英美文学选读自考题16.docx

1、英美文学选读自考题16英美文学选读自考题-16(总分：99.96，做题时间：90分钟)一、B.Multiple Choice/B(总题数：40，分数：40.00)1.The Renaissance is actually a movement stimulated by a series of historical events, such as the rediscovery of ancient _ and _ culture, the new discoveries in geography and astrology, the religious reformation and the

2、 economic expansion. A. Chinese, Indian B. Hebrew, Egyptian C. Roman, Greek D. Britain, American（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.解析：解析 文艺复兴是由一系列历史事件激发推动的，其中包括对古希腊、罗马文化的重新发现，地理天文领域的新发现，宗教改革及经济发展。答案为C。2.The English Renaissance period was an age of _. A. poetry and drama B. drama and novel C. novel and poetry D. roman

3、ce and poetry（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.解析：解析 常识题。文艺复兴是14世纪至16世纪在欧洲兴起的一场思想文化运动，带来一段科学与艺术的革命时期，揭开了现代欧洲历史的序幕，其中以诗歌和戏剧的发展最为繁荣。答案为A。3._ is a natural means of writing in revealing the princes inner conflict and psychological predicament in Shakespeares Hamlet. A. Dialogue B. Soliloquy C. Dramatic monologue D. Sati

4、re（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.解析：解析 在哈姆雷特中，莎士比亚通过大段独自揭示了王子内心的思想冲突和他所面临的困境。答案为B。4.Miltons literary achievements can be divided into three groups: the early poetic works, the middle _ and the last great poems. A. romances B. dramas C. prose pamphlets D. ballads（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.解析：解析 弥尔顿的文学作品可分为三类：早期的诗作、中期的散文小册子和

5、后期的伟大诗作。答案为C。5.Neoclassicists had some fixed laws and rules for prose except _. A. being precise B. being direct C. being flexible D. being satiric（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.解析：解析 新古典主义者们设定了创作的规矩与条框：散文必须精确、直接、通顺、灵活。而具有讽刺性是对诗歌的要求。答案为D。6._ was written by Defoe and it won him friendship from the king. A. The Sho

6、rtest Way with the Dissenters B. The True born Englishman C. Colonel Jack D. A Journal of the Plague Year（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.解析：解析 Defoe很热衷于政治。他写过许多小册子，都是有关时事政治的。他的成为异教徒的捷径让他身陷囹圄，而一篇地地道道的英国人却又让他成为国王的好朋友。答案为B。7.In his novel, Robinson Crusoe, Defoe eulogizes the hero of the _. A. aristocratic B. enterpri

7、sing landlords C. rising bourgeoisie D. hard-working people（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.解析：解析 笛福在他大部分作品中，都表达了对勤劳、坚强的中产阶级的赞誉，以及对破落不幸的穷苦人的同情。答案为D。8.The best model of satire in the whole English literary history is Jonathan Swifts _. A. A Modest Proposal B. A Tale of a Tub C. Gullivers Travels D. The Battle of the

8、 Books（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.解析：解析 斯威夫特是一位讽刺作品大师，其讽刺笔触极具力度。他的一个温和的建议被认为是英国文学史上一篇完美的范例。答案为A。9.Gullivers Travels contains _ parts, each dealing with one particular voyage during his extraordinary adventures on some remote islands. A. two B. three C. four D. five（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.解析：解析 格列佛游记一书共分4卷，都讲述了格列佛在遇上不

9、幸事件后漂流到遥远的岛国上的特殊历险故事。答案为C。10.Tom Jones, the full title being The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, is generally considered the masterpiece of _. A. John Bunyan B. Daniel Defoe C. Jonathan Swift D. Henry Fielding（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.解析：解析 小说汤姆琼斯的全名是汤姆琼斯，一个弃儿的故事，它被认为是菲尔丁最杰出的作品。答案为D。11.Romanticism is a pe

10、riod of British literature roughly dated from _. A. 16601798 B. 17981832 C. 14831546 D. 18361901（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.解析：解析 英国浪漫主义时期一般认为始于1798年，标志为抒情歌谣集的出版，终于1832年，标志为沃尔特司各特的去世及议会第一个改革提案的通过。答案为B。12.Which of the following is the Gothic novel? A. P.B. Shelleys Prometheus Unbound. B. John Keats Lamia. C. Ma

11、ry Shelleys Frankenstein. D. Jane Austens Pride and Prejudice.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.解析：解析 哥特式小说代表作主要有安拉得克利夫的犹道夫之谜、玛丽雪利的富兰肯斯坦等。答案为C。13.In William Blakes later period, he wrote quite a few prophetic books including the following writings except _. A. The Book of Urizen B. The Book of Los C. Milton D. Marri

12、age of Heaven and Hell（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.解析：解析 在晚年，布莱克还写过许多预言性的书，把自己看成普天下政治与精神自由的预报者，是大革命的发言人。其主要作品有：尤莱森林、洛斯之书和弥尔顿。答案为D。14.Returning to England from Germany in 1799, William Wordsworth and his sister settled at Dove Cottage in Grasmere, Westmoreland. The poet _ as well as _ lived nearby, and the three

13、 became known as the Lake Poets. A. Samuel Taylor Coleridge, George Gordon Byron B. Robert Southey, Coleridge C. John Keats, Robert Southey D. George Gordon Byron, Percy Bysshe Shelley（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.解析：解析 1799年，华兹华斯从德国回到英格兰大湖区。诗人骚塞、科勒律治也居住在同一地域，三人并称为著名的“湖畔诗人”。答案为B。15.According to the subjects, Wil

14、liam Wordsworths short poems can be classified into two groups: poems about _ and poems about human life. A. love B. friendship C. nature D. truth（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.解析：解析 按照主题，华兹华斯的诗可分为两大类：关于自然的诗和关于人类生活的诗。答案为C。16.In his _, Shelley eulogized the powerful west wind and expressed his eagerness to enjoy t

15、he boundless freedom from the reality. A. Prometheus Unbound B. Ode to the West Wind C. Adonais D. In De fence of Poetry（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.解析：解析 在作品西风颂中，雪莱表达了自己对西风的赞颂和对自由的渴望。答案为B。17.Jane Austens main literary concern is about human beings in their _ relationships. Because of this, her novels have a un

16、iversal significance. A. personal B. natural C. satisfied D. emotional（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.解析：解析 简奥斯汀的创作主题总是与个人的生活及人际关系有关，正因为如此，她的作品具有普遍的意义。答案为A。18.Chronologically the Victorian Period roughly coincides with the reign of _ who ruled over England from 1836 to 1901. A. Queen Victoria B. Queen Elizabeth C.

17、 King Henry D. King Edward （分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.解析：解析 从时间上讲，维多利亚文学时期恰好与维多利亚女王1836至1901年执政期相吻合。答案为A。19.Among the famous novelists of the Victorian Period were the critical realists like, _, William Makepeace Thackeray, Charlotte Bront, Emily Bront, Mrs. Gaskell and Anthony Trollope, etc. A. Thomas Hardy

18、B. Charles Dickens C. Robert Browning D. Jane Austen（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.解析：解析 维多利亚时期著名小说家有批判现实主义的狄更斯、萨克雷、布朗蒂姐妹、哥斯凯尔夫人与特罗洛普等人。答案为B。20.Charles Dickens works are characterized by a mingling of _. He seems to believe that life is itself a mixture of joy and grief. A. love and hate B. friendship and lonelin

19、ess C. humor and pathos D. satire and criticism（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.解析：解析 狄更斯的作品有一个特点，是将幽默与哀伤的泪水交汇起来，正如人生就是欢乐与痛苦的结合。答案为C。21.Charlotte Brontes works are all about the struggle of an individual consciousness towards _, about some lonely and neglected young women with a fierce longing for love, understandi

20、ng and a full, happy life. A. self-reliance B. self-realization C. self-esteem D. self-consciousness（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.解析：解析 细节题。夏洛特的作品主题几乎都是个人自觉地为实现自我价值而奋斗，都是有关一些孤独而卑微的少女对爱情、理解与完整幸福的生活的强烈渴求。答案为B。22.Thomas Hardys pessimistic view of life predominated most of his later works and earns him a reputation

21、as a _ writer. A. realistic B. naturalistic C. romantic D. stylistic（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.解析：解析 托马斯哈代的悲观主义笼罩了哈代后期的所有作品，使他成为著名的自然主义作家。答案为B。23.The French _, appearing in the late 19th century, heralded modernism. A. romanticism B. realism C. expressionism D. symbolism（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.解析：解析 19世纪晚期法国的象征主义预示了

22、现代主义的诞生。答案为D。24._ is considered to be the best-known English dramatist since Shakespeare, and his representative works are plays inspired by social criticism. A. Richard Sheridan B. Oliver Goldsmith C. Oscar Wilde D. Bernard Shaw（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.解析：解析 萧伯纳的戏剧创作深受挪威剧作家易b生的影响，坚决主张艺术应当反映迫切的社会问题，反对“为艺术而艺

23、术”。他提出作家的责任不是用虚构的故事去迎合读者的趣味，而是要探索现实，批评现实。他的作品在一定程度上揭露了资本主义社会的伪善和罪恶。萧伯纳被公认为自莎士比亚以后，英国最优秀的戏剧大师。答案为D。25._ is a poem concerned with the spiritual breakup of a modern civilization in which human life has lost its meaning, significance and purpose. A. Ulysses B. The Waste Land C. The Confidential Clerk D.

24、 Dublirwrs（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.解析：解析 荒原一诗的主题是表现现代文明中，人们精神的贫乏与崩溃，人生已失去了意义与月的。答案为B。26._ was one of the first novelists to introduce themes of psychology into his works. He believed that the healthy way of the individuals psychological development lay in the primacy of the sexual impulse. A. T.S. Eliot B.

25、George Eliot C. James Joyce D. .Lawrence（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.解析：解析 劳伦斯是首先将心理透析引人作品的小说家之一，他认为人类心理的健康主要在于性冲动。答案为D。27.The American Romantic Period stretches from the end of the 18th century to the outbreak of the _. A. Civil War B. World War C. Independent War D. World War （分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.解析：解析 美国文学的浪漫主义时

26、期开始于18世纪末，到内战爆发为止。答案为A。28.Walt Whitman, whose _ established him as the most popular American poet of the 19th century. A. Leaves of Grass B. Song of Myself C. Drum Taps D. Cavalry Crossing a Ford（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.解析：解析 惠特曼的草叶集让他成为了19世纪摹国最受欢迎的诗人。答案为A。29._ tells a simple but very moving story in which

27、four people living in a Puritan community are involved in and affected by the sin of adultery in different ways. A. Young Goodman Brown B. Moby-Dick C. The Scarlet Letter D. Daisy Miller（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.解析：解析 红字是霍桑的代表作，讲述的是4个生活在清教社区的人以不同的方式犯有通奸罪的故事，情节简单，但故事感人。答案为C。30.Melville is best-known as the au

28、thor of one book named _ which is one of the worlds greatest masterpieces. A. Redburn B. Moby-Dick C. Pierre D. White Jacket（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.解析：解析 麦尔维尔因他的世界文学名著白鲸而闻名于世。答案为B。31.Samuel Langhorne Clemens is better known by the pen name _. A. Mark Twain B. Henry James C. William Faulkner D. Theodore Dreiser（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.解析：解析 马克吐温是萨缪尔朗荷恩克莱门斯的笔名。答案为A。32._ was the first American writer to concei