精选优质文档-倾情为你奉上高一英语阅读理解专讲专练含答案及解析八 抓主干,理枝叶长难句增加,是近年高考阅读理解试题不可忽视的现象之一。英语的长句可分为两类:含有数量较多的定语或状语的简单句和含有数量较多的各种从句的并列句或复合句。 阅读长 句的基本方法是抓主干, 理枝叶。抓主干就是抓句子的主体部分, 也就是主语和谓语, 它们 是传达信息的主要载体; 理枝叶就是分析句子的附加部分,不论它们有多长,有多复杂,它 们都是辅助成分,我们只要明确它们与主体的关系就可以了。如:The moon is so far from the earth that even if huge trees were growing on the mountains, and elephants were walking about, we could not see them through the most powerful telescopes which have ever been invented.这个长句的主干就是 The moon is far from the earth,