1、2006年南开大学英语专业（英美文学）真题试卷及答案与解析 一、单项选择题 1 Four Quartets was written by_. （ A） D.H. Lawrence （ B） T. S. Eliot （ C） William Butler Yeats （ D） Robert Burns 2 Nineteen Eighty-four is_. （ A） H. G. Wellss last literary attempt to predict the future （ B） a novel depicting life in a completely authoritarian s
2、tate （ C） a Blake-like poem replete with apocalyptic vision （ D） an account of an atomic war 3 The experience which William Shakespeare, Sir Philip Sidney and Edmund Spenser had in common was the following:_. （ A） They all wrote poems on the subject of Venus and Adonis （ B） They all wrote sonnet seq
3、uence （ C） They all dedicated poems to the earl of Southampton （ D） They all wrote tragedies 4 Dickens last novel was_. （ A） Great Expectations （ B） Hard Times （ C） Oliver Twist （ D） The Mystery of Edwin Drood 5 The book most widely recognized as the best Arthurian story was done_. （ A） in free vers
4、e （ B） as a group of ballads （ C） in prose form （ D） partly in verse, party in metrical form 6 The line “studies serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability“ is written by_. （ A） Francis Bacon （ B） John Donne （ C） William Shakespeare （ D） Ben Jonson 7 Poems and their authors are correctly match
5、ed in all of the following except_. （ A） Paradise Lost John Milton （ B） Ode to a Nightingale John Keats （ C） The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock T. S. Eliot （ D） I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud Samuel Taylor Coleridge 8 Of the following novels, the one that was not published in the 19th century is_. （
6、A） Vanity Fair （ B） Past and Present （ C） The Picture of Dorian Gray （ D） Moll Flanders 9 Quotation and author are correctly paired in all the following except_. （ A） To be, or not to be: that is the question. William Shakespeare （ B） Crafty men contemn studies, simple men admire them, and wise men
7、use them Samuel Johnson （ C） If they be two, they are two so/ As stiff twin compasses are two/ Thy soul the fixt foot, make no show/to move, but doth if th other do. John Donne （ D） To begin, then, with Shakespeare. He was the man who of all modern, and perhaps ancient poets, had the largest and mos
8、t comprehensive soul. John Dryden 10 “All his novels present the losing struggle of individuals against the obscure power which move the universe“ best characterizes the work of_. （ A） Thomas Hardy （ B） Arnold Bennett （ C） John Galsworthy （ D） George Meredith 11 The author of Civil Disobedience is_.
9、 （ A） Benjamin Franklin （ B） Henry David Thoreau （ C） James Fenimore Cooper （ D） Frank Norris 12 Who is the author of the following poem? Huffy Henry hid sic. the day Unappeasable Henry sulked. All the world like a woolen lover Once did seem on Henry s side. Then came a departure. Thereafter nothing
10、 fell out as it might or ought （ A） John Berryman （ B） Randall Jarrell （ C） James Merrill （ D） Richard Wilbur 13 Thomas Pynchon has created The Crying of Lot 49, Gravitys Rainbow, and_. （ A） The Naked lunch （ B） V. （ C） On the Road （ D） Lolita 14 Identify the author of the following quotation;_. The
11、 puff of a coat imprisoning; A face kissing the water-death A weary slow sway of a lost hand And the sea, the moving sea, the sea. Good is cold. （ A） Langston Hughes （ B） Emily Dickinson （ C） H.D. （ D） Huck Finn 15 Go Tell It on the Mountain is mainly about the experience of a boy named_. （ A） Bigge
12、r Thomas （ B） Henry Flaming （ C） John Grimes （ D） Huck Finn 16 The author of Death of a Traveling Salesman is_. （ A） Eudora Welty （ B） Arthur Miller （ C） Tennessee Williams （ D） Carson McCullers 17 The Confessional School includes Robert Lowell, Sylvia Plath, Adrienne Rich and_. （ A） Gary Snyder （ B
13、） Kenneth Koch （ C） Anne Sexton （ D） Allen Ginsberg 18 The Cantos consists of_poems. （ A） 108 （ B） 110 （ C） 117 （ D） 118 19 Identify the author of the following quotation_: “Say Joe,“ was his greeting to his old-time working mate next morning, “theres a Frenchman out on Twenty-eighth Street. Hes mad
14、e a pot of money, and hes going back to France. Its a dandy, well-appointed, small steam laundry. Theres start for you if you want to settle down. Here, take this; buy some clothes with it and be at this mans office by ten oclock. He looked up the laundry for me, and hell take you out and show you a
15、round. If you like, and think it is worth the price twelve thousand let me know and it is yours. Now run along. Im busy, Ill see you later.“ （ A） Mark Twain （ B） William Dean Howells （ C） Frank Norris （ D） Jack London 20 The author of China Men is_. （ A） Amy Tan （ B） C.Y. Lee （ C） Maxine Hong Kingst
16、on （ D） Pearl Buck 二、问答题 20 The Art of Fiction (Henry James) I should not have affixed so comprehensive a title to these few remarks, necessarily wanting in any completeness upon a subject the full consideration of which would carry us far, did I not seem to discover a pretext for my temerity in the
17、 interesting pamphlet lately published under this name by Mr. Walter Besant. Mr. Besants lecture at the Royal Institution the original form of his pamphlet appears to indicate that many persons are interested in the art of fiction, and are not indifferent to such remarks, as those who practice it ma
18、y attempt to make it. I am therefore anxious not to lose the benefit of this favorable association, and to edge in a few words under cover of the attention which Mr. Besant is sure to have excited. There is something very encouraging in his having put into from certain of his ideas on the mystery of
19、 story-telling. 21 Summarize Henry James theory on fiction. (5 points) 22 Define “the international theme.“ (5 points) 22 Who Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Edward Albee) Nick: Indeed? George: No, kids, hunh? Nick: Not yet. George: People do.uh.have kids. Thats what I meant about history. You people are
20、 going to make them in test tubes, arent you? You biologists. Bebies. Then the rest of us.them as wants to.can screw to their hearts content. What will happen to the tax deduction? Has anyone figured that out yet? (Nick, who can think of nothing better to do, laughs mildly) But you are going to have
21、 kids.anyway. In spite of history. Nick (Hedging): Yes.certainly. We.want to wait.a little.until were settled. George: And this.(With a handsweep taking in not only the room, the house, but the whole countryside)., this is your hearts content- =Illyria.Penguin Island.Gomorrah You think youre going t
22、o be happy here in New Carthage, eh? Nick (A little defensively): I hope well stay here. 23 What is the theme of this play? (4 points) 24 What are the techniques used by the playwright? (4 points) 25 Comment on one character in this play. (4 points) 25 I Hear America Singing (Walt Whitman) I sit and
23、 look out upon all the sorrows of the world, and upon all oppression and shame; I hear secret convulsive sobs from young men, at anguish with themselves, remorseful after deeds done; I see, in low life, the mother misused by her children, dying, neglected, gaunt, desperate; I see the wife misused by
24、 her husband I see the treacherous seducer of young women; I mark the rankling of jealousy and unrequited love, attempted to be hid I see these sights on he earth; I see the working of battle, pestilence, tyranny I see martyrs and prisoners; I observe a famine at sea I observe the sailors casting lo
25、ts who shall be killd, to preserve the lives of the rest; I observe the slights and degradations cast by arrogant persons upon laborers, the poor, and upon negroes, and the like; All these-All the meanness and agony without end, I sitting, look out upon, See, hear, and am silent. 26 Comment on the t
26、heme of the poem. (4 points) 27 Define “free verse“. (2 points) 28 Point out the techniques used by the poet. (4 points) 28 Shall I compare thee to a summers day? Thou are more lovely and more temperate. Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, And summers lease hath all too short a date. Somet
27、ime too hot the eye of heaven shines, And often in his gold complexion dimmed; And every fair form fair sometime declines, By chance or natures changing course untrimmed; But thy eternal summer shall not fade, Nor lose possession of that fair thou owst, Not shall Death brag thou wand rest in his sha
28、de, When in eternal lines to time thou growst So long as men can breathe or eyes can see, So long lives this, and this gives life to thee. 29 By means of what comparison does the author achieve this movement form tangible to intangible? Trace his logic to show his movement. (5 points) 30 What does “
29、this“ refer to in the last line? What is the speakers purpose in writing his “eternal lines,“ and what conditions are necessary for his purpose to be carried out? (5 points) 30 Dover Beach The sea is calm tonight. The tide is full, the moon lies fair Upon the straits; on the French coast the light G
30、leams and is gone; the cliffs of England stand, Glimmering and vast, out in the tranquil bay. Come to the window, sweet is the night-air! Only, from the long line of spray Where the sea meets the moon-blanched land, Listen! You hear the grating roar Of pebbles which the waves draw back, and fling, A
31、t their return, up the high strand, Begin, and cease, and then again begin, With tremulous cadence slow, and bring The eternal note of sadness in. Sophocies long ago Heard it on the Aegean, and it brought Into his mind the turbid ebb and flow Of human misery; we Find also in the sound a thought, Hea
32、ring it by this distant northern sea. The sea of Faith Was once, too, at the full, and round earths shore Lay like the folds of a bright girdle furled. But now I only hear Its melancholy, long, withdrawing roar, Retreating, to the breath Of the night-wind, down the vast edges drear And naked shingle
33、s of the world Ah, love, let us be true To one another! For the world, which seems To lie before us like a land of dreams, So various, so beautiful, so new, Hath really neither joy, nor love, nor light, Nor certitude, nor peace, nor help for pain; And we are here as on a darkling plain Swept with co
34、nfused alarms of struggle and flight, Where ignorant armies clash by night. Matthew Arnold 31 Who is the speaker here? Who is he addressing? (4 points) 32 What is the speakers mood? Show what elements contribute to this mood. (4 points) 33 Identify the elements of figurative language and show how th
35、ey contribute to the tone and theme. (5 points) 34 What is the tone of this poem? What details - specific words and events - contribute to the establishment of the tone? (5 points) 35 What is the tone of this poem? What details contribute to this? (6 points) 36 Do you think the view of human life pr
36、esented in Dover Beach is applicable to todays world? Why or why not? (4 points) 三、作文 37 The Afro-American literature has achieved significant growth since 1940s. Discuss with a look at the works of at least two of the following writers: Ralph Ellison, James Baldwin, Toni Morrison and Alice Walker.
37、38 Define the basic features of the American Postmodernist Novel. Analysis of works created by at least two American writers is needed. 39 Discuss the “moral Christian tradition“ found in the character of Hamlet or some other acknowledged literary work. 40 Read the two poems that follow. Then compar
38、e the tone of the first with the tone of the second. Show how they are the same and different. Use specific lines from each work to support your points. A Man Adrift On a Slim Spar A man adrift on a slim spar A horizon smaller than the rim of a bottle Tented waves rearing ashy dark points The neat w
39、hine of froth in circles. God id cold 5 The incessant raise and swing of the sea And growl after growl of crest The sinkings, green, seething, endless The upheaval half-completed. God is cold. 10 The seas are in the hollow of The Hand; Oceans may be turned to spray Raining down through the stars Bec
40、ause of a gesture of pity toward a babe, Oceans may become gray ashes, Die with a long moan and a roar Amid the tumult of the fishes And the cries of the ships Because The Hand beckons the mice. A horizon smaller than a doomed assassins cap, Inky, surging tumults A reeling, drunken sky and no sky A
41、pale hand sliding from a polished spar. God is cold. 24 The puff of a coat imprisoning air; A face kissing the water-death A weary slow sway of a lost hand And the sea, the moving sea, the sea. God is cold. On His Blindness When I consider how my light is spent, Ere half my days, in this dark world
42、and wide, And that one talent which is death to hide Lodged with me useless, though my soul more bent To serve therewith my Maker, and present My true account, lest he returning childe, “Doth God exact day labor, light denied?“ I fondly ask: but patience, to prevent That murmur, soon replies: “God d
43、oth not need Either mans work or his own gifts; who best Bear his mild yoke, they serve him best. His state Is kingly; thousands at his bidding speed And post orer land and ocean without rest. They also serve who only stand and wait.“ 41 Read the following passage. Write an essay discussing the pass
44、age. Your essay should include such elements as its social significance, the setting, plot, characters, theme, and writing technique. One Flew over the Cuckoos Nest (Ken Kesey) I know how they work it, the fog machine. We had a whole platoon used to operate fog machines around airfields overseas. Wh
45、enever intelligence figured there might be a bombing attack, or if the generals had something secret they wanted to pull out of sight, hid so good that even the spies on the base couldnt see what went on they fogged the field. Its a simple rig: you got an ordinary compressor sucks sate out of one ta
46、nk and a special oil out of another tank, and compresses them together, and from the black stem at the end of the machine blooms a white cloud of fog that can cover a whole airfield in ninety seconds. The first thing I saw when I landed in Europe was the fog those machines make. There were some inte
47、rceptors close after our transport, and soon as it hit ground the fog crew started up the machines. We could look out the transports round, scratched windows and watch jeeps draw the machines up close to the plane and watch the fog boil out till it rolled across the field and stuck against the windo
48、ws like we cotton. 2006年南开大学英语专业（英美文学）真题试卷答案与解析 一、单项选择题 1 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 本题考查 T S Eliot的作品四个四重奏 (Four Quartets)。 2 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 1984和动物农场是奥威尔的传世之作，堪称世界文坛上最著名的政治讽喻小说。 1984描述了极权主义下的生活，极力抨击了极权主义。 3 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 菲利普 西德尼爵士 (Sir Philip Sidney)， 1554-1586，英国作家、政治家及军人。其重要作品都是在他死后出版的。 阿尔卡迪亚 (Arcadia)(
49、1590年 )是一部用散文和诗歌创作的田园般浪漫的传奇故事，其中的很多情节和人物都在后来斯宾塞、莎士比亚和其他人的作品中被借用过。 爱星者与星星 (1591年 )中有很多结构完美、情感强烈的英语十四行诗。它们对莎士比亚的十四行诗影响极大。 诗辩 (1595年 )是英语文学批评中的第一个重要范本。埃德蒙 斯宾塞(Edmund Spenser)， 1552-1599， 16世纪诗人，站在近代英国诗发展的起点，诗艺精湛。他的主要作品是长诗仙后 (1596)，仅完成计划中的六卷，然 已卷帙丰富，内容之一是对颇有作为的伊丽莎白女王的歌颂，表现了民族主义的自豪。今天的读者喜欢阅读的则是他的一些次要作品，如两首结婚曲和以爱情小唱 (1595)为总题的十四行诗集。他的诗内容丰富，形式完整，在诗律上多所创造，如建立优美流畅的 “斯宾塞体 ”(即九行体 )，影响深远，后世拜伦、雪莱、济慈、丁尼生等人都曾用它写出佳作，因此人们称斯宾塞为 “诗人的诗人 ”。 4 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 The My
