1、选择一项：B. “ Her tongue is a sharp knife.” 题目2_ contains an example of simile.D. “Her eyes twinkled like stars.” 题目3_ is an example of personification.C. “Soon night will steal hours from the day.” 题目4_ contains an example of assonance.C. “The best for less.” 题目5_ is an example of parallelism.A. “Least
2、 said, soonest mended.” 题目6_ contains two examples of metaphor.A. “The Negro lives on a lonely island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean of material prosperity. 题目7D. “ Her tongue is like a sharp knife.” 题目8A. “United we stand, divided we fall.” 题目9_ contains an example of parallelism.D. “Unite
3、d we stand, divided we fall.” 题目10D. “The houses are cold, closed and unfriendly.” 题目11The proverb “Lies have short legs” is an example of personification. 对 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.”
4、 is an example of personification.错 题目14The 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 “Dont stand the
5、re 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 s
6、unlit path of racial justice” contains examples of irony.题目20“Haste makes waste.” contains examples of alliteration and assonance. 错形考任务2（在线实时小组讨论）本次形成性考核的任务为在线小组实时专题讨论,讨论围绕2篇短篇小说（一篇课外，一篇课内）进行，讨论后以小组为单位提交报告。本次在线小组讨论的成绩将计入形成性考核成绩（20%）。略：形考任务3（在线自测）1. Match the works with their writers.1） The Pearl Jo
7、hn Steinbeck2）A Christmas Carol Charles Dickens3） Jane Eyre Charlotte Bront4）Lord of the Flies William Golding5） Heart of Darkness Joseph Conrad2. Choose the correct answer.Heart of Darkness opens in what physical setting?A. A boat on the Congo river. What is the proper word that can be used to desc
8、ribe Scrooge at the beginning of A Christmas Carol?C. Miserly. _ is the evil character in the novel The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. B. Mr Hyde In Lord of the Flies, a group of boys survive _ during a nuclear war.C. an air-crash _is a novel about the strength, endurance and cunning intelli
9、gence of one man pitted against the forces of nature.D. Old Man and Sea Text 1External heat and cold had little influence on Scrooge. No warmth could warm, no wintry weather chill him. No wind that blew was bitterer than he, no falling snow was more intent upon its purpose, no pelting rain less open
10、 to entreaty. Foul weather didnt know where to have him. The heaviest rain, and snow, and hail, and sleet, could boast of the advantage over him in only one respect. They often came down handsomely, and Scrooge never did. Nobody ever stopped him in the street to say, with gladsome looks, My dear Scr
11、ooge, how are you? When will you come to see me? No beggars implored him to bestow a trifle, no children asked him what it was oclock, no man or woman ever once in all his life inquired the way to such and such a place, of Scrooge. Even the blind mens dogs appeared to know him; and when they saw him
12、 coming on, would tug their owners into doorways and up courts; and then would wag their tails as though they said, No eye at all is better than an evil eye, dark master.From which novel is the text taken?B. A Christmas Carol Which of the following summarizes the method of characterisation?C. Throug
13、h the narrators exposition. Scrooge is portrayed as _ in Paragraph 1.B. a cold miser The underlined sentence in paragraph 2 can be paragraphed as _.A. No beggars would ask him for even a tiny little money Which of the following statements best summarizes the text?C. The text conveys the anti-social
14、character of Scrooge. Text 2 The dealers did not glance at one another nor at the pearl. The man behind the desk said, “ I have put a value on this pearl. The owner here does not think it fair. I will ask you to examine this this thing and make an offer. Notice,” he said to Kino, “I have not mention
15、ed what I have offered.” The first dealer, dry and stringy, seemed now to see the pearl for the first time. He took it up, rolled it quickly between thumb and forefinger, and then cast it contemptuously back into the tray. “Do not include me in this discussion,”he said dryly. “I will make no offer a
16、t all. I do not want it. This is not a pearl it is a monstrosity.” His thin lips curled. Now the second dealer, a little man with a shy soft voice, took up the pearl, and he examined it carefully. He took a glass from his pocket and inspected it under magnification. Then he laughed softly. “Better p
17、earls are made of paste,”he said. “I know these things. This is soft and chalky, it will lose its color and die in a few months. Look .” He offered the glass to Kino, showed him how to use it, and Kino, who had never seen a pearls surface magnified, was shocked at the strange-looking surface. The th
18、ird dealer took the pearl from Kinos hands. “One of my clients likes such things,” he said. “I will offer five hundred pesos, and perhaps I can sell it to my client for six hundred.” Kino reached quickly and snatched the pearl from his hand. He wrapped it in the deerskin and thrust it inside his shi
19、rt. The man behind the desk said, “Im a fool, I know, but my first offer stands. I still offer a thousand. What are you doing?” he asked, as Kino thrust the pearl out of sight. “I am cheated,”Kino cried fiercely. “My pearl is not for sale here. I will go, perhaps even to the capital.” Now the dealer
20、s glanced quickly at one another. They knew they had played too hard; they knew they would be disciplined for their failure, and the man at the desk said quickly, I might go to fifteen hundred. But Kino was pushing his way through the crowd. The hum of talk came to him dimly, his rage blood pounded
21、in his ears, and he burst through and strode away. Juana followed, trotting after him.The text is taken from _.B. The Pearl It is obvious that the three dealers _.A. conspired together to cheat Kino. Which of the following is true of the third dealers?B. He just went through the prearranged plot wit
22、h other buyers. In context, the word played” is closest in meaning to _.B. conspired together to cheat The sentences in the last paragraph suggest that _.C. Kino was angry beyond words and was becoming violent in his anger形考任务4（作品朗诵）本次录音任务将计入形成性考核成绩（10%），由教师评阅给分。形考任务5（作品朗诵）形考任务6（在线自测）Macbeth is Will
23、iam Shakespeares well-known comedy.The Crucible by Arthur Miller, concerns a real historical incident, involving witchcraft and an attack of mass hysteria.Lady Bracknell is a comic character created by Oscar Wilde in his play The Importance of Being Ernest. “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” is a pro
24、test poem against racial discrimination. Emily Dickinson and Robert Frost are well-known American poets. 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. The Old Man and the Sea is one of Ernest Hemingways
25、best-known short stories. Pip is a character created by Charles Dickens in his novel A Christmas Carol. The novel The Heart of Darkness exposes the corruption, cruelty and greed of the colonial system in Africa. “I Have a Dream” is a famous speech made by President Lincoln during the American Civil
26、War. 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.C. flashback _ occurs when a writer repeats a particular grammatical or phonological pattern in close proximity. A. parallelism _ can be established by
27、describing the place where the action takes place, or the situation at the start of the story. A. Setting _ is written to commemorate someone who has died.A. An elegy A writer can show character by giving a physical description, through _ and through deeds. D. dialogue _ is an example of simile.B. Her eyes twinkled like stars.D. “Government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from the earth” _ contains an example of alliteration.C. “He was secret, self-contained, and solitary
