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浙江自考英国文学选读试题及答案解析
浙江省2018年1月自学考试英国文学选读试题
课程代码:
10054
PartI.Biank-filling:
Completeeachofthefollowingstatementswithaproperwordorphraseaccordingtothetextbook.(10pointsinall,1pointforeach)
1.Shakespeare'splayshavebeentraditionallydividedintothreecategories:
histories,andtragedies.
2.WilliamCaxtonwasthefirstpersonwhointroducedintoEngland.
3.Wyatt,intheRenaissanceperiod,introducedthePetrarchaninto
England,whileSurreybroughtinblankverse.
4.TheEnlightenmentMovementbroughtaboutarevivalofinterestintheold
classicalworksinthefieldofliterature.Thistendencyisknownas.
5.Thethreeunitiesrefertothoseoftime,placeand.
6.RegardedasThomasGray'sbestandmostrepresentativework,ElegyWritteninaCountryChurchyardismoreorlessconnectedwiththemelancholyeventofthedeathof
7.In1704JonathanSwiftpublishedtwopowerfulsatiresoncorruptionin
religionandlearning,ATaleofaTubandTheBattleoftheBooks,whichestablishedhisnameasa.
8.InLadyChatterley'sLover,Lawrencenotonlycondemnsthecivilizedworldof
mechanismfordistortinghumanrelationships,butalsoadvocatesareturnto.
9.ThesocialDarwinism,underthecoverof“survivalofthefittest”,vehemen
tedcolonialismand.
10.DublinersisthefirstimportantworkofJoyce'slifelongpreoccupatio
life.Partn.Multiple-choicequestions:
SelectfromthefourchoicesA,B,C,Dofeachitemtheonethatbestanswersthequestionorcompletesthestatement.(30pointsinall,1pointforeach)
11.Marlowegavenewvigortotheblankversewithhis“___
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A.lyricallines
C.mightylinesB.softlines
D.religiouslines
12.FrancisBaconisnotonlythefirstimportantessayistbutalsothefounderofmoderninEngland.
A.poetry
C.proseB.novel
D.science
13.Spenser'smasterpieceis,whichisagreatpoemoftheage.
A.TheShepheardesCalender
C.TheRapeofLucreceB.TheFaierieQueene
CC■j_■
justi
D.TheCanterburyTales
14.JohnMiltonwrotetoexposethewayofSatanandto
waysofGodtomen”.A.ParadiseLost
C.LycidasB.ParadiseRegained
D.SamsonAgonistes
15.Accordingtotheneoclassicists,allformsofliteratureweretobemodeledaftertheclassicalworksoftheancientGreekandwriters.
A.Italian
C.GermanB.British
D.Roman
16.Theromanticpoetsofthepeasantpoet,RobertBurnsandWilliam
Blakealsojoinedlamentinglyrics,pavingthewayfortheflourishofRomanticismearlythenextcentury.A.British
C.ScottishB.Irish
D.Wales
17.ThePilgrim'sProgressisthemostsuccessfulreligiousintheEnglish
language.A.allegory
C.fairytaleB.fable
D.essay
18.oncedefinedagoodstyleas“properwordsinproperplaces
A.JohnDonne
C.DanielDefoeB.JonathanSwift
D.JohnBunyan
19.Gray's“ElegywritteninaCountryChurchyard”onceandforalles
hisfameastheleaderofthepoetryoftheday.
A.romanticB.historical
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C.lyricalD.sentimental
20.Marxonceextolledas“aninstinctivedefenderofthemassesofthe
peopleagainsttheencroachmentofthebourgeoisie”.
A.WilliamGodwin
C.WilliamCobbetB.WilliamBurke
D.WilliamFox
21.,definedbyColeridge,isthevitalfacultythatcreatesnewwholesoutofdispa
rateelements.
A.Ration
C.AlliterationB.Reason
D.Imagination
22.Accordingtothesubjects,Wordsworth'sshortpoemscanbeclassified
twogroups:
poemsaboutnatureandpoemsabout.
A.humanlife
C.socialactivitiesB.urbanlife
D.innerlifeofanindividual
23.Coleridge'sactualachievementaspoetcanbedividedintotworemarkablydiversegroups:
theandtheconversational.
A.natural
C.spiritualB.religious
D.demonic
24.Shelley'sgreatestachievementishispoeticdrama,Prometheus
Unbound(1820).A.one-act
C.two-actB.three-act
D.four-act
25.Endymion,publishedin1818,wasapoembasedonthemythof
Endymionandthemoongoddess.
A.Greek
C.ItalianB.Roman
D.British
26.JaneAusten'sNorthangerAbbeysatirizesthosepopularromancesofthela
te18thcentury.
A.sentimental
C.GothicB.lyrical
D.rational
27.ChronologicallytheVictorianperiodroughlyconincideswiththereignofQueenwho
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ruledoverEnglandfrom1836to1901.
A.Elizabeth
C.MaryB.Victoria
D.Anne
28.TheaestheticistsOscarWildeandWalterPateraretwonotoriousadvocatorsofthetheoryof.
A.artforlife'ssake
C.artforart'ssakeB.artforsmaokneey's
D.artforreader'ssake
29.Broughtupwithstrictorthodoxy,Charlottewouldusuallysticktothecode.A.Christian
C.PuritanicalB.Islamic
D.Cavalier
30.AsfarasEmilyBronte'sliterarycreationisconcerned,sheis,firstofall,a
.A.novelist
C.poetB.dramatist
D.essayist
31.Tennyson'smostambitiousworkwhichtookhimover30yearstocompleteis.A.InMemoriam
C.PoemsbyTwoBrothersB.IdyllsoftheKing
D.Poems,ChieflyLyrical
32.ThePublicationoffinallyestablishedBrowning'spositionasoneofth
estEnglishpoets.
A.TheRingandtheBook
C.MenandWomenB.TheBookandtheRing
D.DramaticLyrics
33.Hardy'sbest-loccoalolredworksareveryknownas“novelsofcharacterand
.”A.personality
C.domesticlifeB.nature
D.environment
34.TheFrench,appearinginthelate19thcentury,heralded
modernism.
A.symbolism
C.naturismB.futurism
D.surrealism
35.Inhisnovelofsocialsatire,H.G.Wellsmaderealisticstudiesoftheaspirationsandfrustrationsofthe.
A.LittleManB.BigMan
4C.SocialManD.JungleMan
36.Modernistnovelscametoadeclineinthe,thoughJoyceandWoolf
continuedtheirexperiments.
A.1920s
C.1940sB.1930s
D.1950s
37.ThemostoriginalplaywrightoftheisSamuelBeckett,whowrote
abouthumanbeingslivingameaninglesslifeinanalien,decayingworld.
A.TheaterofTradition
C.TheaterofAngryB.TheaterofReason
D.TheaterofAbsurd
38.Structurallyandthematically,Shawfollowedthegreattraditionof.
A.romanticism
C.symbolismB.realism
D.humanism
39.isthefirstnoveloftheForsytetrilogieswrittenbyJohnGalsworthy
in1920.A.TheManofProperty
C.ToLetB.InChancery
D.AModernComedy
40.Ulyssesendswiththefamousmonologueby,whoismusinginahalf
awakestateoverthepastexperience.
A.LeopoldBloom
C.Molly
Part皿.Definition:
Definetheliterarytermslistedbelow.(20pointsinall,5pointsforeach)
41.Humanism
42.Gothicnovel
43.Theredthirties
44.Symbolism
PartIV.ReadingComprehension:
ReadthequotedpartscarefullyandanswerthequestionsinEnglish.(20pointsinall,5pointsforeach)
45.“Norlosepossessionofthatfairthouow'st;
5B.StephenDedalus
D.Finnegans
Norshalldeathbragthouwander'stinhisshade,
Solongasmencanbreatheoreyescansee,
Solonglivethis,andthisgiveslifetothee”.
Questions:
A.Identifythepoemandthepoet.
B.Brieflyinterpretthispart.
46.“Beholdher,singleinthefield,
YousolitaryHighlandlass!
Reapingandsingingbyherself;
Stophere,orgentlypass!
Aloneshecutsandbindsthegrain,
Andsingsamelancholystrain;
Olisten!
fortheValeprofound
Isoverflowingwiththesound.”
Questions:
A.Identifythepoemandthepoet.
B.Commenttherimescheme.
47.“DoIdare
Disturbtheuniverse?
Inaminutethereistime
Fordecisionsandrevisionswhichaminutewillreverse.
Questions:
A.Whichessayisthispassagetakenfrom?
Whoistheauthor?
B.Brieflyinterpretthispassage.
48.“Ilingeredbeforeherstall,thoughIknewmystaywasuselesstomakemyinterestinherwaresseemthemorereal.ThenIturnedawayslowlyandwalkeddownthemiddleofthebazaar.Iallowedthetwopenniestofallagainstthesixpenceinmypocket.Iheardavoicecallfromoneendofthegallerythatthelightwasout.
GazingupintothedarknessIsawmyselfasacreaturedrivenandderidedbyvanity;andmy
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eyesburnedwithanguishandanger”.
Questions:
A.Whichessayisthispassagetakenfrom?
Whoistheauthor?
B.Whytheherosawhimself“asacreaturedrivenandderidedbyvanity
PartV.TopicDiscussion:
Givebriefanswerstothefollowingquestions.(20pointsinall,10pointsforeach)
49.Tennysonisagenuineartist.Heisquiteknownforhisartisticfeatures.Discussthemajorartisticfeaturesofhispoetry.
50.WhatisthethemeofG.B.Shaw'splayMrs.Warren'sProfession?
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