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串讲（1）I. Multiple Choice: (40 points, 1 point for each)e.g. Shakespeare’s greatest tragedies are the following works except ____.A. Hamlet B. King Lear C. Romeo and Juliet D. Othello Ans: C. (P33)II. Reading Comprehension (16 points, 4 points for each) e.g. “Wild Spirit, which art moving everywhere;/Destroy and Preserver’ hear, O hear!”Que: A. Identify the poem and the poet. B. What is the Wild Spirit? C. What does the Wild Spirit destroy and preserve?Ans: A: Shelly’s Ode to the West wind 雪莱的《西风颂》 B. The West wind: breath of Autumn’s being”.C. It destroys things /thoughts / idea that are dead, it preserves new life. (or seeds that represent new life or new birth.) (P211) III. Questions and Answers (24 points in all, 6 points for each)e.g. My boy! said the old gentleman, learning over the desk. Oliver started 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. (Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist)Que: Explain why the boy (Oliver Twist) started first, then trembled violently and burst into tears when the words were “kindly” said.Ans: The boy started at the words because kind words were not expected; it was the first time in all his life that the boy (Oliver Twist) had been “kindly” greeted; strange sounds may predict another suffering/misfortune/torture…) (At least one example from the text..)IV. Topic discussion (20 points in all, 10 points for each)Write no less than 150 words on each of the following topics in English in the corresponding space on the answer sheet.e.g. Mark Twin presented the 19th century American in his own unique way. Que: Discuss Twain’s art of fiction: the setting, the language, and the characters, etc., based on his novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.Ans: A. Mark Twain uses the Mississippi alley as his fictional kingdom, writing about the landscape and people, the customs and the dialects of one particular