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【题型：简答】【分数：4分】 得分：4分

[1] What are the characteristics of Byron's works?

答： Although many of Byron’s works are debated by the critics, he is still one of the influential figures inEnglish literature. In most of his works, we can see Byron's violent attack on" Cant politics, religion anovelty of the oriental scenery, the romantic character of Byronically hero and the easy, fluent and natuverse. Byron's diction, though unequal and frequently faulty, has on a whole a freedom, copiousness and vdescriptions are simple and fresh, and often bring vivid objects before the reader. The glowing imaginati答案： they are violentattack on politics, religion and morals. They describe the noveoriental scenery and shows the easy, fluent and natural beauty of his verse.

【题型：简答】【分数：4分】 得分：4分

[2] Briefly state Mark Twain’ s magic power with language in his novels.

答： A.Setting: In the novel Mark Twain recreates a small-town world of America and presents the local color. Bsimple, direct language faithful to the colloquial speech, the vernacular language of the local people C.Crecreates two rebels and fugitives running away from civilization, especially Huckleberry Finn, an innocenaccept the conventional village morality D.Theme: The novel is a criticism of social injustice, hypocrisy,and narrow-mindedness of the American small town society E.Style: The novel employs a humorous

答案： His words are colloquial, concrete and direct in effect, and his sentence strsimple, even ungrammatical spoken language; His characters speak with a strong

is true of his local colorism;Different characters from different literary or cbackgrounds talk differently.

【题型：简答】【分数：4分】 得分：0分

[3]

What are the main features of Robert Browning’s poetry?

答： Robert Browning’s poems are known for their irony, characterization, dark humor, social commentary, histochallenging vocabulary and syntax.

答案： He uses dramatic monologue, fast, rough and unmusical rhythm. His works inclucompressed syntax, similes and illustrations,non-poetic jarring diction.

【题型：简答】【分数：4分】 得分：1分

[4] What are the "Wessex novels" of Thomas Hardy? 实用文档

答： Thomas Hardy is one of the most excellent realistic novelist and poet in the 19~(th) century. His novelsdescription of his hometown Wessex—a city in England, and therefore are called by the name "Wessex Novenamed as Novels of Character and Environment by Hardy himself. These novels describe the unexpected and

fields of society, economy, politics, ethics, and customs in England after the invasion of Capitalism, afate of the broken farmers, and discover the potential crisis of the society in England which is under t答案： They are the fictional and crude rural region in Wessex andHardy's homeplac【题型：简答】【分数：4分】 得分：2分

[5] Comment on the characteristics of Romantic writers in English history.

答： It is a rebellion against the neoclassical literature, extols the faculty of imagination and nature

答案： It is a rebellion against the neoclassical literature, extols the faculty of

nature.

【题型：简答】【分数：4分】 得分：4分

[6] The white whale, Moby Dick is endowed with symbolic meaning. What do you think it symbolizes?

答： To Ahab, the whale is an evil creature or the agent of an evil force that controls the universe.To Ishmaelastonishing force, an immense power, which defies rational explanation due to a sense of mystery it carriebut malignant at the same time. To the reader, it may be regarded as a symbol of nature or an instrument oupon evil man

答案： To Ahab, the whale is an evil creature or the agent of an evil force that contruniverse.

To Ishmael, the whale is an astonishing force, an immense power, which defies rexplanation due to a sense of mystery it carries. It is beautiful, but malignantime.

To the reader, it may be regarded as a symbol of nature or an instrument of Godupon evil man.

【题型：论述】【分数：10分】 得分：10分

[7] Discuss the artistic features of Shelley's poems.

答： lyrical|poet|classical|mythological|allusions|figures of speech|metaphor|personification|description

答案： lyrical|poet|classical|mythological|allusions|figures of

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【题型：论述】【分数：10分】 得分：10分

[8] What does Wordsworth mean when he said "All good poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelingstranquility"?

答： This sentence is considered as the principle of Wordsworth’s poetry creation which was set forth in theLyrical Ballads”. As contrasted with the classicists who made reason, order and the old classical tradiin their poetical creations，Wordsworth based his own poetic talent on the premise that“all good poetryoverflow of powerful feeling．” He appealed directly on individual sensations，i. e. pleasure，excitemeas the foundation in the creation and appreciation of poetry. A poet’s emotion extends from human affai答案： principle|Wordsworth|poetic|creation|preface|Lyrical Ballads|individual|sensa【题型：阅读】【分数：4分】 得分：0分

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2008年4月高等教育自学考试英美文学选读北京试卷

2008年4月高等教育自学考试英美文学选读北京试卷

1 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

英美文学选读问答题

英美文学选读问答题

二○○○年上半年全国高等教育自学考试英美文学选读试卷

PART TWO

Ⅱ.Reading Comprehension（16 points, 4 points 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.Read the quotation carefully and then answer the questions:

The curfew tolls the knell of parting day,

The lowing herd wind slowly o'er the lea,

The plowman homeward plods his weary way,

And leaves the world to darkness and to me.

A.Scan the first line of the stanza.

B.Find the irregular foot in the second line.

C.Briefly explain the significance of this irregularity.

42.The following is a passage taken from a dramatic work:

Had I as many souls as there be stars

I'd give them all for Mephistophilis!

By him I'll be great emperor of the world,

And make a bridge thorough the moving air

2020年4月全国自考英美文学选读试题及答案解析

2020年4月全国自考英美文学选读试题及答案解析

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I. Multiple Choice ( 40 points in all, 1for each )

Select from the four choices of each item the one that best answer the question or

completes the statement. Write the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.

establishment of the form of the modern novel.

of the 20 th-century English poetry.

time.

5．William Blake 's central concern in the Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience is _________________

which gives the two books a strong social and historical reference.

A ． youthhood B． childhood

C．happiness D． sorrow

6．All of the following works are known as Hardy 's “novels of character and environment EXCETP .

1． The Renaissance is actually a movement stimulated by a series of historical events

英美文学选读自考题模拟19

英美文学选读自考题模拟19

英美文学选读自考题模拟19

(总分：99.97，做题时间：90分钟)

一、Ⅰ.Multiple Choice(总题数：40，分数：40.00)

1."Human nature is seriously and permanently flawed. To better human life, enlightenment is needed,

but to redress it is very hard."" That is ______ point of view.

（分数：1.00）

A.Daniel Defoe"s

B.Charles Dickens"

C.Jonathan Swift"s √

D.Henry Fielding"s

解析：[解析] 本题主要考查的知识点为斯威夫特对人性的观点。

斯威夫特对人性的理解十分深入透彻，他认为人性永远有着严重的瑕疵，为了使人的生活更美好，人们需要启蒙，但脱胎换骨是很难的。

2.The Houyhnhnms depicted by Jonathan Swift in Gulliver"s Travels are ______.

（分数：1.00）

A.horses that are endowed with reason √

B.pigmies that are endowed with admirable qualities

C.giants that are superior in wisdom

D.hairy, wild, low and despicable creatures, who resemble human beings not only in appearance

but also in some other ways

解析：[解析] 本题主要考查的知识点为《格列佛游记》的内容。

《格列佛游记》的第四卷是全书中最有趣的一部分，格列佛发现了慧马国。在那里，马即彗马具有理性以及其他所有的优秀品质，它们是统治阶级。