2006年7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】Duringthereignof________，EnglandstarteditsReligious

ReformationandbrokeawayfromRome.

HenryⅦ

HenryⅧ

A:

EdwardⅥ

B:

QueenElizabeth

C:

答D:案：B

2、【單選題】IncontrasttotheEnlighteners，Romanticistsregardedmanas

________.

asocialanimal

anevilcreature

A:

anindividualwithpotentialqualities

B:

abrutalanimal

C:

答D:案：C

3、【單選題】Thouartslavetofate,chance,kings,anddesperatemen,Anddost

withpoison,war,andsicknessdwell，Andpoppyorcharmscanmakeussleepas

well，Andbetterthanthystroke;whyswell'stthouthen?Thispartofthe

poemcomesfrom________.

ThomasGray'sElegyWritteninaCountryChurchyard

JohnMilton'sParadiseLost

A:

JohnDonne'sDeath.BeNotProud

B:

P.B.Shelley'sOdetotheWestwind

C:

答D:案：C

4、【單選題】Inthe1950s，________broughtvitalitytotheEnglishtheaterand

wasknownasthefirst"AngryYoungMan"

S.B.Yeats

SamuelBeckett

A:

JohnOsborne

B:

G.B.Shaw

C:

D:

答案：C

5、【單選題】Whichofthefollowingpoemsisbelievedtobestreflectthe20th

centurypeople'sdisillusionmentandfrustrationinameaninglesssociety?

T.S.Eliot'sFourQuartets

T.S.Eliot'sTheWasteLand

A:

S.B.Yeats'sTheLakeIsleofInnisfree

B:

S.B.Yeats'sDownbytheSalleyGardens

C:

答D:案：B

6、【單選題】________，thefirstimportantEnglishessayist,wasalsothe

founderofmodernscienceinEnglandandoneoftherepresertativesoftheEnglish

Renaissance.

ChristopherMarlowe

ThomasMore

A:

FrancisBacon

B:

WilliamShakespeare

C:

答D:案：C

7、【單選題】Englishliteratureofthe18thcenturyproducessomeexcellent

satirists.________isamastersatinst.

JonathanSwift

DanielDefoe

A:

SamuelRichardson

B:

ThomasGray

C:

答D:案：A

8、【單選題】Asthuswiththeeinprayerinmysoreneed.Oh!liftmeasawave,

aleaf,acloud!falluponthethomsoflife!bleed!Thispartofstanzais

takenfrom________.

P.B.Shelley'sOdetotheWestWind

G.G.Byron'sSongfortheLuddites

A:

S.T.Coleridge'sKublaKhan

B:

W.Wordsworth'sTheSolitaryReaper

C:

答D:案：A

9、【單選題】Inshapingcharacters,.B.Shawwouldusuallytakeanun

conventionalcharacterincontrasttoconventionalsocialones.InMrs.Warren's

Profession________isunconventionalinregardswiththethoughtambition

andphilosophy.

Mrs.Warren

Vivie

A:

Frank

B:

Liz

C:

答D:案：B

10、【單選題】Itisthepublicationof________thatbroughtGeorgeGordonByron

fame.Byronhimselfoncecommentedonitbysaying"Iawokeonemorningandfound

myselffamous.

HoursofIdleness

ChildeHarold'sPilgrimage

A:

DonJuan

B:

Manfred

C:

答D:案：B

11、【單選題】EmilyBronteisbestknownastheauthorofthemostfascinating

novelWutheringHeights,inwhichtheplotsofthestoryareintermittently

revealedthroughthefollowingEXCEPT________.

Mr.Lockwood

Heatheliff

A:

Nelly,Catherine'soldnurse

B:

Isabella'sletterstoNelly

C:

答D:案：B

12、【單選題】ThoughRobertBrowningisnotthefirstwriterwhohasinvented

dramaticmonologue,itisinhishandsthatthepoeticformreachesitsmaturity

andperfection.Indramaticmonologue,________.

thenarratoristhewriterhimself

readerscanhavetheirownjudgmentsofthespeaker'spersonalityfromit

A:

readersaretheonlyobjectthatthenarratoraddressesto

B:

thenarratorhasnoparticularchoiceaboutwhentotalk

C:

答D:案：B

13、【單選題】Amongthethreestagesofhispoeticcareer,S.B.Yeats'smajor

concerninthesecondstageis________.

dichotomousinsubjectmatter,suchasyouthandage,loveandwar,body

andsoul

A:

amockofthebourgeoisphilistinesandtheirmeannessofspiritand

selfishmateralism

B:

aboutCelticlegends,localfolktales,orstories

LoveandWar,thetwoprimarypassionsofhumanbeings

C:

答D:案：B

14、【單選題】WalterScott'schiefcontributiontoEnglishliteratureliesin

hisnovelsof________.

war

history

A:

love

B:

romance

C:

答D:案：B

解析：沃爾特·司各特是英國文學(xué)史上第一位重要的歷史小說家，對整個19世紀(jì)英國與

歐洲大陸的文學(xué)領(lǐng)域有著不可估量的影響。他對英國文學(xué)的貢獻(xiàn)主要體現(xiàn)在他的歷史小說

上。答案為B。P166

15、【單選題】EnglishEnlightenersinthe18thcenturyheld________asthe

yardstickforthemeasurementofallhumanactivitiesandrelations.

property

education

A:

emotion

B:

reason

C:

答D:案：D

16、【單選題】InthelateVictorianAge,thepredominantpreoccupationoncommon

senseandmoralproprietywasreplacedbydecadencereflectedintheworksof

________.

ThomasHardy

GeorgeEliot

A:

W.M.Thackeray

B:

OscarWilde

C:

答D:案：D

17、【單選題】EdmundSpenser,ChristopherMarloweandFrancisBaconarethefew

literarygiantsin________period.

Enligtenment

Neo-classical

A:

Romantic

B:

Renaissance

C:

答D:案：D

18、【單選題】Intheletter"TotheRightHonorabletheEarlofChesterfield,

"SamuelJohnsonexpressedhis________towardtheEarl.

indignation

gratitude

A:

satisfaction

B:

concern

C:

答D:案：A

19、【單選題】InRobinsonCrusoe,DanielDefoeglorifiesallthefollowing

qualitiesofthemiddle-classmenEXCEPT________.

theindignityoflabour

religiousdevotion

A:

loyaltytotheking

B:

pioneeringspirit

C:

答D:案：C

20、【單選題】Asoneofthefirstnoveliststointroducethethemesof

psychologyintohisworks,D.H.Lawrenceuses________topresentthe

psychologicalaspectsofhischaracters.

dramaticmonolgue

streamofconsciousness

A:

poeticimaginationandsymbolism

B:

romanticandrealistictradition

C:

答D:案：C

解析：為了表現(xiàn)角色的心理活動，勞倫斯大量使用詩化的聯(lián)想和象征主義。答案為

C(p375)。

21、【單選題】CrossingtheBarisoneofthepoemsthatAlfredTennysonproduced

inhislaterperiod.Itexpressesthepoet's________.

religiousuncertainty

doubtsaboutthemeaningoflife

A:

couragetowardsdeathandhisfaithinGodandanafterlife

B:

therestlessnessandaspirationoftheage.

C:

答D:案：C

22、【單選題】Asarepresentativeofcriticalrealism,CharlesDickensexposes

________inhisclassicalworksGreatExpectations.

moraldegenerationanddestructiontopeoplebroughtbythesocialenviroment

theinjusticeofthelegalsystemandpracticethataimatdevouringeverypenny

A:

oftheclients

B:

govemmentcorruptionandincapabilitywhichkeeptheinnocentinprison

theutilitarianprinciplethatnulesovertheEnglisheducationsystem

C:

答D:案：A

23、【單選題】TheRomanticPeriodintheAmericanliteraturestartedwiththe

publicationofWashingtonIrving's________andendedwith________.

TalesofaTraveler...Whitman'sLeavesofGrass

TheSketchBook...Whitman'sLeavesofGrass

A:

BracebridgeHall...Thoreau'sWalden

B:

TheAlhambra...Longfellow'sHiawatha

C:

答D:案：B

24、【單選題】ThechiefspokesmanoftheNewEnglandTranscendentalismis

________.

WashingtonIrving

RalphWaldoEmerson

A:

H.W.Longfellow

B:

WaltWhitman

C:

答D:案：B

25、【單選題】Emersonisaffirmativeaboutman's________knowledge,withwhich

amancantrust________todecidewhatisrightandtoactaccordingly.

social...hisfriends

social...hisboss

A:

B:

intuitive...hisparentsandspouse

intuitive...himself

C:

答D:案：D

26、【單選題】As________sawit,poetrycouldplayavitalpartintheprocess

ofcreatinganewnation.ItcouldenableAmericanstocelebratetheirrelease

fromtheOldWorldandthecolonialrule.

Longfellow

Bryant

A:

Whitman

B:

Freneau

C:

答D:案：C

解析：(P448.para.3)惠特曼的《草葉集》集中體現(xiàn)和頌揚(yáng)了美國式的民主，同時，惠特

曼也認(rèn)為，詩歌在增強(qiáng)民族凝聚力和培養(yǎng)人們的革命精神中，起著不可替代的作用。

27、【單選題】________isregardedasthefirstAmericanproseepic.

Moby-Dick

Typee

A:

Mardi

B:

Omoo

C:

答D:案：A

解析：《白鯨》被認(rèn)為是美國第一部散文詩。(P460)

28、【單選題】TheAdventuresofTomSawyerandespecially,itssequence________

provedthemselvestobethemilestoneintheAmericanliterature.

TheGildedAge

LifeontheMississippi

A:

TheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinn

B:

RoughingIt

C:

答D:案：C

解析：(P479.para.2)馬克.吐溫的小說《湯姆.索亞歷險記》和《亨克.貝利.芬歷險記》

開創(chuàng)了美國文學(xué)的新紀(jì)元，正如海明威所言：“這兩部小說標(biāo)志著美國現(xiàn)代文學(xué)的到

來”。

29、【單選題】ThePortraitofALadyisgenerallyconsideredtobe________

masterpiece,whichincamatestheclashbetweentheOldWorldandtheNewinthe

lifejoumneyof________inaEuropeanculturalenvironment.

Dreiser's...anAmericangirl

WilliamJames's...anAmericangirl

A:

HenryJames's...anAmericangirl

B:

HenryAdams's...anAmericanwidow

C:

答D:案：C

解析：(P496.para.1)詹姆斯的作品大多涉及internationaltheme,一般是美歐文化的沖

突，其中《貴婦畫像》，就是其中之一，講的是一個美國姑娘在歐洲的遭遇。

30、【單選題】________possessednoneoftheusualaidstoawriter'scareer:no

money,nofriendinpower,noformaleducation-worthyofmention,nofamily

traditioninletters.

TheodoreDreiser

HenryJames

A:

W.D.Howells

B:

NathanielHawthome

C:

答D:案：A

31、【單選題】TheSecondAmericanRenaissancereferstothe________century

Americanliterature.

20th

19th

A:

18th

B:

17th

C:

答D:案：A

解析：美國二十世紀(jì)的文學(xué)運(yùn)動，也可說是美國的第二次文藝復(fù)興，就是移居國外的運(yùn)

動。

32、【單選題】________isnotmerelyawhalingtaleorseaadventure.Ittumns

outtobeasymbolicvoyageofthemindinquestofthetruthandknowledgeof

theuniverse,aspiritualexplorationintoman'sdeeprealityandpsychology.

Moby-Dick

Redburn

A:

Nature

B:

C:

Pierre

答D:案：A

33、【單選題】RobertFrostcombinedtraditionalverseformswithaclear

Americanlocalspeechrhythm,thespeechofNewEngland________withits

idiosyncraticdictionandsyntax.

millers

farmers

A:

workers

B:

merchants

C:

答D:案：B

34、【單選題】EugeneO'NeillwonthePulitzerPrizefourtimesandwastheonly

dramatistevertowinaNobelPrize.Heiswidelyacclaimed"________".

thefounderoftheAmericanpoetry

thefounderoftheAmericanGothicnovels

A:

thefounderoftheAmericandrama

B:

thefounderoftheAmericanprose

C:

答D:案：C

35、【單選題】LongDay'sJourneyIntoNightisgenerallyregardedas________

'sautobiography.

Pound

Frost

A:

Dickinson

B:

O'Neill

C:

答D:案：D

36、【單選題】Thedistinctivefeatureabouttheash-dumpdepictedinTheGreat

Gatsbyisanoculist'sfadedbillboardwithapairofgreatstaringeyesbehind

yellowspectacles,symbolicof________.

anobscenelyfutileworld

abrightfutureoftheprotagonistofthenovel

A:

aworldofhope

B:

aworldofloveandpeace

C:

答D:案：A

37、【單選題】Hemingway'ssecondbigsuccessis________,whichwrotetheepitaph

todecadeandtothewholegenerationinthe1920sintellingusastoryabout

thetragicloveaffairofawoundedAmericansoldierwithaBritishnurse.

InOurTime

AFarewelltoArms

A:

ForWhomtheBellTolls

B:

TheSunAlsoRises

C:

答D:案：B

38、【單選題】Thedignityofmovementofanicebergisduetoonlyone-eighthof

itbeingabovewater.This"iceberg"analogywasputforwardby________.

Fitzgerald

Faulkner

A:

GertrudeStein

B:

Hemingway

C:

答D:案：D

解析：（P603.para1）這里的“冰山”指的是海明威的寫作風(fēng)格，海明威自己稱其為冰山

一角，沒有完全展現(xiàn)給讀者。

39、【單選題】Acarefulstudyof________'sprotagonistswillreveala

prevailingtruth,thatis,almostallhisheroesturnouttobetragic.

GertrudeStein

Fitzgerald

A:

Faulkner

B:

Hemingway

C:

答D:案：C

解析：仔細(xì)研究?？思{的主角，就會發(fā)現(xiàn)一個普遍的道理，那就是，幾乎所有他小說的主

人公最后都是悲慘的。

40、【單選題】InRoseforEmily,EmilyistypicalofthoseinFaulkner's

Yoknapatwaphastorieswhoarethesymbolsof________buttheprisonersof

________.

theOldSouth...thepast

NewEngland...thepast

A:

theWest...loveaffairs

B:

C:

plantations...cult

答D:案：A

41、【問答題】AndthenativehueofresolutionIssickliedo'erwiththepale

castofthought.Questions:A.Identifytheauthorandthetitleoftheplay

fromwhichthetwolinesaretaken.B.Whatdoesthe"nativehueofresolution"mean?

C.Whatdoesthe"palecastofthought"standfor?

答案：A.Shakespeare,HamletB.Thenaturalcolorofcourage.C.Theexcessive

contemplationthatparalyzesourabilitytotakenecessaryactionandrunsmen

intocowards

42、【問答題】"NeverdidsunmorebeautifullysteepInhisfirstsplendor,

valley,rockorhill:NeversawI,neverfelt,acalmsodeep!Theriver

glidethathisownsweetwill:DearGod!Theveryhousesseemasleep;Andall

thatmightyheartislyingstill!(FromWordsworth'ssonnetComposedupon

WestminsterBridge)Questions:A.Whatdoesthissonnetdescribe?B.Whatdoes

theword"mightyheart"referto?C.ThesonnetfollowsstrictlytheItalianform.

WhatisthefeatureoftheItalianformofsonnet?

答案：A.ThesonnetdescribesavividpictureofabeautifulmorninginLondon.

B."mightyheart"referstoLondon.C.TheItalianformofsonnetcontainsan

octavewiththethymepattemabbaabbaandasestetofvariousrhymepatterns

suchasedededorcdecde.

43、【問答題】WepassedtheSchool,whereChildrenstroveAtRecess-inthe

Ring-WepassedtheFieldsofGazingGrain-WepassedtheSettingSun-(From

EmilyDickinson'spoemBecauseIcouldnotstopforDeath)Questions:A.What

doesthephrase"FieldsofGazingGrain"symbolize?B.Whatfigureofspeechis

usedinthepoem?C.WhatareDickinson'suniquewritingfeaturesinrelationto

thequotedlines?

答案：A.Itsymbolizesthematureperiod.B.PersonificationC.Dashesareused

asamusicaldevice.Capitallettersareusedasmeansofemphasis.

44、【問答題】(lotofcommonobjectshavebeenenumeratedinthepreviouslines,

andherearethelasttwolinesofthepoem.)"Thehorizon'sedge,theflying

sea-crow,thefragranceofsaltmarshandshoremud.Thesebecamepartofthat

childwhowentfortheveryday,andwhonowgoes,andwillalwaysgoforthevery

day.Questions:A.Whoistheauthorofthispoem?Whatisthetitleofthepoem?

B.Whatdoesthechildstandforinthepoem?C.Howdoyouunderstand"These

becamepartofthechild"?

答案：A.Whitman,ThereWasChildWentForthB.theyoung,growingAmerica

C.Thecommonobjectsinthepoemreflectthenaturalprocessofaboy'sgrowth.

45、【問答題】WilliamShakespeareisoneofthemostremarkableplaywrightsthe

worldhaseverknown.Whatarehisfourgreatesttragedies?Whatarethe

characteristicsofthefourtragediesincommon?

答案：A.Hamlet,KingLear,OthelloandMacbethB.Eachportrayssomenoble

hero,whofacestheinjusticeofhumanlifeandiscaughtinadifficult

situation.C.Theirfateiscloselyconnectedwiththefateofthewhole

nation.

46、【問答題】ThomasHardyisoftenregardedasatransitionalwriter.Some

criticsbelievethatheisemotionallytraditionalandintellectuallyadvanced.

Howdoyouunderstandthisidea?

答案：A.InHardy'snovel,thereisanapparentnostalgictouchinhis

descriptionofthesimpleandbeautifulthoughprimitiverurallife,whichwas

graduallydeclininganddisappearinginEnglandatthetime.Heisalways

sympatheticwiththosetraditionalcharactersandmournsovertheirfailure

andmisfortune.B.Ontheotherhand,hewasgreatlyinfluencedbyDarwin's

theoryof"survivalofthefittest",andothermodemphilosophicalthoughts,

whichledtothepessimisticdeterminismornaturalisminfiction.The

naturalistictendencyisapparentinallhislaterworks.

47、【問答題】EzraPoundisoneofthepioneersofmodernpoetry.Whatisthe

poeticschoolofwhichheistheleadingfigure?Whatisthetitleofhis

frequentlyquotedone-imagepoem?Asoneoftheleadersofthepoeticschool,

Poundendorsedthegroup'sthreemainprinciples.Whatarethethreeprinciples?

答案：A.ImagistB.InaStationoftheMetroC.directtreatmentofpoetic

subjects.eliminationofmerelyomamentalorsuperfluouswords,andrhythmical

compositioninthesequenceofthemusicalphraseratherthaninthesequence

ofametronome.

48、【問答題】WilliamFaulknerisoneofthegreatestAmericannovelists.What

doyouknowabouthisnarrativetechniques?

答案：A.Letthecharactersexplainthemselvesandhinderaslittleaspossible

thereader'sdirectexperienceoftheworkofart.B.Fragmentthe

chronologicaltime.Hebrokeupthechronologyofhisnarrativebyjuxtaposing

thepastwiththepresent.C.Themodernstream-of-consciousnesstechnique

wasexploitedbyFaulknertoemphasizethereactionsandinnermusingsofthe

narrator.D.AndtheinteriormonologueFaulknerusedhelpshimachievethe

mostdesirableeffectofexploringthenatureofhumanconsciousness.

E.Faulknerwasgoodatpresentingmultiplepointsofview,whichgavethestory

acircularform.F.Symbolismandmythologicalandbiblicalallusionsareused.

49、【問答題】Discussthedifferentcharacteristicsofmodemismwritingsand

realismwritingsinrelationtot