大学英语六级考试拓展阅读练习(2)
<p> <span word="conception">conception</span> <span word="n">n</span>. 受精</p><p> <span word="chronic">chronic</span> <span word="adj">adj</span>. 长期的，持续的 <span word="questionnarie">questionnarie</span> <span word="n">n</span>. 调查表</p><p> <span word="quartile">quartile</span> <span word="n">n</span>. 四分位值 <span word="miscarry">miscarry</span> <span word="v">v</span>. 流产</p><p> <span word="pathological">pathological</span> <span word="adj">adj</span>. 病理的 <span word="strapping">strapping</span> <span word="adj">adj</span>. 伟岸的，魁梧的</p><p> <span word="fetus">fetus</span> <span word="n">n</span>. 胎儿</p><p> 难句突破：</p><p> <span word="Moreover">Moreover</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="study">study</span> <span word="carried">carried</span> <span word="out">out</span> <span word="eight">eight</span> <span word="years">years</span> <span word="ago">ago</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="researchers">researchers</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="University">University</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Aarhus">Aarhus</span>, <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Denmark">Denmark</span>, <span word="revealed">revealed</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="women">women</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="suffered">suffered</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="death">death</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="child">child</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="spouse">spouse</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="some">some</span> <span word="catastrophic">catastrophic</span> <span word="illness">illness</span> <span word="around">around</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="time">time</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="conceived">conceived</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="much">much</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="likely">likely</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="give">give</span> <span word="birth">birth</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="girls">girls</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="boys">boys</span>.</p><p> [主体句式] <span word="A">A</span> <span word="study">study</span> <span word="revealed">revealed</span> <span word="that">that</span></p><p> [结构分析]这是一个复合句，主语后面是一个过去分词短语做定语;<span word="revealed">revealed</span>后面的宾语从句比较复杂，从句的主体句式为<span word="women">women</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="spouse">spouse</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="likely">likely</span> <span word="to">to</span> ，状语中<span word="that">that</span> 引导的定语从句用来修饰<span word="time">time</span>, 第一个主语<span word="women">women</span>后有一个以<span word="who">who</span>引导的定语从句。</p><p> [句子译文] 而且，八年前奥尔胡斯大学研究者们做的一项研究也表明，经过头胎死亡经历或配偶在其怀孕期间患上一些灾难性疾病的妇女更有可能生女孩。</p><p> <span word="If">If</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="mothers">mothers</span> <span word="stress">stress</span> <span word="adversely">adversely</span> <span word="affects">affects</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="development">development</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="fetus">fetus</span> <span word="then">then</span> <span word="selectively">selectively</span> <span word="aborting">aborting</span> <span word="boys">boys</span>, <span word="rather">rather</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="wasting">wasting</span> <span word="time">time</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="resources">resources</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="bringing">bringing</span> <span word="them">them</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="term">term</span>, <span word="would">would</span> <span word="make">make</span> <span word="evolutionary">evolutionary</span> <span word="sense">sense</span>.</p><p> [主体句式] <span word="If">If</span> <span word="then">then</span> <span word="selectively">selectively</span> <span word="aborting">aborting</span> <span word="boyswould">boyswould</span> <span word="make">make</span> <span word="sense">sense</span>.</p>
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