2016年10月00604英美文学选读真题及答案-2017.07.12

A. the rediscovery of ancient Roman and Greek cultureB. the vast expansion of British colonies in North America C ．the new discoveries in geography and astrology D ．the religious reformation and the economic expansion10.Which of the following is NOT regarded as one of the characteristics of Renaissance humanism? A. Cultivation of the art of this world and this life. B. Tolerance of human foibles.C. Search for the genuine flavor of ancient culture.D. Glorification of religious faith.11. The Renaissance marks a transition from ______ to the modern world.A. the old EnglishB. the medievalC. the feudalistD. the capitalist 12.The English Renaissance period was an age of ______ .A. poetry and dramaB. drama and novelC. novel and poetryD. romance and poetry 13.The most significant idea of the Renaissance is______.A. humanismB. realismC. naturalismD. skepticism 14．______ is the essence of the Renaissance.A ．PoetryB ．DramaC ．HumanismD ．Reason 15. About the Renaissance humanists which of the following statements is true? A. They thought money and social status was the measure of all things.B. They thought people were largely subordinated to the ruling class without any freedom and independence.C. They couldn’t see the human values in th eir works.D. They emphasized the dignity of human beings and the importance of the present life. 16. One of the distinct features of the Elizabethan time is_____.A. the flourishing of the dramaB. the popularity of the realistic novelC. the domination of the classical poetryD. the close-down of all the theatres 17. _____ is known as the poets’ poet.A. SpenserB. MarloweC. MiltonD. Shakespeare18. Marlowe’s greatest achievement lies in that he perfected the _____and made it the principal medium of English drama.A. blank verseB. free verseC. heroic coupletD. sonnet 19. Which of the following descriptions of Gothic Novels is NOT correct? A. It predominated in the early eighteenth century.年级 班级 准考证号 姓名B. It was one phase of the Romantic movement.C. Its principal elements are violence, horror and the supernatural.D. Works like The Mysteries of Udolpho and Frankenstein are typical Gothic romance.20. “Byronic hero” is a figure of the following traits EXCEPT ______.A. being proudB. being of humble originC. being rebelliousD. being mysterious21. Robert Browning created ______ by adopting the novelistic presentation of characters.A. the verse novelB. the blank verseC. the heroic coupletD. the dramatic poetry22. Charles Dickens' novel ______ is famous for its vivid descriptions of the workhouse and life of the underworld in thenineteenth- century London.A. The Pickwick PaperB. Oliver TwistC. David CopperfieldD. Nicholas Nickleby23. Charlotte Bronte's works are all about the struggle of an individual consciousness towards ______ about some lonely and neglected young women with a fierce longing for love, understanding and a full, happy life.A. self - relianceB. self - realizationC. self - esteemD. self - consciousness24. The symbolic meaning of “Book” in Robert Browning's long poem The Ring and the Book is ______. A. the common sense B. the hard truth C. the comprehensive knowledge D. the dead truth25. Thomas Hardy's pessimistic view of life predominated most of his later works and earns him a reputation as a ______writer.A. realisticB. naturalisticC. romanticD. stylistic26. After the First World War, there appeared the following literary trends of modernism EXCEPT_____.A. expressionismB. surrealismC. stream of consciousnessD. black humour27. The masterpieces of critical realism in the early 20th century are the three trilogies of ______.A. Galsworthy's Forsyte novelsB. Hardy' s Wessex novelsC. Greene's Catholic novelsD. Woolf's stream-of-consciousness novels28. In the mid-1950s and early 1960s, there appeared “______” who demonstrated a particular disillu sion over the depressing situation in Britain and launched a bitter protest. against the outmoded social and political values in their society.A. The Beat GenerationB. The Lost GenerationC. The Angry Young MenD. Black Mountain Poets29.The following are English stream-of-consciousness novels EXCEPT ______.A.PilgrimageB. UlyssesC.Mrs.DallowayD. A Passage to Inida30. The leader of the Irish National Theater Movement in the early 20th century was ______.A. W.B.Yeats B. Lady GregoryC. J.M.SyngeD. John Galworthy31. T.S.Eliot's most popular verse play is ______.A. Murder in the CathedralB. The Cocktail PartyC. The Family ReunionD. The Waste Land32.The Petrarchan sonnet was first introduced into England by ______.A. SurreyB. WyattC. SidneyD. Shakespeare33. As the best of Shakespeare's final romances,______ is a typical example of his pessimistic view towards human life and society in his late years.A. The TempestB. The Winter's TaleC. CymbelineD. The Rape of Lucrece34. John Milton's greatest poetical work ______ is the only generally acknowledged epic in English literarure sinceBeowulf.A. AreopagiticaB. Paradise LostC. LycidasD. Samson Agonistes35. The British bourgeois or middle class believed in the following notions EXCEPT ______.A. self - esteemB. self - relianceC. self - restraintD. hard work36. Byron’s masterpieces is ________.A. Hours of idlenessB. The Prisoner of ChillonC. ManfredD. Don Juan37. The best model of satire in the whole English literary history is Jonathan Swift's ______.A. A Modest ProposalB. A Tale of a TubC. Gulliver's TravelsD. The Battle of the Books38. As a representative of the Enlightenment,______ was one of the first to introduce rationalism to England.A. John BunyanB. Daniel DefoeC. Alexander PopeD. Jonathan Swift39. For his contribution to the establishment of the form of the modern novel,______ has been regarded by some as “Father of the English Novel”.A. Daniel DefoeB. Henry FieldingC. Jonathan SwiftD. Samuel Richardson40. In Renaissance, the European humanist thinkers made attempts to do the following EXCEPT ______.A. getting rid of those old feudalist ideasB. getting control of the parliament and governmentC. introducing new ideas that expressed the interests of the rising bourgeoisieD. recovering the purity of the early church, from the corruption of the Roman Catholic ChurchII. Reading Comprehension (16 points in all, 4 for each)Read the quoted parts carefully and answer the questions in English. Write your answers in thecorresponding space on the answer sheet.41. Wherefore feed and clothe and saveFrom the cradle to the graveThose ungrateful drones who wouldDrain your sweat- nay, drink your blood?Questions:A. Identify the poet and the title of the poem from which the stanza is taken.B. What figure of speech is used in Line 2?C. Whom does “drones” refer to?42. The following quotation is from one of the poems by T. S. Eliot:No! I am not Prince Hamlet, nor was meant to be;Am an attendant lord, one that will doTo swell a progress, start a scene or twoAdvise the prince; no doubt, an easy tool,Deferential, glad to be of use, Politic, cautious, and meticulous,Full of high sentence, but a bit obtuse;Questions:A. Identify the title of the poem from which the quoted part is taken.B. Who's the speaker of the quoted lines?C. What does the first line show about the speaker?43. When my motherdied I was very young,And my father sold me while yet my tongueCould scarcelycry " 'weep! 'weep! 'weep! 'weep!"So yourchimneys I sweep, in soot I sleep.Questions:A. Identify the poet.B. From which poem and which collection of the poet are these lines taken?C. What does the poet describe in the poem?44. In his first splendour 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!Questions:A. Identify the poet.B. What does “mighty heart” refer to?C. What moment is the poem trying to describe?III. 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.45. What is the difference between Romanticism and Neoclassicism?46. What are the fixed laws and rule on literature of the Neoclassical Period?47. What is Renaissance hero?48. What is the theme of Daniel Defoe’s work Robinson Crusoe?IV. Brief discussion (20 points in all, 10 for each)Give a brief discussion to each of the following questions in English. Write your answers in the corresponding space on the answer sheet. 49. Briefly discuss “William Shakespeare's artistic achievements in characterization, plot construction and language”.50. List at least two leading neoclassicists in England. What did Neoclassicists celebrate in literarycreation?答案：I.选择题(每小题1分，计40分)1-5 CBDAB 6-10 CBBBD 11-15 BAACD 20. AAAAB21-25ABBBB 26-30 DACDA 31-35 ABABB 36-40 DACBBII.阅读题（每小题4分，计16分）41. A. A Song: Men of England, Shelley （1分）B. Metonymy （1分）C. the male of the honey-bees that do not work, referring here to the parasiticclass in human society. （2分）42. A. The love song of J. Alfred Prufrock（1分）B. The speaker is Prufrock. （1分）C. neurotic, self-important, illogical and incapable of action. （2分）43. A. William Blake（1分）B. The Chimney Sweeper（1分）C. This poem describes the miserable life the little sweeper. （2分）44. A. William Worthwords（1分）B. London（1分）C. The quiet morning in London（2分）III.问答题（每小题6，计24分）45. Romanticism is associated with vitality, powerful emotion and dreamlikeideas.(3分)Neoclassicism is associated with order, common sense and controlled reason.(3分)46. A. Prose should be precise, direct, smooth and flexible. (2分)B. Poetry should be lyrical, epical, didactic, satiric or dramatic, and each classshould be guided by its own principles. (2分)C. Drama should be written in the Heroic Couplets. (2分)47. A Renaissance hero refers to one created by Christopher Marlowe in his drama. (2分)Such a hero is always individualistic and full of ambition, facing bravely thechallenge from both gods and men. (2分)He embodies Marlowe's humanistic ides of human dignity and capacity. (2分)48. (1) h is marvelous capacity for work; (2分)(2) his boundless energy and persistence in overcoming obstacles;(2分)(3) his hard struggle against nature and making all bend to his will.(2分)49. A. The Neoclassicism period was an important age with the remarkable authorsPope, Defoe, etc. (2分)B. 1) The Neoclassical period is about 1660-1798, also known as "the Age of Enlightenment" or "theage of Reason". (2分)2)In essence, the Neoclassical Period was a progressive intellectual movement. (2分)3)The Enlighteners believed in self-restraint, self-reliance and hard work; They celebratedreason/rationality, equality and science. They advocated universal education, which could makepeople rational and prefect, they believed. (2分)4)In literature, The Enlightenment Movement brought about a revival of interest in the ancientGreek and Roman classical works; the works at the time, heavily didactic and moralizing; having fixed laws and rules for every type of the literature; among which prose and the modern English novel predominated the age. (2分)50. A. Characterization:a. Shakespeare's major characters are neither merely individual ones nor type ones;they areindividuals representing certain types. Each character has his or her own personalities. (2分)b. By applying a psycho-analytical approach, Shakespeare succeeds in exploring the characters'inner mind. c. Shakespeare also prtrays his characters in pairs. Contrasts are frequently used tobring vividness to his characters. (2分)B. Construction:a. Shakespeare's plays are well-known for their adroit plot construction. He borrows them fromsome old plays or storybooks, or from ancient Greek and Roman sources. (2分)b. He would shorten the time and intensify the story. There are usually several threads runningthrough the play.(2分)C. Language and style:Irony is a good means of dramatic presentation. Disguise is also an important device to createdramatic irony, usually with woman disguised as man. (2分)。

课程代码：0604请将答案填在答题纸相应的位置上(全部题目用英文作答)I. Multiple Choice(40 points in all, 1 for each)Select from the four choices of each item the one that best answers the question orcompletes the statement and write the corresponding letter on the answer sheet.1. In Renaissance, the European humanist thinkers and scholars made attempts to dothe following EXCEPT ______.A. getting rid of those old feudalist ideasB. getting control of the parliament and governmentC. introducing new ideas that expressed the interests of the rising bourgeoisieD. recovering the purity of the early church, from the corruption of the RomanCatholic Church2. The Petrarchan sonnet was first introduced into England by ______.A. SurreyB. WyattC. SidneyD. Shakespeare3. As the best of Shakespeare's final romances,______ is a typical example of hispessimistic view towards human life and society in his late years.A. The TempestB. The Winter's TaleC. CymbelineD. The Rape of Lucrece4. John Milton's greatest poetical work ______ is the only generally acknowledgedepic in English literarure since Beowulf.A.AreopagiticaB. Paradise LostC. LycidasD. Samson Agonistes5. The British bourgeois or middle class believed in the following notions EXCEPT______.A. self - esteemB. self - relianceC. self - restraintD. hard work6. “Graveyard School〞writers are the following sentimentalists EXCEPT______.A. James ThomsonB. William CollinsC. William CowperD. Thomas Jackson7. The best model of satire in the whole English literary history is Jonathan Swift's______.A. A Modest ProposalB. A Tale of a TubC. Gulliver's TravelsD. The Battle of the Books8. As a representative of the Enlightenment,______ was one of the first to introducerationalism to England.A. John BunyanB. Daniel DefoeC. Alexander PopeD. Jonathan Swift9. For his contribution to the establishment of the form of the modern novel,______has been regarded by some as “Father of the English Novel〞.A. Daniel DefoeB. Henry FieldingC. Jonathan SwiftD. Samuel Richardson10. Which of the following descriptions of Gothic Novels is NOT correctA. It predominated in the early eighteenth century.B. It was one phase of the Romantic movement.C. Its principal elements are violence, horror and the supernatural.D. Works like The Mysteries of Udolpho and Frankenstein are typical Gothic romance.11. “Byronic hero〞is a figure of the following traits EXCEPT ______.A.being proudB. being of humble originC.being rebelliousD. being mysterious12. Robert Browning created ______ by adopting the novelistic presentation ofcharacters.A. the verse novelB. the blank verseC. the heroic coupletD. the dramatic poetry13. Charles Dickens' novel ______ is famous for its vivid descriptions of theworkhouse and life of the underworld in the nineteenth- century London.A. The Pickwick PaperB. Oliver TwistC. David CopperfieldD. Nicholas Nickleby14. Charlotte Bronte's works are all about the struggle of an individualconsciousness towards ______, about some lonely and neglected young women witha fierce longing for love, understanding and a full, happy life.A. self - relianceB. self - realizationC. self - esteemD. self - consciousness15. The symbolic meaning of “Book〞 in Robert Browning's long poem The Ring and theBook is ______.A. the common senseB. the hard truthC. the comprehensive knowledgeD. the dead truth16. Thomas Hardy's pessimistic view of life predominated most of his later worksand earns him a reputation as a ______ writer.A. realisticB. naturalisticC. romanticD. stylistic17. After the First World War, there appeared the following literary trends ofmodernism EXCEPT ______.A. expressionismB. surrealismC. stream of consciousnessD. black humour18. The masterpieces of critical realism in the early 20th century are the threetrilogies of ______.A. Galsworthy's Forsyte novelsB. Hardy' s Wessex novelsC. Greene's Catholic novelsD. Woolf's stream-of-consciousness novels19. In the mid - 1950s and early 1960s, there appeared “______〞 who demonstrateda particular disillusion over the depressing situation in Britain and launcheda bitter protest. against the outmoded social and political values in theirsociety.A. The Beat GenerationB. The Lost GenerationC. The Angry Young MenD. Black Mountain Poets20.The following are English stream-of-consciousness novels EXCEPT ______.A.PilgrimageB. UlyssesC.Mrs.DallowayD. A Passage to Inida21. The leader of the Irish National Theater Movement in the early 20th centurywas ______.A. W.B.Yeats B. Lady GregoryC. J.M.SyngeD. John Galworthy22. T.S.Eliot's most popular verse play is ______.A. Murder in the CathedralB. The Cocktail PartyC. The Family ReunionD. The Waste Land23. The American writer ______ was awarded the Nobel Prize for the anti-racist In-truder in the Dust in 1950.A. Ernest HemingwayB. Gertrude SteinC. William FaulknerD.T.S. Eliot24. Hemingway's second big success is ______ , which wrote the epitaph to a decadeand to the whole generation in the 1920s, in order to tell us a story about the tragic love affair of a wounded American soldier with a British nurse.A. For Whom the Bell TollsB. A Farewell to ArmsC. The Sun Also RisesD. The Old Man and the Sea25. With the publication of ______ , Dreiser was launching himself upon a long careerthat would ultimately make him one of the most significant American writers of the school later known as literary naturalism.A. Sister CarrieB. The TitanC. The GeniusD. The Stoic26. Henry James is generally regarded as the forerunner of the 20th -century “stream-of-consciousness〞novels and the founder of ______.A. neoclassicismB. psychological realismC. psychoanalytical criticismD. surrealism27. In 1849, Herman Melville published ______ ,a semi-autobiographical novel, con-cerning the sufferings of a genteel youth among brutal sailors.A. OmooB. MardiC. RedburnD. Typee28. As a sequel to The Adventures of Tom Sawyer,______ marks the climax of Mark Twain'sliterary activity.A. The Adventures of Huckleberry FinnB. Life on the MississippiC. The Gilded AgeD. Roughing It29. Realism was a reaction against ______ or a move away from the bias towards romanceand self- creating fictions, and paved the way to Modernism.A. RomanticismB. RationalismC. Post-modernismD. Cynicism30. When World War II broke out,______ began working for the Italian government,engaged in some radio broadcasts of anti- Semitism and pro- Fascism.A. Ezra PoundB.T.S. EliotC. Henry JamesD. Robert Frost31. In 1915 ______ became a naturalized British citizen, largely in protest againstAmerica's failure to join England in the First World War.C. W.D.Howells D. Ezra Pound32. What Whitman prefers for his new subject and new poetic feelings is “______ ,〞 that is, poetry without a fixed beat or regular rhyme scheme.A. blank verseB. free rhythmC. balanced structureD. free verse33. The American woman poet ______ wanted to live simply as a complete independentbeing, and so she did, as a spinster.A. Emily ShawB. Anna DickinsonC. Emily DickinsonD. Anne Bret34. The Birthmark drives home symbolically ______ point that evil is a man's birthmark,something he was born with.A. Whitman'sB. Melville'sC. Hawthorne'sD. Emerson's35. The Financier ,The Titan and The Stoic written by ______ are called his “Trilogyof Desire〞.A. Henry JamesB. Theodore DreiserC. Mark TwainD. Herman Melville36. Disregarding grammar and punctuation,______ always used “i〞 instead of “I〞in his poems to show his protest against self-importance.A. Wallace StevensB. Ezra Pound37. Though Robert Frost is generally considered a regional poet whose subject mattersmainly focus on the landscape and people in ______ , he wrote many poems that investigate the basic themes of man's life in his long poetic career.A. the westB. the southC. New EnglandD. Alaska38. Most critics have agreed that Fitzgerald is both an insider and an outsider of______ with a double vision.A. the Gilded AgeB. the Rational AgeC. the Jazz AgeD. the Magic Age39. In the American Romantic writings,______ came to function almost as a dramaticcharacter that symbolized moral law.A. fireB. waterC. treesD. wilderness40. The desire for an escape from society and a return to ______ became a permanentconvention of the American literature.A. the family lifeB. natureC. the ancient timeD. fantasy of loveII. 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. Wherefore feed and clothe and saveFrom the cradle to the graveThose ungrateful drones who wouldDrain your sweat- nay, drink your bloodQuestions:A. Identify the poet and the title of the poem from which the stanza is taken.B. What figure of speech is used in Line 2C. Whom does “drones〞 refer to42. The following quotation is from one of the poems by T. S. Eliot:No! I am not Prince Hamlet, nor was meant to be;Am an attendant lord, one that will doTo swell a progress, start a scene or twoAdvise the prince; no doubt, an easy tool,Deferential, glad to be of use,Politic, cautious, and meticulous,Full of high sentence, but a bit obtuse;Questions:A. Identify the title of the poem from which the quoted part is taken.B. Who's the speaker of the quoted linesC. What does the first line show about the speaker43．There was a child went forth every day,And the first object he look'd upon, 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.Questions:A. Identify the poet.B.From which poem and which collection of the poet are these lines takenC.What does the poet describe in the poem44. I heard a Fly buzz- when I died-The Stillness in the RoomWas like the Stillness in the Air-Between the Heaves of Storm-The Eyes around- had wrung them dry-And Breaths were gathering firmFor that last Onset- when the KingBe witnessed - in the Room-Questions:A. Identify the poet.B. What does “the King〞 refer toC. What moment is the poem trying to describeIII. 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.45. List at least two leading neoclassicists in England. What did Neoclassicistscelebrate in literary creation46. Jane Eyre is one of the most popular and important novels of the Victorian Age.Why is Jane Eyre such a successful novel47. Who are the three dominant figures of the American Age of Realism and what arethe differences in their understanding of the “truth〞48. What's Dreiser' s naturalistic belief Please discuss the question with Carrie,a character in Sister Carrie as an example.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 thecorresponding space on the answer sheet.49. Briefly discuss William Shakespeare's artistic achievements in characterization,plot construction and language.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.全国高等教育自学考试英美文学选读真题答案及评分参考〔课程代码0604〕I. Multiple Choice (40 points in all, 1 for each)1. B2. B3. A4. B5.A6.D7.A8.C9.B 10.A 11.B 12.A13.B 14.B 15.B 16.B 17.D 18.A 19.C 20.D 21.A 22.A 23.C24.B 25.A 26.C 27.C 28.A 29.A 30.A 31.A 32.D 33.C 34.C35.B 36.D 37.C 38.C 39.D 40.BII. Reading Comprehension (16 points in all, 4 for each)41. A. From Percy Shelley’s “Men of England〞(1)B. Metonymy (1)C. Here “drones〞refers to the parasitic class in human society. (2)42. A. “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock〞(1)B. J. Alfred Prufrock (1)C. Prufrock is conscious of the fact that he is like Hamlet in some respects. But he is sensibleenough that he cannot be compared with Hamlete. (2)43. A. Walt Whitman (1)B. “There Was a Child Went Forth〞from “Leaves of Grass〞(1)C. The poem describes the growth of a child who learned about the world around him andimproved himself accordingly. In the poem, Whitman’s own early ex perience may well be identified with the childhood of a young, growing American. (2)44. A. Emily Dickinson (1)B. The God of Death. (1)C. The poem is trying to describe the moment of death. (2)III. Questions and Answers (24 points in all, 6 for each)45. A. Alexander Pope, John Dryden, Samuel Johnson (任选2位作家). (2)B. They believed that the artistic ideals should be order, logic, restrained emotion andaccuracy and that literature should be judged in terms of its service to humanity. (2) 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 artdeveloped. (2)46. A. It is noted for its sharp criticism of the existing society. (2)B. It is an intense moral fable. (2)C. The success of the novel is also due to its introduction to the English novel the firstgoverness heroine. (2)47. A. William Dean Howells, Mark Twain, Henry James. (3)B. Mark Twain and Howells seemed to have paid more attention to the “life〞of theAmericans. Howells focused his discussion on the rising middle class and the way theylived; 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. (3)48. A. Dreiser believes that while men are controlled and conditioned by heredity, instinct andchance, a few extraordinary and unsophisticated human beings refuse to accept their fatewordlessly and instead strive, unsuccessfully, to find meaning and purpose for theirexistence. (3)B. Carrie, as one of such, senses that she is merely a cipher in an uncaring world yet seeks tograsp the mysteries of life and thereby satisfies her desires for social status and materialcomfort, but in spite of her success, she is lonely and dissatisfied. (3)以上各题言语错误酌情扣分。

Ⅰ. Each of the following sentences is given four choices of words or expressions. Choose the right one to complete the sentence and write the corresponding letter on your Answer Sheet. （15 points，1 point for each）1. The police have warned the public that the killer could __________ again.A. strideB. strikeC. striveD. stray2. These weapons add a new __________ to modern warfare.A. viewB. functionC. methodD. dimension3. The accident was the __________ consequence of carelessness.A. inevitableB. feasibleC. workableD. invisible4. Diamonds have little __________ value and their price depends almost entirely on their scarcity.A. extinctB. intrinsicC. surplusD. nominal5. You seemed a bit __________ about recommending that restaurant—is something w rong with it？A. excitedB. superstitiousC. hesitantD. determined6. The y have always regarded a man of __________ and fairness as a reliable friend.A. prideB. intearitvC. arroganceD. temperament7. She wondered what she had done to __________ his displeasure this time.A. deliverB. concealC. expressD. incur8. A surprising percentage of the population are computer __________.A. illegalB. irritableC. illiterateD. irregular9. The government's annual __________ on arms has been reduced.A. expenditureB. consumptionC. revenueD. income10. I've been trying all day to reach him on the telephone，but he's very __________.A. evasiveB. inclusiveC. elusiveD. invasive11. Traffic will be __________ through the side streets while the main road is resurfaced.A. takenB. divertedC. drawnD. moved12. I arrived early for the meeting so I was __________ my thumbs for half an hour.A. turningB. touchingC. twistingD. twiddling13. In recent years there has been a noticeable decline in such __________ British institutions as afternoon tea and the Sunday roast.A. venerableB. vulnerableC. ullgarD. vigorous14. The newspaper printed a（an）__________ for their previous error.A. copyB. publicationC. retractionD. advertisement15. In the past 10 years，__________ measures have radically reduced levels of tooth decay in children.A. primitiveB. preventiveC. predictableD. prematureRead the following passage carefully and complete the succeeding three items Ⅱ，Ⅲ，Ⅳ.（1）When I started working from home some months ago，I had not anticipated the challenges involved.（2）The first was to tell people that I am working from home. I've had to explain my work arrangement to my neighbors，who wondered why I was raking leaves or shoveling snow in the mid-afternoon. I've described it to door-to-door canvassers，relatives，friends，the gas meter reader，the mail carrier and the parents of children in the kindergarten school yard.（3）The people who've had the most difficulty in understanding my new work setup are my family. My five-year-old twins，Claire and Alexander，keep asking，with some apprehension，“Daddy，why don't you go to work？” My response，“But I am working，just from home，”completely baffles them and they gaze at me with an expression unique to children：“Daddy says the funniest things.”（4）The second challenge has been the additional demands，mostly from my wife. Her phone calls from her office invariably begin with the four words I've come to dread：“Since you're at home ...” Her assumption，and that of others，is that since I'm at home between 9 and 5，I can easily take Care of last-minute shopping，arrange for deliveries and drop-offs，orchestrate play dates for the twins，and respond to financial，medical，educational and home main tenance matters for our family.（5）The result is that by working from home I've taken on a host of new duties，in addition to those mandated by my employer. Over the past six months，our home has acquired a new roof. an upgraded electrical system and a long list of interior and exterior home improvements.（6）The third and most complex challenge is the expectations of my children. Claire and Alexander seem unable to grasp that having a stay-at-home dad is not the same as having a gainfully employed stay-at-home dad. Invariably they need to consult with me on any disagreement or matter that arises after returning home from th eir daily 2.5 hours of morning senior kindergarten.（7）I imagined that a few words of wisdom from me would quickly settle them back to their routine with our caregiver. However I came to realize that resolving a dispute over the ownership of a particular pencil is akin to taking a case to the Supreme Court of Canada. It takes a lot of time，and any Outcome can and will be appealed.（8）The fourth challenge，at first trivial but less so as time passed，is that my basement office，which was to be my sacrosanct work space，became a storage room. My real office（as everyone in my family calls it）at York University is a marvel of cleanliness and organization. My home office—which I suppose everyone saw as not being real—is now a warren of not-quite discarded or returned items：boxes of old books and clothes，long-fòrgotten toys，diseased plants，sports equipment and sundry unused or defectivehome-repair materials.（9）Claire and Alexander see the space as an extension of their playroom，especially suited for hide-and-seek，with the added feature of expensive electronic equipment.（10）Over the months，I have met others working from home. We've crossed paths at the local coffee shop，seeking human contact after spending hours alone in our respective homes. From them，I learned diffèrent strategies.（11）One is to act as though you are still working at the “real” office. Those who practice this approach dress in business attire. in the morning，carry briefcases and use their BlackBerrys at all times，making it quite clear to everyone in their vicinity that “I'm working，so don't bother me.” I tried to ask them if this strategy was effective with family members，like young children，but they've never given me the opportunity for such idle chatter.（12）Although appealing，for me this strategy takes away one of the biggest advantages of working from home. Before starting this arrangement，I had imagined a host of benefits including increased productivity，more flexibility and fewer interruptions.（13）In reality，few advantages materialized other than being able to avoid commuting and spending less time on my personal appearance each morning. Therefore，I'm loath to switch from my old sweat pants and sneakers to a tie and suit，or to shave everv day，in order to look like I'm working.（14）Another strategy is to begin any conversation with “I'm working from home.” This ensures the listener，and everyone around，knows. I tried this，but found it had unintended consequences. The follow-up question is always，“What are you working on？”I reply that I am writing a scholarly book on retirement and pension policies in South Korea. This swiftly terminates any conversation and leaves me standing alone.（15）I'll leave this approach for those writing—at home—the next blockbuster Hollywood screenplay.（16）The strategy I've settled on is what many others working at home also gravitate toward；namely，a vague and generic，“Well，you know，I'm doing some work at home.” Any follow-up questions are skillfully deflected by witty observations about the weather，politics or sports. This leaves a mysterious aura around my activities.（17）Now that I'm preparing to return to my “real” office next week，the most important lesson I've learned is that when I'm next given the opportunity to work from home，I'll make sure no one knows I'm working ... from home.Ⅱ. In this section，there are ten incomplete statements or questions，followed by four choices marked A，B，C and D. Choose the best answer and write the corresponding letter on your Answer Sheet.（20 points，2points for each）16. The kids felt ________ when their father told them that he was working from home.A. curiousB. confusedC. excitedD. apprehensive17. The children expect their father ________.A. to settle their disputesB. to arrange for their play datesC. to buy some new tovs for themD. to respond to their education matters18. The author describes his office at home as a place ________.A. which is clean and tidyB. which is special and inviolableC. which is crowded with waste itemsD. w hich is long forgotten b y the family19. Which of the following is NOT a challenge that the author confronted？A. The author had to deal with sorne domestic chores.B. The author had to take on more duties than at work.C. The author had to explain to his neighbors about what he does.D. The author had to dress in business attire when working from home.20. Before he started working at home，the author expected ________.A. to gain more benefits with less effortsB. to work efficiently in spite of interruptionsC. to produce more in a flexible way of workingD. to work with few interruptions though less productivity21. The word “loath” in Paragraph 13 means ________.A. hesitantB. unwillingC. afraidD. pleased22. The word “blockbuster” in Paragraph 15 means ________.A. a successful book or movieB. apopular TV showC. a well-known studyD. a brief biography23. It can be inferred from the last paragraph that the author ________.A. prefers to work from home regularlyB. will never choose to work from homeC. will always work in the real office in the futureD. might have another chance to work from home in the future24. The tone of this passage is ________.A. humorousB. approvingC. aggressiveD. contemptuous25. Which of the following might be the best title of the passage？A. Working from Home—One's Best Choice.B. Working from Home Brinas Pleasant Surprises.C. Working from Home Isn't A ll It's Cracked up to Be.D. Working from Home Is as Interesting as It Can Be.第二部分非选择题Ⅲ. Translate the following sentences into Chinese and write the translation on your Answer Sheet.（10 points，2 points for each）26. I've had to explain my work arrangement to my neighbors，who wondered why I was raking leaves or shoveling snow in the mid-afternoon.27. The second challenge has been the additional demands，mostly from my wife. Her phone calls from her office invariably begin with the four words I've come to dread：“Since you're at home ...”28. Over the past six months，our home has acquired a new roof，an upgraded electrical system and a long list of interior and exterior home improvements.29. However，I came to realize that resolving a dispute over the ownership of a particular pencil is akin to taking a case to the Supreme Court of Canada.30. Claire and Alexander see the space as an extension of their playroom. especially suited for hide-and-seek，with the added feature of expensive electronic equipment.Ⅳ. Answer the following essay question in English within 80-100 words. Write your answer on your Answer Sheet. （10 points）31. Why do you think some people choose to work from home？Ⅴ. The following paragraphs are taken from the textbooks，followed by a list of words or expressions marked A to Y. Choose the one that best completes each of the sentences and write the corresponding letter on your Answer Sheet. One word or expression for each blanik only.（25 points，1 point for each）If all forms. of mercy-killing are wrong，they should 32 taboo. But are they？Because many people accept that it is sad，33 and gruesome to prolong the throes of death 34 all the might of medical technology，passive euthanasia—letting patients die—is 35 accepted. Most American states have “living-will” 36 that protects doctors from prosecution if they do not try to save someone who has said he does not want life prolonged.There were a number of people out this afternoon，far more than last Sunda y. And the band sounded louder and 37 . That was because the Season had begun. For 38 the band played all the year 39 on Sundays，out of 40 it was never the same. It was like someone playing with only the family to 41；it didn't care how it played if there weren't any strangers present. Give me a 42 hour or two in bed and I can solve，43 my own satisfaction，all the doubts of humanity. When I am in the humor I can 44 grand symphonies；and paint 45 pictures. I am，at once，Shakespeare，Beethoven，and Michael Angelo；yet it gives me no satisfac tion；46 the one thing I cannot do is to go to sleep.Change means trouble，change means work，change means cost. It is easier to print wire services 47 than have a reporter on the beat. It is easier to buy syndicated columns than find—and train—local talent. It is easier to let the ads 48 the format than develop a format that elevates news 49 dogfood. It is easier to write 50 copy that appeals to emotion 51 than reason.Vanity is a 52 of immense potency. Anyone who has 53 to do with children knows how they are 54 performing some antic，and saying“Look at me.” “Look at me”is one of the most fundamental desires of the human heart. It can take 55 forms，from 56 to the pursuit of posthumous fame.A. B. gayer C. above D. E. forⅥ. Translate the following sentences into English and write the translation on your Answer Sheet.（20 points，2 points each for 57-60，4 points for 61，8 points for 62）57.我说明了危险性，但同时提出，只要他们承担责任，我就不会坚持做这次喉咙检查。

2015年4月高等教育自学考试《英美文学选读》试题课程代码：00604I. 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. Romio and Juliet, though a tragedy, is permeated with B spirit.A. pessimisticB. optimisticC. despairingD. passive2. Among John Milton' s major poetical works, A is the greatest, indeed the only generally acknowledged epic in English literature since Beowulf,A. Paradise LostB. Paradise regainedC. Samson AgonistesD. Aeopagitica3. Daniel Defoe's D , an adventure story very much in the spirit of the time, is universally considered his masterpiece.A. Captain SingletonB. Moll FlandersC. Colonel JackD. Robinson Crusoe4. Charlotte Bronte' s works are all about the struggle of an individual consciousness to- wards B , about some lonely and neglected young women with a fierce longing for love, understanding and a full, happy life.A. self- relianceB. self- realizationC. self - esteemD. self - consciousness5. Of all the eighteenth -century novelists, B was the first to set out, both in theory and practice, to write specifically a "comic epic in prose," the first to give the modem novel its structure and style.A. Daniel DefoeB. Henry FieldingC. Jonathan SwiftD. Laurence Sterne6. William Blake's C marks his entry into maturity.A. Songs of ExperienceB. Songs of InnocenceC. Marriage of Heaven and HellD. Poetical Sketches7. Poetry is defined by A as "the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings, which originates in emotion recollected in tranquility."A. William WordsworthB. William BlakeC. Percy Bysshe ShelleyD.T.S. Eliot8. Shelly' s greatest achievement is his four- act poetic drama AA. Prometheus UnboundB. A Defence of PoetryC. The Revolt of IslamD. Adonais9. In B 's novel, the subject matter, the character range, the social settings, and plots are all restricted to the provincial life of the late 18th century England, concerning three or four landed gentry families with their daily routine life.A. Charlotte BronteB. Jane AustenC.D.H. Lawrence D. Thomas Hardy10. In C , one of Dickens' later works, Dickens presents a criticism of the Utilitarian principle that rules over the English education system and destroys young hearts and minds.A. Bleak HouseB. Little DorritC. Hard TimesD. A Tale of Two Cities11. The success of Jane Eyre is not only because of its sharp criticism of the existing society, but also due to its introduction to the Englsih novel the first D heroine.A. workerB. peasantC. explorerD. governess12. The last two novels by Thomas Hardy are CA. The Return of the Native, The Mayor of CasterbridgeB. The Mayor of Casterbridge, Tess of the D' UrbervillesC. Tess of the D' Urbervilles, Jude the ObscureD. The Woodlanders, the Mayor of Casterbridge13. Dickens' best- depicted characters are the following EXCEPT DA. innocent, virtuous, persecuted and helpless child charactersB. horrible and grotesque charactersC. broadly humorous or comical charactersD. simple, innocent and faithful women characters14. In his famous essay, Tradition and Individual Talent, A puts great emphasis on the importance of tradition both in creative writing and in criticism.A.T.S. EliotB.D.H. LawrenceC. Bernard ShawD. Charles Dickens15. D. H. Lawrence' s novel B is a story about the three generations of the Brangwen family on the Marsh farm.A. Sons and LoversB. The RainbowC. KangarooD. Lady Chatterley's Lover16. It is generally believed that the most important play among Shakespeare's comedies isBA. A Midsummer Night's DreamB. The Merchant of VenisC. Much Ado About NothingD. Twelfth Night17. John Milton's A shows how mankind, in the person of Christ, withstands the tempter and is established once more in the divine favor.A. Paradise RegainedB. Paradise LostC. Samson AgonistesD. Areopagitica18. The declaration that "I know that This World is a World of Imagination and Vision" and that "The nature of my work is visionary or imaginative" belongs to AA. William BlakeB. William WordsworthC. T. S. EliotD. Percy Bysshe Shelley19. All of the following poems is written by Shelly EXCEPT CA. "Ode to Liberty"B. "Ode to Naples"C. "Ode to a Nightingale" D "To a Skylark"20. Of the following writers, C is often compared with Shakespeare for his adeptness with the vemacular and large vocabulary with which he brings out many a wonderful verbal picture of man and scene.A. Thomas HardyB. George Bernard ShawC. Charles DickensD.D.H. Lawrence21. T. S. Eliot' s major achievement in play writing has been the creation of a D in the 20th century to express the ideas and action of modem society with new accents of the contemporary speech.A. heroic dramaB. melodramaC. monodramaD. verse drama22. In D , by portraying a disillusioned man who attempts to save his integrity by running away again and again from his wife and children, D. H. Lawrence tries to show that every man is a sacred and holy individual whose integrity should never be violated or dominated.A. Sons and LoversB. The RainbowC. Women in LoveD. Aaron' s Rod23. William Faulkner' s work is difficult and is a text endlessly searched for AA. meaningsB. answersC. themesD. logics24. As a genre, naturalism emphasized D and environment as important deterministic forces shaping individualized characters who were presented in special and detailed circumstances~A. educationB. societyC. manD. heredity25. Robert Frost' s A Masque of Reason and B are comic - serious dramatic narratives, in both of which biblical characters in modem settings discuss ethics and man relations to God.A. A Further RangeB. A Masque of MercyC. A Boy' s WillD. North of Boston26. Henry James believed that the materialistic bent of America life and its lack of C and sophistication could not provide him with enough materials for great literary works.A. moneyB. wisdomC. cultureD. democracy27. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and especially, its sequence A proved them- selves to be the milestone in American literature.A. Adventures of Huckleberry FinnB. The Gilded AgeC. Innocents AbroadD. Life on the Mississippi28. Hawthorne' s intellectuals are usually C dreadful because they are devoid of warmth and feeling.A. victimsB. heroesC. villainsD. saviors29. Melville' s Billy Budd deals with the sea and sailors and the theme of a conflict between innocence and B .A. purityB. corruptionC. religionD. power30. C is a great literary giant of America, whom H. L. Mencken considered "the true father of our national literature."A. Ernest HemingwayB. William FaulknerC. Mark TwainD. Ezra Pound31. In Go Down, Moses, Faulkner skillfully employs A as a symbol of the timeless freedom of the wilderness.A. an old crafty bearB. a loyal dogC. a dove of peaceD. a smart fox32. Henry James' s B tells a story about a young and innocent American confronting the complexity of the European life.A. Daisy MillerB. The AmericanC. The Portrait of A LadyD. The Ambassadors33. The Scarlet Letter always regarded as the best of Hawthorne' s works, tells a simple but moving story in which four people living in a A community are involved in and affected by the sin of adultery in different ways.A. PuritanB. ancient GreekC. IslamicD. Buddhist34. Theodore Dreiser' s style has been a controversial aspect of his work from the beginning. For lack of D , his writings appear more inclusive and less selective.A. rhetoricB. logicC. modificationD. concision35. Robert Frost wrote in both D and the free verse, and sometimes he wrote in a form that borrows freely from the merits of both.A. blank verseB. sonnetC. rhyming coupletsD. the metrical forms36. Fitzgerald follows the Jamesian tradition in using the A method in his chapters, each one of which consists of one or more dramatic scenes.A. scenicB. descriptiveC. narrativeD. dialogical37. Hemingway' s For Whom the Bell Tolls concerns a volunteer American guerrilla Robert Jordan fighting in the DA. Second World WarB. Civil WarC. First World WarD. Spanish Civil War38. The C , Moby Dick, symbolizes nature for Melville, for it is complex, unfathomable, malignant and beautiful as well.A. white sea wolfB. black whaleC. white whaleD. black sea wolf39. The Romantic period started with the publication of Washington Irving's The Sketch Book and ended withDA. Cooper' s Leathering Stocking TalesB. Mark Twain' s Adventures of Huckleberry FinnC. Hawthorne' s The Scarlet LetterD. Whitman's Leaves of Grass40. Theodore Dreiser' s A , a classic story of a "misunderstood artist," was once condemned for "obscenity and blasphemy."A. The GeniusB. Sister CarrieC. The TitanD. The StoicII. 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. Let us go then, you and I,When the evening is spread out against the skyLike a patient etherized upon a table;Let us go, through certain half- deserted streets,The muttering retreatsOf restless nights in one- night cheap hotelsAnd sawdust restaurants with oyster shells:Streets that follow like a tedious argumentOf insidious intentTo lead you to an overwhelming question ...Oh, do not ask, "What is it ?"Let us go and make our visit.Questions:A. Identify the poet and the title of the poem from which the stanza is taken.B. What are the characteristics of the protagonist in the poem?C. What figure of speech is used in the second and third lines?答：A.T.S. Eliot. "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock".B. Pmfrock, the protagonist of the poem, is neurotic, self - important, illogical and incapable of action. He is a kind of tragic figure caught in a sense of defeated idealism and tortured by unsatisfied desires.C. simile42. "Why, my dear, you must know, Mrs. Long says that Netherfield is taken by a young man of large fortune from the north of England; that he came down on Monday in a chaise and four to see the place, and was so much delighted with it that he agreed with Mr. Morris immediately; that he is to take possession before ichaelmas, and some of his servants are to be in the house by the end of next week.""What is his name?""Bingley.""Is he married or single?""Oh! single, my dear, to be sure! A single man of large fortune; four or five thousand a year. What a fine thing for our girls!""How so? how can it affect them."My dear Mr. Bennet," replied his wife, "how can you be so tiresome! You must know that I am thinking of his marrying one of them."Questions:A. Identify the author and the title of the novel from which this passage is taken.B. Who are the two speakers?C. What does the dialogue tell us about the speakers?答：A. From Jane Austen' s Pride and Prejudice.B. Mr. ,and Mrs. Bennet.C. It tells us that Mrs. Bennet is eager to marry one of her daughters to the mentioned young man, but her husband does not care much.43. He pretended to consider it. "I'd much rather go to Chillon with you."With me. she asked without a shadow of emotion.She didn' t rise blushing, as a young person at Geneva would have done; and yet conscious that he had gone very far, he thought it possible she had drawn back. "And with your mother," he answered very respectfully.But it seemed that both his audacity and his respect were lost on Miss Daisy Miller. "I guess mother wouldn' t go for you ," she smiled. "And she ain' t bent on going, anyway. She don' t like to ride round in the afternoon." After which she familiarly proceeded: "But did you really mean what you said just now that you' d like to go up there?"Questions:A. Identify the author and the title of the novel from which the above excerpt is taken.B. From their conversation, do you know where Miss Daisy Miller and the man want to go?C. Briefly comment on Miss Daisy Miller' s character.答：A. From Henry James' s Daisy Miller.B. They want to go to an old castle, the Castle of Chillon.C. Innocence, the keynote of Miss Daisy Miller' s character, turns out to be an admiring but a dangerous quality and her defiance of social taboos in the Old World finally brings her to a disaster in the clash between two different cultures.44. When Miss Emily Grierson died, our whole town went to her funeral: the men through a sort of respectful affection for a fallen monument, the women mostly out of curiosity to see the inside of her house, which no one save an old man - servant —— a combined gardener and cook had seen in at least ten years.Questions:A. Identify the author and the title of the work from which the above excerpt is taken.B. How do you explain "a fallen monument"?C. For what different reasons did the men and women go to Miss Emily' s funeral?答：A. From William Faulkner' s "A Rose for Emily."B. Emily is regarded as the symbol of tradition and the old way of life. Thus her death is like the falling of a monument.C. The men went to her funeral through a sort of respectful affection for a fallen monument, and the women out of curiosity to see the inside of her house.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 an. swers in the corresponding space on the answer sheet.45. What are the major themes of Wordsworth' s poetry?答：A. Wordsworth wrote poems about nature. He is regarded as a "worshipper of nature".B. He wrote about common life. The joys and sorrows of the common people are his themes.C. He also wrote about the past. Wordsworth is a poet in memory of the past.46. In what way is Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift a significant work?答：A. Gulliver' s Travels, Jonathan' s best fictional work, is one of the most effective and devastating criticisms and satires of all aspects in the then English and European life - socially, politically, religiously, philosophically, scientifically, and morally. Its social significance is great and its exploration into human nature profound.B. Gulliver's Travels is also an artistic masterpiece. Here we find its author at his best as a master of prose. Clear, simple, concrete diction, uncomplicated sentence structure, economy and conciseness of language mark this writing.C. In structure, the four parts make an organic whole, with each contrived upon an independent structure, and yet complementing the others and contributing to the central concern of study of human nature and life.47. Emily Dickinson' s poetry is unique and unconventional in its own way. What is her poetic style?答：A. Her poems have no titles. In her poetry there is a particular stress pattern, in which dashes are used as a musical device to create cadence and capital letters as a means of emphasis.B. The form of her poetry is more or less like that of the hymns. Her sentence structure is irregular or inverted. However, her poetic idiom is noted for its laconic brevity, directness and plainness.C. Her poems are usually short, and many of them are centered on a single image or symbol and focused on one subject matter. She frequently uses personae and personification. Her poetry is remarkable for its variety, subtlety and richness, and shows the limitless power of creativity and imagination.48. Nathaniel Hawthorne' s view of man and human history originates, to a great extent, in Puritanism. What are the effects of Puritanism on Hawthorne?答：A. Hawthorne had Puritan ancestors and he believed that "the wrong doing of one generation lives into the successive ones," and often wondered if he might have inherited some of their guilt. This sensibility led to his understanding of evil being at the very core of human life, which is the typical of the Calvinistic belief that human beings are depraved and corrupted, hence, they should obey God to atone for their sins.B. Hawthorne is attracted in every way to the Puritan world, even though he condemns its less human manifestations. On the one hand, it provides him with a subject, and on the other, with the Puritan world or society as a historical background, he discusses some of the most important issues that concern the moral life of man and human history.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 George Bemard Shaw' s dramatic achievement in terms of the major subjects and features of his plays.答：A. George Bernard Shaw was considered the leading playwright of the 20th century. His early plays were mainly concerned with social problems and directed towards the criticism of the contemporary social, economic, moral and religious evils. Shaw wrote quite a few history plays, in which he kept an eye on the contemporary society. Shaw also produced several plays, exploring his idea of "life Force" Besides, Shaw wrote plays on miscellaneous subjects.B. Structurally and thematically, Shaw followed the great traditions of realism. One feature of Shaw' s characterization is that he makes the trick of showing up one character vividly at the expense of another.C. Shaw' s plays have plots, but they do not work by plots. The plot is usually the disregarded backbone to one long, unbroken conversation. It is the vitality of the talk that takes primacy over mere story. Action is reduced to a minimum, while the dialogue and the interplay of the mindsof the characters maintain the interest of the audience. The forward motion consists not in the unrolling of plot but in the operation of the spirit of discourse.50. Briefly discuss F. Scott Fitzgerald' s theme of bankruptcy of the American dream, focusing on his masterpiece The Great Gatsby.答：A. Fitzgerald never spared an intimate touch in his fiction to deal with the bankruptcy of the American Dream, which is highlighted by the disillusionment of the protagonists' personal dreams due to the clashes between their romantic vision of life and the sordid reality.B. In The Great Gatsby, the loss of an ideal and the disillusionment are exploited fully in the personal tragedy of a young man whose "incorruptible dream" is "smashed into pieces by the relentless reality."C. Gatsby is a mystical figure whose intensity of dream partakes of a state of mind that embodies America itself; Gatsby is the last of the romantic heroes, whose energy and sense of commitment takes him in search of his personal grail; Gatsby' s failure magnifies to a great extent the end of the American Dream.。

《英美文学选读》（课程代码：00604）I.The following passage is an extract from Letter to Lord Chesterfield by Samuel Johnson, the leading figure of British neoclassicists. In 1747, when Samuel Johnson, began his Dictionary of the English language, Lord Chesterfield had at first indicated that he could be his patron, but when Johnson came to him for concrete help, Lord Chesterfield neglected him to the point of ignoring him; Johnson was insulted and furious. In 1775 when the Dictionary was published and acclaimed, Chesterfield openly recommended, hoping to get some credit for it as Johnson’s patron. Samuel Johnson wrote as reply his famous Letter to Lord Chesterfield in which he vented his feeling of hurt pride. Read it carefully, paying special attention to the rhetorical devices used, and answer the question. (20 points)①Is not patron, my lord, one who looked with unconcernupon man struggling for a life in the water, and when he hadreached to the safety of ground, encumbered him with help?②The notice you have taken of my Labour, had it beenearly, had been kind, but it had been delayed till I amindifferent, and can’t enjoy it; till I am solitary, and can’timpart it; till I am known, and do not want it. ③I hope thatit is no very asperity not to confess obligation where nobenefit have been received, or to be unwilling that thePublic should consider me as owing that to a patron, whichProvidence had enabled me to do for myself.Question:⑴what syntactic devices the author used in sentence ? And whatare their stylistic functions? (10 points)⑵point out the figure of speech used in sentences①and ③. (10 points)II. The following critical paper is about George Bernard Shaw’s famous drama “Pygmalion”. Read it carefully and answer the questions set on it. (20 points) 1 What we discover in Pygmalion is that phonetics and correct pronunciation are systems of markers superficial in themselves but endowed with tremendous social significance. Eliza's education in the ways that the English upper classes act and speak provides an opportunity for the playwright to explore the very foundations of social equality and inequality. Higgins himself observes that pronunciation is the deepest gulf that separates class from class and soul from soul. Playwright and character differ, however, in that instead of criticizing the existence of this gulf, Higgins accepts it as natural and uses his skills to help those who can afford his services (or are taken in as experiments, like Liza) to bridge it.2“At Mrs. Higgins's ““At Home reception,” Liza is fundamentally the same person she was in Act I, although she differs in what we learnto appreciate as superficialities of social disguise (according to Mugglestone): details of speech and cleanliness. Act III of Pygmalion highlights the importance of Liza's double transformation, by showing her suspended between the play's beginning and its conclusion. In modern society, however, as Shaw illustrates, it is precisely these superficial details which tend to be endowed with most significance. Certainly the Eynsford Hills view such details as significant, as Liza's entrance produces for them what Shaw's stage directions call “an impression of ... remarkable distinction and beauty.”3 Ironically, however, Liza's true transformation is yet to occur. She experiences a much more fundamental change in her consciousness when she realizes that Higgins has more or less abandoned her at the conclusion of his experiment.At first, Liza experiences a sense of anxiety over not belonging anywhere: she can hardly returnto flower peddling, yet she lacks the financial means to makeher new, outward identity a social reality. “What am I fit for?”She demands of Higgins. “What have you left me fit for? Wheream I to go? What am I to do? What's to become of me?” Berst wrote that while Pickering is generous, Eliza is shoved intothe wings by Higgins. The dream has been fulfilled, midnighthas tolled for Cinderella, and morning reality is at hand. Lizamust break away from Higgins when he shows himself incapableof recognizing her needs. This response of Higgins is well withinhis character as it has been portrayed in the play. Indeed, fromhis first exposure to Liza, Higgins denied Liza any social oreven individual worth. Calling Liza a squashed cabbage leaf, Higgins states that a woman who utters such depressing anddisgusting sounds has no right to be anywhere no right to live. Question 1: Explain what is Liza’s Double Transformation?(10 points)Question 2: What makes Liza feel she is in an embarrassing situation when she is transformed into a lady in speechand appearance? (10 points)III.The following critical essay is about Thomas Hardy’s most well-known tragic novel “Tess of d’Urbervilles”. Peruse it and then answer the questions set on it (30 points)The social background of Tess of d’Urbervilles was in a time of difficult social upheaval, when England was making its slow, painful transition from an old-fashioned, agricultural nation to amodern, industrial one. Businessmen and entrepreneurs, or “new money,” joined the ranks of the social elite, as some families of the ancient aristocracy, or “old money,” faded into obscurit y. Tess’s family in Tess of the d’Urbervilles illustrates this change, as Tess’s parents, the Durbeyfields, lose themselves in the fantasy of belonging to an ancient and aristocratic family, the d’Urbervilles.Hardy’s novel strongly suggests that such a f amily history is not only meaningless but also utterly undesirable. Hardy’s views on the subject were appalling to conservative and status-conscious British readers and Tess of the d’Urberville s was met in England with widespread controversy. Beyond her social symbolism, Tess represents fallen humanity in a religious sense, as the frequent biblical allusions in the novel remind us. Just as Tess’s clan was once glorious and powerful but is now sadly diminished, so too did the early glory of the first humans, Adam and Eve, fade with their expulsion from Eden, making humans sad shadows of what they once were. Tess thus represents what is known in Christian theology as original sin, the degraded state in which all humans live, even when—like Tess herself after killing Prince or succumbing to Alec—they are not wholly or directly responsible for the sins for which they are punished. This torment represents the most universal side of Tess: she is the myth of the human who suffers for crimes that are not her own and lives a life more degraded than she deserves.Angel represents a rebellious striving toward a personal vision of goodness A freethinking son born into the family of a provincial parson and determined to set himself up as a farmer instead of going to Cambridge like his conformist brothers,. He is a secularist who yearns to work for the “honor and glory of man,” as he tells his father in Chapter XVIII, rather than for the honor and glory of God in a more distant world. A typical young nineteenth-century progressive, Angel sees human society as a thing to be remolded and improved, and he fervently believes in the nobility of man. He rejects the values handed to him, and sets off in search of his own. His love for Tess, a mere milkmaid and his social inferior, is one expression of his disdain for tradition. This independent spirit contributes to his aura of charisma and general attractiveness that makes him the love object of all the milkmaids with whom he works at Talbothays. As his name—in French, close to “Bright Angel”—suggests, Angel is not quite of this world, but floats above it in a transcendent sphere of his own. The narrator says that Angel shines rather than burns and that he is closer to the intellectually aloof poet Shelley than to the fleshly and passionate poet Byron.His love for Tess may be abstract, as we guess when he calls her “Daughter of Nature” or “Demeter.” Tess may be more an archetype or ideal to him than a flesh and blood woman with a complicated life. Angel’s ideals of human purity are too elevated to be applied to actual people: Mrs. Durbeyfield’s easygoing moral beliefs are much more easily accommodated to real lives such as Tess’s. Angel awakens to the actual complexities of real-world morality after hisfailure in Brazil, and only then he realizes he has been unfair to Tess. His moral system is readjusted as he is brought down to Earth. Ironically, it is not the angel who guides the human in this novel, but the human who instructs the angel, although at the cost of her own life.Question 1: Why Tess is said to be a paragon of “fallen humanity”?(15 points)Question 2: Why Tess converted the idealist Angle into a realist Angle in terms of her own tragedy? (15 points)IV.The following paragraphs are taken from chapter VIII ofbook IV in Gulliver’s Travels. This section pictures an ideal rational existence, the Houyhnhnms kingdom whose life is governed by sense and moderation of which philosopherssince Plato have long dreamed. Read them and answer thefollowing questions. (30 points)1Courtship, love, presents, jointures, settlements haveno place in their thoughts, or terms whereby to expressthem in their language. The young couple meet,and are joined, merely because it is the determinationof their parents and friends; it is what they see doneevery day, and they look upon it as one of the necessaryactions of a reasonable being.2 But the violation of marriage, or any other unchastity,was never heard of; and the married pair pass their liveswith the same friendship and mutual benevolence, thatthey bear to all others of the same species who come intheir way, without jealousy, fondness, quarrelling, ordiscontent. When the matron Houyhnhnms have produced one of each sex, they no longer accompany with their consorts, except they lose one of their issue by some casualty, which very seldom happens; but in such a case they meet again; or when the like accident befalls a person whose wife is past bearing, some other couple bestow on him one of their own colts, and then go together again until the mother is pregnant. This caution is necessary, to prevent the country from being overburdened with numbers. But the race of inferior Houyhnhnms, bred up to be servants, is not so strictly limited upon this article: these are allowed to produce three of each sex, to be domestics in the noble families3 Every fourth year, at the vernal equinox, there is arepresentative council of the whole nation, which meets in a plain about twenty miles from our house, and continues about five or six days. Here they inquire into the state and condition of the several districts; whether they abound or be deficient in hay or oats, or cows, or Yahoos; and wherever there is any want (which is but seldom) it is immediately supplied by unanimous consent and contribution. Here likewise the regulation of children is settled: as for instance, ifa Houyhnhnm has two males, he changes one of them withanother that has two females; and when a child has been lost by any casualty, where the mother is past breeding, it is determined what family in the district shall breed another to supply the loss.Question1.The satire in this work is seen entirely in a discrepancybetween Swift and the Gulliver, the typical rational scientist in the age of enlightenment? Comment on it. (15points)Question2. In what ways does the author satirize the rationalism ofHouyhnhnms society, for example, the rational idea onmarriage, and the family-planning? (15 points)《英美文学选读》试卷参考答案I. 【20分】Answer:The author used repetition and parallelism to make this satirical prose daintier and more repugnant in tone. This piece of prose is typical of neoclassical prose which set great store by elegance of the language which was achieved by way of rhetorical richness. 【10分】The author used sarcasm in these two sentences to openly deny Lord Chesterfield’s patronage and attack his insolent and blatant behavior. The sarcasm made in a circumlocutious way renders this satirical prose more taunting and bitter. 【10分】II【20分】Question 1: What is Liza’s Double Transformation?Act III of Pygmalion highlights the importance of Liza's double transformation, by showing her suspended between the play's beginning and its conclusion. “At Mrs. Higgins's ““At Home reception,” Liza is fundamentally the same person she was in Act I, although she differs in what we learn to appreciate as superficialities of social disguise (according to Mugglestone): details of speech and cleanliness. In modern society, however, as Shaw illustrates, it is precisely these superficial details which tend to be endowed with most significance. Certainly the Eynsford Hills view such details as significant, as Liza's entrance produces for them what Shaw's stage directions call “animpression of ... remarkable distinction and beauty.” Ironically, however, Liza's true transformation is yet to occur. She experiences a much more fundamental change in her consciousness when she realizes that Higgins has more or less abandoned her at the conclusion of his experiment. 【10分】Question 2:What is Liza’s Predicament?Liza experiences a sense of anxiety over not belonging anywhere: she can hardly return to flower peddling, yet she lacks the financial means to make her new, outward identity a social reality. “What am I fit for?” She demands of Higgins. “What have you left me fit for? Where am I to go? What am I to do? What's to become of me?” While Pickering is generous, Eliza is shoved into the wings by Higgins. The dream has been fulfilled, midnight has tolled for Cinderella, and morning reality is at hand. Liza must break away from Higgins when he shows himself incapable of recognizing her needs. This response of Higgins is well within his character as it has been portrayed in the play. Indeed, from his first exposure to Liza, Higgins denied Liza any social or even individual worth. Calling Liza a squashed cabbage leaf, Higgins states that a woman who utters such depressing and disgusting sounds has no right to be anywhere no right to live. 【10分】III.【30分】Question 1: Why Tess is said to be a paragon of fallen humanity?Tess represents fallen humanity in a religious sense, as the frequent biblical allusions in the novel remind us. Just as Tess’s clan was once glorious and powerful but is now sadly diminished, so too did the early glory of the first humans, Adam and Eve, fade with their expulsion from Eden, making humans sad shadows of what they once were. Tess thus represents what is known in Christian theology as original sin, the degraded state in which all humans live, even when—like Tess herself after killing Prince or succumbing to Alec—they are not wholly or directly responsible for the sins for which they are punished. This torment represents the most universal side of Tess: she is the myth of the human who suffers for crimes that are not her own and lives a life more degraded than she deserves. 【15分】Question 2: Discuss why Tess changes the idealist Angle into a realist Angle in a tragic way?Angel is closer to the intellectually aloof poet Shelley than to the fleshly and passionate poet Byron. His love for Tess may be abstract, as we guess when he calls her “Daughter of Nature” or “Demeter.” Tess may be more an archetype or ideal to him than a flesh and blood woman with a complicated life. Angel’sideals of human purity are too elevated to be applied to actual people: Mrs. Durbeyfield’s eas ygoing moral beliefs are much more easily accommodated to real lives such as Tess’s. Angel awakens to the actual complexities of real-world morality after his failure in Brazil, and only then he realizes he has been unfair to Tess. His moral system is readjusted as he is brought down to Earth. Ironically, it is not the angel who guides the human in this novel, but the human who instructs the angel, although at the cost of her own life. 【15分】IV【30分】Question1. This work is called a satire which is seen entirely in a discrepancy between Swift and the Gulliver, the typical rational scientist in the age of enlightenment? Comment on it. 【15分】There are echoes of Plato’s Republic in the Houyhnhnms’rejection of light entertainment and vain displays of luxury, their appeal to reason rather than any holy writings as the criterion for proper action, and their communal approach to family planning.The Gulliver’s Travels is a book of subtle satire. The satire comes mainly from the discrepancy between Gulliver who is fitted out as the archetypal man of the enlightenment movement, susceptible to rationalism of 18th century. Swift on the other hand is very critical of his time, especially its rational thinking. Whereas Gulliver takes Houyhnhnm society as ideal utopia one, the author finds its rationality totally intolerable.Question2.In what ways does the author satirize the rational Houyhnhnms society, for example, the rational ideal on marriage, and the family-planning? 【15分】Paragons of virtue and rationality, the horses are also dull, simple, and lifeless. Their language is impoverished, their mating loveless, and their understanding of the complex play of social forces naïve. What is missing in the horses is exactly that which makes human life rich: the complicated interplay of selfishness, altruism, love, hate, and all other emotions. In other words, the Houyhnhnms’ society is perfect for Houyhnhnms, but it is hopeless for humans. Houyhnhnm society is, in stark contrast to the societies of the first three voyages, devoid of all that is human.But we may be less ready than Gulliver to take the Houyhnhnms as ideals of human existence. They have no names in the narrative nor any need for names, since they are virtually interchangeable, with little individual identity. Their lives seem harmonious and happy, although quite lacking in vigor, challenge, and excitement. Indeed, this apparent ease may be why Swift chooses to makethem horses rather than human types like every other group in the novel. He may be hinting, to those more insightful than Gulliver, that the Houyhnhnms should not be considered human ideals at all. In any case, they symbolize a standard of rational existence to be either espoused or rejected by both Gulliver and us.。

绝密★启用前2023年10月高等教育自学考试全国统一命题考试英美文学选读试题答案及评分参考（课程代码00604）一、单项选择题：本大题共40小题，每小题1分，共40分。

1. B2. A3. D4. C5. C6. B7. A8. D9. C 10. A11. D 12. B 13. D 14. C 15. C16. D 17. A 18. C 19. B 20. D21. D 22. B 23. A 24. C 25. A26. D 27. C 28. C 29. C 30. D31. B 32. B 33. A 34. C 35. B36. D 37. C 38. A 39. A 40. D二、阅读理解题：本大题共4小题，每小题4分，共16分。

41. A. Henry Fielding; The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling (or Tom Jones). (2分)B. Daughter of the well-off squire Western. (1分)C. Human nature. (1分)42. A. Charles Dickens; Oliver Twist (2分)B. A chimney-sweeper. (1分)C. Character-portrayal. (1分)43. A. Theodore Dreiser; Sister Carrie.(2分)B. Hurstwood. (1分)C. He turned on the gas in a cheap lodging-house and ended his life. (1分)英美文学选读试题答案及评分参考第1页（共3页）44. A. Robert Lee Frost. (1分)B. The speaker tells us how the course of his life was determined when he came upon tworoads that diverged in a wood. (2分)C. The speaker took the road less traveled by. (1分)三、简答题：本大题共4小题，每小题6分，共24分。

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2016年10月全国自考（英美文学选读）真题试卷(总分：100.00，做题时间：90分钟)一、单项选择题(总题数：40，分数：80.00)1.Which of the following is considered to be the best known English dramatist since Shakespeare? （分数：2.00）A.Oscar Wilde.B.John Galsworthy.C.William Butler Yeats.D.George Bernard Shaw. √解析：解析：萧伯纳是英国现代杰出的现实主义戏剧作家，在戏剧方面被公认为自莎士比亚之后英国最优秀的戏剧大师。

2.Paradise Lost by______was finished in 1665 , after seven years' labor in darkness.（分数：2.00）A.Christopher MarlowB.John Milton √C.William ShakespeareD.Ben Johnson解析：解析：《失乐园》是约翰-弥尔顿的杰作，于1665年完成。

故事取材于旧约，是继《贝奥武甫》之后唯一的一部公认的英国文学中的史诗。

3.Which of the following is NOT written by D. H. Lawrence?（分数：2.00）A.Women in Love.B.Sons and Lovers.C.The Rainbow.D.The French Lieutenant's Woman. √解析：解析：戴维-赫伯特-劳伦斯是20世纪最伟大的小说家之一，他的主要作品有《恋爱中的女人》《儿子与情人》《虹》。

《法国中尉的女人》是约翰-福尔斯的作品。

4.William Shakespeare is one of the giants of______.（分数：2.00）A.AestheticismB.Renaissance √C.RealismD.Romanticism解析：解析：亨利八世统治期间，文艺复兴的春风吹入英国。

2016年10月全国自考《英美文学选读》真题(总分100, 考试时间90分钟)1. 单项选择题1. Which of the following is considered to be the best known English dramatist since Shakespeare?A Oscar Wilde.B John Galsworthy.C William Butler Yeats.D George Bernard Shaw.答案:D解析：萧伯纳是英国现代杰出的现实主义戏剧作家，在戏剧方面被公认为自莎士比亚之后英国最优秀的戏剧大师。

2. Paradise Lost by______was finished in 1665 , after seven years' labor in darkness.A Christopher MarlowB John MiltonC William ShakespeareD Ben Johnson答案:B解析：《失乐园》是约翰-弥尔顿的杰作，于1665年完成。

故事取材于旧约，是继《贝奥武甫》之后唯一的一部公认的英国文学中的史诗。

3. Which of the following is NOT written by D. H. Lawrence?A Women in Love.B Sons and Lovers.C The Rainbow.D The French Lieutenant's Woman.答案:D解析：戴维-赫伯特-劳伦斯是20世纪最伟大的小说家之一，他的主要作品有《恋爱中的女人》《儿子与情人》《虹》。

《法国中尉的女人》是约翰-福尔斯的作品。

4. William Shakespeare is one of the giants of______.A AestheticismB RenaissanceC RealismD Romanticism答案:B解析：亨利八世统治期间，文艺复兴的春风吹入英国。

2016年10月全国自考（外国文学作品选）真题试卷(题后含答案及解析)题型有：1. 单项选择题 2. 多项选择题 4. 简答题 5. 论述题 6. 综合应用题单项选择题1．荷马史诗《伊利亚特》中塑造了众多英雄形象，其中代表氏族英雄最高理想的是特洛亚主将( )A．阿基琉斯B．帕特洛克罗斯C．帕里斯D．赫克托尔正确答案：D解析：赫克托尔虽勇武不及阿基琉斯，但在对集体的责任感和对生命的情感方面，比阿基琉斯更像一个英雄。

他是代表着氏族英雄最高理想的英雄人物。

2．在但丁的《神曲》中，维吉尔象征着( )A．信仰B．理性C．知识D．道德正确答案：B解析：《神曲》充满了象征意义。

其中，古罗马诗人“维吉尔”象征理性，“贝亚特丽采”象征神学信仰。

3．文艺复兴时期法国重要的人文主义作家、《巨人传》的作者是( )A．薄伽丘B．拉伯雷C．龙沙D．彼特拉克正确答案：B4．在《哈姆莱特》中，奉命前来试探哈姆莱特是否真疯的是( ) A．奥菲利娅B．波洛涅斯C．乔特鲁德D．克劳狄斯正确答案：A5．歌德在德国文学“狂飙突进”运动时期的代表作是( )A．《伊菲格涅娅在陶洛斯》B．《浮士德》C．《少年维特之烦恼》D．《托夸多.塔索》正确答案：C解析：歌德大学毕业后回到法兰克福，与一批富有叛逆精神的年轻作家交往，掀起了德国文学史上影响深远的“狂飙突进”运动，其书信体小说《少年维特之烦恼》是这一时期的代表作。

A、B、D三项均为歌德脱离“狂飙突进”运动之后的作品。

6．“湖畔派”诗人主要代表是华兹华斯、柯尔律治和( )A．雪莱B．济慈C．拜伦D．骚塞正确答案：D解析：湖畔派是指19世纪英国浪漫主义运动中较早产生的一个流派，主要代表有华兹华斯、柯尔律治和骚塞。

7．被看作法国积极浪漫主义文学宣言的是雨果的( )A．《克伦威尔》序言B．《抒情歌谣集》序言C．《拉辛与莎士比亚》D．《人间喜剧》前言正确答案：A8．俄国文学中的第一个“多余人”形象来自普希金的诗体小说( ) A．《茨冈》B．《高加索的俘虏》C．《叶甫盖尼.奥涅金》D．《青铜骑士》正确答案：C解析：A、B、D三项均为普希金的叙事诗。

全国2018年7月高等教育自学考试英美文学选读试题课程代码：00604请将答案填在答题纸相应位置上Ⅰ. Match authors in Column A with their literary works in Column B. Please write your answer on the Answer Sheet. (20 points, 2 for each pair)1. John Milton A. The Leaves of Grass2. Samuel Johnson B. Mrs. Warren’s Profession3. Walt Whitman C. Art of Fiction4. Jane Austen D. Sister Carrie5. Theodore Dreiser E. A Dictionary of the English Language6. George Bernard Shaw F. The Return of the Native7. Henry James G. Samson Agonistes8. Washington Irving H. Pride and Prejudice9. Thomas Hardy I. Rip Van Winkle10. Eugene O’Neill J. The Emperor JonesⅡ. Complete each of the following statements with a proper word or a phrase according to the textbook. Please write your answer on the Answer Sheet.(10 points, 1 for each)1. Christopher Marlowe’s greatest achievement lies in that he perfected the ________ and made itthe principal medium of English drama.2. The Enlightenment Movement brought about a revival interest in the old classical works. Thistendency is known as ________.3. The poem Elegy Written in a Country Church once and for all established ________’s fame asthe leader of the sentimental poetry of the day, especially “the Graveyard School”.4. In 1798, ________ and Samuel Taylor Coleridge published a joint volume of poetry entitledLyrical Ballads, which becomes a landmark in English poetry.5. With violence, horror, and the supernatural as its major elements, ________ is a type ofromantic fiction that predominated in the late 18th century.6. American fiction in the 1960s and 1970s proves to be different from its predecessors and isalways referred to as “________ fiction. ”7. ________ is the most representative Victorian poet. His poetry voices the doubt and the faith,the grief and the joy of the English people in an age of fast social changes.8. ________ is regarded as the first American prose epic. Although it is presented in the form of anovel, at times it seems like a prose poem.9. As a most representative figure of the 1920s, F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote much of his own1experience into the novel________.10. Almost all of James Joyce’s literary works have the same setting: ________.Ⅲ. Each of the statements below is followed by four alternative answers. Choose the one that would best complete the statement. Please write your answer on the Answer Sheet.(40 points, 2 for each)1. ________ employed the heroic couplet with true ease and charm for the first time in the historyof English Literature.A. Geoffrey ChaucerB. George Gordon ByronC. Edmund SpenderD. Robert Browning2. Which of the following is William Shakespeare’s history play?A. MacbethB. Henry IVC. Romeo and JulietD. King Lear3. For his contribution to the establishment of the form of the modern novel, ________ has beenregarded as “Father of the English Novel”.A. Henry FieldingB. Daniel DefoeC. John BunyanD. James Joyce4. “The apparition of these faces in the crowd;Petals on a wet, black bough. ”These two lines are quoted from ________’s poem?A. Emily DickinsonB. Robert FrostC. Ezra PoundD. William B. Yeats5. Jane Austen wrote within a very narrow sphere. The subject matter, the social setting, and plotsare all restricted to the provincial life of the ________.A. late 19th -centuryB. 17th -centuryC. 20th -centuryD. late 18th -century6. Usually basing on her own experiences, Emily Dickinson addresses issues that concern thewhole human beings. Which of the following is NOT a usual subject of her poetic expression?A. Life and DeathB. ReligionC. Love and NatureD. War and Peace7. Walden is a ________.A. Transcendentalist workB. epic in proseC. lyric poemD. short story8. Henry James’realism is different from others, because he pays more attention to ________.A. the traditional styleB. the common peopleC. the inner world of human beingsD. the class struggle9. ________ is considered Mark Twain’s greatest achievement.A. The Gilded AgeB. Innocents Abroad2C. The Adventures of Tom SawyerD. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn10. At the beginning of Faulkner’s A Rose for Emily, there is a detailed description of Emily’s oldhouse. The purpose of such description is to imply that the person living in it ________.A. is a wealthy ladyB. is a conservative aristocratC. is a prisoner of the pastD. has good taste11. ________ is NOT a Nobel Prize winner.A. Eugene O’NeillB. F. Scott FitzgeraldC. Ernest HemingwayD. William Faulkner12. Which of the following is NOT a typical feature of Mark Twain’s language?A. VernacularB. ElegantC. ColloquialD. Humorous13. The most distinguishing feature of Charles Dicken’s works lies in his ________.A. social criticismB. optimismC. character－portrayalD. social setting14. As the representative of the Enlightenment, Pope was one of the first to introduce ________ toEngland.A. rationalismB. romanticismC. criticismD. realism15. Shelley’s greatest achievement is his four-act poetic drama ________.A. AdonaisB. To a SkylarkC. A Song: Men of EnglandD. Prometheus Unbound16. The Victorian Age is most famous for its ________.A. playsB. novelsC. poemsD. essays17. Which of the following women does not belong to the famous Bronte Sisters?A. Mary BronteB. Charlotte BronteC. Emily BronteD. Anne Bronte18. “Histories make men wise; poets, witty; the mathematics, subtle; natural philosophy, deep;moral, grave; logic and rhetoric, able to contend. Abeunt studia in mores. ”This sentence appears in ________.A. The Advancement of LearningB. A Dictionary of the English LanguageC. An Essay on CriticismD. Of Studies19. In his novel, Robinson Crusoe, Defoe eulogizes the hero of the ________?A. aristocratic classB. enterprising landlordsC. rising bourgeoisieD. hard-working people20. Which of the following works does not belong to John Milton?A. Paradise LostB. Paradise RegainedC. AdonaisD. Llycidas3Ⅳ. Give a brief explanation to each of the following items. Please write your answer on the Answer Sheet.(20 points, 5 for each)1. Dramatic Monologue2. The theme of Hawthron’s “The Scarlet Letter”3. American Naturalism4. Hemingway Code heroesⅤ. Write a short essay on the following question. Please write your answer on the Answer Sheet.(10 points)The most clearly defined literary movement in Romantic period is New England Transcendentalism. Please make a comment on this philosophical and literary school.4。

课程代码：0604请将答案填在答题纸相应的位置上(全部题目用英文作答)I. Multiple Choice(40 points in all, 1 for each)Select from the four choices of each item the one that best answers the question orcompletes the statement and write the corresponding letter on the answer sheet.1. In Renaissance, the European humanist thinkers and scholars made attempts to dothe following EXCEPT ______.A. getting rid of those old feudalist ideasB. getting control of the parliament and governmentC. introducing new ideas that expressed the interests of the rising bourgeoisieD. recovering the purity of the early church, from the corruption of the RomanCatholic Church2. The Petrarchan sonnet was first introduced into England by ______.A. SurreyB. WyattC. SidneyD. Shakespeare3. As the best of Shakespeare's final romances,______ is a typical example of hispessimistic view towards human life and society in his late years.A. The TempestB. The Winter's TaleC. CymbelineD. The Rape of Lucrece4. John Milton's greatest poetical work ______ is the only generally acknowledgedepic in English literarure since Beowulf.A.AreopagiticaB. Paradise LostC. LycidasD. Samson Agonistes5. The British bourgeois or middle class believed in the following notions EXCEPT______.A. self - esteemB. self - relianceC. self - restraintD. hard work6. “Graveyard School〞writers are the following sentimentalists EXCEPT______.A. James ThomsonB. William CollinsC. William CowperD. Thomas Jackson7. The best model of satire in the whole English literary history is Jonathan Swift's______.A. A Modest ProposalB. A Tale of a TubC. Gulliver's TravelsD. The Battle of the Books8. As a representative of the Enlightenment,______ was one of the first to introducerationalism to England.A. John BunyanB. Daniel DefoeC. Alexander PopeD. Jonathan Swift9. For his contribution to the establishment of the form of the modern novel,______has been regarded by some as “Father of the English Novel〞.A. Daniel DefoeB. Henry FieldingC. Jonathan SwiftD. Samuel Richardson10. Which of the following descriptions of Gothic Novels is NOT correctA. It predominated in the early eighteenth century.B. It was one phase of the Romantic movement.C. Its principal elements are violence, horror and the supernatural.D. Works like The Mysteries of Udolpho and Frankenstein are typical Gothic romance.11. “Byronic hero〞is a figure of the following traits EXCEPT ______.A.being proudB. being of humble originC.being rebelliousD. being mysterious12. Robert Browning created ______ by adopting the novelistic presentation ofcharacters.A. the verse novelB. the blank verseC. the heroic coupletD. the dramatic poetry13. Charles Dickens' novel ______ is famous for its vivid descriptions of theworkhouse and life of the underworld in the nineteenth- century London.A. The Pickwick PaperB. Oliver TwistC. David CopperfieldD. Nicholas Nickleby14. Charlotte Bronte's works are all about the struggle of an individualconsciousness towards ______, about some lonely and neglected young women witha fierce longing for love, understanding and a full, happy life.A. self - relianceB. self - realizationC. self - esteemD. self - consciousness15. The symbolic meaning of “Book〞 in Robert Browning's long poem The Ring and theBook is ______.A. the common senseB. the hard truthC. the comprehensive knowledgeD. the dead truth16. Thomas Hardy's pessimistic view of life predominated most of his later worksand earns him a reputation as a ______ writer.A. realisticB. naturalisticC. romanticD. stylistic17. After the First World War, there appeared the following literary trends ofmodernism EXCEPT ______.A. expressionismB. surrealismC. stream of consciousnessD. black humour18. The masterpieces of critical realism in the early 20th century are the threetrilogies of ______.A. Galsworthy's Forsyte novelsB. Hardy' s Wessex novelsC. Greene's Catholic novelsD. Woolf's stream-of-consciousness novels19. In the mid - 1950s and early 1960s, there appeared “______〞 who demonstrateda particular disillusion over the depressing situation in Britain and launcheda bitter protest. against the outmoded social and political values in theirsociety.A. The Beat GenerationB. The Lost GenerationC. The Angry Young MenD. Black Mountain Poets20.The following are English stream-of-consciousness novels EXCEPT ______.A.PilgrimageB. UlyssesC.Mrs.DallowayD. A Passage to Inida21. The leader of the Irish National Theater Movement in the early 20th centurywas ______.A. W.B.Yeats B. Lady GregoryC. J.M.SyngeD. John Galworthy22. T.S.Eliot's most popular verse play is ______.A. Murder in the CathedralB. The Cocktail PartyC. The Family ReunionD. The Waste Land23. The American writer ______ was awarded the Nobel Prize for the anti-racist In-truder in the Dust in 1950.A. Ernest HemingwayB. Gertrude SteinC. William FaulknerD.T.S. Eliot24. Hemingway's second big success is ______ , which wrote the epitaph to a decadeand to the whole generation in the 1920s, in order to tell us a story about the tragic love affair of a wounded American soldier with a British nurse.A. For Whom the Bell TollsB. A Farewell to ArmsC. The Sun Also RisesD. The Old Man and the Sea25. With the publication of ______ , Dreiser was launching himself upon a long careerthat would ultimately make him one of the most significant American writers of the school later known as literary naturalism.A. Sister CarrieB. The TitanC. The GeniusD. The Stoic26. Henry James is generally regarded as the forerunner of the 20th -century “stream-of-consciousness〞novels and the founder of ______.A. neoclassicismB. psychological realismC. psychoanalytical criticismD. surrealism27. In 1849, Herman Melville published ______ ,a semi-autobiographical novel, con-cerning the sufferings of a genteel youth among brutal sailors.A. OmooB. MardiC. RedburnD. Typee28. As a sequel to The Adventures of Tom Sawyer,______ marks the climax of Mark Twain'sliterary activity.A. The Adventures of Huckleberry FinnB. Life on the MississippiC. The Gilded AgeD. Roughing It29. Realism was a reaction against ______ or a move away from the bias towards romanceand self- creating fictions, and paved the way to Modernism.A. RomanticismB. RationalismC. Post-modernismD. Cynicism30. When World War II broke out,______ began working for the Italian government,engaged in some radio broadcasts of anti- Semitism and pro- Fascism.A. Ezra PoundB.T.S. EliotC. Henry JamesD. Robert Frost31. In 1915 ______ became a naturalized British citizen, largely in protest againstAmerica's failure to join England in the First World War.C. W.D.Howells D. Ezra Pound32. What Whitman prefers for his new subject and new poetic feelings is “______ ,〞 that is, poetry without a fixed beat or regular rhyme scheme.A. blank verseB. free rhythmC. balanced structureD. free verse33. The American woman poet ______ wanted to live simply as a complete independentbeing, and so she did, as a spinster.A. Emily ShawB. Anna DickinsonC. Emily DickinsonD. Anne Bret34. The Birthmark drives home symbolically ______ point that evil is a man's birthmark,something he was born with.A. Whitman'sB. Melville'sC. Hawthorne'sD. Emerson's35. The Financier ,The Titan and The Stoic written by ______ are called his “Trilogyof Desire〞.A. Henry JamesB. Theodore DreiserC. Mark TwainD. Herman Melville36. Disregarding grammar and punctuation,______ always used “i〞 instead of “I〞in his poems to show his protest against self-importance.A. Wallace StevensB. Ezra Pound37. Though Robert Frost is generally considered a regional poet whose subject mattersmainly focus on the landscape and people in ______ , he wrote many poems that investigate the basic themes of man's life in his long poetic career.A. the westB. the southC. New EnglandD. Alaska38. Most critics have agreed that Fitzgerald is both an insider and an outsider of______ with a double vision.A. the Gilded AgeB. the Rational AgeC. the Jazz AgeD. the Magic Age39. In the American Romantic writings,______ came to function almost as a dramaticcharacter that symbolized moral law.A. fireB. waterC. treesD. wilderness40. The desire for an escape from society and a return to ______ became a permanentconvention of the American literature.A. the family lifeB. natureC. the ancient timeD. fantasy of loveII. 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. Wherefore feed and clothe and saveFrom the cradle to the graveThose ungrateful drones who wouldDrain your sweat- nay, drink your bloodQuestions:A. Identify the poet and the title of the poem from which the stanza is taken.B. What figure of speech is used in Line 2C. Whom does “drones〞 refer to42. The following quotation is from one of the poems by T. S. Eliot:No! I am not Prince Hamlet, nor was meant to be;Am an attendant lord, one that will doTo swell a progress, start a scene or twoAdvise the prince; no doubt, an easy tool,Deferential, glad to be of use,Politic, cautious, and meticulous,Full of high sentence, but a bit obtuse;Questions:A. Identify the title of the poem from which the quoted part is taken.B. Who's the speaker of the quoted linesC. What does the first line show about the speaker43．There was a child went forth every day,And the first object he look'd upon, 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.Questions:A. Identify the poet.B.From which poem and which collection of the poet are these lines takenC.What does the poet describe in the poem44. I heard a Fly buzz- when I died-The Stillness in the RoomWas like the Stillness in the Air-Between the Heaves of Storm-The Eyes around- had wrung them dry-And Breaths were gathering firmFor that last Onset- when the KingBe witnessed - in the Room-Questions:A. Identify the poet.B. What does “the King〞 refer toC. What moment is the poem trying to describeIII. 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.45. List at least two leading neoclassicists in England. What did Neoclassicistscelebrate in literary creation46. Jane Eyre is one of the most popular and important novels of the Victorian Age.Why is Jane Eyre such a successful novel47. Who are the three dominant figures of the American Age of Realism and what arethe differences in their understanding of the “truth〞48. What's Dreiser' s naturalistic belief Please discuss the question with Carrie,a character in Sister Carrie as an example.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 thecorresponding space on the answer sheet.49. Briefly discuss William Shakespeare's artistic achievements in characterization,plot construction and language.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.全国高等教育自学考试英美文学选读真题答案及评分参考〔课程代码0604〕I. Multiple Choice (40 points in all, 1 for each)1. B2. B3. A4. B5.A6.D7.A8.C9.B 10.A 11.B 12.A13.B 14.B 15.B 16.B 17.D 18.A 19.C 20.D 21.A 22.A 23.C24.B 25.A 26.C 27.C 28.A 29.A 30.A 31.A 32.D 33.C 34.C35.B 36.D 37.C 38.C 39.D 40.BII. Reading Comprehension (16 points in all, 4 for each)41. A. From Percy Shelley’s “Men of England〞(1)B. Metonymy (1)C. Here “drones〞refers to the parasitic class in human society. (2)42. A. “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock〞(1)B. J. Alfred Prufrock (1)C. Prufrock is conscious of the fact that he is like Hamlet in some respects. But he is sensibleenough that he cannot be compared with Hamlete. (2)43. A. Walt Whitman (1)B. “There Was a Child Went Forth〞from “Leaves of Grass〞(1)C. The poem describes the growth of a child who learned about the world around him andimproved himself accordingly. In the poem, Whitman’s own early ex perience may well be identified with the childhood of a young, growing American. (2)44. A. Emily Dickinson (1)B. The God of Death. (1)C. The poem is trying to describe the moment of death. (2)III. Questions and Answers (24 points in all, 6 for each)45. A. Alexander Pope, John Dryden, Samuel Johnson (任选2位作家). (2)B. They believed that the artistic ideals should be order, logic, restrained emotion andaccuracy and that literature should be judged in terms of its service to humanity. (2) 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 artdeveloped. (2)46. A. It is noted for its sharp criticism of the existing society. (2)B. It is an intense moral fable. (2)C. The success of the novel is also due to its introduction to the English novel the firstgoverness heroine. (2)47. A. William Dean Howells, Mark Twain, Henry James. (3)B. Mark Twain and Howells seemed to have paid more attention to the “life〞of theAmericans. Howells focused his discussion on the rising middle class and the way theylived; 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. (3)48. A. Dreiser believes that while men are controlled and conditioned by heredity, instinct andchance, a few extraordinary and unsophisticated human beings refuse to accept their fatewordlessly and instead strive, unsuccessfully, to find meaning and purpose for theirexistence. (3)B. Carrie, as one of such, senses that she is merely a cipher in an uncaring world yet seeks tograsp the mysteries of life and thereby satisfies her desires for social status and materialcomfort, but in spite of her success, she is lonely and dissatisfied. (3)以上各题言语错误酌情扣分。