歷年高考英語長難句精選

　　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***

　　這個定理，先是由十七世紀法國數學家皮爾法特提出，曾使一批傑出的數學大師為難，包括一位法國女科學家，她在解決這個難題方面取得了重大的進展，她曾女扮男裝為了能夠在伊科爾理工學院學習。

　　簡析：夾雜過去分詞短語，現在分詞短語，動名詞及兩個定語從句。

　　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***

　　由於因特網的使用，計算所使用的紙張的數量是很難的，然而幾乎任何在辦公室工作的人能告訴你，當引進***後，印表機就開始超時工作。也就是說近年來人們對於紙張的日益需求主要是由於因特網越來越多的使用。

　　簡析：夾雜較複雜的句型結構，關鍵詞just about幾乎;overtime超時地。

　　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***

　　或許，表明電腦及因特網使用促進人們對於紙張的需求的最好跡象源於高科技產業本身，印刷業被認為是高科技產業極有前景的新市場之一。

　　簡析：夾雜較複雜的句型結構，關鍵詞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***

　　這個行動組也發現一種人們可接受的紙，製成這種紙的原料不是木料，而是農業廢料。

　　簡析：關鍵詞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***

　　這些術語，主要從英語和漢語引入，經常會變成不再被說本族語的人們理解的形式。

　　簡析：關鍵詞term術語。

　　6. It is one of many language books that are now flying off booksellers’ shelves.***NMET2003.D篇***

　　它是現在很暢銷的許多外語書中的一本。

　　簡析：比喻生動形象。

　　7. The mass media and government white papers play an important part in the spread of foreign words.***NMET2003.D篇***

　　大眾傳播媒介和政府白皮書***正式報告***在外國詞傳播過程中起重要作用。

　　簡析：關鍵詞the mass media and government white papers大眾傳播媒介和政府白皮書

　　***正式報告***。

　　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***

　　來自動物醫院***這個電視節目***的故事***這本書***，將使這個電視節目的愛好者以及

　　對無論是貓、狗還是蛇這類寵物有濃厚興趣的任何人感到高興。

　　簡析：關鍵詞fans…愛好者，whether…or…，無論是…還是…。

　　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***

　　牛頓被證明是一位很有才華的科學家，他處於一個魔術終結科學開啟的歷史時期，

　　他也有普通人所特有的弱點。

　　簡析：夾雜兩個定語從句。

　　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***

　　但對於所有這些以電子手段記錄，貯存及傳遞的文字而言，許多文字仍要***列印***在紙上。

　　簡析：關鍵詞text文字;end up最後成為***處於***。

　　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***

　　據鹽湖城的ITA的觀點，閃爍的棕色眼睛，搖著尾巴，並有無條件的愛心，狗能成

　　為無判斷力的***忠實的***聽者，這是剛開始搞閱讀的小孩所需要的。

　　簡析：夾雜with構成的介詞短語及過去分詞短語。

　　12. The Salt Lake City public library is sold on the idea. ***NMET2003.B篇***

　　這家鹽湖城公共圖書館接受這個觀點。

　　簡析：關鍵詞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***

　　這個島嶼，於1506年被同名的葡萄牙上將發現，在1810年有人居住，現在屬於英

　　國，人口數有幾百人。

　　簡析：有兩個過去分詞短語作狀語。

　　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***

　　他們已有一千多年與外界沒有聯絡，這給他們充足的時間來修建1000多座巨大的石

　　像，被稱為莫艾，因為有這個東西這個島嶼極其出名。

　　簡析：夾雜有現在分詞短語，過去分詞短語及定語從句。

　　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***

　　我們的***生日***聚會針對兩到十歲的小孩，它們互動感強，富有創新，因為它們能基於一個主題構建一種戲劇的氛圍。

　　簡析：關鍵詞aim for 針對;in that 在於。

　　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***

　　在這裡敘述的這種籌備***生日***聚會的計劃所帶有的最重要的觀點在於它能讓父母

　　和孩子的關係更加密切。

　　簡析：夾雜過去分詞短語及表語從句。

　　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***

　　他曾認識到那本書裡第一幅圖畫下面的那些詞“一、六、八”在某些方面將這個野

　　兔和阿拉甘的凱撒英，即亨利八世的六個妻子當中的第一個妻子，聯絡起來。

　　簡析：夾雜賓語從句及過去分詞短語。

　　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爾公園碰巧看見兩個石制的十字架，他才懂得在1773年修建

　　這兩個十字架是為了向她表示敬意。

　　簡析：關鍵詞come across碰巧遇見，in one’s honor紀念某人。

　　19. It is Sue Townsend’s musical play, based on her best-selling book. ***NMET2002. C篇***

　　它是蘇珊·湯森德的音樂劇本，根據她暢銷的小說改編的。

　　簡析：關鍵詞best-selling 暢銷的。

　　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***

　　戈德是對有機食品感興趣眾多購買者當中的一位，遍及英國的超市依賴更多像他那

　　樣的購買者，因為他們要增加有機食品生意。

　　簡析：關鍵詞count on 依賴。

　　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***

　　地下發展的支持者說在地下搞建築而不是在地上搞建築是一種利用地球空間的辦法。

　　簡析：關鍵詞rather than 而不是。

　　22. Those who could were likely to name a woman. ***NMET2001. E篇***

　　那些能夠說出好朋友名字的單身男人，很有可能說出一個女人的名字。

　　簡析：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***

　　一般來說，女人相互的友誼基於相互分享情感和支援，但男人間的關係以共同參與

　　社會活動為特徵。

　　簡析：關鍵詞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，男人間的交往在感情上受控制，這與“男子漢氣概” 的社會要求是

　　相符合的。

　　簡析：關鍵詞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***

　　一個女人最親密的女性朋友可能是第一個告訴她離開一次失敗的婚姻;而聽見一個

　　男人說直到他的朋友一天晚上問他是否可以睡在他家的沙發上他才知道他朋友的婚姻已非常糟糕，這是很平常的。

　　簡析：夾雜多種語法結構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，在我們現在稱為英國的土地上，住著屬於兩個主要語種的民族。

　　簡析：倒裝句，並含有定語從句及分詞短語。

　　27. If this state of affairs had lasted, English today would be close to German.***NMET2001. D篇***

　　如果這種情況延續下去的話，那麼今天的英語將和德語很相近。

　　簡析：含虛擬語氣。

　　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***