SAT官方每日一题 2017年3月21日.

SAT官方每日一题 2011年3月21日 Critical Reading > Sentence Completions Choose the word or set of words that, when inserted in the sentence, best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole. Ray was ------- gambler who had seldom gone a day without indulging his expensive habit. Answer Choices (A) an inveterate (B) a dubious (C) an occasional (D) a novice (E) an obnoxious 答案:A Right! (Applause.) Explanation Choice (A) is correct. If this term were inserted into the sentence, the sentence would read “Ray was an inveterate gambler who had seldom gone a day without indulging in his expensive habit.” The term “inveterate” describes something that is established by a persistent habit. If Ray had “seldom gone a day” without gambling, one could certainly say that gambling was his persistent habit. Therore, it makes sense to describe Ray as “an inveterate gambler.”