2022年4月自考00604英美文学选读试题及答案含解析

英美文学选读年月真题

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1、【单选题】AntonioandBassanioarethecharactersinShakespeare's______.

TwelfthNight

TheMerchantofVenice

A:

Hamlet

B:

Othello

C:

答D:案：B

2、【单选题】JohnMilton'sParadiseLostisalong______.

sonnet

play

A:

epic

B:

essay

C:

答D:案：C

3、【单选题】Thecharacter______describedbyHenryFieldingisanationalhero

andstandsforawayfaringEverymanexpellingfromtheparadiseandgoingthrough

hardexperience.

TomJones

RobinsonCrusoe

A:

Gulliver

B:

Friday

C:

答D:案：A

4、【单选题】Storiesof______providethemajorthemesinallJaneAusten's

novels,inwhichfemalecharactersplayanactivepart.

loveandmarriage

freedomandequality

A:

humannatureandlife

B:

beliefandcareer

C:

答D:案：A

5、【单选题】ThePosthumousPapersofthePickwickClublifted_______intoa

positionoffameandfortune.

HenryFielding

CharlesDickens

A:

DanielDefoe

B:

ThomasHardy

C:

答D:案：B

6、【单选题】MostEnglishwritershavebeeninfluencedbyShakespeareinhis

artisticpointofview,inliteraryformorin______.

language

theme

A:

plot

B:

structure

C:

答D:案：A

7、【单选题】JohnMilton'spowerfu1______writtenduringalmosttwentyyearsof

hislifemakehimthegreatestprosewriterofhisage.

essays

poems

A:

pamphlets

B:

dramas

C:

答D:案：C

8、【单选题】Thework______broughtDanielDefoeintojailandmadehimgo

throughpublicexposureinthepillory.

ThebattleoftheBooks

RobinsonCrusoe

A:

"AModestProposal"

B:

"TheShortestWaywiththeDissenters"

C:

答D:案：D

9、【单选题】InthelastpartofGulliver'sTravels,______ismadethrough

similaritiesanddifferencestoarousereadersthinking.

exaggeration

personification

A:

parallelism

B:

comparison

C:

D:

答案：D

10、【单选题】PercyShelley'spoliticallyric______pointsouttoallworking

peopletheinjusticeofeconomicexploitation.

"MenofEngland"

"TheCloud"

A:

"IWonderedLonelyasaCloud"

B:

Adonais

C:

答D:案：A

11、【单选题】JaneAusten'snovel______tellsofthelovestorybetweenElizabeth

andDarcy.

ATaleofTwoCities

PrideandPrejudice

A:

Emma

B:

SenseandSensibility

C:

答D:案：B

12、【单选题】CharlesDickenssetsoutafullmapandalarge-scale___ofthe

19th-centuryEngland,particularlyLondoninhisworks.

realism

romanticism

A:

criticism

B:

symbolism

C:

答D:案：C

13、【单选题】ThesuccessofJaneEyreisduetoitsintroductiontotheEnglish

novelthefirst________heroine.

spinster

widow

A:

maidservant

B:

governess

C:

答D:案：D

14、【单选题】AlltheworksofThomasHardyarenotedfortherustic_______anda

poeticflavor.

satire

dialect

A:

style

B:

humor

C:

答D:案：B

15、【单选题】Oneofthefollowingpoems_______isNOTwrittenbyWilliamBlake.

TheRevoltofIslam

MarriageofHeavenandHell

A:

SongsofExperience

B:

SongsofInnocence

C:

答D:案：A

16、【单选题】WilliamWordsworth's______presentshisphilosophyoflife.

ThePrelude

LyricalBallads

A:

"ToaSkylark"

B:

"ToaButterfly"

C:

答D:案：A

17、【单选题】The______partofthenovelRobinsonCrusoeismostwell-knownand

widelyread.

first

second

A:

third

B:

fourth

C:

答D:案：A

18、【单选题】MostofT.S.Eliot'searlyworksareaboutastateofmind.There

islittle"______"inaphysicalsense.

dialogue

plot

A:

action

B:

logic

C:

答D:案：C

19、【单选题】TomBrangwenandLydiaLenskyarethecharactersinD.H.

Lawrence'swork______.

TheRainbow

LadyChatterley'sLover

A:

SonsandLovers

B:

Trespasser

C:

答D:案：A

20、【单选题】Inversionisusedby______andoneofthetypicalinversionsisin

hisworkHowHeLiedHerHusband.

JohnMilton

BernardShaw

A:

JonathanSwift

B:

T.S.Eliot

C:

答D:案：B

21、【单选题】CharlesDickensisfamousforthedepictionofthose

horribleand______characterslikeFagin,BillSikes,andQuilp.

comical

humorous

A:

grotesque

B:

innocent

C:

答D:案：C

22、【单选题】CharlotteBronte'sworksarefamousforthedepictionofthelife

of______,particularlygoverness.

themiddle-classworkingwomen

thelower-classworkingwomen

A:

theupper-classworkingwomen

B:

theupper-classmenandwomen

C:

答D:案：A

23、【单选题】ThomasHardy'slaterworksarethemostrepresentativeofhimas

botha______andacriticalrealistwriter.

romantic

satiric

A:

naturalistic

B:

C:

stylistic

答D:案：C

24、【单选题】SymbolismandcomplexnarrativeareemployedmorerichlyinD.H.

Lawrence'sworksTheRainbowand______thanintheearlierones.

WomeninLove

Aaron'sRod

A:

Widowers'Houses

B:

JudetheObscure

C:

答D:案：A

25、【单选题】BernardShaw'sTheAppleCartisabout______.

marriage

politics

A:

religion

B:

morals

C:

答D:案：B

26、【单选题】Beingadramacritic,______directedhisattacksontheNeo-

Romantictraditionandthedrawing-roomdrama.

WaltWhitman

HermanMelville

A:

MarkTwain

B:

BernardShaw

C:

答D:案：D

27、【单选题】NathanielHawthorne'sTheScarletLetterisabout______peopleina

Puritancommunityaffectedbythesinofadultery.

three

four

A:

five

B:

six

C:

答D:案：B

28、【单选题】Thepoet______hasdevotedallhislifetothecreationofthe

"single"poemLeavesofGrass.

WilliamFaulkner

NathanielHawthorne

A:

WaltWhitman

B:

TheodoreDreiser

C:

答D:案：C

29、【单选题】HermanMelville's______dealswiththesea,sailorsandthe

conflictbetweeninnocenceandcorruption.

BillyBudd

Typee

A:

Omoo

B:

Mardi

C:

答D:案：A

30、【单选题】MarkTwainwroteaboutthe______peoplebecauseheknewthemwell

andtheirlifewastheonehehimselfhadlived.

lower-class

middle-class

A:

upper-middle-class

B:

upper-class

C:

答D:案：A

31、【单选题】EmilyDickinson'spoemsarecloselyrelatedtoherreligious

poetryabout______andimmortality.

death

mind

A:

spirit

B:

power

C:

答D:案：A

32、【单选题】Carrie,theprotagonistofTheodoreDreiser'sSister

Carrie,accepted______andbecamehismistressafteraperiodofunemploymentand

loneliness.

GeorgeHurstwood

CharlesDrouet

A:

Frederich

B:

Chillion

C:

D:

答案：B

33、【单选题】HenryJames'novel___isaboutanAmericangirlwhogets"killed"by

thewinterinRome.

TheAmerican

TenderistheNight

A:

DaisyMiller

B:

LadyChatterley’sLover

C:

答D:案：C

34、【单选题】TheodoreDreiserisgenerallyacknowledgedasoneof

America'sliterary________.

naturalists

essayist

A:

romanticists

B:

satirists

C:

答D:案：A

35、【单选题】RobertFrostisapoetwhocanhardlybeclassifiedwiththenew

ortheold.Hedidnotbreakupwiththepoetic________normadeanyexperimenton

form.

language

tradition

A:

rhyme

B:

length

C:

答D:案：B

36、【单选题】HenryJames'ThePortraitofALadyisaboutthelifejourneyofan

Americangirlina(n)____________culturalenvironment.

Asian

African

A:

European

B:

Australian

C:

答D:案：C

37、【单选题】Ofthenineteennovelsandseventy-fiveshortstories,fifteen

novelsandmanyof________storiesareaboutpeoplefromasmallregionin

NorthernMississippi,YoknapatawphaCounty.

MarkTwain's

NathanielHawthorne's

A:

WilliamFaulkner's

B:

RobertFrost's

C:

答D:案：C

38、【单选题】Mostcriticshaveagreedthat________isbothaninsiderandan

outsideroftheJazzAgewithadoublevision.

ErnestHemingway

TheodoreDreiser

A:

HermanMelville

B:

F.ScottFitzgerald

C:

答D:案：D

39、【单选题】IndianCampistakenfromErnestHemingway's________.

TheSunAlsoRises

AFarewelltoArms

A:

ForWhomtheBellTolls

B:

InOurTime

C:

答D:案：D

40、【单选题】WilliamFaulkneremploysa________asasymbolofthetimeless

freedomofthewilderness.

loyaldog

craftybear

A:

lovelyhorse

B:

cleverfox

C:

答D:案：B

41、【问答题】Thereislikewiseanotherdiversion,whichisonlyshownbefore

theEmperorandEmpress,andfirstminister,uponparticularoccasions.The

Emperorlaysonatablethreefinesilkenthreadsofsixincheslong.Oneisblue,

theotherred,andthethirdgreen.Thesethreadsareproposedasprizesfor

thosepersonswhomtheEmperorhathamindtodistinguishbyapeculiarmarkof

hisfavor.TheceremonyisperformedinhisMajesty'sgreatchamberofstate;where

thecandidatesaretoundergoatrialofdexterityverydifferentfromtheformer,

andsuchasIhavenotobservedtheleastresemblanceofinanyothercountryof

theoldorthenewworld.Questions:A.Identifytheauthor.B.Whoisthe

narrator?C.Whatdoesthedescriptionofthecompetitionshint?

答案：A.JonathanSwift.B.Gulliver.C.Ithintsthatthesuccessofthose

governmentofficialsliesnotintheirbeinganywiserorbetterbutintheir

beingmoredexterousandnimbleingames.

42、【问答题】Heneitherspoke,norloosedhisholdsomefiveminutes,during

whichperiodhebestowedmorekissesthaneverhegaveinhislifebefore,Idare

say;butthenmymistresshadkissedhimfirst,andIplainlysawthathecould

hardlybear,fordownrightagony,tolookintoherface!Thesameconviction

hadstrickenhimasme,fromtheinstanthebeheldher,thattherewasno

prospectofultimaterecoverythere—shewasfated,suretodie.Questions:A.

Identifytheauthorandthetitleoftheworkfromwhichthequotedpartistaken.

B.Whodoestheboldfacedword"He"referto?C.Whatisthestoryabout?

答案：A.EmilyBrontë;WutheringHeights.B.Heathcliff.C.Itisthestory

abouttwofamiliesandanintrudingstranger.

43、【问答题】Icelebratemyself,andsingmyself,AndwhatIassumeyoushall

assume,Foreveryatombelongingtomeasgoodbelongstoyou.Iloafeand

invitemysoul,Ileanandloafeatmyeaseobservingaspearofsummergrass.

Questions:A.Identifytheauthor.B.What'stheauthor'spurposebywriting

thispoem?C.Whatdoestheauthorsetforthinthispoem?

答案：A.WaltWhitman.B.Toidentifyhisegowiththeworld.C.Twobeliefs:

thetheoryofuniversity,andthebeliefinthesingularityandequalityofall

beingsinvalue.

44、【问答题】Atleastonceafortnightacorpofcatererscamedownwith

severalhundredfeetofcanvasandenoughcoloredlightstomakeaChristmastree

ofGatsby'senormousgarden.Onbuffettables,garnishedwithglisteninghors-

d'oeuvre,spicedbakedhamscrowdedagainstsaladsofharlequindesignsandpastry

pigsandturkeysbewitchedtoadarkgolD.Questions:A.Identifytheauthor.

B.Whoisthenarrator?C.Whatistherelationshipbetweenthenarratorand

Gatsby?

答案：A.F.ScottFitzgerald.B.Nick.C.Theyareneighbors.Gatsbyloves

Daisy,Nick’scousin.

45、【问答题】WhatisRomanticism?

答案：A.Romanticismconstitutesachangeofdirectionfromattentiontothe

outerworldofthesocialcivilizationtotheinnerworldofthehumanspirit.

B.Itdesignatesaliteraryandphilosophicaltheorywhichseesthe

individualasthecenterofalllifeandallexperience.C.Itplacesthe

individualatthecenterofart,makingliteraturemostvaluableasan

expressionofhisorheruniquefeelingsandparticularattitudes.

46、【问答题】Structurallyandthematically,howdidBernardShawfollowthe

greattraditionsofrealism

答案：A.Hetookthemodernsocialissuesashissubjectsaimingatdirecting

socialreforms.B.Mostofhisplaysareconcernedwithpolitical,economic,

moral,orreligiousproblemsandcanbetermedasproblemplays.C.Hisplays

haveonepassionandoneonly—indignation.

47、【问答题】WhatisthewritingstyleofMarkTwain?

答案：A.MarkTwainisknownasalocalcolorist.Hepresentssociallife

throughportraitsofthelocalcharactersofhisregions,includingpeople

livinginthatarea,thelandscape,andotherpeculiarities.B.Anotherfact

thatmadeMarkTwainuniqueishismagicpowerwithlanguage,hisuseof

vernacular.C.Heusedthecolloquialismtocasthisprotagonistsintheir

everydaylife.Hischaractersspeakwithastrongaccent.Differentcharacters

fromdifferentliteraryorculturalbackgroundstalkdifferently.D.Hishumor

isremarkable.

48、【问答题】WhatarethecharacteristicsofRobertFrost'spoemsaboutthe

countrylifeandthepastorallandscape?

答案：A.Imagesandmetaphorsaredrawnfromthecountrylifeandthe

pastorallandscapethatcanbeeasilyunderstood.B.Mowing,scything,wind’s

rustlinginthegrass,bird’ssinging,ponds,roads,thecycleoftheseasons

andthealternationofnightanddayareallhedescribes.C.Mostofhis

poemsaresimpleinthewaythattheyaredramaticmonologuesordialogues,

theyareshortanddirect,andtheyhavesimplediction.However,profound

ideasaredeliveredunderthedisguiseoftheplainlanguageandthesimple

form.D.Heisconcernedwithhisloveoflifeandhisbeliefinaserenity

thatonlycamefromworkingusefully.

49、【问答题】BrieflydiscussthetimelessappealofthemightydramaHamlet.

答案：A.Theappealliesinitscombinationofintrigue,emotionalconflict

andsearchingphilosophicmelancholy.B.TheplayopenswithHamletappearing

inamoodofworld-wearinessoccasionedbyhisfather’sdeathandbyhis

mother’shastyremarriagewithhisfather’sbrother.Whileencounteringhis

father’sghost,heisinformedthatClaudiushasmurderedhisfather.Thus,he

isurgedbytheghosttoseekrevenge.Buthehasnoneofthesingle-minded

bloodlustoftheearlierrevengers.C.Itisnotbecauseheisincapableof

action,butbecausethecastofhismindissospeculative,soquestioningand

socontemplativethatactionseemslikedefeat,diminishingratherthanadding

tothestatureofthehero.D.Trappedinanightmareworldofspying,testing

andplotting,andbearingtheburdenofthedut