2019年四川大学英语语言文学考研真题回忆

基础英语今年变化也挺大的，只有一篇阅读，一段汉翻英，一段英翻汉，一篇800字的作文。

英语综合: 文学文化语言学各五十分。文化一共四个简答，两个问答，考欧洲文化和美国文化

综合英语真题

PartA文学Ⅰ(5*4=20)

• What are the features of the structure of The Canterbury Tales?

• Who are the Transcendentalists? Please name the major figures.

• What is the major theme of Hardy’s novels? What is his philosophy?

• Why is The Waste Land regarded as the representative of ‘High Modernism’?
  

Ⅱ(15*2=30)

• What are the features of Neo-classicism?

• What is the author of Sister Carrie? Please tell its plot and comment on its theme.
  

PartB 文化

美国文化和欧洲文化（50分）

该部分题型为简答题（20分）和问答题（30分）

第一题：简答题包括美国文化和欧洲文化中的基本概念、文化现象、代表人物等。

第二题：问答题主要是深入探讨欧美国家的重要文化问题。

Ⅰ(5*4=20)

• How do you understand the “Segregation-but-Equal” in American history?

• What is the French Classicism?

• What is the 14th amendment to the U. S. Constitution?

• What is the Marxist historical materialism?
  

Ⅱ(15*2=30)

• Being a nation of immigrants, the United States has been compared to, metaphorically, a “melting pot”, a “salad bowl”, or even a “pizza.” Do these metaphors help us understand the complex nature of the United States? If you were asked to characterize the United States using a metaphor, how would you do it?

• Why is the Enlightenment called ‘the Age of Reason’? What was Locke and Newton’s influence on the Enlightenment?

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PartC 语言学

该部分题型为简答题（30分）和问答题（20分）

第一题：简答题主要考查语言学基础知识及词汇学知识。

第二题：问答题主要综合考察语言学知识。

Ⅰ(5*6=30)

• 一些语言学家会研究不同语言之间的similarity，问你这对二语学习者有什么好处和坏处，在什么情况下有好处和坏处。

• 什么是intonation？给出例子。

• How to preserve language diversity? Give your advice, be concrete and rational.

• 什么是semantic field？什么是synonymous semantic field？

• 给了一些土耳其语的单词，让你猜词素什么的，下设四个小问，都不难。

• 给了两个句子，Joe is easy to please和 Joe is eager to please然后问为什么这两个句子意思截然不同。
  

Ⅱ(20)

The difference between semantics and pragmatics, 500 words.