SAT官方每日一题：2012年4月19日

　　2012年04月19日

　　考试类型: Critical Reading > Sentence Completions

　　Choose the word or set of words that, when inserted in the sentence, best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.

　　Mrs. Williams found it ironic that her twelve-year-old son, who made all A’s on his report card, was so ------- at home, apparently unable to follow her most basic instructions concerning such commonsense matters as tidiness.

　　A. stubborn

　　B. astute

　　C. candid

　　D. obtuse

　　E. sullen

　　正确答案:D

　　解析:

　　Choice (D) is correct. It is logical that a mother would see irony in the contrast between her son’s success at school and his obtuseness, or apparent inability to comprehend, at home.