2008年四川大学英语专业(英美文学)真题试卷及答案

2008年四川大学英语专业(英美文学)真题试卷及答案2008年四川大学英语专业（英美文学）真题试卷及答案一、单项选择题1WhichofthefollowingisNOTdirectlyrelatedtotheliteratureofVictorianAgeinEngland?（A）Thegrowthofurbanpopulationresultedintheappearanceofanewreadingpublic.（B）Manylibrariesweresetupsothatbookswerenowavailabletoreaderswhocouldnotaffordtobuythem.（C）Theplotofnovelsisunfoldedagainstasocialbackgroundwhichisbroaderthanwhatithadbeeninpreviousnovels.（D）Mostofthenovelswerenotfirstpublishedinserialform,thatis,byinstallment,beforetheywerefullypublishedinasinglebook.2Romancewasatypeofliteraturethatwasverypopularinthe______.（A）Renaissanceperiod（B）seventeenthcentury（C）MiddleAges（D）eighteenthcentury3JonathanSwiftwroteallthefollowingworksEXCEPT______.（A）TheBattleofBooks（B）ThePilgrim'sProgress（C）Gulliver'sTravels（D）ATaleoftheTub2008年四川大学英语专业(英美文学)真题试卷及答案全文共7页，当前为第1页。2008年四川大学英语专业(英美文学)真题试卷及答案全文共7页，当前为第1页。4Thefollowingstatementsaboutneo-classicismarealltrueEXCEPT______.（A）Elegance,correctness,appropriatenessandrestraintwerepreferred（B）Itresultsintheriseofnovelsasadominantliterarygenre（C）Itisunsympathetictowardsthe"rude"mastersofoldliterature—towardsChaucer,Spenser,andevenShakespeare（D）Itisalmostexclusivelya"town"poetry,cateringtotheinterestsofthesocietyingreatcities.5WhichofthefollowingisNOTatypicalfeatureofRomanticisminEngland?（A）Spontaneityinexpressingfeelings.（B）Emphasisonreason.（C）Worshipofnature.（D）Simplicityinlanguage.6WhichONEofthefollowingistheauthorofTheLeather-StockingTales?（A）HenryDavidThoreau（B）WashingtonIrving（C）EdgarAllanPoe（D）JamesFennimoreCooper7WhichONEofthefollowingistheauthorofthepoemSongofMyself?（A）WaltWhitman（B）StephenCrane（C）EdgarAllanPoe2008年四川大学英语专业(英美文学)真题试卷及答案全文共7页，当前为第2页。2008年四川大学英语专业(英美文学)真题试卷及答案全文共7页，当前为第2页。（D）HenryWadsworthLongfellow8WhichoneofthefollowingstatementsisapplicabletotheunderstandingofTranscendentalism?（A）ItisstronglyinfluencedbysocialDarwinism.（B）Beliefinindividualism,independenceofmind,andself-reliance.（C）Manhasnofree-will.（D）Itholdsthatdeterminismgovernseverything.9Markthenovelistwhosemajorworksarecharacterizedbytheelementsofthe"grotesque"?（A）PhilipFreneau（B）EdgarAllanPoe（C）WashingtonIrving（D）EmilyDickson10AllthefollowingconceptscanbefoundinAmericannaturalisticfictionEXCEPT______.（A）determinism（B）survivalofthefittest（C）effectsofhereditaryandenvironmentalforces（D）searchforidentity二、名词解释11OscarWilde2008年四川大学英语专业(英美文学)真题试卷及答案全文共7页，当前为第3页。12AModestProposal2008年四川大学英语专业(英美文学)真题试卷及答案全文共7页，当前为第3页。13JamesJoyce14Transcendentalism15TheOctopus三、问答题16AnswerthefollowingquestionsINABOUT150WORDSeach:(20points)MakeacommentonEmilyBronte'snovelWutheringHeights.17MakeacommentonHermanMelville'snovelMoby-Dick.一、单项选择题1【正确答案】D【试题解析】Mostofthenovelswerefirstpublishedinserialform，thatis，byinstallment，beforetheywerefullypublishedinasinglebook．(参见罗经国编的《新编英国文学选读下》第118页。)2【正确答案】C【试题解析】Romance是富有浪漫色彩的恋爱故事或冒险故事，是中世纪在欧洲非常流行的一种文学体裁，著名作品如《亚瑟王之死》、《特里斯坦和伊瑟》等。3【正确答案】B【试题解析】ThePilgrim’sProgress《天路历程》是JohnBunyan(班扬)的作品。4【正确答案】B【试题解析】新古典主义的主要文体是诗歌，代表人物是亚历山大·蒲伯和约翰·德莱顿。5【正确答案】B2008年四川大学英语专业(英美文学)真题试卷及答案全文共7页，当前为第4页。【试题解析】18世纪的启蒙思想家们强调理性，而浪漫主义恰恰表达了对理性的一种反抗，所以选项B是错误的。著名浪漫主义诗人华兹华斯曾经说过：“诗歌是强烈感情的自然流露”；浪漫主义诗人们歌颂自然，崇尚自然，抛弃华丽的藻饰，用最简洁的语言表达最优美的思想。2008年四川大学英语专业(英美文学)真题试卷及答案全文共7页，当前为第4页。6【正确答案】D【试题解析】JamesFenimoreCooper(库柏)，美国早期作家，TheLeather-StockingTales(《皮袜子故事集》)是他的经典之作。7【正确答案】A【试题解析】WaltWhitman(瓦尔特·惠特曼)，美国著名诗人，SongofMyself(《自我之歌》)代表其创作的最高峰，后来收录在他的LeavesofGrass(《草叶集》)中。8【正确答案】B【试题解析】超验主义肯定人的神圣性，主张人能超越感觉和理性而直接认识真理，“相信你自己”，是超验主义者的座右铭。9【正确答案】B【试题解析】EdgarAllanPoe(爱伦·坡)，美国著名诗人、短篇小说家、文学评论家。他的短篇小说着意描写人的内心世界，对表现人的思想病态尤其感兴趣。其后期的短篇小说，经常充满一种恐怖气氛，情节阴森古怪，令人毛骨悚然。10【正确答案】D【试题解析】自然主义小说家们推崇生物决定论和适者生存，认为生理遗传和社会环境都是人类社会发展的决定性因素。二、名词解释11【正确答案】OscarWilde:OscarWilde(1854-1900)isaoneofthemostaccomplishedwritersintheVictorianAge,theadvocatorof"artforart'ssake".Wildedemonstratedabreakingawayfromtheconventionalwell-madeplaysofthe1870sand1880sandexpressedasatiricalandbitterattitudetowardstheupper-classpeopleinhisplays.ThePictureofDorianGrayandTheImportanceofBeingErnestareregardedashismasterpiecesinfictionanddramarespectively.2008年四川大学英语专业(英美文学)真题试卷及答案全文共7页，当前为第5页。12【正确答案】AModestProposal;AModestProposalisafamoussatirewrittenbyJonathanSwift.Assumingthecooltoneofanimpartialoutsider,theauthorsuggeststhatchildrenofthepoorIrishpeoplebesoldatoneyearoldasfoodfortheEnglishnobles.Writtenwithmuchconcisenessandterseness,the"proposal"isbyfarthemostconsummateartisticexpressionofSwift'sindignationtowardtheterribleoppressionandexploitationoftheIrishpeoplebytheEnglishrulingclass.2008年四川大学英语专业(英美文学)真题试卷及答案全文共7页，当前为第5页。13【正确答案】JamesJoyce;JamesJoyceisoneofthemostprominentliteraryfiguresofthefirsthalfofthe20thcentury.Hisvirtuosoexperimentinwritinghasrecreatedtheformofmodernnovel.Allhisworkshavethesamesetting—Ireland,especiallyDublin,andthesamesubject—theIrishpeopleandtheirlife.Hismajorworksinclude:Dubliners,AportraitoftheArtistasaYoungManandUlysses.14【正确答案】Transcendentalism;TranscendentalismisaNewEnglandmovement,whichflourishedfromabout1835to1860.Basicallyreligious,itemphasizedtheroleandimportanceoftheindividualconscience,andthevalueofintuitioninmattersofmoralguidanceandinspiration.Thegroupofpeoplewasalsosocialreformers,includingEmerson,BronsonAlcott,HenryDavidThoreauandNathanielHawthorne.15【正确答案】TheOctopus:TheOctopusisanovelbyFrankNorris.ItdescribestheraisingofwheatinCalifornia,andconflictbetweenthewheatgrowersandarailwaycompany.InspiredbyroleoftheSouthernPacificRailroad,itdepictsthetensionbetweenthecorruptrailroadandtheranchersandtheranchers'League.Thebookemphasizedthecontrolof"forces"suchaswheatandrailroadsoverindividuals.三、问答题16【正确答案】WutheringHeightstellsthetaleoftheall-encompassingandpassionate,yetthwarted,lovebetweenHeathcliffandCatherineEarnshaw,andhowthisunresolvedpassioneventuallydestroysthemandmanyaroundthem.Itisgenerallyconsideredoneofthemostoriginalworks.Inmanyaspects,itisuniqueandhasnocounterpartsinmodeaswellasinmannerofwriting.2008年四川大学英语专业(英美文学)真题试卷及答案全文共7页，当前为第6页。First,thereisthecombinationofextremelysimple,austereandunadornedlanguagewiththemostmightyandintensifiedeffects.Intermsofitsintent,itisobviouslydescriptive-narrativeoriented;thereisnodigressivetalkoromniscientanalysisordeliberatecommentlikemanyothercontemporaryworks,butitsnarrativeformisasconfusingasitstheme.Despitethetraceofthetraditionlimit,thepersonalityofintenseemotionandanunboundedfreespiritoftheauthorprovethemostremarkableinthenovel.Besides,thenovelcontainsmanyGothicandsupernaturalelements,whichaddsitsuniqueness.2008年四川大学英语专业(英美文学)真题试卷及答案全文共7页，当前为第6页。【试题解析】(本题为开放性题目，可从主题、风格、写作特色、人物等方面进行阐述。)17【正确答案】Moby-Dickisoftenreferredtoas"theGreatAmericanNovel"andisconsideredoneofthetreasuresofworldliterature.InMoby-Dick,Melvilleemploysstylizedlanguage,symbolism,andmetaphortoexplorenumerouscomplexthemes.Throughthemaincharacter'sjourney,theconceptsofclassandsocialstatus,goodandevil,andtheexistenceofgodsareallexa