崩溃的重要性：英语精读讲义

用 One of the main problems 和 be 的正确形式完成句子：____ we face ____ that nobody checks the final figures.

Leo 明明需要休息，却仍能不停工作，这个习惯正在损害他的健康。哪个句子最能表示他的这种能力已经过头？

1. Leo is far too good at pushing himself.
2. Leo is not good at pushing himself.
3. Leo is very good at pushing himself.

在哪种情境中，surrendering to the demands of the external world 的使用最准确？

1. 一名士兵正式把武器交给敌人。
2. 一名旅行者研究天气的变化。
3. 即使他人和社会的期待压过个人意愿，某人仍不断顺从这些期待。

请选择 live up to 表示“达到预期标准”的句子。

1. The young player wanted to live near her coach.
2. The young player learned to live by her coach's rules.
3. The young player trained hard to live up to her coach's expectations.

用表示“继续做”的目标表达完成句子：The break is over, so let's ____ our science project.

用 keep 后面表示“继续参加”的两个单词完成句子：Even when training is hard, we keep ____ every Saturday.

用代词 it 和 pull off 的正确词序完成句子：The stunt looked impossible, but she managed to ____.

这句话表达什么意思？'The clinic can provide support for up to six months at a time.'

1. 诊所只提供六次支持。
2. 每一段连续的支持期都可能持续六个月或更短。
3. 每一段支持期都恰好持续六个月。

用一个包含 so much as、表示“甚至连……都没有”的四个单词短语完成句子：She walked past me ____ a hello.

用一个以 Much 开头、表示“令所有人非常惊讶的是”的固定反应短语完成句子：____, the new player won the final.

用 fall into 的过去式完成句子，表示“进入一种负面状态”：After the manager quit, the project ____ chaos.

选择最合适的形容词完成句子：Her ___ ambition left little room for friends or rest.

1. all-consuming
2. long-term
3. time-consuming

哪句话正确使用了表示失去身体控制的目标正式搭配？

1. After the injury, Maya began to lose command for her left hand.
2. After the injury, Maya began to lose command at her left hand.
3. After the injury, Maya began to lose command over her left hand.

哪句话正确使用了表示强大压力的目标被动结构？

1. We were compelled disclosing the data.
2. We compelled to disclose the data.
3. We were compelled to disclose the data.

哪句话正确使用了 contrary to，表示某个行为不符合一群人平常的性格？

1. Speaking so cruelly was contrary to our normal self.
2. Speaking so cruelly was contrary to our normal selves.
3. Speaking so cruelly was contrary with our normal selves.

用表示“遵守公认规则”的固定表达完成句子。 Although winning mattered to Nina, she chose to ____.

哪个句子自然地表示一个团队将迅速加强安全检查？

1. The team will ramp up its security checks.
2. The team will wind down its security checks.
3. The team will rule out its security checks.

画出的这个隐喻在当前语境中是什么意思？

1. 严重扰乱日常生活的正常运转
2. 让日常交通变得更安全
3. 给机器添加有用的工具

在这句话中，“an immediate rush to medicalize the problem”表示什么？

1. 人们立刻试图把这件事界定并处理为一种医学疾病。
2. 人们把这件事移到医院建筑内。
3. 人们迅速为所有有需要的人安排适当的医疗服务。

哪个选项最准确地解释了这句话中的“excise it from the scene”？

1. 把问题转移到医疗环境中。
2. 像切除东西一样，把问题彻底清除。
3. 把问题描述成电影场景的一部分。

在 "After the storm, the office reopened and it was business as usual," 中，business as usual 是什么意思？

1. 办公室永久改变了所有日常安排。
2. 办公室变成了一家商业公司。
3. 办公室恢复了正常的日常运作。

哪一个句子中的 break down 与 we break down 一样，表示人的不及物用法？

1. Could you break the problem down for me?
2. After weeks of pressure, Maya broke down and cried.
3. The mechanic broke the engine down into parts.

用 albeit 完成句子：The route is safe, ____ slow.

这句话中的 bid 是什么意思？“The campaign is a bid for greater public trust.”

1. 争取获得更多公众信任的尝试
2. 已经获得公众信任的证明
3. 为购买公众信任而提出的价格

使用 force + object + into + noun phrase 完成句子：The sudden crisis may ____ a period of rapid change.

哪一个句子表示：在此之前，委员会一直不愿开始这项审查？

1. The council has hitherto completed the review.
2. The council has hitherto refused to undertake the review.
3. The council will henceforth refuse to undertake the review.

在句子“If we can put it paradoxically, slowing down helped the team finish sooner”中，开头的短语起什么作用？

1. 它提示接下来的观点会被说成一种表面矛盾。
2. 它表示说话者认为这个观点在逻辑上不可能成立。
3. 它是在请求允许把某个东西放到某处。

用本课中表示“给停滞的过程一个强力初始推动”的动词完成句子：The emergency loan could ____ the rebuilding process.

用引出风险后果的两个英文单词补全句子：The danger, if we skip the final safety check, ____ a serious defect may go unnoticed.

阅读英文句子：She found a lesson embedded within the setback. embedded within 表达什么意思？

1. 有人真的把一项教训放进了这次挫折里。
2. 这次挫折中包含一项她可以发现的领悟。
3. 这次挫折使任何学习都无法发生。

哪个句子表示崩溃很痛苦，但又不只是痛苦？

1. A breakdown isn't a pain; it is only an inconvenience.
2. A breakdown isn't just a pain, though it is that too.
3. A breakdown is a pain and nothing more.

补全标准的原因句型：The reason this road floods every spring ____ the drain is too small.

用本课结构完成句子，并用代词作宾语：We could not solve the issue today, so we ____ until next week.

用 make + 正确的反身代词 + heard 完成句子：Mia spoke clearly so she could ____ in the noisy meeting.

在这句话中，its mute rage 最恰当的含义是什么？

1. 用很小的声音说出的争论
2. 平静地拒绝发出任何声音
3. 已经彻底消失的愤怒
4. 无法用普通语言表达的强烈愤怒

结构 What the evidence is telling us above anything else is that ... 起什么作用？

1. 把结论放在其他信息上方的物理位置。
2. 把一个结论突出为最重要的信息。
3. 把 that 从句作为不重要的补充意见。
4. 直接询问证据说了什么。

在句子“The team discovered the error in good time to fix it before launch,”中，in good time 是什么意思？

1. 足够早，因而他们能修复错误。
2. 在一段愉快的时期里。
3. 恰好在预定的那一秒。

在句子“Mina is not afraid of hospitals, but she is squeamish about seeing blood,”中，squeamish 描述的是什么？

1. 在各种情况下都缺乏勇气。
2. 暂时没有体力。
3. 面对令人不适的事物时感到不舒服并想回避。

这里的 we're in flight from a relationship problem 是什么意思？

1. 意思是我们一直试图逃离或回避这段关系中的问题。
2. 意思是我们已经解决了这段关系中的问题。
3. 意思是我们正乘飞机离开这段关系中的问题。

请用表示“把问题藏起来而不处理”的 carpet 版本习语完成句子：The committee tried to sweep the safety complaints ____.

用 compare A to B 完成类比：We can ____ the team's recovery ____ rebuilding a bridge after a storm.

哪句话使用 token gesture 来批评某个行动只有象征意义、却不足以解决问题？

1. Maya waved to her friend from across the street.
2. The company replaced the unsafe machines and introduced weekly inspections.
3. After months of safety complaints, the company held one thank-you lunch as a token gesture and changed none of its policies.

本句中的 shuts its ears 是什么意思？

1. 它默默同意了这些诉求。
2. 它故意拒绝倾听。
3. 它因为耳朵被遮住而听不见。

这里的 storm the palace gates 是什么意思？

1. 观看暴风雨损坏宫门。
2. 在宫门外和平等待。
3. 突然、猛烈地攻击或冲向宫门。

哪句话使用目标句型，表示前面的说法同样适用于电动汽车？

1. The same is true to electric cars.
2. The same is true of electric cars.
3. The same is true from electric cars.

哪句话最恰当地使用了相同的分析性结构，表示怪异行为中隐藏着一种诉求？

1. We made a plea because his jokes were unusual.
2. We detected within his repeated jokes a plea for reassurance.
3. We detected his repeated jokes after a plea for reassurance.

在“The small success gave the team an appetite for bigger challenges,”中，“an appetite for bigger challenges”是什么意思？

1. 面对挑战前需要吃东西
2. 害怕挑战会引发危机
3. 强烈希望接受更大的挑战

“I don't know how I'd ever have gotten well if I hadn't fallen ill”这句话暗示了哪些事实？

1. 说话者病倒了，后来康复了。
2. 说话者从未病倒，也从未康复。
3. 说话者在从未病倒的情况下康复了。

哪个句子能正确表达对某种变化是否已经发生的疑问？

1. I wonder whether I become too suspicious.
2. I wonder whether I have become too suspicious.
3. I wonder whether have I become too suspicious.

哪个句子用 beneath the surface 的比喻义来对比外在表象与隐藏的真实情况？

1. Roots spread beneath the surface of the soil.
2. Beneath the surface calm, the committee remained sharply divided.
3. The swimmer stayed beneath the surface until the wave passed.

哪句话通过时态对照表示危机只是暴露了更早的问题，而不是造成了这个问题？

1. We haven't become ill; we were ill already.
2. We weren't ill before, but now we are.
3. We have become ill, although we were healthy before.

你的朋友将面对艰难的一个月。哪句话明确承诺你们会一起坚持到这段时期结束？

1. We'll get over it together.
2. We'll get through it together.
3. We'll go through it together.

用 dislodge、us 和所需的介词完成句子：A major change can ____ a toxic status quo.

使用 a call to do something on a ... basis 这一结构完成句子：The report represents an insistent ____ rebuild the service ____ a fairer basis.