高等英语自学考试英美文学04真题试题及答案.docx

1、高等英语自学考试英美文学04真题试题及答案2004年4月高等教育自学考试全国统一命题考试英美文学选读试题（课程代码0604）全部题目用英文作答，并将答案写在答题纸相应位置上，否则不计分。PART ONE （40 POINTS）.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 correct answer on th

2、e answer sheet.1.“And we will sit upon the rocks, /Seeing the shepherds feed their flocks,/By shallow rivers to whose falls/Melodious birds sing madrigals.” The above lines are taken from _.A. Miltons Paradise Lost B. Marlowes “The Passionate shepherd to His Love”C. Shakespeares “Sonnet 18” D. John

3、Donnes “The Sun Rising” 2.The English Renaissance period was an age of _ .A. poetry and drama B. drama and novelC. novel and poetry D. romance and poetry3.Here are four lines taken from Edmund Spensers The Faerie Queene: “But on his brest a bloudie Crosse he bore,/The deare remembrance of his dying

4、Lord,/For whose sweete sake that glorious badge he wore,/And dead as living ever him adored.” Who is the “dying Lord” discussed in the above lines? A. Beowulf B. King Arthur C. Jesus Christ D. Jupiter4.In Shakespeares Merchant of Venice, Antonio could not pay back the money he borrowed from Shylock,

5、 because _.A. his money was all invested in the newly-emerging textile industry B. his enterprise went bankruptC. Bassanio was able to pay his own debt D. his ships had all been lost5. Which of the following statements best illustrates the theme of Shakespeares Sonnet 18?A. The speaker eulogizes the

6、 power of Nature. B. The speaker satirizes human vanity.C. The speaker praises the power of artistic creation.D. The speaker meditates on mans salvation.6. In English poetry, a four-line stanza is called _.A. heroic couplet B. quatrain C. Spenserian stanza D. terza rima 7. “Let not Ambition mock the

7、ir useful toil,/Their homely joys, and destiny obscure;/Nor Grandeur hear with a disdainful smile /The short and simple annals of the poor.” The above lines are taken from .A. Alexander Popes Essay on Criticism B. Coleridges “Kubla Khan”C. John Donnes “The Sun Rising” D. Thomas Grays “Elegy Written

8、in a Country Churchyard” 8. By making the truth-seeking pilgrims suffer at the hands of the people of Vanity Fair, John Bunyan intends to show the prevalent political and religious _of his time.A. persecution B. improvement C. prosperity D. disillusionment9. The 18th century witnessed a new literary

9、 formthe modern English novel, which, contrary to the medieval romance, gives a _ presentation of life of the common people.A. romantic B. realistic C. prophetic D. idealistic10. As a whole, _is one of the most effective and devastating criticisms and satires of all aspects in the then English and E

10、uropean life socially, politically, religiously, philosophically, scientifically, and morally.A. Moll Flanders B. Gullivers Travels C. Pilgrims Progress D. The School for Scandal11. An honest, kind-hearted young man, who is full of animal spirit and lacks prudence, is expelled from the paradise and

11、has to go through hard experience to gain knowledge of himself and finally to have been accepted both by a virtuous lady and a rich relative . The above sentence may well sum up the theme of Fieldings work .A. Jonathan Wild the Great B. Tom JonesC. The Coffe-House Politician D. Amelia12. In Sheridan

12、s The School for scandal, the man who wins the hand of his beloved as well as the inheritance of his rich uncle is _ .A. Charles Surface B. Joseph SurfaceC. Sir Peter Teazle D. Sir Benjamin Backbite13. Which of the following works best represents the national spirit of the 18th-century England?A. Ro

13、binson Crusoe B. Gullivers TravelsC. Jonathan Wild the Great D. A Sentimental Journey14. Shelleys masterpiece, Prometheus Unbound, is a verse drama, which borrows the basic story from _ .A. the Bible B. a German legendC. a Greek play D. One Thousand and One Nights 15. In the first part of the novel

14、Pride and prejudice, Mr. Darcy has a (n) _ of the Bennet family .A. high opinion B. great admirationC. low opinion D. erroneous view 16. In Byrons poem “Song for the Luddites,” the word “Luddite” refers to the _ .A. workers who destroyed the machines in their protest against unemploymentB. rising bo

15、urgeoisie who fights against the aristocratic class C. descendents of the ancient king ,LudD. poor country people who suffered under the rule of the landlord class17. Mr. Micawber in David Copperfield and Sam Well in Pickwick Papers are perhaps the best _ characters created by Charles Dickens.A. com

16、ic B.tragic C. round D.sophisticated18. A typical feature of the English Victorian literature is that writers became social and moral _ , exposing all kinds of social evils.A. revolutionaries B. idealists C. critics D. defenders19. “Is it not sufficient for your infernal selfishness, that while you

17、are at peace I shall writhe in the torments of hell?”(Heathcliff uttered the sentence in the death scene of Catherine from Chapter XV of Wuthering Heights.) The word “hell” at the end of the quoted sentence refers to _ .A. Heaven B. Hades C. the next world D. this world 20. A typical Forsyte, accord

18、ing to John Galsworthy, is a man with a strong sense of _ ,who never pays any attention to human feelings.A. justice B. humor C. morality D. property21. “He was silent with conceit of his son. Mrs. Morel sniffed, as if it were nothing.”(Sons and Lovers by D.H.Lawrence)From the above quotation, we ca

19、n see that Mrs. Morels attitude to her husband is _ .A. sincerely warm B. genuinely kind C. seemingly angry D. merely contemptuous22. A boy makes a quest of his idealized childish love through painful experience up to the point of losing his innocence and coming to see the drabness and harshness of

20、the adult world.The above sentence may well sum up the major theme of _.A. Eliots poem The love Song of J. Alfred PrufrockB. Bernard shaws play Mrs. Warrens ProfessionC. Joyces story ArabyD. Lawrences story The Horse Dealers Daughter23. Linguistically, compared with the writings of Mark Twain, Henry

21、 Jamess fiction is noted for his _.A. frontier vernacular B. rich colloquialismC. vulgarly descriptive words D. refined elegant language24. Which of the following statements about Washington Irving is NOT true?A. Literary imagination should breed in a land rich in the past culture.B. He is preoccupi

22、ed with the Calvinistic view of original sin and the mystery of evil.C. His stories are among the best of the American literature.D. Some of his works are based on the materials of the European legendary tales.25. Which of the following is NOT one of the main ideas advocated by Emerson, the chief sp

23、okesman of New England Transcendentalism?A. As an individual, man is divine and can develop and improve himself infinitely.B. Nature exercises a healthy and restorative influence on human beings.C. There exists an emotional communication between an individual soul and the universal “Oversoul.”D. Evi

24、l and sin are ever present in human heart and will pass on from one generation to another.”26. Whitmans poems are characterized by all the following features EXCEPT _ .A. the strict poetic form B. the free and natural rhythmC. the easy flow of feelings D. the simple and conversational language27. “T

25、hen all collapsed, and the great shroud of the sea rolled on as it rolled five thousand years ago.” In the quoted sentence, the author might imply that _.A. nothing changes in the 5000 years of human historyB. mans desire to conquer nature can only end in his own destructionC. nature is evil as it w

26、as 5000 years agoD. nature has the ultimate creative power28. “Standing on the bare ground,my head bathed by the blithe air, and uplifted into infinite space ,all mean egotism vanishes. I become a transparent eye-ball. I am nothing. I see all. The currents of the Universal Being circulate through me

27、; I am part or particle of God.”The above passage is taken from _.A. Stowes Uncle Toms Cabin B. Coopers “Leatherstocking Tales”C. Emersons “Nature” D. Dreisers Sister Carrie29. Which of the following works best illustrates the Calvinistic view of original sin?A. Stowes Uncle Tons Cabin B. Jamess The

28、 Portrait of a Lady.C. Hemingways A Farewell to Arms D. Hawthornes The Scarlet Letter.30. Beside symbolism, all the following qualities EXCEPT _are fused to make Melvilles Moby-Dick a world classic.A. narrative power B. psychological analysisC. speculative agility D. optimistic view of life31. In al

29、l his novels Theodore Dreiser sets himself to project the _ American values. For example, in Sister Carrie, there is not one character whose status is not determined economically.A. Puritan B. materialisticC. psychological D. religious32. In Daisy Miller, Henry James reveals Daisys _ by showing her

30、relatively unreserved manners.A. hypocrisy B. cold and indifferenceC. grace and patience D. Americanness33. The raft with which Huck and Jim make their voyage down the Mississippi River may symbolize all the following EXCEPT _.A. a return to nature B. an escape from evils, injustices, and corruption

31、 of the civilized societyC. the American society in the early 19th centuryD. a small world where people of different colors can live friendly and happily 34. Emily Grierson, the protagonist in Faulkners story “A Rose for Emily,” can be regarded as a symbol for all the following qualities EXCEPT_.A. old values B.