英美文学——考试题库及答案
西南科技大学网络教育《英美文学》在线考试
英美文学——在线考试一、单选题1.With Howells, James, and Mark Twain active on the literary scene, ( ) became the major trend in American literature in the seventies and eighties of the 19th century.A.sentimentalismB.romanticismC.realismD.naturalism2.“This is my letter to the World” is a poetic expression of Emily Dickinson's ( ) about her communication with the outside world.A.indifferenceB.angerC.anxietyD.sorrow3.Hester Pryme, Dimmsdale, Chillingworth and Pearl are most likely the names of the characters in( ).A.The Scarlet LetterB.The House of the Seven GablestC.The Portrait of a LadyD.The Pioneers4.The literary characters of the American type in early 19th century are generally characterized by all the following features EXCEPT that they ( ).A.speak local dialectsB.are polite and elegant gentlemenC.are simple and crude farmersD.are noble savages (red and white) untainted by society5.WaltWhitmanwas a pioneering figure of American poetry. His innovation first of all lies in his use of ( ), poetry without a fixed beat or regular rhyme scheme.A.blank verseB.heroic coupletC.free verseD.iambic pentameter6.The famous 20-years sleep in “Rip Van Winkle” helps to construct the story in such a way that we are greatly affected by Irving's ( ).A.concern with the passage of timeB.expression of transient beautyC.satire on laziness and corruptibility of human beingsD.idea about supernatural manipulation of man's life7.Henry David Thoreau's work, ( ), has always been regarded as a masterpiece of New England Transcendentalism.B.The PioneersC.NatureD.Song of Myself8.The Romantic writers would focus on all the following issues EXCEPT the ( ) in the American literaryhistory.A.individual feelingsB.idea of survival of the fittestC.strong imaginationD.return to nature9.Which of the following is NOT a typical feature of Modernism?A.To elevate the individual and inner being over the social being.B.To put the stress on traditional values.C.To portray the distorted and alienated relationships between manand his environment.D.To advocate a conscious break with the past.10.( ) is considered to be the best-known English dramatist since Shakespeare, and his representative works are plays inspired by social criticism.A.Richard SheridanB.Oliver GoldsmithC.Oscar WildeD.Bernard Shaw11.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 industrialization on human nature.A.B.C.D.12.( )is the first important governess novel in the English literary history.A.Jane EyreB.EmmaC.Wuthering HeightsD.Middlemarch13.The Victorian Age was largely an age of( ), eminently represented by Dickens and Thackeray.A.poetryB.dramaC.prose14.The typical feature of Robet Browning's poetry is the( ).A.bitter satirerger-than-life caricaturetinized dictionD.dramatic monologue15.In the statement“—oh, God! Would you like to live with your soul in the grave?” the term “soul” apparently refers to( ).A.Heathcliff himselfB.CatherineC.one's spiritual lifeD.one's ghost16.“Ode o na Grecian Urn” shows the contrast between the( )of art and the( )of human passion.A.glory …uglinessB.permanence…transienceC.transience…sordidnessD.glory…permanence17.“If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind!” is an epigrammatic line by( ).A.B.C.D.18.Which of the following is taken from John Keats’“Ode on a Grecian Urn”?A.“I fall upon the thorns of life! I bleed!”B.“They are both gone up to the church to pary.”C.“Earth has not anything to show more fair.”D.“Beauty is truth, truth beauty”.19.William Wordsworth, a romantic poet, advocated all the following EXCEPT( ).A.the use of everyday language spoken by the common peopleB.the expression of the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelingsC.the use of humble and rustic life as subject matterD.the use of elegant wording and inflated figures of speech20.The phrase “to urge people to abide by Christian doctrines and to seek salvation through constant struggles with their own weaknesses and all kinds of social evils” may well sum up the implied meaning of( ).A.Gulliver's TravelsB.The Rape of the LockC.Robinson CrusoeD.ThePilgrim's Progress21.Here are four lines from a literary work: “Others for language all their care express,/And value books, as women men, for dress.”The work is( ).A.Thomas Gray'sElegy Written in a Country ChurchyardB.John Milton'sParadise LostC.Alexander Pope'sEssay on CriticismD.Shakespeare'sMidsummer Night's Dream22.The Houyhnhnms depicted by Jonathan Swift in Gulliver's Travels are( ).A.horses that are endowed with reasonB.pigmies that are endowed with admirable qualitiesC.giants that are superior in wisdomD.hairy, wild, low and despicable creatures, who resemble human beings not only in appearance but also in some other ways.23.Of all the 18thcentury novelists Henry Fielding was the first to set out, both in theory and practice, to write specifically a “( )in prose,” the first to give the modern novel its structure and style.A.tragic epicic epicC.romanceD.lyric epic24.The true subject of John Donne's poem, “The Sun Rising,” is to( ).A.attack the sun as an unruly servantB.give compliments to the mistress and her power of beautyC.criticize the sun's intrusion into the lover's private lifeD.lecture the sun on where true royalty and riches lie25.“Bassanio: Antonio, I am married to a wifeWhich is as dear to me as life itself;But life itself, My wife, and all the world.Are not with me esteem'd above thy life;I would lose all, ay, sacrifice them all,Here to the devil, to deliver you.Portia:Your wife would give you little thanks for that,If she were by to hear you make the offer.”The above is a quotation taken from Shakespeare's comedy The Merchant of Venice.The quoted part can be regarded as a good example to illustrate( ).A.dramatic ironyB.personificationC.allegoryD.symbolism26.“And we will sit upon the rocks, /Seeing the shepherds feed their flocks,/By shallow rivers to whose falls/Melodious birds sing madrigals.”The above lines are probably taken from( ).A.Spenser's “The Faerie Queene”B.John Donne's “The Sun Rising”C.Shakespeare's “Sonnet 18”D.Marlowe's “The Passionate Shepherd to His Love”27.Which of the following statements best illustrates the theme of Shakespeare's Sonnet 18?A.The speaker eulogizes the power of Nature.B.The speaker satirizes human vanity.C.The speaker praises the power of artistic creation.D.The speaker meditates on man's salvation.28.Which of the following historical events does not directly help to stimulate the rising of the Renaisssance Movement?A.The rediscovery of ancient Greek and Roman culture.B.The new discoveries in geography and astrology.C.The Glorious revolution.D.The religious reformation and the economic expansion.29.Among the great Middle English poets, Geoffrey Chaucer is known for his production of( ).A.Piers PlowmanB.Sir Gawain and the Green KnightC.Confessio AmantisD.The Canterbury Tales30.Romance, which uses narrative verse or prose to tell stories of( )adventures or other heroic deeds, is a popular literary form in the medieval period.A.ChristianB.knightlyC.GreekD.primitive二、简答题31.What characterizes the literary works in the Romantic period?32.Utopia33.Heroic Couplet34.Humanism35.Ballad36.Nature is a philosophic work, in which Emerson gives an explicit discussion on his idea of the Qversoul. What is your understanding of Emersonian“Oversoul”?37.Romance38.Ode39.Romanticism40.Renaissance41.As a rule, an allegory is story in verse or prose with a double meaning: a surface meaning, and an implied meaning. List two works as examples of allegory. What is an allegory usually concerned with by its implied meaning?42.Metaphysical Poetry43.Darwinism44.Naturalism45.Local color三、复合题“God knows, …I'm not myself—I'm somebody else—…and I'm changed, and I can't tell what's my name, or who I am.”Questions:46.Identify the work and the author.47.The speaker says he is changed. Do you think he is changed, or the social environment has changed?48.What idea does the quoted passage express?“And when I am formulated, sprawling on a pin,When I am pinned and wriggling on the wall.Then how should beginTo spit out all the butt-ends of my days and ways.”Questions:49.Identify the poem and the poet.50.What does the phrase “butt-ends” m ean?51.What idea does the quoted passage express?“Her eyes met his and he looked away. He neither believed nor disbelieved her, but he knew that he had made a mistake in asking; he never had known, never would know, what she was thinking. The sight of her inscrutable face, the thought of all the hundreds of evenings he had seen her sitting there like that, soft and passive, but so unreadable, unknown, enraged him beyond measure.”Questions:52.Identify the writer and the work.53.What does the phr ase “inscrutable face” mean?54.What idea does the quoted passage express?英美文学——在线考试复习资料答案及要点一、单选题1.C2.C3.A4.B5.C6.A7.A8.B9.B10.D11.A12.A13.C14.D15.B16.B17.D18.D19.D20.D21.C22.A23.B24.B25.A26.D27.C28.C29.D30.B二、简答题（略）三、复合题46.Washington Irving:“Rip Van Winkle”47.The social environment is changed.48.When Rip is back home after a period of 20 years, he findsthateverything has changed. All those old values are gone, and he can hardly feel at home in a changed society. One of the functions that Rip serves in the story is to provide a measuring stick for change. It is through him that Irving drives home the theme that a desire for change,improvement, and progress could subvert stable society.49.T. S. Eliot: “The Love Song of J. Alfred Pruforck”50.The ends of cigarettes, meaning trivial things here.51.Here, Prufrock's inability to do anything against the society he is in is made strikingly clear by using a sharp comparison. Prufrock imagines himself as a kind of insect pinned on the wall and struggling in vain to get free. This image vividly shows Prufrock's current predicament.52.John Galasworthy: The Man of Property.53.A face does not show any emotion or reaction so that it is impossible to know how that person is feeling or what he is thinking about.54.It presents the inner mind of Soames in face of his wife's coldness. He can never know what is on his wife's mind because the makeup of his and her mentality is different. His wife Irene, whosemind is romantically inclined, is disgusted with her husband's possessiveness. Being unable to read his wife's mind is as good as saying that he really can't regard her as his property- this is the very reason why he is enraged beyond measure.。
高等教育自学考试英美文学选读试题及答案
课程代码：0604请将答案填在答题纸相应的位置上(全部题目用英文作答)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 orcompletes the statement and write the corresponding letter on the answer sheet.1. In Renaissance, the European humanist thinkers and scholars made attempts to dothe following EXCEPT ______.A. getting rid of those old feudalist ideasB. getting control of the parliament and governmentC. introducing new ideas that expressed the interests of the rising bourgeoisieD. recovering the purity of the early church, from the corruption of the RomanCatholic Church2. The Petrarchan sonnet was first introduced into England by ______.A. SurreyB. WyattC. SidneyD. Shakespeare3. As the best of Shakespeare's final romances,______ is a typical example of hispessimistic view towards human life and society in his late years.A. The TempestB. The Winter's TaleC. CymbelineD. The Rape of Lucrece4. John Milton's greatest poetical work ______ is the only generally acknowledgedepic in English literarure since Beowulf.A.AreopagiticaB. Paradise LostC. LycidasD. Samson Agonistes5. The British bourgeois or middle class believed in the following notions EXCEPT______.A. self - esteemB. self - relianceC. self - restraintD. hard work6. “Graveyard School〞writers are the following sentimentalists EXCEPT______.A. James ThomsonB. William CollinsC. William CowperD. Thomas Jackson7. The best model of satire in the whole English literary history is Jonathan Swift's______.A. A Modest ProposalB. A Tale of a TubC. Gulliver's TravelsD. The Battle of the Books8. As a representative of the Enlightenment,______ was one of the first to introducerationalism to England.A. John BunyanB. Daniel DefoeC. Alexander PopeD. Jonathan Swift9. 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 DefoeB. Henry FieldingC. Jonathan SwiftD. Samuel Richardson10. Which of the following descriptions of Gothic Novels is NOT correctA. It predominated in the early eighteenth century.B. It was one phase of the Romantic movement.C. Its principal elements are violence, horror and the supernatural.D. Works like The Mysteries of Udolpho and Frankenstein are typical Gothic romance.11. “Byronic hero〞is a figure of the following traits EXCEPT ______.A.being proudB. being of humble originC.being rebelliousD. being mysterious12. Robert Browning created ______ by adopting the novelistic presentation ofcharacters.A. the verse novelB. the blank verseC. the heroic coupletD. the dramatic poetry13. Charles Dickens' novel ______ is famous for its vivid descriptions of theworkhouse and life of the underworld in the nineteenth- century London.A. The Pickwick PaperB. Oliver TwistC. David CopperfieldD. Nicholas Nickleby14. Charlotte Bronte's works are all about the struggle of an individualconsciousness towards ______, about some lonely and neglected young women witha fierce longing for love, understanding and a full, happy life.A. self - relianceB. self - realizationC. self - esteemD. self - consciousness15. The symbolic meaning of “Book〞 in Robert Browning's long poem The Ring and theBook is ______.A. the common senseB. the hard truthC. the comprehensive knowledgeD. the dead truth16. Thomas Hardy's pessimistic view of life predominated most of his later worksand earns him a reputation as a ______ writer.A. realisticB. naturalisticC. romanticD. stylistic17. After the First World War, there appeared the following literary trends ofmodernism EXCEPT ______.A. expressionismB. surrealismC. stream of consciousnessD. black humour18. The masterpieces of critical realism in the early 20th century are the threetrilogies of ______.A. Galsworthy's Forsyte novelsB. Hardy' s Wessex novelsC. Greene's Catholic novelsD. Woolf's stream-of-consciousness novels19. In the mid - 1950s and early 1960s, there appeared “______〞 who demonstrateda particular disillusion over the depressing situation in Britain and launcheda bitter protest. against the outmoded social and political values in theirsociety.A. The Beat GenerationB. The Lost GenerationC. The Angry Young MenD. Black Mountain Poets20.The following are English stream-of-consciousness novels EXCEPT ______.A.PilgrimageB. UlyssesC.Mrs.DallowayD. A Passage to Inida21. The leader of the Irish National Theater Movement in the early 20th centurywas ______.A. W.B.Yeats B. Lady GregoryC. J.M.SyngeD. John Galworthy22. T.S.Eliot's most popular verse play is ______.A. Murder in the CathedralB. The Cocktail PartyC. The Family ReunionD. The Waste Land23. The American writer ______ was awarded the Nobel Prize for the anti-racist In-truder in the Dust in 1950.A. Ernest HemingwayB. Gertrude SteinC. William FaulknerD.T.S. Eliot24. Hemingway's second big success is ______ , which wrote the epitaph to a decadeand to the whole generation in the 1920s, in order to tell us a story about the tragic love affair of a wounded American soldier with a British nurse.A. For Whom the Bell TollsB. A Farewell to ArmsC. The Sun Also RisesD. The Old Man and the Sea25. With the publication of ______ , Dreiser was launching himself upon a long careerthat would ultimately make him one of the most significant American writers of the school later known as literary naturalism.A. Sister CarrieB. The TitanC. The GeniusD. The Stoic26. Henry James is generally regarded as the forerunner of the 20th -century “stream-of-consciousness〞novels and the founder of ______.A. neoclassicismB. psychological realismC. psychoanalytical criticismD. surrealism27. In 1849, Herman Melville published ______ ,a semi-autobiographical novel, con-cerning the sufferings of a genteel youth among brutal sailors.A. OmooB. MardiC. RedburnD. Typee28. As a sequel to The Adventures of Tom Sawyer,______ marks the climax of Mark Twain'sliterary activity.A. The Adventures of Huckleberry FinnB. Life on the MississippiC. The Gilded AgeD. Roughing It29. Realism was a reaction against ______ or a move away from the bias towards romanceand self- creating fictions, and paved the way to Modernism.A. RomanticismB. RationalismC. Post-modernismD. Cynicism30. When World War II broke out,______ began working for the Italian government,engaged in some radio broadcasts of anti- Semitism and pro- Fascism.A. Ezra PoundB.T.S. EliotC. Henry JamesD. Robert Frost31. In 1915 ______ became a naturalized British citizen, largely in protest againstAmerica's failure to join England in the First World War.C. W.D.Howells D. Ezra Pound32. What Whitman prefers for his new subject and new poetic feelings is “______ ,〞 that is, poetry without a fixed beat or regular rhyme scheme.A. blank verseB. free rhythmC. balanced structureD. free verse33. The American woman poet ______ wanted to live simply as a complete independentbeing, and so she did, as a spinster.A. Emily ShawB. Anna DickinsonC. Emily DickinsonD. Anne Bret34. The Birthmark drives home symbolically ______ point that evil is a man's birthmark,something he was born with.A. Whitman'sB. Melville'sC. Hawthorne'sD. Emerson's35. The Financier ,The Titan and The Stoic written by ______ are called his “Trilogyof Desire〞.A. Henry JamesB. Theodore DreiserC. Mark TwainD. Herman Melville36. Disregarding grammar and punctuation,______ always used “i〞 instead of “I〞in his poems to show his protest against self-importance.A. Wallace StevensB. Ezra Pound37. Though Robert Frost is generally considered a regional poet whose subject mattersmainly focus on the landscape and people in ______ , he wrote many poems that investigate the basic themes of man's life in his long poetic career.A. the westB. the southC. New EnglandD. Alaska38. Most critics have agreed that Fitzgerald is both an insider and an outsider of______ with a double vision.A. the Gilded AgeB. the Rational AgeC. the Jazz AgeD. the Magic Age39. In the American Romantic writings,______ came to function almost as a dramaticcharacter that symbolized moral law.A. fireB. waterC. treesD. wilderness40. The desire for an escape from society and a return to ______ became a permanentconvention of the American literature.A. the family lifeB. natureC. the ancient timeD. fantasy of loveII. Reading Comprehension (16 points in all, 4 for each)Read the quoted parts carefully and answer the questions in English. Write your answers in the corresponding space on the answer sheet.41. Wherefore feed and clothe and saveFrom the cradle to the graveThose ungrateful drones who wouldDrain your sweat- nay, drink your bloodQuestions:A. Identify the poet and the title of the poem from which the stanza is taken.B. What figure of speech is used in Line 2C. Whom does “drones〞 refer to42. The following quotation is from one of the poems by T. S. Eliot:No! I am not Prince Hamlet, nor was meant to be;Am an attendant lord, one that will doTo swell a progress, start a scene or twoAdvise the prince; no doubt, an easy tool,Deferential, glad to be of use,Politic, cautious, and meticulous,Full of high sentence, but a bit obtuse;Questions:A. Identify the title of the poem from which the quoted part is taken.B. Who's the speaker of the quoted linesC. What does the first line show about the speaker43．There was a child went forth every day,And the first object he look'd upon, that object he became,And that object became part of him for the day or a certain part of the day, Or for many years or stretching cycles of years.Questions:A. Identify the poet.B.From which poem and which collection of the poet are these lines takenC.What does the poet describe in the poem44. I heard a Fly buzz- when I died-The Stillness in the RoomWas like the Stillness in the Air-Between the Heaves of Storm-The Eyes around- had wrung them dry-And Breaths were gathering firmFor that last Onset- when the KingBe witnessed - in the Room-Questions:A. Identify the poet.B. What does “the King〞 refer toC. What moment is the poem trying to describeIII. 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. List at least two leading neoclassicists in England. What did Neoclassicistscelebrate in literary creation46. Jane Eyre is one of the most popular and important novels of the Victorian Age.Why is Jane Eyre such a successful novel47. Who are the three dominant figures of the American Age of Realism and what arethe differences in their understanding of the “truth〞48. What's Dreiser' s naturalistic belief Please discuss the question with Carrie,a character in Sister Carrie as an example.IV. Topic Discussion(20 points in all, 10 for each)Write no less than 150 words on each of the following topics in English in thecorresponding space on the answer sheet.49. Briefly discuss William Shakespeare's artistic achievements in characterization,plot construction and language.50. Briefly discuss Mark Twain's art of fiction in terms of the setting,the language,and the characters, etc.,based on his novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.全国高等教育自学考试英美文学选读真题答案及评分参考〔课程代码0604〕I. Multiple Choice (40 points in all, 1 for each)1. B2. B3. A4. B5.A6.D7.A8.C9.B 10.A 11.B 12.A13.B 14.B 15.B 16.B 17.D 18.A 19.C 20.D 21.A 22.A 23.C24.B 25.A 26.C 27.C 28.A 29.A 30.A 31.A 32.D 33.C 34.C35.B 36.D 37.C 38.C 39.D 40.BII. Reading Comprehension (16 points in all, 4 for each)41. A. From Percy Shelley’s “Men of England〞(1)B. Metonymy (1)C. Here “drones〞refers to the parasitic class in human society. (2)42. A. “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock〞(1)B. J. Alfred Prufrock (1)C. Prufrock is conscious of the fact that he is like Hamlet in some respects. But he is sensibleenough that he cannot be compared with Hamlete. (2)43. A. Walt Whitman (1)B. “There Was a Child Went Forth〞from “Leaves of Grass〞(1)C. The poem describes the growth of a child who learned about the world around him andimproved himself accordingly. In the poem, Whitman’s own early ex perience may well be identified with the childhood of a young, growing American. (2)44. A. Emily Dickinson (1)B. The God of Death. (1)C. The poem is trying to describe the moment of death. (2)III. Questions and Answers (24 points in all, 6 for each)45. A. Alexander Pope, John Dryden, Samuel Johnson (任选2位作家). (2)B. They believed that the artistic ideals should be order, logic, restrained emotion andaccuracy and that literature should be judged in terms of its service to humanity. (2) They seek proportion, unity, harmony and grace in literacy expression, in an effort to delight,instruct and correct human beings. Thus a polite, elegant, witty and intellectual artdeveloped. (2)46. A. It is noted for its sharp criticism of the existing society. (2)B. It is an intense moral fable. (2)C. The success of the novel is also due to its introduction to the English novel the firstgoverness heroine. (2)47. A. William Dean Howells, Mark Twain, Henry James. (3)B. Mark Twain and Howells seemed to have paid more attention to the “life〞of theAmericans. Howells focused his discussion on the rising middle class and the way theylived; Mark Twain preferred to have his own region and people at the forefront of his stories;Henry James had apparently laid a greater emphasis on the “inner world〞of man. (3)48. A. Dreiser believes that while men are controlled and conditioned by heredity, instinct andchance, a few extraordinary and unsophisticated human beings refuse to accept their fatewordlessly and instead strive, unsuccessfully, to find meaning and purpose for theirexistence. (3)B. Carrie, as one of such, senses that she is merely a cipher in an uncaring world yet seeks tograsp the mysteries of life and thereby satisfies her desires for social status and materialcomfort, but in spite of her success, she is lonely and dissatisfied. (3)以上各题言语错误酌情扣分。
英美文学考试复习选择题
一．盎格鲁-撒克逊时期1. The most important work of _a _is The Anglo-Saxon Chronicles, which is regarded as the best monument of the English prose.a. Alfred the Greatb. Caedmonc. Cynewulfd. Venerable Bede2. Who is the monster half-human who had mingled thirty warriors in The Song of Beowulf ？_c_a. Hrothgatb. Heorotc. Grendeld. Beowulf3. _b_ is the first important religious poet in English literature.a. Cynewulfb. Caedmonc. Shakespeared. Adam Bede4. The epic, The Song of Beowulf, represents the spirit of _d__.a. monksb. romanticistsc. sentimentalistsd. Pagan（异教徒）5. When we speak of the old English prose, the first name that comes into our minds is_ d_, who is the first scholar in English literature and has been regarded as father of English learning.a. William Shakespeareb. Beowulfc. Julius Caesard. Venerable Bede6. _a_ is not only a prose writer but also a king of Wessex.a. Alfred the Greatb. venerable Bedec. Adam Beded. King Arthur7. Prose literature did not show its appearance until the _c_ century.a. 6thb. 7thc. 8thd. 10th8. The Anglo-Saxons were Christianized in the _c_ century.a. 5thb. 6thc. 7thd. 8th9. Beowulf describes the exploits of a _d_hero, Beowulf, in fighting against the monster Grendel, his revengeful mother, and a fire-breathing dragon.a. Danishb. Scandinavianc. Englishd. Norwegian10. The Roman occupation lasted for about 400 years in Britain, and in _d_, all the Roman troops went back to the continent and never returned.a. 55 B.C.b. 78 A.D.c. 400 A.D.d. 410 A.D.11. English literature began with the _a_settlement in English. Of old English literature, Beowulf, the national epic of the English people, is an example of the mingling of nature myths and heroic legends.a. Anglo-Saxonb. Romanc. Normand. Britain二．盎格鲁-诺曼时期1. In 1066, _a_, with his Norman army, succeeded in invading and defeating English.a. William the Conquerorb. Julius Caesarc. Alfred the Greatd. Claudius2. In the 14th century, the most important writer is _d_a. Langlandb. Wycliffec. Gowerd. Chaucer3. The prevailing from of Medieval English literature is the _c_.a. novelb. dramac. romance a. essay4. The story of _a_ is the culmination of the Arthurian romances.a. Sir Gawain and the Green Knightsb. The story of Beowulfc. Piers the plowmand. The Canterbury5. William Langland’s _b_ is written in the form of a dream vision.a. Kubla Khanb. Piers the Plowmanc. The Dream of John Bulld. Morted’ Arthur6. After the Norman Conquest, three languages existed in English at that time. The Normans spoke _a_.a. Frenchb. Englishc. Latind. Swedish7._c_ was the greatest of English religious reformers and the first translator of the Bible.a. Langlandb. Gowerc. Wycliffed. Chaucer8. Piers the Plowman describes a serous of wonderful dreams the author dreamed, through which, we can see a picture of the life in the _b_ English.a. primitiveb. feudalc. bourgeoisd. modern9. The theme of _a_ to king and lord was repeatedly emphasized in romances.a. loyaltyb. revoltc. obedienced. mockery10. The most famous cycle of English ballads centers on the stories about a legendary outlaw called _b_.a. Morte d’ Aryhurb. Robin Hoodc. The Canterbury Talesd. Piers the Plowman三．乔叟时期1. Who is the “father of English poetry” and one of the greatest narrative poets of England? _b_a. Christopher Marlowb. Geoffrey Chaucerc. W. Shakespeared. Alfred the Great2. When he died, Chaucer was buried in a the Poet’s Co rner.a. Westminster Abbeyb. Normandyc. Canterburyd. Southwark3. Chaucer’s earliest work of any length is his “ c ” a translation of the French “ Roman de la Rose ” by Gaillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meung, which was a love allegory enjoying widespread popularity in the 13th and 14th centuries not only in France but throughout Europe.a. Troilus and Criseydeb. A Red, Red Rosec. Romance of the Rosed. Piers the Plowman4. Chaucer composes a long narrative poem named “ b ” based on Boccaccio’s poem “ Filotrato”.a. The Legend of Good Womenb. Troilus and CirseydeSir Gawain and the Green Knight d. Beowulf5. In his literary development, Chaucer was influenced by three literatures, Which one is not true? _d_French literature b. Italian literaturec. English literatured. German literature6. _a_creative work vividly reflected the changes which had taken root in English culture of the second half of the 14th century.a. Chaucer’sb. Byron’sc. Shelley’sd. Eliot’s四．文艺复兴时期1. The cradle of Renaissance is_ D_.A. GermanyB. EnglandC. AmericaD. Italy2. English Renaissance Period was not an age of prose, but Thomas More wrote hisfamous prose work_ A_.A. UtopiaB. Song and SonnetsC. Of StudiesD. The Shepherd’s Calendar3. The real mainstream of the English Renaissance is _A_A. the Elizabethan dramaB. the Elizabethan proseC. ancient poemD. romantic novel4. Which of the following doesn’t belong to one of the University Wits? _D_John Lyly B. Christopher Marlowe C. Robert Green D. John Milton5. Chrispopher Marlowe’s second achievement is his creation of __B__for the English drama.A. the Byronic heroB. the Renaissance heroC. the Realistic heroD. the Romantic hero6. ___B__ is the essence of the Renaissance.Reformation B. Humanism C. Chivalry D. Heroism7. The following are the main qualities of Spe nser’s poetry except __D__.A. Perfect melodyB. rare sense of beautyC. dedicated idealismD. bitter irony1. The most important and popular comedy written by Shakespeare is __C_.A. Romeo and JulietB. Twelfth NightC. The Merchant of VeniceD. As You Like It2. Which writing is a typical example of Shakespeare's pessimistic view towards human life and society in his late years? AA. TempestB. King LearC. HamletD. Othello3. Which one IS NOT one of Shakespeare's four tragedies? AA. Romeo and JulietB. King LearC. HamletD. Othello4. ___B__, the first of the great tragedies, is generally regarded as Shakespeare's most popular play on the stage.A. The Merchant of VeniceB. HamletC. King LearD. Julius Caesar5. Shakespeare has established his giant position in world literature with his __D__ plays.A. 47B. 27C. 52D. 376. Which of the following statements best illustrates the theme of Shakespeare’s Sonnet 18? CA. The speaker eulogizes the power of Nature.B. The speaker satirizes human vanity.C. The speaker praises the power of artistic creation.D. The speaker meditated on man’s salvation17世纪王政复辟时期1. John Donne is the leading figure of __D___.A. Lake poetsB. Graveyard SchoolC. Satanic poetsD. Metaphysical School2. Which of the following is not true of John Donne? BA. John Donne is the leading figure of the “Metaphysical School ”.B. The most striking feature of Donne’s poetry is precisely its tang of romance.C. Donne is best known by the Song and Sonnets.D. Donne’s great prose works are his sermons.3. _B_ holds that the nature of love is the union of soul and body.A. John BunyanB. John DonneC. Samule JohnsonD. Daniel Defoe1. The chief force that motivated John Bunyan to write The Pilgrim’s Progress was his ___B___.A. police commitmentB. religious fervencyC. artistic pursuitD. long suffering in the prison2. As a result of the conscientious study he made of the Bible, Bunyan’s language was ____B__.A. satiric, concise and well-balancedB. concrete, living and colloquialC. general, Latinate and polysyllabicD. comic, neat and decent3. The following comments on John Bunyan are wrong except __A___.A. He was a stout Puritan.B. Bunyan’s works belong to Gothic novels.C. Bunyan’s style is different from that of the English Bible.D. A Modest Proposal in his masterpiece.1. Here is a sentence from an essay, “Read not to contradict and confuse, nor to believe and take for granted, nor to find talk and discourse, but to weigh and consider”. The essay must be ___A___.A. Of studies by Francis BaconB. The Advancement of Learning by Francis BaconC. Novum Organum by Francis BaconD. Essays by Francis Bacon2. __D__ is a great tract on education written by Bacon.A. Novum OrganumB. The New AtlantisC. EssaysD. The Advancement of Learning3. _A___ lays the foundation for modern science with his insistence on scientific way of thinking and fresh observation rather than authority as a basis for obtaining knowledge.A. Francis BaconB. Thomas HardyC. Charles DickensD. William Blake18世纪浪漫主义时期1. In the field of literature, the Enlightenment Movement brought about a revival of interest in the old classical works. This tendency is known as __B__.A. ClassicismB. Neoclassicism.C. RomanticismD. Pre-Romanticism2. The __D___ century England is known as the Age of Enlightenment or the Age of Reason.A. fifteenB. sixteenC. seventeenD. eighteen3. Which of the following cannot correctly describe Enlightenment Movement? DA. Enlightenment Movement flourished in France.B. Enlightenment Movement was a furtherance of the Renaissance.C. The purpose of the movement was to enlighten the whole world.D. It advocated individual education.4. The modern English novel came into being in __D__.A. The middle of the 17th centuryB. the 17th centuryC. The late 18th centuryD. the middle of the 18th century5. The enlighteners claim that __A__ should be the only, and the final cause of any human thought and activities.A. reasonB. equalityC. scienceD. fraternity6. As the representative of the Enlightenment, Pope was one of the first to introduce _A__ to England.A. rationalismB. criticismC. romanticismD. realism7. The Dunciad is generally considered to be Pope’s best _B__ work.A. praisingB. satiricC. fabulousD. allegorical8. Alexander Pope strongly advocated _B__, emphasizing that literary works should be judged by classical rules of order, reason, logic, restrained emotion, good taste and decorum.A. IdealismB. neoclassicismC. romanticismD. sentimentalism9. __C_ satirizes the foolish, meaningless life of the lords and ladies in the aristocratic bourgeois society of the 18th England.A. An Essay on CriticismB. The DunciadC. The Rape of the LockD. An Essay on Man1. In his novel, Robinson Crusoe , Defoe eulogizes the hero of the ___C__. Aristocratic class B. enterprising landlordsC. rising bourgeoisieD. hard-working people2. Daneil Defoe’s novels m ainly focus on __A___.A. The struggle of the unfortunate for mere existenceB. The struggle of the shipwrecked persons for securityC. The struggle of the pirates for wealthD. The struggle of the criminals for property3.__C___ is important in the history of the novel because it shows the care for persistent record of the detail of daily life, which was to become one of the most distinguishing characteristics of the novel form.A. Moll FlandersB. Robinson CrusoeC. A Journal of the Plague YearD. Roxana4. The following on Daniel Defoe are true except __C__.A. Robinson Crusoe is his first novel.B. Robinson Crusoe is universally considered his masterpieceC. He was a member of the upper class.D. In his novels, his sympathy for the downtrodden, unfortunate poor is shown.5. In his Moll Flanders, Defoe __B__.A. Satisfies his reader by making the sinner justifiably punished.B. Convinces his reader that the sinner is more sinned against than sinningC. Condemns the frailty of women when sinned againstD. Bemoans the unjust fate of the female sinner1. Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels is the greatest __B__ work in English literature. Realistic B. satiric C. romantic D. poetic2. Jonathan Swift held the opinion that human nature _A__, thus human nature and human institutions both needed constant reform and improvement.Was seriously and permanently flawedHad become corrupted and deprivedWas a mixture of the angelic and the satanicWas erroneous but capable of redemption3. The 18th century witnessed that in England there appeared two political parties, __A__, which were satirized by Jonathan Swift in his Gulliver’s Travels .A. The Whig and the ToriesB. The senate and the House of RepresentativeC. The upper House and lower HouseD. The House of Lord and the House of Common4. “Proper words in proper place, makes the true definition of a style.” The sentence is said by __D__, one of the greatest masters of English prose.A. Alexander PopeB. Henry FieldingC. Daniel DefoeD. Jonathan Swift1. Thomas Gray has been regarded as the leader of the __B__ of the day.A. Romantic poetryB. sentimental poetryC. religious poetryD. modern poetry2. In terms of Elegy Written in the Country Churchyard, which is wrong? _B_A. The author employs metaphor in this poem.B. The author excessively expresses his personal melancholy.C. Here he reveals his sympathy for the poor and the unknown.D. He mocks the great ones who despise the poor and bring havoc on them.3. Which of the following phrases cannot be used to describe the features of Gray’s poetry? _D_A. Highly artificial in dictionB. distorted in word orderC. Calculated in rhythmD. lighted-hearted in tone1. Samuel Richardson, one of the 18th century novelists, is well known for his __A__.A. Epistolary methodB. allegoryC. comic-epic in proseD. symbolism1. Which of the following writings is not completed by Sheridan? _B_A. The School for ScandalB. PamelaC. The RivalsD. The Critic2. Which play is regarded as the best English comedy since Shakespeare? _C_A. She Stoops to ConquerB. The RivalsC. The School for ScandalD. The Conscious Lovers。
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I.Multiple Choice(40points in all,1for 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 orD on the answer sheet.1.Shakespeare has established his giant position in world literature with his______plays,154sonnets and2long poems.BA.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______.CA.romancesB.dramasC.great poemsD.ballads3.The novels of______are the first literary works devoted to the study of problems of the lower—class people.CA.John MiltonB.Daniel DefoeC.Henry FieldingD.Jonathan Swift4.The work ranked by many critics as William Wordswoth’s greatest work was______.BA.Lyrical BalladsB.The PreludeC.Poems in Two VolumesD.The Excursion5.The author of The History of Tom Jones,a Foundling is ______.CA.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.*BA.Charlotte BrontewrenceC.Thomas HardyD.Jane Austen7.All of the following writings are created by William Wordsworth EXCEPT______.DA.“I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud.”B.“Composed upon Westminster Bridge,Septemer3,1802.”C.“The Solitary Reaper.”D.“The Chimney Sweeper.”8.The most important representative work by Jonathan Swift is______.DA.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______.DA.“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.BA.Pride and PrejudiceB.Sense and SensibilityC.EmmaD.Persuasion11.Charles Dickens is one of the greatest______writers of the Victorian Age.DA.romanticB.modernistC.socialistD.critical realist12.Charlotte Bronte's most autobiographical work,______ is largely based on her experience in Brussels.AA.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.AA.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.*CA.Widowers’HousesB.Too True to Be GoodC.Mrs.Warren's ProfessionD.Candida15.Eliot's most important single poem______,has been hailed as a landmark and a model of the20th-century English poetry.BA.The Hollow MenB.The Waste LandC.Prurrock and Other ObservationsD.Poems1909-2516. D. /doc/info-926f89635dbfc77da26925 c52cc58bd630869377.htmlwrence’s autobiographical novel, ______shows the conflict between the earthy,coarse, energetic but often drunken father and the refined,strong —willed and up—climbing mother.AA.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 ______.DA.King LearB.RomeoC.AntonioD.Hamlet18.John Milton’s last important work,______is the most powerful dramatic poem on the Greek model.AA.Paradise LostB.Paradise RegainedC.Samson AgonistesD.Lydidas19.The author of Moll Flanders and Captain Singleton is ______.BA.John MiltonB.Daniel DefoeC.Henry FieldingD.Jonathan Swift20.Drapier is the pseudonym of______.AA.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 ofaffairs and keep the innocent in prison for life.BA.Bleak HouseB.Little DorritC.Hard TimesD.A Tale of Two Cities22.In the second part of Gulliver's Travels,Gulliver told his experience in______.AA.BrobdingnagB.LilliputC.Flying IslandD.Houyhnhnm23.Faulkner used the narrative techniques to construct his stories,which include______and mythological and biblical allusions.AA.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.BA.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.CA.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 Americanfinancial tycoons in the late19th century in his work ______.DA.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.DA.imagesB.metaphorC.symbolsD.personification28.In his later works,Melville becomes more reconciled with the______,in which he admits,one must live by rules.BA.womenB.world of manC.familyD.politicians29.Walt Whitman's______has always been considered a monumental work which commands great attention in America.BA.The Pilgrim’s ProgressB.Leaves of GrassC.A Passage to IndiaD.Rip Van Winkle30.Mark Twain’s full literary career began to blossom in1869with a travel book______,an account of American tourists in Europe.AA.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.AA.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.AA.immortalityB.wealthC.powerD.politics33.In Sister Carrie Theodore Dreiser expressed his______ pursuit by expounding the purposelessness of life and attacking the conventional moral standards.BA.romanticB.realisticC.naturalisticD.modernistic34.Profound ideas in Robert Frost's poems are delivered under the disguise of______.AA.the plain language and the simple formB.the vivid descriptionsC.metaphorsD.the complicated narration35.In______Hemingway presents his philosophy about life and death throughthe depiction of the bullfight as a kind of microcosmic tragedy.BA.The Green Hills of AfricaB.Death in the AfternoonC.The Snows of KilimanjaroD.To Have and Have Not36Of Faulkner’s literary works,four novels are masterpieces by any standards:The Sound and the Fury, Light in August,Absalom,Absalom!and______.AA.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 ofcreating a new nation.CA.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______.BA.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.BA.“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.BA.The AmbassadorsB.Daisy MillerC.The 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202X年4月高等教育自学考试全国统一命题考试英美文学选读真题请将答案填在答题纸相应位置上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. Write your answer in the corresponding space on the answer sheet.1．The work that presented, for the first time in English literature, a comprehensive realistic picture of the medieval English society and created a whole gallery of vivid characters from all walks of life is most likely ______________. A．William Langland’ s Piers Plowman B．Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Canterbury TalesC．John Gower’s Confession Amantis D．Sir Gawain and the Green Knight2．The tragedy of Dr. Faustus, the protagonist in Christopher Marlowe’s The Tragic History ofDr. Faustus , is the very fact that______________.A．man is confined to timeB．he tried to join Africa to SpainC．he became a man without soul after he sold itD．he conjured up Helen, the lady who was partially responsible for the breaking-up of the Trojan War3．The sentence “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day〞is the beginning line of one of Shakespeare’s ______________. A．comedies B．tragediesC．sonnets D．histories4．Paradise Lost is actually a story taken from ______________.A．the Renaissance B．the Old TestamentC．Greek Mythology D．the New Testament5．Spenser’s masterpiece _____________ is a great poem of its time.A．The Faerie Queene B．The Shepheardes CalenderC．The Canterbury Tales D．Metamorphoses6．______________ is the essence of the Renaissance.A．Poetry B．DramaC．Humanism D．Reason7．The most famous dramatists in the Renaissance England are Christopher Marlowe, William Shakespeare and ______________.A．John Milton B．John MarloweC．Ben Jonson D．Edmund Spenser8．“To be, or not to be—that is the question〞is a line taken from______________.A．Hamlet B．OthelloC．King Lear D．The merchant of venice9．Francis Bacon’s essays are famous for their brevity, compactness and ______________.A．complicity B．complexityC．powerfulness D．mildness10．Literature of Neoclassicism is different from that of Romanticism in that ______________.A．the former celebrates reason, rationality, order and instruction while the latter sees literature as an expression of an复习文档individual’s feeling and experiencesB．the former is heavily religious but the latter secularC．the former is an intellectual movement, the purpose of which is to arouse the middle class for political rights while the latter is concerned with the personal cultivationD．the former advocates the “return to nature〞whereas the latter turns to the ancient Greek and Roman writers for its models.11．Daniel Defoe describes ______________ as a typical English Middle- class man of the eighteenth century, the very prototype of the empire builder or the pioneer colonist.A．Tom Jones B．GulliverC．Moll Flanders D．Robinson Crusoe12．______________ is a typical feature of Swift’s writings.A．Bitter satire B．Elegant styleC．Casual narration D．Complicated sentence structure13．The Pilgrim’s Progress by John Bunyan is often said to be concerned with the search for ______________. A．material wealth B．spiritual salvationC．universal truth D．self- fulfillment14．Alexander Pope strongly advocated ______________ , emphasizing that literary works should be judged by rules of order, reason, logic, restrained emotion, good taste and decorum.A．Sentimentalism B．RomanticismC．Idealism D．Neoclassicism15．“Metaphysical poetry〞refers to the works of the 17th- century writers who wrote under the influence of ______________.A．John Donne B．Alexander PopeC．Christopher Marlowe D．John Milton16．It is generally regarded that Keats’ s most important and mature poems are in the form of ______________.A．ode B．elegyC．epic D．sonnet17．______________ is the most outstanding stream of consciousness novelist, with ___________ as his encyclopedia – like masterpiece .A．James Joyce, Ulysses B．E.M. Foster, A Passage to IndiaC．D.H. Lawrence, Sons and Lovers D．Virginia Woolf, Mrs Dalloway18．Which of the following poems is a landmark in English poetryA．Lyrical Ballads by William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor ColeridgeB．“I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud〞by William WordsworthC．“Remorse 〞by Samuel Taylor ColeridgeD．Leaves of Grass Walt Whitman19．The literary form which is fully developed and the most flourishing during the Romantic Period is ______________. A．prose B．dramaC．novel D．poetry20．Which of the following poems by T.S. Eliot is hailed as a landmark and a model of the 20th century English poetry A．Poems 1909-1925 B．The Hollow ManC．Prufrock and Other Observations D．The Waste Land复习文档21．“My last Duchess〞is a poem that best exemplifies Robert Browning’s ______________.A．sensitive ear for the sounds of the English languageB．excellent choice of wordsC．mastering of the metrical devicesD．use of the dramatic monologue22．Dickens’ works are characterized by a mingling of ______________ and pathos.A．humor B．satireC．passion D．metaphor23．Walt Whitman, whose ______________ established him as the most popular American poet of the 19th century. A．Leaves of Grass B．Go Down, MosesC．The Marble Faun D．As I Lay Dying24．______________ has always been regarded as a writer who “perfected the best classic style that American Literature ever produced〞.A．Edgar Ellen Poe B．Walt WhitmanC．Henry David Thoreau D．Washington Irving25．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 War26．Which of the following statements is NOT true of American TranscendentalismA．It can be clearly defined as a part of American Romantic literary movement.B．It can be defined philosophically as “the recognition in man of the capacity of knowing truth intuitively〞.C．Ralph Waldo Emerson was the chief advocate of this spiritual movement.D．It sprang from South America in the late 19th century.27．The theme of Washington Irving’s Rip Van Winkle is ______________.A．the conflict of human psyche B．the fight against racial discriminationC．the familial conflict D．the nostalgia for the unrecoverable past28．The unofficial manifesto for the Transcendental Club was ______________, Emerson’s first little book, which established him ever since as the most eloquent spokesman of New England Transcendentalism.A．The American Scholar B．Self—relianceC．Nature D．The Over—Soul29．Nathaniel Hawthorne held an unceasing interest in the “interior of the heart 〞of man’s being. So in almost every book he wrote, Hawthorne discusses______________.A．love and hatred B．sin and evilC．frustration and self—denial D．balance and self—discipline30．In Young Goodman Brown by Hawthorne, the name of Goodman Brown’s wife is ______________, which also contains many symbolic meanings.A．Ruth B．HesterC．Faith D．Mary31．Which of the following statements might be true of the theme of Song of Myself by Whitman复习文档A．This poem describes the growth of a child who learned about the world around him and improved himself accordingly. B．This poem shows the author’s cynical sentiments against the American Civil War.C．This poem reflects the author’s belief in Unitarianism or Deism.D．This poem reflects the author’s belief in the singularity and equality of all beings in value.32．In Moby—Dick, the white whale symbolizes ______________ for Melville, for it is complex, unfathomable, malignant, and beautiful as well.A．nature B．human societyC．whaling industry D．truth33．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．Cynicism B．ModernismC．Transcendentalism D．Neo—Classicalism34．Hemingway once described Mark Twain’s novel ______________ the one book from which “all modern American literature comes〞.A．The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn B．The Adventures of Tom SawyerC．The Gilded Age D．The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg35．__________ is generally regarded as the forerunner of the 20th—century “stream—of—consciousness〞novels and the founder of psychological realism.A．Theodore Dreiser B．William FaulknerC．Henry James D．Mark Twain36．Which of the following statements is NOT true of Emily Dickinson and her poetryA．She remained unmarried all her lifeB．She wrote, 1,775 poems, and most of them were published during her life time.C．Her poems have no titles, hence are always quoted by their first lines.D．Her limited private world has never confined the limitless power of her creativity and imagination.37．As a genre, naturalism emphasized ______________ as important deterministic forces shaping individualized characters who were presented in special and detailed circum-stances.A．theological doctrinesB．heredity and environmentC．education and hard workD．various opportunities and economic success38．Ezra Pound, a leading spokesman of the “______________〞, was one of the most important poets in his time. A．Imagist Movement B．Cubist MovementC．Reformist Movement D．Transcendentalist Movement39．Eugene O’Neill’s first full—length play, ______________, won him the first Pulitzer Prize. Its theme is the choice between life and death, the interaction of subjective and objective factors.A．Bound East for Cardiff B．The Hairy ApeC．Desire Under the Elms D．Beyond the Horizon40．Hemingway’s “Indian Camp 〞is one of the fourteen short stories collected under the title of ______________. This title is very ironic because there is no peace at all in the stories.A．Three Stories and Ten Poems B．Across the River and into the TreesC．The Green Hills of Africa D．In Our Time复习文档Ⅱ.Reading Comprehension (16 points, 4 for each)Read the quoted parts carefully and answer the questions in English. Write your answer in the corresponding space on the answer sheet.41．“For oft, when on my couch I lieIn vacant or in pensive mood,they flash upon that inward eye〞Questions:A．Identify the anthor and the title.B．What does the phrase “inward eye〞meanC．Write out the main idea of the passage in plain English.42．“The duties of her married life, contemplated as so great beforehand, seemed to be shrinking with the furniture and the white vapour—walled landscape. The clear heights where she expected to walk in full communion had become difficult to see even in her imagination; the delicious repose of the soul on a complete superior had been shaken into uneasy effort and alarmed with dim presentiment. When would the days begin of that active wifely devotion which was to strengthen her huXand’s life and exalt her own〞Questions:A．Identify the author and the title of the story from which the passage is taken.B．Explain the meaning of “the white vapour—walled landscape〞C．How do you undersdand “the delicious repose of the soul on a complete superior〞43．“It was you that broke the new wood,Now is a time for carving.We have one sap and one root—Let there be commerce between us.〞Questions:A．Whom does the “us〞refer toB．What does the phrase “broke the new wood 〞mean hereC．What is the intention of the poet in writing the poem “A Pact〞from which these lines are taken44．“There was music from my neighbor’s house through the summer nights. In his blue gardens men and girls came and went like moths among the whisperings and the champagne and the stars. At high tide in the afternoon I watched his guests diving from the tower of his raft, or taking the sun on the hot sand of his beach while his two motor—boats slit the waters of the Sound, drawing aquaplanes over cataracts of foam. On week—ends his Rolls—Royce became an omnibus, bearing parties to and from the city between nine in the morning and long past midnight, while his station wagon scampered like a brisk yellow bug to meet all trains. And on Mondays eight servants, including an extra gardener, toiled all day with mops and scrubbing—brushes and hammers and garden—shears, repairing the ravages of the night before.〞Questions:A．Identify the author and the title of the novel from which this passage is taken.B．What can you imply by reading this passageC．What do the “moths 〞symbolizeⅢ.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.复习文档45．William Shakespeare is one of the most remarkable playwrights the world has ever known.(1)Name his four greatest tragedies.(2)What are the characteristics of the four tragedies in common(3)Briefly summarize each hero’s weakness of nature.46．“Though his fair daughter’s self, as I avowedAt starting, is my object. Nay, we’ll goTogether down, sir. Notice Neptune, though,Taming a sea horse, though a rarity,Which Claus of InnXruck cast in bronze for me! 〞The lines above are taken from Robert Browning’s “My Last Duchess.〞Taking the whole poem into consideration, what kind of person do you think the duke is47．What is generally the view Washington lrving expressed in his “Rip Van Winkle〞about the radical changes that happened to the American society in his time48．What is the most famous theme in Henry James’s fiction And what is his favourite approach in characterization, which makes him different from Mark Twain and W.D. Howells as realists Give two titles of his works in which this theme and this approach are employed.Ⅳ. 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．Analyze the character of Jane Eyre based on the selection taken from Chapter X X Ⅲof Jane Eyre. 50．Symbolism is an important literary practice in literature and it has been widely used by many American writers. Discuss the way symboliom is used in Faulkner’s story “A Rose for Emily.〞复习文档。
2023年自考专业(英语)《英美文学选读》考试历年真题摘选附带答案
2023年自考专业(英语)《英美文学选读》考试历年真题摘选附带答案第1卷一.全考点综合测验(共20题)1.【单选题】What he had done is _______A.valueB.of valuableC.of no valueD.of no valuable2.【单选题】Robert Frost is generally considered a regional poet whose subject matters mainly focus on the landscape and people in( ).A.the westB.the southC.AlaskaD.New England3.【单选题】“The dignity of movement of an iceberg is due to only one -eighth of it being abov e water. ” This “iceberg ” analogy about prose style was put forward by( ).A.William FaulknerB.Henry JamesC.Ernest HemingwayD.F· Scott Fitzgerald4.【单选题】Hemingway’s “Indian Camp ” is one of the fourteen short stories collected under the title of( ).This title is very ironic because there is no peace at all in the stories.A.Three Stories and Ten PoemsB.Across the River and into the TreesC.The Green Hills of AfricaD.In Our Time5.【单选题】The( )Age of the 1920s characterized by frivolity and carelessness is brought vividly to life in The Great Gatsby.A.LostB.JazzC.ReasonD.Gilded6.【单选题】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.RealismB.Reason and RevolutionC.RomanticismD.Modernism7.【单选题】The attitude towards life that( )had been trying to demonstrate in his works is known as “grace under pressure ”.A.William FaulknerB.Theodore DreiserC.Ernest HemingwayD.F·Scott Fitzgerald8.【单选题】Eugene O’Neill ’s first full — length play,( ),won him the first Pulitzer theme is the choice between life and death,the interaction of subjective and objective factors.A.Bound East for CardiffB.The Hairy ApeC.Desire Under the ElmsD.Beyond the Horizon9.【单选题】The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and,especially,its sequence( )proved themselves to be the milestone in the American literature.A.The Adventures of Huckleberry FinnB.Life on the MississippiC.The Gilded AgeD.Roughing It10.【单选题】Ezra Pound,a leading spokesman of the “( ) ”,was one of the mostimportant poets in his time.A.Imagist MovementB.Cubist MovementC.Reformist MovementD.Transcendentalist Movement11.【单选题】William Faulkner set most of his works in the American( ),with his emphasis on the( )subjects and consciousness.A.North...NorthernB.East...EasternC.West...WesternD.South...Southern12.【单选题】Now many major employers are beginning to demand _______ the completion of schoolA.more thanB.rather thanC.other thanD.better than13.【单选题】Which of the following statements is NOT true of Emily Dickinson and her poetry?A.She remained unmarried all her lifeB.She wrote,1,775 poems,and most of them were published during her life time.C.Her poems have no titles,hence are always quoted by their first lines.D.Her limited private world has never confined the limitless power of her creativity and imagination.14.【单选题】considered( ) “the true father of our national literature ”.A.Bret HarteB.Mark TwainC.Washington IrvingD.Walt Whitman15.【单选题】Most literary critics think that Fitzgerald is both an insider and an outsider of( )with a double vision.A.the Jazz AgeB.the Age of Reason and RevolutionC.the Babybooming AgeD.the Post- Modern Age16.【单选题】At the age of eighty -seven,( )read his poetry at the inauguration of President John in 1961.A.Robert FrostB.Walt WhitmanC.Ezra Pound17.【单选题】The Financier,The Titan and The Stoic by Theodore Dreiser are called his “Trilogy of( ). ”A.HatredB.DeathC.DesireD.Fate18.【单选题】In Go Down,Moses,( )illuminates the problem of black and white in Southern society as a closeknit destiny of blood brotherhood.A.William FaulknerB.Jack LondonC.Herman MelvilleD.Nathaniel Hawthorne19.【单选题】“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 TwainB.Ezra PoundC.William FaulknerD.Ernest Hemingway20.【单选题】The Nobel Prize Committee highly praised( )for “his powerful style -forming mastery of the art ” of creating modern fiction.A.Ezra PoundB.Ernest HemingwayC.Robert FrostD.Theodore Dreiser第2卷一.全考点综合测验(共20题)1.【单选题】That is the house _______ you can enjoy the scenery.A. in thatB.thatC.whichD.from which2.【单选题】( )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 Twain3.【单选题】In 1950,( )was awarded the Nobel Prize for the anti-racist Intruder in the Dust.A.William FaulknerB.Robert FrostC.Ezra PoundD.Ernest Hemingway4.【单选题】In 1920,( )published his first novel This Side of Paradise which was,to some extent,his own story.A.F·Scott FitzgeraldB.Ernest HemingwayC.William FaulknerD.Emily Dickinson5.【单选题】This type of desk and chair can be adjusted ________ the height of students at different agesA.withB.forC.toD.in6.【单选题】Mark Twain’s particular concern about the local character of a region came about as “local colorism, ” a unique va riation of American literary( ).A.romanticismB.nationalismC.modernismD.realism7.【单选题】The Portrait of A Lady is generally considered to be( )masterpiece,which describes the life journey of an American( )in a European cultural environment.A.Henry Adams’…widowB.William James ’…girlC.Henry James’…girlD.Theodore Dreiser ’s…widow8.【单选题】Opposition leaders will be watching carefully to see how the Prime Minister ________ the crisis.A.handlesB.conductsC.observesD.directs9.【单选题】She disagrees ______ him ______ everything.A.with, onB./, onC.with, atD.on, with10.【单选题】Henry James’ fame generally rests upon his novels and stories with the( )theme.A.internationalB.localC.colonialD.post-modern11.【单选题】In most of his writings,( )deliberately broke up the chronology of his narrative by juxtaposing the past with the present,in the way the montage does in a movie.A.Walt WhitmanB.William FaulknerC.Ernest HemingwayD. Fitzgerald12.【单选题】The teacher told us the fact _______.A.which the earth moves around the sunB.that the earth moved around the sunC.that the sun moves around the earthD.that the earth moves around the sun13.【单选题】It was his masterpiece The Great Gatsby that made( )one of the greatest American novelists.A. FitzgeraldB.William FaulknerC.Ernest HemmingwayD.Gertrude Steinbeck14.【单选题】In 1950,one of the leading American writers( )was awarded the Nobel Prize for the anti-racist Intruder in the Dust.A.Robert FrostB.Theodore DreiserC.William FaulknerD.Fitzgerald15.【单选题】“My last Duchess ” is a poem that best exemplifies Robert Browning ’s( ).A.sensitive ear for the sounds of the English languageB.excellent choice of wordsC.mastering of the metrical devicese of the dramatic monologue16.【单选题】William Faulkner once said that( )is a story of “lost innocence, ” which proves itself to be an intensification of the theme of imprisonment in the past.A.The Great GatsbyB.The Sound and the FuryC.Absalom,Absalom!D.Go Down,Moses17.【单选题】Mark Twain employed an unpretentious style of( )in his novels which is best described as “vernacular ”.A.standard EnglishB.Afro-American EnglishC.colloquialismD.urbanism18.【单选题】In the original test，all the animals in a test group are given a substance _______ half of them dieA.unlessB.untilC.lestD.provided19.【单选题】Like all naturalists,( )was restrained from finding a solution to the social problems that appeared in his novels and accordingly almost all his works have tragic endings.A.Theodore DreiserB.Henry JamesC.Washington IrvingD.Walt Whitman20.【单选题】Man is a “victim of forces over which he has no control. ” This is a notion held strongly by( ).A.Robert FrostB.Theodore DreiserC.Henry JamesD.Hamlin Garland第1卷参考答案一.全考点综合测验1.正确答案：C本题解析：of+n=adj ，可以作表语。
《英美文学导论》试题答案
试卷代号:湖北广播电视大学学年度第学期期末考试《英美文学导论》试题答案I. Multiple Choices (30 points, 2 points for each)Select from the four choices of each item the one that best answers the question or completes the statement.1-5 C C B A C 6-10 C B A C B 11-15 A B B D AII. Decide whether the following statements are true or false and write T or F as your answers in the blanks (10 points, 1 point for each).1. T2. F3. F4. T5. T6. F7. F8. T9. T 10. FIII. Choose the author of each of the following literary works from the given choices (10 points, 1 point for each).1. A2. H3. D4. F5. L6. J7. B8. K9. C 10.GIV. Please define the literary terms listed below (10 points for each, 5 points for each).1. RomanticismRomanticism is a movement that flourished in literature, philosophy, music, and art in western culture during most of the 19th century, beginning as a revolt against classicism. There have been many varieties of Romanticism in many different times and places. The leading figures of Romantic movements are Wordsworth, Shelley, etc.2. Stream of ConsciousnessIt’s a narrative device with which the author makes an attempt to depict the exact process of mental workings of the character (mainly narrator), with all its illogical darts and dashes and sudden turns and free associations. Both Faulkner and Joyce employed this literary device in some of their works.V. Please give brief answers to each of the following questions in English (40 points, 20 points for each).1.Give a brief analysis of the relation Between Heathcliff and Catherine in EmilyBronte’s masterpiece Wuthering Heights.The love between Heathcliff and Catherine is the most beautiful, most tense and at the same time the most horrible passion. They fall in love for their mutual love of the moor, the sublime beauty and wilderness on it. And their love takes the feature of the moor. However when Catherine betrays her heart as well as their love and marries Linton, Heathcliff runs away. When they meet again, Catherine is trapped by her fidelity to her husband and her love towards Heathcliff, which finally brings her death. After her death, Heathcliff turns into a demonic figure and takes revenge crazily, but his love towards Catherine remains unchanged.Finally, he sees her ghost and starves himself to death in the ghost house. The souls of the two at last unite.This love between Heathcliff and Catherine experiences the tow worlds of this life and after life, and it is totally spiritual. It takes Romantic feature and can only exist and survive in that particular circumstance.2.Give a brief analysis of Huck, a character in Mark Twain’s Adventures ofHuckleberry Finn, and discuss the social importance of the characterization of this character.Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is the best known for Mark Twain’s wonderful characterization of “Huck”. Huck is a typical American Boy with “a sound heart and a deformed conscience”. He appears to be vulgar in language and in manner, but he is honest and decent in essence. His remarkable raft’s journey down the Mississippi river, which Twain used both realistically and symbolically to shape his book into an organic whole, can also be regarded as his process of education and his way to grow up. On the whole, he is the son of nature and a symbol for freedom and earthly pragmatism.Through the eyes of Huck, the innocent and reluctant rebel, we see the pre-Civil War American society fully exposed. Twain thematically contrasts the life on the river and the life on the banks. These contrasts between innocence and experience, nature and culture, wilderness and civilization best show the romantic quality in Twain’s writing.。
教师公开招聘考试中学英语(英美文学)模拟试卷6(题后含答案及解析)
教师公开招聘考试中学英语（英美文学）模拟试卷6(题后含答案及解析)全部题型 2. 第二部分专业基础知识第二部分专业基础知识词汇与结构1．George Gordon Byron’s masterpiece is______.A．Tales from ShakespeareB．Far from the Madding CrowdC．Don JuanD．Prometheus Unbound正确答案：C解析：拜伦是英国浪漫主义时期的著名作家之一，《唐璜》是他的代表作之一。
A项《莎士比亚故事集》是查尔斯·兰姆的作品；B项《远离尘嚣》是托马斯·简·哈代的代表作之一；D项《解放了的普罗米修斯》是雪莱的作品。
知识模块：英美文学2．Walden was written by______.A．Ralph Waldo EmersonB．Henry David ThoreauC．Nathaniel HawthorneD．Henry W. Longfellow正确答案：B解析：《瓦尔登湖》是19世纪美国超验主义作家亨利·大卫·梭罗的作品；A项的拉尔夫·沃尔多·爱默生也是超验主义的鼻祖，代表作有Essays《散文集》，Nature《论自然》和The American Scholar《论美国学者》；C项霍桑的代表作是The Scarlet Letter《红字》；D项的朗费罗的代表作是The Song of Hiawatha《海华沙之歌》。
知识模块：英美文学3．American literature is started with the publication of Washington Irving’s______.A．A History of New YorkB．The Legend of Sleepy HollowC．Rip Van WinkleD．The Sketch Book正确答案：D解析：华盛顿·欧文《见闻札记》的出版标志着美国文学史的开端。
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William Wordsworth
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Percy Shelly
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George Byron
回答错误!正确答案： A
Which descriptions are correct concerning Robert Burns?
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Burns is the national poet of Scotland.
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His poems are featured for their fresh and exquisite songlike quality, full of vitality and originality.
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His poems are difficult to understand.
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Simplicity, humor, directness and optimism are characteristic of his songs.
回答错误!正确答案： A B D
In his poems, Walt Whitman is innovative in the terms of the form of his poetry, which is called “（）”
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blank verse
In vivid and graceful prose, he had portrayed the hollowness of the American worship of riches and the unending American dream of love, splendor, and fulfilled desires.
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His prose is smooth, sensitive, and completely original in its diction and metaphors
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Gatsby’s failure magnifies the end of the American dream. However, the affirmation of hope and expectation is self-asserted.
回答错误!正确答案： A B C D
Which of the following works are generally regarded as Shakespear eˊs great tragedies?
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Othello
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King Leare
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Romeo and Juliet
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Hamlet
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Macbeth
回答错误!正确答案： A B D E
Choose the works written by Mark Twain.。