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1、SAT改进段落题:ImprovingParagraphsTestTwoQuestions1-6refertothefollowingpassage,whichisadraftofanessay:(1)Cicerosaid,“Aroomwithoutabookisabodywithoutasoul.”(2)CertainlywhenIentersomeone'shomeforthefirsttime,Iamlikelytogravitatetothebookshelf,inparttogleanfurtherinsightintothepersonalityofitsow

2、ner.(3)ButnowthatthefamilyencyclopediaislikelytohavebeenreplacedbyaCD-ROMitispossiblethatthebookmightbereducedtoanitemofdecorationratherthaninformationandentertainment.(4)Inasense,bookshavealwaysbeenmorethanjustrepositoriesofinformation.(5)Thelookandfeelofabookisasmuchapartofitsappealasi

3、tscontents.(6)Thereissomethingimmenselysatisfyingaboutopeninganewbook:thesmellofthepaper,thefeelofthecover,thedesignonthedustjacketandtheweightofthevolumeallcontributetotheimpressionitmakes.(7)Themostaestheticallypleasingvolumes,theleatherboundvolumes,andthevolumeswithbeautifulbindingsar

4、eactuallyoftenboughtbyinteriordecoratorstoaddtothelookofastudy,officeorofalivingroom.(8)Bookshaveasymbolicpower.Weshudderwhenwehearof‘bookburning',associateddowntheageswithtyrannyandoppression.(9)Booksasculturaliconsremindusoffreedomofspeechandenhancedopportunities,theyremindusoftheintel

5、lectualaspirationsofthehumanrace.(10)Butinthefuturewillthebookstillberead?(11)Ibelieveitwill.(12)Morebooksarebeingwrittenandpublishedthaneverbefore;thebookhaswithstoodtheadventofthecinema,television,andpersonalcomputerandarelikelytobethereincenturiestocome.sat1.Whichisthebestversionofthe

6、underlinedportionofsentence3(reproducedbelow)?ButnowthatthefamilyencyclopediaislikelytohavebeenreplacedbyaCD-ROMitispossiblethatthebookmightbereducedtoanitemofdecorationratherthaninformationandentertainment.A.mightbereducedtoanitemofdecorationratherthaninformationB.mightbereducedtoanitem

7、ofdecorationratherthanasourceofinformationC.willbereducedtoanitemofdecorationratherthaninformationD.willbereducedtoanitemofdecorationratherthanasourceofinformationE.couldbereducedtoanitemofdecorationratherthaninformation2.Whichversionofsentence8wouldformthebesttransitionb