1、2006 年中国人民大学英语专业（英美文学）真题试卷及答案与解析一、填空题1 _, by Ezra Pound, employs the complex association of scholarly lore, anthropology , modern history and personages, private history and Witticism, and obscure literary interpolations in various languages.2 Virginia Woolf s novel_, published in 1925, made her rep
2、utation as an important psychological writer.3 _satirizes bourgeois businessmen whose ill-gotten money is squeezed out of poor, suffering people. The main characters in the play include Trench and Blanche.4 The American writers of the 1950s often used the psychological insights taken from the writin
3、g of the Austrian psychiatrist_and his followers.5 Lawrence s novel_was positively taken as a typical example of Oedipus Complex in fiction.6 Early in the 1920s, the most prominent of the new American playwrights, whose name is _, established an international reputation.7 Eliot s _is a morality play
4、 in verse dealing with the assassination of Archbishop Thomas Becket by knights of Henry II.8 _wrote about the disintegration of the old social system in the American Southern States and its effect on the lives of modern people, both black and white.9 _was successful in two fields of activity which
5、did not seem compatible with one another; he was a very successful businessman and a very remarkable contemporary poet at the same time.10 Set in Spain during the Civil War, the novel_stated again Hemingway s view of love found and lost, and described the indomitable spirit of the common people.11 E
6、nglish_of the 19th century flourished in the forties and in the early fifties.12 The Victorian Age in English literature was largely an age of prose, especially of the_.13 Mr. Peggotty and Steerforth are two characters in Dickenss novel _.14 _, a lyrical drama, is Shelly s masterpiece. The story was
7、 taken from Greek mythology.15 Among Hardy s novels, the best-known are_ and Jude the Obscure.16 The American novelist_probed deeply at the individual psychology of his characters , writing in a rich and intricate style that supported his intense scrutiny of complex human experience.17 The name of t
8、he heroine in The Portrait of a Lady is_.18 The best work that Mark Twain ever produced is_, which was a success from its fast publication in 1884, and has always been regarded as one of the great books of western literature and western civilization.19 Dreiser s novel_,a commercial and critical fail
9、ure when first published in 1900, was reissued in 1907 and won high praise for its grim, naturalistic portrayal of American society.20 _is the novel into which Jack London put most of himself.21 The way in which_wrote The Scarlet Letter suggests that American Romanticism adapted itself to American P
10、uritan moralism.22 Byron is chiefly known for his two long poems, one is Childe Harolds Pilgrimage, the other is_.二、名词解释23 heroic couplet 24 villanelle 25 the Muses 26 tercet27 Renaissance literature28 “Trilogy of Desire“三、问答题29 How many books does Paradise Lost consist of? Who are the four main cha
11、racters in the epic, and what are the respective relations between them?30 List four of the main points made by Wordsworth in the preface to Lyrical Ballads.31 Why does Oscar Wilde put forward the doctrine “Art for art s sake“?32 Give some different explanations of the symbolic meaning of “A“ in The
12、 Scarlet Letter by Hawthorne.33 Mention some aspects in which Gatsby s behavior appears to be “great“ and explain why Scott Fitzgerald says Gatsby is great.四、评论题34 As a pioneering novelist of England, Daniel Defoe is often given the credit for the discovery of the modern novel. Does he deserve that
13、honor? What is the title of his great work? When was the book published, and what real experiences is it based upon? What is the significance of the novel? What are some of the author s biases revealed in the novel if we examine it from a modern Critic s point of view?35 What is the subject of T. S.
14、 Eliot s masterpiece The Waste Land? What is the significance of the poem? Point out some of the features and innovations that you particularly appreciate in it. Who was T. S. Eliot probably influenced by in creating the poem?五、分析题36 But most thro midnight streets I hearHow the youthful Harlot s cur
15、se Blasts the new born Infant s tear,And blights with plagues the Marriage hearse.37 Snake. They were, madam; and, as I copied them myself in a feigned hand, there can be no suspicion whence they came.Lady Sneer. Did you circulate the report of Lady Britle s intrigue with Captain Boastall?Snake. Tha
16、t s in as fine a train as your ladyship could wish. In the common course of things, I think it must reach Mrs. Clackitt s ears within four-and-twenty hours; and then, you know, the business is as good as done.38 It is in the nature of a Forsyte to be ignorant that he is a Forsyte; but young Jolyon w
17、as well a-ware of being one. He had not known it till after the decisive step which had made an outcast; since then the knowledge had been with him continually. He felt it throughout his alliance, throughout all his dealings with his second wife, who was emphatically not a Forsyte.39 Boys have gener
18、ally excellent appetites, He and his companions suffered the tortures of slow starvation for three months:, at last they got so voracious and wild with hunger, that one boy, who was tall for his age, and hadn t been used to that sort of thing(for his father had kept a small cook-shop), hinted darkly
19、 to his companions, that unless he had another basin of gruel per diem , he was afraid he might some night happen to eat the boy who slept next him, who happened to be a weakly youth of tender age.40 Isabel always felt an impulse to pull out the pins; not that she imagined they inflicted any damage
20、on the tough old parchment, but because it seemed to her aunt might make better use of her sharpness. She was very critical herselfit was incidental to her sex, and her nationality; but she was very sentimental as well, and there was something in Mrs. Touchett s dryness that set her own moral founta
21、ins flowing.41 It was the private property of three confederate white seamen of that ship, one of whom, it seems, communicated it to Tashtego with Romish injunctions of secrecy, but the following night Tashtego rambled in his sleep, and revealed so much of it in that way, that when he was wakened he
22、 could not well withhold the rest. Nevertheless, so potent an influence did this thing have on those seamen in the Pequod who came to the full knowledge of it, and by such a strange delicacy , to call it so, were they governed in this matter, that they kept the secret among themselves so that it nev
23、er transpired abaft the Pequod s mainmast.2006 年中国人民大学英语专业（英美文学）真题试卷答案与解析一、填空题1 【正确答案】 The Cantos2 【正确答案】 Mrs. Dalloway3 【正确答案】 Widowers Houses4 【正确答案】 Sigmund Freud5 【正确答案】 Son and Lovers6 【正确答案】 Eugene O Neil7 【正确答案】 Murder in the Cathedral8 【正确答案】 William Faulkner9 【正确答案】 Wallace Stevens10 【正确答案】
24、 For Whom the Bell Tolls11 【正确答案】 novel12 【正确答案】 novel13 【正确答案】 David Copperfield14 【正确答案】 Oedipus Tyrannus15 【正确答案】 Tess of the D Urbervilles16 【正确答案】 Henry James17 【正确答案】 Isabel Archer18 【正确答案】 The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn19 【正确答案】 Sister Carrie20 【正确答案】 Martin Eden21 【正确答案】 Nathaniel Hawtho
25、rne22 【正确答案】 Don Juan二、名词解释23 【正确答案】 heroic couplet: A heroic couplet is a traditional form for English poetry, commonly used for epic and narrative poetry; it refers to poems constructed form a sequence of rhyming pairs of iambic pentameter lines24 【正确答案】 villanelle; An intricate verse form of Fren
26、ch origin, consisting of several three-line stanzas and a concluding four-line stanza.25 【正确答案】 the Muses: The muses originally refer to nine goddesses in Greek myth who provide inspiration to artists and poets of all kinds, which refer to inspiration of artists.26 【正确答案】 tercet:Tercet refers to a u
27、nit of three verse lines, usually rhyming either with each other or with neighboring lines and three-line stanzas of terza rima and of the villanelle are known as tercets.27 【正确答案】 Renaissance literature: Renaissance literature refers to a new tradition running from Petrarch and Boccaccio in Italy t
28、o Jonson and Milton in England embracing the work of the French Pleiade and of Sidney, Spenser and Shakespeare, marked by a new self-confidence in vernacular literatures, a flourishing of lyric poetry, and a revival of such classical forms as epic and pastoral literature.28 【正确答案】 “Trilogy of Desire
29、“ ;It refers to Theodore Dreiser s three novels: The Financier, The Titan and The Stoic. The trilogy is based on the life of Charles T. Yerkes, an American transportation magnate. In his trilogy Dreiser s focus shifted from the pathos of the helpless protagonists at the bottom of the society to the
30、power of the American financial tycoons in the late 19th century.三、问答题29 【正确答案】 Paradise Lost consists of ten books, the main characters in which are Satan, God, Adam and Eve. Satan and God are enemies. Adam and Eve are the first men and women made by God. But seduced by Satan, they ate the fruits o
31、n the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, which annoyed God, finally banished from the Garden of Eden.30 【正确答案】 1)emphasis on nature;2)good poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings arising from emotion recollected in tranquility; 3)emphasis on the simplicity of the poetic language
32、; 4)emphasis on imagination.31 【正确答案】 His epoch is a period of substantial and growing social tensions. In an ugly age, Wilde believed that art should not imitate life but art. The belief naturally arose when Wilde was out of harmony with the society around him. In his eyes, to make art useful was t
33、antamount to making it serve the bourgeoisie whom he despised profoundly. He rejected an art of “moral uplift,“ practiced by a vast array of Victorian writers, which amounted, in the final analysis, to a legitimizing of existing institutions and conditions. Besides, his lifestyle and his wit also ex
34、erted an influence on his advocating “Art for art s sake“.32 【正确答案】 The letter “A“ begins as a symbol of adultery, which worn on Hester s bosom. This is the puritan way of treating her as a criminal, for the crime of adultery. It then becomes a symbol of alone and alienation, Hester s social life is
35、 virtually eliminated as a result of her shameful history. And little Pearl is the only companion of her lonely life. Finally it becomes a symbol of able, angel and admirable. The townspeople who condemned her now believe the scarlet letter to stand for her ability to her beautiful needlework and fo
36、r her unselfish assistance to the poor and sick. Hester is a strong admirable woman who goes through more emotional torture that most people go through in a lifetime. A may also represent Adamic, or prehistoric, an archetypal vice suggestive of “original sin“. 33 【正确答案】 a. Gatsby is great because he
37、 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 whatever is necessary to attain it. He establishes that he needs wealth to keep Daisy in the manner she is accustomed to,
38、 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 also because of his unworldly love for Daily. He takes the blame for Daisy when she commits a crime and that takes
39、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.四、评论题34 【正确答案】 1Yes, for his novel Robin
40、son Crusoe generally heads the list of modern fiction.2Robinson Crusoe3This book was published in 1719, based on the adventures of a seaman, Alexander Selkirk, who had been marooned on one of the Juan Fernandez Islands off the coast of Chile.4The significance of the novel; (1) “Robinson Crusoe“ is a
41、n expression of the bourgeois qualities of individualism and private enterprise. Robinson Crusoe is a new mana man sure of himself and sure of being able to establish himself anywhere in the world. He is a man of new age, in which doubt and uncertainty are replaced by hope and confidence.(2)In descr
42、ibing Robinson s life on the island, Defoe glorifies human labor.(3)Robinson is the enterpriser of his age. He is ready to command nature, his enemy, and to found his colony beyond the sea. He is a merchant-adventurer, interested in material profit. So Robinson s every voyage is connected with some
43、commercial enterprise.(4)This novel is an embodiment of the spirit of individual enterprise and colonial expansion of the rising bourgeoisie.(5)Defoe s bourgeois outlook shows itself in the fact that he doesnt condemn Negro-slavery in his book.5This novel revealed the author s colonialism and Negro-
44、slavery thought. Also the individualism and material-profit-upmost thought is indicated.【试题解析】 (本题考查对丹尼尔笛福的掌握情况。丹尼尔笛福是英国启蒙时期现实主义小说的奠基人，被誉为“小说之父”。其作品主要为个人通过努力，靠自己的智慧和勇敢战胜困难。其代表作鲁滨逊漂流记闻名于世，鲁滨逊也成为与困难抗争的典型模范，因此笛福被视作英国小说的开创者之一。)35 【正确答案】 (1)The subject; The Waste Land, Eliot s most important single poem,
45、 has been hailed as a landmark and a model of the 20th-century English poetry, comparable to Wordsworth s Lyrical Ballads. With bold technical innovations in versification and style, the poem not only presents a panorama of physical disorder and spiritual desolation in the modern Western world, but
46、also reflects the prevalent mood of disillusionment and despair of a whole postwar generation.(2)The poem s significance: The Waste Land is a poem concerned with the spiritual breakup of a modern civilization in which human life has lost its meaning, significance and purpose. The poem has developed
47、a whole set of historical, cultural and religious themes; but it is often regarded as being primarily a reflection of the 20th-century people s disillusionment and frustration in a sterile and futile society. The horror and menace, the anguish and dereliction, and the futility and sterility expresse
48、d in his poetry had been afflicting all sensitive members of the postwar generation. What s more, the new styles like making use of phrases in foreign languages and rich extensive use of other writers works, other cultures and classics enlighten the following writers much. This poem is the milestone
49、 of modern poetry.(3)Feature Appreciation: The style of the work in part grows out of Eliot s interest in exploring the possibilities of dramatic monologue. Eliot also enjoyed the music hall, and something of the flavor of this popular form of entertainment gets into the poem. It follows the pattern of the musical fugue, in which many voices enter throughout the piece re-stating the themes. Above all perhaps it is the disjointed
