样卷-安徽工业大学研究生读写与翻译考试.docx

样卷研究生英语读写与翻译课程/工程硕士英语读写与翻译PartIReadingcomprehensionSection A (20points)Directions:Readthefollowingpassageandcompletetheoutlinewithyourownwords.J.K.Rowingswearssheneversawitcoming.Inherwildestdreams,shedidn,tthinkherHarryPotterwouldappealtomorethanahandfulofreaders.Ineverexpectedalotofpeopletolikethem,sheinsistedinarecentinterview.Well,itturnedoutIwasverywrong,obviously.Itstrikesachordwithanenormousnumberofpeople.That,sputitmildly.With35millioncopiesinprint,in35languages,thefirstthreeHarryPotterbookshaveearnedaconservativelyestimated$480millioninthreeyears.Andthatwasjustthewarm-up.Withafirstprintingof5.3millioncopiesandadvanceorderstopping1.8million,HarryPotterandtheGobletofFire,thefourthinstallmentoftheseries,promisestobreakeverybooksellingrecord.JackMorrissey,12,plainlyspeaksforagenerationofreaderswhenhesays,“TheHarryPotterbooksarelikelife,butbetter.Amazingly,Rowlingkeepsherseveralplotlinesclearofeachotheruntiltheend,whenshedeftlybringseverythingtogetherinacataclysmicconclusion.Forpurenarrativepower,thisisthebestPotterbookyet.Whenthebookfinallywentonsaleat12:01a.m.Saturday,thousandsofchildreninBritainandNorthAmericarushedtoclaimtheircopies.Bookstoreshostedpajamaparties,hiredmagiciansandservedcookiesandpunch,butnobodyneededtoliftthespiritsofthesecrowds.Inonecase,customersmadesuchabig,happynoisethatneighborscalledthecops.AtabordersinCharlotte,N.C.,ErinRankin,12,quicklythumbedtothebackassoonasshegotherCOPy.'Theardthatamajorcharacterdies,andIreallywanttofindoutWhOjshesaid.Butminuteslatershegaveup.Ijustcan,treadtheendfirst.TheonlysournoteinallthesongsofjoyoverthisphenomenonhascomefromsomeparentsandconservativereligiousleaderswhosayRowlingadvocateswitchcraft.Readingofthebookshasbeenchallengedin25schooldistrictsinatleast17states,andthebookshavebeenbannedinschoolsinKansasandColorado.Butthat,snothingnew,saysMichaelPatrickHearn,achildren,sbookscholarandeditorofTheAnnotatedWizardofOz.Anykindofmagicisconsideredevilbysomepeople,hesays.TheWizardofOzwasattackedbyfundamentalistsinthemid-1980s.ButperhapsthemostcuriousthingaboutthePotterphenomenon,especiallygiventhatitisallaboutbooks,isthatalmostnoonehastakenthetimetosayhowgoodorbadthesebooksare.Theotherdaymy11-year-olddaughteraskedmeifIthoughtHarryPotterisaclassic.Igaveher,mafraid,oneofthoseveryadult-soundinganswerswhenIsaid,timewilltell.Thiswasnotanoutrightlie.There,snotellingwhichbookswillsurvivefromonegenerationtothenext.Butthefactis,Iwashedging.WhatmydaughterreallywantedtoknowwashowwellJ.K.RowlingstacksupagainstthelikesofRobertLouisStevensonorMadeleineL,Engle.IcouldhavetoldherthatIthoughttheywerebeautifullycraftedworksentertainment,theliteraryequivalentofStevenSpielberg.IcouldalsohavetoldherIthoughtthePotterbookswerederivative.Theysharesomanyelementswithsomanychildren'sclassicthatsometimesitseemsasthoughRowlinghadassembledhernovelsfromakit.However,thesenovelsamounttomuchmorethanjustthesumoftheirparts.Thecrucialaspectoftheirappealisthattheycanbereadbychildrenandadultswithequalpleasure.Onlythebestauthors-andtheycanbeasdifferentasDr.SeussandPhilipPullmanand,yes,J.K.Rowling-canpullthatoff.P.L.Travers,theauthoroftheMaryPoppinsbooks,putitbestwhenshewrote,“Youdonotchopoffasectionofyourimaginativesubstanceandmakeabookspecificallyforchildren,forifyouarehonest-youhave,infact,noideawherechildhoodendsandmaturitybegins.Itisallendlessandallone."ThereisplentyforchildrenandadultstoenjoyinRowlingbooks,startingwiththeirlanguage.Herprosemaybeunadorned,butherwaywithnamingpeopleandthingsrevealsaquirkyandoriginaltalent.Thebestwritersrememberwhatitisliketobeachildwithastonishingintensity.Timeandagain,Rowlingarticulatesjusthowdefenselesseventhebravestchildrenoftenfeel.NeartheendofthesecondbookDumbledore,thewiseandprotectiveheadmaster,isbanishedfromHogwarts.ThisterrifiesHarryandhisschoolmateswithDumbledoregone,fearhadspreadasneverbefore-anditterrifiesme.AndinallofRowling,sbooksthererunsanundercurrentofsadnessandloss.InthefirstbooktheorphanedHarrystaresintotheMirrorofErised,whichshowstheviewerhisorherutmostdesires.Harryseeshisdeadparents.NotuntildwrittendidrereadwhatIrealizedthathadbeentakenentirely-entirely-fromhowIfeltaboutmymother'sdeath,Rowlingsaid.Infact,deathandbereavementandwhatdeathmeans,Iwouldsayisoneofthecentralthemesinallsevenbooks.Doyoungreaderspickuponallthisdeepintellectualism?Consciously,perhapsnot.ButIdon,tthinkthebookswouldhavetheirbroadappealiftheywereonlyexcitingtalesofmagicaladventure,andIknowadultswouldnotfindthemsoenticing.TheHarryPotterbooksaren,tperfect.WhatImissmostinthesenovelsisthepresenceofagreatvillain.AndbygreatvillainImeananinterestingvillain.LongJohnSilverisdoublyfrighteningbecauseheisbothevilandcharming.Ifhewerejustallbad,hewouldn,tfrightenushalfasmuch.Vbldemortisresistiblepreciselybecauseheisjusthadtothebone.Thatsaid,IwouldaddthatinthenewbookRowlingoutdoesherselfwithabadguysoseductiveyou,llneverseehimcoming.Andheisscary.Thatquibbleaside,Rowling,snovelsareprobablythebestbookschildrenhaveeverencounteredthathaven'tbeenthrustupon