【歷年真題】2009年4月00604英美文學選讀自考試卷（含答案）

2009年4月高等教育自學考試全國統(tǒng)一命題考試英美文學選讀試題課程代碼：00604請將答案填在答題紙相應的位置上(全部題目用英文作答)I.MultipleChoice(40pointsinall,1foreach)Selectfromthefourchoicesofeachitemtheonethatbestanswersthequestionorcompletesthestatementandwritethecorrespondingletterontheanswersheet.1.InRenaissance,theEuropeanhumanistthinkersandscholarsmadeattemptstodothefollowingEXCEPT______.A.gettingridofthoseoldfeudalistideasB.gettingcontroloftheparliamentandgovernmentC.introducingnewideasthatexpressedtheinterestsoftherisingbourgeoisieD.recoveringthepurityoftheearlychurch,fromthecorruptionoftheRomanCatholicChurch2.ThePetrarchansonnetwasfirstintroducedintoEnglandby______.A.Surrey B.WyattC.Sidney D.Shakespeare3.AsthebestofShakespeare'sfinalromances,______isatypicalexampleofhispessimisticviewtowardshumanlifeandsocietyinhislateyears.A.TheTempest B.TheWinter'sTaleC.Cymbeline D.TheRapeofLucrece4.JohnMilton'sgreatestpoeticalwork______istheonlygenerallyacknowledgedepicinEnglishliteraruresinceBeowulf.A.Areopagitica B.ParadiseLostC.Lycidas D.SamsonAgonistes5.TheBritishbourgeoisormiddleclassbelievedinthefollowingnotionsEXCEPT______.A.self-esteem B.self-relianceC.self-restraint D.hardwork6.“GraveyardSchool”writersarethefollowingsentimentalistsEXCEPT______.A.JamesThomson B.WilliamCollinsC.WilliamCowper D.ThomasJackson7.ThebestmodelofsatireinthewholeEnglishliteraryhistoryisJonathanSwift's______.A.AModestProposal B.ATaleofaTubC.Gulliver'sTravels D.TheBattleoftheBooks8.AsarepresentativeoftheEnlightenment,______wasoneofthefirsttointroducerationalismtoEngland.A.JohnBunyan B.DanielDefoeC.AlexanderPope D.JonathanSwift9.Forhiscontributiontotheestablishmentoftheformofthemodernnovel,______hasbeenregardedbysomeas“FatheroftheEnglishNovel”.A.DanielDefoe B.HenryFieldingC.JonathanSwift D.SamuelRichardson10.WhichofthefollowingdescriptionsofGothicNovelsisNOTcorrect?A.Itpredominatedintheearlyeighteenthcentury.B.ItwasonephaseoftheRomanticmovement.C.Itsprincipalelementsareviolence,horrorandthesupernatural.D.WorkslikeTheMysteriesofUdolphoandFrankensteinaretypicalGothicromance.11.“Byronichero”isafigureofthefollowingtraitsEXCEPT______.A.beingproud B.beingofhumbleoriginC.beingrebellious D.beingmysterious12.RobertBrowningcreated______byadoptingthenovelisticpresentationofcharacters.A.theversenovel B.theblankverseC.theheroiccouplet D.thedramaticpoetry13.CharlesDickens'novel______isfamousforitsvividdescriptionsoftheworkhouseandlifeoftheunderworldinthenineteenth-centuryLondon.A.ThePickwickPaper B.OliverTwistC.DavidCopperfield D.NicholasNickleby14.CharlotteBronte'sworksareallaboutthestruggleofanindividualconsciousnesstowards______,aboutsomelonelyandneglectedyoungwomenwithafiercelongingforlove,understandingandafull,happylife.A.self-reliance B.self-realizationC.self-esteem D.self-consciousness15.Thesymbolicmeaningof“Book”inRobertBrowning'slongpoemTheRingandtheBookis______.A.thecommonsense B.thehardtruthC.thecomprehensiveknowledge D.thedeadtruth16.ThomasHardy'spessimisticviewoflifepredominatedmostofhislaterworksandearnshimareputationasa______writer.A.realistic B.naturalisticC.romantic D.stylistic17.AftertheFirstWorldWar,thereappearedthefollowingliterarytrendsofmodernismEXCEPT______.A.expressionism B.surrealismC.streamofconsciousness D.blackhumour18.Themasterpiecesofcriticalrealismintheearly20thcenturyarethethreetrilogiesof______.A.Galsworthy'sForsytenovels B.Hardy'sWessexnovelsC.Greene'sCatholicnovels D.Woolf'sstream-of-consciousnessnovels19.Inthemid-1950sandearly1960s,thereappeared“______”whodemonstratedaparticulardisillusionoverthedepressingsituationinBritainandlaunchedabitterprotest.againsttheoutmodedsocialandpoliticalvaluesintheirsociety.A.TheBeatGeneration B.TheLostGenerationC.TheAngryYoungMen D.BlackMountainPoets20.ThefollowingareEnglishstream-of-consciousnessnovelsEXCEPT______.A.Pilgrimage B.UlyssesC.Mrs.Dalloway D.APassagetoInida

21.TheleaderoftheIrishNationalTheaterMovementintheearly20thcenturywas______.A.W.B.Yeats B.LadyGregoryC.J.M.Synge D.JohnGalworthy22.T.S.Eliot'smostpopularverseplayis______.A.MurderintheCathedral B.TheCocktailPartyC.TheFamilyReunion D.TheWasteLand23.TheAmericanwriter______wasawardedtheNobelPrizefortheanti-racistIn-truderintheDustin1950.A.ErnestHemingway B.GertrudeSteinC.WilliamFaulkner D.T.S.Eliot24.Hemingway'ssecondbigsuccessis______,whichwrotetheepitaphtoadecadeandtothewholegenerationinthe1920s,inordertotellusastoryaboutthetragicloveaffairofawoundedAmericansoldierwithaBritishnurse.A.ForWhomtheBellTolls B.AFarewelltoArmsC.TheSunAlsoRises D.TheOldManandtheSea25.Withthepublicationof______,DreiserwaslaunchinghimselfuponalongcareerthatwouldultimatelymakehimoneofthemostsignificantAmericanwritersoftheschoollaterknownasliterarynaturalism.A.SisterCarrie B.TheTitanC.TheGenius D.TheStoic26.HenryJamesisgenerallyregardedastheforerunnerofthe20th-century“stream-of-consciousness”novelsandthefounderof______.A.neoclassicism B.psychologicalrealismC.psychoanalyticalcriticism D.surrealism27.In1849,HermanMelvillepublished______,asemi-autobiographicalnovel,con-cerningthesufferingsofagenteelyouthamongbrutalsailors.A.Omoo B.MardiC.Redburn D.Typee28.AsasequeltoTheAdventuresofTomSawyer,______markstheclimaxofMarkTwain'sliteraryactivity.A.TheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinn B.LifeontheMississippiC.TheGildedAge D.RoughingIt29.Realismwasareactionagainst______oramoveawayfromthebiastowardsromanceandself-creatingfictions,andpavedthewaytoModernism.A.Romanticism B.RationalismC.Post-modernism D.Cynicism30.WhenWorldWarIIbrokeout,______beganworkingfortheItaliangovernment,engagedinsomeradiobroadcastsofanti-Semitismandpro-Fascism.A.EzraPound B.T.S.EliotC.HenryJames D.RobertFrost31.In1915______becameanaturalizedBritishcitizen,largelyinprotestagainstAmerica'sfailuretojoinEnglandintheFirstWorldWar.A.HenryJames B.T.S.EliotC.W.D.Howells D.EzraPound32.WhatWhitmanprefersforhisnewsubjectandnewpoeticfeelingsis“______,”thatis,poetrywithoutafixedbeatorregularrhymescheme.A.blankverse B.freerhythmC.balancedstructure D.freeverse33.TheAmericanwomanpoet______wantedtolivesimplyasacompleteindependentbeing,andsoshedid,asaspinster.A.EmilyShaw B.AnnaDickinsonC.EmilyDickinson D.AnneBret34.TheBirthmarkdriveshomesymbolically______pointthatevilisaman'sbirthmark,somethinghewasbornwith.A.Whitman's B.Melville'sC.Hawthorne's D.Emerson's35.TheFinancier,TheTitanandTheStoicwrittenby______arecalledhis“TrilogyofDesire”.A.HenryJames B.TheodoreDreiserC.MarkTwain D.HermanMelville36.Disregardinggrammarandpunctuation,______alwaysused“i”insteadof“I”inhispoemstoshowhisprotestagainstself-importance.A.WallaceStevens B.EzraPoundC.RobertFrost D.E.E.Cummings37.ThoughRobertFrostisgenerallyconsideredaregionalpoetwhosesubjectmattersmainlyfocusonthelandscapeandpeoplein______,hewrotemanypoemsthatinvestigatethebasicthemesofman'slifeinhislongpoeticcareer.A.thewest B.thesouthC.NewEngland D.Alaska38.MostcriticshaveagreedthatFitzgeraldisbothaninsiderandanoutsiderof______withadoublevision.A.theGildedAge B.theRationalAgeC.theJazzAge D.theMagicAge39.IntheAmericanRomanticwritings,______cametofunctionalmostasadramaticcharacterthatsymbolizedmorallaw.A.fire B.waterC.trees D.wilderness40.Thedesireforanescapefromsocietyandareturnto______becameapermanentconventionoftheAmericanliterature.A.thefamilylife B.natureC.theancienttime D.fantasyofloveII.ReadingComprehension(16pointsinall,4foreach)ReadthequotedpartscarefullyandanswerthequestionsinEnglish.Writeyouranswersinthecorrespondingspaceontheanswersheet.41.WhereforefeedandclotheandsaveFromthecradletothegraveThoseungratefuldroneswhowouldDrainyoursweat-nay,drinkyourblood?Questions:A.Identifythepoetandthetitleofthepoemfromwhichthestanzaistaken.B.WhatfigureofspeechisusedinLine2?C.Whomdoes“drones”referto?42.ThefollowingquotationisfromoneofthepoemsbyT.S.Eliot:No!IamnotPrinceHamlet,norwasmeanttobe;Amanattendantlord,onethatwilldoToswellaprogress,startasceneortwoAdvisetheprince;nodoubt,aneasytool,Deferential,gladtobeofuse,Politic,cautious,andmeticulous,Fullofhighsentence,butabitobtuse;Questions:A.Identifythetitleofthepoemfromwhichthequotedpartistaken.B.Who'sthespeakerofthequotedlines?C.Whatdoesthefirstlineshowaboutthespeaker?43．Therewasachildwentfortheveryday,Andthefirstobjecthelook'dupon,thatobjecthebecame,Andthatobjectbecamepartofhimforthedayoracertainpartoftheday,Orformanyyearsorstretchingcyclesofyears.Questions:A.Identifythepoet.B.Fromwhichpoemandwhichcollectionofthepoetaretheselinestaken?C.Whatdoesthepoetdescribeinthepoem?44.IheardaFlybuzz-whenIdied-TheStillnessintheRoomWasliketheStillnessintheAir-BetweentheHeavesofStorm-TheEyesaround-hadwrungthemdry-AndBreathsweregatheringfirmForthatlastOnset-whentheKingBewitnessed-intheRoom-Questions:A.Identifythepoet.B.What