4月全国英美文学选读自考试题及答案解析

1、精品自学考试资料推荐全国 2019 年月高等教育自学考试英美文学选读试题课程代码： 00604全部题目用英文作答，答案写在答题纸相应的位置上。PART ONE .Multiple Choice (40 points in all, 1 for each)Select from the four choices of each item the one that best answers the question or completes the statement. Write the answers on the answer sheet.1. “ Fora week after the c

2、ommission of the impious and profane offence of asking for more,Oliverremained a close prisoner in the dark and solitary room .” (Dickens,OliverTwist)What did Oliver ask for?AMore time to play.BMore food to eat.CMore book to read.DMore money to spend.2. Mrs. Warren sProfession is one of George Berna

3、rd Shaw plays. What is Mrs. Warren sprofession then ?AReal estate.BProstitution.CHouse-keeping.DFarming.3. Dr. Faustus is a play based on the German legend of a magician aspiring for and finally meeting his tragic end as a result of selling his soul to the Devil.AimmortalityBpoliticalCmoneyDknowledg

4、e4. The statement“ A demanding mother turns away from her husband and gives all her affection toher sons” sums up the main plot of D. H. Lawrences.A Lady Chatterley s LoverB Women in loveC Sons and LoversD The Plumed Serpent5. “ Come to me come to me entirely now,” said he ; and added, in his deepes

5、t tone, speaking inmy ear as his cheek was laid on mine,“ Make myI willhappinessmake yours.”The above passage presents a scene in.AEmily BronteWitherings HeightsBCharlotte BronteJanesEyreCJohn Galsworthy s The Forsyte SagaDThomas Hardy s Tess of the D Urbervilles6.Which of the following is NOT writt

6、en by William Butler Yeats?A“ Sailing to Byzantium.” B“ The Lake Isle of Innisfree.”C“ Leda and the Swan.”D“ The Waste Land.”7.“ Drive my dead thought over the universeLike withered leaves to quicken a new birth.”(Percy Bysshe Shelley,“ Ode to the West Wind”)What rhetorical device does the poet use

7、in the quoted lines?1精品自学考试资料推荐ASynecdoche.BMetaphor.CSimile.DOnomatopoeia.8.Crusoe is the hero in The life and Strange Surprising Adventures of Robinson Grusoe, of York,Mariner (also known as Robinson Crusoe)by.AJonathan SwiftBDaniel DefoeCGeorge EliotDD.H.Lawrence9. “ Beauty is truth, truth beauty

8、” is an epigrammatic. line byAJohn KeatsBWilliam BlakeCWilliam WordsworthDPercy Bysshe Shelley10.Christoper Marlow s “ The Passionate Shepherd to His Love.” is a (n)Apastoral lyricBelegyCeulogyDepic11.Which of the following is NOT regarded as one of the characteristics of Renaissance humanism?ACulti

9、vation of the art of this world and this life.BTolerance of human foibles.CSearch for the genuine flavor of ancient culture.DGlorification of religious faith.12. “ In dream vision Arthur witnessed the loveliness of Gloriana, and upon awaking resolves toseek her. The” two literary figures Arthur and

10、Gloriana are form.AEdmund SpenserThes Faerie QueeneBWilliam ShakespeareRomeos and JulietCChristopher Marlowe s “ The Passionate Shepherd to His love”DJohn Donne s “ A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning”13.Which of the following best describes the nature of Thomas Hardy s later works?ASentimentalism.BT

11、ragic sense.CSurrealism.DComic sense.14. “ .This grew: I gave commands;Then all smiles stopped altogether.”(Robert Browning, “ My Last Duchess”)The above lines imply that.Athe Duchess was killed by her husbandBthe Duchess stopped smiling at her husband s orderCthe Duchess died of laughing too muchDt

12、he Duchess did not want to smile as much as her husband requested15.In which of the followingworks can you find the proper names “ Lilliput,“ Brobdingnag,”“ Houyhnhnm, ” and“ Yahoo ” ?AJames JoyceUlsses.BCharles DickensBleaks House.CJonathan SwiftGullivers s Travels.DD. H. LawrenceWomens in love.16.

13、As a literary figure, Belinda appears in Alexander Pope.sA“ The Dunciad”B“ An Essay on Man”C“ An Essay on Criticism” D“ The Rape of the lock”17. “ Thenovel is structured around the discovery of the hero origins.Thi” s novel is most2精品自学考试资料推荐probably.ACharles DickensDavids CopperfieldBJames JoyceAPo

14、rtraits of the Artist as a Young ManCThomas HardyFars from the Madding GrowdDHenry FieldingTom sJones18. “ To wage by force or guile eternal war,Irreconcilable to our grand Foe. （”John Milton, Paradise lost )By what means were Satan and his followers to wage this war against God?ABy planting a tree

15、of knowledge in the Garden of Eden.BBy turning into poisonous snakes to threaten man s life.CBy removing God from His throne.DBy corrupting man and woman created by God.19.“ When the evening is spread out against the skyLike a patient etherized upon a table.”(T. s. Eliot,“ The Love song of J. Alfred

16、 Prufrock”)What does the image in the quoted lines suggest?AViolence.BHorror.CInactivity.DIndifference.20.Whichof the followingis NOT typicalof metaphysical poetry best represented by JohnDonne s works?ACommon speech.BConceit.CArgument.DRefined language.21.William Wordsworth, a romantic poet, advoca

17、ted all of the following except.Anormal contemporary speech patternsBhumble and rustic life as subject matterCelegant wording and inflated figures of speechDintensely subjective feeling toward individual experience22.InSamuel TaylorColeridge s “ Kubla Khan, ”“ Asunny pleasure dome withcaves ofice ”.

18、Arefers to the palace where Kubla Khan once livedBvividly describes a building of poor qualityCis the gift given to abeautiful girl called AbyssinianDsymbolizes the reconciliation of the conscious and the unconscious23.The hightide of Romanticism in American literature occurred around.A1820B1850C188

19、0D192024.The subject matter of Robert Frost s Poems focuses. onA ordinary country people and scenesBbattle scenes of ancient Greek and Roman legendsCstruggling masses and crowded urban quartersDfantasies and mythical happenings25.Whichgroup of writers are among those who may be called early pioneers

20、 of Americanliterature?AMark Twain and Henry James.BFenimore Cooper and Washington lrving.CErnest Hemingway and William Faulkner3精品自学考试资料推荐DJack London and O Henry.26.To Theodore Dreiser, life is“ so sad, so strange, so mysterious and so inexplicable.”the characters in his books are often subject to

21、 the control of the natural forces, especially thoseofand heredity.AfateBmoralityCsocial conventionsDenvironment27.Hawthorne generally concerns himself with such issues asin his fiction.Athe evil in ma n s heartBthe material pursuitCthe racial conflictDthe social inequality28. provides the main sour

22、ce of influence on American naturalism. AThe puritan heritageBHowells ideas of realism CDarwin s theory of evolutionDThe pioneer spirit of the wild west29.In Mark TwainThes Adventures of huckleberry Finn, Huckwrites a letter to inform againstJim, the escaped slave, and then he tears the letter up. T

23、his fact reveals that.AHuck has a mixed feeling of love and hateBthere is a conflict between society and conscience in HuckCHuck is always an indecisive personDHuck has very little education30.Which terms can best describe the modernists concern of the human situation in their fiction?AFragmentation

24、 and alienation.BCourage and honor.CTradition and faith.DPoverty and desperation.31.Whitman spoems are characterized by all the following features except.Aa strict poetic formBa simple and conversational languageCa free and natural rhythmic patternDan easy flow of feelings32.All his novels reveal th

25、at, as time went on, Mark Twain became increasingly.AprolificBartistic.CoptimisticDpessimistic33.The poem“ I like to see it lap the Miles ” is an interesting poem written by Emily Dickinson.What does“ it ” in the poem stand for?AThe hound.BThe star.CThe horse.DThe train.34.Which of the following is

26、NOT a typical feature of Henry James s writing style?A exquisite and elaborate language Bminute and detailed descriptionsClengthy psychological analysesDAmerican colloquialism35.In the beginning paragraph of Chapter 3, The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald describes a big party by saying that “ menand girls

27、came and went like moths. ”The author most likely indicates4精品自学考试资料推荐that.Athere was a crowd of party-goersBsuch life does not have real meaningCthese people were light-heartedDthese were crazy and ignorant characters36.In Hemingway s “ Indian Camp,” Nick, the main character, witnessesAa tragic kil

28、ling of the Indians by the white menBreal friendship between the white men and the IndiansCa senseless killing of each otherDterrible scenes of birth and death37.Which one of the following statements is NOT true of William Faulkner?AHe is master of stream-of-consciousness narrative.BHis writing is o

29、ften complex and difficult to understand.CHe often depicts slum life in New York and Chicago.DHe represents a new group of Southern writers.38.American“ Transcendentalists mosttypically believe that.Aman is divine in nameBart is superior to lifeCman can transform natureDpoetry is the highest form of

30、 art39.By the end ofSister Carrie,Dreiser writes,“ It was forever to the pursuit of that radiance ofdelight which tints the distant hilltops of the world.” Dreiser implies. thatAthere is a bright future lying aheadBthere is no end to man s desireCone should always be forward-lookingDhappiness is fou

31、nd in the end40.We can perhaps describe Emily Grierson in Faulkner s short story“ A Rose for Emily” in all thfollowing ways except that.Ashe is psychologically deformedBshe is wicked and morally corruptedCshe is a symbol of the Old SouthDshe is a prisoner and victim of the pastPARTTWO .Reading Compr

32、ehension (16 points in all, 4 for each)Read the quoted parts carefully and answer the questions in English. Write your answers in the corresponding space on the answer sheet.41. “ The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power,And al l that beauty, all that wealth e er gave.Awaits the inevitable hour.The

33、paths of glory lead but to the grave.”Questions:A.Identify the author and the title of the poem from which this passage is taken.B.What does the phrase“ inevitable hour” mean?C.Write out the main idea of the passage in plain English.5精品自学考试资料推荐42. “ A violet by a mossy stone Half hidden from the eye

34、! Fair as a star, when only oneIs shining in the sky.”Questions:A. Identify the author and the title of the poem from which this stanza is taken.B. Pick out the metaphor used in this stanza.C. What quality does the author intend to show by using the metaphor?43. “ We passedThe School, where Children

35、 stroveAt Recess in the Ring We passed The Fields of Gazing GrainWe passed The Setting Sun ”Questions:A.Who is the author of this stanza taken from the poem“ Because I could not stop for Death ?B.What do the underlined parts symbolize?C.Where were“ we” heading toward?44.“ It was you that broke the n

36、ew wood.Now is a time for carving.We have one sap and one rootLet there be commerce between us. ”Questions:A.Whom does the“ us ” refer to?B.What does the phrase“ broke the new wood” mean here?C.What is the intention of the poet in writing the poem“ A Pact ” from which these lines ataken? .Questions

37、and Answers (24 points in all, 6 for each)Give brief answers to each of the following questions in English. Write your answers in the corresponding space on the answer sheet.45.In Chapter 15 ofWuthering Heights, Heath cliff said to Catherine:“ Why did you betray yourown, Cathy?. You loved me then wh

38、at right have you to leave me?. I have not broken yourheart you have broken it and in breaking it, you have broken mine.”Taking the whole novel into consideration, do you think Heathcliffaboves accusation ofCatherinebetrayals can be justified? If you think so, what reasons does Catherine have tobetr

39、ay Heathcliff and their love?46.John BunyanThes Pilgrim s Progress is generally regarded as a religious allegory. What doesthe work symbolically concern? What is the predominant metaphor that is carried on throughthe whole work? And what is the aut hor s purpose in writing such a book?47. The following passage is taken fromThe Merchant of Venice. Read it carefully and find thedramatic it