SECTION ONE

　　SECTION ONE

　　SECTION ONE

　　1. Seeking to_________ what people view and read by determining what art and literature should be available, censorship laws directly_________ free expression.

　　(A) govern.. liberate

　　(B) juxtapose .. prescribe

　　(C) defer.. nullify

　　(D) control.. prohibit

　　(E) balance .. promote

　　2. Because little rain falls in the district during summer, municipalities are necessarily_________ to _________ water from winter storms.

　　(A) ready.. squander

　　(B) reluctant.. retain

　　(C) free.. absorb

　　(D) careful.. store

　　(E) unwilling .. conserve

　　3. Excessive secrecy tends to_________ excessive curiosity and thus serves to_________ the very impulses against which it guards.

　　(A) inhibit.. protect

　　(B) disguise.. supplant

　　(C) satisfy.. limit

　　(D) compel.. deride

　　(E) invite .. provoke

　　4. Toni Cade Bambara's novels are engrossing because the protagonists, in striving to achieve goals, are not simply_________ characters.

　　(A) passive (B) tangible (C) abandoned (D) autonomous (E) redundant

　　5. Myra laughed exuberantly and embraced her friends repeatedly, so_________ was she about having been selected.

　　(A) ambivalent (B) quizzical (C) euphoric (D) jaded (E) exacting

　　6. The new policy has been called a quiet revolution because, though introduced without_________, it is already producing_________ changes.

　　(A) warning .. specious

　　(B) fanfare .. momentous

　　(C) concealment. . transient

　　(D) hesitation . . ostensible

　　(E) debate.. negligible

　　7. Artists who are described as_________ are the first to experiment with new forms or concepts.

　　(A) aesthetic (B) partisan (C) decorous (D) cerebral (E) avant-garde

　　8. Once his integrity had been_________, the mayoral candidate was quick both to_________ these attacks and to issue counterattacks.

　　(A) debunked .. buttress

　　(B) restored .. recommence

　　(C) revoked .. relinquish

　　(D) impugned .. repudiate

　　(E) vitiated.. avoid

　　9.When two chemical compounds are combined, a_________ effect can be achieved; the resulting combination can be more potent than either of the individual compounds alone.

　　(A) synergistic (B) naturalistic (C) competitive (D) retroactive (E) neutralizing

SECTION TWO
　SECTION TWO

　　1. The stage director insisted that before the next performance die set be_________ to eliminate its dinginess.

　　(A) requisitioned (B) enlarged (C) refurbished (D) demolished (E) relocated

　　2. Most pioneers_________ this valley on their journey to the West because its rugged terrain and frequent landslides made it a_________ place far travelers.

　　(A) flanked..fascinating

　　(B) avoided.. necessary

　　(C) encompassed.. curious

　　(D) enjoyed.. troublesome

　　(E) skirted..hazardous

　　3. Most people would be amazed to discover how _________ their recollections are, even those memories of which they are most_________.

　　(A) unpleasant..frightened

　　(B) repressed..unaware

　　(C) inaccurate.. certain

　　(D) amorphous.. unsure

　　(E) trustworthy..confident

　　4. Perhaps the most visible sign of the_________ nature of the Cherokee nation was the fact that the women who led each clan picked the chief.

　　(A) stoic (B) matriarchal (C) defensive (D) caustic (E) didactic

　　5. Castillo's poetry has generated only enthusiastic response: praise from the general public and_________ from the major critics.

　　(A) condemnation (B) sarcasm (C) plaudits (D) irony (E) pathos

　　6. Many scientists have such specialized expertise that they look only at_________ aspects of nature, but ecologists are concerned with the_________ of the natural environment.

　　(A) complex.. purity

　　(B) detailed.. paradox

　　(C) isolated.. totality

　　(D) universal.. balance

　　(E) distant.. erosion

　　7. Notoriously_________ regarding issues of national security, the Prime Minister dumbfounded her opponents when she_________ a defense appropriations bill they had expected her to conte.

　　(A) evenhanded.. muddled

　　(B) compliant.. conceded on

　　(C) pacific.. opposed

　　(D) intransigent.. compromised on

　　(E) rancorous.. railed against

　　8. Leslie thoroughly_________ the text to avoid any lawsuits that might arise because of the new obscenity law.

　　(A) condensed (B) delineated (C) exterminated (D) expurgated (E) transcribed

　　9. The skepticism of some ancient philosopher_________ and helps to elucidate varieties of nihilism that appeared in the early nineteenth century.

　　(A) suppresses (B) disseminates (C) undermines (D) confounds (E) foreshadows

　　10.The doctor_________ so frequently on disease-prevention techniques that her colleagues accused her of_________.

　　(A) vacillated..inconsistency

　　(B) sermonized.. fidelity

　　(C) wavered..steadfastness

　　(D) experimented..inflexibility

　　(E) relied.. negligence

参考答案

　　SAT考试填空练习题第17套 参考答案:

　　Section One

　　1. D 2.D 3.E 4.A 5.C 6.B 7.E 8.D 9.A

　　Section Two Section Two

　　1. B 2.B 3.B 4.D 5.E 6.C 7.A 8.C 9.D 10.D