2008年四川大学英语专业(英美文学)真题试卷及答案【精选】

2008年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试(四川卷)英语本试卷分第工卷(选择题)和第皿卷(非选择题)两部分。

共150分，考试时间l20分钟。

第1卷(选择题共l05分)第一部分英语知识运用(共两节，满分55分l第一节单项填空(共15小题；每小题l分，满分l5分)从A、B、c、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

1.1 haven't seen Ann for ________long that I've forgotten what she looks like.A. suchB. veryC. soD. too2. You have to __________a choice_ Are you going to leave the job or stay?A. decideB. getC. doD. make3. Although badly hurt in the accident, the driver was ______able to make a phonecallA. stillB. evenC. alsoD. ever4. For many cities in the world, there is no room to spread Out further,_____ NewYork is an example.A. for whichB. in whichC. of whichD.from which5.--Let's go for a walk in the garden.-- _______, but I need to do the washing-up.A. No, thank youB. That's rightC. Good ideaD. Not at all6. There were some chairs left over ______everyone had sat down.A. whenB. untilC. thatD. where7. The telephone, but by the time I got indoors, it stopped.A. had rungB. was ringingC. ringsD. has rung8. In the United States, there is always_________frow of people to areas of __country where more jobs can be found.A. a;theB. the：aC. the;theD. a;a9. I used to quarrel a lot with my parents, but now we _______fine_A. look outB. stay upC. carry onD. get along10. Although this _____.sound like a simple~ task, great care needed.A must B. may C. shall D. should11. The manager believes prices will not rise by more than____ four percent.A。

一、完形填空1 【正确答案】 D【试题解析】此题主要考查数量number，amount，quantity的固定搭配。

a large／considerable number of或numbers of接可数名词复数，在肯定句中可代替many；a large amount of通常与不可数名词连用；alarge／vast／small quantity或quantities of既可接可数名词，也可接不可数名词。

考生要特别注意文中此句没有不定冠词，故正确答案是D。

2 【正确答案】 C【试题解析】better than“比……更好”；instead of“而不是……，代替……”；as well as“和，以及”；rather than“与其……倒不如”。

从下一句中的difficult to explain what is new or characteristicallyAmerican about them，可推测出此处句意为“……在国内外都很流行”。

故正确答案为C。

3 【正确答案】 B【试题解析】此题主要考查对句子间连贯性的理解和过渡词的正确运用。

therefor e“因此，因而”，通常用于表示因果的逻辑关系中；yet“然而”，表转折关系的连接词；moreover“再者，此外”；thus“从而”，同therefore，但比therefore 正式。

空格前一句是说美国创作了流行国内外的音乐剧，其后一句则指出难以阐释音乐剧的新颖之处及美国的特色何在。

很明显，两句间具有转折的关系。

因而，正确答案为B。

4 【正确答案】 C【试题解析】此处是对从句中关联词的考查。

which：用于选择两者或多者；that：前面应该有先行词；what除具有其疑问意义，即“什么”外，还有陈述意义，表示(所)……的(东西／事情)；how用于询问方法、途径。

根据句意，应选C。

5 【正确答案】 A【试题解析】由下一段第一句话中的“uniqueness”可以推测出本题所表达的意思是“具有美国特征”。

2008年四川大学英语专业（英美文学）真题试卷及答案一、单项选择题1 Which of the following is NOT directly related to the literature of Victorian Age in England?（A）The growth of urban population resulted in the appearance of a new reading public.（B）Many libraries were set up so that books were now available to readers who could not afford to buy them.（C）The plot of novels is unfolded against a social background which is broader than what it had been in previous novels.（D）Most of the novels were not first published in serial form, that is, by installment, before they were fully published in a single book.2 Romance was a type of literature that was very popular in the______.（A）Renaissance period（B）seventeenth century（C）Middle Ages（D）eighteenth century3 Jonathan Swift wrote all the following works EXCEPT______.（A）The Battle of Books（B）The Pilgrim's Progress（C）Gulliver's Travels（D）A Tale of the Tub4 The following statements about neo-classicism are all true EXCEPT______.（A）Elegance, correctness, appropriateness and restraint were preferred（B）It results in the rise of novels as a dominant literary genre（C）It is unsympathetic towards the "rude" masters of old literature—towards Chaucer, Spenser, and even Shakespeare（D）It is almost exclusively a "town" poetry, catering to the interests of the society in great cities.5 Which of the following is NOT a typical feature of Romanticism in England?（A）Spontaneity in expressing feelings.（B）Emphasis on reason.（C）Worship of nature.（D）Simplicity in language.6 Which ONE of the following is the author of The Leather-Stocking Tales?（A）Henry David Thoreau（B）Washington Irving（C）Edgar Allan Poe（D）James Fennimore Cooper7 Which ONE of the following is the author of the poem Song of Myself?（A）Walt Whitman（B）Stephen Crane（C）Edgar Allan Poe（D）Henry Wadsworth Longfellow8 Which one of the following statements is applicable to the understanding of Transcendentalism?（A）It is strongly influenced by social Darwinism.（B）Belief in individualism, independence of mind, and self-reliance.（C）Man has no free-will.（D）It holds that determinism governs everything.9 Mark the novelist whose major works are characterized by the elements of the "grotesque"?（A）Philip Freneau（B）Edgar Allan Poe（C）Washington Irving（D）Emily Dickson10 All the following concepts can be found in American naturalistic fiction EXCEPT______.（A）determinism（B）survival of the fittest（C）effects of hereditary and environmental forces（D）search for identity二、名词解释11 Oscar Wilde12 A Modest Proposal13 James Joyce14 Transcendentalism15 The Octopus三、问答题16 Answer the following questions IN ABOUT 150 WORDS each:(20 points)Make a comment on Emily Bronte' s novel Wuthering Heights.17 Make a comment on Herman Melville' s novel Moby-Dick.一、单项选择题1 【正确答案】 D【试题解析】 Most of the novels were first published in serial form，that is，by installment，before theywere fully published in a single book．(参见罗经国编的《新编英国文学选读下》第118页。

Sichuan International Studies University2008 Postgraduate Admission Examination Paper forTranslation and Writing翻译与写作答题要求:所有答案必须写在答题纸上，否则不给分。

全卷150分，3小时完成。

I. Translate the underlined parts into Chinese: (50 points)I had a farm in Africa, at the foot of the Ngong Hills(恩贡山区). The Equator runs across these highlands, a hundred miles to the North, and the farm lay at an altitude of over six thousand feet.In the day-time you felt that you had got high up, near to the sun, but the early mornings and evenings were limpid and restful, and the nights were cold.The geographical position, and the height of the land combined to create a landscape that had not its like in all the world. There was no fat on it and no luxuriance anywhere; it was Africa distilled up through six thousand feet, like the strong and refined essence of a continent.The colours were dry and burnt, like the colours in pottery,- ,The trees had a light delicate鱼liage, the structure of which was different from that of the trees in Europe; it did not grow inbows or cupolas, but in horizontal layers, and the formation gave to the tall solitary trees alikeness to the palms, or a heroic and romantic air like fullrigged ships with their sails clewedup, and to the edge of a wood a strange appearance as if the whole wood were faintly vibrating.Upon the grass of the great plains the crooked bare old thorn-trees were scattered, and the grasswas spiced like thyme and bog-myrtle; in some places the scent was so strong, that it smartedin the nostrils. All the flowers that you found on the plains, or upon the creepers and liana inthe native forest, were diminutive like flowers of the downs,}nly just in the beginning ofthe long rains a number of big, massive heavy-scented lilies sprang out on the plains. Theviews were immensely wide. Everything that you saw made for greatness and freedom, andunequalled nobility.The chief feature of the landscape, and of your life in it, was the air. Looking back on asojourn in the African highlands, you are struck by your feeling of having lived for a time up in鱼 e air. The sky was rarely more than pale blue or violet, with aprofusion of和ghty,, weightless,ever-chancing clouds towering up and sailing on it, but it has a blue vigour in it, and at a shortdistance it painted the ranges of hills and the woods a fresh deep blue. In the middle of the daythe air was alive over the land, like a flame burning; it scintillated, waved and shone likerunning water, mirrored and_ doubled all objects, and created great Fata Morgana. Up in this丛曲air you breathed easily, drawing in a vital assurance and lightness of heart. In the丛ghlands you woke up in the morning and thought: Here I am, where I ought to be.The丛ountain of Ngong Stretches in a long ridge from North to South, and is crownedwith four noble peaks like immovable darker blue waves against the sky. It rises eight, thousand共2页第1页feet above the Sea, a}过to the East two thousand feet above the surrounding country; but to theWest the drop is deeper and more precipitous,the hills fall vertically down towards theGreat Rift V alley(大裂谷)·The wind in the highlands blows steadily from the North-North-east. It is the samewind that, down at the coasts of Africa and Arabia, they name the Monsoon, the East Wind,which was King Solomon's favourite horse. Up here it is felt as just the resistance-,of.the air, as鱼旦卫arth throws herself. forward into space. The wind runs straight ag inst鱼e NQon到lls,and the slops of the hills would be the ideal place for setting up a glider, that would be liftedupwards by the currents, over鱼e mountain top. The clouds, which were traveling with thewind, struck the side of the~ hill and hung round it, or were caught on, the summit qnd broke intorain. But those that took a higher course and sailed clear of the reef, dissolved to the West of it,over the burning desert of the Rift V alley. Many times I have from my house wondered to seetheir proud floating masses, as soon as they had got over the hills, vanish in the blue air and begone.1l. Translate the following passage into English: (50 points)站在尘土漫漫的路边，自己已没了勇气继续那剩下的一半旅程。

2008年四川大学英语专业（英美文学）真题试卷及答案一、单项选择题1 Which of the following is NOT directly related to the literature of VictorianAge in England?（A）The growth of urban population resulted in the appearance of a new reading public.（B）Many libraries were set up so that books were now available to readers who could not afford to buy them.（C）The plot of novels is unfolded against a social background which is broader than what it had been in previous novels.（D）Most of the novels were not first published in serial form, that is, by installment, before they were fully published in a single book.2 Romance was a type of literature that was very popular in the______.（A）Renaissance period（B）seventeenth century（C）Middle Ages（D）eighteenth century3 Jonathan Swift wrote all the following works EXCEPT______.（A）The Battle of Books（B）The Pilgrim's Progress（C）Gulliver's Travels（D）A Tale of the Tub4 The following statements about neo-classicism are all true EXCEPT______.（A）Elegance, correctness, appropriateness and restraint were preferred（B）It results in the rise of novels as a dominant literary genre（C）It is unsympathetic towards the "rude" masters of old literature—towards Chaucer, Spenser, and even Shakespeare（D）It is almost exclusively a "town" poetry, catering to the interests of thesociety in great cities.5 Which of the following is NOT a typical feature of Romanticism in England?（A）Spontaneity in expressing feelings.（B）Emphasis on reason.（C）Worship of nature.（D）Simplicity in language.6 Which ONE of the following is the author of The Leather-Stocking Tales?（A）Henry David Thoreau（B）Washington Irving（C）Edgar Allan Poe（D）James Fennimore Cooper7 Which ONE of the following is the author of the poem Song of Myself?（A）Walt Whitman（B）Stephen Crane（C）Edgar Allan Poe（D）Henry Wadsworth Longfellow8 Which one of the following statements is applicable to the understanding of Transcendentalism?（A）It is strongly influenced by social Darwinism.（B）Belief in individualism, independence of mind, and self-reliance.（C）Man has no free-will.（D）It holds that determinism governs everything.9 Mark the novelist whose major works are characterized by the elements of the "grotesque"?（A）Philip Freneau（B）Edgar Allan Poe（C）Washington Irving（D）Emily Dickson10 All the following concepts can be found in American naturalistic fiction EXCEPT______.（A）determinism（B）survival of the fittest（C）effects of hereditary and environmental forces（D）search for identity二、名词解释11 Oscar Wilde12 A Modest Proposal13 James Joyce14 Transcendentalism15 The Octopus三、问答题16 Answer the following questions IN ABOUT 150 WORDS each:(20 points)Make a comment on Emily Bronte' s novel Wuthering Heights.17 Make a comment on Herman Melville' s novel Moby-Dick.一、单项选择题1 【正确答案】 D【试题解析】 Most of the novels were first published in serial form，that is，by installment，before theywere fully published in a single book．(参见罗经国编的《新编英国文学选读下》第118页。

2008年四川大学外国语学院211二外英语真题及详解Part One Vocabulary and Structure. Make the best choice for each blank. (1’×30=30’)1. Hardly had the minister finished his statement ______ several reporters raised their hands and put forward a string of questions.A. whenB. asC. thenD. than【答案】A【解析】句意：部长刚发表完他的声明，一些记者就举起手提出了一连串问题。

hardly…when…是固定搭配，表示“刚一……就，几乎未来得及……就”，hardly后面常跟完成时态，when后面常跟一般时态。

A正确。

2. All the members are participating in the scheme ______ a few small firms.A. exceptB. besidesC. except forD. in addition to【答案】C【解析】句意：除了一些小公司之外，所有的成员都加入了这一方案。

这四个选项都可以表示“除了”，except表示“除了，将……除外”，后面通常跟同类事物，例如：You can have anyone of these cakes except this one.表示“除了这一块蛋糕以外，你可以吃任何一块蛋糕”；besides（排斥）除……之外（还有）”；except for表示“除了，将……除外”时，后面通常跟的是整体的一部分和一方面，是对细节的修正，例如：I can answer all the questions except this one. 表示“除了最后一道题以外，我可以回答所有的题”；in addition to表示“除……之外还”，通常用于补充。

[考研类试卷]2008年四川大学英语专业（英美文学）真题试卷一、单项选择题1 Which of the following is NOT directly related to the literature of Victorian Age in England?（A）The growth of urban population resulted in the appearance of a new reading public.（B）Many libraries were set up so that books were now available to readers who could not afford to buy them.（C）The plot of novels is unfolded against a social background which is broader than what it had been in previous novels.（D）Most of the novels were not first published in serial form, that is, by installment, before they were fully published in a single book.2 Romance was a type of literature that was very popular in the______.（A）Renaissance period（B）seventeenth century（C）Middle Ages（D）eighteenth century3 Jonathan Swift wrote all the following works EXCEPT______.（A）The Battle of Books（B）The Pilgrim's Progress（C）Gulliver's Travels（D）A Tale of the Tub4 The following statements about neo-classicism are all true EXCEPT______.（A）Elegance, correctness, appropriateness and restraint were preferred（B）It results in the rise of novels as a dominant literary genre（C）It is unsympathetic towards the "rude" masters of old literature—towards Chaucer, Spenser, and even Shakespeare（D）It is almost exclusively a "town" poetry, catering to the interests of the society in great cities.5 Which of the following is NOT a typical feature of Romanticism in England?（A）Spontaneity in expressing feelings.（B）Emphasis on reason.（C）Worship of nature.（D）Simplicity in language.6 Which ONE of the following is the author of The Leather-Stocking Tales?（A）Henry David Thoreau（B）Washington Irving（C）Edgar Allan Poe（D）James Fennimore Cooper7 Which ONE of the following is the author of the poem Song of Myself?（A）Walt Whitman（B）Stephen Crane（C）Edgar Allan Poe（D）Henry Wadsworth Longfellow8 Which one of the following statements is applicable to the understanding of Transcendentalism?（A）It is strongly influenced by social Darwinism.（B）Belief in individualism, independence of mind, and self-reliance.（C）Man has no free-will.（D）It holds that determinism governs everything.9 Mark the novelist whose major works are characterized by the elements of the "grotesque"?（A）Philip Freneau（B）Edgar Allan Poe（C）Washington Irving（D）Emily Dickson10 All the following concepts can be found in American naturalistic fiction EXCEPT______.（A）determinism（B）survival of the fittest（C）effects of hereditary and environmental forces（D）search for identity二、名词解释11 Oscar Wilde12 A Modest Proposal13 James Joyce14 Transcendentalism15 The Octopus三、问答题16 Answer the following questions IN ABOUT 150 WORDS each:(20 points) Make a comment on Emily Bronte' s novel Wuthering Heights.17 Make a comment on Herman Melville' s novel Moby-Dick.。

2008年四川大学英语专业（英美文学）真题试卷及答案一、单项选择题1 Which of the following is NOT directly related to the literature of Victorian Age in England?（A）The growth of urban population resulted in the appearance of a new reading public.（B）Many libraries were set up so that books were now available to readers who could not afford to buy them.（C）The plot of novels is unfolded against a social background which is broader than what it had been in previous novels.（D）Most of the novels were not first published in serial form, that is, by installment, before they were fully published in a single book.2 Romance was a type of literature that was very popular in the______.（A）Renaissance period（B）seventeenth century（C）Middle Ages（D）eighteenth century3 Jonathan Swift wrote all the following works EXCEPT______.（A）The Battle of Books（B）The Pilgrim's Progress（C）Gulliver's Travels（D）A Tale of the Tub4 The following statements about neo-classicism are all true EXCEPT______.（A）Elegance, correctness, appropriateness and restraint were preferred（B）It results in the rise of novels as a dominant literary genre（C）It is unsympathetic towards the "rude" masters of old literature—towards Chaucer, Spenser, and even Shakespeare（D）It is almost exclusively a "town" poetry, catering to the interests of the society in great cities.5 Which of the following is NOT a typical feature of Romanticism in England?（A）Spontaneity in expressing feelings.（B）Emphasis on reason.（C）Worship of nature.（D）Simplicity in language.6 Which ONE of the following is the author of The Leather-Stocking Tales?（A）Henry David Thoreau（B）Washington Irving（C）Edgar Allan Poe（D）James Fennimore Cooper7 Which ONE of the following is the author of the poem Song of Myself?（A）Walt Whitman（B）Stephen Crane（C）Edgar Allan Poe（D）Henry Wadsworth Longfellow8 Which one of the following statements is applicable to the understanding of Transcendentalism?（A）It is strongly influenced by social Darwinism.（B）Belief in individualism, independence of mind, and self-reliance.（C）Man has no free-will.（D）It holds that determinism governs everything.9 Mark the novelist whose major works are characterized by the elements of the "grotesque"?（A）Philip Freneau（B）Edgar Allan Poe（C）Washington Irving（D）Emily Dickson10 All the following concepts can be found in American naturalistic fiction EXCEPT______.（A）determinism（B）survival of the fittest（C）effects of hereditary and environmental forces（D）search for identity二、名词解释11 Oscar Wilde12 A Modest Proposal13 James Joyce14 Transcendentalism15 The Octopus三、问答题16 Answer the following questions IN ABOUT 150 WORDS each:(20 points)Make a comment on Emily Bronte' s novel Wuthering Heights.17 Make a comment on Herman Melville' s novel Moby-Dick.一、单项选择题1 【正确答案】 D【试题解析】 Most of the novels were first published in serial form，that is，by installment，before theywere fully published in a single book．(参见罗经国编的《新编英国文学选读下》第118页。

08年7月高等教育自学考试《英美文学选读》试题课程代码：00604请将答案填在答题纸相应的位置上(全部题目用英文作答)PART ONE(40 POINTS)I. Multiple Choice (40 points in all，1 for each)Select from the four choices of each item the one that best answers the question or completes the statement. Write your answers on the Answer Sheet.1. Of all the eighteenth—century British novelists ______ was the first to set out，both in theory and practice，to write specially a “comic epic in prose”，the first to give the modern novel its structure and style.A. Thomas GrayB. Richard Brinsley SheridanC. Jonathan SwiftD. Henry Fielding2. The poem “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard”established ______ as the leader of the sentimental poetry of the day，especially “the Graveyard School”.A. Thomas GrayB. Samuel JohnsonC. John BunyanD. John Milton3. “Do you think, because I am poor，obscure，plain，and little，I am soulless and heartless?... And if God had gifted me with some beauty，and much wealth，I should have made it ashard for you to leave me. as it is now for me to leave you.”The quoted part is taken from ______.A. Great ExpectationsB. Wuthering HeightsC. Jane EyreD. Pride and Prejudice4. The most famous dramatists in the Renaissance England are all the following EXCEPT ______.A. Francis BaconB. Christopher MarloweC. William ShakespeareD. BenJonson5. George Bernard Shaw’s play Mrs. Warren’s Profession is about______.A. slum landlordismB. the economic oppression of womenC. the political corruption in EnglandD. the religious corruption in England6. All of the following statements can correctly describe the Enlightenment Movement EXCEPT ______.A. The movement flourished in France.B. The movement was a furtherance of the Renaissance.C. The purpose of the movement was to enlighten the whole world.D. The purpose of the movement was to enhance the religious education.7. Among the three major poetical works by John Milton ______ is the most perfect example of the verse drama after theGreek style in English.A. Samson AgonistesB. Paradise LostC. Paradise RegainedD. Areopagitica8. The major British Romantic poets Blake，Wordsworth，Coleridge，Byron，Shelley and Keats started a rebellion against the neoclassical literature，which was later regarded as _____.A. the poetic romanceB. the poetic movementC. the poetic revolutionD. the poetic reformation9. Jane Austen’s main literary concern is about ______.A. human beings in their personal relationshipsB. the love story between the rich and the poorC. maturity achieved through the loss of illusionsD. the daily country life of the upper-middle-class English10. Among the following British Romantic poets ______ is regarded as a “worshipper of nature”.A. William BlakeB. William WordsworthC. George Gordon ByronD. John Keats11. Jonathan Swift’s greatest satiric work is ______.A. A Tale of a TubB. The Battle of BooksC. Gulliver’s TravelsD. “A Modest Proposal’’12. Among the following writers ______ is considered to be the best— known English dramatist since Shakespeare.A. Oscar WildeB. John GalsworthyC. W. B. YeatsD. George Bernard Shaw13. As a representative of the Enlightenment，______ was one of the first to introduce rationalism to England.A. Francis BaconB. Alexander PopeC. Thomas GrayD. T. S. Eliot14. All of the following poets are regarded as “Lake Poets”EXCEPT ______.A. Samuel Taylor ColeridgeB. Robert SoutheyC. William WordsworthD. William Blake15. “To be, or not to be — that is the question；／whether’tis nobler in the mind to suffer，／the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,／Or to take arms against a sea of troubles, ／And by opposing end them?” The quoted lines are taken from ______.A. King LearB. Romeo and JulietC. OthelloD. Hamlet16. Daniel Defoe describes ______ as a typical English middle —class man of the eighteenth century，the very prototype of the empire builder，the pioneer colonist．A. Robinson CrusoeB. Moll FlandersC. GulliverD. Tom Jones17. The declaration that “I know that This World is a World of IMAGINATION & Vision，” and that “The Nature of my work is visionary or imaginative’’ belongs to ______.A. William BlakeB. William WordsworthC. Samuel Taylor Coleridge D．George Gordon Byron18. Although writing from different points of view and with different techniques，writers in the Victorian Period shared one thing in common，that is，they were all concerned about ______．A. the fate of the upper classB. the reformation of the governmentC. the fate of the common peopleD. the future of their family clans19. “If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?’’ The quoted line comes from ______.A. Shelley’s “Ode to the West Wind’’B. Walt Whitman’s Leaves of GrassC. John Milton’s Paradise Lost D．John Keats’“Ode on a Grecian Urn”20. Among the following figures ______ is Dickens’ firstchild hero.A．Little Nell B．David CopperfieldC．Oliver Twist D．Little Dorrit21. In the play The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde，the upper — class people are described all of the following EXCEPT ______.A. corruptB. snobbishC. hypocriticalD. ambitious22. In Thomas Hardy’s Wessex novels, there is an apparent ______ touch in his description of the simple and beautiful though primitive rural life.A. nostalgic 乡愁的B. humorousC. romanticD.ironic23. “Life is but a losing battle, it is a struggle man can dominate in such a way that loss becomes dignity；man can be physically destroyed but never defeated spiritually.” This notion is typically held by ______．A. Mark TwainB. Ezra PoundC. William FaulknerD. Ernest Hemingway24. The literary spokesman of the Jazz Age is ______.A. Henry JamesB. Robert FrostC. F. Scott FitzgeraldD. William Faulkner25．North of Boston is described by the author，Robert Frost，as “a book of people，’’ which shows a brilliant insight into ______ character and the background that formed it．A. the cowboyB. New EnglandC. Ivy ColleagueD. ivory tower26．People generally regarded ______ as the forerunner of the 20th — century “stream- of-consciousness” novels and the founder of psychological realism.A. Theodore DreiserB. William FaulknerC. Henry James D．Mark Twain27. According to ______, “There is evil in every human heart，which may remain latent，perhaps，through the whole life；but circumstances may rouse it to activity．”A. Nathaniel HawthorneB. Edgar Ellen PoeC. William Faulkner D．Theodore Dreiser28. Hemingway once described _____ the one book from which “all modern American literature comes.”A. The Adventures of Huckleberry FinnB. The Adventures of Tom SawyerC. The Gilded AgeD. Innocents Abroad29. What Walt Whitman prefers for his new subject and new poetic feelings is“______，”that is，poetry without a fixed beat or regular rhyme scheme．A. fixed verseB. free verseC. fixed endingD. free ending30. By writing _______ Melville reached the most flourishing stage of his literary creativity.A. TypeeB. OmooC. MardiD. Moby-Dick31. Shortly before his death in 1945，______ joined the Communist Party.A. Theodore DreiserB. Mark TwainC. Henry JamesD. Ezra Pound32. Naturalism is evolved from ______ when the author’s tone in writing becomes less serious and less sympathetic but more ironic and more pessimistic.A. RomanticismB. ModernismC. RealismD. Scientism33. One of the most familiar themes in American naturalism is the theme of human ______.A. peacefulnessB. joyfulnessC. bestiality兽性D. civilization34. Hawthorne’s view of man and human history originated，to a great extent，from ______.A. TranscendentalismB. PuritanismC. HumanismD. Expressionism35. In general, the American woman poet _____ wanted to live simply as a complete independent being，and so she did，as a spinster老姑娘.A. Anne BretB. Emily DickinsonC. Anna DickinsonD. Emily Shaw36. Theodore Dreiser’s ______ found expression in almost every book he wrote in which “kill or to be killed” was the law.A. romanticismB. naturalismC. cubismD. classicalism37. William Faulkner creates his own mythical kingdom that mirrors not only the decline of the ______ society but also the spiritual wasteland of the whole American society.A. southernB. northernC. westernD. eastern38. Almost every book written by Hawthorne discusses _____，which reflects his unceasing interest in the “interior of the heart” of man’s being.A. sin and evilB. 1ove and hatredC. frustration and self - denialD. balance and self - discipline39. A preoccupation with the ______ view of original sin and the mystery of evil marked the works of Hawthorne，Melville and a host of lesser writers.A. optimisticB. CalvinisticC. PlatonicD. Socratic40. The American ______ as a cultural heritage exerted great influences over American moral values in the American Romantic period.A. Puritanism B．Atheism无神论C. Deism 自然神论D. Cynicism冷嘲热讽的PART TWO(60 POINTS)II. Reading Comprehension(16 points in all，4 for each) Read the quoted parts carefully and answer the questions in English．Write your answers in the corresponding space on the Answer Sheet．41. “The fiver glideth at his own sweet will：Dear God! the very houses seem asleep；And all that mighty heart is lying still!”(from William Wordsworth’s “Composed upon Westminster Bridge”)Questions：A. What figure of speech is used in the quoted lines?B. What does “that mighty heart’’ refer to?C. What does the poem decribe?42. “When the stars threw down their spears,And water’d heaven with their tears,Did he smile his work to see?Did he who made the Lamb make thee?”Questions：A. Identify the poet and the poem from which the quoted lines are takenB. Whom does the “he’’ refer to?C. What does the “Lamb” symbolize?43. “My tongue，every atom of my blood，form’d from this soil，this air,Born here of parents born here from parents the same，and theirparents the same，I，now thirty-seven years old in perfect health begin，Hoping to cease not till death”Questions：A. Identify the poet and the poem from which the quotedlines are taken.B. What do “soil” and “air” represent in the first line?C. What does the poet try to say in the above four lines?44. “I cannot rub the strangeness from my sightI got from looking through a pane of glassI skimmed this morning from the drinking troughAnd held against the world of hoary grass.”Questions：A. Identify the poet and the poem from which the quoted lines are taken.B. What does the word “strangeness’’ refer to?C. What do the quoted lines imply?III．Questions and Answers(24 points in all，6 for each) Give a brief answer to each of the following questions in English．Write your answers in the corresponding space on the Answer Sheet．45. As a leading Romanticist，Byron’s chief contribution is his creation of the “Byronic Hero”．Briefly explain the literary term “Byronic Hero’’.46. TheWaste Land is T．S．Eliot’s most important single poem．Try to state the theme and the significance of the poem briefly.47．What is the most famous theme in Henry James’s fiction?And what is his favourite approach in characterization，which makes him different from Mark Twain and W?D.Howells as a realist? Give two titles of his first period works in which this theme and this approach are employed.48. As a leading spokesman of the “Imagist Movement”，what principles does Ezra Pound endorse?IV. Topic Discussion(20 points in all，10 for each)Write no less than 150 words on each of the following topics in English in the corresponding space on the Answer Sheet.49. Discuss Charles Dickens’ art of fiction：the setting，the character — portrayal，the language，etc．，based on his novel Oliver Twist．50. Greatly and permanently affected by the war experiences, Hemingway formed his own writing style，together with his theme and hero. Please discuss Hemingway’s writing style in relation to his novels you have read.（专业文档资料素材和资料部分来自网络，供参考。

2008年高考英语试题（四川卷）一、单项选择题(本大题共10小题，每小题3分，共30分)在每小题列出的三个备选项中只有一个是符合题目要求的，请将其代码填写在题后的括号内。

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1.“孟轲”一名的标准英译应为( )A.MengkeB.Meng KeC.Meng ke2.关于英汉两种语言的句子结构，以下正确的说法是( )A.英语句子中的主从关系多，体现出不同的层次；B.汉语句式的典型特点是“链式拓展”；C.在翻译中，多数情况下两种语言的句子结构可以互相照搬。

3.“汉白玉”的正确英译名是( )A.white jade of the Han DynastyB.Han-bai jadeC.white marble4.“知识产权”一词的英语对等说法是( )A.knowledge product rightB.intellectual product ownershipC.intellectual property right5.我国近现代翻译理论史上最早提出“化境”说的是( )A.林纾B.钱钟书C.瞿秋白6.“素质教育”的英译应为( )A.quality educationB.quality-oriented educationcation for all-round development7.关于英汉两种语言中主语同谓语动词的搭配，以下不正确的说法是( )A.汉语的主谓关系没有英语那么密切，因为英语对于主语能否做后面的动作考虑较多；B.英语里的主谓语搭配在译成汉语后，基本上不能保持原来的搭配；第 1 页C.英汉两种语言的主谓搭配，在大多数情况下是相通的。

8.GNP的正确汉语译名应为( )A.国民生产总值B.国内生产总值C.国民总收入9.“force majeure”是经济法规中常见的一个法律术语，其标准汉译为( )A.强迫执行B.约束力C.不可抗力10.关于“直译”与“意译”之争，正确的说法是( )A.“直译”就是“死译”，“意译”就是“歪译”；B.正确的翻译既是直译，也是意译，“直译”就是真正的“意译”；C.“直译”是就形式而言的，“意译”是就内容而言的。

2008年四川大学英语专业（基础英语）真题试卷及答案一、完形填空0 It is acknowledged that the modern musical show is America's most original and dynamic contribution toward theater. In the last quarter of a century, America has produced large【C1】______of musical plays that have been popular abroad【C2】______at home. 【C3】______. it is very difficult to explain【C4】______is new or 【C5】______American about them, for the【C6】______are centuries old.Perhaps the uniqueness of America's contribution to the【C7】______can best be characterized through brief descriptions of several of the most important andbest-known musicals, one of these is surely Oklahoma by Richard Rogers and Oscar Hamerstein. It burst【C8】______popularity in 1943, Broadway audience and critics were【C9】______by its【C10】______. vitality and excitement. This "new" type of musical was【C11】______as kind of【C12】______theater in which the play, the music and lyrics, the dancing, and the scenic background were assembled not merely to provide entertainment and【C13】______. but to【C14】______in a single unifying whole to contribute its unique feature. 【C15】______. it meant that the songs and dances should【C16】______naturally out of the situations of the story and play an important part in carrying the action【C17】______. In Oklahoma, an American folk-dance style was organically combined with classical ballet and modern dance. It is right to say that the musical was a brilliantly integrated performance by the talented dancers and singing actors.Oklahoma also marked a new【C18】______in the choice of story on which a musical is based. Writers and composers began to abandon the sentimentally picturesque or aristocratic setting【C19】______more realistic stories in authentic social and cultural【C20】______. Oklahoma was based on a "folk" whose story dealt not only with young love but also with the opening of the American West.1 【C1】（A）number（C）quantity （D）numbers2 【C2】（A）better （B）instead of （C）as well as （D）rather than 3 【C3】（A）Therefore （B）Yet（C）Moreover （D）Thus4 【C4】（A）which（B）that（D）how5 【C5】（A）characteristically （B）particularly（C）mainly（D）exactly6 【C6】（A）factors（B）ingredients（C）composers（D）facts7 【C7】（A）trait（B）feature（C）genre8 【C8】（A）with（B）into（C）out into （D）in9 【C9】（A）struck （B）touched （C）moved（D）hit10 【C10】（A）vivacity （B）originality （C）creativity （D）dynamic（A）conceived （B）thought （C）believed （D）perceived 12 【C12】（A）special （B）peculiar （C）gross （D）total13 【C13】（A）variety （B）amusement （C）sundries （D）fun14 【C14】（B）join（C）put（D）share15 【C15】（A）In other words （B）sum up（C）On the contrary （D）Generally speaking 16 【C16】（A）arise（B）derive（C）raise（D）originate17 【C17】（A）out（C）forward（D）through18 【C18】（A）direction （B）way（C）method（D）epoch19 【C19】（A）for（B）with（C）without（D）except20 【C20】（A）circumstances （B）context（C）situation（D）surrounding二、阅读理解20 If you had asked me then if I would accept a job as a restaurant criticfor The New Times, or any established publication, I would have replied, without a second thought, "Of course not!" And not just because I did not want to think of myself as an ambitious sort. Working in restaurants was honest labor anyone could see that. Writing about for the mainstream press was not; it felt like joining the enemy.But reviewing was fun, so much fun that when mainstream publishers started paying me for my opinions, I didn't do the decent thing. Before I knew it, I had stopped cooking professionally. Then I stopped cooking altogether. "She's joined the leisure class," my friends said.I disarmed my critics by inviting them along; nobody I knew could afford to eat out and nobody refused. We went with equal amounts of guilt and pleasure, with a feeling that we were trespassing on the playgrounds of the rich.We didn't belong in those starchy restaurants. We always got the worst table. And then, because I didn't own a credit card, I had to pay in cash. The year turned into two, and three, and more. I got a credit card. I got good clothes. I was writing for increasingly' prestigious. Meanwhile, a voice inside me kept whispering, "How could you?"When I receive weekly letters from people who think it is indecent to write about $ 100 meals while half the world is hungry, the voice yacks right along. "They're absolutely right," it whispers. And when it asks, "When are you going to grow up and get a real job?" It sounds a lot like my mother.And just about then is when I tell the voice to shut up. Because when my mother starts telling me that all I'm doing with my life is telling rich people where to eat, I realize how much the world has changed.Yes, there are still restaurants where rich people go to remind themselvesthat they are different from you and me. But there are fewer and fewer of them. As American food has come of age, American restaurants have changed. Going out to eat used to be like going to the opera today, it is more like going the movies.21 Why would the author have refused to accept the job as a restaurant critic if people had asked her then?（A）Because she was ambitious.（B）Because she didn't think highly of the job.（C）Because she didn't think well of the job as a cook.（D）Because she didn't want to criticize anyone.22 The word "decent" in do the decent thing in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to______.（A）very profitable（B）morally acceptable（C）fairly attractive（D）very pleasant23 In Paragraph 4, by "The year turned into two, three and more," the author means that______.（A）she went on and on working in restaurants（B）she lived a luxurious life for many years（C）she kept working for publications until she got a credit card（D）she went on and on Writing as a restaurants critic24 Which of the following can be inferred from the last paragraph?（A）Most American can't afford to eat out.（B）American food has remained unchanged.（C）American like going to the movies.（D）Food in most American restaurants is cheap.25 Which of the following can be concluded from this article?（A）Cooks are respected in the U.S.（B）The author was once a cook.（C）Rich people like going to the theatre.（D）Restaurants critics all feel guilty.25 The British psychoanalyst John Bowlby maintains that separation from the parents during the sensitive "attachment" period from birth to three may scar a child's personality and predispose to emotional problems in later life. Some people have drawn the conclusion from Bowlby's work that children should not be subjected to day care before the age of three because of the parental separationit entails, and many people do believe this. But there are also arguments against such a strong conclusion.Firstly, anthropologists point out that the insulated love affair between children and parents found in modern societies does not usually exist intraditional societies. For example, in some tribal societies, such as the Ngoin, the father and mother of a child did not rear their infant alone—far from it. Secondly, common sense tells us that day care would not be so widespread today if parents, caretakers found children had problems with it. Statistical studies of this kind have not yet been carried out, and even if they were, the result would be certain to be complicated and controversial. Thirdly, in the last decade there have been a number of careful American studies of children in day care, but tests that have had to be used to measure this development are not widely enough accepted to settle the issue.But Bowlby's analysis raises the possibility that early day care has delayed effects. The possibility that such care might lead to, say, more mental illness or crime 15 or 20 years later can only be explored by the use of statistics. Whatever the long-term effects, parents sometimes find the immediate effects difficult to deal with. Children under three are likely to protest at leaving their parents and show unhappiness. At the age of three or three and a half almost all children find the transition to nursery easy, and this is undoubtedly why more and more parents make use of child care at this time. The matter. Then, is far from clear-out, though experience and available evidence indicate that early care is reasonablefor infants.26 Which of the following statements would Bowlby support?（A）Statistical studies should be carried out to assess the positive effect of day care for children at the age of three or older.（B）Early day care can delay the occurrence of mental illness in children.（C）The first three years of one's life is extremely important to the later development of personality.（D）Children under three get used to the life at nursery schools more readily than children over three.27 Which of the following is derivable from Bowlby's work?（A）Mothers should not send their children to day care centers before the age of three.（B）Day care nurseries have positive effects on a child's development.（C）A child sent to a day care center before the age of three may have emotional problem in later life.（D）Day care would not be so popular if it has noticeable negative effects on a child's personality.28 It is suggested that modern societies differ from traditional societies in that______.（A）the parents-child relationship is more exclusive in modern societies（B）a child sent to a day care center before the age of three may have emotional problem in later life.（C）mother bring up children with the help of her husband in traditional societies（D）children in modern societies are more likely to develop mental illness in later years29 Which of the following statements in NOT an argument against Bowlby's theory?（A）Many studies show that day care has a positive effect on children's development.（B）The fact that there are so many nursery schools today shows that day care is safe.（C）The separation of young children from their parents is common in some traditional societies.（D）Parents find the immediate effects of early day care difficult to deal with.30 Which of the following best expresses the writer's attitude towards early day care?（A）Children under three should stay with their parents.（B）Early day care has positive effects on children's development.（C）The issue is controversial and its settlement calls for the use of statistics.（D）The effects of early day care on children are exaggerated and parents should ignore the issue.30 Science is a dominant theme in our culture. Since it touches almost facetof our life, educated people need at least some acquaintance with its structureand operation. They should also have an understanding of the subculture in which scientists live and the kinds of people they are. An understanding of general characteristics of science as well as specific scientific concepts is easier toattain of one knows something about the things that excite and frustrate the scientist.This book is written for the intelligent student of lay person whose acquaintance with science is superficial; for the person who has been presented with science as a musty storehouse of dried facts; for the person who has been presented with science as the production of gadgets; and for the person who views the scientists as some sort of magician. The book can be used to supplement a course in any science, to accompany any course that attempts to give an understanding of the modern world, or independently of any course—simply to provide a better understanding of science. We hope this book will lead readers to a broader perspective on scientific attitudes and a more realistic view of what science is, who scientists are, and what they do. It will give them an awareness and understanding of the relationship between science and our culture and an appreciation of the roles science may play in our culture. In addition, readers may learn to appreciate the relationship between scientific views and some of the values and philosophies that are pervasive in our culture.We have tried to present in this book an accurate and up-to-date picture of the scientific community and the people who populated it. That population has in recent years come to comprise more and more women. This increasing role of womenin the scientific subculture is not a unique incident but, rather, part of the trend evident in all segments of society as more women enter traditionally male-dominated fields and make significant contributions. In discussing these changes and contribution, however, we are faced with a language that is implicitly sexist, one that uses male nouns or pronouns in referring to unspecified individuals. To offset this built-in bias, we have adopted the policy of using plural nouns and pronouns whenever possible and, when absolutely necessary, alternating he and she. This policy is far from being ideal, but it is at least an acknowledgment of the inadequacy of our language in treating half of the human equally.We have also tried to make the book entertaining as well as informative. Our approach is usually informal. We feel, as do many other scientists, that we shouldn't take ourselves too seriously. As the reader may observe, we see science as a delightful pastime than as a grim and dreary way to earn a living.31 According to the passage, "scientific subculture" means______.（A）cultural groups that are formed by scientists（B）people whose knowledge of science is very limited（C）the scientific community（D）people who make good contribution to science32 We need to know something about the structure and operation of science because______.（A）it is not easy to understand the things that excite and frustrate science（B）science affects almost every aspect of our life（C）scientists live in a specific substructure（D）it is easier to understand general characteristics of science33 The book mentioned in this passage is written for readers who______.（A）long for deeper understanding of science（B）are good at producing various gadgets（C）work in a storehouse of dried facts（D）are interested in popular science34 According to this passage,______.（A）English is a sexist language（B）only on this scientific world is the role of women increasing rapidly（C）women are making significant contributions to eliminating the inadequacy of our language（D）male nouns or pronouns should not used to refer to scientists35 This passage most probably is______.（A）a book review（B）the preface of a book（C）the post script of a book（D）the concluding part of a book三、英译汉36 Translate the following passages into Chinese. Each translated passage will account for 15 points. Give the number of the passage on your ANSWER SHEET.A man only begins to be a man when he ceases to whine his adverse conditions, and commences to search for the hidden justice which regulates his life. And as he adapts his mind to that regulating factor, he ceases to accuse others as the cause of his condition, and builds himself up in sound and noble thoughts; ceases to kick against circumstances, but begins to use them as aids to his more rapid progress, and as a means of discovering the hidden power and possibilities within himself.37 The first night on the ice had been torture. The second was nightmare. Men lost their reason, began seeing visions, hearing voices. Some sank into mindless torpor; others went raving mad before death. That many continued to survive was incredible, but the will to live still burned fiercely in those still staggering around the ice-floes under the frosty moon. They reeled and weaved in a ghostly dance. The only indication they gave that their minds were still alive was when they emitted an occasional croak of encouragement to one another. For the most part they ignored the dead and dying, stepping over or shuffling around them as though they were lumps of ice.四、汉译英38 Translate the following passage into English：中国传统文化既是中华民族悠久历史的结晶，也是中华民族对于全人类的伟大贡献。

全国2008年4月高等教育自学考试英美文学选读试题课程代码：00604I. Multiple Choice（40 points in all, 1for each）Select from the four choices of each item the one that best answer the question or completes the statement. Write the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.1．The Renaissance is actually a movement stimulated by a series of historical events EXCEPT_________. A．the rediscovery of ancient Roman and Greek cultureB．the vast expansion of British colonies in North AmericaC．the new discoveries in geography and astrologyD．the religious reformation and the economic expansion2．Henry Fielding has been regarded by some as “_______”,for his contribution to the establishment of the form of the modern novel.A．Father of the English Novel B．Father of the English PoetryC．Father of the English Drama D．Father of the English Short Story3．T．S．Eliot’s most important single poem _______has been hailed as a landmark and a model of the 20th-century English poetry.A．The Hollow Man B．The Waste LandC．Murder in the Cathedral D．Ash Wednesday4．George Bernard Shaw’s play _______ established his position as the leading play-wright of his time. A．Widowers’ Houses B．Too True to Be GoodC．Mrs. Warren’s Profession D．Candida5．William Blake’s central concern in the Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience is_______, which gives the two books a strong social and historical reference.A．youthhood B．childhoodC．happiness D．sorrow6．All of the following works are known as Hardy’s “novels of character and environment” EXCETP_______. A．The Return of the Native B．Tess of the D’UrbervillesC．Jude the Obscure D．Far from the Madding Crowd7．Among the works by Charles Dickens _______ presents his criticism of the Utilitarian principle that rules over the English education system and destroys young hearts and minds.A．Bleak House B．Pickwick PaperC．Great Expectations D．Hard Times全国免费热线：800-810-0480 400-610-0480(手机用户) 8．The most distinguishing feature of Charles Dickens’ works is his _______.A．simple vocabulary B．bitter and sharp criticismC．character-portrayal D．pictures of happiness9．Among the following writers _______ created the verse novel by adopting the novelistic presentation of characters.A．Robert Browning B．Matthew ArnoldC．Alfred Tennyson D．Edward Fitzgerald10．“It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good for-tune, must be in want of a wife.” The quoted part is taken from ______.A．Jane Eyre B．Wuthering HeightsC．Pride and Prejudice D．Sense and Sensibility11．Because of her sensitivity to universal patterns of human behavior, ______ has brought the English novel ,as an art of form, to its maturity.A．Charlotte BrontëB．Jane AustenC．Emily BrontëD．Ann Radcliffe12．Shelley’s greatest achievement is his four-act poetic drama ______, which is an exultant work in praise of humankind’s potential.A．Adonais B．Queen MabC．Prometheus Unbound D．A Defence of Poetry13．The assertion that poetry originates from “emotion recollected in tranquility” belongs to ______.A．William Wordsworth B．Samuel Taylor ColeridgeC．Robert Southey D．William Blake14．All of the following poems by William Wordsworth are masterpieces on nature EXCEPT ______.A．“I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud” B．“An Evening Walk”C．“Tintern Abbey” D．“The Solitary Reaper”15．All of the following are stream –of- consciousness novels EXCEPT________.A．Pilgrimage B．UlyssesC．Mrs. Dalloway D．Tess of the D’ Urbervilles16．Shakespeare’s four greatest tragedies are ________.A．Romeo and Juliet, Othello, King Lear, HamletB．Hamlet, Othello, Macbeth, The Merchant of VeniceC．Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth全国免费热线：800-810-0480 400-610-0480(手机用户) D．Romeo and Juliet, The Merchant of Venice, Othello, Hamlet17．As one of the greatest masters of English prose, ________ defined a good style as “proper words in proper places”.A．Henry Fielding B．Jonathan SwiftC．Samuel Johnson D．Alexander Pope18．All of the following novels by Daniel Defoe are the first literary works devoted to the study of problems of the lower-class people EXCEPT ______.A．Robinson Crusoe B．Captain SingletonC．Moll Flanders D．Colonel Jack19．Among the three major works by John Milton ______ is indeed the only generally acknowledged epic in English literature since Beowulf.A．Paradise Regained B．Samson AgonistesC．Lycidas D．Paradise Lost20．English Romanticism, as a historical phase of literature, is generally said to have ended in 1832 with ______. A．the passage of the first Reform Bill in the ParliamentB．the publication of Wordsworth and Coleridge’s Lyrical BalladsC．the publication of T．S．Eliot’s The waste LandD．the passage of the Bill of Rights in the Parliament21．Contrary to the traditional romance of aristocrats, the modern English novel gives a realistic presentation of life of ______.A．the common English people B．the upper classC．the rising bourgeoisie D．the enterprising landlords22．The major concern of ______ fiction lies in the tracing of the psychological development of his characters and in his energetic criticism of the dehumanizing effect of the capitalist industrialization on human nature.A．John Galsworthy’s B．Thomas Hardy’sC．D．H．Lawrence’s D．Charles Dickens’23．The Nobel Prize Committee highly praised ______ for “his powerful style-forming mastery of the art” of creating modern fiction.A．Ezra Pound B．Ernest HemingwayC．Robert Frost D．Theodore Dreiser24．In 1950,______ was awarded the Nobel Prize for the anti-racist Intruder in the Dust.A．William Faulkner B．Robert Frost全国免费热线：800-810-0480 400-610-0480(手机用户) C．Ezra Pound D．Ernest Hemingway25．Herman Melville wrote his semi-autobiographical novel ______ concerning the sufferings of a genteel youth among brutal sailors.A．Typee B．RedburnC．Moby-Dick D．Mardi26．The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and, especially, its sequence ______ proved themselves to be the milestone in the American literature.A．The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn B．Life on the MississippiC．The Gilded Age D．Roughing It27．The Portrait of A Lady is generally considered to be ______ masterpiece, which describes the life journey of an American ________ in a European cultural environment.A．Henry Adams’…widow B．William James’…girlC．Henry James’…girl D．Theodore Dreiser’s…widow28．Hawthorne intended to ______ in The Scarlet Letter.A．tell a story of parental loveB．tell a story of sin and bloody violenceC．call the readers back to the plantation way of livingD．reveal the human psyche after they sinned29．“The dignity of movement of an iceberg is due to only one-eighth of it being above water.” This “iceberg”analogy is put forward by ______.A．Mark Twain B．Ezra PoundC．William Faulkner D．Ernest Hemingway30．In many of Hawthorne’s stories and novels, the Puritan concept of life is condemned, or the Puritan past is shown in an almost totally negative light, especially in his ______ and The Scarlet Letter.A．Twice-Told Tales B．The Blithedale RomanceC．The Marble Faun D．The House of the Seven Gables31．The white whale, Moby Dick, symbolizes ________ for Melville, for it is complex, unfathomable, malignant, and beautiful as well.A．society B．natureC．ocean animals D．both A and C32．After the American Civil War, the literary interest in the so-called “reality” of life started a new period in the American literary writings know an the Age of ______.全国免费热线：800-810-0480 400-610-0480(手机用户) A．Realism B．Reason and RevolutionC．Romanticism D．Modernism33．H．L．Mencken considered ______ “the true father of our national literature”.A．Bret Harte B．Mark TwainC．Washington Irving D．Walt Whitman34．Altogether, Emily Dickinson wrote 1775 poems, of which only ______ had appeared during her lifetime. A．three B．fiveC．seven D．nine35．The ______ Age of the 1920s characterized by frivolity and carelessness is brought vividly to life in The Great Gatsby.A．Lost B．JazzC．Reason D．Gilded36．Robert Frost is generally considered a regional poet whose subject matters mainly focus on the landscape and people in ______.A．the west B．the southC．Alaska D．New England37．As ______ saw it, poetry could play a vital part in the process of creating a new nation. It could enable Americans to celebrate their release from the Old World and the colonial rule.A．Wordsworth Longfellow B．William BryantC．Walt Whitman D．Robert Frost38．Walt Whitman is a poet with a strong sense of mission, having devoted all his life to the creation of the “single”poem, ______.A．The Love Song of J．Alfred Prufrock B．The Waste LandC．Murder in the Cathedral D．Leaves of Grass39．Realism was a reaction against Romanticism and paved the way to ______.A．Modernism B．ScientismC．Post-Modernism D．Feminism40．Mark Twain employed an unpretentious style of ______ in his novels which is best described as “vernacular”. A．standard English B．Afro-American EnglishC．colloquialism D．urbanismII．Reading Comprehension （16 points in all,4 for each）Read the quoted parts carefully and answer the questions in English. Write your answers in the 全国免费热线：800-810-0480 400-610-0480(手机用户) corresponding space on the Answer Sheet.41．“Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?Thou art more lovely and more temperate:Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,And summer’s lease hath all too short a date:”Questions:A．Identify the poet and the poem from which the quoted lines are taken.B．Name the figure of speech employed in the poem.C．What is the theme of the poem?42．“Do you think, because I am poor, obscure, plain, and little, I am soulless and heartless? —You think wrong!…And if God had gifted me with some beauty, and much wealth, I should have made it as hard for you to leave me, as it is now for me to leave you…—it is my spirit that addresses your spirit; just as if both had passed through the grave, and we stood at God’s feet, equal—as we are!”Questions:A．Identify the author and the novel from which the quoted part is taken.B．To whom is the speaker speaking?C．What does the quoted part imply about the speaker?43．“The woods are lovely, dark and deep,But I have promises to keep,And miles to go before I sleep,And miles to go before I sleep.”Questions:A．Identify the poet and the poem from which the quoted lines are taken.B．What does the word “sleep” mean?C．What idea do the four lines express?44．“I celebrate myself, and sing myself,And what I assume you shall assume,For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you.I loafe and invite my soul,I learn and loafe at my ease observing a spear of summer grass.”(from Walt Whitman’s “Song of Myself”)Questions:全国免费热线：800-810-0480 400-610-0480(手机用户) A．Whom does “myself” refer to?B．How do you understand the line “I loafe and invite my soul”?C．What does “a spear of summer grass” indicate?III．Questions and Answers（24 points in all, 6 for each）Give a brief answer to each of the following questions in English. Write your answers in the corresponding space on the Answer Sheet.45．“ ‘My boy!’ said the old gentleman, leaning over the desk. Oliver stated at the sound. He might be excused for doing so, for the words were kindly said, and strange sounds frighten one. He trembled violently, and burst into tears.”（from Charles Dickens’ Oliver Twist）Explain why Oliver Twist started first, then trembled violently and burst into tears when the words were “kindly” said.46．It is said that B. Shaw’s play, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, has a strong realistic theme, which fully reflects the dramatist’s Fabianist idea. Try to summarize this theme briefly.47．“In your rocking-chair, by your window dreaming, shall you long, alone. In your rocking-chair, by your window, shall you dream such happiness as you may never feel.”（from Theodore Dreiser’s Sister Carrie）What idea can you draw from the “rocking-chair”?48．Why are naturalists inevitably pessimistic in their view?IV．Topic Discussion（20 points in all, 10 for each）Write no less than 150 words on each of the following topics in English in the corresponding space on the Answer Sheet.49．Daniel Defoe’s novel Robinson Crusoe was a great success partly because the protagonist was a real middle-class hero. Discuss Crusoe, the protagonist of the novel, as an embodiment of the rising middle-class virtues in the mid-eighteenth century England.50．“ ‘My faith is gone!’ cried he（Goodman Brown）,after one stupefied moment. ‘There is no good on earth; and sin is but a name. Come, devil! For to thee is this world given.’ ”（from Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “Young Goodman Brown”）Make a comment on this passage.参考答案1-5 BABDB 6-10 DDBAC 11-15 BCADA 16-20 CBBDA21-25 ACBAB 26-30 ACDDD 31-35 BABCB 36-40 DCDAC主观题（略）全国免费热线：800-810-0480 400-610-0480(手机用户) 。

2008英语专业⼋级阅读真题及答案2008英语专业⼋级真题及答案PART II READING COMPREHENSION (30 MIN)In this section there are four reading passages followed by a total of 20 multiple-choice questions. Read the passages and then mark your answers on your coloured answer sheetTEXT AAt the age of 16, Lee Hyuk Joon's life is a living hell. The South Korean 10th grader gets up at 6 in the morning to go to school, and studies most of the day until returning home at 6 p.m. After dinner, it's time to hit the books again—at one of Seoul's many so-called cram schools. Lee gets back home at 1 in the morning, sleeps less than five hours, then repeats the routine—five days a week. It's a grueling schedule, but Lee worries that it may not be good enough to get him into a top university. Some of his classmates study even harder.South Korea's education system has long been highly competitive. But for Lee and the other 700,000 high-school sophomores in the country, high-school studies have gotten even more intense. That's because South Korea has conceived a new college-entrance system, which will be implemented in 2008. This year's 10th graders will be the first group evaluated by the new admissions standard, which places more emphasis on grades in the three years of high school and less on nationwide SAT-style and other selection tests, which have traditionally determined which students go to the elite colleges. The change was made mostly to reduce what the government says is a growing education gap in the country: wealthy students go to the best colleges and get the best jobs, keeping the children of poorer families on the social margins. The aim is to reduce the importance of costly tutors and cram schools, partly to help students enjoy a more normal high-school life. But the new system has had the opposite effect. Before, students didn't worry too much about their grade-point averages; the big challenge was beating the standardized tests as high-school seniors. Now students are competing against one another over a three-year period, and every midterm and final test is crucial. Fretful parents are relying even more heavily on tutors and cram schools to help their children succeed.Parents and kids have sent thousands of angry online letters to the Education Ministry complaining that the new admissions standard is setting students against each other. "One can succeed only when others fail,” as one parent said.Education experts say that South Korea's public secondary-school system is foundering, while private education is thriving. According to critics, the country's high schools are almost uniformly mediocre—the result of an egalitarian government education policy. With the number of elite schools strictly controlled by the government, even the brightest students typically have to settle for ordinary schools in their neighbourhoods, where the curriculum is centred on average students. To make up for the mediocrity, zealous parents send their kids to the expensive cram schools.Students in affluent southern Seoul neighbourhoods complain that the new system will hurt them the most. Nearly all Korean high schools will be weighted equally in the college-entrance process, and relatively weak students in provincial schools, who may not score well on standardized tests, often compile good grade-point averages. Some universities, particularly prestigious ones, openly complain that they cannot select the best students under the new system because it eliminates differences among high schools. They've asked for more discretion in picking students by giving more weight to such screening tools as essay writing or interviews.President Roh Moo Hyun doesn't like how some colleges are trying to circumvent the new system. He recently criticized "greedy" universities that focus more on finding the best students than faying to "nurture good students". But amid the crossfire between the government and universities, the country's 10th graders are feeling the stress. On online protest sites, some are calling themselves a “cursed generation” and “mice in a lab experiment”. It all seems a touch me lodramatic, but that's the South Korean school system.11. According to the passage, the new college-entrance system is designed toA. require students to sit for more college-entrance tests.B. reduce the weight of college-entrance tests.C. select students on their high school grades only.D. reduce the number of prospective college applicants.12. What seems to be the effect of introducing the new system?A. The system has given equal opportunities to students.B. The system has reduced the number of cram schools.C. The system has intensified competition among schools.D. The system has increased students' study load.13. According to critics, the popularity of private education is mainly the result ofA. the government's egalitarian policy.B. insufficient number of schools:C. curriculums of average quality.D. low cost of private education.14. According to the passage, there seems to be disagreement over the adoption of the new system between the following groups EXCEPTA. between universities and the government.B. between school experts and the government.C. between parents and schools.D. between parents and the government.15. Which of the following adjectives best describes the author's treatment of the topic?A. Objective.B. Positive.C. Negative.D. Biased.TEXT BWilfred Emmanuel-Jones was a teenager before he saw his first cow in his first field. Born in Jamaica, the 47-year-old grew up in inner-city Birmingham before making a career as a television producer and launching his own marketing agency. But deep down he always nurtured every true Englishman's dream of a rustic life, a dream that his entrepreneurial wealth has allowed him to satisfy. These days he's the owner of a thriving 12-hectare farm in deepest Devon with cattle, sheep and pigs. His latest business venture: pushing his brand of Black Fanner gourmet sausages and barbecue sauces. “My background may be very urban,” says Emmanuel-Jones. “But it has given me a good idea of what other urbanites want.”And of how to sell it. Emmanuel-Jones joins a herd of wealthy fugitives from city life who are bringing a new commercial know-how to British farming. Britain's burgeoning farmers' markets -numbers have doubled to at least 500 in the last five years—swarm with specialty cheesemakers, beekeepers or organic smallholders who are redeploying the business skills they learned in the city. "Everyone in the rural community has to come to terms with the fact that things have changed." Says Emmanuel-Jones. "You can produce the best food in the world, but if you don't know how to market it, you are wasting your time. We are helping the traditionalists to move on."The emergence of the new class of superpeasants reflects some old yearnings. If the British were the first nation to industrialize, they were also the first to head back to the land. "There is this romantic image of the countryside that is particularly English," says Alun Howkins of the University of Sussex, who reckons the population of rural England has been rising since 1911. Migration into rural areas is now running at about 100,000 a year, and the hunger for a taste of the rural life has kept land prices buoyant even as agricultural incomes tumble. About 40 percent of all farmland is now sold to "lifestyle buyers" rather than the dwindling number of traditional farmers, according to the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors. What's new about the latest returnees is their affluence and zeal for the business of producing quality foods, if only at a micro-level. A healthy economy and surging London house prices have helped to ease the escape of the would-be rustics. The media recognize and feed the fantasy. One of the big TV hits of recent years, the "River Cottage" series, chronicled the attempts of a London chef to run his own Dorset farm.Naturally, the newcomers can't hope to match their City salaries, but many are happy to trade any loss of income for the extrajob satisfaction. Who cares if there's no six-figure annual bonus when the land offers other incalculable compensations?Besides, the specialist producers can at least depend on a burgeoning market for their products. Today's eco-aware generation loves to seek out authentic ingredients. "People like me may be making a difference in a small way," Jan McCourt, a onetime investment banker now running his own 40-hectare spread in the English Midlands stocked with rare breeds.Optimists see signs of far-reaching change: Britain isn't catching up with mainland Europe; it's leading the way. “Unlike most other countries, where art isanal food production is being eroded, here it is being recovered," says food writer Matthew Fort.“It may be the mark of the next stage of civilization that we rediscover the desirability of being a peasant.” And not an investment banker.16. Which of the following details of Wilfred Emmanuel-Jones is INCORRECT?A. He was born and brought up in Birmingham.B. He used to work in the television industry.C. He is wealthy, adventurous and aspiring.D. He is now selling his own quality foods.17. Most importantly, people like Wilfred have brought to traditional British farmingA. knowledge of farming.B. knowledge of brand names.C. knowledge of lifestyle.D. knowledge of marketing,18. Which of the following does NOT contribute to the emergence of a new class of farmers?A. Strong desire for country life.B. Longing for greater wealth,C. Influence of TV productions.D. Enthusiasm for quality food business.19. What is seen as their additional source of new income?A. Modern tendency to buy natural foods.B. Increase in the value of land property.C. Raising and selling rare live stock. VD. Publicity as a result of media coverage.20. The sentence in the last paragraph “...Britain isn't catching up with mainland Europe; it's leading the way" implies thatA. Britain has taken a different path to boost economy.B. more authentic foods are being produced in Britain.C. the British are heading back to the countryside.D. the Europeans are showing great interest in country life.TEXT CIn Barcelona the Catalonians call them castells, but these aren't stereotypical castles in Spain. These castles are made up of human beings, not stone. The people who perform this agile feat of acrobatics are called castellers, and to see their towers take shape is to observe a marvel of human cooperation.First the castellers form what looks like a gigantic rugby scrummage. They are the foundation blocks of the castle. Behindthem, other people press together, forming outward-radiating ramparts of inward-pushing muscle: flying buttresses for the castle. Then sturdy but lighter castellers scramble over the backs of those at the bottom and stand, barefoot, on their shoulders—then still others, each time adding a higher "story".These human towers can rise higher than small apar tment buildings: nine “stories”, 35 feet into the air. Then, just When it seems this tower of humanity can't defy gravity any longer, a little kid emerges from the crowd and climbs straight up to the top. Arms extended, the child grins while waving to the cheering crowd far below. Dressed in their traditional costumes, the castellers seem to epitomize an easier time, before Barcelona became a world metropolis arid the Mediterranean's most dynamic city. But when you observe-them tip close, in their street clothes, at practice, you see there's nothing easy about what the castellers do - and that they are not merely reenacting an ancient ritual.None of the castellers can-give a logical answer as to why they love doing this. But Victor Luna, 16, touches me on the shoulder and says in English: "We do it because it's beautiful. We do it because we are Catalan."Barcelona’s mother tongue is Catalan, and to understand Barcelona, you must understand two words of Catalan: seny and rauxa. Seny pretty much translates as common sense, or the ability to make money, arrange things, and get things done. Rauxa is reminiscent of our words “raucous” and “ruckus”.What makes the castellers revealing of the city is that they embody rauxa and seny. The idea of a human castle is rauxa—it defies common sense—but to watch one going up is to see seny in action. Success is based on everyone working together to achieve a shared goal.The success of Carlos Tusquets' bank, Fibanc, shows seny at work in everyday life. The bank started as a family concern and now employs hundreds. Tusquets said it exemplifies how the economy in Barcelona is different.Entrepreneurial seny demonstrates why Barcelona and Catalonia—the ancient region of which Barcelona is the capital—are distinct from the rest of Spain yet essential to Spain's emergence, after centuries of repression, as a prosperous, democratic European country. Catalonia, with Barcelona as its dynamo, has turned into an economic powerhouse. Making up 6 percent of Spain’s territory, with a sixth of its people, it accounts for nearly a quarter of Spain's production—everything fromtextiles to computers—even though the rest of Spain has been enjoying its own economic miracle.Hand in hand with seny goes rauxa, and there's no better place to see rauxa in action than on the Ramblas, the venerable, tree-shaded boulevard that, in gentle stages, leads you from the centre of Barcelona down to the port. There are two narrow lanes each way for cars and motorbikes, but it’s the wide centre walkway that makes the Ramblas a front-row seat for Barcelona's longest running theatrical event. Plastic armchairs are set out on the sidewalk. Sit in one of them, and an attendant will come and charge you a small fee. Performance artists throng the Ramblas—stilt walkers, witches caked in charcoal dust, Elvis impersonators. But the real stars are the old women and happily playing children, millionaires on motorbikes, and pimps and women who, upon closer inspection, prove not to be.Aficionados (Fans) of Barcelona love to co mpare notes: “Last night there was a man standing on the balcony of his hotel room,” Mariana Bertagnolli, an Italian photographer, told me. "The balcony was on the second floor. He was naked, and he was talking into a cell phone."There you have it, Barcelona's essence. The man is naked (rauxa), but he is talking into a cell phone (seny).21. From the description in the passage, we learn thatA. all Catalonians can perform castells.B. castells require performers to stand on each other.C. people perform castells in different formations.D. in castells people have to push and pull each other.22. According to the passage, the4mplication of the performance is thatA. the Catalonians are insensible and noisy people.B. the Catalonians show more sense than is expected.C. the Catalonians display paradoxical characteristics.D. the Catalonians think highly of team work.23. The passage cites the following examples EXCEPT __________ to show seny at work.A. development of a bankB. dynamic role in economyC. contribution to national economyD. comparison with other regions24. In the last but two paragraph, the Ramblas is described as “a front-row seat for Barcelona’s longest running theatrical event”. What does it mean?A. On the Ramblas people can see a greater variety of performances.B. The Ramblas provides many front seats for the performances.C. The Ramblas is preferred as an important venue for the events.D. Theatrical performers like to perform on the Ramblas.25. What is the main impression of the scenes on the Ramblas?A. It is bizarre and Outlandish.B. It is of average quality.C. It is conventional and quiet.D. It is of professional standard.TEXT DThe law firm Patrick worked for before he died filed for bankruptcy protection a year after his funeral. After his death, the firm's letterhead properly included him: Patrick S. Lanigan, 1954-1992. He was listed up in the right-hand corner, just above the paralegals. Then the rumors got started and wouldn't stop. Before long, everyone believed he had taken the money and disappeared. After three months, no one on the Gulf Coast believed that he was dead. His name came off the letterhead as the debts piled up.The remaining partners in the law firm were still together, attached unwillingly at the hip by the bondage of mortgages and the bank notes, back when they were rolling and on the verge of serious wealth. They had been joint defendants in several unwinnable lawsuits; thus the bankruptcy. Since Patrick's departure, they had tried every possible way to divorce one another, but nothing would work. Two were raging alcoholics who drank at the office behind locked doors, but nevertogether. The other two were in recovery, still teetering on the brink of sobriety.He took their money. Their millions. Money they had already spent long before it arrived, as only lawyers can do. Money for their richly renovated office building in downtown Biloxi. Money for new homes, yachts, condos in the Caribbean. The money was on the way, approved, the papers signed, orders entered; they could see it, almost touch it when their dead partner—Patrick—snatched it at the last possible second.He was dead. They buried him on February 11, 1992. They had consoled the widow and put his rotten name on their handsome letterhead. Yet six weeks later, he somehow stole their money.They had brawled over who was to blame. Charles Bogan, the firm's senior partner and its iron hand, had insisted the money be wired from its source into a new account offshore, and this made sense after some discussion. It was ninety million bucks, a third of which the firm would keep, and it would be impossible to hide that kind of money in Biloxi, population fifty thousand. Someone at the bank would talk. Soon everyone would know. All four vowed secrecy, even as they made plans to display as much of their new wealth as possible. There had even been talk of a firm jet, a six-seater.So Bogan took his share of the blame. At forty-nine, he was the oldest of the four, and, at the moment, the most stable. He was also responsible for hiring Patrick nine years earlier, and for this he had received no small amount of grief.Doug Vitrano, the litigator, had made the fateful decision to recommend Patrick as the fifth partner. The other three had agreed, and when Patrick Lanigan was added to the firm name, he had access to virtually every file in the office. Bogan, Rapley, Vitrano, Havarac, and Lanigan, Attorneys and Counselors-at-Law. A large ad in the yellow pages claimed "Specialists in Offshore Injuries." Specialists or not, like most firms they would take almost anything if the fees were lucrative. Lots of secretaries and paralegals. Big overhead, and the strongest political connections on the Coast.They were all in their mid- to late forties. Havarac had been raised by his father on a shrimp boat. His hands were still proudlycalloused, and he dreamed of choking Patrick until his neck snapped. Rapley was severely depressed and seldom left his home, where he wrote briefs in a dark office in the attic.26. What happened to the four remaining lawyers after Patrick's disappearance?A. They all wanted to divorce their wives.B. They were all heavily involved in debts.C. They were all recovering from drinking.D. They had bought new homes, yachts, etc.27. Which of the following statements contains a metaphor?A. His name came off the letterhead as the debts piled up.B. …they could see it, almost touch it when their dead partner...C. …, attached unwillingly at the hip by the bondage of mortgages...D. …, and for this he had received no small amount of grief.28. According to the passage, what is the main cause of Patrick stealing the money?A. Patrick was made a partner of the firm.B. The partners agreed to have the money transferred.C. Patrick had access to all the files in the firm.D. Bogan decided to hire Patrick nine years earlier.29. The lawyers were described as being all the following EXCEPTA. greedy.B. extravagantC. quarrelsome.D. bad-tempered.30. Which of the following implies a contrast?A. …, and it would be impossible to hide that kind of money in Biloxi, population fifty thousand.B. They had been joint defendants in several unwinnable lawsuits; thus the bankruptcy.C. There had even been talk of a firm jet, a six-seater.D. His name came off the letterhead as the debts piled up.2008年英语专业⼋级Mini-lecture：(沪友今⼼提供)1. native language2. 3503. Historical4. India5. commerce6. Boom7. sea travel communication8. conference9. many radios 10. split阅读：(沪友落落提供)阅读⼀共四篇：韩国的新教育制度引起多⽅不满；第⼆篇是讲西班⽛⼈的⼀些性格；第三篇是英国⼈热衷⾃⼰饲养出售畜牧产品；最后⼀篇是⼀个⼩说节选，四个律师被死去的合伙⼈骗得破产。

第一学期2008级本科英语试题与答案 B（闭卷120分钟总分：70分）Part I V ocabulary and Structure (20%)Directions: There are 40 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the ONE that best complete the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheets with a single line through the center.1.From this table you can ________the total profit we made this month.A. calculateB. countC. accessD. assert2. The training program has been _______ to the benefits of the students.A. renovatedB. modifiedC. moderatedD. regenerated3. I am afraid we can‟t take on anymore work---we‟ve already fully________.A. extendedB. stretchedC. stressedD. exhausted4. A nuclear plant was built in the area______ the farmers‟ protests.A. withB. inC. overD. among5. When _____the statue in his artist‟s mind, he only had his eyes on his wife.A. assemblingB. assembleC. assessingD. assigning6. If we want everyone to be healthy, ________and happy, strict birth control is quite essential.A. nobleB. wealthyC. wealthD. effective7. I also plan to establish a charity _______here to help the poor.A. fundB. foundationC. processD. plan8. I felt ______ to death because I could make nothing of the speaker‟s talk.A. fatiguedB. tiredC. exhaustedD. bored9. I‟ve always understood one should try and be _______of other people.A. considerableB. considerateC. considerationD. considered10. I think we should raise a glass _______our success.A. forB. toC. onD. with11. This house _______ of three bedrooms, a kitchen, a bathroom and a living-room.A. holdsB. decoratesC. consistsD. comprises12. She _______her cars trying to hear his singing in the next room.A. strainedB. stressedC. pushedD. held13. Our prisons aim to _______ criminals, not simply to punish them.A. reformB. informC. conformD. perform14. After making agreement with management, the union _____strike action this week.A. attendedB. suspendedC. participatedD. held15. She will always be _______of her sister‟s beauty.A. envyB. annoyedC. enviousD. satisfied16. _________to British universities depends on examination results.A. RequirementB. AcceptanceC. PermissionD. Admission17. Martin made a _____donation to our fund.A. greedyB. promptC. gradualD. generous18. Between 1909 and 1915, the Futurists, an Italian group who exhibited in Paris, were _______by moving pictures.A. inspectedB. evolvedC. inspiredD. exaggerated19. They ______the new president ______the hope of the country.A. see….asB. see… to beC. refer….asD. refer…..to20. This pillar is a monument _____all those soldiers who died in the Second World War.A. ofB. toC. forD. by21. Having worked for more than thirty years in the field in all kinds of weather, the old farmer has rich experience in _______ the weather.A. tellingB. informingC. talking aboutD. forecasting22. I _______the long, thin fingers that were lying on her chest.A. searched forB. felt forC. reached forD. tried for23. The education _____for the coming year is about $ 4 billion, which is much more than what people expected.A. allowanceB. reservationC. budgetD. finance24. _______that the meeting has been cancelled, he is free to go out today.A. ForB. NowC. SinceD. Despite25. The owner always keeps books and other _____around so customers can read them while waiting for appointments.A. publicityB. publishC. publicationD. public26. It may be ______putting an advertisement in the local paper.A. worthB. worthyC. valuableD. right27. She ________him when he fell on dark days.A. stuck byB. stuck withC. stuck onD. stuck to28. We do have trouble in our relationship, but I feel that we can ______it _____between us without professional help.A. work…upB. work…offC. work…overD. work…out29. The chairman of the committee was delighted by the almost full ____of its members at the conference.A. dependenceB. absenceC. attendanceD. enrollment30. Then Miss Harker lifted her head and addressed them all in a _____tone.A. graveB. solemnC. severeD. critical31. Most people who travel in the course of their work are given ____.A. permissionB. admissionC. insuranceD. allowance32. We are trying to make the question simple but _____, then it will not take many minutes to answer but your answer will give us a good idea of what is wanted or what is not.A. comprehensibleB. comprehensiveC. comprehensionD. composition33. His exam ____, Porter stumbled wearily from the room.A. finishingB. finishC. finishedD. finishes34. We will try our ____ to help you if you‟re in big trouble.A. energyB. timeC. utmostD. power35. The priest _______the hunters for daring to stand on holy ground.A. disturbedB. cursedC. protestedD. praised36. He is examined ____the suspicion of being an enemy agent.A. aboutB. aboveC. onD. beyond37. Tom was very disappointed when he learned his request for a pay rise was ___again.A. turned upB. turned awayC. turned outD. turned down38. This scientist is very much ____ to the research into the causes of cancer.A. communicatedB. consistentC. committedD. committing39. John has a(n) _______habit of tapping his fingers on the desk.A. consciouslyB. consciousC. unconsciousD. unconsciously40. _______heated, the ice will melt.A. OnceB. sinceC. AsD. BecausePart II Reading Comprehension (30%)Directions: There are passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should decide on the best choice and then marked the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheets with a single line through the centre.Questions 41 to 45 are based on the following passage.“We are all sad, and we‟re a little worried… We‟re sad about something missing in childhood,” psychologist Michael Thompson told 900 early childhood educators from 22 states packed into a lecture hall last week. “We have to fight back,” he declared. “We‟re going to fight for play. “It is estimated that since the 1980s the average American children have 8 to 12 fewer hours of free play time per week. Some of the factors behind the decline have been there for decades, others are more recent. Among the key factors are:※Parents are unwilling to let their kids play outside on their own, for fear of injury or other accidents, and organized sports and other structured activities take up a large part of a child‟s non-school hours.※More hours per week are spent by kids watching TV, playing video games, using the Internet, and communication on cell phones.※More importance is attached to formal learning in preschool, more homework for primary school students and more pressure from parents on young children to quickly acquire academic skills.“Parents are more self-conscious and competitive than in the past,” Thompson said. “They‟re pushing their kids to do better than others…Free play loses out.”But he points out that this option doesn‟t necessarily breed（培养）creativity and can lead to burnout for good young athletes and frustration for the less skilled. He is also concerned that preschools, in the drive to prepare students for the academic challenges ahead, are reducing the opportunity for group fantasy play----and thus reducing children‟s chances to learn on their own about fairness, kindness and other social interactions(交往).The consequences are potentially awful, according to Thompson, who points out that reduces time to play freely with other children is producing a generation of unsociable young people and is a factor behind high rates of weight problems, anxiety, anddepression among youth. “Without enough opportunity for forms of play that promote creative thinking,” he says, “America‟s children will be at a disadvantage in the global economy.”41. Which of the following is TRUE?A. American kids have about 8 to 12 hours of free play time each week.B. American parents don‟t allow their children to do a lot of sports.C. Many preschools are paying more attention to formal learning.D. American children spend less time watching TV.42. Children‟s free play time has been reduced for the following reasons EXCEPT______.A. parents are concerned about their children‟s safety.B. parents have higher academic expectations on their childrenC. children spend more time on other activities instead of free playD. some education experts give parents improper advice43. What is the most important thing that children get by playing freely?A. Knowledge about the rules of some sports.B. Skills in playing computer games.C. Motivation to do better than others.D. Opportunities to promote creative thinking.44. According to Thompson, American children will be more ___as a result of reduced play time.A. competitiveB. depressedC. hard-workingD. sociable45 Therefore, in Para 1,”…We …re sad about something missing in childhood,…” by something, the writer refers to________.A. watching TVB. playing computerC. doing homeworkD. free play Question 46-50 are based on the following passageI live with my grandmother in a Beijing yard house. One day last year, I was surprised to see a big foreigner coming out of the house next door to ours. He was very tall with short brown hair and a pair of glasses.The first time I saw him, I was too shy to speak to him. “My English is too bad!” I thought. My grandmother told me that he had just moved into our yard. “I don‟t like it!” she said, “Foreigners aren‟t like us. Maybe he will play loud music and parties every night! I‟m sure he‟s going to cause trouble.”Several days later, I met the foreigner as I was walking home after work. “Hello!”he said (in Chinese!). My name is Tony. I‟ve just moved into the house next door to your.” While I was wondering what to say, he continued, “There‟s a nice bar down the road. Why don‟t you and your family come and have dinner with me?”“Bars are bad places,” said my grandmother when I told her, but we decided to go.The bar was not at all what I had expected. It was in a beautiful little yard house, with several large bookshelves and pictures of Tibet on the walls. Several Chinese people and foreigners were sitting drinking or reading books. I noticed that some of the foreigners were speaking Chinese in a low voice to each other! “Oh, what a civilized place!” my grandmother exclaimed.The bar served special “hutong pizzas”. As we ate, Tony told us about himself-he is an English expert in environment. He always likes to be quiet. My grandmother saidto me, “He really seems like a very nice young man.”46. When the writer first saw the foreigner, she_______.A. was frightened to himB. wanted to practice English with himC. felt too shy to speak to himD. hoped to invite the foreigner to the bar47. From the sentence “Bar are bad places”, we can that the grandmother _____.A. was very excitedB. didn‟t go to the barC. didn‟t like barsD. was angry with Tony48. What‟s the meaning of word “civilized” in the passage?A. 文明的B. 喧闹的C. 野蛮的D. 讨厌的49. Which of the following sentence is NOT TRUE?A. Tony made a lot of noise every night.B. Tony was an English expert in environmentC. There were some foreigners speaking Chinese in the barD. The grandmother thought tony cause some trouble50. The best title for the story is ________.A. A bar in TibetB. A foreigner in BeijingC. Bars are bad placesD. Foreigner like barsQuestions 51-55 are based on the following passageNow let us look at how we read. When we read a printed text, our eyes move across a page in short, jerky movement. We recognize words usually when our eyes are still when they fixate. Each time they fixate, we see a group of words. This is known as the recognition span or the visual span. The length of time of which the eyes stop ----the duration of the fixation----varies considerable from person to person. It also varies within any one person according to his purpose in reading and his familiarity with the text. Furthermore, is can be affected by such factors as lighting and tiredness. Unfortunately in the past, many reading improvement courses have concentrated too much on how our eyes move across the printed page. As a result of this misleading emphasis on the purely visual aspects of reading, numerous exercises have been devised to train the eyes to see more words at one fixation. For instance, in some exercises, words are flashed on to a screen for, say, a tenth or a twentieth of a second. One of the exercises has required students to fix their eyes on some central point, taking in the words on either side. Such word patterns are often constructed in the shape of rather steep pyramids so the reader takes in more and more words at each successive fixation. All these exercises are very clever, but it‟s one thing to improve a person‟s ability to see words and quite another thing to improve his ability to read a text efficiently. Reading requires the ability to understand the relationship between words. Consequently, for these reasons, many experts have now begun to question the usefulness of eye training, especially since any approach whish trains a person to read isolated words and phrases would seem unlikely to help him in reading a continuous text.51. The time of the recognition span can be affected by the following facts except___.A. one‟s familiarity with textB. one‟s purpose in readingC. the length of a group of wordsD. lightening and tiredness52. The author may believe that reading _______.A. requires a reader to take in more words at each fixationB. requires a reader to see words more quicklyC. demands an deeply-participating mindD. demands more mind than eyes53. What does the author mean by saying “but it‟s one thing to improve a person‟s ability to see words and quite another thing to improve his ability to read a text efficiently.” in the second paragraph?A. The ability to see words is not needed when an efficient reading is conducted.B. The reading exercises mentioned can‟t help to improve both the ability to see and to comprehend words.C. The reading exercises mentioned can‟t help to improve an efficient reading.D. The reading exercises mentioned has done a great job to improve one‟s ability to see words.54. Which of the following is NOT true?A. The visual span is a word or a group of words we see each time.B. Many experts began to question the efficiency of eye training.C. The emphasis on the purely visual aspects is misleading.D. The eye training will help readers in reading a continuous text.55. The tune of the author in writing this article is ________A. criticalB. neutralC. pessimisticD. optimisticQuestions 56 to 60 are based on the following passageAre you always sure you know what people mean when they try to describe their feelings to you? We use both words and gestures to express our feelings, but the problem is that these words and gestures can be interpreted in different ways. It is true that a smile means the same thing in any language. So does laughter or crying. There are also a number of striking similarities in the way different animals show the same feeling. Dogs, tigers and humans, for example, often show their teeth when they are angry. This is probably because such behavior patterns are inherited rather than learned.Fear is another emotion that is shown in much the same way all over the world. In Chinese and in English fiction, a phrase like he went pale and began to tremble suggests that the man is either very afraid or has had a very nasty shock. However, “he opened his eyes wide” is used to suggest anger in Chinese whereas in English it conveys surprise. In Chinese surprise can be described in a phrase like “they stretched out their tongues”. Sticking out your tongue in English is an insulting gesture or expresses disgust.Even in the same culture, people differ in their ability to interpret and express feelings. Experiments in America have shown that women are usually better than men at recognizing fear, anger, love and happiness on people‟s faces. Disgust, contempt and suffering seem to be the most difficult emotions for people everywhere either to recognize or to express. Other studies have shown that older people usually find it easier to interpret body language (the way people stand or move etc.) than younger people do. And psychologists such as E.G. Beier have also shown that some people frequently give completely the wrong impression of show they feel. For instance, they try to show affection but in fact communicate dislike. Or when they want to show interest, they give the impression that they don‟t care. This can happen even amongclose friends and members of the same family. In other words, what we think we are communicating through language, voice, face and body movement may be the exact opposite of what other people understand.56. What might be the reason for the behaviour patterns of animals and humans?A. they learn them from their parents.B. They develop the patterns as they grow older.C. They are born with them.D. They are taught about by their elders. 57. Which of the following emotions is NOT shown in the same way in different cultures?A. HappinessB. Surprise C/ Sadness D. Terror58. What kind of people are better at recognizing the expression of horror?A. MenB. ChildrenC. Old peopleD. Women59. Which of the following is true according to the passage?A. Two close friends won‟t make mistakes in expressing and interpreting each other‟s feelings.B. Stretching out one‟s tongue conveys an unfavorable expression in English.C. It is easy for people to recognize and express the strong feeling of dislike.D. Older people are not better than young people in understanding body language.60. We can generalize from the passage that _______.A. we express our feelings in much the same wayB. men differ from women in their ability to express and interpret feelingsC. our feelings are not so easy to express and interpretD. different cultures have different ways in express and interpreting feelingsPart III. Cloze (10%)Directions: There are 10 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A, B, C and D after the passage. You are should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.As the plane circled over the airport, everyone sensed that something was wrong. The plane was moving unsteadily through the air, and __61__the passengers had fastened their seat belts, they were suddenly thrown forward. At that moment, the air-hostess__62__.She looked very pale, but was quite __63__.Speaking quickly but almost in a whisper, she informed everyone that the pilot had __64__and asked if any of the passengers knew anything about machines or at __65__how to drive a car. After a moment‟s hesitation, a man got up and followed the hostess into the pilot‟s cabin. Moving the pilot aside, the man took his seat and listened carefully to the __66__insturctions that were being sent by radio from the airport below. The plane was now dangerously close __67__the ground, but to everyone‟s __68__, it soon began to climb. The man had to __69__the airport several times in order to become familiar with the controls of the plane. But the danger had not yet passed. The terrible moment came when he had to land. Following instructions, the man guided the plane toward the airfield. It shook violently as it touched the ground and then moved rapidly __70__the runway and after a long run it stopped safely.61．A. although B. while C. therefore D. then62. A. showed B. presented C. exposed D. appeared63. A. well B. still C. calm D. quiet64. A. fallen B. failed C. faded D. fainted65. A. best B. least C. length D. first66. A. patient B. anxious C. urgent D. nervous67. A. to B. by C. near D. on68. A. horror B. trust C. pleasure D. relief69. A. surround B. circle C. observe D. view70. A. around B. over C. along D. abovePart IV Translation (10%)71. Iron supplements may produce a feeling of wanting to throw up, and may be poisonous in some cases.72. But no one could have possibly guessed the truth ---that the man with endless money and a friendly manner was not a lord at all but a government employee.73. Now more than sixty years old, Barbara—who declines interviews but is said to have loves the doll--- may be the most famous unknown figure on the planet.74. They Hyde School operates on the principle that if you teach students the merit of such values as truth courage, integrity, leadership, curiosity and concern, then academic achievement naturally follows.75. We kind of like that spirit. We don‟t like it with the genitive attitudes. We want to turn that spirit positive.答案青做在答题纸上，坐在试题册上无效。

2008年普通高校招生统一考试四川卷(英语)第一卷第一部分英语知识运用（共两节，满分55分）第一节单项填空（共15小题：每小题1分，满分15分）从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

例：It is generally considered unwise to give a child ____ he or she wants.A. howeverB. whateverC. whicheverD. whenever答案是B。

1. I haven’t seen Ann for ____ long that I’ve forgotten what she looks like.A. suchB. veryC. soD. too2. You have to ________ a choice. Are you going to leave the job or stay?A. decideB. getC. doD. make3. Although badly hurt in the accident, the driver was _____ able to makea phone call.A. stillB. evenC. alsoD. ever4. For many cities in the world, there is no room to spread our further, _______ New York is an example.A. for whichB. in whichC. of whichD. from which5. --- Let’s go for a walk in the garden.--- _______, but I need to do the washing-up.A. No, thank youB. That’s rightC. Good ideaD. Not at all6. There were some chairs left over _____ everyone had sat down.A. whenB. untilC. thatD. where7. The telephone _______, but by the time I got indoors, it stopped.A. had rungB. was ringingC. ringsD. has rung8. In the United States, there is always ____ flow of people to areas of ______ country where more jobs can be found.A. a; theB. the ; aC. the; theD. a; a13. --- Can you show me Mr. Jaffer’s office, please?--- _____. But I don’t know if he is in at the moment.A. ThanksB. Go onC. SureD. You are welcome14. We had an anxious couple of weeks _____ for the results of the experiment.A. waitB. to be waitingC. waitedD. waiting15. A cough is usually nothing to worry about unless it lasts for ten days ___.A. or moreB. insteadC. at mostD. only第二节完形填空（共20小题：每小题2分，满分40分）阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

2008真题英美文学（45分）一选择（10分）1.Beowulf is an epic telling the adventurous stories of ___A.the noble such as kings or queensB.small farmersC.workersD.people in the town2.Ulysses, a typical example of modernism, was written by ___A.Geoffrey ChaucerB.James JoyceC.William ShakespeareD.T. S. Eliot3.Modernist writers liked to use symbols because a symbol shows___A.more complex meaningsB.less ambiguityC.less difference in interpretationsD. a more direct meaning4.Realism supported by William Dean Howells, ___was described as "nothing moreand nothing less than the truthful treatment of material."A. the major advocate of the 19th century American realismB. the major advocate of the 20th century American realismC. the major advocate of the 19th century British realismD. the major opponent of the 19th century American realism5.Charles Dickens’ characters are often ___A. people enjoying great social privilegesB. people from the upper classC. privileged peopleD. people from the lower society6.J. Alfred Prufrock in The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock is a modern man ___A.who is helpful, active, and slow in actionsB.who is helpless, submissive, slow in actions and whose life is full of boredom novelsC.who is active in treating everything of his life and quick in thoughtsD.who is strong physically and determined spiritually7.Stephen Crane, Frank Norris, and Theodore Dreiser could be called___whoseworks are full of pessimism and deterministic ideas.A. optimistic and successful writersB. romantic writersC. naturalistic writersD. writers full of love for nature8.Writers such as F.Scott Fitzgerald of the period after the First World War werecalled "Lost Generation ___A.for their being devoid of faith and alienation from civilizationB.for their being stout in faith and alienation from civilizationC.for their determination in faith and harmony with the societyD.for their strong belief in religion9.Robert Frost, living in the 20th century, deliberately rejected the revolutionarypoetic principles of his contemporaries______A.by disliking the traditional forms of lyric and narrativeB.by arguing against the traditional forms of lyric and narrativeC.by adopting the traditional forms of lyric and narrativeD.by not always observing the traditional forms of lyric and narrative10.In the preface to his Lyrical Ballads, William Wordsworth declares that poetryis_____A.the mirror of the human lifeB.imitation of human beings' lifeC.the feelings of studies effortsD.the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings1. William Faulkner is considered by many to be the greatest writer of fiction the U.S. has ever produced because of his experiments in the dislocation of narrative time and his use of stream-of-consciousness techniques..2. British Romantic age is an age in which poetry flourished and the poets expressed ideas according to the rules set up by the predecessors.3. In his play Waiting for Godot Samuel Beckett shows the significance of working hard and the possibility of making progress.4. The literary trend of Angry Young Men happened after the First World War. The writers of the trend wrote about ugliness and sordidness of life and revolted against the genteel class.5. William Golding was a Nobel Prize winner whose major work is Lord of The Flies.6. In Leaves of Grass Walt Whitman presents the combination of the deal of the democratic common man and that of the rugged individual.7. Experimental American playwrights after the First World War, hostile to outworn and timid theatrical convention, created works of tragedy, stark realism, and social protest.8. The American literature achieved a new diversity and reached its greatest heights in the 1920s in which Emily Dickinson, Sinclair Lewis, Theodore Dreiser, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, William Faulkner all showed their voices.9. Modernism refers to various literary schools of various artists: painters, musicians, poets etc in the first part of the 20th century whose rebellion against conventions wasa striking feature.10. Sir Walter Scott was a historical novelist in whose works the fidelity to the spirit of the past and a meticulous accuracy in antiquarian detail can be found.1.Jack London2.Ernest Hemingway3.Charles Dickens4.Samuel Taylor Coleridge5.Wait Whitman6.Mark Twain7.John Steinbeck8.Harriet Beecher Stowe9.William Wordsworth10.HenryJames A. The Solitary ReaperB. Uncle Tom's CabinC. The Adventure of Tom SawyerD. The Sun Also RisesE. Dombey and SonF. a romantic poet skilled at making supernatural naturalG. The Portrait of a LadyH. The Grapes of WrathI. Song of MyselfJ. The Call of the Wild四指出修辞（5分）Listen for the kettle and get ready for its boiling.(metonymy)1. The young girl is as beautiful as a flower.2. At that time we all were immersed in the sea of happiness.3. Hearing that, the whole room jumped up from their seats shouting with joy.4. He was so hungry thinking he could eat up a whole bull.5. When the trickle of the immigrants to the place became a stream, the land was forced to offer all it could to support all the population there.五.简答(10分)1．Why do you think the Victorian novels have a strong sense of moral purpose? 2．What do you think modernist writers could achieve by using allusion in their works?翻译（45分）一句子（20分）1.The whole country was armed in a few days.(要求：译文的主语与原文主语保持一致）2. Our foreign policy is supported by the people all over the world.(要求：用主动语态翻译）3. From the beginning, the fact that I was alive was ignored.(要求：翻译时同位语从句置前）4. He is the most identifiable trouble-maker.(要求：用分句法翻译）5. I wrote four books in the first three years, a record never touched before.(要求：用分句法翻译）6. He shrugged his shoulders, shook his head, cast up his eyes, but said nothing.(要求：修改下面译文）他耸了耸他的双肩，摇了摇他的头，他的两眼看天，一句话也不说。

2008年普通高校招生统一考试四川卷（英语）第一卷第一部分英语知识运用（共两节，满分55分）第一节单项填空（共15小题：每小题1分，满分15分）从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

例: It is gen erally con sidered un wise to give a child ___ he or she wan ts.A. howeverB. whateverC. whicheverD. whe never答案是B。

I. 1 have n'see n Ann for ___ l ong that I've forgotte n what she looks like.A. suchB. veryC. soD. too2. You have to ______ a choice. Are you going to leave the job or stay?A. decideB. getC. doD. make3. Although badly hurt in the accide nt, the driver was ____ able to make a phone call.A. stillB. eve nC. alsoD. ever4. For many cities in the world, there is no room to spread our further, _______ N ew York is an example.A. for whichB. in whichC. of whichD. from which5. --- Let' go for a walk in the garden.--- _______ , but I n eed to do the wash in g-up.A. No, thank youB. That's rightC. Good ideaD. Not at all6. There were some chairs left over ____ every one had sat dow n.A. whe nB. untilC. thatD. where7. The telepho ne ______ , but by the time I got in doors, it stopped.A. had rungB. was ringingC. ringsD. has rung8. In the United States, there is always _____ flow of people to areas of ________ country where more jobs can be found.A. a; theB. the ; aC. the; theD. a; a9. Although this ______ s ound like a simple task, great care is n eeded.A. look outB. stay upC. carry onD. get along10. Although this ____ sound like a simple task, great care is n eeded.A. mustB. mayC. shallD. shouldII. The man ager believes prices will n ot rise by more tha n ___ f our perce nt.A. any otherB. the otherC. ano therD. other12. In some places wome n are expected to earn money ___men work at home andraise their childre n.A. butB. whileC. becauseD. though13. --- Can you show me Mr. Jaffers office, please?--- _____ . But I don 'k now if he is in at the mome nt.A. ThanksB. Go onC. SureD. You are welcome14. We had an an xious couple of weeks ____ f or the results of the experime nt.A. waitB. to be wait ingC. waitedD. wait ing15. A cough is usually no thi ng to worry about uni ess it lasts for ten days _ .A. or moreB. i nsteadC. at mostD. on ly第二节完形填空（共20小题：每小题2分，满分40分）阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。