2011年大学英语四级考试基础阅读综合辅导_第2页

　　3. 复合句

　　（1） 名词性从句

　　主语从句及it形式主语

　　eg. So where we hear this debate is primarily in political circles and in the media-not in corporate board rooms or on college campuses.

　　What the doctor at Beth Israel has in the primary nurse is a true colleague.

　　But it used also to be widely believed that effective rewards， at least in the early stages， had to be directly related to such basic physiological “drives” as thirst or hunger.

　　宾语从句及it形式宾语

　　eg. We simply do not know yet how men are going to get on when they spend weeks and months outside the protection of the atmosphere， working in a space laboratory.

　　I think it certain that in decades， not centuries， machines of silicon will arise first to rival and then exceed their human ancestors.

　　表语从句

　　eg. The time of day when you feel most energetic is when your cycle of body temperature is at its peak.

　　The first time that the question “What is at the bottom of the oceans？” had to be answered with any commercial consequence was when the laying of a telegraph cable from Europe to America was proposed.

　　同位语从句

　　eg. At the early attempts， the cable failed and when it was taken out for repairs it was found to be covered in living growths， a fact which defied contemporary scientific opinion that there was no life in the deeper parts of the sea.

　　The way people hold to the belief that a fun-filled， pain free life equals happiness actually reduces their chances of ever attaining real happiness.

　　（2） 定语从句

　　that引导

　　eg. People will be alert and receptive if they are faced with information that gets them to think about things they are interested in.

　　If teacher and learner roles are not interchangeable， what then can be done through teaching that will aid the child in the quest for knowledge？