GRE填空经典句式练习2

　　6 Internal skill gaps are often self-inflicted wounds, the unintended consequence of promote-from within policies that have been too strictly applied.

　　典型句式：逗号解释结构

　　句子主干： Internal skill gaps are often self-inflicted wounds。

　　翻译：内部技术鸿沟经常是自我折磨的伤口，经常是过分严格实施的内部提拔政策的不经意的后果。

　　7 The line that they walk between persuasion and threat—between legal and illegal—is very fine.

　　典型句式：between A and B

　　句子主干： The line is fine.

　　翻译： 他们在劝说和威胁之间，在合法与违法之间所行走的路线是非常微妙的。

　　8 If it were desired to reduce the surplus a policy that brought about significant real appreciation could achieve it.

　　典型句式：if 条件句暗含因果关系。

　　句子主干： a policy could achieve it.

　　翻译：如果真的愿意把减少贸易顺差作为一项政策，大规模的真正的货币升值政策可以实现这个目标。

　　9 Many had hoped this program would be a silver bullet to the foreclosure problem, but it’s turned out to be a dud.

　　典型句式：but转折结构。

　　句子主干：Many had hoped A, but it’s turned out B.

　　翻译：很多人希望这个计划能够是解决资产抵押问题的良方，但事实证明该计划是个哑弹。

　　10 How can the federal government expect to make any significant headway in reducing the demand for illegal drugs when the drug addiction that kills more U.S. citizens annually than all the illegal drugs combined is legal, socially accepted, and subsidized by federal tax dollars?

　　典型句式： when 引导的状语修饰

　　句子主干： How can the government expect to make any headway?

　　翻译：当一种每年杀死最多的美国人的致瘾药物(它每年所杀死的美国人比所有的非法药物加起来杀死的还要多)是合法的，被社会广泛接受的并且受到联邦税收资助的，联邦政府能期待在减少非法药物的使用方面取得什么重要的进展呢?(该致瘾药物指的是烟草)