文学英语赏析问题及答案.docx

文学英语赏析样题及答案 开放教育本科英语专业“文学阅读与欣赏” （《文学英语赏析》）样题Information for the examinees:This examination consists of 3 parts. They are:Part I: Literary Fundamentals (30 points)Part II: Reading Comprehension (50 points)Part III: Writing (20 points)The total marks for this examination are 100 points. Time allowed for completing this examination is 90 minutes.There will be no extra time to transfer answers to the Answer Sheet; therefore, you should write ALL your answers on the Answer Sheet as you do each task.Part I Literary Fundamentals [30 points]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 Pinter D. Walt Whitman E. Ernest HemingwayF. JB Priestley G.. Arthur Miller H. William GoldingSection 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 hypocrisy of the property-owning class of the United States.7. Macbeth is one of Shakespeare’s 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 the American Civil War.10 . Wide Sargasso Sea, is based on the story of Jane Eyre.Section 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 earlier 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, 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 and so on. A. Charles Dickens’B. Charlotte Bronte’sC. Joseph Conrad’sD. Graham Greene’s14.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 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, perfectedD. tasted, digestedPart II Reading Comprehension [50 points]Read 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 him to bestow a trifle, no children asked him what it was o’clock, no man or woman ever once in all his life inquired the way to such and such a place, of Scrooge. Even the blind men’s dogs appeared to know him; and when they saw him coming on, would tug their owners into doorways and up courts; and then 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 wouldn’t children like to ask Scrooge the time?17. What is the reaction of the blind men’s dogs when they encountered Scrooge?Text 2 “Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone”…He was my North, my South, my East and West,My 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.Questions (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. Text 3 Lady Bracknell:… What is your income?Jack: Between seven and eight thousand a year.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 one’s lifetime, and the duties exacted from one after one’s death, land has ceased to be either a profit or a pleasure. It gives one position, and prevents one from keeping it up. That’s all that can be said about land.Jack。