大學英語四級100條閱讀難句-sentence 6
　　There was a time in my life when people asked constantly for stories about what it's like to work in a field dominated by men. (07.6 Passage 1)
　　主干：There was a time
　　本句是個存在句，主語a time由when引導的定語從句修飾。“about+what”引導的賓語從句構成介詞短語，作stories的后置定語在該賓語從句中，it是形式主語，后面的不定式短語to work...是真正的主語。dominated...作a field的后置定語。
　　譯文：我生活中有那么一段時間人們老是問我，供職于一個男性占主導地位的領域感覺如何。

大學英語四級100條閱讀難句-sentence 7
　　The practice that can help you past your learned bad habits of trying to edit as you write is what Elbow calls "free writing." (07.6 Passage 2)
　　主干：The practice...is what...
　　定語從句that can...修飾主語The practice,從句中的介詞短語 past your...habits作賓語you的補語，as you write引導的時間狀語從句修飾trying to edite。what引導的表語從句中用了“call+賓語+補語”的結構，what是賓語，free writing是補語。
　　譯文：這種可以幫助你克服在寫作的同時就試圖編輯的壞習慣的做法便是Elbow所稱作的“自由式”寫作。

大學英語四級100條閱讀難句-sentence 8
　　As we have seen, the focus of medical care in our society has been shifting from curing disease to preventing disease-especially in terms of changing our many unhealthy behaviors, such as poor eating habits, smoking, and failure to exercise. (06.12 Passage 2)
　　主干：the focus has been shifting
　　1. 句首As引導非限制性定語從句，As指代主句所說的內容，在從句中作seen的賓語。
　　2. 主句中破折號后的內容是短語介詞in terms of引導的介詞短語作狀語，表示“從......方面來說”，changing與前面的shifting構成語義再現。
　　譯文：正如我們所看到的一樣，我們社會醫療的重心正在從治療疾病轉到預防疾病上來---特別是要改變我們許多不健康的行為，比如說不良的飲食習慣、抽煙、忽視鍛煉。