2007年4月全國自學(xué)考試全國英美文學(xué)選讀試題及答案

專注于收集各類歷年試卷和答案全國2007年4月高等教育自學(xué)考試英美文學(xué)選讀試題課程代碼：00604請將答案填在答題紙相應(yīng)位置上Ⅰ.MultipleChoice(40pointsinall,1foreach)Selectfromthefourchoicesofeachitemtheonethatbestanswersthequestionorcompletesthestatement.Writeyouranswerinthecorrespondingspaceontheanswersheet.．Theworkthatpresented,forthefirsttimeinEnglishliterature,acomprehensiverealisticpictureofthemedievalEnglishsocietyandcreatedawholegalleryofvividcharactersfromallwalksoflifeismostlikely______________.A．WilliamLangland’sPiersPlowmanB．GeoffreyChaucer’sTheCanterburyTalesC．JohnGower’sConfessionAmantisD．SirGawainandtheGreenKnight2．ThetragedyofDr.Faustus,theprotagonistinChristopherMarlowe’sTheTragicHistoryofDr.Faustus,istheveryfactthat______________.A．manisconfinedtotimeB．hetriedtojoinAfricatoSpainC．hebecameamanwithoutsoulafterhesolditD．heconjuredupHelen,theladywhowaspartiallyresponsibleforthebreaking-upoftheTrojanWar3．Thesentence“ShallIcomparetheetoasummer’sday?”isthebeginninglineofoneofShakespeare’s______________.A．comediesB．tragediesC．sonnetsD．histories4．ParadiseLostisactuallyastorytakenfrom______________.A．theRenaissanceB．theOldTestamentC．GreekMythologyD．theNewTestament5．Spenser’smasterpiece_____________isagreatpoemofitstime.A．TheFaerieQueeneB．TheShepheardesCalenderC．TheCanterburyTalesD．Metamorphoses1專注于收集各類歷年試卷和答案6．______________istheessenceoftheRenaissance.A．PoetryB．DramaC．HumanismD．Reason7．ThemostfamousdramatistsintheRenaissanceEnglandareChristopherMarlowe,WilliamShakespeareand______________.A．JohnMiltonB．JohnMarloweC．BenJonsonD．EdmundSpenser8．“Tobe,ornottobe—thatisthequestion”isalinetakenfrom______________.A．HamletB．OthelloC．KingLearD．Themerchantofvenice9．FrancisBacon’sessaysarefamousfortheirbrevity,compactnessand______________.A．complicityB．complexityC．powerfulnessD．mildness10．LiteratureofNeoclassicismisdifferentfromthatofRomanticisminthat______________.A．theformercelebratesreason,rationality,orderandinstructionwhilethelatterseesliteratureasanexpressionofanindividual’sfeelingandexperiencesB．theformerisheavilyreligiousbutthelattersecularC．theformerisanintellectualmovement,thepurposeofwhichistoarousethemiddleclassforpoliticalrightswhilethelatterisconcernedwiththepersonalcultivationD．theformeradvocatesthe“returntonature”whereasthelatterturnstotheancientGreekandRomanwritersforitsmodels.11．DanielDefoedescribes______________asatypicalEnglishMiddle-classmanoftheeighteenthcentury,theveryprototypeoftheempirebuilderorthepioneercolonist.A．TomJonesB．GulliverC．MollFlandersD．RobinsonCrusoe12．______________isatypicalfeatureofSwift’swritings.A．BittersatireB．ElegantstyleC．CasualnarrationD．Complicatedsentencestructure13．ThePilgrim’sProgressbyJohnBunyanisoftensaidtobeconcernedwiththesearchfor______________.2專注于收集各類歷年試卷和答案A．materialwealthB．spiritualsalvationC．universaltruthD．self-fulfillment14．AlexanderPopestronglyadvocated______________,emphasizingthatliteraryworksshouldbejudgedbyrulesoforder,reason,logic,restrainedemotion,goodtasteanddecorum.A．SentimentalismB．RomanticismC．IdealismD．Neoclassicism15．“Metaphysicalpoetry”referstotheworksofthe17th-centurywriterswhowroteundertheinfluenceof______________.A．JohnDonneB．AlexanderPopeC．ChristopherMarloweD．JohnMilton16．ItisgenerallyregardedthatKeats’smostimportantandmaturepoemsareintheformof______________.A．odeB．elegyC．epicD．sonnet17．______________isthemostoutstandingstreamofconsciousnessnovelist,with___________ashisencyclopedia–likemasterpiece.A．JamesJoyce,UlyssesB．E.M.Foster,APassagetoIndiaC．D.H.Lawrence,SonsandLoversD．VirginiaWoolf,MrsDalloway18．WhichofthefollowingpoemsisalandmarkinEnglishpoetry?A．LyricalBalladsbyWilliamWordsworthandSamuelTaylorColeridgeB．“IWanderedLonelyasaCloud”byWilliamWordsworthC．“Remorse”bySamuelTaylorColeridgeD．LeavesofGrassWaltWhitman19．TheliteraryformwhichisfullydevelopedandthemostflourishingduringtheRomanticPeriodis______________.A．proseB．dramaC．novelD．poetry20．WhichofthefollowingpoemsbyT.S.Eliotishailedasalandmarkandamodelofthe20thcenturyEnglishpoetry?A．Poems1909-1925B．TheHollowMan3專注于收集各類歷年試卷和答案C．PrufrockandOtherObservationsD．TheWasteLand21．“MylastDuchess”isapoemthatbestexemplifiesRobertBrowning’s______________.A．sensitiveearforthesoundsoftheEnglishlanguageB．excellentchoiceofwordsC．masteringofthemetricaldevicesD．useofthedramaticmonologue22．Dickens’worksarecharacterizedbyaminglingof______________andpathos.A．humorB．satireC．passionD．metaphor23．WaltWhitman,whose______________establishedhimasthemostpopularAmericanpoetofthe19thcentury.A．LeavesofGrassB．GoDown,MosesC．TheMarbleFaunD．AsILayDying24．______________hasalwaysbeenregardedasawriterwho“perfectedthebestclassicstylethatAmericanLiteratureeverproduced”.A．EdgarEllenPoeB．WaltWhitmanC．HenryDavidThoreauD．WashingtonIrving25．TheRomanticPeriod,oneofthemostimportantperiodsinthehistoryofAmericanliterature,stretchesfromtheendof______________totheoutbreakof____________.A．the17thcentury,theAmericanWarofIndependenceB．the18thcentury,theAmericanCivilWarC．the17thcentury,theAmericanCivilWarD．the18thcentury,theU.S.–MexicanWar26．WhichofthefollowingstatementsisNOTtrueofAmericanTranscendentalism?A．ItcanbeclearlydefinedasapartofAmericanRomanticliterarymovement.B．Itcanbedefinedphilosophicallyas“therecognitioninmanofthecapacityofknowingtruthintuitively”.C．RalphWaldoEmersonwasthechiefadvocateofthisspiritualmovement.th27．ThethemeofWashingtonIrving’sRipVanWinkleis______________.4專注于收集各類歷年試卷和答案A．theconflictofhumanpsycheB．thefightagainstracialdiscriminationC．thefamilialconflictD．thenostalgiafortheunrecoverablepast28．TheunofficialmanifestofortheTranscendentalClubwas______________,Emerson’sfirstlittlebook,whichestablishedhimeversinceasthemosteloquentspokesmanofNewEnglandTranscendentalism.A．TheAmericanScholarB．Self—relianceC．NatureD．TheOver—Soul29．NathanielHawthorneheldanunceasinginterestinthe“interioroftheheartofman’sbeing.Soinalmosteverybookhewrote,Hawthornediscusses______________.A．loveandhatredB．sinandevilC．frustrationandself—denialD．balanceandself—discipline30．InYoungGoodmanBrownbyHawthorne,thenameofGoodmanBrown’swifeis______________,whichalsocontainsmanysymbolicmeanings.A．RuthB．HesterC．FaithD．Mary31．WhichofthefollowingstatementsmightbetrueofthethemeofSongofMyselfbyWhitman?A．Thispoemdescribesthegrowthofachildwholearnedabouttheworldaroundhimandimprovedhimselfaccordingly.B．Thispoemshowstheauthor’scynicalsentimentsagainsttheAmericanCivilWar.C．Thispoemreflectstheauthor’sbeliefinUnitarianismorDeism.D．Thispoemreflectstheauthor’sbeliefinthesingularityandequalityofallbeingsinvalue.32．InMoby—Dick,thewhitewhalesymbolizes______________forMelville,foritiscomplex,unfathomable,malignant,andbeautifulaswell.A．natureB．humansocietyC．whalingindustryD．truth33．RealismwasareactionagainstRomanticismoramoveawayfromthebiastowardsromanceandself—creatingfictions,andpavedthewayto______________.A．CynicismB．ModernismC．TranscendentalismD．Neo—Classicalism34．HemingwayoncedescribedMarkTwain’snovel______________theonebookfromwhich5專注于收集各類歷年試卷和答案“allmodernAmericanliteraturecomes”.A．TheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinnB．TheAdventuresofTomSawyerC．TheGildedAgeD．TheManThatCorruptedHadleyburg35．__________isgenerallyregardedastheforerunnerofthe20th—century“stream—of—consciousness”novelsandthefounderofpsychologicalrealism.A．TheodoreDreiserB．WilliamFaulknerC．HenryJamesD．MarkTwain36．WhichofthefollowingstatementsisNOTtrueofEmilyDickinsonandherpoetry?A．SheremainedunmarriedallherlifeB．Shewrote,1,775poems,andmostofthemwerepublishedduringherlifetime.C．Herpoemshavenotitles,hencearealwaysquotedbytheirfirstlines.D．Herlimitedprivateworldhasneverconfinedthelimitlesspowerofhercreativityandimagination.37．Asagenre,naturalismemphasized______________asimportantdeterministicforcesshapingindividualizedcharacterswhowerepresentedinspecialanddetailedcircum-stances.A．theologicaldoctrinesB．heredityandenvironmentC．educationandhardworkD．variousopportunitiesandeconomicsuccess38．EzraPound,aleadingspokesmanofthe“”,wasoneofthemostimportantpoetsinhistime.A．ImagistMovementB．CubistMovementC．ReformistMovementD．TranscendentalistMovement39．EugeneO’Neill’sfirstfull—lengthplay,______________,wonhimthefirstPulitzerPrize.Itsthemeisthechoicebetweenlifeanddeath,theinteractionofsubjectiveandobjectivefactors.A．BoundEastforCardiffB．TheHairyApeC．DesireUndertheElmsD．BeyondtheHorizon40．Hemingway’s“IndianCamp”isoneofthefourteenshortstoriescollectedunderthetitleof______________.Thistitleisveryironicbecausethereisnopeaceatallinthestories.A．ThreeStoriesandTenPoemsB．AcrosstheRiverandintotheTrees6專注于收集各類歷年試卷和答案C．TheGreenHillsofAfricaD．InOurTimeⅡ.ReadingComprehension(16points,4foreach)ReadthequotedpartscarefullyandanswerthequestionsinEnglish.Writeyouranswerinthecorrespondingspaceontheanswersheet.41．“Foroft,whenonmycouchIlieInvacantorinpensivemood,theyflashuponthatinwardeye”Questions:A．Identifytheanthorandthetitle.B．Whatdoesthephrase“inwardeye”mean?C．WriteoutthemainideaofthepassageinplainEnglish.42．“Thedutiesofhermarriedlife,contemplatedassogreatbeforehand,seemedtobeshrinkingwiththefurnitureandthewhitevapour—walledlandscape.Theclearheightswheresheexpectedtowalkinfullcommunionhadbecomedifficulttoseeeveninherimagination;thedeliciousreposeofthesoulonacompletesuperiorhadbeenshakenintouneasyeffortandalarmedwithdimpresentiment.Whenwouldthedaysbeginofthatactivewifelydevotionwhichwastostrengthenherhusband’slifeandexaltherown?”Questions:A．Identifytheauthorandthetitleofthestoryfromwhichthepassageistaken.B．Explainthemeaningof“thewhitevapour—walledlandscape”C．Howdoyouundersdand“thedeliciousreposeofthesoulonacompletesuperior”?43．“Itwasyouthatbrokethenewwood,Nowisatimeforcarving.Wehaveonesapandoneroot—Lettherebecommercebetweenus.”Questions:A．Whomdoesthe“us”referto?B．Whatdoesthephrase“brokethenewwood”meanhere?C．Whatistheintentionofthepoetinwritingthepoem“APact”fromwhichtheselinesaretaken?7專注于收集各類歷年試卷和答案44．“Therewasmusicfrommyneighbor’shousethroughthesummernights.Inhisbluegardensmenandgirlscameandwentlikemothsamongthewhisperingsandthechampagneandthestars.AthightideintheafternoonIwatchedhisguestsdivingfromthetowerofhisraft,ortakingthesunonthehotsandofhisbeachwhilehistwomotor—boatsslitthewatersoftheSound,drawingaquaplanesovercataractsoffoam.Onweek—endshisRolls—Roycebecameanomnibus,bearingpartiestoandfromthecitybetweennineinthemorningandlongpastmidnight,whilehisstationwagonscamperedlikeabriskyellowbugtomeetalltrains.AndonMondayseightservants,includinganextragardener,toiledalldaywithmopsandscrubbing—brushesandhammersandgarden—shears,repairingtheravagesofthenightbefore.”Questions:A．Identifytheauthorandthetitleofthenovelfromwhichthispassageistaken.B．Whatcanyouimplybyreadingthispassage?C．Whatdothe“moths”symbolize?Ⅲ.QuestionsandAnswers(24pointsinall,6foreach)GivebriefanswerstoeachofthefollowingquestionsinEnglish.Writeyouranswersinthecorrespondingspaceontheanswersheet.45．WilliamShakespeareisoneofthemostremarkableplaywrightstheworldhaseverknown.(1)Namehisfourgreatesttragedies.(2)Whatarethecharacteristicsofthefourtragediesincommon?(3)Brieflysummarizeeachhero’sweaknessofnature.46．“Thoughhisfairdaughter’sself,asIavowedAtstarting,ismyobject.Nay,we’llgoTogetherdown,sir.NoticeNeptune,though,Tamingaseahorse,thoughararity,WhichClausofInnsbruckcastinbronzeforme!”ThelinesabovearetakenfromRobertBrowning’s“MyLastDuchess.”Takingthewholepoemintoconsideration,whatkindofpersondoyouthinkthedukeis?47．WhatisgenerallytheviewWashingtonlrvingexpressedinhis“RipVanWinkle”abouttheradicalchangesthathappenedtotheAmericansocietyinhistime?8專注于收集各類歷年試卷和答案48．WhatisthemostfamousthemeinHenryJames’sfiction?Andwhatishisfavouriteapproachincharacterization,whichmakeshimdifferentfromMarkTwainandW.D.Howellsasrealists?Givetwotitlesofhisworksinwhichthisthemeandthisapproachareemployed.Ⅳ.TopicDiscussion(20pointsinall,10foreach)Writenolessthan150wordsoneachofthefollowingtopicsinEnglishinthecorrespondingspaceontheanswersheet.49．AnalyzethecharacterofJaneEyrebasedontheselectiontakenfromChapterXXⅢofJaneEyre.50．SymbolismisanimportantliterarypracticeinliteratureandithasbeenwidelyusedbymanyAmericanwriters.DiscussthewaysymboliomisusedinFaulkner’sstory“ARoseforEmily.”9專注于收集各類歷年試卷和答案2007年4月自考英美文學(xué)選讀試題答案（課程代碼0604）I.MultipleChoice(40pointsinall,1foreach)l.B2.A3.C4.B7.C8.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.DII.ReadingComprehension(16pointsinall,4foreach)A.Wordsworth;IwonderedlonelyasacloudB.humansoulC.Thepoetexpressedhisloveforthedaffodils.A.GeorgeEliot;MiddlemarchB.Thelandscapecoveredwithwhitesnow.C.ItreferstoDorothea'sdreamoffulfillingsomethinggreatbymarryingsomebodysuperior,somebodywhocanguideher.A.WhitmanandPound(theImagists)B.MadeexperimentswiththeconventionsofthetraditionalpoetryC.Inthispoem,Poundstartedtofindsomeagreementbetween"Whitmanesque"freeverse,whichhehadattackedforitscarelessnessincomposition,andthe"verselibre"oftheImagistswhoshowedmoreconcernforformalvalues.A.F.ScottFitzgerald;TheGreatGatsby?B.ThispassagedescribesGatsby'sextravagance.C.Mothsareusedmetaphoricallytorefertothosepeoplewhoaredrawntothepartysimplyfor10專注于收集各類歷年試卷和答案itsglamour,forthewealthofGatsby.III.QuestionsandAnswers(24pointsinall,6foreach)A.Shakespeare'sfourgreatesttragediesare:Hamlet,Othello,KingLear,andMacbeth.B.Eachportrayssomkenoblehero,whofacestheinjusticeofhumanlifeandiscaughtinadifficultsituationandwhosefa