2014年5月SAT填空部分真题解析（4）

    7. the city councilwoman was devoted to ------ principles, for she believed that all her constituents deserved equal rights and privileges.

    A. sectarian

    B. egalitarian

    C. authoritarian

    D. diplomatic

    E. bureaucratic

    解析：

    空格对应……deserved equal rights and privileges“……应得同等权利与特权”，所以选C选项egalitarian“平等主义者”。

    8. Both of the twins tended toward ------, and these attention-seeking emotional displays had won neither of them many friends.

    A. punctiliousness

    B. stridency

    C. seditiousness

    D. histrionics

    E. sagacity

    解析：

    these后的attention-seeking emotional displays“故意引人注意的情绪化行为”(哗众取宠)对应空格处，所以选D选项histrionic“夸张的，做作的”。

    词汇扩充

    夸张的，戏剧化的，不自然的：exaggerated, dramatic, theatrical，affected, artificial, mannered

    Section 5

    1. Janet's ------ was evident to everyone in the room because she glanced around at them ------.

    A. guilt .. confidently

    B. anxiety .. calmly

    C. conviction .. uneasily

    D. hopefulness .. gloomily

    E. suspicion .. distrustfully

    解析：

    两空都是在修饰Janet的行为特征，中间由because连接因果关系，所以两空同义，选E选项suspicion“怀疑”distrustfully“不信任地”。

    词汇扩充：

    怀疑的，不轻信的：skeptical, suspicious, incredulous