浙江大学外国语言文化与国际交流学院《712英美文学与语言学》（英语语言文学专业）历年考研真题及详解

2013年浙江大学712英美文学与语言学考研真题（回忆版）第一题作品作家都是很常见的有唐璜，到灯塔去，夜色温柔，兔子快跑（这个我真心记不全作者的名字），古舟子咏，一个女人的肖像，玉石雕像，还有记不大清楚了第二题选段评论考的是傲慢与偏见和论自助诗歌评论是惠特曼的我歌唱自我文学最后三个作者选一个是Tonimorrison,virginiawoolf,Chaucer语言学部分最后两题一个是萨皮尔假说一个是跟languagechange有关2010年浙江大学712英语语言与文学考研真题I.Nameauthorsofthefollowingworld.（10items.1pointforeach,l0inall)1.TheAdventuresofAugieMarch 6.WutheringHeights2.DeathofaSalesman 7.TheFrenchLieutenant’sWoman3.TheWaves8.SamsonAgonistes4.TheRedWheelbarrow 9.TheMillontheFloss5.MoltFlanders10.pointShirleyⅡ.Makecommentsonthefollowingpassages.(15pointsforeach,30pointsinall)1.Itwaslateandeveryonehadleftthecafeexceptanoldmanwhosatintheshadowtheleavesofthetreemadeagainsttheelectriclight.Inthedaytimethestreetwasdusty,butatnightthedewsettledthedustandtheoldmanlikedtositlatebecausehewasdeafandnowatnightitwasquietandhefellthedifference.Thetwowaitersinsidethecafeknewthattheoldmanwasalittledrunk,andwhilehewasagoodclienttheyknewthatifhebecametoodrunkhewouldleavewithoutpaying,so,theykeptwatchonhim。“Lastweekhetriedtocommitsuicide.”onewaitersaid“Why?”“Hewasindespair”“Whatabout?”“Nothing”“Howdoyouknowitwasnothing?”“Hehasplentyofmoney.”2.IwouldnothavegonebacktoJoenow,IwouldnothavegonebacktoBiddynow,foranyconsideration:simply,Isuppose,becausemysenseofmyownworthiesconducttothemwasgreaterthaneveryconsideration,NowisdomonearthcouldhavegivenmethecomfortthatIshouldhavederivedfromtheirsimplicityandfidelity;butIcouldnever,never,never,undowhatIhaddone。Ⅲ.AnalyzethefollowingPoem.(15points)TheSecondComingW.B.YeatsTurningandturninginthewideninggyreThefalconcannothearthefalconer;Thingsfallapart;thecentrecannothold;Mereanarchyisloosedupontheworld,Theblood-dimmedtideisloosed,andeverywhereTheceremonyofinnocenceisdrowned;Thebestlackallconviction,whiletheworstArefullofpassionateintensitySurelysomerevelationisathand;SurelytheSecondComingisathard.TheSecondComing!HardlyarethosewordsoutWhenavastimageoutofSpiritusMundiTroublesmysight:somewhereinsandsofthedesertAshapewithlionbodyandtheheadofaman,Agazeblankandpitilessasthesun,IsmovingitsslowthighswhileallaboutitReelshadowsoftheindignantdesertbirdsThedarknessdropsagain;butnowIknowThattwentycenturiesofstonysleepWerevexedtonightmarebyarockingcradle,Andwhatroughbeast,itshourcomeroundatlast,SlouchestowardsBethlehemtobeborn?IV.Chooseoneofthefollowingauthorsandmakeacommentonanyoneofhis/herliteraryworks.(20points)VirginiaWoolf,JosephConrad.WilliamShakespeare,JohnMiltonV.Decidewhetherthefollowingstatementsaretrueorfalse.Use(T)fortruestatementsand(F)forfalseones,(15points)1.Thehumanbrainislateralized,thatis,ithasspecializedfunctionsineachofthetwohemispheres2.Phonologyisessentiallythedescriptionofthesystemsandpatternsofspeechsoundsinalanguage.3.The[t]soundisoneofasetofsoundscalled“fricatives”.4.Theprocesswherebythenoundonationfirstcameintouseandthentheverbdonatewascreatedfromitisanexampleofbackformation5.Aderivationalmorphemeneverchangesthegrammaticalcategoryofaword6.Gradableantonymscanbeusedincomparativeconstructions.7.Thetermusedtodescribetheprocesswherebyachildusesonewordlikeballtorefertoanapple,anegg,agrapeandaballisoverextension.8.Thestrongversionof‘linguisticdeterminism”isthatyour1anguagedeterminesthewayyouthink.9.Sociolinguisticsisthestudyofthecharacteristicsoflanguagevarieties,thecharacteristicsoftheirfunctions,andthecharacteristicsoftheirspeakersasthesetheeconstantlyinteractandchangewithinaspeechcommunity10.TheuseofthetermsprincipleandmaximmeansthattheCooperativePrincipleanditsmaximswillbefollowedbyeveryoneallthetime.Ⅵ.Giveshortanswerstothefollowingquestions.(40points)1.Whatisoneobviouspresuppositionofaspeakerwhosays:1)Whydidyouarrivelate?2)Weregrettellinghim2.Whatkindofinferenceisinvolvedininterpretingtheseutterances:1)ProfessorBringyourChomskytoclassnextweek.2)WaiterAaskswaiterB:Whereisthefreshsaladsitting?3.Whichconversationalmaximdoesthisspeakerseemtobeparticularlycarefulabout:Iwon’tboreyouwithallthedetails.4.Whichofthefollowingtwosentencesisstructurallymorecomplex?Whichdoyouthinkismoredifficultforyounglearnerstolearn?SentenceA:JohnsingswellSentenceB:Johnissinging5.Whatisyourunderstandingofinterlanguage?6.Inwhatsenseistheanalysisofasentenceintermsofthemeandthemefunctional?7.Whatarethesourcesofthefollowingthreeexamples?1)digicom 2)infotainment3)Chunnel4)cremains8Whataretheanaphoricexpressionsinthefollowingthreeexamples?1)I’llputyouthroughintothelooking-glasshouse.Howcouldyoulikethat?2)Johnhasmovedtoanewhouse.Hehaditbuiltlastyear.3)Inmyyoungdayswetookthesethingsmoreseriously.Wehaddifferentideasthen.9.Thefollowingtwosentenceswereproducedbychildrenofd