route新SAT文法考试重要考点

2021年1月10日发(作者：祖冲之)

新SAT文法考试重要考点
标点符号在其他?学考试中?做单独考点，考生在写作part一般只是 用逗号和句?号，偶尔
用一下双引号，因此很多同学并没有特别留心英 文标点符号的不同用法。 然而，标点符号在新SAT考试的文法部分中变成了重点考查内容，所涉及的标点符号种
类较多， 用法也更?丰富。
教师介绍
本文来自新通教育王老师，王老师毕业于英国爱丁堡大学，拥有 丰富的北欧以及东南亚交
流学习经历。
》》以下是王老师的原创分享：
备考SAT 的考生可以尝试做一下以下4道题，测试一下自己在punctuation的知识积累是
否足够。(练 习答案见文末～)
1. Amerigo Vespucci is the namesake of both North and South America, nevertheless, many
people do not know his discovery overturned Christopher Columbus' s claim that Brazil and the
West Indies formed the eastern outskirts of Asia.
(A) NO CHANGE
(B) America; nevertheless,
(C) America: nevertheless,
(D) America, nevertheless—
2. Because he was tired of eating take-out every night, Craig started baking bread once a week;
as a result, his relationship with his roommates—and later, his coworkers— flowered.
(A) NO CHANGE
(B) week; and
(C) week:
(D) week: and
3. When Fritz' s brother won the presidential election, he cried gleefully; hugged his friends and
family. and treated everyone in the bar to champagne, hors d’oeuvres, and cake.
(A) NO CHANGE
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(B) gleefully, hugged his friends and family, and treated everyone in the bar to champagne, hors
d'oeuvres,
(C) gleefully; hugged his friends and family; and treated everyone in the bar to champagne, hors
d'oeuvres,
(D) gleefully, hugged his friends and family, and treated everyone in the bar to champagne; hors
d'oeuvres;
4. My favorite writers are Gabriel Garcia Marquez, who writes books of magical realism, Kurt
Vonnegut, who is sarcastic and witty and Maya Angelou, who incorporates important social
messages into her poems and stories.
(A) NO CHANGE
(B) realism; Kurt Vonnegut, who is sarcastic and witty;
(C) realism, Kurt Vonnegut, who is sarcastic and witty
(D) realism: Kurt Vonnegut, who is sarcastic and witty;
SAT标点符号
做这4道题的时候，我想大家应该产生了一个同样的疑惑：英语的分号是怎么用的?
的确，这个标点符号在我们自己写作文时出现的频率很低，但是它是SAT常考的标点之
一。
观察发现，分号“;”是由 一个“,”和 一个“.”组成。而分号的作用刚好介于逗号和句?号两者
之间，弱于句?号， 又远远强于逗号。相应地，分号有两个重要作 用：连接和分隔。
连接
分号连接相关的独立分句?(independent clauses)
Because my car was broken; I was late this morning.
这句?话对不?对?
错!
为什么?因为分号左边because引导了原因状语从 句?，?是独立分?。独立分?是可以独立成?
的。
比如The upperclassmen are permitted off-campus lunch. The underclassmen must remain on
campus.这两个是独立分句，但 如果就这样写成两个简单句，文章就会显得单调乏味，所以
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