国开助手文学英语赏析形考任务6Continuous Assessment 6答案

1. _MACBETH _IS_ _ WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE'S_ _WELL-KNOWN COMEDY.
2. _The Crucible_ by Arthur Miller, concerns a real historical incident, involving witchcraft and an attack of mass hysteria.
3. Lady Bracknell is a comic character created by Oscar Wilde in his play _The Importance of Being Ernest. _
4. “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” is a protest poem against racial discrimination.
5. Emily Dickinson and Robert Frost are well-known American poets.
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.
7. _The Old Man and the Sea _is one of Ernest Hemingway’s best-known short stories.
8. Pip is a character created by Charles Dickens in his novel _A Christmas Carol_. _ _
9. The novel _ The Heart of Darkness_ exposes the corruption, cruelty and greed of the colonial system in Africa.
10. “I Have a Dream” is a famous speech made by President Lincoln during the American Civil War.
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
12. ________ occurs when a writer repeats a particular grammatical or phonological pattern in close proximity.
: pun
; climax
; alliteration
; parallelism
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
14. _____ is written to commemorate someone who has died.
: An elegy
; A limerick
; A sonnet
; An epic
15. A writer can show character by giving a physical description, through _________ and through deeds.
: climax
; setting
; dialogue
; point of view
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.
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”
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.”
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.”
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.”
21. In this text, the relationship between the man and the woman is that of _________.
: teacher and student
; husband and wife
; lawyer and client
22. Proctor is not ready to ______.
: testify against Elizabeth
; help his neighbors
; testify against Abigail.
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.
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.
25. In the text, Elizabeth is portrayed as _________.
: self-disgusted and terrified
; guilty and depressed
; insistent and suspicious
26. The relationship between Lady Bracknell and Gwendolen is that of ______.
: employer and employee
; mother and daughter
; estate owner and tenant
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
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.
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.
30. Lady Bracknell is portrayed as ______.
: a snobbish woman
; dedicated follower of fashion
; a shrewd human resource manager