love is a fallacy 练习题

高级英语第五课练习题,love is a fallacy

I. Words explanation: 1. fallacy A. religious belief B. false belief C. bankruptcy D. dropping 2. incredulous A. unbelieving B. increasing C. industrious D. unimproved BA

高级英语第五课练习题,love is a fallacy

3.perspicacious A. determinate B. flagitious C. prestigious D. discerning A. determinate:限定的，确定的 B. flagitious :adj. 罪大恶极的，穷凶极恶的 C. prestigious :adj. 受尊敬的，有声望的 D. discern:vt. 看出； 理解，; 识别，辨别 vi. 辨明，分清 D

高级英语第五课练习题,love is a fallacy

4.trauma A. emotional shock B. mental work C. the state of not having enough D. a reinforced structure for observers 5.shed A. take shelter B. prevert from C. lose hair D. keep company with A C

高级英语第五课练习题,love is a fallacy

6.pedantic A. of a person who likes music B. of a person who pays attention to unimportant news C. of a person who stresses on sports D. of a person who emphasizes trivial points of learning 7.desist A. insist on B. cease C. heckle D. castrate DB

高级英语第五课练习题,love is a fallacy

8. modulate A. make achange in the tone B. cause to do or believe sth C. make or become soft D. change the place or position 9.infamy A. being famous for B. being shameful C. being honest D. being refused A B

高级英语第五课练习题,love is a fallacy

10.wax A. grow bigger or greater B. become less or smaller C. drop heavily D. cover with thick coating A

高级英语第五课练习题,love is a fallacy

11.veer A. move forward B. look sideways C. change directions D. pour out C veer:vi. (尤指交通工具)改变方向或路线； (指 谈话内容、人的行为或观点)突然改变； (指风) 逐渐转向； vt. 使改变方向；(从……)突然改变方向；使顺风； (谈话、行为或思想)离开主题(或常轨等) n. (方向、位置的)改变

高级英语第五课练习题,love is a fallacy

12.exultant A. triumphant B. foreign C. exhausted D. overflowing exultant:adj. 狂喜的，欢欣鼓舞的 triumphant :adj. 成功的；得意的；欢欣鼓 舞的 overflowing:adj. 溢出的，过剩的，充满的 A

高级英语第五课练习题,love is a fallacy

13.testy A. examining B. proving C. impatient D. judging C

高级英语第五课练习题,love is a fallacy

14.covet A. surround B. cover C. avoid 15.grueling plaining B.moaning C.tiring D.unwilling DC

D. desire

高级英语第五课练习题,love is a fallacy

16.mince A. decrease B. minimize C. increase D. euphemize euphemize: v. 委婉地说，用婉转的话说 17.wince A. push forward B. draw back C. incise up D. draw out D B

高级英语第五课练习题,love is a fallacy

18.shamble A. walk in an awkward way B. tremble terribly C. close in mild way D. shine brightly 19.contrite A. permitting easily B. seeing clearly C. feeling regret D. looking worried A C

高级英语第五课练习题,love is a fallacy

II.Questions on appreciation 1. Comment on the title of this essay. Is it humourous? Answer: Yes, the title of the story is hunourous and well chosen. The title is humourous. It has two meanings. When "fallacy" is taken in its ordinary sense, the title means: "There is a deceptive(欺骗的)quality about love." When it is taken as a specific term in logic, the title means:"Love cannot be deduced from a set of given premises. Love is an error,a deception and an emotion that does not follow the principles of logic. "

高级英语第五课练习题,love is a fallacy

2.In w

hat sense is the conclusion ironic? Answer: The conclusion is ironic because the whole thing backfires(适得其反) on the narrator when Polly refutes all his arguments as logical fallacies before finally rejecting him.The end of the story finds that the narrator has got what he deserves. He has been too clever for his own good.

高级英语第五课练习题,love is a fallacy

III.Figures of speech 1)My brain was as powerful as a dynamo。 as precise as a chemist’s scales,as penetrating as a scalpel. Simile:comparing his brain to three different things.

高级英语第五课练习题,love is a fallacy

2)There follows an informal essay that ventures even beyond Lamb’s frontier Metaphor: comparing the limitations set by Lamb to a frontier. 3)It is not often that one so young has such a giant intellect Hyperbole:hyperbole for effect

高级英语第五课练习题,love is a fallacy

4)You are guilty of Post Hoe if you blame Eula Becker Metonymy(转喻) : You have committed the logical fallacy called Post Hoe. 5)Back and forth his head swiveled, desire waxing, resolution waning Antithesis(对照):"Desire waxing" is balanced against "resolution waning".