2019年10月自考00604英美文學(xué)選讀試題及答案含解析

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1、【單選題】Shakespeare'sHamletisbasedonalegendin____.

northernEurope

SouthAfrica

A:

EastAsia

B:

ancientGreece

C:

答D:案：A

2、【單選題】Robinson,heroofRobinsonCrusoestrugglestolivefor____yearon

alonelyislandandfinallyreturnstoEngland.

twenty

twenty-two

A:

twenty-four

B:

twenty-six

C:

答D:案：C

3、【單選題】JohnMiltonwrotethreemajorpoeticworks,andoneis____.

MeasureforMeasure

SamsonAgonistes

A:

PoeticalSketches

B:

Areopagitica

C:

答D:案：B

4、【單選題】Ofalltheeightee-centurynovelists,____wasthefirsttogivethe

modernnovelitsstructureandstyle.

JonathanSwif

CharlesDickens

A:

DanielDefoe

B:

HenryFielding

C:

答D:案：D

5、【單選題】The____partofGulliver'sTravelsdealswithGulliver'svisitto

theFlyingIslandwherethephilosophersandprojectorsstudyabsurdproblems.

first

second

A:

third

B:

fourth

C:

答D:案：C

6、【單選題】Shakespearetakesa(n)____attitudetowardsloveandyouthinhis

romanticcomedies.

pessimistic

optimistic

A:

realistic

B:

critical

C:

答D:案：B

7、【單選題】JohnMiltononcehadanambitionto____,buthisdreamsweregone

becauseoftheEnglishRevolution.

travelontheContinent

becomeabusinessman

A:

writeanepic

B:

teachinauniversity

C:

答D:案：C

8、【單選題】Literarily____wasthefirstimportantRomanticpoet

WilliamBlake

Shakespeare

A:

JohnMilton

B:

JaneAusten

C:

答D:案：A

9、【單選題】ThepoemsWilliamWordsworthaddedtothe1800editionofthe

____areamongthebestofhisachievements.

PoemsinTwoVoluomes

VenusandAdonis

A:

Lycidas

B:

LyricalBallads

C:

答D:案：D

10、【單選題】PercyShelleyexpressedhislovefor____andhishatredtoward

tyrannyinOdetoNaples.

peace

truth

A:

freedom

B:

right

C:

答D:案：C

11、【單選題】JaneAusten'sPrideandPrejudicedealswiththefiveBennet

sistersandtheirsearchforsuitable____

jobs

husbands

A:

manners

B:

chances

C:

答D:案：B

12、【單選題】ChildcharactersdepictedbyCharlesDickensareinnocent,

virtuous,persecutedand____.

grotesque

horrible

A:

helpless

B:

comical

C:

答D:案：C

13、【單選題】TheLintonfamilyandthe____familyarethetwoonesdescribed

inEmilyBronte'sWutheringHeights.

Earnshaw

Hindley

A:

Heathcliff

B:

Reed

C:

答D:案：A

14、【單選題】CharlotteBronte'sworksareallaboutlonelyandneglectedyoung

womenwhoarelongingfor____,understandingandahappylife

equality

career

A:

B:

education

love

C:

答D:案：D

15、【單選題】Theconflictbetween____becomesmoreintenseinThomasHardy's

lasttwonovels,oneofwhichisJudetheObscure

thepastandthepresent

thetraditionalandtheadvanced

A:

theruralandtheurban

B:

theoldandthemodern

C:

答D:案：D

16、【單選題】Tess,heroineofTessoftheD'Urbervilles,isabusedand

destroyedby____

AlecandAngel

HenchardandAlec

A:

ClareandAlec

B:

FarfraeandAngel

C:

答D:案：A

17、【單選題】Itis____whoexploredhisideaof"LifeForce"whichcreates

beingstosolveproblemshistypicalplayBacktoMethuselah

BernardShaw

CharlesDickens

A:

ThomasHardy

B:

T.S.Eliot

C:

答D:案：A

18、【單選題】CharlesDickens'socialattitudesarecomplicatedandhetrieshis

besttoretaina(n)____inhisearlyworks.

criticism

naturalism

A:

optimism

B:

symbolism

C:

答D:案：C

19、【單選題】BernardShaw'splayPygmalionisabout____andart.

politics

culture

A:

economy

B:

education

C:

答D:案：B

20、【單選題】Thepoem____isT.S.Eliot'smoststrikingachievement

UndertheGreemwoodTree

Shirley

A:

TheCloud

B:

TheLoveSongof.AlfredPrufrock

C:

答D:案：D

21、【單選題】TheAmericannovelist____isknownforhisblackvision"which

referstothatallmenarebynatureevil.

WaltWhitman

NathanielHawthorne

A:

D.H.Lawrence

B:

MarkTwain

C:

答D:案：B

22、【單選題】Asaprosewriter,T.S.Eliotputemphasisontheimportanceof

____inwritingandincriticism.

logic

ethic

A:

tradition

B:

creativity

C:

答D:案：C

23、【單選題】Thenovel____isregardedtobeamoreprofoundlyorderedonethan

anyotherwrittenbyD.H.Lawrence.

WomeninLove

SonsandLovers

A:

TheWhitePeacock

B:

TheTrespasser

C:

D:

答案：A

24、【單選題】WaltWhitman'spoemCavalryCrossingaFordremindsitsreadersof

apicture,oraphoto,ofasceneofthe____.

FirstWorldWar

SecondWorldWar

A:

AmericanCivilWar

B:

SpanishCivilWar

C:

答D:案：C

25、【單選題】TheCustom-HouseisanintroductorynotetoNathanielHawthorne's

work____.

TheScarletLetter

TheHouseoftheSevenGables

A:

TheMarbleFaun

B:

Moby-Dick

C:

答D:案：A

26、【單選題】WaltWhitmanprefers____verseforhisnewsubjectsandfeelings

intermsoftheformofhispoetry.

strict

rhymed

A:

blank

B:

free

C:

答D:案：D

27、【單選題】D.H.Lawrence'sTheRainbowisaboutthe____familyonafarm.

Lensky

Brangwen

A:

Crich

B:

Birkin

C:

答D:案：B

28、【單選題】In1850,____wenttoafarminMassachusetts,whereNathaniel

Hawthornewashisneighborandtheybecamegoodfriends.

WaltWhitman

TheodoreDreiser

A:

B:

HermanMelville

RobertFrost

C:

答D:案：C

29、【單選題】AdventuresofHuckleberryFinndescribesajourneydownthe

Mississippiundertakenby____.

TomandHuck

HuckandMark

A:

HuckandSam

B:

JimandHuck

C:

答D:案：D

30、【單選題】HermanMelvilleusedMoby-Dick,thewhitewhale,tosymbolize____

nature

strength

A:

justice

B:

evil

C:

答D:案：A

31、【單選題】HenryJames'TheAmericantellsastoryaboutayoungAmerican

confrontingthecomplexityofthe____life.

Asian

African

A:

European

B:

Australian

C:

答D:案：C

32、【單選題】After1862,affectedbya(n)____,EmilyDickinsonbecamerecluse,

livingNewEnglandvillagelifeonlywithherfamily.

unhappyloveaffair

seriousreligiouscrisis

A:

intensiveschoollife

B:

poorhealthcondition

C:

答D:案：A

33、【單選題】Fromtheageof15.TheodoreDreiserworkedonhisown,longedto

becomeawriterandwentto____wherehelearnedbyexperience

NewYork

Boston

A:

Chicago

B:

Montreal

C:

答D:案：C

34、【單選題】TheAmericanwriter____wasthefirsttoconceivehiscareerin

internationalterms.

NathanielHawthorne

HenryJames

A:

WaltWhitman

B:

MarkTwain

C:

答D:案：B

35、【單選題】InTheodoreDreiser'sTrilogyofDesire,hisfocusshiftedtothe

poweroftheAmerican____inthelate19thcentury.

corruptofficials

decadentartists

A:

hypocriticalpoliticians

B:

financialtycoons

C:

答D:案：D

36、【單選題】ScottFitzgerald'sTenderistheNightisaboutthedeclineofa

youngAmerican____

solider

psychiatrist

A:

artist

B:

housekeeper

C:

答D:案：B

37、【單選題】Byusingsimplespokenlanguageandconversational____,Robert

Frostachievedaneffortlessgraceinhisstyle.

methods

rhythms

A:

forms

B:

tones

C:

D:

答案：B

38、【單選題】Thedignityofmovementofanicebergisduetoonlyone-eighthof

itbeingabovewater.This"iceberg"analogyistheprosestyleof____

Hemingway

ScottFitzgerald

A:

TheodoreDreiser

B:

HenryJames

C:

答D:案：A

39、【單選題】Asanovelofhistory,WilliamFaulkner'sAbsalom,Absalom!is

abouttheSouth,theCivilWar,andthefateof____

Compson

ThomasSutpen

A:

Sartorise

B:

McCaslin

C:

答D:案：B

40、【單選題】Oneofthefollowingworks____isNOTwrittenbyHemingway.

AsIlayDying

TheOldandtheSea

A:

MenwithoutWomen

B:

TheGreenHillofAfrica

C:

答D:案：A

41、【問答題】There'slittleTomDacrewhocriedwhenhisheadThatcurl'dlike

alamb'sback,wasshav'd,soIsaid,"Hush,Tom!nevermindit,forwhenyour

head'sbare,Youknowthatthesootcannotspoilyourwhitehair."Question:A.

Identifythepoet.B.Identifythetitleofthepoemandfromwhichvolumethis

quotedpartistakenC.Whatdoesthepoemindicate?

答案：AWilliamBlake.B.TheChimneySweeperistakenfromSongsofInnocence.

C.Thispoemindicatestheconditionswhichmakereligionaconsolation,

aprospectof"illusoryhappiness."

42、【問答題】Whenhewastwenty-threeyearsoldPaulsentinalandscapetothe

winterexhibitionatNottinghamCastle.MissJordanhadtakengooddealof

interestinhim,hadinvitedhimtoherhouse,wherehemetotherartists.He

wasbeginningtogrowambitious.Onemorningthepostmancamejustashewas

washinginthescullery.Suddenlyheheardawildnoisefromhismother.Rushing

intothekitchen,hefoundherstandingonthehearthrugwildlywavingaletter

andcrying"Hurrah!"asifshehadgonemad.Hewasshockedandfrightened.

Question:A.Identifytheauthorandthetitleofthenovelfromwhichthe

quotedpartistaken.B.Who'sPaul'smother?C.Whatconflictispresentedin

thisnovel?

答案：A.D.H.Lawrence;SonsandLovers.B.Mrs.Morel.C.Theconflict

betweentheearthy,coarse,energeticbutoftendrunkfatherandtherefined,

strong-willedandup-climbingmother.

43、【問答題】Ididn'thavenone,soheleft.Iwenttotheraft,andsetdown

inthewigwagtothinkButIcouldn'tcometonothing.IthoughttillIworemy

headsore,butIcouldn'tseenowayoutofthetrouble.Afterallthislong

journey,andafterallwe'ddoneforthemscoundrels,herewasitallcometo

nothing,everythingallbustedupandruined,becausetheycouldhavetheheartto

serveJimsuchatrickasthat,andmakehimaslaveagainallhislife,

andamongsts,too,forfortydirtydollars.Question:A.Identifytheauthorand

thetitleofthenovelfromwhichthequotedpartistaken.B.Who'sthenarrator?

C.Whatdoweseethroughtheeyesofthenarrator?

答案：A.MarkTwain;AdventuresofHuckleberryFinn.B.huck.C.Weseethe

pre-CivilWarAmericansocietyfullyexposed.

44、【問答題】WhosewoodstheseareIthinkIknow.Hishouseisinthevillage

though:HewillnotseemestoppinghereTowatchhiswoodsfillupwithsnow

MylittlehorsemustthinkitqueerTostopwithoutafarmhousenearBetween

thewoodsandfrozenlakeThedarkesteveningoftheyear.Question:A.

Identifytheauthorofthepoem.B.What'sthepoemabout?C.Whatdoesthe

poemstemfrom?

答案：A.RobertFrost.B.Itisadeceptivelysimplepoeminwhichthe

speakerstopshishorsetoobservethebeautyoftheforestscene,andthenis

movedtocontinuehisjourney.C.Thepoemstemsfromtheambiguityofthe

speaker'schoicebetweensafetyandtheunknown.

45、【問答題】WhatareShakespeare'ssonnetsabout?

答案：A.Shakespearehascreated154sonnetswhicharethedirectexpressions

ofthepoet'sfeelings.Amongthemnumbersl-126areaddressedtoayoungman.

B.Thesonnetsnumbered127-152involveamistressofthepoet.Thefinal

twosonnetsaretranslationsoradaptationsofsomeversionofaGreekepigram.

C.Withthreeexceptions,Shakespearewritesthissonnetsinthepopular

Englishfromoftherequatrains,andacouplet.Thecouplettiesthesonnetsto

oneofthegenenneralthemesofthestories.

46、【問答題】WhatarethecharacteristicsofCharlotteBronte'sworks?

答案：A.Charlotte'sworksareallaboutthestruggleofanindividual

consciousnesstowardsself-realization,aboutlonelyandneglectedyoungwomen

withalongingforlove,understandingandahappylife.B.Sheisawriterof

realismcombinedwithromanticism.Herworksarefamousforthedescriptionof

thelifeofthemiddle-classworkingwomen.C.Thevividnessofher

subjectivenarration,theachievedcharacterization,especiallythoseheroines

andthepresentationoftheeconomical,moral,sociallifeofthetime-allthis

rendersherworksapopularity.

47、【問答題】What'stheTranscendentalism?

答案：A.Transcendentalismhasbeendefinedas"therecognitioninmanof

thecapacityofknowingtruth.orofattainingknowledgetranscendingthereach

ofthesense."Thoreau.Emersonsaid"Nothingisatlastsacredbutthe

integrityofyourownmindC.OtherconceptsaccompanyingTranscendentalism

includetheideanatureisennoblingandtheideathattheindividualisdivine

andself-reliant.

48、【問答題】WhatarethecharacteristicsoftheheroineDaisyMillerdescribed

byHenryJames?

答案：A.DaisyMillerismostbeautifulyounglady,mostamiableandinnocent

B.DaisyMillerhasbecometheAmericanGirlinEurope,acelebrated

culturaltypewhoembodiesthespiritoftheNewWorld.C.Innocence,the

keynoteofhercharacter,turnsouttobeanadmiringbutadangerousquality

andherdefianceofsocialtaboosintheOldWorldbringshertoadisasterin

theclashbetweentwodifferentcultures.(2)

49、【問答題】BrieflydiscusswhyitissaidthatHenryFieldingisregardedas

"FatheroftheEnglishNovel,"accordingtothetheme,writingstyle,languageand

soon.

答案：A.Forhiscontributiontotheestablishmentoftheformofthemodern

novel.B.Ofallthe18th-centurynovelistshewasthefirsttosetoutto

writespecificallya"comicepicinprose"bothintheoryandpractice.C.He

isthefirsttogivethemodemnovelitsstructureandstyle.Headopted"the

thirdplanningthestories,hetriestoretaintheepicalformatthesametime

keepsfaithfultohisrealisticpresentation.D.Heismuchconcernedabout

ordinaryandridiculouslifeofcommonpeople.E.Hislanguageiseasy,

unlaboredandfamiliarbutvividan