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SAT考試填空練習題第十套
SECTION ONE
1. His critical reviews were enjoyed by many of his audience, but the subjects of his analysis dreaded his comments; he was vitriolic, devastating, irritating and never_________ .
(A) analytic (B) personal (C) constructive (D) uncharitable (E) controversial
2. Despite the team members' resentment of the new coach's training rules, they_________ them as long as he did not_________ them too strictly.
(A) embraced...follow
(B) condemned...formulate
(C) questioned…interpret
(D) challenged...implement
(E) tolerated. ..apply
3. Given the_________ state of the published evidence, we do not argue here that exposure to low-level microwave energy is either hazardous or safe.
(A) inconclusive (B) satisfactory (C) definitive (D) immaculate (E) exemplary
4. Tacitus' descriptions of Germanic tribal customs were_________ by the_________ stale of communications in his day, but they match the accounts of other contemporary writers.
(A) defined...inconsequential
(B) limited...primitive
(C) enriched...antiquated
(D) contradicted...thriving
(E) muddled...suspended
5. No matter how _________the revelations of the coming years may be, they will be hard put to match those of the past decade, which have_________ transformed our view of the emergence of Mayan civilization.
(A) minor...dramatically
(B) profound...negligibly
(C) striking...radically
(D) bizarre...nominally
(E) questionable...possibly
6. Because of its inclination to_________, most Indian art is_________ Japanese an, where symbols have been minimized and meaning has been conveyed by the merest suggestion.
(A) exaggerate...related to
(B) imitate...superior to
(C) understate...reminiscent of
(D) overdraw...similar to
(E) sentimentalize...supportive of
7. Irony can, after a fashion, become a mode of escape: to laugh at the terrors of life is in some sense to_________ them.
(A) overstate (B) revitalize (C) corroborate (D) evade (E) license
8. The contract negotiations were often surprisingly_________, deteriorating at times into a welter of accusations and counter-accusations.
(A) perspicacious (B) phlegmatic (C) sedate (D) acrimonious (E) propitious
9. Black religion was in part a protest movement—a protest against a system and a society that was_________ designed to_________ the dignity of a segment of God's creation.
(A) unintentionally...reflect
(B) explicitly...foster
(C) inevitably...assess
(D) deliberately...demean
(E) provocatively...enhance
SECTION TWO
1. Either the Polynesian banquets at Waikiki arc_________, or the one I visited was a poor example. (A) delicious (B) impeccable (C) overrated (D) untasted (E) unpopular
2. Given the_________ nature of wood, the oldest totem poles of the Northwest Coast Indians eventually fell to decay; only a few still stand today.
(A) resilient (B) combustible (C) malleable (D) perishable (E) solid
3. Lee, who refrained from excesses in his personal life, differed markedly from Grant, who_________ notorious drinking bouts with his cronies.
(A) deprecated (B) minimized (C) indulged in (D) shunned (E) compensated for
4. The college librarian initiated a new schedule of fines for overdue books with the_________, if not the outright encouragement, of the faculty library committee.
(A) skepticism (B) acquiescence (C) scorn (D) applause (E) disapprobation
5. At first_________ were simply that: straightforward firsthand testimonials about the_________ of a product.
(A) Trademarks...contents
(B) Creeds...excellence
(C) Prejudices...flaws
(D) Reprimands...benefits
(E) Endorsements...virtues
6. By nature Toshiro was_________, given to striking up casual conversations with strangers he encountered at bus stops or check-out stands.
(A) Diffident (B) observant (C) reticent (D) gregarious (E) laconic
7. In the absence of native predators to stop their spread, imported deer_________ to such an inordinate degree that they overgrazed the countryside and_________ the native vegetation.
(A) thrived...threatened
(B) propagated...cultivated
(C) suffered...abandoned
(D) flourished...scrutinized
(E) dwindled...eliminated
8. He was habitually so docile and_________ that his friends could not understand his sudden_________ his employers,
(A) accommodating...outburst against
(B) incorrigible...suspicion of
(C) truculent...virulence toward
(D) erratic...envy of
(E) hasty...cordiality toward
9. That Mr. Willis's newest film is No. 1 at the box office this week is a testament to the star's_________ power and not to the reviews, which were_________ at best.
(A) waning...indifferent
(B) ongoing...glowing
(C) drawing...modest
(D) increasing...matchless
(E) unique...superb
10.The campus police who monitored the demonstrations had little respect for the student protesters, generally speaking of them in_________ terms.
(A) hyperbolic (B) euphemistic (C) pejorative (D) derivative (E) uncertain
