【2017年整理】SAT OG阅读解析.doc

SAT Practice Test #1 P391——Section 2 自然景观的美 6. ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS Explanation for Correct Answer?D :? Choice (D) is correct. 最后一句”felt good’，体现作者全文的语气是正态度，positive，而第一自然段全部都是对自然景物的描写，所以D is correct. 10  7.ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS Explanation for Correct Answer?B :? Choice (B) is correct. 文章中大量的文字都在用拟人的写法，whistling and moaning, whipped, punishing wind, stars winked on。文学作品惯用的修辞手法就是metaphorical language. 11  8.ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS Explanation for Correct Answer?C :? Choice (C) is correct. 文章首句”In 1843 Augusta Ada King published an influential set of notes describing Charles Babbage’s conception of an analytical engine…包括第二句”以及转折句” her fascinating life and lineage”，都解释了为什么King is celebrated.而文章转折句”have turned her into an icon”以及尾句”only King has had a computer language named after her: Ada”解释了”how King is celebrated”. 12  9.ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS Explanation for Correct Answer?A :? Choice (A) is correct. 文章转折句”However, her fascinating life and lineage… have turned her into an icon”说明她的lineage，即血统，世系对她的成名起了很大的作用。 P392 10.ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS Explanation for Correct Answer?D :? Choice (D) is correct. 文章引言”Here, he offers his views on the historical relationship between Black Americans and Black Africans”，暗示全文讲述的是两者之间的relationship，对应Ｄ选项和Ｅ选项，而Ｅ选项的cultural ties”范围太小，仅仅只是文化的关系，而全文讲述了Black Americans and Black Africans的身份认同问题(Line21-22, sustain links with the continent of their origin )，文化只是一方面而已。 14  11.ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS Explanation for Correct Answer?B :? Choice (B) is correct. Line 5-7, ancestor were sending…to descendants，并且两个形容词clear and powerful，可以排除A选项的veiled, B选项的questionable，只有B选项的cautionary，劝诫的，告诫性的，对应的最好。 15  12.ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS Explanation for Correct Answer?C :? Choice (C) is correct. 跳过例子顾后，line 16-20，文章尾句”this is …pull of one’s heritage, our inborn curiosity in our origins…”,所以C is correct. 16  13.ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS Explanation for Correct Answer?E :? Choice (E) is correct. line41-42, shadowy imagini