雅思考试必备句型

v. A skyscraper is less the product of architectural virtuosity than of economic necessity.

vi. Science moves forward, they say, not so much through the insight of great man of genius as because of more ordinary things like improved technologies. 5. 同位语句

用同位语改写下面句子。（意思不变）

1. One of the most controversial public school issues is “mainstreaming.” It is the growing practice of integrating physically and mentally handicapped children into regular classes.

2. I don’t expect you simply to agree and do nothing more. I expect you add something that may be a reason for agreeing, another example, or a remark to carry the idea further.

3. Doing part-time jobs can help us to have a better understanding of society. This is another way to get knowledge.

4. Even a brief visit to Greece, which id a modern gateway to the glory of the past, gives you a profound sense of the roots of our civilization.

5. Since she is an excellent, all-around student with a congenial personality, she is a promising candidate for WOW. WOW is an international scholarship program for outstanding women around the world. 6. 后置修饰句

形容词短语可以起到定语从句的作用，但表达更为简洁。

vii. There will be no turning back or hesitation on the road to an America rich in dignity and abundant with opportunity for all our citizens.

viii. National issues grow more complex daily. So, too, does our dependence on higher education for both the skills and the knowledge necessary to our individual success in this new climate.

ix. It takes years of constant academic toil to reach a level of sophistication essential to function effectively in

today’s very complex world.

x. A national economy free of the burden of debt, populated by educated citizens ready to work and to care for their neighbors must be our goal. 7. 插入语

在正常的句子中插入写成份，也会给句子带来一些变化。

xi. He (or she) looks at people in a similar way, for the man an attractive girl – and for the woman an attractive man – are the prizes they are after.

xii. At the end of the nineteenth and the beginning of this century, a man had to be aggressive and ambitious – today he has to be social and tolerant – in order to be attractive “package”.

xiii. Of course the importance of this distinction is popularly, if somewhat obscurely, recognized.

xiv. If one citizen is unwilling to participate, all of us are going to suffer. For the idea, though it is shared by all of us, is realized in each one of us. 8. 被动句

相比较，英语使用被动句的频率远高于汉语，因此作为一种变化的手段，被动句是一个不可以忽视的句型。 xv. However, very little control can be exercised over the media used to generate information that comes to you from the outside.

xvi. Our presence here is recognition that this eternal problem has now taken an unprecedented scale and it can only be dealt with by concreted worldwide action.

xvii. However, there are signs that much more serious efforts may be mustered in the reasonably near future. 9. 倒装句

倒装句一般用于上下句的连贯和句内某些内容的强调，但它同时又不失为句型变化的手段。

xviii. Not since the car radio has a technology so altered the nature of the driving experience as the cellular

telephone.

xix. Rarely can rivals inflict such severe damage. To launch a new consumer product in America can cost $75m-100m; even then, most fail.

xx. From that science will come the realization that despite technology, man does not exercise dominion over nature.

xxi. More perilous still are attempts to milk additional sales from premium brands by taking them downmarket. 10. 破折号句

一般来说，破折号句可以用在句子的任何地方，就如在演说中突然停顿一会儿，往往可以起到强调的作用。 请比较以下两句：

I bought the flower for my best friend, my mother. I bought the flower for my best friend – my mother.

(a) Because of their greater size and weight, men are physically more powerful than women – which is not the same thing as saying that they are stronger.

(b) But, given their advanced industries, their skilled, educated populations, and their vast energy resources, they face potentially very bright future – if they choose the proper policies now.

(c) I suspect that what she hasn’t got the time for is to become completely fluent within one year – and that any lower level of accomplishment would embarrass her. 11. 隐含条件句

隐含条件句是指把原来含有if或when引导的状语从句的句子用一个简单句表示。请比较：

If the passive voice is too frequently used, it will deprive the style of that forward movement which occurs. A too frequent use of the passive voice will deprive the style of that forward movement which occurs.

后者用了简单句，表达简洁多了。

An examination of all the variables in the test concluded that the unusually good results were due to the way he talked to them and the tone, the confidence, the reassurance, and the certainly in his voice.

Even a moment’s reflection will show that the spoken American language is backed by expressive features lacking in the written language.

A closer consideration, however, would indicate that the potentialities of the project as a means of inspiring confidence acquire real importance.

Anyone who has an appreciation for history should be cognizant of the fact that nations and great civilizations were not destroyed from without but from within.

烂词烂句升级替换篇

1. about---- as to; in terms of; concerning

e.g. Nowadays, the discussion as to whether the parents should take the responsibility if their children do something wrong is quite heated.

2. I think/believe---- I am convinced that; I hold that; from my point of view; regard A as B

e.g. Quite a few people regard a stricter punishment as an ideal solution, however, if we view the issue with a deeper insight, we will find it is not the case. 3. increasing/more and more----- rising up

e.g. With the rising up of our living standard, old people are accounting for the ever-greater proportion of the population in the whole society.