
第六单元白测练习 中央电大外语学院孙建华 Unit 6 Review Reminders Question 1.What kind of exsaination itens would you see in the end-of-term t0凉t? Tvo major types一-Type 1,in the form of objective test(选择或判断对错), and Type II in the form of subjective test(间读理解). Type 1 Samples. A.Decide whether the statements are true or false. 1.What has been termed confessional poetry is widely associated with American poets such as Anne Sexton and Sylvia Plath. 2.The Rfee of the Ancjent Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge is a narrative poen 3.Robert Frost is a well-known 19"century Scottish poet. 4.Malt Whitnan is well-known for his collection of poems Leoves of Grass. 5.What has been termed free verse is widely associated with American poot Walt Whitman. B.Choose the correet ansver. 1.The term refers to a long poem or a song telling a story.usually a tragic story based on a_incident. A.epic.conic 且comedy,mysterious C.hallad,historical D.tragedy,symbolic 2.A stanza is a grouping of the verse lines in a poen.There are various stanzas containing two,three,four,five,six,seven,eight lines,etc.Ais a pair of rhymed lines that are equal in length. A.couplet B.hallad
第六单元自测练习 中央电大外语学院 孙建华 Unit 6 Review Reminders Question 1. What kind of examination items would you see in the end-of-term test? Two major types ---- Type I, in the form of objective test (选择或判断对错), and Type II in the form of subjective test (阅读理解). Type 1 Samples. A. Decide whether the statements are true or false. 1. What has been termed confessional poetry is widely associated with American poets such as Anne Sexton and Sylvia Plath. 2. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge is a narrative poem. 3. Robert Frost is a well-known 19th century Scottish poet. 4. Walt Whitman is well-known for his collection of poems Leaves of Grass. 5. What has been termed free verse is widely associated with American poet Walt Whitman. B.Choose the correct answer. 1. The term ______ refers to a long poem or a song telling a story, usually a tragic story based on a ______ incident. A. epic, comic B. comedy, mysterious C. ballad, historical D. tragedy, symbolic 2.A stanza is a grouping of the verse lines in a poem. There are various stanzas containing two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight lines, etc. A _____is a pair of rhymed lines that are equal in length. A. couplet B. ballad

C.sonnet D.linerick 3.“Be was my North,野South,my East,.and West, ly working week and町Sunday rest“ The above lines are taken from W.H.Auden's elegy A.Stop all the clocks,cut off the telephone 且The Dead Beart C.Love Your Eneay D.Acquainted vith the Night 4.Which of the following writers wrote "Stop all the clocks,cut off the telephone" A.W.H.Auden B.Dylan Thonas C.Enily Dickinson D.Willian Shakespeare Type 2 Sample Read the following poen and answer the questions below. The Rond Not Taken Tvo roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler.long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth; Then took the other,as just as fair, And having perhaps the better claim, Because it was grassy and wanted wear: Though as for that,the passing there Had worn then really about the sane. And both that morning equally lay In leaves no step had trodden black. Oh,I kept the first for another day! Yet knowing how way leads on to way
C. sonnet D. limerick 3. “He was my North, my South, my East, and West, My working week and my Sunday rest…” The above lines are taken from W.H. Auden’s elegy “___________”. A. Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone B. The Dead Heart C. Love Your Enemy D. Acquainted with the Night 4.Which of the following writers wrote “Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone” ? A. W. H. Auden B. Dylan Thomas C. Emily Dickinson D. William Shakespeare Type 2 Sample Read the following poem and answer the questions below. The Road Not Taken Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth; Then took the other, as just as fair, And having perhaps the better claim, Because it was grassy and wanted wear; Though as for that, the passing there Had worn them really about the same, And both that morning equally lay In leaves no step had trodden black. Oh, I kept the first for another day! Yet knowing how way leads on to way

I doubted if I should ever come back. I shall be telling this with a sigh Someshere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood,and 1--- I took the one less traveled by. And that has made all the difference. 1.How does the 0?????????????speaker begin the poen?Be begins by A.describing himself walking down a garden paths B.describing himself standing by diverging roads C.commenting on the meaningless of life 2 Which road does the speaker choose and why? 3.Which of the following is true? A.The poen has a fast rhythn and it create a cheerful atnosphere. B The poem has no regular rhytha to speak of,and it helps to express the speaker's deep sorrow over the lost youth. C The poem has a slow rhythm and it suits the contemplative mood of the speaker. 4.What is the speaker's initial respomse to the divergence of the two roads? A.He was sorry.B.He got excited.C.He sighs bitterly. 5.What might be the syrbolic meaning of the two roads? A.The two roads symbolize the conflicts between personal desires and public duty. B.The two roads synbolize the difference in country life and city life. C.The two roads symbolixe different paths we take in life. 6.What pattern of rhyme schemes is used in the poem? A.abaab B.acaba c.abbac
I doubted if I should ever come back. I shall be telling this with a sigh Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I--- I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference. 1. How does the ā?????暰???????暰?speaker begin the poem? He begins by __________. A. describing himself walking down a garden paths B. describing himself standing by diverging roads C. commenting on the meaningless of life 2. Which road does the speaker choose and why? 3. Which of the following is true? A. The poem has a fast rhythm and it create a cheerful atmosphere. B. The poem has no regular rhythm to speak of, and it helps to express the speaker’s deep sorrow over the lost youth. C. The poem has a slow rhythm and it suits the contemplative mood of the speaker. 4. What is the speaker’s initial response to the divergence of the two roads? A. He was sorry. B. He got excited. C. He sighs bitterly. 5. What might be the symbolic meaning of the two roads? A. The two roads symbolize the conflicts between personal desires and public duty. B. The two roads symbolize the difference in country life and city life. C. The two roads symbolize different paths we take in life. 6. What pattern of rhyme schemes is used in the poem? A. abaab B. acaba c. abbac