、多选题（共 4 道试题，共 10 分。） 得分：1.25
1. Which of the sentences below use the rhetorical device of synecdoche?
A. What’s Wrong with Our Press?
B. Television may not have a Lippmann or a Reston, but then, what papers in America can claim an Eric Sevareid, a Walter Cronkite, a Huntley or a Brinkley, or―although he is invisible―an Edward Morgan?
C. Among the leading commentators on television, you find no Pegler, no Winchell, no Fulton Lewis, Jr..
D. Change means trouble, change means work, change means cost.
正确答案：AB 得分：1.25
2. Which of the following sentences use the rhetorical device of onomatopoeia?
A. They were interrupted from time to time by giggles that must have come from Mrs. Flowers
B. Like the women who sat in front of roaring fireplaces,
C. What on earth did one put on to go to Mrs. Flowers’ house?
D. The chifforobe was a maze.
正确答案：AB
3. Simile is used in ________.
A. Who can quarrel with a medium that so brilliantly packages escapist entertainment as a mass-marketing tool?
B. Much of it is what has been aptly described as “machine gunning with scraps.”
C. For nearly a year, I sopped around the house, the Store, the school and the church, like an old biscuit, dirty and inedible.
D. Television’s variety becomes a narcotic, not a stimulus.
正确答案：BC
4. Which sentences use the rhetorical device of parallelism?
A. Much that is unique in old age in fact derives from the reality of aging and the imminence of death.
B. But what are an individual’s chances for a “good” old age in America, with satisfying final years and a dignified death?
C. They are easy targets for crime in the streets and in their homes.
D. For many elderly Americans old age is a tragedy, a period of quiet despair, deprivation, desolation and muted rage.
正确答案：ABC
二、判断题（共 36 道试题，共 90 分。）
1. (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
2. (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
3. (A Lesson in Living) Marguerite wanted to behave like a nice little lady in front of Mrs. Flowers.
A. 错误
B. 正确
正确答案：B
4. (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
5. (Vivisection) The author praises the victory of vivisection as a great advance in the triumph of utilitarianism.
A. 错误
B. 正确
正确答案：A
6. (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
7. (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
8. (Rock Superstars) The author concludes by pointing out sharply the true nature of the American society as expressed by rock music.
A. 错误
B. 正确
正确答案：A
9. (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
10. (The Spanish Bullfight) Successful matadors are even more idolized than film stars.
A. 错误
B. 正确
正确答案：A
11. (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
12. (The Tragedy of Old Age in America) The quality of late life is determined by a combination of many elements.
A. 错误
B. 正确
正确答案：B
13. (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
14. (A Lesson in Living) Mrs. Flowers was an intimate friend of the family who frequently came to chat with Momma.
A. 错误
B. 正确
正确答案：A
15. (What’s Wrong with Our Press?) The author has encountered intense partisanship in television newscasts and network commentaries on current events.
A. 错误
B. 正确
正确答案：A
16. (The Tragedy of Old Age in America) Old people who are poor have been poor all their lives.
A. 错误
B. 正确
正确答案：A
17. (Eveline) What made Eveline pluck up her courage and leave for the station was that she didn’t want to live her mother.
A. 错误
B. 正确
正确答案：B
18. (A Most Forgiving Ape) Gorillas have far greater physical strength than human beings.
A. 错误
B. 正确
正确答案：B
19. (Eveline) Eveline was more attracted to Frank by his wide experience than by his person.
A. 错误
B. 正确
正确答案：B
20. (A Lesson in Living) Mrs. Flowers has the manner of a rich lady: refined, gentle and gracious.
A. 错误
B. 正确
正确答案：B
21. (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
22. (Four Choices for Young People) The author personally favors the fourth alternative.
A. 错误
B. 正确
正确答案：B
23. (What’s Wrong with Our Press?) Documentaries on TV help the audience to digest the news and come to its own conclusions.
A. 错误
B. 正确
正确答案：B
24. (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
25. (On Getting Off to Sleep) It seems to the author that most people he knows have no difficulty in getting off to sleep.
A. 错误
B. 正确
正确答案：B
26. (A Lesson in Living) Mrs. Flowers took special care of Marguerite only because she liked her.
A. 错误
B. 正确
正确答案：A
27. (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
28. (Why I Write) When writing Homage to Catalonia, Orwell’s first concern is political.
A. 错误
B. 正确
正确答案：B
29. (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
30. (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
31. (Eveline) Eveline didn’t go with Frank because she was afraid the boat would sink and she would be drowned.
A. 错误
B. 正确
正确答案：A
32. (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
33. (I’ll Never Escape the Ghetto) Racial climate in England, especially at Oxford, remained relaxed until the author wrote this article.
A. 错误
B. 正确
正确答案：A
34. (Why I Write) According to Orwell, all writers, even writers of railway guides, have aesthetic considerations.
A. 错误
B. 正确
正确答案：A
35. (Jerusalem the Golden) British high school students wore uniforms provided by the government.
A. 错误
B. 正确
正确答案：A
36. (Why I Write) Orwell believes that talented people have individual ambition which is a motive to drive them on.
A. 错误
B. 正确
正确答案：B
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