全国自考英美文学选读试题和答案.docx

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全国自考英美文学选读试题和答案

全国2011年4月高等教育自学考试

英美文学选读试题

课程代码：

00604

全部题目用英文作答，并将答案写在答题纸相应位置上

I.MultipleChoice（40pointsinall,1foreach）

Selectfromthefourchoicesofeachitemtheonethatbestanswersthequestionorcompletesthestatement.WritethecorrespondingletterA,B,CorDontheanswersheet.

1.OneofShelley’sgreatestpoliticallyricsis________,whichwaslatertobecomearallyingsongoftheBritishCommunistParty.

A.“OdetoLiberty”B.“OdetoNaples”

C.“Sonnet:

Englandin1819”D.“MenofEngland”

2.InCharlesDickens’work________,theUtilitarianprinciplerulesovertheEnglisheducationsystemanddestroysyoungheartsandminds.

A.LittleDorritB.HardTimes

C.GreatExpectationsD.BleakHouse

3.ThetragicsenseturnsintodespairinThomasHardy’s________,wherecorneredbythetraditionalsocialmorality,theheroandtheheroinehavetokilltheirownwillandpassionandreturntotheirformerdestructivewayoflife.

A.TheReturnoftheNativeB.TheMayorofCasterbridge

C.TessoftheD’UrbervillesD.JudetheObscure

4.ThetypicalrepresentativesofG.B.Shaw’searlyplaysare____B____.

A.ManandSuperman;TheAppleCart

B.Widowers’House;Mrs.Warren’sProfession

C.Candida;Mrs.Warren’sProfession

D.TheAppleCart;Widowers’House

5.Asacriticofmusicanddrama,________heldthatartshouldservesocialpurposesbyreflectinghumanlife,revealingsocialcontradictionsandeducatingthecommonpeople.

A.T.S.EliotB.OscarWilde

C.GeorgeBernardShawD.W.B.Yeats

6.SymbolismandcomplexnarrativeareemployedmorerichlyinD.H.Lawrence’s________,whicharegenerallyregardedashismasterpieces.

A.WomeninLove;SonsandLovers

B.TheRainbow;WomeninLove

C.SonsandLovers;LadyChatterley’sLover

D.LadyChatterley’sLover;TheRainbow

7.T.S.EliotwontheNobelPrizeofLiteraturein________.

A.1945B.1948

C.1952D.1956

8.ThomasHardy’spessimisticviewoflifepredominatesmostofhislaterworksandearnshimareputationasa________writer.

A.realisticB.naturalistic

C.romanticD.stylistic

9.“Doyouthink,becauseIampoor,obscure,plain,andlittle,Iamsoullessandheartless?

...AndifGodhadgiftedmewithsomebeauty,andmuchwealth,Ishouldhavemadeitashardforyoutoleaveme,asitisnowformetoleaveyou.”Thequotedlinesaremostprobablytakenfrom________.

A.GreatExpectationsB.WutheringHeights

C.JaneEyreD.PrideandPrejudice

10.ThemostdistinguishingfeatureofCharlesDickens’worksis________.

A.thevernacularandlargevocabularyB.hishumorandwit

C.character-portrayalD.picturesofpathos

11.G.B.Shaw’splay________establishedhispositionastheleadingplaywrightofhistime.

A.Widowers’HousesB.TooTruetoBeGood

C.Mrs.Warren’sProfessionD.Candida

12.JaneAusten’sfirstnovel________tellsastoryabouttwosistersandtheirloveaffairs.

A.SenseandSensibilityB.PrideandPrejudice

C.NorthangerAbbeyD.MansfieldPark

13.“IfWintercomes,canSpringbefarbehind?

”thequotedlinecomesfrom________.

A.Shelley’s“OdetotheWestWind”B.WaltWhitman’sLeavesofGrass

C.JohnMilton’sParadiseLostD.JohnKeats’“OdeonaGrecianUrn”

14.AllofthefollowingpoemsbyWilliamWordswortharemasterpiecesonnatureEXCEPT

________.

A.“IWanderedLonelyasaCloud”B.“AnEveningWalk”

C.“TinterAbbey”D.“TheSolitaryReaper”

15.WilliamBlake’s________markshisentryintomaturity.

A.PoeticalSketchesB.SongsofInnocence

C.MarriageofHeavenandHellD.SongsofExperience

16.HenryFielding’s________bringshimthenameof“ProseHomer”.

A.TheHistoryofJonathanWildtheGreat

B.TheHistoryofTomJones,aFoundling

C.TheHistoryofAmelia

D.TheHistoryofJosephAndrews

17.AmongthethreemajorpoeticalworksbyJohnMilton,________isthemostperfectexampleofversedramaaftertheGreekstyleinEnglish.

A.SamsonAgonistesB.ParadiseLost

C.ParadiseRegainedD.Areopagitica

18.T.S.Eliot’s________notonlypresentsapanoramaofphysicaldisorderandspiritualdesolationinthemodernWesternworld,butalsoreflectstheprevalentmoodofdisillusionmentanddespairofawholepost-wargeneration.

A.TheHollowMenB.TheWasteLand

C.MurderintheCathedralD.AshWednesday

19.In________,Shakespearehasnotonlymadeaprofoundanalysisofthesocialcrisisinwhichtheevilscanbeseeneverywhere,butalsocriticizedthebourgeoisegoism.

A.HamletB.Othello

C.KingLearD.Macbeth

20.JohnMilton’sgreatestpoeticalwork________istheonlygenerallyacknowledgedepicinEnglishliteraturesinceBeowulf.

A.AreopagiticaB.ParadiseLost

C.LycidasD.SamsonAgonistes

21.Thework________byWilliamBlakeisalovelyvolumeofpoems,presentingahappyworld,thoughnotwithoutitsevilsandsufferings.

A.SongsofInnocenceB.SongsofExperience

C.PoeticalSketchesD.LyricalBallads

22.Theplaysknownas“theLawrencetrilogy”areallthefollowingEXCEPT________.

A.ACollier’sFridayNightB.LadyChatterley’sLover

C.TheDaughter-in-LawD.TheWidowingofMrs.Holroyed

23.Greatlyandpermanentlyaffectedbythe________experiences,Hemingwayformedhisownwritingstyle,togetherwithhisthemeandhero.

A.miningB.farming

C.warD.sailing

24.“Thedignityofmovementofanicebergisduetoonlyone-eighthofitbeingabovewater.”This“iceberg”analogyaboutprosestylewasputforwardby________.

A.WilliamFaulknerB.HenryJames

C.ErnestHemingwayD.F·ScottFitzgerald

25.InGoDown,Moses,________illuminatestheproblemofblackandwhiteinSouthernsocietyasaclose-knitdestinyofbloodbrotherhood.

A.WilliamFaulknerB.JackLondon

C.HermanMelvilleD.NathanielHawthorne

26.InDeathintheAfternoon________presentshisphilosophyaboutlifeanddeaththroughthedepictionofthebullfightasakindofmicrocosmictragedy.

A.WilliamFaulknerB.JackLondon

C.ErnestHemingwayD.MarkTwain

27.WilliamFaulkneroncesaidthat________isastoryof“lostinnocence,”whichprovesitselftobeanintensificationofthethemeofimprisonmentinthepast.

A.TheGreatGatsbyB.TheSoundandtheFury

C.Absalom,Absalom!

D.GoDown,Moses

28.WaltWhitmanbelieved,bymeansof“________,”hehasturnedpoetryintoanopenfield,anareaofvitalpossibilitywherethereadercanallowhisownimaginationtoplay.

A.freeverseB.strictverse

C.regularrhymingD.standardizedrhyming

29.HermanMelville’ssecondfamouswork,________,wasnotpublisheduntil1924,33yearsafterhisdeath.

A.PierreB.Redburn

C.Moby-DickD.BillyBudd

30.In1920,________publishedhisfirstnovelThisSideofParadisewhichwas,tosomeextent,hisownstory.

A.F·ScottFitzgeraldB.ErnestHemingway

C.WilliamFaulknerD.EmilyDickinson

31.Unlikehiscontemporariesintheearly20thcentury,________didnotbreakupwiththepoetictraditionnormadeanyexperimentonform.

A.WaltWhitmanB.RobertFrost

C.EzraPoundD.T.S.Eliot

32.WhileMarkTwainseemedtohavepaidmoreattentiontothe“life”oftheAmericans,________hadapparentlylaidagreateremphasisonthe“innerworld”ofman.

A.WilliamHowellsB.HenryJames

C.BretHarteD.HamlinGarland

33.Attheageofeighty-seven,________readhispoetryattheinaugurationofPresidentJohnF.Kennedyin1961.

A.RobertFrostB.WaltWhitman

C.EzraPoundD.T.S.Eliot

34.OfallHermanMelville’sseaadventurestories,________provestobethebest.

A.TypeeB.Redburn

C.Moby–DickD.Omoo

35.Manisa“victimofforcesoverwhichhehasnocontrol.”Thisisanotionheldstronglyby________.

A.RobertFrostB.TheodoreDreiser

C.HenryJamesD.HamlinGarland

36.Withthepublicationof________,TheodoreDreiserwaslaunchinghimselfuponalongcareerthatwouldultimatelymakehimoneofthemostsignificantAmericanwritersoftheschoollaterknownasliterarynaturalism.

A.SisterCarrieB.TheTitan

C.AnAmericanTragedyD.TheStoic

37.NathanielHawthornewasaffectedby________’stranscendentalisttheoryandstruckupaveryintimaterelationshipwithhim.

A.H.W.LongfellowB.WaltWhitman

C.R.W.EmersonD.WashingtonIrving

38.Amongthefollowingwriters________isgenerallyregardedastheforerunnerofthe20th-century“stream-of-consciousness”novelsandthefounderofpsychologicalrealism.

A.T.S.EliotB.JamesJoyce

C.WilliamFaulknerD.HenryJames

39.WaltWhitmanwrotedownagreatmanypoemstoairhissorrowforthedeathofPresident______,andoneofthefamousis“WhenLilacsLastintheDooryardBloom’d.”

A.WashingtonB.Lincoln

C.FranklinD.Kennedy

40.TheMarbleFaunbyNathanielHawthorne,aromancesetin______,isconcernedaboutthedarkaberrationsofthehumanspirit.

A.FranceB.Spain

C.EnglandD.Italy

II.ReadingComprehension（16pointsinall,4foreach）

ReadthequotedpartscarefullyandanswerthequestionsinEnglish.Writeyouranswersinthecorrespondingspaceontheanswersheet.

41.“ShahIcomparetheetoasummer’sday?

Thouartmorelovelyandmoretemperate:

RoughwindsdoshakethedarlingbudsofMay,

Andsummer’sleasehathalltooshortadate:

”

Questions:

A.Who’sthepoetofthequotedstanza,andwhat’sthetitleofthepoem?

B.Whatfigureofspeechisemployedinthepoem?

C.Whatisthethemeofthepoem?

42.“Whenthestarsthrewdowntheirspears,

Andwater’dheavenwiththeirtears,

Didhesmilehisworktosee?

DidhewhomadetheLambmakethee?

”

Questions:

A.Who’sthepoetofthequotedstanza,andwhat’sthetitle