简答题The woman was satisfied with her status quo. 无简答题“At last this intermezzo came to an end, and I found myself in front of the gigantic City Hall.” The word “intermezzo” means ( ). A、 preface B、 interlude C、 drama D、 interruption简答题“The modernists, …, accepted the theory advanced by Charles Darwin—that all animal life, including monkeys and men, had evolved from a common ancestor.” The word “advanced” means ( ). A、 improved B、 demonstrated C、 proposed D、 supplied简答题“Such ghastly designs, it must be obvious, give a genuine delight to a certain type of mind.” The word “ghastly” is similar in meaning to ( ). A、 enchanting B、 delightful C、 adorable D、 horrible简答题The passage reflects all of the choices EXCEPT that ( ). A、 Usually eighty pony riders were in the saddle at any given time. B、 People did not care about the Pony Express rider. C、 The rider rode great distances to deliver the mail. D、 The mail was strapped in a pouch under the rider’s thighs. 无简答题“…We can prop it up with our heads and shoulders!” The phrase “prop up” means ( ). A、 facilitate B、 underlie C、 shore up D、 endorse.简答题When a word’s vocalization imitates a natural sound, as can be heard in the words “buzz”, “beep” and “meow”, we call that device ( ). A、 Onomatopoeia B、 Anaphora C、 Synecdoche D、 Personification简答题“Every neck is stretched further, and every eye strained wider.” The rhetorical device of synecdoche is used in this sentence. 无简答题From whose viewpoint is the sighting of the pony-rider told?（ ） A、 a person picnicking B、 a passenger in a hot air balloon C、 a person sitting on a porch D、 a passenger inside a stagecoach 无简答题“Dictating his autobiography late in life, he commented with a crushing sense of despair on men’s final release from earthly struggle.” What rhetorical device is used in “men’s final release from earthly struggle”? ( ) A、 Simile B、 Metaphor C、 euphemism D、 Personification简答题Which of the following words best describes the actual living conditions of the couple in this excerpt? ( ). A、 very destitute B、 quite poor C、 fairly wealthy D、 relatively comfortable 无简答题The reader can infer that the stagecoach in the passage did not（ ）. A、 have windows B、 travel by night C、 carry mail D、 travel a different route from that of the Pony Express 无简答题“Others were using little red telephones that hung on the facades of grocery stores and tobacco shops.” The word “facade” means ( ). A、 appearance B、 window C、 front D、 surface简答题“Gone was the fierce fervor of the days when Bryan had swept the political arena like a prairie fire.” The word “fervor” means ( ). A、 ardent passion B、 intense heat C、 great lethargy D、 fatalistic apathy判断题According to the passage, what was inside the mail-pockets of the pony-rider?（ ） A、birth certificates B、military materiel C、business chapters D、newspaper letters 无简答题“The important thing was to consider all eventualities.” The word “eventualities” means ( ). A、 causality B、 casualty C、 possibility D、 peculiarity简答题“When I was indicted on May 7, no one, least of all I, anticipated that my case would snowball into one of the most famous trials in U.S. history.” The word “indicted” means ( ). A、 nominated B、 summoned C、 appointed D、 accused简答题The main idea of the passage is ( ). A、 to show the reader how selfish and self-centered the wife is B、 to show the class distinctions that were so obvious during the setting of the story C、 to have the reader feel great sympathy for the husband D、 to have the reader feel great sympathy for the wife 无多选题“The tallest building in town is the library — it has thousands of stories!” What rhetorical device is used in the underlined part? ( ) A、Onomatopoeia B、Transferred epithet C、Pun D、Periphrasis简答题“William Jennings Bryan volunteered to assist the state in prosecuting me.” The word “prosecuting” means ( ). A、 prospecting B、 persecuting C、 trying D、 torturing