2014年1月SAT语法真题及解析的相关内容：
1. While playing in the park one morning a loud
argument was gotten into by several of the children over the use of the swings
(A) a loud argument was gotten into by several of the children
(B) a loud argument between several of the children was gotten into
(C) and a loud argument gotten into by several of the children
(D) several of the children getting into a loud argument
(E) several of the children got into a loud argument
解析：E 逻辑主语：playing由人发出，排除ABC;D 缺动词
2. Vitamin D which the body needs in order to absorb calcium is produced when skin is exposed to ultraviolet rays.
(A) calcium is produced
(B) calcium and is produced
(C) calcium producing it
(D) calcium and produces
(E) calcium and produces it
解析：A 句子结构：S，定从，VO. B缺动词，且and平行错误，如果与needs并列，则逗号多余，如不与needs并列，则无并列对象;C、D、E 缺动词，且E的it多余。
3. Designing a computer monitor requires not only an understanding of electromagnetism chemistry and the psychology of human vision.
(A) not only an understanding of
(B) both an understanding of
(C) an understanding of not only
(D) an understanding of both
(E) an understanding of
解析：E 平行结构：electromagnetism，chemistry，and the psychology三者平行，A、C的not only错误;B：both an understanding of electromagnetism，chemistry， and the psychology，understanding与psychology不平行;D：both… and…连接两者平行，不连接三者平行。
4. Edgar Allan Poe’s poem “The Raven” partly inspired by a talking raven in the novel Barnaby Rudge by Charles Dickens.
(A) Edgar Allan Poe’s poem “The Raven”
(B) Edgar Allan Poe whose poem
(C) A poem by Edgar Allan Poe “The Raven” which was
(D) “The Raven” by Edgar Allan Poe being a poem
(E) “The Raven” a poem by Edgar Allan Poe was
解析：E 句子结构：A、B、C、D的主句缺动词;E S，同位语，V 结构正确
5. Unlike coniferous trees whose leaves are usually needlelike the leaves of deciduous trees are typically broad and flat.
(A) the 1eaves of deciduous trees are typically broad and flat
(B) it is typical for the leaves of deciduous trees to be broad and flat
(C) broad and flat leaves are typical of deciduous trees
(D) deciduous trees have leaves that are typically broad and flat
(E) on deciduous trees the leaves are typically broad and flat
解析：D 比较结构：比较双方有可比性，coniferous trees与deciduous trees比，D正确，其他选项均不满足。
6. Even choosing the 1east expensive rate the package was so heavy that it cost Jose nearly a hundred dollars to mail it to his cousin in Madrid.
(A) Even choosing
(B) Even though choosing
(C) Even though he chose
(D) Although he had chose
(E) Although choosing
解析：C 逻辑主语的反向考查，主语the package“被选择”，A、B、E的choosing错误;D had chose错误，注意过去式、过去分词的写法。
7. An early American film star Pearl White starred in several serials whose episodes had suspenseful endings that enticed audiences to return for the next installment.
(A) serials whose episodes had suspenseful endings
(B) serials their episodes had suspenseful endings
(C) serials which had episodes ending suspenseful
(D) serials of whose episodes the suspenseful endings
(E) serials each of these episodes had a suspenseful
ending
解析：A 句子结构，B、E run on sentences;D 定语从句缺动词;A、C中，A更简洁，且A的endings与that enticed联系紧密，句意清晰。
8. Although we typically associate deserts with hot dry weather deserts can also be cold most of Antarctica is a desert despite the continent' s frigid temperatures.
(A) cold most of Antarctica is
(B) cold; most of Antarctica is
(C) cold in fact most of Antarctica is
(D) cold; whereas most of Antarctica is
(E) cold such as most of Antarctica being
解析：B 句子结构，A、C、D run on sentences;E being不简洁
9. One reason fish spoils faster than meat is due to the fact that the muscle fibers of fish are specialized to function best in cold environments.
(A) meat is due to the fact that
(B) meat is because of the fact that
(C) meat which is because
(D) meat is that
(E) meat since
解析：D 固定句式，one reason…is that…，A one reason is due to重复;B、C is because (of)错误，且C缺动词;E 缺动词
10. The Canada lynx has oversized webbed paws that act as snowshoes allowing them to hunt rabbits even when the snow is deep.
(A) allowing them to hunt rabbits even
(B) allowing it to hunt rabbits even
(C) even allowing them to hunt rabbits
(D) which allow them to hunt rabbits even
(E) this allows it to hunt rabbits even
解析：B 代词，Iynx是单数，排除A、C、D;E run on sentence，且this要加名词。
11. The article praised Isak Dinesen not so much for her genius as a storyteller but because she was remarkably defiant of society’ s expectations of women during the early twentieth century.
(A) but because she was remarkably defiant
(B) but because of her remarkable defiance
(C) but for being remarkably defiant
(D) as for her remarkable defiance
(E) as it did her remarkable defiance
解析：D 比较结构：not so…as…，not so much for as for，形式一致，D正确。A、B、C but错误;E 比较双方不平行
12. While candidates for politica1 office think careAfully about the way they dress for public appearances but tBhey generally do not want to apCpear to care too mDuch about clothes. No errEor
解析：B 句子结构，While SVO，but SVO “连词划线考多余”，删除but
13. The professor ureAd her students to foBllow their own career interests to serve their communities and believCing in the power of theDir own ideas. No errEor
解析：C 平行结构：to follow to serve and to believe三者平行，C改成 to believe in
14. Karting or the rAacing of miniature automobiles called Karts origiBnate in the United States in the 1950s aftCer a famous race-car builder developed a kart powerDed by a lawn-mower engine. No errEor
解析：B 时态，动作发生在in the 1950s，B改成originated
15. LiviAng in the rain forests of the northeastern Madagascar lemurs called skilly sifakas are local kBnown as “ghosts of the forest” becauCse of their fast movements and bone-white fur. No eError
解析：B 形容词副词考点，B改成locally known
16. For thousands of years the inhabitants ofA Australia have bBeen digging underground water reservoirs in order for surCviving on one of the world’s drieDst continent. No eError
解析：C idioms考点，in order to do，C改成to survive
17. When the finaliSATs in the essay contest receive theBir scholarship aCt the awards ceremony the first-place winner was aDlso given a computer. No eError
解析：D 时态，when引导的主从句时态要make sense，D改成will also be given
18. Both Serena who has juSAT been elected president of the union anBd Martin its treasurer atteCnds the weekly meetDings of the labor council. No eError
解析：C 主谓一致，both Serena and Martin是主语，是复数，C改成attend
19. AlthoAugh artificially intelligent machines can nBow beat humans at chess they cannot outperCform humans at practical tasks suchD as folding laundry cooking and caring for pets. No eError
解析：E Although SVO，SVO. A正确;B的时态正确;C 情态动词加动词原形;D such as用作举例。
20. When one thinks about openAing a new business yoBu must consCider factors sucDh as start-up costs local competition and customer demand. No eError
解析：B 代词人称，B改成he or she
21. Automatic photo booths that wAere invented after the discovery of an automated photographic process that elimiBnated the neCed not only for negatives but alsoD for camera operators. No eError
解析：A 句子结构，缺谓语动词，A 删去that
22. FacedA with the ever-challenging task of balanBcing school and work Jillian optedC to forego taking a second part-time job and focuDsing on her studies instead. No eError
解析：D 平行结构，and连接的forego、focus并列，D改成 to focus
23. DurinAg her lifetime M.S.Subbulakshmi was considered oneB of India’s greatest singers and the recordings she mCade has seDcured her reputation for future generations. No eError
解析：D 主谓一致，recordings是复数，D改成have secured
24. If the proposals approvAed by the city council at its most recent meeting comeB to fruiCtion several derelict buildings will see new life after years of negDlect. No eError
解析：E A后置定语，修饰proposals;B its指代city council;C come to的主语是proposals，主谓一致;D years of + N
25. In 1999 researchers propoAsed the theory that octopuses engagBe in play the deliberated repeated seemingC useless activity througDh which intelligent animals explore their world and refine their skills. No eError
解析：C 形容词副词，C改成seemingly useless
26. ConsideAring of sixty-nine photographs she took of heBrself posing in settings resembling thosCe of old movies the Untitled Films Stills series repeDlled Cindy Sherman to artistic fame. No eError
解析：D 形近词的辨析，repel 击退、抵制;propel：推动，驱使，propel sb to fame
27. You might think that because theyA are beautiful peacocks would make a pleaBsant pet but in fact their loud uneaCrthly shrieks are very dDisturbing. No eError
解析：B 名词单复数考点，peacocks是复数，B改成pleasant pets
28. For my roommate and IA to reBduce the amount of trash we threw out each week we had to resolve to stopC making so many unnecessaryD purchases in the first place. No errEor
解析：A 代词主宾格，for是介词，后加宾格，A改成me
29. ThaAt the director won an Academy Award for his most rBecent movie surprised those of us who felt that the film was far inCferior to those made by several of his compeDtitions for the coveted price. No eError
解析：E A的that引导主语从句，B的most recent修饰movie，C的far修饰inferior，was inferior to 比……差;D made sth for 介词用法正确
(1) When Pluto was first detected in 1930 it was welcomed as a newly discovered planet. (2) Their reaction was understandable. (3) Pluto was initially thought to be about the size of Earth and therefore of proper planetary dimensions. (4) But by the late 1970s closer observation had established that Pluto was in fact less than half the size of Mercury. (5) Dismayed some astronomers now began to question whether so small an object deserved to be ranked among the planets. (6) Pluto differs from the other planets also in that it is composed largely of ice-more like a comet than a typical planet. (7) In the 1990s it was discovered that Pluto was just the largest of hundreds of comet-like bodies occupying a region known as the Kuiper Belt. (8) Pluto the doubters argued should therefore be c1assed with these icy objects rather than with the planets. (9) Rushing to Pluto’s defense many astronomers rejected these arguments pointing out that the established planets differ among themselves in both composition and size. (10) Mars for instance is composed of metal and rock while Neptune is mostly gas. (11) Why then could a planet not just as well be composed of ice? (12) And as for size difference Jupiter is 1300 times larger than Earth but no one would suggest that the two bodies therefore cannot both be planets. (13) Clearly they need to resolve the issue of Pluto's classification. (14) In 2006 the International Astronomical Union defined a plan et as a body that directly orbits the Sun is large enough to be rounded by its own gravity and has c1eared its neighboring region of other orbiting bodies. Pluto was judged to SATisfy the first two criteria but not the third because of all the Kuiper Belt objects populating its neighborhood.
30. In context which of the following is the best version of the underlined portion of sentence 1 (reproduced below)?
When Pluto was first detected in 1930 it was welcomed as a newly discovered planet.
(A) (as it is now)
(B) it was a newly discovered planet and welcomed as such
(C) being a newly discovered planet it was welcomed
(D) the newly discovered planet was also welcomed by astronomers
(E) astronomers welcomed it as a newly discovered planet
解析：E 此题考查前后句关系，Sentence 2的their指“一群人”，故Sentence 1要出现“一群人”，E选项是astronomers正确。ABC直接排除;D被动句，不简洁，且意思有所改变。
31. In context which of the following revisions of the underlined portion of sentence 4 (reproduced below) wou1d add the most relevant information?
But by the late 1970s closer observation had established that Pluto was in fact less than half the size of the size of Mercury.
(A) Mercury the planet closest to the Sun
(B) Mercury the smallest of the traditional planets
(C) Mercury which was named for a Roman
messenger god
(D) Mercury which was discovered in ancient times
(E) Mercury whose atmosphere is too thin to support human life
解析：B Sentence 5：一些天文学家质疑Pluto太小，认为它不能算作行星。Sentence 4：Pluto比Mercury的一半还小，此处添加的内容必须要凸显Pluto太小，与其他的planets的大小相差过大，从而与Sentence 5相联系，与整段逻辑一致。B：Mercury是traditional planets中最小的，言外之意就是，Pluto与traditional planets的大小相差过大，符合要求。其他选项均无关。
32. Which of the following sentences if inserted immediately before sentence 6 would provide the most effective transition between the first and second paragraphs?
(A) Pluto's anomalous size was not the only source of doubt.
(B) This was not the first time that a planet's status had been called into question.
(C) Such scientific disputes can become surprisingly heated.
(D) The question of who deserves credit for a scientific discovery is sometimes difficult to settle.
(E) Many were shocked at the suggestion that Pluto was not really a planet.
解析：A 第一段的Sentence 5表明Pluto受到质疑的一个原因：too small;第二段的Sentence 6表明第二个原因：composed of ice。A：size不是唯一质疑，符合上下句;B、C与下文无关;D与上下文均无关。此处已经提到了质疑的两方面，E“Pluto有可能不是行星，这个说法让很多人震惊了”，与上下文的内容不符。
33. In context which of the following is the best revision of the underlined portion of sentence 7 (reproduced below) ?
ln the 1990s it was discovered that Pluto was just the largest of hundreds of comet-like bodies occupying a region known as the Kuiper Belt.
(A) In the 1990s however
(B) In the 1990s by comparison
(C) In fact in the 1990s
(D) Similarly in the 1990s
(E) Consequently in the 1990s
解析：C Sentence 6提出第二个质疑：composed of ice，Sentence 7 Pluto是许许多多的comet-like bodies中最大的，S7 更进一步说明Pluto与其他bodies相似，从而不能算作planets。AB的转折关系错误;E的因果关系错误，原文没有“因此”这层意思，S7是事实，不是结论。C的“事实上”符合题目要求。D的similarly：同样地，S7与S6无比较。
34. In context which of the following is the best version of the underlined portion of sentence 13 (reproduced below) ?
Clearly they need to resolve the issue of Pluto' s classification.
(A) (as it is now)
(B) the public needs
(C) something was needed
(D) further observations Were needed
(E) a precise definition of planethood was needed.
解析：E A的they无指代对象，且need时态错误;B的needs 时态错误;C的something表意不清;D、E相比，Sentence 14提到了IAU对planet下定义，所以从上下句看，E选项更符合要求。
35. Which of the following sentences if placed immediate1y after sentence 15 would best conclude the passage?
(A) Pluto's discoverer Clyde Tombaugh had died in 1997 and 80 did not live to see his beloved planet demoted.
(B) Ceres and Pallas had undergone a similar demotion in the nineteenth century when they were reclassified as asteroids rather than planets.
(C) Ultimately then Pluto was demoted from planetary status not because of its small size but because of the close company it keeps.
(D) This was perhaps the most momentous decision that the International Astronomical Union had made in its 87-year history.
(E) Nonetheless supporters of Pluto point out that it has more moons than Mars Earth Venus
or Mercury.
解析：C 总结句，总结句的角度有三：一是重复前句，二是总结本段，三是总结全文。本段提出了definition，Sentence 15提到Pluto不满足第三个条件，C提到demoted(降级)与之呼应，且C的后半句与前文呼应。其他选项都无关。
Section 10
1. In 1997 the ThrustSSC a British-made car powered by two jet engines have become the first land-traveling vehicle to break the sound barrier.
(A) have become
(B) were to become
(C) becoming
(D) become
(E) became
解析：E 时态，动作发生在1997，动词用过去式，E的became正确。AD 现在时错误，且主谓不一致;C 缺动词;B：主谓不一致，且were to do表将来，与原意不符。
2. Some of the novels for which Laura Esquivel has received the greatest critical acclaim and are examples of the literary style known as magical realism.
(A) acclaim and are
(B) acclaim are
(C) acclaim
(D) acclaim they are
(E) acclaim which are
解析：B 句子结构，some of the novels主语，for which LE…acclaim定语从句修饰novels，are是谓语动词，B正确;A and后是are，前面无并列对象，且主句缺动词;C、E 主句缺谓语动词;D 双主语
3. Mother’s Day is celebrated in a number of nationsbut the date on which they fall differs from one nation to another.
(A) on which they fall differs
(B) on which it falls differs
(C) which it falls on differing
(D) on which they fall is different
(E) which they fall on being different
解析：B 代词单复数，Mother’s Day单数，排除A、D、E;C but后的句子缺动词;B the date differs主谓一致，结构完整，on which it falls定语从句修饰date。
4. A self-taught the pottery of Lucy M. Lewis has been featured in many museums including the Smithsonian Institution and the National Museum of the American Indian.
(A) A self-taught artist the pottery of Lucy M. Lewis has been featured
(B) A self-taught artist they featured the pottery of Lucy M. Lewis
(C) A self-taught artist Lucy M. Lewis’ pottery has been featured
(D) The pottery of Lucy M. Lewis a self-taught artist who has been featured
(E) The pottery of Lucy M. Lewis a self-taught artist has been featured
解析：E 同位语，SVO a self-taught artist说的是Lucy，A、B、C均排除;D、E主语 the pottery of Lucy，D缺动词，E正确。
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