英美文学选读自考真题

英美文学选读自考真题英美文学选读自考真题英美文学选读自考真题资料仅供参考文件编号：2022年4月英美文学选读自考真题版本号：A修改号：1页次：1.0审核：批准:发布日期：全国2010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．MultipleChoice(40pointsinall,1foreach)Selectfromthefourchoicesofeachitemtheonethatbestanswersthequestionorcompletesthestatement.WritethecorrespondingletterA,B,CorDontheanswersheet.1.T.S.Eliot’s______bearingastrongthematicresemblancetoTheWasteLand,isgenerallyregardedasthedarkestofEliot’spoems.A.“Gerontion” B.“Prufrock”C.MurderintheCathedral D.TheHollowMen2.Shelley’spoliticallyrics______isnotonlyawarcrycallinguponallworkingpeopletoriseupagainsttheirpoliticaloppressors,butanaddresstothempointingouttheintolerableinjusticeofeconomicexploitation.A.“OdetoLiberty” B.“OdetoNaples”C.“OdetotheWestWind” D.“MenofEngland”3.Charlotte’sworksarefamousforthedepictionofthelifeof______workingwomen,particularlygovernesses.A.themiddle-class B.thelower-classC.theupper-middle-class D.theupper-class4.AllofthefollowingworksareknownasHardy’s“novelsofcharacterandenvironment”EXCEPT______.A.TheReturnoftheNative B.TessoftheD’UrbervillesC.JudetheObscure D.FarfromtheMaddingCrowd5.JaneAusten’spracticalidealismisthatloveshouldbejustifiedby______anddisciplinedbyself-control.A.reason B.senseC.rationality D.sensibility6.Shakespeare’s______,anelaborateandfantasticstory,isknownasthebestofhisfinalromances.A.TheWinter’sTale B.TheTempestC.TheTamingoftheShrew D.Love’sLabour’sLost7.“Whereintelligencewasfallible,limited,theImaginationwasourhopeofcontactwitheternalforces,withthewholespiritualworld.”wassaidby______.A.WilliamWordsworth B.WilliamBlakeC.SamuelTaylorColeridge D.JohnKeats8.“Tobe,ornottobe-thatisthequestion;/Whether’tisnoblerinthemindtosuffer/Theslingsandarrowsofoutrageousfortune,/Ortotakearmsagainstaseaoftroubles,/Andbyopposingendthen”

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A.KingLear B.RomeoandJulietC.Othello D.Hamlet9.JohnMilton’smostpowerfuldramaticpoemontheGreekmodelis______.A.ParadiseLost B.ParadiseRegainedC.SamsonAgonistes D.Lycidas10.Becauseofhersensitivitytouniversalpattensofhumanbehavior,______hasbroughttheEnglishnovel,asanartofform,toitsmaturity.A.CharlotteBronte B.JaneAustenC.EmilyBronte D.HenryFielding11.DanielDefoe’s______isuniversallyconsideredashismasterpiece.A.ColonelJack B.RobinsonCrusoeC.CaptainSingleton D.AJournalofthePlagueYear12.Poetryisdefinedby______as“thespontaneousoverflowofpowerfulfeelings,whichoriginatesinemotionrecollectedintranquility”.A.WilliamWordsworth B.WilliamBlakeC.PercyByssheShelley D.RobertSouthey13.JonathanSwift’s______isgenerallyregardedasthebestmodelofsatire,notonlyoftheperiodbutalsointhewholeEnglishliteraryhistory.A.Gulliver’sTravels B.TheBattleoftheBooksC.“AModestProposal” D.ATaleofaTub14.AllofthefollowingstatementsabouttheVictorianperiodistrueEXCEPT______.A.Englandwasthe“workshopoftheworld”.B.Theearlyyearswasatimeofrapideconomicdevelopmentaswellasserioussocialproblems.C.Towardsthemid-century,Englandhadreacheditshighestpointofdevelopmentasaworldpower.D.Capitalismcameintoitsmonopolystage,thegapbetweentherichandthepoorwasfurtherdeepened.15.GeorgeBernardShaw’s______isagrotesquelyrealisticexposureofslumlandlordism.A.Widower’sHouse B.Mrs.Warren’sProfessionC.TheAppleCart D.GettingMarried16.Dickens’sfirstchildherois______.A.LittleNell B.DavidCopperfieldC.OliverTwist D.LittleDorrit17.Ofalltheeighteenth-centurynovelists______wasthefirsttosetout,bothintheoryandpractice,towritespecificallya“comicepicinprose”,thefirsttogivethemodernnovelitsstructureandstyle.A.HenryFielding B.DanielDefoeC.JonathanSwift D.LaurenceSterne18.D.H.Lawrence’s______isaremarkablenovelinwhichtheindividualconsciousnessissubtlyrevealedandstrandsofthemesareintricatelywoundup.A.SonsandLovers B.TheRainbowC.WomeninLove D.LadyChatterley’sLove19.DickensattackstheUtilitarianprinciplethatrulesovertheEnglisheducationsystemanddestroysyoungheartsandmindsin______.A.HandTimes B.GreatExpectationsC.OurMutualFriend D.BleakHouse20.Thebeliefoftheeighteenth-centuryneoclassicistsinEnglandledthemtoseekthefollowingEXCEPT______.A.proportion B.unityC.harmony D.spirit21.TheRenaissancemarksatransitionfrom______tothemodernworld.A.theoldEnglish B.themedievalC.thefeudalist D.thecapitalist22.ThegreatpoliticalandsocialeventsintheEnglishsocietyofneoclassicalperiodwerethefollowingEXCEPT______.A.theRestorationofKingCharlesIIin1660 B.theGreatPlagueof1665C.theGreatLondonFirein1666 D.theWarsofRosesin168923.WiththescarletletterAasthebiggestsymbolofall,______proveshimselftobeoneofthebestsymbolists.A.Hawthorne B.DreiserC.James D.Faulkner24.TheauthorofLeavesofGrass,agiantofAmericanletters,is______.A.Faulkner B.DreiserC.James D.Whitman25.InTenderistheNight,______tracesthedeclineofayoungAmericanpsychiatristwhosemarriagetoabeautifulandwealthypatientdrainshispersonalenergiesandcorrodeshisprofessionalcareer.A.Dreiser B.FaulknerC.Fitzgerald D.JackLondon26.Melvilleisbest-knownastheauthorofhismightybook,________,whichisoneoftheworld’sgreatestmasterpieces.A.SongofMyself B.Moby-DickC.TheMarbleFaun D.MossesfromanOldManse27.ThethemeofHenryJames’essay“______”clearlyindicatesthattheaimofthenovelistopresentlife,soitisnotsurprisingtofindinhiswritingshumanexperiencesexploredineverypossibleform.A.TheAmerican B.TheEuropeansC.TheArtofFiction D.TheGoldenBowl28.DuringWWI,______servedasanhonorablejuniorofficerintheAmericanRedCrossAmbulanceCorpsandin1918wasseverelywoundedinbothlegs.A.Anderson B.FaulknerC.Hemingway D.Dreiser29.InordertoprotestagainstAmerica’sfailuretojoinEnglandinWWI,______becameanaturalizedBritishcitizenin1915.A.WilliamFaulkner B.HenryJamesC.EarnestHemingway D.EzraPound30.RobertFrostdescribed______as“abookofpeople,”whichshowsabrilliantinsightintoNewEnglandcharacterandthebackgroundthatformedit.A.NorthofBoston B.ABoy’sWillC.AWitnessTree D.AFurtherRange31.WecaneasilyfindinDreiser’sfictionaworldofjungle,and______foundexpressioninalmosteverybookhewrote.A.naturalism B.romanticismC.transcendentalism D.cubism32.Asanactiveparticipantofhisage,Fitzgeraldisoftenacclaimedliteraryspokesmanofthe______.A.JazzAge B.AgeofReasonC.LostGeneration D.BeatGeneration33.FromthefirstnovelSisterCarrieon,DreisersethimselftoprojecttheAmericanvaluesforwhathehadfoundthemtobe:______tothecore.A.altruistic B.politicalC.religious D.materialistic34.The20th-centurystream-of-consciousnesstechniquewasfrequentlyandskillfullyusedby______toemphasizethereactionsandinnermusingsofthenarrator.A.Hemingway B.FrostC.Faulkner D.Whitman35.WiththehelpofhisfriendsPhilStoneandSherwoodAnderson,______publishedavolumeofpoetryTheMarbleFaunandhisfirstnovelSoldiers’Pay.A.Faulkner B.HemingwayC.EzraPound D.Fitzgerald36.TheSunAlsoRisescastslightonawholegenerationafterWWIandtheeffectsofthewarbywayofavividportraitof“______.”A.theBeatGeneration B.theLostGenerationC.theBabyboomingAge D.theJazzAge37.WithinherlittlelyricsDickinsonaddressesthoseissuesthatconcern______,whichincludereligion,death,immorality,loveandnature.A.thewholehumanbeings B.thefrontiersC.theAfricanAmericans D.herrelatives38.H.L.Mencken,afamousAmericancritic,considered______“thetruefatherofournationalliterature.”A.HamlinGarland B.JosephKirklandC.MarkTwain D.HenryJames39.Inhispoetry,Whitmanshowsconcernfor______andtheburgeoninglifeofcities.A.thecolonists B.thecapitalistsC.thewholehard-workingpeople D.theintellectuals40.In1837,______publishedTwice-ToldTales,acollectionofshortstorieswhichattractedcriticalattention.A.Emerson B.MelvilleC.Whitman D.HawthorneII.ReadingComprehension(16pointsinall,4foreach)ReadthequotedpartscarefullyandanswerthequestionsinEnglish.Writeyouranswersinthecorrespondingspaceontheanswersheet.41.Wherefore,BeesofEngland,forgeManyaweapon,chain,andscourge,ThatthesestinglessdronesmayspoilTheforcedproduceofyourtoil?Questions:A.Identifythepoetandthepoemfromwhichthelinesaretaken.B.Whatdoyouknowaboutthepoem’swritingbackground?C.Whatdoyouthinkthepoetintendstosayinthepoem?42.Letusgothen,youandI,WhentheeveningisspreadoutagainsttheskyLikeapatientetherizeduponatable;Letusgo,throughcertainhalf-desertedstreets,ThemutteringretreatsOfrestlessnightsinone-nightcheaphotelsAndsawdustrestaurantswithoyster-shells:(Thelinesabovearetakenfrom“TheLoveSongofJ.AlfredPrufrock”byT.SEliot.)Questions:A.Whatdoesthepoempresent?B.Whatformisthepoemcomposedin?C.Whatdoesthepoemsuggest?43.ThisismylettertotheWorldThatneverwrotetoMe-ThesimpleNewsthatNaturetold-WithtenderMajestyQuestions:A.Identifythepoet.B.Whatideadoesthepoemexpress?C.Whydoesthepoetusedashesandcapitallettersinthepoem?44.Therewasmusicfrommyneighbor’shousethroughthesummernights.Inhisbluegardensmenandgirlscameandwentlikemothsamongthewhisperingsandthechampagneandthestars.AthightideintheafternoonIwatchedhisguestsdivingfromthetowerofhisraft,ortakingthesunonthehotsandofhisbeachwhilehistwomotorboatsslitthewatersoftheSound,drawingaquaplanesovercataractsoffoam.Onweek-endshisRolls-Roycebecameanomnibus,bearingpartiestoandfromthecitybetweennineinthemorningandlongpastmidnight,whilehisstationwagonscamperedlikeabriskyellowbugtomeetalltrains.AndonMondayseightservants,includinganextragardener,toiledalldaywithmopsandscrubbing-brushesandhammersandgarden-shears,repairingtheravagesofthenightbefore.(Thepassage