题目
Understatement is applied in ________.
A、It is the rarest thing in the world to hear a rational discussion of vivisection.
B、What he thought was, “I must have a Navy as good as Grandmamma’s.”
C、When the Arabs, who had been used to living sparingly on a few dates, acquired the riches of the Eastern Roman Empire…
D、When white men first effect contact with some unspoilt race of savages, they offer them all kinds of benefits, from the light of the Gospel to pumpkin pie.
第1题
A.The English understatement isn’t actually very funny.
B.The English are renowned for their use of understatement because they invented it.
C.Their strict prohibitions on gushing, emoting and boasting require almost constant use of understatement.
D.Among the English, a well-timed, well-turned understatement only raises a slight smirk at best.
第2题
A.metonymy
B.understatement
C.irony
D.metaphor
第4题
A.metonymy
B.understatement
C.irony
D.metaphor
第5题
A.simile
B.metaphor
C.hyperbole
D.understatement
第6题
A.understatement
B.euphemism
C.metaphor
D.irony
第7题
A.metonymy
B.understatement
C.irony
D.metaphor
第8题
A.metonymy
B.understatement
C.irony
D.metaphor
第9题
A.simile
B.metaphor
C.hyperbole
D.understatement
第10题
A.English people don’t take pride in their sense of humour.
B.In English conversation, there is always an undercurrent of humour.
C.Most English conversations will involve at least some degree of banter, teasing, understatement or self-deprecation.
D.Humour is their “default mode”.
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