大学MOOC 英语短篇小说（外语拓展）(华侨大学)1457885186 最新慕课完整章节测试答案
Unit10TheLawofLife”
文章目录
TestSeven
1、单选题：
In The Law of Life, which of the following about old Koskoosh is true?
选项：
A: He never showed any panic.
B: He hoped his son would come back to get him.
C: Though old, he was sharp in all senses of life.
D: He questioned the fairness of the law of nature.
答案: 【 He hoped his son would come back to get him.】
2、单选题：
In The Law of Life, old Koskoosh recalled the episode in the past of a moose being hunted by wolves. What do you think is the reason that this episode was recalled?
选项：
A: Because it was a reflection of his present situation.
B: Because it was the most exciting experience in his youth.
C: Because it was an example of collective strength.
D: Because it was symbolically a vital step into adulthood.
答案: 【 Because it was a reflection of his present situation. 】
3、单选题：
Finally, old Koskoosh said to himself, “Was it not the law of life? " What do these words reveal to us?
选项：
A: He believed that life had a cycle.
B: He finally realized what death meant.
C: He failed to understand his son's decision.
D: He was prepared to accept the fate.
答案: 【 He was prepared to accept the fate.】
4、单选题：
We may classify The Law of Life as belonging to the school of literary Naturalism. All the following arguments support the classification except one. Which is it?
选项：
A: Because the writer places the story in a remote land and tells an exotic tale.
B: Because the writer makes no moral judgment on the behaviors of the characters.
C: Because the writer portrays human beings as victims of some larger forces.
D: Because the writer emphasizes the domination of the environment.
答案: 【 Because the writer places the story in a remote land and tells an exotic tale. 】
5、单选题：
There is a sentence in the short story The Law of Life, "It was the law of all flesh.“ What does the word”flesh” mean here?
选项：
A: Human skin and the human body.
B: the soft part of an animal's body between the bones and the skin.
C: all the living beings.
D: the soft inside part of a fruit or vegetable.
答案: 【 all the living beings.】
6、多选题：
What do you know about old Koskoosh?
选项：
A: He once was the leader of his tribe.
B: He had abandoned his own old father.
C: He has a granddaughter.
D: He has a grandson.
答案: 【 He once was the leader of his tribe.;
He had abandoned his own old father.;
He has a granddaughter.】
7、多选题：
Why was old Koskoosh left behind alone while his tribe moved away?
选项：
A: Because he was sickly old.
B: Because he had lost his sight.
C: Because he couldn't get along well with his son.
D: Because he loved the present place and didn’t want to leave.
答案: 【 Because he was sickly old.;
Because he had lost his sight.】
8、多选题：
The story The Law of Life tells to us that ______
选项：
A: there is something in the world that is beyond our capabilities.
B: though cruel but it is true that the fittest survives.
C: it is not necessary to fight for a better life.
D: it is alright to play games all day long.
答案: 【 there is something in the world that is beyond our capabilities.;
though cruel but it is true that the fittest survives.】
9、判断题：
Naturalism is a literary movement which attempts to apply scientific principles of objectivity to its study of human beings.
选项：
A: 正确
B: 错误
答案: 【 正确】
10、判断题：
Naturalists are pessimistic, holding a view of determination, regarding human beings as passive victims of biological nature and social environment.
选项：
A: 正确
B: 错误
答案: 【 正确】
11、判断题：
Romantics are amoral, neither condemning nor praising their characters for actions over which they have little control.
选项：
A: 正确
B: 错误
答案: 【 错误】
12、判断题：
Realism is precisely situated neither in choice of subject nor exact truth, but in the way of feeling.
选项：
A: 正确
B: 错误
答案: 【 错误】
13、判断题：
Realism affirms that all beings and events in the universe are natural and therefore can be known by the methods of scientific investigation.
选项：
A: 正确
B: 错误
答案: 【 错误】
14、填空题：
OLD KOSKOOSH listened greedily. Though his sight had long since , his hearing was still acute, and the slightest sound penetrated to the glimmering intelligence which yet abode behind the withered forehead, but which no longer gazed forth upon the things of the world. Ah! That was Sit-cum-to-ha, shrilly anathematizing the dogs as she cuffed and beat them into the harnesses. Sit-cum-to-ha was his daughter's daughter, but she was too busy to waste a thought upon her grandfather, sitting alone there in the snow, forlorn and . Camp must be broken. The long trail waited while the short day refused to . Life called her, and the duties of life, not death. And he was very close to now.
答案: 【 faded broken helpless linger death】
15、填空题：
He bowed his head in content till the last noise of the complaining snow had away, and he knew his son was beyond recall. Then his hand crept out in haste to the wood. It alone stood between him and the eternity that yawned in upon him. At last the of his life was a handful of fagots束薪. One by one they would go to feed the fire, and just so, step by step, death would creep upon him. When the last stick had surrendered up its heat, the frost would begin to gather strength. First his feet would yield, then his hands; and the would travel, slowly, from the extremities to the body. His head would fall forward upon his knees, and he would . It was easy. All men must .
答案: 【 died measure numbness rest die】
随堂测验
1、单选题：
The following statements all testify to the philosophy of Naturalism in the story except one. Which is the EXCEPTION?
选项：
A: Naturalists care little about moral issues in their judgment.
B: Man’s existence is shaped by heredity and environment.
C: Human value can only be displayed in their fight against Nature.
D: There is a strong sense of determinism in the story.
答案: 【 Human value can only be displayed in their fight against Nature. 】
Unit1EarlyAutumn
Test1
1、单选题：
Why didn't Mary say anything when she got on the bus?
选项：
A: She was disappointed in Bill.
B: She had nothing more to say.
C: She was too emotional.
D: She knew the situation was hopeless.
答案: 【 She was too emotional.】
2、单选题：
The last sentence of the story “she had forgotten ...to tell him that her youngest boy was named Bill,too" shows that .
选项：
A: “Bill” is a very common name.
B: Mary was proud of her youngest son.
C: Mary was sure that she would meet Bill again some day.
D: Mary had been thingking about Bill and still loved him.
答案: 【 Mary had been thingking about Bill and still loved him.】
3、单选题：
The title of the short story “Early Autumn”may suggest to the reader that .
选项：
A: it was still the bright time of one's life, like early autumn.
B: both Mary and Bill were now middle-aged people.
C: the love between Mary and Bill was not as“hot”as summer days.
D: the bitterness of an emotional winter was ahead.
答案: 【 the bitterness of an emotional winter was ahead.】
4、单选题：
The sentence in the short story Early Autumn“The lights on the avenue blurred, twinkled, blurred.” shows that ________.
选项：
A: the lights on the avenue are going to black out
B: Mary’s eyes were filled with tears.
C: it was a misty day that day
D: the lights on the avenue were not bright enough
答案: 【 Mary’s eyes were filled with tears. 】
5、单选题：
Who are the two main characters in the story Early Autumn?
选项：
A: Bill and Malaria.
B: Paul and Malaria.
C: Bill and Mary.
D: Paul and Mary.
答案: 【 Bill and Mary. 】
6、多选题：
What were probably true of Mary?
选项：
A: She missed the days of the past.
B: She still loved Bill.
C: She worked to keep a family of two kids.
D: She was satisfied with her life and job in New York.
答案: 【 She missed the days of the past.;
She still loved Bill.】
7、多选题：
What are the basic elements of fiction?
选项：
A: Characters and plot.
B: Setting and time.
C: Place and situation.
D: Style and theme.
答案: 【 Characters and plot.;
Style and theme.】
8、判断题：
The short story is limited in length but not in scope.
选项：
A: 正确
B: 错误
答案: 【 错误】
9、判断题：
A reader plays the role of both a receiver and a contributor.
选项：
A: 正确
B: 错误
答案: 【 正确】
10、判断题：
A short story means the same to every reader.
选项：
A: 正确
B: 错误
答案: 【 错误】
11、判断题：
A short story must concentrate on a single incident and portray a single character.
选项：
A: 正确
B: 错误
答案: 【 错误】
12、判断题：
Bill's attitude towards Mary is rather puzzled.
选项：
A: 正确
B: 错误
答案: 【 错误】
13、填空题：
“You’re looking very . . .” (he wanted to say old) “. . . ,” he said. She understood. Under the trees in Washington , she found herself desperately back into the past. She had been older than he then in Ohio.
答案: 【 well; Square; reaching】
14、填空题：
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