2.1.3PracticeWhatdoyouknowaboutAsimovandSF

1、单选题：
‎___________ first named the literary genre known as “science fiction”.‌
选项：
A: Isaac Asimov
B: Hugo Gernsback
C: Arthur C. Clarke
D: Robert A. Heinlein
答案: 【 Hugo Gernsback】

2、单选题：
‎Before becoming a professional writer, Asimov worked as a professor of ____________.‏
选项：
A: biochemistry
B: biophysics
C: bioeconomics
D: biopharmacy
答案: 【 biochemistry】

3、单选题：
‎Who was NOT included  in the "Big Three" during the first Golden Age for science fiction in US?‎
选项：
A: Isaac Asimov
B: H. G. Wells
C: Robert A. Heinlein
D: Arthur C. Clarke
答案: 【 H. G. Wells】

2.2.2PracticeAsimov’sBrainstormingfortheStory

1、判断题：
‎Individual brainstorming involves such techniques as free writing, imitation, and drawing a mind map.‏
选项：
A: 正确
B: 错误
答案: 【 错误】

2、判断题：
‌According to Asimov, the future practice of learning from mechanical teachers at home alone might deprive children of the fun traditional schools offered.‎
选项：
A: 正确
B: 错误
答案: 【 正确】

3、判断题：
​Asimov’s choice of young Margie as his protagonist apparently weakens the effectiveness of his narration.    ‎
选项：
A: 正确
B: 错误
答案: 【 错误】

4、判断题：
‌Asimov concerned himself more with advance in science than with the man-machine relationship in the future.‎
选项：
A: 正确
B: 错误
答案: 【 错误】

2.3.2PracticeTestYourKnowledgeaboutSFandFantasy

1、单选题：
‌Fantasy fiction may have all the following features, EXCEPT__________. ​
选项：
A: Creatures with super powers
B: Real places from history
C: Magical elements
D: Nonexistent worlds
答案: 【 Real places from history】

2、单选题：
‍Science fiction may have all the following features, EXCEPT_________.‍
选项：
A: Plot of actual happening
B: time travel
C: future setting
D: a utopia or dystopia
答案: 【 Plot of actual happening】

3、单选题：
‎In the early 19th century, _________’s books Frankenstein and The Last Man helped to define the form of science fiction.‌
选项：
A: George Eliot
B: Elizabeth Gaskell
C: Mary Shelley
D: Emily Bronté
答案: 【 Mary Shelley】

4、单选题：
‎Which one of the following works belongs to the genre of science fiction?‏
选项：
A: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
B: The Foundation Trilogy
C: A Midsummer Night’s Dream
D: In Search of Lost Time 
答案: 【 The Foundation Trilogy】

5、单选题：
‍A subgenre of science fiction includes_________. ​
选项：
A: Travelogues
B: Memoirs
C: Biographies
D: Dystopia fiction
答案: 【 Dystopia fiction】

7.1.2PracticeLooseSentencesvs.PeriodicSentences

1、判断题：
‏The sentence "She came up shouldering a spade" is a loose sentence.‎
选项：
A: 正确
B: 错误
答案: 【 正确】

2、判断题：
​"Before the fire in a large armchair he was sitting." This is a periodic sentence.​
选项：
A: 正确
B: 错误
答案: 【 正确】

3、判断题：
​"Even if we fail again and again, the world won’t end." This is a loose sentence.‎
选项：
A: 正确
B: 错误
答案: 【 错误】

4、判断题：
​The sentence "Tom was cutting a piece of metal with great care" is a periodic sentence.‏
选项：
A: 正确
B: 错误
答案: 【 错误】

7.2.2PracticeWhatisthefigureofspeechused

1、单选题：
‎My roommates stood there as motionless as statues.‌
选项：
A: Simile
B: Metaphor
C: Hyperbole
D: Euphemism
答案: 【 Simile】

2、单选题：
​I was scared to death. He put a red-hot boiled potato down my back.​
选项：
A: Simile
B: Metaphor
C: Hyperbole
D: Euphemism
答案: 【