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《高 级 英 语》 第一册 模拟试题（一） I. Choose the rhetorical or figurative device from the list below that best describes the underlined words. All of the devices listed are used once. Mark your answer with capital letters like A, B, C, …or J . (10%) Model: The difference, for example, between the much-touted Second International and the much-clouted Third International is not like the difference between the horse and buggy and the automobile. Answer: A 1. He tried soldiering for two weeks with a motley band of Confederate guerillas who diligently avoided contact with the enemy. 2. Twain gained a keen perception of the human race, of the difference between what people claim to be and what they really are. 3. I see also the dull, drilled, docile, brutish masses of the Hun soldiery plodding on like a swarm of crawling locusts. 4. Thanks to his brilliant leadership, our company is now bankrupt. 5. His reputation as an authority on Scripture is recognized throughout the world. 6. The machine was operated by one man, who shovels the linseed pulp into a stone vat, climbs up nimbly to a dizzy height to fasten ropes,… 7. The White House has denied the report that more troops will be sent to Iraq. 8. Let us learn the lessons already taught by such cruel experience. 9. From this nothing will turn us—nothing. 10. The Duchess of Croydon kept firm, tight rein on her racing mind. List of devices: (A) Antithesis (B) Hyperbole (C) Alliteration (D) Metaphor (E) Simile (F) Irony (G) Repetition (H) Euphemism (I) Metonymy (J) Transferred Epithet  II. Determine whether the following statements are True or False. Mark them with T or F to indicate your answer. (15%) 1. “The Middle Eastern Bazaar” is a piece of objective description, where the author’s opinions, commentary and emotions are excluded. 2. The author of “Hiroshima” expected that most Japanese people would still be upset by the atomic bombing but when he visited he found that no one was. 3. In “Mark Twain—Mirror