全国2012年7月自考英美文学选读真题试题

1、全国2012年7月自考英美文学选读真题试题课程代码：00604 PART ONE ( 40 POINTS ) I. 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 your answers on the answer sheet. 1. Henry Fielding adopted “_” to relate a story

2、 in a novel, in which the author becomes the “all- knowing God”.（） A. the dramatic monologue B. the epistolary form C. the first-person narration D. the third-person narration 2. Among the novelists of mid-eighteenth century, _ gave his praise to the hard-working, sturdy middle class and showed his

3、sympathy for the downtrodden, unfortunate poor in most of his works.（） A. Henry Fielding B. Jonathan Swift C. Daniel Defoe D. Oliver Goldsmith 3. William Wordsworths masterpiece is _ in which his philosophy of life is presented.（） A. The Prelude B. Lyrical Ballads C. “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud” D

4、. “Tintern Abbey” 4. The most distinguishing feature of Charles Dickens works is _.（） A. a mingling of humor and pathos B. pictures of pathos C. character-portrayal D. the vernacular and large vocabulary 5. All of the following are Thomas Hardy s local- colored works, also known as “novels of charac

5、ter and environment”, EXCEPT _.（） A. The Trumpet Major B. The Return of the Native C. Far from the Madding Crowd D. The Woodlanders 6. T. S. Eliot s most important single poem _ has been hailed as a landmark and a model of the 20th-century English poetry.（） A. The Hollow Men B. Murder in the Cathedr

6、al C. Lyrical Ballads D. The Waste Land 7. In D. H. Lawrence s novel _, the individual consciousness is subtly revealed and strands of themes are intricately wound up.（） A. Sons and Lovers B. The Rainbow C. Women in Love D. The Daughter-in-Law 8. The leading figure of the English romantic poetry and

7、 the focal poetic voice of the period is _.（） A. William Blake B. William Wordsworth C. Samuel Taylor Coleridge D. Percy Bysshe Shelley 9. The major concern of _ fiction lies in the tracing of the psychological develop-ment of his characters and in his energetic criticism of the dehumanizing effect

8、of the capitalist industrialization on human nature.（） A. John Galsworthy s B. Thomas Hardy s C. D.H. Lawrences D. Charles Dickens 10. George Bernard Shaw s play, Mrs. Warren s Profession is a grotesquely realistic exposure of _.（） A. slum landlordism B. the economic oppression of women C. the polit

9、ical corruption in England D. the religious corruption in England 11. Thomas Hardys most cheerful and idyllic work is _.（） A. The Return of the Native B. Far from the Madding Crowd C. Under the Greenwood Tree D. The Woodlanders 12. The Waste Land by T.S. Eliot is a poem concerned with the _ breakup

10、of a modern civilization in which humanlife has lost its meaning, significance and purpose.（） A. spiritual B. religious C. political D. physical 13. Charlotte Bronte s works are all about the struggle of an individual consciousness towards _, about some lonely and neglected young women with a fierce

11、 longing for love, understanding and a full, happy life.（） A. self-reliance B. self-realization C. self-esteem D. self-consciousness 14. Among the works by Charles Dickens _ presents his criticism of the Utilitarian principle that rules over the English education system and destroys young hearts and

12、 minds.（） A. Bleak House B. Pickwick Paper C. Great Expectations D. Hard Times 15. In the Victorian Period _ became the most widely read and the most vital and challenging expression of progressive thought.（） A. poetry B. novel C. prose D. drama 16. Jane Austens main literary concern is about _.（） A

13、. human beings in their personal relationships B. the love story between the rich and the poor C. maturity achieved through the loss of illusions D. the day-to-day country life of the upper-middle-class English 17. Shelleys _ is the best of all the Romantic well-known lyric pieces.（） A. “The Cloud”

14、B. “To a Skylark” C. “Ode to a Nightingale” D. “Ode to the West Wind” 18. The most important contribution of _ is that he not only started the modern poetry, but also changed the course of English poetry by using ordinary speech of the language and by advocating a return to nature.（） A. William Blak

15、e B. William Wordsworth C. George Gordon Byron D. John Keats 19. William Blakes central concern in the Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience is _, which gives the two books a strong social and historical reference.（） A. youthhood B. childhood C. happiness D. sorrow 20. Working through the tradi

16、tion of a Christian huanism, John Milton wrote _ intending to “justify the ways of God to men.” A. Paradise Lost B. Samson Agonistes C. Lycidas D. Paradise Regained 21. Shakespeares _ is generally regarded as the most popular play on the stage, for it has the qualities of a “blood-and-thunder” thril

17、ler and a philosophical exploitation of life and death.（） A. Hamlet B. Othello C. King Lear D. Macbeth 22. T. S. Eliots most striking early achievement _ is in a form of dramatic monologue. （） A. “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” B. “Gerontion” C. The Waste Land D. The Hollow Men 23. For Whom th

18、e Bell Tolls clearly represents a new beginning in Ernest Hemingway s career as a writer, which concerns a volunteer American guerrilla Robert Jordan fighting in _.（） A. the Spanish Civil War B. the American Civil War C. World War I D. World War II 24. According to Nathaniel Hawthorne, “There is _ i

19、n every human heart, which may remain latent, perhaps, through the whole life; but circumstances may rouse it to activity.” A. evil B. homesickness C. libido D. competiveness 25. The Snows of Kilimanjaro by _ tells a brilliant short story about a mortally wounded American writer who attempts to rede

20、em his imagination from the corrosions of wealth and domestic strife. （） A. Ernest Hemingway B. Henry James C. William Faulkner D. Herman Melville 26. The Nobel Prize Committee highly praised _ for “his powerful style-forming mastery of the art” of creating modern fiction.（） A. John Steinbeck B. Hen

21、ry James C. William Faulkner D. Ernest Hemingway 27. Nathaniel Hawthorne was affected by R. W. Emersons _ theory and struck up a very intimate relationship with him.（） A. transcendentalist B. egoist C. post-modernist D. imagist 28. Robert Frosts first collection _ is marker by an intense but restrai

22、ned emotion and the characteristic flavor of New England life.（） A. North of Boston B. A Boys Will C. A Witness Tree D. A Further Range 29. One of FScott Fitzgerald s best short stories is “_,” which depicts an American s return to Paris in the 1930s and his regretful realization that the past is be

23、yond his reach.（） A. The Birthmark B. To Build a Fire C. Death in the Woods D. Babylon Revisited 30. Robert Frost combined traditional verse forms with a clear American local speech rhythm, the speech of _ with its idiosyncratic diction and syntax. （） A. New England farmers B. England farmers C. the

24、 Western cowboys D. the Southerners 31. One of the most often-used methods in _s poems is to make colors and images fleet past the minds eye of the reader. （） A. Ezra Pound B. Walt Whitman C. H.W. Longfellow D. Robert Frost 32. The theme of Henry James essay _ clearly indicates that the aim of the n

25、ovel is to present life, so it is not surprising to find in his writings human experiences explored in every possible form.（） A. The American B. The Europeans C. The Art of Fiction D. The Golden Bowl 33. Earthly existence was “a welter of inscrutable forces,” in which was trapped each individual hum

26、an being. This is a typical notion held by _.（） A. Theodore Dreiser B. Robert Frost C. Henry James D. Walt Whitman 34. Shortly before his death in 1945, the American naturalist _ joined the Communist Party.（） A. Mark Twain B. Robert Frost C. Henry James D. Theodore Dreiser 35. If two persons are rea

27、lly in love, “what is to us what the rest do or think?” This is a notion strongly held by _.（） A. Emily Dickinson B. Washington Irving C. Nathaniel Hawthorne D. Walt Whitman 36. In William Faulkners writings, the modern _ technique was frequently and skillfully used to emphasize the reactions and in

28、ner musings of the narrator.（） A. stream-of-consciousness B. deconstructionist C. archetypal D. structuralist 37. Mark Twains _ shows the disastrous effects of slavery on the victimizer and the victim alike.（） A. A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthurs Court B. Life on the Mississippi C. Roughing it D.

29、 The Tragedy of Puddn head Wilson 38. In order to protest against Americas failure to join England in WWI, _ became a naturalized British citizen in 1915.（） A. William Faulkner B. Henry James C. Earnest Hemingway D. Ezra Pound 39. The Gilded Age is a social satire written by _ in 1873.（） A. W. D. Ho

30、wells B. William Faulkner C. Ernest Hemingway D. Mark Twain 40. As the first American prose epic, _ is not merely a whaling tale or sea adventure, it is also regarded as a spiritual exploration into man s deep reality and psychology.（） A. Moby-Dick B. Redburn C. Billy Budd D. Omoo PART TWO (60 POINT

31、S) . 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. “ For oft, when on my couch I lie In vacant or in pensive mood, They flash upon that inward eye Which

32、is the bliss of solitude; And then my heart with pleasure fills, And dances with the daffodils. ” Questions: A. Who is the poet of the quoted stanza? What is the title of the poem? B. What does “that inward eye” stand for? C. What idea do these quoted lines carry? 42. “Do you think, because I am poo

33、r, obscure, plain, and little, I am soulless and heartless? You think wrong! And if God had gifted me with some beauty, and much wealth, I should have made it as hard for you to leave me, as it is now for me to leave youit is my spirit that addresses your spirit; just as if both had passed through t

34、he grave, and we stood at Gods feet, equal-as we are!” Questions: A. Who is the author of the quoted part? What is the title of the work? B. To whom is the speaker speaking? C. What does the quoted part imply about the speaker? 43. (A lot of common objects have been enumerated in the previous lines,

35、 and here are the last two lines of the poem.) “The horizons edge, the flying sea-crow, the fragrance of salt marsh and shore mud. These became part of that child who went forth every day, and who now goes, and will always go forth every day. ” Questions: A. Who is the poet of the quoted lines? What is the title of the poem? B. What does the child stand for in the poem? C. How do you understand “These became pa