2014年1月SAT语法真题及解析
SAT ESSAY真题完整版(截至2014年1月)
2005-031.Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt andassignment below:We must seriously question the idea of majority rule. The majority grinned and jeered when Columbus said the world was round. The majority threw him into a dungeon for his discoveries. Where is the logic in the notion that the opinion held by a majority of people should have the power to influence our decisions?Adapted from James A. Reed, ―Majority Rule‖ASSIGNMENT: Is the opinion of the majority—in government or in anyother circumstances—a poor guide? Plan and write an essay in which youdevelop your point of view on this issue. Support your position with reasoningand examples taken from your reading, studies, experience, or observation.2.Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt andassignment below:Given the importance of human creativity, one would think it should have a high priority among our concerns. But if we look at the reality, we see a different picture. Basic scientific research is minimized in favor of immediate practical applications. The arts are increasingly seen as dispensable luxuries. Yet as competition heats up around the globe, exactly the opposite strategy is needed.ASSIGNMENT: Is creativity needed more than ever in the world today?Plan and write an essay in which you develop your point of view on this issue.Support your position with reasoning and examples taken from your reading, studies, experience, or observation.3.Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt andassignment below:Even scientists know that absolute objectivity has yet to be attained. It's the same for absolute truth. But, as many news reporters have observed, the idea of objectivity as a guiding principle is too valuable to be abandoned. Without it, the pursuit of knowledge is hopelessly lost.Adapted from ―Focusing Our V alues‖, Nieman ReportsASSIGNMENT: Are people better at making observations, discoveries,and decisions if they remain neutral and impartial?Plan and write anessay in which you develop your point of view on this issue. Support yourposition with reasoning and examples taken from your reading, studies, experience, or observation.4.Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt andassignment below:If you think that what you do is your own business, you are wrong. In this world your conduct affects not only you but the conduct of other people as well. If you behave in a way that is considered unacceptable and other people copy your behavior, you are the consequences.Adapted from Margaret Banni ng, ―Letter to Susan‖ASSIGNMENT: Is a person responsible, through the example he or shesets, for the behavior of other people? Plan and write an essay in which youdevelop your point of view on this issue. Support your position with reasoningand examples taken from your reading, studies, experience, or observation.2005-051.Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt andassignment below:It's easy to see why—aside from the income it provides—having a job is so desirable in our culture. Work works for us. It structures our time and imposes a rhythm on our lives. It gets us organized into various kinds of communities and social groups. And perhaps most important, work tells us what to do every day.Adapted from Joanne B. Ciulla, The Working LifeASSIGNMENT: Do people depend on work—whether it is a job, schoolwork, or volunteer work—to determine what their daily activitiesand interactions with others should be? Plan and write an essay in whichyou develop your point of view on this issue. Support your position with reasoning and examples taken from your reading, studies, experience, or observation.2.Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt andassignment below:There is no progress unless someone comes up with a new way of looking at things, of trying things that have never been done or thought of before. We cannot move forward by looking backward to old customs and past experience. There can be no advancement or improvement unless there are people who look forward in pursuit of the new and untried.ASSIGNMENT: Does progress depend on people with new ideas ratherthan on people whose ideas are based on the current way of doingthings? Plan and write an essay in which you develop your point of view on thisissue. Support your position with reasoning and examples taken from your reading, studies, experience, or observation.3.Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt andassignment below:We are afraid that our cause is unjust, or that it is unclear, or that it is too insignificant to justify the horrors of a confrontation with Authority. We will endure almost any inconvenience before undertaking head-on, I'm-here-to-tell-you complaint.Adapted from William F. Buckley, Jr., ―Why Don't We Complain?‖ASSIGNMENT: Are people afraid to speak out against authority,whether the authority is an individual, a group, or a government? Planand write an essay in which you develop your point of view on this issue.Support your position with reasoning and examples taken from your reading, studies, experience, or observations.4.Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt andassignment below:Alone we can afford to be wholly whatever we are and to feel whatever we feel absolutely. With others we are busy wondering what does my companion see or think of this, and what do I think of it? The original impact of our feelings gets lost or reduced.Adapted from May Sarton, The Rewards of Living a Solitary LifeASSIGNMENT: Does worrying too much about other people’s opinionsprevent us from seeing things clearly? Plan and write an essay in which youdevelop your point of view on this issue. Support your position with reasoningand examples taken from your reading, studies, experience, or observations.2005-061.Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt andassignment below:Many persons believe that to move up the ladder of success and achievement, they must forget the past, repress it, and relinquish it. But others have just the opposite view. They see old memories as a chance to reckon with the past and integrate past and present.Adapted from Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot, I've Known Rivers: Lives of Loss and Liberation ASSIGNMENT: Do memories hinder or help people in their effort tolearn from the past and succeed in the present? Plan and write an essay inwhich you develop your point of view on this issue. Support your position with reasoning and examples taken from your reading, studies, experience, or observation.2.Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt andassignment below:I cannot comprehend those who emphasize or recognize only what is useful. I am concerned that learning for learning's sake is no longer considered desirable, that everything we do and think must be directed toward the solution of a practical problem. More and more we seem to try to teach how to make a good living and not how to live a good life.Adapted from Philip D. Jordan, ―The U sefulness of Useless Knowledge‖ASSIGNMENT: Do people put too much emphasis on learning practicalskills? Plan and write an essay in which you develop your point of view on thisissue. Support your position with reasoning and examples taken from your reading, studies, experience, or observation.3.Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt andassignment below:Most of our schools are not facing up to their responsibilities. We must begin to ask ourselves whether educators should help students address the critical moral choices and social issues of our time. Schools have responsibilities beyond training people for jobs and getting students into college.Adapted from Svi ShapiroASSIGNMENT: Should schools help students understand moral choicesand social issues? Plan and write an essay in which you develop your point ofview on this issue. Support your position with reasoning and examples takenfrom your reading, studies, experience, or observation.4.Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt andassignment below:The media not only transmit information and culture, they also decide what information is important. In that way, they help to shape culture and values.Adapted from Alison Bernstein, ―Artists Thrive on Freedom a nd Freedom Thrives on the Arts‖ASSIGNMENT: Do newspapers, magazines, television, radio, movies,the Internet, and other media determine what is important to mostpeople? Plan and write an essay in which you develop your point of view on thisissue. Support your position with reasoning and examples taken from your reading, studies, experience, or observation.2005-101.Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt andassignment below:1.Success in life is largely a matter of luck. It has little correlation with merit. And in all fields of life therehave always been people of great merit who did not succeed.Karl Popper, Popper Selections2.As Colin Powell said, ―there are no secrets to success. Don’t waste time looking for them. Success is theresult of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.‖Adapted from Barry Farber, ―Selling Points‖ASSIGNMENT: Is success in life earned or do people succeed becausethey are lucky? Plan and write an essay in which you develop your point ofview on this issue. Support your position with reasoning and examples takenfrom your reading, studies, experience, or observations.2.Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt andassignment below:1.Celebrities have the power to attract ―communities‖of like-minded followers; they provide an identitythat people can connect to and call their own. Celebrities are trusted; they stand for certain ideas and values to which followers can express allegiance.Adapted from William Greider, Who Will Tell the People?2.Admiration for celebrities is often accompanied by contempt for ―average‖ people. As we focus on thefamous, other people become less important to us. The world becomes populated with a few ―some bodies‖ and an excess of ―near-nobodies.‖Adapted from Norman Solomon and Jeff Cohen, Wizards of Media OzASSIGNMENT: Is society’s admiration for famous people beneficial or harmful? Plan and write an essay in which you develop your point of view onthis issue. Support your position with reasoning and examples taken from your reading, studies, experience, or observations.3.Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt andassignment below:This is a time for shallowness. Seriousness is so rare these days that we tend to make all kinds of allowances for those who only seem to possess it. In this way, shallow ideas are not recognized for what they are, and they are increasingly mistaken for deep thoughts.Adapted from Margaret Talbot, ―The Perfectionist‖ASSIGNMENT: Do we live in a time when people do not engage inserious thinking? Plan and write an essay in which you develop your point ofview on this issue. Support your position with reasoning and examples takenfrom your reading, studies, experience, or observations.4.Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt andassignment below:Nowadays nothing is private: our culture has become too confessional and self-expressive. People think that to hide one’s thoughts or feelings is to pretend not to have those thoughts or feelings. They assume that honesty requires one to express every inclination and impulse.Adapted from J. David V elleman, ―the Genesis of Shame‖ASSIGNMENT: Should people make more of an effort to keep somethings private? Plan and write an essay in which you develop your point ofview on this issue. Support your position with reasoning and examples takenfrom your reading, studies, experience, or observations.2005-111.Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt andassignment below:Beauty is not a quality in people or in objects themselves. It exists in the mind that perceives those objects, and each mind perceives beauty differently. To seek real beauty, in some absolute sense, is pointless. Where one person sees beauty, another may even see the opposite. For this reason, we all ought to accept our own perceptions of who or what is beautiful, and not be influenced by the perceptions of others.Adapted from David H ume, ―Of the Standard of Taste‖ASSIGNMENT: Should our perceptions of beauty be influenced by the perceptions of beauty of other people? Plan and write an essay in which youdevelop your point of view on this issue. Support your position with reasoningand examples taken from your reading, studies, experience, or observation.2.Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt andassignment below:There are situations where flattery is mandatory: The bride is always beautiful. If we look at someone's artwork, we are obliged to say something complimentary to the artist. If we visit someone with a new baby, we are required to say the infant is cute. In such situations, to say nothing is interpreted as rudeness. We compliment each other because we understand that flattery makes life run smoothly.Adapted from Richard Stengel, Y ou're Too Kind: A brief History of FlatteryASSIGNMENT: Is praising others, even if the praise is excessive or undeserved, a necessary part of life? Plan and write an essay in which youdevelop your point of view on this issue. Support your position with reasoningand examples taken from your reading, studies, experience, or observation.3.Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt andassignment below:Conflict is not necessarily bad, and it does not necessarily indicate a failed interaction. It is a signal, a message that says, "Things aren't working around here. We've got to do something different." Thus, conflict can be a catalyst-a motivating force-encouraging people to interact and communicate in ways that are more satisfying. Conflict can actually benefit people by pushing them to make necessary changes.Adapted from Beverly Potter, From Conflict to CooperationASSIGNMENT: Is conflict helpful? Plan and write an essay in which youdevelop your point of view on this issue. Support your position with reasoningand examples taken from your reading, studies, experience, or observation.4.Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt andassignment below:What explains our increasing obsession with money and the things it can buy? It seems as though the acquisition of money is gradually replacing real measures of success, such as integrity, honesty, skill, and hard work.Adapted from Alan Durning, ―Limiting Consumption: Toward a Sustainable Culture‖ASSIGNMENT: Has the acquisition of money and possessions replacedmore meaningful ways of measuring our achievements? Plan and writean essay in which you develop your point of view on this issue. Support yourposition with reasoning and examples taken from your reading, studies, experience, or observations.2005-121.Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt andassignment below:We like to think that if someone has "the right stuff," he or she will naturally rise to the top. But it isn't true. In that same way that acting talent doesn't guarantee stardom, the capacity for leadership doesn't guarantee that one will run a corporation or a government. In fact, at least in our time, genuine achievement is not highly valued, and those who are skilled at achieving greatness are not necessarily those who are ready to lead.Adapted from Warren Bennis, On Becoming a LeaderASSIGNMENT: Are leaders necessarily people who are most capable of leadership? Plan and write an essay in which you develop your point of view onthis issue. Support your position with reasoning and examples taken from your reading, studies, experience, or observations.2.Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt andassignment below:How valuable is history for our generation? On the surface this question is not as easy as it once might have been, for there is a widespread belief that history may no longer be relevant to modern life. We live, after all, in an age that appears very different from the world that came before us.Adapted from Stephen Vaughn, ―History: Is It Relevant?‖ASSIGNMENT: Is knowledge of the past no longer useful for us today?Plan and write an essay in which you develop your point of view on this issue.Support your position with reasoning and examples taken from your reading, studies, experience, or observations.3.Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt andassignment below:The free expression of thoughts and opinions is one of humanity's most precious rights. Every citizen must be able to speak, write, and publish freely, provided that he or she is held accountable for the abuse of this liberty in cases determined by the law.Adapted from Thomas Paine, Rights of ManASSIGNMENT: Is it necessary to limit or put restrictions on freedom ofthought and expression? Plan and write an essay in which you develop yourpoint of view on this issue. Support your position with reasoning and examplestaken from your reading, studies, experience, or observations.4.Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt andassignment below:Progress is likely to slow down once science and technology have met our basic human needs. New developments in science and technology will not continue to produce more societal benefits. In fact, the promise that science and technology will continue to benefit us is increasingly doubtful when so many individuals find their lives changing in ways they cannot control and in directions they do not desire.Adapted from Daniel Sarewitz, ―So cial Change and Science Policy‖ASSIGNMENT: Do the benefits of scientific and technological developments come at the cost of undesirable changes to people's lives?Plan and write an essay in which you develop your point of view on this issue.Support your position with reasoning and examples taken from your reading, studies, experience, or observations.2006-011.Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt andassignment below:A colleague of the great scientist James Watson remarked that Watson was always ―lounging around, arguing about problems instead of doing experiments.‖ He concluded that ―there is more than one way of doing good science.‖ It was Watson’s form of idleness, the scientist went on to say, that allowed him to solve ―the greatest of all biological problems: the discovery of the structure of DNA.‖It is a point worth remembering in a society overly concerned with efficiency.Adapted from John C. Polanyi, ―Understanding Discovery‖ASSIGNMENT: Do people accomplish more when they are allowed to dothings in their own way? Plan and write an essay in which you develop yourpoint of view on this issue. Support your position with reasoning and examplestaken from your reading, studies, experience, or observations.2.Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt andassignment below:I do not feel terrible about my mistakes, though I grieve the pain they have sometimes caused others. Our lives are ―experiments with truth,‖ and in an experiment negative results are at least as important as successes. I have no idea how I would have learned the truth about myself and my calling without the mistakes I have made.Adapted from Parker Palmer, Let Y our Life SpeakASSIGNMENT: Is it necessary to make mistakes, even when doing sohas negative consequences for other people? Plan and write an essay inwhich you develop your point of view on this issue. Support your position with reasoning and examples taken from your reading, studies, experience, or observations.3.Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt andassignment below:An actor, when his cue came, was unable to move onto the stage. He said, ―I can’t get in, the chair is in the way.‖And the producer said, ―Use the difficulty. If it’s a drama, pick the chair up and smash it. If it’s a comedy, fall over it.‖ From this experience the actor concluded that in any situation in life that is negative, there is something positive you can do with it.Adapted from Lawrence Eisenberg, ―Caine Scrutiny‖ASSIGNMENT: Can any obstacle or disadvantage be turned into something good? Plan and write an essay in which you develop your point ofview on this issue. Support your position with reasoning and examples takenfrom your reading, studies, experience, or observations.4.Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt andassignment below:Every important discovery results from patience, perseverance, and concentration--sometimes continuing for months or years--on one specific subject. A person who wants to discover a new truth must remain absorbed by that one subject, must pay no attention to any thought that is unrelated to the problem.Adapted from Santiago Ramon Cajal, Advice for a Y oung InvestigatorASSIGNMENT: Are all important discoveries the result of focusing onone subject? Plan and write an essay in which you develop your point of viewon this issue. Support your position with reasoning and examples taken fromyour reading, studies, experience, or observation.2006-041.Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt andassignment below:Inconsistency is commonly thought to be an undesirable personality trait, and inconsistent people are viewed as indecisive and weak willed. On the other hand, firm commitment to an idea or plan of action is associated with personal and intellectual strength, stability, and honesty. Thus, once we have made a choice or taken a stand, it is best not to change.Adapted from Robert B. Cialdini, Influence: How and Why People Agree to ThingsASSIGNMENT: Is it best not to change our ideas, opinions, or behaviors?Plan and write an essay in which you develop your point of view on this issue.Support your position with reasoning and examples taken from your reading, studies, experience, or observation.2.Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt andassignment below:A teenager challenges everything and, by forming habits of intellectual and emotional independence, makes himself or herself into an adult. In a similar way, all people can learn the behaviors that they need to become the people they want to be. We can all change ourselves—our behaviors, our goals, our relationships—because our potential for change is unlimited.Adapted from Richard Stiller, HabitsASSIGNMENT: Is our ability to change ourselves unlimited, or are therelimits on our ability to make important changes in our lives? Plan andwrite an essay in which you develop your point of view on this issue. Supportyour position with reasoning and examples taken from your reading, studies, experience, or observation.3.Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt andassignment below:It is widely believed that people do their best work when they are promised rewards for their achievements. Our schools and workplaces operate on the assumption that good work occurs when people are competing for grades, money, or recognition from others. In truth, the prospect of rewards provided by others can inhibit and limit people's drive and creativity. People do their best work when motivated from within by their enjoyment of a particular challenge and their satisfaction in doing something well.ASSIGNMENT: What do you think motivates people to do their best?Plan and write an essay in which you develop your point of view on this issue.Support your position with reasoning and examples taken from your reading, studies, experience, or observation.4.Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt andassignment below:Young people should have the right to control and direct their own learning—that is, to decide what they want to learn, when, and where. If we take from someone his or her right to decide what to be curious about, we destroy that person's freedom of thought. We say, in effect, "You must think about what interests and concerns us, not you."Adapted from John Holt, ―The R ight to Control One's Learning‖ASSIGNMENT: Should each individual decide what and how to learn?Plan and write an essay in which you develop your point of view on this issue.Support your position with reasoning and examples taken from your reading, studies, experience, or observation.2006-051.Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt andassignment below:Some people claim that each individual is solely responsible for what happens to him or her. But the claim that we ought to take absolute responsibility for the kinds of people we are and the kinds of lives we lead suggests that we have complete control over our lives. We do not. The circumstances of our lives can make it more or less impossible to make certain kinds of choices.Adapted form Gordon D. Marino, ―I think You Should Be Responsible; Me, I’m not so Sure‖ASSIGNMENT: Are we free to make our own decisions or are we limitedin the choices we can make? Plan and write an essay in which you developyour point of view on this issue. Support your position with reasoning and examples taken from your reading, studies, experience, or observation.2.Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt andassignment below:Certainly anyone who insists on condemning all lies should think about what would happen if we could reliably tell when our family, friends, colleagues, and government leaders were deceiving us. It is tempting to think that the world would become a better place without the hand, perhaps there is such a thing as too much honesty.Adapted from Allison Kornet, ―The Truth About Lying‖ASSIGNMENT: Would the world be a better place if everyone alwaystold the complete truth? Plan and write an essay in which you develop yourpoint of view on this issue. Support your position with reasoning and examplestaken from your reading, studies, experience, or observation.3.Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt andassignment below:It is not that people dislike being part of a community; it is just that they care about their individual freedoms more. People value neighborliness and social interaction—until being part of a group requires them to limit their freedom for the larger good of the group. But a community or group cannot function effectively unless people are willing to set aside their personal interests.Adapted from Warren Johnson, The Future Is Not What It Used To BeASSIGNMENT: Does the success of a community—whether it is a class,a team, a family, a nation, or any other group—depend upon people's willingness to limit their personal interests? Plan and write an essay inwhich you develop your point of view on this issue. Support your position with reasoning and examples taken from your reading, studies, experience, or observation.4.Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt andassignment below:There is an old saying: "A person with one watch knows what time it is; a person with two watches isn't so sure." In other words, a person who looks at an object or event from two different angles sees something different from each position. Moreover, two or more people looking at the same thing may each perceive something different. In other words, truth, like beauty, may lie in the eye of the beholder.Adapted from, Gregory D. Foster, ―Eth ics: Time to Revisit the Basics‖ASSIGNMENT: Does the truth change depending on how people look atthings? Plan and write an essay in which you develop your point of view on thisissue. Support your position with reasoning and examples taken from your reading, studies, experience, or observation.2006-061.Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt and。
2014年SAT语法(北美)解析
2014年SAT语法(北美)解析从本次最新考题可以看出在新SAT出现之前的语法考试仍然非常重视基本功的运用。
不过值得重视的是，出题者心思很细密，有时故意将句式变复杂。
也就是说考生一旦粗心，即会步入陷阱。
可是只要脚踏实地，把句子的结构层层分析，把主谓宾的各自考点认识到位，答案也便拨云见雾。
具体见笔者对本次考试做的解析：Section 5Improving Sentence1. E. 根据playing确定逻辑主语，因此只有D,E符合动作发出者。
而D缺乏动词。
2. A. 原句的主语是Vitamin D, which the body needs in order to absorb calcium是定语从句修饰，动词是is produced.完全正确。
其余选项均缺乏动词。
3. E. 因为句子中understanding of 后面的对象有三个。
所以不需要用not only…but also，both 等词，因为这些是两个对象才用到的。
因此只有E正确。
4. E. 原句的inspired by是作为分词起到修饰作用的，因此原句是缺乏动词的。
因此只有E对，其余选项都没有动词。
5. D. 根据比较对象确定逻辑主语。
原句的比较对象是coniferous trees, (whose leaves are usually needlelike是定语从句作修饰成分)，因此只有trees能和它比较，所以只有D对。
6. C. 逻辑主语和分词的匹配问题。
句子的逻辑主语是the package, 所以不可能做choosing这个动作。
因此A,B,E都错。
D选项的表达方式错，正确表达应为had chosen,而不是had chose.7. A. 原句正确。
B选项逗号连接两个句子。
C把句子复杂化，D的of 和whose重复，E逗号连接两个句子，都错。
8. B. 句子结构。
Although we typically associate deserts with hot, dry weather, deserts can also be cold.已经是一句完整的句子，因此A 和C选项都为逗号连接两个完整句子。
2014年1月份SAT考试真题(回忆版)
2014年1月份SAT考试真题（回忆版）本次考试整体难度适中，没有特别的偏题和难题出现，作文也是中规中矩的创新和守旧话题。
在阅读部分，文章难度都比较适中，没有超过我们在平时给同学们训练时使用的材料难度，尤其是长对比文章，比平时训练的要简单不少。
数学：但是此次考试中的数学考察比以前要更加灵活，对考生要求更高。
比如说考到了函数图像的对称、一次函数线性规划、圆内三角形，对整数的奇偶性、表格式函数，指数函数的考察仍然遵循了以前的模式，甚至有一些题目与历年真题中的形式几乎一模一样，只是稍微做了数字和形式的变换。
本次填空考试中考察到的一些重点词汇：abrasiveness\acclaim\accuse\affable\ameliorate\antipathy archaic\assiduous\bias\blunder\camouflage\candid\chicanerycliche\coax\composed\copious\decry\demeanor\dissenrning eccentric\fidelity\gullible\haughty阅读部分内容如下：第一个长篇讲的是一个叫Aju的人，有一次去访问一个最近认识的朋友，在她那里他发现了一本旧书，而这本书正是Aju的舅舅，也是他的养父送给这个朋友的父亲的，Aju显得非常激动，而女士则显得十分淡定，文章主要描述的就是这种态度上的巨大差异。
第二篇长篇讲的是一个考古学家，和一群朋友一起去沙漠深处探险。
在有一个地方，他们发现了水源，而且有巨大的石洞可供居住，于是作者选择在这里舒适地呆一下午，本来打算看看书的他发现了一个制作精巧的石头，很明显是古人留下的，他因此想到了这些古人当年可能的生活。
最后开始了他对于生活的思考，他区分了两个概念“wants”和“needs”，一个是欲望，一个是需求，主要表达的是活在当下，节制欲望的主题，表达作者对于简单生活的向往和渴望。
SAT语法改错2014年上半年度考情回顾及备考指导
SAT语法改错2014年上半年度考情回顾及备考指导尽管2014年10的香港考场并不能如期在当月第一周的周六举行SAT考试，却也并不影响考生们的报考热情，学生纷纷选择了新加坡、韩国、日本等考场。
准备考或者已经考过SAT的考生都知道，考试中语法部分的稳定乃至超常发挥是考生冲上2000分的关键。
本文将对过去一年的考试的语法题目(2014年1月与2014年5月的语法题目)做一个简单的回顾与剖析。
一.考试概况：SAT出题的难度整体秉承公平的原则。
尽管各次考试之间的难度略有出入，但是在两年之内，所有题目的难度应该是不会相差太大的。
且分数并不是根据对错直接得出的，而是要根据难度系数(体现在转换表里)重新换算的，所以更加使得每次的分数比较客观。
2014年的语法试题部分整体难度适中与去年不相上下。
唯一的不同的是比较细节的语法考点的侧重不同，其中可能会有两三道题考生们普遍想不到而容易做错。
2013年的SAT语法考点集中在动词问题、代词问题、平行结构及句式结构上。
2014年依然可以看出这些依然是考察重点。
下图展示了2014年SAT考试1月与5月的真题特点及考点趋势：(划线题号为本文选中的解析真题例题)由每个考点的出题频率可以看出，动词(时态的考察)以及相关的知识点(主谓一致、碎句与逻辑主语等)仍然为考察重点，需要考生们牢牢把握，尤其需要对句子里的动词变得敏感。
代词以每套题目4-6道的频率作为第二大考点当之无愧，考生要在代词数、人称和格方面的多加练习。
平行结构与比较问题此消彼长。
细碎的词类(固定搭配与形容词误用)的考察占的比例并不多，但是基本每套题都会有所涉及。
无错选项的个数属于正常范围，但是5月的ISE题中选E的题出现的比较有规律，好多考生举棋不定最终出现不该有的错误。
二.题型解析：本文在这部分中选择给考生详细剖析的几道题目并不是太难，它们的共同特点是需要两至三个考点知识才能将题目做对。
希望广大考生在阅读后多加练习的同时巩固考点，连点成线，穿线成网，不让自己的语法考试出现漏网之鱼。
2014年1月北美sat真题_数学
The number of degrees of arc in a circle is 360. The slim of the measures in degrees of the angles of a triangle is 180. 2. A shop that is open from 10:00 in the morning to 3:00 in the afternoon sells hats and dresses. The shop offers a 15 percent discount on all dresses sold before 12:00 noon. The shop offers a 10 percent discount on all hats sold after 12:00 noon. Which of the following must be true? (A) If it is not 12:00 noon, then the shop is not offering any discounts. (B) If it is 12:00 noon, then the shop is offering a 25 percent discount on all hats and dresses. (C) If it is 1:00 in the afternoon, then the shop is offering a 15 percent discount on all dresses . (D) If it is 5:00 in the afternoon, then the shop is offering a 15 percent discount on all hats. (E) If it is 11 :30 in the morning, then the shop is offering a 15 percent discount on all dresses.
2014年SAT语法的考点总结
2014年SAT语法的考点总结2015年是现行SAT考试的最后一年，考试机会将比以往更加宝贵! 如何在有限的考试次数中，尽快取得好的分数?除了按部就班掌握SAT考点，更要了解潜在的出题规律和2015年最新考试趋势。
本文全方位分析总结2014年SAT语法题196道题的考试规律(2014年1月，5月，10月亚洲，10月北美) ，帮考生清晰把握每个考点的比重，稳抓复习重点。
SAT语法考点分布见下图：一、SAT语法考试整体情况与往年吻合SAT语法考试的实质是考查学生对标准书面语规则的掌握，能在书面语中避免口语化的错误。
美国人在口语表达中，不经意便会出现代词指代不清，主宾格混用，句子缺少动词等现象。
因此，代词(共25道，占12.8%)，不完整句子(共30道，占15%)始终是SAT语法的重要考点。
代词的考点较多，形式多样，且涉及到语法考试的各种题型，考生一定要把握住“代词只能指代名词或代词”这个核心原则，才能在做题时保持清醒。
例1.Ambitious people often claim that getting ahead (A) is not their (B) only goal, but it fools (C) only the exceedingly (D) gullible. No Error (E) (2014年10月亚洲-27题)解析：从句意上判断，题目想表达“这种说法只能蒙骗那些极其好骗的人”，但it 不能指代“getting ahead is not their only goal”，所以选C，可以改成such statement fools。
不完整句子(Sentence Fragment)和连写句(Run-on Sentence)均为句型结构上的“大硬伤”。
虽然所占比重较大，但难度不高。
考生只要时刻关注：(1)每个分句是否都有主语和动词。
(2)两个完整分句间是否有连词。
其余常规考点：悬垂结构，主谓一致，形容词副词，名词，平行结构等，均未出现偏题怪题，按照北京新东方语法老师在课上讲解的规律复习即可。
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S. Lauren was often labeled easygoing because she tended to appear mild and ------- rather than tense and -------. (A) (B) . (C) (D) (E) sullen .. serious relaxed . . excitable joyful . . intelligent slow .. patient likable . . humorous
3. For a cycling tourist, ------- is paramount: situations inevitably arise that require a cyclist to be alert and keen witted. (A) deference (B) perseverance (C) munificence (D) alacrity (E) vigilance
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46、大多数人都会把乐观定义为永远快乐，觉得杯子里总有半杯水。
但这恰恰不是真正的快乐，积极心理学家们并不提倡。
哈佛大学教授Tal Ben-Shahar说：“健康的乐观意味着不脱离现实。
”按照Tal Ben-Shahar的说法，现实的乐观主义者是那些不管发生什么事情都力求从中得到最大收获的人，而不是那些指望凡事都有最好的结局的人。
Tal Ben-Shahar运用三种方法保持乐观。
当他情绪低落时----比如说一次课没讲好----他宽容自己，承认自己是凡人。
他提醒自己，不是每堂课都有获诺贝尔奖的水准；总会有一些课的效果不如别的课。
第二种方法是回顾。
他分析讲得不好的课，为以后涉取有用的经验和失败的教训。
最后，还有视角问题，要认识到在宏大的生命长卷里，一堂课真的不算生命。
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section5Questions30-35refer to the followingpassage.(1)When Pluto was first detected in1930，it was welcomed as a newly discovered planet.(2)Theirreaction was understandable.(3)Pluto was initially thought to be about thesize of Earth and therefore of proper planetary dimensions.(4)But by the late1970s，closerobservation had established that Pluto was in fact less than half the size ofMercury.(5)Dismayed，someastronomers now began to question whether so small an object deserved to beranked among the planets.(6)Pluto differs from the other planets also in that it is composedlargely of ice——more like a comet than a typical planet.(7)In the1990sit was discovered that Pluto was just the largest of hundreds of comet-likebodies occupying a region known as the Kuiper Belt. (8)Pluto，the doubters argued，should therefore be classedwith these icy objects rather than with the planets.(9)Rushing to Pluto’sdefense，manyastronomers rejected these arguments，pointingout that the established planets differ among themselves in both compositionand size.(10)Mars，forinstance，is composedof metal and rock，whileNeptune is mostly gas.(11)Why，then，could a planet not just aswell be composed of ice？(12)Andas for size difference，Jupiteris1300times larger than Earth，butno 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)In2006the International Astronomical Union defined a planet as a body that directlyorbits the Sun，islarge enough to be rounded by its own gravity，and has cleared its neighboring region of other orbitingbodies.(15)Pluto was judged to satisfy the first two criteria but not thethird，because of allthe Kuiper Belt objects populating its neighborhood.30.In context，which of the following is the best version of theunderlined portion of sentence1（reproducedbelow）？When Pluto was first detected in1930，it was welcomed as a newlydiscovered planet.(A)(asit is now)(B)itwas a newly discovered planet and welcomed as such(C)beinga newly discovered planet，itwas welcomed(D)thenewly discovered planet was also welcomed by astronomers(E)astronomerswelcomed it as a newly discovered planet答案：E解析：Sentence2的their指“一群人”，故Sentence1要出现“一群人”，只有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。
(C)Mercury，which was named for a Romanmessenger god(D)Mercury，which was discovered inancient times(E)Mercury，whose atmosphere is toothin to support human life答案：B解析：Sentence5：一些天文学家质疑Pluto太小，认为它不能算作行星。
Sentence4：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Sentence5相联系，与整段逻辑一致。
B：Mercury是traditional planets 中最小的，也就是说，Pluto与traditional planets的大小相差过大，符合题目要求。
其他选项属于无关选项。
32.Which of the following sentences，if inserted immediatelybefore sentence6，wouldprovide the most effective transition between the first and second paragraphs？(A)Pluto’s anomalous size was not theonly source of doubt.(B)Thiswas not the first time that a planet’sstatus has been called into question.(C)Suchscientific disputes can become surprisingly heated.(D)Thequestion of who deserves credit for a scientific discovery is sometimesdifficult to settle.(E)Manywere shocked at the suggestion that Pluto was not really a planet.答案：A解析：第一段的Sentence5提出Pluto受到质疑的一个原因：too small;第二段的Sentence 6提出第二个原因：composed of ice。
A：size不是唯一质疑，符合上下句;B、C与下文无关;D选项与上下文均无关。
此处已经提到了质疑的两方面，E选项中“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 theunderlined portion of sentence7(reproduced below)？In the1990s it was discovered thatPluto was just the largest of hundreds of comet-like bodies occupying a regionknown as the Kuiper Belt.(A)Inthe1990s，however，(B)Inthe1990s，bycomparison(C)Infact，in the1990s(D)Similarly，in the1990s(E)Consequently，in the1990s答案：C解析：Sentence6提出第二个质疑：composed of ice，Sentence7Pluto是许许多多的comet-like bodies中最大的，Sentence7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，Sentence 7是事实，不是结论。
C的“In fact”符合题目要求。
D的similarly：同样地，Sentence7与Sentence6没有进行比较。
34.In context，which of the following is the best version of theunderlined portion of sentence13(reproduced below)?Clearly they need to resolve the issueof Pluto’sclassification.(A)(asit is now)(B)thepublic needs(C)somethingwas needed(D)furtherobservations were needed(E)aprecise definition of planet hood was needed答案：E解析：A选项中的的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，Sentence14提到了IAU对planet下的定义，所以从上下句看，E选项更符合要求。
35.Which of the following sentences,ifplaced immediately after sentence15,would best conclude the passage?(A)Pluto’s discover,Clyde Tombaugh,had died in1997and so did not live to see his beloved planet demoted.(B)Ceresand Pallas had undergone a similar demotion in the nineteenth century when theywere reclassified as asteroids rather than planets.(C)Ultimately,then,Pluto was demoted from planetary status not because of its small size butbecause of the clause company it keeps.(D)Thiswas perhaps the most momentous decision that the International AstronomicalUnion had made in its87-year history.(E)Nonetheless,supporters of Pluto point out that it has more moons than Mars,Earth, Venus,or Mercury.答案：C解析：总结句的作用有三个：一是重复前句，二是总结本段，三是总结全文。