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1、姓名：报考专业：准考证号码：密封线内不要写题2019年全国硕士研究生招生考试初试自命题试题科目名称：英美文学基础（ A卷 B卷）科目代码： 857考试时间：3小时 满分150分可使用的常用工具：无 计算器 直尺 圆规注意：所有答题内容必须写在答题纸上，写在试题或草稿纸上的一律无效；考完后试题随答题纸交回。I. Find out the matches from column B for items in column A (注意：B栏中有两个多余的、干扰选项). Write the corresponding matches (e.g., 1R, 5B, etc.) on your answe

2、r sheet. (共20小题，每小题1分，共20分)AB1Nathaniel HawthorneASongs of Experience2William ShakespeareBCatch-223Herman MelvilleCPygmalion4Jonathan SwiftDDesire Under the Elms5Henry JamesEThe Merchant of Venice6William BlakeFDeath of a Salesman7Mark TwainGSons and Lovers8John KeatsHThe Fall of the House of Usher9

3、Eugene ONeillIThe Scarlet Letter10Oscar WildeJA Modest Proposal11Tennessee WilliamsKHumbolts Gift12D. H. LawrenceLFour Quartets13Arthur MillerMThe Portrait of a Lady14Virginia WoolfNOde to a Nightingale15Saul BellowOLeaves of Grass16George Gordon ByronPMoby Dick17Joseph HellerQA Streetcar Named Desi

4、re18T. S. EliotRThe Importance of Being Earnest19Toni MorrisonSThe Adventures of Tom Sawyer20George Bernard ShawTBelovedUMrs. DallowayVDon JuanII. Explain the following literary terms or characters with adequate details. Write your answers on your answer sheet. (共6小题，每小题5分，共30分)1. Epiphany 2. Iceber

5、g principle3. Transcendentalism 4. Sarty (in Barn Burning)5. Algernon (in The Importance of Being Earnest) 6. ImagismIII. Read the following two poems carefully and write your answers to the corresponding questions on your answer sheet. (共8小题，每小题5分，共40分)Poem 1: The Sick Rose (by William Blake)O Rose

6、 thou art sick.The invisible worm,That flies in the nightIn the howling storm:Has found out thy bed Of crimson joy:And his dark secret loveDoes thy life destroy. Questions 1 to 4 are based on the above poem :1. In what sense do you think the rose is “sick”? 2. What do “the night” and “the storm” sym

7、bolize? 3. Why does the worms love destroy the rose?4. In what sense is the rose responsible for its sickness? Poem 2: Fire and Ice (by Robert Frost)Some say the world will end in fire,Some say in ice.From what Ive tasted of desireI hold with those who favor fire.But if it had to perish twice,I thin

8、k I know enough of hateTo say that for destruction iceIs also greatAnd would suffice.Questions 5 to 8 are based on the above poem:4. What are the symbolic meanings of fire in this poem?5. Why does the speaker say that ice is also great for destruction? Explain what ice stands for here.6. What is you

9、r opinion about fire and ice? Which one is more destructive? Why?8. What does the poem suggest so that destruction could be avoided? IV Answer the following questions with adequate details from the works related. Write your answers on your answer sheet. (共3小题，每小题20分，共60分)1. What do you think Doris L

10、essing wants to say about the relationship between men and women in modern society in “A Woman on a Roof”? Does she ever show any sympathy to the three men in the story? How (if yes) or why not (if no)?2. In what sense is Stephen Cranes “The Open Boat” a typical naturalist story? What naturalist themes can be found in the story? How are the themes illustrated in the story?3. In Gullivers Travels，what is the authors attitude towards his master? How does he feel to be a human being? Why do you think Yahoos are kept by the Houyhnhnms? 第 4 页 共 4 页