第二步：逻辑结构分析

　　根据上一步提取的句子主干结构和表达逻辑关系的关键元素，分析与空格相关的逻辑关系，确定空格所填词语的含义或者感情色彩。

　　（1）通过标点符号判断

　　很多题目可以根据题目中具有特征性的标点符号判断句子的逻辑关系。比如分号、冒号、逗号等。

　　24. Irony can, after a fashion, become a mode of escape: to laugh at the terrors of life is in some sense to ______ them.

　　A. overstate B. revitalize C. corroborate D. evade E. license

　　25. Latoya’s ______ is shown by her ability to be ______: she can see her own faults more clearly than anyone else can.

　　A. perceptiveness…self-centered B. objectivity…restrictive C. cynicism…self-destructive

　　D. open-mindedness…complacent E. insightfulness…self-critical

　　26. Paradoxically, the senator was both a ______ and ______: she publicly defended the rights and wisdom of the people, but she often spoke with a disdainful air of superiority.

　　A. demagogue…a maverick B. conservative…an anarchist C. populist…an elitist

　　D. moderate…a reactionary E. partisan…a snob

　　27. Scientists require observable data, not ______, to support a hypothesis; sound science is grounded in ______ results rather than speculation.

　　A. induction…diminutive B. experimentation…pragmatic C. intuition…fiscal

　　D. bombast…theoretical E. conjecture…empirical

　　28. Sadly, the author never ______ the rewards of literary success during her lifetime; public recognition and appreciation of her talent were completely ______.

　　A. predicted…conclusive B. reaped…posthumous C. acknowledged…fulsome

　　D. appreciated…gratuitous E. pursued…discredited

　　29. The mountain road was distinctly ______: it twisted back and forth along the contours of the hillside.

　　A. panoramic B. precipitous C. serpentine D. circumscribed E. retrograde

　　（2）通过逻辑连接词判断

　　关键要素比如逻辑连词、介词等等，可以反映句子的逻辑关系。

　　30. Since the island soil has been barren for so many years, the natives must now ______ much of their food.

　　A. deliver B. import C. produce D. develop E. utilize

　　31. Since the author’s unflattering references to her friends were so ______, she was surprised that her ______ were recognized.

　　A. laudatory...styles B. obvious...anecdotes C. oblique...allusions

　　D. critical...eulogies E. apparent...motives

　　32. Although the minuet appeared simple, its ______ steps had to be studied very carefully before they could be gracefully ______ in public.

　　A. progressive…revealed B. intricate…executed C. rudimentary…allowed

　　D. minute…discussed E. entertaining…stylized

　　（3）通过正负评价法进行判断

　　正负评价法是在逻辑分析中常涉及到的概念，所谓正负评价就基本相当于我们汉语中的褒义贬义。我们可以根据关键元素的正负评价，来判断空格的正负评价。这是一个解答SAT甚至GRE填空题非常有效的方法，另外阅读理解中也可以运用此方法。

　　33. Given the ______ state of the published evidence, we do not argue here that exposure to low-level microwave energy is either hazardous or safe.

　　A. inconclusive B. satisfactory C. definitive D. immaculate E. exemplary

　　34. Unfortunately, his damaging attacks on the ramifications of the economic policy have been ______ by his wholehearted acceptance of that policy’s underlying assumptions.

　　A. supplemented B. undermined C. wasted D. diverted E. redeemed

　　35. Any language is a conspiracy against experience in the sense that it is a collective attempt to ______ experience by reducing it into discrete parcels.

　　A. extrapolate B. transcribe C. complicate D. amplify E. manage

　　36. No computer system is immune to a virus, a particularly malicious program that is designed to ______ and electronically ______ the disks on which data are stored.

　　A. prepare…improve B. restore…disable C. infect…damage

　　D. preserve…secure E. invade…repair

　　37. This final essay, its prevailing kindliness ______ by occasional flashes of savage irony, bespeaks the ______ character of the author.

　　A. illuminated…imperturbable B. marred…dichotomous C. untainted…vindictive

　　D. exemplified…chivalrous E. diluted…ruthless

　　38.The success of Notes of a Native Son ______ author James Baldwin as one of the most ______ essayists of his time.

　　A. buoyed…irrelevant B. established…prominent C. surrendered…prolific

　　D. decried…cynical E. categorized…mundane

　　第三步：选词填空

　　按照刚才几步的逻辑分析，选择正确的词汇填入空中，并且将句子读通顺。但是对于句子意思不要深究。

　　39. Even though the basic organization of the brain does not change after birth, details of its structure and function remain ______ for some time, particularly in the cerebral cortex.

　　A. plastic B. immutable C. essential D. unavoidable E. static