水母比恐龍出現得更早。牠們是如何存活這麼久的？ - 大衛·格魯伯 (David Gruber)：英語精讀講義

用 long 的比較級和引出比較對象的詞完成句子：This rope is ____ that one.

使用 barely、large 的比較級和 than，表示只有極小的尺寸差異：The box is ____ my phone.

使用 deep 和 lake，完成 one of the + 最高級 + 複數名詞結構：This is ____ in the country.

哪一句中的 behind 表示某個事物是成因或促成因素？

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

哪一句表示博物館從五十年前開始接待遊客，而且現在仍在接待？

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

哪一句中的 as 引出逐步變化的時間背景，而不是表示身分或原因？

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

哪個片語正確使用複合形容詞來表示「身體柔軟的動物」？

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

在這個句子中，aren't really fish 是什麼意思？

1. 儘管名稱裡有 fish，水母在分類上並不屬於魚類。
2. 水母屬於魚類，只是長得不太像其他魚。
3. 水母是一種特別不尋常的魚。

在這個句子中，gelatinous zooplankton 的哪一種解釋正確？

1. 在水中漂流且身體柔軟、呈膠狀的動物。
2. 吃起來像水果果凍的浮游生物。
3. 主動逆著洋流游動的魚。

「Zooplankton being animals that drift in the ocean.」可以獨立作為完整的正式書面定義嗎？

1. 可以
2. 不可以

哪一句表示數量大於 1,000，而且不可能正好等於 1,000？

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

填入缺少的字詞，完成這個被動結構：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.

使用正確的 be made of 結構完成句子，說明椅子的材質：The chair ____ solid oak.

選出句首的簡化被動子句與主要子句主詞正確對應的句子。

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

用 hold together 的一般被動形式補完整句子，並用 by 引出原因：The cardboard model is ____ glue.

哪一句用 contract and relax 描述身體機制？

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

請用 propel 和正確的反身代名詞補全表示目的的片語：The small robot spins its wheels ____ across the sand.

請選出正確使用 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.

請用一個字補充相同的否定事實：Maya doesn't like spicy food, and her brother doesn't like it ____.

哪一句正確使用 consume，以科學語氣描述動物攝食？

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

選出能正確表示窗戶處於關閉狀態的片語：The room stayed quiet ____.

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

使用動詞 finish，依照 prevent + 受詞 + from + -ing 結構完成句子：The power cut didn't prevent Leo ____ his homework.

哪一句中的 form 表示視覺系統形成影像？

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

依照 allow + 受詞 + to 不定詞的句型填入缺少的單字：The clear panel allows visitors ____ watch the turtles underwater.

在自然紀錄片中，forest canopy 指什麼？

1. 搭在樹木之間的帳篷
2. 樹根下方潮濕的地面
3. 由樹梢形成的上層

使用目標複合修飾語完成句子：The security camera gives us a ____ view of the lobby.

哪一句的 most infamous calling card 表示一種容易辨認的負面特徵？

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

句中的 like poisonous harpoons 有什麼作用？

1. 它表示這些細胞在說謊，內容與魚叉的運作方式有關。
2. 它表示這些細胞是真正由毒物製成的魚叉。
3. 它把這些細胞比作一種熟悉的武器，讓其形態和作用更容易想像。

用 trigger 的被動形式完成這段機制說明：When the sensor is ____ by smoke, the alarm sounds.

用一個字完成倍數比較：This new pump generates ten ____ the pressure of the older pump.

填入表示染料進入靜脈的介系詞：The doctor will inject the dye ____ a vein.

使用 Some..., but others... 完成對比：____ library books are new, but ____ are decades old.

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

使用 making it one of... 和 most popular parks 完成表示結果的片語：The city park added free concerts, ____ in the region.

使用本課標示的雙字原因表達完成句子：The hikers found the trail easily ____ the new signs.

哪一句使用 or 引出同一術語的縮寫？

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

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

哪一句使用了同樣的功能性 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.

哪一句在 use the tool to 後使用了清楚的平行動詞串列？

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

請用 net 的過去式完成句子：The discovery ____ the research team a major award.

請用 It was ... who 完成強調句，凸顯 Lena：____ found the missing key, not her brother.

用一個以 go 開頭、表示「向過去延伸」的兩個單字片語完成句子：These fossils ____ more than 200 million years.

哪個句子先用 as 子句設定困難的背景，再凸顯一方出人意料的成功？

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

哪一句使用 It doesn't hurt that 來補充一項額外的有利條件？

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

選出最自然的說法來完成句子：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.」最自然的意思是什麼？

1. 這種治療方式令人驚嘆或充滿未來感，彷彿來自科幻故事。
2. 這種治療方式肯定是虛構的，而且並不存在。
3. 這種治療方式會發出科幻電影中使用的聲音。

句子「The cells can change their identity.」中的 identity 是什麼意思？

1. 科學家替細胞取的個人名字
2. 細胞攜帶的正式身分證件
3. 細胞的生物類型、狀態或定義性功能

請用本課的兩字片語完成句子：Over time, the tadpole will ____ a frog.

請用 spawn 正確的現在式完成句子：Each polyp ____ genetically identical offspring.

研究團隊正在說明目前的證據。哪一句表達的是審慎判斷，而不是絕對斷言？

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

某項規定禁止店內銷售，卻沒有提到網路銷售。商店利用了這項疏漏。哪一句對此情況描述得最準確？

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

哪個句子用 for 設定評價基準，表達超出預期的高度評價？

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

哪個句子表示這張地圖在鐵路出現以前就已經存在？

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