2010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】T.S.Eliot’s______bearingastrongthematicresemblancetoThe

WasteLand,isgenerallyregardedasthedarkestofEliot’spoems.

“Gerontion”

“Prufrock”

A:

MurderintheCathedral

B:

TheHollowMen

C:

答D:案：D

2、【单选题】Shelley’spoliticallyrics______isnotonlyawarcrycalling

uponallworkingpeopletoriseupagainsttheirpoliticaloppressors,butan

addresstothempointingouttheintolerableinjusticeofeconomicexploitation.

“OdetoLiberty”

“OdetoNaples”

A:

“OdetotheWestWind”

B:

“MenofEngland”

C:

答D:案：D

3、【单选题】Charlotte’sworksarefamousforthedepictionofthelifeof

______workingwomen,particularlygovernesses.

themiddle-class

thelower-class

A:

theupper-middle-class

B:

theupper-class

C:

答D:案：A

4、【单选题】AllofthefollowingworksareknownasHardy’s“novelsof

characterandenvironment”EXCEPT______.

TheReturnoftheNative

TessoftheD’Urbervilles

A:

JudetheObscure

B:

FarfromtheMaddingCrowd

C:

答D:案：D

5、【单选题】JaneAusten’spracticalidealismisthatloveshouldbejustified

by______anddisciplinedbyself-control.

reason

sense

A:

rationality

B:

sensibility

C:

答D:案：A

6、【单选题】Shakespeare’s______,anelaborateandfantasticstory,isknown

asthebestofhisfinalromances.

TheWinter’sTale

TheTempest

A:

TheTamingoftheShrew

B:

Love’sLabour’sLost

C:

答D:案：B

7、【单选题】“Whereintelligencewasfallible,limited,theImaginationwasour

hopeofcontactwitheternalforces,withthewholespiritualworld.”wassaid

by______.

WilliamWordsworth

WilliamBlake

A:

SamuelTaylorColeridge

B:

JohnKeats

C:

答D:案：B

8、【单选题】“Tobe,ornottobe-thatisthequestion;/Whether’tisnobler

inthemindtosuffer/Theslingsandarrowsofoutrageousfortune,/Ortotake

armsagainstaseaoftroubles,/Andbyopposingendthen?”Theselinesare

takenfrom______.

KingLear

RomeoandJuliet

A:

Othello

B:

Hamlet

C:

答D:案：D

9、【单选题】JohnMilton’smostpowerfuldramaticpoemontheGreekmodelis

______.

ParadiseLost

ParadiseRegained

A:

SamsonAgonistes

B:

Lycidas

C:

答D:案：C

10、【单选题】Becauseofhersensitivitytouniversalpattensofhumanbehavior,

______hasbroughttheEnglishnovel,asanartofform,toitsmaturity.

CharlotteBronte

JaneAusten

A:

EmilyBronte

B:

HenryFielding

C:

答D:案：B

11、【单选题】DanielDefoe’s______isuniversallyconsideredashis

masterpiece.

ColonelJack

RobinsonCrusoe

A:

CaptainSingleton

B:

AJournalofthePlagueYear

C:

答D:案：B

12、【单选题】Poetryisdefinedby______as“thespontaneousoverflowof

powerfulfeelings,whichoriginatesinemotionrecollectedintranquility”.

WilliamWordsworth

WilliamBlake

A:

PercyByssheShelley

B:

RobertSouthey

C:

答D:案：A

13、【单选题】JonathanSwift’s______isgenerallyregardedasthebestmodel

ofsatire,notonlyoftheperiodbutalsointhewholeEnglishliteraryhistory.

Gulliver’sTravels

TheBattleoftheBooks

A:

“AModestProposal”

B:

ATaleofaTub

C:

D:

答案：C

14、【单选题】AllofthefollowingstatementsabouttheVictorianperiodistrue

EXCEPT______.

Englandwasthe“workshopoftheworld”.

Theearlyyearswasatimeofrapideconomicdevelopmentaswellas

A:

serioussocialproblems.

B:

Towardsthemid-century,Englandhadreacheditshighestpointofdevelopmentas

aworldpower.

C:

Capitalismcameintoitsmonopolystage,thegapbetweentherichandthe

poorwasfurtherdeepened.

D:

答案：D

15、【单选题】GeorgeBernardShaw’s______isagrotesquelyrealisticexposure

ofslumlandlordism.

Widower’sHouse

Mrs.Warren’sProfession

A:

TheAppleCart

B:

GettingMarried

C:

答D:案：A

16、【单选题】Dickens’sfirstchildherois______.

LittleNell

DavidCopperfield

A:

OliverTwist

B:

LittleDorrit

C:

答D:案：C

17、【单选题】Ofalltheeighteenth-centurynovelists______wasthefirstto

setout,bothintheoryandpractice,towritespecificallya“comicepicin

prose”,thefirsttogivethemodernnovelitsstructureandstyle.

HenryFielding

DanielDefoe

A:

JonathanSwift

B:

LaurenceSterne

C:

答D:案：A

18、【单选题】D.H.Lawrence’s______isaremarkablenovelinwhichthe

individualconsciousnessissubtlyrevealedandstrandsofthemesareintricately

woundup.

SonsandLovers

TheRainbow

A:

WomeninLove

B:

LadyChatterley’sLove

C:

答D:案：C

19、【单选题】DickensattackstheUtilitarianprinciplethatrulesoverthe

Englisheducationsystemanddestroysyoungheartsandmindsin______.

HardTimes

GreatExpectations

A:

OurMutualFriend

B:

BleakHouse

C:

答D:案：A

20、【单选题】Thebeliefoftheeighteenth-centuryneoclassicistsinEngland

ledthemtoseekthefollowingEXCEPT______.

proportion

unity

A:

harmony

B:

spirit

C:

答D:案：D

21、【单选题】TheRenaissancemarksatransitionfrom______tothemodernworld.

theoldEnglish

themedieval

A:

thefeudalist

B:

thecapitalist

C:

答D:案：B

22、【单选题】ThegreatpoliticalandsocialeventsintheEnglishsocietyof

neoclassicalperiodwerethefollowingEXCEPT______.

theRestorationofKingCharlesIIin1660

theGreatPlagueof1665

A:

B:

theGreatLondonFirein1666

theWarsofRosesin1689

C:

答D:案：D

23、【单选题】WiththescarletletterAasthebiggestsymbolofall,______

proveshimselftobeoneofthebestsymbolists.

Hawthorne

Dreiser

A:

James

B:

Faulkner

C:

答D:案：A

24、【单选题】TheauthorofLeavesofGrass,agiantofAmericanletters,is

______.

Faulkner

Dreiser

A:

James

B:

Whitman

C:

答D:案：D

25、【单选题】InTenderistheNight,______tracesthedeclineofayoung

Americanpsychiatristwhosemarriagetoabeautifulandwealthypatientdrains

hispersonalenergiesandcorrodeshisprofessionalcareer.

Dreiser

Faulkner

A:

Fitzgerald

B:

JackLondon

C:

答D:案：C

26、【单选题】Melvilleisbest-knownastheauthorofhismightybook,________,

whichisoneoftheworld’sgreatestmasterpieces.

SongofMyself

Moby-Dick

A:

TheMarbleFaun

B:

MossesfromanOldManse

C:

答D:案：B

27、【单选题】ThethemeofHenryJames’essay“______”clearlyindicatesthat

theaimofthenovelistopresentlife,soitisnotsurprisingtofindinhis

writingshumanexperiencesexploredineverypossibleform.

TheAmerican

TheEuropeans

A:

TheArtofFiction

B:

TheGoldenBowl

C:

答D:案：C

28、【单选题】DuringWWI,______servedasanhonorablejuniorofficerinthe

AmericanRedCrossAmbulanceCorpsandin1918wasseverelywoundedinbothlegs.

Anderson

Faulkner

A:

Hemingway

B:

Dreiser

C:

答D:案：C

29、【单选题】InordertoprotestagainstAmerica’sfailuretojoinEnglandin

WWI,______becameanaturalizedBritishcitizenin1915.

WilliamFaulkner

HenryJames

A:

EarnestHemingway

B:

EzraPound

C:

答D:案：B

30、【单选题】RobertFrostdescribed______as“abookofpeople,”whichshows

abrilliantinsightintoNewEnglandcharacterandthebackgroundthatformedit.

NorthofBoston

ABoy’sWill

A:

AWitnessTree

B:

AFurtherRange

C:

答D:案：A

31、【单选题】WecaneasilyfindinDreiser’sfictionaworldofjungle,and

______foundexpressioninalmosteverybookhewrote.

naturalism

A:

romanticism

transcendentalism

B:

cubism

C:

答D:案：A

32、【单选题】Asanactiveparticipantofhisage,Fitzgeraldisoftenacclaimed

literaryspokesmanofthe______.

JazzAge

AgeofReason

A:

LostGeneration

B:

BeatGeneration

C:

答D:案：A

33、【单选题】FromthefirstnovelSisterCarrieon,Dreisersethimselfto

projecttheAmericanvaluesforwhathehadfoundthemtobe:______tothecore.

altruistic

political

A:

religious

B:

materialistic

C:

答D:案：D

34、【单选题】The20th-centurystream-of-consciousnesstechniquewas

frequentlyandskillfullyusedby______toemphasizethereactionsandinner

musingsofthenarrator.

Hemingway

Frost

A:

Faulkner

B:

Whitman

C:

答D:案：C

35、【单选题】WiththehelpofhisfriendsPhilStoneandSherwoodAnderson,

______publishedavolumeofpoetryTheMarbleFaunandhisfirstnovel

Soldiers’Pay.

Faulkner

Hemingway

A:

EzraPound

B:

Fitzgerald

C:

D:

答案：A

36、【单选题】TheSunAlsoRisescastslightonawholegenerationafterWWIand

theeffectsofthewarbywayofavividportraitof“______.”

theBeatGeneration

theLostGeneration

A:

theBabyboomingAge

B:

theJazzAge

C:

答D:案：B

37、【单选题】WithinherlittlelyricsDickinsonaddressesthoseissuesthat

concern______,whichincludereligion,death,immorality,loveandnature.

thewholehumanbeings

thefrontiers

A:

theAfricanAmericans

B:

herrelatives

C:

答D:案：A

38、【单选题】H.L.Mencken,afamousAmericancritic,considered______“the

truefatherofournationalliterature.”

HamlinGarland

JosephKirkland

A:

MarkTwain

B:

HenryJames

C:

答D:案：C

39、【单选题】Inhispoetry,Whitmanshowsconcernfor______andtheburgeoning

lifeofcities.

thecolonists

thecapitalists

A:

thewholehard-workingpeople

B:

theintellectuals

C:

答D:案：C

40、【单选题】In1837,______publishedTwice-ToldTales,acollectionof

shortstorieswhichattractedcriticalattention.

Emerson

Melville

A:

Whitman

B:

Hawthorne

C:

答D:案：D

41、【问答题】Wherefore,BeesofEngland,forgeManyaweapon,chain,and

scourge,ThatthesestinglessdronesmayspoilTheforcedproduceofyourtoil?

Questions:A.Identifythepoetandthepoemfromwhichthelinesaretaken.

B.Whatdoyouknowaboutthepoem’swritingbackground?C.Whatdoyouthink

thepoetintendstosayinthepoem?

答案：A.Shelley,ASong:MenofEnglandB.Thepoemwaswrittenin1819,the

yearofthePeterlooMassacre.C.TocallonallworkingpeopleofEnglandto

riseupagainsttheirpoliticaloppressors;topointouttheintolerable

injusticeofeconomicexploitation.

42、【问答题】Letusgothen,youandI,Whentheeveningisspreadoutagainst

theskyLikeapatientetherizeduponatable;Letusgo,throughcertainhalf-

desertedstreets,ThemutteringretreatsOfrestlessnightsinone-nightcheap

hotelsAndsawdustrestaurantswithoyster-shells:(Thelinesabovearetaken

from“TheLoveSongofJ.AlfredPrufrock”byT.SEliot.)Questions:A.What

doesthepoempresent?B.Whatformisthepoemcomposedin?C.Whatdoesthe

poemsuggest?

答案：A.presentingthemeditationofanagingyoungmanoverthebusiness

ofproposingmarriage;B.inaformofdramaticmonologue;C.suggestingan

ironiccontrastbetweenapretendedLovesong"andaconfessiona(thespeaker

incapabilityoffacinguptoloveandtolifeinasterileupper-classworld.

43、【问答题】ThisismylettertotheWorldThatneverwrotetoMe-The

simpleNewsthatNaturetold-WithtenderMajestyQuestions:A.Identifythe

poet.B.Whatideadoesthepoemexpress?C.Whydoesthepoetusedashesand

capitallettersinthepoem?

答案：A.EmilyDickinsonB.Thepoemexpressesthepoet'sanxietyabouther

communicationwiththeoutsideworld;C.Dashesareusedasamusicaldeviceto

createcadenceandcapitallettersasameansofemphasis.

44、【问答题】Therewasmusicfrommyneighbor’shousethroughthesummer

nights.Inhisbluegardensmenandgirlscameandwentlikemothsamongthe

whisperingsandthechampagneandthestars.AthightideintheafternoonI

watchedhisguestsdivingfromthetowerofhisraft,ortakingthesunonthehot

sandofhisbeachwhilehistwomotorboatsslitthewatersoftheSound,

drawingaquaplanesovercataractsoffoam.Onweek-endshisRolls-Roycebecame

anomnibus,bearingpartiestoandfromthecitybetweennineinthemorning

andlongpastmidnight,whilehisstationwagonscamperedlikeabriskyellow

bugtomeetalltrains.AndonMondayseightservants,includinganextragardener,

toiledalldaywithmopsandscrubbing-brushesandhammersandgarden-shears,

repairingtheravagesofthenightbefore.(ThepassageaboveistakenfromThe

GreatGatsby)Questions:A.Whattimedoesthestoryreflect?B.Whatdoesthe

novelevoke?C.WhatdoesGatsby’sfailuremagnify?

答案：A.thetwentiesB.ahauntingmoodofglamorous,wildtimethatseemingly

willhevercomeagain;C.theendoftheAmenicandream

45、【问答题】WorkingthroughthetraditionofaChristianhumanism,Milton

wroteParadiseLost,intendingtoexposethewaysofSatanandto“justifythe

waysofGodtomen.”WhatisMilton’sfundamentalconcerninParadiseLost?

答案：A.Atthecenteroftheconflictbetweenhumanloveandspirtualduty

liesMilton'sfundamentalconcemwithfreedomandchoice;B.Thefreedomto

submittoGod'sprohibitiononeatingtheappleC.andthechoiceof

disobediencemadeforlove.

46、【问答题】BrieflyintroduceBlake’sSongsofInnocenceandSongsof

Experience.

答案：A.SongsofInnocenceisalovelyvolumeofpoems,presentingahappy

andinnocentworld,thoughnotwithoutitsevils;B.SongsofExperiencepaints

adifferentworld,aworldofmisery,disease,warandrepressionwith

melancholytone;C.Thetwobooksholdthesimilarsubject-matter,butthe

tone,emphasisandconclusiondiffer.

47、【问答题】WhatarethefactorsthatgaverisetoAmericannaturalism?

答案：A.TheimpactofDarwin'sevolutionarytheoryontheAmericanthought;

B.Theinfluenceofthe19th-centuryFrenchliteratureontheAmericanmen

ofletters.

48、【问答题】BrieflystateMarkTwain’smagicpowerwithlanguageinhis

novels.

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