GRE阅读长难句摘录

 　　GRE考试真题中阅读理解核心句子总结。参加GRE考试的考上，在备考的过程中，都会把历年的GRE真题过一遍。历年GRE阅读理解真题中的一些句子往往就是解题的关键所在，所以对这些句子的理解对真个阅读理解的解题十分重要。

　　报名参加GRE考试的考生一定要注意掌握核心句子的理解，GRE阅读理解真题核心句子总结如下：

　　1. Wearing a seat belt saves lives; it reduces your chance of death or serious injury by more than half.

　　2. But it will be the driver’s responsibility to make sure that children under 14 do not ride in the front unless they are wearing a seat belt of some kind.

　　3. However, you do not have to wear a seat belt if you are reversing your vehicle; or you are making a localdelivery or collection using a special vehicle; or if you have a valid¹ medical certificate which excuses you from wearing it.

　　4. Remember you may be taken to court for not doing so, and you may be fined if you cannot prove to the court that you have been excused from wearing it.

　　5. Professor Taiju Matsuzawa wanted to find out why otherwise healthy farmers in northern Japan appeared to be losing their ability to think and reason at a relatively² early age, and how the process of ageing could he slowed down.

　　6. With a team of colleagues at Tokyo National University, he set about measuring brain volumes of a thousand people of different ages and varying occupations.

　　7. Computer technology enabled the researchers to obtain precise measurements of the volume of the front and side sections of the brain, which relate to intellect (智能)and emotion, and determine the human character.

　　8. Contraction³ of front and side parts as cells die off was observed in some subjects in their thirties, but it was still not evident in some sixty and seventy-year-olds.

　　9. The findings show in general terms that contraction of the brain begins sooner in people in the country than in the towns.

　　10. White collar workers doing routine work in government offices are, however, as likely to have shrinking brains as the farm worker, bus driver and shop assistant.

 

1 valid   

adj.有确实根据的；有效的；正当的，合法的

参考例句：

• His claim to own the house is valid.他主张对此屋的所有权有效。
• Do you have valid reasons for your absence?你的缺席有正当理由吗？

2 relatively   

adv.比较...地，相对地

参考例句：

• The rabbit is a relatively recent introduction in Australia.兔子是相对较新引入澳大利亚的物种。
• The operation was relatively painless.手术相对来说不痛。

3 contraction   

n.缩略词，缩写式，害病

参考例句：

• The contraction of this muscle raises the lower arm.肌肉的收缩使前臂抬起。
• The forces of expansion are balanced by forces of contraction.扩张力和收缩力相互平衡。