08年高等教育自学考试英美文学选读真题及答案.docx

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08年高等教育自学考试英美文学选读真题及答案

08年7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的位置上（全部题目用英文作答）

　　PARTONE（40POINTS）

　　I.MultipleChoice（40pointsinall，1foreach）

　　Selectfromthefourchoicesofeachitemtheonethatbestanswersthequestionorcompletesthestatement.WriteyouranswersontheAnswerSheet.

　　1.Ofalltheeighteenth—centuryBritishnovelists______wasthefirsttosetout，bothintheoryandpractice，towritespeciallya“comicepicinprose”，thefirsttogivethemodernnovelitsstructureandstyle.

　　A.ThomasGrayB.RichardBrinsleySheridan

　　C.JonathanSwiftD.HenryFielding

　　2.Thepoem“ElegyWritteninaCountryChurchyard”established______astheleaderofthesentimentalpoetryoftheday，especially“theGraveyardSchool”.

　　A.ThomasGrayB.SamuelJohnson

　　C.JohnBunyanD.JohnMilton

　　3.“Doyouthink,becauseIampoor，obscure，plain，andlittle，Iamsoullessandheartless?

...AndifGodhadgiftedmewithsomebeauty，andmuchwealth，Ishouldhavemadeitashardforyoutoleaveme.asitisnowformetoleaveyou.”Thequotedpartistakenfrom______.

　　A.GreatExpectationsB.WutheringHeights

　　C.JaneEyreD.PrideandPrejudice

　　4.ThemostfamousdramatistsintheRenaissanceEnglandareallthefollowingEXCEPT______.

　　A.FrancisBaconB.ChristopherMarlowe

　　C.WilliamShakespeareD.BenJonson

　　5.GeorgeBernardShaw’splayMrs.Warren’sProfessionisabout______.

　　A.slumlandlordismB.theeconomicoppressionofwomen

　　C.thepoliticalcorruptioninEnglandD.thereligiouscorruptioninEngland

　　6.AllofthefollowingstatementscancorrectlydescribetheEnlightenmentMovementEXCEPT______.

　　A.ThemovementflourishedinFrance.

　　B.ThemovementwasafurtheranceoftheRenaissance.

　　C.Thepurposeofthemovementwastoenlightenthewholeworld.

　　D.Thepurposeofthemovementwastoenhancethereligiouseducation.

　　7.AmongthethreemajorpoeticalworksbyJohnMilton______isthemostperfectexampleoftheversedramaaftertheGreekstyleinEnglish.

　　A.SamsonAgonistesB.ParadiseLost

　　C.ParadiseRegainedD.Areopagitica

　　8.ThemajorBritishRomanticpoetsBlake，Wordsworth，Coleridge，Byron，ShelleyandKeatsstartedarebellionagainsttheneoclassicalliterature，whichwaslaterregardedas_____.

　　A.thepoeticromanceB.thepoeticmovement

　　C.thepoeticrevolutionD.thepoeticreformation

　　9.JaneAusten’smainliteraryconcernisabout______.

　　A.humanbeingsintheirpersonalrelationships

　　B.thelovestorybetweentherichandthepoor

　　C.maturityachievedthroughthelossofillusions

　　D.thedailycountrylifeoftheupper-middle-classEnglish

　　10.AmongthefollowingBritishRomanticpoets______isregardedasa“worshipperofnature”.

　　A.WilliamBlakeB.WilliamWordsworth

　　C.GeorgeGordonByronD.JohnKeats

　　11.JonathanSwift’sgreatestsatiricworkis______.

　　A.ATaleofaTubB.TheBattleofBooks

　　C.Gulliver’sTravelsD.“AModestProposal’’

　　12.Amongthefollowingwriters______isconsideredtobethebest—knownEnglishdramatistsinceShakespeare.

　　A.OscarWildeB.JohnGalsworthy

　　C.W.B.YeatsD.GeorgeBernardShaw

　　13.AsarepresentativeoftheEnlightenment，______wasoneofthefirsttointroducerationalismtoEngland.

　　A.FrancisBaconB.AlexanderPope

　　C.ThomasGrayD.T.S.Eliot

　　14.Allofthefollowingpoetsareregardedas“LakePoets”EXCEPT______.

　　A.SamuelTaylorColeridgeB.RobertSouthey

　　C.WilliamWordsworthD.WilliamBlake

　　15.“Tobe,ornottobe—thatisthequestion；／whether’tisnoblerinthemindtosuffer，／theslingsandarrowsofoutrageousfortune,／Ortotakearmsagainstaseaoftroubles,／Andbyopposingendthem?

”Thequotedlinesaretakenfrom______.

　　A.KingLearB.RomeoandJuliet

　　C.OthelloD.Hamlet

　　16.DanielDefoedescribes______asatypicalEnglishmiddle—classmanoftheeighteenthcentury，theveryprototypeoftheempirebuilder，thepioneercolonist．

　　A.RobinsonCrusoeB.MollFlanders

　　C.GulliverD.TomJones

　　17.Thedeclarationthat“IknowthatThisWorldisaWorldofIMAGINATION&Vision，”andthat“TheNatureofmyworkisvisionaryorimaginative’’belongsto______.

　　A.WilliamBlakeB.WilliamWordsworth

　　C.SamuelTaylorColeridgeD．GeorgeGordonByron

　　18.Althoughwritingfromdifferentpointsofviewandwithdifferenttechniques，writersintheVictorianPeriodsharedonethingincommon，thatis，theywereallconcernedabout______．

　　A.thefateoftheupperclass

　　B.thereformationofthegovernment

　　C.thefateofthecommonpeople

　　D.thefutureoftheirfamilyclans

　　19.“IfWintercomes,canSpringbefarbehind?

’’Thequotedlinecomesfrom______.

　　A.Shelley’s“OdetotheWestWind’’B.WaltWhitman’sLeavesofGrass

　　C.JohnMilton’sParadiseLostD．JohnKeats’“OdeonaGrecianUrn”

　　20.Amongthefollowingfigures______isDickens’firstchildhero.

　　A．LittleNellB．DavidCopperfield

　　C．OliverTwistD．LittleDorrit

　　21.IntheplayTheImportanceofBeingEarnestbyOscarWilde，theupper—classpeoplearedescribedallofthefollowingEXCEPT______.

　　A.corruptB.snobbish

　　C.hypocriticalD.ambitious

　　22.InThomasHardy’sWessexnovels,thereisanapparent______touchinhisdescriptionofthesimpleandbeautifulthoughprimitiverurallife.

　　A.nostalgic乡愁的B.humorous

　　C.romanticD.ironic

　　23.“Lifeisbutalosingbattle,itisastrugglemancandominateinsuchawaythatlossbecomesdignity；mancanbephysicallydestroyedbutneverdefeatedspiritually.”Thisnotionistypicallyheldby______．

　　A.MarkTwainB.EzraPound

　　C.WilliamFaulknerD.ErnestHemingway

　　24.TheliteraryspokesmanoftheJazzAgeis______.

　　A.HenryJamesB.RobertFrost

　　C.F.ScottFitzgeraldD.WilliamFaulkner

　　25．NorthofBostonisdescribedbytheauthor，RobertFrost，as“abookofpeople，’’whichshowsabrilliantinsightinto______characterandthebackgroundthatformedit．

　　A.thecowboyB.NewEngland

　　C.IvyColleagueD.ivorytower

　　26．Peoplegenerallyregarded______astheforerunnerofthe20th—century“stream-of-consciousness”novelsandthefounderofpsychologicalrealism.

　　A.TheodoreDreiserB.WilliamFaulkner

　　C.HenryJamesD．MarkTwain

　　27.Accordingto______,“Thereisevilineveryhumanheart，whichmayremainlatent，perhaps，throughthewholelife；butcircumstancesmayrouseittoactivity．”

　　A.NathanielHawthorneB.EdgarEllenPoe

　　C.WilliamFaulknerD．TheodoreDreiser

　　28.Hemingwayoncedescribed_____theonebookfromwhich“allmodernAmericanliteraturecomes.”

　　A.TheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinnB.TheAdventuresofTomSawyer

　　C.TheGildedAgeD.InnocentsAbroad

　　29.WhatWaltWhitmanprefersforhisnewsubjectandnewpoeticfeelingsis“______，”thatis，poetrywithoutafixedbeatorregularrhymescheme．

　　A.fixedverseB.freeverse

　　C.fixedendingD.freeending

　　30.Bywriting_______Melvillereachedthemostflourishingstageofhisliterarycreativity.

　　A.TypeeB.Omoo

　　C.MardiD.Moby-Dick

　　31.Shortlybeforehisdeathin1945，______joinedtheCommunistParty.

　　A.TheodoreDreiserB.MarkTwain

　　C.HenryJamesD.EzraPound

　　32.Naturalismisevolvedfrom______whentheauthor’stoneinwritingbecomeslessseriousandlesssympatheticbutmoreironicandmorepessimistic.

　　A.RomanticismB.Modernism

　　C.RealismD.Scientism

　　33.OneofthemostfamiliarthemesinAmericannaturalismisthethemeofhuman______.

　　A.peacefulnessB.joyfulness

　　C.bestiality兽性D.civilization

　　34.Hawthorne’sviewofmanandhumanhistoryoriginated，toagreatextent，from______.

　　A.TranscendentalismB.Puritanism

　　C.HumanismD.Expressionism

　　35.Ingeneral,theAmericanwomanpoet_____wantedtolivesimplyasacompleteindependentbeing，andsoshedid，asaspinster老姑娘.

　　A.AnneBretB.EmilyDickinson

　　C.AnnaDickinsonD.EmilyShaw

　　36.TheodoreDreiser’s______foundexpressioninalmosteverybookhewroteinwhich“killortobekilled”wasthelaw.

　　A.romanticismB.naturalism

　　C.cubismD.classicalism

　　37.WilliamFaulknercreateshisownmythicalkingdomthatmirrorsnotonlythedeclineofthe______societybutalsothespiritualwastelandofthewholeAmericansociety.

　　A.southernB.northern

　　C.westernD.eastern

　　38.AlmosteverybookwrittenbyHawthornediscusses_____，whichreflectshisunceasinginterestinthe“interioroftheheart”ofman’sbeing.

　　A.sinandevilB.1oveandhatred

　　C.frustrationandself-denialD.balanceandself-discipline

　　39.Apreoccupationwiththe______viewoforiginalsinandthemysteryofevilmarkedtheworksofHawthorne，Melvilleandahostoflesserwriters.

　　A.optimisticB.Calvinistic

　　C.PlatonicD.Socratic

　　40.TheAmerican______asaculturalheritageexertedgreatinfluencesoverAmericanmoralvaluesintheAmericanRomanticperiod.

　　A.PuritanismB．Atheism无神论

　　C.Deism自然神论D.Cynicism冷嘲热讽的

　　PARTTWO（60POINTS）

　　II.ReadingComprehension（16pointsinall，4foreach）

　　ReadthequotedpartscarefullyandanswerthequestionsinEnglish．WriteyouranswersinthecorrespondingspaceontheAnswerSheet．

　　41.“Thefiverglidethathisownsweetwill：

　　DearGod!

theveryhousesseemasleep；

　　Andallthatmightyheartislyingstill!

”

　　（fromWilliamWordsworth’s“ComposeduponWestminsterBridge”）

　　Questions：

　　A.Whatfigureofspeechisusedinthequotedlines?

　　B.Whatdoes“thatmightyheart’’referto?

　　C.Whatdoesthepoemdecribe?

　　42.“Whenthestarsthrewdowntheirspears,

　　Andwater’dheavenwiththeirtears,

　　Didhesmilehisworktosee?