美国学术能力评估考试（SAT）
单选题Many great scientists and inventors of the past, such as Nikola Tesla, has possessed the ability of extraordinary, visualization skills that enabled them to analyze the most minute details of complex machines before the devices were even constructed.A
题目
has possessed the ability of extraordinary visualization skills
have been able to possess extraordinary visualization skills
possessed skills in visualization that was extraordinary
possessed extraordinary visualization skills
possessed skills of visualizing that was extraordinary
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第1题：
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The full influence of mechanization began shortly after 1850, when a variety of machines came rapidly into use. The introduction of these machines frequently created rebellions by workers who were fearful that the machines would rob them of their work. Patrick Bell, in Scotland, and Cyrus McCormick, in United States, produced threshing machines. Improve- meats were made in plows to compensate for different soil types. Stream power came into use in 1860s on large farms. Hay rakes, hay-loaders, and various special harvesting machines were produced, Milking machines appeared. The internal-combustion engine run by gasoline became the chief power source for the farm.
In time, the number of certain farm machines that came into use skyrocketed and changed the nature of fanning. Be-tween 1940 and 1960, for example, 12 million horses and mules gave way to 5 million tractors. Tractors offer many. features that are attractive to farmers. There are, for example, numerous attachments: cultivators that can penetrate the s0il to varying depths, rotary hoes that chop weeds; spray devices that can spray pesticides in bands 100 feet across, and many others.
A piece of equipment has now been invented or adapted for virtually every laborious hand or animal operation On the farm. lathe United States, for example, cotton, tobacco, hay, and grain are planted, treated for pests and diseases, fertilized, cultivated and harvested by machine. Large devices shake fruit and nut from trees, gain and blend feed, and dry gain and hay. Equipment is now available to put just the right amount of fertilizer in just the right place, to spray an exact row width, and to count out, Space, and plant just the right number of seeds for a row.
Mechanization is not used in agriculture in many parts of Latin America, Africa, Agriculture innovation is accepted fastest where agriculture is already profitable and progressive. Some mechanization has reached the level of plantation agriculture in parts of the tropics, but even today much of that land is laboriously worked by people leading draft animals pal- ling primitive plows.
The problems of mechanization in some areas are not 0nly cultural in nature. For examples, tropical soils and crops differ markedly from those in temperate areas that the machines are designed for, so adaptations have to be made. But the greatest obstacle to mechanization is the fear in underdeveloped countries that the workers who are displaced by machines would not find work elsewhere, Introducing mechanization into such areas requires careful planning.
31. The first paragraph uses several examples to convey the ideas that______.
A) the introduction of machines into agricultural work created rebellions on the part of the farmers
B) the use of internal combustion engine as a chief power source for the farm produced great influence
C) the mechanization of agricultural work after 1850 gradually robbed many farmers of their work
D) ingenious improvements were made in fanning machines in the 1860s to yield production
答案：D
[试题分析]文章主旨题。
[详细解答]意为：“内燃机(internal combustion engine)作为主要能源在农业上的应用产生的巨大影响”。工业革命于19世纪60年代开始于英国，其主要推动力和标志是内燃机的发明，表现形式是逐渐的机械化，农业也不例外。文章第一段指出1850年后不久，机械化的影响逐渐展开，各种机器迅速投入使用，引起了人们的抵抗，因为他们惧怕因此会被机器代替，失去工作(rob them of their work)。下文列举了犁、干草耙、装草机、收割机、挤奶机等几种重要机械农具的发明，用以说明第一段第一句和最后一句所概括的内容。最后一句可泽为：“以汽油作燃料的内燃机成为农具的主要动力(power source)”。
第2题：
Natural Medicines
Since earliest days,humans have used some kinds of medicines.We know this because hu-mans have survived .Ancient treatments for injury and disease were successful enough to keep hu-mans from dying out completely.
They were successful long before the time of modern medicine.Before the time of doctors with white coats and shiny（发亮的）instruments. Before the time of big hospitals with strange and wonderful equipment.
Many parts of the world still do not have university-educated doctors.Nor do they have ex- pensive hospitals.Yet injuries are treated.And diseases are often cured.How?By ancient meth- ods. By medicines that might seem mysterious, even magical（有魔力的）.Traditional medicines are neither mysterious nor magical,however.
Through the centuries, tribal（部落的）medicine men experimented with plants. They found many useful chemicals in the plants.And scientists believe many of these traditional medicines may provide the cure for some of today's most serious diseases.
Experts say almost 80%of the people in the world use plants for health care.These natural medicines are used not just because people have no other form of treatment.They are used be-cause people trust them.In developed areas,few people think about the source of the medicines they buy in a store.Yet many widely-used medicines are from ancient sources,especially plants. Some experts say more than 25%of modern medicines come,in one way or another,from nature.
Scientists have long known that nature is really a chemical factory.All living things contain chemicals that help them survive .So scientists' interest in traditional medicine is not new.But it has become an urgent concern.This is because the earth's supply of natural medicines may be dropping rapidly.
A: much more successful than modern ones
B: successful enough for humans to survive
C: successful in all cases
D: of little help to humans
第三段第一句和第二句对选项A中的“all over the world”作了否定，而其他三个选项的内容在短文中都直接或间接谈到：选项B的内容在第二段最后一句和第三段第一句、第二句都间接提到，我们自然会想到，大医院有现代化的医疗设备，有经过高等教育的医生，有现代化的药品，看病的价格当然昂贵；第三段最后一句的内容与选项C的文字完全相同；第一段第一句的内容与选项D的内容也相同。
第四段最后一句提供了本问题的答案，两处除了句子结构不同以外，文字完全相同。其他三个选项的内容短文都没有提及，根据常识判断也可以知道它们不是正确答案。
第五段第一句直接提供了本题的答案。
短文最后一句直接提供了本问题的答案，其他三个选项均与此完全相反。
第3题：
9． ___________ of them has any great ability．
A． None of
B． None
C． No．
D． No one
第4题：
The Great Barrier Reef is included on the World Heritage list because（）
Ait has the most beautiful seascape in the world
Bit has the greatest number of islands in the world
Cit has the most diverse and complex marine life in the world
Dit has the longest coast in the world
C
略
第5题：
Natural Medicines
Since earliest days,humans have used some kinds of medicines.We know this because humans have survived.Ancient treatments for injury and disease were successful enough to keep humans from dying out completely.
They were successful long before the time of modern medicine. Before the time of doctors with white coats and shiny（发亮的）instruments. Before the time of big hospitals with strange and wonderful equipment.
Many parts of the world still do not have university-educated doctors. Nor do they have expensive hospitals.Yet injuries are treated.And diseases are often cured.How?By ancient methods. By medicines that might seem mysterious , even magical（有魔力的）.Traditional medicines are neither mysterious nor magical,however.
Through the centuries , tribal（部落的）medicine men experimented with plants. They found
many useful chemicals in the plants.And scientists believe many of these traditional medicines
may provide the cure for some of today's most serious diseases.
Experts say almost 80% of the people in the world use plants for health care.These natural medicines are used not just because people have no other form of treatment. They are used because people trust them. In developed areas,few people think about the source of the medicines they buy in a store .Yet many widely-used medicines are from ancient sources,especially plants.
Some experts say more than 25%of modem medicines come,in one way or another,from nature.
Scientists have long known that nature is really a chemical factory. All living things contain chemicals that help them survive .So scientists' interest in traditional medicine is not new.But it has become an urgent concern.This is because the earth's supply of natural medicines may be dropping rapidly.
A: can cure all kinds of diseases
B: may cure some of today's most serious diseases
C: are no longer useful for modern men
D: are too cheap to be useful
第三段第一句和第二句对选项A中的“all over the world”作了否定，而其他三个选项的内容在短文中都直接或间接谈到：选项B的内容在第二段最后一句和第三段第一句、第二句都间接提到，我们自然会想到，大医院有现代化的医疗设备，有经过高等教育的医生，有现代化的药品，看病的价格当然昂贵；第三段最后一句的内容与选项C的文字完全相同；第一段第一句的内容与选项D的内容也相同。
第四段最后一句提供了本问题的答案，两处除了句子结构不同以外，文字完全相同。其他三个选项的内容短文都没有提及，根据常识判断也可以知道它们不是正确答案。
第五段第一句直接提供了本题的答案。
短文最后一句直接提供了本问题的答案，其他三个选项均与此完全相反。
第6题：
第二篇
Natural Medicines
Since earliest days,humans have used some kinds of medicines.We know this because humans have
survived.Ancient treatments for injury and disease were successful enough to keep humans from dying out
completely.
They were successful long before the time of modern medicine.Before the time of doctors with white
coats and shiny（发亮的）instruments. Before the time of big hospitals with strange and wonderful equipment.
Many parts of the world still do not have university-educated doctors. Nor do they have expensive hospi-
tals.Yet injuries are treated.And diseases are often cured.How?By ancient methods.By medicines that
might seem mysterious , even magical（有魔力的）.Traditional medicines are neither mysterious nor magical,
however.
Through the centuries, tribal（部族的）medicine men experimented with plants. They found many use-
ful chemicals in the plants.And scientists believe many of these traditional medicines may provide the cure
for some of today's most serious diseases.
Experts say almost 80% of the people in the world use plants for health care.These natural medicines
are used not just because people have no other form of treatment.They are used because people trust them.
In developed areas,few people think about the source of the medicines they buy in a store.Yet many wide-
ly-used medicines are from ancient sources,especially plants.Some experts say more than 25% of modern
medicines come,in one way or another,from nature.
Scientists have long known that nature is really a chemical factory.All living things contain chemicals
that help them survive.So scientists' interest in traditional medicine is not new.But it has become an ur-
gent concern.This is because the earth's supply of natural medicines may be dropping rapidly.
A:can cure all kinds of diseases
B:may cure some of today's most serious diseases
C:are no longer useful for modern men
D:are too cheap to be useful
由文章第三段可知，现在世界上的很多地方仍然没有高学历的医生，也没有治疗费昂贵的医院，但这些地方的人们仍有办法治疗疾病。他们仍然使用古老的医疗办法来治病。故 选A。
由文章第四段最后一句话可知，科学家们相信这些古老的医疗手段可能会给现今最严 重的疾病提供治愈方法。故选B。
由文章第五段第一句话可知，专家们说世界上80％的人们在用植物草药做医疗保健。 故选D。或者根据文章主题（文章标题Natural Medicine）直接选择答案。
由文章最后一段最后一句话，可知地球上的天然药物的供给量可能会急速下降。故 选B。第三篇 本篇文章主要讲述了人类为了改善生活使用技术工具改变了地球的自然面貌，在给自己带 来便利的同时却污染了环境，影响了生态平衡。
第7题：
Natural Medicines
Since earliest days,humans have used some kinds of medicines.We know this because hu-mans have survived .Ancient treatments for injury and disease were successful enough to keep hu-mans from dying out completely.
They were successful long before the time of modern medicine.Before the time of doctors with white coats and shiny（发亮的）instruments. Before the time of big hospitals with strange and wonderful equipment.
Many parts of the world still do not have university-educated doctors.Nor do they have ex- pensive hospitals.Yet injuries are treated.And diseases are often cured.How?By ancient meth- ods. By medicines that might seem mysterious, even magical（有魔力的）.Traditional medicines are neither mysterious nor magical,however.
Through the centuries, tribal（部落的）medicine men experimented with plants. They found many useful chemicals in the plants.And scientists believe many of these traditional medicines may provide the cure for some of today's most serious diseases.
Experts say almost 80%of the people in the world use plants for health care.These natural medicines are used not just because people have no other form of treatment.They are used be-cause people trust them.In developed areas,few people think about the source of the medicines they buy in a store.Yet many widely-used medicines are from ancient sources,especially plants. Some experts say more than 25%of modern medicines come,in one way or another,from nature.
Scientists have long known that nature is really a chemical factory.All living things contain chemicals that help them survive .So scientists' interest in traditional medicine is not new.But it has become an urgent concern.This is because the earth's supply of natural medicines may be dropping rapidly.
A:cancureallkindsofdiseases
B: maycuresomeoftoday,smostseriousdiseases
C: arenolongerusefulformodernmen
D: aretoocheaptoheuseful
第三段第一句和第二句对选项A中的“all over the world”作了否定，而其他三个选项的内容在短文中都直接或间接谈到：选项B的内容在第二段最后一句和第三段第一句、第二句都间接提到，我们自然会想到，大医院有现代化的医疗设备，有经过高等教育的医生，有现代化的药品，看病的价格当然昂贵；第三段最后一句的内容与选项C的文字完全相同；第一段第一句的内容与选项D的内容也相同。
第四段最后一句提供了本问题的答案，两处除了句子结构不同以外，文字完全相同。其他三个选项的内容短文都没有提及，根据常识判断也可以知道它们不是正确答案。
第五段第一句直接提供了本题的答案。
短文最后一句直接提供了本问题的答案，其他三个选项均与此完全相反。
第8题：
The American love of sports (11) to a pitch never before known. (12) the middle of the century we were practically without sports and even until some fifteen years ago there (13) very little enthusiasm aroused by sports (14) the fever that has within the past decade and a half swept over the country.
(15) the passionate fervor has been increasing，and the coming season promises to be the most enthusiastic of all.
(16) England the Romans brought their sports；then the Saxons and the Normans added others，and there were football matches and archery games.
In 1618 King James I issued a book of sports stating what sports were (17) after church service on Sundays；but intense anger was (18) among those who strictly observed the principles of the Bible，and in 1644 the Long Parliament ordered the book (19) by the public executioner，and all sports forbidden or strongly (20) .
A. have raised
B. has raised
C. have risen
D. has risen
[解析] raise为及物动词，“举起，引起”，可排除，应用单三形式/has+动词过去分词。
第9题：
Natural Medicines
Since earliest days,humans have used some kinds of medicines.We know this because humans have survived.Ancient treatments for injury and disease were successful enough to keep humans from dying out completely.
They were successful long before the time of modern medicine. Before the time of doctors with white coats and shiny（发亮的）instruments. Before the time of big hospitals with strange and wonderful equipment.
Many parts of the world still do not have university-educated doctors. Nor do they have expensive hospitals.Yet injuries are treated.And diseases are often cured.How?By ancient methods. By medicines that might seem mysterious , even magical（有魔力的）.Traditional medicines are neither mysterious nor magical,however.
Through the centuries , tribal（部落的）medicine men experimented with plants. They found
many useful chemicals in the plants.And scientists believe many of these traditional medicines
may provide the cure for some of today's most serious diseases.
Experts say almost 80% of the people in the world use plants for health care.These natural medicines are used not just because people have no other form of treatment. They are used because people trust them. In developed areas,few people think about the source of the medicines they buy in a store .Yet many widely-used medicines are from ancient sources,especially plants.
Some experts say more than 25%of modem medicines come,in one way or another,from nature.
Scientists have long known that nature is really a chemical factory. All living things contain chemicals that help them survive .So scientists' interest in traditional medicine is not new.But it has become an urgent concern.This is because the earth's supply of natural medicines may be dropping rapidly.
A: may never be exhausted
B: may be dropping rapidly
C: is surprisingly big
D: is as rich as ever
第三段第一句和第二句对选项A中的“all over the world”作了否定，而其他三个选项的内容在短文中都直接或间接谈到：选项B的内容在第二段最后一句和第三段第一句、第二句都间接提到，我们自然会想到，大医院有现代化的医疗设备，有经过高等教育的医生，有现代化的药品，看病的价格当然昂贵；第三段最后一句的内容与选项C的文字完全相同；第一段第一句的内容与选项D的内容也相同。
第四段最后一句提供了本问题的答案，两处除了句子结构不同以外，文字完全相同。其他三个选项的内容短文都没有提及，根据常识判断也可以知道它们不是正确答案。
第五段第一句直接提供了本题的答案。
短文最后一句直接提供了本问题的答案，其他三个选项均与此完全相反。
第10题：
The Great Barrier Reef is included on the World Heritage list because（）
- A、it has the most beautiful seascape in the world
- B、it has the greatest number of islands in the world
- C、it has the most diverse and complex marine life in the world
- D、it has the longest coast in the world
正确答案:C