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英美文学选读模拟试题（一）一、单项选择题cadaa1.The excerpt from Chapter 10 of Sons and Lovers ends with the conflict between Paul and his mother. The conflict is possibly caused by Paul and his mothers different views towards _.A. Pauls father B. artC. life D. Pauls brother2.The _ can be regarded as one of the themes of Joyces story “Araby”.A. loss of innocence B. childish loveC. awareness of harsh life D. false sentimentality3.After reading “Araby”, one more feel the story has a _ tone.A. joyous B. harshC. solemn D. painful4.In “Araby”, Joyces diction evokes a sort of _ quality that characterizes the boy on this otherwise altogether ordinary shopping trip.A. religious B. moralC. sentimental D. vulgar5.The major concern of _ fiction lies in the tracing of the psychological development of his characters and in his energetic criticism of the dehumanizing effect of the capitalist industrialization on human nature. A. D. H. Lawrences B. J. GalsworthysC. W. Thackerays D. T. Hardys6.The mission of _ drama was to reveal the moral, political and economic truth from a radical reformist point of view.A. T. S. Eliots B. J. GalsworthysC. B. Shaws D. W. B. Yeats7.Irving was best known for his famous short stories such as _.A. Rip Van Winkle B. Young Goodman BrownC. Life of Goldsmith D. Life of Washington8.Melvilles _ is an encyclopedia of everything, history, philosophy, religion, etc. A. The Old Man and the Sea B. MobyDickC. White Jacket D. Billy Budd9.Mark Twain created, in _, a masterpiece of American realism that is also one of the great books of world literature.A. Huckleberry Finn B. Tom SowyerC. The Gilded Age D. The Mysterious Stranger10.American literature produced only one female poet during the nineteenth century. This was _.A. Anne Bradsteet B. Jane AustenC. Emily Dickinson D. T. S. Eliot11.The main theme of _ The Art of Fiction reveals his literary credo that representation of life should be the main object of the novel.A. Henry James B. Mark TwainsC. Theodore Dreisers D. William Howells12.In the 1920s, ONeill established an international reputation with the plays _.A. The Emperor Jones B. Anna ChristleC. The Hairy Ape D. all of the above13.In 1954, _ was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature for his “mastery of the art of modern narration.”A. T. S. Eliot B. Ernest HemingwayC. John Steinbeck D. William Faulkner14.“The apparition of these faces in the crowd; Petals on a wet, black bough.” This is the shortest poem written by _.A. T. S. Eliot B. Robert FrostC. Ezra Pound D. Emily Dickinson15.In Robert Frosts famous poem “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening”, there are four lines like these: “The woods are lovely, dark and deep, /But I have promises to keep, /And miles to go before I sleep, /And miles to go before I sleep”. The second sleep refers to _.A. die B. calm downC. fall into sleep D. stop walking16.Of the following American poets, whose work was first recognized in England and then in America?A. Robert Frost B. Walt WhitmanC. Emily Dickinson D. Wallace Stevens17.“For I have had too much / Of apple-picking: I am overtired / Of the great harvest I myself desired”. From these lines we can conclude that the speaker _.A. is happy about the harvestB. is tired of the work of apple-pickingC. is not tired when seeing the harvestD. becomes indifferent of the job18.Chinese poetry and philosophy had great influence on _.A. Robert Frost B. Ralph Waldo EmersonC. Ezra Pound D. Emily Dickinson19.The Hemingway code heroes are best remembered for their _.A. indestructible spirit B. pessimistic view of lifeC. war experiences D. masculinity20.Lots of people rushed to Gatsbys party at the weekend and they clustered around Gatsbys wealth like _.A. gluttons B. fliesC. insects D. moths二、综合题1.Read the quoted part carefully and answer the questions in English. It may be that the gulfs will wash us down; It may be we shall touch the Happy Tales, And see the great Achilles, whom we knew,Tho much is taken, much abides, and tho We are not now that strength which in old days Moved earth and heaven; that which we are, we are;One equal temper of heroic hearts, Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.A.The passage is taken from the poem “_”.B.The author of the poem is _.C.The poem is written in the form of _.D.The speaker is _.2.Read the quoted part carefully and answer the questions in English. Whether fagged by the three days running chase, and the resistance to his swimming in the knotted hamper he bore; or whether it was some latent deceitfulness and malice in him: whichever was true, the white Whales way now began to abate, as it seemed, from the boat so rapidly nearing him once more; though indeed the whales last start had not been so long a one as before. And still as Ahab glidede over the waves the unpitying sharks accompanied him; and so pertinaciously stuck to the boat; and so continually bit at the plying oars, that the blades became jagged and crunched, and left small splinters in the sea, at almost every dip.A From which novel is the paragraph taken?B What is the name of the author?C Who is Ahab?D What is the theme of the novel?3.Read the quoted part carefully and answer the questions in English. 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 eyeball; I am nothing; I see all; the currents of the Universal Being circulate through me; I am part or particle of God.A. Which work is this fragment taken from?B. How do you understand the philosophical ideas in this words?4.Read the quoted part carefully and answer the questions in English. “if he be not apt to beat over matters, let him study the lawyers cases, so every defect of the mind may have a special receipt.”A. what does “beat over matters” mean?B. what does “receipt” refer to?C. from which essay does the above sentences come?5.Give brief answers tothe question in English. What is Lyrical Ballads?Why is Lyrical Ballads regarded as a landmark in English poetry?6.Give brief answers to the question in English. Do you think the two collections of poems written by William Blake are the same? If not, what is the difference?7.Give brief answers to the question in English. What are some of the general artistic features of Walt Whitmans poetry?8.Give brief answers to the question in English. Can we say that when Brown （Hawthornes Young Goodman Brown） enters the dark forest he is really enter his own evil mind? If yes （or no）, please explain.9.This monologue, a psychological exploration of life and death, reveals the character of Hamlet as a man of contemplation rather than action. With the intolerable burden of the duty to revenge his fathers death and the challenge of evil forces, Hamlet seems to withdraw into a mental world which is thrown into a conflict or a choice between life and death. The philosophical speculation mixed up with a deep pessimistic outlook resists against action at first, but later awakens the hero out of his melancholy to a sense of the “enterprise of great pith and moment”, indicating that he is to do something for what he concerns himself with.10.Write no less than 150 words on the following topic in English.Make a comparison between Henry James realism and Mark Twains realism.答案部分一、单项选择题1.C2.A3.D4.A5.A6.C7.A8.B9.A10.C11.A12.D13.B14.C15.A16.A17.B18.C19.A20.D二、综合题1.【正确答案】A. UlyssessB. Afred TennysonC. Dramatic MonologueD. Ulysses2.【正确答案】A. Moby DickB. Herman MelvilleC. The Captain of the whaling shipD. The rebellious struggle of Captain Ahab against the over-whelming, mysterious vastness of the universe and its awesome sometimes merciless forces.3.【正确答案】A. NatureB. Emerson regards nature as the purest, and the most sanctifying moral influence on man, and advocated a direct intuition of a spiritual and immanent God in nature. The soul has completely transcended the limits of individuality and become part of the Over soul. Emerson sees spirit pervading everywhere, not only in the soul of man, but behind nature, throughout nature.4.【正确答案】A. make through exam of things.B. cure, prescription C. of studies Francis Bacon5.【正确答案】A. It is a collaboration of Wordsworth and Coleridge, the major representatives of the Romantic Movement.B. In the book, they explored new theories and innovated new techniques in poetry writing. They saw poetry as a healing energy; they believed that poetry could purify both individual souls and the society. The preface to the second edition of the Lyrical Ballads acts as a manifesto for the new school. Wordsworths poems in the Lyrical Ballads differs in marked ways from his early poetry, notably the uncompromising simplicity of much of the language, the strong sympathy not merely with the poor in general but with particular, dramatized examples of them, and the fusion of natural description with expressions of inward states of mind.6.【正确答案】A. NoB. The two collections of poems written by William Blake, “Sons of Innocence” and “Sons of Experience”, hold the similar subject-matter, but the tone, emphasis and conclusion differ.7.【正确答案】Walt Whitman was an important poet in American literary history. His originality lies first of all in his use of the poetic form free verse, by means of which he becomes conversational and casual. He usually uses the first person pronoun “I” to stress individualism, and oral language to acquire sympathy from the common reader. His topics are sometimes sexual but his themes are far more than sexual.8.【正确答案】Hawthornes stories are generally read as allegories symbolic of human experience, so is “Young Goodman Brown”. Allegorically Browns night journey to the forest could be taken as a journey of the mind into the dark region of evil. It is especially true if we allow for some very important details about the light and the shadow, the dreamlike atmosphere, the words and phrases he uses to describe what Brown has experienced in the forest, none of which seems to be substantially solid or physically present.9.【正确答案】This monologue, a psychological exploration of life and death, reveals the character of Hamlet as a man of contemplation rather than action. With the intolerable burden of the duty to revenge his fathers death and the challenge of evil forces, Hamlet seems to withdraw into a mental world which is thrown into a conflict or a choice between life and death. The philosophical speculation mixed up with a deep pessimistic outlook resists against action at first, but later awakens the hero out of his melancholy to a sense of the “enterprise of treat pith and moment”, indicating that he is to do something for what he concerns himself with.10.【正确答案】Although James and Twain both worked for realism, there were obvio