SAT文法：代词与名词（练习题）

Q1:姓名

Q2:1. (2018.12 US-20) The path of the bridge, instead of crossing over the highway in a straight line, curves at several points to provide travelers with new views as they make their journey across.

Q3:2. (2018.12 US-34) Among employees who perceived their pay to be fair, 78 percent reported feeling a sense of engagement (a measure of their belief in the companies values and their commitment to the success of the organization).

Q4:3. (2018.12 Asia-31) In 2016, recognizing archival paper as a cost-efficient and still long-lasting alternative, Parliament began debating the option of using them instead of vellum in the United Kingdom’s national archives.

Q5:4. (2017.05 Asia-27) Michelangelo was directed to use an enormous block of marble from the cathedral’s workshop to create the statue. Nicknamed “the Giant,” the block had many problems. It had been quarried more than forty years earlier and had started to weather from exposure to the elements. Even worse, they had previously used it, chipping away material to rough out a basic shape but giving up midtask.

Q6:5. (2018.11 US-42) The researchers concluded that co-ops can be as effective as traditional businesses and are likely to be especially competitive in industries in which worker’s level of motivation is critical.

Q7:6. (2022.04 Schoolday-19) Together, alkalinization and salinization pose a double threat to the health of freshwater ecosystems and the animals that rely on them. Among its many effects, higher salinity can cause greater levels of phosphates to be leached into rivers and streams, fostering the growth of harmful algae and bacteria.

Q8:7. (2022.03 US-43) For the next version of the spaceship, Chiang and his team began incorporating elements from real-world vehicles, such as the widely recognized 1960s-era “Huey” helicopter. They also draw directly on McQuarrie’s and Johnston’s visual vocabulary by integrating the engine design from the X-Wing.

Q9:8. (2018.10 US-36) Tuition-reimbursement programs signal that employers offer their workers’ opportunities for personal and professional development.

Q10:9. (2022.03 Asia-30) Shen’s team used the European Space Agency’s Gaia spacecraft and ground-based telescopes at sites across the globe to conduct an all-sky search for stars that matched his description of hypervelocity runaways.

Q11:10. (2018.10 Asia-3) Theremin, a physicist, created the instrument in 1920. The theremin is an unusual electronic musical instrument in that they are played entirely without physical contact from the player.

Q12:11. (2020.09 US-38) Scientists had initially planned to use Voyager 1’s plasma density data to determine the moment of the crossing into interstellar space, but the instrument designed to collect this information failed, and they were left looking in vain for a shift in the magnetic field. However, after a second instrument detected oscillations in the plasma surrounding the probe, the space physicists realized they could use it to infer the plasma’s density.

Q13:12. (2018.06 US-1) When a situation requires concentration, many people begin to doodle, decorating the margins of they’re papers with swirls, stars, stick figures, and paisleys.

Q14:13. (2017.10 US-15) In 2013 Tallinn, Estonia, instituted fare-free rides for city residents have grown (Tallinn is becoming the largest city in the world to do so), but car users in Tallinn has only slightly declined: a 2014 report by the KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Estonia found that car traffic in Tallinn was down less than 6 percent since it was enacted.

Q15:14. (2020.10 US-4) Many technicians are a musician themselves, and some also have professional backgrounds in business, marketing, or engineering; they often attend technical schools or do apprenticeships with experienced technicians.

Q16:15. (2018.03 US-23) A specialist within the field of psychology, industrial/organizational (I/O) psychologists are hired by companies to apply psychological principles and research methods to the workplace.