【学历类职业资格】全国自考（英美文学选读）模拟试卷11及答案解析.doc

1、全国自考（英美文学选读）模拟试卷 11 及答案解析(总分：100.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、单项选择题(总题数：40，分数：80.00)1._ is a master satirist. His satire is usually masked by an outward gravity and an apparent earnestness which renders his satire all the more powerful.（分数：2.00）A.Jonathan SwiftB.Daniel DefoeC.Henry FieldingD.Thomas Gray2.In the

2、Romantic Age, _is a great critic on Shakespeare, Elizabethan drama, and English poetry.（分数：2.00）A.ByronB.Jane AustenC.William HazlittD.William Blake3.Robert Browning who created the verse novel by adopting the novelistic presentation of characters, was among the famous_poet.（分数：2.00）A.neoclassicalB.

3、realisticC.experimentalD.victorian4.Which of the following is NOT a typical feature of Modernism?（分数：2.00）A.To elevate the individual and inner being over the social being.B.To put the stress on traditional values.C.To portray the distorted and alienated relationships between man and his environment

4、.D.To advocate a conscious break with the past.5.After The adventures of Tom Sawyer, Twain gives a literary independence to Tom s buddy Huck in a book entitled _.（分数：2.00）A.Life on the MississippiB.The Gilded AgeC.Adventures of Huckleberry FinnD.A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthu s Court6.In Hemingw

5、ays “Indian Camp, “ Nicks night trip to the Indian village and his experience inside the hut can be taken as_.（分数：2.00）A.an essential lesson about Indian tribesB.a confrontation with evil and sinC.an initiation to the harshness of lifeD.a learning process in human relationship7._, originally drafted

6、 as “First Impressions“ in 1796.（分数：2.00）A.Mansfield ParkB.Pride and PrejudiceC.EmmaD.Northanger Abbey8.One of the greatest critical realist writer of_ is Charles Dickens.（分数：2.00）A.the Victorian PeriodB.the Neoclassical PeriodC.the Renaissance PeriodD.the Romantic Period9.The 1930s witnessed great

7、economic depressions, mass unemployment, and the rise of the Nazis. Facing such a severe situation, most of the young intellects started to turn to the left. And therefore the period was known as “the_thirties. “（分数：2.00）A.blackB.redC.hardD.mad10.The outstanding realistic novelists in the early 20th

8、-century England were_, H. G. Wells and Arnold Bennett.（分数：2.00）A.George Bernard ShawB.John GalsworthyC.James JoyceD.T. S. Eliot11.“I like to see it lap the Miles“ is a poem written by_.（分数：2.00）A.Ezra PoundB.Walt WhitmanC.Robert FrostD.Emily Dickinson12.Shelleys masterpiece, Prometheus Unbound, is

9、a verse drama, which borrows the basic story from _.（分数：2.00）A.the BibleB.a German LegendC.a Greek playD.One Thousand and One Nights13.In the first part of the novel Pride and Prejudice, Mr. Darcy has a( n)_of the Bennet family.（分数：2.00）A.high opinionB.great admirationC.low opinionD.erroneous view14

10、.Mr. Micawber in David Copperfield and Sam Well in The Pickwick Paper are perhaps the best _characters created by Charles Dickens.（分数：2.00）A.comicalB.tragicC.roundD.sophisticated15.A typical feature of the English Victorian literature is that writers became social and moral_, exposing all kinds of s

11、ocial evils.（分数：2.00）A.revolutionariesB.idealistsC.criticsD.defenders16.“Then all collapsed, and the great shroud of the sea rolled on as it rolled five thousand years ago. “ In the quoted sentence, the author might imply that_.（分数：2.00）A.nothing changes in the 5 , 000 years of human historyB.man s

12、desire to conquer nature can only end in his own destructionC.nature is evil as it was 5 , 000 years agoD.nature has the ultimate creative power17.Beside symbolism, all the following qualities EXCEPT_ are fused to make Melville s Moby-Dick a world classic.（分数：2.00）A.narrative powerB.psychological an

13、alysisC.speculative agilityD.optimistic view of life18.In all his novels Theodore Dreiser sets himself to project the_American values. For example , in Sister Carrie, there is not one character whose status is not determined economically.（分数：2.00）A.PuritanB.materialisticC.psychologicalD.religious19.

14、Which of the following statements about E. Grierson, the protagonist in Faulkner s story A Rose for Emily is NOT true?（分数：2.00）A.She has a distorted personality.B.She is physically deformed and paralyzed.C.She is the symbol of the old values of the South.D.She is the victim of the past glory.20.Afte

15、r his experiences in the forest, Goodman Brown returns to Salem_.（分数：2.00）A.desperate and gloomyB.renewed in his faithC.wearing a black veilD.unaware of his own sin21._was the leader of the Irish National Theater Movement in the early 20th century.（分数：2.00）A.W.B. YeatsB.Lady GregoryC.J. M. SyngeD.Jo

16、hn Galsworthy22.The poems such as “The Chimney Sweeper“ are found in both Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience by_.（分数：2.00）A.William WordsworthB.William BlakeC.John KeatsD.George Gordon Byron23.“For I have known them all already, known them all/Have known the evenings, mornings, afternoons, /

17、I have measured out my life with coffee spoons. “ The above lines are taken from_.（分数：2.00）A.Wordsworth s The Solitary ReaperB.Eliot s The Love Song of J. Alfred PrufrockC.Coleridge s Kubla KhanD.Yeats s The Lake Isle of Innisfree24.The story starting with the marriage of Paul s parents Walter Morel

18、 and Mrs. Morel must be_.（分数：2.00）A.Thomas Hardy s Tess of the D UrbervillesB.D.H. Lawrence s Sons and LoversC.George Eliot s MiddlemarchD.Charlotte Bronte s Jane Eyre25.Theodore Dreiser was once criticized for his_in style, but as a true artist his strength just lies in that his style is very serio

19、us and well calculated to achieve the thematic ends he sought.（分数：2.00）A.crudenessB.eleganceC.concisenessD.subtlety26.“He is the last of the romantic heroes, whose energy and sense of commitment take him in search of his personal grail; his failure magnifies to a great extent the end of the American

20、 Dream. “ The character referred to in the passage is most likely the protagonist of_.（分数：2.00）A.Fitzgerald s The Great GatsbyB.Dreiser s An American TragedyC.Hemingway s For Whom the Bell TollsD.Twain s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn27.American writers after World War I self-consciously acknowledge

21、d that they were (a) “_, “ devoid of faith and alienated from the Western civilization.（分数：2.00）A.Lost GenerationB.Beat GenerationC.Sons of LibertyD.Angry Young Men28.In his realistic fiction, Henry James s primary concern is to present the_.（分数：2.00）A.inner life of human beingsB.American Civil War

22、and its effectsC.life on the Mississippi RiverD.Calvinistic view of original sin29._is a natural means of writing in revealing the prince s inner conflict and psychological predicament in Shakespeare s Hamlet.（分数：2.00）A.DialogueB.SoliloquyC.Dramatic monologueD.Satire30.The hero of one of his main wo

23、rks is an Israel s mighty champion, blind, alone, and fighting against his thoughtless enemies. This hero s experience is in close resemblance to the poet himself. The poet s name is_.（分数：2.00）A.John MiltonB.John BunyanC.Edmund SpenserD.Christopher Marlowe31.The sentence “three or four families in a

24、 country village are the very thing to work on“ can best reflect the writer s personal knowledge and range of writing. This writer is_.（分数：2.00）A.Walter ScottB.Thomas HardyC.Charlotte BronteD.Jane Austen32.In comparison to T. S. Eliot s later poems, his early ones are marked by_.（分数：2.00）A.a dreamy

25、quality, expressing melancholy and self-indulgent feelingsB.a mood of disillusionment and the sufferings of modern peopleC.a philosophical and emotional calmD.a set of historical, cultural and religious themes33.“Cavalry Crossing a Ford“ by Whitman reminds its readers of a picture, or a photo, of a

26、scene of_.（分数：2.00）A.the American War of IndependenceB.the Westward MovementC.the U. S. -Spanish WarD.the American Civil War34.Which one of the following statements about Hawthorne s The Scarlet Letter is true?（分数：2.00）A.Hawthorne intended to tell a love story in this novel.B.Hawthorne intended to t

27、ell a story of sin in this novel.C.Hawthorne intended to reveal the human psyche after they sinned, so as to show people the tension between society and individuals.D.Hawthorne focused his attention on consequences of the sin on the people in general, so as to call the readers back to the convention

28、al Puritan way of living.35.Literature of Neoclassicism is different from that of Romanticism in that_.（分数：2.00）A.the former celebrates reason, rationality, order and instruction while the latter sees literature as an expression of an individual s feeling and experiencesB.the former is heavily relig

29、ious but the latter secularC.the former is an intellectual movement, the purpose of which is to arouse the middle class for political rights while the latter is concerned with the personal cultivationD.the former advocates the “return to nature“ whereas the latter turns to the ancient Greek and Roma

30、n writers for its models36.Which of the following poem by T. S. Eliot is hailed as a landmark and a model of the 20th-century English poetry?（分数：2.00）A.The CriterionB.The Hollow MenC.Prufrock and Other ObservationsD.The Waste Land37._has long been well known as a poet who can hardly be classified wi

31、th the old or the new.（分数：2.00）A.Emily DickinsonB.William FaulknerC.Robert Lee FrostD.Ezra Pound38.It is the greatest masters of English prose_that defined a good style as “proper words in proper places. “（分数：2.00）A.Henry FieldingB.Jonathan SwiftC.Samuel JohnsonD.Alexander Pope39._ defined poetry as

32、 “the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings, which originates in emotion recollected in tranquillity. “（分数：2.00）A.William WordsworthB.William BlakeC.Percy Bysshe ShelleyD.Robert Sou they40.In the way the montage does in a movie, _ deliberately broke up the chronology of his narrative by juxtapos

33、ing the past with the present, in most of his writings.（分数：2.00）A.Walt WhitmanB.William FaulknerC.Ernest HemingwayD.F. Scott Fitzgerald二、阅读理解(总题数：4，分数：8.00)41.For herein Fortune shows herself more kind Than is her custom. It is still her use To let the wretched man outlive his wealth, To view with h

34、ollow eye and wrinkled brow An age of poverty; from which ling ring penance Of such misery doth she cut me off. Questions:A. Who is the author of the play?B. What does “she“ refer to?C. What does the statement mean?（分数：2.00）_42.The Eyes aroundhad wrung them dry And Breaths were gathering firmFor tha

35、t last Onsetwhen the King Be witnessedin the Room Questions:A. From which poem is the stanza taken?B. What does “the King“ refer to?C. What does the first line mean?（分数：2.00）_43.I shall be telling this with a sigh Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I I took the one less

36、 traveled by, And that has made all the difference. Questions:A. Identify the author and the title of the poem from which the quoted lines are taken.B. What additional meaning do the two roads have?C. What dilemma is the speaker facing?（分数：2.00）_44.I consulted several things in my situation which I

37、found would be proper for me: 1st, health and fresh water I just now mentioned; 2ndly, shelter from the heat of the sun; 3rdly, security from ravenous creatures, whether men or beasts; 4thly, a view to the sea, that if God sent any ship in sight, I might not lose any advantage for my deliverance, of

38、 which I was not willing to banish all my expectation yet. Questions:A. Identify the author and the work.B. What idea does the quoted passage express?（分数：2.00）_三、简答题(总题数：4，分数：8.00)45.Some of Hemingway s heroes are regarded as the Hemingway Code heroes. Whatever the differences in experience and age,

39、 they all have something in common which Hemingway values. What are the characteristics of the Hemingway Code hero?（分数：2.00）_46.Why is Wordsworth regarded as the leading figure of the English romantic poetry?（分数：2.00）_47.The literary school of naturalism was quite popular in the late 19th century. W

40、hat are the major characteristics of naturalism?（分数：2.00）_48.Mark Twain and Henry James are two representatives of the realistic writers in American literature. How is Twain s realism different from James s realism?（分数：2.00）_四、论述题(总题数：2，分数：4.00)49.Jonathan Swifts Gullivers Travels, as a whole, is on

41、e of the most effective and devastating criticisms and satires of all aspects in the English and European life of his day. Please give a brief comment on Gullivers Travels.（分数：2.00）_50.Summarize the story of Mark Twain s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn in about 100 words, and comment on the theme of

42、the novel.（分数：2.00）_全国自考（英美文学选读）模拟试卷 11 答案解析(总分：100.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、单项选择题(总题数：40，分数：80.00)1._ is a master satirist. His satire is usually masked by an outward gravity and an apparent earnestness which renders his satire all the more powerful.（分数：2.00）A.Jonathan Swift B.Daniel DefoeC.Henry FieldingD.

43、Thomas Gray解析：解析：斯威夫特是讽刺作品大师，他的讽刺笔触极具力度。2.In the Romantic Age, _is a great critic on Shakespeare, Elizabethan drama, and English poetry.（分数：2.00）A.ByronB.Jane AustenC.William Hazlitt D.William Blake解析：解析：在英国文学的浪漫主义时期，威廉-赫兹利特是专门评论莎士比亚、伊丽莎白戏剧及英国诗歌的伟大评论家。3.Robert Browning who created the verse novel by

44、 adopting the novelistic presentation of characters, was among the famous_poet.（分数：2.00）A.neoclassicalB.realisticC.experimental D.victorian解析：4.Which of the following is NOT a typical feature of Modernism?（分数：2.00）A.To elevate the individual and inner being over the social being.B.To put the stress

45、on traditional values. C.To portray the distorted and alienated relationships between man and his environment.D.To advocate a conscious break with the past.解析：解析：本题主要考查的知识点为现代主义的典型特征。5.After The adventures of Tom Sawyer, Twain gives a literary independence to Tom s buddy Huck in a book entitled _.（分

46、数：2.00）A.Life on the MississippiB.The Gilded AgeC.Adventures of Huckleberry Finn D.A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthu s Court解析：6.In Hemingways “Indian Camp, “ Nicks night trip to the Indian village and his experience inside the hut can be taken as_.（分数：2.00）A.an essential lesson about Indian tribesB.a confrontation with evil and sinC.an initiation