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第 1 页 共 4 页姓名：报考专业：准考证号码：密封线内不要写题2017 年全国硕士研究生招生考试初试自命题试题科目名称：英美文学基础（ A 卷 B 卷）科目代码： 857考试时间：3 小时 满分 150 分可使用的常用工具：无 计算器 直尺 圆规注意：所有答题内容必须写在答题纸上，写在试题或草稿纸上的一律无效；考完后试题随答题纸交回。I. Find out the matches from column B for items in column A (注意：B栏中有两个多余的、干扰选项). Write the corresponding matches (e.g., 1R, 5B, etc.) on your answer sheet. (1 point for each, 20 points in total)A B1 Nathaniel Hawthorne A Songs of Experience2 William Shakespeare B Catch-223 Herman Melville C Pygmalion4 Jonathan Swift D Desire Under the Elms5 Henry James E The Merchant of Venice6 William Blake F Death of a Salesman7 Mark Twain G Sons and Lovers8 John Keats H The Fall of the House of Usher9 Eugene ONeill I The Scarlet Letter10 Oscar Wilde J A Modest Proposal11 Tennessee Williams K Humbolts Gift12 D. H. Lawrence L Four Quartets13 Arthur Miller M The Portrait of a Lady14 Virginia Woolf N Ode to a Nightingale15 Saul Bellow O Leaves of Grass16 George Gordon Byron P Moby Dick17 Joseph Heller Q A Streetcar Named Desire18 T. S. Eliot R The Importance of Being Earnest19 Toni Morrison S The Adventures of Tom Sawyer20 George Bernard Shaw T BelovedU Mrs. DallowayV Don JuanII. Fill in the following blanks. (1 point for each, 10 points in total) 第 2 页 共 4 页1. Robinson Crusoe, written by 1 , is narrated in the first person and dominated by the title character. The other major character, 2 , appears after two-thirds of the narrative has been told.2. In Part IV of Gullivers Travels, Gulliver journeys to the land of the Houyhnhnms, rational 3 , and the Yahoos, appallingly irrational 4 .3. 5 , 6 , 7 and Othello are often recognized as Shakespeares four great tragedies. 4. American Puritans accepted as their theological foundation the Calvinistic doctrine of predestination, original 8 , total depravity, and salvation of a selected few through a special infusion of grace from 9 .5. 10 stands as the spokesman for what Gertrude Stein had called “the lost generation”.III. Explain the following literary terms or characters with adequate details. Write your answers on your answer sheet. (5 points for each question, 30 points in total)1. Epiphany 2. Iceberg principle3. Transcendentalism 4. Sarty (in Barn Burning)5. Algernon (in The Importance of Being Earnest) 6. ImagismIV. Read the following two poems carefully and write your answers to the corresponding questions on your answer sheet. (5 points for each question, 40 points in total)Poem 1: The Sick Rose (by William Blake)第 3 页 共 4 页O Rose thou art sick.The invisible worm,That flies in the nightIn the howling storm:Has found out thy bed Of crimson joy:And his dark secret loveDoes thy life destroy. Questions 1 to 4 are based on the above poem :1. In what sense do you think the rose is “sick”? 2. What do “the night” and “the storm” symbolize? 3. Why does the worms love destroy the rose?4. In what sense is the rose responsible for its sickness? Poem 2: Fire and Ice (by Robert Frost)Some say the world will end in fire,Some say in ice.From what Ive tasted of desireI hold with those who favor fire.But if it had to perish twice,I think I know enough of hateTo say that for destruction iceIs also greatAnd would suffice.Questions 5 to 8 are based on the above poem:5. What are the symbolic meanings of fire in this poem?第 4 页 共 4 页6. Why does the speaker say that ice is also great for destruction? Explain what ice stands for here.7. What is your opinion about fire and ice? Which one is more destructive? Why?8. What does the poem suggest so that destruction could be avoided? V Answer the following questions with adequate details from the works related. Write your answers on your answer sheet. (25 points for each question, 50 points in total)1. What do you think Doris Lessing wants to say about the relationship between men and women in modern society in “A Woman on a Roof”? Does she ever show any sympathy to the three men in the story? How (if yes) or why not (if no)?2. In what sense is Stephen Cranes “The Open Boat” a typical naturalist story? What naturalist themes can be found in the story?
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