SAT scores began dropping in 1963;today,on average,30% of students do not complete high school in four years, a figure that rises to 50% in poor urban neighborhoods.

出自-2012年6月阅读原文

improving students' performance on SAT

出自-2012年6月阅读原文

Anyone who has patted a dog, stroked a cat, sat under a tree with a pint of beer, given or received a bunch of flowers or chosen to walk through the park on a nice day, understands that.

出自-2010年12月阅读原文

As I sat blocked and clueless for two solid days, I momentarily wondered if I couldn't just call an expert on the subject matter which I was tackling, or someone who took the class previously, to get me going.

2017年12月四级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B

It produces Science Olympiad winners, classically trained musicians and students with perfect SAT scores.

2018年6月四级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B

signs barring cell-phone use are a familiar sight to anyone who has ever sat in a hospital waiting room.

2016年6月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section A

When they had lunch in the dining room, they sat alone at the table.

2016年6月四级真题（第三套）阅读 Section B

For more than two decades, starting in the 1960s, the poet Ted Hughes sat on the judging panel of an annual poetry competition for British schoolchildren.

出自-2013年12月阅读原文

For example, in research with 3920 college students, Doctor Snyder and his colleagues found that the level of hope among freshmen at the beginning of their first semester was a more accurate predictor of their college grades, than were their SAT scores or their grade point averages in high school, the two measures most commonly used to predict college performance.

出自-2010年12月听力原文

As an organization of volunteers, AMSAT was putting "amateur" satellites in orbit decades before the current Cube Sat craze.

2019年6月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section B

Because they're so small and light, it costs much less to get a Cube Sat into Earth's orbit than a traditional communications or GPS satellite.

2019年6月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section B

I diligently attended my SAT, ACT, and Advanced Placement test preparation courses.

2018年6月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section B

The first Cube Sat was created in the early 2000s, as a way of enabling Stanford graduate students to design, build, test and operate a spacecraft with similar capabilities to the USSR's Sputnik.

2019年6月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section B

As I sat in my own personal heaven, I started thinking about having more.

2015年高考英语四川卷 阅读表达 原文

Dad sat me down and said, "Alice, I know it's hard, but it's all about persistence (坚持不懈)."

2017年高考英语天津卷 阅读表达 原文

He reported the case to the police and then sat there, lost and lonely in strange city, thinking of the terrible troubles of getting all the paperwork organized again.

2014年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

Little Tom sat amazed watching the monkey dancing in front of him.

2015年高考英语四川卷 单项填空 原文

Relived, I sat back in an easy chair and fell asleep.

2016年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

Steve arrived and sat in the front row, surrounded by his family.

2019年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

Steve moved to the piano and sat at the bench, hands trembling as he gently placed his fingers on the keys.

2019年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

That night, the two of them sat side by side at the piano.

2015年高考英语北京卷 完形填空 原文

The children sat stunned and silent.

2015年高考英语浙江卷 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

There I sat, considering my next move.

2015年高考英语四川卷 阅读表达 原文

To warm himself, the sailor sat in front of the fire rubbing one bare foot against the other.

2015年高考英语陕西卷 单项填空 原文

"When Dr.Epley and Mr.Schoreder asked other people in the same train station to predict how they would feel after talking to a stranger, the commuters thought their ride would be more pleasant if they sat on their own," the New York times summarizes.

2015年考研真题（英语二）完形填空 Section Ⅰ

Throughout the evening, one man had been particularly talkative, frequently offering ideas and anecdotes while his wife sat silently beside him on the couch.

2010年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ