【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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+ A/ s( o/ Z" H) m# f# uA. sudden . . meteoric
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B. gradual . . equivocal

4 _% ~/ V- J+ G9 k& c; Y: }C. precipitous . . obscure

D. dazzling . . secret

; F, L8 @& R. I/ AE. inevitable . . unpredictable

正确答案:A

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; X: z# j" ~. m; J  E, y  rChoice (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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