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1、试卷代号：1062国家开放大学2021年秋季学期期末统一考试文学英语赏析试题2022年1月 考前须知一、将你的学号、姓名及分校(工作站)名称填写在答题纸的规定栏内。考试结束后， 把试卷和答题纸放在桌上。试卷和答题纸均不得带出考场。监考人收完考卷和答题纸后才可 离开考场。二、仔细读懂题目的说明，并按题目要求答题。答案一定要写在答题纸的指定位置上, 写在试卷上的答案无效。三、用蓝、黑圆珠笔或钢笔答题，使用铅笔答题无效。Information for the examinees : This examination consists of 3 parts. They are:Part I: Lite
2、rary Fundamentals (30 points)Reading Comprehension (so points)Part II: writing (20 points)The total marks for this examination are 100 points. Time allowed for completing this examination is 90 minuteS. There will be no extra time to transfer answers to the Answer Sheet; therefore, you should write
3、ALL your answers on the Answer Sheet as you do each task.Part I Literary Fundamentals (30 points, 2 points each)Questions 1-15Section 1, Match the works with their writers.Works1. The Old Man and the Sea2. Jane Eyre3. The Pearl4. Gettysburg Address5. Lord of the FliesWritersA. John SteinbeckB. Willi
4、am GoldingC. Abraham LincolnD. Oscar WildeE. Ernest HemingwayF J B. PriestleyG. Charlotte Bronte11. Charles DickensonDecide whether the following statements are True (T) or False (F).6. The Novel Heart of Darkness exposes the corruption, cruelty and greed of the colonial system in Africa.7. Hamlet i
5、s one of the well-known comedies by William Shakespeare.8. Walt Whitman is a famous American poet.9. Lady Bracknell is a comic character created by Oscar Wilde in his play The Importance of Being Earnest.10. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner is a protest poem against racial discrimination.Section 2. C
6、hoose the correct answers to complete the following sentences.11. A is a pair of thymed lines that are equal in length.A. sonnetB. coupletC. balladD. limerickIn narrative stories, the build-up of an interesting plot reaches its highest point at the , which is the highest point of tension for the rea
7、der.A. settingB. endC. flashbackD. climaxWhat figure of speech is used in the underlined lines?“Now is the time to make real the promises of democracy. Now is the t ime to rise from the dark and desolate Valley of segration to the sunlit path of racial justice. Now is the time to lift our nation fro
8、m the quick sands of racial injustice to the solid rock of brotherhood.A. simileB. metaphorC. punD. personificationAll the following were awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature except.A. Emily DickinsonB. John SteinbeckC. Harold PinterD.Ernest Hemingway“Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready
9、man; and writing an exact man. This is quoted from by .A. an essay, Michel de MontaigneB. a speech, Abraham LincolnC. a speech, Martin Luther KingD. an essay, Francis BaconPart II Reading Comprehension ( 50 points)Read the texts 1-3 and choose the best answer to each question. (30 points, 3 points e
10、ach)Questions 16-25Text 1Lady Bracknell: (sitting down) You can take a seat, Mr. Worthing.looks in her pocket for notebook and pencil.)Jack Worthing: Thank you, Lady Bracknell, I prefer standing.Lady Bracknell (pencil and notebook in hand) : I feel bound to tell you that you are not down on my list
11、of eligible young men, although I have the same list as the dear Duchess of Bolton has. We work together, in fact. However, I am quite ready to enter your name, should your manners be what a really affectionate mother requires. Do you smoke?Jack Worthing: Well, yes.I must admit I smokeLady Bracknell
12、: I am glad to hear it. A man should always have an occupation of some kind. There are far too many idle men in London as it is. How old are you?Jack worthing: Twenty-nine.Lady Bracknell: A very good age to be married at. I have always been of opinion that a man who desires to get married should kno
13、w either everything or nothing. Which do you know?Jack worthing after some hesitatioon) : I know nothing, Lady Bracknell.Lady Bracknell: I am pleased to hear it. I do not approve of anything that tampers with natural ignorance. Ignorance is like a delicate exotic fruit; touch it and the bloom is gon
14、e. The whole theory of modern education is radically unsound. Fortunately in England, at any rate, education produces no effect whatsoever. If it did, it would prove a serious danger to the upper classes, and prubably lead to acts of violence in Grosvenor Square. What is your income?Jack Worthing: B
15、etween seven and eight thousand a year.Lady Bracknell makes a note in her book) : In land, or in investments?Jack Worthing: In investments, chiefly.Lady Bracknell: That is satisfactory. What between the duties expected of one during one，s lifetime, and the duties exacted from one after one，s death,
16、land has ceased to be either a profit or a pleasure. It gives one position, and prevents one from keeping it up. That,s all that can be said about land.Jack Worthing: I have a country house with some land, of course, attached to it, about fifteen hundred acres, I believe; but I dont depend on that f
17、or my real income. In fact, as far as I can make out, the poachers are the only people who make anything out of it.Lady Bracknell: A country house! How many bedrooms? Well, that point can be cleared up afterwards. You have a town house, I hope? A girl with a simple, unspoiled nature, like Gwendolen,
18、 could hardly be expected to reside in the country.16 .The extract is taken from .A. The Birthday PartyB. The Importance of Being EarnestC. An Inspec tor Calls. In this extract, Lady Bracknell is interviewing Jack Worthing on his suitability as a possible .A. investment advisorB.live-in domestic hel
19、perC.husband for her daughterWhich of the following statement is true of the extract?A. Lady Bracknell uses highly exaggerated language and shifts from one topic to another abruptly.B. Lady Bracknell believes it is important to own land because it is a safe and continuous source of income.C. Few of
20、Lady BracknelT s questions focus on Jack Worthings income, property and family connections.18. Lady Bracknell is portrayed as .A. an open-minded career counselorB. a snobbish womanC. a shrewd human resource managerText 2A stout slow man sat in his office waiting. Uis face was fatherly and benign, an
21、d his eyes twinkled with friendship. He was a caller of good mornings, a ceremonious shaker of hands, a jolly man who knew all jokes and yet who hovered close to sadness, for in the midst of a laugh he could remember the death of your aunt, and his eyes would become wet with sorrow for your loss. Th
22、is morning he had placed a flower in a vase on his desk, a single scarlet hibiscus, and the vase sat beside the black velvet-lined tray in front of him. He was shaved close to the blue roots of his beard, and his hands were clean and his nails polished. His door stood open to the morning, and he hum
23、med under his breath while his right hand practiced legerdemain. He rolled a coin back and forth over his knuckles and made it appear and disappear, made it spin and sparkle. The coin winked into sight and as quickly slipped out of sight, and the man did not even watch his own performance. The finge
24、rs did it all mechanically, precisely, while the man hummed to himself and peered out the door. Then he heard th_e tra n_p of feet of the approaching crowd and the finggers of his right hand worked faster and faster unt i I as the figure of K i no f i I I ed the doorway the coi r i flashed and disap
25、pe red.19. The extract is taken from .A. Heart of DarknessB. The PearlC. Lord of the FliesThe stout man is described as .A. extremely cold and impoliteB. a bit shy but cool-headedC. kind and friendlyThe last few sentences suggest that the stout man .A. could not stay calm when he saw the coin disapp
26、earB. could not stay calm when he saw Kino come inC. could not go out because of the crowd at his door Text 3Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephoneStop all the clocks, cut off the telephone, Prevent the dog from barking with a juicy bone. Silence the pianos and with muffled drum,Bring out the co
27、ffin, let the mourners come.Let aeroplanes circle moaning overhead Scribbling on the sky the message He Is Dead, Put the crepe bows round the white necks of the public doves, Let the traffic policemen wear black cotton gloves.He was my North, my South, my East and West,My working week and my Sunday
28、rest, My noon, my midnight, my talk, my song;I thought that love would last for ever: I was wrong.The stars are not wanted now: put out every one;Pack up the moon and dismantle the sun;Pour away the ocean and sweep up the wood.For nothing now can ever come to any good.20. In which stanza does the sp
29、eaker call on the audience to stop all the distractions and share in his grief?A. Stanza 1B. Stanza 2C. Stanza 3What)s the focus of the third stanza?A. The difficulties in making decisions at the crossroads of life.B. The celebration of the importance of the loved one to the poet.C. The destructive
30、force of extreme ambition.21. The poet expressed .A. bitter disappointment at the polluted environmentB. deep grief at the death of an intimate friendC. strong desire to change the worldText 4Read the extract and give brief answers to the questions 26-29 that follow. (20 points, 5 points each)Please
31、 note: This reading task will be relevant to the writing task in Part III.The Day Mother CriedComing home from school that dark winter, s day so long ago, I was filled with anticipation, I had a new issue of my favorite sports magazine tucked under my arm, and the house to myself. Dad was at work, m
32、y sister was away, and Mother wouldn，t be home from her new job for an hour. I bounded up the steps, burst into the living room and flipped on a light.I was shocked into stillness by what I saw. Mother, pulled into a tight ball with her face in her hands, sat at the far end of the couch. She was cry
33、ing. I had never seen her cry.I approached cautiously and touched her shoulder. Mother?” I said. Whats happened?”She took a long breath and managed a weak smile. Its nothing, really. Nothing important. Just that Im going to lose this new job. I can，t type fast enough, n “But you，ve only been there t
34、hree days, v I said. You II catch on. I was repeating a line she had spoken to me a hundred times when I was having trouble learning or doing something important to me.“No, she said sadly. I always said I could do anything I set my mind to, and I stillthink I can in most things. But I can, t do this
35、.I felt helpless and out of place. At age 16 I still assumed Mother could do anything. Some years before, when we sold our ranch （大牧场）and moved to town, Mother had decided to open a day nursery. She had had no training, but that didn，t stand in her way. She sent away for correspondence （函授）courses i
36、n child care, did the lessons and in six months formally qualified herself for the task. It wasn，t long before she had a full enrollment and a waiting list. I accepted all this as a perfectly normal instance of mother，s ability.But neither the nursery nor the motel my parents bought later had provid
37、ed enough income to send my sister and me to college In two years I would be ready for college In three more my sister would want to go. Time was running out, and Mother was frantic for ways to save money. It was clear that Dad could do no more than he was doing already-farming 80 acres in addition
38、to holding a fulltime job.A few months after wed sold the motel, Mother arrived home with a used typewriter. It skipped between certain letters and the keyboard was soft. At dinner that night I pronounced the machine a piece of junk.“Thats all we can afford. Mother said. ，It，s good enough to learn o
39、n. And from that day on, as soon as the table was cleared and the dishes were done, Mother would disappear into her sewing room to practice. The slow tap, tap, tap went on some nights until midnight.It was nearly Christmas when I heard Mother got a job at the radio station. I was not the least bit s
40、urprised, or impressed. But she was ecstatic.Monday, after her first day at work, I could see that the excitement was gone. Mother looked tired and drawn. I responded by ignoring her.Tuesday, Dad made dinner and cleaned the kitchen. Mother stayed in her sewing room, practicing. Is Mother all right?”
41、 I asked Dad.Shes having a little trouble with her typing, he said. She needs to practice. I think she，d appreciate it if we all helped out a bit more.I already do a lot, I said, immediately on guard.I know you do, Dad said evenly. And you may have to do more. You might just remember that she is wor
42、king primarily so you can go to college.I honestly didnt care. I wished she would just forget the whole thing.My shock and embarrassment at finding mother in tears on Wednesday was a perfect index of how little I understood the pressures on her. Sitting beside her on the couch, I began very slowly t
43、o understand.Z，I guess we all have to fail sometime, z，Mother said quietly. I could sense her pain and the tension of holding back the strong emotions that were interrupted by my arrival.Suddenly, something inside me turned. I reached out and put my arms around her.She broke then. She put her face a
44、gainst my shoulder and sobbed. I held her close and didn，t try to talk. I knew I was doing what I should, what I could, and that it was enough. In that moment, feeling Mother，s back racked with emotion, I understood for the first time her vulnerability. She was still my mother, but she was something
45、 more: a person like me, capable of fear and hurt and failure. I could feel her pain, as she must have felt mine on a thousand occasions when I had sought comfort in her arms.A week later Mother took a job selling dry goods at half the salary the radio station had offered. Its a job I can do, she sa
46、id simply. But the evening practice sessions on the old green typewriter continued. I had a very different feeling now when I passed her door at night and heard her tapping away. I knew there was something more going on in there than a woman learning to type.When I left for college two years later,
47、Mother had an office job with better pay and more responsibility. I have to believe that in some strange way she learned as much from her moment of defeat as I did, because several years later, when I had finished school and proudly accepted a job as a newspaper reporter, she had already been a jour
48、nalist with our hometown paper for six months.The old green typewriter sits in my office now, unprepared. It is a memento (纽 念品)，but what it recalls for me is not quite what it recalled for Mother. When Im having trouble with a story and think about giving up or when I start to feel sorry for myself and think things should be easier for me。 I roll a piece of paper into that cranky old machine and type, word by painful word, just the way Mother did. What I remember then is not her failure, but her courage, the courage to go ahead.Its the best memento anyone ever gave me.26.