2008年1月份SAT考题分析By 李现伟lxw0257111@第一部分：填空题section 21. 扣voting rights, 只有suffrage表示“选举权”之意。
restitution：赔偿solace：n 安慰levy：n 征税2. 冒号题，对后文解释的总结，statistical data所以就是demographic（人口统计）。
conjectural：a 推测的anecdotal：a 逸闻趣事的qualitative：a 性质上的3. and构成小连接，能和independence相匹配的只有autonomy。
independent:: autonomous compromise: v 妥协servility: n 奴性persevere: v 坚持competence: n 能胜任acquiesce: v 默许banality: n 陈腐recant: v 放弃conformity: n 墨守成规。
4. 冒号题，对后面的总结，“只具有形式而没有功用”对应的单词是vestigial（遗迹的）。
ostentatious: a. 假装的，虚伪的prodigious: a. so great in size or force or extent as to elicit awe相当大的invasive: a 侵略性的kinetic: a 有活力的5. 特殊人物（idealist）或者说取反:idealistic（理想主义的）<> pragmatic（注重实效的）。
condone：原谅，indulgent：放纵的6. in contrast to引起取反，strident（说话严厉的）<> gentle（待人温柔和善的），容易错选的是stoic：坚忍的（表示禁欲，相当于ascetic，temperate等）conciliatory：a. doing something that is intended to make someone stop arguing with you 调和的，conciliatory <> confronting（对抗性的）7. 冒号题，找对应，与arguing about对应起来的只有polemical（爱争吵的）和quarrelsome，第一空填反义词，而haphazard（偶然的）没任何意义，只有resolute（坚决的）可以。
philanthropic：慈善的；steadfast：a 坚定的；acquiescent：默许的8. 逗号题，现在分词进行解释，能与unadorned words相匹配的只有economical（节约的）。
incantatory：a 咒语的，魔咒的disaffected：a 不满的unstinting：a 无限制的evenhanded：a 公平的section 51.读一下顺一遍，就知道第二空不会填好词。
endorse：v 背书支持；abridge：缩短；backlash：n. an adverse reaction to some political or social occurrence反对2. 分号题，找对应，dull对顶tedious（冗长而乏味的）disjointed：a 杂乱的；unsettling：a 使人不安的3. 题目难度5，全部是熟词僻意，题目意思容易理解，但选项不好选，因为contain，check 的考察义是我们可能不是很熟悉的。
contain: lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits控制check: lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits阻止unleash：解开4. 分号题，从后面找对应；同时逗号提示相反，第二空应填vehement（激烈）的反义词，只有perfunctory（敷衍的，不太重视的），同时第一空填perfunctory的同义词为nonchalant （不关心的）。
scathing：a 严厉的，尖刻的；pugnacious：a 好斗的；bombastic：a 夸张的5. such…that引起因果关系，能引起daunting（吓人的）的只有convoluted（令人费解的），而culpable（有罪的）不和语境，小说不能是有罪的。
enthralling：a 吸引人的；felicitous：a 得体的，合适的section 91. unlike引起取反，和rarely vary取反，只有improvise（即兴创作）和ad-lib（即兴表演）以及extemporize（即兴创作），但D的rehearse正好与rarely vary相同了，而E的bungle 根本不合适，所以排除。
satirize：v 讽刺；ad-lib: v即兴表演；bungle：v失败2. 现在分词做原因状语，因果关系，只有B的因果比较合适，其他均不构成因果，其实可以猜出第二空应为“压制”，这样可以直接选出suppress所对应的B。
3. because引起因果关系，只有D能构成因果。
malfeasance：失职；redemptive：a 该赎罪的；transgression：n 犯罪；foible：n过错4. offset引起小连接，取反，能和advance来offset（抵消），只有E了regressive（倒退的）。
5. 难度5+，这道题题目很简单，但是很容易选错答案，是conservationist（环保主义者）特殊人，但是一定要注意定语从句，定的是legislation，所以应该和conservationist取反了，对应diversify而不选mandate（统治，管理）。
6. because引起因果关系，daily attendance取反，只能放弃的是以前非daily 的习惯了，只有itinerant合适。
sedentary：久坐的；nomadic：a游牧的；glorify：v赞美；relinquish：v放弃第二部分：阅读理解Section 2第一篇---双短篇对比阅读——议论文+记叙文—文章难度E词与句：Chimpanzee：n. 黑猩猩Ape: n. 猿Empathy: n. the ability to understand other people's feelings and problems 体会别人感情的状态Scientist observing them in the wild often develop a degree of empathy with the individuals being studied.Cue: n. 暗示Subtle communication cues among chimpanzees are more readily detected and recorded.Guard against: 防止,防范Scientists must guard against the constant dangers of automatically interpreting what they see as if chimps act from human motications.Toddler: n. 初学走路的孩子Nibble: v 轻咬Blissful: a. 幸福的Prompt: v 推动，激起Their actions are prompted by strong psychological urges.Chide: v. to tell someone that you do not approve of something that they have done or said斥责Chiding the author for not submitting findings for scientific review.Verify: v. to discover whether something is correct or true 证明…的正确性Cautioning the author against failing to verify a conclusion. 警告作者没有证明结论的有效性读文章：Passage 1：…empathy…not a bad thing…However…guard against…danger…their observations must be as objective as possible…这个小短篇属于议论文性质的，第一段讲empathy帮助了科学家对黑猩猩的观察，第二段警告这些人一定要防止咋科学观察中的主观主义。
Passage 2:…richer and more satisfying…obviously similar to ours……I was moved by….这个小短篇是记叙文性质的，就记叙了作者第一天观察黑猩猩的非常快乐的心情（当然以及为什么会快乐）做题：9. 难度1—line2：similar to；line 22：similar to10.难度2—中心题，第二篇就是为了表达自己快乐的心情，所以选D。
11.难度4—交叉题，这道题的难度就在对题干的理解上，the experience described in passage 2 most directly suggests that the statement about the “danger”….[第二篇文章描述的经验直接现实了关于“danger”的陈述….]，显然这种danger是因为empathy而导致了subjective，也即human impulse的作用，即A。
12. 难度5—交叉题，扣中心，我们知道第一篇文章的作者guard against这种danger，也即caution agaist…failing to …..（veryify a conclusion验证自己作出的结论是否正确）第二篇文章—自然科学类—生物类—文章难度M词与句：Emit: v 释放Luminescent: a. 发冷光的Euphoria: n. an extremely strong feeling of happiness and excitement which usually only lasts for a short time幸福愉快感Euphoric: feeling very happy and excitedQuiescent: a. 静止的,不活动的Jerk: n肌肉缩动Pounce: v. 猛扑,突然袭击Copepods move in jerks, pouncing on yet smaller prey.Explode: v. 爆炸,爆发Scratchy: a发刮擦声的Grab it, it explodes into light in their scratchy little arms, and they drop it.Nasty: a 气味令人作呕的Chomp: v 大声咀嚼Chomp down the alga 大声咀嚼海藻It is a far bet that: 比较合理的猜测是…It’s a far bet that luminescence serves as an identification signal, a means of bringing the sexes together in places.Seductive: a. 引诱的Cavernous: a. 大洞穴的Abyssal: a 极深的Wave seductively in front of cavernous mouths, invisible in the abyssal dark.Devious: a. 遥远的One outstandingly devious group of deep-sea predatory fish.Penetrate: v 刺透，穿透Read light hardly penetrates beyond the first few meters of water.Camouflage: n 伪装Feeble: a 虚弱的，柔弱的Silhouette: a dark image, shadow, or shape that you see against a light background 背光的影子Spot: v. to notice someone or something, especially when they are difficult to see or recognize注意到，甄别It reduced the range at which planes could be spotted from a dozen miles to around two. Obsolete: a. 过时的Radar became commonplace, and lights became obsolete.Predispose: v. to make someone more likely to behave or think in a particular way倾向于His early training predisposed him to a life of adventure.他早年所受的教养使他热衷於冒险活动.Deter: v 威慑Flashing serves to deter potential predators.Drawback: n 缺陷，缺憾Aquatic animals: 水生动物读文章：第一段：叙述自己的经历—关于观察到海生动物发光的问题，作用引起下文。