英美文学 自考真题 与备考.docx

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英美文学自考真题与备考

绝密★考试结束前

全国2014年4月高等教育自学考试

英美文学选读试题

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I.MultipleChoice（40pointsinall,1foreach）

Selectfromthefourchoicesofeachitemtheonethatbestanswersthequestionorcompletesthestatement.MarkyourchoicebyblackeningthecorrespondingletterA,B,CorDontheanswersheet.

1.Shakespearehasestablishedhisgiantpositioninworldliteraturewithhis______plays,154sonnetsand2longpoems.

A.27B.38

C.47D.52

2.johnMilton’sliteraryachievementcanbedividedintothreegroups:

theearlypoeticworks,themiddleprosepamphletsandthelast______.

A.romancesB.dramas

C.greatpoemsD.ballads

3.Thenovelsof______arethefirstliteraryworksdevotedtothestudyofproblemsofthelower—classpeople.

A.JohnMiltonB.DanielDefoe

C.HenryFieldingD.JonathanSwift

4.TheworkrankedbymanycriticsasWilliamWordswoth’sgreatestworkwas______.

A.LyricalBalladsB.ThePrelude

C.PoemsinTwoVolumesD.TheExcursion

5.TheauthorofTheHistoryofTomJones,aFoundlingis______.

A.DanielDefoeB.JohathanSwift

C.HenryFieldingD.WilliamBlake

6.Theworksof______arefamousforthedepictionofthelifeofthemiddle—classwomen,particularlygoverness.

A.CharlotteBronteB.D.H.Lawrence

C.ThomasHardyD.JaneAusten

7.AllofthefollowingwritingsarecreatedbyWilliamWordsworthEXCEPT______.

A.“IWanderedLonelyasaCloud.”

B.“ComposeduponWestminsterBridge,Septemer3,1802.”

C.“TheSolitaryReaper.”

D.“TheChimneySweeper.”

8.ThemostimportantrepresentativeworkbyJonathanSwiftis______.

A.ATaleofaTubB.TheBattleoftheBooks

C.AModestProposalD.Gulliver'sTravels

9“Ifwintercomes,canSpringbefarbehind?

”comesfromShelly’s______.

A.“ToaSkylark”B.“Adonais”

C.“OdetoLiberty”D.“OdetotheWestWind”

10.InJaneAusten'sfirstnovel______,shetellsastoryabouttwosistersandtheirloveaffairs.

A.PrideandPrejudiceB.SenseandSensibility

C.EmmaD.Persuasion

11.CharlesDickensisoneofthegreatest______writersoftheVictorianAge.

A.romanticB.modernist

C.socialistD.criticalrealist

12.CharlotteBronte'smostautobiographicalwork,______islargelybasedonherexperienceinBrussels.

A.JaneEyreB.Shirley

C.VilletteD.TheProfessor

13.WilliamWordsworth'stheoryofpoetryiscallingforsimplethemesdrawnfromhumblelifeexpressedinthelanguageofordinarypeople.Theprefacetothesecondeditionof______actsasamanifestoforthenewschoolandsetsforthhisowncriticalcreed.

A.LyricalBalladsB.ThePrelude

C.PoemsinTwoVolumsD.TheExcursion

14.GeorgeBernardShaw'splay______establishedhispositionastheleadingplaywrightofhistime.

A.Widowers’HousesB.TooTruetoBeGood

C.Mrs.Warren'sProfessionD.Candida

15.Eliot'smostimportantsinglepoem______,hasbeenhailedasalandmarkandamodelofthe20th-centuryEnglishpoetry.

A.TheHollowMenB.TheWasteLand

C.PrurrockandOtherObservationsD.Poems1909-25

16.D.H.Lawrence’sautobiographicalnovel,______showstheconflictbetweentheearthy,coarse,energeticbutoftendrunkenfatherandtherefined,strong—willedandup—climbingmother.

A.SonsandLoversB.TheWhitePeacock

C.TheTrespasserD.TheRainbow

17.“Tobe,ornottobe—thatisthequestion;/Whether'tisnoblerinthemindtosuffer./Theslingsandarrowsofoutrageousfortune,/Ortotakearmsagainstaseaoftroubles,/Andbyopposingendthem?

”Thesewordsarefrom______.

A.KingLearB.Romeo

C.AntonioD.Hamlet

18.JohnMilton’slastimportantwork,______isthemostpowerfuldramaticpoemontheGreekmodel.

A.ParadiseLostB.ParadiseRegained

C.SamsonAgonistesD.Lydidas

19.TheauthorofMollFlandersandCaptainSingletonis______.

A.JohnMiltonB.DanielDefoe

C.HenryFieldingD.JonathanSwift

20.Drapieristhepseudonymof______.

A.JonathanSwiftB.DanielDefoe

C.HenryFieldingD.WilliamBlake

21.OneofDickens'laterworks,______inwhichhepresentsacriticismofthegovernmentalbrancheswhichrunanindefiniteprocedureofmanagementofaffairsandkeeptheinnocentinprisonforlife.

A.BleakHouseB.LittleDorrit

C.HardTimesD.ATaleofTwoCities

22.InthesecondpartofGulliver'sTravels,Gullivertoldhisexperiencein______.

A.BrobdingnagB.Lilliput

C.FlyingIslandD.Houyhnhnm

23.Faulknerusedthenarrativetechniquestoconstructhisstories,whichinclude______andmythologicalandbiblicalallusions.

A.symbolismB.freeindirectspeech

C.contrastD.dialogue

24.ErnestHemingway,hadbeentryingtodemonstrateinhisworksanunvaryingcode,knownas“______,”whichisactuallyanattitudetowardslife.

A.facingtherealityB.graceunderpressure

C.honestywithbenevolenceD.securitycomingfirst

25.TheBlithedaleRomanceisanovelwrittenbyHawthornetorevealhisownexperienceontheBrookFarmandhisownmethodsasa______novelist.

A.naturalistB.imagist

C.psychologicalD.feminist

26.TheodoreDreiser'sfocusshiftedfromthepathosofthehelplessprotagonistsatthebottomofthesocietytothepoweroftheAmericanfinancialtycoonsinthelate19thcenturyinhiswork______.

A.TheGeniusB.AnAmericanTragedy

C.DreiserLooksatRussiaD.“TrilogyofDesire”

27.EmilyDickinsonfrequentlyusespersonaetorenderthetonemorefamiliartothereader,and______tovivifysomeabstractideas.

A.imagesB.metaphor

C.symbolsD.personification

28.Inhislaterworks,Melvillebecomesmorereconciledwiththe______,inwhichheadmits,onemustlivebyrules.

A.womenB.worldofman

C.familyD.politicians

29.WaltWhitman's______hasalwaysbeenconsideredamonumentalworkwhichcommandsgreatattentioninAmerica.

A.ThePilgrim’sProgressB.LeavesofGrass

C.APassagetoIndiaD.RipVanWinkle

30.MarkTwain’sfullliterarycareerbegantoblossomin1869withatravelbook______,anaccountofAmericantouristsinEurope.

A.InnocentsAbroadB.ThePortraitofALady

C.TheGrapesofWrathD.TheGreatGatsby

31.Withthedevelopmentofthemodernnovelandthecommonacceptanceofthe______approach,HenryJames'simportance,aswellashiswideinfluenceasanovelistandcritic,hasbeenallthemoreconspicuous.

A.deconstructionB.romantic

C.FreudianD.analytic

32.EmilyDickinsonaddressestheissuesthatconcernthewholehumanbeingsinherpoems,whichincludereligion,death,______,love,andnature.

A.immortalityB.wealth

C.powerD.politics

33.InSisterCarrieTheodoreDreiserexpressedhis______pursuitbyexpoundingthepurposelessnessoflifeandattackingtheconventionalmoralstandards.

A.romanticB.realistic

C.naturalisticD.modernistic

34.ProfoundideasinRobertFrost'spoemsaredeliveredunderthedisguiseof______.

A.theplainlanguageandthesimpleformB.thevividdescriptions

C.metaphorsD.thecomplicatednarration

35.In______Hemingwaypresentshisphilosophyaboutlifeanddeaththroughthedepictionofthebullfightasakindofmicrocosmictragedy.

A.TheGreenHillsofAfricaB.DeathintheAfternoon

C.TheSnowsofKilimanjaroD.ToHaveandHaveNot

36OfFaulkner’sliteraryworks,fournovelsaremasterpiecesbyanystandards:

TheSoundandtheFury,LightinAugust,Absalom,Absalom!

and______.

A.GoDown,MosesB.TheFable

C.TheSnowsofKilimanjaroD.ToHaveandHaveNot

37.AsWhitmansawit,______couldplayavitalpartintheprocessofcreatinganewnation.

A.musicB.fiction

C.poetryD.painting

38.InmanyofHawthorne'sstoriesandnovels,thePuritanconceptoflifeiscondemned,especiallyinhisThehouseoftheSevenGablesand______.

A.GoDown,MosesB.TheScarletLetter

C.AsILayDyingD.SongofMyself

39.HenryJamesisgenerallyregardedastheforerunnerofthe______andthefounderofpsychologicalrealism.

A.“stream-of-consciousness”novelsB.metaphysicalpoems

C.shortstoriesD.literarycriticism

40.GenerallyconsideredtobeHenryJames’smasterpiece,______incarnatestheclashbetweentheOldWorldandtheNewinthelifejourneyofanAmericangirlinaEuropeanculturalenvironment.

A.TheAmbassadorsB.DaisyMiller

C.TheAmericanD.ThePortraitofALady

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II.ReadingComprehension（16pointsinall,4foreach）

ReadthequotedpartscarefullyandanswerthequestionsinEnglish.Writeyouranswersinthecorrespondingspaceontheanswersheet.

41.Wherefore,BeesofEngland,forge

Manyaweapon,chain,andscourge,

Thatthesestinglessdronesmayspoil

Theforcedproduceofyourtoil?

Questions.

A.Identifythepoetandthepoemfromwhichthestanzaistaken.

B.Whatdoyouknowaboutthepoem'swritingbackground?

C.Whatdoyouthinkthepoetintendstosayinthepoem?

42.Letusgothen,youandI,

Whentheeveningisspreadoutagainstthesky

Likeapatientetherizeduponatable;

Letusgo,throughcertainhalf-desertedstreets,

Themutteringretreats

Ofrestlessnightsinone-nightcheaphotels

Andsawdustrestaurantswithoyster-shells:

（Thelinesabovearetakenfrom“TheLove