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高自考英美文学选读试题

2012年4月高自考英美文学选读试题  

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PARTONE（40POINTS）

Ⅰ.MultipleChoice（40pointsinall,1foreach）

Selectfromthefourchoicesofeachitemtheonethatbestanswersthequestionorcompletesthestatement.MarkyourchoicebyblackeningthecorrespondingletterA,B,CorDontheanswersheet.

1.     Antonio,BassanioandPortiaarethecharactersin_______.

A.TheMerchantofVenis    B.MuchAdoAboutNothing  

 C.TwelfthNight                 D.AMidsummerNight’sDream

2.   JohnMiltonwrote______toexposethewaysSatanandto“justifythewaysofGodtomen.”

     A.ParadiseRegained           B.ParadiseLost

       C.SamsonAgonistes         D.Areopagitica

3.   Thework______writtenbyDanielDefoeBroughthimintojailandmadehimgothroughpublicpillory.

A.TheShortestWaywiththeDissenters      B.TheTrue—bornEnglishman

C.RobinsonCrusoe              D.AJournalofthePlagueYear

4.   InthefirstpartofGulliver’sTravels,Gullivertoldhisexperiencein_____.

       A.Brobdingnag                   B.Lilliput

       C.FlyingIsland                   D.Houyhnhnm

5.   Forhiscontributiontotheestablishmentoftheformofthemodernnovel,_______hasbeenregardedbysomeas“FatheroftheEnglishNovel”.

A.DanielDefoe                    B.JonathanSwift

C.HenryFielding                    D.CharlesDickens

6.WilliamBlake’s_____wascomposedduringtheclimaxoftheFrenchRevolutionanditplaysthedoublerolebothasasatireandarevolutionaryprophecy.

       A.SongsofExperience          B.SongsofInnocence

        C.MarriageofHeavenandHell    D.PoeticalSketches

7.________maintainedthatthescenesandeventsofeverydaylifeandthespeechofordinarypeopleweretherawmaterialofwhichpoetrycouldandshouldbemade.

       A.WilliamBlake                     B.WilliamWordsworth

       C.T.S.Eliot                          D.WilliamShakespeare

8.Prometheus,theheroinShelly’spoeticdramaPrometheusUnbound,isafigurein_____.

A.TheBible                           B.GreekMythology

C.AGermanLegend               D.ArabianNights

9.JaneAusten’sfirstnovelis_____.

A.PrideandPrejudice              B.SenseandSensibility

C.Emma                                 D.persuasion

10.AllthefollowingstatementsaretrueofDickens’laterworkEXCEPT______.

A.Therearefewerjokesandthecomedybecomesharsher.

B.Thereisalwaysahappyending.

C.Thenovelsareofgreatcompactnessandconcentration.

D.MostoftheworkspresentacriticismofthemorecomplicatedandyetmostfundamentalsocialinstitutionsandmoralofVictorianEngland.

11.CharlotteBronte’smostautobiographicalwork,_______islargelybasedonherexperienceinBrussels.

      A.JaneEyre                            B.Shirley

      C.Villette                                D.TheProfessor

12.AllofthefollowingnovelsbyThomasHardyrevealtheconflictbetweenthetraditionalandthemodernEXCEPT______.

      A.TheMayorofCasterbridge         B.TessoftheD’Urbervilles

      C.JudeofObscur                          D.UndertheGreenwoodTree

13.MuchofShaviandramaisconstructedaroundthe______ofaconventionaltheatricalsituation.

      A.tradition                                    B.inversion

      C.Bordering                                   D.distortion

14.Asanimportantprosewriter,inhisfamousessay,TraditionalandIndividualTalent,Eliotputgreatemphasisontheimportanceof_______bothincreativewritingandincriticism.

     A.change                                      B.creativity

      C.ethic                                           D.Tradition

15.D.H.Lawrence’snovel______isaremarkablenovelinwhichtheindividualconsciousnessissubtlyrevealedandstrandsofthemesareintricatelywoundup.

     A.SonsandLovers                          B.TheRainbow

     C.WomeninLove                           D.LadyChatterley’sLover

16.AllofthefollowingplaysareamongShakespeare’sfourgreatedtragediesEXCEPT______.

A.Hamlet                                       B.Macbeth

C. RomioandJuliet                           D.Othello

17.Thework_____showshowmankind,inthepersonofChrist,withstandsthetempersandisestablishedoncemoreinthedivinefavor.

A.ParadiseRegained                       B.ParadiseLost

C.SamsonAgonistes                       D.Areopagitica

18.AsoneofthegreatestmastersofEnglishprose,______definedagoodstyleas“properwordsinproperplaces.”

A.HenryFielding                             B.JonathanSwift

C.DanielDefoe                               D.WilliamBlake

19.Dickens’bestdepictedcharactersarethoseinnocent,virtuous,persecutedandhelpless_____.

      A.childcharacters                           B.females

      C.Laborors                                     D.Farmers

20.TheauthoroftheworkTheReturnoftheNativeis_______.

      A.ThomasHardy                               B.D.H.Lawrence

      C.CharlesDickens                              D.GeorgeBernardShaw

21.“TheLoveSongofJ.AlfredPrufrock”,Eliot’smoststrikingearlyachievement,presentsthemeditationofanagingyoungmanoverthebusinessof______.

     A.proposingmarriage                         B.pursuingthetruth

C.losingidealism                                 D.makingachoice

22.D.H.Lawrence’stwonovels,_______andWomeninLove,aregenerallyregardedashismasterpieces.

A.SonsandLovers                              B.TheRainbow

C. Kangaroo                                      D.LadyChatterley’sLover

23.Hemingway’sToHaveandHaveNotisoneofmanytoshowhischaracteristicspatternof______strugglingagainstnatureandtheenvironment.

     A.amilitaryarmy                                 B.avulnerablegroup

     C.ahumansociety                               D.alonelyindividual

24.AccordingtoHawthorne,thereisevilineveryhumanheart,whichmayremainlatent,perhaps,throughthewholelife;but_______mayrouseittoactivity.

     A.music                                               B.Circumstances

C.memory                                           D.love

25.______isbest—knownastheauthorofhismightybook,Moby—Dick,whichisoneoftheworld’sgreatestmasterpieces.

A.HermanMelville                                B.MarkTwain

C.ErnestHemingway                            D.VirginiaWoolf

26.WaltWhitmanisapoetwithastrongsenseofmission,havingdevotedallhislifetothecreationofthe“single”poem,_____.

A.InnocentAbroad                               B.TheLostParadise

C.LeavesofGrass                                D.TheWasteLand

27.WhileMarkTwainandHowellsseemedtohavepaidmoreattentiontothe“life”oftheAmericans,HenryJameshadapparentlylaidagreateremphasisonthe“______”ofman.

A.outerworld                                      B.innerworld

C.physicalworld                                  D.domesticworld

28.Greatlyandpermanentlyaffectedbythe______,Hemingwayformedhisownwritingstyle,togetherwithhisthemeandhero.

A.warexperiences                                B.loveexperiences

C.marriage                                          D.education

29.EmilyDickinson’spoetryisuniqueand______initsownway.Forexample,herpoemshavenotitles.

A.traditional                                         B.unconventional

C.ordinary                                            D.unbelievable

30.TheodoreDreiserentitledhisgreatestworkwith______intendingtotellusthatitisthesocialpressurethatmakesClyde’sdownfallinevitable.

A.DeathintheWoods                          B.TenderIstheNight

C.TheSoundandtheFury                    D.AnAmericanTragedy

31.RobertLeeFrost’s______wonhimthefirstPulitzerPrizes,whichincludes”StoppingbyWoodsonaSnowyEvening.”

A.NorthBoston                                    B.“TheGiftOutright”

C.NewHampshire                                D.ABoy’sWill

32.Fitzgeraldisagreat_____inAmericanliteratureandhisstyleiscloselyrelatedtohisthemes.

A.poet                                               B.critic

C.essayist                                          D.stylist

33.ItisHenryJames’novelsandhis______thatmakehimafascinatingcaseintheAmericanliteraryhistoryandaconspicuousfigureinworldliterature.

A.literaryessays                                  B.travelaccounts

C.poems                                             D.plays

34.ThemajorconcernofFaulkner’s______isprimarilyabouttheSouthasastateofmind.

A.TheSunAlsoRises                            B.LightinAugust

C.TheFable                                         D.TheMansion

35.Compelledbyanunceasinginterestinthe“interioroftheheart”ofman’sbeing,Hawthornediscusses_______inalmosteverybookhewrote.

A.loveandhatred                                 B.sinandevil

C.frustrationandself—denial                 D.balanceandself—discipline

36.ThepurposeofMelville’sfictionaltales,exoticorphilosophical,istopenetrateasdeeplyaspossibleintothemetaphysical,theological,moral,psychological,andsocialtruthsof_____.

A.humanexistence                               B.politics

C.religion                                             D.arts

37.AccordingtoWhitman,poetrycouldenableAmericanstocelebratetheirreleasefromtheOldWorldandthe______rule.

A.academic