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1、考试年度: 2008年 考试科目代码及名称:807-英美文学 试卷编号:A卷 适用专业: 050201-英语语言文学 一、概念解释:从7个概念中任选5个解释(5题,每题5分,共25分) 1. plot 2. symbol 3. Alliteration 4. Romance 5. Heroic couplet 6. Spenserian stanza 7. point of view 二、 填空( 20题,每题1分,共20分) 1. The old English literature is almost a verse literature in _ form.2. The literatu
2、re of the Middle English Period was a combination of _and AngloSaxon elements. 3. Renaissance was a great _ and intellectual movement against feudalism and hierarchy that swept the whole Europe in the 14th century. 4. It was Henry VIII who started the Protestant _, thus Protestantism came into being
3、. 5. Plot, _, dialogue, staging and theme are the basic elements of drama. 6. King James _ is also called the Authorized Version (1611), whose simple and dignified language had a great influence on English language, literature, life. 7. In English history, the reestablishment of the monarchy on the
4、accession of Charles II from 1660 to 1688 is called the _. 8. The general tendency of neoclassical literature was to look at social and political life critically, to emphasize intellectual rather than imagination, the _ rather than the content of a sentence. 9. The Enlightenment was an intellectual
5、movement which was an expression of the bourgeoisie against _. 10. The rise and growth of the _ novel is the most significant development of the 18th century English literature. 11. Washington Irvings important work, The Sketch Book (1819), contains two of the best-loved stories from American litera
6、ture: _and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. 12. The Pioneers (1823) was the first novel of Coopers famous _ series, set in the exciting period of Americas movement westward. 13. _is a philosophic and literary movement that flourish in New England, as a reaction against rationalism and Calvinism. It stre
7、ssed intuitive understanding of god without the help of the church, and advocated independence of the mind. 14. Just as Paine s Common Sense had unified American feeling for the Revolution, Stowe s Uncle Tom s Cabin (1852) united Northern feelings against_. 15. The pain of the modern _was that “ The
8、 world is a place where God and nature are silent ” , and the universe is a “ design of darkness ” . 16. The American West could be described “ without the sense of any older civilization outside of it. The East, however, was always looking fearfully over its shoulder at_.” 17. During the 22 years o
9、f his literary work Shakespeare produced_ play, 2 narrative poems and _sonnets. 18. Paradise Lost tells how_ rebelled against God and how Adam and Eve were driven out of_. 19. Robinson names_ to commemorate the day of the savages rescue. 20. _and _ are the two poets who represented the spirit of wha
10、t is usually called Pre-Romanticism. 三、作家与作品搭配( 20题,每题1分,共20分); AB1. G. Chaucera. Of Studies2. W. Shakespeareb. Paradise Lost3. B. Johnsonc. The Canterbury Tales4. F. Bacond. Hamlet5. J. Miltone. Volpone, or the Fox6. J. Bunyanf. Robinson Crusoe7. J. Donneg. Tom Jones8. D. Defoeh. The Pilgims Progre
11、ss9. J. Swifti. Go and Catch a Falling Star10. H. Fieldingj. Gullivers Travels11. Theodore Dreiserk. Desire Under the Elms12. Arthur Millerl. A Farewell to Arms13. William Faulknerm. Call of the Wild14. F. Scott Fitzgeraldn. The Waste Land15. Herman Melvilleo. The Sound and the Fury16. Jack Londonp.
12、 The Grapes of Wrath17. Eugene ONeillq. The Great Gatsby18. John Steinbeckr. An American Tragedy19. T. S. Eliots. Moby-Dick20. Ernest Hemingwayt. Death of a Salesman四、作品理解( 5题,每题8分,共40分) Passage 1 Then went the Jury out, whose names were, Mr. Blindman, Mr No-good, Mr Malice, Mr Love-lust, Mr Live-lo
13、ose, Mr Heady, Mr High-mind, Mr Enmity, Mr Lyar, Mr Cruelty, Mr Hate-light, and Mr Implacable; who every one gave in his private Verdict against him among themselves, and afterwards unanimously concluded to bring him in guilty before the Judge. And first among themselves, Mr Blind-man the Foreman, s
14、aid, I see clearly that this man is an Heretick.Then said Mr Nogood, Away with such a fellow from the earth. Ay, said Mr Malice, for I hate the very looks of him. Then said Mr Love-lust, I could never endure him. Nor I, said Mr Live-loose, for he would always be condemning my way. Hang him, hang him
15、, said Mr Heady. A sorry Scrub, said Mr High-mind. My heart riseth against him, said Mr Enmity. He is a Rogue, said Mr Lyar. Hanging is too good for him, said Mr Cruelty. Let us dispatch him out of the way, said Mr Hate-light. Then said Mr Implacable, Might I have all the world given me, I could not
16、 be reconciled to him; therefore let us forthwith bring him in guilty of death. And so they did; therefore he was presently condemned to be had from the place where he was, to the place from whence he came, and there to be put to the most cruel death that could be invented. They therefore brought hi
17、m out, to do with him according to their Law; and first they Scourged him, then they Buffeted him, then they Lanced his flesh with Knives; after that they Stoned him with stones, then pricked him with their Swords; and last of all they burned him to ashes at the Stake. Thus came Faithful to his end.
18、 Now I saw that there stood behind the multitude a Chariot and a couple of Horses, waiting for Faithful, who (so soon as his adversaries had dispatched him) was taken up into it, and straitway was carried up through the Clouds, with sound of Trumpet, the nearest way to the Coelestial Gate. Brave Fai
19、thful, bravely done in word and deed; Judge, Witnesses, and Jury have, instead Of overcoming thee, but shewn their rage: When they are Dead, thoult Live from age to age. But as for Christian, he had some respite, and was remanded back to prison; so he there remained for a space: But he that over-rul
20、es all things, having the power of their rage in his own hand, so wrought it about, that Christian for that time escaped them, and went his way. And as he went he sang, saying, Well Faithful, thou hast faithfully profest Unto thy Lord; with whom thou shalt be blest, When faithless ones, with all the
21、ir vain delights, Are crying out under their hellish plights: Sing, Faithful, sing, and let thy name survive; For though they killd thee, thou art yet alive. Now I saw in my Dream, that Christian went not forth alone, for there was one whose name was Hopeful, (being made so by the beholding of Chris
22、tian and Faithful in their words and behaviour, in their sufferings at the Fair) who joined himself unto him, and entering into a brotherly covenant, told him that he would be his Companion. Thus one died to make Testimony to the Truth, and another rises out of his ashes to be a Companion with Chris
23、tian in his pilgrimage. This Hopeful also told Christian, that there were many more of the men in the Fair that would take their time and follow after.Questions: Fill in the blanks with one word for each. (8%, two scores for each blank) 1. The above is taken from J. Bunyans The _ _. 2. It is a selec
24、tion from Thacherays novel, Chapter VI, entitled _ _. 3. The work is a religious instruction written in the form of _ and _. Passage 2 Hamlets Soliloquy To be, or not to be: that is the question: Whether tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune Or to take arms aga
25、inst a sea of troubles And by opposing end them. To dieto sleep No more; and by a sleep to say we end The heartache, and the thousand natural shocks That flesh is heir to. Tis a consummation Devoutly to be wishd. To dieto sleep. To sleepPerchance to dream: ay, there s the rub! For in that sleep of d
26、eath what dreams may come When we have shuffled off this mortal coil, Must give us pause. Theres the respect That makes calamity of so long life.For who would bear the whips and scorns of time, Th oppressors wrong, the proud mans contumely, The pangs of despisd love, the laws delay, The insolence of
27、 office, and the spurns That patient merit of th unworthy takes, When he himself might his quietus make With a bare bodkin? Who would fardels bear, To grunt and sweat under a weary life, But that the dread of something after death The undiscoverd country, from whose bourn No traveller returnspuzzles
28、 the will, And makes us rather bear those ills we have Than fly to others that we know not of? Thus conscience does make cowards of us all, And thus the native hue of resolution Is sicklied oer with the pale cast of thought, And enterprises of great pitch and moment With this regard their currents t
29、urn awry And lose the name of action. Questions: Answer the following questions briefly. (8%, four scores for each) 1. Hamlets melancholy and procrastination are revealed in this soliloquy. What question is he pondering on ? 2. Explain “ To be, or not to be”. Passage 3 When in April the sweet shower
30、s fall And pierce the drought of March to the root, and all The veins are bathed in liquor of such power As brings about the engerdering of the flower, When also Zephyrus with his sweet breath, Exhales an air in every grove and heath Upon the tender shoots, and the young sun His half-course in the s
31、ign of the Ram has run, And the small fowl are making melody That sleep away the night with open eye (So Nature pricks them and their heart engages) Then people long to go on pilgrimages And palmers long to seek the stranger strands, Of far-off saints, hallowed in sundry lands, And specially from ev
32、ery shires end Of England, down to Canterbury they wend To seek the holy blessed martyr, quick To give his help to them when they were sick, It happened in that season that one day In Southwark, at the Tabard, as I lay Ready to go on pilgrimages and start For Canterbury, most devout at heart, At nig
33、ht there came into that hostelry Some nine and twenty in a company Of sundry folk happening then to fall In fellowship, and they were pilgrims all That towards Canterbury meant to ride, The rooms and stables of the inn were wide: They made us easy , all was of the best. And briefly, when the sun had
34、 gone to rest, Id spoken to them all upon the trip And was soon one with them in fellowship, Pledged to rise early and to take the way To Canterbury, as you heard me say. But none the less, while I have time and space, Before my story takes a further pace, It seems a reasonable thing to say What the
35、ir condition was, the full array Of each of them, as it appeared to me, According to profession and degree, And what apparel they were riding in; And at a Knight I therefore will begin. Questions: Fill in the blank with one word for each. (8% ,two scores for each blank) 1. The above is taken from Th
36、e _ _ in _ _. 2. In the chosen passage, the writer gives the readers a brief introduction about the time-_, place- (Tabard Inn), and characters 29-_ to Canterbury. Passage 4 Mark but this flea, and mark in this,How little that which thou deniest me is ;Me it sucked first, and now sucks thee, And in
37、this flea our two bloods mingled be.Thou knowst that this cannot be saidA sin, nor shame, or loss of maidenhead;Yet this enjoys before it woo,And pampered swells with one blood made of two,And this, alas ! is more than we would do.Oh stay, three lives in one flea spare,Where we almost, nay more than
38、 married are.This flea is you and I, and thisOur marriage bed, and marriage temple is;Though parents grudge, and you, we are met,And cloistered in these living walls of jet.Though use make you apt to kill me,Let not to that self-murder added be,And sacrilege, three sins in killing three.Cruel and su
39、dden, hast thou sincePurpled thy nail in blood of innocence?Wherein could this flea guilty be,Except in that drop which it sucked from thee?Yet thou triumphst, and sayst that thouFindst not thyself nor me the weaker now ;Tis true; then learn how false fears be :Just so much honour, when thou yieldst
40、 to me,Will waste, as this fleas death took life from thee. Questions: Fill in the blanks with one word for each. ( 8%, two scores for each blank) 1. John Donne was the founder of the _ school of poetry. The poem was written by him, entitled _. 2. In the poem, the poet uses a strange image “_”. 3. “
41、_” is compared to “Our marriage bed”. Passage 5 Of StudiesStudies serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability. Their chief use for delight is in privateness and retiring; for ornament, is in discourse; and for ability, is in the judgment, and disposition of business. For expert men can execute,
42、 and perhaps judge of particulars, one by one; but the general counsels, and the plots and marshalling of affairs, come best from those that are learned. To spend too much time in studies is sloth; to use them too much for ornament, is affectation; to make judgment wholly by their rules, is the humo
43、r of a scholar. They perfect nature, and are perfected by experience; for natural abilities are like natural plants, that need proyning by study; and studies themselves do give forth directions too much at large, except they be bounded in by experience. Crafty men contemn studies, simple men admire
44、them, and wise men use them; for they teach not their own use; but that is a wisdom without them, and above them, won by observation. Read not to contradict and confute; nor to believe and take for granted; nor to find talk and discourse; but to weigh and consider. Some books are to be tasted, other
45、s to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested; that is, some books are to be read only in parts; others to be read, but not curiously; and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention. Some books also may be read by deputy, and extracts made of them by others; but that wo
46、uld be only in the less important arguments and the meaner sort of books; else distilled books are like common distilled waters, flashy things. Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man, and writing an exact man. And therefore, if a man write little, he had need have a great memory; if he co
47、nfer little, he had need have a present wit; and if he read little, he had need have much cunning, to seem to know that he doth not. Histories make men wise; poets, witty; the mathematics, subtile; natural philosophy, deep; moral, grave; logic and rhetoric, able to contend. Abeunt studia in mores. Nay, there is no stond or impediment in the wit but may be wrought out by fit studies; like as diseases of the body may have appropriate exercises. Bowling is good for the stone a
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