全国2011年7月高等教育自学考试真题及答案.doc

全国2011年7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，请将答案填在答题纸相应位置上 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. Mark your choice and write the corresponding letter A, B, C or D on the answer sheet.1. All of Charles Dickens works, with the exception of除了 _, present a criticism of the more complicated and yet most fundamental social institutions and morals of the Victorian England.A. Bleak House B. Hard TimesC. Great ExpectationsD. A Tale of Two Cities2. From _ on, the tragic sense becomes the keynote of Thomas Hardys novels, the conflict between the traditional and the moden is brought to the center of the stage.A. The Return of the NativeB. The Mayor of CasterbridgeC. Tess of the DUrbervillesD. Jude the Obscure3. George Bernard Shaws play _ shows his almost nihilistic bitterness on the subjects of the cruelty and madness of World War I and the aimlessness and disillusion of the young.A. Getting Married B. Too True to Be GoodC. Widowers HousesD. The Apple Cart4. It was only after the publication of _ that D.H. Lawrence was recognized as a prominent novelist.A. The Trespasser 侵犯者secondB. The White Peacock白孔雀firstC. Sons and Lovers 自传thirdD. The Rainbow5. T. S. Eliots poem _ is heavily indebted to James Joyce in terms of the stream- of -consciousness technique, also a prelude to The Waste Land.A. “Prufrock” B. “Gerontion”小老头C. The Hollow Men 是the darkestD. Lyrical Ballads6. Charlotte Bronts _ is noted for its sharp criticism of the existing society, e. g. the religious hypocrisy of charity institutions.A. The Professor 被拒出版firstB. Wuthering Heights艾米丽勃朗特C. Villette 自传体的一部小说D. Jane Eyre -second 7. Shelleys greatest achievement is his four - act poetic drama _ , which is an exultant work in praise of humankinds potential.A. Adonais 纪念济慈的B. Queen MabC. Prometheus Unbound D. Kubla Khan8. Among the Romantic poets _ is regarded as a “worshipper of nature”.A. William Blake B. William WordsworthC. George Gordon Byron D. John Keats9. The most perfect example of the verse drama after Greek style in English is John Miltons _.A. Paradise Lost B. Paradise RegainedC. Samson AgonistesD. Areopagitica论出版自由milton10. The major theme of Jane Austens novels is_.A. love and money B. money and social statusC. social status and marriage D. love and marriage11. T. S. Eliots most important single poem _ has been hailed as a landmark and a model of the 20th-century English poetry.A. The Hollow Men B. The Waste LandC. Murder in the Cathedral-the best of his playsD. Ash Wednesday12. According to the subjects, William Wordsworths short poems can be classified into two groups, poems about_.A. nature and human life B. happiness and childhoodC. symbolism and imagination D. nature and common life13. Among the following writers _ is considered to be the best -known English dramatist since Shakespeare.A. Oscar Wilde B. John GalsworthyC. W. B. Yeats D. George Bernard Shaw14. William Blakes _ composed during the climax of the French Revolution plays the double role both as a satire and a revolutionary prophecy.A. The Book of Urizen -later period, spokesman of revoltB. The Book of Los- later periodC. Poetical Sketches -first workD. Marriage of Heaven and Hell-marks his entry into maturity15. Charles Dickens works are characterized by a mingling of _ and pathos.A. metaphor B. passionC. satire D. humor16. Daniel Defoe describes _ as a typical English middle -class man of the eigh- teenth century, the very prototype of the empire builder, the pioneer colonist.A. Robinson Crusoe B. Moll FlandersC. Gulliver D. Tom Jones17. In Thomas Hardys Wessex novels, there is an apparent _ touch in his de- scription of the simple and beautiful though primitive rural life.A. nostalgic怀旧的 乡愁的 B. tragicC. romantic D. ironic18. Of all the eighteenth - century novelists _ was the first to set out, both in theory and practice, to write specially a “comic epic in prose”, the first to give the modern novel its structure and style. A. Thomas Gray B. Richard Brinsley SheridanC. Jonathan Swift D. Henry Fielding19. Shakespeares authentic non-dramatic poetry consists of two long narrative poems: Venus and Adonis and_.A. Julius Caesar B. The Winters TaleC. The Rape of Lucrece D. The Two gentlemen of Verona戏剧维洛那二绅士20. John Miltons _ is probably his most memorable prose work, which is a great plea for freedom of the press.A. Paradise Lost B. Paradise regainedC. Areopagitica 论出版自由D. Lycidas21.D. H. Lawrences novels _ are generally regarded as his masterpieces.A. The Rainbow; Women in LoveB. The Rainbow; Sons and LoversC. Sons and Lovers; Lady Chatterleys LoverD. Women in Love; Lady Chatterleys Lover22. The best representatives of the English humanists are Thomas More, Christopher Marlowe and_.A. William Shakespeare B. John MiltonC. Henry Fielding D. Jonathan Swift23. Mark Twains particular concern about the local character of a region came about as “local colorism,” a unique variation of American literary_.A. romanticism B. nationalismC. modernism D. realism-P47424. As a poet with a strong sense of mission, Walt Whitman devoted all his life to the creation of the “single” poem,_.A. Drum Taps B. North of BostonC. A Boys Will D. Leaves of Grass25. William Faulkner creates his own mythical虚构的 kingdom that mirrors not only the decline of the _ society of America but also the spiritual wasteland of the whole American society.A. Eastern B. WesternC. Southern D. Northern26. In his final years, Herman Melville turned again to prose fiction and wrote what is probably his second famous work, _ , which was published after his death.A. Billy Budd比利巴德B. Redburn莱德伯恩-半自传小说C. Moby - Dick -first American prose epicD. Typee27. The Sun Also Rise casts light on a whole generation after _ and the effects of the war by way of a vivid portrait of “the Lost Generation. ”A. the Spanish Civil War B. the American- Mexican WarC. WWI D. WWII28. Herman Melville went to the South Seas on a whaling ship in 1841, where he gained the first -hand information about whaling that he used later in_.A. Typee B. RedburnC. Moby - Dick D. Omoo29. According to _ , the life - death cycle, the spring and winter of the earth, the birth and death of the animals is reality.A. Theodore Dreiser B. William Faulkner P613C. Henry James D. FScott Fitzgerald30. “Though life is but a losing battle, it is a struggle man can dominate in such a way that loss becomes dignity. ” This is an outlook towards life that _ had been trying to illustrate in his works.A. FScott Fitzgerald B. Ernest HemingwayC. Theodore Dreiser D. William Faulkner31. More than five hundred poems _ wrote are about nature, in which his (her) general skepticism about the relationship between man and nature is well -expressed.A. Robert Frost B. Emily DickinsonC. Ezra Pound D. Walt Whitman32. In 1954, the Nobel Prize for literature was granted to _ , one of the greatest of American writers.A. Ernest Hemingway B. Robert FrostC. Henry James D. Theodore Dreiser33. North of Boston is described by Robert Frost as “a book of poople,” which shows a brilliant insight into _ character and the background that formed it.A. Eastern B. WesternC. Southern D. New England34. Walt Whitman is radically innovative in terms of the form of his poetry. What he prefers for his new poetic feelings is “ _ ”.A. standardized rhyming B. regular rhymingC. free verse D. strict verse35. Henry James fame generally rests upon his novels and stories with the_ theme.A. international B. localC. colonial D. post-modern36. The Financier, The Titan and The Stoic by Theodore Dreiser are called his “Trilogy of _. ”A. Hatred B. DeathC. Desire D. Fate37. In 1920, FScott Fitzgeralds first novel _ was published, which was, to some extent, his own story.A. This Side of Paradise B. Tales of the Jazz AgeC. All the Sad Young Men D. Taps at Reveille38. In 1837, Nathaniel Hawthorne published Twice - Told Tales, a collection of _ which attracted critical attention.A. poems B. short storiesC. essays D. plays39. William Faulkner set most of his works in the American _ , with his emphasis on the _subjects and consciousness.A. North. NorthernB. East. EasternC. West. Western D. South. Southern40. The House of the Seven Gables was based on the tradition of a curse pronounced on _s family when his great - grandfather was a judge in the Salem witchcraft trials.A. Nathaniel Hawthorne B. Washington IrvingC. Ezra Pound D. Walt WhitmanPART TWO (60 POINTS)II. 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. “Nor lose possession of that fair thou owst;Nor shall Death brag thou wanderst in his shade,When in eternal lines to time thou growst:So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see,So long lives this, and this gives life to thee. ”Questions:A. Whos the poet of the quoted stanza, and whats the title of the poem?B. What does the word “this” in the last line refer to?C. What idea do the quoted lines express?42. “Never did sun more beautifully steepIn his first splendor, valley, rock or hill;Neer saw I, never felt, a calm so deep !The river glideth at his own sweet will:Dear God! The very houses seem asleep;And all that mighty heart is lying still!”( From Wordsworths sonnet Composed upon Westminster Bridge)Questions:A. What does this sonnet describe?B. What does the phrase “mighty heart” refer to?C. The sonnet follows strictly the Italian form. What is the feature of the Italian form of sonnet? 43. “ 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. ”Questions:A. Whos the poet of the quoted stanza, and whats the title of the poem?B. What does the word “sleep” mean?C. What idea do the four lines express?44. “ I celebrate myself, and sing myself,And what I assume you shall assume,For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you.I loafe and invite my soul,I lean and loafe at my ease observing a spear of summer grass. ”( From Walt Whitmans Song of Mys