你应该相信一致的决定吗？ - 德里克·阿伯特：英语精读讲义

本句中的 a police lineup 是什么意思？

1. 目击者被告知谁已被证明有罪的会议
2. 警方安排目击者从一组人中辨认某人的程序
3. 警察在银行外等候的普通队伍

哪一个展开后的版本保留了原短语的含义？

1. A bank robber that they glimpsed while the witnesses were fleeing the crime scene
2. A bank robber that they glimpsed fleeing the crime scene
3. A bank robber who glimpsed them fleeing the crime scene

用本课中表示“从一群人中辨认出来”的两词短语动词补全句子：In the class photo, can you ____ the student wearing the red hat?

用本课中表示“很可能”的短语补全句子：____ our flight will be delayed because of the storm.

rock solid 在这句话中是什么意思？

1. 这个案件与一块物理上很硬的岩石有关。
2. 这个案件似乎有极其有力、可靠的证据支持。
3. 这个案件已经获得法院的最终判决。

这里的 After all 在组织信息方面起什么作用？

1. 引出一个支持前文观点的理由。
2. 表示事件发生在更晚的时间。
3. 转到一个与前文无关的话题。

用 rely on 的正确形式完成句子：The safety system ____ two backup batteries.

哪句话表示某件事只在达到一个抽象限度之前有效，之后情况会改变？

1. The plan works in every situation, no matter how high the costs become.
2. The phone gets a signal only at one point on the hiking trail.
3. The plan works up until a certain point, but after that the costs become too high.

用 icy 和 slowly 的比较级补全这组关联变化：The ____ the road becomes, the ____ we must drive.

判断下列说法：the paradox of unanimity 表示任何全体一致的结果都必然是错的。

1. 错误
2. 正确

请用 improve 的正确形式完成句子：The key to ____ your writing is regular practice.

the overall level of uncertainty 要求你评估什么？

1. 哪个人最先犯了错误
2. 所有可能的结果是否完全相同
3. 整个情况有多不确定

用目标短语原样完成句子：The road is covered in ice, so we ____ the school closure.

用目标短语原样完成句子，表明预测有证据支持：The weather report predicts a blizzard, so we ____ school delays.

以下哪种理解最符合本句中的 natural variance 和 varied distribution？

1. 所有正常结果都应该完全相同。
2. 有人刻意把每个结果分配到不同的组中。
3. 结果可以自然地有所不同，并分散在不同数值上。

用本课的双词近似表达完成句子：The repair will cost ____ $500, but we do not have the final quote yet.

完成句子，把问题来源从密码转向网络：The problem is ____ the password, ____ the network.

在讨论目击者和警方列队辨认时，suspect identifications 是什么意思？

1. 属于嫌疑人的身份证件
2. 对被怀疑实施犯罪的人的辨认
3. 看起来可疑或不可靠的辨认

这两个否定比较说明对嫌疑人的辨认具有什么特点？

1. 对嫌疑人的辨认没有抛硬币那么随机，但也没有区分苹果、香蕉那么明确。
2. 对嫌疑人的辨认既和抛硬币一样随机，也和区分苹果、香蕉一样明确。
3. 对嫌疑人的辨认比抛硬币更随机，也比区分苹果、香蕉更明确。

选择最适合补全这段话的连接语：Some people thought the museum had closed. ___, it had moved to a larger building.

1. After all
2. In fact
3. For example

哪句话把48%表示为可能的最高值，而不是精确值或最低值？

1. The error rate was exactly 48 percent.
2. The error rate was at least 48 percent.
3. The error rate was up to 48 percent.

哪句话描述的是一般倾向，而不是未来计划或规则？

1. People tend to check familiar names first.
2. The team intends to check the list tomorrow.
3. Everyone must check the list before leaving.

哪句话自然地表示“目击者从列队中选出了一名男子”？

1. The witness picked the lineup out of one man.
2. The witness picked one man out of the lineup.
3. The witness picked out of one man the lineup.

测试表明，这个锁在使用新电池时已经发生过几次故障。选择最合适的短语完成句子：The lock can fail ____ the battery is new.

1. even if
2. even when
3. because

哪个句子正确地在名词后使用过去分词短语，说明该名词所依据的信息？

1. The report basing on limited data may be inaccurate.
2. The report based limited data may be inaccurate.
3. The report based on limited data may be inaccurate.

overestimate our own accuracy 是什么意思？

1. 认为自己的判断正确次数比实际更少
2. 认为自己的判断正确次数比实际更多
3. 衡量自己的判断有多常正确

Knowing all this 在这段论证中起什么作用？

1. 它宣布一个与前文完全无关的事实。
2. 它汇总前文信息，并把这些信息作为得出下一个结论的依据。
3. 它表示前面的信息已经不再重要。

补全指定结构 less like A and more like B：The delay looks ____ bad luck and ____ poor planning.

哪种情况最适合称为 a systemic error？

1. 按固定且可测量的模式重复出现的误差
2. 整个招聘流程中内置的缺陷
3. 一名员工偶然打错的一个字

用目标短语补全句子，表示这些模式不仅见于历史书，也见于其他地方：These patterns ____ history books; we see them in daily life too.

在这个犯罪报道语境中，incriminating 最符合哪种意思？

1. 它使此人显得与犯罪有关。
2. 它给了此人一个引人注目的绰号。
3. 它证明法庭已经判定此人有罪。

哪句话中的 dubbed 表示“给某人一个称号或绰号”？

1. The studio dubbed the documentary into Spanish.
2. The press dubbed the inventor the Green Genius.
3. The inventor signed the article with her legal name.

哪项陈述与“so consistent, precisely because it was wrong”采用了相同的逻辑？

1. 这些读数不同，是因为有一个传感器出了故障。
2. 这些读数相同，是因为每次读数都由同一个有故障的传感器产生。
3. 这些读数相同，所以每个传感器都必然准确。

用目标表达 It turned out that 完成句子：____ the repair was cheaper than expected.

哪句话中的 used to + 动词是缩略的被动修饰语，表示某个物品被用于某种用途？

1. The camera used to record the interview is on the desk.
2. Leah used to record interviews on her phone.
3. Leah is used to recording interviews in busy cafés.

请用 contaminate 的过去完成时被动形式补全句子，并包含 all 和 accidentally：By the time the lab opened the package, the swabs ____.

哪种情况最清楚地体现了 systematic errors？

1. 整个许可证制度存在结构性缺陷。
2. 三次读数围绕真实值毫无规律地上下波动。
3. 一台秤每次测量都会多显示两千克。

请用课文中表示“因有意欺骗而发生”的四词短语完成句子：Serious reporting errors can ____.

哪种情况属于 presidential referendum，而不是 presidential election？

1. 选民就是否让现任总统继续执政投赞成票或反对票。
2. 政党官员编写竞选口号。
3. 选民从四名候选人中选择一人担任总统。

“Officials claimed a turnout of 100%” 是什么意思？

1. 官员证实所有选民都支持同一名候选人。
2. 官员称一名候选人获得了一半选票。
3. 官员称所有符合资格的选民都参加了投票。

哪一句是在转述他人的说法，同时表达怀疑？

1. The device supposedly passed every safety test.
2. The device probably passed every safety test.
3. The device definitely passed every safety test.

用本课表示“支持”的三词短语完成句子：The council voted ____ the new playground plan.

漫长的公交车程似乎很烦人，但它让 Leo 有时间读书。哪句话使用目标框架引出了这个新角度？

1. When you look at the bus, its doors are closing.
2. When you face this way, you can see the library.
3. When you look at it this way, the long bus ride gives Leo time to read.

一次徒步比别人说的容易，但可能仍需要付出一些努力。哪句话最恰当地表达了这种缓和后的判断？

1. The hike is actually extremely difficult.
2. The hike isn't at all difficult.
3. The hike isn't actually all that difficult.

哪一句使用 theoretically ideal 来区分理想模型和现实限制？

1. The engineers theoretically built the ideal design yesterday.
2. The design is theoretically ideal because years of field tests have proved it works best everywhere.
3. The design is theoretically ideal, but current batteries make it too heavy.

请用本学习笔记中表示某事发生可能性很低的确切三个单词完成句子：With two independent backups, there are ____ losing all the data.

哪句话自然地使用 but in practice，从计划转向现实中的结果？

1. The schedule looks efficient on paper, but in practice, it leaves no time for delays.
2. The schedule looks efficient on paper, and in theory, it was printed yesterday.
3. The schedule looks efficient on paper, but during practice, the team learns it quickly.

哪句话使用 should tell us that，根据证据推导结论？

1. We should tell the technician that the battery is failing.
2. The repeated warning should tell us that the battery is failing.
3. The technician should tell us that the battery is failing.

监控团队发现每晚都会出现同一种原因不明的错误。哪句话准确使用了目标短语？

1. The repeated errors may come from some hidden factor affecting the system.
2. The repeated errors show that the system itself is hidden from view.
3. The repeated errors prove that a magical force controls the system.

哪一句在以名词 greater accuracy 表示目标时正确使用了 strive？

1. The research team strives to greater accuracy in every report.
2. The research team strives for greater accuracy in every report.
3. The research team strives greater accuracy in every report.

哪句话正确使用 Although，把第一个从句作为让步背景？

1. Although the sample was small, but the pattern was clear.
2. Although the sample was small, the pattern was clear.
3. Despite the sample was small, the pattern was clear.

在分析中，“Some disagreement should be naturally expected”是什么意思？

1. 出现一些分歧是合理而且不令人意外的预期。
2. 分歧是值得期待的，因此不应该纠正。
3. 人们被命令去制造分歧。

请用表示“好得可能不是真的”的固定表达完成这句警示：The ad promises a brand-new laptop for one dollar with no conditions. That sounds ____.

在原句中，it probably is 恢复了前面的哪部分信息？

1. 补全后的意思是：The perfect result probably is too good to be true.
2. 它把 is 理解为“存在”。
3. 它引入了一个前面未提到的不同结果。