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 Metaphor 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:I cannot say with certainty which of my motives are the strongest, but I know which of them deserve to be followed.
Which sentences use the rhetorical device of simile?
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:There are also big block letters laid out on sand like formations of gymnasts at a Soviet youth rally.
C:He breathes hard. He looks around.
D:Maybe he hesitates, or looks around, or gives up.
Parallelism is used in ________.
A:It is women who can bring empathy, tolerance, insight, patience, and persistence to government …
B:The women of a nation mold its moral, its religions, and its politics by the lives they live.
C:Why are women thought of as secretaries, not administrators? Librarians and teachers, but not doctors and lawyers?
D:“It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done …”
Rhetorical question is used in ________.
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:If that is not prejudice, what would you call it?
Mrs. Flowers was from an aristocratic family and enjoyed respect of both the white and black folks in the town.
A:错误
B:正确
(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
Protest against vivisection used to be strong, but today no one dare show any opposition.
A:错误
B:正确
(A Most Forgiving Ape) The author found the area very disturbing because the equator sun was beating down him mercilessly.
A:错误
B:正确
The Watts riots gave rise to a flourishing of ghetto literature and art.
A:错误
B:正确
(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
Lacking direct evidence, scientists have assumed that gorillas live in a manner similar to that of humans.
A:错误
B:正确
The more lovely a musical piece sounds, the more value it has.
A:错误
B:正确
An American is exposed to about 10,000 hours of television each year on average.
A:错误
B:正确
(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
Before Sanders enrolled in Yale Law School, Watts was already a topic for discussion on the campus.
A:错误
B:正确
All Spaniards are interested in bullfight.
A:错误
B:正确
(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
Shirly Chisholm (the author) loves teaching and is waiting anxiously to go back to her job in school.
A:错误
B:正确
(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
To become a rock star seems to be the fastest way to fortune and fame.
A:错误
B:正确
Eveline‘s mother died a mad woman.
A:错误
B:正确
(Eveline) Elveline’s father was a brute man and often beat his children including his daughter.
A:错误
B:正确
Alice Cooper took his own life at the end of a rock concert in order to shock and thrill the audience.
A:错误
B:正确
Huge clouds usually hide the peaks of these volcanoes from view.
A:错误
B:正确
(On Human Nature and Politics) Even gods love to be praised.
A:错误
B:正确
(Jerusalem the Golden) From the absence of male teachers and students in the excerpt we can conclude that it was not a co-educated school.
A:错误
B:正确
(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
A rational discussion of vivisection can only be based on the assumption that pain is an evil.
A:错误
B:正确
For fifty years or more, Orwell wrote a story about himself.
A:错误
B:正确
Medicare covers most late-life illnesses, and therefore eradicates the financial burdens for the old.
A:错误
B:正确
Ernest, Harry and Little Keogh were all Eveline‘s brothers.
A:错误
B:正确
(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
The real world is beset with social problems which, instead of being solved once for all, often lead to others.
A:错误
B:正确
Clara had a peculiar taste of the physical world around her.
A:错误
B:正确
Madrid is now the only city where you can see a bullfight.
A:错误
B:正确
Old-fashioned cheeses can no longer be bought anywhere in the United States.
A:错误
B:正确
Anyone can perform miracles so long as he concentrates something; but television discourages concentration.
A:错误
B:正确
Mrs. Flowers said she would punish Marguerite severely if she failed to use her books properly.
A:错误
B:正确
The process of listening to music is scientifically divided on three separate planes.
A:错误
B:正确
The whole article convinces us that these animals are largely a gentle and kind species.
A:错误
B:正确
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