秋文学英语赏析应考指南

1、06秋文学英语赏析应考指南巴南电大 罗承芳 一、复习应考基本要求本学科是由中央电大本期新开设的英语专业本科层次的一门必修课程，开课一期，学完考试及格记3学分。本门课程的考试要求由中央电大制定，因此所有考试的有关内容要求请以中央电大下发的期末复习小册子及中央电大教学平台上挂的内容为准。（一） 考试范围教材文学英语赏析及联系实际的有关内容。（二） 考试形式考试形式：闭卷考试。 考试时间：90分钟。（三） 试题类型 本门课程的笔试由三部分构成。第一部分：文学基础知识，30分，分为三个小部分。第1个小部分，Section 1. Match the writers with their works，测试

2、的形式是给出五篇著名的作品和七位作家，作家和作品对号，占10分。第2个小部分，Section 2.  Decide whether the following statements are True (T ) or False (F) 。测试的形式是给出五句关于作家作品、作品梗概等文学常识的论述，要求考生判断正误，占10分。第3个小部分，Section 3. Choose the correct answers to complete the following sentences。测试形式是单项选择，也就是给出四个选项，考生做出选择。这部分主要考查学生对文学基础知识，和作

3、家作品的熟悉程度，占10分。第一部分所涉及到的内容全部出自于文学英语赏析的教材，其中4，5，6单元是重点。第二部分，阅读理解。这部分主要为主观题，也就是用两，三句话简单地回答就段落理解所提出的问题，重点考察学生对所给文学作品的理解和分析能力及书面表达能力。通常一套试题中有4个选段，分值一共50分。段落阅读共占30分，相对独立的完整的短篇小说的阅读占20分，文学作品主要为课程主教材中所学的作品，这部分是重点考察的内容。第三部分是写作，20分。这部分的测试形式是命题写作，是根据试卷第二部分所读的或教程中所学的文学作品写摘要、评论或读后感受，续写结尾、换叙述角度改写等。在写作部分的题目多半会与第二部

4、分阅读理解中所出现的短篇小说有关。二、复习应考资料及其使用本学科本次考试有下列3种资料，可供学员复习应考考试用。（一）中央电大下发的形成性考核作业册。因为本门课程是中央电大本期新开设的，所以其下发的形成考核作业册对期末考试有一定的指向性，所以一定要认真用好。形成性考核作业老师均作过评讲，请按老师平时所评讲的要求掌握。（二）中央电大教学平台上的每单元自测练习本期中央电大教学平台上共上挂了7个单元的自测练习，这7套练习一个是对形成性考核作业的补充，同时也是对考试内容的补充和强调，一定要引起重视。（三）、中央电大下发的复习小册子-文学英语赏析期末复习指导。中央电大下发的期末复习指导包括两个部分：考核

5、说明、考试样题。第一部分要认识阅读，掌握要求。第二部分要每个问题都要掌握，并弄清楚。下面就样题作一个详细的分析。Part I Literary Fundamentals Section 1. Match the writers with their works (10 points).Works1. The Pearl 2. Lord of the Flies 3. The Dumb Waiter 4. An Inspector Calls 5. The Old Man and The Sea WritersA. John Steinbeck B. Robert Frost C. Harold

6、 Pinter D. Walt Whitman E. Ernest HemingwayF. JB Priestley G. Arthur Miller H. William Golding1. A. 2. H 3. C 4. F 5. E Section 2. Decide whether the following statements are True (T ) or False (F) (10 points).6. Arthur Miller wrote his play The Crucible in 1950s. The play is aimed to exposing the h

7、ypocrisy of the property-owning class of the United States.7. Macbeth is one of Shakespeares tragedies. 8. What has been termed confessional poetry in widely associated with American poets such as Anne Sexton and Sylvia Plath. 9. “I have a dream” is a famous speech made by President Lincoln during t

8、he American Civil War.10 . Wide Sargasso Sea, is based on the story of Jane Eyre.6. F 7. T 8. T 9. F 10 TSection 3. Choose the correct answers to complete the following sentences (10 points).11. Usually _ works by starting a story at a point in the recent past, then switching the action back to an e

9、arlier time, farther back in the past. At the end it will then usually bring us back to the same time zone we started from. A. climaxB. point of viewC. flashbackD. setting12. A stanza is a grouping of the verse lines in a poem. There are various stanzas containing two, three, four, five, six, seven,

10、 eight lines, etc. A _is a pair of rhymed lines that are equal in length. A. couplet B. balladC. sonnetD. limerick 13. _ novels reflect the complexity and the inhuman aspects of Victorian society. His well-read novels include Oliver Twist, David Copperfield, A Tale of Two Cities, Great Expectations

11、and so on. A. Charles DickensB. Charlotte BrontesC. Joseph ConradsD. Graham Greenes14.Which figure of speech is used in the following lines by Martin Luther King?“With this faith we will be able to work together, to pray together, to struggle together, to go to jail together, to stand up for freedom

12、 together, knowing that we will be free one day.”A. Metaphor B. Parallelism C. Simile D. Personification15. In his essay “Of studies”, Bacon classified books thus: “Some books are to be _, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and _”.A. tasted, skimmedB. skimmed, scannedC. scanned, perfe

13、ctedD. tasted, digested11. C 12. A 13. A 14.B 15. D Part II Reading ComprehensionRead the extracts and give brief answers to the questions below.Text 1 Nobody ever stopped him in the street to say, with gladsome looks, My dear Scrooge, how are you? When will you come to see me? No beggars implored h

14、im to bestow a trifle, no children asked him what it was oclock, no man or woman ever once in all his life inquired the way to such and such a place, of Scrooge. Even the blind mens dogs appeared to know him; and when they saw him coming on, would tug their owners into doorways and up courts; and th

15、en would wag their tails as though they said, No eye at all is better than an evil eye, dark master.(A Christmas Carol)Questions (10 points)16. Why wouldnt children like to ask Scrooge the time?17. What is the reaction of the blind mens dogs when they encountered Scrooge?16. Because Scrooge is a mea

16、n-spirited miserly person. He wont help anybody.17. The dogs would tug their owners into doorways and up courts; and then would wag their tails, indicating to their owners that this man is an evil person.Text 2 “Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone”He was my North, my South, my East and West,M

17、y working week and my Sunday rest,My noon, my midnight, my talk, my song;I thought that love would last for ever: I was wrong.The stars are not wanted now: put out every one;Pack up the moon and dismantle the sun;Pour away the ocean and sweep up the wood.For nothing now can ever come to any good.Que

18、stions (10 points)18. What does the poet mean by the line “He was my North, my South, my East and West，/My working week and my Sunday rest, / My moon, my midnight, my talk, my song”?19. Identify the key verbs the poet uses to call for things to be got rid of. 18. The poet is celebrating the importan

19、ce of the loved / dead one to the poet/ or the dead is everything is to him or any similar idea. 19. Award one point for one of the following expressions: 1) put out 2)pack up 3) dismantle 4) pour away 5) sweep up Text 3 Lady Bracknell: What is your income?Jack: Between seven and eight thousand a ye

20、ar.Lady Bracknell (makes a note in her book): In land, or in investments?Jack: In investments, chiefly.Lady Bracknell: That is satisfactory. What between the duties expected of one during ones lifetime, and the duties exacted from one after ones death, land has ceased to be either a profit or a plea

21、sure. It gives one position, and prevents one from keeping it up. Thats all that can be said about land.Jack: I have a country house with some land, of course, attached to it, about fifteen hundred acres, I believe; but I dont depend on that for my real income. In fact, as far as I can make out, the

22、 poachers are the only people who make anything out of it.Lady Bracknell: A country house! How many bedrooms? Well, that point can be cleared up afterwards. You have a town house, I hope? A girl with a simple, unspoiled nature, like Gwendolen, could hardly be expected to reside in the country.Jack:

23、Well, I own a house in Belgrave Square, but it is let by the year to Lady Bloxham. Of course, I can get it back whenever I like, at six months notice.Lady Bracknell: Lady Bloxham? I dont know her.Jack: Oh, she goes about very little. She is a lady considerably advanced in years.Lady Bracknell: Ah, n

24、owadays that is no guarantee of respectability of character. What number in Belgrave Square?Jack: 149.Lady Bracknell (shaking her head): The unfashionable side.I thought there was something. However, that could easily be altered.Jack: Do you mean the fashion, or the side?Lady Bracknell (sternly) : B

25、oth, if necessary, I presume.(The Importance of Being Earnest)Questions (10 points)20. What are Lady Bracknells main criteria for choosing a husband for her daughter? Support your answer with a quotation from the text.21. Which does Lady Bracknell prefer, investment or land? Support your answer with

26、 a quotation from the text.20. Clearly income, property and family connections. For example, she asks Jack directly questions such as “Whats your income?” “You have a town house, I hope?” 21. She prefers investment to land. She feels land involves too many expenses during life, and is then taxed hea

27、vily after ones death. Quotation: What between the duties expected of one during ones lifetime, and the duties exacted from one after ones death, land has ceased to be either a profit or a pleasure.Text 4 Please note: This reading task will be relevant to the writing task in Part III.Mystery of the

28、White GardeniaBy Marsha AronsEvery year on my birthday, from the time I turned 12, a white gardenia was delivered to my house in Bethesda, Md. No card or note came with it. Calls to the florist were always in vain - it was a cash purchase. After a while I stopped trying to discover the senders ident

29、ity and just delighted in the beauty and heady perfume of that one magical, perfect flower nestled in soft pick tissue paper.But I never stopped imagining who the anonymous giver might be. Some of the happiest moments were spent daydreaming about someone wonderful and exciting but too shy or eccentr

30、ic to make known his or her identity.My mother contributed to these imaginings. Shed ask me if there was someone for whom I had done a special kindness who might be showing appreciation. Perhaps the neighbor Id helped when she was unloading a car full of groceries. Or maybe it was the old man across

31、 the street whose mail I retrieved during the winter so he wouldn't have to venture down his icy steps. As a teen-ager, though, I had more fun speculating that it might be a boy I had a crush on or one who had noticed me even though I didn't know him.When I was 17, a boy broke my heart. The

32、night he called for the last time, I cried myself to sleep. When I awoke in the morning, there was a message scribbled on my mirror in red lipstick: Heartily know, when half-gods go, the gods arrive. I thought about that quotation by Emerson for a long time, and until my heart healed, I left it wher

33、e my mother had written it. When I finally went to get the glass cleaner, my mother knew everything was all right again.I dont remember ever slamming my door in anger at her and shouting, “you just dont understand!” because she did understand.One month before my high-school graduation, my father die

34、d of a heart attack. My feelings ranged from grief to abandonment, fear and overwhelming anger that my dad was missing some of the most important events in my life. I became completely uninterested in my upcoming graduation, the senior class play and the prom. But my mother, in the midst of her own

35、grief, would not hear of my skipping any of those things.The day before my father died, my mother and I had gone shopping for a prom dress. We found a spectacular one, with yards and yards of doted swiss in red, white and blue, it made me feel like Scarlet OHara, but it was the wrong size. When my f

36、ather died I forgot about the dress. My mother didnt. The day before the prom, I found that dress - in the right size - draped majestically over the living room sofa. It wasnt just delivered, still in the box. It was presented to me - beautifully, artistically, lovingly. I didnt care if I had a new

37、dress or no. But my mother did.She wanted her children to feel loved and lovable, creative and imaginative, imbued with a sense that there was magic in the world and beauty even in the face of adversity. In truth, my mother wanted her children to see themselves much like the gardenia - lovely, stron

38、g, and perfect - with an aura of magic and perhaps a bit of mystery. My mother died ten days after I was married. I was 22. That was the year the gardenias stopped coming.Questions (20 points)22. Who sent the white gardenias? Why were the flowers sent ?23. When and how did the father die? How did th

39、e narrator feel at her fathers death? 24. What two traits of the mothers characters are highlighted in the story? Cite examples from the story to support your points.25. Explain the role of the gardenia in the story. Part III WritingSummarize the story “Mystery of the White Gardenia” in about 150 words写作部分没有标准答案，但大家在完成写作题时要做到以下几点：（1）内容充实、切题，篇幅适当，不能少于规定的单词量。（2）语言得体、行文流畅、句子结构有变化、常用语法结构无错误。（3）拼写及标点符号使用正确，书写整洁，易于认读，保持卷面整洁。三、复习考试重点辅导根据中央电大期末复习指导意见，针对期末考试的三个题型，结合我校学员情况，对本期复习应考重点作如下分析辅导。第一部分，文学基础知识。主要复习内容如下：Ernest Hemingw