[考研类试卷]英语专业（英美文学）模拟试卷6及答案与解析.doc

1、英语专业（英美文学）模拟试卷 6 及答案与解析一、填空题1 _is often given the credit for the discovery of the modern novel; but whether or not he deserves that honor remains an open question.2 “If the censure of Yahoo could any way affect me, I should have great reason to complain that some of them are so bold as to think my b

2、ook of travels a mere fiction out of mine own brain.“ This question is selected from_.3 Henry Fielding has been regarded as “_“, for his contribution to the establishment of the form of the modern novel.4 British novel came of age in_.5 The Vicar of Wakefield is the only novel of_, which describes m

3、isfortunes falling on the central character and the family.6 Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard by_is taken a model of sentimentalist poetry, esp. the Graveyard school.7 Friday is a character in the novel_.8 Among the representatives of the Enlightenment,_was the first to introduce rationalism to

4、 England.9 Essay on Criticism is a didactic poem written in the form of_.10 Auld Lang Syne written by_deals with the friendship and has long become a universal parting-song of all the English-speaking countries.11 War in Cranes novel_is a plain slaughterhouse. There is nothing like valor or heroism

5、on the battlefield, and if there is anything, it is the fear of death, cowardice, the natural instinct of man to run form danger.12 The literary career of Henry James is generally divided into_periods, in the first period(1865-1882), James took great interest in_theme.13 The name of the heroine in t

6、he Portrait of a Lady was_.14 _was the first literary giant born west of the Mississippi.15 Dreiser visited the Soviet Union in 1927 and published_the following year.16 Mrs. Stowes masterpiece is_.17 _influences American literature a lot and led American romanticism turn into American realism.18 Mar

7、k Twain made a more extensive combination of_and_than previous writers had ever done.二、名词解释19 The Graveyard School20 Satire21 Classicism22 The Heroic Couplet23 Meter24 The Age of Realism25 American Naturalism26 Darwinism27 Regionalism28 First-person narrative三、单项选择题29 _is the most successful religio

8、us allegory in the English language.（A）Genesis A（B） Exodus（C） The Pilgrims Progress（D）The Holy War30 The object of_novels was to present a faithful picture of life, “the just copies of human manners“, with sound teaching woven into their texture, so as to teach them to know themselves, their proper

9、spheres and appropriate manners.（A）John Bunyans（B） Alexander Popes（C） Jonathan Swifts（D）Henry Fieldings31 Of all the 18th century novelists,_was the first to set out, both in theory and practice, to write specifically a “comic epic in prose“.（A）Henry Fielding（B） Daniel Defoe（C） John Bunyan（D）Jonatha

10、n Swift32 _was very much concerned with the theme of the vanity of human wishes and tried to awaken men to this folly and hoped to cure them of it through his writing.（A）Samuel Johnson（B） Jonathan Swift（C） Richard Brinsley Sheridan（D）Thomas Gray33 The Rivals and_are generally regarded as important l

11、inks between the masterpieces of Shakespeare and those of Bernard Shaw.（A）The School for Scandal（B） The Duenna（C） Widowers Houses（D）The Doctors Dilemma34 _is a sharp satire on the moral degeneracy of the aristocratic-bourgeois society in the 18th century England.（A）The Rivals（B） Gullivers Travels（C）

12、 Tom Jones（D）The School for Scandal35 Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard,_best and most representative work has been ranked among the best of the 18th century English Poetry.（A）Alexander Popes（B） Thomas Grays（C） Samuel Johnsons（D）William Blakes36 As the representative of the Enlightenment, Pope w

13、as one of the first to introduce_to England.（A）rationalism（B） criticism（C） romanticism（D）realism37 The Enlightenment Movement did not advocate_.（A）rationality, reason, order and rules（B） return to the ancient classical works（C） inner feelings of individuals（D）universal education38 An Essay on Critic

14、ism is a didactic poem written in_.（A）heroic couplets（B） English sonnet（C） bland verse（D）Italian sonnet39 Which of the following comments on Thomas Grays poetry is NOT true?（A）Distorted in word order.（B） Highly artificial in diction.（C） Calculated in rhythm.（D）Light-hearted in tone.40 In The Life of

15、 Jonathan Wild the Great the word “great“ is used_.（A）allegorically（B） satirically（C） objectively（D）euphemistically41 By writing in apparently admiring terms of the life of a notorious criminal in The Life of Jonathan Wild the Great Henry Fielding suggests that there is little difference between_.（A

16、）noted rogues and great politicians（B） the nobles and the commons（C） great rogues and lesser rogues.（D）discovered criminals and secret sinners42 What makes Jonathan Swifts satire all the more bitter, biting and poignant is that his satire is often masked by_on the part of the author.（A）an apparent e

17、agerness, gravity, sincerity and detachment in tone（B） a softness and persuasiveness in manner and firmness and thoroughness in action（C） a strong indignation in tone and open defiance and challenge（D）a friendliness and frankness in tone and the seeming indifference and nonchalance43 Henry Fielding

18、adopted “the third-person narration“, which enables the author to present as the _ not only the characters external behavior but also the internal workings of their minds.（A）all-knowing God（B） intimate participant（C） invisible man（D）ignorant narrator44 The novel, which prospered in the hands of Swif

19、t, Defoe and Fielding, gives a realistic presentation of life of the common English people. This is quite contrary to the traditional _of aristocrats.（A）elegy（B） epic（C） romance（D）morality play45 The chief force that motivated John Bunyan to write The Pilgrims Progress was his_.（A）political commitme

20、nt（B） religious fervency（C） artistic pursuit.（D）long suffering in the person46 As a result of the conscientious study he made of the Bible, Bunyans language was_.（A）satiric, concise and well-balanced（B） concrete, living and colloquial（C） general, Latinate and polysyllabic（D）comic, neat and decent47

21、The enlighteners believed that if the masses were well educated, there would be greater chance for a_human society.（A）reasonable（B） progressive（C） democratic（D）enlightened48 Alexander Popes An Essay on Criticism is a(n)_poem.（A）ironic（B） didactic（C） sarcastic（D）exaggerated49 The tone of Jonathan Swi

22、fts novel Gullivers Travels is_.（A）sad（B） sarcastic（C） praising（D）detached50 The_was a progressive intellectual movement throughout western Europe in the 18th century.（A）Renaissance（B） Enlightenment（C） Religious Reformation（D）Chartist Movement51 During the reign of reason the enlightenment meant edu

23、cation of people to free them from all the unreasonable fetters which include_.（A）theology（B） conventional ideology（C） feudal government（D）all the above52 Which of the following is NOT Samuel Johnsons work?（A）London.（B） Tom Jones.（C） Lives of the Poets.（D）A Dictionary of the English Language.53 “Is

24、not a patron, my Lord, one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water, and when he has reached ground, encumbers him with help?“ The above passage is taken from_.（A）Francis Bacons Of Studies（B） William Shakespeares The Merchant of Venice（C） Samuel Johnsons To the Right Honora

25、ble the Earl of Chesterfield（D）Jonathan Swifts A Modest Proposal54 The 18th century witnesses a new literary form the modern English novel, which, contrary to the medieval romance, gives a_presentation of life of the common English people.（A）romantic（B） idealistic（C） prophetic（D）realistic55 In Elegy

26、 Written in a Country Churchyard, Thomas Gray compared the common folk with the great ones, wondering what the commons could have achieved if they had had the_.（A）chance（B） love（C） money（D）material sources56 When he writes, in An Essay on Criticism, “A vile conceit in pompous words expressed, / Is l

27、ike a clown in regal purple dresses,“ Alexander Pope means that_.（A）pompous words are always destructive to good taste（B） the purple color is for the royal only and it is ridiculous to dress a clown in purple（C） conceits are always misleading（D）true wit is best set in a plain style57 “The shepherd i

28、n Virgin grew at last acquainted with Love, and found him a native of rocks.“(Samuel Johnsons To the Right Honorable the Earl of Chesterfield)The speaker here is_.（A）cheerful（B） ironic（C） mysterious（D）nonchalant58 “He has a servant called Friday.“ “He“ in the quoted sentence is a character in_.（A）He

29、nry Fieldings Tom Jones（B） John Bunyans The Pilgrims Progress（C） Richard Bringsley Sheridans The School for Scandal（D）Daniel Defoes Robinson Crusoe59 Which of the following is NOT written by Theodore Dreiser?（A）The Genius.（B） The Titan.（C） Light in August.（D）Jennie Gerhardt.60 One of the most famili

30、ar themes in American naturalism is the theme of human“_“.（A）bestiality（B） goodness（C） compassion（D）greed61 Which of the following writings is NOT a poem of Emily Dickinsons?（A）This is my letter to the World.（B） I heard a Fly buzzWhen I died.（C） The Road Not Taken.（D）I like to see it lap the Miles.6

31、2 Mark Twain created, in_, a masterpiece of American realism that is also one of the great books of world literature.（A）Huckleberry Finn（B） Tom Sawyer（C） The Man That Corrupted Hadleybury（D）The Gilded Age63 What is the analogy that Emily Dickinson uses in her poem Because I Could not Stop for Death?

32、（A）Horse and carriage.（B） Stage and performance.（C） Cloud and shade.（D）Ship and harbor.64 Here is a passage from a novel: “The man gave him a last push and closed the door. As he did so, Hurstwood slipped and fell in the snow. It hurt him, and some vague sense of shame returned. He began to cry and

33、swear foolishly. The novel must be_.（A）Dreisers Sister Carrie（B） Steinbecks The Grapes of Wrath（C） Londons Martin Eden（D）Twains The Adventures of Tom Sawyer65 However, innocence, the keynote of Daisy Millers character, turns out to be an admiring but dangerous quality and her_of social taboos in the

34、 Old World finally brings her to a disaster in the clash between two different cultures.（A）admiration（B） defiance（C） sympathy（D）disgusting8. American66 In Henry James Daisy Miller, the author tries to portray the protagonist as an embodiment of_.（A）the force of convention（B） the decline of aristocra

35、cy（C） the free spirit of the New World（D）the corruption of the new rich67 The three dominant figures of the American Realistic Period are William Dean Howells, Mark Twain, and_.（A）Emily Dickinson（B） Henry James（C） Theodore Dreiser（D）Ezra Pound68 As a naturalist writer, Theodore Dreiser was greatly i

36、nfluenced by_.（A）Nathaniel Hawthorne（B） Charles Darwin（C） Henry James（D）Ralph Waldo Emerson69 Henry Jamess idea of realism differs from that of the other realist writers because his emphasis is on mans_.（A）language（B） inner world（C） surroundings（D）real actions70 Emily Dickinson got inspiration from_

37、in her writing of poetry.（A）hymns（B） sonnets（C） free verse（D）heroic couplets71 Henry James is mostly concerned with_in his fiction.（A）the inner life of human beings（B） violent events in history（C） small-town life in backward regions（D）sufferings of the aged72 “Even then he stood there, hidden wholly

38、 in that kindness which is night, while the uprising fumes filled the room. When the odor reached his nostrils, he quit his attitude and fumbled for the bed. Whats the use? he said, weakly, as he stretched himself to rest.“ The passage is taken from_.（A）Sons and Lovers by D.H. Lawrence（B） Jane Eyre

39、by Charlotte Bronte（C） Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser（D）Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte73 _, a novella about a young American girl who gets “killed“ by the winter in Rome, brought its author international fame for the first time.（A）The American（B） Daisy Miller（C） The Portrait of a Lady（D）The Eu

40、ropeans74 By the end of Sister Carrie, Dreiser writes: “It was forever to be the pursuit of that radiance of delight which tints the distant hilltops of the world.“ Dreiser implies that_.（A）there is a bright future lying ahead（B） one should always have forward looking（C） one can never fulfill ones d

41、esire（D）happiness is found in the end75 After Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Twain gives a literary independence to Toms buddy Huck in a book entitled_.（A）Life on the Mississippi（B） The Gilded Age（C） The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn（D）A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthurs Court76 However,_, the keynote

42、of Daisy Millers character, turns out to be an admiring but a dangerous quality and her defiance of social taboos in the Old World finally brings her to a disaster in the clash between two different cultures.（A）experience（B） sophistication（C） worldliness（D）innocence77 “I was letting on to give up si

43、n, but always inside of me I was holding on to the biggest one of all. The sentence, which is taken from The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, is written in a(n)_tone.（A）ironic（B） regretful（C） sincere（D）delightful78 In I heard a fly buzz When I died and Because I could not stop for Death, Emily Dickin

44、sons attitude toward death is that of_.（A）eager embrace（B） helpless anxiety（C） peaceful acceptance（D）terrified despair79 _is considered to be Theodore Dreisers greatest work.（A）An American Tragedy（B） Sister Carrie（C） The Financier（D）The Titan80 Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is best known for Mark T

45、wains wonderful characterization of “_“ a typical American boy.（A）Jim（B） Tom Sawyer（C） Huck（D）Miss Watson81 Where Mark Twain satirized European manners at times,_was an admirer.（A）O. Henry（B） Henry James（C） Walt Whitman（D）Jack London82 With Howells, James, and Mark Twain active on the literary scene

46、,_became the major trend in American literature in the seventies and eighties of the 19th century.（A）sentimentalism（B） romanticism（C） realism（D）naturalism83 In the following writers,_is regarded as “the true father of our national literature.“（A）H. L. Menken（B） Mark Twain（C） Frank Noris（D）Theodore D

47、reiser84 The sentence “only the fittest can survive in a competitive, amoral society“ may be regarded as an appropriate summary of_.（A）Jack Londons Martin Eden（B） Hemingways For Whom the Bell Tolls（C） Dreisers Sister Carrie（D）Melvilles Moby Dick85 _was the first American writer to conceive his caree

48、r in international terms.（A）Washington Irving（B） T. S. Eliot（C） Ezra Pound（D）Henry James86 Compared with the writings of Mark Twains, Henry Jamess fiction is noted for their_.（A）frontier vernacular（B） rich colloquialism（C） refined elegant language（D）vulgarly descriptive words87 In Sister Carrie, Hurstwood, extremely hopeless and totally devastated, ends his life by turning on the gas, while at the same time Carrie is rocking comfortably in her luxurious hotel room before