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全国英美文学选读试题及答案
全国2008年4月历年自学考试英美文学选读试题
课程代码:
00604
I.MultipleChoice(40pointsinall,1foreach)
Selectfromthefourchoicesofeachitemtheonethatbestanswerthequestionorcompletesthestatement.WritethecorrespondingletterontheAnswerSheet.
1.TheRenaissanceisactuallyamovementstimulatedbyaseriesofhistoricaleventsEXCEPT_________.
A.therediscoveryofancientRomanandGreekculture
B.thevastexpansionofBritishcoloniesinNorthAmerica
C.thenewdiscoveriesingeographyandastrology
D.thereligiousreformationandtheeconomicexpansion
2.HenryFieldinghasbeenregardedbysomeas“_______”,forhiscontributiontotheestablishmentoftheformofthemodernnovel.
A.FatheroftheEnglishNovelB.FatheroftheEnglishPoetry
C.FatheroftheEnglishDramaD.FatheroftheEnglishShortStory
3.T.S.Eliot’smostimportantsinglepoem_______hasbeenhailedasalandmarkandamodelofthe20th-centuryEnglishpoetry.
A.TheHollowManB.TheWasteLand
C.MurderintheCathedralD.AshWednesday
4.GeorgeBernardShaw’splay_______establishedhispositionastheleadingplay-wrightofhistime.
A.Widowers’HousesB.TooTruetoBeGood
C.Mrs.Warren’sProfessionD.Candida
5.WilliamBlake’scentralconcernintheSongsofInnocenceandSongsofExperienceis_______,whichgivesthetwobooksastrongsocialandhistoricalreference.
A.youthhoodB.childhood
C.happinessD.sorrow
6.AllofthefollowingworksareknownasHardy’s“novelsofcharacterandenvironment”EXCETP_______.
A.TheReturnoftheNativeB.TessoftheD’Urbervilles
C.JudetheObscureD.FarfromtheMaddingCrowd
7.AmongtheworksbyCharlesDickens_______presentshiscriticismoftheUtilitarianprinciplethatrulesovertheEnglisheducationsystemanddestroysyoungheartsandminds.
A.BleakHouseB.PickwickPaper
C.GreatExpectationsD.HardTimes
8.ThemostdistinguishingfeatureofCharlesDickens’worksishis_______.
A.simplevocabularyB.bitterandsharpcriticism
C.character-portrayalD.picturesofhappiness
9.Amongthefollowingwriters_______createdtheversenovelbyadoptingthenovelisticpresentationofcharacters.
A.RobertBrowningB.MatthewArnold
C.AlfredTennysonD.EdwardFitzgerald
10.“Itisatruthuniversallyacknowledged,thatasinglemaninpossessionofagoodfor-tune,mustbeinwantofawife.”Thequotedpartistakenfrom______.
A.JaneEyreB.WutheringHeights
C.PrideandPrejudiceD.SenseandSensibility
11.Becauseofhersensitivitytouniversalpatternsofhumanbehavior,______hasbroughttheEnglishnovel,asanartofform,toitsmaturity.
A.CharlotteBrontëB.JaneAusten
C.EmilyBrontëD.AnnRadcliffe
12.Shelley’sgreatestachievementishisfour-actpoeticdrama______,whichisanexultantworkinpraiseofhumankind’spotential.
A.AdonaisB.QueenMab
C.PrometheusUnboundD.ADefenceofPoetry
13.Theassertionthatpoetryoriginatesfrom“emotionrecollectedintranquility”belongsto______.
A.WilliamWordsworthB.SamuelTaylorColeridge
C.RobertSoutheyD.WilliamBlake
14.AllofthefollowingpoemsbyWilliamWordswortharemasterpiecesonnatureEXCEPT______.
A.“IWanderedLonelyasaCloud”B.“AnEveningWalk”
C.“TinternAbbey”D.“TheSolitaryReaper”
15.Allofthefollowingarestream–of-consciousnessnovelsEXCEPT________.
A.PilgrimageB.Ulysses
C.Mrs.DallowayD.TessoftheD’Urbervilles
16.Shakespeare’sfourgreatesttragediesare________.
A.RomeoandJuliet,Othello,KingLear,Hamlet
B.Hamlet,Othello,Macbeth,TheMerchantofVenice
C.Hamlet,Othello,KingLear,Macbeth
D.RomeoandJuliet,TheMerchantofVenice,Othello,Hamlet
17.AsoneofthegreatestmastersofEnglishprose,________definedagoodstyleas“properwordsinproperplaces”.
A.HenryFieldingB.JonathanSwift
C.SamuelJohnsonD.AlexanderPope
18.AllofthefollowingnovelsbyDanielDefoearethefirstliteraryworksdevotedtothestudyofproblemsofthelower-classpeopleEXCEPT______.
A.RobinsonCrusoeB.CaptainSingleton
C.MollFlandersD.ColonelJack
19.AmongthethreemajorworksbyJohnMilton______isindeedtheonlygenerallyacknowledgedepicinEnglishliteraturesinceBeowulf.
A.ParadiseRegainedB.SamsonAgonistes
C.LycidasD.ParadiseLost
20.EnglishRomanticism,asahistoricalphaseofliterature,isgenerallysaidtohaveendedin1832with______.
A.thepassageofthefirstReformBillintheParliament
B.thepublicationofWordsworthandColeridge’sLyricalBallads
C.thepublicationofT.S.Eliot’sThewasteLand
D.thepassageoftheBillofRightsintheParliament
21.Contrarytothetraditionalromanceofaristocrats,themodernEnglishnovelgivesarealisticpresentationoflifeof______.
A.thecommonEnglishpeopleB.theupperclass
C.therisingbourgeoisieD.theenterprisinglandlords
22.Themajorconcernof______fictionliesinthetracingofthepsychologicaldevelopmentofhischaractersandinhisenergeticcriticismofthedehumanizingeffectofthecapitalistindustrializationonhumannature.
A.JohnGalsworthy’sB.ThomasHardy’s
C.D.H.Lawrence’sD.CharlesDickens’
23.TheNobelPrizeCommitteehighlypraised______for“hispowerfulstyle-formingmasteryoftheart”ofcreatingmodernfiction.
A.EzraPoundB.ErnestHemingway
C.RobertFrostD.TheodoreDreiser
24.In1950,______wasawardedtheNobelPrizefortheanti-racistIntruderintheDust.
A.WilliamFaulknerB.RobertFrost
C.EzraPoundD.ErnestHemingway
25.HermanMelvillewrotehissemi-autobiographicalnovel______concerningthesufferingsofagenteelyouthamongbrutalsailors.
A.TypeeB.Redburn
C.Moby-DickD.Mardi
26.TheAdventuresofTomSawyerand,especially,itssequence______provedthemselvestobethemilestoneintheAmericanliterature.
A.TheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinnB.LifeontheMississippi
C.TheGildedAgeD.RoughingIt
27.ThePortraitofALadyisgenerallyconsideredtobe______masterpiece,whichdescribesthelifejourneyofanAmerican________inaEuropeanculturalenvironment.
A.HenryAdams’…widowB.WilliamJames’…girl
C.HenryJames’…girlD.TheodoreDreiser’s…widow
28.Hawthorneintendedto______inTheScarletLetter.
A.tellastoryofparentallove
B.tellastoryofsinandbloodyviolence
C.callthereadersbacktotheplantationwayofliving
D.revealthehumanpsycheaftertheysinned
29.“Thedignityofmovementofanicebergisduetoonlyone-eighthofitbeingabovewater.”This“iceberg”analogyisputforwardby______.
A.MarkTwainB.EzraPound
C.WilliamFaulknerD.ErnestHemingway
30.InmanyofHawthorne’sstoriesandnovels,thePuritanconceptoflifeiscondemned,orthePuritanpastisshowninanalmosttotallynegativelight,especiallyinhis______andTheScarletLetter.
A.Twice-ToldTalesB.TheBlithedaleRomance
C.TheMarbleFaunD.TheHouseoftheSevenGables
31.Thewhitewhale,MobyDick,symbolizes________forMelville,foritiscomplex,unfathomable,malignant,andbeautifulaswell.
A.societyB.nature
C.oceananimalsD.bothAandC
32.AftertheAmericanCivilWar,theliteraryinterestintheso-called“reality”oflifestartedanewperiodintheAmericanliterarywritingsknowantheAgeof______.
A.RealismB.ReasonandRevolution
C.RomanticismD.Modernism
33.H.L.Menckenconsidered______“thetruefatherofournationalliterature”.
A.BretHarteB.MarkTwain
C.WashingtonIrvingD.WaltWhitman
34.Altogether,EmilyDickinsonwrote1775poems,ofwhichonly______hadappearedduringherlifetime.
A.threeB.five
C.sevenD.nine
35.The______Ageofthe1920scharacterizedbyfrivolityandcarelessnessisbroughtvividlytolifeinTheGreatGatsby.
A.LostB.Jazz
C.ReasonD.Gilded
36.RobertFrostisgenerallyconsideredaregionalpoetwhosesubjectmattersmainlyfocusonthelandscapeandpeoplein______.
A.thewestB.thesouth
C.AlaskaD.NewEngland
37.As______sawit,poetrycouldplayavitalpartintheprocessofcreatinganewnation.ItcouldenableAmericanstocelebratetheirreleasefromtheOldWorldandthecolonialrule.
A.WordsworthLongfellowB.WilliamBryant
C.WaltWhitmanD.RobertFrost
38.WaltWhitmanisapoetwithastrongsenseofmission,havingdevotedallhislifetothecreationofthe“single”poem,______.
A.TheLoveSongofJ.AlfredPrufrockB.TheWasteLand
C.MurderintheCathedralD.LeavesofGrass
39.RealismwasareactionagainstRomanticismandpavedthewayto______.
A.ModernismB.Scientism
C.Post-ModernismD.Feminism
40.MarkTwainemployedanunpretentiousstyleof______inhisnovelswhichisbestdescribedas“vernacular”.
A.standardEnglishB.Afro-AmericanEnglish
C.colloquialismD.urbanism
II.ReadingComprehension(16pointsinall,4foreach)
ReadthequotedpartscarefullyandanswerthequestionsinEnglish.WriteyouranswersinthecorrespondingspaceontheAnswerSheet.
41.“ShallIcomparetheetoasummer’sday?
Thouartmorelovelyandmoretemperate:
RoughwindsdoshakethedarlingbudsofMay,
Andsummer’sleasehathalltooshortadate:
”
Questions:
A.Identifythepoetandthepoemfromwhichthequotedlinesaretaken.
B.Namethefigureofspeechemployedinthepoem.
C.Whatisthethemeofthepoem?
42.“Doyouthink,becauseIampoor,obscure,plain,andlittle,Iamsoullessandheartless?
—Youthinkwrong!
…AndifGodhadgiftedmewithsomebeauty,andmuchwealth,Ishouldhavemadeitashardforyoutoleaveme,asitisnowformetoleaveyou…—itismyspiritthataddressesyourspirit;justasifbothhadpassedthroughthegrave,andwestoodatGod’sfeet,equal—asweare!
”
Questions:
A.Identifytheauthorandthenovelfromwhichthequotedpartistaken.
B.Towhomisthespeakerspeaking?
C.Whatdoesthequotedpartimplyaboutthespeaker?
43.“Thewoodsarelovely,darkanddeep,
B