2013年4月自考00604英美文學(xué)選讀試題及答案含解析

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1、【單選題】T.S.Eliot's______isthebestofhisplaysinthesensethatit

containsthebestpoetryandthemosteoherentdrama.

MurderintheCathedral

TheCocktailParty

A:

TheFamilyReunion

B:

TheWasteland

C:

答D:案：A

2、【單選題】AllofthefollowingnovelsbyDanielDefoearethefirstliterary

worksdevotedtothestudyofproblemsofthelower-classpeopleEXCEPT______.

RobinsonCrusoe

CaptainSingleton

A:

MollFlanders

B:

ColonelJack

C:

答D:案：A

3、【單選題】AllofthefollowingstatementsonJaneAusten'sworksistrue

EXCEPT______.

Shepresentsthequiet,day-todaycountrylifeofthelower-classEnglish.

Hercharacteristicthemeisthatmaturityisachievedthroughtheloss

A:

ofillusions.

B:

Faultsofcharactersdisplayedbythepeopleofhernovelsare

correctwhen,throughribulation,lessonsareleamed.

C:

Eventhemostminorcharactersarevividlyparticularized.

答D:案：A

4、【單選題】Itwasafterthepublicationof______，Lawrencewasrecognizedas

aprominentnovelist.

TheRainbow

SonsandLovers

A:

LadyChatterley'sLover

B:

WomeninLove

C:

D:

答案：B

5、【單選題】Agoodstyleofprose"properwordsinproperplaces"wasdefinedby

______.

HenryFielding

SamuelRichardson

A:

OliverGoldsmith

B:

JonathanSwift

C:

答D:案：D

6、【單選題】Itisatruthuniversallyacknowledgedthatasinglemanin

possessionofagoodfortune,mustbeinwantofawife.Thequotedlinesaretaken

from______.

JaneEyre

WutheringHeights

A:

PrideandPrejudice

B:

SenseandSensibility

C:

答D:案：C

7、【單選題】ThetypicalrepresentativesofGeorgeBemardShawareWidower's

Houseand______.

TooTruetoBeGood

ManandSuperman

A:

Candida

B:

Mrs.Warren'sProfession

C:

答D:案：D

8、【單選題】HenryFieldinghasbeenregardedbysomeas"______"forhis

contributiontotheestablishmentoftheformofthemodemnovel.

FatheroftheEnglishNovel

BestWriteroftheEnglishNovel

A:

themostgiftedwriteroftheEnglishnovel

B:

conventionalwriteroftheEnglishnovel

C:

答D:案：A

9、【單選題】OneofShelley'sgreatestpoliticallyriesis______,whichwas

latertobecomearallyingsongoftheBritishCommunistParty.

“MenofEngland”

“OdetoLiberty”

A:

“OdetoNaples”

B:

“Sonnet:Englandin1819”

C:

答D:案：A

10、【單選題】GeorgeBernardShaw'splay______establishedhispositionasthe

leadingplaywrightofhistime.

Candida

Widowers'Houses

A:

Mrs.Warren'sProfession

B:

ManandSuperan

C:

答D:案：A

11、【單選題】Milton'sliteraryachievementscanbecomposedoftheearlypoetic

works,themiddle______pamphletsandthelastgreatpoems.

dramatic

prose

A:

epic

B:

statinic

C:

答D:案：B

12、【單選題】Theassertionthatpoetryoriginatesfrom"emotionrecollectedin

tranquility"belongsto______.

WilliamWordsworth

SamuelTaylorColeridge

A:

RobertSouthey

B:

WilliamBlake

C:

答D:案：A

13、【單選題】ThomasHardy'sworksknownas"novelsofcharacterand

environment"arethemostrepresentativesofhimasbotha______andacritical

realistwriter.

romantic

classical

A:

optimistic

B:

naturalistic

C:

D:

答案：D

14、【單選題】JonathanSwift's______makesthemostdevastatingprotestagainst

theinhumanexploitationandoppressionoftheIrishpeoplebytheEnglishruling

class.

TheBattleoftheBooks

“AModestProposal”

A:

TheDrapier'Letters

B:

Gulliver'sTravels

C:

答D:案：B

15、【單選題】InEnglishRomanticperiod"LakePoets"referstoRobertSouthey,

SamuelTaylorColeridgeand______.

WilliamWordsworth

WilliamBlake

A:

PereyByssheShelley

B:

RobertBums

C:

答D:案：A

16、【單選題】Dickensattacksthedehumanizingworkhousesystemandthedark,

criminalunderworldlifein______.

ThePickwickPaper

OliverTwist

A:

DavidCopperfield

B:

DombeyandSon

C:

答D:案：B

17、【單選題】JohnMilton's______isthemostperfectexampleoftheverse

dramaaftertheGreekstyleinEnglish.

ParadiseLost

ParadiseRegained

A:

SamsonAgonistes

B:

Areopagitica

C:

答D:案：C

18、【單選題】ThemajorRomanticpoetslikeBlake,Wordsworth,Coleridge,Byron,

ShelleyandKeatsstartedarebellionagainsttheneoclassicalliterature,which

waslaterregardedas______.

thepoeticromance

thepoeticmovement

A:

thepoeticrevolution

B:

thepoeticreformation

C:

答D:案：C

19、【單選題】ThemostimportantplayamongthecomediesofShakespeareis

______.

TwelfthNight

AMidsummerNight'sDream

A:

TheMerchantofVenice

B:

AsYouLikeIt

C:

答D:案：C

20、【單選題】WilliamBlake's______paintsaworldofmisery,poverty,disease,

warandrepressionwithamelancholytone.

SongsofInnocence

SongsofExperience

A:

PoeticalSketches

B:

LyricalBallads

C:

答D:案：B

21、【單選題】ThemostfamousdramatistsintheRenaissanceEnglandare

ChristopherMarlowe,______andBenJonson.

JohnMilton

WilliamShakespeare

A:

DanielDefoe

B:

HenryFielding

C:

答D:案：B

22、【單選題】JohnMilton's______isprobablyhismostmemorableprosework,

whichisagreatpleaforfreedomofthepress.

Lycidas

Areopagitica

A:

TheExcursion

B:

C:

Persuasion

答D:案：B

23、【單選題】ThefirstAmericanproseepicis______.

TheAdventuresofTomSawyer

TheWasteLand

A:

Moby-Dick

B:

TheGreatGatsby

C:

答D:案：C

24、【單選題】HenryJamesisgenerallyregardedastheforerunnerofthe20th-

century“______”novelsandthefounderofpsychologicalrealism.

stream-of-consciousness

naturalistic

A:

romantie

B:

revolutionary

C:

答D:案：A

25、【單選題】Hemingwayoncesaidthat______wasonebookfromwhich"allmodem

Americanliteraturecomes."

TheAdventuresofTomSawyer

TheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinn

A:

TheMysteriousStranger

B:

TheGildedAge

C:

答D:案：B

26、【單選題】Itwasasortoffirstattemptatwritinghismasterpiece______

thatmadeFitzgeraldoneofthegreatestAmericannovelists.

TheGreatGatsby

TalesoftheJazzAge

A:

AlltheSadYoungMen

B:

TenderistheNight

C:

答D:案：A

27、【單選題】InMoby-Dick,theskillfuluseof______bothasacharacterand

narratorgivesthenovelamoralmagnitude.

Melville

Tashtego

A:

Ahab

B:

Ishmael

C:

答D:案：D

28、【單選題】Fitzgerald'sfictionalworldisthebestembodimentofthespirit

of______inwhichheshowsaparticularinterestintheupper-classsociety

especiallytheupper-classyoungpeople.

theLostGeneration

theJazzAge

A:

thePost-ModemAge

B:

theBabyboomingAge

C:

答D:案：B

29、【單選題】AsakeytothewholenovelofTheScarletLetter,theletterA

takesondifferentlayersofsymbolicmeanings.The______isoneofthe

salientcharacteristicsofHawthorne'sart.

simplicity

straightforwardness

A:

self-contradiction

B:

ambiguity

C:

答D:案：D

30、【單選題】BeforeandduringtheCivilWar,Whitmanstoodfirmlyontheside

oftheNorthandwroteaseriesofpoemsincorporatinghisemotionsandfeelings

duringtheperiod,whichweregatheredascollectionunderthetitleof______.

DrumTaps

LeavesofGras

A:

ABoy'sWill

B:

Northofboston

C:

答D:案：A

31、【單選題】Dickinson'spoetryisuniqueandunconventionalinitsownway.

Herpoemshaveno______，hencearealwaysquotedbytheirfirstlines.

themes

thymingschemes

A:

B:

titles

preludes

C:

答D:案：C

32、【單選題】As______sawit,poetrycouldplayavitalpartintheprocessof

creatinganewnation.ItcouldenableAmericanstocelebratetheirreleasefrom

theOldWorldandthecolonialrule.

EzraPound

WaltWhitman

A:

T.S.Eliot

B:

RobertLeeFrost

C:

答D:案：B

33、【單選題】Asagenre,______emphasizedheredityandenvironmentas

importantdeterministicforcesshapingindividualizedcharacterswhowere

presentedinspecialanddetailedcircumstances

romanticism

imagism

A:

naturalism

B:

transcendentalism

C:

答D:案：C

34、【單選題】RobertFrost'sfirstcollectionABoy'sWillismarkedbyan

intensebutrestrainedemotionandthecharacteristicflavorof______life.

NewEngland

England

A:

thedesert

B:

theocean

C:

答D:案：A

35、【單選題】ManyofFrost'spoemsarefragrantwithnaturequality.______in

hispoemsaredrawnfromthesimplecountrylifeandthepastorallandscape.

Imagesandmetaphors

Allusionsandsimiles

A:

Personificationsandalliterations

B:

Metaphorsandsimiles

C:

D:

答案：A

36、【單選題】Toagreatextent,Hawthome'sviewofmanandhumanhistory

onginatesin______.

Transcendentalism

Puritanism

A:

Atheism

B:

Deism

C:

答D:案：B

37、【單選題】Faulkner,oneoftheleadingAmericanwriters,wasawardedthe

NobelPrizein1950fortheanti-racist______.

TheMansion

TheTown

A:

TheFable

B:

Intruderinthedust

C:

答D:案：D

38、【單選題】MostofFaulkner'sworksarefocusedonthe______subjectsand

consciousness.

Southern

Northern

A:

Eastern

B:

Western

C:

答D:案：A

39、【單選題】Mancanbephysicallydestroyedbutneverdefeated

spiritually.Thisisanattitudetowardslifethat______hadbeentryingto

illustrateinhiswritings.

F.ScottFitzgerald

HenryJames

A:

EmestHemingway

B:

TheodoreDreiser

C:

答D:案：C

40、【單選題】Hemingway'sfirsttruenovel，______，castslightonawhole

generationaftertheFirstWorldWar.

ForwhomtheBellTolls

TheSunAlsoRises

A:

TheOldManandtheSea

B:

InOurTime

C:

答D:案：B

41、【問答題】"BecauseIwashappyupontheheath,Andsmil'damongthe

winter'ssnow;Theycloth'dmeintheclothesofdeath，Andtaughtmetosing

thenotesofwoe."(FromBlake'sChimneySweeperfromSongsofExperience)

Questions:A.Whatdoes"heath"indicate?B.Whatdoes"theclothesofdeath"mean?

C.Whatideadoesthepoemreveal?

答案：A.uncultivatedlandcoveredwithshrubs.B.clothesindarkcolor.

C.thepoemrevealsthetruenatureofreligionwhichhelpsbringmiseryto

thepoorchildren.

42、【問答題】Willnoonetellmewhatshesings?Perhapstheplaintivenumbers

flowForold,unhappy,far-offthings,Andbattleslongago;Orisitsome

morehumblelay,Familiarmatteroftoday?Somenaturalsorrow,loss,orpain,

Thathasbeen,andmaybeagain?(FromWilliamWordsworth's"TheSolitaryReaper")

Questions:A.Whatdoesthephrase"plaintivenumbers"mean?B.Whatisthe

rhymeschemeofthepoem?C.WhatdoyouthinkWordsworthintendstosuggestin

thepoem?

答案：A.ThemournfulversesB.ababecdd.C.Thepoetsuggeststhetimetess

mysteryofsorrowfulhumanityanditsradiantbeauty.

43、【問答題】IshallbetellingthiswithasighSomewhereagesandageshence:

Tworoadsdivergedinwood,andIItooktheonelesstraveledby,Andthathas

madethedifference.Questions:A.Whoisthewriterofthepoem?What'sthe

titleofthepoem?B.Whatadditionalmeaningdothetworoadshave?C.What

dilemmaisthespeakerfacing?

答案：A.RobertFrost,TheRoadNotTakenB.Lifeisherecomparedtoajourney.

Thetworoadsstandforthechoiceonehastomakeatacriticalmomentinhis

life.C.Sincewheretheroadleadstoisuncertain,onehastowaittosee

theresultofthechoiceuntilone'silfeiscomingtoanend.Thenitwillbe

toolate.Thespeakeracknowledgesthelimitsoflile,yetheindulgeshimself

inthenotionthatwecouldbereallydifferentfromwhatwehavebecome,

becauselifeisupredictable.

44、【問答題】Theyrosewhensheentered-asmall,fatwomaninblack,witha

thingoldchaindescendingtoherwaistandvanishingintoherbelt,leaningonan

ebonycanewithatarnishedgoldhead.【Herskeletonwassmallandspare;perhaps

thatwaswhywhatwouldhavebeenmerelyplumpnessinanotherwasobesityin

her.】lookedbloated,likeabodylongsubmergedinmotionlesswater,andof

thatpallidhue.Hereyes,lostinthefattyridgesofherface,lookedlike

twosmallpiecesofcoalpressedintoalumpofdoughastheymovedfromone

facetoanotherwhilethevisitorsstatedtheirerrand.Questions:A.Whoisthe

writerofthestory?Whatisthetitleofthestory?B.What'sthemeaningof

theunderlinedsentences?C.Whatcanyouinferfromthepassageaboutthe

protagonist?

答案：A.Faulkner,ARoseforEmilyB.Becauseofhersmallframe,alittle

exfraweight,whichmadewomenoflargerframelookfat，madeherexcessively

fat.C.Emily,theprotagonist,iseccentric.Sherefusestogooutandto

aceeptthepassagooftime,ortheinevitablechangeandlossthataccompanies

it.SheisasymboloftheOldSouthandaprisonerofthepast.

45、【問答題】WilliamShakespeareisoneofthemostremarkableplaywrightsthe

worldhaseverknown.Whatarehisfourgreatesttragedies?Whatarethe

characteristicsofthefourtragediesincommon?

答案：A.Hamlet,KingLear,OthelloandMacbethB.Eachportrayssomenoble

hero,whofacestheinjusticeofhumenlifeandiscaughtinadifficult

situationandwhosefateiscloselyconnectedwiththefateofthewholenation.

46、【問答題】WhatdoyouthinkT.S.Eliot'sTheWasteLandpresentsand

reflects?

答案：A.Thepoempresentsapanoramaofphysicaldisorderandspiritual

desolationinthemodemestemnworld;B.Thepoemreflectstheprevalentmood

ofdisillusionmentanddespairofawholepost-wargeneration.

47、【問答題】PleasesummarizeEmilyDickinson