全国2011年4月自学考试英美文学选读试题及答案.docVIP

全国2011年4月自学考试英美文学选读试题(总分100, 考试时间150分钟)全部题目用英文作答，并将答案写在答题纸相应位置上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.One of Shelley s greatest political lyrics is _, which was later to become a rallying song of the British Communist Party. A“Ode to Liberty” B“Ode to Naples”C“Sonnet: England in 1819” D“Men of England”答案:D2.In Charles Dickens work _, the Utilitarian principle rules over the English education system and destroys young hearts and minds. ALittle DorritBHard TimesCGreat Expectations DBleak House答案:B3.The tragic sense turns into despair in Thomas Hardys _, where cornered by the traditional social morality, the hero and the heroine have to kill their own will and passion and return to their former destructive way of life. AThe Return of the Native BThe Mayor of CasterbridgeCTess of the D Urbervilles DJude the Obscure答案:D4.The typical representatives of G. B. Shaw s early plays are _. AMan and Superman; The Apple CartBWidowers House; Mrs. Warren s ProfessionCCandida; Mrs. Warren s ProfessionDThe Apple Cart; Widowers House答案:B5.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 T. S. Eliot BOscar WildeCGeorge Bernard Shaw DW. B. Yeats答案:C6.Symbolism and complex narrative are employed more richly in D. H. Lawrences _, which are generally regarded as his masterpieces. AWomen in Love; Sons and LoversBThe Rainbow; Women in LoveCSons and Lovers; Lady Chatterleys LoverDLady Chatterley s Lover; The Rainbow答案:B7. T. S. Eliot won the Nobel Prize of Literature in _. A1945 B1948C1952D1956答案:B8. Thomas Hardys pessimistic view of life predominates most of his later works and earns him a reputation as a _ writer. ArealisticBnaturalisticCromantic D stylistic答案:B9. “Do you think, because I am poor, obscure, plain, and little, I am soulless and heartless? . And if God had gifted me with some beauty, and much wealth, I should have made it as hard for you to leave me, as it is now for me to leave you. ” The quoted lines are most probably taken from _. AGreat Expectations BWuthering HeightsCJane Eyre D Pride and Prejudice答案:C10.The most distinguishing feature of Charles Dickens works is _. Athe vernacular and large vocabulary Bhis humor and witCcharacter-portrayal Dpictures of pathos答案:C11. G. B. Shaw s play _ established his position as the leading playwright of his time. AWidowers Houses BToo True to Be GoodCMrs. Warren s Profession DCandida答案:D12.Jane Austen s first novel _ tells a story about two sisters and their love affairs. ASense and Sensibility BPride and PrejudiceCNorthanger Abbey D Mansfield Park答案:A13.“If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?” the quoted line comes from _. AShelleys “Ode to the West Wind”BWalt Whitman s Leaves of GrassCJohn Miltons Paradise Lost DJohn Keats“ Ode on a Grecian Urn”答案:A14.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”答案:D15.William Blakes _ marks his entry into maturity. APoetical Sketches BSongs of InnocenceCMarriage of Heaven and HellDSongs of Experience答案:C16.Henry Fielding s _ brings him the name of “Prose Homer”. AThe History of Jonathan Wild the GreatBThe History of Tom Jones, a FoundlingCThe History of AmeliaDThe History of Joseph Andrews答案:B17.Among the three major poetical works by John Milton, _ is the most perfect example of verse drama after the Greek style in English. ASamson Agonistes BParadise LostCParadise Regained DAreopagitica答案:A18.T.S. Eliot s _ not only presents a panorama of physical disorder and spiritual desolation in the modern Western world, but also reflects the prevalent mood of disillusionment and despair of a whole post- war generation. AThe Hollow Men BThe Waste LandCMurder in the Cathedral DAsh Wednesday答案:B19.In _, Shakespeare has not only made a profound analysis of the social crisis in which the evils can be seen everywhere, but also criticized the bourgeois egoism. AHamlet BOthelloCKing Lear DMacbeth答案:C20.John Miltons greatest poetical work _ is the only generally acknowledged epic in English literature since Beowulf. AAreopagitica BParadise LostCLycidas DSamson Agonistes答案:B21.The work _ by William Blake is a lovely volume of poems, presenting a happy world, though not without its evils and sufferings. ASongs of Innocence BSongs of ExperienceCPoetical Sketches DLyrical Ballads答案:A22.The plays known as “the Lawrence trilogy” are all the following EXCEPT _. AA Collier s Friday Night BLady Chatterley s LoverCThe Daughter - in - LawDThe Widowing of Mrs. Holroyed答案:B23.Greatly and permanently affected by the _ experiences, Hemingway formed his own writing style, together with his theme and hero. Amining BfarmingCwarDsailing答案:C24.“The dignity of movement of an iceberg is due to only one -eighth of it being above water. ” This “iceberg” analogy about prose style was put forward by _. AWilliam Faulkner BHenry JamesCErnest Hemingway DFScott Fitzgerald答案:C25.In Go Down, Moses, _ illuminates the problem of black and white in Southern society as a close- knit destiny of blood brotherhood. AWilliam Faulkner BJack LondonCHerman MelvilleDNathaniel Hawthorne答案:A26.In Death in the Afternoon _ presents his philosophy about life and death through the depiction of the bullfight as a kind of microcosmic tragedy. AWilliam Faulkner BJack LondonCErnest Hemingway DMark Twain答案:C27.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. AThe Great Gatsby BThe Sound and the FuryCAbsalom, Absalom! DGo Down, Moses答案:B28.Walt Whitman believed, by means of “_,” he has turned poetry into an open field, an area of vital possibility where the reader can allow his own imagination to play. Afree verseBstrict verseCregular rhyming D standardized rhyming答案:A29.Herman Melvilles second famous work, _, was not published until 1924, 33 years after his death. APierre BRedburnCMoby-Dick DBilly Budd答案:D30.In 1920, _ published his first novel This Side of Paradise which was, to some extent, his own story. AFScott Fitzgerald BErnest HemingwayCWilliam Faulkner DEmily Dickinson答案:A31.Unlike his contemporaries in the early 20th century, _ did not break up with the poetic tradition nor made any experiment on form. AWalt Whitman BRobert FrostCEzra PoundDT. S. Eliot答案:B32.While Mark Twain seemed to have paid more attention to the “life” of the Americans, _ had apparently laid a greater emphasis on the “inner world” of man. AWilliam Howells BHenry JamesCBret HarteDHamlin Garland答案:B33.At the age of eighty -seven, _ read his poetry at the inauguration of President John F. Kennedy in 1961. ARobert FrostBWalt WhitmanCEzra Pound DT. S. Eliot答案:A34.Of all Herman Melvilles sea adventure stories, _ proves to be the best. ATypeeBRedburnCMoby DickDOmoo答案:C35. Man is a “victim of forces over which he has no control. ” This is a notion held strongly by _. ARobert FrostBTheodore DreiserCHenry James DHamlin Garland答案:B36.With the publication of _, Theodore Dreiser was launching himself upon a long career that would ultimately make him one of the most significant American writers of the school later known as literary naturalism. ASister CarrieBThe TitanCAn American Tragedy DThe Stoic答案:A37.Nathaniel Hawthorne was affected by _s transcendentalist theory and struck up a very intimate relationship with him. AH. W. Longfellow BWalt WhitmanCR. W. Emerson DWashington Irving答案:C38.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. Eliot BJames JoyceCWilliam Faulkner DHenry James答案:D39.Walt Whitman wrote down a great many poems to air his sorrow for the death of President _, and one of the famous is “When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom d. ” AWashington BLincolnCFranklin DKennedy答案:B40.The Marble Faun by Nathaniel Hawthorne, a romance set in_, is concerned about the dark aberrations of the human spirit. AFrance BSpainCEngland DItaly答案:DII. 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.“Shah I compare thee to a summers day?Thou art more lovely and more temperate:Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,And summers lease hath all too short a date:”Questions:A. Whos the poet of the quoted stanza, and whats the title of the poem?B. What figure of speech is employed in the poem?C. What is the theme of the poem?答案:42. “When the stars threw down their spears,And water d heaven with their tears,Did he smile his work to see?Did he who made the Lamb make thee ?”Questions:A. Whos the poet of the quoted stanza, and whats the title of the poem?B. Whom does the “he” refer to?C. What does the “Lamb” symbolize?答案:43.“My tongue, every atom of my blood, form d from this soil, this air,Born here of parents born here from parents the same, and their parents the same,I, now thirty- seven years old in perfect health begin,Hoping to cease not till death”Questions:A. Whos the poet of the quoted stanza, and whats the title of the poem?B. What do “soil” and “air” represent in the first line?C. What does the poet try to say in the above quoted lines?答案:44.“ Is dying hard, Daddy?No, I think its pretty easy, Nick. It all depends. ”Questions:A. Whos the author of the quoted part, and whats 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 sons question?答案: