5. Although John the girl for a year, he is still in two minds as to whether to marry heron not.

Although Heron is well known for the broad comedy in the movies she has directed previously, her new film is less inclined to ______: the gags are fewer and subtler. A: understatement B: preciosity C: symbolism D: melodrama

‌The story reaches its climax when ______.​ A: the man describes the bird and Sylvia recognizes it B: Sylvia accompanies the man on a ramble through the woods C: the man offers Sylvia 10 dollars for the bird D: Sylvia climbs a huge pine tree and finds the white heron nest

<strong>LiterarySelectionsandAnalysis</strong><strong>（北航</strong><strong>2008</strong><strong>研）</strong><br/><alone></alone>—Andwhoisthebestpoet,Heron?askedBoland.<br/><alone></alone>—LordTennyson,ofcourse,answeredHeron.<br/><alone></alone>—O,yes,LordTennyson,saidNash.Wehaveallhispoetryathomeinabook.AtthisStephenforgotthesilentvowshehadbeenmakingandburstout:<br/><alone></alone>—Tennysonapoet!Why,he’sonlyarhymester!<br/><alone></alone>—O,getout!saidHeron.EveryoneknowsthatTennysonisthegreatestpoet.<br/><alone></alone>—Andwhodoyouthinkisthegreatestpoet?askedBoland,nudginghisneighbor.<br/><alone></alone>—Byron,ofcourse,answeredStephen.<br/><alone></alone>Herongavetheleadandallthreejoinedinascornfullaugh.<br/><alone></alone>—Whatareyoulaughingat?askedStephen.<br/><alone></alone>—You,saidHeron.Byronthegreatestpoet!He’sonlyapoetforuneducatedpeople.<br/><alone></alone>—Hemustbeafinepoet!saidBoland.<br/><alone></alone>—Youmaykeepyourmouthshut,saidStephen,turningonhimboldly.Allyouknowaboutpoetryiswhatyouwroteupontheslatesintheyardandweregoingtobesenttotheloftfor.<br/><alone></alone>Boland,infact,wassaidtohavewrittenontheslatesintheyardacoupletaboutaclassmateofhiswhooftenrodehomefromthecollegeonapony:<br/><alone></alone>AsTysonwasridingintoJerusalem<br/><alone></alone>HefellandhurthisAlecKafoozelum.<br/><alone></alone>ThisthrustputthetwolieutenantstosilencebutHeronwenton:<br/><alone></alone>—InanycaseByronwasahereticandimmoraltoo.<br/><alone></alone>—Idon’tcarewhathewas,criedStephenhotly.<br/><alone></alone>—Youdon’tcarewhetherhewasahereticornot?saidNash.<br/><alone></alone>—Whatdoyouknowaboutit?shoutedStephen.Youneverreadalineofanythinginyourlifeexceptatrans,orBolandeither.<br/><alone></alone>—IknowthatByronwasabadman,saidBoland.<br/><alone></alone>—Here,catchholdofthisheretic,Heroncalledout.InamomentStephenwasaprisoner.<br/><alone></alone>—Tatemadeyoubuckuptheotherday(5),Heronwenton,abouttheheresyinyouressay.<br/><alone></alone>—I’lltellhimtomorrow,saidBoland.<br/><alone></alone>—Willyou?saidStephen.You’dbeafraidtoopenyourlips.<br/><alone></alone>—Afraid?<br/><alone></alone>—Ay.Afraidofyourlife.<br/><alone></alone>—Behaveyourself!criedHeron,cuttingatStephen’slegswithhiscane.<br/><alone></alone>Itwasthesignalfortheironset.NashpinionedhisarmsbehindwhileBolandseizedalongcabbagestumpwhichwaslyinginthegutter.StrugglingandkickingunderthecutsofthecaneandtheblowsoftheknottystumpStephenwasbornebackagainstabarbedwirefence.<br/><alone></alone>—AdmitthatByronwasnogood.<br/><alone></alone>—No.<br/><alone></alone>—Admit.<br/><alone></alone>—No.<br/><alone></alone>—Admit.<br/><alone></alone>—No.No.<br/><alone></alone>a.Identifytheauthorandtheworkfromwhichthepassageisselected.<br/><alone></alone>b.Whatisthesymbolicmeaningoftheprotagonist’sname?<br/><alone></alone>c.Describehisgrowingprocess,whichisalsocalledBildungsroman—novelsofeducation/growth.<br/><alone></alone>d.Howishispersonalityisrevealedfromtheabovementionedselections?