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苏州科技学院期末考试试题（卷）
试卷评分标准

院系： 专业: 考试科目:英国文学史及选读
考试形式：闭   卷                                考试时间：  100 分钟

I. In this section， there are 15 items. Write in the blanks the letter representing the correct answer from the four options given. 1％*15=15%
1→5. b a a b b    6→10。 d b c c c  11→15。 a b a b d

II. Define the following terms. 3％*5=15%
1. sonnet: A 14-line lyric poem, usually written in rhymed iambic pentameter.  A sonnet generally expresses a single theme or idea。  Sonnets vary in structure and rhyme scheme, but are generally of two types： t Italian sonnet and Shakespeare sonnet.

2. Byronic hero:  As a leading Romanticist, Byron’s chief contribution is his creation of the “Byronic hero"， a proud， mysterious rebel figure of noble origin。 With immense superiority in his passions and powers, this Byronic hero would carry on his shoulders the burden of righting all the wrongs in a corrupt society， and would rise single-handedly against any kind of tyrannical rules either in government， n religion， or in moral principles with unconquerable wills and inexhaustible energies.

 3。 heroic couplet： The heroic couplet refers to iambic pentameter rhymed in two lines.

III. For each of the quotations listed below please give the name of the author and the title of the literary work from which it is taken and then briefly interpret the italicized parts. If no part is italicized in a quotation, you are required to interpret the whole quotation。 There are altogether 6 items in this part。 You are required to choose any 5 of them to answer. If you have done all the 6 items, only the first 5 will be assessed。  6%*5=30％
1。John Milton / Paradise Lost / Nothing is lost.  The unconquerable will is not lost; the pursuit of revenge and the everlasting hate is not lost; the courage that makes us never submit or yield is not lost。

2。Thomas Gray / Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard / The evening bell rings and it seems to announce the leave of the day.  Over the pasture， the herd low and stroll。 The tired plowmen go back with hard steps。 Now in the world there is only darkness and me。

3.William Wordsworth / I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud / As a lonely cloud, I wandered and flew over valleys and hills。  Suddenly I saw a large mass of golden daffodils flutter and dance in the soft wind under the trees beside the lake.

4。(Percy Bysshe) Shelley / Ode to the West Wind / Your power will play the two harps and produce a sad but sweet tune of autumn。

5.Francis Bacon /Of Studies / Cunning men mock studies， simple men praise studies， wise men use the knowledge from the books freely.  They develop a wisdom beyond and above the book.

6。Geoffrey Chaucer / （General Prologue） the Canterbury Tales / …a bright golden brooch hung from the bead. On the brooch there is a large letter A； above A there is a crown； beneath A, it says “Love conquers all”.

IV。 Read the following excerpts and answer the questions， or fill in the blanks or choose the correct answer（s) from the options given.  6％＊5=30％
1。    (1） Oliver Twist。  Charles Dickens 2%
（2) scanty daily food 1％
（3） The novel is famous for its vivid description of the workhouse and life of the underworld in the nineteenth century London.  （The author's intimate knowledge of people of the lowest order and of the city itself apparently comes from his journalistic years.  Here the novel also presents Oliver Twist as Dickens’s first child hero and Fagin the first grotesque figure.）  2%

2。    (1)。 Hamlet 1%
（2）。 William Shakespeare 1%
（3）。 Hamlet 1％
(4）. “To be or not to be” means to live or end one’s life by self—destruction.  Hamlet has already spoken of suicide as a means of escape， and he dwells on it in a later part of this very speech， giving however a different reason for refraining.  The notion that in the words “or not to be” he is speculating on the possibility of “something after death”—whether there is a future life—cannot be entertained for a moment。  The whole drift of the speech shows his belief in a future life.  Practically the whole speech has become proverbial as an outpouring of utter worldweariness. 3%

3。    （1）. London 1%
(2）. A 1％
（3）. B 1％
(4)。 William Blake 1%
（5)。 The poem gives a comprehensive picture of the many miseries, physical and spiritual， in London. 2％

4.    (1)。 The Solitary Reaper 1％
（2）. William Wordswoth  1％
（3)。 This poem describes vividly and sympathetically a young peasant firl working in the fields and singing as she works. 1％
(4）。 Iambic 1%
(5）。 ababccdd 1%
（6). The desert in Arabia 1%

 5.    (1). A Modest Proposal 1%
（2)。 Jonathan Swift 1%
（3)。 A Modest Proposal is an example of Swift’s favorite satiric devices used with superb effect。  Irony （from the deceptive adjective “modest” in the title to the very last sentence) pervades the piece。  A rigorous logic deduces ghastly arguments from a shocking premise so quietly assumed that the reader assents before he is aware of what his assent implies.  Parody， at which Swift is adept, allows him to glance sardonically at the by then familiar figure of the benevolent humanitarian concerned to correct a social evil by means of a theoretically conceived plan。 The proposer, as naive as he is apparently logical and kindly， ignores and therefore emphasizes for the reader the enormity of his plan。  The whole piece is an elaboration of a rather trite metaphor: the English are devouring the Irish."  But there is nothing trite about the pamphlet， which expresses in Swift’s most controlled style his pity for the oppressed, ignorant, populous， and hungry Catholic peasants of Ireland, and his anger at the rapacious English absentee landlords, who were bleeding the country white with the silent approbation of Parliament， ministers, and the Crown。
With the last sentence， the bitter satire goes to its top.  This proposal is a most devastating piece of sarcasm that fiery indignation can give birth to and a most powerful blow on the English government’s policy of exploitation and oppression in Ireland. 5%

V。 Rewrite the poem into prose form. 10%
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