全国高等教育自学考试英美文学选读试题.docx

1、全国高等教育自学考试英美文学选读试题全国2008年4月高等教育自学考试英美文学选读试题 I. Multiple Choice （ 40 points in all, 1for each ）Select from the four choices of each item the one that best answer the question or completes the statement. Write the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.1 The Renaissance is actually a movement stimul

2、ated by a series of historical eventsEXCEPT_.A the rediscovery of ancient Roman and Greek cultureB the vast expansion of British colonies in North AmericaC the new discoveries in geography and astrologyD the religious reformation and the economic expansion2 Henry Fielding has been regarded by some a

3、s “_”,for his contribution to the establishment of the form of the modern novel.A Father of the English Novel B Father of the English PoetryC Father of the English Drama D Father of the English Short Story3 T S Eliots most important single poem _has been hailed as a landmark and a model of the 20th-

4、century English poetry.A The Hollow Man B The Waste LandC Murder in the Cathedral D Ash Wednesday4 George Bernard Shaws play _ established his position as the leading play-wright of his time.A Widowers Houses B Too True to Be GoodC Mrs. Warrens Profession D Candida5 William Blakes central concern in

5、 the Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experienceis_, which gives the two books a strong social and historical reference.A youthhood B ChildhoodC happiness D sorrow6 All of the following works are known as Hardys “novels of character and environment”EXCETP_.A The Return of the Native B Tess of the DUr

6、bervillesC Jude the Obscure D Far from the Madding Crowd7 Among the works by Charles Dickens _ presents his criticism of the Utilitarian principle that rules over the English education system and destroys young hearts and minds.A Bleak House B Pickwick PaperC Great Expectations D Hard Times8 The mos

7、t distinguishing feature of Charles Dickens works is his _.A simple vocabulary B bitter and sharp criticismC character-portrayal D pictures of happiness9 Among the following writers _ created the verse novel by adopting the novelistic presentation of characters.A Robert Browning B Matthew ArnoldC Al

8、fred Tennyson D Edward Fitzgerald10 “It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good for-tune, must be in want of a wife.” The quoted part is taken from _.A Jane Eyre B Wuthering HeightsC Pride and Prejudice D Sense and Sensibility11 Because of her sensitivity to un

9、iversal patterns of human behavior, _ has brought the English novel ,as an art of form, to its maturity.A Charlotte Bront B Jane AustenC Emily Bront D Ann Radcliffe12 Shelleys greatest achievement is his four-act poetic drama _, which is an exultant work in praise of humankinds potential.A Adonais B

10、 Queen MabC Prometheus Unbound D A Defence of Poetry13 The assertion that poetry originates from “emotion recollected in tranquility” belongs to _.A William Wordsworth B Samuel Taylor ColeridgeC Robert Southey D William Blake14 All of the following poems by William Wordsworth are masterpieces on nat

11、ure EXCEPT_.A “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud” B “An Evening Walk”C “Tintern Abbey” D “The Solitary Reaper”15 All of the following are stream of- consciousness novels EXCEPT_.A Pilgrimage B UlyssesC Mrs. Dalloway D Tess of the D Urbervilles16 Shakespeares four greatest tragedies are _.A Romeo and Juli

12、et, Othello, King Lear, Hamlet B Hamlet, Othello, Macbeth, The Merchant of VeniceC Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, MacbethD Romeo and Juliet, The Merchant of Venice , Othello, Hamlet17 As one of the greatest masters of English prose, _ defined a good style as “proper words in proper places”.A Henry Fiel

13、ding B Jonathan SwiftC Samuel Johnson D Alexander Pope18 All of the following novels by Daniel Defoe are the first literary works devoted to the study of problems of the lower-class people EXCEPT _.A Robinson Crusoe B Captain SingletonC Moll Flanders D Colonel Jack19 Among the three major works by J

14、ohn Milton _ is indeed the only generally acknowledged epic in English literature since Beowulf.A Paradise Regained B Samson AgonistesC Lycidas D Paradise Lost20 English Romanticism, as a historical phase of literature, is generally said to have ended in 1832 with _.A the passage of the first Reform

15、 Bill in the Parliament B the publication of Wordsworth and Coleridges Lyrical BalladsC the publication of T S Eliots The waste LandD the passage of the Bill of Rights in the Parliament21 Contrary to the traditional romance of aristocrats, the modern English novel gives a realistic presentation of l

16、ife of _.A the common English people B the upper classC the rising bourgeoisie D the enterprising landlords22 The major concern of _ fiction lies in the tracing of the psychological development of his characters and in his energetic criticism of the dehumanizing effect of the capitalist industrializ

17、ation on human nature.A John Galsworthys B Thomas HardysC D H Lawrences D Charles Dickens23 The Nobel Prize Committee highly praised _ for “his powerful style-forming mastery of the art” of creating modern fiction.A Ezra Pound B Ernest HemingwayC Robert Frost D Theodore Dreiser24 In 1950,_ was award

18、ed the Nobel Prize for the anti-racist Intruder in the Dust.A William Faulkner B Robert FrostC Ezra Pound D Ernest Hemingway25 Herman Melville wrote his semi-autobiographical novel _ concerning the sufferings of a genteel youth among brutal sailors.A Typee B RedburnC Moby-Dick Mardi26 The Adventures

19、 of Tom Sawyer and, especially, its sequence _ proved themselves to be the milestone in the American literature.A The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn B Life on the MississippiC The Gilded Age D Roughing It27 The Portrait of A Lady is generally considered to be _ masterpiece, which describes the life

20、journey of an American _ in a European cultural environment.A Henry Adams widow B William James girlC Henry James girl D Theodore Dreisers widow28 Hawthorne intended to _ in The Scarlet Letter.A tell a story of parental love B tell a story of sin and bloody violenceC call the readers back to the pla

21、ntation way of living D reveal the human psyche after they sinned29 “The dignity of movement of an iceberg is due to only one-eighth of it being above water.” This “iceberg” analogy is put forward by _.A Mark Twain B Ezra PoundC William Faulkner D Ernest Hemingway30 In many of Hawthorne s stories an

22、d novels, the Puritan concept of life is condemned, or the Puritan past is shown in an almost totally negative light, especially in his _ and The Scarlet Letter.A Twice-Told Tales B The Blithedale RomanceC The Marble Faun D The House of the Seven Gables31 The white whale, Moby Dick, symbolizes _ for

23、 Melville, for it is complex, unfathomable, malignant, and beautiful as well.A society B natureC ocean animals D both A and C32 After the American Civil War, the literary interest in the so-called “reality” of life started a new period in the American literary writings know an the Age of _.A Realism

24、 B Reason and RevolutionC Romanticism D Modernism33 H L Mencken considered _ “the true father of our national literature”.A Bret Harte B Mark TwainC Washington Irving D Walt Whitman34 Altogether, Emily Dickinson wrote 1775 poems, of which only _ had appeared during her lifetime.A three B fiveC seven

25、 D nine35 The _ Age of the 1920s characterized by frivolity and carelessness is brought vividly to life in The Great Gatsby.A Lost B JazzC Reason D Gilded36 Robert Frost is generally considered a regional poet whose subject matters mainly focus on the landscape and people in _.A the west B the south

26、C Alaska D New England37 As _ saw it, poetry could play a vital part in the process of creating a new nation. It could enable Americans to celebrate their release from the Old World and the colonial rule.A Wordsworth Longfellow B William BryantC Walt Whitman D Robert Frost38 Walt Whitman is a poet w

27、ith a strong sense of mission, having devoted all his life to the creation of the “single” poem, _.A The Love Song of J Alfred Prufrock B The Waste LandC Murder in the Cathedral D Leaves of Grass39 Realism was a reaction against Romanticism and paved the way to _.A Modernism B ScientismC Post-Modern

28、ism D Feminism40 Mark Twain employed an unpretentious style of _ in his novels which is best described as “vernacular”.A standard English B Afro-American EnglishC colloquialism D urbanismII Reading Comprehension （ 16 points in all,4 for each ）Read the quoted parts carefully and answer the questions

29、in English. Write your answers in the corresponding space on the Answer Sheet.41 “Shall I compare thee to a summers day?Thou art more lovely and more temperate:Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,And summers lease hath all too short a date:”Questions:A Identify the poet and the poem from wh

30、ich the quoted lines are taken.B Name the figure of speech employed in the poem.C What is the theme of the poem?42 “Do you think, because I am poor, obscure, plain, and little, I am soulless and heartless? You think wrong! And if God had gifted me with some beauty, and much wealth, I should have made it as hard for you to leave