河南自学考试2022年自学考试英语模拟习题·4

河南自学考试2022年自学考试英语模拟习题·4

2、阅读理解

It is, everyone agrees, a huge task that the child performs when he learn to speak, and the fact that he does so in so short a period of time challenges explanation.

要素：“everyone agrees”为插入语。“and”连结两个并列句，前一句为“it is … that”强调句型;后一分句“the fact”后为同位语从句“that he does so in so short a period of time”，因此，后一分句的主要部分为the fact challengesexplanation

参考译文：每一个人都赞同孩子学说话确实是件困难的事，并且孩子能在这么短的时间里做到的确需要非常不错的讲解才行。

Do the constantly changing fashions of womens clothes, one wonders, reflect basic qualities of inconstancy and instability?

要素：“one wonders”为插入语，本句主干结构为“Do the fashions reflect qualities?”，“fashions” 有两个定语“constantly changing”和“of womens clothes”。“qualities”也有两个定语“basic”和“of inconstancy and instability”。

参考译文：大家不了解女人服饰不断变化的时髦是不是反映出不靠谱和不稳定的基本特征。

It was probably not until the 1880s that man, with the help of more advanced steam locomotive, managed to reach a speed of one hundred mph

要素：此句为强调句型“It was …that…”; that 从句中主语man和谓语managed 之间插入介词短语“with the help of …”作状语。

参考译文：直到19世纪80年代，在更大的进步的帮忙下，这个人才有了可能