广州大学外国语学院2017年硕士研究生复试试题

广州大学外国语学院2017年硕士研究生复试试题（命题人：肖坤学陆道夫）Partone:languageandLinguistic(50)PartTwo:AmericanandBritishLiterature(50%)I.FillintheBlankswiththeWordsChosenfromtheWordBlank(10%,1pointforeachblank)A.thePresidentialMedalofFreedomB.dismayC.renaissanceD.aspecialcitationE.thephysicalworldF.unrecognizableG.artistsH.commencingI.newpoeticexpressionsJ.censoredK.defendedL.influentialBobDylan(1941---)isanAmericansongwriter,singer,painter,andwriter.Hehasbeen_____(1)inpopularmusicandcultureformorethanfivedecades.Asamusician,Dylanhassoldmorethan100millionrecords,makinghimoneofthebest-selling______(2)ofalltime.ThePulitzerPrizejuryin2008awardedhim__________(3)forhisprofoundimpactonpopularmusicandAmericanculture,markedbylyricalcompositionsofextraordinarypoeticpower.InMay2012,Dylanreceived_______(4)fromPresidentBarackObama.In2016,hewasawardedtheNobelPrizeinLiteratureforhavingcreated________(5)withinthegreatAmericansongtradition.Tothe______(6)ofsomeofhisaudience,Dylan’sperformancesremainunpredictableashealtershisarrangementsandchangeshisvocalapproachnightafternight.CriticalopinionaboutDylan'sshowsremainsdivided.CriticssuchasRichardWilliamsandAndyGillhavearguedthatDylanhasfoundasuccessfulwaytopresenthisrichlegacyofmaterial.Othershavecriticizedhisliveperformancesformanglingandspittingoutthegreatestlyricseverwrittensothattheyareeffectively__________(7),andgivingsolittletotheaudiencethatitisdifficulttounderstandwhatheisdoingonstageatall.Dylan'sperformancesinChinainApril2011generatedcontroversy.SomecriticizedhimfornotmakinganyexplicitcommentonthepoliticalsituationinChina,andfor,allegedly,allowingtheChineseauthoritiestocensorhissetlist.Others________(8)Dylan’sperformances,arguingthatsuchcriticismrepresentedamisunderstandingofDylan'sart,andthatnoevidenceforthecensorshipofDylan'ssetlistexisted.Inresponsetotheseallegations,Dylanpostedastatementonhiswebsite:Asfarascensorshipgoes,theChinesegovernmenthadaskedforthenamesofthesongsthatIwouldbeplaying.There'snologicalanswertothat,sowesentthemthesetlistsfromtheprevious3months.Iftherewereanysongs,versesorlines_________(9),nobodyevertoldmeaboutitandweplayedallthesongsthatweintendedtoplay.Atthebeginningof2017,DylanannouncedhisforthcomingtourofEurope,________(10)commencinginStockholmonApril1,andendinginDublinonMay11.InJuneandJuly,Dylan'stourwillcontinueacrossCanadaandtheUS.YourAnswershouldbe:1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-II.ExplainBrieflytheFollowingTerms(10%,2pointsforeachterm)1.sonnet2.ArtforArt3.AmericanDream4.thelostgeneration5.ImagismIII.DecideWhethertheFollowingStatementsAreTrueofFalse.UseTforTrueandFforFalse.(10%,1pointforeach)()1.Hawthorne,whoseemedtobehauntedbyhissenseofsinandveil,nevershowedapositivepartofthelife.()2.Doyouthink,becauseIampoor,obscure,plain,andlittle,Iamsoullessandheartless?…AndifGodhadgiftedmewithsomebeauty,andmuchwealth,Ishouldhavemadeitashardforyoutoleaveme,asitisnowformetoleaveyou.Thiswell-knowpassageistakenfromthenovelWutheringHeights.()3.Hemingway'snovelForWhomtheBellTollswasabouttheSpanishCivilWar.()4.HemingwayoncedescribedMarkTwain’snovelTheAdventuresofTomSawyerastheonebookfromwhich“allmodernAmericanliteraturecomes.”()5.WilliamFaulknerisgenerallyregardedastheforerunnerofthe20thcentury“stream-of-consciousness”novelsandthefounderofpsychologicalrealism.()6.In1837,RalphWaldoEmersonmadeaspeechentitled“TheAmericanScholaratHarvard,whichwashailedbyOliverWendellHolmesasOurintellectualDeclarationofIndependence.()7.ShallIcomparetheetoasummer'sday?isthebeginninglineofShakespeare'ssonnet29.()8.ThomasHardy’snovelsaresetalmostexclusivelyinatractofNorthwestEnglandthathecallsWessex.()9.TheGoldenNotebookisDorisLessing’slastnoveltowintheNobelPrize.()10.ItisgenerallyregardedthatKeats'smostimportantandmaturepoemsareintheformofode.IV.ReadtheFollowingTwoPoems,andthenAnswertheQuestionsAccordingtoYourOwnUnderstanding.(10%)Poem1TheMourningDayAdrizzlingrainfallsliketearsontheMourningDay;Themourner'sheartisgoingtobreakonhisway.Wherecanawineshopbefoundtodrownhissadhours?Acowherdpointstoacot'midapricotflowers.Poem2InaStationoftheMetroTheapparitionofthesefacesinthecrowd;Petalsonawet,blackbough.Questions:1.Howmanyimagescanyoufindinthesetwopoems?Whataretheusesoftheseimages?2.Whatisthethemeofeachpoemaccordingtoyourunderstanding?3.Whydoesthepoetusethesameimageof“flower”inthepoem?4.Doestheword“rain”and“wet”suggestanythingdifferently?Why?5.Whatdoyouthinkofthestyleofeachpoem?Inwhatway?V.LordByron’sSheWalksinBeautyisamongthemostmemorableandmostquotedpoemsinromanticpoetry.Readthefollowingpoem,andthenanswerthequestionsaccordingtoyourunderstanding.(10%)Shewalksinbeauty,likethenightOfcloudlessclimesandstarryskies;Andallthat'sbestofdarkandbrightMeetinheraspectandhereyes:ThusmellowedtothattenderlightWhichheaventogaudydaydenies.Oneshadethemore,oneraytheless,HadhalfimpairedthenamelessgraceWhichwavesineveryraventress,Orsoftlylightenso'erherface;WherethoughtsserenelysweetexpressHowpure,howdeartheirdwellingplace.Andonthatcheek,ando'erthatbrow,Sosoft,socalm,yeteloquent,Thesmilesthatwin,thetintsthatglow,Buttellofdaysingoodnessspent,A