水母比恐龙出现得还早。它们是如何存活这么久的？ - 大卫·格鲁伯 (David Gruber)：英语精读讲义

用 long 的比较级和引出比较对象的词完成句子：This rope is ____ that one.

使用 barely、large 的比较级和 than，表示只有极小的尺寸差异：The box is ____ my phone.

使用 deep 和 lake，补全 one of the + 最高级 + 复数名词结构：This is ____ in the country.

哪一句中的 behind 表示某事物是成因或促成因素？

1. New imaging software was behind the discovery.
2. The technician stood behind the camera.
3. The notes were hidden behind the book.

哪句话表示博物馆从五十年前开始接待游客，而且现在仍在接待？

1. The museum has welcomed visitors since fifty years.
2. The museum has welcomed visitors for fifty years.
3. The museum welcomed visitors for fifty years.

哪句话中的 as 引出一个逐步变化的时间背景，而不是表示身份或原因？

1. As the sky grew darker, the streetlights came on.
2. Mina works as a guide at the museum.
3. As the bridge was closed, we took a different road.

哪个短语正确使用了复合形容词来表示“身体柔软的动物”？

1. a soft body animal
2. a soft-bodied animal
3. a soft-bodily animal

在这个句子中，aren't really fish 是什么意思？

1. 水母是一种特别不同寻常的鱼。
2. 水母属于鱼类，只是长得不太像其他鱼。
3. 尽管名称里有 fish，水母在分类上并不属于鱼类。

在这个句子中，gelatinous zooplankton 的哪种解释正确？

1. 在水中漂流且身体柔软、呈胶状的动物。
2. 尝起来像水果果冻的浮游生物。
3. 主动逆着洋流游动的鱼。

“Zooplankton being animals that drift in the ocean.” 能否独立作为完整的正式书面定义？

1. 不能
2. 能

哪句话表示数量大于 1,000，而且不可能正好等于 1,000？

1. The center has more than a thousand animals.
2. The center has at least a thousand animals.
3. The center has about a thousand animals.

填写缺少的单词，完成这个被动结构：In the dark, the coat was ____ a person.

使用固定框架 A noted feature of X is Y 完成正式描述：____ the camera ____ its weather-sealed body.

使用准确的 be made of 结构补全句子，说明椅子的材质：The chair ____ solid oak.

选择句首的简化被动从句与主句主语正确对应的句子。

1. Sandwiching between two apartment blocks, the bakery is easy to miss.
2. Sandwiched between two apartment blocks, commuters hurry past the bakery.
3. Sandwiched between two apartment blocks, the bakery is easy to miss.

用 hold together 的一般被动形式补全句子，并用 by 引出原因：The cardboard model is ____ glue.

哪句话用 contract and relax 描述身体机制？

1. The elastic band stretched and snapped during the test.
2. The heart muscles contract and relax to pump blood.
3. The company signed a contract and relaxed after the meeting.

请用 propel 和正确的反身代词补全表示目的的短语：The small robot spins its wheels ____ across the sand.

请选择正确使用 rudimentary 的句子。

1. Her rudimentary greeting was rude and insulting.
2. The laboratory's rudimentary equipment was the most advanced in the world.
3. The emergency shelter had a rudimentary heating system that provided only basic warmth.

请用一个词补充相同的否定事实：Maya doesn't like spicy food, and her brother doesn't like it ____.

哪一句正确使用 consume，以科普语气描述动物摄食？

1. Many filter feeders manufacture plankton in the water.
2. Many filter feeders purchase plankton from the water.
3. Many filter feeders consume plankton from the water.

选择正确表示窗户处于关闭状态的短语：The room stayed quiet ____.

1. with the windows close
2. with the windows closed
3. with the windows closing

用动词 finish，按照 prevent + 宾语 + from + -ing 结构完成句子：The power cut didn't prevent Leo ____ his homework.

哪句话中的 form 表示视觉系统形成图像？

1. Please fill out the form before class.
2. The lens helps form a sharp image on the sensor.
3. She took a picture of the moon.

根据 allow + 宾语 + to 不定式结构填入缺少的单词：The clear panel allows visitors ____ watch the turtles underwater.

在自然纪录片中，forest canopy 指什么？

1. 由树梢形成的上层
2. 树根下方潮湿的地面
3. 搭建在树木之间的帐篷

使用目标复合修饰语完成句子：The security camera gives us a ____ view of the lobby.

哪句话中的 most infamous calling card 表示一种容易辨认的负面特征？

1. The scam's most infamous calling card is its fake countdown timer.
2. She handed the guest her calling card.
3. The charity's most infamous calling card is its kindness.

句中的 like poisonous harpoons 起什么作用？

1. 它表示这些细胞是真正由毒物制成的鱼叉。
2. 它把这些细胞比作一种熟悉的武器，使其形态和作用更容易想象。
3. 它表示这些细胞在撒谎，内容与鱼叉的工作方式有关。

用 trigger 的被动形式补全这段机制说明：When the sensor is ____ by smoke, the alarm sounds.

用一个词完成倍数比较：This new pump generates ten ____ the pressure of the older pump.

填入表示染料进入静脉的介词：The doctor will inject the dye ____ a vein.

使用 Some..., but others... 完成对比：____ library books are new, but ____ are decades old.

使用 in under + 时间完成句子：The printer finished the entire job ____ two minutes.

使用 making it one of... 和 most popular parks 完成表示结果的短语：The city park added free concerts, ____ in the region.

使用本课突出显示的双词原因表达完成句子：The hikers found the trail easily ____ the new signs.

哪句话使用 or 引出了同一术语的缩写？

1. The app uses artificial intelligence, or AI, to sort photos.
2. The app uses artificial intelligence or a human editor to sort photos.
3. The app uses AI, but it does not use artificial intelligence.

用 figure out 的过去式完成句子：After several tests, the engineers ____ how to reduce the noise.

哪句话使用了同样的功能性 beacon 比喻？

1. The fluorescent tag acts like a beacon, showing doctors where the tumor is.
2. The tag sends scientists a written message.
3. A lighthouse grows inside each tagged cell.

哪句话在 use the tool to 后使用了清楚的平行动词列表？

1. Researchers use the tool to detect disease, monitor treatment, and explain the results.
2. Researchers use the tool to detect disease, monitoring treatment, and an explanation of the results.
3. Researchers use the tool to detecting disease, monitor treatment, and explained the results.

用 net 的过去式完成句子：The discovery ____ the research team a major award.

用 It was ... who 完成强调句，突出 Lena：____ found the missing key, not her brother.

用一个以 go 开头、表示“向过去延伸”的两个单词的表达补全句子：These fossils ____ more than 200 million years.

哪个句子先用 as 从句设置困难的背景，再突出一方出人意料的成功？

1. Many local shops are closing, and this small bookstore is closing too.
2. As many local shops are closing, this small bookstore is thriving.
3. Because many local shops are closing, this small bookstore is thriving.

哪一句用 It doesn't hurt that 补充了一个额外的有利条件？

1. It doesn't hurt that the new office is five minutes from the station.
2. It didn't hurt because the doctor used a numbing cream.
3. It doesn't hurt when I carry this light bag.

选择最自然的表达完成句子：The stadium can hold ___ 80,000 fans.

1. as many as
2. as much as
3. as long as

句子“The new treatment sounds like science fiction.”最自然的意思是什么？

1. 这种治疗方法肯定是虚构的，并不存在。
2. 这种治疗方法令人惊叹或充满未来感，仿佛来自科幻故事。
3. 这种治疗方法会发出科幻电影中使用的声音。

句子“The cells can change their identity.”中的 identity 是什么意思？

1. 科学家给细胞取的个人名字
2. 细胞携带的正式身份证件
3. 细胞的生物学类型、状态或定义性功能

请用本课的两词短语完成句子：Over time, the tadpole will ____ a frog.

请用 spawn 的正确一般现在时形式完成句子：Each polyp ____ genetically identical offspring.

研究团队正在说明当前证据。哪句话表达的是谨慎判断，而不是绝对断言？

1. As far as we know, no other species has shown this behavior.
2. No other species has shown this behavior because our knowledge is distant.
3. We know for certain that no other species will ever show this behavior.

某条规定禁止店内销售，却没有提到网上销售。商店利用了这一遗漏。哪句话对这种情况描述得最准确？

1. The store found a solution to a broken checkout.
2. The store received an explicit exception from the regulator.
3. The store found a loophole in the rule.

哪个句子使用 for 设定评价参照，表达超出预期的高度评价？

1. The robot is pretty advanced for a school project.
2. The robot moved forward during the school project.
3. The robot was built for the school project.

哪个句子表示这张地图在铁路出现以前就已经存在？

1. The map documents the railway.
2. The map predates the railway.
3. The map dates from the railway era.