雅思閱讀長難句分析作業(yè)

1、雅思閱讀長難句分析作業(yè)( 2011-12-23)1. From a number of recent studies, it has become clear that blind people can appreciate the use of outlines and perspectives to describe the arrangement of objects and other surfaces in space. But pictures are more than literal representations.翻譯：In this paragraph the writer

2、 makes the point that blind peopleA. may be interested in studying art.B. can draw outlines of different objects and surface.C. can recognize conventions such as perspective.D. can draw accurately.1. This fact was drawn to my attention dramatically when a blind woman in one of my investigations deci

3、ded on her own initiative to draw a wheel as it was spinning .To show this motion, she traced a curve inside the circle. I was taken aback.翻譯：The writer was surprised because the blind womanA. drew a circle on her own initiative.B. did not understand what a wheel looked like.C. included a symbol rep

4、resenting movement.D. was the first person to use lines of motion.2. When I asked several other blind study subjects to draw a spinning wheel, one particularly clever rendition appeared repeatedly: several subjects showed the wheel 's spokes as curved lines. When asked about these curves, the al

5、l described them as metaphorical ways of suggesting motion.翻譯：From the experiment described in the passage, the writer found that the blind subjectsA. had good understanding of symbols representing movement.B. could control the movement of wheels very accurately.C. worked together well as a group in

6、 solving problems.D. got better results than the sighted undergraduates.3. Stanley Milgram of Yale University tested 40 subjects from all walks of life for their willingness to obey instructions given by a “l(fā)eader ”in a situation in which the subjects might feel a personal distaste for the actions t

7、hey were called upon to perform. Specifically, Milgram told each volunteer “teacher-subject “that the experiment was in the noble cause of education, and was designed to test whether or not punishing pupils for their mistakes would have a positive effect on the pupils 'ability to learn.翻譯：The te

8、acher-subjects were told that they were testing whetherA. a 450-volt shock was dangerous.B. punishment helps learning.C. the pupils were honest.D. they were suited to teaching.4. Milgram told the teacher-subjects to ignore the reactions of the pupil, and to administer whatever level of shock was cal

9、led for, as per the rule governing the experimental situation of the moment.翻譯：The teacher-subjects were instructed toA. Stop when a pupil asked them to.B. Denounce pupils who made mistakes.C. Reduce the shock level after a correct answer.D. Give punishment according to a rule.5. Prior to carrying o

10、ut the experiment, Milgram explain his idea to a group of 39 psychiatrists and asked them to predict the average percentage of people in an ordinary population who would be willing to administer the highest shock level of 450 volts. The overwhelming consensus was that virtually all the teacher-subje

11、cts would refuse to obey the experimenter.翻譯：Before the experiment took place the psychiatristsA. believe that a shock of 150 volts was too dangerous.B. failed to agree on how the teacher-subjects would respond to instructions.C. underestimated the teacher-subjects willingness to comply with experim

12、ental procedure.D. though that many of the teacher-subjects would administer a shock of 450 volts.6. Australia has been unusual in the Western world in having a very conservative attitude to natural or alternative therapies, according to Dr Paul Laver, a lecturer in Public Health at the University o

13、f Sydney. We had a tradition of doctor being fairly powerful and I guess they are pretty loath to allow any pretenders to their position to come into it. ”翻譯：Traditionally, how have Australian doctors differed from doctors in many Western countries?A. They have worked closely with pharmaceutical com

14、panies.B. They have often worked alongside other therapists.C. They have been reluctant to accept alternative therapistsD. They have regularly prescribed alternative remedies.7. Americans made more visits to alternative therapists than to orthodox doctors in 1990, and each year they spend about $US1

15、2 billion on therapies that have not been scientifically tested.In 1990, AmericansA. Were prescribed more herbal medicines than in previous years.B. Consulted alternative therapists more often than doctors.C. Spent more on natural therapist than orthodox medicines.D. Made more complaints about docto

16、rs than in previous years.8. The concept of the rocket, or rather the mechanism behind the idea of propelling an object into the air, has been around for well over two thousand years. However, it wasn 't until the discovery of the reaction principle , which was the key to space travel and so rep

17、resents one of the great milestones in the history of scientific thought that rocket technology was able to develop.The greatest outcome of the discovery of the reaction principle was thatA. rockets could be propelled into the air.B. space travel became a reality.C. a major problem had been solved.D

18、. bigger rockets were able to be built.9.In addition to being responsible for more than 85 per cent of lung cancers, smoking is associated with cancers of , amongst others, the mouth, stomach and kidneys, and is thought to cause about 14 per cent of leukemia and cervical cancers. In 1990, smoking ca

19、used more 84,000 deaths, mainly resulting from such problems as pneumonia, bronchitis and influenza.翻譯：According to information in the passage, leukemia and pneumoniaA. Are responsible for 84,000 deaths each year.B. Are strongly linked to cigarette smoking.C. Are strongly linked to lung cancer.D. Result in 30 per cent of deaths per year.10.Carbon monoxide, for example, competes with oxygen in red blood cells and interferes with the blood 's ability to deliver life-giving oxygen to the h