SAT真题类型：Writing > Improving Sentences 改进句子

　　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.

　　Africa is not nearly so mountainous as in Asia.

　　(A) so mountainous as in

　　(B) that mountainous as

　　(C) equally mountainous to

　　(D) as mountainous as

　　(E) that mountainous as in

2013年10月06日SAT考试官方每日一题答案：D

解析：Choice (D) is correct. It avoids the awkwardness of the original by using the idiomatic “as … as” construction to compare “Africa” with “Asia.”

SAT真题类型：Mathematics > Standard Multiple Choice 数学选择

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

　　The table above shows the attendance at the home games of the Central High School football team. If the median attendance for the five games was, and no two games had the same attendance, what is the greatest possible value for?

　　(A)

　　(B)

　　(C)

　　(D)

　　(E)

2013年10月07日SAT考试官方每日一题答案：B

解析：The median of five numbers can be found by putting the numbers in increasing order and picking the middle, or third, number from the list. Putting the four numbers you know in increasing order produces the following list:

　　Thus, ifis less than or equal to, the list of the numbers in increasing order will be

　　In either case, the median will be. However, ifis greater than, the list of numbers in increasing order will beoror

　　In these cases, the median will be eitheror. Since you know that the median is, it must be true thatis less than or equal to. Also, since no two games had the same attendance, the numbercannot be equal to. Therefore, the greatest possible value ofis.