英美文学 自考真题 与备考.docx

1、英美文学 自考真题 与备考绝密考试结束前全国2014年4月高等教育自学考试英美文学选读试题课程代码：00604请考生按规定用笔将所有试题的答案涂、写在答题纸上。全部题目用英文作答。选择题部分注意事项：1答题前，考生务必将自己的考试课程名称、姓名、准考证号用黑色字迹的签字笔或钢笔 填写在答题纸规定的位置上。2每小题选出答案后，用2 B铅笔把答题纸上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡 皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。不能答在试题卷上。I. Multiple Choice(40 points in all, 1 for each)Select from the four choices of e

2、ach item the one that best answers the question or completes the statement. Mark your choice by blackening the corresponding letter A, B, C or D on the answer sheet.1. Shakespeare has established his giant position in world literature with his _ plays, 154 sonnets and 2 long poems.A. 27 B. 38C.47 D.

3、 522. john Miltons literary achievement can be divided into three groups: the early poetic works, the middle prose pamphlets and the last _.A. romances B. dramasC. great poems D. ballads3. The novels of _ are the first literary works devoted to the study of problems of the lower class people.A. John

4、 Milton B. Daniel DefoeC. Henry Fielding D. Jonathan Swift4. The work ranked by many critics as William Wordswoths greatest work was _.A. Lyrical Ballads B. The PreludeC. Poems in Two Volumes D. The Excursion5. The author of The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling is _.A. Daniel Defoe B. Johathan Swif

5、tC. Henry Fielding D. William Blake6. The works of _ are famous for the depiction of the life of the middle class women, particularly governess.A. Charlotte Bronte B. D.H. LawrenceC. Thomas Hardy D. Jane Austen7. All of the following writings are created by William Wordsworth EXCEPT _.A. “I Wandered

6、 Lonely as a Cloud. ”B. “Composed upon Westminster Bridge, Septemer 3, 1802. ”C. “The Solitary Reaper. ”D. “The Chimney Sweeper. ”8. The most important representative work by Jonathan Swift is _.A. A Tale of a Tub B. The Battle of the BooksC. A Modest Proposal D. Gullivers Travels9 “If winter comes,

7、 can Spring be far behind?”comes from Shellys _.A. “To a Skylark” B. “Adonais”C. “Ode to Liberty” D. “Ode to the West Wind”10. In Jane Austen s first novel _, she tells a story about two sisters and their love affairs.A. Pride and Prejudice B. Sense and SensibilityC. Emma D. Persuasion11. Charles Di

8、ckens is one of the greatest _ writers of the Victorian Age.A. romantic B. modernistC. socialist D. critical realist12. Charlotte Bronte s most autobiographical work, _ is largely based on her experience in Brussels.A. Jane Eyre B. ShirleyC. Villette D. The Professor13. William Wordsworth s theory o

9、f poetry is calling for simple themes drawn from humble life expressed in the language of ordinary people. The preface to the second edition of _ acts as a manifesto for the new school and sets forth his own critical creed.A. Lyrical Ballads B. The PreludeC. Poems in Two Volums D. The Excursion14. G

10、eorge Bernard Shaw s play _ established his position as the leading playwright of his time.A. WidowersHouses B. Too True to Be GoodC. Mrs. Warren s Profession D. Candida15. Eliot s most important single poem _, has been hailed as a landmark and a model of the 20th-century English poetry.A. The Hollo

11、w Men B. The Waste LandC. Prurrock and Other Observations D. Poems 1909-2516. D. H.Lawrences autobiographical novel, _ shows the conflict between the earthy, coarse, energetic but often drunken father and the refined, strong willed and up climbing mother.A. Sons and Lovers B. The White PeacockC. The

12、 Trespasser D. The Rainbow17. “To be, or not to be that is the question; /Whether tis nobler in the mind to suffer./The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,/ Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,/And by opposing end them?” These words are from _.A. King Lear B. RomeoC. Antonio D. Hamlet18.

13、John Miltons last important work, _ is the most powerful dramatic poem on the Greek model.A. Paradise Lost B. Paradise RegainedC. Samson Agonistes D. Lydidas19. The author of Moll Flanders and Captain Singleton is _.A. John Milton B. Daniel DefoeC. Henry Fielding D. Jonathan Swift20. Drapier is the

14、pseudonym of _.A. Jonathan Swift B. Daniel DefoeC. Henry Fielding D. William Blake21. One of Dickens later works, _ in which he presents a criticism of the governmental branches which run an indefinite procedure of management of affairs and keep the innocent in prison for life.A. Bleak House B. Litt

15、le DorritC. Hard Times D. A Tale of Two Cities22. In the second part of Gullivers Travels, Gulliver told his experience in _.A. Brobdingnag B. LilliputC. Flying Island D. Houyhnhnm23. Faulkner used the narrative techniques to construct his stories, which include _ and mythological and biblical allus

16、ions.A. symbolism B. free indirect speechC. contrast D. dialogue24. Ernest Hemingway, had been trying to demonstrate in his works an unvarying code, known as “_,” which is actually an attitude towards life.A. facing the reality B. grace under pressureC. honesty with benevolence D. security coming fi

17、rst25. The Blithedale Romance is a novel written by Hawthorne to reveal his own experience on the Brook Farm and his own methods as a _ novelist.A. naturalist B. imagistC. psychological D. feminist26. Theodore Dreiser s focus shifted from the pathos of the helpless protagonists at the bottom of the

18、society to the power of the American financial tycoons in the late 19th century in his work _.A. The Genius B. An American TragedyC. Dreiser Looks at Russia D. “Trilogy of Desire”27. Emily Dickinson frequently uses personae to render the tone more familiar to the reader, and _ to vivify some abstrac

19、t ideas.A. images B. metaphorC. symbols D. personification28. In his later works, Melville becomes more reconciled with the _, in which he admits, one must live by rules.A. women B. world of manC. family D. politicians29. Walt Whitman s _ has always been considered a monumental work which commands g

20、reat attention in America.A. The Pilgrims Progress B. Leaves of GrassC. A Passage to India D. Rip Van Winkle30. Mark Twains full literary career began to blossom in 1869 with a travel book _, an account of American tourists in Europe.A. Innocents Abroad B. The Portrait of A LadyC. The Grapes of Wrat

21、h D. The Great Gatsby31. With the development of the modern novel and the common acceptance of the _ approach, Henry James s importance, as well as his wide influence as a novelist and critic, has been all the more conspicuous.A. deconstruction B. romanticC. Freudian D. analytic32. Emily Dickinson a

22、ddresses the issues that concern the whole human beings in her poems, which include religion, death, _, love, and nature.A. immortality B. wealthC. power D. politics33. In Sister Carrie Theodore Dreiser expressed his _ pursuit by expounding the purposelessness of life and attacking the conventional

23、moral standards.A. romantic B. realisticC. naturalistic D. modernistic34. Profound ideas in Robert Frosts poems are delivered under the disguise of _.A. the plain language and the simple form B. the vivid descriptionsC. metaphors D. the complicated narration35. In _ Hemingway presents his philosophy

24、 about life and death through the depiction of the bullfight as a kind of microcosmic tragedy.A. The Green Hills of Africa B. Death in the AfternoonC. The Snows of Kilimanjaro D. To Have and Have Not36 Of Faulkners literary works, four novels are masterpieces by any standards: The Sound and the Fury

25、, Light in August, Absalom, Absalom ! and _.A. Go Down, Moses B. The FableC. The Snows of Kilimanjaro D. To Have and Have Not37. As Whitman saw it, _ could play a vital part in the process of creating a new nation.A. music B. fictionC. poetry D. painting38. In many of Hawthorne s stories and novels,

26、 the Puritan concept of life is condemned, especially in his The house of the Seven Gables and _.A. Go Down, Moses B. The Scarlet LetterC. As I Lay Dying D. Song of Myself39. Henry James is generally regarded as the forerunner of the _ and the founder of psychological realism.A. “stream-of-conscious

27、ness” novels B. metaphysical poemsC. short stories D. literary criticism40. Generally considered to be Henry Jamess masterpiece, _ incarnates the clash between the Old World and the New in the life journey of an American girl in a Europe an cultural environment.A. The Ambassadors B. Daisy MillerC. T

28、he American D. The Portrait of A Lady非选择题部分注意事项：用黑色字迹的签字笔或钢笔将答案写在答题纸上，不能答在试题卷上。II. Reading Comprehension (16 points in all, 4 for each)Read the quoted parts carefully and answer the questions in English. Write your answers in the corresponding space on the answer sheet.41. Wherefore, Bees of England

29、, forgeMany a weapon, chain, and scourge,That these stingless drones may spoilThe forced produce of your toil?Questions.A. Identify the poet and the poem from which the stanza is taken.B. What do you know about the poem s writing background?C. What do you think the poet intends to say in the poem?42

30、. Let us go then, you and I,When the evening is spread out against the skyLike a patient etherized upon a table;Let us go, through certain half -deserted streets,The muttering retreatsOf restless nights in one-night cheap hotelsAnd sawdust restaurants with oyster-shells:(The lines above are taken from “The Love