2019新SAT考试OG阅读中心题型解析7

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SAT Practice Test #7

P763——Section 2

语言选择的重要性

6. ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS

Explanation for Correct Answer E :

Choice (E) is correct. Moraga is cited as an example of a writer who found it difficult to decide whether to write in English or in Spanish. The title of her book is half in English and half in Spanish, and her comment "I lack language" (line 3) reinforces her sense that there is no satisfactory resolution of her dilemma.

Explanation for Incorrect Answer A :

Choice (A) is incorrect. The passage says that Hispanic American writers face problems in choosing a language to write in, but it says nothing about problems associated with getting works published after they have been written.

Explanation for Incorrect Answer B :

Choice (B) is incorrect. Moraga is cited as a writer experiencing a problem frequently faced by Hispanic American writers. The passage is primarily concerned with this general problem, not with this particular writer and her achievements.

Explanation for Incorrect Answer C :

Choice (C) is incorrect. According to the passage, the title of Moraga's book expresses the difficulty she perceives "in writing in one language when one has lived in another" (line 7-8). There is no suggestion by the author of the passage as to whether Moraga is regarded as being especially expressive as a writer.

Explanation for Incorrect Answer D :

Choice (D) is incorrect. The passage does not say anything about new artistic approaches, nor does it suggest that Moraga's approach is a novel one. Rather, the point is that the difficulties Moraga has experienced in choosing a language are common to Hispanic American writers.

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7. ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS

Explanation for Correct Answer D :

Choice (D) is correct. The problem presented in the passage is that of "narrating personal experiences in one language when one has lived in another" (lines 7-8). Someone described as a Russian novelist living in the United States is likely to have lived much of his or her life in Russia, speaking Russian, and whatever insights such a person has are likely to be based, at least in part, on experiences in Russia. So the problem of a Russian novelist living in the United States who has difficulty expressing insights in American English is similar to the problem presented in the passage.

Explanation for Incorrect Answer A :

Choice (A) is incorrect. While a Hispanic American living in a South American country might, like Moraga, feel some conflict between the use of Spanish and English, painters do not primarily employ the medium of language in their work, so this is not a close analogy. Further, there is no mention of bilingual writers' ability to sell their work.

Explanation for Incorrect Answer B :

Choice (B) is incorrect. The problem experienced by the Cherokee columnist is how much background information needs to be supplied to make writings dealing with Native American cultures understandable to readers of national newspapers. This is a different problem from the one presented in the passage, which has to do with using a different language to write about experiences than the one used while living those experiences. A Cherokee columnist might also have this problem, but not as a result of making the assumption that most readers are unfamiliar with Native American cultures.

Explanation for Incorrect Answer C :

Choice (C) is incorrect. The problem in the passage is that of using one language in daily life and then trying to write about one's experiences in a different language. An African American novelist is unlikely to be writing in a completely different language than the one spoken throughout life. Moreover, the historical past of African Americans is not something that a living African American novelist can have experienced.

Explanation for Incorrect Answer E :

Choice (E) is incorrect. Trying to write essays for two audiences with very different linguistic and cultural backgrounds poses a different sort of problem from that described in the passage.

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8. ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS

Explanation for Correct Answer B :

Choice (B) is correct. The author characterizes the movie in which HAL appears as a "masterpiece" (line 1) and describes the portrait of HAL as "finely honed" (line 3), or precise, which clearly expresses appreciation.

Explanation for Incorrect Answer A :

Choice (A) is incorrect. The attitude toward the portrait of HAL and toward HAL's creators is one of admiration, not resentment, or ill will.

Explanation for Incorrect Answer C :

Choice (C) is incorrect. There is no indication of any confusion or ambivalence on the part of the author toward the portrait of HAL that Clarke and Kubrick created. It is one of admiration and appreciation throughout.

Explanation for Incorrect Answer D :

Choice (D) is incorrect. The author admires the portrait of HAL, but goes on to say that computers are in some ways even better now. So the author's attitude is not one of veneration or wonder, or awe.

Explanation for Incorrect Answer E :

Choice (E) is incorrect. There is no indication that the author is being sarcastic in admiring the depiction if HAL. Since the author is not ridiculing the portrait, the author's attitude toward the portrait of HAL is not derisive.

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9. ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS

Explanation for Correct Answer A :

Choice (A) is correct. In the last sentence, the author points out that besides being "vastly smaller and more portable than HAL" (line 10), today's computers use software interfaces that do not require the type of manual controls required for HAL; in this context, site mobility, and new software interfaces are clearly advantages.

Explanation for Incorrect Answer B :

Choice (B) is incorrect. The last sentence makes it clear that the availability of software interfaces that make manual controls unnecessary is an aspect of the future that Clarke and Kubrick failed to envision.

Explanation for Incorrect Answer C :

Choice (C) is incorrect. The "software interfaces" (line 11) referred to make it possible to use today's computers without the types of manual controls required to operate HAL. Such software interfaces were not envisioned by HAL's creators. Manual controls are presented as the only way—not one of many ways— that human beings could access computers like HAL.

Explanation for Incorrect Answer D :

Choice (D) is incorrect. "Software" is referred to in the passage only in connection with the kind of software interfaces that make certain types of manual controls unnecessary. There is no mention of attempts to override software.

Explanation for Incorrect Answer E :

Choice (E) is incorrect. By referring to "software interfaces" (lines 11) and the manual controls that such software makes unnecessary, the author suggests that current computers are superior to HAL in certain respects. But nothing is either said or implied about whether current computers are inferior to HAL in their ability to simulate human intelligence and emotions

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