2009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】InRenaissance,theEuropeanhumanistthinkersandscholarsmade

attemptstodothefollowingEXCEPT______.

gettingridofthoseoldfeudalistideas

gettingcontroloftheparliamentandgovernment

A:

introducingnewideasthatexpressedtheinterestsoftherisingbourgeoisie

B:

recoveringthepurityoftheearlychurch,fromthecorruptionofthe

C:

RomanCatholicChurch

D:

答案：B

2、【单选题】ThePetrarchansonnetwasfirstintroducedintoEnglandby______.

Surrey

Wyatt

A:

Sidney

B:

Shakespeare

C:

答D:案：B

3、【单选题】AsthebestofShakespeare'sfinalromances,______isatypical

exampleofhispessimisticviewtowardshumanlifeandsocietyinhislateyears.

TheTempest

TheWinter'sTale

A:

Cymbeline

B:

TheRapeofLucrece

C:

答D:案：A

解析：(P35.para.1)。莎士比亚的戏剧创作可分为四个阶段。而在最后一个阶段的作品中

流露出晚年莎士比亚的悲观厌世的情绪，这种情绪在《暴风雨》中体现的最为突出。

4、【单选题】JohnMilton'sgreatestpoeticalwork______istheonlygenerally

acknowledgedepicinEnglishliteraruresinceBeowulf.

Areopagitica

ParadiseLost

A:

Lycidas

B:

SamsonAgonistes

C:

D:

答案：B

解析：(P71.para.2)在弥尔顿的三部诗歌力作当中，以《失乐园》的成就最高，不仅是

因为其艺术成就，而且也是因为其在文学史上的突出地位。

5、【单选题】TheBritishbourgeoisormiddleclassbelievedinthefollowing

notionsEXCEPT______.

self-esteem

self-reliance

A:

self-restraint

B:

hardwork

C:

答D:案：A

解析：(P80.para.2)十八世纪晚期到十九世纪早期，英国的工业革命正在进行中，而工业

革命的主角——英国次产阶级自信，自强，自制的特点为其积累财富奠定了基础，也为英

国文学发展的现实主义奠定了基础。

6、【单选题】“GraveyardSchool”writersarethefollowingsentimentalists

EXCEPT______.

JamesThomson

WilliamCollins

A:

WilliamCowper

B:

ThomasJackson

C:

答D:案：D

解析：新古典主义时期流行的有詹姆斯·汤姆森，威廉·考林斯和威廉·柯柏等自然诗人

以及感伤诗人或曰“墓地诗人”们创作的颂扬或哀悼的抒情诗。答案为D。P83

7、【单选题】ThebestmodelofsatireinthewholeEnglishliteraryhistoryis

JonathanSwift's______.

AModestProposal

ATaleofaTub

A:

Gulliver'sTravels

B:

TheBattleoftheBooks

C:

答D:案：A

解析：(P83.para.3)JonathanSwift是讽刺小说大家，其作品的社会讽刺意义非常得深

远，但作者并没有有改革这种社会的意向，这也是作者的局限性。

8、【单选题】AsarepresentativeoftheEnlightenment,______wasoneofthe

firsttointroducerationalismtoEngland.

JohnBunyan

DanielDefoe

A:

AlexanderPope

B:

JonathanSwift

C:

答D:案：C

解析：(p91.para.3)“启蒙运动”是在欧洲十八世纪的一场文学运动，是文艺复兴的进一

步推展和深化，是重理性、平等和科学的运动，在英国，其代表人物是新古典主义派别的

作家们，其中，AlexanderPope是第一个将“理性主义”引入英格兰的，其主要主张是秩

序。

9、【单选题】Forhiscontributiontotheestablishmentoftheformofthe

modernnovel,______hasbeenregardedbysomeas“FatheroftheEnglishNovel”.

DanielDefoe

HenryFielding

A:

JonathanSwift

B:

SamuelRichardson

C:

答D:案：B

解析：(P121.para.2)HenryFielding是英国现代小说的创始人，是他为现代小说的发展

奠定了结构，是他形成了现代小说的风格，是他创立了现代小说理论，也是他完成了第一

部现代小说。

10、【单选题】WhichofthefollowingdescriptionsofGothicNovelsisNOT

correct?

Itpredominatedintheearlyeighteenthcentury.

ItwasonephaseoftheRomanticmovement.

A:

Itsprincipalelementsareviolence,horrorandthesupernatural.

B:

WorkslikeTheMysteriesofUdolphoandFrankensteinaretypicalGothicromance.

C:

答D:案：A

解析：哥特式小说的特征：哥特式小说是浪漫主义运动的一个阶段，其主要元素是暴力、

恐怖和超自然。《神秘的乌多弗》和《弗兰肯斯坦》是典型的哥特式浪漫小说。

11、【单选题】“Byronichero”isafigureofthefollowingtraitsEXCEPT______.

beingproud

beingofhumbleorigin

A:

beingrebellious

B:

beingmysterious

C:

答D:案：B

12、【单选题】RobertBrowningcreated______byadoptingthenovelistic

presentationofcharacters.

theversenovel

theblankverse

A:

theheroiccouplet

B:

thedramaticpoetry

C:

答D:案：A

13、【单选题】CharlesDickens'novel______isfamousforitsvividdescriptions

oftheworkhouseandlifeoftheunderworldinthenineteenth-centuryLondon.

ThePickwickPaper

OliverTwist

A:

DavidCopperfield

B:

NicholasNickleby

C:

答D:案：B

14、【单选题】CharlotteBronte'sworksareallaboutthestruggleofan

individualconsciousnesstowards______,aboutsomelonelyandneglectedyoung

womenwithafiercelongingforlove,understandingandafull,happylife.

self-reliance

self-realization

A:

self-esteem

B:

self-consciousness

C:

答D:案：B

解析：教材256第三段。夏洛特的作品主题几乎都是个人自觉地为实现自我价值而奋斗，

都是有关一些孤独而卑微的少女对爱情、理解与完整幸福的生活的强烈渴求。

15、【单选题】Thesymbolicmeaningof“Book”inRobertBrowning'slongpoem

TheRingandtheBookis______.

thecommonsense

thehardtruth

A:

thecomprehensiveknowledge

B:

thedeadtruth

C:

答D:案：B

16、【单选题】ThomasHardy'spessimisticviewoflifepredominatedmostofhis

laterworksandearnshimareputationasa______writer.

realistic

naturalistic

A:

romantic

B:

stylistic

C:

答D:案：B

解析：(P302.para2)哈代是一个跨时代的作家，前期作品多以工业革命前的乡村生活为背

景，后期作品多涉及工业革命带来的现代社会，所以他的后期作品充满了悲观情绪，因

而，他也成了自然主义流派中得一员。

17、【单选题】AftertheFirstWorldWar,thereappearedthefollowingliterary

trendsofmodernismEXCEPT______.

expressionism

surrealism

A:

streamofconsciousness

B:

blackhumour

C:

答D:案：D

18、【单选题】Themasterpiecesofcriticalrealismintheearly20thcenturyare

thethreetrilogiesof______.

Galsworthy'sForsytenovels

Hardy'sWessexnovels

A:

Greene'sCatholicnovels

B:

Woolf'sstream-of-consciousnessnovels

C:

答D:案：A

19、【单选题】Inthemid-1950sandearly1960s,thereappeared“______”who

demonstratedaparticulardisillusionoverthedepressingsituationinBritainand

launchedabitterprotest.againsttheoutmodedsocialandpoliticalvaluesin

theirsociety.

TheBeatGeneration

TheLostGeneration

A:

TheAngryYoungMen

B:

BlackMountainPoets

C:

答D:案：C

20、【单选题】ThefollowingareEnglishstream-of-consciousnessnovelsEXCEPT

______.

Pilgrimage

Ulysses

A:

Mrs.Dalloway

B:

APassagetoInida

C:

答D:案：D

解析：20世纪最初的30年是现代主义小说的黄金时期。现代派小说家都致力于挖掘人类

的各种潜意识，他们开创了史无前例的意识流小说，如理查森的《朝觐》、乔伊斯的《尤

利西斯》及沃尔夫的《黛洛维夫人》。

21、【单选题】TheleaderoftheIrishNationalTheaterMovementintheearly

20thcenturywas______.

W.B.Yeats

LadyGregory

A:

J.M.Synge

B:

JohnGalworthy

C:

答D:案：A

22、【单选题】T.S.Eliot'smostpopularverseplayis______.

MurderintheCathedral

TheCocktailParty

A:

TheFamilyReunion

B:

TheWasteLand

C:

答D:案：A

解析：教材319第一段。艾略特创作了大量诗剧并取得了相当的成功，《教堂里的谋杀》

是他最著名的诗剧。

23、【单选题】TheAmericanwriter______wasawardedtheNobelPrizeforthe

anti-racistIntruderintheDustin1950.

ErnestHemingway

GertrudeStein

A:

WilliamFaulkner

B:

T.S.Eliot

C:

答D:案：C

解析：（P631.para2）福克纳的反种族歧视政治观点在他的作品中得以体现，他也因此被

授予了诺贝尔文学奖。

24、【单选题】Hemingway'ssecondbigsuccessis______,whichwrotetheepitaph

toadecadeandtothewholegenerationinthe1920s,inordertotellusastory

aboutthetragicloveaffairofawoundedAmericansoldierwithaBritishnurse.

ForWhomtheBellTolls

AFarewelltoArms

A:

TheSunAlsoRises

B:

TheOldManandtheSea

C:

答D:案：B

25、【单选题】Withthepublicationof______,Dreiserwaslaunchinghimself

uponalongcareerthatwouldultimatelymakehimoneofthemostsignificant

Americanwritersoftheschoollaterknownasliterarynaturalism.

SisterCarrie

TheTitan

A:

TheGenius

B:

TheStoic

C:

答D:案：A

解析：（P525.para3）德莱赛的成名作就是《嘉莉妹妹》，也是其所有作品中成就最高的

一部。

26、【单选题】HenryJamesisgenerallyregardedastheforerunnerofthe20th-

century“stream-of-consciousness”novelsandthefounderof______.

neoclassicism

psychologicalrealism

A:

psychoanalyticalcriticism

B:

surrealism

C:

D:

答案：B

解析：亨利·詹姆斯被普遍认为是二十世纪意识流小说的先驱和心理现实主义的奠基者。

27、【单选题】In1849,HermanMelvillepublished______,asemi-autobiographical

novel,con-cerningthesufferingsofagenteelyouthamongbrutalsailors.

Omoo

Mardi

A:

Redburn

B:

Typee

C:

答D:案：C

解析：《雷得本》（Redburn,1849年)是赫尔曼·麦尔维尔的半自传性小说，写一个高雅

的青年在野蛮的水手中的遭遇。答案为C(P459)。

28、【单选题】AsasequeltoTheAdventuresofTomSawyer,______marksthe

climaxofMarkTwain'sliteraryactivity.

TheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinn

LifeontheMississippi

A:

TheGildedAge

B:

RoughingIt

C:

答D:案：A

29、【单选题】Realismwasareactionagainst______oramoveawayfromthebias

towardsromanceandself-creatingfictions,andpavedthewaytoModernism.

Romanticism

Rationalism

A:

Post-modernism

B:

Cynicism

C:

答D:案：A

30、【单选题】WhenWorldWarIIbrokeout,______beganworkingfortheItalian

government,engagedinsomeradiobroadcastsofanti-Semitismandpro-Fascism.

EzraPound

T.S.Eliot

A:

HenryJames

B:

RobertFrost

C:

D:

答案：A

31、【单选题】In1915______becameanaturalizedBritishcitizen,largelyin

protestagainstAmerica'sfailuretojoinEnglandintheFirstWorldWar.

HenryJames

T.S.Eliot

A:

W.D.Howells

B:

EzraPound

C:

答D:案：A

解析：1915年，亨利·詹姆斯加入英国国籍，主要是为了抗议美国在第一次世界大战中没

有加入英国。

32、【单选题】WhatWhitmanprefersforhisnewsubjectandnewpoeticfeelings

is“______,”thatis,poetrywithoutafixedbeatorregularrhymescheme.

blankverse

freerhythm

A:

balancedstructure

B:

freeverse

C:

答D:案：D

33、【单选题】TheAmericanwomanpoet______wantedtolivesimplyasacomplete

independentbeing,andsoshedid,asaspinster.

EmilyShaw

AnnaDickinson

A:

EmilyDickinson

B:

AnneBret

C:

答D:案：C

34、【单选题】TheBirthmarkdriveshomesymbolically______pointthatevilisa

man'sbirthmark,somethinghewasbornwith.

Whitman's

Melville's

A:

Hawthorne's

B:

Emerson's

C:

答D:案：C

35、【单选题】TheFinancier,TheTitanandTheStoicwrittenby______are

calledhis“TrilogyofDesire”.

HenryJames

TheodoreDreiser

A:

MarkTwain

B:

HermanMelville

C:

答D:案：B

解析：（P525.para1）德莱赛在1912到1914年间创作的三部小说，合称为《欲望三部

曲》

36、【单选题】Disregardinggrammarandpunctuation,______alwaysused“i”

insteadof“I”inhispoemstoshowhisprotestagainstself-importance.

WallaceStevens

EzraPound

A:

RobertFrost

B:

E.E.Cummings

C:

答D:案：D

解析：卡明斯不顾语法和标点符号，总是用“i”而不是“I”来称呼自己，以此来抗议自

以为是。(P548)

37、【单选题】ThoughRobertFrostisgenerallyconsideredaregionalpoetwhose

subjectmattersmainlyfocusonthelandscapeandpeoplein______,hewrote

manypoemsthatinvestigatethebasicthemesofman'slifeinhislong

poeticcareer.

thewest

thesouth

A:

NewEngland

B:

Alaska

C:

答D:案：C

解析：(P561.para.2)美国作家中有很多人的作品都是有着重点关注的地区的，如，马克.

吐温的密西西比河流域；福克纳的南方体裁等等；弗罗斯特关注的是新英格兰。

38、【单选题】MostcriticshaveagreedthatFitzgeraldisbothaninsiderandan

outsiderof______withadoublevision.

theGildedAge

theRationalAge

A:

theJazzAge

B:

theMagicAge

C:

答D:案：C

解析：大多数评论家都认为菲茨杰拉德是爵士时代的局内人，也是局外人，他有双重视

角。

39、【单选题】IntheAmericanRomanticwritings,______cametofunctionalmost

asadramaticcharacterthatsymbolizedmorallaw.

fire

water

A:

trees

B:

wilderness

C:

答D:案：D

40、【单选题】Thedesireforanescapefromsocietyandareturnto______

becameapermanentconventionoftheAmericanliterature.

thefamilylife

nature

A:

theancienttime

B:

fantasyoflove

C:

答D:案：B

41、【问答题】WhereforefeedandclotheandsaveFromthecradletothegrave

ThoseungratefuldroneswhowouldDrainyoursweat-nay,drinkyourblood?

Questions:A.Identifythepoetandthetitleofthepoemfromwhichthestanza

istaken.B.WhatfigureofspeechisusedinLine2?C.Whomdoes“drones”

referto?

答案：A.FromPercyShelley's"MenofEngland".B.Metonymy.

C.Here"drones"referstotheparasiticclassinhumansociety.

42、【问答题】ThefollowingquotationisfromoneofthepoemsbyT.S.Eliot:

No!IamnotPrinceHamlet,norwasmeanttobe;Amanattendantlord,onethat

willdoToswellaprogress,startasceneortwoAdvisetheprince;nodoubt,

aneasytool,Deferential,gladtobeofuse,Politic,cautious,andmeticulous,

Fullofhighsentence,butabitobtuse;Questions:A.Identifythetitleofthe

poemfromwhichthequotedpartistaken.B.Who'sthespeakerofthequoted

lines?C.Whatdoesthefirstlineshowaboutthespeaker?

答案：A.“TheLoveSongof.AlfredPrufrock.B.J.AlfredPrufrock.C.Prufrock

isconsciousofthefactthatheislikeHamletinsomerespects.Butheis

sensibleenoughthathecannotbecomparedwithHamlet.

43、【问答题】Therewasachildwentfortheveryday,Andthefirstobjecthe

look'dupon,thatobjecthebecame,Andthatobjectbecamepartofhimforthe

dayoracertainpartoftheday,Orformanyyearsorstretchingcyclesof

years.Questions:A.Identifythepoet.B.Fromwhichpoemandwhichcollection

ofthepoetaretheselinestaken?C.Whatdoesthepoetdescribeinthepoem?

答案：A.WaltWhitman.B."ThereWasaChildWentForth"fromLeavesofGrass.

C.Thepoemdescribesthegrowthofachildwholearnedabouttheworld

aroundhimandimprovedhimselfaccordingly.Inthepoem,Whitman'sown

earlyexperiencemaywellbeidentifiedwiththechildhoodofyoung,

growingAmerica.

44、【问答题】IheardaFlybuzz-whenIdied-TheStillnessintheRoomWas

liketheStillnessintheAir-BetweentheHeavesofStorm-TheEyesaround-

hadwrungthemdry-AndBreathsweregatheringfirmForthatlastOnset-when

theKingBewitnessed-intheRoom-Questions:A.Identifythepoet.B.What

does“theKing”referto?C.Whatmomentisthepoemtryingtodescribe?

答案：A.EmilyDickinson.B.TheGodofdeath.C.Thepoemistryingto

describethemomentofdeath.

45、【问答题】ListatleasttwoleadingneoclassicistsinEngland.Whatdid

Neoclassicistscelebrateinliterarycreation?

答案：A.AlexanderPopc,JohnDrydenSanmuelJohnson.B.Theybelievedthatthe

artisticidealsshouldbeorder,logic,restrainedemotionandaccuracyand

thatliteratureshouldbejudgedintermsofitsservicetohumanity.Theyseck

proportion,unity,harmonyandgraceinliteraryexpressions,inaneffortto

delight,instructandcorrecthumanbeings.Thusapolite,elegant,witty,and

intellectualartdeveloped.

46、【问答题】JaneEyreisoneofthemostpopularandimportantnovelsofthe

VictorianAge.WhyisJaneEyresuchasuccessfulnovel?

答案：A.Itisnotedforitsshampcriticismoftheexistingsociety.B.Itis

anintensemoralfable.C.Thesuccessofthenovelisalsoduetoits

introductiontotheEnglishnovelthefirstgovernessheroine.

47、【问答题】WhoarethethreedominantfiguresoftheAmericanAgeofRealism

andwhatarethedifferencesintheirunderstandingofthe“truth”?

答案：A.WilliamDeanHowells,MarkTwain.HenryJames.B.MarkTwainand

Howellsseemedtohavepaidmoreattentiontothe"life"ofthe

Americans.Howellsfocusedhisdiscussionontherisingmiddleclassandtheway

theylived:MarkTwainpreferredtohavehisownregionandpeopleatthe

forefrontofhisstoriesHenryJameshadapparentlylaidagreateremphasison

the"innerworld"ofman.

48、【问答题】What'sDreiser'snaturalisticbelief?Pleasediscussthequestion

withCarrie,acharacterinSisterCarrieasanexample.

答案：A.Dreiserbelievesthatwhilemenarecontrolledandconditionedby

heredity,instinctandchance,afewextraordinaryandunsophisticatedhuman

beingsrefusetoaccepttheirfatewordlesslyandinsteadstrive,

unsuccessfully,tofindmeaningandpurposefortheirexistence.B.Carrie,as

oneofsuch,sensesthatsheismerelyacipherinanuncaringworldvelseeks

tograspthemysteriesoflifeandtherebysatisfiesherdesiresforsocial

statusandmaterialcomfort,butinspiteofhersuccess,sheislonelyand

dissatisfied.

49、【问答题】BrieflydiscussWilliamShakespeare'sartisticachievements

incharacterization,plotconstructionandlanguage.

答案：A.Shakespeare'smajorcharactersareneithermerelyindividualonesnor

typeones;theyrepresentcertain