SAT閱讀完成句子試題9
Practice Test 9
P 898
Section 4
1. 一開始只有衛生間外面的地毯是_________,因為破裂的水管里的水;最后整個走廊都被淹了。
Initially only the carpeting outside the restroom was __________ by water from the burst pipe; eventually the entire hallway flooded.
diverted v. 轉移
confined v. 有限的
scuttled v. 急走
cleansed v. 弄干凈
drenched v. 濕透的
2. 群居對狼和老鼠這樣的動物有好也有壞:群居讓動物來__________體溫,但是讓他們更___________被捕食者發現。
Communal nests have advantages and disadvantages for animals like wolves and mice: they enable the animals to _________ body heat, but leave them more __________ to discovery by predators.
insure v. 確保...inclined adj. 傾向于
maintain v. 維持...vulnerable adj. 易受攻擊的
squander v. 浪費...liable adj. 有責任的
stimulate v. 刺激...resistant adj. 反抗
retain v. 保持...immune adj. 免疫的
3. 他展示了類似病態的___________,非要知道他朋友私生活的所有細節不可。
He displayed a nearly pathological ___________, insisting on knowing every detail of his friends lives.
orderliness n. 整潔
credulity n. 易受騙
curiosity n. 好奇
shyness n. 害羞
morbidity n. 病態
4. 盡管全球努力來___________瘧疾,這個源自蚊子的疾病繼續___________:世界醫療組織估計這個疾病所感染的人還是達到5億人一年。
Despite global efforts to __________malaria, this mosquito-borne disease continues to ___________: the World Health Organization estimates that it still affects up to 500 million people a year.
cure v. 治療...flag v. 標記,衰退
foster v. 養育...thrive v. 興旺
combat v. 戰斗...abate v. 減少
scrutinize v. 詳細檢查...prosper v. 成功,繁榮
eradicate v. 根除...flourish v. 興旺,茂盛
5. 雖然被評審團所責難,對于電影評論員波林凱爾來說,這部電影似乎完全的___________和不太可能在冒犯。
Although condemned by the review panel, to film critic Pauline Kael the movie seemed entirely ___________ and unlikely to offend.
impressionable adj. 易受影響的
innocuous adj. 無害的
unsuitable adj. 不合適的
insensitive adj. 感覺遲鈍的,無感覺
unapproachable adj. 不可接近的
6. 評論家描述麥當娜斯彎阿德勒的自傳是一個____________的人的肖像,一個戰勝了一切困難的人。
The reviewer characterized Madonna Swan-Abdallas autobiography as a portrait of an ___________ person,
empathetic adj. 同感的
indomitable adj. 不服輸的,不可征服的
expeditious adj. 迅速的
idiosyncratic adj. 特質的
astute adj. 機敏的
7. 雖然營業了幾個月,這家公司其實___________,只通過___________活動來應付財務需求。
Although it stayed in business for several months, the company was actually ___________ and met its financial obligations by engaging in ___________ activities.
insolvent adj. 破產的,無力償還債務的...fraudulent adj. 欺騙性的
prudent adj. 審慎的...speculative adj. 思考的
autonomous adj. 自治的...subordinate adj. 下級的,次要的
bankrupt adj. 破產的...charitable adj. 慈善的
stable adj. 穩定的...manipulative adj. 操縱的
8. 瑪麗淑女的小說變態醫生圍繞著一個科學家的__________, 他自大到相信自己有能力控制大自然。
Mary Shelleys Frankenstein centers on a scientists ___________, the overweening pride that makes him believe he can usurp nature.
obstinacy n. 頑固
hubris n. 驕傲自大
impetuosity n. 沖動
valor n. 勇猛
callousness n. 冷漠
P 909
Section 6
1. 梅薩藤有一個_________的職業:這個職業_________ 從1929詩歌雜志出版了她熱切的詩開始,到1994她最后的詩選出版結束。
May Sarton had a __________ career: it __________ from 1929, when Poetry magazine published her eagerly sonnets, to 1994, when her last collection of poems came out.
limited adj. 受限制...developed v. 先進的
diverse adj. 多種多樣的...foundered v. 創始
variable adj. 可變的...declined v. 下降了
lengthy adj. 漫長的...lasted v. 延續,持久
sedate adj. 安詳的...soared v. 高飛,猛增
2. 近期的數據記錄了一個長著問號形狀鼻子的鯨魚非凡的潛水深過4,700英尺,__________早期的__________這些鯨魚是海里最深的潛水者之一。
Recent data recording a bottlenose whales phenomenal dive of over 4,700 feet _________ earlier _________ that such whales were among the seas deepest divers.
refuted v. 駁斥...theories n. 理論
challenged v. 挑戰...predictions n. 預測
confirmed v. 確認...speculations n. 推測
validated v. 確認...disclaimers n. 否認
substantiated v. 證實...doubts n. 懷疑
Practice Test 9
P 898
Section 4
1. 一開始只有衛生間外面的地毯是_________,因為破裂的水管里的水;最后整個走廊都被淹了。
Initially only the carpeting outside the restroom was __________ by water from the burst pipe; eventually the entire hallway flooded.
diverted v. 轉移
confined v. 有限的
scuttled v. 急走
cleansed v. 弄干凈
drenched v. 濕透的
2. 群居對狼和老鼠這樣的動物有好也有壞:群居讓動物來__________體溫,但是讓他們更___________被捕食者發現。
Communal nests have advantages and disadvantages for animals like wolves and mice: they enable the animals to _________ body heat, but leave them more __________ to discovery by predators.
insure v. 確保...inclined adj. 傾向于
maintain v. 維持...vulnerable adj. 易受攻擊的
squander v. 浪費...liable adj. 有責任的
stimulate v. 刺激...resistant adj. 反抗
retain v. 保持...immune adj. 免疫的
3. 他展示了類似病態的___________,非要知道他朋友私生活的所有細節不可。
He displayed a nearly pathological ___________, insisting on knowing every detail of his friends lives.
orderliness n. 整潔
credulity n. 易受騙
curiosity n. 好奇
shyness n. 害羞
morbidity n. 病態
4. 盡管全球努力來___________瘧疾,這個源自蚊子的疾病繼續___________:世界醫療組織估計這個疾病所感染的人還是達到5億人一年。
Despite global efforts to __________malaria, this mosquito-borne disease continues to ___________: the World Health Organization estimates that it still affects up to 500 million people a year.
cure v. 治療...flag v. 標記,衰退
foster v. 養育...thrive v. 興旺
combat v. 戰斗...abate v. 減少
scrutinize v. 詳細檢查...prosper v. 成功,繁榮
eradicate v. 根除...flourish v. 興旺,茂盛
5. 雖然被評審團所責難,對于電影評論員波林凱爾來說,這部電影似乎完全的___________和不太可能在冒犯。
Although condemned by the review panel, to film critic Pauline Kael the movie seemed entirely ___________ and unlikely to offend.
impressionable adj. 易受影響的
innocuous adj. 無害的
unsuitable adj. 不合適的
insensitive adj. 感覺遲鈍的,無感覺
unapproachable adj. 不可接近的
6. 評論家描述麥當娜斯彎阿德勒的自傳是一個____________的人的肖像,一個戰勝了一切困難的人。
The reviewer characterized Madonna Swan-Abdallas autobiography as a portrait of an ___________ person,
empathetic adj. 同感的
indomitable adj. 不服輸的,不可征服的
expeditious adj. 迅速的
idiosyncratic adj. 特質的
astute adj. 機敏的
7. 雖然營業了幾個月,這家公司其實___________,只通過___________活動來應付財務需求。
Although it stayed in business for several months, the company was actually ___________ and met its financial obligations by engaging in ___________ activities.
insolvent adj. 破產的,無力償還債務的...fraudulent adj. 欺騙性的
prudent adj. 審慎的...speculative adj. 思考的
autonomous adj. 自治的...subordinate adj. 下級的,次要的
bankrupt adj. 破產的...charitable adj. 慈善的
stable adj. 穩定的...manipulative adj. 操縱的
8. 瑪麗淑女的小說變態醫生圍繞著一個科學家的__________, 他自大到相信自己有能力控制大自然。
Mary Shelleys Frankenstein centers on a scientists ___________, the overweening pride that makes him believe he can usurp nature.
obstinacy n. 頑固
hubris n. 驕傲自大
impetuosity n. 沖動
valor n. 勇猛
callousness n. 冷漠
P 909
Section 6
1. 梅薩藤有一個_________的職業:這個職業_________ 從1929詩歌雜志出版了她熱切的詩開始,到1994她最后的詩選出版結束。
May Sarton had a __________ career: it __________ from 1929, when Poetry magazine published her eagerly sonnets, to 1994, when her last collection of poems came out.
limited adj. 受限制...developed v. 先進的
diverse adj. 多種多樣的...foundered v. 創始
variable adj. 可變的...declined v. 下降了
lengthy adj. 漫長的...lasted v. 延續,持久
sedate adj. 安詳的...soared v. 高飛,猛增
2. 近期的數據記錄了一個長著問號形狀鼻子的鯨魚非凡的潛水深過4,700英尺,__________早期的__________這些鯨魚是海里最深的潛水者之一。
Recent data recording a bottlenose whales phenomenal dive of over 4,700 feet _________ earlier _________ that such whales were among the seas deepest divers.
refuted v. 駁斥...theories n. 理論
challenged v. 挑戰...predictions n. 預測
confirmed v. 確認...speculations n. 推測
validated v. 確認...disclaimers n. 否認
substantiated v. 證實...doubts n. 懷疑