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MultipleChoice(1’×15=15’)______wasthefirstcolonyinAmericanhistory.A.MassachusettsB.NewJerseyC.VirginiaD.Georgia______wastheonlygoodAmericanauthorbeforetheRevolutionaryWar.OneofhisfellowAmericanssaid, “Hisshadowliesheavierthananyotherman ’sonthisyoungnation. ”A.JohnSmithB.BenjaminFranklinC.ThomasJeffersonD.ThomasPaineRomanticsputemphasisonthefollowingEXCEPT______.A.commonsenseB.imaginationC.intuitionD.individualismTheRavenwaswrittenin1844by________Theship______carriedaboutonehundredPilgrimsandtook66daystobeatitswayacrosstheAtlantic.InDecemberof1620,itputthePilgrimsashoreat6. Melville ’snovel______isatremendouschronicleofawhalingvoyageinpursuitofaseeminglysupernaturalwhitewhale.Asaphilosophicalandliterarymovement,______flourishedinNewEnglandfromthe1830stotheCivilWar.A.ModernismB.RationalismC.SentimentalismD.TranscendentalismThethemeoforiginalsinisfullyreflectedin_________.A.TheScarletLetter B.SisterCarrieC.TheGreatGatsby D.TheOldManandSea9. Inall hisnovelsTheodoreDreiser setshimself toproject the______Americanvalues.Forexample,inSisterCarrie,thereisnotonecharacterwhosestatusisnotdeterminedeconomically.A.Puritan B.materialisticC.psychological D.religiousRealismwasareactionagainst______oramoveawayfromthebiastowardsromanceandself-creatingfictions,andpavedthewaytoModernism.A.Rationalism B.Romanticism C.Neoclassicism D.EnlightenmentA.T.SEliot B.RobertFrost C.EzraPoundD.WaltWhitmanWhichofthefollowingstatementsaboutEmilyDickinsonisNOTtrue?A.After1862shebecameatotalrecluse,notleavingherhousenorseeingclosefriends.B. Sheoncefelt adeepaffection for CharlesWadsworth,amarried agedminister, butit provedtobeafrustratedloveaffairforDickinson.C.Shewroteaboutdeath,immortality,nature,successandfailure.D.Duringherlifetime,allherpoemsarepublished.13.Therealisticperiodisreferredtoas “theGildedAge ”by_______.A.MarkTwainB.HenryJamesC.EmilyDickinsonD.TheodoreDreiser14.WhichofthefollowingworksisNOTbyErnestHemingway?A.TheOldManandSea B.AFarewelltoArmsC.SoundandFury D.ForWhomtheBellTolls15.WhichoneisNOTthecharacteristicofmodernism?A. Modernisminliterature ischaracterized byexperimentation, anti-realism, individualism andastressonthecerebralratherthanemotiveaspects.B.Modernismisgreatlyinfluencedbythetwoworldwars.C.TheworkofMarx,andFreud,hadmountedanassaultagainstorthodoxreligiousfaiththatlastedintothetwentiethcentury.D.Modernistsbelievethathumannatureiskind.I. MatchtheColumnAwithColumnB(1 ’×10=10’)ColumnAColumnB()1.Dimmesdalea.RobertFrost()2.Ahabb.MarkTwain()3.Drouetc.TheScarletLetter()4.PulitzerPrizerd.ThomasJefferson()5.Reclusivepoete.MobyDick()6.humoristandsatiristf.ErnestHeminway()7.TheDecalrationofIndepenenceg.HenryDavidThoreau()8.transcendentalisth.EmilyDickinson()9.TheGreatGatsby i.SisterCarrie()10.TheLostGeneration j.F.ScottFitzgeraldDefinethefollowingwordswithinonephrase(2’×5=10’)1.freeverse 2.RalphWaldoEmerson 3.MarkTwain4.BenjaminFranklin 5.EzraPoundIII. Simplequestions(5 ’×4=20’)WhatarePuritanthoughts?WhatisTranscedentalismandlistsomerepresentativefigures?3.Explainthesymbolicmeaningsof“A”inTheScarletLetter.4.IllustratethethreeprinciplesofImagistPoetry.IV.Interpretingthefollowingtexts(45 ’)Text1Whenagirlleavesherhomeateighteen,shedoesoneoftwothings.Eithershefallsintosavinghandsandbecomesbetter,orsherapidlyassumesthecosmopolitanstandardofvirtueandbecomesworse.Ofanintermediatebalance,underthecircumstances,thereisnopossibility.Thecityhasitscunningwiles,nolessthantheinfinitelysmallerandmorehumantempter.Therearelargeforceswhichallurewithallthesoulfulnessofexpressionpossibleinthemostculturedhuman.Thegleamofathousandlightsisoftenaseffectiveasthepersuasivelightinawooingandfascinatingeye.Halftheundoingoftheunsophisticatedandnaturalmindisaccomplishedbyforceswhollysuperhuman.Ablareofsound,aroaroflife,avastarrayofhumanhives,appealtotheastonishedsensesinequivocalterms.Withoutacounsellorathandtowhispercautiousinterpretations,whatfalsehoodsmaynotthesethingsbreatheintotheunguardedear!Unrecognisedforwhattheyare,theirbeauty,likemusic,toooftenrelaxes,thenweakens,thenpervertsthesimplerhumanperceptions.Questions1.Pleaseuseonephrasetosummarizetheaboveparagraph(2’)2.Whatarethetwopossibilitiesforagirlofeighteenleavingherhome?(23.Pleasefindoutthefiguresofspeech(2’)4.Whataretheattractiveforcesmentionedinabigcity?(4’)5.Howarenaturalistviewsarereflectedinthisparagraph?Illustrateexamples(5’)Text2BecauseIcouldnotstopforDeath –Hekindlystoppedforme--TheCarriageheldbutjustOurselves--AndImmortality.Weslowlydrove--HeknewnohasteAndIhadputawayMylaborandmyleisuretoo,ForHisCivility –WepassedtheSchool,whereChildrenstroveAtRecess--intheRing--WepassedtheFieldsofGazingGrain--WepassedtheSettingSun –?Sincethen--'tisCenturies--andyetFeelsshorterthantheDayIfirstsurmisedtheHorses'HeadsWeretowardEternity –Questions:1.Identifythepoetandthetitleofthispoem?(2’)2.Explaintheunderlinedwords(4’)3.Whataretheimplicationsof“theSchool”,“thefieldsofGazingGrain

’)yourpoints with”,“theSettingSun”?(3’)4.Howdoyouunderstand“Sincethen--'tisCenturies--andyet/FeelsshorterthantheDay”?(3’)5.Whatarethespeaker’sopinionsaboutdeath?(3’)Text3Tworoadsdivergedinayellowwood,AndsorryIcouldnottravelbothAndbeonetraveler,longIstoodAndlookeddownoneasfarasIcouldTowhereitbentintheundergrowth.Thentooktheother,asjustasfair,Andhavingperhapsthebetterclaim,Becauseitwasgrassyandwantedwear;ThoughasforthatthepassingthereHadwornthemreallyaboutthesame.AndboththatmorningequallylayInleavesnostephadtroddenblack.Oh,Ikeptthefirstforanotherday!Yetknowinghowwayleadsontoway,IdoubtedifIshouldevercomeback.IshallbetellingthiswithasighSomewhereagesandageshence:Tworoadsdivergedinawood,andI--Itooktheonelesstraveledby,Andthathasmadeallthedifference.Questions:

’)Describethesimilaritiesanddifferencesofthesetworoads.Whichonedoesthespeakertake?(3’)3.Howdoyouunderstandtheword“sigh”?(4’)4.Whatmightthetworoadsstandforinthespeaker’smind?(4’)5.Whatisthethemeofthispoem?(2’)V.Interpretingthefollowingtexts(45 ’)Text11.Pleaseuseonephrasetosummarizetheaboveparagraph(2 ’)2.Whatarethetwopossibilitiesforagirlofeighteenleavingherhome?(2 ’)3.Pleasefindoutthefiguresofspeech(2 ’)4.Whataretheattractiveforcesmentionedinabigcity?(4 ’)5.Howarenaturalist viewsarereflected inthis paragraph?Illustrate yourpoints withexamples(5’)Text21.Identifythepoetandthetitleofthispoem?(2 ’)2.Explaintheunderlinedwords(4 ’)3.Whataretheimplications of“theSchool”,“thefields ofGazingGrain”,“the SettingSun”?(3’)4.Howdoyouunderstand“Sincethen--'tisCenturies--andyet/FeelsshorterthantheDay”?(3’)5.Whatarethespeaker ’sopinionsaboutdeath?(3 ’)Text3V. Pleaseexaminethepoeticform(rhymeandmeter)(2 ’)VI.Describethesimilarities anddifferences ofthesetworoads. Whichonedoesthespeakertake?(3’)VII.Howdoyouunderstandtheword “sigh”?(4’)VIII. Whatmightthetworoadsstandforinthespeaker ’smind?(4’)IX.Whatisthethemeofthispoem?(2 ’)參考答案I. MultipleChoice(1 ’×15=15’)_C___2._B__3.__A__4.__B__5.__C___6.__D_7.__D__8._A__9.__B__10.__B___11._C__12.__D__13._A_14._C__15._D__II.MatchtheColumnAwithColumnB(1’×10=10’)1.(c)2.(e)3.(i)4.(a)5.(h)6.(b)7.(d)8.(g)9.(j)10.(f)III.

Definethefollowingwordswithinonephrase(2 ’×5=10’)(Anyrelatedinformationcanbegivenmarks)1.poetrywithoutafivedbeatorregularrhymescheme,producedbyWaltWhitman2.istherepresentative oftranscedentalists, whobelieves inindividualism

andself-relianceandbringstranscedentalismtoNewEngland3．isahumoristandsatirist,whousesbroadhumorandbitingsocialsatire4．isoneofThoreau’smasterpieces,whichistheresultoftheauthor’stwoyearsoflivingnearWaldenlake.isregardedastheclassicalpoemofimagistpoetrybyEzraPound,conveyingthethemeofthespeaker’ssuddenpleasureoffindingsomebeautifulfacesinthesubwayIV.

SimpleQuestions(5’×4=20’)(Answers shouldbetothepoints.1scorefor time, 2scoresforfeaturesand1scoreforrepresentativefigureswhendefiningtheliteraryterms)a)Puritan thoughts: tomakepuretheir religious beliefs andpractices, torestore simplicity,toliveahardanddisciplinedlifeandopposepleasureandarts.b)TranscendentalismistheclimaxofAmericanRomanticism.First,theTranscendentalistplacedemphasisonspirit,ortheoversoul,asthemostimportantthingintheuniverse.Secondly,Transcendentalistsstressedtheimportanceoftheindividual.Thirdly,theTranscendentalistsofferedafreshperceptionofnatureassymbolicofthespirit.3.a.Theletter ’smeaningshiftsastimepasses.OriginallyintendedtomarkHesterasanadulterer,the“A”eventuallycomestostandfor“Able”or“Angel”.b.BesidesHester,DimmesdalealsoironedtheletterAonhisbody,whichprovokedhisself-consciousnessandshowedhisrepentforwhathedid.c.Pearl,theirbaby,woreagreenletterainapieceofseaweedwhileplayingonthebeach.ThisgreenletterAsymbolizesvitalityornewlife,andalsosuggestsherinheritancefromhermother.4.a.directtreatmentofthe “thing”（nofuss,frill,orornamentb.exclusionofsuperfluouswords （precisionandeconomyofexpressionc.therhythmofthemusicalphraseratherthanthesequenceofametronome（freeverseformandmusic ）.

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）,V. Interpretingthefollowingtexts(45 ’)Text11.Theattractionofbigcity(2 ’)2.Oneistofallintothesavinghandsandbecomesbetter;secondly,shemayadmitthemoralvalueofbigcityandbecomesworse.(2 ’)3.Simile,metaphorandsynecdoche(2 ’)4.Thegleamoflights,ablareofsound,aroaroflife,andavastarrayofhumanhives(4 ’)5.Naturalistattemptedtoachieveextremeobjectivityandfrankness,presentingcharactersoflowsocialandeconomicclasseswhoweredominatedbytheirenvironmentandheredity.Inthis novel, themajorfemalecharacter Carrie Meeberisdeeplyinfluenced bythepresentenvironmentandheredity,whichleadstotheresultofherdynamiccharacter.(5 ’)(thefeaturesofnaturalism3scores,examples2scores)Text21.EmilyDickinsonand“BecauseICouldnot