【考研类试卷】2007年天津外国语学院英语专业（英美文学）真题试卷及答案解析.doc

1、2007 年天津外国语学院英语专业（英美文学）真题试卷及答案解析(总分：36.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、单项选择题(总题数：6，分数：12.00)1.Geoffrey Chaucer, regarded as the first famous English poet in the history of English literature, wrote the following except_.（分数：2.00）A.The Canterbury TalesB.The House of FameC.The Parliament of FowlesD.Boethius2.The Eliz

2、abethan age in the history of British literature represents the glory of the English theatre. The greatest playwright produced in this age is_.（分数：2.00）A.William ShakespeareB.Edmund SpencerC.Philip SydneyD.Christopher Marlowe3.The English novel as a genre began to prosper in the_.（分数：2.00）A.16th cen

3、turyB.17th centuryC.18th centuryD.19th century4.The subject matter in Jane Austen“s novels is very limited. It is confined to the description of _.（分数：2.00）A.the life of English rural gentry“ classB.English urban peopleC.London societyD.English farmers5.In_, Captain Ahab is obsessed with the revenge

4、 on a whale which sheared off his leg on a previous voyage, and his crazy chasing of it eventually brings death to all on board the whaler except Ishmael, who survives to tell the tale.（分数：2.00）A.TypeeB.White JacketC.Moby DickD.Billy Budd6.Which of the following novels is not written by Henry James?

5、（分数：2.00）A.Daisy MillerB.The Golden BowlC.What Maisie KnewD.The Rise of Silas Lapham二、填空题(总题数：8，分数：16.00)7.Of the four novels that Charlotte Bronte wrote, 1has achieved lasting fame.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_8.John Keats wrote a number of well-known odes. In one of his famous odes he declares his idea of beau

6、ty. He claims that beauty is truth and truth is beauty. The title of this famous ode is 1.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_9.Joseph Conrad, born of Polish parentage, is seen as a transitional figure in the history of English literature for his works bridge two phases of the English novel. With his most famous work 1

7、, he brings the English novel onto its modernist stage.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_10.As a woman writer, Virginia Woolf finds expression of her feminism in the form of the novel. According to critics, her novel 1can best present her feminist consciousness.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_11.In consideration of the beauty of poe

8、ms, 1, concludes that “the death of a beautiful woman is unquestionably the most poetical topic in the world“.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_12.As a literary movement, 1came in the latte half of the 19th century as a reaction against the “lie“ of romanticism and sentimentalism.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_13.Ernest Hemingway o

9、nce noted that “all modern American literature comes from one book by Mark Twain“. The book Hemingway gave credit to is 1.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_14.Taking the form of soliloquy, 1by T. S. Eliot depicts a timid middle-aged man going (or thinking of going) to propose marriage to a lady but hesitating all the

10、 time.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_三、名词解释(总题数：4，分数：8.00)15.Epic（分数：2.00）_16.Jefferson, Thomas（分数：2.00）_17.Protestants（分数：2.00）_18.the Waste Land（分数：2.00）_2007 年天津外国语学院英语专业（英美文学）真题试卷答案解析(总分：36.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、单项选择题(总题数：6，分数：12.00)1.Geoffrey Chaucer, regarded as the first famous English poet in the history of Engl

11、ish literature, wrote the following except_.（分数：2.00）A.The Canterbury TalesB.The House of FameC.The Parliament of FowlesD.Boethius 解析：解析：波伊提乌(Boethius)，罗马哲学家。他以柏拉图思想为理论依据写下了哲学的慰藉(The Consolation of Philosophy)。2.The Elizabethan age in the history of British literature represents the glory of the Eng

12、lish theatre. The greatest playwright produced in this age is_.（分数：2.00）A.William Shakespeare B.Edmund SpencerC.Philip SydneyD.Christopher Marlowe解析：解析：埃德蒙斯宾塞(Edmund Spencer)，1552-1599，16 世纪诗人，站在近代英国诗发展的起点，诗艺精湛。他的诗内容丰富，形式完整，在诗律上多所创造，如建立优美流畅的“斯宾塞体”(即九行体)，影响深远，后世拜伦、雪莱、济慈、丁尼生等人都曾用它写出佳作，因此人们称斯宾塞为“诗人的诗人”

13、。其代表作包括仙后(The Faerie Queene，1590)， 爱情小唱(Amoretti and Epithalamion，1595)。菲利普西德尼(Philip Sydney)，1554-1586，英国作家、政治家及军人。其重要作品都是在他死后出版的。 阿尔卡迪亚(Arcadia，1590)是一部用散文和诗歌创作的田园般浪漫的传奇故事，其中的很多情节和人物都在后来斯宾塞、莎士比亚和其他人的作品中被借用过。作品爱星者与星星(Astrophel and Stella，1591)中有很多结构完美、情感强烈的英语十四行诗。它们对莎士比亚的十四行诗影响极大。 诗辩(An Apology for

14、 Poetry，1595)是英语文学批评中的第一个重要范本。 克里斯托弗马洛(Christopher Marlowe)，1564-1593，莎士比亚以前英国重要的戏剧家。马洛共写了 7 部剧本，均属悲剧或带有悲剧意味的历史剧： 迦太基女王狄多(Dido，Queenof Carthage，1586)、 帖木儿(Tamburlaine，1587)、 浮士德博士的悲剧(DoctorFaustus，1589)、马尔他的犹太人(The Jew of Malta，1589)、 爱德华二世(EdwardII，1592)和巴黎的大屠杀(The Massacre at Paris，1593)。马洛革新了中世纪的

15、戏剧，在舞台上创造了反映时代精神的巨人性格和“雄伟的诗行”，为莎士比亚的创作铺平了道路。以上三人均是莎士比亚之前的作家，但就戏剧而言，名气都没有莎士比亚大。3.The English novel as a genre began to prosper in the_.（分数：2.00）A.16th centuryB.17th centuryC.18th centuryD.19th century 解析：解析：本题考查英国小说的历史。学术界一般认为英国近代小说起源于笛福的流浪汉小说，发展与繁荣于 19 世纪。4.The subject matter in Jane Austen“s novels

16、 is very limited. It is confined to the description of _.（分数：2.00）A.the life of English rural gentry“ class B.English urban peopleC.London societyD.English farmers解析：解析：简奥斯汀(Jane Austen),1775-1817，19 世纪英国著名女性小说家，她的作品主要关注乡绅家庭女性的婚姻和生活，以女性特有的细致入微的观察力和活泼风趣的文字真实地描绘了她周围世界的小天地。5.In_, Captain Ahab is obsess

17、ed with the revenge on a whale which sheared off his leg on a previous voyage, and his crazy chasing of it eventually brings death to all on board the whaler except Ishmael, who survives to tell the tale.（分数：2.00）A.TypeeB.White JacketC.Moby Dick D.Billy Budd解析：解析：本题从 Ahab 和 Ishmael 可以推断出答案6.Which of

18、 the following novels is not written by Henry James?（分数：2.00）A.Daisy MillerB.The Golden BowlC.What Maisie KnewD.The Rise of Silas Lapham 解析：解析：威廉D豪威尔斯(William Dean Howells)，1837-1920，美国小说家、文学评论家，现实主义小说家的代表。塞拉斯拉帕姆的发迹(The Rise of Silas Lapham，1885)是他的代表作，写一个剥削矿工发财致富的暴发户，批评家认为其中充满了“敏锐的观察”和“善意的批评”。二、填空题

19、(总题数：8，分数：16.00)7.Of the four novels that Charlotte Bronte wrote, 1has achieved lasting fame.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：正确答案：Jane Eyre）解析：解析：本题考查夏洛特勃朗特(Charlotte Bronte)的代表作。8.John Keats wrote a number of well-known odes. In one of his famous odes he declares his idea of beauty. He claims that beauty is

20、 truth and truth is beauty. The title of this famous ode is 1.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：正确答案：Ode on Grecian Urn）解析：解析：在希腊古瓮颂中，济慈表达他的美学观点，即：美即真实，事实即美。9.Joseph Conrad, born of Polish parentage, is seen as a transitional figure in the history of English literature for his works bridge two phases of the En

21、glish novel. With his most famous work 1, he brings the English novel onto its modernist stage.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：正确答案：Heart of Darkness）解析：解析：约瑟夫康拉德(Joseph Conrad)，1857-1924，波兰裔英国小说家，英国文学过渡时期的代表人物。 黑暗的中心(1902 年)是他最负盛誉的小说。10.As a woman writer, Virginia Woolf finds expression of her feminism in t

22、he form of the novel. According to critics, her novel 1can best present her feminist consciousness.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：正确答案：MrsDawlowe）解析：解析：本文考查弗吉尼亚伍尔芙的女权主义思想。她的作品达洛维夫人最能体现她的这种思想。11.In consideration of the beauty of poems, 1, concludes that “the death of a beautiful woman is unquestionably the m

23、ost poetical topic in the world“.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：正确答案：Edgar Allan Poe）解析：解析：爱伦坡(Edgar Allan Poe)，19 世纪美国诗人、小说家和文学评论家。坡认为，最能充分表现美的语调是“哀伤”、“忧郁是所有的情调中最正宗的”， “死亡与美可成最亲密的联盟，而一个漂亮女人的死毫无疑问则是世界上最富有诗意的题材”。所以坡的诗歌背景几乎全是黑夜，死亡是永恒的话题，情调忧郁伤感，且多怪异、病态的形象。12.As a literary movement, 1came in the latte half of t

24、he 19th century as a reaction against the “lie“ of romanticism and sentimentalism.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：正确答案：Realism）解析：解析：现实主义是 19 世纪 30 年代首先在法国、英国等地出现的文学思潮，以后波及俄国，北欧和美国等地，成为 19 世纪欧美文学的主流，也造就了近代欧美文学的高峰。13.Ernest Hemingway once noted that “all modern American literature comes from one book by Mark

25、Twain“. The book Hemingway gave credit to is 1.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：正确答案：The Adventure of Huckleberry Finn）解析：解析：哈克贝利费恩历险记为马克吐温的经典之作，被视为美国文学史上具有划时代意义的现实主义杰作。首先，作品把现实主义的真实性和浪漫主义的抒情性很好地糅合在一起，哈克与吉姆的漂流经历充满了传奇色彩，密西西比河上和沿岸的自然景物在作者笔下也闪烁着奇异壮丽的光华，而沿岸一带的城乡生活描写则翔实真切，具体可感。这种奇妙的融合尤其体现在哈克的思想斗争中，作家既纤毫毕露地呈示了人物意识活

26、动的逻辑轨迹，又不无幽默风趣地调侃嘲弄了宗教谬说给一个孩子造成的荒唐观念。其次，作品采用第一人称叙事方式，从哈克的视角反映生活、刻画形象，亲切生动，引人入胜。再次，作品的语言颇具特色，作家在广泛采用美国南方方言和黑人俚语的基础上，经过精妙地提炼加工，形成了一种富于口语化特征的文学语言，简洁生动，自然含蓄，是英语文学的范本。美国著名作家海明威说，“一切现代美国文学来自一本书，即马克吐温的哈克贝利费恩历险记这是我们所有书中最好的。一切美国文学都来自这本书，在它之前，或在它之后，都不曾有过能与之媲美的作品。”14.Taking the form of soliloquy, 1by T. S. Eli

27、ot depicts a timid middle-aged man going (or thinking of going) to propose marriage to a lady but hesitating all the time.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：正确答案：The Love Song of JAlfred Prufrock）解析：解析：J-阿尔弗雷德普鲁弗洛克的情歌是 20 世纪杰出的现代派诗人 TS艾略特早期的一部重要作品。在诗中艾略特塑造了一个现代都市人的典型形象，深刻地反映了当时人们的心理状态，揭示了西方现代人格分裂的深刻主题。三、名词解释(总题

28、数：4，分数：8.00)15.Epic（分数：2.00）_正确答案：(正确答案：An epic is a lengthy narrative poem, ordinarily concerning a serious subject containing details of heroic deeds and events significant to a culture or nation. Most epics were drawn from an oral tradition or transmitted by song and recitation.)解析：16.Jefferson,

29、Thomas（分数：2.00）_正确答案：(正确答案：Thomas Jefferson (April 13, 1743 - July 4, 1826) was the third President of the United States (1801-1809), the principal author of the Declaration of Independence (1776), and one of the most influential founders for his promotion of the ideals of republicanism in the Unite

30、d States.)解析：17.Protestants（分数：2.00）_正确答案：(正确答案：Protestantism is one of the four major divisions within Christianity. The term is most closely tied to those groups that separated from the Roman Catholic Church in the 16th century Protestant Reformation. The doctrines of the various Protestant denomi

31、nations vary, but nearly unanimous doctrines include justification by grace through faith and not through works, the priesthood of all believers, and the Bible as the ultimate authority in matters of faith and order.)解析：18.the Waste Land（分数：2.00）_正确答案：(正确答案：The Waste Land (1922) is a 434 line modern

32、ist poem by T. S. Eliot published in 1922. It has been called “one of the most important poems of the 20th century.“ The poem presents a series of conversations or scenes that lead through the wasteland to a moment of hope, the expectation of rain, at the end. The sections are numbered to indicate shifts of scene and speaker. And despite the obscurity of the poemits abrupt and unannounced changes of speaker, location and time, its elegiac but intimidating summoning up of a vast and dissonant range of cultures and literatures, it is a masterpiece in the works of modernists.)解析：