SAT语法真题2012.10

2012年10月

Section 5

1. William Dalrymple's book is not only a gripping tale of politic and power and also evidence of the complexity of cross-cultural relationships. (A) and also (B) but also (C) as well as (D) in addition (E) and

2. Walking out of the theater, it was agreed by my sister and me that the movie was vastly overrated.

(A) it was agreed by my sister and me (B) it was agreed by my sister and I (C) my sister and me, we agreed (D) my sister and me agreed (E) my sister and I agreed

3. When packing for a trip, you should follow the advice offered in many magazine articles: choose wrinkle-free clothing in black and in neutral colors.

(A) you should follow the advice offered in many magazine articles (B) you would follow the advice offered from many magazine articles (C) follow the advice with many magazine articles

(D) the advice in many magazine articles is offered and one should follow it (E) many magazine articles would offer advice to be followed

4. Home fuel cells, already available in Japan, which is a compact, pollution-free device that produce electricity at a fraction of the regular cost. (A) which is a compact pollution-free device (B) a compact, pollution-free device

(C) these devices are compact, pollution-free. (D) is a compact, pollution-free device (E) are compact, pollution-free devices

5. Because writers in colonial America had to pay their own printing costs, authorship was largely a profession with those who were relatively wealthy. (A) authorship was largely a profession with those who were (B) authorship was largely a profession of the (C)authorship, largely a profession of the

(D)authorship having largely been a profession for those who were (E)therefore authorship was largely a profession for the

6. The program is one of many projects included in the ambitious Copenhagen Climate Plan,it 1

aims to make the Danish capital carbon neutral by 2025. (A) it aims (B) its aim is

(C) where they aim (D) which aims (E) which is aimed

7. In a Zen rock garden, stones are positioned to represent islands, and the surrounding gravel is raked to form patterns that suggests ocean waves. (A)patterns that suggests (B)patterns suggesting (C)patterns, they suggest (D)patterns; which suggest (E)patterns; this suggesting

8. Until relatively recently humans were thought to be uniquely self-aware,scientists now know that most chimpanzees and orangutans can recognize their own reflections. (A)scientists now know (B)but scientists now know (C)but scientists who now know (D)however, scientists now know (E)but with scientists now knowing

9. Evidence of the prehistoric hunter-gatherers who once occupied the Grand Canyon includes animal figurines made out of split and woven twigs as well as rock-art panels and stone tools. (A)who once occupied the Grand Canyon includes (B) that once occupied the Grand Canyon include (C)when they occupied the Grand Canyon include (D)once occupying the Grand Canyon including

(E)what at one time occupied the Grand Canyon, including

10. After scheduling it for demolition, the hundred-year-old building was instead moved to a new location.

(A) After scheduling it for demolition, the hundred-year-old building was instead moved (B) After scheduling the hundred-year-old building for demolition, it was instead moved (C)After being scheduled for demolition, they instead moved the hundred-year-old building (D)Having been scheduled for demolition, they instead moved the hundred-year-old building (E) Having been scheduled for demolition, the hundred-year-old building was instead moved

11. Because Earth’s gravity is greater than the Moon’s, the energy expended in traveling from Earth to the Moon is greater than the opposite direction. (A)the opposite

(B)traveling in the opposite (C)if one travels in the opposite

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(D)that of traveling in the opposite

(E)that expanded in traveling in the opposite

12. A passion fruit, which is(A) about the size(B) of an egg, has(C) a brittle outer shell that became(D) slightly wrinkled when the fruit is ripe. No error(E)

13. Across the street(A) from the new bookstore and coffee shop were(B) an old, dilapidated playground whose(C) broken equipment and over grown weeds attested to long neglect(D). No error(E)

14. Because perspiration does not(A) evaporate efficient(B) at high humidity, humid air often feels warmer(C) to us(D) than would dry air at the same temperature. No error(E)

15. Hull House was founded by(A) Jane Addams as a community project in which(B) people of the neighborhood joined trained social workers to provide(C) day care, schooling, meals, and they offer many(D) other services. No error(E)

16. Although Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit was far from being(A) the only(B) eighteenth-century scientist to propose(C) a temperature scale, but his(D) was one of the few that were widely used. No error(E)

17. Often used interchangeable(A) in recipes, the nectarine and the peach share(B) many characteristics, but the skin of a nectarine is smoother(C) than that of a peach(D). No error(E)

18. Speed-reading was once promoted mainly(A) to people who were eager(B) to catch up on recreational reading, but now the method appeals to(C) busy executives coping about(D) information overload. No error(E)

19. Like former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, who studied chemistry in college, German chancellor Angela Merkel was initiallydrawn to the sciences, earning a doctorate in physics. No error(E)

20. When the first department stores opened in the late nineteenth century, they(A) were cavernous, no-frills storerooms that stock(B) a hodgepodge of items previously available(C) only from(D) specialty merchants. No error(E)

21. Although the author has presented (A) her book to the publisher as a (B) fact-based memoir, she later confessed that it had been entirely (C) fabricated (D). No error(E)

22. Because oysters eat by filtering(A) nutrients through their gills, their health is affected by(B) the quality of the water passing(C)through it(D). No error(E)

23. All morning long(A) my friend and I waited patiently(B) in the courtroom to hear(C) whether we would be selected as a juror(D) in the upcoming trial. No error(E) 3

24. Researchers recognize that (A) the cuttlefish has an extraordinary ability (B) to camouflage itself, but they (C) have only a rough understanding of how (D) it does so. No error(E)

25. The plunging cost of genome-sequencing technologies are (A) expelled to give people unprecedented (B) opportunities to examine (C) their own (D) genetic profiles. No error(E)

26. It was not until 1982, the year two major supermarket chains began (A) replacing paper bags with (B) plastic ones, when(C) the use of plastic shopping bags became(D) widespread. No error (E)

27. Because (A) the high-altitude regions where it lives (B) have (C) cold temperatures, dry soil, and growing seasons are (D) short, the bristlecone pine grows very slowly. No error(E)

28. Country-and-western musicians, who (A) in the past were thought to lack (B) market consciousness are (C) now seen as one of (D) the most commercially savvy performers in show business. No error (E)

29. New Jersey's Atlantic City still uses wooden planks for their (A) boardwalk, even though (B) other towns have begun using (C) plastic planks, which last far longer (D). No error (E)

Questions 30-35 refer to the following passage.

(1) In 1902 an engineer named Willis Carrier designs an air-cooling system for a Brooklyn printing company. (2) Little did Carrier suspect that his “Apparatus for Treating Air,\the first modem air conditioner, had changed the way people in the United States worked and lived. (3) At first, they used such devices exclusively in private industry. (4) Their ability to cool indoor environments improved worker productivity and protected products as various as chocolate, film, and leather from heat damage. (5) Likewise, starting in the 1920s, air-conditioning increasingly appeared in public settings-most dramatically in the modern movie house, which it transformed. (6) Before air-conditioning, theater owners typically lost money in the summer when the heat and poor ventilation made theaters unappealing. (7) In 1925 Carrier persuaded Adolph Zukor of Paramount Pictures install air-conditioning in the Rivoli Theater in Manhattan. (8)The experiment was an enormous success. (9) Crowds flocked to the Rivoli. (10) Over the next five years, more than 300 movie theaters in the United States would follow the Rivoli’s example.

(11) Movie theaters were just the beginning. (12)The introduction of air-conditioning into public areas, such as stores and restaurants, not only made those areas more comfortable but also created a demand for the same level of comfort in the home. (13) As the cost of the new technology came down, air-conditioned houses became a fixture of modem American life. (14) For example, porches became less common as the need to take adventage of breezes disappeared, a trend that prompted some social critics to voice concerns about the loss of contact with nature and neighbors. (15) Still, Zukor was right when he said of air-conditioning, \to like it.”

30. Where in the passage would the following sentence best be placed?

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