北京邮电大学真题817英语语言学与文学基础-2017.pdf
考试科目: 817 英语 语言 学 与 文 学 基础 第 1 页 共 3 页 北京邮电 大学 2017 年硕士研究生入学考试试题 考试科目: 英语语言学与文学基础 请考生注意: 所有答案 (包括选择题和填空题 )一律写在答题纸上,否则不计成绩。 不允许考生使用 计算器 Attention: All the test takers are required to complete Part One, and then, choose either Part Two (Linguistics) or Part Two (Literature) to complete this exam paper according to your choice of future study. Part One (2 points each item, 20 points in total) Directions: Fill in each blank based on the context of each statement. Examples: a) Ernest Hemingway: American writer, Nobel prize winner, works including The Old Man and Sea, The Sun also Rises. b) Macbeth: A play written by William Shakespeare. c) Phonetics is the study of speech sounds. 1. John Donne: . 2. Animal Farm: . 3. Absalom, Absalom: . 4. Oscar Wilde: . 5. Ode on a Grecian Urn: . 6. Phonology: is the study of a subset of those sounds that constitute and . 考试科目: 817 英语 语言 学 与 文 学 基础 第 2 页 共 3 页 7. Syntax: is the study of how combine to make . 8. CALL refers to . 9. Anthropological Linguistics uses the theories and methods of to study language and language use in relation to the cultural patterns and beliefs of man. 10. Noam Chomsky, born in 1928, is an American linguist, educator, and political activist. He is the founder of , a system that revolutionized modern linguistics. Part Two (Linguistics)( 130 points in total) Section A: Definition and Short Answer Questions (15 points each, 60 points in total) 1. What is the criterion used in IC analysis? (15 points) 2. What are some important contributions that sociolinguistics has provided as far as language teaching is concerned? (15 points) 3. How do you understand grammatical words and lexical words? What are the differences between them? (15 points) 4. Please explain deep and surface structures in Chomskys theory. (15 points) Section B: Essay Questions (70 points in total) 1. What do you know about modern linguistics? What are Saussures two major influences on modern linguistics? (25 points) 2. Which of the following two sentences is structurally more complex? Which do you think is more difficult for young learners to learn? (25 points) Sentence A: John sings well. Sentence B: John is singing. 考试科目: 817 英语 语言 学 与 文 学 基础 第 3 页 共 3 页 3. What is the key point in Hallidays systemic-functional grammar theory? (20 points) Part Two (Literature) (130 points in total) Section A: Definition and Short Answer Questions (50 points in total) 1. Define the term “Byronic hero.” (10 points) 2. What are the features are the plays in restoration period? (10 points) 3. What is the connection between Ralf Emerson and Henry David Thoreau? (15 points) 4. How could Ahab in Herman Melvilles Moby Dick be regarded as a tragic hero? (15 points) Section B: Identification and Essay Questions (80 points in total) 1. Introduce and analyze the life and works of Virginia Woolf. (20 points) 2. Introduce and comment on the life and works of Earnest Hemingway. (20 points) 3. Comment on Mark Twains contribution to the boys adventure in American literature. (20 points) 4. Comment on William Faulkner and his works. (20 points)