2011年7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】AllofCharlesDickens’works,withtheexceptionof_________,

presentacriticismofthemorecomplicatedandyetmostfundamentalsocial

institutionsandmoralsoftheVictorianEngland.

BleakHouse

HardTimes

A:

GreatExpectations

B:

ATaleofTwoCities

C:

答D:案：D

2、【单选题】From____________on,thetragicsensebecomesthekeynoteof

ThomasHardy’snovels,theconflictbetweenthetraditionalandthemodenis

broughttothecenterofthestage.

TheReturnoftheNative

TheMayorofCasterbridge

A:

TessoftheD’Urbervilles

B:

JudetheObscure

C:

答D:案：A

3、【单选题】GeorgeBernardShaw’splay____________showshisalmost

nihilisticbitternessonthesubjectsofthecrueltyandmadnessofWorldWarI

andtheaimlessnessanddisillusionoftheyoung.

GettingMarried

TooTruetoBeGood

A:

Widowers’Houses

B:

TheAppleCart

C:

答D:案：B

4、【单选题】Itwasonlyafterthepublicationof____________thatD.H.

Lawrencewasrecognizedasaprominentnovelist.

TheTrespasser

TheWhitePeacock

A:

SonsandLovers

B:

TheRainbow

C:

D:

答案：C

5、【单选题】T.S.Eliot’spoem____________isheavilyindebtedtoJamesJoyce

intermsofthestream-of-consciousnesstechnique,alsoapreludetoTheWaste

Land.

“Prufrock”

“Generation”

A:

TheHollowMen

B:

LyricalBallads

C:

答D:案：B

6、【单选题】CharlotteBrontё’s____________isnotedforitssharpcriticism

oftheexistingsociety,e.g.thereligioushypocrisyofcharityinstitutions.

TheProfessor

WutheringHeights

A:

Villette

B:

JaneEyre

C:

答D:案：D

7、【单选题】Shelley’sgreatestachievementishisfour-actpoeticdrama

____________,whichisanexultantworkinpraiseofhumankind’spotential.

Adonais

QueenMab

A:

PrometheusUnbound

B:

KublaKhan

C:

答D:案：C

8、【单选题】AmongtheRomanticpoets____________isregardedasa“worshipper

ofnature”.

WilliamBlake

WilliamWordsworth

A:

GeorgeGordonByron

B:

JohnKeats

C:

答D:案：B

9、【单选题】ThemostperfectexampleoftheversedramaafterGreekstylein

EnglishisJohnMilton’s____________.

ParadiseLost

ParadiseRegained

A:

SamsonAgonistes

B:

Areopagitica

C:

答D:案：C

10、【单选题】ThemajorthemeofJaneAusten’snovelsis____________.

loveandmoney

moneyandsocialstatus

A:

socialstatusandmarriage

B:

loveandmarriage

C:

答D:案：D

11、【单选题】T.S.Eliot’smostimportantsinglepoem____________hasbeen

hailedasalandmarkandamodelofthe20th-centuryEnglishpoetry.

TheHollowMen

TheWasteLand

A:

MurderintheCathedral

B:

AshWednesday

C:

答D:案：B

12、【单选题】Accordingtothesubjects,WilliamWordsworth’sshortpoemscan

beclassifiedintotwogroups,poemsabout____________.

natureandhumanlife

happinessandchildhood

A:

symbolismandimagination

B:

natureandcommonlife

C:

答D:案：A

13、【单选题】Amongthefollowingwriters____________isconsideredtobethe

best-knownEnglishdramatistsinceShakespeare.

OscarWilde

JohnGalsworthy

A:

W.B.Yeats

B:

GeorgeBernardShaw

C:

D:

答案：D

14、【单选题】WilliamBlake’s____________composedduringtheclimaxofthe

FrenchRevolutionplaysthedoublerolebothasasatireanda

revolutionaryprophecy.

TheBookofUrizen

TheBookofLos

A:

PoeticalSketches

B:

MarriageofHeavenandHell

C:

答D:案：D

15、【单选题】CharlesDickens’worksarecharacterizedbyaminglingof

____________andpathos.

metaphor

passion

A:

satire

B:

humor

C:

答D:案：D

16、【单选题】DanielDefoedescribes____________asatypicalEnglishmiddle-

classmanoftheeighteenthcentury,theveryprototypeoftheempirebuilder,the

pioneercolonist.

RobinsonCrusoe

MollFlanders

A:

Gulliver

B:

TomJones

C:

答D:案：A

17、【单选题】InThomasHardy’sWessexnovels,thereisanapparent

____________touchinhisdescriptionofthesimpleandbeautifulthoughprimitive

rurallife.

nostalgic

tragic

A:

romantic

B:

ironic

C:

答D:案：A

18、【单选题】Ofalltheeighteenth-centurynovelists____________wasthefirst

tosetout,bothinthe-oryandpractice,towritespeciallya“comicepicin

prose”,thefirsttogivethemodernnovelitsstructureandstyle.

ThomasGray

RichardBrinsleySheridan

A:

JonathanSwift

B:

HenryFielding

C:

答D:案：D

19、【单选题】Shakespeare’sauthenticnon-dramaticpoetryconsistsoftwolong

narrativepoems:VenusandAdonisand____________.

JuliusCaesar

TheWinter’sTale

A:

TheRapeofLucrece

B:

TheTwogentlemenofVerona

C:

答D:案：C

20、【单选题】JohnMilton’s____________isprobablyhismostmemorableprose

work,whichisagreatpleaforfreedomofthepress.

ParadiseLost

Paradiseregained

A:

Areopagitica

B:

Lycidas

C:

答D:案：C

21、【单选题】D.H.Lawrence’snovels____________aregenerallyregardedas

hismasterpieces.

TheRainbow;WomeninLove

TheRainbow;SonsandLovers

A:

SonsandLovers;LadyChatterley’sLover

B:

WomeninLove;LadyChatterley’sLover

C:

答D:案：A

22、【单选题】ThebestrepresentativesoftheEnglishhumanistsareThomasMore,

ChristopherMar-loweand____________.

WilliamShakespeare

JohnMilton

A:

B:

HenryFielding

JonathanSwift

C:

答D:案：A

23、【单选题】MarkTwain’sparticularconcernaboutthelocalcharacterofa

regioncameaboutas“localcolorism,”auniquevariationof

Americanliterary____________.

romanticism

nationalism

A:

modernism

B:

realism

C:

答D:案：D

24、【单选题】Asapoetwithastrongsenseofmission,WaltWhitmandevotedall

hislifetothecreationofthe“single”poem,____________.

DrumTaps

NorthofBoston

A:

ABoy’sWill

B:

LeavesofGrass

C:

答D:案：D

25、【单选题】WilliamFaulknercreateshisownmythicalkingdomthatmirrorsnot

onlythedeclineofthe____________societyofAmericabutalsothe

spiritualwastelandofthewholeAmericansociety.

Eastern

Western

A:

Southern

B:

Northern

C:

答D:案：C

26、【单选题】Inhisfinalyears,HermanMelvilleturnedagaintoprosefiction

andwrotewhatisprobablyhissecondfamouswork,____________,whichwas

publishedafterhisdeath.

BillyBudd

Redburn

A:

Moby-Dick

B:

Typee

C:

D:

答案：A

27、【单选题】TheSunAlsoRisecastslightonawholegenerationafter

____________andtheeffectsofthewarbywayofavividportraitof“theLost

Generation.”

theSpanishCivilWar

theAmerican-MexicanWar

A:

WWⅠ

B:

WWⅡ

C:

答D:案：C

28、【单选题】HermanMelvillewenttotheSouthSeasonawhalingshipin1841,

wherehegainedthefirst-handinformationaboutwhalingthatheused

laterin____________.

Typee

Redburn

A:

Moby-Dick

B:

Omoo

C:

答D:案：C

29、【单选题】Accordingto____________,thelife-deathcycle,thespringand

winteroftheearth,thebirthanddeathoftheanimalsisreality.

TheodoreDreiser

WilliamFaulkner

A:

HenryJames

B:

F.ScottFitzgerald

C:

答D:案：B

30、【单选题】“Thoughlifeisbutalosingbattle,itisastrugglemancan

dominateinsuchawaythatlossbecomesdignity.”Thisisanoutlooktowards

lifethat____________hadbeentryingtoillustrateinhisworks.

F.ScottFitzgerald

ErnestHemingway

A:

TheodoreDreiser

B:

WilliamFaulkner

C:

答D:案：B

31、【单选题】Morethanfivehundredpoems____________wroteareaboutnature,

inwhichhis(her)generalskepticismabouttherelationshipbetweenmanand

natureiswell-expressed.

RobertFrost

EmilyDickinson

A:

EzraPound

B:

WaltWhitman

C:

答D:案：B

32、【单选题】In1954,theNobelPrizeforliteraturewasgrantedto

____________,oneofthegreatestofAmericanwriters.

ErnestHemingway

RobertFrost

A:

HenryJames

B:

TheodoreDreiser

C:

答D:案：A

33、【单选题】NorthofBostonisdescribedbyRobertFrostas“abookof

poople,”whichshowsabrilliantinsightinto____________characterandthe

backgroundthatformedit.

Eastern

Western

A:

Southern

B:

NewEngland

C:

答D:案：D

34、【单选题】WaltWhitmanisradicallyinnovativeintermsoftheformofhis

poetry.Whatheprefersforhisnewpoeticfeelingsis“____________”.

standardizedrhyming

regularrhyming

A:

freeverse

B:

strictverse

C:

答D:案：C

35、【单选题】HenryJames’famegenerallyrestsuponhisnovelsandstories

withthe____________theme.

international

local

A:

colonial

B:

post-modern

C:

答D:案：A

36、【单选题】TheFinancier,TheTitanandTheStoicbyTheodoreDreiserare

calledhis“Trilogyof_________.”

Hatred

Death

A:

Desire

B:

Fate

C:

答D:案：C

37、【单选题】In1920,F.ScottFitzgerald’sfirstnovel____________was

published,whichwas,tosomeextent,hisownstory.

ThisSideofParadise

TalesoftheJazzAge

A:

AlltheSadYoungMen

B:

TapsatReveille

C:

答D:案：A

38、【单选题】In1837,NathanielHawthornepublishedTwice-ToldTales,a

collectionof____________whichattractedcriticalattention.

poems

shortstories

A:

essays

B:

plays

C:

答D:案：B

39、【单选题】WilliamFaulknersetmostofhisworksintheAmerican

____________,withhisemphasisonthe________subjectsandconsciousness.

North...Northern

East...Eastern

A:

West...Western

B:

South...Southern

C:

D:

答案：D

40、【单选题】TheHouseoftheSevenGableswasbasedonthetraditionofa

cursepronouncedon____________’sfamilywhenhisgreat-grandfatherwasajudge

intheSalemwitchcrafttrials.

NathanielHawthorne

WashingtonIrving

A:

EzraPound

B:

WaltWhitman

C:

答D:案：A

41、【问答题】“Norlosepossessionofthatfairthouow’st;NorshallDeath

bragthouwander’stinhisshade,Whenineternallinestotimethougrow’st:

Solongasmencanbreathe,oreyescansee,Solonglivesthis,andthisgives

lifetothee.”Questions:A.Who’sthepoetofthequotedstanza,andwhat’s

thetitleofthepoem?B.Whatdoestheword“this”inthelastlinereferto?

C.Whatideadothequotedlinesexpress?

答案：A.Shakespeare;Shallcomparetheetosummer'sday/Sonnet18

B.“This"referstothepoemC.Whenyouareinmyetemalpoetry,youareeven

withtime.Anicesummer'sdayisusuallytransient,butthebeautyinpoetry

canlastforever.

42、【问答题】“NeverdidsunmorebeautifullysteepInhisfirstsplendor,

valley,rockorhill;Ne’ersawI,neverfelt,acalmsodeep!Theriver

glidethathisownsweetwill:DearGod!Theveryhousesseemasleep;Andall

thatmightyheartislyingstill!”(FromWordsworth’ssonnetComposedupon

WestminsterBridge)Questions:A.Whatdoesthissonnetdescribe?B.Whatdoes

thephrase“mightyheart”referto?C.ThesonnetfollowsstrictlytheItalian

form.WhatisthefeatureoftheItalianformofsonnet?

答案：A.ThesonnetdescribesavividpictureofabeautifulmominginLondon.

B."mightyheart"referstoLondonC.TheItalianformofsonnetcontainsa

cleardivisionofanoctaveandasestet.Therhymeschemeiscdededorabbaabba.

43、【问答题】“Thewoodsarelovely,darkanddeep,ButIhavepromisesto

keep,AndmilestogobeforeIsleep,AndmilestogobeforeIsleep.”

Questions:A.Who’sthepoetofthequotedstanza,andwhat’sthetitleofthe

poem?B.Whatdoestheword“sleep”mean?C.Whatideadothefourlines

express?

答案：A.StoppingbyWoodsonaSnowyEveningbyRobertFrost.B."Sleep"here

indicatestohavehislastrestortodie.C.Thespeakerhasthepromisesin

hismindsothathewillhavetofulfillhispromisesbeforehehashislast

rest.

44、【问答题】“Icelebratemyself,andsingmyself,AndwhatIassumeyou

shallassume,Foreveryatombelongingtomeasgoodbelongstoyou.Iloafe

andinvitemysoul,Ileanandloafeatmyeaseobservingaspearofsummer

grass.”(FromWaltWhitman’sSongofMyself)Questions:A.Whodoes

“myself”referto?B.Howdoyouunderstandtheline“Iloafeandinvitemy

soul”?C.Whatdoes“aspearofsummergrass”symbolize?

答案：A."Myself"referstothepoethimself,anindividualandAmerican

nationality.B.Thislineindicatesaseparationofthebodyandthesoul,the

physicalandthespiritual.C."Aspearofsummergrass"isasymbolofenergy,

hopeandyouth.

45、【问答题】What’sthethemeofthepoemParadiseLost?What’stheauthor’s

intentiontocreateitandtheimplicationthatthepoemexpresses?

答案：ThethemeofthepoemParadiseLostisthe"FallofMan,i.e.

man'sdisobedienceandthelossofParadise,withisprimecause-Satan.B.The

author'sintentiontowritethispoemistoexposethewaysofSatanandto

"justifythewaysofGodtomen.C.Inthispoem,theauthorimplicitly

expresseshisfundamentalconcernwithfreedomandchoiceandhisbeliefthat

theunguestionabletruthofBiblicalrevelationmeansthatanall-knowingGod

wasjustinallowingAdamandEvetobetemptedandoftheirfreewillto

choosesinanditsinevitablepunishment.

46、【问答题】TheWasteLandisT.S.Eliot’smostimportantsinglepoem.

What’sthethemeofthepoem?

答案：Thepoemisconcernedwith:A.Thespiritualbreakupofamodem

civilizationinwhichhumanlifehaslostitsmeaning,signifianceandpurpose.

B.Thepoemhasdevelopedawholesetofhistorical,culturaland

religiousthemes;C.butitisoftenregardedasbeingprimarilyareflection

ofthe20-centurypeople'sdisillusionmentandfrustrationinasterileand

futilesociety.

47、【问答题】InAmericanliterature,EmilyDickinson’spoetryisuniqueand

unconventionalinitsownway.WhatarethefeaturesofDickinson’spoems?

答案：A.Herpoemshavenotitles,hencearealwaysquotedbytheirfirstlines.

B.Dashesareusedasamusicaldevicetocreatecadenceandcapitalletters

asameansofemphasis.C.Theformofherpoetryismoreorlesslike

times,irregular.D.Herpoemsareusuallyshort.Theyarecenteredonasingle

imageorsymbolandfocusedononesubjectmatter.E.Herpoemstendtobe

personalandmeditative.F.Sheusespersonaetorenderthetonemorefamiliar

tothereader,andpersonificationtovivifysomeabstractideas.

48、【问答题】What’sthethemeofF.ScottFitzgerald’sTheGreatGatsby?

答案：A.evokeahauntingmoodofaglamorous,wildtimeB.thelosso