剑4雅思阅读长难句真题分析

在教授雅思阅读的这些年来，经常会发现，学生们其实不是缺乏词汇，恰恰相反，学生的词汇量还是相当大的。但是为何还是拿不了高分，或者得不到自己理想的分数呢？

当然对题型的把握和出题规律的了解是很大的一方面，但是我认为，最重要的一方面，是学生对雅思阅读中长难句的理解，是他们止步7分甚至7分以上的重要原因。所以，今天主要是给烤鸭们解析一下剑桥雅思阅读文章里的长难句，注意学会举一反三，日后自己精读和复习雅思阅读中也参考这一模式。

1. These methods include strength training that duplicates what they are doing in their running events as well as plyometrics, a technique pioneered in the former Soviet Union. (剑4, test4 passage 1)

分析：本句的主句为“These methods include strength training”;“that duplicates what they are doing in their running events as well as plyometrics”为定语从句，做“strength training”的定语，关系词为that;“what they are doing in their running events as well as plyometrics”为宾语从句，由what引导;“a technique pioneered in the former Soviet Union”为plyometrics的同位语。

2. A biomechanic films an athlete in action and then digitizes her performance, recording the motion of every joint and limb in three dimensions. (剑4, test4 passage 1)

分析：本句的主句为“A biomechanic films an athlete in action and then digitizes her performance”;“recording the motion of every joint and limb in three dimensions”为现在分词短语做状语。

3. That understanding took the later analysis of biomechanics specialists, who put their minds to comprehending something that was too complex and unorthodox ever to have been invented through their own mathematical simulations. (剑4, test4 passage 1)

分析：本句较长，主句为“That understanding took the later analysis of biomechanics specialists”;“who put their minds to comprehending something”为定语从句，做biomechanics specialists 的定语，关系词为who;“that was too complex and unorthodox ever to have been invented through their own mathematical simulations”也是定语从句，做something的定语，关系词为that。

4. But it is also the painstaking task of interpretation, so that we come to understand what these things mean for the human story. (剑4, test4 passage 2)

分析：本句的主句为“But it is also the painstaking task of interpretation”;“so that we come to understand what these things mean for the human story”为so that引导的结果状语从句;“what these things mean for the human story”为what引导的宾语从句，做understand的宾语。

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5. Anthropologists also use the term ‘culture' in a more restricted sense when they refer to the ‘culture' of a particular society, meaning the non-biological characteristics unique to that society, which distinguish it from other societies. (剑4, test4 passage 2)

分析：本句的主句为 “Anthropologists also use the term ‘culture' in a more restricted sense”，“when they refer to the ‘culture' of a particular society”为when引导的时间状语从句;“meaning the non-biological characteristics unique to that society”为现在分词短语做定语;“which distinguish it from other societies”为非限制性定语从句，关系词为which。

6. Physical anthropology, or biological anthropology as it is also called, concerns the study of human biological or physical characteristics and how they evolved. (剑4, test4 passage 2)

分析：本句的主句为“Physical anthropology, or biological anthropology concerns the study of human biological or physical characteristics and how they evolved”;“as it is also called”定语从句，做biological anthropology的定语，关系词为as;“how they evolved”为how引导的宾语从句，做concern的宾语。

7. Whereas cultural anthropologists will often base their conclusions on the experience of living within contemporary communities, archaeologists study past societies primarily through their material remains—the buildings, tools, and other artifacts that constitute what is known as the material culture left over from former societies. (剑4, test4 passage 2)

分析：本句主句为“archaeologists study past societies primarily through their material remains”;“Whereas cultural anthropologists will often base their conclusions on the experience of living within contemporary communities”为whereas引导的让步状语从句;“that constitute what is known as the material culture left over from former societies”为定语从句，做the buildings, tools, and other artifacts的定语，关系词为that;“what is known as the material culture left over from former societies”为what引导的宾语从句，做constitute的宾语。

雅思阅读毕竟不是语法课，一定的语法知识也是我们能够节约时间，拿高分的必备条件。不需要有多么高深的语法技能，至少能够又快又准确的解析句子，争取时间拿高分。

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