SAT 阅读特训 11.pdf

sharewithu【尚友制造】 SATreadingcomprehensionpracticetest11 SATreadingcomprehensionpracticetest11 SSAATTrreeaaddiinnggccoommpprreehheennssiioonnpprraaccttiicceetteesstt1111 8 12 8 12 （88道题，1122分钟内完成） IchosetowanderbyBethlehem Hospital;partly,becauseit lay onmyroadroundtoWestminster; partly,becauseIhadafancy inmyheadwhichcouldbebestpursuedwithinsight ofits walls.Andthefancywas:Arenotthesaneandtheinsane 5 equalatnight asthesanelieadreaming?Arenotallofus outsidethishospital,whodream,moreorlessinthe conditionofthoseinside it,everynight ofourlives?Are wenotnightlypersuaded,astheydailyare,thatwe associate preposterouslywithkings andqueens,andnotabilities ofall 10 sorts?Dowenotnightlyjumbleevents andpersonages andtimes andplaces,asthesedodaily? Saidanafflictedmantome, whenIvisited ahospitallikethis,‘Sir,Icanfrequently fly.’ Iwashalfashamedtoreflect thatsocouldI-bynight. Iwonderthatthegreat master,whenhecalledSleepthedeath 15 ofeachday’slife, didnotcallDreamstheinsanityofeach day’ssanity. Passage adaptedfrom: TheUncommercialTraveller,CDickens(1860) 1. 1. 11..ItcanbecorrectlyinferredthatBethlehemhospital IisveryclosetoWestminster IIhaspatients whoareregardedasinsane IIIisaplacetheauthorhasvisitedbefore A.Ionly B.IIonly C.IIIonly D.IandII E.I,IIandIII 2. except 2. except 22..Theauthormakes hispointwiththeaidofallofthefollowingeexxcceepptt A.rhetoricalquestions B.personalanecdote C.allusion D.frequentuseofmetaphor E.repetitionandparallelconstruction Now,itis clearthat thedeclineofalanguagemustultimately havepoliticalandeconomiccauses:it isnotduesimplytothe badinfluenceofthisorthatindividualwriter.Butaneffect canbecomeacause,reinforcingtheoriginalcauseandproducing 5 thesameeffectinanintensifiedform,andsoonindefi