下面是SAT短篇閱讀實例的第二篇，我們在此將其作為一個練習(xí)，你可以試試用上面的方法步驟完成這第二個小短篇。

　　Passage 2

　　Question 11-12 are based on the following passage

　　Some critics believe that the frequent use of repetition in Native American ceremonial texts was a result of their oral nature and helped make the works easy to remember. Native American scholar Paula Gunn Allen argues that this factor must be peripheral, however, because people in societies without writing traditionally have had more finely developed memories than do people who use writing. Native American children learned early to remember complicated instructions and long stories by heart. For a person who couldnt run to a bookshelf to look up information, reliance on memory became very important in everyday life. Such a highly developed everyday memory is not likely to fail on ceremonial occasions.

　　11. The primary purpose of the passage is to

　　 refute a claim

　　 describe a process

　　 analyze a discovery

　　 advocate a practice

　　 reveal a problem

　　12. In context, what does the final sentence suggest about Native American ceremonial texts?

　　 Understanding them requires a highly developed memory.

　　 Their inclusion of complicated and detailed material is traditional.

　　 They are not always oral in nature, nor are they always repetitive.

　　 They are important in the everyday lives of many Native Americans.

　　 Their use of repetition cannot be explained as an aid to memorization.

　　題答案：A

　　簡析：

　　這道題目要求你說出這篇短文的目的，那就不是只看一兩句話就可以解決問題的了，這是一道主旨性題目，需要我們從宏觀上做全面的把握。但實際上當我們讀完Some critics believe thatNative American scholar Paula Gunn Allen argues that之后我們就能有一個大概的印象就是這是對一個問題的爭論，通過對后面文字的進一步確認我們就能做出正確的選項。

　　題答案：E

　　簡析：我們以suggest鎖定這道題目為推斷性的題目，以the final sentence鎖定題目在文章中的出處，即Such a highly developed everyday memory is not likely to fail on ceremonial occasions. 根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容，我們在分析后可選出最后答案。

　　SAT短篇閱讀在SAT閱讀考試中占有很大的比重，所以同學(xué)們在平時的復(fù)習(xí)中要多進行練習(xí)并進行大量地閱讀，培養(yǎng)語感和閱讀速度，在閱讀中增加自己的詞匯量。

　　下面是SAT短篇閱讀實例的第二篇，我們在此將其作為一個練習(xí)，你可以試試用上面的方法步驟完成這第二個小短篇。

　　Passage 2

　　Question 11-12 are based on the following passage

　　Some critics believe that the frequent use of repetition in Native American ceremonial texts was a result of their oral nature and helped make the works easy to remember. Native American scholar Paula Gunn Allen argues that this factor must be peripheral, however, because people in societies without writing traditionally have had more finely developed memories than do people who use writing. Native American children learned early to remember complicated instructions and long stories by heart. For a person who couldnt run to a bookshelf to look up information, reliance on memory became very important in everyday life. Such a highly developed everyday memory is not likely to fail on ceremonial occasions.

　　11. The primary purpose of the passage is to

　　 refute a claim

　　 describe a process

　　 analyze a discovery

　　 advocate a practice

　　 reveal a problem

　　12. In context, what does the final sentence suggest about Native American ceremonial texts?

　　 Understanding them requires a highly developed memory.

　　 Their inclusion of complicated and detailed material is traditional.

　　 They are not always oral in nature, nor are they always repetitive.

　　 They are important in the everyday lives of many Native Americans.

　　 Their use of repetition cannot be explained as an aid to memorization.

　　題答案：A

　　簡析：

　　這道題目要求你說出這篇短文的目的，那就不是只看一兩句話就可以解決問題的了，這是一道主旨性題目，需要我們從宏觀上做全面的把握。但實際上當我們讀完Some critics believe thatNative American scholar Paula Gunn Allen argues that之后我們就能有一個大概的印象就是這是對一個問題的爭論，通過對后面文字的進一步確認我們就能做出正確的選項。

　　題答案：E

　　簡析：我們以suggest鎖定這道題目為推斷性的題目，以the final sentence鎖定題目在文章中的出處，即Such a highly developed everyday memory is not likely to fail on ceremonial occasions. 根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容，我們在分析后可選出最后答案。

　　SAT短篇閱讀在SAT閱讀考試中占有很大的比重，所以同學(xué)們在平時的復(fù)習(xí)中要多進行練習(xí)并進行大量地閱讀，培養(yǎng)語感和閱讀速度，在閱讀中增加自己的詞匯量。