亚马逊女战士真的存在吗？ - 阿德里安娜·马约尔：英语精读讲义

在这个开场中，Since the time of Homer 主要起什么作用？

1. 它表示提到的每一个故事都是荷马本人创作的。
2. 它给出荷马开始写作的确切日历日期。
3. 它把话题放进一个非常古老的希腊史诗传统中。

请用 tell of 的过去式完成句子，以表示编年史所记载的内容：The old chronicle ____ a winter that lasted three years.

请用正确的过去式词组补全这个固定表达：The warning ____ the villagers.

哪一个句子中的 exploits 是复数名词，表示“英勇或非凡的事迹”？

1. The company exploits workers who have few choices.
2. The biography recounts the pilot's daring exploits.
3. This software exploits a weakness in the system.

在这个句子中，legendary 主要表明什么？

1. 这场战争只是通过现代媒体才流行起来
2. 特洛伊一方取得了一场格外出色的胜利
3. 特洛伊战争在这里被呈现为古代传说和史诗传统的一部分

在 Jason and the Argonauts 中，Argonauts 指谁？

1. 来自亚马逊河地区的古代民族
2. 与伊阿宋一同航行、寻找金羊毛的一队英雄
3. 从事远洋航行的现代职业群体

哪句话明确表示最终成功逃脱，但只差一点就会失败？

1. They made no attempt to escape.
2. They barely escaped before the doors locked.
3. They almost escaped before the doors locked.

用 face off against 的过去式完成句子：In the final, Maya ____ last year's champion.

哪一个句子正确使用了强调结构，表示没有遗漏任何一个紧急出口？

1. Every single one of the emergency exits was checked.
2. Every single ones of the emergency exits were checked.
3. Everyone of the emergency exits was checked.

例句中的 quote unquote 最可能起什么作用？

1. 它把后面的词语标为引语或特殊标签，也可能表示说话人与该说法保持距离。
2. 它保证后面的词语是客观事实。
3. 它要求听者把整句话写下来。

哪句话正确使用了正式的名词结构，表示 Elena 在速度和控制力方面与对手相当？

1. Elena equals of her rival in speed and control.
2. Elena is equal of her rival in speed and control.
3. Elena is the equal of her rival in speed and control.

句中这些场景出现在帕特农神庙上，最能说明什么？

1. 雅典卫城是一座与雅典无关的遥远城市。
2. 帕特农神庙是一座没有公共作用的私人住宅。
3. 亚马逊题材出现在一个重要的公共和宗教场所中。

哪句话中的 subject 表示艺术作品所描绘的题材？

1. Please do not change the subject during our discussion.
2. Biology was her favorite subject at school.
3. Birds were a favorite subject in her watercolor paintings.

哪句话通过平行的形容词组呈现了相互对立的两面？

1. The campsite was remote because it was peaceful and beautiful.
2. The campsite was peaceful and beautiful, so it could not have any disadvantages.
3. The campsite was peaceful and beautiful, but also remote and difficult to reach.

哪句话自然地使用了这个完整结构，表示某个群体造成的无法避免的死亡？

1. The captured rebels were doomed dying at the hands of the occupying army.
2. The captured rebels were doomed to die in the hands of the occupying army.
3. The captured rebels were doomed to die at the hands of the occupying army.

or something more? 在这句话中起什么作用？

1. 它证明亚马逊人是历史上真实存在的人。
2. 它把话题转到了希腊英雄如何战斗。
3. 它提出一个问题：这个神话是否有更深或更真实的依据。

哪一句使用被动报道结构来表达长期存在的看法，同时没有点明是谁持有这种看法？

1. The island remained uninhabited for a long time.
2. It was long assumed that the island was uninhabited.
3. Researchers long assumed that the island was uninhabited.

But curiously enough 最主要传达什么信号？

1. 接下来的内容令人意外，并且与先前的预期形成对比。
2. 接下来的内容只是重复前面的信息。
3. 说话人要结束这个话题，因为没有发生任何异常情况。

哪句话用 feature 这个动词表示“包含或呈现”，并用 -like 表示“类似于”？

1. The exhibition was featured insect-like robots in its main hall.
2. The exhibition's special features included an audio guide.
3. The exhibition featured insect-like robots in its main hall.

哪句话用 not just 扩大了证据来源的范围？

1. The pattern appears only in eyewitness reports.
2. The pattern appears in satellite data rather than in eyewitness reports.
3. The pattern appears in satellite data, not just in eyewitness reports.

句中列出 Herodotus、Plato 和 Strabo，主要起什么作用？

1. 介绍亚马逊故事中的三个人物
2. 表示三个人都曾亲自与亚马逊人并肩作战
3. 用公认古代作者的证言支持这一说法

用本课表示“以这个名称被称呼”的两个词短语补全句子：The neighborhood is ____ Little Italy.

当证据用于确定聚落的地理位置时，哪个词或短语最适合补全句子？From the written evidence, historians ___ the settlement in the northern valley.

1. searched for
2. built
3. located

用 stretching from ... across ... 补全句子：The map shows a railway ____ the coast ____ the desert.

请用表示“这个群体居住在这里”的固定结构完成句子：The remote island ____ several fishing families.

用 center on 的过去式完成句子：The workshop ____ practical ways to save energy.

哪句话自然地表示贸易繁荣了两个世纪？

1. Trade flourished in the port for two centuries.
2. Trade flowered in the port to two centuries.
3. Trade flourished the port for two centuries.

哪句话正确表示 Maya 受到同事尊敬，并被选中领导团队？

1. Respecting her colleagues, Maya was chosen to lead the team.
2. Respected by her colleagues, Maya was chosen to lead the team.
3. Respected by her colleagues, the committee chose Maya to lead the team.

在这句话中，left no written records 是什么意思？

1. 他们离开了所有书面文献。
2. 他们把文献存放在另一个地方。
3. 他们没有把任何书面文献传给后人。

用目标结构补全第二句：No one submitted the form before Lina. Lina was ____ submit it.

在这个句子中，recurve bow 指什么？

1. 永久固定在马鞍上的弓
2. 未上弦时弓臂末端朝远离射手的方向弯曲的弓
3. 任何整体形状弯曲的弓

哪一种人是 a female mounted archer？

1. 把弓安装到墙上的女性
2. 骑马射箭的女性
3. 徒步奔跑时携带箭的女性

哪句话正确使用了两个并列的 as...as 同级比较，表示新电池和旧电池一样轻、一样耐用？

1. The new battery is lighter and more durable than the old one.
2. The new battery is as light as but more durable than the old one.
3. The new battery is as light and as durable as the old one.

请用 be trained to 的一般过去时被动形式完成句子：The museum guides ____ respond calmly during emergencies.

哪一句明确表示技工和消防员一起参与了同一项维修工作？

1. Mechanics watched the firefighters from a nearby building.
2. Mechanics worked alongside firefighters to repair the damaged bridge.
3. Mechanics stood beside the firefighters but did not help with the repair.

created its own form of equality 在句中起什么信息组织作用？

1. 它开始列举保障完全平等的现代法律。
2. 它否认女性曾参与狩猎或战斗。
3. 它把地貌和生活方式作为产生某种社会结果的原因。

请用所有格关系词完成句子：The region, ____ residents depend on fishing, faces rising sea levels.

哪一句是在对过去的情况作不确定的推测？

1. The report may have been based on incomplete evidence.
2. The report was definitely based on incomplete evidence.
3. The report may be incomplete.

哪句话把一个发展过程作为另一个变化的背景，而没有直接说明原因？

1. Because the heater broke, the room became cold.
2. As the weather grew colder, the lake began to freeze.
3. Although the weather grew colder, the lake did not freeze.

用一个表示“拿着并主动使用武器”的过去式动词完成句子：During the battle, the knight ____ a heavy sword with both hands.

请用 characteristic of 完成句子：Bright geometric patterns are ____ this weaving tradition.

选择嵌入式疑问句语序正确的句子。

1. No one knows how serious the damage is.
2. No one knows how is serious the damage.
3. No one knows how serious is the damage.

用目标短语 provide ample evidence 完成句子：The survey results ____ that public support is growing.

在句子 “A pediatrician, or doctor for children, examined the baby,” 中，or 起什么作用？

1. 它表示检查可能不会发生。
2. 它让人在两位医生之间做选择。
3. 它用更通俗的话重新说明 pediatrician。

后来的实验室检测改变了团队的看法。哪句话使用目标结构，把旧假设放在那次过去的检测之前？

1. The team currently assumes the sample is modern.
2. The team had previously assumed the sample was modern.
3. The team has previously assumed the sample was modern.

调查人员过去在对所有权作排他性推断。哪句话能自然表达这个意思？

1. The camera could only be belonged to its registered owner.
2. The camera could only belong to its registered owner.
3. The camera could belong to its registered owner.

哪一句自然地表示调查截至目前已发现三个主要问题，同时仍可能有后续发现？

1. The survey has so far revealed three major problems.
2. The survey may reveal three major problems after the next round.
3. The survey revealed three major problems during last year's review.

哪一句正确地在名词后使用过去分词短语，限定所描述的是哪些房屋？

1. The houses were damaged in the storm were later repaired.
2. The houses damaging in the storm were later repaired.
3. The houses damaged in the storm were later repaired.

用 range in age from ... to ... 的 -ing 形式完成句子：The finalists, ____ 16 to 62, came from five countries.

按顺序选择最适合填入句子的词：The report described ropes ___ with a blade, a door ___ with a hammer, and glass ___ in the wall.

1. slashed / bashed / embedded
2. bashed / embedded / slashed
3. embedded / slashed / bashed

用本课的复合形容词完成句子：She became a leader in a ____ profession.

在“The very idea of missing the train made Leo anxious.”中，“the very idea”强调什么？

1. 这个念头本身就足以引发反应。
2. Leo 认为这列火车极其重要。
3. 这个想法非常聪明。

请用 glory in 的过去式完成句子：After years of doubt, the inventor ____ proving everyone wrong.

哪一个句子表示重新设计的学校课程安排同时引发了正面和负面反应？

1. The redesigned school schedule won unanimous approval from families.
2. The redesigned school schedule aroused mixed feelings among families.
3. Families had no reaction to the redesigned school schedule.

前一句是 The situation was extremely dangerous. 选择最能强调后一个事实尽管如此仍然成立的续句。

1. As a result, she remained calm.
2. And yet, she remained calm.
3. For example, she remained calm.

用 be drawn to 结构中缺少的单词完成句子：Many readers are ____ stories that imagine a fairer society.

哪一种解释最准确地概括了这个结尾的作用？

1. 它表示这些故事从法律上为女性和男性创造了平等地位。
2. 它试探性地把这些故事解读为一个想象平等关系的空间。
3. 它证明古代社会中的女性和男性已经过着平等的生活。

哪一种改写最准确地保留了这句格言想表达的态度？

1. 任何有害行为只要引起关注就值得赞扬。
2. 挑战限制性期待的女性往往正是改变历史的人。
3. 有礼貌的女性从来不会出现在历史书中。

在行动号召“check out this playlist”中，check out 是什么意思？

1. 打开或浏览这个播放列表。
2. 像离开酒店一样离开这个播放列表。
3. 在结账处为这个播放列表付款。

在这个句子中，favorite troublemakers 最可能表达什么态度？

1. 俏皮地赞赏挑战惯例的人。
2. 正式而严肃地指控有害行为。
3. 中立地介绍整理播放列表的人。