高级英语19春在线作业1-0005
Which of the sentences below apply the rhetorical device of metaphor?
A:She felt her cheek pale and cold and, out of a maze of
distress, …
B:He would drown her.
C:She sat at the window watching the evening invade the avenue.
D:The boat blew a long mournful whistle into the mist.
答案：A,B
Antithesis is applied in ________.
A:If a mere sentiment justifies cruelty, why stop at a sentiment for the whole human race?
B:It is so deep a need that it will find harmful outlets of this kind unless innocent outlets are at hand.
C:If it is not defended on the ground that it reduces human suffering, on what ground can it be defended?
D:If we find a man giving pleasure it is for us to prove (if we criticize him) that his action is wrong. But if we find a man inflicting pain it is for him to prove that his action is right.
答案：B,D
Which of the following sentences use the rhetorical device of hyperbole?
A:Death would be too kind and brief.
B:I wanted to gobble up the room entire and take it to Bailey, who would help me analyze and enjoy it.
C:With the cold lemonade they were sufficient for childhood’s lifelong diet.
D:I knew from listening to a thousand preachers that she was nearing the end of her reading, and I hadn’t really heard, heard to understa nd, a single word.
答案：A,B,C,D
Simile is used in ________.
A:Who can quarrel with a medium that so brilliantly packages escapist entertainment as a mass-marketing tool?
B:Much of it is what has been aptly described as “machine gunning with scraps.”
C:For nearly a year, I sopped around the house, the Store, the school and the church, like an old biscuit, dirty and inedible.
D:Television’s variety becomes a narcotic, not a stimulus.
答案：B,C
(I’ll Never Escape the Ghetto) The Watts riots were a massive action led by a few civil rights leaders.
A:错误
B:正确
答案：A
(Four Choices for Young People) Few unspoiled places remain in our world where the escapists can practice plain-living and high thinking.
A:错误。