2017考研英语：夯实基础语法

1, He ate what he paid for. (= He ate the food that he paid for.) 他吃他买的东西。

2, The question is how we can get the loan. (= The question is something.) 问题是如何获得贷款。

3, He told them who he was and what he had done in the past. 他告诉他们曾经的他是一个怎样的人、干过怎样的事。

4, In general, the tests work most effectively when the qualities to be measured can be most precisely defined and least effectively when what is to be measured or predicted can be not well defined. 一般来说，当所需测定的性质能够精确定义时，测试最为有效；而当所需测定或预测的对象不能明确定义时，测试效果最差。

5, The Greeks assumed that the structure of language had some connection with the process of thought, which took root in Europe long before people realized how diverse languages could be. 希腊人认为本语言结构与思维过程之间存在着某种联系，这种观点早在人们意识到语言的千差万别之前就已经在欧洲扎下了根。

6, When the first draft should be finished and how it should be ameliorated are just two of a great number of difficulties that the fledging newspaper reporter encounters. 什么时候该完成初稿，以及该怎样对其进行修改，是这个初出茅庐的新闻记者面临的众多问题中的两个。

7, The most crucial point that you should fully comprehend is what prevents so many Americans from being as happy as one might expect. 关键在于，你应当充分理解是什么使得美国人不能如人们所期望的那样幸福地生活。

8，A Google search can leak between 0.2 and 7.0 grams of CO2, depending on how many attempts are needed to get the “right” answers. 在谷歌上进行一次搜索便会产生0.2到7.0克的二氧化碳，具体数值取决于人们得到“正确”答案所需的查询次数。

Firms are now studying how genes interact, looking for correlation that might be used to determine the causes of disease or predict a drug’s efficacy. 目前企业正在研究基因如何相互作用，以寻找它们之间的关联性，从而用于推断疾病的起因或者预测药效。