課程名稱︰ 英文二
課程性質︰ 共同必修課程
課程教師︰ 曾麗玲
開課學院： 公衛學院、醫學院、理學院
開課系所︰
考試日期（年月日）︰2007年5月2日
考試時限（分鐘）： 120分鐘
是否需發放獎勵金： 是
（如未明確表示，則不予發放）
試題 :
First-year English
Mid-term Examination
Spring 2007
I. Fill in the blanks. Allow one word for each blank. Choose from the following
list of vocabulary. 20%
access retrospect intimidate exceed berth publicists menace smother
screen stalk errant dire disparity vindicate barrage barrier
prepetuate jaded segregated obstructed disposable stereotype casualties
constitutionals wrinkles
Over the years, I learned to ___1___ the rage I felt at so often being taken
for a criminal.
On crowded subway platforms I give a wide ___2___ o nervous people during
rush hours.
I recived over one-thousand-letter ___3___ of hate mail following my
negative article on a new young boys' group.
Being a fanzine writer, the author admitted that she had become ___4___
about fans' admiration on her and her work.
Fan magazines are published primarily with the hope to ___5___ the myth of
celebrities worship.
The yearning to imitate the stars sometimes has ___6___ consequences which
the whole society must bear and share.
Ask a random sample of Americans to identify Michael Jordan, correct
responses would probably ___7___ 95%.
Because of a side part that let a curtain of hair fall across half her face,
her hair ___8___ her vision and created a ___9___ between her and the
listeners.
Today I see feminism as failed and women in my generation are the ___10___.
We suffered financial diffculty trying to support our family all on our own.
II.Error analysis. First find the part which contains an eror and then give the
correction. 20%
1. women are particularly vulnerable under street violence, and young black
￣￣￣A￣￣ ￣B￣
males are drastically over-represented among the perpetrators of the
￣￣￣￣C￣￣￣ ￣D￣
violence.
2. I have been calm and extremely congenial in those rare occasions when I've
￣￣A￣￣ B
been pulled over by the police.
￣C D
3. It is not altogether clear to me how I reached the ripe old age of
￣￣A￣￣
twenty-two without being conscious of the lethality nighttime pedestrians
￣B￣
often mistakenly attributed for me.
￣￣C￣￣ ￣D
4. On late-evening constitutionals I employ what has proved to be an exellent
A ￣B
tension-reduced measure ── I whistled melodies from classical composers.
￣￣￣￣C￣￣￣ ￣D
5. Throughout her essay the author exams her own complicity in the phenomenon
￣A￣ B ￣￣C￣￣
of celebrity wordhip which she criticizes.
￣D￣
6. The reason why we find celebrities facinated is chiefly due to our abnormal
￣￣A￣￣ B
craving for star dirt.
￣￣C￣ ￣D
7.Before television, the public's fascination with cultural icons ── from
￣A
famous writers to movie stars ── were satisfied by the gossip found in
￣B C ￣D￣
newspapers and fan magazines.
8. when she spoke she frequently tossed her head, calling attention for her
￣A￣ ￣￣B￣ ￣C
hair and aeay from her lecture.
￣D
9. I was intriguing to see Fasold bring biological phenomena to bear on the
￣￣A￣￣ ￣B￣ ￣￣C￣￣ D
question of linguistic marking in his research.
10.Many women in my generation, myself included, are saddled with rising
A ￣￣B￣ ￣C ￣D￣
children alone. The result is poverty.
III.Essay questions. Answer altogether FOUR of the following quewtion (you are
given choices) by means of well-written essays which contain an UNDERLINED
topic sentence for each. Failure to underline or misplacement of your topic
sentence will lead to loss of two points. There will be penalty on serious
gramatical errors in your writing. Keep the original question number as it
appears below. 60%
Choose any TWO from the following question.
1. What complaints does Staples make in "Black Men and Public Space" against
other people's stereotypic imprssions of him and his ethnic group? Does he
propose any solution to solve this prolem?
2. Summarize Christina Kelly's argument which explains why we need celebrities
in "Why Do We Need Celebrities?"
3. What distinction does Kelly make between celebrities amd heroes?
4. According to the author of "The Wrong Examples," how does the belief in the
American Dream contribute to the phenomenon of celebrity idolatry?
5. What does Evans say about how the media slant images of celebrities toward
some fixed and stereotypeic impressions?
Choose any ONE from questions 6-7 on "Wear Jump Suit. Sensible Shoes, Uses
Husband's Last Name."
6. From what aspects does Deborah Tannen prove that "women are
disproportionately marked beings"?
7. How can you find fault with Tannen's argument?
Choose any ONE from questions 8-9 on "The Failure of Feminism."
8. What does the "Experimental Generation" value according to Ebeling? Does
she also value these ideas? Why or Why not?
9.What solutions to the failure of feminism does Ebeling offer?
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