2009年4月试卷和答案

1、全国 2009年 4月高等教育自学考试英美文学选读试题课程代码：00604请将答案填在答题纸相应的位置上(全部题目用英文作答)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 and write the corresponding letter on the answer sheet.( B )1. In Renaissance, th

2、e European humanist thinkers and scholars made attempts to do the following EXCEPT .A. getting rid of those old feudalist ideasB. getting control of the parliament and governmentC. introducing new ideas that expressed the interests of the rising bourgeoisieD. recovering the purity of the early churc

3、h, from the corruption of the RomanCatholic Church( B )2. The Petrarchan sonnet was first introduced into England by .A. SurreyB. WyattC. SidneyD. Shakespeare( A )3. As the best of Shakespeare's final romances,is a typical exampleof his pessimistic view towards human life and society in his late

4、 years.A. The TempestB. The Winter' s TaleC. CymbelineD. The Rape of Lucrece( B )4. John Milton's greatest poetical work is the only generallyacknowledged epic in English literarure sinceBeowulf.A. AreopagiticaB. Paradise LostC. LycidasD. Samson Agonistes( A )5. The British bourgeois or midd

5、le class believed in the following notionsEXCEPT .A. self - esteemB. self - relianceC. self - restraintD. hard work( D )6.“ Graveyard Schoolwriters are the following sentimentalistsEXCEPTA. James ThomsonB. William CollinsC. William CowperD. Thomas Jackson( A )7. The best model of satire in the whole

6、 English literary history is Jonathan Swift's .A. A Modest ProposalB. A Tale of a TubC. Gulliver ' s TravelsD. The Battle of the Books( C )8. As a representative of the Enlightenment,was one of the first tointroduce rationalism to England.A. John BunyanB. Daniel DefoeC. Alexander PopeD. Jona

7、than Swift( B )9. For his contribution to the establishment of the form of the modern novel,has been regarded by some as “ Father of the English Novel ” .A. Daniel DefoeB. Henry FieldingC. Jonathan SwiftD. Samuel Richardson( A )10. Which of the following descriptions of Gothic Novels isNOT correct?A

8、. It predominated in the early eighteenth century.B. It was one phase of the Romantic movement.C. Its principal elements are violence, horror and the supernatural.D. Works like The Mysteries of Udolpho and Frankenstein are typical Gothic romance.E. B )11.“ Byronic hero ” is a figure of the following

9、 traitsEXCEPT .A.being proudB. being of humble originC.being rebelliousD. being mysteriousF. A )12. Robert Browning created by adopting the novelistic presentationof characters.A. the verse novelB. the blank verseC. the heroic coupletD. the dramatic poetry( B )13. Charles Dickens' novel is famou

10、s for its vivid descriptions ofthe workhouse and life of the underworld in the nineteenth- century London.A. The Pickwick PaperB. Oliver TwistC. David CopperfieldD. Nicholas Nickleby( B )14. Charlotte Bronte's works are all about the struggle of an individual consciousness towards , about some l

11、onely and neglected young womenwitha fierce longing for love, understanding and a full, happy life.A. self - relianceB. self - realizationC. self - esteemD. self - consciousness( B )15. The symbolic meaning of “ Book” in Robert Browning's long poem The Ringand the Book is B. the hard truthD. the

12、 dead truthA. the common senseC. the comprehensive knowledge( B )16. Thomas Hardy's pessimistic view of life predominated most of his later works and earns him a reputation as a writer.A. realisticB. naturalisticC. romanticD. stylistic( D )17. After the First World War, there appeared the follow

13、ing literary trends of modernism EXCEPT .A. expressionismB. surrealismC. stream of consciousnessD. black humour( A )18. The masterpieces of critical realism in the early 20th century are the three trilogies of .A. Galsworthy's Forsyte novelsB. Hardy' s Wessex novelsC. Greene's Catholic n

14、ovelsD. Woolf's stream-of-consciousness novels( C )19. In the mid - 1950s and early 1960s, there appeared“ ” whodemonstrated a particular disillusion over the depressing situation in Britain and launched a bitter protest. against the outmoded social and political values in their society.A. The B

15、eat GenerationB. The Lost GenerationC. The Angry Young MenD. Black Mountain Poets00604# 英美文学选读试卷第 5 页 共 10 页( D )20.The following are English stream-of-consciousness novels EXCEPTA. PilgrimageB. UlyssesC.Mrs.DallowayD. A Passage to Inida( A )21. The leader of the Irish National Theater Movement in t

16、he early 20th centurywasA. W.B.YeatsC. J.M.SyngeB. Lady GregoryD. John Galworthy( A )22. T.S.Eliot's most popular verse A. Murder in the CathedralC. The Family Reunion( C )23. The American writer anti-racist Intruder in the Dust in 1950.A. Ernest HemingwayC. William Faulknerplay is .8. The Cockt

17、ail PartyD. The Waste Land was awarded the Nobel PrizeB. Gertrude SteinD.T.S. Eliotfor thenurse.American-centurynovel,( B )24. Hemingway's second big success is , which wrote the epitaph toa decade and to the whole generation in the 1920s, in order to tell us a story about the tragic love affair

18、 of a wounded American soldier with a BritishA. For Whom the Bell TollsB. A Farewell to ArmsC. The Sun Also RisesD. The Old Man and the SeaD. A )25. With the publication of , Dreiser was launching himself upon along career that would ultimately make him one of the most significant writers of the sch

19、ool later known as literary naturalism.A. Sister CarrieB. The TitanC. The GeniusD. The Stoic( B )26. Henry James is generally regarded as the forerunner of the 20th “ stream -of-consciousness ” novels and the founder of .A. neoclassicismB. psychological realismC. psychoanalytical criticismD. surreal

20、ism( C )27. In 1849, Herman Melville published ,a semi-autobiographicalcon- cerning the sufferings of a genteel youth among brutal sailors.A. OmooB. MardiC. RedburnD. Typee( A )28. As a sequel to The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, marks the climax of MarkTwain's literary activity.A. The Adventures of

21、 Huckleberry Finn B. Life on the MississippiC. The Gilded AgeD. Roughing It( A )29. Realism was a reaction against or a move away from the bias towardsromance and self- creating fictions, and paved the way to Modernism.A. RomanticismB. RationalismC. Post-modernismD. Cynicism( A )30. When World War I

22、I broke out, began working for the Italiangovernment, engaged in some radio broadcasts of anti- Semitism and pro- Fascism.A. Ezra PoundB.T.S. EliotC. Henry JamesD. Robert Frost( A )31. In 1915 became a naturalized British citizen, largely in protestagainst America's failure to join England in th

23、e First World War.A. Henry JamesB.T.S.EliotC. W.D.HowellsD. Ezra Pound( D )32. What Whitman prefers for his new subject and new poetic feelings is“ , ”that is, poetry without a fixed beat or regular rhyme scheme.A. blank verseB. free rhythmC. balanced structureD. free verse( C )33. The American woma

24、n poet wanted to live simply as a completeindependent being, and so she did, as a spinster.A. Emily ShawB. Anna DickinsonC. Emily DickinsonD. Anne Bret( C )34. The Birthmark drives home symbolically point that evil is a man'sbirthmark, something he was born with.A. Whitman'sB. Melville's

25、C. Hawthorne'sD. Emerson's( B )35. The Financier , The Titan and The Stoic written by are called his“ Trilogy of Desire ” .A. Henry JamesB. Theodore DreiserC. Mark TwainD. Herman Melville( D )36. Disregarding grammar and punctuation,always used“ i ” insteadof “ I ” in his poems to show his p

26、rotest against self-importance.A. Wallace StevensB. Ezra PoundC. Robert FrostD. E.E.Cummings( C )37. Though Robert Frost is generally considered a regional poet whose subject matters mainly focus on the landscape and people in , he wrote many poemsthat investigate the basic themes of man's life

27、in his long poetic career.A. the westB. the southC. New EnglandD. Alaska( C )38. Most critics have agreed that Fitzgerald is both an insider and anoutsider of with a double vision.A. the Gilded AgeB. the Rational AgeC. the Jazz AgeD. the Magic Age( D )39. In the American Romantic writings,came to fu

28、nction almost as adramatic character that symbolized moral law.A. fireB. waterC. treesD. wilderness( B )40. The desire for an escape from society and a return to became apermanentconvention of the American literature.A. the family lifeB. natureC. the ancient timeD. fantasy of loveII. Reading Compreh

29、ension (16 points in all, 4 for each)Read the quoted parts carefully and answer the questions in English. Write your answersin the corresponding space on the answer sheet.41. Wherefore feed and clothe and saveFrom the cradle to the graveThose ungrateful drones who wouldDrain your sweat- nay, drink y

30、our blood?Questions:A. Identify the poet and the title of the poem from which the stanza is taken.B. What figure of speech is used in Line 2?C. Whom does “drones" refer to?答案* A* From Percy Shelley* s "Men of England* . （1 分）D. Metonymy.（I分）E. Here * drone refers to the parasitic class in

31、human society,12 分）42. The following quotation is from one of the poems by T. S. Eliot:No! I am not Prince Hamlet, nor was meant to be;Am an attendant lord, one that will doTo swell a progress, start a scene or twoAdvise the prince; no doubt, an easy tool,Deferential, glad to be of use,Politic, caut

32、ious, and meticulous,Full of high sentence, but a bit obtuse;Questions:A. Identify the title of the poem from which the quoted part is taken.B. Who's the speaker of the quoted lines?C. What does the first line show about the speaker?答案: A、"The Love Sang of J. Alfred Prufrockw . 11分）D. X Alf

33、red Prufrock, Cl分）E. Prufrock is conscious of the fact that he is like Hamlet in some respects. But heis sensible enough that he cannot be compared with HamleL （2分）43. There was a child went forth every day,And the first object he look'd upon, that object he became,And that object became part of

34、 him for the day or a certain part of the day,Or for many years or stretching cycles of years.Questions:A. Identify the poet.B.From which poem and which collection of the poet are these lines taken?C.What does the poet describe in the poem?答案:A. Walt Whitman. U分）B. There Was a Child Went Forth” from

35、 Leaves of Grass.11分）C. The poem describes the growth of a child who learned about the world around him and improved himself accordingly. In the poem, ffhitman" s own early experience may well be identifiod with the childhood of a young, growing America. 12分）44. I heard a Fly buzz- when I died-

36、The Stillness in the RoomWas like the Stillness in the AirBetween the Heaves of Storm-The Eyes around- had wrung them dry-And Breaths were gathering firmFor that last Onset- when the KingBe witnessed - in the RoomQuestions:A. Identify the poet.B. What does"the King " refer to?C. What momen

37、t is the poem trying to describe?答案：A. Emily Dickinson.（1 分）B, The God of death.（1分）C, The poem is trying to describe the moment of death. （2分） 以上各题的语言错误酌情扣分。III. Questions and Answers （24 points in all, 6 for each）Give brief answers to each of the following questions in English. Write your answers

38、in the corresponding space on the answer sheet.45. List at least two leading neoclassicists in England. What did Neoclassicists00604#英美文学选读试卷 第9页共10页celebrate in literary creation?答案：A. Alexander Pope, John Dryden, Samuel Johnson（任选2位作家）. （2分）B. They be1ieved that the artistic ideals should be order

39、, logic, restrained emotion and accuracy and that literature should be judged in terms of its service to humanity-（2分）They seek proportion, unity, harmony and grace in literaryexpressions, in an effort to delight, instruct and correct human beings. Thus a polite, elegant,第itty, and intellectual art

40、developed. （2分）46. Jane Eyre is one of the most popular and important novels of the Victorian Age.Why is Jane Eyre such a successful novel?答案士 A. It is noted for its sharp criticism of the existing society4 （2分）8, It is an intense moral fable- （2分）C. The success of the novel is also due to its intro

41、duction to the English novel the first governess heroine, （2分）47. Who are the three dominant figures of the American Age of Realism and what are the differences in their understanding of the“truth " ?答案t A. Villiam Dean Howells, Mark Twain, Henry James.（3分）B. Mark Twain and Howells seemed to ha

42、ve paid more attent ion to the "life” of theAmericans- Horells focused his discussion on the rising middle class and the way they lived;Mark Twain preferred to have his own region and people at the forefront of his stories; Henry James had apparently laid a greater emphasis an the "inner w

43、orld" of man. （3分）48. What's Dreiser' s naturalistic belief? Please discuss the question with Carrie, a character in Sister Carrie as an example.答案；A+ Dreiser believes that while men are controlled and conditioned by heTedity, instinct and chance, a few extraordinary and unsophisticated

44、 human beings refuse to accept their fate wordlessly and instead strive, unsuccessfully, to find meaning and purpose for their existencei （3分）B. Carrie, as one of suchT senses that she is merely a cipher in an uncaring world yet seeks to grasp the mysteries of life and thereby satisfies her desires

45、for social status and material comfort, but in spite of her successt she is lonely and dissatisfied. 13 分） 以上各题的语言错误酌情扣分“IV. Topic Discussion（20 points in all, 10 for each）Write no less than 150 words on each of the following topics in English in the corresponding space on the answer sheet.49. Brief

46、ly discuss William Shakespeare's artistic achievements in characterization, plot construction and language.答案* A. Shake spear eJ s major characters are neither merely individual ones nor type ones;they represent certain types; they are individuals representing certain types. By employing a psychoanalytical appToacht Shakespeare succeeds in exploring the characters7 inner world, Shakespeare also portrays his characters in pairs.Contrasts are frequently used to bring vividness to