天津外国语大学《801英语语言文学》（英美文学方向）历年考研真题汇编

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2014年天津外国语大学801英语语言文学（英美文学方向）考研真题

2013年天津外国语大学801英语语言文学（英美文学方向）考研真题

2012年天津外国语大学801英语语言文学（英美文学方向）考研真题

2011年天津外国语大学801英语语言文学（英美文学方向）考研真题

2010年天津外国语大学801英语语言文学（英美文学方向）考研真题

2009年天津外国语大学801英语语言文学（英美文学方向）考研真题

2008年天津外国语大学801英语语言文学（英美文学方向）考研真题

2007年天津外国语大学801英语语言文学（英美文学方向）考研真题

2014年天津外国语大学801英语语言文学

（英美文学方向）考研真题

I.Chinese-EnglishTranslation(40points)

Directions:Translatetheunderlinedthreeparagraphsinthefollowing

essayintoEnglish.WriteyourtranslationontheANSWERSHEET.

母亲井

陈延禄

儿时记忆越来越模糊，惟村中那口老井，仍历历在目，忘却不了。

老井建于何时，已无从考证。父亲说，井的年龄比爷爷还大。

这口老井建于村子正中，呈圆形，井深五六丈，用石砖砌成，井口

长满了青苔。井台上，用两根呈十字的圆木交叉挺起一个木制的辘轳，

前面插上一根半弓形的把儿，一根长长的绳子拴着柳罐斗子直垂井底。

前来打水的人要双腿叉开，前腿弓起，后脚蹬地，双手握住辘轳把

做圆心摇动，任凭那井绳在辘轳上有规则地做圆圈缠绕。老井就吱吱嘎

嘎地呻吟，声音低沉、古老、悠长，犹如病重老者的喘息声。当柳罐斗

子被提升到进口时，就得腾出一只手抓住它的脊骨，倒到井沿的水桶

里。

打出的井水清冽纯净，有如泉水般的甘甜。它旱天不枯，雨天不

涝，像一位慈祥的老母亲，无论春夏秋冬、风雪雨霜，始终滋养着村里

的一辈又一辈。

每天人们都要在井边见面，特别是收工以后和到傍晚的时候，担水

的人特别多，吱吱扭扭的响声，扑踏扑踏的脚步声陆陆续续，井台就成

为乡亲们沟通的最佳场所。打水的人们非常有秩序，壮的谦让弱的，男

的谦让女的，遇上力气小的，就有力气大的过来帮忙摇轳。更多的人在

等待的时候，放下肩上的挑子，一屁股儿坐在架在两只桶上的扁担上，

从裤兜里掏出纸和旱烟，用手捋着，就卷好一支烟，也顺便友好地捏一

撮烟叶，递给没带烟的人。于是人们一边逍遥地吞云吐雾，一边拉着家

常讲着故事，开一些无伤大雅的玩笑，惬意的笑声总在井边荡漾。一切

疲劳和烦恼在这里烟消云散。

此时的牛羊也在黄昏的夕照里慢悠悠地回来了，畅饮着井旁木槽里

清净的水，姿态安适。

……

II.CriticalWriting(40points)

Directions:Readthefollowingpassageandwriteanessayonit.

ReformpoliciesissuedbyafewprovincesandmunicipalitiesinChina

ontheGaokao,ortheNationalCollegeEntranceExam,in2014,tendtostart

withtheEnglishtest,suchastheloweringoftheshareofEnglishscoresin

BeijingandthedeletionofthelisteningcomprehensionpartfromtheEnglish

examinShandong.Thephenomenonhastriggeredquiteadebateoverits

impactontheteachingofEnglishandChineseinChina,onGaokaoitself,on

China’seffortsforinternationalization,onfairnessandsomeotheraspects.

Participateinthedebatewithanessayofaround300wordswithatitle

ofyourownchoice,aclearlystatedviewpoint,anddetailedanalysisto

supportyourviewpoint.

SectionThree:英美文学方向部分（70points）

QuestionsinthissectionaresetforapplicantstotheMAprogramof

American&BritishLiterature.WriteyouranswersontheANSWER

SHEET.

1.FactualQuestions:(15points)

Directions:Fillintheblanksorchoosethebestanswer.Writethe

numberofthequestion,horizontallytwoineachline,and(theletter

representing)youranswerontheANSWERSHEET.

1)_____________isregardedasthethirdgreatestEnglishpoetafter

ChaucerandShakespeare,andthegreatestinthe17thcentury.

2)InmorethanonesenseAlexanderPopewasthemostimportant

Englishpoettocomeoutofthe18thcentury.Foronething,hewasthebest

knownandthemostinfluentialnotonlyinEnglandbutintheEuropeofhis

time,andhis__________,inrhymediambicpentameter,tookthestageand

becamethedominantvogueinpoeticcreationonbothsidesoftheEnglish

Channel.

3)Thelines“TheTrumpetofaprophecy!O,Wind,/ifWintercomes,

canSpringbefarbehind?”arequotedfromP.B.Shelley’s______.

4)JamesJoyce’sfirstpublishedbook,_______,isacollectionof15

stories,themostfamousofwhichare“TheDead”and“Araby”.

5)Whichofthefollowingworksisnotwritteninepistolaryform?

________

A.PamelaB.TheGoldenNotebook

C.LettersfromanAmericanFarmerD.TheColorPurple

6)Whoamongthefollowingwritersisanon-NobelPrizewinner?

________

A.SylviaPlathB.SherwoodAnderson

C.HaroldPinter.D.DorisLessing

7)TheEdwardiannovelistslaidmuchemphasisonthedescriptionof

externalworldintheirrepresentationoflife.Whocouldhavecomplained

aboutthis?_______

A.VirginiaWoolfB.GeorgeEliot

C.JaneAustenD.CharlotteBronte

8)AccordingtoEverettCarter,asaliterarymovement,realismcamein

thelatterhalfofthenineteenthcenturyasareactionagainst“thelie”of

_______.

9)Nature’svoicepushedAmericanRomanticismintoanewphase,the

phaseofNewEngland_______,thesummitofAmericanRomanticism.

10)ThepoeticstyleWaltWhitmaninventedisnowcalled

___________,thatis,poetrywithoutafixedbeatorregularscheme.

11)HenryJames’sfamerestslargelyuponhishandlingofhismajor

fictionaltheme,______:themeetingofAmericaandEurope,American

innocenceincontactandcontrastwithEuropeandecadence,anditsmoral

andpsychologicalcomplications.

12)TheimpactofDarwin’sevolutionarytheoryontheAmerican

thoughtandtheinfluenceofthe19thcenturyFrenchliteratureonthe

Americanmenoflettersgaverisetoanotherschoolofrealism:American

_______.

13)BlackLiteratureattainedahigherdegreeofmaturityinthespringof

1952whenRalphEllison’s_________________________waspublished.

14)WallaceStevenswasabsolutelycommittedtothenotionthatapoet

livesintwoworlds—theworldofrealityandtheworldof_______—and

buildsbridgesbetweenthem.

15)J.D.Salinger’snovel__________________describesan

adolescent’sdisgustanddespairatthedecadentadultworld.

2.Brieflyexplainfourofthefollowingliteraryterms.(10points)

1)Genesis

2)Sonnet

3)Paradox

4)TheAbsurdTheater

5)DramaticIrony

3.EssayQuestions(45points)

Directions:Answerthreeofthefollowingessayquestionswithoutciting

thesameliteraryworkfortwodifferentquestions.Youranswerisexpected

tohaveaclearlystatedandwellfocusedcentralargumentthatissupported

withdiscussion,explanation,examples,andotherevidenceratherthanaplot

summary.

1）Othelloisusuallydescribedasamanofsuspicion,whichfinally

coststhelifeofDesdemona.Whatdoyouthinkmightbethecausesofhis

doubtfulness?

2）Thetypicalnineteenth-centurynovel,asisthecasewithDavid

Copperfield,JaneEyreandAdamBede,usesthenameofthemaincharacter

asitstitle.Bycontrast,someofthemostsignificantmodernistnovelsemploy

ametaphorictitle,suchasLawrence’sTheRainbowandVirginiaWoolf’sTo

theLighthouse.Whatdoesthischangereflect?

3）InProblemsofaWriterinWarTime,Hemingwaysaid,“Awriter’s

problemdoesnotchange.Hehimselfchangesandtheworldhelivesin

changesbuthisproblemremainsthesame.Itisalwayshowtowritetruly

and,havingfoundwhatistrue,toprojectitinsuchawaythatitbecomesa

partoftheexperiencesofthepersonwhoreadsit.”Commenton

Hemingway’sviewwithexamplesfromAmericanorBritishliterature.

4）DeathandimmortalityarethetwomainthemesinEmily

Dickinson’spoems.IllustratehowDickinsonexploresthesethemesin

“BecauseICouldNotStopforDeath”or“IHeardaFlyBuzz—WhenI

Died.”

2013年天津外国语大学801英语语言文学

（英美文学方向）考研真题

I.Chinese-EnglishSummaryTranslation(40points)

Directions:Writeasummaryofthefollowingessayinabout200

Englishwords.

作为文化事件的“于丹被轰”

肖鹰

作为一个被媒体和市场联手打造的文化符号，“国学超女于丹”这两

年来多少有些沉寂。然而，11月17日在北大百年大讲堂举办的一场昆曲

商演上发生的于丹被观众轰下台一事，又将于丹推到了公众视线的焦点

上。

关于此事，已有现场视频流传于网络，情形是简单明白的：当昆曲

节目表演结束，进入谢幕时，以10位昆曲界著名艺术家伫立作背景，主

持人请于丹上台讲话，身着超短裙、黑色长丝袜和超高跟鞋的于丹在观

众喝倒彩声中走上舞台。当于丹在接受台上一位老艺术家献花之后开始

讲话说“我先代表大家……”时，有观众喊出“于丹下去”，并且得到其他

多位观众的呼应，于丹只得放弃讲话，退到后台并悄然下台。

我以为，这是一个文化利好事件，至少可概括出三点。

首先是对于丹教授的利好。

于丹现为北京师范大学艺术与传媒学院副院长、教授，虽然出身于

文学硕士，但长期从事的是媒体策划及相关教学，2007年在央视百家讲

坛讲《论语》成名后，就在国内文化市场以“国学专家（大师）”的招牌

行市。于丹之所以能暴得大名，一方面来自于她以媒体中人的敏感捕捉

到了当时受众的普遍心理需要，并以简洁明快的演讲方式予以灌输，另

一方面是，她由中国受众最广的媒体央视捧出。

以“国学”行市，于丹无论从知识层面，还是从精神层面，都有难以

弥补的局限。她声称自己四岁读《论语》，但对《论语》的解说错误百

出，而讲《庄子》更是臆断妄议，基本文理不通。讲点实在话，于丹讲

国学，犹如没有根底的票友在“曲苑杂坛”里充大师。

成名后的于丹，并没有自我反省，或扬长避短，而是在与媒体与市

场的合谋中随行就市，高调扮演文化市场的“国学符号”。市场将她作为

一个现成的招牌利用，而她自己则自甘做万用的狗皮膏药，任人招贴。

这次在北大被轰下舞台，无疑是包括北大学生在内的现场观众给了缺少

自制的于丹教授一个当头棒喝，重重地提醒她：自知、自明、自制、自

检。如果于丹教授从中获得教训，对于她未来的发展，将是有益的事

情。

其次是对北大优秀传统的利好。

北大的优秀传统是蔡元培先生掌校时培植的“兼容并包”。“兼容并

包”，是在学术独立、思想自由的前提下，允许差异，鼓励多元，从而

创造丰富而有生气的学术空间。因此，在元培先生治下，北大为风格迥

异、观点差异甚至立场冲突的胡适、鲁迅、辜鸿铭、黄侃等学术大师提

供了自由空间。“兼容并包”无疑是北大之成为世人心目中之北大的始

基。但“兼容并包”并非良莠不分、清浊不辨，更不是阿谀逢迎、同流合

污。相反，是有原则、有格调、有情操的。我们回顾北大历史，就可看

到学术大师们为了追求真理和理想而不妥协的斗争。

中国的传统精神中，儒家精神凝聚于“诚”，道家精神凝聚于“真”。

于丹的市场国学，除其基本知识缺陷外，更根本的是缺失真正学者必具

的“诚”和“真”。这两三年来，公众慢慢厌弃于丹，评价她最普遍的一个

字就“装”。包括北大学生在内的现场观众在于丹未开口前就抵制她，直

至把她轰下台，根本原因还不是于丹以昆曲外行来扮演专家角色，而是

公开抵制这个“装”的于丹。观众此举，不是拒绝差异和多元，而是要抵

制于丹所代表的市场的虚伪和流俗对严肃文化的欺凌。

再次是对营造健康文化空间的利好。

一个健康的文化空间，应多元并存，因此构成文化的丰富多样性。

一个健康的文化空间，在根本意义上，始终存在着高雅文化与通俗文化

的矛盾，而在市场经济环境下，必然存在着市场价值和文化价值的冲

突。从文化传承和创新发展的意义上，保持经典艺术的纯正性、追求高

雅艺术品位，是以高雅文化为载体的文化建设的应有之义。

昆曲艺术，虽然源于民间，但数百年间经历代文人、艺术家的创新

提练，已结晶为一种具有世界文化遗产意义的高雅艺术。作为高雅艺

术，昆曲具有它不容毁损玷污的格调、品位，因此演出和观看，都具有

严格的仪式，坚守其格调、品位和仪式意义，从文化学的深层意义讲，

就是坚守文化自身的内在价值和纯正性。于丹作为一个文化符号，代表

的是市场流行文化，她出席这次昆曲演出的着装明显轻佻而不合场景，

观众（戏迷）对她的抵制，实质上是高雅艺术对流行文化所依凭的商业

权势的抵制。正如许多网民指出的，无论这次昆曲的演出地北大，还是

当晚现场，真正的昆曲研究专家，诚心真意热爱昆曲艺术的学者多不胜

举，为什么主办方偏偏就要把一个高度市场化的“于丹”商标贴在这场大

家荟萃的高雅艺术演出上呢？

根本原因是这些年来，市场经济快速扩张，引导了流行文化的过度

发展，乃至于作为流行文化符号的若干明星同时成了高雅文化的代言

人，这实质上是流行文化对高雅文化的侵蚀，而高雅文化流行化，是

2000年以来中国文化的普遍状态。正是在这个状态下，主办方才将“于

丹”引用为这场高端昆曲专业演出的“总结性”符号。现场观众抵制流行

文化的商业符号“于丹”，就是高雅文化重新对流行文化说“不”。

“于丹被轰”，作为一个文化事件，是开启高雅文化自我重申的一个

契机。（作者系清华大学哲学系教授，原载《东方早报》2012年11月20

日）

II.CriticalWriting(40points)

Directions:Respondtothefollowingpassageinanessayof270to300

wordswithatitleofyourownchoice,aclearlystatedcentralargument,and

details/examplestosupporttheargument.Writeyouransweronthe

ANSWERSHEET.

IthasbeenobservedthatChineseteenagersphysicalfitnesshasbeenon

thedeclineinthepasttwodecades.Forfearofaccidentalemergencies,some

highschoolsanduniversitiesinHubei,ShanxiandGuangdongsuspendedor

evencancelled)middleandlongdistanceracesattheschoolsportsmeetinthe

fallof2012.

III.Thispartconsistsofsevensections.Answerthequestionssetforthe

programforwhichyouaremakingtheapplication.Writeyouranswersor

yourtranslationontheANSWERSHEET.(70points)

SectionB英美文学方向部分(70points)

QuestionsinthissectionaresetforapplicantstotheMAprogramof

American&BritishLiterature.WriteyouranswersontheANSWER

SHEET.

1.FactualQuestions:(25points)

Directions:Fillintheblanksorchoosethebestanswersetforthe

blanks.Writethenumber,horizontallyfiveineachline,ofthequestionand

youranswerontheANSWERSHEET.

1)Thehumandefectof______mainlycausesthetragedyofMacbeth.

2)InJohnMilton’s______,Satanseemstoembodythehumanfightfor

freedomandagainstcontrolinlife.

3)ThemajorityofRobertBurns’poemswerewritteninthe______

dialect.

A.Scottish

B.Welsh

C.Irish

D.Celtic

4)“HathnotaJeweyes?HathnotaJewhands,organs,dimensions,

senses,affections?Fedwiththesamefood,hurtwiththesameweapons,

subjecttothesamediseases,healedbythesamemeans,warmedandcooled

bythesamewinterandsummer,asaChristianis?”

Thespeakeris______.

5)HeroiccoupletisoneofthetraditionalverseformsinEnglishpoetry.

______isbelievedtobethefirstEnglishpoettohaveadoptedthisformin

hispoems.

6)Whichofthefollowingnovelsiswritteninepistolarystyle?

A.MollFlanders

B.TomJones

C.TheLifeandOpinionsofTristramShandy,Gentleman

D.Pamela,OrVirtueRewarded

7)Whichofthefollowingpoemscouldbeemployedtoexplain

Wordsworth’stheoryofpoetrywritingas“aspontaneousoverflowof

powerfulemotion""recollectedintranquility”?______

A.“Iwanderedlonelyasacloud”

B.“OdeonaGrecianUrn”

C.“TheRimeoftheAncientMariner”

D.“ToAutumn”

8)GreatExpectationsisanovelofBildungsroman,oranovelof

______.

9)DeterminismisathemeinJosephConrad’s______.

10)“Artforart’ssake”findsafluentexpressioninOscarWilde’sonly

novel______,butisdisapprovedofby______,theauthorofPygmalion.

11)Ulyssesisahighlysymbolicnovel,whichbearsastriking

resemblancetoHomer’s______.

12)“Letusgothen,youandI

Whentheeveningisspreadoutagainstthesky

Likeapatientetherizeduponatable...”

Theselinesaretakenfromapoementitled______.

13)“YoungGoodmanBrown”isintendedtorevealthat______exists

intheheartsofallhumanbeings.

14)“TheuniverseiscomposedofNatureandthesoul...Spiritispresent

everywhere.”Thisisthevoiceoutofthebook______,whichpushed

AmericanRomanticismintoanewphase,thephaseofNewEngland

Transcendentalism.

15)Lifeisreal!

Lifeisearnest!

Andthegraveisnotitsgoal

Dustthouart,todustreturnestwasnotspokenofthesoul.

Theselinesaretakenfromapoementitled______.

16)Directpsychoanalysiscouldnotpossiblybefoundintheworksof

______.

A.EdgarAllanPoe

B.WashingtonIrving

C.HenryJames

D.ErnestHemingway

17)______torethemaskofgentilitytopiecesandwroteaboutthe

helplessnessofman,hisinsignificanceinacoldworld,andhislackof

dignityinfaceofthecrushingforcesofenvironmentandheredity.

18)ComparedwiththewritingsofMarkTwain’s,HenryJames’sfiction

isnotedfortheir______.

A.frontiervernacular

B.richcolloquialism

C.refinedelegantlanguage

D.vulgarlydescriptivewords

19)Whichofthefollowingplaysishighlyautobiographic?______

A.AStreetcarNamedDesire

B.DeathofaSalesman

C.LongDay’sJourneyintoNight

D.TheHairyApe

20)TheCompsons,theSartorises,andtheSutpensarerepresentative

southernaristocraticfamiliesin______’snovels,andtheyareallportrayed

asprisonersofthepast,whocannotreconcilewiththefallofthesouthafter

______.

21)InTheWomanWarrior,______rewritesthelegendofChinese

heroinetoexpressherdesiretobecomeawomanwarriorinaracistand

sexistsociety.

22)______doesn’tdirectlyemploysexualimpotencetosymbolize

spiritualpovertyinhisworks.

A.ErnestHemingway

B.T.S.Eliot

C.WaltWhitman

D.EdwardAlbee

23)“Amoistyoungmoonhungabovethemistofaneighboring

meadow.”

InthesentencefromConclusiveEvidence,VladimirNabokovusesthe

figureofspeechcalled______.

2.EssayQuestions(45points)

Directions:Answeranythreeofthefollowingessayquestionswithout

citingthesameliteraryworkfortwodifferent

questions.YouranswerisexpectedtobewritteninidiomaticEnglish,to

haveaclearlystatedandwellfocusedcentralargumentthatissupportedwith

discussion,explanation,examples,andotherevidenceratherthanaplot

summary,andtoshowyouhavenotonlyreadtheliterarywork,buthadyour

understandingaswell.

1)Manywritersseemtobelieveinthetherapeuticandrevitalizing

powerofnature.Illustratetheimageofnatureanditsimpactonhuman

beingsinaspecificnovel,play,poemorshortstorybyanAmericanor

Britishwriter/playwright/poet.

2)AttheendofTess’story,Hardywrotethat“‘Justice’wasdone,and

thePresidentoftheImmortals(inAeschyleanphrase)hadendedhissport

withTess.”Howdoyouunderstandthissentence?InwhatsenseisTess’

storytragic?

3)InForWhomtheBellTolls,thereadersseeaclearchangeof

Hemingway’sformerindividualisticattitudeshownasinTheSunAlsoRises

toafreshfaithofsocialdestiniesofmen.Illustratethispointonthebasisof

thesetwonovels.

4)Theship(ortheboat,orthelike)hasbeenakeysymbolinwestern

literature.W.H.Audenholdsthattherearemainlytwoviewsofaship:asa

vesselisolatedintheocean,thusamicrocosmofsociety;andasavehicleof

escapefromtheshore,thusanimageoffreedom.Elaborateonthesymbolic

meaningoftheship/boat,oraboardedfloatingobjectinoneAmericanor

Britishnovel.

2012年天津外国语大学801英语语言文学

（英美文学方向）考研真题

I.Chinese-EnglishTranslation(40points)

Directions:WriteyourtranslationontheANSWERSHEET.

24岁的龙口姑娘刁娜，前不久与丈夫在下班途中，看到一位女子被

撞倒在路中央。为也不让伤者被二次碾轧，“不让小悦悦悲剧重演”，刁

娜与丈夫毫不犹豫地下车救人，一边拨打急救电话，一边护在作者身前

疏导交通。渐渐地天色越来越暗，看着面前一辆辆汽车飞驰而来，刁娜

心里也是害怕的。她急中生智，让丈夫去车里拿警示牌。可就在这时，

意外发生了。

一辆小汽车超过一辆货车，直开到刁娜跟前，刁娜被狠狠地撞倒在

地，右腿钻心的疼，然后疼昏了过去……

刁娜的善举感染了车祸中的肇事者、被救者，他们用友善、谅解和

诚信，续写了一段关于良知、公德与责任的佳话……

在一个民族陷入集体的道德焦虑、道德追问之时，刁娜的义举，各

方的人性善良，既是一抹亮色，也让我们深思。

II.CriticalWriting(40points)

Directions:Respondtothefollowingpassageinanessayofnomore

than300wordswithatitleofyourownchoice,a

clearlystatedcentralargument,anddetails/examplestosupportthe

argument.WriteyouranswerontheANSWERSHEET.

YanXuetong,professorofpoliticalscienceanddeanoftheInstituteof

ModernInternationalRelationsatTsinghuaUniversity,arguesinAncient

ChineseThought,ModernChinesePower,that“moralitycanplayakeyrole

inshapinginternationalcompetitionbetweenpoliticalpowers—and

separatingthewinnersfromthelosers.”

III.Thispartconsistsofsevensections.Answerthequestionssetforthe

programforwhichyouaremakingtheapplication.Writeyouranswersor

yourtranslationontheANSWERSHEET.(70points)

SectionB英美文学方向部分(70points)

QuestionsinthissectionaresetforapplicantstotheMAprogramof

American&BritishLiterature.WriteyouranswersontheANSWER

SHEET.

1.FactualQuestions:(25points)

Directions:Fillintheblanks.Writethenumberofthequestionandyour

answerontheANSWERSHEET.

1)_______________by_____________recordsthehistoryofmodern

civilizationadvancingontherecedingwilderness,anditsbasicconflictis

betweentheprotagonistwhoinsistsonman’soldforestfreedomandthe

judgewhobelievesthatmanremainssavagewithoutlawandorder.

2)“Tospeaktruly,fewadultpersonscanseenature.Mostpersonsdo

notseethesun.Atleasttheyhaveaverysuperficialseeing.Thesun

illuminatesonlytheeyeoftheman,butshinesintotheeyeandtheheartof

the_______________.”TheselinesaretakenfromNatureby

_______________.

3)IsabelArcher,whocomestoEuropewithawilltoliveafreelifeonly

tobecomethevictimoftwoAmericanexpatriates’scheming,isthe

protagonistof_______________by_______________.

4)In_______________,StephenCranehas_______________asthe

historicalsettingtofaithfullyrepresentthecowardiceandfearofthe

protagonistwhotriestofleefromthecombat.

5)“TheBurialoftheDead,”AGameofChess,”“TheFireSermon,”

DeathbyWater,”and“WhattheThunderSaid”composethefivepartsofthe

poem_______________.

6)_______________’splay_______________successfullyportraysthe

Wingfieldsasafamilyofescapistswhoareindulgedintheirownillusory

worlds.

7)Mostof_______________’sheroesareJewishintellectualsorwriters

who,facingviolenceandvictimization,trytodiscover“thequeernessof

existence”andovercomeit.

8)In_______________,theunnamedAfricanAmericanwhoistrapped

inacoal-filledmanholerecallshispastexperiencesfromasmallsouthern

towntoNewYork.

9)_______________isregardedbymanycriticsastheearliestnarrative

poeminthehistoryofBritishliterature.

10)JohnBunyanisanEnglishnovelistofthe17thcentury.Themain

narrativetechniqueheusesinhisfamousworkThePilgrims’Progressis

_______________.

11)Inthe10thcentury,heroiccoupletasapoeticmediumreachedits

perfectioninthehandsof_______________.

12)In_______________’s_______________,theprotagonistbeginsas

amanofintegrityandapillarofhiscountry,butendswithatragicvisionof

humanexistence,voicingthat“Lifeisataletoldbyanidiot,fullofsound

andfury,signifyingnothing.”

13)Thepoem_______________bySamuleTaylorColeridgeliterally

relateshowakingcommandsapalacetobebuilt,butthematicallysuggests

thatagreatpoethastotouchhellandtheunconsciousinordertoseeintothe

essenceofthingsandcomposegreatpoetry.

14)_______________by_______________tracesthegrowthofyoung

Pipfrominnocencetoexperienceandfromimmaturitytomaturity.

15)In“MyLastDuchess,”RobertBrowningemploys

_______________asthepoeticformtohavethespeakerrevealhisinner

psychology.

16)Thethreemajorcharactersin_______________’smasterpiece

_______________representthreedifferenthumanarchetypesineducation,

taste,andattitudetowardlife,withStevenDedalusthemostcultured,

LeopoldBloominthemiddleofthesocialandeducationalladder,andMolly

settlingcomfortablyatthebottom.

17)__________________________________________________isan

exampleofparadox.

2.EssayQuestions(45points)

Directions:Answeranythreeofthefollowingessayquestionswithout

citingthesameliteraryworkfortwodifferent

questions.Youranswerisexpectedtohaveaclearlystatedandwell

focusedcentralargumentthatissupportedwithdiscussion,explanation,

examples,andotherevidenceratherthanaplotsummary.

1)ByAristotle’sdefinitionoftragedy,atragiccharactersuffersthe

changeoffortunefromgoodtobad,ordertodisorder,andthischangeisa

resultnotofvicebutofsomegreaterrororfrailtyincharacter.Analyzethe

tragicflawofacharacterinAmericanorBritishliterature.

2)Asatheoristofshortstory,EdgarAllanPoeproposesthatthefirst

sentenceshouldhelpbringoutthesingleeffectofthestory.Explainwhatthe

singleeffectof“TheFalloftheHouseofUsher”isandhowitisachieved

throughthebeginningsentence.

3)Defineandillustratewhattheomniscientpointofviewiswith

referencetoonenovelbyJaneAustenorCharlesDickens.

4)Writersorpoetsareoftenlumpedtogetherasagroupforthesame

artisticassertiontheyshareorthesamesignificantsocialevent(s)theyare

influencedby.TheLostGenerationisaparticulartermreferringtothe

writersandartistswhospokefortheyoungpeoplethatcameofageduring

andshortlyaftertheFirstWorldWar,alternativelyknownastheWorldWar

Igeneration.Pleasedescribethecharacteristicsof“TheLostGeneration”

withreferencestowritersandliteraryworks.

2011年天津外国语大学801英语语言文学

（英美文学方向）考研真题

I.ChineseEnglishTranslation.(40points)

Directions:Translatetheunderlinedsentencesinthefollowingpassage

intoEnglish.WriteyourtranslationontheANSWERSHEET.

农民工版《春天里》凭什么打动人？

“如果有一天／我老无所依／请把我留在／在那时光里，如果有一天

我悄然离去／请把我埋在／这春天里”。在这个寒流不断侵袭的冬日，

一对农民工兄弟用嘶哑和苍凉的歌声，给我们带米别样的“春天”。

两位农民工光着膀子在出租屋唱《春天里》的视频，迅速红遍网

络。湖南省委书记周强说，“每看一次都感动得热泪盈眶”。

没有华丽的舞台，没有精心的包装，打动人心的是夹杂着啤酒、香

烟和雄性荷尔蒙气息的男人风格，是涌动的不安和悲壮的歌词，更是困

境中顽强的呐喊、艰难中无怨无悔的坚持。

像成千上万涌入城市的草根一样，这两位农民工兄弟为了梦想奋

斗，哪怕凄风冷雨，哪怕路人白眼!他们用青春写着“奋斗改变命运”的

精神，用汗水描绘中国人无怨无悔的心灵之歌。

II.CriticalWriting.(40points)

Directions:RespondtoONEofthefourtheseslistedinthefollowing

passageinanessayapproximately300words

withatitleofyourownchoice,aclearlystatedcentralargument,and

details／examplestosupporttheargument.Writeyouransweronthe

ANSWERSHEET.

“Televisionmakesyoustupid.

Virtuallyallcurrenttheoriesofthemediumcomedowntothissimple

statement.Fourprincipletheoriescanbedistinguished.

Themanipulationthesispointstoanideologicaldimension.Itseesin

televisionaboveallaninstrumentofpoliticaldomination.Themediumis

understoodasaneutralvessel,whichpoursoutopinionsoverapublic

thoughtofaspassive.Seducedunsuspectingviewersarewonoverbythe

wirepullerswithoutactuallyrealizingwhatishappeningtothem.

Theimitationthesisarguesprimarilyinmoralterms,Accordingtoit

televisionconsumptionleadsabovealltomoraldangers.Anyonewhois

exposedtothemediumbecomeshabituatedtolibertinism,irresponsibility,

crimeandviolence.Theprivateconsequencesareblunted,callousand

obstinateindividuals；thepublicconsequencesarethelossofsocialvirtues

andgeneralmoraldecline.Thisformofcritiquedraws,asisobviousatfirst

glance,ontraditional,bourgeoissources.

Morerecentisthesimulationthesis.Accordingtoit,thevieweris

renderedincapableofdistinguishingbetweenrealityandfiction.Theprimary

realityisrenderedunrecognizableorreplacedbyasecondaryphantom-like

reality.

Alltheseconvergeinthestupefactionthesis.Accordingtoit,watching

television,notonlyunderminestheviewer’sabilitytocriticiseand

differentiate,alongwiththemoralandpoliticalfibreoftheirbeing,butalso

impairtheiroverallabilitytoperceive.Televisionproduces,therefore,anew

typeofhumanbeing,whocan,accordingtotaste,beimaginedasazombieor

mutant.

III.Thispartconsistsofsixsections.Answerthequestionsetforthe

programforwhichyouaremakingtheapplication.Writeyouransweror

yourtranslationontheANSWERSHEET.(70points)

SectionB英美文学方向部分(70points)

QuestionsinthissectionaresetforapplicantstotheMAprogramof

American&BritishLiterature.WriteyouranswersontheANSWER

SHEET.

1.FactualQuestions.(22points)

Directions：Fillintheblanks.Writethenumberofthequestionand

youranswerontheANSWERSHEET.

1)InWilliamShakespeare’sSonnet18,thespeakercompareshis

belovedtothesummerseason,andinthelasttwolines(“Solongasmencan

breatheoreyescansee／Solonglivesthis,andthisgiveslifetothee”),

writteninarhymed,hestatesthathisbelovedwillliveineternitythrough

“this”,whichrefersto.

2)AModestProposalbyJonathanSwiftisasharpagainstthesocial

injusticein.

3)Williambasedhispoetictheoryontheprinciplethat“allgoodpoetry

isthespontaneousoverflowof.”

4)TheEnglishnovelbegantoprosperin18thcenturyasanewliterary

genre.Inthisperiodthereappearedanumberofgreatnovelistssuchas,

DanielDefoe,and.

5)“Doyouthink,becauseIampoor,obscure,plain,andlittle.Iam

soullessandheartless?Youthinkwrong!—.Ihaveasmuchsoulasyou,—

andfullasmuchheart!AndifGodhadgiftedmewithsomebeautyand

muchwealth,Ishouldhavemadeitashardfor,youtoleaveme,asitisnow

formetoleaveyou.”Thisselectionistakenfromthenovel.

6)JosephConradisoneofthepioneersofEnglishmodernistliterature.

Thewords“Thehorror!Thehorror!”inhisshortstoryisdeemedas

Conrad’sindictmentofhumancorruptioncausedbyinsatiablegreed.

7)PygmalionisoneofBernardShaw’spopularplays,oneofwhose

themesisidentifiedastherelationshipbetweenlanguageandpeople’s.

8)ThemajorthemeofD.H.Lawarence’sSonsandLoversisits

expositionofth