2008年7月高等教育自学考试
英美文学选读试题
课程代码：00604
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PART ONE(40 POINTS)
I. Multiple Choice (40 points in all，1 for each)
Select from the four choices of each item the one that best answers the question or completes the statement. Write your answers on the Answer Sheet.
1. Of all the eighteenth—century British novelists ______ was the first to set out，both in theory and practice，to write specially a “comic epic in prose”，the first to give the modern novel its structure and style. P121
A. Thomas Gray
B. Richard Brinsley Sheridan
C. Jonathan Swift
D. Henry Fielding
2. The poem “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard” established ______ as the leader of the sentimental poetry of the day，especially “the Graveyard School”.
A. Thomas Gray
B. Samuel Johnson
C. John Bunyan
D. John Milton
3. “Do you think, because I am poor，obscure，plain，and little，I am soulless and heartless?... And if God had gifted me with some beauty，and much wealth，I should have made it as hard for you to leave me. as it is now for me to leave you. ”The quoted part is taken from ______. P261
A. Great Expectations
B. Wuthering Heights
C. Jane Eyre
D. Pride and Prejudice
4. The most famous dramatists in the Renaissance England are all the following EXCEPT ______. P12
A. Francis Bacon
B. Christopher Marlowe
C. William Shakespeare
D. Ben Jonson
5. George Bernard Shaw’s play Mrs. Warren’s Profession is about______. P322
A. slum landlordism
B. the economic oppression of women
C. the political corruption in England
D. the religious corruption in England
6. All of the following statements can correctly describe the Enlightenment Movement EXCEPT
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______. P80
A. The movement flourished in France.
B. The movement was a furtherance of the Renaissance.
C. The purpose of the movement was to enlighten the whole world.
D. The purpose of the movement was to enhance the religious education.
7. Among the three major poetical works by John Milton ______ is the most perfect example of the verse drama after the Greek style in English. P71
A. Samson Agonistes
B. Paradise Lost
C. Paradise Regained
D. Areopagitica
8. The major British Romantic poets Blake，Wordsworth，Coleridge，Byron，Shelley and Keats started a rebellion against the neoclassical literature，which was later regarded as _____. P161 A. the poetic romance B. the poetic movement
C. the poetic revolution
D. the poetic reformation
9. Jane Austen’s main literary concern is about ______. P226
A. human beings in their personal relationships
B. the love story between the rich and the poor
C. maturity achieved through the loss of illusions
D. the daily country life of the upper-middle-class English
10. Among the following British Romantic poets __is regarded as a “worshipper of nature”. P176
A. William Blake
B. William Wordsworth
C. George Gordon Byron
D. John Keats
11. Jonathan Swift’s greatest satiric work is ______. P106
A. A Tale of a Tub
B. The Battle of Books
C. Gulliver’s Travels
D. “A Modest Proposal’’
12. Among the following writers ______ is considered to be the best— known English dramatist since Shakespeare. P318
A. Oscar Wilde
B. John Galsworthy
C. W. B. Yeats
D. George Bernard Shaw
13. As a representative of the Enlightenment，______ was one of the first to introduce rationalism to England. P91
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A. Francis Bacon
B. Alexander Pope
C. Thomas Gray
D. T. S. Eliot
14. All of the following poets are regarded as “Lake Poets”EXCEPT ______. P175
A. Samuel Taylor Coleridge
B. Robert Southey
C. William Wordsworth
D. William Blake
15. “To be, or not to be — that is the question；／whether’ tis nobler in the mind to suffer，／the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,／Or to take arms against a sea of troubles, ／And by opposing end them?” The quoted lines are taken from ______. P55
A. King Lear
B. Romeo and Juliet
C. Othello
D. Hamlet
16. Daniel Defoe describes ______ as a typical English middle —class man of the eighteenth century，the very prototype of the empire builder，the pioneer colonist．P100
A. Robinson Crusoe
B. Moll Flanders
C. Gulliver
D. Tom Jones
17. The declaration that “I know that This World is a World of IMAGINA TION & Vision，” and that “The Nature of my work is visionary or imaginative’’ belongs to ______. P170
A. William Blake
B. William Wordsworth
C. Samuel Taylor Coleridge D．George Gordon Byron
18. Although writing from different points of view and with different techniques，writers in the Victorian Period shared one thing in common，that is，they were all concerned about ____．P236
A. the fate of the upper class
B. the reformation of the government
C. the fate of the common people
D. the future of their family clans
19. “If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?’’ The quoted line co mes from ______. P214
A. Shelley’s “Ode to the West Wind’’
B. Walt Whitman’s Leaves of Grass
C. John Milton’s Paradise Lost D．John Keats’ “Ode on a Grecian Urn”
20. Among the following figures ______ is Dickens’ first child hero. P243
A．Little Nell B．David Copperfield
C．Oliver Twist D．Little Dorrit
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21. In the play The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde，the upper — class people are described all of the following EXCEPT ______.
A. corrupt
B. snobbish
C. hypocritical
D. ambitious
22. In Thomas Hardy’s Wessex novels, there is an apparent ______ touch in his description of the simple and beautiful though primitive rural life. P300
A. nostalgic
B. humorous
C. romantic
D.ironic
23. “Life is but a losing battle, it is a struggle man can dominate in suc h a way that loss becomes dignity；man can be physically destroyed but never defeated spiritually.” This notion is typically held by ______．P602-603
A. Mark Twain
B. Ezra Pound
C. William Faulkner
D. Ernest Hemingway
24. The literary spokesman of the Jazz Age is ______. P577
A. Henry James
B. Robert Frost
C. F. Scott Fitzgerald
D. William Faulkner
25．North of Boston is described by the author，Robert Frost，as “a book of people，’’ which shows a brilliant insight into ______ character and the background that formed it．P561
A. the cowboy
B. New England
C. Ivy Colleague
D. ivory tower
26．People generally regarded ______ as the forerunner of the 20th—century “stream- of-consciousness”novels and the founder of psychological realism. P498
A. Theodore Dreiser
B. William Faulkner
C. Henry James D．Mark Twain
27. According to ______, “There is evil in every human heart，which may remain latent，perhaps，through the whole life；but circumstances may rouse it to activity．”P431
A. Nathaniel Hawthorne
B. Edgar Ellen Poe
C. William Faulkner D．Theodore Dreiser
28. Hemingway once described _____ the one book from which “all modern American literature comes.” P479
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A. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
B. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
C. The Gilded Age
D. Innocents Abroad
29. What Walt Whitman prefers for his new subject and new poetic feelings is “______，”that is，poetry without a fixed beat or regular rhyme scheme．P450
A. fixed verse
B. free verse
C. fixed ending
D. free ending
30. By writing _______ Melville reached the most flourishing stage of his literary creativity. P459
A. Typee
B. Omoo
C. Mardi
D. Moby-Dick
31. Shortly before his death in 1945，______ joined the Communist Party. P525
A. Theodore Dreiser
B. Mark Twain
C. Henry James
D. Ezra Pound
32. Naturalism is ev olved from ______ when the author’s tone in writing becomes less serious and less sympathetic but more ironic and more pessimistic. P476
A. Romanticism
B. Modernism
C. Realism
D. Scientism
33. One of the most familiar themes in American naturalism is the theme of human ______. P476
A. peacefulness
B. joyfulness
C. bestiality
D. civilization
34. H awthorne’s view of man and human history originated，to a great extent，from ____. P432？
A. Transcendentalism
B. Puritanism
C. Humanism
D. Expressionism
35. In general, the American woman poet _____ wanted to live simply as a complete independent being，and so she did，as a spinster. P517
A. Anne Bret
B. Emily Dickinson
C. Anna Dickinson
D. Emily Shaw
36. Theodore Dreiser’s ______ found expression in almost every book he wrote in which “kill or to be killed” was the law. P526
A. romanticism
B. naturalism
C. cubism
D. classicalism
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37. William Faulkner creates his own mythical kingdom that mirrors not only the decline of the ______ society but also the spiritual wasteland of the whole American society. P612-613
A. southern
B. northern
C. western
D. eastern
38. Almost every book written by Hawthorne discusses _____，which reflects his unceasing interest in the “interior of the heart” of man’s being. P432
A. sin and evil
B. 1ove and hatred
C. frustration and self - denial
D. balance and self - discipline
39. A preoccupation with the ______ view of original sin and the mystery of evil marked the works of Hawthorne，Melville and a host of lesser writers. P401
A. optimistic
B. Calvinistic
C. Platonic
D. Socratic
40. The American ______ as a cultural heritage exerted great influences over American moral values in the American Romantic period. P401
A. Puritanism B．Atheism
C. Deism
D. Cynicism
PART TWO(60 POINTS)
II. Reading Comprehension(16 points in all，4 for each)
Read the quoted parts carefully and answer the questions in English．Write your answers in the corresponding space on the Answer Sheet．
41. “The fiver glideth at his own sweet will：
Dear God! the very houses seem asleep；
And all that mighty heart is lying still!”
(from William Wordsworth’s “Composed upon Westminster Bridge”)
Questions：
A. What figure of speech is used in the quoted lines? personification
B. What does “that mighty heart’’ refer to?London
C. What does the poem decribe? The fourth line expresses the idea that the river is flowing happily as a living things , which implies the beauty of the nature
42. “When the stars threw down their spears,
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And water’d heaven with their tears,
Did he smile his work to see?
Did he who made the Lamb make thee?”
Questions：
A. Identify the poet and the poem from which the quoted lines are taken. William Blake's "The Tyger"
B. Whom does the “he’’ refer to?The god
C. What does the “Lamb” symbolize?Symbol of peace and purity.
43. “My tongue，every atom of my blood，form’d from this soil，this air,
Born here of parents born here from parents the same，and their
parents the same，
I，now thirty-seven years old in perfect health begin，
Hoping to cease not till death”
Questions：
A. Identify the poet and the poem from which the quoted lines are taken. Walt Witman’s Song of Myself
B. What do “soil” and “air” represent in the first line?America, his country, his native land
C. What does the poet try to say in the above four lines? The author implied that I was born and nurtrued by this land and shall from no on devote m whole life to the country.
44. “I cannot rub the strangeness from my sight
I got from looking through a pane of glass
I skimmed this morning from the drinking trough
And held against the world of hoary grass.”
Questions：
A. Identify the poet and the poem from which the quoted lines are taken. Robert Lee Frost’s After Apple-Picking
B. What does the word “strangeness’’ refer to?
C. What do the quoted lines imply?
III．Questions and Answers(24 points in all，6 for each)
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corresponding space on the Answer Sheet．
45. As a leading Romanticist，Byron’s chief contribution is his creation of the “Byronic Hero”．Briefly explain the literary term “Byronic Hero’’.不考
46. TheWaste Land is T．S．Eliot’s most important single poem．Try to state the theme and the significance of the poem briefly. The Waste Land is a poem concerned with the spiritural breakup of a modern civilization in which human life has lost its meaning, significance and purpose. 47．What is the most famous theme in Henry James’s fiction?And what is his favourite approach in characterization，which makes him different from Mark Twain and W·D.Howells as a realist? Give two titles of his first period works in which this theme and this approach are employed.
A.Henry James’s most famous theme is what is generally called “the international theme.”His novels or short stories of the theme are always set against a larger international background, usually between Europe and America. They center around the conflict of the two cultures, represented by and innocent American and a sophisticated European.
B.James is regarded as the founder of psychological realism for his psychoanalytical approach to his characters.
C.Daisy Miller, The Portrait of A Lady his representative works of this kind.
48. As a leading spokesman of the “Imagist Movement”，what principles does Ezra Pound endorse? 不考
IV. Topic Discussion(20 points in all，10 for each)
Write no less than 150 words on each of the following topics in English in the corresponding space on the Answer Sheet.
49. Discuss Charles Dickens’ art of fiction：the setting，the character — portrayal，the language，etc．，based on his novel Oliver Twist．A.Setting: In the novel Mark Twain recreates a small-town world of America and presents the local color.
https://www.doczj.com/doc/0514042016.html,nguage: He uses simple, direct language faithful to the colloquial speech, the vernacular language of the local people.
C.Character（s）: The author recreates two rebels and fugitives running away from civilization, especially Huckleberry Finn, an innocent boy who refuses to accept the conventional village morality.
D.Theme: The novel is a criticism of social injustice, hypocrisy, conservativeness and narrow-mindedness of the American small town society.
E.Style: The novel employs a humorous style of narration and is also highly symbolic with the central symbol.
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50. Greatly and permanently affected by the war experiences, Hemingway formed his own writing style，together with his theme and hero. Please discuss Hemingway’s writing style in relation to his novels you have read.
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英美文学选读-阶段测评4 成绩：30分 一、Multiple Choice 共40 题 题号: 1 本题分数:2.5 分 ( )is generally regarded as the forerunner of the 20th—century “stream—of—consciousness” novels and the founder of psychological realism. A、Theodore Dreiser B、William Faulkner C、Henry James D、Mark Twain (P498.para.2)亨利.詹姆斯是美国现实主义文学大师，他的作品往往涉及美国之外的主题，其作品的风格是“心理活动”。被誉为20世纪美国意识流文学的先驱。 标准答案：C 考生答案：D 本题得分：0 分 题号: 2 本题分数:2.5 分 Closely related to Dickinson’s religious poetry are her poems concerning( ),ranging over the physical as well as the psychological and emotional aspects of death. A、love and nature B、death and universe C、death and immortality D、family and happiness （P518para2）迪金森的诗歌涉及宗教和爱情两方面，而其涉及宗教的诗歌往往是以死亡和永恒为主题的，所以答案是C。 标准答案：C 考生答案：A
《英美文学选读》模拟试题（一） 一、单项选择题 1.The excerpt from Chapter 10 of Sons and Lovers ends with the conflict between Paul and his mother. The conflict is possibly caused by Paul and his mother’s different views towards _____. A. Paul’s father B. art C. life D. Paul’s brother 2.The _____ can be regarded as one of the themes of Joyce’s story “Araby”. A. loss of innocence 在所有有關童年故事中，孩子都是同叔叔同姨媽同住，父母則不在身邊—這便是一種象征，象征父母與孩子之間骨肉親情的隔絕和一種正常關系的缺 失. B. childish love C. awareness of harsh life D. false sentimentality 錯誤的多愁善感 3.After reading “Araby”, one more feel the story has a _____ tone. A. joyous B. harsh C. solemn D. painful 4.In “Araby”, Joyce’s diction evokes a sort of _____ quality that characterizes the boy on this otherwise altogether ordinary shopping trip. A. religious B. moral C. sentimental D. vulgar 5.The major concern of _____ fiction lies in the tracing of the psychological development of his characters and in his energetic criticism of the dehumanizing effect of the capitalist industrialization on human nature. A. D. H. Lawrence’s B. J. Galsworthy’s C. W. Thackeray’s D. T. Hardy’s 6.The mission of _____ drama was to reveal the moral, political and economic truth
绝密★考试结束前 全国2014年4月高等教育自学考试 英美文学选读试题 课程代码：00604 请考生按规定用笔将所有试题的答案涂、写在答题纸上。全部题目用英文作答。 选择题部分 注意事项： 1．答题前，考生务必将自己的考试课程名称、姓名、准考证号用黑色字迹的签字笔或钢笔填写在答题纸规定的位置上。 2．每小题选出答案后，用2 B铅笔把答题纸上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。不能答在试题卷上。 I. Multiple Choice(40 points in all, 1 for each) Select from the four choices of each item the one that best answers the question or completes the statement. Mark your choice by blackening the corresponding letter A, B, C or D on the answer sheet. 1. Shakespeare has established his giant position in world literature with his ______ plays, 154 sonnets and 2 long poems.B A. 27 B. 38 C.47 D. 52 2. john Milton’s literary achievement can be divided into three groups: the early poetic works, the middle prose pamphlets and the last ______.C A. romances B. dramas C. great poems D. ballads 3. The novels of ______ are the first literary works devoted to the study of problems of the lower— class people.C A. John Milton B. Daniel Defoe C. Henry Fielding D. Jonathan Swift
《英美文学选读》模拟试题（二） 一、单项选择题 1.D. Father and son in the medieval period, it is Chaucer alone who, for the first time in English literature, presented to us a comprehensive _____ picture of the English society of his time and created a whole gallery of valid _________ from all walks of life in his masterpiece “the Canterbury Tales”. A. visionary/women B. romantic/men C. realistic/characters D. natural/figures 2.Humanism sprang from the endeavor to restore a medieval reverence for the antique authors and is frequently taken as the beginning of the Renaissance on its conscious, intellectual side, for the Greek and Roman civilization was based on the conception that man is the _____ of all things. A. measure B. king C. lover D. rule 3.Many people today tend to regard the play “The Merchant of Venice” as a satire of the hypocrisy of ___________ and their false standards of friendship and love, their cunning ways of pursuing worldliness and their unreasoning prejudice against _____. A. Christians/Jews B. Jews/Christians C. oppressors/oppressed D. people/Jews 傳統的理論認為該劇的主題是褒揚安東尼奧Antonio與巴塞尼奧Bassanio之間的友誼，贊美鮑西婭Portia的完美:美貌，智慧與堅貞，並揭露了Jews--Shylock的貪婪與殘忍 但是經曆了几個世紀對對Jews不會平的待遇,今天許多人將該劇的主題看作chritains的hypocrisy ,為追求世俗利益而不擇手段以及對Jews不公正的偏見 補充閱讀 1) Bassanio——Portia 2) Antonio——Shylock The traditional theme of the play is to praise the friendship betweem Antonio and Bassanio, to idealize Portia as a heroine of greate beaulity, wit and loyalty, and to expose the insatiable greed and brutality o f the Jew. Tody, many people tend to regard the play as a satire of the christians’ hypocrisy and their false standards of frindship and love, their cunning way of pursuing worldliness(俗心, 俗气) and their unreasoning prejudice against Jews.
Network Education College, BLCU 《英美文学选读》模拟试卷一 注意： 1.试卷保密，考生不得将试卷带出考场或撕页，否则成绩作废。请监考老师负责监督。 2.请各位考生注意考试纪律，考试作弊全部成绩以零分计算。 3.本试卷满分100分，答题时间为90分钟。 4.本试卷分为试题卷和答题卷，所有答案必须答在答题卷上，答在试题卷上不给分。 I.Multiple Choice. (1 point for each, altogether 30 points) Directions:There are 30 sentences in this section. Beneath each sentence there are four choices respectively marked by letters A, B, C and D. Choose the word that you think best complete the sentence. Write your answers on the answer sheet. 1. Among the great Middle English poets, Geoffrey Chaucer is known for his production of_______. [A] Piers Plowman [B] Sir Gawain and the Green Knight [C] Confessio Amantis [D] The Canterbury Tales 2. In "After Apple- Picking," Robert Frost wrote: "For I have had too much / Of apple -picking: I am overtired/ Of the great harvest I myself desired." From these lines we can conclude that the speaker is_______. [A] happy about the harvest [B] still very much interested in apple-picking [C] expecting a greater harvest [D] indifferent to what he once desired 3.With Howells, James, and Mark Twain active on the literary scene,_______became the major trend in American literature in the seventies and eighties of the 19th century. [A] Sentimentalism [B] romanticism [C] realism [D] naturalism 4. Of the following American poets in the twentieth century, the one who has the best knowledge of Chinese culture is _______. [A] Robert Frost [B] Allen Ginsberg [C] Ezra Pound [D] Cummings 5. _______is the first important governess novel in the English literary history. [A] Jane Eyre [B] Emma [C] Wuthering Heights [D] Middlemarch 6. The Hemingway Code heroes are best remembered for their_______. [A] indestructible spirit [B] pessimistic view of life [C] war experiences [D] masculinity 7. Which of the following is taken from John Keats’Ode to a Nightingale? _______
英美文学选读试题 Ⅰ.Multiple Choice (40 points in all, 1 for each) Select from the four choices [A],[B],[C],[D] of each item the one that best answers the question or completes the statement and write the letter on the answer sheet. 1.Romance,which uses narrative verse or prose to tell stories of ___ adventures or other heroic deeds, is a popular literary form in the medieval period. A.Christian B.knightly C.Greek D.primitive 2.Among the great Middle English poets, Geoffrey Chaucer is known for his production of ___. A.Piers Plowman B.Sir Gawain and the Green Knight C.Confessio Amantis D.The Canterbury Tales 3.Which of the following historical events does not directly help to stimulate the rising of the Renaiss sance Movement? A.The rediscovery of ancient Greek and Roman culture. B.The new discoveries in geography and astrology. C.The Glorious revolution. D.The religious reformation and the economic expansion. 4.Which of the following statements best illustrates the theme of Shakespeare's Sonnet 18? A.The speaker eulogizes the power of Nature. B.The speaker satirizes human vanity. C.The speaker praises the power of artistic creation. D.The speaker meditates on man's salvation. 5.“And we wil l sit upon the rocks,/Seeing the shepherds feed their flocks,/By shallow rivers to whose falls/Melodious birds sing madrigals.”The above lines are probably taken from __. A.Spenser's The Faerie Queene B.John Donne's “The Sun Rising” C.Shakespeare's “Sonnet 18” D.Marlowe's “The Passionate Shepherd to His Love” 6.“Bassanio:Antonio,I am married to a wife Which is as dear to me as life itself; But life itself, My wife, and all the world. Are not with me esteem'd above thy life; I would lose all, ay, sacrifice them all, Here to the devil, to deliver you. Portia:Y our wife would give you little thanks for that, If she were by to hear you make the offer.” The above is a quotation taken from Shakespeare's comedy The Merchant of V enice. The quoted part can be regarded as a good example to illustrate ____. A.dramatic irony B.personification C.allegory D.symbolism 7.The ture subject of John Donne's poem,“The Sun Rising,” is to ___. A.attack the sun as an unruly servant B.give compliments to the mistress and her power of beauty C.criticize the sun's intrusion into the lover's private life D. lecture the sun on where true royalty and riches lie 8.Of all the 18thcentury novelists Henry Fielding was the first to set out, both in theory and practice, to write specifically a “___ in prose,”the first to give the modern novel its structure and style. A.tragic epic https://www.doczj.com/doc/0514042016.html,ic epic
全国自考英美文学选读（综合）模拟试卷2 一、阅读理解 1 To bow and sue for grace With suppliant knee, and deify his power ...—that were low indeed, That were an ignominy, and shame beneath This downfall;... Questions: A. Who is the author? B. What is the title of the poem? C. What is the main idea? 2 I celebrate myself, and sing myself, And what I assume you shall assume, For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you. Questions: A. Identify the author and the work. B. What are the two principal beliefs that the poet set in this poem? 3 "...Only Miss Emily' s house was left, rifting its stubborn and coquettish decay above the cotton wagons and the gasoline pumps—an eyesore among eyesores. " Questions: A. Identify the author and the title of the story from which the quoted lines are taken. B. What is the meaning of "an eyesore among eyesores" ? C. What does this quoted passage indicate? 二、简答题 4 As a novelist Jane Austen writes within a very ______ sphere. The subject matter, the character range, the social setting, and plots are all restricted to the ______ of the late 18th-century England, concerning three or four landed gentry families with their daily routine life. 5 Analyze the character of Jane Eyre taken from Jane Eyre. 6 What are the features of Whitman' s poetry?
2014年4月全国自考英美文学选读模拟试卷(一) 一、Multiple Choice (40 points in all，1 for each) Select from the four choices of each item the one that best answers the question or completes the statement. Write your answers on the Answer Sheet. 第1题 Romanticism is a period of British literature roughly dated from___________. A. 1660—1798 B. 1798—1832 C. 1483—1546 D. 1836—1901 【正确答案】 B 【你的答案】 本题分数1分 第2题 The two collections of poems written by William Blake,________and________， hold the simi lar subject?matter, but the tone, emphasis and conclusion differ. A. Songs of Innocence/Songs of Experience B. Poetical Sketches/Songs of Innocence C. Poetical Sketches/Marriage of Heaven and Hell D. The Book of Urizen/The Book of Los 【正确答案】 A 【你的答案】 本题分数1分 第3题 Percy Bysshe Shelley is one of the leading _________poets, an intense and original lyri cal poet in the English language. A. realistic B. symbolic C. romantic D. imagist 【正确答案】 C 【你的答案】 本题分数1分 第4题 Widowers’ House, a play written by George Bernard Shaw, is a grotesquely realistic exp
全国2010年7月高等教育自学考试英美文学选读试题 课程代码：00604 全部题目用英文作答，并将答案写在答题纸相应位置上 PART ONE (40 POINTS) Ⅰ. Multiple Choice(40 points in all, 1 for each) Select from the four choices of each item the one that best answers the question or completes the statement. Write your answers in the corresponding space on the answer sheet. 1. T. S. Eliot’s ______ is a poem of dramatic monologue and a prelude to The Waste Land, helping to point up the continuity of Eliot’s thinking. A. “Prufrock” B. “Gerontion” C. The Hollow Men D. Four Quartets 2. Defoe’s group of four novels are the first literary works devoted to the study of problems of the lower-class people. They are the following EXCEPT ______. A. Captain Singleton B. Moll Flanders C. Roxana D. Robinson Crusoe 3. Charles Dickens’ novel, ______, is famous for its vivid descriptions of the work-house and life of the underworld in the nineteenth-century London. A. The Pickwick Paper B. Oliver Twist C. David Copperfield D. Nicholas Nickleby 4. D. H. Lawrence’s autobiographical novel is ______. A. The Rainbow B. Women in Love C. Sons and Lovers D. Lady Chatterley’s Lover 5. Jonathan Swift’s greatest satiric work is ______. A. A Tale of a Tub B. The Battle of the Books C. Gulliver’s Travels D. A Modest Proposal 6. Dickens’best- depicted characters are the following. EXCEPT ______. A. innocent, virtuous, persecuted and helpless child characters B. horrible and grotesque characters C. broadly humorous or comical characters D. simple, innocent and faithful women characters 7. George Ber nard Shaw’s ______ explored his idea of “Life Force”, the power that would create superior beings to be equal to God and to solve all the social, moral, and metaphysical problems of human society. A. Man and Superman
《英美文学选读》期末考试A卷 姓名：专业： 学号：学习中心： 成绩： 1. “To be, or not to be?” is uttered by whom? How to understand this famous saying? To be or not to be, that is a question" is a highlight of Hamlet. These are the words Hamlet uttered when he was speaking to himself, and they are the most famous in Shakespeare, for Hamlet's words are not merely his soliloquies, but the thoughts of all men who think -- to be or not to be. The whole point is: "to suffer silently the cruel arrows of fate, or to rise up against the infinite sufferings of mankind... ... Which of these two actions is more noble 2. What are the topics discussed in Bacon's essay Of studies? Reading make a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man. 3. What are the writing techniques used in Mark Twain’s short story “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County”? Bennet —An English gentleman with an estate in Hertfordshire. He is married with five daughters, a circumstance injurious to his family. The terms of Mr. Bennet's inheritance require a male heir. Because he has no son, upon his death, his property must go to his closest male relative, Mr. Collins, a clergyman who provides him with much amusement. Mr. Bennet, a gentle if eccentric man, is very close to his two eldest daughters,
西安外国语大学考试试题（A）编号: 2012-2013学年第1 学期系（院、部）：英语教育学院专业：英语 课程：英美文学选读班级：09级本科/11级专升本命题时间：12.3 命题教师：肖婉丽 以上栏目由命题教师填写，下栏由考生填写 学号：姓名：系（院）：专业：班级： I. Multiple Choice (30 points in all, 1 for each) Select from the four choices of each item the one that best answers the question or completes the statement. Mark the corresponding letter A, B, C or D on the answer sheet. 1. The most important contribution of ______ is that he not only started the modern poetry, but also changed the course of English poetry by using ordinary speech of the language and by advocating a return to nature. A. William Blake B. William Wordsworth C. G. G. Byron D. John Keats 2. “It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.” This humorous speech is from__________. A. Jane Austen’s Emma B. Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice C. Charles Dickins’ The Great Expectation D. Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre 3. In the Victorian Period ______ became the most widely read and the most vital and challenging expression of progressive thought. A. poetry B. novel C. prose D. drama 4. Thomas Hardy’s ______ view of life predominates most of hi s works and earns him a reputation as a ________ writer. A. pessimistic, naturalistic B. pessimistic, humorous C. romantic, realist D. determinist, stylistic 5. “Do you think, because I am poor, obscure, plain, and little, I am s oulless and heartless? ... And if God had gifted me with some beauty, and much wealth, I should have made it as hard for you to leave me, as it is now for me to leave you. ” The quoted lines are most probably taken from ________. A. Great Expectations B. Wuthering Heights C. Jane Eyre D. Pride and Prejudice 6. Jane Austen’ s first novel ________ tells a story about two sisters and their love affairs. A. Sense and Sensibility B. Pride and Prejudice C. Northanger Abbey D. Mansfield Park 7. “If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?” comes from ________.
英美文学选读-阶段测评1 成绩：77.5分 一、Multiple Choice 共40 题 题号: 1 本题分数:2.5 分 For his contribution to the establishment of the form of the modern novel,( )has been regarded as “Father of the English Novel”. A、Daniel Defoe B、Jonathan Swift C、Henry Fielding D、Oliver Goldsmith (P121.para.2)在18世纪的英国小说家中，亨利菲尔丁是第一个从理论到实践全面打造现代小说的结构和风格的，所以被誉为“现代小说之父” 标准答案：C 考生答案：C 本题得分：2.5 分 题号: 2 本题分数:2.5 分 Romance,which uses narrative verse or prose to tell stories of( )adventures or other heroic deeds,is a popular literary form in the medieval period A、heroic B、romantic C、knightly D、magic 教材3页最后一段。骑士抒情诗是中世纪盛行的文学形式，这种诗歌以叙述性的韵文或是散文的形式歌颂和骑士的冒险经历以及其他的英雄事迹。 标准答案：C 考生答案：C
本题得分：2.5 分 题号: 3 本题分数:2.5 分 ( )is the essence of the Renaissance. A、Poetry B、Drama C、Humanism D、Reason (P8.para.2)本题考查的是文艺复兴的精髓。文艺复兴是中世纪和近代社会的分水岭，起源于意大利，席卷整个欧洲，目的在于挖掘古希腊，古罗马的文化和艺术，人文主义是其精髓。A，B答案是文学体裁，D虽是“理性主义”但并非文艺复兴时期的主题，是新古典主义流派的主题。 标准答案：C 考生答案：C 本题得分：2.5 分 题号: 4 本题分数:2.5 分 Paradise Lost is actually a story taken from( ). A、the Renaissance B、the Old Testament C、Greek Mythology D、the New Testament (P73.Selected reading)本题考查的是《失乐园》的取材问题。如果对《圣经》略有了解，就会知道，《圣经》分为新约和旧约，弥尔顿的《失乐园》就是取材于旧约中的《创世记》 标准答案：B 考生答案：B
PART TWO (60POINTS) Ⅱ.Reading comprehension(16 points,4 for each) Read the quoted parts carefully and answer the questions in English. Write your answer in the corresponding space on the answer sheet. 41. “One short sleep past, we wake eternally, And death shall be no more; death, thou shalt die.” Questions: A. Identify the poem and the poet. B.What does the word “sleep” mean? C. What idea do the two lines express? 42. “Never did sun more beautifully steep In his first splendor, valley, rock, or hill; Ne’er saw I, never felt, a calm so deep! The river glideth at his own sweet will: Dear God! The very houses seem asleep; And all that mighty heart is lying still!” (William Wordsworth’s sonnet: “Composed upon Westminster Bridge”September 3, 1802) Questions: A. What does the word “glideth” in the fourth line mean? B. What kind of figure of speech is used by wordsworth to describe the “river”? C. What idea does the fourth line express? 43. “With Blue—uncertain stumbling Buzz— Between the light—and me— And then the Windows failed—and then I could not see to see—” Questions: A. Identify the poem and the poet. B. What do “Windows” symbolically stand for? C. What idea does the quoted passage express? 44. “‘Is dying hard, Daddy?’ ‘No, I think it’s pretty easy, Nick, It all depends.”’ Questions: A. Identify the work and the author. B. What was Nick preoccupied with when he asked the question? C. Why did the father add “It all depends” after he answered his son’s