【SAT官方每日一题】7/30/12 Critical Reading > Sentence Completions

滚吧肥汤圆UID：3272378

Choose the word or set of words that, when inserted in the sentence, best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.

The actor’s ------- decline in popularity was as striking and unexpected as his ------- rise to prominence had been.
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" S9 l2 G0 N( t9 EA. sudden . . meteoric
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& P8 E6 L- a- [/ CB. gradual . . equivocal
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; S* E; C$ `6 b: ^  P# e5 @C. precipitous . . obscure

D. dazzling . . secret

E. inevitable . . unpredictable
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解析:

Choice (A) is correct. We know that “striking and unexpected” describes both the actor’s rise and his decline; “sudden” fits with this description, as does “meteoric,” which means suddenly or temporarily brilliant.
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