历届高考英语精选长难句复习十

91.Thirty years after being introduced to McCauleys words, they still seem to me the best yardstick(准绳), because they give us a way to measure ourselves rather than others. (NMET 96)

　　在我知道玛考雷名言三十年后，它对我来说仍是最好的人生准则，因为这句名言给我们提供了一种衡量我们自己而不是他人的方法。

　　简析：关键词introduce引见，例：Let me introduce you to the pleasures of wine-tasting让我给你说说品酒的乐趣。

　　92. Few of us are asked to make great decisions about nations going to war or armies going to battle, but all of us are called upon daily to make a great many personal decisions. (NMET 96)

　　我们当中很少有人被要求作出关于国家进行战争，军队进行战斗的重大决定，但我们每天都要求作出很多个人的决定。

　　简析：含动名词的所有格形式。

　　93. Heres a fellow who just walks into a bank and helps himself to so much money.(NMET 97)

　　有一个家伙，就这样走进一家银行，擅自拿走这么多钱。

　　简析：help oneself to擅自拿走。

　　94. Todd thought of the difficulty with which he managed to get the amount of money he needed to start his gas station.(NMET 97)

　　托德想起自己的难处，他曾设法搞一大笔钱，他需要这笔钱来开办他的加油站。

　　简析：夹杂两个定语从句。

　　95. Dont pick up strangers and all your folks in gas stations better not do service to a white Ford car.(NMET 97)

　　不要搭载陌生人，加油站所有的工作人员最好不要为一辆白色福特牌小汽车服务。

　　简析：关键词folks，加油站的工作人员。

　　96. Fill her up, the man said sounding like any other driver.(NMET 97)

　　给车加油那个男人说，听起来(这个劫匪)就好像是其他任何一名司机。

　　简析：关键词sound like 听起来像

　　97. It seemed that there was no suitable work for him.(NMET 98)

　　看来对他来说没有合适的工作。

　　简析：关键词suitable适合的。

　　98. But when John and his fellow soldier came in sight some of the people watching couldnt help laughing at the one who couldnt keep pace with the others as they march along.(NMET 98)

　　但当约翰和他的战友们出现时，一些观看的人们禁不住嘲笑那个在行进中不能同步的那个人(约翰)。

　　简析：句子结构较复杂，关键词keep pace with 与步伐一致。

　　99. They not only make it difficult to sleep at night, but they are doing damage to our houses and shops of historical interest.(NMET 99)

　　他们不仅使人们在晚上睡觉困难，而且他们损害我们历史名胜的房子和商店。

　　简析：句型结构not onlybut (also) 不仅而且

　　100. Hary also studying biology said they wanted to make as much noise as possible to force the government officials to realize what everybody was having to stand.(NMET1999)

　　也攻读生物学的哈利说他们要制造尽可能大的噪音来迫使政府官员们认识到大家正不得不忍受的东西。

　　简析：句型结构as...as possible尽可能地。