北京大学拉丁语/古希腊语标准化考试
北京大学拉丁语/古希腊语标准化考试
PKU STANDARDISED TESTS: LATIN AND ANCIENT GREEK
北京大学初级和中级拉丁语和古希腊语标准化考试（2021年5月）
PKU STANDARDISED TESTS: LATIN AND GREEK ON ELEMENTARY AND INTERMEDIATE LEVEL (May 2021)
2017年9月以来，北京大学西方古典学中心已多次成功举办初级及中级拉丁语、希腊语标准化考试。今年的标准化考试将于2021年5月举行，并首次在北京大学和东北师范大学世界古典文明史研究所（长春）同时进行。标准化考试面向包括港澳台地区在内的全国高校学生和青年学者。初级和中级拉丁语标准考试将于5月29日（周六）13:00-16:00举行（初级和中级考试时间一致），初级和中级古希腊语标准考试将于5月30日（周日）13:00-16:00举行（初级和中级考试时间一致）。考试地点以及如何遵守两校防疫措施将通过考生的报名邮件另行通知。北京大学拉丁语和古希腊语标准考试目前不收取报名费；参加考试所需要的交通和食宿费用由考生自理。北京大学西方古典学中心将给考生邮寄成绩，北京考生也可前来我中心自取。
Since September 2017 the Centre for Classical and Medieval Studies at Peking University has been offering standardised tests in Elementary Latin, Intermediate Latin and Elementary Greek. Following a gap year, we are pleased to announce tests in Elementary and Intermediate Latin and Greek taking place in May of 2021. For the first time, the tests will be held at two sites: Peking University and the Institute for the History of Ancient Civilizations (IHAC), Northeast Normal University, Changchun. The tests are open to students and young scholars from universities across China, including those in Taiwan and the Special Administrative Regions of Hong Kong and Macao. The tests in Elementary and Intermediate Latin are scheduled to take place on Saturday the 29th of May from 13:00 until 16:00. The tests in Elementary and Intermediate Greek are scheduled for Sunday the 30th of May from 13:00 until 16:00. Further details regarding the tests, including the anti-epidemic measures and regulations by which all participants must abide, will be sent to those who register their participation through email.
The Centre for Classical and Medieval Studies at Peking University will inform participants of their test results by letter.
考试报名及邮箱 / Registration Email Address
请下载附件中的报名表，并填写表中所有信息，并将报名表发送至下列电子邮箱：latingreekpku@163.com
Please fill out all the details in the attached registration form (Excel sheet) and send this form to the following email: latingreekpku@163.com
The deadline for registration is the 14th of May 2021.
初级拉丁语考试说明
Elementary Latin
初级拉丁语考试标准和范围 / Scope of the standardised test Elementary Latin
The Latin exam, lasting for three hours, will test the candidates’ ability to translate a short Latin text of about 180 words, taken from the works of either Julius Caesar or Cornelius Nepos, into correct English. The grades awarded to the students are: A (90-100 points—excellent), B (80-89 points—good), C (70-79 points—adequate), D (60-69 points—unsatisfactory), F (0-59 points—inadequate). Participants are allowed to consult any of the following two dictionaries: Charlton T. Lewis, Latin Dictionary for Schools (Beijing: Peking University Press, 2015) or an earlier print of this dictionary, or William Smith and John Lockwood, Chambers Murray Latin-English Dictionary (London: Chambers, 1976) or a later print. Participants are expected to be able to trace back words used in the text to their dictionary form.
考试内容涉及的拉丁基本语法 / Level of the standardised test in Elementary Latin
This exam is designed for those who are at a level that is approximately equal to that of someone having taken a Latin course for three semesters, four hours per week, and who has been reading for at least one full semester not too complex original Latin texts.
The following chart provides a list of the grammatical elements with which participants in the Elementary Latin test are expected to be familiar. Further details on these elements can be found in e.g. Kennedy, Benjamin Hall. 1962. The Revised Latin Primer. London: Longman.
| Grammatical Elements |
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| Elementary Level |
Forms ----Nouns: all declensions ----Adjectives: all declensions, including those that have –ius and –i in genitive and dative singular; comparison of adjectives (comparative and superlative degree adjectives) ----Adverbs including the comparison of adverbs ----Verbs: all conjugations · Finite verbs: present, future, imperfect, perfect, future-perfect, pluperfect tenses; indicative, subjunctive and imperative mood (excluding the future imperative); active and passive voice, including deponent and semi-deponent verbs · Infinitives: present, perfect, future infinitives active and passive (excluding the future infinitive passive, e.g. amatum iri) · Participles: present active, perfect passive, future active ----Sum, possum, fero, eo, fio, volo, malo, nolo: all indicative, subjunctive and imperative forms (excluding future imperative); present, perfect, future infinitives (excluding future infinitive passive); all participles and voices (where applicable) ----Gerund and gerundive ----Declension of demonstrative pronouns hic, ille, iste, is, idem ----Declension of personal pronouns ego, tu, nos, vos ----Declension of reflexive pronoun se; possessive pronouns; and intensive pronoun ipse ----Declension of interrogative pronoun (quis/quid), interrogative adjective (qui, quae, quod), relative pronoun (qui, quae, quod), and all other compound pronouns Syntax ----Nominative, vocative, genitive, dative, accusative, ablative and locative cases and their functions as explained for example in Kennedy 1962, §200-283 ----Passive construction of transitive verbs ----Ablative absolute and other participial phrases ----Gerundive and its uses (as explained for example in Kennedy 1962, §379-384); the gerund and its uses (as explained for example in Kennedy 1962, §374-378) ----Indirect Statement: Accusative with Infinitive constructions (without depending subordinate clauses) ----Subjunctive in main clauses: iussive and exhortatory subjunctive ----Indicative in subordinate clauses ----Subjunctive in subordinate clauses: · purpose clause (with ut and ne) · result clause (with ut and ut…. non) · cum-clauses (circumstantial, causal, adversative, concessive) · iussive noun-clause (with ut and ne) · conditional clauses (all types, as explained for example in Kennedy 1962, §437-440) · relative clause of characteristic · fear-clauses ----Historical present ----Principle of the sequence of tenses ----Num, nonne, -ne used to introduce direct questions |
中级拉丁语考试说明
Intermediate Latin
中级拉丁语考试标准和范围 / Scope of the standardised test Intermediate Latin
The Latin exam, lasting for three hours, will test the candidates’ ability to translate a Latin text of about 180 words, taken from Sallust’s works or Cicero’s In Verrem (including the Divinatio in Caecilium), In Catilinam or Philippicae into correct English. The grades awarded to the students are: A (90-100 points—excellent), B (80-89 points—good), C (70-79 points—adequate), D (60-69 points—unsatisfactory), F (0-59 points—inadequate). Participants are allowed to consult any of the following two dictionaries: Charlton T. Lewis, Latin Dictionary for Schools (Beijing: Peking University Press, 2015) or an earlier print of this dictionary, or William Smith and John Lockwood, Chambers Murray Latin-English Dictionary (London: Chambers,1976) or a later print. Participants are expected to be able to trace back words used in the text to their dictionary form.
考试内容涉及的拉丁基本语法 / Level of the standardised test in Intermediate Latin
This exam is designed for those who are at a level that is approximately equal to that of someone having taken a Latin course for five semesters, four hours per week, of which three semesters were devoted to reading original Latin texts. Candidates on the intermediate level possess the skills to read original Latin of a certain complexity in grammar and vocabulary.
The following chart provides a list of the grammatical elements for the Elementary and Intermediate level with which participants in the Intermediate Latin test are expected to be familiar. Further details on these elements can be found in e.g. Kennedy, Benjamin Hall. 1962. The Revised Latin Primer. London: Longman.
| Grammatical Elements |
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| Intermediate Level |
Apart from the requirements for the Elementary Level, the following elements: Forms ----Declension of Greek nouns ----Supines in -um and -u ----Future imperative ----Variant forms of the accusative plural 3rd declension nouns and adjective, masculine and feminine (-is instead of -es); second person singular passive endings in -re; contracted perfect forms (e.g. rogarisinstead of rogaveris); perfect indicative active third person plural in -ēre; future infinitive of esse in fore/futurum esse ----Future infinitive passive (e.g. amatum iri) Syntax ----Rules of agreement in the case of a composite subject and predicate, as explained e.g. in Kennedy 1962, §198-199 ----Sentences connected by the connective relative pronoun ----Passive construction of intransitive verbs ----Subjunctive in main clauses (as explained for example in Kennedy 1962, §355-359): · concessive use of the subjunctive · subjunctive used to indicate something that ought to be done (including the deliberative subjunctive) · the subjunctive of desire · potential subjunctive ----Subjunctive in subordinate clauses: · noun-clauses introduced by ut that function as the subject of impersonal verbs or verbs of fact and occurrence, or as the direct object of facio and its compound forms (such as explained for example in Kennedy 1962, §415a); in subject or direct object noun-clauses introduced by quin · indirect commands or prohibitions · indirect wishes · indirect questions · adverbial clauses introduced by quod, quia, quoniam or quando to introduce a subjective or supposed reason · temporal clauses introduced by dum, donec, quoad, antequam or priusquam · clauses of proviso introduced by dum, dummodo, modo · subordinate clauses in indirect speech (oratio obliqua) · relative clauses indicating purpose, result and cause ----Historic Infinitive ----Periphrastic constructions ----num and -ne used to introduce indirect questions |
初级古希腊语考试说明
Elementary Greek
初级古希腊语考试标准和范围 / Scope of the standardised test Elementary Greek
The Greek exam, lasting for three hours, will test the candidates’ ability to translate a short Greek text of about 190 words, taken from early Plato or Xenophon’s Socratic writings into correct English. The grades awarded to the students are: A (90-100 points—excellent), B (80-89 points—good), C (70-79 points—adequate), D (60-69 points—unsatisfactory), F (0-59 points—inadequate). Participants are allowed to consult the following dictionary: An Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon, by Robert Scott and H. G. Liddell, any edition. Participants are expected to be able to trace back words used in the text to their dictionary form.
考试内容涉及的古希腊语基本语法 / Level of the standardised test in Elementary Greek
This exam is designed for those who are at a level that is approximately equal to someone having taken a Greek course for three semesters, four hours per week, and who are reading not too complex original Greek texts.
The following chart provides a list of the grammatical elements with which participants in the Elementary Greek test are expected to be familiar. Further details on these elements can be found in Morwood, James 2003. Oxford Grammar of Classical Greek, Oxford: Oxford University Press (cited with page numbers).
| Grammatical Elements |
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| Elementary Level |
Forms ----Articles (Morwood: 122-127) ----Nouns: all declensions (Morwood: 10-31) ----Adjectives: all declensions; comparative and superlative degree adjectives (Morwood: 32-44) ----Adverbs including the comparison of adverbs (Morwood: 45) ----Verbs: all conjugations; irregular forms (Morwood: 60-121) · Finite verbs: present, future, imperfect, perfect, aorist, pluperfect tenses; indicative, subjunctive, optative and imperative mood; active, passive and middle voice · Infinitives · Participles ----Pronouns: personal pronouns, reflexive pronouns, possessive pronouns, interrogative pronouns, relative pronouns, and all other compound pronouns (Morwood: 144-151)
Syntax ----Cases: nominative, vocative, genitive, dative, accusative cases and their functions (Morwood: 10-24) ----Prepositions (Morwood: 56-59) ----Impersonal construction (Morwood: 190-191) ----Participle; genitive absolute; accusative absolute (Morwood: 136-142) ----Verbal adjectives (Morwood: 193-194) ----Subordinate clauses: · Purpose clauses (Morwood: 174-175) · Causal clauses (Morwood: 172) · Result clauses (Morwood: 177-179) · Conditional clauses (Morwood: 183-189) · Time clauses (Morwood: 197-199) · Relative clauses (Morwood: 127-129) ----Indirect discourse (Morwood: 154-160) ----Interrogative sentences (Morwood: 161-166) ----Commands, exhortations and wishes (Morwood: 168-171) ----Verbs of preventing, hindering and denying (Morwood: 201-202) ----Negative sentences (Morwood: 204-206) ----Particles (Morwood: 207-212) |
中级古希腊语考试说明
Intermediate Greek
中级古希腊语考试标准和范围 / Scope of the standardised test Intermediate Greek
The Greek exam, lasting for three hours, will test the candidates’ ability to translate a short Greek text of about 190 words, taken from from middle Plato, Herodotus, or Isocrates into correct English. The grades awarded to the students are: A (90-100 points—excellent), B (80-89 points—good), C (70-79 points—adequate), D (60-69 points—unsatisfactory), F (0-59 points—inadequate). Participants are allowed to consult the following dictionary: An Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon, by Robert Scott and H. G. Liddell, any edition. Participants are expected to be able to trace back words used in the text to their dictionary form.
考试内容涉及的古希腊语基本语法 / Level of the standardised test in Intermediate Greek
This exam is designed for those who are at a level that is approximately equal to someone having taken a Greek course for five semesters, four hours per week, and who are able to read original Greek texts that contain a certain number of complexities in grammar, syntax and vocabulary.
The following chart provides a list of the grammatical elements with which participants in the Intermediate Greek test are expected to be familiar. Further details on these elements can be found in Smyth, Herbert W. 1956. Greek Grammar, Cambridge [MA]: Harvard University Press.
| Grammatical Elements |
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| Intermediate Level |
Apart from the requirements for the Elementary Level, the following syntactic elements: Syntax ----Moods in simple sentences with/without ἄν (Smyth: 1770-1849) ----Tenses of the indicative (conative present, historical present, inchoative imperfect, deliberative future, ingressive aorist, perfect with present meaning) (Smyth: 1875-1958) and periphrastic tenses (Smyth: 1959-1965) ----Infinitive (infinitive of purpose and result, absolute infinitive, articular infinitive) (Smyth: 1966-2038) ----Participle (attributive, circumstantial, supplementary) (Smyth: 2039-2122) ----Verbs taking either the participle or the infinitive (Smyth: 2123-2145) ----Subordinate clauses: · Purpose clauses (Smyth: 2193-2206) · Object clauses (Smyth: 2207-2239) · Causal clauses (Smyth: 2240-2248) · Result clauses (Smyth: 2249-2279) · Conditional clauses (Smyth: 2280-2368) · Concessive clauses (Smyth: 2369-2382) · Time clauses (Smyth: 2383-2461) · Clauses of comparison (Smyth: 2462-2487) · Relative clauses (Smyth: 2488-2573) · Dependent substantive clauses (Smyth: 2574-2635) ----Interrogative sentences (Smyth: 2636-2680) ----Exclamatory sentences (Smyth: 2681-2687) ----Negative sentences (Smyth: 2688-2768) ----Particles (Smyth: 2769-3003) |