CollegeBoard在SAT文章閱讀考試的出題過程中一定要遵循一定的原則，否則就會失去其大學入學標準化測試的意義。下面就來說說SAT文章閱讀考試的答題原則，大家千萬別錯過。

SAT文章閱讀考試的答題原則

、 公平性原則

SAT考試不僅針對美國國內考生，同時還會有世界各地的考生參加考試。因此，為了試卷在地域特征上不存在差別，閱讀文章內容主要涉及北美地區的內容，即北美的歷史、地理、文化等(還會有部分歐洲歷史)。

其次，不管考生將來想涉足哪個領域，無論是地理、物理、化學、數學、經濟、文學、歷史、教育等，都要參加SAT考試，因此，為了所有考生都有一個共同的知識平臺，SAT閱讀考試答題不要求任何專業背景知識，所有答案都可以從文章中尋得答案。

換句話說，如果答題需要背會元素周期表，那么SAT考試對非化學專業的考生就是一種不公平。

第二、 公正性原則

SAT考試是教育體制下的一個選拔工具。因此，它會積極宣揚正面的東西，具體而言，就是會保護弱勢群體(女人、少數民族等)。凡是涉及到此的文章，作者都會對它的態度都是健康、積極的。

SAT考試也是學術類考試。為了滿足其學術特征，文章作者在寫作過程中不會采取過激的態度、模糊的態度等。

第三、 嚴謹性原則

SAT文章答案完全來自文章本身，不需要任何專業背景知識，但是需要一定的生活常識。同時，做題的時候強調的是嚴格的線性邏輯思維推理能力，而不是模糊思維方式和發散式思維方式。

主動被動/代詞要翻譯/時態

小詞不應該被忽略(形容詞和副詞)

添加和減少

第四、 重復性原則

主要是文章取材重復、詞匯重復、題型重復。

SAT填空題練習題

1.Although the acreage involved in a national boundary dispute may seem insignificant, even the slightest ------- in a country’s alleged border appears ------- to that nation, a threat to its security.

Answer Choices

(A) inconsistency . . felicitous

(B) variation . . trivial

(C) rigidity . . traumatic

(D) change . . favorable

(E) breach . . ominous

2.The show’s host was usually genial, but he had a reputation for turning ------- when provoked by guests who challenged his opinions.

Answer Choices

(A) surly

(B) intrusive

(C) lenient

(D) convincing

(E) giddy

3.Drew's loss in the demanding cross-country race had ------- effect, weakening both his strength and his vitality.

A. a morbid

B. a palliative

C. an enervating

D. an onerous

E. a recuperative

4.The store manager was ------- when sales dropped for the third year in a row; that was why she ------- our department for its lack of effort.

Answer Choices

(A) indolent . . intimidated

(B) indignant . . upbraided

(C) insolent . . exonerated

(D) indulgent . . castigated

(E) intolerant . . condoned

5.The research is so ------- that it leaves no part of the issue unexamined.

Answer Choices

(A) comprehensive

(B) rewarding

(C) sporadic

(D) economical

(E) problematical

6.A veteran of both stage and screen, Richard Harris brought a certain level of ------- to his roles, lending ------- to each character that he played.

Answer Choices

(A) candor . . uncertainty

(B) insouciance . . experience

(C) whimsy . . depth

(D) gravitas . . dignity

(E) animosity . . warmth

7.Since the two legislators had a long history of major disagreements, the senator considered his colleague’s enthusiastic assurances that they would be in agreement on a forthcoming piece of legislation -------.

Answer Choices

(A) fatuous

(B) precious

(C) sagacious

(D) meritorious

(E) ignoble

8.Despite their------- proportions, the murals of Diego Rivera give his Mexican compatriots the sense that their history is ------- and human in scale, not remote and larger than life.

Answer Choices

(A) monumental . . accessible

(B) focused . . prolonged

(C) vast . . ancient

(D) realistic . . extraneous

(E) narrow . . overwhelming

9.The CEO of the computer company, who had quit school at the age of 15, was a noted -------, having taught himself everything he needed to know about computers and business, in addition to working to gain proficiency in such subjects as international copyright law.

Answer Choices

(A) pedant

(B) autodidact

(C) demagogue

(D) ambassador

(E) disputant

Explanation

1.The correct answer is E

While “ominous” comes closest to conveying threat, “traumatic” makes some sense; only “breach,” however, fits logically in the first blank

2.The correct answer is A

It makes sense to say that someone who is typically “genial,” or friendly, would turn “surly,” or irritable, when provoked.

3.The correct answer is C

Choice (C) is correct. Something that is "enervating" causes a lessening of vitality and strength.

4.The correct answer is B

The first missing term must characterize the manager’s response to a drop in sales that shes sees as a result of her department’s “lack of effort.” It is logical to conclude that the store manager “upbraided,” or scolded, her employees out of indignance, or righteous anger.

5.The correct answer is A

Try filling in the blank without reading the answer choices. What kinds of words would fit? Words like complete, thorough, or extensive could all fit. Now look at the answer choices. “Comprehensive” is very similar to the words suggested, and none of the other choices fits at all.

6.The correct answer is D

A “veteran,” or seasoned, actor should be able to carry himself with “ gravitas,” or seriousness. A serious performer, in turn, is capable of playing a variety of roles with “ dignity,” or a seriousness of manner.

7.The correct answer is A

Choice (A) is correct. It makes sense that the senator, in light of his and his colleague’s shared history of non-cooperation, would consider the colleague’s assurances “fatuous,” or complacently foolish.

8.The correct answer is A

The keys to this sentence are the word “Despite,” the words “human in scale,” and the words “not remote and larger than life.” The word filling the first blank has to be one that would relate closely to something that seems “larger than life.” The word filling the second blank has to fit with “human in scale.” If you focus on just one of the two blanks, you will be able to eliminate several choices before you even think about the other blank.

9.The correct answer is B

Choice (B) is correct. An “autodidact” is a person who is self-taught, as the CEO clearly is.

SAT文章閱讀高分備考資料

Albert Camus------ The Stranger

Alexander Hamilton---- the Federalist Papers

Amy Tan------ The Joy Luck Club

Arthur MIller----- Death of a Salesman, the Crucible

Borland------ When the Legends Die

Bradbury------ Fahrenheit 451

Buck------- The good earth

Charles Dickens----- Bleak House, Great Expectations, Hard Times, A Tale of Two Cities, Oliver Twist

Charlotte Bronte---- Jane Eyre

Chekhov------ Chrry Orchard

Chinua Achebe----- Things Fall Apart

Chopin-------- The Awakening

Daphne du Maurier---- Rebecca

Dldous Huxley----- Brave New World

Edgar Allan Poe----- Complete Tales and Poems

Ellison------ Invisible Man

Ezra Taft Benson---- the proper role of government

Faulkner------ the Sound and the Fury

Fyodor Dostoyevsky---- Crime and Punishment

Gabriel Garcia Marquez---One Hundred Yers of Solitude

Geofferey Chaucer---- the canterbury Tales

George Orwell----- 1984, Animal Farm

Golding------ Lord of the Flies

Green------- King Arthur and His Knights of the round Table

Hemingway------- the old man and the sea, Farewell to Arms

Henrik Ibsen------ A doll’s House, Hedda Gabler

Hersey-------- Hiroshima

Homer------- the Illiad, the Odyssey

Hugo------- Les Miserables

Jack Kerouac------ on the road

James Harriet----- All Things Great and Small

Jane Austen----- Emma, Pride and Prejudice

John Groberg------ the other side of heaven

John Milton----- Paradise Lost

Jonathan Swift----- Gulliver’s Travels

Joseph Conrad----- Heart of Darkness, Lord Jim

Joseph Heller----- Catch 22

Julia Alvarez----- how the Garcia Girls Lost their Accent

Kafka------- The Metamorphosis

Kazuo Ishiguro----- Remains of the Day

Ken Kesey------- one flew over the cuckoo’s Nst

Lee--------- To Kill a Mockingbird

London-------- The call of the Wild