2014电大本科文学英语赏析样题及答案资料小抄

1、电大本科文学英语赏析样题及答案资料小抄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 allow

2、ed 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 FundamentalsSection 1. Match the writers with their works (10 points).Works1. The

3、 Pearl2. Lord of the Flies3. The Dumb Waiter4. An Inspector Calls5.The Old Man and The SeaWritersA. John SteinbeckB. Robert FrostC. Harold PinterD. Walt WhitmanE. Ernest HemingwayF. JB PriestleyG. . Arthur MillerH. William GoldingSection 2.Decide whether the following statements are True (T ) or Fal

4、se (F)30 points(10 points).6. Arthur Miller wrote his play The Crucible in 1950s. The play is aimed toexposing the hypocrisy 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 poe

5、ts 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

6、 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 theend 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

7、 in a poem. There are various stanzas containing two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight lines, etc. A _ is apair of rhymed lines that are equal in length.A.coupletB.balladC.sonnetD.limerick13._ novels reflect the complexity and the inhuman aspects of Victorian society. His well-read novels includ

8、e Oliver Twist , David Copperfield ,A Tale of Two Cities , Great Expectations 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 to

9、gether, to struggle together, to go to jail together, to stand up for freedom together, knowing that we will befree 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

10、few to be chewed and_A. tasted, skimmedB.skimmed, scannedC.scanned, perfectedD.tasted, digestedPart II Reading ComprehensionRead the extracts and give brief answers to the questions below Text 1Nobody ever stopped him in the street to say, with gladsome looks, My dear Scrooge, how are you? When will

11、 you come to see me?implored him to bestow a trifle, no children asked him what it was o clock, no man or woman ever oncedrthei waylife qphirsnd such aplace, of Scrooge. Even the blind men s dogs appeared to know him; and when they saw him comingtagtwoir owners into doorways and upcourts; and then w

12、ould 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 tir?e17.What is the reaction of the blind men s dogs when they encountered Scrooge?Text 2“ Stop all the clocks, cu

13、t 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 an

14、d sweep up the wood.For nothing now can ever come to any good.Questions (10 points)50 points18.What does the poet mean by the line “ He was my North, my South, my Eas,/tMayndwoWrkeisntg week and my Sunday rest, / My moon, my midnight, my talk,my song ”?19. Identify the key verbs the poet uses to cal

15、l for things to be got rid of.Text 3Lady 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 o f one du

16、ring one s lifetime, and the duties exacted from one after onehas ceased to be either a profit or a pleasure. It gives one position, and prevents one from keeping it up. Thatan be said about land. s all that cJack: I have a country house with some land, of course, attached to it, about fifteen hundr

17、ed acres, I believe; but I donal incomted.ependIn fact, as far as I can make out, the 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, unspo

18、ilednature, like Gwendolen, could hardly be expected to reside in the country.Jack: 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 don t know her.Jack: Oh, she goes

19、about very little. She is a lady considerably advanced in years.Lady Bracknell: Ah, nowadays 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 ea

20、sily be altered.Jack: Do you mean the fashion, or the side?Lady Bracknell ( sternly) : Both, if necessary, I presume.(The Importance of Being Earnest)Questions (10 points)20. What are Lady Bracknell s main criteria for choosing a husband for her daughter? Suppoartnysowuerr with a quotation from the

21、text.21. Which does Lady Bracknell prefer, investment or land? Support your answer with a quotation from the text.Text 4Please note: This reading task will be relevant to the writing task in Part III.Mystery of the White GardeniaBy Marsha AronsEvery year on my birthday, from the time I turned 12, a

22、white gardenia was delivered to my house in Bethesda, Md. No card or note came with it. Calls tothe florist were always in vain - it was a cash purchase. After a while I stopped trying to discover the sender s identity and just delighted in the beaheady perfume of that one magical, perfect flower ne

23、stled 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 excitingbut too shy or eccentric to make known his or her identity.My mother contributed to these imaginings. She d ask me i

24、f there was someone for whom I had done a special kindnetsbevhkDoiwighappreciation. Perhaps the neighbor I d helped when she was unloading a car full of groceries. Or maybe it was the olslsrthEinsiceet whose mail Iretrieved during the winter so he wouldnt have to venture down his icy steps. As a tee

25、n-ager, though, I had more fun speculating that it might be a boy I had a crushon or one who had noticed me even though I didnt know him.When I was 17, a boy broke my heart. The night he called for the last time, I cried myself to sleep. When I awoke in the morning, there was a message scribbled onm

26、y 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 leftit where my mother had written it. When I finally went to get the glass cleaner, my mother knew everything was all right again.I do

27、n t remember ever slamming my door in anger at her and shouting,“you just don t understand! ” because she did understand.One month before my high-school graduation, my father died of a heart attack. My feelings ranged from grief to abandonment, fear and overwhelming anger that mydad was missing some

28、 of the most important events in my life. I became completely uninterested in my upcoming graduation, the senior class play and the prom. Butmy mother, in the midst of her own grief, would not hear of my skipping any of those things.The day before my father died, my mother and I had gone shopping fo

29、r a prom dress. We found a spectacular one, with yards and yards of doted swiss in red, whiteand blue, it made me feel like Scarlet O Hara, but it was the wrong size. When my father died I foress.about the dMy mother didn t. The day before the prom, I found that dressn the right size - draped majest

30、ically over the living room sofa. It wasn t just deliverestill in the box. It was presented to me - beautifully, artistically, lovingly. I didn t care if I had a new dress or no. But my mother did.She wanted her children to feel loved and lovable, creative and imaginative, imbued with a sense that t

31、here was magic in the world and beauty even in the face ofadversity. In truth, my mother wanted her children to see themselves much like the gardenia - lovely, strong, and perfect - with an aura of magic and perhaps a bitof mystery.My mother died ten days after I was married. I was 22. That was the

32、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 the n arrator feel at her father s death?24.What two traits of the mother s characters are highlighted in the story? Cite examples from the s

33、tory to support your points.25.Explain the role of the gardenia in the story.Part III Writing20 Points文学英语赏析试题答案及评分标准Part I Literary Fundamentals30 pointsSection 1. Match the writers with their works (2 points each).I.A. 2. H 3. C 4. F 5. ESection 2. Decide whether the following statements are True

34、(T ) or False (F). (2 points each)6. F 7. T 8. T 9. F 10 TSection 3. Choose the correct answer to complete the following sentences (2 points each)II.C 12. A 13. A 14.B15. DPart II Reading Comprehension50 pointsl 5 points each.l Every 5 mistakes in grammar, spelling or of any other kind will lead to

35、the reduction of one point.16. Because Scrooge is a meanspirited miserly person. He won t 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.18. The poet is celebrating the importanc

36、e 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 up20. Clearly income, property and family connections. For example, she asks Jack directly

37、questions such as“ What s your income? ”house, I hope? ”21. She prefers investment to land. She feels land involves too many expenses during life, and is then taxed heavily after on e s dea Quotation: Whatbetween the duties expected of one during one s lifetime, and the duties exacted from one after oneto beeithelieatproandrtTa s ceasedpleasure.22. The narrator s mother. T