2017年4月00604英美文学选读真题
00604英美文学选读考试技巧
00604英美文学选读考试技巧英美文学选读考试技巧如下：1. 阅读经典作品：熟悉英美文学中的经典作品是考试的基础。
阅读这些作品能够帮助你理解作者的主题、文体和文化背景。
2. 掌握作者和作品的背景知识：了解作者的生平、作品的创作背景和历史背景对理解文学作品很有帮助。
这些背景知识能够让你更好地分析作品的含义和主题。
3. 注意作品的文体和语言技巧：文学作品通常具有特定的文体和语言技巧，例如诗歌的韵律和修辞手法，小说的叙事风格和人物描写等。
注意作品中的这些细节，能够帮助你更好地理解和解释作品。
4. 注意作品的主题和象征意义：文学作品常常探讨一些深刻的主题和象征意义，如人性、爱情、权力等。
理解作品的主题和象征意义是解读作品的关键。
5. 提前做好笔记和总结：在阅读和学习文学作品时，记得做好笔记，包括作品的关键信息、重要事件和主要人物等。
这样有助于你回顾和总结，并在考试前快速复习。
6. 增加阅读量和训练速读技巧：多读英美文学作品，增加阅读量，可以更好地熟悉各种文学作品的风格和氛围。
另外，提高阅读速度也是必要的，尤其是在限时考试中。
7. 参加讨论和写作练习：通过参加讨论和写作练习让自己更好地理解和应用英美文学作品。
与其他人讨论作品能够帮助你获得不同的观点和解读，并提高自己的思考能力。
8. 制定合理的学习计划：为了提高文学选读的考试成绩，制定一个合理的学习计划是必要的。
合理规划时间，分配阅读和复习任务，能够更好地掌握考试内容。
9. 模拟考试：在考试前进行模拟考试，将自己置于真实的考试环境中。
这样可以帮助你熟悉考试的时间限制和考试题型，并调整自己的答题策略。
10.保持积极的心态：考试前保持积极的心态对于取得好的成绩至关重要。
相信自己的能力，相信自己在长时间的准备中已经做得足够好，这样你的答题能力会更加出色。
全国2014年4月自考英美文学选读真题
绝密★考试结束前全国2014年4月高等教育自学考试英美文学选读试题课程代码：00604请考生按规定用笔将所有试题的答案涂、写在答题纸上。
全部题目用英文作答。
选择题部分注意事项：1．答题前，考生务必将自己的考试课程名称、姓名、准考证号用黑色字迹的签字笔或钢笔填写在答题纸规定的位置上。
2．每小题选出答案后，用2 B铅笔把答题纸上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。
如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。
不能答在试题卷上。
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. Mark your choice by blackening the corresponding letter A, B, C or D on the answer sheet.1. Shakespeare has established his giant position in world literature with his ______ plays, 154 sonnets and 2 long poems.A. 27B. 38C.47D. 522. john Milton’s literary achievement can be divided into three groups: the early poetic works, the middle prose pamphlets and the last ______.A. romancesB. dramasC. great poemsD. ballads3. The novels of ______ are the first literary works devoted to the study of problems of the lower— class people.A. John MiltonB. Daniel DefoeC. Henry FieldingD. Jonathan Swift4. The work ranked by many critics as William Wordswoth’s greatest work was ______.A. Lyrical BalladsB. The PreludeC. Poems in Two VolumesD. The Excursion5. The author of The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling is ______.A. Daniel DefoeB. Johathan SwiftC. Henry FieldingD. William Blake6. The works of ______ are famous for the depiction of the life of the middle —class women, particularly governess.A. Charlotte BronteB. D.H. LawrenceC. Thomas HardyD. Jane Austen7. All of the following writings are created by William Wordsworth EXCEPT ______.A. “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud. ”B. “Composed upon Westminster Bridge, Septemer 3, 1802. ”C. “The Solitary Reaper. ”D. “The Chimney Sweeper. ”8. The most important representative work by Jonathan Swift is ______.A. A Tale of a TubB. The Battle of the BooksC. A Modest ProposalD. Gulliver's Travels9 “If winter comes, can Spring be far behind?”comes from Shelly’s ______.A. “To a Skylark”B. “Adonais”C. “Ode to Liberty”D. “Ode to the West Wind”10. In Jane Austen' s first novel ______, she tells a story about two sisters and their love affairs.A. Pride and PrejudiceB. Sense and SensibilityC. EmmaD. Persuasion11. Charles Dickens is one of the greatest ______ writers of the Victorian Age.A. romanticB. modernistC. socialistD. critical realist12. Charlotte Bronte' s most autobiographical work, ______ is largely based on her experience in Brussels.A. Jane EyreB. ShirleyC. VilletteD. The Professor13. William Wordsworth' s theory of poetry is calling for simple themes drawn from humble life expressed in the language of ordinary people. The preface to the second edition of ______ acts as a manifesto for the new school and sets forth his own critical creed.A. Lyrical BalladsB. The PreludeC. Poems in Two VolumsD. The Excursion14. George Bernard Shaw' s play ______ established his position as the leading playwright of his time.A. Widowers’HousesB. Too True to Be GoodC. Mrs. Warren' s ProfessionD. Candida15. Eliot' s most important single poem ______, has been hailed as a landmark anda model of the 20th-century English poetry.A. The Hollow MenB. The Waste LandC. Prurrock and Other ObservationsD. Poems 1909-2516. D. wr ence’s autobiographical novel, ______ shows the conflict between the earthy, coarse, energetic but often drunken father and the refined, strong —willed and up — climbing mother.A. Sons and LoversB. The White PeacockC. The TrespasserD. The Rainbow17. “To be, or not to be —that is the question; /Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer./The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,/ Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,/And by opposing end them?” These words are from ______.A. King LearB. RomeoC. AntonioD. Hamlet18. John Milton’s last important work, ______ is the most powerful dramatic poem on the Greek model.A. Paradise LostB. Paradise RegainedC. Samson AgonistesD. Lydidas19. The author of Moll Flanders and Captain Singleton is ______.A. John MiltonB. Daniel DefoeC. Henry FieldingD. Jonathan Swift20. Drapier is the pseudonym of ______.A. Jonathan SwiftB. Daniel DefoeC. Henry FieldingD. William Blake21. One of Dickens' later works, ______ in which he presents a criticism of the governmental branches which run an indefinite procedure of management of affairs and keep the innocent in prison for life.A. Bleak HouseB. Little DorritC. Hard TimesD. A Tale of Two Cities22. In the second part of Gulliver's Travels, Gulliver told his experience in ______.A. BrobdingnagB. LilliputC. Flying IslandD. Houyhnhnm23. Faulkner used the narrative techniques to construct his stories, which include ______ and mythological and biblical allusions.A. symbolismB. free indirect speechC. contrastD. dialogue24. Ernest Hemingway, had been trying to demonstrate in his works an unvarying code, known as “______,” which is actually an attitude towards life.A. facing the realityB. grace under pressureC. honesty with benevolenceD. security coming first25. The Blithedale Romance is a novel written by Hawthorne to reveal his own experience on the Brook Farm and his own methods as a ______ novelist.A. naturalistB. imagistC. psychologicalD. feminist26. Theodore Dreiser' s focus shifted from the pathos of the helpless protagonists at the bottom of the society to the power of the American financial tycoons in the late 19th century in his work ______.A. The GeniusB. An American TragedyC. Dreiser Looks at RussiaD. “Trilogy of Desire”27. Emily Dickinson frequently uses personae to render the tone more familiar to the reader, and ______ to vivify some abstract ideas.A. imagesB. metaphorC. symbolsD. personification28. In his later works, Melville becomes more reconciled with the ______, in which he admits, one must live by rules.A. womenB. world of manC. familyD. politicians29. Walt Whitman' s ______ has always been considered a monumental work which commands great attention in America.A. The Pilgrim’s ProgressB. Leaves of GrassC. A Passage to IndiaD. Rip Van Winkle30. Mark Twain’s full literary career began to blossom in 1869 with a travel book ______, an account of American tourists in Europe.A. Innocents AbroadB. The Portrait of A LadyC. The Grapes of WrathD. The Great Gatsby31. With the development of the modern novel and the common acceptance of the ______ approach, Henry James' s importance, as well as his wide influence as a novelist and critic, has been all the more conspicuous.A. deconstructionB. romanticC. FreudianD. analytic32. Emily Dickinson addresses the issues that concern the whole human beings in her poems, which include religion, death, ______, love, and nature.A. immortalityB. wealthC. powerD. politics33. In Sister Carrie Theodore Dreiser expressed his ______ pursuit by expounding the purposelessness of life and attacking the conventional moral standards.A. romanticB. realisticC. naturalisticD. modernistic34. Profound ideas in Robert Frost's poems are delivered under the disguise of ______.A. the plain language and the simple formB. the vivid descriptionsC. metaphorsD. the complicated narration35. In ______ Hemingway presents his philosophy about life and death through the depiction of the bullfight as a kind of microcosmic tragedy.A. The Green Hills of AfricaB. Death in the AfternoonC. The Snows of KilimanjaroD. To Have and Have Not36 Of Faulkner’s literary works, four novel s are masterpieces by any standards: The Sound and the Fury, Light in August, Absalom, Absalom ! and ______.A. Go Down, MosesB. The FableC. The Snows of KilimanjaroD. To Have and Have Not37. As Whitman saw it, ______ could play a vital part in the process of creatinga new nation.A. musicB. fictionC. poetryD. painting38. In many of Hawthorne' s stories and novels, the Puritan concept of life is condemned, especially in his The house of the Seven Gables and ______.A. Go Down, MosesB. The Scarlet LetterC. As I Lay DyingD. Song of Myself39. Henry James is generally regarded as the forerunner of the ______ and the founder of psychological realism.A. “stream-of-consciousness” novelsB. metaphysical poemsC. short storiesD. literary criticism40. Generally considered to be Henry James’s masterpiece, ______ incarnates the clash between the Old World and the New in the life journey of an American girl in a Europe an cultural environment.A. The AmbassadorsB. Daisy MillerC. The AmericanD. The Portrait of A Lady非选择题部分注意事项：用黑色字迹的签字笔或钢笔将答案写在答题纸上，不能答在试题卷上。
2017年4月大学英语B统考考试真题题库及答案强烈推荐
真题一：一、交际英语1.- How is your headache?- _________A.Not at all.B.Better now.C.Thank you.D.Nothing special.答案：B2.- We are going to have a singing party tonight. Would you like to join us?- ________A.I'm afraid not, because I have to go to an important meeting.B.Of course not. I have no idea.C.No, I can't.D.That's all set.答案：A3.- Do you mind my smoking here?- _______A.No, thanks.B.Yes, I do.C.Yes. I'd rather not.D.Good idea.答案：B4.- How are you, Bob?-________A.How are you?B.I'm fine. Thank you.C.How do you do?D.Nice to meet you.答案：B5.- Excuse me, could you show me the way to the nearest post office?- ______Oh yes! Two blocks away from here at the Green Avenue. You can't miss it.A.I beg your pardon?B.What do you mean?C.You're welcome.D.Mm, let me think.答案：D二、阅读理解This story is about a young man. （这个故事是关于一个年轻人。
(完整版)全国2013年7月自考英美文学选读试题课程代码：00604
绝密★考试结束前浙00604 #英災文学选读试题第1页（共8页）全国2013年7月高等教育自学考试英美文学选读试题课程代码:00604请考生按規定用笔将所有试題的答案涂■写在答題纸上。
选择题部分注意事项:1. 答题前•考生务必将白己的考试课程名称、姓名、准考证号用黑色字迹的签字笔或钢笔 填写在答题纸規定的位置上.2. 每小题选岀答案后，用2B 铅笔把答题纸上对应题目的答案标号涂恳.如需改动，用橡 皮擦F 净后•再选涂其他答案标号.不能答在试题卷上.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 statemenL Mark your choice by blackening the corresponding letter A,B t C or D on the answer sheet.A. A Tale of a Tub C. The Battle of theB. Guilliver" s Travels D. A Modest Proposal浙00604#英美文学选读试题 第2页（共8页）5・ Henry Fielding's novel __________ is a masterpiece on the subject of the story of the un- fortunate life of an idealized woman f a maudlin picture of the social life at the time. A. The History of Jonathan Wild the Great B. The History of Tom Jones a Foundling C. The History of AmeliaD. The History of the Adventures of Joseph Andrews and of his friend Mr. Abraham Adams.6. William Blake* s central concern in the Songs of Innocence and Songs ofExperience is 9 and this concern gives the two books a strong social and historicalreference.B ・ woman D. childhood7・ In _______ 9 Shakespeare has not only madea profound analysis of the social crisis inwhich the evils can be seen evcrjwhere t but also criticized the bourgeois egoism. A. MacbethC. K ing Lear 8. The following line "If winter comes, can Spring be far behind?" was written by10・ Charles Dickens * novel ________ is famous for its vivid description of the wodchouseand life of the underworld in the nineteenth - century London ・11 • The works of ________ are famous for the depiction of the life of the middle - class working women, particularly governesses ・12. From ______ on t the tragic sence becomes the keynote of Thomas Hardy* s novels.B. The Mayor of Casterbridge D ・ Jude theObscureA ・freedomC. povertyB. OthelloD. HamletA. The Pickwick Paper C. David CopperfieldB. Oliver Twist D. Nicholas Nickleby A ・ Charlotte BronteC. Thomas Hardy B ・ Jane AustenD. D. H. Lawrence9. All of the following novels are written by Jane Austen EXCEPT _ A. Pride and Prejudice B. Sense and Sensibility C. Emma D. Agnes Grey13・ Beniard Shaw f s play _________ is a grotesquely realistic exposure of slum landlord・ism.A.CandidaB. Widowers1 HousesC.Mrs. Warren，s Profession D・Caesar and Cleopatr14. Generally speaking9 ___________ is the best of T. S. Eliot f s plays in the sense that itcontains the best poetry and the most coherent drama・A.Murder in the CathedralB. The Cocktail PartyC. The Family ReunionD. The Confidential Clerk15・ In D・ H・ Lawrence* s novel ________ f Lawrence declared that any repression of the sexual impulse based on social t religious, or moral values of the civilized world would cause severe damage to the harmony of human relationships and the psychic health of the individual' s personality.A.Kangaroo B・The RainbowC. Women in LoveD. Lady Chatterley^s Lover16.De H. Lawrence f s novel __________ is regarded to be a more profoundly ordered novelthan any other written by I^awrence・A. Sons and Lovers B・The RainbowC. Women in Love D・Lady Chatterley^ s Lover17.Hie first and second parts of ___________ are undoubtedly the most widely read amongShakespeare，s history plays.A. Henry IVB. Henry VC. Henry VID. Henry VIII18.In the following writings by Henry Fielding9 _____________ brings him the name of theM Prose Homer”.A.The History of Jonathan Wild the GreatB.The History of Tom Jones, a FoundlingC.The History of AmeliaD・The History of the Adventures of Joseph Andrews and of his friend Mr. Abraham Adams ・19.With so many poems like "The Sparrow1 s Nest." u To a Skylark t w 44To the Click-oo「"To a Butterfly,w__________ is regarded as a u worshiper of nature・wA. William BlakeB. William WordsworthC. T. S・ EliotD. Willium Shakespeare浙00604#英黃文学选读试聽第3页（共8页）浙00604 #英貝文学选渎试題第4页（共8页）20. Stories of ________ provide the major themes in all Jane Austen 9 s novels, in whichfemale characters are always playing an active part. B ・ pursuit of truth D ・ adventures21. In _________ , one of Dickens * later works t Dickens presents a criticism of theemmental branches which run an indefinite procedure of management of affairs and keep die innocent in prison for life. A. Bleak House D. A Tale of Two Cities22. Bemurd Shaw wrote quite a few history plays, in which he kept an eye onthe contem ・ porary society. The important plays of this group are __ . A. Back to Methuselah and The Apple Cart B ・ Caesar and Cleopatra and St. JoanC. Widowers' Houses and Mrs. Warren' s ProfessionD. Mrs. Warren 1 s Profession and The Apple Cart23・ Henry James was the first American writer to conceive his career in ____________ terms.A. inteEdtional B ・ local C. domesticD ・ national24. The ________ technique was frequently and skillfully exploited by Faulkneer to emphasize the reactions and inner musings of the narrator. A ・ colloquialism B ・ modeE stream — of — consciousness C. imagismD ・ exaggeration25. Hawthorne f s The House of the Seven Gables was based on the tradition of a _____________pronounced on the autlior ，s family when his great ■ grandfather was a judge in the Sa ・ lem witchcraft trials. A ・ prize B ・ praise C. curseD. bless26. Hemingway * s _______ is a representation of life as a struggle against unconquerablenatural forces in which only a partial victory is possible.B. Little DorritC. Hard TimesA. love and marriageA. The Old Man and the SeaB.To Have and Have NotC. The Sun Also Rises D・White Shark浙00604 #英貝文学选渎试題第4页（共8页）浙00604#英美文学选读试题第6页（共8页）27・ The white whale, ________ , symbolizes nature for Melville, for it is complex, unfathomable 9 malignant and beautiful as well ・ A. Tom Sawyer B ・ Martin Eden C. Mark TwainD. Moby Dick28. According to Whilinan t the fast growth of industry and wealth in cities indicated a live ・ ly futureof a nation, despite the crowded, noisy und squalid conditions and the slack ・ ncss in • A. morality B. education C. democracyD ・ regulation29・ Mark Twain shaped the world 1 s view of America arid made a more extensive combina ・ tion ofAmerican _______________ and serious literature than previous writers had ever done. A. folk humor B. noble arts C ・ current eventsD. religious belief30・ Henry James* s __________ 9 a novella about a young American girl who gets "killed ”by the winter in Rome, brought him international fame for the first time ・ A. The Princess Casamassima B. The Portrait of A Lady C. Daisy MillerD. The Wings of the Dove31 ・ Emily Dickinson* s poetic idiom is noted for its laconic brevity tness. A. euphemism C ・ complexityD. ambiguity32・ Theodore Dreiser is a proliGc writer, among which, ___________ is the best known, tree ・ing the material rise of Carrie Meeber and the tragic decline of G ・ W ・ Hurstwood ・ A. The StoicB. The GeniusD ・ Sister Carrie33. Robert Frost * s A Masque of Reason and A Masque of Mercy are comic _ serious dramaticnarratives, in both of which biblical characters in modem settings discuss________ a nd mail 1 s relations to God ・B. passion D ・ ethics34. Fitzgerald was a most representative figure of the 1920s, who was ____________ of theciting age in almost every way.and plain-B. directnessC. The Titan A. nature C. lawsA. mirror B・victimC・ scapegoat D・loser35.The book ________ is the first to present a Hemingway hero — Nick Adams.A. The Sun Also Rises B・In Our TimeC. For Whom the Bell TollsD. The Old Man and the Old Sea36.In 1950, Faulkner was awarded the Nobel Prize for the _______________ Intruder in theDust.A. anti ■ racist B・ anti - warC. anti - feministD. anti - sexist37.Hawthonie' s intellectuals are usually villains 9 dreadful because they are devoid ofA. warmth and feeling B・ I OVE and hatredC. needs and supplies D・ friends and family38.In his early works t Melville is more enthusiastic about setting out on a quest for the meaning of .A. life B・ universeC. politics D・ democracy39・ The genuine participation of a poet in a common cultural effort was, according to Whitman, to behave as a supreme ____________ •A. individualist B・ collectivistC. historian D・ racist40.The rich material of Mark Twain* s boyhood experience ____________ became the endlessresources for his fiction.A. on die Rocky Mountain B・ in the desertC・ on the Atlantic D・ on the Mississippi非选择题部分注意事项：用黑色字迹的签字笔或钢笔将答案写在答题纸上，不能答在试题卷上.浙00604#英美文学选读试题第7页（共8页）II • Reading Comprehension (16 points in all, 4 for each)Read the quoted parts carefully and answer the questions in English. Write your answers on the answer sheet.41.For oft, when on my couch I lieIn vacant or in pensive mood,They flash upon that inward eyeWhich is the bliss of solitude；And then my heart with pleasure Glls9And dances with the daffodils.Questions:A.Identify the poet and the title of the poem from which this stanza is taken・B.Explain in a few words that inward eye / Which is the bliss of solitude".C.How is the core of the poetic beliefs of the poet manifested in this poem?42.43 44 Am 1 a liar in your eyes?" he asked passionately. M Little sceptic t you shall be convinced・ What love have I for Miss Ingram? None： and that you know・ What love has she for me?None： as I have taken pains to prove： I caused a rumour to reach her that my fortune was not a third of what was supposed. and after that I presented myself to see the result: it was coldness both from her and her mother. I would not — I could not — marry Miss Ingrain. You — you strange —you almost unearthly thing! — I love as my own flesh・ You — poor and obscure, and small and plain as you are — I entreat to accept me as a husband. ”Questions:A.Identify the author and the title of the novel from which this excerpt is taken.B.Who is the speaker?C.What' s the image of the heroine?44.° Poor little Faith\9 thought he, for his heart smote him. * What a wretch am I 9to leave her onsuch an errand \ She talks of dreams, too. Methought, as she spoke , there was trouble in her face as if a dream had warned her what work is to be done tonight. But no, no! " would kill her to ythink it. Well； she* s a blessed angel on earth； and after this one night , I'll cling to her skirts and follow her to heaven.' Questions:43 ・ He smiled understandingly — much more than underetandingly. It was one of thoserare smiles with a quality of eternal reassurance in it, that you may come across four or five times in life. It faced —or seemed to face —the whole external world for ail instant ,and then concentrated on you with an irresistible prejudice in your favor. It derstood you just as far as you wanted to be understood, believed in you as you would like to believe in yourself, and assured you that it had precisely the impression of you that, at your best, you hoped to convey.Questions:A.Identify the author and die title of the novel from which die excerpt is taken.B.Who is "He"in the excerpt?C・ What is going on in this part of the novel?浙00604#英矣文学选址试题第8页（共8页）A・ Identify the author and the title of the work from which the above excerpt is taken・ B・What d<x» "he" refer to in the cxccrpt and what is he about to do tonight?C・ Briefly describe the character1 s feelings.HI • Questions and Answers (24 points in all. 6 for each)Give a brief answer to each of the following questions in English* Write your answers on the answer sheet.45.What are the characteristics of Shelley *» poetry diat make him one of the leading Romanticpoets?46.What are the characteristics of Charles Dickens1 character portrayal?47.Wliat are the characteristics of Henry James * s realism from the perspective of psychologicalemphasis.48.What are the features of Walt Whitman * s poetry in terms of his "free verse"?IV・ Topic Discussion(20 points in all, 10 for each)Write no less than 150 words on each of the following topics in English on the answer sheet.49.Discuss briefly the writings of D. H・ Lawrence in thematic concerns and artistic tend・ encywith reference to Sons and Lovers・50.Emily Dickinson is a great American poetess, and she addresses those issues that con・ cem thewhole human beings within her little lyrics. Briefly discuss the themes of her lyrics ・1. In his romantic comedies, Shakespeare takes a(n ) ______________ attitude toward love andyoutli, and the roniaiitic elements are brought into full play.A・ pessimistic B. sarcasticC・ passive D・ optimistic2. Among John Milton * s major poetical works, ___________ is the most perfect example ofthe verse drama after the Greek style in English・A.Paradise LostB. Paradise regainedC・Samson Agonistes D・Aeopagitica3. Friday is a character in the novel ____________ •A.Gulliver1 2 3 4 s TravelsB. Tom JonesC. Robinson CrusoeD. A Modest Proposal4. In _________ 9 by suggesting tliat poor Irish parents sell their babies to the rich Englishlords and ladies a» food, Jonathan Swift is making the most devastating protest ugainst theinhuman exploitation and oppression of the Irish people by the English ruling class・浙00604#英集文学选读试題第7页(共8页)。
英美文学选读(00604)2020年8月真题答案解析
2020年8月英美文学选读真题答案答案与解析一、单项选择题：1.D 萧伯纳是戏剧评论家也是剧作家。
2.B T.S.Eliot 使用诗体戏剧，著名的是《教堂里的谋杀案》。
3.A D.H Lawrence 在《侵犯者》一书中描写了人与人丧失了温暖。
4.C T.S.Eliot 晚期两本重要的诗作是“Ash Wednesday &Four Quartets”.5.B G.B.Shaw 在《医生的进退两难》中描写一个无知、无能、自大的医学教授。
6.D Charles Dickens 第一个描写的少年英雄的 Oliver Twist。
7.A Charlotte Bronte 的第一部小说是《教授》。
8.C Thomas Hardy 被熟知的“人物与环境为纲”-novels of character andenvironment.9.D Thomas Hardy“The Mayor of Casterbridge”Henchard 是个守旧派的自负古董。
10.B Charles Dickens 在“Great Expectations”呈现了社会环境对人的迫害。
11.B Charlotte Bronte 在布鲁塞尔爱上了一位教授。
12.A wrence 在《彩虹》中描写了社会的腐败。
13.A Jane Austen在“Persuasion”中将真爱与精打细算做了对比。
14.C P.B.Shelley在18岁的时候写了《无神论的重要性》，被逐出学校。
15.D William Wordsworth的诗歌“I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud”最能体现他思想核心。
16.C Jane Austen的小说主题是爱情与婚姻，她的态度是Practical idealism。
17.C 《序曲》是William Wordsworth的名篇。
18.B William Blake 在“Songs of Experience”中呈现悲伤的语气。
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A Girl Chess ChampionIn the year 2000, a smiling girl from Guntur, India, created a record. Koneru Humpy, who turned 13 on March 31 that year, won the under-14 boys' title in the National Children Chess Championship. She became the first Indian female player to win a boys' title.Humpy was born in 1987. She began playing chess at the age of six in 1993. She picked up the finer points of the game so well that one year later, in 1994, she won the very first tournament (锦标赛) she played in.Humpy was trained by her father, Ashok Koneru, a chess player himself. He stopped teaching chemistry at a college to concentrate on coaching his daughter. After he left his job, he faced financial problems while training and travelling with his young daughter. But the local government came to his financial aid. The Bank of Baroda sponsored (赞助) Humpy and gave her a desk-top computer. Now she has a notebook computer as well, which she carries for tournaments.Humpy practices for six hours daily with her father. Her preparation is mostly on the chess-board. Now she has started preparing with computers, like many seniors do. The eighth-grade student of Guntur has also been greatly encouraged by her school. She is given time to prepare for chess and her teachers give her special classes. With such support, Humpy is sure to win mar more chess titles in her career.1. Humpy won a national boys' title when she was thirteen.A.TrueB.FalseC.Not Given答案：A[解答] 第一段第二句话提到，Humpy赢得了全国儿童象棋锦标赛14岁以下男子组的冠军，她在那年的3月31日刚满13岁。
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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 answer on the answer sheet.1.With classical culture and the（）humanistic ideas coming into England, the English Renaissance began flourishing.A. FrenchB. GermanC. ItalianD. Greek2.“Come live with me and be my love, / And we will all the pleasures prove / That valleys, groves, hills, and fields, / Woods, or steepy mountain yields.”The above lines are taken from Marlowe’s “The Passionate Shepherd to His Love”, which derives from the （）tradition.A. pastoralB. heroicC. romanticD. realistic3.“Metaphysical conceit”is a strategy characteristic of John Donne’s poetry. It is（）.A. a confession that avoids questions of moral accountabilityB. the linking of images from very different ranges of experienceC. self-definition through images based on the four primal elementsD. the chaining of images representing solid and gaseous elements4.“So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see, / So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.”Shakespe are’s Sonnet 18 includes three stanzas according to the content with these last two lines as a（）, which completes the sense of the above lines.1A. preludeB. coupletC. epigraphD. exposition5.“Therefore at this fair are all such merchandise sold, as houses, lands, trades, places, honors, preferments, titles, countries, kingdoms, lusts, pleasures, and delights of all sorts, as whores, bawds, wives, husbands, children, masters, servants…”The above sentences are taken from（）.A. John Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s ProgressB. Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver’s TravelsC. Henry Fielding’s Tom JonesD. Daniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe6.Jonathan Swift is a master satirist in English literature. His A Tale of a Tub is an attack on（）.A. the governmentB. greedC. the churchD. the abuse of power7.Chaucer was the first English writer to adopt heroic couplet in his writhing of poems. In the early 18th century, the chief proponent of the heroic couplet was（）.A. Alexander PopeB. William WordsworthC. Lord ByronD. Thomas Gray8.As a lexicographer, he distinguished himself as the author of the first English dictionary—A Dictionary of the English Language. What is his name?（）.A. Jonathan SwiftB. Samuel JohnsonC. Ben JonsonD. John Milton9.Which of the following statements about Neo-Classicism and Enlightenment Movement is true?（）.A. The Enlightenment was a progressive intellectual movement throughout Western Europe in the 17th century.B. Neo-Classicism found its artistic models in the classical literature of the ancient Greek and Roman writers like Homer, Virgil, Horace, Ovid, etc. and in the contemporary French writers such as V oltaire and Diderot.C. Neo-Classicism put the stress on the classical artistic ideals of order, logic, proportion, spontaneous emotion, and passion.D. Satire was much used in writing in the neo-classic works. English literature of this age produced a distinguished satirist Daniel Defoe.10.A poet asserted that poetry originated form “emotion recollected in tranquillity”. He maintained that thescenes and events of everyday life and the speech of ordinary people were the raw material of which poetry2could and should be made. Who is that poet?（）.A. William BlakeB. Alfred Lord TennysonC. William WordsworthD. John Keats11.The composition of “Kubla Khan”by S.T. Coleridge was based on （）.A. a storyB. a dreamC. a dialogueD. an experience12.Romanticism was a literary trend prevailing in English during the period from 1798 to 1832. The Romantic writers（）.A. paid great attention to the spiritual and emotional life of manB. were discontent with the development of industrialism and capitalism, and presented the social evils minutely in their worksC. took pains to portray a world of harmony and balanceD. tended to glorify Rome and advocated rational Italian and French art as superior to the native traditions13.“Tiger! Tiger! Burning bright/ In the forests of the night, / What immortal hand or eye / Could frame thy fearful symmetry?”(“The Tiger”by William Blake) The above lines（）.A. describe the tiger’s fierce eyes and forceful hands at nightB. express the poet’s curiosity for the skillful creation of the tigerC. express the poet’s surprise at the sight of the tiger’s well-proportioned bodyD. express the poet’s terror at the sight of the tiger in the forest at night14.Which of the following statements about Victorian literature is NOT true?（）A. Novels became the most widely read and the most vital and challenging expression of progressive thought.B. Victorian novelists were angry with the inhuman social institutions, the decaying social morality, the widespread misery, poverty and injustice.C. Influenced by a particularly strict set of moral standards, Victorian writers like Oscar Wilde, advocated the old moderate, respectable life-style.D. Victorian prose writers joined forces with the critical realist novelists in exposing and criticizing the social reality.15.“It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want3of a （）.”This quotation in Austen’s Pride and Prejudice sets the tone of the novel.A. houseB. titleC. wifeD. fame16.Tennyson’s poem Ulysses not only expresses the poet’s own determination and courage to brave the struggle of life, but also reflects the restlessness and aspiration of the age. The poem is written in the form of （）.A. epicB. elegyC. dramatic monologueD. ode17.In Hardy’s Wessex novels, there is an apparent（）touch in his description of the simple and beautiful though primitive rural life.A. realisticB. nostalgicC. romanticD. sentimental18.“If I’ve done wrong, I’m dying for it. It is enough! You left me too; but I won’t upbraid you! I forgive you. Forgive me!”These above lines are uttered by the heroine in（）.A. Shapespeare’s Romeo and JulietB. Emily Bront e ’s Wuthering HeightsC. Thomas Hardy’s Tess of the D’UrbervillesD. Bernard Shaw’s Mrs. Warren’s Profession19.Modernism takes the irrational philosophy and（）as its theoretical base.A. the theory of psycho-analysisB. Darwin’s evolutionary theoryC. the French symbolismD. Utilitarianism20.The beginning of “The Love Song of J.Alfred Prufrock”moves from a series of fairly concrete physical settings—a cityscape( the famous“patient etherized upon a table”)and several interiors (women’s arms in the lamplight, coffee spoons, fireplaces)—to a series of vague ocean images. It aims to convey（）.A. Prufrock’s emotional distance from the world as he comes to recognize his second-rate statusB. Prufrock’s eagerness to meet his dating loverC. Prufrock’s reluctance to meet his dating loverD. Prufrock’s excitement about the modern world21.“No rth Richmond Street, being blind, was a quiet street except at the hour when the Christian Brothers’4School set the boy free. An uninhabited house of two storeys stood at the blind end, detached from its neighbours in a square ground. The other houses of the street, conscious of decent lives within them, gazed at one another with brown imperturbable faces.”The above passage is the first paragraph of Araby by James Joyce. It sets a(n)（）tone of the story.A. optimisticB. activeC. gloomyD. serious22.“I will arise and go now, and go to Innisfree, / And a small cabin build there, of clay and wattles made: / Nine bean-rows will I have there, a hive for the honey-bee, / And live alone in the bee-loud glade.”(“The Lake Isle of Innisfree”by Samuel Butler Yeats) The above lines present the state of a(n)（）life. A. quiet B. lonelyC. ambitiousD. unstable23.In Young Goodman Brown by Hawthorne, the name of Good man Brown’s wife is（）, which also contains many symbolic meanings.A. RuthB. HesterC. FaithD. Mary24.The Romantic Period, one of the most important periods in the history of American literature, stretches from the end of __________ to the outbreak of ___________.（）A. the 17th century…the American War of IndependenceB. the 18th century…the American Civil WarC. the 17th century…the American Civil WarD. the 18th century…the U.S.-Mexican War25.“The apparition of these faces in the crowd; / Petals on a wet, black bough.”This is the shortest poem written by（）.A. E.E. CummingsB. T.S. EliotC. Ezra PoundD. Robert Frost26.Emily Dickinson’s poem“This is my letter to the World”expresses her（）about her communication with the outside world.A. anxietyB. eagernessC. curiosityD. optimistic outlook527.Realism was a reaction against Romanticism or a move away from the bias towards romance and self-creating fictions, and paved the way to（）.A. CynicismB. ModernismC. TranscendentalismD. Neo-Classicalism28.In（）, William Faulkner illuminates the problem of black and white in the American Southern society as a close-knit destiny of blood brotherhood.A. Go Down, MosesB. Light in AugustC. The Marble FaunD. As I Lay Dying29.The theme of Washington Irving’s Rip Van Winkle is（）.A. the conflict of human psycheB. the fight against racial discriminationC. the familial conflictD. the nostalgia for the unrecoverable past30.Heming way once described Mark Twain’s novel（）the one book from which “all modern American literature comes.”A. The Adventures of Huckleberry FinnB. The Adventures of Tom SawyerC. The Gilded AgeD. The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg31.As a genre, naturalism emphasized（）as important deterministic forces shaping individualized characters who were presented in special and detailed circumstances.A. theological doctrinesB. heredity and environmentC. education and hard workD. various opportunities and economic success32.（）is generally regarded as the forerunner of the 20th century “stream-of-consciousness”novels and the founder of psychological realism.A. Theodore DreiserB. William FaulknerC. Henry JamesD. Mark Twain633.（）is considered to be a spokesman for the alienated youth in the post-war era and his The Catcher in the Rye is regarded as a students’ classic.A. Allen GinsbergB. E.E. CummingsC. J.D. Salinger D. Henry James34.Which one of the following statements in NOT true of Indian Camp by Hemingway?（）A. A young Indian woman had been trying to have her baby for two days.B. Nick’s father delivered this woman of a baby by Caesarian section, with a jack-knife and without anesthesia.C. Nick witnessed the violence of both birth and death in the Indian camp.D. This woman’s husband was murdered while she was in labor.35.（）is often acclaimed literary spokesman of the Jazz Age.A. Carl SandburgB. Edwin Arlington RobinsonC. William FaulknerD. F.Scott Fitzgerald36.Nathaniel Hawthorne held an unceasing interest in the“interior of the heart”of man’s being. So in almost every book he wrote, Hawthorne discussed（）A. love and hatredB. sin and evilC. frustration and self-denialD. balance and self-discipline37.Which of the following has gained its status as a world classic and simultaneously marks the climax of Eugene O’Neill’s literary career and the coming of the age of American drama?（）A. The Hairy ApeB. Long Day’s Journey Into NightC. Desire Under the ElmsD. Lazarus Laughed38.In the last chapter of Sister Carrie, there is a description about Hurstwood, one of the protagonists of the novel,“Now he began leisurely to take off his clothes, but stopped first with his coat, and tucked it along the crack under the door. His vest he arranged in the same place.”Why did he do this? Because （）.A. he wanted to commit suicideB. he wanted to keep the room warmC. he didn’t want to be found by others7D. he wanted to enjoy the peace of mind39.In Moby-Dick, the white whale symbolizes（）for Melville, for it is complex, unfathomable, malignant, and beautiful as well.A. natureB. human societyC. whaling industryD. truth40.（）,disregarding grammar and punctuation, always used“i”instead of “I”in his poetry to show his protest against self-importance.A. Wallace StevensB. Ezra PoundC. E.E. CummingsD. William Carlos WilliamsⅡ. Reading Comprehension (16 points, 4 for each)Reading the quoted parts carefully and answer the questions in English. Write your answer in the corresponding space on the answer sheet.41.“Not on thy sole, but on thy soul, harsh Jew,Thou mak’st thy knife keen; but no metal can,No, not the hangman’s axe, bear half the keennessOf thy sharp envy.”Questions:A. Identify the author and the title of the play from which this part is taken.B. What figure of speech is used in this quoted passage?C. What idea does the passage express?42.“Whene’er I passed her; but who passed withoutMuch the same smile? This grew; I gave commands;Then all smiles stopped together.”Questions:A. Identify the poem and the poet.B. What does the line “Then all smiles stopped together”imply?C. What kind of person do the lines indicate the speaker is?43.“The woods are lovely, dark and deep,But I have promises to keep,8And miles to go before I sleep,And miles to go before I sleep.”Questions:A. Identify the poem and the poet.B. What does the word“sleep”mean?C. What idea do the four lines express?44.“I celebrate myself, and sing myself,And what I assume you shall assume,For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you.I loafe and invite my soul,I lean and loafe at my ease observing a spear of summer grass.”(From Walt Whitman’s “Song of Myself”)Questions:A. Who does“myself”refer to ?B. How do you understand the line“I loafe and invite my soul?”C. What does“a spear of summer grass”symbolize?Ⅲ. Questions and Answers(24 points in all, 6 for each)Give brief answers to each of the following questions in English. Write your answers in the corresponding space on the answer sheet.45.Edmund Spenser is one of the poets of English Renaissance. What are the qualities of his poetry?46.The Man of Property is the first novel of the Forsyte trilogies by Galsworthy. What is the theme and the tone of the novel?47.Eugene O’ Neill, America’s greatest playwright, was constantly experimenting with new styles and forms for his plays, especially during the twenties when Expressionism was in full swing. What techniques did O’ Neill use in his expressionistic plays?48.Emerson’s book Nature established him ever since as the most eloquent spokesman of New England Transcendentalism. In this book Emerson discusses his idea of the Oversoul. How do you understand theEmersonian “Oversoul”?9Ⅳ. Topic Discussion(20 points in all, 10 for each)Write no less than 150 words on each of the following topics in English in the corresponding space on the answer sheet.49.Discuss Charles Dickens’s art of fiction: the setting, the character-portrayal, the language, etc, based on his novel Oliver Twist.50.A Rose for Emily is one of Faulkner’s short stories. Comment on the character of the protagonist, Emily Grierson, and analyze how this character is depicted.10。