AP英语文学与写作是一门对学员能力要求比较高、5分率比较低的考试。很多同学都好奇AP英语文学与写作真题会不会很难,本文就用真题解析带还没选课完成的同学感受下这门课的难度,已经在学了的小伙伴可以跟着下文的解题思路,来吸收阅读理解的答题技巧。
AP文学的关注解读和分析文学作品和诗歌,需要大量的阅读英文文学作品,教授学员如何通过不同的角度阅读和分析文学作品和诗歌,例如主人公的个性,作者的表达和写作方式等。如果学员对虚构的文学作品,比如诗歌,戏剧,小说感兴趣,愿意阅读和赏析不同时代,不同题材的作品,则可选AP文学。
AP文学考试一共3小时。包括,60分钟的选择题部分和120分钟的写作部分。
Section1:55道选择题,60分钟,占比45%
Section2:论述题3道,120分,占比55%
在选择题部分,学员会遇到5篇文学作品选段,包括诗歌,戏剧和小说,Prose和Verse的比重基本相同,每篇文章后面有10或11道选择题,共55道题。
论述题问题1为诗歌,问题2为散文,问题3是开放性作文,一般要求学员从阅读的经典英语文学名著中提取相关知识进行分析。
题目:
The Albuquerque Graveyard by JAYWRIGHT
It would be easier to bury our dead at the corner lot. No need to wake before sunrise, take three buses, walk two blocks, search at the rear of the cemetery, to come upon the familiar names with wilted[3]flowers and patience.
But now I am here again. After so many years of coming here, passing the sealed mausoleums,[4]the pretentious brooks and springs, the white, sturdy limestone crosses, the pattern of the place is clear to me. I am going back to the Black limbo,[5]an unwritten history of our own tensions. The dead lie here In a hierarchy of small defeats. I can almost see the leaders smile, ashamed now of standing at the head of those who lie tangled at the edge of the cemetery still ready to curse and rageas I do.
Here, I stop by the imitative cross of one who stocked his parlor with pictures of Robeson,[6] and would boom down the days, dream in go fothello's[7]robes
I say he never bothered me, and forgive his frightened singing.
Here, I stop by the simple mound of a woman who taught me spelling on the sly,[8] parsing[9]my tongue to make me fit for her own dreams. I could go on all day, unhappily recognizing small heroes, discontent with finding them here, reproaches to my own failings. Uneasy, I search the names and simple mounds I call my own, abruptly drop my wilted flowers, and turn for home.
---From Selected Poems of JayWright (Princeton Univ. Press, 1987)
AP英语文学与写作真题解析:
01 the poemis best described as a
(A) pastoralelegy
(B) discursivememoir
(C) reflectivenarrative
(D) dramaticdialogue
(E) poeticdrama
本诗是悼念死去的人,选项a说的是田园挽歌,c说的是沉思叙述。文中没有田园诗的感觉,而是在回忆死去的人,故选C.
02 In line 1-11, the speakerconveys a sense of
(A) the transience of thenatural world
(B) the laboriousness of anundertaking
(C) his devotion to anindividual
(D) religious inspiration
(E) inconspicuousaccomplishments
本题问1-11行在描述什么。从1-11行中,我们看到作者在描述如何去墓地的过程,take
three buses,walk two blocks and search at therear of the cemetery..都在描述这些动作。故选择B选项。
03 The phrase “ our dead”(line2)refers specifically to
(A)those who have died recently
(B)the speaker’s grandparents
(C)the speaker’s friend
(D)acommunity of Black people
(E)Black soldiers
本题问our dead在指谁?原文说到多年前来过这里,所以不是A选项;原文后面提到了母亲,没有提到祖母。根据判断,我们应该选C,作者的朋友。
04 Theimages in lines 15-17(“sealed...crosses”)contrast most directly with
(A) “threebuses” (line 6)
(B) “wiltedflowers and patience”(line 11)
(C) “picturesof Robeson” (line 34)
(D) “Othello’srobes”(line 36)
(E) “simplemounds”(line 49)
与宏大的、有气势(周边环境好)的上等人的墓 (sealed mausoleum)形成对比的是普通人的墓地(simple mound),所以这道AP英语文学与写作真题选E。
05 In line 18(“the pattern ofthe place is clear to me”),the speaker suggests which of the following?
I.His familiarity with the physical layout ofthe graveyard
II.His awareness of the social segregationreflected in the arrangement of the graves
III. His desire to change the way in whichthe graveyard is structured
(A)I only
(B)II only
(C)I and IIonly
(D)II and IIIonly
(E)I,II and III
作者很熟悉周边环境、黑人和白人的界限。故选C。
06 In the context of the poem, the term “Blacklimbo”(line 20)suggests
(A)a somber moment in the past
(B)an honorable burial
(C)funereal meditation
(D)spiritual realization
(E)assigned confinement
Limbo是指边界,这里指黑人和白人的边界,所以选E。
07 By deciding to “forgive his frightendsinging”(line 38), the speaker in effect does which of the following?
(A)Apologizes for Robeson’s small failures.
(B)Accepts Robeson’s minor shortcomings.
(C)Accpets the man and his admiration forRobeson.
(D)Questions the man’s need to imitateRobeson.
(E)Dramatizes the strength of Robeson’sinfluence.
这是在说这个死去的人对Robeson(黑人歌手、演员和社会活动家)的敬仰,在模范他唱歌。作者说原谅他唱歌是因为作者理解了为什么这个死去的人崇敬Robeson。所以选C。
08 The description of the “woman”(line 40)most directly suggests that she
(A) was angered by limitations placed on her
(B) gained renown for her knowledge ofrhetoric
(C) taught the speaker to suppress his senseof outrage
(D) sought gratification through the speaker’spossible success
(E) drew on the speaker for her knowledgeabout the world
这个woman是作者的妈妈,她希望看到儿子做出成绩make me fit for her dreams.虽然我还没有实现她的梦想,但我还在努力。因此选D。
09 In line 42, “parsing my tongue”probablyrefers to the woman’s
(A) meticulous attention to the speaker’s useof language
(B) thoughtful provision of moral guidancefor the speaker
(C) careful preparation of the speaker forschool examination
(D) admonition of the speaker for failing toshow respect to others
(E) homespun advice to the speaker on how toachieve future success
parsing my tongue= examing my tongue,这里是描述妈妈在教学员学语言的细节。因此选A。
10 The structure of the poem is determinedby the speaker’s
(A)emotions
(B)movements
(C)ideas
(D)values
(E)history
全文中诗人一直在墓地中行走,所以应该选B。
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