GRE閱讀入語全解析

在GRE考試中，GRE閱讀是重點也是難點，而長難句則是GRE閱讀備考的重點和難點，小編為大家?guī)�來GRE閱讀難句類型：插入語，供各位參考學習。

Is this a defect，or are the authors working out of, or trying to forge, a different kind of aesthetic?

這究竟是一種缺陷呢，還是這些作者想要按照一種與眾不同的美學體系進行創(chuàng)作，抑或是在試圖創(chuàng)立一種與眾不同的美學體系?

GRE閱讀難句類型：插入語

解釋：本句的句子既短，意思也不難理解，但插入語(or trying to forge)的干擾作用卻極強。

意群訓練

Is this a defect, or are the authors working out of, or trying to forge, a different kind of aesthetic?

As my own studies have advanced, I have been increasingly impressed with the functional　similarities between insect and vertebrate societies and less so with the structural differences that seem, at first glance, to constitute such an immense gulf between them. (5)

隨著我的研究不斷深入，我對昆蟲和脊椎動物群落之間的功能類似性印象愈來愈深刻，而對結(jié)構(gòu)上的差異印象愈發(fā)淡漠，雖然這些結(jié)構(gòu)上的差異初看上去似乎構(gòu)成了二者間一條無法愈越的鴻溝。

GRE閱讀難句類型：復雜修飾、插入語、省略

解釋：本句子的中間一段impressed with the functional similarites between insect and vertebrate societies and less so with the structural differences容易令人看暈，其中的insect and vertebrate societies and less so with由兩個and連接了三個部分，然而它們其實不是同一層次的并列，第一個and實際上是between insect societies and vertebrate societies的一部分，是并列的，而and之后的less so with其實是對于一個完整的表達方式I have been increasingly less impressed with的省略形式，去掉了與前面重復的成分。

后面修飾的structural differences的定語從句that seem, at first glance, to constitute such an immense gulf between them中，又出現(xiàn)了一個別扭的插入語at first glance,把應該連在一起的seem to 粗暴地分開，令人不熟悉此類難句的人倍感不適。

意群訓練

As my own studies have advanced, I have been increasingly impressed with the functional similarities between insect and vertebrate societies and less so with the structural differences that seem, at first glance, to constiture such an immense gulf between them.

In addition, the style of some Black novels, like Jean Toomer's Cane, verges on expressionism or surrealism ;does this technique provide a counterpoint to the prevalent theme that portrays the fate against which Black heroes are pitted , a theme usually conveyed by more naturalistic modes of expression ? (5)

不僅如此，有些黑人小說(比如JT的甘蔗)的風格接近與表現(xiàn)主義和超現(xiàn)實主義;這種技巧是否為流行的主題提供了一個和諧的對應呢?這種主題刻畫了黑人注意與之相抗爭的命運，這是一個通常用更為自然主義的表現(xiàn)手法所表達的主題。

GRE閱讀難句類型：復雜修飾、插入語

解釋：在本句中有三個詞需要先解釋一番：verge on這個詞組是接近于、瀕于的意思，hero在文學作品中是主人公的意思，pit作動詞時，除了挖坑、窖藏之外，還有使競爭、使斗爭的意思，其英文釋義為：to set as gamecocks into or as if into a pit to fight, to set into opposition or rivalry usually used with against.在此用的是后一種語義的被動語態(tài)fate against which Black heroes are pitted.如果用主動語態(tài)則是：pit black heroes against fate.

另外本句的結(jié)構(gòu)復雜，分號之后是一個一般疑問句，但是由于修飾成分過多，過長，使得讀者看不清楚這個句子在問什么。其實如果沒有最后的那個prevalent theme的同位語a theme usually conveyed by more naturalistic modes of expression,本句會易懂得多。

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GRE閱讀長難句牛刀小試：

下面對GRE難句和長句子進行剖析講解，文章來自新GRE OG，主要講述了女性攝影史研究現(xiàn)狀。

The condition of scholarship devoted to the history of women in photography is confounding. Recent years have witnessed the posthumous inflation of the role of the hobbyist Alice Austen into that of a pioneering documentarian while dozens of notable senior figures — Marion Palfi, whose photographs of civil-rights activities in the South served as early evidence of the need for protective legislation, to name one — received scant attention from scholars.

句子翻譯：

在女性攝影史方面投入的學術(shù)研究的現(xiàn)狀很令人困惑。近些年見證了Alice Austen在死后從一個業(yè)余愛好者膨脹成了一個先驅(qū)型攝影師，而幾十個著名的資深人物——舉個例子，Marion Palfi，她關(guān)于南部民權(quán)運動的照片堪稱對保護性法律需求的早期證據(jù)——卻沒有從學者那受到太多的關(guān)注。

解析：

(1)要能看懂“inflation of A into B”結(jié)構(gòu)，意思是"從A膨脹成(變成了)B"，此處A的內(nèi)容是"the role of the hobbyist Alice Austen"，B的內(nèi)容是"that of a pioneering documentarian" (that指代the role)。

(2)遇到兩個破折號中間的內(nèi)容，我們在讀的是時候，可以采取先跳過不讀的策略，因為兩個破折號之間通常會接一個解釋性的插入語，這部分內(nèi)容省去后，一般不會影響句子主體。所以，我們在讀的時候可以把"while dozens of notable senior figures received scant attention from scholars" 連在一起，這樣句子能讀的更清楚一點。

(3)while在此是一個表示轉(zhuǎn)折的連詞，前面的內(nèi)容和后面的內(nèi)容形成對比。

相關(guān)題目：

Which of the following statements about Marion Palfi is supported by the passage?

(A) Marion Palfi’s photographs would have received greater recognition from historians had her work been done in an era when most aspects of photography were static rather than in a state of transition.

(B) Alice Austen has achieved greater notoriety than has Marion Palfi primarily because the subjects that Austen photographed were more familiar to her contemporaries.

(C) In addition to providing a record of certain historical events, Marion Palfi’s photographs played a role in subsequent events.

答案：C