天津外國語大學(xué)《801英語語言文學(xué)》（英美文學(xué)方向）歷年考研真題匯編

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2014年天津外國語大學(xué)801英語語言文學(xué)（英美文學(xué)方向）考研真題

2013年天津外國語大學(xué)801英語語言文學(xué)（英美文學(xué)方向）考研真題

2012年天津外國語大學(xué)801英語語言文學(xué)（英美文學(xué)方向）考研真題

2011年天津外國語大學(xué)801英語語言文學(xué)（英美文學(xué)方向）考研真題

2010年天津外國語大學(xué)801英語語言文學(xué)（英美文學(xué)方向）考研真題

2009年天津外國語大學(xué)801英語語言文學(xué)（英美文學(xué)方向）考研真題

2008年天津外國語大學(xué)801英語語言文學(xué)（英美文學(xué)方向）考研真題

2007年天津外國語大學(xué)801英語語言文學(xué)（英美文學(xué)方向）考研真題

2014年天津外國語大學(xué)801英語語言文學(xué)

（英美文學(xué)方向）考研真題

I.Chinese-EnglishTranslation(40points)

Directions:Translatetheunderlinedthreeparagraphsinthefollowing

essayintoEnglish.WriteyourtranslationontheANSWERSHEET.

母親井

陳延祿

兒時記憶越來越模糊，惟村中那口老井，仍歷歷在目，忘卻不了。

老井建于何時，已無從考證。父親說，井的年齡比爺爺還大。

這口老井建于村子正中，呈圓形，井深五六丈，用石磚砌成，井口

長滿了青苔。井臺上，用兩根呈十字的圓木交叉挺起一個木制的轆轤，

前面插上一根半弓形的把兒，一根長長的繩子拴著柳罐斗子直垂井底。

前來打水的人要雙腿叉開，前腿弓起，后腳蹬地，雙手握住轆轤把

做圓心搖動，任憑那井繩在轆轤上有規(guī)則地做圓圈纏繞。老井就吱吱嘎

嘎地呻吟，聲音低沉、古老、悠長，猶如病重老者的喘息聲。當(dāng)柳罐斗

子被提升到進口時，就得騰出一只手抓住它的脊骨，倒到井沿的水桶

里。

打出的井水清冽純凈，有如泉水般的甘甜。它旱天不枯，雨天不

澇，像一位慈祥的老母親，無論春夏秋冬、風(fēng)雪雨霜，始終滋養(yǎng)著村里

的一輩又一輩。

每天人們都要在井邊見面，特別是收工以后和到傍晚的時候，擔(dān)水

的人特別多，吱吱扭扭的響聲，撲踏撲踏的腳步聲陸陸續(xù)續(xù)，井臺就成

為鄉(xiāng)親們溝通的最佳場所。打水的人們非常有秩序，壯的謙讓弱的，男

的謙讓女的，遇上力氣小的，就有力氣大的過來幫忙搖轤。更多的人在

等待的時候，放下肩上的挑子，一屁股兒坐在架在兩只桶上的扁擔(dān)上，

從褲兜里掏出紙和旱煙，用手捋著，就卷好一支煙，也順便友好地捏一

撮煙葉，遞給沒帶煙的人。于是人們一邊逍遙地吞云吐霧，一邊拉著家

常講著故事，開一些無傷大雅的玩笑，愜意的笑聲總在井邊蕩漾。一切

疲勞和煩惱在這里煙消云散。

此時的牛羊也在黃昏的夕照里慢悠悠地回來了，暢飲著井旁木槽里

清凈的水，姿態(tài)安適。

……

II.CriticalWriting(40points)

Directions:Readthefollowingpassageandwriteanessayonit.

ReformpoliciesissuedbyafewprovincesandmunicipalitiesinChina

ontheGaokao,ortheNationalCollegeEntranceExam,in2014,tendtostart

withtheEnglishtest,suchastheloweringoftheshareofEnglishscoresin

BeijingandthedeletionofthelisteningcomprehensionpartfromtheEnglish

examinShandong.Thephenomenonhastriggeredquiteadebateoverits

impactontheteachingofEnglishandChineseinChina,onGaokaoitself,on

China’seffortsforinternationalization,onfairnessandsomeotheraspects.

Participateinthedebatewithanessayofaround300wordswithatitle

ofyourownchoice,aclearlystatedviewpoint,anddetailedanalysisto

supportyourviewpoint.

SectionThree:英美文學(xué)方向部分（70points）

QuestionsinthissectionaresetforapplicantstotheMAprogramof

American&BritishLiterature.WriteyouranswersontheANSWER

SHEET.

1.FactualQuestions:(15points)

Directions:Fillintheblanksorchoosethebestanswer.Writethe

numberofthequestion,horizontallytwoineachline,and(theletter

representing)youranswerontheANSWERSHEET.

1)_____________isregardedasthethirdgreatestEnglishpoetafter

ChaucerandShakespeare,andthegreatestinthe17thcentury.

2)InmorethanonesenseAlexanderPopewasthemostimportant

Englishpoettocomeoutofthe18thcentury.Foronething,hewasthebest

knownandthemostinfluentialnotonlyinEnglandbutintheEuropeofhis

time,andhis__________,inrhymediambicpentameter,tookthestageand

becamethedominantvogueinpoeticcreationonbothsidesoftheEnglish

Channel.

3)Thelines“TheTrumpetofaprophecy!O,Wind,/ifWintercomes,

canSpringbefarbehind?”arequotedfromP.B.Shelley’s______.

4)JamesJoyce’sfirstpublishedbook,_______,isacollectionof15

stories,themostfamousofwhichare“TheDead”and“Araby”.

5)Whichofthefollowingworksisnotwritteninepistolaryform?

________

A.PamelaB.TheGoldenNotebook

C.LettersfromanAmericanFarmerD.TheColorPurple

6)Whoamongthefollowingwritersisanon-NobelPrizewinner?

________

A.SylviaPlathB.SherwoodAnderson

C.HaroldPinter.D.DorisLessing

7)TheEdwardiannovelistslaidmuchemphasisonthedescriptionof

externalworldintheirrepresentationoflife.Whocouldhavecomplained

aboutthis?_______

A.VirginiaWoolfB.GeorgeEliot

C.JaneAustenD.CharlotteBronte

8)AccordingtoEverettCarter,asaliterarymovement,realismcamein

thelatterhalfofthenineteenthcenturyasareactionagainst“thelie”of

_______.

9)Nature’svoicepushedAmericanRomanticismintoanewphase,the

phaseofNewEngland_______,thesummitofAmericanRomanticism.

10)ThepoeticstyleWaltWhitmaninventedisnowcalled

___________,thatis,poetrywithoutafixedbeatorregularscheme.

11)HenryJames’sfamerestslargelyuponhishandlingofhismajor

fictionaltheme,______:themeetingofAmericaandEurope,American

innocenceincontactandcontrastwithEuropeandecadence,anditsmoral

andpsychologicalcomplications.

12)TheimpactofDarwin’sevolutionarytheoryontheAmerican

thoughtandtheinfluenceofthe19thcenturyFrenchliteratureonthe

Americanmenoflettersgaverisetoanotherschoolofrealism:American

_______.

13)BlackLiteratureattainedahigherdegreeofmaturityinthespringof

1952whenRalphEllison’s_________________________waspublished.

14)WallaceStevenswasabsolutelycommittedtothenotionthatapoet

livesintwoworlds—theworldofrealityandtheworldof_______—and

buildsbridgesbetweenthem.

15)J.D.Salinger’snovel__________________describesan

adolescent’sdisgustanddespairatthedecadentadultworld.

2.Brieflyexplainfourofthefollowingliteraryterms.(10points)

1)Genesis

2)Sonnet

3)Paradox

4)TheAbsurdTheater

5)DramaticIrony

3.EssayQuestions(45points)

Directions:Answerthreeofthefollowingessayquestionswithoutciting

thesameliteraryworkfortwodifferentquestions.Youranswerisexpected

tohaveaclearlystatedandwellfocusedcentralargumentthatissupported

withdiscussion,explanation,examples,andotherevidenceratherthanaplot

summary.

1）Othelloisusuallydescribedasamanofsuspicion,whichfinally

coststhelifeofDesdemona.Whatdoyouthinkmightbethecausesofhis

doubtfulness?

2）Thetypicalnineteenth-centurynovel,asisthecasewithDavid

Copperfield,JaneEyreandAdamBede,usesthenameofthemaincharacter

asitstitle.Bycontrast,someofthemostsignificantmodernistnovelsemploy

ametaphorictitle,suchasLawrence’sTheRainbowandVirginiaWoolf’sTo

theLighthouse.Whatdoesthischangereflect?

3）InProblemsofaWriterinWarTime,Hemingwaysaid,“Awriter’s

problemdoesnotchange.Hehimselfchangesandtheworldhelivesin

changesbuthisproblemremainsthesame.Itisalwayshowtowritetruly

and,havingfoundwhatistrue,toprojectitinsuchawaythatitbecomesa

partoftheexperiencesofthepersonwhoreadsit.”Commenton

Hemingway’sviewwithexamplesfromAmericanorBritishliterature.

4）DeathandimmortalityarethetwomainthemesinEmily

Dickinson’spoems.IllustratehowDickinsonexploresthesethemesin

“BecauseICouldNotStopforDeath”or“IHeardaFlyBuzz—WhenI

Died.”

2013年天津外國語大學(xué)801英語語言文學(xué)

（英美文學(xué)方向）考研真題

I.Chinese-EnglishSummaryTranslation(40points)

Directions:Writeasummaryofthefollowingessayinabout200

Englishwords.

作為文化事件的“于丹被轟”

肖鷹

作為一個被媒體和市場聯(lián)手打造的文化符號，“國學(xué)超女于丹”這兩

年來多少有些沉寂。然而，11月17日在北大百年大講堂舉辦的一場昆曲

商演上發(fā)生的于丹被觀眾轟下臺一事，又將于丹推到了公眾視線的焦點

上。

關(guān)于此事，已有現(xiàn)場視頻流傳于網(wǎng)絡(luò)，情形是簡單明白的：當(dāng)昆曲

節(jié)目表演結(jié)束，進入謝幕時，以10位昆曲界著名藝術(shù)家佇立作背景，主

持人請于丹上臺講話，身著超短裙、黑色長絲襪和超高跟鞋的于丹在觀

眾喝倒彩聲中走上舞臺。當(dāng)于丹在接受臺上一位老藝術(shù)家獻花之后開始

講話說“我先代表大家……”時，有觀眾喊出“于丹下去”，并且得到其他

多位觀眾的呼應(yīng)，于丹只得放棄講話，退到后臺并悄然下臺。

我以為，這是一個文化利好事件，至少可概括出三點。

首先是對于丹教授的利好。

于丹現(xiàn)為北京師范大學(xué)藝術(shù)與傳媒學(xué)院副院長、教授，雖然出身于

文學(xué)碩士，但長期從事的是媒體策劃及相關(guān)教學(xué)，2007年在央視百家講

壇講《論語》成名后，就在國內(nèi)文化市場以“國學(xué)專家（大師）”的招牌

行市。于丹之所以能暴得大名，一方面來自于她以媒體中人的敏感捕捉

到了當(dāng)時受眾的普遍心理需要，并以簡潔明快的演講方式予以灌輸，另

一方面是，她由中國受眾最廣的媒體央視捧出。

以“國學(xué)”行市，于丹無論從知識層面，還是從精神層面，都有難以

彌補的局限。她聲稱自己四歲讀《論語》，但對《論語》的解說錯誤百

出，而講《莊子》更是臆斷妄議，基本文理不通。講點實在話，于丹講

國學(xué)，猶如沒有根底的票友在“曲苑雜壇”里充大師。

成名后的于丹，并沒有自我反省，或揚長避短，而是在與媒體與市

場的合謀中隨行就市，高調(diào)扮演文化市場的“國學(xué)符號”。市場將她作為

一個現(xiàn)成的招牌利用，而她自己則自甘做萬用的狗皮膏藥，任人招貼。

這次在北大被轟下舞臺，無疑是包括北大學(xué)生在內(nèi)的現(xiàn)場觀眾給了缺少

自制的于丹教授一個當(dāng)頭棒喝，重重地提醒她：自知、自明、自制、自

檢。如果于丹教授從中獲得教訓(xùn)，對于她未來的發(fā)展，將是有益的事

情。

其次是對北大優(yōu)秀傳統(tǒng)的利好。

北大的優(yōu)秀傳統(tǒng)是蔡元培先生掌校時培植的“兼容并包”?！凹嫒莶?/p>

包”，是在學(xué)術(shù)獨立、思想自由的前提下，允許差異，鼓勵多元，從而

創(chuàng)造豐富而有生氣的學(xué)術(shù)空間。因此，在元培先生治下，北大為風(fēng)格迥

異、觀點差異甚至立場沖突的胡適、魯迅、辜鴻銘、黃侃等學(xué)術(shù)大師提

供了自由空間?！凹嫒莶睙o疑是北大之成為世人心目中之北大的始

基。但“兼容并包”并非良莠不分、清濁不辨，更不是阿諛逢迎、同流合

污。相反，是有原則、有格調(diào)、有情操的。我們回顧北大歷史，就可看

到學(xué)術(shù)大師們?yōu)榱俗非笳胬砗屠硐攵煌讌f(xié)的斗爭。

中國的傳統(tǒng)精神中，儒家精神凝聚于“誠”，道家精神凝聚于“真”。

于丹的市場國學(xué)，除其基本知識缺陷外，更根本的是缺失真正學(xué)者必具

的“誠”和“真”。這兩三年來，公眾慢慢厭棄于丹，評價她最普遍的一個

字就“裝”。包括北大學(xué)生在內(nèi)的現(xiàn)場觀眾在于丹未開口前就抵制她，直

至把她轟下臺，根本原因還不是于丹以昆曲外行來扮演專家角色，而是

公開抵制這個“裝”的于丹。觀眾此舉，不是拒絕差異和多元，而是要抵

制于丹所代表的市場的虛偽和流俗對嚴(yán)肅文化的欺凌。

再次是對營造健康文化空間的利好。

一個健康的文化空間，應(yīng)多元并存，因此構(gòu)成文化的豐富多樣性。

一個健康的文化空間，在根本意義上，始終存在著高雅文化與通俗文化

的矛盾，而在市場經(jīng)濟環(huán)境下，必然存在著市場價值和文化價值的沖

突。從文化傳承和創(chuàng)新發(fā)展的意義上，保持經(jīng)典藝術(shù)的純正性、追求高

雅藝術(shù)品位，是以高雅文化為載體的文化建設(shè)的應(yīng)有之義。

昆曲藝術(shù)，雖然源于民間，但數(shù)百年間經(jīng)歷代文人、藝術(shù)家的創(chuàng)新

提練，已結(jié)晶為一種具有世界文化遺產(chǎn)意義的高雅藝術(shù)。作為高雅藝

術(shù)，昆曲具有它不容毀損玷污的格調(diào)、品位，因此演出和觀看，都具有

嚴(yán)格的儀式，堅守其格調(diào)、品位和儀式意義，從文化學(xué)的深層意義講，

就是堅守文化自身的內(nèi)在價值和純正性。于丹作為一個文化符號，代表

的是市場流行文化，她出席這次昆曲演出的著裝明顯輕佻而不合場景，

觀眾（戲迷）對她的抵制，實質(zhì)上是高雅藝術(shù)對流行文化所依憑的商業(yè)

權(quán)勢的抵制。正如許多網(wǎng)民指出的，無論這次昆曲的演出地北大，還是

當(dāng)晚現(xiàn)場，真正的昆曲研究專家，誠心真意熱愛昆曲藝術(shù)的學(xué)者多不勝

舉，為什么主辦方偏偏就要把一個高度市場化的“于丹”商標(biāo)貼在這場大

家薈萃的高雅藝術(shù)演出上呢？

根本原因是這些年來，市場經(jīng)濟快速擴張，引導(dǎo)了流行文化的過度

發(fā)展，乃至于作為流行文化符號的若干明星同時成了高雅文化的代言

人，這實質(zhì)上是流行文化對高雅文化的侵蝕，而高雅文化流行化，是

2000年以來中國文化的普遍狀態(tài)。正是在這個狀態(tài)下，主辦方才將“于

丹”引用為這場高端昆曲專業(yè)演出的“總結(jié)性”符號?，F(xiàn)場觀眾抵制流行

文化的商業(yè)符號“于丹”，就是高雅文化重新對流行文化說“不”。

“于丹被轟”，作為一個文化事件，是開啟高雅文化自我重申的一個

契機。（作者系清華大學(xué)哲學(xué)系教授，原載《東方早報》2012年11月20

日）

II.CriticalWriting(40points)

Directions:Respondtothefollowingpassageinanessayof270to300

wordswithatitleofyourownchoice,aclearlystatedcentralargument,and

details/examplestosupporttheargument.Writeyouransweronthe

ANSWERSHEET.

IthasbeenobservedthatChineseteenagersphysicalfitnesshasbeenon

thedeclineinthepasttwodecades.Forfearofaccidentalemergencies,some

highschoolsanduniversitiesinHubei,ShanxiandGuangdongsuspendedor

evencancelled)middleandlongdistanceracesattheschoolsportsmeetinthe

fallof2012.

III.Thispartconsistsofsevensections.Answerthequestionssetforthe

programforwhichyouaremakingtheapplication.Writeyouranswersor

yourtranslationontheANSWERSHEET.(70points)

SectionB英美文學(xué)方向部分(70points)

QuestionsinthissectionaresetforapplicantstotheMAprogramof

American&BritishLiterature.WriteyouranswersontheANSWER

SHEET.

1.FactualQuestions:(25points)

Directions:Fillintheblanksorchoosethebestanswersetforthe

blanks.Writethenumber,horizontallyfiveineachline,ofthequestionand

youranswerontheANSWERSHEET.

1)Thehumandefectof______mainlycausesthetragedyofMacbeth.

2)InJohnMilton’s______,Satanseemstoembodythehumanfightfor

freedomandagainstcontrolinlife.

3)ThemajorityofRobertBurns’poemswerewritteninthe______

dialect.

A.Scottish

B.Welsh

C.Irish

D.Celtic

4)“HathnotaJeweyes?HathnotaJewhands,organs,dimensions,

senses,affections?Fedwiththesamefood,hurtwiththesameweapons,

subjecttothesamediseases,healedbythesamemeans,warmedandcooled

bythesamewinterandsummer,asaChristianis?”

Thespeakeris______.

5)HeroiccoupletisoneofthetraditionalverseformsinEnglishpoetry.

______isbelievedtobethefirstEnglishpoettohaveadoptedthisformin

hispoems.

6)Whichofthefollowingnovelsiswritteninepistolarystyle?

A.MollFlanders

B.TomJones

C.TheLifeandOpinionsofTristramShandy,Gentleman

D.Pamela,OrVirtueRewarded

7)Whichofthefollowingpoemscouldbeemployedtoexplain

Wordsworth’stheoryofpoetrywritingas“aspontaneousoverflowof

powerfulemotion""recollectedintranquility”?______

A.“Iwanderedlonelyasacloud”

B.“OdeonaGrecianUrn”

C.“TheRimeoftheAncientMariner”

D.“ToAutumn”

8)GreatExpectationsisanovelofBildungsroman,oranovelof

______.

9)DeterminismisathemeinJosephConrad’s______.

10)“Artforart’ssake”findsafluentexpressioninOscarWilde’sonly

novel______,butisdisapprovedofby______,theauthorofPygmalion.

11)Ulyssesisahighlysymbolicnovel,whichbearsastriking

resemblancetoHomer’s______.

12)“Letusgothen,youandI

Whentheeveningisspreadoutagainstthesky

Likeapatientetherizeduponatable...”

Theselinesaretakenfromapoementitled______.

13)“YoungGoodmanBrown”isintendedtorevealthat______exists

intheheartsofallhumanbeings.

14)“TheuniverseiscomposedofNatureandthesoul...Spiritispresent

everywhere.”Thisisthevoiceoutofthebook______,whichpushed

AmericanRomanticismintoanewphase,thephaseofNewEngland

Transcendentalism.

15)Lifeisreal!

Lifeisearnest!

Andthegraveisnotitsgoal

Dustthouart,todustreturnestwasnotspokenofthesoul.

Theselinesaretakenfromapoementitled______.

16)Directpsychoanalysiscouldnotpossiblybefoundintheworksof

______.

A.EdgarAllanPoe

B.WashingtonIrving

C.HenryJames

D.ErnestHemingway

17)______torethemaskofgentilitytopiecesandwroteaboutthe

helplessnessofman,hisinsignificanceinacoldworld,andhislackof

dignityinfaceofthecrushingforcesofenvironmentandheredity.

18)ComparedwiththewritingsofMarkTwain’s,HenryJames’sfiction

isnotedfortheir______.

A.frontiervernacular

B.richcolloquialism

C.refinedelegantlanguage

D.vulgarlydescriptivewords

19)Whichofthefollowingplaysishighlyautobiographic?______

A.AStreetcarNamedDesire

B.DeathofaSalesman

C.LongDay’sJourneyintoNight

D.TheHairyApe

20)TheCompsons,theSartorises,andtheSutpensarerepresentative

southernaristocraticfamiliesin______’snovels,andtheyareallportrayed

asprisonersofthepast,whocannotreconcilewiththefallofthesouthafter

______.

21)InTheWomanWarrior,______rewritesthelegendofChinese

heroinetoexpressherdesiretobecomeawomanwarriorinaracistand

sexistsociety.

22)______doesn’tdirectlyemploysexualimpotencetosymbolize

spiritualpovertyinhisworks.

A.ErnestHemingway

B.T.S.Eliot

C.WaltWhitman

D.EdwardAlbee

23)“Amoistyoungmoonhungabovethemistofaneighboring

meadow.”

InthesentencefromConclusiveEvidence,VladimirNabokovusesthe

figureofspeechcalled______.

2.EssayQuestions(45points)

Directions:Answeranythreeofthefollowingessayquestionswithout

citingthesameliteraryworkfortwodifferent

questions.YouranswerisexpectedtobewritteninidiomaticEnglish,to

haveaclearlystatedandwellfocusedcentralargumentthatissupportedwith

discussion,explanation,examples,andotherevidenceratherthanaplot

summary,andtoshowyouhavenotonlyreadtheliterarywork,buthadyour

understandingaswell.

1)Manywritersseemtobelieveinthetherapeuticandrevitalizing

powerofnature.Illustratetheimageofnatureanditsimpactonhuman

beingsinaspecificnovel,play,poemorshortstorybyanAmericanor

Britishwriter/playwright/poet.

2)AttheendofTess’story,Hardywrotethat“‘Justice’wasdone,and

thePresidentoftheImmortals(inAeschyleanphrase)hadendedhissport

withTess.”Howdoyouunderstandthissentence?InwhatsenseisTess’

storytragic?

3)InForWhomtheBellTolls,thereadersseeaclearchangeof

Hemingway’sformerindividualisticattitudeshownasinTheSunAlsoRises

toafreshfaithofsocialdestiniesofmen.Illustratethispointonthebasisof

thesetwonovels.

4)Theship(ortheboat,orthelike)hasbeenakeysymbolinwestern

literature.W.H.Audenholdsthattherearemainlytwoviewsofaship:asa

vesselisolatedintheocean,thusamicrocosmofsociety;andasavehicleof

escapefromtheshore,thusanimageoffreedom.Elaborateonthesymbolic

meaningoftheship/boat,oraboardedfloatingobjectinoneAmericanor

Britishnovel.

2012年天津外國語大學(xué)801英語語言文學(xué)

（英美文學(xué)方向）考研真題

I.Chinese-EnglishTranslation(40points)

Directions:WriteyourtranslationontheANSWERSHEET.

24歲的龍口姑娘刁娜，前不久與丈夫在下班途中，看到一位女子被

撞倒在路中央。為也不讓傷者被二次碾軋，“不讓小悅悅悲劇重演”，刁

娜與丈夫毫不猶豫地下車救人，一邊撥打急救電話，一邊護在作者身前

疏導(dǎo)交通。漸漸地天色越來越暗，看著面前一輛輛汽車飛馳而來，刁娜

心里也是害怕的。她急中生智，讓丈夫去車?yán)锬镁九?。可就在這時，

意外發(fā)生了。

一輛小汽車超過一輛貨車，直開到刁娜跟前，刁娜被狠狠地撞倒在

地，右腿鉆心的疼，然后疼昏了過去……

刁娜的善舉感染了車禍中的肇事者、被救者，他們用友善、諒解和

誠信，續(xù)寫了一段關(guān)于良知、公德與責(zé)任的佳話……

在一個民族陷入集體的道德焦慮、道德追問之時，刁娜的義舉，各

方的人性善良，既是一抹亮色，也讓我們深思。

II.CriticalWriting(40points)

Directions:Respondtothefollowingpassageinanessayofnomore

than300wordswithatitleofyourownchoice,a

clearlystatedcentralargument,anddetails/examplestosupportthe

argument.WriteyouranswerontheANSWERSHEET.

YanXuetong,professorofpoliticalscienceanddeanoftheInstituteof

ModernInternationalRelationsatTsinghuaUniversity,arguesinAncient

ChineseThought,ModernChinesePower,that“moralitycanplayakeyrole

inshapinginternationalcompetitionbetweenpoliticalpowers—and

separatingthewinnersfromthelosers.”

III.Thispartconsistsofsevensections.Answerthequestionssetforthe

programforwhichyouaremakingtheapplication.Writeyouranswersor

yourtranslationontheANSWERSHEET.(70points)

SectionB英美文學(xué)方向部分(70points)

QuestionsinthissectionaresetforapplicantstotheMAprogramof

American&BritishLiterature.WriteyouranswersontheANSWER

SHEET.

1.FactualQuestions:(25points)

Directions:Fillintheblanks.Writethenumberofthequestionandyour

answerontheANSWERSHEET.

1)_______________by_____________recordsthehistoryofmodern

civilizationadvancingontherecedingwilderness,anditsbasicconflictis

betweentheprotagonistwhoinsistsonman’soldforestfreedomandthe

judgewhobelievesthatmanremainssavagewithoutlawandorder.

2)“Tospeaktruly,fewadultpersonscanseenature.Mostpersonsdo

notseethesun.Atleasttheyhaveaverysuperficialseeing.Thesun

illuminatesonlytheeyeoftheman,butshinesintotheeyeandtheheartof

the_______________.”TheselinesaretakenfromNatureby

_______________.

3)IsabelArcher,whocomestoEuropewithawilltoliveafreelifeonly

tobecomethevictimoftwoAmericanexpatriates’scheming,isthe

protagonistof_______________by_______________.

4)In_______________,StephenCranehas_______________asthe

historicalsettingtofaithfullyrepresentthecowardiceandfearofthe

protagonistwhotriestofleefromthecombat.

5)“TheBurialoftheDead,”AGameofChess,”“TheFireSermon,”

DeathbyWater,”and“WhattheThunderSaid”composethefivepartsofthe

poem_______________.

6)_______________’splay_______________successfullyportraysthe

Wingfieldsasafamilyofescapistswhoareindulgedintheirownillusory

worlds.

7)Mostof_______________’sheroesareJewishintellectualsorwriters

who,facingviolenceandvictimization,trytodiscover“thequeernessof

existence”andovercomeit.

8)In_______________,theunnamedAfricanAmericanwhoistrapped

inacoal-filledmanholerecallshispastexperiencesfromasmallsouthern

towntoNewYork.

9)_______________isregardedbymanycriticsastheearliestnarrative

poeminthehistoryofBritishliterature.

10)JohnBunyanisanEnglishnovelistofthe17thcentury.Themain

narrativetechniqueheusesinhisfamousworkThePilgrims’Progressis

_______________.

11)Inthe10thcentury,heroiccoupletasapoeticmediumreachedits

perfectioninthehandsof_______________.

12)In_______________’s_______________,theprotagonistbeginsas

amanofintegrityandapillarofhiscountry,butendswithatragicvisionof

humanexistence,voicingthat“Lifeisataletoldbyanidiot,fullofsound

andfury,signifyingnothing.”

13)Thepoem_______________bySamuleTaylorColeridgeliterally

relateshowakingcommandsapalacetobebuilt,butthematicallysuggests

thatagreatpoethastotouchhellandtheunconsciousinordertoseeintothe

essenceofthingsandcomposegreatpoetry.

14)_______________by_______________tracesthegrowthofyoung

Pipfrominnocencetoexperienceandfromimmaturitytomaturity.

15)In“MyLastDuchess,”RobertBrowningemploys

_______________asthepoeticformtohavethespeakerrevealhisinner

psychology.

16)Thethreemajorcharactersin_______________’smasterpiece

_______________representthreedifferenthumanarchetypesineducation,

taste,andattitudetowardlife,withStevenDedalusthemostcultured,

LeopoldBloominthemiddleofthesocialandeducationalladder,andMolly

settlingcomfortablyatthebottom.

17)__________________________________________________isan

exampleofparadox.

2.EssayQuestions(45points)

Directions:Answeranythreeofthefollowingessayquestionswithout

citingthesameliteraryworkfortwodifferent

questions.Youranswerisexpectedtohaveaclearlystatedandwell

focusedcentralargumentthatissupportedwithdiscussion,explanation,

examples,andotherevidenceratherthanaplotsummary.

1)ByAristotle’sdefinitionoftragedy,atragiccharactersuffersthe

changeoffortunefromgoodtobad,ordertodisorder,andthischangeisa

resultnotofvicebutofsomegreaterrororfrailtyincharacter.Analyzethe

tragicflawofacharacterinAmericanorBritishliterature.

2)Asatheoristofshortstory,EdgarAllanPoeproposesthatthefirst

sentenceshouldhelpbringoutthesingleeffectofthestory.Explainwhatthe

singleeffectof“TheFalloftheHouseofUsher”isandhowitisachieved

throughthebeginningsentence.

3)Defineandillustratewhattheomniscientpointofviewiswith

referencetoonenovelbyJaneAustenorCharlesDickens.

4)Writersorpoetsareoftenlumpedtogetherasagroupforthesame

artisticassertiontheyshareorthesamesignificantsocialevent(s)theyare

influencedby.TheLostGenerationisaparticulartermreferringtothe

writersandartistswhospokefortheyoungpeoplethatcameofageduring

andshortlyaftertheFirstWorldWar,alternativelyknownastheWorldWar

Igeneration.Pleasedescribethecharacteristicsof“TheLostGeneration”

withreferencestowritersandliteraryworks.

2011年天津外國語大學(xué)801英語語言文學(xué)

（英美文學(xué)方向）考研真題

I.ChineseEnglishTranslation.(40points)

Directions:Translatetheunderlinedsentencesinthefollowingpassage

intoEnglish.WriteyourtranslationontheANSWERSHEET.

農(nóng)民工版《春天里》憑什么打動人？

“如果有一天／我老無所依／請把我留在／在那時光里，如果有一天

我悄然離去／請把我埋在／這春天里”。在這個寒流不斷侵襲的冬日，

一對農(nóng)民工兄弟用嘶啞和蒼涼的歌聲，給我們帶米別樣的“春天”。

兩位農(nóng)民工光著膀子在出租屋唱《春天里》的視頻，迅速紅遍網(wǎng)

絡(luò)。湖南省委書記周強說，“每看一次都感動得熱淚盈眶”。

沒有華麗的舞臺，沒有精心的包裝，打動人心的是夾雜著啤酒、香

煙和雄性荷爾蒙氣息的男人風(fēng)格，是涌動的不安和悲壯的歌詞，更是困

境中頑強的吶喊、艱難中無怨無悔的堅持。

像成千上萬涌入城市的草根一樣，這兩位農(nóng)民工兄弟為了夢想奮

斗，哪怕凄風(fēng)冷雨，哪怕路人白眼!他們用青春寫著“奮斗改變命運”的

精神，用汗水描繪中國人無怨無悔的心靈之歌。

II.CriticalWriting.(40points)

Directions:RespondtoONEofthefourtheseslistedinthefollowing

passageinanessayapproximately300words

withatitleofyourownchoice,aclearlystatedcentralargument,and

details／examplestosupporttheargument.Writeyouransweronthe

ANSWERSHEET.

“Televisionmakesyoustupid.

Virtuallyallcurrenttheoriesofthemediumcomedowntothissimple

statement.Fourprincipletheoriescanbedistinguished.

Themanipulationthesispointstoanideologicaldimension.Itseesin

televisionaboveallaninstrumentofpoliticaldomination.Themediumis

understoodasaneutralvessel,whichpoursoutopinionsoverapublic

thoughtofaspassive.Seducedunsuspectingviewersarewonoverbythe

wirepullerswithoutactuallyrealizingwhatishappeningtothem.

Theimitationthesisarguesprimarilyinmoralterms,Accordingtoit

televisionconsumptionleadsabovealltomoraldangers.Anyonewhois

exposedtothemediumbecomeshabituatedtolibertinism,irresponsibility,

crimeandviolence.Theprivateconsequencesareblunted,callousand

obstinateindividuals；thepublicconsequencesarethelossofsocialvirtues

andgeneralmoraldecline.Thisformofcritiquedraws,asisobviousatfirst

glance,ontraditional,bourgeoissources.

Morerecentisthesimulationthesis.Accordingtoit,thevieweris

renderedincapableofdistinguishingbetweenrealityandfiction.Theprimary

realityisrenderedunrecognizableorreplacedbyasecondaryphantom-like

reality.

Alltheseconvergeinthestupefactionthesis.Accordingtoit,watching

television,notonlyunderminestheviewer’sabilitytocriticiseand

differentiate,alongwiththemoralandpoliticalfibreoftheirbeing,butalso

impairtheiroverallabilitytoperceive.Televisionproduces,therefore,anew

typeofhumanbeing,whocan,accordingtotaste,beimaginedasazombieor

mutant.

III.Thispartconsistsofsixsections.Answerthequestionsetforthe

programforwhichyouaremakingtheapplication.Writeyouransweror

yourtranslationontheANSWERSHEET.(70points)

SectionB英美文學(xué)方向部分(70points)

QuestionsinthissectionaresetforapplicantstotheMAprogramof

American&BritishLiterature.WriteyouranswersontheANSWER

SHEET.

1.FactualQuestions.(22points)

Directions：Fillintheblanks.Writethenumberofthequestionand

youranswerontheANSWERSHEET.

1)InWilliamShakespeare’sSonnet18,thespeakercompareshis

belovedtothesummerseason,andinthelasttwolines(“Solongasmencan

breatheoreyescansee／Solonglivesthis,andthisgiveslifetothee”),

writteninarhymed,hestatesthathisbelovedwillliveineternitythrough

“this”,whichrefersto.

2)AModestProposalbyJonathanSwiftisasharpagainstthesocial

injusticein.

3)Williambasedhispoetictheoryontheprinciplethat“allgoodpoetry

isthespontaneousoverflowof.”

4)TheEnglishnovelbegantoprosperin18thcenturyasanewliterary

genre.Inthisperiodthereappearedanumberofgreatnovelistssuchas,

DanielDefoe,and.

5)“Doyouthink,becauseIampoor,obscure,plain,andlittle.Iam

soullessandheartless?Youthinkwrong!—.Ihaveasmuchsoulasyou,—

andfullasmuchheart!AndifGodhadgiftedmewithsomebeautyand

muchwealth,Ishouldhavemadeitashardfor,youtoleaveme,asitisnow

formetoleaveyou.”Thisselectionistakenfromthenovel.

6)JosephConradisoneofthepioneersofEnglishmodernistliterature.

Thewords“Thehorror!Thehorror!”inhisshortstoryisdeemedas

Conrad’sindictmentofhumancorruptioncausedbyinsatiablegreed.

7)PygmalionisoneofBernardShaw’spopularplays,oneofwhose

themesisidentifiedastherelationshipbetweenlanguageandpeople’s.

8)ThemajorthemeofD.H.Lawarence’sSonsandLoversisits

expositionofth