SAT考试语法题详解之合并句子题

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常见的提问方式为:

Which choice most effectively combines the underlined sentence?

解 题 步 骤

Step1. 阅读原划线部分

▶判断两个句子中是否存在重合或冗长信息;

▶判断两个句子间的逻辑关系;

Step2. 核对阅读四个选项

基本原则：语法正确→语义准确→简洁性

✔四个选项均较短时—重点关注“最短的选项”(※最短的选项通常为答案, 但前提条件是语法/语义正确)

✔四个选项均较长时—

▶排除合并句子后存在语法错误的选项;

▶注意区分两个句子间的逻辑关系(因果/转折……);分清两个句子语义上的主次关系;

▶排除合并句子后依然存在重合或冗长信息的选项;(※着重留意“代词”—代词越少越好)

▶优先选择

将一个句子变为另一个句子中某种从句/同位语/插入语/定语/分词短语等形式”的选项

“主动语态”的句式结构选项

一个单词的“动词形式”选项

“because”表原因选项

“to do不定式”表目的选项

重合信息的解决方案为：

变从句

变同位语、插入语、分词短语等

变修饰性的定语等

考点1重合/冗长信息—简洁性

例题1

He embarked on his own business. He founded Johnson Research and Development with his Super Soaker proceeds.

(可汗The Rocket Scientist behind the Super Soaker)

Which choice most effectively combines the underlined sentence?

A. business; that is, he founded

B. business, but he founded

C. business, which was the founding of

D. business, founding

正确答案：D

例题2

To address these problems, Haussmann installed several wide boulevards. These both opened up the city visually and made it easier to get from place to place.

(可汗A Movable Street: Haussmann’s New Paris)

Which choice most effectively combines the underlined sentence?

A. boulevards in that they

B. boulevards, which

C. boulevards; it was these boulevards that

D. boulevards, the purpose of which in relation to Paris was to

正确答案：B

例题3

They sustained this peaceful and relatively undisturbed lifestyle for almost a millennium until interest in their unique way of life at the end of the 20th century began to attract tourists. The tourists came from around the world. (可汗Floating Through Life)

Which choice most effectively combines the underlined sentence?

A. tourists, who were people from places located

B. tourists, but these tourists came from places that were

C. tourists from

D. tourists

正确答案：C

考点2区分逻辑关系—语义正确

例题4

The largest, parson’s chameleon, can be almost a meter in length. The smallest can sit comfortably on the head of a match.

Which choice most effectively combines the underlined sentence?

A. length; notwithstanding, the

B. length, while the

C. length; albeit the

D. length, even though the

正确答案：B

例题5

Using train travel in a political campaign was a fairly common practice that had begun in the nineteenth century. The specific term “whistle stop” wasn’t coined until Truman used it to describe his whirlwind campaign tour. (可汗Truman’s Winning Whistle-Stop Tour)

Which choice most effectively combines the underlined sentence?

A. century, but the

B. century, also, the

C. century, so the

D. century; meanwhile, the

正确答案：A

考点3分清语义上的主次关系—语义正确

例题6

Pickering was succeeded by Harlow Shapley. Shapley once said that Cannon’s contribution to astronomy was “a structure that probably will never be duplicated in kind or extent by a single individual.” Indeed, Cannon’s work has forever shaped our comprehension and perception of the vast and elaborate universe. (可汗Classifying the Stars)

Which choice most effectively combines the underlined sentence?

A. Harlow Shapley, who once said Cannon’s contribution to astronomy was “a structure that probably will never be duplicated in kind or extent by a single individual,” was Pickering’s successor.

B. Pickering was succeeded by Harlow Shapley, and Shapley once said that Cannon’s contribution to astronomy was “a structure that probably will never be duplicated in kind or extent by a single individual.”

C. “A structure that probably will never be duplicated in kind or extent by a single individual” was once said by Pickering’s successor, Harlow Shaley, about Cannon’s contribution to astronomy.

D.Harlow Shapley, the astronomer who succeeded Pickering, once referred to Cannon’s contribution to astronomy was “a structure that probably will never be duplicated in kind or extent by a single individual.”

正确答案：D

例题7

On January 15, 1919, a 50-foot-tall holding tank in Boston’s North End burst. 2.3 million gallons of molasses that weighed 26 million pounds came out. The molasses engulfed the streets. (可汗A Wave of Molasses)

Which choice most effectively combines the underlined sentence?

A. 2.3 million gallons of molasses came out, and that molasses, which weighed 26 million pounds engulfed the streets.

B. The streets were engulfed by molasses, which weighed 26 million pounds, and there were 2.3 million gallons of it.

C. 2.3 million gallons of molasses, which weighed 26 million pounds, engulfed the streets.

D. Engulfing the streets, molasses—2.3 million gallons of it, weighing 26 million pounds—came out.

正确答案：C

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