高自考英美文学选读试题.docx

1、高自考英美文学选读试题2012年4月高自考英美文学选读试题答题说明：本试卷分试卷和答题纸两部分，考生用蓝、黑圆珠笔或钢笔在答题纸上作答，将答案写在试卷上无效。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. Mark your choice by blackening the correspondin

2、g letter A , B , C or D on the answer sheet.1. Antonio, Bassanio and Portia are the characters in_.A. The Merchant of Venis B. Much Ado About Nothing C. Twelfth Night D.A Midsummer Nights Dream2. John Milton wrote _to expose the ways Satan and to “justify the ways of God to men.” A. Paradise Regaine

3、d B. Paradise Lost C. Samson Agonistes D. Areopagitica3. The work _written by Daniel Defoe Brought him into jail and made him go through public pillory.A. The Shortest Way with the Dissenters B. The Trueborn EnglishmanC. Robinson Crusoe D. A Journal of the Plague Year4. In the first part of Gulliver

4、s Travels, Gulliver told his experience in _. A. Brobdingnag B. Lilliput C. Flying Island D. Houyhnhnm5. For his contribution to the establishment of the form of the modern novel, _has been regarded by some as “Father of the English Novel”.A. Daniel Defoe B. Jonathan SwiftC. Henry Fielding D. Charle

5、s Dickens6. William Blakes _ was composed during the climax of the French Revolution and it plays the double role both as a satire and a revolutionary prophecy. A. Songs of Experience B. Songs of Innocence C. Marriage of Heaven and Hell D. Poetical Sketches7._ maintained that the scenes and events o

6、f everyday life and the speech of ordinary people were the raw material of which poetry could and should be made. A. William Blake B. William Wordsworth C. T. S. Eliot D. William Shakespeare8. Prometheus, the hero in Shellys poetic drama Prometheus Unbound, is a figure in _.A. The Bible B. Greek Myt

7、hologyC. A German Legend D. Arabian Nights9. Jane Austens first novel is _.A. Pride and Prejudice B. Sense and SensibilityC. Emma D. persuasion10. All the following statements are true of Dickens later work EXCEPT_.A. There are fewer jokes and the comedy becomes harsher.B. There is always a happy en

8、ding.C. The novels are of great compactness and concentration.D. Most of the works present a criticism of the more complicated and yet most fundamental social institutions and moral of Victorian England.11. Charlotte Brontes most autobiographical work, _ is largely based on her experience in Brussel

9、s. A. Jane Eyre B. Shirley C. Villette D. The Professor12. All of the following novels by Thomas Hardy reveal the conflict between the traditional and the modern EXCEPT _. A. The Mayor of Casterbridge B. Tess of the D Urbervilles C. Jude of Obscur D. Under the Greenwood Tree13. Much of Shavian drama

10、 is constructed around the _ of a conventional theatrical situation. A. tradition B. inversion C. Bordering D. distortion14. As an important prose writer, in his famous essay, Traditional and Individual Talent, Eliot put great emphasis on the importance of _ both in creative writing and in criticism

11、. A. change B .creativity C. ethic D. Tradition15. D. H. Lawrences novel _ is a remarkable novel in which the individual consciousness is subtly revealed and strands of themes are intricately wound up. A. Sons and Lovers B. The Rainbow C. Women in Love D. Lady Chatterleys Lover16. All of the followi

12、ng plays are among Shakespeares four greated tragedies EXCEPT _.A. Hamlet B. MacbethC. Romio and Juliet D. Othello17. The work _ shows how mankind, in the person of Christ, withstands the tempers and is established once more in the divine favor.A. Paradise Regained B. Paradise LostC. Samson Agoniste

13、s D. Areopagitica18. As one of the greatest masters of English prose, _ defined a good style as “proper words in proper places.”A .Henry Fielding B. Jonathan SwiftC. Daniel Defoe D. William Blake19. Dickens best depicted characters are those innocent, virtuous, persecuted and helpless _. A. child ch

14、aracters B. females C. Laborors D. Farmers20. The author of the work The Return of the Native is _. A. Thomas Hardy B. D. H. Lawrence C. Charles Dickens D. George Bernard Shaw21. “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”, Eliots most striking early achievement, presents the meditation of an aging young

15、man over the business of _. A. proposing marriage B. pursuing the truthC. losing idealism D. making a choice22. D. H. Lawrences two novels, _ and Women in Love, are generally regarded as his masterpieces.A. Sons and Lovers B. The RainbowC. Kangaroo D. Lady Chatterleys Lover23. Hemingways To Have and

16、 Have Not is one of many to show his characteristics pattern of _ struggling against nature and the environment. A. a military army B. a vulnerable group C. a human society D. a lonely individual24. According to Hawthorne, there is evil in every human heart, which may remain latent, perhaps, through

17、 the whole life; but _ may rouse it to activity. A. music B. CircumstancesC. memory D. love25. _ is bestknown as the author of his mighty book, MobyDick, which is one of the worlds greatest masterpieces.A. Herman Melville B. Mark TwainC. Ernest Hemingway D. Virginia Woolf26. Walt Whitman is a poet w

18、ith a strong sense of mission, having devoted all his life to the creation of the “single” poem, _.A. Innocent Abroad B. The Lost ParadiseC. Leaves of Grass D. The Waste Land27. While Mark Twain and Howells seemed to have paid more attention to the “life” of the Americans, Henry James had apparently

19、 laid a greater emphasis on the “_” of man.A. outer world B. inner worldC. physical world D. domestic world28. Greatly and permanently affected by the _, Hemingway formed his own writing style, together with his theme and hero.A. war experiences B. love experiences C. marriage D. education29. Emily

20、Dickinsons poetry is unique and _ in its own way. For example, her poems have no titles.A. traditional B. unconventionalC. ordinary D. unbelievable30. Theodore Dreiser entitled his greatest work with _ intending to tell us that it is the social pressure that makes Clydes downfall inevitable.A. Death

21、 in the Woods B. Tender Is the NightC. The Sound and the Fury D. An American Tragedy31. Robert Lee Frosts _ won him the first Pulitzer Prizes, which includes”Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening.”A. North Boston B. “The Gift Outright”C. New Hampshire D. A Boys Will32. Fitzgerald is a great _ in Amer

22、ican literature and his style is closely related to his themes.A. poet B. critic C. essayist D. stylist33. It is Henry James novels and his _ that make him a fascinating case in the American literary history and a conspicuous figure in world literature.A. literary essays B. travel accountsC. poems D

23、. plays34. The major concern of Faulkners _ is primarily about the South as a state of mind.A. The Sun Also Rises B. Light in August C. The Fable D. The Mansion35. Compelled by an unceasing interest in the “interior of the heart” of mans being, Hawthorne discusses _ in almost every book he wrote.A.

24、love and hatred B. sin and evilC. frustration and selfdenial D. balance and selfdiscipline36. The purpose of Melvilles fictional tales, exotic or philosophical, is to penetrate as deeply as possible into the metaphysical, theological, moral, psychological, and social truths of _.A. human existence B. politicsC. religion D. arts37. According to Whitman, poetry could enable Americans to celebrate their release from the Old World and the _ rule.A. academic