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SectionI:

Checkingunderstandingofgeneralliteraryconceptsandcoursecontentawareness（25points）

Questions1-10 

（10points）

Thereare10incompletesentencesinthispart.Foreachsentence,therearefourchoicesmarkedA,B,CandD.Choosetheanswerthatbestcompletesthesentence.ThencirclethecorrespondingletterontheAnswerSheet.

1. 

Scroogeisacharactercreatedby______.

A. 

JaneAusten 

B. 

WilliamShakespeare

C. 

CharlesDickens 

D. 

WilliamWordsworth

2. 

Whichtypeofthetextwouldyouconsiderasliterature?

newspaperstories 

shortstories

businessletter 

memo

3. 

“Pygmalion”isa______by______.

shortstory,BernardShaw 

play,BernardShaw

poem,W.B.Yeats 

play,W.B.Yeats

4. 

“ARedRedRose”isknownas“balladstanza”.Thispoeticformusuallycontains______rhymedlinesineachstanza.

4 

6

2 

8

5. 

Inliterarylanguage,especially,inthelanguageofpoetry,poetsare“privileged”tobreaksomeofthecommonlyobservedrulesintheiruseoflanguage.Thisiswhatisknownas______.

dramaticmeasurement 

artisticways

poeticlicence 

reader’sDigest

6. 

Aspeech,oftenofsomelength,inwhichacharacter,aloneonthestage,expresseshisthoughtsandfeelings,isknownas______.

speculation 

figureofspeech

soliloquy 

flashback

7. 

Hamlet,OthelloandKingLeararewell-knowntragediesbyShakespeare,togetherwith______.

MerchantofVenice 

MidsummerNight’sdream

AsyouLikeit 

Macbeth

8. 

Theterm______isthejargonusedtoindicatetheessentialstructureinastory,thepattern,theorderwhichastoryisbuiltupandwhichholdsittogether,thestoryline.

exposition 

plot

climax 

classicplotstructure

9. 

“WutheringHeights”isahousewherethemaincharacterslive______accordingtothenovel.

onaplain 

onamoor

inavalley 

inahill

10. 

Themethodthatthewriterusestostarthisstoryinthemiddleoftheevent,ratherthaninthebeginningiscalled______,alatinphrase,literallytranslatedas“inthemiddleofthings.”

tension 

elaboration

denouement 

inmediarest

Questions11-15 

（15points）

Thereare5incompletesentencesinthispart.Fillintheblankswithproperwordsorphrasestocompleteeachsentence.Writeyouranswersontheanswersheet.

11. 

Pleaselist3typesofliterarygenre______,______,______.

12. 

Indiscussingthemesoftheliteraryworks,thewriterusuallyusesfourwaysofgivinghisorherideas,pleasewriteatleast3ofthem______,______,______. 

13. 

Thereareusually5elementsinvolvedinreadingfictionsanddramas.Theyaresetting,______,______,______andconflict.

14. 

IsJaneEyrearoundcharacterorflatcharacter?

Giveatleastonereasontosupportyourpoint.____________.

15. 

Listatleast3differenttypesofconflictsmentionedinthetextbook.______,______,______.

CheckingUnderstandingofEnglishPoems（16points）（Questions16-19）

HereisashortpoembyAmericanpoetJoyceKilmer.Hetalksabouttreesinthepoem.Readthepoemcarefullyandanswerquestionsbelow.WriteyouranswersontheAnswerSheet.

Trees

IthinkthatIshallneversee

Apoemlovelyasatree.

Atreewhosehungrymouthisprest

Againsttheearth’ssweetflowingbreast;

AtreethatlooksatGodallday,

Andliftsherleafyarmstopray;

AtreethatmayinSummerwear

Anestofrobinsinherhair;

Uponwhosebosomsnowhaslain;

Whointimatelyliveswithrain.

Poemsaremadebyfoolslikeme,

ButonlyGodcanmakeatree.

——JoyceKilmer

Questionsonthepoem.

16. 

What’stherhymeschemeofthepoem?

（4points）

17. 

Findtwoexamplesoffiguresofspeechusedinthepoem.（4points）

18. 

Whatdoesthepoetintendtosayinthelasttwolines?

19. 

Findtwoimagesinthepoem,whatdotheysymbolize?

（4points）

CheckingUnderstandingofEnglishDrama（14points）

PartA（Questions20-23）（8points）

Here’sanextractfromBernardShaw’splayPygmalion.Readitandanswerquestionsbelow.WriteyouranswersontheAnswerSheet.

BernardShaw（1856-1950）.Pygmalion.1916.

ACT1

Coventgardenat11.15p.m.Torrentsofheavysummerrain.Cabwhistlesblowingfranticallyinalldirections.PedestriansrunningforshelterintothemarketandundertheportionofSt.Paul’sChurch,wheretherearealreadyseveralpeople,amongthemaladyandherdaughterineveningdress.Theyareallpeeringoutgloomilyattherain,exceptonemanwithhisbackturnedtotherest,whoseemswhollypreoccupiedwithanotebookinwhichheiswritingbusily.

Thechurchclockstrikesthefirstquarter.

THEDAUGHTER 

[inthespacebetweenthecentralpillars,closetotheoneonherleft]I’mgettingchilledtothebone.WhatcanFreddybedoingallthistime?

He’sbeengonetwentyminutes.

THEMOTHER 

[Onherdaughter’sright]Notsolong.Butheoughttohavegotusacabbynow.

ABYSTANDER 

[onthelady’sright]Hewon’tgetnocabnotuntilhalf-pasteleven,missus,whentheycomebackafterdroppingtheirtheatrefares.

THEMOTHER. 

Butwemusthaveacab.Wecan’tstandhereuntilhalf-pasteleven.

It’stoobad.

THEBYSTANDER. 

Well,itain’tmyfault,missus.

THEDAUGHTER. 

IfFreddyhadabitofgumption,hewouldhavegotoneatthetheatredoor.

Whatcouldhehavedone,poorboy?

Otherpeoplegotcabs.Whycouldn’the?

FreddyrushesinoutoftherainfromtheSouthamptonStreetside,andcomesbetweenthemclosingadrippingumbrella.Heisayoungmanoftwenty,ineveningdress,verywetaroundtheankles.

Well,haven’tyougotacab?

FREDDY. 

There’snotonetobehadforloveormoney.

Oh,Freddy,theremustbeone.Youcan’thavetried.

THEDAUGHTER. 

It’stootiresome.Doyouexpectustogoandgetoneourselves?

Itellyouthey’reallengaged.Therainwassosudden:

nobodywasprepared;

andeverybodyhadtotakeacab.I’vebeentoCharingCrossonewayandnearlytoLudgateCircustheother;

andtheywereallengaged.

THEMOGHER. 

DidyoutryTrafalgarSquare?

Therewasn’toneatTrafalgarSquare.

Didyoutry?

ItriedasfarasCharingCrossStation.DidyouexpectmetowalktoHammersmith?

Youhaven’ttriedatall.

THEMOGTHER. 

Youreallyareveryhelpless,Freddy.Goagain;

anddon’tcomebackuntilyouhavefoundacab.

Ishallsimplygetsoakedfornothing.

Andwhataboutus?

Arewetostayhereallnightinthisdraught,withnexttonothingon.Youselfishpig.

Oh,verywell:

I’llgo,I’llgo.[HeopenshisumbrellaanddashesoffStrandwardsbutcomesintocollisionwithaflowergirl,whoishurryinginforshelter,knockingherbasketoutofherhands.Ablindingflashoflightning,followedinstantlybyarattlingpealofthunder,orchestratestheincident]. 

THEFLOWERGIRL.Nahthen,Freddy:

lookwhy’gowin,deah.

F