SAT阅读完成句子练习题
1.The professor asked the students to make sure they read the entire novel, both the twelve regular chapters and the extensive ------- materials that the author included at the beginning of the book.
proleptic
redacted
prefatory
orthographic
conjunctive
2.Since the two legislators had a long history of major disagreements, the senator considered his colleagues enthusiastic assurances that they would be in agreement on a forthcoming piece of legislation -------.
Answer Choices
fatuous
precious
sagacious
meritorious
ignoble
3.True to her altruistic beliefs, Natalie ------- the ------- attitude of her colleague that a client represented nothing more than a source of income and an opportunity for advancing ones professional reputation.
applauded . . conscientious
condoned . . aggressive
lamented . . mercenary
adopted . . egotistical
belittled . . magnanimous
4.There was no denying the lecturers ------- , but her arguments were unsophisticated and ------- .
Answer Choices
bravura . . precise
boorishness . . unoriginal
charisma . . vapid
competence . . infallible
indifference . . benign
5.Food can be ------- element in family life, bringing us together in times of trouble and in times of joy.
an addictive
a conflicting
a unifying
a residual
an inconsistent
Explanation
1.The correct answer is C
Choice is correct. It is customary to refer to materials appearing at the beginning of a book as prefatory, or the preface, located in the front.
2.The correct answer is A
Choice is correct. It makes sense that the senator, in light of his and his colleagues shared history of non-cooperation, would consider the colleagues assurances fatuous, or complacently foolish.
3.The correct answer is C
Natalie, an altruistic person, would lament the attitude of a greedy and ambitious colleague whom she would describe as mercenary.
4.The correct answer is C
The structure of the sentence sets up a contrast between two ways of describing the lecturer. The fact that she had a charismatic, or magnetic, presence, does indeed contrast with the notion that the content of the lecture was unsophisticated and vapid or uninteresting
5.The correct answer is C
Anything that is unifying serves to bring people together.
1.The professor asked the students to make sure they read the entire novel, both the twelve regular chapters and the extensive ------- materials that the author included at the beginning of the book.
proleptic
redacted
prefatory
orthographic
conjunctive
2.Since the two legislators had a long history of major disagreements, the senator considered his colleagues enthusiastic assurances that they would be in agreement on a forthcoming piece of legislation -------.
Answer Choices
fatuous
precious
sagacious
meritorious
ignoble
3.True to her altruistic beliefs, Natalie ------- the ------- attitude of her colleague that a client represented nothing more than a source of income and an opportunity for advancing ones professional reputation.
applauded . . conscientious
condoned . . aggressive
lamented . . mercenary
adopted . . egotistical
belittled . . magnanimous
4.There was no denying the lecturers ------- , but her arguments were unsophisticated and ------- .
Answer Choices
bravura . . precise
boorishness . . unoriginal
charisma . . vapid
competence . . infallible
indifference . . benign
5.Food can be ------- element in family life, bringing us together in times of trouble and in times of joy.
an addictive
a conflicting
a unifying
a residual
an inconsistent
Explanation
1.The correct answer is C
Choice is correct. It is customary to refer to materials appearing at the beginning of a book as prefatory, or the preface, located in the front.
2.The correct answer is A
Choice is correct. It makes sense that the senator, in light of his and his colleagues shared history of non-cooperation, would consider the colleagues assurances fatuous, or complacently foolish.
3.The correct answer is C
Natalie, an altruistic person, would lament the attitude of a greedy and ambitious colleague whom she would describe as mercenary.
4.The correct answer is C
The structure of the sentence sets up a contrast between two ways of describing the lecturer. The fact that she had a charismatic, or magnetic, presence, does indeed contrast with the notion that the content of the lecture was unsophisticated and vapid or uninteresting
5.The correct answer is C
Anything that is unifying serves to bring people together.
