《高级英语（二）》东师17秋在线作业12参考
高级英语（二）17秋在线作业1
一、多选题:【20道,总分:60分】
1.Metaphor is applied in ( )( ). (满分:3)
A. …satiety is a dream which will always elude you.
B. When white men first effect contact with some unspoilt race of savages, they offer them all kinds of benefits, from the light of the Gospel to pumpkin pie.
C. 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.
D. It is scarcely possible to exaggerate the influence of vanity throughout the range of human life, from the child of three to the potentate at whose frown the world trembles.
2.Which of the following sentences apply the rhetorical device of rhetorical questions? (满分:3)
A. Who would want to remonstrate and argue with them?
B. When before has virtually an entire nation surrendered itself wholesale to a medium for selling?
C. I cannot say with certainty which of my motives are the strongest, but I know which of them deserve to be
3.Which of the sentences below use the rhetorical device of rhetorical question? (满分:3)
A. What has the local press of this nature?
B. Is it discharging its duty to diversity by printing snippets of opinion from unqualified readers?
C. Is this exploring an issue?
D. 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?
4.Synecdoche is NOT used in ( )( ). (满分:3)
A. But there is a man in my office, a Mr. H., who proses it away from morning to night, …
B. Surely, humor is the saving grace of us, for without it we should die of vexation.
C. It would be worse than beating an anvil with a sledge-hammer.
D. It is not so with me, to whom sleep is a coy mistress, much given to a teasing inconsistency and for ever demanding to be wooed – “lest too light winning make the prize light.”
5.Which sentences apply the rhetorical device of zoosemy? (满分:3)
A. They look like figures representing gluttony in a medieval morality play, and you expect ladies in wimples to appear and clowns dressed like monkeys.
B. All at one time it can be brave, pitiful, squalid, heroic, messy, chivalrous, and obscene.
C. She set her
6.Personification is applied in ( )( ). (满分:3)
A. When white men first effect contact with some unspoilt race of savages, they offer them all kinds of benefits, from the light of the Gospel to pumpkin pie.
B. One of the troubles about vanity is that it grows with what it feeds on.
C. Civilized life has grown
7.Which sentences apply the rhetorical device of sarcasm? (满分:3)
A. The victory of vivisection marks a great advance in the triumph of ruthless, non-moral utilitarianism over the old world of ethical law;…
B. The women’s magazines are about one third dedicated to clothes, one third to mild comment on sex, and the other third to recipes and pictures of handsome salads, desserts, and main courses.
C. It is bad for our souls, our minds, and our digestion.
D. Psychoanalysts, the elite of the psychiatric profession, rarely accept them as patients.
8.Metaphor is NOT used in ( )( ). (满分:3)
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. I cannot say with certainty which of my motives are the strongest, but I know which of them deserve to be followed.
9.Which sentences use the rhetorical device of euphemism? (满分:3)
A. fading fast, over the hill, out to pasture, down the drain, finished, out of date.
B. For the most part the elderly struggle to exist in an inhospitable world.
C. Voluntary hospitals are well known for dumping the “Medicare patient” into municipal hospitals…#
10.Whichof the following sentences use the rhetorical device of parallelism? (满分:3)
A. By midday we had passed the ten thousand foot mark, but I am not really able to recall the incidents of these hours, for red lights had long since begun to dance in front of my eyes and …
B. I had an impulse to climb up and try one of those springy beds, but that would have meant using up more energy when I had none to spare, …
C. If the lion roars, if you get too close to an elephant and he fans out his ears, if the rhinoceros lowers his head and turns in your direction, you have, if you are unarmed and even sometimes if you are, just one impulse and that is to run away.
D. I rate this as the most exciting encounter that has come my way; and I remember how, no longer any need for silence, the guides with their pangas slashed a path for us to return through the bush, and how they grinned and were pleased because we were pleased, and how I went down the mountain like a young gazelle in two hours straight, never a touch of fatigue, never a thought for my blistered feet after such a happy day.
11.Which of the sentences below apply the rhetorical device of personification? (满分:3)
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.
12.Which of the following sentences do not use the rhetorical device of antithesis? (满分:3)
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.
13.Which sentences use the rhetorical device of irony? (满分:3)
A. The American dream promised older people that if they worked hard enough all their lives, things would turn out well for them.
B. But what are an individual’s chances for a “good” old age in America, with satisfying final years and a dignified death?
C. And t
14.Which of the following sentences apply the rhetorical device of rhetorical questions? (满分:3)
A. Who would want to remonstrate and argue with them?
B. When before has virtually an entire nation surrendered itself wholesale to a medium for selling?
C. I cannot say with certainty which of my motives are the strongest, but I know which of them deserve to be followed
D. Writers share this characteristic … in short, with the whole top crust of humanity.
15.Which ofthe following sentences use the rhetorical device of allusion? (满分:3)
A. … and my image of her would have been shattered like the unmendable Humpty-Dumpty.
B. Pride is a sin. And according to the Good Book, it goeth before a fall.
C. … I heard the soft-voiced Mrs. Flowers and the textured voice of my grandmother merging and melting.
D. What on earth did one put on to go to Mrs. Flowers’ house?
16.Which of the sentences below use the rhetorical device of alliteration? (满分:3)
A. Rouse the Rabble by Routing Reason.
B. What is there for them in the paper, usually the only paper, of their own?
C. What features are provided for these people?
D. To quote Eric Sevareid: “Our rigid formulae of so-called objectivity, . . .the warp and woof of
17.Which of the sentences below use the rhetorical device of personification? (满分:3)
A. Why do I think network TV does a better job of informing than these papers?
B. It is easier to let the ads dictate the format than develop a format that elevates news above dogfood.
C. I am a printed-word woman myself, and I still think the word was not only
18.Which of the sentences belowapplythe rhetorical device of parallelism? (满分:3)
A. …and her place would be filled up by an advertisement.
B. Of course she had to work hard, both in the house and at business.
C. One was to Harry; the other was to her father.
D. He was awfully fond of music and song a little.
19.Whichofthe sentences below apply the rhetorical device of metaphor? (满分:3)
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.
20.Which of the following sentences use the rhetorical device of personification? (满分:3)
A. The bamboo here had thinned out a little, and on the heights of the two mountains above we could see the curious productions of the alpine zones, giant heather, giant groundsel and giant lobelias.
B. We drove first to … , along an uncompromising track that led directly upwards to the saddle between Muhavura and Mgahinga.
C. A vast cloud, shot through with sunlight, was tearing off the crest of Muhavura.
D. Mr. Baumgartel was not unoptimistic.
二、判断题:【20道,总分:40分】
1.(The Spanish Bullfight) The writer says that a foreigner’s attitude to the bullfight should be one of extreme indignation. (满分:2)
A. 错误
B. 正确
2.(A Lesson in Living) In Marguerite’s mind, Mrs. Flowers was a god-life figure. (满分:2)
A. 错误
B. 正确
3.(Jerusalem the Golden) Clara was the favorite student of the teachers because she was so different in behavior from her classmates. (满分:2)
A. 错误
B. 正确
4.(A Lesson in Living) Mrs. Flowers’ approval told Marguerite that she had made the right choice of her dress. (满分:2)
A. 错误
B. 正确
5.(I’d Rather Be Black Than Female) The author is the first Congresswoman in the history of the United States. (满分:2)
A. 错误
B. 正确
6.(Eveline) Elveline’s father was a brute man and often beat his children including his daughter. (满分:2)
A. 错误
B. 正确
7.(Vivisection) Protest against vivisection used to be strong, but today no one dare show any opposition. (满分:2)
A. 错误
B. 正确
8.(On Getting Off to Sleep) Priestley thinks he will become more famous if people know what is in his mind when he is sleepless. (满分:2)
A. 错误
B. 正确
9.(The Spanish Bullfight) The author is a bullfight fan. (满分:2)
A. 错误
B. 正确
10.(On Human Nature and Politics) Some criminals enjoy seeing public accounts of their worst acts. (满分:2)
A. 错误
B. 正确
11.(A Lesson in Living) Marguerite was a sensitive girl and was upset by Momma’s behavior towards Mrs. Flowers. (满分:2)
A. 错误
B. 正确
12.(A Most Forgiving Ape) One of the African guides could tell that these nests had been abandoned by the gorillas long before. (满分:2)
A. 错误
B. 正确
13.(On Getting Off to Sleep) It seems to the author that most people he knows have no difficulty in getting off to sleep. (满分:2)
A. 错误
B. 正确
14.(I’ll Never Escape the Ghetto) The Watts riots were a massive action led by a few civil rights leaders. (满分:2)
A. 错误
B. 正确
15.(A Most Forgiving Ape)Though the number of gorillas is small, the local tribesmen ignore the law and kill some of them. (满分:2)
A. 错误
B. 正确
16.(Vivisection) The author doesn’t think the victory of vivisectionists is final. (满分:2)
A. 错误
B. 正确
17.(What to Listen for in Music) An intelligent listener is satisfied with a general concept of what a musical piece means. (满分:2)
A. 错误
B. 正确
18.(A Lesson in Living) Mrs. Flowers has the manner of a rich lady: refined, gentle and gracious. (满分:2)
A. 错误
B. 正确
19.(Rock Superstars) The author concludes by pointing out sharply the true nature of the American society as expressed by rock music. (满分:2)
A. 错误
B. 正确
20.(I’ll Never Escape the Ghetto) While at Wittier College, the author felt ashamed of telling people that he was from “South Los Angeles”. (满分:2)
A. 错误
B. 正确
高级英语（二）17秋在线作业2
一、多选题:【20道,总分:60分】
1.Which of the sentences below use the rhetorical device of metonymy? (满分:3)
A. It is easier to let the ads dictate the format than develop a format that elevates news above dogfood.
B. I am a printed-word woman myself, and I still think the word was not only in the beginning but will be in the end.
C. The word will prevail.
D. For if you degrade and cheapen the word too long, the people will turn to the picture.
2.Which of the following sentences applytherhetorical device of metaphor? (满分:3)
A. A yellow beam of sunlight, filtering through the muslin curtains, slanted on to the table, where a matchbox, half open, lay beside the inkpot.
B. Writers share this characteristic … in short, with the whole top crust of humanity.
C. It can be seen how these various impulses must war against one another, and how …
D. Who would want to remonstrate and argue with them?
3.Rhetorical question is applied in ( )( ). (满分:3)
A. If it is the devil that tempts the young to enjoy themselves, is it not, perhaps, the same personage that persuades the old to condemn their enjoyment?
B. And is not condemnation perhaps merely a form of excitement appropriate to old age?
C. And is it not, perhaps, a drug which—like opium—has to be taken in continually stronger doses to produce the desired effect?
D. Is it not to be feared that, … everybody except the fellow members of our club?
4.Which sentences apply the rhetorical device of rhetorical question? (满分:3)
A. A slice of my mother-in-law’s apple pie will satiate you far better than a whole bakery pie.
B. But who eats with his eyes?
C. What matters if such peas taste like boiled paper wads?
D. Yet, if people don’t eat onions because they taste like onions, what in the
5.Analogy is NOT used in ( )( ). (满分:3)
A. Good prose is like a window pane.
B. It is not so with me, to whom sleep is a coy mistress, much given to a teasing inconsistency and for ever demanding to be wooed – “lest too light winning make the prize light.”
C. Who would want to remonstrate and argue with them?
D. I stare at the reproachfully blank paper until sights and sounds become dim and confused, …
6.Transferred epithet is NOT used in ( )( ). (满分:3)
A. But there is a man in my office, a Mr. H., who proses it away from morning to night, …
B. Surely, humor is the saving grace of us, for without it we should die of vexation.
C. I stare at the reproachfully blank paper until sights and sounds become dim and confused, …
D. … and I would pass ours in tormenting sleeplessness.
7.Which of the sentences below apply the rhetorical device of metonymy? (满分:3)
A. That is why they always find Tschaikovsky easier to “understand” than Beethoven.
B. Is it pessimistically sad or resignedly sad; is it fatefully sad or smilingly sad?
C. Whether you listen to Mozart or Duke Ellington, you can deepen your understanding of musi
8.Which of the sentences below use the rhetorical device of parallelism? (满分:3)
A. But it has an equally sacred right to explain that position in the light of the opposing one, to document that position, and to bolster it, not with emotion but with fact.
B. The one is dereliction; the other is deception.
C. It is easier to print wire services dispatches than have a reporter on the beat. It is easier to buy syndicated columns than find—and train—local talent. It is easier to let the ads dictate the format than develop a format that elevates news above dogfood. It is easier to write editorial copy that appeals to emotion rather than reason. And in handling straight news, it is easier to assume the pious mantel of objectivity than to edit.
D. They have elevated the influence of fools to that of wise men; the ignorant to the level of the learned; the evil to the level of the good.
9.Rhetorical question is used in ( )( ). (满分:3)
A. “It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done …”
B. How much harder will it be to eliminate the prejudice against women?
C. Why are women thought of as secretaries, not administrators? Librarians and teachers, but not doctors and lawyers?
D. I
10.Which of the sentences below apply the rhetorical device of antithesis? (满分:3)
A. Immediately that one note is enough to change the atmosphere of the room—proving that the sound element in music is a powerful and mysterious agent, which it would be foolish to deride or belittle.
B. …because in order to write his music, the composer must also be inside and outside his music, carried away by it and yet coldly critical of it.
C. A subjective and objective attitude is implied in both creating and listening to music.
D. Yes, you will certainly know whether it is a gay theme or a sad one.
11.Metaphor is used in ( )( ). (满分:3)
A. To be allowed, no, invited, into the private lives of strangers, and to share their joys and fears, was a chance to exchange the Southern bitter wormwood for a cup of mead with Beowulf or a hot cup of tea and milk with Oliver Twist.
B. “It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done …”
C. Part of the problem is that women in America are much more brainwashed and content with their roles as second-class citizens than blacks ever were.
D. I have done the work -- … while man reaped the rewards, which is almost invariably the lot of women in politics.
12.Whichofthe sentences below apply the rhetorical device of metaphor? (满分:3)
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.
13.Which sentences apply the rhetorical device of personification? (满分:3)
A. She like the way it stood, distinct and certain, rising out of the level muddy waste of grass and tarmac that generously surrounded it…
B. Their behaviour was at times appalling;…marveling at the way it shrugged the dirt off its rounded shoulders.
C. Hill too
14.Understatement is applied in ( )( ). (满分:3)
A. It is the rarest thing in the world to hear a rational discussion of vivisection.
B. What he thought was, “I must have a Navy as good as Grandmamma’s.”
C. When the Arabs, who had been used to living sparingly on a few dates, acquired the riches of the Eastern
15.Which of the following sentences apply the rhetorical device of transferred epithet? (满分:3)
A. “But there is a man in my office, a Mr. H., who proses it away from morning to night, …
B. I stare at the reproachfully blank paper until sights and sounds become dim and confused, …
C. Who would want to remonstrate and argue with them?
D. … and I would pass ou
16.Parallelism is applied in ( )( ). (满分:3)
A. Whether you will be led by this motive to actions which are useful, or to actions which are pernicious, depends upon the social system, and upon your capacities.
B. It is the rarest thing in the world to hear a rational discussion of vivisection.
C. We choose the jungle and must abide by our choice.
D. It is destructive in those who cannot resist excess in alcohol or gambling. It is destructive when it takes the form of mob violence. And above all it is destructive when it leads to war.
17.Which of the sentences below apply the rhetorical device of metaphor? (满分:3)
A. One turns on the radio while doing something else and absentmindedly bathes in the sound.
B. Immediately that one note is enough to change the atmosphere of the room—proving that the sound element in music is a powerful and mysterious agent, which it would be foolish to deride or belittle.
C. You will soon realize that each theme mirrors a different world of feeling.
D. But one should never try to boil it down to “the fateful hammer of life,” etc.
18.Which of the sentences below use the rhetoricaldeviceof rhetorical question? (满分:3)
A. What stimulation?
B. How many times have I heard them say: “If you want to see what a really bad paper is like, read our sheet.”
C. When a local paper has a monopoly in a region, as most of them do, why is it necessary to aim at the lowest common denominator?
19.Simile is applied in ( )( ). (满分:3)
A. In politics, a reformer may have just as strong a love of power as a despot.
B. And is it not, perhaps, a drug which—like opium—has to be taken in continually stronger doses to produce the desired effect?
C. When the Arabs, who had been used to living sparingly on a few dates, acquired the riches of the Eastern Roman Empire…
D. What he thought was, “I must have a Navy as good as Grandmamma’s.”
20.Which of the sentences below use the rhetorical device of alliteration? (满分:3)
A. Rouse the Rabble by Routing Reason.
B. What is there for them in the paper, usually the only paper, of their own?
C. What features are provided for these people?
D. To quote Eric Sevareid: “Our rigid formulae of so-called objectivity, . . .the warp and woof of what the paper print. . .”
二、判断题:【20道,总分:40分】
1.(Eveline) Ernest, Harry and Little Keogh were all Eveline’s brothers. (满分:2)
A. 错误
B. 正确
2.(I’ll Never Escape the Ghetto) The Watts riots give rise to a flourishing of ghetto literature and art. (满分:2)
A. 错误
B. 正确
3.(The Spanish Bullfight) The author is a bullfight fan. (满分:2)
A. 错误
B. 正确
4.(Why I Write) According to Orwell, all writers, even writers of railway guides, have aesthetic considerations. (满分:2)
A. 错误
B. 正确
5.(A Most Forgiving Ape) The African guides were unhappy when the author decided to interrupt the pursuit and have lunch. (满分:2)
A. 错误
B. 正确
6.(The Spanish Bullfight) Successful matadors are even more idolized than film stars. (满分:2)
A. 错误
B. 正确
7.(The Tragedy of Old Age in America) The author agrees with neither of the two discrepant views on old age. (满分:2)
A. 错误
B. 正确
8.(A Lesson in Living) Mrs. Flowers was an intimate friend of the family who frequently came to chat with Momma. (满分:2)
A. 错误
B. 正确
9.(I’ll Never Escape the Ghetto) Racial climate in England, especially at Oxford, remained relaxed until the author wrote this article. (满分:2)
A. 错误
B. 正确
10.(Jerusalem the Golden) Clara was the favorite student of the teachers because she was so different in behavior from her classmates. (满分:2)
A. 错误
B. 正确
11.(On Human Nature and Politics) Even gods love to be praised. (满分:2)
A. 错误
B. 正确
12.(Science Has Spoiled My Supper) The most notable device of style in this essay is hyperbole, deliberate exaggeration for effect. (满分:2)
A. 错误
B. 正确
13.(Why I Write) Orwell believes that talented people have individual ambition which is a motive to drive them on. (满分:2)
A. 错误
B. 正确
14.(A Lesson in Living) Mrs. Flowers understood Marguerite’s feelings better than Momma did. (满分:2)
A. 错误
B. 正确
15.(On Human Nature and Politics) The sons of a sultan fought because they were by different mothers. (满分:2)
A. 错误
B. 正确
16.(I’d Rather Be Black Than Female) The author thinks, however, that most white Americans are truly aware of prejudice against the white Americans. (满分:2)
A. 错误
B. 正确
17.(The Tragedy of Old Age in America) Old women fare worse than old men simply because they have a longer life expectancy. (满分:2)
A. 错误
B. 正确
18.(A Most Forgiving Ape) The author found the area very disturbing because the equator sun was beating down him mercilessly. (满分:2)
A. 错误
B. 正确
19.(A Lesson in Living) Mrs. Flowers read to Marguerite a poem from the book A Tale of Two Cities. (满分:2)
A. 错误
B. 正确
20.(Jerusalem the Golden) This excerpt shows the author’s interest in feminine psychology. (满分:2)
A. 错误
B. 正确
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