2024年4月自考00604英美文学选读试题及答案含评分标准

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英美文学选读试题答案及评分参考

（课程代码00604）

一、单项选择题:本大题共20小题，每小题1分，共20分。

1．C2．A3．B4．D5.B

6．B7．C8．A9．D10.C

11．B12．C13．D14．A15.D

16．D17．C18．B19．A20.A

二、填空题:本大题共10小题，每小题3个空，每个空1分，共30分。

21．acertainoccasion;thedrinkingparty;theanimalshed

22．matters;assemblies;manners

23．vocationsandcourses;disposition;mind

24．thought;causesandeffects;actionorevent

25．companionship;endurance;richness

26．longing;search;pity

27．timeandplace;thelevel;femalewriters

28．journey;entry;mind

29．lover;spirit;era

30．plays;themes;settings

三、正误判断题:本大题共10小题，每小题1分，共10分。

31．F32．T33．T34．F35．F

36．T37．F38．T39．F40．T

（说明：41~45题所给答案和所给分值点仅供阅卷教师参考，阅卷教师可根据学生的答题情况

酌情给分。）

四、简答题：本大题共4小题，41~42题，每题6分，43~44题，每题9分，共30分。

41.PrideandPrejudicetellsthestoryofMr.andMrs.Bennet,asomewhatabsurdcouple,and

theirfiveyoung,unmarrieddaughters.Theplotrevolvesmainlyaroundthesecond

daughter,Elizabeth,andhertroublesomeromancewiththewealthybutarrogantMr.Darcy.

（2分）Mr.Darcyrepresentstheprideofthenovel’stitle,whiletheprejudiceis

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representedbyElizabeth’sattitudetowardMr.Darcy.（2分）Aftermanytwistsandturns,

misunderstandingsdisappearandtheyarehappilyunited.Intheprocessofjudgingothers,

Elizabethfindsoutsomethingaboutherself:herblindness,prejudiceandabsurdity.（2分）

42.“ARed,RedRose”openswiththespeakercomparinghisbelovedtoaredroseandpraising

herbeauty.（2分）Hedeclaresthathisloveforherissodeepandeverlastingthatitwill

surviveuntiltheseadriesup.（2分）Helikenshislovetoarosebecausethefloweris

associatedwithromance,andredsymbolizespassionatelove.Also,flowersareassociated

withthewarm,growingseasonsoftheyear.（2分）

43.In“TheDeathoftheMoth”,VirginiaWoolfgivesadetaileddescriptionofhowamoth

beginsabattletorightitselfbeforedeathovertakesit.（1分）Themothintheessay,asa

metaphoroflifeanddeath,embodiesthenatureoflifeandexhibitsakindofheroismin

hisunremittingeffortstofightagainstdeath.（2分）Thoughtrivialandhumblebyitself,

evenwithlittleattention,themothdancesalmostinexhaustiblyandenjoysitslifetothe

full,illustratingwhatlifeis-tolive,tostrive,andtoappreciateone’sownexistence.（2分）

Woolfdrawsthemothasanoblecreaturewithgreatdignityandperseverance.Themoth

alsorevealsthetragicsideofdeathforitsinsignificancecomparedwiththeoutsideworld.

（2分）Themainthemesintheessayarethreefold:thewilltolive,thestrangenessoflife

anddeath,andthemutabilityandfutilityofanindividuallife.（2分）

44.“SongsofMyself”consistingof1345linesinall,isthelongestpoemin“LeavesofGrass”.

（1分）WaltWhitmandoesnotfollowapatternedrhymeschemenoranyregularityof

metre,whichiscalledfreeverse,fittinghissubjectmatterwithfeeling.Inhispoem,lines

andsentencesofdifferentlengthsareleftlyingsidebysidejustasthingsare,undisturbed

andseparate.（2分）Asusual,therelationshipWaltWhitmanisdramatizingisatriangleone:

“I”thepoet,thesubjectinthepoem,and“you”thereader.（2分）WaltWhitmanis

conversationalandcasual,inthefluid,expansive,andunstructuredstyleoftalking.

However,thereisastrongsenseofthepoemsbeingrhythmical.（2分）Whitman’spoetic

styleismarked,firstofa1l,bytheuseofthepoetic“I.”（2分）

五、论述题:本题10分。

45.Fitzgerald’sfictionsoftendealwiththebankruptcyoftheAmericanDream,whichis

high1ightedbythedisillusionmentoftheprotagonists’personaldreamsduetotheclashes

betweentheirromanticvisionoflifeandthesordidreality.(2分）AmericanDreamisthe

U.S.ideal,accordingtowhich,equalityofopportunitypermitsanyAmericantoaspireto

highattainmentandmaterialsuccess.(2分）Yetinthe1920s,theAmericanDreamwas

bankruptinthesensethatthewealthypeoplewerespirituallydisorientatedandmorally

corrupted.Thefactthattherichpeopleturnedtobemoreindifferentandcarelessbrought

forththedisillusionmentofAmericanDream.(2分）

AgreatnumberofFitzgerald’sstoriesstartedwiththebasicsituationinwhicharising

youngmanofthemiddleclassisinlovewiththedaughterofaveryrichfamily.Actually,

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intheman’seyes,moneyisonlyaconvenientandinadequatesymbolforwhathedreams

ofearning,andloveismerelyavehiclethatcantransporthimtoamagicworldofeternal

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