为什么花了这么长时间才发现大王乌贼？ - 安娜·罗斯柴尔德：英语精读讲义

请用上面学到的固定结构完成句子：The rescue ship is operating ____ Japan.

哪句话表示玛雅打开了一个她以为是空盒子的东西？

1. Maya opened what she thought was an empty box.
2. Maya opened the empty box and knew it was empty.
3. Maya thought about opening an empty box.

哪一项最准确地解释了本句中的 huge serpentine appendages？

1. 安装在船外侧的工具
2. 覆盖这种生物皮肤的小鳞片
3. 非常巨大、蜿蜒且看起来像蛇的身体部位

哪一句自然地使用了 besieged 的强烈比喻义？

1. She besieged the cup by placing one spoon beside it.
2. Two chairs besieged the table in a calm, empty room.
3. Reporters besieged the actor outside the courthouse.

请使用 take + 工具 + to + 目标 的过去式结构，并使用 an axe，完成句子：To split the fallen branch, the worker ____ the wood.

请使用 a cloud of + 物质，并填入 dust，完成句子：The horse raced away in ____.

用一个表示“留下的是复数事物”的三个单词结构完成句子：After the meeting, ____ three unanswered questions.

哪句话正确地把一项有决定性的发现放进一组仍在扩大的线索中？

1. The growing collection of clues was ignored because no finding could be connected to it.
2. The DNA match provided definitive evidence within a growing collection of clues.
3. The DNA match was only a clue, so it proved the conclusion beyond any doubt.

哪句话用 would 表示从过去某个时间点看后来的发展？

1. Maya believes the club will continue to grow next year.
2. Would you help Maya grow the club?
3. In 2010, Maya started a club that would continue to grow for years.

请用包含 clear 的四词目标框架完成句子：After several tests, ____ the machine was faulty.

哪句话中的 more than 表示“不只是”，而不是比较数量？

1. The new room is larger than the old one.
2. The community center is more than a place to exercise.
3. The tank holds more than fifty liters of water.

用本课中表示“被水带到岸上”的两个词表达完成句子：After the storm, the crew found several logs ____.

哪种解释最能说明这些观察为何具有证据价值？

1. 这些疤痕表明抹香鲸天生会长出吸盘。
2. 疤痕和胃里的东西间接表明，抹香鲸曾遇到并吃过非常巨大的乌贼。
3. 这些喙表明抹香鲸是一种鸟。

请用缩略形式 It wasn't until ... that ... 完成句子：It ____ noon ____ the museum opened.

哪句话表示研究人员观察到的是活体动物，而且观察地点是它们通常生活的自然环境？

1. The researchers built a model of a shark's habitat.
2. The researchers filmed living sharks in their natural habitat.
3. The researchers examined preserved sharks in a museum.

哪句话最适合把内容从前面的背景信息转入对当前证据所表明内容的总结？

1. The evidence was collected last year.
2. So, what does the evidence actually tell us?
3. Why is the laboratory door open?

请用本课中的准确表达补全报告框架：After reviewing the feedback, ____ that customers want clearer instructions.

哪句话同时表达了不确定性和“没有达到预期”所带来的意外感？

1. The new model might not even be the fastest in the range.
2. The new model is not the fastest in the range.
3. The new model might not be the fastest in the range.

用 ranging from ... to ... 完成句子：The exhibit includes statues ____ one meter tall ____ three meters tall.

使用 share the same basic + 名词这一结构，并以 design 作名词完成句子：These two devices ____, although their screens are different.

在生物学描述中，muscular mantle 指什么？

1. 穿在人衣服外面的披风。
2. 覆盖软体动物内脏的肌肉质身体层。
3. 包围整个动物的坚硬外壳。

选择使用“名词 + specialized for + 动名词”结构描述事物功能的句子。

1. The lab uses a sensor to detect gas leaks.
2. The lab uses a sensor specialized for detecting gas leaks.
3. The lab uses a sensor that detects gas leaks.

请用 feast 和引出食物所需的介词补全句子：After the rain, the frogs ____ insects near the pond.

请用表示“咬合时产生的力”的两个单词术语补全科学说明句：Researchers measured the shark's ____.

用表示绳子强度足够的结构完成句子：The rope is strong ____ hold the climber safely.

句中提到 Kevlar plates 主要传达了什么？

1. 为了说明这种力量强到足以破坏一种与防护用途相关的材料。
2. 为了说明这种材料很软、很容易破裂。
3. 为了说明这些板是普通的餐盘。

哪句话中的 clubbed 描述身体部位末端变宽？

1. The athletes clubbed together to buy new equipment.
2. The guard clubbed the locked door with a heavy stick.
3. The butterfly has clubbed antennae that widen toward the tips.

用 encircle 的被动形式补全这段科学描述：The small opening ____ a ring of stiff hairs.

哪句话正确使用 help + 宾语 + 动词原形来说明某种特征的功能？

1. The rough pads help grip the octopus slippery rocks.
2. The rough pads help the octopus grips slippery rocks.
3. The rough pads help the octopus grip slippery rocks.

这句海洋语境中的 twilight zone 是什么意思？

1. 日落后不久的时段。
2. 海洋表面光线明亮的区域。
3. 只有微弱阳光能到达的深层海洋区域。

哪个句子能自然表达“你几乎不可能在野外看到这种动物”？

1. It's extremely unlikely for you would see this animal in the wild.
2. It's extremely unlikely you'd ever see this animal in the wild.
3. It's extremely unlikely you ever seeing this animal in the wild.

使用目标习语，并把 your 改成与 I 呼应的形式：I joined the advanced class and felt ____.

用目标短语 fits with a pattern of 完成句子：The new evidence ____ seasonal change seen in earlier years.

用 dwarf 的一般现在时形式完成句子：The huge cruise ship ____ the small boats beside it.

用本课中表示“在更多材料上取得进展”的表达完成句子：If we divide the research tasks, we can ____ before lunch.

在演化讨论中，"birds with stronger beaks are favored in this habitat" 是什么意思？

1. 这个栖息地里的人都特别喜欢每一只喙强壮的鸟。
2. 喙更强壮的鸟在这些环境条件下具有优势。
3. 研究人员把更多食物作为奖励给喙更强壮的鸟。

请用 give someone an advantage 的过去时完成句子：Her experience ____ in the interview.

哪句话中的 manage 表示调节身体过程？

1. She managed to catch the early bus.
2. The clinic manager leads a team of nurses.
3. Regular sleep helps the body manage its hormone levels.

完成表示发展范围两端的 from ... to ... 结构：The timeline follows home lighting ____ oil lamps ____ smart LED systems.

哪一句自然地使用 enable，表示技术让有限的观察成为可能？

1. New sensors have enabled to glimpse briefly inside the volcano.
2. New sensors have enabled inside the volcano brief glimpses.
3. New sensors have enabled brief glimpses inside the volcano.

阅读：'The team had tested the plan many times. And yet, it failed on launch day.' 这里的 And yet 表示什么关系？

1. 失败解释了团队为什么测试这个方案。
2. 反复测试让人预期会成功，但失败的结果却与该预期相反。
3. 失败只是接下来发生的事情，没有转折关系。

哪句话最准确地表示“研究人员用诱饵让鲨鱼游向水下摄像机”？

1. The researchers lured the shark toward the underwater camera with bait.
2. The researchers followed the shark with an underwater camera.
3. The researchers attracted many viewers with footage of the shark.

用目标表达的过去式完成句子：We saw a fox by the road and ____.

用 fitted 和正确的介词完成句子：The rescue boat is ____ a radio and GPS.

用 mimic 的 -ing 形式补全这个名词描述：The team built a robot ____ the movements of a bird.

使用 keep 构成 -ing 结果短语。用 the room quiet 补全句子：The thick walls block street noise, ____.

请用 undetectable to 完成句子：The signal was ____ the human eye.

请用 revealed that 把证据和发现连接起来：The satellite images ____ the glacier was shrinking.

哪种动物最符合 sit-and-wait predator 这个术语？

1. 每当食物变少时，它就转移到新的觅食地点。
2. 它藏在小路附近，等猎物靠近时发动攻击。
3. 它在很大的区域内移动，主动寻找猎物。

在完整句子中，as previously suspected 指的是什么？

1. 一个现在已经得到完全证实的新结论
2. 一个此前从未有人考虑过的事实
3. 先前认为大王乌贼属于伏击等待型捕食者的看法

哪一句正确使用了 use + 宾语 + to + 动词原形来表达目的？

1. A mechanic uses to a flashlight inspect the engine.
2. A mechanic uses a flashlight to inspect the engine.
3. A mechanic uses a flashlight for inspect the engine.

哪一句正确使用 before + -ing 连接随后发生的两个动作？

1. The cat watched quietly before leap and catch the toy.
2. The cat watched quietly before to leap and catching the toy.
3. The cat watched quietly before leaping and catching the toy.

用表示“最多”的表达完成句子：The museum welcomes ____ 200 visitors per hour.

在“But many questions still stand,”中，高亮部分是什么意思？

1. 许多问题已经得到了解答。
2. 许多问题仍未解决或仍然悬而未决。
3. 许多问题被实际竖立了起来。

把直接问句 How serious is the damage? 改成间接疑问从句：It is unclear ____.

用表示“几乎没机会找到”的目标结构完成句子：Without a map, we don't ____ the cabin before dark.

哪一句使用了外推，也就是根据有限数据估算未直接观察到的总体？

1. After counting every fish in the lake, researchers reported the exact total.
2. Extrapolating from fish counts in a small area, researchers estimated the lake's total fish population.
3. Without using any observations, researchers chose a number at random.

使用 place ... at 这一报道估算的结构补全句子：Analysts placed the repair cost ____ three million dollars.

研究人员只观察过这些动物两次。哪句话恰当地保留了结论的不确定性？

1. The animals definitely migrate at night.
2. The animals cannot possibly migrate at night.
3. It seems the animals migrate at night.

补全 inject A into B 结构：The device injects a small amount of dye ____ the tube.

哪一句正确地用两个嵌入式疑问从句构成并列主语？

1. Exactly how the birds navigate and where they rest is still unknown.
2. Exactly how the birds navigate and where they rest are still unknown.
3. Exactly how do the birds navigate and where do they rest are still unknown.

在这个生物学语境中，'Giant squids are globally distributed' 是什么意思？

1. 它们在地球上的每个地方都很常见。
2. 它们的整体地理分布范围遍及全球。
3. 人们把大王乌贼送到世界各地。

请用表示“大体上没有出现在……”的三个词短语完成句子：Information about daily life is ____ the archive.

哪个句子能在同一句话中正确补充说明三个实验室中的一个？

1. The science center has three labs, one which of happens to be where robots are tested.
2. The science center has three labs, one of which happens to be where robots are tested.
3. The science center has three labs, one of them which happens to be where robots are tested.

“A humongous python lurks under the porch at night” 暗示什么？

1. 一条小蟒蛇正在明处移动。
2. 一条非常大的蟒蛇正藏在那里。
3. 一条非常大的蟒蛇被关在笼子里。

“the elusive colossal squid” 表达了什么？

1. 它是一种体型很大的乌贼，而且很难找到或观察到。
2. 它是一种很小、很容易研究的乌贼。
3. 它是一只生活在水面附近的普通大王鱿鱼。

哪个句子能正确表达“今年收集到的样本数量少得多”？

1. Compared with last year, far fewer samples have collected this year.
2. Compared with last year, far less samples have been collected this year.
3. Compared with last year, far fewer samples have been collected this year.

请用 announce 和正式的 have yet to 被动结构完成句子：The final results ____.

在生物纪录片中，'These animals are from a different family than giant squid' 是什么意思？

1. 它们属于不同的生物分类科。
2. 它们生活在不同的家庭中。
3. 它们各自的父母不同。

哪一项最准确地说明了 'evidence that gigantism independently evolved more than once among squids' 是如何组织信息的？

1. 一只乌贼决定在没有帮助的情况下变大。
2. 这句话表示所有大型乌贼都从一个近期的巨型祖先那里继承了体型。
3. 某项观察支持这一结论：巨大的体型在不同乌贼谱系中分别出现。

哪句话清楚地表达了两项比较，并用 but 对照两个特征？

1. The red birds' wings are shorter because their tails are longer.
2. The red birds' wings are shortest than the blue birds' wings, but their tails are more long than the blue birds' tails.
3. The red birds' wings are shorter than the blue birds' wings, but their tails are longer than the blue birds' tails.

哪句话表示“两倍时长”只是可能达到的上限？

1. The new battery can last up to twice as long as the old one.
2. The new battery can make twice as long as the old one.
3. The new battery always lasts exactly twice as long as the old one.

哪一句正确地在 unlike 后使用名词短语作为比较基准？

1. Whereas the old model, the new model uses less energy.
2. Unlike the old model uses more energy, the new model is efficient.
3. Unlike the old model, the new model uses less energy.

在名词短语 "hooked swiveling sucker barbs" 中，哪个词是中心名词？

1. swiveling
2. barbs
3. hooked
4. sucker

哪句话能较正式地表达“关于这个洞穴系统，仍有许多事实不为人知”？

1. Much remains unknown about the cave system.
2. The cave system remains mysterious.
3. Much remains unchanged about the cave system.

guarding their secrets 在这句话中主要起什么作用？

1. 它表示动物在有意藏匿书面信息。
2. 它把动物拟人化，并暗示我们对它们仍有许多不了解之处。
3. 它对海洋深度进行了精确的科学说明。

用 appeal to 的正确形式完成这句温和的推荐：If exploring old maps ____, you might enjoy this museum.

使用固定表达 play a role in 完成句子：Small choices can ____ protecting the environment.