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SAT改进段落题:ImprovingParagraphsTestTwo
Questions1-6refertothefollowingpassage,whichisadraftofanessay:
(1)Cicerosaid,“Aroomwithoutabookisabodywithoutasoul.”(2)CertainlywhenIentersomeone'shomeforthefirsttime,Iamlikelytogravitatetothebookshelf,inparttogleanfurtherinsightintothepersonalityofitsowner.(3)ButnowthatthefamilyencyclopediaislikelytohavebeenreplacedbyaCD-ROMitispossiblethatthebookmightbereducedtoanitemofdecorationratherthaninformationandentertainment.
(4)Inasense,bookshavealwaysbeenmorethanjustrepositoriesofinformation.(5)Thelookandfeelofabookisasmuchapartofitsappealasitscontents.(6)Thereissomethingimmenselysatisfyingaboutopeninganewbook:thesmellofthepaper,thefeelofthecover,thedesignonthedustjacketandtheweightofthevolumeallcontributetotheimpressionitmakes.(7)Themostaestheticallypleasingvolumes,theleatherboundvolumes,andthevolumeswithbeautifulbindingsareactuallyoftenboughtbyinteriordecoratorstoaddtothelookofastudy,officeorofalivingroom.
(8)Bookshaveasymbolicpower.Weshudderwhenwehearof‘bookburning',associateddowntheageswithtyrannyandoppression.(9)Booksasculturaliconsremindusoffreedomofspeechandenhancedopportunities,theyremindusoftheintellectualaspirationsofthehumanrace.
(10)Butinthefuturewillthebookstillberead?(11)Ibelieveitwill.(12)Morebooksarebeingwrittenandpublishedthaneverbefore;thebookhaswithstoodtheadventofthecinema,television,andpersonalcomputerandarelikelytobethereincenturiestocome.
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1.Whichisthebestversionoftheunderlinedportionofsentence3(reproducedbelow)?
ButnowthatthefamilyencyclopediaislikelytohavebeenreplacedbyaCD-ROMitispossiblethatthebookmightbereducedtoanitemofdecorationratherthaninformationandentertainment.
A.mightbereducedtoanitemofdecorationratherthaninformation
B.mightbereducedtoanitemofdecorationratherthanasourceofinformation
C.willbereducedtoanitemofdecorationratherthaninformation
D.willbereducedtoanitemofdecorationratherthanasourceofinformation
E.couldbereducedtoanitemofdecorationratherthaninformation
2.Whichversionofsentence8wouldformthebesttransitionbetweenparagraphstwoandthree?
A.Besidestheiraestheticappeal,bookshavesymbolicpower.
B.Bookshavealsoalwayshadsymbolicpower.
C.Besidestheirusetodecorators,bookshaveasymbolicpower.
D.Bookshaveotherfunctionsbesidesdecoration.
E.Otherpeoplehaveusedbooksassymbols.
3.Whatrevisionismostneededinsentence9?
A.Change“enhanced”to“equal”.
B.Changethecommatoasemicolon.
C.Change“us”to“people”
D.Rewritetoavoidrepetitionof“theyremindusof”.
E.Insert“Moreover”atthebeginningofthesentence.
4.Sentence7wouldprobablybenefitfromallthefollowingchangesEXCEPT
A.Changefrompassivetoactivevoice
B.Correctfaultyparallelism
C.Rewritetoavoidrepetitionof“volumes”.
D.Deletetheword“actually”.
E.Removetheword“aesthetically”.
5.Paragraphthree
A.issomewhatunderdeveloped
B.isredundant
C.istoorepetitive
D.containserrorinverbtense
E.haserrorsinpronounusage
6.Whichisthebestversionoftheunderlinedpartofthelastsentence(reproducedbelow)?
Morebooksarebeingwrittenandpublishedthaneverbefore;thebookhaswithstoodtheadventofthecinema,television,andpersonalcomputerandarelikelytobethereincenturiestocome.
A.thebookhaswithstoodtheadventofthecinema,television,personalcomputerandarelikely
B.thebookhaswithstoodtheadventofthecinema,television,andpersonalcomputerandareliable
C.bookshavewithstoodtheadventofthecinema,television,andpersonalcomputerandarelikely
D.thebookwithstoodtheadventofthecinema,television,personalcomputerandislikely
E.thebookwithstoodtheadventofthecinema,television,andpersonalcomputerandwilllikely
Questions7-12refertothefollowingpassage,whichisadraftofanessay:
(1)Thestudyofecologyhastaughtusthatdiversityisimportanttostabilityinthenaturalworld.(2)Modernagriculturalpracticesandotherhumaninterventionsintheenvironmentreducesthenumberofinteractingspeciesmakingtheecosystemvulnerableandunstable.
(3)Similarly,humansocietyinitsprogresstowardtheclichéd“globalvillage”isliabletomaketheworldlessstablenotmorestable.(4)Weareeliminatinglanguages,traditionaldiets,anderodingculturalpracticesatanalarmingrate.(5)Thewholeworldwantstospeakthesamelanguage,eatthesamefoodandwearthesameclothes.(6)Butwillthishomogeneitybegoodforthehumanspecies?(7)Biologistswouldtendtosayno.
(8)Certainlyaworldwherewecanallunderstandeachotherandsharecommoninterestsisappealingononelevel.(9)Buthowinfinitelypoorerwewillallbeifwetravel5000milesfromhomeonlytofindnonewpeople,nonewplaces,nonewwaysofliving,justacopyofwhatyouexperiencebackhome.
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7.Oneweaknessofthewritingstyleofthisessayis
A.Relianceongeneralstatements
B.Incorrectparagraphing
C.Inappropriatevocabulary
D.Poorpunctuation
E.Poorchoiceofverbtenses
8.Theauthormakeshispointabouthumansocietymainlybyuseof
A.personalexperience
B.scientificfacts
C.parallelconstruction
D.ananalogy
E.hyperbole
9.Sentence2couldbebestimprovedby
A.insertacommaafter“environment”
B.removetheword“other”
C.removetheword“interacting”
D.change“interventions”to“intervention”
E.change“reduces”to“reduce”
10.Whichisthebestversionoftheunderlinedpartofsentence3(reproducedbelow)?
Similarly,humansocietyinitsprogresstowardtheclichéd“globalvillage”isliabletomaketheworldlessstablenotmorestable.
A.islikelytomaketheworldlessstablenot
B.islikelytomaketheworldnotlessstablebut
C.islikelytomaketheworldlessandnot
D.areliabletomaketheworldlessstablenot
E.arelikelytomaketheworldlessstablenot
11.Thebestversionofsentencefouris
A.Weareeliminatinglanguages,traditionaldiets,anderodingculturalpracticesatanalarmingrate.
B.Weareeliminatinglanguages,changingtraditionaldiets,andculturalpracticesatanalarmingrate.
C.Weareeliminatinglanguages,changingtraditionaldiets,anderodingculturalpracticesatanalarmingrate.
D.Languages,traditionaldiets,andculturalpracticesarebeingerodedatanalarmingrate.
E.Languages,traditionaldiets,andculturalpracticesarebeingeliminatedalarminglyfast.
12.Thechangemostneededinsentence9istoreplace
A.willwithwould
B.youwithwe
C.justwithonly
D.infinitelywithmuch
E.experiencetoexperienced
参考答案:(DABEACADEACB)
1.CorrectAnswer:D
Explanation:
Afuturetenseisneededafterpossible.Alsoparallelconstructionisneededaroundratherthan.
2.CorrectAnswer:A
Explanation:
Thissentenceindicatesthetransitionfromwritingabouttheaestheticaspectsofthebooktoitsuseasasymbol.
3.CorrectAnswer:B
Explanation:
Thecommaspliceerrorhastobecorrected.
4.CorrectAnswer:E
Explanation:
Thewordaestheticallyhelpsreinforcethepointthewriterismakinginthisparagraphandsoshouldberetained.
5.CorrectAnswer:A
Explanation:
Theauthorcouldhaveelucidatedtheideaofthebookassymbol,couldhaveclarifiedhispointaboutbook-
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