简答题How many senses have been described in the following sentence: “The fireplace in Provence is still used—to cook on, to sit around, to warm the toes, and to please the eye—and fires are laid in the early morning and fed throughout the day with scrub oak from the Lubéron or beech from the foothills of Mont Ventoux.”? A、Sense of sight B、Sense of smell C、Sense of hearing D、Sense of touch简答题Of the two sentences below, which one makes a more effective thesis statement? A、There is no question that cell phones have become an indispensable gadget in our daily life. B、While cell phones provide freedom and mobility, they can also become a leash, compelling users to answer them anywhere and at any time. C、/ D、/简答题Choose the best verb for the following personification. The tree was pulled down, and the birds ________ over its dead body. A、lamented B、cried C、stood D、flew简答题What fallacy is found in the following statements? I can't be guilty of embezzlement; I’m an honest person. A、Slippery slope B、Begging the question C、Post hoc D、Red herring简答题It is unwise for a writer to begin a story with an important event already happening.简答题Modern novels tend to use the largest amount of summary possible.简答题In the conclusion paragraph, we may restate the thesis statement in the opening paragraph.简答题Plot is the only important part of storytelling.简答题When searching for the right details, it can often be useful to focus on things the characters being written about would notice.简答题Which of the following is an argumentative thesis? A、Tigers live in forests. B、There are more tigers held in zoos than there are in the wild. C、Tigers should not be kept in zoos because captivity affects their psychological and physical well-being. D、Should tigers be kept in zoos?简答题Facts are statements that hold constant and verifiable truth at a certain time point.简答题Before showing a character in action, writers should always begin with a long description of their backstory.简答题While hunting in the woods, I am enjoying listening to the different sounds that the birds are making. Then, out of nowhere, I hear the sound of dead leaves ____ all around me. A、 flying B、 dancing C、 rustling D、 coming简答题Choose TWO supporting sentences for this topic sentence: Passing on breakfast is anything but productive, especially for teenagers. A、 Skipping breakfast leads to weight gain. B、Kids who skip breakfast become distracted easily in class. C、Eating breakfast may enhance one’s memory. D、Breakfast tastes great.简答题What message in the following text can be delayed to create suspense? It was my girlfriend’s birthday. Early in the morning I told her that I forgot to prepare her birthday gift and would give it to her the next day. She was disappointed but still happy. Then I just gave her a piece of chocolate and told her that I wouldn’t go home with her after school. In fact I decided to give her a CD later. At 5:15 pm I left school a bit earlier than usual, and hurried to catch the bus which my girlfriend would take at the next stop every day. Bus 242 came and I got onto it. It was the very bus I was sure that she would get on at the next stop. I sat quietly at the back of the bus so that she could not see me so easily. The bus stopped and she got on. She stood at the back door. I walked toward her quietly and gave her a great surprise with the CD she had always dreamed of. A、The identity of my girlfriend B、The bus number C、The day being her birthday D、What gift it was简答题Please choose one appropriate expression for illustration. Some animals can migrate to cooer areas. ___________ is the bird, which can move easily. A、For example B、Let's say C、A case in point D、Such as简答题Choose the best topic sentence for the following paragraph. _______________.Social and communication skills can be learned and developed through sport. Teamwork, for example, is naturally learned through participating in team sports and games. Communication skills can really be honed, as they are at the center of any team’s success, and a lack of them leads to failure. Many people will also develop leadership skills through sport, often discovering abilities that they never knew they even had. A、Sports allow people to develop personally. B、Communication in sports is important. C、Sports improve one’s psychological health. D、/简答题He was quite handsome with an_________, boyish face. （light brown skin） A、olive-skinned B、dark-skinned C、fair D、freckled简答题What information in the following text can be delayed to create suspense?One morning, a man took his gun and went into the forest for deer-hunting. After one hour’s search, he saw a deer with very big horns and fired at it. The deer fell just where it stood. He ran over to examine it and said to himself, “This deer’s horns will make a wonderful rack for my guns when I get it home.” He then arranged his gun in the deer’s horns and stepped back a few yards to see exatly how they would look as a gun rack on the wall of his study. He was just admiring the effect when the deer suddenly jumped up, shook itself, and raced away, carrying his gun firmly stuck in its horns. The man had to run after it. Two other hunters passed by and felt very surprised to see a man following a deer’s track in the snow without a gun. They stopped him and asked him whether anything was wrong and whether they could help him. The man sat down beside them and told them his story. A、From “One morning,…” till “’This deer’s horns will make a wonderful rack for my guns when I get it home.’” B、He then arranged his gun in the deer’s horns and stepped back a few yards to see exatly how they would look as a gun rack on the wall of his study. C、“He was just admiring the effect when the deer suddenly jumped up, shook itself, and raced away, carrying his gun firmly stuck in its horns. The man had to run after it.” D、“They stopped him and asked him whether anything was wrong and whether they could help him.”多选题The _______ curled in contempt. ( For describing a part of someone's body, it is rounded and rather large) A、thin lips B、full lips C、pused lips D、pouting lips