第三节 拓展练习10题

真题演练

Exercise 1

The disappointing results of many conventional road transport projects in Africa led some experts to rethink the strategy by which rural transport problems were to be tackled at the beginning of the 1980s.

译文：__________。

语法破解：__________。

Exercise 2

At first I couldn't understand what the lecturers were talking about, so I had to turn to the books and journals.

译文：__________。

语法破解：__________。

Exercise 3

I had never seen one and I hadn't been particularly interested in them at school.

译文：__________。

语法破解：__________。

Exercise 4

My parents had been saying that as I already had a job, I ought to support myself through college.

译文：__________。

语法破解：__________。

Exercise 5

Over the past nine years, Street Kids International (SKI) has been working with partner organisations in Africa, Latin America and India to support the economic lives of street youth.

译文：__________。

语法破解：__________。

Exercise 6

These discoveries have led to the field known as neuroeconomics, which studies the brain's secrets to success in an economic environment that demands innovation and being able to do things differently from competitors.

译文：__________。

语法破解：__________。

Exercise 7

He will also go through the security arrangements with you and show you the fire exits.

译文：__________。

语法破解：__________。

Exercise 8

From her earnings she was able to finance her sister Bronia's medical studies in Paris, on the understanding that Bronia would, in turn, later help her to get an education.

译文：__________。

语法破解：__________。

Exercise 9

The farming economy would almost certainly have required much larger communities to do all the work needed to plant and tend sufficient crops to sustain them through the year.

译文：__________。

语法破解：__________。

Exercise 10

All these visitors mean we have had to expand our operation and it's now a truly family concern.

译文：__________。

语法破解：__________。

参考答案

Exercise 1

译文：非洲许多常规道路运输项目令人失望的结果使得一些专家开始重新思考20世纪80年代初解决农村交通问题的策略。

语法破解：这是一个主从复合句。主句的时态是一般过去时，谓语是led；by which引导的是定语从句，修饰the strategy，时态是一般过去将来时，谓语是were to be tackled，是“were+动词不定式”的特殊结构。

Exercise 2

译文：开始的时候，我不知道老师在讲什么，因此只好去看书和笔记。

语法破解：so前面是一个主从复合句，主句的时态是一般过去时，谓语是couldn't understand；what引导的是宾语从句，时态是过去进行时，谓语是were talking about。so后面是一个简单句，时态是一般过去时，谓语是had to turn to。

Exercise 3

译文：我从没见过一只（海豚），我在学校时对它们不是特别感兴趣。

语法破解：这是由and连接的两个简单句组成的并列句，and前后句子的时态都是过去完成时，谓语分别是had never seen和hadn't been particularly interested in。

Exercise 4

译文：我父母一直说既然我有了一份工作，就应该自己供自己读完大学。

语法破解：这是一个多重主从复合句。主句的时态是过去完成进行时，谓语是had been saying；that引导的是宾语从句。该宾语从句本身又是一个主从复合句，as引导的是原因状语从句，时态是一般过去时，谓语是had；主句的时态是一般过去时，谓语是ought to support。

Exercise 5

译文：在过去的九年里，国际流浪儿童组织一直与非洲、拉丁美洲以及印度的伙伴组织进行合作，来改善流浪儿童的经济状况。

语法破解：这是一个简单句，时态是现在完成进行时，谓语是has been working with。

Exercise 6

译文：这些发现导致了大家所知道的神经经济学的出现，它研究的是在某种经济环境下大脑成功的秘诀，这种经济环境需要创新，并且要做与竞争者不同的事。

语法破解：这是一个多重主从复合句。主句的时态是现在完成时，谓语是have led to；which引导的是非限制性定语从句，修饰neuroeconomics。该从句本身又是一个主从复合句，主句和that引导的定语从句的时态都是一般现在时，谓语分别是studies和demands。

Exercise 7

译文：他也将和你一起检查安全管理情况，并且给你看消防通道。

语法破解：这是一个含有并列谓语的简单句，时态是一般将来时，谓语是will…go through…and show。

Exercise 8

译文：她用挣来的钱资助她的姐姐布罗尼亚在巴黎学医，而布罗尼亚也承诺，作为回报，以后会帮助她继续完成学业。

语法破解：这是一个主从复合句。主句的时态是一般过去时，谓语是was able to finance；on the understanding that引导的是条件状语从句，时态是一般过去将来时，谓语是would…help。

Exercise 9

译文：农业经济几乎肯定会要求有更大的社会群体来做所有的种植工作，以便侍弄足够的农作物，以此来支撑他们全年的生活。

语法破解：这是一个简单句，时态是过去将来完成时，谓语是would…have required。

Exercise 10

译文：所有这么多的游客意味着我们不得不扩大经营，现在它成了一个真正的家族企业。

语法破解：and前是一个主从复合句，主句的时态是一般现在时，谓语是mean；we have had to expand our operation是省略了引导词that的宾语从句，时态是现在完成时，谓语是have had to expand。and后是一个简单句，时态是一般现在时，is是系动词。