GRE阅读长难句练习2

　　句子1

　　Calculations of the density of alloys based on Bernal-type models of the alloys metal component agreed fairly well with the experimentally determined values from measurements on alloys consisting of a noble metal together with a metalloid, such as alloys of palladium and silicon, or alloys consisting of iron, phosphorus, and carbon, although small discrepancies remained.

　　主干: Calculations agreed fairly well with the determined values

　　翻译: 以伯纳尔所建立的旨在研究合金中金属成分的那类模型为基础, 研究人员对合金密度进行了计算, 这些计算相当程度上与某些合金测量中通过实验确定的数据趋于一致, 尽管一些细小的差异依然存在。实验中测量的那类合金由一贵金属和一准金属构成, 例如, 钯和硅的合金, 或由铁、磷、和碳组成的合金。

　　小练习：

　　1.agreed的逻辑主语是: ：

　　A Calculations

　　B The density of alloys

　　C Bernal-type models

　　答案：A

　　2.consisting的逻辑主语是：

　　A Values

　　B Measurements

　　C Alloys

　　答案：C

　　句子2

　　The appreciation of traditional oral American Indian literature has been limited, hampered by poor translations and by the difficulty , even in the rare culturally sensitive and aesthetically satisfying translation, of completely conveying the original’s verse structure, tone, and syntax.

　　主干: The appreciation has been limited

　　翻译: 对美国印第安人传统口头文学的欣赏, 一直被质量低劣的翻译所限制和妨碍, 并且即使是那种不可多得的既体现着文化敏感性, 又在美学上令人满意的译作, 也难以完全传递出原作的诗体结构、语调和句法。

　　小练习：

　　1.下列关于limited和hampered的说法正确的是: ：

　　A limited和hampered是并列关系

　　B Limited和has been组成句子的谓语, 而hampered by poor translations and by the difficulty做句子的状语

　　答案：B

　　2.of completely conveying the original’s verse structure, tone, and syntax修饰的是: ：

　　A aesthetically satisfying translation

　　B The rare culturally sensitive

　　C The difficulty

　　答案：C