2008年高考英语阅读理解长难句解析

    实例：36.Which of the following is TRUE about Cisneros in her childhood?

    A.She had seven brothers.

    B.She felt herself a nobody.

    C.She was too shy to go to school.

    D.She did not have any good teachers.

    7.They may think that eating lunch is the cause of the sleepiness.Or，in summer，they may think it is the heat.However，the real reason lies inside their bodies.At that time —about eight hours after you wake up—your body temperature goes down.This is what makes you slow down and feel sleepy.

    (NMET 2008 四川卷C篇)

    简析：句中夹杂两个宾语从句，一个时间状语从句和一个what引导的表语从句。

    译文：他们可能认为吃午饭是他们困乏的原因。或者在夏天，他们可能认为是炎热的缘故。然而，真正的原因在于他们身体的内部。在那时，也就是说，在你醒来大约八个小时之后，你的体温开始呈下降的趋势。这就是使你行动迟缓并且感到困乏的原因。

    实例：44.Why do people feel sleepy in the early afternoon according to the text?

    A.They eat too much for lunch.

    B.They sleep too little at night.

    C.Their body temperature becomes lower.

    D.The weather becomes a lot warmer.

    8.These brain differences also explain the fact that more men take up jobs that require good spatial skills，while more women speech skills.It may all go back to our ancestors(祖先)，among whom women needed speech skills to take care of their babies and men needed spatial skills to hunt，according to one research.(NMET 2008陕西卷E篇)

    简析：第一句中包含一个that引导的同位语从句，在其中又有一个that引导的定语从句，还有一介词 + 关系代词(among whom)引导的定语从句。注意more women之后省去了与前半句中相同的take up jobs that require ...。

    译文：大脑这些差异也解释了这样的事实：更多的男性从事空间技能的工作，而更多的女性则从事需要语言技能的工作。这种现象也可以追溯到我们的祖先时代，据一项研究表明，在他们当中，女性做的是照看孩子这样的需要语言技能的工作，男性做的是像狩猎这样的需要空间技能的工作。

    实例：59.Which of the following do you agree with according to the fourth paragraph?

    A.Young boys may be stronger than young girls.

    B.More women take up jobs requiring speech skills

    C.Women may have stronger feelings than men.

    D.Our ancestors needed more spatial skills.

    9.In those days，IP rights were easily protected since it was very difficult to obtain intellectual property without paying for it.However，a lot of IP，including songs，films，books and artwork，can be downloaded today free of charge using the Internet.(NMET2008江西卷D篇)

    简析：句中有since引导的原因状语从句，v-ing式作定语(including ...)和状语(without paying .../using the Internet)。

    译文：在那个时代，知识产权很容易受到保护，因为不付费想得到知识产权是很困难的。然而，现在许多知识产权包括歌曲、电影、书籍和艺术品通过使用因特网都可以免费下载。