爱因斯坦的“双生子佯谬”解析 - 安珀·斯图弗 (Amber Stuver)：英语精读讲义

用正确的时间介词完成句子：We had a family dinner ____ my grandmother's 70th birthday.

用 volunteer 和正确的介词完成句子：The study needed healthy adults, so Priya decided to ____ the trial.

在这个句子中，while 的主要作用是什么：Terra will remain on Earth while Stella will board a spaceship?

1. 它表示 Stella 只有在 Terra 离开地球后才会登船。
2. 它对比了 Terra 和 Stella 的不同安排。
3. 它说明了 Terra 留在地球上的原因。

在这句话中，10 light years 测量的是什么？

1. 这颗恒星的年龄。
2. 到这颗恒星的距离。
3. 旅程所需的时间。

用表示速度的介词完成句子：The probe can travel ____ 20 kilometers per second.

用 part ways 的正确过去式完成句子：After the tour, the two families ____.

选择嵌入式疑问句语序正确的句子。

1. I wonder what does she choose.
2. I wonder what will she choose.
3. I wonder what she will choose.

在句子 Since the roads are icy, school is closed. 中，Since 起什么作用？

1. 它把道路状况和学校进行对比。
2. 它表示道路开始结冰的时间。
3. 它引出学校停课的原因。

请用一个由三个英文单词组成的结构补全句子，表示莉娜的知识来自先前的学习：____ first aid, Lena knew how to help.

一位朋友说："Just restart the app and everything will be fixed." 你回答："It's not that simple." 你在表达什么？

1. 你同意重新启动一定能解决问题。
2. 这个问题任何人都不可能理解。
3. 在解决问题之前，还必须考虑更多因素。

补全成对比较级结构：____ more you practice, ____ easier the skill becomes。

选择能正确引出比较基准的短语：The new camera is lighter ____ the old model。

1. instead of
2. compared to
3. because of

在科学报告中，quantify the effect 是什么意思？

1. 只用文字描述这种影响
2. 解释这种影响为什么存在
3. 用一个数值表示这种影响

句中的 something called the Lorentz factor 在组织信息时起什么作用？

1. 它先引入术语，然后再给出定义。
2. 它在纠正一个熟悉术语的拼写。
3. 它拒绝说出这个概念的名称。

哪一句正确使用了非限定性关系从句，为已经明确的 formula 补充信息？

1. The formula, which is shown below, gives the result.
2. The formula, that is shown below, gives the result.
3. The formula, which it is shown below, gives the result.

用本课中的两个英文单词组成的确切过渡语完成句子：First, check the map. ____, choose the safest route.

请使用 as measured by ... 结构和 this gauge 这两个词完成句子：The pressure, ____, remains stable.

在物理语境中，The rod's length will contract by the same factor 是什么意思？

1. 测得的长度会减少相同的固定单位数。
2. 物体的所有者将签署同一份法律合同。
3. 测得的长度会按相同比例变短。

已知洛伦兹因子为 2，本句中的 twice as slowly 是什么意思？

1. 飞船上的时间流逝速率是参照速率的一半。
2. 飞船上的时间流逝速率是参照速率的两倍。
3. 飞船上的时间完全停止。

阅读这个句子：The battery is empty, meaning the camera will turn off. meaning 起什么作用？

1. 引出前述事实造成的结果。
2. 询问前述事实是否属实。
3. 开始一个无关的新话题。

哪句话使用 notice + 宾语 + -ing 表示察觉到正在进行的动作？

1. I noticed that the dog had already crossed the street.
2. I noticed the dog crossing the street.
3. I expected the dog to cross the street.

用本课的两个词连接语完成第二句。它要指回前面的结果并引出原因：Several schools are closed. ____ the roads are icy.

用 time 和 based 组成一个复合形容词来完成句子：The quiz uses a ____ scoring system.

用表示“变得没那么快”的双词短语动词完成句子：As the battery runs low, the device may ____.

用目标结构 rate of + 名词完成句子：The scientist measured the ____ growth.

哪个选项最准确地解释了 perception of time？

1. 一个人对时间如何流逝的主观体验
2. 列出未来事件的计划
3. 时钟显示的准确时间

以下哪种描述可能符合 inertial reference frame？

1. 一个相对于所有观察者都必须静止的参考系。
2. 一个速度大小或方向正在变化的参考系。
3. 一个以恒定速度沿直线运动、既不加速也不旋转的参考系。

哪一句使用了相同的 The only people who ... would be ... 信息结构？

1. The server would show the engineers who had access.
2. The security engineers could access only the server.
3. The only people who could access the server would be the security engineers.

哪句话使用 thus 来标明由前面证据推导出的结论？

1. The readings matched; thus, the team concluded that the sensor was accurate.
2. The readings matched; meanwhile, the team checked the battery.
3. The readings matched; for example, one value was 20.

just one way of looking at things 这个表达是什么意思？

1. 这是一种可能的视角，也可能存在其他解释。
2. 这是要求从不同位置观察几个物体。
3. 这是观察实物的唯一正确方式。

说话者说“It would be just as valid to say the plan stayed the same”是什么意思？

1. 这种描述是唯一可能为真的事实。
2. 在相同前提下，这种描述同样合理。
3. 这种描述与主题无关，但值得一提。

哪一个句子使用 in that case 把特定条件与其结果连接起来？

1. If the library is closed, we will study at home. In any case, we will meet online.
2. The library has a glass case, and we will meet beside it.
3. If the library is closed, we will study at home. In that case, we will meet online.

使用括号中的词完成句子，并用 making 从句表示结果：The final goal broke the tie, ____. (make / our team / the winner)

They can't each be older than the other 是什么意思？

1. 两个人不可能同时都比对方年长。
2. 两个人一定完全同岁。
3. 两个人都还小，不能比较年龄。

哪种情况最符合 apparent contradiction？

1. 两份报告完全一致。
2. 两项说法已被证明不可能协调一致。
3. 两个结果似乎相互冲突，但更多信息可能会化解这种冲突。

用 be known as 的正确形式完成句子：This process ____ photosynthesis.

not really X, just Y 在这句话中起什么作用？

1. 它把两个无关事实说成同等重要。
2. 它让听者在两个可能的说法中做选择。
3. 它否定一种说法，并用更准确的说法取而代之。

用两个词补全句子，引出这个例子所展示的内容：This is an example ____ small errors can spread through a system.

哪一句使用句首不定式短语来说明科学家为什么重复实验？

1. To verify the result, the scientist repeated the experiment.
2. After verifying the result, the scientist repeated the experiment.
3. The scientist repeated the experiment and verified the result.

哪一句表示监测随着风暴的变化同步进行，只有很少或没有可察觉的延迟？

1. The control room receives the storm report on time.
2. The control room tracks the storm in real time.
3. The control room reaches shelter in time.

哪一个词组最适合表示作为脉冲使用的一次短促光释放，而不是有方向的光束或反射光？

1. a burst of light
2. a reflection of light
3. a beam of light

使用 agree to + 动词原形结构，其中 agree 用过去式，help 用原形：After they discussed the plan, Maya ____ with the setup.

哪个句子正确使用 every time 和现在完成时，表示每满一个月后才生成报告？

1. Every time a full month has passed, the system creates a report.
2. Every a full month has passed, the system creates a report.
3. Every time has a full month passed, the system creates a report.

填入表示“不同于”的目标单词介词：____ most fish, whales breathe air.

请用 regardless + 介词构成的固定表达完成句子：The club welcomes everyone ____ age.

请用表示速度的 at the same + 名词 + as 结构完成句子：The second train is traveling ____ the first train.

哪个句子明确表示，无论在哪个地点，头盔规定都不变？

1. The helmet rule applies regardless of whether you ride in the park or on the street.
2. The helmet rule applies because you ride in the park or on the street.
3. The helmet rule asks whether you ride in the park or on the street.

哪个句子在 recorded 后正确使用了嵌入式问句？

1. The researchers recorded how long it took each user to complete the task.
2. The researchers recorded how long did it take each user to complete the task.
3. The researchers recorded how long took it each user to complete the task.

在这句话中，plus 起到什么信息组织作用？

1. 它用一个新话题替换前面提到的时间量。
2. 它表示应该忽略前面提到的时间量。
3. 它把光的传播时间加到前面提到的时间量上。

为展示持续变化过程的图表选择自然的补全表达：This chart helps us ___.

1. chase how the temperature changes over time
2. track how the temperature changes over time
3. track the temperature to change over time

听完整的英文句子并选出你听到的内容。注意坐标轴开头读的是字母 x 还是 y。

1. The y-axis shows distance.
2. The x-axis shows distance.

用表示“时间向前推移”的正式短语完成句子：The stone steps became smooth with ____.

使用目标结构和 the engineer 补全句子：____, the schedule leaves too little time for testing.

用 equivalent 及其正确的介词补全句子：One training credit is ____ ten hours of study.

哪一句自然地描述了坐标图上画出的一条轨迹？

1. The road stretches from the village to a viewpoint five kilometers away.
2. The path stretches from the origin to a point at five seconds and two meters.
3. Her point comes from the origin of an old argument.

哪一句最准确地表示两条绘制出的路径逐渐汇合到同一个终点？

1. The two plotted paths converge at the same endpoint.
2. The two plotted paths intersect and continue in different directions.
3. The two plotted paths remain parallel all the way to their endpoints.

使用 take + time + to do。用 take 的正确形式以及给定词 thirty minutes 和 cross 完成句子：The ferry ____ the bay.

哪个句子语法正确，并且在 line 前使用了复合修饰语？

1. Draw a 30-degrees diagonal line.
2. Draw a 30-degree diagonally line.
3. Draw a 30-degree diagonal line.

哪个短语最适合补全句子？The bus was pulling ahead, so the cyclist pedaled faster to ___ it before the next stop.

1. get away from
2. look up to
3. catch up to

请用 away 加上正确的介词补全句子：The rescue boat is traveling ____ the dangerous rocks, so the distance is increasing.

哪个句子表示晚餐会在客人到达之前或最迟在他们到达时已经吃完？

1. By the time the guests arrive, we will have finished dinner.
2. When the guests arrive, we will start dinner.
3. We will keep eating dinner until the guests arrive.

用 pass 的将来完成时补全句子：By next July, three years ____ since the library opened.

用 already、be 和 journey 所搭配的自然介词完成句子：By noon tomorrow, the hikers will ____.

在这句话中，since 有什么作用？Since Lena is walking toward us, we can see her more clearly.

1. 它标明 Lena 第一次停下脚步的时间。
2. 它引出与看得更清楚相反的对比。
3. 它引出看得更清楚的原因。

哪个句子能正确表示新路线到达车站所需的时间更短？

1. The new route will take less time to reach the station.
2. The new route will take fewer time to reach the station.
3. The new route will take less time to reach to the station.

哪个句子使用了相同的信息结构：同一过程在第一阶段呈现一种结果，但在第二阶段呈现相反的结果？

1. The battery drained slowly during the morning but drained rapidly during the video call.
2. The battery drained during the morning, and the video call lasted an hour.
3. The battery drained rapidly because the video call used the camera.

在讨论同时发生的情况时，哪句话能最自然地切换到玛雅的视角？

1. Therefore, Maya moved the station away.
2. Meanwhile, for Maya, the station appears to be moving away.
3. For example, the station belongs to Maya.

哪句话结构正确，表达“房间看起来似乎正在变小”？

1. It seems the room as though getting smaller.
2. It seems as though the room is getting smaller.
3. It seems as the room to get smaller.

选择能正确补全句子的表达：The outdoor game was canceled ___ heavy rain.

1. although
2. because of
3. because

一段距离原来是 12 米，之后 shrinks by a factor of two。它的新长度是多少？

1. It becomes 10 meters.
2. It becomes 6 meters.
3. It becomes 24 meters.

在句子 "Each leg of the trip has a different guide," 中，leg 是什么意思？

1. 旅程结束的地方
2. 人的身体部位
3. 旅程中的一段

一艘渡船已经离开它的家乡岛屿，正在前往一座较远的岛屿。哪个短语可以描述这段旅程？

1. its outbound journey
2. its final destination
3. its inbound journey

以下哪种理解最符合省略结构 each one from farther away？

1. 省略的谓语适用于每一个对象，而且每一个都与更远的位置相关。
2. 所有对象的距离完全相同。
3. 只有一个对象与较远的位置相关。

一列火车正在驶向中央车站。哪个短语能正确描述它的这段行程？

1. its inbound journey
2. its journey away from the station
3. its outbound journey

请用目标短语 for the rest of 原样完成句子：The museum will remain closed ____ the day.

哪一项最准确地概括了原句组织信息的方式？

1. 这句话表示，从所有视角来看，斯特拉在分开的大部分时间里都衰老得很快。
2. 从泰拉的视角来看，斯特拉在分开的大部分时间里似乎衰老得很慢，而临近结束时衰老得很快。
3. 这句话从斯特拉的视角给缓慢衰老和快速衰老分配了相同的时间。

用 account for 的正确形式加 why 完成句子：The difference in sunlight ____ the two plants grew at different rates.

用 Although 和 both ... and 完成句子：____ Maya saw the temperature ____ rising ____ falling, she kept recording it.

哪种情况最适合用 an even split 来描述？

1. 一位合伙人获得 80%，另一位获得 20%。
2. 款项晚了两天到账。
3. 每位合伙人获得 50% 的利润。

新测量结果与先前结果相符时，选择能完成下句的短语：The new measurements are ___ the earlier results.

1. consistent with
2. different from
3. consistent in

哪一种补全最准确地保留了原省略结构的含义？

1. but only 11.5 Earth years as measured on Earth
2. but only 11.5 years spent traveling around Earth
3. but only 11.5 years as experienced aboard the ship

用目标聚焦句型 Where X went wrong was Y 完成句子：Where the planners went ____ was their assumption that costs would fall.

哪一句表示两位科学家同样有充分理由因这项发现获得署名？

1. Both scientists made the same claim about when the discovery happened.
2. Both scientists have equal claim to being credited with the discovery.
3. Both scientists claim to have made the discovery.

句首短语“To be an inertial observer”在这句话中起什么作用？

1. 它引出符合惯性观察者身份所需的必要条件。
2. 它表示某人过去曾是惯性观察者。
3. 它告诉惯性观察者应该去哪里。

哪句话自然表达了“必须保持相同的温度”？

1. The machine has to reach a constant temperature.
2. The machine has to maintain a constant temperature.
3. The machine has to record a constant temperature.

哪句话明确把海岸作为测量速度的参照对象？

1. The boat is relatively slow near the shore.
2. The boat's speed is measured at the shore.
3. The boat's speed is measured relative to the shore.

哪句话使用了 at rest 在物理学中的含义？

1. The machine needs a short rest.
2. Maya is resting after soccer practice.
3. The ball is at rest relative to the floor.

哪句话自然地表示莉娜转向，以便开始返程？

1. Lina changed her mind about taking the return journey.
2. Lina changed her direction for the return journey.
3. Lina changed the return journey into a new direction.

哪句话在物理意义上使用了 entered a different reference frame？

1. After the debate, Mia adopted a different frame of reference.
2. After the spacecraft accelerated, it entered a different reference frame.
3. The painting was placed in a different picture frame.

哪句话自然地用 one 替代 city，并保留了必需的句末介词？

1. Her journey ended in a different city from the one she'd started.
2. Her journey ended in a different city from that she'd started in.
3. Her journey ended in a different city from the one she'd started in.

请选择正确使用 a better understanding of how ... works 的句子。

1. I now have a better understanding of how this machine works.
2. I now have a better understanding of how does this machine work.
3. I now have a better understanding of how works this machine.

已知 Maya 确实是队长。请选择表示她以这一身份发言的句子。

1. Maya spoke as if she were the team captain.
2. Like the team captain, Maya spoke for the whole group.
3. As the team captain, Maya spoke for the whole group.

用短语 a perfect example of 完成句子：This small urban garden is ____ sustainable design.

哪句话以俏皮的方式鼓励某人继续培养一种能力？

1. Keep your problem-solving muscles inside the box.
2. Flex the muscles in your arm before you lift the box.
3. Keep flexing your problem-solving muscles with these puzzles.

用 replete with 补全这个正式句子：The guidebook is ____ practical advice.

用 a load of 补全这个口语句子：We received ____ messages after the show.

wibbly-wobbly timey-wimey stuff 在这句话中主要起什么作用？

1. 给出关于时间的精确科学定义
2. 描述一个正在实际摇晃的物体
3. 用俏皮的方式轻轻带过复杂的时间概念