全国英美文学选读试题及答案.docx

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全国英美文学选读试题及答案

全国2005年4月高等教育自学考试

英美文学选读试题

课程代码：

00604

PARTONE（40POINTS）

I.MultipleChoice（40pointsinall,1foreach）

1.ThemostsignificantideaoftheRenaissanceis（　　　）.

A.humanismB.realism

C.naturalismD.skepticism

2.Shakespeare’stragediesincludeallthefollowingexcept（　　　）.

A.HamletandKingLear

B.AntonyandCleopatraandMacbeth

C.JuliusCaesarandOthello

D.TheMerchantofVeniceandAMidsummerNight’sDream

3.Thestatement“Studiesservefordelight,forornament,andforability”opensoneofwell-knownessaysby（　　　）.

A.FrancisBaconB.SamuelJohnson

C.AlexanderPopeD.JonathanSwift

4.InHardy’sWessexnovels,thereisanapparent（　　　）touchinhisdescriptionofthesimplethoughprimitiverurallife.

A.nostalgicB.humorous

C.romanticD.ironic

5.Backbite,Sneerwell,andLadyTeazlearecharactersintheplayTheSchoolforScandalby（　　　）.

A.ChristopherMarloweB.BenJonson

C.RichardBrinsleySheridanD.GeorgeBernardShaw

6.Ofallthe18thcenturynovelistsHenryFieldingwasthefirsttosetout,bothintheoryandpractice,towritespecificallya“（　　　）inprose,”thefirsttogivethemodernnovelitsstructureandstyle.

A.tragicepicB.comicepic

C.romanceD.lyricepic

7.Inhispoem“Tyger,Tyger,”WilliamBlakeexpresseshisperceptionofthe“fearfulsymmetry”ofthebigcat.Thephrase“fearfulsymmetry”suggests（　　　）.

A.thetiger’stwoeyeswhicharedazzlinglybrightandsymmetricallyset

B.thepoet’sfearofthepredator

C.theanalogyofthehammerandtheanvil

D.theharmonyofthetwooppositeaspectsofGod’screation

8.“Whatishisname?

”

“Bingley.”

“Ishemarriedorsingle?

”

“Oh!

Single,mydear,tobesure!

Asinglemanoflargefortune;fourorfivethousandayear.Whatafinethingforourgirls!

”

Theabovedialoguemustbetakenfrom（　　　）.

A.JaneAusten’sPrideandPrejudice

B.EmilyBronte’sWutheringHeights

C.JohnGalsworthy’sTheForsyteSaga

D.GeorgeEliot’sMiddlemarch

9.Theshortstory“Araby”isoneofthestoriesinJamesJoyce’scollection（　　　）.

A.APortraitoftheArtistasaYoungMan

B.Ulysses

C.FinnegansWake

D.Dubliners

10.WilliamWordsworth,aromanticpoet,advocatedallthefollowingexcept（　　　）.

A.theusingofeverydaylanguagespokenbythecommonpeople

B.theexpressionofthespontaneousoverflowofpowerfulfeelings

C.thehumbleandrusticlifeassubjectmatter

D.elegantwordingandinflatedfiguresofspeech

11.HerearetwolinestakenfromTheMerchantofVenice:

“Notonthysole,butonthysoul,harshJew/Thoumak’stthyknifekeen.”Whatkindoffigurativedeviceisusedintheabovelines?

（　　　）

A.Simile.B.Metonymy.

C.Pun.D.Synecdoche.

12.“IfWintercomes,canSpringbefarbehind?

”isanepigrammaticlineby（　　　）.

A.J.KeatsB.W.Blake

C.W.WordsworthD.P.B.Shelley

13.Thepoemssuchas“TheChimneySweeper”arefoundinbothSongsofInnocenceandSongsofExperienceby（　　　）.

A.WilliamWordsworthB.WilliamBlake

C.JohnKeatsD.LordGordonByron

14.JohnBunyan’sPilgrim’sProgressisoftenregardedasatypicalexampleof（　　　）.

A.allegoryB.romance

C.epicinproseD.fable

15.AlexanderPopestronglyadvocatedneoclassicism,emphasizingthatliteraryworksshouldbejudgedby（　　　）rulesoforder,reason,logic,restrainedemotion,goodtasteanddecorum.

A.classicalB.romantic

C.sentimentalD.allegorical

16.Inhisessay“OfStudies,”Baconsaid:

“Somebooksaretobetasted,otherstobeswallowed,andsomefewtobechewedand（　　　）.”

A.skimmedB.perfected

C.imitatedD.digested

17.“ForIhaveknownthemallalready,knownthemall—/Haveknowntheevenings,mornings,afternoons,/Ihavemeasuredoutmylifewithcoffeespoons.”Theabovelinesaretakenfrom（　　　）.

A.Wordsworth’s“TheSolitaryReaper”

B.Eliot’s“TheLoveSongofJ.AlfredPrufrock”

C.Coleridge’s“KublaKhan”

D.Yeats’s“TheLakeIsleofInnisfree”

18.（The）（　　　）wasaprogressiveintellectualmovementthroughoutWesternEuropeinthe18thcentury.

A.RomanticismB.Humanism

C.EnlightenmentD.Sentimentalism

19.AtypicalForsyte,accordingtoJohnGalsworthy,isamanwithastrongsenseof（　　　）,whoneverpaysanyattentiontohumanfeelings.

A.moralityB.justice

C.propertyD.humor

20.ThetypicalfeatureofRobertBrowning’spoetryisthe（　　　）.

A.bittersatireB.larger-than-lifecaricature

C.LatinizeddictionD.dramaticmonologue

21.GeorgeBernardShaw’splay,Mrs.Warren’sProfessionisagrotesquelyrealisticexposureofthe（　　　）.

A.slumlandlordismB.politicalcorruptioninEngland

C.economicoppressionofwomenD.religiouscorruptioninEngland

22.ThestorystartingwiththemarriageofPaul’sparentsWalterMorelandMrs.Morelmustbe（　　　）.

A.ThomasHardy’sTessoftheD’Urbervilles

B.D.H.Lawrence’sSonsandLovers

C.GeorgeEliot’sMiddlemarch

D.CharlotteBronte’sJaneEyre

23.InAmericanliteraturethefirstimportantwriterwhoearnedaninternationalfameonbothsidesoftheAtlanticOceanis（　　　）.

A.WashingtonIrving

B.RalphWaldoEmerson

C.NathanielHawthorne

D.WaltWhitman

24.TheAmericannovelistNathanielHawthorneisknownforhis“blackvision.”Theterm“blackvision”refersto（　　　）.

A.Hawthorne’sobservationthateverymanfacesablackwall

B.Hawthorne’sbeliefthatallmenarebynatureevil

C.thatHawthorneemployedadreamvisiontotellhisstory

D.thatPuritansofHawthorne’stimeusuallyworeblackclothes

25.TheodoreDreiserwasoncecriticizedforhis（　　　）instyle,butasatrueartisthisstrengthjustliesinthathisstyleisveryseriousandwellcalculatedtoachievethethematicendshesought.

A.crudenessB.elegance

C.concisenessD.subtlety

26.“Heisthelastoftheromanticheroes,whoseenergyandsenseofcommitmenttakehiminsearchofhispersonalGrail;hisfailuremagnifiestoagreatextenttheendoftheAmericanDream.”Thecharacterreferredtointhepassageismostlikelytheprotagonistof（　　　）.

A.Fitzgerald’sTheGreatGatsby

B.Dreiser’sAnAmericanTragedy

C.Hemingway’sForWhomtheBellTolls

D.Twain’sTheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinn

27.AlmostallFaulkner’sheroesturnedouttobetragicbecause（　　　）.

A.allenjoyedlivinginthedecliningAmericanSouth

B.noneofthemwasconditionedbythecivilizationandsocialinstitutions

C.mostofthemwereprisonersofthepast

D.noneweresuccessfulintheirattempttoexplaintheinexplicable

28.Yank,theprotagonistofEugeneO’Neill’splayTheHairyApe,talkedtothegorillaandsetitfreebecause（　　　）.

A.hewasmad,mistakingabeastforahuman

B.hewastoldbythewhiteyoungladythathewaslikeabeastandhewantedtoseehowcloselyheresembledthegorilla

C.hewascagedwiththegorillaafterheinsultedanaristocraticstroller

D.hecouldfeelthekinshiponlywiththebeast

29.In（　　　）,RobertFrostcompareslifetoajourney,andheisdoubtfulwhetherhewillregrethischoiceornotwhenheisold,becausethechoicehasmadeallthedifference.

A.“AfterApple-Picking”

B.“TheRoadNotTaken”

C.“StoppingbyWoodsonaSnowyEvening”

D.“FireandIce”

30.ThoughWaltWhitmanandEmilyDickinsonwereromanticpoetsinthemeandtechnique,theydifferfromeachotherinavarietyofways.Foronething,whereasWhitmanlikestokeephiseyeonhumansocietyatlarge,Dickinsonoftenaddressessuchissuesas（　　　）,immortality,religion,loveandnature.

A.progressB.freedom

C.beautyD.death

31.TheRomanticWriterswouldfocusonallthefollowingissuesEXCEPTthe（　　　）intheAmericanliteraryhistory.

A.individualfeelingB.survivalofthefittest

C.strongimaginationD.returntonature

32.Generallyspeaking,allthosewriterswithanaturalisticapproachtohumanrealitytendtobe（　　　）.

A.transcendentalistsB.optimists

C.pessimistsD.idealists

33.WithHowells,James,andMarkTwainactiveontheliteraryscene,（　　　）becamethemajortrendinAmericanliteratureintheseventiesandeightiesofthe19thcentury.

A.SentimentalismB.Romanticism

C.RealismD.Naturalism

34.AmericanwritersafterWorldWarIself-consciouslyacknowledgedthattheywere（a）“（　　　）,”devoidoffaithandalienatedfromtheWesterncivilization.

A.LostGenerationB.BeatGeneration

C.SonsofLibertyD.AngryYoungMen

35.In（　　　）,WashingtonIrvingagreeswiththeprotagonistonhispreferenceofthepasttothepresent,andofadream-likeworldtotherealworld.

A.“YoungGoodmanBrown”B.“RipVanWinkle”

C.“Rappaccini’sDaughter”D.“Bartleby,theScrivener”

36.HesterPrynne,Dimmesdale,ChillingworthandPearlaremostlikelycharactersin（　　　）.

A.TheHouseoftheSevenGablesB.TheScarletLetter

C.ThePortraitofaLadyD.ThePioneers

37.LikeNathanielHawthorne,（　　　）alsomanagestoachievetheeffectofambiguitythroughsymbolismandallegoryinhisnarratives.

A.MarkTwainB.HenryJames

C.R.W.EmersonD.HermanMelville

38.Inhisrealisticfiction,HenryJames’sprimaryconcernistopresentthe（　　　）.

A.innerlifeofhumanbeingsB.AmericanCivilWaranditseffects

C.lifeontheMississippiRiverD.Calvinisticviewoforiginalsin

39.WhichofthefollowingisNOTatypicalfeatureofMarkTwain’swritingstyle?

（　　　）

A.Simplevernacular.B.Localcolor.

C.Lengthypsychologicalanalyses.D.Richnessofironyandhumor.

40.WhichofthefollowingstatementsaboutE.Grierson,theprotagonistinFaulkner’sstory“ARoseforEmily,”isNOTtrue?

（　　　）

A.Shehasadistortedpersonality.

B.Sheisphysicallydef