英语四级阅读备考长难句

英语四级阅读备考英语四级阅读备考 长难句解析 1 But since water is much cheaper than wine and many of the fancier brands aren t available in stores most diners don t notice or care 2 He must use the sounds of speech to identify the words spoken understand the pattern of organization of the words sentences and finally interpret the meaning 3 As we have seen the focus of medical care in our society has been shifting from curing disease to preventing disease especially in terms of changing our many unhealthy behaviors such as poor eating habits smoking and failure to exercise 4 Reaching new peaks of popularity in North America is Iceberg Water which is harvested from icebergs off the coast of Newfoundland Canada 5 Ultimately however our basic design strategy is focused not simply on being less bad but on creating completely healthful materials that can be either safely returned to the soil or reused by industry again and again 6 Home builders can now use materials such as paints that release significantly reduced amounts of organic compounds that don t destroy the quality of the air water or soil 7 We re giving people high quality healthful products and an opportunity to make choices that have a beneficial effect on the world 8 As sleep deprived people ourselves we started thinking of what to do about it says Eric Shashoua a recent college graduate and now chief executive officer of Axon Sleep Research Laboratories a company created by the students to develop their idea 9 The headband equipped with electrodes and microprocessor measures the electrical activity of the wearer s brain in much the same way as some machines used for medical and research purposes and communicates wirelessly with a clock unit near the bed 10 Interest in pursuing international careers has soared in recent years enhanced by chronic 长久的 personnel shortages that are causing companies to search beyond their home borders for talent 11 Long span segmented concrete cable stayed bridges such as Hale Boggs in Louisiana and the Sunshine Skyway in Florida and remarkable tunnels like Fort McHenry in Maryland and Mt Baker in Washington met many of the nation s physical challenges 12 Many in home jobs that used to be done primarily by women ranging from family shopping to preparing meals to doing voluntary work still need to be done by someone 13 Girls are thus seen as less valuable than boys and are kept at home to do housework while their brothers are sent to school the prophecy 预言 becomes self fulfilling trapping women in a vicious circle 恶性循环 of neglect 14 Traffic control systems and methods of construction developed under the interstate program soon influenced highway construction around the world and were invaluable in improving the condition of urban streets and traffic patterns 15 By opening the North American continent highways have enabled consumer goods and services to reach people in remote and rural areas of the country spurred the growth of suburbs and provided people with greater options in terms of jobs access to cultural programs health care and other benefits 16 Modern cars are far tougher to steal as their engine management computer won t allow them to start unless they receives a unique ID code beamed out by the ignition 点火 key 17 The first study to compare honesty across a range of communications media has found that people are twice as likely to tell lies in phone conversations as they are in emails 18 As the trade winds lessen in strength the ocean temperatures rise causing the Peru current flowing in from the east to warm up by as much as 5 19 If you are submitting your resume in English find out if the recipient 收件人 uses British English or American English because there are variations between the two versions 20 The logo along with the company s long held marketing image of the irresistibility of its chips would help facilitate the company s global expansion 21 The executives acknowledge that they try to swing national eating habits to a food created in America but they deny that amounts to economic imperialism 22 While there s no question that continuous stress is harmful several studies suggest that challenging situations in which you re able to rise to the occasion can be good for you 23 In communities north of Denver residents are pitching in to help teachers and administrators as the Vrain School District tries to solve a 13 8 million budget shortage blamed on mismanagement 24 Humans should not try to avoid stress any more than they would shun food love or exercise said Dr Hans Selye the first physician to document the effects of stress on the body 2005 年 12 月 25 In a 2001 study of 158 hospital nurses those who faced considerable work demands but coped with the challenge were more likely to say they were in good health than those who felt they couldn t get the job done 26 Hardy s weakness derived from his apparent inability to control the comings and goings of these divergent impulses and from his unwillingness to cultivate and sustain the energetic and risky ones 27 There is no agreement whether methodology refers to the concepts peculiar to historical work in general or to the research techniques appropriate to the various branches of historical inquiry 28 But even more important it was the farthest that scientists had been able to look into the past for what they were seeing were the patterns and structures that existed 15 billion years ago 29 Tylor defined culture as that complex whole which includes belief art morals law custom and any other capabilities and habits 后置定语 acquired by man as a member of society 30 The Greeks assumed that the structure of language had some connection with the process of thought which took root in Europe long before people realized how diverse languages could be 31 Hofstadter says our country s educational system is in the grips of people who joyfully and militantly proclaim their hostility to intellect and their eagerness to identify with children who show the least intellectual promise 32 Whether to use tests other kinds of information or both in a particular situation depends therefore upon the evidence from experience