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2015年1月24日SAT真题解析 2015年1月24日SAT真题解析下载： https://www.doczj.com/doc/2f14667641.html,/SAT/SATyuedu/20150126/344670.html?seo=wenku1262参加2015年1月24日SA T考试的考生们对自己的考试还满意吗？小马过河老师团队给大家精心准备的2015年1月24日SAT真题解析现已免费发布，考生们赶紧点击下载使用吧。 2015年1月24日北美地区SAT写作真题： Is it courageous to show vulnerability or to show strength? SAT写作真题解析： 此次的SAT写作题目，是一个选择疑问句，而句内是对行为属性的判定。拆解开来分别是“Showing vulnerability is courageous.”和“Showing strength is courageous.”所以这个SAT写作题目问的是显露弱点和优势这两种行为哪个更勇敢? 考生能联想到的是目前正经历的传统教育中经常被灌输的的“要考好”、“你看别人家的孩子……”、“别人都去你怎么不去?”的“争先恐后”思想。竞争和压力的成长和学习环境中总是被动或者主动的在展示“优点”和“强大”。由此，想到The Joy Luck Club中女儿Waverly弹奏钢琴和参加弈棋比赛展现自己优点才华的场景。那么不同的读者在这里看到的故事是不同的，有人觉得Waverly展示自己的才华并非所愿，这种行为也没有给她带来好处。由此回到题目中对改行为的判定，落到是否courageous这个属性上来。我们最基本的学习和竞争中，展现自己的才华和强大都是必要的，比如考生们在申请学校的文书中也是极尽所能的在做这件事。
2012年1月SAT真题句子填空全文翻译精讲 2012.1 真题 1. Jacob felt great ______ about his upcoming trip to Brazil; indeed, he could hardly contain his enthusiasm. A. concern B. uncertainty C. confusion D. generosity E. excitement 中文释义：雅各布对于即将开始的巴西之旅感到非常兴奋，确实是这样，他几乎难以抑制他的热情。 题意解析：分号后是对前半句的进一步解释说明，表明雅各布对于巴西之旅很期待，因此他的感受应该是比较兴奋，E项正确，A项意思是关注，B项是不确定，C项是混乱，D项是慷慨大方，均不合句意。 词汇解释： upcoming：即将到来的；forthcoming, approaching contain：1. 包含comprise, include；2. 控制；to keep within limits; 3. 容纳；to have with, hold; 4. 牵制；check, halt 2. The professor’s classroom manner was quite_____, never revealing the warmth and playfulness she showed in private. A. witty B. sincere C. lively D. formal E. friendly 中文释义：这位教授的课堂举止非常严肃，和她在私下里表现出的热情风趣一点也不一样。题意解析：never作为连接词表明前后半句句意相反，教授私下的表现与课堂上不同，从后半句中可以看出平时比较热情，于是课堂上时就应该是严谨认真，所以D项正确。A项意思是机智的，B项是真诚的，C项是活泼的，E项是友好的，均不合题意，所以排除。 经典例句：Over the years, teaching methods have changed and become less formal. 这几年来，教学方法已有改变，不是那么正式了。 词汇解释： reveal：显示，揭露；to make (something secret or hidden) publicly or generally known 3. Instead of taking notes during the interview, the journalist recorded the celebrity’s remarks on tape and later ______them. A. disavowed B. transcribed C. anticipated D. retracted E. recollected 中文释义：这位记者在采访中并没有记笔记，而是用磁带录下这位名人的言论，之后再转录下来。 题意解析：从句意可以看出该记者在采访时不做笔记而是录下来，也就意味着录完以后再记录，由此推出正确选项是B转录。A项意思是拒绝否认，C项是预期期望，D项是撤销，E 项是回忆，想起，均不合题意，所以排除。 4. Like several other important advances in medicine, penicillin was a somewhat____discovery resulting from _______combination of blind chance and technical expertise. A. progressive .. a reliable B. wonderful .. an unlucky C. untimely .. a profitable D. ordinary .. an unfortunate E. accidental .. a favorable 中文释义：正如其他重大医学进展一样，青霉素是由机遇与专业技术相结合的意外发现。
2008年1月份SAT考题分析 By 李现伟lxw0257111@https://www.doczj.com/doc/2f14667641.html, 第一部分：填空题 section 2 1. 扣voting rights, 只有suffrage表示“选举权”之意。 restitution：赔偿 solace：n 安慰 levy：n 征税 2. 冒号题，对后文解释的总结，statistical data所以就是demographic（人口统计）。conjectural：a 推测的 anecdotal：a 逸闻趣事的 qualitative：a 性质上的 3. and构成小连接，能和independence相匹配的只有autonomy。independent:: autonomous compromise: v 妥协 servility: n 奴性 persevere: v 坚持 competence: n 能胜任 acquiesce: v 默许 banality: n 陈腐 recant: v 放弃 conformity: n 墨守成规。 4. 冒号题，对后面的总结，“只具有形式而没有功用”对应的单词是vestigial（遗迹的）。ostentatious: a. 假装的，虚伪的 prodigious: a. so great in size or force or extent as to elicit awe相当大的 invasive: a 侵略性的 kinetic: a 有活力的 5. 特殊人物（idealist）或者说取反:idealistic（理想主义的）<> pragmatic（注重实效的）。condone：原谅，indulgent：放纵的 6. in contrast to引起取反，strident（说话严厉的）<> gentle（待人温柔和善的），容易错选的是stoic：坚忍的（表示禁欲，相当于ascetic，temperate等） conciliatory：a. doing something that is intended to make someone stop arguing with you 调和的，conciliatory <> confronting（对抗性的） 7. 冒号题，找对应，与arguing about对应起来的只有polemical（爱争吵的）和quarrelsome，第一空填反义词，而haphazard（偶然的）没任何意义，只有resolute（坚决的）可以。philanthropic：慈善的；steadfast：a 坚定的；acquiescent：默许的 8. 逗号题，现在分词进行解释，能与unadorned words相匹配的只有economical（节约的）。incantatory：a 咒语的，魔咒的 disaffected：a 不满的 unstinting：a 无限制的 evenhanded：a 公平的 section 5 1.读一下顺一遍，就知道第二空不会填好词。 endorse：v 背书支持；abridge：缩短；
Section 1 Prompt 1 Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt and the assignment below. Most human beings spend their lives doing work they hate and work that the world does not need. It is of prime importance that you learn early what you want to do and whether or not the world needs this service. The return from your work must be the satisfaction that work brings you and the world's need of that work. Income is not money, it is satisfaction; it is creation; it is beauty. Adapted from W.E.B. Du Bois, The Autobiography of W.E.B. Du Bois: A Soliloquy on Viewing My Life from the Last Decade of Its First Century Assignment: Is it more important to do work that one finds fulfilling or work that pays well? Plan and write an essay in which you develop your point of view on this issue. Support your position with reasoning and examples taken from your reading, studies, experience, or observations. Prompt 2 Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt and the assignment below. If we are dissatisfied with our circumstances, we think about changing them. But the most important and effective changes—in our attitude—hardly occur to us.
2008年1月份SAT考题分析 By https://www.doczj.com/doc/2f14667641.html, SATbbs是国内首个SAT考生自发建设的公益交流平台，无任何中介背景，致力于国内学生SAT考试交流，分享SAT考试经验，真题及美国本科申请交流。 第一部分：填空题 section 2 1. 扣voting rights, 只有suffrage表示“选举权”之意。 restitution：赔偿 solace：n 安慰 levy：n 征税 2. 冒号题，对后文解释的总结，statistical data所以就是demographic（人口统计）。conjectural：a 推测的 anecdotal：a 逸闻趣事的 qualitative：a 性质上的 3. and构成小连接，能和independence相匹配的只有autonomy。independent:: autonomous compromise: v 妥协 servility: n 奴性 persevere: v 坚持 competence: n 能胜任 acquiesce: v 默许 banality: n 陈腐 recant: v 放弃 conformity: n 墨守成规。 4. 冒号题，对后面的总结，“只具有形式而没有功用”对应的单词是vestigial（遗迹的）。ostentatious: a. 假装的，虚伪的 prodigious: a. so great in size or force or extent as to elicit awe相当大的invasive: a 侵略性的 kinetic: a 有活力的 5. 特殊人物（idealist）或者说取反:idealistic（理想主义的）<> pragmatic（注重实效的）。condone：原谅，indulgent：放纵的 6. in contrast to引起取反，strident（说话严厉的）<> gentle（待人温柔和善的），容易错选的是stoic：坚忍的（表示禁欲，相当于ascetic，temperate等）
2012年1月SAT语法真题 (2012-05-30 18:19:21) 转载▼ 标签： 教育 1. After she won a gold medal in figure skating at the 1956 Olympic Games, Tenley Albright attended medical school and becoming a surgeon. (A). school and becoming (B). school and became (C). school, also became (D). school, she became (E). school; also becoming 2. In his Star Wars films, director George Lucas is a contemporary mythmaker, plus being a master of special effects. (A). Lucas is a contemporary mythmaker, plus being (B). Lucas, a contemporary mythmaker, moreover (C). Lucas is a contemporary mythmaker as well as (D). Lucas, who is a contemporary mythmaker and also (E). Lucas is a contemporary mythmaker, he is also 3. Because of geothermal changes beneath Old Faithful, the frequency and duration of the geyser’s eruptions are now more predictable. (A). eruptions are now more predictable (B). eruptions, they are now more predictable (C). eruptions are predicted more easier now (D). eruptions being easier to predict than before (E). eruptions, they can now be predicted more easily 4. Founded in 1919, the aim of the Bauhaus School was to create a revolutionary modern style that would unite art and mass production. (A). aim of the Bauhaus School was (B). aim of the Bauhaus School having been (C). Bauhaus School, whose aim was (D). Bauhaus School aiming (E). Bauhaus School aimed 5. Coleman Hawkins is often called the “father of the tenor saxophone” on account of he was the first to realize the instrument’s expressive powers. (A). saxophone” on account of he was (B). saxophone” because he was (C). saxophone” due to him being (D). saxophone,” which he was (E). saxophone,” he was
2018年5月北美SAT考试真题回顾今天三立在线教育SAT网为大家带来的是2018年5月北美SAT考试真题回顾的相关资讯，备考的烤鸭们，赶紧来看看吧！ 考情汇总 1、难点还是集中在阅读上，小说和双篇文章登顶此次最难的两篇。 2、此次考试的语法部分没有特别难的问题，考生均反映难度适中。 3、写作部分选取的文章非常有利于考生展开分析！ 4、此次考试数学非常容易，就连北美的同学（美国人）都反映此次数学几乎无压力！ 5、加试部分为数学，难度依旧非常低。 阅读部分 第一篇：小说 小说选自美国经典现实主义小说Sister Carrie，作者为Theodore Dreiser，最早出版于1900年。小说描述了一个贫困的乡村姑娘来到大城市生活，内心向往富足的生活。为了摆脱穷困，先后跟推销员和酒店经理同居，最后历经磨难，终成一个著名演员。 小说截取的部分在论述Carrie 在看一出关于纽约奢华生活的舞台剧。台上演员华衣美服，居所装修华丽，生活应有尽有。Carrie 不免生出羡慕向往之心。 舞台剧还体现了这些生活在理想状态人还收到感情爱情嫉妒的折磨，这更让Carrie 羡慕，谁不愿意坐在金椅子里发愁，谁会不愿意在洒了香水的挂毯、有坐垫的家具和穿着制服的仆人那样的条件下受些折磨呢？
回到她小小的flat（套间），Carrie 暗暗下决心，假如我不能过上那样的生活，我就等于没有活过，或者说自己活过。 第二篇、自然科学科研型文章 研究的主要目的在于探究人类大脑如何区分现实和虚拟（广告/小说人物/童话)信息。 研究者呈现给受试者不同的场景：一，广播听到或报纸阅读到关于布什(总统)和灰姑娘，二，跟总统或跟灰姑娘共进晚餐。然后利用MRL 研究他们大脑不同区域的活跃度。 现实和虚拟信息都会激起大脑某些区域比如管记忆的海马沟。不同的是，现实信息还会激起独特的一个脑区域，这个脑区域跟短时记忆和注意力有关。一直相对，虚拟的信息会激起一个跟语言相关的脑区域。 研究者后来又在另一拨受试者重复了实验，这次根据跟受试者现实相关的程度设置信息。结果还是成立，研究者进一步拓展，现实和虚拟其实跟不在于人物本身的现实程度，更跟信息与受试者现实生活的相关度有关。 第三篇自然科学文章 讲述野猫到家猫的变化，研究其中的基因变化过程。 通过对比22种家猫和4种夜猫的基因组，科学家发现13种基因组发生变化，就是这些变化导致夜猫可以被驯化。 在文章后来提到了，家猫身上的一些细胞有迁移变化的现象。也就是经过了所谓的基因突变，这个改变会对猫的性情产生比较大的影响，让猫变得容易驯化。 最后，在文章的结尾处提问为什么相比猫，狗更容易被驯化。是因为人在驯化狗之前做了狗的筛选，筛选出类易于被驯化的狗，而猫则不是。 第四篇：历史类双篇文章
1. Common garlic has _______ properties; during the First World War British medics saved thousands of lives by wrapping wounds with garlic-soaked bandages. A. curative B. flavoring C. inferior D. questionable E. infamous 2. In her poems, Alice Walker retrieves and _______ parts of Black culture that some have been all too quick to _______ the past as fossilized artifacts. A. revitalizes…consign to B. conjoins…exclude from C. realigns…salvage from D. diffuses…defer to E. refracts…impose on 3. The modest acceptance speech of the Academy Award winning actress revealed a _______ that contrasted with her uninhibited screen performances. A. theatricality B. sullenness C. flamboyance D. reserve E. nonchalance 4. Because howler monkeys rarely come out of the trees in their arboreal habitat, the continued well-being of the rain forest is _______ to their survival. A. inadequate B. tangential C. indispensable D. baneful
section 5 1. Whileplaying in the park one morning，aloud argument was gotten into by several of the children over the use ofswings. (A) aloud argument was gotten into by several of the children (B) aloud argument between several of the children was gotten into (C) anda loud argument gotten into by several of the children (D) severalof the children getting into a loud argument (E) severalof the children got into a loud argument 答案：E 类型：逻辑主语。 解析：句子是doing形式的状语+主句的结构。在语法中，前置doing做非谓语时，doing 动作的逻辑主语必须是句子主语，play这个动作的发出者应该是人，所以句子主语只能是人。由此排除ABC三个选项。D选项中，getting into不能做谓语动词，属于句子成分缺失。 2. Vitamin D，which the body needs in order to absorb calcium，is produced when skinis exposed to ultraviolet rays. (A) calcium，is produced (B) calcium，and is produced (C) calcium，producing it (D) calciumand produces (E) calciumand produces it 答案：A 类型：句子结构。 解析：句子的主语是维他命D，which引导定语从句做主语的同位语，那么之后必然有句子的谓语动词。因此A选项是正确的。B中and使用错误，and并列成分并不是两个动词。C 选项导致主句无谓语动词。DE选项and并列的是定语从句的谓语动词，那么主语维他命D 就没有谓语动词了，因此也是错误的。 3. Designing a computer monitor requires notonly an understanding of electromagnetism，chemistry，andthe psychology of human vision. (A) notonly an understanding of (B) bothan understanding of (C) anunderstanding of not only (D) anunderstanding of both (E) anunderstanding of 答案：E 类型：平行结构 解析：题目中平行的结构是electromagnetism，chemistry和the psychology of humanvision。AC选项可以直接排除，因为only only和and不能连用。题目是三个名词的并列，因此both…and…这个短语也使用不恰当。BD也可以排除。
2012年1月SAT真题语法部分全文翻译精讲 Section 6 1.答案：B 翻译：在1956年的奥运会上获得花样滑冰金牌后，Tenley Albright到医学院学习并成为一名外科医生。 辨析：A.表示平行结构的词“and”前面的谓语动词是attended，后面使用becoming不能保证前后谓语动词的形态一致。 C.逗号后面的句子缺少主语。 D.逗号不能连接两个独立的句子。 E.分号前后应该是两个独立的成分完整的句子，不能使用分词结构。 2.答案:C 翻译：在他的影片《星球大战》中，导演乔治·卢卡斯是当代的神话创造者，同时也是特效大师。 辨析：A.plus前面的逗号是句中标点，因此逗号后的短句中不应再出现being。 B.句子缺少谓语。 D.逗号前的主语缺少谓语，句子成分残缺。 E.两个完整独立的句子不能用逗号隔开。 3.答案：A 翻译：由于老忠实泉下的地热变化，如今它的喷发频率和持续时间也更容易预测。 辨析：B和E.逗号前面句子成分残缺，缺少谓语。 C.more和easier不能连用。 D.成分残缺，缺少谓语动词。 4.答案：E 翻译：始于1919年的包豪斯学派的目标是创造一种将艺术和大规模生产结合在一起的革命性现代风格。 辨析：A和B.aim 不能成为found的主语。 C和D.句子成为残缺，缺少谓语动词。 5.答案：B 翻译：由于首先意识到这种乐器的表现力，科曼·霍金斯通常被誉为“次中音萨克斯之父”。辨析：A.on account of 后面不可以跟完整的句子。 C.due to后面并非一个名次结构。 D和E.逗号不可以放在引号里面。 6.答案：B 翻译：只有全体船员都经过体检并提交无疫证书之后，船才能驶离港口。 辨析：A、D和E.every one of the crew 后面的谓语动词应用第三人称单数形式。 C.从will 可以看出时态不应为过去时。
2015年1月24日SAT真题答案 2015年1月24日SAT真题答案下载： https://www.doczj.com/doc/2f14667641.html,/SAT/SAT2/20150126/344746.html?seo=wenku1261 2015年1月24日SAT真题答案小马过河已经率先发布了，供考生们免费下载使用，考生赶快点击下载使用吧。 p(t)=120+25sin(2pi*t) [pi stands for 圆周率] the function p shows the blood pressure of a patient in rest for tseconds. If one heartbeat occurs in one period of the function p, how manyheartbeats would occur in a minute? 题目的难点不仅在于涉及的三角函数周期问题，还在于英文句子的理解。函数p表示的是一个静养的病人在t秒钟的时候的血压。(可以感觉到他的血压是周期性地上下波动的，所以才有一个正弦在表达式里)。如果函数p的一个周期内(病人)心脏跳动一次，那么一分钟(病人)心脏跳动几次? 要知道病人心脏一分钟跳动几次，我们得知道函数p的一个周期是多长。y=sinx函数的周期为2pi，而y=sin ax的周期为2pi/a，所以题目的函数的周期应该是1(秒),所以一分钟跳动60下。 有人在两个fairdice(就是六面都一样大的正方体骰子)上分别画上(1,1,2,2,2,2)和(1,2,2,2,2,2)的点数。If someone throws the two dices, what is thepossibility of getting a 1 and a 2, with either order? [正好获得1个1点和一个2点的概率是多大] 答案应该选14/36 7.thearea enclosed by x+y=5,y=2x-4 and y axis is ? (A)20
2006年1月SAT真题语法解析 Section 3 1. 答案：D。 图书馆比（它）更老，但却和这个法院一样漂亮。 审题：原句A，it出现在指代对象courthouse之前，引起误解。 排错：C、E——同一句话两个it指代不同事物，排除。 比较：B D更简洁，而且能不用代词就不用代词。 2.答案：C。 审题：从句子大意看，应该是花费27年去画画，固定搭配spend some time doing sth. 选优：选C。 3.答案：A。 审题：显然，是high levels of nitrogen可以杀死动植物，后半句叙述对象为前半句的最后一个词组，用定语从句连接是最有效连接。 选优：A。 4.答案：E。 这道题有点难度，因为句子结构不易分析。“当新金矿如何被发现的消息在N,A传播的时候，数千人遗弃（abandon）了D,之前的金矿。”thousand是后半句的主语，abandon是谓语，看懂这个就没问题了。 审题：从语意上看，显然金矿“如何”被发现跟淘金者没有一毛钱关系。所以how没有存在的意义。 排错：B there be 结构 C、D they指代错误，并且代词本身就是垃圾 比较：A E淘金者更关心金矿被发现的事实，另外news about sth.也是一个固定搭配。 5.答案：C。 审题：that不能指代前半句，“到柏林去庆祝”显然“去庆祝”是目的状语，用to do. 选优：C。 6.答案：B。
审题：平行结构，…,…,and___典型标志，前两个均为one+名词。 选优：B。 7.答案：E。 审题：one’s代词的数，前文只出现了复数名词，而且one’s表泛指而不表特指。 排错：因此排除A、B。 排除C：逗号直接连接独立分句，代词过多。 排除D：“Zookeeper…expanding”“主语+分词型”句子不完整。 8.答案：C。 审题：A，主谓一致有问题，“A and B”复数概念，应搭配are。 排错：A主谓一致。 排除B：语序不正常——for such a large event位置不好，另外，them垃圾。 排除E：无谓倒装。 比较：C be subject to这个短语，to是介词，后面加名词，表示“受…支配和决定”。 D are subject to be approved…这里to成了不定式符号，错了。 9.答案：A。 审题：主谓间插入语，考察句子完整性，能看出borders这里作谓语动词就OK了。 排错：B、C、D分别犯了句子完整性的三大错误。“主+分词”“主谓间有连词”“主+从句”。排除E：系表<实意动词，being垃圾。 10.答案：E。 审题：这是一个诡异结构，很显然，原句就想表达一个“像，如”的意思，用like。注意，as是表示“作为”，也就是说as后面的名词和句子主语是相同事物，这里显然不是。 选优：E。 11.答案：C。 审题：平行结构标志词not just…but also。连接的成分是名词词组。 选优：C，只有C是名词词组。 12.B 形容词的级，双重比较级。 13.E 这道题A、B考察了主谓一致，D还小小的考察了means的数的问题，需注意。 14.C 主谓一致——Prime Minister…have argued
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2009年1月SAT真题全解析 阅读 Section 3 1.冒号引导解释关系，前后句意应?致。后半部分说包含各种艺术形式，于是前半部分也应如此，因此答案选E（多样的）。 2. Rather than引导对立关系，前后内容应相反；句子后半部分and引导并列关系，前后意思应?致，因此第?空填不应被支配，第二空填应被支配。答案选B（平等的……服从的）。 3.动词的现在分词做状语表因果关系，前半部分说冷静，因此后半部分也为冷静。答案选D（从容不迫） 4. Opposed to表对立关系，前后内容相反，因此第?空填晦涩。直截了当的写作写出来的内容必定也直截了当，因此第二空填清晰。选C（晦涩……清晰） 5.动词的现在分词作状语表因果关系，前后等价，同时两空格后面importance 和value为同义词，因此两空填相同方向的词。选B（支持……最高的） 6 D 文章开篇的第一句话就提到了"Your life may very well depend on a fish"，后文也在反复提及到menhaden的重要性。 7 E 引言中运用到了Just as，这是非常明显的类比。 8 A 定位到的句子中所进行到的描述为"...Black artists should follow the prevailing style of mainstream Europe and America in order to gain full acceptance in the art world." 直接从这句话中可以看出他们认为应当遵循既定的主流形式从而获得艺术界的认同。A中的secure在这里的词义为获得。 9 D 文中定位到的内容中进行的描述为"began to explore Africa in her paintings"，那么Jones参与到这件争论只能与在画中体现Africa有关。 10 D 文中的"some...while others..."这是非常明显的两种观点的对比。 11 E 文中的描述"Scientists' testimonies are used to endorse everything from toothpaste to nuclear power"指出这些事情都是与科学家有关，注意D 选项中的mundane activities是不应该包含nuclear power的。 12 D 与文中的"is not to be sneered at"直接做出同义替换。
SECTION 7 The passages below are followed by questions based on their content; questions following a pair of related passages may also be based on the relationship between the paired passages. Answer the questions on the basis of what is stated or implied in the passages and in any introductory material that may be provided. Questions 9-11 are based on the following passages. Passage 1 Caves have always haunted the imagination. The ancient Greeks shuddered at tales of Cerberus, the three-headed dog guarding the entrance to Hades, and countless legends and Hollywood fantasies include a spine-tingling staple: unknown creatures lurking in the next claustrophobic corridor, hungry and waiting for visitors. Now it turns out that bizarre, voracious denizens of the underworld arc not wholly imaginary. Biologists slithering into ever deeper, tighter recesses are coming face-to-face with a fast-growing list of cave-dwelling spiders, centipedes, leeches, mites, scorpions, beetles, fish, snails, worms, and salamanders, along with thick beds of bacteria and fungi that sometimes make a living off the very rocks. Passage 2 Five hundred feet below the bright-green rain forest, my fellow cave diver slips into the dark-green waters of a Hooded cave passage called Tunkul Sump. Loaded with lights and two scuba tanks, he unreels a thin white nylon cord, his lifeline back from the unexplored passage. I sit near the sump and wait. It's April 30. 1999. my sixth expedition to the Chiquibul cave system in Belize and Guatemala. On each trip Heel I'm opening books in an underground library that has preserved records of dramatic climate change over time, of the lives of the ancient Maya who once used these caves, and of numerous animal species, living and extinct. 9. Both Passage 1 and Passage 2 indicate that caves are home to (A) fossilized remains (B) sedimentary rocks (C) mythological creatures (D) ancient human artifacts (E) multiple animal species 10. The authors of both passages would most likely agree that caves (A) were left unexplored due to the dangers involved (B) are threatened by excessive exploration (C) continue to yield new discoveries (D) provide information about ancient civilizations (E) fuel people's fears about the underworld 11. The last sentence of Passage 2 serves primarily to (A) show the extent to which the climate of the area has changed