SAT真题类型：Critical Reading > Sentence Completions

　　Choose the word or set of words that, when inserted in the sentence, best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.

　　The play, which features ------- mix of comedy, pathos, and music, was correctly described by one honest critic as a -------.

　　(A) a seamless . . debacle

　　(B) an ungainly . . hodgepodge

　　(C) an unfortunate . . masterpiece

　　(D) an inappropriate . . success

　　(E) a harmonious . . failure

2013年8月12日SAT考试官方每日一题答案：B

解析：Choice (B) is correct. If the play is an “ungainly,” or clumsy, mixture of different elements, an honest critic would justifiably describe it as a “hodgepodge,” or a disorganized jumble.

SAT真题类型：Writing > Improving Sentences

　　Part or all of the following sentence is underlined; beneath the sentence are five ways of phrasing the underlined material. Select the option that produces the best sentence. If you think the original phrasing produces a better sentence than any of the alternatives, select choice A.

　　A Raisin in the Sun won for its author Lorraine Hansberry the distinction of being the first African American to receive the New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award.

　　(A) of being the first African American to receive

　　(B) to be the first African American receiving

　　(C) of the first African American to receive

　　(D) that she had been the first African American to receive

　　(E) that she was to be the first African American having received

　　(E) a harmonious . . failure

2013年8月13日SAT考试官方每日一题答案：A

解析：Choice (A) is correct. It avoids the errors of the other options by using the idiomatic “distinction of being” to express what the play “won for its author Lorraine Hansberry.”

SAT真题类型：

　　Mathematics > Standard Multiple Choice

　　Read the following SAT test question and then click on a button to select your answer.

　　What is the maximum number of nonoverlapping squares with sides of length that will fit inside of a square with sides of length ?

　　(A) Two

　　(B) Three

　　(C) Four

　　(D) Six

　　(E) Nine

2013年8月14日SAT考试官方每日一题答案：C

解析：Choice (C) is correct. A square with sides of length  has area , and a square with sides of length  has area . Thus at most  squares of side length  can fit inside a square of side length  without overlapping. And in fact, it is possible to fit the four squares of side length  inside a square of side length  with no overlap; if the four squares with sides of length  are arranged in two rows with two squares in each row, they will fit inside of the square with sides of length  without overlapping. Therefore, the maximum number of nonoverlapping squares with sides of length  that will fit inside of a square with sides of length  is four.