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1、SAT OCtest1word版OC1SECTION1The essay gives you an opportunity to show how effectively you can develop and express ideas. You should, therefore, takecare to develop your point of view, present your ideas logically and clearly, and use language precisely.Your essay must be written on the lines provide

2、d on your answer sheetyou will receive no other paper on which to write.You will have enough space if you write on every line, avoid wide margins, and keep your handwriting to a reasonable size.Remember that people who are not familiar with your handwriting will read what you write. Try to write or

3、print so that whatyou are writing is legible to those readers.Important Reminders: A pencil is required for the essay. An essay written in ink will receive a score of zero. Do not write your essay in your test book. You will receive credit only for what you write on youranswer sheet. An off-topic es

4、say will receive a score of zero.You have twenty-five minutes to write an essay on the topic assigned below.Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt and the assignment below.We often hear that we can learn much about someone or something just by casual observation.We are no

5、t required to look beneath the surface or to question how something seems. In fact, we are urged to trust our impressions, often our first impressions, of how a person or a situation seems to be. Yet appearances can be misleading. What “seems” isnt always what is.Assignment: Is the way something see

6、ms to be not always the same as it actually is? Plan and write an essay in which youdevelop your point of view on this issue. Support your position with reasoning and examples taken from yourreading, studies, experience, or observations.SECTION 21. Despite - on taking rare tamarins from their habita

7、t, the illegal trade in the tiny monkeysremains -.(A) commendations . . obligatory(B) consultations . . predominant(C) restrictions . . local(D) penalties . . illicit(E) prohibitions . . active2. Representing a round world on a flat surface is impossible without some -: the Mercator projection map s

8、hows Greenland as over ten times larger thanMexico, a country in fact only slightly smaller than Greenland.(A) oversight (B) simplification(C) distortion (D) sophistication (E) superficiality3. The highly publicized redesign of the car is essentially-the exterior has been updated, but the engine rem

9、ains unchanged.(A) intuitive (B) cosmetic (C) incoherent (D) consequential (E) retroactive4. Many of our memories are -, escaping our consciousness just as we strain to recall a face or a name.(A) elusive (B) pervasive (C) unvaried (D) insensitive (E) impractical5. Although Caroline Gordon was rigor

10、ously objectivein her journalistic writing, her lively and - private correspondence - a delightful capacity for bitingcommentary on the social scene.(A) incisive . . disguised(B) eloquent . . derided(C) dispassionate . . demonstrated(D) exuberant . . minimized(E) entertaining . . exhibited6. An effe

11、ctive member of a debating team must focus clearly on the - issue and avoid - arguments.(A) equivocal . . obstreperous(B) designated . . pertinent(C) comprehensive . . general(D) principal . . peripheral(E) subtle . . significant7. The - with which merchants and landowners in early-nineteenth-centur

12、y Maryland and Virginia -Joshua Johnstons professional services attests to hisartistic skill as a portrait painter.(A) avidness . . sought(B) diffidence . . purchased(C) patience . . replaced(D) elegance . . regarded(E) zealousness . . overlooked8. The mans colleagues characterized him as -because h

13、e had an irritable, quarrelsome disposition.(A) tyrannical (B) disingenuous (C) sanctimonious (D) cantankerous (E) moroseThe passages below are followed by questions based on their content; questions following a pair of related passages may alsobe based on the relationship between the paired passage

14、s. Answer the questions on the basis of what is stated or implied in thepassages and in any introductory material that may be provided.Questions 9-12 are based on the following passages.Passage 1 is by Dorothy Sayers; Passage 2 is adaptedfrom a work by Raymond Chandler.Passage 1The detective story d

15、oes not and cannot attain theloftiest level of literary achievement. Though it dealswith the most desperate effects of rage, jealousy, andrevenge, it rarely touches the heights and depths ofhuman passion. It presents us with an accomplished 5fact, and looks upon death with a dispassionate eye. Itdoe

16、s not show us the inner workings of the murderersmindit must not, for the identity of the criminal ishidden until the end of the book. The most successfulwriters are those who contrive to keep the story running 10from beginning to end upon the same emotional level,and it is better to err in the dire

17、ction of too little feelingthan too much.Passage 2I think what was really gnawing at Dorothy Sayers inher critique of the detective story was the realization that 15her kind of detective story was an arid formula unable tosatisfy its own implications. If the story started to be aboutreal people, the

18、y soon had to do unreal things to conformto the artificial pattern required by the plot. When they didunreal things, they ceased to be real themselves. Sayers 20own stories show that she was annoyed by this triteness.Yet she would not give her characters their heads and letthem make their own myster

19、y.9. Which best describes the relationship betweenthe two passages?(A) Passage 1 explains the evolution of a genre,while Passage 2 challenges the notion ofa distinct genre.(B) Passage 1 discusses the constraints of a genre, while Passage 2 contends that many of these constraints are self-imposed.(C)

20、 Passage 1 celebrates a genre, while Passage 2 points out its deficiencies.(D) Passage 1 explains the popularity of a genre, while Passage 2 questions its commercial success.(E) Passage 1 compares a genre unfavorablyto other types of writing, while Passage 2argues that the genre has unique features.

21、10. The author of Passage 2 would most likely respondto the statement in lines 4-5, Passage 1 (“it rarely . . .passion”), by(A) arguing that this approach limits the characters development(B) denying that most writers of detective storiesrely on formulas(C) agreeing that strong emotions are out of p

22、lacein detective stories(D) conceding that great literature is seldom commercially successful(E) concurring that readers are primarily interestedin plot11. Which of the following characteristics of detective stories presented in Passage 1 would be LEASTlikely to be attributed to the “pattern” mentio

23、nedin line 19, Passage 2 ?(A) “cannot attain the loftiest level of literary achievement” (lines 1-2)(B) “deals with the most desperate effects ofrage, jealousy, and revenge” (lines 2-4)(C) “presents us with an accomplished fact”(lines 5-6)(D) “looks upon death with a dispassionate eye”(line 6)(E) “d

24、oes not show us the inner workings of the murderers mind” (lines 7-8)12. Passage 1 suggests that Sayers would most likely respond to lines 17-20, Passage 2 (“If the story started. . . themselves”), by pointing out that(A) great writers seldom explore the range of human emotions(B) detective stories

25、do not address the consequences of peoples emotions(C) detective stories are driven by the plot, not bythe characters(D) readers of detective stories prefer unrealistic situations(E) real people often act in ways that are unexpectedQuestions 13-24 are based on the following passage.This passage is a

26、dapted from a series in which a collegeprofessor dramatizes the lectures of famous scientists fromthe past. Here he speaks as Louis Pasteur (1822-1895).In this part of the lecture, Pasteur has just described hisdiscovery of the effect of heating certain microbes thatinfect bottled beverages (the pro

27、cess later namedpasteurization).But these undesirable microbes! Where and how didthey arise? By spontaneous generation,* as some believe?When I began to ask these questions of myself and of mystudents and colleagues, my close friends said: “Oh, no,do not waste your time on such worthless philosophic

28、al 5problems. Many a scientist has floundered and perished inthe quagmire of spontaneous generation.” I replied: “Butthe origin of life is a profound problem.” With few excep-tions, past discourses on spontaneous generation have beenmetaphysical exercises conducted with great passion, but 10without

29、adding to our scientific knowledge.I could not set aside my burning desire to bring a littlestone, God willing, to the frail edifice of our knowledge ofthe deep mysteries of life and death, where all our intellectshave so lamentably failed. In defense of nonapplied science 15I have repeatedly told m

30、y students that without theory,practice is but routine. Only theory is able to cause thespirit of invention to arise and develop. It is important thatstudents should not share the opinion of those who disdaineverything in science that has no immediate application. In 20science, chance favors only th

31、e mind that is prepared.I repeat: in science, chance favors only the mind thatis prepared.I first confirmed the experiments of the Italian abb,Lazzaro Spallanzani, known also for his studies in gastric 25digestion. I made a nutritious broth, put it in a flask suchas this Pasteur holds up a large flask containing a brownsolution, heated it to violent boiling, and then sealed theneck of the flask in a flame. My results agreed with thoseof Spalla