高考英语阅读理解:历届高考英语精选长难句复习七

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。