一、单项选择题
Multiple Choice在每小题列出的备选项中只有一项是最符合题目要求的,请将其选出。Select from the four choices of each item the one that best answers the question or completes the statement. 二、阅读理解题
Reading Comprehension每小题4分,共16分。
(16 points in all, 4 for each)Read the quoted parts carefully and answer the questions in English.1. My thoughts were now wholly employed about securing myself against either savages, if any should appear, or wild beasts, if any were in the island;, and I had many thoughts of the method how to do this and what kind of dwelling to make, whether I should make me a cave in the earth or a tent upon the earth; and, in short, I resolved upon both, the manner and the description of which may not be improper to give an account of.
Questions: A.Identify the author and the title of the novel from which the quoted part is taken.
B.What caused the narrator to live an isolated life on the island?
C.What is the author's deep concern shown in this novel?
Defoe.
Robinson Crusoe.
Shipwrecks.He shows his deep concern for the poor and the unfortunate in his society.
2. Behold her, single in the field,
Yon solitary Highland lass!
Reaping and singing by herself;
Stop here, or gently pass!
Alone she cuts and binds the grain,
And sings
a melancholy strain;
O listen! For the Vale profound
Is overflowing with the sound.
Questions: A.Identify the poet and the title of the poem from which the quoted part is taken.
B.What does "a melancholy strain" in the sixth line mean?
C.What does the poet intend to suggest in the poem?
Wordsworth. The Solitary Reaper.
A sad tune.
The joys and sorrows of the common people are the only subject of literary interest.
3. For a long while we just stood there, looking down at the profound and fleshless grin. The body had apparently once lain in the attitude of an embrace, but
now the long sleep that outlasts love. that conquers even the grimace of love had cuckolded him. What was let of him, rotted beneath what was left of the night- shirt, had become inextricable from the bed in which he lay; and upon him and upon the pillow beside him lay that even coating of the patient and biding dust.
Questions: A.Identify the author and the title of the work from which the quoted part is taken.
B.What devices does the author use to narrate the story?
C.What does the underlined sentence mean?
Faulkner.A Rose for Emily.
Gothic devices.
Emily has been sleeping with the dead body.which made him the man whose wife has committed adultery.
4. I celebrate myself, and sing myself,
And what I assume you shall assume,
For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you.
I loafe and invite my soul,
I lean and loafe at my ease observing a spear of summer grass.
Questions: A.identify the author and the title of the poem from which the stanza is taken.
B.What is the rhyme scheme of this poem?
C.What are the two principal beliefs set forth by the poet in this poem?
Whitman. Song of Myself.
Free verse.
Two principal beliefs: the theory of universality. which is illustrated by lengthy catalogs of people and things, and the belief in the singularity and equality of all beings in value.
三、简答题
Questions and Answers每小题6分,共24分。(24 points in all, 6 for each)Give a brief answer to each of the following questions in English.1. As a realistic dramatist, what issues did Bernard Shaw take as his subjects?
As a realistic dramatist, he took the modem social issues as his subjects with the aim of directing social reforms.Most of his plays are concerned with political, economic, moral, or religious problems, and, thus, can be termed as problem plays.
2. Working through the tradition of a Christian humanism, John Milton wrote Paradise Lost, What is his basic concern in this long epic?
At the center of the conflict between human love and spiritual duty lies Milton's fundamental concern with freedom and choice. The freedom to submit to God's prohibition on eating the apple and the choice of disobedience made for love.
3. What are the major ideas of Henry James's literary criticism reflected in his essay "The Art of Fiction"?
The aim of the novel is to present life. In his writings we can find human experiences explored in every possible form: illusion, despair, reward, torment, inspiration, delight, etc. He advocates the freedom of the artist to write about anything that concerns him. The artist should be able to "feel" the life, to understand human nature, and then to record them in his own ant form.
4. As a literary spokesman of the Jazz Age, how does Scoot Fitzgerald exemplify the spirit of the Jazz Age through his art of fiction?
Fitzgerald's fictional world is the best embodiment of the spirit of the Jazz Age, in which he shows a particular interest in the upper-class society, especially the upper-class young people. The undeniable juxtaposition of appearance with reality, of the pretense of gaiety with the tension underneath, is easily recognizable in Fitzgerald s novels and stories.
四、论述题
Topic Discussion每小题10分,共20分。(20 points in all, 10 for each)Write no less than 150 words on each of the following topics in English.1. Briefly discuss the features of Charles Dickens' works in terms of language and character portrayal.
In language, Dickens is often compared with Shakespeare for his adeptness with the Vernacular and large vocabulary with which he brings out many a wonderful verbal picture of man and scene.Character- portrayal is the most distinguishing feature of his works. Among a vast range of various characters, marked out by some peculiarity in physical traits, speech or manner, are both types and individuals.These characters are impressive not only because they are true to life, but also because they are often larger than life.They are, in a way, the embodiment of human beings, with. some particular features exaggerated and highlighted, exposed to the degree of extremity.
2. Ernest Hemingway's limited fictional world implies a much broader thematic pattern and serious philosophical concern. Discuss his writing style briefly.
According to Hemingway, good literary writing should be able to make readers feel the emotion of the characters directly. The best way to produce this effect is to set down exactly every particular kind of feeling without any authorial comments, with a bare minimum of adjectives and adverbs. Seemingly simple and natural, Hemingway's style is actually polished and tightly controlled, but highly suggestive and connotative. Hemingway develops the style of colloquialism by Mark Twain.