Reading Comprehension: Read the quoted parts carefully and answer the questions in English.North Richmond Street, being blind, was a quiet street except at the hour when the Christian Brothers ’ School set the boys free. An uninhabited house of two storeys stood at the blind end,detached from its neighbours in a square ground. The other houses of the street, conscious of decent lives within them, gazed at one another with brown imperturbable faces. ”
What figure of speech is used in this passage?
【正确答案】：
PERSONIFICATION
【题目解析】：引文中使用的修辞手法是拟人。作者将街道上的房屋比作人。
