【考研类试卷】2010年南开大学英语专业（英美文学）真题试卷及答案解析.doc

1、2010年南开大学英语专业（英美文学）真题试卷及答案解析(总分：30.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、名词解释(总题数：5，分数：10.00)1.Walt Whitman and Leaves of Grass（分数：2.00）_2.old English, middle English and modern English（分数：2.00）_3.Realism（分数：2.00）_4.sonnet（分数：2.00）_5.alliteration（分数：2.00）_二、分析题(总题数：2，分数：20.00)Questions 1 to 6 are based on the following p

2、oem by Sir Philip Sidney.Sonnet 31With how sad steps, O Moon, thou climb“st the skies!How silently, and with how wan a face!What, may it be that even in heavenly placeThat busy archer his sharp arrows tries?Sure, if that long-with-love-acquainted eyesCan judge of love, thou feel“st a lover“s case;I

3、read it in thy looks; thy languished graceTo me that feel the like, thy state descries.Then, even of fellowship, O Moon, tell me,Is constant love deemed there but want of wit?Are beauties there as proud as here they be?Do they above love to be loved, and yetThose lovers scorn whom that love doth pos

4、sess?Do they call virtue there ungratefulness?（分数：12.00）(1).What question does the poet speaker ask in Lines 3-4?（分数：2.00）_(2).According to Lines 5-9, what do the speaker and the moon have in common?（分数：2.00）_(3).In your own words, tell what the speaker asks in Lines 10 - 14.（分数：2.00）_(4).What does

5、the description of the moon in Lines 1-8 suggest about the speaker“s emotion when he is in love?（分数：2.00）_(5).What do the questions that conclude the poem imply about the object of the speaker“s love?（分数：2.00）_(6).What is the rhyme scheme of this poem?（分数：2.00）_Questions 7 to 10 are based on the fol

6、lowing passage from Catch-22 by Joseph Heller.“Sure there“s a catch,“ Doc Daneeka replied. “Catch-22. Anyone who wants to get out of combat duty isn“t really crazy. “There was only one catch and that was Catch-22, which specified that a concern for one“s own safety in the face of dangers that were r

7、eal and immediate was the process of a rational mind. Orr was crazy and could be grounded. All he had to do was ask, and as soon as he did, he would no longer be crazy and would have to fly more missions. Orr would be crazy to fly more missions and sane if he didn“t, but if he was sane he had to fly

8、 them. If he flew them he was crazy and didn“t have to; but if he didn“t want to he was sane and had to. Yossarian was moved very deeply by the absolute simplicity of this clause of Catch-22 and let out a respectful whistle.“That“s some catch, that Catch-22,“he observed.“It“s the best there is,“ Doc

9、 Daneeka agreed.Yossarian saw it clearly in all its spinning reasonableness. There was an elliptical precision about its perfect pairs of parts that was graceful and shocking, like good modern art, and at times Yossarian wasn“t quite sure that he saw it at all, just the way he was never quite sure a

10、bout good modern art or about the flies Orr saw in Appleby“s eyes. He had Orr“s word to take for the flies in Appleby“s eyes.“ Oh, they“re all right,“ Orr had assured him about the flies in Appleby“s eyes after Yossarian“s fist fight with Appleby in the officers“ club, “although he probably doesn“t

11、even know it. That“s why he can“t see things as they really are.“How come he doesn“t know it?“ inquired Yossarian.“ Because he“s got flies in his eyes,“ Orr explained with exaggerated patience. “ How can he see he“s got flies in his eyes if he“s got flies in his eyes?“It made as much sense as anythi

12、ng else, and Yossarian was willing to give Orr the benefit of the doubt because Orr was from the wilderness outside New York City and knew so much more about wildlife that Yossarian did, and because Orr, unlike Yossarian“s mother, father, sister, aunt, uncle, in-law, teacher, spiritual leader, legis

13、lator, neighbor and newspaper, had never lied to him about anything crucial before. Yossarian had mulled his newfound knowledge about Appleby over in private for a day or two and then decided, as a good deed, to pass the word along to Appleby himself.“ Appleby, you“ve got flies in your eyes,“ he whi

14、spered helpfully as they passed by each other in the doorway of the parachute tent on the day of the weekly milk run to Parma.“What?“ Appleby responded sharply, thrown into confusion by the fact that Yossarian had spoken to him at all.“You“ve got flies in your eyes,“ Yossarian repeated. “That“s prob

15、ably why you can“t see them. “（分数：8.00）(1).What is Catch-22 described in the passage?（分数：2.00）_(2).Why is the description of Catch-22(Paragraph 2)followed by the story of Appleby having flies in his eyes?（分数：2.00）_(3).According to Joseph Heller, “The only freedom we really have is the freedom to say

16、 no. “ Do you agree or disagree with him? Support your opinion with examples from historical or personal experience.（分数：2.00）_(4).Is Catch-22 relevant to the societies? Support your opinion with examples from historical or personal experience.（分数：2.00）_2010年南开大学英语专业（英美文学）真题试卷答案解析(总分：30.00，做题时间：90 分钟

17、)一、名词解释(总题数：5，分数：10.00)1.Walt Whitman and Leaves of Grass（分数：2.00）_正确答案：(正确答案：Walt Whitman(1819 - 1892)is one of the most original and inspiring American Poets, true to his art and to his role as a poet. He devotes himself to poetry eulogizing the native American experience. Leaves of Grass is Ameri

18、ca“s first genuine epic poem, which has nine editions with more than 400 poems all written in free verse form. The title implies rebirth, renewal and green life.)解析：2.old English, middle English and modern English（分数：2.00）_正确答案：(正确答案：Old English is an early form of the English language that is spoke

19、n and written by the Anglo-Saxons and their descendants in parts of what England and south-eastern Scotland are now between at least the mid-5th century and the mid-12th century. What survives through writing represents primarily the literary register of Anglo-Saxon. Middle English is the diverse fo

20、rms of the English language in use between the late 11 th century and about 1470, when a form of London-based English began to become widespread, aided by the introduction of the printing press to England in the late 1470s. Modern English, including William Shakespeare“s works and the King James Bib

21、le, generally dates from about 1550, and continues to adopt foreign words from a variety of languages, as well as coining new words.)解析：3.Realism（分数：2.00）_正确答案：(正确答案：Realism refers to the attempt in literature and art to represent life as it really is, without sentimentalizing or idealizing it. Real

22、istic writing often depicts the daily life and speech of ordinary people. Its practitioners include William Howells and George Eliot.)解析：4.sonnet（分数：2.00）_正确答案：(正确答案：Sonnet is a fourteen-line lyric poem, usually written in rhymed iambic pentameter. A sonnet generally expressed a single theme or idea

23、. Sonnets vary in structure and rhyme scheme, but are generally of two typesthe Italian sonnet and the Shakespearean sonnet.)解析：5.alliteration（分数：2.00）_正确答案：(正确答案：Alliteration is the repetition of similar sounds, usually consonants or consonant clusters, in a group of words. Sometimes the term is li

24、mited to the repetition of initial consonant sounds. It is an important poetic device in Anglo-Saxon poetry where it generally occurs on three of the four stressed syllables in a line.)解析：二、分析题(总题数：2，分数：20.00)Questions 1 to 6 are based on the following poem by Sir Philip Sidney.Sonnet 31With how sad

25、 steps, O Moon, thou climb“st the skies!How silently, and with how wan a face!What, may it be that even in heavenly placeThat busy archer his sharp arrows tries?Sure, if that long-with-love-acquainted eyesCan judge of love, thou feel“st a lover“s case;I read it in thy looks; thy languished graceTo m

26、e that feel the like, thy state descries.Then, even of fellowship, O Moon, tell me,Is constant love deemed there but want of wit?Are beauties there as proud as here they be?Do they above love to be loved, and yetThose lovers scorn whom that love doth possess?Do they call virtue there ungratefulness?

27、（分数：12.00）(1).What question does the poet speaker ask in Lines 3-4?（分数：2.00）_正确答案：(正确答案：These two lines ask about whether there is love in the heaven.)解析：(2).According to Lines 5-9, what do the speaker and the moon have in common?（分数：2.00）_正确答案：(正确答案：Both the speaker and the moon are falling in love

28、 with someone. The poet narrator is melancholy and finds sympathy in the moon“s wan countenance, which seems to him to be the face of a lover scorned and rejected as he is.)解析：(3).In your own words, tell what the speaker asks in Lines 10 - 14.（分数：2.00）_正确答案：(正确答案：In Lines 10-14 the speaker is asking

29、 the moon about the situation in the heaven, that is, whether in the heaven true love is considered stupid, and whether the girls are proud and always fail to be loyal to their love.)解析：(4).What does the description of the moon in Lines 1-8 suggest about the speaker“s emotion when he is in love?（分数：

30、2.00）_正确答案：(正确答案：The description of the moon suggests the speaker“s love is not easy, so he is heartbroken and feeble.)解析：(5).What do the questions that conclude the poem imply about the object of the speaker“s love?（分数：2.00）_正确答案：(正确答案：The last question of the poem means in the heaven the lovers do

31、n“t cherish the love either and are always ungrateful to their love. This question implies the object of the speaker“s love might be the same, that is, she might also be unfaithful to her love and treat love as a plaything.)解析：(6).What is the rhyme scheme of this poem?（分数：2.00）_正确答案：(正确答案：The rhyme

32、scheme of this poem is abbaabba, cdcdee.)解析：Questions 7 to 10 are based on the following passage from Catch-22 by Joseph Heller.“Sure there“s a catch,“ Doc Daneeka replied. “Catch-22. Anyone who wants to get out of combat duty isn“t really crazy. “There was only one catch and that was Catch-22, whic

33、h specified that a concern for one“s own safety in the face of dangers that were real and immediate was the process of a rational mind. Orr was crazy and could be grounded. All he had to do was ask, and as soon as he did, he would no longer be crazy and would have to fly more missions. Orr would be

34、crazy to fly more missions and sane if he didn“t, but if he was sane he had to fly them. If he flew them he was crazy and didn“t have to; but if he didn“t want to he was sane and had to. Yossarian was moved very deeply by the absolute simplicity of this clause of Catch-22 and let out a respectful wh

35、istle.“That“s some catch, that Catch-22,“he observed.“It“s the best there is,“ Doc Daneeka agreed.Yossarian saw it clearly in all its spinning reasonableness. There was an elliptical precision about its perfect pairs of parts that was graceful and shocking, like good modern art, and at times Yossari

36、an wasn“t quite sure that he saw it at all, just the way he was never quite sure about good modern art or about the flies Orr saw in Appleby“s eyes. He had Orr“s word to take for the flies in Appleby“s eyes.“ Oh, they“re all right,“ Orr had assured him about the flies in Appleby“s eyes after Yossari

37、an“s fist fight with Appleby in the officers“ club, “although he probably doesn“t even know it. That“s why he can“t see things as they really are.“How come he doesn“t know it?“ inquired Yossarian.“ Because he“s got flies in his eyes,“ Orr explained with exaggerated patience. “ How can he see he“s go

38、t flies in his eyes if he“s got flies in his eyes?“It made as much sense as anything else, and Yossarian was willing to give Orr the benefit of the doubt because Orr was from the wilderness outside New York City and knew so much more about wildlife that Yossarian did, and because Orr, unlike Yossari

39、an“s mother, father, sister, aunt, uncle, in-law, teacher, spiritual leader, legislator, neighbor and newspaper, had never lied to him about anything crucial before. Yossarian had mulled his newfound knowledge about Appleby over in private for a day or two and then decided, as a good deed, to pass t

40、he word along to Appleby himself.“ Appleby, you“ve got flies in your eyes,“ he whispered helpfully as they passed by each other in the doorway of the parachute tent on the day of the weekly milk run to Parma.“What?“ Appleby responded sharply, thrown into confusion by the fact that Yossarian had spok

41、en to him at all.“You“ve got flies in your eyes,“ Yossarian repeated. “That“s probably why you can“t see them. “（分数：8.00）(1).What is Catch-22 described in the passage?（分数：2.00）_正确答案：(正确答案：Catch-22 is a military term that is confusing and difficult to describe. It is like a trap that confined members of the U. S. Air Force. In terms of logic, the “catch“ is that, by applying for exemption from highly dangerous bombing missions on the grounds of insanity, the applicant proves himself to be sane(after all, that“s what any sane person would do). If anyone applies to fly they would be considere