为什么你应该读《海边的卡夫卡》？ - 伊索尔特·吉莱斯皮 (Iseult Gillespie)：英语精读讲义

fate is like a small sandstorm 在句中起什么作用？

1. 它表示命运喜欢小沙暴。
2. 它把命运比作一场难以预测的沙暴。
3. 它表示命运实际上是由沙构成的。

用关系从句补全句子，表示这个声音现在会反复出现。请将括号中的三个词全部变成正确形式后使用：This is a door ____ during class. (that, keep, squeak)

哪句话表示同一个问题不断反复发生？

1. Several different problems happened.
2. The problem happened only once.
3. The same problem happened over and over.

哪句话自然地表示在做决定前把整个情境一步一步推演完？

1. Let's play this scenario out step by step before we decide.
2. Let's play outside before we decide.
3. Let's play out it step by step before we decide.

an ominous dance with death 在这句话中是什么意思？

1. 一场在日出前举行的正式舞蹈比赛
2. 一场充满威胁、反复逼近致命危险的较量
3. 安全旅行结束后的一场欢乐庆祝

用 blow in 的过去式补全这个英文句子：By midnight, a storm ____ from the coast.

在这个句子中，“This storm is you”最恰当的理解是什么？

1. 风暴正在向人物介绍自己。
2. 人物能够控制现实中的风暴。
3. 风暴代表人物自身的内心冲突。

哪个句子中的 capture 表示“准确呈现一种情绪”？

1. The camera captures the license plate clearly.
2. The film captures the anxiety of starting over.
3. The police capture the thief after a chase.

哪一句正确使用了 Desperate to ... 这一句首形容词短语来描述主句的主语？

1. Desperate to find shelter, the rain soaked the hikers.
2. Desperate finding shelter, the hikers hurried down the mountain.
3. Desperate to find shelter, the hikers hurried down the mountain.

用 feel doomed to repeat 的一般现在时形式完成描述她当前恐惧的句子：After making the same error for the third time, she ____ it forever.

哪一个句子表示“图书馆采用了一位当地诗人的名字来命名”？

1. The library was visited by a local poet.
2. The library was opened after a local poet arrived.
3. The library was named after a local poet.

哪一种情况可以自然地用 ran away from home 描述？

1. 一名16岁的少年在争吵后偷偷离开，并住到朋友家。
2. 一名学生在家人支持下搬进宿舍。
3. 一名跑步者按计划离开家去晨跑。

哪一句的主谓一致正确？

1. The director, along with two actors, is attending the interview.
2. The director and two actors is attending the interview.
3. The director, along with two actors, are attending the interview.

“The nightmare haunted her waking life”是什么意思？

1. 每天早晨都有一个真正的鬼魂叫醒她。
2. 她一醒来就把它忘了。
3. 它在她醒着时一直困扰着她。

括号中的每个词都使用一次，把 prove 变成正确的时态，并且不要添加其他词：The puzzle ____ than we expected. (prove, more difficult, solve)

哪句话使用了两个并列的过去分词短语，并且隐含主语正确？

1. Published in 2002 and translated three years later, the author soon reached readers around the world.
2. Publishing in 2002 and translating three years later, the novel soon reached readers around the world.
3. Published in 2002 and translated three years later, the novel soon reached readers around the world.

an epic literary puzzle 最合适的理解是什么？

1. 一首必须遵守古典史诗形式规则的诗。
2. 一本根据著名小说制作的实体拼图游戏书。
3. 一部立意宏大、结构复杂，需要读者连接线索的文学作品。

用 fill 的过去分词形式和正确的介词完成句子：The museum guide is ____ useful maps and short historical notes.

一个虚拟现实展览让参观者怀疑哪一个房间是真实的。哪个短语最适合描述它的画面？

1. ordinary imagery
2. mind-blowing imagery
3. mind-bending imagery

请用 delight in + discover 的形式完成句子：Many readers delight ____ hidden links between the clues.

阅读句子：Once the final test result arrived, all the evidence fit together. 这里的 fit together 是什么意思？

1. 这些证据被放进了同一个容器。
2. 这些证据构成了一个连贯的解释。
3. 这些证据被忽略了。

这句话是什么意思？A short quiz appears every second chapter.

1. 简短的小测验只出现在第二章。
2. 每隔一章会出现一次简短的小测验。
3. 从第二章以后，每章都会出现简短的小测验。

选择正确使用 with + 名词 + -ing 来补充并行安排的句子。

1. Rina presents the first part, with the rest of the team explaining the results.
2. Rina presents the first part, with the rest of the team explains the results.
3. Rina presents the first part, with explaining the rest of the team the results.

选择正确使用 After + V-ing 和 awaken from a coma 搭配的句子。

1. After awakening from a coma, Daniel slowly recognized his family.
2. After awaken from a coma, Daniel slowly recognized his family.
3. After awakening of a coma, Daniel slowly recognized his family.

请用本课中表示“特殊本领”的两个英文单词完成句子：She has a ____ spotting tiny errors.

哪句话中的 tail 表示秘密尾随一个目标？

1. The child followed her father into the store.
2. The app tracked the parcel across the country.
3. The agent tailed the courier from the station without being seen.

哪一句把 be thrown onto a dangerous path 用作“被迫陷入困难处境”的比喻？

1. The sudden bankruptcy threw her onto a difficult path with no clear way forward.
2. The storm threw the canoe onto a rocky shore.
3. She picked a quiet path through the garden.

选择正确使用 run parallel to，并用所有格避免重复名词的句子。

1. Her investigation runs parallel to the reporter's.
2. Her investigation runs parallel to the reporter.
3. Her investigation runs parallel the reporter's.

用本课的固定表达完成句子：The old prophecy may finally ____.

哪句话中的 open up 表示一个入口变得开放并可以进入？

1. After the repairs, a second entrance opened up to visitors.
2. Please open the package on the table.
3. During the interview, Maya opened up about her fears.

用 tie 的正确形式完成问题：What ____ these two clues together?

哪一句是在问：两个人分别来看，其中一个是否能解决某个问题？

1. Is this a problem both of them must solve together?
2. Is this a problem either one of them can solve?
3. Is this a problem neither of them can solve?

哪句话使用 collision 的方式与目标短语中的抽象含义相同？

1. The film lists tradition and modern life as separate topics.
2. The film explores the collision of tradition and modern life.
3. The film reports a collision between two buses.

用这个固定隐喻完成句子：A focus on access is a ____ across all three community projects.

哪一个句子中的 forge 表示“有意识地建立牢固的联系”？

1. The clerk was arrested for trying to forge a customer's signature.
2. The mentoring program helped forge strong connections between new employees and experienced staff.
3. The storm cut the connection between the island and the mainland.

这里的 post-World War II American occupation of Japan 指什么？

1. 第二次世界大战前日本对美国的占领
2. 第二次世界大战后由美国主导的盟军对日本的占领
3. 第二次世界大战期间美国人在日本从事的工作

用 hang over 的过去式补全句子：For years, the threat of closure ____ the small theater.

哪句话表示同一项政策既影响小企业，也影响大公司？

1. The policy affects small businesses, as it does large companies.
2. The policy affects small businesses, and so do large companies.
3. The policy affects small businesses, as large companies do.

哪句话中的 shady 表示“可疑或可能不诚实”？

1. We sat in a shady spot under the oak tree.
2. The website looked shady because it asked for my bank password.
3. The bright lobby had no shade at all.

用 blur 的正确形式完成句子，使其表达“让区别变得不清楚”：The new app ____ the line between work and free time.

请用 draw from 的正确一般现在时形式完成句子：The podcast ____ interviews with local musicians.

例句中的 tumble over each other 是什么意思？

1. 这些引用按照整齐的顺序逐个出现。
2. 这些引用迅速出现并彼此重叠。
3. 一些人真的摔倒在另一些人身上。

用 from ... to ... 完成范围表达：The festival offers activities ____ street dancing ____ cooking workshops.

用 a penchant for 完成句子：The editor has ____ dramatic headlines.

用 wander the streets 的过去时形式完成句子：With no map and nowhere to be, we ____ until sunset.

用 keep someone company 完成句子，并使用 me 作宾语：I was nervous in the waiting room, so Mia stayed to ____.

用 take refuge 的过去式完成句子：When the tornado siren sounded, the neighbors ____ in the basement.

下面哪句话正确表达“研究人员整晚都在仔细研究旧档案”？

1. The researcher poured over the old records all night.
2. The researcher pored over the old records all night.
3. The researcher pored the old records all night.

请用 introduce someone to something 的过去式结构完成句子，并使用 us 作宾语：The workshop ____ basic coding.

本句中的 all the more hypnotic 是什么意思？

1. 这种音乐特质让作品变得更加迷人。
2. 这部作品真的会催眠每一位读者。
3. 这种音乐特质让作品变得没那么吸引人。

本句中的“bends the line between reality and a world of dreams”表达了什么？

1. 它画出一条连接两个地点的实际线条。
2. 它让现实与梦境互相交叠，而不是保持清楚分隔。
3. 它去除梦境世界，只留下现实。

哪种解释最符合“a master of magic lurking in the mundane”？

1. 一个用完全独立的幻想世界取代日常生活的人。
2. 一个非常善于呈现隐藏在平凡生活中非凡事物的人。
3. 一个在日常生活中躲着别人的舞台魔术师。

根据这里的讲解，哪项描述最符合 magical realism？

1. 超自然事件出现在普通世界中，并被视为日常现实的一部分。
2. 每个异常事件最终都得到科学解释。
3. 故事发生在一个完全虚构、拥有详细魔法体系的世界里。

用本课的对比短语完成句子：____ the old route, the new route is shorter and safer.

选择能自然表达“这项协议为双方提供了解决争端的可能途径”的句子。

1. The agreement offers both sides a way outside the dispute.
2. The agreement offers both sides a way out of the dispute.
3. The agreement offers out both sides from the dispute.

选择正确使用 Instead 来表示“原本有帮助的预期结果反而变成了更糟结果”的句子。

1. The new app was designed to save time. Instead, it saved the staff even more time.
2. The new app was designed to save time. Also, it created more work for the staff.
3. The new app was designed to save time. Instead, it created more work for the staff.

用 be faced with 结构完成句子：After the bridge closed, commuters were ____ long delays.

哪个句子用 from ... to ... 来展示种类广泛的例子？

1. The courier drove from the library to the station.
2. The meeting lasts from two to four.
3. The library offers resources from beginner comics to advanced research journals.

请用短语 offer no easy answers 的正确一般现在时形式完成句子：The ethics debate ____, but it helps us understand the problem better.

一群受困者用废弃塑料瓶做出滤水器。哪个短语最能赞扬他们利用有限材料想出实用办法的能力？

1. the resourcefulness of the human spirit
2. the limits of the human spirit
3. the resilience of the human spirit

请使用 leave 的过去式、宾语 us 和 think 的 -ing 形式完成句子：The final question ____ about the problem long after class.

请用本笔记中表示“应对意外情况”的四词表达完成句子：A flexible plan helps us ____.

在这个句子开头，While 从句起什么作用？

1. 说明两个动作同时发生。
2. 给出后续判断的原因。
3. 先承认一种印象，再由主句提出更重要的判断。

用本条笔记中表示“……的核心”的表达补全句子：Trust is ____ every strong partnership.

用表示“使她继续取得进展”的一般现在时 keep + 宾语 + -ing 结构完成句子：Her team's encouragement ____ through every setback.

哪个选项最能表示态度随时间逐渐形成？After years of resisting the idea, she finally ___ that change was necessary.

1. came to accept
2. began to accept
3. decided to accept

哪句话自然地使用了抽象义 echo，并在所有格后省略了重复的名词？

1. The character's doubts echo the audience's.
2. The character's doubts echo with the audience's.
3. The character's doubts echo the audience.

用两个缺失的单词完成连动比较结构：The ____ carefully you prepare, the ____ confident you will feel.

From one Kafka to another 在这句话中起什么作用？

1. 利用 Kafka 的两个不同所指，把话题转到 Kafkaesque。
2. 说明 Franz Kafka 写了刚刚提到的那部小说。
3. 描述在两个名叫 Kafka 的地点之间旅行。

哪个词最适合描述这种情况？一名员工需要验证码才能登录，但必须先登录才能申请验证码，而且每个服务台都把员工引回同一个页面。

1. surreal
2. Kafkaesque
3. Orwellian