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  SAT Sentence Completion Test 5

  1. To reach Simonville, the traveller needs to drive with extreme caution along the ____ curves of the mountain road that climbs ____ to the summit.

  A. serpentine - steeply

  B. jagged - steadily

  C. gentle - precipitously

  D. shady - steadily

  E. hair-raising - languidly

  2. The cricket match seemed ____ to our guests; they were used to watching sports in which the action is over in a couple of hours at the most.

  A. unintelligible

  B. inconsequential

  C. interminable

  D. implausible

  E. evanescent

  3. Our present accountant is most ____ ; unlike the previous _____ incumbent, he has never made a mistake in all the years that he has worked for the firm.

  A. unorthodox - heretical

  B. dependable - assiduous

  C. punctilious - painstaking

  D. asinine - diligent

  E. meticulous - unreliable

  4. The refugee's poor grasp of English is hardly an _____ problem; she can attend classes and improve within a matter of months.

  A. implausible

  B. insuperable

  C. inconsequential

  D. evocative

  E. injudicious

  5. We appreciated his ____ summary of the situation; he wasted no words yet delineated his position most ____ .

  A. comprehensive : inadequately

  B. succinct : direfully

  C. cogent : persuasively

  D. verbose : concisely

  E. grandiloquent : eloquently

  6. His musical tastes are certainly ____ ; he has recordings ranging from classical piano performances to rock concerts, jazz and even Chinese opera.

  A. antediluvian

  B. eclectic

  C. harmonious

  D. sonorous

  E. dazzling

  7. I cannot conclude this preface without ____ that an early and untimely death should have prevented Persius from giving a more finished appearance to his works.

  A. rejoicing

  B. lamenting

  C. affirming

  D. commenting

  E. mentioning

  8. Before his marriage the Duke had led an austere existence and now regarded the affectionate, somewhat ____ behavior of his young wife as simply ____ .

  A. restrained - despicable

  B. childish - elevating

  C. playful - sublime

  D. frivolous - puerile

  E. unpleasant - delightful

  9. Wilson ____ that human beings inherit a tendency to feel an affinity and awe for other living things, in the same way that we are ____ to be inquisitive or to protect our young at all costs.

  A. argues - encouraged

  B. maintains - trained

  C. contends - predisposed

  D. fears - taught

  E. demurs - genetically programmed

  10. The pond was a place of reek and corruption, of ____ smells and of oxygen-starved fish breathing through laboring gills.

  A. fragrant

  B. evocative

  C. dolorous

  D. resonant

  E. fetid

  11. There have been great ____ since his time, but few others have felt so strongly the ____ of human existence.

  A. pessimists - futility

  B. skeptics - exaltation

  C. heretics - sagacity

  D. optimists - tremulousness

  E. cynics - joy

  12. While war has never been absent from the ____ of man, there have been periods in History which appear remarkably ____.

  A. archives - ambivalent

  B. posterity - serene

  C. mind - desultory

  D. annals - pacific

  E. life - belligerent

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harmonious [hɑ:'məuniəs]

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adj. 和睦的,和谐的,音调优美的

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ambivalent [æm'bivələnt]

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adj. 矛盾的,摇摆不定的

 
intermittent [.intə'mitənt]

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adj. 间歇的,断断续续的

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appearance [ə'piərəns]

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n. 外表,外貌,出现,出场,露面

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inadequately

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adv. 不适当地;不够好地

 
rough [rʌf]

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adj. 粗糙的,粗略的,粗暴的,艰难的,讨厌的,不适的

 
affinity [ə'finiti]

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n. 姻亲,密切关系,吸引力

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despicable ['despikəbl]

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adj. 可鄙的,卑劣的

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prevent [pri'vent]

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v. 预防,防止

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genetically [dʒe'netikəli]

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adv. 遗传(基因)方面

 

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