第页共NUMPAGES5页2011年春季学期英语专业期末考试阅读（2）考题复习Home1.Inthepoetry,themeistheabstractconceptwhichismadeconcretethroughitsrepresentationinperson,action,andimageinthework.What’sthethemeofthepoem?2.Whydoesthepoetdescribethesunsetandtheboy?3.Inthepoem,is“thewidowedland”anexampleofsmileormetaphor?Whyisthelandcomparedtowidow?4.Synecdocheisaformofmetaphorwhichinmentioningapartsignifiesthewhole.Isthephrase“mothers’hearts”inthefifthparagraphanexampleofsynecdoche?Whatdoesthepoetcomparemothers’heartsto?5.Explainthesentence“…younglivesgladwithagladnessthatknowsnothingofitsvaluefortheworld”.6.Toneisthemannerinwhichanauthorexpresshisorherattitude;theintonationofthevoicethatexpressmeaning.Whatisthetoneofthepoem?7.Connotationcombinesthedictionarymeaningofawordwiththeexperienceofthepoetandtheexperienceofreader.Whatdoesthetitle“TheHome”connote?8.DoesthepoemremindyouofanyworkswrittenbyMaZhiyuanBenediction1.Pointouttheparallelism,caesuraandinternalrhymein“Helovesthelightofthesun,helovesthesightofhismother’sface.”Paraphrasethesentence.2.Whatdoesthephrase“hundredcross-road”inpara5suggest?3.Whatisthebabyblessedwith?Why?4.What’stheimpliedmeaningofthesentence“throughthewaves…thehavenofpeace.”inpara9?5.Towhomisthepoettalking?Whatishetalkingabout?6.Refrainisagroupofwordsformingaphraseorasentenceandconsistingofoneormorelinesrepeatedatintervalsinapoem,usuallyattheendofastanza.Is“...andblesshim.”anexampleofrefrain?Whyis“blesshim”repeatednowandtheninthepoem?Ontheseashore1.Personificationisakindofmetaphorthatgivesinanimateobjectsorabstractideashumancharacteristics.Findexamplesofpersonificationsinthepoem.2.Asymbolissomethingthatissimultaneouslyitselfandasighofsomethingelse.Inthepoem,whatdoseaandseashoresymbolizerespectively?3.Thepoemdescribesvividlythescenesofchildrenplayingontheseashoreinthecontrastivemethod.Findoutthecontrastivescenes,thendiscussabouttheirimpliedmeaning.4.Arethelastthreeparagraphssimilarinthestructure?Why?5.Whataretherefrainsint