SAT test 5
1. For a long time, most doctors maintained that taking massive doses of vitamins was relatively harmless; now, however, some are warning that excessive dosages can be _________. (A) healthy adj. 健康的 (B) expensive adj. 昂贵的 (C) wasteful adj. 浪费的 (D) toxic adj. 有毒的 (E) inane adj. 愚蠢的
解析：D，在很长的一段时间里，大多数医生认为用大量的维他命是无害的;不过现在有些人警告过量食用会----。这里however表示转折与前面的harmless是相反的意思。 2. In Jamaica Kincaid's novel Lucy, the west Indian heroine _________ her employers' world, critically examining its assumptions and values. (A) idealizes v. 理想化 (B) avoids v. 避开 (C) beautifies v. 美化 (D) scrutinizes v. 仔细检查 (E) excludes v. 排除，
解析：E，在牙买加金彩的小说露西，这个西印度群岛英雄----她的雇主的世界，精细的审视他的猜测和价值。这个句子中前后两句意思是一致的，没有转折词，所以空格所需的东西与examining是同义词，所以D。
3.The frequent name changes that the country has undergone _________ the political turbulence that has attended its recent history. (A) argue against v. 真钞，辩论 (B) contrast with v. 对比，差异 (C) testify to v. 证明 (D) jeopardize v. 危及
(E) sustain v. 支撑
解析：C，这个国家经历了频繁的国名变更---这个国家的近点史上的政治动乱。从句意可以看后句和前句是因果关系，前面证明了后面。
4.Brachiopods, clamlike bivalves of prehistoric times, were one of the most _________ forms of life on the Earth: more than 30,000 species have been _________ from fossil records. (A) plentiful adj. 丰富的...subtracted v. 减去 (B) ornate adj. 华丽的...retrieved v. 重新取回
(C) multifarious adj. 多方面的...catalogued v. 登记分类 (D) scarce adj. 缺乏的，罕见的...extracted v. 萃取的 (E) anachronistic adj. 时代错误的...extrapolated v. 推算，推断
解析：C，腕足类就像远古时代的双壳蚌一样，是地球上—生物形式的一种：30000多种已经从化石记录上---。从后面的species 可以看出与前面的空格是同义词，多样性的种类。后面可以看出从化石记录中登记了。
5 Some interactive computer games are so elaborately contrived and require such _________ strategies that only the most __________ player can master them. (A) byzantine adj. 错综复杂的...adroit adj. 熟练的，机敏的
(B) nefarious adj. 极坏的，恶毒的...conscientious adj. 认真的，勤奋的 (C) devious adj. 迂回的，狡猾的...lackadaisical adj. 无精打采的 (D) onerous adj. 困难的，繁重...slipshod adj. 穿着不整齐的，潦草的 (E) predictable adj. 可预言的...compulsive adj. 强制的，强迫的
解析：A，一些电脑互动的游戏设计的如此精致巧妙需要----策略只有那些最—玩家能够驾驭他们。这里前面空格与elaborately 是同义词，所以A。
Questions 6-7 are based on the following passage. The critic Edmund Wilson was not a self-conscious letter writer or one who tried to sustain studied mannerisms. Nor did he resort to artifice or entangle himself in
circumlocutions. The young, middle-aged, and old Wilson 5 speaks directly through his letters, which are informal for the most part and which undisguisedly reflect his changing
moods. On occasion-in response, perhaps, to the misery of a friend or a public outrage or a personal challenge-he can become eloquent, even passionate, but that is not his 10 prevailing tone.
文章大意：文章主要讲评论家埃德蒙威尔逊在写信的风格上不拘一格，直言不讳，他的一生都是这样的风格不扭捏拘谨，应对各种挑战时候也能从容不会能言善辩。 长难词：mannerisms
特殊习惯，矫揉造作，artifice 欺骗entangle 是纠缠，
混乱circumlocution委婉的说法 eloquent雄辩的，有口才的， outrage 愤怒 undisguisedly公开的，不伪装的。
6. Based on the information in the passage,Wilson's letters can best be described as (A) cynical冷嘲的
(B) spontaneous自发的无意识的 (C) critical批判的 (D) preachy爱唠叨的 (E) witty诙谐的，机智的
解析：B，这是主旨题，考察对文章全文的把控，文章开篇就提到埃德蒙的写信风格是不矫揉造作的，直言的。
7. The reference 10 the \to suggest the
(A) multifaceted nature of Wilson's literary persona
(B) maturity Wilson displayed even as a youth (C) effect aging had on Wilson's temperament (D) longevity of Wilson's literary career
(E) consistency of Wilson's letter-writing style
解析：E，这里说从青年，中年，到老年他的写作风格都是informal和undisguisedly,一直都没有变过。
Questions 8-9 are based on the following passage. The belief that it is harmful to the Black community