t put forward by the French mathematician Pierre de Format in the seventeenth century, the theorem had baffled and beaten the finest mathematical minds, including a French woman scientist who made a major advance in working out the problem, and who had to dress like a man in order to be able to study at the Ecolab polytechnique. （NMET2003.C篇）
這個定理，先是由十七世紀法國數學家皮爾法特提出，曾使一批傑出的數學大師為難，包括一位法國女科學家，她在解決這個難題方面取得了重大的進展，她曾女扮男裝為了能夠在伊科爾理工學院學習。
簡析：夾雜過去分詞短語，現在分詞短語，動名詞及兩個定語從句。
2. It is difficult to measure the quantity of paper used as a result of use of Internet-connected computers, although just about anyone who works in an office can tell you that when e-mail is introduced, the printers start working overtime. That is, the growing demand for paper in recent years is largely due to the increased use of the Internet. （NMET2003.E篇）
由於因特網的使用，計算所使用的紙張的數量是很難的，然而幾乎任何在辦公室工作的.人能告訴你，當引進電子郵件後，印表機就開始超時工作。也就是說近年來人們對於紙張的日益需求主要是由於因特網越來越多的使用。
