正文节选
一、SAT语法是什么?有什么特点
SAT语法考查标准书面语(standard written English),注意和口语的区分。
SAT语法考点规律性强,容易掌握。
SAT语法考点明确,解题方法性强。
SAT语法需要高中的语法基础,但不局限于高中语法。
二、分布及题型
在不加试语法的情况下,SAT语法在全部考试中占2个区,1个25分钟区,1个10分钟区,总答题时间为35分钟,答题数目为49道题。题型如下:
题型1: IS (Improving Sentence)
即句子改进题,要求将题目中画线部分进行改进,选出最佳选项,如果原句最佳,应选A。
例如:
I had never encounteredsuch arrogance before, I did not know how to react.(2010.10-Sec 10-11)
(A)I had never encountered
(B)I never encountered
(C)Never had I encountered
(D)Never having encountered
(E)Never did I encounter
答案:(D)
题型2: ISE (Identifying Sentence Error)
即挑错题,要求从题目画线的选项中选出一个错误的表达,如果没有错误,应选E。
例如:
Endangered(A)for decades by hunting(B)and the use of pesticides, the bald eagle, with its(C)snowy-feathered head and white tail, are now(D)making a comeback. No error(E)(2010.5-Sec 7-21)
答案:(D)
题型3: IP (Improving Paragraph)
即篇章改进题,要求阅读一篇10~15句话的短篇文章,并按照题目要求对文章某处进行改进。
例如:
(1)Most of my classmates have no idea what they want to do when they graduate.(2)They are similar to me.(3)Many different things are interesting to them.(4)My classmates are not sure how to decide which one is most important.(5)Yet, how any of these interests can turn into a career is not known.
(6)This problem worried me a great deal until recently, when I read an article about Mac Jemison, who as the first African American woman to become an astronaut.(7)Jemison is another person who seems to have had so many interests that she hardly knew which to pursue. (8)In college she majored in chemical engineering and African American studies but then changed her mind and went to medical school.(9)After practicing medicine in the United States for a few years, for example, she joined the Peace Corps and went to West Africa. (10)When she returned, she applied to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration(NASA)and became a mission specialist, conducting scientific experiments aboard Spacelab and on the shuttle Endeavour.(11)After she had retired from NASA, Jemison taught college, founded an international science camp for high school students, and once went to be on Star Trek: Next Generario—among many other things.
(12)I think this is amazing.(13)It shows me that 1 don’t have to give up activities I love—sports or music, for instance—or settle for a job that doesn’t really interest me.(14)I can choose a career that includes activities that interest me, and l can even change careers if I find something that interests me more.
30. In context, which of the following is the best way to revise and combine the underlined portion of sentences2, 3, and 4(reproduced below)?(2009.1-Sec 6-30)
They are similar to me. Many different things are interesting to them. My classmates are notsure how to decide which one is most important.
(A)Like me, they are interested in many different things, but they are not
(B)Like me in their interests in many different things, but not really
(C)My classmates, similar to me, find many different things interesting, but not
(D)They, similarly to me, are interested in many different things, but I am not
(E)Similarly, they are like me; having many different things that interest them but not being
答案:(A)
31. In context, which is the most effective version of sentence 5 (reproduced below)? (2009.1-Sec 6-31)
Yet, how any of these interests can turn into a career is not known.
(A)(As it is now)
(B)Moreover, they do not know how to go about turning any of their interests into a career.
(C)Still, these students did not know how to turn their interests into careers.
(D)So we do not know how a career could result from any of their interests.
(E)Clearly, I do not know how any of my interests can turn into a career.
答案:(B)
32. In context, which is the best replacement for the underlined words in sentence 9(reproduced
below)?(2009.1-Sec 6-32)
After practicing medicine in the United States for a few years, for example, she joined the Peace Corps and went to West Africa.
(A)accordingly (B)consequently
(C)therefore (D)however
(E)by the way
答案:(D)
33. What is the best version of the underlined part of sentence 11(reproduced below)?(2009.1-Sec 6-33)
After she had retired from NASA, Jemison taught college, founded an international science camp for high school students, and once went tobe on Star Trek:The Next Generation—amongmany other things.
(A)appearing (B)makes an appearance
(C)appeared as a character (D)to be a character
(E)they asked her to be
答案:(C)
34. The second paragraph(sentences 6-11)would be most strengthened by adding(2009.1-Sec 6-34)
(A)information about what led Jemison to make any of her career choice
(B)the names of the college and medical school Jemison graduated from
(C)examples of the scientific experiments Jemison conducted
(D)details about Jemison’s medical career
(E)an explanation of the term “mission specialist”
答案:(A)
35. In context, which of the following versions of sentence 12(reproduced below)is most effective?
(2009.1-Sec 6-35)
I think this is amazing.
(A)I believe Jemison is an extraordinarily gifted person.
(B)Jemison showed great courage in pursuing her dream.
(C)It must be very exciting to be an astronaut.
(D)I was very surprised to read about Jemison’s ideas.
(E)I find Jemison’s story very reassuring.
答案:(E)