2017年6月大学英语四级阅读理解常用句型

　　下面我们列出在历年真题中常见的重点句型、例句，供大家参考。

　　1. It is+形容词+that

　　例如：It is essential/ important/ necessary that we should learn English well.

　　2. It is+形容词+to do/ doing

　　例如：It is difficult/ essential to learn a second language.

　　3. 祈使句/名词+and/ or

　　例如：Work hard, and you will finally be able to accomplish your goal.

　　4. as+many/ much+名词+as

　　例如：It is said that visitors spend only half as much money in a day in Leeds as in London.

　　5. 倍数词+as+形容词+as

　　例如：The reservoir is three times as big as it was ten years ago.

　　6. 倍数词+ more +名词/形容词+than

　　例如：Smoking kills seven times more people each year than automobile accidents.

　　7.(not)as/ so... as...: 和……一样/不一样

　　例如：The environmental problems are not as serious as they suggested in their report.

　　8. no more... than...: 与……一样不……

　　例如：She is no more fit to be a lawyer than a teacher.

　　9. Nothing is more... than...: 没有比……更……的;……是最……的 例如：Nothing is more important than to receive education.

　　10. 感官动词+of+名词

　　例如：They hurriedly escaped into a cave that smelt of terror.

　　11. without/ not so much as...: 甚至没有……

　　例如：Disappointed with her husband，Mary left home without so much as looking back at him.

　　12. may/ might as well…as...: 与其……还不如……

　　例如：One may as well not know a thing at all as know but imperfectly.

　　13. too... to...: 太……而不能……

　　例如：She is too young to handle the problem on her own.

　　14. only to find/ see: 结果却

　　例如：He got to the airport at 7 pm, only to find the plane had already taken off. 15. It is undoubted that/ There is no doubt that...: 毫无疑问，……

　　例如：There is no doubt that people’s living standards have greatly improved in recently years.

　　16. rather than...: 而不是……

　　例如：Amid the atmosphere of Thanksgiving Day, rather than celebrating the holiday with his friends,

　　John was absorbed in the diary his father left to him.

　　17. not... until...: 直到……才……

　　例如：We can’t realize the value of freedom until we lose it.

　　18. so/ such…that...: 如此……以至于……

　　例如：With the rumor spreading fast, they became so anxious that they could not sleep.

　　19. (The) chances are that...: 很可能……

　　例如：Chances of her recovery from illness are ten to one.