2005年4月美国文学选读自学考试浙江省试题试卷

1、做试题,没答案?上自考365,网校名师为你详细解答!浙江省2005年4月高等教育自学考试美国文学选读试题课程代码：10055Part . Choose the relevant match from Column B for each item in Column A. (10 points in all, 1 point for each)Group 1Column A Column B（）1. Henry David Thoreau A. The American Scholar（）2. Ralph Waldo Emerson B. Mosses from an Old Manse（）3.

2、 Nathaniel Hawthorne C. Walden （）4. Mark Twain D. The Turn of the Screw（）5. Henry James E. The Gilded Age Group 2Column A Column B（）6. Nicholas Vedder A. The Hairy Ape（）7. Daisy Buchanan B.A Rose for Emily（）8. Randolph C. The Great Gatsby（）9. Emily Grierson D. Daisy Miller（）10. Yank E. Rip Van Winkl

3、ePart . Select from the four choices A, B, C and D of each item the one that best answers the question or completes the statement.(50 points in all, 2 points for each)11.Most of the writings in the period of Romanticism in the history of American literature emphasize upon the imaginative and emotion

4、al qualities of literature, which included the following romantic qualities EXCEPT （）.A. the exotic B. the sensuousC. the sensational D. the surrealistic12.Which of the following poet is NOT a romanticist in the history of American literature? （）A. Walt Whitman B. James Russel LowellC. Edgar Ellen P

5、oe D. Emily Dickinson13.The essay （）, written by Ralph Waldo Emerson, has become so important that most people consider it an unofficial manifesto for the “Transcendental Club.”A. Nature B. Walden C. The Over-Soul D. Self-Reliance14.Which of the following statements about American Romantic literatur

6、e is right? （）A. Emerson and Edgar Allan Poe are the forerunners of the literary movement of New England Transcendentalism in the 19th century.B. The forest Young Goodman Brown goes to during his night journey is literally a place where the evil beings rustle about.C. For Emerson and his disciples,

7、material economy is good for spiritual.D. Rip Van Winkle feels happy and fortunate to be with his family again after he comes back from the woods. 15.In his famous poem Song of Myself, Walt Whitman sets forth two principal beliefs: the belief in the singularity and equality of all beings in value, a

8、nd the theory of （）, which is illustrated by lengthy catalogues of people and things. A. nationality B. universalityC. nature D. community 16.Moby-Dick is a mixture of fantasy and （） based upon the South Pacific whaling industry.A. romanticism B. realismC. naturalism D. surrealism17.Realism was a re

9、action against （） or a move away from the bias towards romance and self-creating fictions, and paved the way to Modernism.A. Symbolism B. ImagismC. Romanticism D. Mysticism 18.The impact of Darwins evolutionary theory on the American thought and the influence of the 19th century French literature on

10、 the American men of letters gave rise to a school of realism（）.A. American naturalism B. American nationalismC. American internationalism D. American transcendentalism 19.The pen name of Mark Twain is （）.A. Samuel Langhorne Clemens B. Langhorne Clemens SamuelC. Langhorne Samuel Clemens D. Samuel Cl

11、emens Langhorne 20.Which of the following statements about Mark Twain is NOT true? （）A. He is a humorist. B. He is a realist.C. He is a local colorist. D. He is a psychologist.21. Henry Jamess fame generally rests upon his novels and stories with the （） theme. A. Deep South B. local color C. interna

12、tional D. national 22. In the poem “I heard a Fly buzzwhen I died” Emily Dickinson gives a tense description of the greatest rending of the moment of （）.A. love B. immortality C. death D. nature 23. In all his novels Dreiser set himself to project the materialistic American values. For example, in S

13、ister Carrie, there is not one character whose status is not determined （）.A. hereditarily B. by her or his literalness C. historically D. economically24. Theodore Dreiser was influenced by many writers whose works he had read. But his true literary influences did not come from （）.A. Balzac B. Charl

14、es DarwinC. Herbert SpencerD. Ralph Waldo Emerson25. In the following statements, （） is NOT true as to the backgrounds for the American literature between the two world wars.A. The United States had become the most powerful industrialized nation in the world.B. The Crash marked the beginning of “The

15、 Great Depression” in the 1920s.C. Despite its booming industry and material prosperity, there was a sense of unease and restlessness underneath.D. The technological revolution had brought about great changes in the life of the American people.26. “The Way of the Beaten: A Harp in the Wind” this is

16、the title of one chapter in Dreisers novel （）.A. An American Tragedy B. The Titan C. Sister Carrie D. Jennie Gerhardt 27. （） is a school of modern painting, whose emphasis is on the formal structure of a work of art and especially on the multiple-perspective viewpoints. A. CubismB. ImagismC. Express

17、ionismD. Impressionism 28.In a class which discusses the Imagism Movement in the United States, we will definitely NOT include （）.A. William Carlos WilliamsB. Gary SnyderC. Wallance StevensD. Ezra Pound 29.In the 1920s decade, ONeill established an international reputation with such play (or plays)

18、as（）.A. The Hairy ApeB. Ann ChristleC. The Emperor Jones D. All of the above30.Fitzgerald summarized the experiences and attitude of the 1920s decade in his masterpiece （）.A. This Side of ParadiseB. Tender Is the Night C. The American DreamD. The Great Gatsby 31. The speaker of “The River-Merchants

19、Wife: A Letter” describes （）.A. the history of her parents villageB. the effect of the changing seasons on her gardenC. her marriage and her husbands absenceD. her life on the river32. Which of the following statements about Robert Frost is right? （）A. His achievement in poetic form is his combinati

20、on of the traditional verse patterns and the refined language.B. The very elements of war and famine are found in Frosts poetical natural world.C. His first collection of poetry is North of Boston.D. His poems are mostly concerned with his contemplation on nature, and relationship between man and na

21、ture.33. Hemingways first true novel （） casts light on a whole generation after the First World War and the effects of the war by way of a vivid portrait of “The Lost Generation.”A. The Sun Also RisesB. The Old Man and the SeaC. For Whom the Bell TollsD.A Farewell to Arms34.In 1950, William Faulkner

22、 was awarded the Nobel Prize for the anti-racist （）.A. The Sound and the FuryB. Intruder in the DustC. The UnvanquishedD. Light in August35.Which of the following statements about Faulkners Go Down, Moses is right? （）.A. It is a serious and moving examination of the shame and sadness of white and bl

23、ack relationships.B. It is in a sense a companion piece to Light in August.C. In this book, Faulkner illuminates the problem of man and nature in the American societyD. It is another attempt to deal with the Northern reality of land, family and the industrialization as a form of life. Part . Interpr

24、etation Read the quoted parts carefully and answer the questions in English. (20 points in all, 5 points for each)36.“Because I could not stop for DeathHe kindly stopped for meThe Carriage held but just OurselvesAnd Immortality.”Questions:A. Who is the Author of this poem?B. What do “He” and “Carria

25、ge” refer to?37.Once I said to myself it would be a thousand times better for Jim to be a slave at home where his family was, as long as hed got to be a slave, and so Id better write a leter to Tom Sawyer and tell him to tell Miss Waston where he was. But I soon give up that notion, for two things:

26、shed be mad and disgusted at his rascality and ungratefulness for leaving her, and so shed sell him straight down the river again; and if she didnt, everybody naturally despises an ungrateful nigger, and theyd make Jim feel it all the time, and so hed feel ornery and disgraced. And then think of me!

27、 It would get all round, that Huck Finn helped a nigger to get his freedom; and if I was to ever see anybody from that town again, Id be ready to get down and lick his boots for shame. Questions:A. Identify the author and the novel.B. Give a brief comment on this part.38. “Then took the other, as just as fair, And having perhaps the better claim, Because it was grassy and wanted wear; Though as for that the passing there Had worn them really about the same.”Questions:A. Which poem is this stanza taken from? Who is the author?B. Wha