Sentence Completion 练习3[1]
1. The peasants were the least ____ of all people, bound by tradition and ____ by superstitions.
A. free - fettered
B. enfranchised - rejected
C. enthralled - tied
D. pinioned - limited
E. conventional - encumbered
2. Many people at that time believed that spices help preserve food; however, Hall found that many marketed spices were ____ bacteria, moulds and yeasts.
A. devoid of
B. teeming with
C. improved by
D. destroyed by
E. active against
3. If there is nothing to absorb the energy of sound waves, they travel on ____ , but their intensity ____ as they travel further from their source.
A. erratically - mitigates
B. eternally - alleviates
C. forever - increases
D. steadily - stabilizesE. indefinitely - diminishes
4. The two artists differed markedly in their temperaments; Palmer was reserved and courteous, Frazer ____ and boastful.
A. phlegmatic
B. choleric
C. constrained
D. tractable
E. stoic
5. The intellectual flexibility inherent in a multicultural nation has been ____ in classrooms where emphasis on British-American literature has not reflected the cultural ____ of our country.
A. eradicated - unanimity
B. encouraged - aspirations
C. stifled - diversity
D. thwarted - uniformity
E. inculcated - divide
答案：
1.Correct Answer: A
解析:
Clue: the part after the comma expands on what has been stated. Also note the word ‘least’, which here means ‘not’. Therefore, the peasants were least free, because they were fettered (restricted or bound) by superstition. (enfranchised = given voting rights; enthralled = fascinated; pinioned = tied down; encumbered = burdened)
2. Correct Answer: B
Explanation:
Clue: ‘However’ indicates that the first part of the sentence is contradicted by the second. Therefore,SAT