Hello，亲爱的小伙伴们，到了七月中旬了，相信大家现在都进入了强化阶段的学习，而最重要的就是阅读，那在大家学习阅读解题技巧的同时，老师这里给大家对我们考研英语真题中的长难句进行一下分析。

1. To find out if this extends to non-living beings, Laleh Quinn at the University of California, San Diego, and her colleagues tested whether rats can detect social signals from robotic rats.

句子主干：Laleh Quinn and her colleagues tested。（主语+谓语）

修饰成分：To do不定式作目的状语：To find out if this extends to non-living beings；at the University of California, San Diego作后置定语；whether引导宾语从句：whether rats can detect social signals from robotic rats.

翻译：为了探究这是否包括非生物，加利福尼亚大学圣地亚哥分校的拉雷·奎因及其同事测试了老鼠是否可以察觉机器鼠发出的社交信号。

2. The robot rats were quite minimalist, resembling a chunkier version of a computer mouse with wheels to move around and colourful markings.

句子主干：The robot rats were quite minimalist。

修饰成分：现在分词短语作定语，修饰The robot rats：resembling a chunkier version of a computer mouse；with短语作后置定语，修饰a chunkier version of a computer mouse：with wheels to move around and colourful markings.

翻译：这些机器鼠设计得非常简单，看起来像是一种更笨重的电脑鼠标，带有可移动的轮子和彩色条纹。

3. This could lead to the rats better remembering having freed it earlier, and wanting the robot to return the favour when they get trapped, says Quinn.

句子主干： says Quinn。（倒装）

修饰成分：This could lead to the rats better remembering having freed it earlier, and wanting the robot to return the favour是宾语从句；and并列remembering和wanting，作the rats的宾补；when引导的是时间状语从句：when they get trapped。

翻译：奎因说，这使得活老鼠更好的记住自己早先解救过社交机器鼠，而且他们希望在自己被困时社交机器鼠会投桃报李，采取相同的行动。

4. “We’d assumed we’d have to give it a moving head and tail, facial features, and put a scent on it to make it smell like a real rat, but that wasn’t necessary,” says Janet Wiles at the University of Queensland in Australia, who helped with the research.

句子主干：says Janet Wiles。

句子解析：宾语从句：We’d assumed we’d have to give it a moving head and tail, facial features, and put a scent on it to make it smell like a real rat, but that wasn’t necessary；and并列的是give短语和put短语；at the University of Queensland in Australia作后置定语；who helped with the research是定语从句，修饰Janet Wiles。

翻译：澳大利亚昆士兰大学的珍妮特·怀尔斯协助了这项实验，她谈到：“我们起初以为需要给机器数安装一个会动的头和尾巴，赋予鼠的面部特征，并涂上气味，使它闻起来像只真正的老鼠，但这委实没有必要。”

    以上就是我们2020考研英语二第一篇阅读中长难句的分析，我们下期见哦。