中央广播电视大学2003-2004学年度第一学期"开放本科"期末考试
英语专业文学阅读与欣赏试题
2004年1月
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Information For The Examinees:
This examination consists of FIVE sections. These are:
Section I: Literary Fundamentals (25 points, 25 minutes)
Section Il :Poem Analysis (16 points, 15 minutes)
Section III :Drama Analysis (14 points, 20 minutes)
Section IV :Short Stories Analysis (25 points, 30 minutes)
Section V :Writing (20 points, 30 minutes)
The total marks for this examination are 100 points. Time allowed for completing this examina-
tion is 2 hours (120 minutes).
There will be no extra'time to transfer answers to the Answer Sheet; therefore, you should Write
ALL your answers on the Answer Sheet as you do each task.
Section I: Literary Fundamentals [25 points3
Part 1 :Questions 1--10 are based on this part. (10 points)
Choose the best answer from A, B, C and D. Write your answer on the Answer Sheet.
1. There is a particular group of war poems about the First World War. The representa-
tive figures are Siegfried Sasson and __
A. Francis Bacon B. William Cobbett
C. Wi!fred Owen D. Ambrose Bierce
2. Hans Anderson, novelist, is the writer of many famous fairy tales.
A. French B. Scottish
C. Danish Ii). Swedish
3. Mark Twain is an author well-known for his keen sense of __ and irony.
A. cynicism B. beauty
C. honor D. humor
4. A narrator who observes the events like a camera is called a(n) __ narrator.
A. subjective B. active
C. objective D. passive
5. Tension is the __ of suspense, of anticipation and expectation countered by un-certainty which captivates the reader and stimulates-the reader to persist construing the sto-ry.
A. thinking B. hoping
C. waiting D. feeling
6. A story that begins" in medias-res", a Latin phrase, literally translated as" in the
of things".
: A. Beginning B. End
C. Key D. Middle
7, ,The short story, "the Demon lover" written by Elizabeth Bowen recounts a woman's
fateful encounter with a(n) lover. A. expecting B. unimaginable
C. former D. last
8. George Bernard Shaw is a renowned English __
A. poet B. novelist
C. playwright D. essayist
9. One of the characters in Daniel Defoe's'Robinson Crusoe zs __
A. Wednesday B. Thursday
C. Friday D. Saturday
10. Narration and are essential concepts of story analysis when itcomes to truly
understanding a story.
A. protagonist B. stanza
C: actbr D. point o{ view
Part 2: Questions 11--15 are based on this part. (15 points)
Choose one word or phrase from the followiing box to fill in each blank. Write your answers on
the Answer Sheet.
RL Stevenson, Scottish, Poetry, E. M Forster, importance, characters,
essayist, ending, same, stanzas, paragraphs, round, flat, major, two
11. Rhyme refers to words with the sodnd or Sounds
12. Characters can'be classified'as and minor: in terms of their in works.
13. Character who change are" " The term wag usedby an American
writer. A" "character does not change in the course of a story.
14. __ is written in lines, which are put into , instead of sentences, which
are put into __
15. The novel "Dr Jekyll and Mr Hide" was written by , a novelist,
poet and
Section II. Poem Analysis [ 16 points]
Questions 16--19 are based on this part.
Read the following poem carefully and answer questions that follow. Write your answers on the
answer sheet.
A little black thing among the snow
Crying "weep,weep," in notes of woe!
"Where are thy father&mother? Say?"
"They are both gone up to the church to pray."
"Because I was happy upon the heath,
And smil'd among the winter's snow;
They clothed me in the clothes of death,
And taught me to sing the notes of woe."
"And because I am happy and dance and sing,,
They think they have done me no injury,
And are gone to praise God and His Priest and King,
Who make up a heaven of our misery."
16. What is the rhyme scheme of the poem?
17; What is the "little black thing"?
18. What is the relationship between the family and the "God and His Priest and King"?
19. What does this poem chiefly contain?
Section III Drama Analysis [14 points]
Part A Questions 20--23 are based on this part. (8 points)
Directions: Here's an extract from Ibsen's play A Doll's House. Read it and answer questions
below. Write your answers on the Answer Sheet.
(Note:Some parts of the following excerpt are shortened or simplified)
NORA. If my husband does get to know of it, of course be will at once pay you what is
still owing, and we shall have nothing more to do with you.
KROG. ['coming a step nearer]. Listen to me, Mrs. Helmer. Either you have a very
bad memory or you know very little of business, i shall be obliged to remind you of a few de-
tails.
NORA. What do you mean.9
KROG. When your husband was iii you came to me to borrow two hundred and fifty
pounds.
NORA. I didn't know anyone else to go to.
KROG. I promised to get you that amount --
NORA. Yes, and you did so.
KROG. I promised to get you that amount on certain conditions. Your mind was so
taken up with your husband's illness and you were so anxious to get the money for your
journey that you seem to have paid no attention Io the conditions of our bargain. Therefore it
will not be amiss if I remind you of them. Now I promised to get the money on the security
of a bond which I drew up.
NORA. Yes, and which I signed.
KROG. Good. But below your signature there were a few lines constituting your father
a surety (担保人 ) for the money; those lines your father should have signed.
NORA. Should? He did sign them.
KROG. 1 had left the date blank; that is to say your father should himself have inserted
the date on which he signed the paper. Do you remember that?
NORA. Yes, I think I remember.
KROG. Then I gave you the bond to send by post to your father. Is that not so?
NORA. Yes.
KROG. And you naturally did so att once, because five or six days afterward you
brought me the bond with your father's signature. And then I gave you the money.
: NORA. Well, haven't I been paying it off regularly?
KROG. Fairly so, yes. But -- to come back to the matter in hand -- that must have
been a very trying time for you,: Mrs. Helmer?
NORA. It was, indeed.
KROG. Your father was very iii, wasn't he?
NORA. He was very near his end.
KROG. And died soon afterward?
NORA. Yes.
KROG. Tell me, Mrs. Helmer, can you by any chance remember what day your father
died? -- on what day of the month) I mean.
NORA. Papa died on the twenty-ninth of September.
KROG. That is correct; I have ascertained it for .myself. And, as that is so, there is a
discrepancy [taking a paper from his pocket] which I cannot account for.
NORA. What discrepancy? I don't know
KROG. The discrepancy consists, Mrs. Helmer, in the fact that your father signed this
bond three days after his death.
NORA. What do you mean? ! don't understand.
KROG. Your father died on the twenty-ninth of September. But look here; your father
has dated his signature the second of October. It is a discrepancy, isn't it? [Nora is silent. ']
Can you explain it to me? [Nora is still silent. ] It is a remarkable thing, too, that the words
"second of October," as well as the year, are not written in your father's handwriting but in
one that I think I know. Well, of course it can [)e explained; your father may have forgotten
to date his signature and someone else may have dated it haphazard before they knew of his
death. There [s no harm in that. h all depends on ):lie signature of the name, and that is gen-
nine, I suppose, Mrs. Helmet? Ii was your father himself who signed his name here?
NORA [after a short pause, throws her head up and looks defiantJy at him]. No, it was
not. It was I that wrote Papa's name.
KROG. Are you aware that is a dangerous confession?
NORA. In what way? You shall have your money soon.
KROG Let me ask you a question, why did you not send the paper to your father?
NORA. It,was:impossible; Papa was so iii. If I had asked him for his signature, I
should have had to tell him what the money was to be used for; and when he. was so i!l him-
self I couldn't, tell him;that.my husband's life was in danger- it was impossible
KROG. It would have been better for you if you had giyen up ;your trip abroad.
NORA. No, that was impossible. That trip was to save my husband's life; I couldn't
give that up.
KROG. But did it never occur to you that you were committing a fraud (欺骗) on me?
NORA. I couldn't take that into account, I didn't trouble myself about you at all.
couldn't bear you because you put so many heartless difficulties in my way a!though you
knew what a dangerous condition my husband~ was in.
KROG. Mrs. Helmet, you evidently do not realize clearly what it is that you have been
guilty of. But I can assure you that my one false step, which lost me all my reputation, was
nothing more or:nothing. worse than what you have done.
NORA. You? Do you ask me to believe that you were brave enough to run a risk to save
your wife's life?
KROG. Thelaw cares nothing about motives.
NORA. Then it must be a very foolish law.
KROG. Foolish or not, it is the law by which you will be judged if I produce this paper
in court,
NORA. I don' t believe it. Is a daughter not to be allowed to spare her dying father anx-
iety and care? Is a wife not to be allowed to save her husband's life? I don't know much about law, but I am certain that there must be laws permitting such things as that. Have you no knowledge of such laws you who are a lawyer? You must be a very poor lawyer, Mr. Krogstad
KROG. Maybe. But matters of business -- such business as you and I have had
together -- do you think I don't understand that? Very well. DO as you please. But let me
tell you this -- if ! lose my position a second time, you shall lose yours with me. [-He bows
and goes out through the hall. ]
NORA [-appears buried in thought for a short ~time, then tosses her head]. Nonsense!
Trying to frighten me like that! I am not so silly as he thinks. [-Begins to busy herself put-
ting the children's things in order. ] And yet -- No, it's impossible! I did it for love~s sake.
20. What is Nora's purpose to borrow a large sum of money from Krog? Does her hus-
band know this?
21. Did Nora's father sign her bond? Why?
g2. Did Nora appear afraid when Krog accused her of committing a fraud? Why or why
not ?
23. Write two sentences to design a setting for this scene.
Part B Questions 24--26 are based on this part. (6 points)
Directions: Here's an extract from Shakespeare's play Othello. Read it and paraphrase the
underlined parts. Write your answers on the Answer Sheet.
Duke: Valiant Othello, we' must straight employ you
against the general enemy Ottoman.
[To Brabantio']
we lacked your consel and your help tonight.
Brabantio: 24. So did I yours. Good your grace, pardon meg
Neither my place, nor aught I heard of business,
Hath raised me from my bed; nor doth the general care
Take hold on me, for my particular grief
Is of so flood-gate and o'erbearing nature,
That it engults and swallows other sorrows,
And it is still itself.
Duke: Why, what's the matter?
Brabantio: My daughter! O, my daughter!
Senators: Dead?
Brabantio: Ay, to me;
She is abused, stol'n from me, and corrupted
By spells and medicines bought of mountebanks
25. For nature so preposterously to err;
Being not deficient, blind, or lame of sense.
Duke: 26. Whoe'er he be, that in this foul proceeding
Hath thus beguiled your daughter o~ herself,
And you of her, the bloody book of law
You shall Yourself read in the bitter letter,
After your own sense; yea, though our proper son
Slood in the action.
Brabantio: Humbly I: thank your grace.
Here is the man, this Moor; whom now, it seems,
Your special mandate [or the state affairs,
Hath hither brought.
Duke and Senator: We are very sorry for it.
Section IV: Short Story Analysis [25 points']
Questions 27--34 are based on this part.
Here is a short story, Falsely Accused, written by Verna Cline. Read it and answer Ques-
tions 27--34. Write your answers on the Answer Sheet. (Please note: This reading task wil
be relevant to the writing task in Section V)
Falsely Accused
Verna Cline
The deputy unlocked my cell. "Line up behind me," he said. Dressed in navy blue pants
and a gray sweat shirt that read Main Jail, I took my place. Four female'inmates fell in fine
after me. "Mrs. Cline," the officer said, "follow me."
You're not a prisoner, I told myself. I had turned myself in for a crime I hadn't com-
mitted, and had spent seven hours in holding cells. I had to be stripsearched and dressed like
an inmate. "Policy," I was told.
For the life of me I couldn't understand how things had gotten this far. I've always
been a good citizen. I work as a librarian and I teach Sunday school. My attorney told me if
I went through this lineup (列队), everything would be cleared up. I just wanted to cooper-
ate. I have nothing to hide.
I prayed that this ordeal(折磨) would soon come to an end. The nightmare had begun
months earlier.
On that March day my husband, Marcus, answered the front door, surprised to see two
investigators from the county sheriff's department. He showed them into our living room,
where they began questioning me.
"Mrs. Cline, where were you the afternoon of September 23,19917"
"That was six months ago. I'm not sure I can remember."
"Do you have a red Ford Taurus with a car phone?"
"That sounds like my husband's business car." They mentioned a license number simi-
lar to Marcus's. Finally I asked, "What's this about?"
"Mrs. Cline, we have a woman who claims you assaulted her after a minor traffic inci-
dent. She claims you broke her nose, then fled the scene. We also have a witness."
"You must be kidding," 1 said. "I've never assaulted(攻击) anyone in my life!"
They listened with their pens poised, but neither wrote anything down. Didn't they be-
lieve me?
"I never drive my husband's work car during the day. '
They looked at me impassively.
My seven-year-old daughter, Julia, piped up. "Mom, your daily planner. That will
show where you were. '
Of course. I located it and thumbed through the pages back to September. "Here. ! was
at work that day. Um a librarian at the elementary school. I can call for my work records if
you need those." My mind raced. Did they think I was guilty?
"We're doing a preliminary report," one officer explained. "If the case goes any further
an investigating officer will be in contact. This crime is a felony. (判刑超过一年的重醉)
I tried not to worry. After all, I was innocent. But after several months of wondering
what had happened, I called the sheriff's department and was referred to its warrants divi-
sion. I was shocked to find,a warrant had been'issued formy arrest.
I hired a lawyer and:we provided a two-inch stack of information for the district
attorney's office. Included were documents proving that my husband had been out of town in
his car that day, plus witnesses' statements that I had been at the school library.
All to no avail. The information went through four deputy district attorneys, but no one
checlked out my story. Although the Victim was hit in September, it wasn't until March that
she spotted my husband's car in our neighborhood' and flied a complaint. She said that the
woman who had assaulted her drove a red car with a phone antenna and an infant seat. Our
children were 7 and 10 years old. We had n0 infant Seat.
I knew this was a simple case of mistaken identity. I trusted the investigators to find a
red car with a baby seat so I could be exonerated(证明无罪) . But to my horror, they never
even looked for the other car. Out of desperation I agreed to the lineup. Surely the witness
would clear me immediately.
On that Novemberday, the deputy led me into the lineup room with its one-way glass
window. The officer locked us in, then addressed us from an adjoining room through a
speaker, "Please face the window. '
On the other side of the glass sat my attorney, a deputy district attorney and the wit-
ness.
Facing the glass, I listened for instructions, We had barely squared our shoulders when
the officer said, "Thanks..You may go now. '
It was over. Trembling with relief, I followed the deputy back to a waiting room. My
attorney was already there. "Carlos," I asked, "can l go home now?" I had expected him to
smile: Instead he looked shocked. "Verna,' he said, "the witness identified you as the as-
saulter. ' The case would now go to trial: Carlos explained that I faced a sentence of up to
four years in state prison if convicted, In addition, I could be ordered to pay $ 25,000 resti-
tution for injuries Suffered by my accuser.
At home I tried to keep the days as normal as possible for my children Nicholas and
Julia.
I bought more film, went back to my car and attached the zooni lens. Just then a man
and a woman with a baby pushed a loaded shopping cart toward the red car. The woman's
hair was like mine, but the resemblance ended there. She was petite, l'm tall. She appeared
to be in her 20st I'm in my 40s. Her car was a two-door red Thunderbird and my husband's
was a four-door red Taurus.
I snapped away while the two busied themselves with packages and the baby. When i
had taken enough pictures, I sank back in my seat. For the first time since spotting the car
that afternoon I relaxed.
The photographs launched a new investigation. The woman was found and she con-
fessed to the assault.
When the charges against me were dropped, I wept tears of relief.
9.7. Why did Mrs. Cline have to go through the lineup?
28. When had her nightmare begun?
29. What charge did the woman make against Mrs. Cline?
30. What did Mrs. Cline do after she found a warrant had been issued for her arrest?
31. Why was she convinced that that was a simple case of mistaken identity?
32. Was Mrs. Cline identified as the assaulant? What sentence might she face if convic-
ted?
33. What information did she turn over to an investigating officerwhen her trial date
was less than eight weeks away?
34. What made the investigators launch a new investigation which helped drop the charges
against her?
Section V: Writing [20 points]
In the story offered in Section IV, the author describes her experience of being falsely
accused. Please write an article of approx. 200 words about an experience of the similar
kind. You may describe your own experience or reproduce somebody else's.
中央广播电视大学2003-2004学年度第一学期"开放本科"期末考试
英语专业文学阅读与欣赏试题答案及评分标准
(供参考)
2004年1月
Section I: Literary Fundamentals [25 points]
Part 1. (10 points, one point each. )
1.C 2. C 3. D 4. C 5. D
6. D 7. C 8. C 9. C 10. D
Part 2. (15 points, one point for each blank. )
11. two, ending, same
12. major, characters, importance
13. round, E. M Forster, flat
14. Poetry, stanzas, paragraphs
15. RL Stevenson, Scottish, essayist
Section 1I: Poem Analysis [16 points]
● Four points each.
● Every five mistakes in grammar, spetling or of any other kind lead to the reduction of one point.
16. The rhyme scheme is aabb,caca, dede.
17. It refers to the poor little boy who has been made black because of chimney-sweep-ing.
18. It was the "God and Priest and King" who together build a Heaven for themselves out of misery of the poor. The relationship between them is cheat and cheated.
19.1) The short lyric contains chiefly the simple yet somewhat ironical speech of a boy chimney-sweeper as he describes his life of misery and his relation to God, Priest, and King.
(2 points)
24. i needed your counsel and your help too, Your Highness. Please forgive me. It is
not because of my position, nor anything important that I heard of that raised me from my
bed. The general worries and cares do not take hold of me either.
( In this sentence, pay attention to the correct understanding and paraphrasing of such
expressions as "So did I yours "," Good your grace", "my place" ," aught" and the structure
"neither... nor". )
25. Nobody could behave in such an absurdly unnatural way unless they were either
blind or lame or deceived by some witchcraft.
(In this sentence, pay attention to the correct understanding and paraphrasing of such
expressions as "preposterously to err", "deficient", and "lame of sense". )
26. Whoever he is, if he deluded your daughter into running away with him, if he chea-
ted you and took her away from you in his dirty course of action, you should punish him ac-
cording to the law, even if my own son stood in your way.
(In this sentence, pay attention to the correct understanding and paraphrasing of such
expressions as "beguiled"; "And you of her", "foul proceeding" and "the bloody book of
law/You shall yourself read in the bitter letter,/After your own sense". )
Section 1V: Short Story Analysis [25 points]
● For Questions 27--31, 2 points eaeh; for Questions 32--34, 5 points each;
● Every five mistakes in grammar, spelling or of any other kind or misunderstanding of the
expressions and words mentioned will lead to the redaction of one point.
27. Mrs. Cline was one of the suspects on a charge of assaulting a woman. The suspects
had to go through a lineup for the wimess to identify.
28. It had begun months earlier.
2,9. The woman claimed that Mrs. Cline assaulted her after a minor traffic accident and
broke her nose. Then she fled the scene.
30. She hired a lawyer and they' provide&a lot of information for the district attorney's
office. The information included documents proving that she had been: at school library and
her husband had used the car that day.
31. Because the victim said the woman who had assaulted her drove a red car with a
phone antenna and an infant seat. Mrs. Cline had two children, one was 7 and the other 10
years old. And they had no in{ant seat in their car.
32. Yes she was. If convicted she might face a sentence of up to four years in state pris-
on. In addition, she could be ordered to pay $ 25,000 restitution for injuries suffered by her
accuser.
33. One afternoon she was driving home with the kids when she spotted a red car with a
phone antenna and an infant seat. She also found the woman in the car had dark curly hair
just like hers. She turned this information over to an investigating officer.
34. With the information offered by Mrs. Cline, the investigating officer tried several
times to locate the owner of the red car with a phone antenna and an infant seat, but he failed
to find her. Since Mrs. Cline's trial date was less than eight weeks away, she thought of
looking for more evidence with her camera and zoom Tens. At iast she found 'the red car in a
department store parking lot and took enough pictures of evidence of the car and the w0mafi,
These photos enabled the investigating officer to launch a new investigation which helped
drop the charges against her.
Section V: Writing [20 points]
作文满分为20分，分为内容(满分8分)，语言(满分10分)和书写(满分2分)三部分，三
部分分值相加即为作文的总分。各部分评分标准如下：
项目
分 数
标 准
内容
7分
文章切题，内容充实，思维新颖，见解独到，思想水平卓越。篇幅适当，行文流畅，有较强的可读性和趣味性
5
文章切题但无新意，思辨能力一般。篇幅适当，句子结构一 般，偶有有趣表达，句子结构一般。有时表达不清、哳，易引起理解困难
3分(及格)
文章大致切题，篇幅不够，句子结构较差，缺乏可读性和趣味性。
1分
文章离题较远。篇幅不够，句子结构差，无可读性和趣味性。
语言
9分
用词巧妙，辞藻丰富，表达手法灵活多变，写作技巧精湛，明显超出普通水平。语法结构严谨。
7分
用词正确，能运用多种表达手法，偶有选词错误。语法结构一 般。
5分(及格)
用词稍差，表达手法单一，选词有较明显错误。语法结构需较 多改进。
3分
用词很差，表达手法单一。文中常用汉语词汇或拼音。用词
拙劣，语法结构混乱，错误较多。
书写
2分
拼写及标点符号使用偶有错误。书写整洁，易于认读。
1分
拼写及标点符号有较多的错误，影响认读。书写基本工整。
0分
拼写及标点符号错误极多，字迹潦草，全篇认读困难。
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