福师1203考试批次《英美文学选读》复习题及参考答案Word文档格式.docx

1、Die not, poor Death, nor yet canst thou kill me.From rest and sleep, which but thy pictures be,Much pleasure; then from thee much must flow,And soonest our best men with thee do go,参考答案：This poem focuses on a key paradox of Christian doctrine: central to the believers religious awakening is the real

2、ization of mortality, the fear of death. But ultimately the hope of resurrection makes death lose its sting. In the words of the poem, death has no reason to “swell” with pride. We are afraid of death, and yet we are not afraid of death. This religious idea is expressed in the authors supposed dialo

3、gue with “death,” as various reasons are given in the poem to argue against the common belief in death as “mighty and dreadful.” 2. Tyger! Tyger! burning bright It the forests of the night,What immortal hand or eyeCould frame thy fearful symmetry?In what distant deeps or skiesBurnt the fire of thine

4、 eyes?On what wings dare he aspire?What the hand, dare seize the fire?The tiger represents energy. Blake felt that energy was good. Energy / wrath can overthrow error. So revolutionary energy can overthrow error. The tiger represents this force of energy and wrath that is to consume error. Tiger / w

5、rath / energy / problem can be dead and consumed and then lamb turns into tiger. Anyway there must be tiger and lamb in the universe. That is the law of nature.II. Question answers （20%）1. Please tell the idea in the short story of “Mr. Know-All” by William Somerset Maugham The story takes place in

6、international waters on an ocean going liner sailing from San Fracisco, U.S.A to Yokohama, Japan on the Pacific ocean. As the war had just ended, it was difficult to get accomodations. Therefore, the narrator had to share a cabin with a total stranger, but he expected him to be one of his own countr

7、ymen. Instead, he was deeply shocked to realize it was a chatty Levantine of oriental origin, Mr. Max Kelada, who was not British, but a native of one of the British colonies （he did have a British passport）. Although his origin isnt stated precisely, his name suggests Spanish, Portugese, Syrian or

8、even Jewish origin. The narrator mentions Mr. Keladas hooked nose, which might imply an antisemitic remark against Jews.The narrator was prepared to dislike Mr. Kelada even before he saw him. When he first entered the cabin, he saw Mr. Keladas luggage and toilet things that had already been unpacked

9、. The mans name and the sight of his things aroused a strong repulsion in him since he was prejudiced against all non- Britons, feeling superior to them. The irony of the story lies in the fact that the list of Mr. Keladanegative traits presented in the beginning of the story shows an orderly, neat

10、and tidy gentleman.When the narrator met Mr. Kelada, his hatred got even stronger. He abhorred the cultural differences between Kelada and himself. He both detested and despised Mr. Keladas gestures. Therefore, the description of Kelada is negative and biased. The narrators prejudice is based on sev

11、eral cultural differences between him and Mr. Kelada:a） A total stranger should address a gentleman with Mr. and be formal.b） A gentleman shouldnt be pushy.c） A gentleman should be modest.d） A gentleman should keep quiet during meals.e） A gentleman shouldnt be too chatty and argumentative.f） A gentl

12、eman shouldnt show off and boast about his super knowledge.g） A gentleman shouldnt be too dogmatic.Mr. Kelada was a person that seemed to know everything and was involved in everything, not sensing that he was disliked by everybody. He was very chatty and talked as if he had been superior to everybo

13、dy else. The passengers mocked him and called him Mr. Know - All even to his face.There was another dogmatic person on the ship - Mr. Ramsay who was an American Consular Serviceman stationed in Kobe, Japan. He was on his way to Kobe after having picked up his pretty little wife, who had stayed on he

14、r own in New York for a whole year. She looked very modest. Her clothes were simple although they achieved an effect of quiet distinction. She looked perfect and was adorable.One evening, the conversation drifted to the subject of pearls. As Mrs. Ramsay was wearing a string of pearls, Mr. Kelada ann

15、ounced that it certainly was a genuine one which had probably cost many thousands of dollars. He was ready to bet a hundred dollars on it. Mr. Ramsay, on the other hand, that his wife had bought it for 18 dollars in a department store. When Mr. Know - All took out a magnifying glass from his pocket,

16、 he noticed a desperat appeal in Mrs. Ramsays eyes. He then realized that Mrs. Ramsay got the pearls from her lover.Since Mr. Kelada didnt . want to destroy Mrs. Ramsays marriage, he ruined his reputation instead - he told everybody that he was wrong and that the string was an excellent imitation. H

17、e gave Mr. Ramsay a hundred dollars.The story spread all over the ship and everybody mocked Mr. Kelada. Later, while the narrator and Mr. Know - All were in their cabin, an envelope was pushed under the door. It contained a hundred dollar bill from Mrs. Ramsay. It was then that the narrator learned

18、to value the dark - skinned Levantine. He was amazed at Mr. Keladas generosity.This story shows that first impressions are often misleading and that appearances are sometimes deceptive. Mr. Kelada who is described as a disgusting person who shows off all the time and knows everything better than oth

19、ers, is in reality a sensitive, brave gentleman who wouldnt hurt others. On the other hand, Mrs. Ramsay, whose modesty and good qualities no one questions, has been unfaithful to her husband.The moral of the story is that we must not judge a book by its cover. Rather than judging a person by his loo

20、ks, color or origin we should observe his behaviour and reactions in difficult situations.2. Whats Evelyn Waughs “Mr. Lovedays Little Outing ” about? Miss Angela after ten years parting with her mental morbid father went for the first time to see him in the lunatic asylum where she is indifferent to

21、 her own father, but greatly touched by an another patient named Mr. Loveday who commits murder crime long ago and now is a good companion to her father and kind to everybody here. Chatting with him she finds him well and normal now and further asks him his future wishes and is told he would like to

22、 have an outing. Miss Angela consults books and professional people and finally triumphs in obtaining an opportunity for him to carry out his wishes. On the day of his departure the lunatic house holds a ceremony to celebrate his freedom and see him off. Miss Angela comes to attend the ceremony. Two

23、 hours later Mr. Loveday returns and says he has successfully fulfilled his wishes. A couple of days later an old bike is found beside the road side ditch together with the dead body of a young lady from the lunatic house on the way of home for tea. Miss Angela is murdered!The story, like Brother by

24、 Greene, exposes the cold reality of the society of his time in 1930s. Miss Angela shows cold and indifferent attitude towards her own morbid father but out of curiosity evinces odd sympathy over another lunatic patient who finally killed her. The story is both an exposure and satire of his time and

25、 people.Both Greenes Brother and Mr. Lovedays Little Outing are written from the point of view of intrusive narrator, i.e. like Hemingways Killers, the stories give no clear hints of what are implied by the author, the reader has to associate the details and clues with a keen and perceiving eye. For

26、 example in this story on page 331-2-2 there is an important detail telling after Mr. Moping failed to hang himself on annual garden party day and is sent off to the lunatic asylum, then it writes: Since then Lady Moping had paid seasonal calls at the asylum and returned in time for tea, rather reti

27、cent of her experience. Her husband is away and each time Mrs. Moping pays a short visit and then back in time for tea. Then in the end of the story when the dead body of the young lady is found, the author writes: Half a mile up the road from the asylum gates, they later discovered an abandoned bic

28、ycle. It was a ladys machine of some antiquity. Quite near it in the ditch lay the strangled body of a young woman, who, riding home to her tea, had chanced to overtake Mr. Loveday, as he strode along, musing on his opportunities. Who could that be except Miss Angela?III. Read and try to appreciate

29、the following poem （20%）（Please write your answer here）1.Success is Counted SweetestSuccess is Counted SweetestBy those who neer succeedTo comprehend a nectarRequires sorest needNot one of all the purple hostWho took the flag todayCan tell the definition,So clearly, of victoryAs he, defeated, dyingO

30、n whose forbidden earThe distant strains of triumphBurst, agonized and clear.A common idea in Dickinsons poems is that not having increases our appreciation or enjoyment of what we lack; the person who lacks （or does not have） understands whatever is lacking better than the person who possesses it.

31、In this poem, the loser knows the meaning definition of victory better than the winners. The implication is that he has won this knowledge by paying so high a price, with the anguish of defeat and with his death.In stanza one, she repeats the s sound and, to a lesser degree, n. Why does she use this alliteration? i.e., are the words significant?Sorest is used with the older meaning of greatest, but can it also have the more common meaning? What are the associations of nectar-good, bad, indifferent? Does pick up any word in the first line?