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得分 IV Decide Whether the Statements Are True or False. (1*15=10%)

1 6 T T 2 7 T F 3 8 F T 4 9 T F 5 10 T T 得分 V. Identification of Fragments. (20%) Passage 1

Questions:

1. This is the last stanza of a poem To Helen (1 分) . Its writer is Edgar Allan Poe（1分）. 2. With whom is Helen associated in this stanza? （3分）Helen is Associated with

psyche, Goddess of the soul in this stanza. （1分）By relating to psyche, Poe further conveys to readers the beauty of Helen and glory of ancient civilization. (2分)

3. Comment on the beauty of this poem.（5分）e beauty of form. （diction， rhyme and

rhythm，rhetorical devices..） （3 分）The beauty of content. （2 分）

Passage 2

Questions:

1. This part if from the novel The Scarlet Letter, (1分) written by Nathaniel Hawthorne. (1分)

2. Describe Hester’s character briefly. (8分) Eg: Courageous enough to face and confess her

sin， true to love， kind and generous to others… 得分 VI. Write about 150 words to comment on Hemingway’s theme and writing

style .(20%) Theme: (10分)

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grace under pressure (3分)

Implication of this theme （3分） Embodiment of the heroes （2分） Examples （2分）

Eg：Works of Hemingway, portraying as they do the dilemma of modern man utterly thrown upon himself for survival in an indifferent world, reveal man's impotence and his despairing

courage to assert himself against overwhelming odds. To Hemingway, man's greatest achievement is to show grace under pressure, or what he described in The Sun Also Rises as holding the \of line through the maximum of exposure.\novels. For him, in a world which is crazy and meaningless, there is nothing one can do but to take care of himself and be tough against fate and tough with grace under pressure.

His works have sometimes been read as an essentially negative commentary on a modern

world filled with sterility, failure, and death. Yet such a nihilistic vision is repeatedly modified by Hemingway's affirmative assertion of the possibility of living with style and courage. His primary concern was an individual's \emotional, or psychic death is reflected in his lifelong preoccupation with stories of war (A Farewell to Arms, 1929, and For Whom the Bell Tolls, 1940), the bullfight (Death in the Afternoon, 1932), and the hunt (The Green Hills of Africa, 1935).

Language: （10分）

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For his novels and for his short stories, which include some of the finest in the English language, Hemingway received wide acclaim. In 1954 he was awarded a Nobel Prize for his \分)Taking his cue form Mark Twain's masterpiece, Hemingway brought the colloquial style to near perfection in American literature. In Paris, Hemingway -- along with Gertrude Stein, Ezra Pound, T. S. Eliot, and James Joyce --accomplished a revolution in literary style and language. (2 分)He developed a spare, tight, reportorial prose based on simple sentence structure and using a restricted vocabulary, precise imagery, and an impersonal, dramatic tone. (2 分) His language is characterized by features including: economy of expression, short sentences and paragraphs, vigorous and positive language, and deliberate avoidance of gorgeous adjectives, and etc..(4分)