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1、2013 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：50.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、单项选择题(总题数：10，分数：20.00)1._is a form of poetry that refrains from consistent meter patterns, rhyme, or any other musical pattern.（分数：2.00）A.Blank verseB.SonnetC.Free verseD.Heroic couplet2.The _narrator understands what he is relating less than the

2、 reader does.（分数：2.00）A.omniscientB.objectiveC.first personD.innocent eye3.Jane Eyre and The Turn of the Screw have at least one thing in common, i. e. both of them can be called _novel.（分数：2.00）A.picaresqueB.gothicC.psychologicalD.sociological4.Characters can be grouped as round characters and flat

3、 characters by the degrees of their development according to E. M. Forster. All the followings are round characters except for（分数：2.00）A.EmmaB.Huckleberry FinnC.Roger ChillingworthD.Pip5.In “ It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of

4、a wife. “ _is used.（分数：2.00）A.symbolismB.ironyC.imagismD.analogy6.Tragedy describes the_of a great individual because he has transgressed against the great moral principles which govern the universe.（分数：2.00）A.fallB.riseC.lifeD.development7.“One fatal Tree there stands of Knowledge call“d,/Forbidden

5、 them to taste: knowledge forbidden?“ is written by_.（分数：2.00）A.ShakespeareB.William BlakeC.John MiltonD.Jane Austin8.The title Vanity Fair is borrowed from_.（分数：2.00）A.The BibleB.Of Human BondageC.A Passage to IndiaD.Pilgrim“s Progress9.“In a minute there is time/For decisions and revisions which a

6、 minute will reverse. “ is the dramatic monologue spoken by_.（分数：2.00）A.HamletB.GodotC.Tom SawyerD.Prufrock10.The_of these faces in the crowd; Petals on a wet, black bough.（分数：2.00）A.appearanceB.lookingsC.apparitionD.hallucination二、问答题(总题数：4，分数：24.00)Such wilt thou be to me, who must Like th“other f

7、oot, obliquely run; Thy firmness makes my circle just, And makes me end where I begun.（分数：6.00）(1).Name the author of this poem.(1 point)（分数：2.00）_(2).Discuss what the image is about.(2 points)（分数：2.00）_(3).The word “like“ denotes the use of figure of speech, but in this case, the comparison is farf

8、etched. Could you give similar examples in other poems?(2 points)（分数：2.00）_Ere this speech ended, I became sensible of Heathcliffs presence. Having noticed a slight movement, 1 turned my head, and saw him rise from the bench and steal out noiselessly. He had listened till he heard Catherine say it w

9、ould degrade her to marry him, and then he stayed to hear no farther.My companion, sitting on the ground, was prevented by the back of the settle from remarking his presence or departure; but 1 started, and bade her hush!“Why?“ she asked, gazing nervously round.“ Joseph is here,“ I answered, catchin

10、g opportunely the roll of his cartwheels up the road, “and Heathcliff will come in with him. I“m not sure whether he were not at the door this moment.（分数：6.00）(1).From which novel is this excerpt taken?(1 point)（分数：2.00）_(2).Who is the narrator?(1 point)（分数：2.00）_(3).Please analyze the relationship

11、between the narrator and Catherine.(3 points)（分数：2.00）_Let us spend one day as deliberately as Nature, and not be thrown off the track by every nutshell and mosquito“s wing that falls on the rails. Let us rise early and fast, or break fast, gently and without perturbation; let company come and let c

12、ompany go, let the bells ring and the children cry, determined to make a day of it.（分数：6.00）(1).Name the author of this essay.(1 point)（分数：2.00）_(2).What is the author“s attitude towards nature?(2 points)（分数：2.00）_(3).What literary school do you know has something to do with nature? Give some descri

13、ptions.(2 points)（分数：2.00）_Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stoodAnd looked down one as far as 1 couldTo where it bent in the undergrowth;（分数：6.00）(1).Name the title of this work.(1 point)（分数：2.00）_(2).Try to analyze the form of the p

14、oem.(2 points)（分数：2.00）_(3).What is the theme of the poem?(2 points)（分数：2.00）_三、评论题(总题数：1，分数：6.00)It is, at any rate, in some such fashion as this that we seek to define the quality which distinguishes the work of several young writers, among whom Mr. James Joyce is the most notable, from that of th

15、eir predecessors. They attempt to come closer to life, and to preserve more sincerely and exactly what interests and moves them, even if to do so they must discard most of the conventions which are commonly observed by the novelist. Let us record the atoms as they fall upon the mind in the order in

16、which they fall, let us trace the pattern, however disconnected and incoherent in appearance, which each sight or incident scores upon the consciousness. Let us not take it for granted that life exists more fully in what is commonly thought big than in what is commonly thought small. Any one who has

17、 read The Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man or, what promises to be a far more interesting work, Ulysses, now appearing in the Little Review, will have hazarded some theory of this nature as to Mr. Joyce“s intention. On our part, with such a fragment before us, it is hazarded rather than affirme

18、d; but whatever the intention of the whole, there can be no question but that it is of the utmost sincerity and that the result, difficult or unpleasant as we may judge it, is undeniably important. In contrast with those whom we have called materialists, Mr. Joyce is spiritual; he is concerned at al

19、l costs to reveal the flickerings of that innermost flame which flashes its messages through the brain, and in order to preserve it he disregards with complete courage whatever seems to him adventitious, whether it be probability, or coherence, or any other of these signposts which for generations h

20、ave served to support the imagination of a reader when called upon to imagine what he can neither touch nor see.（分数：6.00）(1).What do you know about the differences between James Joyce and his predecessors?(3 points)（分数：2.00）_(2).What is your understanding of the underlined sentence?(3 points)（分数：2.0

21、0）_(3).Could you summarize the development of the art of novel writing from the beginning to James Joyce“s time?(4 points)（分数：2.00）_2013 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：50.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、单项选择题(总题数：10，分数：20.00)1._is a form of poetry that refrains from consistent meter patterns, rhyme, or any other musi

22、cal pattern.（分数：2.00）A.Blank verseB.SonnetC.Free verse D.Heroic couplet解析：解析：自由诗是一种不受格律、韵脚或其他音乐节拍约束的诗歌形式。无韵诗是不押韵的五音步抑扬格，只是不押韵而已，但是还是要遵循其他的诗歌规则。2.The _narrator understands what he is relating less than the reader does.（分数：2.00）A.omniscientB.objectiveC.first personD.innocent eye 解析：解析：“纯真之眼”叙述者通常是孩子，或

23、者是思想有障碍的人，他们对故事发展的了解比读者要少。3.Jane Eyre and The Turn of the Screw have at least one thing in common, i. e. both of them can be called _novel.（分数：2.00）A.picaresqueB.gothic C.psychologicalD.sociological解析：解析：夏洛特勃朗特的简爱和亨利詹姆斯的螺丝在拧紧都有典型的哥特小说元素，如恐怖、神秘、超自然、厄运、住着幽灵的老房子等。4.Characters can be grouped as round ch

24、aracters and flat characters by the degrees of their development according to E. M. Forster. All the followings are round characters except for（分数：2.00）A.EmmaB.Huckleberry FinnC.Roger Chillingworth D.Pip解析：解析：Emma，Huckleberry Finn 以及 Pip 在小说中都有很大程度的成长与发展，而 Roger Chillingworth 从始至终都是一个冷酷、残忍的人，没有多少变化，

25、是扁平人物。5.In “ It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife. “ _is used.（分数：2.00）A.symbolismB.irony C.imagismD.analogy解析：解析：这句话选自简奥斯丁(Jane Austen，17751817)的傲慢与偏见(Pride and Prejudice)，是书中开题第一句话，讽刺了当时社会上女性追求财富婚姻的状况。6.Tragedy describes

26、 the_of a great individual because he has transgressed against the great moral principles which govern the universe.（分数：2.00）A.fall B.riseC.lifeD.development解析：解析：悲剧是戏剧主要体裁之一，主要是以剧中主人公与现实之间不可调和的冲突及其悲惨的结局为基本内容。7.“One fatal Tree there stands of Knowledge call“d,/Forbidden them to taste: knowledge forb

27、idden?“ is written by_.（分数：2.00）A.ShakespeareB.William BlakeC.John Milton D.Jane Austin解析：解析：这两句诗选自约翰弥尔顿(John Milton，16081674)的失乐园(Paradise Lost)，是撒旦的独白。8.The title Vanity Fair is borrowed from_.（分数：2.00）A.The BibleB.Of Human BondageC.A Passage to IndiaD.Pilgrim“s Progress 解析：解析：萨克雷的小说名利场的题目来源于约翰班扬(

28、John Bunyan，1628 一 1688)的寓言小说朝圣者的旅行(Pilgrim“s Progress)。9.“In a minute there is time/For decisions and revisions which a minute will reverse. “ is the dramatic monologue spoken by_.（分数：2.00）A.HamletB.GodotC.Tom SawyerD.Prufrock 解析：解析：这两句诗选自 TSEliot(1888 一 1965)的普鲁弗洛克的情歌(The Love Song of J. Alfred Pr

29、ufrock)，叙述者即是普鲁弗洛克。10.The_of these faces in the crowd; Petals on a wet, black bough.（分数：2.00）A.appearanceB.lookingsC.apparition D.hallucination解析：解析：这首诗选自 Ezra Pound(1885 一 1972)的在地铁站(In a Station of the Metro)。二、问答题(总题数：4，分数：24.00)Such wilt thou be to me, who must Like th“other foot, obliquely run;

30、 Thy firmness makes my circle just, And makes me end where I begun.（分数：6.00）(1).Name the author of this poem.(1 point)（分数：2.00）_正确答案：(正确答案：John Donne.)解析：(2).Discuss what the image is about.(2 points)（分数：2.00）_正确答案：(正确答案：The image is about a pair of compasses. Here Donne compares the. love between h

31、im and his wife with the two feet of the compasses. The author is like the foot that runs away and his wife is like the foot that stays at home. Though they may part for some time, their love would make him “end wherehebegun“.)解析：(3).The word “like“ denotes the use of figure of speech, but in this c

32、ase, the comparison is farfetched. Could you give similar examples in other poems?(2 points)（分数：2.00）_正确答案：(正确答案： This far-fetched comparison is called “conceit“. Similar examples can be seen in Donne“s another poem “The Flea“ , in which the flea is compared to love.)解析：Ere this speech ended, I beca

33、me sensible of Heathcliffs presence. Having noticed a slight movement, 1 turned my head, and saw him rise from the bench and steal out noiselessly. He had listened till he heard Catherine say it would degrade her to marry him, and then he stayed to hear no farther.My companion, sitting on the ground

34、, was prevented by the back of the settle from remarking his presence or departure; but 1 started, and bade her hush!“Why?“ she asked, gazing nervously round.“ Joseph is here,“ I answered, catching opportunely the roll of his cartwheels up the road, “and Heathcliff will come in with him. I“m not sur

35、e whether he were not at the door this moment.（分数：6.00）(1).From which novel is this excerpt taken?(1 point)（分数：2.00）_正确答案：(正确答案：This excerpt is taken from Emily Bronte“s Wutkering Heights.)解析：(2).Who is the narrator?(1 point)（分数：2.00）_正确答案：(正确答案：The narrator is Nelly Dean, who is a servant for all t

36、hree generations of the Earnshaw and Linton families.)解析：(3).Please analyze the relationship between the narrator and Catherine.(3 points)（分数：2.00）_正确答案：(正确答案：In Wuthering Heights, Nelly Dean plays several roles in connection with Catherine Earnshaw. She is at once, her servant, confidante, surrogat

37、e mother and judge. She is the housekeeper of Catherine“s family and takes care of the young lady; she is also the confidante of Catherine because it is to her that Catherine reveals her intention and reasons to marry Edgar. She is the surrogate mother and judge because she disapproves the marriage

38、between Catherine and Edgar; she knows that Catherine does not love Edgar.)解析：Let us spend one day as deliberately as Nature, and not be thrown off the track by every nutshell and mosquito“s wing that falls on the rails. Let us rise early and fast, or break fast, gently and without perturbation; let

39、 company come and let company go, let the bells ring and the children cry, determined to make a day of it.（分数：6.00）(1).Name the author of this essay.(1 point)（分数：2.00）_正确答案：(正确答案：This essay is written by Henry David Thoreau.)解析：(2).What is the author“s attitude towards nature?(2 points)（分数：2.00）_正确答

40、案：(正确答案：As a young man, Thoreau took a more than usual interest in the natural world. Like Emerson, but more than him, he saw nature as a genuine restorative, healthy influence on man“s spiritual well-being, and a symbol of the spirit.)解析：(3).What literary school do you know has something to do with

41、 nature? Give some descriptions.(2 points)（分数：2.00）_正确答案：(正确答案：The New England transcendentalists saw nature as a symbol of the Spirit or God. Nature was, to them, not purely matter. It was alive, filled with God“s overwhelming presence. It was the garment of the Oversoul. Therefore it could exercis

42、e a healthy and restorative influence on the human mind.)解析：Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stoodAnd looked down one as far as 1 couldTo where it bent in the undergrowth;（分数：6.00）(1).Name the title of this work.(1 point)（分数：2.00）_正确答案：(正确答案：The title of this poem is “The Road No