13. In context, Shadowy primarily serves to suggest something
gloomy
secret
sinister
concealed
unsubstantiated
阅读原文Shadowy 所在的41-42 行Shadowy imaginings do not usually hold up in the light of real experience.可知,Shadowy imaginings 与real experience 语意相反, 因此 Shadowy 的意思与unreal有关,所以正确答案为E 项。
句中的解释关系是指一个句中存在对某些单词或词组的内容、性质、范围等方面进行解释说明的语言成分。这种关系是SAT 词汇题中考查最多的一种关系。考生可以通过对于考查词汇的相关解释推出该词汇的具体含义。以2008年5 月SECTION 5 第16 题为例,该题考查fantastic 一词的具体含义,原题如下:
16. In line 21, fantastic most nearly means
grotesque
agitating
eccentric
superb
fanciful
阅读原文fantastic 所在的19-21 行I had never been around children my own age, and they seemed to me to be almost fantastic, like the little elves and fairies that my father made up stories about.可知,fantastic这个词用来解释作者眼中与自己同龄的小伙伴的特征,而like the little elves and fairies that my father made up stories about 则是对fantastic 这个词的进一步解释说明。按照常理推断,作者的父亲给女儿编故事时提到的侏儒和仙女通常都是幻想或想象的产物,所以5 个选项中与fantastic 最为接近的当然是E 项fanciful。
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