简答题What’s the author’s purpose of writing this essay? A To describe his troubled childhood. B To make fun of some of his teachers in his grammar school. C To entertain his readers with his humorous anecdotes. D To make young people see the importance of thinking.简答题Venus is often referred to as the Goddess of _____. A war B love C fire D the moon简答题_____ is the largest branch of Christianity. A Roman Catholicism B Eastern Orthodoxy C Protestantism D Methodists简答题William Golding won the Nobel Prize for literature with _____. A The Scorpion God B Darkness Visible C Lord of the Flies D Great Expectations简答题Which of the following statements about the author is true? A He has given up his hobby and retreated to the warm nest of grade-three thinking. B He didn’t give up thinking and became a professional thinker. C He has no idea of thinking and has given up his hobby. D He regretted losing Ruth and some friends because of his thinking.简答题____ is the expression of one’s meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for the humorous or emphatic effect. A Hyperbole B Irony C Parallelism D synecdoche简答题He was punished __________ he should make the same mistake again.A.unlessB.providedC.ifD.lest简答题Which of the following words CANNOT be used to describe Mr. Houghton’s thinking? A Ignorance. B Prejudice. C Hypocrisy. D Consistency.简答题What type of writing is the essay Thinking as a Hobby? It’s a piece of _____. A description B narration C exposition D argumentation简答题What does the Thinker stand for? A Love. B Beauty. C Desire. D Thinking.简答题Which figure of speech is used in the sentence “It will lecture on disinterested purity while its neck is being remorselessly twisted toward a skirt”? A Metonymy. B Simile. C Metaphor. D Hyperbole.简答题Which of the following statements is true concerning grade-two thinking? A Grade-two thinking is a withdrawal. B Grade-two thinking is full of contradictions. C Grade-two thinkers often stampede and gather together. D Grade-two thinkers have the power to create.简答题The weather forecast is not for cooler weather; _____, it is expected to be warmer. A or anything B in anything C if anything D for anything简答题Which of the following is NOT the distinguishing feature of metaphor？ A It makes a comparison between two unlike elements. B Two unlike elements have at least one quality or characteristic in common. C To make the comparison, words like “as”, “as... as”, “as if” and “like” are used. D The quality we associate with one element is transferred to the other element.简答题A corporation is a business organization that is formed to act as a single person and is legally _____ with particular rights and duties. A created B demanded C endowed D traced