2019年湖北武汉科技大学英美文学基础考研真题及答案

2019 年湖北武汉科技大学英美文学基础考研真题及答案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., 1—R, 5—B, etc.) on your answer 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 KeatsH‘The Fall of the House of Usher’9Eugene O’NeillIThe Scarlet Letter10Oscar WildeJ‘A Modest Proposal’11Tennessee WilliamsKHumbolt’s Gift12D. H. LawrenceLFour Quartets13Arthur MillerMThe Portrait of a Lady14Virginia WoolfN‘Ode to a Nightingale’15Saul BellowOLeaves of Grass16George Gordon ByronPMoby Dick17Joseph HellerQA Streetcar Named Desire18T. 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. Iceberg 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 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” symbolize? 3.Why does the worm’s 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 I’ve tasted of desireI hold with those who favor fire.But if it had to perish twice,I think 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 your 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 Lessing 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...