as no natural or resembling connection with its referent, only a comventional one: this is the case with words. In literary usage. however, a symbol is a specially evocative kind of image, that is, a word or phrase referring to a concrete object, scene, or action which also has some further significance associated with it: mses, mountains, birds, and voyages have all been used as common literary symbols. 4 far A general term for any kind of fictional work that is not primarily devoted to realistic representation of the known world. The category includes several literary genres (e.g. dream vision, fable, fairy tale, mance, science fiction) describing imagined worlds in which magical powers and other impossibilities are accepted. Recent theorists of fantasy have attempted to distinguish more precisely between the self-contained magical realms of the marvellous, the psychologically explicable delusions of the uncanny and the inexplicable meeting of both in the fantastic. Ill. Read the following short story, and then write a short comment on it. 40% (答案略) The man with the scar by william Somerset Maugham It was on account of the scar that i first noticed him for it ran broad and red in a great crescent from his temple to his chin. It must have been due to a formidable wound and i wondered whether this had been ca used by a sabre or by a fragment of shell. It was unexpected on that round fat and good-humoured face He had small and undistinguished features, and his expression was artless. His face went oddly with his corpu lent body. He was a powerful man of more than common height i never saw him in anything but a very sha bby grey suit a khaki shirt and a battered sombrero he was far from clean he used to come into the palace hote l at Guatema la City every day at cocktail time and strolling le surely round the bar offered lottery tickets for sale. If this was the way he made his living it must have been a poor one for i never saw anyone buy but now and the n i saw him offered a drink. He never ref used it. He threaded his way among the ta bles w ith a sort of rolling walk as though he were accustomed to traverse long distances on foot paused at each table, with a little smile mentioned the numbers he had for sale and then, when no notice was taken of him, with the same smile passed on i think he as for the most part a trif le the worse for liquor. I was standing at the bar one evening my foot on the rail, with an acquaint nce they make a very good dry martini at the palace Hotel in Guatema la City -when the man with the scar came up. i shook my head as for the twentieth time since my arrival he held out for inspection his lottery tickets. But my companion nodded aff bl3 has no natural or resembling connection with its referent, only a conventional one: this is the case with words. In literary usage, however, a symbol is a specially evocative kind of image; that is, a word or phrase referring to a concrete object, scene, or action which also has some further significance associated with it: roses, mountains, birds, and voyages have all been used as common literary symbols. 4. fantasy A general term for any kind of fictional work that is not primarily devoted to realistic representation of the known world. The category includes several literary genres (e.g. dream vision, fable, fairy tale, romance, science fiction) describing imagined worlds in which magical powers and other impossibilities are accepted. Recent theorists of fantasy have attempted to distinguish more precisely between the self-contained magical realms of the marvellous, the psychologically explicable delusions of the uncanny, and the inexplicable meeting of both in the fantastic. III. Read the following short story, and then write a short comment on it. 40% （答案略） The Man with the Scar by William Somerset Maugham It was on account of the scar that I first noticed him, for it ran, broad and red, in a great crescent f rom his temple to his chin. It must have been due to a formidable wound and I wondered whether this had been caused by a sabre or by a fragment of shell. It was unexpected on that round, fat and good-humoured face. He had small and undistinguished features, and his expression was artless. His face went oddly with his corpulent body. He was a powerful man of more than common height. I never saw him in anything but a very shabby grey suit, a khaki shirt and a battered sombrero. He was far from clean. He used to come into the Palace Hotel at Guatemala City every day at cocktail time and strolling leisurely round the bar offered lottery tickets for sale. If this was the way he made his living it must have been a poor one, for I never saw anyone buy, but now and then I saw him offered a drink. He never refused it. He threaded his way among the tables with a sort of rolling walk as though he were accustomed to traverse long distances on foot, paused at each table, with a little smile mentioned the numbers he had for sale and then, when no notice was taken of him, with the same smile passed on. I think he was for the most part a trifle the worse for liquor. I was standing at the bar one evening, my foot on the rail, with an acquaintance – they make a very good dry martini at the Palace Hotel in Guatemala City - when the man with the scar came up. I shook my head as for the twentieth time since my arrival he held out for inspection his lottery tickets. But my companion nodded af fably