SAT官方阅读每日一练（一）

　　5月SAT考试已结束，而下一场考试远在10月，相信很多人还在苦闷的备考期吧。由SAT考试官方出品，每天一道权威SAT阅读练习题，是放松身心的绝佳调剂资料。本文为大家带来年5月18日SAT阅读练习题，属于考察篇章层面的结构题，需要通读全文并理解作者行文架构，难度较大。

　　5月18日SAT阅读每日一练

　　The question "What absolutely is the best government?" is unanswerable as well as indeterminate; or rather, there are as many good answers as there are possible combinations in the absolute and relative situations of all nations.

　　But if it is asked by what sign we may know that a given people is well or ill governed, that is another matter, and the question, being one of fact, admits of an answer.

　　It is not, however, answered, because every-one wants to answer it in his own way. Subjects extol public tranquility, citizens individual liberty; the one class prefers security of possessions, the other that of person; the one regards as the best government that which is most severe, the other maintains that the mildest is the best; the one wants crimes punished, the other wants them prevented; the one wants the State to be feared by its neighbours, the other prefers that it should be ignored; the one is content if money circulates, the other demands that the people shall have bread. Even if an agreement were come to on these andsimilarpoints, should we have got anyfurther? As moral qualities do not admit of exactmeasurement, agreement about the mark does not mean agreement about the valuation.

　　For my part, I am continually astonished that a mark so simple is not recognised, or that men are of so bad faith as not to admit it. What is the end of political association? The preservation and prosperity of its members. And what is the surest mark of their preservation and prosperity? Their numbers and population. Seek then nowhere else this mark that is in dispute. The rest being equal, the government under which, without external aids, without naturalisation or colonies, the citizens increase and multiply most, is beyond question the best. The government under which a people wanes and diminishes is worst. Calculators, it is left for you to count, to measure, to compare.

　　Which choice best describes the overallstructureof the passage?

　　哪个选项最好地描述了该文章的结构

　　A.The author defines a term and then illustrates it with multiple examples.

　　B.The author presents and describes the two sides of a controversy.

　　C.The author considers a complex topic and then offers a judgment.

　　D.The author poses a rhetorical question to introduce an extended argument.

　　答案：C

　　解析：

　　Choice C is the best answer. Throughout the passage, Rousseau considers the question of determining which type of government is absolutely the best. He notes in the first two paragraphs that, while it is impossible to answer the question, it is possible to tell if a certain group of people is well-governed or not. Rousseau proposes in the last paragraph a simple answer, or judgment: "numbers and population."

　　相关SAT阅读词汇

　　overall[əuvə'rɔ:l]adj. 全部的，全体的，一切在内的 extol[iks'təul]vt. 颂杨，称赞

　　absolutely['æbsəlu:tli]adv. 绝对地，完全地;独立地 multiple['mʌltipl]adj. 许多，多种多样的 n. 倍数

　　measurement['meʒəmənt]n. 测量，衡量，尺寸，大小 preservation[.prezə'veiʃən]n. 保存

　　tranquility[træŋ'kwiliti]n. 宁静，平静，稳定 population[.pɔpju'leiʃən]n. 人口 ，(全体)居民，人数

　　extended[iks'tendid]adj. 延续的，广大的，扩大范围的 动词extend

　　judgment['dʒʌdʒmənt]n. 裁判，宣告，判决书

　　2018年SAT阅读题型清单

　　对文本信息的考察，包括1文本细节的考查 2文本论据的考查 3文本传达信息的考查

　　对作者写作技能的考察，包括1.单词/词组/句子功能题2.文本结构题3.观点态度题4.目的题 5.论证题

　　综合题，包括1.双篇题2.图表题

　　从词汇层面看，词汇题考察的是词汇的意思和功能;

　　从段落层面看，考察的题目包括观点态度题，目的题，小结题，中心思想题，论证题，细节类题型等等;

　　从篇章层面看，同样包括细节题，态度，目的，小结，中心思想题，论证题，还包括关系题，循证题，文本结构题等。

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