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1.And thus the native hue of resolution/Is sicklied o‘er with the pale cast of thought
A,native hue of resolution
mean___determination.
B.Pale cast of thought stand for___consideration
C.The two lines express___too much thinking made activity impossible.
1.― Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow‘st;When in eternal lines
to time thou grow‘st:So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.
A. The poem is ― Shall I Compare thee to a Summer‘s Day‖,by Shakespeare.
B. Eternal lines means___ the lines of the poem and other sonnets.
C.It means:___ you will not lose your beauty, and death will not threaten you with darkness, either. As long as man can live in the world, they will see your beauty in my lines of my poem, which has given you eternal life. (Or A nice summer‘s day is usually transient, but the beauty in poetry can last for ever.
1.―For herein Fortune shows herself more kind……Of such misery doth she cut me off‖
A.. the title of the works and author. ___―The Merchant of Venice‖, William Shakespeare.
B. Explain ―from which…cut me off ___This sentence means she, ‘Lady Fortune, is more kind to him because she is taking away both his wealth and life.
C. What happened to him, which caused the words___ The speaker is Antonio, it‘s said that his ship have all been lost, and he is penniless, and will have to pay the pound of flesh. (Because Shylock has made a strange bond that requires Antonio to pay him a pound of flesh if he can‘t repay him the money that he borrowed for his friend in due time.)
1.Shall I compare thee to a summer‘s day----short a date
A;Poet‘name__ Shakespeare
B;a summer‖s day refer to __a period or the season of summer
C:what rhetorical device are used __
metaphor and
personification.
D:analyze theme of this
sonnet__.Shakespeare has a
profound meditation on the
destructive power of time
and eternal beauty brought
forth by poetry to the one
he loves.a nice summers day
is usually rtansient,but the
beauty in poetry can last for
ever.thus Shakespeare has a
faith in the permanence of
poetry.
1. Is sicklied o‘er with
the pale cast of thought,and
enterprises of great pith and
moment……And lose the
name of action
A: pith means:
significance, importance
B:the
play___Hamlet ,the
author__William
Shakespeare
C.:the character of the
protagonist____
Hamlet,prince of
denmark,the melancholic
scholar-prince,faces the
dilemma between action
and mind. The cast of his
mind is so specutive,so
questioning,so
comprehensive that
action ,when it finally
comes,seems almost like
defeat
1. to be ,or not to
be—that is the question
A the title__William
Shakespeare‘sHamlet
Bthe protagonist__
Hamlet
C .the character of the
protagonist__he is
speculative,questioning and
contemplative
1.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,…
A.To be,or not to be
___means to live on in this
world or to die,to suffer or
to take action.
B.The characteristic of
the protagonist___He is a
man of
speculation,umbrage
andcontemplation.
C.The third line
imply___The protagonist
lived in a world that was
full of troubles,and he was
often determined to take up
arms against troubles that
sweep upon him like a
sea,but he did not success.
2.If thou beest he—but
o how fallen !how
changed-----into what pit
thou seest
A.the author__
paradise lost by John
Milton
B.the theme___the
story is taken from Genesis
of the Bible.the theme is
―Fall of Man‖
C. the poet intend to do
__he intended to expose the
ways of Satan and to
―justify the ways of God to
men‖
D.―he‖ refer to__God.
2. here in the heart of
hell to work in fire,/or do
his errands in the gloomy
deep
A .the title__paradise
lost,the author__John
Milton
B‖ in the gloomy
deep‖means__ in chaos
C.the poem attempts to
convince us__ the poem
tries to convince us that the
unquestionable truth of
Biblical revelation means
that an all-knowing God
was just in allowing Adam
and Eve to be tempted
and ,of their free will to
choose sin and its inevitable
punishment.
2.―… All is no lost: the
unconquerable
will,Irreconcilable to our
gra nd Foe‖
A. the poem and the poet
____ John Milton‘s
―Paradise Lost‖.
B. interpret―all is not
lost‖___ is the word from
Satan----Satan and other
angels rebel against God,
but they are driven from
Heaven into hell. In the fire
of the hell, Satan is
determined to fight back,
just like what he says: not
all is lost, the
unconquerable will, the
deep hatred, and the
courage to fight till death
still remain.
C. the whole passage
mean ___This passage
shows Satan‘s will not to
submit and the desire to
long for freedom; to beg
God for mercy and worship
his power is more shameful
and disgraceful than the
downfall.
4.My gentleness and
good behaviour had gained
so far on the -----and play at
hide-and-seek in my hair‖
A: the author__
Jonathan Swift, the title of
the boo k is Gulliver‖s
Travels.
B.how many parts does
the book contain ? what
part is this except taken
from___4 parts, this except
taken from 1st part.
C. the setting of each
part __1st is Lilliput ;2nd is
Brobdingnag ;3rd is Flying
Island;4th is Houyhnhnm
land.
D.―I‖ is Gulliver. In
this except he gives an
account of some aspects of
Lilliputian life and
obviously alludes to the
similar ridiculous practices
or tricks of the English
government
5.―Mr. western had an
estate in this parish----to be
present at this time
A:The author and
title.__Henry Fielding,‖Tom
Jones‖
B. what name does this
book bring to the author
___Prose Homer
C.the social
significance __it provide a
panoramic view of the 18th
centrury English country
and city life wirh scores of
different places and a whole
gallery of about 40
characters.
d---3,in the country,on
the highway,in London.
6. "A little black thing
among the snowCrying
"‘weep! ‘weep! "They are
both gone up to the church
to prey."
A. the poem and poet
____ "The Chimney
Sweeper (from songs of
experience) by Blake
B."notes of woe"
means____ the songs/notes
of sadness. C."they ate both
gone up to the church to
prey.___"
mean_____ religion is the
instrument of their
repression/ oppression, its
nature is to help bring
misery to the poor
children.
6."Then naked & white,
all their bags left
behind,…He‘d have God
for his father, and never
want joy."
poem ____
"The Chimney Sweeper
(from Songs of Innocence)",
_____ William Blake.
B.the poem implies
____This is a lovely poem
presenting a happy and
innocent world, though the
wretched child are exploited
and orphaned, they had
nicedream for life and the
world, which implies
religion make people
obedient to exploitation,
and from religion, they can
get consolation and an
"illusory
happiness".
6.When my mother
died I was very young,And
my father sold me while yet
my tongue ,could scarcely
cry‘weep!weep!....
A.The author is__
William Blake,The title is
Songs of Innocence.
B.Weep means___
―Sweep‖it is the child‘s
lisping attempt at the
ch imney sweeper‘s street
cry.
C.The characteristics of his
poems in his early
years___His poems
emphasize the tone of
joy,laughter,love and
harmony.His language in
mang poems is plain and
direct.His poems often
carry the lyric beauty with
immense compression of
meaning.Symbolism in wide
range is also a distinctive
feature of his poetry.
1. "A little black thing
among the snowCrying
"‘weep! ‘weep! "They are
both gone up to the church
to prey."(1)Identify the
poem and poet.(2)Explain
"notes of woe".
(3)What does the sentence
mean "they ate both gone
up to the church to prey."
(1)It is from "The Chimney
Sweeper (from songs of
experience) by Blake
(2)"notes of woe" means the
songs/notes of sadness.(3)It
implies: religion is the
instrument of their
repression/ oppression, its
nature is to help bring
misery to the poor
children.
"
7.For oft, when on my
couch I lie Which is the bliss
of solitude;And dance with
the daffodils."
A. bliss of the solitude
____The Daffodils the poem
saw.
B.Interpret the
passage___It is a
bliss/happiness to recollect
the beauty of nature in his
mind when he is
solitude/lonely.
C. Why did the poet
write the poem, what did he
want to express _____The
poem depicts/deals with the
flowers that he came across
along waterside, by which
he expresses the quiet,
sympathy, loving feeling to
nature just like his words
"poetry is from "emotion
recollected in tranquility".
7.For oft,when on my
couch I lie.In vacant or in
pensive mood,….and dances
with the daffodils.
A.the poet__William
Wordsworth.the title__I
Wandered Lonely as a
Cloud.
B.the position of the
poem____the poem is perhaps the most anthologized one in English literature,and one that takes us to the core of Wordsworth‘s poetic beliefs.
C.The characteristic of the poem___the poem is a masterpiece on nature.
7.For oft,when on my couch I lie,In vacant or in pensive mood….
A. the poet__William Wordsworth.the title__I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud.
B.Inward eye mean___human soul
C.The main idea of the passage___the poet expressed his love for the daffodils.
7. I wandered lonely as
a cloud……fluttering and dancing in the breeze
A .the poem___? I wandered lonely as a cloud ?the poet __Wiliam Wordsworth
B.the meaning of this stanza__ like a cloud flying over valleys and mountains I was travelling,suddenly to my surprise ,I saw a grove of daffodils at the side of a lake ,how beautiful they were ,fluttering and dancing in the wind ,this poem typically depicts the author‘s respect for nature
C.the period___ the romantic period
7.―I wandered lonely as
a cloud------------tossing their heads in sprightly dance‖
A:the author and title __I wandered lonely as a cloud by William Wordsworth
C.the poem mainly about__ beauty of nature,
D.the Milky Way‖ is__ a broad belt of faint light,consisting of countless stars too faint to be seen separately and shining like a river across the sky at night,here in this poem the long belt of daffodils are just like the Milky Way
8.Cleave themselves into chasms , while far below,The sea-blooms and the oozy woods which wear---- And tremble and despoil themselves:O hear!
A.The two stazas describes----the power of the wind ,even the vegetation at the bottom of the sea grow grey when it comes.
B.The poem expresses the author‘s eagerness to enjiy the boundless freedom from the reality .
C.The author of the
poem is Percy Bysshe
Shelly .
8. "As thus with thee
in prayer in my sore
need….One too like thee:
tameless, and swift and
proud."
A. Explain I fall upon the
thorns of life, I bleed
___The sentence call
Shelley‘s desire that he
couldn‘t best being fettered
to/limited by the
humdrum/too ordinary
reality of everyday!
B. Can you
comprehend the deep
emotion contained in the
poem? What‘s that ___In
the poem, the west wind has
become the poet himself,he
wants to be free, proud and
controllable like the wild
west wind,to destruct and
construct with the strong
power like the west wind.
C.his classic
words.___"If Winter comes,
can Spring be far behind?"
8. "With plough and
spade and hoe and
loom …England be your
Sepulcher"
A.Sepulcher means___
grave.
B. the deep implication
of the poem ____The poem
ironically addressed to the
workers who submit to
capitalist exploitation. It
warned them: If they gave
up the struggle, they
wouldbe digging graves for
themselves wish their own
hands...
8. men of
England ,wherefore
plough,For the lords who
lay ye low…
A The poem is a
song :men of England ,the
poet is percy bysshe Shelley
B.interpret the implied
meaning of the stanza___
the poem is not only a cry
calling upon the working
people of England to rise up
against their political
oppressors, but also an
address to point out to them
the intolerable injustice of
economic exploitation.
C which period : the
romantic period"
8. Wild spirit, which
art moving
everywhere;Destroyer and
Preserver; hear, O hear!"
A."wild spirit" refers
to____ west wind/autumn
wind. B. Why called it
"Destroyer and Preserver"
at the same
time____Because west wind
buried the dead year and
year and prepared for a
new spring, the poet call it
"Destroyer and preserver"
.C. the poet and the
poem _____ "Ode to the
west wind" of Shelley.
D.wild Spirit___the
west wind:breath of
Autumn‘s being.
E.Wild spirit destroy
and preserve____it destroys
things/thoughts/idea that
are dead,it preserves new
life.
8.Where fore feed and
Clothe and saveFrom the
cradle to the graveDrain
your sweat---nay, drink
your blood?"
Men of
England" by Shelley.
B.Explain Drones
___the male of the
honey-bees that don‘t
work ,referring to the
parasitic class in human
society.(drones and bees are
the devices of metaphor) C.
Interpret the
passage____The poet called
all working people to rise
up against their political
oppressors, but point out
the intolerable injustice of
economic exploitation. It
expressed the love for
freedom and the hatred to
tyranny of the author.
8.The curfew tolls
the knell of parting
day,the lowing herd wind
slowly O‘er the lea,…
A.Scan the
first line__Lambic
pentameter with the
rhyming scheme of
abab.
B.The
irregular foot in the
second line___the
third foot contains
two accented
syllables.
C.The
significance of this
irregularity___Two
accented syllables
slow down the pace
in keeping with the
literary meaning of
the phrase‘‘wind
slowly‘‘.
8.Wild spirit -----o hear
A;The poem and
poet___ Shelley‖s ―ode to
the west wind‖
B. the ―Wild
spirit‘?__t he west
wind/autumn wind
C.―Wild spirit‘
destroy and preserve___it
destroy things
/thoughts/ideas/ that are
dead;it preservers new life.
D.Why called
it‖Destroyer and
preserver‖at the same
time___Because west wind
buried the dead year and
year and prepared for a new
spring,the poet call
it‖Destroyer and preserver.
8.―I fall upon the
thorns of
life!-------tameless ,and
swift,and proud‘
A; author and
title__Shelley‖s ―ode to the
west wind‖
B. thee‘ refer to___the
west wind
C.the author
eulogizes___ the powerful
west wind and expressed his
eagerness to enjoy the
boundless freedom from the
reality.
9. ―it is a trueth
universally
acknowledged,----------the
rightful property of
someone or other of their
daughters‖
A: author and
title__Jane Austen Pride
and prejudises
B.the style of this
passage —chapeter 1 has
been universally
acknowledged to be very
well—written as an
openingchapter.the style is
lucid and graceful ,with
touches of humor and mild
satire.
C. the passage
describing __describing the
parens of Bennet girls.Mr.
and Mrs. Bennet are busy
concidering the prospects of
their daughter‖s
marriages,shortly after
hearing of the arrival of the
arrival of a rich,unmarried
young man as their
neighbour.
10.In pursuance of this
determination, little Oliver,
to his excessive
astonishment, Oliver begins
to cry very piteously.
Thinking, not unnaturally,
that the board must fatten
him up in this way.‖
A.the title and the
writer.___ ―Oliver Twist‖
by Charles Dickens.
B. Why Oliver was
released from the
bondage____ Because he
would be sold to a notorious
chimney-sweeper and
became his apprentice.
Oliver was punished for
that ―impious and profane
offence of asking for more
gruel.‖ From the passage
we can see the food is so
little and poor in fact, but in
the little Oliver‘s eyes, it
became ―A very
tremendous sight‖
C. Why had he been
punished?Interpret ―A very
tremendous sight.___.
Because in the usual days
Oliver and other children
were maltreated and abused
cruelly, they couldn‘t eat
well and were punished
severely by the cruelty and
hypocrisy of the
dehumanizing workhouse
board.
11.Yes ,so, sir, I
rejoined:and yet not so; for
you are a married man---or
as----I would scorn such a
union;therefore I am better
than you---let me go.
A. I represents___
those middle-class working
women .In text ,I refers to
Jane Eyre.
B.The writer is
__Charlottes The title
is___ Jane Eyre.
C.The passage
express----Those middle
class working women are
struggling for recognition of
their basic rights and
equality as a human being.
11.You teach me now
how cruel you‘ve --- Why
did you betray your own
heart, Cathy? I have not
one word of comfort---you
deserve this…‖
A. The speaker ___was
Heathcliff.
B. What does it refer to
―you despise me, you break
your own heart____ It
refers to Cathy married her
husband and deserted him
and her own love.From the
social point of view, it is a
story about a poor man
–Heathcliff abused,
betrayed and distorted by
his social betters/
C. What is the main
device of the story in
description____by the
people with higher social
position, because he is a
poor nobody
12. Come, Tess, Tell me
in confidence.‖ …―The trees
have inquisitive eyes,
haven‘t they? … and drive
all such horrid fancies
away!‖
A. Interpret the
passage.___Tess, as pure
woman brought up with the
traditional ideas, is abused
and destroyed by the
destructive force, and the
misery made her frightened
to the future, which implied
the naturalistic viewpoint of
Hardy.
13.―then where are our
relatives? My father?---- I
may as well find out
whether they have any real existence.‖
A: Bernard Shaw‖s Mrs. Warren‖s Profession.
B. which character is speaking/___Vivie.
C.this work expose__-this play exposed the economic exploitation of women in English society.
14. ―the yellow fog that rubs its back upon the windowpanes----lingered upon the pools that stand in drains.‖
A; ____T.S. Eliot‘s the love song of J. Alfred Prufrock
B.: the characteristic of the protagonist ___Prufrock,the protagonist of the poem,is neurotick ,self-important ,ill ogical,and incapable of action.he is a kind of tragic figure in a sense of defeated idealism and
C.: the setting of the poem____ resembles the ―polit society‖of Pope‘s THE Rape of the Lock,in which a tea party is a significant event and a game of cards is the only way to stave off boredom.
14.The yellow fog that rubs its back upon the windowpanes.....Linked its tongue into the corners of the evening,Lingered upon the pools that stand in drains.
A.The author
is __T.S.Eliot ,the title
is The Love Song of
J.Alfred Prufrock.
B.The
characteristics of the
protagonist in the
poem ___Prufork ,the
protagonist of the
poem, is neurotic,
self-impertant,
illogical and incapable
of action. He is a kind
of tragic figure caught
in a sense of defeated
idealism and tortured
by unsatisfied desires.
C.The setting
of the poem___
resembles the polite
society of Pope‘s The
Rape of the lock , in
which a tea party is a
significant event and a
game of cards is the
only way to stave off
boredom.
14.―and when I am formulated,sprawwling on a pin-----to spirit out allthe butt-end of my days and ways ?‖
A: poem and poet__T.S. Eliot‘s the love song of J. Alfred Prufrock
B. The phrase
―butt-ends‖ mean___the
end of cigarettes ,meaning
trivial things here.
C. the quoted passage
express ___here, Prufrock‘s
inability to do anything
against the societ made him
srtikingly clear by using a
sharp comparison. Prufrock
imagines himself as a kind
of inset pinned on the
walland struggling in vain
to get free.this image vividly
shows Prufrock‘s current
predicament.
15.He went out to dinner
several times in his evening
suit that had been
William‘s.Each time his
mother‘sheart was firm
with pride and joy…..
A.The
title___https://www.wendangku.net/doc/7b11149575.html,wrence‘s
Sons and Loves.
B.Why each time his
mother‘heart was firm with
pride and joy___Because
his mother wanted him to
climb into the middle class.
C.this passage
express___Mrs.Morel is
eager to make her son climb
into the middle class.
15 ―you never give it a
chance ,she said.---- how
could I bear to think your
life wouldn,t be a happt
one‖
A: https://www.wendangku.net/doc/7b11149575.html,wrence‘s Son
and Lovers
B:the mother
Mrs.Morel was born into a
middle-class family ,she is a
strong willed ,intelligent
and ambitions woman and
she couldn‘t bear to think
her son Paul had an happy
life.
16.―poor little
faith !thought he,----- I‘ll
cling to her skirts and
follow her to hea ven‖
A: author and
title____Young Good man
Brown by Nathaniel
Hawthorne
B. Faith___Good man
Brown‘s wife
C.interpret the
speaker‘s felling ___he feels
guilty of his evil deed and is
detemined to return to his
wife after it,never leaving
her again.
16.―faith,Faith!‖cried
the husbund ------------and
resist the wicked one‖
A:a----- Young Good
man Brown by Nathaniel
Hawthorne
B.the quoted sentences
express ___Good man
Brown here is a obviously
addressing the image of his
wife,urging her to resist the
devil.at the same time he is
exhorting himself to have
faith ,to look heavenward,to
withstand the internal
eloquence of the Wicked
One.
16.―when the minister
spoke from the
pulpit-----should thunder
down upon the gray
blasphemer and his
hearers‖
A:___ Young Good
man Brown by Nathaniel
Hawthorne
B:. what had happened
in the story before this
church scene____Brown
had attended a witches‘s
party where he saw many
prominent people of the
village ,the minister include.
C.:why was Good man
Brown afraid the roof might
thunder ___Brown was
shocked by the
minister ,secretly a member
of the evil club,who talk
about sacred truth of the
religion openly and
unashamedly ,he thought
god would punnish such
hypocrites down on them.
17.A line in long array
where they wind betwixt
green island,They take a
serpentine ,their arms flash
in the sun-hark to the
musical clank… scarlet and
blue and snowy white, The
guidon flags flutter gaily in
the wind.
A.The author is Walt
Whitman .
B.The essence of this
poem is__ It reminds its
reader of a picture of a
scene of the American Civil
War.
C.The unique
character ___1.All the
movements described in this
picture are frozen.
2.While sound are
depicted,its more likely that
they come out of the
watchers imagination,
rather than from the picture
itself.
17… It was you that
broke the new wood,Now is
a time for carving.We have
one sap and one root---
A.The title is
__A Pact.
B.You refers
to ___Walt Whitman.
C.Broke the
new wood means
___Made experiments
with the conventions of
the traditional poetry.
17.my tongue,every
atom of my blood ,form‘d
from his soil ,this
air…..hoping to cease not
till death.
A the title __:song of
myself ,‖‖poem of Walt
Whitman ,an American‖
and ?walt Whitman ―
B .soil or air stand
for__American ,his
country ,his native land
C.the four lines
express___ the author
implied that he was born
and nurtured by his land
and should from now on
devote his whole life to the
country
17. It was you that
broke the new wood,Now is
a time for carving,…let
there be commerce between
us.
https://www.wendangku.net/doc/7b11149575.html, refer
to___Whitman and pound
（the Imagists）
B.Broke the new wood
mean___Made experiments
with the conventions of the
tradional poetry.
C.What is the intention
of the poet in writing the
poem‖A pact‖__in this
poem,Pound started to find
some agreement
between‖Whitmanesque‘‘fr
ee verse,which he had
attacked for its carelessness
in composition,and
the‖verse libre‘‘of the
Imagists who showed more
concern for formal values.
17. ―the early lilacs
became part of this
child----------graceful flat
heads ,all became part of
him‖
A: author___Walt
Whitman
B. the poetic style
called ___Free verse.
C. the passage describe
___the growth a child who
is wandering and admiring
the scene around him .in the
poem ,the early experience
of a young and growing
America.
17.―A limein long
array where they wind
betwixt green island-----the
guidon flags flutter gayly in
the wind‖
A:___ Walt Whitman
B. the passage remind
the reader of a picture of
___a scene of the American
Civil War
C.the unique
characteristic ___all the
movement described in the
picture seem to be
frozen,while sounds are
depicted,is‘s more likely
that they come out of the
watcher‘s
imagination,rather than
from the picture itself.
(a lot of common
objects have been
enumeratebefore,----)
17---the horizon‘s
sdge,the flying sea-crow ,the
fragrance of salt marshand
shore
mud--------------------and
who now goes,and will
always go forth every day.
A:____ Walt Whitman
B. the ―child‖ stand for
___the young growing
America.
C.interpret the implied
meaning ____the poet uses
his childhood experience of
growing up and learning
about the world around him
to imply that young
America will grow and
develop like that.
17.―my tongue,every
atom of my blood,form‘d
from this soil,this
air,------------------Hoping to
cease not till death.
A: author and title___
Songs of Myself by Walt
Whitman
B. ―soil‖ and ―air‖
represent____ America,his
country,his native land
C: the poet try to say in the
above ___-I was born and
nurtured by this land and
shall from now on develop
my whole life to the
counrry.
C.the four lines express___
the author implied that he
was born and nurtured by
his land and should from
now on devote his whole life
to the country
17.―I loafe and invite
my soul,I lean and loafe at
my ease observing a spear
of summer grass‖
A: Walt Whitman
B. from which poem
and which collection of the
poet are these lines taken
____Songs of Myself,Leaves
of Grass
C.what is hinted from
these two line?___it show
the singularity and equality
of all being in value.
18 ―the harpoon was
darted,the stricken whale
flew forward------he was
short out of the boat ,ere the
crew he was gone‖
A: Moby-Dick by
Herman Melville
B. who is Ahab__ Ahab
is the captain of the ship.he
is handicapped by the
whale,and therefore is determined to kill it.
C.what happens to
Ahab____ he is killed in his fight with the whale.
19. so I was full of
trouble,full as I could be,and didn‘t know what to do…..and set down and
wrote
A ?‘I‘‘refer to___
huckleberry, the protagonist of the novel ?Adventures of huckleberry Finn
B .why I was full of
trouble first___first huck couldn‘t decide whether or not he should write a letter to tell Miss Waston where Jim is ,then he had an idea and wrote an appropriate letter
C .Summarize the image of ?‘I‘‘__Huck is a boy with ?a sound heart and
a deformed conscience
19.―we dasn‘t stop
against at any town,for days and days-----so now the frauds reckoned they was out of danger,and they begun to work the village again.‖
A: author and title ___-the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
B.―we‖ refer to__Jim
and Huck
C.the features of the language ___Vernacular language.
19.―so I was full of trouble ,full as I could be,----- all glad and excited,and set down and wrote-----―
A: ―I‖ refer to___
Huck
B.―I‖ going to write to
___Miss Watson to tell her
where Jim is.
C.what kind of image is ―I‖___Huck is a boy ―with a good heart and a deformed conscience.‖
19.―all right ,then,I‘ll
go to hell---and tore it up‖
A: the Adventures of
Huckleberry Finn by Mark
Twain
B. Under what
circumstances -___when he
decide not to sell his friend Jim.
C.what did he tear
up___ the short note he wrote.
21.The Eyes
around----had wrung them dry,And Breaths were gathering firm , forThat last Onset when the king Be witnessed in the Room---
A.The
meaning of the first
line is ---The relatives
and friends had cried
and cried so that there
were no tears any
more.
B.The king
refers to __The God of
death.
C.The poem
expresses__ that the
author even imagined
her owen death, the
loss of her own
body,and the journey
of her soul to the
unknown.
21.This is my letter to
the world/That never wrote
to me-------
A.The author is__
Emily Dickinson
B.The period belongs
to __The Realistic Period
C.The poem expresses
__Dickinson‘s anxiety about
her communication with the
outside world.
21.I like to see it lap the
miles,and lick the valleys
u p,….
A.the author___Emily
Dickinson.
B.‘‘It‘‘ refers to___ a
train.Here ?‘it‘‘ is compared
to a part of nature
C.The poem expresses
the author‘ssuspicion of the
relationship between man
and nature.
21.―the eyes around
---had wrung them
dry-----Be witnessed-in the
room-―
A: ―I heard a Fly
buzz-when I died-― by
Emily Dickinson
B.―the King‖refer to__
the God of death
C.the first line
mean___ the relatives and
friends had cried and cried
that there was no tears any
more.
D.The poem expresses__
that the author even
imagined her owen death,
the loss of her own body,and
the journey of her soul to
the unknown.
21.―with Blue
–uncertain stumbling
Buzz-,-------I could not see
to see-―
A: ―I heard a Fly
buzz-when I died-― by
Emily Dickinson
B. ―windows‘
symbolically stand for
___Eyes,for they are
considered as the the
windows of human soul.
C. the quoted passage
express___the last thing the
dying person saw and heard
was the fly and its
buzz.when the eyes
failed,the human soul was
closed and the person died.
21. ―we p assed the
school ,where Children
strove------we passed the
Setting Sun---‖
A: Emily
Dickinson,‖Because I
couldn‘t stop for Death‖
B. ―the school‖‖the
Fields of Gazing Grain‖‖
Setting Sun‖mean___―the
school‖‖the Fields of
Gazing Grain‖‖ Setting
Sun‖ res pectivily refer to
the three stages of life , ―the
school‖,youth, ‖the Fields of
Gazing Grain‖,mature
period, ‖ Setting Sun‖,end
of life.
C. theme___Death
leads to immortality.
22. ―that‘s right ,he
said.‖I‘m no good now.i was
all right,---- then he
remembered that he had no
fifteen cents‖
A: author and
title?how do you classify the
novel?___ Theodore
Dreiser‘s Sister Carrie,it‘s a
naturalistic novel.
B. he‖ in the passage
___Hurstwood
C. he intend to do
___he is probably going to
kill himself.
23. ―for al l,that struck
the earth,no matter if not
bruised or spiked with
stubble------long sleep ,as I
describe its coming on. Or
just some human sleep‖
A: author and title
___Robert Lee Frost,‖After
Apple-picking‖
B.briefly interpret
it___ this poem is a vivid
me mory of the poet‘s
working experience on the
farm.the poet feels satisfied
and tired as well,in this part
the poet hints that he will
never forget the scene of
harvest even in his human
sleep,which indicates death.
23. I shall be telling this
with a sigh,somewhere ages
and ages hence…..and that
has made all the difference .
A .the author__ Robert
lee frost
B the title__the road
not taken
C.the implied meaning
of the last two lines__
confronted the dilemma, I
made a choice and took the
one less traveled by .as a
result,all the difference have
been made
23.―I shall be telling
this with a sigh,Somewhere
ages and ages hence-----and
that has made all the
difference‖
A: poem and
poet___Robert Lee
Frost,‖The Road Not
Taken‖
B. the phrase ―ages and
ages hence‖ me an __Many
many years later.
C. the quoted passage
express ___it expresses that
man is learning from nature
the zones of his own
limitations.
23.―the woods are
lovely ,dark and deep,but I
have -------And miles to go
before I sleep.‖
A: author and title
____Robert Lee
Frost,‖Stopping by Woods
on a Snowy Evening
B. what kind of feeling
does this stanza show ___it
shows a kind of
sad,sentimental but also
strong and responsible
feeling.
C. how do you
appreciate this poem ___it‘s
one of the most quietly
moving of Frost‘s lyrics.on
the surface ,it seem to be
simple ,descriptive records
of close
obsevervation ,graphic and
homely picture ,it use the
simplest terms and
commonest words .but it
is deeply meditative ,adding
far-reaching meanings to
the homely music.it uses its
superb craftsmanship to
come to a climax of
responsibility: the promises
to bekept, the obligation
to be fulfilled.
24. the caterwauling
horns had reached a
crescendo and I turned
away and cut across the
lawn toward home.…..who
stood on the porch ,his hand
up in a formal gesture of
farewell
A: the author: Scott
fitzgerald ,the title is the
Great Gatsby
B:the setting of the
novel:the novel is set against
the ending of the war.
C;What implied
meaning___the passage
hints at the
meaninglessness,spiritual
emptiness and vanity of
such a lift of
pleasure—seeking.there is a
tragic sense that the party
will be over
24.There was music
from my neighor‘ house
through the summer
nights.In his blue gardens
men and girls came and
went like moths among
the …..
A.The
author___F.Scott
Fitzgerald;the novel__The
Great Gatsby.
B.What can you imply
___this passage describes
Gatsby‘extravagance.
C.Moths
symbolize__Moths are used
metaphorically to refer to
those people who are drawn
to the party simply for its
glamour,for the wealth of
Gatsby..
24. ―He smiled
understandingly—much
more than
understandingly-------and
then concentrated on you
with an irresistible
prejudice in your favor. ‖
A: author and title
___F. Scott Fitzgerald‘s
The Great Gatsby;
B. Who is
―he‖___Gatsby;
C. What is going on in
this part of the novel __A
luxurious party is being
held in Gatsby‘s house.
24.―---I glanced back
once. A wafer of a moon was
shining over Gatsby‘s house
-----his hand up in a formal
gesture of farewell‖
A: author and title__ F.
Scott Fitzgerald,The
Great Gatsby
B. the passage
describes the end of an
event ,what is it ___it is a
description of the end of a
big party.
C. what implied
meaning ____the passage
hints at the
meaninglessness ,spiritual
emptiness and vanity of
such a pleasure-seeking
life.There is a tragic sense.
25. ―where are we
going ,dad?Nick asked.----
there is a Indian lady very
sick.‖‖oh‖said Nick----―
A: author and title___
Ernest Hemingway‘s
Indian Camp
B. what does Dad
imply when he say ―there is
a Indian lady very
sick.‖___he implies that the
lady is going to give birth to
ababy.
C. why is Dad going to
the Indian camp ___dad is
going to help the lady give
birth.
25: he pulled back the
blanket from the Indian‘s
head,his hand came away Wet…..the open razor lay ,edge up ,in the blankets
A the writing and the writer ___Indian camp , Ernest Hemingway
B ―where his body sagged the bunk‖ ___means the bunk sank down under the weight of his body
C .why the Indian kill himself ___because he was not brave enough to endure the pain his wife suffered when giving birth of a baby
25.―Is dying hard,Daddy?‖no,I think it‘s pretty easy,Nick .it all depends‖
A: author and title___ Ernest Hemingway‘s Indian Camp
B: what was Nick preoccupied with when he asked the question___Life and death.
C: why did the father add ―it all depends‖ after he answered his son‘s question ____when the father says that dying is pretty easy,he might be thinking about the self-murdered husband .But when he reflects on the wife‘s miracle survival of the violent pain in the whole process of birth,he adds the final sentences. Dying is both hard and easy ,it all depends on individuals.
26. ―And so she died .Fell ill in the house filled with dust and shadows,----- for his voice had grown harsh and rusty,as if from disuse‖
A: author and title ___William Faulkner‘s A Rose for Emily
B:who die ___Emily dies
C: how do you describe the relationship between her neighbors___she is secluded from her neighbors
26. when Miss Emily gerierson died ,our whole town went to her f uneral; ….had seen in at least ten years
A.the work___ A rose for Emily by William Faulkner
B .why is Miss Emily Gerierson‘S death regarded as a fallen monument __Emily is regarded as the symbol of tradition and the old way of life.thus her death is like the falling of a monument.
C.discuss Miss Emily Gerierson___ Emily is typical of those who are the symbols of the Old south but the prisoners of the past
and she is an eccentric
spinster who refuses to
accept the passage of
time ,or the inevitable
change and loss that
accompanies it
Shall I compare thee to
a summer‘s day?
So long lives this, and
this gives life to thee.
1、The author is
william shakespeare
2、The title is sonnet 18
3、The knowdage about
the text is he has a profound
meditation on the
destructive power of time
and the eternal beauty
brought forth by petry to
the one he loves. A nice
summer‘s day is usually
transient, but the beauty in
poetry can last for
ever.Thus shakespeare has a
faith in the permanence of
poetry。
《威尼斯商人》
1、The author is
william shakespear
2、The title is The
Merchant of Venice
3、The traditional
theme of the play is to
praise the friendship
between Antonio and
Bassanio, and to expose the
insatiable greed and
brutality of the jew.The
Merchant of Venice takes a
step forward in its realistic
presentationof human
nature and human confilict.
If thou beest he-but O
how fallen! How changed
And courage never to
submit or yield;
And what is else not to
be covercome?
1, The author is John
Milton
2, The title is Paradise
Lost.
3, The Paradise lost is
long epic divided into 12
books. The original story is
taken from The Old
Testament, The theme is the
―Fall of Men‖Man‘s
disobedience and the loss of
Paradise, with its prime
cause-cause-satan. Working
through the tradition of a
christian humanism, milton
wrote Paradise Lost,
intending to expose the
ways of Satan and To ―To
justify the ways of God to
men.‖
《鲁滨逊漂流记》
The author is Daniel
Defoe
The title is Robinson
Cruse,
In Robinson Crusoe,
Defoe Traces the growth fo
Robinson from a navie and
artless youth into a shrewd
and hardened man,
tempered by numerous
trials in his eventful life.
《格列佛游记》
The author is Johnson
Swift
The Title is Gulliver‘s
Travles
Gulliver‘s Travels,
Jonathan‘s Best fictional
work, was published in 1726,
under the title of Travels
into Several Remote
Nationas of the World, by
Samuel Gulliver.The book
Contains four parts, each
dealing wigh one particular
voyage during which
Gulliver meets with
extraordinary adventures
on some remote island after
he has met with shipwreck
or piracy or some other
misfortune. Gulliver‘s
Travels is also an artistic
masterpiece. Here we find
its author at his best as a
master of prose. In
structure, the four parts
make an organic whole,
with each contrived upon an
independent stucture, and
yet study of human nature
and life.
《汤姆琼斯》
the author is Henry
Fielding
The title is Tom Jones
3, Tom Jones, the full
title being The history of
Tom Jones, a Founding, is
generally considered
Fielding‘s masterpiece. Tom
became a national hero.
People were fond of this
young fellow with manly
virtues and yet not without
fault-honest, kindharted,
high-spirited, loyal, and
brave, but impulsive,
wanting prudence and full
of animal spirits.
《傲慢与偏见》
The author is Jane
Ausaten
The title is Pride and
Prejudice.
3, Pride and Prejudice,
originally drafted as ―First
Impressions‖ in 1776, is the
most delightful of Jane
Austen‘s works. The title
tells of a major concern of
the novel: pride and
prejudice. We must first
have good judgment. As is
shown here by those of
Elizabeth. In the process of
judging others, Elizabeth
finds out something about
herself; her blindness,
partiality, prejudice and
absurdity. On the other
hand, Darcy too learns
about other people and
himself. In the end false
pride is humbled and
kprejudice dissolved. The
structure of the novel is
exquisitely deft, the
characterization in the
highest degree memorable,
while the irony has a
radiant shredness
unmatched elsewhere.
《简爱》
The author is Charlotte
Bronte
The title is Jane Eyre
3, The work is one of
the most popular and
imortant novels of the
victorian age. It is noted ofr
its sharp criticism of the
existiong societyn The
success of the novel is also
due to its introduction to the
english novel the first
governess heroine. Jane
Eyre, an orphan child with
a fiery spirit and a longing
to love and be loved, a poor,
plain, little governess who
dares to love her master, a
man superior to her in
many ways, and even is
brave enough to declare to
the man her love for him,
cuts a completely now
woman imge. She
represents those
middle-class working
women who are struggling
for recognition of their basic
rights and equality as a
human being. The vivid
description of her intense
feelings and her thought
and inner conflicts brings
her to the heart of the
audience.