东北师范大学高级英语2022年春学期在线作业1答卷

1、高级英语19春在线作业1-0001试卷总分:100 得分:100一、多选题 (共 4 道试题,共 10 分)Which of the following sentences use the rhetorical device of hyperbole?She smiled that slow dragging smile.Children these days would bust out of sheetmetal clothes.Momma hadnt thought that taking off my dress in front of Mrs. Flowers would kill

2、me stone dead.What on earth did one put on to go to Mrs. Flowers house?答案:ABC2.Which sentences use the rhetorical device of simile?They look like figures representing gluttony in a medieval morality play, and you expect ladies in wimples to appear and clowns dressed like monkeys.There are also big b

3、lock letters laid out on sand like formations of gymnasts at a Soviet youth rally.He breathes hard. He looks around.Maybe he hesitates, or looks around, or gives up.答案:AB3.Metaphor is applied in _.satiety is a dream which will always elude you.When white men first effect contact with some unspoilt r

4、ace of savages, they offer them all kinds of benefits, from the light of the Gospel to pumpkin pie.Dance halls, cinemas, this age of jazz are all, if we may believe our ears, gateway to Hell, and we should be better employed sitting at home contemplating our sins.It is scarcely possible to exaggerat

5、e the influence of vanity throughout the range of human life, from the child of three to the potentate at whose frown the world trembles.答案:ABC4.Metaphor is used in _. had bequeathed to us tablets of stone commanding that nothing in television shall ever require more than a few moments concentration

6、.Who can quarrel with a medium that so brilliantly packages escapist entertainment as a mass-marketing tool? force feeding on trivial fare is not itself a trivial matter. and I fear that and our appetite for complexity are only dimly perceived.答案:BCD二、判断题 (共 36 道试题,共 90 分)5.(On Human Nature and Poli

7、tics) Even gods love to be praised.答案:错误6.Priestley thinks he will become more famous if people know what is in his mind when he is sleepless.答案:错误7.While at Wittier college, Sanders (the author of Ill Never Escape the Ghetto) felt ashamed of telling people that he was from 答案:错误8.One of the African

8、 guides could tell that these nests had been abandoned by the gorillas long before.答案:正确9.Before Sanders enrolled in Yale Law School, Watts was already a topic for discussion on the campus.答案:正确10.Anyone can perform miracles so long as he concentrates something; but television discourages concentrat

9、ion.答案:错误11.According to Mr. Ropers survey, radio ranks third among the major forms of mass media in terms of popularity.答案:正确12.Gorillas have far greater physical strength than human beings.答案:正确13.(Vivisection) Protest against vivisection used to be strong, but today no one dare show any oppositio

10、n.答案:错误14.Mrs. Flowers took special care of Marguerite only because she liked her.答案:错误15.(Why I Write) According to Orwell, all writers, even writers of railway guides, have aesthetic considerations.答案:错误16.Lacking direct evidence, scientists have assumed that gorillas live in a manner similar to t

11、hat of humans.答案:错误17.For fifty years or more, Orwell wrote a story about himself.答案:错误18.(Why I Write) When writing Homage to Catalonia, Orwells first concern is political.答案:正确19.Literary men have no desire to seek publicity.答案:错误20.When he saw the gorilla, the author was so fascinated by its char

12、ming appearance that he forgot to use his binoculars.答案:错误21.The quality of late life is determined by a combination of many elements.答案:正确22.(On Getting Off to Sleep) Priestly doesnt think he has an iron will, and he is not sorry about it.答案:正确23.Old-fashioned cheeses can no longer be bought anywhe

13、re in the United States.答案:错误24.The four motives do not carry the same weight in a write.答案:正确25.(On Human Nature and Politics) Some criminals enjoy seeing public accounts of their worst acts.答案:正确26.The Kaiser was impressed by the British naval review and decided to build a powerful navy for himsel

14、f.答案:正确27.Alice Cooper took his own life at the end of a rock concert in order to shock and thrill the audience.答案:错误28.According to Jim Binns, young people today are ever more conscious of the “generation gap” than young people of the past.答案:正确29.The whole article convinces us that these animals a

15、re largely a gentle and kind species.答案:正确30.(A Lesson in Living) Marguerite was a sensitive girl and was upset by Mommas behavior towards Mrs. Flowers.答案:正确31.Though the infliction of pain in itself is an evil act, it requires no justification if it can be done for a good purpose.答案:错误32.(Vivisecti

16、on) The author praises the victory of vivisection as a great advance in the triumph of utilitarianism.答案:错误33.In Marguerites mind, Mrs. Flowers was a god-like figure.答案:正确34.Priestly doesnt like Lambs letters.答案:错误35.Musical listening is actually done on the three planes simultaneously.答案:正确36.The American public is not well aware of the adverse effects of television.答案:正确37.(The Trouble with Television) News on TV is read very fast and made too brief and incoherent to be comprehensive.答案:正确38.Momma,