英语通识阅读答案

1
【单选题】（2分)
Why does Tom hit Myrtle at his apartment in New York City? （ ）
A.Because she refuses to see him anymore
B.Because she asks him to divorce his wife
C.Because she taunts him about Daisy
D.Because she flirts with Nick
2
【单选题】（2分)
Where is Gatsby’s mansion located? （ ）
A.East Egg
B.Park Avenue
C.West Egg
D.Brooklyn
3
【单选题】（2分)
Where does Gatsby’s reunion with Daisy take place? （ ）
A.by the pool
B.at Nick’s house
C.at the golf tournament
D.at the yacht race
4
【单选题】（2分)
When he renews his acquaintance with Daisy at Nick’s house, what does Gatsby knock off of the mantle? （ ）
A.Nick’s pipe
B.a clock
C.Jordan’s golf trophy
D.Daisy’s picture
5
【判断题】（2分)
Because he was humiliated by having to work as a janitor to pay his tuition, Gatsby dropped out of college. （ ）
A.对
B.错
1
【单选题】（2分)
In To Kill a Mockingbird Tom Robinson is a ____ man. （ ）
A.cold-blooded
B.impatient
C.warm-hearted
D.cruel
2
【单选题】（2分)
In To Kill a Mockingbird Boo is recognized as a ____ man. （ ）
A.kind and handsome
B.evil and busy
C.naughty and innocent
D.strange and scared
3
【单选题】（2分)
In To Kill a Mockingbird a mockingbird symbolically means somebody who is ____. （ ）
A.innocent and kind
B.ugly and busy
C.innocent and practical
D.evil
4
【多选题】（2分)
In To Kill a Mockingbird Bob Ewell is a ____ man. （ ）
A.ruthless
B.selfish
C.kind
D.vindictive
5
【判断题】（2分)
In To Kill a Mockingbird Jem is Scout’s younger brother. （ ）
A.对
B.错
1
【单选题】（2分)
In A Tale of Two Cities Doctor Manette has been in prison for ___ years. （ ）
A.5
B.10
C.18
D.20
2
【单选题】（2分)
In A Tale of Two Cities when Dr. Manette knows his daughter Lucy falls in love with darling, he spends 9 days and nights to ____. （ ）
A.cooking
B.cleaning
C.gardening
D.shoemaking
3
【单选题】（2分)
In A Tale of Two Cities, Madame Defarge dies of ______. （ ）
A.her own pistol
B.her love to Lucy
C.her pitiful fate
D.her envy of luxurious life style
4
【多选题】（2分)
In A Tale of Two Cities the author makes use of a lot of ___ to keep the text chapter to chapter, clue to clue, echo to echo. （ ）
A.foreshadowing
B.symbols
C.charter
D.suspense
5
【判断题】（2分)
In A Tale of Two Cities Mr. Darnay is saved by Mr. Carton.（ ）
A.对
B.错
1
【单选题】（2分)
In what year was Uncle Tom's Cabin published in book form? （ ）
A.1852
B.1862
C.1855
D.1845
2
【单选题】（2分)
Who is Eva? （ ）
A.A female slave roughly Tom's age whom he meets on the riverboat.
B.A little black girl Tom meets on the riverboat.
C.A little white girl Tom meets on the riverboat.
D.A slave who belongs to the riverboat captain.
3
【单选题】（2分)
Why was Uncle Tom’s Cabin written? （ ）
A.As a pro-slavery argument
B.As propaganda against slavery
C.As a view point from Canada
D.The author was a runaway slave
4
【多选题】（2分)
Which of the following are the textual features of Uncle Tom’s Cabin? （ ）
A.Dual plot lines
B.Use of local dialect
C.Satire and humor
D.Stream of consciousness
5
【判断题】（2分)
Beecher Stowe wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin to illustrate the evils of foreign intervention.（ ）
A.对
B.错
1
【单选题】（2分)
Which male character proposes marriage to Clarissa and is refused? （ ）
A.Hugh Whitbread
B.Septimus Warren Smith
C.Joseph Breitkopf
D.Peter Walsh
2
【单选题】（2分)
Septimus feels human nature is essentially evil. Which character does he claim embodies “human nature”? （ ）
A.Lucrezia
B.Richard Dalloway
C.Dr. Holmes
D.Doris Kilman
3
【单选题】（2分)
Which line from a Shakespearean play is repeated several times throughout the novel? （ ）
A.“Out, damned spot! I say!—”
B.“Fear no more the heat o’ the sun / Nor the furious winter’s rages”
C.“If music be the food of love, play on”
D.“But, soft! What light through yonder window / breaks”
4
【单选题】（2分)
Septimus goes to the doctor because he is suffering from what illness? （ ）
A.shell shock
B.a toothache
C.back problems
D.the flu
5
【判断题】（2分)
Because she wants their help writing a letter to the editor concerning emigration to Canada, Lady Bruton invites Richard Dalloway and Hugh Whitbread to her home for lunch. （ ）
A.对
B.错
1
【单选题】（2分)
Who wrote the book Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind? （ ）
A.Jard Diamond
B.David Christian
C.Yuval Noah Harari
D.David Vandermeulen
2
【单选题】（2分)
What is the genre of Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind ? （ ）
A.Fantasy
B.Nonfiction
C.Romance
D.Autobiography
3
【单选题】（2分)
What is the most unique feature of the language of Homo sapiens according to the writer?（ ）
A.Imitating the sounds in nature
B.Use of metaphors
C.Cultural transmission
D.Speaking about fictions
4
【多选题】（2分)
What are the three important revolutions in human history? （ ）
A.The Agricultural Revolution
B.The Cognitive Revolution
C.The Intelligence Revolution
D.The Scientific Revolution
5
【判断题】（2分)
The arrival of Homo sapiens to Australia 12,000 years ago led to the extinction of megafauna.（ ）
A.对
B.错