5.1 Clue of Plot

1、单选题：
‌What is the most  important clue of plot in the article Blackmail?‍
选项：
A: The Duke’s cigar.
B: The Duchess’ cigar.
C: Ogilvie’s cigar.
D: Ogilvie’s glasses.
答案: 【 Ogilvie’s cigar.】

2、单选题：
​Why didn’t the house detective Ogilvie call the police when he found out the Duke was in the hit-n-run?‍
选项：
A: Because he dared not.
B: Because he wanted to tell it to the press.
C: Because he wanted to blackmail the Duke.
D: Because he was the Duke’s friend.
答案: 【 Because he wanted to blackmail the Duke.】

3、单选题：
‍When the Duchess asked Ogilvie to put off the cigar for the first time, how was Ogilvie’s reaction?‎‍‎
选项：
A: Polite
B: Impolite
C: Rude
D: Angry
答案: 【 Polite】

4、单选题：
​When the Duchess asked Ogilvie to put off the cigar after the deal had been made, how was Ogilvie’s reaction?​
选项：
A: Obedient
B: Impolite
C: Rude
D: Angry
答案: 【 Obedient】

5、填空题：
‎The author of the article Blackmail is ____.‌‎‌
答案: 【 Arthur Hailey】

4.1 American Society

1、单选题：
‌The society of America is based on ____ culture.‌
选项：
A: Western
B: Indian
C: Eastern
D: Black
答案: 【 Western】

2、单选题：
‎America is a country that is made up of many immigrants, so America is liken to a “____”.‎
选项：
A: mixing pot
B: merging pot
C: melting pot
D: blending pot
答案: 【 melting pot】

3、单选题：
‏A "melting pot" means the following statements except ____.‌
选项：
A: culture melting
B: race melting
C: language melting
D: mind melting
答案: 【 mind melting】

4、判断题：
‎Being a controversial concept, social class certainly exists in the United States.‏
选项：
A: 正确
B: 错误
答案: 【 正确】

5、判断题：
‏America is an ethnically andracially diverse country as a result of large-scale immigration from many different countries throughout its history.‍
选项：
A: 正确
B: 错误
答案: 【 正确】

4.2 Key Techniques of Barrack Obama’s Speeches

1、单选题：
‍24 hours after the speech, the audience will forget ____ of the content.​
选项：
A: 15%
B: 25%
C: 50%
D: 75%
答案: 【 50%】

2、单选题：
‌48 hours after the speech, the audience will forget ____ of the content.‌
选项：
A: 15%
B: 25%
C: 50%
D: 75%
答案: 【 75%】

3、判断题：
‎Barack Obama is good at giving vivid stories in his speeches.‍
选项：
A: 正确
B: 错误
答案: 【 正确】

4、判断题：
‎Barack Obama uses appropriate body language in his speeches.‌
选项：
A: 正确
B: 错误
答案: 【 正确】

5、填空题：
‍The five tips of Barrack Obama’s speeches are confidence, examples and stories, body language, ____, and you/we.​
答案: 【 parallelism】

4.3 Metaphors We Live By

1、填空题：
‎The meanings of metaphorical expressions do not coincide with the____ meanings of words comprising them.‏
答案: 【 literal】

2、填空题：
‏Metaphor study was initiated by ____ and reached the climax in the recent 20 years. ​
答案: 【 Aristotle】

3、填空题：
​____ metaphor theories view metaphor as a matter of language, a set of extraordinary or figurative expressions, whose meaning is reducible to some set of literal propositions.‌
答案: 【 Conventional】

4、填空题：
‍Lakoff and Johnson published their book Metaphors We Live by in 1980,which is regarded as the ____ of metaphor study. According to Lakoff and Johnson‎
答案: 【 milestone】

5、填空题：
‌____ metaphors are used to impress people by creating tension between source domain and target domain. ‍
答案: 【 Unconventional】

4.4 Translating Similes

1、多选题：
​Choose two appropriate translation versions for the phrase "as cheerful as a lark".‎
选项：
A: 欢呼雀跃
B: 兴高采烈
C: 乐极生悲
D: 喜忧参半
答案: 【 欢呼雀跃;
兴高采烈】

2、判断题：
​Figure of speech can help enhance our aesthetic appreciation, as well as our language proficiency.‎
选项：
A: 正确
B: 错误
答案: 【 正确】

3、判断题：
‍Figure of speech is a way to polish one’s speeches to enhance the effect of expression.‌
选项：
A: 正确
B: 错误
答案: 【 正确】

4、判断题：
‎Generally speaking, literal translation is the first choice to translate similes.‍
选项：
A: 正确
B: 错误
答案: 【 正确】

5、判断题：
‎In the translation of the phrase "as hard as rock" into “坚如磐石”， literal translation is adopted.‏
选项：
A: 正确
B: 错误
答案: 【 正确】

1.1 Geography of America

1、单选题：
‏America is situated in the ____ of North America.‍
选项：
A: south
B: east
C: west