2017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】TheRenaissancemarksatransitionfromthe____tothemodern

world

medieval

romantic

A:

Anglo-Saxon

B:

Victorian

C:

答D:案：A

2、【单选题】WhichofthefollowingplaysisNOTamongWilliamShakespeare's

fourgreattragedies?

Hamlet.

TwelfthNight.

A:

Othello.

B:

KingLear.

C:

答D:案：B

3、【单选题】Aftertherestorationof____Miltonwasimprisonedforshorttime

andthenretiredtoprivatelife.

CharlesI

CharlesII

A:

JamesI

B:

JamesⅡ

C:

答D:案：B

4、【单选题】Itwasnotuntilthereignof____thattheRenaissancereally

begantoshowitseffectinEngland.

HenryVII

HenryVIII

A:

CharlesI

B:

CharlesII

C:

答D:案：B

5、【单选题】InParadiseLost,therealherocreatedbyMiltonis____

God

Adam

A:

EveSatan

B:

satan

C:

答D:案：D

6、【单选题】TheislandofLilliputcanbefoundin____

RobinsonCrusoe

Gulliver'sTravels

A:

TheAdventuresofTomSawyer

B:

TheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinn

C:

答D:案：B

7、【单选题】TheEnlightenmentwasaprogressiveintellectualmovement

throughoutWesternEuropeinthe____century.

17th

18th

A:

19th

B:

20th

C:

答D:案：B

8、【单选题】HenryFieldingistheauthorofthegreat18thcenturyEnglish

novel____

TomJones

Pamela

A:

MollFenders

B:

TheLifeandOpinionsofTristramShandy

C:

答D:案：A

9、【单选题】ThepublicationofTheLyricalBallads,writtenby____markedthe

breakwiththeconventionalpoeticaltraditionofthe18thcentury.

WilliamWordsworthandRobertBurns

WilliamBlakeandColeridge

A:

WordsworthandPercyByssheShelly

B:

WordsworthandColeridge

C:

D:

答案：D

10、【单选题】Generally,WilliamShakespeare'sdramaticcareercanbedivided

into____periods.

3

4

A:

5

B:

6

C:

答D:案：B

11、【单选题】Itistruthuniversallyacknowledgedthatasinglemanin

possessionofagoodfortunemustbeinwantofawife.Thequotedpartistaken

from____

PrideandPrejudice

WutheringHeights

A:

JaneEyre

B:

SenseandSensibility

C:

答D:案：A

12、【单选题】WilliamWordsworthisregardedasa"worshipperofnature."Hecan

penetratetotheheartofthingsandgivethereadertheverylifeof____

beauty

peace

A:

nature

B:

interest

C:

答D:案：C

13、【单选题】JaneAustenisanEnglishwomannovelistofthe____century.

16th

17th

A:

18th

B:

19th

C:

答D:案：C

14、【单选题】DanielDefoestartedasa(n)____andallhislifeunderwentmany

upsanddowns.

lawyer

A:

engineer

worker

B:

merchant

C:

答D:案：D

15、【单选题】Thewriterwholivedattheturnofcenturywas____

ThomasHardy

GeorgeEliot

A:

CharlesDickens

B:

EmilyBronte

C:

答D:案：A

16、【单选题】EnglishRomanticism,asahistoricalphaseofliterature,is

generallysaidtohavebegunin____

1786

1788

A:

1796

B:

1798

C:

答D:案：D

17、【单选题】WhichofthefollowingcharactersisNOTinJaneEyre?

Mrs.Reed.

Catherine.

A:

Mr.Rochester.

B:

BerthaMason.

C:

答D:案：B

18、【单选题】WhowroteMrsWarren'sProfession?

D.H.Lawrence

WilliamButlerYeats

A:

T.S.Eliot

B:

GeorgeBernardShaw

C:

答D:案：D

19、【单选题】WilliamBlakebeganwritingpoetryattheageof____

12

A:

13

14

B:

15

C:

答D:案：A

20、【单选题】TheModernEnglishwritersconcentratedmoreonthe____affa

public

private

A:

international

B:

objective

C:

答D:案：B

21、【单选题】GeorgeBernardShawwas(n)____,whocomposedPygm

playwright

poet

A:

novelist

B:

essayist

C:

答D:案：A

22、【单选题】AmongThomasHardy'sworks,____isthemostcheerfulandidyllic

TessoftheD'Urbervilles

TheReturnoftheNative

A:

UndertheGreenwoodTree

B:

TheMayorofCasterbridge

C:

答D:案：C

23、【单选题】AmongHawthorne'sworks,____isalwaysregardedasthebest.

TheScarletLetter

Self-Reliance

A:

CivilDisobedience

B:

TheLastTycoon

C:

答D:案：A

24、【单选题】LeavesofGrasshasalwaysbeenconsideredamonumentalworkwhich

commandsgreatoattentionbecauseofitsuniquelypoeticembodimentofAmerican

____

culture

democraticideals

A:

realisticideals

B:

dream

C:

答D:案：B

25、【单选题】Melville'swritingscanbewelldividedintotwogroups,eachwith

somethingincommoninthelightof____andimaginativefocus.

individualism

thethematicconcern

A:

evils

B:

Americanvalue

C:

答D:案：B

26、【单选题】MarkTwainisagreatliterarygiantofAmerica,whom____

considered"thetruefatherofournationalliterature."

O.Henry

H.L.Mencken

A:

JamesMichener

B:

EmilyDickinson

C:

答D:案：B

27、【单选题】InAmericanliterature,____wasthefirstAmericanwriterto

conceivehiscareerininternationalterms.

HenryJames

Hawthorne

A:

TomPett

B:

Poe

C:

答D:案：A

28、【单选题】MissEmilyDickinsonwasborninto____ofAmherst,Massachusetts.

Calvinistfamily

apoorfamily

A:

afarmer'sfamily

B:

ateacher'sfamily

C:

答D:案：A

29、【单选题】InAmericanliterature,____possessednoneoftheusualaidstoa

writer'scareer:nomoney,nofriendinpower,noformaleducationworthyof

mention,nofamilytraditioninletters.

TheodoreDreiser

JackLondon

A:

Faulkner

B:

Pound

C:

答D:案：A

30、【单选题】Inanylistofimportantpoetsinthetwentiethcentury,

regardlessofnationality,____commandsaplace.

RobertLeeFrost

JackLondon

A:

Faulkner

B:

Pound

C:

答D:案：A

31、【单选题】ErnestHemingway'sstyle,theparticulartypeofheroinhis____,

andhislifeattitudeshavebeenwidelyrecognizedandimitated.

poems

plays

A:

sciencefictions

B:

novels

C:

答D:案：D

32、【单选题】TheBlithedaleRomanceisanovelHawthornewrotetorevealhis

ownexperiences____

inLondon

inNewYork

A:

ontheJockenFarm

B:

ontheBrookFarm

C:

答D:案：D

33、【单选题】In"LeavesofGrass",WaltWhitmanisconcernedwithopenness,

freedom,andaboveall,____

individualism

A:

war

evils

B:

sins

C:

答D:案：A

34、【单选题】Redburnisasemi-autobiographicalnovelbyMelville,conceming

thesufferingsofgenteelyouthamongbrutal____

sailors

workers

A:

policemen

B:

soldiers

C:

答D:案：A

35、【单选题】MarkTwain,pennameof____wasbornon30th,November,1835,in

Missouri.

SamuelLanghorneClemens

JasonBlack

A:

TomPett

B:

GerardGibson

C:

答D:案：A

36、【单选题】Todaywiththedevelopmentofthemodernnovelandthecommon

acceptanceoftheFreudianapproach,HenryJames'simportanceasa____andcritic,

hasbeenallthemoreconspicuous.

playwright

novelist

A:

poet

B:

politician

C:

答D:案：B

37、【单选题】Dickinson'spoetry,despiteitsostensibleformalsimplicity,is

remarkableforit____subtletyandrichness.

freshness

variety

A:

humor

B:

beauty

C:

D:

答案：B

38、【单选题】Apartfromschooleducation,Dreiserreadvoraciouslybyhimself.

Histrueliteraryinfluenceswerefrom____CharlesDarwinandHerbertSpencer.

RussellAsh

Balzac

A:

VincentAlsop

B:

Zola

C:

答D:案：B

39、【单选题】RobertLeeFrostwasthePulitzerPrizewinneron____occasions;

theUnitedStatesSenatepassedresolutionshonoringhisbirthday.

3

4

A:

2

B:

5

C:

答D:案：B

40、【单选题】DuringWorldWarI____servedasanhonorablejuniorofficerin

theAmericanRedCrossAmbulanceCorps.

EmilyDickinson

JackLondon

A:

ErnestHemingway

B:

Poe

C:

答D:案：C

41、【问答题】Areyouinearnest?-Doyoutrulyloveme?-Doyousincerelywishme

tobeyourwife?"Ido;andifanoathisnecessarytosatisfyyou,swearit.'

"Then,sir,Iwillmarryyou.""Edward-mylittlewife!""DearEdward!""Come

tome-cometomeentirelynow,"saidhe;andadded,inhisdeepesttone,speaking

inmyearashischeekwaslaidonmine,"Makemyhappiness-Iwillmakeyours."

Questions:A.Whatisthetitleofthenovelfromwhichtheexcerptistaken?

Whoistheauthor?B.Whoarethetwospeakers?C.Whatdoesthisexcerpttell

usaboutthespeakers?

答案：A.JaneEyre.CharlotteBronteB.Mr.RochesterandJaneEyreC.They

passionatelyandearnestlyfellinlovewitheachother.

42、【问答题】ShallIcomparetheetoasummer'sday?Thouartmorelovelyand

moretemperate:RoughwindsdoshakethedarlingbudsofMay,Andsummer's

leasehathalltooshortadate:SometimetoohottheeyeofheavenshinesAnd

oftenishisgoldcomplexiondimmed;ButthyeternalsummershallnotfadeNor

losepossessionofthatfairthouow'st(FromShakespeare's"Sonnet18")

Questions:A.Whatdoes"thee"refertointhefirstlineofthestanza?B.

Whatfigureofspeechisusedinthefifthline?C.Whatisthethemeofthis

poem?

答案：A.beautyinpoetryB.personificationC.Anicesummer'sdayis

usuallytransient,butthebeautyinpoompoetrycanlastforever.Thus

Shakespearehasafaithinthepermanenceofpoetry.

43、【问答题】Heknewthetune;itwasafamiliaroneinthechoirofthe

villagemeeting-house.Theversediedheavilyaway,andwaslengthenedbya

chorusnotofhumanvoices,butofallthesoundsofthebenightedwilderness,

pealinginawfulharmonytogether.GoodmanBrowncriedout;andhiscrywaslost

tohisownear,byitsunisonwiththecryofthedesertQuestions:A.Whatis

thetitleofthestoryfromwhichtheexcerptistaken?Whoistheauthor?B.

Whereistheprotagonistnow?Andwhydidhegothere?C.Whatistheauthor's

majorconcerninthisstory?

答案：A."YoungGoodmanBrown".HawthorneB.Inthewoods.Hewentthereto

attendawitches'Sabbath.C.Hawthorneismainlyconceredwiththethemeof

guiltandevilinthisstory.

44、【问答题】AndIkeephearingfromthecellarbinTherumblingsoundOf

loadonloadofapplescominginForIhavehadtoomuchOfapple-picking:Iam

overtiredOfthegreatharvestmyselfdesired.Questions:A.Whatisthetitle

ofthepoemfromwhichthestanzaistaken?Whoistheauthor?B.Whatdoes"The

rumblingsound"inthesecondlinereferto?C.Whatdoesthepoetwanttotell

thereadersthroughthispoem?

答案：A."AfterApple-Picking".FrostB.Thesoundofapplesrunningdownonto

pilefrombasket.C.Hisexperienceonthefarminwhichtheendoflabor

leaveshimwithasenseoffulfillmentyetfindshimblockedfromsuccessby

physicalweariness.

45、【问答题】InwhatwayisSwiftregardedasoneofthegreatestmastersof

Englishprose?

答案：Swiftisaimostunsurpassedinthewritingofsimple,direct,precise

prose.Clear,simple,concretediction,uncomplicatedsentencestructure,

economyandconcisenessoflanguagemarkallhiswritings:essays,poemsand

novels.

46、【问答题】WhycanBernardShaw'splaysbetermedasproblemplays?

答案：Mostofhisplaysareconcernedwithpolitical,economic,moral,or

religiousproblems,and,thus,canbetermedasproblemplays.Andhisplayshave

onepassion,andoneonly,i.c.indignation.indignationagainstoppression

andexploitation.againstpoverty,dirtanddisorder.

47、【问答题】AccordingtoTheodoreDreiser,whatisthecoreofAmericanvalues?

Andwhatistheireffectonpeople'slife?

答案：FromhisfirstnovelSisterCarrieon.Dreisersethimselftoproject

theAmericanvaluesforwhathehadfoundthemtobe-materialistictothe

core.Livinginsuchasocietywithsuchvaltesystem,thehumanindividual

isobsessedwithanever-ending.yetmeaninglesssearchforsatisfactionof

hisdesires.

48、【问答题】Duetoherdeliberateseclusion,EmilyDickinson'spoemstendto

beverypersonalandmeditative.Whatisthestyleofherpoetry?

答案：Dickinson's'poetryisuniqueandunconventioinitsownway.Inher

poetrythereisaparticularstresspattern.inwhichdashesareusedasa

musicaldevicetocreatecadenceandcapitallettersasmeansofemphasis.Her

poeticidiomisnotedforitslaconicbrevity.directnessandplainness.

49、【问答题】BrieflydiscussJaneAusten'snotionabouthumanbeingsintheir

personalrelationships

答案：Itisherconviction