2022年4月全国英美文学选读试题及答案

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2022年4月高等教育自学考试全国统一命题考试英美文学选读试卷+答案

PARTONE(40POINTS)

I.MultipleChoice(40pointsinall,1foreach)

Selectfromthefourchoicesofeachitemtheonethatbestanswersthequestionorcompletesthestatement.MarkyourchoicebyblackeningthecorrespondingletterA,B,CorDontheanswersheet.

1.Theworkthatpresented,forthefirsttimeinEnglishliterature,acomprehensiverealisticpictureofthemedievalEnglishsocietyandcreatedawholegalleryofvividcharactersfromallwalksoflifeismostlikely______.

A.WilliamLangland5sPiersPlowmanB.GeoffreyChaucer9sTheCanterburyTales

C.JohnGower5sConfessionAmantisD.SirGawainandtheGreenKnight

2.ThetragedyofDr.Faustus,theprotagonistinChristopherMarlowe'sTheTragicHistoryofDr.Faustus,istheveryfactthat______.

A.manisconfinedtotimeB.hetriedtojoinAfricatoSpainC.hebecameamanwithoutsoulafterhesoldit

D.heconjuredupHelen,theladywhowaspartiallyresponsibleforthebreaking-upoftheTrojanWar

3.ThesentenceShallIcomparetheetoasummer5sday?isthebeginninglineofoneofShakespeare)s______.

A.comediesB.tragediesC.sonnetsD.histories

4.ParadiseLostisactuallyastorytakenfrom

A.theRenaissanceB.theOldTestamentC.GreekMythologyD.theNewTestament

5.Spenser'smasterpiece______isagreatpoemofitstime.

A.TheFaerieQueeneB.TheShepheardesCalenderC.TheCanterburyTalksD.Metamorphoses

6._____istheessenceoftheRenaissance.

A.PoetryB.DramaC.HumanismD.Reason

7.ThemostfamousdramatistsintheRenaissanceEnglandareChristopherMarlowe,WilliamShakespeareand______.

A.JohnMiltonB.JohnMarloweC.BenJonsonD.EdmundSpenser

8.―Tobe,ornottobe—thatisthequestion‖isalinetakenfrom______.

A.HamletB.Othelloc.kingLearD.TheMerchantofVenice

9.FrancisBacon'sessaysarefamousfortheirbrevity,compactnessand______.

plicityB.comple*ityC.powerfulnessD.mildness

10.LiteratureofNeoclassicismisdifferentfromthatofRomanticisminthat______.

A.theformercelebratesreason,rationality,orderandinstructionwhilethelatterseesliteratureasane*pressionofanindividual?sfeelingande*periences

B.theformerisheavilyreligiousbutthelattersecular

C.theformerisanintellectualmovement,thepurposeofwhichistoarousethemiddleclassforpoliticalrightswhilethelatterisconcernedwiththepersonalcultivation

D.theformeradvocatesthereturntonaturewhereasthelatterturnstotheancientGreekandRomanwritersforitsmodels

11.DmielDefoedescribes______asatypicalEnglishMiddle-classmanoftheeighteenthcentury,theveryprototypeoftheempirebuilderorthepioneercolonist.

A.TomJonesB.GulliverC.MollFlandersD.RobinsonCrusoe

12.____isatypicalfeatureofSwift'swritings.

A.BittersatireB.ElegantstyleC.CasualnarrationD.Complicatedsentencestructure

13.ThePilgrim'sProgressbyJohnBunyanisoftensaidtobeconcernedwiththesearchfor______.

A.materialwealthB.spiritualsalvationC.universaltruthD.self–fulfillment

14.Ale*anderPopestronglyadvocated,emphasizingthatliteraryworksshouldbejudgedbyrulesoforder,reason,logic,restrainedemotion,goodtasteanddecorum.

A.SentimentalismB.RomanticismC.IdealismD.Neoclassicism

15.Metaphysicalpoetryreferstotheworksofthe17th-centurywriterswhowroteundertheinfluenceof______.

A.JohnDonneB.Ale*anderPopeC.ChristopherMarloweD.JohnMilton

16.ItisgenerallyregardedthatKeats9smostimportantandmaturepoemsareintheformof______.

A.odeB.elegyC.epicD.sonnet

17.______isthemostoutstandingstreamofconsciousnessnovelist,with______ashisencyclopedia-likemasterpiece.

A.JamesJoyce,UlyssesB.E.M.Foster,APassagetoIndiaC.D.H.Lawrence,SonsandLoversD.VirginiaWoolf,MrsDalloway

18.WhichofthefollowingpoemsisalandmarkinEnglishpoetry?

A.LyricalBalladsbyWilliamWordsworthandSamuelTaylorColeridgeB.IWanderedLonelyasaCloudbyWilliamWordsworth

C.RemorsebySamuelTaylorColeridgeD.LeavesofGrassWaltWhitman

19.TheliteraryformwhichisfullydevelopedandthemostflourishingduringtheRomanticPeriodis______.

A.proseB.dramaC.novelD.poetry

20.WhichofthefollowingpoembyT.S.Eliotishailedasalandmarkandamodelofthe20thcenturyEnglishpoetry?

A.Poems1909-1925B.TheHollowManC.PrufrockandOtherObservationsD.TheWasteLand

21.MyLastDuchessisapoemthatbeste*emplifierRobertBrowning's______.

A.sensitiveearforthesoundsoftheEnglishlanguageB.e*cellentchoiceofwords

C.masteringofthemetricaldevicesD.useofthedramaticmonologue

22.Dickens'worksarecharacterizedbyaminglingof______andpathos.

A.humorB.satireC.passionD.metaphor

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23.WaltWhitman,whose______establishedhimasthemostpopularAmericanpoetofthe19thcentury.

A.LeavesofGrassB.GoDown,MosesC.TheMarbleFaunD.AsILayDying

24.hasalwaysbeenregardedasawriterwho―perfectedthebestclassicstylethatAmericanLiteratureeverproduced.‖

A.EdgarEllenPoeB.WaltWhitmanC.HenryDavidThoreauD.WashingtonIrving

25.TheRomanticPeriod,oneofthemostimportantperiodsinthehistoryofAmericanliterature,stretchesfromtheendof__totheoutbreakof_____.

A.the17thcentury…theAmericanWarofIndependenceB.the18thcentury…theAmericanCivilWar

C.the17thcentury…theAmericanCivilWarD.the18thcentury…theU.S.-Me*icanWar

26.WhichoneofthefollowingstatementsisNOTtrueofAmericanTranscendentalism?

A.ItcanbeclearlydefinedasapartofAmericanRomanticliterarymovement.

B.Itcanbedefinedphilosophicallyastherecognitioninmanofthecapacityofknowingtruthintuitively.

C.RalphWaldoEmersonwasthechiefadvocateofthisspiritualmovement.D.ItsprangfromSouthAmericainthelate19thcentury.

27.ThethemeofWashingtonIrving'sRipVanWinkleis______.

A.theconflictofhumanpsycheB.thefightagainstracialdiscriminationC.thefamilialconflictD.thenostalgiafortheunrecoverablepast

28.TheunofficialmanifestofortheTranscendentalClubwas______,Emerson'sfirstlittlebook,whichestablishedhimeversinceasthemosteloquentspokesmanofNewEnglandTranscendentalism.

A.TheAmericanScholarB.Self-relianceC.NatureD.TheOver-Soul

29.NathanielHawthorneheldanunceasinginterestintheinterioroftheheartofman'sbeing.Soinalmosteverybookhewrote,Hawthornediscusses

A.loveandhatredB.sinandevilC.frustrationandself-denialD.balanceandself-discipline

30.InYoungGoodmanBrownbyHawthorne,thenameofGoodmanBrown'swifeis______,whichalsocontainsmanysymbolicmeanings.

A.RuthB.HesterC.FaithD.Mary

31.WhichoneofthefollowingstatementsmightbetrueofthethemeofSongofMyselfbyWhitman?

A.Thispoemdescribesthegrowthofachildwholearnedabouttheworldaroundhimandimprovedhimselfaccordingly.

B.Thispoemshowstheauthor'scynicalsentimentsagainsttheAmericanCivilWar.

C.Thispoemreflectstheauthor'sbeliefinUnitarianismorDeism.

D.Thispoemreflectstheauthor'sbeliefinthesingularityandequalityofallbeingsinvalue.

32.InMoby-Dick,thewhitewhalesymbolizesforMelville,foritiscomple*,unfathomable,malignant,andbeautifulaswell..

A.natureB.humansocietyC.whalingindustryD.truth

33.RealismwasareactionagainstRomanticismoramoveawayfromthebiastowardsromanceandself-creatingfictions,andpavedthewayto_____.

A.CynicismB.ModernismC.TranscendentalismD.Neo-Classicalism

34.HemingwayoncedescribedMarkTwain9snovel______theonebookfromwhichallmodemAmericanliteraturecomes.

A.TheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinnB.TheAdventuresofTomSawyerC.TheGildedAgeD.TheManThatCorruptedHadleyburg

35.______isgenerallyregardedastheforerunnerofthe20th–century―stream-of-consciousnessnovelsandthefounderofpsychologicalrealism.

A.TheodoreDreiserB.WilliamFaulknerC.HenryJamesD.MarkTwain

36.WhichoneofthefollowingstatementsisNOTtrueofEmilyDickinsonandherpoetry?

A.Sheremainedunmarriedallherlife.B.Shewrote1,775poems,andmostofthemwerepublishedduringherlifetime.

C.Herpoemshavenotitles,hencearealwaysquotedbytheirfirstlines.

D.Herlimitedprivateworldhasneverconfinedthelimitlesspowerofhercreativityandimagination.

37.Asagenre,naturalismemphasized______asimportantdeterministicforcesshapingindividualizedcharacterswhowerepresentedinspecialanddetailedcircumstances.

A.theologicaldoctrinesB.heredityandenvironmentC.educationandhardworkD.variousopportunitiesandeconomicsuccess

38.EzraPound,aleadingspokesmanofthe______,wasoneofthemostimportantpoetsinhistime.

A.ImagistMovementB.CubistMovementC.ReformistMovementD.TranscendentalistMovement

39.Eugene0'Neill'sfirstfull-lengthplay,______,wonhimthefirstPulitzerPrize.Itsthemeisthechoicebetweenlifeanddeath,theinteractionofsubjectiveandobjectivefactors.

A.BoundEastforCardiffB.TheHairyApeC.DesireUndertheElmsD.BeyondtheHorizon

40.Hemingway'sIndianCampisoneofthefourteenshortstoriescollectedunderthetitleof______.Thistitleisveryironicbecausethereisnopeaceatallinthestories.

A.ThreeStoriesandTenPoemsB.AcrosstheRiverandintotheTreesC.TheGreenHillsofAfricaD.InOurTime

Ⅱ.ReadingComprehension(16points,4foreach)

41.―Foroft,whenonmycouchIlie

Invacantorinpensivemood,

2022年4月全国英美文学选读试题及答案

theyflashuponthatinwardeye

Questions:

A.Identifytheauthorandthetitle.

B.Whatdoesthephraseinwardeyemean?

C.WriteoutthemainideaofthepassageinplainEnglish.

42.―Thedutiesofhermarriedlife,contemplatedassogreatbeforehand,seemedtobeinkingwiththefurnitureandthewhitevapour-walledlandscape.Theclearheightsereshee*pectedtowalkinfullcommunionhadbecomedifficulttoseeeveninherimagination;thedeliciousreposeofthesoulonacompletesuperiorhadbeenshakenouneasyeffortandalarmedwithdimpresentiment.Whenwouldthedaysbeginofitactivewifelydevotionwhichwastostrengthenherhusband'slifeande*altherown?

Questions:A.Identifytheauthorandthetitleofthestoryfromwhichthepassageistaken

B.E*plainthemeaningofthewhitevapour-walledlandscape.

C.Howdoyouundersdandthedeliciousreposeofthesoulonacompletesuperior?

43.―Itwasyouthatbrokethenewwood,

Nowisatimeforcarving.

Wehaveonesapandoneroot—

Lettherebecommercebetweenus.

Questions:Whomdoestheusreferto?

Whatdoesthephrasebrokethenewwoodmeanhere?

WhatistheintentionofthepoetinwritingthepoemAPactfromwhichtheselinesaretaken?

44.―Therewasmusicfrommyneighbor'shousethroughthesummernights.Inhisbluegardensmenandgirlscameandwentlikemothsamongthewhisperingsandthechampagneandthestars.AthightideintheafternoonIwatchedhisguestsdivingfromthetowerofhisraft,ortakingthesunonthehotsandofhisbeachwhilehistwomotor-boatsslitthewatersoftheSound,drawingaquaplanesovercataractsoffoam.Onweek~endshisRolls-Roycebecameanomnibus,bearingpartiestoandfromthecitybe-tweennineinthemorningandlongpastmidnight,whilehisstationwagonscamperedlikeabriskyellowbugtomeetalltrains.AndonMondayseightservants,includingane*tragardener,toiledalldaywithmopsandscrubbing-brushesandhammersandgarden-shears,repairingtheravagesofthenightbefore.‖

Questions:A.Identifytheauthorandthetitleofthenovelfromwhichthispassageistaken.

B.Whatcanyouimplybyreadingthispassage?

C.Whatdothemothssymbolize?

Ⅲ.QuestionsandAnswers(24pointsinall,6foreach)

45.WilliamShakespeareisoneofthemostremarkableplaywrightstheworldhaseverknown.

(1)Namehisfourgreatesttragedies.

(2)Whatarethecharacteristicsofthefourtragediesincommon?

2022年4月全国英美文学选读试题及答案

(3)Brieflysummarizeeachhero'sweaknessofnature.

46.Thoughhisfairdaughter'sself,asIavowed

Atstarting,ismyobject.Nay,we'11go

Togetherdown,sir.NoticeNeptune,though,

Tamingaseahorse,thoughararity,

WhichClausofInnsbruckcastinbronzeforme!

ThelinesabovearetakenfromRobertBrowning'sMyLastDuchess.Takingthewholepoemintoconsideration,whatkindofpersondoyouthinkthedukeis?

47.WhatisgenerallytheviewWashingtonlrvinge*pressedinhis―RipVanWinkle‖abouttheradicalchangesthathappenedtotheAmericansocietyinhistime?

48.WhatisthemostfamousthemeinHenryJames'sfiction?Andwhatishisfavouriteapproachincharacterization,whichmakeshimdifferentfromMarkTwainandW.D.wellsasrealists?Givetwotitlesofhisworksinwhichthisthemeandthisapproachemployed.

2022年4月全国英美文学选读试题及答案

Ⅳ.TopicDiscussion(20pointsinall,10foreach)

49.AnalyzethecharacterofJaneEyrebasedontheselectiontakenfromChapter**ⅢofJaneEyre.

50.SymbolismisanimportantliterarypracticeinliteratureandithasbeenwidelyusedbymanyAmericanwriters.DiscussthewaysymboliomisusedinFaulkner'sstoryAeforEmily.

2022年4月全国英美文学选读试题及答案

英美文学选读试题答案及评分参考

〔课程代码0604〕

I.MultipleChoice(40pointsinall,1foreach)

l.B2.A3.C4.B5.A6.C7.C8.A9.C10.A11.D12.A13.B14.D15.A16.

A17.A18.A19.D20.D21.D22.A23.A24.D25.B26.D27.D28.C29.B30.

C31.D32.A33.B34.A35.C36.B37.B38.A39.D40.D

II.ReadingComprehension(16pointsinall,4foreach)

41.A.Wordsworth;IwonderedlonelyasacloudB.humansoulC.Thepoete*pressedhisloveforthedaffodils.

42.A.GeorgeEliot;MiddlemarchB.Thelandscapecoveredwithwhitesnow.

C.ItreferstoDorothea'sdreamoffulfillingsomethinggreatbymarryingsomebodysuperior,somebodywhocanguideher.

43.A.WhitmanandPound(theImagists)B.Madee*perimentswiththeconventionsofthetraditionalpoetry

C.Inthispoem,PoundstartedtofindsomeagreementbetweenWhitmanesquefreeverse,whichhehadattackedforitscarelessnessincomposition,andtheverselibreoftheImagistswhoshowedmoreconcernforformalvalues.

44.A.F.ScottFitzgerald;TheGreatGatsby?B.ThispassagedescribesGatsby'se*travagance.

C.Mothsareusedmetaphoricallytorefertothosepeoplewhoaredrawntothepartysimplyforitsglamour,forthewealthofGatsby.

III.QuestionsandAnswers(24pointsinall,6foreach)

45.A.Shakespeare'sfourgreatesttragediesare:Hamlet,Othello,KingLear,andMacbeth.

B.Eachportrayssomkenoblehero,whofacestheinjusticeofhumanlifeandiscaughtinadifficultsituationandwhosefateiscloselyconnectedwiththefateofthewholenation.

C.Eachherohashisweaknessofnature:Hamlet,themelancholicscholar;Othello'sinnerweaknessismadeuseofbytheoutsideevilforce;theoldkingLearwhoisunwillingtototallygiveuphispower;andMacbeth'slustforpowerstirsuphisambitionandleadshimtoincessantcrimes.

46.A.Hisapparentintelligence,e*cellenttasteforartsuperiorityandaristocraticmannersareparado*ical.

B.hispride，jealousyandbrutality.

47.A.livinglamentstheradicalchangesinhistime,thinkingthatthechangeshavetakenawaysomeofthemostendearedvaluesinAmericanlife.

B.Irving'spervasivethemeofnostalgiafortheunrecoverablepastisunforgettable.

48.A.Hismostfanousthemeisinternationaltheme.

B.Psychologicalapproach

C.ThePortraitofALady;DaisyMiller

Ⅳ.TopicDiscussion(20pointsinall,10foreach)

49.A.JaneEyre,anorphanchildwithafieryspiritandalongingtoloveandbeloved,apoor,plain,

littlegovernesswhodarestolovehermaster.

B.InChapter**Ⅲ,JanefindsherselfhopelesslyinlovewithMr.Rochesterbutsheisawarethatherloveisoutofthe

question.WhenforcedtoconfrontMr.Rochester,shedesperatelyandopenlydeclaresherequalitywithhimandherloveforhim.

50.A.Rose,asasymboloflove,mayrefertothelovebetweenEmilyandtheNortherner,yetusedratherironically,inthewayitisassociatedwithdecayanddeathinthestory.

B.Rosecouldalsostandforthepity,sympathy,orthelamentweshowsforEmily.

C.ThepityandlamentgoesnotonlytoEmilybutallthosewhoareimprisonedinthepastandfailtoadapttothechange.

D.Discussinrelationtothestory.

2022年4月全国英美文学选读试题及答案

2022年4月高等教育自学考试全国统一命题考试英美文学选读试卷+答案

PARTONE(40POINTS)

I.MultipleChoice(40pointsinall,1foreach)

Selectfromthefourchoicesofeachitemtheonethatbestanswersthequestionorcompletesthestatement.MarkyourchoicebyblackeningthecorrespondingletterA,B,CorDontheanswersheet.

1.Theworkthatpresented,forthefirsttimeinEnglishliterature,acomprehensiverealisticpictureofthemedievalEnglishsocietyandcreatedawholegalleryofvividcharactersfromallwalksoflifeismostlikely______.

A.WilliamLangland5sPiersPlowmanB.GeoffreyChaucer9sTheCanterburyTales

C.JohnGower5sConfessionAmantisD.SirGawainandtheGreenKnight

2.ThetragedyofDr.Faustus,theprotagonistinChristopherMarlowe'sTheTragicHistoryofDr.Faustus,istheveryfactthat______.

A.manisconfinedtotimeB.hetriedtojoinAfricatoSpainC.hebecameamanwithoutsoulafterhesoldit

D.heconjuredupHelen,theladywhowaspartiallyresponsibleforthebreaking-upoftheTrojanWar

3.ThesentenceShallIcomparetheetoasummer5sday?isthebeginninglineofoneofShakespeare)s______.

A.comediesB.tragediesC.sonnetsD.histories

4.ParadiseLostisactuallyastorytakenfrom

A.theRenaissanceB.theOldTestamentC.GreekMythologyD.theNewTestament

5.Spenser'smasterpiece______isagreatpoemofitstime.

A.TheFaerieQueeneB.TheShepheardesCalenderC.TheCanterburyTalksD.Metamorphoses

6._____istheessenceoftheRenaissance.

A.PoetryB.DramaC.HumanismD.Reason

7.ThemostfamousdramatistsintheRenaissanceEnglandareChristopherMarlowe,WilliamShakespeareand______.

A.JohnMiltonB.JohnMarloweC.BenJonsonD.EdmundSpenser

8.―Tobe,ornottobe—thatisthequestion‖isalinetakenfrom______.

A.HamletB.Othelloc.kingLearD.TheMerchantofVenice

9.FrancisBacon'sessaysarefamousfortheirbrevity,compactnessand______.

plicityB.comple*ityC.powerfulnessD.mildness

10.LiteratureofNeoclassicismisdifferentfromthatofRomanticisminthat______.

A.theformercelebratesreason,rationality,orderandinstructionwhilethelatterseesliteratureasane*pressionofanindividual?sfeelingande*periences

B.theformerisheavilyreligiousbutthelattersecular

C.theformerisanintellectualmovement,thepurposeofwhichistoarousethemiddleclassforpoliticalrightswhilethelatterisconcernedwiththepersonalcultivation

D.theformeradvocatesthereturntonaturewhereasthelatterturnstotheancientGreekandRomanwritersforitsmodels

11.DmielDefoedescribes______asatypicalEnglishMiddle-classmanoftheeighteenthcentury,theveryprototypeoftheempirebuilderorthepioneercolonist.

A.TomJonesB.GulliverC.MollFlandersD.RobinsonCrusoe

12.____isatypicalfeatureofSwift'swritings.

A.BittersatireB.ElegantstyleC.CasualnarrationD.Complicatedsentencestructure

13.T