托福语法长难句

托福语法长难句分析

1.

From a number of recent studies, it has become clear that blind

people

can

appreciate

the

use

of

outlines

and

perspectives

to

describe the arrangement of objects and other surfaces in space.

But pictures are more than literal representations.

翻译：

In this paragraph the writer makes the point that blind people

A.

may be interested in studying art.

B.

can draw outlines of different objects and surface.

C.

can recognize conventions such as perspective.

D.

can draw accurately.

1.

This

fact

was

drawn

to

my

attention

dramatically

when

a

blind

woman in one of my investigations decided on her own initiative

to

draw

a

wheel

as

it

was

spinning .To

show

this

motion,

she

traced a curve inside the circle. I was taken aback.

翻译：

The writer was surprised because the blind woman

A.

drew a circle on her own initiative.

B.

did not understand what a wheel looked like.

C.

included a symbol representing movement.

D.

was the first person to use lines of motion.

2.

When

I

asked

several

other

blind

study

subjects

to

draw

a

spinning

wheel,

one

particularly

clever

rendition

appeared

repeatedly:

several

subjects

showed

the

wheel

’

s

spokes

as

curved lines. When asked about these curves, the all described

them as metaphorical ways of suggesting motion.

翻译：

From the experiment described in the passage, the writer found

that the blind subjects

A.

had good understanding of symbols representing movement.

B.

could control the movement of wheels very accurately.

C.

worked together well as a group in solving problems.

D.

got better results than the sighted undergraduates.

3.

Stanley

Milgram

of

Yale

University

tested

40

subjects

from

all

walks of life for their willingness to obey instructions given by a

“

leader

”

in a situation in which the subjects might feel a personal

distaste

for

the

actions

they

were

called

upon

to

perform.

Specifically, Milgram told each volunteer

“

teacher-subject

“

that

the

experiment

was

in

the

noble

cause

of

education,

and

was

designed

to

test

whether

or

not

punishing

pupils

for

their

mistakes

would

have

a

positive

effect

on

the

pupils

’

ability

to

learn.

翻译：

The teacher-subjects were told that they were testing whether

A.

a 450-volt shock was dangerous.

B.

punishment helps learning.

C.

the pupils were honest.

D.

they were suited to teaching.

4.

Milgram told the teacher-subjects to ignore the reactions of the

pupil, and to administer whatever level of shock was called for, as

per

the

rule

governing

the

experimental

situation

of

the

moment.

翻译：

The teacher-subjects were instructed to

A.

Stop when a pupil asked them to.

B.

Denounce pupils who made mistakes.

C.

Reduce the shock level after a correct answer.

D.

Give punishment according to a rule.

5.

Prior to carrying out the experiment, Milgram explain his idea to

a group of 39 psychiatrists and asked them to predict the average

percentage

of

people

in

an

ordinary

population

who

would

be

willing

to

administer

the

highest

shock

level

of

450

volts.

The

overwhelming

consensus

was

that

virtually

all

the

teacher-subjects would refuse to obey the experimenter.

翻译：