、多选题（共 4 道试题，共 10 分。） 得分：1.25
1. Which of the following sentences apply the rhetorical device of onomatopoeia?
A. Between chime and chime of the clock …
B. It is not so with me, to whom sleep is a coy mistress, …
C. They were interrupted from time to time by giggles that must have come from Mrs. Flowers.
D. Discussing the question, … sleep drew the curtain.
正确答案：AC 得分：1.25
2. Simile is NOT used in ________.
A. Good prose is like a window pane.
B. A yellow beam of sunlight, filtering through the muslin curtains, slanted on to the table, where a matchbox, half open, lay beside the inkpot.
C. Writers share this characteristic … in short, with the whole top crust of humanity.
D. It can be seen how these various impulses must war against one another, and how …
正确答案：BCD
3. Which of the sentences below apply the rhetorical device of personification?
A. She felt her cheek pale and cold and, out of a maze of distress, …
B. He would drown her.
C. She sat at the window watching the evening invade the avenue.
D. The boat blew a long mournful whistle into the mist.
正确答案：CD
4. Which of the following sentences do not use the rhetorical device of antithesis?
A. Like women in English novels who walk the moors with their loyal dogs racing at a respectful distance.
B. … I heard the soft-voiced Mrs. Flowers and the textured voice of my grandmother merging and melting.
C. … and my image of her would have been shattered like the unmendable Humpty-Dumpty.
D. Through the cloth film, I saw the shadow approach.
正确答案：ACD
二、判断题（共 36 道试题，共 90 分。）
1. (The Spanish Bullfight) There are many symbolic acts in bullfight.
A. 错误
B. 正确
正确答案：B
2. (I’d Rather Be Black Than Female) It was difficult for the author to win the election due not so much to her racial background as to her sex.
A. 错误
B. 正确
正确答案：B
3. (Vivisection) Protest against vivisection used to be strong, but today no one dare show any opposition.
A. 错误
B. 正确
正确答案：A
4. (The Trouble with Television) The only thing Americans do when they are at leisure is to watch television.
A. 错误
B. 正确
正确答案：A
5. (Four Choices for Young People) To deal with such problems, the young should draw on the experiences of the old rather than reject them altogether.
A. 错误
B. 正确
正确答案：B
6. (A Most Forgiving Ape) When the author and his party se out that morning, he was quite certain that he would meet the gorillas.
A. 错误
B. 正确
正确答案：A
7. (The Tragedy of Old Age in America) The author agrees with neither of the two discrepant views on old age.
A. 错误
B. 正确
正确答案：B
8. (The Spanish Bullfight) The author is a bullfight fan.
A. 错误
B. 正确
正确答案：A
9. (Rock Superstars) To become a rock star seems to be the fastest way to fortune and fame.
A. 错误
B. 正确
正确答案：B
10. (Why I Write) For fifteen years or more, Orwell wrote a story about himself.
A. 错误
B. 正确
正确答案：A
11. (A Lesson in Living) Marguerite was a sensitive girl and was upset by Momma’s behavior towards Mrs. Flowers.
A. 错误
B. 正确
正确答案：B
12. (The Trouble with Television) The American public is not well aware of the adverse effects of television.
A. 错误
B. 正确
正确答案：B
13. (Eveline) Ernest, Harry and Little Keogh were all Eveline’s brothers.
A. 错误
B. 正确
正确答案：A
14. (What to Listen for in Music) “The fateful hammer of life” is a precise description of the first main theme of the Ninth Symphony.
A. 错误
B. 正确
正确答案：A
15. (The Trouble with Television) The author is against using the same technique in other programs as in advertising to capture the viewers’ attentions.
A. 错误
B. 正确
正确答案：B
16. (Vivisection) The author dismisses the question of how much cruelty there is in laboratories because it is not important at all.
A. 错误
B. 正确
正确答案：A
17. (A Lesson in Living) In Marguerite’s mind, Mrs. Flowers was a god-life figure.
A. 错误
B. 正确
正确答案：B
18. (Science Has Spoiled My Supper) What the author calls “cheese foods” used to be hand-made in small factories.
A. 错误
B. 正确
正确答案：A
19. (Four Choices for Young People) The author disagrees with those who take it for granted that our society is imperfect.
A. 错误
B. 正确
正确答案：A
20. (Science Has Spoiled My Supper) Hatred is the very feeling the author has about what science has done to food.
A. 错误
B. 正确
正确答案：A
21. (A Most Forgiving Ape) The mountain gorilla lives in an area up on the volcanoes seldom visited by the local African tribesmen.
A. 错误
B. 正确
正确答案：B
22. (What’s Wrong with Our Press?) The author thinks that one of TV’s advantage over papers is its wide range of entertainment for the public.
A. 错误
B. 正确
正确答案：A
23. (Science Has Spoiled My Supper) The most notable device of style in this essay is hyperbole, deliberate exaggeration for effect.
A. 错误
B. 正确
正确答案：B
24. (I’d Rather Be Black Than Female) The author is the first Congresswoman in the history of the United States.
A. 错误
B. 正确
正确答案：A
25. (The Tragedy of Old Age in America) The author implies that it is only natural for employers to practice job discrimination against the old.
A. 错误
B. 正确
正确答案：A
26. (A Lesson in Living) For many years, reading of books gave Marguerite some relief from the bitter reality in Arkansas.
A. 错误
B. 正确
正确答案：A
27. (Four Choices for Young People) The author tries to prove with his own experience that people are likely to be radical reformers when young.
A. 错误
B. 正确
正确答案：B
28. (A Most Forgiving Ape) The author was sure that he would stand firm to gaze at the gorilla when he met one because he was brave.
A. 错误
B. 正确
正确答案：A
29. (A Most Forgiving Ape) When the male gorilla discovered the author and his party, he suddenly rose and was ready to charge at them.
A. 错误
B. 正确
正确答案：A
30. (On Human Nature and Politics) Some criminals enjoy seeing public accounts of their worst acts.
A. 错误
B. 正确
正确答案：B
31. (On Human Nature and Politics) The more experience you have of exercising power, the more power you desire.
A. 错误
B. 正确
正确答案：B
32. (A Lesson in Living) Mrs. Flowers understood Marguerite’s feelings better than Momma did.
A. 错误
B. 正确
正确答案：B
33. (On Human Nature and Politics) The condemned murderer is displeased with those newspapers that make a big noise about his trial.
A. 错误
B. 正确
正确答案：A
34. (Science Has Spoiled My Supper) The author thinks it wrong to cut costs by mass-producing “standardized” cheese.
A. 错误
B. 正确
正确答案：B
35. (What’s Wrong with Our Press?) Many newspapers are owned by one party.
A. 错误
B. 正确
正确答案：B
36. (On Getting Off to Sleep) The author says that when he is in bed, he feels like writing, so he puts pens, ink and paper near him.
A. 错误
B. 正确
正确答案：A
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