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2015年1月新SAT官方新样题第一时间解读
北京时间2015年1月9日,Collegeboard官网放出SAT改革第二波样题。与去年改革草案相比,语法部分样题文章不变,属于人文类(humanities),但题目增加到改革后的标准,即每篇11题。整体来看,新SAT语法大部分考点与现行SAT语法相同,形式上类似改进文章(Improving Paragraph)。本篇解析不仅给出了第二篇样题(题目12至22)的解题思路,还配有官方难度划分,供考生参考。
Questions 12 through 22 are based on the following passage.
Dong Kingman:Painter of Cities
A 1954 documentary about renowned watercolor painter Dong Kingman shows the artist sitting on a stool on Mott Street in New York City's Chinatown. A crowd of admiring spectators [Q12] watched as Kingman squeezes dollops of paint from several tubes into a tin watercolor [Q13] box,from just a few primary colors, Kingman creates dozens of beautiful hues as he layers the translucent paint onto the paper on his easel. Each stroke of the brush and dab of the sponge transforms thinly sketched outlines into buildings,shop signs,and streetlamps. The street scene Kingman begins composing in this short film is very much in keeping with the urban landscapes for which he is best known.
Kingman was keenly interested in landscape painting from an early age. In Hong Kong, where Kingman completed his schooling,teachers at that time customarily assigned students a formal “school name.” His interest was so keen, in fact, that he was named after it. The young boy who had been Dong Moy Shu became Dong Kingman. The name Kingman was selected for its two [Q14] parts,“king” and “man”; Cantonese for “scenery” and “composition.” As Kingman developed as a painter, his works were often compared to [Q15] paintings by Chinese landscape artists dating back to C E 960, a time when a strong tradition of landscape painting emerged in Chinese art. Kingman, however, [Q16] vacated from that tradition in a number of ways, most notably in that he chose to focus not on natural landscapes, such as mountains and rivers, but on cities. [Q17]
[Q18] His fine brushwork conveys detailed street-level activity: a peanut vendor pushing his cart on the sidewalk,a pigeon pecking for crumbs around a fire [Q19] hydrant,an old man tending to a baby outside a doorway. His broader brush strokes and sponge-painted shapes create majestic city skylines, with skyscrapers towering in the background,bridges connecting neighborhoods on either side of a river, and [Q20] delicately painted creatures, such as a tiny,barely visible cat prowling in the bushes of a park. To art critics and fans alike,these city scenes represent the innovative spirit of twentieth-century urban Modernism.
During his career,Kingman exhibited his work [Q21] internationally. He garnered much acclaim. In 1936,a critic described one of Kingman's solo exhibits as “twenty of the freshest, most satisfying watercolors that have been seen hereabouts in many a day.” [Q22)
Question 12.
A. NO CHANGE (watched)
B. had watched
C. would watch
D. Watches
解题思路:从选项即可轻松看出此题考查SAT语法常规考点“时态”。SAT对时态的核心要求为consistency,即“一致性”。整句话以及整个段落均为现在时,所以划线动词应保持一致。
考查点:时态
难度:Easy
答案:D
Question 13.
A. NO CHANGE (box, from just a few primary colors,)
B. box. From just a few primary colors,
C. box from just a few primary colors,
D. box, from just a few primary colors
解题思路:划线部分所在句子很长,“A crowd of admiring spectators watches as Kingman squeezes dollops of paint from several tubes into a tin watercolor box, from just a few primary colors, Kingman creates dozens of beautiful hues as he layers the translucent paint onto the paper on his easel.”仔细观察,这句话中有两个独立分句,“A crowd of admiring spectators watches…”和“Kingman creates dozens of beautiful hues…”。然而这两个独立分句间并没有连词和分号,犯了语法常考错误,连写句(Run-on Sentence)
连写句最简单的处理方法,就是用“句号”断句,形成两句话。
考查点:句子结构
难度:Medium
答案:B
Question 14.
A. NO CHANGE (parts,“king” and “man”;)
B. parts:“king” and “man,”
C. parts “king” and “man”;
D. parts;“king” and “man”
解题思路:此题非常重要!改革后SAT语法加大了对标点符号的考查,此题涉及到分号,冒号的用法。分号连接两个独立分句,功能类似于并列连词。冒号表示解析说明。此题king and man就是对two parts的解释。
考查点:标点 (分号,冒号)
难度:Hard
答案:B
Question 15.
A. NO CHANGE (paintings by Chinese landscape artists)
B. Chinese landscape artists
C. painters of Chinese landscapes
D. Artists
解题思路:“his works were often compared to paintings by Chinese landscape artists dating back to C E 960”从compared to 可以看出,此题为北京新东方SAT强化班常规讲解的考点:同类比较。文章把works和paintings比较,属于同一类别。
考查点:同类比较
难度:Medium
答案:A
Question 16.
A. NO CHANGE (vacated)
B. evacuated
C. departed
D. Retired
解题思路:此题考查用词是否恰当,是SAT难度较大的考点, 改革后此考点所占比重有所增加。从文章句意看出,Kingman与其他人相反,背离了传统,脱离了传统,所以要选有“离开”意思的选项。
考查点:语言精确性,措辞
难度:Hard
答案:C