2000年英语专业一考试试题及考生须知.pdfVIP

2000年学院入学考试

英语专业

英语(一)试题

考生须知

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Ⅰ.Translatethefollowinginto(50%)

Asself-appointedcustodiansofidealsandfundamentalmoralprincip,pre-1910

Americanintellectualsbelievedittheirresponsibilitytoleadthenationupward

andonward.Iftherewereobstactobeovercome,intellectualssoundedthecall

andledthereformerscharge.Ifidealisticvisionsweretherequirements,they

providedblueprintsforutopians.Thetwentiethcenturybeganwithmost

intellectualsintheUnitedStatessanguineaboutthefutureoftheWesternworld.

ThewaveofprideandconfidencegeneratedbytheRenaissanceandtheEnlightenment

stillrolledstrongly.Whataworkofartwasman!Hisintellect,disciplinedwith

science,seemedcapableofexiningandutilizingeverynaturalprocess.Andthe

samenaturallawsthatprovidedthekeytothephysicalworldwerethoughttomake

possibleasocialscienceaswell.Withliberalapplicationoftheoilofnatural

rights,mostAmericansconfidentlyexpectedthesocialvehicletorunsqueaks

foreverWorldWarIexploredthishalcyonvision.

Thewayinwhichtheactualphraselostgenerationcameintobeingisinstructive.

Whiletheseveralaccountsvaryindetails,thereisgeneralconsensusthatthe

phraseoriginatedwithGertrudeStein,theRadcliffegirlturnedParisian,andthe

undeanofexpatriatedAmericanartistsandwritersinEurope.Thereisalso

generalagreementthatSteinusedthephraseinconversationwithErnestHemingway

about1921.HemingwaysownaccountinAMoveableFeastisthemostcomplete.

GertrudeStein,hebegins,founditnecessaryt