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SAT Practice Test #1
P391——Section 2
自然景观的美
6. ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS
Explanation for Correct Answer?D :?
Choice (D) is correct. 最后一句”felt good’，体现作者全文的语气是正态度，positive，而第一自然段全部都是对自然景物的描写，所以D is correct.
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7.ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS
Explanation for Correct Answer?B :?
Choice (B) is correct. 文章中大量的文字都在用拟人的写法，whistling and moaning, whipped, punishing wind, stars winked on。文学作品惯用的修辞手法就是metaphorical language.
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8.ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS
Explanation for Correct Answer?D :?
Choice (D) is correct. 文章首句”In 1843 Augusta Ada King published an influential set of notes describing Charles Babbage’s conception of an analytical engine…包括第二句”以及转折句” her fascinating life and lineage”，都解释了为什么King is celebaretd.而文章转折句”have turned her into an icon”以及尾句”only King has had a computer language named after her: Ada”解释了”how King is celebrated”.
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9.ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS
Explanation for Correct Answer?A :?
Choice (A) is correct. 文章转折句”However, her fascinating life and lineage… have turned her into an icon”说明她的lineage，即血统，世系对她的成名起了很大的作用。
P392
美洲黑人与非洲黑人的关系
10.ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS
Explanation for Correct Answer?D :?
Choice (D) is correct. 文章引言”Here, he offers his views on the historical relationship between Black Americans and Black Africans”，暗示全文讲述的是两者之间的relationship，对应D选项和E选项，而E选项的"cultrual ties”范围太小，仅仅只是文化的关系，而全文讲述了Black Americans and Black Africans的身份认同问题(Line21-22, sustain links with the continent of their origin )，文化只是一方面而已。
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11.ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS
Explanation for Correct Answer?B :?
Choice (B) is correct. Line 5-7, ancestor were sending…to descendants，并且两个形容词clear and powerful，可以排除A选项的veiled, B选项的questionable，只有B选项的cautionary，劝诫的，告诫性的，对应的最好。
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12.ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS
Explanation for Correct Answer?C :?
Choice (C) is correct. 跳过例子顾后，line 16-20，文章尾句”this is …pull of one’s heritage, our inborn curiosity in our origins…”,所以C is correct.
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13.ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS
Explanation for Correct Answer?E :?
Choice (E) is correct. line41-42, shodoway imagings 和 real experience相对应，既然是imaging的，并且和real相反，所以是E选项的unsubstantiated，没有证据的，未被证实的。
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14.ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS
Explanation for Correct Answer?E:?
Choice (E) is correct. line 42, disappointed,以及line 43-44,三个if所体现出来的语气可以知道应该是负态度，而line 46，But……the world has been forced to take note，说明作者为非洲黑人与美洲黑人受全世界关注而感到自豪，所以E is correct.
15.ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS
Explanation for Correct Answer?B :?
Choice (B) is correct. 全文就是作者对非洲和美洲黑人之间关系的事实陈述，主语都是we，所以B is correct.
P394
达芬奇作品——蒙娜丽莎的微笑
16.ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS
Explanation for Correct Answer?C :?
Choice (C) is correct. Passage 1的第一自然段和passage 2的Line31-34以及line45-47”there are millions of people…”都描写了蒙娜丽莎的受欢迎程度。
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17.ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS
Explanation for Correct Answer?A :?
Choice (A) is correct. In lines 66-71，“the renown of a masterpiece rests on…best-known painting in the world.”
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18.ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS
Explanation for Correct Answer?E :?
Choice (E) is correct. Line 7-10, nobody special对应了答案的ordinary status，而the standard for High Renaissance paintings 对应了答案的portrait’s aesthetic significance.
19.ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS
Explanation for Correct Answer?B :?
Choice (B) is correct. 其它选项都可以排除，引用的话就在描述达芬奇绘画的效果。
20.ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS
Explanation for Correct Answer?A :?
Choice A) is correct. Line 29,Passage 1的最后一句话”there’s that fomous simle”
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21.ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS
Explanation for Correct Answer?D :?
Choice (D) is correct. 代入法或者通过指代关系找对应，因为Line 41”it is still the position of many art critics”，这里的it指代上句的This idea，所以对应D选项的观点view.
22.ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS
Explanation for Correct Answer?E :?
Choice (E) is correct. Line 54-55“pointed to….remarkable technique…texture and depth”，line10-15,”the use of….creats the illusion of depth behind…”
23.ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS
Explanation for Correct Answer?E :?
Choice (E) is correct. Line 66,“But…”转折句，暗示着作者质疑上面的观点。人靠“天生”的敏感性做出的判断不一定科学和精准。
24.ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS
Explanation for Correct Answer?C :?
Choice ( is correct. Passage 1第二、第三自然段都在讲述作品的与众不同的technique;Passage 2的第一句问句”Why is ……entire world”就预示着全文在阐释为什么作品在文化节这么卓越有名。