SAT语法练习题及答案解析.docx

1、SAT语法练习题及答案解析 SAT语法练习题及答案解析31. Unlike computer skills or other technical skills, there is a disinclination on the part of many people to recognize the degree to which their analytical skills are weak. (A) Unlike computer skills or other technical skills, there is a disinclination on the part of many

2、 people to recognize the degree to which their analytical skills are weak. (B) Unlike computer skills or other technical skills, which they admit they lack, many people are disinclined to recognize that their analytical skills are weak. (C) Unlike computer skills or other technical skills, analytica

3、l skills bring out a disinclination in many people to recognize that they are weak to a degree. (D) Many people, willing to admit that they lack computer skills or other technical skills, are disinclined to recognize that their analytical skills are weak. (E) Many people have a disinclination to rec

4、ognize the weakness of their analytical skills while willing to admit their lack of computer skills or other technical skills. 32. Some buildings that were destroyed and heavily damaged in the earthquake last year were constructed in violation of the citys building code. (A) Some buildings that were

5、 destroyed and heavily damaged in the earthquake last year were (B) Some buildings that were destroyed or heavily damaged in the earthquake last year had been (C) Some buildings that the earthquake destroyed and heavily damaged last year have been (D) Last year the earthquake destroyed or heavily da

6、maged some buildings that have been (E) Last year some of the buildings that were destroyed or heavily damaged in the earthquake had been 33. From the earliest days of the tribe, kinship determined the way in which the Ojibwa society organized its labor, provided access to its resources, and defined

7、 rights and obligations involved in the distribution and consumption of those resources. (A) and defined rights and obligations involved in the distribution and consumption of those resources (B) defining rights and obligations involved in their distribution and consumption (C) and defined rights an

8、d obligations as they were involved in its distribution and consumption (D) whose rights and obligations were defined in their distribution and consumption (E) the distribution and consumption of them defined by rights and obligations 34. A report by the American Academy for the Advancement of Scien

9、ce has concluded that much of the currently uncontrolled dioxins to which North Americans are exposed comes from the incineration of wastes. (A) much of the currently uncontrolled dioxins to which North Americans are exposed comes (B) much of the currently uncontrolled dioxins that North Americans a

10、re exposed to come (C) much of the dioxins that are currently uncontrolled and that North Americans are exposed to comes (D) many of the dioxins that are currently uncontrolled and North Americans are exposed to come (E) many of the currently uncontrolled dioxins to which North Americans are exposed

11、 come 35. In June of 1987, The Bridge of Trinquetaille, Vincent van Goghs view of an iron bridge over the Rhone sold for $20.2 million and it was the second highest price ever paid for a painting at auction. (A) Rhone sold for $20.2 million and it was (B) Rhone, which sold for $20.2 million, was (C)

12、 Rhone, was sold for $20.2 million, (D) Rhone was sold for $20.2 million, being (E) Rhone, sold for $20.2 million, and was 36. Bufo marinus toads, fierce predators that will eat frogs, lizards, and even small birds, are native to South America but were introduced into Florida during the 1930s in an

13、attempt to control pests in the states vast sugarcane fields. (A) are native to South America but were introduced into Florida during the 1930s in an attempt to control (B) are native in South America but were introduced into Florida during the 1930s as attempts to control (C) are natives of South A

14、merica but were introduced into Florida during the 1930s in an attempt at controlling (D) had been native to South America but were introduced to Florida during the 1930s as an attempt at controlling (E) had been natives of South America but were introduced to Florida during the 1930s as attempts at

15、 controlling 37. While some academicians believe that business ethics should be integrated into every business course, others say that students will take ethics seriously only if it would be taught as a separately required course. (A) only if it would be taught as a separately required course (B) on

16、ly if it is taught as a separate, required course (C) if it is taught only as a course required separately (D) if it was taught only as a separate and required course (E) if it would only be taught as a required course, separately 38. Scientists have observed large concentrations of heavy-metal depo

17、sits in the upper twenty centimeters of Baltic Sea sediments, which are consistent with the growth of industrial activity there. (A) Baltic Sea sediments, which are consistent with the growth of industrial activity there (B) Baltic Sea sediments, where the growth of industrial activity is consistent

18、 with these findings (C) Baltic Sea sediments, findings consistent with its growth of industrial activity (D) sediments from the Baltic Sea, findings consistent with the growth of industrial activity in the area (E) sediments from the Baltic Sea, consistent with the growth of industrial activity the

19、re 39. For members of the seventeenth-century Ashanti nation in Africa, animal-hide shields with wooden frames were essential items of military equipment, a method to protect warriors against enemy arrows and spears. (A) a method to protect (B) as a method protecting (C) protecting (D) as a protecti

20、on of (E) to protect 40. In metalwork one advantage of adhesive-bonding over spot-welding is that the contact, and hence the bonding, is effected continuously over a broad surface instead of a series of regularly spaced points with no bonding in between. (A) instead of (B) as opposed to (C) in contr

21、ast with (D) rather than at (E) as against being a 参考答案见下一页：参考答案： Answer to Question 31 Choice D is best. Choice A illogically compares skills to a disinclination; choice B compares skills to many people. Choice C makes the comparison logical by casting analytical skills as the subject of the senten

22、ce, but it is awkward and unidiomatic to say skills bring out a disinclination. Also in C, the referent of they is unclear, and weak to a degree changes the meaning of the original statement. In E, have a disinclination. while willing is grammatically incomplete, and admit their lack should be admit

23、 to their lack. By making people the subject of the sentence, D best expresses the intended contrast, which pertains not so much to skills as to peoples willingness to recognize different areas of weakness. Answer to Question 32 Choice B is best. Choices A and C illogically state that some buildings

24、 were both destroyed and damaged; or is needed to indicate that each of the buildings suffered either one fate or the other. In using only one verb tense, were, A fails to indicate that the buildings were constructed before the earthquake occurred. Choices C and D use the present perfect tense incor

25、rectly, saying in effect that the buildings have been constructed after they were destroyed last year. Choice E suggests that the construction of the buildings, rather than the earthquake, occurred last year, thus making the sequence of events unclear. Only B uses verb tenses correctly to indicate t

26、hat construction of the buildings was completed prior to the earthquake. Answer to Question 33 Choice A is best. The activities listed are presented as parallel ideas and should thus be expressed in grammatically parallel structures. Choice A correctly uses the simple past tense defined to parallel

27、organized and provided. Choice A also correctly joins the last two parallel phrases with and and clearly expresses the relationship of rights and obligations to resources. Choice C preserves parallelism but is wordy, and its has no logical referent. Choices B, D, and E each replace the verb phrase w

28、ith a subordinate modifier, violating parallelism and making the statements ungrammatical. Furthermore, it is unclear what defining . consumption in B is intended to modify; in D, whose incorrectly attributes rights and obligations to resources, and E presents rights and obligations as defining, rat

29、her than as being defined. Answer to Question 34 Choices A, B, and C are flawed because the countable noun dioxins should be modified by many rather than much, which is used with uncountable nouns such as work and happiness. In addition, both A and C incorrectly use the singular verb comes with the

30、plural noun dioxins. Choices C and D are needlessly wordy, and D requires that before North Americans, to be grammatically complete. Choice E, the best answer, is both grammatically correct and concise. Answer to Question 35 A comma is needed after Rhone in choices A and D to set off the modifying p

31、hrase that begins Vincent.; without the comma, the phrase appears to be part of the main clause, and it is thus unclear what noun should govern the verb sold. Furthermore, it in A has no logical referent, and being in D is not idiomatic. Choices B and E produce the illogical statement that the paint

32、ing was the second highest price. Choice C, the best answer, avoids this problem by using a noun phrase in which price clearly refers to $20.2 million. And by using a comma after Rhone to set off the phrase that modifies The Bridge of Trinquetaille, C makes the painting the subject of was sold. Answer to Question 36 Choice A is best. The phrasing are native to correctly suggests that the toad species is indigen