高考英语长难句专题讲解

高考英语长难句专题讲解

历届高考长难句精选一、‎ ‎1.First put forward by the French mathematician Pierre de Format in the seventeenth century, the theorem had baffled and beaten the finest mathematical minds, including a French woman scientist who made a major advance in working out the problem, and who had to dress like a man in order to be able to study at the Ecolab polytechnique. （NMET2003.C篇）‎ 这个定理，先是由十七世纪法国数学家皮尔法特提出，曾使一批杰出的数学大师为难，包括一位法国女科学家，她在解决这个难题方面取得了重大的进展，她曾女扮男装为了能够在伊科尔理工学院学习。‎ 简析：夹杂过去分词短语，现在分词短语，动名词及两个定语从句。‎ ‎2. It is difficult to measure the quantity of paper used as a result of use of Internet-connected computers, although just about anyone who works in an office can tell you that when e-mail is introduced, the printers start working overtime. That is, the growing demand for paper in recent years is largely due to the increased use of the Internet. （NMET2003.E篇）‎ 由于因特网的使用，计算所使用的纸张的数量是很难的，然而几乎任何在办公室工作的人能告诉你，当引进电子邮件后，打印机就开始超时工作。也就是说近年来人们对于纸张的日益需求主要是由于因特网越来越多的使用。‎ 简析：夹杂较复杂的句型结构，关键词just about几乎；overtime超时地。‎ ‎3. Perhaps the best sign of how computer and internet use pushes up demand for paper comes from the high-tech industry itself, which sees printing as one of its most promising new market. （NMET2003.E篇）‎ 或许，表明电脑及因特网使用促进人们对于纸张的需求的最好迹象源于高科技产业本身，印刷业被认为是高科技产业极有前景的新市场之一。‎ 简析：夹杂较复杂的句型结构，关键词promising有前途的。‎ ‎4. The action group has also found acceptable paper made from materials other than wood, such as agricultural waste. （NMET2003.E篇）‎ 这个行动组也发现一种人们可接受的纸，制成这种纸的原料不是木料，而是农业废料。‎ 简析：关键词other than而不是。‎ ‎5. Mostly borrowed from English and Chinese, these terms are often changed into forms no longer understood by native speakers. （NMET2003.D篇）‎ 这些术语，主要从英语和汉语引入，经常会变成不再被说本族语的人们理解的形式。‎ 简析：关键词term术语。‎ ‎6. It is one of many language books that are now flying off booksellers’ shelves.（NMET2003.D篇)‎ 它是现在很畅销的许多外语书中的一本。‎ 简析：比喻生动形象。‎ ‎7. The mass media and government white papers play an important part in the spread of foreign words.（NMET2003.D篇）‎ 大众传播媒介和政府白皮书（正式报告）在外国词传播过程中起重要作用。‎ 简析：关键词the mass media and government white papers大众传播媒介和政府白皮书 ‎（正式报告）。‎ ‎8.Tales from Animal Hospital will delight all fans of the programme and anyone who was a lively interest in their pet, whether it be a cat 、dog or snake! （NMET2003.C篇）‎ 来自动物医院（这个电视节目）的故事（这本书），将使这个电视节目的爱好者以及对无论是猫、狗还是蛇这类宠物有浓厚兴趣的任何人感到高兴。‎ 简析：关键词fans…爱好者，whether…or…，无论是…还是…。‎ ‎9. Newton is shown as a gifted scientist with very human weaknesses who stood at the point in history where magic ended and science began. （NMET2003 .C篇）‎ 牛顿被证明是一位很有才华的科学家，他处于一个魔术终结科学开启的历史时期，他也有普通人所特有的弱点。‎ 简析：夹杂两个定语从句。‎ ‎10. But for all the texts that are written, stored and sent electronically, a lot of them are still ending up on paper.（NMET2003.E篇）‎ 但对于所有这些以电子手段记录，贮存及传递的文本而言，许多文本仍要（打印）在纸上。‎ 简析：关键词text文本；end up最后成为（处于）。‎ ‎11.With their shining brown eyes, wagging tails, and unconditional love, dogs can provide the nonjudgmental listeners needed for a beginning reader to gain confidence, according to Intermountain Therapy Animals（ITA） in salt Lake City.（NMET2003.B篇）‎ 据盐湖城的ITA的观点，闪烁的棕色眼睛，摇着尾巴，并有无条件的爱心，狗能成为无判断力的（忠实的）听者，这是刚开始搞阅读的小孩所需要的。‎ 简析：夹杂with构成的介词短语及过去分词短语。‎ ‎12. The Salt Lake City public library is sold on the idea. （NMET2003.B篇）‎ 这家盐湖城公共图书馆接受这个观点。‎ 简析：关键词sell on （to）使接受。‎ ‎13. Discovered by the Portuguese admiral of the same name in 1506, and settled in 1810, the island belongs to Great Britain and has a population of a few hundred. （NMET2003. A篇）‎ 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…。‎ ‎26. Before 1066, in the land we now call Great Britain lived peoples belonging to two major language groups. （NMET2001. D篇）‎ ‎1066年以前，在我们现在称为英国的土地上，住着属于两个主要语种的民族。‎ 简析：倒装句，并含有定语从句及分词短语。‎ ‎27. If this state of affairs had lasted, English today would be close to German.（NMET2001. D篇）‎ 如果这种情况延续下去的话，那么今天的英语将和德语很相近。‎ 简析：含虚拟语气。‎ ‎28. We even have different word for some foods, meat in particular, depending on whether it is still out in the fields or at home ready to be cooked, which Shows the fact that the Saxon peasants were doing the farming. while the upper-class Normans were doing most of the eating. （NMET2001. D篇）‎ 我们甚至对某些食物有不同的单词，特别是肉类，取决于它是长在田野里，还是在 家里准备煮着吃，这就表明一个事实，即萨克森农民在农田干活，而上层阶级的诺曼人在大吃大喝。‎ 简析：含对比。‎ ‎29. When Americans visit Europe for the first time, they usually find Germany more “Foreign” than France because the German they see on signs and ads seems much more different from English than French does. （NMET2001. D篇）‎ 当美国人第一次游览欧洲时，他们通常发现德国比法国对他们来说更加“陌生”，因 为他们在标牌和广告上看到的德语，比起法语更加不同于英语。‎ 简析： 含比较级句型结构。‎ ‎30. Some companies have made the manufacturing of clean and safe products their main selling point and emphasize it in their advertising. （NMET2001. C篇）‎ 一些公司已经把洁净安全产品的生产当作他们主要的销售关键，并且在他们的广告 宣传中强调这一点。‎ 简析：make后接双宾语。‎ ‎31. After their stay, all visitors receive a survival certificate recording their success, that is, when guests leave the igloo hotel they will receive a paper stating that they have had a taste of adventure. （NMET2001. B 篇）‎ 在他们逗留之后，所有的游客都会收到一份生存证明记录他们的成功，也就是说当游客离开小冰屋旅馆时，他们会得到一份证明，表明他们曾尝试过冒险。‎ 简析：含两个分词短语，关键词state表明。‎ ‎32. The major market force rests in the growing population of white-collar employees, who can afford the new service, in other words, Shanghai’s car rental industry is growing so fast mainly due to the increasing number of white-collar employees.（NMET2001. A篇）‎ 主要的市场因素取决于白领工人的人数增加，这些人付得起这种新型服务，换句话说，‎ 上海的汽车出租行业发展如此快，主要因为白领工人人数的增加。‎ 简析：关键词rest in 依赖。‎ ‎33. That you won’t be for long means it won’t be long before you’ll have to recycle your rubbish. （NMET2000. E篇）‎ 你不会等很长时间意味着过不了多久你就会回收你的垃圾。‎ 简析：夹杂主语从句及宾语从句。‎ ‎34. These words, I have just made up, have to stand for thing and ideas that we simply can’t think of. （NMET2000.D篇）‎ 这些词，是我编造的，只是代表我们不能想到的事物和观念。‎ 简析：关键词make up 编造。‎ ‎35. Picturing(Imagining) the future will serve the interests of the present and future generations. （NMET2000. D篇）‎ 设想未来有益于现在和将来的几代人。‎ 简析：关键词picture活用为动词想象，设想。‎ ‎36. Decision thinking is not unlike poker — it often matters not only what you think, but also what others think you think and what you think they think you think. （NMET2000. C 篇）‎ 做决策像打扑克牌，起作用的不但是你怎么想的，还包括别人对你的想法是怎么看的以及你对别人的看法是如何考虑的。‎ 简析：含较复杂的句型结构not unlike=like not only…but also…不仅…而且…‎ ‎37. The easy way out isn’t always easiest. （NMET2000. B篇）‎ 解决问题容易的办法并非总是最容易的。‎ 简析：关键词the way out 解决问题的办法。‎ ‎38.The hot sun had caused the dough （面团） to double in size and the fermenting yeast（酵母） made the surface shake and sigh as though it were breathing and it looked like some unknown being from outer space. （NMET2000. B篇）‎ 炙热的太阳导致面团面积加倍，酵母使面团的表面摆晃叹息，似乎它在呼吸，它看上去像某种来自外部空间的无名生物。‎ 简析：比喻形象生动。‎ ‎39. After all, what lively children wouldn’t settle for spending only half the day doing ordinary school work, and acting, singing or dancing their way through the other half of the day? （NMET1999. E篇）‎ 毕竟，难道这些活泼可爱的孩子们不满足于半天搞普通教育的文化课，半天搞表演、唱歌、舞蹈等舞台训练吗？‎ 简析：反问句式，语气强烈。‎ ‎40. Dad, in a hurry to get home before dark so he could go for a run, had forgotten wear his safety belt—a mistake 75% of the US population make every day. （NMET1999. D篇）‎ 爸爸，急匆匆地在天黑之前赶回家，以便他能出去跑步，却忘记系安全带—这是75%‎ 的美国人每天犯的一个错误。‎ 简析：关键词for a run去跑步。‎ ‎41.The summit was to mark the 25th anniversary（周年）of president Nixon’s journey to China, which was the turning point in China-US relations. （NMET1998.B篇）‎ 这次高峰会是为了纪念尼克松总统访华25周年，尼克松访华是中美关系的转折点。‎ 简析：关键词mark 纪念。‎ ‎42. Many of the problems are of college level and these pupils can figure them out. （NMET1997.A篇）‎ 很多问题是大学水平，这些小学生能够解答出来。‎ 简析：关键词be of college level 大学水平，figure out解决，解答。‎ ‎43. Rising through the roof is the Tower of the Sun, inside Which stands a 160–foot –tall Tree of Life.‎ 穿过屋顶矗立着太阳之塔，在里面有一棵160英尺高的生命之树。‎ 简析：含有两个倒装句。‎ ‎44. The present question is that many people consider impossible what is really possible if effort is made.‎ 目前的问题是，很多人把其实只要付诸努力就能做到的事情看成是做不到的。‎ 简析：consider后的宾语后置。‎ ‎45. Ill and suffering as she was after the inhuman punishment, she yet remained so cheerful and confident, eager to devote the little strength left to her to helping the other comrades.‎ 她受过重罚，而且有病，可她却这样愉快，这样充满了信心，这样用尽她所剩的力量来帮助其他同志。‎ 简析：含有让步状语从句及形容词短语作状语。‎ ‎46. Freed from TV, forced to find their own activities, they might take a ride together to watch the sunset.‎ 如果他们从电视中的束缚中解脱出来，不得不自己安排活动，他们可能会全家驱车去 看日落。‎ 简析：含有两个过去分词短语。‎ ‎47. I went around to the front of the house, sat down on the steps, and, the crying over, I ached, And my father must have hurt, too, a little.‎ 我绕到房子的前面，坐在台阶上，哭了一阵之后，我感到阵阵心痛，我的父亲心里肯定也有一点不好受。‎ 简析：动作描写，情真意切。‎ ‎48. It covered the whole distance from broken –hearted misery to bursting happiness—too fast.‎ 先是令人心碎的痛苦，继而是极度的喜悦，从一个极端到另一个极端—变换得实在太快了。‎ 简析：比喻形象生动。‎ ‎49.Still, he could not help thinking that if anything should happen, the nearest person he contact by radio, unless there was a ship nearby, would be on an island 885 miles away.‎ 他禁不住寻思起来，要是果真有什么意外，除非附近有条船，他用无线电能联系上的最近的人远在885英里以外的岛上。‎ 简析：含虚拟语气。‎ ‎50. After all, eighty was a special birthday, another decade lived or endured, just as you choose to look at it.‎ 八十大寿，毕竟非同一般，不管怎么说你又活了十年，或者说熬了十年，是活还是熬，全在于你怎么看了。‎ 简析：关键词endure (stand; bear; put up with)忍受。‎ ‎51. News reports say peace talks between the two countries have broken down with no agreement reached.（NMET2003.31）‎ 新闻报道说这两个国家的和平谈判失败,没有达成协议。‎ 简析：关键词break down失败，reach an agreement达成协议。‎ ‎52. The old couple have been married for 40 years and never once have they quarreled with each other.（NMET2003.34）‎ 这对老年夫妇结婚40年了，两人从来没有一次争吵。‎ 简析：含主谓倒装句。‎ ‎53. After all, Ed’s idea of exercise has always been nothing more effort-making than lifting a fork to his mouth.（NMET2003）‎ 要记住的是，伊德搞锻炼的想法根本没有进餐使用刀叉那么费力。‎ 简析：含比较级句型。‎ ‎54.As a result , at the point in our game when I’d have figured on (predicted) the score to be about 9 to 1 in my favor , it was instead 7 to 9 — and Ed was leading.（NMET2003）‎ 就在我们比赛之前，我曾预料这场比赛对我有利，比分大概是9比1，结果比分反而是7比9，伊德暂时领先。‎ 简析：关键词figure on预计，估计；in one’s favor对某人有利。‎ ‎55.So when Ed arrived for our game not only with the bottom of his shirt gathered inside his trousers but also with a stomach you could hardly notice , I was so surprised that I was speechless , my cousin must have made an effort to get himself into shape .（NMET2003）‎ 因此当伊德来参加我们的比赛时,我发现他不仅将衬衫的底部扎进裤里,而且几乎注意不到他的肚子,我感到很惊奇,以致无话可说,我的表弟过去一定努力把自己训练好,保持很好的竞技状态。‎ 简析：含有not only…but also…及so…that…的句型结构，must have P.P表示对过去事实的推测。‎ ‎56.In a way , I think we both won : I the game , but cousin Ed my respect.（NMET2003）‎ 在一定程度上，我认为我们都赢了，我赢得了这次比赛，伊德表弟赢得了我的尊重。‎ 简析：承前省略谓语动词won。‎ ‎57. It is said in Australia there is more land than the government knows what to do with it. （NMET2002 .33）‎ 据说在澳大利亚土地太多以致政府不知道怎么去处理。‎ 简析：含比较级句型。‎ ‎58. The research is so designed that once begun nothing can be done to change it.（NMET2002 .34）‎ 这项研究设计得如此好以致一旦开始任何事都不可能改变它。‎ 简析：夹杂过去分词短语once begun。‎ ‎59. The mother didn’t know who to blame for the broken glass as it happened while she was out. （NMET2002 .24）‎ 妈妈不知道谁应该受责备，因为打破玻璃这件事是她不在家里的时候发生的。‎ 简析：关键词be to blame受责备。‎ ‎60.When I was in the army I received an intelligence test that all soldiers took, and , against an average of 100 , scored 160.（NMET2002）‎ 当我在军队服役时，我曾接受过所有战士都参加的智力测试,与平均分100分相比，我得了160分。‎ 简析：关键词against 与…相比较。‎ ‎61.We didn’t plan our art exhibition like that but it worked out very well （NMET2001.26）‎ 我们原不是那样计划艺术展览的，但出来的结果却很好。‎ 简析：关键词work out 结果是……‎ ‎62. The home improvements have taken what little there is of my spare time . （NMET2001.27）‎ 房子装修花费我的闲暇时间不多。‎ 简析：句型结构little of的用法，例We see very little of our children (we do not see them often) now that they are grown up.孩子们已经长大了，所以我们现在很少见到他们。‎ ‎63. Having suffered such heavy pollution already, it may now be too late to clean up the river.（NMET2001.35）‎ 这条河流已经遭受很重的污染，现在要清理为时太晚。‎ 简析：含too…to…句型及现在分词的完成式。‎ ‎64. Most believe the footprints are nothing more than ordinary animal tracks , which had been made larger as they melted and refroze in the snow. （NMET2001）‎ 大多数人相信这些脚印只是普通动物的足迹，这些足迹由于在雪里融化再结冰而变大了。‎ 简析：关键词nothing more than only。‎ ‎65. But if they ever succeed in catching one, they may face a real problem: would they put it in a zoo or give it a room in a hotel? （NMET2001）‎ 但若他们真的抓住一个“雪人”的话，那么他们可能面临一个现实问题：他们会把它放进动物园，还是在一个旅馆里给它一个房间呢？‎ 简析：含选择疑问句型。‎ ‎66. With production up by 60%, the company has had another excellent year.（NMET2000.18）‎ 产量增长了60%，公司又经历了一个极好的年头。‎ 简析：含with构成的介词短语。‎ ‎67. The WTO cannot live up to its name if it dose not include a country that is home to one fifth of mankind. （NMET2000.21）‎ 世贸组织如果没有一个占世界五分之一人口的大国加入的话，那么它就不能名副其实。‎ 简析：关键词live up to one’s name 名副其实。‎ ‎68. It is the ability to do the job that matters not where you come from or what you are. （NMET2000.24）‎ 重要的是你做这件工作的能力，而不是你来自什么地方，或是你是什么身份。‎ 简析：强调句型It is +强调部分+that / who+从句。‎ ‎69. How could I ever get him to finish unloading the car without screaming at me and making a scene in front of ‎ the other girls, who I would have to spend the rest of the year with? （NMET2000）‎ 我怎么才能让父亲卸完车上的行李而不向我大喊大叫，在其他女孩子面前出洋相呢？我还要和这些女孩一起度过以后的日子。‎ 简析：关键词make a scene 大吵大闹，出洋相。‎ ‎70.Dad’s face turned decidedly less red before he could bring out a “yes”.（NMET2000）‎ 父亲在说出一声“是”之前,脸终于没有先前那么红了。‎ 简析：迂回表达，心情如释重负。‎ ‎71. Soon I heard a sound like that of a door burst in , and then a climb of feet.（NMET90）‎ 很快我听到好象是门被撞进的声音，接着是一阵上楼的脚步声。‎ 简析：that替代前而的sound。‎ ‎72. Father took the still smoking pistol from my hand, and fired another shot, which killed the gorilla.（NMET90）‎ 爸爸从我手里拿起那只仍冒烟的枪，又开了一枪，这才杀死了那只大猩猩。‎ 简析：关键词fire another shot 又开了一枪。‎ ‎73.It happened that father had sent us upstairs because he thought he would be able to lock the door—which was twenty feet away—before the animal reached it.（NMET90）‎ 事情发生是这样的,爸爸先把我们送上楼，因为他原以为他能够在那个动物赶到之前（距离20英尺远）将门锁上。‎ 简析：句型结构It happened that…事情发生是这样的…。‎ ‎74. He certainly looked the part all right, he thought, as he admired himself in the mirror. （NMET91）‎ 当他在镜子前自我欣赏时，他想他当然看上去很适合那个角色。‎ 简析：关键词all right确实，无疑。‎ ‎75. He put his head in his hands and tried to remember his lines, but nothing came to his mind. （NMET91）‎ 他抱着头，尽力的想台词，但什么也想不起来。‎ 简析：迂回表达nothing came to his mind=He remembered nothing.‎ ‎76. In fact the more he watched the play, the more he felt himself part of it. （NMET91）‎ 实际上，他越是观看这台戏剧，他越是认为自己已进入角色。‎ 简析：句型结构the more…the more…越…越…‎ ‎77. Instead she took a short walk in a park nearby and came home, letting herself in through the back door.（NMET92）‎ 反而，她在附近公园散步一会儿就回到家，她经过后门让自己进去的。‎ 简析：分词短语letting herself in 作状语。‎ ‎78. She settled down to wait and see what would happen.（NMET92）‎ 她静下心来等，看会发生什么事。‎ 简析：关键词settle down to do sth 静下心来做…‎ ‎79. Picking up the kettle of boiling water, she moved quietly towards the door.（NMET 92）‎ 她拿起那个装着开水的壶，悄悄地向门移动。‎ 简析：现在分词短语作伴随状语。‎ ‎80. A sharp cry was heard outside as the wire fell to the floor and the hand was pulled back, which was followed by the sound of running feet.（NMET 92）‎ 当那根铁丝掉在地上，哪只手缩回时，外面传来尖叫声，接着是逃跑的声音。‎ 简析：三处被动语态间接描述小偷遭到的惩罚。‎ ‎81. It wasn’t long before the police caught the thief.（NMET 92）‎ 很快警察抓住了那个小偷。‎ 简析：句型结构It wasn’t long before+从句，很快就…‎ ‎82. Then, I noticed a tall man by the door, carrying something covered with brown paper.（NMET 93）‎ 接着，我注意到门旁一个高个子男人，拿着用棕色纸遮盖着的某种东西。‎ 简析：含两个分词短语。‎ ‎83. Turning to my next customer, I was terrified to see a gun stuck out of his coat.(NMET 93)‎ 转向下一个顾客，看见一杆枪从他的外套伸出来，我非常恐惧。‎ 简析：过去分词短语作to see的宾补。‎ ‎84.“Smith!” the manager cried out in a voice like thunder “None of your excuses! Go start work at once! ” （NMET 93）‎ ‎“史密斯！”经理用象雷一样的声音大喊，“你不要找借口！给我立即开始工作。”‎ 简析：口语化的语言。‎ ‎85. Waiting above the crowded streets, on top of a building 110 stories high, was Philippe Pettit.（NMET 94）‎ 菲力浦帕底特在110层高的建筑物上，人群拥挤的大街上空等候。‎ 简析：含倒装句型及分词用法。‎ ‎86. Philippe took his first step with great care. The wire held Now he was sure he could do it.（NMET 94）‎ 菲力浦非常小心地迈开第一步，钢丝绳承受住了，现在他确信他可以走钢丝了。‎ 简析：关键词hold (vi) 承受。‎ ‎87.And thousands of terrified（badly frightened）watchers stared with their hearts beating fast.（NMET 94）‎ 成千上万感到很害怕的观众盯着看，他们的心跳很快。‎ 简析：含with构成的介词短语。‎ ‎88. Already she does many things a human being can do.（NMET 95）‎ 她已经会做一个人能做的许多事情。‎ 简析：含定语从句。‎ ‎89. She even enjoys watching television before going to bed.（NMET 95）‎ 她甚至喜欢在上床睡觉前看电视。‎ 简析：含分词及动名词。‎ ‎90. The measure of a man’s real character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out.（NMET 96）‎ 衡量一个人真正品质的标准是看如果他知道他不会被别人发现的情况下他会做些什么事。‎ 简析：表语从句中还含有虚拟语气。‎ ‎91.Thirty years after being introduced to McCauley’s words, they still seem to me the best yardstick（准绳）, because they give us a way to measure ourselves rather than others. （NMET 96）‎ 在我知道玛考雷名言三十年后，它对我来说仍是最好的人生准则，因为这句名言给我们提供了一种衡量我们自己而不是他人的方法。‎ 简析：关键词introduce引见，例：Let me introduce you to the pleasures of wine-tasting让我给你说说品酒的乐趣。‎ ‎92. Few of us are asked to make great decisions about nations going to war or armies going to battle, but all of us are called upon daily to make a great many personal decisions. （NMET 96）‎ 我们当中很少有人被要求作出关于国家进行战争，军队进行战斗的重大决定，但我们每天都要求作出很多个人的决定。‎ 简析：含动名词的所有格形式。‎ ‎93. Here’s a fellow who just walks into a bank and helps himself to so much money.（NMET 97）‎ 有一个家伙，就这样走进一家银行，擅自拿走这么多钱。‎ 简析：help oneself to擅自拿走。‎ ‎94. Todd thought of the difficulty with which he managed to get the amount of money he needed to start his gas station.（NMET 97）‎ 托德想起自己的难处，他曾设法搞一大笔钱，他需要这笔钱来开办他的加油站。‎ 简析：夹杂两个定语从句。‎ ‎95. Don’t pick up strangers and all your folks in gas stations better not do service to a white Ford car.（NMET 97）‎ 不要搭载陌生人，加油站所有的工作人员最好不要为一辆白色福特牌小汽车服务。‎ 简析：关键词folks，加油站的工作人员。‎ ‎96. “Fill her up”, the man said sounding like any other driver.（NMET 97）‎ ‎“给车加油”那个男人说，听起来（这个劫匪）就好像是其他任何一名司机。‎ 简析：关键词sound like 听起来像…‎ ‎97. It seemed that there was no suitable work for him.（NMET 98）‎ 看来对他来说没有合适的工作。‎ 简析：关键词suitable适合的。‎ ‎98. But when John and his fellow soldier came in sight some of the people watching couldn’t help laughing at the one who couldn’t keep pace with the others as they march along.（NMET 98）‎ 但当约翰和他的战友们出现时，一些观看的人们禁不住嘲笑那个在行进中不能同步的那个人（约翰）。‎ 简析：句子结构较复杂，关键词keep pace with 与…步伐一致。‎ ‎99. They not only make it difficult to sleep at night, but they are doing damage to our houses and shops of historical interest.（NMET 99）‎ 他们不仅使人们在晚上睡觉困难，而且他们损害我们历史名胜的房子和商店。‎ 简析：句型结构not only…but (also) …不仅…而且…‎ ‎100. Hary also studying biology said they wanted to make as much noise as possible to force the government officials to realize what everybody was having to stand.（NMET1999）‎ 也攻读生物学的哈利说他们要制造尽可能大的噪音来迫使政府官员们认识到大家正不得不忍受的东西。‎ 简析：句型结构as...as possible尽可能地……。‎ 历届高考长难句精选二、‎ ‎1. Lucy Liu，conquered the hearts of western viewers by being confident，not just about looks，but also about what she is——strong，smart and sexy.‎ 刘玉玲以她的自信征服了西方观众，这种自信不仅仅来自她的容貌，还有她自己身上的一些特质——健康，聪明和性感。‎ ‎2.Some work to help to pay their school cost；others work to get knowledge in the jobs；still others work just to enjoy themselves.‎ 有的（学生）工作是为了有助于付学费，有的工作是为了在工作中获得知识；还的有工作只是为了玩得高兴。‎ ‎3.The exact cause of depression remains unclear.‎ 引起忧郁症的确切原因还没有查明。‎ ‎4.Rather than allow the vegetables to go bad ，he sold them at half price .‎ 他将这些蔬菜半价卖掉，而不是让其乱掉。‎ ‎5.By agreement，this is the point where a new day begins.‎ 根据协议，这是新一天开始的地方。‎ ‎6.There was a very large cross through each of my answers，and so it was with everyone else’s in our class.‎ 我的每题答案上都有一把大叉，我们班上其他人也一样。‎ ‎7.So why none of us noticed that there had never been such an animal and how could we expect good marks for the incorrect answers？‎ 我们都未注意到过去从未有这样一个动物，我们怎能期望不正确的答案有好的分数呢？‎ ‎8.Pasted inside the passport is the traveler’s picture.‎ 旅行者相片粘贴在护照里面。‎ ‎9.If we change one part of the nature order，this will in （its） turn almost certainly bring about changes in some other part.‎ 如果我们改变了自然界规则的一个部分，那么这转而会带来其他某个部分的改变。‎ ‎10.Trees protect man from the terrible heat and are also useful in preventing good and rich top soil from being washed away during heavy rains，which are so common in the tropics（热带地区）。‎ 树林保护人类免受太阳的炙烤，在阻止肥沃土壤在大雨中不被冲走方面也是有用的，这在热带地区相当普遍。‎ ‎11.Little cars which are powered by gas will go 45 kilometers before needing to stop for more gas.‎ 用汽油提供动力的小汽车在必须停止加汽油前会行驶45公里。‎ ‎12.Since Ford’s time，the way of producing cars in large numbers has become common in industry and has reduced the price of many goods which would otherwise be very expensive.‎ 自从福特时代以来，这种大量生产汽车的方法在工业方面变得很普遍，从而降低了许多商品的价格，否则会相当昂贵。‎ ‎13.They tried new recipes（配方），changing the kind and amount of flour used.‎ 他们试验了许多新的配方，改变所使用的面粉的种类和数量。‎ ‎14.Each glacier（冰川）was a thick sheet of ice and snow that spread out from a center near what is now Hudson Bay in Canada.‎ 每个冰川是一种很厚的冰雪层，这些冰雪层是从靠近加拿大境内现在称之为哈得逊湾的一个中心散布出来的。‎ ‎15.He noticed the remains of a snake which was wound round the electric wire.‎ 他注意到一条缠绕在那根电线的蛇的遗迹。‎ ‎16.They never thought their president would serve his honored guests poison apples（tomatoes）。‎ 他们从未想到他们的总统会用“毒苹果”（西红柿）招待他的贵宾。‎ ‎17.Beans looked much/exactly the same as gold in terms of colour.‎ 豆子就颜色而言，看上去就和黄金一样。‎ ‎18.With a long history，bean curd is rooted deep in Chinese culture.‎ 豆腐有悠久的历史，深深地扎根于中国的文化。‎ ‎19.He tired one coffee and experienced the “wide-awake”（彻底清醒的）feeling that one third of the world’s population now starts the day with.‎ 他试着喝了一杯咖啡，经历一种彻底清醒的感受，而现在世界上三分之一的人口都用喝咖啡开始新的一天。‎ ‎20. I feel very excited at the thought that in another week I’ll be with you again on holiday.‎ 一想到再过一个星期我将再和你一起度假，我感到很兴奋。‎ ‎21.If only I could take a trip around the world.（As long as I could take a trip around the world）。‎ 要是我能够环游世界该多好啊！‎ ‎22.It has been proved that an old person who has always been active in the mind has a quicker mind than a young person who has only some physical work without using much of his brain.‎ 现在已经证明，一个思想总是很活跃的老人比一个只干体力活而不大动脑子的年轻人，思想反应快一些。‎ ‎23.In this forest there are more or less 15 kinds of snakes，of which 5 are extremely dangerous.‎ 在这片森林，有大约15种蛇，其中5种极其危险。‎ ‎24.Indoor exercises，however，are never as helpful as those taken out of doors in pure，fresh air.‎ 然而，室内锻炼，决没有在有纯而新鲜的空气的室外有益。‎ ‎25.Your body is of as much importance as your mind.‎ 你的身体跟你的思想一样很重要。‎ ‎26.You’ll never be better than you were tonight，that is，you won’t make any improvement in future.‎ 你将不会超出你今晚的表现，也就是，你今后不会取得任何进展。‎ ‎27.Is it necessary to take off our shoes when we enter the lab？‎ 当我们进入试验室时，有必要脱掉我们的鞋子吗？‎ ‎28.The rent of a color set is more than twice that of a black and white set.‎ 彩色电视机的租金是黑白电视机的租金的两倍多。‎ ‎29.The bird tried to fly in the same direction as that taken by his outdoor cousins.‎ 这个小鸟尽力朝着户外小鸟选择的方向飞翔。‎ ‎30.They kept it quiet that president was murdered.‎ 他们对总统被谋杀的事情保密。‎ ‎31.Since 1840，American presidents elected in years ending in zero have been destined（命中注定）to die in office.‎ 自从1840年以来，在以零结尾的年代当选的总统命中注定执政期间死亡。‎ ‎32.A hot line is a telephone line that offers a direct way of getting in touch with advisers.‎ 热线是一种电话，它能提供一种直接与咨询者联系的方式。‎ ‎33.It gives everyone space to develop better relationships.‎ 它能给大家提供发展良好的关系的空间。‎ ‎34.It can help your body grow strong to take care of what you eat.‎ 留心你所吃的东西，能有助于你的身体长得健壮。‎ ‎35.Having a good eating habit with some exercise is the key to your health.‎ 有一个好的饮食习惯，加上一些锻炼，是你保持健康的关键。‎ ‎36.That food is related to illness is not a new discovery.‎ 食物与疾病有联系的这个事实不是一个新发现。‎ ‎37.In addition to teaching here，I also teach out at the community college in Henderson，17 miles down the freeway from where I live.‎ 除了在这儿上课，我还在汉德森一所社区大学任教，那儿沿着高速公路离我家17英里。‎ ‎38.A large hotel，which can put up three or four hundred guests，has a great responsibility.‎ 一个能够给三、四百游客提供食宿的大旅馆有很大的责任感。‎ ‎39.Do some people take their responsibilities a little too seriously？（含责备语气）‎ 一些人把他们的责任看得过于认真了一点吧？‎ ‎40.Though there was no man to see any of the fights，we can be told by the animal’s footprints（足迹）that fight did take place.‎ 尽管没有人看到（恐龙）争斗的场面，但我们可以通过这种动物确实发生过争斗留下的足迹来判断。‎ ‎41.That old bridge is anything but safe.‎ 那座旧桥一点也不安全。‎ ‎42.A choice was soon made and they went away satisfied.‎ 很快作出一种选择，他们离开时很满意。‎ ‎43.The thin shoes he wore had a few holes in them they did a poor job of keeping out the cold.‎ 他脚上的一双薄鞋穿了几个洞，一点都不保暖。‎ ‎44.The power of words，then lies in their connections ——the things they bring up before our minds，in other words，the real power of words mainly lies in their joining of ideas in mind.‎ 单词的力量在于它们和事物的联系，即单词在我们思考之前所提出的东西，换句话说，单词的真正力量主要在于它们将我们头脑里的观点表达出来。‎ ‎45.Looking for something less dangerous to throw，the Egyptians made what were probably the first ball.‎ 寻找可以扔掷的不危险的东西，埃及人制造了当时可能是第一个球。‎ ‎46.Try to grasp what the writer is going to tell you in the book as a whole.‎ 尽力从整体上把握作者在书里要告诉你的东西。‎ ‎47.Through correcting the mistakes，you can do better in learning a language.‎ 通过更正错误，你能在学习一门语言方面做得更好。‎ ‎48.Being caught in the fog ，people felt their way along the walls of houses with one hand，while they put out the other in front of them so as not to knock against something or somebody.‎ 在遭遇到雾时，人们用一只手沿着房子的墙壁摸索着前进，同时在他们前方伸出另一只手以便不撞着某东西或某个人。‎ ‎49.By building a dam instead of new coal plants to meet its growing demand for electricity，China will give off much less poisonous gases into the air.‎ 通过修建大坝而不是新的煤电厂，来满足本国对电力的需求，中国将释放更少的有毒气体到空中。‎ ‎50.The Three Gorges Dam could be considered，when it is finished in 2009，a new eighth wonder of the world as to size alone.‎ 当三峡大坝2009年竣工时，单就面积而言，它可能称得上一个新的世界第八个奇迹。‎ ‎51.There was an international agreement that states that the ships of all nations could use the canal in peacetime and wartime.‎ 有一个国际协议，声明所有国家的船舶能在和平期间和战争期间使用这条运河。‎ ‎52.It was probably those visits that did more than anything else to convince Martin.‎ 想来一定是那几次拜访起了作用，比其他任何劝告都管用，让马丁意识过来。‎ ‎53.Not only did the people name a planet after Saturn but they also name a day of the week after him.‎ 人们不仅根据塞特恩给一颗行星命名，而且给一个周日命名。‎ ‎54.These plants are referred to as cover crops plant life of an area.‎ 这些植物作为植被，被提及到。‎ ‎55.A US tourist who is suffering from the fatal disease Aids was flown from China early yesterday.‎ 一个患有致命疾病艾滋病的美国游客昨天早些时候坐飞机从中国离开。‎ ‎56.How Disney treats people，communicates with them，rewards them，is in my view the very reason for his fifty ‎ years of success.‎ 迪士尼对待员工，与他们交流以及奖赏他们的方式，在我看来，正是他五十年成功的原因。‎ ‎57.Sometimes he seemed to break them apart and throw the pieces in our faces，that is，things in some of his pictures seemed to be in disorder.‎ 有时他绘画时似乎脱离了他所要表达的主题，当着我们的面将撕成的碎片扔掉，也就是，他的一些画里面的东西似乎处于混乱状态。‎ ‎58.Words are much more easily changed when used again and again in speech than when copied in writing.‎ 在说话中反复使用的单词，比起在书写中抄写的单词，更容易变化。‎ ‎59.A voyage can be like a mirror held up to modern life with all its variety.‎ 一次航海好像一面高高挂起的镜子，可以反映纷繁多彩的现代社会。‎ ‎60.It also deals with some modern social problems worth our consideration.‎ 它也论述了一些值得我们考虑的现代社会问题。‎ ‎61.The fly which Chaplin didn’t kill was not the one which had rested on his nose.‎ 卓别林没有杀死的那只苍蝇不是先前停留在他鼻子上的苍蝇。‎ ‎62.A higher reading rate，with no loss of comprehension，will help you in other subjects，as well as in English，and the general principle（原则） apply to any language.‎ 有较高的阅读速度，又不影响理解，会在其他的学科，包括英语在内，对你有帮助，这个总体原则适用于任何一门语言。‎ ‎63.Canadian English has always remained very like American English，and the influence of the Indian and Inuit languages was no greater than the influence of French.‎ 加拿大英语总是很像美国英语，印第安人和因纽特人的语言对加拿大英语的影响跟法语对其影响一样小。‎ ‎64.The air we breathe in supplies the oxygen that is necessary for keeping every part of the body alive，And the brain，which itself controls breathing，is the first to suffer if oxygen is lacking.‎ 我们呼进的空气提供了氧气，这对于我们身体各个部位保持活力是必要的，如果缺氧的话，那么本身控制呼吸的大脑是第一个受苦的。‎ ‎65.The employees they once considered as young，selfish and uncomfortable turn out to be responsible，energetic team players.‎ 曾经被认为是年轻的、自私的、使人感到不愉快的那些雇员结果证明是有责任的，精力充沛的团体成员。‎ ‎66.It wasn’t because his mother didn’t care，or try，there just never seemed to be enough.‎ 并不是他的母亲没在意，也不是她没去努力，但生活总是捉襟见肘。‎ ‎67.What the family lacked in money and material things，they more than made up for in love and family unity.‎ 虽然这个家庭在金钱和物质上是那么的缺乏，但是家庭成员间的关爱与和睦弥补了这一切。‎ ‎68.What was required of a teacher never went beyond “reading，writing and adding.”‎ 一个老师所要求具备的知识决不会超出只会“读、写、加”这个水平。‎ ‎69.If I were to live a hundred years and write novels in each，I should never be so proud of any of them as I am of the novel.‎ 如果我活一百岁而且每年写很多小说，我也不会象对这本小说感到骄傲那样对它们当中任何一本感到骄傲。‎ ‎70.It’s a widely-held view that the kind of conscience（良心、道德心，是非观念）you have depends almost entirely on the way you were brought up in the first few years of your life.‎ 普遍认为你所具有的良心总是完全取决于你人生早期阶段接受抚养教育的方式。‎ ‎71.The WTO，founded on January 1995，aims to encourage international trade to flow（develop）as freely as possible，making sure that trade agreements are respected and that any disputes can be settled.‎ 世贸组织，创建于1995年1月，旨在鼓励国际贸易尽可能自由地发展，确保贸易协议得到尊重，任何争端得以解决。‎ ‎72.Never before has anyone felt so wealthy as Bobby felt at that moment.‎ 此刻，波比觉得世界上没有人比他更富有了。‎ ‎73.You are generally supporting family farms instead of large farms.‎ 你们普遍支持家庭农场而不是大型农场。‎ ‎74.She visits me more often than not.‎ 她经常拜访我。‎ ‎75.When I looked at him，I saw myself，many years ago. I too was a boy with nothing to buy my mother a Christmas gift.‎ 当我看到他时，就好像看到了很多年前的自己，当时我也是一个穷孩子，连为妈妈买圣诞礼物的钱也没有。‎ ‎76.He did so much more from caution（谨慎）than from a certain fear.‎ 他这么做更多地出于谨慎而不是某种恐惧。‎ ‎77.I was lonely，imprisoned in a world of my own，unable to communicate with others，cut off，separated from them as though a glass wall stood between my existence and theirs，pushing me hard beyond the circle of their lives and activities.‎ 我被孤零零地禁锢在自己残疾的世界里，无法和人交流，与世隔绝，就好象在我和外部世界之间存在着一堵玻璃墙，我被狠狠地甩在他们的生活圈子之外。‎ ‎78.He knew better than to lend her some money.‎ 他对她太了解了不至于给她借钱。‎ ‎79.Their knowledge of organic food is far from complete.‎ 他们对于有机食品的了解远不完整。‎ ‎80.what deserves to be valued more than grades is the free thinking 、the imaginative and the inventive.‎ 理应值得重视的，不是分数，而是自由思考，想象力和和创新精神。‎ ‎81.If you think other than logically，you will draw a wrong conclusion.‎ 如果你不符合逻辑地思考问题，你会得出错误的结论。‎ ‎82.He would rather die than give in.‎ 他宁愿死也不屈服。‎ ‎83.I prefer to stay at home rather than go out.‎ 我宁愿呆在家里，也不出去。‎ ‎84.His handwriting is no better than mine.‎ 他的书法跟我的书法一样差。‎ ‎85.You can no more swim than I can fly.‎ 你不能游泳，就跟我不能飞一样。‎ ‎86.Sunlight is no less necessary than fresh air to a healthy condition of body.‎ 阳光跟新鲜的空气一样，对于身体的健康是必要的。‎ ‎87.I might as well have kept on spying for all the quiet I get in this house.‎ 我还是最好不断地监视我在这个房子所获得的所有这一切宁静。‎ ‎88.There are no secret towers from which to spy on the enemy.‎ 没有秘密的塔，可以从那里监视敌人。‎ ‎89.The people is to the people’s army what water is to fish.‎ 军民关系犹如鱼和水的关系。‎ ‎90.Her mistakes in the composition are no fewer than yours.‎ 她在作文中的错误跟你的一样多。‎ ‎91.I really liked the character and when I heard that Jackie Chan was going to be in it，I nearly had a heart attack.‎ 我真的很喜欢这个角色，当我听到可以和心中的偶像（成龙）一起拍戏时，我的心都快跳出来了。‎ ‎92.All happy families are like one another；each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.‎ 所有幸福的家庭都十分相似，而每个不幸的家庭各有各的不幸。‎ ‎93.We reached our new home about the time/day the state came into the Union.‎ 我们到达我们的新家，大约是国家形成联邦的时候。‎ ‎94.He sat in front of him，dressed in a plain，ill-fitting suit，never moving，his dusty face masking（掩盖）his age.‎ 他坐在他的前面，穿着一套朴素的，不合身的衣服，一动不动，他粘满灰尘的脸掩盖了他的年龄。‎ ‎95.Few things are impossible in themselves；and it is often for want of will，rather than of means，that man fails to succeed.‎ 事情很少有根本做不成的；其所以做不成，与其说是条件不够，不如说是决心不够。‎ ‎96.A good reader is one who can read beyond the lines，seeing ideas undeclared through the words，and one who can bridge the gap between the obvious and the suggested，thus obtaining much more information.‎ 一个优秀的读者，能够不局限于语言文字，能通过语言文字读懂其内在的含义，能够把握明显的信息和隐含的信息之间的联系，从而获取更多信息。‎ ‎97. But now that we have grown used to moving forward at such a pace we can be less sure.‎ 但是现在我们不能确信我们已经习惯于以这么快的速度向前发展。‎ ‎98. There are things people accept less the more you defend them.‎ 有些事情，你越为之辩护，人们越不接受。‎ ‎99. No price is too low or too high for everything，but a price I must have for everything，we are now ready to begin，and we do so with Number one.‎ 对于所有这些东西，价格不能太低或太高，但我必须对这些东西有一个价格，我们现在准备开始（拍卖），从第一号开始。‎ ‎100. For this chest，any advance on one pound now？ One pound I’m bid （叫价），Do I hear two？Going at one pound then.‎ 对于这个箱子，在一英磅的基础上还有加的吗？我叫价一英磅，我听见有两英磅吗？ 那么就一英磅买走吧。‎