(完整版)100句搞定雅思阅读长难句——练习版

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雅思阅读句子分析和翻译练习

1. Typical of the grassland dwellers of the continent is the American antelope, or pronghorn.

2. Of the millions who saw Haley’s comet in 1986, how many people will live long enough to see

it return in the twenty-first century.

3.

Anthropologists

have

discovered

that

fear,

happiness,

sadness,

and

surprise

are

universally

reflected in facial expressions.

4. Because of its irritating effect on humans, the use of phenol as a general antiseptic has been

largely discontinued.

5.

In

group

to

remain

in

existence,

a

profit-making

organization

must,

in

the

long run,

produce

something consumers consider useful or desirable.

6.

The

greater

the

population

there

is

in

a

locality;

the

greater

the

need

there

is

for

water,

transportation, and disposal of refuse.

7. It is more difficult to write simply, directly, and effectively than to employ flowery but vague

expressions that only obscure one’s meaning.

8. With modern offices becoming more mechanized, designers are attempting to personalize them

with warmer, less severe interiors.

9. The difference between libel and slander is that libel is printed while slander is spoken.

10. The knee is the joints where the thigh bone meets the large bone of the lower leg.

11. Acids are chemical compounds that, in water solution, have a sharp taste, a corrosive action on

metals, and the ability to turn certain blue vegetable dyes red.

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12. Billie Holiday’s reputation as a great jazz

-blues singer rests on her ability to give emotional

depth to her songs.

13. Essentially, a theory is an abstract, symbolic representation of what is conceived to be reality.

14. Long before children are able to speak or understand a language, they communicate through

facial expressions and by making noises.

15. Thanks to modern irrigation, crops now grow abundantly in areas where once nothing but cacti

and sagebrush could live.

16. The development of mechanical timepieces spurred the search for more accurate sundials with

which to regulate them.

17. Anthropology is a science in that anthropologists use a rigorous set of methods and techniques

to document observations that can be checked by others.

18. Fungi are important in the process of decay, which returns ingredients to the soil, enhances soil

fertility, and decomposes animal debris.

19. When it is struck, a tuning fork produces an almost pure tone, retaining its pitch over a long

period of time.

20. Although pecans are most plentiful in the southeastern part of the United States, they are found

as far north as Ohio and Illinois.

21. Eliminating problems by transferring the blame to others is often called scape-goating.

22. The chief foods eaten in any country depend largely on what grows best in its climate and soil.

23.

Over

a

very

large

number

of

trials

,

the

probability

of

an

event’s

occurring

is

equal

to

the

probability that it will not occur.