【历年真题】2007年7月00604英美文学选读自考试卷（含答案）

2007年7月高等教育自学考试全国统一命题考试英美文学选读试卷课程代码0604PARTone(40Points)I．MultipleChoice(40pointsinall,1foreach)Selectfromthefourchoicesofeachitemtheonethatbestanswersthequestionorcompletesthestatement.MarkyourchoicebyblackeningthecorrespondingletterA，B，COrDOntheAnswerSheet.1．_______,atypicalexampleofoldEnglishpoetry，isregardedasthenationalepicoftheAnglo—Saxons．A．TheCanterburyTalesB．ExodusC．BeowulfD．TheLegendofGoodWomen2．Itwas______whofirstintroducedthePetrarchansonnetintoEngland.A．CaxtonB．WyattC．SurreyD．Marlowe3．ItisgenerallybelievedthatthemostimportantplayamongShakespeare’scomediesis______A．AMidsummerNight’sDreamB．AsYouLikeItC．TheMerchantofVeniceD．TwelfthNight4．Allthefollowingpoetsexcept______belongtothemetaphysicalschool.A．DonneB．HerbertC．MarvellD．Milton5．Ofalltheeighteenth—centurynovelists,______wasthefirsttosetout,bothintheoryandpractice,towritespecificallya“comicepicinprose”andthefirsttogivethemodernnovelitsstructureandstyle.A．DanielDefoeB．SamuelRichardsonC．HenryFieldingD．OliverGoldsmith6．Althoughwritingfromdifferentpointsofviewandwithdifferenttechniques,writersintheVictoricanPeriodsharedonethingincommon,thatis,theywereallconcernedabout______.A．thelovestorybetweentherichandthepoorB．thetechniquesinwritingC．thefateofthecommonpeopleD．thefutureoftheirowncountry7．Inthetheatricalworldoftheneoclassicalperiod______wastheleadingfigureamongthehostofplaywrights.A．WilliamBlakeB．RichardSheridanC．BenJonsonD．BernardShaw8．Theeighteenth—centuryEnglandisalsoknownastheAgeofEnlightenmentortheAgeof______.A．IntellectB．ReasonC．RationalityD．Science9．______bySwiftisgenerallyregardedasthebestmodelofsatire,notonlyofthe18thcenturybutalsointhewholeEnglishliteraryhistory.A．ATaleofaTubB．TheBattleoftheBooksC．”AModestProposal”D．Gulliver’sTravels10．Thenovelsof______arethefirstliteraryworkdevotedtothestudyofproblemsofthelower—classpeople.A．BunyanB．DefoeC．FieldingD．Swift11．ThomasGrayestablishedhisfameastheleaderofthe______oftheday.A．romanticpoetryB．sentimentalpoetryC．neoclassicalpoetryD．realisticnovel12．WhichofthefollowingistakenfromJohnKeats’s“OdeonaGrecianUrn”______?A．”IfWintercomes,canSpringbefarbehind”B．”ForGodsakeholdyourtongue,andletmelove.”C．”Heardmelodiesaresweet,butthoseunheard/Aresweeter”D．”TheChildisfatheroftheMan.”13．RobertBrowning’sstyleis______.A．identicalwiththatoftheotherVictoriansB．similartothatofTennysonC．perfectlyartisticD．roughanddisproportionateinappearance14．ThomasHardywrotenovelsof______.A．characterandenvironmentB．pureromanceC．streamofconsciousnessD．psychoanalysis15．Thethreetrilogiesof______novelsaremasterpiecesofcriticalrealismintheearly20thcentury.A．Galsworthy’sForsyteB．LewisGrassicGibbon’sSunsetSongC．D.H.Lawrence’sWomeninLoveD．E.M.Foster’sAPassagetoIndia16．______isconsideredtobethebest—knownEnglishdramatistsinceShakespeare.A．OscarWildeB．ChristopherMarloweC．JohnDrydenD．BernardShaw17．______wasawardedNobelPrizeforliteraturein1923.A．BernardShawB．JohnGalsworthyC．W.B.YeatsD．T.S.Eliot18．Ofthefollowingpoets,whichisnotregardedas“LakePoets”?A．SamuelTaylorColeridgeB．RobertSoutheyC．WilliamWordsworthD．GeorgeGordonByron19．ThefourgreatodesofJohnKeatsincludethefollowingEXCEPT______.A．”OdeonMelancholy”B．”OdeonaGrecianUrn”C．”OdetoaNightingale”D．”OdetotheWestwind”20．TheRainbowand______aregenerallyregardedasD.H.Lawrence’smasterpieces.A．WomeninLoveB．SonsandLoversC．LadyChatterley’sLoverD．ThePlumedSerpent21．InOscarWilde’smasterpiece______,heexpressedasatiricalandbitterattitudetowardstheupper—classpeoplebyrevealingtheircorruption,snobberyandhypocrisy.A．SalomeB．TheImportanceofBeingEarnestC．TheHappyPrinceD．AWomanofNoImportance22．”TheVanityFair”isawell—knownpartinThePilgrim’sProgress,whichofthefollowingwriterslateradopteditasthetitleofanovel？A．DickensB．ThackerayC．FieldingD．Hardy23．Tothetranscendentalistssuchas______andThoreau,manisdivineinnature;buttoHawthorneandMelville,everybodyispotentiallyasinner.A．WashingtonIrvingB．EmersonC．HenryJamesD．EmilyDickinson24．WashingtonIrving’s______waswritteninEngland,filledwithEnglishscenesandquotationsfromEnglishauthorsandfaithfultoBritishorthography.A．BracebridgeHallB．TalesofaTravelerC．TheSketchBookD．TheAlhambra25．TheAmericanRomanticwriterscelebratedAmerica’slandscapewithitsvirginforests,meadows,groves,endlessprairies,streams,andvastoceans.______cametofunctionalmostasadramaticcharacterthatsymbolizedmorallaw.A．TheAtlanticOceanB．TheRockyMountainsC．ThePacificOceanD．Thewilderness26．WhichoneofthefollowingstatementsisNOTtrueofWashingtonIrving?A．HewasregardedasFatheroftheAmericanShortStory.B．HewasoneofthefirstAmericanwriterstoearnaninternationalreputation.C．Heenjoyedthehonorofbeing“theAmericanGoldsmith”forhisliterarycraftsmanship.D．HewasoneoftheadvocatesoftheNewEnglandTranscendentalism.27．WhichoneofthefollowingstatementsisNOTtrueofRalphWaldoEmersonandhisworks?A．Emerson’sessaysoftenhaveaformalstyle,formostofthemwerederivedfromhisjournalsorlectures.B．Inhisessays,EmersonputforwardhisphilosophyofTranscendentalism,focusingontheimportanceoftheindividualandthenature.C．Emersonbasedhisphilosophyonanintuitivebeliefinanultimateunity,whichhecalledthe”over—soul”.D．Emersonisaffirmativeaboutman’sintuitiveknowledge,withwhichamancantrusthimselftodecidewhatisrightandtoactaccordingly.28．”Theloverofnatureishewhoseinwardandoutwardsensesarestilltrulyadjustedtoeachother,whohasretainedthespiritofinfancyevenintotheeraofmanhood”.Thisisthevoiceofthebook_____writtenbyEmerson,whichpushedAmericanRomanticismintoanewphase,thephaseofNewEngland_________.A．Nature…SymbolismB．TheAmericanScholar…NaturalismC．Nature…TranscendentalismD．theAmericanScholar…Realism29．WhichoneofthefollowingstatementsaboutHawthorne’sTheScarletLetteristrue?A．Hawthorneintendedtotellalovestoryinthisnovel.B．Hawthorneintendedtotellastoryofsininthisnovel.C．Hawthorneintendedtorevealthehumanpsycheaftertheysinned,soastoshowpeoplethetensionbetweensocietyandindividuals.D．Hawthornefocusedhisattentiononconsequencesofthesinonthepeopleingeneral,soastocallthereadersbacktotheconventionalPuritanwayofliving.30．WaltWhitmanisapoetwithastrongsenseofmission,havingdecotedallhislifetothecreationofthe“single”poem,________.A．ChicagoB．MyLostYouthC．LeavesofGrassD．APact31．Redburnisasemi—autobiographicalnovelwrittenby________,concerningthesufferingsofagenteelyouthamongbrutalsailors.A．WaltWhitmanB．NathanielHawthorneC．HermanMelvilleD．RalphWaldoEmerson32．Theperiodrangingfrom________to________hasbeenreferredtoastheAgeofRealismintheliteraryhistoryoftheUnitedStates.A．1865…1945B．1865…1914C．1783…1945D．1783…191433．________thoughtthatthewritershoulduselanguagetoprobethedeepestreachesofthepsychologicalandmoralnatureofhumanbeingsratherthansimplyholdamirrortothesurfaceofsociallifeinparticulartimesandplaces.Heisarealistoftheinnerlife.A．MarkTwainB．WilliamDeanHowellsC．HenryJamesD．TheodoreDreiser34．”IfeltgoodandallwashedcleanofsinforthefirsttimeIhadeverfeltsoinmylife,andIknowedIcouldpraynow.ButIdidn’tdoitstraightoff,butlaidthepaperdownandsettherethinking—thinkinghowgooditwasallthishappenedso,andhownearIcometobeinglostandgoingtohell.”Theabovepassageistakenfrom________.A．TheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinnB．TheAdventuresofTomSawyerC．UncleTom’sCabinD．LifeontheMississippi35．ThefollowingstatementsarealltrueofDaisyMillerEXCEPT________.A．FrederickWinterbourne,thenarratorofthestory,esanAmericanexpatriate.B．WiththepublicationofDaisyMiller,WilliamJamesreputationwasfirmlyestablishedonbothsidesoftheAtlantic.C．WiththepublicationofDaisyMiller,DaisyMillerhaseversincebecometheAmericanGirlinEurope,acelebratedculturaltypewhoembodiesthespiritoftheNewWorld.D．DaisyMiller’sdefianceofsocialtaboosintheOldWorldfinallybringshertoadisasterintheclashbetweenthetwodifferentcultures.36．WhichoneofthefollowingstatementsistrueofDickinson’s“IliketoseeitlaptheMiles”?A．Thispoemdescribesamaredancingatmidnight.B．Thispoemdescribesahorsegallopingthroughvalleys.C．Thispoemdescribesatrainrunningthroughthemountainousarea.D．Thispoemdescribesatraveler’sjoyousjourneythroughthescenicmountainousarea.37．________isconsideredtobeaspokesmanforthealienatedyouthinthepost—wareraandhisTheCatcherintheRyeisregardedasastudents’classicA．AllenGinsbergB．E.E.CummingsC．J.D.SalingerD．HenryJames38．TowardstheendofAfterApple—Picking，Frostwrites“Werehenotgone,/Thewoodchuckcouldsaywhetherit’slikehis/Longsleep,asIdescribeitscomingon,/Orjustsomehumansleep.”The“humansleep”hererefersto________.A．atriptothecountrysideB．deathC．restafteraday’sworkintheorchardD．exaltationofmind39．InthethirdchapterofTheGreatGatsbybyFitzgerald,thereisawonderfuldescriptionofGatsby’spartywhichevokesboth___________ofthatstrangeandfascinatingerathatwecall________.A．theprideandtheprejudice…VictorianAgeB．theromanceandthesadness…JazzAgeC．theloveandthehatred…AgeofReasonD．theVanityandthedisillusionment…AgeofReason40．Faulkneroncesaidthat___________isastoryof”lostinnocence”,whichprovesitselftobeanintensificationofthethemeofimprisonmentinthepast.A．TheSoundandtheFuryB．GoDown,MosesC．LightinAugustD．Absalom,Absalom!PARTTWO(60POINTS)II．ReadingComprehension(16pointsinall,4foreach)ReadthequotedpartscarefullyandanswerthequestionsinEnglish.Writeyouranswersinthecorrespondingspaceontheanswersheet.41．”Tobe,ornottobe—thatisthequestion;Whether’tisnoblerinthemindtosufferTheslingsandarrowsofoutrageousfortune,Ortotakearmsagainstaseaoftroubles,Andbyopposingendthem?”Questions:A．Identifytheauthorandthetitleofthepassagefromwhichthispartistaken.B．Explainthemeaningof“Tobe,ornottobe”.C．Howdoyouunderstandthelasttwolines?42．”Theboastofheraldry,thepompofpower,Andallthatbeauty,allthatwealthe’ergave,Awaitsaliketheinevitablehour.Thepathsofgloryleadbuttothegrave.”Questions:A．Identifytheauthorandthetitleofthepassagefromwhichthispartistaken.B．Whatdoesthephrase”inevitablehour”mean?C．WriteoutthemainideaofthepassageinplainEnglish.43．”Iglancedbackonce.AwaferofamoonwasshinningoverGatsby’shouse,makingthenightfineasbefore,andsurvivingthelaughterandthesoundofhisstillglowinggarden.Asuddenemptinessseemedtoflownowfromthewindowsandthegreatdoors,endowingwithcompleteisolationthefigureofthehost,whostoodontheporch,hishandupinaformalgestureoffarewell.”Questions:A．Identifytheauthorandthetitleofthepassagefromwhichthispartistaken.B．Thepassagedescribestheendofanevent,Whatisit?C．Whatimpliedmeaningcanyougetfromreadingthispassage?44．WepassedtheSchool,whereChildrenstroveATRecess—intheRing—WepassedtheFieldsofGazingGrain—WepassedtheSettingSun—Questions:A．Whoistheauthorofthisstanzatakenfromthepoem“BecauseIcouldnotstopforDeath—”？B．Whatdotheunderlinedpartssymbolize?C．Wherewere“we”headingtoward?III．QuestionsandAnswers(24pointsinall,6foreach)GivebriefanswerstoeachofthefollowingquestionsinEnglish.Writeyouranswersinthecorrespondingspaceontheanswersheet.45．EdmundSpenserisoneofthepoetsofEnglishRenaissance.Whatarethequalitiesofhispoetry?46．TheManofPropertyisthefirstnoveloftheForsytetrilogiesbyGalsworthy.WhatisthethemeandthetoneofTheManofProperty?47．Hawthorne’s“YoungGoodmanBrown”isoftenreadasaconventionalallegory.Whatdoestheworksymbolicallyconcern?48．WilliamFaulk