Read the quoted parts carefully and answer the questions in English. Write your answers in the corresponding space on the answer sheet. “Never did sun more beautifully steep/In his first splendor,valley,rock,or hill "Ne’er saw I,never felt,a calm so deep!/The river glideth at his own sweet will:/Dear God! the very houses seem a- sleep;/And all that mighty heart is lying still!”(William Wordsworth’s sonnet “Composed upon Westminster Bridge" September 3,1802)
What does the word “glideth” in the fourth line mean?
【正确答案】:
TO MOVE SMOOTHLY AND QUIETLY, AS IF NO EFFORT WAS BEING MADE.
【题目解析】:“glideth”的意思是:平稳而安静地移动,好像丝毫不费力。