1、全国自考（英美文学选读）模拟试卷 14 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.In Renaissance, the European humanist thinkers and scholars made attempts to do the following EXCEPT_.（分数：2.00）A.getting rid of those old feudalist ideasB.getting control of the parliament and governmentC.introducing new ideas
2、that expressed the interests of the rising bourgeoisieD.recovering the purity of the early church, from the corruption of the Roman Catholic Church2._was the first to start the attack on middle-class privileges and power in his novel Lucky Jim.（分数：2.00）A.John BraineB.Kingsley AmisC.Alan SillitoeD.Jo
3、hn Wain3.For his contribution to the establishment of the form of the modern novel, _ has been regarded as “ Father of the English Novel. “（分数：2.00）A.Daniel DefoeB.Jonathan SwiftC.Henry FieldingD.Oliver Goldsmith4.The Renaissance marks a transition from the medieval to the _world.（分数：2.00）A.new Engl
4、ishB.modernC.feudalD.capital5.The most famous dramatists in the Renaissance England are_, William Shakespeare, and Ben Jonson.（分数：2.00）A.Christopher MarloweB.John MarloweC.John MiltonD.Edmund Spenser6._ is generally regarded as Shakespeare s most popular play on the stage, for it has the qualities o
5、f a “ blood-and-thunder“ thriller and a philosophical exploration of life and death.（分数：2.00）A.HamletB.King LearC.Romeo and JulietD.Othello7.Which of the following statements best illustrates the theme of Shakespeare s Sonnet18 ?（分数：2.00）A.The speaker eulogizes the power of nature.B.The speaker sati
6、rizes human vanity.C.The speaker praises the power of artistic creation.D.The speaker meditates on man s salvation.8.Paradise Lost is actually a story taken from_.（分数：2.00）A.the RenaissanceB.Greek MythologyC.the Old TestamentD.the New Testament9.Neoclassicists had some fixed laws and rules for prose
7、 EXCEPT_.（分数：2.00）A.being preciseB.being directC.being flexibleD.being satiric10.In 1724, _published, under the pseudonym of Drapier, a series of letters that called on the whole country to refuse the newly-minted English copper coins which would further debase the coinage of the already poverty-str
8、icken country.（分数：2.00）A.Jonathan SwiftB.Charles DickensC.Edmund SpenserD.George Bernard Shaw11.Of all the 18th-century novelists_was the first to set out, both in theory and practice, to write specially a “comic epic in prose. “（分数：2.00）A.Henry FieldingB.Daniel DefoeC.Jonathan SwiftD.John Bunyan12.
9、Romanticism is a period of British literature roughly ranging from_.（分数：2.00）A.1660-1798B.1798-1832C.1483-1546D.1836-190113._s philosophy of life is presented in his masterpiece The Prelude.（分数：2.00）A.William BlakeB.William WordsworthC.Samuel Taylor ColeridgeD.John Keats14.The two collections of poe
10、ms written by William Blake, _ and_hold the similar subject-matter, but the tone, emphasis and conclusion differ.（分数：2.00）A.Songs of Innocence; Songs of ExperienceB.Poetical Sketches; Songs of InnocenceC.Poetical Sketches; Marriage of Heaven and HellD.The Book of Urizen; The Book of Los15.A number o
11、f poems from the Songs of Innocence find a counterpart in the Songs of Experience. “Infant Joy“ is matched with “Infant Sorrow, “ and the pure “Lamb“ is paired with the flaming“_.“（分数：2.00）A.Chimney SweeperB.LondonC.SheepD.Tyger16._is regarded as a “worshipper of nature. “He can penetrate to the hea
12、rt of things and give the reader the very life of nature.（分数：2.00）A.John KeatsB.William WordsworthC.John DonneD.Samuel Taylor Coleridge17.The Solitary Reaper written by_ uses rural figures to suggest the timeless mystery of sorrowful humanity and its radiant beauty.（分数：2.00）A.Samuel Taylor Coleridge
13、B.William WordsworthC.John KeatsD.George Gordon Byron18.Percy Bysshe Shelley is one of the leading_poets, an intense and original lyrical poet in the English language.（分数：2.00）A.realisticB.symbolicC.romanticD.imagist19.Jane Austen s main literary concern is about_.（分数：2.00）A.maturity achieved throug
14、h the loss of illusionsB.the love story between the rich and the poorC.human beings in their personal relationshipsD.the daily country life of the middle-class English20.Chronologically the Victorian period roughly coincides with the reign of_ who ruled over England from 1836 to 1901.（分数：2.00）A.Quee
15、n VictoriaB.Queen Elizabeth IC.King Henry VIIID.King Edward VI21.The novel _ written by Charles Dickens is famous for its vivid descriptions of the work house and life of the underworld in the 19th-century London.（分数：2.00）A.David CopperfieldB.Bleak HouseC.Great ExpectationsD.Oliver Twist22.Charlotte
16、s works are famous for the depiction of the life of the middle-class working women, particularly_.（分数：2.00）A.clerksB.governessesC.baby-sittersD.managers23._is Thomas Hardy s most cheerful and idyllic work.（分数：2.00）A.The Return of the Native .B.Far from the Madding CrowdC.Under the Greenwood TreeD.Th
17、e Woodlanders24.Modernism is_, in many aspects, a reaction against realism. It rejects rationalism, which is the theoretical base of_.（分数：2.00）A.classicismB.romanticismC.realismD.symbolism25.Widowers Houses is a grotesquely realistic exposure of_.（分数：2.00）A.prostitutionB.life forceC.social evilD.slu
18、m landlordism26.The childhood of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn in the Mississippi is a record of a vanished way of life in the_Mississippi valley.（分数：2.00）A.early 16th-centuryB.late 16th-centuryC.post-Civil WarD.pre-Civil War27.In his famous essay, “Tradition and Individual Talent, “ _put great emphasis
19、on the importance of tradition both in creative writing and in criticism.（分数：2.00）A.James JoyceB.D. H. LawrenceC.George Bernard ShawD.T. S. Eliot28.“The Lawrence trilogy“ refers to the following three plays EXCEPT_.（分数：2.00）A.A Colliers Friday NightB.The Daughter-in-LawC.Lady Chatterleys LoverD.The
20、Widowing of Mrs. Holroyed29.In the following works, which signs the beginning of the American literature?（分数：2.00）A.The Sketch Book.B.Leaves of Grass.C.Leather-Stocking Tales.D.Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.30.The heroine in Hawthorne s The Scarlet Letter is_.（分数：2.00）A.PearlB.FaithC.RuthD.Hester P
21、rynne31.In_, Hawthorne discusses sin and evil and sets out to prove that everyone possesses some evil secret.（分数：2.00）A.The Scarlet LetterB.Young Goodman BrownC.Sister CarrieD.Daisy Miller32.Leaves of Grass commands great attention because of its uniquely poetic embodiment of_, which are written in
22、the founding documents of both the Revolutionary War and the Civil War in the United States.（分数：2.00）A.the democratic idealsB.the romantic idealsC.the self-reliance spiritsD.the religious ideals33.The poetic style Whitman devised is now called_, that is, poetry without a fixed beat or regular rhyme
23、scheme.（分数：2.00）A.heroic coupletB.dramatic monologueC.blank verseD.free verse34.The period ranging from 1865 to 1914 has been referred to as_.（分数：2.00）A.the Age of ColonialismB.the Age of RomanticismC.the Age of RealismD.the Age of Modernism35.Generally speaking, all those writers with a naturalisti
24、c approach to human reality tend to be_.（分数：2.00）A.idealistsB.pessimistsC.transcendentalistsD.impressionists36.Mark Twain wrote most of his literary works with a_language.（分数：2.00）A.grandB.pompousC.simpleD.vernacular37.In his realistic fiction, Henry James s primary concern is to present the_.（分数：2.
25、00）A.inner life of human beingsB.American Civil War and its effectsC.life on the Mississippi RiverD.Calvinistic view of original sin38.Closely related to Emily Dickinson s religious poetry are her poems concerning_.（分数：2.00）A.childhoodB.youth and happinessC.lonelinessD.death and immortality39.In_, D
26、reiser expressed his naturalistic pursuit by expounding the purposelessness of life and attacking the conventional moral standards.（分数：2.00）A.An American TragedyB.Sister CarrieC.The FinancierD.The Stoic40.The modern stream-of-consciousness technique was frequently and skillfully exploited by _to emp
27、hasize the reactions and inner musings of the narrator.（分数：2.00）A.William FaulknerB.T. S. EliotC.Robert FrostD.William Wordsworth二、阅读理解(总题数：4，分数：8.00)41.Wherefore feed and clothe and save From the cradle to the grave Those ungrateful drones who would Drain your sweatnay, drink your blood? Questions:
28、A. Who wrote the poem? What s its name?B. Explain “drones. “C. Interpret the passage.（分数：2.00）_42.To be, or not to bethat is the question; Whether tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, Or to take arms against a sea of troubles, And by opposing end them?Questio
29、ns:A. Who is the author of the play?B. Who is the speaker?C. What does he mean when he says “To be, or not to bethat is the question“?（分数：2.00）_43.Tyger! Tyger! burning bright In the forests of the night, What immortal hand or eye Could frame thy fearful symmetry?Questions:A. Who is the author?B. Wh
30、at does “symmetry“ mean?C. What does “tyger“ refer to?（分数：2.00）_44.I wandered lonely as a cloudThat floats on high o er vales and hills, When all at once I saw a crowd, A host, of golden daffodils; Beside the lake, beneath the trees, Fluttering and dancing in the breeze. Questions:A. Who is the auth
31、or?B. What does “A host, of“ mean?C. Give a short explanation of the quotation.（分数：2.00）_三、简答题(总题数：4，分数：8.00)45.As a unique variation of American literary realism, local colorism makes American literature a different. Who is the most famous local colorist? What are local colorists most concerned?（分数
32、：2.00）_46.Whats Henry James outlook, which is an indispensable part of his contribution to literature, in literary criticism?（分数：2.00）_47.Related to the theme, characterization and plot of Bernard Shaw s plays, what are the main features?（分数：2.00）_48.As a Romantic poet, Shelley has his own literary
33、style. What s it?（分数：2.00）_四、论述题(总题数：2，分数：4.00)49.Please discuss the significance of William Wordsworth s poetry in the history of English literature.（分数：2.00）_50.Retell in a few sentences the story of the last chapter (Chapter 135) “The ChaseThird Day“ of Melville s novel Moby-Dick. Discuss the mea
34、ning of the ending of the story.（分数：2.00）_全国自考（英美文学选读）模拟试卷 14 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.In Renaissance, the European humanist thinkers and scholars made attempts to do the following EXCEPT_.（分数：2.00）A.getting rid of those old feudalist ideasB.getting control of the parliame
35、nt and government C.introducing new ideas that expressed the interests of the rising bourgeoisieD.recovering the purity of the early church, from the corruption of the Roman Catholic Church解析：解析：文艺复兴从本质上是欧洲人文主义者竭力摒弃中世纪欧洲的封建主义，推行代表新兴城市资产阶级利益的新思想，并恢复早期宗教的纯洁性，远离腐败的罗马天主教廷的一场运动。2._was the first to start
36、the attack on middle-class privileges and power in his novel Lucky Jim.（分数：2.00）A.John BraineB.Kingsley Amis C.Alan SillitoeD.John Wain解析：3.For his contribution to the establishment of the form of the modern novel, _ has been regarded as “ Father of the English Novel. “（分数：2.00）A.Daniel DefoeB.Jonat
37、han SwiftC.Henry Fielding D.Oliver Goldsmith解析：解析：菲尔丁被一些人称为“英国小说之父”，因为他为现代小说模式的创立作出了很大的贡献。4.The Renaissance marks a transition from the medieval to the _world.（分数：2.00）A.new EnglishB.modern C.feudalD.capital解析：解析：文艺复兴是标志着中世纪的结束和现代社会的开始的一个过渡时期。5.The most famous dramatists in the Renaissance England a
38、re_, William Shakespeare, and Ben Jonson.（分数：2.00）A.Christopher Marlowe B.John MarloweC.John MiltonD.Edmund Spenser解析：解析：文艺复兴时期英国最著名的戏剧家有克里斯托夫-马洛、威廉-莎士比亚与本-琼生。6._ is generally regarded as Shakespeare s most popular play on the stage, for it has the qualities of a “ blood-and-thunder“ thriller and a
39、philosophical exploration of life and death.（分数：2.00）A.Hamlet B.King LearC.Romeo and JulietD.Othello解析：解析：哈姆雷特是莎士比亚最负盛名的一部悲剧，因为剧中充满了险象环生的情节与对生和死极富哲理的剖析。7.Which of the following statements best illustrates the theme of Shakespeare s Sonnet18 ?（分数：2.00）A.The speaker eulogizes the power of nature.B.The
40、 speaker satirizes human vanity.C.The speaker praises the power of artistic creation. D.The speaker meditates on man s salvation.解析：解析：在十四行诗第 18 首中，莎士比亚认为夏日的美好是转瞬即逝的，但诗中的美丽却能永存。由此可见莎士比亚对诗歌的永恒性深信不疑，同时也表现了他对艺术创作的赞美。8.Paradise Lost is actually a story taken from_.（分数：2.00）A.the RenaissanceB.Greek Mytho
41、logyC.the Old Testament D.the New Testament解析：9.Neoclassicists had some fixed laws and rules for prose EXCEPT_.（分数：2.00）A.being preciseB.being directC.being flexibleD.being satiric 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。10.In 1724, _published, under the pseudonym of Drapier, a series
42、 of letters that called on the whole country to refuse the newly-minted English copper coins which would further debase the coinage of the already poverty-stricken country.（分数：2.00）A.Jonathan Swift B.Charles DickensC.Edmund SpenserD.George Bernard Shaw解析：11.Of all the 18th-century novelists_was the
43、first to set out, both in theory and practice, to write specially a “comic epic in prose. “（分数：2.00）A.Henry Fielding B.Daniel DefoeC.Jonathan SwiftD.John Bunyan解析：解析：在所有 18 世纪的小说家中，亨利-菲尔丁第一次在理论与实践上创造了“散文体喜剧史诗”，并第一个为现代小说确立了结构与风格。12.Romanticism is a period of British literature roughly ranging from_.（
44、分数：2.00）A.1660-1798B.1798-1832 C.1483-1546D.1836-1901解析：解析：英国浪漫主义时期一般认为始于 1798 年，标志为抒情歌谣集的出版，终于 1832 年，标志为沃尔特-司各特的去世及议会第一个改革提案的通过。13._s philosophy of life is presented in his masterpiece The Prelude.（分数：2.00）A.William BlakeB.William Wordsworth C.Samuel Taylor ColeridgeD.John Keats解析：14.The two colle
45、ctions of poems written by William Blake, _ and_hold the similar subject-matter, but the tone, emphasis and conclusion differ.（分数：2.00）A.Songs of Innocence; Songs of Experience B.Poetical Sketches; Songs of InnocenceC.Poetical Sketches; Marriage of Heaven and HellD.The Book of Urizen; The Book of Los解析：15.A number of poems from the Songs of Innocence find a counterpart in the Songs of Experience. “Infant Joy“ is matched with “Infant Sorrow, “ and the pure “Lamb“ is paired with the flaming“_.“（分数：2.00）A.Chimney SweeperB.LondonC.SheepD.Tyger 解析：解析：本题在主要考查的知识点为人真之歌与经验之歌的对应。16
