00604英美文学选读2009年07月试卷

浙00604#英美文学选读试卷第8页（共8页）全国2009年7月高等教育自学考试英美文学选读试题课程代码：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)I．MultipleChoice(40pointsinall,1foreach)Selectfromthefourchoicesofeachitemtheonethatbestanswersthequestionorcompletesthestatement.Writeyouranswersinthecorrespondingspaceontheanswersheet.1.ThefirstmassmovementoftheEnglishworkingclassandtheearlysignoftheawakeningofthepoor,oppressedpeopleis_____.A.TheEnclosureMovementB.TheProtestantReformationC.TheEnlightenmentMovementD.TheChartistMovement2.DanielDefoe’sworksareallthefollowingEXCEPT_____.A.MollFlanders B.ATaleofaTubC.AJournalofthePlagueYear D.ColonelJack3.“MetaphysicalPoetry”referstotheworksofthe17th-centurywriterswhowroteundertheinfluenceof_____.A.JohnDonne B.AlexanderPopeC.ChristopherMarlowe D.JohnMilton4.ThemostimportantplayamongShakespeare’scomediesis_____.A.AMidsummerNight’sDream B.TheMerchantofVeniceC.AsYouLikeIt D.TwelfthNight5.ThemostperfectexampleoftheversedramaafterGreekstyleinEnglishisMilton’s_____.A.ParadiseLost B.ParadiseRegainedC.SamsonAgonistes D.Areopagitica6.WhichofthefollowingdescriptionsofEnlightenmentMovementisNOTtrue?A.ItwasaprogressiveintellectualmovementthatflourishedinFrance.B.ItwasafurtheranceoftheRenaissanceofthe15thand16thcenturies.C.Thepurposewastoenlightenthewholeworldwithmoderuphilosophicalandartisticideas.D.TheEnlightenersadvocateindividualeducation.7.NeoclassicistshadsomefixedlawsandrulesforproseEXCEPT_____.A.beingprecise B.beingdirectC.beingflexible D.beingsatiric8.Agoodstyleofprose“properworksinproperplaces”wasdefinedby_____.A.JohnMilton B.HenryFieldingC.JonathanSwift D.T.S.Eliot9.ThemajorthemeofJaneAusten’snovelsis_____.A.loveandmoney B.moneyandsocialstatusC.socialstatusandmarriage D.loveandmarriage10.Wordsworth’s_____isperhapsthemostanthologizedpoeminEnglishliterature.A.“ToaSkylark” B.“IWonderedLonelyasaCloud”C.“AnEveningWalk” D.“MyHeartLeapsUp”11.WilliamBlake’swork______markshisentryintomaturity.A.SongsofExperience B.MarriageofHeavenandHellC.SongsofInnocence D.TheBookofLos12.BestofalltheRomanticwell-knownlyricpiecesisShelley’s_____.A.“TheCloud” B.“ToaSkylark”C.“OdetoaNightingale” D.“OdetotheWestWind”13.IntheVictorianPeriod_____becamethemostwidelyreadandthemostvitalandchallengingexpressionofprogressivethought.A.poetry B.novelC.prose D.drama14.InCharlesDickens’earlynovels,heattacksoneormorespecificsocialevils,_____isagoodexampleofdescribingthedehumanizingworkhousesystemandthedark,criminalunderworldlife.A.DavidCopperfield B.OliverTwistC.GreatExpectations D.DombeyandSon15.ThomasHardy’smostcheerfulandidyllicworkis_____.A.TheReturnoftheNative B.FarfromtheMaddinCrowdC.UndertheGreenwoodTree D.TheWoodlanders16.Theriseof_____andnewsciencegreatlyincitedmodernistwriterstomakenewexplorationsonhumannaturesandhumanrelationships.A.theexistentialisticidea B.theirrationalphilosophyC.scientificsocialism D.socialDarwinism17.InModernEnglishliterature,theliteraryinterestof_____layinthetracingofthepsychologicaldevelopmentofhischaractersandinhisenergeticcriticismofthedehu-manizingeffectofthecapitalistindustrializationonhumannature.A.GeorgeBernardShaw B.T.S.EliotC.OscarWilde D.D.H.Lawrence18.GeorgeBernardShaw’s_____isabetterplayofthelaterperiod,withtheauthor’salmostnihilisticbitternessonthesubjectsofthecrueltyandmadnessofWWIandtheaimlessnessanddisillusionoftheyoung.A.TooTruetoBeGood B.Mrs.Warren’sProfessionC.Widowers’Houses D.Fanny’sFirstPlay19.RenaissancefirststartedinItaly,withthefloweringofthefollowingfieldsEXCEPT_____.A.architecture B.paintingC.sculpture D.literature20.EnglishRomanticism,asahistoricalphaseofliterature,isgenerallysaidtohavebegunwiththepublicationofWordsworthandColeridge’s_____.A.PoeticalSketches B.ADefenceofPoetryC.LyricalBallads D.ThePrelude21.CharlotteBront’swork_____isfamousforthedepictionofthelifeofthemiddle-classworkingwomen,particularlygovernesses.A.JaneEyre B.WutheringHeightsC.TheProffessor D.Shirley22.TheWasteLandbyT.S.Eliotisapoemconcernedwiththe_____breakupofamoderncivilizationinwhichhumanlifehaslostitsmeaning,significanceandpurpose.A.spiritual B.religiousC.political D.physical23.PerhapsEmilyDickinson’sgreatestinterpretationofthemomentof_____istobefoundin“IheardaFlybuzz--whenIdied—”,apoemuniversallyregardedasoneofhermasterpieces.A.fantasy B.birthC.crisis D.death24.ThefictionoftheAmerican_____periodrangesfromthecomicfablesofWashing-tonIrvingtothesocialrealismofRebeccaHardingDavis.A.Romantic B.RevolutionaryC.Colonial D.Modernistic25.Themodern_____techniquewasfrequentlyandskillfullyexploitedbyFaulknertoemphasizethereactionsandinnermusingsofthenarrator.A.stream-of-consciousness B.flashbackC.mosaic D.narrativeandargumentative26.Bymeansof“_____,”Whitmanbelieved,hehasturnedthepoemintoanopenfield,anareaofvitalpossibilitywherethereadercanallowhisownimaginationtoplay.A.balancedstructure B.freeverseC.fixedverse D.regularrhythm27.In1954,_____wasawardedtheNobelPrizefor“hispowerfulstyle-formingmasteryoftheart”ofcreatingmodernfiction.A.ErnestHemingway B.SherwoodAndersonC.StephenCrane D.HenryJames28.Theperiodrangingfrom1865to1914hasbeenreferredtoastheAgeof_____intheliteraryhistoryoftheUnitedStates,whichisactuallyamovementortendencythatdominatedthespiritofAmericanliterature.A.Rationalism B.RomanticismC.Realism D.Modernism29.Whenhewaseighty-sevenhereadhispoetryattheinaugurationofPresidentJohnF.Kennedyin1961.Thispoetwas_____.A.EzraPound B.RobertFrostC.E.E.Cummings D.WallaceStevens30.TherenownedAmericancriticH.L.Menckenregarded_____as“thetruefatherofournationalliterature.”A.BretHarte B.WaltWhitmanC.WashingtonIrving D.MarkTwain31.WecaneasilyfindinTheodoreDreiser’sfictionaworldofjungle,where“killortobekilled”wasthelaw.Dreiser’s_____foundexpressioninalmosteverybookhewrote.A.naturalism B.romanticismC.cubism D.classicalism32.ApreoccupationwiththeCalvinisticviewof_____andthemysteryofevilmarkedtheworksofHawthorne,Melvilleandahostoflesserwriters.A.loveandmercy B.bitternessandhatredC.originalsin D.eternallife33.“Hepossessednoneoftheusualaidstoawriter’scareer:nomoney,nofriendinpower,noformaleducationworthyofmention,nofamilytraditioninletters.”ThisisadescriptionmostsuitabletotheAmericanwriter_____.A.HenryJames B.TheodoreDreiserC.W.D.Howells D.NathanielHawthorne34.Peoplegenerallyconsidered_____tobeHenryJames’masterpiece,whichincarnatestheclashbetweentheOldWorldandtheNewinthelifejourneyofanAmericangirlinaEuropeanculturalenvironment.A.TheEuropeans B.DaisyMillerC.ThePortraitofALady D.ThePrivateLife35.TheJazzAgeofthe1920scharacterizedbyfrivolityandcarelessnessisbroughtvividlytolifein_______.A.TheGreatGatsby B.TheSunAlsoRisesC.TheGrapesofWrath D.TalesoftheJazzAge36.Guidedbytheprincipleofadheringtothetruthfultreatmentoflife,theAmerican_______introducedindustrialworkersandfarmers,ambitiousbusinessmenandvagrants,prostitutesandunheroicsoldiersasmajorcharactersinfiction.A.romanticists B.modernistsC.psychologists D.realists37.TheAmericanliteraryspokesmanoftheJazzAgeisoftenacclaimedtobe_______.A.HenryJames B.RobertFrostC.WilliamFaulkner D.F.ScottFitzgerald38.BywritingMoby-Dick,_______reachedthemostflourishingstageofhisliterarycreativity.A.HermanMelville B.EdgarEllenPoeC.WilliamFaulkner D.TheodoreDreiser39.Faulkneroncesaidthat_____isastoryof“lostinnocence,”whichprovesitselftobeanintensificationofthethemeofimprisonmentinthepast.A.LightinAugust B.TheSoundandtheFuryC.Absalom,Absalom! D.TheHamlet40.HawthornewasnotaPuritanhimself,buthisviewofmanandhumanhistoryoriginated,toagreatextent,in_______.A.Calvinism B.PuritanismC.Realism D.NaturalismPARTTWO(60POINTS)Ⅱ.ReadingComprehension(16pointsinall,4foreach)ReadthequotedpartscarefullyandanswerthequestionsinEnglish.Writeyouranswersinthecorrespondingspaceontheanswersheet.41.Beholdher,singleinthefield,YonsolitaryHighlandlass!Reapingandsingingbyherself;Stophere,orgentlypass!Aloneshecutsandbindsthegrain,Andsingsamelancholystrain;Olisten!FortheValeprofoundIsoverflowingwiththesound.Questions:A.Identifythepoet.B.What’stherhymeschemeforthestanza?C.What’sthethemeofthepoem?42.ThefollowingquotationisfromMrs.Warren’sProfession:VIVIE:[intenselyinterestedbythistime]No;butwhydidyouchoosethatbusiness?Savingmoneyandgoodmanagementwillsucceedinanybusiness.MRS.WARREN:Yes,savingmoney.Butwherecanawomangetthemoneytosaveinanyotherbusiness?Couldyousaveoutoffourshillingsaweekandkeepyourselfdressedaswell?Notyou.Ofcourse,ifyou’reaplainwomanandcantearnanythingmore;orifyouhaveaturnformusic,orthestage,ornewspaper-writing;that’sdifferent...Questions:A.Identifytheplaywrightoftheabovequotation.B.WhatbusinessdoyouthinkMrs.Warrenisinvolvedin?C.What'sthethemeoftheplay?43.MylittlehorsemustthinkitqueerTostopwithoutafarmhousenearBetweenthewoodsandfrozenlakeThedarkesteveningoftheyear.Questions:A.Identifythepoetandthetitleofthepoemfromwhichthisstanzaistaken.B.Whatfigureofspeechisusedinthisstanza?C.Brieflyinterpretthemeaningofthisstanza.44.“Wherearewegoing,Dad?”Nickasked.“OvertotheIndiancamp.ThereisanIndianladyverysick.”“Oh,”saidNick.Acrossthebaytheyfoundtheotherboatbeached.UncleGeorgewassmokingacigarinthedark.TheyoungIndianpulledtheboatwayuponthebeach.UncleGeorgegaveboththeIndianscigars.Questions:A.Identify