1.Architect Toyo Ito strives to design spaces that seem “aqueous,” creating environments wherein objects appear to___B____.
A. fly
B. float
C. shrink
D. smolder
E. collide
解题标志词：逗号+creating (动词ing形式，插入成分)
解析：插入成分的题目前后互为同义重复，creating 前面的内容为“建筑师Toyo Ito努力想设计出看起来如水般的空间”(Architect Toyo Ito strives to design spaces that seem “aqueous,”) 最关键的线索词是aqueous。所以B. 漂浮，悬浮为正确答案。A(飞，起飞)C(收缩，缩水)D(文火闷烧，慢燃;郁积)E(碰撞，冲突)
翻译：建筑师Toyo Ito努力想设计出看起来如水般的空间，创造出能让物体看起来漂浮的环境。
词汇扩充：Float：to rest on top of a liquid， to be carried along by moving water or air，to cause (something) to rest on top of a liquid : to cause (something) to float
Smolder: to burn slowly without flames but usually with smoke，to feel a strong emotion but keep it hidden，to be felt strongly by someone without being directly shown or expressed
2. Both of the twins tended toward ------, and these attention-seeking emotional displays had won neither of them many friends.
A. punctiliousness
B. stridency
C. seditiousness
D. histrionics
E. sagacity
解析：these后的attention-seeking emotional displays“故意引人注意的情绪化行为”(哗众取宠)对应空格处，所以选D选项histrionic“夸张的，做作的”。
词汇扩充：夸张的，戏剧化的，不自然的：exaggerated, dramatic, theatrical，affected, artificial, mannered
3. Janet's ------ was evident to everyone in the room because she glanced around at them ------.
A. guilt .. confidently
B. anxiety .. calmly
C. conviction .. uneasily
D. hopefulness .. gloomily
E. suspicion .. distrustfully
解析：两空都是在修饰Janet的行为特征，中间由because连接因果关系，所以两空同义，选E选项suspicion“怀疑”distrustfully“不信任地”。
词汇扩充：怀疑的，不轻信的 skeptical, suspicious, incredulous
4. The aroma of the freshly baked bread was so ------ that we were tempted to buy three loaves.
A. enticing
B. unruly
C. convenient
D. fabricated
E. generic
解析：本题是so..that 关系，因为so/such A that/as to B 的结构中A与B为同义关系或感情态度一致，所以从tempted“(被)吸引，诱惑”，可看出空格为对aroma的正向评价，因此答案为A选项 enticing “吸引人的”。
关于“吸引人的”的同义词有很多个，除此之外还有： allure, appeal, spellbind, captivate, enchant, bewilder, entrance, enthral 它们都有吸引，迷惑的意思，这些都是sat常考词汇.考生需要积累同义词。
5. Some of the guests were positively ------, speaking disrespectfully to their host and generally exhibiting deplorable manners.
A. bemused
B. cursory
C. forlorn
D. incoherent
E. uncouth
解析：空格对应disrespectfully“不敬地”和deplorable“应受责备的”，所以应填一个表示行为举止方面的负向评价，因此选E选项uncouth“粗鲁的”。
关于粗鲁的，无礼的近义词有：boorish, churlish, impudent, insolent, rude， 考生需要记忆。
