2016年4月自考00604英美文学选读试题及答案含解析

英美文学选读年月真题

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1、【单选题】ThetragicsenseturnsintodespairinThomasHardy's____where

theprotagonistshavetokilltheirownwillandpassionandreturntotheirformer

destructivewayoflife.

TheReturnoftheNative

TheMayorofCasterbridge

A:

TessofD'Urbervilles

B:

JudetheObscure

C:

答D:案：D

2、【单选题】WilliamShakespearewrote____historyplaysinthefirstperiodof

hisdramaticcareer.

3

4

A:

5

B:

6

C:

答D:案：C

3、【单选题】ParadiseLostisamasterpieceby____

ChristopherMarlow

JohnMilton

A:

WilliamShakespeare

B:

BenJohnson

C:

答D:案：B

4、【单选题】Thetypicalrepresentativesof.B.Shaw'searlyplaysare____

ManandSuperman;TheAppleCart

Widower'House;Mrs.Warren'sProfession

A:

Candida;Warren'sProfession

B:

TheAppleCart;Widower'sHouse

C:

答D:案：B

5、【单选题】Thepersonwhocanpenetratetotheheartofthingsandgivethe

readerstheverylifeofnatureis____

WilliamWordsworth

JohnMilton

A:

DanielDefoe

B:

WilliamShakespeare

C:

答D:案：A

6、【单选题】Inwhichnovelcantheword"Yahoo"befound?

JohnBunyan'sPilgrim'Progress.

EdmundSpencer'sTheFaerieQueen.

A:

JonathanSwift'sGulliver'sTravels.

B:

HenryFielding'sTomJones.

C:

答D:案：C

7、【单选题】T.S.EliotwontheNobelPrizeofLiteraturein____

1935

1948

A:

1962

B:

1976

C:

答D:案：B

8、【单选题】WhichofthefollowingisNOTtrueintermsofPrideandPrejudice?

ItisthemostpopularofJaneAusten'snovels

Itisoriginallydraftedas"FirstImpressions".

A:

Itisatragicnovel.

B:

Itexplorestherelationshipbetweengreatloveandrealisticbenefits

C:

答D:案：C

9、【单选题】ThomasHardy'spessimisticviewoflifepredominatesmostofhis

laterworksandearnshimareputationasa____writer.

realistic

naturalistic

A:

romantic

B:

stylistic

C:

答D:案：B

10、【单选题】Shelley'sgreatestachievementishisfour-actpoeticdrama____

Hellas

PrometheusUnbound

A:

Zastrozzi

B:

QueenMab

C:

答D:案：B

11、【单选题】ThenovelEmmaiswrittenby

MaryShelley

CharlotteBronte

A:

ElizabethC.Gaskell

B:

JaneAusten

C:

答D:案：D

12、【单选题】Asacriticofmusicanddrama,____thoughtthatartshouldserve

socialpurposesbyreflectinghumanlife,revealingsocialcontradictions

andeducatingthecommonpeople.

T.S.Eliot

OscarWilde

A:

GeorgeBernardShaw

B:

W.B.Yeats

C:

答D:案：C

13、【单选题】Thepoeticline"Ifwintercomes,canspringbefarbehind?"is

quotedfrom____

DonJuan

KublaKhan

A:

ToAunmn

B:

OdetotheWestWind

C:

答D:案：D

14、【单选题】WhichofthefollowingnovelsisNOTwrittenbyDickens?

ATaleofTwoCities

TheMillontheFloss.

A:

ThePickwickPapers.

B:

GreatExpectations.

C:

D:

答案：B

15、【单选题】WilliamBlake's____markshisentryintomaturity.

PoeticalSketches

SongsofInnocence

A:

MarriageofHeavenandHell

B:

SongsofExperience

C:

答D:案：C

16、【单选题】HenryFielding's____bringshimthenameof"ProseHomer"

TheHistoryofJonathanWildtheGreat

TheHistoryofTomJones,aFoundling

A:

TheHistoryofAmelia

B:

TheHistoryofJosephAndrews

C:

答D:案：B

17、【单选题】DanielDefoedescribes____asatypicalEnglishmiddle-classman

ofthe18century.theveryprototypeoftheempirebuilder,thepioneercolonist

RobinsonCrusoe

MollFlanders

A:

Gulliver

B:

TomeJones

C:

答D:案：A

18、【单选题】ThegreatestEnglishcriticalrealistnovelistwas____,who

criticizedthebourgeoiscivilizationandshowedthemiseryofthecommonpeople.

WilliamMakepeaceThackeray

JaneAusten

A:

CharlesDickens

B:

CharlotteBronte

C:

答D:案：C

19、【单选题】ThesuccessofJaneEyreispartlyduetoitsintroductiontothe

Englishnovelthefirst____heroine.

explorer

peasant

A:

worker

B:

C:

governess

答D:案：D

20、【单选题】WhichofthefollowingworkswasNOTwrittenbyDavidHerbert

Laurence?

LadyChatterley'sLover.

ThePictureofDorianGray.

A:

SonsandLovers.

B:

WomeninLove.

C:

答D:案：B

21、【单选题】T.S.Eliot's____hasbeenhailedasalandmarkandamodelofthe

20centuryEnglishpoetry.

FourQuartets

TheWasteLand

A:

AshWednesday

B:

CollectedPoems

C:

答D:案：B

22、【单选题】WhichofthefollowingisNOTthemajorfigureofEnglish

modernistmovement?

JamesJoyce.

EzraPound.

A:

T.S.Eliot.

B:

CharlesDickens.

C:

答D:案：D

23、【单选题】Hawthorne'sliteraryworldturnsouttobeamostdisturbed,

tormentedand____onepossibletoimagine.

humorous

bright

A:

problematical

B:

complex

C:

答D:案：C

24、【单选题】TheabundanceofthemesinWhitman'spoetryvoices

evil

sins

A:

darkness

B:

freshness

C:

答D:案：D

25、【单选题】BillyBuddbyMelvilledealswiththeseaand____andthetheme

ofaconflictbetweeninnocenceandcorruption.

workers

sailors

A:

farmers

B:

policemen

C:

答D:案：B

26、【单选题】MarkTwain'sbestworkswereproducedwhen____

hewasintheprimeofhislife

hewasinLondon

A:

hegotmarried

B:

hewenttoEurope

C:

答D:案：A

27、【单选题】HenryJamestouredEngland,FranceandItaly,andmetFlaubert,

Maupassant,Turgenevand____whoexertedagreatinfluenceonJames.

RussellAsh

Zola

A:

VincentAlsop

B:

ElizabethAmherst

C:

答D:案：B

28、【单选题】Dickinson'spoemsareusuallybasedonherownexperiences,____

hersorrowsandjoys

hermarriage

A:

herillness

B:

herfamily

C:

答D:案：A

29、【单选题】In1925Dreiser'sgreatestwork____appeared.Butitwasbanned

inBostonin1927.

DeathintheWoods

OldRogaunandHisTheresa

A:

AnAmericanTragedy

B:

TheCalloftheWild

C:

答D:案：C

30、【单选题】Frostisgenerallyconsideredaregionalpoetwhosesubject

mattersmainlyfocusonthelandscapeandpeoplein____

NewEngland

Boston

A:

Chicago

B:

NewYork

C:

答D:案：A

31、【单选题】Hemingway'sfirsttruenovelis____

TheSunAlsoRises

DreiserLooksatRussia

A:

AnAmericanTragedy

B:

OldRogaumandHisTheresa

C:

答D:案：A

32、【单选题】InalmosteverybookbyHawthome,hediscussessinand____

evil

politics

A:

Americandream

B:

culture

C:

答D:案：A

33、【单选题】Whitmanshowsconcernfor____andtheburgeoninglifeofcities.

Americanpoets

thewholehardworkingpeople

A:

Americannovelists

B:

politicalleaders

C:

答D:案：B

34、【单选题】Moby-DickisregardedasthefirstAmerican____

novel

drama

A:

proseepic

B:

poem

C:

答D:案：C

35、【单选题】AllMarkTwain'smasterworksdrewuponthescenesand____ofhis

boyhoodandyouth.

sadness

love

A:

happiness

B:

emotions

C:

答D:案：D

36、【单选题】ItisHenryJames'____andhisnovelsthatmakehimafascinating

caseintheAmericanliteraryhistory.

literaryessays

autobiographies

A:

travelaccounts

B:

bookreviews

C:

答D:案：A

37、【单选题】InsomeofDickinson'spoemsshewroteaboutherdoubtandbelief

about____

love

politics

A:

family

B:

religioussubjects

C:

答D:案：D

38、【单选题】Dreiserwasinfluencedbymanywriters,buthistrueliterary

influenceswerefrom____BalzacandCharlesDarwin.

SoameJenyns

HerbertSpencer

A:

ElinorJames

B:

C:

SelwynJepson

答D:案：B

39、【单选题】NewHampshire"wonFrostthefirstoffour

LePrixGoncourts

DavidCohenPrizes

A:

PulitzerPrizes

B:

NobelPrizes

C:

答D:案：C

40、【单选题】Hemingway'ssecondbigsuccessis____，whichwrotetheepitaph

toadecadeandtothewholegenerationinthe1920s.

TheScarlerLetter

AFarewelltoArms

A:

CivilDisobedience

B:

TheLastTycoon

C:

答D:案：B

41、【问答题】ToowellIseeandruethedireeventThatwithsadoverthrowand

fouldefeatHathlostusHeaven,andallthismightyhostInhorrible

destructionlaidthuslowAsfarasgodsandheavenlyessencesCanperish:for

themindandspiritremainsInvincible,andvigorsoonreturns,Thoughallour

gloryextinct,andhappystateHereswallowedupinendlessmisery.Questions:

A.Whatisthetitleofthepoemfromwhichthestanzaistaken?Whoistheauthor?

B.Whatdoes"thedireevent"refertointhefirstline?C.Whatisthethemeof

thispoem?

答案：A.ParadiseLost.Milton.B.ThelossofHeaven.C.Thethemeisthe

"FallofMan."i.e.Man'sdisobedienceandthelossofParadise,withitsprime

cause--Satan

42、【问答题】IwanderedlonelyasacloudThatfloatsonhigho'ervalesand

hills,WhenallatonceIsawacrowd,Ahost,ofgoldendaffodils;Besidethe

lake,beneaththetrees,Flutteringanddancinginthebreeze.Questions:A.

Whatisthetitleofthepoemfromwhichthestanzaistaken?Whoistheauthor?

B.Whatisthefigureofspeechusedinthefirstline?C.Whatisthepoet's

attitudetowardnat

答案：A."Iwanderedlonelyasacloud"WordsworthB.SimileC.To

Wordsworth,natureactsasasubstituteforimaginativeand

intellectualengagementwiththedevelopmentofembodiedhumanbeingsintheir

diversecircumstances.

43、【问答题】Almostsimultaneously,withamightyvolitionofungraduated,

instantaneousswiftness,theWhiteWhaledartedthroughthewelteringsea.But

whenAhabcriedouttothesteersmanseats,andtowtheboatuptothemark;the

momentthetreacherouslinefeltthatdoublestrainandtug,itsnappedinthe

emptyairQuestions:A.Whatisthetitleofthenovelfromwhichtheexcerptis

taken?Whoistheauthor?B.Whatsceneisdepictedinthisexcerpt?C.What

doesthewhitewhalesymbolize?Andwhy?

答案：A.MobyDick/TheWhiteWhale.Melville.B.WhalecatchingC.Thewhite

whalesymbolizesnatureforMelville,foritiscomplex,unfathomable,

malignant.andbeautifulaswell.

44、【问答题】WhoisheIdemanded."Doyouknow?""He'sjustamannamedGatsby.

"Whereishefrom,Imean?Andwhatdoeshedo?""Nowyou'restartedonthe

subject,"sheansweredwithawansmile."Well,hetoldmeoncehewasanOxford

man."_Adimbackgroundstartedtotakeshapebehindhim,butathernext

remarkitfadedaway._"However,Idon'tbelieveit."“Whynot?"Idon't

know,"sheinsisted,"Ijustdon'tthinkhewentthere.Questions:A.Whatis

thetitleofthenovelfromwhichtheexcerptistaken?Whoistheauthor?B.

WhatdoesGatsby'sfailurestandfor?C.Whatdoestheunderlinedsentencemean?

答案：A.TheGreatGatsby.Fitzgerald.B.Hisfailurestandsfortheendof

AmericanDream.C.Peoplebegantoknowsomethingabouthisbackground,but

thefollowingconversationindicatedthathisbackgroundinformationwasfalse.

45、【问答题】WhatarethegeneralfeaturesofShakespeare'sromanticcomedies?

答案：Inhisromanticcomedies,Shakespearetakesanoptimisticattitude

towardloveandyouthHecreatedtension,ambiguity,self-consciousandself-

delighting-artificethatisatonceintellectuallyexcitingandemotionally

engaging.Thesophisticationderivesinpartfromtheplaybetweenhigh,

outgoingromanceanddarkforcesofnegativityandhate.

46、【问答题】WhatisyourcommentonthemainfeaturesofBernardShaw'splays

intermsoftheplotsorthetalk?

答案：Shaw'splayshaveplots,buttheydonotworkbyplots.Theplotis

usuallythedisregardedbackbonetoonelongunbrokenconversation.Itisthe

vitalityofthetalkthattakesprimacyovermerestory.Actionisreducedto

aminimum.whilethedialogueandtheinterplayofthemindsofthe

charactersmaintaintheinterestoftheaudience.

47、【问答题】Howdoyouinterpretthemeaningof"thedamnedhumanrace"with

referencetoTheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinnbyMarkTwain?

答案：Huckispolarizedbythetwoopposingforcesbetweenhisheartand

hishead.huck'sfinaldecision--tofollowhisowngoodhearted-moral

impulseratherthanconventionalvillagemorality--amountstovindicationof

whatMarkTwaincalled"thedamnedhumanrace,"damnedforits

comfortablehypocrisies,itsthoroughgoingdishonesties,anditspervasive

cruelties.

48、【问答题】YoungGoodmanBrownbyHawthomeexemplifiesthepowerofblackness

insocietyingeneral.WhatisthemetaphoricalmeaningofBrown'sexperiencein

thewoods?

答案：Metaphorically,theprotagonistofthetalebecomesanEveryman

namedBrown."youngman,whowillbeagedinonenightbyanadventurethat

makeseveryoneinthisworldafallenidol.However,weasreadersfeel

thatHawthomeposesthequestioncfGoodandEvilinmanbutwithholdshis

answer.Wedonotknowthenightoftrialarerealorthemerefigmentofdream.

49、【问答题】AsanovelistJaneAustenwrit