六级We have the ability to connect seemingly different threads to solve problems we've never seen before.

我们有能力连接看似不同的线程来解决我们从未见过的问题。

2018年12月六级真题（第二套）听力 Section C

考研Big retailers must understand these differences before they can identify the segments of European wholesaling in which their particular abilities might unseat smaller but entrenched competitors.

大型零售商必须了解这些差异，才能确定欧洲批发市场的哪些细分市场，在这些细分市场中，他们的特殊能力可能会击败规模较小但根深蒂固的竞争对手。

2010年考研阅读原文

六级And to get at the contents of a single iPhone, the government says it needs a court order and Apple's help to write new code; in earlier versions of the iPhone, ones that were created before Apple found religion on 热衷于 privacy, the Fbi might have been abl

政府表示，要获取一部iPhone的内容，需要法庭命令和苹果的帮助来编写新代码；在iPhone的早期版本中，这些版本是在苹果出现宗教信仰之前创建的热衷于 隐私，Fbi可能是abl

2017年12月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section B

高考According to Anderson, before 1970, Americans had little idea about environmental problems.

安德森说，在1970年之前，美国人对环境问题几乎一无所知。

2014年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 阅读B 题设

高考But he did not know about brushes before a visitor told him he needed one.

但在一位访客告诉他他需要刷子之前，他并不知道刷子。

2017年高考英语浙江卷（6月） 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

六级The 83% of American employees who are stressed about their jobs – up from 73% just a year before – say that poor compensation and an unreasonable workload are their number-one sources of stress.

83%的美国员工对工作感到压力——比一年前的73%有所上升——他们说，低薪酬和不合理的工作量是他们的头号压力源。

2016年12月阅读原文

考研As Nature has pointed out before, there are some legitimate concerns about how science prizes—both new and old—are distributed.

正如《自然》杂志此前指出的那样，人们对新旧科学奖的分配方式存在一些合理的担忧。

2014年考研阅读原文

考研Asked about his choice of career, he says at high school he considered medical school before switching to electrical engineering.

当被问及职业选择时，他说，在高中时，他考虑过医学院，然后转为电气工程专业。

2017年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

六级Just like drones before them, miniature satellites are beginning to fundamentally transform our conceptions of who gets to do what up above our heads.

就像前面的无人驾驶飞机一样，微型卫星正开始从根本上改变我们的观念，即谁能在我们头顶上做什么。

2019年6月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section B

六级Most of them had never been abroad before.

他们大多数人以前从未出过国。

2016年12月六级真题（第一套）听力 Section A

考研Beethoven’s habit of increasing the volume with an extreme intensity and then abruptly following it with a sudden soft passage was only rarely used by composers before him.

贝多芬的习惯是以极大的力度增加音量，然后突然用一段突然柔和的乐段，在他之前的作曲家很少使用这种习惯。

2014年考研翻译原文

六级In America, white tailed deer are more numerous than ever before, so abundant in fact that they've become a suburban nuisance and a health hazard.

在美国，白尾鹿的数量比以往任何时候都要多，数量如此之多，以至于它们已经成为郊区的一种公害和健康隐患。

2013年12月听力原文

四级Before you brush this argument aside as rubbish, or think of joy as an unaffordable luxury in a nation where there is awful poverty, low academic achievement, and high dropout rates, think again.

在你把这个论点当作垃圾而不予理睬之前，或者在一个极度贫困、学业成绩低、辍学率高的国家，把快乐当作一种负担不起的奢侈品之前，请三思。

2015年12月阅读原文

六级Kids who are the first in their families to brave the world of higher education came on campus with little academic know- how and are much more likely than their peers to drop out before graduation.

在他们的家庭中，第一个勇敢面对高等教育世界的孩子来到校园时，几乎没有什么学术知识，比同龄人更有可能在毕业前辍学。

2015年12月阅读原文

六级kids who are the first in their families to brave the world of higher education came on campus with little academic know-how and are much more likely than their peers to drop out before graduation.

在他们的家庭中，第一个勇敢面对高等教育世界的孩子来到校园时，几乎没有什么学术知识，比同龄人更有可能在毕业前辍学。

2015年12月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section B

六级As a recent report from the National Academy of Sciences highlights, these satellites hold tremendous potential for making satellite-based science more accessible than ever before.

美国国家科学院（National Academy of Sciences）最近的一份报告强调，这些卫星在使基于卫星的科学比以往任何时候都更容易获取方面具有巨大潜力。

2019年6月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section B

六级Once armed with a method for gaining access to iPhones, the government could ask to use it proactively, before a suspected terrorist attack—leaving Apple in a bind as to whether to comply or risk an attack and suffer a public-relations nightmare.

一旦掌握了获取iPhone的方法，政府就可以要求主动使用它，以免一场可疑的恐怖袭击让苹果陷入到底是遵守还是冒着被袭击的风险的困境，并遭受一场公关噩梦。

2017年12月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section B

考研More than half of all British scientific research is now published under open access terms: either freely available from the moment of publication, or paywalled for a year or more so that the publishers can make a profit before being placed on general rel

现在，英国一半以上的科研成果都是以开放获取的方式发表的：要么从发表之日起免费提供，要么支付一年或更长时间的费用，以便出版商在进入general rel之前获利

2020年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

六级On top of the tragic loss of life, the accident in California will cast a long shadow over the future of space tourism, even before it has properly begun.

除了悲惨的生命损失外，加利福尼亚州的事故甚至在太空旅游还没有正式开始之前就给太空旅游的未来蒙上了一层阴影。

2015年12月阅读原文

六级In one study, researchers interview 955 people involved in traffic accidents, the majority of them reported having daydream just before the accident.

在一项研究中，研究人员采访了955名涉及交通事故的人，其中大多数人在事故发生前做了白日梦。

2019年12月六级真题（第一套）听力 Section B

考研Third, the use of paper checks gives consumers several days of "float" — it takes several days before a check is cashed and funds are withdrawn from the issuer's account, which means that the writer of the check can earn interest on the funds in the meant

第三，纸质支票的使用给了消费者几天的“浮动”——支票兑现和从发行人账户中提取资金需要几天的时间，这意味着支票的开证人可以从银行的资金中赚取利息

2013年考研真题（英语二）完形填空 Section Ⅰ

六级Since there were few museums anywhere in Europe before the close of the eighteenth century, Grand Tourists often saw paintings and sculptures by gaining admission to private collections, and many were eager to acquire examples of Greco-Roman and Italian art for their own collections.

因为在十八世纪末之前，欧洲几乎没有博物馆，所以大游客经常通过私人收藏来观看绘画和雕塑，许多人渴望为自己的收藏获得希腊罗马和意大利艺术的实例。

2017年6月阅读原文

六级since there were few museums anywhere in Europe before the close of the eighteenth century, Grand Tourists often saw paintings and sculptures by gaining admission to private collections, and many were eager to acquire examples of Greco- Roman and Italian

因为在十八世纪末之前，欧洲几乎没有博物馆，所以大游客经常通过私人收藏的方式观看绘画和雕塑，许多人渴望获得希腊罗马和意大利的范例

2017年6月六级真题（第二套）阅读 Section C

考研Then there's the fact that large American companies are much more globalized than ever before, with supply chains spread across a larger number of countries.

还有一个事实是，美国大公司比以往任何时候都更加全球化，供应链遍布更多的国家。

2020年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

高考Think twice before we act.

行动前要三思。

2015年高考英语福建卷 阅读理解 阅读D 选项

四级In mixed schools boys feel compelled to act like men before they understand themselves well enough to know what that means, " the study reported

研究报告说：“在男女混合学校，男孩们在充分了解自己、了解这意味着什么之前，会被迫表现得像男人一样。”

2011年12月阅读原文

六级Parents, teachers, even the kids themselves, scored the youngsters on measures like acting before thinking and persistence in reaching goals.

家长、老师，甚至孩子们自己，都会在一些方面给孩子们打分，比如先行动后思考和坚持达成目标。

2016年6月听力原文

四级Do sufficient testing before taking action.

在采取行动之前进行充分的测试。

2016年6月阅读原文

高考An active reader looks at each part of the graph before trying to interpret the data.

活动阅读器在试图解释数据之前会查看图表的每个部分。

2015年高考英语浙江卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

六级Scholars warn that Antarctica's political drift could blur the distinction between military and civilian activities long before the continent's treaties come up for renegotiation, especially in parts of Antarctica that are ideal for intercepting ( ' , 拦截) signals from satellites or retasking satellite systems, potentially enhancing global electronic intelligence operations.

学者警告说，南极洲的政治漂移可能会在该大陆条约重新谈判之前很久就模糊军事和民事活动之间的区别，特别是在南极洲最适合拦截的地区（“，拦截) 来自卫星的信号或重新屏蔽卫星系统，有可能加强全球电子情报行动。

2016年12月阅读原文

四级People in both groups used nicotine ( ' , 尼古丁) patches before they quit, in addition to a second form of nicotine replacement, like gum or spray.

两组人都使用尼古丁（“，尼古丁) 戒烟前，除了第二种形式的尼古丁替代品，如口香糖或喷雾剂外，还要使用贴片。

2017年6月阅读原文

四级People in both groups used nicotine patches before they quit, in addition to a second form of nicotine replacement,like gum or spray.

这两组人在戒烟前都使用尼古丁贴片，此外还有第二种尼古丁替代品，如口香糖或喷雾剂。

2017年6月四级真题（第三套）阅读 Section C

四级They hope to return to the site with geologists for an additional search as there could before fossils near the site.

他们希望和地质学家一起回到现场进行额外的搜索，因为在现场附近有化石之前可能会有更多的搜索。

2019年12月四级真题（第二套）听力 Section C

六级Just one week after Obama was elected president, participants were less ready to support policies designed to address racial inequality than they had been two weeks before the election.

就在奥巴马当选总统一周后，与选举前两周相比，参与者对支持旨在解决种族不平等问题的政策的准备程度有所下降。

2010年6月阅读原文

四级The airlander will need to have 200 hours' flying time before being allowed to fly by the aviation administration.

航空公司需要有200小时的飞行时间才能被航空管理局允许飞行。

2018年6月四级真题（第二套）听力 Section A

六级L) The college admission essay contains the grandest American themes―status anxiety, parental piety (孝顺), intellectual standards—and so it is only a matter of time before it becomes infected by the country's culture of excessive concern with self-esteem.

五十） 大学入学论文包含了美国最宏大的主题——地位焦虑、父母的虔诚(孝顺), 因此，它被过度关注自尊的国家文化所感染只是时间问题。

2013年12月阅读原文

高考Changing levels of body chemicals called hormones not only make teenagers' bodies develop adult characteristics, but also make it hard for teenagers to fall asleep before 11 pm.

一种叫做激素的身体化学物质水平的变化不仅使青少年的身体形成成人特征，而且使青少年在晚上11点之前难以入睡。

2017年高考英语浙江卷（6月） 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

高考As recently reported in The Auk: ornithological advances, some mother birds may teach their young to sing even before they hatch?

正如最近在《海雀：鸟类学的进步》杂志上报道的那样，一些母鸟甚至在孵化之前就可以教它们的幼鸟唱歌？

2017年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

高考And, before I finish, let me just give you some advice which should make your stay more enjoyable.

在我结束之前，让我给你一些建议，让你在这里过得更愉快。

2016年高考英语四川卷 听力 原文

考研This advice is more relevant now than ever before, even as more parents want to embrace the ideas of their children, despite the current housing crunch.

这一建议现在比以往任何时候都更具相关性，即使在目前住房紧张的情况下，更多的家长希望接受孩子的想法。

2019年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

六级To advise couples to think twice before having children.

建议夫妇在生孩子前三思而后行。

2013年12月阅读原文

高考First they collected sound data from 67 nests in four sites in queensland before and after hatching.

首先，他们从昆士兰四个地点的67个巢穴中收集孵化前后的声音数据。

2017年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

高考I go back years ago, when we lived in a three-room house, when we got up before daylight and worked till after dark to make ends meet.

我回到几年前，那时我们住在一间三居室的房子里，我们在天亮之前起床，一直工作到天黑，以维持收支平衡。

2015年高考英语天津卷 阅读表达 原文

高考I learned that Freddy did several jobs after his graduation from high school and remained the same caring person I met forty years before.

我得知弗雷迪高中毕业后做了几份工作，仍然是我四十年前遇到的那个体贴的人。

2017年高考英语全国卷2 完形填空 原文

高考Nothing like this had ever been done before, and day after day I kept coming up with solutions, but none of them worked.

以前从来没有做过这样的事情，我日复一日地提出解决方案，但没有一个奏效。

2016年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

高考One day soon after school had started, I said to them, " now I'm going to say something about reading that you have probably never heard a teacher say before.

开学后不久的一天，我对他们说：“现在我要说一些你可能从未听过老师说过的关于阅读的事情。

2015年高考英语浙江卷 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

四级They also had talk therapy with a nurse before and after quit day.

在戒烟日前后，他们还与一名护士进行了谈话治疗。

2017年6月阅读原文

考研Besides the ninety or so learned ministers who came to Massachusetts church in the decade after 1629,There were political leaders like John Winthrop, an educated gentleman, lawyer, and official of the Crown before he journeyed to Boston.

1629年后的十年里，除了来到马萨诸塞州教堂的90多位博学的牧师外，还有像约翰·温斯洛普这样的政治领袖，他是一位受过教育的绅士、律师，也是波士顿前的官方官员。

2009年考研阅读原文

考研After all, it was rumored that smoking caused cancer for years before the evidence was found to prove a connection.

毕竟，在证据被发现之前，吸烟导致癌症的传闻已经持续多年。

2020年考研真题（英语一）完形填空 Section Ⅰ

考研Besides the ninety or so learned ministers who came to Massachusetts church in the decade after 1629, there were political leaders like John Winthrop, an educated gentleman, lawyer, and official of the Crown before he journeyed to Boston.

1629年后的十年里，除了来到马萨诸塞州教堂的90多位博学的牧师外，还有像约翰·温斯洛普这样的政治领袖，他是一位受过教育的绅士、律师，也是波士顿前的官方官员。

2009年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

六级But less than a month before hand, inspectors found significant problems with the fire safety system and push the opening back again to 2013.

但不到一个月前，检查员发现消防安全系统存在重大问题，并将开放时间再次推回到2013年。

2019年12月六级真题（第二套）听力 Section C

六级And even before then, scholars warn, the demand for resources in an energy-hungry world could raise pressure to renegotiate Antarctica's treaties, possibly allowing more commercial endeavours here well before the prohibitions against them expire.

学者们警告说，甚至在那之前，能源匮乏的世界对资源的需求可能会增加重新谈判南极洲条约的压力，可能在禁令到期之前允许更多的商业活动。

2016年12月阅读原文

高考One is that these instincts appear at a very young age before most parents have started to train children to behave socially.

一是这些本能在很小的时候就出现了，在大多数父母开始训练孩子学会社交之前。

2016年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

高考The baseline here is average global temperature before the start of the industrial age.

这里的基准是工业时代开始前的全球平均温度。

2016年高考英语上海卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

四级This turn of events is fueled primarily by the dramatic drop in the share of young Americans who are choosing to settle down romantically before age 35.

这一转变的主要原因是选择在35岁之前浪漫定居的美国年轻人比例急剧下降。

2019年6月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section B

四级This turn of events is fueled primarily by the dramatic drop in the share of young Americans who are choosing to settle down romantically before age.

这一事件的转变主要是由于选择在成年前浪漫定居的美国年轻人比例急剧下降。

2019年6月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section B

六级You will face problems in the aging of the population that have never been faced before.

你们将面临前所未有的人口老龄化问题。

2017年6月听力原文

六级But telling them that eating lots of high-fiber foods could reduce the risk of breast cancer before middle age, that's a powerful message.

但是告诉他们吃大量高纤维食物可以降低中年前患乳腺癌的风险，这是一个强有力的信息。

2017年6月六级真题（第二套）听力 Section B

六级Funding agencies note that data paid for with public money should be public information, and the scientific community is recognizing that data can now be shared digitally in ways that were not possible before.

资助机构指出，用公共资金支付的数据应该是公共信息，科学界正在认识到，现在可以以以前不可能的方式以数字方式共享数据。

2017年6月阅读原文

考研Involuntary part-time employment is still far higher than before the recession, but it is down by 640,000from its year ago level.

非自愿兼职人数仍远高于衰退前，但比去年同期减少了64万人。

2015年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

六级When we're too collaborative, we want everyone to agree with a decision before we proceed.

当我们过于合作时，我们希望每个人在继续之前都同意一个决定。

2019年12月六级真题（第一套）听力 Section C

四级Houses built before 1939 use about 50% more energy per square foot than those built after 2000, mainly due to the tiny cracks and gaps that expand over time and let in more outside air.

1939年以前建造的房屋每平方英尺能耗比2000年以后建造的房屋每平方英尺能耗高出50%，这主要是因为随着时间的推移，微小的裂缝和缝隙会扩大，让更多的外部空气进入。

2010年6月阅读原文

六级As stories go through the chains of people, they are refined, corrected and sorted out until they come finally to me and I have a chance to read through most stories before I go on the air.

随着故事在人们的链条中穿行，它们被提炼、修正和整理，直到它们最终来到我的面前，我有机会在播出之前通读大部分故事。

2015年12月六级真题（第一套）听力 Section A

六级without those masses of cooling sea ice, warm air brought to the Arctic can penetrate further inland than it ever did before.

如果没有这些大量的冷却海冰，进入北极的暖空气可以比以往更深入内陆。

2018年12月六级真题（第二套）听力 Section B

高考All bookings made before 12 September will receive free travel insurance for.

所有在9月12日前预订的酒店将获得免费的旅游保险。

2015年高考英语福建卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

高考Before he knew it, Nicholas was lost, all alone! he didn't have food, water, a phone, or other supplies.

在他意识到这一点之前，尼古拉斯一个人迷路了！他没有食物、水、电话或其他用品。

2015年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

高考Betty Byrnes remembered when her mother did not have time to wash all the dishes before an inspection.

贝蒂·伯恩斯记得她母亲在检查前没有时间洗所有的盘子。

2015年高考英语湖南卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

高考But before I go, I'd like to invite you out for dinner — just to thank you for all the help you gave me during my three-month research work here.

但在我离开之前，我想邀请你出去吃晚饭——只是为了感谢你在我三个月的研究工作中给予我的帮助。

2017年高考英语全国卷2 听力 原文

六级Upon reflection, however, it is equally easy to feel like you have seen it all before.

然而，经过深思熟虑，你也很容易感觉到你以前已经看到了这一切。

2016年12月阅读原文

考研Not surprisingly, up to half of all doctoral students in English drop out before getting their degrees.

毫不奇怪，多达一半的英语博士生在拿到学位之前就辍学了。

2011年考研阅读原文

考研Bush all had offices in this building before becoming president.

布什在成为总统之前都在这座大楼里有办公室。

2018年考研阅读原文

考研"Carry a book with you at all times" can actually work, too-providing you dip in often enough, so that reading becomes the default state from which you temporarily surface to take care of business, before dropping back down.

“随身携带一本书”实际上也能起作用，只要你能经常涉猎，那么阅读就成了你暂时浮出水面处理事务的默认状态，然后再放下。

2016年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

考研Children were not colour-coded at all until the early 20th century: in the era before domestic washing machines all babies wore white as a practical matter, since the only way of getting clothes clean was to boil them.

直到20世纪初，孩子们才开始使用颜色编码：在家用洗衣机出现之前的时代，所有的婴儿都穿白色衣服，因为洗干净衣服的唯一方法就是煮衣服。

2012年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

四级Her household bills piled up, along with the dishes and dirty laundry, but it took near-constant complaints from her four daughters before she realized she had a problem.

她的家庭账单、碗碟和脏衣服都堆积如山，但在她意识到自己有问题之前，她的四个女儿几乎一直在抱怨。

2010年6月阅读原文

高考According to the passage, children's fear and dislike of books may result from being made to read aloud before others.

根据这篇文章，孩子们对书的恐惧和厌恶可能是因为他们被要求在别人面前大声朗读。

2015年高考英语浙江卷 阅读理解 阅读A 题设

高考When children are little we make them read aloud, before the teacher and other children, so that we can be sure they "know" all the words they are reading.

当孩子们小的时候，我们让他们在老师和其他孩子面前大声朗读，这样我们就可以确保他们“知道”他们正在读的所有单词。

2015年高考英语浙江卷 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

六级The US has already lost more than a third of the native languages that existed before European colonisation, and the remaining 192 are classed by UNESCO as ranging between unsafe and extinct.

美国已经失去了欧洲殖民前三分之一以上的本土语言，其余192种被联合国教科文组织归类为不安全语言和灭绝语言。

2016年6月听力原文

六级If the employees were already aware of their deficiencies before the evaluation period, however, they may be unable or unwilling to correct them.

但是，如果员工在评估期之前已经意识到自己的缺陷，他们可能无法或不愿意纠正这些缺陷。

2013年12月阅读原文

高考Also, sometimes pre-anger does not have to do with a lasting condition, but rather a temporary state before a triggering event has occurred.

此外，有时愤怒前状态与持续状态无关，而是在触发事件发生之前的一种暂时状态。

2018年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 七选五 原文

高考Milk is also sugar-free and additive-free with nutritionists recommending skimmed milk as the best choice before bed as it is the least fattening.

牛奶也不含糖和添加剂，营养学家建议睡觉前最好选择脱脂牛奶，因为它最不容易使人发胖。

2016年高考英语四川卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

四级Also, if we both sign up before Friday, we can get a discount on a six-month membership.

另外，如果我们都在周五之前签约，我们可以获得六个月会员的折扣。

2018年6月四级真题（第一套）听力 Section B

四级Forgetting how to operate a familiar object like a microwave oven, or forgetting how to drive to the house of a friend you've visited many times before can also be signs of something going wrong.

忘记如何操作一个熟悉的物体，比如微波炉，或者忘记如何开车去一个你已经去过很多次的朋友家，也可能是出了问题的迹象。

2018年6月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section C

考研The theory also seems to explain the sudden and unexpected popularity of people was wearing, promoting or developing whatever it is before anyone else paid attention.

这一理论似乎也解释了人们在其他人注意之前穿着、推销或开发任何东西的突然和出乎意料的流行。

2010年考研阅读原文

考研Students also benefit from learning something about coding before they get to college, where introductory computer-science classes are packed to the brim, which can drive the less-experienced or-determined students away.

学生们还受益于在上大学之前学习一些有关编码的知识，在大学里，计算机科学入门课程排得满满当当，这可能会赶走经验不足或意志薄弱的学生。

2016年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

考研Although more than half of Harvard undergraduates end up in law, medicine or business, future doctors and lawyers must study a non- specialist liberal-arts degree before embarking on a professional qualification.

尽管超过一半的哈佛大学本科生最终都在法律、医学或商业领域，但未来的医生和律师必须先攻读非专业文科学位，然后才能获得专业资格。

2011年考研阅读原文

六级You body needs to get used to a high altitude before you climb to an even higher one.

在你爬到更高的高度之前，你的身体需要适应一个更高的高度。

2012年12月听力原文

高考As always, you should stretch at least ten minutes before each run to prevent injuries.

和往常一样，你应该在每次跑步前至少伸展10分钟，以防受伤。

2015年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 七选五 原文

六级So if you are a student who always reviews over black coffee, perhaps it would be sensible to prime yourself with a cup before the exam.

因此，如果你是一个经常边喝黑咖啡边复习的学生，也许在考试前喝杯咖啡是明智的。

2017年6月六级真题（第一套）听力 Section C

六级As an organization of volunteers, AMSAT was putting "amateur" satellites in orbit decades before the current Cube Sat craze.

作为一个由志愿者组成的组织，AMSAT在当前立方体卫星热出现前几十年就将“业余”卫星送入轨道。

2019年6月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section B

四级Before Allred knew it, New Mexico State police officers were among the many stopping by,helping them reach a total of $568.

在Allred意识到这一点之前，新墨西哥州警察就在众多路过的警察中，帮助他们达到了568美元的总收入。

2017年12月四级真题（第二套）听力 Section A

高考The structures of musical pieces are now open to experimental analysis as never before.

音乐作品的结构现在可以进行前所未有的实验分析。

2015年高考英语重庆卷 阅读理解 阅读E 原文

考研Before each of their revelations, many thinkers at the time had sustained more ancient ways of thinking, including the geocentric view that the Earth was at the centre of our universe.

在他们的每一次揭露之前，当时的许多思想家都坚持了更古老的思维方式，包括地球是我们宇宙中心的地心说。

2020年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

高考A month before my first marathon, one of my ankles was injured and this meant not running for two weeks, leaving me only two weeks to train.

在我第一次参加马拉松比赛的前一个月，我的一只脚踝受伤了，这意味着我要两周不跑步，只剩下两周的训练时间。

2018年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

四级Instead of giving people practice, the gradual reduction likely gave them cravings ( ' , 瘾) and withdrawal symptoms before they even reached quit day, which could be why fewer people in that group actually made it to that point.

而不是让人们练习，逐渐减少可能会给他们带来渴望（'，瘾) 甚至在戒烟日之前就出现了戒断症状，这可能就是为什么这组人中很少有人真正做到这一点的原因。

2017年6月阅读原文

四级And the quit rates were particularly convincing given that before the study started, most of the people had said they'd rather cut down gradually before quitting.

考虑到在研究开始之前，大多数人都说他们宁愿在戒烟之前逐渐减少吸烟量，因此戒烟率尤其令人信服。

2017年6月阅读原文

六级The lives of children from rich and poor American families look more different than ever before.

美国贫富家庭的孩子们的生活看起来比以往任何时候都不同。

2017年6月阅读原文

考研Journalistic tastes had changed long before his death, and postmodern reader shave little use for the richly upholstered Vicwardian prose in which he specialized.

早在他去世之前，新闻品味就已经发生了变化，后现代主义读者对他所擅长的、装潢华丽的维克瓦尔德式散文几乎毫无用处。

2010年考研阅读原文

高考If the line segment angled dawn, as between day 4 and day 5, it would mean that the bird flew fewer kilometers than the day before.

如果在第4天和第5天之间，这条线段与黎明成一定角度，这意味着这只鸟比前一天飞行的公里数要少。

2015年高考英语浙江卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

高考Before the 1830s, most newspapers were sold through annual subscriptions in America, usually $8 to $10 a year.

在19世纪30年代之前，美国大多数报纸都是通过年度订阅销售的，通常每年8至10美元。

2019年高考英语全国卷3 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

高考However, just before the annual giant vegetable competitions, an enormous rabbit begins terrorising the town.

然而，就在一年一度的巨型蔬菜比赛之前，一只巨大的兔子开始恐吓小镇。

2015年高考英语上海卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文