1、2010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.Sonnet in English poetry contains_.（分数：2.00）A.four linesB.a coupletC.fourteen linesD.a terza rima2.Francis Bacon, one of the most important British essayists, was active in the_.（分数：2.00）A.Middle AgeB.Anglo-Saxon PeriodC
2、.English RenaissanceD.Victoria Age3._, whose name comes from Greek words meaning “no place“ , is written by Thomas More to name his ideal society.（分数：2.00）A.UtopiaB.ShangrilaC.News from NowhereD.Wonderland4.Of the following writers who is NOT a poet in English Renaissance? _.（分数：2.00）A.William Shake
3、speareB.Robert BurnsC.Edmund SpenserD.John Milton5._founded a new school of poetry by the name of metaphysical school.（分数：2.00）A.John SmithB.John BunyanC.John MiltonD.John Donne6.Modern English novel arose in the_century.（分数：2.00）A.16thB.17thC.18thD.19th7.Don Juan is_“s poetic drama with the materia
4、l taken from Biblical stories.（分数：2.00）A.ByronB.ShelleyC.WordsworthD.Coleridge8.In 1878,_moved to London. His lifestyle and humorous wit made him soon spokesman for Aestheticism, the late 19th century movement in England that advocated art for art“s sake.（分数：2.00）A.Walter ScottB.Oscar WildeC.Robert
5、BrowningD.Alfred Tennyson9._belongs to “stream of consciousness“ school.（分数：2.00）A.Virginia WoolfB.Thomas WolfeC.Somerset MaughamD.Thomas Hardy10.American Colonial literature is longer than any other literary period, which started when the first settlers kept diaries and sermons and developed till_.
6、（分数：2.00）A.the mid of 18th C.B.early 17th C.C.the end of 17th C.D.the end of 18th C.11.“Oh Captain! My Captain!“ is Whitman“s mourning poem to_.（分数：2.00）A.Martin Luther KingB.utilitarianC.New England transcendentalismD.Abraham Lincoln12.Of the following writers_is not influenced by naturalistic writ
7、ing.（分数：2.00）A.Theodore DreiserB.Stephen CraneC.Isaac SingerD.Frank Norris13.F. S. Fitzgerald is NOT the writer of_.（分数：2.00）A.The Great GatsbyB.The Last TycoonC.As I Lay DyingD.Tender Is the Night14._addressed Ernest Hemingway and his peers as “the lost generation“.（分数：2.00）A.Gertrude SteinB.Willia
8、m Dean HowellsC.Sherwood AndersonD.Henry James15.The author of Long Day“s Journey into Night also wrote_.（分数：2.00）A.Death of a SalesmanB.The Hairy ApeC.A Streetcar Named DesireD.Looking Back in Anger二、名词解释(总题数：3，分数：6.00)16.American Transcendentalism(3 points)（分数：2.00）_17.The Southern Renaissance(3 p
9、oints)（分数：2.00）_18.The Beat Generation(3 points)（分数：2.00）_三、分析题(总题数：1，分数：6.00)When Miss Emily Grierson died, our whole town went to her funeral: the men through a sort of respectful affection for a fallen monument, the women mostly out of curiosity to see the inside of her house, which no one save a
10、n old manservanta combined gardener and cookhad seen in at least ten years.It was a big, squarish frame house and spires and scrolled balconies in the heavily lightsome style of the seventies, set on what had once been our most select street. But garages and cotton gins had encroached and obliterate
11、d even the august names of that neighborhood; only Miss Emily“s house was left, lifting its stubborn and coquettish decay above the cotton wagons and the gasoline pumps an eyesore among eyesores. And now Miss Emily had gone to join the representatives of those august names where they lay in the ceda
12、r-bemused cemetery among the ranked and anonymous graves of Union and confederate soldiers who fell at the battle of Jefferson(the Town of Jefferson).Alive, Miss Emily had been a tradition, a duty, and a care; a sort of heredity obligation upon the town, dating from that day in 1894 when Colonel Sar
13、toris invented an involved tale to the effect that Miss Emily“s father had loaned money to the town, which the town, as a matter of business, preferred this way of repaying. Only a man of Colonel Sartoris“ generation and thought could have invented it, and only a woman could have believed it.This se
14、ction above is an excerpt from William Faulkner“s short story A Rose for Emily. Please answer the following questions according to the excerpt:（分数：6.00）(1).What is the town people“s response toward Emily“s death and what“s the reason for that? Use your own words to give an illustration.(3 points)（分数
15、：2.00）_(2).These paragraphs typically show Faulkner“s major concern in literary writing. Please explain Faulkner“s literary concern in general with one representative work except this short story.(4 points)（分数：2.00）_(3).In the 3rd paragraph, Miss Emily is referred to as “a tradition“. What does this
16、 tradition mean? When the paragraph ends with the sentence “ Only a man of Colonel Sartoris“ generation and thought could have invented it, and only a woman could have believed it“ , what information does the writer want to give to his readers?(4 points)（分数：2.00）_2010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：
17、42.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、单项选择题(总题数：15，分数：30.00)1.Sonnet in English poetry contains_.（分数：2.00）A.four linesB.a coupletC.fourteen lines D.a terza rima解析：解析：sonnet 是十四行诗，又叫商籁体。2.Francis Bacon, one of the most important British essayists, was active in the_.（分数：2.00）A.Middle AgeB.Anglo-Saxon PeriodC.English Re
18、naissance D.Victoria Age解析：解析：弗朗西斯培根是文艺复兴时期英国著名的哲学家和散文家。3._, whose name comes from Greek words meaning “no place“ , is written by Thomas More to name his ideal society.（分数：2.00）A.Utopia B.ShangrilaC.News from NowhereD.Wonderland解析：解析：乌托邦是托马斯莫尔的作品。Utopia 本意为“没有的地方”或者“好地方”。4.Of the following writers w
19、ho is NOT a poet in English Renaissance? _.（分数：2.00）A.William ShakespeareB.Robert Burns C.Edmund SpenserD.John Milton解析：解析：罗伯特彭斯(17591796)是苏格兰著名的前浪漫主义时期诗人。5._founded a new school of poetry by the name of metaphysical school.（分数：2.00）A.John SmithB.John BunyanC.John MiltonD.John Donne 解析：解析：玄学派是指 17世纪
20、英国文坛出现的一个独特的诗歌流派。诗人约翰邓恩是这个流派的代表人物，他因在诗歌中精妙地运用“奇喻”的比喻手法而蜚声文坛。6.Modern English novel arose in the_century.（分数：2.00）A.16thB.17thC.18th D.19th解析：解析：现近代英国小说起源于 18世纪，鲁滨逊漂流记被誉为英国文学史上第一部长篇小说。7.Don Juan is_“s poetic drama with the material taken from Biblical stories.（分数：2.00）A.Byron B.ShelleyC.WordsworthD.C
21、oleridge解析：解析：唐璜是英国浪漫主义诗人拜伦的长诗。8.In 1878,_moved to London. His lifestyle and humorous wit made him soon spokesman for Aestheticism, the late 19th century movement in England that advocated art for art“s sake.（分数：2.00）A.Walter ScottB.Oscar Wilde C.Robert BrowningD.Alfred Tennyson解析：解析：王尔德是 19世纪英国唯美主义
22、的代表人物。9._belongs to “stream of consciousness“ school.（分数：2.00）A.Virginia Woolf B.Thomas WolfeC.Somerset MaughamD.Thomas Hardy解析：解析：维吉尼亚伍尔夫是英国 20世纪现代主义和女性主义的先锋之一。她的作品中经常使用意识流的技巧，如著名的达洛维夫人(MrsDalloway)。10.American Colonial literature is longer than any other literary period, which started when the fir
23、st settlers kept diaries and sermons and developed till_.（分数：2.00）A.the mid of 18th C. B.early 17th C.C.the end of 17th C.D.the end of 18th C.解析：解析：早期的移民刚到新大陆时忙于生存斗争，所以直到 18世纪才开始发展文学。最早发表的关于北美的作品是游记、日记之类的文字。11.“Oh Captain! My Captain!“ is Whitman“s mourning poem to_.（分数：2.00）A.Martin Luther KingB.ut
24、ilitarianC.New England transcendentalismD.Abraham Lincoln 解析：解析：林肯总统被刺后，惠特曼写下了啊，船长!我的船长!、今天的军营静悄悄等诗篇，表达了对林肯的沉痛哀悼。12.Of the following writers_is not influenced by naturalistic writing.（分数：2.00）A.Theodore DreiserB.Stephen CraneC.Isaac Singer D.Frank Norris解析：解析：Isaac Singer(艾萨克辛格)(19041991)是美国作家。由于“他的
25、充满激情的叙事艺术，这种艺术既扎根于波兰犹太人的文化传统，又反映了人类的普遍处境”，被授予诺贝尔文学奖。辛格被称为当代最会讲故事的作家。其他三位均为自然流派的作家。13.F. S. Fitzgerald is NOT the writer of_.（分数：2.00）A.The Great GatsbyB.The Last TycoonC.As I Lay Dying D.Tender Is the Night解析：解析：As I Lay Dying(在我弥留之际)是福克纳的作品。14._addressed Ernest Hemingway and his peers as “the lost
26、generation“.（分数：2.00）A.Gertrude Stein B.William Dean HowellsC.Sherwood AndersonD.Henry James解析：解析：格楚特斯坦因是旅居法国的美国女作家，她用 the lost generation“迷惘的一代”来形容第一次世界大战后登上文坛的一代美国作家，如海明威。15.The author of Long Day“s Journey into Night also wrote_.（分数：2.00）A.Death of a SalesmanB.The Hairy Ape C.A Streetcar Named De
27、sireD.Looking Back in Anger解析：解析：进人黑夜的漫漫旅程是美国剧作家尤金奥尼尔的作品，其他作品包括毛猿(The Hairy Ape)等。Death of a Salesman(推销员之死)是亚瑟米勒(Arthur Miller)的作品；A Streetcar NamedDesire(欲望号街车)是田纳西威廉姆斯(Tennessee Williams)的作品；Looking Back in Anger(愤怒的回顾)是约翰奥斯本(John Osborne)的作品。二、名词解释(总题数：3，分数：6.00)16.American Transcendentalism(3 p
28、oints)（分数：2.00）_正确答案：(正确答案：American transcendentalism was an important movement in philosophy and literature that flourished during the early to middle years of the 19th century(about 1836 1860). It spoke for cultural rejuvenation and against the materialism of American society. It placed emphasis o
29、n spirit, regarding it as the most important thing in the Universe. It also stressed the importance of the individual, seeing nature as symbolic of the spirit of God. The representative writer is Henry Thoreau with his Walden.)解析：17.The Southern Renaissance(3 points)（分数：2.00）_正确答案：(正确答案：It was the r
30、e-invigoration of American Southern literature that began in the 1920s and 1930s. The southern Renaissance changed the traditional southern literature with its three major themes; The first was the burden of history in a place where many people still remembered slavery, reconstruction, and a devasta
31、ting military defeat. The second theme was to focus on the South“s conservative culture, specifically on how an individual could exist without losing a sense of identity. The final theme that the renaissance writers approached was the South“s troubled history in regards to racial issues. The represe
32、ntative writer is William Faulkner with his A Rose for Emily.)解析：18.The Beat Generation(3 points)（分数：2.00）_正确答案：(正确答案：The Beat Generation referred to a loose-knit group of poets and novelists, writing in the second half of the 1950s and early 1960s. They shared a set of social attitudesanti-establis
33、hment, anti-political, anti-intellectual, opposed to the prevailing cultural, literary, and moral values, and in favor of unfettered self-realization and self-expression. The most famous literary creations produced by this group should be Allen Ginsberg“s long poem Howl and Jack Kerouac“s On the Roa
34、d.)解析：三、分析题(总题数：1，分数：6.00)When Miss Emily Grierson died, our whole town went to her funeral: the men through a sort of respectful affection for a fallen monument, the women mostly out of curiosity to see the inside of her house, which no one save an old manservanta combined gardener and cookhad seen
35、 in at least ten years.It was a big, squarish frame house and spires and scrolled balconies in the heavily lightsome style of the seventies, set on what had once been our most select street. But garages and cotton gins had encroached and obliterated even the august names of that neighborhood; only M
36、iss Emily“s house was left, lifting its stubborn and coquettish decay above the cotton wagons and the gasoline pumps an eyesore among eyesores. And now Miss Emily had gone to join the representatives of those august names where they lay in the cedar-bemused cemetery among the ranked and anonymous gr
37、aves of Union and confederate soldiers who fell at the battle of Jefferson(the Town of Jefferson).Alive, Miss Emily had been a tradition, a duty, and a care; a sort of heredity obligation upon the town, dating from that day in 1894 when Colonel Sartoris invented an involved tale to the effect that M
38、iss Emily“s father had loaned money to the town, which the town, as a matter of business, preferred this way of repaying. Only a man of Colonel Sartoris“ generation and thought could have invented it, and only a woman could have believed it.This section above is an excerpt from William Faulkner“s sh
39、ort story A Rose for Emily. Please answer the following questions according to the excerpt:（分数：6.00）(1).What is the town people“s response toward Emily“s death and what“s the reason for that? Use your own words to give an illustration.(3 points)（分数：2.00）_正确答案：(正确答案：The town people“s response to Emil
40、y“s death could be summarized as relief and sorry, because in her youth, Emily and her family were respected and known as some of the finest citizens, but as she grew old, she couldn“t accept the change, she was decaying with her house. She confined herself inside the house, refused to pay taxes and
41、 the smell from her house disturbed her neighbors. So her death was a relief to those town people. But her death also represented the pass of the old time, that“s why people would also feel sorry for her.)解析：(2).These paragraphs typically show Faulkner“s major concern in literary writing. Please exp
42、lain Faulkner“s literary concern in general with one representative work except this short story.(4 points)（分数：2.00）_正确答案：(正确答案：Faulkner“s major concern in his writing is the inevitable loss of the American South. He probes the inner lives of those who live in the South and tries to cope with the pr
43、oblems of a society in decline and transition. Take his The Sound and Fury for example, this novel is a complex account of the breakdown of the once distinguished and honored Compson family. We can see the new social and economic order that emerges in the South after the war has not lost the secret
44、of the old positive moral values, and it also has adopted more ruthless and ambitious ways of the industrialized and mechanized North. So the characters in this novel are often deeply disturbed and in some sense, driven insane by the moral confusion and social decay.)解析：(3).In the 3rd paragraph, Mis
45、s Emily is referred to as “a tradition“. What does this tradition mean? When the paragraph ends with the sentence “ Only a man of Colonel Sartoris“ generation and thought could have invented it, and only a woman could have believed it“ , what information does the writer want to give to his readers?(4 points)（分数：2.00）_正确答案：(正确答案：Tradition here refers all the old order, value and honor of the American South before the Civil War. The writer wants to inform his readers that Colonel Sartoris belongs to the same generati
