PART TWO (60 POINTS)
Ⅱ. Reading Comprehension (16 points in all, 4 for each)
Read the quoted parts carefully and answer the questions in English. Write your answers in the corresponding space on the answer sheet.
41. “ For oft, when on my couch I lie
In vacant or in pensive mood,
They flash upon that inward eye
Which is the bliss of solitude;
And then my heart with pleasure fills,
And dances with the daffodils. ”
Questions:
A. Who is the poet of the quoted stanza? What is the title of the poem?
B. What does “that inward eye” stand for?
C. What idea do these quoted lines carry?
42. “Do you think, because I am poor, obscure, plain, and little, I am soulless and heartless? ——You think wrong! …And if God had gifted me with some beauty, and much wealth, I should have made it as hard for you to leave me, as it is now for me to leave you…——it is my spirit that addresses your spirit; just as if both had passed through the grave, and we stood at God’s feet, equal-as we are!”
Questions:
A. Who is the author of the quoted part? What is the title of the work?
B. To whom is the speaker speaking?
C. What does the quoted part imply about the speaker?
43. (A lot of common objects have been enumerated in the previous lines, and here are the last two lines of the poem.)
“The horizon’s edge, the flying sea-crow, the fragrance of salt marsh and shore mud.
These became part of that child who went forth every day, and who now goes, and will always go forth every day. ”
