你可能有一个秘密的双胞胎（但不是你想的那样） - 凯拉·曼德尔·希茨：英语精读讲义

使用提示 wait for the bus，以 while + -ing 补全句子：While ____, Nina checked her messages.

阅读句子：'The transplant team thanked the kidney donor.' kidney donor 指谁？

1. 实施移植手术的医生
2. 为移植提供肾脏的人
3. 接受移植肾脏的人

这句话中的“stumbled upon a mystery”是什么意思？

1. 她走路时真的绊了一跤。
2. 她意外发现了一件令人困惑的事。
3. 她有意解开了一个谜团。

用本课中的正式医疗表达完成句子：The patient ____ before treatment began.

用 to determine whether 这一目的结构完成句子：The lab tested the water ____ it was safe to drink.

用 be a match for 的正确形式完成句子：Doctors checked whether Luis was ____ his sister as a kidney donor.

在这句话中，actually 表达了什么？

1. 它纠正了人们先前对生物学亲子关系的看法。
2. 它表示她从未养育过这两个孩子。
3. 它表示检测结果只是一种猜测。

请使用本课中表示“怀上并生下”的短语补全句子：By the time the interview took place, she had ____ one child.

哪句话自然地用句首 -ing 从句说明研究人员这样做的原因？

1. Believing the first result was wrong, the test was repeated the next day.
2. Believing the first result was wrong, the researchers repeated the test.
3. Because the first result seemed wrong, the researchers repeated the test.

使用 only to + find 完成句子，表示意外结果：Mia opened the box, ____ it was empty.

请用 turn out 补全过去时的 It ... that 结构：____ the dog had opened the gate.

在这个科普语境中，a second genome 指什么？

1. 用来储存 DNA 的第二个器官
2. 同一次基因检测的重复
3. 同一个人的一些细胞中另一套在遗传上不同的 DNA

哪个选项正确使用 In other words 重述了相同的意思？

1. The road is blocked. In other words, it is open to all traffic.
2. The road is blocked. In other words, we cannot use this route today.
3. The road is blocked. In other words, my cousin lives nearby.

用 belong to 的过去式完成句子：The DNA sample ____ another person.

选择正确使用非限定性 who 从句补充人物信息的句子。

1. Ms. Rivera, who had led the club for years, welcomed the new members.
2. Ms. Rivera who had led the club for years who welcomed the new members.
3. Ms. Rivera, which had led the club for years, welcomed the new members.

哪个句子正确使用 where 来说明一种抽象情形？

1. We reached where a stage careful testing was essential.
2. We reached a stage where was careful testing essential.
3. We reached a stage where careful testing was essential.

请使用术语 photosynthesis 和 X is called Y 命名结构补全句子：The process by which plants use light to make food ____.

在这个句子中，The name comes from Greek mythology 是什么意思？

1. 它说明这个名称的文化来源。
2. 它表示这种情况只发生在希腊。
3. 它描述这个名称离开希腊的移动过程。

请用表示“由不同元素构成的整体”的正式短语完成句子：The festival is ____ music, food, and traditions from many cultures.

哪个句子清楚表示毛皮有两种色调，而且两只眼睛的颜色不同？

1. The cat has dark fur and two-toned eyes.
2. The cat's fur and eyes are all the same color.
3. The cat has two-toned fur and eyes of different colors.

高亮分句在信息组织上起什么作用？

1. 它纠正了“可见特征很常见”这一可能的印象，指出大多数人没有可见迹象。
2. 它引出另一组会出现在大多数人身上的可见迹象。
3. 它表示每个有嵌合现象的人都有前面列出的某一种可见特征。

请用表示“在子宫内”的正式医学短语完成句子：Medical researchers found that the condition began ____, before the baby was born.

填入重复使用的介词和引出最后一种可能性的连接词：The problem can come from a loose cable, ____ a software error, ____ happen when the battery gets too hot.

哪一项最准确地描述了高亮短语中的过程？

1. 胎盘储存所有胎儿细胞，并阻止营养物质流动。
2. 随着营养物质流经胎盘，细胞在母体和胎儿之间传递。
3. 营养物质完全取代母体和胎儿体内的所有细胞。

在这句话中，inherit fetal stem cells 是什么意思？

1. 母亲的所有细胞都变成胎儿细胞。
2. 母亲可能会获得一些来自胎儿的干细胞。
3. 胎儿依法把财产留给母亲。

高亮短语在这句话中起什么作用？

1. 它引入了与 fetal stem cells 无关的另一组细胞。
2. 它表示特化细胞能够重新变回干细胞。
3. 它通过说明类别和能力来定义 fetal stem cells。

用一个表示“起初未被发现”的三个英文单词词块完成句子：The small crack ____ because it was hidden under the paint.

哪句话正确地使用 because 引出原因，并使用 during 说明时间段？

1. The seedlings survived because the temperature was controlled during the cold spell.
2. Because the seedlings survived, so the temperature was controlled during the cold spell.
3. The seedlings survived during because the temperature controlled the cold spell.

用动词 damage 的被动 -ing 形式完成 without 后的句子：The samples remained usable for years without ____ by moisture.

哪句话自然地使用 persist 来描述某事物随时间持续存在？

1. The symptoms persisted for several weeks.
2. Please persist here while I get the keys.
3. The guests persisted at our house overnight.

'was failing, but suddenly started to regenerate' 描述了什么变化？

1. 肝脏正在丧失功能，随后出人意料地开始更新受损组织。
2. 肝脏在开始丧失功能之前已经完全再生。
3. 肝脏原本很健康，医生却在没有预警的情况下切除了它。

用 biopsy 的过去式完成句子：The doctors ____ the suspicious tissue.

这里的“had lodged in her liver and specialized as liver cells”是什么意思？

1. 这些细胞住进了一家旅馆，并开始研究肝病。
2. 这些细胞已经停留在肝脏中，并形成了肝细胞的特征和功能。
3. 这些细胞在变成干细胞之前已经离开了肝脏。

例句中“meanwhile”的主要语篇功能是什么？

1. 它把注意力转向一个平行案例，同时保持该案例与前文讨论的联系。
2. 它表示 Karen 在完全相同的时刻做了两件事。
3. 它表示前一个案例是错误的。

哪一句表示事情发生在 Maya 的母亲怀着 Maya 的孕期早期？

1. Very early in her own pregnancy, Maya was exposed to the medication.
2. Very early in her mother's pregnancy with her, Maya was exposed to the medication.
3. Very early after Maya was born, her mother was exposed to the medication.

用表示“持续发育到妊娠足月”的固定表达完成医学句子：The embryo did not ____.

哪句话明确表示报告在会议开始前已经完成？

1. By the time the meeting began, the report was already complete.
2. When the meeting began, the team completed the report.
3. The report was incomplete until the meeting began.

补全 recognize A as B 结构：The committee recognized her work ____ an important contribution.

请用正式结构 be composed of 完成句子：The research team ____ five engineers and two designers。

选择能正确表示先比较同类对象、再比较其中一个对象内部情况的句子。

1. The delivery time can vary from one city and another and even within neighborhoods between the same city.
2. The delivery time can vary one city to another and even between neighborhoods within the same city.
3. The delivery time can vary from one city to another and even between neighborhoods within the same city.

哪句话使用 Some might..., while others might... 来对比同一群体中的两种可能情况？

1. Some trails might be muddy while the hikers eat lunch.
2. Some trails might be muddy, while others might be dry.
3. Some trails might be muddy because others might be dry.

空木屋外有新鲜脚印向远处延伸。哪句话对之前发生的事情作出了把握很大的推断？

1. Someone might have left the cabin.
2. Someone can't have left the cabin.
3. Someone must have left the cabin.

哪句话自然地表达了“每当事件发生时，同样的不确定性都会再次出现”？

1. The test ran once, and everyone knew which result would appear.
2. Each time the test ran, there was no way to predict which result would appear.
3. Each time the test ran, there was no way to predict which would the result appear.

用本讲解中的目标连接短语补全句子：The road was closed, ____ we ended up taking the train.

请用 end up with 的过去式补全句子：The hotel lost our booking, so we ____ a larger room.

哪一句正确使用 when 从句，先交代检测结果，再说明后续调查？

1. The scan when revealed a crack because engineers examined the bridge.
2. When the scan revealed a crack, engineers examined the bridge more closely.
3. When did the scan reveal a crack, engineers examined the bridge more closely.

哪一项最符合本句中 ancestry testing 的含义？

1. 它只判断某位男性是否为孩子的生物学父亲。
2. 它分析 DNA，以推断祖源或生物学亲缘关系。
3. 它查阅家族记录，但不表示进行了 DNA 检测。

哪一句中的 carry 表示生物医学意义上的“含有遗传信息”？

1. The courier carries the samples to the laboratory every morning.
2. This bridge carries traffic across the river.
3. Some people carry the variant without showing any symptoms.

请用 challenge our perception of 的正确形式完成句子：The discovery ____ what young children can remember.

哪一句正确使用 Though，先承认限制，再提出主要观点？

1. Though the small sample, the study revealed a useful pattern.
2. Despite the sample was small, the study revealed a useful pattern.
3. Though the sample was small, the study revealed a useful pattern.

在这个句子中，we are all amalgams to some extent 是什么意思？

1. 每个人都被医学诊断为具有嵌合现象。
2. 人体只含有细菌的遗传物质。
3. 可以从宽泛意义上把人描述为不同生物成分的混合体。

用 carry 的 -ing 形式补全句子，让新增细节描述 Maya：Maya entered the room, ____ a stack of books.

用表示“考虑到……这一事实”的两个词连接语完成句子：____ the roads are icy, we should leave early.

哪句话用一种可能性和两个平行的 many more 短语，让话题保持开放？

1. There could be many more stories to uncover and many more voices to hear.
2. There might be one final story, so the research is complete.
3. The archive contains twelve stories, and every question has been answered.

请用表示“塑造我们的身份”的目标短语补全句子：Shared traditions can ____.

在这个语境中，这个问题的主要话语功能是什么？

1. 它要求听众报告一项实验室结果。
2. 它完整解释了基因的科学运作机制。
3. 它制造悬念，并把基因话题过渡到一个有关身份的故事。

句中的 Brit Bennett's The Vanishing Half 指的是什么？

1. 一个名叫 The Vanishing Half、属于布里特·贝内特的人物。
2. 布里特·贝内特创作的小说 The Vanishing Half。
3. 布里特·贝内特本人作为 The Vanishing Half 的个人身份。

哪个句子正确使用了作品评论框架和并列的 -ing 短语？

1. The film explores the story of two brothers rebuild their business and facing an old rivalry.
2. The film explores the story of two brothers rebuilding their business and facing an old rivalry.
3. The film explores the story of two brothers rebuilding their business and face an old rivalry.

请用表示“努力理解或处理”的表达完成句子：The committee is ____ how to protect the lake without closing local businesses.

哪个短语自然地表示“免费提供的一本广受赞誉且销量很高的书的有声书版本”？

1. a free audiobook version of an acclaimed bestseller
2. an award-winning paperback copy of a bestseller
3. a review of a free audiobook by an acclaimed author