SAT语法:练习讲解(一).

SAT真题汇总

1. Despite (A) its cultural importance, the Daily Gazette lost (B) 70 percent of its subscribers since 1920 and, by 1955, was losing (C) as much as(D) $200,000 a year. No error (E) (06.1,29)

2. Africa’s Kanem empire, after enduring for (A) over a thousand years, is (B) believed to have fallen into decline (C) when trade centers shift (D) outside its boundaries. No error (E) (06.5, 25)

3. Although the precise date and place of the origin of baseball are hotly debated (A), it is beyond dispute (B) that the New York City boroughs of Manhattan and Brooklyn play (C) an important role in its (D) early development. No error (E)

( Online Course 4，Section 5,24)

4. Of ancient origin (A), the game of checkers was played (B) in Egypt during the time (C) of the pharaohs and is mentioned (D) in the writings of Homer and Plato. No error (E) ( Online Course 5，Section 6,28)

5. Jean Toomer was not only (A) the author of Cane, a novel whose publication has been viewed (B) as marking (C) the beginning of the Harlem Renaissance, but also a respected advisor among Quakers (D). No error (E)

( Online Course 6，Section 5,18)

6. Because the garden was untended (A), the windows had no (B) shutters, and the lawn overrun (C) by weeds, people passing by (D) the old house assumed that it was unoccupied. No error (E)

7. Because the American Indian Rodeo includes games and exhibitions developed as early as(A) the seventeenth century, they predate (B) by (C) a few hundred years the form (D) of rodeo now seen on television. No error (E)

8. Many jazz enthusiasts would have to admit (A) that their having (B) unjustly overlooked (C) the music of Bennie Nawahi, who popularized (D) the Hawaiian steel guitar sound in the early 1930’s. No error (E)

9. In addition to (A) being (B) a talented pianist and composer, Bela Bartok was a respected (C) musicologist who wrote (D) several books on Hungarian, Slovakian, and Romanian folk music.No error (E) (OC -4 –S5 -15)

10.It was obvious that all of the candidates had planned carully (A) for the televised debate, for each (B) answer to (C) the opening question showed evidence of having been (D) rehearsed. No error (E) (08-1-S7-25)

11.People were trained to perform (A) one tiny part of one process in one department of one industry, and so having (B) no sense of (C) the process as a whole (D).No error (E) (OC -2 –S6-15)

12.Unlike her (A) best friend Margie, making (B) the varsity soccer team as (C) a freshman, Jill did not (D) make the team until her junior year.No error (E)(OC -4 –S5- 23)

13.That (A) I have little interest (B) in art is not the fault of my parents, taking (C) me to art exhibit and galleries from the time I was (D) ten years old. No error (E)(09-5-S6-21)

14.During (A) my most recent (B) trip, I came across (C) a wonderful antique store wandering (D) in the old quarter of the city. No error (E)(07-5-16)

15.Quincy took Dan to Derek’s home for a visit (A), never imaging (B) that five years would pass (C) bore seeing (D) Derek again. No error

16.Determined (A) to make a name for herself (B) as a writer (C) of short stories, Helen never submits anything to an editor until revising (D) it several times. No error (E) (09-5-S6-25)

17.The Roman poet Virgil is highly esteemed (A) today for his epic poem, The Aeneid, yet (B) on his deathbed he himself sought (C) to prevent its publication on the grounds of not being (D) sufficiently polished.No error (E)(09-5-S6-29)

18.The Stegosaurus, plant- eating dinosaurs (A) with protective (B) bony plates and tail spikes, was once common in (C) what is now (D) Colorado.No error (E)(OC -2 –S6 -16)

19.Long thought of as (A) a quite, stuffy place (B) where people (C) just borrowed books, libraries have been changing (D) their images dramatically over the last few years. No error (E)(OC -6 –S5 -28)

20.I have gone to (A) only one (B) football game after (C) I graduated (D) from high school. No error (E)( Online Course 3，Section 4,27)