SAT备考知识点推荐： SAT文法知识点第11期

一、形近词

1. 含义：

主要考察动词、名词、形容词和副词中词义辨析的词汇题。

2. 用法：

积累常见的形近词：

(1) reduction (程度上的)消减 vs. deduct 扣除(OG2 Q1)

(2) eminent 杰出的 vs. imminent 临近的 (OG4 Q42)

(3) dumping丢弃 vs. regarding忽视 (17.5NA Q16)

(4) submerge淹没 vs. immerse沉浸在(17.8NA Q3)

(5) emitting释放 vs. submitting提交(17.8NA Q23)

注：OG2 Q1为官方指南2的1题;16.5NA Q18为2018年6月北美真题18题，下同。

例如：

Snow’s research was too compelling for the local council to ignore: they eventually removed the Broad Street pump from service, effectively ending the cholera outbreak in Soho.(本句中的effectively修饰ending，表示有效地意思)

真题检测

真题检测 1

(OG2 Q1) In recent years, public libraries in the United States have experienced reducing in their operating funds due to cuts imposed at the federal, sate, and local government levels.

A. NO CHANGE

B. reductions

C. deducting

D. deducts

解析：通过reduce, deduct等选项看出是形近词的考点，各选项的意思为：reduce减少(数量、价格)、reduction(程度上的)消减、deduct扣除，而与前面experience的最合适的搭配是名词reduction，所以排除reduce, deduct等选项，所以排除A/C/D三个选项，所以选B。

注：OG2 Q1为官方指南2的1题。

真题检测 2

(OG4 Q42) Courses in psychology and human behavior may help you develop emphatic collaboration skills, while courses in the humanities, such as in literature and film, should give you the background necessary to develop effective narrative structures.

A. NO CHANGE

B. paramount

C. eminent

D. important

解析：通过eminent等选项看出是形近词的考点，各选项的意思为：emphatic断然的、paramount最重要的、eminent杰出的、important重要的，而与后面collaboration skills的最合适的搭配是important，该选项能体现合作技能的价值，所以排除emphatic, paramount, eminent等选项，所以选D。

注：OG4 Q42为OG4的42题。

真题检测 3

(2017-05NA-Q16) For instance, a historical consultant for Muster and Commander will say the director’s desire to emphasize the camaraderie of the ship’s officers meant dumping the period’s formal social protocol.

A. NO CHANGE

B. ditching

C. scrapping

D. disregarding

解析：通过dumping等选项看出是形近词的考点，各选项的意思为：dump丢弃、ditch丢弃、scrap放弃、disregard不顾及，disregard表述最为正式，而与后面formal social protocol的最合适的搭配是disregarding，该选项能体现不顾及那个时期的社交礼仪，所以排除dumping, ditching, scrapping等选项，所以选D。

注：2017-05NA-Q16为2017年5月北美真题16题。

真题检测 4

(2017-08NA-Q3) Brown had growing up submerged in the storytelling traditions of his own family, and throughout his southern journey..

A. NO CHANGE

B. buried

C. bathed

D. immersed

解析：通过submerged等选项看出是形近词的考点，各选项的意思为：submerge淹没、buried埋葬、bathed沐浴、immersed沉浸在，而与后面storytelling的最合适的搭配是immersed，该选项能体现沉浸在讲故事的家庭氛围中，所以排除submerged, buried, bathed等选项，所以选D。

注：2017-08NA-Q3为2017年8月北美真题3题。

真题检测 5

(2017-08NA-Q23) The conventional Doppler radar system works by emitting radio waves that bounce off particles in the air, such as raindrops.

A. NO CHANGE

B. remitting

C. submitting

D. omitting

解析：通过emitting等选项看出是形近词的考点，各选项的意思为：emitting释放、remitting免除、submitting提交、omitting忽略，而与后面radio waves的最合适的搭配是emitting，该选项能体现多普勒系统是通过发出无线电波工作的，所以排除remitting, submitting, omitting等选项，所以选A。

注：2017-08NA-Q23为2017年8月北美真题23题。