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SAT考试填空练习题第一套
SECTION ONE
1. Since the island soil has been barren for so many years, the natives must now_________ much of their food.
(A) deliver (B) import (C) produce (D) develop (E) utilize
2. Because Jenkins neither _________ nor defends either management or the striking workers, both sides admire his journalistic_________.
(A) criticizes. .acumen
(B) attacks..neutrality
(C) confronts. .aptitude
(D) dismisses. .flair
(E) promotes..integrity
3. Some anthropologists claim that a few apes have been taught a rudimentary sign language, but skeptics argue that the apes are only_________ their trainers.
(A) imitating (B) condoning (C) instructing (D) acknowledging (E) belaboring
4. It is ironic that the_________ insights of the great thinkers are voiced so often that they have become mere_________.
(A) original. .clichés
(B) banal. .beliefs
(C) dubious. .habits
(D) philosophical. .questions
(E) abstract. .ideas
5. The most frustrating periods of any diet are the inevitable_________, when weight loss_________ if not stops.
(A) moods. .accelerates
(B) feasts. .halts
(C) holidays. .contracts
(D) plateaus. .slows
(E) meals. ceases
6. Since the author's unflattering references to her friends were so_________, she was surprised that her_________were recognized.
(A) laudatory. .styles
(B) obvious. .anecdotes
(C) oblique. .allusions
(D) critical..eulogies
(E) apparent. .motives
7. Mark was intent on maintaining his status as first in his class; because even the smallest mistakes infuriated him, he reviewed all his papers_________ before submitting them to his teacher.
(A) explicitly (B) perfunctorily (C) honestly (D) mechanically (E) assiduously
8. Since many disadvantaged individuals view their situations as_________ as well as intolerable, their attitudes are best described as_________.
(A) squalid. .obscure
(B) unpleasant. .bellicose
(C) acute. . sanguine
(D) immutable. .resigned
(E) political. .perplexed
9. The subtleties of this novel are evident not so much in the character_________ as they are in its profoundly_________ plot structure.
(A) assessment, .eclectic
(B) development. .trite
(C) portrayal. .aesthetic
(D) delineation. .intricate
(E) illustration. .superficial
