【学历类职业资格】英美文学选读自考题-4及答案解析.doc

1、英美文学选读自考题-4 及答案解析(总分：100.00，做题时间：90 分钟)1.The American 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.2.The American _ as a cultural heritage exerted great influences over American moral va

2、lues in the American Romantic Period.A. Puritanism B. AtheismC. Deism D. Cynicism（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.3._ 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-DickC. Th

3、e Scarlet Letter D. Daisy Miller（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.4.In many of Hawthornes stories and novels, the Puritan concept of life is condemned, or the Puritan past is shown in an almost totally negative light, especially in his _ and The Scarlet Letter.A. Twice-Told Tales B. The Blithedale RomanceC. The Marb

4、le Faun D. The House of the Seven Gables（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.5.Nathaniel Hawthorne held an unceasing interest in the “interior of the heart“ of mans being. So in almost every book he wrote, Hawthorne discussed _.A. love and hatred B. sin and evilC. frustration and self-denial D. balance and self-discipl

5、ine（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.6._ has always been considered a monumental work which commands great attention because of its uniquely poetic embodiment of American democratic ideals.A. Leaves of Grass B. NatureC. In a Station of the Metro D. After Apple-Picking（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.7.As _ saw it, poetry could play

6、 a vital part in the process of creating a new nation.A. Emerson B. HawthorneC. Whitman D. Emily Dickinson（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.8._ clearly represents a new beginning in Hemingways career as a writer, which concerns a volunteer American guerrilla Robert Jordan fighting in the Spanish Civil War.A. For Who

7、m the Bell Tolls B. The Sun Also RisesC. A Farewell to Arms D. Indian Camp（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.9.“Cavalry Crossing a Ford“ by Whitman reminds its readers of a picture, or a photo, of a scene of _.A. the American War of Independence B. the Westward MovementC. the U. S. -Spanish War D. the American Civil

8、War（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.10._ is regarded as the first American prose epic.A. The Scarlet Letter B. Moby-DickC. Sister Carrie D. Daisy Miller（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.11.Realism was a reaction against Romanticism or a move away from the bias towards-romance and self-creating fictions, and paved the way to _.A. Cy

9、nicism B. ModernismC. Transcendentalism D. Neoclassicism（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.12._ exerts the most important influence on literary naturalism.A. Emerson B. Jack LondonC. Theodore Dreiser D. Darwin（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.13.One of the most familiar themes in American naturalism is the theme of humanA. common lif

10、e B. spiritual breakupC. bestiality D. sadness（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.14.Mark Twains full literary career began to blossom in 1869 with a travel book _, an account of American tourists in Europe.A. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn B. The Gilded AgeC. Innocents Abroad D. An American Tragedy（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.15

11、._ explores the scrupulous individualism in a world of fantastic speculation and unstable values, and gives its name to the get-rich-quick years of the post-Civil War era.A. Innocents Abroad B. Roughing ItC. The Gilded Age D. The Middle Years（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.16.Mark Twain, one of the greatest 19th-c

12、entury American writers, is well-known for his _.A. international theme B. local colorC. symbolism D. written language（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.17.While Mark Twain and William Dean Howells satirized European manners at times, _ was an admirer of ancient European civilization.A. Washington Irving B. Henry Jam

13、esC. Walt Whitman D. Jack London（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.18._s fame generally rests upon his novels and stories with the international theme.A. Mark Twain B. Theodore DreiserC. Henry James D. Ernest Hemingway（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.19.Stylistically, Henry Jamess fiction is characterized by _.A. short, clear senten

14、ces B. highly refined languageC. ordinary American speech D. abundance of local images（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.20.Like Nathaniel Hawthorne, _ also manages to achieve the effect of ambiguity through symbolism and allegory in his narratives.A. Mark Twain B. Henry JamesC. R. W. Emerson D. Herman Melville（分数：1.

15、00）A.B.C.D.21.American literature produced only one female poet during the nineteenth century. This was _.A. Anne Bradsteet B. Jane AustenC. Emily Dickinson D. Harriet Beecher（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.22.Which of the following is NOT a usual subject of poetic expression of Emily Dickinson?A. War and peace. B

16、. Love and nature.C. Life and death. D. Religion.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.23.“This is my letter to the World“ is a poem expressing Emily Dickinsons _ about her communication with the outside world.A. happiness B. angerC. anxiety D. sorrow（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.24.Though secluded herself in her own house, Emily Di

17、ckinson was never really indifferent of the outside world, as could be seen in her poems such as “I like to see it lap the Miles“, which describes a(n) _ an embodiment of modern civilization.A. snake B. animalC. the road D. train（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.25.Dreisers “Trilogy of Desire“ includes three novels.

18、 They are The Financier, The Titan and _.A. The Tycoon B. The StoicC. The Genius D. The Giant（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.26.“The Way of the Beaten: A Harp in the Wind“, this is the title of one chapter in Dreisers novel _.A. An American Tragedy B. Sister CarrieC. Dreiser Looks at Russia D. Jannie Gerhardt（分数：1

19、.00）A.B.C.D.27._, disregarding grammar and punctuation, always used “i“ instead of “I“ in his poetry to show his protest against self-importance.A. Wallace Stevens B. Ezra PoundC. E. E. Cummings D. William Carlos Williams（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.28.Allen Ginsberg, whose “Howl“ became the manifesto of _.A. t

20、he Utopian Movement B. the Beat MovementC. the Westward Movement D. the Deistic Movement（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.29._ is considered to be a spokesman for the alienated youth in the post-war era and his The Catcher in the Rye is regarded as a students classic.A. Allen Ginsberg B. . . CummingsC. . . Salinger

21、D. Henry James（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.30.The American woman poet _ wanted to live simply as a complete independent being, and so she did, as a spinster.A. Emily Bronte B. Anna DickinsonC. Emily Dickinson D. Anne Bret（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.31.When he was eighty-seven, he read his poetry at the inauguration of Pre

22、sident John F. Kennedy in 1961. This poet was _.A. Henry James B. Robert FrostC. William Faulkner D. Wallace Stevens（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.32.After Apple-Picking is a well-known poem written by _.A. Robert Lee Frost B. Ezra PoundC. Walt Whitman D. T. S. Eliot（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.33.Most critics have agreed th

23、at Fitzgerald is both an insider and an outsider of _ with a double vision.A. the Gilded Age B. the Rational AgeC. the Jazz Age D. the Magic Age（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.34.Fitzgerald wrote one novel _ in which he traces the decline of a young American psychiatrist whose marriage to a beautiful and wealthy p

24、atient drains his personal energies and corrodes his professional career.A. Tender is the Night B. The Great GatsbyC. Red Burn D. The Last Tycoon（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.35._ evokes a haunting mood of a glamorous, wild time that seemingly will never come again.A. This Side of Paradise B. Tender is the Night

25、C. The American Dream D. The Great Gatsby（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.36._ is the first book to present a Hemingway hero-Nick Adams.A. The Sun Also Rises B. A Farewell to ArmsC. In Our Time D. The Old Man and the Sea（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.37.Hemingways second big success is _, which wrote the epitaph to a decade and

26、to the whole generation is the 1920s in telling us a story about the tragic love affair of a wounded American soldier with a British nurse.A. The Old Man and the Sea B. For Whom the Bell TollsC. The Sun Also Rises D. A Farewell to Arms（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.38.“Though life is but a losing battle, it is a

27、struggle man can dominate in such a way that loss becomes dignity; man can be physically destroyed but never defeated spiritually.“ This notion is typically held by _.A. Mark Twain B. Herman MelvilleC. William Faulkner D. Ernest Hemingway（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.39.According to Faulkner, The Sound and the F

28、ury is a story of “_.“A. lost generation B. lost innocenceC. farmers D. industrial labors（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.40.In A Rose for Emily, Faulkner makes best use of the _ devices in narration.A. Gothic B. realisticC. romantic D. modern（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.41.This is my letter to the WorldThat never wrote to MeT

29、he simple News that Nature toldWith tender MajestyQuestions:A. Who is the author?B. What does “the World“ mean?C. What does the author think about “Nature“?（分数：4.00）_42.I shall be telling this with a sighSomewhere ages and ages hence:Two roads diverged in a wood, and II took the one less traveled by

30、,And that has made all the difference.Questions:A. Who is the author?B. What does “diverged“ mean?C. What does the author try to tell us?（分数：4.00）_43.It is when the feet weary and-hope seem s vain that the heartaches and the longings arise. Know, then, that for you is neither surfeit nor content. In

31、 your rocking-chair, by your window dreaming, shall you long, alone. In your rocking-chair, by your window, shall you dream such happiness as you may never feel.Questions:A. Identify the author and the work.B. What does the rocking-chair symbolize?（分数：4.00）_44.There was a child went forth every day,

32、And the first object he lookd upon, that object he became,And that object became part of him for the day or a certain part of the day,Or for many years or stretching cycles of years.Questions:A. Whos the poet?B. From which poem and which collection of the poet is the quotation taken?C. What does the

33、 poet describe in the poem?（分数：4.00）_45.Sea adventures are Melvilles favorite subject; “Moby-Dick“ is a great novel in the theme, which is also noted for its symbolism. Please analyze it in detail.（分数：6.00）_46.Take Mark Twains Adventures of Huckleberry Finn as an example to illustrate the statement

34、that Mark Twain was a unique writer in American literature.（分数：6.00）_47.Whitman has made radical changes in the form of poetry by choosing free verse as his medium of expression. What are the characteristic of Whitmans free verse?（分数：6.00）_48.William Faulkner, a Nobel Prize winner, has an important

35、position in American literature. Name two of his major novels. Do you know anything about “Yoknapatawpha County“ ? What is unique of Faulkners fiction, historically and geographically?（分数：6.00）_49.Please make a comment on American literary naturalist Theodore Dreisers writing style.（分数：10.00）_50.The

36、 Great Gatsby is an examination of American myth in the 20th century. Fitzgerald deliberately depicts Gatsby as a mysterious person so as to achieve the effect that Gatsby is American Everyman Please make a brief comment on The Great Gatsby.（分数：10.00）_英美文学选读自考题-4 答案解析(总分：100.00，做题时间：90 分钟)1.The Amer

37、ican 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.解析：本题主要考查的知识点为美国浪漫主义时期的界定。美国文学的浪漫主义时期开始于 18世纪末，止于内战的爆发。2.The American _ as a cultural heritage exerted great influences over American m

38、oral values in the American Romantic Period.A. Puritanism B. AtheismC. Deism D. Cynicism（分数：1.00）A. B.C.D.解析：主要考查的知识点为美国清教主义的影响。在美国浪漫主义时期，美国清教主义作为一种文化遗产，对美国人的道德观念产生了很大的影响，在美国文学中也留下了明显的印记。3._ tells a simple but very moving story in which four people living in a Puritan community are involved in and a

39、ffected by the sin of adultery in different ways.A. Young Goodman Brown B. Moby-DickC. The Scarlet Letter D. Daisy Miller（分数：1.00）A.B.C. D.解析：4.In many of Hawthornes stories and novels, the Puritan concept of life is condemned, or the Puritan past is shown in an almost totally negative light, especi

40、ally in his _ and The Scarlet Letter.A. Twice-Told Tales B. The Blithedale RomanceC. The Marble Faun D. The House of the Seven Gables（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D. 解析：主要考查的知识点为霍桑反清教思想的代表作。霍桑在他的许多小说中都抨击清教徒对人生的观念。七角楼和红字都表现了这种反清教的思想。5.Nathaniel Hawthorne held an unceasing interest in the “interior of the heart“ of

41、mans being. So in almost every book he wrote, Hawthorne discussed _.A. love and hatred B. sin and evilC. frustration and self-denial D. balance and self-discipline（分数：1.00）A.B. C.D.解析：主要考查的知识点为霍桑作品讨论的主题。霍桑对人的内心很感兴趣，认为人人内心都有邪恶，所以几乎每部作品他都在讨论罪行和邪恶。6._ has always been considered a monumental work which

42、commands great attention because of its uniquely poetic embodiment of American democratic ideals.A. Leaves of Grass B. NatureC. In a Station of the Metro D. After Apple-Picking（分数：1.00）A. B.C.D.解析：7.As _ saw it, poetry could play a vital part in the process of creating a new nation.A. Emerson B. Haw

43、thorneC. Whitman D. Emily Dickinson（分数：1.00）A.B.C. D.解析：主要考查的知识点为惠特曼对诗歌的认识。惠特曼认为，诗歌在塑造一个新的民族精神中起到至关重要的作用。8._ clearly represents a new beginning in Hemingways career as a writer, which concerns a volunteer American guerrilla Robert Jordan fighting in the Spanish Civil War.A. For Whom the Bell Tolls B

44、. The Sun Also RisesC. A Farewell to Arms D. Indian Camp（分数：1.00）A. B.C.D.解析：9.“Cavalry Crossing a Ford“ by Whitman reminds its readers of a picture, or a photo, of a scene of _.A. the American War of Independence B. the Westward MovementC. the U. S. -Spanish War D. the American Civil War（分数：1.00）A.

45、B.C.D. 解析：10._ is regarded as the first American prose epic.A. The Scarlet Letter B. Moby-DickC. Sister Carrie D. Daisy Miller（分数：1.00）A.B. C.D.解析：本题主要考查的知识点为白鲸在美国文学的地位。白鲸是美国第一部散文体史诗。11.Realism was a reaction against Romanticism or a move away from the bias towards-romance and self-creating fictions

46、, and paved the way to _.A. Cynicism B. ModernismC. Transcendentalism D. Neoclassicism（分数：1.00）A.B. C.D.解析：主要考查的知识点为现实主义的贡献。现实主义正视现实，在反对浪漫主义的同时，为现代主义文学铺平了道路。12._ exerts the most important influence on literary naturalism.A. Emerson B. Jack LondonC. Theodore Dreiser D. Darwin（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D. 解析：13.One