charterer美国文学考试题型复习范围

2021年1月22日发(作者：limu)

1.

连线题


1
’
*10=10%
2.

判断题

1
’
*10=10%
3.

单选题

1
’
*30=30%
4.

作品选读分析

8
’
*5=40 %
5.

简述题

10
’
*1=10%


作品选读分析
:
Passage 1
…

Suddenly
there
shot
along
the
path
a
wild
light,
and
I
turned
to
see
whence
a
gleam
so
unusual could have issued
—
for the vast house and its shadows where alone behind me. The
radiance was that of the full, setting, and blood-re moon, which now shone vividly through
that once barely-discernible fissure, of which I have before spoken, as extending from the roof
of the building, in a zigzag direction, to the base.
…

Questions:
1.

From which short story is this passage taken? Who is the author of this short story?
2.

what kind of story is it?

3.

What
’
s the symbolic meaning of the
“
House
”
and the
“
Fissure
”
?

Passage 2


The runaway slave came to my house and stopt outside,
I heard his motions crackling the twigs of the woodpile,
Through the swung half-door of the kitchen I saw him limpsy and weak,
And went where he sat on a log and led him in and assured him,
And brought water and fill’d a tub for his sweated body and bruis’d fe
et,
And
gave
him
a
room
that
enter
’
d
from
my
own,
and
gave
him
some
coarse
clean
clothes,
…

Questions:
1. Who
’
s the poet? From which collection of poetry is the poem taken from?

2. What
’
s the form of the poem? What is its definition?
3. What
’
s the symbolic meaning of the title of the collection?
What’s the
theme of the poem?


Passage 3
Because I could not stop for Death
—

He kindly stopped for me
—

The Carriage

held but just Ourselves
—

And Immortality.
…

We passed the School, where Children strove
At Recess
—
in the Ring
—

We passed the Fields of Gazing Grain
—

We passed the Setting Sun
—



…

Questions:
1. Who is the poet of this poem?
2.
What do “He” and “Carriage”
refer to? What do
“
School
”
,
“
Fields of Gazing Grain
”
and
“
Setting Sun
”
symbolize?
3. What
’
s the poet
’
s attitude towards Death?
4. What are the poetic features of the poet?

Passage 4
The apparition of these faces in the crowd;
Petals on a wet, black bough.
Questions:

1. What
’
s the title of the poem? Who
’
s the poet?
2. What are the three Imagist poetic principles?
3. How are the principles applied in this poem in terms of images, form and diction?

Passage 5
Let us go then, you and I,

When the evening is spread out against the sky
Like a patient etherized upon a table;
Let us go, through certain half-deserted streets,
The muttering retreats

Of restless nights in one-night cheap hotels

And sawdust restaurants with oyster-shells:

Streets that follow like a tedious argument

Of insidious intent

To lead you to an overwhelming question. . .

Oh, do not ask,

Let us go and make our visit.

…

Questions:

1. Identify the poem and the poet.
2.
What do “you” and “I” refer to? What’s the form of this poem?

3
. What’s the ironic meaning of the title?

4
. What is the significance of the image of “I”?


Passage 6
“
This is an unusual party for me. I haven
’
t even seen the host. I live over there--
”
I waved my
hand at the invisible hedge in the distance.
“
and this man Gatsby sent over his chauffeur with
an invitation.
”

For a moment he looked at me as if he failed to understand.
“
I
’
m Gatsby,
”
he said suddenly.
“
What!
”
I exclaimed.
“
Oh, I beg your pardon.
”