浙江7月高等教育美国文学选读自考试题

1、姓名：_ 班级：_ 学号：_-密-封 -线- 浙江7月高等教育美国文学选读自考试题考试时间：120分钟 考试总分：100分题号一二三四五总分分数遵守考场纪律，维护知识尊严，杜绝违纪行为，确保考试结果公正。浙江省7月高等教育自学考试美国文学选读试题课程代码：10055part i: choose the relevant match from column b for each item in column a.(10%)section acolumn a column b( )1.ezra pound a. the marble faun( )2.william faulkner b. the

2、 ambassadors( )3.mark twain c. the american tragedy( )4.henry james d. hugh selwyn mauberley( )5.theodore dreiser e. the adventures of tom sawyersection bcolumn a column b( )1.yank a. indian camp( )2.tom sawyer b. daisy miller( )3.nick adams c. the adventures of huckleberry finn( )4.frederic winterb

3、ourne d. the hairy ape( )5.charles drouet e. sister carriepart : complete each of the following statements with a proper word or a phrase according to the textbook. (10%)1. to hawthorne and melville every person is a sinner and great _is thereforeindispensable for the improvement of human nature.2.

4、the period ranging from 1865 to 1914 has been referred to as the age of _.3. the impact of darwins evolutionary theory on the american thought and the influence of the 19th century french literature on the american men of letters gave rise to yet another school of realism: american _.4. more than fi

5、ve hundred poems dickinson wrote are about nature, in which her general _ about the relationship between man and nature is well-expressed.5. in the history of american literature, ezra pound was regarded as a leading spokesman of the famous “_ movement”.6. eugene oneill is considered the leading _ o

6、f the modern period in american literature.7. robert frost is generally considered a regional poet. in his poetry, he made the colloquial _ speech into a poetic expression .8. hemingways first novel the sun also rises casts light on a whole generation after the _ and the effects of the war by way of

7、 a vivid portrait of “the lost generation.”9. john steinbeck is a novelist of the 1930s. his the grapes of wrath is a record of the life of the dispossessed and the wretched farmers during _.10. besides his volumes of poems, pound also worked out quite a few translations, from which his affinity to

8、the _ and his strenuous effort in the study of oriental literature can be seen . part : each of the following statements below is followed by four alternative answers. choose the one that would best complete the statement. (50%)1. which of the following cannot be said of american literature from the

9、 early 1800s to the beginning of the civil war?( )a. american type of characters speaking local dialects appeared in the fictionb. there was a stress on law and reason in literary writings of the timec. there was faith in the value of individualism and self-relianced. there was a desire for an escap

10、e from civilized society and a return to the ennobling nature2. the main philosophical concern in the debate of transcendentalism are generally about _.( )a. nature, man and the universeb. the relationship between man and womanc. the development of romanticism in americad. the cold, rigid rationalis

11、m of unitarianism3. which of the following book was regarded as the first work that had won financial success on both sides of the atlantic in the first half of the 19th century?( )a. the sketch book b. charles the secondc. the scarlet letter d. moby dick4. according to emerson, which of the followi

12、ng is said of nature?( )a. it is emblematic of the spiritual world, alive with gods overwhelming presence.b. it exercises a healthy and restorative influence on human mindc. without nature man can improve himself and become spiritually whole.d. both a and b5. as a man of literary craftsmanship, hawt

13、horne is good at _.( )a. exploring the complexity of human psychology, especially the power of blackness deep in peoples heartb. exploring the goodness hidden deeply in peoples heartc. exploring the complexity of human psychology, especially the puritans confusion before the real worldd. both a and

14、c6. as to the great novel moby-dick which of the following statements is right?( )a. it is a symbolic voyage of the mind in quest of the truth and knowledge of the universe.b. its a spiritual exploration into mans deep reality and psychologyc. it is only a simple whaling tale or sea adventured. both

15、 a and b7. the greatest realist mark twain has coined the term“ the gilded age”, which later usually refers to _ in american history.( )a. the romantic period b. the realistic periodc. the modern age d. the postmodern age8. about the american naturalism, which of the following statements is right?(

16、)a. they preferred to have their own region and people at the forefront of the stories.b. their characteristic setting is an isolated town.c. their characters were conceived more or less complex combinations of inherited attributes, their habits conditioned by social and economic forces.d. none of t

17、he above9. mark twain had gradually changed from _ to _ by the turn of the century, which could be felt in his books the man that corrupted hadleyburg and the mysterious stranger.( )a. an almost despairing pessimist .an optimistb. an optimist . an almost despairing pessimistc. a local colorist . a n

18、aturalistd. a naturalist . a local colorist10. which of the following is not written by henry james?( )a. the portrait of a lady and the europeansb. the wings of the dove and the ambassadorsc. the golden bowl and the gilded aged. what maisie knows and the bostonians. 11. which of the following state

19、ments is not right about the heroine in the novel daisy miller?( )a. she has become a celebrated cultural type who embodies the spirit of the new world.b. she comes from the new world but remains traditional and conservative.c. her innocence turns out to be an admiring but a dangerous quality in the

20、 new word.d. the authors sympathy for her, a tender flower crushed by the harsh winter in rome was easily felt.12. the subjects of emily dickinsons poems are mainly about _. ( )a. religion b. death and immortalityc. love and nature d. all of the above13. in her quiet and solitary life, emily dickins

21、on makes enchanting poetry out of _.( )a. a happy and active lifeb. adventurous experiencesc. a single household and an inactive lifed. a hard and suffering life14. about the novel sister carrie , which of the following statements is right?( )a. the story is about a young sailor, who struggles to re

22、ach the upper society but soon gets disillusioned.b. it is about a southern aristocratic woman, who refuses to come to terms with the present.c. it tells a story of a country girl, who strives to gain her material rise in big cities but soon gets tired of her success.d. it is about a young vain girl

23、, who indulges herself in grand parties and luxurious trips but soon becomes penniless.15. the civil war had transformed america from _ to _.( )a. an agrarian community . a society of freedom and equalityb. an agrarian community . an industrialized and commercialized societyc. an industrialized and

24、commercialized society . a highly developed societyd. a poor and backward society .an industrialized and commercialized society16. at the end of the 19th century, the realists rejected the portrayal of idealized characters and events and, instead, sought to _.( )a. describe the wide range of america

25、n experienceb. present the subtleties of human personalityc. show animal nature of human beingsd. both a and b17. about the first few decades of the 20th century, which of the following is right?( )a. there was a rise in moral standard and it was best described as a spiritual land of promiseb. indiv

26、idual power and hope became part of the american experience as a result of the first world war.c. there was a decline in social standard and it was described as a spiritual wasteland.d. all of the above.18. eugene oneill is remembered for his tragic view of life and most of his plays are about_. ( )

27、a. the root, the truth of human desires and human frustrationsb. the moral nature of the modern mankindc. the relationship between man and nature as well as man and womand. the inner contradiction of men before the real world19. in general terms, much serious american literature written from 1912 on

28、wards attempted to convey _. ( )a. a vision of social breakdown and moral decayb. a vision of social continuity and harmonyc. the continuity and discontinuity between the past and the modern timed. all of the above20. which of the following is not said about pounds the cantos?( )a. it traces the ris

29、e and fall of eastern and western empires.b. it reflects the moral and social chaos of the modern world.c. it concerns particularly the corruption of america after the heroic time of jefferson.d. all of the above. 21. in his poetic creation, robert frost looked upon nature as_.( )a. the opposite of

30、human societyb. a storehouse of analogies and symbolsc. a contrast to human civilizationd. an ennobling force to purify human soul22. which of the following is not said about the thematic concerns of robert frost ?( )a. the terror and tragedy in nature as well as its beautyb. the relationship betwee

31、n man and societyc. his love of life and his belief in a serenity coming from workingd. the loneliness and poverty of the isolated human being23. in the play the hairy ape, the major character yank _.( )a. has a sense of belonging nowhere, hence homelessness and rootlessnessb. is typical of the mood

32、 of isolation and alienation in the early twentieth century in the united states onlyc. reflects the problem of modern mans identityd. both a and c24. which of the following is properly said of fitzgeralds writing style?( )a. the scenic method is explored, each of which consists of one or more drama

33、tic scenes.b. his intervening passages of narration leaves the tedious process of transition to the authors imaginationc. the device of having events observed by a “central consciousness” is dropped off.d. his diction and metaphors are not completely original and details sometimes inaccurate.25. fau

34、lkners first novel a rose for emily is set in the town of _ in yoknapatawpha.( )a. jefferson b. cambridgec. oxford d. new albanypart : interpretation(16%)read the following selections and then answer the questions.passage 1two roads diverged in a yellow wood,and sorry i could not travel bothand be o

35、ne traveller , lolhad worn them really about the same,and both that morning equally layin leaves no step had trodden black.oh, i kept the first for another day!yet knowing how way leads on to way,i doubted if i should ever come back.i shall be telling this with a sighsomewhere ages and ages hence:tw

36、o roads diverged in a wood, and i i took the one less traveled by,and that has made all the difference.1. what does the poet mean symbolically by “road”?2. why did the speaker choose the road less travelled by?passage 2there was music from my neighbors house through the summer nights. in his blue ga

37、rdens men and girls came and went like moths among the whisperings and the champagne and the stars. at high tide in the afternoon i watched his guests diving from the tower of his raft, or taking the sun on the hot sand of his beach while his two motor-boats slit the waters of the sound, drawing aqu

38、aplanes over cataracts of foam. on week-ends his rolls royce became an omnibus, bearing parties to and from the city between nine in the morning and long past midnight, while his station wagon scampered like a brisk yellow bug to meet all trains. and on mondays eight servants, including an extra gar

39、dener, toiled all day with mops and scrubbing-brushes and hammers and garden-shears, repairing the ravages of the night before.i believe that on the first night i went to gatsbys house i was one of the few guests who had actually been invited. people were not invited-they went there. they got into a

40、utomobiles which bore them out to long island, and somehow they ended up at gatsbys door. once there they were introduced by somebody who knew gatsby, and after that they conducted themselves according to the rules of behavior associated with an amusement park. sometimes they came and went without h

41、aving met gatsby at all, came for the party with a simplicity of heart that was its own ticket of admission.i had been actually invited. a chauffeur in a uniform of robins-egg blue crossed my lawn early that saturday morning with a surprisingly formal note from his employer: the honor would be entirely gatsbys, it said, if i would attend his “little party” that night. he had seen me several times, and had intended to call on me long before, but a peculiar combination of circumstances had prevented it-si