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歡迎報考廣東財經(jīng)大學(xué)碩士研究生，祝你考試成功?。ǖ?頁共6頁）PAGEPAGE6廣東財經(jīng)大學(xué)碩士研究生入學(xué)考試試卷考試年度：2015年考試科目代碼及名稱：804-英美文學(xué)適用專業(yè)：050201英語語言文學(xué)［友情提醒：請在考點提供的專用答題紙上答題，答在本卷或草稿紙上無效?。軪xplainthefollowingliteraryterms.Writeyouranswersontheanswersheet.(25points,5pointsforeach.)EnlightenmentMetaphysicalpoetryThetheatreoftheabsurdTranscendentalismDramaticmonologueForeachstatementtherearefourchoicesmarkedA,B,CandD.Choosetheonethatbestcompletesthestatement.(20points,1pointforeach)_____canbejustlytermedEngland’snationalepic,anditsmoststrikingfeatureistheuseof____.Cynewulf,alliterationBeowulf,alliterationSirGawainandtheGreenKnight,rhymeRobinHood,rhyme2.The18thcenturyseesthebirthofthegreatestsatiristinEnglishliterature:.Hismasterpiece,comprisestheextraordinaryadventuresofanEnglishman,descriptionsoffantasticlandsvisitedbyhim,andtheirsocialsystemsandisalwaysregardedasabittersarcasmanddeadlyironyofthecontemporaryEngland.A.SamuelJohnson,Gulliver’sTravelsB.AlexanderPope,TheRapeoftheLockC.DanielDefoe,RobinsonCrusoeD.JonathanSwift,Gulliver’sTravels3.WhichofthefollowingworksisNOTconsideredasWilliamShakespeare’sfourgreattragedies?A.KingLearB.RomeoandJulietC.MacbethD.Othello4.,Byron’sgreatestwork,waswrittenintheprimeofhiscreativepowerandstillremainedunfinishedwhenthepoet’slifewasendedbyaromanticandgenerousdeath.A.DonJuanB.GiaourC.ChildeHarold’sPilgrimageD.Manfred5.Thepublicationofin1798—thejointworkofWilliamWordsworthand________—markedthebreakwiththeconventionalpoeticaltraditionofthe18thcentury,i.e.withclassicism.A.LyricalBallads,RobertSoutheyB.ThePrelude,SamuelTaylorColeridgeC.LyricalBallads,SamuelTaylorColeridgeD.BiographiaLiteraria,SamuelTaylorColeridge6.WilliamMakepeaceThackeray’smasterpieceis,andthetitleofthenovelistakenfromBunyan’sgreatestwork.A.VanityFair,ParadiseRegainedB.VanityFair,Pilgrim’sProgressC.VanityFair,SamsonAgonistesD.TheBookofSnobs,Pilgrim’sProgress7.establishedhimselfbothasawriterandasaspokesmanfortheschoolof“ArtforArt’sSake.”A.ThomasGrayB.CharlesLambC.OscarWildeD.WalterScott8.__________,writtenbyP.B.Shelley’swife,MaryShelley,isregardedthebestofitskind,______,inthe19thcenturyEngland.A.PrometheusUnbound,GothicnovelB.Frankenstein,RealisticnovelC.Adonis,RomanticnovelD.Frankenstein,Gothicnovel9.“Aprilisthecruellestmonth,breeding/Lilacsoutofthedeadland,mixing/Memoryanddesire,stirring/Dullrootswithspringrain.”TheselinesaretakenfromT.S.Eliot’smodernclassicpoem_______,whichremindustheopeninglinesofthe“GeneralPrologue”inTheCanterburyTalesbythegreatestliteraryfigure_______in14thcenturyEngland.A.FourQuartets,GeoffreyChaucerB.TheWasteC.HollowMan,EdmundSpencerD.TheWaste10.JosephConrad’s_________iscentraltotheevolutionofwhatiscalledpostcolonialfiction,andsayssomethingthatonlysaidinanovel:AhistorianlookingatEuropeancolonialismwillarriveathistoricaljudgments.A.HeartofDarknessB.NostromoC.LordJimD.Typhoon11._________,withhisfamouspoem,“AnnabelLee”,justifiedhispoeticideathatthedeathofabeautifulwoman,is“unquestionably,themostpoeticaltopicintheworld”.A.W.B.YeatsB.EdgarAllanPoeC.EzraPoundD.W.H.Auden12.Around1920,theAmericanliteraryworldrediscoveredanalmostforgottenbookandsuddenlybecameawareofamajorAmericanwriter.Thebookwas_______,atremendouschronicleofawhalingvoyageinpursuitofaseeminglysupernaturalwhitewhale.A.Moby-DickB.OmooC.TheLastoftheMohicansD.BillyBudd13.WithWarner,MarkTwaincollaboratedon__________,asatirethatgaveitsnametotheeraofcorruptmaterialismthatfollowedtheAmericanCivilWar.A.TheGoldenAgeB.TheSilverAgeC.TheGildedAgeD.TheBronzeAge14.________,Stephencrane’sfinestliteraryachievement,depictsapictureofAmericanCivilWarinanaturalisticway.A.WarIsKindB.TheBlackRidersC.TheRedBadgeofCourageD.TheAgeofInnocence15.Hemingway’snovelTheSunAlsoRises,brilliantlycaptureshisyearsinParisasoneof______,anamegivenbythewriterGertrudeStein.A.TheBeatGenerationB.TheLostGenerationC.TheAngryYoungMenD.TheYoungerGeneration16.Bytheendofhislifehehadbecomeanationalbard;whenhewaseighty-sevenhereadhispoetryattheinaugurationofPresidentJohnF.Kennedy.Thepoetis___________.A.EzraPoundB.T.S.EliotC.E.E.CummingsD.RobertFrost17.Asapoetandasapainter,_________usesthesmallletters,theunconventionalsyntax,andtheunusualspacingofwords,toexpressindividualityandparticipateinwhathecalled“TheNewArt”.A.EzraPoundB.E.E.CummingsC.WilliamCarlosWilliamsD.WallaceStevens18._______,anepicdepictionofonedispossessedOklahomafamily’smigrationtoCaliforniainsearchanewlife,writtenby___________,isamongthemostwidelyreadnovelof20thcentury.A.TheGrapeofWrath,JohnSteinbeckB.OfMiceandMen,JohnSteinbeckC.InOurTime,ErnestHemingwayD.LightinAugust,WilliamFaulkner19.WhichofthefollowingwritersisNOTaNobelPrizeWinner?A.EzraPoundB.ErnestHemingwayC.WilliamFaulknerD.SaulBellow20.Earlyin1920sthemostprominentofthenewAmericanplaywrights,_______,establishedaninternationalreputationwithsuchplaysasTheEmperorJones,AnnaChristieandTheHairyApe.A.ArthurMillerB.TennesseeWilliamsC.WaltWhitmanD.EugeneO’NeillMatching.FindtherelevantmatchfromcolumnBforeachitemincolumnAandputthelettersontheanswersheet.(20points,1pointforeach.)SectionAColumnAColumnBFrancisBaconForWhomtheBellTollsJohnMiltonTheLegendofSleepyHollowHermanMelvilleSeizetheDayW.B.YeatsAStreetcarNamedDesireWashingtonIrvingParadiseLostHenryFieldingSailingtoByzantiE.M.ForsterMobyDickErnestHemingwayAdvancementofLearningSaulBellowTomJonesTennesseeWilliamsHowardsEndSectionBColumnAColumnBTheTempestLordHenrySisterCarrieCatherineLintonGreatExpectationLeopoldBloomSonsandLoversNickCarrawayNativeSonLadyTeazleWutheringProsperoTheGreatGatsbyBiggerThomasUlyssesG.W.HurstwoodTheSchoolforScandalMrs.MorelThePictureofDorianGrayPipIV.Readthefollowingpiecesofselectedworksandanswerthequestionfollowedbythepassage.Writeyouranswersontheanswersheet.(40points,8pointsforeach.)1.Itisamelancholyobjecttothose,whowalkthroughthisgreattown,ortravelinthecountry,whentheyseethestreets,theroadsandcabbin-doorscrowdedwithbeggarsofthefemalesex,followedbythree,four,orsixchildren,allinrags,andimportuningeverypassengerforanalms.Thesemothersinsteadofbeingabletoworkfortheirhonestlivelihood,areforcedtoemployalltheirtimeinstrollingtobegsustenancefortheirhelplessinfantswho,astheygrowup,eitherturnthievesforwantofwork,orleavetheirdearnativecountry,tofightforthePretenderinSpain,orsellthemselvestotheBarbadoes.Q:ThistextisfromJonathanSwift’s“AModestProposal”.WhatisSwift’sattitudetowardthebeggarshedescribes?2.MyheartleapsupwhenIbeholdArainbowinthesky:Sowasitwhenmylifebegan,SoisitnowIamaman,SobeitwhenIshallgrowoldOrletmedie!Thechildisfatheroftheman:AndIcouldwishmydaystobeBoundeachtoeachbynaturalpiety.Q：ThisisashortpoemwrittenbyWilliamWordsworth.Pleaseexplaintheunderlinedlines.3.IwenttothewoodsbecauseIwishedtolivedeliberately,tofrontonlytheessentialfactsoflife,andseeifIcouldnotlearnwhatithadtoteach,andnot,whenIcametodie,discoverthatIhadnotlived.Ididnotwishtolivewhatwasnotlife,livingissodear;nordidIwishtopracticeresignation,unlessitwasquitenecessary.Iwantedtolivedeepandsuckoutallthemarrowoflife,tolivesosturdilyandSpartan-likeastoputtoroutallthatwasnotlife,tocutabroadswathandshaveclose,todrivelifeintoacorner,andreduceittoitslowestterms,and,ifitprovedtobemean,whythentogetthewholeandgenuinemeannessofit,andpublishitsmeannesstotheworld;orifitweresublime,toknowitbyexperience,andbeabletogiveatrueaccountofitinmynextexcursion.Formostmen,itappearstome,areinastrangeuncertaintyaboutit,whetheritisofthedevilorofGod,andhavesomewhathastilyconcludedthatitisthechiefendofmanhereto“glorifyGodandenjoyhimforever.”Q：ThistextisselectedfromHenryDavidThoreau’sWalden,underthetitle“WhereILived,andWhatILivedFor.”Pleaseexplaintheunderlinedsentence.4.“ShallI?”Isaidbriefly;andIlookedathisfeatures,beautifulintheirharmony,butstrangelyformidableintheirstillseverity;athisbrow,commanding,butnotopen;athiseyes,brightanddeepandsearching,butneversoft;athistallimposingfigure;andfanciedmyselfinideahiswife.Oh!itwouldneverdo!Ashiscurate,hiscomrade,allwouldberight:Iwouldcrossoceanswithhiminthatcapacity;toilunderEasternsuns,inAsiandesertswithhiminthatoffice;admireandemulatehiscourageanddevotionandvigour:accommodatequietlytohismasterhood;smileundisturbedathisineradicableambition....Ishouldsufferoften,nodoubt,attachedtohimonlyinthiscapacity:mybodywouldbeunderaratherstringentyoke,butmyheartandmindwouldbefree.Ishouldstillhavemyunblightedselftoturnto:mynaturalunenslavedfeelingswithwhichtocommunicateinmomentsofloneliness.Therewouldberecessesinmymindwhichwouldbeonlymine,towhichhenevercame;andsentimentsgrowingthere,freshandsheltered,whichhisausteritycouldneverblight,norhismeasuredwarrior-marchtrampledown:butashiswife—athissidealways,andalwaysrestrained,andalwayschecked—forcedtokeepthefireofmynaturecontinuallylow,tocompelittoburninwardlyandneverutteracry,thoughtheimprisonedflameconsumedvitalaftervital—thiswouldbeunendurable.Q：ThispassageisfromJaneEyre.ItoccursinChapter34.St.JohnRivershasjustaskedJanetojoinhimashiswifeonhismissionarytriptoIndia.PleaseevaluateJane’sinteriorconflictinvolvedinmakingherdecision.5.Wh