SAT语法练习题与答案解析(六).

51. While Jackie Robinson was a Brooklyn Dodger, his courage in the face of physical threats and verbal attacks was not unlike that of Rosa Parks, who rused to move to the back of a bus in Montgomery, 116 Alabama. (A) not unlike that of Rosa Parks, who rused (B) not unlike Rosa Parks, who rused (C) like (Rosa Parks and her rusal (D) like that of Rosa Parks for rusing (E) as that of Rosa Parks, who rused 52. The rising of costs of data-processing operations at many financial institutions has created a growing opportunity for independent companies to provide these services more ficiently and at lower cost. (A) The rising of costs (B) Rising costs (C) The rising cost (D) Because the rising cost (E) Because of rising costs 53. There is no consensus on what role. if any, is played by acid rain in slowing the growth or damaging forests in the eastern United States. (A) slowing the growth or damaging (B) the damage or the slowing of the growth of (C) the damage to or the slowness of the growth of (D) damaged or slowed growth of (E) damaging or slowing the growth of 54. Galileo was convinced that natural phenomena, as manifestations of the laws of physics, would appear the same to someone on the deck of a ship moving smoothly and uniformly through the water as a person standing on land. (A) water as a (B) water as to a (C) water; just as it would to a (D) water, as it would to the (E) water; just as to the 55. A recent study has found that within the past few years, many doctors had elected early retirement rather than face the threats of lawsuits and the rising costs of malpractice insurance. (A) had elected early retirement rather than face (B) had elected early retirement instead of facing (C) have elected retiring early instead of facing (D) have elected to retire early rather than facing (E) have elected to retire early rather than face 56. Architects and stonemasons, huge palace and temple clusters were built by the Maya without benit of the wheel or animal transport. (A) huge palace and temple clusters were built by the Maya without benit of the wheel or animal transport (B) without the benits of animal transport or the wheel, huge palace and temple clusters were built by the Maya (C) the Maya built huge palace and temple clusters without the benit of animal transport or the wheel (D) there were built, without the benit of the wheel or animal transport, huge palace and temple clusters by the Maya 117 (E) were the Maya who, without the benit of the wheel or animal transport, built huge palace and temple clusters 57. In astronomy the term "red shift" denotes the extent to which light from a distant galaxy has been shifted toward the red, or long-wave, end of the light spectrum by the rapid motion of the galaxy away from the Earth. (A) to which light from a distant galaxy has been shifted (B) to which light from a distant galaxy has shifted (C) that light from a distant galaxy has been shifted (D) of light from a distant galaxy shifting (E) of the shift of light from a distant galaxy 58. William H. Johnson&aposs artistic debt to Scandinavia is evident in paintings that range from sensitive portraits of citizens in his wife&aposs Danish home, Kerteminde, and awe-inspiring views of fjords and mountain peaks in the western and northern regions of Norway. (A) and (B) to (C) and to (D) with (E) in addition to 59. In 1978 only half the women granted child support by a court received the amount awarded; at least as much as a million and more others had not any support agreements whatsoever. (A) at least as much as a million and more others had not any (B) at least as much as more than a million others had no (C) more than a million others had not any (D) more than a million others had no (E) there was at least a million or more others without any 60. According to a recent poll, owning and living in a freestanding house on its own land is still a goal of a majority of young adults, like that of earlier generations. (A) like that of earlier generations (B) as that for earlier generations (C) just as earlier generations did (D) as have earlier generations (E) as it was of earlier generations