SAT语法习题六

　　1. The Wallerstein study indicates that even after a decade young men and women still experience some of

　　the effects of a divorce occurring when a child.

　　(A) occurring when a child

　　(B) occurring when children

　　(C) that occurred when a child

　　(D) that occurred when they were children

　　(E) that has occurred as each was a child

　　2. Since 1981, when the farm depression began, the number of acres overseen by professional

　　farm-management companies have grown from 48 million to nearly 59 million, an area that is about

　　Colorado's size.

　　(A) have grown from 48 million to nearly 59 million, an area that is about Colorado's size

　　(B) have grown from 48 million to nearly 59 million, about the size of Colorado

　　(C) has grown from 48 million to nearly 59 million, an area about the size of Colorado

　　(D) has grown from 48 million up to nearly 59 million, an area about the size of Colorado's

　　(E) has grown from 48 million up to nearly 59 million, about Colorado's size

　　3. Some bat caves, like honeybee hives, have residents that take on different duties such as defending the

　　entrance, acting as sentinels and to sound a warning at the approach of danger, and scouting outside the

　　cave for new food and roosting sites.

　　(A) acting as sentinels and to sound

　　(B) acting as sentinels and sounding

　　(C) to act as sentinels and sound

　　(D) to act as sentinels and to sound

　　(E) to act as a sentinel sounding

　　4. The Wallerstein study indicates that even after a decade young men and women still experience some of

　　the effects of a divorce occurring when a child.

　　(A) occurring when a child

　　(B) occurring when children

　　(C) that occurred when a child

　　(D) that occurred when they were children

　　(E) that has occurred as each was a child

　　5. Since 1981, when the farm depression began, the number of acres overseen by professional

　　farm-management companies have grown from 48 million to nearly 59 million, an area that is about

　　Colorado's size.

　　(A) have grown from 48 million to nearly 59 million, an area that is about Colorado's size

　　(B) have grown from 48 million to nearly 59 million, about the size of Colorado

　　(C) has grown from 48 million to nearly 59 million, an area about the size of Colorado

　　(D) has grown from 48 million up to nearly 59 million, an area about the size of Colorado's

　　(E) has grown from 48 million up to nearly 59 million, about Colorado's size

　　6. Some bat caves, like honeybee hives, have residents that take on different duties such as defending the

　　entrance, acting as sentinels and to sound a warning at the approach of danger, and scouting outside the

　　cave for new food and roosting sites.

　　(A) acting as sentinels and to sound

　　(B) acting as sentinels and sounding

　　(C) to act as sentinels and sound

　　(D) to act as sentinels and to sound

　　(E) to act as a sentinel sounding

　　7. Dr. Hakuta's research among Hispanic children in the United States indicates that the more the children

　　use both Spanish and English, their intellectual advantage is greater in skills underlying reading ability and

　　nonverbal logic.

　　(A) their intellectual advantage is greater in skills underlying reading ability and nonverbal logic

　　(B) their intellectual advantage is the greater in skills underlaying reading ability and nonverbal logic

　　(C) the greater their intellectual advantage in skills underlying reading ability and nonverbal logic

　　(D) in skills that underlay reading ability and nonverbal logic, their intellectual advantage is the greater

　　(E) in skills underlying reading ability and nonverbal logic, the greater intellectual advantage is theirs

　　8. Lacking information about energy use, people tend to overestimate the amount of energy used by

　　equipment. such as lights, that are visible and must be turned on and off and underestimate that used by

　　unobtrusive equipment, such as water heaters.

　　(A) equipment, such as lights, that are visible and must be turned on and off and underestimate that

　　(B) equipment, such as lights, that are visible and must be turned on and off and underestimate it when

　　(C) equipment, such as lights, that is visible and must be turned on and off and underestimate it when

　　(D) visible equipment, such as lights, that must be turned on and off and underestimate that

　　(E) visible equipment, such as lights, that must be turned on and off and underestimate it when

　　9. Astronomers at the Palomar Observatory have discovered a distant supernova explosion, one that they

　　believe is a type previously unknown to science.

　　(A) that they believe is

　　(B) that they believe it to be

　　(C) they believe that it is of

　　(D) they believe that is

　　(E) they believe to be of

　　10. However much United States voters may agree that there is waste in government and that the government

　　as a whole spends beyond its means, it is difficult to find broad support for a movement toward a minimal

　　state.

　　(A) However much United States voters may agree that

　　(B) Despite the agreement among United States voters to the fact

　　(C) Although United States voters agree

　　(D) Even though United States voters may agree

　　(E) There is agreement among United States voters that