GRE閱讀長難句練習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)主義文學評論定義為客觀的和科學性的——一個有效的、可證實的、理性的、無論男女都可以使用的方法—那么, 這個定義不僅將排擠掉批評家作為藝術(shù)家的方法, 而且可能會阻礙那些尋求改變學術(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用主義的政治目標的成就。

　　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: 這些問題之所以帶有政治性質(zhì), 因為可避免地, 圍繞這些問題展開的急診與其說是一種在客觀冷靜科研精神指導下對抽象問題的探索, 倒不如說是一種學術(shù)上的權(quán)力斗爭。在此斗爭中, 許多女學者中——只是在現(xiàn)在才開始以眾多的人數(shù)進入學術(shù)界——的學術(shù)生涯和職業(yè)命運將處于存亡攸關(guān)的危急關(guān)頭, 與她們相伴隨的是對人文理解作出一種獨特貢獻的機遇, 這一貢獻則很有可能成為消除我們社會中所存在的性別主義的一股重要影響。

　　小練習：

　　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的邏輯主語是: ：

　　A 劃線的第二個them

　　B The chances

　　C A contribution

　　答案：B