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1、2012 年首都师范大学英语专业（英美文学）真题试卷及答案解析(总分：46.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、匹配题(总题数：1，分数：20.00)a. leader of Transcendentalismb. stream of consciousness novelc. a Lake Poetd. Theatre of the Absurde. metaphysical poetryf. father of modern American short storyg. the spokesman of the Lost Generation h. great American dramati

2、sti. Yoknapatawpha Fictionj. The English Dictionary（分数：20.00）(1).John Donne（分数：2.00）_(2).Edgar E. Poe（分数：2.00）_(3).Ralph W. Emerson（分数：2.00）_(4).Samuel Johnson（分数：2.00）_(5).Virginia Woolf（分数：2.00）_(6).William Faulkner（分数：2.00）_(7).Eugene O“Neill（分数：2.00）_(8).Samuel Beckett（分数：2.00）_(9).William Words

3、worth（分数：2.00）_(10).Earnest Hemingway（分数：2.00）_二、问答题(总题数：6，分数：24.00)The real evils, indeed, of Emma“s situation were the power of having rather too much her own way, and a disposition to think a little too well of herself: these were the disadvantages which threatened alloy to her many enjoyments. T

4、he danger, however, was at present so unperceived, that they did not by any means rank as misfortunes with her.（分数：4.00）(1).Name the author and title of the novel from which this excerpt is taken.(2 points)（分数：2.00）_(2).How do you understand the meaning and function of this excerpt in the whole nove

5、l?(2 points)（分数：2.00）_It was his will to subjugate Matter to his own ends. The subjugation itself was the point, the fight was the be-all, the fruits of victory were mere results . He did not care about money, fundamentally. He was neither ostentatious nor luxurious; neither did he care about social

6、 position, not finally. What he wanted was the pure fulfillment of his own will in the struggle with the natural conditions. His will was now, to take the coal out of the earth, profitably.（分数：4.00）(1).Name the author and title of the novel from which the excerpt is taken.(2 points)（分数：2.00）_(2).Who

7、 is “he“? Comment briefly on his character.(3 points)（分数：2.00）_I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived.（分数：4.00）(1).Name the aut

8、hor and title of the work from which the excerpt is taken.(2 points)（分数：2.00）_(2).What in the author“s mind is “the essential facts of life“?(2 points)（分数：2.00）_I hope she“ll be a foolthat“s the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool.（分数：4.00）(1).Name the author and title of

9、 the novel from which the excerpt is taken.(2 points)（分数：2.00）_(2).Who does “she“ refer to? Analyze the tone of the speaker.(2 points)（分数：2.00）_.He realized that these walks amused neither of them, but he could not bear to leave her, and did all he could to lengthen them till she became tired and ou

10、t of temper. He knew that she did not care for him, and he tried to force a love which his reason told him was not in her nature: she was cold. He had no claim on her, but he could not help being exacting. Now that they were more intimate he found it less easy to control his temper; he was often irr

11、itable and could not help saying bitter things. Often they quarreled, and she would not speak to him for a while; but this always reduced him to subjection, and he crawled before her. He was angry with himself for showing so little dignity. He grew furiously jealous if he saw her speaking to any oth

12、er man in the shop, and when he was jealous he seemed to be beside himself. He would deliberately insult her, leave the shop, and spend afterwards a sleepless night tossing on his bed, by turns angry and remorseful. Next day he would go to the shop and appeal forgiveness.（分数：4.00）(1).Name the author

13、 and title of the novel from which the excerpt is taken.(2 points)（分数：2.00）_(2).Who is “he“, the protagonist? Comment briefly on his character based on this excerpt.(3 points)（分数：2.00）_Spring is the mischief in me, and I wonder If I could put a notion in his head:“Why do they make good neighbors? Is

14、n“t it Where there are cows? But here there are no cows. Before I built a wall I“d ask to know What I was walling in or walling out, And to whom I was like to give offense. Something there is that doesn“t love a wall,（分数：4.00）(1).Name the author and title of the poem from which this excerpt is taken

15、.(2 points)（分数：2.00）_(2).What is speaker“s view about walls? What do people “wall in or wall out“ in your mind?(4 points)（分数：2.00）_三、分析题(总题数：1，分数：2.00)1.Read the poem by Emily Dickinson. Write a short essay of 100 words to show your understanding of it.(12 points)To make a prairie it takes a clover

16、and one bee One clover, and a bee, And revery.The revery alone will do,If bees are few.(clover :三叶草;苜蓿 revery :幻想)（分数：2.00）_2012 年首都师范大学英语专业（英美文学）真题试卷答案解析(总分：46.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、匹配题(总题数：1，分数：20.00)a. leader of Transcendentalismb. stream of consciousness novelc. a Lake Poetd. Theatre of the Absurde. m

17、etaphysical poetryf. father of modern American short storyg. the spokesman of the Lost Generation h. great American dramatisti. Yoknapatawpha Fictionj. The English Dictionary（分数：20.00）(1).John Donne（分数：2.00）_正确答案：(正确答案：e)解析：解析：玄学派是指 17 世纪英国文坛出现的一个独特的诗歌流派。英国诗人约翰邓恩(1572 一1631)是这个流派的代表人物，他因在诗歌中精妙地运用“奇喻

18、”的比喻手法而蜚声文坛。(2).Edgar E. Poe（分数：2.00）_正确答案：(正确答案：f)解析：解析：埃德加爱伦坡(1809 一 1849)，美国诗人、作家及文学评论家。以悬疑、惊悚小说最负盛名，是公认的推理小说的开创者，也是美国现代短篇小说之父。(3).Ralph W. Emerson（分数：2.00）_正确答案：(正确答案：a)解析：解析：拉尔夫沃尔多爱默生(1803 一 1882)，美国思想家、文学家、诗人，超验主义的领袖，他本人被冠以“美国文艺复兴领袖”的美誉。(4).Samuel Johnson（分数：2.00）_正确答案：(正确答案：j)解析：解析：塞缪尔约翰逊(170

19、91784)，英国评论家、诗人、散文家、传记家，他花了九年时间独力编撰英文字典(A Dictionary of the English Language)，出版后获得广泛欢迎。(5).Virginia Woolf（分数：2.00）_正确答案：(正确答案：b)解析：解析：弗吉尼亚伍尔芙(1882 一 1941)，英国女作家、批评家，意识流小说的代表人物之一。(6).William Faulkner（分数：2.00）_正确答案：(正确答案：i)解析：解析：威廉福克纳(1897 一 1962)，美国小说家，1949 年诺贝尔文学奖获得者。福克纳作品的背景多设在他的故乡密西西比河流域，家乡牛津镇就是他

20、小说中虚构的约克纳帕塔法郡(Yoknapatawpha)的原型。(7).Eugene O“Neill（分数：2.00）_正确答案：(正确答案：h)解析：解析：尤金奥尼尔(18881953)，美国著名剧作家，表现主义文学的代表人物，1936 年获得诺贝尔文学奖。(8).Samuel Beckett（分数：2.00）_正确答案：(正确答案：d)解析：解析：塞缪尔贝克特(1906 一 1989)，荒诞派戏剧的代表人物，其代表作是等待戈多(Waiting forGodot)。(9).William Wordsworth（分数：2.00）_正确答案：(正确答案：c)解析：解析：英国浪漫主义早期的代表人物

21、是湖畔诗人华兹华斯(1770 一 1850)、柯勒律治(Samuel TaylorColeridge，1772 一 1834)和骚塞(Robert Southey，1774 一 1843)。(10).Earnest Hemingway（分数：2.00）_正确答案：(正确答案：g)解析：解析：迷惘的一代(the lost generation)是第一次世界大战后美国的一个文学流派，海明威(1899一 1961)是该流派的代表人物。二、问答题(总题数：6，分数：24.00)The real evils, indeed, of Emma“s situation were the power of h

22、aving rather too much her own way, and a disposition to think a little too well of herself: these were the disadvantages which threatened alloy to her many enjoyments. The danger, however, was at present so unperceived, that they did not by any means rank as misfortunes with her.（分数：4.00）(1).Name th

23、e author and title of the novel from which this excerpt is taken.(2 points)（分数：2.00）_正确答案：(正确答案：This excerpt is taken from Jane Austen“s Emma.)解析：(2).How do you understand the meaning and function of this excerpt in the whole novel?(2 points)（分数：2.00）_正确答案：(正确答案：This excerpt occurs early in the nove

24、l, shortly after Emma has been introduced as the protagonist. In this particular quotation, the narrator presents a reliable analysis of characters and events, expresses the primary conflict of the novel: Emma“s self-centered nature and the fact that she does not recognize it herself which is the mo

25、st important theme of the whole novel.)解析：It was his will to subjugate Matter to his own ends. The subjugation itself was the point, the fight was the be-all, the fruits of victory were mere results . He did not care about money, fundamentally. He was neither ostentatious nor luxurious; neither did

26、he care about social position, not finally. What he wanted was the pure fulfillment of his own will in the struggle with the natural conditions. His will was now, to take the coal out of the earth, profitably.（分数：4.00）(1).Name the author and title of the novel from which the excerpt is taken.(2 poin

27、ts)（分数：2.00）_正确答案：(正确答案：This excerpt is taken from D. H. Lawrence“s Women in Love.)解析：(2).Who is “he“? Comment briefly on his character.(3 points)（分数：2.00）_正确答案：(正确答案：The “he“ in the excerpt is Gerald Crich. Gerald Crich is the eldest son and the heir to a mine owner. He is a successful industrial m

28、agnate full of physical energy. But he is at the mercy of the deep forces of his emotions. On the other hand, he is controlled by his physical prowess and dominant will. From this excerpt, we can see the character of Gerald clearly presents us with a vivid portrait of Faustian man.)解析：I went to the

29、woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived.（分数：4.00）(1).Name the author and title of the work from which the excerpt is taken.(2 points)（分数：2.00）

30、_正确答案：(正确答案：This excerpt is taken from Henry David Thoreau“s Walden.)解析：(2).What in the author“s mind is “the essential facts of life“?(2 points)（分数：2.00）_正确答案：(正确答案：Thoreau combines the practical and the philosophical in his Walden project. The phrase “ the essential facts of life“ can refer both t

31、o material necessities like food and shelter, and also to the core of human existence, that is, he wishes to choose his path of life independently and thoughtfully, subject to his own deliberation and nobody else“s.)解析：I hope she“ll be a foolthat“s the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beaut

32、iful little fool.（分数：4.00）(1).Name the author and title of the novel from which the excerpt is taken.(2 points)（分数：2.00）_正确答案：(正确答案：This excerpt is taken from F. S. Fitzgerald“s The Great Gatsby.)解析：(2).Who does “she“ refer to? Analyze the tone of the speaker.(2 points)（分数：2.00）_正确答案：(正确答案：“She“ ref

33、ers to Daisy“s daughter. Daisy speaks these words as she describes her hopes for her infant daughter. The older generation values subservience and docility, not intelligence in females, and the younger generation values thoughtless giddiness and pleasure-seeking. So Daisy“s remark is somewhat sardon

34、ic: while she refers to the social values of her era, she does not seem to challenge them. Instead, she describes her own boredom with life and seems to imply that a girl can have more fun if she is beautiful and simplistic.)解析：.He realized that these walks amused neither of them, but he could not b

35、ear to leave her, and did all he could to lengthen them till she became tired and out of temper. He knew that she did not care for him, and he tried to force a love which his reason told him was not in her nature: she was cold. He had no claim on her, but he could not help being exacting. Now that t

36、hey were more intimate he found it less easy to control his temper; he was often irritable and could not help saying bitter things. Often they quarreled, and she would not speak to him for a while; but this always reduced him to subjection, and he crawled before her. He was angry with himself for sh

37、owing so little dignity. He grew furiously jealous if he saw her speaking to any other man in the shop, and when he was jealous he seemed to be beside himself. He would deliberately insult her, leave the shop, and spend afterwards a sleepless night tossing on his bed, by turns angry and remorseful. Next day he would go to the shop and appeal forgiveness.（分数：4.00）(1).Name the author and title of the novel from which the excerpt is taken.(2 points)（分数：2.00）_