中央广播电视大学—年第一学期“开放本科”期末考试英语专业文学阅读与欣赏试题PAPER ONE Reading (110 minutes) (70 points)Ⅰ. Text 1 (Questions 1--4 are based on the following text. )( 15 points)Municipal Gum * By Oodgeroo NoonuccalGumtree in the city street,Hard bitumen(沥青) around your feet,Rather you should beIn the cool world of leafy forest hailsAnd wild bird calls.Here you seem to meLike that poor cart horseCastrated, broken, a thing wronged,Strapped and buckled, its hell prolonged,Whose hung head and listless face expressIts hopelessness.Municipal gum, it is dolorous(忧伤的)To see you thusSet in your black grass of bitumenO fellow citizen,What have they done to us?* An Austalian tree that is considered as a national symbol of Australia.* Oodgeroo Noonuccal is a famous aboriginal(土著) Australian writer.Questions on Text 11. The rhyme scheme for the beginning 5 lines of the poem is b . 2. Identify two examples of figures of speech used in the poem. 3. Identify two words or phrases in the poem that convey the tone of the poem to the reader. 4. What meaning do you think the poet is trying to convey to the reader in the last two lines of the poem? (5 points)Ⅱ. Text 2 (Questions 5--12 are based on the following text. ) (25 points)Ⅰ: Oh, please don"t get up, Mr. Crawley. I was just wondering ifyou meant what you said the other day about showing me the runof things.Frank: Of course, I did,Ⅰ: What are you doing now?Frank: Notifying all the tenants that in celebration of Maxim"s return, with his bride, this week"s rent will be free. Ⅰ: Oh, was that Maxim"s idea?Frank: Oh, yes. All the servants get an extra week"s wages, too.Ⅰ: He didn"t tell me. Oh can"t I help you? I could at least lick t...
