一.阅读(5篇文章,每篇5小题,选择题,4选1.共50分)
关于文章的内容,记得其中几篇:
1.印度某城市的人力三轮车情况(专八/专八模拟的原题)
2.美国女权主义
3.青蛙(类似GRE的阅读)
p.s.文章的篇幅特别长,答案的选项也是很长
二.语言学(5道简答题,共50分)
1. What's the difference between Prescriptivism and
Descriptivism? Do you think a general-kind dictionary should be prescriptive or descriptive? Why?
2.What is lingua franca? Do you think standard English is necessary for
world communication? Why or why not?
3.What are the reasons for English change? Give an example for each cause.
4.what's the difference between Cognitive Linguistics and Systematic
Functional Grammar?
5.What's the difference between Saussre's Language and Parole and Chonsky's
Competence and Performance?
三.英美文学(50分)
1.作家作品配对(8分)(不全)
Joseph Heller: Catch-22
Mrs Gaskell,
Thobias Smollet,
North and South ,
Them,
…America Primitive
2.文学术语(6选3,每道题50字左右)(不全)
1)allegory
2)neo-classicism
3)intertextuality
4)confessional poetry
3.人物分析(6选3,每道题50字左右)(不全)
1)Jack Barnes (The Sun Also Rises)
2)Tess (Tess of D'Urbervilles)
3)Willy Loman (The Death of A
Salesman)
4)Dorian Gray (The Picture of
Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde)
5)Tom Joad (The Grape of Wrath)
4.简答题(2选1,不少于100字,10分)
1)R.W.Emerson的写作特点,他对美国文学做出了什么贡献,用作品来举例说明,2部以上。
2)Virginia Woolf 是20世纪的文学大家。她的写作特点有哪些?用作品来举例说明,2部以上。
5.诗歌鉴赏(1篇,不少于100字,10分)
Mermaid ---by William Butler Yeats
A mermaid found a swimming lad,
Picked him for her own,
Pressed her body to his body,
Laughed; and plunging down,
Forgot in cruel happiness,
That even lovers drown.
Questions: 1)What have you learnt from the poetry?
2)Do you think what the mermaid have done is suitable or not? Why?
3)What's your view on love? (此问不太确定)