浙江自考英国文学选读试题及答案解析.docx

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浙江自考英国文学选读试题及答案解析

浙江省2018年1月自学考试英国文学选读试题

课程代码：

10054

PartⅠ.Blank-filling:

Completeeachofthefollowingstatementswithaproperwordorphraseaccordingtothetextbook.（10pointsinall,1pointforeach）

1.Shakespeare’splayshavebeentraditionallydividedintothreecategories:

histories,______andtragedies.

2.WilliamCaxtonwasthefirstpersonwhointroduced______intoEngland.

3.Wyatt,intheRenaissanceperiod,introducedthePetrarchan______intoEngland,whileSurreybroughtinblankverse.

4.TheEnlightenmentMovementbroughtaboutarevivalofinterestintheoldclassicalworksinthefieldofliterature.Thistendencyisknownas______.

5.Thethreeunitiesrefertothoseoftime,placeand______.

6.RegardedasThomasGray’sbestandmostrepresentativework,ElegyWritteninaCountryChurchyardismoreorlessconnectedwiththemelancholyeventofthedeathof______.

7.In1704JonathanSwiftpublishedtwopowerfulsatiresoncorruptioninreligionandlearning,ATaleofaTubandTheBattleoftheBooks,whichestablishedhisnameasa______.

8.InLadyChatterley’sLover,Lawrencenotonlycondemnsthecivilizedworldofmechanismfordistortinghumanrelationships,butalsoadvocatesareturnto______.

9.ThesocialDarwinism,underthecoverof“survivalofthefittest”,vehementlyadvocatedcolonialismand______.

10.DublinersisthefirstimportantworkofJoyce’slifelongpreoccupationwith______life.PartⅡ.Multiple-choicequestions:

SelectfromthefourchoicesA,B,C,Dofeachitemtheonethatbestanswersthequestionorcompletesthestatement.（30pointsinall,1pointforeach）

11.Marlowegavenewvigortotheblankversewithhis“______”.

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A.lyricallines

C.mightylinesB.softlines

D.religiouslines

12.FrancisBaconisnotonlythefirstimportantessayistbutalsothefounderofmodern______inEngland.

A.poetry

C.proseB.novel

D.science

13.Spenser’smasterpieceis______,whichisagreatpoemoftheage.

A.TheShepheardesCalender

C.TheRapeofLucreceB.TheFaierieQueene

D.TheCanterburyTales

14.JohnMiltonwrote______toexposethewayofSatanandto“justifythewaysofGodtomen”.A.ParadiseLost

C.LycidasB.ParadiseRegained

D.SamsonAgonistes

15.Accordingtotheneoclassicists,allformsofliteratureweretobemodeledaftertheclassicalworksoftheancientGreekand______writers.

A.Italian

C.GermanB.British

D.Roman

16.Theromanticpoetsofthe______peasantpoet,RobertBurnsandWilliamBlakealsojoinedlamentinglyrics,pavingthewayfortheflourishofRomanticismearlythenextcentury.A.British

C.ScottishB.Irish

D.Wales

17.ThePilgrim’sProgressisthemostsuccessfulreligious______intheEnglishlanguage.A.allegory

C.fairytaleB.fable

D.essay

18.______oncedefinedagoodstyleas“properwordsinproperplaces”.

A.JohnDonne

C.DanielDefoeB.JonathanSwift

D.JohnBunyan

19.Gray’s“ElegywritteninaCountryChurchyard”onceandforallestablishedhisfameastheleaderofthe______poetryoftheday.

A.romanticB.historical

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C.lyricalD.sentimental

20.Marxonceextolled______as“aninstinctivedefenderofthemassesofthepeopleagainsttheencroachmentofthebourgeoisie”.

A.WilliamGodwin

C.WilliamCobbetB.WilliamBurke

D.WilliamFox

21.______,definedbyColeridge,isthevitalfacultythatcreatesnewwholesoutofdisparateelements.

A.Ration

C.AlliterationB.Reason

D.Imagination

22.Accordingtothesubjects,Wordsworth’sshortpoemscanbeclassifiedintotwogroups:

poemsaboutnatureandpoemsabout______.

A.humanlife

C.socialactivitiesB.urbanlife

D.innerlifeofanindividual

23.Coleridge’sactualachievementaspoetcanbedividedintotworemarkablydiversegroups:

the______andtheconversational.

A.natural

C.spiritualB.religious

D.demonic

24.Shelley’sgreatestachievementishis______poeticdrama,PrometheusUnbound（1820）.A.one-act

C.two-actB.three-act

D.four-act

25.Endymion,publishedin1818,wasapoembasedonthe______mythofEndymionandthemoongoddess.

A.Greek

C.ItalianB.Roman

D.British

26.JaneAusten’sNorthangerAbbeysatirizesthosepopular______romancesofthelate18thcentury.

A.sentimental

C.GothicB.lyrical

D.rational

27.ChronologicallytheVictorianperiodroughlyconincideswiththereignofQueen______who

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ruledoverEnglandfrom1836to1901.

A.Elizabeth

C.MaryB.Victoria

D.Anne

28.TheaestheticistsOscarWildeandWalterPateraretwonotoriousadvocatorsofthetheoryof______.

A.artforlife’ssake

C.artforart’ssakeB.artformoney’ssake

D.artforreader’ssake

29.Broughtupwithstrictorthodoxy,Charlottewouldusuallysticktothe______code.A.Christian

C.PuritanicalB.Islamic

D.Cavalier

30.AsfarasEmilyBronte’sliterarycreationisconcerned,sheis,firstofall,a______.A.novelist

C.poetB.dramatist

D.essayist

31.Tennyson’smostambitiousworkwhichtookhimover30yearstocompleteis______.A.InMemoriam

C.PoemsbyTwoBrothersB.IdyllsoftheKing

D.Poems,ChieflyLyrical

32.ThePublicationof______finallyestablishedBrowning’spositionasoneofthegreatestEnglishpoets.

A.TheRingandtheBook

C.MenandWomenB.TheBookandtheRing

D.DramaticLyrics

33.Hardy’sbestlocal-coloredworksareveryknownas“novelsofcharacterand______.”A.personality

C.domesticlifeB.nature

D.environment

34.TheFrench______,appearinginthelate19thcentury,heraldedmodernism.

A.symbolism

C.naturismB.futurism

D.surrealism

35.Inhisnovelofsocialsatire,H.G.Wellsmaderealisticstudiesoftheaspirationsandfrustrationsofthe______.

A.LittleManB.BigMan

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C.SocialManD.JungleMan

36.Modernistnovelscametoadeclineinthe______,thoughJoyceandWoolfcontinuedtheirexperiments.

A.1920s

C.1940sB.1930s

D.1950s

37.Themostoriginalplaywrightofthe______isSamuelBeckett,whowroteabouthumanbeingslivingameaninglesslifeinanalien,decayingworld.

A.TheaterofTradition

C.TheaterofAngryB.TheaterofReason

D.TheaterofAbsurd

38.Structurallyandthematically,Shawfollowedthegreattraditionof______.

A.romanticism

C.symbolismB.realism

D.humanism

39.______isthefirstnoveloftheForsytetrilogieswrittenbyJohnGalsworthyin1920.A.TheManofProperty

C.ToLetB.InChancery

D.AModernComedy

40.Ulyssesendswiththefamousmonologueby______,whoismusinginahalf-awakestateoverthepastexperience.

A.LeopoldBloom

C.Molly

PartⅢ.Definition:

Definetheliterarytermslistedbelow.（20pointsinall,5pointsforeach）

41.Humanism

42.Gothicnovel

43.Theredthirties

44.Symbolism

PartIV.ReadingComprehension:

ReadthequotedpartscarefullyandanswerthequestionsinEnglish.（20pointsinall,5pointsforeach）

45.“Norlosepossessionofthatfairthouow’st;

5B.StephenDedalus

D.Finnegans

Norshalldeathbragthouwander’stinhisshade,

Solongasmencanbreatheoreyescansee,

Solonglivethis,andthisgiveslifetothee”.

Questions:

A.Identifythepoemandthepoet.

B.Brieflyinterpretthispart.

46.“Beholdher,singleinthefield,

YousolitaryHighlandlass!

Reapingandsingingbyherself;

Stophere,orgentlypass!

Aloneshecutsandbindsthegrain,

Andsingsamelancholystrain;

Olisten!

fortheValeprofound

Isoverflowingwiththesound.”

Questions:

A.Identifythepoemandthepoet.

B.Commenttherimescheme.

47.“DoIdare

Disturbtheuniverse?

Inaminutethereistime

Fordecisionsandrevisionswhichaminutewillreverse.

Questions:

A.Whichessayisthispassagetakenfrom?

Whoistheauthor?

B.Brieflyinterpretthispassage.

48.“Ilingeredbeforeherstall,thoughIknewmystaywasuselesstomakemyinterestinherwaresseemthemorereal.ThenIturnedawayslowlyandwalkeddownthemiddleofthebazaar.Iallowedthetwopenniestofallagainstthesixpenceinmypocket.Iheardavoicecallfromoneendofthegallerythatthelightwasout.

GazingupintothedarknessIsawmyselfasacreaturedrivenandderidedbyvanity;andmy

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eyesburnedwithanguishandanger”.

Questions:

A.Whichessayisthispassagetakenfrom?

Whoistheauthor?

B.Whytheherosawhimself“asacreaturedrivenandderidedbyvanity”?

PartⅤ.TopicDiscussion:

Givebriefanswerstothefollowingquestions.（20pointsinall,10pointsforeach）

49.Tennysonisagenuineartist.Heisquiteknownforhisartisticfeatures.Discussthemajorartisticfeaturesofhispoetry.

50.WhatisthethemeofG.B.Shaw’splayMrs.Warren’sProfession?

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