2026年6月英语六级第3套真题句子解析： "The habits of mind which influence the ways children approach complex problems and decisions, including financial ones, are largely determined in the first few years of life," says Dr David Whitebread, the co-author of the study.

剖析本句的主干骨架是快速理解长难句的底层关键。剥离修饰成分后，直接引语的核心结构实质上非常凝练，即主系表结构：The habits of mind [...] are largely determined in the first few years of life。主语是 The habits of mind（思维习惯），系动词与分词 are largely determined 构成被动表态，介词短语 in the first few years of life 作时间状语，引述主谓结构 says Dr David Whitebread 紧随其后。一眼看清这个主轴，便能瞬间抓取全句核心事实：人的思维习惯是在童年最初几年被基本定型的。

嵌套定语从句与插入成分是本句阅读的最大干扰项。主语 habits 后面紧跟了 which 引导的定语从句 which influence the ways...，用以界定这些习惯的功能；在 the ways 之后，又省略了关系代词 that 或 in which，嵌套了第二层从句 (in which) children approach complex problems and decisions，修饰 ways；紧接着，现在分词短语 including financial ones 作为插入语，对前面的 problems and decisions 作出具象化补充。这种“定语从句套定语从句 + 插入语”的多层剥洋葱结构是六级阅读拉开分差的经典考法，考生在考场上务必学会用括号法快速把 which... financial ones 括起来，从而让句子主干 are largely determined 浮出水面，避免误将 decisions 认作主语导致主谓一致或语义理解失误。

在六级长篇阅读（信息匹配题）的实战应用中，本句属于极为典型的“观点结论句”，高度适配题干改写规律。段落中引述专家 Dr David Whitebread 的这番言论，往往对应题干中的某个主旨陈述。出题人常用的同义替换套路包括：将 the habits of mind which influence the ways... 改写为 cognitive patterns 或 problem-solving approaches；将 including financial ones 抽离作为专属考点，改写为 attitudes towards money 或 financial behaviors；将 are largely determined in the first few years of life 抽象概括为 are mainly formed during early childhood 或 have roots in early childhood。解题时若能抓住 financial（实例关键词）与 the first few years of life（时间段对应 early age），即可在数十秒内精准锁定答案段落。