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1、SAT1201完整版Section 1ESSAY 25 minutesPROMPT 1Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt and the assignment:Most people tend to trust others too readily. To avoid being taken advantage of, however, it is generally wise to be doubtful and suspicious of others motives or honesty.

2、Many people would agree that if you find yourself doubting other peoples sincerity or questioning their intentions, your instincts are probably correct. You are less likely to regret being cautious than being too trusting.Assignment: Is it wise to be suspicious of the motives or honesty of other peo

3、ple, even those who appear to be trustworthy? Plan and write an essay in which you develop your point of view on this issue. Support your position with reasoning and examples taken from your reading, studies, experience, or observations.Prompt 2Think carefully about the issue presented in the follow

4、ing excerpt and the assignment below.People who complain about progress and change expose themselves to criticism. Yet there is always a subtle danger in lifes improvements and refinements, a drawback or disadvantage that occurs along with the benefits of progress. It sometimes seems that we devote

5、half of our time to making what we call improvementsin our lives, our work, our relationshipsbut so often the original conditions had some quality that is lost in the process of change.Adapted from E.B. White, Progress and ChangeAssignment: Does improvement or progress usually involve a significant

6、drawback or problem of some kind? Plan and write an essay in which you develop your point of view on this issue. Support your position with reasoning and examples taken from your reading, studies, experience, or observations.Prompt 3Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt

7、and the assignment below.Learning and doing are their own rewards. No external rewards are required. Yet when external rewards are introducedwhether attention and praise from parents or prizes from teachersthese rewards exert a substantial influence. Instead of reading books to find out about the wo

8、rld, kids will read to win prizes. Kids will produce for rewards, but the quality of their activity and their interest in it will be dramatically altered.Adapted from Barry Schwartz, The Costs of LivingAssignment: Is it wrong or harmful to motivate people to learn or achieve something by offering th

9、em rewards? Plan and write an essay in which you develop your point of view on this issue. Support your position with reasoning and examples taken from your reading, studies, experience, or observations.Prompt 4Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt and the assignment bel

10、ow.We almost always tend to treat people on the basis of what they have done: the star athlete is recognized and rewarded with a college scholarship, while the lawbreaker is prosecuted and punished. But our past deeds provide only a partial measure of our real worth as human beings. We should be tre

11、ated according to what we are capable of accomplishing, regardless of what we may or may not have actually done.Assignment: Should people be treated according to what they are capable of achieving instead of what they have actually done? Plan and write an essay in which you develop your point of vie

12、w on this issue. Support your position with reasoning and examples taken from your reading, studies, experience, or observations.SECTION 2Time25 minutes24 Questions1. Jacob felt great_ about his upcoming trip to Brazil; indeed, he could hardly contain his enthusiasm.(A) concern (B) uncertainty (C) c

13、onfusion (D) generosity (E) excitement2. The professors classroom manner was quite_, never revealing the warmth and playfulness she showed in private.(A) witty (B) sincere (C) lively (D) formal (E) friendly3. Instead of taking notes during the interview, the journalist recorded the celebritys remark

14、s on tape and later_ them.(A) disavowed (B) transcribed (C) anticipated (D) retracted (E) recollected4. Like several other important advances in medicine, penicillin was a somewhat_ discovery resulting from_ combination of blind chance and technical expertise.(A) progressive . a reliable(B) wonderfu

15、l. an unlucky(C) untimely . a profitable(D) ordinary . an unfortunate(E) accidental. a favorable5. Author Luis Zalamea calls novel writing a_ experience, one that cleanses him of feelings of rebellion and frustration.(A) subliminal (B) perpetual (C) stupefying (D) cathartic (E) corrosive6. The scien

16、tist was_ in her evaluation of her own research, choosing to analyze and report on seemingly_ results as well as those that were more expected.(A) meticulous . aberrant(B) resolute . embryonic(C) deferential. . convoluted(D) objective . quotidian(E) myopic . unequivocal7. Writer John Worthen suggest

17、ed that, in some cases, biographers should be_, considering all available details rather than making_ a first principle.(A) forthright. relevance(B) cynical. incrimination(C) inclusive . selection(D) libelous . discrimination(E) comprehensive . drudgery8. Grover Pease Osbornes 1893 economics treatis

18、e was remarkably_ since it foresaw that technological advances would increase the availability of natural resources.(A) naive (B) tenacious (C) prescient (D) influential (E) intelligibleQuestions 9-10 are based on the following passage.The package that arrived yesterday contained foliage from the mo

19、st famous tamarind tree in India, the tree that spreads over the tomb of the legendary singer Tansen, who brought on the rains just by singing about them, and whose golden voice caused the Emperor Akbar to proclaim him one of the nine gems of his court. Even today, Tansens reputation is such that si

20、ngers travel to his tomb to pluck foliage from the branches to make into throat concoctions, hoping their voices will become as pure as that of their illustrious predecessor, he who had caused the palace lamps to light up just by singing the Deepak Raag four centuries ago.9. The narrator refers to t

21、he rains (line 4) and the palace lamps (line 7) primarily to(A) explain the purpose of a practice(B) illustrate the depths of a passion(C) dramatize the magnitude of a talent(D) emphasize the soundness of a belief(E) show the consequences of a decision10. The passage implies that the singers (line 7

22、) view Tansen with(A) consternation(B) ambivalence(C) wariness(D) pride(E) awe, reverenceQuestions 11-12 are based on the following passage.Archaeologists have traditionally thought that the rise of agriculture required early farmers to settle down near their crops. But new findings suggest that Cat

23、alhoyuk, Turkey a large Neolithic village of such early farmers was smack in the middle of marshy wetlands. Archaeologist Arlene Rosens analysis of fossil remains of wheat and barley found at indicates that the grain was grown in a dry area. Some experts reject the implication that Catalhoyuks farme

24、rs cultivated distant fields, since large quantities of grain would have had to be transported. However, archaeobotanist Eleni Asouti has shown that the wood used for construction at Catalhoyuk grew at least twelve kilometers away from the village.11. Which of the following, if true, would most chal

25、lenge the implication (line 8)?(A) Catalhoyuks farmers obtained through trade the wheat and barley that Rosen analyzed.(B) Catalhoyuks farmers understood the impact of soil conditions on crop productivity.(C) Catalhoyuks farmers alternated on an annual basis the crops they planted.(D) Catalhoyuks fa

26、rmers shared wheat and barley fields with neighboring villages.(E) Catalhoyuks fanners used wood that deteriorated in the damp environment.12. The author mentions Asoutis research most likely because it(A) undermines the claim that the villagers somehow transported materials across distances(B) rein

27、forces archaeologists traditional view of the rise of agriculture(C) provides support for the view that Catalhoyuks farmers could have cultivated distant fields(D) offers a unique perspective on Neolithic farming practices(E) qualifies Rosens theories about the Catalhoyuk farmersQuestions 13-24 are

28、based on the following passages.Passage 1 is adapted from a 2000 book written by a historian; Passage 2 is adapted from a 1990 autobiography of a well-known African American photographer.Passage 1In the mid-1930s, photographer Margaret Bourke-White wrote an essay in which she explained (perhaps to h

29、erself as much as to the reading public) the significance of a photographers point of view. She claimed that this aspect was paramount, transcending all the necessary, technical elements in the image-making process. The principal questions Bourke-White posed in the essay reveal a personal test of so

30、rts in judging a photographers point of viewHow alive is he? Does he know what is happening in the world? How sensitive has he become during the course of his own photographic development to the world- shaking changes in the social scene about him? Here the ideal photographer proves his or her worth

31、iness in the profession by having developed a social consciousness along the way; the extent to which he or she may be taken seriously as a professional rides on a level of sensitivity to social issues.If Bourke-White came to documentary photography through a desire to bring her work closer to the r

32、ealities of life, as she wrote in 1936, she probably recognized the advantages that words could offer her images. At the same time that Bourke-Whites pictures of people needed supportive text, Southern novelist Erskine Caldwells words about people needed pictures. In 1936 Caldwell found himself in search of the best photographer available. He intended to make a comprehensive survey of the American South in an attempt to prove that the soci