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SATOG解析7整理版
BookTest#7:
Section1
SampleEssay-Scoreof6
Everyonegoesthroughtheirlivesseeingandexperiencingdifferentthings.Attimes,thesedifferentsituationsmaycauseonetoactdifferentlythananotherwouldinthesamesituation.Itcanbereadilystatedthat“Easedoesnotchallengeus;adversityhelpsusdiscoverwhoweare.”Throughliterature,onecanseehowthisstatementprovestobetrue.
Intheplay,“TheEnemyofthePeople”,byHenrikIbsen,theprotagonist,Dr.Stockholm,facedadversity,andthroughthat,wasabletodiscoverhistruebeliefsandwhohewas.BeforeDr.Stockholmwasputinasituationwherehehadtofaceadversity,hehadlivedhislifewithmildeaseandregularity.Heactedjustlikeeveryoneelseinthetownhelivedin.Yearslater,hediscoveredthatthepopularbathhouseswasinfectedwithbacteria.Determinedtospreadhisfindings,Dr.Stockholmwenttothenewspaperandthelocalgoverningofficetotryandmakehisdiscoveryknown.However,boththepaperandthegovernmentweren’tasinspiredtoreallyletthepublicknowaboutthisseriousproblemduetothepopularityofthebathhouses.Asaresult,Dr.Stockholmwasforcedtofaceadversityandfindawaytoachievehispreviouslysetgoal.Throughadversity,Stockholmwasabletotruelyseehowhispersonalitywas.Hewasabletounderstandhisseverediscontentwiththegovernmentandsocietyasawhole.Inessence,Stockholmwasabletodiscoverhisactualself.This,however,onlyhappenedwhenhewasfacedwithachallenge.
Thebook,“WheretheHeartis”byBillieLettsalsousedadversitytoportrayit’scharacterstruebeing.Theprotagonist,NovaleeNation,wasplacedinasituationwhereshehadtorealizeandconqueradversity.Novaleewasayounggirlof17,whowaspregnant.Shehadexperiencedextremehardshipherwholelifeinthetrailerparkenvironmentthatshehadpreviouslyresidedin.Shealsoreceivedlotsofabusefromherboyfriendwhoimpregnatedher.Inthestory,hehadleftherstrandedinaK-Martallbyherself,whileshewaspregnant.Allalone,Novallehadtofindawaytokeepherselfandherbabyalive.Alongtheway,throughadversity,Novallefoundhertrue,kindself.Shealsomadecountlessdiscoveriesthroughmeetingdifferentpeople.Amongthosethingswashertrueloveforphotographyandliterature,andmostofallheryearningforloveinherlife.
Inthefaceofadversity,weallactdifferently.Weeachhavedifferentideasandmethodsthatweareaccustomedtousefordifferentsituations.Byactingandmakingdecisionsonourown,asweareoftentimesforcedtodowhengivenachallenge,weareabletofindoutwhowetruelyareandwhatwetruelybelievein.ThecharactersDr.StockholmandNovaleeNationareexamplesofthatkindofpeopleinliterature.However,inliteratureandlife,itisallthesame.Easedoesnotchallengeus;adversityhelpsusdiscoverwhoweare.
Section 3
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ExplanationforCorrectAnswer B:
Choice（B）iscorrect.Itavoidstheerroroftheoriginalbyprovidinganoun,"MotherTeresa,"thatcanbeproperlymodifiedbytheclause"Whileworking...Calcutta."
ExplanationforIncorrectAnswer A:
Choice（A）involvesimpropermodification.Theopeningclause（"Whileworking...Calcutta"）cannotlogicallymodifyatime（"thatwaswhen..."）.
ExplanationforIncorrectAnswer C:
Choice（C）involvesanerrorinmodification.Theopeningclause（"Whileworking...Calcutta"）cannotlogicallymodifyatime（"then"）.
ExplanationforIncorrectAnswer D:
Choice（D）includesamodificationerror.Theopeningclause（"Whileworking...Calcutta"）cannotlogicallymodify"MotherTeresa'sprofoundlove."
ExplanationforIncorrectAnswer E:
Choice（E）involvesimpropermodification.Theopeningclause（"Whileworking...Calcutta"）cannotlogicallymodify"aprofoundlove."
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ExplanationforCorrectAnswer B:
Choice（B）iscorrect.Itavoidstheerroroftheoriginalbyprovidinganinfinitive（"tohold"）toparalleltheearlierinfinitive"toreturn."
ExplanationforIncorrectAnswer A:
Choice（A）includesexcesswords.Thewords"andtheywouldhold"shouldsimplybe"tohold."
ExplanationforIncorrectAnswer C:
Choice（C）resultsinanillogicalstatement.Itdoesnotmakesensetosuggestthatbyagreeing"toreturntotheirdistricts,"thelegislatorshelda"seriesoftownmeetings."
ExplanationforIncorrectAnswer D:
Choice（D）involvesimproperidioms."Returning"isnotsomethingthatthelegislatorswouldlogically"agreewith."Theywouldagree"toreturn"instead.Furthermore,"forholdingof"shouldbethemoreidiomatic"tohold."
ExplanationforIncorrectAnswer E:
Choice（E）distortstheintendedmeaningofthesentencebysuggestingthatitwasduringtheirtriptotheirdistrictsthatthelegislatorsagreedto"theholdingoftownmeetings."
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ExplanationforCorrectAnswer D:
Choice（D）iscorrect.Itavoidstheerroroftheoriginalbyprovidingamainverb（"used"）toexpressacompletethought.
ExplanationforIncorrectAnswer A:
Choice（A）isasentencefragment.Thereisnomainverb（onlytheverbal"using"）tocompletethethought.
ExplanationforIncorrectAnswer B:
Choice（B）isasentencefragment.Thereisnomainverbtocompletethethought.
ExplanationforIncorrectAnswer C:
Choice（C）resultsinanawkwardconstructionthatdistortstheintendedmeaningofthesentence.The"medievalChinesewarriors"performedasingleaction（usingkitestosurveyenemytroops）,notatwo-partaction（usingkitesandsurveying）asthesentencesuggests.
ExplanationforIncorrectAnswer E:
Choice（E）involvesisanillogicalstatement.Thephrase"usedmannedkitessurveyingenemytroops"suggeststhatthekitesaloneweresurveying.Toproperlyconveytheideathatthekiteswereusedtosurveyenemytroops,"in"shouldbeaddedbefore"surveying."
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ExplanationforCorrectAnswer D:
Choice（D）iscorrect.Itavoidstheerroroftheoriginalbyprovidingasingularverb,"was,"toagreewiththesingularsubject,"one."
ExplanationforIncorrectAnswer A:
Choice（A）involvesanerrorinsubject-verbagreement.Thepluralverb"were"cannotagreewiththesingularsubject"one."
ExplanationforIncorrectAnswer B:
Choice（B）involvesanerrorinagreement.Thepluralverb"were"doesnotagreewiththesingular"something."
ExplanationforIncorrectAnswer C:
Choice（C）involvesanerrorinsubject-verbagreement.Thepluralverb"were"doesnotagreewithitssingularsubject,"one."
ExplanationforIncorrectAnswer E:
Choice（E）involvesaninappropriateidiomthatdistortstheintendedmeaningofthesentence.Itdoesn'tmakesensetosaythatpeoplethoughtofabreakfastfood"aswrong."
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ExplanationforCorrectAnswer E:
Choice（E）iscorrect.Itavoidstheerroroftheoriginalbyremovingunnecessarywords.
ExplanationforIncorrectAnswer A:
Choice（A）includesexcesswords.Thephrase"alesseramountofworktodo"couldbereducedtothemoreprecise"lessworktodo."
ExplanationforIncorrectAnswer B:
Choice（B）makesnosense.Itdoesnotmakesensetodescribe"work"asbeing"leastamongtheircolleagues."
ExplanationforIncorrectAnswer C:
Choice（C）involvesanerrorinverbform.Theverbphrase"werehaving"shouldsimplybe"had."
ExplanationforIncorrectAnswer D:
Choice（D）isawkwardandconfusing.Itdoesnotmakesensetocharacterize"theworktheyhadtodo"as"theleastoftheircolleagues."
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ExplanationforCorrectAnswer E:
Choice（E）iscorrect.Itavoidstheerroroftheoriginalbyproperlyconveyingtheintendedcomparison.
ExplanationforIncorrectAnswer A:
Choice（A）involvesanillogicalcomparison."Filmaudiencesinthe1950's"cannotlogicallybecomparedwith"the1960'sand1970's."
ExplanationforIncorrectAnswer B:
Choice（B）resultsinanillogicalcomparison.Itisnotlogicaltocompare"Filmaudiences..."with"the1960'sand1970's."
ExplanationforIncorrectAnswer C:
Choice（C）isillogical."Filmaudiences"cannotlogicallybecomparedwith"films."
ExplanationforIncorrectAnswer D:
Choice（D）involvesimproperdiction.Tocorrectlymakethecomparison,thewords"withthe"shouldbechangedto"did."
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ExplanationforCorrectAnswer A:
Choice（A）iscorrect.Itavoidstheerrorsoftheotherchoicesbyproperlycomparingpeople（"Americanarchitects"）withaperson（"FrankLloydWright"）.
ExplanationforIncorrectAnswer B:
Choice（B）presentsanillogicalcomparison.Athing（"inspiration"）cannotlogicallybecomparedwithaperson（"FrankLloydWright"）.
ExplanationforIncorrectAnswer C:
Choice（C）resultsinanillogicalcomparison.Athing（"FrankLloydWright'sarchitecture"）cannotlogicallybecomparedwithpeople（"Americanarchitects"）.
ExplanationforIncorrectAnswer D:
Choice（D）presentsanillogicalcomparison.People（"Americanarchitects"）cannotlogicallybecomparedwithathing（"designs"）.
ExplanationforIncorrectAnswer E:
Choice（E）resultsinanillogicalcomparison.Things（"FrankLloydWright'sinspirations"）cannotlogicallybecomparedwithpeople（"Americanarchitects"）.
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ExplanationforCorrectAnswer D:
Choice（D）iscorrect.Itavoidstheerrorsoftheoriginalbyproperlycomparing"poetry"to"fiction"and"drama"andbycorrectlycompletingthecorrelativeconstruction"either...or."
ExplanationforIncorrectAnswer A:
Choice（A）involvesanillogicalc
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