【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.

The actor’s ------- decline in popularity was as striking and unexpected as his ------- rise to prominence had been.


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5 j) u( [: z" L8 e- j! D, @B. gradual . . equivocal
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. q( w0 j' K7 j( f6 {7 {C. precipitous . . obscure

D. dazzling . . secret
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# A  r6 V0 X+ V6 P( X$ h  \- KE. inevitable . . unpredictable

正确答案:A
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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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