Sentence Completion 练习1[1]

【太傻网 - SAT】
1. The formerly ____ waters of the lake have been polluted so that the fish are no longer visible from the surface.

A. muddy

B. tranquil

C. stagnant

D. pellucid

E. rancid

Correct Answer: D

解析:

Clue: The word ‘formerly’ indicates that once things were different. So, since now the waters are polluted so that fish cannot be seen, then formerly they must have been unpolluted and clear (pellucid). (tranquil = peaceful; stagnant = not moving; pellucid = transparently clear; rancid = stale)

2. After the accident, the nerves to her arm were damaged and so the muscles ____ through disuse.

A. atrophied

B. contracted

C. elongated

D. invigorated

E. dwindled

Correct Answer: A

解析:

Clue: The sentence states that the muscles were not used and so we would expect them to waste away. Atrophied means wasted away, or withered. Note that dwindled means grew less but could not be used for muscles. (invigorated = energized)

3. Some critics maintain that Tennyson's poetry is uneven, ranging from the ____ to the ____.

A. sublime - elevated

B. trite - inspired

C. vacuous - inane

D. succinct - laconic

E. sonorous - voluble

Correct Answer: B

解析:

Clue: ‘Ranging from something to something’, indicates that extremes are required. Also we are told that the poetry is uneven, also indicating that opposites are required.
Therefore, trite (unoriginal) is a negative word, and inspired is a positive word. (sublime = magnificently inspiring; vacuous = meaningless = inane; succinct = short and to the point; laconic = using few words; sonorous = full of sound ; voluble = talking a lot)

4. After grafting there is a ____ of lymphocytes in the lymph glands; the newly produced lymphocytes then move in to attack the foreign tissue.

A. diminution

B. proliferation

C. obliteration

D. paucitySAT