全国英美文学选读试题及答案.docx

1、全国英美文学选读试题及答案全国2005年4月高等教育自学考试英美文学选读试题课程代码：00604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)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 choice on the answer sheet.1.The

2、 most significant idea of the Renaissance is（）.A. humanism B. realismC. naturalism D. skepticism2.Shakespeares tragedies include all the following except（）.A. Hamlet and King LearB. Antony and Cleopatra and MacbethC. Julius Caesar and OthelloD. The Merchant of Venice and A Midsummer Nights Dream3.Th

3、e statement “Studies serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability”opens one of well-known essays by（）.A. Francis Bacon B. Samuel JohnsonC. Alexander Pope D. Jonathan Swift4.In Hardys Wessex novels, there is an apparent（）touch in his description of the simple though primitive rural life.A. nostal

4、gic B. humorousC. romantic D. ironic5.Backbite, Sneerwell, and Lady Teazle are characters in the play The School for Scandal by（）.A. Christopher Marlowe B. Ben JonsonC. Richard Brinsley Sheridan D. George Bernard Shaw6.Of all the 18th century novelists Henry Fielding was the first to set out, both i

5、n theory and practice, to write specifically a“（）in prose,”the first to give the modern novel its structure and style.A. tragic epic B. comic epicC. romance D. lyric epic7.In his poem “Tyger, Tyger,”William Blake expresses his perception of the“fearful symmetry”of the big cat. The phrase“fearful sym

6、metry”suggests（）.A. the tigers two eyes which are dazzlingly bright and symmetrically setB. the poets fear of the predatorC. the analogy of the hammer and the anvilD. the harmony of the two opposite aspects of Gods creation8.“What is his name?”“Bingley.”“Is he married or single?”“Oh! Single, my dear

7、, to be sure! A single man of large fortune; four or five thousand a year. What a fine thing for our girls!”The above dialogue must be taken from（）.A. Jane Austens Pride and PrejudiceB. Emily Brontes Wuthering HeightsC. John Galsworthys The Forsyte SagaD. George Eliots Middlemarch9.The short story“A

8、raby”is one of the stories in James Joyces collection（）.A. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young ManB. UlyssesC. Finnegans WakeD. Dubliners10.William Wordsworth, a romantic poet, advocated all the following except（）.A. the using of everyday language spoken by the common people B. the expression of the

9、 spontaneous overflow of powerful feelingsC. the humble and rustic life as subject matterD. elegant wording and inflated figures of speech11.Here are two lines taken from The Merchant of Venice:“Not on thy sole, but on thy soul, harsh Jew/Thou makst thy knife keen.”What kind of figurative device is

10、used in the above lines?（）A. Simile. B. Metonymy.C. Pun. D. Synecdoche.12.“If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?”is an epigrammatic line by（）.A. J. Keats B. W. BlakeC. W. Wordsworth D. P. B. Shelley13.The poems such as“The Chimney Sweeper”are found in both Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experi

11、ence by（）.A. William Wordsworth B. William BlakeC. John Keats D. Lord Gordon Byron14.John Bunyans Pilgrims Progress is often regarded as a typical example of（）.A. allegory B. romanceC. epic in prose D. fable15.Alexander Pope strongly advocated neoclassicism, emphasizing that literary works should be

12、 judged by（）rules of order, reason, logic, restrained emotion, good taste and decorum.A. classical B. romanticC. sentimental D. allegorical16.In his essay“Of Studies,”Bacon said:“Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and（）.”A. skimmed B. perfectedC. imitated

13、D. digested17.“For I have known them all already, known them all/Have known the evenings, mornings, afternoons,/I have measured out my life with coffee spoons.”The above lines are taken from（）.A. Wordsworths “The Solitary Reaper”B. Eliots“The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”C. Coleridges“Kubla Khan”

14、D. Yeatss“The Lake Isle of Innisfree”18.(The)（）was a progressive intellectual movement throughout Western Europe in the 18th century.A. Romanticism B. HumanismC. Enlightenment D. Sentimentalism19.A typical Forsyte, according to John Galsworthy, is a man with a strong sense of（）, who never pays any a

15、ttention to human feelings.A. morality B. justiceC. property D. humor20.The typical feature of Robert Brownings poetry is the （）.A. bitter satire B. larger-than-life caricatureC. Latinized diction D. dramatic monologue21.George Bernard Shaws play, Mrs. Warrens Profession is a grotesquely realistic e

16、xposure of the（）.A. slum landlordism B. political corruption in EnglandC. economic oppression of women D. religious corruption in England22.The story starting with the marriage of Pauls parents Walter Morel and Mrs. Morel must be （）.A. Thomas Hardys Tess of the DUrbervillesB. D. H. Lawrences Sons an

17、d LoversC. George Eliots MiddlemarchD. Charlotte Brontes Jane Eyre23.In American literature the first important writer who earned an international fame on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean is（）.A. Washington IrvingB. Ralph Waldo EmersonC. Nathaniel HawthorneD. Walt Whitman24.The American novelist Nat

18、haniel Hawthorne is known for his“black vision.”The term“black vision”refers to（）.A. Hawthornes observation that every man faces a black wallB. Hawthornes belief that all men are by nature evilC. that Hawthorne employed a dream vision to tell his storyD. that Puritans of Hawthornes time usually wore

19、 black clothes25.Theodore Dreiser was once criticized for his（）in style, but as a true artist his strength just lies in that his style is very serious and well calculated to achieve the thematic ends he sought.A. crudeness B. eleganceC. conciseness D. subtlety26.“He is the last of the romantic heroe

20、s, whose energy and sense of commitment take him in search of his personal Grail; his failure magnifies to a great extent the end of the American Dream.”The character referred to in the passage is most likely the protagonist of（）.A. Fitzgeralds The Great GatsbyB. Dreisers An American TragedyC. Hemin

21、gways For Whom the Bell TollsD. Twains The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn27.Almost all Faulkners heroes turned out to be tragic because（）.A. all enjoyed living in the declining American SouthB. none of them was conditioned by the civilization and social institutionsC. most of them were prisoners of

22、the pastD. none were successful in their attempt to explain the inexplicable28.Yank, the protagonist of Eugene ONeills play The Hairy Ape, talked to the gorilla and set it free because（）.A. he was mad, mistaking a beast for a humanB. he was told by the white young lady that he was like a beast and h

23、e wanted to see how closely he resembled the gorillaC. he was caged with the gorilla after he insulted an aristocratic strollerD. he could feel the kinship only with the beast29.In（）, Robert Frost compares life to a journey, and he is doubtful whether he will regret his choice or not when he is old,

24、 because the choice has made all the difference.A. “After Apple-Picking”B. “The Road Not Taken”C. “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening”D. “Fire and Ice”30.Though Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson were romantic poets in theme and technique, they differ from each other in a variety of ways. For one th

25、ing, whereas Whitman likes to keep his eye on human society at large, Dickinson often addresses such issues as（）, immortality, religion, love and nature.A. progress B. freedomC. beauty D. death31.The Romantic Writers would focus on all the following issues EXCEPT the（）in the American literary histor

26、y.A. individual feeling B. survival of the fittestC. strong imagination D. return to nature32.Generally speaking, all those writers with a naturalistic approach to human reality tend to be（）.A. transcendentalists B. optimistsC. pessimists D. idealists33.With Howells, James, and Mark Twain active on

27、the literary scene,（）became the major trend in American literature in the seventies and eighties of the 19th century.A. Sentimentalism B. RomanticismC. Realism D. Naturalism34.American writers after World War I self-consciously acknowledged that they were(a)“（）,”devoid of faith and alienated from th

28、e Western civilization.A. Lost Generation B. Beat GenerationC. Sons of Liberty D. Angry Young Men35.In（）, Washington Irving agrees with the protagonist on his preference of the past to the present, and of a dream-like world to the real world.A. “Young Goodman Brown” B.“Rip Van Winkle”C. “Rappaccinis

29、 Daughter” D.“Bartleby, the Scrivener”36.Hester Prynne, Dimmesdale, Chillingworth and Pearl are most likely characters in（）.A. The House of the Seven Gables B. The Scarlet LetterC. The Portrait of a Lady D. The Pioneers37.Like Nathaniel Hawthorne,（）also manages to achieve the effect of ambiguity thr

30、ough symbolism and allegory in his narratives.A. Mark Twain B. Henry JamesC. R. W. Emerson D. Herman Melville38.In his realistic fiction, Henry Jamess primary concern is to present the（）.A. inner life of human beings B. American Civil War and its effectsC. life on the Mississippi River D. Calvinistic view of original sin39.Which of the following is NOT a typical feature of Mark Twains writing style?（）A. Simple vernacular. B. Local color.C. Lengthy psychological analyses. D. Richness of irony and humor.40.W