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全国2018年4月高等教育自学考试英美文学选读试题课程代码：00604所有题目用英文作答，并将答案写在答题纸相应地址上，不然不计分PARTONE(40POINTS)I.MultipleChoice(40pointsinall,1foreach)Selectfromthefourchoicesofeachitemtheonethatbestanswersthequestionorcompletesthestatement.Writeyourchoiceontheanswersheet.1.ThemostsignificantideaoftheRenaissanceis（）.A.humanismB.realismC.naturalismD.skepticism2.Shakespeare’stragediesincludeallthefollowingexcept（）.HamletandKingLearAntonyandCleopatraandMacbethJuliusCaesarandOthelloTheMerchantofVeniceandAMidsummerNightsDream’3.Thestatement“Studiesservefordelight,forornament,andforability”opensoneofwell-knownessaysby（）.A.FrancisBaconB.SamuelJohnsonC.AlexanderPopeD.JonathanSwift4.InHardy’sWessexnovels,thereisanapparent（）touchinhisdescriptionofthesimplethoughprimitiverurallife.A.nostalgicB.humorousC.romanticD.ironic5.Backbite,Sneerwell,andLadyTeazlearecharactersintheplayTheSchoolforScandalby（）.A.ChristopherMarloweB.BenJonsonC.RichardBrinsleySheridanD.GeorgeBernardShaw6.Ofallthe18thcenturynovelistsHenryFieldingwasthefirsttosetout,bothintheoryandpractice,towritespecificallya“（）inprose,”thefirsttogivethemodernnovelitsstructureandstyle.A.tragicepicB.comicepicC.romanceD.lyricepic7.Inhispoem“Tyger,Tyger,”WilliamBlakeexpresseshisperceptionofthe“fearfulsymmetry”ofthebigcat.Thephrase“fearfulsymmetry”suggests（）.A.thetiger’stwoeyeswhicharedazzlinglybrightandsymmetricallysetB.thepoet’sfearofthepredator1C.theanalogyofthehammerandtheanvilD.theharmonyofthetwooppositeaspectsofGod’screation8.“Whatishisname?”“Bingley.”“Ishemarriedorsingle?”“Oh!Single,mydear,tobesure!Asinglemanoflargefortune;fourorfivethousandayear.Whatafinethingforourgirls!”Theabovedialoguemustbetakenfrom（）.A.JaneAustenPride’sandPrejudiceB.EmilyBronteWuthering’sHeightsC.JohnGalsworthyThe’ForsyteSagaD.GeorgeEliotMiddlemarch’s9.Theshortstory“Araby”isoneofthestoriesinJamesJoyce（’scollection）.A.APortraitoftheArtistasaYoungManB.UlyssesC.FinnegansWakeD.Dubliners10.WilliamWordsworth,aromanticpoet,advocatedallthefollowingexcept（）.A.theusingofeverydaylanguagespokenbythecommonpeopleB.theexpressionofthespontaneousoverflowofpowerfulfeelingsC.thehumbleandrusticlifeassubjectmatterD.elegantwordingandinflatedfiguresofspeech11.HerearetwolinestakenfromTheMerchantofVenice:“Notonthysole,butonthysoul,harshJew/Thoumak’stthyknifekeen”.Whatkindoffigurativedeviceisusedintheabovelines?（）A.Simile.B.Metonymy.C.Pun.D.Synecdoche.12.“IfWintercomes,canSpringbefarbehind?”isanepigrammaticlineby（）.A.J.KeatsB.W.BlakeC.W.WordsworthD.P.B.Shelley13.Thepoemssuchas“TheChimneySweeper”arefoundinbothSongsofInnocenceandSongsofExperienceby（）.A.WilliamWordsworthB.WilliamBlakeC.JohnKeatsD.LordGordonByron14.JohnBunyan’Pilgrimss’Progressisoftenregardedasatypicalexampleof（）.A.allegoryB.romanceC.epicinproseD.fable15.AlexanderPopestronglyadvocatedneoclassicism,emphasizingthatliteraryworksshouldbejudgedby（）rulesoforder,reason,logic,restrainedemotion,goodtasteanddecorum.A.classicalB.romanticC.sentimentalD.allegorical16.Inhisessay“OfStudies,”Baconsaid:“Somebooksaretobetasted,otherstobeswallowed,2andsomefewtobechewedand（）.”A.skimmedB.perfectedC.imitatedD.digested17.“ForIhaveknownthemallalready,knownthemall—/Haveknowntheevenings,mornings,afternoons,/Ihavemeasuredoutmylifewithcoffeespoons.”Theabovelinesaretakenfrom（）.A.Wordsworth’“sTheSolitaryReaper”B.Eliot“’sTheLoveSongofJ.AlfredPrufrock”C.Coleridge“’sKublaKhan”D.Yeats“’sTheLakeIsleofInnisfree”18.(The)（）wasaprogressiveintellectualmovementthroughoutWesternEuropeinthe18thcentury.A.RomanticismB.HumanismC.EnlightenmentD.Sentimentalism19.AtypicalForsyte,accordingtoJohnGalsworthy,isamanwithastrongsenseof（）,whoneverpaysanyattentiontohumanfeelings.A.moralityB.justiceC.propertyD.humor20.ThetypicalfeatureofRobertBrowning’s（poetryisthe）.A.bittersatireB.larger-than-lifecaricatureC.LatinizeddictionD.dramaticmonologue21.GeorgeBernardShaw’splay,Mrs.Warrens’Professionisagrotesquelyrealisticexposureofthe（）.A.slumlandlordismB.politicalcorruptioninEnglandC.economicoppressionofwomenD.religiouscorruptioninEngland22.ThestorystartingwiththemarriageofPaul’sparentsWalterMorelandMrs.Morelmustbe（）.A.ThomasHardy’TessoftheD’UrbervillesB.D.H.LawrenceSons’sandLoversC.GeorgeEliotMiddlemarch’sD.CharlotteBronteJane’Eyres23.InAmericanliteraturethefirstimportantwriterwhoearnedaninternationalfameonbothsidesoftheAtlanticOceanis（）.A.WashingtonIrvingB.RalphWaldoEmersonC.NathanielHawthorneD.WaltWhitman24.TheAmericannovelistNathanielHawthorneisknownforhis“blackvision.”Theterm“blackvision”refersto（）.A.Hawthorne’sobservationthateverymanfacesablackwallB.Hawthorne’sbeliefthatallmenarebynatureevilC.thatHawthorneemployedadreamvisiontotellhisstory3D.thatPuritansofHawthorne’stimeusuallyworeblackclothes25.TheodoreDreiserwasoncecriticizedforhis（）instyle,butasatrueartisthisstrengthjustliesinthathisstyleisveryseriousandwellcalculatedtoachievethethematicendshesought.A.crudenessB.eleganceC.concisenessD.subtlety26.“Heisthelastoftheromanticheroes,whoseenergyandsenseofcommitmenttakehiminsearchofhispersonalGrail;hisfailuremagnifiestoagreatextenttheendoftheAmericanDream.”Thecharacterreferredtointhepassageismostlikelytheprotagonistof（）.A.FitzgeraldThe’GreatsGatsbyB.DreiserAn’AmericansTragedyC.Hemingway’ForsWhomtheBellTollsD.Twain’ThesAdventuresofHuckleberryFinn27.AlmostallFaulkner’sheroesturnedouttobetragicbecause（）.A.allenjoyedlivinginthedecliningAmericanSouthB.noneofthemwasconditionedbythecivilizationandsocialinstitutionsC.mostofthemwereprisonersofthepastD.noneweresuccessfulintheirattempttoexplaintheinexplicable28.Yank,theprotagonistofEugeneO’NeillTheHairy’splayApe,talkedtothegorillaandsetitfreebecause（）.A.hewasmad,mistakingabeastforahumanB.hewastoldbythewhiteyoungladythathewaslikeabeastandhewantedtoseehowcloselyheresembledthegorillaC.hewascagedwiththegorillaafterheinsultedanaristocraticstrollerD.hecouldfeelthekinshiponlywiththebeast29.In（）,RobertFrostcompareslifetoajourney,andheisdoubtfulwhetherhewillregrethischoiceornotwhenheisold,becausethechoicehasmadeallthedifference.“AfterApple-Picking”“TheRoadNotTaken”“StoppingbyWoodsonaSnowyEvening”“FireandIce”30.ThoughWaltWhitmanandEmilyDickinsonwereromanticpoetsinthemeandtechnique,theydifferfromeachotherinavarietyofways.Foronething,whereasWhitmanlikestokeephiseyeonhumansocietyatlarge,Dickinsonoftenaddressessuchissuesas（）,immortality,religion,loveandnature.A.progressB.freedomC.beautyD.death31.TheRomanticWriterswouldfocusonallthefollowingissuesEXCEPTthe（）intheAmericanliteraryhistory.A.individualfeelingB.survivalofthefittestC.strongimaginationD.returntonature32.Generallyspeaking,allthosewriterswithanaturalisticapproachtohumanrealitytendtobe4（）.A.transcendentalistsB.optimistsC.pessimistsD.idealists33.WithHowells,James,andMarkTwainactiveontheliteraryscene,（）becamethemajortrendinAmericanliteratureintheseventiesandeightiesofthe19thcentury.A.SentimentalismB.RomanticismC.RealismD.Naturalism34.AmericanwritersafterWorldWarIself-consciouslyacknowledgedthattheywere(a)“（）,”devoidoffaithandalienatedfromtheWesterncivilization.A.LostGenerationB.BeatGenerationC.SonsofLibertyD.AngryYoungMen35.In（）,WashingtonIrvingagreeswiththeprotagonistonhispreferenceofthepasttothepresent,andofadream-likeworldtotherealworld.A.“YoungGoodmanBrown”B.“RipVanWinkle”C.“Rappaccini’sDaughter”D.“Bartleby,theScrivener”36.HesterPrynne,Dimmesdale,ChillingworthandPearlaremostlikelycharactersin（）.A.TheHouseoftheSevenGablesB.TheScarletLetterC.ThePortraitofaLadyD.ThePioneers37.LikeNathanielHawthorne,（）alsomanagestoachievetheeffectofambiguitythroughsymbolismandallegoryinhisnarratives.A.MarkTwainB.HenryJamesC.R.W.EmersonD.HermanMelville38.Inhisrealisticfiction,HenryJames’sprimaryconcernthe（istopresent）.A.innerlifeofhumanbeingsB.AmericanCivilWaranditseffectsC.lifeontheMississippiRiverD.Calvinisticviewoforiginalsin39.WhichofthefollowingisNOTatypicalfeatureofMarkTwain（’swriting）style?A.Simplevernacular.B.Localcolor.C.Lengthypsychologicalanalyses.D.Richnessofironyandhumor.40.WhichofthefollowingstatementsaboutE.Grierson,theprotagonistinFaulkner“A’sstoryRoseforEmily,”isNOTtrue?（）A.Shehasadistortedpersonality.B.Sheisphysicallydeformedandparalyzed.C.SheisthesymboloftheoldvaluesoftheSouth.D.Sheisthevictimofthepastglory.PARTTWO(60POINTS).ReadingComprehension(16points,4foreach)ReadthequotedpartscarefullyandanswerthequestionsinEnglish.Writeyouranswerinthecorrespondingspaceontheanswersheet.41.“Wordsarelikeleaves;andwheretheymostabound,Muchfruitofsensebeneathisrarelyfound”Questions:5Identifythepoemandthepoet.Whatideadothetwolinesexpress?42.“Tobesodistinguished,isanhonor,which,beingverylittleaccustomedtofavorsfromthegreat,Iknownotwellhowtoreceive,orinwhattermstoacknowledge.”Questions:Identifytheworkandtheauthor.Whatisthetoneofauthor?43.“‘Faith!Faith!’criedthehusband.‘LookuptoHeaven,andresisttheWickedOne.’”Questions:Identifytheworkandtheauthor.Whatideadoesthequotedsentenceexpress?44.“WepassedtheSchool,whereChildrenstroveAtRecess—intheRing—WepassedtheFieldsofGazingGrain—WepassedtheSettingSun—”Questions:Identifythepoemandthepoet.Whatdo“theSchool,”“theFields”and“theSettingSun”standforrespectively?.QuestionsandAnswers(24pointsinall,6foreach)GivebriefanswerstoeachofthefollowingquestionsinEnglish.Writeyouranswersinthecorrespondingspaceontheanswersheet.45.Asarule,andallegoryisastoryinverseorprosewithadoublemeaning:asurfacemeaning,andanimpliedmeaning.Listtwoworksasexamplesofallegory.Whatistheimpliedmeaninganallegoryisusuallyconcernedwith?46.“Le