15秋奥鹏东师 高级英语在线作业2
高级英语15秋在线作业2试卷总分：100 测试时间：--
一、多选题（共4道试题，共10分。）
1.Which of the sentences below use the rhetorical device of rhetorical question
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
满分：2.5分
2.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
满分：2.5分
3.Which of the following sentences do not use the rhetorical device of metonymy
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.
满分：2.5分
4.Which sentences use the rhetorical device of antithesis
A. Our popular attitudes could be summed up as a combination of wishful thinking and stark terror.
B. Aging is the neglected stepchild of the human life cycle.
C. A second theme runs through the popular view of old age.
D. Old age is neither inherently miserable nor inherently sublime…
满分：2.5分
二、判断题（共36道试题，共90分。）
1.(On Human Nature and Politics) The more experience you have of exercising power, the more power you desire.
A. 错误
B. 正确
满分：2.5分
2.(Eveline) Ernest, Harry and Little Keogh were all Eveline’s brothers.
A. 错误
B. 正确
满分：2.5分
3.(On Getting Off to Sleep) To the author, the best thing that shows how a man is full of contradiction is the matter of sleep.
A. 错误
B. 正确
满分：2.5分
4.In New York, and in a couple of other cities in the U.S., the newspapers have ceased to play a significant role as a medium.
A. 错误
B. 正确
满分：2.5分
5.(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
满分：2.5分
6.Sociologists and psychologists point out that Americans begin losing their ideas of liberty and individualism in the home.
A. 错误
B. 正确
满分：2.5分
7.Medicare covers most late-life illnesses, and therefore eradicates the financial burdens for the old.
A. 错误
B. 正确
满分：2.5分
8.Television is more dependent on advertising than newspapers.
A. 错误
B. 正确
满分：2.5分
9.(Why I Write) Orwell first gives information about his early development because he thinks that one cannot evaluate a writer’s motives without such background knowledge.
A. 错误
B. 正确
满分：2.5分
10.An American is exposed to about 10,000 hours of television each year on average.
A. 错误
B. 正确
满分：2.5分
11.The quality of late life is determined by a combination of many elements.
A. 错误
B. 正确
满分：2.5分
12.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
满分：2.5分
13.Before Sanders enrolled in Yale Law School, Watts was already a topic for discussion on the campus.
A. 错误
B. 正确
满分：2.5分
14.(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
满分：2.5分
15.The Watts riots gave rise to a flourishing of ghetto literature and art.
A. 错误
B. 正确
满分：2.5分
16.When the male gorilla discovered the author and his party, he suddenly rose and was ready to charge at them.
A. 错误
B. 正确
满分：2.5分
17.Priestly doesn’t like Lamb’s letters.
A. 错误
B. 正确
满分：2.5分
18.(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
满分：2.5分
19.(Science Has Spoiled My Supper) The most notable device of style in this essay is hyperbole, deliberate exaggeration for effect.
A. 错误
B. 正确
满分：2.5分
20.(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
满分：2.5分
21.(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
满分：2.5分
22.According to Mr. Roper’s survey, radio ranks third among the major forms of mass media in terms of popularity.
A. 错误
B. 正确
满分：2.5分
23.The mental problems of the old are untreatable.
A. 错误
B. 正确
满分：2.5分
24.(Vivisection) Protest against vivisection used to be strong, but today no one dare show any opposition.
A. 错误
B. 正确
满分：2.5分
25.(Vivisection) Though the infliction of pain in itself is an evil act, it requires no justification if it can be done for a good purpose.
A. 错误
B. 正确
满分：2.5分
26.(The Trouble with Television) News on TV is read very fast and made too brief and incoherent to be comprehensive.
A. 错误
B. 正确
满分：2.5分
27.(I’ll Never Escape the Ghetto) Before the author enrolled in Yale Law School, Watts was already a topic for discussion on the campus.
A. 错误
B. 正确
满分：2.5分
28.(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
满分：2.5分
29.An intelligent listener is satisfied with a general concept of what a musical piece means.
A. 错误
B. 正确
满分：2.5分
30.(On Human Nature and Politics) Even gods love to be praised.
A. 错误
B. 正确
满分：2.5分
31.Anyone can perform miracles so long as he concentrates something; but television discourages concentration.
A. 错误
B. 正确
满分：2.5分
32.(The Tragedy of Old Age in America) Old women fare worse than old men simply because they have a longer life expectancy.
A. 错误
B. 正确
满分：2.5分
33.(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
满分：2.5分
34.Clara was not sure whether her favourable position in the school would impress her parents.
A. 错误
B. 正确
满分：2.5分
35.(The Spanish Bullfight) The writer says that a foreigner’s attitude to the bullfight should be one of extreme indignation.
A. 错误
B. 正确
满分：2.5分
36.Old-fashioned cheeses can no longer be bought anywhere in the United States.
A. 错误
B. 正确
满分：2.5分
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