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 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 …
Metaphor is used in ________.
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.
Metaphor is used in ________.
A:… had bequeathed to us tablets of stone commanding that nothing in television shall ever require more than a few moments’ concentration.
B:Who can quarrel with a medium that so brilliantly packages escapist entertainment as a mass-marketing tool?
C:… force feeding on trivial fare is not itself a trivial matter.
D:… and I fear that … and our appetite for complexity are only dimly perceived.
Allusion is applied in ________.
A: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.
B:It was there, ironically enough, that the Odyssey turned homeward.
C:I bear the same mark as a son of Watts now that I did during that oratorical contest in high school.
D:But when he took to agriculture, …and to dream of the life hereafter in which he would perpetually hunt the wild boar of Valhalla.
(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 Spanish Bullfight) A priest prays for the matadors before the fight.
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
(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
Musical listening is actually done on the three planes simultaneously.
A:错误
B:正确
(I’ll Never Escape the Ghetto) The Watts riots give rise to a flourishing of ghetto literature and art.
A:错误
B:正确
(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
The process of listening to music is scientifically divided on three separate planes.
A:错误
B:正确
The sentiment that justifies cruelty to beasts leads to persecution of men of other race, class or religion.
A:错误
B:正确
American food is tasteless and innutritious.
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
The mental problems of the old are untreatable.
A:错误
B:正确
Many elderly Americans do not enjoy a satisfying late life because the society itself is too harsh for them to live in.
A:错误
B:正确
Eveline was not respected at the shop she worked, nor was she at home, though she was a hard-working girl.
A:错误
B:正确
Old people who are poor have been poor all their lives.
A:错误
B:正确
An intelligent listener is satisfied with a general concept of what a musical piece means.
A:错误
B:正确
It is irrational either to defend or oppose vivisection by appealing to the emotion of pity.
A:错误
B:正确
In Marguerite’s mind, Mrs. Flowers was a god-like figure.
A:错误
B:正确
All Spaniards are interested in bullfight.
A:错误
B:正确
Madrid is now the only city where you can see a bullfight.
A:错误
B:正确
Television gets much of its financial source from advertising and is by nature more Republican than the newspapers.
A:错误
B:正确
News on TV is read very fast and made too brief and incoherent to be comprehensible.
A:错误
B:正确
(What’s Wrong with Our Press?) Many newspapers are owned by one party.
A:错误
B:正确
Marguerite met Mrs. Flowers in the town of Stamps where the Blacks and whites were equal.
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
If alarmed, all gorillas show their fear or anger by beating on their chests.
A:错误
B:正确
Far from being a sport, the bullfight has a religious origin.
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
(Vivisection) Protest against vivisection used to be strong, but today no one dare show any opposition.
A:错误
B:正确
Ernest, Harry and Little Keogh were all Eveline‘s brothers.
A:错误
B:正确
(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
Some idealists can choose the fourth alternative because they are more practical, though no less determined, in changing society.
A:错误
B:正确
(Eveline) Eveline was more attracted to Frank by his wide experience than by his person.
A:错误
B:正确
(I’d Rather Be Black Than Female) The author thinks, however, that most white Americans are truly aware of prejudice against the white Americans.
A:错误
B:正确
(Eveline) Ernest, Harry and Little Keogh were all Eveline’s brothers.
A:错误
B:正确
(A Lesson in Living) Mrs. Flowers’ approval told Marguerite that she had made the right choice of her dress.
A:错误
B:正确
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