历年自考历年英美文学选读试卷及答案.doc

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英美文学历年真题

全国2009年4月英美文学选读试题

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I.MultipleChoice（40pointsinall,1foreach）

Selectfromthefourchoicesofeachitemtheonethatbestanswersthequestionorcompletesthestatementandwritethecorrespondingletterontheanswersheet.

1.InRenaissance,theEuropeanhumanistthinkersandscholarsmadeattemptstodothefollowingEXCEPT______.

A.gettingridofthoseoldfeudalistideas

B.gettingcontroloftheparliamentandgovernment

C.introducingnewideasthatexpressedtheinterestsoftherisingbourgeoisie

D.recoveringthepurityoftheearlychurch,fromthecorruptionoftheRomanCatholicChurch

2.ThePetrarchansonnetwasfirstintroducedintoEnglandby______.

A.Surrey B.Wyatt

C.Sidney D.Shakespeare

3.AsthebestofShakespeare'sfinalromances,______isatypicalexampleofhispessimisticviewtowardshumanlifeandsocietyinhislateyears.

A.TheTempest B.TheWinter'sTale

C.Cymbeline D.TheRapeofLucrece

4.JohnMilton'sgreatestpoeticalwork______istheonlygenerallyacknowledgedepicinEnglishliteraruresinceBeowulf.

A.Areopagitica B.ParadiseLost

C.Lycidas D.SamsonAgonistes

5.TheBritishbourgeoisormiddleclassbelievedinthefollowingnotionsEXCEPT______.

A.self-esteem B.self-reliance

C.self-restraint D.hardwork

6.“GraveyardSchool”writersarethefollowingsentimentalistsEXCEPT______.

A.JamesThomson B.WilliamCollins

C.WilliamCowper D.ThomasJackson

7.ThebestmodelofsatireinthewholeEnglishliteraryhistoryisJonathanSwift's______.

A.AModestProposal B.ATaleofaTub

C.Gulliver'sTravels D.TheBattleoftheBooks

8.AsarepresentativeoftheEnlightenment,______wasoneofthefirsttointroducerationalismtoEngland.

A.JohnBunyan B.DanielDefoe

C.AlexanderPope D.JonathanSwift

9.Forhiscontributiontotheestablishmentoftheformofthemodernnovel,______hasbeenregardedbysomeas“FatheroftheEnglishNovel”.

A.DanielDefoe B.HenryFielding

C.JonathanSwift D.SamuelRichardson

10.WhichofthefollowingdescriptionsofGothicNovelsisNOTcorrect?

A.Itpredominatedintheearlyeighteenthcentury.

B.ItwasonephaseoftheRomanticmovement.

C.Itsprincipalelementsareviolence,horrorandthesupernatural.

D.WorkslikeTheMysteriesofUdolphoandFrankensteinaretypicalGothicromance.

11.“Byronichero”isafigureofthefollowingtraitsEXCEPT______.

A.beingproud B.beingofhumbleorigin

C.beingrebellious D.beingmysterious

12.RobertBrowningcreated______byadoptingthenovelisticpresentationofcharacters.

A.theversenovel B.theblankverse

C.theheroiccouplet D.thedramaticpoetry

13.CharlesDickens'novel______isfamousforitsvividdescriptionsoftheworkhouseandlifeoftheunderworldinthenineteenth-centuryLondon.

A.ThePickwickPaper B.OliverTwist

C.DavidCopperfield D.NicholasNickleby

14.CharlotteBronte'sworksareallaboutthestruggleofanindividualconsciousnesstowards______aboutsomelonelyandneglectedyoungwomenwithafiercelongingforlove,understandingandafull,happylife.

A.self-reliance B.self-realization

C.self-esteem D.self-consciousness

15.Thesymbolicmeaningof“Book”inRobertBrowning'slongpoemTheRingandtheBookis______.

A.thecommonsense B.thehardtruth

C.thecomprehensiveknowledge D.thedeadtruth

16.ThomasHardy'spessimisticviewoflifepredominatedmostofhislaterworksandearnshimareputationasa______writer.

A.realistic B.naturalistic

C.romantic D.stylistic

17.AftertheFirstWorldWar,thereappearedthefollowingliterarytrendsofmodernismEXCEPT______.

A.expressionism B.surrealism

C.streamofconsciousness D.blackhumour

18.Themasterpiecesofcriticalrealismintheearly20thcenturyarethethreetrilogiesof______.

A.Galsworthy'sForsytenovels B.Hardy'sWessexnovels

C.Greene'sCatholicnovels D.Woolf'sstream-of-consciousnessnovels

19.Inthemid-1950sandearly1960s,thereappeared“______”whodemonstratedaparticulardisillusionoverthedepressingsituationinBritainandlaunchedabitterprotest.againsttheoutmodedsocialandpoliticalvaluesintheirsociety.

A.TheBeatGeneration B.TheLostGeneration

C.TheAngryYoungMen D.BlackMountainPoets

20.ThefollowingareEnglishstream-of-consciousnessnovelsEXCEPT______.

A.Pilgrimage B.Ulysses

C.Mrs.Dalloway D.APassagetoInida

21.TheleaderoftheIrishNationalTheaterMovementintheearly20thcenturywas______.

A.W.B.Yeats B.LadyGregory

C.J.M.Synge D.JohnGalworthy

22.T.S.Eliot'smostpopularverseplayis______.

A.MurderintheCathedral B.TheCocktailParty

C.TheFamilyReunion D.TheWasteLand

23.TheAmericanwriter______wasawardedtheNobelPrizefortheanti-racistIntruderin