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1、InstructionsThis examination consistsof 5 parts ， and the total time for theexamination is 2 hours. All the answers should be entered onto the Answer Sheet.）（ 10%PartI ： Multiple ChoicesChoose the best answer to the following sentences.？ Which of the following is NOT a feature of Beowulf1. A. Allite
2、rationSaxons early life in England B. Anglo-C. Germanic languageD. The national epic of Anglo-Saxon people. English Renaissance Period was an age of2. B. poetry and drama A. prose and novelD. ballads and songsC. essays and journalscentury was poetry. John Milton was th 17of the early main 3. The lit
3、erary formacknowledged as the greatest. Besides him ， there were two groups of poets. They were the. Cavalier poets andB. the university wits A. the lake poetsD. the Romantic poetsC. the Metaphysical poets4. Pamela is widely considered to be the first novel and was written by .A. Thomas HardyB. Jame
4、s JoyceC. Samuel RichardsonD. Henry Fielding5. The publication of， which was the joint work of William Wordsworth andmarked the beginning of the Romantic Age in England.，Samuel T . Coleridge B. The Rime of the AncientMarinerA. Don JuanD. Queen MabC. Lyrical Ballads 6. Among the most famous realistic
5、 novelists of the Victorian ageareW. M.etc. Bronte sisters， Thackeray ，B. Henry FieldingA. Joseph ConradD. D. H. LawrenceC. Charles Dickens7. In James Joycesthe storyEveline ” paints a portrait of a youngA. Ulysseswoman from Dublin deciding whether or not to leave her hometown.B. OrlandoC. Dubliners
6、D. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Mancentury England ， satire was much used in writing. Literature of this ageth In the 188. . HenryFielding and ， such as Jonathan Swift ， produced some excellent satiristsD. Daniel Defoe Alexander Pope C. William BlakeB. Robert Burns9. William Wordsworthnever u
7、sed “gaudy and inane phraseology” because he felt thatpoetry should .A. be read only by the well-educatedB. use difficult vocabulary to express complicated emotionsC. use simple speech to communicate the truths of human experienceD. rely on strange and uncommon words to bring people new experiences1
8、0. Virginia Woolf is renowned for adopting the technique ， which displays thesequence of thoughts and impressions in a persons mind.B. third-person narrationA.mind-readingD. feministC. stream-of-consciousness)(10% ：Gap FillingPart II Complete the following sentences and write your answers on the Ans
9、werSheet.1. Geoffrey Chaucers workgives us a picture of the condition of English life ofits fun and sympathy.， such as its work and play ， its deeds and dreamshis day， the most importantform of literary composition is，2. During the Norman Conquest， the representative of which is the legend of King A
10、rthur and the round tableknights. 3. Epoch of Renaissance witnessed a particular development of English drama. It wasWilliam Shakespeare and who made blank verse the principal vehicle of expression indrama. 4. Hamlet ， Othello ， Macbeth andare generally regarded as WilliamShakespeares four great tra
11、gedies.5. Edmund Spenser is generally regarded as the greatestnondramatic poet of the. Elizabethan Age. His fame is chiefly based on his masterpiece6. In Elizabethan Period ，wrote more than 50 excellent essays， which made himone of the best essayists in English literature.7. The was a progressive in
12、tellectual movementthroughout western Europe in thecentury.18 th ， as a reaction against Reason century， there appeared th In the latter part of the 188. novel and literature of sentimentality.9. Thomas Grays highly praised poemshows the poets sympathy for thepoor ， and condemns the great ones who d
13、espise the poor and bring sufferings to thecommon people. 10. The Romantic movement in England had two significant movements as its . the French Revolution and ： background11 is perhaps the most talented early novelist. She wrote a number ofsuch as Pride andbooks concerning young ， relatively wealth
14、y women pursuing marriagePrejudice and Emma. 12. George Byron is chiefly known for his two long poems. One is Childe Harolds . Pilgrimage and the other isa type of lyric poem that is13 John Keats wrote several famous meditative and formal.14. the eldest of the two famous novelist sisterswrote JaneEy
15、re in thecentury.middle of the 19 th 15. monologue was first successfully used in poetry byRobertBrowning. century literature isetc. ， anti-heroanti-pastth 20the ofin One 16. of the most striking featuresanti-tradition ， anti-novel century ， was written th the manifesto of modernist poetry in the 20
16、 17.by T. S. Eliot. 18. A Passage to India ， Howards End ， and A Room with a View are three of the mostfamous novels by . 19. Lord Jim is one of the most famous novels by ， whowas born in Polandand learned English as his third language.Man and Superman and Pygmalion are two of most famousplays by .2
17、0.)( 15% ： Definition of TermsPart III Choose THREE out of the following terms and explain them intwo or three sentences.Heroic couplet Setting ； Point of view ； Soliloquy ； Sonnet ； ) 40%Appreciation( Part IV ：Choose TWO of the following three excerpts and write a passage of comment( about 80Excerp
18、t 1on each one. Your comment should cover the questions after each excerpt.wordsI wandered lonely as a cloud， That floats on high oer vales and hills， When all at once I saw a crowd； of golden daffodilsA host， beneath the treesBeside the lakeFluttering and dancing in the breeze.when on my couch I li
19、e， For oft， In vacant or in pensive moodThey flash upon that inward eye； Which is the bliss of solitude， And then my heart with pleasure fillsAnd dances with the daffodils.) “ I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud”( William Wordsworth ，： Questions1. What is the central image of this poem？ What is the poets r
20、eaction as revealed in the？ poem 2. Wordsworth believes that“All good poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerfulfeelings ” and poetry “ takes its origin from emotion recollected in tranquility” . How does this？poem reflect the poets philosophy of composition： Excerpt 2The proper study of mankind
21、 is man.， Placed on this isthmus of a middle state： and rudely greatA being darkly wise ， With too much knowledge for the Skeptic side， With too much weakness for the Stoics pride； or rest in doubt to act ， He hangs between ； ； or beastIn doubt to deem himself a God ，； In doubt his mind or body to p
22、refer ， and reasoning such Born but to die ； Whether he thinks too little or too much；， all confused Chaos of thought and passion ； Still by himself abused or disabused；， and half to fallCreated half to rise) An Essay on Man (Alexander Pope ，：Questions？ s1. Whats the topic of the above line2.Summari
23、ze the main idea in a few sentences.： Excerpt 3I shall now therefore humbly propose my own thoughts ， which I hope will not be liableto the least objection. I have been assured by a very knowing American of my acquaintance in Londonthat ayoung healthy child well nursed is at a year old a most delici
24、ous， nourishing ， and wholesomefood ， whether stewed ， roasted ， baked ， or boiled ； and I make no doubt that it will equallyserve in a fricassee or a ragout.I do therefore humbly offer it to public consideration that of thehundred and twenty thousand children ， already computed ， twenty thousand ma
25、y be reserved for breed， whereofonly one fourth part to be males， which is more than we allow to sheep， black cattle ， oraand ； swine， marriageof fruits the seldom are children these that is reason mycircumstance not much regarded by our savages， therefore one male will be sufficient toserve four fe
26、males. That the remaining hundred thousand may at a year old be offered in sale to the person of quality and fortune through the kingdom， always advising the mother to letthem suck plentifully in the last month ， so as to render them plump and fat for a good table. A child will make two dishes at an
27、 entertainment for friends， and when the family dinesalone ， the fore or hind quarter will make a reasonable dish ； and seasoned with a little pepperespecially in winter .， or salt will be very good boiled on the fourth day ) A Modest ProposalJonathan Swift ，(：Questions1. What is the authors modest
28、proposal in the passage？ And what do you think is his？ real idea behind it2. What kind of tone is shown in the passage？(Explain it with specific quotationsfrom) the text )( Part V . Critical Reading 25%Read the attached short story and answer the questions in essay form.Describe it in a few sentence
29、s.Whats the turning point in the murder trial？ 1.2.Read carefully the last two paragraphs of the story and comment， in the form of aon the message or real meaning of the author.150-200-word essay， The Case for the DefenseGraham Greene1 It was the strangest murder trial that I ever attended. They nam
30、ed it the Peckhammurder in the headlines ， though Northwood Street ， where the old woman was found battered to death ， was not strictly speaking in Peckham. This was not one of those cases of circumstantial evidence in which you feel the jurymans anxiety because mistakes havebeen made like domes of
31、silence muting the court. No， this murderer was all but found withthe body ； no one present when the Crown counsel outlined his case believed that the manin the dock stood any chance at all.2 He was a heavy stout man with bulging bloodshot eyes. All hismuscles seemed to bein his thighs. Yes ， an ugl
32、y customer ， one you wouldnt forget in a hurry and that was animportant point because the Crown proposed to call four witnesses who hadnt forgotten him ， who had seen him hurrying away from the little red villa in Northwood Street. The clockhad just struck two in the morning.3 Mrs. Salmon in 15 Nort
33、hwood Street had been unable to sleepshe heard a door clickshut and thought it was her own gate. So she went to the window and saw Adams( that washis name ) on the steps of Mrs. Parkers house. He had just come out and he was wearing gloves. He had a hammer in his hand and she saw him drop it into th
34、e laurel bushes at the front gate. But before he moved away， he had looked up at her window. The fatal instincthis that tells a man when he is watched exposed him in the light of a street-lamp to her gaze eyes suffused with horrifying and brutal fear， like an animals when you raise a whip. I talkeda
35、fterwards to Mrs. Salmon ， who naturally after the astonishing verdict went in fear herself. As I imagined did all the witnessesHenry MacDougall ， who had been driving home fromBenfleet late and nearly ran Adams down at the corner of Northwood Street. Adams was walking in the middle of the road look
36、ing dazed. And old Mr . Wheeler ， who lived next door to Mrs. Parker ， at No. 12 and was waken by a noise like a chair falling through thedone ， saw Adams back and ， as he turned ， those bulging eyes. In Laurel Avenue he hadbeen seen by yet another witness his luck was badly out； he might as well ha
37、ve committedthe crime in broad daylight.4 “ I understand ，” the counsel said ，“that the defense proposes to pleadmistaken identity. Adams wife will tell you that he was with her at two in the morning on February 14 ， but after you have heard the witnesses for the Crown and examined carefully the fea
38、tures of the prisoner， I do not think you will be prepared to admit the possibility of amistake. ” but the hanging. you would have said， 5 It was all over ，6 After the formal evidence had been given by the policeman who had found the bodyand the surgeon who examined it， Mrs. Salmon was called. She w
39、as the ideal witness， withcare and kindness.her slight Scotch accent and her expression of honesty， 7 The counsel for theCrown brought the story gently out. She spoke very firmly. There was no malice in her ， and no sense of importance at standing there in the Central Criminal Court with a judge in
40、scarlet handing on her words and the reporters writing them down.and then she had gone down stairs and rung up the police station.，Yes， she said ”？ 8 “And do yousee the man here in courtShe looked straight and at the big man in the dock， who stared at her with his Pekingeseeyes without emotion.“ther
41、e he is. ” ” she said ， “Yes， ”te certain ？ “You are qui sir. ”，“ I couldnt be mistaken She said simply It was as easy as that.Mrs. Salmon. ” “ Thank you ，9 Counsel for the defense rose to cross-examine. If you had reported as many murdertrials as I have ， you would have known beforehand what line h
42、e would take. And I wasup to a point.right， 10 “Now ， Mrs. Salmon ， you must have remembered that a mans life maydepend onyour evidence. ” sir. ” “I do remember it ，”？“ Is your eyesight goodsir .”， “I have never had to wear spectacles”u are a woman of fifty-five ？ “Yo sir. ”， “Fifty-six”“ And the ma
43、n you saw was on the other side of the road？sir .”， “Yes ”Mrs. Salmon ？“And it was two oclock in the morning. You must have remarkable eyes“No ， sir. There was moonlight， and the man looked up， he had the lamplight on hisface. ” 11 I couldnt make out what he was at. He couldnt have expected any othe
44、r answerthan the one he got.sir. It isnt a face one forgets.” “None whatever ， 12 13 Counsel took a lookaround the court for a moment. Then he said， “Do youmind ， Mrs. Salmon ， examining again the people in court？ No ， not the prisoner . Standup ， please ， Mr. Adams ，” and there at the back of the c
45、ourt with thick stout body andmuscular legs and a pair of bulging eyes， was the exact image of the man in the dock. He wastight blue suit and striped tie.even dressed the same 14 “ Now think very carefully， Mrs. Salmon.Can you still swear that the man you sawdrop the hammer in Mrs. Parkers garden wa
46、s the prisoner and not this man ， who is his twin” brother ？ Of course she couldnt. She looked from one to the other and didnt say a word.1516 There the big brute sat in the dock with his legs crossed， and there he stood too atthe back of the court and they both stared at Mrs. Salmon. She shook her
47、head.17 What we saw thenwas the end of the case. There wasnt a witness prepared to swearthat it was the prisoner hed seen. And the brother？ He had his own alibi too； he was withhis wife.18 And so the man was acquitted for lack of evidence. But whether if he did the murderand not his brother he was punished or not， I dont know. That extraordinary day had anextraordinary end. I followed Mrs. Salmon out of court and we got wedged in the crowd who were waiting ， of course ， for the twins. The police tried to drive the crowd away， but all theycould do was keep the