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1、英语修辞学2004试卷[自己标了答案，部分翻书确认过，并标了书页]I.Fillineachblankwithanappropriatewordorphrase.(10%)1.Whenwesay"JimlooklikehisbrotherBilly"wearemakinganordinaryliteralcomparisonbutwhenwesay"JimandBillyareaslikeastwopeas"weareusinga___simile__2.Metonymyisaveryusefulandeffectiver
2、hetoricaldevice,foritcompressesmuchintoasinglewordorshortnounphrase,e.g.Shesetsagoodtable.(Meaning:Sheprovidesgood__deliciousdishes__.)3.Inthesentence"Clothesarefitthemanandthetimes,“Fittheman"isusedinaliteralsense,whereas"fitthetimes"isafigurativeexpression,mean
3、ing"tobe___fashion___".4.Whentheinstructorsays"Thisthesisleavesmuchtobedesired",heexpresseshisdissatisfactionwithquietunderstatement,meaning:"thethesisisvery__imperfect__."5.Theadvertisement"Qualitybreedssuccess"canberegardedasabrilliantparodyoftheproverb"Familia
4、ritybreeds_contempt___."6.Parody,Reverse,andRegressionareallopenfiguresofspeech,i.e.__they___canbecreatedwhennecessary.Ontheotherhand,however,misuseoroversueshouldalwaysbeguardedagainst.7."Wemustallhangtogether,orweshallhangseparately"isafamousepunbyBenjaminFrank
5、lin,inwhichtheword"hang"hasdoublemeanings.8.RhetoricoriginatedinSpeaking,Aristotle,inthe4thcenturyBC,firstdefinedrhetoiicas__art__ofpersuasion,bymeansofargumentation.P19.Grammarmapsoutthepossible;rhetoricnarrowsthepossibledowntothedesirableandeffective.10.Apartfr
6、omthehugenumber,theEnglishwordsarecharacterizedbytheircreativenessinformationandflexibilityinmeaningandusage,whichcausedifficultiesiinwordchoice.II.DeterminewhetherthefollowingstatementsarecorrectornotbymarkingineachbracketwithTofF(10%)1.Creativityrefersmainlytop
7、roducingoriginalideas,whichconstitutestheessenceofanessay.Originalideascannotcomeoff-hand;theyareresultofextensiveandthoroughgoingstudiesandcarefulconsideration.Newformsmayhaveasenseofcreativity,toobuttheymustsevertheneedoftheexpressionofideas.(T)Sameas05’test2.M
8、oststudentsreallydorecognizetheneedtoimprovetheirwritingskills.Theirattitudeisusuallyakindofresignedwillingness,fortheymustalreadyknowandagreewithSamuelJohnson
