- According to Momaday, the journey evoked five things in particular.
- What Momaday tells is not only a “history” of the Kiowa, but also a kind of spiritual history, and the idea of cultural identity.
- The eagle is the animal central to the Kiowas’ religious ceremony the Sun Dance.
- According to their tribal story, the Kiowas entered the world through a hollow log.
- The journey in this excerpt refers to the migration of the Kiowa tribe from the mountain to the plains, and Momaday's personal pilgrimage to Rainy Mountain.
- The Kiowas acquired Tai-me ( ).
- What happened to the culture of the Kiowas?
- How did the Kiowas pass on their history to their offspring, according to Momaday?
- What is the Kiowas' place of origin?
- What is the main function of the prologue in The Way to Rainy Mountain?
- The tone of the last paragraph is rather pessimistic about humans’ ability to solve problems.
- “On a more optimistic note however, humans are fully capable of overcoming limitations once we have identified them”. The sentence implies that humans can solve problems that we know about.
- The experiment proves that humans can avoid making bad decisions as long as we take care.
- One of the findings of the experiment is that human error is imbedded in our evolutionary history.
- The other hypothesis that Laurie Santos proposes is that we are biologically prone to making bad decisions.
- One of Laurie Santos’ hypotheses about the reasons that men are prone to making mistakes is that humans have designed environments which are too complex for us to fully understand.
- Laurie Santos proposes only one hypothesis as to why men are prone to making mistakes.
- Monkeys were chosen for the experiment because they are intelligent and have the capacity to learn, and they are not influenced by any of the technological or cultural environments which affect human decision-making.
- Monkeys were chosen because they are the most accessible animals for the experiment.
- The aim of the monkey experiment outlined in the text was to investigate where human mistakes come from. ( )
- The speech was collaboratively composed by Churchill and his cabinet. (from “Speech on Hitler’s Invasion of the U.S.S.R.”)（ ）
- President Roosevelt was in line with the American isolationists (from “Argentia Bay”). ( )
- The relationship between Mother and Maggie is very intimate. (from “Everyday Use”)（ ）
- The wish to deepen the spirituality that he had learned as a child motivated Momaday to return to Rainy Mountain. ( )
- “The Way to Rainy Mountain” is an attempt by a modern American Indian to preserve the soul of his culture and to reaffirm his identity as a Kiowa. ( )
- Once there was a lot of activities — feasting, talking, and prayer meetings — in the house of Momaday’s grandmother. Now, after her death, there is a funeral silence in the rooms. ( )
- Mother finds no difficulty in accepting the way Dee and her boyfriend dress themselves. (from “Everyday Use”)（ ）
- In the short story “Everyday Use”, Dee takes a condescending attitude towards Mama and Maggie. ( )
- The text “Argentia Bay” is written from an omniscient third-person viewpoint. ( )
- Officials on board the British battleship were not able to fully enjoy the film “Saps at Sea” because it ran into a U-boat pack. (from “Argentia Bay”) （ ）
- The legend about the Big Dipper explains how the sisters escaped from a bear to survive as stars in the sky. It reflects the Kiowa belief that they too, despite great suffering and having to leave their mountain homes, will always endure. ( )
- Churchill believed that the Nazi regime was brutal and wicked. (from “Speech on Hitler’s Invasion of the U.S.S.R.”) （ ）
- In “No Signposts in the Sea”, the author Vita often intrudes into the novel by making authorial comments. ( )
- Henry was dispatched to escort the ship “the Prince of Wales” with two of American destroyers, disembark in Iceland, and return with the two ships. (from “Argentia Bay”)（ ）
- According to Churchill, Hitler’s deeper motive of attaching Russia was to conquer America. (from “Speech on Hitler’s Invasion of the U.S.S.R.”)（ ）
- Edmund Carr was an authority in news about sports and recreation. (from “No Signposts in the Sea”) （ ）
- Mama, Maggie and Dee in “Everyday Use” share a similar understanding of the word “heritage”. ( )
- N. Scott Momaday visited Rainy Mountain for the only purpose of mourning his grandmother Aho. (from “The Way to Rainy Mountain”)（ ）
- Dee/Wangero and Maggie have very similar personalities. (from “Everyday Use”) （ ）
- The extent to which a Kiowa is respected is decided by how far he can see. (from “The Way to Rainy Mountain”)（ ）
- “That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.” What rhetorical device is used in the sentence? ( )
- “I’ve got a millions things to do every day.” What rhetorical device is used? ( )
- “She said that she was going to powder her nose.” What rhetorical device is used? ( )
- “Any man or state who fights on against Nazidom will have our aid. Any man or state who marches with Hitler is our foe.” What rhetorical device is used in the sentence? ( )
- “The battleship, plowing through a wild storm, rolled and pitched with slow long groans.” What rhetorical device is used in the sentence? ( )
- “Helen spoke with lazy calmness." What rhetorical device is used in the sentence? ( )
- “Parting is such sweet sorrow.” What rhetorical device is used in the sentence? ( )
- "The earth laughs beneath my heavy feet at the blasphemy in my old jangly walk." What rhetorical device is used? ( )
- "In fact, it appears that the teachers of English teach English so poorly largely because they teach grammar so well." What rhetorical device is used in the sentence? ( )
- It is a truth universally acknowledged that a zombie in possession of brains must be in want of more brains. What rhetorical device is used in the sentence, “It is a truth universally acknowledged… in possession of …. must be in want of …”? ( )
- “She had a few (friends). Furtive boys in pink shirts hanging about on washday after school.” The word “furtive” means ( )
- Respect for the liberty of others is not a natural ( ) in most men.
- We were caught in a deluge while returning from our vacation. The word “deluge” means ( ).
- Some students are ( ) and want to take only the courses for which they see immediate value.
- “In Palo Duro Canyon they abandoned their crucial stores to pillage and had nothing then but their lives.” The word “pillage” means ( ).
- The drought caused escalation of prices and depletion of supplies. The word “depletion” means ( ).
- “They wore great black hats and bright ample shirts that shook in the wind.” The word “ample” means ( ).
- “She will stand hopelessly in corners, homely and ashamed of the burn scars down her arms and legs, eyeing her sister with a mixture of envy and awe.” The word “homely” means ( ).
- Even as a child Thomas Edison had a very ( ) mind; at the age of three he performed his first experiment.
- “You’ve no doubt seen those TV shows where the child who has ‘made it’ is confronted, as a surprise, by her own mother and father, tottering in weakly from backstage.” The word “confronted” means ( ).
- The tornado caused ( ) damage to the Florida citrus crop.
- Evidence exists that hearing problems may be alleviated by changes in diet and exercise habits. The word “alleviated” means ( ).
- Of all the wonders of the universe perhaps the most ( ) is the creation of life itself.
- “She stoops down quickly and lines up picture after picture of me sitting there in front of the house with Maggie cowering behind me.” The word “cower” means ( ).
- “When I looked at her like that, something hit me in the top of my head and ran down to the soles of my feet.” The word “sole” means ( ).
- “I see that small group of villainous men who plan, organise, and launch this cataract of horrors upon mankind.” The word “cataract” means ( ).
- Although there are ( ) outbursts of gunfire, we can report that the major rebellion has been suppressed.
- He was guided by ( ) rather than by ethical considerations.
- The feuding brothers eyed each other with ( ).
- Is there no escape from the ubiquitous cigarette smoke in restaurants? The word “ubiquitous” means ( ).
- “Their empire is mighty rickety at this point.” The word “rickety” means ( ).
- “Pug was aghast to see cigarette butts and wastepaper in the scuppers, though droves of bluejackets were doing an animated scrub-down.” The word “animated” means ( ).
- “As Hopkins shakily stepped aboard King’s barge from the accommodation ladder, the stern rose high on a swell, then dropped away from under him.” The word “swell” means ( ).
- After several ( ) attempts to send the missile into space, the spacecraft was finally launched successfully.
- “This was the beginning of troubles that lasted intermittently throughout the century.” The word “intermittently” means ( ).
- “We are resolved to destroy Hitler and every vestige of the Nazi régime.” The word “vestige” means（ ）
- Potential settlers of the new lands to the west were sometimes intimidated by the pioneer’s tales. The word “intimidated” means ( ).
- She seems to be ( ) to colds—she just never gets them.
- “I suspect also that there is quite a lot of lore stored away in the Colonel’s otherwise not very interesting mind.” The word “lore” means ( ).
- “On the contrary, we shall be fortified and encouraged in our efforts to rescue mankind from his tyranny.” The word “fortified” means ( ).
- The Kiowas’ place of origin is Yellowstone whose stunning natural beauty and shadowed wilderness has a liberating effect on them. ( )
- One of Momaday’s contributions is that he helped to initiate a writing renaissance for Native American Literature. ( )
- The U.S. government has remained supportive of preserving Native American cultures. ( )
- The Kiowa Sun Dance could do without the buffalo or the Tai-me. ( )
- The excerpt has painted several animal images which serve as symbols. For example, the scissortail soaring over the land can be understood as a symbol of life and the spirit of both his grandmother and the Kiowa culture. ( )
- Momaday’s grandmother Aho recently passed away, which triggered his curiosity about his Kiowa roots and put him on a pilgrimage to Rainy Mountain. ( )
- Momaday’s The Way to Rainy Mountain tells the story of a long journey of the Kiowas over a span of three hundred years and a distance of thousand miles from the headwaters of the Yellowstone in western Montana to the Southern Plains around Rainy Mountain, Oklahoma. （ ）
- The Kiowa used to record their stories through the oral traditions. ( )
- Momaday is ashamed of his Kiowa heritage because his tribe has nothing to pride themselves in the white Anglo world. ( )
- Momaday’s book The Way to Rainy Mountain (1969) is a compilation of myth, history and memoir. ( )
- Using statistics in an article is more persuasive. ( )
- A simile is a literary device that makes comparison between two things using the words "like" or "as". ( )
- The Great Lakes have been a major source for transportation, migration, trade and fishing. ( )
- "Ethics and the knowledge of an author will be a way for readers to judge whether to believe in the author or not." Which of the following persuasion mode does this sentence correspond to? ( )
- In The Earth in the Balance, Gore agrees with the view of global warming adaptation. ( )
- Referring to primary documents and developing criteria of evaluation are helpful to recognize the difference between historical fiction and history ( )
- The omniscient viewpoint means a god-like being is writing the narrative. ( )
- Herman Wouk was described as "the reclusive dean of American historical novelists". ( )
- "There are three sides to every story: your side, my side, and the truth, and no one is lying" this a quote referring to ( ).
- Which of the following is considered as the three greatest US presidents by scholars? ( )
- Prussia became the core of the German Empire in 1871. ( )
- The origins of modern public speaking can be traced back to ancient Greece and Rome. ( )
- Winston Churchill was a British politician, army officer and writer. ( )
- Which of the following sentences is a periodic sentence? ( )
- Winston Churchill was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945. ( )
- The protagonist Edmund Carr is very regretful that he had failed to seize the day when he had good health. ( )
- The excerpts are jumbled and fragmentary, which fits with the form of a journal. ( )
- The novel can be regarded as a call to carpe diem — we should all make the most of each moment of our life, and to live life to the fullest. ( )
- Vita often intrudes into the novel by making authorial comments. ( )
- The excerpts boast numerous characters. ( )
- Vita frequently uses the fictional technique of interior monologue in the excerpts. ( )
- A merry atmosphere permeates the excerpts. ( )
- The plot of these excerpts from this novel is rather complicated, and a lot of interpersonal conflicts took place. ( )
- The excerpts explored basic human emotions evoked by one’s impending death. ( )
- The use of the technique of interior monologue allows the reader to step into Edmund’s mind and see his thoughts directly. ( )
- Which of the following traits does Dee share with her mother? ( )
- Why does Mrs. Johnson finally decide to give the quilts to Maggie instead of to Dee? ( )
- Who is the narrator in the short story “Everyday Use”? ( )
- Maggie’s shyness arises mainly from ( ).
- Why is Dee so interested in these everyday objects such as the churn, the dasher and the quilts? ( )
- From what point of view is the story of “Everyday Use” told? ( )
- Mrs. Johnson is reluctant to let Dee have the quilts because ( ).
- Dee changes her name probably because she ( ).
- In her own mind the mother ( ).
- How does the origin of the quilts affect Maggie’s feelings about them? ( )
答案:False
答案:True
答案:False
答案:True
答案:True
答案:during their migration to the plains
答案:It has died out.
答案:Through oral tradition
答案:Yellowstone
答案:To introduce the book's background and his purpose for writing
答案:False
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