英美文学选读自考试题1.docx
- 文档编号:26857714
- 上传时间:2023-06-23
- 格式:DOCX
- 页数:7
- 大小:19.48KB
英美文学选读自考试题1.docx
《英美文学选读自考试题1.docx》由会员分享,可在线阅读,更多相关《英美文学选读自考试题1.docx(7页珍藏版)》请在冰豆网上搜索。
英美文学选读自考试题1
2010年4月英美文学选读自考试题
全国2010年4月自考
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)
I.MultipleChoice(40pointsinall,1foreach)
Selectfromthefourchoicesofeachitemtheonethatbestanswersthequestionorcompletesthestatement.WritethecorrespondingletterA,B,CorDontheanswersheet.
1.T.S.Eliot’s______bearingastrongthematicresemblancetoTheWasteLand,isgenerallyregardedasthedarkestofEliot’spoems.
A.“Gerontion”B.“Prufrock”
C.MurderintheCathedralD.TheHollowMen
2.Shelley’spoliticallyrics______isnotonlyawarcrycallinguponallworkingpeopletoriseupagainsttheirpoliticaloppressors,butanaddresstothempointingouttheintolerableinjusticeofeconomicexploitation.
A.“OdetoLiberty”B.“OdetoNaples”
C.“OdetotheWestWind”D.“MenofEngland”
3.Charlotte’sworksarefamousforthedepictionofthelifeof______workingwomen,particularlygovernesses.
A.themiddle-classB.thelower-class
C.theupper-middle-classD.theupper-class
4.AllofthefollowingworksareknownasHardy’s“novelsofcharacterandenvironment”EXCEPT______.
A.TheReturnoftheNativeB.TessoftheD’Urbervilles
C.JudetheObscureD.FarfromtheMaddingCrowd
5.JaneAusten’spracticalidealismisthatloveshouldbejustifiedby______anddisciplinedbyself-control.
A.reasonB.sense
C.rationalityD.sensibility
6.Shakespeare’s______,anelaborateandfantasticstory,isknownasthebestofhisfinalromances.
A.TheWinter’sTaleB.TheTempest
C.TheTamingoftheShrewD.Love’sLabour’sLost
7.“Whereintelligencewasfallible,limited,theImaginationwasourhopeofcontactwitheternalforces,withthewholespiritualworld.”wassaidby______.
A.WilliamWordsworthB.WilliamBlake
C.SamuelTaylorColeridgeD.JohnKeats
8.“Tobe,ornottobe-thatisthequestion;/Whether’tisnoblerinthemindtosuffer/Theslingsandarrowsofoutrageousfortune,/Ortotakearmsagainstaseaoftroubles,/Andbyopposingendthen?
”Theselinesaretakenfrom______.
A.KingLearB.RomeoandJuliet
C.OthelloD.Hamlet
9.JohnMilton’smostpowerfuldramaticpoemontheGreekmodelis______.
A.ParadiseLostB.ParadiseRegained
C.SamsonAgonistesD.Lycidas
10.Becauseofhersensitivitytouniversalpattensofhumanbehavior,______hasbroughttheEnglishnovel,asanartofform,toitsmaturity.
A.CharlotteBronteB.JaneAusten
C.EmilyBronteD.HenryFielding
11.DanielDefoe’s______isuniversallyconsideredashismasterpiece.
A.ColonelJackB.RobinsonCrusoe
C.CaptainSingletonD.AJournalofthePlagueYear
12.Poetryisdefinedby______as“thespontaneousoverflowofpowerfulfeelings,whichoriginatesinemotionrecollectedintranquility”.
A.WilliamWordsworthB.WilliamBlake
C.PercyByssheShelleyD.RobertSouthey
13.JonathanSwift’s______isgenerallyregardedasthebestmodelofsatire,notonlyoftheperiodbutalsointhewholeEnglishliteraryhistory.
A.Gulliver’sTravelsB.TheBattleoftheBooks
C.“AModestProposal”D.ATaleofaTub
14.AllofthefollowingstatementsabouttheVictorianperiodistrueEXCEPT______.
A.Englandwasthe“workshopoftheworld”.
B.Theearlyyearswasatimeofrapideconomicdevelopmentaswellasserioussocialproblems.
C.Towardsthemid-century,Englandhadreacheditshighestpointofdevelopmentasaworldpower.
D.Capitalismcameintoitsmonopolystage,thegapbetweentherichandthepoorwasfurtherdeepened.
15.GeorgeBernardShaw’s______isagrotesquelyrealisticexposureofslumlandlordism.
A.Widower’sHouseB.Mrs.Warren’sProfession
C.TheAppleCartD.GettingMarried
16.Dickens’sfirstchildherois______.
A.LittleNellB.DavidCopperfield
C.OliverTwistD.LittleDorrit
17.Ofalltheeighteenth-centurynovelists______wasthefirsttosetout,bothintheoryandpractice,towritespecificallya“comicepicinprose”,thefirsttogivethemodernnovelitsstructureandstyle.
A.HenryFieldingB.DanielDefoe
C.JonathanSwiftD.LaurenceSterne
18.D.H.Lawrence’s______isaremarkablenovelinwhichtheindividualconsciousnessissubtlyrevealedandstrandsofthemesareintricatelywoundup.
A.SonsandLoversB.TheRainbow
C.WomeninLoveD.LadyChatterley’sLove
19.DickensattackstheUtilitarianprinciplethatrulesovertheEnglisheducationsystemanddestroysyoungheartsandmindsin______.
A.HandTimesB.GreatExpectations
C.OurMutualFriendD.BleakHouse
20.Thebeliefoftheeighteenth-centuryneoclassicistsinEnglandledthemtoseekthefollowingEXCEPT______.
A.proportionB.unity
C.harmonyD.spirit
21.TheRenaissancemarksatransitionfrom______tothemodernworld.
A.theoldEnglishB.themedieval
C.thefeudalistD.thecapitalist
22.ThegreatpoliticalandsocialeventsintheEnglishsocietyofneoclassicalperiodwerethefollowingEXCEPT______.
A.theRestorationofKingCharlesIIin1660B.theGreatPlagueof1665
C.theGreatLondonFirein1666D.theWarsofRosesin1689
23.WiththescarletletterAasthebiggestsymbolofall,______proveshimselftobeoneofthebestsymbolists.
A.HawthorneB.Dreiser
C.JamesD.Faulkner
24.TheauthorofLeavesofGrass,agiantofAmericanletters,is______.
A.FaulknerB.Dreiser
C.JamesD.Whitman
25.InTenderistheNight,______tracesthedeclineofayoungAmericanpsychiatristwhosemarriagetoabeautifulandwealthypatientdrainshispersonalenergiesandcorrodeshisprofessionalcareer.
A.DreiserB.Faulkner
C.FitzgeraldD.JackLondon
26.Melvilleisbest-knownastheauthorofhismightybook,________,whichisoneoftheworld’sgreatestmasterpieces.
A.SongofMyselfB.Moby-Dick
C.TheMarbleFaunD.MossesfromanOldManse
27.ThethemeofHenryJames’essay“______”clearlyindicatesthattheaimofthenovelistopresentlife,soitisnotsurprisingtofindinhiswritingshumanexperiencesexploredineverypossibleform.
A.TheAmericanB.TheEuropeans
C.TheArtofFictionD.TheGoldenBowl
28.DuringWWI,______servedasanhonorablejuniorofficerintheAmericanRedCrossAmbulanceCorpsandin1918wasseverelywoundedinbothlegs.
A.AndersonB.Faulkner
C.HemingwayD.Dreiser
29.InordertoprotestagainstAmerica’sfailuretojoinEnglandinWWI,______becameanaturalizedBritishcitizenin1915.
A.WilliamFaulknerB.HenryJames
C.EarnestHemingwayD.EzraPound
30.RobertFrostdescribed______as“abookofpeople,”whichshowsabrilliantinsightintoNewEnglandcharacterandthebackgroundthatformedit.
A.NorthofBostonB.ABoy’sWill
C.AWitnessTreeD.AFurtherRange
31.WecaneasilyfindinDreiser’sfictionaworldofjungle,and______foundexpressioninalmosteverybookhewrote.
A.naturalismB.romanticism
C.transcendentalismD.cubism
32.Asanactiveparticipantofhisage,Fitzgeraldisoftenacclaimedliteraryspokesmanofthe______.
A.JazzAgeB.AgeofReason
C.LostGenerationD.BeatGeneration
33.FromthefirstnovelSisterCarrieon,DreisersethimselftoprojecttheAmericanvaluesforwhathehadfoundthemtobe:
______tothecore.
A.altruisticB.political
C.religiousD.materialistic
34.The20th-centurystream-of-consciousnesstechniquewasfrequentlyandskillfullyusedby______toemphasizethereactionsandinnermusingsofthenarrator.
A.HemingwayB.Frost
C.FaulknerD.Whitman
35.WiththehelpofhisfriendsPhilStoneandSherwoodAnderson,______publishedavolumeofpoetryTheMarbleFaunandhisfirstnovelSoldiers’Pay.
A.FaulknerB.Hemingway
C.EzraPoundD.Fitzgerald
36.TheSunAlsoRisescastslightonawholegenerationafterWWIandtheeffectsofthewarbywayofavividportraitof“______.”
A.theBeatGenerationB.theLostGeneration
C.theBabyboomingAgeD.theJazzAge
37.WithinherlittlelyricsDickinsonaddressesthoseissuesthatconcern______,whichincludereligion,death,immorality,loveandnature.
A.thewholehumanbeingsB.thefrontiers
C.theAfricanAmericansD.herrelatives
38.H.L.Mencken,afamousAmericancritic,considered______“thetruefatherofournationalliterature.”
A.HamlinGarlandB.JosephKirkland
C.MarkTwainD.HenryJames
39.Inhispoetry,Whitmanshowsconcernfor______andtheburgeoninglifeofcities.
A.thecolonistsB.thecapitalists
C.thewholehard-workingpeopleD.theintellectuals
40.In1837,______publishedTwice-ToldTales,acollectionofshortstorieswhichattractedcriticalattention.
A.EmersonB.Melville
C.WhitmanD.Hawthorne
II.ReadingComprehension(16pointsinall,4foreach)
ReadthequotedpartscarefullyandanswerthequestionsinEnglish.Writeyouranswersinthecorrespondingspaceontheanswersheet.
41.Wherefore,BeesofEngland,forge
Manyaweapon,chain,andscourge,
Thatthesestinglessdronesmayspoil
Theforcedproduceofyourtoil?
Questions:
A.Identifythepoetandthepoemfromwhichthelinesaretaken.
B.Whatdoyouknowaboutthepoem’swritingbackground?
C.Whatdoyouthinkthepoetintendstosayinthepoem?
42.Letusgothen,youandI,
Whentheeveningisspreadoutagainstthesky
Likeapatientetherizeduponatable;
Letusgo,throughcertainhalf-desertedstreets,
Themutteringretreats
Ofrestlessnightsinone-nightcheaphotels
Andsawdustrestaurantswithoyster-shells:
(Thelinesabovearetakenfrom“TheLoveSongofJ.AlfredPrufrock”byT.SEliot.)
Questions:
A.Whatdoesthepoempresent?
B.Whatformisthepoemcomposedin?
C.Whatdoesthepoemsuggest?
43.ThisismylettertotheWorld
ThatneverwrotetoMe-
ThesimpleNewsthatNaturetold-
WithtenderMa
- 配套讲稿:
如PPT文件的首页显示word图标,表示该PPT已包含配套word讲稿。双击word图标可打开word文档。
- 特殊限制:
部分文档作品中含有的国旗、国徽等图片,仅作为作品整体效果示例展示,禁止商用。设计者仅对作品中独创性部分享有著作权。
- 关 键 词:
- 美文 选读 自考 试题
![提示](https://static.bdocx.com/images/bang_tan.gif)