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2011年英美文学考研真题（诗歌部分）一、填空题1. The Publication of The Waste Land, written by _T.S.Eliot_ , helped to established a modern tradition of literature rich with learning and allusive thought.二、选择题1. (同2009/二/1)The following fragment is taken from a poem written by_. A. Robert Burns B. William Shakespeare C. Geoffrey Chaucer D. Robert BrowningWhen the sweet showers of April fall and shootDown through the drought of March of pierce the root,Bathing every vein in liquid powerFrom which there springs the engendering of the flower,When also Zephyrus with his sweet breathExhales an air in every groove and heath Upon the tender shoots, and the young sunHis half-course in the sign of the Ram has run,And the small fowls are making melodyThat sleep away the night with open eye (So nature picks them and their heart engages)The people long to seek the stranger strands Of far-off saints, hallowed in sundry lands2. The following selection is written by _ . A. William Shakespeare B. T.S. Eliot C. John Keats D. Mark TwainThe quality of mercy id nit straindIt droppeth as the gentle rain from heavenUpon the place beneath: it is twice blessdIt blesseth him that gives, and him that takes:Tis mightiest; it becomesThe throned monarch better than his crownHis scepter shows the force of temporal powerThe attribute to awe and majesty,Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings;But mercy is above this sceptred sway,It is attribute to God himself;And earthly power doth then show likest GodsWhen mercy seasons justice. Therefore Jew,Though justice be thy plea, consider this,That in the course of justice none of usShould see salvation: we do pray for mercy,And that same prayer doth teach us all to renderThe deeds of mercy. 3. (同2006/二/9) (同2007/二/7)The author of the following sonnet is _ .A. William ShakespeareB. Geoffrey ChaucerC. Edmund SpenserD. John MiltonWhen, in disgrace with fortune and mens eyes,I all alone beweep my outcast state And trouble deaf heaven with my bootless criesAnd look upon myself and curse my fate, Wishing me like to one more rich in hope, Featured like him, like him with friends possessd,Desiring this mans art and that mans scope, With what I most enjoy contented least; Yet in these thoughts myself almost despising,Haply I think on thee, and then my state, Like to the lark at break of day arising From sullen earth, sings hymns at heavens gate;For thy sweet love rememberd such wealth bringsThat then I scorn to change my state with kings.4. The following fragment is from a poem written by _ .A. T.S. EliotB. Ezra PoundC. Gertrude SteinD. Henry JamesLet us go then, you and I,When the evening is spread out against the skyLike a patient etherized upon a table;Let us go; through certain half-deserted streets,The muttering retreats,Of restless nights, in one-night cheap hotels,And sawdust restaurant with oyster-shells:Streets that follow like a tedious argumentOf insidious intentTo lead you to an overwhelming question.Oh, do not ask, “What is it?”Let us go and make our visit.5. (同2006/二/10) (同2009/二/7)The following poem is one of the 19 sonnets written by _ before his ordination.A. William ShakespeareB. Geoffrey ChaucerC. John DonneD. Thomas GrayDeath be not proud, though some have called theeMighty and dreadful, for, thou art not soe,For, those, whom thou thinkst, thou dost overthrow,Die riot, poore death, nor yet canst thou kill mee.From rest and sleepe, which but thy pictures bee,Much pleasure, then from thee, much more must flow,And soonest our best men with thee doe goe,Rest of their bones, and souls deliverie.Thou art slave to fate, chance, kings, and desperate men,And dost with poyson, warre, and sickness dwell,And poppie, or charmes can make us sleepe as well,And better than thy stroake; why swellst thou then?One short sleepe past, wee wake eternally,And death shall be no more, Death thou shalt die.6. The following fragment is from a poem written by _ .A. Robert BurnsB. John KeatsC. Robert FrostD. Carl SandburgHeard melodies are sweet, but those unheardAre sweeter; therefore, ye soft pipes, play on;Not to the sensual ear, but more endeard,Pipe to the spirit ditties of no tone;Fair youth, beneath the trees, thou canst not leaveThy song, nor ever can those trees be bare;Bold Lover, never, never canst thou kiss,Though winning near the goal-yet, do not grieve;She can not fade, though thou hast not thy bliss,For ever wilt thou love, and she be fair!7. (同2009/二/9)The following fragment is taken from a poem entitled “in Just-” by _.A. Hart CraneB. Robert FrostC. E. E. CummingsD. Robinson Jefferin Justspring when the world is mud-luscious the littlelame balloonmanwhistles far and weeand eddieandbill comerunning from marbles andpiracies and its spring8. The following fragment is taken from a poem entitled “I Died For Beautybut Was Scarce” by _.A. Silvia PlathB. Eudora WeltyC. Emily DickinsonD. Maya AngelouI died for beautybut was scarceAdjusted in the TombWhen one who died for truth, was lain,In an adjoining Room-9. The following fragment is taken from a poem entitled The Negro Speaks of Rivers. Whats the name of the poet?E. Richard WrightF. Langston HughesG. James BaldwinH. Toni MorrisonIve known rivers:Ive known rivers ancient as the world and older than the flow of Human blood in human veins.My soul has grown deep as the rivers.I bathed in the Euphrates when dawns were young.I built my hut near the Congo and it lulled me to sleep.10. The following fragment is taken from a poem entitled Daddy by _ .A. Emily DickinsonB. Maya AngelouC. Silvia PlathD. Willa CatherYou do not do, you do not doAny more, black shoeIn which I have lived like a footFor thirty years, poor and white,Barely daring to breathe or Achoo.Daddy, I have had to kill you.You died before I had time-Marble-heavy, a bag full of God,Ghastly statue with one grey toeBig as a Frisco seal11. (同2009/二/11)The following fragment is taken from a collection of poems entitled _.A. The Lyrical BalladsB. Leaves of GrassC. The Flowers of EvilD. The Canterbury TalesI celebrate myself, and sing myself,And what I assume you shall assume,For every atom belonging to me as good belongsto you.I loafe and invite my soulI lean and loafe at my ease observing a spear Of summer grass.12. In the line “So long lives this, and this gives life to thee” of Sonnet 18, Shakespeare _.A. Meditates on mans mortalityB. Eulogizes the power of artistic creationC. Satirizes human vanityD. Presents a dream vision12. “O prince, O chief of many throned powers.That led thembattled seraphim to warUnder thy conduct, and in dreadful deedsFearless, endangered Heavens perpetual King.”In the third line of the above fragment quoted from Miltons Paradise Lost, the phrase “thy conduct” refers to _ conduct.A. SatansB. GodsC. AdamsD. Eves13. “Metaphysical poetry” refers to the works of the 17th century writers who wrote under the influence of _ .A. John MiltonB. Christopher MarloweC. John DonneD. John Bunyan14. Alexander Pope worked painstakingly on his poems and finally brought to its last perfection _ Dryden had successfully used in his plays.A. the heroic coupletB. the free verseC. the blank verseD. the Spenserian stanza15. The poetic view of _ can be best understood from his remark about poetry, that is, “all goog poetry is the spontaneous overflow of power feelings.”A. Samuel Taylor ColeridgeB. John KeatsC. William WordsworthD. Percy Bysshe Shelley15. In The Lake Isle of Innisfree William Butler Yeats expresses his _.A. desire to escape from the materialistic societyB. fear caused by the impending warC. interest in the Irish legendsD. love for Maud Gonne, a beautiful Irish actress16. Walt Whitman was a founding figure of American poetry. His innovation first of all lies in his use of _, poetry without a fixed beat or regular rhyme scheme.A. blank verseB. heroic coupleC. free verseD. iambic pentameter三、主观题1. The following is a fragment taken from a lyric written by Robert Browning “My Last Duchess”. Analyze this fragment with reference to the entire poem. Thats my last Duchess painted on the wall,Looking as if she were alive. I callThat piece a wonder, now: Fr Pandolfs handsWorked busily a day, and there she stands.Will t please you sit and look at her? I saidFr Pandolf by design, for never readStrangers like you that pictured countenance,The depth and passion of its earnest glance,But to myself they turned (since none puts byThe curtain I have drawn for you, but I)And seemed as they would ask me, if they durst,How such a glance came there; so, not the firstAre you to turn and ask thus. I repeat,The Count your masters known munificenceIs ample warrant that no just pretenceOf mine for dowry will be disallowed;Though his fair daughters self, as I avowedAt starting，is my object. Nay, well goTogether down, sir. Notice Neptune, though,Taming a sea-horse, thought a rarity,Which Claus of Innsbruck cast in bronze for me!