2010年7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】T.S.Eliot’s______isapoemofdramaticmonologueandaprelude

toTheWasteLand,helpingtopointupthecontinuityofEliot’sthinking.

“Prufrock”

“Gerontion”

A:

TheHollowMen

B:

FourQuartets

C:

答D:案：B

2、【单选题】Defoe’sgroupoffournovelsarethefirstliteraryworksdevoted

tothestudyofproblemsofthelower-classpeople.TheyarethefollowingEXCEPT

______.

CaptainSingleton

MollFlanders

A:

Roxana

B:

RobinsonCrusoe

C:

答D:案：D

3、【单选题】CharlesDickens’novel,______,isfamousforitsvivid

descriptionsofthework-houseandlifeoftheunderworldinthenineteenth-

centuryLondon.

ThePickwickPaper

OliverTwist

A:

DavidCopperfield

B:

NicholasNickleby

C:

答D:案：B

4、【单选题】D.H.Lawrence’sautobiographicalnovelis______.

TheRainbow

WomeninLove

A:

SonsandLovers

B:

LadyChatterley’sLover

C:

答D:案：C

5、【单选题】JonathanSwift’sgreatestsatiricworkis______.

ATaleofaTub

TheBattleoftheBooks

A:

Gulliver’sTravels

B:

AModestProposal

C:

答D:案：C

6、【单选题】Dickens’best-depictedcharactersarethefollowing.EXCEPT______.

innocent,virtuous,persecutedandhelplesschildcharacters

horribleandgrotesquecharacters

A:

broadlyhumorousorcomicalcharacters

B:

simple,innocentandfaithfulwomencharacters

C:

答D:案：D

7、【单选题】GeorgeBernardShaw’s______exploredhisideaof“LifeForce”,

thepowerthatwouldcreatesuperiorbeingstobeequaltoGodandtosolveall

thesocial,moral,andmetaphysicalproblemsofhumansociety.

ManandSuperman

TheAppleCart

A:

Pygmalion

B:

TooTruetoBeGood

C:

答D:案：A

8、【单选题】Forhiscontributiontotheestablishmentoftheformofthemodern

novel,______hasbeenregardedas“FatheroftheEnglishNovel”.

DanielDefoe

JonathanSwift

A:

HenryFielding

B:

OliverGoldsmith

C:

答D:案：C

9、【单选题】CharlotteBronte’sautobiograghicalwork______largelybasedon

herexperienceinBrussels.

TheProfessor

Shirley

A:

Villette

B:

C:

JaneEyre

答D:案：C

10、【单选题】D.H.Lawrence’sartistictendencyismainly______,which

combinesdramaticsceneswithanauthoritativecommentary.

romanticism

realism

A:

naturalism

B:

modernism

C:

答D:案：B

11、【单选题】In______opinion,humannatureisseriouslyandpremanently

flawed.Tobetterhumanlife,enlightenmentisneeded,buttoredressitisvery

hard.

DanielDefoe’s

CharlesDickens’

A:

JonathanSwift’s

B:

HenryFielding’s

C:

答D:案：C

12、【单选题】ThemajorthemeofJaneAusten’snovelsis______towardwhich

sheholdsonapracticalidealism.

loveandmoney

marriageandmoney

A:

loveandfamily

B:

loveandmarriage

C:

答D:案：D

13、【单选题】Hardy’s______isafierceattackonthehypocriticalmoralityof

thebourgeoissocietyandthecapitalistinvasionintothecountryand

destructionoftheEnglishpeasantrytowardstheendofthecentury.

TessoftheD’Urbervilles

TheMayorofCasteBridge

A:

TheReturnoftheNative

B:

JudetheObscure

C:

答D:案：A

14、【单选题】HenryFieldingadopted“______”torelateastoryinhisnovel

inwhichtheauthorbecomesthe“all-knowingGod”.

thefirst-personnarration

theepistolaryform

A:

thepicaresqueform

B:

thethird-personnarration

C:

答D:案：D

15、【单选题】In______,ShelleycreatedaPlatonicsymbolofthespiritofman,

aforceofbeautyandregeneration.

“ToaSkylark”

“TheCloud”

A:

“OdetoLiberty”

B:

Adonais

C:

答D:案：B

16、【单选题】Thesuccessof______isalsoduetoitsintroductiontothe

Englishnovelthefirstgovernessheroine.

TheProfessor

JaneEyre

A:

WutheringHeights

B:

FarfromtheMaddingCrowd

C:

答D:案：B

17、【单选题】JohnMilton’s______istheonlygenerallyacknowledgedepicin

EnglishliteraturesinceBeowulf.

ParadiseLost

ParadiseRegained

A:

SamsonAgonistes

B:

Areopagitica

C:

答D:案：A

18、【单选题】Wordsworth’s______isperhapsthemostanthologizedpoemin

Englishliterature.

“ToaSkylark”

“IWonderedLonelyasaCloud”

A:

B:

“AnEveningWalk”

“MyHeartLeapsUp”

C:

答D:案：B

19、【单选题】AsthebestofShakespeare’sfinalromances,______isatypical

exampleofhispessimisticviewtowardshumanlifeandsocietyinhislateyears.

TheTempest

TheWinter’sTale

A:

Cymbeline

B:

TheRapeofLucrece

C:

答D:案：A

20、【单选题】ThemajorrepresentativesofthepoeticrevolutioninEnglish

RomanticperiodwereSamuelTaylorColeridgeand______.

WilliamBlake

WilliamWordsworth

A:

JohnKeats

B:

PercyByssheShelley

C:

答D:案：B

21、【单选题】SamsonAgonistesby______isthemostperfectexampleofthe

versedramaaftertheGreekstyleinEnglish.

JohnMilton

WilliamBlake

A:

HenryFielding

B:

WilliamWordsworth

C:

答D:案：A

22、【单选题】Thedeclarationthat“IknowthatThisWorldisaWorldof

IMAGINATION&Vision,”andthat“TheNatureofmyworkisvisionaryor

imaginative”belongsto______.

WilliamBlake

WilliamWordsworth

A:

SamuelTaylorColeridge

B:

GeorgeGordonByron

C:

答D:案：A

23、【单选题】Twopeoplecouldbe“twainyetone”:theirpathscouldbe

different,andyettheycouldachieveakindoftranscendentcontact,______

believed.

WaltWhitman

EzraPound

A:

WashingtonIrving

B:

NathanielHawthorne

C:

答D:案：A

24、【单选题】MostliterarycriticsthinkthatFitzgeraldisbothaninsiderand

anoutsiderof______withadoublevision.

theJazzAge

theAgeofReasonandRevolution

A:

theBabyboomingAge

B:

thePost-ModernAge

C:

答D:案：A

25、【单选题】TheNobelPrizeCommitteehighlypraised______for“hispowerful

styleformingmasteryoftheart”ofcreatingmodernfiction.

T.S.Eliot

ErnestHemingway

A:

WilliamFaulkner

B:

MarkTwain

C:

答D:案：B

26、【单选题】Theattitudetowardslifethat______hadbeentryingto

demonstrateinhisworksisknownas“graceunderpressure”.

WilliamFaulkner

TheodoreDreiser

A:

ErnestHemingway

B:

F.ScottFitzgerald

C:

答D:案：C

27、【单选题】In1841,______wenttotheSouthSeasonawhalingship,wherehe

gainedthefirst-handinformationaboutwhalingthatheusedlaterinMoby-Dick.

HermanMelville

A:

NathanielHawthorne

RobertLeeFrost

B:

T.S.Eliot

C:

答D:案：A

28、【单选题】Inmostofhiswritings,______deliberatelybrokeupthe

chronologyofhisnarrativebyjuxtaposingthepastwiththepresent,intheway

themontagedoesinamovie.

WaltWhitman

WilliamFaulkner

A:

ErnestHemingway

B:

F.ScottFitzgerald

C:

答D:案：B

29、【单选题】In1950,oneoftheleadingAmericanwriters______wasawarded

theNobelPrizefortheanti-racistIntruderintheDust.

RobertFrost

TheodoreDreiser

A:

WilliamFaulkner

B:

F.ScottFitzgerald

C:

答D:案：C

30、【单选题】WaltWhitman’s______isacollectionofpoemsincorporatinghis

emotionsandfeelingsbeforeandduringtheCivilWarwhenhestoodfirmlyonthe

sideoftheNorth.

LeavesofGrass

“CavalryCrossingaFord”

A:

“SongofMyself”

B:

DrumTaps

C:

答D:案：D

31、【单选题】ItwashismasterpieceTheGreatGatsbythatmade______oneof

thegreatestAmericannovelists.

F.ScottFitzgerald

WilliamFaulkner

A:

ErnestHemmingway

B:

GertrudeSteinbeck

C:

D:

答案：A

32、【单选题】ThechildhoodofTomSawyerandHuckFinnintheMississippiisa

recordofavanishedwayoflifeinthe______Mississippivalley.

pre-WarofIndependence

post-WarofIndependence

A:

pre-CivilWar

B:

post-CivilWar

C:

答D:案：C

33、【单选题】InMoby-Dick,forthecharacterAhab,thewhitewhalerepresents

only______.

evil

nature

A:

society

B:

purity

C:

答D:案：A

34、【单选题】Melville’ssemi-autobiographicalnovel,______,concernsthe

sufferingsofagenteelyouthamongbrutalsailors.

Moby-Dick

Redburn

A:

Mardi

B:

Typee

C:

答D:案：B

35、【单选题】CloselyrelatedtoDickinson’sreligiouspoetryareherpoems

concerning______,rangingoverthephysicalaswellasthepsychologicaland

emotionalaspectsofdeath.

loveandnature

deathanduniverse

A:

deathandimmortality

B:

familyandhappiness

C:

答D:案：C

36、【单选题】TheeffectofDarwinistideaof“survivalofthefittest”was

shatteringin______’sfictionalworldofjungle,where“killortobekilled”

wasthelaw.

MarkTwain

HenryJames

A:

TheodoreDreiser

B:

WaltWhitman

C:

答D:案：C

37、【单选题】ThoughRobertFrost’ssubjectmattersmainlyfocusonthe

landscapeandpeoplein______,hewrotemanypoemsthatinvestigatethebasic

themesofman’slifeinhislongpoeticcareer.

theSouth

theWest

A:

England

B:

NewEngland

C:

答D:案：D

38、【单选题】Likeallnaturalists,______wasrestrainedfromfindinga

solutiontothesocialproblemsthatappearedinhisnovelsandaccordinglyalmost

allhisworkshavetragicendings.

TheodoreDreiser

HenryJames

A:

WashingtonIrving

B:

WaltWhitman

C:

答D:案：A

39、【单选题】“TheBirthmark”driveshomesymbolicallyHawthorne’spointthat

______isman’sbirthmark,somethingheisbornwith.

purity

generosity

A:

evil

B:

love

C:

答D:案：C

40、【单选题】TheBlithedaleRomanceisanovel______wrotetorevealhisown

experiencesontheBrookFarmandhisownmethodsasapsychologicalnovelist.

HermanMelville

A:

NathanielHawthorne

WashingtonIrving

B:

WaltWhitman

C:

答D:案：B

41、【问答题】“Tobe,ornottobe——thatisthequestion;Whether’tis

noblerinthemindtosufferTheslingsandarrowsofoutrageousfortune,Orto

takearmsagainstaseaoftroubles,Andbyopposingendthem?”Questions:

A.Whoisthewriterofthiswork?What’sthetitleofthework?B.Whatdoesthe

phrase“totakearmsagainstaseaoftroubles”mean?C.Howdoyouunderstand

thequotation“Tobe,ornottobe—thatisthequestion”?

答案：A.ShakespeareandHamlet;B.totakeuparms,againsttroublesthat

sweepuponuslikeasea.C.Whetherto,liveoninthisworldortodieisa

question.ItreflectsHamlet'sdilemmaandhasbecometheetemalquestioningof

humanaction.

42、【问答题】“BesideapumiceisleinBaiae’sbay,Andsawinsleepold

palacesandtowersQuiveringwithinthewave’sintenserday,Allovergrown

withazuremossandflowersSosweet,thesensefaintspicturingthem!ThouFor

whosepaththeAtlantic’slevelpowers”(FromShelley’s“OdetotheWest

Wind”)Questions:A.Inwhatformisthepoemwritten?B.Whatdoesthe

quotation“thesensefaintspicturingthem”mean?C.WhatideadoesShelley

expressinthispoem?

答案：A.TheterzarimaformShelleyderivedfromhisreadingofDante.

B.Seeingtheimagessobeautifulonefeelfainttodescribethem.C.He

eulogizeethepowerfulwestwindandexpresseshiseagemesstoenjoy

theboundlessfreedomfromreality.

43、【问答题】“WepassedtheSchool,whereChildrenstroveAtRecess-inthe

Ring-WepassedtheFieldsofGazingGrain-WePassedtheSettingSun-”

(FromEmilyDickinson’spoemBecauseIcouldnotstopforDeath)Questions:

A.Whatdoesthephrase“FieldsofGazingGrain”symbolize?B.Whatfigureof

speechisusedinthepoem?C.WhatareDickinson’suniquewritingfeatures?

答案：A.Itsymbolizesthematureperiod.B.PersonificationC.(1)Herpoems

havenotitles.(2)Dashesareusedasamusicaldevice.(3)Capitallettersare

usedasameansofemphasis.()Irregularandinvertedsentencestructureis

used.(5)Herpoeticidiomisnotedforitslaconicbrevity,directnessand

plainness.(6)Herpoemsareusuallyshort,personalandmedietafive.

44、【问答题】(Alotofcommonobjectshavebeenenumeratedintheprevious

lines,andherearethelasttwolinesofthepoem.)“Thehorizon’sedge,the

flyingsea-crow,thefragranceofsaltmarshandshoremud.Thesebecamepart

ofthatchildwhowentfortheveryday,andwhonowgoes,andwillalwaysgoforth

everyday.”Questions:A.Whoistheauthorofthispoem?Whatisthetitleof

thepoem?B.Whatdoesthechildstandforinthepoem?C.Howdoyouunderstand

“Thesebecamepartofthechild”?

答案：A.Whitman.ThereWasaChildWentForthB.theyounggrowingAmerica

C.Thecommonobjectsinthepoemreflectthenaturalprocessofaboy'sgrowth.

45、【问答题】WhatarethefeaturesofGeorgeBernardShaw’scharacterization

inhisplays?

答案：A.Hemakesthetrickofshowinguponecharactervividlyattheexpense

ofanother.B.Shaw'scharactersaretherepresentativesofideas,pointsof

view,thatshiftandalterduringtheplay.

46、【问答题】ThomasHardyisoftenregardedasatransitionalwriter.Some

criticsbelievethatheisemotionallytraditionalandintellectuallyadvanced.

Howdoyouunderstandthisidea?

答案：A.InHardy'snovel,thereisanapparentnostalgictouchinhis

descriptionofthesimpleandbeautifulthoughprimitiverurallife,whichwas

graduallydeelininganddisapearinginEnglandatthetime.Heisalways

sympatheticwiththosetraditionalcharactersandmoumsovertheirfailureand

misfortune.B.Ontheotherhand,hewasgreatlyinfluencedbyDarwin'stheory

of"survivalofthefittest",andothermodemphilosophicalthoughts,whichled

tothepessimisticdeterminismornaturalisminfiction.

47、【问答题】WhatisthemostfamousthemeinHenryJames’sfiction?Andwhat

ishisfavourateapproachincharacterization,whichmakeshimdifferentfrom

MarkTwainandW.D.Howllesasrealists?Givetwotitlesofhisworksofhis

firstperiodinwhichthisthemeandthisapproachareemployed.

答案：A.InternationalTheme;B.James'realismischaracterizedbyhis

psychologicalapprouchtohissubjectmatter.C.TheAmerican,DaiyMiller,The

EuropeansThePortraitofALady.

48、【问答题】“YoungGoodmanBrown”isoneofHawthorne’smostprofoundtales.

WhatistheallegoricalmeaningofBrown,theprotagonist?WhatdoesHawthorneset

outtoproveinthistale?HowdoesMelvillecommentonHawthorne’smannerof

concerningwithguiltandevil?

答案：A.Allegorically,theprotagonistbecomesanEverymannamedBrown,a

"young"man,whowillbeagedinonenightbyanadventurethatmakeseveryone

inthisworldafallenidol.B.Hesetsoultoprovethateveryonepossesses

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