2021年10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】Tosupporthisfamily,in1586or1587______wenttoLondon,a

wonderfulenvironmentforthedevelopmentofdrama

JohnMilton

Shakespeare

A:

HenryFielding

B:

BernardShaw

C:

答D:案：B

2、【單選題】DanielDefoe'slanguageis______，smooth,colloquialandvernacular.

obscure

complex

A:

easy

B:

rhetoric

C:

答D:案：C

3、【單選題】CharlesDickensattacksthedehumanizing______andthecriminal

underworldlifeinOliverTwist.

nursinghome

marriageclause

A:

schoolconditions

B:

workhousesystem

C:

答D:案：D

4、【單選題】Joy,laughter,harmonyand______aretheprevailingnotesofWilliam

Blake'searlyworks.

love

equality

A:

freedom

B:

romance

C:

答D:案：A

5、【單選題】InthemodernperiodofEnglishliterature,______heldthatonly

superiorintellectscouldhavetheabilityinachievingthegoalofsocialism.

T.S.Eliot

BernardShaw

A:

JaneAusten

B:

ThomasHardy

C:

答D:案：B

6、【單選題】JohnMiltoncomposedthepoem______dedicatedtohisfellow

undergraduate.

Lycidas

Areopagitica

A:

OdetoNaples

B:

TheRapeofLucrece

C:

答D:案：A

7、【單選題】TheworksATaleofaTubandTheBattleoftheBooksestablished

thenameof______asasatirist.

CharlesDickens

HenryFielding

A:

DanielDefoe

B:

JonathanSwift

C:

答D:案：D

8、【單選題】Accordingtothesubjects,WilliamWordsworth'sshortpoemsfall

intotwogroups:poemsabout______andpoemsaboutnature.

philosophy

humanlife

A:

religion

B:

politics

C:

答D:案：B

9、【單選題】In

Charlottenovels,sheliked

todescribethefollowingissuesoftheupperclassEXCEPT______。

hypocrisy

cruclty

A:

friendship

B:

evils

C:

答D:案：C

10、【單選題】T.S.Eliotproducedtwomajorvolumesofpoeticworks:______and

FourQuartetsinhislaterperiod.

MurderintheCathedral

TheFamilyReunion

A:

TheCocktailParty

B:

AshWednesday

C:

答D:案：D

11、【單選題】InKingLear,Shakespearehasnotonlymadeaprofoundanalysisof

______，butalsocriticizedthebourgeoisegoism.

historicalevents

humanprogress

A:

thesocialcrisis

B:

theeconomicdevelopment

C:

答D:案：C

12、【單選題】ThenovelTomJonesbrings______thenameofthe“ProseHomer.”

HenryFielding

CharlesDickens

A:

JohnMilton

B:

ThomasHardy

C:

答D:案：A

13、【單選題】JaneAustenwrotealtogether______completenovels.

four

five

A:

six

B:

seven

C:

答D:案：C

14、【單選題】Asisknowntoall,CharlotieBronteisawriterof______combined

withromanticism.

naturalism

perfectionism

A:

symbolism

B:

realism

C:

答D:案：D

15、【單選題】ItisthefirsttimeforD.H.Lawrencetocombine______with

psychologicalexplorationinhisnovelTheRainbow.

individualthoughts

culturalconflicts

A:

socialcriticism

B:

religiousbelief

C:

答D:案：C

16、【單選題】Duringtheresifouryearsofhislife,PercyShelleytraveledand

livedinvarious______cities,producingallhismajorworks.

Italian

French

A:

German

B:

British

C:

答D:案：A

17、【單選題】Inthenovel______，DanielDefoeglorifieshumanlaborandthe

Puritanfortitudeindescribingthehero'slifeontheisland.

TheBattleoftheBooks

DavidCopperfield

A:

RobinsonCrusoe

B:

HardTimes

C:

D:

答案：C

18、【單選題】TheplayTheCoffee-HousePoliticianiswrittenby______。

Shakespeare

HenryFielding

A:

JohnMilton

B:

WilliamBlake

C:

答D:案：B

19、【單選題】ThomasHardyabandoned______andreturnedtopoetryforthe

criticismsagainsthislasttwonovels.

novel-writing

drama-creating

A:

play-creating

B:

prose-writing

C:

答D:案：A

20、【單選題】Inthe______partofGulliver'sTravels,Gulliverisleftalonein

Brobdingnagwherepcoplearetoomuchtallerandlargerthanordinaryhumanbeings.

first

second

A:

third

B:

last

C:

答D:案：B

21、【單選題】WilliamBlake'sMarriageofHeavenandHellmarkshisentryinto

______。

maturity

success

A:

career

B:

failure

C:

答D:案：A

22、【單選題】Thewoman______isthemaincharacterinBernardShaw's

Mrs.Warren'sProfession.

Jane

Joan

A:

B:

Fanny

Vivie

C:

答D:案：D

23、【單選題】Generallyspeaking，______MurderintheCathedralisthebestof

hisplays.

D.H.Lawrence's

ThomasHardy's

A:

T.S.Eliot's

B:

BernardShaw's

C:

答D:案：C

24、【單選題】SonsanddLoversvividlypresentsthe______between

D.H.Lawrence'sfatherandmother.

conflict

careandlove

A:

marriagelife

B:

misunderstanding

C:

答D:案：A

25、【單選題】ThepublicationofFarfrontheMaddingCrowdin1874enabled

ThomasHardytogiveup______forwriting.

painting

engraving

A:

teaching

B:

architecture

C:

答D:案：D

26、【單選題】In1870,CharlesDickensdiedof______，leavinghislastnovel

unfinished.

disease

overwork

A:

poverty

B:

depression

C:

答D:案：B

27、【單選題】NathanielHawthornewrote______torevealhisownexperiencesand

hisownmethodsasapsychologicalnovelist.

TheBlithedaleRomunce

TheMarbleFaun

A:

TheHouseoftheSevenGables

B:

TheSoundandtheFury

C:

答D:案：A

28、【單選題】MarkTwain'sbookInnocentsisanaccountof______。

BritishtouristsinAmerica

BritishjournalistsinAmerica

A:

AmericantouristsinEurope

B:

AmericanjournalistsinEurope

C:

答D:案：C

29、【單選題】______AMusqueofReasonandAMasqueofMercyarecomic-serious

dramaticnarratives,inbothofwhichbiblicalcharactersinmodernsettings

discussethicsandman'srelationstoGod.

JohnMilton's

RobertFrost's

A:

EzraPound's

B:

T.S.Eliot's

C:

答D:案：B

30、【單選題】WaltWhitmanputforwardhisownsetof______principles,Leaves

ofGrasswasjusttheexpressionoftheseprinciples.

psychological

religious

A:

philosophical

B:

aesthetic

C:

答D:案：D

31、【單選題】Ofthefollowingauthors,______wrotethemasterpieceThePortrait

ofALady.

MarkTwain

NathanielHawthorne

A:

HenryJames

B:

C:

HermanMelville

答D:案：C

32、【單選題】F.ScottFitzgerald'sThisSideofParadiseportraystheemotional

andspiritualcollapseof______duringanunstablemarriage.

awealthyyoungwoman

awealthyyoungman

A:

apooryoungwoman

B:

apooryoungman

C:

答D:案：B

33、【單選題】Thefollowingcharacter______isthenarratorinthenovelMoby-

Dick.

Ahab

Ishmael

A:

Starbuck

B:

Stubb

C:

答D:案：B

34、【單選題】EmilyDickinson'spoetryis______initsownway.

popularandconventional

uniqueandconventional

A:

vulgarandunconventional

B:

uniqueandunconventional

C:

答D:案：D

35、【單選題】In1954,______wasawardedtheNobelPrizeforliteratureandin

1961hecommittedsuicide.

ErnestHemingway

RobertFrost

A:

HermanMelville

B:

F.ScottFitzgerald

C:

答D:案：A

36、【單選題】As______sawit,poetrycouldplayavitalpartintheproeessof

creatinganewnation.

EzraPound

T.S.Eliot

A:

RobertFrost

B:

WaltWhitman

C:

答D:案：D

37、【單選題】Pennilessand“fulloftheillusionsof______,”CarrieMeeber,the

protagonistinSisterCarrie,leaveshometoscekworkinChicago.

loveandyouth

ignoranceandyouth

A:

ignoranceandlove

B:

futureandlove

C:

答D:案：B

38、【單選題】Thefollowingwork______isNOTwrittenbyWilliamFaulkner.

TheGreatGatsby

GoDown,Moses

A:

LightinAugust

B:

Absalom,Absalom!

C:

答D:案：A

39、【單選題】HermanMelville'sBillyBudddealswiththeseaandsailorsand

thethemeofaconflictbetween______。

innocenceandselflessness

romanceandfreedom

A:

innocenceandcorruption

B:

justiceandcorruption

C:

答D:案：C

40、【單選題】ForWhomtheBellTollsconcernsavolunteer______fightingin

theSpanishCivilWar.

Frenchgucrrilla

Americanguerrilla

A:

Frenchwriter

B:

Americanwriter

C:

答D:案：B

41、【問(wèn)答題】Togruntandsweatunderawearylife,Butthatthedreadof

somethingafterdeath—Theundiscover'dcountry,fromwhosebournNotraveler

returns-puzzlesthewill,AndmakesusratherbearthoseillswehaveThanfly

toothersthatweknownotof?Thusconsciencedoesmakecowardsofusall;And

thusthenativehueofresolutionIssickliedo'erwiththepalecastofthought,

Andenterprisesofgreatpithandmoment,Withthisregard,theircurrentsturn

awryAndlosethenameofaction.Questions:A.Identifytheauthorandthe

titleoftheworkfromwhichthequotedpartistaken.B.Whoisthenarrator?

C.Whatdoesthesentence“heircurrentsturnawry'mean?

答案：A.Shakespeare;Hamlet.B.Hamlet,PrinceofDenmark.C.Itmeanstoturn

awayfromtheiroriginalpurpose.

42、【問(wèn)答題】NoNightingaledideverchauntMorewelcomenotestowearybands

Oftravelersinsomeshadyhaunt,AmongArabiansands;Avoicesothrilling

ne'erwasheardInspringtimefromtheCuckoobird,Breakingthesilenceofthe

seasAmongthefarthestHebrides.Questions:A.Identifythepoet.B.Whatdoes

thepoemsuggest?C.Whatisthispoetregardedas?

答案：A.WilliamWordsworth.B.Itsuggeststhetimelessmysteryofsorrowful

humanityanditsbeauty.C.Heisregardedasa“worshipperofnature."(l分)

43、【問(wèn)答題】YoungGoodmanBrowncameforth,atsunsei,intothestrectofSalem

village,butputhisheadback,aftercrossingthethreshold,toexchangeaparting

kisswithhisyoungwife.AndFaith,asthewifewasaptlynamed,thrustherown

prettyheadintothestrect,leitingthewindplaywiththepinkribbousof

hercap,whileshecalledtoGoodmanBrown.Questions:A.Identifytheauthor.

B.Whatisthenovelconcernedwith?C.Whatdoestheauthorsetouttoprove?

答案：A.NathanielHawthorne.B.Guiltandevil.(l分)C.Everyonepossesses

someevilsecret.

44、【問(wèn)答題】EveryFridayfivecratesoforangesandlemonsarrivedfroma

fruitererinNewYork——everyMondaythesesameorangesandlemonslefthisback

doorinapyramidofpulplesshalves.Thesewasamachineinthekitchenwhich

couldextractthejuiceoftwohundredorangesinhalfanhourifalittle

butionwaspressedtwohundredtimesbyabutler'sthumb.Questions:A.Identify

theauthorandthetitleoftheworkfromwhichthequotedpartistaken.B.What

doesthequotedpartdescribe?C.Whatisthebackgroundofthenovel?

答案：A.F.ScottFitzgerald;TheGreatGatsby.B.AdescriptionofGatsby's

party.C.Itissetagainsttheendingofthewar.(l分)

45、【問(wèn)答題】Neoclassicistshadlawsandrulesforalmosteverygenreof

literature.Howshouldpoetrybe?

答案：Poetryshouldbelyrical，epical，didactic，satiricordramatic.

46、【問(wèn)答題】WhatarethemaincharacteristicsofThomasHardy'sbestlocal-

coloredworks?

答案：Hisbestlocal-coloredworksareknownas“novelsofcharacter

andenvironment."Theyarethemostrepresentativeofhimasbotha

naturalisticandacriticalrealistwriter.Theconflictbetweentheoldandthe

modernbecomesmoreintenseinhislasttwonovels.Inhimweseetheinfluence

fromboththepastandthemodern.

47、【問(wèn)答題】WhatdoesNathanielHawthorne'sTheScarletLettertellusand

whatdoeshefocushisattentiononinthiswork?

答案：Theworktellsusasimplebutverymovingstoryinwhichfourpeople

livinginaPuritancommunityareinvolvedinandaffectedbythesinof

adulteryindifferentways.Hefocuseshisattentiononthe

moral,emotional,andpsychologicaleffectsorconsequencesofthesinonthe

peopleandthosemaincharacters,soastoshowusthetensionbetweensociety

andindividuals.

48、【問(wèn)答題】F.ScottFitzgeraldshowsaparticularinterestintheupper-class

youngpeople.WhatweretheylikedescribedbyFitzgeraldinhisnovels?

答案：Theyhadasenseofrecklessconfidenceaboutmoneyandlifein

general.Theyfeltexcusedfromseekingthegood.Plungingintotheirpersonal

adventures,engagingthemselvesincasualsexandheavydrinking,theytook

risksandspentmoneyextravagantlyandenjoyedthemselvestotheir

hearts'content.Beneaththeirmasksofrelaxationandjovialitytherewas

onlysterility,meaninglessnessandfutility.

49、【問(wèn)答題】"TheLoveSongofJ.AlfredPrufrock"isT.S.Eliot'smost

strikingachievement.Brieflydiscussthetheme,thewritingstyle,the

characteristicsoftheprotagonist，andthesetting.

答案：Thepoempresentsthemeditationonanagingyoungmanoverthebusiness

ofproposingmarriage.Thepoemisinaformofdramaticmonologue,suggesting

anironiccontrastbetweenapretended"lovesong"andaconfessionof

thespeaker'sincapabilityoffacinguptoloveandtolifeinasterileupper-

classworld.Theprotagonistisneurotic,self-important,illogicaland

incapableofaction.Heisatragicfigurecaughtinasenseofdefeated

idealismand