SAT语法讲义1(Introduction)

WelcometoSATGrammarEducationTheFirstClassABriefIntroductiononGrammarIntroductionGrammarIdentifyingSentenceErrorsImprovingSentencesImprovingParagraphsWritingErrorIdentificationPronounErrorsSubject-VerbAgreementMisplacedModifiersFaultyParallelismFaultyVerbTenseFaultyComparisonsAdjectivesAdverbsSentenceFragmentsRun-OnSentenceIdiomImprovingSentencesERRORIDENTIFICATIONInthesequestions,youwillseeasentencewithfourunderlinedparts—labeledA,B,C,andD—whereagrammaticalerrormayoccur.Ifthereisnoerror,thentheanswerisE.Followingissomeimportantinformationaboutthesequestions:＊Ifthereisanerror,itisunderlinedandlettered.＊Eachsentencecontainseitheronlyoneerrorornoerror.＊About1in5erroridentificationsarecorrectaswritten.Eg:ThetacticalbrillianceonthebattlefieldofTommyFranksandARichardMyersasageneralcanbeattributedtotherigorousBCtrainingtheyreceivedinmilitaryhistory.NoerrorDENoticeToanswererroridentificationproblems,firstreadthesentenceatanaturalpace,listeningforanythingthatimpingesonyourgrammaticalear.Ifyoudon’thearamistake,breakthesentenceintopartsandthenanalyzeeachpart.IMPROVINGSENTENCESInerroridentificationquestions,youjusthavetospottheerror.Inimprovingsentencesquestions,youhavetonotonlyspottheerrorbutalsochoosethebestcorrection.Also,theerrortendtoinvolvelargerstructuresinasentence,suchasthecoordinationbetweenclauses.Thistendstomakethequestionsharder.Theerror,ifany,willappearintheunderlinedpart,whichcanencompasspartorallofthesentence.Followingissomeimportantinformationaboutquestions:＊ChoiceAalwaysrepeatstheunderlinedpartofthesentence＊Ifyoucannotspotanerror,theanswerchoicesoftencandirectyouwheretolook＊About1in5improvingsentencequestionsarecorrectaswritten.Eg:Abitefromthetsetseflyinvariablyparalyzesitsvictimsunlessanantidoteisadministeredwithintwohours.(A)itsvictimsunlessanantidoteisadministered(B)itsvictimsunlessanantidotecanbeadministered(C)itsvictimsunlessanantidotewasadministered(D)itsvictimsunlessanantidoteisadministeredtothevictims(E)itsvictimsunlesstheyreceiveanantidoteIMPROVINGPARAGRAPHS★Inthesequestions,youwillbegivenashort,firstdraftofanessay.★Thesentencesoftheessaywillbenumbered★Someofthequestionswillbejustlikeimprovingsentencesquestions,butotherswillrequireyoutounderstandthecontextoftheessayandtoimproveitbystrengtheningwhatissaidinthepassage.Followingarethethreebasictypesofimprovingparagraphquestions:§RevisingSentences§CombiningSentences§ContentQuestions(1)NestledinthefoothillsoftheSmokyMountains,GetawayLodgeoffersitsguestshospitality,comfort,andlivinginluxury.(2)Guestsaregreetedatthedoorandusheredtotheirroomswheretheyarewelcomedwithalargegiftbasketfilledwithscrumptioussnacksandbathoils.(3)Everyroomhasmagnificent,breathtakingviewsofthesurroundingmountains.(4)Themountainsofferamyriadofactivitiesfortravelersincludinghikingandrockclimbing.(5)Ifoutdoorrecreationisnotappealing,guestscanloungebythefree-formpoolorsoakinthehottub.(6)Afterafullday’sactivities,dinnerisservedinaromanticdiningroomadjacenttoawaterfall.(7)Bytheglowofcandlelight,dinerswillenjoysavoryentreesanddecadentdesserts.(8)Afterdinner,guestsmayenjoyastrollthroughthegardenorsittingbythefireplace.(9)Withsomanypleasurableactivities,guestscaneasilypassamemorableweekattheGetawayLodge.1.Whatisthebestwaytodealwithsentence1(reproducedbelow)?NestledinthefoothillsoftheSmokyMountains,GetawayLodgeoffersitsguestshospitality,comfort,andlivinginluxury.(A)Leaveitasitis.(B)Change“its”to“their”.(C)Change“hospitality”to“hospitableliving”.(D)Change“comfort”to“comfortableliving”.(E)Change“livinginluxury”to“luxuriousliving”.2.Whichofthefollowingisthebestrevisionofsentence3tobetterlinkittosentence2?(A)Everyroomalsohasmagnificent,breathtakingviewsofthesurroundingmountains.(B)Moreover,everyroomhasmagnificent,breathtakingviewsofthesurroundingmountains.(C)Guestsarealsotreatedtomagnificent,breathtakingviewsofthesurroundingmountains.(D)Inaddition,guestsarealsoshownmagnificent,breathtakingviewsofthesurroundingmountains.(E)Also,guestsmayviewmagnificent,breathtakingviewsofthesurroundingmountains.3.Incontext,whatdoesthewordmyriadmeaninsentence4(reproducedbelow)?Themountainsofferamyriadofactivitiesfortravelersincludinghikingandrockclimbing.(A)Enjoyable(B)Many(C)Some(D)Few(E)Difficult4.Whatisthebestwaytodealwithsentence8(reproducedbelow)?Afterdinner,guestsmayenjoyastrollthroughthegardenorsittingbythefireplace.(A)Leaveitasitis.(B)Change“enjoy”to“take”.(C)Change“astroll”to“strolling”.(D)Change“sitting”to“takingaseat”.(E)Place“afterdinner”attheendofthesentence.5.Ifthewaterfallispartofthepool,whereisthepoolinrelationshiptotherestaurant?(A)Acrossfrom(B)Catty-cornerto(C)Ontheothersideofthelodge(D)Nextto(E)Downthewalkwayfrom6.Wherewouldyouexpecttofindthispassage?(A)Inatravelbrochure.(B)Aspartofarestaurantreview.(C)Inanoutdoorrecreationmagazine.(D)Onapostcardfromaguest.(E)Onaflyer.Practice