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1.选择题20分

2.匹配题10分

3.名词解释20分

4.选读30分

5.论述题20分

II.Readthequotedpartandanswerthequestions:II.Readthequotedpartandanswerthequestions:

atarttempermellowswithage,andasharptongueistheonlyedgetoolthatgrows

keenerbyconstantuse.Foralongwhileheusedtoperpetualclubofthesages,

philosophers,andotheridlepersonagesofthevillage.

Questions:

1)Pleaseidentifytheauthorandthetitleofthework.2)What’sthemeaningofthis

passage?

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2)Withhiswife’sdominanceathome,thesituationbecameharderandharderforRip

VanWinkle.Hiswife’stemperbecameworseandshescoldedhimformoreoften.He

hadtostayintheclubwithidlepeople.(P407)

附:Question:PleasedescribethechangesRipVanWinkleexperienced.

Answer:1)RipVanWinklewastheheroinIrving’sworks.Hewasagood-natured

man,ahenpecked(惧内的，妻管严的)husband.

2)Becausehiswife’sshrewish(泼妇一样的)treatment,Riphadtoescapefromhis

hometothelittleinninthevillage.Whenitfailedtogivehimsomerestfulair,hehad

togohuntinginthehighmountain,whereRipmetastranger,andthemanaskedRip

tocarrykegforhim.ThenRipreachedtheplaceinthevalley,wheremanystrangers

wereplayingnine-pins.LaterRipgotdrunkafterdrinkingtheliquor,whichmadehim

sleepfor20years.

3)Ripwokeupasanoldman,enteringthevillagelearnedthathiswifehaddied,he

gotthefreedomofhisown,;andtheAmericanhadbeendependentfromthecontrol

ofBritain,hehadchangedfromasubjectoftheKing(GeorgeIII)intoacitizenofthe

independentnewU.S

AndwhatIassumeyoushallassume,AndwhatIassumeyoushallassume,

Questions:

1)Pleaseidentifytheauthorandthetitleofthepoemthathadusedwhenpublished.2)

Whatisthethemeofthispoem?

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authorisWaltWhitman.(P456--457)2)InthispoemWhitmansetsforthtwopr