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全国2009年4月高等教育自学考试英美文学选读试题课程代码：00604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 or completes the statement and write the corresponding letter on the answer sheet.1. In Renaissance, the European humanist thinkers and scholars made attempts to do the 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 Roman Catholic Church2. The Petrarchan sonnet was first introduced into England by _.A. Surrey B. WyattC. Sidney D. Shakespeare3. As the best of Shakespeares final romances,_ is a typical example of his pessimistic view towards human life and society in his late years. A. The Tempest B. The Winters Tale C. Cymbeline D. The Rape of Lucrece4. John Miltons greatest poetical work _ is the only generally acknowledged epic 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 - esteem B. self - relianceC. self - restraint D. hard work6. “Graveyard School”writers are the following sentimentalists EXCEPT _.A. James Thomson B. William CollinsC. William Cowper D. Thomas Jackson7. The best model of satire in the whole English literary history is Jonathan Swifts _.A. A Modest Proposal B. A Tale of a TubC. Gullivers Travels D. The Battle of the Books8. As a representative of the Enlightenment,_ was one of the first to introduce rationalism to England.A. John Bunyan B. Daniel DefoeC. Alexander Pope D. 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 Defoe B. Henry FieldingC. Jonathan Swift D. Samuel Richardson10. 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. 11. “Byronic hero” is a figure of the following traits EXCEPT _.A. being proud B. being of humble originC. being rebellious D. being mysterious12. Robert Browning created _ by adopting the novelistic presentation of characters.A. the verse novel B. the blank verseC. the heroic couplet D. the dramatic poetry13. Charles Dickens novel _ is famous for its vivid descriptions of the workhouse and life of the underworld in the nineteenth- century London. A. The Pickwick Paper B. Oliver Twist C. David Copperfield D. Nicholas Nickleby14. Charlotte Brontes works are all about the struggle of an individual consciousness towards _ about some lonely and neglected young women with a fierce longing for love, understanding and a full, happy life. A. self - reliance B. self - realization C. self - esteem D. self - consciousness15. The symbolic meaning of “Book” in Robert Brownings long poem The Ring and the Book is _.A. the common sense B. the hard truthC. the comprehensive knowledge D. the dead truth16. Thomas Hardys pessimistic view of life predominated most of his later works and earns him a reputation as a _ writer.A. realistic B. naturalisticC. romantic D. stylistic17. After the First World War, there appeared the following literary trends of modernism EXCEPT _.A. expressionism B. surrealismC. stream of consciousness D. black humour18. The masterpieces of critical realism in the early 20th century are the three trilogies of _.A. Galsworthys Forsyte novels B. Hardy s Wessex novelsC. Greenes Catholic novels D. Woolfs stream-of-consciousness novels19. In the mid - 1950s and early 1960s, there appeared “_” who demonstrated a particular disillusion over the depressing situation in Britain and launched a bitter protest. against the outmoded social and political values in their society.A. The Beat Generation B. The Lost GenerationC. The Angry Young Men D. Black Mountain Poets20.The following are English stream-of-consciousness novels EXCEPT _.A.Pilgrimage B. UlyssesC.Mrs.Dalloway D. A Passage to Inida21. The leader of the Irish National Theater Movement in the early 20th century was _.A. W.B.Yeats B. Lady GregoryC. J.M.Synge D. John Galworthy22. T.S.Eliots most popular verse play is _.A. Murder in the Cathedral B. The Cocktail PartyC. The Family Reunion D. The Waste Land全国2009年7月自考英美文学选读试题课程代码：00604请将答案填在答题纸相应的位置上（全部题目用英文作答）PART ONE (40 POINTS)IMultiple 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 answers in the corresponding space on the answer sheet.1. The first mass movement of the English working class and the early sign of the awakening of the poor, oppressed people is_. A. The Enclosure Movement B. The Protestant Reformation新教运动 C. The Enlightenment Movement D. The Chartist Movement宪章运动2. Daniel Defoes works are all the following EXCEPT_. A. Moll Flanders B. A Tale of a Tub C. A Journal of the Plague Year D. Colonel Jack3. “Metaphysical Poetry” refers to the works of the 17th - century writers who wrote under the influence of _. A. John Donne B. Alexander Pope C. Christopher Marlowe D. John Milton4. The most important play among Shakespeares comedies is _. A. A Midsummer Nights Dream B. The Merchant of Venice C. As You Like It D. Twelfth Night5. The most perfect example of the verse drama after Greek style in English is Miltons _. A. Paradise Lost B. Paradise Regained C. Samson Agonistes D. Areopagitica6. Which of the following descriptions of Enlightenment Movement is NOT true? A. It was a progressive intellectual movement that flourished in France. B. It was a furtherance of the Renaissance of the 15th and 16th centuries. C. The purpose was to enlighten the whole world with modern philosophical and artistic ideas. D. The Enlighteners advocate individual education.7. Neoclassicists had some fixed laws and rules for prose EXCEPT_. A. being precise B. being direct C. being flexible D. being satiric8. A good style of prose“ proper works in proper places” was defined by_. A. John Milton B. Henry Fielding C. Jonathan Swift D.T.S. Eliot9. The major theme of Jane Austens novels is_. A. love and money B. money and social status C. social status and marriage D. love and marriage10. Wordsworths_ is perhaps the most anthologized poem in English literature. A. “To a Skylark” B. “I Wondered Lonely as a Cloud” C. “An Evening Walk” D. “My Heart Leaps Up”11. William Blakes work _ marks his entry into maturity. A. Songs of Experience B. Marriage of Heaven and Hell C. Songs of Innocence D. The Book of Los12. Best of all the Romantic well- known lyric pieces is Shelleys_. A. “The Cloud” B. “To a Skylark” C. “Ode to a Nightingale” D. “Ode to the West Wind”13. In the Victorian Period _ became the most widely read and the most vital and challenging expression of progressive thought. A. poetry B. novel C. prose D. drama14. In Charles Dickensearly novels, he attacks one or more specific social evils, _is a good example of describing the dehumanizing workhouse system and the dark, criminal underworld life. A. David Copperfield B. Oliver Twist C. Great Expectations D. Dombey and Son15. Thomas Hardys most cheerful and idyllic田园的 work is_. A. The Return of the Native B. Far from the Madding Crowd C. Under the Greenwood Tree 绿荫下 D. The Woodlanders16. The rise of _ and new science greatly incited modernist writers to make new explorations on human natures and human relationships. A. the existentialistic存在主义的 idea B. the irrational不合理的 philosophy C. scientific socialism D. social Darwinism社会达尔文主义17. In Modern English literature, the literary interest of _ lay in the tracing of the psychological development of his characters and in his energetic criticism of the dehu-manizing effect of the capitalist industrialization on human nature. A. George Bernard Shaw B.T.S. Eliot C. Oscar Wilde D.D.H. Lawrence18. George Bernard Shaws _ is a better play of the later period, with the authors almost nihilistic bitterness on the subjects of the cruelty and madness of WWI and the aimlessness and disillusion of the young. A. Too True to Be Good B. Mrs. Warrens Profession C. WidowersHouses D. Fannys First Play19. Renaissance first started in Italy, with the flowering of the following fields EXCEPT_. A. architecture建筑 B. painting绘画 C. sculpture 雕刻 D. literature文学20. English Romanticism,as a historical phase of literature,is generally said to have begun with the publication of Wordsworth and Coleridges_. A. Poetical Sketches B. A Defence of Poetry C. Lyrical Ballads D. The Prelude21. Charlotte Bronts work _ is famous for the depiction of the life of the middle - class working women, particularly governesses. A. Jane Eyre B. Wuthering Heights C. The Proffessor D. Shirley22. The Waste Land by T. S. Eliot is a poem concerned with the _ breakup of a modern civilization in which human life has lost its meaning, significance and purpose. A. spiritual 精神的 B. religious宗教的 C. political D. physical身体的2010年4月高等教育自学考试全国统一命题考试英美文学选读试卷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 or completes the statement. Write the corresponding letter A, B, C or D on the answer sheet. 1. T. S. Eliot s _ bearing a strong thematic resemblance to The Waste Land, is generally regarded as the darkest of Eliot s poems. A. “Gerontion” B. “Prufrock” C. Murder in the Cathedral D. The Hollow Men 358,2. Shelley s political lyrics _ is not only a war cry calling upon all working people to rise up against their political oppressors, but an address to them pointing out the intolerable injustice of economic exploitation. A. “Ode to Liberty” B. “Ode to Naples” C. “Ode to the West Wind” D. “Men of England” 2093. Charlotte s works are famous for the depiction of the life of _ working women, particularly governesses. A. the middle - class 239B. the lower - class C. the upper - middle - class D. the upper - class 4. All of the following works are known as Hardy s “novels of character and environment” EXCEPT _. A. The Return of the Native还乡 B. Tess of the D Urbervilles 苔丝C. Jude the Obscure 无名的裘德D. Far from the Madding Crowd 300远离尘嚣5. Jane Austen s practical idealism is that love should be justified by _ and disciplined by self-control. A. reason B. sense C. rationality D. sensibility 6. Shakespeare s _, an elaborate and fantastic story, is known as the best of his final romances. A. The Winters Tale B. The Tempest 35C. The Taming of the Shrew D. Love s Labour s Lost 7. “Where intelligence was fallible, limited, the Imagination was our hope of contact with eternal forces, with the whole spiritual world.” was said by _. A. William Wordsworth B. William Blake 170C. Samuel Taylor Coleridge D. John Keats 8. “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 then?” These lines are taken from _. A. King Lear B. Romeo and Juliet C. Othello D. Hamlet 9. John Milton s most powerful dramatic poem on the Greek model is _. A. Paradise Lost B. Paradise Regained C. Samson Agonistes 70 D. Lycidas 10. Because of her sensitivity to universal pattens of human behavior, _ has brought the English novel, as an art of form, to its maturity. A. Charlotte Bronte B. Jane Austen C. Emily Bronte D. Henry Fielding 11. Daniel Defoes _ is universally considered as his masterpiece. A. Colonel Jack B. Robinson Crusoe C. Captain Singleton D. A Journal of the Plague Year 12. Poetry is defined by _ as “the spontaneous 自发的；自然的overflow of powerful feelings, which originates in emotion recollected in tranquility n. 宁静；平静 A. William Wordsworth B. William Blake C. Percy Bysshe Shelley D. Robert Southey 13. Jonathan Swift s _ is generally regarded as the best model of satire, not only of the period but also in the whole English literary history. A. Gullivers Travels B. The Battle of the Books C. “A Modest Proposal” D. A Tale of a Tub 14. 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 problems. C. Towards the mid -century, England had reached its highest point of development as a world power. D. Capitalism came into its monopoly stage, the gap between the rich and the poor was further deepened. 15. George Bernard Shaw s _ is a grotesquely realistic exposure of slum landlordism. A. Widower s House B. Mrs. Warren s Profession C. The Apple Cart D. Getting Married 16. Dickens s first child hero is _. A. Little Nell B. David Copperfield C. Oliver Twist D. Little Dorrit 17. Of all the eighteenth - century novelists _ was the first to set out, both in theory and practice, to write specifically a “comic epic in prose”,散文喜剧史诗 the first to give the modern novel its structure and style. A. Henry Fielding B. Daniel Defoe C. Jonathan Swift D. Laurence Sterne 18. D. H. Lawrence s _ is a remarkable novel in which the individual consciousness is subtly revealed and strands of themes are intricately wound up. A. Sons and Lovers B. The Rainbow C. Women in Love D. Lady Chatterley s Love 19. Dickens attacks the Utilitarian principle that rules over the English education system and destroys young hearts and minds in _. A. Hand Times B. Great Expectations C. Our Mutual Friend D. Bleak House 20. The belief of the eighteenth - century neoclassicists in England led them to seek the following EXCEPT _. A. proportion B. unity C. harmony D. spirit 21. The Renaissance marks a transition from _ to the modern world. A. the old English B. the medieval 中世纪C. the feudalist D. the capitalist 22. The great political and social events in the English society of neoclassical period were the following EXCEPT _. A. the Restoration of King Charles II in 1660 B. the Great Plague of 1665 C. the Great London Fire in 1666 D. the Wars of Roses in 1689 全国2010年7月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PART ONE (40 POINTS). 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 answers in the corresponding space on the answer sheet.1. T. S. Eliots _ is a poem of dramatic monologue独白 and a prelude序章 to The Waste Land, helping to point up the continuity of Eliots thinking.A. “Prufrock” B. “Gerontion”衰老C. The Hollow MenD. Four Quartets2. Defoes group of four novels are the first literary works devoted to the study of problems of the lower-class people. They are the following EXCEPT _.A. Captain Singleton B. Moll FlandersC. Roxana D. Robinson Crusoe3. Charles Dickens novel, _, is famous for its vivid descriptions of the work-house and life of the underworld in the nineteenth-century London.A. The Pickwick Paper B. Oliver TwistC. David CopperfieldD. Nicholas Nickleby4. D. H. Lawrences autobiographical 自传的novel is _.A. The Rainbow B. Women in LoveC. Sons and Lovers D. Lady Chatterleys Lover5. Jonathan Swifts greatest satiric work is _.A. A Tale of a Tub B. The Battle of the BooksC. Gullivers Travels 格列佛游记D. A Modest Proposal6. Dickensbest- depicted characters are the following. EXCEPT _.A. innocent, virtuous, persecuted and helpless child charactersB. horrible and grotesque charactersC. broadly humorous or comical charactersD. simple, innocent and faithful women characters7. George Bernard Shaws _ explored his idea of “Life Force”, the power that would create superior beings to be equal to God and to solve all the social, moral, and metaphysical problems of human society.A. Man and Superman B. The Apple CartC. Pygmalion D. Too True to Be Good8. For his contribution to the establishment of the form of the modern novel, _ has been regarded as “Father of the English Novel”.A. Daniel Defoe B. Jonathan SwiftC. Henry Fielding D. Oliver Goldsmith9. Charlotte Brontes autobiograghical work _ largely based on her experience in Brussels.A. The Professor B. ShirleyC. Villette 维莱特D. Jane Eyre10. D. H. Lawrences artistic tendency is mainly _ , which combines dramatic scenes with an authoritative权威的 commentary.A. romanticism B. realismC. naturalism D. modernism11. In _ opinion, human nature is seriously and premanently flawed.缺陷 To better human life, enlightenment is needed, but to redress 纠正it is very hard.A. Daniel