2016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】WhichofthefollowingisconsideredtobethebestknownEnglish

dramatistsinceShakespeare?

OscarWilde

JohnGalsworthy.

A:

WilliamButlerYeats.

B:

GeorgeBenardShaw.

C:

答D:案：D

2、【單選題】ParadiseLostby____wasfinishedin1665,aftersevenyears'

laborindarkness.

ChristopherMarlow

JohnMilton

A:

WilliamShakespeare

B:

BenJohnson

C:

答D:案：B

3、【單選題】WhichofthefollowingisNOTwrittenby.H.Lawrence?

WomeninLove.

SonsandLovers

A:

TheRainbow.

B:

TheFrenchLieutenant'sWoman.

C:

答D:案：D

4、【單選題】WilliamShakespeareisoneofthegiantsof____

Aestheticism

Renaissance

A:

Realism

B:

Romanticism

C:

答D:案：B

5、【單選題】WhichofthefollowingfemalewritersdidNOTbelongtotheBronte

sisters?

AnneBronte.

CharlotteBronte.

A:

EmilyBronte.

B:

MaryBronte.

C:

答D:案：D

6、【單選題】ATaleofTiwoCitiesby____presentsacriticismofthesocial

institutionsandmoralsofVictorianEngland.

WilliamShakespeare

JohnKeats

A:

CharlesDickens

B:

GeorgeBernardShaw

C:

答D:案：C

7、【單選題】DanielDefoe'sfirstnovel____wasanimmediatesuccessinhis

life.

RobinsonCrusoe

Gulliver'sTravels

A:

TheAdventuresofTomSawyer

B:

TheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinn

C:

答D:案：A

8、【單選題】PrideandPrejudiceisthemasterpieceof____whichtellsreaders

theimportanceofgoodjudgmentinourlife.

MaryShelley

CharlotteBronte

A:

JohnKeats

B:

JaneAusten

C:

答D:案：D

9、【單選題】Whowroteoneofthemostenduringclassicpoems"OdetotheWest

Wind"?

WilliamWordsworth.

AlfredTennyson.

A:

PercyByssheShelley.

B:

DavidBurn.

C:

D:

答案：C

10、【單選題】Whichofthefollowingisregardedas"worshipperofnature"?

JohnKeats.

WilliamBlake.

A:

WilliamWordsworth

B:

JaneAusten.

C:

答D:案：C

11、【單選題】AmongThomasHardy'smajorworks,____isthemostcheerfuland

idyllic.

UndertheGreenwoodTree

TessoftheD'Urbervilles

A:

TheMayorofCasterbridge

B:

TheReturnoftheNative

C:

答D:案：A

12、【單選題】Mrs.Warren'sProfession,writtenby____,wasaplayaboutthe

economicoppressionofwomen.

JohnGalsworthy

WilliamButlerYeats

A:

T.S.Eliot

B:

GeorgeBernardShaw

C:

答D:案：D

13、【單選題】CharlesDickenswritesbestwhenhewritesfromthe____pointof

view.

poor's

child's

A:

adult's

B:

rich's

C:

答D:案：B

14、【單選題】JaneEyrebyCharlotteBronteisastoryofa(an)____whichis

basedonherownexperience.

explorer

peasant

A:

B:

worker

governess

C:

答D:案：D

15、【單選題】D.H.Laurence'sfirstnovel,____isaremarkableworkofayoung

man,acutelyobservantofnatureanddelightinginstory.

TheTrespasser

TheRainbow

A:

SonsandLovers

B:

TheWhitePeacock

C:

答D:案：D

16、【單選題】GeorgeBernardShawwasa(n),____whocomposedPygmalion.

playwright

poet

A:

novelist

B:

essayist

C:

答D:案：A

17、【單選題】TheWasteLandisthemostimportantsinglepoemby____

GeorgeBernardShaw

W.B.Yeats

A:

JohnKeats

B:

T.S.Eliot

C:

答D:案：D

18、【單選題】Shellyexpressedhisloveforfreedominhispoem____

ToaSkylark

“TheCloud

A:

“QueenMab

B:

“OdetoLiberty

C:

答D:案：D

19、【單選題】Thepoem"Tyger"ischosenfrom____byWilliamBlake.

SongsofExperience

SongsofInnocence

A:

B:

MarriageofHeavenandHell

TheBookofLos

C:

答D:案：A

20、【單選題】WhoisthegreatestcriticalrealistwritersoftheVictorianAge?

SamuelJohnson

CharlesDickens

A:

JaneAusten.

B:

D.H.Laurence.

C:

答D:案：B

21、【單選題】WessexnovelsbyThomasHardydescribedthesimpleandbeautiful

thoughprimitive____,whichwasgraduallydeclininganddisappearing.

urbanlife

rurallife

A:

classstruggle

B:

socialreform

C:

答D:案：B

22、【單選題】Itisatruthuniversallyacknowledgedthatasinglemanin

possessionofagoodfortunemustbeinwantofawife.Thissentenceistakenfrom

____

PrideandPrejudice

WutheringHeights

A:

JaneEyre

B:

SenseandSensibility

C:

答D:案：A

23、【單選題】TheBirthmarkdriveshomesymbolicallyHawthorne'spointthat____

isman'sbirthmark,somethingheisbornwith.

goodness

evil

A:

generosity

B:

faith

C:

答D:案：B

24、【單選題】AsWhitmansawit,____couldplayavitalpartintheprocessof

creatinganewnation.

industry

agriculture

A:

novels

B:

poetry

C:

答D:案：D

25、【單選題】Moby-Dickisdifficulttoreadbecausemuchofthetalkinthe

novelis____andmuchofthelanguageispurposelyold-fashionedandElizabethan.

doctor'stalk

sailor'stalk

A:

farmer'stalk

B:

soldier'stalk

C:

答D:案：B

26、【單選題】LifeontheMississippitellsastoryofMarkTwain'sboyhood

ambitiontobecome____

afarmer

apoliceman

A:

ariverboatpilot

B:

adriver

C:

答D:案：C

27、【單選題】DaisyMiller,anovellaabout____whogets"killed"bythewinter

inRome,broughtJamesinternationalfameforthefirsttime.

ayoungAmericangirl

ayoungAmericanboy

A:

acabdriver

B:

atravelingsalesman

C:

答D:案：A

28、【單選題】Dickinson'sgreatestrenderingofthemomentof____istobefound

inhermasterpiece,"IheardaFlybuzz-whenIdied-".

life

death

A:

growth

B:

C:

illness

答D:案：B

29、【單選題】ItisnotsurprisingtofindinDreiser'sfictionaworldof____,

where"killortobekilled"wasthelaw.

ocean

jungle

A:

desert

B:

imagination

C:

答D:案：B

30、【單選題】Inanylistofimportantpoets____,regardlessofnationality,

RobertLeeFrostcommandsaplace.

inthe17thcentury

inthe18thcentury

A:

inthe19thcentury

B:

inthe20thcentury

C:

答D:案：D

31、【單選題】AFarewelltoArmsbyHemingwaytellsusastoryaboutthetragic

loveaffairofawoundedAmericansoldierwith____

aBritishnurse

aBritishdoctor

A:

anAmericannurse

B:

anAmericandoctor

C:

答D:案：A

32、【單選題】NorthofBostonisdescribedbyitsauthor,Frost,as"____"which

showsabrilliantinsightintoNewEnglandcharacterandthebackgroundthat

formedit.

abookofanimals

abookofpeople

A:

afictionoffuture

B:

afictionofcivilwar

C:

答D:案：B

33、【單選題】In1961,inillhealth,anxietyanddeepdepression,____shot

himselfwithahuntinggun

JackLondon

ErnestHemingway

A:

EzraPound

B:

TheodoreDreiser

C:

答D:案：B

34、【單選題】WiththepublicationofTheCalloftheWildandotherworks,

Dreiserbecameoneofthemostsignificantwritersoftheschoollaterknownas

____

transcendentalism

magicrealism

A:

cubism

B:

literarynaturalism

C:

答D:案：D

35、【單選題】Over500poemsDickinsonwroteareabout____,inwhichher

generalskepticismabouttherelationshipbetweenmanandnatureiswell-expressed.

war

politics

A:

philosophy

B:

nature

C:

答D:案：D

36、【單選題】ThePortraitofaLadyincarnatestheclashbetweentheOldWorld

andtheNewinthelifejourneyof____inaEuropeanculturalenvironment.

anAmericangirl

anAmericanboy

A:

anAmericanpoet

B:

anAmericanfarmer

C:

答D:案：A

37、【單選題】TheAdventuresofTomSawyerisusuallyregardedasaclassicbook

writtenfor____abouttheirparticularhorrorsandjoys.

farmers

politicians

A:

B:

oldwomen

boys

C:

答D:案：D

38、【單選題】LikeHawthorne,____isamasterofallegoryandsymbolism.

JackLondon

HenryJames

A:

HermanMelville

B:

WilliamFaulkner

C:

答D:案：C

39、【單選題】Thepursuitof____isapprovedofrepeatedlyandaffectionatelyin

Whitman'spoems.

independenceandliberty

loveandhappiness

A:

socialreformandinnovation

B:

logicandreason

C:

答D:案：B

40、【單選題】Hawthorne'sviewofmanandhumanhistoryoriginates,toagreat

extent,in____

Puritanism

Platonism

A:

Romanticism

B:

Realism

C:

答D:案：A

41、【問答題】IwanderedlonelyasacloudThatfloatsonhigho'ervalesand

hills,WhenallatonceIsawacrowd,Ahostofgoldendaffodils;....For

oft,whenonmycouchIlieInvacantorinpensivemoodTheyflashuponthat

inwardeyeWhichistheblissofsolitude;Andthenmyheartwithpleasure

fills.Anddanceswiththedaffodils.Questions:A.Whatisthetitleofthe

poemfromwhichthestanzasaretaken?Whoistheauthor?B.Whatfigureof

speechisusedinthefirstline?C.Whatdo"they"and"inwardeye"thepoemrefer

tointhelaststanza?

答案：A."IWanderedLonelyasCloud",WilliamWordsworth.B.SimileC.

"They"referstodaffodilsand"inwardeye"referstomind.

42、【問答題】Oh,Cathy!Oh,mylife!HowcanIbearit?wasthefirstsentence

heuttered,inatonethatdidnotseektodisguisehisdespair.Andhowhe

staredathersoearnestlythatIthoughttheveryintensityofhisgazewould

bringtearsintohiseyes;buttheyburnedwithanguish,theydidnotmelt.

Questions:A.Whatisthetitleofthenovelfromwhichtheexcerptistaken?

Whoistheauthor?B.Whoarethetwospeakers?C.Whatdoesthisexcerpttell

usaboutthespeakers?

答案：A.WutheringHeights,EmilyBronte.B.CatherineandHeathcliff.C.

TheloveandrevengebetweenCatherineandHeathcliff.

43、【問答題】WepausedbeforeaHousethatseemedASwellingoftheGround-

TheRoofwasscarcelyvisible-TheCornice-intheGround-Sincethen-'tis

Centuries--andyetFeelsshorterthantheDayIfirstsurmisedtheHorses'Heads

WeretowardEternity-Questions:A.Whowrotethispoem?B.Whatdoesthe

"House"inthefirstlinereferto?istheC.Whatisthethemeofthispoem?

答案：A.DickinsonB.Itreferstothegrave.C.InthispoemDickinson

personifiesdeathandimmortalitysoastomakehermessagestronglyfelt.

44、【問答題】Soshevanquishedthem,horseandfoot,justasshehadvanquished

theirfathersthirtyyearsbeforeaboutthesmell.Thatwastwoyearsafter

herfather'sdeathandashorttimeafterhersweetheart-theonewebelieved

wouldmarryher-haddesertedher.Afterherfather'sdeathshewentoutvery

little;afterhersweetheartwentaway,peoplehardlysawheratall.Afewof

theladieshadthetemeritytocall,butwerenotreceived,andtheonlysign

oflifeabouttheplacewastheNegroman-ayoungmanthen-goinginandoutwitha

marketbasket.Questions:A.Whatisthetitleofthestoryfromwhichthe

excerptistaken?Whoistheauthor?B.Whatdoesthephrase"horseandfoot"in

thefirstlinemean?C.Whatdoestheheroineofthisstorysymbolize?

答案：A."ARoseforEmily".Faulkner.B.Itmeans"completely".C.Sheis

thesymboloftheOldSouthbuttheprisonerofthepast.

45、【問答題】WhyisCharlotteBronteconsideredaswriterofrealismcombined

withromanticism?

答案：ShepresentsavividrealisticpictureoftheEnglishsocietyby

exposingthehypocrisyandevilsoftheupperclasses,andthemiseryofthe

poor.Herwritingsaremarkedthroughoutbyanintensityofvisionandpassion.

Herwritingarethetruthfulpresentationoftheeconomical,moral,sociallife

ofthetime.

46、【問答題】InwhatwayisThomasHardyregardedasatransitionalwriter?

答案：InThomasHardy'sworks,wecanseetheinfluencefromboththepastand

themodern.Heisintellectuallyadvancedandemotionallytraditional.(In

hisWessexnovels,thereisanapparentnostalgictouchofthesimple

andbeautifulrurallife.Theimpactofscientificdiscoveriesand

modernphilosophicthoughtsuponthemanisquiteobvious.

47、【問答題】HowdoyoucommentonWhitman'sliteraryinnovationintermsof

theformofhispoetry?

答案：Whitmanisradicallyinnovativeintermsoftheformofhispoetry.What

heprefersforhisnewsubjectandnewpoeticfeelingsis"freeverse,"that

is,poetrywithoutafixedbeatorregularrhymescheme.Alooserandmore

open-endedsyntacticalstructureisfrequentlyfavored.Linesandsentences

ofdifferentlengthsareleftlyingsidebysidejustasthingsare,

undisturbedandseparate.

48、【問答題】HowdidTheodoreDreisercontributetotheAmericanliterature

throughhisliterarycreation?

答案：Hebrokeawayfromthegenteeltraditionofliteratureanddramatized

thelifeinaveryrealisticway.Thereisnocommentnojudgmentbutfactsof

lifeinthestories.Hisstyleisnotpolishedbutveryseriousandwell

calculatedtoachievethethematicendshesought.

49、【問答題】GiveabriefcommentonT.S.EliotandhisTheWasteLand.

答案：T.S.Eliot