2021年4月自考00604英美文學(xué)選讀試題及答案含解析

英美文學(xué)選讀年月真題

0060420214

1、【單選題】Shakespearehasestablishedhisgiantpositioninworldliterature

with______plays,154sonnetsand2longpoems.

36

37

A:

38

B:

39

C:

答D:案：C

2、【單選題】DanielDefoe'sfirstnovelis______.

RobinsonCrusoe

CaptainSingleton

A:

"TheTrue-bornEnglishman"

B:

MollFlanders

C:

答D:案：A

3、【單選題】ShakespeareusesthefollowingwordstodescribePortia,heroineof

TheMerchantofVenice,EXCEPT______。

wit

shrewd

A:

beauty

B:

loyalty

C:

答D:案：B

4、【單選題】JohnMilton'smostmemorableproseworkAreopagiticaisagreat

pleafor______ofthepress.

right

equality

A:

justice

B:

freedom

C:

答D:案：D

5、【單選題】In1704JonathanSwiftpublishedtwosatiresoncorruptionin

religionand______.

morality

learning

A:

system

B:

politics

C:

答D:案：B

6、【單選題】Inhislaterperiod,______wrotequiteafewpropheticbooks,and

oneofthemisTheBookofUrizen.

WilliamBlake

PercyShelley

A:

ThomasHardy

B:

WilliamWordsworth

C:

答D:案：A

7、【單選題】JaneAustentriestosayitiswrongtomarryjustformoneyor

for______,butitisalsowrongtomarrywithoutit.

status

interest

A:

beauty

B:

success

C:

答D:案：C

8、【單選題】Duringaspanofnineyears(1729-37),______turnedout26plays

andbecamethemostsuccessfullivingplaywrightofthetime.

WilliamShakespeare

HenryFielding

A:

DanielDefoe

B:

JonathanSwift

C:

答D:案：B

9、【單選題】______isregardedas"worshipperofnature."

JohnKeats

GeorgeBernardShaw

A:

AlexanderPope

B:

WilliamWordsworth

C:

D:

答案：D

10、【單選題】JohnMiltonwrote______intendingtoexposethewaysofSatanand

to"justifythewaysofGodtomen."

SamsonAgonistes

Lycidas

A:

ParadiseLost

B:

ParadiseRegained

C:

答D:案：C

11、【單選題】JewFagin,acharacterofOliverTwist,isa______.

managerofaworkhouse

headofthieves

A:

bossofashop

B:

masterofanorphanage

C:

答D:案：B

12、【單選題】PercyShelley'sbestofallthewell-knownlyricpiecesis______.

"ToaSkylark"

"OdetotheWestWind"

A:

TheCloud

B:

"MenofEngland"

C:

答D:案：B

13、【單選題】JaneEyre,heroineofJaneEyre,representsthosemiddle-class

workingwomenstrugglingforrecognitionoftheir______asahumanbeing.

basicrightsandequality

trueloveandfreedom

A:

happymarriageandlife

B:

socialstatusandcareer

C:

答D:案：A

14、【單選題】EmilyBrontehascreated193poems,mostlydevotedtothematter

of______.

friendship

love

A:

humanbeing

B:

C:

nature

答D:案：D

15、【單選題】CharlesDickens'swork______isaboutlegalfraud

ThePickwickPaper

GreatExpectations

A:

TaleofTwoCities

B:

NicholasNickleby

C:

答D:案：A

16、【單選題】ThemostcheerfulandidyllicworkUndertheGreenwoodTreeis

writtenby______.

WilliamBlake

T.S.Eliot

A:

JaneAusten

B:

ThomasHardy

C:

答D:案：D

17、【單選題】Thefollowingplay______isregardedasthetypicalrepresentative

ofBernardShaws'earlyplays.

TooTruetoBeGood

TheRainbow

A:

Widowers'Houses

B:

TheFamilyReunion

C:

答D:案：C

18、【單選題】ThomasHardythinksthatmanprovesimpotentbeforeFate.This

pessimisticviewoflifeearnshimareputationasa______writer.

romantic

naturalistic

A:

satiric

B:

critical

C:

答D:案：B

19、【單選題】BernardShawproducedseveralplays,exploringhisidea

of"______,"thepowerthatwouldcreatesuperiorbeingstobeequaltoGod.

NatureForce

PowerForce

A:

LifeForce

B:

KnowledgeForce

C:

答D:案：C

20、【單選題】T.S.Eliot'sfirstimportantpoem______appearedin1915.

"TheLoveSongofJ.AlfredPrufrock"

"Gerontion"

A:

TheWasteLand

B:

TheHollowMen

C:

答D:案：A

21、【單選題】InD.H.Lawrence'sopinion,itisthe______civilizationthatis

responsiblefortheunhealthydevelopmentofhumanpersonalities.

cultural

mechanical

A:

social

B:

spiritual

C:

答D:案：B

22、【單選題】T.S.Eliothadwritten______full-lengthplaysinhislifetime,

andoneisMurderintheCathedral.

three

four

A:

five

B:

six

C:

答D:案：C

23、【單選題】In1853______wenttoEuropeandtraveledinFranceandItaly,and

theexperiencehelpedhimproduceabookTheMarbleFaun.

NathanielHawthorne

MarkTwain

A:

HenryJames

B:

TheodoreDreiser

C:

答D:案：A

24、【單選題】HermanMelvilleuses______bothasacharacterandanarrator,

whichgivesthenovelMoby-Dickamoralmagnitude.

Queequeq

Stubb

A:

Starbuck

B:

Ishmael

C:

答D:案：D

25、【單選題】HenryJameswasthefirstAmericanwritertoconceivehiscareer

in______terms.

national

liberal

A:

international

B:

regional

C:

答D:案：C

26、【單選題】EmilyDickinson's"IheardaFlybuss-whenIdied-"isa

descriptionofthe______ofdeath.

feeling

moment

A:

sorrow

B:

suffering

C:

答D:案：B

27、【單選題】AsWaltWhitmansawit,poetryplaysavitalpartintheprocess

ofcreatinganew______.

nation

poem

A:

idea

B:

work

C:

答D:案：A

28、【單選題】InNathanielHawthorne'sworks,intellectualsareusually______

becausetheyaredevoidofwarmthandfeeling.

idiots

saviors

A:

B:

supermen

villains

C:

答D:案：D

29、【單選題】SamuelLanghorneClemensisbetterknownas______.

HenryJames

MarkTwain

A:

ScottFitzgerald

B:

EmilyDickinson

C:

答D:案：B

30、【單選題】HermanMelville'snovellaisaboutashipwhoseblackslavecargo

mutinyholdstheircaptainaterrorizedhostage.

“BenitoCereno”

Pierre

A:

TheConfidence-Man

B:

BillyBudd

C:

答D:案：A

31、【單選題】TheodoreDreiser'sSisterCarrietracesthematerialriseof

CarrieMeeberandthetragicdeclineof______.

Nick

Drouet

A:

Hurstwood

B:

Winterbourne

C:

答D:案：C

32、【單選題】In1913,______broughtRobertFrosttotheattentionof

influentialcritics.

ABoy'swill

NorthofBoston

A:

CollectedPoems

B:

West-RunningBrook

C:

答D:案：A

33、【單選題】InthenovelDaisyMiller,______isthenarratorofthestory.

Giovanelli

Randolph

A:

Mrs.Miller

B:

FrederickWinterbourne

C:

答D:案：D

34、【單選題】In1950,______wasawardedtheNobelPrizeforhisIntruderinthe

Dust.

RobertFrost

WilliamFaulkner

A:

WaltWhitman

B:

ErnestHemingway

C:

答D:案：B

35、【單選題】TheodoreDreiser's______foundexpressioninalmosteverybookhe

wrote.

criticism

naturalism

A:

symbolism

B:

transcendentalism

C:

答D:案：B

36、【單選題】Inthepoem"MendingtheWall",RobertFrostsawmanaslearning

from______thezonesofhisownlimitations.

nature

knowledge

A:

intellectuals

B:

God

C:

答D:案：A

37、【單選題】ErnestHemingway'snovel______representsnewbeginninginhis

careerasawriter.

InOurTime

TheSunAlsoRises

A:

ForWhomtheBellTolls

B:

FarewelltoArms

C:

D:

答案：C

38、【單選題】InGoDown,MosesWilliamFaulknerilluminatestheproblemof

______inSouthernsociety.

youngandold

blackandwhite

A:

richandpoor

B:

civilandsavage

C:

答D:案：B

39、【單選題】Theshortstory"BabylonRevisited"iswrittenby______.

WaltWhitman

HermanMelville

A:

TheodoreDreiser

B:

ScottFitzgerald

C:

答D:案：D

40、【單選題】HenryJamesdescribedanAmericangirlwhoembodiesthe______in

hisnovelDaisyMiller.

corruptionofthenewlyrich

innocenceofnewgeneration

A:

declineofaristocracy

B:

spiritoftheNewWorld

C:

答D:案：D

41、【問(wèn)答題】AsMr.Gamfielddidhappentolaborundertheslightimputationof

havingbruisedthreeorfourboystodeathalready,itoccurredtohimthatthe

boardhad,perhaps,insomeunaccountablefreak,takenitintotheirheadsthat

thisextraneouscircumstanceoughttoinfluencetheirproceedings.Itwas

veryunliketheirgeneralmodeofdoingbusiness,iftheyhad;butstill,ashe

hadnoparticularwishtorevivetherumour,hetwistedhiscapinhishands,

andwalkedslowlyfromthetable.Questions:A.Identifytheauthorandthe

titleoftheworkfromwhichthequotedpartistaken.B.What'sMr.Gamfield?C.

Whatdoesthenoveldescribe?

答案：A.CharlesDickens;OliverTwist.B.Thenotoriouschimney-sweeper.C.

Thedehumanizingworkhousesystemandthedark,criminalunderworldlife.

42、【問(wèn)答題】IntheroomthewomencomeandgoTalkingofMichelangelo.The

yellowfogthatrubsitsbackuponthewindowpanes,Theyellowsmokethatrubs

itsmuzzleonthewindowpanesLickeditstongueintothecornersoftheevening

Lingereduponthepoolsthatstandindrains,Letfalluponitsbackthesoot

thatfallsfromchimneys.Slippedbytheterrace,madeasuddenleap,And

seeingthatitwasasoftOctobernight,Curledonceaboutthehouse,andfell

asleep.Questions:A.Identifythepoet.B.Whatcharacteristicsdoesthe

protagonistofthepoemhave?C.Whatdoesthepoempresent?

答案：A.T.S.Eliot.B.Heisneurotic,self-important,illogicaland

incapableofaction.C.Itpresentsthemeditationofanagingyoungmanover

thebusinessofproposingmarriage.

43、【問(wèn)答題】Almostsimultaneously,withamightyvolitionofungraduated,

instantaneousswiftness,theWhiteWhaledartedthroughthewelteringsea.But

whenAhabcriedouttothesteersmantotakenewturnswiththeline,andholdit

so;andcommandedthecrewtoturnroundontheirseats,andtowtheboatuptothe

mark;themomentthetreacherouslinefeltthatdoublestrainandtug,itsnapped

intheemptyair!Questions:A.Identifytheauthorandthetitleofthenovel

fromwhichthequotedpartistaken.B.What's"Ahab"?C.Whatdoesthephrase"

theWhiteWhale"symbolize?

答案：A.HermanMelville;Moby-Dick.B.Ahabisacaptain.C.Itsymbolizes

nature.

44、【問(wèn)答題】Hurstwoodmovedon,wondering.Thesightofthelarge,brightcoin

pleasedhimalittleHerememberedthathewashungryandthathecouldgetabed

fortencents.Withthis,theideaofdeathpassed,forthetimebeing,outof

hismind.Itwasonlywhenhecouldgetnothingbutinsultsthatdeathseemedworth

while.Questions:A.Identifytheauthorandthetitleoftheworkfromwhich

thequotedpartistaken.B.WhatkindofpersonisHurstwood?C.Whathappened

toHurstwoodinthelastchapterofthework?

答案：A.TheodoreDreiser;SisterCarrie.B.Heisamiddle-aged,married,

comparativelyintelligentandculturedsaloonmanager.C.Heendedhisown

lifebyturningthegason.

45、【問(wèn)答題】WhatistheRenaissance?

答案：A.TherenaissanceisahistoricalperiodinwhichtheEuropean

humanistthinkersandscholarsmadeattemptstogetridofthoseoldfeudalist

ideasinmedievalEurope.B.Tointroducenewideasthatexpressedthe

interestsoftherisingbourgeoisie.C.Torecoverthepurityoftheearly

churchfromthecorruptionoftheRomanCatholicChurch.

46、【問(wèn)答題】ThebookGulliver'sTravelscontainsfourparts.Whatdoeseach

partdealwith?

答案：A.ThefirstparttellsaboutGulliver’sexperienceinLilliputwhere

theinhabitantsaresixinchestall,twelvetimessmallerthanthenormal

humanbeings.Inthesecondpart,GulliverisleftaloneinBrobdingnagwhere

peoplearetentimestallerandlargerthanordinaryhumanbeing,andsuperior

inwisdom.B.ThethirdpartdealswithGulliver’saccidentalvisittothe

FlyingIslandwherethephilosophersandprojectorsdevotealltheirtimeand

energytothestudyofsomeabsurdproblems.Thelastpartisamost

interestingaccountofhisdiscoveriesintheHouyhnhnmLand.

47、【問(wèn)答題】WhatconcernedWaltWhitmanmostinhispoemLeavesofGrass?

答案：A.IntheworkLeavesofGrass,openness,freedom,andindividualismare

allthatconcernedhim.Hisaimwastoexpresssomenewpoeticalfeelingsand

toinitiateapoetictradition.B.Thegenuineparticipationofapoetina

commonculturaleffortwastobehaveasasupremeindividualist;thepoet’s

purposewastoidentifyhisegowiththeworld.

48、【問(wèn)答題】AdventuresofHuckleberryFinnisbestknownforMarkTwain's

wonderfulcharacterizationof"Huck".FromtheeyesofHuck,whatdoweseeand

whatarewedeeplyimpressedby?

答案：A.FromtheeyesofHuckleberryFinn,weseethepre-CivilWar

Americansocietyfullyexposed.B.WearedeeplyimpressedbyMarkTwain’s

thematiccontrastsbetweeninnocenceandexperience,natureandculture,

wildernessandcivilization.

49、【問(wèn)答題】LiterarilyWilliamBlakewasthefirstimportantRomanticpoet.

Brieflymakeacommentonhispoetry.

答案：A.HisfirstworkPoeticalSketches,isacollectionofyouthfulverse.

Joy,laughter,loveandharmonyaretheprevailingnotes.B.Songsof

Innocencepresentsahappyandinnocentworld,thoughnotwithoutitsevilsand

sufferings.ThesongsofExperiencepaintsaworldofmisery,poverty,disease,

warandrepressionwithamelancholytone.Thetwobooksholdthesimilar

subject-matter,butthetone,emphasisandconclusiondiffer.Childhoodis

centraltoBlake’sconcerninthetwobooks.C.ThepoemfromtheSongsof

Innocenceindicatestheconditionswhichmakereligionaconsolation,a

prospectof“illusoryhappiness,”butthepoemfromtheSongsofExperience

revealsthetruenatureofreligionwhichhelpsbringmiserytothepoor

children.D.HispoemMarriageofHeavenandHellmarkshisentryinto

maturity.Itplaysthedoublerolebothasasatireandarevolutionary

prophecy.Inhislaterperiod,hewrotemanypropheticworks,whichrevealhim

astheprophetofuniversalpoliticalandspiritualfreedomandshowthe