08年7月高等教育自学考试英美文学选读真题及答案

第第13页087课程代码：00604请将答案填在答题纸相应的位置上(全部题目用英文作答)PARTONE(40POINTS)MultipleChoice(40pointsinforeach)Selectfromthefourchoicesofeachitemtheonethatbestanswersthequestionorcompletesthestatement.WriteyouranswersontheAnswerSheet.Ofalltheeighteenth—centuryBritishnovelists wasthefirsttosetintheoryandwritespecially“comicepicinprosthefirsttogivethenovelitsstructureandstyle.ThomasGrayB.RichardBrinsleySheridanHenryFieldingC.JonathanSwiftD.HenryFieldingThepoem“ElegyWritteninaCountryestablished astheleaderofthesentimentalpoetryoftheday，especially“theGraveyardSchool〞.ThomasGrayA. B.SamuelJohnsonThomasGrayC.JohnBunyan D.JohnMilton“Doyouthink,becauseIampoor，obscure，plain，andamsoullessandheartless...AndifGodhadgiftedmewithsomemuchshouldhavemadeitashardforyoutoleaveme.asitisnowformetoyou.Thequotedpartistakenfrom .GreatExpectations B.WutheringHeightsC.JaneEyre D.PrideandPrejudiceThemostfamousdramatistsintheRenaissanceEnglandareallthefollowingEXCEPT .A.FrancisBacon B.ChristopherMarloweC.WilliamShakespeare D.BenJonsonGeorgeBernardShasplayMrs.Warresisabout .theeconomicoppressionofA.slumlandlordism B.theeconomicoppressionofwomenwomenC.thepoliticalcorruptioninEngland D.thereligiouscorruptioninEnglandAllofthefollowingstatementscancorrectlydescribetheEnlightenmentMovementEXCEPT .ThemovementflourishedinFrance.ThemovementwasafurtheranceoftheRenaissance.Thepurposeofthemovementwastoenlightenwholeworld.Thepurposeofthemovementwastoenhancethereligiouseducation.religiouseducation.AmongthethreemajorpoeticalworksbyJohnMilton isthemostperfectexampleoftheversedramaaftertheGreekstyleinEnglish.SamsonAgonistes B.ParadiseLostC.ParadiseRegained D.AreopagiticaThemajorBritishRomanticpoetsColeridge，Byron，ShelleyandKeatsstartedarebellionagainsttheneoclassicalwaslaterregardedas .thepoeticromance B.thepoeticmovementthepoeticrevolutionC. D.thepoeticreformationthepoeticrevolutionJaneAusten’smainliteraryconcernisabout .humanbeingsintheirpersonalrelationshipsthelovestorybetweentherichandthepoormaturityachievedthroughthelossofillusionsthedailycountrylifeoftheupper-middle-classEnglishAmongthefollowingBritishRomanticpoets isregardedasa“worshipperofnature〞.WilliamWordsworthA.WilliamBlake B.WilliamWordsworthC.GeorgeGordonByron D.JohnKeatsJonathangreatestsatiricworkis .A.ATaleofaTub B.TheBattleofBooksGulliver’sTravelsC. D.“AModestProposa’Gulliver’sTravelsAmongthefollowingwriters isconsideredtobethebest—knownEnglishdramatistsinceShakespeare.A.OscarWilde B.JohnGalsworthyC.W.B.Yeats D.GeorgeBernardShawAsarepresentativeoftheEnlightenmet wasoneofthefirsttointroducerationalismtoEngland.A.FrancisBacon B.AlexanderPopeC.ThomasGray D.T.S.EliotAllofthefollowingpoetsareregardedas“LakePoets〞EXCEPT .A.SamuelTaylorColeridgeB.RobertSoutheyWilliamBlakeC.WilliamWordsworthD.WilliamBlake“Tobe,ornottobe—thatisthequestion；／whether’tisnoblerinthemindtosuffer，／theslingsandarrowsofoutrageoustotakearmsagainstaoftroubles,／Andbyopposingend〞Thequotedlinesaretakenfrom .A.KingLearB.RomeoandJulietHamletC.Othello D.HamletDanielDefoedescribes asatypicalEnglishmiddle—classmanoftheeighteenthcentury，theveryprototypeoftheempirebuilder，thepioneercolonist．RobinsonCrusoeA. B.MollFlandersRobinsonCrusoeC.Gulliver D.TomJonesThedeclarationthat“IknowthatThisWorldisaWorldofIMAGINATION&〞andthat“TheNaturemyworkisvisionaryorimaginativ’belongsto .WilliamBlakeA. B.WilliamWordsworthWilliamBlakeC.SamuelTaylorColeridgeD．GeorgeGordonByronAlthoughwritingfromdifferentpointsofviewandwithdifferenttechniques，writersintheVictorianPeriodsharedonethinginwereallconcernedabout ．thefateoftheupperclassthefateofthecommonpeoplethereformationofthegovernmentC.thefateofthecommonpeopleD.thefutureoftheirfamilyclans“IfWintercomes,canSpringbefarbehind’quotedlinecomesfrom .ShelleyShelley’s“OdetotheWestWind’Whitman’sLeavesofGrass

B.WaltC.JohnMiltosParadiseLost DJohnKeat“OdeonaGrecianUrn〞Amongthefollowingfigures isDickens’firstchildhero.A．LittleNell B．DavidCopperfieldC．OliverTwist D．LittleDorritIntheplayTheImportanceofBeingEarnestbyWilde，theupper—classpeoplearedescribedallofthefollowingEXCEPT .A.corruptB.snobbishC.hypocriticalD.ambitiousInThomasHardy’sWessexnovels,thereisapparent touchinhisdescriptionofthesimplebeautifulthoughprimitiverurallife.nostalgicA.nostalgicC.romantic

乡愁的 B.humorous“Lifeisbutalosingbattle,itisastrugglemancandominateinsuchawaythatlossbecomesdignity；manbephysicallydestroyedbutneverdefeatedspirituallynotionistypicallyheldby ．A.MarkTwain B.EzraPoundC.WilliamFaulkner D.ErnestHemingway

ThisTheliteraryspokesmanoftheJazzAgeis .A.HenryJames B.RobertFrostF.ScottFitzgeraldC. D.WilliamFaulknerF.ScottFitzgeraldNorthofBostonisdescribedbytheauthor，RobertFrosas“abookofpeopl’whichshowsabrilliantinto characterandthebackgroundthatformedNewEnglandA.thecowboyB.NewEnglandC.IvyColleagueD.ivorytowerPeoplegenerallyregarded astheforerunnerofthe20th—century“stream-of-consciousness〞novelsandthefounderofpsychologicalrealism.A.TheodoreDreiser B.WilliamFaulknerHenryJamesC. D．MarkTwainHenryJamesAccordingto ,“Thereisevilineveryhumanmayremainthelife；butcircumstancesmayrouseittoNathanielHawthorneB.EdgarEllenPoeNathanielHawthorneC.WilliamFaulkner D．TheodoreDreiserHemingwayoncedescribed theonebookfromwhich“allmodernAmericanliteratureTheAdventuresofHuckleberryTheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinnAdventuresofTomSawyerC.TheGildedAge D.InnocentsAbroad

TheWhatWaltWhitmanprefersforhisnewsubjectandnewpoeticfeelingsi“ thatipoetrywithoutabeatorregularrhymefreeverseA.fixedverse B.freeverseC.fixedending D.freeendingBy writing Melville reached the mostflourishingstageofhisliterarycreativity.A.Typee B.OmooMoby-DickC.Mardi D.Moby-DickShortlybeforehisdeathin1945， joinedtheCommunistParty.A.TheodoreDreiser B.MarkTwainC.HenryJames D.EzraPoundNaturalismisevolvedfrom whentheauthrstoneinwritingbecomeslessseriousandlesssympatheticbutmoreironicandmorepessimistic.A.Romanticism B.ModernismRealismC. D.ScientismRealismOneofthemostfamiliarthemesinAmericannaturalismisthethemeofhuman .A.peacefulness B.joyfulnessC.bestiality兽性 D.civilizationHawthorne’sviewofmanandhumanhistoryoriginated，toagreatextent，from .A.TranscendentalismB.PuritanismC.Humanism D.ExpressionismIngeneral,theAmericanwomanpoetwantedtolivesimplyasacompleteindependentbein，andsoshedi，asaspinsterA.AnneBretB.EmilyDickinsonC.AnnaDickinsonD.EmilyShawTheodoreDreiser’s foundexpressioninalmosteverybookhewroteinwhich “killortobekilledwasthelaw.A.romanticism B.naturalismC.cubism D.classicalismWilliamFaulknercreateshisownmythicalkingdomthatmirrorsnotonlythedeclineofthe societybutalsothespiritualwastelandofthewholeAmericansociety.A.southern B.northernC.western D.easternAlmosteverybookwrittenbyHawthornediscusses reflectshisunceasinginterestintheheart〞ofman’sbeing.sinandevilA. B.1oveandhatredsinandevilC.frustrationandself-denial D.balanceandselfdisciplineApreoccupationwiththe viewoforiginalsinandthemysteryofevilmarkedtheworksofHawthorne，Melvilleandahostoflesserwriters.A.optimistic B.CalvinisticC.Platonic D.SocraticTheAmerican asaculturalheritageexertedgreatinfluencesoverAmericanmoralvaluesintheAmericanRomanticperiod.PuritanismA. B．AtheismPuritanismC.Deism自然神论 D.Cynicism冷嘲热讽PARTTWO(60POINTS)ReadingComprehension(16pointsinforeach)ReadthequotedpartscarefullyandanswerthequestionsinEnglish．WriteyouranswersinthecorrespondingspaceontheAnswerSheet．“ThefiverglidethathisownsweetDearGod!theveryhousesseemAndallthatmightyheartislying(from William Wordsworth’s “Composed uponWestminsterBridge〞)Questions：WhatfigureofspeechisusedinthequotedlinesWhatdoes“thatmightyhear’refertoWhatdoesthepoemdecribe“WhenthestarsthrewdowntheirAndwater’dheavenwiththeirtears,DidhesmilehisworktoseeDidhewhomadetheLambmakethee〞Questions：IdentifythepoetandthepoemfromwhichthelinesaretakenWhomdoesthe“h’refertoWhatdoesthe“Lamb〞symbolize“Myatomofmythissoil，thisair,Bornhereofparentsbornherefromparentsthesame，andtheirparentsthesame，I，nowthirty-sevenyearsoldinperfecthealthbegin，Hopingtoceasenottilldeath〞Questions：Identifythepoetandthepoemfromwhichthelinesaretaken.Whatdosoil〞andair〞representinthefirstlineWhatdoesthepoettrytosayintheabovefourlines“IcannotrubthestrangenessfrommyIgotfromlookingthroughapaneofglassIskimmedthismorningfromthedrinkingtroughAndheldagainsttheworldofhoarygrass.〞Questions：Identifythepoetandthepoemfromwhichthelinesaretaken.Whatdoestheword“strangenes’refertoWhatdothequotedlinesimplyQuestionsandAnswers(24pointsinforGiveabriefanswertoeachofthefollowingquestionsinEnglish．Wri