SAT短篇閱讀例項講解

下面是SAT短篇閱讀例項的.第二篇，我們在此將其作為一個練習，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.