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

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?

PartC 语言学

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.

内容大概是这样滴，具体措辞可能有所出入。

今年综英出的还是让人有那么一点意外的，特别是文化和语言学，许多传统考点都没涉及到。

值得注意的是，美国文化今年换了新参考书，的确也开辟了新战场啊~直接就出了一道课后原题。大家的确得把新课本吃透了，之前的英美文化基础教程应该就没那么重要了（毕竟那个教材真的太老了）。

另外，貌似语言学出的都是《语言学教程》里的内容，并没有像之前那样单独考陆老师的词汇学了。