新SAT阅读真题四 Exercise 4 This passage is excerpted from Louisa May Alcott, Rose in Bloom, originally published in 1876. Three young men stood together on a wharf one bright October day awaiting the arrival of an ocean steamer with an impatience which found a vent in lively skirmishes with a small lad, who pervaded the premises like a will-o'-the-wisp and afforded much amusement to the other groups assembled there. "They are the Campbells, waiting for their cousin, who has been abroad several years with her uncle, the doctor," whispered one lady to another as the handsomest of the young men touched his hat to her as he passed, lugging the boy, whom he had just rescued from a little expedition down among the piles."Which is that?" asked the stranger. "Prince Charlie, as he's called a ?ne fellow, the most promising of the seven, but a little fast, people say," answered the ?rst speaker with a shake of the head. "Are the others his brothers?""No, cousins. The elder is Archie, a most exemplary young man. He has just gone into business with the merchant uncle and bids fair to be an honor to his family. The other, with the eyeglasses and no gloves, is Mac, the odd one, just out of college." "And the boy?" "Oh, he is Jamie, the youngest brother of Archibald, and the pet of the whole family. Mercy on us he'll be in if they don't hold on to him!"
新SAT阅读真题一 如今同学们参加SAT考试，都是SAT改革之后的新SAT考试。在改革之后，SAT阅读部分也有了相应的变化。同学们要想充分的备考新SAT阅读考试，还是需要更多的来练习真题。 Exercise 1 This passage is excerpted from Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey, originally published in 1803. Mrs. Allen was so long in dressing that they did not enter the ballroom till late. As for Mr. Allen, he repaired directly to the card-room. With more care for the safety of her new gown than for the comfort of her protegee, Mrs. Allen made her way through the throng of men by the door, as swiftly as the necessary caution would allow; Catherine, however, kept close at her side, and linked her arm too ?rmly within her friend's to be torn asunder by any common effort of a struggling assembly. Still they moved on—something better was yet in view; and by a continued exertion of strength and ingenuity they found themselves at last in the passage behind the highest bench. It was a splendid sight, and she began, for the ?rst time that evening, to feel herself at a ball: she longed to dance, but she had not an acquaintance in the room. Catherine began to feel something of disappointment—she was tired of being continually pressed against by people, the generality of whose faces possessed nothing to interest, and with all of whom she was so wholly unacquainted that she could not relieve the irksomeness of
SAT test 5 1. For a long time, most doctors maintained that taking massive doses of vitamins was relatively harmless; now, however, some are warning that excessive dosages can be _________. (A) healthy adj. 健康的 (B) expensive adj. 昂贵的 (C) wasteful adj. 浪费的 (D) toxic adj. 有毒的 (E) inane adj. 愚蠢的 解析：D，在很长的一段时间里，大多数医生认为用大量的维他命是无害的;不过现在有些人警告过量食用会----。这里however表示转折与前面的harmless是相反的意思。 2. In Jamaica Kincaid's novel Lucy, the west Indian heroine _________ her employers' world, critically examining its assumptions and values. (A) idealizes v. 理想化 (B) avoids v. 避开 (C) beautifies v. 美化 (D) scrutinizes v. 仔细检查 (E) excludes v. 排除，
解析：E，在牙买加金彩的小说露西，这个西印度群岛英雄----她的雇主的世界，精细的审视他的猜测和价值。这个句子中前后两句意思是一致的，没有转折词，所以空格所需的东西与examining是同义词，所以D。 frequent name changes that the country has undergone _________ the political turbulence that has attended its recent history. (A) argue against v. 真钞，辩论 (B) contrast with v. 对比，差异 (C) testify to v. 证明 (D) jeopardize v. 危及 (E) sustain v. 支撑 解析：C，这个国家经历了频繁的国名变更---这个国家的近点史上的政治动乱。从句意可以看后句和前句是因果关系，前面证明了后面。 , clamlike bivalves of prehistoric times, were one of the most _________ forms of life on the Earth: more than 30,000 species have been _________ from fossil records. (A) plentiful adj. 丰富的...subtracted v. 减去 (B) ornate adj. 华丽的...retrieved v. 重新取回 (C) multifarious adj. 多方面的...catalogued v. 登记分类 (D) scarce adj. 缺乏的，罕见的...extracted v. 萃取的 (E) anachronistic adj. 时代错误的...extrapolated v. 推算，推断
在备考SAT阅读的过程中，要进行大量的练习题，这样才能积累更对的考试经验。为了考生更好的备考SAT阅读考试，今天小马过河的小编为大家推荐2015年SAT阅读理解练习题，希望考生认真备考。具体内容如下： The extract is taken from a book written sixty years ago by a British scientist in which heconsiders the relationship between science and society. The pioneers of the teaching of science imagined that itsintroduction into education would remove the conventionality,artificiality, and backward-lookingness which were characteristic;of classical studies, but they were gravely disappointed. So, too, in5 their time had the humanists thought that the study of the classical authors in the original would banish at once the dull pedantry and superstition of mediaeval scholasticism. The professional schoolmaster was a match for both of them, and has almost managed to make the understanding of chemical reactions as dull 10 and as dogmatic an affair as the reading of Virgil's Aeneid. The chief claim for the use of science in education is that it teaches a child something about the actual universe in which he is living, in making him acquainted with the results of scientific 15 discovery, and at the same time teaches him how to think logically and inductively by studying scientific method. A certain limited success has been reached in the first of these aims, but practically none at all in the second. Those privileged members of the community who have been through a secondary or public school 20 education may be expected to know something about the elementary physics and chemistry of a hundred years ago, but they probably know hardly more than any bright boy can pick up from an interest in wireless or scientific hobbies out of school hours. As to the learning of scientific method, the whole thing is palpably 25 a farce. Actually, for the convenience of teachers and the requirements of the examination system, it is necessary that the pupils not only do not learn scientific method but learn precisely the reverse, that is, to believe exactly what they are told and to reproduce it when asked, whether it seems nonsense to them or 30 not. The way in which educated people respond to such quackeries as spiritualism or astrology, not to say more dangerous ones such as racial theories or currency myths, shows that fifty years of education in the method of science in Britain or Germany has produced no visible effect whatever. The only way of learning the 35 method of science is the long and bitter way of personal experience, and, until the educational or social systems are altered to make this possible, the best we can expect is the production of a minority of people who are able to acquire some of the techniques of science and a still smaller minority who are able to use and 40 develop them. 1. The author implies that the 'professional schoolmaster' (line 7) has A. no interest in teaching science B. thwarted attempts to enliven education C. aided true learning D. supported the humanists
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SAT试题 1.An object that’s moving with constant speed travels once around a circular path.True statements about this motion include which of the following? A.The displacement is zero B. The average speed is zero C. The acceleration is zero D. None of the above A 2.Which of the following must always be true? 1.If an object’s acceleration is constant,then it must move in a straight line 2.If an object’s acceleration is zero,then its speed must remain constant 3.If an object’s speed remains constant,then its acceleration must be zero. A.1 and 2 only B.1 and 3 only C.2 only D.3 only E.2 and 3 only C 4.A frictionless inclined plane of length 20m has a maximum vertical height of 5m. If an object of mass 2 kg is planced on the plame . Which of the following best approximates the net force it feels? A.5N B.10N C.15N D.20N E.30N A 5.A person who weighs 800N steps onto a scale that is on the floor of an elevator car. If the elevator accelerates upward at a rate of 5 m/s2, what will the scale read? A.400N B.800N C.1000N D.1200N E.1600N D 6.A person standing on a horizontal floor feels two forces: the downward pull of gravity and the upward supporting force from the floor. There two forces A. have equal magnitudes and from an action /reaction pair B. have equal magnitudes but do not from an action /reaction pair C. have unequal magnitudes and from an action /reaction pair D. have unequal magnitudes and do not from an action /reaction pair E.None of the above B 7.How long would it take a car,starting from rest and accelerating uniformly in a straight line at 5m/s2,to cover a distance of 200m? A.9s B 10.5s C.12.0s D.15.5s E.20.0s A 8.A rock is dropped off a cliff and strikes the ground with an impact velocity of 30m/s.How high was the cliff? A.15m B.20m C.30m D.45m E.60m D
SAT阅读理解题型 A.写作目的题（Main Purpose Questions） 问题经常以以下形式出现： The primary purpose of the passage is to…… Both passages are primarily concerned with the…… The passage as a whole serves primarily to…… 例 1 I had grown up in the United States virtually without relatives, which, in my intense desire to assimilate, was quite all right with me. But this attitude dissolved when I walked into that apartment in Beijing. I realized then that my extended family is not just a collection of accidental alliances but a living body, an entity that will welcome me for being simply who I am: the daughter of my mother, the niece of my aunts and uncles. We had never before seen each other but, in that moment, we shared a sense of connection and loyalty unlike anything I had previously experienced. Question: The primary purpose of the passage is to (A)describe the author?s travels to Beijing (B)reveal how lonely the author often felt (C)provide examples of the author?s fondness for her relatives (D)convey the author?s sudden awareness of the importance of family (E)illustrate the closeness that existed among the author?s mother, aunts, and uncles. 例2This passage is adapted from a 2003 novel about a character named Gogol Ganguli, the American-born son of Indian immigrants. Just before leaving home for college, Gogol changed his name to Nikhil. Question: Taken as a whole, the passage is best described as a portrayal of (A)two parents? acceptance of their son?s leaving home (B)an immigrant family?s adjustment to new surroundings (C)the stimulating possibilities open to a college student (D)a young man?s struggle to define himself (E)a young man?s success at achieving independence 例3A century ago, opponents of women?s suffrage in the United States scoffed at the notion that extending the vote to women would make any difference. “Women will vote with their husband”was the commonly accepted wisdom. This was an argument made in the absence of evidence, as women did not yet have the vote. Ever since women won the vote, researchers have been keeping close track of female voting behavior. A “gender gap” in voting behavior has been found in the United States as in many other countries. In the United States, the 1994 and 1996 elections showed the largest gaps ever between candidates favored by women and those favored by men.
2017年5月SAT亚太真题阅读（2） 第二篇自然科学心理思维智慧：我们怎样获悉他人的所思、所感、所想、所求 This passage is adapted from Nicholas Epley,Mindwise: How We Understand WhatOthers Think, Believe, Feel, and Want. ?2014 by Nicholas Epley. 题目：思维智慧：我们怎样获悉别人的所思、所想、所感、所求 【解析】阅读社科文章时，开头一定要仔细读，弄清楚文章谈的话题到底是什么 1Knowing your own reputation can be surprisinglydifficult. 2Consider,for instance, a study that analyzeda set of published experiments all sharing the same basic design. In theseexperiments, people working in a group would be asked to predict how the othergroup members would rate them on a series of different traits. Researchers thencompared these predicted ratings to the other group members’ actual ratings onthe very same traits. The traits varied from one experiment to another andincluded qualities like intelligence, sense of humor, consideration,defensiveness, friendliness, and leadership ability. The groups varied in familiarity,with the members of some groups being fairly unfamiliar with one another (suchas having met only once, in a job interview) and the members of other groupsbeing very familiar with one another (such as having lived together for anextended time as roommates).3 If people knew exactlywhat others were thinking, then there would be a perfect correspondence betweenpredicted and actual ratings. If people were clueless, then there would be nocorrespondence between the two. Statistically speaking, you measurerelationships like these with a correlation, where perfect correspondenceyields a correlation of 1 and no correspondence yields a correlation of 0. Thecloser the correlation is to 1, the stronger the relationship. 【阐释】首句开门见山，直接给出文章要谈的话题以及作者的一个观点。文章谈的是“了解别人对你的评价”这件事，作者对这件事的态度是“难”。 第二个层次（用2标示）通过“for instance 举例”，对首句进行further explanation。 第三个层次（用3标示）是本段难点。提到一种解读实验结果的方式。把“个人认为的”与“实际上的”的“符合程度”的量化。 【翻译】1了解你自己的声誉可能是令人惊讶得难。2例如，考虑一个研究，这个研究分析了一系列具有相同基本设计的已发表的实验。在这些实验中，在小组中工作的人被要求预测其他组员，针对一系列不同特征，会如何评价他们。然后，研究人员将这些预测的评级与其他组员的实际评级进行了比较。实验之间所需预测和评价的特征是不同的，其中有智慧，幽默感，体贴程度，防御性，友善度和领导力等等。这些组员间的熟悉程度各异，一些小组的组员间彼此并不熟悉（例如仅在工作面试中遇到一次），而其他小组的组员间彼此非常熟悉（例如，一起生活过一段时间的室友）。3如果人们准确知道他人在想什么，那么预测和实际评级之间完美对应。如果人们（对他人的看法）毫无头绪，那么两者之间毫无对应关系。统计学上，我们可以用相关性来衡量这两者的（指在某一特征上，自己认为别人对自己的看法，别人对自己的实际看法）关系。如果完美对应，相关性数值为1；无对应关系，相关性的数值是0。相关性数值越接近1，关系越强（自己认为别人对自己产生的看法，就越接近实际上别人对自己的看法）。 1First, the good news.Theseexperiments suggested that peopleare pretty good, overall, at guessing how a group of others would evaluatethem, on average. 2Theoverall correlation in these experiments between predicted impressions and theaverage actual impression of the group was quite high (.55, if you arequantitatively inclined). To put that in perspective, this isroughly the same magnitude as the
Questions 10-14 are based on the following passage. This passage is from the preface to a 1997 book by a United States journalist detailing a disagreement between doctors and family members about a child's medical treatment at a hospital in California. Under my desk I keep a large carton of cassette tapes. Though they have all been transcribed, I still like to listen to them from time to time, Some are quiet and easily understood. They are filled with the voices of American doctors, interrupted occasionally by the clink of a coffee cup or beep of a pager. The rest—more than half of them—are very noisy. They are filled with the voices of the Lees family, Hmong refugees from Laos who came to the United States in 1980. Against a background of babies crying, children playing, doors slamming, dishes clattering, a television yammering, and an air conditioner wheezing, I can hear the mother's voice, by turns breathy, nasal, gargly, or humlike as it slides up and down the Hmong language's eight tones; the father's voice, louder, slower, more vehement; and my interpreter's voice, mediating in Hmong and English, low and deferential in each. The hubbub summons sense-memories: the coolness of the red metal folding chair, reserved for guests, that was always set up when I arrived in the apartment; the shadows cast by the amulet that hung from the ceiling and swung in the breeze on its length of grocer's twine; the tastes of Hmong food. I sat on the Lees' red chair for the first lime on May 19, 1988. Earlier that spring I had come to Merced, California, because I had heard that there were some misunderstandings at the county hospital between its Hmong patients and medical staff. One doctor called them "collisions," which made it sound as if two different kinds of people had rammed into each other, head on, to the accompaniment of squealing brakes and breaking glass. As it turned out, the encounters were messy but rarely frontal. Both sides were wounded, but neither side seemed to know what had hit it or how to avoid another crash. I have always felt that the action most worth watching occurs not at the center of things but where edges meet. I like shorelines, weather fronts, international borders. These places have interesting frictions and incongruities, and often, if you stand at the point of tangency, you can see both sides better than if you were in the middle of either one. This is especially true when the apposition is cultural. When I first came to Merced, I hoped that the culture of American medicine, about which I knew a little, and the culture of the Hmong, about which I knew nothing, would somehow illuminate each other if I could position myself between the two and manage not to get caught in the crossfire. But after getting to know the Lees family and their daughter's doctors and realizing how hard it was to blame anyone, I stopped analyzing the situation in such linear terms. Now, when I play the tapes late at night, I imagine what they would sound like if I could splice them together, so the voices of the Hmong and those of the American doctors could be heard on a single tape, speaking a common language. 10. In line 17, "summons" most nearly means (A) sends for (B) calls forth (C) requests (D) orders (E) convenes 11. It can be inferred from lines 27-33 that "collisions" was NOT an apt description because the (A) clash between Hmong patients and medical staff was indirect and baffling (B) Hmong patients and the medical staff were not significantly affected by the encounters (C) medical staff was not responsible for the dissatisfaction of the Hmong patients (D) misunderstandings between the Hmong patients and the medical staff were easy to resolve (E) disagreement reached beyond particular individuals to the community at large
新SAT阅读真题原文解析 新SAT阅读真题原文来啦~和小编一起来看看SAT阅读都考了哪些内容吧! Unfortunately or fortunately, Nawab hadmarried early in life a sweet woman of unsurpassed fertility, whom he adored,and she proceeded to bear him children spaced, if not less than nine monthsapart, then not that much more. And all daughters, one after another afteranother, until finally the looked-for son arrived, leaving Nawab with acomplete set of twelve girls, ranging from toddler to age eleven, and one oddpiece. If he had been governor of the Punjab, their dowries would have beggaredhim. For an electrician and mechanic, no matter how light-fingered, thereseemed no question of marrying them all off. No moneylender in his right mindwould, at any rate of interest, advance a sufficient sum to buy the necessaryitems for each daughter: beds, a dresser, trunks, electric fans, dishes, sixsuits of clothes for the groom, six for the bride, perhaps a television, and onand on and on. Another man might have thrown up hishands—but not Nawabdin. The daughters acted as a spur to his genius, and helooked with satisfaction in the mirror each morning at the face of a warriorgoing out to do battle. Nawa b of course knew that he must proliferate hissources of revenue—the salary he received from K. K. Harouni for tending thetube wells would not even begin to suffice. He set up a one-room flour mill,run off a condemned electri c motor—condemne d by him. H e tried his hand atfish-farming in a pond at the edge o f one of his master’