11. Which sentences use the rhetorical device of personification? A. The American dream promised older people that if they worked hard enough all their lives, things would turn out well for them. B. He stands there, his feet braced, his ...

15. Which sentences use the rhetorical device of rhetorical question? A. For many elderly Americans old age is a tragedy, a period of quiet despair, deprivation, desolation and muted rage. B. What is it like to be old in the United State...

5. Rhetorical question is applied in ________. A. If it is the devil that tempts the young to enjoy themselves, is it not, perhaps, the same personage that persuades the old to condemn their enjoyment? B. And is not condemnation perhaps ...

3. (I’ll Never Escape the Ghetto) Racial climate in England, especially at Oxford, remained relaxed until the author wrote this article. A. 错误 B. 正确 ...

15. (What’s Wrong with Our Press?) Documentaries on TV help the audience to digest the news and come to its own conclusions. A. 错误 B. 正确 ...

4. (Science Has Spoiled My Supper) The author hates frozen foods in spite of their seeming advantages. A. 错误 B. 正确 ...

16. Personification is applied in ________. A. When white men first effect contact with some unspoilt race of savages, they offer them all kinds of benefits, from the light of the Gospel to pumpkin pie. B. One of the troubles about vanit...

5. Which sentences use the rhetorical device of antithesis? A. Our popular attitudes could be summed up as a combination of wishful thinking and stark terror. B. Aging is the neglected stepchild of the human life cycle. C. A second them...

8. (On Getting Off to Sleep) The author says that when he is in bed, he feels like writing, so he puts pens, ink and paper near him. A. 错误 B. 正确 ...

16. Antithesis is used in ________. A. She said that I must always be intolerant of ignorance but understanding of illiteracy. That some people, unable to go to school, were more educated and even more intelligent than college professors....