第二部分 非选择题

　　II. Reading comprehension ( 16 points, 4 for each )

　　Read the quoted parts carefully and answer the questions in English . Write your answer in the corresponding space on the answer sheet.

　　41. “And ever as he rode , his hart did earne, / To prove his puissance in battell brave”

　　Question :

　　A. Identify the poem and the poet.

　　B. What does the word “ puissance” mean?

　　C. Is the theme of the poem “Arms and the Man”? If not , tell your point and explain it briefly.

　　42. “A line in long array where they wind betwixt green islands,

　　They take a serpentine course , their arms flash in the sun-hark to the musical clank,

　　Be hold the silvery river , in it the splashing horses loitering stop to drink,

　　Behold the brown-faced men, each group, each person, a picture, the negligent rest on the saddles,

　　Some emerge on the opposite bank , others are just entering the ford-while,

　　Scarlet and blue and snowy white,

　　The guidon flags flutter gayly in the wind .”

　　Questions:

　　A. Who is the author of this poem?

　　B. What is the essence of this poem ?

　　C. What is the unique character in this poem?

　　43. “Break ,break , break , / On thy cold grey stones , O sea! / And I thought that my tongue could utter / The thoughts that arise in me.”

　　Questions:

　　A. Give the name of the author and the title of the literary work from which this stanza is taken .

　　B. Interpret this stanza.

　　C. Analyze the author’s art of this poem.

　　44. “ The apparition of the these faces in the crowed; / Petals on a wet, black bough”

　　Questions:

　　A: From which poem does the stanza come ? Who is the author?

　　B: What does the “petals” mean?

　　C: Briefly interpret the two lines.