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

  新闻报道说这两个国家的和平谈判失败,没有达成协议。

  简析：关键词break down失败，reach an agreement达成协议。

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

  这对老年夫妇结婚40年了，两人从来没有一次争吵。

  简析：含主谓倒装句。

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

  要记住的是，伊德搞锻炼的想法根本没有进餐使用刀叉那么费力。

  简析：含比较级句型。

  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.

  就在我们比赛之前，我曾预料这场比赛对我有利，比分大概是9比1，结果比分反而是7比9，伊德暂时领先。

  简析：关键词figure on预计，估计;in one’s favor对某人有利。

  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 .

  因此当伊德来参加我们的比赛时,我发现他不仅将衬衫的底部扎进裤里,而且几乎注意不到他的肚子,我感到很惊奇,以致无话可说,我的表弟过去一定努力把自己训练好,保持很好的竞技状态。

  简析：含有not only…but also…及so…that…的句型结构，must have P.P表示对过去事实的推测。

  56.In a way , I think we both won : I the game , but cousin Ed my respect.

  在一定程度上，我认为我们都赢了，我赢得了这次比赛，伊德表弟赢得了我的尊重。

  简析：承前省略谓语动词won。

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

  据说在澳大利亚土地太多以致政府不知道怎么去处理。

  简析：含比较级句型。

  58. The research is so designed that once begun nothing can be done to change it.

  这项研究设计得如此好以致一旦开始任何事都不可能改变它。

  简析：夹杂过去分词短语once begun。

  59. The mother didn’t know who to blame for the broken glass as it happened while she was out.

  妈妈不知道谁应该受责备，因为打破玻璃这件事是她不在家里的时候发生的。

  简析：关键词be to blame受责备。

  60.When I was in the army I received an intelligence test that all soldiers took, and , against an average of 100 , scored 160.

  当我在军队服役时，我曾接受过所有战士都参加的智力测试,与平均分100分相比，我得了160分。

  简析：关键词against 与…相比较。

  61.We didn’t plan our art exhibition like that but it worked out very well

  我们原不是那样计划艺术展览的，但出来的结果却很好。

  简析：关键词work out 结果是……

  62. The home improvements have taken what little there is of my spare time .

  房子装修花费我的闲暇时间不多。

  简析：句型结构little of的用法，例We see very little of our children (we do not see them often) now that they are grown up.孩子们已经长大了，所以我们现在很少见到他们。

  63. Having suffered such heavy pollution already, it may now be too late to clean up the river.

  这条河流已经遭受很重的污染，现在要清理为时太晚。

  简析：含too…to…句型及现在分词的完成式。

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

  大多数人相信这些脚印只是普通动物的足迹，这些足迹由于在雪里融化再结冰而变大了。

  简析：关键词nothing more than only。

  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?

  但若他们真的抓住一个“雪人”的话，那么他们可能面临一个现实问题：他们会把它放进动物园，还是在一个旅馆里给它一个房间呢?

  简析：含选择疑问句型。

  66. With production up by 60%, the company has had another excellent year.

  产量增长了60%，公司又经历了一个极好的年头。

  简析：含with构成的介词短语。

  67. The WTO cannot live up to its name if it dose not include a country that is home to one fifth of mankind.

  世贸组织如果没有一个占世界五分之一人口的大国加入的话，那么它就不能名副其实。

  简析：关键词live up to one’s name 名副其实。

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

  重要的是你做这件工作的能力，而不是你来自什么地方，或是你是什么身份。

  简析：强调句型It is +强调部分+that / who+从句。

  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?

  我怎么才能让父亲卸完车上的行李而不向我大喊大叫，在其他女孩子面前出洋相呢?我还要和这些女孩一起度过以后的日子。

  简析：关键词make a scene 大吵大闹，出洋相。

  70.Dad’s face turned decidedly less red before he could bring out a “yes”.

  父亲在说出一声“是”之前,脸终于没有先前那么红了。

  简析：迂回表达，心情如释重负。

  71. Soon I heard a sound like that of a door burst in , and then a climb of feet.

  很快我听到好象是门被撞进的声音，接着是一阵上楼的脚步声。

  简析：that替代前而的sound。

  72. Father took the still smoking pistol from my hand, and fired another shot, which killed the gorilla.

  爸爸从我手里拿起那只仍冒烟的枪，又开了一枪，这才杀死了那只大猩猩。

  简析：关键词fire another shot 又开了一枪。

  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.

  事情发生是这样的,爸爸先把我们送上楼，因为他原以为他能够在那个动物赶到之前(距离20英尺远)将门锁上。

  简析：句型结构It happened that…事情发生是这样的…

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

  当他在镜子前自我欣赏时，他想他当然看上去很适合那个角色。

  简析：关键词all right确实，无疑。

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

  他抱着头，尽力的想台词，但什么也想不起来。

  简析：迂回表达nothing came to his mind=He remembered nothing.