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SAT阅读Sentence Completion练习题7

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  SAT阅读SC完成句子练习题7

  1. The candidate _____ when asked why he had left his last job; he did not want to admit that he had been ____ .

  A. demurred - promoted

  B. confided - banned

  C. dissembled - dismissed

  D. rejoiced - wrong

  E. hesitated - lauded

  2. Tennyson was a well-loved poet; no other poet since has been so ____ .

  A. lionized

  B. attacked

  C. decried

  D. poetical

  E. abhorred

  3. The parliamentary session degenerated into ____ with politicians hurling ____ at each other and refusing to come to order.

  A. mayhem - banter

  B. disarray - pleasantries

  C. tranquillity - invectives

  D. chaos - aphorisms

  E. anarchy - insults

  4. The admiral ____ his order to attack when he saw the white flag raised by the enemy sailors; he was relieved that he could bring an end to the ____ .

  A. reiterated - hostilities

  B. countermanded - fighting

  C. commandeered - truce

  D. renounced - hiatus

  E. confirmed - aggression

  5. In a fit of ____ she threw out the valuable statue simply because it had belonged to her ex-husband.sat

  A. pique

  B. goodwill

  C. contrition

  D. pedantry

  E. prudence

  6. Many 17th century buildings that are still in existence have been so ____ by successive owners that the original layout is no longer ____ .

  A. preserved - visible

  B. modified - apparent

  C. decimated - enshrouded

  D. salvaged - required

  E. neglected - appropriate

  7. Since ancient times sculpture has been considered the ____ of men; women sculptors have, until recently, consistently met with ____.

  A. right - acceptance

  B. domain - approbation

  C. domicile - ridicule

  D. realm - condolence

  E. prerogative - opposition

  8. ____ action at this time would be inadvisable; we have not yet accumulated sufficient expertise to warrant anything other than a ____ approach.

  A. precipitate - cautious

  B. hesitant - wary

  C. vacillating - circuitous

  D. decisive - firm

  E. ponderous - direct

  9. Many biologists have attempted to ____ the conditions on earth before life evolved in order to answer questions about the ____ of biological molecules.

  A. mimic - fitness

  B. standardize - shapes

  C. replicate - reactions

  D. simulate - origin

  E. ameliorate - evolution

  10. Harding was unable to ____ the results of the survey; although entirely unexpected, the figures were obtained by a market research firm with an ____ reputation.

  A. accept - peerless

  B. discount - impeccable

  C. fault - mediocre

  D. counter - unenviable

  E. believe - fine

  11. The quantum theory was initially regarded as absurd, unnatural and ____ with common sense.

  A. consanguineous

  B. discernible

  C. incompatible

  D. decipherable

  E. consistent

  12. Do not be fooled by her ____ manner; her superficial ____ belies her worldliness.

  A. ingenuous - proficiency

  B. worldly - simplicity

  C. unsophisticated - naivet

  D. gregarious - isolation

  E. off-hand - serious

  

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