1、2007年北京第二外国语学院英语专业（英美文学）真题试卷及答案解析(总分：42.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、单项选择题(总题数：15，分数：30.00)1.Generally speaking, it is_that the English Literary history starts.（分数：2.00）A.6th C.BCB.5th C.BCC.6th C.AD.D.5th C.AD2.Knights of the Round Table are characters serving_in legends, which depict chivalry in early literatu
2、re.（分数：2.00）A.Sir LancelotB.Sir GodwinC.King ArthurD.King Henry VIII3.Of the following works, which is not written by John Milton?（分数：2.00）A.Paradise LostB.MyAntoniaC.Paradise RegainedD.Samson Agonistes4.As a literary trend in Britain,_came as a result of discount of certain enlighteners in social r
3、eality in the middle of 18th Century.（分数：2.00）A.SentimentalismB.ImagismC.Social CriticismD.Modernism5.“Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested? Could be found in_.（分数：2.00）A.Thomas Moore“s UtopiaB.Charles Dickson“s Great ExpectationsC.John Bunyan“s
4、 The Pilgrim“s ProgressD.Francis Bacon“s Of Studies6.British Renaissance breeds a lot of great writers, among whom are_. William Shakespeare John Milton Edmund Spencer Geoffrey Chaucer（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.7.The proposal of “art for art“s sake“ is given by._.（分数：2.00）A.Oscar WildeB.Henry JamesC.Henry Fie
5、ldingD.Charles Dickens8.Thomas Hardy“s masterpiece setting on the British country life is_.（分数：2.00）A.PamelaB.EmmaC.Jane EyreD.Tess of the D“ Urbervilles9.Early in_, the English settlements in Virginia and Massachusetts started the main stream of the American national history.（分数：2.00）A.14th. CB.15t
6、h. CC.17th. CD.16th. C10.Benjamin Franklin is not merely an outstanding politician, a talented inventor but also a famed literary giant. His autobiography set the example of practicing_moral disciplines which gave profound influences as the national spirit.（分数：2.00）A.Quaker“sB.PuritanC.Anglican Chri
7、stianD.Easter“s11.James Fennimore Cooper“s novel_ is the first to reveal the west and Native Americans“ life in a passionate way.（分数：2.00）A.Go Down, MosesB.The Last of the MohicansC.Winesburg, OhioD.O“ Pioneers!12.Realism in American literature stretches from_to the end of 19th .C.（分数：2.00）A.early 1
8、7th CB.early 18th CC.American Civil WarD.Spanish-American War13.West Humor is best represented in_“s short story writing.（分数：2.00）A.O“ HenryB.Flannery O“ ConnorC.Henry JamesD.Mark Twain14._are not only poets but also literary critics. Edgar Allan Poe Carl Sandburg T. S. Eliot Ezra Pound（分数：2.00）A.B.
9、C.D.15.“The Lost Generation“ refers to the writes who relocated to Paris in the post WWI years to reject the values of American materialism. All the following but_are involved in this group.（分数：2.00）A.F. S. FitzgeraldB.Ernest HemingwayC.Theodore DreiserD.John Dos Passos二、名词解释(总题数：3，分数：6.00)16.Harlem
10、 Renaissance (3 points)（分数：2.00）_17.Black Humor (3 points)（分数：2.00）_18.American Naturalism (3 points)（分数：2.00）_三、分析题(总题数：1，分数：6.00)Lord Byron“s She Walks in Beauty is among the most memorable and most quoted poems in romantic poetry. In June, 1848, Byron attended a party where he was inspired by the
11、 sight of his cousin, the beautiful Mrs. Wilmot, who was wearing a black spangled mourning dress, and it became the essence of this poem about her.She Walks in BeautyShe walk in beauty, like the night Of cloudless climes and starry skies: And all that“s best of dark and brightMeet in her aspect and
12、her eyes:Thus mellow“d to that tender lightWhich heaven to gaudy day denies.One shade the more, one ray the less,Had half impair“d the nameless graceWhich waves in every raven tress, Or softly lightens o“er her face;Where thoughts serenely sweet expressHow pure, how dear their dwelling-place.And on
13、that cheek, and o“er that browSo soft, so calm, yet eloquent,The smiles that win, the tints that glow,But tell of days in goodness spent.A mind at peace with all below,A heart whose love is innocent.（分数：6.00）(1).Summarize the charm of the lady who “walks in beauty“. (3 points)（分数：2.00）_(2).What figu
14、res of speech are used in this poem? Could you give some examples? (4 points)（分数：2.00）_(3).How does this poem reflect features of romantic poetry? (4 points)（分数：2.00）_2007年北京第二外国语学院英语专业（英美文学）真题试卷答案解析(总分：42.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、单项选择题(总题数：15，分数：30.00)1.Generally speaking, it is_that the English Literary hi
15、story starts.（分数：2.00）A.6th C.BCB.5th C.BCC.6th C.AD.D.5th C.AD 解析：解析：英国文学史始于盎格鲁一撒克逊人定居英国的时候，即 5世纪。2.Knights of the Round Table are characters serving_in legends, which depict chivalry in early literature.（分数：2.00）A.Sir LancelotB.Sir GodwinC.King Arthur D.King Henry VIII解析：解析：圆桌骑士(Knights of the Rou
16、nd Table)讲述了亚瑟王以及属下骑士的故事。3.Of the following works, which is not written by John Milton?（分数：2.00）A.Paradise LostB.MyAntonia C.Paradise RegainedD.Samson Agonistes解析：解析：我的安东尼娅(My Antonia)是美国现代女作家薇拉凯瑟(Willa Cather)以内布拉斯加大草原为背景的一系列拓荒小说中最成熟的一部。小说一共五章，由叙述者吉姆伯登(Jim Burden)的回忆构成。安东尼娅是吉姆童年的伙伴，她的家人从波西米亚漂洋过海来到内
17、布拉斯加草原拓荒，父亲因不适应边疆艰苦生活而自杀，年少的安东尼娅勇敢地承担起生活的重任，像个男子汉一样在田地干活，后来到黑鹰镇帮工，期间被诱骗怀孕，遭到情人的遗弃。面对各种困境和厄运，安东尼娅没有丧失生活的信心，她重新回到草原生活，坚强地克服一个又一个难关，终于在大草原上建立起一个令她自豪的家，养育了一群健康可爱的孩子。4.As a literary trend in Britain,_came as a result of discount of certain enlighteners in social reality in the middle of 18th Century.（分数：
18、2.00）A.Sentimentalism B.ImagismC.Social CriticismD.Modernism解析：解析：伤感主义是 18世纪中叶欧洲资产阶级启蒙运动中的一种文艺思潮，也称为“主情主义”。该派的得名，源于英国作家斯特恩(Stern)的小说在法国和意大利的感伤的旅行(A Sentimental Journey through France and Italy)。该派作家崇尚感情，把感情看得高于“理性”，因而强调文学的主要任务是细致刻画人物的心理动态和描写人物的不幸遭遇，以便唤起读者在感情上的同情和共鸣，表达出对当时贵族阶级的理性主义和古典主义的反抗。伤感主义把个人主义和
19、主观幻想的因素带进文艺，对19世纪浪漫主义文学的产生和发展产生较大影响，所以又被称为“前浪漫主义”。其作品形式多用日记、自白、书简、游记、回忆体，并采用第一人称。代表作家有英国的斯特恩，理查逊，法国的卢梭(如忏悔录遐想录)，伏尔泰，德国的歌德，里希特，海涅等等。5.“Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested? Could be found in_.（分数：2.00）A.Thomas Moore“s UtopiaB.Charles Dickson“s Gr
20、eat ExpectationsC.John Bunyan“s The Pilgrim“s ProgressD.Francis Bacon“s Of Studies 解析：解析：本文节选自培根(Bacon)的论学习(Of Studies)。6.British Renaissance breeds a lot of great writers, among whom are_. William Shakespeare John Milton Edmund Spencer Geoffrey Chaucer（分数：2.00）A. B.C.D.解析：解析：本题考查文艺复兴时期的作家。乔叟(Geoffr
21、ey Chaucer)是英国早期的作家，而弥尔顿是文艺复兴晚期的作家。这一点经常会被考生忽略。7.The proposal of “art for art“s sake“ is given by._.（分数：2.00）A.Oscar Wilde B.Henry JamesC.Henry FieldingD.Charles Dickens解析：解析：“为艺术而艺术”是王尔德所提出的口号。8.Thomas Hardy“s masterpiece setting on the British country life is_.（分数：2.00）A.PamelaB.EmmaC.Jane EyreD.T
22、ess of the D“ Urbervilles 解析：解析：本题考查作家作品。哈代的作品为德伯家的苔丝(Tess of the D“Urbervilles)，小说描述了当时英国的乡村生活。 帕米拉(Pamela)是塞缪尔理查逊的作品。9.Early in_, the English settlements in Virginia and Massachusetts started the main stream of the American national history.（分数：2.00）A.14th. CB.15th. CC.17th. C D.16th. C解析：解析：美国历史开
23、始于 17世纪初英国移民在马萨诸塞州和弗吉尼亚州的定居。10.Benjamin Franklin is not merely an outstanding politician, a talented inventor but also a famed literary giant. His autobiography set the example of practicing_moral disciplines which gave profound influences as the national spirit.（分数：2.00）A.Quaker“sB.Puritan C.Anglic
24、an ChristianD.Easter“s解析：解析：本杰明富兰克林(Benjamin Franklin)，17061-17904，美国革命时期的资产阶级民主主义思想家，杰出的政治活动家，卓越的科学家。他是美国 18世纪仅列于华盛顿之后的最著名人物。他的自传是奉行清教徒道德的典范。11.James Fennimore Cooper“s novel_ is the first to reveal the west and Native Americans“ life in a passionate way.（分数：2.00）A.Go Down, MosesB.The Last of the M
25、ohicans C.Winesburg, OhioD.O“ Pioneers!解析：解析：本题考查作家作品。库珀(James Fennimore Coopers)，1789-1851，美国文学的先驱者和奠基人之一，他的作品主要以边境生活为题材，其代表作包括皮袜子故事集(“皮袜子”是小说主人公纳蒂班波的绰号五部曲： 拓荒者(The Pioneers1823)、最后的莫希干人(The Last of the Mohicans，1826)、草原(The Prairie，1827)、探路者(The Pathfinder，1840)和杀鹿人(The Deer-slayer，1841)以及反映航海生活的舵
26、手(The Pilot，1824)。去吧，摩西(Go Down，Moses)是威廉福克纳(William Faulkner)最负盛名的作品之一，也是“约克纳帕塔法世系”的重要构成部分。继喧哗与骚动之后继续揭示种族歧视、贪婪占有以及物欲对于人类心灵交流的阻碍的一大杰作，并且福克纳拓宽了艺术表现的深度。小镇畸人(Winesburg,Ohio)是舍伍德安德森(Sherwood Anderson)的代表作。小说栩栩如生地刻画了一群气愤而孤独的人物，一群传统而又被现实的功利主义所扭曲的人，一群渴望爱与自由而又缺乏交流的“小镇畸人”。这群畸人因其对美国乡镇生活的普遍意义而成为美国文学史研究中不可忽视的对象
27、。 ，啊，拓荒者!(OPioneers!)的作者是薇拉凯瑟(Willa Cather)。 啊，拓荒者!是凯瑟描写美国中西部边疆小说中的第一本，也是奠定她文学地位的经典著作。在这部作品中凯瑟抒发对土地的热爱，思考土地与人类的关系。12.Realism in American literature stretches from_to the end of 19th .C.（分数：2.00）A.early 17th CB.early 18th CC.American Civil War D.Spanish-American War解析：解析：本题考查美国现实主义的开始世纪。美国内战是 19世纪美国浪
28、漫主义与现实主义的分水岭。13.West Humor is best represented in_“s short story writing.（分数：2.00）A.O“ Henry B.Flannery O“ ConnorC.Henry JamesD.Mark Twain解析：解析：欧亨利的作品都只能是美国这块土地上的产物，它们当之无愧为“美国生活的幽默百科全书“。欧亨利既写东部，也写西部，但他最负盛名的故事大都发生在纽约市的大街小巷中，发生在他称之为“四百万“的普通百姓身上。他为市民读者而写，也擅长写市民生活，故而有“曼哈顿的桂冠诗人”之称。其实，欧亨利写西部也同样得心应手，比起闹市中的
29、哀怨病态，他笔下粗犷的西部反倒显出一股豪侠之气。无论是牛仔矿工，还是强盗骗子，一个个写得栩栩如生，有声有色。14._are not only poets but also literary critics. Edgar Allan Poe Carl Sandburg T. S. Eliot Ezra Pound（分数：2.00）A. B.C.D.解析：解析：爱伦坡、艾略特以及庞德都是诗人兼评论家。只有卡尔桑德堡(Carl Sandburg)是诗人。15.“The Lost Generation“ refers to the writes who relocated to Paris in th
30、e post WWI years to reject the values of American materialism. All the following but_are involved in this group.（分数：2.00）A.F. S. FitzgeraldB.Ernest HemingwayC.Theodore Dreiser D.John Dos Passos解析：解析：本题考查“迷惘一代”作家的代表。西奥多德莱塞(Theodore Dreiser)属于自然主义流派的作家。约翰多斯帕索斯(John Dos Passos)，1896-1970，小说家。根据亲身经历写成的三
31、个士兵(Three Soldiers，1921)是他第一部有影响的小说，也是最早反映美国青年一代厌战和迷惘情绪的作品。1925年发表的曼哈顿中转站(Manhattan Transfer)以大战前后的纽约社会为背景，报写了记者、律师、演员、水手、工会干部等人物形象。他们都是资本主义社会的失意者，生活苦闷，精神空虚。多斯帕索斯的代表作是美国 (U.SA)三部曲，包括北纬四十二度 (The 42ndParallel1930)、一九一九年(Nineteen Nineteen，1932)和赚大钱(The Big Money，1936)。这部作品规模宏大，时间从本世纪初直至 1929年经济危机爆发，描写了
32、 12个人物形象。他们的故事独立成章，情节上偶尔有所联系。二、名词解释(总题数：3，分数：6.00)16.Harlem Renaissance (3 points)（分数：2.00）_正确答案：(正确答案：Originally called the New Negro Movement, the Harlem Renaissance was a literary and intellectual flowering that fostered a new black cultural identity in the 1920s and 1930s. With racism still ramp
33、ant and economic opportunities scarce, creative expression was one of the few avenues available to African Americans in the early twentieth century. Langston Hughes and Richard Wright are representatives of the movement with their works Weary Blues and Native Son respectively.)解析：17.Black Humor (3 p
34、oints)（分数：2.00）_正确答案：(正确答案：Black humor, in literature, drama, and film, grotesque or morbid humor used to express the absurdity, insensitivity, paradox, and cruelty of the modern world. Ordinary characters or situations are usually exaggerated far beyond the limits of normal satire or irony. Black h
35、umor uses devices often associated with tragedy and is sometimes equated with tragic farce. Joseph Heller“s Catch-22 is one of the kind.)解析：18.American Naturalism (3 points)（分数：2.00）_正确答案：(正确答案：American literary naturalism is a literary movement that became popular in late-nineteenth-century America
36、 and is often associated with literary realism. Viewed as a combination of realism and romanticism, critics contend that the American form is heavily influenced by the concept of determinismthe theory that heredity and environment influence determine human behavior. Although naturalism is often asso
37、ciated with realism, which also seeks to accurately represent human existence, the two movements are differentiated by the fact that naturalism is connected to the doctrine of biological, economic, and social determinism. A handful of significant American authors, such as Stephen Crane, Theodore Dre
38、iser, and Frank Norris, utilized the form in making their novels like The Red Badge of Courage, Sister Carrie and The Octopus: A Story of California.)解析：三、分析题(总题数：1，分数：6.00)Lord Byron“s She Walks in Beauty is among the most memorable and most quoted poems in romantic poetry. In June, 1848, Byron att
39、ended a party where he was inspired by the sight of his cousin, the beautiful Mrs. Wilmot, who was wearing a black spangled mourning dress, and it became the essence of this poem about her.She Walks in BeautyShe walk in beauty, like the night Of cloudless climes and starry skies: And all that“s best
40、 of dark and brightMeet in her aspect and her eyes:Thus mellow“d to that tender lightWhich heaven to gaudy day denies.One shade the more, one ray the less,Had half impair“d the nameless graceWhich waves in every raven tress, Or softly lightens o“er her face;Where thoughts serenely sweet expressHow p
41、ure, how dear their dwelling-place.And on that cheek, and o“er that browSo soft, so calm, yet eloquent,The smiles that win, the tints that glow,But tell of days in goodness spent.A mind at peace with all below,A heart whose love is innocent.（分数：6.00）(1).Summarize the charm of the lady who “walks in
42、beauty“. (3 points)（分数：2.00）_正确答案：(正确答案：This poem is not necessarily a love poem, but more of a celebration of the subject“s beauty. The lady“s beauty reminds the speaker of the night sky, unlike the day which is bright and gaudy. Her face reminds him of all that is best between day and night. If sh
43、e were in any brighter light or in any more darkness it would be the wrong shade of light to adequately show her beautiful face which shows her sweet feelings. Her beautiful face and calm smile show she is innocent, good and at peace.)解析：解析：本题表面上是总结 the lady的魅力，实际上是对诗歌内容的概述。考生只需将诗歌的大意描述一下就可以了。(2).Wh
44、at figures of speech are used in this poem? Could you give some examples? (4 points)（分数：2.00）_正确答案：(正确答案：Alliteration occurs frequently to enhance the appeal of the poem to the ear. The most obvious examples of this figure of speech include the following: “cloudless climes; starry skies“. Simile is
45、also used in Lines 1, 2, comparing the movement of the beautiful woman to the movement of the skies. Besides, the author employs metaphor and personification. For example, in Line 13-16, metaphor and personification is utilized to compare the woman“s cheek and brow to persons who tell of days in goodness.)解析：解析：本题考查诗歌所运用的修辞格。这里，拜伦运用了多种的表现手法，如头韵(alliteration)，明喻(simile)，隐喻(metaphor)以及拟人(personification)等。考生只需在文中找到例证说明一下就可以了。(3).How does this poem reflect features of romantic poetry? (4 points)（分数：2.00）_
