PART
TWO
Ⅱ
.Reading Comprehension (16 points in all, 4 for each)
Read the quoted parts carefully and answer the questions in English. Write your answers in the corresponding space on the answer sheet.
41. “The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power,
And all that beauty, all that wealth e’er gave.
Awaits the inevitable hour.
The paths of glory lead but to the grave.”
Questions:
A.
Identify the author and the title of the poem from which this passage is taken.
B.
What does the phrase “inevitable hour” mean?
C.
Write out the main idea of the passage in plain English.
42. “A violet by a mossy stone
Half hidden from the eye!
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Fair as a star, when only one
Is shining in the sky.”
Questions:
A.
Identify the author and the title of the poem from which this stanza is taken.
B.
Pick out the metaphor used in this stanza.
C.
What quality does the author intend to show by using the metaphor?
43. “We passed The School, where Children strove
At Recess
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in the Ring
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We passed The Fields of Gazing Grain
We passed The Setting Sun
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”
Questions:
A.
Who is the author of this stanza taken from the poem “Because I could not stop for Death
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?
B.
What do the underlined parts symbolize?
C.
Where were “we” heading toward?
44. “It was you that broke the new wood.
Now is a time for carving.
We have one sap and one root
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Let there be commerce between us.”
Questions:
A.
Whom does the “us” refer to?
B.
What does the phrase “broke the new wood” mean here?
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