文学英语赏析课程典型考点解析

文学英语赏析》课程典型考点解析

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本资源系根据教材内容及特点, 找出课程学习中必须引起重视的核心考点, 并结合历届考题加以分析, 供学生在自主学习、期末复习时使用, 也可作为教师进行面授教学、归纳课程重点的依据。

典型考点4: 文学作品赏析（戏剧）

考点扫描

主要考察学生对戏剧这种体裁的英语文学作品的理解及相关文学常识的运用。

（二）真题链接

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Macbeth: My dearest love, Duncan comes here tonight.

Lady Macbeth: And when goes hence?

Macbeth: Tomorrow, as he purposes.

Lady Macbeth: O, never Shall sun that morrow see. Your face, my thane, is as a book where men May read strange matters. To beguile the time, Look like the time; bear welcome in your eye, Your hand, your

tongue; look like the innocent flower, But be the serpent under 't. he that ' s coming Must be provided for; and you shall put This night ' s business into my dispatch, Which shall to all our nights and days to come Give solely sovereign sway and masterdom.

Macbeth: We will speak further.

(Macbeth)

Questions

1. Which of the following is the proper paraphrase for the line ” To beguile the time, look like the time ” ? (Write the letter representing your choice on the answer sheet.)

A. Seize the hour. Seize the day.

B. Make your appearance fit the occasion.

C. Enjoy as you may, for tomorrow you may die.

2. In her speech, Lady Macbeth _____________ . (Write the

letter representing your choice on the answer sheet.)

A. tells Macbeth to behave normally as hospitable host and leave the murdering part to her to arrange

B. persuade Macbeth to act as a serpent and carry out

the murder in person

C. asks Macbeth for suggestions as how entertain Duncan

3. What does Lady mean by ” Your face …is as a book

where …men may read strange matters ” ?

（三）考点解析

考生要经过仔细阅读这篇戏剧节选, 从原文寻找答案, 若原

文没有直接可用的答案, 还必须靠自己归纳或进行推理。归纳时尽量采用原文的单词和词组来重组, 注意答案的简短和书写的工整, 太长太乱的答案很可能会影响教师的评阅。如果有字数限制的, 还应注意不能超过字数限制。

1. B.

beguile 和look like 都暗含” fit ”的意思。

2. A.

” O, never Shall sun that morrow see. Your face, my thane, is as a book where men May read strange matters. To beguile the time, Look like the time; bear welcome in your eye, Your hand, your tongue; look like the innocent flower, But be the serpent under 't. ”这一段话是叫Macbeth 保持镇静, 举止如常, 即” to behave normally ”。” and you shall put This night 's

business into my dispatch ”能够理解为” leave the murdering part to me to arrange ”。

3. Your face is giving you away or your looks betray your feelings.

( 四) 考点拓展

包括对姓名、家庭、社交等各个方面容易产生的culture shock 的考察, 主要以案例分析的形式进行考察。

请同学们练习以下题目:

Passage 2

Elizabeth: The Deputy Governor promise hangin ' if they ' ll not confess, John. The town gone wild, I think. She speak of Abigail, and I thought she were a saint, to hear her. Abigail brings the

other girls into the court, and where she walks the crowd will part like the sea for Israel.

And folks are brought before them. And if they scream and howl

and fall to the floor —the preson ' s clapped

in the jail for bewitchin ' them.

Proctor (wide-eyed): Oh, it is a black mischief.

Elizabeth: I think you must go to Salem, John. (he turns to