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英美文学选读自考试题

2009年4月英美文学选读自考试题

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英美文学选读试题

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00604

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I.MultipleChoice（40pointsinall,1foreach）

Selectfromthefourchoicesofeachitemtheonethatbestanswersthequestionorcompletesthestatementandwritethecorrespondingletterontheanswersheet.

1.InRenaissance,theEuropeanhumanistthinkersandscholarsmadeattemptstodothefollowingEXCEPT______.

A.gettingridofthoseoldfeudalistideas

B.gettingcontroloftheparliamentandgovernment

C.introducingnewideasthatexpressedtheinterestsoftherisingbourgeoisie

D.recoveringthepurityoftheearlychurch,fromthecorruptionoftheRomanCatholicChurch

2.ThePetrarchansonnetwasfirstintroducedintoEnglandby______.

A.SurreyB.Wyatt

C.SidneyD.Shakespeare

3.AsthebestofShakespeare'sfinalromances,______isatypicalexampleofhispessimisticviewtowardshumanlifeandsocietyinhislateyears.

A.TheTempestB.TheWinter'sTale

C.CymbelineD.TheRapeofLucrece

4.JohnMilton'sgreatestpoeticalwork______istheonlygenerallyacknowledgedepicinEnglishliteraruresinceBeowulf.

A.AreopagiticaB.ParadiseLost

C.LycidasD.SamsonAgonistes

5.TheBritishbourgeoisormiddleclassbelievedinthefollowingnotionsEXCEPT______.

A.self-esteemB.self-reliance

C.self-restraintD.hardwork

6.“GraveyardSchool”writersarethefollowingsentimentalistsEXCEPT______.

A.JamesThomsonB.WilliamCollins

C.WilliamCowperD.ThomasJackson

7.ThebestmodelofsatireinthewholeEnglishliteraryhistoryisJonathanSwift's______.

A.AModestProposalB.ATaleofaTub

C.Gulliver'sTravelsD.TheBattleoftheBooks

8.AsarepresentativeoftheEnlightenment,______wasoneofthefirsttointroducerationalismtoEngland.

A.JohnBunyanB.DanielDefoe

C.AlexanderPopeD.JonathanSwift

9.Forhiscontributiontotheestablishmentoftheformofthemodernnovel,______hasbeenregardedbysomeas“FatheroftheEnglishNovel”.

A.DanielDefoeB.HenryFielding

C.JonathanSwiftD.SamuelRichardson

10.WhichofthefollowingdescriptionsofGothicNovelsisNOTcorrect?

A.Itpredominatedintheearlyeighteenthcentury.

B.ItwasonephaseoftheRomanticmovement.

C.Itsprincipalelementsareviolence,horrorandthesupernatural.

D.WorkslikeTheMysteriesofUdolphoandFrankensteinaretypicalGothicromance.

11.“Byronichero”isafigureofthefollowingtraitsEXCEPT______.

A.beingproudB.beingofhumbleorigin

C.beingrebelliousD.beingmysterious

12.RobertBrowningcreated______byadoptingthenovelisticpresentationofcharacters.

A.theversenovelB.theblankverse

C.theheroiccoupletD.thedramaticpoetry

13.CharlesDickens'novel______isfamousforitsvividdescriptionsoftheworkhouseandlifeoftheunderworldinthenineteenth-centuryLondon.

A.ThePickwickPaperB.OliverTwist

C.DavidCopperfieldD.NicholasNickleby

14.CharlotteBronte'sworksareallaboutthestruggleofanindividualconsciousnesstowards______,aboutsomelonelyandneglectedyoungwomenwithafiercelongingforlove,understandingandafull,happylife.

A.self-relianceB.self-realization

C.self-esteemD.self-consciousness

15.Thesymbolicmeaningof“Book”inRobertBrowning'slongpoemTheRingandtheBookis______.

A.thecommonsenseB.thehardtruth

C.thecomprehensiveknowledgeD.thedeadtruth

16.ThomasHardy'spessimisticviewoflifepredominatedmostofhislaterworksandearnshimareputationasa______writer.

A.realisticB.naturalistic

C.romanticD.stylistic

17.AftertheFirstWorldWar,thereappearedthefollowingliterarytrendsofmodernismEXCEPT______.

A.expressionismB.surrealism

C.streamofconsciousnessD.blackhumour

18.Themasterpiecesofcriticalrealismintheearly20thcenturyarethethreetrilogiesof______.

A.Galsworthy'sForsytenovelsB.Hardy'sWessexnovels

C.Greene'sCatholicnovelsD.Woolf'sstream-of-consciousnessnovels

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

A.TheBeatGenerationB.TheLostGeneration

C.TheAngryYoungMenD.BlackMountainPoets

20.ThefollowingareEnglishstream-of-consciousnessnovelsEXCEPT______.

A.PilgrimageB.Ulysses

C.Mrs.DallowayD.APassagetoInida

21.TheleaderoftheIrishNationalTheaterMovementintheearly20thcentury

was______.

A.W.B.YeatsB.LadyGregory

C.J.M.SyngeD.JohnGalworthy

22.T.S.Eliot'smostpopularverseplayis______.

A.MurderintheCathedralB.TheCocktailParty

C.TheFamilyReunionD.TheWasteLand

23.TheAmericanwriter______wasawardedtheNobelPrizefortheanti-racistIn-

truderintheDustin1950.

A.ErnestHemingwayB.GertrudeStein

C.WilliamFaulknerD.T.S.Eliot

24.Hemingway'ssecondbigsuccessis______,whichwrotetheepitaphtoadecadeandtothewholegenerationinthe1920s,inordertotellusastoryaboutthetragicloveaffairofawoundedAmericansoldierwithaBritishnurse.

A.ForWhomtheBellTollsB.AFarewelltoArms

C.TheSunAlsoRisesD.TheOldManandtheSea

25.Withthepublicationof______,DreiserwaslaunchinghimselfuponalongcareerthatwouldultimatelymakehimoneofthemostsignificantAmericanwritersoftheschoollaterknownasliterarynaturalism.

A.SisterCarrieB.TheTitan

C.TheGeniusD.TheStoic

26.HenryJamesisgenerallyregardedastheforerunnerofthe20th-century“stream-of-consciousness”novelsandthefounderof______.

A.neoclassicismB.psychologicalrealism

C.psychoanalyticalcriticismD.surrealism

27.In1849,HermanMelvillepublished______,asemi-autobiographicalnovel,con-cerningthesufferingsofagenteelyouthamongbrutalsailors.

A.OmooB.Mardi

C.RedburnD.Typee

28.AsasequeltoTheAdventuresofTomSawyer,______markstheclimaxofMarkTwain'sliteraryactivity.

A.TheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinnB.LifeontheMississippi

C.TheGildedAgeD.RoughingIt

29.Realismwasareactionagainst______oramoveawayfromthebiastowardsromanceandself-creatingfictions,andpavedthewaytoModernism.

A.RomanticismB.Rationalism

C.Post-modernismD.Cynicism

30.WhenWorldWarIIbrokeout,______beganworkingfortheItaliangovernment,engagedinsomeradiobroadcastsofanti-Semitismandpro-Fascism.

A.EzraPoundB.T.S.Eliot

C.HenryJamesD.RobertFrost

31.In1915______becameanaturalizedBritishcitizen,largelyinprotestagainstAmerica'sfailuretojoinEnglandintheFirstWorldWar.

A.HenryJamesB.T.S.Eliot

C.W.D.HowellsD.EzraPound

32.WhatWhitmanprefersforhisnewsubjectandnewpoeticfeelingsis“______,”

thatis,poetrywithoutafixedbeatorregularrhymescheme.

A.blankverseB.freerhythm

C.balancedstructureD.freeverse

33.TheAmericanwomanpoet______wantedtolivesimplyasacompleteindependentbeing,andsoshedid,asaspinster.

A.EmilyShawB.AnnaDickinson

C.EmilyDickinsonD.AnneBret

34.TheBirthmarkdriveshomesymbolically______pointthatevilisaman'sbirthmark,somethinghewasbornwith.

A.Whitman'sB.Melville's

C.Hawthorne'sD.Emerson's

35.TheFinancier,TheTitanandTheStoicwrittenby______arecalledhis“TrilogyofDesire”.

A.HenryJamesB.TheodoreDreiser

C.MarkTwainD.HermanMelville

36.Disregardinggrammarandpunctuation,______alwaysused“i”insteadof“I”inhispoemstoshowhisprotestagainstself-importance.

A.WallaceStevensB.EzraPound

C.RobertFrostD.E.E.Cummings

37.ThoughRobertFrostisgenerallyconsideredaregionalpoetwhosesubjectmattersmainlyfocusonthelandscapeandpeoplein______,hewrotemanypoemsthatinvestigatethebasicthemesofman'slifeinhislongpoeticcareer.

A.thewestB.thesouth

C.NewEnglandD.Alaska

38.MostcriticshaveagreedthatFitzgeraldisbothaninsiderandanoutsiderof______withadoublevision.

A.theGildedAgeB.theRationalAge

C.theJazzAgeD.theMagicAge

39.IntheAmericanRomanticwritings,______cametofunctionalmostasadramaticcharacterthatsymbolizedmorallaw.

A.fireB.water

C.treesD.wilderness

40.Thedesireforanescapefromsocietyandareturnto______becameapermanent

conventionoftheAmericanliterature.

A.thefamilylifeB.nature

C.theancienttimeD.fantasyoflove

II.ReadingComprehension（16pointsinall,4foreach）

ReadthequotedpartscarefullyandanswerthequestionsinEnglish.Writeyouranswersinthecorrespondingspaceontheanswersheet.

41.Whereforefeedandclotheandsave

Fromthecradletothegrave

Thoseungratefuldroneswhowould

Drainyoursweat-nay,drinkyourblood?

Questions:

A.Identifythepoetandthetitleofthepoemfromwhichthestanzaistaken.

B.WhatfigureofspeechisusedinLine2?

C.Whomdoes“drones”referto?

42.ThefollowingquotationisfromoneofthepoemsbyT.S.Eliot:

No!

IamnotPrinceHamlet,norwasmeanttobe;

Amanattendantlord,onethatwilldo

Toswellaprogress,startasceneortwo

Advisetheprince;nodoubt,aneasytool,

Deferential,gladtobeofuse,

Politic,cautious,andmeticulous,

Fullofhighsentence,butabitobtuse;

Questions:

A.Identifythetitleofthepoemfromwhichthequotedpartistaken.

B.Who'sthespeakerofthequotedlines?

C.Whatdoesthefirstlineshowaboutthespeaker?

43．Therewasachildwentfortheveryday,

Andthefirstobjecthelook'dupon,thatobjecthebecame,

Andthatobjectbecamepartofhimforthedayoracertainpartoftheday,

Orformanyyearsorstretchingcyclesofyears.

Ques