英美文学11 年7月真题附答案

1、2011年7月全国英美文学选读自考试题1. all of charles dickens works, with the exception of _, present a criticism of the more complicated and yet most fundamental social institutions and morals of the victorian england.a. bleak houseb. hard timesc. great expectationsd. a tale of two cities2. from _ on, the tragic se

2、nse becomes the keynote of thomas hardys novels, the conflict between the traditional and the moden is brought to the center of the stage.a. the return of the nativeb. the mayor of casterbridgec. tess of the durbervillesd. jude the obscure3. george bernard shaws play _ shows his almost nihilistic bi

3、tterness on the subjects of the cruelty and madness of world war i and the aimlessness and disillusion of the young.a. getting marriedb. too true to be goodc. widowers housesd. the apple cart4. it was only after the publication of _ that d.h. lawrence was recognized as aprominent novelist.a. the tre

4、spasserb. the white peacockc. sons and loversd. the rainbow5. t. s. eliots poem _ is heavily indebted to james joyce in terms of the stream- of -consciousness technique, also a prelude to the waste land.a. “prufrock”b. “gerontion”c. the hollow mend. lyrical ballads6. charlotte bronts _ is noted for

5、its sharp criticism of the existing society, e. g. the religious hypocrisy of charity institutions.a. the professorb. wuthering heightsc. villetted. jane eyre7. shelleys greatest achievement is his four - act poetic drama _ , which is an ex- ultant work in praise of humankinds potential.a. adonaisb.

6、 queen mabc. prometheus unboundd. kubla khan8. among the romantic poets _ is regarded as a “worshipper of nature”.a. william blakeb. william wordsworthc. george gordon byrond. john keats9. the most perfect example of the verse drama after greek style in english is john miltons _.a. paradise lostb. p

7、aradise regainedc. samson agonistesd. areopagitica10. the major theme of jane austens novels is_.a. love and moneyb. money and social statusc. social status and marriage d. love and marriage11. t. s. eliots most important single poem _ has been hailed as a landmark and a model of the 20th-century en

8、glish poetry.a. the hollow menb. the waste landc. murder in the cathedrald. ash wednesday12. according to the subjects, william wordsworths short poems can be classified into two groups, poems about_.a. nature and human lifeb. happiness and childhoodc. symbolism and imaginationd. nature and commonli

9、fe13. among the following writers _ is considered to be the best -known english dramatist since shakespeare.a. oscar wildeb. john galsworthyc. w. b. yeatsd. george bernard shaw14. william blakes _ composed during the climax of the french revolution playsthe double role both as a satire and a revolut

10、ionary prophecy.a. the book of urizenb. the book of losc. poetical sketchesd. marriage of heaven and hell15. charles dickens works are characterized by a mingling of _ and pathos.a. metaphorb. passionc. satired. humor16. daniel defoe describes _ as a typical english middle -class man of the eigh- te

11、enth century, the very prototype of the empire builder, the pioneer colonist.a. robinson crusoeb. moll flandersc. gulliverd. tom jones17. in thomas hardys wessex novels, there is an apparent _ touch in his description of the simple and beautiful though primitive rural life.a. nostalgicb. tragicc. ro

12、manticd. ironic18. of all the eighteenth - century novelists _ was the first to set out, both in the-ory and practice, to write specially a “comic epic in prose”, the first to give the modern novel its structure and style.a. thomas grayb. richard brinsley sheridanc. jonathan swiftd. henry fielding19

13、. shakespeares authentic non-dramatic poetry consists of two long narrative poems: venus and adonis and_.a. julius caesarb. the winters talec. the rape of lucreced. the two gentlemen of verona20. john miltons _ is probably his most memorable prose work, which is a greatplea for freedom of the press.

14、a. paradise lostb. paradise regainedc. areopagiticad. lycidas21.d. h. lawrences novels _ are generally regarded as his masterpieces.a. the rainbow; women in loveb. the rainbow; sons and loversc. sons and lovers; lady chatterleys loverd. women in love; lady chatterleys lover22. the best representativ

15、es of the english humanists are thomas more, christopher mar-lowe and_.a. william shakespeareb. john miltonc. henry fieldingd. jonathan swift23. mark twains particular concern about the local character of a region came about as “local colorism,” a unique variation of american literary_.a. romanticis

16、mb. nationalismc. modernismd. realism24. as a poet with a strong sense of mission, walt whitman devoted all his life to the creation of the “single” poem,_.a. drum tapsb. north of bostonc. a boys willd. leaves of grass25. william faulkner creates his own mythical kingdom that mirrors not only the de

17、cline of the _ society of america but also the spiritual wasteland of the whole american society.a. easternb. westernc. southernd. northern26. in his final years, herman melville turned again to prose fiction and wrote what is probably his second famous work, _ , which was published after his death.

18、a. billy buddb. redburnc. moby - dickd. typee27. the sun also rise casts light on a whole generation after _ and the effects of the war by way of a vivid portrait of “the lost generation. ”a. the spanish civil warb. the american- mexican warc. wwid. wwii28. herman melville went to the south seas on

19、a whaling ship in 1841, where he gained the first -hand information about whaling that he used later in_.a. typeeb. redburnc. moby - dickd. omoo29. according to _ , the life - death cycle, the spring and winter of the earth, the birth and death of the animals is reality.a. theodore dreiserb. william

20、 faulknerc. henry jamesd. fscott fitzgerald30. “though life is but a losing battle, it is a struggle man can dominate in such a way that loss becomes dignity. ” this is an outlook towards life that _ had been trying to illustrate in his works.a. fscott fitzgeraldb. ernest hemingwayc. theodore dreise

21、rd. william faulkner31. more than five hundred poems _ wrote are about nature, in which his (her) general skepticism about the relationship between man and nature is well -expressed.a. robert frostb. emily dickinsonc. ezra poundd. walt whitman32. in 1954, the nobel prize for literature was granted t

22、o _ , one of the greatest of american writers.a. ernest hemingwayb. robert frostc. henry jamesd. theodore dreiser33. north of boston is described by robert frost as “a book of poople,” which shows a brilliant insight into _ character and the background that formed it.a. easternb. westernc. southernd

23、. new england34. walt whitman is radically innovative in terms of the form of his poetry. what he prefers for his new poetic feelings is “ _ ”.a. standardized rhymingb. regular rhymingc. free versed. strict verse35. henry james fame generally rests upon his novels and stories with the_ theme.a. inte

24、rnationalb. localc. coloniald. post-modern36. the financier, the titan and the stoic by theodore dreiser are called his “trilogy of _. ”a. hatredb. deathc. desired. fate37. in 1920, fscott fitzgeralds first novel _ was published, which was, to some extent, his own story.a. this side of paradiseb. ta

25、les of the jazz agec. all the sad young mend. taps at reveille38. in 1837, nathaniel hawthorne published twice - told tales, a collection of _ which attracted critical attention.a. poemsb. short storiesc. essaysd. plays39. william faulkner set most of his works in the american _ , with his emphasis

26、on the _subjects and consciousness.a. north. northernb. east. easternc. west. westernd. south. southern40.the house of the seven gableswas based on the tradition of a curse pronounced on _s family when his great - grandfather was a judge in the salem witchcraft trials.a. nathaniel hawthorneb. washin

27、gton irvingc. ezra poundd. walt whitmanpart two (60 points)ii. reading comprehension (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. “nor lose possession of that fair thou owst;no

28、r shall death brag thou wanderst in his shade,when in eternal lines to time thou growst:so long as men can breathe, or eyes can see,so long lives this, and this gives life to thee. ”questions:a. whos the poet of the quoted stanza, and whats the title of the poem?willian shakespeare;”sonnet 18”b. wha

29、t does the word “this” in the last line refer to?the poemc. what idea do the quoted lines express?when you are in my eternal poetry,you are even with time.the nice summers day is transient,but the beauty in poetry can last forever.42. “never did sun more beautifully steepin his first splendor, valle

30、y, rock or hill;neer saw i, never felt, a calm so deep !the river glideth at his own sweet will:dear god! the very houses seem asleep;and all that mighty heart is lying still!”( from wordsworths sonnet composed upon westminster bridge)questions:a. what does this sonnet describe?the sonnet describes

31、a vivid picture of a beautiful morning in london.b. what does the phrase “mighty heart” refer to?“mighty heart” refers to londonc. the sonnet follows strictly the italian form. what is the feature of the italian form of sonnet?it follows strictly the italian form,with a clear division between the oc

32、tave and the sestet;the rhyme scheme is abbaabba,cdcdcd.43. “ the woods are lovely, dark and deep,but i have promises to keep,and miles to go before i sleep,and miles to go before i sleep. ”questions:a. whos the poet of the quoted stanza, and whats the title of the poem?robert lee frost;stopping by

33、woods on a snowy eveningb. what does the word “sleep” mean?c. what idea do the four lines express?44. “ i celebrate myself, and sing myself,and what i assume you shall assume,for every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you.i loafe and invite my soul,i lean and loafe at my ease observing a spear of summer grass. ”( from walt whitmans song of myself)questions:a. who