高考The low point of the sheet must be centered directly over, and no more than three inches above, the cup.

板材的低点必须直接位于杯的中心，且不得超过杯的上方三英寸。

2017年高考英语全国卷1 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

四级The company spent the last five years developing solar panels that are only about a quarter of an inch thick and are strong enough to stand up to heavy highway traffic without breaking or making the roads more slippery.

该公司在过去的五年中开发了厚度仅为四分之一英寸的太阳能电池板，其强度足以承受繁重的公路交通，而不会破坏或使道路变得更滑。

2017年12月四级真题（第二套）听力 Section A

四级Just five one-hundredths of an inch thick, light golden in color and with a perfect “saddle curl,” the Lay’s potato chip seems an unlikely weapon for global domination.

只有百分之五英寸厚，浅金色，完美的“马鞍卷曲”，莱薯片似乎不太可能成为全球统治的武器。

2005年12月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级Each inch of hair corresponds to about two months.

每一寸头发大约相当于两个月。

2009年6月英语四级考试真题

考研Today, stepladders carry labels several inches long that warn, among other things, that you might—surprise!

如今，梯子上有几英寸长的标签，上面警告你，你可能会大吃一惊！

1999年全国攻读硕士学位研究生入学考试英语试题

考研Though typically about two inches taller now than 140 years ago, today’s people—especially those born to families who have lived in the U. S. for many generations—apparently reached their limit in the early 1960s.

尽管现在的人通常比140年前高出两英寸左右，但今天的人——尤其是那些在美国生活了很多代的家庭所生的人——显然在20世纪60年代初达到了极限。

2008年全国硕士研究生招生考试英语试题

考研But as diet and health improved, children and adolescents have, on average, increased in height by about an inch and a half every 20 years, a pattern known as the secular trend in height.

但随着饮食和健康状况的改善，儿童和青少年的身高平均每20年增加约1.5英寸，这种模式被称为长期身高趋势。

2008年全国硕士研究生招生考试英语试题