内容正文:
高考长难句突破
Analysis
the Long and difficult
Sentences
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1.我该去上学了。It is (high) time I went to school. 或It is (high) time I should go to school.
解析:It’s(high) time… “是…时候了,该做…了”,其后从句中只用两种形式:主语+did/should do…
2.这是我第一次来这儿。This/It is the first time that I have been here.
解析:“是第几次做…”,从句中用完成时。如果前边是was, 其后用had done(过去完成)
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3.我宁愿让你明天来。I would rather you came here tomorrow.
我宁愿你昨天来。 I would rather you had come yesterday.
解析:would rather后跟从句时,句中谓语动词只用两种时态:①一般过去时表现在或将来;②过去完成时表过去情况。
4.你宁愿让谁写那篇文章?Whom would you rather have write the article?
解析:would rather do sth. 本句主要考查“have sb. do”结构。
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5.虽然他是一个孩子,但懂得很多。Child as he is, he knows a lot.
解析:as引导让步状语从句时必须用倒装:①作表语的adj./n.可前提(名词前不带冠词);②作状语的副词可提前:Carefully as he drove, the accident still happened.③当谓语中含有情态动词时,主要动词可提前:Try as he might, he failed.
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6.由于有许多问题要解决,新总统过得很艰难。
With a lot of problems to settle, the new president is having a hard time.
随着时间的推移,他意识到了自己的错误。
With time going on, he realized his mistake.
由于工作完成了,我们都回家了。
With the work finished, we all went home.
解析:with复合结构中①表将来时用不定式,且主动表被动;②用~ing表进行、伴随(主动);③用~ed表被动、完成。该结构中一般不出现“to be done/being done”,属“纯净”结构。
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7.你想象不到我找你的地址所遇到的困难。
You can’t imagine the difficulty I had finding your address.
解析:本句是对固定短语的改装考查:have difficulty (in) doing sth. 类似:have trouble/a hard time (in) doing sth.
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8.我正要外出,就在这时电话铃响了。
I was about to go out / on the point of gong out when the telephone rang.
我们正上着英语课,这时灯突然灭了。
We were having an English class when suddenly the light went out.
我们还没有走出多远,就在这时天开始下起雨来。
We hadn’t walked far when it began to rain.
解析:这三句是练习when表“意外”的三种时态:①…was about to do/on the point of doing when…; ②...was doing sth. when…; ③…hadn’t/had done…when…;
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9.由于没有收到他的回信,我决定再写一封。Not having received his reply, I decided to write again.
解析:本句练习“现在分词的完成时的否定式”的用法,表动作早于句子谓语动作而发生。
10.人们认为是贝尔发明了电话。Bell is considered to have invented the telephone.
解析:It is said/reported/believed that…可以转换成“sth./sb. is said/reported/believed to do”(其中不定式可依据情况采用不同形式:to