at first副词，=at the beginning，首先。有了at first，不再用begin

在措辞上，我们不能说sb have a likelihood，只能说sb's likelihood或there is a likelihood of doing sth.

句子理解：subject,实验对象；by using thought transference，通过思想交流

regard A as B或regard A as adj，如：regard manner as efficient，认为某物如何，不说as being或as to be
consider/think/deem/find A B或consider sth adj，认为某物如何，不加as

因果型，其他原因使结果不成立

果因:小海豚死得多是因为被妈妈的牛奶毒了。
说明二者之间有因果关系。

因果:因为批发商降价，所以超市也会降价(削弱)。
他因使结果不成立。

注意读前提

理解成一个归纳题

suggest，建议，暗示，显示，如：
All the evidence suggests (that) he stole the money. 所有证据都表明是他偷了钱。
A solution immediately suggested itself to me.推荐/建议他自己给我
The chairman painted an optimistic picture of the economy, suggesting to investors that the central bank in the near future would not lower interest rates. 暗示

破折号单独使用，是对前面的内容进行解释说明/总结/转折，如：
They are lucky—they can go anywhere they want.用一个分句解释说明前面的分句
Larger schools，more sheep，more pigs and chickens，more horses and donkeys —everywhere we saw signs of the commune's prosperity．总结前面的东西
“And may I ask—but I guess it's better for you to ask him about it．”引出转折内容

插入使用时，可以插入同位语/定语/状语/反问句/被强调部分等，并且破折号不用紧跟被修饰部分，如：
Only one thing is now wanting—a refrigerator．插入同位语
My three best friends—Danny, Enrico, and Joey—and I went skiing.
It is clear—is it not？—that we must practice strict economy．插入反问句
It’s me—not you—should leave.插入强调内容

本题，应该用双破折号插入including定语，不能用在主语和谓语之间起解释说明作用

rather是副词，(1)加在形容词前=quite，表示相当，如：a rather difficult problem；(2)加在动词前表示有点，如：I rather believe that；(3)or rather 表示确切地说，进一步说，如：She worked as a secretary, or rather, a personal assistant. ；(4)not/but rather表示然而，如：The walls were not white, but rather a sort of dirty grey.

Lucy’s wide, shallow pelvis is actually better suited to bipedal walking than is the rounder, bowl-like pelvis of the modern human

有reason就不能有led to了

closing unneeded operation和grounded planes并列做伴随状语修饰eliminating jet services

第二次看...怎么感觉D应该是错在indicates了，如果看成as XXX indicate的方式状语从句不是也能解释得通的吗，只是XXX太长滞后了？

fast,禁食；fast for 6 days，禁食6天；forage，觅食；forge，锻造
breed，品种，繁殖，养育；feed，进食，吃；feed on，以……为食，吃某物

这道题...我觉得还是得根据语意做，确实很多题里的滞后伴随状语是可以延伸到最开始的那个主语的...因为这里句意延伸过去没什么意义，而且which又可能产生歧义，所以选c

E,把 no faster替换成更慢或相等，有限制的比没限制的的税增长得更慢，-->税影响收入;增长速度一样，-->不影响收入
D，在那些限制吸烟的小镇，餐馆保留了隔离开的吸烟区。-->相当于还是没限制，以前的用来支撑结论的base失效。