武汉大学外国语言文学学院《611基础英语》历年考研真题及详解.pdf

2015年武汉大学611基础英语考研真题及详解 I. Close (15×1=15 points) Direction: Fill in the numbered blanks with proper words. Among the 20 expressio
given; only 15 should be used. Make sure the words come in correct forms in terms of both grammar and meaning. Lyrics, canon, improvisatory, prolific, bard, stimulate, commenced compile, figure, i
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connected with the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s and 1930s, Langston Hughes was the most popular in his time. His two most important achievements were the 　(1) of the rhythms of black music into his poetry and the creation of an 　(2) black folk speaker in the character of Jesse B. Semple. Through both poetry and storytelling. Hughes 　(3) in written form the dominant oral and 　(4) traditio
of black culture. Langston Hughes was born in Missouri in 1902. He began to write poetry in high school and later attended Columbia Unive
ity in New York. After one year at unive
ity, Hughes 　(5) a nomadic life in the United States and Europe. He 　(6) out as a merchant marine and worked in a Paris nightclub, all the while writing and publishing poetry. His 　(7) literary career was launched in 1926 with the publication of his fi
t book, The Weary Blues, a collection of poems on African American 　(8) set to rhythms from jazz and blues. His fi
t novel appeared in 1930, and from that point on Hughes was known as “the 　(9) of Harlem.” In the activist 1930s, Hughes was a public 　(10) . He worked as a journalist, published works in several media, and founded African American theate
in New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles. Hughes’s concern with race, mainly in an urban setting, is evident in his poetry, plays, screenplays, novels, and short stories. His poetry includes 　(11) about black life and black pride as well as poems of racial protest. His m