攻克GRE閱讀之經典長難句練習5篇

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攻克GRE閱讀之經典長難句練習

As my own studies have advanced，I have been increasingly impressed with the functional　　similarities between insect and vertebrate societies and less so with the structural differences that seem，at first glance，to constitute such an immense gulf between them. (5)

隨著我的研究不斷深入，我對昆蟲和脊椎動物群落之間的功能類似性印象愈來愈深刻，而對結構上的差異印象愈發(fā)淡漠，雖然這些結構上的差異初看上去似乎構成了二者間一條無法愈越的鴻溝。

難句類型：復雜修飾、插入語、省略

解釋：本句子的中間一段impressed with the functional similarites between insect and vertebrate societies and less so with the structural differences容易令人看暈，其中的insect and vertebrate societies and less so with由兩個and連接了三個部分，然而它們其實不是同一層次的并列，第一個and實際上是between insect societies and vertebrate societies的一部分，是并列的，而and之后的less so with其實是對于一個完整的表達方式I have been increasingly less impressed with的省略形式，去掉了與前面重復的成分。

后面修飾的structural differences的定語從句that seem, at first glance, to constitute such an immense gulf between them中，又出現了一個別扭的插入語at first glance，把應該連在一起的seem to 粗暴地分開，令人不熟悉此類難句的人倍感不適。

攻克GRE閱讀之經典長難句練習

Although fiction assuredly springs from political circumstances，its authors react to those circumstances in ways other than ideological，and talking about novels and stories primarily as instruments of ideology circumvents much of the fictional enterprise.(4)

雖然小說無疑起源于政治情狀，但其作者則是以非意識形態(tài)的方式對這些政治情狀作出反應的，而將小說和故事主要地當作意識形態(tài)的工具來探討，會在相當程度上阻礙小說事業(yè)。

難句類型：復雜修飾

解釋：本句從句子的結構上來講，惟一的難度在于and之后的句子的主語talking about novels and stories primarily as instruments ofideology太長，以至于看到謂語circumvent的時候已經搞不清楚主謂了。更大的難度恐怕還在于對兩個詞匯的理解circumvent和enterprise。我們以前所背過的circumvent有兩個詞義，一個是規(guī)避，一是以計謀戰(zhàn)勝，但是這兩種意思放到此處都顯然不通;其實circumvent有一個我們沒有背過的最常用的意思是包圍、限制或陷害;至于enterprise常用的意思是企業(yè)，這里的指事業(yè)。

意群訓練：Although fiction assuredly springs from political circumstances，its authors react to those circumstances in ways other than ideological，and talking about novels and stories primarily as instruments of ideology circumvents much of the fictional enterprise.

攻克GRE閱讀之經典長難句練習

Is this a defect，or are the authors working out of，or trying to forge，a different kind of aesthetic? (3)

這究竟是一種缺陷呢，還是這些作者想要按照一種與眾不同的美學體系進行創(chuàng)作，抑或是在試圖創(chuàng)立一種與眾不同的美學體系?

難句類型：插入語

解釋：本句的句子既短，意思也不難理解，但插入語(or trying to forge)的干擾作用卻極強。

攻克GRE閱讀之經典長難句練習

In addition, the style of some Black novels, like Jean Toomer’s Cane, verges on expressionism or surrealism ; does this technique provide a counterpoint to the prevalent theme that portrays the fate against which Black heroes are pitted , a theme usually conveyed by more naturalistic modes of expression ? (5)

不僅如此，有些黑人小說(比如JT的甘蔗)的風格接近與表現主義和超現實主義;這種技巧是否為流行的主題提供了一個和諧的對應呢?這種主題刻畫了黑人注意與之相抗爭的命運，這是一個通常用更為自然主義的表現手法所表達的主題。

難句類型：復雜修飾、插入語

解釋：在本句中有三個詞需要先解釋一番：verge on這個詞組是接近于、瀕于的意思，hero在文學作品中是主人公的意思，pit作動詞時，除了挖坑、窖藏之外，還有使競爭、使斗爭的意思，其英文釋義為：to set as gamecocks into or as if into a pit to fight, to set into opposition or rivalry usually used with against.在此用的是后一種語義的被動語態(tài)fate againt which Black heros are pitted.如果用主動語態(tài)則是：pit black heros againt fate。

另外本句的結構復雜，分號之后是一個一般疑問句，但是由于修飾成分過多，過長，使得讀者看不清楚這個句子在問什么。其實如果沒有最后的那個prevalent theme的同位語a theme usually conveyed by more naturalistic modes of expression，本句會易懂得多。

攻克GRE閱讀之經典長難句練習

Black Fiction surveys a wide variety of novels，bringing to our attention in the　process some fascinating and little-known works like James Weldon　Johnson’s Autobiography of an Ex-　　Colored Man. (4)注意：bring A to B ——〉bring to B A

《黑人小說》考察了極為廣泛的一系列小說，在此過程中讓我們注意到了某些引人入勝但卻鮮為人知的作品，如詹姆斯。韋爾登。約翰遜(James Weldon Johnson)的《一個曾經是有色人的自傳》(Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man)。

難句類型：倒裝

解釋：在以bringing開頭的作狀語的分詞中出現了倒裝，bring A to B被倒裝為bring to B A,其倒裝的原因仍是為了避免頭重腳輕，正常的語序應該如下：bringing some fascinating and little-known works like James Weldon johnson's Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man to our attention in the process.