历年自考历年英美文学选读试卷及答案.doc
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英美文学历年真题
全国2009年4月英美文学选读试题
请将答案填在答题纸相应的位置上(全部题目用英文作答)
I.MultipleChoice(40pointsinall,1foreach)
Selectfromthefourchoicesofeachitemtheonethatbestanswersthequestionorcompletesthestatementandwritethecorrespondingletterontheanswersheet.
1.InRenaissance,theEuropeanhumanistthinkersandscholarsmadeattemptstodothefollowingEXCEPT______.
A.gettingridofthoseoldfeudalistideas
B.gettingcontroloftheparliamentandgovernment
C.introducingnewideasthatexpressedtheinterestsoftherisingbourgeoisie
D.recoveringthepurityoftheearlychurch,fromthecorruptionoftheRomanCatholicChurch
2.ThePetrarchansonnetwasfirstintroducedintoEnglandby______.
A.Surrey B.Wyatt
C.Sidney D.Shakespeare
3.AsthebestofShakespeare'sfinalromances,______isatypicalexampleofhispessimisticviewtowardshumanlifeandsocietyinhislateyears.
A.TheTempest B.TheWinter'sTale
C.Cymbeline D.TheRapeofLucrece
4.JohnMilton'sgreatestpoeticalwork______istheonlygenerallyacknowledgedepicinEnglishliteraruresinceBeowulf.
A.Areopagitica B.ParadiseLost
C.Lycidas D.SamsonAgonistes
5.TheBritishbourgeoisormiddleclassbelievedinthefollowingnotionsEXCEPT______.
A.self-esteem B.self-reliance
C.self-restraint D.hardwork
6.“GraveyardSchool”writersarethefollowingsentimentalistsEXCEPT______.
A.JamesThomson B.WilliamCollins
C.WilliamCowper D.ThomasJackson
7.ThebestmodelofsatireinthewholeEnglishliteraryhistoryisJonathanSwift's______.
A.AModestProposal B.ATaleofaTub
C.Gulliver'sTravels D.TheBattleoftheBooks
8.AsarepresentativeoftheEnlightenment,______wasoneofthefirsttointroducerationalismtoEngland.
A.JohnBunyan B.DanielDefoe
C.AlexanderPope D.JonathanSwift
9.Forhiscontributiontotheestablishmentoftheformofthemodernnovel,______hasbeenregardedbysomeas“FatheroftheEnglishNovel”.
A.DanielDefoe B.HenryFielding
C.JonathanSwift D.SamuelRichardson
10.WhichofthefollowingdescriptionsofGothicNovelsisNOTcorrect?
A.Itpredominatedintheearlyeighteenthcentury.
B.ItwasonephaseoftheRomanticmovement.
C.Itsprincipalelementsareviolence,horrorandthesupernatural.
D.WorkslikeTheMysteriesofUdolphoandFrankensteinaretypicalGothicromance.
11.“Byronichero”isafigureofthefollowingtraitsEXCEPT______.
A.beingproud B.beingofhumbleorigin
C.beingrebellious D.beingmysterious
12.RobertBrowningcreated______byadoptingthenovelisticpresentationofcharacters.
A.theversenovel B.theblankverse
C.theheroiccouplet D.thedramaticpoetry
13.CharlesDickens'novel______isfamousforitsvividdescriptionsoftheworkhouseandlifeoftheunderworldinthenineteenth-centuryLondon.
A.ThePickwickPaper B.OliverTwist
C.DavidCopperfield D.NicholasNickleby
14.CharlotteBronte'sworksareallaboutthestruggleofanindividualconsciousnesstowards______aboutsomelonelyandneglectedyoungwomenwithafiercelongingforlove,understandingandafull,happylife.
A.self-reliance B.self-realization
C.self-esteem D.self-consciousness
15.Thesymbolicmeaningof“Book”inRobertBrowning'slongpoemTheRingandtheBookis______.
A.thecommonsense B.thehardtruth
C.thecomprehensiveknowledge D.thedeadtruth
16.ThomasHardy'spessimisticviewoflifepredominatedmostofhislaterworksandearnshimareputationasa______writer.
A.realistic B.naturalistic
C.romantic D.stylistic
17.AftertheFirstWorldWar,thereappearedthefollowingliterarytrendsofmodernismEXCEPT______.
A.expressionism B.surrealism
C.streamofconsciousness D.blackhumour
18.Themasterpiecesofcriticalrealismintheearly20thcenturyarethethreetrilogiesof______.
A.Galsworthy'sForsytenovels B.Hardy'sWessexnovels
C.Greene'sCatholicnovels D.Woolf'sstream-of-consciousnessnovels
19.Inthemid-1950sandearly1960s,thereappeared“______”whodemonstratedaparticulardisillusionoverthedepressingsituationinBritainandlaunchedabitterprotest.againsttheoutmodedsocialandpoliticalvaluesintheirsociety.
A.TheBeatGeneration B.TheLostGeneration
C.TheAngryYoungMen D.BlackMountainPoets
20.ThefollowingareEnglishstream-of-consciousnessnovelsEXCEPT______.
A.Pilgrimage B.Ulysses
C.Mrs.Dalloway D.APassagetoInida
21.TheleaderoftheIrishNationalTheaterMovementintheearly20thcenturywas______.
A.W.B.Yeats B.LadyGregory
C.J.M.Synge D.JohnGalworthy
22.T.S.Eliot'smostpopularverseplayis______.
A.MurderintheCathedral B.TheCocktailParty
C.TheFamilyReunion D.TheWasteLand
23.TheAmericanwriter______wasawardedtheNobelPrizefortheanti-racistIntruderintheDustin1950.
A.ErnestHemingway B.GertrudeStein
C.WilliamFaulkner D.T.S.Eliot
24.Hemingway'ssecondbigsuccessis______,whichwrotetheepitaphtoadecadeandtothewholegenerationinthe1920s,inordertotellusastoryaboutthetragicloveaffairofawoundedAmericansoldierwithaBritishnurse.
A.ForWhomtheBellTolls B.AFarewelltoArms
C.TheSunAlsoRises D.TheOldManandtheSea
25.Withthepublicationof______,DreiserwaslaunchinghimselfuponalongcareerthatwouldultimatelymakehimoneofthemostsignificantAmericanwritersoftheschoollaterknownasliterarynaturalism.
A.SisterCarrie B.TheTitan
C.TheGenius D.TheStoic
26.HenryJamesisgenerallyregardedastheforerunnerofthe20th-century“stream-of-consciousness”novelsandthefounderof______.
A.neoclassicism B.psychologicalrealism
C.psychoanalyticalcriticism D.surrealism
27.In1849,HermanMelvillepublished______,asemi-autobiographicalnovel,concerningthesufferingsofagenteelyouthamongbrutalsailors.
A.Omoo B.Mardi
C.Redburn D.Typee
28.AsasequeltoTheAdventuresofTomSawyer,______markstheclimaxofMarkTwain'sliteraryactivity.
A.TheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinn B.LifeontheMississippi
C.TheGildedAge D.RoughingIt
29.Realismwasareactionagainst______oramoveawayfromthebiastowardsromanceandself-creatingfictions,andpavedthewaytoModernism.
A.Romanticism B.Rationalism
C.Post-modernism D.Cynicism
30.WhenWorldWarIIbrokeout,______beganworkingfortheItaliangovernment,engagedinsomeradiobroadcastsofanti-Semitismandpro-Fascism.
A.EzraPound B.T.S.Eliot
C.HenryJames D.RobertFrost
31.In1915______becameanaturalizedBritishcitizen,largelyinprotestagainstAmerica'sfailuretojoinEnglandintheFirstWorldWar.
A.HenryJames B.T.S.Eliot
C.W.D.Howells D.EzraPound
32.WhatWhitmanprefersforhisnewsubjectandnewpoeticfeelingsis“______,”thatis,poetrywithoutafixedbeatorregularrhymescheme.
A.blankverse B.freerhythm
C.balancedstructure D.freeverse
33.TheAmericanwomanpoet______wantedtolivesimplyasacompleteindependentbeing,andsoshedid,asaspinster.
A.EmilyShaw B.AnnaDickinson
C.EmilyDickinson D.AnneBret
34.TheBirthmarkdriveshomesymbolically______pointthatevilisaman'sbirthmark,somethinghewasbornwith.
A.Whitman's B.Melville's
C.Hawthorne's D.Emerson's
35.TheFinancier,TheTitanandTheStoicwrittenby______arecalledhis“TrilogyofDesire”.
A.HenryJames B.TheodoreDreiser
C.MarkTwain D.HermanMelville
36.Disregardinggrammarandpunctuation,______alwaysused“i”insteadof“I”inhispoemstoshowhisprotestagainstself-importance.
A.WallaceStevens B.EzraPound
C.RobertFrost D.E.E.Cummings
37.ThoughRobertFrostisgenerallyconsideredaregionalpoetwhosesubjectmattersmainlyfocusonthelandscapeandpeoplein______,hewrotemanypoemsthatinvestigatethebasicthemesofman'slifeinhislongpoeticcareer.
A.thewest B.thesouth
C.NewEngland D.Alaska
38.MostcriticshaveagreedthatFitzgeraldisbothaninsiderandanoutsiderof______withadoublevision.
A.theGildedAge B.theRationalAge
C.theJazzAge D.theMagicAge
39.IntheAmericanRomanticwritings,______cametofunctionalmostasadramaticcharacterthatsymbolizedmorallaw.
A.fire B.water
C.trees D.wilderness
40.Thedesireforanescapefromsocietyandareturnto______becameapermanent
conventionoftheAmericanliterature.
A.thefamilylife B.nature
C.theancienttime D.fantasyoflove
II.ReadingComprehension(16pointsinall,4foreach)
ReadthequotedpartscarefullyandanswerthequestionsinEnglish.Writeyouranswersinthecorrespondingspaceontheanswersheet.
41.Whereforefeedandclotheandsave
Fromthecradletothegrave
Thoseungratefuldroneswhowould
Drainyoursweat-nay,drinkyourblood?
Questions:
A.Identifythepoetandthetitleofthepoemfromwhichthestanzaistaken.
B.WhatfigureofspeechisusedinLine2?
C.Whomdoes“drones”referto?
Answer:
A:
TheMenofEnglandbyPercyByssheShelley
B.Metaphor(不确定答案)
C.Drones:
themaleofthehoney-beesthatdonotwork,referringheretotheparasiticclassinhumansociety.
42.ThefollowingquotationisfromoneofthepoemsbyT.S.Eliot:
No!
IamnotPrinceHamlet,norwasmeanttobe;
Amanattendantlord,onethatwilldo
Toswellaprogress,startasceneortwo
Advisetheprince;nodoubt,aneasytool,
Deferential,gladtobeofuse,
Politic,cautious,andmeticulous,
Fullofhighsentence,butabitobtuse;
Questions:
A.Identifythetitleofthepoemfromwhichthequotedpartistaken.
B.Who'sthespeakerofthequotedlines?
C.Whatdoesthefirstli
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