SAT语法改进段落题Test

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-