006041910全国高等教育自学考试 英美文学选读试题

201910课程代码：00604一、单项选择题MultipleChoice(40pointsinall,Iforeach)Selectfromthefourchoicesofeachitemtheonethatbestanswersthequestionorcompletesthestatement.Shakespeare'sHamletisbasedonalegendinnorthernEurope B.SouthAfricaC.EastAsia D.ancientGreeceRobinson,heroofRobinsonCrusoestrugglestolivefor yearsonalonelyislandfinallyreturnstoEngland.twenty B.twenty-twoC.twenty-four D.twenty-sixJohnMiltonwrotethreemajorpoeticalworks,andoneisMeasureforMeasure B.SamsonAgonistesC.PoeticalSketches D.AreopagiticaOfalltheeighteenth-centurynovelists, wasthefirsttogivethemodemnovelstructureandstyle.JonathanSwill B.CharlesDickensC.DanielDefoe D.HenryFieldingThe partofGullivesTravelsdealswithGulliver'svisittotheFlyingIslandwherethephilosophersandprojectorsstudyabsurdproblems.first B.secondC.third D.fourthShakespearetakesa(n) attitudetowardsloveandyouthinhisromanticcomedies.pessimistic B.optimisticC.realistic D.criticalJohnMiltononcehadanambitionto ,buthisdreamsweregonebecauseofEnglishRontheContinent B.becomeabusinessmanC.writeanepic D.teachinauniversityLiterarily wasthefirstimportantRomanticpoet.WilliamBlake B.ShakespeareC.JohnMilton D.JaneAustenThepoemsWilliamWordsworthaddedtothe1800editionofthe areamongtheofhisachievements.PoemsinTwoVolumes B.VenusandAdonisC.Lycidas D.LyricalBalladsPercyShelleyexpressedhislovefor andhishatredtowardtyrannyinOdetoNaples.peace B.truthC.freedom D.rightJaneAusten'sPrideandPrejudicedealswiththefiveBennetsistersandtheirsearchforsuitablejobs B.husbandsC.manners D.chancesChildcharactersdepictedbyCharlesDickensareinnocent,virtuous,persecutedandgrotesque B.horribleC.helpless D.comicalTheLintonfamilyandthe familyarethetwoonesdescribedinEmilyBrontëWutheringHeights.Eamshaw B.HindleyC.Heathcliff D.ReedCharlotteBrontë'sworksareallaboutlonelyandneglectedyoungwomenwhoarelongingfor ,understandingandahappylife.equality B.careerC.education D.loveTheconflictbetween becomesmoreintenseinThomasHardy'slasttwonovels,ofwhichisJudetheObscure.thepastandthepresent B.thetraditionalandtheadvancedC.theruralandtheurban D.theoldandthemodemTess,heroineofTessoftheD'Urbervilles,isabusedanddestroyedby .AlecandAngel B.HenchardandAlecC.ClareandAlec D.FarfraeandAngelItis whoexploredhisideaof"LifeForce"whichcreatesbeingstosolveproblemsinhistypicalplayBacktoMethuselah.BemardShaw B.CharlesDickensC.ThomasHardy D.T.S.EliotCharlesDickens'socialattitudesarecomplicatedandhetrieshisbesttoretaina(n)inhisearlyworks.criticism B.naturalismC.optimism D.symbolismBernardShaw'splayPygmalionisabout andart.politics B.cultureC.economy D.educationThepoem isT.S.Eliot'smoststrikingachievement.UndertheGreenwoodTree B.ShirleyC.TheCloud D.TheLoveSongofJ.AlfredPrufrockTheAmericannovelist isknownforhis"blackvision"whichreferstothatallmenarebynatureevil.WaltWhitman B.NathanielHawthorneC.D.H.Lawrence D.MarkTwainAsaprosewriter,T.S.Eliotputemphasisontheimportanceof inwritingandcriticism.logic B.ethicC.tradition D.creativityThenovel isregardedtobeamoreprofoundlyorderedonethananyotherwrittenbyD.H.Lawrence.A.WomeninLove B.SonsandLoversC.TheWhitePeacock D.TheTrespasserWaltWhitman'spoemCavalryCrossingaFordremindsitsreadersofapicture,oraphoto,ofasceneoftheFirstWorldWar B.SecondWorldWarC.AmericanCivilWar D.SpanishCivilWar"TheCustom-House"isanintroductorynotetoNathanielHawthorne'swork .TheScarletLetter B.TheHouseoftheSevenGablesC.TheMarbleFaun D.Moby-DickWaltWhitmanprefers verseforhisnewsubjectsandfeelingsintermsoftheformofhispoetry.strict B.rhymedC.blank D.freeD.H.Lawrence'sTheRainbowisaboutthe familyonafarm.Lensky B.BrangwenC.Crich D.BirkinIn1850, wenttoafarminMassachusetts,whereNathanielHawthornewashisneighborandtheybecamegoodfriends.WaltWhitman B.TheodoreDreiserC.HermanMelville D.RobertFrostAdventuresofHuckleberryFinndescribesajourneydowntheMississippiundertakenbyTomandHuck B.HuckandMarkC.HuckandSam D.JimandHuckHermanMelvilleusedMoby-Dick,thewhitewhale,tosymbolizenature B.strengthC.justice D.evilHenryJames'TheAmericantellsastoryaboutayoungAmericanconfrontingthecomplexityofthe life.Asian B.AfricanC.European D.AustralianAfter1862,affectedbya(n) ,EmilyDickinsonbecamearecluse,livingaEnglandvillagelifeonlywithherfamily.unhappyloveaffair B.seriousreligiouscrisisC.intensiveschoollife D.poorhealthconditionFromtheageof15,TheodoreDreiserworkedonhisown,longedtobecomeawriterandwenttowherehelearnedbyexperience.A.NewYorkB.BostonC.ChicagoD.MontrealTheAmericanwriter wasthefirsttoconceivehiscareerininternationalterms.NathanielHawthorne B.HenryJamesC.WaltWhitman D.MarkTwainInTheodoreDreiser'sTrilogyofDesire,hisfocusshiftedtothepoweroftheAmericaninthelate19thcentury.corruptofficials B.decadentartistsC.hypocriticalpoliticians D.financialtycoonsScottFitzgerald'sTenderistheNightisaboutthedeclineofayoungAmericansolider B.psychiatristC.artist D.housekeeperByusingsimplespokenlanguageandconversional ,RobertFrostachievedeffortlessgraceinhisstyle.methods B.rhythmsC.forms D.tones"Thedignityofmovementofanicebergisduetoonlyone-eighthofitbeingabovewater."This"iceberg"analogyistheprosestyleofHemingway B.ScottFitzgeraldC.TheodoreDreiser D.HenryJamesAsanovelofhistory,WilliamFaulkner'sAbsalom,Absalom.tisabouttheSouth,theCivilWar,andthefateofCompson B.ThomasSutpenC.Sartorise D.McCaslinOneofthefollowingworks isNOTwrittenbyHemingway.AsIlayDying B.TheoldandtheSeaC.MenwithoutWomen D.TheGreenHillofAfrica二、阅读理解题ReadingComprehension(16pointsinall,4foreach)ReadthequotedpartscarefullyandanswerthequestionsinEnglish.There'slittleTomDacrewhocriedwhenhisheadThatcurl'dlikealamb'sback,wasshav'd,soIsaid,"Hush,Tom!nevermindit,forwhenyourhead'sbare,Youknowthatthesootcannotspoilyourwhitehair."Question:Identifythepoet.Identifythetitleofthepoemandfromwhichvolumethisquotedpartistaken.Whatdoesthepoemindicate?Whenhewastwenty-threeyearsoldPaulsentinalandscapetothewinterexhibitionatNottinghamCastle.MissJordanhadtakenagooddealofinterestinhim,hadinvitedhimtoherhouse,wherehemetotherartists.Hewasbeginningtogrowambitious.Onemorningthepostmancamejustashewaswashinginthescullery.Suddenlyheheardawildnoisefromhismother.Rushingintothekitchen,hefoundherstandingonthehearthrugwildlywavingaletterandcrying"Hurrah!"asifshehadgonemad.Hewasshockedandfrightened.Question:Identifytheauthorandthetitleofthenovelfromwhichthequotedpartistaken.Who'sPaul'smother?Whatconflictispresentedinthisnovel?Ididn'thavenone,soheleft.Iwenttotheraft,andsetdowninthewigwagtothink.ButIcouldn'tcometonothing.IthoughttillIworemyheadsore,butIcouldn'tseenowayoutofthetrouble.Afterallthislongjourney,andafterallwe'ddoneforthemscoundrels,herewasitallcometonothing,everythingallbustedupandruined,becausetheycouldhavethehearttoserveJimsuchatrickasthat,andmakehimaslaveagainallhislife,andamongststrangers,too,forfortydirtydollars.Question:Identifytheauthorandthetitleofthenovelfromwhichthequotedpartistaken.Who'sthenarrator?Whatdoweseethroughtheeyesofthenarrator?WhosewoodstheseareIthinkIHishouseisinthevillagethough;HewillnotseemestoppinghereTowatchhiswoodsfill