Task 3. Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer
Task 3. Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions 16 – 22.
Herman Melville, an American author best known today for his novel Moby Dick, was actually more popular during his lifetime for some of his other works. He traveled extensively and used the knowledge gained during his travels as the basis for his early novels. In 1837, at the age of eighteen, Melville slimed as a cabin boy on a merchant ship that was to sail from his Massachusetts home to Liverpool, England. His experiences on this trip served as a basis for the novel Redburn (1849). In 1841 Melville set out on a whaling ship headed for the South Seas. After jumping ship in Tahiti, he wandered around the islands of Tahiti and Moorea. This South Sea island sojourn was a backdrop to the novel Omoo (1847). After three years away from home, Melville joined up with a U.S. naval frigate that was returning to the eastern United States around Cape Horn. The novel White-Jacket (1850) describes this lengthy voyage as a navy seaman. With the publication of these early adventure novels, Melville developed a strong and loyal following among readers eager for his tales of exotic places and situations. However, in 1851, with the publication of Moby Dick, Melville's popularity started to diminish. Moby Dick, on one level the saga of the hunt for the great white whale, was also a heavily symbolic allegory of the heroic struggle of humanity against the universe. The public was not ready for Melville’s literary metamorphosis from romantic adventure to philosophical symbolism. It is ironic that the novel that served to diminish Melville's popularity during his lifetime is the one for which he is best known today.
Trả lời cho các câu 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 dưới đây:
The main subject of the passage is .
Đáp án đúng là: C
Đáp án cần chọn là: C
In what year did Melville's book about his experiences as a cabin boy appear?
Đáp án đúng là: C
Đáp án cần chọn là: C
The word ''basis" is closest in meaning to .
Đáp án đúng là: A
Đáp án cần chọn là: A
The passage implies that Melville stayed in Tahiti because .
Đáp án đúng là: A
Đáp án cần chọn là: A
How did the publication of Moby Dick affect Melville's popularity?
Đáp án đúng là: C
Đáp án cần chọn là: C
According to the passage, Moby Dick is .
Đáp án đúng là: D
Đáp án cần chọn là: D
The word "metamorphosis" is closest in meaning to .
Đáp án đúng là: A
Đáp án cần chọn là: A
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