阅读是四级英语中重要的得分点和难点，对长难句的分析则决定了对阅读的彻底理解，也是学习语法，积累高级词汇、句型不可或缺的来源。以下新东方网为广大考生整理了一些英语四级阅读试题长难句解析，供广大考生参考。

1. It is, everyone agrees, a huge task that the child performs when he learns to speak, and the fact that he does so in so short a period of time challenges explanation. (1997. 阅读. Text 3)

【译文】儿童学习说话是一项艰巨的任务，这是人们的共识，而儿童何以在如此短暂的时间内完成这一重任则有待解释。

【析句】复合句。句子主干为It is a huge task that the child performs and the fact that...challenges explanation,and连接两个并列句子。前句为it作形式主语，真正的主语是that引导的主语从句，主语从句中又包含主句和when引导时间状语从句;后句主语the fact后that引导同位语从句。

2. Most children will “obey” spoken instructions some time before they can speak, though the word obey is hardly accurate as a description of the eager and delighted cooperation usually shown by the child. (1997. 阅读. Text 3)

【译文】多数儿童在开口说话前会“遵循”说话的方法，尽管“遵循”这个词很难准确地形容儿童通常表现出的迫切和欣喜的配合。

【析句】复合句，主干由主句Most children will "obey" spoken instructions...和though引导的让步状语从句构成。主句中before they can speak作时间状语从句，从句中注意shown by the child是过去分词作定语，相当于that are shown by the child.

3. It is agreed that they enjoy making noises, and that during the first few months one or two noises sort themselves out as particularly indicative of delight, distress, sociability, and so on. (1997. 阅读. Text 3)

【译文】(人们)普遍认为，他们喜欢制造噪音。在他们出生的前几个月里，一两种声音能将他们的高兴、悲伤、友善等独特的表现欲展示出来。

【析句】It作形式主语，真正的主语是that引导的主语从句，也是本句的主干。that they enjoy making noises,and that one or two noises sort themselves out as...两个that主句从句是并列关系，由and连接。