8英语语言学与英美文学2004

武汉

2004年攻读硕士学位研究生入学考试试题

考试科目：英语语言学与英美文学编码：327

注意：所有答题内容必须答在答题纸上，凡答在试题上的一律无效。

Part One Linguistics

I. Match the sounds (or terms) under COLUMN I with the feature descriptions of the sounds (or the underlined forms) form COLUMN II.(2×20 points)

Group A:

I II

1. [♎✞] a. +consonantal, +voiceless, +inter-dental, +fricative

2. [♌] b. +consonantal, +voiced, +palato-alveolar, +affricate

3. [ ] c. –consonantal, +back, +open, +rounded

4. [☠] d. +consonantal, +voiced, +bilabial, +plosive

5. [ ] e. +consonantal, +voiced, +velar, +nasal

Group B

I II

6. acronym a. foe

7. free morphemic b. subconscious

8. derivational morpheme c. UNESCO

9. inflectional morpheme d. overwhelmed

10. prefix e. calculation

II. Explain the following terms, and give one or two examples for each question if necessary. (5×3=15 points)

11. interchangeability (as a defining property of language )

12. relational opposites

13. illocutionary act

III. Study the sentences in each group below. If you think it is ungrammatical, fill in the blank with

a cross (×), put it right, and then specify the RULE(S) which has (have) been violated. If

you think it is OK but not acceptable in formal written English, write a question mark(?) and tell WHY you think so. If it is correct, put a check mark(√) in the brackets. (4×5=20 points) EXAMPLE:

(a) He love bananas. (×)

(b) He loves bananas. (√)

Sentence (a) is wrong because, according to the rule of the subject-verb agreement in person and number, the verb ―love‖ should agree with its subject ―he‖ in the 3rd person singular form.

14. (a) He is being polite.

(b) He is being a student.

15. (a) All you have to do is to wait and see.

(b) All you have to do is wait and see.

(c) All you have to do is waiting and seeing.

16. (a) Is there anything you want to tell me?

(b) Is there something you want to tell me?

17. (a) It was John I helped.

(b) It was John who I helped.

(c) It was someone that I helped.

IV. Comment on the following statement in about 150 words(20 points):

spreading evening with a patient etherized upon a table The image of the evening is in fact the projection of Prufrock’s mind. What states of prufrock’s mind are compared with the etherized patient here?

VI. Essay Questions: (50 Points in all)

Write on each of the following topics in English in the corresponding space on the answer sheet .

24. Make brief comments on the following poem with no less than 150 words. (15 points)

(The following is a poem written by William Wordsworth. You are asked to write a comment on the poem, giving special attention to its theme. Of course, you should also mention its images, metaphors or symbols that contribute to the theme. )

Earth has not anything to show more fair:

Dull would he be of soul who could pass by

A sight so touching in its majesty;

This City now doth, like a garment, bare

Ships, towers, domes, theaters, and temples lie

Open unto the fields, and to the sky;

All bright and glittering in the smokeless air.

Never did sun more beautifully steep

In his first splendor, valley, rock, or hill;

Ne’er saw I, newer felt, a calm so deep!

The river glideth at his own sweet asleep;

Dear God! the very houses seem asleep;

And all that mighty heart is lying still!

25. Identify the following poetic lines with the original author and the poem, and briefly interpret it within 150 words.(15 points)

We slowly drove-he knew no haste

And I had put away

My labor and my leisure too,

For HIS Civility—

We passed the School….

We passed the Fields of Gazing Grain—

We passed the Setting Sum—

Or rather-He passed Us—….

We paused before a House that seemed

A Swelling of the Ground.

Since then-tis Centuries-and yet