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姓名：　　　　　 　　报考学科、专业：　　　　　　　　　　　准考证号码：　　　 　　　　　 　　 密封线内不要答题 二O一四年招收硕士研究生入学考试试题A卷 考试科目及代码：　　　　英美文学基础（857） 　　 适用专业：　　英语语言文学；外国语言学及应用语言学　 　 答题内容写在答题纸上，写在试卷或草稿纸上一律无效。考完后试题随答题纸交回。 考试时间3小时，总分值 150 分。 Ⅰ. Multiple Choice Select from the four choices of each item the one that best answers the question or completes the statement. Write your choice on the answer sheet. (1 point for each, 24 points in total) 1. Which of the following is not a tragedy? _____. A. Othello B. King Lear C. A Midsummer Night’s Dream D. King Lear 2. Crafty men contemn studies, simple men admire them, and wise men use them…The underlined part means _____. A. men of craft/skill B. sly men C. clever men D. wicked men 3. The duke in My Last Duchess is characterized with the following except _____. A. arrogant B. kind C. greedy D. domineering 4. What does the letter ‘A’ means in The Scarlet Letter? _____ A. Adultery B. Able C. Angel D. all of the above 5. We can perhaps describe the west wind in Shelley’s poem “Ode to the West Wind” with all the following except__. A. tamed B. swift C. proud D. wild 6.Which is not a narrative poem written by Longfellow? _____. A.The Courtship of Miles Standish B. My Lost Youth C. Evangeline D. Hiawatha Which statement is not true about Emily Dickinson’s poetic features? _____. A.Her language is brief, direct, and plain. B. She used conventional meters, iambic tetrameter, off-rhymes. C. Each poem has a title. D. Short poetic lines, condensed by using intense metaphors and by extensive use of ellipsis. 8. Which is Stephen Crane’s work? _____. Maggie: A Girl of the Streets The Black Riders The Red Badge of Courage All of the above 9.Which play didn’t win Pulitzer Prize? _____. A..Beyond the Horizon B. Strange Interlude C. Bound East for Cardiff D. Long Day’s Journey into Night 10.Which is not true about the principles of Imagism? _____. A. indirect treatment of the “thing”.