全国2011年4月自学考试英美文学选读试题

1、第第 页全国2011年4月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，并将答案写在答题纸相应位置上MultipleChoice(40pointsinall,1foreach)Selectfromthefourchoicesofeachitemtheonethatbestanswersthequestionorcompletesthestatement.WritethecorrespondingletterA,B,CorDontheanswersheet.1.OneofShelleysgreatestpoliticallyricsis,whichwaslatertobecom

2、earallyingsongoftheBritishCommunistParty.“OdetoLiberty”B.“OdetoNaples”C.“Sonnet:Englandin1819”D.“MenofEngland”InCharlesDickenswork,theUtilitarianprinciplerulesovertheEnglisheducationsystemanddestroysyoungheartsandminds.LittleDorritB.HardTimesC.GreatExpectationsD.BleakHouseThetragicsenseturnsintodesp

3、airinThomasHardys,wherecorneredbythetraditionalsocialmorality,theheroandtheheroinehavetokilltheirownwillandpassionandreturntotheirformerdestructivewayoflife.TheReturnoftheNativeB.TheMayorofCasterbridgeC.TessoftheDUrbervillesD.JudetheObscure4.ThetypicalrepresentativesofG.B.Shawsearlyplaysare.A.Manand

4、Superman;TheAppleCartWidowersHouse;Mrs.WarrensProfessionCandida;Mrs.WarrensProfessionTheAppleCart;WidowersHouse5.Asacriticofmusicanddrama,heldthatartshouldservesocialpurposesbyreflectinghumanlife,revealingsocialcontradictionsandeducatingthecommonpeople.T.S.EliotB.OscarWildeC.GeorgeBernardShawD.W.B.Y

5、eats6.SymbolismandcomplexnarrativeareemployedmorerichlyinD.H.Lawrences,whicharegenerallyregardedashismasterpieces.A.WomeninLove;SonsandLoversTheRainbow;WomeninLoveSonsandLovers;LadyChatterleysLoverD.LadyChatterleysLover;TheRainbow7.T.S.EliotwontheNobelPrizeofLiteraturein.A.1945B.1948C.1952D.1956Thom

6、asHardyspessimisticviewoflifepredominatesmostofhislaterworksandearnshimareputationasawriter.A.realisticB.naturalisticC.romanticD.stylistic“Doyouthink,becauseIampoor,obscure,plain,andlittle,Iamsoullessandheartless?.AndifGodhadgiftedmewithsomebeauty,andmuchwealth,Ishouldhavemadeitashardforyoutoleaveme

7、,asitisnowformetoleaveyou.”Thequotedlinesaremostprobablytakenfrom.GreatExpectationsB.WutheringHeightsC.JaneEyreD.PrideandPrejudiceThemostdistinguishingfeatureofCharlesDickensworksis.A.thevernacularandlargevocabularyB.hishumorandwitC.character-portrayalD.picturesofpathosG.B.Shawsplayestablishedhispos

8、itionastheleadingplaywrightofhistime.WidowersHousesB.TooTruetoBeGoodC.Mrs.WarrensProfessionD.Candida12.JaneAustensfirstnoveltellsastoryabouttwosistersandtheirloveaffairs.A.SenseandSensibilityB.PrideandPrejudiceC.NorthangerAbbeyD.MansfieldPark13.“IfWintercomes,canSpringbefarbehind?”thequotedlinecomes

9、from.A.Shelleys“OdetotheWestWind”B.WaltWhitmansLeavesofGrassC.JohnMiltonsParadiseLostD.JohnKeats“OdeonaGrecianUrn”14.AllofthefollowingpoemsbyWilliamWordswortharemasterpiecesonnatureEXCEPTA.“IWanderedLonelyasaCloud”B.“AnEveningWalk”C.“TinterAbbey”D.“TheSolitaryReaper”15.WilliamBlakesmarkshisentryinto

10、maturity.A.PoeticalSketchesB.SongsofInnocenceC.MarriageofHeavenandHellD.SongsofExperience16.HenryFieldingsbringshimthenameof“ProseHomer”.A.TheHistoryofJonathanWildtheGreatTheHistoryofTomJones,aFoundlingTheHistoryofAmeliaTheHistoryofJosephAndrewsAmongthethreemajorpoeticalworksbyJohnMilton,isthemostpe

11、rfectexampleofversedramaaftertheGreekstyleinEnglish.A.SamsonAgonistesB.ParadiseLostC.ParadiseRegainedD.AreopagiticaT.S.EliotsnotonlypresentsapanoramaofphysicaldisorderandspiritualdesolationinthemodernWesternworld,butalsoreflectstheprevalentmoodofdisillusionmentanddespairofawholepost-wargeneration.A.

12、TheHollowMenB.TheWasteLandC.MurderintheCathedralD.AshWednesdayIn,Shakespearehasnotonlymadeaprofoundanalysisofthesocialcrisisinwhichtheevilscanbeseeneverywhere,butalsocriticizedthebourgeoisegoism.A.HamletB.OthelloC.KingLearD.MacbethJohnMiltonsgreatestpoeticalworkistheonlygenerallyacknowledgedepicinEn

13、glishliteraturesinceBeowulf.A.AreopagiticaB.ParadiseLostC.LycidasD.SamsonAgonistesTheworkbyWilliamBlakeisalovelyvolumeofpoems,presentingahappyworld,thoughnotwithoutitsevilsandsufferings.A.SongsofInnocenceB.SongsofExperienceC.PoeticalSketchesD.LyricalBallads22.Theplaysknownas“theLawrencetrilogy”areal

14、lthefollowingEXCEPT.A.AColliersFridayNightB.LadyChatterleysLoverC.TheDaughter-in-LawD.TheWidowingofMrs.Holroyed23.Greatlyandpermanentlyaffectedbytheexperiences,Hemingwayformedhisownwritingstyle,togetherwithhisthemeandhero.A.miningB.farmingC.warD.sailing24.“Thedignityofmovementofanicebergisduetoonlyo

15、ne-eighthofitbeingabovewater.”This“iceberg”analogyaboutprosestylewasputforwardby.A.WilliamFaulknerB.HenryJamesC.ErnestHemingwayD.FScottFitzgeraldInGoDown,Moses,illuminatestheproblemofblackandwhiteinSouthernsocietyasaclose-knitdestinyofbloodbrotherhood.A.WilliamFaulknerB.JackLondonC.HermanMelvilleD.N

16、athanielHawthorneInDeathintheAfternoonpresentshisphilosophyaboutlifeanddeaththroughthedepictionofthebullfightasakindofmicrocosmictragedy.A.WilliamFaulknerB.JackLondonC.ErnestHemingwayD.MarkTwainWilliamFaulkneroncesaidthatisastoryof“lostinnocence,”whichprovesitselftobeanintensificationofthethemeofimp

17、risonmentinthepast.A.TheGreatGatsbyB.TheSoundandtheFuryC.Absalom,Absalom!D.GoDown,MosesWaltWhitmanbelieved,bymeansof“,”hehasturnedpoetryintoanopenfield,anareaofvitalpossibilitywherethereadercanallowhisownimaginationtoplay.A.freeverseB.strictverseC.regularrhymingD.standardizedrhymingHermanMelvillesse

18、condfamouswork,wasnotpublisheduntil1924,33yearsafterhisdeath.A.PierreB.RedburnC.Moby-DickD.BillyBuddIn1920,publishedhisfirstnovelThisSideofParadisewhichwas,tosomeextent,hisownstory.A.FScottFitzgeraldB.ErnestHemingwayC.WilliamFaulknerD.EmilyDickinsonUnlikehiscontemporariesintheearly20thcentury,didnot

19、breakupwiththepoetictraditionnormadeanyexperimentonform.A.WaltWhitmanB.RobertFrostC.EzraPoundD.T.S.EliotWhileMarkTwainseemedtohavepaidmoreattentiontothe“life”oftheAmericans,hadapparentlylaidagreateremphasisonthe“innerworld”ofman.A.WilliamHowellsB.HenryJamesC.BretHarteD.HamlinGarlandAttheageofeighty-

20、seven,readhispoetryattheinaugurationofPresidentJohnF.Kennedyin1961.A.RobertFrostB.WaltWhitmanD.T.S.EliotC.EzraPoundD.T.S.EliotOfallHermanMelvillesseaadventurestories,provestobethebest.A.TypeeB.RedburnC.Moby-DickD.OmooManisa“victimofforcesoverwhichhehasnocontrol.”Thisisanotionheldstronglyby.A.RobertF

21、rostB.TheodoreDreiserC.HenryJamesD.HamlinGarlandWiththepublicationof,TheodoreDreiserwaslaunchinghimselfuponalongcareerthatwouldultimatelymakehimoneofthemostsignificantAmericanwritersoftheschoollaterknownasliterarynaturalism.A.SisterCarrieB.TheTitanC.AnAmericanTragedyD.TheStoicNathanielHawthornewasaf

22、fectedbystranscendentalisttheoryandstruckupaveryintimaterelationshipwithhim.A.H.W.LongfellowB.WaltWhitmanC.R.W.EmersonD.WashingtonIrvingAmongthefollowingwritersisgenerallyregardedastheforerunnerofthe20th-century“stream-of-consciousness”novelsandthefounderofpsychologicalrealism.A.T.S.EliotB.JamesJoyc

23、eC.WilliamFaulknerD.HenryJamesWaltWhitmanwrotedownagreatmanypoemstoairhissorrowforthedeathofPresident,andoneofthefamousis“WhenLilacsLastintheDooryardBloomd.”A.WashingtonB.LincolnC.FranklinD.KennedyTheMarbleFaunbyNathanielHawthorne,aromancesetin,isconcernedaboutthedarkaberrationsofthehumanspirit.A.Fr

24、anceB.SpainC.EnglandD.ItalyII.ReadingComprehension(16pointsinall,4foreach)ReadthequotedpartscarefullyandanswerthequestionsinEnglish.Writeyouranswersinthecorrespondingspaceontheanswersheet.“ShahIcomparetheetoasummersday?Thouartmorelovelyandmoretemperate:RoughwindsdoshakethedarlingbudsofMay,Andsummers

25、leasehathalltooshortadate:”Questions:A.Whosthepoetofthequotedstanza,andwhatsthetitleofthepoem?Whatfigureofspeechisemployedinthepoem?Whatisthethemeofthepoem?“Whenthestarsthrewdowntheirspears,Andwaterdheavenwiththeirtears,Didhesmilehisworktosee?DidhewhomadetheLambmakethee?”Questions:A.Whosthepoetofthe

26、quotedstanza,andwhatsthetitleofthepoem?Whomdoesthe“he”referto?Whatdoesthe“Lamb”symbolize?“Mytongue,everyatomofmyblood,formdfromthissoil,thisair,Bornhereofparentsbornherefromparentsthesame,andtheirparentsthesame,I,nowthirty-sevenyearsoldinperfecthealthbegin,Hopingtoceasenottilldeath”Questions:A.Whost

27、hepoetofthequotedstanza,andwhatsthetitleofthepoem?Whatdo“soil”and“air”representinthefirstline?C.Whatdoesthepoettrytosayintheabovequotedlines?44.“Isdyinghard,Daddy?No,Ithinkitsprettyeasy,Nick.Italldepends.”Questions:A.Whostheauthorofthequotedpart,andwhatsthetitleofthework?B.WhatwasNickpreoccupiedwith

28、whenheaskedthequestion?Whydidthefatheradd“Italldepends”afterheansweredhissonsquestion?QuestionsandAnswers(24pointsinall,6foreach)GiveabriefanswertoeachofthefollowingquestionsinEnglish.Writeyouranswersinthecorrespondingspaceontheanswersheet.45.WhatsthethemeofEmilyBrontesWutheringHeights?46.Itissaidth

29、atB.ShawsplayMrs.WarrensProfes,shiaosnastrongrealistictheme,whichfullyreflectsthedramatistsFabianistidea.Whatsthethemeofthework?47.WhatsthethemeofNathanielHawthornesYoungGoodmanBrown?48.DaisyMillerbroughtHenryJamesinternationalfameforthefirsttime.WhatsthecharacterofDaisyMiller,theprotagonist?TopicDi

30、scussion(20pointsinall,10foreach)Writenolessthan150wordsoneachofthefollowingtopicsinEnglishinthecorrespondingspaceontheanswersheet.49.MakeacommentonthecharacterofJaneEyr,etheheroineofthenovelbyCharlotteBronte.50.Whyarenaturalistsinevitablypessimisticintheirview?2011年4月高等教育自学考试全国统一命题考试英美文学选读试题答案及评分参考

31、(课程代码0M04)1MulripleChoiee(40pointsinall,Iforeach)3.D2.B3.D4.B5.C6.B7.B8-n9.C10.C11.D12.A13.A14.D15.C1&B17.A18.B19.30.B21.A22.B込C24.C25.A26.C27-H28,A29.nAO.A31.B贮.B33.A34.C35.B36-A37.C38,D39.B40.DII.ReadingComprehcnion(16pointsinall.4foreach)A-Shakespeare,Sonnet18B.P曲!rsonificiitionc.Anicesummersdavi

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