2013春“文学阅读与欣赏”考前复习宝典
同学们,你们好!
我是“文学阅读与欣赏”的课程主讲教师吴立高,我这个文件是帮助大家复习考试用的。期末考试临近了,面对厚厚的一本《文学阅读与欣赏》, 你是否感到有些紧张呢?请不要担心,如果你按照考试宝典的内容认真复习,相信你会考出一个好成绩的!
一、如何复习
该课程学习的主线是课本。复习时,依据复习要点(focal points),把课本梳理一遍,是其他任何方法都替代不了的。考试内容大多是出自课本的,熟悉课本是得高分的法宝。如果按教学平台里的“复习与自测”部分的要点,对照教材和面授辅导课的课程讲义,从头到尾地详细复习一篇,你的考试成绩会使你满意的。
二、复习参考
1 面授课上的要点梳理/ VOB 考前串讲
2 考前宝典的范围和要点
3 论坛上的老师考前提醒
三、考点串讲
1. 考试范围
《文学阅读与欣赏》教材的一至八单元为本次考试的范围。考试内容主要涉及教材中的文学作品理解以及文学常识的掌握。
2.考试题型
题型
各单项分数
时间(分钟)
笔试
文学常识
单项选择/正误判断/填空
35
25
诗歌/戏剧分析
简答题
8
15
莎士比亚作品理解
英文改述/ 选择
12
10
短篇小说分析
问答题
25
30
写作
改写小说/续写小说
20
40
               
笔试分为五个部分,第一部分文学常识,占35分;第二部分诗歌/戏剧分析,占8分;第三部分莎士比亚作品理解,占12分;第四部分短篇小说分析,占25分;第五部分写作,为20分。考试时间总共120分钟,其中文学常识占25分钟,诗歌/戏剧分析部分占15分钟,莎士比亚作品理解部分占10分钟,短篇小说分析部分占30分钟,写作部分占40分钟。
.3. 试卷各部分详解
1)文学常识的第一部分是10个有关课本出现的文学概念、文学人物和作品的单项选择题。10个均是课本的重点或者基本常识,所以比较简单,而这部分得分也较好。大部分同学都在12分以上(满分20分),很多是16-20分
举例如下:
1.    The poem “Ozymandias” is about a _________.
A.    traveler       
B.    sculptor
C.    writer   
D.    king
2.    The story “A Horseman in the Sky” takes place in _________.
A.    American Independence War       
B.    American Civil War   
C.    Colonial time
D.    20th century
3.    ‘A compressed form of writing which relies heavily on imagery’ is a definition of a ___________.
A.    short story   
B.    poem
C.    drama
D.    novel
4.    Heathcliff is a character created by ___________.
A. Charlotte Bronte
B. Oscar Wilde
C. Jane Austen
D. Emily Bronte
5.    When a pair of consecutive lines in a poem rhyme this is known as a_________ .
A.    ballad   
B.    stanza     
C.    couplet   
D.    sonnet
6.    A _________ character is created to represent the living symbol of one of the frequently reoccurring characteristics of human nature.
A. stock
B. round
C. flat
D. humorous
7.    Blank verse is a verse form which ___________.
A. does not use rhyme
B. omits certain key words for poetic effect
C. is always written in a different way
D. aims to create a sense of emptiness and loss
8.    An accepted dramatic convention used in Shakespeare’s time where a character expresses his thoughts and feelings, while alone on a stage, is referred to as a _________.
A.    memorial
B.    soliloquy
C.    oration
D.    setting
9. Robinson Crusoe is a story, first published in 1719. In the story, Robinson Crusoe is the major character and Friday is his _________.
A. enemy
B. boss
C. slave
D. colleague
10. It is important to realize that when the author writes a story, he creates “someone” to tell the story: that storyteller is called the “__________”.
A. writer
B. witness
C. character
D. narrator
Key: 1. D  2. B  3. B  4. D  5. C
6. A  7. A  8. B  9. C  10. D
11. The Bennett family are characters in __________.
A. Gone With the Wind
B. Pride and Prejudice
C. Upon Westminster Bridge
D. Pygmalion
12. The point of view of a narrator who observes events like a camera is the __________.
A. Objective point of view
考试宝典登录B. Omniscient point of view
C. I-witness point of view
D. Limited omniscient point of view
13. Poetic licence is freedom to __________.
A. use another poet’s imagery
B. make political statements
C. combine genres
D. break language rules
14. Tom Sawyer is a character developed fully in the story representing a typical type of people in the society, therefore we call it the __________ character.
A. deep
B. interesting
C. stock
D. common
15. Adlestrop is a __________.
A. businessman
B. railway station
C. city
D. poet
16. In Wuthering Heights the relationship between the houses and the characters is __________.
A.mysterious
B.misleading
C.accidental
D.symbolic
17. The character who speaks of “a sea of troubles” and “the whips and scorns of time” is _
_________.
A.Hamlet
B.Macbeth
C.Othello
D.Shylock
18. In a literary writing, the author chooses particular words to convey what he sees, feels and wants readers to know to set the _______ of the work.
A.view
B.tone
C.persona
D.interpretation
19. When events are arranged “first things first” they are portrayed __________.
A.chronologically
B.symbolically
C.incoherently
D.horizontally
20. As the tension is resolved the plot comes to the __________.
A.climax
B.denouement
C.exposition
D.elaboration
Key: 11. B  12. A  13. D  14. C  15. B
16. D  17. A  18. B  19. A  20. B
第二部分是文学常识填空。一般是每句三空,有的是列举题,有的是考查某个具体文学作品的相关知识。这部分得分不高,反映出考生对文学常识能够认出来,但写出来有困难,也可以说对文学常识掌握得不够扎实。例如:
Please list 3 types of literary genres d________, p_______, f________.