SAT官方阅读习题Sentence Completion
1.Hoping to ------- the dispute, negotiators proposed a compromise that they felt would be ------- to both labor and management.
enforce . . useful
end . . divisive
overcome . . unattractive
extend . . satisfactory
resolve . . acceptable
2.Because King Philips desire to make Spain the dominant power in sixteenth-century Europe ran counter to Queen Elizabeths insistence on autonomy for England, ------- was -------.
reconciliation . . assured
warfare . . avoidable
ruination . . impossible
conflict . . inevitable
diplomacy . . simple
3.There is no doubt that Larry is a genuine ------- : he excels at telling stories that fascinate his listeners.
braggart
dilettante
pilferer
prevaricator
raconteur
4.A discerning publishing agent can ------- promising material from a mass of submissions, separating the good from the bad.
supplant
dramatize
finagle
winnow
overhaul
5.Although some think the terms bug and insect are ------- , the former term actually refers to ------- group of insects.
parallel . . an identical
precise . . an exact
interchangeable . . a particular
exclusive . . a separate
useful . . a useless
6.The novels protagonist, a pearl diver, na?vely expects that the buyers will compete among themselves to pay him the best price for his pearl, but instead they ------- to ------- him.
venture . . reward
pretend . . praise
conspire . . reimburse
refuse . . cheat
collude . . swindle
7.The addition of descriptive details to the basic information serves to ------- the book by producing a fuller account.
invalidate
objectify
incite
celebrate
enrich
8.Ramona had never visited Niagara Falls, but she could appreciate their splendor ------- through the descriptions of others.sat
vicariously
heedlessly
innocuously
mystically
voluminously
9.Members of the research team were initially so adversarial that ---------- seemed impossible; the projects inauspicious start made its final success all the more ---------- .
concentration . . incidental
disagreement . . incongruous
collaboration . . predictable
hostility . . dazzling
cooperation . . remarkable
10.Joshuas radical ideas were frowned on by most of his coworkers, who found them too ------- for their conservative tastes.
heretical
meticulous
precise
incoherent
sagacious
1.Hoping to ------- the dispute, negotiators proposed a compromise that they felt would be ------- to both labor and management.
enforce . . useful
end . . divisive
overcome . . unattractive
extend . . satisfactory
resolve . . acceptable
2.Because King Philips desire to make Spain the dominant power in sixteenth-century Europe ran counter to Queen Elizabeths insistence on autonomy for England, ------- was -------.
reconciliation . . assured
warfare . . avoidable
ruination . . impossible
conflict . . inevitable
diplomacy . . simple
3.There is no doubt that Larry is a genuine ------- : he excels at telling stories that fascinate his listeners.
braggart
dilettante
pilferer
prevaricator
raconteur
4.A discerning publishing agent can ------- promising material from a mass of submissions, separating the good from the bad.
supplant
dramatize
finagle
winnow
overhaul
5.Although some think the terms bug and insect are ------- , the former term actually refers to ------- group of insects.
parallel . . an identical
precise . . an exact
interchangeable . . a particular
exclusive . . a separate
useful . . a useless
6.The novels protagonist, a pearl diver, na?vely expects that the buyers will compete among themselves to pay him the best price for his pearl, but instead they ------- to ------- him.
venture . . reward
pretend . . praise
conspire . . reimburse
refuse . . cheat
collude . . swindle
7.The addition of descriptive details to the basic information serves to ------- the book by producing a fuller account.
invalidate
objectify
incite
celebrate
enrich
8.Ramona had never visited Niagara Falls, but she could appreciate their splendor ------- through the descriptions of others.sat
vicariously
heedlessly
innocuously
mystically
voluminously
9.Members of the research team were initially so adversarial that ---------- seemed impossible; the projects inauspicious start made its final success all the more ---------- .
concentration . . incidental
disagreement . . incongruous
collaboration . . predictable
hostility . . dazzling
cooperation . . remarkable
10.Joshuas radical ideas were frowned on by most of his coworkers, who found them too ------- for their conservative tastes.
heretical
meticulous
precise
incoherent
sagacious
