2011年4月英美文学选读真题和答案
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827英美文学与翻译2011年真题回忆版Part one literature第一题:someone say that “a good literary work is a combination of pleasure and disquietness”what do you think of it? Select a work and point out where u can find pleasure and disquietness.第二题:someone say that “a good literary work is a question minus answer”,what do you think of it? Select a work or play and point out how the writer pose the question and what extent he answers the question.第三题:this is a short passage taken from the preface of the《leaves of grass》from Walt WhitmanThe Americans of all nations at any time upon the earth have probably the fullest poetical nature. The United States themselves are essentially the greatest poem. In the history of the earth hitherto the largest and most stirring appear tame and orderly to their ampler largeness and stir. Here at last is something in the doings of man that corresponds with the broadcast doings of the day and night. Here is not merely a nation but a teeming nation of nations. Here is action untied from strings necessarily blind to particulars and details magnificently moving in vast masses. Here is the hospitality which forever indicates heroes . . . . Here are the roughs and beards and space and ruggedness and nonchalance that the soul loves. Here the performance disdaining the trivial unapproached in the tremendous audacity of its crowds and groupings and the push of its perspective spreads with crampless and flowing breadth and showers its prolific and splendid extravagance. One sees it must indeed own the riches of the summer and winter, and need never be bankrupt while corn grows from the ground or the orchards drop apples or the bays contain fish or men beget children upon women.Other states indicate themselves in their deputies . . . . but the genius of the United States is not best or most in its executives or legislatures, nor in its ambassadors or authors or colleges or churches or parlors, nor even in its newspapers or inventors . . . but always most in the commonpeople. Their manners speech dress friendships – the freshness and candor of their physiognomy –the picturesque looseness of their carriage . . . their deathless attachment to freedom – their aversion to anything indecorous or soft or mean – the practical acknowledgment of the citizens of one state by the citizens of all other states – the fierceness of their roused resentment – their curiosity and welcome of novelty – their self-esteem and wonderful sympathy – their susceptibility to a slight – the air they have of persons who never knew how it felt to stand in the presence of superiors – the fluency of their speech – their delight in music, the sure symptom of manly tenderness and native elegance of soul . . . their good temper and openhandedness – the terrible significance of their elections – the President's taking off his hat to them not they to him –these too are unrhymed poetry. It awaits the gigantic and generous treatment worthy of it.Question1: what’s your understanding of Whitman’s view of poet?Question2: write a comment of this passage .第四题:this is “a very short story” written by Hemingway .then write a comment of this passagePart two: translation汉译英:旧王府艺术研究院的变迁英译汉:idleness+三个短句翻译4.2.1真题解析及技巧指导Part one literature注意答题书写步骤:第一题:1.I take Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn as an example to explain the idea.2. pleasure 体现在远离“文明”的,自然的,单纯的河上生活;disquietness体现在河岸上现实的阴暗面即血腥杀戮等3. 总结。
2011年4月高等教育自学考试全国统一命题考试英语(二)试卷Vocabulary and Structure(10points 1 point each)Ⅰ从下列各句四个选项中选出一个最佳答案,并在答题纸上将相应的字母涂黑。
1.You may use bike provided you give it back to me tomorrow morning.A. unlessB. providedC. thoughD. because2.He could not hold back his tears on hearing that he was not admitted to the universityA. hold upB. hold backC. get overD. get through3.Good parents have the ability to communicate messages of love, trust, and self-worth with their childrenA. onB. forC. withD. to4.The teacher required that all errors should be eliminated eliminated before the students turn in their term paper.A. deportedB. eliminatedC. deprivedD. implemented5.A person is lucky if his career coinciders with his interest and hobby.A. concernsB. competesC. coincidersD. compares6.Out sleep influences our mood. our mood, in return affects our performance.A. in returnB. in vainC. in shortD. in turn7.It was considerate of you not to disturb us while we were sleeping.A. considerateB. consideringC. considerableD. considered8.I'd appreciate it very much if you could make some remarks on my recent article at the conference.A. requestsB. referencesC. remarksD. restrictions9.He is so absorbed in his own thoughts that he seems unaware of what's going on in the room.A. soB. eachC. veryD. much10.No sooner had I reached had I reached home than Michael arrived with Jane in his car.A. did I reachB.I had reachedC. had I reachedD.I reachedⅡ.Cloze Test(10point,1 point each)下列短文中有十个空白,每个空白有四个选项,根据上下文要求选出最佳答案。
2011 英语语言文学选择(30题30分)1不是Bloomsbury group 成员的是2 Mr Bennet and Mrs Brown 是谁写的,其中提出什么(Virginia Woolf, steam of conciousness)3 Death of a Salesman(都是选出的答案)4 Nientneen Eighty-Four5 local colorism and regionism belongs to the early stage of ---- (realism)6 Vanity Fair 题目出自谁的作品7不是玄学派诗人的是(John Donne)8 Childe Harold 诗体是(Spenserian stanzas)9下列作家中获得Nobel Prize 和Booker Prize 的是谁(不会)a10 不属于美国Origin stories 的是哪个(白色书上第六页标题)11 Because I could not stop for Death是谁写的(迪金森)12South Renaissance 的代表作家(Faulkerner)13 不是Saul Bellow 的代表作品的是(The Assistant)14The Sun Also Rises 表现了那类人(the lost generation)15其他题目实在记不得了名词解释(6题30分)1Epistoloary novels in English liturature2 LeatherstockingTales3 James Joyce4 Unity of effect5 Metaphysical poets6 muckracking黑幕揭发选段(10段30分)1 When Caroline Meeber boarded the afternoon train for Chicago, her total outfit consisted of a small trunk, a cheap imitation alligator-skin satchel, a small lunch in a paper box, and a yellow leather snap purse, containing her ticket, a scrap of paper with her sister's address in Van Buren Street, and four dollars in money. It was in August, 1889. She was eighteen years of age, bright, timid, and full of the illusions of ignorance and youth. Whatever touch of regret at parting characterised her thoughts, it was certainly not for advantages now being given up. A gush of tears at her mother's farewell kiss, a touch in her throat when the cars clacked by the flour mill where her father worked by the day, a pathetic sigh as the familiar green environs of the village passed in review, and the threads which bound her so lightly to girlhood and home were irretrievably broken.This passage is from--------- written by------2 What art thou that usurp'st this time of nightTogether with that fair and warlike formIn which the majesty of buried DenmarkDid sometimes march? By heaven I charge thee speak!This passage is from------written by---- (Hamlet,William Shakespear)3Sleepy Hollow4 The catcher of the rye5I lingered before her stall, though I knew my stay was useless, to make my interest in her wares seem the more real. Then I turned away slowly and walked down the middle of the bazaar. I allowed the two pennies to fall against the sixpence in my pocket. I heard a voice call from one end of the gallery that the light was out. The upper part of the hall was now completely dark.Araba(James Joyce)6 Pride and prejudice7I placed a jar in Tennessee,And round it was, upon a hill.It made the slovenly wildernessSurround that hillThe passage is from----written by---(ANECDOTE OF THE JARby Wallace Stevens)8None of them knew the color of the sky. Their eyes glanced level,and were fastened upon the waves that swept toward them. These waves were of the hue of slate , save of the tops , which were of foaming white,and all of the men knew the colors of the sea. The horizon narrowed and widened , and dipped and rose, and at all times its edge was jagged with waves that seemed thrust up in points like rocks. Many a man ought to have a bath-tub larger than the boat which here rode upon the sea. These waves were most wrongfully and barbarously abrupt and tall, and each froth-top was a problem in small boat navigation. The cook squatted in the bottom and looked with both eyes at the six inches of gunwale which separated him from the ocean. His sleeves were rolled over his fat forearms,This passage is from----written by----(The Open BoatStephen Crane)9 sons and lovers10 忘记了简答题(4段60分)1阅读下列选段(Oliver Twist),分析狄更斯的representation of boys in the orphan house(150字以内)The bowls never wanted washing. The boys polished them with their spoons till they shone again; and when they had performed this operation (which never took very long, the spoons being nearly as large as the bowls), they would sit staring at the copper, with such eager eyes, as if they could have devoured the very bricks of which it was composed; employing themselves, meanwhile, in sucking their fingers mostassiduously, with the view of catching up any stray splashes of gruel that might have been cast thereon. Boys have generally excellent appetites. Oliver Twist and his companions suffered the tortures of slow starvation for three months: at last they got so voracious and wild with hunger, that one boy, who was tall for his age, and hadn't been used to that sort of thing (for his father had kept a small cook-shop), hinted darkly to his companions, that unless he had another basin of gruel per diem, he was afraid he might some night happen to eat the boy who slept next him, who happened to be a weakly youth of tender age. He had a wild, hungry eye; and they implicitly believed him. A council was held; lots were cast who should walk up to the master after supper that evening, and ask for more; and it fell to Oliver Twist.The evening arrived; the boys took their places. The master, in his cook's uniform, stationed himself at the copper; his pauper assistants ranged themselves behind him; the gruel was served out; and a long grace was said over the short commons. The gruel disappeared; the boys whispered each other, and winked at Oliver; while his next neighbors nudged him. Child as he was, he was desperate with hunger, and reckless with misery. He rose from the table; and advancing to the master, basin and spoon in hand, said: somewhat alarmed at his own temerity:'Please, sir, I want some more.'The master was a fat, healthy man; but he turned very pale. He gazed in stupefied astonishment on the small rebel for some seconds, and then clung for support to the copper. The assistants were paralysed with wonder; the boys with fear.'What!' said the master at length, in a faint voice.'Please, sir,' replied Oliver, 'I want some more.'The master aimed a blow at Oliver's head with the ladle; pinioned him in his arm; and shrieked aloud for the beadle.The board were sitting in solemn conclave, when Mr. Bumble rushed into the room in great excitement, and addressing the gentleman in the high chair, said,'Mr. Limbkins, I beg your pardon, sir! Oliver Twist has asked for more!'There was a general start. Horror was depicted on every countenance.'For more!' said Mr. Limbkins. 'Compose yourself, Bumble, and answer me distinctly. Do I understand that he asked for more, after he had eaten the supper allotted by the dietary?''He did, sir,' replied Bumble.'That boy will be hung,' said the gentleman in the white waistcoat. 'I know that boy will be hung.'Nobody controverted the prophetic gentleman's opinion. An animated discussion took place. Oliver was ordered into instant confinement; and a bill was next morning pasted on the outside of the gate, offering a reward of five pounds to anybody who would take Oliver Twist off the hands of the parish. In other words, five pounds and Oliver Twist were offered to any man or woman who wanted an apprentice to any trade, business, or calling.'I never was more convinced of anything in my life,' said the gentleman in the white waistcoat, as he knocked at the gate and read the bill next morning: 'I never was more convinced of anything in my life, than I am that that boy will come to be hung.'As I purpose to show in the sequel whether the white waistcoated gentleman was right or not, I should perhaps mar the interest of this narrative (supposing it to possess any at all), if I ventured to hint just yet, whether the life of Oliver Twist had this violent termination or no.2 雪莱的一首歌(怎么也没找到)中的effect of imagery分析(150字到200字)3 Self-reliance 分析(没写字数要求)4 伟大的盖茨比中,分析SCHEDULE的文化意义和与主题的关系(没写字数要求)When I left his office the sky had turned dark and I got back to West Egg in a drizzle. After changing my clothes I went next door and found Mr. Gatz walking up and down excitedly in the hall. His pride in his son and in his son’s possessions was continually increasing and now he had something to show me.“Jimmy sent me this picture.” He took out his wallet with trembling fingers. “L**.”It was a photograph of the house, cracked in the corners and dirty with many hands. He pointed out every detail to me eagerly. “L**!” and then sought admiration from my eyes. He had shown it so often that I think it was more real to him now than the house itself.“Jimmy sent it to me. I think it’s a very pretty picture. It shows up well.”“Very well. Had you seen him lately?”“He come out to see me two years ago and bought me the house I live in now. Of course we was broke up when he run off from home, but I see now there was a reason for it. He knew he had a big future in front of him. And ever since he made a success he was very generous with me.” He seemed reluctant to put away the picture, held it for another minute, lingeringly, before my eyes. Then he returned the wallet and pulled from his pocket a ragged old copy of a book called HOPALONG CASSIDY.“L**, this is a book he had when he was a boy. It just shows you.”He opened it at the back cover and turned it around for me to see. On the last fly-leaf was printed the word SCHEDULE, and the date September 12, 1906. and underneath:Rise from bed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.00 A.M. Dumbbell exercise and wall-scaling . . . . . .6.15-6.30 ” Study electricity, etc . . . . . . . . . . . .7.15-8.15 ” Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8.30-4.30 P.M. Baseball and sports . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.30-5.00 ” Practice elocution, poise and how to attain it 5.00-6.00 ” Study needed inventions . . . . . . . . . . . 7.00-9.00 ”GENERAL RESOLVES No wasting time at Shafters or [a name, indecipherable] No more smokeing or chewing Bath every other day Read one improving book or magazine per week Save $5.00 {crossed out} $3.00 per week Be better to parents“I come across this book by accident,” said the old man. “It just shows you, don’t it?”“It just shows you.”“Jimmy was bound to get ahead. He always had some resolves like this or something. Do you notice what he’s got about improving his mind? He was always great for that. He told me I et like a hog once, and I beat him for it.”He was reluctant to close the book, reading each item aloud and then looking eagerly at me. I think he rather expected me to copy down the list for my own use.。
英美文学选读-阶段测评3成绩:87.5分一、Multiple Choice 共40 题题号: 1 本题分数:2.5 分wrence’s novels( )are generally regarded as his masterpieces.A、The Rainbow,Women in LoveB、The Rainbow,Sons and LoversC、Sons and Lovers,Lady Chatterley’s LoverD、Women in Love,Lady Chatterley’s Lover(P370.para2)劳伦斯的成名作是《儿子和情人》,而其代表作是《虹》和《恋爱中的女人》标准答案:A考生答案:A本题得分:2.5 分题号: 2 本题分数:2.5 分T.S.Eliot’s poem( )is heavily indebted to James Joyce in terms of the stream - of -consciousness technique,also a prelude to The Waste Land.A、“Prufrock”B、“Gerontion”C、The Hollow MenD、Lyrical Ballads(P358.para3)“Gerontion”是一部用戏剧式独白写成的诗歌,是《荒原》的前奏曲,也采用了意识流派的文风。
标准答案:B考生答案:B本题得分:2.5 分题号: 3 本题分数:2.5 分wrence’s autobiographical novel is( ).A、The RainbowB、Women in LoveC、Sons and LoversD、Lady Chatterley’s Lover(P369.para1)劳伦斯的作品大多都是从心理上去探求让人的本能的,同时也反映人性中最内在的东西。
其作品《儿子和情人》真实地反映了自己在童年时期的家庭状况,被视为其半自传体小说。
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I.Multiple Choice(40points in all,1for 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 orD on the answer sheet.1.Shakespeare has established his giant position in world literature with his______plays,154sonnets and2long poems.BA.27B.38C.47D.522.john Milton’s literary achievement can be divided into three groups:the early poetic works,the middle prose pamphlets and the last______.CA.romancesB.dramasC.great poemsD.ballads3.The novels of______are the first literary works devoted to the study of problems of the lower—class people.CA.John MiltonB.Daniel DefoeC.Henry FieldingD.Jonathan Swift4.The work ranked by many critics as William Wordswoth’s greatest work was______.BA.Lyrical BalladsB.The PreludeC.Poems in Two VolumesD.The Excursion5.The author of The History of Tom Jones,a Foundling is ______.CA.Daniel DefoeB.Johathan SwiftC.Henry FieldingD.William Blake6.The works of______are famous for the depiction of the life of the middle—class women,particularly governess.*BA.Charlotte BrontewrenceC.Thomas HardyD.Jane Austen7.All of the following writings are created by William Wordsworth EXCEPT______.DA.“I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud.”B.“Composed upon Westminster Bridge,Septemer3,1802.”C.“The Solitary Reaper.”D.“The Chimney Sweeper.”8.The most important representative work by Jonathan Swift is______.DA.A Tale of a TubB.The Battle of the BooksC.A Modest ProposalD.Gulliver's Travels9“If winter comes,can Spring be far behind?”comes from Shelly’s______.DA.“To a Skylark”B.“Adonais”C.“Ode to Liberty”D.“Ode to the West Wind”10.In Jane Austen's first novel______,she tells a story about two sisters and their love affairs.BA.Pride and PrejudiceB.Sense and SensibilityC.EmmaD.Persuasion11.Charles Dickens is one of the greatest______writers of the Victorian Age.DA.romanticB.modernistC.socialistD.critical realist12.Charlotte Bronte's most autobiographical work,______ is largely based on her experience in Brussels.AA.Jane EyreB.ShirleyC.VilletteD.The Professor13.William Wordsworth's theory of poetry is calling for simple themes drawn from humble life expressed in the language of ordinary people.The preface to the second edition of______acts as a manifesto for the new school and sets forth his own critical creed.AA.Lyrical BalladsB.The PreludeC.Poems in Two VolumsD.The Excursion14.George Bernard Shaw's play______established his position as the leading playwright of his time.*CA.Widowers’HousesB.Too True to Be GoodC.Mrs.Warren's ProfessionD.Candida15.Eliot's most important single poem______,has been hailed as a landmark and a model of the20th-century English poetry.BA.The Hollow MenB.The Waste LandC.Prurrock and Other ObservationsD.Poems1909-2516. D. /doc/info-926f89635dbfc77da26925 c52cc58bd630869377.htmlwrence’s autobiographical novel, ______shows the conflict between the earthy,coarse, energetic but often drunken father and the refined,strong —willed and up—climbing mother.AA.Sons and LoversB.The White PeacockC.The TrespasserD.The Rainbow17.“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?”These words are from ______.DA.King LearB.RomeoC.AntonioD.Hamlet18.John Milton’s last important work,______is the most powerful dramatic poem on the Greek model.AA.Paradise LostB.Paradise RegainedC.Samson AgonistesD.Lydidas19.The author of Moll Flanders and Captain Singleton is ______.BA.John MiltonB.Daniel DefoeC.Henry FieldingD.Jonathan Swift20.Drapier is the pseudonym of______.AA.Jonathan SwiftB.Daniel DefoeC.Henry FieldingD.William Blake21.One of Dickens'later works,______in which he presents a criticism of the governmental branches which run an indefinite procedure of management ofaffairs and keep the innocent in prison for life.BA.Bleak HouseB.Little DorritC.Hard TimesD.A Tale of Two Cities22.In the second part of Gulliver's Travels,Gulliver told his experience in______.AA.BrobdingnagB.LilliputC.Flying IslandD.Houyhnhnm23.Faulkner used the narrative techniques to construct his stories,which include______and mythological and biblical allusions.AA.symbolismB.free indirect speechC.contrastD.dialogue24.Ernest Hemingway,had been trying to demonstrate in his works an unvarying code,known as“______,”which is actually an attitude towards life.BA.facing the realityB.grace under pressureC.honesty with benevolenceD.security coming first25.The Blithedale Romance is a novel written by Hawthorne to reveal his own experience on the Brook Farm and his own methods as a______novelist.CA.naturalistB.imagistC.psychologicalD.feminist26.Theodore Dreiser's focus shifted from the pathos of the helpless protagonists at the bottom of the society to the power of the Americanfinancial tycoons in the late19th century in his work ______.DA.The GeniusB.An American TragedyC.Dreiser Looks at RussiaD.“Trilogy of Desire”27.Emily Dickinson frequently uses personae to render the tone more familiar to the reader,and______to vivify some abstract ideas.DA.imagesB.metaphorC.symbolsD.personification28.In his later works,Melville becomes more reconciled with the______,in which he admits,one must live by rules.BA.womenB.world of manC.familyD.politicians29.Walt Whitman's______has always been considered a monumental work which commands great attention in America.BA.The Pilgrim’s ProgressB.Leaves of GrassC.A Passage to IndiaD.Rip Van Winkle30.Mark Twain’s full literary career began to blossom in1869with a travel book______,an account of American tourists in Europe.AA.Innocents AbroadB.The Portrait of A LadyC.The Grapes of WrathD.The Great Gatsby31.With the development of the modern novel and the common acceptance of the______approach,Henry James's importance,as well as his wide influence as a novelist and critic,has been all the more conspicuous.AA.deconstructionB.romanticC.FreudianD.analytic32.Emily Dickinson addresses the issues that concern the whole human beings in her poems,which include religion, death,______,love,and nature.AA.immortalityB.wealthC.powerD.politics33.In Sister Carrie Theodore Dreiser expressed his______ pursuit by expounding the purposelessness of life and attacking the conventional moral standards.BA.romanticB.realisticC.naturalisticD.modernistic34.Profound ideas in Robert Frost's poems are delivered under the disguise of______.AA.the plain language and the simple formB.the vivid descriptionsC.metaphorsD.the complicated narration35.In______Hemingway presents his philosophy about life and death throughthe depiction of the bullfight as a kind of microcosmic tragedy.BA.The Green Hills of AfricaB.Death in the AfternoonC.The Snows of KilimanjaroD.To Have and Have Not36Of Faulkner’s literary works,four novels are masterpieces by any standards:The Sound and the Fury, Light in August,Absalom,Absalom!and______.AA.Go Down,MosesB.The FableC.The Snows of KilimanjaroD.To Have and Have Not37.As Whitman saw it,______could play a vital part in the process ofcreating a new nation.CA.musicB.fictionC.poetryD.painting38.In many of Hawthorne's stories and novels,the Puritan concept of life is condemned,especially in his The house of the Seven Gables and______.BA.Go Down,MosesB.The Scarlet LetterC.As I Lay DyingD.Song of Myself39.Henry James is generally regarded as the forerunner of the______and the founder of psychological realism.BA.“stream-of-consciousness”novelsB.metaphysical poemsC.short storiesD.literary criticism40.Generally considered to be Henry James’s masterpiece,______incarnates the clash between the Old World and the New in the life journey of an American girl in a Europe an cultural environment.BA.The AmbassadorsB.Daisy MillerC.The AmericanD.The Portrait of A Lady非选择题部分注意事项:用黑色字迹的签字笔或钢笔将答案写在答题纸上,不能答在试题卷上。
英美文学选读-阶段测评2成绩:85分一、Multiple Choice 共40 题题号: 1 本题分数:2.5 分The assertion that poetry originates from “emotion recollected in tranquility” belongs to ( ).A、William WordsworthB、Samuel Taylor ColeridgeC、Robert SoutheyD、William Blake(P179.para.2)华兹华斯的文学观点是:诗歌的创作没有既定的规则,诗歌素材的来源应该是感观的直接经验。
题干中的陈述,是他再《抒情民谣》第二版的序言中表述的。
标准答案:A考生答案:A本题得分:2.5 分题号: 2 本题分数:2.5 分Because of her sensitivity to universal patterns of human behavior,( ) has brought the English novel,as an art of form,to its maturity.A、Charlotte Bront?B、Jane AustenC、Emily Bront?D、Ann Radcliffe(P226.para.2)简.奥斯丁生活在英国浪漫主义文学繁荣时期,但她的小说确实现实主义风格的。
她多以男女爱情作为小说的主题,并通过对真正爱情的诠释来反应人性,是英国最伟大的小说家之一。
标准答案:B考生答案:B本题得分:2.5 分题号: 3 本题分数:2.5 分English Romanticism,as a historical phase of literature,is generally said to have ended in 1832 with ( ).A、the passage of the first Reform Bill in the ParliamentB、the publication of Wordsworth and Coleridge’s Lyrical BalladsC、the publication of T.S.Elio t’s The waste LandD、the passage of the Bill of Rights in the Parliament(P157.para.1)英国的浪漫主义文学时代开始于1798年,标志性的事件是《抒情民谣》的出版,结束于1832年,标志性的事件是斯格特之死和“改革法案”的通过。
202X年4月高等教育自学考试全国统一命题考试英美文学选读真题请将答案填在答题纸相应位置上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. Write your answer in the corresponding space on the answer sheet.1.The work that presented, for the first time in English literature, a comprehensive realistic picture of the medieval English society and created a whole gallery of vivid characters from all walks of life is most likely ______________. A.William Langland’ s Piers Plowman B.Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Canterbury TalesC.John Gower’s Confession Amantis D.Sir Gawain and the Green Knight2.The tragedy of Dr. Faustus, the protagonist in Christopher Marlowe’s The Tragic History ofDr. Faustus , is the very fact that______________.A.man is confined to timeB.he tried to join Africa to SpainC.he became a man without soul after he sold itD.he conjured up Helen, the lady who was partially responsible for the breaking-up of the Trojan War3.The sentence “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day〞is the beginning line of one of Shakespeare’s ______________. A.comedies B.tragediesC.sonnets D.histories4.Paradise Lost is actually a story taken from ______________.A.the Renaissance B.the Old TestamentC.Greek Mythology D.the New Testament5.Spenser’s masterpiece _____________ is a great poem of its time.A.The Faerie Queene B.The Shepheardes CalenderC.The Canterbury Tales D.Metamorphoses6.______________ is the essence of the Renaissance.A.Poetry B.DramaC.Humanism D.Reason7.The most famous dramatists in the Renaissance England are Christopher Marlowe, William Shakespeare and ______________.A.John Milton B.John MarloweC.Ben Jonson D.Edmund Spenser8.“To be, or not to be—that is the question〞is a line taken from______________.A.Hamlet B.OthelloC.King Lear D.The merchant of venice9.Francis Bacon’s essays are famous for their brevity, compactness and ______________.A.complicity B.complexityC.powerfulness D.mildness10.Literature of Neoclassicism is different from that of Romanticism in that ______________.A.the former celebrates reason, rationality, order and instruction while the latter sees literature as an expression of an复习文档individual’s feeling and experiencesB.the former is heavily religious but the latter secularC.the former is an intellectual movement, the purpose of which is to arouse the middle class for political rights while the latter is concerned with the personal cultivationD.the former advocates the “return to nature〞whereas the latter turns to the ancient Greek and Roman writers for its models.11.Daniel Defoe describes ______________ as a typical English Middle- class man of the eighteenth century, the very prototype of the empire builder or the pioneer colonist.A.Tom Jones B.GulliverC.Moll Flanders D.Robinson Crusoe12.______________ is a typical feature of Swift’s writings.A.Bitter satire B.Elegant styleC.Casual narration D.Complicated sentence structure13.The Pilgrim’s Progress by John Bunyan is often said to be concerned with the search for ______________. A.material wealth B.spiritual salvationC.universal truth D.self- fulfillment14.Alexander Pope strongly advocated ______________ , emphasizing that literary works should be judged by rules of order, reason, logic, restrained emotion, good taste and decorum.A.Sentimentalism B.RomanticismC.Idealism D.Neoclassicism15.“Metaphysical poetry〞refers to the works of the 17th- century writers who wrote under the influence of ______________.A.John Donne B.Alexander PopeC.Christopher Marlowe D.John Milton16.It is generally regarded that Keats’ s most important and mature poems are in the form of ______________.A.ode B.elegyC.epic D.sonnet17.______________ is the most outstanding stream of consciousness novelist, with ___________ as his encyclopedia – like masterpiece .A.James Joyce, Ulysses B.E.M. Foster, A Passage to IndiaC.D.H. Lawrence, Sons and Lovers D.Virginia Woolf, Mrs Dalloway18.Which of the following poems is a landmark in English poetryA.Lyrical Ballads by William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor ColeridgeB.“I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud〞by William WordsworthC.“Remorse 〞by Samuel Taylor ColeridgeD.Leaves of Grass Walt Whitman19.The literary form which is fully developed and the most flourishing during the Romantic Period is ______________. A.prose B.dramaC.novel D.poetry20.Which of the following poems by T.S. Eliot is hailed as a landmark and a model of the 20th century English poetry A.Poems 1909-1925 B.The Hollow ManC.Prufrock and Other Observations D.The Waste Land复习文档21.“My last Duchess〞is a poem that best exemplifies Robert Browning’s ______________.A.sensitive ear for the sounds of the English languageB.excellent choice of wordsC.mastering of the metrical devicesD.use of the dramatic monologue22.Dickens’ works are characterized by a mingling of ______________ and pathos.A.humor B.satireC.passion D.metaphor23.Walt Whitman, whose ______________ established him as the most popular American poet of the 19th century. A.Leaves of Grass B.Go Down, MosesC.The Marble Faun D.As I Lay Dying24.______________ has always been regarded as a writer who “perfected the best classic style that American Literature ever produced〞.A.Edgar Ellen Poe B.Walt WhitmanC.Henry David Thoreau D.Washington Irving25.The Romantic Period, one of the most important periods in the history of American literature, stretches from the end of ______________ to the outbreak of ____________.A.the 17th century…the American War of IndependenceB.the 18th century…the American Civil WarC.the 17th century…the American Civil WarD.the 18th century…the U.S. – Mexican War26.Which of the following statements is NOT true of American TranscendentalismA.It can be clearly defined as a part of American Romantic literary movement.B.It can be defined philosophically as “the recognition in man of the capacity of knowing truth intuitively〞.C.Ralph Waldo Emerson was the chief advocate of this spiritual movement.D.It sprang from South America in the late 19th century.27.The theme of Washington Irving’s Rip Van Winkle is ______________.A.the conflict of human psyche B.the fight against racial discriminationC.the familial conflict D.the nostalgia for the unrecoverable past28.The unofficial manifesto for the Transcendental Club was ______________, Emerson’s first little book, which established him ever since as the most eloquent spokesman of New England Transcendentalism.A.The American Scholar B.Self—relianceC.Nature D.The Over—Soul29.Nathaniel Hawthorne held an unceasing interest in the “interior of the heart 〞of man’s being. So in almost every book he wrote, Hawthorne discusses______________.A.love and hatred B.sin and evilC.frustration and self—denial D.balance and self—discipline30.In Young Goodman Brown by Hawthorne, the name of Goodman Brown’s wife is ______________, which also contains many symbolic meanings.A.Ruth B.HesterC.Faith D.Mary31.Which of the following statements might be true of the theme of Song of Myself by Whitman复习文档A.This poem describes the growth of a child who learned about the world around him and improved himself accordingly. B.This poem shows the author’s cynical sentiments against the American Civil War.C.This poem reflects the author’s belief in Unitarianism or Deism.D.This poem reflects the author’s belief in the singularity and equality of all beings in value.32.In Moby—Dick, the white whale symbolizes ______________ for Melville, for it is complex, unfathomable, malignant, and beautiful as well.A.nature B.human societyC.whaling industry D.truth33.Realism was a reaction against Romanticism or a move away from the bias towards romance and self—creating fictions, and paved the way to ______________.A.Cynicism B.ModernismC.Transcendentalism D.Neo—Classicalism34.Hemingway once described Mark Twain’s novel ______________ the one book from which “all modern American literature comes〞.A.The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn B.The Adventures of Tom SawyerC.The Gilded Age D.The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg35.__________ 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 FaulknerC.Henry James D.Mark Twain36.Which of the following statements is NOT true of Emily Dickinson and her poetryA.She remained unmarried all her lifeB.She wrote, 1,775 poems, and most of them were published during her life time.C.Her poems have no titles, hence are always quoted by their first lines.D.Her limited private world has never confined the limitless power of her creativity and imagination.37.As a genre, naturalism emphasized ______________ as important deterministic forces shaping individualized characters who were presented in special and detailed circum-stances.A.theological doctrinesB.heredity and environmentC.education and hard workD.various opportunities and economic success38.Ezra Pound, a leading spokesman of the “______________〞, was one of the most important poets in his time. A.Imagist Movement B.Cubist MovementC.Reformist Movement D.Transcendentalist Movement39.Eugene O’Neill’s first full—length play, ______________, won him the first Pulitzer Prize. Its theme is the choice between life and death, the interaction of subjective and objective factors.A.Bound East for Cardiff B.The Hairy ApeC.Desire Under the Elms D.Beyond the Horizon40.Hemingway’s “Indian Camp 〞is one of the fourteen short stories collected under the title of ______________. This title is very ironic because there is no peace at all in the stories.A.Three Stories and Ten Poems B.Across the River and into the TreesC.The Green Hills of Africa D.In Our Time复习文档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.“For oft, when on my couch I lieIn vacant or in pensive mood,they flash upon that inward eye〞Questions:A.Identify the anthor and the title.B.What does the phrase “inward eye〞meanC.Write out the main idea of the passage in plain English.42.“The duties of her married life, contemplated as so great beforehand, seemed to be shrinking with the furniture and the white vapour—walled landscape. The clear heights where she expected to walk in full communion had become difficult to see even in her imagination; the delicious repose of the soul on a complete superior had been shaken into uneasy effort and alarmed with dim presentiment. When would the days begin of that active wifely devotion which was to strengthen her huXand’s life and exalt her own〞Questions:A.Identify the author and the title of the story from which the passage is taken.B.Explain the meaning of “the white vapour—walled landscape〞C.How do you undersdand “the delicious repose of the soul on a complete superior〞43.“It was you that broke the new wood,Now is a time for carving.We have one sap and one root—Let there be commerce between us.〞Questions:A.Whom does the “us〞refer toB.What does the phrase “broke the new wood 〞mean hereC.What is the intention of the poet in writing the poem “A Pact〞from which these lines are taken44.“There was music from my neighbor’s house through the summer nights. In his blue gardens men and girls came and went like moths among the whisperings and the champagne and the stars. At high tide in the afternoon I watched his guests diving from the tower of his raft, or taking the sun on the hot sand of his beach while his two motor—boats slit the waters of the Sound, drawing aquaplanes over cataracts of foam. On week—ends his Rolls—Royce became an omnibus, bearing parties to and from the city between nine in the morning and long past midnight, while his station wagon scampered like a brisk yellow bug to meet all trains. And on Mondays eight servants, including an extra gardener, toiled all day with mops and scrubbing—brushes and hammers and garden—shears, repairing the ravages of the night before.〞Questions:A.Identify the author and the title of the novel from which this passage is taken.B.What can you imply by reading this passageC.What do the “moths 〞symbolizeⅢ.Questions and Answers (24 points in all, 6 for each)Give brief answers to each of the following questions in English .Write your answers in the corresponding space on the answer sheet.复习文档45.William Shakespeare is one of the most remarkable playwrights the world has ever known.(1)Name his four greatest tragedies.(2)What are the characteristics of the four tragedies in common(3)Briefly summarize each hero’s weakness of nature.46.“Though his fair daughter’s self, as I avowedAt starting, is my object. Nay, we’ll goTogether down, sir. Notice Neptune, though,Taming a sea horse, though a rarity,Which Claus of InnXruck cast in bronze for me! 〞The lines above are taken from Robert Browning’s “My Last Duchess.〞Taking the whole poem into consideration, what kind of person do you think the duke is47.What is generally the view Washington lrving expressed in his “Rip Van Winkle〞about the radical changes that happened to the American society in his time48.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 realists Give two titles of his works in which this theme and this approach are employed.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.Analyze the character of Jane Eyre based on the selection taken from Chapter X X Ⅲof Jane Eyre. 50.Symbolism is an important literary practice in literature and it has been widely used by many American writers. Discuss the way symboliom is used in Faulkner’s story “A Rose for Emily.〞复习文档。
全国2009年4月高等教育自学考试英美文学选读试题答案1-5: BBABA 6-10:DACBA 11-15:BABBB16-20:BDACD 21-25:AACBA 26-30:BCAAA 31-35:ADCCB 36-40:DCCDBII.Reading Comprehension (16 points in all, 4 for each)41.A from percy shelley’s “men of England”B.metonymyC.Here “drones” refers to the parasitic class in human socity.42.A.The love song of J.Alfred Prufrock B. J.Alfred PrufrockC.Prufrock is conscious of the fact that he is like hamlet in some respect. But he is sensible enough that he cant be compared with hamlet.43.A.Walt WhitmanB. “there was a child went forth” from “ leaves of grass”C. The poem describes the growth of a child who learned about the world around him and improved himself accordingly. In the poem, Whitman’s own early experience may well be identified with the childhood of a young, growing American. 44.A.Emily DickinsonB. The god of deathC.The poem is trying to describe the moment of death.III.45.List at least two leading neoclassicists in England.What did Neoclassicists celebrate in literary creation?A. Alexander pope, John Dryden, Samuel JohndonB. they believed that the artistic ideals should be order, logic, restrained emotion and accuracy and that literature should be judged in terms of its service to humanity. They seek proportion, unity, harmony and grace in literacy expression, in an effort to delight, instruct and correct human beings. Thus a polite, elegant, witty and intellectual art developed.46.Jane Eyre is one of the most popular and important novels of the Victorian Age.Why is Jane Eyre such a successful novel?A. it is noted for its sharp criticism of the existing socity.B. it is an intense moral fable.C. the success of the novel is also due to its introduction to the English novel the first governess heroine.47.Who are the three dominant figures of the American Age of Realism and what are the differences in their understanding of the “truth”?A. William Dean Howells, Mark Twain, Henry James.B. Mark Twain and Howells seemed to have paid more attention to the “life” of the Ameicans. Howells focused his discussion on the rising middle class and the way they lived: Mark Twain preferred to have his own region and people at the forefront of his stories; Henry James had apparently laid a greater emphasis on the “ inner world” of man.48.What's Dreiser' s naturalistic belief? Please discuss the question with Carrie, a character in Sister Carrie as an example.A. Dreiser believes that while men are controlled and conditioned by heredity, instinct and chance, a few extraordinary and unsophisticated human beings refuse to accepttheir fate wordlessly and instead strive, unsuccessfully, to find meaning and purpose for their existence.B. Carrie, as one of such, senses that she is merely a cipher in an uncaring world yet seeks to grasp the mysteries of life and thereby satisfies her desires for social status and material comfort, but in spite of her success, she is lonely and dissatisfied. 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.Briefly discuss William Shakespeare's artistic achievements in characterization, plot construction and language.A. shakespeare’s major characters are neither merely individual ones nor type ones; they represent certain types; they are individuals representing certain types. By employing a psychoanalytical approach, Shakespeare succeeds in exploring the characters’inner world. Shakespeare also portrays his characters in pairs. Contrasts are frequently used to bring vividness to his characters.B. Shakespeare seldom invents his own plot; instead, he borrows them from old plays or storybook, fron ancient Greek or Roman sources. In order to make the play more lively and compact, he would shorten the time and intensify the story. There are usually several clues running through the play, thus providing the story with the suspense and apprehension.C. Shakespeare can write skillfully in different poetic forms, such as the sonnet, the blank verse and the rhymed couplet. He has an amazing wealth of vocabulary and idiom. His coinage of new words and distortion of the meaning of the old words also creates striking effects on the readers.50.Briefly discuss Mark Twain's art of fiction in terms of the setting,the language, and the characters, etc.,based on his novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.A. Mark Twain uses the Mississippi Vally as his fictional kingdom, Writing about the landscape and people, the customs and the dialects of one particular region, and is therefore known as a local colorist.B. he creates life-like characters, especially the conventional Huckleberry Finn, who runs away from civilization and stands opposite to conventional morality.C. He uses a simple, direct vernacular language, totally different from any previous literary language. It is the kind of colloquial language belonging to the lower class, the living local American English.D. he has created a special humor to satirize social injustices and the decayed convention.全国2009年7月高等教育自学考试英美文学选读试题答案全国2010年4月高等教育自学考试英美文学选读试题答案Multiple Choice(40 points in all, 1 for each)01-05:DDADA 06-10:BBDCB 11-15:BACDA16-20:CACAD 21-25:BDADC 26-30:BCCBA 31-35:AADCA 36-40:BACCDReading Comprehension (16 points in all, 4 for each)41. A. Shelley & A Song : Men of England. B. This poem was written in 1819, the year of the *Peterloo Massacre(彼得卢屠杀). * 1819年8月16日发生在英国曼彻斯特圣彼得广场上的一场流血惨案。
Examination Paper on the History of American Literature for Grade 2004 (B)July, 2007I. Explain the following terms briefly, less than 100 words for each term. Write your answer on ANSWER SHEET (20 points):1. American Puritanism2. New England Poets3. American Realism4. Imagist MovementII. Part A: Identify the author of the following prose writing, write the name of the author beside it in the exam paper (15 points):1.Moby Dick2.Of Civil Disobedience3.Dreiser Looks at Russia4.The Ambassadors5.McTeague6.The Legend of Sleepy Hollow7.Nature8.The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn9.Maggie: A Girl of the Street10.The Sun Also Rises11.Absalom, Absalom!12.For Whom the Bell Tolls13.The Great Gatsby14.The Deerslayer15.Martin EdenPart B: identify the author and the title of the following poem stanzas and write the names of author and the title of the poem beside it in the paper (10 points)1. There was a child went forth every day,And the first object he looked upon and received with wonder or pity or love or dread, that object he became,And that object became part of him for the day or a certain part of the day …. or for many years or stretching cycles of years.2. The apparition of these faces in the crowd;Petals on a wet, black bough.3. The Y ankee clipper is under her sky-sail, she cuts the sparkle and scud,My eyes settle the land, I bend at her prow or shout joyously from the deck.The boatman and clam-diggers arose early and stopt for me,I tuck’d my trouser-ends in my boats and went and had a good time:Y ou should have been with us that day round the chowder-kettle.4. We slowly drove---He knew no hasteAnd I had put awayMy labor and my leisure too,For His Civility---5. I make a pact with you, Walt Whitman---I have detested you long enough.I come to you as a grown childWho has had a pig-headed father;I am old enough now to make friends.It was you that broke the new wood,Now is a time for carving.We have one say and one root---Let there be commerce between us.6. Tell me not, in mournful number,Life is but an empty dream !For the soul is dead that slumbers,And thing are not what they seem.7. Whose woods these are I think I knowHis house is in the village though;He will not see me stop hereTo watch his woods fill up with snow.8. So much dependsupona red wheelbarrowglazed with rainwaterbeside the whitechickens.9. The yellow fog that rubs its back upon the window-panes,The yellow smoke that rubs its muzzle on the window-panesLicked its tongue into the corners of he evening,Lingered upon the pools that stand in drains,Let fall upon its back the soot that falls from chimneys,Slipped by the terrace, made a sudden leap,And seeing that it was a soft October night,Curled once about the house, and fell asleep.10. Shall I part my hair behind? Do I dare to eat a peach?I shall wear white flannel trousers, and walk upon the beech.I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each.III. Answer the following questions, in about 200 words for each. Write your answers on ANSWER SHEET (30 points)1.What kind of writer is Henry James?2.Why is Nature such an important book in American Literature History?IV. Write a comment on the following excerpt from Nature in about 200 words;write your answer on ANSWER SHEET (15 points)The widow she cried over me, and called me a poor lost lamb, and she called me a lot of other names, too, but she never meant no harm by it. She put me in them new clothes again, and I couldn’t do nothin g but sweat and sweat, and feel all cramp up. Well, then, the old thing commenced again. The widow rung a bell for supper, and you had to come to time..When you go to the table you couldn’t go right to eating, but you had to wait for the widow to tuck down her head and grumble a little over the victuals, though there wasn’t really anything the matter with them. That is, nothing only everything wascooked by itself. In a barrel of odds and ends it is different; things got mixed up, and the juice kind of swaps around, and the things go better.After supper she got out her book and learned me about Moses and the Bulrushers; and I was in a sweat to find out all about him; but by-and-by she let it out that Moses had been dead a considerable time; so then I didn’t care no more about him; because I don’t take no stock in dead people.Pretty soon I wanted to smoke, and asked the widow to let me. But she wouldn’t. She said it was a mean practice and wasn’t clean, and I must try to not do it anymore. That is just the way with some people. They get down on a thing when they don’t know nothing about it. Here she was a bothering about Moses, which was no kin to her, and no use to anybody, being gone, you see, yet finding a power of fault with me for doing a thing that had some good in it. And she took snuff too; of course she was all right, because she done it herself.Her sister, Miss Watson, a tolerable slim old maid, with goggles on, had just come to live with her, and took a set with me now, with a spelling-book. She worked me middling hard for about an hour, and then the widow made her ease up. I couldn’t stood it much longer. Then for an hour it was deadly dull, and I was fidgety. Miss Watson would say, ‘Don’t put your feet up there, Huckleberry’; and ‘don’t scrunch u p like that, Huckleberry---set up straight’; and pretty soon she would say, ‘Don’t gap and stretch like that, Huckleberry---why don’t you try to behave?’ Then she told me all about the bad place, and I said I wished I was there. She got mad, then, but I di dn’t mean no harm. All I wanted was to go somewheres; all I wanted was a change, I warn’t particular. She said it was wicked to say what I said; said she wouldn’t say it for the whole world; she was going to live so as to go to the good place. Well, I coul dn’t see no advantages in going where she was going, so I made up my mind I wouldn’t try for it. But I never said so, because it would only make trouble, and wouldn’t do no good.Now she had got a start, and she went on and told me all about the good place. She said all a body would have to there was to go around all day long with a harp and sing, forever and ever. So I didn’t think much of it. But I never said so. I asked her if she reckoned Tom Sawyer would go there, and, she said, not by a considerable sight. I was glad about that, because I wanted him and me to be together.Miss Watson she kept pecking at me, and it got tiresome and lonesome. By-and-by they fetched the niggers in and had prayers, and then everybody was off to bed. I went up to my room with a piece of candle and put it on the table. Then I set down in a chair by the window and try to think of something cheerful, but it warn’t no use. I felt so lonesome I most wished I was dead. The stars was shining, and the leaves rustled in the woods ever so mournful; and I heard an owl, away off, who-whooing about somebody that was dead, and a whippowill and a dog crying about somebody that was going to die; and the wind was trying to whisper something to me and I couldn’t make out what it was, and so it made the cold shivers run over me. Then away out in the woods I heard that kind of sound that a ghost makes when it wants to tell about something that’s on its mind and can’t make itself understood, andso can’t rest easy in its grave and has to go about that way every night grieving. I got so down-hearted and scared, I did wish I had some company. Pretty soon a spider went crawling up my shoulder, and I flipped it off and it lit in the candle; and before I could budge it was all shriveled up. I didn’t nee d anybody to tell me that that was an awful bad sign and would fetch me some bad luck, so I was scared and most shook the clothes off of me. I got up and turned around in my tracks three times and crossed my breast every time; and then I tied up a little lock of my hair with a thread to keep witches away. But I hadn’t no confidence. Y ou do that when you’ve lost a horse-shoe that you’ve found, instead of nailing it up over the door, but I haven’t ever heard anybody say it was any way to keep off bad luck whe n you’d killed a spider.。
2011年4月江苏省高等教育自学考试28956 20世纪欧美文学史一、单项选择题(每小题1分,共24分)在下列每小题的四个备选答案中选出一个正确答案,并将其字母标号填入题干的括号内。
1. 20世纪法国作家圣埃克苏佩里的小说最擅长描写的是(DA.知识分子的生活 B.官场生活C.水手的生活 D.飞行员的生活2. 20世纪创作了著名的“苔雷丝系列”作品的是法国著名心理小说家(DA.马丁·杜·加尔 B.安德烈·莫洛亚C.安德烈·马尔罗 D.弗朗索瓦·莫里亚克3.以一系列脍炙人口的小说反映了五个盛产陶器的小镇上的中产阶级日常生活,因而被称为“五镇”小说家的,是英国作家( C )A.威尔斯 B.高尔斯华绥 C.贝内特 D.福斯特4.英国作家毛姆的成名作和代表作是具有自传色彩的长篇小说( BA.《月亮和六便士》 B.《人生的枷锁》C.《刀锋》 D.《霍华德庄园》5. 20世纪英国作家中不属于“愤怒的青年”作家群体的是( A )A.奥登 B.金斯利·艾米斯C.约翰·奥斯本 D.约翰·维恩6.德国作家黑塞通过描写一位作家的经历表现资本主义社会中知识分子的孤独、彷徨和矛盾,这部作品名为( C )A.《纽伦堡之旅》B.《在轮下》C.《荒原狼》 D.《玻璃球游戏》7.复杂深刻的思想是英国作家赫胥黎作品的核心因素,因此他的小说常被称为( AA.思想小说 B.哲理小说 C.新小说 D.严肃小说8.在菲茨杰拉德的小说中,被认为是里程碑式的作品、标志着“爵士乐时代”的开始的是( A )A.《人间天堂》 B.《夜色温柔》C.《了不起的盖茨比》 D.《美丽的与该死的》9.美国女作家玛格丽特·米切尔以南北战争和战后重建时期的佐治亚州为背景,塑造了一个奋斗不屈的女主人公郝斯佳,这部小说是( C )A.《啊,拓荒者!》 B.《大地上的房子》C.《飘》 D.《最蓝的眼睛》10.二战结束后,“垮掉的一代”文学在美国大行其道,其中的重要作品之一是作家凯鲁亚克创作的( A )A.《在路上》 B.《麦田里的守望者》(塞林格)C.《土生子》 D.《裸者与死者》(梅勒美国当代著名犹太裔作家,“非小说”“新新闻小说”)11.由于海勒的小说,“第二十二条军规”已进入美国语言,成为一切官僚主义和( B )A.教条主义的代名词 B.专制主义的代名词C.文牍主义的代名词 D.反人性现象的代名词12. 20世纪初“爱尔兰文艺复兴运动”的主将之一、诗人叶芝的理想世界是( C )A.古希腊罗马文化 B.欧洲启蒙时代文化C.中古拜占庭文化 D.文艺复兴时代文化13.卡夫卡的小说《城堡》批判的是现代西方社会的( B )A.司法机构 B.行政机构 C.道德风尚 D.人际关系14.乔伊斯精心采纳了荷马史诗《奥德修纪》的故事模式来叙写的作品是( D )A.《都柏林人》 B.《青年艺术家的肖像》C.《芬尼根的守灵夜》 D.《尤利西斯》15.荒诞派戏剧代表作品《等待戈多》的作者是( A )A.贝克特 B.尤涅斯库 C.品特 D.热奈16.宣告了萨特存在主义体系的建立的是他的著名论著( D )A.《想象》 B.《自由之路》C.《论自我的超越》 D.《存在与虚无》17.胡安·鲁尔福以典型的魔幻现实主义方式反映墨西哥荒凉、怪诞的现实生活的著名长篇小说是( C )A.《卢维纳》 B.《马卡利奥》C.《佩德罗·帕拉莫》 D.《都是由于我们穷》18.别雷的作品《彼得堡》属于俄罗斯白银时代的文学新流派中的( D )A.自然主义文学 B.未来主义文学 C.新古典主义文学D.象征主义文学19.“不自由,勿宁死”、自由高于一切的主题,集中体现于高尔基的早期作品( B )A.《鹰之歌》 B.《马卡尔·楚德拉》C.《海燕之歌》 D.《伊则吉尔的老婆子》20.构成诗人阿赫玛托娃创作高峰的,是她的诗作《安魂曲》和( D )A.《北方哀歌》 B.《献给已逝者的花环》C.《光阴飞逝》 D.《没有主人公的叙事诗》21.扎米亚京的小说《我们》和英国作家赫胥黎、奥威尔的两部作品一起被并称为( C )A.乌托邦三部曲 B.科幻小说三部曲C.反乌托邦三部曲 D.生态文学三部曲22. 20世纪60年代初,索尔仁尼琴发表了揭露个人崇拜时期种种不正常的社会现象的中篇小说,题为( A )A.《癌病房》 B.《古拉格群岛》C.《第一圈》 D.《伊凡·杰尼索维奇的一天》23.通过普通工人索科洛夫在战争中的悲惨遭遇,强烈控诉了战争给人带来的灾难性后果的小说是肖洛霍夫的( D )A.《看瓜田的人》 B.《胎记》C.《静静的顿河》 D.《人的命运》24.卫国战争结束以后,苏联文学发生了严重的滑坡,直接给文学造成这一有害影响的是 ( B )A.“拉普”思潮 B.日丹诺夫主义C.庸俗社会学理论 D.“无产阶级文化派”思潮二、填空题(每空1分,共10分)25.“长河小说”这个名词得名于罗曼·罗兰的长篇小说_约翰。
全国2011年4月自学考试英美文学选读试题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 the corresponding letter A, B, C or D on the answer sheet.1. One of S helley‟ s greatest political lyrics is ________, which was later to become a rallying song of the British Communist Party.A. “Ode to Liberty”B. “Ode to Naples”C. “Sonnet: England in 1819”D. “Men of England”2. In Charles Dickens‟ work ________, the Utilitarian principle rules over the English education system and destroys young hearts and minds.A. Little DorritB. Hard TimesC. Great ExpectationsD. Bleak House3. The tragic sense turns into despair in Thomas Hardy‟s ________, where cornered by the traditional social morality, the hero and the heroine have to kill their own will and passion and return to their former destructive way of life.A. The Return of the NativeB. The Mayor of CasterbridgeC. Tess of the D’ UrbervillesD. Jude the Obscure4. The typical representatives of G. B. Shaw‟ s early plays are ________.A. Man and Superman; The Apple CartB. Widowers’ House; Mrs. Warren’ s ProfessionC. Candida; Mrs. Warren’ s ProfessionD. The Apple Cart; Widowers’ House5. As a critic of music and drama, ________ held that art should serve social purposes by reflecting human life, revealing social contradictions and educating the common people.A. T. S. EliotB. Oscar WildeC. George Bernard ShawD.W. B. Yeats1 全国2011年4月自学考试英美文学选读试题6. Symbolism and complex narrative are employed more richly in D. H. Lawrence‟s ________, which are generally regarded as his masterpieces.A. Women in Love; Sons and LoversB. The Rainbow; Women in LoveC. Sons and Lovers; Lady Chatterley’s LoverD. Lady Chatterley’ s Lover; The Rainbow7. T. S. Eliot won the Nobel Prize of Literature in ________.A. 1945B. 1948C. 1952D. 19568. Thomas Hardy‟s pessimistic view of life predominates most of his later works and earns him a reputation as a ________ writer.A. realisticB. naturalisticC. romanticD. stylistic9. “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 l eave you. ” The quoted lines are most probably taken from ________.A. Great ExpectationsB. Wuthering HeightsC. Jane EyreD. Pride and Prejudice10.The most distinguishing feature of Charles Dickens‟ works is ________.A. the vernacular and large vocabularyB. his humor and witC. character-portrayalD. pictures of pathos11. G. B. Shaw‟ s play ________ established his position as the leading playwright of his time.A. Widowers’ HousesB. Too True to Be GoodC. Mrs. Warren’ s ProfessionD. Candida12. Jane Austen‟ s first novel ________ tells a story about two sisters and their love affairs.A. Sense and SensibilityB. Pride and PrejudiceC. Northanger AbbeyD. Mansfield Park13. “If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?” the quoted line comes f rom ________.2 全国2011年4月自学考试英美文学选读试题A. Shelley‟s “Ode to the West Wind”B. Walt Whitman‟ s Leaves of GrassC. John Milton‟s Paradise LostD. John Keats‟“ Ode on a Grecian Urn”14. All of the following poems by William Wordsworth are masterpieces on nature EXCEPT________.A. “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud”B. “An Evening Walk”C. “Tinter Abbey”D. “The Solitary Reaper”15. William Blake‟s ________ marks his entry into maturity.A. Poetical SketchesB. Songs of InnocenceC. Marriage of Heaven and HellD. Songs of Experience16. Henry Fielding‟ s ________ brings him the name of “Prose Homer”.A. The History of Jonathan Wild the GreatB. The History of Tom Jones, a FoundlingC. The History of AmeliaD. The History of Joseph Andrews17. Among the three major poetical works by John Milton, ________ is the most perfect example of verse drama after the Greek style in English.A. Samson AgonistesB. Paradise LostC. Paradise RegainedD. Areopagitica18. T.S. Eliot‟ s ________ not only presents a panorama of physical disorder and spiritual desolation in the modern Western world, but also reflects the prevalent mood of disillusionment and despair of a whole post- war generation.A. The Hollow MenB. The Waste LandC. Murder in the CathedralD. Ash Wednesday19. In ________, Shakespeare has not only made a profound analysis of the social crisis in which the evils can be seen everywhere, but also criticized the bourgeois egoism.A. HamletB. OthelloC. King LearD. Macbeth20. John Milton‟s greatest poetical work ________ is the only generally acknowledged epic in English literature since Beowulf.3 全国2011年4月自学考试英美文学选读试题A. AreopagiticaB. Paradise LostC. LycidasD. Samson Agonistes21. The work ________ by William Blake is a lovely volume of poems, presenting a happy world, though not without its evils and sufferings.A. Songs of InnocenceB. Songs of ExperienceC. Poetical SketchesD. Lyrical Ballads22. The plays known as “the Lawrence trilogy” are all the following EXCEPT ________.A. A Collier’ s Friday NightB. Lady Chatterley’ s LoverC. The Daughter - in - LawD. The Widowing of Mrs. Holroyed23. Greatly and permanently affected by the ________ experiences, Hemingway formed his own writing style, together with his theme and hero.A. miningB. farmingC. warD. sailing24. “The dignity of movem ent of an iceberg is due to only one -eighth of it being above water. ” This “iceberg” analogy about prose style was put forward by ________.A. William FaulknerB. Henry JamesC. Ernest HemingwayD. F·Scott Fitzgerald25. In Go Down, Moses, ________ illuminates the problem of black and white in Southern society as a close- knit destiny of blood brotherhood.A. William FaulknerB. Jack LondonC. Herman MelvilleD. Nathaniel Hawthorne26. In Death in the Afternoon ________ presents his philosophy about life and death through the depiction of the bullfight as a kind of microcosmic tragedy.A. William FaulknerB. Jack LondonC. Ernest HemingwayD. Mark Twain27. William Faulkner once said that ________ is a story of “lost innocence,” which proves itself to be an intensification of the theme of imprisonment in the past.A. The Great GatsbyB. The Sound and the FuryC. Absalom, Absalom!D. Go Down, Moses4 全国2011年4月自学考试英美文学选读试题28. Walt Whitman believed, by means of “________,” he has turned poetry into an open field, an area of vital possibility where the reader can allow his own imagination to play.A. free verseB. strict verseC. regular rhymingD. standardized rhyming29. Herman Melville‟s second famous work, ________, was not published until 1924, 33 years after his death.A. PierreB. RedburnC. Moby-DickD. Billy Budd30. In 1920, ________ published his first novel This Side of Paradise which was, to some extent, his own story.A. F·Scott FitzgeraldB. Ernest HemingwayC. William FaulknerD. Emily Dickinson31. Unlike his contemporaries in the early 20th century, ________ did not break up with the poetic tradition nor made any experiment on form.A. Walt WhitmanB. Robert FrostC. Ezra PoundD.T. S. Eliot32. While Mark Twain seemed to have paid more attention to the “life” of the Americans, ________ had apparently laid a greater emphasis on the “inner world” of man.A. William HowellsB. Henry JamesC. Bret HarteD. Hamlin Garland33. At the age of eighty -seven, ________ read his poetry at the inauguration of President John F. Kennedy in 1961.A. Robert FrostB. Walt WhitmanC. Ezra PoundD.T. S. Eliot34. Of all Herman Melville‟s sea adventure stories, ________ proves to be the best.A. TypeeB. RedburnC. Moby – DickD. Omoo35. Man is a “victim of forces over which he has no control. ” This is a notion held strongly by ________.5 全国2011年4月自学考试英美文学选读试题A. Robert FrostB. Theodore DreiserC. Henry JamesD. Hamlin Garland36. With the publication of ________, Theodore Dreiser was launching himself upon a long career that would ultimately make him one of the most significant American writers of the school later known as literary naturalism.A. Sister CarrieB. The TitanC. An American TragedyD. The Stoic37. Nathaniel Hawthorne was affected by ________‟s transcendentalist theory and struck up a very intimate relationship with him.A. H. W. LongfellowB. Walt WhitmanC. R. W. EmersonD. Washington Irving38. Among the following writers ________ is generally regarded as the forerunner of the 20th -century “stream - of - consciousness” novels and the founder of psychological realism.A. T. S. EliotB. James JoyceC. William FaulknerD. Henry James39. Walt Whitman wrote down a great many poems to air his sorrow for the death of President ______, and one of the famous is “When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom‟ d. ”A. WashingtonB. LincolnC. FranklinD. Kennedy40. The Marble Faun by Nathaniel Hawthorne, a romance set in______, is concerned about the dark aberrations of the human spirit.A. FranceB. SpainC. EnglandD. ItalyII. 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.“Shah I compare thee to a summer‟s day?Thou art more lovely and more temperate:Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,6 全国2011年4月自学考试英美文学选读试题And summer‟s lease hath all too short a date:”Questions:A. Who‟s the poet of the quoted stanza, and what‟s the title of the poem?B. What figure of speech is employed in the poem?C. What is the theme of the poem?42. “When the stars threw down their spears,And water‟ d heaven with their tears,Did he smile his work to see?Did he who made the Lamb make thee ?”Questions:A. Who‟s the poet of the quoted stanza, and what‟s the title of the p oem?B. Whom does the “he” refer to?C. What does the “Lamb” symbolize?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. Who‟s the poet of the quoted stanza, and what‟s the title of the poem?B. What do “soil” and “air” represent in the first line?C. What does the poet try to say in the above quoted lines?44. “…Is dying hard, Daddy?‟…No, I think it‟s pretty easy, Nick. It all depends. ‟”Questions:A. Who‟s the author of the quoted part, and what‟s the title of the work?B. What was Nick preoccupied with when he asked the question?C. Why did the fa ther add “It all depends” after he answered his son‟s question?III. Questions and Answers (24 points in all, 6 for each)Give a brief answer to each of the following questions in English. Write your answers in the corresponding space on the answer sheet.7 全国2011年4月自学考试英美文学选读试题45. What‟s the theme of Emily Bronte‟ s Wuthering Heights?46. It is said that B. Shaw‟ s play Mrs. Warren’ s Profession, has a strong realistic theme, which fully reflects the dramatist‟s F abianist idea. What‟s the theme of the work?47. What‟s the theme of Nathaniel Hawthorne‟ s Young Goodman Brown?48. Daisy Miller brought Henry James international fame for the first time. What‟s the character of Daisy Miller, the protagonist?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. Make a comment on the character of Jane Eyre, the heroine of the novel by Charlotte Bronte.50. 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