2014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】Shakespearehasestablishedhisgiantpositioninworldliterature

withhis______plays,154sonnetsand2longpoems.

27

38

A:

47

B:

52

C:

答D:案：B

2、【单选题】johnMilton’sliteraryachievementcanbedividedintothree

groups:theearlypoeticworks,themiddleprosepamphletsandthelast______.

romances

dramas

A:

greatpoems

B:

ballads

C:

答D:案：C

3、【单选题】Thenovelsof______arethefirstliteraryworksdevotedtothe

studyofproblemsofthelower—classpeople.

JohnMilton

DanielDefoe

A:

HenryFielding

B:

JonathanSwift

C:

答D:案：B

4、【单选题】TheworkrankedbymanycriticsasWilliamWordsworth’sgreatest

workwas______.

LyricalBallads

ThePrelude

A:

PoemsinTwoVolumes

B:

TheExcursion

C:

答D:案：B

5、【单选题】TheauthorofTheHistoryofTomJones,aFoundlingis______.

DanielDefoe

JohathanSwift

A:

HenryFielding

B:

WilliamBlake

C:

答D:案：C

6、【单选题】Theworksof______arefamousforthedepictionofthelifeofthe

middle—classwomen,particularlygoverness.

CharlotteBronte

D.H.Lawrence

A:

ThomasHardy

B:

JaneAusten

C:

答D:案：A

7、【单选题】AllofthefollowingwritingsarecreatedbyWilliamWordsworth

EXCEPT______.

“IWanderedLonelyasaCloud.”

“ComposeduponWestminsterBridge,Septemer3,1802.”

A:

“TheSolitaryReaper.”

B:

“TheChimneySweeper.”

C:

答D:案：D

8、【单选题】ThemostimportantrepresentativeworkbyJonathanSwiftis______.

ATaleofaTub

TheBattleoftheBooks

A:

AModestProposal

B:

Gulliver'sTravels

C:

答D:案：D

9、【单选题】“Ifwintercomes,canSpringbefarbehind?”comesfromShelly’s

______.

“ToaSkylark”

“Adonais”

A:

“OdetoLiberty”

B:

“OdetotheWestWind”

C:

D:

答案：D

10、【单选题】InJaneAusten'sfirstnovel______,shetellsastoryabouttwo

sistersandtheirloveaffairs.

PrideandPrejudice

SenseandSensibility

A:

Emma

B:

Persuasion

C:

答D:案：B

11、【单选题】CharlesDickensisoneofthegreatest______writersofthe

VictorianAge.

romantic

modernist

A:

socialist

B:

criticalrealist

C:

答D:案：D

12、【单选题】CharlotteBronte'smostautobiographicalwork,______islargely

basedonherexperienceinBrussels.

JaneEyre

Shirley

A:

Villette

B:

TheProfessor

C:

答D:案：C

13、【单选题】WilliamWordsworth'stheoryofpoetryiscallingforsimple

themesdrawnfromhumblelifeexpressedinthelanguageofordinarypeople.The

prefacetothesecondeditionof______actsasamanifestoforthenewschooland

setsforthhisowncriticalcreed.

LyricalBallads

ThePrelude

A:

PoemsinTwoVolums

B:

TheExcursion

C:

答D:案：A

14、【单选题】GeorgeBernardShaw'splay______establishedhispositionasthe

leadingplaywrightofhistime.

Widowers’Houses

TooTruetoBeGood

A:

Mrs.Warren'sProfession

B:

Candida

C:

答D:案：D

15、【单选题】Eliot'smostimportantsinglepoem______,hasbeenhailedasa

landmarkandamodelofthe20th-centuryEnglishpoetry.

TheHollowMen

TheWasteLand

A:

PrurrockandOtherObservations

B:

Poems1909-25

C:

答D:案：B

16、【单选题】D.H.Lawrence’sautobiographicalnovel,______showstheconflict

betweentheearthy,coarse,energeticbutoftendrunkenfatherandtherefined,

strong—willedandup—climbingmother.

SonsandLovers

TheWhitePeacock

A:

TheTrespasser

B:

TheRainbow

C:

答D:案：A

17、【单选题】“Tobe,ornottobe—thatisthequestion;/Whether'tis

noblerinthemindtosuffer./Theslingsandarrowsofoutrageousfortune,/Orto

takearmsagainstaseaoftroubles,/Andbyopposingendthem?”Thesewordsare

from______.

KingLear

Romeo

A:

Antonio

B:

Hamlet

C:

答D:案：D

18、【单选题】JohnMilton’slastimportantwork,______isthemostpowerful

dramaticpoemontheGreekmodel.

ParadiseLost

A:

ParadiseRegained

SamsonAgonistes

B:

Lydidas

C:

答D:案：C

19、【单选题】TheauthorofMollFlandersandCaptainSingletonis______.

JohnMilton

DanielDefoe

A:

HenryFielding

B:

JonathanSwift

C:

答D:案：B

20、【单选题】Drapieristhepseudonymof______.

JonathanSwift

DanielDefoe

A:

HenryFielding

B:

WilliamBlake

C:

答D:案：A

21、【单选题】OneofDickens'laterworks,______inwhichhepresentsa

criticismofthegovernmentalbrancheswhichrunanindefiniteprocedureof

managementofaffairsandkeeptheinnocentinprisonforlife.

BleakHouse

LittleDorrit

A:

HardTimes

B:

ATaleofTwoCities

C:

答D:案：B

22、【单选题】InthesecondpartofGulliver'sTravels,Gullivertoldhis

experiencein______.

Brobdingnag

Lilliput

A:

FlyingIsland

B:

Houyhnhnm

C:

答D:案：A

23、【单选题】Faulknerusedthenarrativetechniquestoconstructhisstories,

whichinclude______andmythologicalandbiblicalallusions.

symbolism

freeindirectspeech

A:

contrast

B:

dialogue

C:

答D:案：A

24、【单选题】ErnestHemingway,hadbeentryingtodemonstrateinhisworksan

unvaryingcode,knownas“______,”whichisactuallyanattitudetowardslife.

facingthereality

graceunderpressure

A:

honestywithbenevolence

B:

securitycomingfirst

C:

答D:案：B

25、【单选题】TheBlithedaleRomanceisanovelwrittenbyHawthornetoreveal

hisownexperienceontheBrookFarmandhisownmethodsasa______novelist.

naturalist

imagist

A:

psychological

B:

feminist

C:

答D:案：C

26、【单选题】TheodoreDreiser'sfocusshiftedfromthepathosofthehelpless

protagonistsatthebottomofthesocietytothepoweroftheAmericanfinancial

tycoonsinthelate19thcenturyinhiswork______.

TheGenius

AnAmericanTragedy

A:

DreiserLooksatRussia

B:

“TrilogyofDesire”

C:

答D:案：D

27、【单选题】EmilyDickinsonfrequentlyusespersonaetorenderthetonemore

familiartothereader,and______tovivifysomeabstractideas.

images

metaphor

A:

B:

symbols

personification

C:

答D:案：D

28、【单选题】Inhislaterworks,Melvillebecomesmorereconciledwiththe

______,inwhichheadmits,onemustlivebyrules.

women

worldofman

A:

family

B:

politicians

C:

答D:案：B

29、【单选题】WaltWhitman's______hasalwaysbeenconsideredamonumental

workwhichcommandsgreatattentioninAmerica.

ThePilgrim’sProgress

LeavesofGrass

A:

APassagetoIndia

B:

RipVanWinkle

C:

答D:案：B

30、【单选题】MarkTwain’sfullliterarycareerbegantoblossomin1869witha

travelbook______,anaccountofAmericantouristsinEurope.

InnocentsAbroad

ThePortraitofALady

A:

TheGrapesofWrath

B:

TheGreatGatsby

C:

答D:案：A

31、【单选题】Withthedevelopmentofthemodernnovelandthecommonacceptance

ofthe______approach,HenryJames'simportance,aswellashiswideinfluence

asanovelistandcritic,hasbeenallthemoreconspicuous.

deconstruction

romantic

A:

Freudian

B:

analytic

C:

答D:案：C

32、【单选题】EmilyDickinsonaddressestheissuesthatconcernthewholehuman

beingsinherpoems,whichincludereligion,death,______,love,andnature.

immortality

wealth

A:

power

B:

politics

C:

答D:案：A

33、【单选题】InSisterCarrieTheodoreDreiserexpressedhis______pursuitby

expoundingthepurposelessnessoflifeandattackingtheconventionalmoral

standards.

romantic

realistic

A:

naturalistic

B:

modernistic

C:

答D:案：C

34、【单选题】ProfoundideasinRobertFrost'spoemsaredeliveredunderthe

disguiseof______.

theplainlanguageandthesimpleform

thevividdescriptions

A:

metaphors

B:

thecomplicatednarration

C:

答D:案：A

35、【单选题】In______Hemingwaypresentshisphilosophyaboutlifeanddeath

throughthedepictionofthebullfightasakindofmicrocosmictragedy.

TheGreenHillsofAfrica

DeathintheAfternoon

A:

TheSnowsofKilimanjaro

B:

ToHaveandHaveNot

C:

答D:案：B

36、【单选题】OfFaulkner’sliteraryworks,fournovelsaremasterpiecesbyany

standards:TheSoundandtheFury,LightinAugust,Absalom,Absalom!and______.

GoDown,Moses

A:

TheFable

TheSnowsofKilimanjaro

B:

ToHaveandHaveNot

C:

答D:案：A

37、【单选题】AsWhitmansawit,______couldplayavitalpartintheprocess

ofcreatinganewnation.

music

fiction

A:

poetry

B:

painting

C:

答D:案：C

38、【单选题】InmanyofHawthorne'sstoriesandnovels,thePuritanconceptof

lifeiscondemned,especiallyinhisThehouseoftheSevenGablesand______.

GoDown,Moses

TheScarletLetter

A:

AsILayDying

B:

SongofMyself

C:

答D:案：B

39、【单选题】HenryJamesisgenerallyregardedastheforerunnerofthe______

andthefounderofpsychologicalrealism.

“stream-of-consciousness”novels

metaphysicalpoems

A:

shortstories

B:

literarycriticism

C:

答D:案：A

40、【单选题】GenerallyconsideredtobeHenryJames’smasterpiece,______

incarnatestheclashbetweentheOldWorldandtheNewinthelifejourneyofan

AmericangirlinaEuropeanculturalenvironment.

TheAmbassadors

DaisyMiller

A:

TheAmerican

B:

ThePortraitofALady

C:

D:

答案：D

41、【问答题】Wherefore,BeesofEngland,forgeManyaweapon,chain,and

scourge,ThatthesestinglessdronesmayspoilTheforcedproduceofyourtoil?

Questions.A.Identifythepoetandthepoemfromwhichthestanzaistaken.B.

Whatdoyouknowaboutthepoem'swritingbackground?C.Whatdoyouthinkthe

poetintendstosayinthepoem?

答案：A.Shelley,"ASong:MenofEngland".B.Thepoemwaswrittenin1819,

theyearofthePeterlooMassacre.C.Tocallonallworkingpeopleof

Englandtoriseupagainsttheirpoliticaloppressors;topointoutthe

intolerableinjusticeofeconomicexploitation.

42、【问答题】Letusgothen,youandI,Whentheeveningisspreadoutagainst

theskyLikeapatientetherizeduponatable;Letusgo,throughcertainhalf

-desertedstreets,ThemutteringretreatsOfrestlessnightsinone-nightcheap

hotelsAndsawdustrestaurantswithoyster-shells:(Thelinesabovearetaken

from“TheLoveSongofJ.AlfredPrufrock”byT.SEliot.)Questions..A.

Whatdoesthepoempresent?B.Whatformisthepoemcomposedin?C.Whatdoes

thepoemsuggest?

答案：A.presentingthemeditationofanagingyoungmanoverthebusiness

ofproposingmarriage;B.inaformofdramaticmonologue;C.suggestingan

ironiccontrastbetweenapretended"Lovesong"andconfessionofthespeaker's

incapabilityoffacinguptoloveandtolifeinasterileupper-classworld.

43、【问答题】Mylongtwo-pointedladder'sstickingthroughatreeToward

heavenstill,Andthere'sabarrelthatIdidn'tfillBesideit,andtheremay

betwoorthreeApplesIdidn'tpickuponsomebough.Questions.A.Identify

thepoetandthetitleofthepoemfromwhichtheabovelinesaretaken.B.What

experiencedoesthepoemdescribe?C.Whatarethefeelingsofthespeaker?

答案：A.FromRobertFrost's"AfterApple-picking".B.Thepoemisavivid

memoryofthespeaker'sexperienceonthefarm.C.Theendofthelabor

leavesthespeakerwithasenseofcompletionandfulfillmentyetfindshim

blockedfromsuccessbywinter'sapproachingandphysicalweariness.

44、【问答题】ThisismylettertotheWorldThatneverwrotetoMe—The

simpleNewsthatNaturetold—WithtenderMajestyQuestions.A.Identifythe

poet.B.Whatideadoesthepoemexpress?C.Whydoesthepoetusedashesand

capitallettersinthepoem?

答案：A.EmilyDickinson.B.Thepoemexpressesthepoet'sanxietyabouther

communicationwiththeoutsideworld.C.Dashesareusedasamusicaldevice

tocreatecadenceandcapitallettersasameangofemphasis.

45、【问答题】WhatarethefeaturesofGeorgeBernardShaw’scharacterization

inhisplays?

答案：A.Hemakesthetrickofshowinguponecharactervividlyattheexpense

ofanother.B.Shaw'scharactersaretherepresentativesofideas,pointsof

view,thatshiftandalterduringtheplay.

46、【问答题】BrieflyintroduceBlake’sSongsofInnocenceandSongsof

Experience.

答案：A.SongsofInnocenceisalovelyvolumeofpoems,presentingahappy

andinnocentworld,thoughnotwithoutitsevils;B.SongsofExperience

paintsadifferentv,aworldofmiserydisease,warandrepressionwith

melancholytone:C.Thetwobooksholdthesimilarsubject-ma-,butthetone,

emphasisandconclusiondiffer.

47、【问答题】WhydoesSisterCarriebestembodyDreiser'snaturalisticbelief?

答案：A.SisterCarriebestembodiesDreiser'snaturalisticbeliefthatwhile

menarecontrolledandconditionedbyheredity,instinctandchance,a

fewextraordinaryandunsophisticatedhumanbeingsrefusetoaccepttheir

fatewordlesslyandinsteadstrive,unsuccessfully,tofindmeaningandpurpose

fortheirexistence.B.Carrie,asoneofsuch,sensesthatsheismerelya

cipherinanuncaringworldyetseekstograsptheiysteriesoflifeandthere

bysatisfiesherdesiresforsocialstatusandmaterialcomfort.

48、【问答题】BrieflystateMarkTwain'smagicpowerwithlanguageinhis

novels.

答案：A.Hiswordsarecolloquial,concreteanddirectineffect,andhis

sentencestructuresaresimple,evenungrammaticalspokenlanguage.B.His

charactersspeakwithastrongaccent,whichistrueofhislocalcolorism.C.

Differentcharactersfromdifferentliteraryorculturalbackgrounds

talkdifferently.

49、【问答题】WhyisJaneEyreasuccessfulnovel?Giveabriefanalysisofthe

themeandcharaterizationofthenovel.

答案：A.JaneEyreisoneofthemostpopularandimportantnovelsofthe

Victorianage.Itisnotedforitssharpcriticismoftheexistingsociety,e.

g.thereligioushypocisyofcharityinstiutionssuchasLowoodSchool,the

socialdiscriminationJaneexperiencesfirstasadependantatheraunt'shouse

andlaterasagovernessatThornfield,andthefalsesocialconvention

asconcerningloveandmarriage.Atthesametime,itisanintensemoral

fableJane,likeMr.Rochester,hastoundergoaseries