这些句子你都会了，阅读理解还会难吗？

分析：本句中，句子主干是The gap-year phenomenon originated（起源） with the months，left over to Oxbridge applicants是过去分词短语作后置定语， between…and…是介词短语作定语，修饰的都是the months。

句意：间隔年现象起源于牛津大学和剑桥大学申请在11月份入学考试至下一学年开始前空出的那几个月时间。

7.（2015全国新课标Ⅱ阅读七选五） No one can say which brand will work best for you or feel best on your feet, so you have to rely on your experience and on the feel of each pair as you shop.

分析：本句是由so连接的两个并列句；which引导的是宾语从句，作say的宾语；as you shop是由as引导的时间状语从句。

句意：没人能说哪个品牌最适合你或你穿哪一双脚最舒服，因此在购买时，你不得不根据你的经验和对每一双鞋的感觉。

8.（2014全国新课标Ⅰ阅读理解A篇） The challenge invites, even dares school students between the ages of 5 and 14 to create artwork or a piece of writing that shows their curiosity and how it inspires them to explore their world.

分析：that引导定语从句，在定语从句中，their curiosity和how引导的从句并列作show的宾语。

句意：这个挑战赛邀请，甚至挑战5到14岁的在校生创作艺术品或写一篇文章，来展示他们的好奇心，并告诉我们它如何激发他们去探索自我世界。

9.（2014全国新课标Ⅰ阅读理解B篇） It was calculated that when its population reached its highest point, there were more than 3 billion passenger pigeons – a number equal to 24 to 40 percent of the total bird population in the United States, making it perhaps the most abundant birds in the world.

分析：本句在“It be+过去分词+that从句”结构；从句中含有when引导的时间状语从句；3 billion passenger pigeons和 a number equal…是同位关系。此外，还有一个现在分词短语“making…”作结果状语。

句意：据统计，当旅鸽数量达到最多时，曾超过了30亿只，这个数量相当于美国鸟类总数的24%-40%，使旅鸽成为世界上数量最为庞大的鸟类。

10.（2014全国新课标Ⅰ阅读理解C篇） This upsets me to no end because while all the experts are busy debating about which option is best , the people who want to improve their lives are left confused by all of the conflicting information .

分析：本句中because引导的是原因状语从句，从句中while引导的是时间状语从句；此外，which引导宾语从句，作about的宾语；who引导宾语从句，修饰先行词people。

句意：这让我陷入无休无止的烦恼之中，因为当所有的专家们都在忙着辩论哪个选择最好时，那些想改善自己生活的人们却被所有这些矛盾的信息弄得困惑不堪。

11.（2014全国新课标Ⅰ阅读七选五） By helping them develop classic skills that will serve them well no matterwhat the future holds.

分析：that引导的是定语从句，修饰先行词skills；从句中还含有一个no matter what引导的状语从句。

句意：不管未来如何变化，帮助他们开发经典的技能会对他们大有帮助的。

12.（2014全国新课标Ⅱ阅读理解A篇） He reported the case to the police and then sat there, lost and lonely in a strange city, thinking of the terrible troubles of getting all the paperwork organized again from a distant country while trying to settle down in a new one.

分析：句子的主干是He reported the case to the police and then sat there，lost and lonely in strange city在此处为形容词短语，作补语，用来补充形容主语he当时的心情。thinking of…为现在分词短语作状语，在现在分词短语中，organized为过去分词作get的宾补，from a distant country为介词短语作状语。此外，while trying to settle down in a new one为时间状语。

句意：他向警方报了案，然后失落孤独地坐在一个陌生的城市里，想着要在一个遥远的国家把所有的材料重新整理是多么的麻烦，而同时他还要试着在一个新的国家安顿下来。