2006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】Readingmakethafullman,conferenceareadyman,andwritinga(n)

______man.ThesentenceisquotedfromBacon'sOfStudies.

intelligent

exact

A:

thrifty

B:

eloquent

C:

答D:案：B

2、【单选题】ThoughJohnDonne'spoemswerenotwellacceptedinhislifetime,

theearly20thcenturysawarenewedinterestinhimandother______poets.

sentimental

rational

A:

metaphysical

B:

neoclassical

C:

答D:案：C

3、【单选题】In______ofGulliver'sTravels,JonathanSwiftsatirizesthe

westerncivilizationincludingfalseillusionsaboutscience,philosophy,history

andevenimmortality.

thefirstvoyagetoLilliput

thesecondvoyagetoBrobdingnag

A:

thethirdvoyagetotheFlyingIsland

B:

thefourthvoyagetoHouyhnhnmland

C:

答D:案：C

4、【单选题】Asarealistdramatist,GeorgeBernardShawisconcernedwith

social.economic,moralandreligiousproblemsinhisworks.Thegeneralmood

heexpressedinhisplaysis______.

indignation

satisfaction

A:

optimism

B:

pessimism

C:

D:

答案：A

5、【单选题】Christian,FaithfulandPliablearetheliteraryfiguresin______.

DanielDefoe'sMollFlanders

JohnBunyan'sThePilgrim'sProgress

A:

RichardBrinsleySheridan'sTheSchoolforScandal

B:

JonathanSwift'sGulliver'sTravels

C:

答D:案：B

6、【单选题】“Theboastofheraldry,thepompofpower,Andallthatbeauty,

allthatwealthe'ergave,Awaitsaliketheinevitablehour.Thepathsofglory

leadbuttothegrave.”Thisstanzaisquotedfrom______.

JohnMilton'sParadiseLost

EdmundSpenser'sTheFaerieQueene

A:

ThomasGray'sElegyWritteninCountryChurchyard

B:

JohnKeats'sOdeonaGrecianUrn

C:

答D:案：C

7、【单选题】InThomasHardy'sworks,theconflictbetweentheoldandthe

modernisverypervasive.Hisattitudetowardthosetraditionalcharactersis

______.

contempt

sympathetic

A:

indifferent

B:

interested

C:

答D:案：B

8、【单选题】Doyouthink,becauseIampoor,obscure,plain,andlittle,Iam

soullessandheartless?-Youthinkwrong!Ihaveasmuchsoulasyou-andfullas

muchheart!...Thispartofquotationcomesfrom______.

G.B.Shaw'sMrs.Warren'sProfession

JohnGalsworthy'sTheManofProperty

A:

CharlotteBronte'sJaneEyre

B:

JaneAusten'sPrideandPrejudice

C:

答D:案：C

9、【单选题】Inthelatenineteenthcentury,modernismflourishedinEnglish

literature.Unlikemodernpoetsandnovelists,moderndramatists______.

showednotonlysatiricalattitudetowardbourgeoisclass,butalso

optimisticemotiontowardlife

A:

didnotmakesomanyinnovationsintechniquesandforms

inheritedtheromanticfuzzinessandself-indulgedemotionalism

B:

tooktheirrationalphilosophyandthetheoryofpsycho-analysisas

C:

itstheoreticalbase

D:

答案：B

10、【单选题】Relationshipsdon'tseemtoturnoutoverlywellinWuthering

Heights.Whichcouplefinallygetstheirhappyending?

LintonandCathy

HeatheliffandCatherine

A:

HaretonandCathy

B:

EdgarandCatherine

C:

答D:案：C

11、【单选题】Thedepthandpassionofitsearnestglance,Buttomyselfthey

turned(sincenoneputsbyThecurtainIhavedrawnforyou,butI)...This

partisquotedfromRobertBrowning'sMyLastDuchess."Here"you"refersto______.

FraPandolf

readers

A:

theDuke

B:

theemissary

C:

答D:案：D

12、【单选题】Insubjectmatter,WilliamWordsworth'spoemshavetwomajor

concerns.Oneisaboutnature.Theotherisabout______.

FrenchRevolution

literarytheory

A:

death

B:

commonlifeofordinarypeople

C:

答D:案：D

13、【单选题】ThroughthecharacterofElizabethJaneAustenemphasizesthe

importanceof______forwomen.

marriage

A:

physicalattractiveness

independenceandself-confidence

B:

submissivecharacter

C:

答D:案：C

14、【单选题】AlexanderPopeiswellknownforthestyleofbitingsatire.His

bestsatiricworkis______.

AnEssayonCriticism

TheDunciad

A:

AnEssayonMan

B:

TheRapeoftheLock

C:

答D:案：B

15、【单选题】______isnaturalmeansofwritinginrevealingtheprince'sinner

conflictandpsychologicalpredicamentinShakespeare'sHamlet.

Dialogue

Soliloquy

A:

Dramaticmonologue

B:

Satire

C:

答D:案：B

16、【单选题】TheheroofoneofhismainworksisanIsrael'smightychampion,

blind,alone,andfightingagainsthisthoughtlessenemies.Thishero'sexperience

isincloseresemblancetothepoethimself.Thepoet'snameis______.

JohnMilton

JohnBunyan

A:

EdmundSpenser

B:

ChristopherMarlowe

C:

答D:案：A

17、【单选题】ThemajorthemeofJaneAusten'snovelsisloveandmarriage.

WhichofthefollowingisnotacouplethatappearedinPrideandPrejudice?

CatherineandHeatheliff

LydiaandWickham

A:

JaneandBinley

B:

CharlotteandCollins

C:

D:

答案：A

18、【单选题】Thesentence"threeorfourfamiliesinacountryvillagearethe

verythingtoworkon"canbestreflectthewriter'spersonalknowledgeandrange

ofwriting.Thiswriteris______.

WalterScott

ThomasHardy

A:

JaneEyre

B:

JaneAusten

C:

答D:案：D

19、【单选题】ThefirstmassmovementoftheEnglishworkingclasswas

______,whichsignifiedtheawakeningofthepooroppressedpeople.

EnlightenmentMovement

EnclosureMovement

A:

ChartistMovement

B:

RomanticMovement

C:

答D:案：C

20、【单选题】In______,JamesJoyceintendedtorecordthefouraspectsofthe

moralhistoryofhiscountry,namelychildhood,adolescence,maturityandpublic

life.

Dubliners

Ulysses

A:

APortraitoftheArtistasaYoungMan

B:

FinnegansWake

C:

答D:案：A

21、【单选题】InSonsandLovers,D.H.LawrencepresentedPaulasa(n)______

manandartist.

independent

ambitious

A:

strong-willed

B:

sensitive

C:

答D:案：D

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

laterones.

aphilosophicalandemotionalcalm

asetofhistorical,culturalandreligiousthemes

A:

adreamyquality,expressingmelancholyandself-indulgentfeelings

B:

amoodofdisillusionmentandthesufferingsofmodernpeople

C:

答D:案：D

23、【单选题】BeingaperiodofthegreatfloweringoftheAmericanliterature,

theRomanticperiodisalsocalled"______".

theAmericanEnlightenment

theAmericanRenaissance

A:

theAmericanOptimisticMovement

B:

theAmericanLiteraryRevolution

C:

答D:案：B

24、【单选题】Thedesireforanescapefrom______andaretumnto______became

apermanentconventionoftheAmericanliterature.

theoutside...thefamilylife

thefamilylife...theoutside

A:

nature..society

B:

society...nature

C:

答D:案：D

25、【单选题】______isworththehonorofbeing"theAmericanGoldsmith"forhis

literarycraftsmanship.

WaltWhitman

NathanielHawthorne

A:

WashingtonIrving

B:

RalphWaldoEmerson

C:

答D:案：C

26、【单选题】Emersonrejectedboththeformalreligionofthechurchesandthe

Deisticphilosophy;insteadhebasedhisreligiononanintuitivebeliefinan

ultimateunity,whichhecalledthe"______".

over-soul

super-man

A:

godlyman

B:

C:

intuition

答D:案：A

27、【单选题】Mostpeopleconsider______anunofficialmanifestoforthe

"TranscendentalClub”.

Nature

Self-Reliance

A:

TheAmericanScholar

B:

TheDial

C:

答D:案：A

28、【单选题】TheBirthmarkdriveshomesymbolicallyHawthorne'spointthat"

______"isman'sbirthmark,somethingheisbornwith.

goodness

gratefulness

A:

evil

B:

bitterness

C:

答D:案：C

29、【单选题】______believedhehadturnedthepoemintoanopenfield,anarea

ofvitalpossibilitywherethereadercouldallowhisownimaginationtoplay.

Whitman

Paine

A:

Pound

B:

Longfellow

C:

答D:案：A

30、【单选题】CavalryCrossingFordbyWhitmanremindsitsreadersofapicture,

oraphoto,ofasceneof______.

theAmericanWarofIndependece

theWestwardMovement

A:

theU.S.-SpanishWar

B:

theAmericanCivilWar

C:

答D:案：D

31、【单选题】WhichoneofthefollowingstatementsisNOTtrueofIndianCamp

byHemingway?

AyoungIndianwomanhadbeentryingtohaveherbabyfortwodays.

Nick'sfatherdeliveredthiswomanofababybyCaesariansection,withajack-

A:

knifeandwithoutanesthesia.

B:

NickwitnessedtheviolenceofbothbirthanddeathintheIndiancamp.

Thiswoman'shusbandwasmurderedwhileshewasinlabor.

C:

答D:案：D

32、【单选题】WhichoneofthefollowingstatementsaboutHawthorne'sThe

ScarletLetteristrue?

Hawthorneintendedtotellalovestoryinthisnovel.

Hawthorneintendedtotellastoryofsininthisnovel.

A:

Hawthorneintendedtorevealthehumanpsycheaftertheysinned,soasto

B:

showpeoplethetensionbetweensocietyandindividuals.

C:

Hawthornefocusedhisattentiononconsequencesofthesinonthepeople

ingeneral,soastocallthereadersbacktotheconventionalPuritanwayofliving.

D:

答案：C

33、【单选题】______isagreatliterarygiantofAmerica,whomMencken

considered"thetruefatherofournationalliterature.

TheodoreDreiser

BretHarte

A:

MarkTwain

B:

W.D.Howells

C:

答D:案：C

解析：教材477第一段。马克.吐温是美国文学巨匠，门肯认为他是”真正的我们民族文

学之父“。

34、【单选题】ThechildhoodofTomSawyerandHuckFinnintheMississippiisa

recordofvanishedwayoflifeinthe______Mississippivalleyandithas

movedmillionsofpeopleofdifferentagesandconditionsallovertheworld.

early16thcentury

late16thcentury

A:

post-CivilWar

B:

pre-CivilWar

C:

答D:案：D

解析：汤姆·索亚和哈克贝利·芬在密西西比河上度过的童年是内战前该条河谷生活方式

的实录，感动了数以百万计的各种年龄的人。答案为D(P479)。

35、【单选题】In1915______becameanaturalizedBritishcitizen,largelyin

protestagainstAmerica'sfailuretojoinEnglandintheFirstWorldWar.

T.S.Eliot

HenryJames

A:

W.D.Howells

B:

GeorgeEliot

C:

答D:案：B

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。

36、【单选题】PerhapsDickinson'sgreatestrenderingofthemomentof______is

tobefoundin"IheardFlybuzz-whenIdied-",apoemuniversallyconsideredone

ofhermasterpieces.

enthusiasm

death

A:

crisis

B:

fantasy

C:

答D:案：B

37、【单选题】AllenGinsberg,whose"Howl"becamethemanifestoof______.

theWestwardMovement

theUtopianMovement

A:

theBeatMovement

B:

theDeisticMovement

C:

答D:案：C

解析：垮掉的一代成员是新的波希米亚自由主义者，他们从事一种自发的，有时是混乱的

创造力。(2)垮掉派作家创作了一批有争议的作品，既有对不符合的鼓吹，也有对其不合

格的风格的抨击。(3)主要的打字作品是艾伦·金斯堡的嚎叫。嚎叫成了垮掉的一代的宣

言。

38、【单选题】WhentheWorldWarbrokeout,______beganworkingfortheItalian

government,engagedinsomeradiobroadcastsofanti-Semitismandpro-Fascism.

Pound

T.S.Eliot

A:

HenryJames

B:

Frost

C:

答D:案：A

39、【单选题】Frost'sfirstcollectionAboy'sWill,whoselyricstraceaboy's

developmentfromself-centeredidealismtomaturity,ismarkedbyanintense

butrestrainedemotionandthecharacteristicflavorof______.

NewEnglandlife

Englandlife

A:

theSouthernAmericanlife

B:

theWesternAmericanlife

C:

答D:案：A

40、【单选题】Mostcriticshaveagreedthat______isbothaninsiderandan

outsideroftheJazzAgewithadoublevision.

Fitzgerald

Frost

A:

Cummings

B:

Hemingway

C:

答D:案：A

41、【问答题】Norlosepossessionofthatfairthouow'st;NorshallDeathbrag

thouwander'stinhisshade,Whenineternallinestotimethougrow'st:So

longasmencanbreathe,oreyescansee,Solonglivesthis,andthisgives

lifetothee.Questions:A.Identifytheauthorandthetitleofthepoemfrom

whichthispartistaken.B.Whatdoesthewordthis"inthelastlinereferto?

C.Whatideadothequotedlinesexpress?

答案：A.Shakespeare;"ShallICompareTheetoaSummer'sDay""Sonnet18"

B."This"referstothepoemC.Whenyouareinmyetemalpoetry,youareeven

withtime.Anicesummer'sdayisusuallytransient,butthebeautyinpoetry

canlastforever.

42、【问答题】NorthRichmondStreet,beingblind,wasaquietstreetexceptat

thehourwhentheChristianBrothers'Schoolsettheboysfree.Anuninhabited

houseoftwostoreysstoodattheblindend,detachedfromitsneighboursina

squareground.Theotherhousesofthestreet,consciousofdecentliveswithin

them,gazedatoneanotherwithbrownimperturbablefaces.Questions:A.Identify

theauthorandthetitleofthestoryfromwhichthispartistaken.B.What

figureofspeechisusedinthispassage?C.Whattonedoesthequotedpassage

setforthewholestory?IshallbetellingthiswithasighSomewhereagesand

ageshence:Tworoadsdivergedinawood,andI-Itooktheonelesstraveled

by,"Andthathasmadethedifference."Questions:A.Identifytheauthorand

thetitleofthepoemfromwhichthequotedlinesaretaken.B.Whatadditional

meaningdothetworoadshave?C.Whatdilemmaisthespeakerfacing?

答案：A.JamesJoyce,ArabyB.PersonificationC.Thispassagesetsatoneof

melancholy.Thesceneisdrab,desolateandlifeless.

43、【问答题】IshallbetellingthiswithasighSomewhereagesandageshence:

Tworoadsdivergedinawood,andI-Itooktheonelesstraveledby,Andthat

hasmadethedifference."Questions:A.Identifytheauthorandthetitleofthe

poemfromwhichthequotedlinesaretaken.B.Whatadditionalmeaningdothetwo

roadshave?C.Whatdilemmaisthespeakerfacing?

答案：A.RobertFrost,"TheRoadNotTaken"B.Lifeisherecomparedtoa

joumey.Thetworoadsstandforthechoiceonehastomakeatacriticalmoment

inhislife.C.Sincewheretheroadleadstoisuncertain,onehastowaitto

seetheresultofthechoiceuntilone'slifeiscomingtoanend.Thenitwill

betoolate.Thespeakeracknowledgthelimitsoflife,yetheindulgeshimself

inthenotionthatwecouldbereallydifferentfromwhatwehavebecome,

becauselifeisunpredictable.

44、【问答题】...OnlyMissEmily'shousewasleftliftingitsstubbornand

coquettishdecayabovethecottonwagonsandthegasolinepumps-aneyesoreamong

eyesores.Questions:A.Identifytheauthorandthetitleofthestoryfrom

whichthequotedlinesaretaken.B.Whatisthemeaningofaneyesoreamong

eyesores"?C.Whatdoesthisquotedpassageindicate?

答案：A.Faulkner,ARoseforEmilyB.Themostunpleasantthingtolookat.

C.Thehouseisaperfectmirrorimageoftheownerwhoisstubborn

andcoquettishanddeliberatelydetachesherselffromthecommunallifein

thissmalltown.

45、【问答题】NovumOrganum,alongwithotherworks,wontheauthorthe

honor"Fatherofmodernscience.Whatisthenameoftheauthor?Whatisthemain

concernofthiswork?Whyistheworksoimportantforthedevelopmentcmodern

science?

答案：A.FrancisBaconNovimnOrganumistreatiseonmethodology.B.The

argumentisfortheuseofinductivemethodofreasoninginscientificstudy.

C.Baconexpoundsthefourgreatfalseconceivingsthatbesetmen'smind

andpreventthemfromseekingthetruth.D.Headvocatestheinductive

reasoninginplaceofthedeductivereasoning.E.Byputtingforwardthis

theory,Baconshowsthenewempiricalattitudestowardtruthaboutnature.

F.Hebravelychallengesthemedievalscholasticists.

46、【问答题】EnglishRomanticismisgenerallysaidtohavebegunin1798with

thepublicationofWordsworthandColeridge'sLyricalBallads.WhyisLyrical

BalladsconsideredthemilestonetomarkthebeginningofEnglishRomanticism?

答案：A.Inthisbook,WordsworthandColeridgeexplorednewtheoriesand

innovatednewtechniquesinpoetrywriting.B.TheprefacetotheLyrical

Balladsactsasamanifestoforthenewschool.Inthepreface,Wordsworth

definespoetryandpoets.C.Wordsworth'spoemsinthisbookdifferinmarked

waysfromhisearlypoetry:simplicityoftheLanguage,sympathyforthepoor,

andexpressionsofinwardstatesofmind.

47、【问答题】WhitmanisoneoftherepresentativepoetsinAmerica.Heemploys

brand-newmeansinhispoetry.Whatarethefeaturesofhispoetry?

答案：A.Hispoetiestyleismarkedbytheuseofthepoetic"I".B.He

adopted"freeverse",poetrywithoutafixedbeatorregularrhymescheme.

C.Theimageinhispoemsareunconventional.D.HeusesoralEnglish.E.His

vocabularyisamazingF.Parallelismandphoneticrecurrenceareusedatthe

beginningofthelines.

48、【问答题】MarkTwainandHenryJamesaretworepresentativesofthe

realisticwritersinAmericanliterature.HowisTwain'srealismdifferentfrom

James'srealism?

答案：A.MarkTwain'srealismistaintedwithlocalcolor,preferringtohave

hisownregionandpeopleattheforefrontofhisstories.B.James'srealism

isconceredwiththe"innerworld"ofman.C.James'srealismisalsoconcerned

withtheintemationaltheme.D.Twain'slanguageissimpleandcolloquial

E.Twainemployshumorinhiswriting.F.James'slanguageiselaborateand

refinedwithlengthypsychologicalanalyses.

49、【问答题】UndertheinfluenceoftheleadingromanticthinkerslikeKantand

thePost-Kantians,Romanticistsdemonstratedstrongreactionagainstthedominant

modesofthinkingofthe18thcentury'sNeo-classicistsDiscuss,inrelationto

theworksyouknow,thedifferencebetweenRomanticismandNeo-classicism.

答案：A.Neo——classicistsupheldthatartisticidealsshouldbeorder,

logic,restrainedemotionandaccuracy,andthatliteratureshouldbejudgedin

termsofitsservicetohumanity,andthus,literaryexpressionsshouldbe

ofproportion,unityharm