真题汇总：2014年5月SAT阅读真题

Questions 30-35 refer to the following passage.

(1)Fingerprint evidence has been used to help solve crimes since the late nineteenth century, when it was discovered that each individual’s fingerprints are unique. (2)You might well think that it is irrefutable, especially if you watch TV crime shows. (3)These suggest that the process of matching the fingerprints found at the scene of a crime with those of the suspect is foolproof. (4)This process, however, is not as precise as you might think. (5)We often make assumptions about the things we see on television.

(6)Computers can analyze fingerprints, looking for points of similarity in the fingerprints’ distinctive patterns. (7)Computers cannot conclusively match any two prints. (8)They can only select possible candidates for matching, and how many they select depends on the program they use. (9)A program designed to look for only a small number of similarities may choose hundreds of prints, which hardly helps to narrow the field of investigation. (10)A program designed to search for a large number of similarities may not come up with any matches.

(11)After fingerprints have been selected by the computer as possible matches, they must be analyzed by human forensic experts. (12)These experts have to consider all the factors that may affect a fingerprint’s appearance. (13)The fingerprints that people leave when they casually touch something are often smudged and incomplete, and fingerprints can vary depending on the kind of surface where they are deposited. (14)For these reasons forensic experts need to rely on training, experience, and judgment to determine whether two prints should be considered a match.

30. In context, which of the following phrases would most effectively replace the word “it” in sentence 2 (reproduced below)?

You might well think that it is irrefutable, especially if you watch TV crime shows.

A. this history

B. such dramatization

C. that development

D. this discovery

E. such evidence

答案：E

解析：it指代的是第1句中的结论，那么应该指代的Fingerprint evidence。选E。ABC都是无关选项，没有提到story，dramatization和development。这个题容易误选D，注意D中discovery不是第一句的得出的结论，而是陈述的事实。

31. In context, what should be done to sentence 5 (reproduced below)?

We often make assumptions about the things we see on television.

A. Make it the first sentence of the passage.

B. Delete it from the passage.

C. Change “We” to “Like others ,we ”.

D. Change “see” to “have seen”.

E. Add “and elsewhere ” to the end of the sentence.

答案：B

解析：第5句话在句中完全与上下文无关，且全文都是客观文字，没有主语we，删掉即可。

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32. In context, which of the following is the best way to revise and combine sentences 6 and 7 (reproduced below)?

Computers can analyze fingerprints, looking for points of similarity in the fingerprints’ distinctive patterns. Computers cannot conclusively match any two prints.

A. They could analyze fingerprints, looking for points of similarity in the distinctive patterns of the prints, but they could not conclusively match any two prints.

B. Furthermore, computers could analyze fingerprints by looking for points of similarity in the distinctive patterns of the two fingerprints and still fail to match any two of them conclusively.

C. Although computer can analyze fingerprints, looking for points of similarity in the distinctive patterns of the prints, they cannot match any two prints conclusively.

D. But, in fact, since computers will analyze fingerprints by looking for points of similarity in their distinctive patterns, they cannot match any two prints conclusively.

E. Therefore, they are able to analyze fingerprints by looking for points of similarity in their patterns but cannot conclusively match any two.

答案：C

解析：从文章来分析，67句明显是转折或者让步关系，A逻辑正确但是they指代有问题。B逻辑错误，不是递进和并列。C逻辑和句法都正确。D选项逻辑错误。E中therefore使用错误，另外they指代也有问题。

33. In context, which of the following is the best way to revise sentence 10 (reproduced below) at the underlined portion?

A program designed to search for a large number of similarities may not come up with any matches.

A. On the other hand, a program designed to look for a large number of similarities

B. A program designed to search for a large number of similarities, for example,

C. In addition, a program designed to do so

D. A program designed to search for a large number of them, in fact,

E. Even so, a program designed to do that

答案：A

解析：这里是在举两个两方面的例子，用on the other hand表对比，表示“然而另一方面”逻辑最清楚。for example，in fact，even so逻辑明显不对。in addition勉强可以，但是so指代错误。

34. In context, where would be the best place to insert the following sentence?

Computers also do not make the final decisions.

A. Immediately before sentence 2

B. Immediately before sentence 3

C. Immediately before sentence 11

D. Immediately before sentence 12

E. Immediately before sentence 13

答案：C

解析：翻译过来是“电脑也不做最后决定”。第3段说的是在电脑挑出可能对象之后，法医专家再做最后决定，放在这段之前也就是第11句前刚好符合逻辑。

35. In context, which of the following sentences would most appropriately be placed immediately after sentence 14?

A. Many fingerprint analysts who take this training already have backgrounds in science, though.

B.  Of course, humans are not the only ones who have fingerprints; all primates do.

C. Fingerprint identification is not used only in criminal investigations, however; it also has civil applications in business and education.

D. But even experts sometimes disagree, a tendency that shows that fingerprint identification is more subjective than many people realize.

E. Yet the training in other fields of forensic science may be just as rigorous as training these experts receive.

答案：D

解析：这篇文章整体都在说指纹识别罪犯的弊端，D选项最契合这个主题。ABCE选项与文章内容明显无关。

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