问答题
Questions 7 to 10 are based on the several stanzas from Edgar Allen Poe"s poem The Raven.The Raven Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered weak and weary,Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore—While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door—" Tis some visitor," I muttered, " tapping at my chamber door—Only this and nothing more.Ah, distinctly I remember it was in the bleak December;And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor.Eagerly I wished the morrow; —vainly I had sought to borrowFrom my books surcease of sorrow—sorrow for the lost Lenore—For the rare and radiant maiden whom the angels named Lenore—Nameless here for evermore.And the silken sad uncertain rustling of each purple curtainThrilled me—filled me with fantastic terrors never felt before;So that now, to still the beating of my heart, I stood repeating"Tis some visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door—Some late visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door—This it is, and nothing more. "Presently my soul grew stronger; hesitating then no longer,"Sir, " said I, "or Madam, truly your forgiveness I implore;But the fact is I was napping, and so gently you came rapping,And so faintly you came tapping, tapping at my chamber door,That I scarce was sure I heard you"—here I opened wide the door—Darkness there, and nothing more.Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there wondering, fearing,Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before;But the silence was unbroken, and the darkness gave no token,And the only word there spoken was the whispered word, "Lenore?"This I whispered, and an echo murmured back the word, " Lenore!"Merely this and nothing more.
问答题
In Stanza 1 ,what is the speaker doing when he first hears the tapping? What does he seek "to borrow" in Stanza 2?
【正确答案】正确答案：In the first stanza, the speaker is pondering and nodding when he hears the tapping. He seeks to borrow "surcease of sorrow" from the book, that is to say, he wishes to forget the pain and sadness for the loss of a girl by reading books.
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What does the speaker say "to still the beating" of his heart? What does the speaker see when he opens the door?
【正确答案】正确答案：To still the beating of his heart, the speaker says repeatedly " Tis some visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door/ Some late visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door". His words mean some visitor wants to come into his house. But when he opens the door, he sees nothing but darkness.
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What does the speaker whisper?
【正确答案】正确答案：The speaker whispers the name of a departed girl—Lenore.
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Paraphrase the first five stanzas of the poem.
【正确答案】正确答案：It is a boring midnight. While I was tired, I was reading a strange and old collection of folklore, and while I dozed off, almost to the nap stage, I heard this weird tapping. It sounded like someone was knocking at the door. I thought it was nothing but a visitor. It was bleak in December, nasty weather. The fire cast strange shadows on the floor. I suddenly wished it was the next day already. I had been reading, in an attempt to stop my thoughts, and to stop my broken heart for my lost love. Her name was Lenore. She was a very beautiful woman whom the angels named, but she was no longer with us, as she was dead. The curtains blew with a draft of air, and it scared the living hell out of me, all kinds of strange ideas and terrors came into my head. I kept repeating to myself that it was just the visitor at the door, nothing else. Then I found some courage, stopped stalling, and said " You didn"t knock loud enough. I"m sorry I didn"t hear you the first time! Because I was sleepy and your knock was not loud enough. " and then I opened the door. But there was only the dark of night, no one was there. I stood in the darkness for a long time, wondering, fearing and doubting. I imagined the most horrible thing, but there was nothing but silence and darkness outside the door. I whispered the name of Lenore, and someone murmured the same word, just like an echo to my whisper, and that is the only sound I heard.