考研英语（一）长难句解析—2003年阅读Text1

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　　本文主要讨论了互联网的发展对情报行业所产生的影响，即互联网提供了“开放来源的情报”。全文中在长难句方面，难度并不是非常大。作为2003年考研英语试卷的第一篇阅读，句子难度虽然较前面题型有所提升，但是仍处于中级难度。阅读做题时只需静下心来，再辅之以词汇和语法基础，即可理解和解题。下面就其中的典型例句进行分析：
　　【典型例句1】：The American spymaster who built the Office of Strategic Services in the World War II and later laid the roots for the CIA was fascinated with information.
　　【例句解析】：本句主干为 The American spymaster was fascinated with information。who built the Office of Strategic Services in the World War II and later laid the roots for the CIA是who引导的定语从句修饰The American spymaster。
　　【难点点拨】：spymaster：间谍大师;the Office of Strategic Services：战略情报局; lay the roots for：为….打下基础;
　　【例句释义】：美国的间谍大师痴迷于情报，他你曾经在二战期间建立了战略情报局，并且后来又为中央情报局的建立打下了基础。
　　【典型例句2】：Donovan believed in using whatever tools came to hand in the “great game” of espionage -- spying as a “profession”.
　　【例句解析】：本句主干为 Donovan believed in using whatever tools came to hand in the “great game” of espionage;其中包含一个whatever引导的宾语从句whatever tools came to hand。spying as a “profession”是动名词短语作同位语，解释espionage。
　　【难点点拨】：come to hand：到手; espionage：间谍活动;
　　【例句释义】：多诺万认为，在间谍职业的“伟大游戏”中，可以使用任何能够到手的工具。
　　【典型例句3】：These days the Net, which has already re-made such everyday pastimes as buying books and sending mail, is reshaping Donovan’s vocation as well.
　　【例句解析】：本句主干为the Net is reshaping Donovan’s vocation as well。These days作时间状语，修饰主干。which has already re-made such everyday pastimes as buying books and sending mail是which引导的定语从句，修饰the Net。
　　【难点点拨】：pastime：娱乐，消遣;vocation：职业;
　　【例句释义】：互联网已经改变了像后买书籍和发送邮件这样的日常活动;现在，它也正在重塑多诺万的职业。
　　【典型例句4】：The winner, by a large margin, was a tiny Virginia company called Open-Source Solutions, whose clear advantage was its mastery of the electronic world.
　　【例句解析】：本句主干为The winner was a tiny Virginia company。by a large margin是介词短语作后置定语，修饰the winner。called Open-Source Solutions是过去分词短语作后置定语，修饰a tiny Virginia company。whose clear advantage was its mastery of the electronic world是whose引导的定语从句，修饰a tiny Virginia company。
　　【难点点拨】：by a large margin：大幅度;mastery：把握;
　　【例句释义】：大幅胜出的是弗吉尼亚的一家名为“开放来源的解决方案”的小公司，它的明确优势是对于电子世界的掌控。
　　【典型例句5】：Straitford’s briefs don’t sound like the usual Washington back-and-forthing, whereby agencies avoid dramatic declarations on the chance they might be wrong.
　　【例句解析】：本句主干为Straitford’s briefs don’t sound like the usual Washington back-and-forthing。whereby agencies avoid dramatic declarations on the chance they might be wrong是由whereby引导的定语从句，修饰the usual Washington back-and-forthing;其中，on the chance they might be wrong是由on the chance引导的目的状语从句，修饰本定语从句。
　　【难点点拨】：brief：摘要，简报;back-and-forthing：来来回回，反复无常;whereby：借此，凭借;on the chance：以免;
　　【例句释义】：斯特福德公司的简报听上去并不像华盛顿当局简报那般的反复无常，凭借这些反复无常当局可以避免发布引人注目的言论，以免他们可能会犯错。
　　总之，由于本文中对于后置定语、定语从句、状语从句等知识点考查较多，因此对此大家课下需要多多复习。此外，如果时间充足的话，可以多读一些外国核心期刊文章，如《经济学人》等，积累英语国家新闻中常用到的表达。
　　(本文作者为中公考研英语指导老师—张玉环)