SAT真题类型：Critical Reading > Sentence Completions 完成句子

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

　　Dahntay’s ------- over winning the prestigious prize was ------- only by the fact that his father was unable to attend the ceremony.

　　(A) incredulity . . misconstrued

　　(B) ebullience . . tempered

　　(C) bashfulness . . extended

　　(D) satisfaction . . confirmed

　　(E) relief . . conveyed

2013年11月16日SAT考试官方每日一题答案：B

解析：This sentence contrasts something positive (winning a “prestigious prize”) with something negative (the father’s absence), so it makes sense that the missing terms reflect Dahntay’s conflicted emotions. His joy, or “ebullience,” might certainly be curbed, or “tempered,” by the fact that his father could not be present for the special occasion.

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.

　　Digital technology, like every marketer knows, it is synonymous with speed, precision, and the future.

　　(A) technology, like every marketer knows, it is

　　(B) technology, similar to what every marketer knows as

　　(C) technology, as every marketer knows, is

　　(D) technology is what every marketer knows as

　　(E) technology that every marketer knows is

解析：Choice (C) is correct. It avoids the errors of the original by deleting the unnecessary pronoun “it” and by using the idiomatic “as” in place of the awkward and imprecise “like.”