楼上与楼下：英国女仆的生活 - 斯蒂芬妮·洪切尔·史密斯：英语精读讲义

哪句话表示徒步者在第一缕天光出现前不久开始行走？

1. The hikers began walking at dawn.
2. The hikers began walking before dawn.
3. The hikers began walking just before dawn.

这里的 “his mind was spinning” 最可能是什么意思？After receiving three conflicting explanations, his mind was spinning.

1. 他脑中涌现出许多快速而混乱的想法。
2. 他觉得自己的身体正在原地转圈。
3. 他已经完全停止思考。

使用 cost + her + her job 完成句子：Maya knew that one more serious safety violation could ____.

选择在 think about 后使用了正确间接疑问语序的句子。

1. I often think about how has the neighborhood changed.
2. I often think about how the neighborhood has changed.
3. I often think about how did the neighborhood change.

句首短语 Only a week ago 在这句话中的主要作用是什么？

1. 它表示这种状况恰好持续了一周。
2. 它引出下周将要发生的事情。
3. 它让时间线短暂回到过去，并强调先前的状况距现在不久。

在英国历史上的大型家庭中，under-housemaid 是什么身份？

1. 在建筑物下方工作的人员。
2. 负责管理所有家庭仆役的高级家仆。
3. 在级别更高的家仆手下工作的低阶室内女仆。

在本句中，grand estate 最可能是什么意思？

1. 城里租来的一间小房间
2. 某人去世后留下的钱财和物品
3. 以宏伟宅邸及其周围土地为核心的大型气派地产

哪一种解释最符合本句中的 lower-ranking indoor servant？

1. 监督宅内所有仆役的房屋主人
2. 在宅内工作的家仆中职位相对较低的一员
3. 一位碰巧站在屋里的客人

哪个句子用 report to 表示区域总监是实习生们的上级？

1. All interns report to the regional director.
2. The regional director manages all interns.
3. All interns send reports about the regional director.

请用高亮的正式短语完成岗位说明：In this role, my ____ reviewing contracts and preparing summaries.

在这个历史句子中，domestic service 是什么意思？

1. 在私人家庭中为雇主从事的有偿家务劳动
2. 人们在自己家里做的无偿家务
3. 一国内部提供的政府服务

请用 make up 的统计含义完成句子：In this school, international students ____ 15% of the student body.

句子“All but the two newest computers were replaced”是什么意思？

1. 几乎没有电脑被更换。
2. 只有两台最新的电脑被更换了。
3. 除了两台最新的电脑外，其他电脑都被更换了。

哪一句中的 all's clear 表示可以安全、无阻碍地行动？

1. Her explanation is clear to everyone.
2. When all's clear, we'll take the boxes out through the side door.
3. After the rain, the sky is clear and blue.

哪句话自然地使用 a buzz of excitement 来营造共同的气氛？

1. A buzz of excitement spread through the crowd as the team walked onto the field.
2. She put a buzz of excitement in a box and mailed it.
3. The old refrigerator had a buzz of excitement that needed repairing.

请用表示“展示她有能力”的目标短语完成句子：The final presentation is Maya's chance to ____.

用 ensure 的 -ing 形式完成句子，使最后的分句说明受到控制的结果：She checked every measurement twice, ____ the frame stayed level.

用表示“极其细致的准确操作”的原有两个单词完成句子：Repairing the tiny clockwork requires ____.

哪句话使用 the sort of + 名词短语来给事物归类，并表达负面评价？

1. It is the sort of pointless demand that wastes everyone's time.
2. The rule is sort of pointless, but it is still in effect.
3. Please sort the demands by urgency.

使用 never 和 have to 的现在完成时形式完成句子：Maya ____ lead a night shift.

哪个短语最能保留“这条规则脱离实际，是凭想象编出来的”这一含义？补全句子：Who could possibly ___ such an impractical rule?

1. come up with
2. dream up
3. carry out

判断这种用法是否恰当：在和朋友随意谈论家务时，I need to perform my chores before dinner 通常是最自然的表达。

1. 错误
2. 正确

在历史家庭生活的描写中，carrying out the chamber pots 是什么意思？

1. 把卧室里可移动的便盆拿走，以便倒空和清洗
2. 把花盆移到室外，让植物晒太阳
3. 把烹饪锅具从厨房搬到餐厅

哪一句最准确地改写了 "They had become fast friends"？

1. They had become friends who moved very quickly.
2. They had become friends in only a few minutes.
3. They had become close friends.

在这一历史语境中，两个女孩参加的是什么性质的集会？

1. 管理地方选举的政府机构会议
2. 只为社交娱乐而办的普通聚会
3. 由争取女性投票权的组织举办的活动

请用 allow 的过去完成时被动语态完成句子：When the law changed again in 1920, local residents ____ vote in town elections since 1890.

who owned property 对这项陈述的适用范围有什么影响？

1. 这项陈述只适用于替别人照管财产的女性。
2. 这项陈述只适用于拥有财产的英国女性。
3. 这项陈述适用于所有英国女性。

在 parliamentary ones 这一短语中，ones 指代什么？

1. local governments
2. parliamentary elections
3. voting rights

用以 back 开头、表示“再次执政”的三个词完成句子：After four years in opposition, the party is ____.

哪句话表示一项改革会让投票资格涵盖更广泛的人群？

1. The reform would expand voting rights to citizens aged sixteen and seventeen.
2. The reform would delay the election for two years.
3. The reform would protect voting rights for people who can already vote.

请用 kept + -ing 结构以及 defer the decision 完成句子：After three meetings without a vote, the board ____.

哪个句子正确使用了省略让步结构，表达 'Although Maya strongly supports the plan, she questions its cost' 的意思？

1. While a strong supporter of the plan, its cost worries Maya.
2. While Maya was presenting the plan, the team calculated its cost.
3. While a strong supporter of the plan, Maya questions its cost.

请使用 had yet to 和 voice an opinion 完成句子：By the end of the meeting, the chair ____.

听完整的英语句子，选出你实际听到的内容。注意关键词的结尾是 /dʒ/ 还是 /ɪŋ/。

1. The documentary examines women's suffering.
2. The documentary examines women's suffrage.

在一篇历史文章中，people of all classes 是什么意思？

1. 来自不同社会阶层的人
2. 被分到不同教室的人
3. 参加所有学校课程的人

用高亮表达中“行动与空谈”的对照完成句子：After months of promises, the committee asked for ____, not ____.

在这段话中，这串行动描述的是什么？

1. 三起互不相关的事故
2. 公共建筑的日常维护工作
3. 英国妇女参政运动中部分行动者采用的激进策略

判断关于“Other members had resigned, but Nina hadn't gone that far, not yet.”的说法：这句话表示妮娜以后一定会辞职。

1. 正确
2. 错误

哪句话表示利奥热汤的目的是让客人落座时汤正好准备好？

1. Leo heated the soup because it was ready when the guests sat down.
2. Leo heated the soup, but it cooled before the guests sat down.
3. Leo heated the soup so it would be ready as the guests sat down.

在句子 As the deadline nears, the team checks every detail? 中，句首从句起什么作用？

1. 它指出距离团队最近的实际地点。
2. 它把叙事推进到截止日期，并把团队的行动放进这一变化中的时间背景里。
3. 它解释了截止日期导致这个团队产生。

在这个餐厅场景中，该短语主要传达了什么？

1. 表面涂着黄油的石雕
2. 作为华丽陈设一部分的精细黄油艺术品
3. 准备端上桌的普通份量黄油

用pull someone aside的过去式完成句子：After the meeting, my manager ____ to discuss a private concern.

哪句话表示某人在暗中偷听私人谈话？

1. She asked them to summarize the discussion for her.
2. She lingered outside the office to listen in on their private discussion.
3. She joined the meeting and listened to the presentation.

哪句话使用了 admonish someone for doing something 结构，并表达严肃的不满？

1. The supervisor admonished Leo for repeatedly ignoring the safety rules.
2. The supervisor asked Leo to explain the safety rules.
3. The supervisor warned Leo that the floor was wet.

用一个把到达时间设为截止点的短语补全英文句子：____ the guests arrive, we will have set every table.

这里的 'Alice has spent over 12 hours on her feet' 是什么意思？

1. 她已经仔细观察自己的脚十二个多小时。
2. 她已经坐着休息了十二个多小时。
3. 她已经站着或来回走动了十二个多小时。

As the dinner bell rings out 在这句话中起什么作用？

1. 它把铃声描述为同时发生并触发她产生领悟的事件。
2. 它说明了晚餐铃是谁制作的。
3. 它表示她在铃声响起很久以前就已经领悟了。

请使用本课中的确切习语完成句子：The launch window closes in ten seconds. It's ____.

哪句话中的 slip out 表示“不引人注意地离开”？

1. The note slipped out of Maya's bag during the meeting.
2. Maya slipped on the wet floor outside the meeting room.
3. Maya slipped out of the meeting before anyone noticed.

历史口号 "Votes for women" 提出了什么诉求？

1. 女性应拥有合法的投票权。
2. 人们应把选票投给女性候选人。
3. 只应统计女性投出的选票。

哪句话表示传单被撒在各处，而不是逐份交给人？

1. After the meeting, the volunteers strewed pamphlets about.
2. After the meeting, the volunteers discussed what the pamphlets were about.
3. After the meeting, the volunteers handed a pamphlet to each visitor.

用本课中表示“从暗处变得可见”的表达完成这段富有戏剧感的描写：A tall figure ____ and walks toward the fire.

用before + I + could + answer完成句子，表示电话在我来得及回答之前就结束了：____, the caller hung up.

用with + the manager + away把经理不在作为延误的原因：____, final decisions are often delayed.

句子“The unusual rescue made the newspapers the next morning”是什么意思？

1. 救援队第二天递送了这些报纸。
2. 这场不同寻常的救援第二天被报纸报道了。
3. 救援队第二天印刷了这些报纸。

哪句话表示某人几乎没有多余时间，但最终还是成功赶上了？

1. We reached the gate just in time to board the plane.
2. We reached the gate too late to board the plane.
3. We reached the gate on time, thirty minutes before boarding began.

用 help、clean up 和 after，按正确顺序补全句子：We stayed to ____ the school play.

例句中的 would change 表达了什么？

1. 它让这些变化取决于一个没有说出的条件。
2. 它采用过去的视角，指当时仍属于未来的变化。
3. 它转述一个从现在出发作出的预测。

哪一句把同一个正式表达自然地迁移到了新语境？

1. Remote work briefly changed one line in the office handbook.
2. Remote work fundamentally altered the rhythms of office life.
3. Remote work added new rhythms to the office playlist.

哪个短语明确表示女性的社会阶层，而不只是说明就业或正在工作？

1. women working
2. working-class women
3. working women

哪句话中的 took on a role 表示“接受了新的职责”？

1. Rina took on a mentoring role in the volunteer program.
2. Rina took her coat off before the volunteer meeting.
3. Rina took over the volunteer program after the director left.

根据原句判断以下说法：In 1918, every adult woman gained equal voting rights in British parliamentary elections.

1. 错误
2. 正确

用高亮的历史叙事短语完成句子：The first trial succeeded in 2010, but ____ the treatment became widely available.

用高亮表达完成句子，使其表示双方在同等公平的条件下竞争：The new policy lets local suppliers compete ____ large corporations.

选择把三项同时存在的压力写成平行名词短语列表的句子。

1. Rising costs caused demand to fall and the market to shrink.
2. Rising costs, falling demand, and a shrinking market hurt the business.
3. As costs rose, demand fell, and the market shrank, the business suffered.

选择正确表达“高昂的维护费用导致几家历史悠久的酒店被变卖”的句子。

1. High maintenance costs led several historic hotels be sold off.
2. High maintenance costs led to several historic hotels to be sold off.
3. High maintenance costs led several historic hotels to be sold off.

判断：在这段旁白中，Relics of a system 没有限定动词，所以一定是转写错误。

1. 正确
2. 不正确

填入一个关系词，表示 profits 属于 company：They criticized a company ____ profits depended on unpaid labor.

以下哪句话最准确地解释了句中标出的短语？

1. 劳动者维持着制度运转，但他们的贡献很少得到认可。
2. 劳动者在完全黑暗的环境中工作，所以别人看不见他们。
3. 劳动者离开了这个制度，因此制度无法继续运转。

这个 because 从句的主要语篇作用是什么？

1. 它通过把历史启示与当下问题联系起来，为前面的观点提供支持。
2. 它声称历史会自动解决当前的每一个问题。
3. 它给出了昨天上课和今天安排挑战的时间表。