：码号 证题考准写 要 不 内 线 封 密 ：业专考报 ：名姓 2024年全国硕士研究生招生考试初试自命题试题 科目名称：英美文学基础（□ A卷 ■ B卷）科目代码： 857 考试时间：3小时 满分150分 可使用的常用工具：■无 □计算器 □直尺 □圆规 注意：所有答题内容必须写在答题纸上，写在试题或草稿纸上的一律无效；考完后试题随答题纸交回。 I. Find out the matches from column B for items in column A (注意：B栏中有两个多余的、干扰选项). Write the corresponding matches (e.g., 1—R, 5—B, etc.) on your answer sheet. (共20小题，每小题1分，共20分) A B 1 Nathaniel Hawthorne A Songs of Experience 2 William Shakespeare B Catch-22 3 Herman Melville C Pygmalion 4 Jonathan Swift D Desire Under the Elms 5 Henry James E The Merchant of Venice 6 William Blake F Death of a Salesman 7 Mark Twain G Sons and Lovers 8 John Keats H ‘The Fall of the House of Usher’ 9 Eugene O’Neill I The Scarlet Letter 10 Oscar Wilde J ‘A Modest Proposal’ 11 Tennessee Williams K Humbolt’s Gift 12 D. H. Lawrence L Four Quartets 13 Arthur Miller M The Portrait of a Lady 14 Virginia Woolf N ‘Ode to a Nightingale’ 15 Saul Bellow O Leaves of Grass 16 George Gordon Byron P Moby Dick 17 Joseph Heller Q A Streetcar Named Desire 18 T. S. Eliot R The Importance of Being Earnest 19 Toni Morrison S The Adventures of Tom Sawyer 20 George Bernard Shaw T Beloved U Mrs. Dalloway V Don Juan II. Explain the following literary terms or characters with adequate 第 1 页 共 6 页
details. Write your answers on your answer sheet. (共6小题，每小题5分，共30分) 1. Epiphany 2. Iceberg principle 3. Transcendentalism 4. Sarty (in ‘Barn Burning’) 5. Algernon (in The Importance of Being Earnest) 6. Imagism III. Read the following two poems carefully and write your answers to the corresponding questions on your answer sheet. (共8小题，每小题5分，共40分) Poem 1: The Sick Rose (by William Blake) O Rose thou art sick. The invisible worm, That flies in the night In the howling storm: Has found out thy bed Of crimson joy: And his dark secret love Does thy life destroy. Questions 1 to 4 are based on the above poem : 1. In what sense do you think the rose is “sick”? 2. What do “the night” and “the storm” symbolize? 3. Why does the worm’s love destroy the rose? 第 2 页 共 6 页
4. In what sense is the rose responsible for its sickness? Poem 2: Fire and Ice (by Robert Frost) Some say the world will end in fire, Some say in ice. From what I’ve tasted of desire I hold with those who favor fire. But if it had to perish twice, I think I know enough of hate To say that for destruction ice Is also great And would suffice. Questions 5 to 8 are based on the above poem: 4. What are the symbolic meanings of fire in this poem? 5. Why does the speaker say that ice is also great for destruction? Explain what ice stands for here. 6. What is your opinion about fire and ice? Which one is more destructive? Why? 8. What does the poem suggest so that destruction could be avoided? IV Answer the following questions with adequate details from the works related. Write your answers on your answer sheet. (共3小题，每小题20分，共60分) 1. What do you think Doris Lessing wants to say about the relationship between men and women in modern society in “A Woman on a Roof”? 第 3 页 共 6 页
武汉科技大学2024年研究生命题-857英美文学基础(B卷)试题及答案
