第一部分 语法及词汇练习
1. John regretted __ to the meeting last week.
A not going B not to go C not having been going D not to be going
2. We regret to inform you that the materials you ordered are __.
A out of work B out of stock C out of reach D out of practice
3. They __ in spite of the extremely difficult conditions.
A carried out B carried off C carried on D carried forward
4. Mrs. Brown is supposed __ for Italy last week.
A to have left B to be leaving C to leave D to have been left
5. He’s watching TV? He’s __ to be cleaning his room.
A known B considered C regarded D supposed
6. My camera can be __ to take pictures in cloudy or sunny conditions.
A treated B adjusted C adopted D remedied
7. A new technique __, the yields as a whole increased by 20 percent.
A working out B having worked out
C having been worked out D to have been worded out
8. Between 1974 and 1997, the number of overseas visitors expanded __ 27%.
A by B for C to D in
9. Children who are over-protected by their parents may become __.
A hurt B damaged C spoiled D harmed
10. When Mr. Jones gets old, he will __ over his business to his son.
A take B hand C think D get
11. We had a party last month, and it was a lot of fun, so let’s have __ one this month.
A another B more C the other D other
12. No agreement was reached in the discussion as neither side would give way to __.
A the other B any other C another D other
13. It was difficult to guess what her __ to the news would be.
A impression B reaction C comment D opinion
14. I decided to go to the library as soon as I __.
A finish what I did B finished what I did
C would finish what I was doing D finished what I was doing
15. We are interested in the weather because it __ us so directly what we wear, what we do, and even how we feel.
A benefits B affects C guides D effects
16. Will all those __ the proposal raise their hands?
A in relation to B in contrast to C in excess of D in favor of
17. Children are very curious __.
A at heart B in person C on purpose D by nature
18. The match was cancelled because most of the members __ a match without a standard court.
A objected to having B were objected to have
C objected to have D were objected to having
19. The man in the corner confessed to __ a lie to the manager of the company.
A have told B having told C being told D be told
第二部分 定语从句长难句成分分析及翻译练习
5. Television, it is often said, keeps one informed about current events, allow one to follow the latest developments in science and politics, and offers an endless series of programs which are both instructive and entertaining.
人们常说, 通过电视可以了解时事, 掌握科学和政治的最新动态。从电视里还可以看到既有教育意义又有娱乐性的层出不穷的新节目。(后置译法)
6. Taking his cue from Ibsen`s A Doll`s House, in which the heroine, Nora, leaves home because she resents her husband’s treating her like a child, the writer Lu Xun warned that Nora would need money to support herself; she must have economic rights to survive.
易卜生的剧作《玩偶之家》中的女主人公娜拉离家出走, 因为她憎恶她的丈夫像对待孩子一样来对待她。作家鲁迅从中得到启示, 从而告诫人们娜拉得需要钱来养活自己, 她要生存就必须有经济上的权利。(句首译法)
7. That sex ratio will be favored which maximizes the number of descendants an individual will have and hence the number of gene copies transmitted.
那种性别比例能在最大程度上增加一个个体所能拥有的后代数量，并因此能在最大程度上增加所传递到后代身上去的基因复制品的数量。(倒装、定从使用)
8. With the conclusion of a burst activity , the lactic acid level is high in the body fluids , leaving the large animal vulnerable to attack until the acid is reconverted , via oxidative metabolism , by the liver into glucose , which is then sent (in part )back to the muscles for glycogen resynthesis.
随着爆发出来的运动的结束，再体液中乳酸含量会变得很高，使得大型动物处于容易受到攻击的状态，直到乳酸通过有氧新陈代谢，被肝脏转化成(convert into)葡萄糖，而葡萄糖接下来又会(部分)传送回肌肉中重新合成糖原 。
9. Although Gutman admits that forced separation by sale was frequent，he shows that the slaves’ preference，revealed most clearly on plantations where sale was infrequent，was very much for stable monogamy.
虽然古特曼承认，由于奴隶买卖而造成的被迫离散甚为频繁，但他还是证明，奴隶的偏爱——在那些奴隶买卖并不频繁的种植园上被最为显著地揭示出来——在很大程度上侧重于稳定的一夫一妻制。
10. This preference for exogamy，Gutman suggests，may have derived from West African rules governing marriage，which，though they differed from one tribal group to another，all involved some kind of prohibition against unions with close kin.
古特曼表示，这种对于外部通婚的偏爱很有可能缘起于西部非洲制约着婚姻的规定，尽管这些规定在一个和另一个部落群体之间不尽相同，但都涉及到某种对近亲联姻(union with close kin)的禁止。
