【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.

1 `" O- u* @6 o, W$ N# t' I, @The actor’s ------- decline in popularity was as striking and unexpected as his ------- rise to prominence had been.

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+ u4 s: j# B- P/ ~A. sudden . . meteoric
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B. gradual . . equivocal
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4 ~0 c# f# \! K* F9 EC. precipitous . . obscure
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D. dazzling . . secret

E. inevitable . . unpredictable

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解析:

" U, S: Q' k' NChoice (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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