你可能有一個秘密的雙胞胎（但不是你想的那樣） - 凱拉·曼德爾·希茨：英語精讀講義

使用提示 wait for the bus，以 while + -ing 補完整句子：While ____, Nina checked her messages.

閱讀句子：'The transplant team thanked the kidney donor.' kidney donor 指的是誰？

1. 提供腎臟進行移植的人
2. 接受移植腎臟的人
3. 執行移植手術的醫師

這句話中的「stumbled upon a mystery」是什麼意思？

1. 她刻意解開了一個謎團。
2. 她意外發現了一件令人困惑的事。
3. 她走路時真的絆了一跤。

用本課中的正式醫療表達完成句子：The patient ____ before treatment began.

用 to determine whether 這個目的結構完成句子：The lab tested the water ____ it was safe to drink.

用 be a match for 的正確形式完成句子：Doctors checked whether Luis was ____ his sister as a kidney donor.

在這句話中，actually 表達了什麼？

1. 它糾正了人們先前對生物學親子關係的看法。
2. 它表示她從未養育過這兩個孩子。
3. 它表示檢測結果只是一種猜測。

請使用本課中表示「懷上並生下」的片語完成句子：By the time the interview took place, she had ____ one child.

哪個句子自然地使用句首 -ing 子句來說明研究人員採取行動的原因？

1. Believing the first result was wrong, the test was repeated the next day.
2. Because the first result seemed wrong, the researchers repeated the test.
3. Believing the first result was wrong, the researchers repeated the test.

使用 only to + find 完成句子，表示意外結果：Mia opened the box, ____ it was empty.

請用 turn out 補上過去式的 It ... that 結構：____ the dog had opened the gate.

在這個科普語境中，a second genome 指什麼？

1. 用來儲存 DNA 的第二個器官
2. 同一項基因檢測的重複結果
3. 同一個人的某些細胞中另一套在遺傳上不同的 DNA

哪個選項正確使用 In other words 重述相同的意思？

1. The road is blocked. In other words, we cannot use this route today.
2. The road is blocked. In other words, it is open to all traffic.
3. The road is blocked. In other words, my cousin lives nearby.

用 belong to 的過去式完成句子：The DNA sample ____ another person.

選出正確使用非限定 who 子句補充人物資訊的句子。

1. Ms. Rivera who had led the club for years who welcomed the new members.
2. Ms. Rivera, which had led the club for years, welcomed the new members.
3. Ms. Rivera, who had led the club for years, welcomed the new members.

哪個句子正確使用 where 來說明一種抽象情況？

1. We reached a stage where careful testing was essential.
2. We reached a stage where was careful testing essential.
3. We reached where a stage careful testing was essential.

請使用術語 photosynthesis 和 X is called Y 命名結構完成句子：The process by which plants use light to make food ____.

在這個句子中，The name comes from Greek mythology 是什麼意思？

1. 它說明這個名稱的文化來源。
2. 它表示這種情況只發生在希臘。
3. 它描述這個名稱離開希臘的移動過程。

請用表示「由不同元素構成的整體」的正式片語完成句子：The festival is ____ music, food, and traditions from many cultures.

哪個句子清楚表示毛皮有兩種色調，而且兩隻眼睛的顏色不同？

1. The cat's fur and eyes are all the same color.
2. The cat has two-toned fur and eyes of different colors.
3. The cat has dark fur and two-toned eyes.

標示的子句在資訊組織上有什麼作用？

1. 它修正了「可見特徵很常見」這個可能的印象，指出大多數人沒有可見跡象。
2. 它引出另一組會出現在大多數人身上的可見跡象。
3. 它表示每個具有嵌合現象的人都有前面列出的某一種可見特徵。

請用表示「在子宮內」的正式醫學片語完成句子：Medical researchers found that the condition began ____, before the baby was born.

填入重複使用的介系詞，以及引出最後一種可能性的連接詞：The problem can come from a loose cable, ____ a software error, ____ happen when the battery gets too hot.

哪一項最準確地描述了標示片語中的過程？

1. 胎盤儲存所有胎兒細胞，並阻止養分流動。
2. 隨著養分流經胎盤，細胞在母體與胎兒之間傳遞。
3. 養分完全取代母體與胎兒體內的所有細胞。

在這句話中，inherit fetal stem cells 是什麼意思？

1. 母親的所有細胞都變成胎兒細胞。
2. 母親可能會獲得一些來自胎兒的幹細胞。
3. 胎兒依法把財產留給母親。

標示的片語在這句話中有什麼作用？

1. 它引入了與 fetal stem cells 無關的另一組細胞。
2. 它藉由說明類別和能力來定義 fetal stem cells。
3. 它表示特化細胞能重新變回幹細胞。

請用一個表示「起初未被發現」的三個英文單字詞組完成句子：The small crack ____ because it was hidden under the paint.

哪一句正確使用 because 引出原因，並使用 during 說明時間階段？

1. Because the seedlings survived, so the temperature was controlled during the cold spell.
2. The seedlings survived because the temperature was controlled during the cold spell.
3. The seedlings survived during because the temperature controlled the cold spell.

用動詞 damage 的被動 -ing 形式完成 without 後的句子：The samples remained usable for years without ____ by moisture.

哪一句自然地使用 persist 來描述某事物隨時間持續存在？

1. The symptoms persisted for several weeks.
2. The guests persisted at our house overnight.
3. Please persist here while I get the keys.

'was failing, but suddenly started to regenerate' 描述了什麼變化？

1. 肝臟原本很健康，醫師卻在毫無預警的情況下切除了它。
2. 肝臟在開始失去功能之前就已完全再生。
3. 肝臟正在失去功能，之後卻出乎意料地開始更新受損組織。

用 biopsy 的過去式完成句子：The doctors ____ the suspicious tissue.

這裡的「had lodged in her liver and specialized as liver cells」是什麼意思？

1. 這些細胞在變成幹細胞之前已離開肝臟。
2. 這些細胞已停留在肝臟中，並形成了肝細胞的特徵和功能。
3. 這些細胞住進了一家旅館，並開始研究肝病。

例句中「meanwhile」的主要語篇功能是什麼？

1. 它表示前一個案例是錯誤的。
2. 它表示 Karen 在完全相同的時刻做了兩件事。
3. 它把注意力轉向一個平行案例，同時讓該案例與前文討論保持連結。

哪一句表示事情發生在 Maya 的母親懷著 Maya 的孕期初期？

1. Very early in her mother's pregnancy with her, Maya was exposed to the medication.
2. Very early in her own pregnancy, Maya was exposed to the medication.
3. Very early after Maya was born, her mother was exposed to the medication.

用表示「持續發育到妊娠足月」的固定表達完成醫學句子：The embryo did not ____.

哪一句明確表示報告在會議開始前已經完成？

1. The report was incomplete until the meeting began.
2. By the time the meeting began, the report was already complete.
3. When the meeting began, the team completed the report.

補全 recognize A as B 結構：The committee recognized her work ____ an important contribution.

請用正式結構 be composed of 完成句子：The research team ____ five engineers and two designers。

選擇能正確表示先比較同類對象，再比較其中一個對象內部情況的句子。

1. The delivery time can vary one city to another and even between neighborhoods within the same city.
2. The delivery time can vary from one city to another and even between neighborhoods within the same city.
3. The delivery time can vary from one city and another and even within neighborhoods between the same city.

哪一句使用 Some might..., while others might... 來對比同一群體中的兩種可能情況？

1. Some trails might be muddy, while others might be dry.
2. Some trails might be muddy while the hikers eat lunch.
3. Some trails might be muddy because others might be dry.

空木屋外有新鮮腳印向遠處延伸。哪一句對先前發生的事情作出確信度很高的推論？

1. Someone must have left the cabin.
2. Someone might have left the cabin.
3. Someone can't have left the cabin.

哪一句自然表達了「每當事件發生時，同樣的不確定性就會再次出現」？

1. Each time the test ran, there was no way to predict which would the result appear.
2. The test ran once, and everyone knew which result would appear.
3. Each time the test ran, there was no way to predict which result would appear.

用本講解中的目標連接短語完成句子：The road was closed, ____ we ended up taking the train.

請用 end up with 的過去式完成句子：The hotel lost our booking, so we ____ a larger room.

哪一句正確使用 when 子句，先交代檢測結果，再說明後續調查？

1. When did the scan reveal a crack, engineers examined the bridge more closely.
2. The scan when revealed a crack because engineers examined the bridge.
3. When the scan revealed a crack, engineers examined the bridge more closely.

哪一項最符合本句中 ancestry testing 的意思？

1. 它分析 DNA，以推估祖源或生物學親緣關係。
2. 它查閱家族紀錄，但不表示進行了 DNA 檢測。
3. 它只判斷某位男性是否為孩子的生物學父親。

哪一句中的 carry 表示生物醫學上「含有遺傳資訊」的意思？

1. The courier carries the samples to the laboratory every morning.
2. Some people carry the variant without showing any symptoms.
3. This bridge carries traffic across the river.

請用 challenge our perception of 的正確形式完成句子：The discovery ____ what young children can remember.

哪一句正確使用 Though，先承認限制，再提出主要觀點？

1. Though the sample was small, the study revealed a useful pattern.
2. Despite the sample was small, the study revealed a useful pattern.
3. Though the small sample, the study revealed a useful pattern.

在這個句子中，we are all amalgams to some extent 是什麼意思？

1. 每個人都被醫學診斷為具有嵌合現象。
2. 可以從廣義上把人描述為不同生物成分的混合體。
3. 人體只含有細菌的遺傳物質。

用 carry 的 -ing 形式補完句子，讓新增細節描述 Maya：Maya entered the room, ____ a stack of books.

用表示「考量到……這項事實」的兩個字連接語完成句子：____ the roads are icy, we should leave early.

哪一句用一種可能性和兩個平行的 many more 片語，讓主題保持開放？

1. The archive contains twelve stories, and every question has been answered.
2. There could be many more stories to uncover and many more voices to hear.
3. There might be one final story, so the research is complete.

請用表示「塑造我們的身分」的目標片語完成句子：Shared traditions can ____.

在這個語境中，這個問題主要有什麼話語功能？

1. 它完整解釋了基因的科學運作機制。
2. 它製造懸念，並把基因話題轉接到一個關於身分的故事。
3. 它要求聽眾回報一項實驗室結果。

句中的 Brit Bennett's The Vanishing Half 指的是什麼？

1. 布麗特・班奈特本人作為 The Vanishing Half 的個人身分。
2. 一個名叫 The Vanishing Half、屬於布麗特・班奈特的角色。
3. 布麗特・班奈特所寫的小說 The Vanishing Half。

哪一句正確使用作品評論框架和平行的 -ing 片語？

1. The film explores the story of two brothers rebuilding their business and facing an old rivalry.
2. The film explores the story of two brothers rebuilding their business and face an old rivalry.
3. The film explores the story of two brothers rebuild their business and facing an old rivalry.

請用表示「努力理解或處理」的表達完成句子：The committee is ____ how to protect the lake without closing local businesses.

哪個片語自然表示「免費提供的一本廣受讚譽且銷量很高的書的有聲書版本」？

1. an award-winning paperback copy of a bestseller
2. a free audiobook version of an acclaimed bestseller
3. a review of a free audiobook by an acclaimed author