1、2011 年武汉大学英语专业（英美文学）真题试卷及答案与解析一、单项选择题1 _has been regarded by many critics as “Americas Declaration of Intellectual Independence. “（A）Rip Van Winkle（B） The American Scholar（C） Nature（D）Young Goodman Brown2 The best dichotomy which can describe about the theme of F. S. Fitzgeralds The Great Gatsby is_
2、.（A）childrens innocence vs. adults decadence（B） spiritual wilderness vs. material civilization（C） the innate evils of man vs. human perfectibility（D）conservatism vs. liberal-mindedness3 Many people associate _ of the first half of the 1950s with crime, delinquency, immorality, and amorality, althoug
3、h it has actually made great contributions to American literature.（A）The Beat Generation（B） The Lost Generation（C） The Sad Young Men（D）The Angry Young Men4 A(n)_ usually urges poets to express their momentary impressions through the use of one dominant image.（A）romanticist（B） modernist（C） imagist（D）
4、transcendentalist5 _ usually stresses the close relationship between man and nature. It views nature as a source of physical beauty, a revelation of truth, a manifestation of spirit in the universe, and the living garment of God. It holds that humanity close to nature will behave well, and will not
5、be hindered by civilization.（A）Puritanism（B） Romanticism（C） Realism（D）Naturalism二、分析题5 The Sick RoseBy William BlakeO Rose thou art sick.The invisible worm,That flies in the nightIn the howling storm:Has found out thy bedOf crimson joy:And his dark secret loveDoes thy life destroy.A Red, Red RoseBy
6、Robert BurnsO my Luves like a red, red roseThats newly sprung in June;O my Luves like the melodieThats sweetly playd in tune.As fair art thou, my bonnie lass,So deep in luve am I;And I will luve thee still, my dearTill a the seas gang dry:Till a the seas gang dry, my dear,And the rocks melt wi the s
7、un;I will luve thee still, my dear,While the sands o life shall run.And fare thee weel, my only LuveAnd fare thee weel, a while!And I will come again, my Luve,Tho it were ten thousand mile.6 Based on “Death of the Lairds Jock“ and “The Tapestried Chamber“ , discuss Sir Walter Scotts art of short sto
8、ry structuring, paying special attention to how the way the story is told heightens the effect of the story.(5 points)7 Both the following poems write about the “rose“. Make a comparison of the two in terms of the form, the theme, the tone and figures of speech.(10 points)8 Children images figure im
9、portantly in some of the 19th century British fiction(Oliver Twist, David Copperfield, Great Expectations, Jane Eyre, Wuthering Heights, and Treasure Island, etc.). Choose two or three of the works to make a critical evaluation of the characterization of children in terms of the thematic, structural
10、 and aesthetic significance.(10 points)9 Write a short essay to tell the similarities or the differences between American realism and American naturalism, by taking for example: at least two American literary works, of whatsoever genres.(20 points)2011 年武汉大学英语专业（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】
11、 爱默生在美国学者中号召学术独立、摆脱对欧洲依附关系，因此美国学者被称为美国知识分子的“独立宣言”，美国的学术思想由此开始走向独立与繁荣。2 【正确答案】 B【试题解析】 了不起的盖茨比是菲茨杰拉德的代表作，表现了“美国梦”的幻灭。小说谴责美国特权阶级的挥金如土、自私专横和为所欲为，以同情的态度描写了盖茨比的悲剧，并指出他的悲剧来自他对生活和爱情的幻想。3 【正确答案】 A【试题解析】 “垮掉的一代”是二战后风行于美国的文学流派，他们生活简单，厌弃工作和学业，拒绝承担任何社会义务，以浪迹天涯为乐，蔑视社会的法纪秩序，以此向体面的传统价值标准挑战。代表作家有金斯伯格(Allen Ginsberg
12、，1926 一1997)及其作品嚎叫(Howl)。4 【正确答案】 C【试题解析】 意象派要求诗人以鲜明、准确、含蓄和高度凝练的意象生动及形象地展现事物，并将诗人瞬息间的思想感情融合在诗行中。它反对发表议论及感叹，其代表人物是埃兹拉庞德。5 【正确答案】 B【试题解析】 浪漫主义的特点之一在于描写自然风光，歌颂大自然。浪漫主义作家标举“回归自然”的主张，把自然看作一种神秘力量或某种精神境界的象征。二、分析题6 【正确答案】 “ Death of the Lairds Jock“ and “The Tapestried Chamber“ are both short stories of Wal
13、ter Scott. The former tells the story of the death of Armstrong, who is a Scottish chief of great size, strength and courage. His son is defeated in the duel with an English champion. His sword, emblematic of his might and his motherlands dignity is deprived by the English man. Finally he is doomed
14、to die. “The Tapestried Chamber“ is a ghost story. In this story, the general spends a night in an old castle of his friend, the next day he is late for the breakfast and seems to be much shocked. Being asked by the owner of the castle, the general reluctantly tells the about the apparition of a wom
15、an in his room the night before.In these two stories, Scott is slow in the exposure of outcome of the main plot, and lingers in the subplots instead. In “Death of the Lairds Jock“ , he details the “bold and desperate“ achievements of the Lairds Jock in his youth, his unique weapon and his “warlike r
16、ace“. The outcome of the duel is summed up in two simple sentences “ It is needless to describe the struggle: the Scottish champion fell“. In “ The Tapestried Chamber“ , Scott doesnt tell its a ghost story almost until the end of the story. The more eager his readers quest is for the secret of the t
17、apestried room, the more “irrelative“ descriptions about the breakfast the readers have to endure.The lingering writing can better highlight the main plot and attract readers attention, as the great history of Lairds Jock against the sudden loss of his dignity can enhance the tragic shade of the sto
18、ry. The haggard countenance, messy clothes and abstracted manner of the general can heighten the horror of the female ghost.7 【正确答案】 The Sick Rose is written in two quatrains rhymed abcb. A Red, Red Rose is the poem in four quatrains with end rhyme. In A Red, Red Rose, the speaker loves the young la
19、dy beyond measure. The only way he can express his love for her is through vivid similes and hyperbolic comparisons. The theme of The Sick Rose, however, is more confusing. First, the poem contains figure of speech especially symbols, such as the rose, the “ sick“ and the worm, the different interpr
20、etation of which would lead to various themes of this poem. The poem describes a sick rose and a worm that manage to locate the roses “ bed of crimson joy“. The worm destroying the rose with his “ dark secret love“ , could be a not so subtle reference; to some king of destructive sexuality. The them
21、e of the poem can also be about mortality, or a strange king of death associated with “love“ , so the tone of this poem is ominous, while the tone of A Red, Red Rose is very affectionate and joyful.8 【正确答案】 Oliver Twist and Jane Eyre describe the childhood of their main characters. But the character
22、izations of children of these two novels dont share many similarities.The main theme of Oliver Twist is the question about whether the terrible environments have the power “ to blacken the soul and change its hue forever. “ Oliver is of course above any corruption in spite of the miseries in the chi
23、ldhood. But from different angles, he is not a believable character, because his purity and virtue are absolute. Oliver does not present a complex picture of a person torn between good and evilinstead, he is goodness incarnate. So as the child hero of a melodramatic novel of social protest and conce
24、rn, Oliver Twist appeals more to our sentiments than to our literary sensibilities.Jane Eyre focuses on the emotions and experiences that accompany growth to adulthood, and the child plays an important role in the developing of the character. At the beginning, Jane has possessed self-worth, dignity
25、and a commitment to justice and principle, which further develops in the adult Jane. But as an orphan, Jane is afraid that she will never find a true sense of home, and she feels the need to belong to somewhere. This desire tempers her equally intense need for autonomy and freedom, and this conflict
26、ing desire then develops to the climax, as Jane has to choose between her love to Edward Rochester or to self-dignity. All in all, the characterization of young Jane paves a good way for the development of the story and its theme.9 【正确答案】 While being two separate literary movements, Realism and Natu
27、ralism have at times found themselves to be interchangeable, sharing some similarities; First, they are both “basic“ views of life and humanity, stripping away the layers of romanticism to present a “natural“ or “real“ outlook of the world. At the same time, both of them hold the pessimistic views t
28、hat come to be in a time around the 19th century, a period known for its trials and turmoil. In addition, God is absent from most of the writings in either category, with writers opting for a focus on the real world. These similarities can be found in The Red Badge of Courage, a realistic novel, and
29、 Sister Carrie, the naturalist novel by Theodore Dreiser.The story of the former is about a young private Henry Fleming, who longs for a wounda red badge of courageto counteract his cowardice. Henry is not a typical valiant romantic hero. He encounters hard truths about the experience of war, confro
30、nting the universes indifference to his existence and the insignificance of his own life. Sister Carrie is about a young country girl who moves to a big city where she starts realizing her own American Dream by first becoming a mistress to men that she perceives as superior, later as a famous actress, a high achievement without the feeling of happiness. This novel is a movement away from the emphasis on morals of the Victorian era and focuses more on realism and the base instincts of humans.
