全国高等教育自学考试英美文学选读试题.docx

全国高等教育自学考试英美文学选读试题.docx

《全国高等教育自学考试英美文学选读试题.docx》由会员分享，可在线阅读，更多相关《全国高等教育自学考试英美文学选读试题.docx（8页珍藏版）》请在冰豆网上搜索。

全国高等教育自学考试英美文学选读试题

全国2008年4月高等教育自学考试英美文学选读试题

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

ChappinessD．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

．MatthewArnoldC．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．SamuelTaylorColeridgeC．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

．AlexanderPope18．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-Dick

．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

．WaltWhitman34．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

．WilliamBryantC．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,Ishouldhavemadeitashardforyoutoleave