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英美文学选读自考题-10(总分：100.00，做题时间：90分钟)一、B.Multiple Choice/B(总题数：40，分数：40.00)1._ and William Shakespeare are the best representatives of the English humanists. A. John Donne, Edmund Spenser B. John Milton, Thomas More C. Thomas More, Christopher Marlowe D. Edmund Spenser, Christopher Marlowe（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.解析：解析 托马斯莫尔、克里斯托夫马洛和威廉莎士比亚等都是英国人文主义的杰出代表。2._, the first important English essayist, is also the founder of modern science in England and one of the representatives of the English Renaissance. A. Christopher Marlowe B. Francis Bacon C. Thomas More D. William Shakespeare（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.解析：解析 弗兰西斯培根是英国历史上最重要的散文家，是英国现代科学的奠基人。他的作品为科学技术的广泛应用铺平了道路。因此，他也是英国文艺复兴时期当之无愧的代表人物。3.It is generally believed that the most important play among Shakespeares comedies is _. A. A Midsummer Nights Dream B. As You Like It C. The Merchant of Venice D. Twelfth Night（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.解析：解析 莎士比亚最重要的喜剧是威尼斯商人。剧中莎翁制造了各种紧张悬念、语义双关以及绝顶聪明的计谋，使剧情妙趣横生，引人入胜。4._, an elaborate and fantastic story, is known as the best of the final romances written by William Shakespeare. A. The Tempest B. Venus and Adonis C. Henry D. Romeo and Juliet（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.解析：解析 暴风雨是莎士比亚创作后期的代表作，是一个精致奇妙的故事，所塑造的角色极富寓言性，主题也蕴藏着深刻的含义。5.Not on thy sole, but on thy soul, harsh Jew,/Thou makst thy knife keen. In the above quotation taken from The Merchant of Venice, Shakespeare employs a(n) _. A. oxymoron B. pun C. simile D. synecdoche（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.解析：解析 “你不是在鞋口上磨，而是在心口上磨，你这残忍的犹太人。”以上引用来自威尼斯商人。莎士比亚使用了双关语。6.Miltons literary achievements can be divided into three groups. Which division is not true?_ A. Early poetic works. B. Early prose works. C. The middle prose pamphlets. D. The last great poems.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.解析：解析 弥尔顿的文学作品可分为三类：早期的诗作、中期的散文小册子和后期的伟大诗作。7.The British bourgeois or middle class believed in the following notions except _. A. self-esteem B. self-reliance C. self-restraint D. hard work（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.解析：解析 随着经济迅速发展，英国资产阶级或中产阶级得到了迅速发展，成为革命的主力军，多由城市人口组成，如商人、产业主及贩奴者、殖民者等其他人员。他们信奉自律、自立、劳动致富。8.The Enlightenment Movement brought about a revival of interest in the old classical works in the field of literature. This tendency is known as _. A. humanism B. realism C. symbolism D. neoclassicism（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.解析：解析 在文学领域，启蒙主义运动还使人们重新对古典时代的著作产生兴趣。这股思潮便是新古典主义。9._ by Swift is generally regarded as the best model of satire, not only of the 18th century but also in the whole English literary history. A. A Tale of a Tub B. The Battle of the Books C. A Modest Proposal D. Gullivers Travels（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.解析：解析 乔纳森斯威夫特的一个温和的建议不仅在18世纪，在整个英国文学史上也被公认为经典著作。10.The two powerful satires of SwiftA Tale of a Tub and _ established his name as a satirist. A. The Drapiers Letters B. Gullivers Travels C. The Battle of the Books D. A Modest Proposal（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.解析：解析 桶的故事(1704年)和书籍的战斗(写于1679年，1704年出版)，这两篇作品奠定了乔纳森斯威夫特在讽刺作品中的地位。11.In the Romantic period, _ is the most prosperous literary form. A. prose B. poetry C. fiction D. play（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.解析：解析 浪漫主义时期，散文是最繁荣的文学形式。12.Which of the following descriptions of Gothic novels is not correct?_ A. 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.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.解析：解析 哥特式小说也是浪漫主义运动的一种形式，盛行于浪漫主义前期的18世纪末。这种小说的主要题材是暴力、恐怖及对超自然力(鬼神)的描写。哥特式小说代表作主要有安拉得克利夫的尤道夫之谜(1794年)、玛丽雪利的富兰肯斯坦(1818年)等。13.The three poets William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Robert Southey once lived in the English Lake District, and became known as the _. A. University Wits B. Metaphysical Poets C. Lake Poets D. Lost Generation（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.解析：解析 威廉华兹华斯、塞缪尔泰勒科勒律治、罗伯特骚塞三位诗人曾经居住在英格兰大湖区，因此被称为“湖畔诗人”。14.In Shelleys To a Skylark, the bird, suspended between reality and poetic image, pours forth an exultant song which suggests to the poet _. A. both celestial rapture and human limitation B. both image creation and profound meaning C. both music and words D. both inspiration and skill of writing（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.解析：解析 致云雀一诗模拟云雀高飞的节奏，诗人一边倾听云雀自由的歌声，一边希望自己的歌声也能给人们带来欢乐。15.If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind? is an epigrammatic line by _. A. J. Keats B. W. Blake C. W. Wordsworth D. P.B. Shelley.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.解析：解析 “如果冬天来了，春天还会远吗?”是雪莱西风颂里的警句。16.The first mass movement of the English working class was _, which signified the awakening of the poor oppressed people. A. Enlightenment Movement B. Enclosure Movement C. Chartist Movement D. Romantic Movement（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.解析：解析 宪章运动尽管在1848年衰落下去，但却取得了一定成就，同时也标志着工人阶级的觉醒。17.The statement It reveals the dehumanizing workhouse system and the dark, criminal underworld life may well sum up the main theme in Dickens _. A. David Copper field B. Bleak House C. Great Expectations D. Oliver Twist（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.解析：解析 在狄更斯早期的每一部作品中(直至1850年)，他都用笔墨抨击了一种或更多具体的社会罪恶：例如，雾都孤儿(18371838)中那非人道的工厂厂房与黑暗的充满犯罪的下层生活。18.Charlotte Brontes first novel The Professor was rejected by the publisher, but her second one, _, won immediate success and today it remains one of the most popular novels. A. Wuthering Heights B. Pride and Prejudice C. Jane Eyre D. Agnes Grey（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.解析：解析 夏洛特首部小说教授遭出版商拒绝未能出版，但第二部简爱(1847年)问世后立即大获成功。19._ works are known as novels of character and environment. A. Charles Dickens B. Thomas Hardys C. Jane Austens D. George Eliots（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.解析：解析 托马斯哈代的部分作品是著名的“角色与环境为纲的小说”，最好地代表了作者自然主义与批判现实主义的写作特点。20.After the First World War, there appeared the following literary trends of modernism except _. A. expressionism B. surrealism C. stream of consciousness D. black humour（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.解析：解析 第一次世界大战后，所有的现代主义文学潮流都产生了：表现主义(强调自我表现。反对艺术的目的性)、超现实主义、未来主义、达达主义(颓废派文艺)、意象主义以及意识流等等。21.The social satire in the 1930s was represented by _. A. Evelyn Waugh B. Graham Green C. Gibbon D. Aldous Huxley and George Orwell（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.解析：解析 20世纪早期的现实主义小说多多少少都带有悲观主义色彩，主题常常是人类的孤独无助，并且形成了不同的模式。其中，阿尔都斯哈克斯雷的勇敢的新世界(1932年)与乔治奥维尔的一九八四(1949年)都属于社会讽刺小说。22.The first Angry Young Men dramatist was _, who started his first change in drama by presenting his play Look Back in Anger. A. Samuel Beckett B. Christopher Fry C. John Osborne D. T.S. Eliot（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.解析：解析 约翰奥斯伯恩，第一位“愤怒青年”，是首当其冲的变革者，他的代表作是愤怒中回顾(1956年)。23.Mrs. Warrens Profession is one of George Bernard Shaws plays. What is Mrs. Warrens profession then?_ A. Real estate. B. Prostitution. C. House-keeping. D. Farming.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.解析：解析 沃伦夫人的职业是萧伯纳的一部作品。沃伦夫人的职业是卖淫。沃伦夫人的话“我们所有的就只是脸蛋和取悦男人的本事”暗示出了答案。24.Statement _ is not true in describing D.H. Lawrence. A. Sons and Lovers is his autobiographical novel B. The White Peacock is his first novel C. Sons and Lovers is his third novel D. The White Peacock established him as a prominent novelist（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.解析：解析 只有儿子与情人出版后，劳伦斯才确立了杰出小说家的地位。25.In the American Romantic writings, the _ came to function almost as a dramatic character that symbolized moral law. A. fire B. water C. trees D. wilderness（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.解析：解析 在美国的浪漫主义文学作品中，自然景物成为人们品格的象征，形成了美国文学中离开尘世，心向自然的传统。26.Walt Whitman, whose _ established him as the most popular American poet of the 19th century. A. Leaves of Grass B. Song of Myself C. Drum Taps D. Cavalry Crossing a Ford（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.解析：解析 惠特曼以其草叶集(Leaves of Grass)成为美国十九世纪最有影响的诗人。27.The Birthmark drives home symbolically Hawthornes point that _ is mans birthmark, something he is born with. A. goodness B. gratefulness C. evil D. bitterness（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.解析：解析 在胎记中，霍桑一针见血地指出邪恶就是人类与生俱来的胎迹。28.Leaves of Grass commands great attention because of its uniquely poetic embodiment of _, which are written in the founding documents of both the Revolutionary War and the Civil War in the United States. A. the democratic ideals B. the romantic ideals C. the self-reliance spirits D. the religious ideals（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.解析：解析 草叶集得到广泛关注，因为它是美国民主思想的独特化身；在美国革命和美国内战的发起文件中，都写进了民主精神。29.Which of the following statements might be true of the theme of Song of Myself by Whitman?_ A. This poem describes the growth of a child who learned about the world around him and improved himself accordingly. B. This poem shows the authors cynical sentiments against the American Civil War. C. This poem reflects the authors belief in Unitarianism or Deism. D. This poem reflects the authors belief in the singularity and equality of all beings in value.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.解析：解析 自我之歌中表明了两大信仰：一是普遍性信仰，二是人类个别性和平等性。30._, the tragic hero of Moby-Dick, burning with a baleful fire, becomes evil himself in his thirst to destroy evil. A. Ahab B. Pip C. Ishmael D. Pequod（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.解析：解析 埃哈布是白鲸中的悲剧主人公，他带着复仇的怒火，在渴求消灭邪恶中自己变成了邪恶。31.In 1865, Mark Twain published his frontier tale _, which brought him recognition from a wider public. A. The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County B. Innocents Abroad C. Roughing It D. Life on the Mississippi（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.解析：解析 1865年，马克吐温写出了第一部幽默小说加拉维县有名的跳蛙，当时就获得了好评。32.The King and the Duke are the two characters in a novel written by _. A. Washington Irving B. OHenry C. Henry James D. Mark Twain（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.解析：解析 “公爵”和“国王”是马克吐温哈克贝利费恩历险记中的两个角色。33.With the publication of _, Henry Jamess reputation was firmly established on both sides of the Atlantic. A. The Portrait of A Lady B. Sister Carrie C. Daisy Miller D. Jane Eyre（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.解析：解析 黛西米勒出版过后，詹姆斯的身价倍增，在大洋两岸牢牢地树立了他的文学地位。34.Perhaps Dickinsons greatest rendering of the moment of _ is to be found in I heard a Fly buzzwhen I died, a poem universally considered one of her masterpieces. A. enthusiasm B. death C. crisis D. fantasy（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.解析：解析 也许狄金森最大的关于死之时刻的描写是我听见一只苍蝇在嗡嗡叫当我死之时，这首诗普遍被认为是狄金森的杰作。35.As a genre, naturalism emphasized _ as important deterministic forces shaping individualized characters who were presented in special and detailed circumstances. A. theological doctrines B. heredity and environment C. education and hard work D. various opportunities and economic success（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.解析：解析 作为一种创作手法，自然主义强调遗传和环境是人物在特定条件下的决定性力量。36.Sinclair Lewis Babbit presents a documentary picture of the narrow and limited _. A. upper-class mind B. middle-class mind C. proletarian D. ordinary people（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.解析：解析 刘易斯是个关注社会的作家。他的巴比特(1922年)描写的是生活圈子狭小的中产阶级，尤其是商人。37.And miles to go before I sleep,/And miles to go before I sleep. It is the end of Robert Frosts poem Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening. Symbolically, the word sleep may imply _. A. a rest B. death C. happiness D. peace（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.解析：解析 “要走数英里才能入睡/要走数英里才能入睡”是罗伯特李弗洛斯特雨夜林边停里的结尾句。其中的“入睡”从象征手法上是指死亡。38._ is Hemingways first true novel. A. The Sun Also Rises B. In Our Time C. The Old Man and the Sea D. In Death in the Afternoon（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.解析：解析 太阳照样升起(1926年)是海明威第一部成熟的作品。39.In 1950, _ was awarded the Nobel Prize for the antiracist Intruder in the Dust. A. Robert Frost B. William Faulkner C. Ezra Pound D. Ernest Hemingway（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.解析：解析 1950年，威廉福克纳因反种族主义作品红尘入侵者(1948年)而获诺贝尔文学奖。40.Which of the following best describes the protagonist of William Faulkners A Rose for Emily? A. She is a conservative aristocrat. B. She is a wealthy lady. C. She is a prisoner of the past. D. She has good taste.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.解析：解析 艾米莉是为过去所束缚的旧南方的象征。二、B.Reading Comprehension/B(总题数：4，分数：16.00)41.Tyger! Tyger! burning bright/In the forests of the night,/What immortal hand or eye/Could frame thy fearful symmetry?Questions:A. Who is the author?B. What does symmetry mean?C. What does Tyger refer to?（分数：4.00）_正确答案：(A. William Blake. B. The well-proportioned body of the tiger. C. There are different opinions about the tiger. Some say the tiger is made by God. Others say it is made by men. One more idea thinks that The Tyger is a poem about work, about artistic creation.)解析：42.And when I am formulated, sprawling on a pin,/When I am pinned and wriggling on the wall,/Then how should I begin/To 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?（分数：4.00）_正确答案：(A. T.S. Eliot: The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock. B. It means the speakers unsatisfied desires. C. It expresses the speakers incapability of facing up to love and to life m a sterile upper-class world.)解析：43.I heard a Fly buzzwhen I diedThe Stillness in the RoomWas like the Stillness in the AirBetween the Heaves of StormThe Eyes aroundhad wrung them dryAnd Breaths were gathering firmFor that last Onset-when the KingBe witnessedin the RoomQuestions:A. Identify the poet.B. What does the King refer to?C. What moment is the poem trying to describe?（分数：4.00）_正确答案：(A. Emily Dickinson. B. The God of death. C. The poem is trying to describe the moment of death.)解析：44.Is dying hard, Daddy? No, I think its 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 sons question?（分数：4.00）_正确答案：(A. Ernest Hemingway: Indian Camp. B. Life and death. C. When the father says that dying is pretty easy, he might be thinking about the self-murdered husband. But when he reflects on the wifes miracle survival of the violent pain in the whole process of birth, he adds the final sentence. Dying is both hard and easy, it all depends on individuals.)解析：三、B.Questions and Answers/B(总题数：4，分数：24.00)45.Why is Wordsworth regarded as the leading figure of the English romantic poetry?（分数：6.00）_正确答案：(William Wordsworth has not only started the modern poetry, the poetry of the growing inner self, but also changed the course of English poetry by using ordinary speech of the language and by advocating a return to nature. As a result, he is regarded as the leading figure of the English romantic poetry.)解析：46.It is said that B. Shaws play, Mrs. Warrens Profession, has a strong realistic theme, which fully reflects the dramatists Fabianist idea. Try to summarize this theme briefly.（分数：6.00）_正确答案：(A. The play reveals that guilt for prostitution lies more upon the social system than the immoral woman. B. In the play, Shaw shows clearly that all humans sufferings are consequences of the cruel economic exploitation, which is pursued shamelessly by the so-called respectable members of the society through the lowest and the dirtiest means.)解析：47.Whitman is one of the representative poets in America. He employs brand new means in his poetry. What are the features of his poetry?（分数：6.00）_正确答案：(A. His poetic style is marked by the use of the poetic I. B. He adopted free verse, poetry, without a fixed beat or regular rhyme scheme. C. The image in his poems are unconventional. D. He uses oral English. E. His vocabulary is amazing. F. Parallelism and phonetic recurrence are used at the beginning of the lines.)解析：48.How do you understand Hemingways Iceberg Principle according to his works?（分数：6.00）_正确答案：(A. Hemingway once said, The dignity of movement of any iceberg is due to only one eighth of it being above water. B. According to Hemingway, good literary writing should be able to make readers feel the emotion of the characters directly and the best way to produce the effect is to set down exactly every particular kind of feeling without any auth