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第一章 单元测试

1、Several vacationers at the luxurious Richelieu Apartments there held a hurricane party to watch the storm from their spectacular vantage point. Which rhetorical device is used in this sentence? ( )

A:metaphor

B:personification

C:simile

D:transferred epithet

正确答案: 【transferred epithet】

2、It seized a 600,000-gallon Gulfport oil tank and dumped it 3.5 miles away. Which rhetorical device is used in this sentence? ( )

A:metaphor

B:personification

C:simile

D:transferred epithet

正确答案: 【personification】

3、Which phrase of words matches “scud”? ( )

A:to cut or wound with a sweeping stroke as with a knife

B:intense anger

C:to beat or hit with repeated blows, especially with the fist

D:to run or move swiftly

正确答案: 【to run or move swiftly】

4、Which phrase of words matches “swipe”? ( )

A:to go or pass suddenly from sight

B:to climb, crawl or clamber hurriedly

C:a hard sweeping blow

D:to throw in a gliding path

正确答案: 【a hard sweeping blow】

5、Which phrase of words matches “sprawl”? ( )

A:a loud deep cry

B:to spread the limbs in a relaxed, awkward or unnatural position

C:to push with sudden force

D:to cut or wound with a sweeping stroke as with a knife

正确答案: 【to spread the limbs in a relaxed, awkward or unnatural position】

第二章 单元测试

1、No one talks about it anymore, and no one wants to, especially, the people who were born here or who lived through it. Which rhetorical device is used in this sentence? ( )

A:anti-climax

B:climax

C:metonymy

D:euphemism

正确答案: 【climax】

2、The rather arresting spectacle of little old Japan adrift amid beige concrete skyscrapers is the very symbol of the incessant struggle between the kimono and the miniskirt. Which rhetorical device is used in this sentence? ( )

A:sarcasm

B:metaphor

C:metonymy

D:euphemism

正确答案: 【metonymy】

3、Which of the following is NOT typical of Japan? ( )

A:samurai

B:sushi

C:geisha

D:caravansary

正确答案: 【caravansary】

4、What’s the nickname of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima? ( )

A:Fat Man

B:Trinity

C:Little Boy

D:Gadget

正确答案: 【Little Boy】

5、The sculpture ____ the artist’s love of animal. ( )

A:engaged

B:embodied

C:estimated

D:emerged

正确答案: 【embodied】

第三章 单元测试

1、Which word is the synonym of “cryptic”? ( )

A:hidden

B:strange

C:mysterious

D:sacred

正确答案: 【mysterious】

2、Which word is the synonym of “hunch”? ( )

A:doubt

B:double

C:suspect

D:intuitive feeling

正确答案: 【intuitive feeling】

3、Which word is the synonym of “adept”? ( )

A:adapt

B:adopt

C:add

D:expert

正确答案: 【expert】

4、Which word is the synonym of “respite”? ( )

A:postponement

B:respect

C:in spite of

D:despite

正确答案: 【postponement】

5、Which word is the synonym of “reproving”? ( )

A:understanding

B:comforting

C:blaming

D:approving

正确答案: 【blaming】

第四章 单元测试

1、Mark Twain honed and experimented with his new writing muscles. Which rhetorical device is used in this sentence? ( )

A:sarcasm

B:metaphor

C:metonymy

D:hyperbole

正确答案: 【metonymy】

2、America laughed with him. Which rhetorical device is used in this sentence? ( )

A:sarcasm

B:metaphor

C:metonymy

D:hyperbole

正确答案: 【hyperbole】

3、One could set a trap anywhere and catch a dozen abler men in a night. Which rhetorical device is used in this sentence? ( )

A:sarcasm

B:metaphor

C:metonymy

D:hyperbole

正确答案: 【sarcasm】

4、…who saw clearly ahead a black wall of night. Which rhetorical device is used in this sentence? ( )

A:sarcasm

B:metaphor

C:metonymy

D:hyperbole