全国自考英美文学选读试题及答案解析.docx

1、全国自考英美文学选读试题及答案解析%全国自考2018年7月英美文学选读试题课程代码：00604请将答案填在答题纸相应的位置上(全部题目用英文作答)PART ONE(40 POINTS)I. Multiple Choice (40 points in all，1 for each) Select from the four choices of each item the one that best answers the question or completes the statement. Write your answers on the Answer Sheet. 1. Of all

2、the eighteenthcentury British novelists _ was the first to set out，both in theory and practice，to write specially a “comic epic in prose”，the first to give the modern novel its structure and style. A. Thomas Gray B. Richard Brinsley Sheridan: C. Jonathan Swift D. Henry Fielding2. The poem “Elegy Wri

3、tten in a Country Churchyard” established _ as the leader of the sentimental poetry of the day，especially “the Graveyard School”. A. Thomas Gray B. Samuel Johnson C. John Bunyan D. John Milton3. “Do you think, because I am poor，obscure，plain，and little，I am soulless and heartless. And if God had gif

4、ted me with some beauty，and much wealth，I should have made it as hard for you to leave me. as it is now for me to leave you. ”The quoted part is taken from _. A. Great Expectations B. Wuthering HeightsC. Jane Eyre D. Pride and Prejudice4. The most famous dramatists in the Renaissance England are all

5、 the following EXCEPT _.:A. Francis Bacon B. Christopher Marlowe C. William Shakespeare D. BenJonson5. George Bernard Shaws play Mrs. Warrens Profession is about_. A. slum landlordism B. the economic oppression of womenC. the political corruption in England D. the religious corruption in England6. A

6、ll of the following statements can correctly describe the Enlightenment Movement EXCEPT _. A. The movement flourished in France. B. The movement was a furtherance of the Renaissance. C. The purpose of the movement was to enlighten the whole world. D. The purpose of the movement was to enhance the re

7、ligious education. 7. Among the three major poetical works by John Milton _ is the most perfect example of the verse drama after the Greek style in English. A. Samson Agonistes B. Paradise Lost C. Paradise Regained D. Areopagitica8. The major British Romantic poets Blake，Wordsworth，Coleridge，Byron，S

8、helley and Keats started a rebellion against the neoclassical literature，which was later regarded as _.A. the poetic romance B. the poetic movementC. the poetic revolution D. the poetic reformation）9. Jane Austens main literary concern is about _. A. human beings in their personal relationships B. t

9、he love story between the rich and the poorC. maturity achieved through the loss of illusionsD. the daily country life of the upper-middle-class English10. Among the following British Romantic poets _ is regarded as a “worshipper of nature”. A. William Blake B. William WordsworthC. George Gordon Byr

10、on D. John Keats-11. Jonathan Swifts greatest satiric work is _.A. A Tale of a Tub B. The Battle of BooksC. Gullivers Travels D. “A Modest Proposal12. Among the following writers _ is considered to be the best known English dramatist since Shakespeare. A. Oscar Wilde B. John GalsworthyC. W. B. Yeats

11、 D. George Bernard Shaw13. As a representative of the Enlightenment，_ was one of the first to introduce rationalism to England. A. Francis Bacon B. Alexander PopeC. Thomas Gray D. T. S. Eliot14. All of the following poets are regarded as “Lake Poets” EXCEPT _. A. Samuel Taylor Coleridge B. Robert So

12、utheyC. William Wordsworth D. William Blake15. “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” The quoted lines are taken from _. A. King Lear B. Romeo

13、and JulietC. Othello D. Hamlet16. Daniel Defoe describes _ as a typical English middle class man of the eighteenth century，the very prototype of the empire builder，the pioneer colonistA. Robinson Crusoe B. Moll FlandersC. Gulliver D. Tom Jones17. The declaration that “I know that This World is a Wor

14、ld of IMAGINATION & Vision，” and that “The Nature of my work is visionary or imaginative belongs to _.A. William Blake B. William WordsworthC. Samuel Taylor Coleridge DGeorge Gordon Byron18. Although writing from different points of view and with different techniques，writers in the Victorian Period

15、shared one thing in common，that is，they were all concerned about _A. the fate of the upper classB. the reformation of the government!C. the fate of the common peopleD. the future of their family clans19. “If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind The quoted line comes from _.A. Shelleys “Ode to the West Wind B. Walt Whitmans Leaves of GrassC. John Miltons Paradise Lost DJohn Keats “Ode on a Grecian Urn”20. Among the following figures _ is Dickens first child hero.ALi