印加帝国的兴衰 - 戈登·麦克尤恩 (Gordon McEwan)：英语精读讲义

哪句话表示：截至相关时间点，该国从未建造过更大的图书馆？

1. It was one of the largest libraries in the country.
2. It was the largest library ever built in the country.
3. It was the largest library in the country at the time.

哪句话最自然地补充说明一个现代城市的中性人口信息？

1. Riverton is the regional capital, with nearly a population of five million people.
2. Riverton is the regional capital, with a population of nearly five million people.
3. Riverton is the regional capital, with a population of nearly five million subjects.

用突出显示的面积框架完成句子：The national park stretches ____ 1,500 square kilometers.

使用过去时的动作回指短语完成句子：Maya promised to call the client, and she ____ after lunch.

使用高亮表达完成句子：She designed the whole poster by hand, ____ a computer.

句首框架 Yet within a hundred years of its rise 在句中起什么作用？

1. 它传达转折，并把衰亡呈现为在崛起后的一个世纪内发生。
2. 它补充了同一时期的另一项成就。
3. 它表示崛起过程本身恰好持续了一百年。

请用正式表达 would be no more 完成这段历史叙述：At the time, few people guessed that within twenty years the old kingdom ____.

请填入表示“来自传统故事、并非已证实事实”的来源标记：____, a hidden city lies beneath the desert.

“the sun god Inti”这个短语为起源传说提供了什么信息？

1. 因蒂是一位发现洞穴的人类统治者。
2. 因蒂是祖先出现的那个洞穴的名字。
3. 因蒂是太阳神，传说将他描述为统治者祖先的神圣创造者。

请用目标结构 with instructions to + 动词原形完成句子：The rescue team entered the forest ____ the missing hiker.

选择关系从句正确限定地点的句子。

1. They searched for the spot which the signal would be strongest there.
2. They searched for the spot where the signal would be strongest.
3. They searched for the spot where would the signal be strongest.

选择能自然压缩前期过程、再说明结果的句子。

1. After the team planning and carefully test, launched the product.
2. After months of planning and careful testing, the team launched the product.
3. After months planned and test carefully, the team launching the product.

哪一句正确补充了发生在那片场地上的事件？

1. We visited the field, which the first flight took place.
2. We visited the field, where the first flight took place there.
3. We visited the field, where the first flight took place.

用由 fight 构成、表示“成功抵抗”的短语动词完成句子：A healthy body can often ____ a mild infection.

“or king of the Incas”在句中起什么作用？

1. 它用更熟悉的说法解释“Sapa Inca”。
2. 它介绍了另一位与曼科·卡帕克共同统治的人。
3. 它表示曼科·卡帕克必须在两个称号中选择一个。

哪句话最适合表达“结论有证据支持，但并非完全确定”？

1. The evidence suggests that the village was abandoned after a drought.
2. The evidence proves beyond any doubt that the village was abandoned after a drought.
3. No evidence connects the drought to the village's abandonment.

请用 remain 的过去式和表示时间终点的 until 完成句子：The library ____ open to the public ____ 2012, when it closed for renovations.

句子 "The fort was nearly overrun by enemy troops." 是什么意思？

1. 堡垒一方差点向敌军发动攻击。
2. 敌军险些压倒守军或占领堡垒，但句子并没有说他们已经得手。
3. 敌军确定已经攻占并控制了堡垒。

哪一项最准确地解释了 designated heir？

1. 任何可能拥有继承资格的亲属
2. 临时为统治者办事的官员
3. 被正式选中继承王位、头衔或产业的人

用 flee 的过去式加 in fear 完成句子：When the ceiling began to collapse, the visitors ____.

在这句话中，successfully rallied the city's defenses 最准确的意思是什么？

1. 他重新组织并鼓舞了保卫城市的力量。
2. 他亲自重建了城市周围的每一面城墙。
3. 他让守城人员放弃这座城市。

在句子 “For her quick thinking, Maya received an award,” 中，句首短语起什么作用？

1. 它说明了玛雅打算如何使用这个奖项。
2. 它说明了玛雅获奖的原因。
3. 它说明了玛雅获奖的时间。

用本课表达补全这句正式的传记叙述：She began publishing detective novels, ____ Anna West.

用本课的“结果＋手段”结构补全句子：The new policy reduced paperwork, ____ a slow approval process ____ a faster one ____ online forms.

在 Tawantinsuyu, or four quarters 中，or 起什么作用？

1. 作者纠正第一个名称，并用另一个名称替换它。
2. 作者让读者在两个领土之间作选择。
3. 作者用通俗易懂的英语解释这个陌生名称。

哪一项正确展开了 four divisions ruled by governors reporting to the king？

1. 有四个行政区。总督统治这些行政区，而这些总督向国王汇报。
2. 有四名总督。行政区向他们汇报，而他们统治国王。
3. 国王统治四个行政区，而这些行政区向总督汇报。

哪句话正确使用 although 表示某个障碍没有阻止结果发生？

1. Although the road was closed, we reached the village by boat.
2. Although the closed road, we reached the village by boat.
3. Although the road was closed, but we reached the village by boat.

根据原句，quipu 是什么？

1. 一条没有信息记录功能的装饰绳。
2. 一套刻在石板上的字母表。
3. 一种由结绳构成的系统化记录工具。

哪句话最准确地改写了高亮部分的正式结构？

1. The officials used taxation only to teach decimal arithmetic.
2. The administrative system stopped all organized tax collection.
3. The administrative system made organized, efficient tax collection possible.

哪句话用 In return 表示真正的互惠交换？

1. The temperature dropped. In return, the lake froze.
2. Nora reviewed my application. In return, I helped her rehearse her presentation.
3. The train arrived. In return, the passengers got on.

请用本课的被动用途短语和简化条件结构补全句子：The emergency generator is kept ready ____.

在这个句子中，Great terraces and irrigation works 指什么？

1. 为日后使用而储存作物的仓库。
2. 建筑物上供观景和社交使用的室外平台。
3. 用于形成平整田地并把水引到作物旁的大型农业设施。

用 distribute 的被动不定式完成这一流程：The meals are packed in the morning ____ to families that evening.

完成 it-cleft，强调 during the final inspection：____ during the final inspection ____ the engineers found the crack.

哪句话表示五家门店最迟在年底时已经开设完成？

1. Near the end of the year, the company planned to open five stores.
2. At the end of the year, the company opened its fifth store.
3. By the end of the year, the company had opened five stores.

哪句话最准确地表达了“The reserve covers much of the island”中的地理含义？

1. The reserve extends across a large part of the island.
2. The reserve reaches the island at only one small point.
3. The reserve is hidden by most of the island.

'The conflict strained the social fabric' 是什么意思？

1. 这场冲突立即摧毁了社会的每一个部分。
2. 这场冲突损坏了社区使用的布料。
3. 这场冲突使社会关系和稳定承受了压力。

用 be stricken by 的正确形式完成这句历史叙述风格的句子：In 1891, the explorer ____ fever.

在本句中，Spanish conquistadors 最准确的意思是什么？

1. 从加勒比地区前往西班牙的和平商人
2. 对任何现代比赛获胜者的泛称
3. 参与殖民美洲的西班牙征服者

使用 refer to 所要求的正式关系从句连接结构完成句子：The guide lists a resource ____ new users can refer.

本句中的 in the outbreak 是什么意思？

1. 在一次王位继承仪式期间
2. 在一次有计划的人口迁移期间
3. 在疾病突然传播期间

哪一句用 ignited 的隐喻义表示某个事件引发了强烈的公众反应？

1. A spark ignited the dry grass.
2. The committee postponed the vote until Friday.
3. The disputed election ignited weeks of protests.

哪一句用句尾的 -ing 短语说明前述事件造成的后果？

1. The storm damaged the bridge near the village.
2. The storm damaged the bridge, cutting off the village.
3. The storm damaged the bridge before it reached the village.

哪一句正确使用了 after + -ing，并且两个动作由同一个人完成？

1. After checking the figures, the final report surprised Elena.
2. After checking the figures, Elena sent the final report.
3. After checked the figures, Elena sent the final report.

哪一句正确使用了简化的 although 从句，并且其隐含主语与主句主语一致？

1. Although exhausted, the race was finished by Maya.
2. Although Maya exhausted, she finished the race.
3. Although exhausted, Maya finished the race.

在句子 "The unfamiliar weapons stunned the larger force," 中，stunned 最直接表达什么意思？

1. 这些武器造成了强烈冲击，短暂扰乱了这支军队的应对。
2. 这些武器让这支军队产生了一点好奇。
3. 这些武器立即击败并俘虏了整支军队。

请填入一个正式的关系表达，表示前面正好两个事物都不符合后面的陈述：The lab tested two samples, ____ contained the virus.

请使用 take someone captive 的一般过去时被动形式完成句子：After the battle, several soldiers ____ by the opposing army.

请用 be awed by 的过去时形式完成句子：The hikers ____ the vast glacier.

请完成 so ... that 结构：The reviewer described the hall as ____ beautiful ____ everyone stopped to stare.

句首的 though 从句在这句话中起什么作用？

1. 它表示首都是在四十年的抵抗之后陷落的。
2. 它交代不利背景，使后来仍继续抵抗显得出乎预期。
3. 它表示抵抗导致了首都陷落。

用 fall back to 的过去式完成句子：When the outer wall was breached, the defenders ____ the inner fortress.

用 complete 的过去完成时完成句子：By 2018, the team ____ the project.

用 along with 完成句子：The storm damaged the school, ____ several nearby homes.

例句中的 Thus 起什么篇章作用？

1. 它把这句话呈现为根据前文得出的结论。
2. 它把帝国覆灭作为与前文毫无关联的事件补充进来。
3. 它纠正了帝国此前曾经崛起这一说法。