SAT之OC语法题含答案

39. Knowing the roots of words that are hard to spell helps students to become a better speller. (A) helps students to become a better speller (B) is helpful to students who want to be a better (C) helps students to become better spellers

(D) is helpful to students in becoming a better speller (E) helps a student be better spellers

40. Most experts believe that young children’s not being given physical affection, this interferes with their normal development. (A) young children’s not being given physical affection, this interferes (B) for young children who have had physical

(C) the failure at giving young children physical affection would interfere (D) when withholding physical affection from young children, it interferes (E) the withholding of physical affection from young children interferes

41. Electronic bulletin boards, combining the convenience of a telephone with the massive information storage capacity of a computer, present messages on diverse subjects as astronomy, artificial intelligence, and skydiving. (A) diverse subjects as

(B) diverse subjects that are (C) subjects of such diversity as (D) subjects as diverse as (E) a subject as diverse as

42. Free from British rule after the American Revolution, a strong central government was an idea that many of the representatives attending the Constitutional Convention were wary of. (A) a strong central government was an idea that many of the representatives attending the Constitutional Convention were wary of

(B) the idea of a strong central government made wary many of the representatives attending the Constitutional Convention

(C) many of the representatives attending the Constitutional Convention were wary of a strong central government

(D) many representatives at the Constitutional Convention felt wary toward a strong central government

(E) many representatives at the Constitutional Convention, wary of a strong central government

43. Being cleaner and longer-burning compared with bituminous coal, anthracite was the first coal widely used in the United States for both domestic and industrial purposes.

(A) Being cleaner and longer-burning compared with

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(B) Both cleaner and more longer-burning compared to (C) Cleaner and longer-burning than

(D) By burning longer and more clean than (E) Cleaner as well as longer-burning. Unlike

44. At graduation, the speaker assured us that our many courses in the liberal arts had prepared us equally well for the challenges of working and further study. (A) had prepared us equally well for the challenges of working and further study (B) had prepared us equally well for the challenges of work and of further study (C) has supplied the preparation for challenging work along with further study (D) leaves us prepared for the challenges of work and further study both

(E) were the preparation for making the challenges of work or further study easier

45. Modern bluegrass songs, telling of love and despair and celebrating mountain beauty. Reflect the genre’s rural origins.

(A) Modern bluegrass songs, telling of love and despair and celebrating mountain beauty.

(B) Modern bluegrass songs through their telling of love and despair and celebrating mountain beauty,

(C) Because modern bluegrass songs tell of love and despair and also celebrating mountain beauty, they

(D) With modern bluegrass songs that tell of love and despair and celebrate mountain beauty, they

(E) Telling of love and despair, modern bluegrass songs celebrating mountain beauty, and they also

46. The fruit fly is often used to study genetic mechanisms, because it reproduces rapidly scientists can observe the effects of experiments on several generations. (A) mechanisms, because it reproduces rapidly (B) mechanisms, since it reproduces rapidly,

(C) mechanisms, since, with its rapid reproduction, (D) mechanisms; because it reproduces rapidly, (E) mechanisms; then rapid reproduction allows

47. Benin was the first sub-Saharan African country to experience a ―civilian coup‖: they were a regime that was dominated by the armed forces and obliged by citizens to implement democratic reforms.

(A) they were a regime that was dominated by the armed forces and obliged by

(B) they had been a regime that was dominated by the armed forces, when they were obliged to

(C) it had a regime, armed forces dominating. but then were obliged to (D) armed forces dominated them until this regime were obliged by (E) a regime, dominated by the armed forces, was obliged by

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