浙江省2008年4月自学考试美国文学选读试题

2008年4月高等教育自学考试全国统一命题考试英美文学选读试卷PART ONE (50 Points)I. Multiple Choice (50 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. Concerning Middle English literature, which of the following statements is NOT true?A. In the second half of the 14th century, English literature started to flou:dsh with the appearance of writers like Geoffrey Chaucer, William Lang land, John Gower, and others.B. Popular folk literature also occupied an important place in this period. Its presentation of life was accurate, lively and colorful, and it never lacked the originality of thought.C. Middle English literature strongly reflects the principles of the mediewtl Christian doctrine, which were primarily concerned with the issue of personal salwltion.D. Romance was a popular literary form in the medieval period. The importance of romance itself can be seen as a means of showing medieval aristocratic men and women in relation to their idealized view of the world.2. The early period of the English Renaissance was one of imitation and assimilation. Sidnc) introduced __ into England.A. blank verseB. iambic pentameterC. the Petrarchan sonnetD. sestina and terza rima3. "One short sleep past, we wake eternally / And death shall be no more; I)eath, thou shahdie. " These lines were written by __A. T. S. EliotB. John KeatsC. Thomas GrayD. John Donne4. "...What though the field be lost? / All is not lost: the unconquerable will, / And studyof revenge, immortal hate, / And courage never to submit or yield : / And what is else notto be overcome?" These few lines are taken fromA. HamletB. Dr. FaustusC. The Isles of GreeceD. Paradise Lost5. "The plowman homeward plods his weary way, / And leaves the world to darkness and tome. " These lines areA. heroic coupletB. iambic pentameterC. iambic hexameterD. anapest pentameter6. Which of the following works by Marlowe is a play about an ambitious and pitiless Tartarconqueror in the 14~ century, who rose from a shepherd to an overpowering king?A. TamburlaineB. The Jew of MaltaC. Dr. FaustusD. Edward H7. Which of the following plays by Shakespeare is a tragedy?A. Julius CaesarB. The Taming of the ShrewC. A Midsummer Night's DreamD. Much Ado About Nothing8. Which of the following statements about John Donne is NOT true?A. Idealism and cynicism about love coexist in Donne's love poetry.B. In his poetry, Donne frequently applies conceits.C. As a stout Puritan, Donne had made a conscientious study of the Bible and firmly be-lieved in salvation through spiritual struggle.D. Donne's poetry involves a certain kind of argument, sometimes in rigid syllogisticform.9. Which of the following matches is WRONG?A. Vanity Fair The Pilgrim's ProgressB. Lilliput Gulliver's TravelsC. Thrushcross Grange Wuthering tleightsD. Thomfield Middlemarch10. The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan is often said to be concerned with the search forA. material wealthB. spiritual salvationC. universal truthD. self-fulfillment11. Swift is a master satirist. Which of the following satirical works is NOT written by him?A. "A Modest Proposal"B. The Battle of BooksC. The Drapier's LettersD. "The Shortest Way with the Dissenters"12. In The Life of Jonathan Wild the Great, the word "great" is used __.A. euphemisticallyB. allegoricallyC. satiricallyD. objectively13. Which of the following statements about Samuel Johnson is NOT true?A. He was very concerned with the theme of the vanity of human wishes.B. He was rather conservative, openly showing his dislike for much of the newly risingform of literature.C. He insisted that a writer must write to please and to instruct.D. He was particularly contemptuous of moralizing and didacticism.14. All the following works were written by William Blake EXCEPTA. Songs of InnocenceB. Songs of ExperienceC. Marriage of Heaven and HellD. The Sketch Book15. "Those ungrateful drones who would / Drain your sweat -- nay, drink your blood?" Theword "drones" is used as a (n) __A. ironyB. metaphorC. metonymyD. synecdoche16. Coleridge's poems can be divided into two groups: the demonic and the conversational.Which of the following poems belongs to the conversational group?A. "Frost at Midnight"B. "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner"C. " Christabel"D. "Kubla Khan"17. One of Shelly's greatest achievements is his four-act poetic drama, Prometheus Unbound.The play is an exultant work in praise ofA. humankind's potentialB. primitive deityC. comfortable mysticismD. the primal amorality of nature itself18. The Victorian age produced a host of great prose writers, such as Thomas Carlyle, Mat-thew Arnold, John Ruskin and others. Which of the following works was written by Rus-kin?A. The French RevolutionB. History of EnglandC. Modern PaintersD. Chartism19. Charles Dickens is famous for the depiction of those horrible and grotesque characters.Which of the foUowing characters is NOT a grotesque character?A. Bill SikesB. FaginC. Mr. MicawberD. Quilp20. "What is any respectable girl brought to do but catch some rich man's fancy and get thebenefit of his money by marrying him? -- as if a marriage ceremony could make anydifference in the right or wrong of the thing! Oh! The hypocrisy of the world makes mesick!" This quotation is from __A. The School for ScandalB. The RivalsC. Mrs. Warren's ProfessionD. Widowers' Houses21. "How dull it is to pause, to make an end, / To rust unburnish'd, not to shine in use! /As tho' to breathe were life..." These lines are taken fromA. "Parting at Morning"B. "Ulysses"C. "Crossing the Bar"D. "The Lake of Innisfree"22. Which of the following statements about George Eliot is NOT true?A. She initiates a new type of realism and sets into motion a variety of developments,leading in the direction of both the naturalistic and psychological novel.B. In her works, she seeks to present the inner struggle of a soul and to reveal the mo-tives, impulses and hereditary influences which govern human action.C. She shows a particular concern for the destiny of women, especially those with greatintelligence, potential and social aspirations.D. She writes in a very narrow scope. Yet in her narrowness also lie her strong points. Itallows her to have a close study of characters and a detailed description of recurring situa- tions so that she can portray them with absolute accuracy and sureness.23. Which of the following statements about modernism is NOT true?A. Modernism is, in many aspects, a reaction against realism.B. Modernism takes the irrational philosophy and the theory of psycho-analysis as its theo-retical base.C. The modernist writers concentrate more on the private than on the public, more on thesubjective than on the objective.D. Modernist writers likeE. M. Forster, James Joyce and Virginia Woolf concentrated alltheir efforts on digging into the human consciousness.24. __ is considered to be the best-known English playwright since Shakespeare, and hisrepresentative works are plays inspired by social criticism.A. Richard SheridanB. John GalsworthyC. Oscar WildeD. Bernard Shaw25. Which of the following best describes the speaker of T. S. Eliot's " The Love Song of J.Alfred Prufroek" ?A. He is a man of action.B. He is a man of apathy.C. He is a man of inactivity.D. He is a man of passion.26. __ by D. H. Lawrence is rich in its symbolic meanings. Gerald Crich is a symbolicfigure of spiritual death. Whereas Birkin is presented as a symbolic figure of humanwarmth, standing for the spontaneous Life Force.A. The RainbowB. Women in LoveC. Sorts and LoversD. The White Peacock27. With joint efforts, some Irish playwrights brought about the Irish National Theater Move-ment in the early 20'h century, thus starting an Irish dramatic revival. All the followingwriters belong to the school EXCEPTA. Samuel BeckettB.W.B. YeatsC. Lady Gregory DI J. M. Synge28. "Come live with me and be my love, / And we will all the pleasures prove / That valleys,groves, hills, and fields, / Woods, or steepy mountain yields. " These lines were writtenby__A. Christopher MarloweB. John DonneC. Robert BrowningD. William Butler Yeats29. The desire for an escape from society and a return to nature became a permanent conven-tion of American literature. Such a desire is particularly evident in the following worksEXCEPTA. Sister CarrieB. Adventures of Huckleberry FinnC. Leather-Stocking TalesD. Walden30. "I was myself Last night, but I fen asleep on the mountain, and they've changed my gun,and everything's changed, and I'm changed" is taken from's work.A. Washington IrvingB. Herman MelvilleC. Nathaniel HawthorneD. Ralph Waldo Emerson31. The most clearly defined American literary movement in the early half of the 19th century iscalledA. ImagismB. ModernismC. NaturalismD. Transcendentalism32. Walt Whitman mourned the death of Abraham Lincoln in his famous poem called __A. "There Was a Child Went Forth"B. "Cavalry Crossing a Ford"C. "When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd"D. "Song of Myself"33. Which of the following is NOT a proper understanding of the symbols in the novel Moby-Dick?A. Different people on board the ship are representations of different ideas and differentsocial and ethnic groups.B. The white whale, Moby Dick, symbolizes the beautiful nature for the character Ahab.C. Moby Dick represents an ultimate mystery of the universe for the author.D. The whaling voyage is a symbolic one of the mind in quest of the truth and knowledgeof the universe.34. Mark Twain referred tb the post-Civil War era asA. "The Jazz Age"B. "The Gilded Age"C. "The Lost Generation"D. "The Beat Generation"35. The line" 'All right, then, I'll go to hell' -- and tore it up" is taken from __'s work.A. Mark TwainB. Henry JamesC. Theodore DreiserD. Emily Dickinson36. Which of the following is a distinctively Ame~can protagonist established in the RealisticPeriod?A. the noble savageB. the frontier manC. the vernacular heroD. the alienated youth37. Which of the following authors is NOT a local colorist?A. Sarah Orne JewettB. Mark TwainC. Hamlin GarlandD. Henry James38. Which of the following statements about Henry James is NOT true?A. He is famous for the international theme.B. His literary criticism is an indispensable part of his contribution to literature.C. One of his literary innovations is his use of "point of view. "D. His language is highly colloquial.39. George Hurstweod is a failed character in Theodore Dreiser's __A. Sister CarrieB. The FinancierC. The GeniusD. An American Tragedy40. Sigrnund Freud, whose ideas had great impact on the Modem Period, was famous for histheory onA. "stream-of-consciousness"B. "unconscious"C. "collective unconscious"D. "archetypal symbol"41. The following poets all belong to the Modem Period EXCEPT __A. Emily DickinsonB. Ezra PoundC. William Carlos WilliamsD. Wallace Stevens42. The lines "The woods are lovely, dark and deep,/But I have promises to keep" is takenfrom a poem by_A. Ezra PoundB. Robert FrostC. Emily DickinsonD. Walt Whitman43. Which of the following works can be read as a record of the dispossessed and the wretchedfarmers during the Great Depression?A. BabbitB. The Great GatsbyC. Winesburg, OhioD. The Grapes of Wrath44. "By seven o'clock the orchestra has arrived, no thin five-piece affair, but a whole pitful o-boes and trombones and saxophones and viols and cornets and piccolos, and low and high drums...The bar is in full swing, and floating rounds of cocktails permeate the garden out- side, until the air is alive with chatter and laughter, and casual innuendo and introduc-tions forgotten on the spot, and enthusiastic meetings between women who never knew each other's names. " The above quotation is a reflection ofA. the southern society before the Civil WarB. the middle class society in the Gilded AgeC. the affluent society after the Second World WarD. the upper class society in the Jazz Age45. In The Great Gatsby, the romantic hero Gatsby was killed in the end by __A. his rival Tom BuchananB. his lover DaisyC. Tom's mistress MyrtleD. Myrtle's husband, Mr. Wilson46. Nick Adams is the first Hemingway hero in his work entitledA. In Our TimeB. The Sun Also RisesC. A Farewell to ArmsD. For Whom the Bell Tolls47. All the following American writers have received Nobel Prize EXCEPTA. Eugene O'NeillB.F. Scott FitzgeraldC. Ernest HemingwayD. William Faulkner48. Which of the following writers had affinity to Chinese literature?A. Ezra PoundB. Robert Lee FrostC. Ernest HemingwayD. Mark Twain49. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of WiUiam Faulkner's works?A. The breaking up of the chronological time.B. The use of multiple points of view.C. The use of simple and concise language.D. The use of symbolism and mythological and biblical allusions.50. "When Miss Emily Grierson died, our whole town went to her funeral: the men through asort of respectful affection for a fallen monument, the women mostly out of curiosity to see the inside of her house. " The above sentence is taken from 's work.A. Mark TwainB.F. Scott FitzgeraldC. Ernest HemingwayD. William FaulknerPART TWO ( 50 Points)H. Questions and Answers (30 points in all, 6 for each)Give brief answers to each of the following questions inEnglish. Write your answers in the corresponding spaceon the TEST PAPER.51. I consulted several things in my situation which I found would be proper for me: 1st,health and fresh water I just now mentioned; 2ndly, shelter from the heat of the sun;3rdly, security from ravenous creatures, whether men or beasts; 4thly, a view to the sea,that if God sent any ship in sight, I might not lose any advantage for my deliverance, ofwhich I was not willing to banish all my expectation yet.QuestionsA. Identify the author and the work.B. Who does "I" refer to7C. What idea does the above quoted express752. North Richmond Street, being blind, was a quiet street except at the hour when the Chris-tian Brothers' School set the boys free. An uninhabited house of two storeys stood at theblind end, detached from its neighbours in a square ground. The other houses of thestreet, conscious of decent lives within them, gazed at one another with brown imperturble faces.QuestionsA. The above quotation is from Joyce's "Araby". What is the torte of the narrator in thequoted passage?B. What idea does the above quoted express.'?53. Some to conceit alone their taste confine,And glittering thoughts struck out at every line;Pleased with a work where nothing's just or fit,One glaring chaos and wild heap of wit.Poets, like painters, thus unskilled to traceThe naked nature and the living grace,With gold and jewels cover every part,And hide with ornaments their want of art.QuestionsA. Identify the poet and the poem.B. What does "conceit" mean, and what does "want of art" mean?C. What is the main idea of the quoted lines?54. It seemed as if he thought a while, for now he arose and turned the gas out, standingcalmly in the blackness, hidden from view. After a few moments, in which he reviewednothing, but merely hesitated, he turned the gas on again, but applied no match. Eventhen he stood there, hidden wholly in that kindness which is night, while the uprisingfumes filled the room. When the odor reached his nostrils, he quit his attitude and fumbled for the bed."What's the use?" he said, weakly, as he stretched himself to rest.QuestionsA. The above passage is taken from Theodore Dreiser's Sister Carrie. Who does this manrefer to? What is he actually doing and why?B. Why is this novel a representative work of literary naturalism?55. "L o! There ye stand, my children," said the figure, in a deep and solemn tone, almostsad, with its despairing awfulness, as if his once angelic nature could yet mourn for ourmiserable race. "Depending upon one another's hearts, ye had still hoped, that virtuewere not all a dream. Now are ye undeceived! Evil is the nature of mankind. Evil must be your happiness, Welcome, again, my children, to the communion of your race !"QuestionsA. Identify the author and the title of the work.B. Who is the figure? Whom is he speaking to?C. What is the major theme of this work and what kind of vision of life does it reflect? HI. Topic Discussion (20 points in all, 10 for each)Write no less than 150 words on each of the followingtopics in English in the corresponding space on the TESTPAPER.56. How is Romanticism different from Neoclassicism? Provide brief evidence from the literaryworks you know best.57. Use examples to explain how Mark Twain and Henry James, both great novelists in the Re-alistic Period, are different in terms 0f their thematic concerns, characterization and stylis- tic features.。

自考美学试题_浙江省2008年4月自考试卷浙江省2008年4月高等教育自学考试美学试题湖北自考网4月25日整理课程代码：10017一、单项选择题(本大题共20小题，每小题1分，共20分) 在每小题列出的四个备选项中只有一个是符合题目要求的，请将其代码填写在题后的括号内。

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1.美学作为一门独立学科出现的时代是( )A．十七世纪中期B.十八世纪中期C.十九世纪末期D.二十世纪初期2.鲍姆加登的《美学》一书的德文书名Asthetik一词的字面意思是( )A.感性学B.艺术思维学C.美的思维的艺术D.自由艺术的理论3.马克思主义美学的哲学基础是( )A.理念论B.先验主体论C.现象学D.实践存在论4.审美关系是( )A.人对世界的情感体验关系B.人对世界的理性认识关系C.人对世界的理性评价关系D.人对世界的实际改造关系5.古人说:“宁可食无鱼，不可居无竹”，实际上表达了一种( )A.审美需要B.审美经验C.意象结构D.物质诉求6.审美理想是( )A.关于美的本质的观念B.关于最高层次的美感的观念C.关于美的(事物的)完善或理想形态的观念D.关于审美活动的理想状态的观念7.审美经验的动态过程可以分为以下三个基本阶段( )A.呈现、构成、评价B.感知、联想、想象C.好奇、探索、理解D.想象、体验、回味8.审美对象的非实体性是指( )A.审美对象是一定的感性客体B.审美对象是一种非物质文化产品C.审美对象存在于主体对客体的观照与体验中D.审美对象的虚构性9.美感是( )A．生理欲望的满足所产生的快感B.理性认识的成功所产生的快感C.对利他行为的道德判断所产生的快感D.由形式直观所引起的超功利的精神愉悦10.审美“游戏说”的代表人物是( )A.达尔文B.普列汉诺夫C.席勒D.弗雷泽11.西方美学史上第一部研究丑的美学专著《丑的美学》一书的作者是( )A.布瓦洛B.博克C.雨果D.罗森克兰兹12.丑的审美形态在形式上的基本特点是( )A.和谐B.不和谐C.痛感D.厌恶感13.喜剧的基本特点是( )A.外在形式与内在实质的悖离错乱B.事物的无价值性C.夸张D.讽刺与幽默14.审美“移情说”的代表人物是( )A.里普斯B.阿恩海姆C.布洛D.叔本华15.审美活动得以发生的真正前提是( )A.源于生物本能B.接触艺术作品C.制造和使用工具的活动D.情感与想象的萌动16.“载道说”是一种关于文艺的( )A.起源论B.本质论C.功能论D.接受论17.意境不同于一般意象的特点是( )A.具有象外之境、言外之意B.意与象恰好完全匹配C.理与象的统一D.象、情、理的统一18.艺术接受的核心是( )A.对形式符号的感知B.对符号意义的理解C.对作品意象的重建D.对作品的审美价值的评判19.西方历史上最早提出文艺的基本功能是“寓教于乐”的人物是( )A.柏拉图B.亚里士多德C.贺拉斯D.但丁20.民国初年在中国倡导“以美育代宗教”的人物是( )A.王国维B.蔡元培C.梁启超D.鲁迅二、多项选择题(本大题共5小题，每小题2分，共10分) 在每小题列出的五个备选项中至少有两个是符合题目要求的，请将其代码填写在题后的括号内。

浙江省2008年4月高等教育自学考试美国文学选读试题课程代码：10055Part Ⅰ: Choose the relevant match from Column B for each item in Column A. (5%) Group 1Column A Column B( ) 1. Henry James a. Tender is the Night( ) 2. Herman Melville b. The Ambassadors( ) 3. Mark Twain c. Moby Dick( ) 4. F. Scott Fitzgerald d. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer( ) 5. Theodore Dreiser e. Sister CarrieGroup 2Column A Column B( ) 1.Charles Drouet a. Daisy Miller( ) 2. Jim b. The Great Gatsby( ) 3. Nick Carraway c. Moby Dick( ) 4. Frederic Winterboure d. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn( ) 5. Ahab e. Sister CarriePart Ⅱ: Each of the following statements below is followed by four alternative answers. Choose the one that would best complete the statement. (60%)1. American literature from the early 1800s to the beginning of the Civil War can be described as the following except that ________.( )A. There was a stress on law and reason in literary writings of the timeB. There was a desire for an escape from civilized society and a return to the ennobling natureC. There was faith in the value of individualism and self-relianceD. American type of characters speaking local dialects appeared in the fiction2. According to the two romanticists Hawthorne and Melville, every person is a sinner and therefore ________ is indispensable for the improvement of human nature. ( )A. grace under pressureB. great courage under pressureC. courage before difficultiesD. great moral courage3. Despite strong foreign influences, American romantic writings are typically American which can be revealed in the following ________.( )A. a desire for an escape from civilized society and a return to the ennobling natureB. the American national experience of “pioneering into the west”.C. American type of characters speaking local dialects appeared in the fictionD. all of the above4. About Washington Irving, Father of American short stories, which of the following statement is right?( )A. Many of his writings focused on American subjects, landscapes, particularly the legends of the Hudson River region of the fresh young land.B. His writings preferred the Old World to the New.C. As a writer, his taste remained a democratic and always exalted a disappearing past.D. He is well-known for his international theme across the Atlantic.5. Which of the following is not claimed by the Transcendental philosophy?( )A. Man is capable of knowing truth intuitively.B. Man can attain knowledge transcending the reach of the senses.C. The individual is divine and therefore self-reliant.D. Nature is ennobling and man is dependent on nature.6. The following statements are usually said about Emersonian Transcendentalism except______. ( )A. It absorbed some ideological concerns of American Puritanism and European Romanticism.B. It affirmed man’s intuitive knowledge with which man can trust and decide himself.C. It put forward the philosophy of the over-soul, the importance of the Individual and Nature.D. It accepted both the formal religion of the churches and the Deistic philosophy.7. Hawthorne’s unique gift was for the creation of ________ which touch the deepest roots of man’s moral nature.( )A. romantic storiesB. symbolic storiesC. gothic storiesD. humorous stories8. As a man of literary craftsmanship, Nathaniel Hawthorne is good at ________.( )A. exploring the complexity of human psychology, especially the power of blackness deep in people’s heartB. exploring the goodness hidden deeply in people’s heartC. revealing the shallow complexity of human psychology, especially the romanticists’ confusion before the real worldD. both A and C9. In Moby-Dick, the Pequod is ________ and the voyage becomes ________.( )A. the indomitable mystery of the universe ... a search for freedomB. an ideal human society ... a search for idealismC. the microcosm of human society ... a search for happinessD. the microcosm of human society ... a search for truth10. The term “The Gilded Age”coined by Mark Twain was later used to refer to ________ in American history.( )A. the Romantic PeriodB. the Realistic PeriodC. the Modern AgeD. the Postmodern Age11.As to the American naturalism, which of the following statements is not right?( )A. They usually chose their subjects from the higher ranks of society.B. Artistically, naturalistic writings are unpolished in language and unwieldy in structure.C. Philosophically, the naturalists believe that the real and true is partially from people’s eyes.D. The tone in the writing more ironic and pessimistic than that of realism.12. As a genre, naturalism emphasized ________ as important deterministic forces shaping individualized characters who were presented in special and detailed circumstances.( )A. heredity and parentageB. the natural environment and landscapesC. heredity and environmentD. men’s strong will power13. The desire for an escape from society and a return to nature is a permanent convention of American literature. It is evident in the following writings except________.( )A. Mark Twain’s Adventures of Huckleberry FinnB. Cooper’s Leather-stocking TalesC. Irving’s The Sleepy Hollow*D. both A and B14. In Henry James’s “The Art of Fiction”, the following statements are indicated except that ________.( )A. the aim of the novel is to present lifeB. the freedom of the artist to write about anything the concerns him, even the disagreeable, the ugly and the commonplaceC. the artist’s capability to feel the life, to understand human nature, and then to record themD. the artistic impotence in presenting the inner life of human beings15. Henry James’s emphasis on ________ proves to be a big breakthrough in novel writing and had great influence on the coming generations.( )A. the characters’ psychology and the human consciousnessB. the real characteristics of the real lifeC. the material life in the worldD. Both A and C16. Which of the following statements is not right about Emily Dickinson’s view on religion? ( )A. She didn’t believe in God, so she sometimes doubted His benevolence.B. She desired salvation and immortality, but she denied the orthodox view of paradise.C. In some of her poems, she expressed her doubt and belief about religious subjects.D. Many of her religious poems concerned death and immortality.17. About the characteristics of Emily Dickinson’s poetic writing which of the following statements is right?( )A. Her poetry is unique and unconventional in its own way.B. Many of her poems have titles and a particular stress pattern.C. Her poems are usually rather long and rarely less than 20 lines.D. Her poetic idiom is noted for its laconic complexity and difficulty.18. A big change which took place in Mark Twain’s outlook in his later years of writing was that________. ( )A. he turned to the belief in CatholismB. he adopted the doctrines of Oriental philosophyC. he became bitterly sceptical and pessimistic about human natureD. he became more and more optimistic about the future of the world19. About One of Dreiser’s masterpieces Sister Carrie, which of the following statements is right?( )A. It traces the material rise of Hurstwood and Sister Carrie.B. It portrays only the material rise of Sister Carrie.C. It traces the tragic decline of Hurstwood and Sister Carrie.D. It traces the tragic decline of Hurstwood and the material rise of Sister Carrie.20. In American literature, “the second American Renaissance”usually refers to________ which took place during the first decades of the 20th century. ( )A. the expatriate movementB. the Harlem RenaissanceC. the realistic movementD. the literature of cubism21. Which of the following is right about American fiction from 1945 onwards?( )A. A group of new writers who survived the war wrote about their ideals within the artistic field.B. There appeared a significant group of Jewish-American writers whose works were set against the Jewish experience and tradition.C. Black fiction began to attract critical attention during the 1950s.D. American fiction in the 1950s and 1960s proves to be a harvest which derived from its predecessors22. During Ezra Pound’s later period, his poetry is more concerned about ________.( )A. the problems of the ancient cultureB. the contemporary cultural decay and the possible sources of cultural renewalC. the familiar poetic subjects of the 19th century RomanticismD. the familiar poetic subjects of the beginning of the 20th century23. One of the major subjects of Robert Frost’poems is nature. Which of the following can be said about his view of nature in his poetic creation? ( )A. He considered nature an ennobling force to purify human soul.B. He considered nature a contrast to human civilization.C. He looked upon nature as a storehouse of analogies and symbols.D. He looked upon nature as the opposite of human society.24. Which of the following statements is right about Robert Frost?( )A. He is easy to understand because he is easy to read.B. His poetic world is of the rural world, the simple country life, the pastoral landscape.C. His profound ideas are delivered through the complicated forms and difficult language.D. He learned from the familiar conventions of realistic poetry and of classical pastoral poetry.25. Which of the following statements can be said about the characters in O’Neill’s plays? ( )A. They have found out the meaning in their lives in different ways and all meeting their end.B. They have found a pastoral and romantic life but all meeting disappointment.C. They are always seeking meaning and purpose in their lives in different ways, but all meet disappointment and despair.D. They are always seeking rank and wealth in their own ways but all meet disappointment and despair.26. Which of the following is right about the hero of The Great Gatsby?( )A. The contradictions and disillusionment of the American dream is presented in him.B. The cynicism among American veteran soldier is reflected partially in him.C. The hypocrisy and materialism of small town life resulted in his tragedy.D. The moral confusion and social decay of the South after the Civil War resulted in his tragedy.27. ________ of the 1920s was characterized by frivolity and carelessness and brought vividly to life in The Great Gatsby. ( )A. The Lost GenerationB. The American RenaissanceC. The Jazz AgeD. The Harlem Renaissance28. John Steinbeck is a novelist of the 1930s. His The Grapes of Wrath is a record of the life of the dispossessed and the wretched farmers during ________. ( )A. the Great DepressionB. the Glorious RevolutionC. the Second World WarD. both A and C29. Which of the following can be said about the general situation of Hemingway’s novels? ( )A. Human life is full of chaos while man can overcome it in the long run.B. Human life is full of tension and tattles while man is always pursuing a place of peace and happiness.C. Life is a losing battle, but it is a struggle man can dominate in such a way that loss becomes dignity.D. Human life can be symbolic of man’s spiritual world though it is full of failures.30. Which of the following can be said of the experimental features of William Faulkner’s narrative techniques are ________.( )A. the dislocation of narrative time and the use of stream-of-consciousness techniquesB. parallel constructions and multiple use of natural symbolsC. chronological order of his narration and selective employment of the Southern dialectD. all of the abovePart Ⅲ: Interpretation(21%)Read the following selections and then answer the questions.Passage 1I celebrate myself, and sing myself,And what I assume you shall assume,For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you.I loafe and invite my soul,I learn and loafe at my ease observing a spear of summer grass.My tongue, every atom of my blood, form’d from this soil, this air,Born here of parents born here from parents the same, and their parents the same,I, now thirty-seven years old in perfect health begin,Hoping to cease not till death.Creeds and schools in abeyance,Retiring back a while sufficed at what they are, but never forgotten, I harbor for good or bad, I permit to speak at every hazard, Nature without check with original energy,1. What poem is this stanza extracted? Who is the writer?2. What beliefs of the poet are set forth in this poem?Passage 2Because I could not stop for Death —He kindly stopped for me —The Carriage held but just Ourselves —And Immortality.We slowly drove —He knew no hasteAnd I had put awayMy labor and my leisure too,For His Civility —We passed the school, where Children stroveAt Recess —in the Ring —We passed the Fields of Gazing Grain —We passed the Setting Sun —Or rather —He passed Us —The Dews drew quivering and chill —For only Gossamer, my Gown —My Tippet —only Tulle —We paused before a House that seemedA Swelling of the Ground —The Roof was scarcely visible —The Cornice —in the Ground ——Since then —’tis Centuries —and yetFeels shorter and the DayI first surmised the Horses’ HeadsWere toward Eternity —3. What is the symbolic meaning of the third stanza?4. Where is the carriage driven to? What is the theme of the poem?Passage 3A PactI make a pact with you, Walt Whitman—I have detested you long enough.I come to you as a grown childWho has had a peg-headed father;I am old enough now to make friends.It was you that broke the new wood,Now is a time for carving.We have one sap and one root—Let there be commerce between us.5. Who is the writer of poem? Why does he say he makes a pact with Walt Whitman?Passage 4When 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.It was a big, squarish frame house that had once been white , decorated with cupolas and spires and scrolled balconies in the heavily lightsome style of the seventies, set on what had once been our most select street. But garages and cotton gins had encroached and obliterated even the august names of that neighborhood; only Miss Emily’s house was left, lifting its stubborn and coquettish decay above the cotton wagons and the gasoline pumps—an eyesore among eyesores. And now Miss Emily had gone to join the representatives of those august names where they lay in the cedar-bemused cemetery among the ranked and anonymous graves of Union and Confederatesoldiers who fell at the battle of Jefferson.Alive, Miss Emily had been a tradition, a duty, and a care; a sort of hereditary obligation upon the town , dating from that day in 1894 when Colonel Sartoris, the mayor —he who fathered the edict that no Negro woman should appear on the streets without an apron—remitted her taxes. The dispensation dating from the death of her father on into perpetuity . Not that Miss Emily would have accepted charity. Colonel Sartoris invented an involved tale to the effect that Miss Emily’s father had loaned money to the town, which the town, as a matter of busines s, preferred this way of repaying. Only a man of Colonel Sartoris generation and thought could have invented it, and only a woman could have believed it.6. What kind of person is Emily Grierson in this story?7. Why was the death of Miss Emily compared to a “fallen Monument”?Part Ⅳ: Give brief answers to the following questions. (14%)1. Please tell about Washington Irving’s main contribution to American literature.2. Please give a brief comment on Hemingway’s heroes.。

2008年4月高等教育自学考试全国统一命题考试大学语文试题答案及评分参考(课程代码4729)一、单项选择题(本大题共20小题，每小题l分，共20分)1.C 2．B 3．D 4．B 5．C6.D 7．C 8．D 9．C l0．B11B 12．B l3．B l4．D l5．C16.C 17．B l8．A l9．D 20．B二、多项选择题(本大题共5小题，每小题2分，共10分)(多选、少选、错选均不给分)21. ABD 22．ABC 23．ADE 24．ABCD 25．CDE三、词语解释题(本大题共l0小题，每小题l分，共10分)26.加：更 27．闻：学识，学问28.殆：大概是 29．属：同“嘱”，嘱托，请求30.卒：最终 31．且：将近32.有经：有一定的原则 33．征：招请34.坻：小洲，小岛35.余荫：剩留下来的荫庇，一般指前辈对后代的保佑四、简析题(本大题共5小题．每小题6分，共30分)A．贫富悬殊，统治者不顾人民死活。

(2分)B．对比法，类比法。

(2分)C．只有端正态度，以民为本，才能真正实行王道。

(2分)A．巩固边防，扩展领土。

(2分)B．表达了赵武灵王改革的信心。

(2分)C．行为描写，语言描写。

（ 2分)A．哀叹亡国之痛何日了结，生不如死。

(2分)B．江山易主，物是人非。

（ 2分)c．写出了“愁”的无边无际、无穷无尽，因而意境深远。

(2分)39．A．写江流景色；议论对自然力的驯服。

(2分)B．对比写景，生发议论。

(2分)C．“……挟着寒风，吐着白沫，……”，比拟与对偶。

(2分)40．A．香雪登上火车用鸡蛋换铅笔盒，刚上车，火车就开动了。

(2分)B．“她打算以最快的速度跑迸车厢，以最快的速度用鸡蛋换回铅笔盒。

”(2分) C．“这时车身忽然悸动了一下”。

“列车已经缓慢地向台儿沟告别了。

”(2分) 五、作文(30分)一类卷(26—30分)A内容：中心突出、见解深刻 8语言：行文流畅、语言准确C篇章：结构谨严、层次明晰【评分参考】：以28分为基准分，适当浮动：a、具备B项和另一项条件，而其余一项达到二类卷标准的，获得基准分；b、具备上述三项条件的，酌情加分(其中B项突出的，获得满分)；C、具备上述一项条件，而另两项只达到二类卷标准的，酌情减分。

[考研类试卷]2008年浙江大学英语专业（英美文学）真题试卷一、匹配题1 Tender is the Night2 The Rites of Passage3 The Rainbow4 My Last Duchess5 Frederick Douglass6 The House of the Seven Gables7 The Tempest8 The Negro on the Narcissus9 Light in August10 Mourning Becomes Electra二、评论题11 What a lark! What a Plunge! For so it had always seemed to her, when, with little squeak of the hinges, which she could hear now, she had burst open the French windows and plunged at Bour-ton into the open air. How fresh, how calm, stiller than this of course, the air was in the early morning; like the flap of a wave; the kiss of a wave; chill and sharp and yet(for a girl of eighteen as she then was)solemn, feeling as she did, standing there at the open window, that something awful was about to happen; looking at the flowers; at the trees with the smoke winding off them and the rooks rising, falling; standing and looking until Peter Wash said, " Musing among the vegetables?"—was that it—"I prefer men to cauliflowers"—was that it?12 Could it be true? She clutched the child so fiercely to her breast, that it sent forth a cry; she turned her eyes downward at the scarlet letter, and even touched it with herfinger, to assure herself that the infant and the shame were real. Yes! —these were her realities, —all else had vanished!13 And yet the voices in the house, behind the sprays of mimosa and almond blossom, and from under the piles of iridescent cushions, simply trilled and screamed in a sort of ecstasy: " There must be more money! Oh-h-h; there must be more money. Oh, now, now-w! Now-w-w—there must be more money! —More than ever! More than ever!"14 Choose one of the following authors and make a comment on any one of his/her literary works.(20 points)Joseph Conrad D. H. LawrenceMark Twain Toni Morrison三、分析题15 Analyze the following poem.(15 points)Dover BeachMatthew ArnoldThe sea is calm tonight.The tide is full, the moon lies fairUpon the straits; —on the French coast the lightGleams and is gone; the cliffs of England stand,Glimmering and vast, out in the tranquil bay.Come to the window, sweet is the night-air!Only, from the long line of sprayWhere the sea meets the moon-blanched land,Listen! you hear the grating roarOf pebbles which the waves draw back, and fling,At their return, up the high strand,Begin, and cease, and then again begin,With tremulous cadence slow, and bringThe eternal note of sadness in.Sophocles long agoHeard it on the Aegean, and it broughtInto his mind the turbid ebb and flowOf human misery; weFind also in the sound a thought,Hearing it by this distant northern sea.The Sea of FaithWas once, too, at the full, and round earth' s shoreLay like the folds of a bright girdle furled.But now I only hearIts melancholy, long, withdrawing roar, Retreating, to the breathOf the night-wind, down the vast edges drear And naked shingles of the world.Ah, love, let us be trueTo one another! for the world, which seemsTo lie before us like a land of dreams,So various, so beautiful, so new,Hath really neither joy, nor love, nor light,Nor certitude, nor peace, nor help for pain;And we are here as on a darkling plainSwept with confused alarms of struggle and flight, Where ignorant armies clash by night.。

2008年4月高等教育自学考试全国统一命题考试大学语文试卷（课程代码4729）一、单项选择题（本大题共20小题，每小题1分，共20分）在每小题列出的四个备选项中只有一个是符合题目要求的，请将其代码填写在题后的括号内。

错选、多选或未选均无分。

1．庄子《秋水》（节选）的主旨是（）A．阐发为政以德的政治道理 B．阐述清静无为的人生哲学C．阐析人的认识有限的思想 D．阐明实行王道的根本措施2．《就任北京大学校长之演说》中，蔡元培强调大学宗旨时所批评的不良风气是（）A．不正当娱乐泛滥 B．求学为升官发财C．不尊重师长学友 D．不注重购置书籍3．《吃饭》中，用音乐与烹调来阐发“和而不同”的治国道理，这种联想方式是（）A．时间统一性联想 B．对比联想C．地点统一性联想 D．相似联想4．《冯谖客孟尝君》中写到冯谖“弹铗”，孟尝君“左右”“皆笑之”“皆恶之”，这对刻画冯谖形象的作用是（）A．对比反托 B．侧面映衬C．类比显现 D．象征暗示5．《前赤壁赋》“主客对话”中，“客”的主要情感倾向是（）A．功名难就 B．乐观旷达C．人生无常 D．适意自然6．《马伶传》的中心意旨是（）A．反映当时金陵梨园的激烈竞争 B．讽刺当朝宰相顾秉谦C．叙述名演员马伶一生经历 D．赞扬马伶深入生活、精益求精的精神7．《香市》的主要特点是（）A．层层深入 B．夹叙夹议C．即小见大 D．因人见我8．《纪念傅雷》：“我的照相册中有一张我的照片，是一九七九年四月十六日在傅雷追悼会上，在赵超构送的花圈底下，沈仲章给我照的，衣襟上还有一朵黄花。

”这里使用的人物描写方法是（）A．肖像描写 B．行为描写C．心理描写 D．细节描写9．《哭小弟》中使主题升华的关键转折句是（）A．他虽无可以彪炳史册的丰功伟绩，却有一个普通人的认真的、勤奋的一生B．他那颗丹心，那颗让祖国飞起来的丹心，顽强地跳动，不肯停息C．这样壮志未酬的人，不只他一个呵D．历史正是由这些人写成的10．下列作品，属于楚辞体的是（）A．《蒹葭》 B．《湘夫人》C．《饮酒》（其五） D．《行路难》（其一）11．《陌上桑》中，拒绝使君“共载”所表现的罗敷性格特征是（）A．机智 B．坚贞C．善良 D．温柔12．“江间波浪兼天涌，塞上风云接地阴”的情景交融方式属于（）A．自然天成 B．融情入景C．移情于景 D．因情造景13．《长恨歌》的诗句中，描绘杨玉环“闻道汉家天子使”时情态的是（）A．回眸一笑百媚生 B．梨花一枝春带雨C．雪肤花貌参差是 D．芙蓉如面柳如眉14．下列作品，属于托物言志的是（）A．《蒹葭》 B．《陌上桑》C．《饮酒》（其五） D．《早雁》15．柳永《八声甘州》（对潇潇暮雨洒江天）中，“红衰翠减”的修辞手法是（）A．比喻 B．拟人C．借代 D．拟物16．李清照《声声慢》（寻寻觅觅）中，隐含家破人亡之痛的词句是（）A．乍暖还寒时候，最难将息 B．三杯两盏淡酒，怎敌他、晚来风急C．雁过也，正伤心，却是旧时相识 D．满地黄花堆积，憔悴损，如今有谁堪摘17．下列诗篇，表达诗人重游故地时眷恋、珍惜而又略带忧郁情怀的是（）A．闻一多《一句话》 B．徐志摩《再别康桥》C．裴多菲《我愿是一条急流》 D．舒婷《祖国啊，我亲爱的祖国》18．戴望舒《雨巷》的主要表现方法是（）A．象征 B．烘托C．对比 D．类比19．《宝黛吵架》中，宝玉“后悔：‘方才不该和他较证，这会子他这样光景，我又替不了他。

《英美文学选读》自考真题试题及答案解析卷面总分：100分答题时间：80分钟试卷题量：50题一、单选题（共50题，共100分）1.( )is generally regarded as the forerunner of the 20th —century“stream—of —consciousness ”novels and the founder ofpsychological realism.• A.Theodore Dreiser• B.William Faulkner• C.Henry James• D.Mark Twain正确答案：C本题解析：亨利 . 詹姆斯是美国现实主义文学大师，他的作品往往涉及美国之外的主题，其作品的风格是“心理活动”。

被誉为20 世纪美国意识流文学的先驱。

2.Closely relate d to Dickinson ’s religious poetry are her poemsconcerning( ),ranging over the physical as well as the psychological and emotional aspects of death.• A.love and nature• B.death and universe• C.death and immortality• D.family and happiness正确答案：C本题解析：迪金森的诗歌涉及宗教和爱情两方面，而其涉及宗教的诗歌往往是以死亡和永恒为主题的，3.considered( ) “the true father of our national literature ”.• A.Bret Harte• B.Mark Twain• C.Washington Irving• D.Walt Whitman正确答案：B本题解析：马克 . 吐温是美国文学巨匠，他以两部“历险记”创造可美国文学史上的一个奇迹，那就是开创了美国文学的一个新时代，所以将他誉为“真正的美国文学之父”。

自考美国文学选读试题_浙江省2009年4月自考试卷浙江省2009年4月自考美国文学选读试题课程代码：10055Part Ⅰ: Choose the relevant match from Column B for each item in Column A. (10 points in all, 1 point for each)Group 1Column A( )1. James F. Cooper( )2. Washington Irving( )3. Herman Melville( )4. Emily Dickinson( )5. Mark TwainGroup 2Column A( )6. Charles Drouet( )7. Homer Barron( )8. Yank( )9. Mrs. Phelps( )10. Tom BuchananPart Ⅱ: Select from the four choices A, B, C and D of each itemthe one that best answers the question or completes the statement and write the letter. (50 points in all, 2 points for each)11. Being a period of the flowering of American literature, the Romantic period is also called “_____”.( )A. the American RenaissanceB. the English RenaissanceC. the Harlem RenaissanceD. the Second Renaissance12. With a strong sense of optimism and the mood of “feeling good” of the whole nation, a spectacular outburst of _____ was brought about in the first half of the 19th century in the history of America.( )A. classic feelingB. romantic feelingC. nationalistic feelingD. realistic feeling13. With such a surge of exalting the individual and the common man throughout the United States in the middle of the 19th century, Freneau showed a great interest in external nature in his works. The literary use of the more colorful aspects of the past could be found in Philip Freneau’s use of the “_____”.( )A. ruins of human beingsB. ruins of AmericansC. ruins of empireD. ruins of common people14. The American Puritanism as a cultural heritage had exertedgreat influences over American Romanticism. One of the manifestations is the fact that American romantic writers tended more to _____ than their English and European counterparts.( )A. idealizeB. moralizeC. classicizeD. realize15. In the period of Romanticism in the history of American literature, Transcendentalist group includes two of the most significant writers America has produced so far. The two writers are( )A. Ralph Waldo Emerson and Walt WhitmanB. Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David ThoreauC. James F. Cooper and Henry David ThoreauD. James F. Cooper and Walt Whitman16. New England Transcendentalism is unanimously agreed to be the summit of the Romantic period in the history of American literature. And the chief spokesman of this spiritual movement is( )A. Henry David ThoreauB. Ralph Waldo EmersonC. Walt WhitmanD. Henry Wordsworth Longfellow17. Which of the following is NOT a typical feature ofWashington Irving?( )A. He was regarded as Father of the American short stories.B. His taste was essentially conservative.C. He had the honor of “the American O’ Henry”.D. He has been regarded as a writer who “perfected the best classic style tha t American Literature ever produced”.18. In his masterpiece The Scarlet Letter, Hawthorne fully displayed all the following EXCEPT( )A. his remarkable sense of the Puritan past.B. his understanding of the colonial history in Deep South.C. his apparent preoccupation with the moral issues of sin and guilt.D. his keen psychological analysis of people.19. Herman Melville had written many sea adventure stories, among which _____ proves to be the best.( )A. TypeeB. OmooC. RedburnD. Moby-Dick20. Leaves of Grass commands great attention because of its uniquely poetic embodiment of _____, which are written in the founding documents of both the Revolutionary War and the American Civil War.( )A. the democratic idealsB. the religious idealsC. the romantic idealsD. the self-reliance spirits21. Which of the following statements about the three dominant figures in the history of American literature is right? ( ) A. Henry James had laid a great emphasis on the “inner world” of man.B. Mark Twain and Howells seemed to have paid more attention to the “life” of the Europeans.C. Howells focused his discussion on the lower class and the way they lived.D. Twain preferred to have the other regions and people at the forefront of his stories.22. Which of the following is NOT a typical feature of Mark Twain’s language? ( )A. His words are colloquial, concrete and direct.B. His sentence structures are simple, even ungrammatical.C. His characters speak with a strong accent, which is true of his local colorism.D. His style of language was later exerted little influence on his descendants.23. Mark Twain’s late works unmistakably shaved his change from an optimist and _____ to an almost despairingdeterminister.( )A. realistB. romanticistC. humoristD. pessimist24. “I confess I do not care to judge any work of the imagination without first applying this test to it. We must ask ourselves before anything else, Is it true?—true to the motives, the impulses, the principles that shape the life of actual men and women?” This principle of adhering to the truthful treatment of life comes from ( )A. Mark TwainB. Henry JamesC. William Dean HowellsD. Theodore Dreiser25. In which of the following novels can you find the proper names “Winterbourne”, “Giovanelli”, and “Randolph”?( )A. Daisy MillerB. The Turn of the ScrewC. The Middle YearsD. The Death of a Lion26. Which of the following is NOT regarded as one of Henry James’ literary techniques?( )A. stream-of-consciousnessB. narrative “point of view”C. psychological realismD. local colorism27. The little poem I like to see it lap the Miles— is generally regarded as an interesting study of how Dickinson makes the train part of _____ by animalizing it.( )A. natureB. manC. loveD. death28. Sigmund Freud’s inter pretation of dreams and the theories of _____ have infused modern American literature and made it possible for most of the writers in the modern period to probe into the inner world of human reality. ( )A. William James’ “stream of consciousness” and Carl Jung’s “collective unconscious”B. Carl Jung’s “stream of consciousness” and William James’ “collective unconscious”C. William James’ “archetypal symbol” and Carl Jung’s “individual consciousness”D. Carl Jung’s “archetypal symbol” and William James’ “individual consciousness”29. Chinese poetry and philosophy had exerted great influence on ( )A. Robert FrostB. Ezra PoundC. Emily DickinsonD. Ralph Waldo Emerson30. O’Neill’s inventiveness seemingly knew no limits. He was constantly experimenting with new styles and forms for his plays, especially during the twenties when _____ was in full swing.( )A. SymbolismB. RealismC. ExpressionismD. Surrealism31. In Robert Frost’s famous poem “After Apple-Picking”, there are four lines like these: “Were he no t gone, /The woodchuck could say whether it’s like his, /Long sleep, as I describe its coming on. /Or just some human sleep.” The human sleep refers to ( )A. deathB. calmness of the spiritC. fall into sleepD. memory of experience32. Among Faulkner’s four masterpieces, _____ is a story of “lost innocence,” which proves itself to be an intensification of the theme of imprisonment in the past.( )A. Go Down, MosesB. Absalom, Absalom!C. Light in AugustD. The Sound and the Fury33. Which of the following statements can be said about the writing styles of F. Scott Fitzgerald, a most representative figure of the 1920s?( )A. His style is complex and warm.B. His dialogue is subtle and quite difficult to grasp.C. His observation of mannerism, models and attitudes provide the reader with a vivid sense of unreality.D. He follows the Jamesian tradition in using the scenic methodin his chapters.34. Compared with earlier writings, especially those of the 19th century, modern American writings are notable for what they omit. A typical modern work will NO longer one of the following as its trademark, that is, a ( )A. record of sequence and coherence.B. book of fragments drawn from diverse areas of experience.C. juxtaposition of the past and present, of the history and memory.D. book that begins arbitrarily, advances without explanation, and without solution.35. _____ is the first book to present a Hemingway hero——Nick Adams.( )A. The Sun Also RisesB. The Old Man and the SeaC. For Whom the Bell TollsD. In Our TimePart Ⅲ. InterpretationRead the quoted parts carefully and answer the questions in English. Write your answers in the corresponding space. (20 points in all, 5 points for each)36. “In the woods, we return to reason and faith. There I feel that nothing can befall me in life, —no disgrace, no calamity,(leaving me my eyes,) which nature cannot repair. Standing on the bare ground, —my head bathed by the blithe air, and uplifted into infinite space, —all mean egotism vanishes. I become a transparent eye-ball. I am nothing. I see all. The currents of the Universal Being circulate through me; I am part or particle of God.”Questions:A. Identify the author and the work.B. In this quoted part the author used the remarkable image of a transparent eyeba ll and a powerful analogy between “I”. Please make a brief comment on the symbolic relationship between “eyeball” and “I”.37. “Terrible!” said that little lady, joining her. “I hope it snows enough to go sleigh riding.”“Oh, dear,” said Carrie, with whom the sufferings of Father Goriot were still keen. “That’s all you think of. Aren’t you sorry for the people who haven’t anything tonight?”“Of course I am,” said Lola; “but what can I do? I haven’t anything.”Carrie smiled.Questions:A. Identify the author and the novel.B. Briefly interpret the contrast of the feelings of the two ladies towards the poor.38. “The leaves fall early this autumn, in wind.The paired butterflies are already yellow with August,Over the grass in the West garden;They hurt me. I grow older.If you are coming down through the narrows of the river Kiang, Please let me know beforehand,And I will come out to meet youAs far as Cho-fu-Sa.”Questions:A. This stanza comes from Ezra Pound’s The River-Merchant’s Wife: A Letter. From which Chinese poet is this poem translated?B. How does the speaker communicate with her husband?39. “There was music from my neighbor’s house through the summer nights. In his blue gardens men and girls came and went like moths among the whisperings and the champagne and the stars. At high tide in the afternoon I watched his guests diving from the tower of his raft, or taking the sun on the hot sand of his beach while his two motor-boats slit the waters of the Sound, drawing aquaplanes over cataracts of foam. On week-ends his Roll-Royce became an omnibus, bearing partiesto and from the city between nine in the morning and long past midnight, while his station wagon scampered like a brisk yellow bug to meet all trains. And on Mondays eight servants, including an extra gardener, toiled all day with mops and scrubbing-brushes and hammers and garden-shears, repairing the ravages of the night before.”Questions:A. Identify the narrator and the novel from which this passage is taken.B. “Moths” in the second line is metaphorically used. What does it refer to?Part Ⅳ. Topic DiscussionGive brief answers to the following questions. Write your answers in the corresponding space. (20 points in all, 10 points for each)40. How does Huck, a boy with rebellious spirit, come to be a real hero in the reader’s mind? Please give a brief analysis of the character Huckleberry Finn.41. In Hemingway’s Indian Camp, the hero Nick witnessed the birth of a baby and the simultaneous suicide of the infant’s father. For Nick, the night journey to the camp has all the possibilities of a learning experience. How important is Nick’sexperience at the Indian Camp to his initiation into the world?。

2024年自考-自考专业(英语)-英美文学选读考试历年真题常考点试题带答案（图片大小可任意调节）第1卷一.单选题(共20题)1.It was his masterpiece The Great Gatsby that made( )one of the greatest American novelists.A. FitzgeraldB.William FaulknerC.Ernest HemmingwayD.Gertrude Steinbeck2.In 1920,( )published his first novel This Side of Paradise which was,to some extent,his own story.A.F·Scott FitzgeraldB.Ernest HemingwayC.William FaulknerD.Emily Dickinson3.“The dignity of movement of an iceberg is due to only one- eighth of it being above wa ter. ” This “iceberg ” analogy is put forward by( ).A.Mark TwainB.Ezra PoundC.William FaulknerD.Ernest Hemingway4.Now many major employers are beginning to demand _______ the completion of schoolA.more thanB.rather thanC.other thanD.better than5.William Faulkner set most of his works in the American( ),with his emphasis onthe( )subjects and consciousness.A.North...NorthernB.East...EasternC.West...WesternD.South...Southern6.Which of the following statements is NOT true of Emily Dickinson and her poetry?A.She remained unmarried all her lifeB.She wrote,1,775 poems,and most of them were published during her life time.C.Her poems have no titles,hence are always quoted by their first lines.D.Her limited private world has never confined the limitless power of her creativity and imagination.7.The Nobel Prize Committee highly praised( )for “his powerful style - forming mastery of the art ” of creating modern fiction.A.Ezra PoundB.Ernest HemingwayC.Robert FrostD.Theodore Dreiser8.In the original test，all the animals in a test group are given a substance _______ half of them dieA.unlessB.untilC.lestD.provided9.After the American Civil War,the literary interest in the so- called “reality ” of life started a new period in the American literary writings know an the Age of( ).A.RealismB.Reason and RevolutionC.RomanticismD.Modernism10.The effect of Darwinist idea of “survival of the fittest ” was shattering in() ’s fictional world of jungle,where “kill or to be killed ” was the law.A.Mark TwainB.Henry JamesC.Theodore DreiserD.Walt Whitman11.Nobody but you _______ what he said.A. agrees withB.agrees outC.agree withD.agree to12.In 1950,( )was awarded the Nobel Prize for the anti-racist Intruder in the Dust.A.William FaulknerB.Robert FrostC.Ezra PoundD.Ernest Hemingway13.Greatly and permanently affected by the( )experiences,Hemingway formed his own writing style,together with his theme and hero.A.miningB.farmingC.warD.sailing14.Among the following writers( )is generally regarded as the forerunner of the 20th - century “stream - of - consciousness ” novels and the founder of psychological realism.A. T. S. EliotB.James JoyceC.William FaulknerD.Henry James15.Eugene O’Neill ’s first full — length play,( ),won him the first Pulitzer theme is the choice between life and death,the interaction of subjective and objective factors.A.Bound East for CardiffB.The Hairy ApeC.Desire Under the ElmsD.Beyond the Horizon16.Man is a “victim of forces over which he has no control. ” This is a notion held strongly by( ).A.Robert FrostB.Theodore DreiserC.Henry JamesD.Hamlin Garland17.In Go Down,Moses,( )illuminates the problem of black and white in Southern society asa closeknit destiny of blood brotherhood.A.William FaulknerB.Jack LondonC.Herman MelvilleD.Nathaniel Hawthorne18.Mark Twain employed an unpretentious style of( )in his novels which is best described as “vernacular ”.A.standard EnglishB.Afro-American EnglishC.colloquialismD.urbanism19.The attitude towards life that( )had been trying to demonstrate in his works is known as “grace under pressure ”.A.William FaulknerB.Theodore DreiserC.Ernest HemingwayD.F·Scott Fitzgerald20.The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and,especially,its sequence( )proved themselves to be the milestone in the American literature.A.The Adventures of Huckleberry FinnB.Life on the MississippiC.The Gilded AgeD.Roughing It第2卷一.单选题(共20题)1.Most literary critics think that Fitzgerald is both an insider and an outsider of( )witha double vision.A.the Jazz AgeB.the Age of Reason and RevolutionC.the Babybooming AgeD.the Post- Modern Age2.At the age of eighty -seven,( )read his poetry at the inauguration of President John in 1961.A.Robert FrostB.Walt WhitmanC.Ezra Pound3.What he had done is _______A.valueB.of valuableC.of no valueD.of no valuable4.That is the house _______ you can enjoy the scenery.A. in thatB.thatC.whichD.from which5.“My last Duchess ” is a poem that best exemplifies Robert Browning ’s( ).A.sensitive ear for the sounds of the English languageB.excellent choice of wordsC.mastering of the metrical devicese of the dramatic monologue6.William Faulkner once said that( )is a story of “lost innocence, ” which proves itself to be an intensification of the theme of imprisonment in the past.A.The Great GatsbyB.The Sound and the FuryC.Absalom,Absalom!D.Go Down,Moses7.She disagrees ______ him ______ everything.A.with, onB./, onC.with, atD.on, with8.( )is generally regarded as the forerunner of the 20th —century “stream— of —consciousness ” novels and the founder of psychological realism.A.Theodore DreiserB.William FaulknerC.Henry JamesD.Mark Twain9.The childhood of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn in the Mississippi is a record of a vanished way of life in the( )Mississippi valleyA.pre - War of IndependenceB.post - War of IndependenceC.pre - Civil WarD.post - Civil War10.Hemingway’s “Indian Camp ” is one of the fourteen short stories collected under the title of( ).This title is very ironic because there is no peace at all in the stories.A.Three Stories and Ten PoemsB.Across the River and into the TreesC.The Green Hills of AfricaD.In Our Time11.Robert Frost is generally considered a regional poet whose subject matters mainly focus on the landscape and people in( ).A.the westB.the southC.AlaskaD.New England12.“The dignity of movement of an iceberg is due to only one -eighth of it being abov e water. ” This “iceberg ” analogy about prose style was put forward by( ).A.William FaulknerB.Henry JamesC.Ernest HemingwayD.F· Scott Fitzgerald13.In Death in the Afternoon( )presents his philosophy about life and death through the depiction of the bullfight as a kind of microcosmic tragedy.A.William FaulknerB.Jack LondonC.Ernest HemingwayD.Mark Twain14.considered( ) “the true father of our national literature ”.A.Bret HarteB.Mark TwainC.Washington IrvingD.Walt Whitman15.Some persons gain goal and direction from their tensions;others ________ under pressure.A.fall outB.fall apartC.fall back onD.fall in with16.The Portrait of A Lady is generally considered to be( )masterpiece,which describes the life journey of an American( )in a European cultural environment.A.Henry Adams’…widowB.William James ’…girlC.Henry James’…girlD.Theodore Dreiser ’s…widow17.In 1950,one of the leading American writers( )was awarded the Nobel Prize for the anti-racist Intruder in the Dust.A.Robert FrostB.Theodore DreiserC.William FaulknerD.Fitzgerald18.Henry James’ fame generally rests upon his novels and stories with the( )theme.A.internationalB.localC.colonialD.post-modern19.Ezra Pound,a leading spokesman of the “( ) ”,was one of the most important poe ts in his time.A.Imagist MovementB.Cubist MovementC.Reformist MovementD.Transcendentalist Movement20.The( )Age of the 1920s characterized by frivolity and carelessness is brought vividly to life in The Great Gatsby.A.LostB.JazzC.ReasonD.Gilded第1卷参考答案一.单选题1.参考答案： A本题解析：《了不起的盖茨比》是菲茨杰拉德的代表作，也使其成为了美国文坛上得一颗明星。

08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的位置上(全部题目用英文作答)PART ONE(40 POINTS)I. Multiple Choice (40 points in all，1 for each)Select from the four choices of each item the one that best answers the question or completes the statement. Write your answers on the Answer Sheet.1. Of all the eighteenth—century British novelists ______ was the first to set out，both in theory and practice，to write specially a “comic epic in prose”，the first to give the modern novel its structure and style.A. Thomas GrayB. Richard Brinsley SheridanC. Jonathan SwiftD. Henry Fielding2. The poem “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard”established ______ as the leader of the sentimental poetry of the day，especially “the Graveyard School”.A. Thomas GrayB. Samuel JohnsonC. John BunyanD. John Milton3. “Do you think, because I am poor，obscure，plain，and little，I am soulless and heartless... And if God had gifted me with some beauty，and much wealth，I should have made it as hard for you to leave me. as it is now for me to leave you. ”The quoted part is taken from______.A. Great ExpectationsB. Wuthering HeightsC. Jane EyreD. Pride and Prejudice4. The most famous dramatists in the Renaissance England are all the following EXCEPT ______.A. Francis BaconB. Christopher MarloweC. William ShakespeareD. BenJonson5. George Bernard Shaw’s play Mrs. Warren’s Profession is about______.A. slum landlordismB. the economic oppression of womenC. the political corruption in EnglandD. the religious corruption in England6. All of the following statements can correctly describe the Enlightenment Movement EXCEPT ______.A. The movement flourished in France.B. The movement was a furtherance of the Renaissance.C. The purpose of the movement was to enlighten the whole world.D. The purpose of the movement was to enhance the religious education.7. Among the three major poetical works by John Milton ______ is the most perfect example of the verse drama after the Greek style in English.A. Samson AgonistesB. Paradise LostC. Paradise RegainedD. Areopagitica8. The major British Romantic poets Blake，Wordsworth，Coleridge，Byron，Shelley and Keats started a rebellion against the neoclassical literature，which was later regarded as _____.A. the poetic romanceB. the poetic movementC. the poetic revolutionD. the poetic reformation9. Jane Austen’s main literary concern is about ______.A. human beings in their personal relationshipsB. the love story between the rich and the poorC. maturity achieved through the loss of illusionsD. the daily country life of the upper-middle-class English10. Among the following British Romantic poets ______ is regarded as a “worshipper of nature”.A. William BlakeB. William WordsworthC. George Gordon ByronD. John Keats11. Jonathan Swift’s greatest satiric work is ______.A. A Tale of a TubB. The Battle of BooksC. Gulliver’s TravelsD. “A Modest Proposal’’12. Among the following writers ______ is considered to be the best —known English dramatist since Shakespeare.A. Oscar WildeB. John GalsworthyC. W. B. YeatsD. George Bernard Shaw13. As a representative of the Enlightenment，______ was one of the first to introduce rationalism to England.A. Francis BaconB. Alexander PopeC. Thomas GrayD. T. S. Eliot14. All of the following poets are regarded as “Lake Poets”EXCEPT ______.A. Samuel Taylor ColeridgeB. Robert SoutheyC. William WordsworthD. William Blake15. “To be, or not to be —that is the question；／whether’tis nobler in the mind to suffer，／the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,／Or to take arms against a sea of troubles, ／And by opposing end them”The quoted lines are taken from ______.A. King LearB. Romeo and JulietC. OthelloD. Hamlet16. Daniel Defoe describes ______ as a typical English middle —class man of the eighteenth century，the very prototype of the empire builder，the pioneer colonist．A. Robinson CrusoeB. Moll FlandersC. GulliverD. Tom Jones17. The declaration that “I know that This World is a World of IMAGINATION & Vision，”and that “The Nature of my work is visionaryor imaginative’’belongs to ______.A. William BlakeB. William WordsworthC. Samuel Taylor Coleridge D．George Gordon Byron18. Although writing from different points of view and with different techniques，writers in the Victorian Period shared one thing in common，that is，they were all concerned about ______．A. the fate of the upper classB. the reformation of the governmentC. the fate of the common peopleD. the future of their family clans19. “If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind’’The quoted line comes from ______.A. Shelley’s “Ode to the West Wind’’B. Walt Whitman’s Leaves of GrassC. John Milton’s Paradise Lost D．John Keats’“Ode on a Grecian Urn”20. Among the following figures ______ is Dickens’first child hero.A．Little Nell B．David CopperfieldC．Oliver Twist D．Little Dorrit21. In the play The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde，the upper —class people are described all of the following EXCEPT ______.A. corruptB. snobbishC. hypocriticalD. ambitious22. In Thomas Hardy’s Wessex novels, there is an apparent ______ touch in his description of the simple and beautiful though primitive rural life.A. nostalgic 乡愁的B. humorousC. romantic23. “Life is but a losing battle, it is a struggle man can dominate in such a way that loss becomes dignity；man can be physically destroyed but never defeated spiritually.”This notion is typically held by ______．A. Mark TwainB. Ezra PoundC. William FaulknerD. Ernest Hemingway24. The literary spokesman of the Jazz Age is ______.A. Henry JamesB. Robert FrostC. F. Scott FitzgeraldD. William Faulkner25．North of Boston is described by the author，Robert Frost，as “a book of people，’’which shows a brilliant insight into ______ character and the background that formed it．A. the cowboyB. New EnglandC. Ivy ColleagueD. ivory tower26．People generally regarded ______ as the forerunner of the 20th —century “stream- of-consciousness”novels and the founder of psychological realism.A. Theodore DreiserB. William FaulknerC. Henry James D．Mark Twain27. According to ______, “There is evil in every human heart，which may remain latent，perhaps，through the whole life；but circumstances may rouse it to activity．”A. Nathaniel HawthorneB. Edgar Ellen PoeC. William Faulkner D．Theodore Dreiser28. Hemingway once described _____ the one book from which “all modern American literature comes.”A. The Adventures of Huckleberry FinnB. The Adventures of Tom SawyerC. The Gilded AgeD. Innocents Abroad29. What Walt Whitman prefers for his new subject and new poetic feelings is “______，”that is，poetry without a fixed beat or regular rhyme scheme．A. fixed verseB. free verseC. fixed endingD. free ending30. By writing _______ Melville reached the most flourishing stage of his literary creativity.A. TypeeB. OmooC. MardiD. Moby-Dick31. Shortly before his death in 1945，______ joined the CommunistParty.A. Theodore DreiserB. Mark TwainC. Henry JamesD. Ezra Pound32. Naturalism is evolved from ______ when the author’s tone in writing becomes less serious and less sympathetic but more ironic and more pessimistic.A. RomanticismB. ModernismC. RealismD. Scientism33. One of the most familiar themes in American naturalism is the theme of human ______.A. peacefulnessB. joyfulnessC. bestiality兽性D. civilization34. Hawthorne’s view of man and human history originated，to a great extent，from ______.A. TranscendentalismB. PuritanismC. HumanismD. Expressionism35. In general, the American woman poet _____ wanted to live simply as a complete independent being，and so she did，as a spinster 老姑娘.A. Anne BretB. Emily DickinsonC. Anna DickinsonD. Emily Shaw36. Theodore Dreiser’s ______ found expression in almost everybook he wrote in which “kill or to be killed”was the law.A. romanticismB. naturalismC. cubismD. classicalism37. William Faulkner creates his own mythical kingdom that mirrors not only the decline of the ______ society but also the spiritual wasteland of the whole American society.A. southernB. northernC. westernD. eastern38. Almost every book written by Hawthorne discusses _____，which reflects his unceasing interest in the “interior of the heart”of man’s being.A. sin and evilB. 1ove and hatredC. frustration and self - denialD. balance and self - discipline39. A preoccupation with the ______ view of original sin and the mystery of evil marked the works of Hawthorne，Melville and a host of lesser writers.A. optimisticB. CalvinisticC. PlatonicD. Socratic40. The American ______ as a cultural heritage exerted great influences over American moral values in the American Romantic period.A. Puritanism B．Atheism无神论C. Deism 自然神论D. Cynicism冷嘲热讽的PART TWO(60 POINTS)II. Reading Comprehension(16 points in all，4 for each)Read the quoted parts carefully and answer the questions in English．Write your answers in the corresponding space on the Answer Sheet．41. “The fiver glideth at his own sweet will：Dear God! the very houses seem asleep；And all that mighty heart is lying still!”(from William Wordsworth’s “Composed upon Westminster Bridge”)Questions：A. What figure of speech is used in the quoted linesB. What does “that mighty heart’’refer toC. What does the poem decribe42. “When the stars threw down their spears,And water’d heaven with their tears,Did he smile his work to seeDid he who made the Lamb make thee”Questions：A. Identify the poet and the poem from which the quoted lines are takenB. Whom does the “he’’refer toC. What does the “Lamb”symbolize43. “My tongue，every atom of my blood，form’d from this soil，this air,Born here of parents born here from parents the same，and theirparents the same，I，now thirty-seven years old in perfect health begin，Hoping to cease not till death”Questions：A. Identify the poet and the poem from which the quoted lines are taken.B. What do “soil”and “air”represent in the first lineC. What does the poet try to say in the above four lines44. “I cannot rub the strangeness from my sightI got from looking through a pane of glassI skimmed this morning from the drinking troughAnd held against the world of hoary grass.”Questions：A. Identify the poet and the poem from which the quoted lines are taken.B. What does the word “strangeness’’refer toC. What do the quoted lines implyIII．Questions and Answers(24 points in all，6 for each)Give a brief answer to each of the following questions in English．Write your answers in the corresponding space on the Answer Sheet．45. As a leading Romanticist，Byron’s chief contribution is his creation of the “Byronic Hero”．Briefly explain the literary term “Byronic Hero’’.46. TheWaste Land is T．S．Eliot’s most important single poem．Try to state the theme and the significance of the poem briefly.47．What is the most famous theme in Henry James’s fictionAnd what is his favourite approach in characterization，which makes him different from Mark Twain and W as a realist Give two titles of his first period works in which this theme and this approach are employed.48. As a leading spokesman of the “Imagist Movement”，what principles does Ezra Pound endorseIV. Topic Discussion(20 points in all，10 for each)Write no less than 150 words on each of the following topics in English in the corresponding space on the Answer Sheet.49. Discuss Charles Dickens’art of fiction：the setting，the character —portrayal，the language，etc．，based on his novel Oliver Twist．50. Greatly and permanently affected by the war experiences, Hemingway formed his own writing style，together with his theme andhero. Please discuss Hemingway’s writing style in relation to his novels you have read.。