2023年自考答案英美文学选读试题

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I.MultipleChoice(40pointsinall,1foreach)

Selectfromthefourchoicesofeachitemtheonethatbestanswersthequestionorcompletesthestatement.MarkyourchoicebyblackeningthecorrespondingletterA,B,CorDontheanswersheet.

1.Shakespearehasestablishedhisgiantpositioninworldliteraturewithhis______plays,154sonnetsand2longpoems.B

A.27B.38

C.47D.52

2.johnMilton’sliteraryachievementcanbedividedintothreegroups:theearlypoeticworks,themiddleprosepamphletsandthelast______.C

A.romancesB.dramas

C.greatpoemsD.ballads

3.Thenovelsof______arethefirstliteraryworksdevotedtothestudyofproblemsofthelower—classpeople.C

A.JohnMiltonB.DanielDefoe

C.HenryFieldingD.JonathanSwift

4.TheworkrankedbymanycriticsasWilliamWordswoth’sgreatestworkwas______.B

A.LyricalBalladsB.ThePrelude

C.PoemsinTwoVolumesD.TheExcursion

5.TheauthorofTheHistoryofTomJones,aFoundlingis______.C

A.DanielDefoeB.JohathanSwift

C.HenryFieldingD.WilliamBlake

6.Theworksof______arefamousforthedepictionofthelifeofthemiddle—classwomen,particularlygoverness.*B

A.CharlotteBronteB.D.H.Lawrence

C.ThomasHardyD.JaneAusten

7.AllofthefollowingwritingsarecreatedbyWilliamWordsworthEXCEPT______.D

A.“IWanderedLonelyasaCloud.”

B.“ComposeduponWestminster

C.“TheSolitaryReaper.”

D.“TheChimneySweeper.”

8.ThemostimportantrepresentativeworkbyJonathanSwiftis______.D

A.ATaleofaTubB.TheBattleoftheBooks

C.AModestProposalD.Gulliver'sTravels

9“Ifwintercomes,canSpringbefarbehind?”comesfromShelly’s______.D

A.“ToaSkylark”B.“Adonais”

C.“OdetoLiberty”D.“OdetotheWestWind”

10.InJaneAusten'sfirstnovel______,shetellsastoryabouttwosistersandtheirloveaffairs.B

A.PrideandPrejudiceB.SenseandSensibility

C.EmmaD.Persuasion

11.CharlesDickensisoneofthegreatest______writersoftheVictorianAge.D

A.romanticB.modernist

C.socialistD.criticalrealist

12.CharlotteBronte'smostautobiographicalwork,______islargelybasedonherexperienceinBrussels.A

A.JaneEyreB.Shirley

C.VilletteD.TheProfessor

13.WilliamWordsworth'stheoryofpoetryiscallingforsimplethemesdrawnfromhumblelifeexpressedinthelanguageofordinarypeople.Theprefacetothesecondeditionof______actsasamanifestoforthenewschoolandsetsforthhisowncriticalcreed.A

A.LyricalBalladsB.ThePrelude

C.PoemsinTwoVolumsD.TheExcursion

14.GeorgeBernardShaw'splay______establishedhispositionastheleadingplaywrightofhistime.*C

A.Widowers’HousesB.TooTruetoBeGood

C.Mrs.Warren'sProfessionD.Candida

15.Eliot'smostimportantsinglepoem______,hasbeenhailedasalandmarkandamodelofthe20th-centuryEnglishpoetry.B

A.TheHollowMenB.TheWaste

C.PrurrockandOtherObservationsD.Poems1909-25

16.D.H.Lawrence’sautobiographicalnovel,______showstheconflictbetweentheearthy,coarse,energeticbutoftendrunkenfatherandtherefined,strong—willedandup—climbingmother.A

A.SonsandLoversB.TheWhitePeacock

C.TheTrespasserD.TheRainbow

17.“Tobe,ornottobe—thatisthequestion;/Whether'tisnoblerinthemindtosuffer./Theslingsandarrowsofoutrageousfortune,/Ortotakearmsagainstaseaoftroubles,/Andbyopposingendthem?”Thesewordsarefrom______.D

A.KingLearB.Romeo

C.AntonioD.Hamlet

18.JohnMilton’slastimportantwork,______isthemostpowerfuldramaticpoemontheGreekmodel.A

A.ParadiseLostB.ParadiseRegained

C.SamsonAgonistesD.Lydidas

19.TheauthorofMollFlandersandCaptainSingletonis______.B

A.JohnMiltonB.DanielDefoe

C.HenryFieldingD.JonathanSwift

20.Drapieristhepseudonymof______.A

A.JonathanSwiftB.DanielDefoe

C.HenryFieldingD.WilliamBlake

21.OneofDickens'laterworks,______inwhichhepresentsacriticismofthegovernmentalbrancheswhichrunanindefiniteprocedureofmanagementofaffairsandkeeptheinnocentinprisonforlife.B

A.BleakHouseB.LittleDorrit

C.HardTimesD.ATaleofTwoCities

22.InthesecondpartofGulliver'sTravels,Gullivertoldhisexperiencein______.A

A.BrobdingnagB.Lilliput

C.FlyingIslandD.Houyhnhnm

23.Faulknerusedthenarrativetechniquestoconstructhisstories,whichinclude______andmythologicalandbiblicalallusions.A

A.symbolismB.freeindirectspeech

C.contrastD.dialogue

24.ErnestHemingway,hadbeentryingtodemonstrateinhisworksanunvaryingcode,knownas“______,”whichisactuallyanattitudetowardslife.B

A.facingtherealityB.graceunderpressure

C.honestywithbenevolenceD.securitycomingfirst

25.TheBlithedaleRomanceisanovelwrittenbyHawthornetorevealhisownexperienceontheBrookFarmandhisownmethodsasa______novelist.C

A.naturalistB.imagist

C.psychologicalD.feminist

26.TheodoreDreiser'sfocusshiftedfromthepathosofthehelplessprotagonistsatthebottomofthesocietytothepoweroftheAmericanfinancialtycoonsinthelate19thcenturyinhiswork______.D

A.TheGeniusB.AnAmericanTragedy

C.DreiserLooksatRussiaD.“TrilogyofDesire”

27.EmilyDickinsonfrequentlyusespersonaetorenderthetonemorefamiliartothereader,and______tovivifysomeabstractideas.D

A.imagesB.metaphor

C.symbolsD.personification

28.Inhislaterworks,Melvillebecomesmorereconciledwiththe______,inwhichheadmits,onemustlivebyrules.B

A.womenB.worldofman

C.familyD.politicians

29.WaltWhitman's______hasalwaysbeenconsideredamonumentalworkwhichcommandsgreatattentioninAmerica.B

A.ThePilgrim’sProgressB.LeavesofGrass

C.APassagetoIndiaD.RipVanWinkle

30.MarkTwain’sfullliterarycareerbegantoblossomin1869withatravelbook______,anaccountofAmericantouristsinEurope.A

A.InnocentsAbroadB.ThePortraitofALady

C.TheGrapesofWrathD.TheGreatGatsby

31.Withthedevelopmentofthemodernnovelandthecommonacceptanceofthe______approach,HenryJames'simportance,aswellashiswideinfluenceasanovelistandcritic,hasbeenallthemoreconspicuous.A

A.deconstructionB.romantic

C.FreudianD.analytic

32.EmilyDickinsonaddressestheissuesthatconcernthewholehumanbeingsinherpoems,whichincludereligion,death,______,love,andnature.A

A.immortalityB.wealth

C.powerD.politics

33.InSisterCarrieTheodoreDreiserexpressedhis______pursuitbyexpoundingthepurposelessnessoflifeandattackingtheconventionalmoralstandards.B

A.romanticB.realistic

C.naturalisticD.modernistic

34.ProfoundideasinRobertFrost'spoemsaredeliveredunderthedisguiseof______.A

A.theplainlanguageandthesimpleformB.thevividdescriptions

C.metaphorsD.thecomplicatednarration

35.In______Hemingwaypresentshisphilosophyaboutlifeanddeaththroughthedepictionofthebullfightasakindofmicrocosmictragedy.B

A.TheGreenHillsofAfricaB.DeathintheAfternoon

C.TheSnowsofKilimanjaroD.ToHaveandHaveNot

36OfFaulkner’sliteraryworks,fournovelsaremasterpiecesbyanystandards:TheSoundandtheFury,LightinAugust,Absalom,Absalom!and______.A

A.GoDown,MosesB.TheFable

C.TheSnowsofKilimanjaroD.ToHaveandHaveNot

37.AsWhitmansawit,______couldplayavitalpartintheprocessofcreatinganewnation.C

A.musicB.fiction

C.poetryD.painting

38.InmanyofHawthorne'sstoriesandnovels,thePuritanconceptoflifeiscondemned,especiallyinhisThehouseoftheSevenGablesand______.B

A.GoDown,MosesB.TheScarletLetter

C.AsILayDyingD.SongofMyself

39.HenryJamesisgenerallyregardedastheforerunnerofthe______andthefounderofpsychologicalrealism.B

A.“stream-of-consciousness”novelsB.metaphysicalpoems

C.shortstoriesD.literarycriticism

40.GenerallyconsideredtobeHenryJames’smasterpiece,______incarnatestheclashbetweentheOldWorldandtheNewinthelifejourneyofanAmericangirlinaEuropeanculturalenvironment.B

A.TheAmbassadorsB.DaisyMiller

C.TheAmericanD.ThePortraitofALady

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II.ReadingComprehension(16pointsinall,4foreach)

ReadthequotedpartscarefullyandanswerthequestionsinEnglish.Writeyouranswersinthecorrespondingspaceontheanswersheet.

41.Wherefore,BeesofEngland,forge

Manyaweapon,chain,andscourge,

Thatthesestinglessdronesmayspoil

Theforcedproduceofyourtoil?

Questions.

A.Identifythepoetandthepoemfromwhichthestanzaistaken.

SongtotheMenofEngland--PercyShelleyB.Whatdoyouknowaboutthepoem'swritingbackground?Thispoemwaswrittenatatimeofturbulentunrest.OnAugust16,1819,whenabout60000peoplewereholdingarallyinSt.Peter’sfieldnearManchester,demandinguniversalsuffrage,parliamentaryreformandtherepealoftheCornLaw,atroopofcavalryopenedfireonthem,killedmorethanadozenandwoundedseveralhundreds.Thekillingwasironicallyreferredtoas“PeterlooMassacre”.Shelley,beingexiledinItaly,wroteseveralpoliticallyricsinprotestagainstthegovernment’sbarbarousactionandcallingtheworkingpeopletoriseupandoverthrowtheruleoftheidleclass.

C.Whatdoyouthinkthepoetintendstosayinthepoem?

Thepoemwasintendedtodepicttheclashoftwoclassesofsocietyandthefactthatworkerstoilallforthebenefitoftherich.42.Letusgothen,youandI,

Whentheeveningisspreadoutagainstthesky

Likeapatientetherizeduponatable;

Letusgo,throughcertainhalf-desertedstreets,

Themutteringretreats

Ofrestlessnightsinone-nightcheaphotels

Andsawdustrestaurantswithoyster-shells:

(Thelinesabovearetakenfrom“TheLoveSongofJ.AlfredPrufrock”byT.SEliot.)

Questions..

A.Whatdoesthepoempresent?

AsforEngland,theaftershocksofWorldWarIdirectlycontributedtothedissolutionoftheBritishEmpire.Eliotsawsocietyasparalyzedandwounded,andheimaginedthatculturewascrumblinganddissolving.“TheLoveSongofJ.AlfredPrufrock”demonstratesthissenseofindecisiveparalysisasthetitular

speaker

wonderswhetherheshouldeatapieceoffruit,makearadicalchange,orifhehasthefortitudetokeepliving.

B.Whatformisthepoemcomposedin?“Prufrock”isavariationonthedramaticmonologue,atypeofpoempopularwithEliot’spredecessors.Dramaticmonologuesaresimilartosoliloquiesinplays.

Therhymeschemeofthispoemisirregularbutnotrandom.

C.Whatdoesthepoemsuggest?

Itisanexaminationofthetorturedpsycheoftheprototypicalmodernman—overeducated,eloquent,neurotic,andemotionallystilted.Prufrock,thepoem’sspeaker,seemstobeaddressingapotentiallover,withwhomhewouldliketo“forcethemomenttoitscrisis”bysomehowconsummatingtheirrelationship.

43.Mylongtwo-pointedladder'sstickingthroughatree

Towardheavenstill,

Andthere'sabarrelthatIdidn'tfill

Besideit,andtheremaybetwoorthree

ApplesIdidn'tpickuponsomebough.

Questions.

A.Identifythepoetandthetitleofthepoemfromwhichtheabovelinesaretaken.

AfterApple-Picking--RobertFrostB.Whatexperiencedoesthepoemdescribe?

Afteralongday’swork,thespeakeristiredofapplepicking.Hehasfeltdrowsyanddreamysincethemorningwhenhelookedthroughasheetoficeliftedfromthesurfaceofawatertrough.Nowhefeelstired,feelssleepcomingon,butwonderswhetheritisanormal,end-of-the-daysleeporsomethingdeeper.C.Whatarethefeelingsofthespeaker?

Howweultimatelyinterpretthetoneofthepoemhasmuchtodowithhowweinterprettheharvest.Hasitbeenafailure?Certainlythereisasenseofincompleteness—”abarrelthatIdidn’tfill.”Thespeaker’sinnerresourcesgiveoutbeforetheouterresourcesareentirelycollected.Ontheotherhand,thepoetspeaksonlyof“twoorthreeapples”remaining,andtheseonly“may”beleftover.Dowedetectsatisfaction,then?Thespeakerhasdoneallthatwaswithinhispower;what’sleftistheresultofminor,inevitablehumanimperfection.Isthis,then,apoemabouttherareskillofknowingwhentoquithonorably?Thisinterpretationseemsreasonable.44.ThisismylettertotheWorld

ThatneverwrotetoMe—

ThesimpleNewsthatNaturetold—

WithtenderMajesty

Questions.

A.Identifythepoet.

EmilyDickinsonB.Whatideadoesthepoemexpress?

Theauthor’scontemporariescouldnotunderstandher,sosherestedherhopeonlatergenerations,andaskedthemtojudgehertenderly.C.Whydoesthepoetusedashesandcapitallettersinthepoem?

Thedashesarethesubstituteofthepunctuationandprovidefeelingofmusicandbetterrhythm.III.QuestionsandAnswers(24pointsinall,6foreach)

GiveabriefanswertoeachofthefollowingquestionsinEnglish.Writeyouranswersinthecorrespondingspaceontheanswersheet.

45.WhatarethefeaturesofGeorgeBernardShaw’scharacterizationinhisplays?He

makes

thetrickof

showingup

one

character

vividly

atthe

expense

ofanother.46.BrieflyintroduceBlake’sSongsofInnocenceandSongsofExperience."SongsofInnocenceandofExperience"isarareandwonderfulbook,itsseemingsimplicitybelyingitsvisionarywisdom.InternationallyrecognisedasamasterpieceofEnglishliterature,italsooccupiesakeypositioninthehistoryofwesternart."Innocence"and"Experience"aredefinitionsofconsciousnessthatrethink

\o"JohnMilton"Milton'sexistential-mythicstatesof"Paradise"andthe"Fall."Blake'scategoriesaremodesofperceptionthattendtocoordinatewithachronologythatwouldbecomestandardin

\o"Romanticism"Romanticism:childhoodisastateofprotected

\o"Innocence"innocence

ratherthan

\o"Originalsin"originalsin,butnotimmunetothefallenworldanditsinstitutions.Thisworldsometimesimpingesonchildhooditself,andinanyeventbecomesknownthrough"experience,"astateofbeingmarkedbythelossofchildhoodvitality,byfearandinhibition,bysocialandpoliticalcorruption,andbythemanifoldoppressionofChurch,State,andtherulingclasses.Thevolume's"ContraryStates"aresometimessignalledbypatentlyrepeatedorcontrastedtitles:in

Innocence,

InfantJoy,in

Experience,

InfantSorrow;inInnocence,

TheLamb,in

Experience,

TheFly

and

TheTyger.Thestarksimplicityofpoemssuchas

TheChimneySweeper

and

TheLittleBlackBoy

displayBlake'sacutesensibilitytotherealitiesofpovertyandexploitationthataccompaniedthe"darksatanicmills"ofthe

\o"IndustrialRevolution"IndustrialRevolution.

47.WhydoesSisterCarriebestembodyDreiser'snaturalisticbelief?

SisterCarriebestembodiesDreiser'snaturalisticbeliefthatwhilemenarecontrolledandconditionedbyheredity,instinctandchance,afewextraodinaryandunsophisticatedhumanbeingsrefusetoaccepttheirfatewordlesslyandinsteadstrive,unsuccessfully,tofindmeaningandpurposefortheirexistence.Carrie,asoneofsuch,sensesthatsheismerelyacipherinanuncaringworldyetseekstograspthemysteriesoflifeandtherebysatisfiesherdesiresforsocialstatusandmaterialcomfort.48.BrieflystateMarkTwain'smagicpowerwithlanguageinhisnovels.1)

Use

of

Colloquial

Language.Thebookiswritteninacolloquialstyle,inthegeneralstandardspeechofuneducatedAmericans.

2)

VernacularLanguage3)

Local

ColorIV.TopicDiscussion(20pointsinall,10foreach)

Writenolessthan150wordsoneachofthefollowingtopicsinEnglishinthecorrespondingspaceontheanswersheet.

49.WhyisJaneEyreasuccessfulnovel?Giveabriefanalysisofthethemeandcharaterizationofthenovel.TheworkisoneofthemostpopularandimportantnovelsoftheVictorianage.Itisnotedforitssharpcriticismoftheexistingsociety.Morality:JanerefusestobecomeMr.Rochester'sparamourbecauseofher"impassionedself-respectandmoralconviction."SherejectsSt.JohnRivers'religiousfervourasmuchasthelibertineaspectsofMr.Rochester'scharacter.Instead,sheworksoutamoralityexpressedinlove,independence,andforgiveness.Godandreligion:Throughoutthenovel,Janeendeavourstoattainan

\o"wikt:equilibrium"equilibrium

betweenmoraldutyandearthlyhappiness.ShedespisesthehypocrisyofMr.Brocklehurst,andseesthedeficienciesinSt.JohnRivers'indulgentyetdetacheddevotiontohisChristianduty.Asachild,JaneadmiresHelenBurns'life'sphil