欢迎报考广东财经大学硕士研究生，祝你考试成功！（第 1 页 共 4 页）1广东财经大学硕士研究生入学考试试卷考试年度：2014 年 考试科目代码及名称：804-英美文学 适用专业：050201 英语语言文学友情提醒：请在考点提供的专用答题纸上答题，答在本卷或草稿纸上无效！I. Define the following terms.（25 points in all, 5 points for each) 1.Novel2. Lyric3. Charles Dickens 4. T. S. Eliot5. TragedyII. Multiple choice. In this part, there are 20 statements or questions; in each of them, there are four choices marked by a, b, c, and d. Choose the ONE answer that is the most suitable to the statement or question. (20 points in all, 1 point for each)1. “Shall I compare thee to a summers day? / Thou art more lovely and more temperate: / Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,”. These are the first 3 lines of s poem .A. Thomas Hardy; Sonnet 8 B. William Shakespeare; Sonnet 18 C. Walt Whitman; Sonnet 18 D. Robert Burns; Sonnet 122. What though the field be lost?/ All is not lost; the unconquerable Will,/And study of revenge, immortal hatethese lines are from John Miltons _.A. Paradise Lost B. Paradise Regained C. Samson Agonistes D. Christian Doctrine3. Byrons famous poem She Walks in Beauty is a _poetry.A. realistic B. modern C. romantic D. natural 4. With the publication of The Sun Also Rises, three years later, Ernest Hemingway became the spokesman for what_ had called “ a lost generation.”A. Gertrude Stein B. Henry James C. William Faulkner D. Ezra Pound5. The famous and summary poetic line “Beauty is truth, truth beauty.” is taken from John Keats . A. “Ode to the West Wind” B. “Ode to the Nightingale C. “Ode on a Grecian Urn” D. “Ode on Melancholy6. Tess of the DUrbervilles was written by who is also the author of his first novel Poor Man and the Lady.欢迎报考广东财经大学硕士研究生，祝你考试成功！（第 2 页 共 4 页）2A. Jane Austen B. Thomas Hardy C. Oscar Wilde D. William Faulkner7. Imagist poems are mainly composed in the form of _.A. blank verse B. free verse C. sonnet D. quatrain8. Virginia Woolf belongs to _school.A. stream of consciousness B. metaphysical C. sentimentalism D. surrealism9. From her novel, we can deduce Jane Austens view of life is_.A. romantic B. sentimental C.pessimistic D. realistic10. Mark Twain, one of the greatest 19th century American writers, is well known for his_. A. local color B. black humor C. irony D. interior monologue11. Of Studies is written by English essayist named_.A. William Shakespeare B. Geoffrey Chaucer C. Francis Bacon D. William Blake12. The Renaissance, originally indicating revival of classical (Greek and Roman) arts and sciences after the dark age of medieval obscurantism, is actually a movement stimulated by a series of historical events. The keynote of renaissance is _.A. realism B. romanticism C. humanism D. naturalism13. The Spenserian Stanza is a fixed form invented by Edmund Spencer for his epic poem_.A. The Shepherds Calendar B. Colin Clouts Come Home Again C.The Last Four Things D. The Faerie Queen14. “The apparition of these faces in the crowd; Petals on a wet, black bough.” This line is from Ezra Pounds poem, In a Station of the Metro, which reflects the principles of _.A. imagism B. surrealism C. symbolism D. post-modernism15. Charlotte Bronte is the most ambitious writer among Bronte sisters, whose best novel is_.A. The professor B. Shirley C. Wuthering Heights D. Jane Eyre16. Carl Sandburg is the leading populist in Modern American poetry. He describes fog in his poem Fog as a _by using the figurative speech of metaphor.A. Cat B. dog C. frog D. butterfly17. “To see a world in a grain of sand/And a heaven in a wild flower,/Hold infinity in the palm of your hand/ And eternity in an hour.” In this line, what kind of figurative speech is used?A. Simile B. metaphor C. understatement D. metonymy18 _is the first English poet to employ the neo-classic heroic couplet and quatrain in his poems, who is credited with having reformed English poetry. A Thomas Gray B Alexander Pope C John Donne D John Dryden19. Romanticism in America literature stretches from_to the break forth of American Civil War.A. early 17th C B. early 18th C C. early 19th C D. Spanish-American War20. Autobiography and biography belong to the major forms of _, the purpose of which is to give a presumably accurate accounting of a persons life.A. fiction B. non-fiction C. documentary D. diary欢迎报考广东财经大学硕士研究生，祝你考试成功！（第 3 页 共 4 页）3III. Answer the following questions as you are required (20 points in all, 1 point for each)1.Alexander Pope ( ) A. An Essay of Dramatic Poesy2. Virginia Woolf( ) B. A Rose for Emily3.John Dryden ( ) C. Ile4. Thomas Hardy( ) D. Ode to the West Wind5. Thomas More( ) E.The Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man6. Robert Frost( ) F. Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border7. Thomas Jefferson ( ) G. Don Juan8.Eugene ONeill ( ) H. Vanity Fair9. Sinclair Lewis ( ) I. My Last Duchess10. Jonathan Swift( ) J.The Road Not Taken11. William Faulkner( ) K. The Rape of the Lock12. T. S. Eliot( ) L. Im Nobody13. Percy Bysshe Shelley ( ) M. The Battle of Books14. James Joyce( ) N. The Waste Land15. Robert Browning ( ) O. the Declaration of Independence16. Walter Scott( ) P. The Grapes of Wrath17. Emily Dickinson( ) Q. Babbitt18. George Gordon Byron( ) R. A Room of Ones Own19.William M. Thackeray ( ) S. Utopia20. John Steinbeck ( ) T. Tess of the dUrbervillesIV. Read the following selections and then answer the questions as you are required according to your comprehension. (40 points in all, 8 points for each)1. “Tyger! Tyger! Burning brightIn the forests of the night,What immortal hand or eyeCould frame thy fearful symmetry?”Questions:A. Identify the title of the poem written by William Blake. B. Please give a brief comment on the poem.2. “To be or not to be, this is a question.”Questions:欢迎报考广东财经大学硕士研究生，祝你考试成功！（第 4 页 共 4 页）4A. Identify the author and the title of this sentence. B. Whats your understanding about this sentence?3. O, my love is a red, red rose.Thats newly sprung in June;O, my loves like the melodie,Thats sweetly played in tune.Questions:A. Who wrote this poem? Whats the title of the poem? B. What do you know about this poem?4. “As Oliver gave this first proof of the free and proper action of his lungs, the patchwork coverlet which was carelessly flung over the iron bedstead, rustled; the pale face of a young woman was raised feebly from the pillow; and a faint voice imperfectly articulated the words, “Let me see the child, and die. ”Questions:A. Identify the novel and the writer.B. Give a brief analysis of the hero.5. “Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth upon this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.”Questions：A. Identify the names of the speech and its speaker.B. Analyze the characteristics that make it a good speechV. Topic Discussion (45 points in all, 15 points for each within 200 words)1. List the names of Lake Poets and their major works. Focus on one of the poets you like the best, and comment on the poet and one of his poems. 2. Discuss the implication of the letter A in The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne.3. Choose one from the following writers to discuss. Your discussion should contain the writers basic background, the key representative works, and then select one of his works to analyze the theme and primary writing features, etc.: Ernest Hemingway, William Wordsworth, Jane Eyre, Mark Twain.