2012年5月北美SAT阅读真题之文章阅读题（一）

Questions 9-10 are based on the following passage.

After Ruma's father retired, he began to travel, sending
Ruma succinct, impersonal postcard accounts of the things
he had seen and done: "Yesterday the Uffizi Gallery.
Today a walk to the other side of Arno." Occasionally
there was a sentence about the weather. But there was (Line 5)
never a sense of her father's presence in those places.
It was a one-sided correspondence; his trips were brief
enough so that there was no time for Ruma to write back.
It was only in his closing that he acknowledged any
personal connection between them. "Be happy, love Baba," (Line 10)
he signed them, as if the attainment of happiness were as
simple as that. 【更多SAT考试真题下载】

9. The primary function of the passage is to

(A)describe a pattern of behavior

(B)identify a growing conflict

(C)portray an uncommon event

(D)condone an instance of neglect

(E)analyze a fundamental motivation

10. Lines 10-12 (" 'Be ... that") would best be characterized as a

(A)harsh judgment of a blunt command

(B)total mockery of a nostalgic sentiment

(C)straightforward reading of an ironic comment

(D)wistful recollection of an old-fashioned attitude

(E)mild criticism of a commonplace expression

Questions 11-12 are based on the following passage.

During the early development of a new idea, scientists
behave rather like artists, driven by temperament. We start
off with a hunch, a feeling, even a desire that the world
be one way, and then we proceed from that presentiment,
often sticking with it long after the data suggest we may (Line 5)
be leading ourselves and others down a blind alley.
What saves us is that experiment acts as the ultimate
referee, settling all disputes. No matter how strong our
hunch is, at some point we will have to prove it with facts.
Otherwise our hunch, no matter how strongly held, will (Line 10)
remain just that. 【2015年SAT考试时间及考位代报名】

11. In the first two sentences (lines 1-6), scientists are presented as all of the following EXCEPT

(A)predisposed (B)determined (C)inherently logical (D)somewhat idiosyncratic (E)overly zealous

12. In context, the reference to "the ultimate referee" (lines 7-8) serves to emphasize the need for

(A) agility (B) objectivity (C) commitment (D) artistry (E) conflict

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Questions 13-23 are based on the following passage.

In this passage, a Hispanic American writer reflects on three gifts she received one day as a child.

When I was seven, my parents gave me a doll, a doll's
house, and a book, The Arabian Nights, which came
wrapped in red tissue paper which I used as a book cover.
I was just getting ready to read when my mother walked (line 5)
into my room.

"Isn't your doll just beautiful?" my mother asked. I
looked at the doll-I'll have to call her "She" because I
never gave her a name. She was a fair celluloid creature
with blue eyes that matched her ruffled dress. I puckered
my lips and raised my eyebrows, not really knowing how (line 10)
to let my mother down easily. "

This doll is different," my mother explained, trying to
talk me into playing with it. "She says 'Mommy. '"
The noises She made sounded more like a cat' s cries
than a baby's babbles. Thinking that the doll needed love, (line 15)
I hugged her tightly for a long time. Useless, I said to myself
finally. I decided to play with the doll's house. But since
reananging the tiny furniture seemed to be the only activity
possible, I lost interest. I caught sight again of the third of
my gifts, The Arabian Nights, and I began to read it. From (line 20)
that moment, the book was my constant companion.
Every day, after doing my homework, I climbed our
guava tree. Nestled among its branches, I read and reread
the stories in The Arabian Nights to my heart's content.

My mother became concerned as she noticed that I wasn't (line 25)
playing with either the doll or the little house. She wouldn't
have dreamed of asking me to give up my reading session,
but she began to insist that I take the doll up the tree with me.

Trying to read on a branch fifteen feet off the ground ,
while holding on to the silly doll was not easy. After nearly (line 30)
falling off twice, I devised a way to please my mother and

my neck intact. I tied one end of a long vine around
the doll's neck and the opposite one around the branch.
This way I could let the doll hang in midair while I read.

I always looked out for my mother, though. I sensed that (line 35)
my playing with the doll was of great importance to her.
So every time I heard her coming, I lifted the doll up and
hugged her. The smile in my mother's eyes told me my plan
worked.

The inevitable happened one afternoon. Totally absorbed (line 40)
in the reading, I did not hear my mother calling me. When I
looked down, I saw my mother staring at the dangling doll.
Fearing the worst of scoldings, I climbed down in a flash,
reaching the groundjust as my mother was untying the doll.
To my surprise, she did not scold. She kept on staring at the (line 45)
doll, then she glanced at me.

The next day, my father same home early and suggested
that he and I play with the doll's house. Soon I was bored,
but my father seemed to be having so much fun I didn't have
the heart to tell him. Quietly I slipped out, picking up my (line 50)
book on my way to the yard. Absorbed as he was in
ananging and rearranging the tiny furniture, he didn't
notice my quick exit.

Almost 20 years passed before I found out why the
hanging-doll episode had been so significant for my parents. (line 55)

By then I was a parent myself. After recounting the episode
amid my father's and my laughter, my mother confessed that
all those years she had been afraid I would turn out to be an
unnatural mother. She was delighted that I had turned out to
be a most loving and understanding mother to my son.  (line 60)

My mother often recalls the incident of the hanging doll
and thanks God aloud for making me a good parent. Then
she as she inventories my vicissitudes in life, pointing
out that with my education I might have been a rich dentist
instead of a poor poet. I look back at that same childhood (line 65)
incident, recall my third gift, the book in red tissue paper,
and I, too, take inventory of the experiences that have made
me who and what I am. I pause to marvel at life's wondrous
ironies.

13. The mother's question in line 6 is best described as

(A)an attempt to shape her daughter's reaction

(B)an expression of her daughter's appreciation

(C)a justification of her daughter's tastes

(D) a recognition of her daughter's anxieties

(E)a desire to share her daughter's wonder

14. The word "She" in line 8 conveys the idea that the

(A)girl and the doll had something in common

(B)girl's parents believed that girls should play with dolls

(C)mother's gift was immediately appreciated

(D)girl did not care much for the doll

(E)mother had chosen a name for the doll

15. In lines 15-16, the statement "Thinking ... time" adds to the characterization of the girl primarily by

(A)underscoring her anger at her mother

(B)focusing on her rebellious attitude

(C)demonstrating her sympathetic nature

(D)revealing her secret plans for the doll

(E)exposing her deception

16. The most direct result of the condition imposed by the mother in line 28 ("but she ... with me") is that the

(A)doll brings the mother and daughter closer together

(B)doll becomes a nuisance to the girl

(C)girl fears that her friends will ridicule her CD) girl begins to feel like a hypocrite

(E)girl damages a new possession

17. The intended result of the plan referred to in lines 32-34 ("I tied ... I read") was that the

(A)girl would play with the doll

(B)girl would risk hurting herself

(C)girl would please her mother

(D)girl would demonstrate her independence publicly

(E)mother would be distracted

18. Which of the following strategies do the parents use to influence the girl?

(A)Cajolery and play

(B)Lectures and stories

(C)Manipulation and discipline

(D)Deception and argument

(E)Affection and bribery

19. Ultimately, the family looks back on the doll incident as

(A)humorous

(B)educational

(C)senseless

(D) traumatic

(E)embarrassing

20. ' In the last paragraph, the mother and the daughter assess the daughter's life in which of the following ways?

(A)The mother is satisfied now that the daughter has a career, while the daughter is pleased to have made her mother happy at last.

(B)Both mother and daughter agree that the daughter's achievements are unsatisfactory.

(C)The mother wishes that the daughter were rich, while the daughter wishes that she had been allowed more freedom as a child.

(D)The mother frets about her daughter's choices in life, while the daughter values their consequences.

(E)The mother rejects her daughter's lifestyle, while the daughter longs to be accepted by her mother.

21. The final paragraph makes which point about the "third gift" referred to in line 667

(A)Gifts can be given over and over.

(B)Gifts can have unexpected consequences.

(C)Gifts are commemorations of special events.

(D) Gifts can compensate for earlier disappointments.

(E)Gifts are a means of expressing complex feelings.

22. Which of the passage best illustrates the "ironies" refelTed to in line 69 ?

(A)That the author has herself now become a mother

(B)That the author's father was as concerned by the incident as was her mother

(C)That the father was comfortable playing with toys traditionally meant for

(D) That the author was influenced most by the gift least valued by her mother '

(E)That the author became a poet instead of a dentist

23. The author's account of a childhood episode reveals that, as a young girl, she viewed her parents as people who

(A)were easily discouraged by obstacles

(B)might withdraw their love at any moment

(C)were unconcerned by contradictions in their behavior

(D) required constant reassurance of their superiority

(E)had emotional needs that must be protected

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