材料：The Official SAT Study Guide

试卷：2

页数：462

题号：40;41

40. Stanton contends that the situation she describes in the passage has

become so dire that even men have begun to

A) lament the problems they have created.

B) join the call for woman suffrage.

C) consider women their social equals.

D) ask women how to improve civic life.

41. Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous

question?

A) Lines 25-30 (“No one . . . matters”)

B) Lines 53-55 (“And now . . . life”)

C) Lines 56-60 (“The need . . . action”)

D) Lines 61-64 (“We ask . . . nation”)

答案: 40. A 41. B

答案解析:

这道循证题也是要为前一题找依据，所以这两题同样可以一起作答，不过我们可以换个方法。先看40题，题目问：作者在文中描述的情况已经变得太可怕了，以至于甚至男性都开始…?根据文章结构，作者对situation的描述主要是在文章前三段，再看题干中的关键词

“even men have begun to” 刚好对应文中第四段Line 53 “And now man himself...”，后面的

“appalled” 也和题干中的 “dire” 意思一致，都表示

“害怕”。因此可以判断，40题答案就在这里，讲的就是男性对自己制造的问题表示悔恨，即：A选项，lament the problems they have

created。同时，41题的答案也出来了，选B。

重点词汇：

dire: ['daɪə] adj. 可怕的;悲惨的;极端的

lament: [lə'ment] vt. 哀悼;痛惜 | vi. 哀悼;悲叹;悔恨 | n. 挽歌;恸哭;悲痛之情

fragmentary: ['frægm(ə)nt(ə)rɪ] adj. 碎片的;不完全的;断断续续的

sublunary: [sʌb'luːn(ə)rɪ] adj. 地上的;月下的

appalled: [ə'pɔld] adj. 惊骇的;丧胆的

mourn: [mɔːn] v. 哀悼;忧伤

territory: ['terɪt(ə)rɪ] n. 领土，领域;范围;地域;版图

evangel: [ɪ'væn(d)ʒel] n. 福音(书);佳音

exalt: [ɪg'zɔːlt] vt. 提升;提拔;赞扬;使得意 | vi. 使人得意

enfranchisement: [in'fræntʃizmənt] n. 解放，释放