Tham khảo tài liệu 'scienten_practise_english 3', ngoại ngữ, anh ngữ phổ thông phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | THE GED LANGUAGE ARTS READING EXAM 10. The excerpt suggests that reading this story can help us a. know what to do if we are ever in a combat situation. b. understand how difficult it is to have a happy marriage. c. realize that sometimes bad things are best forgotten. d. understand the importance of bravery in combat. e. understand the experience of Vietnam veterans. Pretest Answers and Explanations 1. c. The poem describes an eagle sitting on a moun- tain crag. Though the word eagle does not appear in the poem it is the title of the poem indicating to readers that the lines that follow will be about an eagle. The title rules out the poet choice a the speaker of the poem choice b and the reader choice e as answers. It is possible that the lines could be describing a man choice d but again the title makes it clear that the poem is about an eagle. 2. b. This simile suggests the power of the eagle. Thunderbolts are powerful a force of nature beyond human control. By comparing an eagle s determined flight plummeting toward the sea the poet captures the bird s power. The speaker does not tell us that the bird was hit by a thunderbolt choice a he compares the bird to a thunderbolt. Thunderbolts are loud choice c but the comparison is made to how the eagle falls flies not how it sounds so c is incorrect. There is no evidence of a storm in the poem so choice d is incorrect. The controlled meter and rhyme of the poem and the sense of purpose conveyed in line 5 He watches from his mountain walls suggest that the eagle will fly when it is ready when it spots prey. It does not suggest that the bird is out of control so choice e is incorrect. 3. c. The poem s word choices convey the feeling of the eagle s power and magnificence. The eagle is ringed with the azure world as if he is wearing a crown he stands is set off to suggest his strength and the fact that he is set apart from others in his power and beauty. He is compared to a thunderbolt a powerful and magnificent force of
