2016考研英语：经典长难句训练与解析(18)

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从历年的考研英语真题中我们可以得知，考研英语长难句以各种形式遍布在英语试卷中。很显然，对于很多考生来说，考研英语长难句就像一只拦路虎，让考生望而却步。那么，怎样才能攻克考研英语长难句这只拦路虎呢?要想长难句不再难，方法之一就是在复习的时候，多多练习一些经典的考研英语长难句。俗话说：熟能生巧!一种句型，当你练习了几遍，考试时看到同样的句型，也就知道该如何作答了。为了帮助各位2016考研的同学攻克长难句，作者给大家整理了一些经典的长难句训练题，并附有详细的解析，《2016考研英语:经典长难句训练与解析》希望能帮助大家。

考研英语长难句训练题：

69. In stead, the company has done precisely what ithad long promised it would not: challenge theconstitutionality of Vermont's rules in the federalcourt, as part of a desperate effort to keep itsVermont Yankees nuclear power plant running.

70. A string of accidents, including the partial collapse of a cooling tower in 2007 and thediscovery of an underground pipe system leakage, raised serious questions about bothVermont Yankee's safety and Entergy's management-especially after the company mademisleading statements about the pipe.

71. Now the company is suddenly claiming that the2002 agreement is invalid because of the 2006legislation, and that only the government hasregulatory power over nuclear issues.

72. The legal issues in the case are obscure: whereas the Supreme Court has ruled thatstates do have some regulatory authority over nuclear power, legal scholars say that Vermontcase will offer a precedent-setting test of how far those powers extend.

考研英语长难句解析：

第69题：

【分析】多重复合句。句子主干为 the company hasdone...what...，其中 what 引导宾语从句，该从句中又包含省略了引导词的从句 it would not 作 promised 的宾语，冒号后的内容是对该宾语从句的进一步解释说明。as part of...running 作定语，修饰 challenge the court。

【译文】相反，Entergy公司做了他们一直承诺不会做的事情，在联邦法庭对哦佛蒙特州的法规是否符合宪法提出了质疑，这是该公司为使佛蒙特州扬基核电站得以持续运作铤而走险的做法之一。