1、判断题：
In“Thinking as a Hobby,”the author classifies thinking into three grades. He first illustrates grade-one thinking with the headmaster and Mr. Houghton from his school, then gives the example of grade-two thinking by introducing Ruth, his adolescent sweetheart, and explains the features of grade-three thinking at the end of the essay. ( )
选项：
A:对
B:错
答案: 【错】

2、判断题：
William Golding’s 1954 novel Lord of the Flies tells the story of a group of young boys who find themselves alone on a deserted island. In 1983, Golding was awarded with the Nobel Prize in Literature. ( )
选项：
A:对
B:错
答案: 【对】

3、判断题：
In the following sentence, the rhetorical device of metonymy is used. “It is about as proficient as most businessmen’s golf, as honest as most politicians’ intentions, or as coherent as most books that get written.”( )
选项：
A:错
B:对
答案: 【错】

4、判断题：
William Golding is the author of the essay, but he is not exactly the narrator of all the stories told in the essay. ( )
选项：
A:对
B:错
答案: 【对】

5、单选题：
After World War II, William Golding saw the world and the human within it as___________. ( )
选项：
A:eventually doomed
B:inherently evil
C:fundamentally hopeless
D:tragically sad
答案: 【inherently evil】

6、单选题：
Which of the following statements is incorrect about grade-three thinking? ( )
选项：
A:Grade-three thinking is sometimes held by innocent people, because they mean no harm and cause no harm.
B:Grade-three thinking relies more on subjective judgment than on objective judgment.
C:Grade-three thinking is full of unconscious prejudice, ignorance and hypocrisy.
D:Grade-three thinking is created because of the lack of proficiency, honesty and consistency.
答案: 【Grade-three thinking is sometimes held by innocent people, because they mean no harm and cause no harm.】

7、单选题：
Which of the following statements is incorrect about grade-two thinkers? ( )
选项：
A:Grade-two thinkers tend to be indifferent to worldly matters, even though they can clearly see and hear how unreasonable they are.
B:Grade-two thinkers can easily find the contradictions in some people’s thoughts and behavior.
C:Grade-two thinkers challenge many thoughts, but they don’t know how to establish constructive ideas from them.
D:Grade-two thinkers have moments of delight because they abandon prejudice, ignorance and hypocrisy.
答案: 【Grade-two thinkers have moments of delight because they abandon prejudice, ignorance and hypocrisy.】

8、单选题：
Which of the following statements does not describe grade-one thinking? ( )
选项：
A:It requires one to think coherently, morally and logically.
B:It might cost one to lose some practical benefits.
C:It regards big business, centralized government, armies and marriage as trifles.
D:It encourages one to challenge political and religious systems, social norms, loyalties and traditions.
答案: 【It regards big business, centralized government, armies and marriage as trifles.】

9、多选题：
Symbol is used in the essay to convey some meanings implicitly. Which of the following ideas are respectively represented by the three statuettes? ( )
选项：
A:Thought
B:Loss
C:Love
D:Nature
答案: 【Thought;
Love;
Nature】

10、多选题：
Mr. Houghton is an interesting and impressive character in the essay. Which of the following contradictions belong to Mr. Houghton’s self-contradictions? ( )
选项：
A:Girls’ skirts vs. His own neck
B:Moral restraint vs. Physical desire
C:Bad habits vs. Moralizing talks
D:Critical judgment vs. Prejudice
答案: 【Moral restraint vs. Physical desire;
Bad habits vs. Moralizing talks;
Critical judgment vs. Prejudice】