1、2011 年北京第二外国语学院英语专业（英美文学）真题试卷及答案与解析一、单项选择题1 Anglo-Saxon literature is almost exclusively a verse literature in_. It was passed down by words of mouth from generation to generation.（A）realistic form（B） lyrical form（C） oral form（D）no form2 The_is an important form of British literature in the 15th cen
2、tury.（A）epic（B） popular ballad（C） sonnet（D）quatrain3 Chaucers literary career is highlighted by the publication of his work_.（A）The Song of Beowulf（B） The Canterbury Tales（C） The Ecclesiastical History of the English People（D）Confessio Amantis4 Merchant of Venice shows the achievements made in_.（A）c
3、omedy（B） tragicomedy（C） tragedy（D）absurd theatre5 The most distinguished literary figure of the Restoration Period was John Dryden, poet,_and playwright.（A）novelist（B） essayist（C） critic（D）editor6 Friday is a character in the novel written by_.（A）Charles Dickens（B） Thomas Woolf（C） Daniel Defoe（D）Hen
4、ry Fielding7 _is NOT one of the first generation of English Romantic poets.（A）Coleridge（B） Keats（C） Wordsworth（D）Southey8 Jane Eyre stands for those_working women, who are struggling for the recognition of their basic rights as a human being.（A）lower class（B） first class（C） middle class（D）grass root
5、9 D.H. Lawrences works represent an extended reflection upon the dehumanizing effects of modernity and industrialization. Among his works,_explores the possibilities for life and is concerned with the nature of relationships that can be had within industrial settings.（A）Lady Chatterleys Lover（B） A L
6、ost Lady（C） Gravitys Rainbow（D）The Escaped Peacock10 _is the symbol of America in the Age of Enlightenment.（A）Benjamin Franklin（B） Washington Irving（C） Thomas Jefferson（D）George Washington11 _has been addressed by Faulkner “ the Father of American literature“ for his artistic innovation and concern
7、of the south in his works.（A）Benjamin Franklin（B） Washington Irving（C） Thomas Jefferson（D）Mark Twain12 Basically, Melvilles most well-known novel Moby Dick shows his_view of human power and the world.（A）optimistic（B） negative（C） pragmatic（D）objective13 1925 witnesses great events in American literar
8、y field: Hemingway published his novel In Our Time, and so did Fitzgerald with his_.（A）The Gilded Age（B） The Last Tycoon（C） The Great Gatsby（D）Tender Is the Night14 John Dos Passos trilogy of U.S.A. in the 1930s includes _( The 42nd Parallel 1919 District of Columbia The Big Money)（A）（B） （C） （D）15 T
9、he following authors are all black EXCEPT_.（A）Arthur Miller（B） Richard Wright（C） James Baldwin（D）Alice Walker二、名词解释16 Absurd theatre(3 points)17 Roaring twenties(3 points)18 Local color(3 points)三、分析题18 Essay questions.(11 points)This text below is Robert Frosts Poem “The Road Not Taken“. Please ans
10、wer the following questions according to it: The Road Not Taken Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth; 5Then took the other, as just as fair, And having perhap
11、s the better claim,Because it was grassy and wanted wear;Though as for that the passing thereHad worn them really about the same, 10And both that morning equally layIn leaves no step had trodden black.Oh, I kept the first for another day!Yet knowing how way leads on to way,I doubted if I should ever
12、 come back. 15I shall be telling this with a sighSomewhere ages and ages hence;Two roads diverged in a wood, and II took the one less traveled by,And that has made all the difference. 2019 What is the form of this poem: is it a lyrical poem or a narrative poem? Use your own words to give an illustra
13、tion to prove your idea.(3 points)20 “Sigh“ on the 16th verse can indicate relief or happiness, or it can indicate regret or sorrow. Please give your own interpretation of its meaning.(4 points)21 Themes of this poem could be explained in more than one aspect. Give out two themes that you can find i
14、n this poem.(4 points)2011 年北京第二外国语学院英语专业（英美文学）真题试卷答案与解析一、单项选择题1 【正确答案】 C【试题解析】 盎格鲁-撒克逊时期文学的主要形式诗歌，源于人民的口头创作，其中最重要的作品是头韵史诗贝奥武夫(Beowulf)，于公元 5 世纪开始口头传诵，约 8 世纪时成书。2 【正确答案】 B【试题解析】 15 世纪英国的民间文学处于繁盛时期。民谣，即民间歌谣，一种短小的叙事诗，在 15 世纪特别兴盛，其中最负盛名的是有关罗宾汉(Robinhood)的各种民谣。3 【正确答案】 B【试题解析】 贝奥武夫之歌(The Song of Beowulf
15、)是英国古代史诗；坎特伯雷故事集(The Canterbury Tales)是乔叟的代表作；英吉利教会史(The Ecclesiastical History of the English People)是英国的第一本史书，由出生于公元672 年或 673 年的比德(StBede the Venerable)所著，书中记载了基督教会在英国的早期活动；一个情人的忏悔(Confessio Amantis)是与乔叟同时代的英国诗人约翰 高尔(John Gower)所著。4 【正确答案】 A【试题解析】 威尼斯商人是莎士比亚早期著名的喜剧之一。5 【正确答案】 C【试题解析】 约翰德莱顿(John D
16、ryden，1631 一 1700)是英国古典主义时期重要的批评家、戏剧家和诗人。他通过戏剧批评和创作实践为英国古典主义戏剧的产生和发展做出了杰出的贡献，是英国古典主义的代表人物之一。“玄学诗人”一词就是他最先提出来的。6 【正确答案】 C【试题解析】 星期五是丹尼尔笛福(Daniel Defoe，16601731)创作的小说鲁滨逊漂流记(Robinson Crusoe) 中的主人公鲁滨逊的黑人仆人。7 【正确答案】 B【试题解析】 约翰济慈(John Keats，17951821)是浪漫派的主要成员，但不是早期的，英国早期浪漫主义的代表诗人是湖畔诗人华兹华斯、柯勒律治和骚塞。8 【正确答案】
17、 C【试题解析】 简爱(Jane Eyre)是 19 世纪英国著名女作家夏洛蒂勃朗特(Charlotte Bronte，18161855)的代表作，其中女主人公简爱是一个中产阶层出身的家庭女教师。9 【正确答案】 A【试题解析】 劳伦斯的大部分作品如儿子与情人(Sons and Lovers)、虹(The Rainbow)、恋爱中的女人 (Women in Love)和查泰来夫人的情人(Lady Chatterleys Lover)都表现了人类与自然的关系这一主题，他描述工业化毁坏了人与自然的关系，倡导人类回归自然从而获取活力和新生。迷途的女人(A Lost Lady)是薇拉 凯瑟的作品；万有
18、引力之虹(Gravitys Rainbow)是托马斯 品钦的作品。10 【正确答案】 A【试题解析】 本杰明富兰克林(Benjamin Franklin，1706 一 1790)是 18 世纪美国伟大的科学家、发明家、政治家、文学家。他是美国国父，也是启蒙运动的代表人物。11 【正确答案】 D【试题解析】 马克吐温(Mark Twain ，1835 一 1910)运用美国本土语言来表现美国，特别是表现密西西比河地区人民的性格特征和风俗习惯。他是 19 世纪美国现实主义小说的奠基人，世界著名的短篇小说大师，被福克纳称为“美国文学之父”。12 【正确答案】 B【试题解析】 麦尔维尔的莫比迪克(Mo
19、by Dick)中的主题之一是人与自然的关系，作者的悲观看法是人类在强大的自然面前不仅渺小无力，而且永远无法了解自然的秘密。13 【正确答案】 C【试题解析】 了不起的盖茨比出版于 1925 年，是美国作家弗司各特 菲茨杰拉德的作品，被视为美国“爵士时代”的象征。镀金时代(The Gilded Age)是马克 吐温在 1873 年出版的小说；最后的大亨(The Last Tycoon)是菲茨杰拉德未完成的作品，于 1941 年以未完成形式出版；夜色温柔(TenderIs the Night)发表于 1934 年，是菲茨杰拉德生前所完成的最后一部长篇小说。14 【正确答案】 C【试题解析】 约翰
20、多斯帕索斯(John Dos Passos，18961970)的代表作是美国三部曲，包括北纬四十二度(The 42nd Parallel)、一九一九年(1919)和赚大钱(The Big Money)。15 【正确答案】 A【试题解析】 阿瑟米勒(Arthur Miller，19152005) 是 20 世纪美国著名的剧作家，其代表作是推销员之死(The Death of a Salesman)。他出生于中产阶级的犹太人家庭，不是黑人。二、名词解释16 【正确答案】 Absurd theatre is a designation for particular plays of absurdis
21、t fiction in the late 1950s. These works share a pessimistic vision of humanity struggling vainly to find a purpose of life or to control its fate. Departing from realistic characters, situations and all of the associated theatrical conventions, these plays are quite random and meaningless on the su
22、rface with meaningless plots, repetitive or nonsensical dialogues and dramatic non-sequiturs, but always have an underlying structure and meaning hidden in the midst of the chaos.The representative writer is Samuel Beckett with his Waiting for Godot.17 【正确答案】 The Roaring twenties refers to the 1920s
23、, characterizing the eras distinctive cultural edge in most of the worlds major cities for a period of sustained economic prosperity. The spirit of the roaring twenties was marked by a general feeling of discontinuity associated with modernity and a break with traditions. Everything seemed to be fea
24、sible through modern technology. New technologies, especially automobiles, moving pictures and radio proliferated “ modernity“ to a large part of the population.F. Scott Fitzgerald is one of the representative writers of this era, and his works include Tender Is the Night and The Great Gatsby.18 【正确
25、答案】 Local color refers to a fiction or a poetry that focuses on specific features, including characters, dialects, customs, history, and the landscape of a particular region. Between the Civil War and the end of the 19th century, this mode of writing became dominant in American literature. This kind
26、 of fiction features an extensive written simulation of regional vernacular, a conspicuous effort to catch the nuances of local speech.William Faulkner is one of the most important writers of the Southern literature, and his most celebrated novels such as The Sound and the Fury, As I Lay Dying are b
27、oth fictions of local color.三、分析题19 【正确答案】 This poem is a lyrical poem, and a narrative one as well according to its form. It is narrative because there is a story in this poem: the author sets the poem on a forest road on an autumn morning, and he builds this poem around his dilemma with a beginnin
28、g, middle and end. It is also a lyrical poem with four stanzas of five lines each, and the rhyme scheme of the poem is abaab, cdccd, efeef and ghggh in each stanza. All of the end rhymes are masculine.20 【正确答案】 Sigh can indicate relief or happiness, or it can indicate regret or sorrow, and as far as
29、 Im concerned, Id like to take the second interpretation. The sigh represents regret as it is mirrored in the regretful tone of the opening lines “Two roads diverged in a yellow wood / And sorry I could not travel both“. Then in the following lines, the author tells us both roads are equally worn an
30、d equally overlaid with un-trodden leaves. He chooses one, telling himself that he will take the other another day. Yet he knows it is unlikely that he will have the opportunity to do so. Therefore the sigh represents the regret and sorrow of decision in the path-choosing in human life.21 【正确答案】 The
31、 choice is the most obvious theme in this poem. The poem centers on the concept of choice. The paths are not just in the woods, but also represent the decisions in ones life. The choice in life is inevitable, but you never know what your choice will mean until you have lived it.The theme of the poem
32、 could also be accepting a challenge. It may be that the road the speaker chooses is less traveled because it presents trials or perils, but such challenges seem to appeal to the speaker.【试题解析】 未选择的路是罗伯特?弗罗斯特的一首名诗，历来读者和评论家对这首诗的理解就各有不同。它表面简单，实则蕴含深刻的哲理；看似倾诉个人经历，实则表达人们的共同感受。在这首诗里，弗罗斯特抓住林中岔道这一具体形象，用比喻的手法引起人们丰富生动的联想，烘托出人生岔路这样具有哲理寓意的象征。未选择的路黄色的树林里分出两条路，可惜我不能同时去涉足，我在那路口久久伫立，我向着一条路极目望去，直到它消失在丛林深处。但我却选了另外一条路，它荒草萋萋，十分幽寂，显得更诱人、更美丽，虽然在这两条小路上，都很少留下旅人的足迹，虽然那天清晨落叶满地，两条路都未经脚印污染。呵，留下一条路等改日再见!但我知道路径延绵无尽头，恐怕我难以再回返。也许多少年后在某个地方，我将轻声叹息把往事回顾，一片树林里分出两条路，而我选了人迹更少的一条，从此决定了我一生的道路。顾子欣译
