SAT练习测试第五套阅读题.pdfVIP

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Section1:ReadingTest

QUESTION1

ChoiceDisthebestanswer.Thepassagebeginswiththemaincharacter,Lymie,sittinginarestaurant

andreadingahistorybook.Thefirstparagraphdescribesthebookinfrontofhim(“Blankpagesfront

andbackwerefilledinwithmaps,drawings,dates,comiccartoons,andorgansofthebody,”lines11-

13).ThesecondparagraphrevealswhatLymieisreadingabout(thePeaceofParisandtheCongressof

Vienna)andsuggestshisintenseconcentrationonthebook(“sometimesheswallowedwholethefood

thathehadnoideahewaseating,”lines23-24).Inthethirdparagraph,thefocusofthepassageshifts

toadescriptionanddiscussionofothersintherestaurant,namely“Apartyoffour,twomenandtwo

women...”(lines42-43).

ChoiceAisincorrectbecausethepassagedoesnotprovideobservationsmadebyothercharacters,only

offeringLymie’sandthenarrator’sobservations.ChoiceBisincorrectbecausethebeginningofthe

passagefocusesonLymieashereadsbyhimselfandtheendofthepassagefocusesonthearrivalof

Lymie’sfather,withwhomLymie’srelationshipseemssomewhatstrained.ChoiceCisincorrectbecause

thesettingisdescribedinthebeginningofthefirstparagraphbutisneverthemainfocusofthe

passage.

QUESTION2

ChoiceCisthebestanswer.Themainpurposeofthefirstparagraphistoestablishthepassage’ssetting

bydescribingaceandanobject.TheceistheAlcazarRestaurant,whichisdescribedasbeing

“longandnarrow”anddecoratedwith“artmoderne,”murals,andnts(lines2-6),andtheobjectis

thehistorybookLymieisreading.

ChoiceAisincorrectbecauseratherthanestablishingwhatLymiedoeseverynight,thefirstparagraph

describeswhatLymieisdoingononenight.ChoiceBisincorrectbecausenothinginthefirstparagraph

indicateswhenthepassagetakesce,asthedetailspro