(全新整理)7月自考浙江省美国文学选读试题及答案解析

1、浙江省 2018年 7月高等教育自学考试美国文学选读试题课程代码： 10055 : Choose the relevant match from Column B for each item in Column A. (10 points : Each of the following statements below is followed by four alternatives. Choose theColumn Ba. A Rose for Emilyb. The Hairy Apec. The Great Gatsbyd. Sister Carriee. The Adventures

2、 of Huckleberry FinnPartin all, 1 point for each)Group 1Column A() 1. F. S Fitzgerald() 2. Henry David Thoreau() 3. Theodore Dreiser() 4. Henry James() 5. Mark TwainGroup 2Column A() 1. Huck() 2. Carrie Meeber() 3. Yank() 4. Nick Carraway() 5. Emily GriersonPartColumn Ba. The Adventures of Tom Sawye

3、rb. An American Tragedyc. The Portrait of a Ladyd. Waldene. This Side of Paradiseone that would best complete the statement. (50 points in all, 2 points for each)1. Romanticism appeared as a literary trend against . 【 】A. rationalityC. intuitionB. imaginationD. individualism2. The famous 20 years in

4、 Rip Van Winkle helps to construct the story in such a way that we are greatly affected by Irving s .【 】A. concern with the passage of timeB. expression of transient beautyC. satire on laziness and corruptibility of human beingsD. idea about supernatural manipulation of man s life3. has become so im

5、portant that most people consider it an unofficial manifesto for the“ Transcendental Club” .【】A. NatureB. The American ScholarC. WaldenD. Civil Disobedience4.is unanimously agreed tobethe summit of the Romantic period in thehistory ofAmerican literature. 【A. PuritanismB. New England Transcendentalis

6、mC. DeismD. Unitarianism5.is a symbol of microcosm of the world we are living in.A. The PequodB. Moby DickC. The Scarlet LetterD. Nature6.held a “ black ”vision of life and human beings. 【A. Ralph Waldo EmersonB. Nathaniel HawthorneC. Edgar Allan PoeD. James Fenimore Cooper7. Moby Dick, the bigwhite

7、whale, is possible read as symbolic of all thefollowingEXCEPT.【A. malignancyB. beautyC. adulteryD. God8. According to Emerson, man s capacity is.【A. ambiguousB. limitedC. infiniteD. subsidiary to God9. is regarded as an encyclopedia of everything: philosophy, religion, history, etc. 【 】A. NatureB. W

8、aldenC. Moby DickD. The Scarlet Letter10. Whitman s poems are characterized by all the following features EXCEPT. 【 】A. a strict poetic formB. a simple and conversational languageC. a free and natural rhythmic patternD. an easy flow of feelings11. Another fact that made unique is his magic power wit

9、h language, his use of vernacular.His words are colloquial, concrete and direct in effect, and his sentence structures are simple, even ungrammatical, which is typical of the spoken language. 【】A. TwainB. AndersonC. JamesD. Dreiser12. While Mark Twain and William Dean Howells satirized European mann

10、ers at times, wasan admirer of ancient European civilization. 【 】A. Theodore DreiserB. Jack LondonC. Henry JamesD. William James13. About Naturalism, which of the following statements is NOT correct? 【 】A. Naturalists chose their subjects from the lower ranks of society.B. They portrayed misery and

11、poverty of the “ underdogs w”ho, were demonstrably victims of society and nature.C. One of the most familiar themes in American Naturalism is the theme of human “ bestiality,especially an explanation of sexual desire.D. American Naturalism is a reaction against Realism.14. Which of the following is

12、NOT a typical feature of Henry James s writing style? 【 】 A. Exquisite and elaborate languageB. Minute detailed descriptionC. Lengthy psychological analysisD. American colloquialism15. is now recognized not only as a great poetess on her own right but as a poetess ofconsiderable influence upon Ameri

13、can poetry of the present century. 【】A. Emily DickinsonB. Emily Bront C. Anne BradstreetD. George Eliot16. Which of the following statements is NOT a typical feature of Emily Dickinson s poetry? 【】A. Dickinson s poetry is unique and conventional in its own way.B. Her poems have no titles, hence are

14、always quoted by their first lines.C. In her poetry there is a particular stress pattern.D. Her poems tend to be very impersonal and meditative.17. It is not surprising to find in fiction a world of jungle, where“ kill or to be killed ” wasthe law. 【 】A. James sB. Twain sC. Dreiser sD. Anderson s18.

15、 The Catcher in the Rye written by is regarded as a students classic.【】A. J.D. SalingerB. John UpdikeC. Ralph EllisonD. Richard Wright19. fictional world is the best embodiment of the spirit of Jazz Age, in which he shows aparticular interest in the upper-class society, especially the upper-class yo

16、ung people. 【】A. Eliot sB. Hemingway sC. Fitzgerald sD. Faulkner s20. Chinese poetry and philosophy have exerted great influence over . 【 】A. Ezra PoundB. Ralph Waldo EmersonC. Robert FrostD. Emily Dickinson21. In Hemingway s Indian Camp, Nick s night trip to the Indian village and his experience in

17、side the hut can be taken as .【】A. an essential lesson about Indian tribesB. a confrontation with sin and evilC. an initiation to the harshness of lifeD. a learning process in human relationship22. The Hemingway Code heroes are best remembered for their . 【 】A. indestructible spiritB. pessimistic vi

18、ew of lifeC. war experiencesD. masculinity23. Most of O Neill s plays are concerned about the following EXCEPT. 【 】A. success and failure in man s literary careerB. life and death, illusion and disillusion, dream and realityC. alienation and communication, self and society, desire and frustrationD.

19、the basic issues of human existence and predicament24. Traditional fiction featured an authoritative narrator in telling a story, while modern fiction tended to employ the first person narration or limit the reader to “ ”. 【 】A. one character s point of viewB. the central consciousnessC. more charac

20、ters points of viewD. both A and B25. Which one of the following statements is NOT true of William Faulkner? 【 】A. He is a master of stream-of-consciousness narrative.B. His writing is often complex and difficult to understand.C. He often depicts slum life in New York and Chicago.D. He represents a

21、new group of Southern writers.Part : Interpretation (20 points in all, 5 points for each)Read the following selections and then answer the questions.Passage 1With this excellent resolve for the future, Goodman Brown felt himself justified in making more haste on his present evil purpose. He had take

22、n a dreary road, darkened by all the gloomiest trees of the forest, which barely stood aside to let the narrow path creep through, and closed immediately behind. It was all as lonely as could be; and there is this peculiarity in such a solitude, that the traveler knows not who may be concealed by th

23、e innumerable trunks and the thick boughs overhead; so that with lonely footsteps, he may yet be passing through an unseen multitude. Questions:1. Identify the author and the title of the story from which this excerpt is taken.2. What s Brown s purpose to go to the woods?Passage 2The woods are lovel

24、y, dark and deep,But I have promises to keep, And miles to go before I sleep, And miles to go before I sleep.Questions:1. Who is the poet of this poem? Which poem is this stanza taken from?2. What does sleep suggest?Passage 3The Eyes around-had wrung them dry-And Breaths were gathering firmFor that last Onset-when the KingBe witnessed-in the RoomQuestio