GRE閱讀長(zhǎng)難句練習(xí)3

　　句子1

　　If she defines feminist criticism as objective and scientific – a valid, verifiable , intellectual method that anyone , whether man or woman , can perform – the definition not only precludes the critic-as-artist approach , but may also impede accomplishment of the utilitarian political objectives of those who seek to change the academic establishment and its thinking , especially about sex roles.

　　主干: the definition not only precludes/but may also impede the critic-as-artist approach/accomplishment of the utilitarian political objectives

　　翻譯: 假如她把女權(quán)主義文學(xué)評(píng)論定義為客觀的和科學(xué)性的——一個(gè)有效的、可證實(shí)的、理性的、無(wú)論男女都可以使用的方法—那么, 這個(gè)定義不僅將排擠掉批評(píng)家作為藝術(shù)家的方法, 而且可能會(huì)阻礙那些尋求改變學(xué)術(shù)界的現(xiàn)狀的及其思維, 特別是有關(guān)性別角色的思維的人們的實(shí)用主義的政治目標(biāo)的成就。

　　1.that指代的是: ：

　　A feminist criticism

　　B she

　　C method

　　答案：C

　　2.impede的邏輯主語(yǔ)是: ：

　　A feminist criticism

　　B Method

　　C Definition

　　答案：C

　　3.its中的it指代的是: ：

　　A feminist criticism

　　B The critic-as-artist approach

　　C The academic establishment

　　答案：C

　　句子2

　　These questions are political in the sense that the debate over them will inevitably be less an exploration of abstract matters in a spirit of disinterested inquiry than an academic power struggle in which the careers and professional fortunes of many women scholars -only now entering the academic profession in substantial numbers -will be at stake , and with them the chances for a distinctive contribution to humanistic understanding, a contribution that might be an important influence against sexism in our society.

　　主干: These questions are political

　　翻譯: 這些問(wèn)題之所以帶有政治性質(zhì), 因?yàn)榭杀苊獾? 圍繞這些問(wèn)題展開(kāi)的急診與其說(shuō)是一種在客觀冷靜科研精神指導(dǎo)下對(duì)抽象問(wèn)題的探索, 倒不如說(shuō)是一種學(xué)術(shù)上的權(quán)力斗爭(zhēng)。在此斗爭(zhēng)中, 許多女學(xué)者中——只是在現(xiàn)在才開(kāi)始以眾多的人數(shù)進(jìn)入學(xué)術(shù)界——的學(xué)術(shù)生涯和職業(yè)命運(yùn)將處于存亡攸關(guān)的危急關(guān)頭, 與她們相伴隨的是對(duì)人文理解作出一種獨(dú)特貢獻(xiàn)的機(jī)遇, 這一貢獻(xiàn)則很有可能成為消除我們社會(huì)中所存在的性別主義的一股重要影響。

　　小練習(xí)：

　　1.與an academic power struggle并列的結(jié)構(gòu)是:

　　A the debate

　　B An exploration of abstract matters

　　C A spirit of disinterested inquiry

　　答案：B

　　2.will be的邏輯主語(yǔ)是:

　　A the careers and professional fortunes

　　B Many women scholars

　　C The academic profession

　　答案：A

　　3.them指代的是:

　　A these questions

　　B Abstract matters

　　C The careers and professional fortunes

　　答案：A

　　4.influence的邏輯主語(yǔ)是: ：

　　A 劃線的第二個(gè)them

　　B The chances

　　C A contribution

　　答案：B