真的有让我们变成“猫奴”的疾病吗？ - 雅普·德·鲁德：英语精读讲义

在短语 “a vaccine that prevents infection” 中，“that prevents infection” 起什么作用？

1. 它指向远处的一种疫苗。
2. 它说明所指的是哪一类疫苗。
3. 它另起一个关于感染的问题。

请用本课中表示“发生概率比人们通常预想的更高”的表达完成句子：Missing the last bus is ____.

用含 cause 的简化被动关系从句完成句子：The clinic treated several illnesses ____ unsafe drinking water.

用本课短语完成句子，表示速度损害了安全：The crew finished the job quickly ____ safety.

学校希望减少塑料垃圾。哪个续句清楚地引出了实现这一目标的方法？

1. Before that, the cafeteria will stop using plastic straws.
2. To do that, the cafeteria will stop using plastic straws.
3. Despite that, the cafeteria will stop using plastic straws.

在英文句子 "The director orchestrated a response involving five teams," 中，orchestrated 是什么意思？

1. 进行了周密策划和协调
2. 演奏了一件管弦乐器
3. 没有主导，只是在旁观看

请用本课的 go ... back 表达完成句子，以强调年代久远：Written records of the festival ____ the 1600s.

在 most of them never even know it 中，even 增加了什么含义？

1. 它表示大多数感染者以后会得知感染情况。
2. 它强调大多数感染者连“知道自己感染了”这种最基本的认知都没有。
3. 它表示只有少数人知道感染是如何传播的。

请用 show up 和 at all 补全句子：After two weeks, the warning signs still didn't ____.

用表示“程度不严重且类似流感”的目标短语补全医生的描述：The symptoms were ____.

一位演讲者说：“But those are just the short-term costs.” 接下来哪句话最能完成它所预告的“转向更深层问题”？

1. The short-term costs were listed on the first slide.
2. The policy could also weaken public trust for years.
3. Short-term is the opposite of long-term.

在英文句子 “The tiny camera nestles into a narrow gap in the wall,” 中，nestles into 表达了什么画面？

1. 它发出很大声音，把墙打成碎片。
2. 它悄悄嵌入或安置在狭窄的空间里。
3. 它迅速离开墙壁。

用 meddle with 的正确时态和短语 behind the scenes 完成句子：The volunteer had no authority to change the vote, but she ____ the process ____.

某个湖每年夏天都会变绿。哪句话最能表明下一步将帮助解释其原因？

1. To see what happens next, let's examine the nutrients entering the water.
2. To summarize the result, let's examine the nutrients entering the water.
3. To understand why, let's examine the nutrients entering the water.

用本课的固定表达完成这个演示转场：Now, ____ the survey results.

这句话是什么意思："While the battery works in many devices, it can only be recharged in this dock."

1. 电池只能在这个底座中使用。
2. 每当把电池放进任何设备时，它就会开始充电。
3. 电池可以用于许多设备，但这个底座是唯一能给它充电的地方。

用 called + 术语 spores 完成句子，把该术语作为补充信息加入句中：The tiny reproductive units, ____, can travel through the air.

哪句话中的 shed 表示生物物质从身体中排出？

1. The virus is shed in saliva.
2. The lamp shed light across the room.
3. The tools are stored in a shed behind the clinic.

请用表示最高上限的两个词补全句子：The theater can seat ____ 800 people.

哪一句正确使用了条件—结果结构，并且让 they 指代 the seeds？

1. If a bird swallows the seeds, they will pass through its body.
2. If the seeds swallow a bird, they will pass through its body.
3. If a bird will swallow the seeds, they pass through its body.

请用目标结构 mature to form 完成句子：In the bone marrow, young cells ____ red blood cells.

这个句子中的 if 结构主要起什么作用？

1. 它先提出一个触发条件，再说明随后发生的相互关联的步骤。
2. 它列出几个彼此无关的可能性，没有体现先后过程。
3. 它表示老鼠主动吃掉猫，并由此启动整个过程。

在 “The last piece clicks into place, completing the puzzle.” 中，句末的 -ing 短语起什么作用？

1. 说明前面动作带来的结果。
2. 引出一个无关的新主要事件。
3. 表示拼图仍未完成。

在这段讲解中，“But there's a problem.” 起什么作用？

1. 它表示讲解将从预期流程转向接下来要说明的障碍。
2. 它确认流程毫无困难地运行。
3. 它开始一个与前文毫无联系的例子。

请用目标结构 make it tough to 的正确形式完成句子：The icy road ____ drive safely.

讲解者刚刚说明某个传感器会在大雨中失灵。哪句话能最自然地转入解决办法？

1. The new model has a solution for that.
2. The new model still fails in heavy rain.
3. The new model uses the same sensor.

用表示“利用洋流作为交通工具”的固定表达补全句子：The young turtles ____ on ocean currents to cross long distances.

哪句话中的 override 表示优先级更高的控制会使正常设置不再决定接下来发生的事？

1. The emergency code describes the normal lock setting.
2. The emergency code overrides the normal lock setting.
3. The emergency code records the normal lock setting.

前面已经描述了两个不寻常的结果。哪个开头能把接下来的结果列为整组结果中最奇怪的一项？

1. Strangest of all,
2. First of all,
3. Strangely enough,

听英语句子并选择你听到的内容。注意 feline 的第一个音节和结尾的 -line。

1. The report describes typical feline behavior.
2. The report describes typical canine behavior.
3. The report describes typical feeding behavior.

用本课表示概率的短语补全句子：Bright streetlights make cyclists ____ see potholes at night.

用本课表示“意外遇到”的表达补全句子：At the library, I ____ my former coach.

请用 pull ... off 的正确形式完成句子：The event seemed impossible, but the organizers managed to ____.

哪一句正确使用 Although，先承认一个限制，再陈述一项发现？

1. Because the cause is unclear, researchers have found a consistent pattern.
2. Although the cause is unclear, but researchers have found a consistent pattern.
3. Although the cause is unclear, researchers have found a consistent pattern.

初步结果显示可能有效，但证据仍然有限。哪句话最符合这种确定程度？

1. The new treatment improves sleep.
2. The new treatment appears to improve sleep.
3. The new treatment appears in the study.

研究人员知道某个基因参与记忆形成，但尚未证明它是唯一的直接原因。哪句话使用关系从句准确描述了现有证据？

1. The researchers identified a gene that is involved in a court case.
2. The researchers identified a gene that is the sole cause of memory formation.
3. The researchers identified a gene that is involved in memory formation.

说话者使用“Thus, one idea is that ...”传达了什么？

1. 说话者正在转向一个无关的话题。
2. 接下来的说法是没有其他可能性的已证实结论。
3. 接下来的说法是根据先前证据推断出的一种可能解释。

在句子“The app tinkers with your notification settings,”中，tinkers with 最可能是什么意思？

1. 它让这些设置完全保持不变。
2. 它会对设置进行小幅或试探性的改动。
3. 它会彻底修复这些设置。

哪一项使用简短的问答组合来突出结果？

1. Was the consequence a complete shutdown?
2. The consequence was a complete shutdown after the final test.
3. The consequence? A complete shutdown.

用 end up with 的过去式完成句子：After the mix-up, Leo ____ two identical backpacks.

请用本课表达补全句子，表示“在这个时候开始派上用场”，并使用与单数主语一致的形式：Our robot keeps bumping into walls. That's where the distance sensor ____.

哪一句中的 produce 是表示“水果和蔬菜”的名词？

1. Solar panels produce electricity.
2. The factory can produce ten cars a day.
3. The store sells fresh produce from local farms.

哪个解释正确说明了高亮列表的分组方式？

1. 卵囊可能存在于水或果蔬中，而玩耍或清理这两种活动也可能导致摄入。
2. 只有清理猫砂盆被列为可能的来源。
3. 列表中的每一项都是由 in 引出的地点或物品。

橱柜里装满了过期食品。哪句话最明确地表示要把里面的东西清出去？

1. We need to clean the cupboard.
2. We need to clean out the cupboard.
3. We need to clean up around the cupboard.

哪个句子中的 behind 表示“是……的原因”？

1. Maya stood behind her brother in the photo.
2. Rising repair costs are behind the decision to replace the elevator.
3. The storage room is behind the elevator.

用括号中的动词完成正式建议结构：The safety board made a recommendation that every cyclist ____ a helmet. (wear)

哪句话正确使用了 undercooked？

1. The chicken was heated, but it is still pink and not fully cooked, so it is undercooked.
2. The chicken was cooked all the way through, so it is undercooked.
3. The chicken has never been cooked, so undercooked is more exact than raw.

在句子 “The dog may have picked up a parasite from the stream,” 中，picked up 最可能是什么意思？

1. 这只狗用爪子把这种寄生虫拿了起来。
2. 这只狗故意收集了这种寄生虫。
3. 这只狗无意中获得了这种寄生虫。

哪一句能自然地引出后来才发现的事实？

1. It may be that the town museum is free on Saturdays.
2. The town museum is free on Saturdays.
3. It turns out that the town museum is free on Saturdays.

哪一句中的 mess with 表示对某事造成负面干扰？

1. The puppy made a mess on the kitchen floor.
2. Too little sleep can mess with your concentration.
3. She arranged the books in alphabetical order.

哪句话只报告关联，而没有声称存在因果关系？

1. Screen time is the only cause of poor sleep.
2. Studies have proved that screen time causes poor sleep in everyone.
3. Studies have found a connection between screen time and sleep quality.

哪句话只把前一种情况作为后一结果的一种可能解释？

1. The road was icy, although the bus arrived late.
2. The road was icy, which may be why the bus arrived late.
3. The road was icy, which is why the bus arrived late.

哪一句使用 almost three times more likely to 比较同一结果的发生概率，并清楚说明了比较组？

1. Players who practiced the route were almost three times more likely to finish the course than players who did not.
2. Almost three times as many players practiced the route as finished the course.
3. Players who practiced the route were almost three percentage points more likely to finish the course than players who did not.

使用括号中的词补全目的短语：The teacher used team puzzles as a strategy to ____. (get / students / cooperate)

哪一句正确使用了“形容词 + enough + that 从句”来表示某种程度产生了结果？

1. The two systems are similar enough that the same software runs on both.
2. The two systems are similar that enough the same software runs on both.
3. The two systems are enough similar that the same software runs on both.

这句话中的诱捕隐喻表达了什么意思？

1. 啮齿动物故意教人类如何制造陷阱。
2. 同一种神经机制可能同时影响啮齿动物和人类。
3. 人类和啮齿动物真的被同一张网捉住了。

各项研究的结论不一致，因此目前还没有明确答案。请用本课习语完成句子：____ whether the new sleep app improves concentration.

哪句话正确表示新证据与之前的主张相冲突？

1. The new measurements contradict the earlier claim.
2. The new measurements contradict with the earlier claim.
3. The new measurements are contradict the earlier claim.

使用本课的句首衔接词，把未解决的问题暂时放在一边：No one agrees on why the machine stopped. ____, we still need to fix it today.

使用准确结构 one of the + 最高级 + 复数名词。用 fast 和 runner 完成句子：Maya is ____ on the team.

哪句话表示价格低是一个原因，但另一个原因也很重要？

1. It's not just the low cost; the convenient location matters too.
2. It's not the low cost; the location is the real reason.
3. It's just the low cost, so nothing else matters.

这句话为什么使用 has provided，而不是 have provided？

1. 两个相关活动被当作一个整体模式来表达。
2. 离谓语最近的名词 rodents 决定主句谓语的形式。
3. 只有 building cities 是主语。

哪一句与高亮部分一样，使用了 provide + 数量 + 事物的语序？

1. The project has provided local families with thousands of free meals.
2. Local families have received thousands of free meals from the project.
3. The project has provided thousands of free meals for local families.

这个结尾起到了什么作用？

1. 它引入了一个与前一句完全无关的新群体。
2. 它把庞大的群体与观众个人联系起来，同时保留说法的不确定性。
3. 它证明只有观众和猫已经受到感染。