文学英语赏析形成性考核作业1答案.doc

文学英语赏析形成性考核作业1答案

1. Read the following fables and figure out the morals of the fables (3%). Passage A.

The moral of the story is

C. You can’t please everybody.

Passage B

The moral of the story is

B. Look before you leap.

The Chinese translation co uld be “三思而后行” .

Passage C

The moral of the story is A.

A. One good turn deserves another.

The Chinese translation could be “善有善报”.

2. Name the figures of speech used in the following lines (7%).

A. Praise is like sunlight to the human spirit. （SIMILE）

B. Out, out, brief candle! / Life is but a walking shadow. （METAPHOR）

C. Edelweiss, edelweiss, every morning you greet me, small and white, clean and bright, you look happy to meet me. （PERSONNIFICATION）

D. He has the microwave smile that warms another person without heat. （METAPHOR）

E. An Englishman thinks seated; a Frenchman, standing; an American, pacing; an Irishman, afterward. （PARALLELISM）

F. Wit without learning is like a tree without fruit. （SIMILE）

G. Kind hearts are the gardens; kind thoughts are the roots; kind words are the flowers; kind deeds are the fruits. （METAPHOR）（PARALLELISM）3．Review Unit 3 and Unit 4 and finish any ONE of the following task(5%)

Task 1

1-5 DCCCC 6-10 ACB?A(注意：第九题没有正确答案。正确答案应该是A Christmas Carol)

Task2 Give brief answer/choose the proper answers to the following questions (10%)

1)John Steinbeck

2)The first said ‘I will make no offer at all. I do no want it. This is not a

pearl---- it is a monstrosity.’

The second dealer said ‘Better pearls are made of paste, I know these things. This is soft and chalky; it will lose its color and die in a few months.’

The third dealer said ‘One of my clients likes such things, I will offer five hundred pesos, and perhaps I can sell it to my client for six hundred.’

4) The man who was at the desk would discipline them. This was one of the persons they have conspired to cheat Kino.

5) They are verbs to describe Kino. All these verbs do not only to describe the behavior of Kino, and it clearly show how angry and disjointed Kino was. He Knew from the very beginning that he was being cheated by them together

Task 3Give brief answer/choose the proper answers to the following questions (10%)

1)Charlotte Bronte

2)Jane Eyre

3)In her bedroom

4) B

5) C

Task 4Give brief answer/choose the proper answers to the following questions (10%)

1)James Joyce

2)Eveline

3)In her home anyway she had shelter and food; she had those whom she