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自考英美文学选读试题答案

全国2007年4月高等教育自学考试

英美文学选读试题

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Ⅰ.MultipleChoice（40pointsinall,1foreach）

Selectfromthefourchoicesofeachitemtheonethatbestanswersthequestionorcompletesthestatement.Writeyouranswerinthecorrespondingspaceontheanswersheet.

1．Theworkthatpresented,forthefirsttimeinEnglishliterature,acomprehensiverealisticpictureofthemedievalEnglishsocietyandcreatedawholegalleryofvividcharactersfromallwalksoflifeismostlikely______________.

A．WilliamLangland’sPiersPlowmanB．GeoffreyChaucer’sTheCanterburyTales

C．JohnGower’sConfessionAmantisD．SirGawainandtheGreenKnight

2．ThetragedyofDr.Faustus,theprotagonistinChristopherMarlowe’sTheTragicHistoryof

Dr.Faustus,istheveryfactthat______________.

A．manisconfinedtotime

B．hetriedtojoinAfricatoSpain

C．hebecameamanwithoutsoulafterhesoldit

D．heconjuredupHelen,theladywhowaspartiallyresponsibleforthebreaking-upoftheTrojanWar

3．Thesentence“ShallIcomparetheetoasummer’sday?

”isthebeginninglineofoneofShakespeare’s______________.

A．comediesB．tragedies

C．sonnetsD．histories

4．ParadiseLostisactuallyastorytakenfrom______________.

A．theRenaissanceB．theOldTestament

C．GreekMythologyD．theNewTestament

5．Spenser’smasterpiece_____________isagreatpoemofitstime.

A．TheFaerieQueeneB．TheShepheardesCalender

C．TheCanterburyTalesD．Metamorphoses

6．______________istheessenceoftheRenaissance.

A．PoetryB．Drama

C．HumanismD．Reason

7．ThemostfamousdramatistsintheRenaissanceEnglandareChristopherMarlowe,WilliamShakespeareand______________.

A．JohnMiltonB．JohnMarlowe

C．BenJonsonD．EdmundSpenser

8．“Tobe,ornottobe—thatisthequestion”isalinetakenfrom______________.

A．HamletB．Othello

C．KingLearD．Themerchantofvenice

9．FrancisBacon’sessaysarefamousfortheirbrevity,compactnessand______________.

A．complicityB．complexity

C．powerfulnessD．mildness

10．LiteratureofNeoclassicismisdifferentfromthatofRomanticisminthat______________.

A．theformercelebratesreason,rationality,orderandinstructionwhilethelatterseesliteratureasanexpressionofanindividual’sfeelingandexperiences

B．theformerisheavilyreligiousbutthelattersecular

C．theformerisanintellectualmovement,thepurposeofwhichistoarousethemiddleclassforpoliticalrightswhilethelatterisconcernedwiththepersonalcultivation

D．theformeradvocatesthe“returntonature”whereasthelatterturnstotheancientGreekandRomanwritersforitsmodels.

11．DanielDefoedescribes______________asatypicalEnglishMiddle-classmanoftheeighteenthcentury,theveryprototypeoftheempirebuilderorthepioneercolonist.

A．TomJonesB．Gulliver

C．MollFlandersD．RobinsonCrusoe

12．______________isatypicalfeatureofSwift’swritings.

A．BittersatireB．Elegantstyle

C．CasualnarrationD．Complicatedsentencestructure

13．ThePilgrim’sProgressbyJohnBunyanisoftensaidtobeconcernedwiththesearchfor______________.

A．materialwealthB．spiritualsalvation

C．universaltruthD．self-fulfillment

14．AlexanderPopestronglyadvocated______________,emphasizingthatliteraryworksshouldbejudgedbyrulesoforder,reason,logic,restrainedemotion,goodtasteanddecorum.

A．SentimentalismB．Romanticism

C．IdealismD．Neoclassicism

15．“Metaphysicalpoetry”referstotheworksofthe17th-centurywriterswhowroteundertheinfluenceof______________.

A．JohnDonneB．AlexanderPope

C．ChristopherMarloweD．JohnMilton

16．ItisgenerallyregardedthatKeats’smostimportantandmaturepoemsareintheformof______________.

A．odeB．elegy

C．epicD．sonnet

17．______________isthemostoutstandingstreamofconsciousnessnovelist,with___________ashisencyclopedia–likemasterpiece.

A．JamesJoyce,UlyssesB．E.M.Foster,APassagetoIndia

C．D.H.Lawrence,SonsandLoversD．VirginiaWoolf,MrsDalloway

18．WhichofthefollowingpoemsisalandmarkinEnglishpoetry?

A．LyricalBalladsbyWilliamWordsworthandSamuelTaylorColeridge

B．“IWanderedLonelyasaCloud”byWilliamWordsworth

C．“Remorse”bySamuelTaylorColeridge

D．LeavesofGrassWaltWhitman

19．TheliteraryformwhichisfullydevelopedandthemostflourishingduringtheRomanticPeriodis______________.

A．proseB．drama

C．novelD．poetry

20．WhichofthefollowingpoemsbyT.S.Eliotishailedasalandmarkandamodelofthe20thcenturyEnglishpoetry?

A．Poems1909-1925B．TheHollowMan

C．PrufrockandOtherObservationsD．TheWasteLand

21．“MylastDuchess”isapoemthatbestexemplifiesRobertBrowning’s______________.

A．sensitiveearforthesoundsoftheEnglishlanguage

B．excellentchoiceofwords

C．masteringofthemetricaldevices

D．useofthedramaticmonologue

22．Dickens’worksarecharacterizedbyaminglingof______________andpathos.

A．humorB．satire

C．passionD．metaphor

23．WaltWhitman,whose______________establishedhimasthemostpopularAmericanpoetofthe19thcentury.

A．LeavesofGrassB．GoDown,Moses

C．TheMarbleFaunD．AsILayDying

24．______________hasalwaysbeenregardedasawriterwho“perfectedthebestclassicstylethatAmericanLiteratureeverproduced”.

A．EdgarEllenPoeB．WaltWhitman

C．HenryDavidThoreauD．WashingtonIrving

25．TheRomanticPeriod,oneofthemostimportantperiodsinthehistoryofAmericanliterature,stretchesfromtheendof______________totheoutbreakof____________.

A．the17thcentury…theAmericanWarofIndependence

B．the18thcentury…theAmericanCivilWar

C．the17thcentury…theAmericanCivilWar

D．the18thcentury…theU.S.–MexicanWar

26．WhichofthefollowingstatementsisNOTtrueofAmericanTranscendentalism?

A．ItcanbeclearlydefinedasapartofAmericanRomanticliterarymovement.

B．Itcanbedefinedphilosophicallyas“therecognitioninmanofthecapacityofknowingtruthintuitively”.

C．RalphWaldoEmersonwasthechiefadvocateofthisspiritualmovement.

D．ItsprangfromSouthAmericainthelate19thcentury.

27．ThethemeofWashingtonIrving’sRipVanWinkleis______________.

A．theconflictofhumanpsycheB．thefightagainstracialdiscrimination

C．thefamilialconflictD．thenostalgiafortheunrecoverablepast

28．TheunofficialmanifestofortheTranscendentalClubwas______________,Emerson’sfirstlittlebook,whichestablishedhimeversinceasthemosteloquentspokesmanofNewEnglandTranscendentalism.

A．TheAmericanScholarB．Self—reliance

C．NatureD．TheOver—Soul

29．NathanielHawthorneheldanunceasinginterestinthe“interioroftheheart”ofman’sbeing.Soinalmosteverybookhewrote,Hawthornediscusses______________.

A．loveandhatredB．sinandevil

C．frustrationandself—denialD．balanceandself—discipline

30．InYoungGoodmanBrownbyHawthorne,thenameofGoodmanBrown’swifeis______________,whichalsocontainsmanysymbolicmeanings.

A．RuthB．Hester

C．FaithD．Mary

31．WhichofthefollowingstatementsmightbetrueofthethemeofSongofMyselfbyWhitman?

A．Thispoemdescribesthegrowthofachildwholearnedabouttheworldaroundhimandimprovedhimselfaccordingly.

B．Thispoemshowstheauthor’scynicalsentimentsagainsttheAmericanCivilWar.

C．Thispoemreflectstheauthor’sbeliefinUnitarianismorDeism.

D．Thispoemreflectstheauthor’sbeliefinthesingularityandequalityofallbeingsinvalue.

32．InMoby—Dick,thewhitewhalesymbolizes______________forMelville,foritiscomplex,unfathomable,malignant,andbeautifulaswell.

A．natureB．humansociety

C．whalingindustryD．truth

33．RealismwasareactionagainstRomanticismoramoveawayfromthebiastowardsromanceandself—creatingfictions,andpavedthewayto______________.

A．CynicismB．Modernism

C．TranscendentalismD．Neo—Classicalism

34．HemingwayoncedescribedMarkTwain’snovel______________theonebookfromwhich“allmodernAmericanliteraturecomes”.

A．TheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinnB．TheAdventuresofTomSawyer

C．TheGildedAgeD．TheManThatCorruptedHadleyburg

35．__________isgenerallyregardedastheforerunnerofthe20th—century“stream—of—consciousness”novelsandthefounderofpsychologicalrealism.

A．TheodoreDreiserB．WilliamFaulkner

C．HenryJamesD．MarkTwain

36．WhichofthefollowingstatementsisNOTtrueofEmilyDickinsonandherpoetry?

A．Sheremainedunmarriedallherlife

B．Shewrote,1,775poems,andmostofthemwerepublishedduringherlifetime.

C．Herpoemshavenotitles,hencearealwaysquotedbytheirfirstlines.

D．Herlimitedprivateworldhasneverconfinedthelimitlesspowerofhercreativityandimagination.

37．Asagenre,naturalismemphasized______________asimportantdeterministicforcesshapingindividualizedcharacterswhowerepresentedinspecialanddetailedcircum-stances.

A．theologicaldoctrines

B．heredityandenvironment

C．educationandhardwork

D．variousopportunitiesandeconomicsuccess

38．EzraPound,aleadingspokesmanofthe“______________”,wasoneofthemostimportantpoetsinhistime.

A．ImagistMovementB．CubistMovement

C．ReformistMovementD．TranscendentalistMovement

39．EugeneO’Neill’sfirstfull—lengthplay,______________,wonhimthefirstPulitzerPrize.Itsthemeisthechoicebetweenlifeanddeath,theinteractionofsubjectiveandobjectivefactors.

A．BoundEastforCardiffB．TheHairyApe

C．DesireUndertheElmsD．BeyondtheHorizon

40．Hemingway’s“IndianCamp”isoneofthefourteenshortstoriescollectedunderthetitleof______________.Thistitleisveryironicbecausethereisnopeaceatallinthestories.

A．ThreeStoriesandTenPoemsB．AcrosstheRiverandintotheTrees

C．TheGreenHillsofAfricaD．InOurTime

Ⅱ.ReadingCompre