2005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】themostsignificantideaoftheRenaissanceis____.

humanism

realism

A:

naturalism

B:

skepticism

C:

答D:案：A

2、【单选题】Shakespeare'stragediesincludeallthefollowingexcept____.

HamletandKinglear

AntonyandCleopatraandMacbeth

A:

JuliusCaesarandOthello

B:

TheMerchantofVeniceandAMidsummerNight'sDream

C:

答D:案：D

3、【单选题】Thestatement"Studiesservefordelight，forornament，andfor

ability”opensoneofwell-knownessaysby____.

FrancisBacon

SamuelJohnson

A:

AlexanderPope

B:

JonathanSwift

C:

答D:案：A

4、【单选题】InHardy'sWessexnovels，thereisanapparent____touchinhis

descriptionofthesimplethoughprimitiverurallife．

nostalgic

humorous

A:

romantic

B:

ironic

C:

答D:案：A

5、【单选题】Backbite，Sneerwell，andLadyTeazlearecharactersintheplaythe

SchoolforScandalby____.

ChristopherMarlowe

BenJonson

A:

RichardBrinsleySheridan

B:

GeorgeBernardShaw

C:

答D:案：C

6、【单选题】Ofallthe18centurynovelistsHenryFieldingwasthefirsttoset

out，bothintheoryandpractice，towritespecificallya“____inprose,”the

firsttogivethemodernnovelitsstructureandstyle.

tragicepic

comicepic

A:

romance

B:

lyricepic

C:

答D:案：B

7、【单选题】Inhispoem“Tyger,Tyger，”WilliamBlakeexpresseshisperception

ofthe“fearfulsymmetry”ofthebigcat．Thephrase“fearful

Symmetry”suggests____.

thetiger'stwoeyesWhicharedazzlinglybrightandSymmetricallyset

thepoet'sfearofthepredator

A:

theanalogyofthehammerandtheanvil

B:

theharmonyofthetwooppositeaspectsofGod’screation

C:

答D:案：D

8、【单选题】“Whatishisname?”“Bingley.”“IshemarriedorSingle?”

“Oh!Single，mydear,tobesure!ASinglemanoflargefortune；fouror

fivethousandayear．Whatafinethingforourgirls!”Theabovedialoguemust

betakenfrom____.

JaneAusten'sprideandprejudice

EmilyBronte'sWutheringHeights

A:

JohnGalsworthy'sTheForsyteSaga

B:

GeorgeEliot'sMiddlemarch

C:

答D:案：A

9、【单选题】Theshortstory“Araby”isoneofthestoriesinJamesJoyce's

collection____.

APortraitoftheArtistasaYoungMan

A:

ulysses

FinnegansWake

B:

Dubliners

C:

答D:案：D

10、【单选题】WillamWordsworth，aromanticpoet，advocatedallthefollowing

except____.

theusingofeverydaylanguageSpokenbythecommonpeople

theexpressionoftheSpontaneousoverflowofpowerfulfeelings

A:

thehumbleandrusticlifeassubjectmatter

B:

elegantwordingandinflatedfiguresofspeech

C:

答D:案：D

11、【单选题】HerearetwolinestakenfromTheMerchantofvenice：“Notonthy

sole，butonthysoul，harshJew/Thoumak’stthyknifekeen．”Whatkindof

figurativedeviceisusedintheabovelines?

Simile

Metonymy．

A:

Pun.

B:

Synecdoche．

C:

答D:案：C

12、【单选题】IfWintercomes，canSpringbefarbehind?”isanepigrammatic

lineby____.

J．Keats

W．Blake

A:

W.Wordsworth

B:

P.B．Shelley

C:

答D:案：D

解析：“冬天来了，春天还会远吗?”这是雪莱的一句警句。

13、【单选题】Thepoemssuchas，“TheChimneySweeper”arefoundinbothSongs

oflnnocenceandSongsofExperienceby____.

WilliamWordsworth

WilliamBlake

A:

JohnKeats

B:

C:

LordGordonByron

答D:案：B

14、【单选题】JohnBunyan'sPilgrim’sProgressisoftenregardedasatypical

exampleof____.

allegory

romance

A:

epicinprose

B:

fable

C:

答D:案：A

解析：本题考查20世纪20年代的美国。根据课本P210可知，1919年和1920年的红色恐

怖是美国不容民族主义的典型例子。

15、【单选题】AlexanderPopestronglyadvocatedneoclassicism，emphasizingthat

literaryworksshouldbejudgedby____rulesoforder,reason，logic，restrained

emotion，goodtasteanddecorum．

classical

romantic

A:

sentimental

B:

allegorical

C:

答D:案：A

解析：(P92.para.3)本题的考查点是坐作者所属文学流派的问题，同时也考查了文学流派

的特点。蒲伯属于英国新古典主义时期的重要作家，是新古典主义流派的鼎力支持者。

16、【单选题】Inhisessay“OfStudies，”BaconSaid：“Somebooksaretobe

tasted，otherstobeswallowed，andsomefewtobechewedand____.

skimmed

perfected

A:

imitated

B:

digested

C:

答D:案：D

17、【单选题】“ForIhaveknownthemallalready,knownthemall--／Haveknown

theevenings，mornings，afternoons,/Ihavemeasuredoutmylifewith

coffeespoons．”Theabovelinesaretakenfrom____.

Wordsworth's“TheSolitaryReaper”

Eliot's“TheLoveSongofJ.AlfredPrufrock，”

A:

Coleridge's“KublaKhan”

B:

Yeats's“TheLakeIsleoflnnisfree”

C:

答D:案：B

18、【单选题】(The)____wasaprogressiveintellectualmovementthroughout

WesternEuropeinthe18century．

Romanticism

Humanism

A:

Enlightenment

B:

Sentimentalism

C:

答D:案：C

19、【单选题】AtypicalForsyte，accordingtoJohnGalsworthy,isamanwitha

strongsenseof____，whoneverpaysanyattentiontohumanfeelings．

morality

justice

A:

property

B:

humor

C:

答D:案：C

20、【单选题】ThetypicalfeatureofRobertBrowning`spoetryisthe_____.

bittersatire

larger-than-lifecaricature

A:

Latinizeddiction

B:

dramaticmonologue

C:

答D:案：D

21、【单选题】GeorgeBernardShaw’splay,Mrs.Warren’sprofessionisa

grotesquelyrealisticexposureofthe____.

slumlandlordism

politicalcorruptioninEngland

A:

economicoppressionofwomen

B:

religiouscorruptioninEngland

C:

答D:案：C

22、【单选题】ThestorystartingwiththemarriageofPaul’sparentsWalter

MorelandMrs．Morelmustbe____.

ThomasHardy’sTessoftheD’Urbervilles

D.H．Lawrence’sSonsandLovers

A:

GeorgeEliot’sMiddlemarch

B:

CharlotteBronte’sJaneEyre

C:

答D:案：B

23、【单选题】InAmericanliteraturethefirstimportantwriterwhoearnedan

internationalfameonbothsidesoftheAtlanticOceanis____.

WashingtonIrving

RalphWaldoEmerson

A:

NathanielHawthorne

B:

WaltWhitman

C:

答D:案：A

24、【单选题】TheAmericannovelistNathanielHawthorneisknownforhis“black

vision．”Theterm“blackvision”refersto____.

Hawthone'sobservationthateverymanfacesablackWall

Hawthorne'sbeliefthatallmenarebynatureevil

A:

thatHawthorneemployedadreamvisiontotellhisstory

B:

thatPuritansofHawthorne'stimeusuallyworeblackclothes

C:

答D:案：B

解析：霍桑的内心世界是极其不安、痛苦的。这与他的“黑暗”的人生观有关。霍桑认

为，人人内心都有邪恶，这种邪恶也许一生都潜藏在内心，但在一定的条件下就表现出

来。答案为B(P431)。

25、【单选题】TheodoreDreiserwasoncecriticizedforhis____inStyle，butas

atrueartisthisstrengthjustliesinthathisstyleisveryseriousandwell

calculatedtoachievethethematicendshesought.

crudeness

elegance

A:

conciseness

B:

subtlety

C:

答D:案：A

解析：德莱塞的创作风格一直有争议，行文不够简洁，句子结构不自然，用词不准确，但

内容严肃，与表现主题十分相符。答案为A(P527)。

26、【单选题】“Heisthelastoftheromanticheroes，whoseenergyandsense

ofcommitmenttakehiminsearchofhispersonalGrail；hisfailuremagnifiestoa

greatextenttheendoftheAmericanDream．”TheCharacterreferredtointhe

passageismostlikelytheprotagonistof____.

Fitzgerald’sTheGreatGatsby

Dreiser'sAnAmericanTragedy

A:

Hemingway'sForWhomtheBellTolls

B:

Twain'sTheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinn

C:

答D:案：A

解析：文中提到的人物可能是菲茨杰拉德小说《了不起的盖茨比》中的主人公。

27、【单选题】AlmostallFaulkner`sheroesturnedouttobetragicbecause____.

allenjoyedlivinginthedecliningAmericanSouth

noneofthemwasconditionedbythecivilizationandSocialinstitutions

A:

mostofthemwereprisonersofthepast

B:

noneweresuccessfulintheirattempttoexplaintheinexplicable

C:

答D:案：C

解析：几乎所有福克纳的英雄都是悲剧性的，因为他们中的大多数都是过去的囚犯。

28、【单选题】Yank，theprotagonistofEugeneO`Neill`splayTheHairy

Ape,talkedtothegorillaandsetitfreebecause____.

hewasmad，mistakingabeastforahuman

hewastoldbythewhiteyoungladythathewaslikeabeastandhewanted

A:

toseehowcloselyheresembledthegorilla

B:

hewascagedwiththegorillaafterheinsultedanaristocraticstroller

heCouldfeelthekinshiponlyWiththebeast

C:

答D:案：D

29、【单选题】In____，RobertFrostcompareslifetoajourney,andheisdoubtful

whetherhewillregrethischoiceornotwhenheisold，becausethechoicehas

madeallthedifference．

“AfterApple-Picking”

A:

“TheRoadNOTTaken”

“STOPPingbyWoodsonaSnowyEvening”

B:

“FireandIce”

C:

答D:案：B

解析：在《未选择的路》一书中，罗伯特·弗罗斯特将人生比作一场旅行，他怀疑自己是

否会在年老时后悔自己的选择，因为选择已经使一切变得不同。

30、【单选题】ThoughWaltWhitmanandEmilyDickinsonwereromanticpoetsin

themeandtechnique，theydifferfromeachotherinavarietyofways．Forone

thing，whereasWhitmanlikestokeephiseyeonhumanSocietyatlarge，

Dickinsonoftenaddressessuchissuesas____，immortality,religion，loveand

nature．

progress

freedom

A:

beauty

B:

death

C:

答D:案：D

31、【单选题】TheRomanticwritersWouldfocusonallthefollowingissues

EXCEPTthe_____intheAmericanliteraryhistory．

individualfeeling

survivalofthefittest

A:

strongimagination

B:

returntonature

C:

答D:案：B

解析：美国浪漫主义文学时期的大多数美国文学作品中，普遍强调文学的想象力和情感因

素，注重生动的描写、异国情调的表达、感官的体会和对超自然力的描述。美国作家特别

注重感情的自由表达和人物的心理描写。答案为B(P400)。

32、【单选题】Generallyspeaking，allthosewriterswithanaturalisticapproach

tohumanrealitytendtobe____.

transcendentalists

optimists

A:

pessimists

B:

idealists

C:

D:

答案：C

33、【单选题】WithHowells，James，andMarkTwainactiveontheliteraryscene，

____becamethemajortrendinAmericanliteratureintheseventiesandeighties

ofthe19thcentury．

Sentimentalism

Romanticism

A:

Realism

B:

Naturalism

C:

答D:案：C

解析：随着豪威尔斯、詹姆斯和马克·吐温活跃在文学舞台上，现实主义成为19世纪七

八十年代美国文学的主要趋势。(P474)

34、【单选题】AmericanwritersafterWorldWarIself-consciouslyacknowledged

thattheywere(a)“____，”devoidoffaithandalienatedfromtheWestern

civilization．

LostGeneration

BeatGeneration

A:

SonsofLiberty

B:

AngryYoungMen

C:

答D:案：A

解析：第一次世界大战爆发时，许多年轻人志愿参加战争以使战争结束，但结杲是参加现

代战争并不是他们以为的那样光荣。由于他们已厌倦美国那种轻浮、贪婪的生活，于是开

始写作他们的战争经历。这批年轻人成了美国文学，尤其是现代文学中的杰出作家。他们

移居法国巴黎，与欧洲小说家一起尝试用新的方式表达思想。这批作家后来被美国作家斯

坦恩称为“迷惘的一代”。答案为A(P547)。

35、【单选题】In____，WashingtonIrvingagreeswiththeprotagonistonhis

preferenceofthepasttothepresent，andofadream-likeworldtothereal

world．

“YoungGoodmanBrown”

“RipVanWinkle”

A:

“Rappaccini’sDaughter”

B:

“Bartleby，theScrivener”

C:

答D:案：B

36、【单选题】HesterPrynne，Dimmesdale，ChillingworthandPearlaremostlikely

charactersin

TheHouseoftheSevenGables

TheScarletLetter

A:

ThePortraitofaLady

B:

Thepioneers

C:

答D:案：B

解析：海丝特·白兰、丁梅斯代尔、奇林沃思和珠儿都是《红字》里的角色。答案为

B(P434)。

37、【单选题】LikeNathanielHawthorne，____alsomanagestoachievetheeffect

ofambiguitythroughsymbolismandallegoryinhisnarratives．

MarkTwain

HenryJames

A:

R．W．Emerson

B:

HermanMelville

C:

答D:案：D

解析：同霍桑一样，麦尔维尔也是隐喻和象征艺术大师。答案为D。P461

38、【单选题】Inhisrealisticfiction，HenryJames'sprimaryconcernisto

presentthe____.

innerlifeofhumanbeings

AmericanCivilWaranditseffects

A:

lifeontheMississippiRiver

B:

CalvinisticviewoforiginalSin

C:

答D:案：A

39、【单选题】WhichofthefollowingisNOTatypicalfeatureofMarkTwain's

writingstyle?

Simplevernacular.

LocalColor．

A:

Lengthypsychologicalanalyses

B:

Richnessofironyandhumor．

C:

答D:案：C

40、【单选题】WhichofthefollowingstatementsaboutE．Grierson，the

protagonistinFaulkner'sstory“ARoseforEmily,”isNOTtrue?

Shehasadistortedpersonality．

Sheisphysicallydeformedandparalyzed．

A:

SheisthesymboloftheoldvaluesoftheSouth．

B:

Sheisthevictimofthepastglory．

C:

答D:案：B

41、【问答题】“Wordsarelikeleaves；andwheretheymostabound，Muchfruit

ofsensebeneathisrarelyfound”Questions：A．Identifythepoemandthe

poet.B．Whatideadothetwolinesexpress?

答案：A.AlexanderPope:AnEssayonCriticism.B.Onfruittrees,whereleaves

areplentiful,fruitwillbefew.Similarly,inapieceofwriting,wheretoo

manyfinewordsareused,goodsensewillbemuchreduced.

42、【问答题】“Tobesodistinguished，isanhonor，which，beingverylittle

accustomedtofavorsfromthegreat，Iknownotwellhowtoreceive，orinwhat

termstoacknowledge．”Questions：A.Identifytheworkandthe

author．B．Whatisthetoneoftheauthor?

答案：A.SamuelJohnson:"TotheRightHonorabletheEarlofChesterfield",

or"LettertoLordChesterfield."B.Sarcasticandironic.

43、【问答题】“'Faith!Faith!’criedthehusband．‘LookuptoHeaven，and

resisttheWickedOne．'”Questions：A．Identifytheworkandthe

author．B．Whatideadoesthequotedsentenceexpress?

答案：A.NathanielHawthorne:"YoungGoodmanBrown".B.GoodmanBrownhereis

obviouslyaddressingtheimageofhiswife,urginghertoresistthedevil.At

thesametimeheisexhortinghimselftohavefaith,tolookheavenward,to

withstandtheinfernaleloquenceoftheWickedOne.

44、【问答题】“Wepassedtheschool，whereChildrenStroveAtRecess--inthe

Ring-—WepassedtheFieldsofGazingGrain--WepassedtheSettingSun---”

Questionss:A．Identifythepoemandthepoet.B．Whatdo“theSchool，”

“theFields”and“theSettingSun”Standforrespectively?

答案：A.EmilyDickinson:(712)or"BecauseIcouldnotstopforDeath".B.The

threestagesoflife:childhood,adulthoodandoldage.

45、【问答题】Asarule，anallegoryisastoryinverseorprosewithadouble

meaning：asurfacemeaning，andanimpliedmeaning．Listtwoworksasexamples

ofallegory．Whatistheimpliedmeaninganallegoryisusuallyconcernedwith?

答案：A.Bunyan'sPilgrim'sProgressandSpenser'sTheFaerieQueene,etc.B.It

isusuallyconceredwithmoral,religious,political,symbolicormythical

ideas.

46、【问答题】“Letitnotbesupposedbytheenemiesof‘theSystem,’that

duringtheperiodofhissolitaryincarceration，Oliverwasdeniedthebenefitof

exercise，thepleasureofsociety，ortheadvantagesofreligiousconsolation．”

WhatdoyouthinkCharlesDickensintendstosayintheaboveironic

statementtakenfromOliverTwist?

答案：A.Thesentenceisatypicalexampleofirony.WhatDickensintendsto

sayisjusttheoppositeofthesentence'sliteralmeaning.B.Forthe

"benefit"ofexercise,Oliverwaswhippedeverymorninginastoneyard;forthe

"pleasure"ofsociety,hewascarriedeveryotherdayintothedininghalland

floggedasapublicwarningandexampletotheboys;andasforthe

"advantages"ofreligiousconsolation,hewaskickedintothesameapartment

everyeveningatprayertimeandlistenedtotheboys'prayertobeguarded

againsthissinsandvices.C.Theironicstatementis,infact,abitter

denunciationandfierceattackatthebrutal,inhumantreatmentofthepoor

orphanbytheworkhouseauthority.

47、【问答题】Whitmanhasmaderadicalchangesintheformofpoetrybychoosing

freeverseashismediumofexpression．WhatarethecharacteristicsofWhitman's

freeverse?

答案：A.Itdoesn'thavefixedbeatorregularrhymescheme.B.Thepoetic

linesaresimpleandprose-like,varyinginlength,whichallowshimtoexpress

hisideasfreely.C.WhitmanalsoappliesoralEnglishinhisfreeverseto

makeitaneffectivewaytoexpressfreelythefeelingsofcommonpeople.

48、【问答题】SomeofHemingway’sheroesareregardedastheHemingwaycode

heroes．Whateverthedifferencesinexperienceandage，theyallhavesomethingin

commonWhichHemingwayvalues．WhatarethecharacteristicsoftheHemingwaycode

hero?

答案：A.Theyhaveseenthecoldworldandforonecauseoranother,they

boldlyandcourageouslyfacethereality;whatevertheresultis,theyare

readytolivewithgraceunderpressure.B.Almostallhisheroesare

"soldiers"eitheranarroworbroadsense.Theyareouttheretofightagainst

natureortheworld,oreventhemselves.Butnomatterwherethebattleground

isandhowtragictheendingis,theywillneverbedefeated.C.Hemingway

himselfisoneofthoseCodeheroes;somecriticssayhisprotagonistsare

autobiographical,fortheysharesomethingthatisHemingway.

49、【问答题】ElizabethBennet，theheroineinPrideandPrejudice,isoften

regardedasthemostsuccessfulcharactercreatedbyJaneAusten.Makeabrief

commentonElizabeth’scharacter．

答案：A.Elizabethisclever,alert,observantSheismoreobservantand

lesscharitablethanJaneinrecognizingthecharactersofBingley'ssisters.

SherecognizesMr.Collins'characterinhisletterandaftermeetinghim

turnsdownfirmlyandwithdignityhispatronizingproposal.Sheisableto

matchwitswithDarcyseveraltimesandwithColonelFitzwilliam,eaming

theirrespectandadmiration.B.Fearlessandfrank,notrattledbytheattack

ofLadyCatherinedeBourgh,shewinsanotablevictory,sendingherLadyship

awaycompletelyrouted.Sheisindependentbutnotinfallibleinherjudgment-

takerinbythecharmoftheworthlessWickham.Shecannotbeblamedfor

misjudgingDarcy.C.Sheshowsflexibility,discerment,andhonestyofmind

whenshereadsDarcy'sdefenseinhisletterandadmitsthejusticeofmuchof

whathesays.Thusbeginningtoloseherprejudiceagainsthim.Sherecognizes

andvaluestrueworthwhensheencountersitinJane,theGardinersand,near

theendofthenovel,inDarcy.Sheseesmoreclearlythanherfatherthe

dangerofsendingLydiatoBrighton.D.Sheisabletocontrolheremotionsat

timesofstress-whenshefirstencountersDarcyatPemberley;when