历届高考英语长难句100句精选(整理版)

1. First put forward by the French mathematician Pierre de Format in the seventeenth century,

the theorem had baffled and beaten the finest mathematical minds, including a French woman scientist who made a major advance in working out the problem, and who had to dress like a man in order to be able to study at the Ecolab polytechnique. （NMET2003.C篇） 2. It is difficult to measure the quantity of paper used as a result of use of Internet-connected

computers, although just about anyone who works in an office can tell you that when e-mail is introduced, the printers start working overtime. That is, the growing demand for paper in recent years is largely due to the increased use of the Internet. （NMET2003.E篇） 3. Perhaps the best sign of how computer and internet use pushes up demand for paper comes

from the high-tech industry itself, which sees printing as one of its most promising new market. （NMET2003. The action group has also found acceptable paper made from materials other than wood, such as agricultural waste. （NMET2003.E篇

4. Mostly borrowed from English and Chinese, these terms are often changed into forms no longer

understood by native speakers. （NMET2003.D篇）

5. It is one of many language books that are now flying off booksellers’ shelves.（NMET2003.D

篇）

6. The mass media and government white papers play an important part in the spread of foreign

words.（NMET2003.D篇）Tales from Animal Hospital will delight all fans of the programme and anyone who was a lively interest in their pet, whether it be a cat 、dog or snake! （NMET2003.C篇Newton is shown as a gifted scientist with very human weaknesses who stood at the point in history where magic ended and science began. （NMET2003 .C篇）But for all the texts that are written, stored and sent electronically, a lot of them are still ending up on paper.（NMET2003.E篇）

7. With their shining brown eyes, wagging tails, and unconditional love, dogs can provide the

nonjudgmental listeners needed for a beginning reader to gain confidence, according to Intermountain Therapy Animals（ITA） in salt Lake City.（NMET2003.B篇）

8. The Salt Lake City public library is sold on the idea. （NMET2003.B篇）Discovered by the

Portuguese admiral of the same name in 1506, and settled in 1810, the island belongs to Great Britain and has a population of a few hundred. （NMET2003. A篇）They had no connection with the outside world for more than a thousand years, giving them plenty of time to build more than 1000 huge stone figures, called moat, for which the island is most famous.（NMET2003.A篇）Our parties are aimed for children 2 to 10 and they’re very interactive and creative in that they build a sense of drama based on a subject. （NMET2002. E篇The most important idea behind the kind of party planning described here is that it brings parents and children closer together.（NMET2002. E篇）

9. He had realized that the words: “one of six to eight” under the first picture in the book

connected the hare in some way to Katherine of Aragon, the first of Henry VIII’s six wives.

10. Until one day he came across two stone crosses in Ampthill park and learnt that they had

been built in her honor in 1773. （NMET2002. D篇）

11. It is Sue Townsend’s musical play, based on her best-selling book. （NMET2002. C篇） 12. Gold is one of a growing number of shoppers buying into the organic trend, and supermarkets

across Britain are counting on more like him as they grow their organic food business. （NMET2002. B篇）

13. Supporters of underground development say that building down rather than building up is

a good way to use the earth’s space. （NMET2002. A篇）

14. Those who could were likely to name a woman. （NMET2001. E篇）In general, women’s friendships

with each other rest on shared emotions and support, but men’s relationships are marked by shared activities. （NMET2001. E篇）

15. For the most part, interactions between men are emotionally controlled —a good fit with

the social requirements of“manly behavior”.（NMET2001. E篇）

16. Whereas a woman’s closest female friend might be the first to tell her to leave a failing

marriage, it wasn’t unusual to hear a man say he didn’t know his friend’s marriage was in serious trouble until he appeared one night asking if he could sleep on the sofa.（NMET2001 E篇）

17. Before 1066, in the land we now call Great Britain lived peoples belonging to two major

language groups. （NMET2001. D篇）

18. If this state of affairs had lasted, English today would be close to German.（NMET2001.

D篇）

19. We even have different word for some foods, meat in particular, depending on whether it

is still out in the fields or at home ready to be cooked, which Shows the fact that the Saxon peasants were doing the farming. while the upper-class Normans were doing most of the eating. （NMET2001. D篇）When Americans visit Europe for the first time, they usually find Germany more “Foreign” than France because the German they see on signs and ads seems much more different from English than French does. （NMET2001. D篇）Some companies have made the manufacturing of clean and safe products their main selling point and emphasize it in their advertising. （NMET2001. C篇）

20. After their stay, all visitors receive a survival certificate recording their success, that

is, when guests leave the igloo hotel they will receive a paper stating that they have had a taste of adventure. （NMET2001. B 篇）。

21. The major market force rests in the growing population of white-collar employees, who can

afford the new service, in other words, Shanghai’s car rental industry is growing so fast mainly due to the increasing number of white-collar employees.（NMET2001. A篇）That you won’t be for long means it won’t be long before you’ll have to recycle your rubbish. （NMET2000. E篇）These words, I have just made up, have to stand for thing and ideas that we simply can’t think of. （NMET2000.D篇）Picturing(Imagining) the future will serve the interests of the present and future generations. （NMET2000. D篇）Decision thinking is not

unlike poker — it often matters not only what you think, but also what others think you think and what you think they think you think. （NMET2000. C 篇）The easy way out isn’t always easiest. （NMET2000. B篇）The hot sun had caused the dough （面团） to double in size and the fermenting yeast（酵母） made the surface shake and sigh as though it were breathing and it looked like some unknown being from outer space. （NMET2000. B篇）的。 22. After all, what lively children wouldn’t settle for spending only half the day doing

ordinary school work, and acting, singing or dancing their way through the other half of the day? （NMET1999. E篇）

23. Dad, in a hurry to get home before dark so he could go for a run, had forgotten wear his

safety belt—a mistake 75% of the US population make every day. （NMET1999. D篇The summit was to mark the 25th anniversary（周年）of president Nixon’s journey to China, which was the turning point in China-US relations. （NMET1998.B篇）

24. Many of the problems are of college level and these pupils can figure them out. （NMET1997.A

篇）Rising through the roof is the Tower of the Sun, inside Which stands a 160 –foot –tall Tree of Life. The present question is that many people consider impossible what is really possible if effort is made. Ill and suffering as she was after the inhuman punishment, she yet remained so cheerful and confident, eager to devote the little strength left to her to helping the other comrades.。

25. Freed from TV, forced to find their own activities, they might take a ride together to watch

the sunset. I went around to the front of the house, sat down on the steps, and, the crying over, I ached, And my father must have hurt, too, a little.

48. It covered the whole distance from broken –hearted misery to bursting happiness—too fast.。 49.Still, he could not help thinking that if anything should happen, the nearest person he contact by radio, unless there was a ship nearby, would be on an island 885 miles away. 50. After all, eighty was a special birthday, another decade lived or endured, just as you choose to look at it.

51. News reports say peace talks between the two countries have broken down with no agreement reached.（NMET2003.31）

52. The old couple have been married for 40 years and never once have they quarreled with each other.（NMET2003.34）

53. After all, Ed’s idea of exercise has always been nothing more effort-making than lifting a fork to his mouth.（NMET2003）

54.As a result , at the point in our game when I’d have figured on (predicted) the score to be about 9 to 1 in my favor , it was instead 7 to 9 — and Ed was leading.（NMET2003） 55.So when Ed arrived for our game not only with the bottom of his shirt gathered inside his trousers but also with a stomach you could hardly notice , I was so surprised that I was speechless , my cousin must have made an effort to get himself into shape .（NMET2003） 56.In a way , I think we both won : I the game , but cousin Ed my respect.（NMET2003）

57. It is said in Australia there is more land than the government knows what to do with it. （NMET2002 .33）

58. The research is so designed that once begun nothing can be done to change it.（NMET2002 .34） 59. The mother didn’t know who to blame for the broken glass as it happened while she was out. （NMET2002 .24）

60.When I was in the army I received an intelligence test that all soldiers took, and , against 61.We didn’t plan our art exhibition like that but it worked out very well （NMET2001.26） 62. The home improvements have taken what little there is of my spare time . （NMET2001.27）63. Having suffered such heavy pollution already, it may now be too late to clean up the river.（NMET2001.35）

. Most believe the footprints are nothing more than ordinary animal tracks , which had been made larger as they melted and refroze in the snow. （NMET2001）

65. But if they ever succeed in catching one, they may face a real problem: would they put it in a zoo or give it a room in a hotel? （NMET2001）

66. With production up by 60%, the company has had another excellent year.（NMET2000.18） 67. The WTO cannot live up to its name if it dose not include a country that is home to one fifth of mankind. （NMET2000.21）

68. It is the ability to do the job that matters not where you come from or what you are. （NMET2000.24）

69. How could I ever get him to finish unloading the car without screaming at me and making a scene in front of the other girls, who I would have to spend the rest of the year with? （NMET2000）

70.Dad’s face turned decidedly less red before he could bring out a “yes”.（NMET2000） 71. Soon I heard a sound like that of a door burst in , and then a climb of feet.（NMET90）。 72. Father took the still smoking pistol from my hand, and fired another shot, which killed the gorilla.（NMET90）

73.It happened that father had sent us upstairs because he thought he would be able to lock the door—which was twenty feet away—before the animal reached it.（NMET90）

74. He certainly looked the part all right, he thought, as he admired himself in the mirror. （NMET91）

75. He put his head in his hands and tried to remember his lines, but nothing came to his mind. （NMET91）.

76. In fact the more he watched the play, the more he felt himself part of it. （NMET91） 77. Instead she took a short walk in a park nearby and came home, letting herself in through the back door.（NMET92。

78. She settled down to wait and see what would happen.（NMET92）

79. Picking up the kettle of boiling water, she moved quietly towards the door.（NMET 92） 80. A sharp cry was heard outside as the wire fell to the floor and the hand was pulled back, which was followed by the sound of running feet.（NMET 92） 81. It wasn’t long before the police caught the thief.（NMET 92）

82. Then, I noticed a tall man by the door, carrying something covered with brown paper. 83. Turning to my next customer, I was terrified to see a gun stuck out of his coat.(NMET 93)。 84.“Smith!” the manager cried out in a voice like thunder “None of your excuses! Go start

work at once! ” （NMET 93） 85. Waiting above the crowded streets, on top of a building 110 stories high, was Philippe Pettit.（NMET 94）

86. Philippe took his first step with great care. The wire held Now he was sure he could do it.（NMET 94）。 87.And thousands of terrified（badly frightened）watchers stared with their hearts beating fast.（NMET 94）

88. Already she does many things a human being can do.（NMET 95）

. She even enjoys watching television before going to bed.（NMET 95）

90. The measure of a man’s real character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out.（NMET 96）

91.Thirty years after being introduced to McCauley’s words, they still seem to me the best yardstick（准绳）, because they give us a way to measure ourselves rather than others. （NMET 96）

92. Few of us are asked to make great decisions about nations going to war or armies going to battle, but all of us are called upon daily to make a great many personal decisions. （NMET 96）

93. Here’s a fellow who just walks into a bank and helps himself to so much money.（NMET 97）。 94. Todd thought of the difficulty with which he managed to get the amount of money he needed to start his gas station.（NMET 97）

95. Don’t pick up strangers and all your folks in gas stations better not do service to a white Ford car.（NMET 97）。

96. “Fill her up”, the man said sounding like any other driver.（NMET 97）

97. It seemed that there was no suitable work for him.（NMET 98）

98. But when John and his fellow soldier came in sight some of the people watching couldn’t help laughing at the one who couldn’t keep pace with the others as they march along.（NMET 98）

99. They not only make it difficult to sleep at night, but they are doing damage to our houses and shops of historical interest.（NMET 99）

100. Hary also studying biology said they wanted to make as much noise as possible to force the government officials to realize what everybody was having to stand.（NMET1999）