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2007年硕士研究生入学考试试题参考答案 考试科目代码及名称：336专业综合（基础英语占三分之二，语言学占三分之一）

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Section One ADVANCED ENGLISH (90%)

I. Explain each of the following cultural figures or terms briefly: (15%) minister, one of Britain's greatest 20th-century heroes. His stirring speeches, bulldog tenacity and his refusal to make peace with Adolf Hitler made him the popular choice to lead England through World War II. One of the 20th century’s most quotable wits, Churchill wrote a plethora of histories, biographies and memoirs, including the landmark four-volume

A History of the English-speaking Peoples (1956-58). In 1953 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. Churchill served as prime minister from 1940-45 and again from 1951-55. in France. His landmark painting Guernica is an impassioned allegorical condemnation of fascism and war. Although greatly influenced by other artists in Europe and beyond, Picasso was inventive and prolific, and early in his career earned a worldwide reputation as an innovator. He is considered one of the greatest artists of the 20th century. His enormous body of work spans so many years that art experts generally separate his career into distinct phases, such as the Blue Period, the Rose Period and his most famous contribution to modern art, Cubism. is the official journal of the National Geographic Society. It published its first issue nine months after the Society was founded. It has become one of the world's best-known magazines and is immediately identifiable by the characteristic yellow border running around the edge of its cover. It contains articles about geography, popular science, world history, current events and photography. In addition to being well-known for articles 1