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SAT Practice Test #1P391Section 2自然景观的美6. ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS Explanation for Correct AnswerD : Choice (D) is correct. 最后一句”felt good，体现作者全文的语气是正态度，positive，而第一自然段全部都是对自然景物的描写，所以D is correct.10 7.ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS Explanation for Correct AnswerB : Choice (B) is correct. 文章中大量的文字都在用拟人的写法，whistling and moaning, whipped, punishing wind, stars winked on。文学作品惯用的修辞手法就是metaphorical language.11 8.ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS Explanation for Correct AnswerC : Choice (C) is correct. 文章首句”In 1843 Augusta Ada King published an influential set of notes describing Charles Babbages conception of an analytical engine包括第二句”以及转折句” her fascinating life and lineage”，都解释了为什么King is celebrated.而文章转折句”have turned her into an icon”以及尾句”only King has had a computer language named after her: Ada”解释了”how King is celebrated”.12 9.ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS Explanation for Correct AnswerA : Choice (A) is correct. 文章转折句”However, her fascinating life and lineage have turned her into an icon”说明她的lineage，即血统，世系对她的成名起了很大的作用。P392美洲黑人与非洲黑人的关系10.ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS Explanation for Correct AnswerD : Choice (D) is correct. 文章引言”Here, he offers his views on the historical relationship between Black Americans and Black Africans”，暗示全文讲述的是两者之间的relationship，对应选项和选项，而选项的cultural ties”范围太小，仅仅只是文化的关系，而全文讲述了Black Americans and Black Africans的身份认同问题(Line21-22, sustain links with the continent of their origin )，文化只是一方面而已。14 11.ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS Explanation for Correct AnswerB : Choice (B) is correct. Line 5-7, ancestor were sendingto descendants，并且两个形容词clear and powerful，可以排除A选项的veiled, B选项的questionable，只有B选项的cautionary，劝诫的，告诫性的，对应的最好。15 12.ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS Explanation for Correct AnswerC : Choice (C) is correct. 跳过例子顾后，line 16-20，文章尾句”this is pull of ones heritage, our inborn curiosity in our origins”,所以C is correct.16 13.ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS Explanation for Correct AnswerE : Choice (E) is correct. line41-42, shadowy imaginings 和 real experience相对应，既然是imaging的，并且和real相反，所以是E选项的unsubstantiated，没有证据的，未被证实的。17 14.ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS Explanation for Correct AnswerE: Choice (E) is correct. line 41, disappointed,以及line 43-44,三个if所体现出来的语气可以知道应该是负态度，而line 46，Butthe world has been forced to take note，说明作者为非洲黑人与美洲黑人受全世界关注而感到自豪，所以E is correct.15.ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS Explanation for Correct AnswerB : Choice (B) is correct. 全文就是作者对非洲和美洲黑人之间关系的事实陈述，主语都是we，所以B is correct.P394达芬奇作品蒙娜丽莎的微笑16.ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS Explanation for Correct AnswerC : Choice (C) is correct. Passage 1的第一自然段和passage 2的Line31-34以及line45-47”there are millions of people”都描写了蒙娜丽莎的受欢迎程度。20 17.ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS Explanation for Correct AnswerA : Choice (A) is correct. In lines 66-71，“the renown of a masterpiece rests onbest-known painting in the world.”21 18.ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS Explanation for Correct AnswerE : Choice (E) is correct. Line 7-10, nobody special对应了答案的ordinary status，而the standard for High Renaissance paintings 对应了答案的portraits aesthetic significance.19.ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS Explanation for Correct AnswerB : Choice (B) is correct. 其它选项都可以排除，引用的话就在描述达芬奇绘画的效果。20.ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS Explanation for Correct AnswerA : Choice A) is correct. Line 29,Passage 1的最后一句话”theres that famous smile”24 21.ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS Explanation for Correct AnswerD : Choice （D) is correct. 代入法或者通过指代关系找对应，因为Line 41”it is still the position of many art critics”，这里的it指代上句的This idea，所以对应D选项的观点view.22.ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS Explanation for Correct AnswerE : Choice （E) is correct. Line 54-55“pointed to.remarkable techniquetexture and depth”，line10-15,”the use of.creates the illusion of depth behind”23.ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS Explanation for Correct AnswerE : Choice （E) is correct. Line 66,“But”转折句，暗示着作者质疑上面的观点。人靠“天生”的敏感性做出的判断不一定科学和精准。24.ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS Explanation for Correct AnswerC : Choice （C) is correct. Passage 1第二、第三自然段都在讲述作品的与众不同的technique；Passage 2的第一句问句”Why is entire world”就预示着全文在阐释为什么作品在文化节这么卓越有名。P403Section 5梭罗的Walden9.ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS Explanation for Correct AnswerA : Choice (A) is correct. Passage 1, Line 3-4,”Henry David Thoreau epitomizes a long-standing American worship of nature”;Passage 2, Line19-20,”At Walden Pond, civilization and industrialization no longer seemed threatening”,所以两篇文章中的Walden都没有being threatened.7 10.ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS Explanation for Correct AnswerB : Choice (B) is correct. Passage 1, Line 7-10, “as an illustration of the intensityindustrialization and urbanization”, destructive对应了intrusion，tranquility对应了pastoral harmony.8 11.ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS Explanation for Correct AnswerE : Choice (E) is correct. Passage 2的enthusiasm是说Thoreau对mechanization的热情，而passage 1的主旨Line3-4” Henry David Thoreau epitomizes a long-standing American worship of nature”强调的是Thoreau对自然的描写，批判mechanization,” as an illustration of the intensityindustrialization and urbanization”.9 12.ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS Explanation for Correct AnswerC : Choice (C) is correct. Passage 1,line5-7”Genrations of teachers have with nature”,所以Walden在教学当中强调的是nature而非mechanization.P404Section 5城市大自然的一部分13.ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS Explanation for Correct AnswerD : Choice (D) is correct. Vision对应后面同位语中的notion（概念），所以选conception14.ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS Explanation for Correct AnswerD: Choice (D) is correct. 从文章的首段和尾段知道，作者对于city的态度是positive的，而对于那些说city是”unnatural”的观点持negative的态度。Line12”There is an important hidden assumption behind this attitude”和Line 26-27”What bothers me about this point of view”知道这个assumption bothers the authors，所以作者认为this idea这不过是false supposition.15.ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS Explanation for Correct AnswerE : Choice (E) is correct. Line 18-20”If you think this wayrepresents a wrong turning-a blind alley” and Line 23-35”are angencieson the planet”作者持负态度16.ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS Explanation for Correct AnswerE : Choice (E) is correct. 从文章的首段和尾段知道，作者对于city的态度是positive的，而对于那些说city是”unnatural”的观点持negative的态度。而且14题的正确答案false supposition提示我们答案是erroneous，都是错误的意思。17. ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS Explanation for Correct AnswerB: Choice (B) is correct. 题干的compares提示我们，正确选项应该是强调三者之间的相似点。瞻前顾后，Line 32-33”It seemsthey arent unnatural” and Line 37-38”there is nothing “unnatural” about this.”,说明三者都是大自然的一部分。18.ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS Explanation for Correct AnswerE : Choice (E) is correct. 从文章的首段和尾段知道，作者对于city的态度是positive的，而对于那些说city是”unnatural”的观点持negative的态度。19.ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS Explanation for Correct AnswerA: Choice (A) is correct. 例子题，瞻前Line57-59”A glimpse of downtownthree different levels.”20.ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS Explanation for Correct AnswerD : Choice (D) is correct. Peculiar 和上一句的same相反，和修饰它的its own保持一致，所以是different的意思，选D。21.ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS Explanation for Correct AnswerA : Choice (A) is correct. Line65，accolade以及通过文章的首段和尾段知道，作者对于city的态度是positive的。22.ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS Explanation for Correct AnswerC : Choice (C) is correct. Line 67-73强调了两者之间的相似性similarity，多处使用both，所以选comparison.23.ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS Explanation for Correct AnswerE : Choice (E) is correct. 例子题，瞻前Line74-76”Finally, our citieslaws of nature.”24.ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS Explanation for Correct AnswerE : Choice (E) is correct. 全文的topic sentence.P426Section 9争执7.ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS Explanation for Correct AnswerC : Choice (C) is correct. 全文首段已经奠定了not harmonize的基调。20 8.ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS Explanation for Correct AnswerC : Choice (C) is correct. Line3-5“He was irritableromantic”，romantic和worldly相反，和spirited and freedom相似。21 9.ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS Explanation for Correct AnswerE : Choice (E) is correct. Line7”his mission was cleardischarge it” and line10-11“wash his hands of her for ever”金盆洗手22 10.ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS Explanation for Correct AnswerE : Choice (E) is correct. Line22-23A fineestateconnections, social advantage对应的是good connetion，而financial advantages 对应的是unencumbered estate以及real substance. 上文line4, worldly也可以暗示。23 11.ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS Explanation for Correct AnswerA : Choice (A) is correct. Line41-42， reckless and undignified 对应了despicable and commonplace profligacy.24 12.ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS Explanation for Correct AnswerB : Choice (B) is correct. Line 54-55, 她deny了他询问答案的权利，也就说明她可以不用回答这个问题。13. ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS Explanation for Correct AnswerD : Choice (D) is correct. Line 72-73”What, in the namedisapprove?”Line 26”he claimed her consent” Line103-104”Why are not the laws.hear reason?”，这些都暗示着Mr. Sympson对Miss Keeldar没有real power。14. ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS Explanation for Correct AnswerA : Choice (A) is correct. Mr. Sympson说”Take care”是让Miss Keeldar讲话小心点，而Miss Keeldar的回答是说她会在婚姻上非常谨慎的care的，不用他老担心。9 15. ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS Explanation for Correct AnswerD : Choice (D) is correct. Line 85-86”but I feelcomprehended or not”16. ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS Explanation for Correct AnswerB : Choice (B) is correct. line100-101,”To whattoward the heavens” 与17题C选项的future保持一致。12 17. ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS Explanation for Correct AnswerC : Choice (C) is correct. 和16题的B选项future一致18. ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS Explanation for Correct AnswerB : Choice (B) is correct. Line 84”To love with my whole heart.”可以排除14 19. ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS Explanation for Correct AnswerE : Choice (E) is correct. Line 88”On a beggar it will never fall. Mendicancy is not estimable.”不嫁undignified，Line 94”For the scrubby, shabby,whining, I have no taste”不嫁poor的SAT Practice Test #2P459Section 4地球真的拥挤吗？9. ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS Explanation for Correct AnswerD : Choice (D) is correct. Line 1-2,”Just how overcrowdedwith empty places.” Line 14-16”The idea that it is wrong” and Line”Line 17-19”but whether Earthresources”10. ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS Explanation for Correct AnswerC : Choice (C) is correct. Passage 2 的首句是topic sentence，下结论的句子，所以是emphatic，强调。11. ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS Explanation for Correct AnswerC : Choice (C) is correct. Passage 2 Line17-19“but whetherand other resources”, 两篇文章的主旨进行比较，和第九题答案保持一致。12 12. ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS Explanation for Correct AnswerA : Choice (A) is correct. Line2-3”A flight almost anywhere reveals unoccupied land” Line22-23, “Densely populated contriesthe rest of the world is not.”13 P460Section 4旅行前的探路13. ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS Explanation for Correct AnswerB : Choice (B) is correct. Line 1-5,很多动词的运用unrolled, forced to show, curling and snapping back, river out to run for us.14 14. ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS Explanation for Correct AnswerC : Choice (C) is correct. 内涵题描写了作者对Lewis的感觉，和15题对应。15 15. ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS Explanation for Correct AnswerD : Choice (D) is correct. Line 11, “for it seemed to have power over the terrain”16 16. ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS Explanation for Correct AnswerE : Choice (E) is correct . Line12-13, 和“quit running”平行17 17. ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS Explanation for Correct AnswerE : Choice (E) is correct. Line 21,”But right now its wild. An I mean wild” and Line29-30, “and also trying to visualizeunvisited and free”18 18. ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS Explanation for Correct AnswerA : Choice (A) is correct. Line 22-24,”We really ought to.heavens”，Line30”unvisited and free”和19题的答案具有一致性19 19. ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS Explanation for Correct AnswerE : Choice (E) is correct. 和18题答案一致 20 20. ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS Explanation for Correct AnswerB : Choice (B) is correct. Line 26,”to see the changes”对应了two different states.21. ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS Explanation for Correct AnswerA : Choice (A) is correct. Line31-33”my bodyfelt ready for something like this”对应了physical anticipation22 22. ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS Explanation for Correct AnswerA : Choice (A) is correct. 代入法，只有A选项是人说的话。23 23. ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS Explanation for Correct AnswerD : Choice (D) is correct. Ling39-40, lesson, moral, principle，都像是在说教。24 24. ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS Explanation for Correct AnswerC : Choice (C) is correct. Line 46-54, strictly his own;was mainly what he liked about doing them; usually one he could do by himself都体现了individual expression.25. ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS Explanation for Correct AnswerC : Choice (C) is correct. Line 58-62,”but I liked him a good dealpleasantly cynicalneither of us was to take Lewis too seriously”P476Section 76. ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS Explanation for Correct AnswerD : Choice (D) is correct. 第一句是TS句，给movement下了一个定义。7 7. ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS Explanation for Correct AnswerB : Choice (B) is correct. Line9-12”And Black writers and artistsin literature and the arts” alter对应transform, depicted对应represented or portrayed等等。8 8. ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS Explanation for Correct AnswerC : Choice (C) is correct. 主旨题。全文首句就是Topic Sentence，”As a slang word,most such words”,强调cool使用的长久性。9 9. ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS Explanation for Correct AnswerB : Choice (B) is correct. Line11“are rarely in for long”P477Section 7一个天文学的谜金星10. ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS Explanation for Correct AnswerE : Choice (E) is correct. 主旨题。第一段转折句”Despitefor a long time it was generally termed the plantet of mystery”，对应了答案中的enigma，谜。第二段的首句”The first attempt”以及三、四、五段的首句都体现了不同的attmepts to understand。11 11. ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS Explanation for Correct AnswerA : Choice (A) is correct. Line14“but this emphatically not so”说明在否定，不承认(dismiss)前文的假设，而E选项有两个地方不对。一是undermine，叫做推翻了，而转折句只是在强调观点，不承认之前的假设，还没有事实论证。第二，Line 11-14”In sizethe same kind of atmosphere”更像是一个plausible，靠谱的推论的描写，而并没有描述conroversial争议。12 12. ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS Explanation for Correct AnswerE : Choice (E) is correct. 首句”Yet opinions differeed”既然是opinions，说明接下来会有不用的opinion，Line 22”According to one theory”and Line 26-27”Another intriguing theory”13 13. ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS Explanation for Correct AnswerC : Choice (C) is correct. Line 28”Venus very similar to the Earth”and30-31”If so, then Venusevolve the same way Earth has done”可以排除A、D、C，Line 30”giant dragonflies”排除E，如果Venus上都是pure carbon dioxide，就不会有28-30行描述得那些生物了。14 14. ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS Explanation for Correct AnswerB : Choice (B) is correct. Line 34,”first reliable information”说明以前的evidence并不可靠，untrustworthy。15 15. ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS Explanation for Correct AnswerD : Choice (D) is correct. Line 43”can only”说明语气非常肯定，坚定。16 P479Section 7迁居纽约市16. ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS Explanation for Correct AnswerC : Choice (C) is correct. 和Line2”curves”相反，直线的，无变化的，规则的17 17. ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS Explanation for Correct AnswerB : Choice (B) is correct. 太生动了，“雨滴击打着地面，携着路灯暗淡的银光，如同闪烁的星光一样飞溅在人行道上，就像昙花一现的细小珍珠一样在黑暗中转瞬即逝”18. ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS Explanation for Correct AnswerE : Choice (E) is correct. expectation对应了illusion，都是一种想象。19. ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS Explanation for Correct AnswerB : Choice (B) is correct. Line17”Everywhere I looked” and Line 19”Every few blocks”说明了uniform，oppresive压抑性，”sharp corners and deep shadows”by chain-link fence”20 20. ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS Explanation for Correct AnswerE : Choice (E) is correct.Line 24-25”I pretended to ignore her”谨慎，不暴露目标；Line 28-30”she turned her back to meshe face me again and simled. I smiled back”多次迂回21 21. ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS Explanation for Correct AnswerD : Choice (D) is correct. Line 38”if youre Puerto RicanHispanic?”;Line41”You mean,youre Hispanic?”; Line 46-47”but you dont speak.are you Hispanic?”22 22. ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS Explanation for Correct AnswerC : Choice (C) is correct. 53-55“But I didnt knowId be somwone else.”说明作者一直认为自己是Puerto Rican，现在却被认为是Hispanic。 23 23. ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS Explanation for Correct AnswerE : Choice (E) is correct. 这个很好理解，就像我们日常生活中一样，“这不是我们的地盘”24 24. ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS Explanation for Correct AnswerD : Choice (D) is the correct answer. Line69-70”But inside ,I quaked”内心那个澎湃不安。Line70-71”It wasnt hard to imagine that greater dangers lay ahead”恐惧感。P488Section 9关于连环画的评论7. ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS Explanation for Correct AnswerC : Choice (C) is correct. Passage 1, Line1-2”I have found the effectanti-educational” and Line 31-34”comics by their naturenon-educational;” Passage 2, Line 53-54”But education is not the purpose of junk”8 8. ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS Explanation for Correct AnswerA : Choice (A) is correct. 代入法9 9. ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS Explanation for Correct AnswerC : Choice (C) is correct. Line 13-15”A great deal of important things”对应了interrelated10 10. ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS Explanation for Correct AnswerD : Choice (D) is correct. Line 17-18”Children spendbut their gains is nil”花了很多时间，却没有任何收获，就跟受骗一样。11 11. ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS Explanation for Correct AnswerE : Choice (E) is correct. Line24-27，作者强调没有adult收集连环画，而Line35-43”Surpringly,who continue to be addicts, the golden age of comic books”12 12. ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS Explanation for Correct AnswerA : Choice (A) is correct. Line 29”gave nothing positive to show for it” 而Passage 2倒数两个自然段，都在描述comic books的positive的方面，Line85-87,”Psychically renewed,days of victimization”13 13. ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS Explanation for