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Reading comprehension: Read the quoted parts carefully and answer the questions in English. Write your answer 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 asleep;
And all that mighty heart is lying still!”
(William Wordsworth’s sonnet: “Composed upon Westminster Bridge” September 3, 1802)
What kind of figure of speech is used by Wordsworth to describe the “river”?
【正确答案】：

PERSONIFICATION. HERE THE RIVER IS PERSONIFIED SO THAT IT HAS ITS OWN WILL.

【题目解析】：华兹华斯使用拟人的手法来描写河流，使其拥有自己的想法。