2012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】Antonio,BassanioandPortiaarethecharactersin_______.

TheMerchantofVenice

MuchAdoAboutNothing

A:

TwelfthNight

B:

AMidsummerNight'sDream

C:

答D:案：A

2、【单选题】JohnMiltonwrote_______toexposethewaysofSatanand

to"justifythewaysofGodtomen."

ParadiseRegained

ParadiseLost

A:

SamsonAgonistes

B:

Areopagitica

C:

答D:案：B

3、【单选题】Thework_______writtenbyDanielDefoebroughthimintojailand

madehimgothroughpublicpillory.

TheShortestWaywiththeDissenters

TheTrue-bornEnglishman

A:

RobinsonCrusoe

B:

AJournalofthePlagueYear

C:

答D:案：A

4、【单选题】InthefirstpartofGulliver'sTravels,Gullivertoldhis

experiencein_______.

Brobdingnag

Lilliput

A:

FlyingIsland

B:

Houyhnhnm

C:

答D:案：B

5、【单选题】Forhiscontributiontotheestablishmentoftheformofthemodern

novel,_______hasbeenregardedbysomeas"FatheroftheEnglishNovel".

DanielDefoe

JohathanSwift

A:

HenryFielding

B:

CharlesDickens

C:

答D:案：C

6、【单选题】WilliamBlake's_______wascomposedduringtheclimaxofthe

FrenchRevolutionanditplaysthedoublerolebothasasatireanda

revolutionaryprophecy.

SongsofExperience

SongsofInnocence

A:

MarriageofHeavenandHell

B:

PoeticalSketches

C:

答D:案：C

7、【单选题】_______maintainedthatthescenesandeventsofeverydaylifeand

thespeechofordinarypeopleweretherawmaterialofwhichpoetrycouldand

shouldbemade.

WilliamBlake

WilliamWordsworth

A:

T.S.Eliot

B:

WilliamShakespeare

C:

答D:案：B

8、【单选题】Prometheus,theheroinShelly'spoeticdramaPrometheusUnbound,

isafigurein_______.

TheBible

GreekMythology

A:

AGermanLegend

B:

ArabianNights

C:

答D:案：B

9、【单选题】JaneAusten'sfirstnovelis_______.

PrideandPrejudice

SenseandSensibility

A:

Emma

B:

C:

Persuasion

答D:案：B

10、【单选题】AllofthefollowingstatementsaretrueofDickens'laterworks

EXCEPT_______.

Therearefewerjokesandthecomedybecomesharsher.

Thereisalwaysahappyending.

A:

Thenovelsareofgreatcompactnessandconcentration.

B:

Mostoftheworkspresentcriticismofthemorecomplicatedandyet

C:

mostfundamentalsocialinstitutionsandmoralsofVictorianEngland.

D:

答案：B

11、【单选题】CharlotteBronte'smostautobiographicalwork,_______islargely

basedonherexperienceinBrussels.

JaneEyre

Shirley

A:

Villette

B:

TheProfessor

C:

答D:案：C

12、【单选题】AllofthefollowingnovelsbyThomasHardyrevealtheconflict

betweenthetraditionalandthemodemEXCEPT_______.

TheMayorofCasterbridge

TessoftheD'Urbervilles

A:

JudetheObscure

B:

UndertheGreenwoodTree

C:

答D:案：D

13、【单选题】MuchofShaviandramaisconstructedaroundthe_______of

conventionaltheatricalsituation.

tradition

inversion

A:

bordering

B:

distortion

C:

答D:案：B

14、【单选题】Asanimportantprosewriter,inhisfamousessay,Traditionand

IndividualTalent,Eliotputgreatemphasisontheimportanceof_______bothin

creativewritingandincriticism.

change

creativity

A:

ethic

B:

tradition

C:

答D:案：D

15、【单选题】D.H.Lawrence'snovel_______isaremarkablenovelinwhichthe

individualconsciousnessissubtlyrevealedandstrandsofthemesareintricately

woundup.

SonsandLovers

TheRainbow

A:

WomeninLove

B:

LadyChatterley'sLover

C:

答D:案：C

16、【单选题】AllofthefollowingplaysareamongShakespeare''fourgreated

tragediesEXCEPT_______.

Hamlet

Macbeth

A:

RomioandJuliet

B:

Othello

C:

答D:案：C

17、【单选题】Thework_______showshowmankind,inthepersonofChrist,

withstandsthetempterandisestablishedoncemoreinthedivinefavor.

ParadiseRegained

ParadiseLost

A:

SamsonAgonistes

B:

Areopagitica

C:

答D:案：A

18、【单选题】AsoneofthegreatestmastersofEnglishprose_______defineda

goodstyleas"properwordsinproperplaces."

HenryFielding

A:

JonathanSwift

DanielDefoe

B:

WilliamBlake

C:

答D:案：B

19、【单选题】Dickens'bestdepictedcharactersarethoseinnocent,virtuous,

persecutedandhelpless_______.

childcharacters

females

A:

laborors

B:

farmers

C:

答D:案：A

20、【单选题】TheauthoroftheworkTheReturnoftheNativeis_______.

ThomasHardy

D.H.Lawrence

A:

CharlesDickens

B:

GeorgeBernardShaw

C:

答D:案：A

21、【单选题】TheLoveSongofJ.AlfredPrufrock,Eliot'smoststrikingearly

achievement,presentsthemeditationofanagingyoungmanoverthebusinessof

_______.

proposingmarriage

pursuingthetruth

A:

losingidealism

B:

makingachoice

C:

答D:案：A

22、【单选题】D.H.Lawrence'stwonovels_______andWomeninLove,are

generallyregardedashismasterpieces.

SonsandLovers

TheRainbow

A:

Kangaroo

B:

LadyChatterley'sLover

C:

答D:案：B

23、【单选题】Hemingway'sToHaveandHaveNotisoneofmanytoshowhis

characteristicspatternof_______strugglingagainstnatureandtheenvironment.

amilitaryarmy

avulnerablegroup

A:

ahumansociety

B:

alonelyindividual

C:

答D:案：D

24、【单选题】AccordingtoHawthorne,thereisevilineveryhumanheart,which

mayremainlatent,perhaps,throughthewholelife;but_______mayrouseitto

activity.

music

circumstances

A:

memory

B:

love

C:

答D:案：B

25、【单选题】_______isbest-knownastheauthorofhismightybook,Moby-Dick,

whichisoneoftheworld'sgreatestmasterpieces.

HermanMelville

MarkTwain

A:

EmestHemingway

B:

VirginiaWoolf

C:

答D:案：A

26、【单选题】WaltWhitmanisapoetwithastrongsenseofmission,having

devotedallhislifetothecreationofthe"single"poem,_______.

InnocentsAbroad

TheLostParadise

A:

LeavesofGrass

B:

TheWasteLand

C:

答D:案：C

27、【单选题】WhileMarkTwainandHowellsseemedtohavepaidmoreattentionto

the"life"oftheAmericans,HenryJameshadapparentlylaidagreateremphasison

the"_______"ofman.

outerworld

innerworld

A:

physicalworld

B:

domesticworld

C:

答D:案：B

28、【单选题】Greatlyandpermanentlyaffectedbythe_______,Hemingwayformed

hisownwritingstyle,togetherwithhisthemeandhero.

warexperiences

loveexperiences

A:

marriage

B:

education

C:

答D:案：A

29、【单选题】EmilyDickinson'spoetryisuniqueand_______initsownway.For

example,herpoemshavenotitles.

traditional

unconventional

A:

ordinary

B:

unbelievable

C:

答D:案：B

30、【单选题】TheodoreDreiserentitledhisgreatestworkwith_______intending

totellusthatitisthesocialpressurethatmakesClyde'sdownfallinevitable.

DeathintheWoods

TenderIstheNight

A:

TheSoundandtheFury

B:

AnAmericanTragedy

C:

答D:案：D

31、【单选题】RobertLeeFrost's_______wonhimthefirstPulitzerPrizes,

whichincludes"StoppingbyWoodsonaSnowyEvening."

NorthBoston

“TheGiftOutright

A:

NewHampshire

B:

ABoy'sWill

C:

D:

答案：C

32、【单选题】Fitzgeraldisagreat_______inAmericanliteratureandhisstyle

iscloselyrelatedtohisthemes.

poet

critic

A:

essayist

B:

stylist

C:

答D:案：D

33、【单选题】ItisHenryJames'novelsandhis_______thatmakehima

fascinatingcaseintheAmericanliteraryhistoryandaconspicuousfigurein

worldliterature.

literaryessays

travelaccounts

A:

poems

B:

plays

C:

答D:案：A

34、【单选题】ThemajorconcernofFaulkner's_______isprimarilyaboutthe

Southasastateofmind.

TheSunAlsoRises

Lightinaugust

A:

TheFable

B:

Themansion

C:

答D:案：B

35、【单选题】Compelledbyanunceasinginterestinthe"interioroftheheart"of

man'sbeing,Hawthorediscusses_______inalmosteverybookhewrote.

loveandhatred

sinandevil

A:

frustrationandself-denial

B:

balanceandself-discipline

C:

答D:案：B

36、【单选题】ThepurposeofMelville'sfictionaltalesexoticorphilosophical,

istopenetrateasdeeplyaspossibleintothemetaphysical,theological,

moral,psychological,andsocialtruthsof_______.

humanexistence

politics

A:

religion

B:

arts

C:

答D:案：A

37、【单选题】AccordingtoWhitman,poetrycouldenableAmericanstocelebrate

theirreleasefromtheOldWorldandthe_______rule.

academic

official

A:

colonial

B:

legislative

C:

答D:案：C

38、【单选题】Beingaboy'sbookspeciallywrittenfortheadults,_______is

MarkTwain'smostrepresentativework,describingjoumeydowntheMississippi

undertakenbyHuckandJim.

InnocentsAbroad

TheGildedAge

A:

LifeontheMississippi

B:

AdventuresofHuckleberryFinn

C:

答D:案：D

39、【单选题】OneofHenryJames'literarytechniquesinnovatedtocaterfor

thepsychologicalemphasisishis_______.

narrative"pointofview"

rhetoricaldevices

A:

wayofusingmetaphors

B:

wayofusingsymbols

C:

答D:案：A

40、【单选题】MorethanfivehundredpoemsEmilyDickensonwroteareabout

nature,inwhichhergeneral_______abouttherelationshipbetweenmanandnature

iswell-expressed

skepticism

belief

A:

B:

appreciation

passion

C:

答D:案：A

41、【问答题】Intothisfenceorfortress,withinfinitelabour,carry'dallmy

riches,allmyprovisions,ammunition,andstores,ofwhichyouhavetheaccount

above;andImademealargetent,which,topreservemefromtherainsthatin

onepartoftheyearareveryviolentthere,Imadedouble,viz.onesmaller

tentwithin,andonelargertentaboveit,andcoveredtheuppermostwitha

largetarpaulinwhichIhadsavedamongthesails.Questions:A.Identifythe

authorandthetitleofthenovelfromwhichthispassageistaken.B.Whoisthe

narrator?C.Whatarethenarrator'scharacteristicsandwhomdoesherepresent?

答案：A.FromDanielDefoe's'RobinsonCrusoe.B.RobinsonCrusoe.C.Robinson

isatypical18thcenturyEnglishmiddle-classman,withgreatcapacityfor

work,inexhaustibleenergy,courage,patienceandpersistenceinovercoming

obstacles,instrugglingagainstthehostilenaturalenvironment.Heisthe

veryprototypeoftheempirebuilder,thepioneercolonist.

42、【问答题】mrs.WARREN.[afterlookingatherhelplessly,beginstowhimper]

VivieVIVIE.[springingupsharply]Nowpraydontbegintocry.Anythingbut

that.Ireallycannotstandwhimpering.Iwillgooutoftheroomifyoudo.

MRS.WARREN.piteously]Oh,mydarling,howcanyoubesohardonme?HaveIno

rightsoveryouasyourmother?VIVIE.Areyoumymother?MR.WARREN.[appalled]

Amyourmother!Oh,Vivie!VIVIE.Thenwhereareourrelatives?myfather?our

familyfriends?Youclaimtherightsofamother:therighttocallmefooland

child:tospeaktomeasnowomaninauthorityovermeatcollegedarespeaktome;

todictatemywayoflife;andtoforceonmetheacquaintanceofabrutewhom

anyonecanseetobethemostvicioussortofLondonmanabouttown.BeforeIgive

myselfthetroubletoresistsuchclaims,aswellfindoutwhethertheyhaveany

realexistence.Questions:A.Identifytheauthorandthetitleoftheplayfrom

whichthepartistaken.B.Summarizethethemeoftheplayinoneortwo

sentences.C.WhatkindofpersonistheprotagonistVivie?

答案：A.GeorgeBemardShaw,mrs.Warren's'profession.B.Theplayisaboutthe

economicoppressionofwomen.C.Vivieiskindofnewwoman,intelligentand

welleducated,withastrongsenseofinjusticeandapassionfor"honest"work.

43、【问答题】Icelebratemyself,andsingmyself.AndwhatIassumeyoushall

assume,Foreveryatombelongingtomeasgoodbelongstoyou.Questions:

A.Identifythepoetandthetitleofthepoemfromwhichthestanzaistaken.

B.Whatdoestheword"you"referto?C.Whatdoesthepoetexpressinthestanza?

答案：A.FromWaltWhitman's"SongofMyself".B.Thedemocratic"en-masse"of

America.C.Thegenuineparticipationofapoetinacommonculturalwasto

behaveasasupremeindividualist;however,thepoet'sessentialpurposewasto

identifyhisegowiththeworld,andwiththedemocratic"en-masse"ofAmerica.

44、【问答题】Weslowlydrove-Heknewnohaste,AndIhadputawayMylabor

andmyleisuretooForHisCivility一WepassedtheSchool.whereChildren

stroveAtRecess——intheRing——WepassedtheFieldsofGazingGrain——

WepassedtheSettingSun——Questions:A.Identifythepoetandthetitleof

thepoemfromwhichtheabovestanzasaretakenB.Whatfigureofspeechisused

inLineandLine4?C.Whatdo"theSchool","theFieldsofGazingGrain"and"the

SettingSun"represent?

答案：A.FromEmilyDickinson's"BecauseIcouldnotstopforDeath-".

B.Personification.

解析：Theyrepresentthreestagesoflife:"theSchool"——youth;"theFields

ofGazingGrain"matureperiod:"theSettingSun"——endoflife.

45、【问答题】WhatisthethemeofJaneAusten'PrideandPrejudice?

答案：PrideandPrejudice,originallydraftedas"FirstImpressions"in1796,

isthemostdelightfulofJaneAusten'sworks.Thetitletellsofamajor

concernofthenovel:prideandprejudice.

46、【问答题】Whatdoesthepoem"TheChimneySweeper(fromSongsof

Experience)"reveal?

答案：Thetwo"ChimneySweeper"poemsaregoodexamplestorevealthe

relationbetweenaneconomiccircumstance,i.e.theexploitationofchild

labor，andanideologicalcircumstance,i.e.theroleplayedbyreligionin

makingpeoplecomplianttoexploitation.ThepoemfromtheSongsofEXperience

revealsthetruenatureofreligionwhichhelpsbringmiserytothepoor

children.

47、【问答题】Whatis"HemingwayCodeHeroes"?

答案：Hemingway'sworldislimited.Hedealswithalimitedrangeof

charactersinquitesimilarcircumstancesandmeasuresthemagaistanunvarying

code,knownas"graceunderpressure",whichisactuallyanattitudetowards

lifethatHemingwayhadbeentryingtodemonstrateishisworks.Thosewho

surviveintheprocessofseekingtomasterthecodewiththehonestythe

discipline,andtherestraintareHemingwayCodeHeroes.

48、【问答题】GiveabriefanalysisofEmilyGriersontheprotagonistofARose

forEmilybyFaulkner.

答案：SetinthetownofJeffersoninYoknapatawpa,thestoryfocuseson

EmilyGrierson,aneccentricspinsterwhorefusestoacceptthepassageoftime,

ortheinevitablechargeandlossthataccompaniedit.Asadescendentof

theSouthernaristocracy,EmilyistypicalofthoseinFawlkner's

YoknapatwaphastorieswhoarethesymbolsoftheOldSouthbuttheprisonersof

thepast.

49、【问答题】DiscussbrieflyThomasHardy'sliteraryachievementintermsof

thesetting,theliterarytendencyandliteraryfeatures.

答案：A.Hardy'snovelsareallVictorianindate.Mostofthemaresetin

Wessex,thefictionalprimitiveandcruderuralregionwhichisreallythehome

placehebothlovesandhates,suchasTheReturnoftheNative,Tessof

theD'UrbervillesandJudetheObscure.Theseworks,knownas"novelsof

characterandenvironment,"arethemostrepresentativeofhimasbotha

naturalisticandacriticalrealistwriter.B.Livingattheturnofthe

century,Hardyisoftenregardedasatransitionalwriter.Inhimweseethe

influencefromboththepastandthemodern.Thepessimisticviewoflife

predominatesmostofHardy'slaterworksandearshimareputationasa

naturalisticwriter.ThoughNaturalismseemstohaveplayedanimportantpart

inHardy'sworks,thereisalsobitterandsharpcriticismandevenopen

challengeoftheirrational,hypocriticalandunfairVictorianinstitu