A.Irony and parallelism.

B.Parallelism and metaphor.

C.Metaphor and allusion.

D.Allusion and irony.

正确答案：Parallelism and metaphor.

4、Normally， a story consists of three parts：introduction or background， facts and climax.。

A.正确

B.错误

正确答案：正确

5、What are the disadvantages of the inverted pyramid form？

A.Readers cannot find suspense and loose interest for the climax comes first.

B.The repetition of the important information makes the news boring and tedious.

C.The standardized structure of makes the news lack of variety

D.It is efficient for the editors to pick the biggest news out of piled-up messages.

正确答案：Readers cannot find suspense and loose interest for the climax comes first.The repetition of the important information makes the news boring and tedious.The standardized structure of makes the news lack of variety

第三章单元测试

1、We can find（）in the Washington Post and the Guardian， but not in China Daily.

A.both Obituaries and Crosswords.

B.Culture.

C.Crosswords.

D.Obituaries.

正确答案：both Obituaries and Crosswords.

2、The hyphen in； the headline， “Little Anti-US Feeling（）Diplomat"； ， stands for（）.

A.and

B.is

C.by

D.said by

正确答案：said by

3、Delayed lead includes（）.

A.direct address lead

B.suspense lead

C.descriptive lead

D.question lead

正确答案：direct address lead；suspense lead；descriptive lead；question lead

4、In the section of（）in China Daily there is a subsection of cartoons.

A.Opinion

B.Culture

C.Business

D.Travel

正确答案：Opinion

5、When do skim reading， we（）.

A.read the first and last sentences of every paragraph

B.search for the visual and verbal signs

C.raise questions while reading

D.think actively while reading

正确答案：read the first and last sentences of every paragraph；search for the visual and verbal signs；raise questions while reading；think actively while reading

第四章单元测试

1、What are the main methods to understand the long sentence？

A.Identify the subject and predicate.

B.Make clear which modifies the predicate.

C.Translate the sentence into Chinese.

D.Distinguish other modifiers.

正确答案：Identify the subject and predicate.Make clear which modifies the predicate.Distinguish other modifiers.

2、The person whose voice is quoted is an important source.。