英美文学选读自考题模拟17

1、 英美文学选读自考题模拟17(总分：100.00，做题时间：90分钟)一、.multiple choice(总题数：40，分数：40.00)1.the belief of the eighteenth-century neoclassicists in england led them to seek the followingexcept _.（分数：1.00）a.proportionb.gracec.harmonyd.spirit 解析：解析 本题主要考查的知识点为新古典主义时期作家们的创作追求。新古典主义者们对文学作品的观点使该时期的作家在创作时寻求表达与措辞上的协调、统一、和谐与典雅。

2、2.graveyard school writers are the following sentimentalists of _.（分数：1.00）a.james thomson and william collins b.william collins and william blakec.robert burns and james thomsond.thomas jackson and james thomson解析：解析 本题主要考查的知识点为古墓派诗人的成员。感伤派诗人，或曰“古墓派诗人”有詹姆斯汤姆森、威廉考林斯和威廉柯柏等。3.the most perfect example

3、of the verse drama after the greek style in english is samson agonistesby _.（分数：1.00）a.john milton b.william blakec.henry fieldingd.william wordsworth解析：解析 本题主要考查的知识点为力士参孙的作者。弥尔顿的力士参孙是古希腊诗剧体在英语中的完美体现。4.the first period of the english renaissance was one of imitation and _.（分数：1.00）a.elizabethan dram

4、ab.poetryc.reformationd.assimilation 解析：5.it is generally believed that the most important play among shakespeares comedies is _.（分数：1.00）a.a midsummer nights dreamb.as you like itc.twelfth nightd.the merchant of venice 解析：解析 本题主要考查的知识点为莎士比亚最重要的喜剧。莎士比亚最重要的喜剧是威尼斯商人。6._, an elaborate and fantastic sto

5、ry, is known as the best of the final romances writtenby william shakespeare.（分数：1.00） a.the tempest b.venus and adonisc.henry ivd.romeo and juliet解析：解析 本题主要考查的知识点为莎士比亚的后期代表作。暴风雨是莎士比亚创作后期的代表作，是一个精致奇妙的故事。7._ is not written by john milton.（分数：1.00）a.samson agonistesb.paradise lostc.paradise regainedd.

6、dr. faustus 解析：8.the 18th-century england is known as the age of _ in the history.（分数：1.00）a.romanticismb.classicismc.renaissanced.enlightenment 解析：解析 本题主要考查的知识点为启蒙主义时代。英国的 18世纪是启蒙主义时代，又叫理性时代。9._ described by daniel defoe is a typical english middle-class man of the eighteenth-century,the very proto

7、type of the empire builder or the pioneer colonist.（分数：1.00）a.tom jonesb.gulliverc.robinson d.moll flanders解析：解析 本题主要考查的知识点为笛福描述的鲁滨逊。笛福把鲁滨逊描述成一个真正的英雄：一个典型的英国 18世纪中产阶级人士，是帝国缔造者的典范，是殖民主义者的先锋。10.in which of the following works can you find the proper names lilliput, brobdingnag,houyhnhnm and yahoos?（分数

8、：1.00）a.the pilgrims progress.b.the faerie queene.c.gullivers travels. d.the school of scandal.解析：11.tom jones, the full title being the history of tom jones, a foundling, is generally consideredthe masterpiece of _.（分数：1.00）a.john bunyanb.daniel defoec.jonathan swiftd.henry fielding 解析：解析 本题主要考查的知识

9、点为菲尔丁最杰出的作品。小说汤姆琼斯的全名是汤姆琼斯一个弃儿的故事，它被认为是菲尔丁最杰出的作品。 12.the literary form which is fully developed and the most flourishing during the romantic periodis _.（分数：1.00）a.dramab.prosec.poetry d.novel解析：13._ novel, a type of romantic fiction that predominated in the late eighteenth century,was one phase of t

10、he romantic movement. its principal elements are violence, horror, and thesupernatural, which strongly appeal to the readers emotion.（分数：1.00）a.gothic b.sentimentalc.pastorald.romantic解析：解析 本题主要考查的知识点为哥特式小说。哥特式小说是浪漫主义文学的一部分，它盛行于 18世纪末。这种小说的主要题材是对暴力、恐怖及超自然的描写，这些内容极能吸引读者的情感。14.the tone of literature i

11、n songs of experience by william blake is _.（分数：1.00）a.melancholy b.lovelyc.plaind.utter解析：15.the english romantic age began with the publication of lyrical ballads which was written by_.（分数：1.00）a.william wordsworthb.wordsworth and coleridge c.george gordon byrond.percy bysshe shelley解析：解析 本题主要考查的知

12、识点为抒情歌谣集的作者。英国浪漫主义时期一般被认为始于 1798年，标志为华兹华斯与科勒律治的抒情歌谣集的出版。16.wordsworth thinks that _ is the only subject of literary interest.（分数：1.00）a.nationb.past experiencec.common life d.nature解析：解析 本题主要考查的知识点为华兹华斯对文学的认识。华兹华斯认为普通人的生活是文学情趣的唯一主题。17.in his lyrics such as ode to liberty, ode to naples, percy bysshe

13、 shelley expressed hislove for _ and his hatred toward tyranny.（分数：1.00）a.the middle classb.the poorc.freedom d.the proletariat解析：解析 本题主要考查的知识点为雪莱对自由的渴望和对暴政的憎恶。雪莱对自由的渴望及对暴政的憎恶都体现在诗作中，如自由颂、那不勒斯颂、十四行诗：英格兰 1819等。18.in _ s stopping by woods on a snowy evening,the speaker literally stops his horse inthe

14、winter twilight to observe the beauty of the forest scene, and then is moved to continue hisjourney.（分数：1.00）a.robert lee frost b.william faulknerc.ezra poundd.percy bysshe shelley解析：19._ mainly tells of the love story betweena rich, proud young mandarcy and the beautifuland intelligent elizabeth be

15、nnet.（分数：1.00）a.jane eyreb.wuthering heightsc.pride and prejudice d.oliver twist解析：解析 本题主要考查的知识点为傲慢与偏见的内容。傲慢与偏见主要讲述了漂亮聪明的伊丽莎白与年轻高傲的富家公子达西之间的爱情故事。20.among the famous novelists of the victorian period were the critical realists like _,william makepeace thackeray, charlotte bronte, emily bronte,mrs. ga

16、skell and anthony trollope,etc.（分数：1.00）a.jonathan swiftb.charles dickens c.john keatsd.jane austen解析：解析 本题主要考查的知识点为维多利亚时期的批判现实主义作家。在维多利亚时期著名小说家中，批判现实主义作家有狄更斯、萨克雷、布朗蒂姐妹、哥斯凯尔夫人与特罗洛普等人。斯威夫特属于新古典主义时期，奥斯汀和济慈属于浪漫主义时期的作家。21.in 1925 dreisers greatest work _ appeared. but it was banned in boston in 1927.（分数

17、：1.00）a.an american tragedy b.the stoicc.the financierd.the titan解析：22.do you think, because i am poor, obscure, plain, and little, i am soulless and heartless? you think wrong!i have as much soul as youand full as much heart! . this part of quotationcomes from _.（分数：1.00）a.b. shaws mrs. warrens pro

18、fessionb.john galsworthys the man of propertyc.charlotte brontes jane eyre d.jane austens pride and prejudice 解析：解析 本题主要考查的知识点为简爱的内容。本段节选自夏洛特布朗蒂的小说简爱。23.tess of the durbervilles, one of thomas hardys best known novels, portrays man as _.（分数：1.00）a.being hereditarily either good or badb.having no con

19、trol over his own fate c.being self-sufficientd.still retaining his own faith in a world of confusion解析：24._ among the angry young men novelist in the mid-1950s and early 1960s was the firstto start the attack on middle-class privileges and power in his novel lucky jim.（分数：1.00）a.john wainb.kingsley

20、 amis c.john brained.alan sillitoe解析：解析 本题主要考查的知识点为第一位抨击中产阶级特权的“愤怒的年轻人”的代表。20世纪 50年代中期到 60年代早期，文坛出现了一群年轻的小说家与剧作家。他们出身卑微，被称为“愤怒的年轻人”。他们对英国败落的境况表现出绝望，并极力反对过时的代表人物之一，他首先在他的小说幸运的吉姆中抨击了中产阶级的特权。25.in 1948, _ was awarded the nobel prize for literature.（分数：1.00）a.b. yeatsb.h. lawrencec.hemingwayd.s. eliot 解

21、析：26._ is a poem concerned with the spiritual breakup of a modern civilizationin which humanlife has lost its meaning, significance and purpose.（分数：1.00）a.ulyssesb.the waste land c.the confidential clerkd.dubliners解析：解析 本题主要考查的知识点为荒原的主题。荒原一诗的主题是表现现代文明中人们精神的堕落与崩溃，人生已失去了意义与目的。27.of the following works

22、 by d. h. lawrence, _ established his position as a prominentnovelist.（分数：1.00）a.the white peacockb.lady chatterleys loverc.women in loved.sons and lovers 解析：解析 本题主要考查的知识点为劳伦斯杰出小说家地位的确立。在第三部小说儿子与情人出版后，劳伦斯才确立了杰出小说家的地位。28.the desire for a return to _ became a permanent convention of american literatur

23、e.（分数：1.00）a.the family lifeb.nature c.the ancient timed.fantasy of love解析：解析 本题主要考查的知识点为美国文学的传统。浪漫主义时期的美国文学以自然景物为人们品格的象征，形成了美国文学中离开尘世、心向自然的传统。29.hester prynne is the heroine in hawthornes novel _.（分数：1.00）a.the house of the seven gablesb.the scarlet letter c.moby-dickd.daisy miller解析：30.beside symb

24、olism, all the following qualities except _ are fused to make melvillesmoby-dick a world classic.（分数：1.00）a.narrative powerb.optimistic view of life c.speculative agilityd.psychological analysis解析：解析 本题主要考查的知识点为白鲸 成为世界名著的原因。除了象征手法以外，麦尔维尔的语言才华、创作才华、心理分析能力、敏捷的观察以及叙述能力都使白鲸成为世界名著。31.most of the poems in

25、 _ sing of the en-masse and the self as well.（分数：1.00）a.drum tapsb.north of bostenc.the cantosd.leaves of grass 解析：解析 本题主要考查的知识点为草叶集的诗歌内容。在惠特曼的草叶集中，绝大部分诗歌都是歌颂整个美国以及自我的。32.the giant moby dick may symbolize all except _.（分数：1.00）a.mystery of the universeb.sin of the whale c.power of the great natured.

26、evil of the world解析：解析 本题主要考查的知识点为白鲸的象征意义。在白鲸中，白鲸象征着宇宙的秘密、大自然的力量、世界的邪恶。33._ provides the main source of influence on american naturalism.（分数：1.00）a.the puritan heritageb.howells ideas of realismc.darwin s theory of evolution d.the pioneer spirit of the wild west解析：34._ shaped the worlds view of amer

27、ica and made a more extensive combination of americanfolk humor and serious literature than previous writers had ever done.（分数：1.00）a.henry jamesb.washington irving c.theodore dreiserd.mark twain 解析：解析 本题主要考查的知识点为马克吐温的成就。马克吐温塑造了美国的世界观，并且将美国民间幽默和严肃文学更加完美地结合起来。35.in his the art of fiction, clearly ind

28、icates that the aim of the novel is to present life.（分数：1.00）a.henry james b.mark twainc.theodore dreiserd.william dean howells解析：解析 本题主要考查的知识点为詹姆斯的小说的艺术。在小说的艺术一书中，詹姆斯明确指出，小说的目的是展示现实生活。36.in general, the 19th-century american woman poet _ wanted to live simply as a completeindependent being.（分数：1.00

29、）a.emily bronteb.emily dickinson c.anna dickinsond.emily shaw解析：解析 本题主要考查的知识点为狄金森向往的生活。美国 19世纪的女诗人狄金森过着简朴而又独立的生活，自始至终守身如玉。37._ possessed none of the usual aids to a writers career: no money, no friend in power,no formal education worthy of mention, no family tradition in letters.（分数：1.00）a.theodore

30、dreiser b.d. howellsc.nathaniel hawthorned.henry james解析：解析 本题主要考查的知识点为德莱塞出身贫寒。德莱塞不具有任何文学上的家学渊源或其他条件：没有钱，没有有权的朋友，没有值得一提的正规教育。38.in _, robert frost compares life toa journey, and he is doubtful whether he will regrethis choice or not when he is old, because the choice has made all the difference.（分数：

31、1.00）a.after apple-pickingb.the road not taken c.stopping by woods on a snowy eveningd.fire and ice解析：39.the iceberg analogy is _ s style.（分数：1.00）a.s. eliotb.ernest hemingway c.john steinbeckd.william faulkner解析：解析 本题主要考查的知识点为海明威的“冰山”原则。海明威的风格是典型的“冰山”原则。40.faulkner once said that _ is a story of lo

32、st innocence, which proves itself to be anintensification of the theme of imprisonment in the past.（分数：1.00） a.intruder in the dustb.the sound and the fury c.a rose for emilyd.go down, moses解析：二、.reading comprehension(总题数：4，分数：16.00)wild spirit, which art moving everywhere;destroyer and preserver; h

33、ear, o hear!questions:（分数：3.00）(1).a. identify the poet and the poem.（分数：1.00）_正确答案：()解析：a. shelley; ode to the west wind.(2).b. what does the wild spirit refer to?（分数：1.00）_正确答案：()解析：b. wild spirit refers to west wind.(3).c. why is it called destroyer and preserver at the same time?（分数：1.00）_正确答案：(

34、)解析：c. because west wind buried the dead year and prepared for a new spring.i like to see it lap the milesand lick the valleys upand stop to feed itself at tanksand thenprodigious stepquestions:（分数：4.00）(1).a. please give the name of the author.（分数：2.00）_正确答案：()解析：a. emily dickinson.(2).b. what idea

35、 does this poem express?（分数：2.00）_正确答案：()解析：b. the poem expresses the authors suspicion of the relationship between man and nature.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:（分数：6.00）(1).a. who is the author

36、 of the poem?（分数：2.00）_正确答案：()解析：a. robert lee frost.(2).b. what does promise refer to?（分数：2.00）_正确答案：()解析：b. it has several kinds of meaning. it might be promises to a person. it might refer tothe abstract obligations of a human being. the poet is fully aware of his social responsibility.(3).c. wha

37、t does the repetition serve as?（分数：2.00） _正确答案：()解析：c. on the one hand, the repetition is a technical solution for the rhyme scheme. on theother hand, the poet remembers his social obligations. the road is also the road of life. he hasto fulfill his promises before he can sleep or die.the early lila

38、cs became part of this child,and grass and white and red morning-glories, and white and red clover, and the song of thephoebe-bird,and the third-month lambs and the sows pink-faint litter, and the mares foal and the cows calf,and the noisy brood of the barnyard or by the mire of the pondside,and the

39、 fish suspending themselves so curiously below there, and the beautiful curious liquid,and the water-plants with their graceful fiat heads, all became part of him.questions:（分数：3.00）(1).a. name the author and the title of the poem.（分数：1.00）_正确答案：()解析：a. walt whitman; there was a child went forth.(2)

40、.b. what is the poetic style called?（分数：1.00）_正确答案：()解析：b. free verse.(3).c. what does the passage describe?（分数：1.00）_正确答案：()解析：c. the passage describes the growth of a child who is wandering and admiring the scene aroundhim. in the poem, the early experience of the poet may well be identified with

41、the childhood ofa young and growing america.三、.questions and answers(总题数：4，分数：24.00)41.some critics believe that the transitional writer thomas hardy is emotionally traditional andintellectually advanced. how do you understand this idea?（分数：6.00）_正确答案：()解析：a. on the one hand,in his wessex novels, th

42、ere is an apparent nostalgic touch in hisdescription of the simple and beautiful though primitive rural life, which was gradually decliningand disappearing as england marched into an industrial country. and with those traditionalcharacters he is always sympathetic.b. on the other hand, the immense i

43、mpact of scientific discoveries and modem philosophic thoughtsupon the man is quite obvious.c. in his works, man is shown inevitably bound by his own inherent nature and hereditary traitswhich prompt him to go and search for some specific happiness or success and set him in conflictwith the environm

44、ent.d. though naturalism seems to have played an important part in hardys works, there is also bitterand sharp criticism and even open challenge of the irrational, hypocritical and unfair victorianinstitutions, conventions and morals which strangle the individual will and destroy natural humanemotio

45、ns and relationships. the conflicts between the traditional and the modem, between the oldrural value of respectability and honesty and the new utilitarian commercialism, between the old, false social moral and the natural human passion,etc. are all closely set in a realistic backgroundtree to the v

46、ery time and the very place.42.william faulkner is one of the greatest american novelists. what do you know about his narrativetechniques?（分数：6.00）_正确答案：()解析：a. he would never step between the characters and the reader to explain, but let the charactersex- plain themselves and hinder as little as po

47、ssible the readers direct experience of the workof art. the most characteristic way of structuring his stories is to fragment the narrative byjuxtaposing the past with the present, in the way the montage does in a movie.b. the interior monologue faulkner used helps him achieve the most desirable eff

48、ect of exploringthe nature of human consciousness.c. faulkner was good at presenting multiple points of view, which gave the story a circular form,wherein one event is centered, with various points of view radiating from it, or different peopleresponding to the same story. thus a high degree of trut

49、h could be reached. the other narrativetechniques faulkner used to construct his stories included symbolism and mythological and biblicalallusions.43.try to state the theme and the significance of t. s. eliots most important single poem thewaste land briefly.（分数：6.00）_正确答案：()解析：a. with bold technica

50、l innovations in versification and style, the poem not only presentsa panorama of physical disorder and spiritual desolation in the modem western world, but alsoreflects the prevalent mood of disillusionment and despair of a whole post-war generation.b. the waste land is a poem concerned with the sp

51、iritual breakup of a modem civilization in whichhuman life has lost its meaning, significance and purpose. the poem has developed a whole setof historical, cultural and religious themes; but it is often regarded as being primarily areflection of the 20th-eentnry peoples disillusionment and frustration in a sterile and futilesociety.44.identify henry jame