1、托福語法長難句分析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 arran geme nt of objects and other surfaces in space. But pictures are more tha n literal represe ntati ons.翻譯：In this paragraph the writer makes the

2、 point that bli nd 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 woma n in one of my in vestigati ons decided on

3、 her own in itiative to draw a wheel as it was spinning .To show this motion, she traced a curve in side the circle. I was take n aback.翻譯:The writer was surprised because the bli nd woma nA. drew a circle on her own initiative.B. did not understand what a wheel looked like.C. included a symbol repr

4、esenting 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' spokes as curved lin es. When asked about these curves, the all

5、described them as metaphorical ways of suggesti ng motio n.翻譯：From the experime nt described in the passage, the writer found that the bli nd subjectsA. had good understanding of symbols representing movement.B. could control the movement of wheels very accurately.C. worked together well as a group

6、in 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 willi ngn ess to obey in structi ons give n by a leader” in a situation in which the subjects might feel a personal distaste for the act

7、ions they were called upon to perform. Specifically, Milgram told each volunteer 'teacher-subject “hat 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.

8、翻譯：The teacher-subjects were told that they were test ing 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 admi nister whatever level of sh

9、ock was called for, as per the rule governing the experimental situation of the mome nt.翻譯：The teacher-subjects were in structed 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

10、to carrying out the experiment, Milgram explain his idea toa 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 overwhel ming consen sus was that virtually all the

11、 teacher-subjects would refuse to obey the experime nter.翻譯:Before the experime nt 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 in structi ons.C. underestimated the teacher-subjects illingness to co

12、mply with experime ntal procedure.D. though that many of the teacher-subjects would administer a shock of 450 volts.6. Australia has bee n unu sual in the Western world in hav ing a very con servative attitude to n atural or alter native therapies, accord ing to Dr Paul Laver, a lecturer in Public H

13、ealth at the University of Sydney. We had a tradition of doctor being fairly powerful and I guess they are pretty loath to allow any prete nders to their positi on to come into it. ”翻譯：Traditi on ally, how have Australia n doctors differed from doctorsin many Western coun tries?A. They have worked c

14、losely with pharmaceutical companies.B. They have often worked alongside other therapists.C. They have bee n relucta nt to accept alter native therapistsD. They have regularly prescribed alter native remedies.7. America ns made more visits to alter native therapists tha n to orthodox doctors in 1990

15、, and each year they spe nd about $US12 billi on on therapies that have not bee n scie ntifically tested.In 1990, America nsA. Were prescribed more herbal medicines than in previous years.B. Con sulted alter native therapists more ofte n tha n doctors.C. Spent more on n atural therapist tha n orthod

16、ox medic in es.D. Made more complaints about doctors than in previous years.8. The concept of the rocket, or rather the mechanism behind the idea of propelli ng an object into the air, has bee n around for well over two thousand years. However, it wasn 'until the discovery of the reaction princi

17、ple , which was the key to space travel and so represe nts one of the great milest ones in the history of scie ntific thought that rocket tech no logy was able to develop.The greatest outcome of the discovery of the reaction prin ciple was thatA. rockets could be propelled into the air.B. space trav

18、el became a reality.C. a major problem had been solved.D. bigger rockets were able to be built.9.ln additi on to being resp on sible for more tha n 85 per cent of lung can cers, smok ing is associated with can cers of , amon gst others, the mouth, stomach and kid neys, and is thought to cause about

19、14 per cent of leukemia and cervical cancers.In 1990, smoking caused more 84,000 deaths, mainly resulting from such problems as pn eum onia, bron chitis and in flue nza.翻譯：According to information in the passage, leukemia and pn eum oniaA. 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' ability to deliver life-giv ing oxyge n to the heart .翻