《高级英语》英语问题Serious-looking men spoke to one another as if the

张汉熙的《高级英语》第一册第12课里有这么一句话.
All around,the spruce trees grew tall and close-set,branches blackly sharp against the sky which was lightened by a cold flickering of stars.
为什么说这句话里用了transferred epithet这个修辞手法呢?
这句话的意思是：湖的周围到处密密丛丛地生长着高大的云杉树，在寒光闪烁的星空映衬下，云杉树的枝桠呈现出清晰的黑色剪影。

高手帮忙做一下 《高级英语》作业
第1题 (2.0) 分
choose the word or phrase which best completes each sentence.
the weather forecast for today predicted ___ weather with sunshine, rain,
snow and wind and that is just what londoners have had.

A. variable; B. various; C. variant; D.
varied

第2题 (2.0) 分
choose the word or phrase which best completes each sentence.
after his famous speech against racial discrimination and segregation, he was
prosecuted for ___ driving.

A. rash; B. reckless; C. heedless; D.
irresponsible
第3题 (2.0) 分
choose the word or phrase which is closest in meaning to the word or phrase
in capitals.
The film "on golden pond" portrays to a certain extent the MENTALITY of the
old people.

A. activities; B. ideas; C. opinions; D. attitude of
mind

第4题 (2.0) 分
choose the word or phrase which best completes each sentence.
tv, if properly used, can ___ a child's imagination.
A. stimulate; B. arouse; C. incite; D.
arise

第5题 (2.0) 分
choose the word or phrase which best completes each sentence.
on national day we will march in ___ through the people's
square.
A. process; B. processing; C. procession; D.
progression
第6题 (2.0) 分
choose the word or phrase which is closest in meaning to the word or phrase
in capitals.
the civil war which began in 1861 CUT the united states into two nations ---
a southern confederacy and a northern union.

A. integrated; B. alienated; C. segmented; D.
severed

第7题 (2.0) 分
choose the word or phrase which best completes each sentence.
you can't ___ ignorance as your excuse; you should have known what was
happening all along.

A. plead; B. refer to; C. defend; D. persist
in

第8题 (2.0) 分
choose the word or phrase which best completes each sentence.
at last we found the tramps lying there, ___.

a. sick and exhausted; b. to be sick and exhausted;
c. to be sickening and exhausting; d. in exhausted sickness

第9题 (2.0) 分
choose the word or phrase which is closest in meaning to the word or phrase
in capitals.
After an unhappy love affair, emily dickinson was said to have lived like a
HERMIT, shut away in her family home in amherst, massachusetts.

A. heroine; B. recluse; C. invalid; D.
lunatic
第10题 (2.0) 分
choose the word or phrase which is closest in meaning to the word or phrase
in capitals.
i detest those who like to POKE into other people's private
affairs.

A. pry; B. push; C. chat; D. gossip

一道《高级英语》英语问题
Like any other,the hosiptal smelled of formaldehyde and ether.Stretchers and wheelchairs lined the walls of endless corridors,and nurses walked by carrying nickel-plate instruments,the very sight of which would send shivers down the spine of any healthy visitor.
the very sight of which would send shivers down the spine of any healthy visitor.这里可以直接用which指代?