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SAT考試填空練習題第九套
SECTION ONE
1. He felt that the uninspiring routine of office work was too_________ for someone of his talent and creativity.
(A) diverse (B) insatiable (C) exacting (D) enthralling (E) prosaic
2. The museum arranged the fossils in_________ order, placing the older fossils dating from the Late Ice Age on the first floor and the more recent fossils on the second floor.
(A) alphabetical (B) chronological (C) random (D) arbitrary (E) retrospective
3. With the evolution of wings, insects were able to_________ to the far ecological comers, across deserts and bodies of water, to reach new food sources and inhabit a wider variety of promising environmental niches.
(A) relate (B) disperse (C) transgress (D) revert (E) ascend
4. Having recently missed out on the Matisse retrospective, which has taken Paris and New York by storm, and on the tour of great paintings from Philadelphia's Barnes collection, London is becoming_________ in the competition to show_________ international an exhibitions.
(A) a trend-setter...major
(B) an also-ran...blockbuster
(C) a world-beater...itinerant
(D) a mecca...distinguished
(E) a connoisseur...esoteric
5. What most_________ the magazine's critics is the manner in which its editorial opinions are expressed too often as if only an idiot could see things any other way.
(A) belies (B) impedes (C) riles (D) placates (E) identifies
6. Despite her compassionate nature, the new nominee to the Supreme Court was single-minded and_________ in her strict_________ the letter of the law.
(A) merciful...interpretation of
(B) uncompromising...adherence to
(C) dilatory...affirmation of
(D) vindictive...deviation from
(E) lenient...dismissal of
7. Although he generally observed the adage "Look before you leap," in this instance he was _________acting in an unconsidered fashion.
(A) chary of (B) impervious to (C) precipitate in (D) hesitant about (E) conventional in
8. Surrounded by a retinue of sycophants who invariably _________ her singing. Callas wearied of the constant adulation and longed for honest criticism.
(A) orchestrated (B) thwarted (C) assailed (D) extolled (E) reciprocated
9. There is nothing_________ or provisional about Moore's early critical pronouncements; she deals_________ with what were then radical new developments in poetry.
(A) tentative...confidently
(B) positive...expertly
(C) dogmatic…arbitrarily
(D) shallow...superficially
(E) imprecise...inconclusively
SECTION TWO
1. She pointed out that his resume was_________ because it merely recorded his previous positions and failed to highlight the specific skills he had mastered in each job.
(A) disinterested (B) inadequate (C) conclusive (D) obligatory (E) detailed
2. Because it was already known that retroviruses could cause cancer in animals, it seemed only_________ to search for similar cancer-causing viruses in human beings.
(A) culpable (B) charitable (C) hypothetical (D) logical (E) negligent
3. Her_________ is always a source of irritation: she never uses a single word when she can substitute a long clause or phrase in its place.
(A) frivolity (B) verbosity (C) ambivalence (D) cogency (E) rhetoric
4. It is_________ to try to destroy pests completely with chemical poisons, for as each new chemical pesticide is introduced, the insects gradually become_________ to it.
(A) useless...drawn
(B) pointless...vulnerable
(C) futile...resistant
(D) wicked..indifferent
(E) worthwhile...immune
5. Ms. Ono_________ gives interviews because she believes the news media have_________ her and treated her badly.
(A) frequently...publicized
(B) rarely...misrepresented
(C) seldom...eulogized
(D) reluctantly...acclaimed
(E) gradually...evaded
6. Totem craftsmanship reached its_________ in the 19th century, when the introduction of metal tools enabled carvers to execute more sophisticated designs,
(A) roots (B) conclusion (C) antithesis (D) reward (E) apex
7. As delicate and_________ as insect bodies are, it is remarkable that over the ages enough of them have_________, preserved in amber, for scientists to trace insect evolution.
(A) beautiful...disappeared
(B) fragile...survived
(C) impervious...multiplied
(D) refined...awakened
(E) indestructible...evolved
8. Unfortunately, the current Broadway season offers some_________ fare that sounds markedly like imitations of previous hits.
(A) epic (B) radical (C)formulaic (D) incongruous (E) challenging
9. For those who admire realism, Louis Malle's recent film succeeds because it consciously_________ the stuff of legend and tells_________ story as it might actually unfold with fallible people in earthly time.
(A) rejects..a derivative
(B) anticipates..an antiquated
(C) shuns..an unembellished
(D) emulates..an ethereal
(E) exaggerates..a mythic
10. Crabeater seal, the common name of Lobodon car-cinophagus, is a_________, since the animal's staple diet is not crabs, but krill.
(A) pseudonym (B) misnomer (C) delusion (D) digression (E) compromise
