backward-lookingness which were characteristic;of classical studies, but they were gravely disappointed. So, too, in5 their time had the humanists thought that the study of the classical authors in the original would banish at once the dull pedantry and superstition of mediaeval scholasticism. The professional schoolmaster was a match for both of them, and has almost managed to make the understanding of chemical reactions as dull 10 and as dogmatic an affair as the reading of Virgil's Aeneid. The chief claim for the use of science in education is that it teaches a child something about the actual universe in which he is living, in making him acquainted with the results of scientific 15 discovery, and at the same time teaches him how to think logically and inductively by studying scientific method. A certain limited success has been reached in the first of these aims, but practically none at all in the second. Those privileged members of the community who have been through a secondary or public school 20 education may be expected to know something about the elementary physics and chemistry of a hundred years ago, but they probably know hardly more than any bright boy can pick up from an interest in wireless or scientific hobbies out of school hours. As to the learning of scientific method, the whole thing is palpably 25 a farce. Actually, for the convenience of teachers and the requirements of the examination system, it is necessary that the pupils not only do not learn scientific method but learn precisely the reverse, that is, to believe exactly what they are told and to reproduce it when asked, whether it seems nonsense to them or 30 not. The way in which educated people respond to such quackeries as spiritualism or astrology, not to say more dangerous ones such as racial theories or currency myths, shows that fifty years of education in the method of science in Britain or Germany has produced no visible effect whatever. The only way of learning the 35 method of science is the long and bitter way of personal experience, and, until the educational or social systems are altered to make this possible, the best we can expect is the production of a minority of people who are able to acquire some of the techniques of science and a still smaller minority who are able to use and 40 develop them. 1. The author implies that the 'professional schoolmaster' (line 7) has A. no interest in teaching science B. thwarted attempts to enliven education C. aided true learning D. supported the humanists
SAT测试试题
SAT试题
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SAT试题 1.An object that’s moving with constant speed travels once around a circular path.True statements about this motion include which of the following? A.The displacement is zero B. The average speed is zero C. The acceleration is zero D. None of the above A 2.Which of the following must always be true? 1.If an object’s acceleration is constant,then it must move in a straight line 2.If an object’s acceleration is zero,then its speed must remain constant 3.If an object’s speed remains constant,then its acceleration must be zero. A.1 and 2 only B.1 and 3 only C.2 only D.3 only E.2 and 3 only C 4.A frictionless inclined plane of length 20m has a maximum vertical height of 5m. If an object of mass 2 kg is planced on the plame . Which of the following best approximates the net force it feels? A.5N B.10N C.15N D.20N E.30N A 5.A person who weighs 800N steps onto a scale that is on the floor of an elevator car. If the elevator accelerates upward at a rate of 5 m/s2, what will the scale read? A.400N B.800N C.1000N D.1200N E.1600N D 6.A person standing on a horizontal floor feels two forces: the downward pull of gravity and the upward supporting force from the floor. There two forces A. have equal magnitudes and from an action /reaction pair B. have equal magnitudes but do not from an action /reaction pair C. have unequal magnitudes and from an action /reaction pair D. have unequal magnitudes and do not from an action /reaction pair E.None of the above B 7.How long would it take a car,starting from rest and accelerating uniformly in a straight line at 5m/s2,to cover a distance of 200m? A.9s B 10.5s C.12.0s D.15.5s E.20.0s A 8.A rock is dropped off a cliff and strikes the ground with an impact velocity of 30m/s.How high was the cliff? A.15m B.20m C.30m D.45m E.60m D
sat阅读题型
SAT阅读理解题型 A.写作目的题（Main Purpose Questions） 问题经常以以下形式出现： The primary purpose of the passage is to…… Both passages are primarily concerned with the…… The passage as a whole serves primarily to…… 例 1 I had grown up in the United States virtually without relatives, which, in my intense desire to assimilate, was quite all right with me. But this attitude dissolved when I walked into that apartment in Beijing. I realized then that my extended family is not just a collection of accidental alliances but a living body, an entity that will welcome me for being simply who I am: the daughter of my mother, the niece of my aunts and uncles. We had never before seen each other but, in that moment, we shared a sense of connection and loyalty unlike anything I had previously experienced. Question: The primary purpose of the passage is to (A)describe the author?s travels to Beijing (B)reveal how lonely the author often felt (C)provide examples of the author?s fondness for her relatives (D)convey the author?s sudden awareness of the importance of family (E)illustrate the closeness that existed among the author?s mother, aunts, and uncles. 例2This passage is adapted from a 2003 novel about a character named Gogol Ganguli, the American-born son of Indian immigrants. Just before leaving home for college, Gogol changed his name to Nikhil. Question: Taken as a whole, the passage is best described as a portrayal of (A)two parents? acceptance of their son?s leaving home (B)an immigrant family?s adjustment to new surroundings (C)the stimulating possibilities open to a college student (D)a young man?s struggle to define himself (E)a young man?s success at achieving independence 例3A century ago, opponents of women?s suffrage in the United States scoffed at the notion that extending the vote to women would make any difference. “Women will vote with their husband”was the commonly accepted wisdom. This was an argument made in the absence of evidence, as women did not yet have the vote. Ever since women won the vote, researchers have been keeping close track of female voting behavior. A “gender gap” in voting behavior has been found in the United States as in many other countries. In the United States, the 1994 and 1996 elections showed the largest gaps ever between candidates favored by women and those favored by men.
2017年5月SAT亚太真题阅读(2)
2017年5月SAT亚太真题阅读（2） 第二篇自然科学心理思维智慧：我们怎样获悉他人的所思、所感、所想、所求 This passage is adapted from Nicholas Epley,Mindwise: How We Understand WhatOthers Think, Believe, Feel, and Want. ?2014 by Nicholas Epley. 题目：思维智慧：我们怎样获悉别人的所思、所想、所感、所求 【解析】阅读社科文章时，开头一定要仔细读，弄清楚文章谈的话题到底是什么 1Knowing your own reputation can be surprisinglydifficult. 2Consider,for instance, a study that analyzeda set of published experiments all sharing the same basic design. In theseexperiments, people working in a group would be asked to predict how the othergroup members would rate them on a series of different traits. Researchers thencompared these predicted ratings to the other group members’ actual ratings onthe very same traits. The traits varied from one experiment to another andincluded qualities like intelligence, sense of humor, consideration,defensiveness, friendliness, and leadership ability. The groups varied in familiarity,with the members of some groups being fairly unfamiliar with one another (suchas having met only once, in a job interview) and the members of other groupsbeing very familiar with one another (such as having lived together for anextended time as roommates).3 If people knew exactlywhat others were thinking, then there would be a perfect correspondence betweenpredicted and actual ratings. If people were clueless, then there would be nocorrespondence between the two. Statistically speaking, you measurerelationships like these with a correlation, where perfect correspondenceyields a correlation of 1 and no correspondence yields a correlation of 0. Thecloser the correlation is to 1, the stronger the relationship. 【阐释】首句开门见山，直接给出文章要谈的话题以及作者的一个观点。文章谈的是“了解别人对你的评价”这件事，作者对这件事的态度是“难”。 第二个层次（用2标示）通过“for instance 举例”，对首句进行further explanation。 第三个层次（用3标示）是本段难点。提到一种解读实验结果的方式。把“个人认为的”与“实际上的”的“符合程度”的量化。 【翻译】1了解你自己的声誉可能是令人惊讶得难。2例如，考虑一个研究，这个研究分析了一系列具有相同基本设计的已发表的实验。在这些实验中，在小组中工作的人被要求预测其他组员，针对一系列不同特征，会如何评价他们。然后，研究人员将这些预测的评级与其他组员的实际评级进行了比较。实验之间所需预测和评价的特征是不同的，其中有智慧，幽默感，体贴程度，防御性，友善度和领导力等等。这些组员间的熟悉程度各异，一些小组的组员间彼此并不熟悉（例如仅在工作面试中遇到一次），而其他小组的组员间彼此非常熟悉（例如，一起生活过一段时间的室友）。3如果人们准确知道他人在想什么，那么预测和实际评级之间完美对应。如果人们（对他人的看法）毫无头绪，那么两者之间毫无对应关系。统计学上，我们可以用相关性来衡量这两者的（指在某一特征上，自己认为别人对自己的看法，别人对自己的实际看法）关系。如果完美对应，相关性数值为1；无对应关系，相关性的数值是0。相关性数值越接近1，关系越强（自己认为别人对自己产生的看法，就越接近实际上别人对自己的看法）。 1First, the good news.Theseexperiments suggested that peopleare pretty good, overall, at guessing how a group of others would evaluatethem, on average. 2Theoverall correlation in these experiments between predicted impressions and theaverage actual impression of the group was quite high (.55, if you arequantitatively inclined). To put that in perspective, this isroughly the same magnitude as the
SAT阅读测试题1
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