1、SAT I: Reasoni,ng TestSunday, May 2000559Section 1111 1 1 1Time - 30 Minutes30 QuestionsFor each question in this section, select the best answerfrom among the choices given and fill in the correspondingoval on the answer sheet.Each sentence below has one or two blanks,eaclYbtank indicating that som
2、ething has beenomitted. Beneath the sentence are five words orsets of words labeled A through E. Choose theword or set of words that, when inserted in thesentence, best fits the meaning of the sentenceas a“Whole.Example:Medieval kingdoms did not becomeconstitutional republics overnight; on thecontra
3、ry, the change was(A) unpopular(B) unexpected(C) advantageous(D) sufficient(E) gradual c:v .II Lacking self-assurance, he was too to uucontroversial topics with people he did notknow welL(A) impassioned analyze(B) timid discuss(C) cautious suppress(D) knowledgeable disregard(E) perceptive defendII A
4、fter winning the lottery, John bought sportscars, built a mansion, and wore designer suits,but, by thus his , he alienated hisfriends.(A) enduring hardship(B) flaunting prosperity(C) undermining image(D) calculating successes ,(E) moderating consumptionII Ballads often praise popular figures who hav
5、eperformed feats that many perceive as ,such as defending the poor or resisting -authority.(A) modest acceptable(B) inescapable. .legitimate(C) insufficient overpowering(D) admirable unjust(E) unbelievable tolerableII As as the disintegration of the RomanEmpire must have seemed, that disasterneverth
6、eless presented some aspects.(A) momentous formidable(B) decisive unavoidable(C) unexpected ambiguous(D) advantageous beneficial(E) catastrophic constructive.Predictably, detail-oriented workers are uukeeping track of the myriad particulars of asituation. .(A) remiss in (B) adept at(C) humorous abou
7、t (D) hesitant about(E) contemptuous of171 The beauty of Mount McKinley is usuallycloaked: clouds uu the summit nine days outof ten.(A) release(D) shroud(B) elevate(E) attain(C) entangleiii In the opening scene, the playwright createssuch a strong impression of the -of themain characters that none o
8、f their subse-quent, apparently honorable actions can _mthese characters in the eyes of the audience.(A) integrity discredit(B) conviction justify(C) corruption redeem(D) dignity excuse(E) degradation convictBy allowing one printer to be used by severalcomputers, this device the need for manyseparat
9、e printers.(A) accelerates (B) predetermines(C) substantiates (D) precludes(E) anticipates11In an attempt to malign and misrepresenttheir opponents, some candidates resort to(A) arbitration (B) narcissism(C) calumny (D) tenacity(E) solicitude565GOON TOTHENEXTPAGECopyright 2000 by Educational Testing
10、 Service and College Entrance Examination Board,All rights reserved.11 1111II GAZE: OBSERVER:(A) hear: listener(B) banish: exile(C) separate: joint(D) operate: doctor(E) sprain: anklemODOMETER: DISTANCE :(A) microscope: size(B) decibel: loudness(C) orchestra: instrument(D) computer: data(E) scale: w
11、eight5661 11 1III COPYRIGHT: BOOK:(A) franchise: license(B) lease: owner(C) patent: design(D) trademark: registration(E) brand: manufacturerIII FEIGN: DECEIVE :(A) flee: elude(B) dangle: drop(C) send: receive(D) contract: lengthen(E) publish: writem ETHOS:VALUES:(A) accord: nations(B) code: principl
12、es(C) policy: officials(D) debate: opinions(E) offense: criminalsIB TORPID: SLUGGISH:(A) .wrong: apologetic(B) refracted: direct(C) comic: funny(D) sad: empathetic(E) merry:morose1Li(GOONTOTHENEXTPAGE(11 1 1 111 1 1Each passage below is followed by questions based on its content. Answer the question
13、s on thebasis of what is stated or implied in each passage and in any introductory material that may beprovided.Questions 16-20 are based on the following passage.This excerpt from a novel by a Chinese American author is about a Chinese American woman namedJune. During a family dinner party attended
14、 by some of Junes Chinese American friends, Waverly, a taxattorney, discusses an advertisement that June wrote for her.Waverly laughed in a lighthearted way. “I mean,really, June.“ And then she started in a deeptelevision-announcer voice: “Three benefits, threee needs,three reasons to buy. . . . Sat
15、isfactionJ)guaranteed . . . .“She said this in such a funny way that everybodythought it was a good joke and laughed. And then,to make matters worse, I heard my mother sayingto Waverly: “True, one cant teach style. June is:)not sophisticated like you. She must have beenborn this way.“I was surprised
16、 at myself, how humiliated I felt.I had been outsmarted by Waverly once again, andnow betrayed by my own mother. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .:J) Five months ago, some time after the dinner, mymother gave me my “lifes importance/, a jadependanton a gold ch
17、ain. The pendant was not a .piece of jewelry I would have chosen for myself. Itwas almost the size of my little finger, a mottledw)greenand white color, intricately carved. To me,the whole effect looked wrong: too large, too green,toogarishly ornate. I Stuffed the necklace in mylacquer box and forgo
18、t about it.But these days, I think about my lifesI,)importance. I wonder what it means, because mymother died three months ago, six days before mythirty-sixth birthday. And shes the only person Icouldhave asked to tell me about lifes importance,to help me understand my grief.I now wear that pendant
19、every day. I think thecarvingsmean something, because shapes anddetails, which I never seem to notice until aftertheyre pointed out to me, always mean somethingto Chinese people. I know I could ask Auntie Lindo,Auntie An-mei, or other Chinese friends, but I alsoknow they would tell me a meaning that
20、 isdifferent from what my mother intended. What ifthey tell me this curving line branching into threeovalshapes is a pomegranate and that my motherwaswishing me fertility and posterity? What if mymother really meant the carvings were a branch ofpearsto give me purity and honesty?And because I think
21、about this all the time, Ialways notice other people wearing these same jade(45) pendants-not the flat rectangular medallions orthe round white ones with holes in the middle butones like mine, a two-inch oblong of bright applegreen. Its as though we were all sworn to the samesecret covenant, so secr
22、et we dont even know what(50) we belong to. Last weekend, for example, I saw abartender wearing one. As I fingered mine, I askedhim, “Whered you get yours?/I“My mother gave it to me,lI he said.I asked him why, which is a nosy question that(55) only one Chinese person can ask another; in acrowd of Ca
23、ucasians, two Chinese people arealready like family.“She gave it to me after I got divorced. I guessmy mothers telling me Im still worth something.II(60) And I knew by the wonder in his voice that hehad no idea what the pendant really meant.11II In lines 1-5, Waverly.characterizes Junesadvertisement
24、 as being(A) unsophisticated and heavy-handed(B) somber and convoluted(C) clear and concise(D) humorous and effective(E) clever and livelyGOON TOTHENEXTPAGE56711 11. In .the context of the passage, the statement “IwaS surprised at myself“ (line 12) suggests thatJune(A) had been unaware of the extent
25、 of heremotional vulnerability(B) was exasperated that she allowed Waverlyto embarrass her in public(C) was amazed that she could dislike anyoneso much(D) had not realized that her mother admiredher friend Waverly(E) felt guilty about how much she resentedher own motherIII For June, a significant as
26、pect of what happenedat the dinner party is that(A) her mother had taken great pains to makeWaverly feel welcome(B) her mother had criticized her for arguingwith Waverly(C) her mother had sided against her in frontof family and friends(D) Waverly had angered Junes mother(E) Waverly had lied to Junes
27、 mother5681 1 111ID The description of Junes encounter with thebartender primarily serves to suggest that(A) the relationship of mother and son isdifferent from that of mother anddaughter(B) June is not the only one who ponders themeaning of a jade pendant(C) a jade pendant symbolizes the mystery of
28、life and death(D) June finally understands the true meaningof her jade pendant(E) strangers are easier to talk to than familymembers and friendsIiI(.m The passage indicates that the act of giving ajade pendant can best be described as(A) a widely observed tradition(B) a mothers plea for forgiveness(
29、C) an example of a mothers extravagance(D) an unprecedented act of generosity(E) an unremarkable event in Junes life(1(2.GOONTOTHENEXTPAGE(3.(41(4.(51(5.11 1 1 1 111 1Questions 21-30 are based on the following passage.The author of this excerpt discusses the relationship of art to history and politi
30、cs, particularly during theperiod of political violence, persecution, and upheaval immediately preceding the Second World War,In his famous poem on the death of the Irish poetand visionary W. B. Yeats, the English poet W. H.Auden wrote, “Ireland has her madness and herweather still / For poetry make
31、s nothing happen.“Elsewhere, AuCID.(E) graduala The stage director insisted that before thenext performance the set be n_ to eliminateits dinginess.(A) requisitioned (B) enlarged(C) refurbished (D) demolished(E) relocatedII. Most pioneers un this valley on their journeyto the West because its rugged
32、 terrain andfrequent landslides made it a nn place fortravelers.(A) flanked fascinating(B) avoided necessary(C) encompassed curious(D) enjoyed troublesome(E) skirted. .hazardousII Most people would be amazed to discoverhow their recollections are, even thosememories of which they are most(A) unpleas
33、ant frightened(B) repressed unaware(C) inaccurate certain(D) .amorphous . . unsure(E) trustworthy confidentD Perhaps the most visible sign of the natureof the Cherokee nation was the fact that thewomen who led each clan picked the chief.(A) stoic (B) matriarchal (C) defensive(D) caustic (E) didactic
34、.Castillos poetry has generated only enthu-siastic response: praise from the generalpublic and _n from the major critics.(A) condemnation (B) sarcasm(C) plaudits (D) irony (E) pathosII Many scientists have such specialized exper-tise that they look only at m. aspects ofnature, but ecologists are con
35、cerned with theun of the natural environment.(A) complex purity(B) detailed paradox(C) isolated totality(D) universal balance(E) distant erosion.Notoriously _m regarding issues of nationalsecurity, the Prime Minister dumbfoundedher opponents when she a defense appro-priations bill they had expected
36、her to contest.(A) evenhanded muddled(B) compliant conceded on(C) pacific opposed(D) intransigent compromised on(E) rancorous“ railed againstIII Leslie thoroughly m. the text to avoidany lawsuits that might arise because of thenew obscenity law,(A) condensed (B) delineated(C) exterminated (D) expurg
37、ated(E) transcribed.The skepticism of some ancient philosophers_m and helps to elucidate varieties of nihil-ism that appeared in the early nineteenthcentury .(A) suppresses (B) disseminates(C) undermines (D) confounds(E) foreshadows11II The doctor so frequently on disease-prevention techniques that
38、her colleaguesaccused her of _n,(A) vacillated,. inconsistency(B) sermonized fidelity(C) wavered“ steadfastness(D) experimented,. inflexibility(E) relied., negligence577GOON TOTHENEXTPAGEEach question below consists of a related pair ofwords or phrases“followed by five pairs of wordsor phrases label
39、ed A through E. Select the pairthat best expresses a relationship similar to thatexpressed in the original pair.Example:CRUMB: BREAD:(A) ounce: unit(B) splinter: wood(C) water: bucket(D) twine: rope() cream:butter CD8IRRATIONAL: LOGIC:(A) unrealistic: understanding(B) unethical: morality(C) illegibl
40、e: erasure(D) infinite: expansion(E) factual: verificationIII CONSTELLATION : STARS :(A) construction: houses(B) honey: bees(C) map: boundaries(D) train: passengers(E) range: mountainsmRULER: LINE :(A) stamp: letter(B) period: dot(C) key: door(D) compass: circle(E) thermometer: degreeIII CALCULATOR:
41、 COMPUTE :(A) plug: insert(B) clamp: grip(C) saddle: straddle(D) bridge: suspend(E) incinerator: warmIL(ne(5)mCATNAP: SLEEP:(A) exhaustion: slumber(B) blink: eye(C) snack: meal(D) swallow: bite(E) feast: banquetngland, but New World circumstances gave townneetings comprehensive powers and a new vita
42、lity.The New England town meetings, which metirstweekly, then monthly, came to include all thenen who had settled the town. At first, the meet-ingsseem to have been confined to men labeledfreemen,“ those who satisfied the legal require-mentsfor voting in the colony. Soon the townsdevelopedtheir own
43、sort of “freemen“ - a grouplargerthan those whom the General Court of thecolonyrecognized as those granted rights to land.Whilethe town meetings proved to be lively andsometimes acrimonious debating societies, theyweremore than that. They distributed town landsusedby individuals on a rotating basis,
44、 they leviedlocaltaxes, they made crucial decisions aboutschools,roads, and bridges, and they elected theselectmen, constables, and others to conduct townaffairsbetween meetings.The laws of one colony, the Massachusetts Baycolony;gradually gave form to the town meetings.Alaw of 1692 required that me
45、etings be heldannually in March and enumerated the officers tobeelected. A law of 1715 required the selection ofmoderators, gave them the power to impose finesonthose who spoke without permission duringmeetings, and authorized any ten or more propertyownersto put items on the agenda. But as themovem
46、ent for independence gathered momentum,aBritish Parliamentary Act of 1774 decreed that notownmeeting should be held to discuss affairs ofgovernment without written permission from theroyalgovernor.Passage2Nationalistic pride in the myth of the venerableNewEngland town meeting is entirely under-stand
47、able. Nothing else so embodies the democraticidealin the United States. Who can resist thethought that life would be better if we the peoplecould just run our own affairs the,way they used to(45) in the old-fashioned New England town meetings?A mainstay of the New England mythology is thepresumption
48、 that at town meetings everybody wasallowed to vote. But the impression that the townmeetings of old were free, democratic, and civilized(50) is far too simplistic. For one thing, the “everybody“who could vote did not include women, Blackpeople, American Indians, and White men who didnot own propert
49、y. In the seventeenth century it wasnot “the people“ who ran the town meetingsj it was(55) the town selectmen. It was they who levied thetaxes, passed the laws, punished the disorderly, andsettled disputes between neighbors.However, in early colonial Dedham, Massa-chusetts, there was a time when the townsfolk(60) themselves actually made all the big decisions attown meetings. Here was the direct, participatorydemocracy in which Americans take such pride. Agreat and noble experiment, it lasted all of threeyears and was abando
