改革后的新SAT官方阅读样题的内容为5篇文章，涵盖3种题材。其中包含1篇Literature文章，2篇Science文章，2篇Social & historical study文章。接下来小编介绍的这篇文章属于Literature题材，考察的重点是人物描写和人物关系，老SAT也有类似的文章。希望对同学们有一定帮助。
【文章大意】
Mattie Silver是Ethan家的年轻女佣，这篇文章讲述了男主人Ethan对这位女佣的感情。
在第一段里，Ethan初见Mattie时就喜欢上了她，觉得她给自己原本冷清的生活带来了活力(But it was not only that the coming to his house of a bit of hopeful young life was like the lighting of a fire on a cold hearth. The girl was more than the bright serviceable creature he had thought her.)。
第二段里，Ethan觉得自己对自然美景有一种常人无法理解的感伤情绪(He did not even know whether anyone else in the world felt as he did， or whether he was the sole victim of this mournful privilege.)而当他和Mattie在一起时，他觉得终于有人能够跟他心灵相通，做他的知己(When she said to him once: “It looks just as if it was painted!” it seemed to Ethan that the art of definition could go no farther， and that words had at last been found to utter his secret soul....)。
第三段，Ethan看到社交场合的Mattie，才意识到他原本以为Mattie只有跟他在一起时才会流露的感情和动作，其实并非他独有(The face she lifted to her dancers was the same which， when she saw him， always looked like a window that has caught the sunset.)，而自己居然以为她真的对自己无聊的谈话感兴趣。
【题目答案】
Question 1.Over the course of the passage， the main focus of the narrative shifts from the
A. reservations a character has about a person he has just met to a growing appreciation that character has of the person’s worth.
B. ambivalence a character feels about his sensitive nature to the character’s recognition of the advantages of having profound emotions.
C. intensity of feeling a character has for another person to the character’s concern that that intensity is not reciprocated.
D. value a character attaches to the wonders of the natural world to a rejection of that sort of beauty in favor of human artistry.
答案：C
考点:文章结构(text structure)
Question2. In the context of the passage， the author’s use of the phrase “her light step flying to keep time with his long stride” (line 6) is primarily meant to convey the idea that
A. Ethan and Mattie share a powerful enthusiasm.
B. Mattie strives to match the speed at which Ethan works.
C. Mattie and Ethan playfully compete with each other.
D. Ethan walks at a pace that frustrates Mattie.
答案：A
考点: 措辞与态度(use of specific words and phrases to shape meaning and tone)
Question 3. The description in the first paragraph indicates that what Ethan values most about Mattie is her
A. fitness for farm labor
B. vivacious youth
C. receptive nature.
D. freedom from worry
答案：C
考点:人物观点(point of view or perspective)
Question 4. Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question?
A. LINES 2-7( mattie… farm)
B. lines 7-14 (“he had …. anyhow”)
C. lines 14-16 ( but it ….. hearth)
D. lines 17-21 ( she had …wil)
答案：D
考点: 文本依据(citing textual evidence)
Question 5.The author includes the descriptions of the sunset， the clouds， and the hemlock shadows (lines 46–49)primarily to
A. suggest the peacefulness of the natural world
B. emphasize the acuteness of two characters’ senSATions.
C. foreshadow the declining fortunes of two characters.
D. offer a sense of how fleeting time can be.
答案：B
考点: 隐含语义(implicit meanings)
以上是小编为大家提供的新SAT官方阅读样题第一篇阅读的解析，大家可以根据这个样题解读.答案分析总结出一定的规律，相信大家的阅读部分会有一个很大的提高。