【学历类职业资格】英美文学选读自考题-16及答案解析.doc

1、英美文学选读自考题-16 及答案解析(总分：99.96，做题时间：90 分钟)一、B(总题数：40，分数：40.00)1.The Renaissance is actually a movement stimulated by a series of historical events, such as the rediscovery of ancient _ and _ culture, the new discoveries in geography and astrology, the religious reformation and the economic expansion. A

2、 Chinese, Indian B. Hebrew, Egyptian C. Roman, Greek D. Britain, American（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.2.The English Renaissance period was an age of _. A. poetry and drama B. drama and novel C. novel and poetry D. romance and poetry（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.3._ is a natural means of writing in revealing the princes inn

3、er conflict and psychological predicament in Shakespeares Hamlet. A. Dialogue B. Soliloquy C. Dramatic monologue D. Satire（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.4.Miltons literary achievements can be divided into three groups: the early poetic works, the middle _ and the last great poems. A. romances B. dramas C. prose p

4、amphlets D. ballads（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.5.Neoclassicists had some fixed laws and rules for prose except _. A. being precise B. being direct C. being flexible D. being satiric（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.6._ was written by Defoe and it won him friendship from the king. A. The Shortest Way with the Dissenters B. The

5、True born Englishman C. Colonel Jack D. A Journal of the Plague Year（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.7.In his novel, Robinson Crusoe, Defoe eulogizes the hero of the _. A. aristocratic B. enterprising landlords C. rising bourgeoisie D. hard-working people（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.8.The best model of satire in the whole Engl

6、ish literary history is Jonathan Swifts _. A. A Modest Proposal B. A Tale of a Tub C. Gullivers Travels D. The Battle of the Books（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.9.Gullivers Travels contains _ parts, each dealing with one particular voyage during his extraordinary adventures on some remote islands. A. two B. three

7、 C. four D. five（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.10.Tom Jones, the full title being The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, is generally considered the masterpiece of _. A. John Bunyan B. Daniel Defoe C. Jonathan Swift D. Henry Fielding（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.11.Romanticism is a period of British literature roughly dated f

8、rom _. A. 16601798 B. 17981832 C. 14831546 D. 18361901（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.12.Which of the following is the Gothic novel? A. P.B. Shelleys Prometheus Unbound. B. John Keats Lamia. C. Mary Shelleys Frankenstein. D. Jane Austens Pride and Prejudice.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.13.In William Blakes later period, he wr

9、ote quite a few prophetic books including the following writings except _. A. The Book of Urizen B. The Book of Los C. Milton D. Marriage of Heaven and Hell（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.14.Returning to England from Germany in 1799, William Wordsworth and his sister settled at Dove Cottage in Grasmere, Westmorela

10、nd. The poet _ as well as _ lived nearby, and the three became known as the “Lake Poets“. A. Samuel Taylor Coleridge, George Gordon Byron B. Robert Southey, Coleridge C. John Keats, Robert Southey D. George Gordon Byron, Percy Bysshe Shelley（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.15.According to the subjects, William Word

11、sworths short poems can be classified into two groups: poems about _ and poems about human life. A. love B. friendship C. nature D. truth（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.16.In his _, Shelley eulogized the powerful west wind and expressed his eagerness to enjoy the boundless freedom from the reality. A. Prometheus U

12、nbound B. Ode to the West Wind C. Adonais D. In De fence of Poetry（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.17.Jane Austens main literary concern is about human beings in their _ relationships. Because of this, her novels have a universal significance. A. personal B. natural C. satisfied D. emotional（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.18.Chro

13、nologically the Victorian Period roughly coincides with the reign of _ who ruled over England from 1836 to 1901. A. Queen Victoria B. Queen Elizabeth C. King Henry D. King Edward （分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.19.Among the famous novelists of the Victorian Period were the critical realists like, _, William Makepe

14、ace Thackeray, Charlotte Bront, Emily Bront, Mrs. Gaskell and Anthony Trollope, etc. A. Thomas Hardy B. Charles Dickens C. Robert Browning D. Jane Austen（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.20.Charles Dickens works are characterized by a mingling of _. He seems to believe that life is itself a mixture of joy and grief.

15、 A. love and hate B. friendship and loneliness C. humor and pathos D. satire and criticism（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.21.Charlotte Brontes works are all about the struggle of an individual consciousness towards _, about some lonely and neglected young women with a fierce longing for love, understanding and a f

16、ull, happy life. A. self-reliance B. self-realization C. self-esteem D. self-consciousness（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.22.Thomas Hardys pessimistic view of life predominated most of his later works and earns him a reputation as a _ writer. A. realistic B. naturalistic C. romantic D. stylistic（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.23

17、The French _, appearing in the late 19th century, heralded modernism. A. romanticism B. realism C. expressionism D. symbolism（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.24._ is considered to be the best-known English dramatist since Shakespeare, and his representative works are plays inspired by social criticism. A. Richard

18、Sheridan B. Oliver Goldsmith C. Oscar Wilde D. Bernard Shaw（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.25._ is a poem concerned with the spiritual breakup of a modern civilization in which human life has lost its meaning, significance and purpose. A. Ulysses B. The Waste Land C. The Confidential Clerk D. Dublirwrs（分数：1.00）A.B

19、C.D.26._ was one of the first novelists to introduce themes of psychology into his works. He believed that the healthy way of the individuals psychological development lay in the primacy of the sexual impulse. A. T.S. Eliot B. George Eliot C. James Joyce D. .Lawrence（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.27.The American

20、 Romantic Period stretches from the end of the 18th century to the outbreak of the _. A. Civil War B. World War C. Independent War D. World War （分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.28.Walt Whitman, whose _ established him as the most popular American poet of the 19th century. A. Leaves of Grass B. Song of Myself C. Dru

21、m Taps D. Cavalry Crossing a Ford（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.29._ tells a simple but very moving story in which four people living in a Puritan community are involved in and affected by the sin of adultery in different ways. A. Young Goodman Brown B. Moby-Dick C. The Scarlet Letter D. Daisy Miller（分数：1.00）A.B.

22、C.D.30.Melville is best-known as the author of one book named _ which is one of the worlds greatest masterpieces. A. Redburn B. Moby-Dick C. Pierre D. White Jacket（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.31.Samuel Langhorne Clemens is better known by the pen name _. A. Mark Twain B. Henry James C. William Faulkner D. Theod

23、ore Dreiser（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.32._ was the first American writer to conceive his career in international terms. A. Emerson B. Henry James C. Mark Twain D. Ernest Hemingway（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.33.Emily Dickinson was sometimes curious about the feeling of speech of death and in one of her poems she wrote ab

24、out the _ of death, the title of the poem is “I heard a Fly buzzwhen I died“. A. moment B. suffering C. happiness D. meaning（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.34.In _ Dreiser expressed his naturalistic pursuit by expounding the purposelessness of life and attacking the conventional moral standards. A. An American Tra

25、gedy B. Sister Carrie C. The Financier D. The Stoic（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.35.The _ Age of the 1920s characterized by frivolity and carelessness is brought vividly to life in The Great Gatsby. A. Lost B. Jazz C. Reason D. Gilded（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.36.Robert Frost is generally considered a regional poet whose

26、subject matters mainly focus on the landscape and people in _. A. the west B. the south C. Alaska D. New England（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.37.Fitzgerald wrote one novel _, in which he traces the decline of a young American psychiatrist whose marriage to a beautiful and wealthy patient drains his personal ener

27、gies and corrodes his professional career. A. Tender is the Night B. The Great Gatsby C. The Side of Paradise D. The Last Tycoon（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.38.The Great Gatsby, written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, is a novel that is set against _. A. the government oppression B. his parents will C. the bad weather

28、D. the ending of the war（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.39.Hemingways second big success is _, which wrote the epitaph to a decade and to the whole generation in the 1920s in telling us a story about the tragic love affair of a wounded American soldier with a British nurse. A. For Whom the Bell Tolls B. A Farewell

29、 to Arms C. The Sun Also Rises D. The Old Man and the Sea（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.40.Most of _s works are set in the American South, with his emphasis on the Southern subjects and consciousness. A. Faulkner B. Fitzgerald C. Hemingway D. Steinbeck（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.二、B(总题数：4，分数：16.00)Read the quoted parts care

30、fully and answer the questions in English. Write your answers in the corresponding space on the answer sheet.“Here in the heart of hell to work in fire, /Or do his errands in the gloomy deep.“BQuestions:/B（分数：3.99）(1).Identify the title and the author.（分数：1.33）_(2).Whats the meaning of “in the gloom

31、y deep“?（分数：1.33）_(3).What does the poem attempts to convince us?（分数：1.33）_“Wherefore, Bees of England, forge/Many a weapon, chain, and scourge, /That these stingless drones may spoil/The forced produce, of your toil?“BQuestions:/B（分数：3.99）(1).Identify the poet and the poem from which the lines are

32、taken.（分数：1.33）_(2).What do you know about the poems writing background?（分数：1.33）_(3).What do you think the poet intends to say in the poem?（分数：1.33）_“Poor little Faith! thought he, for his heart smote him. What a wretch am I, to leave her on such an errand! She talks of dreams, too. Methought, as s

33、he spoke, there was trouble in her face, as if a dream had warned her what work is to be done tonight. But, no, no! t would kill her to think it. Well; shes a blessed angel on earth; and after this one night, Ill cling to her skirts and follow her to Heaven.“Questions:（分数：3.99）(1).Identify the autho

34、r and the title of the work.（分数：1.33）_(2).Who is Faith?（分数：1.33）_(3).How do you interpret the speakers feeling?（分数：1.33）_“So I was full of trouble, full as I could be; and didnt know what to do. At last I had an idea; and I says, Ill go and write the letterand then see if I can pray. Why, it was ast

35、onishing, the way I felt as light as a feather, right straight off, and my troubles all gone. So I got a piece of paper and a pencil, all glad and excited, and set down and wrote:.“Questions:（分数：3.99）(1).Who does “I“ refer to in the passage?（分数：1.33）_(2).Who am “I“ going to write to?（分数：1.33）_(3).Wh

36、at kind of image is “I“?（分数：1.33）_三、B(总题数：4，分数：24.00)41.What is “neoclassicism“?（分数：6.00）_42.Charles Dickens is a master story-teller. What is Dickens Oliver Twist famous for?（分数：6.00）_43.What are the characteristics of the British modernist literature?（分数：6.00）_44.Henry Jamess literary criticism is

37、 an indispensable part of his contribution to literature. Whats his outlook in literary criticism?（分数：6.00）_四、B(总题数：2，分数：20.00)45.Generally speaking, Jane Austen was a writer of the 18th century, though she lived mainly in the nineteenth century. Based on her writings, discuss Jane Austens greatest

38、contribution to English literature.（分数：10.00）_46.Give a comment on Robert Frosts The Road Not Taken.（分数：10.00）_英美文学选读自考题-16 答案解析(总分：99.96，做题时间：90 分钟)一、B(总题数：40，分数：40.00)1.The Renaissance is actually a movement stimulated by a series of historical events, such as the rediscovery of ancient _ and _ cu

39、lture, the new discoveries in geography and astrology, the religious reformation and the economic expansion. A. Chinese, Indian B. Hebrew, Egyptian C. Roman, Greek D. Britain, American（分数：1.00）A.B.C. D.解析：解析 文艺复兴是由一系列历史事件激发推动的，其中包括对古希腊、罗马文化的重新发现，地理天文领域的新发现，宗教改革及经济发展。答案为 C。2.The English Renaissance p

40、eriod was an age of _. A. poetry and drama B. drama and novel C. novel and poetry D. romance and poetry（分数：1.00）A. B.C.D.解析：解析 常识题。文艺复兴是 14世纪至 16世纪在欧洲兴起的一场思想文化运动，带来一段科学与艺术的革命时期，揭开了现代欧洲历史的序幕，其中以诗歌和戏剧的发展最为繁荣。答案为 A。3._ is a natural means of writing in revealing the princes inner conflict and psychologi

41、cal predicament in Shakespeares Hamlet. A. Dialogue B. Soliloquy C. Dramatic monologue D. Satire（分数：1.00）A.B. C.D.解析：解析 在哈姆雷特中，莎士比亚通过大段独自揭示了王子内心的思想冲突和他所面临的困境。答案为 B。4.Miltons literary achievements can be divided into three groups: the early poetic works, the middle _ and the last great poems. A. roma

42、nces B. dramas C. prose pamphlets D. ballads（分数：1.00）A.B.C. D.解析：解析 弥尔顿的文学作品可分为三类：早期的诗作、中期的散文小册子和后期的伟大诗作。答案为 C。5.Neoclassicists had some fixed laws and rules for prose except _. A. being precise B. being direct C. being flexible D. being satiric（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D. 解析：解析 新古典主义者们设定了创作的规矩与条框：散文必须精确、直接、通顺、灵活。而具有讽刺性是对诗歌的要求。答案为 D。6._ was written by Defoe and it won him friendship from