刘晓艳长难句讲义

考研英语基础—长难句

第二部分并列句

查错：

Few of the nation's largest cities are state capitals;thus neither New York nor Chicago is the seat of its state's government.

I was ill therefore I could not come.

练习:

一、修改病句

1I was in the middle of the night,slipped into his house,

2he is my teacher,he graduated from oxford university.

3he stole my apple,that make me angry.

4Forgive me for writing such a long letter I did not have time to write shorter one.

5I don’t want to bore you,I can’t find anyone to bore.

二、串连句子:用括号中的连接词连接下面各组句子。

1)It was a cold snowy day．

He had no money left for food．(and)

2)study hard．

You’11fail in the exam．(or)

3)it is so badly cold．

I went to have class anyway．(but)

4)I enjoy playing football．

She enjoys playing football，too．(so)

5)He must be ill．

He is absent today．(for)

6)Some people waste water

Others haven’t enough．(while)

7)She is overweight．

Her husband is thin．(whereas)

8)She cannot sing．

She cannot dance，either．(neither)

三选择题练习

1.Permission was not granted for the interview;______,the reporters never gave

up hope.

A.consequently

B.likewise

C.however

D.moreover

2____a well-balanced diet______adequate sleep is needed for good health.

A.Neither…nor…

B.Not only…but also

C.Rather…than

D.

Because…so

3Cramming for exams rarely helps;____,many students stay up until dawn,studying on the night before a big test.

A.for

B.again

C.instead

D.nevertheless

4Two of the students have neither the intelligence nor the diligence to learn the required lesson;____,they will be dismissed from the program.

A.but

B.consequently

C.similarly

D.indeed

5I______keenly interested in newsreels.（新闻短片）

A.as well as he can

B.as well as he is

C.as well as he are

D.as well as him am

四翻译练习

1.In the American economy,the concept of private property embraces not only the ownership of productive resources but also certain rights,including the right to determine the price of a product or to make a free contract with another private individual.(94年)

2.However,whether such a sense of fairness evolved independently in capuchins and humans,or whether it stems from the common ancestor that the species had35 million years ago,is,as yet,an unanswered question.

（05年）

3.They give their owners automatic credit in stores,restaurants,and hotels,at home,across the country,and even abroad,and they make many banking services available as well.94

4.Innovation is like soccer;even the best players miss the goal and have their shots blocked much more frequently than they score.94

6.the journey never really ends;there are always new ways to experience the world, new ideas to try,new challenges to accept.