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1 30分 答： A. It describes a vivid picture of a beautiful morning in London. B.London C. It follows strictly the Italian form, with a clear division between the octave and the sestet, the rhyme scheme is abbaabba, cdcdcd.. [2] 1. “When the stars threw down their spears,And water’ d heaven with their tears,Did he smile his work to see?Did he who made the Lamb make thee ?”Questions:A. Who’s the poet of the quoted stanza?B. Whom does the “he” refer to?C. What does the “Lamb” symbolize? ? ? 得分： 100分 答： A.William Blake B.The God C.Lamb symbolizes peace and purity 【题型：阅读】【100分】 [3] 43. “My tongue, every atom of my blood, form’ d from this soil, this air,Born here of parents born here from parents the same, and their parents the same,I, now thirty- seven years old in perfect health begin,Hoping to cease not till death?Questions:A”. Who抯 the poet of the quoted stanza, and what抯 the title of the poem?B. What do 搒oil?and 揳ir?represent in the first line?C. What does the poet try to say in the above quoted lines? 得分： 25分 答： A.Walt Whitman, “Song of Myself”; B.His native land, America or his country C. I was born and nurtured by this land and shall from now on devote my whole life to the country 【题型：阅读】【100分】 [4] ‘Is dying hard, Daddy?’‘No, I think it’s pretty easy, Nick. It all depends. 挃Questions:A. Who抯 the author of the quoted part, and what抯 the title of the work?B. What was Nick preoccupied with when he asked the question?C. Why did the father add 揑t:A” all depends?after he answered his son抯 question? 得分： 0分 答： A.Ernest Hemingway, India Camp B.Life and death C.When the father says that dying is pretty easy, he might be thinking about the self-murdered husband. But when he reflects on the wife’s miracle survival of the violent pain in the whole process of birth, he adds the final sentence. Dying is both hard and easy, it all depends on individuals. 【题型：阅读】【100分】 [5] ? “He neither spoke, nor loosed his hold some five minutes, durin