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。
实例: 69.What do we know about the Internet according to the passage?
A.It makes IP rights harder to protect.
B.It sells songs and films.
C.It does not affect the way we understand IP rights.
D.It prevents the production of artwork.
70.According to paragraph 2,what has "taken the world by storm"?
A.Intellectual property rights.
B.The Internet.
C.Free downloading.
D.The large number of songs,films and books.
10.The busier we are,the more important we seem to ourselves and,we imagine,to others.To be unavailable to our friends and family,and to be unable to find time to relax-this has become the model of a successful life.(NMET 2008湖北卷D篇)
简析:句中有"The + 比较级,the + 比较级"的结构,还有复杂的不定式结构。
译文:我们越忙,对我们自己而言,而且我们也以为在其他人看来,我们越重要。我们无空帮助朋友,找不到时间照顾家庭,找不到自己放松的时间,这已经成为了成功生活的模式。
实例:74.According to Paragraph 4,a successful person is one who is believed to ____ .
A.be able to work without stress
B.be more talented than other people
C.be more important than anyone else
D.be busy working without time to rest
11.The researchers said that among the problems with some earlier studies is that they often failed to take into account those people most at risk for skin cancer-people with fair skin and freckles(雀斑),for example-are more likely to use sunscreen.As a result,it may appear that sunscreen users get cancer more often.(NMET 2008福建卷E篇)
简析:第一句的主体结构为:The research said that ...is that they failed to ...,其中第一个that引导一个宾语从句,宾语从句中又含有一个倒装结构,其中主语为that they often ...的一个主语从句,表语为among the problems with ...。破折号间内容为插入语。
译文:研究员们说,早期研究带来的问题之一是他们没有考虑到那些最有可能患皮肤癌人,比如皮肤白皙和有雀斑的人。可是皮肤白皙的和有雀斑的人最有可能使用防晒剂,结果是好像防晒剂的使用者患皮肤癌更常见。
实例:73.People with fair skin and freckles______.
A.seldom use sunscreen
B.are more in danger of skin cancer
C.can be free from the harm of the sun
D.often expose themselves to the sun
12.Yocum and Bell,who have just completed an art gallery for the city,feel that the experience from decoration of their building,focusing on the inside rather than the outside,has influenced their work.It has also given these architects a chance to show how they can make more out of less.(NMET 2008湖南卷B篇)
简析:该句中有一个who引导的定语从句,两个宾语从句(分别由that及how引导),v-ing式作定语。第一句的主体结构为:Yocum and Bell feel that the experience has influenced their work。
译文:刚刚为这座城市建成艺术画廊的约克姆和贝尔,确切感受到装饰他们自己的房子中获得的经验,也就是说,把装饰的注意力放在房子的里面而不是外面对他们的工作产生了影响。同时这使这两位建筑师有了一次机会去展示他们是如何以较少的钱做更多的事。
实例:63.It can be inferred from the passage that Yocum and Bell______.
A.benefited a lot from pulling down the roof
B.turned more old buildings into art galleries
C.got inspiration from decorating their old building
D.paid more attention to the outside of the gallery