1、 专注于收集各类历年试卷和答案1全国 2007 年 4 月高等教育自学考试英美文学选读试题课程代码：00604请将答案填在答题纸相应位置上. Multiple Choice (40 points in all, 1 for each)Select from the four choices of each item the one that best answers the question or completes the statement. Write your answer in the corresponding space on the answer sheet. 1The wor
2、k that presented, for the first time in English literature, a comprehensive realistic picture of the medieval English society and created a whole gallery of vivid characters from all walks of life is most likely _.AWilliam Langland s Piers Plowman BGeoffrey Chaucers The Canterbury TalesCJohn Gowers
3、Confession Amantis DSir Gawain and the Green Knight2The tragedy of Dr. Faustus, the protagonist in Christopher Marlowes The Tragic History of Dr. Faustus , is the very fact that_.Aman is confined to timeBhe tried to join Africa to SpainChe became a man without soul after he sold itDhe conjured up He
4、len, the lady who was partially responsible for the breaking-up of the Trojan War3The sentence “Shall I compare thee to a summers day?” is the beginning line of one of Shakespeares _.Acomedies BtragediesCsonnets Dhistories4Paradise Lost is actually a story taken from _.Athe Renaissance Bthe Old Test
5、amentCGreek Mythology Dthe New Testament5Spensers masterpiece _ is a great poem of its time. AThe Faerie Queene BThe Shepheardes CalenderCThe Canterbury Tales DM 专注于收集各类历年试卷和答案26_ is the essence of the Renaissance.APoetry BDramaCHumanism DReason7The most famous dramatists in the Renaissance England
6、are Christopher Marlowe, William Shakespeare and _.AJohn Milton BJohn MarloweCBen Jonson DEdmund Spenser8 “To be, or not to bethat is the question”is a line taken from_.AHamlet BOthelloCKing Lear DThe merchant of venice9Francis Bacons essays are famous for their brevity, compactness and _.Acomplicit
7、y BcomplexityCpowerfulness Dmildness10Literature of Neoclassicism is different from that of Romanticism in that _.Athe former celebrates reason, rationality, order and instruction while the latter sees literature as an expression of an individuals feeling and experiencesBthe former is heavily religi
8、ous but the latter secularCthe former is an intellectual movement, the purpose of which is to arouse the middle class for political rights while the latter is concerned with the personal cultivationDthe former advocates the “return to nature” whereas the latter turns to the ancient Greek and Roman w
9、riters for its models.11Daniel Defoe describes _ as a typical English Middle- class man of the eighteenth century, the very prototype of the empire builder or the pioneer colonist.ATom Jones BGulliverCMoll Flanders DRobinson Crusoe12_ is a typical feature of Swifts writings.ABitter satire BElegant s
10、tyleCCasual narration DComplicated sentence structure13The Pilgrims Progress by John Bunyan is often said to be concerned with the search for _ 专注于收集各类历年试卷和答案3Amaterial wealth Bspiritual salvationCuniversal truth Dself- fulfillment14Alexander Pope strongly advocated _ , emphasizing that literary wor
11、ks should be judged by rules of order, reason, logic, restrained emotion, good taste and decorum.ASentimentalism BRomanticismCIdealism DNeoclassicism15 “Metaphysical poetry” refers to the works of the 17th- century writers who wrote under the influence of _.AJohn Donne BAlexander PopeCChristopher Ma
12、rlowe DJohn Milton16It is generally regarded that Keats s most important and mature poems are in the form of _.Aode BelegyCepic Dsonnet17_ is the most outstanding stream of consciousness novelist, with _ as his encyclopedia like masterpiece .AJames Joyce, Ulysses BE.M. Foster, A Passage to IndiaCD.H
13、. Lawrence, Sons and Lovers DVirginia Woolf, Mrs Dalloway18Which of the following poems is a landmark in English poetry? ALyrical Ballads by William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor ColeridgeB “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud” by William WordsworthC “Remorse ”by Samuel Taylor ColeridgeDLeaves of Grass Walt
14、 Whitman19The literary form which is fully developed and the most flourishing during the Romantic Period is _.Aprose BdramaCnovel Dpoetry20Which of the following poems by T.S. Eliot is hailed as a landmark and a model of the 20th century English poetry?APoems 1909-1925 BThe Hollow M 专注于收集各类历年试卷和答案4C
15、Prufrock and Other Observations DThe Waste Land21 “My last Duchess” is a poem that best exemplifies Robert Brownings _.Asensitive ear for the sounds of the English languageBexcellent choice of wordsCmastering of the metrical devicesDuse of the dramatic monologue22Dickens works are characterized by a
16、 mingling of _ and pathos.Ahumor BsatireCpassion Dmetaphor23Walt Whitman, whose _ established him as the most popular American poet of the 19th century.ALeaves of Grass BGo Down, MosesCThe Marble Faun DAs I Lay Dying24_ has always been regarded as a writer who “perfected the best classic style that
17、American Literature ever produced”.AEdgar Ellen Poe BWalt WhitmanCHenry David Thoreau DWashington Irving25The Romantic Period, one of the most important periods in the history of American literature, stretches from the end of _ to the outbreak of _.Athe 17th centurythe American War of IndependenceBt
18、he 18th centurythe American Civil WarCthe 17th centurythe American Civil WarDthe 18th centurythe U.S. Mexican War26Which of the following statements is NOT true of American Transcendentalism?AIt can be clearly defined as a part of American Romantic literary movement.BIt can be defined philosophicall
19、y as “the recognition in man of the capacity of knowing truth intuitively”.CRalph Waldo Emerson was the chief advocate of this spiritual movement.DIt sprang from South America in the late 19th century.27The theme of Washington Irvings Rip Van Winkle is _ 专注于收集各类历年试卷和答案5Athe conflict of human psyche
20、Bthe fight against racial discriminationCthe familial conflict Dthe nostalgia for the unrecoverable past28The unofficial manifesto for the Transcendental Club was _, Emersons first little book, which established him ever since as the most eloquent spokesman of New England Transcendentalism.AThe Amer
21、ican Scholar BSelf relianceCNature DThe Over Soul29Nathaniel Hawthorne held an unceasing interest in the “interior of the heart ”of mans being. So in almost every book he wrote, Hawthorne discusses_.Alove and hatred Bsin and evilCfrustration and selfdenial Dbalance and selfdiscipline30In Young Goodm
22、an Brown by Hawthorne, the name of Goodman Browns wife is _, which also contains many symbolic meanings.ARuth BHesterCFaith DMary31Which of the following statements might be true of the theme of Song of Myself by Whitman? AThis poem describes the growth of a child who learned about the world around
23、him and improved himself accordingly.BThis poem shows the authors cynical sentiments against the American Civil War.CThis poem reflects the authors belief in Unitarianism or Deism.DThis poem reflects the authors belief in the singularity and equality of all beings in value.32In Moby Dick, the white
24、whale symbolizes _ for Melville, for it is complex, unfathomable, malignant, and beautiful as well.Anature Bhuman societyCwhaling industry Dtruth33Realism was a reaction against Romanticism or a move away from the bias towards romance and selfcreating fictions, and paved the way to _.ACynicism BMode
25、rnismCTranscendentalism DNeo C 专注于收集各类历年试卷和答案634Hemingway once described Mark Twains novel _ the one book from which “all modern American literature comes”.AThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn BThe Adventures of Tom SawyerCThe Gilded Age DThe Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg35_ is generally regarded as
26、the forerunner of the 20thcentury “streamofconsciousness” novels and the founder of psychological realism.ATheodore Dreiser BWilliam FaulknerCHenry James DMark Twain36Which of the following statements is NOT true of Emily Dickinson and her poetry?AShe remained unmarried all her lifeBShe wrote, 1,775
27、 poems, and most of them were published during her life time. CHer poems have no titles, hence are always quoted by their first lines.DHer limited private world has never confined the limitless power of her creativity and imagination.37As a genre, naturalism emphasized _ as important deterministic f
28、orces shaping individualized characters who were presented in special and detailed circum-stances.Atheological doctrinesBheredity and environmentCeducation and hard workDvarious opportunities and economic success38Ezra Pound, a leading spokesman of the “_” , was one of the most important poets in hi
29、s time.AImagist Movement BCubist MovementCReformist Movement DTranscendentalist Movement39Eugene ONeills first fulllength play, _, won him the first Pulitzer Prize. Its theme is the choice between life and death, the interaction of subjective and objective factors.ABound East for Cardiff BThe Hairy
30、ApeCDesire Under the Elms DBeyond the Horizon40Hemingways “Indian Camp ” is one of the fourteen short stories collected under the title of 专注于收集各类历年试卷和答案7_. This title is very ironic because there is no peace at all in the stories.AThree Stories and Ten Poems BAcross the River and into the TreesCTh
31、e Green Hills of Africa DIn Our Time.Reading Comprehension (16 points, 4 for each)Read the quoted parts carefully and answer the questions in English. Write your answer in the corresponding space on the answer sheet.41 “For oft, when on my couch I lieIn vacant or in pensive mood,they flash upon that
32、 inward eye”Questions:AIdentify the anthor and the title.BWhat does the phrase “inward eye” mean?CWrite out the main idea of the passage in plain English.42 “The duties of her married life, contemplated as so great beforehand, seemed to be shrinking with the furniture and the white vapourwalled land
33、scape. The clear heights where she expected to walk in full communion had become difficult to see even in her imagination; the delicious repose of the soul on a complete superior had been shaken into uneasy effort and alarmed with dim presentiment. When would the days begin of that active wifely dev
34、otion which was to strengthen her husbands life and exalt her own?”Questions:AIdentify the author and the title of the story from which the passage is taken.BExplain the meaning of “the white vapourwalled landscape”CHow do you undersdand “the delicious repose of the soul on a complete superior”?43 “
35、It was you that broke the new wood,Now is a time for carving.We have one sap and one rootLet there be commerce between us.”Questions:AWhom does the “us” refer to?BWhat does the phrase “broke the new wood ” mean here? 专注于收集各类历年试卷和答案8CWhat is the intention of the poet in writing the poem “A Pact” from
36、 which these lines are taken?44 “There was music from my neighbors 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,
37、or taking the sun on the hot sand of his beach while his two motorboats slit the waters of the Sound, drawing aquaplanes over cataracts of foam. On weekends his RollsRoyce became an omnibus, bearing parties to and from the city between nine in the morning and long past midnight, while his station wa
38、gon 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 scrubbingbrushes and hammers and gardenshears, repairing the ravages of the night before.”Questions:AIdentify the author and the title of the novel from
39、which this passage is taken.BWhat can you imply by reading this passage?CWhat do the “moths ” symbolize?.Questions and Answers (24 points in all, 6 for each)Give brief answers to each of the following questions in English .Write your answers in the corresponding space on the answer sheet.45William S
40、hakespeare is one of the most remarkable playwrights the world has ever known.(1)Name his four greatest tragedies.(2)What are the characteristics of the four tragedies in common?(3)Briefly summarize each heros weakness of nature.46 “Though his fair daughters self, as I avowedAt starting, is my objec
41、t. Nay, well goTogether down, sir. Notice Neptune, though,Taming a sea horse, though a rarity,Which Claus of Innsbruck cast in bronze for me! ”The lines above are taken from Robert Brownings “My Last Duchess.” Taking the whole poem into consideration, what kind of person do you think the duke is? 专注
42、于收集各类历年试卷和答案947What is generally the view Washington lrving expressed in his “Rip Van Winkle” about the radical changes that happened to the American society in his time?48What is the most famous theme in Henry Jamess fiction? And what is his favourite approach in characterization, which makes him d
43、ifferent from Mark Twain and W.D. Howells as realists? Give two titles of his works in which this theme and this approach are employed. 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 she
44、et.49Analyze the character of Jane Eyre based on the selection taken from Chapter X X of Jane Eyre.50Symbolism is an important literary practice in literature and it has been widely used by many American writers. Discuss the way symboliom is used in Faulkners story “A Rose for Emily.” 专注于收集各类历年试卷和答案
45、102007 年 4 月自考英美文学选读试题答案（课程代码 0604）I . Multiple Choice (40 points in all, 1 for each)l.B 2. A 3.C 4.B 5. A 6. C 7. C 8. A 9. C 10. A 11. D 12. A 13. B 14. D 15. A 16. A 17. A 18. A 19. D 20. D 21. D 22. A 23. A 24. D 25. B 26. D 27. D 28. C 29. B 30. C 31. D 32. A 33. B 34. A 35. C 36. B 37. B 38. A
46、 39. D 40. DII. Reading Comprehension (16 points in all, 4 for each)41. A. Wordsworth; I wondered lonely as a cloudB. human soulC. The poet expressed his love for the daffodils.42. A. George Eliot; MiddlemarchB. The landscape covered with white snow.C. It refers to Dorothea s dream of fulfilling something great by marrying somebody superior, somebody who can guide her.43. A. Whitman and Pound (the Imagists)B. Made experiments with the conventions of the traditional poetryC. In this poem, Pound started to find some agreement between “Whitm
