超尔星学雅习通24秋-经典英语美文赏析作业答案

24秋-经典英语美文赏析

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问题 1: 1. Which is NOT Alan Moorehead’s work?

选项:

• A. Mediterranean Front.

• B. Lavengro and Romany Rye.

• C. A Year of Battle.

答案: Lavengro and Romany Rye.

问题 2: 2. Which book is the article extract from?

选项:

• A. No Room in the Ark.

• B. The End in Africa.

• C. The African Trilogy.

答案: No Room in the Ark.

问题 3: 3. “It is this ‘human-ness’ of the animal which is so ____”.

选项:

• A. deceitful

• B. beguiling

• C. evanescent

答案: beguiling

问题 4: 4. The author convinced that _____ has pressing down his creativity.

选项:

• A. tourism

• B. journalism

• C. mineral industry

答案: journalism

问题 5: 5. Where did Alan Moorehead marry his wife?

选项:

• A. In England.

• B. In Italy.

• C. In Spain.

答案: In Italy.

问题 6: 6. The author is the youngest of the three children.

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答案: 正确

问题 7: 7. The author believed Australian society is satisfactory.

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问题 8: 8. Alan Moorehead is an American author, and was born in 1910.

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问题 9: 9. Noah is the only good man God could find at that time.

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问题 10: 10. The author thinks that the animal is something of a paradox in the African scene.

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问题 11: 1. One thinks he knows the gorilla very well, yet the fact is he knows very _____ about gorilla.

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• A. well

• B. much

• C. little

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问题 12: 2. According to Einstein’s theory of relativity, time only flows in one direction: ___.

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• A. forward

• B. backward

• C. leftwards

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问题 13: 3. Traveling into the past seems to be a _____ of the laws of physics.

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• A. right thing

• B. violation

• C. wise choice

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问题 14: 4. What does the word “paradocon” mean?

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• A. To think quickly.

• B. To think carefully.

• C. To think briefly.

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问题 15: 5. What does the word “paradox” mean?

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• A. It is true.

• B. It seems self-contradictory, absurd or contrary to fact.

• C. It seems self-contradictory, absurd or contrary to fact, but may prove to be true, well-founded.

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问题 16: 6. Paradox is NOT a figure of speech.

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问题 17: 7. “Paradocon”means to think carefully and to think more.

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问题 18: 8. List of all lists that contain themselves.

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问题 19: 9. Yet the fact is that we know everything about gorilla.

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问题 20: 10. According to Einstein’s theory of relativity, time only flows in one direction: backward.

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问题 21: 1. Why is Copeland’s music in Rodeo unique?

选项:

• A. Because the folk tunes incorporated into the music are left intact in the score.

• B. Because it does not leave the folk tunes incorporated into the music intact.

• C. Because it only uses fragments of folk tunes in the score.

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问题 22: 2. What type of music is incorporated into Copland's works?

选项:

• A. Traditional American folk tune.

• B. Pop music.

• C. Rock.

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问题 23: 3. Which work did Agnes De Mille transcribe for Copland?

选项:

• A. Old Paint.

• B. Oklahoma.

• C. West Side Story.

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问题 24: 4. What section of Rodeo brings to mind a type of gentle imagery?

选项:

• A. The piece's first moment.

• B. The piece's second moment.

• C. The piece's third moment.

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问题 25: 5. What does Copeland mean by “ the sensuous plane” when discussing music ?

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• A. where the listener merely enjoys the quality of sound

• B. where the listeners’ deeper understanding of music increases their enjoyment of music

• C. the role of the listener is as a participant in the creation of music

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问题 26: 6. Many of Copland's works incorporate traditional American folk tune.

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问题 27: 7. The composition of the music for Rodeo is unique because the composer incorporated many traditional American folk tunes in the score while leaving them quite intact.

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问题 28: 8. Agnes De Mille transcribed several folk tunes, such as Old Paint.

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问题 29: 9. From the naming of the work “Appalachian Spring”, the sensuous nature of the piece becomes apparent.

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问题 30: 10. The music of Rodeo’s last moment brings to the mind of the audience a type of gentle imagery.

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问题 31: 1. Who requested that Maya Angelou compose a poem to read at his presidential inauguration?

选项:

• A. Barack Obama.

• B. George W. Bush.

• C. Bill Clinton.

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问题 32: 2. Maya Angelou felt very ______ when her mother’s boyfriend was murdered.

选项:

• A. happy

• B. guilty

• C. excited

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问题 33: 3. Maya Angelou penned the poem ______ for President George W. Bush and delivered the poem at the 2005 Christmas tree lighting ceremony.

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• A. Amazing Peace

• B. On the Pulse of the Morning

• C. Still I Rise

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问题 34: 4. President ______ presented Maya Angelou the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the country’s highest civilian honor in 2011.

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• A. Barack Obama

• B. George W. Bush

• C. Bill Clinton

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问题 35: 5. Which of the following is NOT true about Maya Angelou?

选项:

• A. She was a celebrated poet, writer, teacher, educator and civil rights activist.

• B. She was awarded the Presidential Medal of Arts in 2000.

• C. She is still alive today.

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问题 36: 6. Maya Angelou has won three Grammies and served on two presidential committees.

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问题 37: 7. President Barack Obama requested that Maya Angelou compose a poem “On the Pulse of the Morning” to read at his inauguration.

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问题 38: 8. The book I Know Why the Cage Bird Sings, was nominated for a National Book Award.

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问题 39: 9. Maya Angelou is considered as one of the most renowned and influential voices of American.

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问题 40: 10. Maya Angelou became a deaf after she came back from St Louis.

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问题 41: 1. She was our side’s answer to the richest white woman in town. This sentence means______

选项:

• A. She was our black people’s match for the richest white woman in town.

• B. She tried to answer the questions given by the richest white woman in town.

• C. She stood for our part to answer any question.

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问题 42: 2. She was thin without the taut look of ____ people. Which of the following is the best word to fill in the blank?

选项:

• A. Textured.

• B. Wiry.

• C. Persistent.

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问题 43: 3. Although I was upset, neither of the women was in the least shaken by what I thought an ______ greeting.

选项:

• A. unceremonious

• B. unbalanced

• C. incessant

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问题 44: 4. Since they tend to think of their whiteness as an evenizer, I’m certain that I would have had to hear her spoken to commonly as Bertha. Here, evenizer means______.

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• A. equal status

• B. fair condition

• C. a balancing power against poverty

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问题 45: 5. If someone shows great disrespect toward something holy or toward something that people think should be respected, such behavior or actions are______.

选项:

• A. benign

• B. sacrilegious

• C. inedible

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问题 46: 6. In the text, “I” refers to the author, known as Marguerite Johnson.

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问题 47: 7. In Marguerite’s mind, Mrs. Flowers was a graceful, kind and gentle black woman in Stamps.

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问题 48: 8. Marguerite felt proud of her Momma because her Momma had a good relationship with Mrs. Flowers.

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问题 49: 9. Marguerite was a sensitive girl and was upset by Momma’s behavior towards Mrs. Flowers.

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问题 50: 10. Both Momma and Mrs Flowers were well-educated and religious women.

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问题 51: 1. Mrs. Flowers told Marguerite that she must always be intolerant of ignorance but understanding of ______.

选项:

• A. literacy

• B. illiteracy

• C. wisdom

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问题 52: 2. What figure of speech is used in the sentence “I hung back in the separate unasked and unanswerable questions”?

选项:

• A. pun

• B. simile

• C. metaphor

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问题 53: 3. Mrs flowers once read Marguerite a book “A Tale of Two Cities” which was written by ______.

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• A. Thomas Hardy

• B. Charles Dickens

• C. Charlotte Bronte

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问题 54: 4. I wanted to ______ up the room entire and take it to Bailey, who would help me analyze and enjoy it.

选项:

• A. cascade

• B. infuse

• C. gobble

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问题 55: 5. Which of the following is true according to A Lesson in Living?

选项:

• A. Mrs. Flowers was from an aristocratic family.

• B. In A Lesson in Living, Momma was Marguerite’s mother.

• C. Mrs. Flowers was a black woman who influenced Marguerite’s early life.

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问题 56: 6. Mrs. Flowers told Marguerite that speaking was sometimes a more expressive or effective way of communicating with others.

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问题 57: 7. In A Lesson in Living, Marguerite met Mrs. Flowers in the town of Stamps where the Blacks and whites were equal.

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问题 58: 8. If you say that something hasenchantment, you mean that it makes you feel great delight or pleasure.

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问题 59: 9. Skillfully and gently Mrs. Flowers guided Marguerite out of a dead valley into a world of knowledge and enlightenment.

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问题 60: 10. Mrs. Flowers enjoyed respect of both the white and black folks in the town.

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问题 61: 1. Which of the following sentence adopts the figure of speech－pun?

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• A. He preferred to take to his legs rather than to lay down his arms.

• B. For nearly a year, I sopped around the house, the Store, the school and the church, like an old biscuit, dirty and inedible.

• C. One summer afternoon, sweet-milk fresh in my memory, she stopped at the Store to buy provisions.

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问题 62: 2. She spoke each word with such clarity that I was certain a foreigner who didn’t understand English could have understood her. What figure of speech is used in this sentence?

选项:

• A. pun

• B. hyperbole

• C. metaphor

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问题 63: 3. We must all hang together, or we shall all hang separately. What figure of speech is used in this sentence?

选项:

• A. pun

• B. simile

• C. hyperbole

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问题 64: 4. Which of the following is NOT true about figure of speech?

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• A. A fresh, apt figure of speech appeals to the imagination and makes the speech or writing vivid, impressive and interesting.

• B. Figures of speech usually refers to those rhetorical devices termed tropes in classical rhetoric.

• C. All the figures of speech are based on resemblance in image.

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问题 65: 5. Literal language speaks indirectly and involves expressed or implied comparisons of some sort.

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问题 66: 6. Scholars and writers differ greatly in their classification of figures of speech.

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问题 67: 7. A simile is a figure of speech in which two quite different things are compared because they appear to be similar in at least one characteristic.

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问题 68: 8. When we say, “The wind is roaring through the woods.” We are not speaking literally, but figuratively.

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问题 69: 9. In the morning the dust hung like fog, and the sun was as red as ripe new blood. Metaphor is used in this sentence.

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问题 70: 1. Which of the following is NOT written by Jane Austin?

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• A. Sense and Sensibility

• B. Pride and Prejudice

• C. Jane Eyre

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问题 71: 2. Which of the following is NOT included in the seven deadly sins?

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• A. gluttony

• B. murder

• C. sloth

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问题 72: 3. Which of the following is NOT true about original sin?

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• A. Original sin is hereditary.

• B. According to the holy bible, all men participate in original sin.

• C. Original sin equals to the seven deadly sins

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问题 73: 4. Which of the following is true about Beowulf?

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• A. Beowulf sings of the exciting adventures of a great legendary hero.

• B. Beowulf is a hero in the novel of the same name by Charles Dickens

• C. Beowulf run away to London, where he fell into the hands of a gang of thieves.

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问题 74: 5. Which of the following is NOT true about Humpty-Dumpty ?

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• A. Humpty-Dumpty is typically portrayed as an egg.

• B. Humpty-Dumpty has appeared or been referred to in a large number of works of literature.

• C. Humpty-Dumpty is the best known and most popular rhyme in the English language.

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问题 75: 6. Original sin is, according to a doctrine proposed in Christian theology, humanity’s state of sin resulting from the Fall of Man.

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问题 76: 7. Humpty Dumpty is a character in an English language nursery rhyme.

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问题 77: 8. Pride is not included in the seven deadly sins according to the Holy Bible.

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问题 78: 9. Beowulf is the hero of long poem of the same name “Beowulf”.

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问题 79: 10. Oliver Twist, a hero in the novel of the same name by D. H. Laurence, is an orphan of unknown parentage.

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问题 80: 1. Which of the following is true about Momma’s image according to the whole novel?

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• A. She played the role of a mother, a protector and a mentor in Marguerite’s growth.

• B. She was Marguerite’s mother.

• C. She completely bowed down to racism.

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问题 81: 2. What’s Momma’s response when Mrs Flowers praised her for her sewing?

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• A. She felt a bit shy.

• B. She enjoyed the seldom-received complements.

• C. She felt embarrassed.

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问题 82: 3. Why did Mrs. Flowers say “I don’t need to see the inside, Mrs. Henderson, I can tell ...”

选项:

• A. Because she didn’t want Momma to take off Marguerite’s clothe.

• B. Because Mrs. Flowers felt irritated by Momma’s behaviour.

• C. Because Mrs. Flowers wanted to leave early.

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问题 83: 4. What happened to Marguerite when she was only four years old?

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• A. Her father died.

• B. Her mother died.

• C. Her parents got a divorce.

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问题 84: 5. Which of the following is NOT true about Momma?

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• A. She instilled in Marguerite and Bailey the importance of education, cleanliness, and manners.

• B. She is a symbol of self-independence and self-esteem for all the African-Americans in Stamps.

• C. She enjoyed respect from both blacks and white because she owned her own store.

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问题 85: 6. Momma deals with racism in her own way.

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问题 86: 7. Momma might have told Mrs. Flowers what had happened to Marguerite in St. Louis.

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问题 87: 8. The image of Momma is completely negative: uneducated, impolite, and simple-minded.

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问题 88: 9. In the 1930s and 1940s, African-Americans living in the southern United States were treated with contempt by the majority of white people.

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问题 89: 10. Momma didn’t dare to fight against racism because she was threatened by white people.

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问题 90: 1. Which of the following is Not true about Marguerite’s general impression of Mrs. Flowers?

选项:

• A. She was a beautiful and elegant black woman.

• B. She was like a figure in English novels.

• C. She was indifferent because she didn’t encourage familiarity.

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问题 91: 2. A(n)______ is someone whose family has a high social rank, especially someone who has a title.

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• A. aristocrat

• B. denim

• C. voile

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问题 92: 3. “It didn’t occur to me for many years that they were as alike as sisters, separated only for formal education”. This sentence means______.

选项:

• A. “Many years later, I realized that they were alike, the only difference is that Mrs. Flowers had education, while Momma didn’t.”

• B. “Many years later, I realized that they were alike, the only difference is that Mrs Flowers had formal education, while Momma had informal education.”

• C. “Many years later, I realized that they were alike, but they were separated when they had their own education.”

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问题 93: 4. After returning to Stamps, Marguerite is totally stuck in______ . She didn’t talk—actually, she didn’t do much of anything.

选项:

• A. depression

• B. muteness

• C. despair

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问题 94: 5. Which of the following is NOT true about Marguerite’s feeling of Mrs. Flowers?

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• A. Mrs. Flowers was perfect.

• B. Mrs. Flowers was very strict.

• C. Mrs. Flowers was beautiful.

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问题 95: 6. Actually Mrs. Flowers was a member of the aristocratic family in Stamps.

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问题 96: 7. Mrs. Flowers remained a model throughout Marguerite’s life.

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问题 97: 8. Both Momma and Mrs. Flowers played a very important role in Marguerite’s life.

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问题 98: 9. Mrs. Flowers appeared from the very beginning of the text as a perfect black woman like goddess.

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问题 99: 10. In Marguerite’s mind, Mrs Flowers had the manner of a rich lady: refined, gentle and gracious.

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问题 100: 1. According to Freudian psychology, when a son unconsciously feels sexual desire for his mother, combined with a hatred for his father, he has ______.

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• A. color complex

• B. Oedipus complex

• C. inferiority complex

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问题 101: 2. The Bluest Eye was written by ______.

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• A. Tony Morrison

• B. Alice Walker

• C. Maya Angelou

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问题 102: 3. People with ______ often unconsciously feel that they are ugly, inferior because of their black skin.

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• A. inferiority complex

• B. Oedipus complex

• C. color complex

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问题 103: 4. ______ complex means a continuous feeling that you are much less important, clever etc than other people.

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• A. Inferiority

• B. Superiority

• C. Priority

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问题 104: 5. Which of the following is NOT true about color complex?

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• A. It often refers to the feeling or emotion that the African Americans have about the color of their skin, usually negative.

• B. Many black people accepted and internalized white values and developed self-contempt and self-hatred for themselves, which was influenced by color complex.

• C. Maya Angelou finally became a victim of color complex.

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问题 105: 6. Pecola’s tragedyis theepitomeofthevictims of thecolor complexin Americansociety.

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问题 106: 7. Marguerite finally escaped from the influence of color complex.

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问题 107: 8. All black people hate their own race and hate being a black influenced by color complex.

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问题 108: 9. Pecola in The Bluest Eye was a victim of inferiority complex.

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问题 109: 10. Influenced by Momma, her own mother Vivian Baxter, and Mrs Flowers, Marguerite began to face the color complex bravely and reflect on her racial identity.

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问题 110: 1. “I hung back in the separate unasked and unanswerable questions”. This showed Marguerite’s ______ to answer any question.

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• A. reluctance

• B. acceptance

• C. determination

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问题 111: 2. Marguerite was surprised by the ______ in the house, for she had never associated Mrs. Flowers with common experiences, like food or cooking.

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• A. decoration

• B. furniture

• C. odors

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问题 112: 3. What was Marguerite’s feeling when Mrs. Flowers made cookies and lemonade expressly for her?

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• A. She felt confused.

• B. She felt happy and excited.

• C. She felt frightened.

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问题 113: 4. “I was respected not as Mrs. Henderson’s grandchild or Bailey’s sister but for just being Marguerite Johnson.” What does this sentence mean?

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• A. Marguerite finally found her self, and her social identity.

• B. Marguerite felt excited because Mrs. Flowers liked her.

• C. Marguerite didn’t want to be Mrs. Henderson’s granddaughter.

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问题 114: 5. Why did Marguerite say “I hadn’t really heard, heard to understand, a single word.” when Mrs Flowers read her a book?

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• A. Because she was a bit absent-minded at that time.

• B. Because the book was very difficult to understand.

• C. Because she was totally absorbed by Mrs Flowers’ voice.

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问题 115: 6. Mrs Flowers guided Marguerite out of a dead alley into a world of knowledge and enlightenment.

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问题 116: 7. On the way to Mrs. Flowers, Marguerite’s psychological insights changed from reluctance to being attracted, and then to speaking.

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问题 117: 8. In front of Mrs Flowers, Marguerite tried to behave like a little lady.

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问题 118: 9. Mrs Flowers gave Marguerite the first lesson in living, telling her she must always be intolerant of ignorance but understanding of illiteracy.

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问题 119: 10. On the way to Mr. Flowers’ house, Marguerite began to speak because she had to answer some questions.

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问题 120: 1. Which of the following is NOT true according to A Lesson in Living?

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• A. Mrs. Flowers had already learned that Marguerite was a quiet girl who read a lot but did not like to talk.

• B. In Marguerite’s mind, Mrs. Flowers was a god-like figure.

• C. Mrs. Flowers took special care of Marguerite only because she liked her.

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问题 121: 2. Priestley proves the thesis statement of his famous essay “On Getting Off to Sleep” with one example: his ______ in sleep.

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• A. emotion

• B. contrariness

• C. hatred

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问题 122: 3. According to Priestley, Cromwell and Napoleon could fall asleep easily because of their ______.

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• A. cruelty

• B. supernatural power

• C. iron wil

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问题 123: 4. George Orwell made great efforts all his life to make a(n) ______ writing into an art.

选项:

• A. historical

• B. egoistic

• C. political

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问题 124: 1. Maya and her friends and relatives will always be subjected to ______ merely because they are black.

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• A. misery

• B. poverty

• C. prejudice

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问题 125: 2. Which of the following is not included in the themes embodied in A Lesson in Living?

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• A. racism

• B. disaster

• C. identity

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问题 126: 3. As an African-American female writer, Maya Angelou could not avoid the theme of ______ at all.

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• A. racism

• B. poverty

• C. famine

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问题 127: 4. Which of the following is NOT true about black women’s status in the 1940s according to Maya Angelou.

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• A. Being a black woman was as low in society as one could be.

• B. Black women were considered to be sub-sub-human by white and black men alike.

• C. Black women’s status improved a lot at that time.

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问题 128: 5. Why were black women were considered to be sub-sub-human according to Maya Angelou?

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• A. Because they were considered to be inferior by the white people.

• B. Because they suffered from racism and sexism at the same time.

• C. Because they were oppressed by black men.

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问题 129: 6. The theme of “rape” is used as a metaphor for the suffering of African-Americans, especially for the female blacks.

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问题 130: 7. Marguerite’s being raped was not only a physical trauma, but also an emotional one.

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问题 131: 8. In the 1930s and 1940s, African-Americans living in the Southern United States were treated with respect by the majority of white people.

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问题 132: 9. Maya Angelou used the autobiography to redefine ways of writing about women’s lives and identities in a male-dominated society.

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问题 133: 10. In the 1930s in America, women─both black and white─held a higher place in society than men did.

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问题 134: 1. Who is the author of the essay “On Getting Off to Sleep”?

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• A. Bertrand Russell.

• B. J. B. Priestley.

• C. George Orwell.

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问题 135: 2. Which of the following is NOT true about Priestley?

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• A. He writes on a variety of subjects.

• B. He is a versatile and prolific writer.

• C. His novels and plays are both traditional.

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问题 136: 3. Priestley’s works are _____.

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• A. critical

• B. humorous

• C. hard to understand

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问题 137: 4. Which of the following is TRUE about The Good Companions?

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• A. It is Priestley’s first successful film.

• B. It is Priestley’s first successful novel.

• C. It is Priestley’s first successful play.

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问题 138: 5. Which of the following is NOT true about An Inspector Calls?

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• A. It is Priestley’s best-known drama.

• B. It is studied in many schools all over the world.

• C. It has film, TV and radio versions.

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问题 139: 6. John Priestley is a famous English novelist, playwright, newspaper essayist and film producer.

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问题 140: 7. Priestley mainly writes about the ordinary people.

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问题 141: 8. Priestley is good at expressing himself in different ways.

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问题 142: 9. Priestley’s works are so serious that quite often we readers feel a sense of burden.

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问题 143: 10. He was a successful broadcaster on the BBC.

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问题 144: 1. Priestley argues that man’s life is full of contradictions with ______.

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• A. many examples

• B. seriousness

• C. the matter of sleep

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问题 145: 2. According to Priestley, ______ can help us escape from feeling too annoyed or frustrated.

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• A. humor

• B. friends

• C. books

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问题 146: 3. Which of the following is NOT included in the basically standard sections of an argumentative essay?

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• A. Thesis statement.

• B. Introduction.

• C. Reasons.

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问题 147: 4. What is NOT true about the figure of speech “hyperbole” Priestley used in the essay?

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• A. It creates a humorous atmosphere between the lines, less serious than it had been expected to be.

• B. It makes the essay catching, amusing and relaxing, fresh both to the eye and to the mind.

• C. It highlights two contrasting concepts with parallel grammatical structures.

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问题 148: 5. What figure of speech is used in the sentence “ I can solve all the doubts of humanity”?

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• A. Onomatopoeia.

• B. Hyperbole.

• C. Metaphor.

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问题 149: 6. Priestley proves the thesis statement of “On Getting Off to Sleep” with one example: his contrariness in sleep.

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问题 150: 7. When it is time to write, Priestley will feel overwhelmingly sleepy; on the contrary, when it is time to sleep, he will lie awake in bed for hours, with an irresistibly strong desire to write.

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问题 151: 8. Priestley dwells upon the subject of insomnia from a scientific or medical point of view.

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问题 152: 9. Priestley uses some figures of speech to make his essay fresh and attractive.

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问题 153: 10. Few grown-ups suffer from insomnia in modern society.

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问题 154: 1. According to Priestley, Cromwell and Napoleon could fall asleep easily because of their ______.

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• A. cruelty

• B. supernatural power

• C. iron will

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问题 155: 2. Which of the following is a quote from Napoleon?

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• A. He is a bad soldier who doesn’t dream of becoming a marshal.

• B. If winter comes, can spring be far apart.

• C. …lest too light winning make the prize light.

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问题 156: 3. How did Cromwell gain complete power over the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland?

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• A. With the help of his family.

• B. By using military force.

• C. Through a general election.

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问题 157: 4. What is TRUE about the famous oil painting “Napoleon crossing the Alps”?

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• A. It tells us something about Napoleon’s character and dream.

• B. It demonstrates that Napoleon is sometimes a man who acts regardless of others’ opinions.

• C. It shows that Alps is the biggest obstacle to his conquest of Europe.

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问题 158: 5. What is the author’s idea of the story of Cromwell and Napoleon in their iron will’s controlling sleep?

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• A. Believable.

• B. Unbelievable.

• C. Unknown.

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问题 159: 6. Napoleon was a British military and political leader.

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问题 160: 7. Cromwell led the Parliamentarian victory in the English Civil War.

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问题 161: 8. Cromwell forced the English monarch of his time to give up the throne, and made King Charles I leave his own country.

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问题 162: 9. Napoleon had great ambition to conquer the world and remarkable talent in military affairs.

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问题 163: 10. Cromwell was the 1st Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland.

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问题 164: 1. “A coy mistress” is quoted from the poem “To His Coy Mistress” by _____.

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• A. Percy Shelley

• B. Andrew Marvell

• C. John Milton

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问题 165: 2. “lest too light winning make the prize light” is quoted from Shakespeare's _____.

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• A. The Tempest.

• B. Hamlet.

• C. King Lear.

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问题 166: 3. What moral does the quote tell us?

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• A. If something is obtained too easily, then its worth/value would be underestimated.

• B. We need to cause some trouble between man and woman in love.

• C. Sometimes husband and wife do not appreciate the value of their love.

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问题 167: 4. What is TRUE about Andrew Marvel?

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• A. He lived in Cromwell’s age, but they did not know each other.

• B. He is an English author and politician.

• C. “To His Coy Mistress” is his most representative patriotic song.

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问题 168: 5. Why was Prometheus bound to a rock in the Caucasus?

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• A. Because he started a war against the gods.

• B. Because he gave fire secretly to humanity.

• C. Because he plotted to kill Earth.

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问题 169: 6. The author compares his sleep to a coy

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问题 170: 7. Andrew Marvel is a student of John Milton.

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问题 171: 8. Percy Shelley is one of the major English Romantic poets.

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问题 172: 9. Prometheus Unbound is a lyrical comedy and one of the finest books in the English Language.

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问题 173: 10. Prometheus is a Anglo-Saxon legendary figure.

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问题 174: 1. What is the 3rd part of the essay mainly about?

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• A. The causes of sleeplessness.

• B. The artificial ways of inducing sleep.

• C. Those who can control sleep with iron will.

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问题 175: 2. How does the author prove his argument in the 3rd part?

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• A. By comparison.

• B. By classification.

• C. By exemplification.

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问题 176: 3. To J.B. Priestley, which of the following seems to be an effective way of causing sleep?

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• A. Counting sheep.

• B. Reading Wordsworth’ poems.

• C. Talking with a boring person in imagination.

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问题 177: 4. Who wrote Lavengro and Romany Rye?

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• A. William Wordsworth.

• B. George Borrow.

• C. John Milton.

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问题 178: 5. Why is the way of imagining oneself doing some unimportant action again and again probably effective in causing sleep?

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• A. Because the monotonous action repeated will make our mind tired or disgusted.

• B. Because the monotonous action repeated will stop our brain from working.

• C. Because the monotonous action repeated will make us low in spirit.

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问题 179: 6. There are many artificial ways of causing sleep, and to the author, all of them are effective.

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问题 180: 7. In imagining putting a crooked picture straight, the author becomes more and more awake rather than sleepy.

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问题 181: 8. William Wordsworth helped to launch the Romantic Age in English literature.

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问题 182: 9. Priestley uses some color words to show that he likes painting pictures deep in the night.

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问题 183: 10. Spiritualism is the belief that the spirits of dead people can communicate with people who are still alive.

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问题 184: 1. Which of the following is the best work about the Spanish Civil War?

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• A. Homage to Catalonia.

• B. Animal Farm.

• C. Burmese Days.

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问题 185: 2. In the Songs of Innocence, “Lamb” was the dominant figure, while in the ______, the figure of “Tyger” dominated.

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• A. Songs of Experience

• B. Songs of Motherland

• C. Songs of Spring

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问题 186: 3. Orwell’s first concern in writing is ______.

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• A. politics

• B. beauty

• C. money

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问题 187: 4. According to Russell, which of the following is NOT among the causes of unhappiness?

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• A. Fatigue.

• B. Boredom.

• C. Work.

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问题 188: 5. In Russell’s ______ of work, interest is the criterion by which different kinds of work are arranged.

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• A. relief

• B. hierarchy

• C. boredom

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问题 189: 1. What is TRUE about sleep according to Laurel Hale?

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• A. The older we get, the less hours we need for sleep.

• B. Like Napoleon, we only need five hours’ sleep each day.

• C. The amount of sleep a person needs has been ascertained with certainty.

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问题 190: 2. What is the best explanation about insomnia?

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• A. A condition in which you have trouble falling asleep, but if you do, you sleep well.

• B. A condition in which you do not feel refreshed when you wake up.

• C. A condition in which you have trouble falling or staying asleep.

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问题 191: 3. What cannot be included among the causes of insomnia?

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• A. Regular exercise.

• B. Job loss.

• C. Extreme temperature.

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问题 192: 4. Which of the following is NOT among the consequences of insomnia talked about by Laurel Hale?

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• A. Daytime sleepiness.

• B. A depressed mood.

• C. Problems of communication.

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问题 193: 5. What message does Priestley want to convey to the reader through the essay?

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• A. Sleeplessness is a serious problem that cannot be dealt with easily.

• B. A man is confronted with many contradictions in his life, and only humor can save him.

• C. We need not worry too much about sleeplessness because it is inherent in our mind.

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问题 194: 6. According to Priestley, insomnia is a praiseworthy agony inherent in an active and intellectual mind.

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问题 195: 7. Laurel Hale is from the Sleep Foundation of the United Sates of America.

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问题 196: 8. Priestley envies those who can fall into deep sleep quickly and believes they are supermen.

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问题 197: 9. His sense of humour saves him from his insomnia.

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问题 198: 10. The rhetorical device used in the sentence “I stare at the reproachfully blank paper” is allusion.

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问题 199: 1. The stream of consciousness was initially coined by psychologist ______ in his research,The Principles of Psychology to describe the flow of thoughts of the waking mind.

选项:

• A. William James

• B. James Joyce

• C. Virginia Woolf

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问题 200: 2. The related phrase ______ is also used to describe the inner movement of consciousness in a character’s mind

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• A. direct monologue

• B. dramatic monologue

• C. interior monologue

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问题 201: 3. In late 19th century, the literary device of “interior monologue” was originated in ______as an application of modern psychological knowledge to literary creation.

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• A. Ireland

• B. France

• C. England

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问题 202: 4. ______ once said that “No need to hurry. No need to sparkle. No need to be anybody but oneself. ”

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• A. Virginia Woolf

• B. James Joyce

• C. Mrs. Dalloway

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问题 203: 5. In the 20th century, under the influence of ______ theory of psychological analysis, a number of writers adopted the “stream of consciousness” method of novel writing.

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• A. Joyce’s

• B. William’s

• C. Freud’s

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问题 204: 6. The “stream of consciousness” is a psychological term indicating “the flux of conscious and subconscious thoughts and impressions moving in the mind at any given time independently of the person’s will.”

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问题 205: 7. In “dramatic monologue”, the speaker addresses the character itself.

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问题 206: 8. Stream-of-consciousness writing is usually regarded as a special form of interior monologue and is characterized by associative leaps in thought and lack of punctuation.

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问题 207: 9. In English literature, James Joyce and Virginia Woolf are the two best-known novelists of the “stream of consciousness.”

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问题 208: 10. The stream of consciousness is a narrative device used in literature “to depict the multitudinous thoughts and feelings which pass through the mind”.

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问题 209: 1. Which of the following is NOT true about Eveline’s childhood?

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• A. She had friends to play with.

• B. Her mother was dead.

• C. Her father was not so bad.

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问题 210: 2. When Eveline decided to leave, she began to show her ______ in doing so.

选项:

• A. indifference

• B. eagerness

• C. hesitation

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问题 211: 3. Besides, the ______squabble for money on Saturday nights had begun to weary her unspeakably.

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• A. incapable

• B. invariable

• C. incredulous

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问题 212: 4. What is Eveline’s father’s attitudes towards her relationship with Frank?

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• A. Indifferent.

• B. Approval.

• C. Disapproval.

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问题 213: 5. Which of the following can NOT be used to describe Eveline’s home life?

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• A. Dull.

• B. Respectful.

• C. Undesirable.

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问题 214: 6. With the words “sat”, “watching”, and “lean against” at the beginning of the short story, James Joyce wants to tell the reader that Eveline was in a state of passivity, unwilling to move.

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问题 215: 7. Compared with Eveline’s father, Frank was very kind, manly, and open-hearted.

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问题 216: 8. In the end of the story, Eveline eloped with Frank and lived happily in another country.

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问题 217: 9. Eveline had to work hard both at home and at the Store.

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问题 218: 10. Eveline’s father often beat his children, including Eveline, because he was bad tempered.

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问题 219: 1. When direct interior monologue is used, the author adopts the ______ to narrate and is not involved in the narration by making no explanation or remark on the character’s thought and experience.

选项:

• A. the first person

• B. the second person

• C. the third person

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问题 220: 2. ______ refers to a moment when you suddenly feel that you understand, or suddenly become conscious of, something that is very important to you.

选项:

• A. Symbolism

• B. Epiphany

• C. Paralysis

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问题 221: 3. Which of the following is NOT true about symbolism in Eveline?

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• A. The word dust in different forms (dusty, dust, dusted) symbolizes the dry, sterile and dull life of Dublin.

• B. The iron railing symbolizes the railing of a birdcage, while Eveline is like a bird enclosed in the birdcage.

• C. Colour symbolism is also to be found, with brown and yellow frequently suggesting the hope of Dubliners.

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问题 222: 4. Which of the following statements is true?

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• A. Joyce mentioned twice that Eveline smelled the odour of dusty cretonne in order to show the place was very dirty.

• B. Eveline’s mother led a miserable life and died a mad woman.

• C. Eveline didn’t go with Frank because she was afraid the boat would sink and she would be drowned.

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问题 223: 5. Which of the following statements is NOT true?

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• A. Using the indirect interior monologue, the author presents Eveline’s dilemma in facing the choice: stay or elope with her boyfriend.

• B. When Eveline thought of her mother’s miserable life, she experiences an “epiphany”.

• C. When direct interior monologue is used, the author adopts the third person to narrate

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问题 224: 6. Generally speaking, interior monologue can be divided into two types: direct interior monologue and indirect interior monologue.

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问题 225: 7. According to Cambridge Dictionary, epiphany is a Christian holy day in January that celebrates the revelation of God.

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问题 226: 8. In Eveline the story is told from the second-person narration.

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问题 227: 9. Symbolism is the use of symbols to signify ideas and qualities, by giving them symbolic meanings that are different from their literal sense.

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问题 228: 10. In Eveline , the story happened in the evening, with the with the word evening symbolizing the dark, spiritless and hopeless life of Dublin.

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问题 229: 1. What is the major theme of James Joyce’s volume of short stories, Dubliners?

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• A. Paralysis.

• B. Escape.

• C. Human dilemma.

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问题 230: 2. Which of the following is NOT the reason for Eveline’s paralysis?

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• A. She is influenced by her fear of the unknown.

• B. Her paralysis is caused by her sense of powerlessness.

• C. Her paralysis is caused by her own character.

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问题 231: 3. “To be or not to be, that is the question”. This is originally taken from ______.

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• A. Ulysses by James Joyce

• B. Hamlet by Shakespeare

• C. A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens

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问题 232: 4. Which of the following statements is NOT among the causes of Eveline’s hard life?

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• A. There were invariable quarrels for money between her father and her brother on Saturday nights.

• B. She had to work full-time to keep the family together.

• C. Her father was a violent and bad-tempered man.

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问题 233: 5. The word paralysis first appears in the mouth of a child in Araby as the mysterious description of a disease which is both physical and moral.

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问题 234: 6. Eveline placed her hope on Frank because he could take her to a new world and a new life.

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问题 235: 7. Eveline loved Frank.

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问题 236: 8. Finally, Eveline gave up her chance for a new life and returned to her usual hopeless life.

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问题 237: 9. Eveline’s moral paralysis led to her failure to escape even though she had awakening woman consciousness.

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问题 238: 1. The plumed bailiffs are officers whose job is _____.

选项:

• A. only to lead out the parade of the bullfighters

• B. to make sure the president’s decisions are obeyed

• C. to execute each step of the ceremony

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问题 239: 2. _____ do not belong to any type of bullfighters?

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• A. Bailiffs

• B. Picadors

• C. Matadors

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问题 240: 3. Which of the following is NOT true about paso doble?

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• A. It is bullfight music often played during bullfighting.

• B. It is originated from Spain and widely spread there.

• C. It is a type of Latin dance which is world famous.

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问题 241: 4. What figure of speech is used in the sentence “It is a morality play”?

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• A. Simile.

• B. Synecdoche.

• C. Metaphor.

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问题 242: 5. The acts of the ceremony are _____.

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• A. of court fashion

• B. symbolic

• C. like gymnastic movements

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问题 243: 6. Matadors are the most important bullfighters.

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问题 244: 7. Bullfighters’ costumes are traditional, brilliant and elaborate.

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问题 245: 8. The figure of speech used in the sentence “And suddenly the two bottles begin to walk and patter off through a side gate” is antithesis.

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问题 246: 9. The figure of speech used in the sentence “Maybe he (the bull) hesitates, or looks around, or gives up” is metonymy.

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问题 247: 10. The figure of speech used in the sentence “And at once we hear the drums and the squawk of trumpets” is onomatopoeia.

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问题 248: 1. Which of the following books focuses on an aged woman in seventies and her family and friends over a period of two months?

选项:

• A. The Sea Lady.

• B. The Pure Gold Baby.

• C. The Dark Flood Rises.

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问题 249: 2. Drabble won the E.M. Forster Award for ______ which explores questions of religion and morality.

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• A. The Needle’s Eye

• B. The Millstone

• C. A Summer Bird-Cage

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问题 250: 3. Which of the following statements is NOT true about Margaret Drabble?

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• A. Margaret Drabble married three times.

• B. Margaret Drabble attended the Mount School, a Quaker boarding-school in York.

• C. Margaret Drabble was born on June 5, 1939 in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England.

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问题 251: 4. Margaret Drabble holds honorary doctorates from the universities of Sheffield, Manchester and ______.

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• A. Yale

• B. York

• C. Oxford

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问题 252: 5. Drabble’s novels are studies of human nature with the emphasis of ______.

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• A. political orientation

• B. feminine nature

• C. economics

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问题 253: 6. Margaret Drabble is a British novelist, short story writer, biographer, and playwright.

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问题 254: 7. The characters in Drabble novels are usually the housewives who are confronted with the conflicts between rights and responsibilities as wife and mother.

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问题 255: 8. Margaret Drabble was awarded a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1980.

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问题 256: 9. Jerusalem the Golden was the first novel written by Margaret Drabble.

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问题 257: 10. The relatively few short stories Margaret Drabble wrote in the 20th century were collected in A Day in the Life of a Smiling Woman.

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问题 258: 1. What was the attitude of Clara’s mother toward her education?

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• A. Clara’s mother didn’t pay much attention to her education, for she had “innate distrust in education”.

• B. Clara’s mother paid much attention to her education.

• C. Clara’s mother chose a famous school for her daughter because she had “innate trust in education.”

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问题 259: 2. How did Clara feel about the school?

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• A. She didn’t like the school because it was less distinguished.

• B. She liked the school very much because it was different from her home.

• C. The author didn’t tell us whether Clara liked the school or not.

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问题 260: 3. How was Clara’s school life different from her home life?

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• A. Clara might live a restricted life at home while at school she might have more freedom to do what she liked.

• B. Clara lived a free life at home while at school she didn’t have any freedom to do anything.

• C. Clara’s school life was the same as her home life: she was forbidden to do anything.

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问题 261: 4. Which of the following is NOT true?

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• A. The title Jerusalem the Golden originates from an old hymn loved by Clara Maugham.

• B. Clara didn’t enjoy her school life because she had no friends there.

• C. Clara’s mother chose a less distinguished of the schools available because “the bus fare was cheap.”

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问题 262: 5. Margaret Drabble won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for the fiction Jerusalem the Golden.

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问题 263: 6. Jerusalem is the Holy City which is believed to be the birth place for the three religions in the world: Christianity, Judaism, and Islam.

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问题 264: 7. Clara didn’t like the school because it was in a bad condition.

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问题 265: 8. Clara had peculiar taste of the physical world around her.

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问题 266: 9. British high school students wore uniforms provided by the government.

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问题 267: 1. Clara liked science because of the following reasons EXEPT that ______.

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• A. she liked the feeling of doing something

• B. she liked the feeling of the power over Mrs. Hill

• C. it offered better prospects

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问题 268: 2. “The girls could detect in Mrs. Hill’s manner a faint abstraction, a slight absence from the ingrown matters of school life”. Which of the following statements can best explain the expressions underlined?

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• A. A little indifferent to what is going on in the school.

• B. A little absorbed in school life.

• C. Never took part in the activities in the school.

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问题 269: 3. Which of the following statements is NOT true about Mrs. Hill?

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• A. Mrs. Hill had a husband but had no children.

• B. Mrs. Hill was a fashionable teacher.

• C. Mrs. Hill taught chemistry.

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问题 270: 4. Which of the following statements is NOT true about the difference between Mrs. Hill and Miss Haines?

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• A. Mrs. Hill was ordinary looking while Miss Haines was fashionable.

• B. Mrs. Hill took fancy to Clara while Miss Haines didn’t.

• C. Mrs. Hill taught science while Miss Haines taught language.

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问题 271: 5. Clara was the favorite student of the teachers because she was so different in behavior from her classmates.

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问题 272: 6. The girls adored Miss Haines merely for her fashion.

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问题 273: 7. The headmistress asked Clara to study sciences because she had an aptitude for them.

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问题 274: 8. To amuse herself and to tease her teachers, Clara pretended to waver between Arts and Science.

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问题 275: 9. Clara was not sure whether her favorable position in the school would impress her parents.

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问题 276: 1. The 20% who passed “Eleven Plus” examination went to ______ school and had an academic education to age 16 or 18.

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• A. grammar

• B. modern

• C. private

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问题 277: 2. Which of the following is true about the understanding of “obligatory berets”

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• A. Berets were only required on special occasion.

• B. Berets were a required part of the school uniform.

• C. Not all the children worn berets.

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问题 278: 3. Which of the following is NOT true about Boyer’s law?

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• A. It is a basic law in chemistry describing the behavior of a gas held at a constant temperature.

• B. The law states that at a fixed temperature, the volume of gas is inversely proportional to the pressure exerted by the gas

• C. When a gas is pumped into an enclosed space, it will shrink to fit into that space, and the pressure that the gas puts on the container will decrease.

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问题 279: 4. Which of the following is NOT true about The Golden Windows?

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• A. It was Clara’s favorite read at home.

• B. In the story, it’s said that the gold was merely the reflection of the sun.

• C. Clara didn’t understand the moral true of The Golden Windows at all.

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问题 280: 5. When Clara’s class roasted the sausages on one of the burners in Mrs. Hill’s class, Mrs. Hill appeared not to notice, and talked quietly on of Boyle’s law. What can be seen from the minute detail?

选项:

• A. Mrs. Hill loved science very much.

• B. Mrs. Hill didn’t really care whether students listened or not.

• C. Mrs. Hill was irresponsible.

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问题 281: 6. The old grammar schools usually insisted on a quite expensive school uniform.

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问题 282: 7. Boyle’s Law was discovered by Robert Boyle in 1662.

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问题 283: 8. It is a residential tendency during urbanization for well-off middle-class families to move to the central part of the city from the suburbs.

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问题 284: 9. The moral truth of The Golden Windows, in Clara’s assumption, is that one must see the beauty in the outside world.

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问题 285: 10. Clara passed the “Eleven Plus” examination and got a chance to study in a Grammar School.

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问题 286: 1. Which one is NOT the meaning of “in the name of ”?

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• A. Using the authority of.

• B. As a result of.

• C. For the sake of.

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问题 287: 2. Which one is NOT the meaning of “appeal to”?

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• A. Attract.

• B. Look for support in sth．

• C. Disguise.

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问题 288: 3. For quite a long time I thought that observation was merely another index of advancing age. Here “index” means _____.

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• A. 索引，目录

• B. 指示物，标志

• C. 指数

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问题 289: 4. And it is a gruesome experience to have meals at the best big-city restaurants. Here “a gruesome experience” refers to _.

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• A. an exciting experience

• B. a distasteful, disgusting experience

• C. a happy experience

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问题 290: 5. Long ago, this cheese began to be supplanted by a material called “cheese foods.” Here

”supplant” means .

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• A. to plant

• B. to replace

• C. to grow

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问题 291: 6. “But not one comes within miles of the old kinds.” This sentence means: but in terms of flavor (taste), none of them is good enough as can be compared with the old kinds of cheeses.

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问题 292: 7. A grocer used to be very fussy about his cheese. Here “fussy” (about) means “in favor of”.

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问题 293: 8. “…one can buy at least some of the first-rate cheeses (that we used to eat) — such as those we had with pie and macaroni.” “that we used to eat”为cheeses的定语从句

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问题 294: 9. Here and there, in big cities, small stores and delicatessens specialize in cheese. Here “specialize in” means “特殊” in Chinese.

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问题 295: 10. Year by year it grows less good to eat. Here “year by year” means “年年, 逐年”.

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