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

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Choose the word or set of words that, when inserted in the sentence, best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.
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The actor’s ------- decline in popularity was as striking and unexpected as his ------- rise to prominence had been.

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A. sudden . . meteoric
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" {+ E9 {1 b4 D- [3 @8 BB. gradual . . equivocal
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+ P, m0 s$ R! j' N  d, q- wC. precipitous . . obscure
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解析:

+ ?. j: W4 `3 H; `2 F" |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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