2024英语专业英美文学模拟试题
英语专业英美文学模拟试题1
I.Nametheauthorofeachofthefollowingworks(1x10=10%):
1.ParadiseLost
2.SonsandLovers
3.DeathofaSalesman
4.TheScarletLetter
5.TheOldManandtheSea
6.TheParliamentofFowls
7.SamsonAgonistes
8.TheManThatCorruptedHadleyburg
9.NorthangerAbbey
10.StrangeInterlude
II.ChooseanyONEofthefollowingpoetsandmakeacomment(20%)
JohnKeats,T.S.Eliot,WaltWhitman,EmilyDickinson
III.(25x2=50%)Discussion
1.DiscussthefollowingstatementandsupportyourargumentwithspecificexamplesfromthestoryAWomanonaRoof.
DorisLessingsAWomanonaRoofallowsustounderstandhowsomemenviewwoman:asmereobjectsfordisplayandpossession.Lessingshowshoweachofthemalecharactersreactsanddealswithrejectionfromawomansunbathingonanearbyrooftop.Wediscoverhowthethreemenspreoccupationwithsexkeepsthemunawareofhowtheiradvancesmaybeunwantedandignorantoftheiractionspossibleconsequences.
2.Whatdoesthefollowingstatementsuggesttoyou?Giveyouropinions.
Virtuesare,inthepopularestimate,rathertheexceptionthantherule.Thereisthemanandhisvirtues.Mendowhatiscalledagoodaction,assomepieceofcourageorcharity,muchastheywouldpayafineinexpiationofdailynon-appearanceonparade.Theirworksaredoneasanapologyorextenuationoftheirlivingintheworld,—asinvalidsandtheinsanepayahighboard.Theirvirtuesarepenances.Idonotwishtoexpiate,buttolive.Mylifeisforitselfandnotforaspectacle.Imuchpreferthatitshouldbeofalowerstrain,soitbegenuineandequal,thanthatitshouldbeglitteringandunsteady.Iwishittobesoundandsweet,andnottoneeddietandbleeding.Iaskprimaryevidencethatyouareaman,andrefusethisappealfromthemantohisactions.IknowthatformyselfitmakesnodifferencewhetherIdoorforbearthoseactionswh