历届高考英语长难句100句精选(2)
这个岛屿,于1506年被同名的葡萄牙上将发现,在1810年有人居住,现在属于英
国,人口数有几百人。
简析:有两个过去分词短语作状语。
14. They had no connection with the outside world for more than a thousand years, giving them plenty of time to build more than 1000 huge stone figures, called moat, for which the island is most famous.(NMET2003.A篇)
他们已有一千多年与外界没有联系,这给他们充足的时间来修建1000多座巨大的石
像,被称为莫艾,因为有这个东西这个岛屿极其出名。
简析:夹杂有现在分词短语,过去分词短语及定语从句。
15. Our parties are aimed for children 2 to 10 and they’re very interactive and creative in that they build a sense of drama based on a subject. (NMET2002. E篇)
我们的(生日)聚会针对两到十岁的小孩,它们互动感强,富有创新,因为它们能
基于一个主题构建一种戏剧的氛围。
简析:关键词aim for 针对;in that 在于。
16. The most important idea behind the kind of party planning described here is that it brings parents and children closer together.(NMET2002. E篇)
在这里叙述的这种筹备(生日)聚会的计划所带有的最重要的观点在于它能让父母
和孩子的关系更加密切。
简析:夹杂过去分词短语及表语从句。
17.He had realized that the words: “one of six to eight” under the first picture in the book connected the hare in some way to Katherine of Aragon, the first of Henry VIII’s six wives. (NMET2002. D篇)
他曾认识到那本书里第一幅图画下面的那些词“一、六、八”在某些方面将这个野
兔和阿拉甘的凯撒英,即亨利八世的六个妻子当中的第一个妻子,联系起来。
简析:夹杂宾语从句及过去分词短语。
18.Until one day he came across two stone crosses in Ampthill park and learnt that they had been built in her honor in 1773. (NMET2002. D篇)
直到有一天他在阿帕斯尔公园碰巧看见两个石制的十字架,他才懂得在1773年修建
这两个十字架是为了向她表示敬意。
简析:关键词come across碰巧遇见,in one’s honor纪念某人。
19. It is Sue Townsend’s musical play, based on her best-selling book. (NMET2002. C篇)
它是苏珊·汤森德的音乐剧本,根据她畅销的小说改编的。
简析:关键词best-selling 畅销的。
20. Gold is one of a growing number of shoppers buying into the organic trend, and supermarkets across Britain are counting on more like him as they grow their organic food business. (NMET2002. B篇)
戈德是对有机食品感兴趣众多购买者当中的一位,遍及英国的超市依赖更多像他那
样的购买者,因为他们要增加有机食品生意。
简析:关键词count on 依赖。
21. Supporters of underground development say that building down rather than building up is a good way to use the earth’s space. (NMET2002. A篇)
地下发展的支持者说在地下搞建筑而不是在地上搞建筑是一种利用地球空间的办法。
简析:关键词rather than 而不是。
22. Those who could were likely to name a woman. (NMET2001. E篇)
那些能够说出好朋友名字的单身男人,很有可能说出一个女人的名字。
简析:省略句who could (name a best friend )承前省。
23. In general, women’s friendships with each other rest on shared emotions and support, but men’s relationships are marked by shared activities. (NMET2001. E篇)
一般来说,女人相互的友谊基于相互分享情感和支持,但男人间的关系以共同参与
社会活动为特征。
简析:关键词rest on 依靠。
24.For the most part, interactions between men are emotionally controlled —a good fit with the social requirements of“manly behavior”.(NMET2001. E篇)
就大部分而言,男人间的交往在感情上受控制,这与“男子汉气概” 的社会要求是
相符合的。
简析:关键词for the most part就大部分而言。
25.Whereas a woman’s closest female friend might be the first to tell her to leave a failing marriage, it wasn’t unusual to hear a man say he didn’t know his friend’s marriage was in serious trouble until he appeared one night asking if he could sleep on the sofa.(NMET2001. E篇)
一个女人最亲密的女性朋友可能是第一个告诉她离开一次失败的婚姻;而听见一个
男人说直到他的朋友一天晚上问他是否可以睡在他家的沙发上他才知道他朋友的婚姻已非常糟糕,这是很平常的。
简析:夹杂多种语法结构not unusual=usual; not…until…,直到…才…。