托福阅读典型长难句分析汇总(120句)

　　11．The largest later named Pueblo Bonito(Pretty Town)by the Spanish, rose in five terraced stories，contained

　　more than 800 rooms，and could have housed a population of 1，000 or more．

　　最大的一座后来被西班牙人称为Pueblo Bonito(美丽的城镇)，是一个五层梯式楼，有800多间房子，能够

　　容纳1 000人以上。

　　分句1：The largest rose in five terraced stories，contained more than 800 rooms，and could have housed a

　　4population of 1

　　，000 or more

　　分句2：later named Pueblo Bonito(Pretty Town)by the Spanish

　　分句1嵌套分句2，分句2用来修饰分句1的主语the largest,分句1内部是由三个并列的谓语构成的句子。

　　12．Accustomed though we are to speaking of the films made before 1927 as “silent”，the film has never been，

　　in the full sense of the word, silent．

　　(倒装accustomed though we are…=though we are accustomed…)

　　虽然我们习惯于将1927年以前的电影叫做“无声电影”，但是就“无声’’这个词的完整意义上说，电影从未

　　真正的无声过。

　　分句1：Accustomed though we are to speaking of the films made before 1927 as “silent”

　　分句2：the film has never been silent

　　分句3：in the full sense of the word

　　本句的难点是在分句1内部有一个倒装，正常的语序应该是though we are accustomed to speaking of the

　　films made before 1927 as silent.分句3是一个插入语，嵌套在分句2中，所以本句的真正强调的核心是the

　　film has never been silent。

　　13.For a number of years the selection of music for each film program rested entirely in the hands of the

　　conductor or leader of the orchestra，and very often the principal qualification far holding such a position was not

　　skill or taste so much as the ownership of a large personal library of musical pieces．

　　(特殊结构not…SO much as…——与其说…不如说…)

　　在好些年内，为各部影片选择配乐的权力完全掌握在乐队指挥或队长手中，而通常担任这种职位的资格与

　　其说是技巧或鉴赏品位，不如说是个人拥有音乐作品的丰富收藏。

　　分句1：.For a number of years the selection of music for each film program rested entirely in the hands of the

　　conductor or leader of the orchestra

　　分句2：and very often the principal qualification far holding such a position was not skill or taste so much as the

　　ownership of a large personal library of musical pieces

　　分句1 和分句2构成并列关系，分句2的难点在于not…… so much as的结构。

　　14·Coincident with concerns about the accelerating loss of species and habitats has been a growing appreciation

　　of the importance of biological diversity，the number of species in a particular ecosystem，to the health of the

　　Earth and human well-being．

　　(倒装coincident with concerns…has been…=…has been coincident with concerns…)

　　在对物种和动物栖息地加速消失表示关注的同时，人们也越来越认识到生物多样化，即一个特定生态系统

　　中物种的数量对地球的健康以及人类幸福的重要性。

　　分句1：Coincident with concerns about the accelerating loss of species and habitats has been a growing

　　appreciation of the importance of biological diversity

　　分句2：the number of species in a particular ecosystem

　　分句3：to the health of the Earth and human well-being

　　分句1内部构成倒装，正常语序应该是concerns about the accelerating loss of species and habitats has been

　　coincident with a growing appreciation of the importance of biological diversity to the health of the Earth and

　　human well-being

　　所以真正的主句经过精简之后是concerns has been coincident with a growing appreciation

　　分句2是一个插入语，用来解释说明分句1结尾的biological diversity

　　15.The fact that half of the known species are thought to inhabit the world's rain forests does not seem

　　5surprising

　　，considering the huge numbers of insects that comprise the bulk of the species．

　　(同位语从句fact that…；定语从句that comprise the bulk…)

　　考虑到组成大部分物种的昆虫的巨大数量，认为半数的已知物种栖息在世界的雨林中这一事实看起来并不

　　令人吃惊。

　　分句1：The fact does not seem surprising

　　分句2：that half of the known species are thought to inhabit the world's rain forests

　　分句3：considering the huge numbers of insects

　　分句4：that comprise the bulk of the species

　　分句1嵌套分句2，分句2解释说明分句1的主语the fact,是同位语从句，分句3作为分句1的原因状语，

　　分句4是定语从句，修饰分句3的the huge numbers of insects

　　16.To appreciate fully the diversity and abundance of life in the sea，it helps to think small．

　　(特殊结构it helps to…做…有帮助)

　　要充分认识海洋生命的多样性和丰富性，从小的角度思考有帮助。

　　目的状语：To appreciate fully the diversity and abundance of life in the sea,

　　主句： it helps to think small． （这里的it是形式主语，没有实际意义）

　　1 7.Science is built with facts just as a house is built with bricks，but a collection of facts cannot be called science

　　any more than a pile of bricks can be called a house．

　　(特殊结构not any more than像…一样不…)

　　科学建立在事实上，就像房子用砖砌成一样。但收集的事实不能被叫做科学，就像一堆砖不能被称为房子

　　一样。

　　分句1. Science is built with facts just as a house is built with bricks,

　　分句2. but a collection of facts cannot be called science any more than a pile of bricks can be called a house.

　　1和2是并列分句 （转折关系）

　　18.The variation between the hemispheres corresponds to which side of the body is used to perform specific

　　activities．

　　(从句which side…is used…作corresponds to的宾语

　　两个半球之间的不同与身体的哪一部分用于进行特定的活动是对应的。

　　分句1. The variation between the hemispheres corresponds to

　　分句2. which side of the body is used to perform specific activities．

　　1和2是嵌套

　　1是主句，2做主句的宾语

　　19.In a period characterized by the abandonment of so much of the realistic tradition by authors such as John

　　Barth，Donald Barthelme，and Thomas Pynchon, Joyce Carol Oates has seemed at times determinedly

　　old-fashioned in her insistence OD the essentially mimetic quality of her fiction．

　　(特殊结构characterized by…——以…为特征)

　　尽管处于一个以抛弃大量现实主义传统(以作家约翰·巴思、唐纳德·巴塞尔姆和托马斯．品钦为代表)为特

　　6征的时代，乔伊斯

　　·卡罗尔·欧茨因为坚持自己小说本质上模仿的特点，有时候看起来是一个坚定的守旧派。

　　分句1. characterized by the abandonment of so much of the realistic tradition by authors such as John Barth，

　　Donald Barthelme，and Thomas Pynchon,

　　分句2. Joyce Carol Oates has seemed at times determinedly old-fashioned in her insistence OD the essentially

　　mimetic quality of her fiction．

　　分句1 做时间状语“In a period”的后置定语，补充修饰period，相当于省略了 “which was”的定语从句

　　分句2 是主句

　　20．If it were not for this faculty，they would devour all the food available in short time and would probably

　　starve themselves out of existence．

　　(虚拟语气)

　　如果不是具有这种能力，它们就会在短时间内吞掉所有能得到的食物，而且很可能会因饿死而灭绝。

　　分句1. If it were not for this faculty

　　分句2. they would devour all the food available in short time

　　分句3. would probably starve themselves out of existence

　　分句1 是虚拟句的条件从句

　　分句2、3是并列， 主句