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Informationfortheexaminees:

   *Thisexaminationconsistsof5sections.Theyare:

   SectionI:

Checkingunderstandingofgeneralliteraryconceptsandcoursecontentawareness

（25points）

SectionII:

CheckingunderstandingofEnglishpoems（16points）

SectionIII:

CheckingunderstandingofEnglishdrama（14points）

SectionIV:

CheckingunderstandingofEnglishshortstories（25points）

SectionV:

Checkingwritingskills（20points）

*Thetotalmarksforthisexaminationare100points.Timeallowedforcompletingthis

examinationis2hours（120minutes）.

   *TherewillbenoextratimetotransferanswerstotheAnswerSheet;therefore,youshould

writeALLyouranswersontheAnswerSheetasyoudoeachtask.

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?

      A. newspaperstories                               B. shortstories

      C. businessletter                                     D. memo

 3.  “Pygmalion”isa______by______.

      A. shortstory,BernardShaw                    B. play,BernardShaw

      C. poem,W.B.Yeats                               D. play,W.B.Yeats

 4.  “ARedRedRose”isknownas“balladstanza”.Thispoeticformusuallycontains______rhymedlinesineachstanza.

      A. 4                                                       B. 6

      C. 2                                                       D. 8

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

      A. dramaticmeasurement                         B. artisticways

      C. poeticlicence                                      D. reader’sDigest

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

      A. speculation                                         B. figureofspeech

      C. soliloquy                                            D. flashback

 7.  Hamlet,OthelloandKingLeararewell-knowntragediesbyShakespeare,togetherwith______.

      A. MerchantofVenice                             B. MidsummerNight’sdream

      C. AsyouLikeit                                     D. Macbeth

 8.  Theterm______isthejargonusedtoindicatetheessentialstructureinastory,thepattern,theorderwhichastoryisbuiltupandwhichholdsittogether,thestoryline.

      A. exposition                                           B. plot

      C. climax                                                D. classicplotstructure

 9.  “WutheringHeights”isahousewherethemaincharacterslive______accordingtothenovel.

      A. onaplain                                           B. onamoor

      C. inavalley                                           D. inahill

10.  Themethodthatthewriterusestostarthisstoryinthemiddleoftheevent,ratherthaninthebeginningiscalled______,alatinphrase,literallytranslatedas“inthemiddleofthings.”

      A. tension                                               B. elaboration

      C. denouement                                        D. inmediarest

Questions11-15 （15points）

Thereare5incompletesentencesinthispart.Fillintheblankswithproperwordsorphrasestocompleteeachsentence.Writeyouranswersontheanswersheet.

11.  Pleaselist3typesofliterarygenre______,______,______.

12.  Indiscussingthemesoftheliteraryworks,thewriterusuallyusesfourwaysofgivinghisorherideas,pleasewriteatleast3ofthem______,______,______.                  

13.  Thereareusually5elementsinvolvedinreadingfictionsanddramas.Theyaresetting,______,______,______andconflict.

14.  IsJaneEyrearoundcharacterorflatcharacter?

Giveatleastonereasontosupportyourpoint.____________.

15.  Listatleast3differenttypesofconflictsmentionedinthetextbook.______,______,______.

SectionII:

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?

（4points）

19.    Findtwoimagesinthepoem,whatdotheysymbolize?

（4points）

SectionIII:

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.

THEMOTHER.           Whatcouldhehavedone,poorboy?

THEDAUGHTER.       Otherpeoplegotcabs.Whycouldn’the?

FreddyrushesinoutoftherainfromtheSouthamptonStreetside,andcomesbetweenthemclosingadrippingumbrella.Heisayoungmanoftwenty,ineveningdress,verywetaroundtheankles.

THEDAUGHTER.       Well,haven’tyougotacab?

FREDDY.                    There’snotonetobehadforloveormoney.

THEMOTHER.           Oh,Freddy,theremustbeone.Youcan’thavetried.

THEDAUGHTER.      It’stootiresome.Doyouexpectustogoandgetoneourselves?

FREDDY.                    Itellyouthey’reallengaged.Therainwassosudden:

nobodywasprepared;andeverybodyhadtotakeacab.I’vebeentoCharingCrossonewayandnearlytoLudgateCircustheother;andtheywereallengaged.

THEMOGHER.           DidyoutryTrafalgarSquare?

FREDDY.                    Therewasn’toneatTrafalgarSquare.

THEDAUGHTER.       Didyoutry?

FREDDY.                    ItriedasfarasCharingCrossStation.DidyouexpectmetowalktoHammersmith?

THEDAUGHTER.       Youhaven’ttriedatall.

THEMOGTHER.         Youreallyareveryhelpless,Freddy.Goagain;anddon’tcomebackuntilyouhavefoundacab.

FREDDY.                    Ishallsimplygetsoakedfornothing.

THEDAUGHTER.       Andwhataboutus?

Arewetostayhereallnightinthisdraught,withnexttonothingon.Youselfishpig.

FREDDY.                    Oh,verywell:

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

THEFLOWERGIRL.Nahthen,Freddy:

lookwhy’gowin,deah.

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