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1、目录1. 欢迎使用22. 历年试题及答案32.1 2000年4月英美文学选读试卷及答案32.2 2001年4月英美文学选读试卷及答案132.3 2002年4月英美文学选读试卷及答案232.4 2002年7月英美文学选读试卷352.5 2003年4月英美文学选读试卷及答案392.6 2003年7月英美文学选读试卷492.7 2004年4月英美文学选读试卷及答案522.8 2004年7月英美文学选读试卷592.9 2005年4月英美文学选读试卷及答案632.10 2005年7月英美文学选读试卷732.11 2006年4月英美文学选读试卷731. 欢迎使用 2. 历年试题及答案2.1 2000年4月
2、英美文学选读试卷及答案二年上半年全国高等教育自学考试 英美文学选读试卷本试题分两部分,第一部分为选择题,第二部分为非选择题。选择题40分,非选择题60分,满分100分。考试时间150分钟。全部题 目用英文作答,并将答案写在答案写在答题纸相应位置上,否则不计分。 part one .multiple choice(40 points, 1 point for each) select from the four choices of each item the one that best answers the question or completes the statement. mark
3、your choice by blackening the corresponding letter a,b,c or d on the answer sheet. 1.the sentence shall i compare thee to a summers day? is the beginning line of one of shakespeares _ . a.comedies b.tragedies c.sonnets d.histories 2.so much the worse for me, that i an strong. do i want to live? what
4、 kind of living will it be when you-oh, god! would you like to live with your soul in the grave? in the above passage quoted from emily brontes wuthering heights, the word soul apparently refers to _ . a.heathcliff b.catherine c.ghost d.ones spiritual lift 3.and where are they? and where art thou, m
5、y country? on thy voiceless shore the heroic lay is tuneless now- the heroic bosom beats no more!(george gordon byron, don juan) in the above stanza, art thou literally means _ . a.are you b.art though c.are though d.art you 4.the major concern of _ fiction lies in the tracing of the psychological d
6、evelopment of his characters and in his energetic criticism of the dehumanizing effect of the capitalist industrialization on human nature. a.charles dickenss b.d.h.lawrences c.thomas hardys d.john galsworthys 5.daniel defoe describes _ as a typical english middle-class man of the eighteenth century
7、, the very prototype of the empire builder or the pioneer colonist. a.tom jones b.gulliver c.moll flanders d.robinson crusoe 6.to be so distinguished is an honor, which, being very little accustomed to favors from the great, i know not well how to receive, or in what terms to acknowledge. the above
8、quoted sentence is presented by samuel johnson with a(n) _ tone. a.delightful b.jealous c.ironic d.humorous 7.she lived unknown, and few could know when lucy ceased to be; but she is in her grave, and, oh, the difference to me! the word me in the last line of the above stanza quoted from wordsworths
9、 poem she dwelt among the untrodden ways may possibly refer to _ . a.the poet b.the reader c.her lover d.everybody 8._ is a typical feature of swifts writings. a.bitter satire b.elegant style c.casual narration d.complicated sentence structure 9.the statement it reveals the dehumanizing workhouse sy
10、stem and the dark, criminal underworld life may well sum up the main theme if dickenss _ . a.david copperfield b.bleak house c.great expectations d.oliver twist 10.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
11、much wealth, i should have made it as hard for you to leave me, as it is now for me to leave you. the above quoted passage is most probably taken from _ . a.pride and prejudice b.jane eyre c.wuthering heights d.great expectations 11.it is generally regarded that keatss most important and mature poem
12、s are in the form of _ . a.ode b.elegy c.epic d.sonnet 12.g.b.shaws play mrs.warrens profession is a realistic exposure of the _ in the english society. a.slum landlordism b.inequality between men and women c.political corruption d.economic exploitation of women 13.in william blakes poetry, the fath
13、er(and any other in whom he saw the image of the father such as god, priest, and king)was usually a figure of _ . a.benevolence b.admiration c.love d.tyranny 14.i believe you are made of stone,he said, clenching his fingers so hard that he broke the fragile cup. you seem to forget, she said,that cup
14、 is not! from the above quoted passage, we can find the womans tone is very _ . a.sarcastic b.amusing c.sentimental d.facetious 15.the pilgrims progress by john bunyan is often said to be concerned with the search for _ . a.material wealth b.spiritual salvation c.universal truth d.self-fulfillment 1
15、6.alexander pope strongly advocated _, emphasizing that literary works should be judged by rules of order, reason, logic, restrained emotion, good taste and decorum. a.sentimentalism b.romanticism c.idealism d.neoclassicism 17.after reading the first chapter of pride and prejudice, we may come to kn
16、ow that mrs. bennet is a woman of _ . a.simple character and quick wit b.simple character and poor understanding c.intricate character and quick wit d.intricate character and poor understanding 18.of all the eighteenth-century novelists, _ was the first to set out, both in theory and practice, to wr
17、ite specifically a comic epic in prose, and the first to give the modern novel its structure and style. a.daniel defoe b.samuel richardson c.henry fielding d.oliver goldsmith 19.not on thy sole but on thy soul, harsh jew,/thou makst thy knife keen. in the above quotation taken form the merchant of v
18、enice, shakespeare employs a(n)_ . a.oxymoron b.pun c.simile d.synecdoche 20.in hardys wessex novels, there is an apparent _ touch in his description of the simple and beautiful though primitive rural life. a.humorous b.romantic c.nostalgic d.sarcastic 21.o prince, o chief of many throned powers, th
19、at led th embattled seraphim to war under thy conduct, and in dreadful deeds fearless, endangered heavens perpetual king. in the third line of the above passage quoted from miltons paradise lost, the phrase thy conduct refers to _ conduct. a.satans b.gods c.adams d.eves 22.we can perhaps describe th
20、e west wind in shelleys poem ode to the west wind with all the following terms except _ . a.tamed b.swift c.proud d.wild 23.in 1837, ralph waldo emerson made a speech entitled _ at harvard, which was hailed by oliver wendell holmes as our intellectual declaration of independence. a.nature b.self-rel
21、iance c.divinity school address d.the american scholar 24.in hawthornes young goodman brown, a satanic figure leads the credulous protagonist to a witches sabbath in the woods. there he recognizes many pillars of salems puritan society as well as his wife, faith. the story illustrates hawthornes all
22、egorical theme of human evil or what melville called the power of _ . a.blackness b.whiteness c.terror d.hypocrisy 25.for melville, as well as for the reader and _ , the narrator, moby dick is still a mystery, an ultimate mystery of the universe. a.ahab b.ishmael c.stubb d.starbuck 26.most of the po
23、ems in whitmans leaves of grass sing of the en-mass and the _ as well. a.nature b.self-reliance c.self d.life 27.emily dickinsons poem(441)this is my letter to the world expresses the poets _ about her communication with the outside world. a.indifference b.joy c.anxiety d.indignation 28.which of the
24、 following statements about writers in 1920s is true? a.mark twain published his last and most important novel. b.f. scott fitzgerald received the nobel prize. c.freudian psychology influenced many modern writers. d.most writers were politically radical. 29.naturalism is evolved from realism when th
25、e authors tone in writing becomes less serious and less sympathetic but more ironic and more _ . a.rational b.humorous c.optimistic d.pessimistic 30.mark twains first novel _ , written in collaboration with charles d. warner and published in 1873,though not an artistic success, gives its name to the
26、 america of the post-civil war period which it attempts to satirize. a.the gilded age b.the age of innocence c.the roughing time d.the jazz age 31.dreisers trilogy of desire includes three novels. they are the financier, the titan and _ . a.the genius b.the tycoon c.the stoic d.the giant 32.daisy mi
27、llers tragedy of indiscretion is intensified and enlarged by its narration from the point of view of _ . a.the author henry james b.the italian youth giovanelli c.the american youth winterbourne d.her mother mrs. miller 33.the impact of darwins evolutionary theory on the american thought and the inf
28、luence of the nineteenth-century french literature on the american men of letters gave rise to yet another school of realism: american _ . a.local colorism b.vernacularism c.modernism d.naturalism 34.it is on his _ that washington irvings fame mainly rested. a.childhood recollections b.sketches abou
29、t his european tours c.early poetry d.tales about america 35.if honest labor be unremunerative and difficult to endure; if it be the long, long road which never reaches beauty, but wearies the feet and the heart; if the drag to follow beauty be such that one abandons the admired way, taking rather t
30、he despised path leading to her dreams quickly, who shall cast the first stone? where is the underlined phrase taken from? a.the bible. b.milton. c.shakespeare. d.hawthorne. 36.most recognizable literary movement that gave rise to the twentieth-century american literature, or we may say, the second
31、american renaissance, is the _ movement. a.transcendental b.leftist c.expatriate d.expressionistic 37.robert frost combined traditional verse forms - the sonnet, rhyming couplets, blank verse - with a clear american local speech rhythm, the speech of _ farmers with its idiosyncratic diction and synt
32、ax. a.southern b.western c.new hampshire d.new england 38.as an autobiographical play, oneills _ (1956)has gained its status as a world classic and simultaneously marks the climax of his literary career and the coming of age of american drama. a.the iceman cometh b.long days journey into night c.the
33、 hairy ape d.desire under the elms 39.apart from the dislocation of time and the modern stream-of-consciousness, the other narrative techniques faulkner used to construct his stories include _ , symbolism and mythological and biblical allusions. a.impressionism b.expressionism c.multiple points of v
34、iew d.first person point of view 40.stylistically, henry james fiction is characterized by _ . a.short, clear sentences b.abundance of local images c.ordinary american speech d.highly refined language part two .reading comprehension(16 points, 4 points for each) read the quoted parts carefully and a
35、nswer the questions in english. write your answers in the corresponding space on the answer sheet. 41.read the quotation carefully and then answer the questions: the curfew tolls the knell of parting day, the lowing herd wind slowly oer the lea, the plowman homeward plods his weary way, and leaves t
36、he world to darkness and to me. a.scan the first line of the stanza. b.find the irregular foot in the second line. c.briefly explain the significance of this irregularity. 42.the following is a passage taken from a dramatic work: had i as many souls as there be stars id give them all for mephistophi
37、lis! by him ill be great emperor of the world, and make a bridge thorough the moving air to pass the ocean with a band of men; ill join the hills that bind the afric shore and make that country continent to spain, and both contributory to my crown; the emperor shall not live but by my leave, nor any
38、 potentate of germany. now that i have obtained what i desire ill live in speculation of this art till mephistophilis return again. a.name the playwright and the title of the work from which the passage is taken. b.name the speaker of the passage quoted above. c.use the above passage as a guide and
39、write down in one or two sentences the theme of the play. 43.read the following passage and then answer the questions: i glanced back once. a wafer of a moon was shining over gatsbys house, making the night fine as before, and surviving the laughter and the sound of his still glowing garden. a sudde
40、n emptiness seemed to flow now from the windows and the great doors, endowing with complete isolation the figure of the host, who stood on the porch, his hand up in a formal gesture of farewell. a.identify the author and the title of the novel from which this passage is taken. b.the passage describe
41、s the end of an event. what is it? c.what implied meaning can you get from reading this passage? 44.read the following part of a poem and then answer the questions: my tongue, every atom of my blood, formd from this soil, this air, born here of parents born here from parents the same, and their pare
42、nts the same, i, now thirty-seven years old in perfect health begin, hoping to cease not till death. a.identify the poet and 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 four lines? .questions and answers (24 points, 6 points
43、 for each) give brief answers to each of the following questions in english. write your answers in the corresponding space on the answer sheet. 45.the following quotation is the ending of a poem by robert browning: nay, well go together down, sir, notice neptune, though, taming a sea horse, though a
44、 rarity, which claus of innsbruck cast in bronze for me. what is the title of the poem? who is the speaker? what is the importance of the allusion neptune/taming a sea horse in the whole poem? 46.novum organum(new instrument), along with other works, won the author the honour father of modern scienc
45、e. who is the author? what is the main concern of the work? why the work is so important for the development of modern science? 47.ezra pound is one of the pioneers in modern poetry. what is the poetic school of which he is a chief member? what is pounds representative work of many years of poetic c
46、reation? what is the title of his frequently quoted one-image poem?pound has translated some literary works from two great ancient civilizations. one is greece. what is the other? how do you understand his famous comment the image itself is the speech? 48.william faulkner, a nobel priza winner, has
47、an important position in american literature. name two of his major novels. do you know anything aboutyoknapatawpha county? what is unique of faulkners fiction, historically and geographically? .topic discussion(20 points, 10 points for each) write no less than 150 words on each of the following top
48、ics in english in the corresponding space on the answer sheet. 49.a possible theme of james joyces short story araby is disillusionment. briefly discuss the symbolism joyce employs in presenting this theme. 50.what makes mark twains the adventures of huckleberry finn more than a childs adventure sto
49、ry? briefly discuss the question from three of the following aspects: the setting, the language, the character(s), the theme and the style.2000年(上)英美文学选读试卷答案 二年上半年高等教育自学考试全国统一命题考试 英美文学选读试题参考答案 .multiple choice(40 points, 1 point for each) 1.c 2.b 3.a 4.b 5.d 6.c 7.c 8.a 9.d 10.b 11.a 12.d 13.d 14.a
50、15.b 16.d 17.b 18.c 19.b 20.c 21.a 22.a 23.d 24.a 25.b 26.c 27.c 28.c 29.d 30.a 31.c 32.c 33.d 34.d 35.a 36.c 37.d 38.b 39.c 40.d .reading comprehension(16 points, 4 points for each) 41. 参考答案 a.iambic pentameter with the rhyming scheme of abab. b.the third foot contains two accented syllables. c.two
51、 accented syllables slow down the pace in keeping with the literary meaning of the phrase wind slowly. 42.参考答案 a.dr.faustus, a play by christopher marlowe. b.dr.faustus. c.mans aspiration, bounding achievements, and the inevitable failure. 43.参考答案 a.scott fitzgerald, the great gatsby. b.it is a desc
52、ription of the end of a big party. c.the passage hints at the meaninglessness, spiritual emptiness and vanity of such a lift of pleasure-seeking. there is a tragic sense that the party will be over. 44.参考答案 a.walt whitman, song of myself(早期几版诗人曾用过poem of walt whitman, an american 和 walt whitman, 也应算
53、 对). b.america, his country, his native land. c.i was born and nurtured by this land and shall from now on devote my whole life to the country. .questions and answers(24 points, 6 points for each) 45.参考答案 a.my last duchess b.the duke, or the husband of the duchess. c.placed at the end of the poem, t
54、he allusion serves as the conclusion that tells the reader-listener that the speaker is a tyrant. 46.参考答案 a.francis bacon. b.the work is an argument for the inductive reasoning in place of the aristotelian deductive reasoning. c.the aristotelian reasoning only states the fact, not capable of discove
55、ry while the inductive reasoning, although starting with a hypothesis and developing with experiments, may lead to the discovery of true knowledge. 47.参考答案 a.imagism. b.the cantos. c.in a station of the metro d.chian. e.pound means that image should not be ornaments only, but should be the focus of
56、poetic expression. by emphasizing the exterior object, pound hopes to avoid moralizing and achieve clarity and exactness. 48.参考答案 a.下列作品中任何两本:soldierspay, sartoris, the sound and the fury, as i lay dying, light in august, absalom, absalom!, the hamlet, the town, the mansion, and intruder in the dust
57、. b.yoknapatawpha county is an imagined place based on faulkners own hometown, a place that he took for the setting of 15 of his 19 novels and many short stories. this small region in the american south becomes in faulkners fiction an allegory or a parable of the old south. c.his literary representation of the old south; and his theme of the deterioration,
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