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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。

英美文学选读试卷分析

英美文学选读试卷分析•相关推荐英美文学选读试卷分析英美文学选读考题分析（转贴）在自考的全部专业中，英语本科的淘汰率一直高居“榜首”，同时《英美文学选读》又是整个本科专业的瓶颈课程。

我们随机抽取了两刀（40本）试卷进行统计，发现该门课程的通过率大致在12%左右，可能是自考全部课程最低的。

绝大部分成绩徘徊在40分到58分之间，大约占了44.7%。

我们批改到的最高分大约是82分，成绩相当出色！一、试卷构成《英美文学选读》全国卷由四部分组成：第一部分是40分的选择题，每题1分，覆盖面十分广泛。

从以往几次试卷来看，该部分主要考核英美文学史，也包括少量选读中的内容，多属于常识性知识，例如今年14题要求辨别If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?的作者；2001年11题要求辨别It was a miracle of rare device, A sunny pleasure done with caves of ice.的作者和出处；还有每年必定会有一题考核作品中出现的人物，例如2001年第8题是Sheridan’s The School for Scandal中的人物，今年28题是The Scarlet Letter的人物。

由于内容大多属于大纲中的“识记”性知识，不需要多少理解，因此正确率相应比较高。

但有时题目的切入点十分灵活比如2001年第6题，需要考生有较好的基本功。

第二部分是四道共16分的阅读理解。

考题内容均取自选读部分，一般是两篇诗歌，两篇小说，要求指出：A）作者和作品出处（1分）B）作品中具体某个词或词组的确切意义（1分）C）表述该选段的思想内容（2分）。

考生需要认真研读作品，和作品后面的注释，平时做一些读书笔记。

第三部分是四道共24分的简答题，内容的跨越比较大，既有阅读理解部分的延伸，也有某一时期的文学思潮，还有对某一断代史的简论，答对率非常低。

第四部分是两题共20分的问答题。

英美文学选读试题自学考试答案解析（完整版）

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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 AmericanD.The Portrait of A Lady非选择题部分注意事项：用黑色字迹的签字笔或钢笔将答案写在答题纸上，不能答在试题卷上。

英美文学选读-习题4

【题型：简答】【分数：4分】得分：0分[1]Please comment on Alexander Pope’s literary achievements.答：The only major languag答案： An Essay on Criticism follows the neoclassicist tradition. The Rape of the Lock mocks the epic. He uses heroic couplet.【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：0分[2]All of the following are stream –of- consciousness novels EXCEPT________.A The Sound and the FuryB UlyssesC Mrs. DallowayD Jude the Obscure答：答案： D【题型：论述】【分数：10分】得分：0分[3] How did the Lost Generation come into being in the literary history of the United States? Who were the leading figures of this literary movement?答：答案：First World War|American|young men|disillusioned|expatriates|European countries|Pound|Frost|Fiztgerald|Hemingway|Faulkner【题型：阅读】【分数：4分】得分：0分[4]Had I as many souls as there be stars.I’d give them all for Mephistophilis!By him I’ll be great emperor of the world,And make a bridge through the moving airTo pass the ocean with a band of men;I’ll join the hills that bing the Africa shoreAnd make that country continent to Spain,And both contributory to my crown;The Emperor shall not live by my leave,Nor any potentate of Germany.Now that I have obtained what I desireI’ll live in speculation of this art.Till Mephistophilis return again.”A. Identify the author and the title of the work from which the passage is taken.B. Based on the passage, write down in one or two sentences the theme of the play.答：答案：Dr. Faustus, Christopher Marlowe, Man's aspiration, bounding achievement【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：0分[5] _____ is the leading figure of the metaphysical school.A John MiltonB John DonneC John BunyanD John Keats答：答案： B【题型：论述】【分数：10分】得分：0分[6] Please elaborate Wordsworth’s theory of poetry, taking examples from the poems you have learned to support your ideas.答：答案：Lyrical Ballads|emotions|recollected|tranquility|I wandered lonely as a cloud|nature|individual|common speech【题型：简答】【分数：4分】得分：0分[7] Briefly introduce Blake’s Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience.答：答案： Songs of Innocence is a lovely volume of poems, presenting a happy and innocent world, though not without its evils; Songs of Experience paints a different world, a world of misery, disease, war and repression with melancholy tone; The two books hold the similar subject-matter, but the tone, emphasis and conclusion differ.【题型：阅读】【分数：4分】得分：0分[8] ‘Is dying hard, Daddy?’‘No, I think it’s pretty easy, Nick. It all depends. ’”Questions:A. Who’s the author of the quoted part, and what’s the title of the work?B. What was Nick preoccupied with when he asked the question?C. Why did the father add “It all depends”after he answered his son’s question?答：答案：Hemingway, Indian Camp|life and death|Death can be both easy and hard.【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：0分[9]Among the following writers ________ is generally regarded as the forerunner of the 20th -century “stream - of - consciousness”novels and the founder of psychological realism.A T. S. EliotB James JoyceC William FaulknerD Henry James答：答案： D【题型：简答】【分数：4分】得分：0分[10] What are the features of Charles Dickens' novels?答：答案：They provides a complete and realistic picture of the English bourgeoisie society. Many of them are about childhood experience and are famous for humor.【题型：阅读】【分数：4分】得分：0分[11]“I like to see it lap the Miles—And lick the Valleys up—And stop to feed itself at Tanks—And then-prodigiosu step”A. Please give the name of the author.B. What idea does this poem express?答：答案：Emily Dichinson, suspicion of the relationship between man and nature【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：0分[12] Which of the following writings is NOT completed by William Blake?A Songs of ExperienceB Songs of InnocenceC Marriage of Heaven and HellD Emma答：答案： D【题型：简答】【分数：4分】得分：0分[13] Elizabeth Bennet is the heroine of Pride and Prejucide. What kind of character do you think Elizabeth Bennet is?答：答案：Elizabeth is clever, alert, and observant. She is able to match wits with Darcy several times and with Colonel Fizwilliam, earning their respect and admiration.Fearless and frank, not rattled by the attack of Lady Catherine de Bourgh, she wins a notable cictory, sending her ladyship away completely routed.She is independent but not infallible in her judgement-- taken in by the charm of the worthless Wickham. She cannot be blamed for misjudging Darcy. She shows flexibility, discernment and honesty of mind when she reads Darcy's defense in his letter and admits the justice of much of what he says.She is able to control her emotions at times of stress-- when she first encounters Darcy at Pemberley; when she realizes that she loves Darcy and has good reason to fear that she has losthim, she waits without replying for time to bring a solution. She is witty, fun-loving, recognizing humor in herself and in others, but ridicuing only folly, nonsense, and inconsistencies. She recognizes the follies of her own family and their shortcomings as well as their virtues.【题型：阅读】【分数：4分】得分：0分[14] 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 of 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?答：答案：young Goodman Brown, attend a witches' party,shocked by the minister【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：0分[15] Within her little lyrics Dickinson addresses those issues that concern ______, which include religion, death, immorality, love and nature.A the whole human beingsB the frontiersC the African AmericansD her relatives答：答案： A【题型：简答】【分数：4分】得分：0分[16]What is the difference between the easy conceits and the difficult conceits employed in John Donne’s poetry？答：答案： The former are mythology and natural objects, while the latter are concerned with law, psychology and philosophy|intellectual difficulties【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：0分[17] All of the following works are known as Hardy’s “novels of character and environment”EXCEPT ______.A The Return of the NativeB Tess of the D’UrbervillesC Jude the ObscureD Far from the Madding Crowd答：答案： D【题型：简答】【分数：4分】得分：0分[18] List three characters in Tess.答：答案：Angel, Tess and Alec【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：0分[19] 9. The major theme of Jane Austen’s novels is_____.A moneyB powerC murderD love and marriage答：答案： D【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：0分[20] As a woman of exceptional intelligence and life experience, George Eliot shows a particular concern for _________.A the feminismB the education for womenC the destiny of womenD the low status of women答：答案： C【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：0分[21] Jonathan Swift is one of the greatest masters of English prose, and his best prose work is ______.A A. “A Modest Proposal”B B. “Of Studies”C C. “Areopagitica”D D. “Tradition and Individual Talent”答：答案： A【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：0分[22]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, Moses答：答案： B【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：0分[23] Who, disregarding grammar and punctuation, always used “i”instead of “I”to refer to himself as a protest against self-importance?A CummingsB Wallance StevensC F. Scott FitzgeraldD Ernest Hemingway答：答案： A【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：0分[24] Melville is best - known as the author of his mighty book, ________, which is one of the world’s greatest masterpieces.A Sister CarriedB Song of MyselfC Moby - DickD The Marble Faun答：答案： C【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：0分[25] _____ is NOT a dramatist who holds the central position in American drama in the modernistic period.A A. Sinclair LewisB B. Eugene O’NeillC C. Arthur MillerD D. Tenessee Williams答：答案： A【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：0分[26]Washington Irving was one of the first American writers to earn international fame and was regarded as _____.A father of American dramaB father of American poetryC father of American literatureD father of short stories答：答案： D【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：0分[27] Romance, a popular literary form in the medieval period reflects a ________ age.A chivalricB heroicC realisticD modern答：答案： A【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：0分[28] George Bernard Shaw’s career as a dramatist began in 1892, when his first play ____ was put on by the Independent Theatre Society.A A. CandidaB B. Widower’s HousesC C. Mrs. Warren’s ProfessionD D. The Apple Cart答：答案： B【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：0分[29]Henry Fielding’s ________ brings him the name of “Prose Homer”.A The History of Jonathan Wild the GreatB The History of AmeliaC The History of Tom Jones, a FoundlingD The History of Joseph Andrews答：答案： C【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：0分[30]Literature of Neoclassicism is different from that of Romanticism in that _______.A the former celebrates reason, rationality, order and instruction while the latter sees liB the former is heavily religious but the latter secularC the former is an intellectual movement the purpose of which is to arouse the middle classD the former advocates the “return to nature”whereas the latter turns to the ancient Greek答：答案： A【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：0分[31] George Bernard Shaw’s ______ is a grotesquely realistic exposure of slum landlordism.A Widower’s HouseB Mrs. Warren’s ProfessionC The Apple CartD Getting Married答：答案： A【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：0分[32] Symbolism and complex narrative are employed more richly in D. H. Lawrence’s ________, which are generally regarded as his masterpieces.A Women in LoveB Sons and LoversC Lady Chatteley's LoverD Farewell to Arms答：答案： A【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：0分[33]In Hardy’s Wessex novels, there is an apparent ______ touch in his description of the simple and beautiful though primitive rural life.A humorousB romanticC nostalgicD sarcastic答：答案： C【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：0分[34]Nathaniel Hawthorne was affected by ________’s transcendentalist theory and struck up a very intimate relationship with him.A H. W. LongfellowB Walt WhitmanC R. W. EmersonD Washington Irving答：答案： C【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：0分[35] The Sun Also Rises casts light on a whole generation after WWI and the effects of the war by way of a vivid portrait of “______.”A the Lost GenerationB the Beat GenerationC the Babybooming AgeD the Jazz Age答：答案： A【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：0分[36] The protagonist of the poem “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”is a kind of tragic figure caught in a sense of deafened idealism and tortured by unsatisfied desires. Of the following descriptions of him, which isn’t suitable for him?A He is neurotic.B He is self-important.C He is illogical.D He is a man of action.答：答案： D【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：0分[37]In Death in the Afternoon ________ presents his philosophy about life and death through the depiction of the bullfight as a kind of microcosmic tragedy.A. William Faulkner &nbsA William FaulknerB Jack LondonC Ernest HemingwayD Mark Twain答：答案： C【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：0分[38] In Tender is the Night, ______ traces the decline of a young American psychiatrist whose marriage to a beautiful and wealthy patient drains his personal energies and corrodes his professional career.A DreiserB FitzgeraldC FaulknerD Jack London答：答案： B【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：0分[39] William Wordsworth, Coleridge and _______ are known as the “Lake Poets”.A A. George Gordon ByronB B. Robert SoutheyC C. Percy Bysshe ShelleyD D. John Keats答：答案： B【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：0分[40]________ is not a fictional character in The Scarlet Letter.A HesterB Arthur DimmesdaleC Roger ChillingworthD Ishmael答：答案： D【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：0分[41] In William Blake’s later period, he wrote quite a few prophetic books including the following writing EXCEPT _____.A The Book of UrizenB The Book of LosC MiltonD Lyrical Ballads答：答案： D【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：0分[42] ____ is Hemingway’s firt true novel, which portrays “The Lost Generation”.A A. For Whom the Bell TollsB B. The Old Man and the SeaC C. The Sun Also RisesD D. A Farewell to Arms答：答案： C【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：0分[43]All of the following poems by William Wordsworth are masterpieces on nature EXCEPT________.A “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud”B “An Evening Walk”C “Tinter Abbey”D “The Solitary Reaper”答：答案： D【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：0分[44]_________ is a play based on the German legend of a magician aspiring for knowledge and finally meeting his tragic end as a result of selling his soul to the Devil.A TamburlaineB Hero and LeanderC Dr. FaustusD Amores答：答案： C【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：0分[45] All of the following statements about the Victorian period is true EXCEPT ______.A England was the “workshop of the world”.B The early years was a time of rapid economic development as well as serious social problemC Towards the mid -century, England had reached its highest point of development as a worldD Capitalism came into its monopoly stage, the gap between the rich and the poor was further答：答案： D【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：0分[46] As a critic of music and drama, ________ held that art should serve social purposes by reflecting human life, revealing social contradictions and educating the common people.A YeatsB Oscar WildC Bernard ShawD Milton答：答案： B【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：0分[47]The assertion that poetry originates from “emotion recollected in tranquility”belongs to ______.A WordsworthB ColeridgeC ShelleyD Blake答：答案： A【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：0分[48] ______ is a poem based on a traditional Spanish legend of a great lover and seducer of women.A AdonaisB Don JuanC Prometheus UnboundD The Revolt of Islam答：答案： B【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：0分[49] Generally, the Renaissance refers to the period between ____ and _____ centuries.A 14th; mid-17thB 16th; mid-17thC 14th; mid-18thD 16th; mid-19th答：答案： A【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：0分[50] Charlotte’s works are famous for the depiction of the life of ______ working women, particularly governesses.A the middle - classB the lower classC the upper - middle - classD the upper - class答：答案： A【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：0分[51] 8. A good style of prose“proper works in proper places”was defined by_____.A MiltonB FieldingC SwiftD John Donne答：答案： C【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：0分[52] _____, the pioneering woman who, according to D. H. Lawrence, was the first novelist that“started putting all the actions inside”.A A. George EliotB B. Jane AustenC C. Mrs. GaskellD D. Charlotte Bronte答：答案： A[文档可能无法思考全面，请浏览后下载，另外祝您生活愉快，工作顺利，万事如意!]。

英美文学选读(00604)2020年8月真题答案解析

2020年8月英美文学选读真题答案答案与解析一、单项选择题：1.D 萧伯纳是戏剧评论家也是剧作家。

2.B T.S.Eliot 使用诗体戏剧，著名的是《教堂里的谋杀案》。

3.A D.H Lawrence 在《侵犯者》一书中描写了人与人丧失了温暖。

4.C T.S.Eliot 晚期两本重要的诗作是“Ash Wednesday &Four Quartets”.5.B G.B.Shaw 在《医生的进退两难》中描写一个无知、无能、自大的医学教授。

6.D Charles Dickens 第一个描写的少年英雄的 Oliver Twist。

7.A Charlotte Bronte 的第一部小说是《教授》。

8.C Thomas Hardy 被熟知的“人物与环境为纲”-novels of character andenvironment.9.D Thomas Hardy“The Mayor of Casterbridge”Henchard 是个守旧派的自负古董。

10.B Charles Dickens 在“Great Expectations”呈现了社会环境对人的迫害。

11.B Charlotte Bronte 在布鲁塞尔爱上了一位教授。

12.A wrence 在《彩虹》中描写了社会的腐败。

13.A Jane Austen在“Persuasion”中将真爱与精打细算做了对比。

14.C P.B.Shelley在18岁的时候写了《无神论的重要性》，被逐出学校。

15.D William Wordsworth的诗歌“I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud”最能体现他思想核心。

16.C Jane Austen的小说主题是爱情与婚姻，她的态度是Practical idealism。

17.C 《序曲》是William Wordsworth的名篇。

18.B William Blake 在“Songs of Experience”中呈现悲伤的语气。

2020年4月全国英美文学选读自考试题及答案解析

全国2019年4月高等教育自学考试英美文学选读试题课程代码：00604全部题目用英文作答，并将答案写在答题纸相应位置上，否则不计分。

PART ONE （40 POINTS）Ⅰ.Multiple Choice (40 points in all, 1 for each)Select from the four choices of each item the one that best answers the question or completes the statement. Write your correct answer on the answer sheet.1.“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 t aken from ______.A. Milton’s Paradise LostB. Marlowe’s “The Passionate shepherd to His Love”C. Shakespeare’s “Sonnet 18”D. John Donne’s “The Sun Rising”2.The English Renaissance period was an age of ______ .A. poetry and dramaB. drama and novelC. novel and poetryD. romance and poetry3.Here are four lines taken from Edmund Spenser’s The Faerie Queene: “But on his brest a bloudie Crosse he bore,/The deare remembrance of his dying Lord,/For whose sweete sake that glorious badge he w ore,/And dead as living ever him adored.” Who is the “dying Lord” discussed in the above lines?A. BeowulfB. King ArthurC. Jesus ChristD. Jupiter4.In Shakespeare’s Merchant of Venice, Antonio could not pay back the money he borrowed from Shylock, because ______.A. his money was all invested in the newly-emerging textile industryB. his enterprise went bankruptC. Bassanio was able to pay his own debtD. his ships had all been lost5. 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.6. In English poetry, a four-line stanza is called ______.A. heroic coupletB. quatrainC. Spenserian stanzaD. terza rima7. “Let not Ambition mock their useful toil,/Their homely joys, and destiny obscure;/Nor Grandeur hear with a disdainful smile /The short and simple annals of the poor.”The above lines are taken from .A. Alexander Pope’s Essay on CriticismB. Coleridge’s “Kubla Khan”1C. John Donne’s “The Sun Rising”D. Thomas Gray’s “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard”8. By making the truth-seeking pilgrims suffer at the hands of the people of Vanity Fair, John Bunyan intends to show the prevalent political and religious ______of his time.A. persecutionB. improvementC. prosperityD. disillusionment9. The 18th century witnessed a new literary form－the modern English novel, which, contrary to the medieval romance, gives a ______ presentation of life of the common people.A. romanticB. realisticC. propheticD. idealistic10. As a whole, ______is one of the most effective and devastating criticisms and satires of all aspects in the then English and European life—socially, politically, religiously, philosophically, scientifically, and morally.A. Moll FlandersB. Gulliver’s TravelsC. Pilgrim’s ProgressD. The School for Scandal11. An honest, kind-hearted young man, who is full of animal spirit and lacks prudence, is expelled from the paradise and has to go through hard experience to gain knowledge of himself and finally to have been accepted both by a virtuous lady and a rich relative .The above sentence may well sum up the theme of Fielding’s work .A. Jonathan Wild the GreatB. Tom JonesC. The Coffe-House PoliticianD. Amelia12. In Sheridan’s The School for scandal, the man who wins the hand of his beloved as well as the inheritance of his rich uncle is ______ .A. Charles SurfaceB. Joseph SurfaceC. Sir Peter TeazleD. Sir Benjamin Backbite13. Which of the following works best represents the national spirit of the 18th-century England?A. Robinson CrusoeB. Gulliver’s TravelsC. Jonathan Wild the GreatD. A Sentimental Journey14. Shelley’s masterpiece, Prometheus Unbound, is a verse drama, which borrows the basic story from ______ .A. the BibleB. a German legendC. a Greek playD. One Thousand and One Nights15. In the first part of the novel Pride and prejudice, Mr. Darcy has a (n) ______ of the Bennet family .A. high opinionB. great admirationC. low opinionD. erroneous view16. In Byron’s poem “Song for the Luddites,” the word “Luddite” refers to the ______ .A. workers who destroyed the machines in their protest against unemploymentB. rising bourgeoisie who fights against the aristocratic classC. descendents of the ancient king ,LudD. poor country people who suffered under the rule of the landlord class17. Mr. Micawber in David Copperfield and Sam Well in Pickwick Papers are perhaps the best ______ characters created by Charles Dickens.2A. comicB.tragicC. roundD.sophisticated18. A typical feature of the English Victorian literature is that writers became social and moral ______ , exposing all kinds of social evils.A. revolutionariesB. idealistsC. criticsD. defenders19. “Is it not sufficient for your infernal sel fishness, that while you are at peace I shall writhe in the torments of hell?”(Heathcliff uttered the sentence in the death scene of Catherine from Chapter XV of Wuthering Heights.) The word “hell” at the end of the quoted sentence refers to ______ .A. HeavenB. HadesC. the next worldD. this world20. A typical Forsyte, according to John Galsworthy, is a man with a strong sense of ______ ,who never pays any attention to human feelings.A. justiceB. humorC. moralityD. property21. “He was silent with conceit of his son. Mrs. Morel sniffed, as if it were nothing.”(Sons and Lovers by wrence)From the above quotation, we can see that Mrs. Morel’s attitude to her husband is ______ .A. sincerely warmB. genuinely kindC. seemingly angryD. merely contemptuous22. A boy makes a quest of his idealized childish love through painful experience up to the point of losing his innocence and coming to see the drabness and harshness of the adult world.The above sentence may well sum up the major theme of ______.A. Eliot’s poem The love Song of J. Alfred PrufrockB. Bernard shaw’s play Mrs. Warren’s ProfessionC. Joyce’s story ArabyD. Lawrence’s story The Horse Dealer’s Daughter23. Linguistically, compared with the writings of Mark Twain, Henry James’s fiction is noted for his ______.A. frontier vernacularB. rich colloquialismC. vulgarly descriptive wordsD. refined elegant language24. Which of the following statements about Washington Irving is NOT true?A. Literary imagination should breed in a land rich in the past culture.B. He is preoccupied with the Calvinistic view of original sin and the mystery of evil.C. His stories are among the best of the American literature.D. Some of his works are based on the materials of the European legendary tales.25. Which of the following is NOT one of the main ideas advocated by Emerson, the chief spokesman of New England Transcendentalism?A. As an individual, man is divine and can develop and improve himself infinitely.B. Nature exercises a healthy and restorative influence on human beings.C. There exists an emotional communication between an individual soul and the universal “Oversoul.”D. Evil and sin are ever present in human heart and will pass on from one generation to another.”326. Whitman’s poems are characterized by all the following features EXCEPT ______ .A. the strict poetic formB. the free and natural rhythmC. the easy flow of feelingsD. the simple and conversational language27. “Then all colla psed, and the great shroud of the sea rolled on as it rolled five thousand years ago.” In the quoted sentence, the author might imply that ______.A. nothing changes in the 5000 years of human historyB. man’s desire to conquer nature can only end in his o wn destructionC. nature is evil as it was 5000 years agoD. nature has the ultimate creative power28. “Standing on the bare ground,—my head bathed by the blithe air, and uplifted into infinite space ,—all mean egotism vanishes. I become a transparent eye-ball. I am nothing. I see all. The currents of the Universal Being circulate through me; I am part or particle of God.”The above passage is taken from ______.A. Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s CabinB. Cooper’s “Leatherstocking Tales”C. Emerson’s “Nature”D. Dreiser’s Sister Carrie29. Which of the following works best illustrates the Calvinistic view of original sin?A. Stowe’s Uncle Ton’s CabinB. James’s The Portrait of a Lady.C. Hemingway’s A Farewell to ArmsD. Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter.30. Beside symbolism, all the following qualities EXCEPT ______are fused to make Melville’s Moby-Dick a world classic.A. narrative powerB. psychological analysisC. speculative agilityD. optimistic view of life31. In all his novels Theodore Dreiser sets himself to project the ______ American values. For example, in Sister Carrie, there is not one character whose status is not determined economically.A. PuritanB. materialisticC. psychologicalD. religious32. In Daisy Miller,Henry James reveals Daisy’s ______ by showing her relatively unreserved manners.A. hypocrisyB. cold and indifferenceC. grace and patienceD. Americanness33. The raft with which Huck and Jim make their voyage down the Mississippi River may symbolize all the following EXCEPT ______.A. a return to natureB. an escape from evils, injustices, and corruption of the civilized societyC. the American society in the early 19th centuryD. a small world where people of different colors can live friendly and happily34. Emily Grierson, the protagonist in Faulkner’s story “A Rose for Emily,” can be regarded as a symbol for all the following qualities EXCEPT______.A. old valuesB. rigid ideas of social statusC. bigotry and eccentricityD. harmony and integrity435. As a Modernist poet ,Pound is noted for his active involvement in the ______ .A. cubist school of modern paintingB. Imagist MovementC. stream-of-consciousness techniqueD. German Expressionism36. The statement that a boy’s ni ght journey to an Indian village to witness the violence of both birth and death provides all the possibilities of a learning experience may well sum up the major theme of ______ .A. Faulkner’s story “A Rose for Emily”B. Hemingway’s story “Indian Camp”C. Irving’s story “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow”D. James’s story “Daisy Miller”37. Which of the following plays by O’Neill can be read autobiographically?A. The Hairy ApeB. The Emperor JonesC. The Iceman ComethD. Long Day’s Journey Into Nig ht38. When we say that a poor young man from the West tried to make his fortune in the East but was disillusioned in the quest of an idealized dream, we are probably discussing about ______’s thematic concern in his fiction writing.A. Henry JamesB. Scott FitzgeraldC. Ernest HemingwayD. William Faulkner39.After his experiences in the forest, Young Goodman Brown returns to Salem ______.A. desperate and gloomyB. renewed in his faithC. wearing a black veilD. unaware of his own sin40. According to Mark Twain, in river towns up and down the Mississippi, it was every boy’s dream to some day grow up to be ______.A. Methodist preacherB. a justice of the peaceC. a riverboat pilotD. a pirate on the Indian oceanPART TWO (60POINTS)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. “One short sleep past, we wake eternally,And death shall be no more; d eath, thou shalt die.”Questions:A. Identify the poem and the poet.B.What does the word “sleep” mean?C. What idea do the two lines express?42. “Never did sun more beautifully steepIn his first splendor, valley, rock, or hill;Ne’er saw I, never felt, a calm so deep!5The river glideth at his own sweet will:Dear God! The very houses seem asleep;And all that mighty heart is lying still!”(William Wordsworth’s sonnet: “Composed upon Westminster Bridge” September 3, 1802) Questions:A. What does the word “glideth” in the fourth line mean?B. What kind of figure of speech is used by wordsworth to describe the “river”?C. What idea does the fourth line express?43. “With Blue—uncertain stumbling Buzz—Between the light—and me—And then the Windows failed—and thenI could not see to see—”Questions:A. Identify the poem and the poet.B. What do “Windows” symbolically stand for?C. What idea does the quoted passage express?44. “‘Is dying hard, Daddy?’‘No, I think it’s pretty easy, Nick, It all depends.”’Questions:A. Identify the work and the author.B. What was Nick preoccupied with when he asked the question?C. Why did the father add “It all depends” after he answered his son’s question?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. It is said that B. Shaw’s play, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, has a strong realistic theme, which fully reflects the dramatist’s Fabiani st idea. Try to summarize this theme briefly.46. Emily Bronte used a very complicated narrative technique in writing her novel Wuthering Heights.Try to tell Bronte’s way of narration briefly.47. “In your rocking-chair, by your window dreaming, shall you long, alone. In your rocking-chair, by your window, shall you dream such happiness as you may never feel.” The two sentences are taken from Theodore Dreiser’s novel, Sister Carrie. What idea can you draw from the “rocking-chair”?48. The literary school of naturalism was quite popular in the late 19th century. What are the major characteristics of naturalism?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. Discuss the possible theme in W.B. Yeats’s “The Lake Isle of Innisfree” and how t hat theme is presented in the poem.50. “My faith is gone!” cried he (Goodman Brown), after one stupefied moment. “There is no6good on earth; and sin is but a name. Come, devil! For to thee is this world given.”Comment on this passage from Hawthorne’s “Young Goodman Brown”.7。

2022年自考专业(英语)英美文学选读考试真题及答案4

2022年自考专业(英语)英美文学选读考试真题及答案一、单项选择题 Multiple Choice(40 points in all, 1 for each)Select from the four choices of each item the one that best answer the question or completes the statement. Write the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.1、The Renaissance marks a transition from the_______ to the modern world.A.medievalB.romanticC.Anglo-SaxonD.Victorian2、Which of the following plays is NOT among William Shakespeare's four great tragedies?A.Hamlet.B.Twelfth Night.C.Othello.D.King Lear3、After the restoration of _______. Milton was imprisoned for a short time and then retired to private life.A.Charles IB.Charles IC.James ID.James 14、 It was not until the reign of_______that the Renaissance rally began o show its effect in England.A.Henry VIIB.Henry VIIC.Charles ID.Charles II5、In Paradise Lost, the real hero created by Milton is_______.A.GodB.AdamC.EveD.Satan6、The island of Lilliput can be found in_______.A.Robinson CrusoeB.Gulliver's TravelsC.The Adventures of Tom SawyerD.The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn7、 The Enlightenment was a progressive intellectual movementthroughout Western Europe in the_______ century.A.17thB.18thC.19thD.20th8、Henry Fielding is the author of the great 18th century English novel_______.A.Tom JonesB.PamelaC.Moll FendersD.The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy9、The publication of The Lyrical Ballads, written by _______ marked the break with the conventional poetical tradition of the 18th century.A.William Wordsworth and Robert BurnsB.William Blake and ColeridgeC.Wordsworth and Percy Bysshe ShellyD.Wordsworth and Coleridge10、 Generally, William Shakespeare's dramatic career can be divided into periods.A.3B.4C.5D.611、"his a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife." The quoted part is taken from_______.A.Pride and PrejudiceB.Wuthering HeightsC.Jane EyreD.Sense and Sensibility12、William Wordsworth is regarded as a 查看答案。

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英美文学选读-阶段测评4成绩：30分一、Multiple Choice 共40 题题号: 1 本题分数:2.5 分( )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 Twain(P498.para.2)亨利.詹姆斯是美国现实主义文学大师，他的作品往往涉及美国之外的主题，其作品的风格是“心理活动”。

被誉为20世纪美国意识流文学的先驱。

标准答案：C考生答案：D本题得分：0 分题号: 2 本题分数:2.5 分Closely related to Dickinson’s religious poetry are her poems concerning( ),ranging over the physical as well as the psychological and emotional aspects of death.A、love and natureB、death and universeC、death and immortalityD、family and happiness（P518para2）迪金森的诗歌涉及宗教和爱情两方面，而其涉及宗教的诗歌往往是以死亡和永恒为主题的，所以答案是C。

标准答案：C考生答案：A本题得分：0 分题号: 3 本题分数:2.5 分H.L.Mencken considered( )“the true father of our national literature”.A、Bret HarteB、Mark TwainC、Washington IrvingD、Walt Whitman(P477.para1)马克.吐温是美国文学巨匠，他以两部“历险记”创造可美国文学史上的一个奇迹，那就是开创了美国文学的一个新时代，所以将他誉为“真正的美国文学之父”。

标准答案：B考生答案：B本题得分：2.5 分题号: 4 本题分数:2.5 分Among the following writers( )is generally regarded as the forerunner of the 20th -century “stream - of - consciousness” novels and the founder of psychological realism.A、T.S.EliotB、James JoyceC、William FaulknerD、Henry James（P498.para2）詹姆斯现实主义文风的特点是注重心理分析和心理描写，所以，他被誉为是20世纪意识流派的先驱，也是心理现实主义的奠基人。

标准答案：D考生答案：B本题得分：0 分题号: 5 本题分数:2.5 分The childhood of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn in the Mississippi is a record of a vanished way of life in the( )Mississippi valley.A、pre - War of IndependenceB、post - War of IndependenceC、pre - Civil WarD、post - Civil War（P479.para2）马克吐温是以为地方主义作家，他的作品主题是密西西比河流域和美国的西部。

而汤姆索亚和亨克贝利的故事发生在美国内战前的密西西比河流域。

标准答案：C考生答案：A本题得分：0 分题号: 6 本题分数:2.5 分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…widow(P496.para.1)詹姆斯的作品大多涉及international theme,一般是美欧文化的冲突，其中《贵妇画像》，就是其中之一，讲的是一个美国姑娘在欧洲的遭遇。

标准答案：C考生答案：B本题得分：0 分题号: 7 本题分数:2.5 分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. (P518-519)艾米莉.迪金森属于美国现实主义流派的诗人，她虽然身居深闺，但一生创作了数千首诗歌，主要涉及两大主题－死亡和爱情。

在她抑郁而死后，她的作品才公之于世标准答案：B考生答案：C本题得分：0 分题号: 8 本题分数:2.5 分Henry James’ fame generally rests upon his novels and stories with the( )theme.A、internationalB、localC、colonialD、post-modern美国现实主义小说家主要有三位，马克吐温，亨利詹姆斯和豪威尔斯。

其中，詹姆斯的作品是国际主题，通常情节是一个纯真的美国姑娘或是小伙在欧洲的不幸遭遇。

标准答案：A考生答案：C本题得分：0 分题号: 9 本题分数:2.5 分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、Modernism(P473.para.1)这是一个文学常识题，美国文学的发展是迎头赶上的，殖民时期的文学还没有登上世界文学的舞台，从独立战争前后，美国文学发展进入浪漫主义时期，接着是内战之后进入现实主义时期。

标准答案：A考生答案：D本题得分：0 分题号: 10 本题分数:2.5 分Mark Twain employed an unpretentious style of( )in his novels which is best described as “vernacular”.A、standard EnglishB、Afro-American EnglishC、colloquialismD、urbanism(P481.para.2)马克.吐温的写作特点素有“地方色彩主义”的美称，也就是语言口语化，取材地方化。

标准答案：C考生答案：B本题得分：0 分题号: 11 本题分数:2.5 分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 It(P479.para.2)马克.吐温的小说《汤姆.索亚历险记》和《亨克.贝利.芬历险记》开创了美国文学的新纪元，正如海明威所言：“这两部小说标志着美国现代文学的到来”标准答案：A考生答案：B本题得分：0 分题号: 12 本题分数:2.5 分Mark Twain’s particular concern about the local character of a region came about as “local colorism,” a unique variation of American literary( ).A、romanticismB、nationalismC、modernismD、realism（P474.para3）马克吐温作品的选材多是美国西部和密西西比河流域的事情，所以被誉为美国地方色彩主义作家，也是美国现实主义作家的代表人物。

标准答案：D考生答案：C本题得分：0 分题号: 13 本题分数:2.5 分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 Time(P604.selected reading)海明威的《印第安人营地》中的十四个小故事的题目是In Our Time 是一个及其有讽刺意义的选择，它暗示的是：Give us peace in our time,O Lord.标准答案：D考生答案：D本题得分：2.5 分题号: 14 本题分数:2.5 分At the age of eighty -seven,( )read his poetry at the inauguration of President John F.Kennedy in 1961.A、Robert FrostB、Walt WhitmanC、Ezra PoundD、T.S.Eliot（P560.para1）佛罗斯特在美国声望极高，曾四次获得普利斯奖项，美国国会参议院专门为他的生日设立纪念庆典日，那么他的肯尼迪总统的就职典礼上朗诵自己的诗也就是顺理成章的了。