“长腿叔叔” (Daddy Longlegs)：三种不同的动物：英语精读讲义

请用表示“请求把信息说得更清楚”的标准搭配完成句子：The directions were unclear, so I called to ____.

朋友说：“Just study one page and you will know everything.” 哪一句回应能温和地表示实际情况更复杂？

1. I don't know what page means.
2. That's all there is to it.
3. It's not that simple.

用表示“通过解释消除困惑”的三词短语动词完成句子：Before we continue, I want to ____ about the schedule.

你准备给出建议，但需要在进入主题前先说明一项限制。哪个转场最合适？

1. After that, a short summary.
2. But first, a disclaimer.
3. For example, here is one success story.

用本课中批评过去行为的缩写结构补全句子：Looking back, that link was unsafe. You ____ it.

用本课中表示“在剪辑时删去”的双词短语动词补全句子，并使用正确的过去式：During editing, Maya ____ the long pause from the podcast.

在例句开头，To answer the question, 起什么作用？

1. 它立刻给出最终答案。
2. 它说明接下来这一步的目的。
3. 它引出一个完全无关的话题。

请用 narrow down 的正确形式和词序完成句子：We had twelve possible causes, but the first test helped us ____ to three.

哪一项正确表达了这些科学术语之间的关系？

1. arthropods 是 spiders 的另一个名称；phylum 指任何群体。
2. 所有具有外骨骼的动物都是 spiders。
3. arthropods 是 phylum Arthropoda 中的动物；spiders 是 arthropod 的一种。

用本课的原样结构补全让步开头：____ any large prehistoric reptile, the word dinosaur has a narrower scientific meaning.

请选择能准确表达类别关系的句子：Every violin is a string instrument, but not every string instrument is a violin.

1. Violins and string instruments are the same category.
2. Violins overlap with string instruments.
3. Violins are a subset of string instruments.

哪个句子表示列出的特征确立了设备的类别，而不只是描述或识别它？

1. These features define the device as a medical tool.
2. These features identify the device as a medical tool.
3. These features describe the device as a medical tool.

用 allow + 宾语 + to + 动词补全句子：These large handles ____ carry the box safely.

哪一句正确地使用 Now that 表示已成立的条件，并用 on to 作简短的口语转场？

1. Now that everyone is ready, onto the first activity.
2. Now everyone that is ready, on to the first activity.
3. Now that everyone is ready, on to the first activity.

一段英国视频和一段澳大利亚视频用 daddy longlegs 指不同的生物。最合理的结论是什么？

1. 其中一段视频一定把英语用错了。
2. 这个名称在世界各地都指一个正式分类的物种。
3. 地点和上下文很重要，因为 daddy longlegs 是一种地区性俗名。

用倒装结构 so + does + the library 完成句子：The museum closes at five, and ____.

判断：在这封写给校长的正式邮件中，bloody 用得合适吗：'This bloody form is difficult to complete'？

1. 不是。它很不正式，而且可能显得不尊重。
2. 是的。它中性而正式。

用 lack 的正确形式补全这个客观描述句。不要使用 of：This small camera ____ a flash.

在例句中，a different order 是什么意思？

1. 这些动物出现的先后顺序
2. 用于给相关动物群分类的一个等级
3. 向这些动物发出的命令

哪一句中的 had in mind 表示“原本想选的对象”？

1. Keep the bike in mind when you compare prices.
2. The blue bike was the one I had in mind.
3. The noisy bike was on my mind all night.

哪一句表示复杂性增加，但并没有说新事实一定是坏事？

1. Also, the guide has a blue cover.
2. To make things more complicated, the same rule has a different exception in every region.
3. To make matters worse, the storm damaged the only bridge.

在句子 "Maya calls Canada her adoptive country," 中，adoptive 表达了什么含义？

1. 她只是去加拿大短期度过了一次假期。
2. 加拿大在法律上收养了年幼的她。
3. 加拿大后来成为了她的家园，她觉得自己属于那里。

哪个句子正确使用了 call + 宾语 + 名称来给某物命名？

1. We call this tool as a box wrench.
2. We call a box wrench this tool.
3. We call this tool a box wrench.

哪个句子正确使用了 Unlike + 名词短语和 not X but Y 来进行纠正？

1. Unlike the old model, this camera is automatic but not manual.
2. Although the old model, this camera isn't automatic but manual.
3. Unlike the old model, this camera isn't automatic but manual.

下面哪句话用这个结构表达“本来已经很糟，后来又变得更糟”？

1. As if two delays weren't bad enough, our train was cancelled.
2. Two delays were bad enough, but at least our train was not cancelled.
3. Our train was cancelled because the two delays weren't long enough.

下面这句话开头的短语传达了什么作用：For historical completeness, the report also lists the earlier design that was never built.

1. 早期设计是报告的主要结论。
2. 作者保证没有遗漏任何历史事实。
3. 补充这个设计，是为了让报告更完整地覆盖相关历史。

在“Whales are distantly related to hippos,”中，distantly 描述的是什么？

1. 动物生活的地点
2. 动物之间很大的实际空间距离
3. 较远的进化关系

为什么一棵树和一只狗都可以被称为 eukaryotes？

1. 它们属于同一个物种。
2. 它们都是动物。
3. 它们的细胞含有细胞核和其他复杂的内部结构。

用以 which 开头并使用动词 means 的三词连接语补全句子：The library opens at ten, ____ we cannot go inside at nine.

most notably 在这句话中起什么作用？The park has several attractions, most notably its giant glasshouse.

1. 它把巨型玻璃温室标为最突出的例子，同时表明还有其他景点。
2. 它表示这些景点是按时间顺序列出的。
3. 它表示巨型玻璃温室是公园唯一的景点。

用一个短语补全句子。这个短语要表示回到第一个问题并引出完整答案：“We were asked two questions. So, ____, we need both more time and more helpers.”

哪个句子使用平行的递减数量，并用 but only 突出最后、最小的类别？

1. Of the eight club members, five are musicians, three are guitarists, but only one is the lead guitarist.
2. Among the eight club members, five are musicians, and three of those musicians are guitarists.
3. The club has eight members, including five musicians, three guitarists, and one lead guitarist.