GRE阅读难句的典型结构

1、 长成分

1)、长从句做主语、宾语及其他成分

a、 主语从句

b、 宾语从句

2)、长状语

3)、层层修饰

4)、并列成分

2、 常见倒装搭配

(1)、及物动词加介词:固定词组的固定搭配中,经常出现倒装情况,如:bring A to B,写作:bring to B A

例:Yet Waltzer’s argument , however deficient , does point to one of the most serious weaknesses of capitalism-namely , that it brings to predominant positions in a society people who ,no matter how legitimately they have earned their material rewards , often lack those other qualities that evoke affection or admiration.

类似的情况:throw over , insert into , import into , infer from, establish for , advocate as 等

(2)、及物动词加副词

例:make possible …(单词或者句子)

3、 省略的几种情况

(1)、重复的成分

(2)、让步转折的省略:如although (but)

(3)、定语从句引导词的省略which(that )

(4)、定语从句的引导词和系动词同时省略,变成后置定语

如:qualities(such as “the capacity for hard work”) essential in producing wealth

4、 短语被分割

如:such as, so that , too to , more than , from A to B , between A and B

5、 多重否定

如:Despite these vague categories , one should not claim unequivocally that hostility between recognizable classes cannot be legitimately observed .