SAT考试中通过句子主干来分析以下空格所填的内容不失为一种较为有效的方法。请看以下10个SAT句子填空题，大家试着做一下，后面附有答案：
1. If it is true that morality cannot exist without religion, then does not the erosion of religion herald the_________ of morality?
(A) regulation (B) basis (C) belief (D) collapse (E) value
2. Certain animal behaviors, such as mating rituals, seem to be_________, and therefore _________external factors such as climate changes, food supply, or the presence of other animals of
the same species.
(A) learnedimmune to
(B) innate. .unaffected by
(C) intricate. .belong to
(D) specific. .confused with
(E) memorized. .controlled by
3. Shaken by two decades of virtual anarchy, the majority of people were ready to buy_________ at any price.
(A)order (B)emancipation (C)hope (D)liberty (E)enfranchisement
4. As a person who combines care with_________, Marisa completed her duties with_________as well as zeal.
(A) levity. .resignation
(B) geniality. .ardor
(C) vitality. .willingness
(D) empathy. .rigor
(E) enthusiasm. .meticulousness
5. Her shrewd campaign managers were responsible for the fact that her political slogans were actually forgotten clichés revived and_________with new meaning.
(A) fathomed (B) instilled (C) foreclosed (D) instigated (E) foreshadowed
6. The stoic former general led his civilian life as he had his military life, with simplicity and_________ dignity.
(A) benevolent (B) informal (C) austere (D) aggressive (E) succinct
7. Although bound to impose the law, a judge is free to use his discretion to_________ the anachronistic barbarity of some criminal penalties.
(A) mitigate (B) understand (C) condone (D) provoke (E) enforce
8. Henry viewed Melissa as_________; she seemed to be against any position regardless of its merits.
(A) heretical (B) disobedient (C) contrary (D) inattentive (E) harried
9. Dr. Schwartz's lecture on art, while detailed and scholarly, focused_________ on the premodern; some students may have appreciated his specialized knowledge, but those with more_________interests may have been disappointed.
(A) literallymedieval
(B) completelypedantic
(C) expansivelytechnical
(D) luminouslycreative
(E) exclusively, .comprehensive
10. Only when one actually visits the ancient ruins of marvelous bygone civilizations does one truly, appreciate the sad_________ of human greatness.
(A) perspicacity (B) magnitude (C) artistry (D) transience (E) quiescence
1. D 2.B 3.A 4.E 5.B 6.C 7.A 8.C 9.E 10.D
ETS在SAT句子填空题的命题过程中会刻意地设置一些句子结构上的障碍，比如使用一些插入结构来分割句子成分等，这些障碍会干扰考生解题的思路，使很多考生在解题过程中要么对句子的结构不能准确把握，要么忽略了传递核心信息的主干结构，导致在解答句子填空题目时因句子读不懂而使解题速度和准确率同时受到了影响，预祝大家取得理想的SAT成绩。
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