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　　楷维留学小编为大家整理The Official SAT Question of the Day——2013年12月23日-2013年12月24日SAT考试官方每日一题，希望对大家备考SAT考试有所帮助。

2013年12月23日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.

　　Enrico Caruso sang opera in Italy before traveling to the United States, then he gave his first performance at the Metropolitan Opera in November 1903.

　　(A) then

　　(B) when

　　(C) and which

　　(D) in that

　　(E) where

2013年12月23日SAT考试官方每日一题答案：E

解析：Choice (E) is correct. It avoids the error of the original by using the appropriate pronoun “where” to indicate that the “United States” was where Caruso gave “his first performance at the Metropolitan Opera.”

　　为大家提供与12月23日SAT真题同类题型的一道题目，供各位考生练习：

　　Being that she has a gift for comic timing, Esmeralda is a natural when it comes to storytelling.

　　(A) Being that she has a gift for comic timing

　　(B) In having a gift for comic timing

　　(C) With her gift for comic timing

　　(D) Although she has a gift for comic timing

　　(E) Comically timed

解析：Choice (C) is correct. It avoids the unidiomatic phrasing and wordiness of the original by replacing the unidiomatic participial phrase “Being that she has a gift for comic timing” with the more concise and idiomatic prepositional phrase “With her gift for comic timing.”