歷屆高考英語精選：復習備考必看100長難句(5)

　　61.We didn’t plan our art exhibition like that but it worked out very well (NMET2001.26)

　　我們原不是那樣計劃藝術展覽的，但出來的結果卻很好。

　　簡析：關鍵詞work out 結果是……

　　62. The home improvements have taken what little there is of my spare time . (NMET2001.27)

　　房子裝修花費我的閑暇時間不多。

　　簡析：句型結構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.孩子們已經長大了，所以我們現在很少見到他們。

　　63. Having suffered such heavy pollution already, it may now be too late to clean up the river.(NMET2001.35)

　　這條河流已經遭受很重的污染，現在要清理為時太晚。

　　簡析：含too…to…句型及現在分詞的完成式。

　　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)

　　大多數人相信這些腳印只是普通動物的足跡，這些足跡由于在雪里融化再結冰而變大了。

　　簡析：關鍵詞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)

　　但若他們真的抓住一個“雪人”的話，那么他們可能面臨一個現實問題：他們會把它放進動物園，還是在一個旅館里給它一個房間呢?

　　簡析：含選擇疑問句型。

　　66. With production up by 60%, the company has had another excellent year.(NMET2000.18)

　　產量增長了60%，公司又經歷了一個極好的年頭。

　　簡析：含with構成的介詞短語。

　　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)

　　世貿組織如果沒有一個占世界五分之一人口的大國加入的話，那么它就不能名副其實。

　　簡析：關鍵詞live up to one’s name 名副其實。

　　68. It is the ability to do the job that matters not where you come from or what you are. (NMET2000.24)

　　重要的是你做這件工作的能力，而不是你來自什么地方，或是你是什么身份。

　　簡析：強調句型It is +強調部分+that / who+從句。

　　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)

　　我怎么才能讓父親卸完車上的行李而不向我大喊大叫，在其他女孩子面前出洋相呢?我還要和這些女孩一起度過以后的日子。

　　簡析：關鍵詞make a scene 大吵大鬧，出洋相。

　　70.Dad’s face turned decidedly less red before he could bring out a “yes”.(NMET2000)

　　父親在說出一聲“是”之前,臉終于沒有先前那么紅了。

　　簡析：迂回表達，心情如釋重負。

　　71. Soon I heard a sound like that of a door burst in , and then a climb of feet.(NMET90)

　　很快我聽到好象是門被撞進的聲音，接著是一陣上樓的腳步聲。

　　簡析：that替代前而的sound。

　　72. Father took the still smoking pistol from my hand, and fired another shot, which killed the gorilla.(NMET90)

　　爸爸從我手里拿起那只仍冒煙的槍，又開了一槍，這才殺死了那只大猩猩。

　　簡析：關鍵詞fire another shot 又開了一槍。

　　73.It happened that father had sent us upstairs because he thought he would be able to lock the door—which was twenty feet away—before the animal reached it.(NMET90)

　　事情發生是這樣的,爸爸先把我們送上樓，因為他原以為他能夠在那個動物趕到之前(距離20英尺遠)將門鎖上。

　　簡析：句型結構It happened that…事情發生是這樣的…。

　　74. He certainly looked the part all right, he thought, as he admired himself in the mirror. (NMET91)

　　當他在鏡子前自我欣賞時，他想他當然看上去很適合那個角色。

　　簡析：關鍵詞all right確實，無疑。

　　75. He put his head in his hands and tried to remember his lines, but nothing came to his mind. (NMET91)

　　他抱著頭，盡力的想臺詞，但什么也想不起來。

　　簡析：迂回表達nothing came to his mind=He remembered nothing.