1、第 1 页 共 28 页英美文学历年真题第 2 页 共 28 页第 3 页 共 28 页第 4 页 共 28 页第 5 页 共 28 页第 6 页 共 28 页第 7 页 共 28 页第 8 页 共 28 页全国 2009 年 4 月英美文学选读试题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 or completes the sta
2、tement and write the corresponding letter on the answer sheet.1. In Renaissance, the European humanist thinkers and scholars 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 expresse
3、d the interests of the rising bourgeoisieD. recovering the purity of the early church, from the corruption of the Roman Catholic Church2. The Petrarchan sonnet was first introduced into England by _.A. Surrey B. WyattC. Sidney D. Shakespeare3. As the best of Shakespeares final romances,_ is a typica
4、l example of his pessimistic view towards human life and society in his late years.A. The Tempest B. The Winters TaleC. Cymbeline D. The Rape of Lucrece第 9 页 共 28 页4. John Miltons greatest poetical work _ is the only generally acknowledged epic in English literarure since Beowulf.A. Areopagitica B.
5、Paradise LostC. Lycidas D. Samson Agonistes5. The British bourgeois or middle class believed in the following notions EXCEPT _.A. self - esteem B. self - relianceC. self - restraint D. hard work6. “Graveyard School”writers are the following sentimentalists EXCEPT _.A. James Thomson B. William Collin
6、sC. William Cowper D. Thomas Jackson7. The best model of satire in the whole English literary history is Jonathan Swifts _.A. A Modest Proposal B. A Tale of a TubC. Gullivers Travels D. The Battle of the Books8. As a representative of the Enlightenment,_ was one of the first to introduce rationalism
7、 to England.A. John Bunyan B. Daniel DefoeC. Alexander Pope D. 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 Defoe B. Henry FieldingC. Jonathan Swift D. Samuel Richardson10. Which of t
8、he following descriptions of Gothic Novels is NOT correct?A. 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 rom
9、ance. 11. “Byronic hero” is a figure of the following traits EXCEPT _.A. being proud B. being of humble originC. being rebellious D. being mysterious12. Robert Browning created _ by adopting the novelistic presentation of characters.A. the verse novel B. the blank verseC. the heroic couplet D. the d
10、ramatic poetry13. Charles Dickens novel _ is famous for its vivid descriptions of the workhouse and life of the underworld in the nineteenth- century London.A. The Pickwick Paper B. Oliver TwistC. David Copperfield D. Nicholas Nickleby14. Charlotte Brontes works are all about the struggle of an indi
11、vidual consciousness towards _ about some lonely and neglected young women with a fierce longing for love, understanding and a full, happy life.A. self - reliance B. self - realizationC. self - esteem D. self - consciousness15. The symbolic meaning of “Book” in Robert Brownings long poem The Ring an
12、d the Book is _.A. the common sense B. the hard truthC. the comprehensive knowledge D. the dead truth16. Thomas Hardys pessimistic view of life predominated most of his later works and earns him a reputation as a _ writer.A. realistic B. naturalisticC. romantic D. stylistic17. After the First World
13、War, there appeared the following literary trends of modernism EXCEPT _.A. expressionism B. surrealismC. stream of consciousness D. black humour18. The masterpieces of critical realism in the early 20th century are the three trilogies of _.A. Galsworthys Forsyte novels B. Hardy s Wessex novelsC. Gre
14、enes Catholic novels D. Woolfs stream-of-consciousness novels19. In the mid - 1950s and early 1960s, there appeared “_” who demonstrated a particular disillusion over the depressing situation in Britain and launched a bitter protest. against the outmoded social and political values in their society.
15、第 10 页 共 28 页A. The Beat Generation B. The Lost GenerationC. The Angry Young Men D. Black Mountain Poets20.The following are English stream-of-consciousness novels EXCEPT _.A.Pilgrimage B. UlyssesC.Mrs.Dalloway D. A Passage to Inida21. The leader of the Irish National Theater Movement in the early 2
16、0th century was _.A. W.B.Yeats B. Lady GregoryC. J.M.Synge D. John Galworthy22. T.S.Eliots most popular verse play is _.A. Murder in the Cathedral B. The Cocktail PartyC. The Family Reunion D. The Waste Land23. The American writer _ was awarded the Nobel Prize for the anti-racist Intruder in the Dus
17、t in 1950.A. Ernest Hemingway B. Gertrude SteinC. William Faulkner D.T.S. Eliot24. Hemingways second big success is _ , which wrote the epitaph to a decade and 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
18、nurse.A. For Whom the Bell Tolls B. A Farewell to ArmsC. The Sun Also Rises D. The Old Man and the Sea25. With the publication of _ , Dreiser was launching himself upon a long career that would ultimately make him one of the most significant American writers of the school later known as literary nat
19、uralism.A. Sister Carrie B. The TitanC. The Genius D. The Stoic26. Henry James is generally regarded as the forerunner of the 20th-century “stream -of-consciousness”novels and the founder of _.A. neoclassicism B. psychological realismC. psychoanalytical criticism D. surrealism27. In 1849, Herman Mel
20、ville published _ ,a semi-autobiographical novel, concerning the sufferings of a genteel youth among brutal sailors.A. Omoo B. MardiC. Redburn D. Typee28. As a sequel to The Adventures of Tom Sawyer,_ marks the climax of Mark Twains literary activity.A. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn B. Life on
21、the MississippiC. The Gilded Age D. Roughing It29. Realism was a reaction against _ or a move away from the bias towards romance and self- creating fictions, and paved the way to Modernism.A. Romanticism B. RationalismC. Post-modernism D. Cynicism30. When World War II broke out,_ began working for t
22、he Italian government, engaged in some radio broadcasts of anti- Semitism and pro- Fascism.A. Ezra Pound B.T.S. EliotC. Henry James D. Robert Frost31. In 1915 _ became a naturalized British citizen, largely in protest against Americas failure to join England in the First World War.A. Henry James B.T
23、.S.EliotC. 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 verse B. free rhythmC. balanced structure D. free verse33. The American woman poet _ wanted to live simply as a comp
24、lete independent being, and so she did, as a spinster.A. Emily Shaw B. Anna DickinsonC. Emily Dickinson D. Anne Bret34. The Birthmark drives home symbolically _ point that evil is a mans birthmark, something he was born with.A. Whitmans B. Melvilles第 11 页 共 28 页C. Hawthornes D. Emersons35. The Finan
25、cier ,The Titan and The Stoic written by _ are called his “Trilogy of Desire”.A. Henry James B. Theodore DreiserC. Mark Twain D. Herman Melville36. Disregarding grammar and punctuation,_ always used “i” instead of “I” in his poems to show his protest against self-importance.A. Wallace Stevens B. Ezr
26、a PoundC. Robert Frost D. E.E.Cummings37. Though Robert Frost is generally considered a regional poet whose subject matters mainly focus on the landscape and people in _ , he wrote many poems that investigate the basic themes of mans life in his long poetic career.A. the west B. the southC. New Engl
27、and D. Alaska38. Most critics have agreed that Fitzgerald is both an insider and an outsider of _ with a double vision.A. the Gilded Age B. the Rational AgeC. the Jazz Age D. the Magic Age39. In the American Romantic writings,_ came to function almost as a dramatic character that symbolized moral la
28、w.A. fire B. waterC. trees D. wilderness40. The desire for an escape from society and a return to _ became a permanentconvention of the American literature.A. the family life B. natureC. the ancient time D. fantasy of loveII. Reading Comprehension (16 points in all, 4 for each)Read the quoted parts
29、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 blood?Questions:A. Identify the poet and the title of
30、the poem from which the stanza is taken.B. What figure of speech is used in Line 2?C. Whom does “drones” refer to?Answer: A: The Men of England by Percy Bysshe ShelleyB. Metaphor (不确定答案)C. Drones: the male of the honey-bees that do not work, referring here to the parasitic class in human society.42.
31、 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,F
32、ull of high sentence, but a bit obtuse;Questions:A. Identify the title of the poem from which the quoted part is taken.B. Whos the speaker of the quoted lines?C. What does the first line show about the speaker?Answer:A. The Love Song of J.Alfred Prufrock.B. Prufrock.C. (待补充)第 12 页 共 28 页43There was
33、a child went forth every day,And the first object he lookd 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 th
34、ese lines taken?C. What does the poet describe in the poem?Answer:A. Walt WhitmanB. There Was a Child Went Forth; Leaves of Grass.C. This poem describes the growth of a child who learned about the world around him and improved himself accordingly.44. I heard a Fly buzz- when I died-The Stillness in
35、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 to?C. What moment is the poem trying to d
36、escribe?Answer: A. Emily DickinsonB. the King refers to the God of death.C. the poem trying to describe the moment of death. the author even imagined her own death, the loss of her own body, and the journey of her soul to the unknownIII. Questions and Answers (24 points in all, 6 for each)Give brief
37、 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 Neoclassicists celebrate in literary creation?A. The Neoclassicism period was an important age with the remarkab
38、le authors Pope, Defoe, etc.B. 1) The Neoclassical period is about 1660-1798, also known as “the Age of Enlightenment“ or “the age of Reason“. 2)In essence, the Neoclassical Period was a progressive intellectual movement. 3)The Enlighteners believed in self-restraint, self-reliance and hard work; Th
39、ey celebrated reason/rationality, equality and science. They advocated universal education, which could make people rational and prefect, they believed. 4)In literature, The Enlightenment Movement brought about a revival of interest in the ancient Greek and Roman classical works; the works at the ti
40、me, 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.46. Jane Eyre is one of the most popular and important novels of the Victorian Age. Why is Jane Eyre such a successful novel?Answer:
41、A. The story opens with the titular heroine, Jane Eyre, a plain little orphan.B. This novel sharply criticize the existing society, e.g. the religious hypocrisy of charity institutions, the social discrimination Jane experiences and the false social convention as concerning love and marriage.C. The
42、success of the novel is also due to its introduction to the English novel the first governess heroine Jane Eyre.D. It is an intense moral fable at the same time. Jane, like Mr. Rochester, has to undergo a series of physical and moral tests to grow up and achieve her final happiness.47. Who are the t
43、hree dominant figures of the American Age of Realism and what are the differences in their understanding of the “truth”?Answer: A. the three dominant figures of the American Age of Realism are Mark Twain, Howells, Henry James.B. Mark Twain and Howells seemed to have paid more attention to the life o
44、f the Americans, Henry James had apparently laid a greater emphasis on the “inner world” of man.第 13 页 共 28 页Howells focused his discussion on the rising middle class and the way they lived, while Twain preferred to have his own region and people at the forefront of his stories.48. Whats Dreiser s n
45、aturalistic belief? Please discuss the question with Carrie, a character in Sister Carrie as an example.Answer: 1) Penniless and “full of the illusions of ignorance and youth“, Sister Carrie leaves her rural home to seek work in Chicago, she grows from an innocent, pure country girl to be a girl mat
46、ure in intellect and emotion, and she becomes a star of musical comedies. But in spite of her success in material, she is not happy but lonely and dissatisfied. 2) Sister Carrie best embodies Dreisers naturalistic belief that while men are controlled and conditioned by heredity, instinct and chance,
47、 a few extraordinary and unsophisticated human beings refuse to accept their fate wordlessly and instead strive, unsuccessfully, to find meaning and purpose for their existenceIV. Topic Discussion(20 points in all, 10 for each)Write no less than 150 words on each of the following topics in English i
48、n the corresponding space on the answer sheet.49. Briefly discuss William Shakespeares artistic achievements in characterization, plot construction and language.Answer: As one of the most remarkable playwrights and poets the worlds has ever known, Shakespeare has effected his influence far beyond th
49、e time he livedthe Renaissance period. In this greatest tragedy “ Hamlet”, his skillful handling of plot construction, powerful condemnations of the royal corruption as well as his genius application of soliloquy are all displayed perfectly, which not only makes this play the most popular one on the stage, but also creates Shakespeare an everlasting fame in the literary w
