II. Explain the following briefly: ( 30%)
1. Tell the difference between a story and a plot with an example:
2. The word “range” refers to:
3. Any poem can be said to be:
4. What is a symbol?
5. Name at least four of the ways authors can give a character a personality:
6. Why it is unavoidable that a hero in a tragedy should fall?
III. Find out the RHYME SCHEMES in the following poem: (5%)
Love’s Secret
By William Blake
Never seek to tell thy love, Love that never told can be; For the gentle wind does move Silently, invisibly.
I told my love, I told my love, I told her all my heart;
Trembling, cold, in ghastly fears, Ah! She doth depart.
Soon as she was gone from me, A traveler came by, Silently, invisibly;
He took her with a sigh.
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IV. Match the following authors with their works: (10%)
1 Jane Austen A Jane Eyre 2 Wordsworth B Tess of the D’ Urbervilles 3 Dickens C Paradise Lost 4 Dylan Thomas D Sons and Lovers 5 Charlotte Bront? E Emma 6 John Milton F To Kill a Mockingbird 7 D.H. Lawrence G Ode to the West Wind 8 P. B. Shelley H Upon Westminster Bridge 9 Hardy I Great Expectations 10 Harper Lee J Do not go Gentle into that Good Night V. Translate the following poem into Chinese: (40%)
When You Are Old
By Yeats
When you are old and grey and full of sleep, And nodding by the fire, take down this book, And slowly read, and dream of the soft look Your eyes had once, and of their shadows deep;
How many loved your moments of glad grace, And loved your beauty with love false or true, But one man loved the pilgrim soul in you, And loved the sorrows of your changing face;
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And bending down beside the glowing bars, Murmur, a little sadly, how love fled And paced upon the mountains overhead And hid his face amid a crowd of stars.
Note: glowing: 炽热的 pilgrim: 朝圣者
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江西财经大学
05—06 学年第一学期期末考试试卷(A)
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Answer the questions following each passage in your own words. Note that some of the questions require information beyond that provided in the passages. (you should write at least 100 words for each question)
1.
O my luve is like a red, red rose, That's newly sprung in June; O my luve is like the melodie, That's sweetly played in tune.
As fair thou art, my bonie lass,
So deep in luve am I;
And I will luve thee still, my dear,
Till a' the seas gang dry.
Till a' the sea gang dry, my dear, And the rock melt wi' the sun; And I will luve thee still, my dear, While the sands o' life shall run.
And fare thee weel, my only luve, And fare thee weel a while; And I will come again, my luve, Tho's it were ten thousand mile!
(By Robert Burns)
1) An outstanding feature of this poem is the skillful use of many figures of speech. Explain the effect of these figures.（10%）
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2. IT is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.
However little known the feelings or views of such a man may be on his first entering a neighbourhood, this truth is so well fixed in the minds of the surrounding families, that he is considered as the rightful property of some one or other of their daughters.
\Park is let at last?\
Mr. Bennet replied that he had not.
\ Mr. Bennet made no answer.
\ \You want to tell me, and I have no objection to hearing it.\ This was invitation enough.
\man of large fortune from the north of England; that he came down on Monday in a chaise and four to see the place, and was so much delighted with it that he agreed with Mr. Morris immediately; that he is to take possession before Michaelmas, and some of his servants are to be in the house by the end of next week.\ \ \
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\year. What a fine thing for our girls!\
(from Pride and Prejudice) 2) The opening sentence of this novel is probably one of the most famous first sentences
found in fiction. What has this sentence to do with the tone of the whole novel? (10%) 3) What are the implied meanings of this sentence?(10%) 3. 'This is Mr. Micawber,' said Mr. Quinion to me. “Ahem!' said the stranger, 'that is my name.'
“Mr. Micawber,' said Mr. Quinion, 'is known to Mr. Murdstone. He takes orders for us on commission, when he can get any. He has been written to by Mr. Murdstone, on the subject of your lodgings, and he will receive you as a lodger.'
‘My address,' said Mr. Micawber, 'is Windsor Terrace, City Road. I - in short,' said Mr. Micawber, with the same genteel air, and in another burst of confidence – “I live there.' I made him a bow.
“Under the impression,' said Mr. Micawber, 'that your peregrinations in this metropolis have not as yet been extensive, and that you might have some difficulty in penetrating the arcana of the Modern Babylon in the direction of the City Road, - in short,' said Mr. Micawber, in another burst of confidence, 'that you might lose yourself - I shall be happy to call this evening, and install you in the knowledge of the nearest way.'
I thanked him with all my heart, for it was friendly in him to offer to take that trouble. “At what hour,' said Mr. Micawber, 'shall I -' “At about eight,' said Mr. Quinion.
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