复旦大学外国语言文学学院 2010~2011学年第一学期期末考试试卷 (附参考答案) A卷口B卷 课程名称:英美短篇小说课程代码:FORE130205.01 开课院系:外文学院英文系考试形式:开卷/闭卷/课程论文/ 姓名 学号 专业 题号1 3 6 8|总分 得分 (以下为试卷正文) . Paraphrase the underlined parts in the following sentences. 30% 1. " Whoever will break it to the poor child? I couldn't for the life of me! exclaimed a shrill voice And while they debated the matter among themselves, Conradin made himself another piece of toast. ( from "Sredni Vashtar"by Saki) Who can inform the child of the terrible news? It is impossible for me to tell him! 2. He did not fancy the notion of going back to domestic service; after being his own master for so many years, for the vicar and churchwardens could say what they liked, it was he that had run St Peters ( from"The Verger"by W. Somerset Maugham) He was reluctant to leave his current office for the daily routine of family life 3.. and all the long afternoon I bore her in my arms, miles upon miles, and it never occurred to bundle around half a day without some sense of fatigue or need of rest. There are many dream-worlds, but none is so rightly and reasonably and pleasantly arranged as that one.(from My Platonic Sweetheart "by Mark Twain) Everything felt so natural for both of us, and even though I walked for half a day carrying her on1 复旦大学外国语言文学学院 2010～2011 学年第一学期期末考试试卷 （附参考答案） ■A 卷 □B 卷 课程名称：_英美短篇小说___ 课程代码： FORE130205.01 开课院系：_外文学院英文系___ 考试形式：开卷/闭卷/课程论文/ 姓 名： 学 号： 专 业： 题 号 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 总 分 得 分 (以下为试卷正文) I. Paraphrase the underlined parts in the following sentences. 30% 1. “Whoever will break it to the poor child? I couldn’t for the life of me!” exclaimed a shrill voice. And while they debated the matter among themselves, Conradin made himself another piece of toast. (from “Sredni Vashtar” by Saki) Who can inform the child of the terrible news? It is impossible for me to tell him! 2. He did not fancy the notion of going back to domestic service; after being his own master for so many years, for the vicar and churchwardens could say what they liked, it was he that had run St. Peter’s. (from “The Verger” by W. Somerset Maugham) He was reluctant to leave his current office for the daily routine of family life. 3. …and all the long afternoon I bore her in my arms, miles upon miles, and it never occurred to either of us that there was anything remarkable in a youth like me being able to carry that sweet bundle around half a day without some sense of fatigue or need of rest. There are many dream-worlds, but none is so rightly and reasonably and pleasantly arranged as that one. (from “My Platonic Sweetheart” by Mark Twain) Everything felt so natural for both of us, and even though I walked for half a day carrying her on