815专业综合A试题

2010年硕士研究生招生入学考试试题科目代码及名称:815专业综合A适用专业：英语语言文学（请考生在答题纸上答题，在此试题纸上答题无效）PartOneEnglishLinguisticsI.Definethefollowingterms,usingexampleswhennecessary.(10%)1.Cooperativeprinciple2.phonology3.denotation4.componentialanalysis5.diachroniclinguisticsII.Analyzethefollowingaccordingtotherequirements.(10%)1.Describethefollowingspeechsounds.(5%)(1)[u:](2)[ʃ](3)[ʤ](4)[ʌ](5)[z]2.DrawthetreediagramsinICanalysisofthefollowingconstructions.(5%)(1)mysmallchild’scog(2)Heisdancingwiththefatmayor’swife.III.Givebriefanswerstothefollowingquestions.(10%)1.WhyiscontextsaidtobecrucialtoPragmatics?2.WhatarethemeandrhemeaccordingtoM.A.K.Halliday?Citeexamplesforillustration.VI.Writeashortarticleinabout300wordsonONEofthefollowingtwotopics.(20%)1.Recursiveness2.Whatisyourunderstandingofmeaning?第1页，共10页PartTwoEnglishLiteratureI.Completions(10%)Directions:identifythefollowingworksorquotationswiththeirauthors.1.TheCanterburyTales2.TheMerchantofVenice3.ThePilgrim’sProgress4.Gulliver’sTravels5.“TheTrumpetofaprophecy!O,wind,IfWintercomes,canSpringbefarbehind?”6.AChristmasCarol7.WutheringHeights8.LightinAugust9.AFarewelltoArms10.“Theapparitionofthesefacesinthecrowd,Petalsonawet,blackbough.”II.DefineTWOofthefollowingliteraryterms.(10%)1.Epic2.Tragedy3.HeroicCouplet4.Shakespeariansonnet5.Metaphysicalpoets6.RenaissanceinEngland7.Transcendentalism8.LostGenerationIII.AnsweronlyTWOofthefollowingquestions.(10%)1.Whileinaverydepressedstateofmind,Tess,theheroineinHardy’snovelTessoftheD’Urbervilles,saidsomethinglikethis:“Onceathief,alwaysathief.”WhatdoesTessmeanbyutteringthisproverb?第2页，共10页2.TheScarletLetterisnotableforitsallegoryandsymbolism,andithasbeenconsideredthefirstAmericansymbolicnovel.Trytodiscussthefunctionofallegoryandsymbolismbytakingexamplesfromthenovel.3.Theliteraryschoolofnaturalismwasquitepopularinthelate19thcentury.Whatarethemajorcharacteristicsofnaturalism?4.MakeanassessmentofthesignificanceoftheEnlightenmentinAmerica.5.Chooseoneofthefollowingauthorsandmakeacommentonanyoneofhis/herliteraryworks:CharlotteBronte,JohnKeats,WilliamBlake,WaltWhitman,MarkTwain,F.ScottFitzgerald.IV.Thefollowingselectionsaretakenfromsomefamousliteraryworks.Youarerequiredtoreadtheseselectionsandwritedownyouranswersaccordingtotherequirements.(20%)A.MakeacommentonONEofthefollowingselectedtexts.(10%)1.Hernarrativeended;evenitsre-assertionsandsecondaryexplanationsweredone.Tess'svoicethroughouthadhardlyrisenhigherthanitsopeningtone;therehadbeennoexculpatoryphraseofanykind,andshehadnotwept.`AmItobelievethis?FromyourmannerIamtotakeitastrue.Oyoucannotbeoutofyourmind!Yououghttobe!Yetyouarenot....Mywife,myTess-nothinginyouwarrantssuchasuppositionasthat?'`Iamnotoutofmymind,'shesaid.`Andyet--'Helookedvacantlyather,toresumewithdazedsenses:`Whydidn'tyoutellmebefore?Ah,yes,youwouldhavetoldme,inaway-butIhinderedyou,Iremember!'第3页，共10页`Inthenameofourlove,forgiveme!'shewhisperedwithadrymouth.`Ihaveforgivenyouforthesame!'And,ashedidnotanswer,shesaidagain--`Forgivemeasyouareforgiven!Iforgiveyou,Angel.'`You-yes,youdo.'`Butyoudonotforgiveme?'`OTess,forgivenessdoesnotapplytothecase!Youwereoneperson;nowyouareanother.MyGod-howcanforgivenessmeetsuchagrotesque-prestidigitationasthat!'2.WhenCarolineMeeberboardedtheafternoontrainforChicago,hertotaloutfitconsistedofasmalltrunk,acheapimitationalligator-skinsatchel,asmalllunchinapaperbox,andyellowleathersnappurse,containingherticket,ascrapofpaperwithhersister'saddressinVanBurenStreet,andfourdollarsinmoney.ItwasinAugust,1889.Shewaseighteenyearsofage,bright,timid,andfulloftheillusionsofignoranceandyouth.Whatevertouchofregretatpartingcharacterisedherthoughts,itwascertainlynotforadvantagesnowbeinggivenup.Agushoftearsathermother'sfarewellkiss,atouchinherthroatwhenthecarsclackedbytheflourmillwhereherfatherworkedbytheday,apatheticsighasthefamiliargreenenvironsofthevillagepassedinreview,andthethreadswhichboundhersolightlytogirlhoodandhomewereirretrievablybroken.第4页，共10页B.AnalyzethethemeofONEofthefollowingpoems.Useatleastthreeelementsprovidedbelowtodevelopandreinforceyouranalysis:diction,tone,image,figureofspeech,symbols,irony,syntax,rhythmandmeter,rhyme.(10%)1IwanderedlonelyasacloudThatfloatsonhigho'ervalesandhills,WhenallatonceIsawacrowd,Ahost,ofgoldendaffodils;Besidethelake,beneaththetrees,Flutteringanddancinginthebreeze.ContinuousasthestarsthatshineAndtwinkleonthemilkyway,Theystretchedinnever-endinglineAlongthemarginofabay:TenthousandsawIataglance,Tossingtheirheadsinsprightlydance.第5页，共10页Thewavesbesidethemdanced;buttheyOut-didthesparklingwavesinglee:Apoetcouldnotbutbegay,Insuchajocundcompany:Igazed---andgazed---butlittlethoughtWhatwealththeshowtomehadbrought:Foroft,whenonmycouchIlieInvacantorinpensivemood,TheyflashuponthatinwardeyeWhichistheblissofsolitude;Andthenmyheartwithpleasurefills,Anddanceswiththedaffodils.2Tworoadsdivergedinayellowwood,AndsorryIcouldnottravelbothAndbeonetraveler,longIstoodAndlookeddownoneasfarasIcould第6页，共10页Towhereitbentintheundergrowth;Thentooktheother,asjustasfair,Andhavingperhapsthebetterclaim,Becauseitwasgrassyandwant