SAT 一周一篇阅读练习[1]

练习文章1

As a professional television critic, i have had to endure a forced, contractual separation from the discriminating TV viewer’s favorite phrase: “You couldn’t pay me to watch that.” But that’s how I feel about miniseries. To me, they are beach reading without the beach, airport reading with the airport. They last just the wrong amount of time- they don’t have the compressed energy of a short story, and they’re not expansive and open-ended, like a regular series or a novel. A miniseries is like an infomercial- by the time you decide whether you want to buy the product, you’ve logged too many hours in front of the television.

Q1, The statement (To me… airport) serves to

A advance an opinion through a comical story

B justify a criticism by citing evidence

C express a negative sentiment in humorous terms

D analyze a theory by citing everyday examples

E note a pressing problem by describing its consequences

Q2, The statement　(A miniseries…. Television), the author makes use of which of the following?

A Allusion

B Analogy

C Understatement

D Personification

E Euphemism

练习文章2

From the start, Cirque de Soleil was hardly a conventional circus. It had outrageous costumes, original music, and clever performers- but no animals. Despite the dearth of beasts, it was a rousing success. Those initial decisions were brilliant, since they essentially redefined the genre. By not featuring animals, cirque eliminated one of the most costly and controversial parts of any circus. And by shifting the focus from an event geared to kids to one designed for adults, cirque pulled in an audience the traditional circus had never seen: adult theatergoers accustomed to paying steeper ticket prices.

Q3, The passage focuses primarily on which characteristic of the founders of Cirque De Soleil?

A Their innovativeness

B Their impracticality

C Their perseverance

D TheiSAT