电大《文学英语赏析》形考题库

题目1：_____ is an example of metaphor.

“ The windows wave violently in the wind.”

“Don’t stand there like a tin of milk.”

“Her eyes twinkled like stars.”

“ Her tongue is a sharp knife.”

题目2：_____ contains an example of simile.

“Her eyes twinkled like stars.”

“My face is an open book.”

“The wind whistled through the trees.”

“ Words pay no debts.”

题目3：_____ is an example of personification.

“Childhood is like a swiftly passing dream.”

“He has a heart of stone.”

“Government of the people， by the people， for the people shall not perish from the earth”

“Soon night will steal hours from the day.”

题目4：_______ contains an example of assonance.

“The proof of the pudding is in the eating.”

“He was secret， self-contained， and solitary as an oyster.”

“Better late than never.”

“The best for less.”

题目5：_____ is an example of parallelism.

“Least said， soonest mended.”

“He has a heart of stone. Stay away from him.”

“Life is a journey， not a destination. Travel it well.”

“Childhood is like a swiftly passing dream.”

题目6：_____ contains two examples of metaphor.

“The Negro lives on a lonely island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean of material prosperity.

“It was the best of times， it was the worst of times， it was the age of wisdom， it was the age of foolishness.”

“We refuse to believe that the bank of justice is bankrupt.”

“The street shone out， like a fire in the forest.”

题目7：_____ contains an example of simile.

“The years have silvered her hair.”

“All the world’s a stage， And all the men and women are merely players.”

“ Her tongue is like a sharp knife.”

“My face is an open book.”

题目8：_______ contains an example of assonance.

“United we stand， divided we fall.”

“Least said， soonest mended.”

“The sea is a hungry dog.”

“He just parrots what other students say.”

题目9：_____ contains an example of parallelism.

“Life is a journey， not a destination.”

“He has a heart of stone. Stay away from him.”

“The houses are cold， closed and unfriendly.”

“United we stand， divided we fall.”

题目10：_____ is an example of personification.

“The houses are cold， closed and unfriendly.”

“He has a heart of stone.”

“Life is a journey. Travel it well.”

“Childhood is like a swiftly passing dream.”

题目11：The proverb “Lies have short legs” is an example of personification.

题目12：“Suspicions amongst thoughts are like bats amongst birds.” is an example of simile.

题目13：“ The runner peaked before the end of the race.” is an example of personification.

题目14：The statement “He was my North， my South， my East and West” is a good example of assonance because it contains the repeated “m” .

题目15：“The life of Negro is still sadly crippled by the manacles of segregation.” contains examples of metaphor.

题目16：“Don’t stand there like a tin of milk.” is an example of assonance.

题目17：“Her story is one of struggle， success and sadness.” is an example of alliteration.

题目18：“The flowers nodded in the breeze.” is an example of personification.

题目19：“Now is the time to rise from the dark and desolate valley of segregation to the sunlit path of racial justice” contains examples of irony.

题目20：“Haste makes waste.” contains examples of alliteration and assonance.

题目1：1. MATCH THE WORKSwith their WRITERS.

{1） _The Pearl_

2）_A Christmas Carol_

3） _Jane Eyre_

_4）Lord of the Flies_

5） _Heart of Darkness_

} -> {John Steinbeck； Joseph Conrad； Charlotte Brontë； Charles Dickens； William Golding}

题目2：_Heart of Darkness _opens in what physical setting？

A boat on the Congo river.

A boat on the Thames River.

The company’s offices in Brussels.

The Outer Station.

题目3：What is the proper word that can be used to describe Scrooge at the beginning of _A Christmas Carol_？

Cool-headed.

Warm-hearted.

Miserly.

Brave

题目4：____ is the evil character in the novel _The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde_.

Dr Jekyll

Mr Hyde

Mr Utterson

Frankenstein

题目5：In_ Lord of the Flies_， a group of boys survive _______ during a nuclear war.

shipwreck

a storm

an air-crash

an earthquake

题目6：___________is a novel about the strength， endurance and cunning intelligence of one man pitted against the forces of nature.

_The Pearl_

_Lord of the Flies_

_Heart of Darkness_

_Old Man and Sea_

题目7：From which novel is the text taken？

_Heart of Darkness _

_A Christmas Carol _

_Lord of the Flies_

题目8：Which of the following summarizes the method of characterisation？

Through the protagonist’s thoughts.

Through the words of the others.

Through the narrator’s exposition.

题目9：Scrooge is portrayed as _______ in Paragraph 1.

rude but generous

a cold miser

warm-hearted and optimistic

题目10：The underlined sentence in paragraph 2 can be paragraphed as _____.

No beggars would ask him for even a tiny little money

No beggars would leave him alone

No beggars would seek his company

题目11：Which of the following statements best summarizes the text？

The text creates a positive impression of Scrooge.

The text describes the physical features of Scrooge.

The text conveys the anti-social character of Scrooge.

题目12：The text is taken from ______.

_Heart of Darkness_

_The Pearl_

_Lord of the Flies_

题目13：It is obvious that the three dealers _________.

conspired together to cheat Kino.

were not interested in Kino’s pearl.

didn’t know much about the shapes and sizes of pearls.

题目14：Which of the following is true of the third dealers？

He wanted to pay Kino only after his clients had paid him

He just went through the prearranged plot with other buyers.

He was not interested in Kino’s pearl.

题目15：In context， the word played” is closest in meaning to ______.

behaved playfully

conspired together to cheat

bargain playfully

题目16：The sentences in the last paragraph suggest that _____.

the dealers and the crowd became angry and they pushed Kino out of the shop

Kino’s wife had a violent temper and tended to get angry easily

Kino was angry beyond words and was becoming violent in his anger

题目1：_MACBETH_IS__WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE'S__WELL-KNOWN COMEDY.

题目2：_The Crucible_ by Arthur Miller，concerns a real historical incident， involving witchcraft and an attack of mass hysteria.

题目3：Lady Bracknell is a comic character created by Oscar Wilde in his play _The Importance of Being Ernest._

题目4：“The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” is a protest poem against racial discrimination.

题目5：Emily Dickinson and Robert Frost are well-known American poets.

题目6：In the poem “Acquainted with the Night”， the speaker expressed his distress at the death of his lover and bewilderment of the meaning of life.

题目7：_The Old Man and the Sea_is one of Ernest Hemingway’s best-known short stories.

题目8：Pip is a character created by Charles Dickens in his novel _A Christmas Carol_. __

题目9：The novel _The Heart of Darkness_exposes the corruption， cruelty and greed of the colonial system in Africa.

题目10：“I Have a Dream” is a famous speech made by President Lincoln during the American Civil War.

题目11：Usually ______ works by starting a story at a point in the recent past， then switching the action back to an earlier time， farther back in the past.

point of view

climax

coda

flashback

题目12：________ occurs when a writer repeats a particular grammatical or phonological pattern in close proximity.

pun

climax

alliteration

parallelism

题目13：______ can be established by describing the place where the action takes place， or the situation at the start of the story.

Point of view

Setting

Climax

Coda

题目14：_____ is written to commemorate someone who has died.

An elegy

A limerick

A sonnet

An epic

题目15：A writer can show character by giving a physical description， through _________ and through deeds.

climax

setting

dialogue

point of view

题目16：_____ is an example of simile.

“ The windows waves violently in the wind.”

Her eyes twinkled like stars.

“ Her tongue is a sharp knife.”

She has a heart of stone.

题目17：_____ is an example of parallelism.

“All the world's a stage and all the men and women are merely players.”

“The street shone out， like a fire in the forest.”

“Childhood is like a swiftly passing dream.”

“Government of the people， by the people， for the people shall not perish from the earth”

题目18：_______ contains an example of alliteration.

“He was secret， self-contained， and solitary as an oyster.”

Her eyes twinkled like stars.

“Soon， night will steal hours from the day.”

“ Her tongue is like a sharp knife.”

题目19：_____ contains examples of metaphor.

“ United we stand， divided we fall.”

“The Negro lives on a lonely island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean of material prosperity.

“It was the best of times， it was the worst of times， it was the age of wisdom， it was the age of foolishness.”

“The street shone out， like a fire in the forest.”

题目20：_____ is an example of personification.

“All the world’s a stage， And all the men and women are merely players.”

“Life is a journey. Travel it well.”

“Childhood is like a swiftly passing dream.”

“The years have silvered her hair.”

题目21：In this text， the relationship between the man and the woman is that of _________.

teacher and student

husband and wife

lawyer and client

题目22：Proctor is not ready to ______.

testify against Elizabeth

help his neighbors

testify against Abigail.

题目23：What does Proctor's line “ Elizabeth， your justice would freeze beer_._” reveal about his true feelings？

Proctor is confused by what Elizabeth says

Proctor is upset and irritated by Elizabeth’s extreme coldness.

Protor is jealous of Elizabeth because her friendship with lawyers.

题目24：From the dialogue between Proctor and Elizabeth， we can be sure ________.

Proctor is secretly and madly in love with another girl.

Proctor is making up for his past neglect of Elizabeth.

there is tension between Proctor and Elizabeth.

题目25：In the text， Elizabeth is portrayed as _________.

self-disgusted and terrified

guilty and depressed

insistent and suspicious

题目26：The relationship between Lady Bracknell and Gwendolen is that of ______.

employer and employee

mother and daughter

estate owner and tenant

题目27：In this extract， Lady Bracknell is interviewing Jack Worthing on his suitability as a possible________.

live-in domestic helper

investment adviser

husband for Gwendolen

题目28：Why does Lady Bracknell prefer investments to owning land？

She believes it is a safer source of income than investment.

She believes Land involves too many expenses during life， and is then taxed heavily after one’s death.

She expects owning land can give her daughter a higher social position.

题目29：Which of the following statement is true， according to the text？

Lady Bracknell uses highly exaggerated language and shifts from one topic to another abruptly.

Few of Lady Bracknell’s questions focus on Jack Worthing’s income， property and family connections.

Lady Bracknell prefers her daughter to marry a well-educated man， rather than a well-connected men with plenty of money.

题目30：Lady Bracknell is portrayed as ______.

a snobbish woman

dedicated follower of fashion

a shrewd human resource manager

题目1：_Hamlet_， _The Merchant _and _Macbeth， Othello _are 4 well-known tragedies by William Shakespeare.

题目2：The play _The Crucible _concerns a real historical incident， involving witchcraft and an attack of mass hysteria.

题目3：Lady Bracknell is a comic character created by Oscar Wilde in his play _The Importance of Being Ernest._

题目4：“The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” is a protest poem against racial discrimination.

题目5：Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson are well-known American poets.

题目6：In the poem “Acquainted with the Night”， the speaker expressed his distress at the death of his lover and bewilderment of the meaning of life.

题目7：_The Old Man and the Sea _is one of Ernest Hemmingway’s best-known works.

题目8：Scrooge is a character created by Charles Dickens in his novel _A Christmas Carol_.

题目9：The novel _The Heart of Darkness _exposes the corruption， cruelty and greed of the colonial system in Africa.

题目10：“I have a dream” is a famous speech made by President Lincoln during the American Civil War.

题目11：Usually ______ works by starting a story at a point in the recent past， then switching the action back to an earlier time， farther back in the past.

setting

flashback

climax

coda

题目12：________ occurs when a writer repeats a particular grammatical or phonological pattern in close proximity.

parallelism

alliteration

Coda

pun

题目13：___________________ can be established by describing the place where the action takes place， or the situation at the start of the story.

Point of view

Flashback

Climax

Setting

题目14：_____ is the point in a play or novel where everything comes to a head， where the maximum emotional reaction of the reader is created.

Alliteration

Allusion

Climax

Flashback

题目15：A writer can show character by giving a physical description， through _________ and through deeds.

setting

point of view

climax

dialogue

题目16：_____ is an example of simile.

“She has a heart of stone.”

“Her eyes twinkled like stars.”

“ Her tongue is a sharp knife.”

“ The windows waves violently in the wind.”

题目17：_____ is an example of parallelism.

“He has a heart of stone.”

“Childhood is like a swiftly passing dream.”

“Government of the people， by the people， for the people shall not perish from the earth”

“Soon night will steal hours from the day.”

题目18：_______ contains an example of alliteration.

“He was secret， self-contained， and solitary as an oyster.”

“United we stand， divided we fall.”

Better late than never.

“ Her tongue is like a sharp knife.”

题目19：_____ contains examples of metaphor

“The Negro lives on a lonely island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean of material prosperity.

“The street shone out， like a fire in the forest.”

“ Her tongue is like a sharp knife.”

“It was the best of times， it was the worst of times， it was the age of wisdom， it was the age of foolishness.”

题目20：_____ is an example of personification.

“Childhood is like a swiftly passing dream.”

“The years have silvered her hair.”

“My face is an open book.”

“All the world’s a stage， And all the men and women are merely players.”

题目21：In this text， the writer depicts character through _________.

what the characters say and how they say it

what the characters say

how the characters look

题目22：At the beginning of the text， Nick says to Marjorie “ _You know everything_.” This line can reveal that __________.

Nick is proud of Marjorie’s wide range of knowledge

Nick is accusing Marjorie of hiding her knowledge

Nick is irritated that his relationship with Marjorie is not going on well

题目23：What does Nick’s line “ _Oh， go away， Bill! Go away for a while._” reveal about Nick’s true feelings？

Nick is upset by Bill’s insistent question.

Nick is confused by what Bill says.

Nick is irritated by Bill’s friendship and intimacy with Marjorie.

题目24：From the dialogue between Nick and Marjorie， we can be sure ________.

Nick is making up for his past neglect of Marjorie

there is tension between them

Marjorie is madly in love with Nick

题目25：In the text， we get just the barebones of __________， we rarely get _________.

the characters’ future intentions， how the characters are feeling

the setting ， the narrator’s attitude towards the characters

what the character says， how the words are spoken

题目26：The text is taken from ______.

_Lord of the Flies_

_Heart of Darkness_

_The Pearl_

题目27：It is obvious that the three dealers _________.

conspired together to cheat Kino.

were not interested in Kino’s pearl.

didn’t know much about the shapes and sizes of pearls.

题目28：Which of the following is true of the third dealers？

He just went through the prearranged plot with other buyers.

He wanted to pay Kino only after his clients had paid him

He was not interested in Kino’s pearl.

题目29：In context， the word played” is closest in meaning to ______.

conspired together to cheat

behaved playfully

bargain playfully

题目30：The sentences in the last paragraph suggest that _____.

Kino was angry beyond words and was becoming violent in his anger

the dealers and the crowd became angry and they pushed Kino out of the shop

Kino’s wife had a violent temper and tended to get angry easily