全国2012年4月高等教育自学考试英美文学选读试题课程代码00604

1、全国 2021 年 4 月高等教育自学考试 英美文学选读试题 课程代码 : 00604 全部題目用英文作答，请将答案填在答题纸相应位置上PART ONE (40 POINTS)I ? Multiple Choice(40 points in all, 1 for each)Select from the four choices of each item the one that best answers the question or completes the statement. Write the corresponding letter A.B.C or D on the answe

2、r sheet1? Antonio 9 Bassanio and Portia are the characters in ?A. The Merchant of Venice B. Much Ado About NothingC. Twelfth NightD? A Midsummer Night" s Dream2. John Milton wrote to expose the ways of Satan and to u justify the ways of Godto men."A. Paradise RegainedB. Paradise LostC. Sam

3、son AgonistesD. Areopagitica3. The work written by Daniel Defoe brought him into jail and made him gothrough public pillory ?A. The Shortest Way with the Dissenters B. The True - bom EnglishmanC. Robinson CrusoeD. A Journal of the Plague Year4. In the first part of Gulliver 1 s Travels t Gulliver to

4、ld his experience in .A. BrobdingnagB. LilliputC. Flying IslandD. Houyhnhnmhas5? For his contribution to the establishment of the form of the modern novelbeen regarded by some as44Father of the English Novel.A. Daniel DefoeB. JSoehoniSwocen.eeC. Henry FieldingDhPioesieaCkieeehes6. William Blake f s

5、was composed diMyithe climax of the French Revolutionand it plays the double role both as a satire and a revolutionary prophecy.A. Songs of ExperienceC. Marriage of Heaven and HellA. William BlakeC. T. S. Eliot7.maintained that the scenes and events of everyday life and thespeech of ordinary people

6、were the raw material of which poetry could and should beA. TheBiblemaCe? AB. William WordsworthD. William Shakespeare8. Prometheus t the hero in Shelly * s poetic drama Prometheus Unbound. is a figure inA. The Mayor of CasterbridgeB. TessDe rsuasionC. Jude the ObscureBf tSense and SensibilityD.9. J

7、ane Austen * s first novel isA. Pride and Prejudice10. All of the following statements are true of Dickens* later works EXCEPTA. There are fewer jokes and the comedy becomes harsher?B? There is always a happy ending?C? The novels are of great compactness and concentration.D? Most of the works presen

8、t a criticism of the more complicated and yet most fundamentalC.Villette her exsocial institutions and morals of Victorian England ?is largely based on1L Charlotte Bronte f s most autobiographical work. perience in Brussels?A. Jane Eyre B. ShirleyD. The Professor12. All of the following novels by Th

9、omas Hardy reveal the conflict between the traditional and the modem EXCEPT ?13. Much of Shavian drama is constructed around (he of a convcfiliofial (iiealrical situation ?A. IradilionB? inversionC? borderingD? distortion14. As an important prose writer, in his famous essay, Tradition and Individual

10、 Talent tEliot put great emphasis on the importance of both in creative writing and incrilicis m.A. changeB? creativityC? ethicD? tradition15. D? H. I? awrence' s novel is a remarkable novel in which the individual con ?sciousness is subtly revealed and strands of themes are intricately wound up

11、.A. Sons and Lovers B. The RainbowC. Women in LoveD. Lady Chatterley s Lover16. All of the following plays are among Shakespeare * s four greated tragedies EXCEPTA. HamletB. MacbethC. Romio and JulietD. Othello17? The work shows how mankind y in the person of Christ, withstands thetempter and is est

12、ablished once more in the divine favor.A. Paradise RegainedB. Paradise LostC. Samson AgonistesD. Areopagitica18. As one of the greatest masters of English prose, defined a good style as “proper words in proper places? A. Henry FieldingB? Jonathan SwiftC. Daniel DefoeD. William Blake19. Dickens * bes

13、t depicted characters are those innocent f virtuous t persecuted and helplessA. child charactersB. females20. The author of the work The Reiurn of the Native is .A. I homas HardyB. D. H ? IxiwrenceC. Charles DickensD? George Bernard Shaw21 ? "The Love Song of J? Alfred Prufrock" , Eliot *

14、s most striking early achievement,presents the meditation of an aging young man over the business of ?A. proposing marriageB? pursuing the truthC? losing idealismD? making a choice22 ? D. H? Lawrence * s two novels f and Women in Love f are generally regardedas his masterpieces.A. Sons and LoversB.

15、The RainbowC? KangarooD? Lady Chatterley 9 s Lover23? Hemingway* s To Have and Have Not is one of many to show his characteristics pattern of struggling against nature and the environment.A? a military armyB? a vulnerable groupC. a human societyD. a lonely individual24? According to Hawthorne, there

16、 is evil in every human heart, which may remain latent t perhaps f through the whole life; but may rouse it to activity.A? musicB? circumstancesC? memoryD? love25? is best 一 known as the author of his mighty book, Moby - Dick f which isone of the world' s greatest masterpieces?A. Herman Melville

17、B. Mark Twain26. Walt Whitman is a poet with a strong sense of mission 9 having devoted all his life to the creation of the "single" poem, ?A. Innocents Abroad B? The Lost ParadiseC. Leaves of GrassD? The Waste LandAmericans, Henry James had apparently laid a greater emphasis on the* ofA.

18、outer worldB? inner worldC? physical worldD? domestic world28? Greatly and permanently affected by the . Hemingway formed his own writingstyle t together with his theme and heroA. war experiencesC? marriage29. Emily Dickinson 9 s poetry is unique and poems have no titles?A. traditionalB? love experi

19、encesD? education_ in its own way. For example f herB. unconventionalC? ordinaryD? unbelievable30. Theodore Dreiser entitled his greatest work with intending to tell us that it isthe social pressure that makes Clyde's downfall inevitable ?A. Death in the WoodsB. Tender Is the NightC? The Sound a

20、nd the FuryD? An American Tragedy31 ? Robert Lee Frost' s won him the first Pulitzer Prizes t which includes u Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening ? "A. North BostonB. uThe Gift Outright wC. New HampshireD. A Boy's Will32. Fitzgerald is a great i n American literature and his style is

21、closely related tohis themes?A. poetB. criticC? essayistD? stylist33? Il is Henry James* novels and his that make him a fascinating case in the American literary history and a conspicuous figure in world literature ?is primari34? The major concern of Faulkner'smind.A. The Sun Also Rises B? Ligh

22、： in AugustC. The Fable D. The Mansion35. Compelled by an unceasing interest in the * interior of the heart M of man * s being tHawthorne discusses in almost every book he wrote ?A? love and hatredB? sin and evilC? frustration and self - denialD? balance and self discipline36. The purpose of Melvill

23、e * s fictional tales t exotic or philosophical, is to penetrate asdeeply as possible into the metaphysical t theological t moral t psychological t and social truths ofA. human existenceB? politicsC? religionD? arts37. According to Whitman, poetry could enable Americans to celebrate tlieir release f

24、romthe Old World and the rule.A. academicB? ofHcinlC? colonialD? legislative38. Being a boy's book specially written for the adults t is Mark Twain 9 s mostrepresentative work, describing a journey down the Mississippi undertaken by Huck and Jim. A. Innocents Abroad B. The Gilded AgeC. Life on t

25、he MississippiD? Adventures of Huckleberry Finn39? One of Henry Jamesf literary techniques innovated to cater for the psychological phasis is his ?A? narrative 44 point of view"B? rhetorical devicesC? way of using metaphoreD? way of using symbols40. More than five hundred poems Emily Dickenson

26、wrote are about nature, in which her general about the relationship between man and nature is well - expressed ?B. beliefD? passionA. skepticismC? appreciationPART TWO (60 POINTS)II ? Reading Comprehension (16 points in all, 4 for each)Read the quoted parts carefully and answer the questions in Engl

27、ish. Write your answers in the corresponding space on the answer sheet.41. Into this fence or fortress t with infinite labour, I carry* d all my riches t all my provisions t ammunition 9 and storest of which you have the account above； and I made me a large tent, which, to preserve me from the rains

28、 that in one part of the year are very violent theret I made double, viz. one smaller tent within, and one larger tent above it. and covered the uppermost with a large tarpaulin which I had saved among the sails.Questions:A. Identify the author and the title of the novel from which this passage is t

29、aken ?B. Who is the narrator?C. What are the narratorf s characteristics and whom does he represent?42. MRS. WARREN. after looking at her helplessly 9 begins to whimper Vivie VIVIE. springing up sharply Now pray dont begin to cry ? Anything but that. I really cannot stand whimpering ? I will go out

30、of the room if you do.MRS. WARREN. piteously Oh, my darling 9 how can you be so hard on me? Have I no rights over you as your mother?VTVIE. Are you my mother?MRS. WARREN. appalled Am I your mother! Oh, Vivie!VIVIE. Hien where are our relatives? my father? our family friends? You claim the rights of

31、a mother ： the right to call me fool and child ； to speak to me as no woman in authority over me at college dare speak to me ； to dictate my way of life ； and to force on me the acquaintance of a bmte whom anyone can see to be the most vicious sort of Lon ? don man about town? Before I give myself t

32、he trouble to resist such claims f I may as well find out whether they have any real existence?Questions ：A? Identify the author and the title of the play from which the part is taken ?B. Summarize the theme of the play in one or two sentences ?C. What kind of person is the protagonist Vivie?43? I c

33、elebrate myself, and sing myself.And what I assume you shall assume 9For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you.Questions:A. Identify the poet and the title of the poem from which the stanza is taken.B. What does the word "you" refer to?C? What does the poet express in the stanza?44. We slovvlv (In)ve Hr knew no liaslr .And I had put awayMy labor and my leisure loo.For His Civility We passed the School, where Children stroveAt Recess in the Ring We passed the Fields of G