2023年自考类英语自考英美文学选读历年高频考题带答案难题附详解

2023年自考类英语自考英美文学选读历年高频考题带答案难题附详解（图片大小可自由调整）第1卷一.历年考点试题黑钻版(共50题)1.Fitzgeraldwrotethefollowingexcept______.A.TheGreatGatsbyB.InOurTimeC.TenderIstheNightD.ThisSideofParadise2.AsauniquevariationofAmericanliteraryrealism,localcolorismmakesAmericanliteratureadifferent.Whoisthemostfamouslocalcolorist?Whatarelocalcoloristsmostconcerned?3.______,anelaborateandfantasticstory,isknownasthebestofthefinalromanceswrittenbyWilliamShakespeare.A.TheTempestB.VenusandAdonisC.HenryIVD.RomeoandJuliet4.Thetoneofliteraturein"SongsofExperience"byWilliamBlakeis______.A.melancholyB.lovelyC.plainD.utter5.Inhisnovel,RobinsonCrusoe,Defoeeulogizestheheroofthe______.A.aristocraticB.enterprisinglandlordsC.risingbourgeoisieD.hard-workingpeople6.WhileMarkTwainseemedtohavepaidmoreattentiontothe"life"oftheAmericans,______hadapparentlylaidagreateremphasisonthe"innerworld"ofman.A.WilliamHowellsB.HenryJamesC.BretHarteD.HamlinGarland7.______bySwiftisgenerallyregardedasthebestmodelofsatire,notonlyofthe18thcenturybutalsointhewholeEnglishliteraryhistory.A.ATaleofaTubB.TheBattleoftheBooksC.AModestProposalD.Gulliver'sTravels8.TheodoreDreiserwasoncecriticizedforhis______instyle,butasatrueartisthisstrengthjustliesinthathisstyleisveryseriousandwellcalculatedtoachievethethematicendshesought.A.crudenessB.eleganceC.concisenessD.subtlety9.Whitman'sThereWasaChildWentForthisapoemabout______.A.asoldiergoingtothebattlefieldB.thebirthofanewlifeC.atragicboyhoodexperienceD.thegrowthofachild10.TrytodiscussthethemeofNathanielHawthorne'sworks.11.ThechildhoodofTomSawyerandHuckFinnintheMississippiisarecordofavanishedwayoflifeintheMississippivalleyandithasmovedmillionsofpeopleofdifferentagesandconditionsallovertheworldaboutthe______Americansociety.A.early16thcenturyB.late16thcenturyC.post-CivilWarD.pre-CivilWar12.GiveabriefanalysisofEmilyGrierson,theprotagonistofARoseforEmilybyFaulkner.13.TheliterarycharactersoftheAmericantypeintheearly19thcenturyaregenerallycharacterizedbyallthefollowingfeaturesexceptthatthey______.A.speaklocaldialectsB.arepoliteandelegantgentlemenC.aresimpleandcrudefarmersD.arenoblesavages(redandwhite)untaintedbysociety14.Withthepublicationof______,TheodoreDreiserwaslaunchinghimselfuponalongcareerthatwouldultimatelymakehimoneofthemostsignificantAmericanwritersoftheschoollaterknownasliterarynaturalism.A.SisterCarrieB.TheTitanC.AnAmericanTragedyD.TheStoic15.InSamsonAgonistes,Miltonagainborrowshisstoryfromthe______.Butthistimeheturnstoamorevitalandpersonaltheme.A.historyB.religionC.legendD.Bible16.In1724,______published,underthepseudonymofDrapier,aseriesoflettersthatcalledonthewholecountrytorefusethenewly-mintedEnglishcoppercoinswhichwouldfurtherdebasethecoinageofthealreadypoverty-strickencountry.A.JonathanSwiftB.CharlesDickensC.EdmundSpenserD.GeorgeBernardShaw17.Ofalltheeighteenthcenturynovelists,______wasthefirsttosetout,bothintheoryandpractice,towritespecificallya"comicepicinprose",andthefirsttogivethemodernnovelitsstructureandstyle.A.DanielDefoeB.SamuelRichardsonC.HenryFieldingD.OliverGoldsmith18.WhatdoesYoknapatwaphaCountystandforinFaulkner'snovels?19."Icelebratemyself,andsingmyself,/AndwhatIassumeyoushallassume,/Foreveryatombelongingtomeasgoodbelongstoyou./Iloafeandinvitemysoul,/Ileanandloafeatmyeaseobservingaspearofsummergrass."(fromWaltWhitman's"SongofMyself")

Questions:

A.Whomdoes"myself"referto?

B.Howdoyouunderstandtheline"Iloafeandinvitemysoul"?

C.Whatdoes"aspearofsummergrass"indicate?20.In______'sStoppingbyWoodsonaSnowyEvening,thespeakerliterallystopshishorseinthewintertwilighttoobservethebeautyoftheforestscene,andthenismovedtocontinuehisjourney.A.RobertLeeFrostB.WilliamFaulknerC.EzraPoundD.PercyByssheShelley21.Asarepresentativeofthe______,AlexanderPopewasoneofthefirsttointroducerationalismtoEngland.A.RenaissanceB.RationalismC.EnlightenmentD.Romanticism22.______isHemingway'smasterpiece.A.AFarewelltoArmsB.ForWhomtheBellTollsC.TheSunAlsoRisesD.TheOldManandtheSea23.TheMarbleFaunbyNathanielHawthorne,aromancesetin______,isconcernedaboutthedarkaberrationsofthehumanspirit.A.FranceB.SpainC.EnglandD.Italy24.Portiaisacharacterin______.A.TheMerchantofVeniceB.AMidsummerNight'sDreamC.MeasureforMeasureD.TheTamingoftheShrew25.RobertFrostconsideredthefarmhishomeanditsactivitiesremainedthefocusof______.A.hisstoryB.hisdramaC.hispoetryD.hissciencefiction26.WhatarethefeaturesofWhitman'spoetryrelatedtohisbrand-newmeans?27.______isprobablyMilton'smostmemorableprosework.A.ParadiseLostB.ParadiseRegainedC.SamsonAgonistesD.Areopagitica28."NickAdams"isacharacterwhofrequentlyappearsin______stories.A.WilliamFaulkner'sB.TheodoreDreiser'sC.MarkTwain'sD.ErnestHemingway's29.InOliverTwist,CharlesDickenscriticizesthe______.A.moneyworshippingtendencyB.dehumanizingofworkhousesystemC.hypocrisyoftheuppersocietyD.distortionofthehumanheart30.TheHemingwayCodeheroesarebestrememberedfortheir______.A.indestructiblespiritB.pessimisticviewoflifeC.warexperiencesD.masculinity31."BecauseIcouldnotstopforDeath-"isapoemwrittenby______.A.EzraPoundB.WaltWhitmanC.RobertFrostD.EmilyDickinson32.BrieflydiscussEnlightenmentMovement.33.______worksareknownas"novelsofcharacterandenvironment".A.CharlesDickens'sB.ThomasHardy'sC.JaneAusten'sD.GeorgeEliot's34.EmilyDickinson'spoetryisuniqueand______initsownway.Forexample,herpoemshavenotitles.A.traditionalB.unconventionalC.ordinaryD.unbelievable35.Thewomannovelist______wasintheRomanticperiodofEnglishliterature.A.EmilyDickensonB.EmilyBronteC.JaneAustenD.CharlotteBronte36.HesterPrynneistheheroineinHawthorne'snovel______.A.TheHouseoftheSevenGablesB.TheScarletLetterC.Moby-DickD.DaisyMiller37.Norlosepossessionofthatfairthouow'st;

Norshalldeathbragthouwander'stinhisshade,

Whenineternallinestotimethougrow'st:

Solongasmencanbreathe,oreyescansee,

Solonglivesthis,andthisgiveslifetothee.

Questions:

A.Wheredoesthepoemcomefrom?Whowroteit?

B.Whatdoes"lines"mean?

C.Interpretthepoembriefly.38.ThestatementsabouttheEnglishRenaissancearetrueexcept______.A.ThefirstperiodoftheEnglishRenaissancewasoneofimitationandassimilation.B.AcademiesaftertheItaliantypewerefounded.C.PetrarchwasregardedasthefountainheadofliteraturebytheEnglishwriters.D.Poetry,initstotality,istherealmainstreamoftheEnglishRenaissance.39.Gulliver'sTravelscontains______parts,eachdealingwithoneparticularvoyageduringhisextraordinaryadventuresonsomeremoteislands.A.twoB.threeC.fourD.five40.Inthemid-19thcentury,KarlMarxandFriedrichEngelsputforwardthetheoryof______.A.idealsocialismB.materialismC.scientificsocialismD.analyticalpsychology41.______providesthemainsourceofinfluenceonAmericannaturalism.A.ThepuritanheritageB.Howells'ideasofrealismC.Darwin'stheoryofevolutionD.Thepioneerspiritofthewildwest42.Forhiscontributiontotheestablishmentoftheformofthemodernnovel,______hasbeenregardedbysomeas"FatheroftheEnglishNovel".A.DanielDefoeB.JonathanSwiftC.HenryFieldingD.CharlesDickens43.MRS.WARREN.[afterlookingatherhelplessly,beginstowhimper]Vivie—

VIVIE.[springingupsharply]Nowpraydontbegintocry.Anythingbutthat.Ireallycannotstandwhimpering.Iwillgooutoftheroomifyoudo.

MRS.WARREN.[piteously]Oh,mydarling,howcanyoubesohardonme?HaveInorightsoveryouasyourmother?

VIVIE.Areyoumymother?

MRS.WARREN.[appalled]AmIyourmother!Oh,Vivie!

VIVIE.Thenwhereareourrelatives?myfather?ourfamilyfriends?Youclaimthefightsofamother:therighttocallmefoolandchild;tospeaktomeasnowomaninauthorityovermeatcollegedarespeaktome;todictatemywayoflife;andtoforceonmetheacquaintanceofabrutewhomanyonecanseetobethemostvicioussortofLondonmanabouttown.BeforeIgivemyselfthetroubletoresistsuchclaims,Imayaswellfindoutwhethertheyhaveanyrealexistence.

Questions:

A.Identifytheauthorandthetitleoftheplayfromwhichthepartistaken.

B.Summarizethethemeoftheplayinoneortwosentences.

C.WhatkindofpersonistheprotagonistVivie?44.ErnestHemingway,awinnerofNobelPrizeonLiterature,isoneofthegreatestAmericanwriters.DiscussHemingway'sartoffiction:hisstyle,theparticulartypeofheroinhisnovels,andhislifeattitudes,etc.45.______isapoemconcernedwiththespiritualbreakupofamoderncivilizationinwhichhumanlifehaslostitsmeaning,significanceandpurpose.A.UlyssesB.TheWasteLandC.TheConfidentialClerkD.Dubliners46.Avioletbyamossystone

Halfhiddenfromtheeye!

—Fairasastar,whenonlyone

Isshininginthesky.

Questions:

A.Identifytheauthorandthetitleofthepoemfromwhichthisstanzaistaken.

B.Pickoutthemetaphorusedinthisstanza.

C.Whatqualitydoestheauthorintendtoshowbyusingthemetaphor?47.TrytostatethethemeandthesignificanceofT.S.Eliot'smostimportantsinglepoemTheWasteLandbriefly.48.Fielding'slanguageiseasyandfamiliar.Hissentencesarealwaysdistinguishedby______.A.logicB.rhythmC.powerfulnessD.bothAandB49.Frost'spoemismostlyconcernedwithhiscontemplationonnature,andtherelationshipbetweennatureandman.WhatareRobertFrost'sfeaturesrelatedtohispoetry?50.Letusgothen,youandI,

Whentheeveningisspreadoutagainstthesky

Likeapatientetherizeduponatable;

Letusgo,throughcertainhalf-desertedstreets,

Themutteringretreats

Ofrestlessnightsinone-nightcheaphotels

Andsawdustrestaurantswithoyster-shells:

(Thelinesabovearetakenfrom"TheLoveSongofJ.AlfredPrufrock"byT.SEliot.)

Questions:

A.Whatdoesthepoempresent?

B.Whatformisthepoemcomposedin?

C.Whatdoesthepoemsuggest?第1卷参考答案一.历年考点试题黑钻版1.参考答案：B[解析]菲兹杰拉德的作品有：《人间天堂》《了不起的盖茨比》《夜色温柔》等，《在我们的时代里》是海明威的作品。2.参考答案：A.MarkTwainisthemostfamouslocalcolorist.

B.Localcolorists'writingsareconcernedwiththelifeofasmall,well-definedregionorprovince.

C.Theyworkedfrompersonalexperience;theyrecordedthefactsofauniqueenvironmentandsuggestedthatthenativelifewasshapedbythecuriousconditionsofthelocale.3.参考答案：A[解析]本题主要考查的知识点为莎士比亚的后期代表作。

《暴风雨》是莎士比亚创作后期的代表作，是一个精致奇妙的故事。4.参考答案：A5.参考答案：D[解析]笛福在他大部分作品中，都表达了对勤劳、坚强的中产阶级的赞誉，以及对破落不幸的穷苦人的同情。答案为D。6.参考答案：B[解析]詹姆斯的现实主义具有心理分析方法的倾向。他的小说关注人物内心的生活。答案为B。7.参考答案：C[解析]乔纳森·斯威夫特的《一个温和的建议》不仅在18世纪，在整个英国文学史上也被公认为经典著作。8.参考答案：A[解析]本题主要考查的知识点为德莱塞的写作风格。

西奥多·德莱塞曾因写作风格粗糙而受到批评，但是他的作品内容严肃，与表现的主题十分相符。9.参考答案：D[解析]《有个孩子在长大》描写了一个孩子的成长过程，了解身边的世界，不断提高自己。10.参考答案：A.In"YoungGoodmanBrown",hesetsouttoprovethateveryonepossessessomeevilsecret.

B.AccordingtoHawthorne,"Thereisevilineveryhumanheart,whichmayremainlatent,perhaps,throughthewholelife;butcircumstancesmayrouseittoactivity."

C.Indealingwiththethemeofguiltandsin,Hawthorneexemplifiesthe"powerofblackness".11.参考答案：D[解析]汤姆·索亚和哈克贝利·芬在密西西比河上度过的童年是内战前该条河谷生活方式的实录，感动了数以百万计的各种年龄的人。答案为D。12.参考答案：SetinthetownofJeffersoninYoknapatawpha,thestoryfocusesonEmilyGrierson,aneccentricspinsterwhorefusestoacceptthepassageoftime,ortheinevitablechangeandlossthataccompanyit.AsadescendentoftheSouthernaristocracy,EmilyistypicalofthoseinFaulkner'sYoknapatwaphastorieswhoarethesymbolsoftheOldSouthbuttheprisonersofthepast.13.参考答案：B[解析]随着美国民族意识的增强，在小说、诗歌中美国人物都越来越明显地操本地方言，作品多表现农民、穷人、儿童以及没有文化的人，还有那些虽然没文化但心地高尚的红种人和白种人。答案为B。14.参考答案：A[解析]《嘉莉妹妹》出版后，德菜塞的写作一直朝后来成为“自然主义”的一种创作倾向努力。答案为A。15.参考答案：D[解析]《力士参孙》是一出悲剧诗，也取材于《旧约·士师记》；但这次作者转向了更加重要并切合自身的主题。答案为D。16.参考答案：A17.参考答案：C[解析]在所有18世纪的小说家中，菲尔丁第一个在理论与实践上创造了“散文体喜剧史诗”，并第一个为现代小说确立了结构与风格。18.参考答案：(1)InWilliamFaulkner'swritings,theplaceYoknapatawphaCountryisfrequentlysetasthebackgroundforthestories.ThisplaceisactuallyanimaginaryplacebasedonFaulkner'schildhoodmemoryabouttheplacewherehegrewup,thetownofOxfordinhisnativeLafayetteCountryintheAmericanSouth.

(2)Withhisrichimagination,Faulknerturnedtheland,thepeopleandthehistoryoftheregionintoaliterarycreationandamythicalkingdom.TheYoknapatawphacountryserieshaveanoverallpatterninwhichthefateofaruinedhomelandalwaysfocusesonthecollisionofFaulkner'sintelligent,sensitive,andidealisticprotagonistwiththesocietyofthetwentiethcentury.MostofthemajorthemesaredirectlyrelatedtothisconfrontationinFaulkner'snovels.19.参考答案：A.ThepoethimselfandtheAmericanpeople.

B.Thislineindicatesaseparationofthebodyandthesoul.

C.ThephraseindicatesWhitman'soptimismandexperience.20.参考答案：A21.参考答案：C主要考查的知识点为蒲伯是启蒙主义运动的代表人物。作为启蒙主义时期的代表人物，蒲伯第一个将理性主义引入英国。22.参考答案：D[解析]《老人与海》是海明威创作的最高峰，获得了诺贝尔文学奖；因此也被认为是海明威的代表作。23.参考答案：D[解析]纳撒尼尔·霍桑的《玉石雕像》(1860年)是一个发生在意大利的故事，讲述的是人类精神失常方面的东西。答案为D。24.参考答案：A[解析]鲍西亚是莎士比亚《威尼斯商人》中的一个角色。25.参考答案：C[解析]罗伯特·弗罗斯特认为农场是他的家，农场的活动仍然是他诗歌的焦点。26.参考答案：A.Hispoeticstyleismarkedbytheuseofthepoetic"I."

B.Headopted"freeverse,"poetrywithoutafixedbeatorregularrhymescheme.

C.Theimageinhispoemsisunconventional.

D.HeusesoralEnglish.

E.Hisvocabularyisamazing.

F.Parallelismandphoneticrecurrenceareusedatthebeginningofthelines.27.参考答案：D[解析]《论出版自由》是弥尔顿的散文代表作。28.参考答案：D[解析]尼克·亚当是海明威在《我们的时代里》(1925年)这部小说中塑造的主人公。29.参考答案：B[解析]在狄更斯早期的每一部作品中(直至1850年)，他都用笔墨抨击了一种或更多具体的社会罪恶：例如，《雾都孤儿》(1837—1838)中那非人道的工厂厂房与黑暗的充满犯罪的下层生活。30.参考答案：A[解析]Hemingway式的英雄不是那些胜利在望时的勇敢者，而是明知前面是失败却依然挺起胸膛无畏地走向死亡的人，即西西弗斯似的英雄。31.参考答案：D32.参考答案：EnlightenmentMovementwasaprogressiveintellectualmovementwhichflourishedinFranceandsweptthroughthewholeWesternEurope.ThemovementwasafurtheranceoftheRenaissancefromthe14thcenturytothemid-17thcentury.Thepurposeofthemovementwastoenlightenthewholeworldwiththelightofmodernphilosophicalandartisticideas.Itcelebratedreasonofrationality,equalityandscience.Itadvocateduniversaleducation.Literatureatthetimebecameaverypopularmeansofpubliceducation.33.参考答案：B[解析]哈代晚年的作品最富地方色彩，这些作品是著名的“角色与环境的小说”，最好地代表了作者自然主义与批判现实主义的写作特点。34.参考答案：B[解析]本题考查狄金森的写作特点。她的诗十分独特，不落俗套，大多无题，常以首句为题的方式被引用。答案为B。35.参考答案：C[解析]女小说家简·奥斯汀正处于英国文学的浪漫时期。36.参考答案：B37.参考答案：A.ThepoemisSonnet18;Shakespeare.

B."lines"meansthelinesofthepoemandothersonnets.

C.Anicesummer'sdayisusuallytransient,butthebeautyinpoetrycanlastforever.38.参考答案：D[解析]英国文艺复兴初期只是一个学习模仿与同化的阶段。意大利式样的各种学院纷纷建立起来。英国作家都尊意大利作家彼特拉克为文学的源泉，因为正是彼特拉克与他的后继者们确立了描述爱情的语言，并将文艺复兴时期的爱情诗与先前的爱情诗严格区别开来。选项A、B、C表述正确。总体上讲，伊丽莎白时期的戏剧是英国文艺复兴的文学主流。选项D表述错误。答案为D。39.参考答案：C[解析]《格列佛游记》一书共分4卷，都讲述了格列佛在遇上不幸事件后漂流到遥远的岛国上的特殊历险故事。答案为C。40.参考答案：C[解析]19世纪中叶，马克思和恩格斯提出了科学社会主义的理论。41.参考答案：C42.参考答案：C[解析]菲尔丁被一些人尊为“英国小说之父”，因为他为现代小说模式的创立作出了很大贡献。在所有18世纪的小说家中他第一个在理论与实践上创造了“散文体喜剧史诗”，并第一个为现代小说确立了结构与风格。43.参考答案：A.GeorgeBernardShaw,Mrs.Warren'sProfession.

B.Theplayisabouttheeconomicoppressionofwomen.

C.Vivieisakindofnewwoman,intelligentaridwelleducated,withastrongsenseofinjusticeandapassionfor"honest"work.44.参考答案：A.Typicalofthe"iceberg"analogyisHemingway'style.

B."Graceunderpressure"isactuallyanattitudetowardslifethatHemingwayhadbeentryingtodemonstrateinhisworks.Inhisworks,hedepictscharactersasbraveandunyieldedheroes.

C.Humanspeechisfullofaccentsandmannerismsandtheuseofshort,simpleandconventionalwordsandsentenceshasaneffectofclearness,tersenessandgreatcare.45.参考答案：B[解析]本题主要考查的知识点为《荒原》的主题。

《荒原》一诗的主题是表现现代文明中人们精神的堕落与崩溃，人生已失去了意义与目的。46.参考答案：A.WilliamWordsworth;SheDweltAmongtheUntroddenWays.

B.Avioletisu