Question

SAT 填空题 （请帮忙，顺便解释一下原因）

1) There is a danger that because Mr. Peters' Suggestions are so theatrically ______, readers may treat the book as performance, enthralling but too ________ to take seriously.
A. striking...pedestrian
B. bold...overwrought
C. plausible...fantastic
D. conventional...disturbing
E. lacking...histrionic
2) As long as the acquisition of knowledge is rendered habitually __________, so long will there be a prevailing tendency to discontinue it when free from the _______ of parents and teachers.
A. repugnant...coercion
B. academic...authority
C. gratiying...restrictions
D. honorable...influence
E. useful...custody
3) Prudery actually draws attention to the vice it is supposed to __________; the very act that forbids speech or prohibits sight __________ what is hidden.
A. condemn...distorts
B. monitor...signals
C. repress...dramatizes
D. obviate...fosters
E. divulge...conceals
4) The demise of the rigorous academic curriculum in high school resulted, in part, from the progressive rhetoric that _______ the study of subjects previously thought _______ as part of school learning.
A. advocated...necessary
B. enhanced...indispensable
C. restricted...impractical
D. undermined...popular
E. sanctioned...inappropriate

Answer 1

1、B.bold：大胆鲁莽 overwrought：过度兴奋紧张
这句话的意思是 某某的建议太过鲁莽，读者认为这本书虽然吸引人，但是太离谱不值得一信
2、A.repugnant:令人讨厌 coercion：强迫
这句话的意思是 因为学习知识令人感到讨厌，所以有一种趋势，当人们脱离老师家长的强迫之后就不会继续学习了
3、C repress：镇压平息 dramatize：使……更紧张，更有戏剧性
这句话的意思是：假正经只能使人们关注他本来想要掩饰的缺点；禁止言论自由的苛刻法令只能使原本想要遮掩的真相以更戏剧性的方式展露在人们眼前
4、D（这题不确定）
这句话的意思是：高中里严苛的教育制度的取消，一部分是因为有言论减少了曾经很大众化的科目的学习

想知道这是不是真题。