超星 - Unit 1 Text - 查题吧

单选题

Which one of the following sentences is CORRECT?

A. She stayed home until 5 p.m.
B. I will wait here until you will return.
C. Shanghai did not begin to develop into an industrial center until after the First Opium War.
D. I ran north until the crossroads.

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Which one of the following statements is WRONG?

A. Lin is a Chinese name, coming to English from Cantonese.
B. Agony suggests suffering so intense that both body and mind are involved in a struggle to endure the unbearable.
C. Anguish implies a distress of mind that is excruciating or torturing almost beyond bearing.
D. Like can be used as an adjective, meaning "similar" or "resembling".

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Which underlined part in the following sentence is NOT CORRECT?Excepting for special exhibitions, mostmuseums in the United States A B Chave no admission charge.D

A
B
C
D

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Which underlined part in the following sentence is NOT CORRECT?In spite of all the difficulties and frustrations, under the strong leadership of the A Bcentral government and the Communist Party of China, we shall win the battle Cagainst the Covid-19 pandemic. D

A
B
C
D

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Which one of the following expressions is an example of transferred epithet?

A. deliciously relieving.
B. brightly shining.
C. heavily scorched.
D. awkwardly poised.

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Which rhetorical device is NOT used in the following paragraph?

A. hyperbole.
B. repetition.
C. polysyndeton.
D. parallel structure.

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Which one of the following expressions typifies British English?

A. He was heading for the exit.
B. He did not use to work here.
C. I will wait 'til I hear from you.
D. I like for him to come soon.

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I readily forgive the prejudice which leads my friend to wrong conclusions because I understand it. It is a minor error into which I myself, ________ the grace of some happy chance, might have fallen.

A. but for
B. by dint of
C. because of
D. by virtue of

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