英美文学选读问答题
二○○○年上半年全国高等教育自学考试英美文学选读试卷PAR T TWOⅡ.Reading Comprehension（16 points, 4 points 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.Read the quotation carefully and then answer the questions:The curfew tolls the knell of parting day,The lowing herd wind slowly o'er the lea,The plowman homeward plods his weary way,And leaves the world to darkness and to me.A.Scan the first line of the stanza.B.Find the irregular foot in the second line.C.Briefly explain the significance of this irregularity.42.The following is a passage taken from a dramatic work:Had I as many souls as there be starsI'd give them all for Mephistophilis!By him I'll be great emperor of the world,And make a bridge thorough the moving airTo pass the ocean wi t h a band of men;I'll join the hills that bind the Afric shoreAnd make that country continent to Spain,And both contributory to my crown;The emperor shall not live but by my leave,Nor any potentate of Germany.Now that I have obtained what I desireI'll live in speculation of this artTill Mephistophilis return again. the playwright and the title of the work from which the passage is taken. the speaker of the passage quoted above.e the above passage as a guide and write down in one or two sentences the theme of the play.43.Read the following passage and then answer the questions:…I glanced back once. A wafer of a moon was shining over Gatsby's house, making the night fine as before, and surviving the laughter and the sound of his still glowing garden. A sudden emptiness seemed to flow now from the windows and the great doors, endowing with complete isolation the figure of the host, who stood on the porch, his hand up in a formal gesture of farewell.A.Identify the author and the ti t le of the novel from which this passage is taken.B.The passage describes the end of an event. What is it?C.What implied meaning can you get from reading this passage?44.Read the following part of a poem and then answer the questions:My tongue, every atom of my blood, form'd from this soil, this air,Born here of parents born here from parents the same, and their parents the same,I, now thirty-seven years old in perfect health begin,Hoping to cease not till death.A.Identify the poet and the title of the poem.B.What do "soil" and "air" represent in the first line?C.What does the poet try to say in the above four lines?Ⅲ.Questions and Answers （24 points, 6 points 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.The following quotation is the ending of a poem by Robert Browning:Nay, we'll goTogether down, sir, Notice Neptune, though,Taming a sea horse, though a rarity,Which Claus of Innsbruck cast in bronze for me.What is the title of the poem? Who is the speaker? What is the importance of the allusion "Neptune…/Taming a sea horse" in the whole poem?46.Novum Organum（"New Instrument"）, along wi t h other works, won the author the honour "Father of modern science." Who is the author? What is the main concern of the work? Why the work is so important for the development of modern science?47.Ezra Pound is one of the pioneers in modern poetry. What is the poetic school of which he is a chief member?What is Pound's representative work of many years of poetic creation? What is the title of his frequently quoted one-image poem?Pound has translated some literary works from two great ancient civilizations. One is Greece. What is the other? How do you understand his famous comment "The image itself is the speech"?48.William Faulkner, a Nobel Priza winner, has an important position in American literature. Name two of his Major novels. Do you know anything about"Yoknapatawpha County?" What is unique of Faulkner's fiction, historically and geographically?Ⅳ.Topic Discussion（20 points, 10 points 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.A possible theme of James Joyce's short story "Araby" is disillusionment. Briefly discuss the symbolism Joyce employs in presenting this theme.50.What makes Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn more than a child's adventure story? Briefly discuss the question from THREE of the following aspects: the setting, the language, the character （s）, the theme and the style.2001年4月英美文学选读试卷II. Reading Comprehension41. "And the native hue of resolution/Is sicklied o‟er with the pale cast of thought." (Shakespeare, Humlet)Questions:A. What does the "native hue of resolution" mean?B. What does the "pale cast of thought" stand for?C. What idea do the two lines express?Answers:A. determination (determinedness, action, activity, ...)B. consideration (indecision, inactiv ity, hesitation, ...)C. Too much thinking (consideration,...) made (makes) activ ity (action) impossible.42. "Wild Spirit, which art moving everywhere; /Destroyer and Preserver; hear, O hear!" Questions:A. Identify the poem and the poet.B. What is the "Wild Spirit"?C. What does the "Wild Spirit" destroy and preserve?Answers:A. Shelley‟s "Ode to the West Wind"B. The West Wind; "breath of Autumn‟s being"C. It destroys things/thoughts/ideas that are dead (obsolete, ...); it preserves new life (or seeds that represent new life or new birth).43. "When the minister spoke from the pulpit, with power and fervid eloquence, and, with his hands on the open bible, of the sacred truths of our religion, and of saint-like lives and triumphant deaths, and of future bliss or misery unutterable, then did Goodman Brown turn pale, dreading, lest the roof should thunder down upon the gray blasphemer and his hearers.Questions:A. Identify the title of the short story from which this part is taken.B. What had happened in the story before this church scene?C. Why was Goodman Brown afraid the roof might thunder down?Answers:A. Hawthorne‟s Young Goodman Brown.B. Brown had attended a witches‟ party where he saw many prominent people of the village, the minister included.C. Brown was shocked by the minister, secretly a member of the evil club, who could talk about sacred truths of the religion openly and unashamedly. He thought God would punish such hypocrites down on them.44. (A lot of common objects have been enumerated before, and here are the last two lines of There Was a Child Went Forth :)The horizon‟s edge, the flying sea-crow, the fragrance of salt marsh and shore mud. These became part of that child who went forth every day, and who now goes, and will always go forth every day.Questions:A. Who is the author of this poem?B. What does the "Child" stand for in the poem?C. In one or two sentences, interpret the implied meaning of the two lines.Answers:A. Walt Whitman.B. The young growing America.C. The poet uses his childhood experience of growing up and learning about the world around him to imply that young America will grow and develop like that.第二部分非选择题III. Questions and Answers45. "‟My boy!‟ said the old gentleman, leaning over the desk. Oliver started at the sound. He might be excused for doing so, for the words were kindly said, and strange sounds frighten one. He trembled violently, and burst into tears." (Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist) Explain why the boy [Oliver Twist] started first, then trembled violently and burst into tears when the words were "kindly" said.Answers:The boy started at the words because kind words were not expected; it is (was, must be) the first time in all his life that the boy [Oliver Twist] had ever been "kindly" greeted; strange sounds may predict another suffering/misfortune/torture/...) (At least one example from the text is expected to back up the above statement)46. Here is the last stanza of Byron‟s "The Isles of Greece":Place me on sunium‟s mardle steep,Where nothing, save the waves and I,There, swan-like, let me sing and die:May hear our marbled murmurs sweep;A land of slaves shall ne‟er b e mine ---Dash down you cup of Samian wine!Determine the speaker first and then discuss BRIEFLY the main idea of the stanza or of the whole excerpt. You may want to consider the possible implications of the last two lines. Answers:A. The speaker is a Greek singer (or Byron in a Greek Singer‟s disguise or Byron speaks through a Greek singer).B. The excerpt presents a strong resentment for the Turk‟s conquest of Greece and calls on the Greek people to rise and fight for freedom.C. Thus, the last line may suggest resolution to take immediate action to free Greece from enslavement.47. Why are naturalists inevitably pessimistic in their view?Please discuss the above question in relation to the basic principles of literary naturalism. Answers:A. They accept the negative implication of Darwin‟s theory of evolution, and believe that society is a "jungle" where survival struggles go on.B. They believe that man‟s instinct, the environment and other social and economic forces play an overwhelming role and man‟s fate is "determined" by such forces beyond his control.48. "Even then he stood there, hidden wholly in that kindness which is night, while the uprising fumes filled the room. When the odor reached his nostrils, he quit his attitude and fumbled for the bed.‟What‟s the use?‟ he said, weakly, as he stretched himself to rest."They above is quoted from Thoedore Dreiser‟s Sister Carrie. Briefly tell the situation that leads to the suicide and interpret Hurstwood‟s final words -"What‟s the us e?" Answers:A. Sister Carrie has made a great success. As her fame arises, she deserts her former lover Hurstwood. In a cold winter, Hurstwood makes a last attempt to seek help from Carrie, but has failed, so I desperation, he decides to kill himself by turning on the gas.B. By making that comment, Hurstwood seems to have realized that it is useless to continue to fight against fate. His fate is not controlled by his own efforts but by some social forces too strong for him to resist, so he decides to give up.IV. Topic Discussion49. Daniel Defoe‟s novel Robinson Crusoe was a great success partly because the protagonist was a real middle-class hero. Discuss Crusoe, the protagonist of the novel, as an embodiment of the rising middle class virtues in the mid-eighteenth century England. Answers:A. Social background: The Eighteenth Century England witnessed the growing importance of the bourgeois or middle class.a. The Industrial Revolutionb. The expansion of international markets;c. Values/virtues/moral standards/...different from those of the feudal aristocratic class -courageous, full of energy, hard working, practical, resourceful, self-reliant, etc; thusd. Literature should give/provide a realistic presentation of the life of the common people; it should meet the demand/interest of the middle class people.B. Robinson Crusoe embodies the virtue of the middle class people.a. Crusoe as an adventurous/courageous man full of energy and courage: (example from the text):b. Crusoe as a practical man: (example from the text);c. Crusoe as a resourceful/self-reliant man: (example from the text);d. Crusoe as a patient/persistent man: (example from the text);e. And others.50. Mark Twain presented the 19th century America in his own unique way. Discuss Twain‟s art of fiction: the setting, the language, and the characters, etc., based on his novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.Answers:A. Mark Twain uses the Mississippi alley as his fictional kingdom, writing about the landscape and people, the customs and the dialects of one particular region, and is therefore known as a local colorist.B. He creates life-like characters, especially the unconventional Huckleberry Finn, who runs away from civilization and stands opposite to conventional village morality.C. He uses a simple, direct vernacular language, totally different from any precious literary language. It is the kind of colloquial belonging to the lower class, the liv ing local American English.D. He has created a special humor to satirize and the decayed convention.2002年4月份全国高等教育自学考试英美文学选读试题课程代码：00604PAR T TWOⅡ.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.“Her eyes met his and h e 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:A.Identify the writer and the work.B.What does the phrase “inscrutable face” mean?C.What idea does the quoted passage express?42.“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:A.Identify the poem and the poet.B.What does the phrase “butt-ends” mean?C.What idea does the quoted passage express?43.“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:A.Identify the work and the author.B.The speaker says he is changed.Do you think he is changed, or the social environment has changed?C.What idea does the quoted sentence express?44.“I shall be telling this with a sighSomewhere ages and ages hence:Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—I took the one less traveled by,And that has made all the difference.”Questions:A.Idenfity the poem and the poet.B.What does the phrase “ages and ages hence” mean?C.What idea does the quoted passage express?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.As a rule,an allegory is story in verse or prose with a double me aning: 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?46.Inspiration for the romantic approach initially came from two great shapers of thought.Who are the two?And what ideas they expressed inspire the romantic writers?47.The white whale,Moby Dick,is the most important symbol in Melville's novel.What symbolic meaning can you draw from i t?48.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”?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.How is Romanticism different from Neoclassicism?Provide brief evidence from the literary works you know best.50.Summerize the story of Mark twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn in about 100 words,and comment on the theme of the novel.浙江省2002年7月高等教育自学考试英美文学选读试题课程代码：00604Ⅰ.Find the items in the right column which fit the left column the best and write the letters on the answer sheet.(10%)1.Because I could not stop for Death A.William Wordsworth2.local colorist B.sentimentalists3.international theme C.Ezra Pound4.Graveyard School D.Mark Twain5.worshipper of nature E.William Faulkner6.A Rose for Emily F.Henry James7.Charles Lamb G.Emily Dickinson8.The Sketch Book H.essayist9.Imagist I.William Blake10.Songs of Innocence J.Washington IrvingⅡ.Complete each of the following statements with a proper word or a phrase according to the textbook.Then write your answer on theAnswer Sheet.(20%)1.____was the first American writer toconceive his career in international terms.2.In the plays of Shakesp eare‟s last period,there is a prevalent ____ teaching of atonement.3.John Bunyan wrote his ____ during his second term in prison.4.____‟s essays is the frist example of that genre in English Literature,which has been recognized as an important landmark in the development of English prose.5.Henry adopted ____,in which the author becomes the “all-knowing God.”6.____is regarded as the first American prose epic.7.This particular concern about the local character of aregion came about as “____,”a unique var iation of American literary realism.8.Human sexuality was,to Lawrence,a symbol of ____.9.The characters in Charles‟ works are impressive not only because they are true to life,but also because they are often ____.10.As a leading Romanticist,Byron‟s chief contribution is his creation of the “____,” a proud,mysterious rebel figure of noble origin.Ⅲ.Each of the statements below is followed by four alternative answers.Choose the one that would best complete the statement and write you answer on the Answer Sheet.(10%)1.Shakespeare‟s ____ are mainly written under the principle that national unity unde r a mighty and just sovereign is a necessity.A.history playsB.tragediesediesD.plays2.Wordsworth thought that ____ is the only subject of literary interest.A.nationB.past experiencemon lifeD.nature3.____ is the first important English essayist and the founder of modern science in England.A.Francis BaconB.Edmund SpenserC.William CarxtonD.Sidney4.Which of the below is NOT written by James Joyce?A.DublinersB.A Portrait of the Artist as a Young ManC.UlyssesD.Leather-Stocking Tales5.____is regarded as the first American prose epic.A.WastelandB.Moby-DickC.Song of MyselfD.The Scarlet Letter6.____has always been regarded as a writer who “perfected the best classic style that American Literature ever produced.”A.Washington IrvingB.EmersonC.HawthorneD.Joyce7.Which is not the main concern of Emily Dickinson‟ poetry?A.her own experienceB.natureC.loveD.industrialization8.The Catcher in the Rye is regarded as a ____.A.Jewish‟s classicB.black‟s classicC.student‟s classicD.student‟s herald9.Fitzgerald never spared an intimate touch in his fiction to deal with ____ of the American Dream.A.the bankruptcyB.the successC.the fulfillmentD.the forming10.____ is Hemingway‟s first true novel.A.In Our TimeB.For Whom the Bell TollsC.The Sun Also RisesD.The Old Man and the SeaⅣ.For each of the questions listed below please give the name of the author and the title of the literary work.Then write your answer on the Answer Sheet.(20%)1.“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 fills,And dances with the daffodils.”2.“It is a truth universally acknowledged,that a single man in possession of a good fortune,must be in want of a wife.However little known the feelings or views of such a man may be on hisfirst entering a neighborhood,this truth is so well fixed in the minds of the surrounding families,that he is considered as the rightful property of some one or other of their daughters.”3.“Do you think I can stay to be come nothing to you?Doyou think I am an automaton?-a machine without feelings?And can bear to have my morsel of bread snatched from my lips,and my drop of living water dashed from my cup?Do you think,because I am poor,obscure,plain,and little,I am soulless and heartless?-You think wrong!”4.“…Oh sir,she smiled,no doubt,Whene‟er I passed her;but who passed withoutMuch the same smile?This grew,I gave commandsThen all smiles stopped together.”5.“But she began to spare her hands.They,too,were work-gnarled now,the skin was shiny with so much hot water, the knuckles rather swollen.But she began to be careful to keep them out of soda.She regretted what they had been-so samll and exquisite.”Ⅴ.Give brief answers to the following questions.Write your answer on the Answer Sheet.(20%)1.What are the major themes of modernist literature?2.What‟s the theme of The Waste Land?3.How do you philosophically define Transcendentalism?4.What‟s the style of Emerson‟s essays?Ⅵ.Short Essay Questions:Write the answer on the Answer Sheet. (20%)1.List the main qualities of Edmund Spenser‟s Poetry.2.Give a brief discussion of Whi t man‟s style and language.2003年4月英美文学选读试卷PAR T TWOⅡ.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. “The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power,And all that beauty, all that wealth e‟er gave.Awaits the inevitable hour.The paths of glory lead but to the grave.”Questions:A. Identify the author and the title of the poem from which this passage is taken.B. What does the phrase “inevitable hour” mean?C. Write out the main idea of the passage in plain English.42. “A violet by a mossy stoneHalf hidden from the eye!－Fair as a star, when only oneIs shining in the sky.”Questions:A. Identify the author and the title of the poem from which this stanza is taken.B. Pick out the metaphor used in this stanza.C. What quality does the author intend to show by using the metaphor?43. “We passed The School, where Children stroveAt Recess－in the Ring－We passed The Fields of Gazing GrainWe passed The Setting Sun－”Questions:A. Who is the author of this stanza taken from the poem “Because I cou ld not stop for Death－B. ?C. What do the underlined parts symbolize?D. Where were “we” heading toward?44. “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 to?B. What does the phrase “broke the new wood” mean here?C. What is the intention of the poet in writing the poem “A Pact” from which these lines are taken?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.In Chapter 15 of Wuthering Heights, Heath cliff said to Catherine: “Why did you betray your own, Cathy?... You loved me－then what right have you to leave me?... I have not broken your heart－you have broken it－and in breaking it, you have broken mine.”Taking the whole novel into consideration, do you think Heathcliff‟s above accusation of Catherine‟s betrayal can be justified? If you think so, what reasons does Catherine have to betray Heathcliff and their love?46.John Bunyan‟s The Pilgrim‟s Progress is generally regarded as a religious allegory. What does the work symbolically concern? What is the predominant metaphor that is carried on through the whole work? And what is the author‟s purpose in writing such a book?47. The following passage is taken from The Merchant of Venice. R ead i t carefully and find the dramatic it contains. Use i t as an example to illustrate what dramatic irony is.“Bassanio: Antonio, I am married to a wifeWhich is as dear to me as life itself;But life itself, my wife, and all world,Are not wi t h me esteem‟d above thy life;I would lose all, ay, sacrifice them allHere to this devil, to deliver you.Portia: Your wife would give you little thanks for that,If she were by to hear you make the offer.”48. 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 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.In Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen explored three kinds of motivations of marriage the middle-class people had in the second half of the 18th century. Try to make a brief discussion about them wi t h specific examples from the novel. Make comments on Austen‟s atti t ude towards these motivations.50.Retell in a few sentences the story of the last chapter (Ch, 135) “The Chase－Third Day” of Melville‟s novel Moby-Dick. Discuss the meaning of the ending of the story.浙江省2003年7月高等教育自学考试英美文学选读试题课程代码：00604Ⅰ.Find the items in the right column which fi t the left column the best and write your letters on the Answer Sheet.(10%)1.Chaucer A. Mary Ann Evans2.Hamlet B. The father of English poetry3.Coleridge C. Jane Austen4.The Waste Land D. T.S.Eliot5.Theodore Dreiser E. John Milton6.Carl Jung F. Collective Unconscious7.self-reliance G. An American Tragedy8.Greorge Eliot H. blood and thunder thrille9.Pride and Prejudice I. Ralph Waldo Emerson10.Paradise Lost J Lake PoetⅡ.Complete each of the following statements with a proper word or a phrase according to the textbook.(20%)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 .2.Swift is one of the greatest masters of English prose. He is almost unsurpassed in the writing of simple, direct, precise prose. He defined a good style as “_______.”3.Wordsworth is regarded as a “_______.”He can penetrate to the heart of things and giv e the reader the very life of nature.4._______ is the most distinguishing feature of Charles Dickens‟ works.5.In his long dramatic career, Shaw wrote more than _______ plays.6.James Joyce is regarded as the most prominent _______ novelist, concentrating on the revealing in his novels the psychic being of the characters.7.Galsworthy is essentially a bourgeois liberal, a_______.8.Structurally and thematically, Shaw followed the great tradition of _____.9.Most of Faulkner‟s works are about people from a small region in _______, Yoknapatawpha County.10.In Our Times is the first book to present a Hemingway hero—_______.Ⅲ.Each of the statements below is followed by four alternative answers. Choose the one that would best complete the statement and wri te you answer on the Answer Sheet.(10%)1._______ is regarded as “worshipper of nature.”A. ColeridgeB. WordsworthC. T.S.EliotD. Robert Browning2.Marlowe‟s play Dr.Faustus is based on _______ of a magician aspiring for knowledge and finally meeting his tragic end as a result of selling his soul to the devil.A. the ScandinavianB. the GermanC. the ancient EnglishD. the French3.Who defined a good style as “proper words in proper places?”A. Jonathan SwiftB. Charles DickensC. Edmund SpencerD. George Bernard Shaw4._______ is central to Blake‟s concern in the Sogns of Innocence andSongs of Experience?A. innocence and experienceB. the poorC. societyD. childhood5.As a novelist _______ wrote within a very narrow sphere, the provincial life of the late 1818-century England.A. Jonathan SwiftB. Jane AustenC. Thomas HardyD. Henry Fielding6.“Trust thyself,” Emerson wrote in his_______.。
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。
英美文学选读试题详解2
英美文学选读-阶段测评2成绩：85分一、Multiple Choice 共40 题题号: 1 本题分数:2.5 分The assertion that poetry originates from “emotion recollected in tranquility” belongs to ( ).A、William WordsworthB、Samuel Taylor ColeridgeC、Robert SoutheyD、William Blake(P179.para.2)华兹华斯的文学观点是：诗歌的创作没有既定的规则，诗歌素材的来源应该是感观的直接经验。
题干中的陈述，是他再《抒情民谣》第二版的序言中表述的。
标准答案：A考生答案：A本题得分：2.5 分题号: 2 本题分数:2.5 分Because of her sensitivity to universal patterns of human behavior,( ) has brought the English novel,as an art of form,to its maturity.A、Charlotte Bront?B、Jane AustenC、Emily Bront?D、Ann Radcliffe(P226.para.2)简.奥斯丁生活在英国浪漫主义文学繁荣时期，但她的小说确实现实主义风格的。
她多以男女爱情作为小说的主题，并通过对真正爱情的诠释来反应人性，是英国最伟大的小说家之一。
标准答案：B考生答案：B本题得分：2.5 分题号: 3 本题分数:2.5 分English Romanticism,as a historical phase of literature,is generally said to have ended in 1832 with ( ).A、the passage of the first Reform Bill in the ParliamentB、the publication of Wordsworth and Coleridge’s Lyrical BalladsC、the publication of T.S.Elio t’s The waste LandD、the passage of the Bill of Rights in the Parliament(P157.para.1)英国的浪漫主义文学时代开始于1798年，标志性的事件是《抒情民谣》的出版，结束于1832年，标志性的事件是斯格特之死和“改革法案”的通过。
英美文学选读 习题9
AWilliam Faulkner
BJack London
CHerman Melville
DNathaniel Hawthorne
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答案：A
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[6]"A Modest Proposal" is a satire written by Swift and it is generally taken as a perfect model of satire. Gulliver's Travels is Swift's masterpiece. Based on them, discuss why Swift is a master satirist.
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[8]The white whale, Moby Dick is endowed with symbolic meaning. What do you think it symbolizes?
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答案：To Ahab, the whale is an evil creature or the agent of an evil force that controls the universe.
Questions:
A. From which work is this quotation taken?
B. Which character is speaking?
C. What does this work expose?
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答案：Bernard Shaw, Mrs. Warren's Profession, Vivie, economic exploitation, women and society
《英美文学选读》英美文学选读模拟题二及答案.docx
英美文学选读模拟题二A.Each of the statements below is followed by four alternative answers. Choose the one that would best complete the statement and put the letter in the brackets. (20x1 points)()1. _________ is regarded as the pioneer of English drama.A.William ShakespeareB.Christopher Marlowe.C.Edmund SpenserD.John Donne()2. n She I compare thee to a summers day?” This is the beginning line of Shakespeare'sA.songsB.playsediesD.son nets()3. Thomas Gray f s masterpiece, __________ once and for all established his fame ass the leader of the sentimental poetry of the day, especially "The Graveyard Schocd”.A.Ode on the SpringB.Ode on a Distant Prospect Of Eton CollegeC.Hymn to AdversityD.Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard()4. Which play is regarded ass the best English comedy since Shakespeare?A.She Stoops to ConquerB.The RivalsC.The School for ScandalD.The Conscious Lovers()5. The publication of f,_________ H marked the beginning of Romantic Age.A.Don JuanB.The Rime of the Ancient MarinerC.The Lyrical BalladsD.Queen Mab()6. As a new kind of ideology, _______ was widely accepted and practised in the later Victorian period.A.earnestnessB.utilitarianismC.respectabilityD.modesty()7. In his novels, Charles Dickens depicted a lot of child characters except _____________ .A.Oliver TwistB.Little NellC.Little DorritD.Charles Surface()8. ________ is acknowledged by many as the most original poet of the Victorian period.A.Robert BrowningB.Alfred TennysonC.George EliotD.John Keats()9. ________ is the last important novelist and poet of the 19th century.A.Thomas HardyB.George EliotC.Alfred TennysonD.Robert Browning()10. _______ does not belong to the post - modernism after the Second World War.A.Existentialist literatureB.Black HumorC.Heater of the AbsurdD.Stream of consciousness()11. In the works of E. M. Forster and D. H. Lawrence, the subject matter is ____________ ・A.the social turmoilB.the hypocrisy of the capitalismC.love and marriageD.human relati on ships()12. James Joyce's works are popular with the readers for in his writings Joyce uses the following kinds of expressing methods.A.sentimental romanceB.historical stylisticsC.in versionD.counterpoint()13. _______ f s f,Leaves of Grass11 established him as the most popular American poet of the 19th century.A.Edger Allen PoeB.James Russel LowellC.John Greenleaf WhitterD.Walt Whitman()14. In his essays, Ralph Waldo Emerson put forward his philosophy except of __________ .A.religionB.the over - soulC.the importance of the in dividualD.nature()15. In the following statements, __________ is not true about the local colorism in American literary realism.A.Their writings are concerned with the life of a small, well - defined region or province.B.The characteristic selling is the isolated small town.C.Their materials were extensive or wide ・ ranging, and the topics were connective.D.Local colorists were consciously nostalgic historians of a vanishing way of life, recorders of a present that faded before their eyes.()16. H______ 蔦a novella about a young American girl who gets "killecT by the winter in Rome, brought James inter national fame for the first time.A.The AmericanB.Daisy MillerC.The EuropeansD.The Portrait of a Lady()17. In his f,_______ Dreiser f 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.A.Sister CarrieB.An American TragedyC.The GeniusD.Trilogy of Desire()18・______ is not among those greatest figures in "The Lost Generation11 or modern American literature.A.Ezra PoundB.Robert FrostC.Walt WhitmanD.William Carlos Williams()19. Robert Frost recited 11_______ ” at President Kennedy f s inauguration.A.The road Not TakenB.Mending the WallC.The Gift OutrightD.Birches()20. Mark Twain^ best works were produced when he was in the prime of his life. All these masterworks drew upon ________ .A.the scenes and emotions of his boyhood and youthB.the hypocrisy of the capitalismC.the bleak view of human natureD.the miserable life of the lower - class poorplete each of the following statements with a proper word or a phrase according to the textbook. ( 20x1 points)1 • In f,The Canterbury Tales1', Chaucer employed the _________ with true ease and charm for the first time in the history of English literature.2.Christopher Marlowe is the most gifted of the H_________ ”.3.The term H_________ H is commonly used to name the work of the 17th - century writers who wrote under the influence of John Donne.4.Spenser is generally regarded as the greatest non dramatic poet of the Elizabetha n age. His fame is chiefly based on his masterpiece ”___________ u.5.Swift is a master ______ , his satire is usually masked by an outward gravity and an apparent earnestness which renders his satire all the more powerful.6.From the middle part to the end of the 18th century, in English literature__________ flourished. They were mostly stories of mystery and horror which take place in some haunted or dilapidated middle age castles.7.As a leading romanticist, Byron's chief contribution is his creation of the ,f _________ ”，a proud, mysterious rebel figure of noble origin.8.________ is regarded as a ^worshipper of nature11.9.All of Charles Dickens f s later works, with the exception of f,______________ f,(1859), present a criticism of the more complicated and yet most fundamental social institutions and morals of the Victorian England.10.Bernard Shaw began his career as a dramatist in 1892, when his first play ”_________ f,(1892) was put on by the independent theater society.11.__________ was regarded as father of the American short stories.12.The way in which _______ wrote "The Scarlet Letter11 suggests that American Romanticism adapted itself to American puritan moralism.13.The most important feature of Mark 7wain f s Ianguage is the use of vernacular, or ___________ .14.H _________ 11 is Browning^ best - known dramatic monlogue.15.Ezra PouncTs major work of poetry is the long poem called ___________ .16.Hemingway's H____________ H (1936) tells a brilliant short story about a martially wounded American writer who attempts to redeem his imagination from the corrosions of wealth and domestic strife.17.__________ stands as a great dividing line between the nineteenth century and the contemporary American literature.18.Pound was the leader of a now movement in poetry which he called the ”________ 11 movement.19.M After Apple - Picking H is a well - known poem written by ____________ .20.George Eliot's greatest achievement is ,f __________ ,f.C.Decide whether the following statements are true or false and write your answers in the brackets・(10x1 points)()1 ・fl Dr. Faustus11 is a play based on the English Lege nd of a magician aspiring for knowledge and fin ally meeting his tragic end as a result of selling his soul to the Devil.()2. Swift is a master satirist. His satire is usually masked by an outward gravity and an apparent earnestness which ren ders his satire all the more powerful. His H A Modest Proposal11 is gen erally taken as a perfect model.()3. Shelley's greatest achievement is his four ・ act poetic drama, "Prometheus Unbound M. (1820)()4・ Though Naturalism seems to have played an important part in Hardy f s works, there is also bitter and sharp criticism and even open challenge as the irrational, hypocritical and unfair Victorian institutions, conventions and morals which strangle the individual will and destroy natural human emotions and relationships.()5. Hardy is the founder of the '"stream of consciousness11 school of novel writing.()6. American romanticism was in a way derivative; American romantic writing was some of them modeled on English and European works.()7. With the publication of "Daisy Miller11, Henry James1 reputation was firmly established on both sides of the Atlantic and Daisy Miller has ever since become the American girl in Europe, a celebrated cultural type who embodies the spirit of the old world.()8. Altogether, Dickinson wrote 1775 poems of which most had appeared during her lifetime.()9. Hemingway develops the style of colloquialism initiated by Thomas Hardy.()10. Transcendentalism exalted reason over feeling, individual expression over the restraints of law and custom. the author of the following literary works. (5x1 points)1.The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling2.A Journal of the Plague Year3.Ode on a Grecian Urn4.The Lake Isle of Innisfree5.There Was a Child Went ForthE.Define the literary terms listed below. (2x4 points)1.Dramatic Monologue2.SymbolismF.For each of the quotations listed below please give the name of the author and the title of the literary work from which it is taken and then briefly interpret it. ( 2x4 points)1.If l wandered lonely as a cloudThat floats on high o'er vales and hills,When all at once I saw a crowd,A host, of golden daffodils;Beside the lake, beneath the trees,Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.112."The apparition of these faces in the crowd;Petals on a wet, black bough”.G.Give brief answers to the following questions. (3x5 points)1.What's the theme of "Jane Eyre"?2.What*s the theme of John Galsworthy's "The Man of Property*1?3.How did Walt Whitman make use of the poetic "I” in his works?H.Short essay questions. (2x7 points)I.Read the excerpt from chapter I of "Pride And Prejudice11 in our textbook, and answer the following questions.(1)What is this passage describing?(2)What f s the style of this passage?(3)Analyze the characters of the main roles of this passage: Mr. And Mrs. Bennet.附：答案全国高等教育白学考试模拟试卷(二)英美文学选读参考答案A.1.B2.D3.D4.C5.C6.B7.D8.A9.A10.D11.D12.C13.D14.A15.C16.B17.D18.C19.C20.AB.1 • heroic couplet2.University Wits3.metaphysical poetry4.The Faerie Queene5.satirist6.Gothic novels7.Byronic hero8.Wordsworth9.A Tale of Two Cities10.Widowers1 House11.Washington Irving12.Hawthorne13.Colloquialism14.My Last Duchess15.The Cantos16.The Snows of Kilimanjaro17.The First World War18.Imagist19.Robert Frost20.Middlemarchc.1.F2.T3.T4.T5.F6.T7.F8.F9.F10.FD.1 • Henry Fielding2.Daniel Defoe3.John Keats4.William Bulter Yeats5.Walt WhitmanE.1 • A kind of narrative poem in which one character speaks to one or more listeners whose replies are not giver in the poem. The occasion is usually a crucial one in the speaker's life, and the dramatic monologue reveals the speaker's of a dramatic monologue is n My Last Duchess” by Robert Brow ning. In the poems in eluding n My Last Duchess11, Brow ning chooses a dramatic moment or a crisis, in which his characters are made to talk about their lives, and about their minds and hearts. In "listening” to those one - sided talks, readers can form their own opinions and judgements about the those one - sided personality and about what has really happened.2. Symbolism is the writing technique of using symbols. A symbol is something that conveys two kinds of meaning; it is simply itself, and it stands for something other than itself. In other words, a symbol is both literal and figurative. People, places, things and even events can be used symbolically.A symbol is a way of telling a story and a way of conveying meaning. The best symbols are those that are believable in the lives of the characters and also convincing as they convey a meaning beyond the literal level of the story. Hawthorne and Melville were the two masters of symbolism. For example, the scarlet letter ,f a lf on Hesters breast can give you symbolic meanings. If the symbol is obscure or ambiguous, then the very obscurity and the ambiguity may also be apt of the meaning of the story.F.1.The name of the author is William Wordsworth, and the title of the literary work is H l Wandered Lonely As a Cloud11.译文如下：我独自游荡，像一朵孤云高高地飞越峡谷和山巅，突然，我望见密密的一群，那是一大片金黄色水仙；它们在那湖边的树荫里，在阵阵微风中舞姿飘逸。
英美文学问答题
英美文学问答题1. What are the main features of the romance in the Middle Age?The romance was the prevailing form of literature in the Middle Ages. It was a long composition, sometimes in verse, sometimes in prose, describing the life and adventures of a noble hero, Its essential features are:1. It lacks general resemblance to truth or reality.2. It exaggerates the vices of human nature and idealizes the virtues.3. It contains perilous adventures more or less remote from ordinary life.4. It lays emphasis on supreme devotion to a fair lady.5. The central character of the romance is the knight, a man of noble birth skilled in the use of weapons. He is commonly described as riding forth to seek adventures, taking part in tournaments, or fighting for his lord in battle. He is devoted to the church and the king.2. What characterizes James Joyce’s Ulysses?a. James Joyce’s Ulysses is famous for its using of stream of consciousness.b. The whole book is about one day, and the events of the day are trivial, insign ificant, or even banal. However, this reveals the true movement of human beings’ real mental activity like a stream.c. It seems to be desultory, fragmental, but beneath the surface of the events, the natural flow of mental reflections, the shifting moods and impulses in the character’s inner world are richly presented in an unprecedentedly frank and penetratingway.3. Significance of The Canterbury Talesa. Chaucer’s masterpiece The C anterbury Tales is the first to present a comprehensive and realistic picture of the English society of his time and created a whole gallery of vivid characters from all walks of life in his masterpiece. It ranks as one of the greatest poetic works in English literature.b. Chaucer made a great contribution to English poetry by introducing from France the rhymed stanzas of various types to English poetry to replace the old English alliterative verse. It was he who used for the first time in English the rhymed couplet of iambic pentameter which was later called the “heroic couplet”.c. Chaucer was the first to write in current English language. Though drawing influence from French, Italian and Latin models he did much in making the dialect of London the foundation for modern English language.d. In his works Chaucer artistic lever developed his characterization to a higher artistic lever bu presenting characters with both typical qualities and individual dispositions. That is why John Dryden called him the Father of English Poetry.4. What is Renaissances?The Renaissance refers to the transitional period from the medieval to the modern world. It first started in Italy in the14th century. The Renaissance means rebirth or revival. It was stimulated by a series of historical events, such as the rediscovery of ancient Roman and Greek classics, the new discoveries in geography and astrology, the religious reformation, and the economic expansion. Humanism is the essence of Renaissance. The English Renaissance did not begin until the reign of Henry VIII. It was regarded as England’s Go lden Age, especially inliterature. The real mainstream of the English Renaissance is the Elizabethan drama. This period produced such literary giants as Shakespeare, Spenser, Marlowe, Bacon, etc.5. What is the theme of Elegy written in a country churchyard by Thomas Gray?a. Elegy written in a country churchyard is recognized as Thomas Gray’s best and most representativework.b. In this poem, Gray reflects on death, the sorrows of life, and the mysteries of human life with a touch of his personal melancholy, the poet compares the ordinary people with the great ones, wondering what the commons could have achieved if they had had the chance.c. Here he reveals his sympathy for the poor and the unknown, but scorns the great ones who despise the poor and bring havoc on them.6. What is the theme of Ode to a Grecian Urn by Keats?a. The ode was written in May 1819, almost at the same time as “Ode to a Nightingale”, out of collection of memor y of several visits to exhibition.b. Here the poet gives his comment on a Greek vase which, as a relic of ancient culture, has caught his imagination. On the surface of the vase there is an ornamental band of sculpture with figures of trees, pipes, and lovers on it. Though there are quiet forms, they possess and convey the beauty, the significance and the eternity of art, which appealed to Keats. So at the end of the poem, the poet emphasizes the relationship between beauty and truth: “Beauty is truth, and truth beauty”, thus declaring his worship of beauty, esp. in the field of art.c.Theme: It shows the contrast between the permanence ofart and the transience of human passion.7. What’s the symbolic meaning of Shelley’s Ode to the West Wind?a. this is o ne of Shelley’s best known lyrics. The poet describes vividly the act ivities of the west wind on the earth, in the sky and on the sea and expresses his envy for the boundless freedom of the west wind and his wishes to be free like it and to scatter his words among the mankind. The celebrated final line of the poem, “If wint er comes, can spring be far behind?” has often been cited to illustrate Shelley’s optimistic belief in the future of mankind. In the 1st stanza, Shelley uses the seasonal cycle in nature as a continuing process of universal death and regeneration.b. it expresses Shelley’s optimistic belief that the old world must go, a new world must come with the spring, laden with fresh sweet promises for suffering humanity. It anticipates the political triumphc. the poet asks the wind to work in him, restoring him to spiritual health and creative vigorThe first stanza( 1-14) describes the power of the west wind and its double role as both destroyer and preserver. Line 14 sums up the wind’s two basic characteristics, which also constitute the thematic focus of the poem.The second stanza(15-28) focuses on the adumbration of the wind’s power driving clouds before it and bringing storms with it with lightning, rain, fire and hall. It also describes its destructive aspect of “closing night” enveloping all under its dome of a vast tomb.The third stanza talks about the wind’s impact upon the sea, its first touching on the calm of the Mediterranean, and then onthe turbulence of the Atlantic. The Mediterranean sleeps in serenity in the summer but it waken up by the wind to see the quivering of the shadows of ancient palaces and towers and the Atlantic cleaving asunder into gigantic chasms.The fourth expresses the poet’s emotional response to the west wind. The poet says to the wind that he wishes to be spirited away like the leaves, to dance like the clouds, to breathe like the waves, and enjoy a share of the wind’s strength like the storm though with a lesser degree of freedom of movement.The last expresse s both the poet’s request for the wind to help spread the words of his poem “among the mankind” and wake it up from its deep stupor and his prophecy that spring will come in the wake of winter. The poem ends upon a note of confidence and hope.。
学历类《自考》自考专业(英语)《英美文学选读》考试试题及答案解析
学历类《自考》自考专业(英语)《英美文学选读》考试试题及答案解析姓名:_____________ 年级:____________ 学号:______________1、Opposition leaders will be watching carefully to see how the Prime Minister ________ the crisis.A、handlesB、conductsC、observesD、directs正确答案：A答案解析：A应付，对付，控制B引导，进行，实施C观察，监测，遵守D指导，监督2、Now many major employers are beginning to demand _______ the completion of schoolA、morethanB、ratherthanC、otherthanD、betterthan正确答案：A答案解析：morethan：多于，不只。
句意：现在很多雇主开始不仅仅要求学业的完成。
3、In the original test，all the animals in a test group are given a substance _______ half of them dieA、unlessB、untilC、lestD、provided正确答案：B答案解析：本题考查词义辨析。
until：直到。
符合句意，表示givenasubstance持续到halfofthemdie。
4、Nobody but you _______ what he said.A、agreeswithB、agreesoutC、agreewithD、agreeto正确答案：A答案解析：主语为nobody时，谓语动词用单数，如果主语被but,aswellas,with等短语修饰，谓语仍与主语的数保持一致。
该题易误选C、D，选D的原因在于词组记忆不清，用介词to时之后应加具体项目。
英美文学选读试题
英美文学选读试题英美文学选读试题————————————————————————————————作者：————————————————————————————————日期：English LiteratureQuestions on The Canterbury Tales1.Lines 1-18 are the introduction to the weather. Why did the author write so manywords to describe it?To answer why so many pilgrim go to the Canterbury at the same time.2.Summarize the main idea of lines 19-34.A group of pilgrims came across at the Canterbury and go together.3.How many people are there in the group of pilgrims?Thirty4.Based on Prioress’s portrait, can you give a possible reason why she isundertaking this pilgrimage?She wants to look for the worldly love.5.What details does the narrator use in describing the Prioress, and in what order? 1,Facial expression2,voice 3,etiquette 4，sympathy and charity 5，appearance 6，dress 7，personal accessories..6.Why does the Wife of Bath go on pilgrimage?For husband.7.What is the “framing device” that Chaucer uses for his collection of stories? Framework:a narrative which was composedfor the purpose of introducing and connecting a series of tales8.The General Prologue was written in heroic couplet, analyze some of the lines.9.Please name and define five specific methods of characterization Chaucer uses inthe “General Prologue”.Appearance description：her nose was elegant, her eyes glass-gray; her mouth was very small，but soft and red. Facial description：her way of smiling was simple and coy . behavior description：Color description 夸张Questions on Sonnet 181.What are the themes of the sonnet 18?2.What images does Shakespeare use in order to strengthen the theme? And whatkinds of figures of speech are used in the sonnet?3.Analyze the meter and rhyme of the poem.Questions on Paradise Lost1.The poem opens with a long sentence. Analyze the first sentence and identify thewriter’s conception about the poem.2.Who first seduced the mother of mankind to the revolt?3.How long does Satan and his peers suffer the penal fire?4.How does Satan feel about being in Hell according to the poem?5.Describe the condition of the Hell in your own words according to the poem.6.Write an essay about the image of Satan.Questions on T he Pilgrim’s Progress1.Why is the market called “Vanity Fair”?2.What is the original of the fair?3.What did people in the fair do to Christian and his friend?4.What does this episode symbolize?Questions on William Wordsworth’s poems1.Identify the meter of the first poem.2.What mood does the opening simile suggest, and what change in mood occurslater on?3.At what time of day is London being described in the second poem?4.Which descriptive elements are presented objectively and which subjectively?5.What are the themes of the third poem?6.There are two images in the third poem. Identify them and analyze them. Questions on Great Expectations1.In what details does Pip describe Miss Havisham and her room?2.What is Pip’s impression about Estella?3.How does Estella treat Pip? And why?4.Analyze the characters of Miss Havisham and Estella.5.Does Pip fall in love with Estella after the first meeting? And why?6.There is an image in Chapter 8. Identify it and analyze it.Questions on Tess of the d’Urber villes1.What effect does Tess’s confession have on Angel?2.Why is Angel unable to forgive Tess when she just bestowed the gift offorgiveness on him?3.Why does Tess submit to Angel’s anger and take no action to win him back?4.What moral differences between men and women in theVictorian period, doesthis chapter reflect?5.In Hardy’s works the strong element of naturalism are combined with a tendencytowards symbolism. Identify and analyze the symbols in this chapter.Questions on The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock1.What social class does Prufrock belong to? How could you tell?2.When Prufrock st arts talking about the “bald spot” in the middle of his head, whatdo you think he is worrying about?3.What types of images show that people are dehumanized in modern life, andsuggest that inanimate objects are alive?4.What is the effect of the Biblical allusion in the poem?5.Irony is everywhere in the poem. Identify them.Questions on Araby1.How does the boy describe his feelings for Mangan’s sister?2.Why does the boy want to go to the bazaar?3.Why does he arrive so late?4.What is the role of the boy’s uncle in the story? What value and attitude does herepresent?5.What kind of conflict does the boy experience in the story between him andenvironment, or between him and the adults?American LiteratureQuestions on Rip V an Winkle1.What historical events did Rip Van Winkle sleep through?2.Why was Rip Van Winkle so surprised when he returned to the village?3.What comparison is Irving implying when he states at the end of the story thatDame Van Winkle’s death has released Rip from “petticoat government”?4.How much effect did American Revolution have on daily life of the commonpeople?5.Analyze the humorous elements in Rip Van Winkle?Questions on The Scarlet Letter1.Who empowers Dimmesdale to stand on the scaffold?2.Why does Dimmesdale want to reveal?3.Why does Chillingworth try desperately to stop Dimmesdale from confessing hissins on the scaffold?4.This novel makes extensive use of symbols. How do they help develop the themesand characters in the novel?5.What is the narrative point of the novel? And what is the effect of the narrativepoint of view?Questions on Sister Carrie1.How many scenes did the writer describe in this chapter? Name them.2.Why does Carrie still suffer from unsatisfied desires after she became successful?3.How d o you see Draiser’s naturalism influencing his works in Sister Carrie?4.Discuss the character of Carrie and her relationships with Drouet and Hurswood. Questions on Indian Camp1.What kind of relationship between Nick and his father does the story describe?Has the relationship changed? Why and how does it change?2.Why did the husband kill himself?3.What does the last sentence mean?4.What did Nick learn from his witnessing both birth and death over one night? Questions on The Great Gatsby1.What kind of parties does Gatsby give on Saturdays according to the narrator?2.What kind of people would attend the parties according to the narrator?3.What is your impression on Gatsby after reading the text?4.What is the theme of the novel?5.Analyze the symbols in this chapter.。
英美文学部分选择题及问答题整理小抄
1. The first mass movement of the English working class and the early sign of the awakening of the poor, oppressed people is__D___.D. The Chartist Movement2. Daniel Defoe's works are all the following EXCEPT___B__.B. A Tale of a Tub3. "Metaphysical Poetry" refers to the works of the 17th - century writers who wrote under the influence of ___A__.A. John Donne4. The most important play among Shakespeare's comedies is ___B__.B. The Merchant of Venice5. The most perfect example of the verse drama after Greek style in English is Milton's __C___.C. Samson Agonistes6. Which of the following descriptions of Enlightenment Movement is NOT true?D A. It was a progressive intellectual movement that flourished in France.B. It was a furtherance of the Renaissance of the 15th and 16th centuries.C. The purpose was to enlighten the whole world with moderu philosophical and artistic ideas.D. The Enlighteners advocate individual education.7. Neoclassicists had some fixed laws and rules for prose EXCEPT__D___.D. being satiric8. A good style of prose" proper works in proper places" was defined by__C___.C. Jonathan Swift 9. The major theme of Jane Austen's novelsis____D_.D. love and marriage10. Wordsworth's___B__ is perhaps the mostanthologized poem in English literature.B. "I Wondered Lonely as a Cloud"11. William Blake's work __B___ marks hisentry into maturity.B. Marriage of Heaven and Hell12. Best of all the Romantic well- knownlyric pieces is Shelley's__D___.D. "Ode to the West Wind"13. In the Victorian Period __B___becamethe most widely read and the most vital andchallenging expression of progressive thought.B. novel14. In Charles Dickens'early novels, heattacks one or more specific social evils,___B__is a good example of describing thedehumanizing workhouse system and thedark, criminal underworld life.B. Oliver Twist15. Thomas Hardy's most cheerful and idyllicwork is__C___.C. Under the Greenwood Tree16. The rise of __B___and new sciencegreatly incited modernist writers to make newexplorations on human natures and humanrelationships.B. the irrational philosophyD. social Darwinism17. In Modern English literature, the literaryinterest of _____lay in the tracing of thepsychological development of his charactersand in his energetic criticism of thedehu-manizing effect of the capitalistindustrialization on human nature.DD.D.H. Lawrence18. George Bernard Shaw's __A__ is a betterplay of the later period, with the author'salmost nihilistic bitterness on the subjects ofthe cruelty and madness of WWI and theaimlessness and disillusion of the young.A. Too True to Be Good19. Renaissance first started in Italy, with theflowering of the following fieldsEXCEPT___A_.A. architectureB. paintingC. sculptureD. literature20. English Romanticism,as a historical phaseof literature,is generally said to have begunwith the publication of Wordsworth andColeridge's___C__.C. Lyrical Ballads21. Charlotte Bront's work _A__ is famousfor the depiction of the life of the middle -class working women, particularlygovernesses.A. Jane Eyre22. The Waste Land by T. S. Eliot is a poemconcerned with the ___A__ breakup of amodern civilization in which human life haslost its meaning, significance and purpose.A. spiritual23. Perhaps Emily Dickinson's greatestinterpretation of the moment of ___D_ is tobe found in "I heard a Fly buzz--when Idied—", a poem universally regarded as oneof her masterpieces.D. death24. The fiction of the American ___A__period ranges from the comic fables ofWashing-ton Irving to the social realism ofRebecca Harding Davis.A. Romantic25. The modern __A___ technique wasfrequently and skillfully exploited byFaulkner to emphasize the reactions and innermusings of the narrator.A. stream - of - consciousness26. By means of "___B_," Whitman believed,he has turned the poem into an openfield, an area of vital possibility where thereader can allow his own imagination to play.B. free verse27. In 1954, _A___ was awarded the NobelPrize for "his powerful style -forming mastery of the art" of creating modern fiction.A. Ernest Hemingway28. The period ranging from 1865 to 1914has been referred to as the Age of ___C__ inthe literary history of the United States,which is actually a movement or tendencythat dominated the spirit of Americanliterature.C. Realism29. When he was eighty - seven he read hispoetry at the inauguration of President John F.Kennedy in 1961. This poet was__B___.B. Robert Frost30. The renowned American critic H. L.Mencken regarded __D___ as "the true fatherof our national literature."D. Mark Twain31. We can easily find in Theodore Dreiser'sfiction a world of jungle, where "kill or to bekilled" was the law. Dreiser's __A___ foundexpression in almost every book he wrote.A. naturalism32. A preoccupation with the Calvinistic viewof __C___ and the mystery of evil marked theworks of Hawthorne, Melville and a host oflesser writers.C. original sin33. "He possessed none of the usual aids to a writer' s career: no money, no friend in power, no formal education worthy of mention, no family tradition in letters. " This is a description most suitable to the American writer__B___.B. Theodore Dreiser34. People generally considered __C___ to be Henry James' masterpiece, which incar nates the clash between the Old World and the New in the life journey of an American girl in a European cultural environment.C. The Portrait of A Lady35. The Jazz Age of the 1920s characterized by frivolity and carelessness is brought vividly to life in____A__.A. The Great Gatsby36. Guided by the principle of adhering to the truthful treatment of life, the American ____D___ introduced industrial workers and farmers, ambitious businessmen and vagrants, prostitutes and unheroic soldiers as major characters in fiction.D. realists37. The American literary spokesman of the Jazz Age is often acclaimed to be__D_____.D.F. Scott Fitzgerald38. By writing Moby - Dick, ____A___ reached the most flourishing stage of his literary creativity.A. Herman Melville39. Faulkner once said that __B___ is a story of "lost innocence," which proves itself to be an intensification of the theme of imprisonment in the past.B. The Sound and the Fur y40. Hawthorne was not a Puritan himself, but his view of man and human history origina ted, to a great extent, in___B____.B. Puritanism 41. Behold her, single in the field,Yon solitary Highland lass!Reaping and singing by herself;Stop here, or gently pass!Alone she cuts and binds the grain,And sings a melancholy strain;O listen! For the Vale profoundIs overflowing with the sound.Questions:A. Identify the poet.B. What' s the rhyme scheme for the stanza?C. What's the theme of the poem?答案 A. The poet of this poem is WilliamWordsworth.B. It’s an iambic verse, the rhyme scheme forthe stanza is ababccdd.C. This poem uses rural figures to suggest thetimeless mystery of sorrowful humanity andits radiant beauty.43. My little horse must think it queerTo stop without a farmhouse nearBetween the woods and frozen lakeThe darkest evening of the year.Questions:A. Identify the poet and the title of the poemfrom which this stanza is taken.B. What figure of speech is used in thisstanza?C. Briefly interpret the meaning of thisstanza.答案 A. The poet is Robert Lee Frost and thetitle of the poem is “Stopping by Woods on aSnowy Evening”.B. personificationC. My little horse would be very surprisedto find that I stopped in the place where thereis no place to live in and no food to eat, justthe woods and the frozen lake.44. "Where are we going, Dad?" Nick asked."Over to the Indian camp. There is an Indianlady very sick. ""Oh," said Nick.Across the bay they found the other boatbeached. Uncle George was smoking a cigarin the dark. The young Indian pulled the boatway up on the beach. Uncle George gave boththe Indians cigars.Questions :A. Identify the author and the title of thework from which the passage is taken.B. What does Dad imply when he says"There is an Indian lady very sick"?C. Why is Dad going to the Indian camp?答案. A. The author is Ernest Hemingway;the title of the passage is Indian CampB. Dad implies that we have to go to theIndian camp, because the patient is heavilysick.C. Because there is a woman who will givebirth to a baby in the Indian Camp.45. What' s the literary style of Shelley as aRomantic poet?答：1). Shelley expressed his love for freedomand his hatred toward tyranny in several ofhis lyrics.2). Shelley’s greatest achievementis his four-act poetic drama.3). Shelley is oneof the leading romantic poets, an intense andoriginal lyrical poet in the English Language.He has a reputation as a difficult poet: erudite,imagistically complex, full of classical andmythological allusions. His styles abound inpersonification and metaphor and otherfigures of speech which describe vividly whatwe see and feel, or express what passionatelymoves us.46. What are the main features of BernardShaw's plays with regard to the theme,charac-terization and plot?答：1). Structurally and thematically, Shawfollowed the great traditions of realism. As arealistic dramatist, he took the modern issuesas his subjects with the aim of directing socialreforms.2). One feature of Shaw’scharacterization is that he makes the trick ofshowing up one character vividly at theexpense of another. Another feature is thatShaw’s characters are the representatives ofideas, points of view, that shift and alterduring the play, for Mr. Shaw is primarilyinterested in doctrines. Presenting aconventional hero as a villain, or aconventional villain as a hero, Shaw intendsto give a shocking impression to his audienceand challenge the conventional way ofthinking. 3). Shaw’s plays have plots, butthey do not work by plots, the plot is usuallythe disregarded backbone to one long,unbroken conversation. It’s the vitality of thetalk that takes primacy over mere story.47. Henry James' literary criticism is anindispensable part of his contribution toliterature. What's his outlook in literarycriticiam?答：Henry James’s literary criticism is anindispensable part of his contribution toLiterature. It’s both concerned with form anddevoted to human values. The theme of hisessay “The Art of Fiction”clearly indicatesthat the aim of the novel is to present life, soit is not surprising to find in his writingshuman experiences explored in every possibleform: illusion, despair, reward, torment,inspiration, delight, and so on. He alsoadvocates the freedom of the artist to writeabout anything that concerns him, even thedisagreeable, the ugly and the commonplace.The artist should be able to “feel” the life, tounderstand human nature, and then to recordthem in his own art form.48. Local colorism is a unique variation of American literary realism. Who is the most famous local colorist? What are local colorists most concerned?48. 答：Mark Twain is the most famous local colorist. Mark Twain preferred to have his own region and people at the forefront of his stories. He is particularly concerned about the local character of a region. Mark Twain is not the only one whose works are characterized with local colors. There are also some other people whose works are characterized with local color. Generally, their writings are concerned with the life of small, well-defined region or province. The characteristic setting is the isolated small town. Local colorists were consciously nostalgic historians of a vanishing way of life. Recorders of a present that faded before their eyes, yet for all their sentimentality, they dedicated themselves to minutely accurate descriptions of the life of their regions. They worked from personal experience; they recorded the facts of a unique environment and suggested that the native life was shaped by the curious conditions of the locale. Their materials were necessarily limited and topics disparate, yet they had certain common artistic concerns. 49. Define modernism in English literature. Name two major modernistic British writers and list one major work by each. 49. 答：1). Modernism rose out of skepticismand disillusion of capitalism. It takes theirrational philosophy and the theory ofpsycho-analysis as its theoretical base.Modernism is, in many aspects, a reactionagainst realism. It rejects rationalism. Itadvocates a free experimentation on newforms and new techniques in literary creation.It casts away almost all the traditionalelements in literature. All the works createdby the modernist writers are often labeled asanti-novel, anti-poetry, and anti-drama.2). George Bernard Shaw and D. H.Lawrence both belong to this period and theyboth made great contributions to the EnglishLiterature. The masterpiece of GeorgeBernard Shaw is Mrs. Warren’s Profession,which is a play about the economicoppression of women. The major workwritten by D. H. Lawrence is hisautobiographical novel “Sons and Lovers”. Inthis play, the conflict between the earthycoarse, energetic but often drunken father andthe refined, strong-willed and up-climbingmother is vividly presented.50. Briefly discuss the term "The LostGeneration"and name the leading figures ofthis literary movement (Give at least three).50. 答：In the Modern Period ofAmerican Literature, there was aspiritual crisis. When the First WorldWar broke out, many young menvolunteered to take part in “the war toend wars”only to find that modernwarfare was not as glorious or heroicas they thought it to be. Disillusionedand disgusted by the frivolous, greedy,and heedless way of life in America,they began to write and they wrotefrom their own experiences in the war.Among the young writers were themost prominent figures in AmericanLiterature, especially in modernAmerican Literature. They werebasically expatriates who left Americaand formed a community of writersand artists in Paris, involved with otherEuropean novelists and poets in theirexperimentation on new modes ofthought and expression. These writerswere later named by an Americanwriter, Gertrude Stein, also anexpatriate, “The Lost Generation”Among those greatest figures in “TheLost Generation” or modern Americanliterature are famous poets such asEzra Pound, William Carlos Williams,and Robert Frost.42. The following quotation is from Mrs.Warren's Profession:VIVIE: [ intensely interested by this time] No;but why did you choose that business?Saving money and good management willsucceed in any business.MRS. WARREN: Yes, saving money. Butwhere can a woman get the money to save inany other business? Could you save out offour shillings a week and keep yourselfdressed as well? Not you. Of course, if you're a plain woman and cant earn anythingmore ; or if you have a turn for music, or thestage, or newspaper - writing ; that'sdifferent...Questions :A. Identify the playwright of the abovequotation.B. What business do you think Mrs. Warrenis involved in?C. What's the theme of the play?答案 A. The playwright of the quotation isGeorge Bernard Shaw.B. The business in which she was involvedwas to provide sex services for others,especially for those men who have money.C. The play is concerned about theeconomic oppression of women.。
自考英美文学选读试题
自考英美文学选读试题一、简答题1. 请简要解释英美文学的定义和范围。
英美文学是指英国和美国地区所产生的文学作品集合。
它包括了英国和美国各个历史时期的文学作品，涵盖了不同文体和流派，如诗歌、戏剧、小说等。
英美文学也包括了涉及英美文化、历史和社会的文学批评和理论。
2. 请谈谈你对浪漫主义文学的理解。
浪漫主义文学是19世纪兴起的文学运动，强调个人情感和想象力的自由发挥。
它追求超越现实的理想世界，强调自然界的神秘与力量，强调个体的自由和情感表达。
浪漫主义文学的作品通常富有激情和幻想，描写自然景物和人物内心体验，表达对美、自由和爱情的向往和赞美。
3. 请简要说明英国文学中的文艺复兴时期对英国文学的影响。
英国文艺复兴时期是16世纪中期到17世纪中期，受到古典文化和意大利文艺复兴的启发。
这一时期的英国文学呈现了繁荣和创新的特点。
文艺复兴时期对英国文学的影响主要体现在以下几个方面：首先，文艺复兴时期重视人文主义思想，强调人的价值和尊严。
这一思想对英国文学的价值观和表现形式产生了积极影响，推动了诗歌、戏剧和散文的发展。
其次，文艺复兴时期涌现了一批杰出的作家和诗人，如莎士比亚、斯宾塞等，他们的作品影响深远，成为英国文学的经典之作。
最后，文艺复兴时期也开启了英国剧院的黄金时代，剧作在社会中得到了广泛的传播和欣赏，为英国戏剧的发展奠定了基础。
4. 请解释19世纪末20世纪初的现代主义文学特征。
现代主义文学是20世纪初期兴起的文学运动，与传统文学相比，它展现了与众不同的风格和观念。
现代主义文学的特征包括：第一，现代主义对传统文学的规范和传统结构进行了颠覆和挑战。
它采用了自由的书写方式，打破了传统故事线性发展的模式，采用不同的叙述角度和时间跳跃的手法。
第二，现代主义文学注重表现人类的内心活动和情感体验，强调主观意识和意识流的描写。
它关注人类的孤独、焦虑和存在的意义等主题。
第三，现代主义文学追求语言的创新和实验。
它尝试使用新的词汇和独特的句法结构，以突破传统语言表达的局限。
英美文学选读 习题1
答案：survival|fittest|fate|mysterious |supernatural|force|impotent|Fate
【题型：阅读】【分数：4分】得分：0分
[3]1.“When the stars threw down their spears,
And water’d heaven with their tears,
Did he smile his work to see?
Did he who made the Lamb make thee ?”
Questions:
A. Who’s the poet of the quoted stanza?
B. Whom does the“he”refer to?
C. What does the“Lamb”symbolize?
Bromanticism
Ctranscendentalism
Dcubism
答：
答案：A
【题型：论述】【分数：10分】得分：0分
[2]Why is Hardy regarded as a naturalistic writer in English literature? Discuss in relation to his novels you know.
DD. A Farewell to Arms
答：
答案：C
【题型：阅读】【分数：4分】得分：0分
[7]
“‘Do you think I can stay to become nothing to you? So you think I am an automoton?—a machine without feelings? And can bear to have my morsel of bread snatched from my lips, and my drop of living water dashed from my cup? Do you think, because I am poor, obscure, plain, and little, I am soulless and heartless?—You think wrong!—I have as much as you and full as much heart! And if God had gifted me with some beauty, and much wealth, I should have made it as hard for you to leave me, as it is now for me to leave you. I am not talking to you now through the medium of custom, conventionalities, or even of mortal flesh:—it is my spirit that addresses your spirit; just as if both had passed through the grave, and we stood at God’s feet, equal—as we are!’”