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全部题目用英文作答，答案写在答题纸相应的位置ashischeekwaslaidonmine,“Makemyhappiness

上。-Iwillmakeyours.”

Theabovepassagepresentsascenein.

PARTONE[A]EmilyBronte'sWitheringHeights

I.MultipleChoice(40pointsinall,1foreach)[BJCharlotteBronte'sJaneEyre

Selectfromthefourchoicesofeachitemtheone[C]JohnGalsworthy'sTheForsyteSaga

thatbestanswersthequestionorcompletesthe|D]ThomasHardy'sTessoftheD'Urbervilles

statement.Writetheanswersontheanswer6.WhichofthefollowingisNOTwrittenbyWilliam

sheet.ButlerYeats?

[A]"SailingtoByzantium."[B]“The

1.“ForaweekafterthecommissionoftheimpiousLakeIsleofInnisfree.^^

andprofaneoffenceofaskingfbrmore,Oliver[C]"LedaandtheSwan.”[D]

remainedacloseprisonerinthedarkandsolitary4TheWasteLand.”

room…”(Dickens,OliverTwist)Whatdid7.“Drivemydeadthoughtovertheuniverse

Oliveraskfor?Likewitheredleavestoquickenanewbirlh.”

[A]Moretimetoplay.(PercyByssheShelley,“OdetotheWestWind")

|B|Morefoodtoeat.Whatrhetoricaldevicedoesthepoetuseinthe

[C]Morebooktoread.quotedlines?

|D|Moremoneytospend.|A]Synecdoche.

2.Mrs.Warren3ProfessionisoneofGeorge[B]Metaphor.

BernardShaw'splays.WhatisMrs.Warren\[C]Simile.

professionthen?[D]Onomatopocia.

|A]Realestate.8.CrusoeistheheroinThelifeandStrangeSurprising

[B]Prostitution.AdventuresofRobinsonGrusoe,ofYork,Mariner

[C]House-keeping.(alsoknownasRobinsonCrusoe)by.

[D]Farming.[A]JonathanSwift

3.Dr.FaustusisaplaybasedontheGermanlegend[B]DanielDefoe

ofamagicianaspiringfbr[C]GeorgeEliot

andfinallymeetinghistragicendasaresultof[DJD.H.Lawrence

sellinghissoultotheDevil.9.“Beautyistruth,truthbeauty“isanepigrammatic

|A]immortalitylineby___.

[B]political[A]JohnKeats

|C]money[B]WilliamBlake

[D]knowledge[C]WiIliamWordsworth

4.Thestatementt4Ademandingmotherturnsaway[DJPercyByssheShelley

fromherhusbandandgivesallheraffectiontoherlO.ChristoperMarlow's"ThePassionateShepherdto

sons^^sumsupthemainplotofD.H.Lawrence'HisLove”isa(n)_.

s.[A]pastorallyric[B]elegy[C]eulogy

|A]LadyChatterley'sLover\B|Womenin[D]epic

love11.WhichofthefollowingisNOTregardedasoneof

andLovers[D\ThethecharacteristicsofRenaissancehumanism?

[A]Cultivationoftheartofthisworldandthislife.thehero'sorigin."Thisnovelismostprobably____.

[B[Toleranceofhumanfoibles.|A|CharlesDickens'sDavidCopperfield

[C]Searchforthegenuineflavorofancientculture.[B]JamesJoyce'sAPortraitoftheArtistasaYoung

|D|Glorificationofreligiousfaith.Man

12.“IndreamvisionArthurwitnessedthelovelinessof[C]ThomasHardy'sFarfromtheMaddingGrowd

Gloriana,anduponawakingresolvestoseekher.”|D|HenryFielding'sTomJones

ThetwoliteraryfiguresArthurandGlorianaare18.'"Towagebyforceorguileeternalwar,

form.IrreconcilabletoourgrandFoe.”(JohnMilton,

[A]EdmundSpenser'sTheFaerieQueeneParadiselost)

[B|WilliamShakespeare\RomeoandJulietBywhatmeanswereSatanandhisfollowersto

[C]ChristopherMarlowe's"ThePassionatewagethiswaragainstGod?

ShepherdtoHislove”|A|ByplantingatreeofknowledgeintheGarden

[D]JohnDonne's"AValediction:ForbiddingofEden.

Mourning”|B|Byturningintopoisonoussnakestothreaten

13.Whichofthefollowingbestdescribesthenatureofman'slife.

ThomasHardy'slaterworks?|C]ByremovingGodfromHisthrone.

[A]Sentimentalism.[D]BycorruptingmanandwomancreatedbyGod.

[B|Tragicsense.19.“Whentheeveningisspreadoutagainstthesky

[C]Surrealism.Likeapatientetherizeduponatable.”

|D|Comicsense.(T.s.Eliot,“TheLovesongofJ.AlfredPrufrock")

14.”...Thisgrew:Igavecommands;Whatdoestheimageinthequotedlinessuggest?

Thenallsmilesstoppedaltogether....[A]VioIence.|B]Horror.[C]Inactivity.

(RobertBrowning,t4MyLastDuchess")|D]Indifference.

Theabovelinesimplythat.2O.WhichofthefollowingisNOTtypicalof

[A]thcDuchesswaskilledbyherhusbandmetaphysicalpoetrybestrepresentedbyJohn

[BJtheDuchessstoppedsmilingatherhusband'sDonne'sworks?

order[A]Commonspeech.

[C]theDuchessdiedoflaughingtoomuch[B]Conceit.

[D]thcDuchessdidnotwanttosmileasmuchas[C]Argument.

herhusbandrequested[D]Refinedlanguage.

15.Inwhichofthefollowingworkscanyoufindthe21.WilliamWordsworth,aromanticpoet,advocated

propernames“Lillipul,”“Brobdingnag,“allofthefollowingexcept_.

“Houyhnhnm,"and"Yahoo”?[A]normalcontemporaryspeechpatterns

[AJJamesJoyce'sUlsses.[B]humbleandrusticlifeassubjectmatter

[B]CharlesDickens'sBleakHouse.[C]elegantwordingandinflatedfiguresofspeech

[C]JonathanSwift'sGulliversTravels.[DJintenselysubjectivefeelingtowardindividual

[D]D.H.Lawrence'sWomeninlove.experience

16.Asaliteraryfigure,BelindaappearsinAlexander22.InSamuelTaylorColeridge's4(KublaKhan,”"A

Pope,s,sunnypleasuredomewithcavesofice“__.

[A]"TheDunciad”[B]"AnEssay[AJreferstothepalacewhereKublaKhanonce

onMan”lived

[C]"AnEssayonCriticism"[D]'The[B]vividlydescribesabuildingofpoorquality

Rapeofthelock”[C]isthegiftgiventoabeautifulgirlcalled

17.叮henovelisstructuredaroundthediscoveryofAbyssinian

[D]symbolizesthereconciliationoftheconscious[A]Huckhasamixedfeelingofloveandhate

andtheunconscious|B]thereisaconflictbetweensocietyand

23.ThehightideofRomanticisminAmericanliteratureconscienceinHuck

occurredaround____.|C]Huckisalwaysanindecisiveperson

[A]1820[B]1850[C]1880[D]Huckhasverylittleeducation

[D|192030.Whichtermscanbestdescribethemodernists5

24.ThesubjectmatterofRobertFrost'sPoemsfocusesconcernofthehumansituationintheirfiction?

on.|A|Fragmentationandalienation.

[A]ordinarycountrypeopleandscenes[B]Courageandhonor.

|B(battlescenesofancientGreekandRoman[C]Traditionandfaith.

legends[D]Povertyanddesperation.

[C|strugglingmassesandcrowdedurbanquarters31.Whitman'spoemsarecharacterizedbyallthe

[DJfantasiesandmythicalhappeningsfollowingfeaturesexcept__.

25.WhichgroupofwritersareamongthosewhomayIA]astrictpoeticform

becalledearlypioneersofAmericanliterature?[B]asimpleandconversationallanguage

|A|MarkTwainandHenryJames.|C]afreeandnaturalrhythmicpattern

[B]FenimoreCooperandWashingtonIrving.[D]aneasyflowoffeelings

|C]EmestHemingwayandWilliamFaulkner32.Allhisnovelsrevealthat,aslimewenton,Mark

[D]JackLondonandO'Henry.Twainbecameincreasingly___.

26.1bTheodoreDreiser,lifeis“sosad,sostrange,so[A]prolific[BJartistic.

mysteriousandsoinexplicable."Nowonderthe[C]optimistic[D]pessimistic

charactersinhisbooksareoftensubjecttothe33.Thepoem4tIliketoseeitlaptheMiles—“isan

controlofthenaturalforces,especiallythoseof_interestingpoemwrittenbyEmilyDickinson.What

andheredity.does"it"inthepoemstandfor?

[A]fate[A]Thehound.[B]Thestar.

[B]morality[C]Thehorse.[D]Thetrain.

[C]socialconventions34.WhichofthefollowingisNOTatypicalfeatureof

[D]environmentHenryJames'swritingstyle?

27.Hawthornegenerallyconcernshimselfwithsuch[A]exquisiteandelaboratelanguage

issuesas__inhisfiction.[B]minuteanddetaileddescriptions

[A]theevilinman'sheart[B]the[C]lengthypsychologicalanalyses

materialpursuit[D]Americancolloquialism

[C]theracialconflict[D]thesocial35.InthebeginningparagraphofChapter3,TheGreat

inequalityGatsby,Fitzgeralddescribesabigpartybysaying

28.providesthemainsourceofinfluenceonthat"menandgirlscameandwentlikemoths."The

Americannaturalism.authormostlikelyindicatesthat.

[A]Thcpuritanheritage[A]thcrcwasacrowdofparty-goers

[B]Howells,ideasofrealism[BJsuchlifedoesnothaverealmeaning

[CJDarwin'stheoryofevolution[Clthesepeoplewerelight-hearted

[DJThepioneerspiritofthewildwest[D]thesewerecrazyandignorantcharacters

29.InMarkTwain'sTheAdventuresofhuckleberry^36.1nHemingway's"IndianCamp,^^Nick,themain

Finn,HuckwritesalettertoinformagainstJim,thecharacter,witnesses_

escapedslave,andthenhetearstheletterup.This[A]atragickillingoftheIndiansbythewhitemen

factrevealsthat.[BJrealfriendshipbetweenthewhitemenandthe

IndiansQuestions:

[C]asenselesskillingofeachotherA.Identifytheauthorandthetitleofthepoem

[D]terriblescenesofbirthanddeathfromwhichthispassageistaken.

37.WhichoneofthefollowingstatementsisNOTtrueB.Whatdoesthephrase("inevitablehouf,

ofWilliamFaulkner?mean?

[A|Heismasterofstream-of-consciousnessC.Writeoutthemainideaofthepassagein

narrative.plainEnglish.

[B|Hiswritingisoftencomplexanddifficultto42.“Avioletbyamossystone

understand.Halfhiddenfromtheeye!

[C|HeoftendepictsslumlifeinNewYorkand—Fairasastar,whenonlyone

Chicago.Isshininginthesky.”

[D|HerepresentsanewgroupofSouthernwriters.Questions:

38.Americant4TranscendentalistsmosttypicallyA.Identifytheauthorandthetitleofthepoem

believethat__.fromwhichthisstanzaistaken.

[A]manisdivineinname[B]artisB.Pickoutthemetaphorusedinthisstanza.

superiortolifeC.Whatqualitydoestheauthorintendtoshow

[C]mancantransformnature[D]poetryisbyusingthemetaphor?

thehighestformofart43.“WepassedTheSchool,whereChildrenstrove

39.BytheendofSisterCarrie,Dreiserwrites,"ItwasAtRecess-intheRing-

forevertothepursuitofthatradianceofdelightWepassedTheFieldsofGazingGrain

whichtintsthedistanthilltopsoftheworld."DreiserWepassedTheSettingSun—"

impliesthat.Questions:

[A]thereisabrightfuturelyingaheadA.Whoistheauthorofthisstanzatakenfrom

[B]thereisnoendtoman'sdesirethepoem“BecauseIcouldnotstopfbr

[C]oneshouldalwaysbeforward-lookingDeath—?

[DJhappinessisfoundintheendB.Whatdotheunderlinedpartssymbolize?

4O.WecanperhapsdescribeEmilyGriersoninC.Wherewere“we"headingtoward?

Faulkner'sshortstory"ARoseforEmily“inall44.“Itwasyouthatbrokethenewwood.

thefollowingwaysexceptthat.Nowisatimeforcarving.

[AJsheispsychologicallydeformedWehaveonesapandoneroot-

[B]shciswickedandmorallycorruptedLettherebecommercebetweenus.M

[C]sheisasymboloftheOldSouthQuestions:

[D]shcisaprisonerandvictimofthepastA.Whomdoesthe"us"referto?

B.Whaldoesthephrase“brokethenew

PARTTWOwood”meanhere?

II.ReadingComprehension(16pointsinall,4forC.Whatistheintentionofthepoetinwriting

each)thepoem“APact"fromwhichtheselines

Readthequotedpartscarefullyandanswerthearetaken?

questionsinEnglish.Writeyouranswersinthe

correspondingspaceontheanswersheet.III.QuestionsandAnswers(24pointsinall,6foreach)

41.'Theboastofheraldry,thepompofpower.Givebriefanswerstoeachofthefollowing

Andallthatbeauty,allthatwealthe'ergave.questionsinEnglish.Writeyouranswersinthe

Awaitstheinevitablehour.correspondingspaceontheanswersheet.

Thepathsofgloryleadbuttothegrave.”

45.InChapter15ofWutheringHeights,Heathcliff49.InPrideandPrejudice,JaneAustenexploredthree

saidtoCatherine:"Whydidyoubetrayyourown,kindsofmotivationsofmarriagethemiddle-class

Cathy?...Youlovedme-thenwhatrighthaveyoupeoplehadinthesecondhalfofthe18thcentury.

toleaveme?...Ihavenotbrokenyourheart-youTrytomakeabriefdiscussionaboutthemwith

havebrokenit-andinbreakingit,youhavebrokenspecificexamplesfromthenovel.Make

mine.”commentsonAusten'sattitudetowardsthese

Takingthewholenovelintoconsideration,doyoumotivations.

thinkHeathcliffsaboveaccusationofCatherine's50.Retellinafewsentencesthestoryofthelast

betrayalcanbejustified?Ifyouthinkso,whatchapter(Ch,135)"TheChase—ThirdDay”of

reasonsdoesCatherinehavetobetrayHeathcliffandMelville'snovelMoby-Dick.Discussthemeaning

theirlove?oftheendingofthestory.

46.JohnBunyan'sThePilgrim'sProgressisgenerally

regardedasareligiousallegory.Whatdoesthe

worksymbolicallyconcern?Whatisthe2003年4月自考英美文学选读参考答案

predominantmetaphorthatiscarriedonthrough

thewholework?Andwhatistheauthor'spurpose

I.MultipleChoice(40pointsinall,1for

inwritingsuchabook?

47.ThefollowingpassageistakenfromTheMerchanteach)

ofVenice.Readitcarefullyandfindthedramatic

1.D2.A3.B4.A5.C6.D7.

itcontains.Useitasanexampletoillustratewhat

dramaticironyis.C8.B9.A10.A

“Bassanio:Antonio,Iammarriedtoawife

11.B12.B13.D14.C15.B16.

Whichisasdeartomeaslifeitself;

Butlifeitself,mywife,andallworld.D17.D18.1)19.C20.D

Arenotwithmeesteem'dabovethylife;

21.C22.D23.B24.A25.B26.D

Iwouldloseall,ay,sacrificethemall

Heretothisdevil,todeliveryou.27.A28.C29.B30.A

Portia:Yourwifewouldgiveyoulittlethanks

31.A32.D33.D34.D35.B36.D

forthat,

Ifshewerebytohearyoumakethe37.C38.A39.B40.B

offer.”

II.ReadingComprehension(16points,4for

48.WhatisthemostfamousthemeinHenryJames's

fiction?Andwhatishisfavouriteapproachineach)

characterization,whichmakeshimdifferentfrom

41.A.ElegyWritteninaCountryChurchyardby

MarkandW.D.Howellsasrealists?Givetwo

titlesofhisworksinwhichthisthemeandthisT.Gray.

approachareemployed.

B.Thetimeofdeath.

IV.TopicDiscussion(20pointsinall,10foreach)C.Thepassageisaboutman'sinevitable

Writenolessthan150wordsoneachofthe

death.Nomatterwhatfamilyyouare

followingtopicsinEnglishinthe

correspondingspaceontheanswersheet.from,whatpoweryouhavegot,what

beautyandwealthyouhavepossessed,

youshouldnotfeelconceitedor“madeexperimentswiththeconventions

self-important.Forsoonerorlateryouofthetraditionalpoetry."Itisa

wi11havetoleavethosematerialtimeforcreatingnewwaysofwriting

thingsbehind;youcannotbringthempoetry.

allintotheotherworldwhenyoudie.C.EzraPoundintendstofindsome

SincedeathawaitseveryoneandyouragreementbetweenWaltWhitman*sfree

gloriouslifeleadsyouonlytotheverseandtheImagists)“verseIibre〃.

grave,whatistheuseoffightingforItalsocouldbeinterpretedasPound's

allthosematerialinterests?apologyforhisearlyattackonWhitman

42.A.ThestanzaistakenfromSheDweltAmongorhisrecognitionofWhitman,s

theUntroddenWayswrittenbyW.contributiontopoetry.

Wordsworth.III.QuestionsandAnswers(24pointsinall,6

B.Theflower(violet)isusedasametaphor.foreach)

C.Bycomparingacountrygirl(Lucy)toa45.A.Heathciiff*saccusationcanbe

violet,thepoetintendstoshowherjustified.

qualityofbeautyandhervirtuewhichB.Thereasonsofherbetrayalmaybe:1)

areoftenneglectedbythecommonpeopleThefancyshefeltforLinton,thatis,

just1ikeawiIdflowerbloomingbyanshewasattractedbyLinton'spleasant

untroddenroad.personality,hisrichknowledge,andhis

43.A.Theselinesaretakenfromapoemwrittenelegantmanners.2)Hervainglorymade

byEmilyDickinson.herdesireakindofupper-classlifeand

B.TheSchool,theFieldsofGazingGrain,socialstatus.3)Shewasafraidthatshe

theSettingSunsymbolizethreestagesmightsufferpovertyandbedegradedif

ofone*slife:youth,manhoodandoldshehadgotmarriedtoHeathcliff.4)

age.ShefanciedifshegotmarriedtoLinton,

C.”We〃wereridinginahearse(orashemighthavethemeanstohelp

carriage),headingtowardEternity.Heathcliffingettingagoodeducation

44.A.〃Us〃referstoEzraPoundandWaltandbecomingagentlemansothatthey

Whitman.couldbeunitedwithout

B.Thephrase"brokethenewwood"meansbeingdegraded.

46.A.ItconcernsthesearchforspiritualEuropeandAmerica.Theycenteraroundthe

salvation.conflictofthetwocultures,represented

B.”Thatlifeisajourney“istourgebyaninnocentAmericanandasophisticated

peopletoabidebyChristiandoctrines.European.Jamesisregardedasthe

C.Theauthor'spurposeistourgepeoplefounderofpsychologicalrealismforhis

toabidebyChristiandoctrinesandtopsychoanalyticalapproachtohis

seeksalvationthroughconstantCharacters.DaisyMi1ler,ThePortraitof

struggleswiththeirownweaknessesandALady,TheAmerican,TheAmbassadorsare

allkindsofevils.hisrepresentativeworks

47.A.Whentheaudienceisawareofaofthiskind.

discrepancybetweenacharacter'SIV.TopicDiscussion(20pointsinal1,10for

perceptionofhisorherownsituationandeach)

thetruenatureofthatsituation,that49.A.Motivationone:topursuematerial

isdramaticirony.interestthroughmarriage;Wickham,

B.Inthegivenexample,Portia,Bassanio,MissBinleyandCharlotteLucasare

snewly-marriedwife,disguisedherselfexamplesofthiskind.

asthelawyertotakechargeofthecase.B.Motivationtwo:toseeksensual

Portiaherselfandtheaudienceknowal1pleasureandbeauty;LydiaandMr.

this,butBassanioisignorantofit.SoBennetareexamplesofthiskind.

whenBassaniooffersinfrontofhisC.Motivationthree:tosearchfortrus

disguisedwifetosacrificeherinloveandalsotakepersonalmeritsand

ordertodeliverAntonio,hemakesfinancialpositionsintoconsideration;

himselfbehaveinaridiculouswayintheElizabethBennetisatypicalexampleof

eyesoftheaudience.Thusaneffectofthiskind.

dramaticironyisachieved.D.Austencelebratedthethirdkindof

48.HenryJames,smostfamousthemeiswhatismotivationofmarriagewhile

generallycalledz，theinternationalthemez/.criticizingthefirsttwowrong

Uisnovelsorshortstoriesofthethememotivations.

arealwayssetagainstalarger50.ThestoryofMoby-Dickissimple,telling

internationalbackground,usuallybetweenthebattlebetweenAhab,captainofthe

whalingshipPequodandthemonstrousPARTONE(40POINTS)

I.MultipleChoice(40pointsinall,1foreach)

whitewhaleMobyDick.Ahabisobsessedby

Selectfromthefourchoicesofeachitemtheone

hisdeterminationtorevengehimselfuponthatbestanswersthequestionorcompletesthe

statement.Writeyourcorrectanswerontheanswer

thefierce,cunningwhale,becauseithas

sheet.

crippledhim.Aftermanydaysofsearchand1.“Andwewillsitupontherocks,/Seeingthe

shepherdsfeedtheirflocks,/Byshallowriversto

pursuit,thewhitewhaleisfinallysighted.

whosefalls/Mclodiousbirdssingmadrigals.”

Chapter135isadescriptionofthethirdTheabovelinesaretakenfrom.

day'schase.ThreeboatshavebeenloweredA.Milton'sParadiseLostB.

Marlowe's'ThePassionateshepherdtoHisLove”

inchaseofthewhale,buttwoofthemare

C.Shakespeare's"Sonnet18"D.John

laterdestroyedbythewhale.AlthoughtheDonne's"TheSunRising”

2.TheEnglishRenaissanceperiodwasanageof

whaleisharpoonedatlast,theshipis

sunkandallthepeopleaboardaredrownedA.poetryanddrama

exceptIshmale,thenarratorofthestoryB.dramaandnovel

C.novelandpoetryD.

whohappenstoberescuedbyanotherwhale

romanceandpoetry

ship.Moby-Dickisnotmerelyawhalingtale3.Herearefourlinestak