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Passage 5
It was many and many a year ago, In a kingdom by the sea,
That a maiden there lived whom you may know. By the name of Annabel Lee; —
And this maiden she lived with no other thought Than to love and be loved by me.
Questions:
1. The stanza is taken from the poem________________?(1%) 2. The author of the poem is____________ . (1%)
3. What is the most obvious rhetorical device the author uses for effect?
(4%)
Passage 6
Thou hast an house on high erect, Framed by that mighty Architect, With glory richly furnished,
Stands permanent though this be fled. It’s purchased and paid for too By Him who hath enough to do.
Questions:
1. This stanza is taken from the poem
__________________________by____________.(2%) 2. What is one’s real house according to the poet? (5%) 得分 VI. Choose TWO of the following and Comment on them. (20%)
1. Robert Frost' s The Road Not Taken. （10%）
2. Eugene O' Neill’s Long Day's Journey into Night.（10%）
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3. Talk about Adgar Allan Poe's social outlook and writings （10%） 4. Comment on Hawthorne’s style. （10%）
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Ⅰ. Choose TEN of the following works and write the names of the authors. (1*10=10%)
1. Frank Norris 2. Stephen Crane 3. Sinclair Lewis 4. Jack London
5. Washington Irving 6. Willa Cather 7. Robert Frost
8. Benjamin Franklin 9. William Faulkner 10. Nathaniel Hawthorne 11. Thomas Jefferson 12. Washington Irving 13. Ralph Waldo Emerson
14. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 15. Harriet Beecher Stowe 16. Mark Twin
17. Theodore Dreiser 18. T.S. Eliot
19. Ernest Hemingway 20. Eugene O’Neill
Ⅱ. Choose FIVE of the following and fill in the blanks. (2*5=10%)
1. John Smith 2. Thomas Paine
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3. “founding fathers” 4. Gothic Fiction 5. Emily Dickenson 6. John Smith 7. Philip Freneau 8. Washington Irving 9. Edgar Allan Poe 10. Picaresque novel
Ⅲ. Choose only one answer form the four choices as the most appropriate answer. (2*15=30%)
1 6 11
B C B 2 7 12 C A A 3 8 13 B D C 4 9 14 A D D 5 10 15 A C A IV. Choose TEN of the following and decide whether the
statements are true or false. (1*10=10%)
1 6 11 16
V. Choose THREE of the following fragments and answer the
T T T T 2 7 12 17 T F F F 3 8 13 18 F T T T 4 9 14 19 T F F F 5 10 15 20 T T T F questions. (20%)
Passage 1
1. Ezra Pound (1)
2. In A Station of the Metro (1)
3. Answer should comment on the parallel between the “modern” imagery
(description of urban crowds and transportation, loneliness) of the first line and the traditional “Oriental” imagery (budding flowers on a tree, wetness) of the second line. (2)
4. What is the effect of the parallel between lines one and two of the poem?
Describe the stylistic result of the parallel and the feelings it evokes (2)
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Passage 2
1. This part if from the short story “A Clean Well Light Room” written by Ernest Hemingway. (2)
2. Describe the old man’s character and relate it to the nihilist philosophy
expressed in the story. (2)
3. What does the young waiter think of the old man (and why) and how
does he treat him? Describe the young man’s character, his lack of understanding of the old man and the significance of how he treats the old man as described in the story. (3)
Passage 3
1. Walden (1)
2. Henry David Thoreau (1)
3. Find the answer from the passage. (5)
Passage 4
The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne. (2) life and liberty.(5)
Passage 5
Annabel Lee.(1) Edgar Allan Poe. (1) repetition or refrains.(4)
Passage 6
Upon the Burning of Our House, Anne Bradstreet.(2)
One's real house is in heaven, built by the great architect, God. (5)
1. 2.
1. 2. 3.
1. 2.
VI. Choose TWO of the following and Comment on them. (20%)
1. Robert Frost’s The Road Not Taken. (10%)
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This poem is written in classic five-line stanzas, with the rhyme scheme a-b-a-a-b and conversational rhythm. The poem seems to be about the poet, walking in the woods in autumn, choosing which road he should
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