北极与南极的对决 - 卡米尔·西曼：英语精读讲义

用 whose 补全说明小镇名称的定语从句：We visited a town ____ an old word for river.

哪句话自然地用 if 表示条件，并用 what 从句作 remember 的宾语？

1. You can identify the bird if you just remember what does its call sound like.
2. You can identify the bird if you just remember what its call sounds like.
3. You can identify the bird if do you just remember what its call sounds like.

用目标短语完成句子：The observatory, ____ northern Chile, studies distant galaxies.

哪句话能自然表达“群山从四周包围着这个村庄”？

1. The village is entirely surrounding by mountains.
2. The village is entirely surrounded by mountains.
3. The village entirely surrounds by mountains.

哪句话把 On the other side of the world 用作转向遥远地点的概略过渡语？

1. On the other side of the page, write your name.
2. On the other side of the room, a lamp stands by the sofa.
3. On the other side of the world, families are waking up as we go to sleep.

请根据括号中的信息完成平行的相反对照：The red box ____, and the blue box ____. (red box: crayons, no markers; blue box: markers, no crayons)

请用提示语 Let's talk about ... first 补全句子：____ online safety first.

请用 snow 和 cover 的过去分词完成句子：After the storm, we walked across a ____ field.

请使用 consist of 的正确一般现在时形式：The science club ____ twelve students and two teachers.

哪个句子正确引出了定义本身？

1. A habitat can be defined as the natural home of a plant or animal.
2. A habitat can be defined because it is home to plants and animals.
3. A habitat can be defined by the natural home of a plant or animal.

the Arctic Circle 和 the North Pole 在本句中起什么作用？

1. 它们是该区域内发现的两个普通圆形物体。
2. 它们是地球上同一个点的两个名称。
3. 它们是用于描述该区域的两个地理界限。

用 were to ... would ... 结构完成句子：If you ____ open a café on the Moon, what would you serve?

哪句话表示喷泉位于广场的中央区域？

1. The fountain is outside the square.
2. The fountain is moving toward the square.
3. The fountain is in the middle of the square.

哪句话正确使用 as low as 来突出酒店房价可能低至某个数值？

1. Room rates cannot go below sixty dollars a night in winter.
2. Every room always costs exactly sixty dollars a night in winter.
3. Room rates can be as low as sixty dollars a night in winter.

哪个句子正确使用 despite，在主句前引出一个名词短语？

1. Although the heavy rain, the game continued.
2. Despite the heavy rain, the game continued.
3. Despite it rained heavily, the game continued.

哪个句子表示人们很久以前就开始在岛上居住，而且现在仍住在那里？

1. People live on the island for hundreds of years.
2. People lived on the island for hundreds of years, but the last residents left in 1950.
3. People have lived on the island for hundreds of years.

哪句话正确地在 bacteria 后使用 -ing 短语来描述这些细菌？

1. The scientists studied bacteria living deep underground.
2. The scientists living deep underground studied the bacteria.
3. The scientists studied living bacteria deep underground.

你已经讲完第一个选项。哪句话最自然地把第二个选项引为下一个话题？

1. Okay, I chose the second option yesterday.
2. Okay, what about the second option?
3. Okay, the second option caused a delay.

填入带 -most、表示“比其他所有城镇都更靠南”的方位词：This is the country's ____ town.

哪个句子表示新大厅的大小略低于旧大厅的两倍？

1. The new hall is nearly the same size as the old hall.
2. The new hall is more than twice the size of the old hall.
3. The new hall is nearly twice the size of the old hall.

使用 at least ... in thickness 和准确测量值 10 centimeters 完成句子：The steel door is ____.

哪个句子表示三场飓风属于最强的一组，但不声称只有它们最强？

1. The three hurricanes were less powerful than most storms on record.
2. The three hurricanes were some of the most powerful storms on record.
3. The three hurricanes were the only powerful storms on record.

哪一个句子先提出一种可能的预想，然后再加以修正？

1. Bats are active at night, and they live in many places.
2. You must think that bats are blind, so I will not explain further.
3. You might think that bats are blind, but they can see.

哪一个句子使用 so + 形容词 + that 来表示程度很高并带来一个结果？

1. The road was so icy that the school bus turned back.
2. The road was very icy, but the bus arrived safely.
3. The road was icy because the bus turned back.

在气候报告中，annual precipitation 衡量什么？

1. 一年内以雨、雪和类似形式降下的总水量
2. 储存在地下的水量
3. 一年内记录到的最高温度

用包含 get 的两个词的“到达”短语完成句子：The mountain cabin is hard to ____ in winter.

请补全 anywhere from ... to ... 结构：Delivery can take ____ two ____ seven days.

请用 scattered across 补全句子：Small farms are ____ the valley.

请用表示“挣扎求生”的固定表达完成句子：During the severe drought, the herd had to ____.

请用表示“适应寒冷条件”的带连字符形容词完成句子：Scientists found several ____ species near the glacier.

在“But why is Antarctica colder than its northern cousin?”中，its northern cousin 指什么？

1. 住在南极洲北部的一位人类亲戚
2. 北极地区，被说成南极洲在北方可相比的对应地区
3. 一个属于南极洲的国家

用表示“高于海洋基准面”的三个词补全海拔句：The mountain lodge is 2,400 meters ____.

really 在 the Arctic is really a frozen ocean 这个分句中起什么作用？

1. 它把北极重新界定为其实际所是：一片被冰覆盖的海洋。
2. 它只是加强 frozen，表示“冻得极其厉害”。
3. 它表示说话人怀疑北极是否存在。

请用 transfer 的一般现在时被动形式和表示介质的介词完成句子：Heat ____ the metal wall.

使用 enter 的正确形式完成句子：A locked gate prevents visitors ____ the unsafe area.

句中的拟人表达实际是什么意思？

1. 南极正在有意改变季节。
2. 季节正在秘密制定一个有意识的计划。
3. 多种与季节有关的条件正在共同造成不利结果。

这句话中的 aphelion 是什么意思？

1. 南半球冬季的名称
2. 地球离太阳最远的位置或时刻
3. 地球离太阳最近的位置或时刻

用本课表示“双重打击”的非正式习语完成句子：A broken heater and a power outage were ____ for the family.

用目标结构完成让步部分：____ remote, the village has a busy medical clinic.

哪一句使用这个句型来解释某事物为什么具有当前的特点？

1. Patient coaching is the way the team travels to games.
2. Patient coaching is a big reason why the team is the way it is.
3. The team is a big reason why patient coaching began.

本句中的 climate controllers 是什么意思？

1. 对调节气候有重要作用的自然因素。
2. 操作制造天气的机器的人员。
3. 只用来记录温度的设备。

哪句话表示隔热材料让室内温度的波动不那么极端，而不只是降低温度？

1. Insulation helps reduce the indoor temperature.
2. Insulation helps measure the indoor temperature.
3. Insulation helps moderate the indoor temperature.

选择 due to 使用正确的句子。

1. The flight was delayed due to heavy snow.
2. The flight was delayed due to it was snowing heavily.
3. The flight was delayed due to the snow was heavy.

在句子“As the nights get colder, the lake begins to freeze,”中，as 表达什么关系？

1. 湖面已经结冰，而这导致夜晚变冷。
2. 夜晚越来越冷，同时湖面开始结冰，两者属于同一发展过程。
3. 尽管夜晚变冷，湖面仍然没有变化。

在这个句子中，becomes increasingly more unstable 表达了什么？

1. 天气随着时间逐渐变得更不稳定。
2. 一个地方的天气只比另一个地方稍微不稳定。
3. 天气一直保持在某个固定的不稳定程度。