SAT填空題解題步驟詳解(一).

由于ETS出國(guó)考試的特殊性，我們不能按照傳統(tǒng)中國(guó)考試中的填空題解題步驟和順序進(jìn)行解題。按照SAT填空題的特點(diǎn)，解答SAT填空題應(yīng)按照以下步驟進(jìn)行：

第一步：抓句子主干

在SAT考試填空題中的句子往往或有復(fù)雜的結(jié)構(gòu)，或有冗繁的修飾部分，但是有些結(jié)構(gòu)和修飾部分是對(duì)于解題關(guān)系不大的。對(duì)于參加考試的中學(xué)生來講，在閱讀題干的時(shí)候應(yīng)該盡可能的將句子結(jié)構(gòu)簡(jiǎn)化，這樣能夠?qū)︻}目的解答產(chǎn)生巨大的幫助！

為了簡(jiǎn)化句子結(jié)構(gòu)，我們將逐一分析SAT填空中影響句子閱讀障礙的因素：

（1）插入語成分

9. Yellow fever, the disease that killed 4,000 Philadelphians in 1793, and so ______ Memphis, Tennessee, that the city lost its charter, has reappeared after nearly two decades in ______ in the Western Hemisphere. A. terrorized...contention B. ravaged...secret C. disabled...quarantine D. corrupted...quiescence E. decimated...abeyance

10. The border between the two properties, never ______ by legal means, had long been the subject of ______ between the antagonistic neighbors. A. determined…concord B. undermined…h(huán)ostility C. verified…consonance D. quantified…diversion E. established…disputation

（2）倒裝句

11. Freedom of expression is not necessarily a _____ force: communities that encourage it often feel less threatened by social unrest than do those in which dissent is______. A. revolutionary…promoted B. positive…prohibited C. successful…protested D. divisive…restricted E. militant…fostered

12. ______ as Mario’s misdeed was, his grandmother, always blind to his faults, pretended to be unaware of it. A. accidental B. apt C. random D. flagrant E. covert

（3）省略句

13. The most frustrating periods of any diet are the inevitable ______, when weight loss _______ if not stops. A. moods…accelerates B. feasts…h(huán)alts C. holidays…contracts D. plateaus…slows E. meals…ceases

（4）主語從句

14. It is ironic that the ______ insights of the great thinkers are voiced so often that they have become mere ______ A. original…clichés B. banal…belis C. dubious…h(huán)abits D. philosophical…questions E. abstract…ideas

15. If it is true that morality cannot exist without religion, then does not the erosion of religion herald the ______ of morality? A. regulation B. basis C. beli D. collapse E. value

（5）定語從句

16. The disjunction between educational objectives that stress independence and individuality and those that emphasize obedience to rules and cooperation with others rlects a ______ that arises from the values on which these objectives are based. A. conflict B. redundancy C. gain D. predictability E. wisdom

（6）賓語從句

17. The poet W.H. Auden believed that the greatest poets of his age were almost necessarily irresponsible, that the possession of great gifts ______ the ______ to abuse them. A. negates…temptation B. controls…resolution C. engenders…propensity D. tempers…proclivity E. obviates…inclination

（7）非謂語動(dòng)詞結(jié)構(gòu)

18. No longer considered ______, the beli that all of Puerto Rico’s indigenous Taino people perished centuries ago appears to be a ______ now that modern Taino descendants have come forward. A. conclusive…reality B. tenable…misconception C. mythical…possibility D. erroneous…delusion E. hypothetical…digression

19. With its large circulation, Essence magazine has enjoyed ______ only recently challenged by new publications aggressively seeking female African American readers. A. an aggregation B. an inclination C. a prognosis D. a retrenchment E. a preeminence

（8）否定加比較

20. The director complained that the sitcom’s theme song was downright ______, having no more pep and vigor than a ______. A. tedious…jingle B. inchoate…lullaby C. lugubrious…dirge D. facetious…ballad E. sprightly…eulogy

21. Although nothing could be further from the truth, freight railroads have been ______ of ______ the nation’s shift from oil to coal by charging exorbitant fees to transport coal. A. accused... impeding B. accused... impeding C. guilty… delaying D. conscious... contributing to E. wary... interfering wit

（9）until句型

22. The governor’s imposition of martial law on the once-peacul community was the last straw, so far as the lawmakers were concerned: the legislature rused to function until martial law was ______ A. reaffirmed B. reiterated C. inaugurated D. rescinded E. prolonged

23. We had not realized how much people ______ the library’s old borrowing policy until we received complaints once it had been ______. A. enjoyed…continued B. disliked…administered C. respected..imitated D. ignored…lauded E. appreciated…superseded