上海新航道培訓學校SAT小編給大家帶來2017.5.6亞太SAT閱讀考試答案解析，希望對備考的考生們有所幫助。

  Passage 1

  小說類，文章標題為A Strange And Sublime Address，作者：Amit Chaudhuri

  文章內容概括：十歲男孩和媽媽、uncle、aunt去印度走親戚，親戚一家翹首以盼，見面各種客套，即使只送yogurt和sweets，卻表現的向收了鉆石一樣。見面的傳統和新式禮儀在小男孩看來都是把簡單的事情弄復雜的瘋狂舉動，不理解大人的世界。

  Passage 2

  社科類，文章標題：Mindwise: Why We Misunderstand What Others Think, Believe, Feel, and Want。文章作者：Nicholas Epley

  文章內容概括：個人能不能準確的知道別人對自己的看法，survey顯示，人們猜測自己熟悉的人對自己的看法更準確，不熟悉的人不準確。柱狀圖：個人對自己的看法和別人對自己的看法，自己猜測別人對自己的看法的準確性對比。

  Passage 3

  科學類，文章標題：Has Pluto sent us a message in Ceres (New Scientist)，作者：Shiga. D

  文章內容概括：一個科學家發現，小行星帶中的白矮星Ceres和Pluto很像，密度類似，有可能產生于outer space，受木星和urunus的重力影響被吸引到了小行星帶，它和小行星帶里的其他天體不一樣。科學家也有不同意見。圖表給了七八個天體離太陽的距離，密度等等數據。

  Passage 4

  歷史類，兩篇文章在觀點，論據和反駁上都是極相似的。Passage1 均來自Patrik Herny 的演講，表明New government會危機public liberty，讓大家慎重考慮。而Passage 2 都是通過反駁第一篇的觀點從而支持新政府。

  一、

  標題：Speech Before Virginia Ratifying Convention，作者：Patrick Henry

  Passage 1

  If a wrong step be nowmade, the republic may be lost forever. If this new government will not come upto the expectation of the people, and they shall be disappointed, their libertywill be lost, and tyranny must and will arise. I repeat it again, and I beggentlemen to consider, that a wrong step, made now, will plunge us into misery,and our republic will be lost. It will be necessary for this Convention to havea faithful historical detail of the facts that preceded the session of thefederal Convention, and the reasons that actuated its members in proposing anentire alteration of government, and to demonstrate the dangers that awaitedus.

  If they were of such awful magnitude as towarrant a proposal so extremely perilous as this, I must assert, that thisConvention has an absolute right to a thorough discovery of every circumstancerelative to this great event. And here I would make this inquiry of thoseworthy characters who composed a part of the late federal Convention. I am surethey were fully impressed with the necessity of forming a great consolidatedgovernment, instead of a confederation. That this is a consolidated governmentis demonstrably clear; and the danger of such a government is, to my mind, verystriking. I have the highest veneration for those gentlemen; but, sir, give meleave to demand, What right had they to say, We, the people? My politicalcuriosity, exclusive of my anxious solicitude for the public welfare, leads meto ask, Who authorized them to speak the language of, We, the people, instead of,We, the states? States are the characteristics and the soul of a confederation.If the states be not the agents of this compact, it must be one great,consolidated, national government, of the people of all the states.

  I have the highest respect for those gentlemenwho formed the Convention, and, were some of them not here, I would expresssome testimonial of esteem for them. America had, on a former occasion, put theutmost confidence in them — a confidence which was well placed; and I amsure, sir, I would give up any thing to them; I would cheerfully confide inthem as my representatives. But, sir, on this great occasion, I would demandthe cause of their conduct. Even from that illustrious man who saved us by hisvalor, I would have a reason for his conduct: that liberty which he has givenus by his valor, tells me to ask this reason; and sure I am, were he here, hewould give us that reason. But there are other gentlemen here, who can give usthis information. The people gave them no power to use their name. That theyexceeded their power is perfectly clear. It is not mere curiosity that actuatesme: I wish to hear the real, actual, existing danger, which should lead us totake those steps, so dangerous in my conception. Disorders have arisen in otherparts of America; but here, sir, no dangers, no insurrection or tumult havehappened; every thing has been calm and tranquil. But, notwithstanding this, weare wandering on the great ocean of human affairs. I see no landmark to guideus. We are running we know not whither. Difference of opinion has gone to adegree of inflammatory resentment in different parts of the country, which hasbeen occasioned by this perilous innovation.

  The federal Convention ought to have amended theold system; for this purpose they were solely delegated; the object of theirmission extended to no other consideration. You must, therefore, forgive thesolicitation of one unworthy member to know what danger could have arisen underthe present Confederation, and what are the causes of this proposal to changeour government.

  二、

  標題：Speech at the Virginia Ratifying Convention，作者：Edmond Pendleton

  文章內容概括：1787年的政治論戰，雙篇，第一篇支持邦聯政體，反對建立統一的聯邦政府，覺得會給國家和人民帶來危險;第二篇支持，覺得統一才是硬道理，才能給美國帶來繁榮富強。

  Mr. Chairman, my worthy friend (Mr. Henry) hasexpressed great uneasiness in his mind, and informed us that a great many ofour citizens are also extremely uneasy, at the proposal of changing our government...

  But an objection is made to the form: theexpression, We, the people, is thought improper. Permit me to ask the gentlemanwho made this objection, who but the people can delegate powers? Who but thepeople have a right to form government? The expression is a common one, and afavorite one with me. The representatives of the people, by their authority, isa mode wholly inessential. If the objection be, that the Union ought to be notof the people, but of the state governments, then I think the choice of theformer very happy and proper. What have the state governments to do with it?Were they to determine, the people would not, in that case, be the judges uponwhat terms it was adopted.

  But the power of theConvention is doubted. What is the power? To propose, not to determine. Thispower of proposing was very broad; it extended to remove all defects ingovernment: the members of that Convention, who were to consider all thedefects in our general government, were not confined to any particular plan.Were they deceived? This is the proper question here. Suppose the paper on yourtable dropped from one of the planets; the people found it, and sent us here toconsider whether it was proper for their adoption; must we not obey them? Thenthe question must be between this government and the Confederation. The latteris no government at all. It has been said that it has carried us, through adangerous war, to a happy issue. Not that Confederation, but common danger, andthe spirit of America, were bonds of our union: union and unanimity, and notthat insignificant paper, carried us through that dangerous war. “United,we stand divided, we fall!” echoed and re-echoedthrough Americafrom Congress to the drunken carpenterwas effectual, andprocured the end of our wishes, though now forgotten by gentlemen, if suchthere be, who incline to let go this stronghold, to catch at feathers; for suchall substituted projects may prove.

  Passage 5

  科學類，這篇文章講解了科學家在藻類中發現了lignin，從而更新了植物進化過程的理論。難點在于文章中各種現象之間的關系復雜，讓同學們感覺很亂。

  標題：A Tangled Tale of Plant Evolution

  作者：Catherine Clabby

  文章內容概括：講陸地植物中含有一種物質，讓某種植物韌性變強，這種物質起源于植物在海里的時候，一些藻類植物也含有這種物質，這種物質能夠抵抗海浪的破壞力。有的科學家持反對意見，認為這種物質的形成和藻類植物不是同一個過程。

  本次SAT考試考察的閱讀單詞題難度并不大，如appearance和expression以及語法中出現的Tothisend等表達，基本處在托福詞匯的層次，但由于閱讀量太小，很多孩子并不會辨析;這是明確的信號，新SAT不再考察生僻詞和華麗詞藻，而重點關注常用書面語的合理選用。因此，對學生的詞匯要求也需要與時俱進，進行調整，強調詞匯辨析，背誦老SAT詞匯書大量生僻詞對提高能力無益。

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