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25 Midterm questions ?Likely I will add only a few more, perhaps 10 - Here are 25 of them: 1. Which word/words does this definition best supply the proper meaning to?? ?- a mild or indirect word or expression substituted（替换） for one considered to be too harsh or blunt（不锋利的，迟钝的） when referring to something unpleasant or embarrassing.? A. Euphemism委婉语 B. Truthfulness真实，坦率 C. Detachment不偏不倚，D. Showing not Telling 2. In English, what are the three things? we should avoid while writing? a. Colloquialisms口语, vulgarity粗话, precision精确 b. Ambiguity模棱两可的话, faulty generalizations, slang俚语 c. Accuracy, conciseness简明, loose-thinking d.??Fragments碎片，不完整, run-on-sentences不间断句子, sentence unity句子统一性 3. What style-method is used below? Climactic sequence. “This summer I learned to draw, to read French, and to build a computer from scratch.”? 4. Comparisons – Which comparison?below, between two things, is best and relates most closely to a person’s daily vocabulary? a. His speed was equal to a racehorse. b. Of course my opinion is worth less than a lawyer. c. James was richer than King Midas. d. Of course my opinion is worth less than a lawyers. 5. What here is the mistake? He dropped the bundle in the mud which he?was carrying to his mother. A. Adverb Placement B. Pronoun Reference代词引用 C. Tense used wrongly. D. Comma not correct 6. Which is the mistake in the sentence below? “I was going down the street, when I heard an explosion.” A. Choppy Sentence B. Incomplete Sentence C. Excessive Detail D. Faulty Subordination of the Main Thought True: “When I was going down the street, I heard an explosion.” 7. The Comma Splice （逗号连接）is one of three main errors an English writer will make.??Which example below illustrates it? a. The winters were long and cold, and nothing could live without shelter. b. The winters were long and cold, nothing could live without shelter. c. The winters were long and cold. Nothing could live without shelter. d. The winters were long and cold; nothing could li