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SAT考試填空練習題第八套
SECTION ONE
1. Although in his seventies at the time of the interview, Picasso proved alert and insightful, his faculties_________ despite the inevitable toll of the years.
(A) atrophied (B) diminished (C) intact (D) useless (E) impaired
2. While the 1940s are most noted for the development of black modem dance, they are also_________ because they were the last gasp for tap dancing.
(A) irrelevant (B) unfounded (C) significant (D) speculative (E) contemporary
3. People who take megadoses of vitamins and minerals should take care: though beneficial in small quantities, in large amounts these substances may have_________ effects.
(A) admirable (B) redundant (C) intangible (D) toxic (E) minor
4. The number of black hawks has_________ because the encroachments of humans on their territory have caused them to_________ their customary breeding places.
(A) multiplied..endure
(B) extrapolated..alter
(C) increased..locate
(D) diminished..accept
(E) dwindled..shun
5. Although Britain's film makers often produce fine films, they are studiously_________ and rarely aim at a mass market
(A) commercial (B) viable (C) derivative (D) elitist (E) collaborative
6. MacDougal’s former editors remember him as a_________ man whose_________ and exhaustive reporting was worth the trouble.
(A) domineering..wearisome
(B) congenial..pretentious
(C) popular..supercilious
(D) fastidious..garbled
(E) cantankerous..meticulous
7. The opossum is_________ the venom of snakes in the rattlesnake subfamily and thus views the reptiles not as_________ enemies but as a food source.
(A) vulnerable to..natural
(B) conscious of..mortal
(C) impervious to..lethal
(D) sensitive to..deadly
(E) defenseless against..potential
8. Breaking with established musical conventions, Stravinsky was_________ composer whose heterodox works infuriated the traditionalists of his day.
(A) a derivative (B) an iconoclastic (C) an uncontroversial (D) a venerated (E) a trite
9. A code of ethics governing the behavior of physicians during epidemics did not exist until 1846 when it was _________by the American Medical Association.
(A) rescinded (B) promulgated (C) presupposed (D) depreciated (E) implied
SECTION TWO
1. The critics were distressed that an essayist of such glowing_________ could descend to writing such dull, uninteresting prose.
(A) obscurity (B) ill-repute (C) shallowness (D) promise (E) amiability
2. Famous in her time and then forgotten, the 17th-century Dutch painter Judith Leyster was _________obscurity when, in 1993, the Worcester Art Museum organized the first retrospective exhibition of her work.
(A) resigned to (B) rewarded with (C) rescued from (D)indifferent to (E) worthy of
3. The testimony of eyewitnesses is notoriously_________; emotion and excitement all too often cause our minds to distort what we see.
(A) judicious (B) interdependent (C) credible (D) unreliable (E) gratifying
4. Although Henry was not in general a sentimental man, occasionally he would feel a touch of_________ for the old days and would contemplate making a brief excursion to Boston to revisit his childhood friends.
(A) exasperation (B) chagrin (C) nostalgia (D) lethargy (E) anxiety
5. We had not realized how much people_________ the library's old borrowing policy until we received complaints once it had been_________ .
(A) enjoyed...continued
(B) disliked...administered
(C) respected...imitated
(D) ignored...lauded
(E) appreciated—superseded
6. During the Dark Ages, hermits and other religious _________fled the world to devote themselves to silent contemplation.
(A) renegades (B) skeptics (C) altruists (D) recluses (E) convictions
7. No real life hero of ancient or modern days can surpass James Bond with his nonchalant_________ of death and the_________ with which he bears torture.
(A) contempt…distress
(B) disregard…fortitude
(C) veneration...guile
(D) concept...terror
(E) ignorance...fickleness
8. Even though the basic organization of the brain does not change after birth, details of its structure and function remain_________ for some time, particularly in the cerebral cortex.
(A) plastic (B) immutable (C) essential (D) unavoidable (E) static
9. Lavish in visual beauty, the film Lawrence of Arabia also boasts_________ of style: it knows how much can be shown in a shot, how much can be said in a few words.
(A) extravagance (B) economy (C) autonomy (D) frivolity (E) arrogance
10.Unlike the highly_________ Romantic poets of the previous century, Arnold and his fellow Victorian poets were_________ and interested in moralizing.
(A) rhapsodic..lyrical
(B) frenetic..distraught
(C) emotional,..didactic
(D) sensitive...strange
(E) dramatic...warped
