Section 3.Choose the correct answers to complete the following sentences (10 points). 11.A is a fourteen-line lyric poem which rhymes in a highly controlled way. A.couplet B.sonnet C.ballad D.haiku 12. is written to commemorate someone who has died. A.A limerick B.A sonnet C.An elegy D.An epic 13. can be established by describing the place where the action takes place,or the situation at the start of the story. A.Climax B.Point of view C.Flashback D.Setting 14.All the following were awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature except A.John Steinbeck B.Edward Lear C.William Golding D.Harold Pinter 15.Which figure of speech is used in the following lines? "Suspicions amongst thoughts are like bats amongst birds,they ever fly by twilight." A.Simile B.Parallelism C.Metaphor D.Pun PartⅡ Reading Comprehension [50 points] Read the extracts and choose the best answer to each question. Text 1 Studies serve for delight,for ornament,and for ability.Their chief use for delight is in privateness and retiring;for ornament,is in discourse;and for ability,is in the judgment and disposition of business.For expert men can execute,and perhaps judge of particulars, one by one;but the general counsels,and the plots and marshalling of affairs,come best from those that are learned.To spend too much time in studies is sloth;to use them too much for ornament,is affectation;to make judgment wholly by their rules,is the humor of a scholar.They perfect nature,and are perfected by experience:for natural abilities are like 265Section 3. Choose the correct answers to complete the rollowing sentences (1 0 points). 11. 一一一一一 is a fourteen-line lyric poem which rhymes in a highly controlled way. A. couplet B. sonnet c. ballad D. haiku 12. is written to commemorate someone who has died. A. A limerick B. A sonnet C. An elegy D. An epic 13. 一一一一一_ can be established by describing the place where the action takes place , or the situation at the start of the story. A. Climax B. Point of view C. Flashback D. Setting 14. All the following were awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature except 一一一一一一 A. J ohn Steinbeck C. William Golding B. Edward Lear D. Harold Pinter 15. Which figure of speech is used in the following lines? "Suspicions amongst thoughts are like bats amongst birds, they ever fly by twilight. " A. Simile B. Parallelism c. Metaphor D. Pun Part 11 Reading Comprehension [50 points] Read the extracts and choose the best answer to each question. Text 1 Studies serve for delight , for ornament , and for ability. Their chief use for delight is in privateness and retiring; for ornament , is in discourse; and for ability , is in the judgment and disposition of business. For expert men can execute , and perhaps j udge of particulars, one by one; but the general counsels, and the plots and marshalling of affairs, come best from those that are learned. To spend too much time in studies is sloth; to use them too much for ornament , is affectation; to make judgment wholly by their rules, is the humor of a scholar. They perfect nature , and are perfected by experience: for natural abilities are like 265