2009年4月自学考试英美文学选读真题

2009年4月自学考试英美文学选读真题
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Ⅰ. Match authors in Column A with their literary works in Column B. Please write your answer on the Answer Sheet. (20 points, 2 for each pair)
1. John Milton A. The Leaves of Grass
2. Samuel Johnson B. Mrs. Warren’s Profession
3. Walt Whitman C. Art of Fiction
4. Jane Austen D. Sister Carrie
5. Theodore Dreiser E. A Dictionary of the English Language
6. George Bernard Shaw F. The Return of the Native
7. Henry James G. Samson Agonistes
8. Washington Irving H. Pride and Prejudice
9. Thomas Hardy I. Rip Van Winkle
10. Eugene O’Neill J. The Emperor Jones
Ⅱ. Complete each of the following statements with a proper word or a phrase according to the textbook. Please write your answer on the Answer Sheet.(10 points, 1 for each)
1. Christopher Marlowe’s greatest achievement lies in that he perfected the ________ and made it the principal medium of English drama.
2. The Enlightenment Movement brought about a revival interest in the old classical works. This tendency is known as ________.
3. The poem Elegy Written in a Country Church once and for all established ________’s fame as the leader of the sentimental poetry of the day, especially “the Graveyard School”.
4. In 1798, ________ and Samuel Taylor Coleridge published a joint volume of poetry entitled Lyrical Ballads, which becomes a landmark in English poetry.
5. With violence, horror, and the supernatural as its major elements, ________ is a type of romantic fiction that predominated in the late 18th century.
6. American fiction in the 1960s and 1970s proves to be different from its predecessors and is always referred to as “________ fiction. ”
7. ________ is the most representative Victorian poet. His poetry voices the doubt and the faith, the grief and the joy of the English people in an age of fast social changes.
8. ________ is regarded as the first American prose epic. Although it is presented in the form of a novel, at times it seems like a prose poem.
9. As a most representative figure of the 1920s, F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote much of his own experience into the novel________.
10. Almost all of James Joyce’s literary works have the same setting: ________.
Ⅲ. Each of the statements below is followed by four alternative answers. Choose the one that would best complete the statement. Please write your answer on the Answer Sheet.(40 points, 2 for each)
1. ________ employed the heroic couplet with true ease and charm for the first time in the history of English Literature.
A. Geoffrey Chaucer B. George Gordon Byron
C. Edmund Spender D. Robert Browning
2. Which of the following is William Shakespeare’s history play?
A. Macbeth B. Henry IV
C. Romeo and Juliet D. King Lear
3. For his contribution to the establishment of the form of the modern novel, ________ has been regarded as “Father of the English Novel”.
A. Henry Fielding B. Daniel Def

oe
C. John Bunyan D. James Joyce
4. “The apparition of these faces in the crowd;
Petals on a wet, black bough. ”
These two lines are quoted from ________’s poem?
A. Emily Dickinson B. Robert Frost
C. Ezra Pound D. William B. Yeats
5. Jane Austen wrote within a very narrow sphere. The subject matter, the social setting, and plots are all restricted to the provincial life of the ________.
A. late 19th -century B. 17th -century
C. 20th -century D. late 18th -century
6. Usually basing on her own experiences, Emily Dickinson addresses issues that concern the whole human beings. Which of the following is NOT a usual subject of her poetic expression?
A. Life and Death B. Religion
C. Love and Nature D. War and Peace
7. Walden is a ________.
A. Transcendentalist work B. epic in prose
C. lyric poem D. short story
8. Henry James’ realism is different from others, because he pays more attention to ________.
A. the traditional style B. the common people
C. the inner world of human beings D. the class struggle
9. ________ is considered Mark Twain’s greatest achievement.
A. The Gilded Age B. Innocents Abroad
C. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer D. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
10. At the beginning of Faulkner’s A Rose for Emily, there is a detailed description of Emily’s old house. The purpose of such description is to imply that the person living in it ________.
A. is a wealthy lady B. is a conservative aristocrat
C. is a prisoner of the past D. has good taste
11. ________ is NOT a Nobel Prize winner.
A. Eugene O’Neill B. F. Scott Fitzgerald
C. Ernest Hemingway D. William Faulkner
12. Which of the following is NOT a typical feature of Mark Twain’s language?
A. Vernacular B. Elegant
C. Colloquial D. Humorous
13. The most distinguishing feature of Charles Dicken’s works lies in his ________.
A. social criticism B. optimism
C. character－portrayal D. social setting
14. As the representative of the Enlightenment, Pope was one of the first to introduce ________ to England.
A. rationalism B. romanticism
C. criticism D. realism
15. Shelley’s greatest achievement is his four-act poetic drama ________.
A. Adonais B. To a Skylark
C. A Song: Men of England D. Prometheus Unbound
16. The Victorian Age is most famous for its ________.
A. plays B. novels
C. poems D. essays
17. Which of the following women does not belong to the famous Bronte Sisters?
A. Mary Bronte B. Charlotte Bronte
C. Emily Bronte D. Anne Bronte
18. “Histories make men wise; poets, witty; the mathematics, subtle; natural philosophy, deep; moral, grave; logic and rhetoric, able to contend. Abeunt studia in mores. ” This sentence appears in ________.
A. The Advancement of Learning B. A Dictionary of the English Language
C. An Essay on Criticism D. Of Studies
19. In his novel, Robinson Crusoe, Defoe eulogizes the hero of the ________?
A. aristocratic class B. enterprising landlords
C. rising bourgeoisie D. hard-working pe

ople
20. Which of the following works does not belong to John Milton?
A. Paradise Lost B. Paradise Regained
C. Adonais D. Llycidas
Ⅳ. Give a brief explanation to each of the following items. Please write your answer on the Answer Sheet.(20 points, 5 for each)
1. Dramatic Monologue
2. The theme of Hawthron’s “The Scarlet Letter”
3. American Naturalism
4. Hemingway Code heroes
Ⅴ. Write a short essay on the following question. Please write your answer on the Answer Sheet.(10 points)
The most clearly defined literary movement in Romantic period is New England Transcendentalism. Please make a comment on this philosophical and literary school.