1. Most striking among the many asymmetries evident in an adult flatfish is eye placement: before maturity one eye migrates,so that in an adult flatfish both eyes are on the same side of the head. (3+)4 P. B i) x3 V9 m6 y# r$ P
在一条成年比目鱼身上显著存在的诸多不对称(asymmetry)特征中,最为吸人注目的是眼睛的摆位:在成年之前,一只眼睛发生移动,因此在成年比目鱼身上,两只眼睛均位于头部的同一侧面。 " A) Q3 N3 T% [ _ 难句类型:倒装、省略$ }! _7 K# {! {" J% u- k
解释:本句的倒装本质上与我们早就的一种倒装结构是一样的,即形容词放在句首时,主语和谓语倒装。本句的主干的正常语序应该是:Eye placement is most striking;倒装后成了Most striking is eye placement.但是这种倒装在GRE考试中出现,又有了新的特色,被提到句首的Most striking被长长的状语among the many asymmetries evident in an adult flatfish与后面的主语和表语分开,造成阅读困难。 ! Y$ u8 U: P0 M: C# v9 l 意群训练:Most striking among the many asymmetries evident in an adult flatfish is eye placement: before maturity one eye migrates,so that in an adult flatfish both eyes are on the same side of the head. ) a# U. k2 o4 J% g( | 2. A critique of Handlin‘s interpretation of why legal slavery did not appear until the 1660’s suggests that assumptions about the relation between slavery and racial prejudice should be reexamined , and that explanations for the different treatment of Black slaves in North and South America should be expanded .(4)2 \ ~& D+ V5 `6 v
一个对于H的关于为何法律上的奴隶制没有在17世纪60年代以前出现的原因所作解释的批评显示,关于奴隶制和种族偏见之间的关系的假说应当重新检查,而且显示出,对于在北美和南美之间的对黑怒的不同处理的解释应当被扩展。 8 J0 n+ X# d" s1 ]* m" } 难句类型:复杂修饰、省略 9 j4 ~2 _, z8 y% x" l* | 解释:句子的主干清楚:A critique suggests that…, and suggests that…。但是因为句子的结构复杂、修饰成分多,再加上后面的and 之后的suggests被省略,所以句子的结构很难被读出来的。 7 [: J& z4 T6 E8 y g$ I* g 本句的suggest不再是暗示,而是显示、说明的意思,其同义词有point,indicate,imply.本句的两个suggest之后的宾语从句都根据语法要求使用了虚拟语气。) D9 t, J2 \- @& n* H8 `+ S
意群训练:A critique of Handlin‘s interpretation of why legal slavery did not appear until the 1660’s suggests that assumptions about the relation between slavery and racial prejudice should be reexamined , and that explanations for the different treatment of Black slaves in North and South America should be expanded .