湖师大研究生入学考试试题

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研究生入学考试试题

学科、专业：英语语言文学

考试科目：英语文学

考试时间：180分钟

说明：

1.此试题只限于文学方向的考生使用;

2.答案作在答卷纸上。

Ⅰ.Multiplechoice(15%)

1.ShakespearewroteallofthefollowingplaysEXCEPT

a.Twelfthnightb.TheMerchantofVenice

c.Dr.Faustusd.TheTempest

2.AngelClareisacharacterin

a.Pilgrim’sProgressb.VanityFair

c.TessoftheD’Urbervillesd.PickwickPapers.

3.EssayonCriticismbyAlexanderPopeisadidacticpoemontheartofpoetry

writtenin

a.freeverseb.heroiccouplets

c.blankversed,dramaticmonologue

4.WhichofthefollowingisanauthorofGothicstories?

a.EdgarAllanPoeb.O.Henry

c.SherwoodAndersend.JackLondon

5.TheMillontheFlossiswrittenby

a.CharlotteBronteb.JaneAusten

c.Mrs.Gaskelld.GeorgeEliot

6.JamesJoyce’sUlyssesismostnotedforitsuseof

a.psychoanalysisb.theomniscientpointofview

c.thestreamofconsciousnesstechniqued.theflashbacktechnique

7.ThetitleofWilliamFaulkner’snovelTheSoundandtheFuryisareferenceto

a.Shakespeareb.Byron

c.theBibled.Greekmythology

8.“Seasonofmistsandmellowfruitfulness,/Closebosom-friendofthematuringsun…”aretheopeninglinesofJohnKeats’

a.“OdetoAutumn”b.“OdetoaNightingale”

c.“OntheGrasshopperandCricket”d.”OdetoaGrecianUrn”

9.JaneAustendidNOTwrite

a.PrideandPrejudiceb.SenseandSensibility

c.Emmad.JaneEyre

10.LeaveslfGrassisabookofpoemsby

1

a.EmilyDickinsonb.HenryWadsworthLongfellow

c.RobertFrostd.WaltWhitman

11.Themostremarkablerhetoricaldeviceusedin“AModestProposal”is

a.apostropheb.personification

c.ironyd.parallelism

12.AccordingtoErnestHemingway,allmodernAmericanliteraturecomesfromonebookbyMarkTwain,andthatbookis

a.TheAdventuresofTomSawyerb.TheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinn

c.OldLifeontheMississippid.TheGildedAge

13.ThestoryofTheGrapesofWrathissetin

a.theAmericanCivilWarb,theAmericanRevolution

c.theSpanishCivilWard.theGreatDepression

14.WhichofthefollowingauthorsdoesNOTbelongtoAmericanRomanticism?

a.HermanMelvilleb,HenryDavidThoreau

c.WashingtonIrvingd.StephenCrane

15.DeathofaSalesmanisaplayby

a.EugeneO’Neilb.ArthurMiller

c.TennesseeWilliamsd.LillianHellman

Ⅱ,Placeasmanyofthefollowingworksintheirpropercenturyasyoucan,givethefullnameoftheauthor,andindicatewhethereachisapoem,aplay,anovel,etc.(15%)

WorkCenturyAuthorGenre

WutheringHeights

OfStudies

SonsandLovers(Doonseparateanswersheet)

ToHisCoyMistress

Ⅲ,Analyzethefollowingexcerptsandanswerthequestionslistedbelow(20%)

1Sevenyearsago,mylord,havenowpassedsinceIwaitedinyouroutwardroomsorwasrepulsedfromyourdoor;duringwhichtimeIhavebeenpushingonmyworkthroughdifficulties,ofwhichitisuselesstocomplain,andhadbroughtit,atlast,tothevergeofpublication,withoutoneactofassistance,onewordofencouragement,oronesmileoffavour,suchtreatmentIdidnotexpect,forIneverhadapatronbefore…

(1)Nametheworkfromwhichthispassageistaken.

(2)Introducetheauthorbriefly.

(3)Commentonthesignificanceofthework.

2Ishallbetellingthiswithasigh

Somewhereagesandageshence:

Tworoadsdivergedinawood,andI-

Itooktheonelesstraveledby,

Andthatmadeallthedifference.

(1)Identifythepoemfromwhichthisstanzaistakenaswellasthepoet

(2)Whatisthepoemabout

(3)Discussthemostremarkablepoeticalfigureinthepoem,ofwhichthechoice

2

between“tworoads”isanexample

Ⅳ,Definebrieflybutpreciselyanytenofthefollowingliterarytermsandmentionanauthororaworkthatmayberelatedtoeachofthem(20%)

sonnet

ode

Blankverse

eyerhyme

gothicnovel

romanticpoetry

synesthesia

tension

comedy

perspective

defamiliarization

metaphor

showing

telling

Ⅴ.Telltheauthorandworkfromwhichthefollowingexcerptsaretaken,andexplaintheunderlinedpartsaccordingtothecontext(30%)

1.Bychance,ornature’

2.Theyperfectandareperfectedbynaturalexperience;fornaturalabilitiesarelike

naturalplants,thatneedpruningbystudy;andstudiesthemselvesdogiveforthdirections

3.…IforwhichIsawtheworldcontending;butIfoundmyattendancesolittleencouraged,that

4.MissSharp’sfatherwasanartist,givenlessonsofdrawingatMiss

Pinkerton’sschool.Hewasacleverman;apleasantcompanion;acarelessstudent;witha

5.Tofollowknowledgelikeasinkingstar,

Beyondtheutmostboundofhumanthought.

6.‘Butbeingtoohappyinthinehappiness,

Thatthou,light-wingedDryadofthetrees,

3

Insomemelodiousplot

Ofbeechengreen,andshadowsnumberless,

7.Lickeditstongueintothecornersoftheevening,

Lingereduponthepoolsthatstandindrains,

Slippedbythepoolsthatstandindrains,

AndseeingthatitwasasoftOctobernight,

Curledonceaboutthehou