三峡大学考研专业课试题891英美文化及比较文学2013.doc

1、第1页共 6 页三 峡 大 学2013年研究生入学考试试题(A卷)科目代码： 891 科目名称： 英美文学及比较文学 （考生必须将答案写在答题纸上）IChoose the One that best completes the sentence.(30 points)1. In his poems, Walt Whitman is innovative in the terms of the form of his poetry, which is called“_.”A. free verse B. blank verse C. alliteration D. end rhyming2. W

2、hich of the following is not right about Mark Twains style of language?A. His sentence structures are long, ungrammatical and difficult to read. B. His words are colloquial, concrete and direct in effect. C. His humor is remarkable and characterized by puns, straight-faced exaggeration, repetition a

3、nd anti-climax.D. His style of language had exerted rather deep influence on the contemporary writers.3. Mark Twain and Henry James are commonly described by literary historians asA. Transcendentalists B. SymbolistsC. Realists D. Romantics4. In his poetry, Robert Frost made the colloquial _ speech i

4、nto a poetic expression.A. England B. New EnglandC. Plymouth D. Boston第 2 页5. _ is the first black female American ever to receive Nobel Prize in Literature, whose major novel is Beloved.A. Sinclair Lewis B. Ralph EllisonC. Toni Morrison D. Langston Hughes6. In his Sonnet 18, Shakespeare writes: Som

5、etime too hot the eye of heaven shinesAnd often is his gold complexion dimmed. The word complexion here most likely refers to the _.A. face B. hairC. eyes D. nose7. “It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife”. This passage is t

6、aken from a famous novel written by_.A. Henry Fielding B. Gorge EliotC. Jane Austen D. Emily Bronte 8. The author of “A Rose for Emily” wrote all of the following except_.A. Light in August B. Absalom, Absalom!C. The Jungle D. The Sound and the Fury9. Charles Dickens is one of the greatest critical

7、realist writers of the Victorian age. In _, he attacks the dehumanizing workhouse system and the dark, criminal underworld life in England.ANicholas NicklebyBBleak HouseCHard Times DOliver Twist10. The finest thing in Paradise Lost is the description of hell, and _ is often regarded as the real hero

8、 of the poem.A. God B. SatanC. Adam D. Raphael11. Robinson Crusoe, the image of an enterprising Englishman of the 18th century was created by _.A. Daniel Defoe B. Alexander PopeC. Joseph Addison D. Jonathan Swift第3页12. The man Elizabeth falls in love with in the end of the novel “Pride and Prejudice

9、” is _.A. Darcy B. BingleyC. Wickham D. Mr. Collins 13.Thomas Hardy was good not only at writing Novel, but also at writing _.A. essays B. plays C. short stories D. poems14.“The quality of mercy is not straind; / It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven / Upon the place beneath. It is twice blest:

10、 / It blesseth him that gives and him that takes. ” These lines are taken from _.AHamlet BDr. FaustusCThe Merchant of VeniceD“The Sun Rising”15. Which of the following plays written by George Bernard Shaw deals with the problem of correct pronunciation in English language learning?A. Widowers Houses

11、 B. PygmalionC. Mrs. Warrens Profession D. Major BarbaraII Read the following excerpts and answer the following questions. (30 points) (Write your answer on the answer sheet)Excerpt 1:I wandered lonely as a cloud, That floats on high oer vales and hills, When all at once I saw a crowd, A host, of go

12、lden daffodils; Beside the lake, beneath the trees, Fluttering and dancing in the breeze. 第 4 页Continuous as the stars that shine And twinkle on the milky way, They stretched in never-ending line Along the margin of a bay:Questions:1.The above lines are taken from_ by _.(2)2 The theme of the poem is

13、 _.(4)3 What is the predominant image? (4)Excerpt 2:We passed the School, where Children stroveAt Recessin the RingWe passed the Field of Gazing GrainWe passed the Setting SunQuestions:1.This stanza is taken from the poem _.(2)2.The author of the poem is _.(2)3.What do “School”, “the Field of Gazing

14、 Grain”, and “the Setting Sun” stand for respectively? (6)第5页Excerpt 3:When Caroline Meeber boarded the afternoon train for Chicago, her total outfit consisted of a small trunk, a cheap imitation alligator-skin satchel, a small lunch in a paper box, and yellow leather snap purse, containing her tick

15、et, a scrap of paper with her sisters address in Van Buren Street, and four dollars in money. when a girl leaves her home at eighteen, she does one of two things. Either she falls into saving hands and becomes better, or she rapidly assumes the cosmopolitan standard of virtue and becomes worse.Quest

16、ions:1 Who is the writer of the passage? (1)2 What is your opinion of writers style? Support your opinion with evidence from the passage. (4)3 Is Carrie an immoral person? Give reasons for your answer. (5)III. Choose any five of the following and tell briefly what you know about each. (30 points) (W

17、rite your answer on the answer sheet)1. Heroic Couplet2. The Hemingway Hero3. Naturalism4. Shylock5. Hester Prynne6. The Road not Taken第 6 页IV. Discuss the following questions and write a short critical essay on each one. (60 points) (Write your answer on the answer sheet)1. The Great Gatsby is cons

18、idered as F. Scott Fitzgeralds finest work. It is a highly symbolic meditation on 1920s America as a whole, in particular the disintegration of the American dream in an era of unprecedented prosperity and material excess. What is the theme of The Great Gatsby? Why does Daisy Buchanan seem so charmin

19、g to Gatsby? Is Nick Carraway a reliable narrator？ (30 points) 2. Defoes most important work Robinson Crusoe (The original title, The Life and Strange Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe.) has held its popularity for more than two centuries. What is the central idea of this novel? Why is the character ,Robinson Crusoe, regarded as a representative of the English bourgeoisie? (30 points)