2011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】OneofShelley’sgreatestpoliticallyricsis________,whichwas

latertobecomearallyingsongoftheBritishCommunistParty.

“OdetoLiberty”

“OdetoNaples”

A:

“Sonnet:Englandin1819”

B:

“MenofEngland”

C:

答D:案：D

2、【单选题】InCharlesDickens’work________,theUtilitarianprinciplerules

overtheEnglisheducationsystemanddestroysyoungheartsandminds.

LittleDorrit

HardTimes

A:

GreatExpectations

B:

BleakHouse

C:

答D:案：B

3、【单选题】ThetragicsenseturnsintodespairinThomasHardy’s________,

wherecorneredbythetraditionalsocialmorality,theheroandtheheroinehave

tokilltheirownwillandpassionandreturntotheirformerdestructivewayof

life.

TheReturnoftheNative

TheMayorofCasterbridge

A:

TessoftheD’Urbervilles

B:

JudetheObscure

C:

答D:案：D

4、【单选题】ThetypicalrepresentativesofG.B.Shaw’searlyplaysare

________.

ManandSuperman;TheAppleCart

Widowers’House;Mrs.Warren’sProfession

A:

Candida;Mrs.Warren’sProfession

B:

TheAppleCart;Widowers’House

C:

D:

答案：B

5、【单选题】Asacriticofmusicanddrama,________heldthatartshouldserve

socialpurposesbyreflectinghumanlife,revealingsocialcontradictions

andeducatingthecommonpeople.

T.S.Eliot

OscarWilde

A:

GeorgeBernardShaw

B:

W.B.Yeats

C:

答D:案：C

6、【单选题】SymbolismandcomplexnarrativeareemployedmorerichlyinD.H.

Lawrence’s________,whicharegenerallyregardedashismasterpieces.

WomeninLove;SonsandLovers

TheRainbow;WomeninLove

A:

SonsandLovers;LadyChatterley’sLover

B:

LadyChatterley’sLover;TheRainbow

C:

答D:案：B

7、【单选题】T.S.EliotwontheNobelPrizeofLiteraturein________.

1945

1948

A:

1952

B:

1956

C:

答D:案：B

8、【单选题】ThomasHardy’spessimisticviewoflifepredominatesmostofhis

laterworksandearnshimareputationasa________writer.

realistic

naturalistic

A:

romantic

B:

stylistic

C:

答D:案：B

9、【单选题】“Doyouthink,becauseIampoor,obscure,plain,andlittle,Iam

soullessandheartless?...AndifGodhadgiftedmewithsomebeauty,andmuch

wealth,Ishouldhavemadeitashardforyoutoleaveme,asitisnowforme

toleaveyou.”Thequotedlinesaremostprobablytakenfrom________.

GreatExpectations

WutheringHeights

A:

JaneEyre

B:

PrideandPrejudice

C:

答D:案：C

10、【单选题】ThemostdistinguishingfeatureofCharlesDickens’worksis

________.

thevernacularandlargevocabulary

hishumorandwit

A:

character-portrayal

B:

picturesofpathos

C:

答D:案：C

11、【单选题】G.B.Shaw’splay________establishedhispositionasthe

leadingplaywrightofhistime.

Widowers’Houses

TooTruetoBeGood

A:

Mrs.Warren’sProfession

B:

Candida

C:

答D:案：D

12、【单选题】JaneAusten’sfirstnovel________tellsastoryabouttwo

sistersandtheirloveaffairs.

SenseandSensibility

PrideandPrejudice

A:

NorthangerAbbey

B:

MansfieldPark

C:

答D:案：A

13、【单选题】“IfWintercomes,canSpringbefarbehind?”thequotedline

comesfrom________.

Shelley’s“OdetotheWestWind”

WaltWhitman’sLeavesofGrass

A:

JohnMilton’sParadiseLost

B:

JohnKeats’“OdeonaGrecianUrn”

C:

D:

答案：A

14、【单选题】AllofthefollowingpoemsbyWilliamWordswortharemasterpieces

onnatureEXCEPT________.

“IWanderedLonelyasaCloud”

“AnEveningWalk”

A:

“TinterAbbey”

B:

“TheSolitaryReaper”

C:

答D:案：D

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】AmongthethreemajorpoeticalworksbyJohnMilton,________is

themostperfectexampleofversedramaaftertheGreekstyleinEnglish.

SamsonAgonistes

ParadiseLost

A:

ParadiseRegained

B:

Areopagitica

C:

答D:案：A

18、【单选题】T.S.Eliot’s________notonlypresentsapanoramaofphysical

disorderandspiritualdesolationinthemodernWesternworld,butalsoreflects

theprevalentmoodofdisillusionmentanddespairofawholepost-wargeneration.

TheHollowMen

A:

TheWasteLand

MurderintheCathedral

B:

AshWednesday

C:

答D:案：B

19、【单选题】In________,Shakespearehasnotonlymadeaprofoundanalysisof

thesocialcrisisinwhichtheevilscanbeseeneverywhere,butalsocriticized

thebourgeoisegoism.

Hamlet

Othello

A:

KingLear

B:

Macbeth

C:

答D:案：C

20、【单选题】JohnMilton’sgreatestpoeticalwork________istheonly

generallyacknowledgedepicinEnglishliteraturesinceBeowulf.

Areopagitica

ParadiseLost

A:

Lycidas

B:

SamsonAgonistes

C:

答D:案：B

21、【单选题】Thework________byWilliamBlakeisalovelyvolumeofpoems,

presentingahappyworld,thoughnotwithoutitsevilsandsufferings.

SongsofInnocence

SongsofExperience

A:

PoeticalSketches

B:

LyricalBallads

C:

答D:案：A

22、【单选题】Theplaysknownas“theLawrencetrilogy”areallthefollowing

EXCEPT________.

ACollier’sFridayNight

LadyChatterley’sLover

A:

TheDaughter-in-Law

B:

TheWidowingofMrs.Holroyed

C:

D:

答案：B

23、【单选题】Greatlyandpermanentlyaffectedbythe________experiences,

Hemingwayformedhisownwritingstyle,togetherwithhisthemeandhero.

mining

farming

A:

war

B:

sailing

C:

答D:案：C

24、【单选题】“Thedignityofmovementofanicebergisduetoonlyone-eighth

ofitbeingabovewater.”This“iceberg”analogyaboutprosestylewasput

forwardby________.

WilliamFaulkner

HenryJames

A:

ErnestHemingway

B:

F.ScottFitzgerald

C:

答D:案：C

25、【单选题】InGoDown,Moses,________illuminatestheproblemofblackand

whiteinSouthernsocietyasaclose-knitdestinyofbloodbrotherhood.

WilliamFaulkner

JackLondon

A:

HermanMelville

B:

NathanielHawthorne

C:

答D:案：A

26、【单选题】InDeathintheAfternoon________presentshisphilosophyabout

lifeanddeaththroughthedepictionofthebullfightasakindofmicrocosmic

tragedy.

WilliamFaulkner

JackLondon

A:

ErnestHemingway

B:

MarkTwain

C:

答D:案：C

27、【单选题】WilliamFaulkneroncesaidthat________isastoryof“lost

innocence,”whichprovesitselftobeanintensificationofthethemeof

imprisonmentinthepast.

TheGreatGatsby

TheSoundandtheFury

A:

Absalom,Absalom!

B:

GoDown,Moses

C:

答D:案：B

28、【单选题】WaltWhitmanbelieved,bymeansof“________,”hehasturned

poetryintoanopenfield,anareaofvitalpossibilitywherethereadercanallow

hisownimaginationtoplay.

freeverse

strictverse

A:

regularrhyming

B:

standardizedrhyming

C:

答D:案：A

29、【单选题】HermanMelville’ssecondfamouswork,________,wasnotpublished

until1924,33yearsafterhisdeath.

Pierre

Redburn

A:

Moby-Dick

B:

BillyBudd

C:

答D:案：D

30、【单选题】In1920,________publishedhisfirstnovelThisSideofParadise

whichwas,tosomeextent,hisownstory.

F.ScottFitzgerald

ErnestHemingway

A:

WilliamFaulkner

B:

EmilyDickinson

C:

答D:案：A

31、【单选题】Unlikehiscontemporariesintheearly20thcentury,________did

notbreakupwiththepoetictraditionnormadeanyexperimentonform.

WaltWhitman

RobertFrost

A:

B:

EzraPound

T.S.Eliot

C:

答D:案：B

32、【单选题】WhileMarkTwainseemedtohavepaidmoreattentiontothe

“life”oftheAmericans,________hadapparentlylaidagreateremphasisonthe

“innerworld”ofman.

WilliamHowells

HenryJames

A:

BretHarte

B:

HamlinGarland

C:

答D:案：B

33、【单选题】Attheageofeighty-seven,________readhispoetryatthe

inaugurationofPresidentJohnF.Kennedyin1961.

RobertFrost

WaltWhitman

A:

EzraPound

B:

T.S.Eliot

C:

答D:案：A

34、【单选题】OfallHermanMelville’sseaadventurestories,________proves

tobethebest.

Typee

Redburn

A:

Moby–Dick

B:

Omoo

C:

答D:案：C

35、【单选题】Manisa“victimofforcesoverwhichhehasnocontrol.”This

isanotionheldstronglyby________.

RobertFrost

TheodoreDreiser

A:

HenryJames

B:

HamlinGarland

C:

答D:案：B

36、【单选题】Withthepublicationof________,TheodoreDreiserwaslaunching

himselfuponalongcareerthatwouldultimatelymakehimoneofthemost

significantAmericanwritersoftheschoollaterknownasliterarynaturalism.

SisterCarrie

TheTitan

A:

AnAmericanTragedy

B:

TheStoic

C:

答D:案：A

37、【单选题】NathanielHawthornewasaffectedby________’stranscendentalist

theoryandstruckupaveryintimaterelationshipwithhim.

H.W.Longfellow

WaltWhitman

A:

R.W.Emerson

B:

WashingtonIrving

C:

答D:案：C

38、【单选题】Amongthefollowingwriters________isgenerallyregardedasthe

forerunnerofthe20th-century“stream-of-consciousness”novelsandthefounder

ofpsychologicalrealism.

T.S.Eliot

JamesJoyce

A:

WilliamFaulkner

B:

HenryJames

C:

答D:案：D

39、【单选题】WaltWhitmanwrotedownagreatmanypoemstoairhissorrowfor

thedeathofPresident______,andoneofthefamousis“WhenLilacsLastinthe

DooryardBloom’d.”

Washington

Lincoln

A:

Franklin

B:

Kennedy

C:

答D:案：B

40、【单选题】TheMarbleFaunbyNathanielHawthorne,aromancesetin______,is

concernedaboutthedarkaberrationsofthehumanspirit.

France

Spain

A:

England

B:

Italy

C:

答D:案：D

41、【问答题】“ShahIcomparetheetoasummer’sday?Thouartmorelovely

andmoretemperate:RoughwindsdoshakethedarlingbudsofMay,Andsummer’s

leasehathalltooshortadate;”Questions:A.Who’sthepoetofthequoted

stanza,andwhat’sthetitleofthepoem?B.Whatfigureofspeechisemployed

inthepoem?C.Whatisthethemeofthepoem?

答案：A.Sonnet18,Shakespeare;B.PersonificationC.Anicesummer'sdayis

usuallytransient,butthebeautyinpoetrycanlastforever.

42、【问答题】“Whenthestarsthrewdowntheirspears,Andwater’dheaven

withtheirtears,Didhesmilehisworktosee?DidhewhomadetheLambmake

thee?”Questions:A.Who’sthepoetofthequotedstanza,andwhat’sthe

titleofthepoem?B.Whomdoesthe“he”referto?C.Whatdoesthe“Lamb”

symbolize?

答案：A.TheTyger,WilliamBlakeB.TheGodC.Lambsymbolizespeaceand

purity.

43、【问答题】“Mytongue,everyatomofmyblood,form’dfromthissoil,this

air,Bornhereofparentsbornherefromparentsthesame,andtheirparents

thesame,I,nowthirty-sevenyearsoldinperfecthealthbegin,Hopingto

ceasenottilldeath”Questions:A.Who’sthepoetofthequotedstanza,and

what’sthetitleofthepoem?B.Whatdo“soil”and“air”representinthe

firstline?C.Whatdoesthepoettrytosayintheabovequotedlines?

答案：A.WaltWhitman,"SongofMyself"B.Hisnativeland,Americaorhis

countryC.Iwasbornandnurturedbythislandandshallfromnowondevote

mywholelifetothecountry.

44、【问答题】“‘Isdyinghard,Daddy?’‘No,Ithinkit’sprettyeasy,

Nick.Italldepends.’”Questions:A.Who’stheauthorofthequotedpart,

andwhat’sthetitleofthework?B.WhatwasNickpreoccupiedwithwhenhe

askedthequestion?C.Whydidthefatheradd“Italldepends”afterhe

answeredhisson’squestion?

答案：A.ErnestHemingway,IndianCampB.LifeanddeathC.Whenthefather

saysthatdyingisprettyeasy,hemightbethinkingabouttheself-murdered

husband.Butwhenhereflectsonthewife'smiraclesurvivaloftheviolentpain

inthewholeprocessofbirth,headdsthefinalsentence.Dyingisbothhard

andeasy,italldependsonindividuals.

45、【问答题】What’sthethemeofEmilyBronte’sWutheringHeights?

答案：A.Thenovelisariddlewhichmeansdifferentthingstodifferenpeople.

B.Fromasocialpointofview,itisastoryaboutapoormanabused;C.As

lovestory,beautifulandhorriblepassioninhumanbeings.

46、【问答题】ItissaidthatB.Shaw’splayMrs.Warren’sProfession,hasa

strongrealistictheme,whichfullyreflectsthedramatist’sFabianistidea.

What’sthethemeofthework?

答案：A.AsoneoftheinfluentialmembersoftheFabianSociety,Shawregarded

theestablishmentofsocialismbytheemancipationoflandandindustrial

capitalfromindividualandclassownershipasthefinalgoalB.Asarealistic

dramatist.hetookthemodernsocialissuesashissubjects.Mostofhisplays

areconcernedwithpolitical,economic,moral,orreligiousproblems.C.Mrs.

Warren'sProfessionisaplayabouttheeconomicoppressionofwomen.

47、【问答题】What’sthethemeofNathanielHawthorne’sYoungGoodmanBrown?

答案：A.YoungGoodmanBrownisessentiallyanallegory.Itisconcemedwith

youngPuritanwhoattendsawitches'Sabbathinthewoods.B.GoodmanBrown's

joumeyisasymbolicjoumeyofdiscoveringsinandevilinhumanhearts.The

discoveryishorribleinthatitmakesBrownadistrustanddoubtfulman

forever.C.Indealingwiththethemeofguiltandsin,Hawthorneexemplifies

the"powerofblackness".D.ThestoryfaithfullyreflectsHawthomne'sPuritan

belief:"Thereisevilineveryhumanheart,whichmayremain