優(yōu)質(zhì)英美文學(xué)歷年真題

1、全國(guó)2007年7月高等教育自學(xué)考試英美文學(xué)選讀試題課程代碼:00604請(qǐng)將答案填在答題紙相應(yīng)位置上，全部題目用英文作答PART ONE (40 POINTS)1 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 in the corresponding space on the answer sheet

2、.1.、 a typical example of Old English poetry, is regarded as the national epic ofthe Anglo 一 SaxonsA. The Canterbury TalesB.ExodusC. BeowulfD.The Legend of Good Women2 It waswho first introduced the Petrarchan sonnet into England.A. CaxtonB.WyattC. SuiTevDMarloweJ3. Il is generally believed that the

3、 most important play among Shakespeare5 s comedies isA. A Midsummer Nights DreamB. As You Like ItC The Merchant of VeniceD Twelfth Night4. All the following poets exceptbelong to the metaphysical school.A. DonneB. HerbertC. Marvell1). Milton5 Of all the eighteenth - century novelists,was the first t

4、o set out, both in theory and practice, to wrile sj)e(nfieally a comic epic in prose and the first to give the modem novel its stnicture and style.A. Daniel DefoeB. Samuel RichardsonC. Henr)r FieldingD. Oliver Goldsmith6. Although writing from different points of view and with different techniques,

5、writers in the Victorican Peri(xl shared one thing in common, that is, they were all concerned a- boutA. the love story between the rich and the poorB the techniques in writingC the fate of the common peopleD the future of their own counlr)r7. In the theatrical world of the neoclassical period,was t

6、he leading figure a-rnong the host of playwrights.A. William BlakeB. Richard SheridanC. Ben JonsonD. Bernard Shaw8. The eighteenth - century England is also known as the Age of Enlightenment or the Age of.A. IntellectB. ReasonC. RationalityD. Science9 by Swift is generally regarded as the best model

7、 of satire, not only of the 18thcentury but also in the whole English literary historyA. A Tale of a TubB. The Battle of the BooksC. “A Modest ProposalMD. Gulliver s Travels1(). The novels ofare the first lilerary works devoted to the study of problems ofthe lower 一 class peopleA. BunyanB. DefoeI).

8、SwiftC. YieldingILPhornas Gray established his fame as the leader of theof the day.A. romanlic poelryC neoclassical poetryB sentimental poetryD. realistic novel12. Which of the following is tciken from John Keats$ s uOde on a Grecian Um?A. If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?B. For Oodsake hol

9、d your tongue, and let me love”C u Heard melodies are sweel t but those unheard/ Are sweeterD. The Child is father of the Man.13 Robert Browning s style is A. idonlical with that of the other VictoriansB. similar to that of Tennyson(:.perfectly artisticD rough and disproportionate in appearance14. T

10、homas Ilardv wrote novels of 11 A character and environment B pure romanceC stream of consciousnessD psychoanalysis15. The three trilogies of novels are masterpieces of critical realism in the early20th centuryA. Galsworthy9 s ForsyteB. I&wis Grassic Gibbons Sunset SongC. D.Lawrences Women in LoveD.

11、 E. M Foster* s A Passage to India16. is considered to be the best - known English dramatist since ShakespeareA. Oscar WildeB. Christopher MarloweC. John DrydenD. Bernard Shaw17. was awarded Nobel Prize for literature in 1923.A. Bernard ShawB. John GalsworthyC. W. B. YeatsD.T. S. EliotI8 Of the foll

12、owing poets, which is not regarded asu Lake Poets *?A. Samuel Taylor ColeridgeBRobert SoutheyC William WordsworthDGeorge Gordon Byron19 The four great odes of John Keats include I he following EXCEPT.A. Ode on MelancholyMB.Ode on a Grecian UmC. Ode to a NightingaleMD.Ode to the West Wind20. The Rain

13、bow andare generally regarded as I). H. Ijiwrence* s mnslerpieoes.A. Women in LoveB Sons and LoversC Lad、Chatterley1 s Lover D The Plumed Serpent21. In Oscar Wildes masterpiece , he expressed a satirical and bitter attitudetowards the upper - class people by revealing their comiption, snobbery and h

14、ypocrisy-A. SalomeB The Importance of Being EarnestC. The Happy PrinceD. A Woman of No Importance22. The Vanity Fair is a well 一 known part in The Pilgrims Progress, which of the following writers later adopted it as the title of a novel?A. DickensB. ThackerayC. FieldingD. Hardy23. To the Iranscende

15、ntalists such asand Thoreau, man is divine in nature ； butto Hawthorne and Melville, everybody is potentially a sinnerA Washington IrvingB. EmersonC Henry JamesD Emily Dickinson.24. Washington Irvingswas written in England, filled with English scenes andquotations from English authors and faithful t

16、o British orthographyA. Bracebridge HallB. Tales of a TravelerC. The Sketch BookD. The Alhambra25 The American Romantic writers celebrated Americas landscape with its virgin forests, meadows, groves, endless prairies, streams, and vast oceanscame tofunction almost as a dramatic character that symbol

17、ized moral lawA. The Atlantic OceanB The Rocky MountainsC. The Pacific OceanI). The wilderness26. Which one of the following statements is NOT true of Washington Irving?A. He was regarded as Father of the American Short StoryB He was one of the first American writers to earn an international reputat

18、ion.C H enjoyed the honor of being 44 the American Goldsmith for his literary craftsmanship I). He was one of the advocates of the New England Transcendental ism.27. Which one of the following statements is NOT true of Ralph Waldo Emerson and his works?A. Emerson * s essays often have a fonnal style

19、, for most of them were derived from his journals or lecturesB. In his essays, Emerson pul forward his philosophy of transcendentalism, focusing on I he importance of the individual and the nature C. Emerson based his philosophy on an intuitive belief in an ultimate unity, which he called (he over-s

20、oul0. Emerson is affirmative about mans intuitive knowledge, with which a man can trust himself to decide whal is right and to act accordingly.28. The lover of nature is he whose inward and outward senses are still tmly adjusted toeach other, who has retained the spirit of infancy even into the era

21、of manhoodn . This is the voice of the hookwritten by Emerson, which pushed ?merican Romanticism into a new phase, the phase of New EnglandA. Nature SymbolismB. The American Scholar - NaturalismC Nature -Transcendentalism D fhe American Scholar Renism29. Which one of the following statements alx)ut

22、Hawthorne s The Scarlet Letter is Iruc?A. Hawthorne intended to tell a love story in this novel.B Ilawthorne intended to tell a stoiy of sin in this novel.C Hawthorne intended to reveal the human psyche after they sinned, so as Io show people the tension between society and individualsI). Hawthorne

23、focused his attention on consequences of the sin on the people in general, so as to call the readers back to the conventional Puritan way of living30. Walt Whitman is a poet with a strong sense of mission t having devoted all his life tothe creation of the usingleMpoem,A. ChicagoB My Lost YouthC Lea

24、ves of Grass1). A Pact31 Redburn is a semi - autobiographical novel written by, conceniing the sufferings of a genteel youth among brutal sailors.A. Walt WhitmanB Nathaniel HawthorneC Herman MelvilleD Ralph Waldo Emerson32. The period ranging fromtohas been referred to as the Age of Rcalism in the l

25、iterary history of the United States.A. 1865 1945B. 1865 - 1914C. 1783 - 1945D. 1783 - 191433thought that the writer should use language to probe the deepesl reaches ofthe psychological and moral nature of human beings rather than simply hold a mirror to the surface of social life in particular time

26、s and places. He is a realist of the inner life.A Mark TwainB. William Dean HowellsC Henry JamesD. Theodore Dreiser34. T felt good and all washed clean of sin for the first time 1 had ever felt so in my life, and I k no wed 1 could pray now But I didn I do it straight off, but laid the paper down an

27、d set there thinkingthinking how good it was all this happened so, and how near I come to being lost and going to hell ” The alove passage is taken fromA. The Adventures of Huckleberry FinnB. The Adventures of Tom SawyerC. Uncle Tom9 s Cabin1). Life on the Mississippi35. The following statements are

28、 all true of Daisy Miller EX(2ElyfA. Erederick Winterboume, the narrator of the story, is an American expatriate.B With the publication of Daisy Miller, William James reputation was firmly established on both sides of the AtlanticC With the publication of Daisy Miller. Daisy Miller has ever since be

29、come the American Girl in Europe, a celebrated cultural type who embodies the spirit of the New World.I). Daisy Millers defiance of social taboos in the Old World finally brings her to a discister in the clash between ihu two different cultures.36. Which one of the following statements is true of Di

30、ckinson1 s T like to see it kip the Miles”？A. This porm(lescriles a mare dancing at midnight.B This poem describes a horse galloping through valleys.C This poem describes a train running through the mountainous area.I). This poem describes a traveler1 s joyous jouniey through the scenic mountainous

31、area 37is considered to be a spokesman for the alienated youth in the post 一 war eraand his The Catcher in the Rye is regarded as a students? classicA. Allen GinsbergB. E. E. CummingsC. J】) SalingerI). Henry James38. Towards the end of After Apple - Picking、Erost writes u Were he not gone, / Thewood

32、chuck could say whether is like his / Long sleep, as I describe its coming on, / Or just some human sleepThe human sleephere refers IoA. a trip to the countrysideB. deathC rest after a days work in the orchard1). exciltation of mind39. In the third chapter of The Great Gatsby by Fitzgerald, there is

33、 a wonderful description of Oatsby * s party which evokes bolhof that strange and fascinciling erathat we callA. ihg pride and the prejudice Victorian AgeB. the romance and the sadness Jazz AgeC the love and the hatred - Age of ReasonD. the Vanity and the (lisillusionment Age of Romance40. Faulkner

34、once said that is a story of u lost innocenceM , which proves itself tobe an intensification of the theme of imprisonment in the past.A. The Sound and the FutyB. Go Down? MosesC Light in AugustI). Absalom. AbsalomPART TWO (60 POINTS)I Reading Comprehension (16 points in all, 4 for each)Read the quot

35、ed parts carefully and answer the questions in English. Write your answers in the corresponding space on the answer sheet.41. To he, or not to bethat is the question ；Whether * tis nobler in the mind to sufferThe slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,And b

36、y opposing encl them?Questions:A. Idenlify the author and the title of the passage from which this part is takenB. Explain the meaning of To be,or not to be.C How do you understand the last two lines?42The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power,And all that beauty, all that wealth e1 er gave,Awaits al

37、ike the inevitable hour.The paths of glory lead but to the graveQuestions:A. Identify the author and lhe title of the poem from which this part is takenB. What does the phrase4 inevital)le hour mean?(:. Write out the main idea of the passage in plain English431 glanced back once A wafer of a moon wa

38、s shinning over Gatsby$ s house, making the night fine as before, and surviving the laughter and the sound of his still glowing garden A sudden emptiness seemed to flow now from the windows and the great doors, endowing with complete isolation the figure of the host, who stood on the porch, his hand

39、 up :n a formal gesture of farewell.Questions:A. Iderdify the author and the title of the novel from which this passage is takenB. The passage describes the end of an event. What is it?(:. What implied meaning can you get from reading this passage?44. We passed the School,where Children stroveAt Rec

40、essin the RingWe passed the Fields of Gazing GrainWe passed the Setting SunQuestions:A. Who is the author of this stanza taken from the poem Because I could not stop for Death”？B Whcit do the underlined parts symbolize?C Where were we” heading toward?IU.Questions and Answers (24 points in all, 6 for

41、 each)Give brief answers to each of the following questions in English. Write your answers in the corresponding space on the answer sheet.45. Edmund Spenser is one of the poets of English Renaissance. What are the qualities of his poetry?46. The Man of Property is the first novel of the Forsyte tril

42、ogies by Galsworthy. What is the theme and the tone of The Man of Property!47. Ilawthorne s 4fc Young Oxxlman Brownn is often read as a conventional allegory What does the work symbolically conceal?48. William Faulkner is one of the greatest American novelists What do you know about his narrative te

43、chniques?IV. Topic Discussion(20 points in all, 10 for each)Write no less than 15() words on each of the following topics in English in the corresponding space on the answer sheet.49. Discuss (Charles Dickens 5 art of fiction： the setting, the character - portniyal, the language, elc. , based on his

44、 novel Oliver Twist.50. Discuss the symbolism employed in Moby Dick.2007年7月英美文學(xué)選讀試題答案I Multiple ChoiceLC2.B3.C4.D5.C6. C 7. B &B9.C 10. BII. B 13. D14.A15.A16.D 17. C 18.D 19.D 20.A21.B22.B 23.B 25.D28.C 29.D 30.C31. C 32.B 33.C 34.A35.B36.C 37.C 38.B 39.B 40.AII Reading Comprehension41.Answer:A. Wi

45、lliam Shakespeare; Hamlet.B. Il means that to live on in this world or to die; to suffer or to take actionC. They may mean that Should we take up arms to fight against troubles that sweep upon us like a sea?43.Answer:A. F.Scott Fitzgerald; The Great Gatsby.B. 11 is a description of the end of a big

46、party.C. The passage suggests the meaninglessness, spiritual emptiness and vanity of such a lift of pleasure-seeking Tliere is a certain tragic sense that the party will be ovcr.44.Answer:A. Emily Dickinson.B. They symbolize the three stages of life: the School 一 youth: the Fields of Gazing Grain 一

47、mature period: the Setting Sun 一 end of lifeC. We were heading toward Eternity.III. Questions and Answers47.Answer:a. The work symbolically concerns guilt and evil, and it shows the power of blackness in Hawthornes work.b. Its hero, a naive young man who accepts both society in general and his fello

48、w men as individuals worth his regard, is confronted with the vision of human evil in one terrible night, and becomes thereafter distnistful and doubtful.c. Allegorically, the hero becomes an Everyman named Brown, a young man, who will be aged in one night by an adventure that makes everyone in this world a fallen idol.48.P 616 Para. 1Answer:The range of Faulkners narrative techniques is remarkablea. The most characteristic way of structuring his stories is to fragment the chronological time by making the past coexist with the present.b. Strcam-of-consciousness technique is frequentl