2019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】Shakespeare'splaywrightTheTempestresortstothe____atmosphere

andtothedreamstosolvetheconflict.

supernatural

natural

A:

beautiful

B:

realistic

C:

答D:案：A

2、【单选题】TheRenaissancefirststartedin____withthefloweringof

painting,sculptureandliterature.

Italy

Paris

A:

London

B:

Rome

C:

答D:案：A

3、【单选题】JohnMiltonwrote____toexposethewaysofSatanandto"justify

thewaysofGodtoman."

ParadiseRegained

ParadiseLost

A:

SamsonAgonistes

B:

Areopagitica

C:

答D:案：B

4、【单选题】LycidasisatypicalworkofJohnMiltonwrittenfor____

hisparents

hissister

A:

hisfellowundergraduate

B:

histeacher

C:

答D:案：C

5、【单选题】ThebestpartofthenovelRobinsonCrusoeistherealisticaccount

ofthesuccessfulstruggleofRobinsonagainst____

hunger

loneliness

A:

nature

B:

fear

C:

答D:案：C

6、【单选题】ThefollowingworksareallwrittenbyJonathanSwiftEXCEPT____

ATaleofaTub

TheBattleoftheBooks

A:

AModestProposal

B:

MollFlanders

C:

答D:案：D

7、【单选题】HenryFieldinghasbeenregardedbysomeas"FatheroftheEnglish

Novel,"forhiscontributiontotheestablishmentofthe____ofthemodernnovel.

form

style

A:

language

B:

structure

C:

答D:案：A

8、【单选题】In____,PercyShelleycreatedaPlatonicsymbolofthespiritof

man,aforceofbeautyandregeneration.

TheCloud

SongsofExperience

A:

PoeticalSketches

B:

LyricalBallads

C:

答D:案：A

9、【单选题】TheworkSongsofInnocenceiswrittenby____

WilliamBlake

WilliamWordsworth

A:

JaneAusten

B:

WilliamShakespeare

C:

答D:案：A

10、【单选题】JaneAusten'spracticalidealismisthatloveshouldbejustified

byreasonanddisciplinedby____

self-control

self-respect

A:

rationality

B:

sensibility

C:

答D:案：A

11、【单选题】Manycriticsregard____asoneofthegreatestofallEnglish

poets.Theypointespeciallytohislyrics.

JohnMilton

WaltWhitman

A:

EmilyDickinson

B:

PercyShelley

C:

答D:案：D

12、【单选题】WilliamWordsworthisregardedas"worshipperof____."

freedom

nature

A:

poetry

B:

independence

C:

答D:案：B

13、【单选题】PercyShelley'sgreatestachievementishisfour-actpoeticdrama,

____

PrometheusUnbound

OdetotheWestWind

A:

Adonais

B:

InDefenseofPoetry

C:

答D:案：A

14、【单选题】DavidCopperfieldisregardedasthesemi-autobiographyof____,

inwhichtheearlylifeoftheheroislargelybasedontheauthor'searlylife.

MarkTwain

CharlesDickens

A:

ThomasHardy

B:

C:

D.H.Lawrence

答D:案：B

15、【单选题】CharlesDickens'worksarecharacterizedbyaminglingof____and

pathos.

humor

satire

A:

passion

B:

metaphor

C:

答D:案：A

16、【单选题】AsfarasEmilyBronte'sliterarycreationisconcerned,sheis,

firstofall,a____

proser

novelist

A:

poet

B:

dramatist

C:

答D:案：C

17、【单选题】In1842,CharlotteBronteandhersisterwentto____toimprove

theirforeignlanguagetoopenupaschool.

Paris

Berlin

A:

Brussels

B:

London

C:

答D:案：C

18、【单选题】AllofthefollowingworksareknownasThomasHardy's"novelsof

characterandenvironment"EXCEPT____

OurMutualFriend

TheReturnoftheNative

A:

JudeandObscure

B:

TheTrumpetMajor

C:

答D:案：A

19、【单选题】InTessoftheD'Urbervilles,____forcesTesstoclaimkinship

withtheshambutrichd'Urbervilles.

thepovertyofthefamily

innocenceofthegirl

A:

thecruelsociety

B:

thehypocriticalmorality

C:

答D:案：A

20、【单选题】T.S.Eliotregarded____asthebestmediumofpoetry.Hewrote

severalverseplaysandmadeaconsiderablesuccess.

form

language

A:

drama

B:

structure

C:

答D:案：C

21、【单选题】Asarealisticdramatist,____tookthemodernsocialissuesas

hissubjectswiththeaimofdirectingsocialreforms.

CharlesDickens

NathanielHawthorne

A:

BernardShaw

B:

MarkTwain

C:

答D:案：C

22、【单选题】TheDoctor'sDilemmaiswrittenby____

D.H.Lawrence

T.S.Eliot

A:

BernardShaw

B:

ThomasHardy

C:

答D:案：C

23、【单选题】ThemoreimportantpoemsbyT.S.Eliotaredominatedbythedark

horrorofanearthlyhellEXCEPT____

Gerontion

Prufrock

A:

TheHollowMen

B:

MurderintheCathedral

C:

D:

答案：D

24、【单选题】D.H.Lawrenceemploys____andcomplexnarrativerichlyinThe

Rainbow.

realism

symbolism

A:

criticism

B:

romanticism

C:

答D:案：B

25、【单选题】D.H.Lawrencewasrecognizedasaprominentnovelistonlyafter

publishinghisthirdnovel,____

Aaron'sRod

WomeninLove

A:

APortraitoftheArtistasaYoungMan

B:

SonsandLovers

C:

答D:案：D

26、【单选题】Asanimportantprosewriter,____putgreatemphasisonthe

importanceoftraditionbothincreativewritingandincriticisminhisessay

TraditionandIndividualTalent.

JohnMilton

HenryFielding

A:

CharlesDickens

B:

T.S.Eliot

C:

答D:案：D

27、【单选题】NathanielHawthornefocuseshisattentiononthemoral,emotional,

and____effectsofthesinonthepeopleingeneralandthosemaincharactersin

TheScarletLetter.

political

cultural

A:

religious

B:

psychological

C:

答D:案：D

28、【单选题】ForthedeathofPresidentLincoln,____wrotedownmanypoemsto

airhissorrow,oneofwhichis"WhenLilacsLastintheDooryardBloom'd."

EmilyDickinson

WaltWhitman

A:

HenryJames

B:

MarkTwain

C:

答D:案：B

29、【单选题】MostofHermanMelville'snovelsareaboutseaadventurestories

EXCEPT____

Typee

Omoo

A:

Mardi

B:

TheBlithedaleRomance

C:

答D:案：D

30、【单选题】TheraftwithwhichHuckandJimmaketheirvoyagedownthe

MississippiRivermaysymbolize____

Americansociety

hatredforAmericancorruption

A:

areturntonature

B:

aworldwherepeoplecanlivehappily

C:

答D:案：C

31、【单选题】ItisHenryJames'literaryessaysand____thatmakehima

fascinatingcaseintheAmericanliteraryhistoryandaconspicuousfigureinthe

worldliterature.

novels

travelaccounts

A:

poems

B:

plays

C:

答D:案：A

32、【单选题】EmilyDickinsonwrotemorethan____poemsaboutnature,inwhich

hergeneralskepticismabouttherelationshipbetweenmanandnatureiswell-

expressed.

500

600

A:

B:

700

800

C:

答D:案：A

33、【单选题】ThebookAnAmericanTragedyiswrittenby____

HermanMelville

ScottFitzgerald

A:

HenryJames

B:

TheodoreDreiser

C:

答D:案：D

34、【单选题】In1912inEnglandhisfirstbook,ABoy'sWill,brought____to

theattentionofinfluentialcritics.

RobertFrost

T.S.Eliot

A:

WaltWhitman

B:

MarkTwain

C:

答D:案：A

35、【单选题】Thepoet____wasawardedPulitzerPrizethefirstbecauseofNew

Hampshire.

WaltWhitman

RobertFrost

A:

EmilyDickinson

B:

JaneAusten

C:

答D:案：B

36、【单选题】ScottFitzgerald'sshort-storycollectionswonhimpopularity,and

oneofthemis____

TalesoftheJazz

LightinAugust

A:

TenderistheNight

B:

TheLastTycoon

C:

答D:案：A

37、【单选题】Theauthor____said,"Thedignityofmovementofanicebergis

duetoonlyone-eighthofitbeingabovewater."

MarkTwain

TheodoreDreiser

A:

WilliamFaulkner

B:

ErnestHemingway

C:

答D:案：D

38、【单选题】ScootFitzgerald'sfictionalworldistheembodimentofthespirit

oftheJazzAge,inwhichheshowsaparticularinterestin____

theworking-classpeople

theupper-classsociety

A:

theexilesinParis

B:

intellectualsandartists

C:

答D:案：B

39、【单选题】ErnestHemingway'snovel____describesthedriftinglifeof

AmericanexilesinEurope.

TheSunAlsoRises

AFarewelltoArms

A:

ForwhomtheBellTolls

B:

TheOldManandtheSea

C:

答D:案：A

40、【单选题】InARoseforEmily,WilliamFaulknermakesbestuseofthe____

devicesinnarration.

romantic

realistic

A:

Gothic

B:

Post-modernist

C:

答D:案：C

41、【问答题】WhereforefeedandclotheandsaveFromthecradletothegrave

ThoseungratefuldroneswhowouldDrainyoursweatnay,drinkyourblood?

Wherefore,BeesofEngland,forgeManyaweapan,chain,andscourge,Thatthese

stinglessdronesmayspoilTheforcedproduceofyourtoil?QuestionA.

Identifythepoetandthepoemfromwhichthelinesaretaken.B.Whatdoyou

thinkthepoetintendstosayinthepoem?C.Whatdoesthephrase"Beesof

England"referto?

答案：Shelley;Asong:MenofEngland.B.Tocallonallworkingpeopleof

Englandtoriseupagainsttheirpoliticaloppressors;topointoutthe

intolerableinjusticeofeconomicexploitation.C."BeesofEngland"refersto

thelaboring(or:working)peopleofEngland.

42、【问答题】MRS.WARREN.[galledbytheVivie'sindifferenceWhatdoyouknow

ofmen,child,totalkthatwayaboutthem?You'llhavetomakeupyourmindto

seeagooddealofSirGeorgeCrofts,ashe'safriendofmine.VIVE.[quite

unmovedWhy?[Shesitsdownandpensabook]Doyouexpectthatweshallbemuch

together?Youand,Imean?Questions:A.Identifytheplaywrightandthetitle

oftheabovequotation.B.What'stherelationshipbetweenthetwospeakers?C.

What'sthethemeoftheplay?

答案：A.GeorgeBernardShaw;Mrs.Warren'Profession.B.Motheranddaughter.

C.Itisabouttheeconomicoppressionofwomen.

43、【问答题】Beitso,ifyouwill.But,alas!Itwasadreamofevilomenfor

younggoodmanBrown.Astern,asad,adarklymeditative,adistrustfulifnot

adesperateman,didhebecome,fromthenightofthatfearfuldream.On

theSabbath-day,whenthecongregationweresingingaholypsalm,hecould

notlisten,becauseananthemofsinrushedloudlyuponhisear,anddrowned

alltheblessedstrain.Questions:A.Identifythetitleofthestoryfromwhich

thispartistaken.B.WhydoesBrownbecomestern,sad,anddistrustful?C.

Whatdoes"thatfearfuldream"referto?

答案：A.Hawthorne;YoungGoodmanBrown.B.Becauseheisneverabletobelieve

ingoodnessorpietyagain.C."Thatfearfuldream"referstoawitches'party

wherehesawmanyprominentpeopleofthevillageandthechurch.

44、【问答题】IliketoseeitlaptheMiles-AndlicktheValleysupAndstop

tofeeditselfatTanks-Andthen-prodigiousstepAroundaPileofMountains-

AndsuperciliouspeerInShanties-bythesideofRoadsAndthenaQuarrypare.

Questions:A.Identifythenameoftheauthor.B.Whatdoes"it"inthefirst

linemean?C.Whatisthepoemabout?

答案：A.EmilyDickinson.B."It"meansatrain.C.Thispoemisan

interestingstudyofhowDickinsonmakesthetrainpartofnatureby

animalizingit.

45、【问答题】Whataretheeachhero'sweaknessesofthecharacteristicsofthe

greatesttragedieswrittenbyWilliamShakespeare?

答案：Eachherohashisweaknessesofnature:Hamlet,themelancholic

scholar-prince,facesthedilemmabetweenactionandmind:Othello'sinner

weaknessismadeuseofbytheoutsideevil.TheoldkingLearwhois

unwillingtototallygiveuphispowermakeshimselfsufferfromtreacheryand

infidelity;andMacbeth'slustforpowerstirsuphisambitionandleadshimto

incessantcrimes.

46、【问答题】WhyisJaneEyreoneofthemostpopularandimportantnovelsof

theVictorianAge?

答案：Itisnotedforitssharpcriticismoftheexistingsociety.Itisan

intensemoralfable.Jane,likeMr.Rochester,hastoundergoaseriesof

physicalandmoralteststogrowupandachieveherfinalhappiness.The

successofthenovelisalsoduetoitsintroductiontotheEnglishnovelthe

firstgovernessheroine.

47、【问答题】SisterCarriebestembodiesTheodoreDreiser'snaturalisticbelief.

Howdoyouunderstandthat?

答案：SisterCarriebestembodiesDreiser'snaturalisticbeliefthatwhilemen

arecontrolledandconditionedbyheredity,instinctandchance,a

fewextraordinaryandunsophisticatedhumanbeingsrefusetoaccepttheir

fatewordlesslyandinsteadstrive,unsuccessfully,tofindmeaningandpurpose

fortheirexistence.Carrie,asoneofsuch,sensesthatsheismerelya

cipherinanuncaringworldyetseekstograspthemysteriesoflifeand

therebysatisfiesherdesiresforsocialstatusandmaterialcomfort.

48、【问答题】WhatarethecharacteristicsofRobertFrost'spoetry?

答案：Byusingsimplespokenlanguageandconversational,Frostachieved

aneffortlessgraceinhisstyle.Hecombinedtraditionalverseforms-the

sonnet,rhymingcouplets,blankverse-withaclearAmericanlocalspeech

rhythm,thespeechofNewEnglandfarmerswithitsidiosyncraticdictionand

syntax.Inverseformhewasassorted;hewroteinaformthatborrowsfreely

fromthemeritsofboth,informthatmightbecalledsemi-freeorsemi-

conventional.

49、【问答题】RobinsonCrusoeisconsideredtobeDanielDefoe'smasterpiece

becausetheprotagonistwasarealmiddle-classhero.Andhisrestfournovels

manifestDefoe'sdeepconcernforthepoorandtheunfortunateinhissociety.

Pleasetrytodiscusstheirsocialsignificance.

答案：RobinsonCrusoeissupposedlybasedontherealadventureofan

AlexanderSelkirkwhooncestayedaloneontheuninhabitedislandforfive

years.Actuallyitisanimagination.InRobinsonCrusoe,Defoetracesthe

growthofRobinsonfromanaiveandartlessyouthintoashrewdandhardened

man,temperedbynumeroustrialsinhiseventfullife.Robinsonisarealhero:

atypical18thcenturyEnglishmiddle-classman,withagreatcapacityforwork.

inexhaustibleenergy,courage.patienceandpersistenceinovercomingobstacles.

inthestruggleagainstthehostilenaturalenvironment.Heistheprototpeof

theempirebuilder.thepioneercolonist.IndescribingRobinson'lifeonthe

island.DefoeglorifieshumanlaborandthePuritanfortitude.Hisfournovels

dealwiththepersonalhistoryofsomeheroorheroine,usuallyawhore,a

pirate.apickpocket.arogueorsomeothercriminal.Theirhistoryistraced

fromtheirunfortunatechildhoodthroughtheirmanyvicissitudesinlife.to

theirfinalprosperityorrepentanceanddeath.Theall-powerfulinfluenceof

materialcircumstancorsocialenvironmentuponthethoughtsandactionsofthe

heroortheheroineishighlighted.Thestruggleofthepoorunfortunate