崩潰的重要性：英語精讀講義

請用 One of the main problems 和 be 的正確形式完成句子：____ we face ____ that nobody checks the final figures.

Leo 明明需要休息，卻仍能不停工作，這個習慣正在傷害他的健康。哪個句子最能表示他的這種能力已經過頭？

1. Leo is not good at pushing himself.
2. Leo is very good at pushing himself.
3. Leo is far too good at pushing himself.

在哪一種情境中，surrendering to the demands of the external world 的使用最準確？

1. 一名士兵正式把武器交給敵人。
2. 一名旅人研究天氣的變化。
3. 即使他人和社會的期待壓過個人意願，某人仍不斷順從這些期待。

請選出 live up to 表示「達到預期標準」的句子。

1. The young player trained hard to live up to her coach's expectations.
2. The young player wanted to live near her coach.
3. The young player learned to live by her coach's rules.

用表示「繼續做」的目標表達完成句子：The break is over, so let's ____ our science project.

用 keep 後面表示「繼續參加」的兩個單字完成句子：Even when training is hard, we keep ____ every Saturday.

請用代名詞 it 和 pull off 的正確詞序完成句子：The stunt looked impossible, but she managed to ____.

這句話表達什麼意思？'The clinic can provide support for up to six months at a time.'

1. 每一段連續的支援期都可能持續六個月或更短。
2. 診所只提供六次支援。
3. 每一段支援期都剛好持續六個月。

用一個包含 so much as、表示「甚至連……都沒有」的四個單字片語完成句子：She walked past me ____ a hello.

用一個以 Much 開頭、表示「令所有人非常驚訝的是」的固定反應片語完成句子：____, the new player won the final.

用 fall into 的過去式完成句子，表示「進入一種負面狀態」：After the manager quit, the project ____ chaos.

選擇最合適的形容詞完成句子：Her ___ ambition left little room for friends or rest.

1. time-consuming
2. long-term
3. all-consuming

哪一句正確使用了表示失去身體控制的目標正式搭配？

1. After the injury, Maya began to lose command for her left hand.
2. After the injury, Maya began to lose command at her left hand.
3. After the injury, Maya began to lose command over her left hand.

哪一句正確使用了表示強大壓力的目標被動結構？

1. We were compelled to disclose the data.
2. We were compelled disclosing the data.
3. We compelled to disclose the data.

哪一句正確使用 contrary to，表示某個行為不符合一群人平常的性格？

1. Speaking so cruelly was contrary to our normal self.
2. Speaking so cruelly was contrary with our normal selves.
3. Speaking so cruelly was contrary to our normal selves.

用表示「遵守公認規則」的固定表達完成句子。 Although winning mattered to Nina, she chose to ____.

哪個句子自然地表示一個團隊將迅速加強安全檢查？

1. The team will ramp up its security checks.
2. The team will rule out its security checks.
3. The team will wind down its security checks.

標示出的隱喻在這個語境中是什麼意思？

1. 替機器加上一件有用的工具
2. 嚴重擾亂日常生活的正常運作
3. 讓日常交通變得更安全

在這句話中，“an immediate rush to medicalize the problem”表示什麼？

1. 人們把這件事移到醫院建築裡。
2. 人們迅速為所有有需要的人安排適當的醫療照護。
3. 人們立刻試圖把這件事界定並處理成一種醫學疾病。

哪個選項最能解釋這句話中的“excise it from the scene”？

1. 把問題移到醫療環境中。
2. 像切除東西一樣，把問題徹底清除。
3. 把問題描述成電影場景的一部分。

在 "After the storm, the office reopened and it was business as usual," 中，business as usual 是什麼意思？

1. 辦公室恢復了正常的日常運作。
2. 辦公室變成了一家商業公司。
3. 辦公室永久改變了所有日常安排。

哪一個句子中的 break down 與 we break down 一樣，是表示人的不及物用法？

1. Could you break the problem down for me?
2. The mechanic broke the engine down into parts.
3. After weeks of pressure, Maya broke down and cried.

使用 albeit 完成句子：The route is safe, ____ slow.

這句話中的 bid 是什麼意思？“The campaign is a bid for greater public trust.”

1. 爭取更多公眾信任的嘗試
2. 為購買公眾信任而提出的價格
3. 已經獲得公眾信任的證明

使用 force + object + into + noun phrase 完成句子：The sudden crisis may ____ a period of rapid change.

哪一個句子表示：在此之前，委員會一直不願開始這項審查？

1. The council has hitherto refused to undertake the review.
2. The council will henceforth refuse to undertake the review.
3. The council has hitherto completed the review.

在句子「If we can put it paradoxically, slowing down helped the team finish sooner」中，開頭的短語有什麼作用？

1. 它是在請求允許把某個東西放到某處。
2. 它提示接下來的觀點會被說成一種表面矛盾。
3. 它表示說話者認為這個觀點在邏輯上不可能成立。

用本課中表示「給停滯的過程一個強力初始推動」的動詞完成句子：The emergency loan could ____ the rebuilding process.

用引出風險後果的兩個英文單字補完整句子：The danger, if we skip the final safety check, ____ a serious defect may go unnoticed.

閱讀英文句子：She found a lesson embedded within the setback. embedded within 表達什麼意思？

1. 這次挫折讓任何學習都無法發生。
2. 這次挫折中包含一項她可以發現的領悟。
3. 有人真的把一項教訓放進了這次挫折裡。

哪個句子表示崩潰很痛苦，但又不只是痛苦？

1. A breakdown is a pain and nothing more.
2. A breakdown isn't just a pain, though it is that too.
3. A breakdown isn't a pain; it is only an inconvenience.

補全標準的原因句型：The reason this road floods every spring ____ the drain is too small.

用本課結構完成句子，並用代名詞作受詞：We could not solve the issue today, so we ____ until next week.

用 make + 正確的反身代名詞 + heard 完成句子：Mia spoke clearly so she could ____ in the noisy meeting.

在這句話中，its mute rage 最恰當的意思是什麼？

1. 用很小的聲音說出的爭論
2. 已經完全消失的憤怒
3. 平靜地拒絕發出任何聲音
4. 無法用一般語言表達的強烈憤怒

What the evidence is telling us above anything else is that ... 這個結構有什麼作用？

1. 把 that 子句當成不重要的補充說明。
2. 把一個結論凸顯為最重要的訊息。
3. 把結論放在其他資訊上方的實際位置。
4. 直接詢問證據說了什麼。

在句子“The team discovered the error in good time to fix it before launch,”中，in good time 是什麼意思？

1. 恰好在預定的那一秒。
2. 及早到足以讓他們修正錯誤。
3. 在一段愉快的時期裡。

在句子“Mina is not afraid of hospitals, but she is squeamish about seeing blood,”中，squeamish 描述的是什麼？

1. 暫時沒有體力。
2. 面對令人不適的事物時感到不舒服並想迴避。
3. 在各種情況下都缺乏勇氣。

這裡的 we're in flight from a relationship problem 是什麼意思？

1. 意思是我們正搭飛機離開這段關係中的問題。
2. 意思是我們一直試圖逃離或迴避這段關係中的問題。
3. 意思是我們已經解決了這段關係中的問題。

請用表示「把問題藏起來而不處理」的 carpet 版本慣用語完成句子：The committee tried to sweep the safety complaints ____.

用 compare A to B 完成類比：We can ____ the team's recovery ____ rebuilding a bridge after a storm.

哪一句使用 token gesture 來批評某個行動只有象徵意義、卻不足以解決問題？

1. After months of safety complaints, the company held one thank-you lunch as a token gesture and changed none of its policies.
2. The company replaced the unsafe machines and introduced weekly inspections.
3. Maya waved to her friend from across the street.

這句中的 shuts its ears 是什麼意思？

1. 它故意拒絕傾聽。
2. 它因為耳朵被遮住而聽不見。
3. 它默默同意了這些訴求。

這裡的 storm the palace gates 是什麼意思？

1. 突然、猛烈地攻擊或衝向宮門。
2. 在宮門外和平等待。
3. 觀看暴風雨破壞宮門。

哪一句使用目標句型，表示前面的說法也適用於電動車？

1. The same is true from electric cars.
2. The same is true of electric cars.
3. The same is true to electric cars.

哪一句最恰當地使用相同的分析性結構，表示怪異行為中隱藏著一項訴求？

1. We detected his repeated jokes after a plea for reassurance.
2. We detected within his repeated jokes a plea for reassurance.
3. We made a plea because his jokes were unusual.

在“The small success gave the team an appetite for bigger challenges,”中，「an appetite for bigger challenges」是什麼意思？

1. 強烈希望接受更大的挑戰
2. 害怕挑戰會引發危機
3. 面對挑戰前需要吃東西

“I don't know how I'd ever have gotten well if I hadn't fallen ill”這句話暗示了哪些事實？

1. 說話者病倒了，之後康復了。
2. 說話者從未病倒，也從未康復。
3. 說話者在從未病倒的情況下康復了。

哪一個句子能正確表達對某種變化是否已經發生的疑問？

1. I wonder whether I become too suspicious.
2. I wonder whether have I become too suspicious.
3. I wonder whether I have become too suspicious.

哪一個句子用 beneath the surface 的比喻義來對比外在表象與隱藏的真實情況？

1. Roots spread beneath the surface of the soil.
2. The swimmer stayed beneath the surface until the wave passed.
3. Beneath the surface calm, the committee remained sharply divided.

哪一句透過時態對照表示危機只是揭露了更早的問題，而不是造成了這個問題？

1. We weren't ill before, but now we are.
2. We haven't become ill; we were ill already.
3. We have become ill, although we were healthy before.

你的朋友將面對艱難的一個月。哪一句明確承諾你們會一起堅持到這段時期結束？

1. We'll go through it together.
2. We'll get through it together.
3. We'll get over it together.

用 dislodge、us 和所需的介系詞完成句子：A major change can ____ a toxic status quo.

使用 a call to do something on a ... basis 這個結構完成句子：The report represents an insistent ____ rebuild the service ____ a fairer basis.