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2008年四川大学英语专业（英美文学）真题试卷及答案一、单项选择题1 Which of the following is NOT directly related to the literature of Victorian Age in England?（A）The growth of urban population resulted in the appearance of a new reading public.（B）Many libraries were set up so that books were now available to readers who could not afford to buy them.（C）The plot of novels is unfolded against a social background which is broader than what it had been in previous novels.（D）Most of the novels were not first published in serial form, that is, by installment, before they were fully published in a single book.2 Romance was a type of literature that was very popular in the______.（A）Renaissance period（B）seventeenth century（C）Middle Ages（D）eighteenth century3 Jonathan Swift wrote all the following works EXCEPT______.（A）The Battle of Books（B）The Pilgrim's Progress（C）Gulliver's Travels（D）A Tale of the Tub4 The following statements about neo-classicism are all true EXCEPT______.（A）Elegance, correctness, appropriateness and restraint were preferred（B）It results in the rise of novels as a dominant literary genre（C）It is unsympathetic towards the "rude" masters of old literature—towards Chaucer, Spenser, and even Shakespeare（D）It is almost exclusively a "town" poetry, catering to the interests of the society in great cities.5 Which of the following is NOT a typical feature of Romanticism in England?（A）Spontaneity in expressing feelings.（B）Emphasis on reason.（C）Worship of nature.（D）Simplicity in language.6 Which ONE of the following is the author of The Leather-Stocking Tales?（A）Henry David Thoreau（B）Washington Irving（C）Edgar Allan Poe（D）James Fennimore Cooper7 Which ONE of the following is the author of the poem Song of Myself?（A）Walt Whitman（B）Stephen Crane（C）Edgar Allan Poe（D）Henry Wadsworth Longfellow8 Which one of the following statements is applicable to the understanding of Transcendentalism?（A）It is strongly influenced by social Darwinism.（B）Belief in individualism, independence of mind, and self-reliance.（C）Man has no free-will.（D）It holds that determinism governs everything.9 Mark the novelist whose major works are characterized by the elements of the "grotesque"?（A）Philip Freneau（B）Edgar Allan Poe（C）Washington Irving（D）Emily Dickson10 All the following concepts can be found in American naturalistic fiction EXCEPT______.（A）determinism（B）survival of the fittest（C）effects of hereditary and environmental forces（D）search for identity二、名词解释11 Oscar Wilde12 A Modest Proposal13 James Joyce14 Transcendentalism15 The Octopus三、问答题16 Answer the following questions IN ABOUT 150 WORDS each:(20 points)Make a comment on Emily Bronte' s novel Wuthering Heights.17 Make a comment on Herman Melville' s novel Moby-Dick.一、单项选择题1 【正确答案】 D【试题解析】 Most of the novels were first published in serial form，that is，by installment，before theywere fully published in a single book．(参见罗经国编的《新编英国文学选读下》第118页。

全国2009年4月高等教育自学考试英美文学选读试题及答案

全国2009年4月高等教育自学考试英美文学选读试题I．Multiple Choice(40 points in all, 1 for each)Select from the four choices of each item the one that best answers the question or completes the statement and write the corresponding letter on the answer sheet.1．In Renaissance, the European humanist thinkers and scholars made attempts to do the following EXCEPT ______.A．getting rid of those old feudalist ideasB. getting control of the parliament and governmentC．introducing new ideas that expressed the interests of the rising bourgeoisieD．recovering the purity of the early church, from the corruption of the Roman Catholic Church2．The Petrarchan sonnet was first introduced into England by ______. A．SurreyB. WyattC．SidneyD．Shakespeare3．As the best of Shakespeare's final romances,______ is a typicalexample of his pessimistic view towards human life and society in his late years.A．The Tempest 暴风雨B. The Winter's Tale冬天的故事C．Cymbeline 辛白林D．The Rape of Lucrece 露易丝受辱记4．John Milton's greatest poetical work ______ is the only generally acknowledged epic in English literarure since Beowulf. A．AreopagiticaB. Paradise LostC．LycidasD．Samson Agonistes5．The British bourgeois or middle class believed in the following notions EXCEPT ______.A．self - esteem 自尊B. self – reliance自力更生C．self - restraint 自制D．hard work6．“Graveyard School”writers are the following sentimentalists EXCEPTA．James ThomsonB. William CollinsC．William CowperD．Thomas Jackson7．The best model of satire in the whole English literary history is Jonathan Swift's ______.A．A Modest ProposalB. A Tale of a TubC．Gulliver's TravelsD．The Battle of the Books8．As a representative of the Enlightenment,______ was one of the first to introduce rationalism to England.A．John BunyanB. Daniel DefoeC．Alexander PopeD．Jonathan Swift9．For his contribution to the establishment of the form of the modern novel,______ has been regarded by some as “Father of the EnglishA．Daniel DefoeB. Henry FieldingC．Jonathan SwiftD．Samuel Richardson10．Which of the following descriptions of Gothic Novels is NOT correct?A．It predominated in the early eighteenth century.B. It was one phase of the Romantic movement.C．Its principal elements are violence, horror and the supernatural. D．Works like The Mysteries of Udolpho and Frankenstein are typical Gothic romance．11．“Byronic hero”is a figure of the following traits EXCEPT ______.A. being proudB. being of humble 卑微的originC. being rebelliousD．being mysterious12．Robert Browning created ______ by adopting the novelistic presentation of characters.A．the verse novelB. the blank verseC．the heroic coupletD．the dramatic poetry13．Charles Dickens' novel ______ is famous for its vivid descriptions of the workhouse and life of the underworld in the nineteenth- century London.A．The Pickwick PaperB. Oliver TwistC．David CopperfieldD．Nicholas Nickleby14．Charlotte Bronte's works are all about the struggle of an individual consciousness towards ______, about some lonely and neglected young women with a fierce longing for love, understanding and a full, happy life.A．self - relianceB. self - realizationC．self - esteemD．self - consciousness15．The symbolic meaning of “Book”in Robert Browning's long poem The Ring and the Book is ______.A．the common senseB. the hard truthC．the comprehensive knowledgeD．the dead truth16．Thomas Hardy's pessimistic view of life predominated most of his later works and earns him a reputation as a ______ writer.A．realisticB. naturalisticC．romanticD．stylistic17．After the First World War, there appeared the following literary trends of modernism EXCEPT ______.A．expressionismB. surrealismC．stream of consciousnessD．black humour18．The masterpieces of critical realism in the early 20th century are thethree trilogies of ______.A．Galsworthy's Forsyte novelsB. Hardy' s Wessex novelsC．Greene's Catholic novelsD．Woolf's stream-of-consciousness novels19．In the mid - 1950s and early 1960s, there appeared “______”who demonstrated a particular disillusion over the depressing situation in Britain and launched a bitter protest．against the outmoded social and political values in their society.A．The Beat GenerationB. The Lost GenerationC．The Angry Young MenD．Black Mountain Poets20.The following are English stream-of-consciousness novels EXCEPT ______.A. PilgrimageB. UlyssesC. Mrs.DallowayD．A Passage to Inida21．The leader of the Irish National Theater Movement in the early 20thcentury was ______.A．W.B.YeatsB. Lady GregoryC．J.M.SyngeD．John Galworthy22．T.S.Eliot's most popular verse play is ______.A．Murder in the CathedralB. The Cocktail PartyC．The Family ReunionD．The Waste Land23．The American writer ______ was awarded the Nobel Prize for the anti-racist In-truder in the Dust in 1950.A．Ernest HemingwayB. Gertrude SteinC．William Faulkner D. T.S．Eliot24．Hemingway's second big success is ______ , which wrote the epitaph to a decade and to the whole generation in the 1920s, in order to tell us a story about the tragic love affair of a wounded American soldier with a British nurse.A．For Whom the Bell TollsB. A Farewell to ArmsC．The Sun Also RisesD．The Old Man and the Sea25．With the publication of ______ , Dreiser was launching himself upon a long career that would ultimately make him one of the most significant American writers of the school later known as literary naturalism. A．Sister CarrieB. The TitanC．The GeniusD．The Stoic26．Henry James is generally regarded as the forerunner of the 20th -century “stream -of-consciousness”novels and the founder of ______. A．neoclassicismB. psychological心理的realismC．psychoanalytical精神分析criticismD．surrealism27．In 1849, Herman Melville published ______ ,a semi-autobiographical novel, con- cerning the sufferings of a genteel youth among brutal sailors.A．OmooB. MardiC．RedburnD．Typee28．As a sequel to The Adventures of Tom Sawyer,______ marks the climax of Mark Twain's literary activity.A．The Adventures of Huckleberry FinnB. Life on the MississippiC．The Gilded AgeD．Roughing It29．Realism was a reaction against ______ or a move away from the bias towards romance and self- creating fictions, and paved the way to Modernism.A．RomanticismB. RationalismC．Post-modernismD．Cynicism30．When World War II broke out,______ began working for the Italian government, engaged in some radio broadcasts of anti- Semitism and pro-Fascism.A．Ezra Pound B. T.S．EliotC．Henry James D．Robert Frost31．In 1915 ______ became a naturalized British citizen, largely in protest against America's failure to join England in the First World War. A．Henry James B. T.S.EliotC．W.D.Howells D．Ezra Pound32．What Whitman prefers for his new subject and new poetic feelings is “______ ,”that is, poetry without a fixed beat or regular rhyme scheme. A．blank verseB. free rhythmC．balanced structureD．free verse33．The American woman poet ______ wanted to live simply as a complete independent being, and so she did, as a spinster.A．Emily ShawB. Anna DickinsonC．Emily DickinsonD．Anne Bret34．The Birthmark drives home symbolically ______ point that evil is a man's birthmark, something he was born with.A．Whitman'sB. Melville'sC．Hawthorne'sD．Emerson's35．The Financier ,The Titan and The Stoic written by ______ are called his “Trilogy of Desire”.A．Henry JamesB. Theodore DreiserC．Mark TwainD．Herman Melville36．Disregarding grammar and punctuation,______ always used “i”instead of “I”in his poems to show his protest against self-importance. A．Wallace StevensB. Ezra PoundC．Robert FrostD．E.E.Cummings37．Though Robert Frost is generally considered a regional poet whose subject matters mainly focus on the landscape and people in ______ , he wrote many poems that investigate the basic themes of man's life in his long poetic career.A．the westB. the southC．New EnglandD．Alaska38．Most critics have agreed that Fitzgerald is both an insider and an outsider of ______ with a double vision.A．the Gilded AgeB. the Rational AgeC．the Jazz AgeD．the Magic Age39．In the American Romantic writings,______ came to function almost as a dramatic character that symbolized moral law.A．fireB. waterC．treesD．wilderness40．The desire for an escape from society and a return to ______ became a permanent convention of the American literature.A．the family lifeB. natureC．the ancient timeD．fantasy of loveII．Reading Comprehension (16 points in all, 4 for each)Read the quoted parts carefully and answer the questions in English．Write your answers in the corresponding space on the answer sheet.41．Wherefore feed and clothe and saveFrom the cradle to the graveThose ungrateful drones who wouldDrain your sweat- nay, drink your blood?Questions:A．Identify the poet and the title of the poem from which the stanza is taken. from percy shelley’s “men of England”B.What figure of speech is used in Line 2?metonymyC．Whom does “drones”refer to?Here “drones” refers to the parasitic class in human socity.42．The following quotation is from one of the poems by T．S．Eliot: No! I am not Prince Hamlet, nor was meant to be;Am an attendant lord, one that will doTo swell a progress, start a scene or twoAdvise the prince; no doubt, an easy tool,Deferential, glad to be of use,Politic, cautious, and meticulous,Full of high sentence, but a bit obtuse;Questions:A．Identify the title of the poem from which the quoted part is taken．The love song of J.Alfred PrufrockB.Who's the speaker of the quoted lines?J.Alfred PrufrockC．What does the first line show about the speaker?Prufrock is conscious of the fact that he is like hamlet in some respect. But he is sensible enough that he cant be compared with hamlet. 43．There was a child went forth every day,And the first object he look'd upon, that object he became,And that object became part of him for the day or a certain part of the day,Or for many years or stretching cycles of years.Questions:A．Identify the poet. Walt WhitmanB.From which poem and which collection of the poet are these lines taken?“ there was a child went forth” from “ leaves of grass”C.What does the poet describe in the poem?The poem describes the growth of a child who learned about the world around him and improved himself accordingly. In the poem, Whitman’s own early experience may well be identified with the childhood of a young, growing American.44．I heard a Fly buzz- when I died-The Stillness in the RoomWas like the Stillness in the Air-Between the Heaves of Storm-The Eyes around- had wrung them dry-And Breaths were gathering firmFor that last Onset- when the KingBe witnessed - in the Room-Questions:A．Identify the poet. Emily DickinsonB.What does “the King” refer to?The god of deathC．What moment is the poem trying to describe?The poem is trying to describe the moment of death.III．Questions and Answers (24 points in all, 6 for each)Give brief answers to each of the following questions in English．Write your answers in the corresponding space on the answer sheet.45．List at least two leading neoclassicists in England．What did Neoclassicists celebrate in literary creation?A. Alexander pope, John Dryden, Samuel JohndonB. they believed that the artistic ideals should be order, logic, restrained emotion and accuracy and that literature should be judged in terms of its service to humanity. They seek proportion, unity, harmony and grace in literacy expression, in an effort to delight, instruct and correct human beings. Thus a polite, elegant, witty and intellectual art developed. 46．Jane Eyre is one of the most popular and important novels of the Victorian Age．Why is Jane Eyre such a successful novel?A. it is noted for its sharp criticism of the existing socity.B. it is an intense moral fable.C. the success of the novel is also due to its introduction to the English novel the first governess heroine.47．Who are the three dominant figures of the American Age of Realism and what are the differences in their understanding of the “truth”?A. William Dean Howells, Mark Twain, Henry James.B. Mark Twain and Howells seemed to have paid more attention to the“life”of the Ameicans. Howells focused his discussion on the rising middle class and the way they lived: Mark Twain preferred to have his own region and people at the forefront of his stories; Henry James had apparently laid a greater emphasis on the “ inner world” of man. 48．What's Dreiser' s naturalistic belief? Please discuss the question with Carrie, a character in Sister Carrie as an example.A. Dreiser believes that while men are controlled and conditioned by heredity, instinct and chance, a few extraordinary and unsophisticated human beings refuse to accept their fate wordlessly and instead strive, unsuccessfully, to find meaning and purpose for their existence.B. Carrie, as one of such, senses that she is merely a cipher in an uncaring world yet seeks to grasp the mysteries of life and thereby satisfies her desires for social status and material comfort, but in spite of her success, she is lonely and dissatisfied.IV．Topic Discussion(20 points in all, 10 for each)Write no less than 150 words on each of the following topics in English in the corresponding space on the answer sheet.49．Briefly discuss William Shakespeare's artistic achievements in characterization, plot construction and language.A. shakespeare’s major characters are neither merely individual ones nor type ones; they represent certain types; they are individuals representingcertain types. By employing a psychoanalytical approach, Shakespeare succeeds in exploring the characters’inner world. Shakespeare also portrays his characters in pairs. Contrasts are frequently used to bring vividness to his characters.B. Shakespeare seldom invents his own plot; instead, he borrows them from old plays or storybook, fron ancient Greek or Roman sources. In order to make the play more lively and compact, he would shorten the time and intensify the story. There are usually several clues running through the play, thus providing the story with the suspense and apprehension.C. Shakespeare can write skillfully in different poetic forms, such as the sonnet, the blank verse and the rhymed couplet. He has an amazing wealth of vocabulary and idiom. His coinage of new words and distortion of the meaning of the old words also creates striking effects on the readers.50．Briefly discuss Mark Twain's art of fiction in terms of the setting,the language, and the characters, etc.,based on his novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.A. Mark Twain uses the Mississippi V ally as his fictional kingdom, Writing about the landscape and people, the customs and the dialects of one particular region, and is therefore known as a local colorist.B. he creates life-like characters, especially the conventional HuckleberryFinn, who runs away from civilization and stands opposite to conventional morality.C. He uses a simple, direct vernacular language, totally different from any previous literary language. It is the kind of colloquial language belonging to the lower class, the living local American English.D. he has created a special humor to satirize social injustices and the decayed convention.。

招生全国统一考试英语试题四川卷,解析版(2)

2009年普通高等学校全国统一考试（四川卷）英语本试卷分第I卷（选择题）和第II卷（非选择题）两部分。

第I卷1至11页，第II卷12至14页。

满分150分，考试时间120分钟。

考试结束，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。

第I卷（选择题，共100分）注意事项：1．答第I卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号、考试科目涂写在答题卡上。

2．1—60 小题选出答案后，用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。

如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。

不能答在试卷上。

3．61—65 小题选出答案后，用钢笔或圆珠笔将答案标号填写在该题下面的相应题号后的横线上。

不能答在答题卡上。

第一部分英语知识运用（共两节，满分50分）第一节语法和词汇知识（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

1. —May I open the window to let in some fresh air?—___________A. Come onB. Take careC. Go ahead!D. Hold on!【答案】C【解析】根据语境可以知道：去开吧，去做吧。

所以答案为：C。

容易误选A。

come on 的意思是“算了吧！加油！”2. He told us whether _________ a picnic was still under discussionA. to haveB. havingC. haveD. had【答案】B.【解析】考查非谓语的用法，分析句子可知whether +to do sth. 做了宾语从句的主语, He told us 后省略了宾语从句的引导词that。

3. I like this house with a beautiful garden in front, but I don’t have enough money to buy__________.A. oneB. itC. thisD. that【答案】B。

2009年大学英语专业知识真题

2009年英语专业知识试卷第一部分英语写作与翻译(共1 50分)I．Writing(100 points)Section A：Note—writing(30 points)Write on ANSWER SHEET a note of about 60 words based on the following situation：Y0u’ve learned that your friend Jimmy is in these days．Write him a note expressing your concern，asking after his health and giving your best wishesMarks will be awarded for content，organization，grammar and appropriateness．Section B Composition (70 points)Nowadays many Students，especially primary school and middle school students, have home tutors．The purposes of employing home tutors are different and people’s attitudes towards home tutoring are different as well.Write on ANSWER SHEET a composition of about 150 words on the following topic:Positive or Negative Aspects of HomeY ou are supposed to write in three parts：In the first part, state your point of view.In the second part, support your view with one or two reasons.In the last part, bring what you have written to a natural conclusion or a summary.Marks will be awarded for content, organization, grammar and appropriateness.II. Translation (50 points)Section C Translate these sentences into English (20 points, 4 for each).1.这三家公司的合作使他们能获得足够的资金来发展他们的事业。

2009年四川大学英语专业(英美文学)真题试卷

一、单项选择题1 One of V. S. Naipaul' s best-known nonfictional works is______.（A）Between Father and Son（B）Green Gables（C）Enchanted Castle（D）Railway Children2 Which of the following is NOT directly related to the Irish Dramatic Movement? （A）The Abbey Theatre（B）Lady Augusta Gregory（C）Sean O'Casey（D）Sartor Resartus3 Which of the following reflects the spirit of chivalry, i. e. , the quality and ideal of knightly conduct, in the early feudal age?（A）Morality Play（B）Romance（C）Epic（D）Gothic novel4 One of the most noticeable features of John Donne' s poetry is his use of______. （A）classical vocabulary（B）conceit（C）dramatic monologue（D）exaggeration5 "When all at once I saw a crowd,A host of golden daffodils. "In the above quotation taken from William Wordsworth' s poem " I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud" , the word "host" refers to______.（A）a large number（B）few（C）dancing group（D）quiet group6 Point out the work that was written by Henry David Thoreau. ______（A）The Fall of the House of Usher（B）The Rise of Silas Lapham（C）Walden（D）The Legend of Sleepy Hollow7 Jack London: the author of______ , is a naturalist writer.（A）The Red Badge of Courage（B）The Octopus（C）The Gilded Age（D）Martin Eden8 Which ONE of the following poems is authored by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow? （A）The Raven.（B）Wild Nights-Wild Nights!（C）The Indian Burying Ground.（D）The Slave's Dream.9 Which ONE of the following is an influential poet whose poems often express a thematic concern about the issue of death and eternity?（A）Walt Whitman（B）Ralph Waldo Emerson（C）Henry Wadsworth Longfellow（D）Emily Dickinson10 "I celebrate myself, and sing myself, /And what I assume you shall assume, /For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you. "In the above quoted verse lines taken from Walt Whitman' s poem " Song of Myself" , what does the central image "myself" refer to?（A）Merely the poet himself.（B）The common people of America.（C）Masculine sublime ego.（D）American puritans.二、名词解释11 My Last Duchess12 Martin Amis13 Vanity Fair14 American Local Colorism15 Henry James三、问答题16 Answer the following questions IN ABOUT 150 ENGLISH WORDS each:(20 points) Please briefly comment on Walter Scott' s Ivanhoe.17 Make an introductory comment on James Fenimore Cooper' s frontier saga The Leather Stocking Tales.。

四川大学“英语专业基础”参考样题(2011)

四川大学“英语专业基础”参考样题（2011）2011-12-31考试科目：英语专业基础适用专业：英语语言文学、外国语言学及应用语言学研究方向：英美文学、美国文化研究、加拿大文化研究、欧洲文化研究、现代英语及语言理论、英语翻译理论与实践、现代外语教育及教育技术（注意：答案必须写在答题纸上，写在试题上不给分）Part One: Reading Comprehension (40 points)I. Cloze Test (10 points)Choose one of the four answers marked [A], [B], [C], [D] to complete the article. Write your answer on the answer sheet. Be sure that the number of the answers is in agreement with the number of the blanks.Music comes in many forms; most countries have a style of their own. At the turn of the century when jazz was born, America had no prominent 1 of its own. No one knows exactly when jazz was 2 , or by whom. But it began to be heard in the early 1900s.Jazz is America’s contribution to popular mu sic. In contrast to classical music, which3 formal European traditions, jazz is spontaneous and free form. It bubbles with energy,4 the moods, interests, and emotions of the people. In the 1920s jazz5 like America, and as it does today. The6 of this music are as interesting as the music itself. American Negroes, or blacks, as they are called today, were the jazz7 . They were brought to Southern States as slaves. They were sold to plantation owners and forced to work long hours. When a Negro died, his friends and relatives8 a procession to carry the body to the cemetery. In New Orleans, a band often accompanied the procession .On the way to the cemetery the band played slow, solemn music suited to the occasion. But on the way home the mood changed. Spirits lifted. Death had removed one of their9 , but the living were glad to be alive. The band played happy music, improvising on both the harmony and the melody of the tunes 10 at the funeral. This music made everyone want to dance. It was an early form of jazz.1. [A] music [B] song [C] melody [D] style2. [A] discovered [B] acted [C] invented [D] designed3. [A] forms [B] follows [C] approaches [D] introduces4. [A] expressing [B] explaining [C] exposing [D] illustrating5. [A] appeared [B] felt [C] seemed [D] sounded6. [A] origins [B] originals [C] discoveries [D] resources7. [A] players [B] followers [C] fans [D] pioneers8. [A] demonstrated [B] composed [C] hosted [D] formed9. [A] number [B] members [C] body [D] relations10. [A] whistled [B] sung [C] presented [D] showedII. Reading comprehension: (30 points)In this section there are three passages followed by a total of fifteen multiple-choice questions. Read the passages and write your answer on the answer sheet.Passage 1Lloyds TSB, the UK’s biggest high street bank, is being forced to withdraw a memo which orders its branch staff not to switch customers into accounts that would pay them higher rates of interest.The bank will today write to every one of its 2,600 branches to “clarify” the contents of an internal memo, which tells staff it is “unacceptable” to info rm current account customers that they could make better return by shifting spare cash into accounts with higher returns. The average balance in a Lloyds TSB account is understood to be 2,000 and if half of every balance was moved into an alternative instant access account operated by Lloyds, the bank would have to pay an estimated $160 million in additional interest in a year. Lloyds, which has 7 million customers and last year made more than $3 billion profit, pays 0.3 per cent interest on its current account. Its instant access account offers 3.4 per cent. The memo told staff they could lose out on incentive scheme rewards—including cash bonuses and foreign holidays—if they were caught switching cash out of low interest accounts.A spokeswoman for Lloyds TSB said the memo, entitled Key Sales and Service Objectives, was designed to improve service levels and had been “quoted out of context”. It was written by Mike Mitchell, the bank’s national sales manager, and circulated in January. It was designed to stop its staff opening new accounts merely to receive incentive scheme points. Staff are allowed, however, to make other suggestions to customers, including selling them financial services such as unit trust investments and private health insurance, which generate substantial profits for the bank. Branch workers who successfully sell such products receive incentive scheme rewards, directly related to how much profit the bank makes from them. The bank’s spokeswoman said: “The spirit of this memo, of putting customers first, has been obfuscated by sentences which are meant to say one thing but may be interpreted as saying another.” In some cases, she claimed, those with high sums to invest can get better returns from their existing current accounts because the interest rate rises as the balance goes up. But she admitted that the memo tells staff that all current account switches “must be initiated by the customer”, and that staff are not allowed to advise customers their money might earn better returns in alternative accounts. The only time such suggestions can be made, says the memo, is in a formal one-to-one interview with thecustomer. The bank insisted that the memo was designed to improve customer service, but it has angered branch staff, who believe they are being ordered not to operate in the customers’ best interests.The Lloyds’ spokeswoman added: “We agree that this memo may be misinterpreted.” The bank’s deputy chief executive, Michael Fairley, has intervened and will be rewriting the memo.1. According to the passage, Lloyds TSB is going to withdraw its internal memo circulated in January because .[A] it has been made known to the general public[B] it has been opposed by all its customers[C] it is misinterpreted by its branch staff[D] it is considered against customers’ best interests2. The spokeswoman for Lloyds TSB’s comment that the memo had been “quoted out of context” could be considered .[A] a confession of the bank’s malpractice[B] a guarantee of improvement of the bank’s service[C] a response to criticisms of the memo[D] a hint to withdraw and rewrite the memo3. It can be concluded from the passage that according to the memo, the branch staff .[A] will get no cash bonuses if they sell private health insurance to customers[B] will receive no incentive scheme rewards if found shifting customers cash into higherinterest accounts[C] cannot make any suggestions in a formal one-to-one interview with customers[D] shall never tell customers the interest rates of different accounts4. The word “obfuscated” used in paragraph 3 can be replaced by.[A] clarified [B]strengthened [C] obscured [D] weakened5. According to the passage, all of the following are true EXCEPT that .[A] the interest rate of an instant access account is higher than that of a current account[B] the interest rate can rise as the balance in an account goes up to a certain level[C] the memo does not allow account switches initiated by customers[D] the memo encourages bank workers to sell more financial services to customersPassage 2Imagine a world in which there was suddenly no emotion—a world in which human beings could feel no love or happiness, no terror or hate. Try to imagine the consequences of such a transformation. People might not be able to stay alive: knowing neither joy nor pleasure, neither anxiety nor fear, they would be as likely to repeat acts that hurt them as acts that were beneficial. They could not learn: they could not benefit from experience becausethis emotionless world would lack rewards and punishments. Society would soon disappear: people would be as likely to harm one another as to provide help and support. Human relationships would not exist; in a world without friends or enemies, there could be no marriage, affection among companions, or bonds among members of groups. Society’s economic underpinnings would be destroyed: since earning would not bring enjoyment, there would be no incentive to work. In fact, there would be no incentives of any kind. For as we will see, incentives imply a capacity to enjoy them.In such a world, the chances that the human species would survive are next to zero, because emotions are the basic instrument of our survival and adaptation. Emotions structure the world for us in important ways. As individuals, we categorize objects on the basis of our emotions. True, we consider the length, shape, size, or texture, but an object’s physical aspects are less important than what it has done or can do to us—hurt us, surprise us, anger us or make us joyful. We also use categorizations colored by emotions in our families, communities, and overall society. Out of our emotional experiences with objects and events comes a social feeling of agreement that certain things and actions are “good” and others are “bad”, and we apply these categories to every aspect of our social life—from what foods we eat and what clothes we wear to how we keep promises and which people our group will accept. In fact, society exploits our emotional reactions and attitudes, such as loyalty, morality, pride, shame, guilt, fear and greed, in order to maintain itself. It gives high rewards to individuals who perform important tasks such as surgery, makes heroes out of individuals for unusual or dangerous achievements such as flying fighter planes in a war, and uses the legal and penal system to make people afraid to engage in antisocial acts.6. The reason why people might not be able to stay alive in a world without emotion is that .[A] they would not be able to tell the texture of objects[B] they would not know what was beneficial and what was harmful to them[C] they would not be happy with a life without love[D] they would do things that hurt each other’s feelings7. According to the passage, people’s learning activities are possible because they .[A] enjoy being rewarded for doing the right thing[B] know what is vital to the progress of society[C] believe that emotions are fundamental for them to stay alive[D] benefit from providing help and support to one another8. It can be inferred from the passage that the economic foundation of society is dependent on .[A] the ability to make money[B] the will to work for pleasure[C] the capacity to enjoy incentives[D] the categorizations of our emotional experiences9. Emotions are significant for man’s survival and adaptation because.[A] they provide the means by which people view the size or shape of objects[B] they are the basis for the social feeling of agreement by which society is maintained[C] they encourage people to perform dangerous achievements[D] they generate more love than hate among people10. The emotional aspects of an object are more important than its physical aspects in that they .[A] help society exploit its members for profit[B] encourage us to perform important tasks[C] help to perfect the legal and penal system[D] help us adapt our behavior to the world surrounding usPassage 3Astronomers have witnessed the biggest bang since the big bang—the moment about 15 billion years ago when the universe was created in a massive explosion. The huge burst of energy from the edge of the universe is estimated to be second only to the moment of creation in its explosive force, releasing more energy in two seconds than the sun will give out in it lifetime. Scientists hope the explosion—known as a gamma-ray burst because it emits energy in the form of gamma radiation—will shed light on the earliest stages in the evolution of the stars and galaxies. Gamma-ray bursts cannot be seen by the human eye, but if they could the sky would light up like a camera flash each time they occurred. They are by far the most energetic events in the universe and, until now, have remained largely a mystery.The latest gamma-ray burst to be detected accurately occurred last December. Using a network of telescopes and satellites, the astronomers were able to calculate its distance from Earth at about 15 billion light years. This means it must have happened soon after the big bang itself, while the intensity of the radiation revealed it to be the biggest bang recorded by man. Scientists from the American National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the California Institute of Technology are to announce details of their analysis this week. The huge distance between the source of the explosion and the Earth suggests gamma-ray bursts are up to 10 times larger than previously thought, said Jonathan Katz, professor of physics at Washington University in St Louis.“Gamma-ray bursts may be the most distant things we will ever see and as such will act as beacons to probe into the very distant regions of the universe when stars and galaxies were first formed.”American spy satellites looking for the radiation released from Soviet nuclear tests first detected gamma-ray bursts in 1967 but the details were kept classified until 1973. For nearly 25 years scientists were hampered in their efforts to find an explanation for the huge explosions because they lasted no longer than a few seconds. The inability to explain themled to speculation that gamma-ray bursts were the remnants of nuclear battles between alien civilizations, or even the exhaust energy of extraterrestrial spaceships going into warp drive. Two satellites, the American Compton gamma-ray observatory and the Italian-Dutch Bepposax satellite, have now been able to locate the precise direction of gamma-ray bursts within seconds of them occurring. John Quenby, professor of physics at Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine in London, said the most likely explanation for gamma-ray burst is that they result from the enormous energy released when two very dense objects—called neutron stars—collide.11. According to the passage, “the big bang” is used to express all of the following EXCEPT .[A] the huge energy burst which created the universe[B] the energy burst which took place in the center of the universe[C] the explosion which took place in the form of gamma radiation[D] the explosion which happened about 15 billion years ago12. According to the passage, gamma-ray bursts .[A] were detected accidentally[B] were first detected by Soviet nuclear experts[C] were made known to the public after 1973[D] were soon given clear and detailed explanation13. It can be concluded from the passage that the study of the big bang will probably .[A] lead to the discovery of earliest human civilizations[B] tell how and when the universe was formed[C] display the intensity of nuclear radiation[D] make it possible to communicate with other civilizations14. Which of the following is NOT directly stated but can be inferred from the passage?[A] Gamma-ray explosion is very, very far away from the Earth.[B] Scientists believe that the universe was formed out of the big bang.[C] Gamma-ray bursts lasted only a very short period of time.[D] Scientists are still working hard to find more plausible explanation for the big bang.15. Which of the following can be used as the best title of the passage?[A] Gamma-ray Bursts and Nuclear Ears between Alien Civilizations.[B] Astronomy and the Creation of Universe.[C] Big Bang Theory Explains the Mystery of Universe.[D] Big Bang II Sheds Light on Evolution of Universe.Part Two: English-Chinese Translation (30 points)Translate the following passages into Chinese. Each translated passage will account for 15 points. Give the number of the passage on your answer sheet.Passage 1For the great majority of automobile workers, the only meaning of the job is in the pay check, not in anything connected with the work or the product. Work appears as something unnatural, a disagreeable, meaningless and stultifying condition of getting the pay check, devoid of dignity as well as of importance. No wonder that this puts a premium on slovenly work, on slowdowns, and on other tricks to get the same pay check with less work. No wonder that this results in an unhappy and discontented worker—because a pay check is not enough to base one‘s self-respect on.Passage 2One morning when he was walking out in the hills a girl passed him, then slowed her car to ask if she could give him a lift. Claude would have said that she was just the sort who would never stop to pick him up, --yet she did, and she talked to him pleasantly all the way back to town. It was only twenty minutes or so, but it was worth everything else that happened on his trip. When she asked him where she should put him down, he said at the Antlers, and blushed so furiously that she must have known at once he wasn’t staying there.Part Three: Chinese-English Translation (30 points)中华文明以其顽强的凝聚力和隽永的魅力，历经沧桑，完整地延续下来。

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全国2009年4月高等教育自学考试英美文学选读试题答案1-5: BBABA 6-10:DACBA 11-15:BABBB16-20:BDACD 21-25:AACBA 26-30:BCAAA 31-35:ADCCB 36-40:DCCDBII．Reading Comprehension (16 points in all, 4 for each)41．A from percy shelley’s “men of England”B.metonymyC．Here “drones” refers to the parasitic class in human socity.42．A．The love song of J.Alfred Prufrock B. J.Alfred PrufrockC．Prufrock is conscious of the fact that he is like hamlet in some respect. But he is sensible enough that he cant be compared with hamlet.43．A．Walt WhitmanB. “there was a child went forth” from “ leaves of grass”C. The poem describes the growth of a child who learned about the world around him and improved himself accordingly. In the poem, Whitman’s own early experience may well be identified with the childhood of a young, growing American. 44．A．Emily DickinsonB. The god of deathC．The poem is trying to describe the moment of death.III．45．List at least two leading neoclassicists in England．What did Neoclassicists celebrate in literary creation?A. Alexander pope, John Dryden, Samuel JohndonB. they believed that the artistic ideals should be order, logic, restrained emotion and accuracy and that literature should be judged in terms of its service to humanity. They seek proportion, unity, harmony and grace in literacy expression, in an effort to delight, instruct and correct human beings. Thus a polite, elegant, witty and intellectual art developed.46．Jane Eyre is one of the most popular and important novels of the Victorian Age．Why is Jane Eyre such a successful novel?A. it is noted for its sharp criticism of the existing socity.B. it is an intense moral fable.C. the success of the novel is also due to its introduction to the English novel the first governess heroine.47．Who are the three dominant figures of the American Age of Realism and what are the differences in their understanding of the “truth”?A. William Dean Howells, Mark Twain, Henry James.B. Mark Twain and Howells seemed to have paid more attention to the “life” of the Ameicans. Howells focused his discussion on the rising middle class and the way they lived: Mark Twain preferred to have his own region and people at the forefront of his stories; Henry James had apparently laid a greater emphasis on the “ inner world” of man.48．What's Dreiser' s naturalistic belief? Please discuss the question with Carrie, a character in Sister Carrie as an example.A. Dreiser believes that while men are controlled and conditioned by heredity, instinct and chance, a few extraordinary and unsophisticated human beings refuse to accepttheir fate wordlessly and instead strive, unsuccessfully, to find meaning and purpose for their existence.B. Carrie, as one of such, senses that she is merely a cipher in an uncaring world yet seeks to grasp the mysteries of life and thereby satisfies her desires for social status and material comfort, but in spite of her success, she is lonely and dissatisfied. IV．Topic Discussion(20 points in all, 10 for each)Write no less than 150 words on each of the following topics in English in the corresponding space on the answer sheet.49．Briefly discuss William Shakespeare's artistic achievements in characterization, plot construction and language.A. shakespeare’s major characters are neither merely individual ones nor type ones; they represent certain types; they are individuals representing certain types. By employing a psychoanalytical approach, Shakespeare succeeds in exploring the characters’inner world. Shakespeare also portrays his characters in pairs. Contrasts are frequently used to bring vividness to his characters.B. Shakespeare seldom invents his own plot; instead, he borrows them from old plays or storybook, fron ancient Greek or Roman sources. In order to make the play more lively and compact, he would shorten the time and intensify the story. There are usually several clues running through the play, thus providing the story with the suspense and apprehension.C. Shakespeare can write skillfully in different poetic forms, such as the sonnet, the blank verse and the rhymed couplet. He has an amazing wealth of vocabulary and idiom. His coinage of new words and distortion of the meaning of the old words also creates striking effects on the readers.50．Briefly discuss Mark Twain's art of fiction in terms of the setting,the language, and the characters, etc.,based on his novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.A. Mark Twain uses the Mississippi Vally as his fictional kingdom, Writing about the landscape and people, the customs and the dialects of one particular region, and is therefore known as a local colorist.B. he creates life-like characters, especially the conventional Huckleberry Finn, who runs away from civilization and stands opposite to conventional morality.C. He uses a simple, direct vernacular language, totally different from any previous literary language. It is the kind of colloquial language belonging to the lower class, the living local American English.D. he has created a special humor to satirize social injustices and the decayed convention.全国2009年7月高等教育自学考试英美文学选读试题答案全国2010年4月高等教育自学考试英美文学选读试题答案Multiple Choice(40 points in all, 1 for each)01-05:DDADA 06-10:BBDCB 11-15:BACDA16-20:CACAD 21-25:BDADC 26-30:BCCBA 31-35:AADCA 36-40:BACCDReading Comprehension (16 points in all, 4 for each)41. A. Shelley & A Song : Men of England. B. This poem was written in 1819, the year of the *Peterloo Massacre(彼得卢屠杀). * 1819年8月16日发生在英国曼彻斯特圣彼得广场上的一场流血惨案。

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2024年四川大学英语专业真题试卷及答案2024年四川大学英语专业真题试卷及答案一、选择题1、Which of the following is NOT a characteristics of the English language? A. Phoneme. B. Morpheme. C. Lexeme. D. Grammar. 答案：D. Grammar.2、Which of the following best defines “semantics”? A. The study of meaning in language. B. The study of language and its relationship to culture. C. The study of the structure of language. D. The study of the relationship between language and behavior. 答案：A. The study of meaning in language.3、Which of the following statements is FALSE? A. A morpheme can be a free form. B. A morpheme can be a bound form. C. A free form cannot be a morpheme. D. A bound form cannot be a morpheme. 答案：C. A free form cannot be a morpheme.4、The word “fig” is related to which of the following words?A. Figtree.B. Figure.C. Figment.D. Figures. 答案：B. Figure.5、“Bird” is to “nest” as “flower” is to which of the following?A. garden.B. petal.C. bloom.D. rose. 答案：A. garden.二、判断题1、A syllable in English contains both a consonant and a vowel sound. 答案：正确。

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2009年7月高等教育自学考试全国统一命题考试英美文学选读试题课程代码：00604请将答案填在答题纸相应的位置上（全部题目用英文作答）PART ONE (40 POINTS)I．Multiple Choice(40 points in all, 1 for each)Select from the four choices of each item the one that best answers the question or completes the statement. Write your answers in the corresponding space on the answer sheet.1. The first mass movement of the English working class and the early sign of the awakening of the poor, oppressed people is_____.A. The Enclosure MovementB. The Protestant ReformationC. The Enlightenment MovementD. The Chartist Movement2. Daniel Defoe’s works are all the following EXCEPT_____.A. Moll FlandersB. A Tale of a TubC. A Journal of the Plague YearD. Colonel Jack3. “Metaphysical Poetry” refers to the works of the 17th - century writers who wroteunder the influence of _____.A. John DonneB. Alexander PopeC. Christopher MarloweD. John Milton4. The most important play among Shakespeare’s comedies is _____.A. A Midsummer Night’s DreamB. The Merchant of VeniceC. As You Like ItD. Twelfth Night5. The most perfect example of the verse drama after Greek style in English is Milton’s _____.A. Paradise LostB. Paradise RegainedC. Samson AgonistesD. Areopagitica6. Which of the following descriptions of Enlightenment Movement is NOT true?A. It was a progressive intellectual movement that flourished in France.B. It was a furtherance of the Renaissance of the 15th and 16th centuries.C. The purpose was to enlighten the whole world with moderu philosophical and artisticideas.D. The Enlighteners advocate individual education.7. Neoclassicists had some fixed laws and rules for prose EXCEPT_____.A. being preciseB. being directC. being flexibleD. being satiric8. A good style of prose“proper works in proper places”was defined by_____.A. John MiltonB. Henry FieldingC. Jonathan SwiftD.T.S. Eliot9. The major theme of Jane Austen’s novels is_____.A. love and moneyB. money and social statusC. social status and marriageD. love and marriage10. Wordsworth’s_____ is perhaps the most anthologized poem in English literature.A. “To a Skylark”B. “I Wondered Lonely as a Cloud”C. “An Evening Walk”D. “My Heart Leaps Up”11. William Blake’s work ______ marks his entry into maturity.A. Songs of ExperienceB. Marriage of Heaven and HellC. Songs of InnocenceD. The Book of Los12. Best of all the Romantic well- known lyric pieces is Shelley’s_____.A. “The Cloud”B. “To a Skylark”C. “Ode to a Nightingale”D. “Ode to the West Wind”13. In the Victorian Period _____ became the most widely read and the most vital and challenging expression of progressive thought.A. poetryB. novelC. proseD. drama14. In Charles Dickens’early novels, he attacks one or more specific social evils, _____is a good example of describing the dehumanizing workhouse system and the dark, criminal underworld life.A. David CopperfieldB. Oliver TwistC. Great ExpectationsD. Dombey and Son15. Thomas Hardy’s most cheerful and idyllic work is_____.A. The Return of the NativeB. Far from the Maddin CrowdC. Under the Greenwood TreeD. The Woodlanders16. The rise of _____ and new science greatly incited modernist writers to make new explorations on human natures and human relationships.A. the existentialistic ideaB. the irrational philosophyC. scientific socialismD. social Darwinism17. In Modern English literature, the literary interest of _____lay in the tracing of thepsychological development of his characters and in his energetic criticism of the dehu-manizing effect of the capitalist industrialization on human nature.A. George Bernard ShawB.T.S. EliotC. Oscar WildeD.D.H. Lawrence18. George Bernard Shaw’s _____ is a better play of the later period, with the author’s almost nihilistic bitterness on the subjects of the cruelty and madness of WWI and the aimlessness and disillusion of the young.A. Too True to Be GoodB. Mrs. Warren’s ProfessionC. Widowers’HousesD. Fanny’s First Play19. Renaissance first started in Italy, with the flowering of the following fields EXCEPT_____.A. architectureB. paintingC. sculptureD. literature20. English Romanticism,as a historical phase of literature,is generally said to have begun with the publication of Wordsworth and Coleridge’s_____.A. Poetical SketchesB. A Defence of PoetryC. Lyrical BalladsD. The Prelude21. Charlotte Bront e ’s work _____ is famous for the depiction of the life of the middle - class working women, particularly governesses.A. Jane EyreB. Wuthering HeightsC. The ProffessorD. Shirley22. The Waste Land by T. S. Eliot is a poem concerned with the _____ breakup of a modern civilization in which human life has lost its meaning, significance and purpose.A. spiritualB. religiousC. politicalD. physical23. Perhaps Emily Dickinson’s greatest interpretation of the moment of _____ is to be found in “I heard a Fly buzz--when I died—”, a poem universally regarded as one of her masterpieces. A. fantasy B. birthC. crisisD. death24. The fiction of the American _____ period ranges from the comic fables of Washing-ton Irving to the social realism of Rebecca Harding Davis.A. RomanticB. RevolutionaryC. ColonialD. Modernistic25. The modern _____ technique was frequently and skillfully exploited by Faulkner to emphasizethe reactions and inner musings of the narrator.A. stream - of - consciousnessB. flashbackC. mosaicD. narrative and argumentative26. By means of “_____,”Whitman believed, he has turned the poem into an openfield, an area of vital possibility where the reader can allow his own imagination to play.A. balanced structureB. free verseC. fixed verseD. regular rhythm27. In 1954, _____ was awarded the Nobel Prize for “his powerful style -forming mas tery of the art”of creating modern fiction.A. Ernest HemingwayB. Sherwood AndersonC. Stephen CraneD. Henry James28. The period ranging from 1865 to 1914 has been referred to as the Age of _____ in the literary history of the United States, which is actually a movement or tendency that dominated the spirit of American literature.A. RationalismB. RomanticismC. RealismD. Modernism29. When he was eighty - seven he read his poetry at the inauguration of President John F. Kennedy in 1961. This poet was_____.A. Ezra PoundB. Robert FrostC. E. E. CummingsD. Wallace Stevens30. The renowned American critic H. L. Mencken regarded _____ as “the tr ue father of our national literature.”A. Bret HarteB. Walt WhitmanC. Washington IrvingD. Mark Twain31. We can easily find in Theodore Dreiser’s fiction a world of jungle, where “kill or to be killed”was the law. Dreiser’s _____ found expression in almost every book he wrote.A. naturalismB. romanticismC. cubismD. classicalism32. A preoccupation with the Calvinistic view of _____ and the mystery of evil marked the works of Hawthorne, Melville and a host of lesser writers.A. love and mercyB. bitterness and hatredC. original sinD. eternal life33. “H e possessed none of the usual aids to a writer’ s career: no money, no friend in power, noformal education worthy of mention, no family tradition in letters. ”This is a description most suitable to the American writer_____.A. Henry JamesB. Theodore DreiserC. W.D. Howells D. Nathaniel Hawthorne34. People generally considered _____ to be Henry James’ masterpiece, which incar nates the clash between the Old World and the New in the life journey of an American girl in a European cultural environment.A. The EuropeansB. Daisy MillerC. The Portrait of A LadyD. The Private Life35. The Jazz Age of the 1920s characterized by frivolity and carelessness is brought vividly to life in_______.A. The Great GatsbyB. The Sun Also RisesC. The Grapes of WrathD. Tales of the Jazz Age36. Guided by the principle of adhering to the truthful treatment of life, the American _______ introduced industrial workers and farmers, ambitious businessmen and vagrants, prostitutes and unheroic soldiers as major characters in fiction.A. romanticistsB. modernistsC. psychologistsD. realists37. The American literary spokesman of the Jazz Age is often acclaimed to be_______.A. Henry JamesB. Robert FrostC. William FaulknerD.F. Scott Fitzgerald38. By writing Moby - Dick, _______ reached the most flourishing stage of his literary creativity.A. Herman MelvilleB. Edgar Ellen PoeC. William FaulknerD. Theodore Dreiser39. Faulkner once said that _____ is a story of “lost innocence,”which proves itself to be an intensification of the theme of imprisonment in the past.A. Light in AugustB. The Sound and the Fur yC. Absalom, Absalom!D. The Hamlet40. Hawthorne was not a Puritan himself, but his view of man and human history origina ted, to a great extent, in_______.A. CalvinismB. PuritanismC. RealismD. NaturalismPART TWO (60 POINTS)Ⅱ. Reading Comprehension (16 points in all, 4 for each)Read the quoted parts carefully and answer the questions in English. Write your answers in the corresponding space on the answer sheet.41. Behold her, single in the field,Yon solitary Highland lass!Reaping and singing by herself;Stop here, or gently pass!Alone she cuts and binds the grain,And sings a melancholy strain;O listen! For the Vale profoundIs overflowing with the sound.Questions:A. Identify the poet.B. What’ s the rhyme scheme for the stanza?C. What’s the theme of the poem?42. The following quotation is from Mrs. Warren’s Profession:VIVIE: [ intensely interested by this time] No; but why did you choose that business?Saving money and good management will succeed in any business.MRS. W ARREN: Yes, saving money. But where can a woman get the money to save in any other business? Could you save out of four shillings a week and keep yourself dressedas well? Not you. Of course, if you’ re a plain woman and cant earn anything more ;or if you have a turn for music, or the stage, or newspaper - writing ; that’s different...Questions :A. Identify the playwright of the above quotation.B. What business do you think Mrs. Warren is involved in?C. What's the theme of the play?43. My little horse must think it queerTo stop without a farmhouse nearBetween the woods and frozen lakeThe darkest evening of the year.Questions:A. Identify the poet and the title of the poem from which this stanza is taken.B. What figure of speech is used in this stanza?C. Briefly interpret the meaning of this stanza.44. “Where are we going, Dad?”Nick asked.“Over to the Indian camp. There is an Indian lady very sick. ”“Oh,”said Nick.Across the bay they found the other boat beached. Uncle George was smoking a cigar in the dark. The young Indian pulled the boat way up on the beach. Uncle George gave both the Indians cigars.Questions :A. Identify the author and the title of the work from which the passage is taken.B. What does Dad imply when he says “There is an Indian lady very sick”?C. Why is Dad going to the Indian camp?Ⅲ. Questions and Answers (24 points in all, 6 for each)Give a brief answer to each of the following 9uestions in English. Write your answers in the corresponding space on the answer sheet.45. What’ s the literary style of Shelley as a Romantic poet?46. What are the main features of Bernard Shaw’s plays with regard to the theme, charac-terizationand plot?47. Henry James’ literary criticism is an indispensable part of his contribution to literature. What’shis outlook in literary criticiam?48. Local colorism is a unique variation of American literary realism. Who is the most famouslocal colorist? What are local colorists most concerned?IV. Topic Discussion(20 points in all, 10 for each)Write no less than 150 words on each of the following topics in English in the corresponding space on the answer sheet.49. Define modernism in English literature. Name two major modernistic British writers and listone major work by each.50. Briefly discuss the term “The Lost Generation”and name the leading figures of this literarymovement (Give at least three).。

2009年四川省高考英语试题及答案(word版含答案)

2009年普通高等学校全国统一考试（四川卷）I was successful at my job . I worked very hard , but it ___21___ me and my family a fabulous (极好的) lifestyle . I’d worked for the same company for twenty years and had worked my way up to department director. ___22___, one afternoon last May, I was called to the office, and it was __23__ explained to me that they were letting me go. I just sat there __24__ they talked on and all I could think was, “I’ve ___25___ .” I’d been so well respected ; ___26___ I was of no value.For six weeks, I was in a very __27__ place. I wandered around my house like a zombie (僵尸).I could __28__ things needed doing, but would not do anything . My beliefs in looking forward and seeing the positive(积极的) in everything ___29___ me .Then, in late June, my youngest son’s football team made the city cup final . The year before, he’d been very sad when I __30___ the same final , so he was ___31___ when I told him I’d go . Not only did they win , but the look on his face as he saw me ___32___ him on was unbelievable . From then in , I spent the summer enjoying my sons and their passions (激情) . I attended match after match and performances of my elder son’s band —I ___33___ went to another city to watch him play . These moments were so ___34___ . My life had been so much devoted to __35__ for so long , and I felt __36__ that my sons were happy to welcome me into their world.___37___ , being unemployed gave me back a sense of purpose —I was someone’s mum! I felt a sense of being ___38____ again. Now I feel more positive about my professional ___39___ and I’m getting on better with my family than I ever have. Losing my job made me realize just how _40 it is to achieve real balance in life.21. A. promised B. afforded C. showed D. left22. A. Therefore B. Anyhow C. Otherwise D. However23. A. quickly B. gently C. partly D. easily24. A. until B. after C. as D. so25. A. failed B. finished C. tried D. changed26. A. suddenly B. finally C. immediately D. shortly27. A. secret B. quiet C. lonely D. dark28. A. see B. get C. suggest D. understand29. A. defended B. directed C. deserted D. disturbed30. A. watched B. missed C. lost D. won31. A. disappointed B. worried C. honoured D. delighted32. A. cheering B. taking C. leading D. passing33. A. just B. even C. still D. almost34. A. hopeful B. meaningful C. difficult D. strange35. A. work B. family C. matches D. performances36. A. successful B. thoughtful C. thankful D. peaceful37. A. Naturally B. Doubtfully C. Disagreeably D. Unexpectedly38. A. employed B. comforted C. valued D. encouraged39. A. education B. experience C. relationship D. future40. A. important B. interesting C. simple D. surprising1. —May I open the window to let in some fresh air ?—___________A. Come onB. Take careC. Go ahead!D. Hold on!2. He told us whether _________ a picnic was still under discussionA. to haveB. havingC. haveD. had3. I like this house with a beautiful garden in front , but I don’t have enough money to buy__________.A. oneB. itC. thisD. that4. Ladies and gentlemen, please remain __________ until the plane has come to a complete stop.A. seatedB. seatingC. to seatD. seat5.—Have you __________ ?—No. I had the wrong number.A. got inB. got awayC. got offD. got through6. A great person is always putting others’ interests _________ his own.A. belowB. aboveC. inD. on7. News came from the school office ________Wang Lin had been admitted to Beijing University.A. whichB. whatC. thatD. where8. —How about your journey to Mount Emei ?—Everything was wonderful except that our car _________ twice on the way .A. slowed downB. broke downC. got downD. put down9. —Would you please help me with the box ?—_________A. Yes , pleaseB. No , please don’tC. With pleasureD. My pleasure10. ________ many times , he finally understood it.A. ToldB. TellingC. Having toldD. 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I __________ French in Sichuan University for four years.A. studiedB. studyC. was studyingD. had studied19. My uncle’s house in the downtown area is much smaller than ours , but it is twice _______ expensive .A. asB. soC. tooD. very20. She’ll never forget her stay there ________ she found her son who had gone missing two years before.A. thatB. whichC. whereD. whenAHey there,So you’re about to spend four years of your life and tens of thousands of dollars of your patent’s money, and all you really know about college is that all of your friends are going. Do you ever stop to wonder why you’re going?Relax. You’re making the right decision. First of all, you’ll discover what interests you by taking courses in many subjects. For example, it’s hard to decide if you want to be a painter if you’ve never painted any picture; once you’re in a drawing-room oncampus, you’ll know one way or the other. 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2009年四川大学英语专业(英美文学)真题试卷答案

一、单项选择题1 【正确答案】 A【试题解析】《父子之间》是奈保尔著名的家庭书信集，堪与《傅雷家书》媲美。

2 【正确答案】 D【试题解析】 1904年建立的The Abbey Theatre可以说是爱尔兰戏剧复兴的摇篮，叶芝、格雷戈里夫人、辛格和奥凯西都是爱尔兰文艺复兴运动的中坚力量。

Sartor Resartus(《旧衣新裁》或《衣裳哲学》)是维多利亚时代著名的苏格兰评论家、讽刺作家和历史学家ThomasCarlyle(托马斯·卡莱尔)的作品，和爱尔兰戏剧复兴运动并没有直接关系。

3 【正确答案】 B【试题解析】 Romance是中世纪非常流行的一种文体，描写的是骑士们的爱情和冒险故事。

4 【正确答案】 B【试题解析】作为玄学派的代表诗人，约翰·多恩以其奇妙大胆的想象和暗喻著称。

5 【正确答案】 A【试题解析】这两行诗的意思是：我突然看见一簇簇、一丛丛金黄的水仙。

“host”在诗中指的是大量、很多。

6 【正确答案】 C【试题解析】梭罗是美国先验主义作家之一，其代表作是Walden(《瓦尔登湖》)。

选项A《厄舍古屋的倒塌》是Edgar Allan Poe(爱伦·坡)的作品；选项B 《塞拉斯·拉帕姆的发迹》是William Dean Howells(豪威尔斯)的小说；选项D《睡谷传奇》的作者是Washington，Irving(华盛顿·欧文)。

7 【正确答案】 D【试题解析】《马丁·伊登》是杰克·伦敦非常著名的一部小说。

选项A《红色英勇勋章》是StephenCrane(斯蒂芬·克莱恩)的作品；选项B《章鱼》是Frank Norris(弗兰克·诺里斯)的代表作；选项C《镀金时代》是Mark Twain(马克·吐温)的第一部长篇小说。

8 【正确答案】 D【试题解析】“奴隶的梦”是朗费罗的一首名诗。

选项A“乌鸦”是爱伦·坡的名诗；选项B的作者是艾米丽·狄金森；选项C是Philip Freneau(菲利普·弗雷诺)的一首诗。

09年英语真题答案及解析

09年英语真题答案及解析近年来，英语学习已经成为了许多人不可忽视的需求。

无论是为了出国留学、职场提升还是个人兴趣，掌握英语已经成为了必备技能之一。

为了更好地备考英语，了解历年真题的答案及解析是非常重要的。

本文将针对2009年的英语真题进行答案分析和解析，帮助读者更好地理解和掌握英语考试技巧。

Part I: Vocabulary and Structure (共40分)本部分是英语考试中的语法部分，考察考生对英语词汇和语法结构的掌握。

下面是2009年英语真题Part I的答案及解析。

Section A: Vocabulary (共10分)1. C，2. A，3. D，4. B，5. C答案解析：这部分主要考察对词汇的理解和应用能力。

可以通过对选项的分析以及句意的理解来进行答题。

在备考过程中，积累和记忆常用的词汇是非常重要的。

Section B: Structure (共10分)1. D，2. B，3. C，4. A，5. D答案解析：这部分考察对英语语法结构的理解和应用能力。

在备考过程中，要重点掌握常用的语法规则，并多做练习题来提高自己的应对能力。

Part II: Reading Comprehension (共60分)本部分是英语考试中的阅读理解部分，考察考生对英语文章的理解和分析能力。

下面是2009年英语真题Part II的答案及解析。

Section A: Multiple Choice (共20分)1. B，2. C，3. A，4. D5. B，6. C，7. D，8. A9. B，10. D答案解析：这部分主要考察对文章整体内容和细节的理解能力。

在备考阅读理解时，要注意抓住文章的关键信息和上下文的逻辑关系。

Section B: True or False (共10分)1. F，2. T，3. T，4. F，5. T答案解析：这部分主要考察对文章细节的理解和判断能力。

在答题时，要仔细阅读文章，并注意正确理解每个句子的含义。

2009年英语专业八级真题及详解【圣才出品】

2009年英语专业八级真题及详解TEST FOR ENGLISH MAJORS(2009)-GRADE EIGHT-TIME LIMIT:150MIN PART I LISTENING COMPREHENSION(25MIN)SECTION A MINI-LECTUREIn this section you will hear a mini-lecture.You will hear the mini-lecture ONCE ONLY.While listening to the mini-lecture,please complete the gap-filling task on ANSWER SHEET ONE and write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each gap. Make sure the word(s)you fill in is(are)both grammatically and semantically acceptable.You may use the blank sheet for note-taking.You have THIRTY seconds to preview the gap-filling task.Now,listen to the mini-lecture.When it is over,you will be given THREE minutes to check your work.Writing Experimental Reports【答案与解析】(1)study result/findings细节题。

这篇演讲稿主要是介绍如何写实验报告。

在第二段中，作者提到“All report is,...like what you did，why you did it，what you found out in the process and so on”，从中可以得出实验报告的内容包括研究主题(what you did）、研究目的(why youdid it）以及研究结果(what you found out）。

四川大学918英语专业综合知识考研历年真题及解析

四川大学考研历年真题解析——918英语专业综合知识主编：弘毅考研编者：Henrykobe弘毅教育出品【资料说明】《918英语专业综合知识历年考研真题解析（专业课）》系四川大学优秀英语考研辅导团队集体编撰的“历年考研真题解析系列资料”之一。

历年真题是除了参考教材之外的最重要的一份资料，其实，这也是我们聚团队之力，编撰此资料的原因所在。

历年真题除了能直接告诉我们历年考研试题中考了哪些内容、哪一年考试难、哪一年考试容易之外，还能告诉我们很多东西。

1.命题风格与试题难易第一眼看到川大历年试题的同学，都觉得试题“简单”。

其实，这也是很多学生选择川大的原因吧。

川大的试题不偏、不怪，80% 的题目可以在课本上找到答案。

其实，“试题很基础”----“试题很简单”----“能得高分”根本不是一回事。

试题很基础，所以每个学生都能答上一二，但是想得高分，就要比其他学生强，要答出别人答不出来的东西。

要答出别人答不出来的东西，这容易吗？大家不要被试题表象所迷惑。

很多学生考完，感觉超好，可成绩出来却不到100分，很大程度上就是这个原因：把考的基础当成考的简单。

其实这很像武侠小说中的全真教，招式看似平淡无奇，没有剑走偏锋的现象，但是如果没有扎实的基础和深厚的内功是不会成为大师的。

我们只能说命题的风格是侧重考察基础的知识，但是，我们要答出亮点，让老师给你高分，这并不容易。

2.考试题型与分值大家要了解有哪些题型，每个题型的分值。

从最近六年看，川大的题目基本都是主观题，文学有十五分的选择题。

可很多学生平时喜欢做选择题，不想写，到考试的时候就会傻眼。

每个题型的分值是不一样的，一个名词解释一般也就是2-5分，可一个主管答题至少十分。

这要求我们平时一定要注意书面表达能力的练习。

3.各章节的出题比重川大的专业课没有考试大纲，因此没有重、难点的告知，但大家可以通过对历年真题的分析，掌握各个章节在整个考研中的重要地位。

例如，《新编英国文学宣读下》《美国文学宣读上》是近几年来考察的重点。

四川大学2009年文学考研真题

四川大学2009年攻读硕士学位研究生入学考试试题考试科目：中国文学科目代码：912适用专业：文艺学、中国古典文献学、中国古代文学、中国现当代文学、比较文学与世界文学、文艺与传媒、文化批评、文学人类学、佛教语言文学、广播影视文学________________________________________________________________________一、填空题（每题1分，共10分）1．“墨写的谎说，绝挡不住血写的事实”是________的至理名言。

2．《冲击期化石》的作者是________.3．《围城》最初刊登于大型文学刊物___________4．《新儿女英雄传》的作者是____________5．白酱丹是小说________中的人物。

6．1938年，张天翼的《华威先生》发表于___________创刊号，引起了关于战争文学暴露与讽刺的论争。

7．王应洪出自小说_________8．《这是四点零八分的北京》的作者是_________9．“当然，那不是我，但是，那不是我吗？”出自散文_______10．《陶渊明写<挽歌>》的作者是_________二、名词解释（每题5分，共20分）1.“现代评论派”2.“好一计鞭子”3．“孤岛文学”4．“八个样板戏”三、简答题（每题10分，共30分）1.鲁迅杂文的意义。

2.京派小说的艺术特征。

3.北岛诗歌的艺术特质。

四．填出下列文句或诗句的作者（每题1分，共10分）1．感蔡子之慷慨，从唐生以决疑问。

2．上书诣北阙，阙下歌《鸡鸣》3．白骨露于野，千里无鸡鸣4．月出惊山鸟，时鸣春涧中5．野旷天低树，江清月近人6．锦江春色来天地，玉垒浮云变古今7．七月七日长生殿，夜半无人私语时8．千寻铁锁沉江底，一片降幡出石头9．十二门前融冷光，二十三丝动紫黄10．未到江南先一笑，岳阳楼上见君山。

五．解释概念（每题5分，共20分）1.尚书2.九歌3.变文4.花间集六．简述题（每题10分，共20分）1．简要评述南北朝志人小说。

2009年全国高考四川英语试题答案

Part II Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning) (15 minutes)Directions:In this part, you will have 15 minutes to go over the passage quickly and answer the questions on Answer Sheet 1.For questions 1-7, choose the best answer from the four choices marked [A], [B], [C] and [D]. For questions 8-10, complete the sentences with the information given in the passage.Supersize SurpriseAsk anyone why there is an obesity epidemic and they will tell you that it’s all down to eating too much and burning to o few calories. That explanation appeals to common sense and has dominated efforts to get to the root of the obesity epidemic and reverse it. Yet obesity researchers are increasingly dissatisfied with it. Many now believe that something else must have changed in our environment to precipitate (促成) such dramatic rises in obesity over the past 40 years or so. Nobody is saying that the ―big two‖ — reduced physical activity and increased availability of food — are not important contributors to the epidemic, but they cannot explain it all.Earlier this year a review paper by 20 obesity experts set out the 7 most plausible alternative explanations for the epidemic. Here they are.1. Not enough sleepIt is widely believed that sleep is for the brain, not the body. Could a shortage of shut-eye also be helping to make us fat?Several large-scale studies suggest there may be a link. People who sleep less than 7 hours a night tend to have a higher body mass index than people who sleep more, according to data gathered by the US National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Similarly, the US Nurses’ Health Study, which tracked 68,000 women for 16 years, found that those who slept an average of 5 hours a night ga ined more weight during the study period than women who slept 6 hours, who in turn gained more than those who slept 7.It’s well known that obesity impairs sleep, so perhaps people get fat first and sleep less afterwards. But the nurses’ study suggests that it can work in the other direction too: sleep loss may precipitate weight gain.Although getting figures is difficult, it appears that we really are sleeping less. In 1960 people in the US slept an average of 8.5 hours per night. A 2002 poll by the National Sleep Foundation suggests that the average has fallen to under 7 hours, and the decline is mirrored by the increase in obesity.2. Climate controlWe humans, like all warm-blooded animals, can keep our core body temperatures pretty much constant regardless of what’s going on in the world around us. We do this by altering our metabolic (新陈代新的) rate, shivering or sweating. Keeping warm and staying cool take energy unless we are in the ―thermo-neutral zone‖, which is increasingly where we choose to live and work.There is no denying that ambient temperatures (环境温度) have changed in the past few decades. Between 1970 and 2000, the average British home warmed from a chilly 13℃to 18℃. In the US, the changes have been at the other end of the thermometer as the proportion of homes with air conditioning rose from 23% to 47% between 1978 and 1997. In the southern states — where obesity rates tend to be highest – the number of houses with air conditioning has shot up to 70% from 37% in 1978.Could air conditioning in summer and heating in winter really make a difference to our weight? Sadly, there is some evidence that it does — at least with regard to heating. Studies show that in comfortable temperatures we use less energy.3. Less smokingBad news: smokers really do tend to be thinner than the rest of us, and quitting really does pack on the pounds, though no one is sure why. It probably has something to do with the fact that nicotine (尼古丁) is an appetite suppressant and appears to up your metabolic rate.Katherine Flegal and colleagues at the US National Center for Health Statistics in Hyattsville, Maryland, have calculated that people kicking the habit have been responsible for a small but significant portion of the US epidemic of fatness. From data collected around 1991 by the US National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, they worked out that people who had quit in the previous decade were much more likely to be overweight than smokers and people who had never smoked. Among men, for example, nearly half of quitters were overweight compared with 37% of non-smokers and only 28% of smokers.4. Genetic effectsYour chances of becoming fat may be set, at least in part, before you were even born. Children of obese mothers are much more likely to become obese themselves later in life. Offspring of mice fed a high-fat diet during pregnancy are much more likely to become fat than the offspring of identical mice fed a normal diet. Intriguingly, the effect persists for two or three generations. Grand-children of mice fed a high-fat diet grow up fat even if their own mother is fed normally — so your fate may have been sealed even before you were conceived.5. A little older…Some groups of people just happen to be fatter than others. Surveys carried out by the US National Center for Health Statistics found that adults aged 40 to 79 were around three times as likely to be obese as younger people. Non-white females also tend to fall at the fatter end of the spectrum: Mexican-American women are 30% more likely than white women to be obese, and black women have twice the risk.In the US, these groups account for an increasing percentage of the population. Between 1970 and 2000 the US population aged 35 to 44 grew by 43%. The proportion of Hispanic-Americans also grew, from under 5% to 12.5% of the population, while the proportion of black Americans increased from 11% to12.3%. These changes may account in part for the increased prevalence of obesity.6. Mature mumsMothers around the world are getting older. In the UK, the mean age for having a first child is 27.3, compared with 23.7 in 1970. Mean age at first birth in the US has also increased, rising from 21.4 in 1970 to 24.9 in 2000.This would be neither here nor there if it weren’t for the observation that having an older mother seems to be an independent risk factor for obesity. Results from the US National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute’s study found that the odds of a child being obese increase 14% for every five extra years of their mother’s age, though why this should be so is not entirely clear.Michael Symonds at the University of Nottingham, UK, found that first-born children have more fat than younger ones. As family size decreases, firstborns account for a greater share of the population. In 1964, British women gave birth to an average of 2.95 children; by 2005 that figure had fallen to 1.79. In the US in1976, 9.6% of women in their 40s had had only one child; in 2004 it was 17.4%. This combination of older mothers and more single children could be contributing to the obesity epidemic.7. Like marrying likeJust as people pair off according to looks, so they do for size. Lean people are more likely to marry lean and fat more likely to marry fat. On its own, like marrying like cannot account for any increase in obesity. But combined with others — particularly the fact that obesity is partly genetic, and that heavier people have more children — it amplifies the increase from other causes.1. What is the passage mainly about?[A] Effects of obesity on people’s health.[B] The link between lifestyle and obesity.[C] New explanations for the obesity epidemic.[D] Possible ways to combat the obesity epidemic.2. In the US Nurses’ Health Study, women who slept an average of 7 hours a night ______.[A] gained the least weight [B] were inclined to eat less[C] found their vigor enhanced [D] were less susceptible to illness3. The popular belief about obesity is that ______.[A] it makes us sleepy [B] it causes sleep loss[C] it increases our appetite [D] it results from lack of sleep4. How does indoor heating affect our life?[A] It makes us stay indoors more. [B] It accelerates our metabolic rate.[C] It makes us feel more energetic. [D] It contributes to our weight gain.5. What does the author say about the effect of nicotine on smokers?[A] It threatens their health. [B] It heightens their spirits.[C] It suppresses their appetite. [D] It slows down their metabolism.6. Who are most likely to be overweight according to Katherine Flegal’s study?[A] Heavy smokers. [B] Passive smokers.[C] Those who never smoke. [D] Those who quit smoking.7. According to the US National Center for Health Statistics, the increased obesity in the US is a result of ______.[A] the growing number of smokers among young people[B] the rising proportion of minorities in its population[C] the increasing consumption of high-calorie foods[D] the improving living standards of the poor people8. According to the US National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, the reason wh y older mothers’ children tend to be obese remains________________________.9. According to Michael Symonds, one fact of contributing to the obesity epidemic is decrease of ________________________.10. When two heavy people get married, chances of their children getting fat increase, because obesity is ________________________.Part IV Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth) (25 minutes)Section ADirections: In this section, there is a short passage with 5 questions or incomplete statements. Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or complete the statements in the fewest possible words. Please write your answers on Answer Sheet 2.Questions 47 to 51 are based on the following passage.One of the major producers of athletic footwear, with 2002 sales of over $10 billion, is a company called Nike, with corporate headquarters in Beaverton, Oregon. Forbes magazine identified Nike’s president, Philip Knight, as the 53rd-richest man in the world in 2004. But Nike has not always been a large multimillion-dollar organization. In fact, Knight started the company by selling shoes from the back of his car at track meets.In the late1950s Philip Knight was a middle-distance runner on the University of Oregon track team, coached by Bill Bowerman. One of the top track coaches in the U.S., Bowerman was also known for experimenting with the design of running shoes in an attempt to make them lighter and more shock-absorbent. After attending Oregon, Knight moved on to do graduate work at Stanford University; his MBA thesis was on marketing athletic shoes. Once he received his degree, Knight traveled to Japan to contact the Onitsuka Tiger Company, a manufacturer of athletic shoes. Knight convinced the company’s officials of the potential for its product in the U.S. In 1963 he received his first shipment of Tiger shoes, 200 pairs in total.In 1964, Knight and Bowerman contributed $500 each to form Blue Ribbon Sports, the predecessor of Nike. In the first few years, Knight distributed shoes out of his car at local track meets. The first employees hired by Knight were former college athletes. The company did not have the money to hire ―experts‖, and there was no established athletic footwear industry in North America from which to recruit those knowledgeable in the field. In its early years the organization operated in an unconventional manner that characterized its innovative and entrepreneurial approach to the industry. Communication was informal; people discussed ideas and issues in the hallways, on a run, or over a beer. There was little task differentiation. There were no job descriptions, rigid reporting systems, or detailed rules and regulations. The team spirit and shared values of the athletes on Bowerman’s teams carried over and provided the basis fo r the collegial style of management that characterized the early years of Nike.47. While serving as a track coach, Bowerman tried to design running shoes that were ____________________.48. During his visit to Japan, Knight convinced the officials of the Onitsuka Tiger Company that its product would have_____________________.49. Blue Ribbon Sports was unable to hire experts due to the absence of ____________________ in North America.50. In the early years of Nike, communication within the company was usually carried out ____________________.51. What qualities of Bowerman’s teams formed the basis of Nike’s early management style?Section BDirections: There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked [A], [B], [C] and [D]. You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.Passage OneQuestions 52 to 56 are based on the following passage.Sustainable development is applied to just about everything from energy to clean water and economic growth, and as a result it has become difficult to question either the basic assumptions behind it or the way the concept is put to use. This is especially true in agriculture, where sustainable development is often taken as the sole measure of progress without a proper appreciation of historical and cultural perspectives.To start with, it is important to remember that the nature of agriculture has changed markedly throughout history, and will continue to do so. Medieval agriculture in northern Europe fed, clothed and sheltered a predominantly rural society with a much lower population density than it is today. It had minimal effect on biodiversity, and any pollution it caused was typically localised. In terms of energy use and the nutrients (营养成分) captured in the product it was relatively inefficient.Contrast this with farming since the start of the industrial revolution. Competition from overseas led farmers to specialise and increase yields. Throughout this period food became cheaper, safer and more reliable. However, these changes have also led to h abitat (栖息地) loss and to diminishing biodiversity.What’s more, demand for animal products in d eveloping countries is growing so fast that meeting it will require an extra 300 million tons of grain a year by 2050. Yet the growth of cities and industry is reducing the amount of water available for agriculture in many regions.All this means that agriculture in the 21st century will have to be very different from how it was in the 20th. This will require radical thinking. For example, we need to move away from the idea that traditional practices are inevitably more sustainable than new ones. We also ne ed to abandon the notion that agriculture can be ―zero impact‖. The key will be to abandon the rather simple and static measu res of sustainability, which centre on the need to maintain production without increasing damage.Instead we need a more dynamic interpretation, one that looks at the pros and cons (正反两方面) of all the various ways land is used. There are many different ways to measure agricultural performance besides food yield: energy use, environmental costs, water purity, carbon footprint and biodiversity. It is clear, for example, that the carbon of transporting tomatoes from Spain to the UK is less than that of producing them in the UK with additional heating and lighting. But we do not know whether lower carbon footprints will always be better for biodiversity. What is crucial is recognising that sustainable agriculture is not just about sustainable food production.52. How do people often measure progress in agriculture?[A] By its productivity. [B] By its sustainability.[C] By its impact on the environment. [D] By its contribution to economic growth.53. Specialisation and the effort to increase yields have resulted in ________.[A] localised pollution [B] the shrinking of farmland[C] competition from overseas [D] the decrease of biodiversity54. What does the author think of traditional farming practices?[A] They have remained the same over the centuries.[B] They have not kept pace with population growth.[C] They are not necessarily sustainable.[D] They are environmentally friendly.55. What will agriculture be like in the 21st century?[A] It will go through radical changes.[B] It will supply more animal products.[C] It will abandon traditional farming practices.[D] It will cause zero damage to the environment.56. What is th e author’s purpose in writing this passage?[A] To remind people of the need of sustainable development.[B] To suggest ways of ensuring sustainable food production.[C] To advance new criteria for measuring farming progress.[D] To urge people to rethink what sustainable agriculture is.Passage TwoQuestions 57 to 61 are based on the following passage.The percentage of immigrants (including those unlawfully present) in the United States has been creeping upward for years. At 12.6 percent, it is now higher than at any point since the mid-1920s.We are not about to go back to the days when Congress openly worried about inferior races polluting America’s bloodstream. Bu t once again we are wondering whether we have too many of the wrong sort of newcomers. Their loudest critics argue that the new wave of immigrants cannot, and indeed do not want to, fit in as previous generations did.We now know that these racist views were wrong. In time, Italians, Romanians and members of other so-called inferior races became exemplary Americans and contributed greatly, in ways too numerous to detail, to the building of this magnificent nation. There is no reason why these new immigrants should not have the same success.Although children of Mexican immigrants do better, in terms of educational and professional attainment, than their parents, UCLA sociologist Edward Telles has found that the gains don’t continue. Indeed, the fourth generation is marginally worse off than the third. James Jackson of the University of Michigan, has found a similar trend among black Caribbean immigrants. Telles fears thatMexican-Americans may be fated to follow in the footsteps of American blacks — that large parts of the community may become mired (陷入) in a seemingly permanent state of poverty and underachievement. Like African-Americans, Mexican-Americans are increasingly relegated to (降入) segregated, substandard schools, and their dropout rate is the highest for any ethnic group in the country.We have learned much about the foolish idea of excluding people on the presumption of the ethnic/racial inferiority. But what we have not yet learned is how to make the process of Americanization work for all. I am not talking about requiring people to learn English or to adopt American ways; those things happen pretty much on their own. But as arguments about immigration heat up the campaign trail, we also ought to ask some broader questions about assimilation, about how to ensure that people, once outsiders, don’t forever remain marginalized within these shores.That is a much larger question than what should happen with undocumented workers, or how best to secure the border, and it is one that affects not only newcomers but groups that have been here for generations. It will have more impact on our future than where we decide to set the admissions bar for the latest wave of would-be Americans. And it would be nice if we finally got the answer right.57. How were immigrants viewed by U.S. Congress in the early days?[A] They were of inferior races.[B] They were a source of political corruption.[C] They were a threat to the nation’s security.[D] They were part of the nation’s bloodstream.58. What does the author think of the new immigrants?[A] They will be a dynamic workforce in the U.S.[B] They can do just as well as their predecessors.[C] They will be very disappointed on the new land.[D] They may find it hard to fit into the mainstream.59. What does Edward Telles’ research say about Mexica n-Americans?[A] They may slowly improve from generation to generation.[B] They will do better in terms of educational attainment.[C] They will melt into the African-American community.[D] They may forever remain poor and underachieving.60. What should be done to help the new immigrants?[A] Rid them of their inferiority complex.[B] Urge them to adopt American customs.[C] Prevent them from being marginalized.[D] Teach them standard American English.61. According to the author, the burning issue concerning immigration is_______.[A] how to deal with people entering the U.S. without documents[B] how to help immigrants to better fit into American society[C] how to stop illegal immigrants from crossing the border[D] how to limit the number of immigrants to enter the U.S.Part V Cloze (15 minutes)Directions:There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked [A], [B], [C] and [D] on the right side of the paper. You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.Individuals and businesses have legal protection forintellectual property they create and own. Intellectualproperty 62 from creative thinking and may include products, 63 , processes, and ideas. Intellectual property is protected 64 misappropriation (盗用). Misappropriation is taking the intellectual property of others without 65 compensation and using it for monetary gain.Legal protection is provided for the 66 of intellectual property. The three common types of legal protection are patents, copyrights, and trademarks.Patents provide exclusive use of inventions. If the U.S. Patent Office 67 a patent, it is confirming that the intellectual property is 68 . The patent prevents others from making, using, or selling the invention without the owner’s 69 for a period of 20 years.Copyrights are similar to patents 70 that they are applied to artistic works. A copyright protects the creator of an 71 artistic or intellectual work, such as a song or a novel. A copyright gives the owner exclusive rights to copy, 72 , display, or perform the work. The copyright prevents others from using and selling the work. The 73 of a copyright is typically the lifetime of the author 74 an additional 70 years.Trademarks are words, names, or symbols that identify the manufacturer of a product and 75 it from similar goods of others. A service mark is similar to a trademark 76 is used to identify services. A trademark prevents others from using the 77 or a similar word, name, or symbol to take advantage of the recognition and 78 of 62. [A] retrieves [B] deviates[C] results [D] departs63. [A] services [B] reserves[C] assumptions [D] motions64. [A] for [B] with[C] by [D] from65. [A] sound [B] partial[C] due [D] random66. [A] users [B] owners[C] masters [D] executives67. [A] affords [B] affiliates[C] funds [D] grants68. [A] solemn [B] sober[C] unique [D] universal69. [A] perspective [B] permission[C] conformity [D] consensus70. [A] except [B] besides[C] beyond [D] despite71. [A] absolute [B] alternative[C] original [D] orthodox72. [A] presume [B] stimulate[C] nominate [D] distribute73. [A] range [B] length[C] scale [D] extent74. [A] plus [B] versus[C] via [D] until75. [A] distract [B] differthe brand or to create confusion in the marketplace. 79 registration, a trademark is usually granted for a period of ten years. It can be 80 for additional ten-year periods indefinitely as 81 as the mark’s use continues.[C] distinguish [D] disconnect76. [A] or [B] but[C] so [D] whereas77. [A] identical [B] analogical[C] literal [D] parallel78. [A] ambiguity [B] utility[C] popularity [D] proximity79. [A] From [B] Over[C] Before [D] Upon80. [A] recurred [B] renewed[C] recalled [D] recovered81. [A] long [B] soon[C] far [D] wellPart VI Translation (5 minutes)Directions: Complete the sentences on Answer Sheet 2 by translating into English the Chinese given in brackets.82. He designed the first suspension bridge, which ________________________ (把美观与功能完美地结合起来).83. It was very dark, but Mary seemed to ________________________ (本能地知道该走哪条路).84. I don’t think it advisable that parents ________________________ (剥夺孩子们的自由) to spend their spare time as they wish.85. Older adults who have a high level of daily activities have more energy and ____________________ (与不那么活跃的人相比死亡率要低).86. Your resume should attract a would-be boss’s attention by demonstrating ________________________ (为什么你是某个特定职位的最佳人选).参考答案Part I Writing（范文）How to improve student's mental healthIt has been increasingly accepted that students' mental health is of great importance during their years of study in the university. In fact, it has become a focus of public attention recently.The problems of students’ mental health could result in great disaster to students if it is not given t imely and effective consideration and solution. Therefore, the school authorities in universities play a critical role in the situation, and much should be done to bring the situation under control. For example, the university should provide enough facilities and encourage students to give vent to their psychological problems whenever and wherever needed. Besides, more experts in mental health, including teachers, should work together to find the students’ problems before it is too late, and give students t imely help and proper instructions.But the school authorities alone cannot insure final success in improving students’ mental health, for students themselves sh ould also take an active part in helping themselves. They should learn to be patient, understanding, and cooperative in their daily communication with others, and spend more of their efforts doing more meaningful things, such as study and sports.Part II Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning)1. [C] New explanations for the obesityepidemic.2. [A] gained the least weight3. [B] it causes sleep loss4. [D] It contributes to our weight gain.5. [C] It suppresses their appetite.6. [D] Those who quit smoking.7. [B] the rising proportion of minorities in its population8. unclear9. family size10. partly geneticPart IV Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning)Section A47. lighter and more shock-absorbent48. the potential in the U.S.49. established athletic footwear industry50. informally51. The team spirit and shared values of the athletes.Section B52. [B] By its sustainability.53. [D] the decrease of biodiversity54. [C] They are not necessarily sustainable.55. [A] It will go through radical changes. 56. [D] To urge people to rethink whatsustainable agriculture is.57. [A] They were of inferior races.58. [B] They can do just as well as theirpredecessors.59. [D] They may forever remain poorand underachieving.60. [C] Prevent them from beingmarginalized.61. [B] how to help immigrants to betterfit into American society.Part V Cloze62. [C] results63. [A] services64. [D] from65. [C] due66. [B] owners67. [D] grants68. [C] unique69. [B] permission70. [A] except71. [C] original72. [D] distribute73. [B] length74. [A] plus75. [C] distinguish76. [B] but77. [A] identical78. [C] popularity79. [D] Upon80. [B] renewed81. [A] longPart VI Translation82. combined beauty and functionperfectly83. know which way to take by instinct84. deprive their children of freedom85. a lower death rate compared withthose w ho don’t/ a lower death rate incomparison with those who don’t86. why you are the best candidate for acertain position。

2010年四川大学英语专业(英美文学)真题试卷

一、名词解释1 Lord Alfred Tennyson2 The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus3 The Age of Realism in American Literature4 Ernest Hemingway二、单项选择题5 The poem" Virtue "was written by______.（A）George Herbert（B）Ben Jonson（C）John Donne（D）Robert Herrick6 Which of the following is NOT directly related to the stream of consciousness school of novel?（A）James Joyce（B）Virginia Woolf（C）Finnegans Wake（D）The Plough and the Stars7 Mrs. Crawley is a major character in______.（A）Bleak House（B）Major Barbara（C）Wuthering Heights（D）Vanity Fair8 "Round many western islands have I been Which bards in fealty to Apollo hold. "The above lines are quoted from John Keats' poem " On First Looking into Chapman's Homer".The Phrase "western islands" also refers to ______.（A）works by ancient Roman writers（B）works by Homer（C）ancient classic works（D）poetic beauty in classic works9 The Black Prince is a novel by ______.（A）Mrs. Gaskell（B）William Golding（C）Thomas Kyd（D）Iris Murdoch10 Which ONE of the following is the author of The Law of Life?（A）Mark Twain（B）Frank Norris（C）Edgar Allan Poe（D）Jack London11 Which ONE of the following writers is the author of the novel The Sound and the Fury?（A）Harriet Beecher Stowe（B）Stephen Crane（C）William Faulkner（D）Henry James12 Which ONE of the following concepts is related to the understanding of literary realism?（A）spontaneous outflow of feelings（B）faith in individualism, independence of mind and self-reliance（C）representation of characters, human nature and social actualities in a non-idealized way（D）survival of the fittest13 Which one of the following is the novel dealing with the slavery issue?（A）The Fall of the House of Usher（B）Moby Dick（C）Martin Eden（D）Uncle Tom's Cabin14 Which ONE of the following is generally believed to be the main idea of American Transcendentalism ?（A）glorification of the environmental forces（B）advocating the notion of the futility of human efforts（C）stressing hard-work, piety and sobriety（D）emphasis on spirit or the Oversoul, an all-pervading power for goodness三、问答题15 Please briefly comment on George Bernard Shaw's play Major Barbara.16 Please briefly comment on Stephen Crane's naturalistic novel The Red Badge of Courage.。

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一、单项选择题1 【正确答案】 A【试题解析】《父子之间》是奈保尔著名的家庭书信集，堪与《傅雷家书》媲美。

3 【正确答案】 B【试题解析】 Romance是中世纪非常流行的一种文体，描写的是骑士们的爱情和冒险故事。

4 【正确答案】 B【试题解析】作为玄学派的代表诗人，约翰·多恩以其奇妙大胆的想象和暗喻著称。

5 【正确答案】 A【试题解析】这两行诗的意思是：我突然看见一簇簇、一丛丛金黄的水仙。

“host”在诗中指的是大量、很多。

6 【正确答案】 C【试题解析】梭罗是美国先验主义作家之一，其代表作是Walden(《瓦尔登湖》)。

7 【正确答案】 D【试题解析】《马丁·伊登》是杰克·伦敦非常著名的一部小说。

8 【正确答案】 D【试题解析】“奴隶的梦”是朗费罗的一首名诗。

选项A“乌鸦”是爱伦·坡的名诗；选项B的作者是艾米丽·狄金森；选项C是Philip Freneau(菲利普·弗雷诺)的一首诗。

9 【正确答案】 D【试题解析】艾米丽·狄金森的诗歌表达了一种对于死亡和永恒的关注，如“因为我不能停下来等待死亡”、“我死前听见一只苍蝇在嗡嗡”等。

10 【正确答案】 B【试题解析】惠特曼在《自我之歌》里歌颂的是伟大的美国劳动人民。

二、名词解释11 【正确答案】 My Last Duchess: My Last Duchess is a poem by Robert Browning, frequently anthologized as an example of the dramatic monologue. It first appeared in 1842 in Browning' s Dramatic Lyrics. The poem is written in 28 rhymed couplets of iambic pentameter. The poem is preceded by the word Ferrara, indicating that the speaker is most likely Alfonso II, fifth Duke of Ferrara.12 【正确答案】 Martin Amis: Martin Louis Amis is an English novelist, literary critic, professor, and short story writer. His works include such novels as Money, London Fields and The Information. Amis' s raw material is what he sees as the absurdity and caricatures of the postmodern condition—he has thus sometimes been portrayed as the undisputed master of what the New York Times has called "the new unpleasantness. "13 【正确答案】 Vanity Fair: Vanity Fair: A Novel without a Hero is a novel by William Makepeace Thackeray, satirizing society in early 19th-century Britain. The book' s title comes from John Bunyan' s allegorical story The Pilgrim* s Progress. Vanity fair refers to a stop along the pilgrim' s progress: a never-ending fair held in a town called Vanity, which is meant to represent man' s sinful attachment to worldly things.14 【正确答案】 American Local Colorism; American Local Colorism or Regionalism as a trend first came to prominence in the late 19th century. The local colorists were devoted to capturing the unique customs, manners, speech, folklore, and other qualities of a particular regional community, usually in humorous short stories. This trend is represented by Mark Twain, Bret Harte, Joel Chandler Harris, Kate Chopin and Sarah Orne Jewett.15 【正确答案】 Henry James: Henry James(1843 -1916)is a famous American writer and one of the key figures of 19th century literary realism. In his novels, he usually describes the upper class of the American society. He is also famous for psychological realism. His major works include: The Portrait of a Lady, The Ambassadors, Daisy Miller etc.三、问答题16 【正确答案】 Ivanhoe, written in 1819, is one of the best-known historical fictions of Walter Scott. The plot of Ivanhoe is set in the late 12th century, when the English people, or Anglo-Saxon, led a hard life under the rule of their Norman conquerors. Richard was portrayed like a knight, brave and lofty. John, Richard's brother, planned to seize the throne from Richard. Ivanhoe helped Richard to defeat John and restore Richard' s kingship. In Ivanhoe, as in Scott' s other novels, there are descriptions of various strata of people. Ivanhoe is a great work of art and its strength lies chiefly in the novelist' s realistic description of the life of feudal England. The plot of Ivanhoe is well constructed and the language used always fits the occasion. Though the story is fictionalized, the general political events depicted in the novel are accurate. Ivanhoe is sometimes given credit for helping to increase popular interest in the middle Ages in 19th century Europe and America.17 【正确答案】 The Leather Stocking Tales is a series of novels by American writer James Fenimore Cooper. Natty Bumppo is the protagonist of the series. Although he is the child of white parents, he grew up with Native Americans, becoming a near-fearless warrior skilled in many weapons, one of which is the long rifle. He respects his forest home and all its inhabitants, hunting only what he needs to survive. When it comes timeto fire his trusty flintlock, he lives by the rule, "One shot, one kill. " He and his Mohican "brother" Chingachgook champion goodness by trying to stop the incessant conflict between the Mohicans and the Hurons. He is known as "Deerslayer" in The De-erslayer, "Hawkeye" and "La Longue Carabine" in The Last of the Mohicans, "Pathfinder" in The Pathfinder, "Leatherstocking" in The Pioneers, and "the trapper" in The Prairie. The novels recount significant events in Natty Bumppo' s life from 1740 to 1806.。