1、2009年南京大学英语专业（英美文学）真题试卷及答案解析(总分：38.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、填空题(总题数：10，分数：20.00)1.Author 1 Title 2Ten Thousand saw I at a glance, Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_2.Author 1 Title 2It was now midnight, and my task was drawing to a close. I had completed the eighth, the ninth and the ten
2、th tier. I had finished a portion of the last and the eleventh; there remained but a single stone to be fitted and plastered in.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_3.Author 1 Title 2Roger edged past the Chief, only just avoiding pushing him with his shoulder. The yelling ceased, and Samneric lay looking up in quiet ter
3、ror. Roger advanced upon them as one wielding a nameless authority.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_4.Author 1 Title 2I shall be telling this with a sigh Somewhere ages and ages hence;Tow roads diverged in a wood, and I I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_5.Author 1
4、Title 2The two waiters inside the cafe knew that the old man was a little drunk, and while he was a good client they knew that if he became too drunk he would leave without paying, so they kept watch on him.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_6.Author 1 Title 2Uncle Oscar took both Bassett and Paul into Richmond Park f
5、or an afternoon, and there they talked.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_7.Author 1 Title 2He decided to rest her in a clump of trees during the afternoon, and push onward under cover of darkness. At dusk Clare purchased food as usual, and their night march began, the boundary between Upper and Mid-Wessex being cross
6、ed about eight o“ clock.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_8.Author 1 Title 2What thoughts I have of you tonight, Walt Whitman, for I walked down the sidestreets under the trees with a headache self-conscious looking at the full moon.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_9.Author 1 Title 2I would not have gone back to Joe now, I would not
7、have gone back to Biddy now, for any consideration: simply, I suppose, because my sense of my own worthless conduct to them was greater than every consideration.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_10.Author 1 Title 2And though your graciousness might stream,And I contrive,Grandmother, stones are nothing of homeTo that
8、spumiest dove.Against both bar and tower the black sea runs.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_二、问答题(总题数：5，分数：16.00)11.What does “Araby“ mean? Discuss its significance as the tide of the story.（分数：2.00）_12.What is the symbolic meaning of the tiger in William Blake“ s “The Tyger“ ?（分数：2.00）_13.Emerson states; “Let a ma
9、n then know his worth, and keep things under his feet. “ This indicates the author“ s belief in real virtue. Please make comments on this line.（分数：2.00）_14.Why did F. Scott Fitzgerald use “great“ to modify the protagonist“ s name Gatsby in the title of his novel The Great Gatsby?（分数：2.00）_Moon Landi
10、ng It“ s natural the Boys should whoop it up for so huge a phallic triumph, an adventure it would not have occurred to women to think worth while, made possible onlybecause we like huddling in gangs and knowing the exact time: yes, our sex may in fairness hurrah the deed, although the motives that p
11、rimed it were somewhat less than menschlich.A grand gesture. But what does it period? What does it osse? We were always adroiter with objects than lives, and more facile at courage than kindness; from the moment the first flint was flaked this landing was merely a matter of time. But our selves, lik
12、e Adam“ s, still don“ t fit us exactly, modernonly in thisOur lack of decorum.Homer“ s heroes were certainly no braver than our Trio, but more fortunate: Hector was excused the insult of having his valor covered by television.Worth going to see? I can well believe it. Worth seeing? Mneh! I once rode
13、 through a desert and was not charmed: give me a watered lively garden, remote from blatherersabout the New, the von Brauns and their ilk, where on August mornings I can count the morning glories where to die has a meaning, and no engine can shift my perspective.Unsmudged, thank God, my Moon still q
14、ueens the Heavensas She ebbs and fulls, a Presence to glop at,Her Old Man, made of grit not protein,still visits my Austrian severalwith His old detachment, and the old warningsstill have power to scare me: Hybris comes toan ugly finish, Irreverenceis a greater oaf than Superstition.Our apparatniks
15、will continue makingthe usual squalid mess called History:all we can pray for is that artists,chefs and saints may still appear to blithe it.(1969)（分数：8.00）(1).What does the speaker mean in lines 1 -4? Do you agree with these sentiments?(4%)（分数：2.00）_(2).Besides being a satellite or a celestial body
16、, what else does the moon suggest?(2%)（分数：2.00）_(3).What does the speaker think of science and technology? Does his opinion conform to or conflict with your ideas about the American space program?(4%)（分数：2.00）_(4).In the poem, the poet questions the wisdom of the 1969 moon landing. Write a short ess
17、ay in which you discuss whether the United States should or should not continue space exploration.(10%)（分数：2.00）_三、评论题(总题数：1，分数：2.00)15.Essay Question.(50 %) Bildunsroman refers to “novel of formation“ or “novel of education“. The subject of Bildunsroman, according to M. H. Abrams, is “the developme
18、nt of the protagonist“ s mind and character, in the passage from childhood through varied experiencesand often through a spiritual crisisinto maturity, which usually involves recognition of one“ s identity and role in the world“. Choose a typical Bildunsroman you have read, and write a critical essa
19、y.（分数：2.00）_2009年南京大学英语专业（英美文学）真题试卷答案解析(总分：38.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、填空题(总题数：10，分数：20.00)1.Author 1 Title 2Ten Thousand saw I at a glance, Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：正确答案：Author: William Wordsworth Title: I wondered lonely as a Cloud）解析：解析：(题目选自 Wordsworth的名诗 I wondered l
20、onely as a Cloud。威廉华兹华斯被封为“桂冠诗人”并享有“自然诗人”的美誉。1798 年他同柯勒律治合作出版了有名的抒情歌谣集(Lyrical Ballads)，该诗集第二版的“序”被认为是英国浪漫主义的宣言。)2.Author 1 Title 2It was now midnight, and my task was drawing to a close. I had completed the eighth, the ninth and the tenth tier. I had finished a portion of the last and the eleventh;
21、 there remained but a single stone to be fitted and plastered in.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：正确答案：Author; Edgar Allan Poe Title; The Cask of Amontillado）解析：解析：(题目节选自爱伦坡的 The Cask of Amontillado(阿芒提拉多的酒桶)。阿芒提拉多的酒桶是美国作家爱伦坡的一部短篇小说佳作。)3.Author 1 Title 2Roger edged past the Chief, only just avoiding pushing h
22、im with his shoulder. The yelling ceased, and Samneric lay looking up in quiet terror. Roger advanced upon them as one wielding a nameless authority.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：正确答案：Author: William Golding Title; Lord of the Flies）解析：解析：(题目节选自 William Golding的 Lord of the Flies(蝇王)。蝇王是威廉戈尔丁的代表作，是一本重要的哲理小
23、说，借“小孩的天真”来探讨“人性的恶”这一严肃主题。)4.Author 1 Title 2I shall be telling this with a sigh Somewhere ages and ages hence;Tow roads diverged in a wood, and I I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：正确答案：Author; Robert Frost Title; The Road Not Taken）解析：解析：(题
24、目节选自罗伯特弗罗斯特的 The Road Not Taken(未选择的路)中的最后一节。未选择的路是美国著名诗人罗伯特弗罗斯特的著名诗篇。罗伯特弗罗斯特堪称美国 20世纪 90年代最受欢迎的诗人之一，是美国非官方的桂冠诗人。)5.Author 1 Title 2The two waiters inside the cafe knew that the old man was a little drunk, and while he was a good client they knew that if he became too drunk he would leave without pa
25、ying, so they kept watch on him.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：正确答案：Author; Ernest Hemingway Title; A Clean, Well-lighted Place）解析：解析：(题目节选自海明威的 A Clean，Well 一 lighted Place(一个干净明亮的地方)。这是海明威的一个短篇小说。)6.Author 1 Title 2Uncle Oscar took both Bassett and Paul into Richmond Park for an afternoon, and there they
26、talked.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：正确答案：Author; D. H. Lawrence Title; The Rocking-horse Winne）解析：解析：(木马赢家是劳伦斯较为著名的短篇小说之一，探讨了劳伦斯所关注的人与人之间的关系，从一个侧面反映了西方工业社会中金钱对健康和谐的人际关系的扭曲。)7.Author 1 Title 2He decided to rest her in a clump of trees during the afternoon, and push onward under cover of darkness. At dusk C
27、lare purchased food as usual, and their night march began, the boundary between Upper and Mid-Wessex being crossed about eight o“ clock.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：正确答案：Author; Thomas Hardy Title; Tess of the D“ Urbervilles）解析：解析：(题目节选自哈代的“Tess of the DUrbervilles”(德伯家的苔丝)。哈代(18401928)英国诗人、小说家。他是横跨两个世纪的作
28、家，早期和中期的创作以小说为主，继承和发扬了维多利亚时代的文学传统；晚年以其出色的诗歌开拓了英国 20世纪的文学。)8.Author 1 Title 2What thoughts I have of you tonight, Walt Whitman, for I walked down the sidestreets under the trees with a headache self-conscious looking at the full moon.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：正确答案：Author; Allen Ginsberg Title; A Superma
29、rket in California）解析：解析：(题目选自金斯堡的 A Supermarket in California。)9.Author 1 Title 2I would not have gone back to Joe now, I would not have gone back to Biddy now, for any consideration: simply, I suppose, because my sense of my own worthless conduct to them was greater than every consideration.（分数：2.
30、00）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：正确答案：Author; Charles Dickens Title; Great Expectations）解析：解析：(题目节选自狄更斯的 Great Expectations(远大前程)。)10.Author 1 Title 2And though your graciousness might stream,And I contrive,Grandmother, stones are nothing of homeTo that spumiest dove.Against both bar and tower the black sea runs.（分
31、数：2.00）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：正确答案：Author; Sylvia Plath Title; Point Shirley）解析：解析：(题目节选自普拉斯的 Point Shirley。西尔维娅普拉斯一位美国自白派诗人的代表。生前，普拉斯只出版过两本著作，一是诗集巨人及其他诗歌(The Colossus and Other Poems)，另外出版了自传体长篇小说钟形罩。)二、问答题(总题数：5，分数：16.00)11.What does “Araby“ mean? Discuss its significance as the tide of the story.（分数：2.00）
32、_正确答案：(正确答案：a. Araby is a romantic term for the Middle East, but there is no such country. The word was popular throughout the nineteenth centuryused to express the romantic view of the east that had“ been popular since Napoleon“ s triumph over Egypt. And, the story is about Romantic irony, for the
33、unnamed boy has a romantic view of the world. The fictional term predicts that the boy“ s fantasies are bound to fall apart, for those fantasies do not exist in reality. b. Imaginative, sensitive, and romantic by nature, the boy feels dissatisfied with his gloomy environment and wishes to spirit him
34、self away to a place where the life of his mind could enjoy a more congenial kind of atmosphere. Very soon, he spots the object for his imagination to weave a romantic web aboutMangan“ s older sister. He plans to buy a present for her from the market placeAraby. Araby as the title creates ironical e
35、ffects through the contrast between what the boy imagines and what really happens. Ironical it is, he sees the least romantic place where he feels disgusted and realizes that Mangan“ s sister may not have taken any notice of him at all. He ends up with strong self-censure, a heightened awareness of
36、himself and a step closer to manhood.)解析：12.What is the symbolic meaning of the tiger in William Blake“ s “The Tyger“ ?（分数：2.00）_正确答案：(正确答案：a. The tiger initially appears as a strikingly sensuous image. However, as the poem progresses, it takes on a symbolic character, and comes to embody the spirit
37、ual and moral problem the poem explores: perfectly beautiful and yet perfectly destructive. Blake“ s tiger becomes the symbolic center for an investigation into the presence of evil in the world. b. Although tiger induces the pain, unrest and even separation of the society, it can release the creati
38、vity of human beings. The tiger can be seen as the embodiment of power and vigor, which resembles the flame burning at the bottom of human“ s heart. The tiger not only creates but also destroys. It owns a “fearful symmetry“ , connoting a startling power and a pervading terror.)解析：13.Emerson states;
39、“Let a man then know his worth, and keep things under his feet. “ This indicates the author“ s belief in real virtue. Please make comments on this line.（分数：2.00）_正确答案：(正确答案：This line is a representation of Emerson“ s transcendental ideas that the individual is the most important of all and an indivi
40、dual should know about his own worth and give full play to his worth. If man depends upon himself, cultivates himself and brings about the divine in himself, he can hope to become better and even perfect. He tries to convince people that doing things according to their knowledge of their worth is a
41、perfect way to develop and improve themselves. Each man should determine his own existence. Men should and could be self-reliant. Self-reliance is also an expression of the hope that man can become the best person he could hope to be.)解析：14.Why did F. Scott Fitzgerald use “great“ to modify the prota
42、gonist“ s name Gatsby in the title of his novel The Great Gatsby?（分数：2.00）_正确答案：(正确答案：a. Gatsby is great because he is able to create a new identity for himself when he needs to be someone else. His determination and audacity are amazing since he focuses on a goal of winning Daisy and he does whatev
43、er is necessary to attain it. He establishes that he needs wealth to keep Daisy in the manner she is accustomed to, and so he attains a “business“ that gives him financial wealth. What is more, he studies mannerisms and expressions he thinks is what the social elite says and does. b. Gatsby is great
44、 is also because of his unworldly love for Daily. He takes the blame for Daisy when she commits a crime and that takes a great man. c. Gatsby is great because he is a mythical figure whose personal experience approximates a state of mind that embodies America. Gatsby is the last of the romantic hero, whose energy and sense of commitment take him in search of his personal grail.)解析：Moon Landing It“ s natural the Boys should whoop it up for so huge a phallic triumph, an adventure it would not have occurred to women to think worth while, made possible onlyb
