2025年4月自考00604英美文学选读试题及答案含评分参考

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英美文学选读试题答案及评分参考

（课程代码00604）

一、单项选择题:本大题共20小题，每小题1分，共20分。

1．D2．A3．B4．C5.A

6．C7．B8．B9．D10.A

11．D12．B13．C14．A15.C

16．B17．C18．D19．A20.D

二、填空题:本大题共10小题，每小题3个空，每个空1分，共30分。

21．memory;metre;poem

22．tongue;weight;fool

23．tears;eyes;sheets

24．sense;presence;habit

25．grass;down;road

26．record;warden;account

27．friends;inns;houses

28．lays;labours;strains

29．tide;wave;race

30．cornfields;haystacks;shadows

三、正误判断题:本大题共10小题，每小题1分，共10分。

31．T32．F33．T34．T35．F

36．T37．F38．F39．T40．F

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四、简答题:本大题共4小题，41~42题，每题6分，43~44题，每题9分，共30分。

41．ThisexcerptfromDombeyandSondescribesavisittoStaggs’sGardensinCamdenTown

ofLondonbyPolly,anursemaidfortheDombeyfamily,alongwithlittlePaul,Florence,

andSusan.（2分）OnethingthatstandsoutinthissectionisDickens’recollectionofthe

chaoticdestructionsanddesolationofthetowncausedbytheearthquake.Readerscan

senseDickens’samazingaptitudeforvisualizingscenesinconcretedetailandhispowerto

depictsuchavisioninwords,realizinginpartwhatgiganticchangeshadtakenplacein

Dickens’stime.（2分）Infact,onethemeofthisnovelisthedestructionanddegradationof

thenewrailwaythroughCamdenTown.（2分）

42．“TheSecondComing”describesapowerfulalternativetotheChristianideaoftheSecond

Coming--Jesus’sprophesiedreturntotheEarthasasaviourofhumankind.（2分）The

poem’sfirststanzadescribesaworldonthebrinkofdoomed,chaotic,disorderlyand

painfuldestruction.Thesecondstanzaimaginesthespeakerreceivingavisionofthe

future,butthisvisionreplacesJesus’sgloriousreturnwithwhatseemstobethearrivalof

anuglyandevilbeast.（2分）“TheSecondComing”hasthismessage:thetimeisupfor

humanity,andhumancivilizationasweknowitisabouttobeundone.（2分）

43．JackLondonisaverypopularwriterinthefirstyearsofthetwentiethcenturyinAmerica.（1分）

Heisarealisticwriter,writingaboutthehumanstruggleinahostileenvironment.His

storiesaremostlybold,violent,andsometimesprimitive,narratedinalanguagethatgives

depthtohisstorieswitharemarkablesenseofirony.（2分）Hiswritingstyleisforcefuland

colorful.Hetellshisstorythroughactionratherthanthroughwords,andheseldomstops

topreachorlecturetothereader.Hissubjectivityandenthusiasmandsinceritytohiswork

makeshimattractive,eventhoughhischaracterizationsareoftenstiffandhisdialogue

stereotyped.（2分）Histhemesfocusonprimitiveviolence,biologicalevolution,class

warfareandmechanisticdeterminism.Hefeelsthatmanisavictimofforcesoverwhich

hehasnocontrol.（2分）Heholdsthatsurvivalisaconstantbattle,andthatmenhavebeen

reducedtotheanimalisticinstinctsfoundinloweranimals.Strongandweakindividuals

fightandstruggleamidstoftenbrutalforces.（2分）

44．“TheWildHoneySuckle”isoneofPhilipFreneau’stypicalnaturalpoems.（1分）Itisnot

onlyPhilipFreneau’sbestlyricandperhapshismostaccomplishedversecomposition,but

alsothemostfrequentlyreprintedandquotedofhispoems.（2分）Inthispoem,thepoet

describesthebeautyofthewildhoneysuckle.Theflowerisabletoleadapeacefullife

freefromman’sdestructionduetotheenvironmentthenatureprovides.However,timeis

constantbutthetimeofalifeisshort.Noflowerornolivingbeingcanescapefromthe

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rulesofnature.（2分）Thispoemalsoshowsthepoet’sattitudetowardslife,namelyto

makelifemeaningful.Eventhoughlifeisaninevitablelawofnature,lifeispriceless.

Therefore,aperson’slifeshouldbewellcherished.（2分）Thispoemhasaserenity,asense

ofaweandlossthatisrare,anditcombinesnativesubjectwiththepoet’sphilosophyof

thetransienceofallhumanexperiences.（2分）

【评分说明】41-44题所给答案和所给分值点仅供阅卷老师参考，阅卷老师可根据学生的

答案情况酌情给分。

五、论述题:本题10分。

45．EmilyDickinsonisawell-knownfemalepoetinAmerica.In1850,uponherfriend’s

introduction,shereadEmerson’spoetryandwasencouragedtowriteherownpoems.

Duringherlifetime,hermindwasonherpoetry,withnearlyeighteenhundredpoems

written.（2分）Thesubjectsofherpoemsrangedfromtheinevitabilityofdeathtothe

simplejoysofthenaturalworld.Duetoherdeliberateseclusion,herpoemstendtobevery

personalandmeditative.Herpoetrycoverstheissuesvitaltohumanity,whichinclude

religion,death,immorality,loveandnature.Sheobservednaturecloselyanddescribedit

vividly,evenmakingherselfbecomepartofit.（2分）EmilyDickinsonwroteherpoemsin

herunconventionalstylethatrevolutionizedthegenre.Insteadoftraditionalrhyme

schemesandpunctuation,sheusedbrokenmetre,seeminglyrandomcapitalization,and

numerousdashestoconveycomplexthoughtsandfeelings,andnoneofherpoemswas

titled.（2分）Inherpoetry,shefrequentlyemployspersonificationstovivifysomeabstract

ideas,exploringtheinnerlifeoftheindividuals.Atthesametime,asamasterof

imaginerythatmakesthespiritmaterializeinsurprisingw