1、全国自考（英美文学选读）模拟试卷 17 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.The belief of the eighteenth-century neoclassicists in England led them to seek the following EXCEPT_.（分数：2.00）A.proportionB.graceC.harmonyD.spirit2.“Graveyard School“ writers are the following sentimentalists of_.（分数：2.00）A.Ja
2、mes Thomson and William CollinsB.William Collins and William BlakeC.Robert Burns and James ThomsonD.Thomas Jackson and James Thomson3.The most perfect example of the verse drama after the Greek style in English is Samson Agonistes by_.（分数：2.00）A.John MiltonB.William BlakeC.Henry FieldingD.William Wo
3、rdsworth4.The first period of the English Renaissance was one of imitation and _.（分数：2.00）A.Elizabethan dramaB.poetryC.reformationD.assimilation5.It is generally believed that the most important play among Shakespeare s comedies is_.（分数：2.00）A.A Midsummer Nights DreamB.As You Like ItC.Twelfth NightD
4、.The Merchant of Venice6._, an elaborate and fantastic story, is known as the best of the final romances written by William Shakespeare.（分数：2.00）A.The TempestB.Venus and AdonisC.Henry IVD.Romeo and Juliet7._is not written by John Milton.（分数：2.00）A.Samson AgonistesB.Paradise LostC.Paradise RegainedD.
5、Dr. Faustus8.The 18th-century England is known as the Age of_in the history.（分数：2.00）A.RomanticismB.ClassicismC.RenaissanceD.Enlightenment9._described by Daniel Defoe is a typical English middle-class man of the eighteenth-century , the very prototype of the empire builder or the pioneer colonist.（分
6、数：2.00）A.Tom JonesB.GulliverC.RobinsonD.Moll Flanders10.In which of the following works can you find the proper names “Lilliput, “ “ Brobdingnag, “ “Houyhnhnm“ and “Yahoos“?（分数：2.00）A.The Pilgrims Progress.B.The Faerie Queene.C.Gullivers Travels.D.The School of Scandal.11.Tom Jones, the full title b
7、eing The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, is generally considered the masterpiece of_.（分数：2.00）A.John BunyanB.Daniel DefoeC.Jonathan SwiftD.Henry Fielding12.The literary form which is fully developed and the most flourishing during the Romantic period is_.（分数：2.00）A.dramaB.proseC.poetryD.novel13._
8、novel, a type of romantic fiction that predominated in the late eighteenth century, was one phase of the Romantic movement. Its principal elements are violence, horror, and the supernatural, which strongly appeal to the reader s emotion.（分数：2.00）A.GothicB.SentimentalC.PastoralD.Romantic14.The tone o
9、f literature in “Songs of Experience“ by William Blake is_.（分数：2.00）A.melancholyB.lovelyC.plainD.utter15.The English Romantic Age began with the publication of Lyrical Ballads which was written by_.（分数：2.00）A.William WordsworthB.Wordsworth and ColeridgeC.George Gordon ByronD.Percy Bysshe Shelley16.W
10、ordsworth thinks that_is the only subject of literary interest.（分数：2.00）A.nationB.past experienceC.common lifeD.nature17.In his lyrics such as “Ode to Liberty, “ “Ode to Naples, “ Percy Bysshe Shelley expressed his love for_and his hatred toward tyranny.（分数：2.00）A.the middle classB.the poorC.freedom
11、D.the proletariat18.In_ s Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening, the speaker literally stops his horse in the winter twilight to observe the beauty of the forest scene, and then is moved to continue his journey.（分数：2.00）A.Robert Lee FrostB.William FaulknerC.Ezra PoundD.Percy Bysshe Shelley19._mainly
12、tells of the love story between a rich, proud young man Darcy and the beautiful and intelligent Elizabeth Bennet.（分数：2.00）A.Jane EyreB.Wuthering HeightsC.Pride and PrejudiceD.Oliver Twist20.Among the famous novelists of the Victorian period were the critical realists like _, William Makepeace Thacke
13、ray, Charlotte Bronte, Emily Bronte, Mrs. Gaskell and Anthony Trollope, etc.（分数：2.00）A.Jonathan SwiftB.Charles DickensC.John KeatsD.Jane Austen21.In 1925 Dreiser s greatest work_appeared. But it was banned in Boston in 1927.（分数：2.00）A.An American TragedyB.The StoicC.The FinancierD.The Titan22.“Do yo
14、u think, because I am poor, obscure, plain, and little, I am soulless and heartless? You think wrong! I have as much soul as youand full as much heart! .“ This part of quotation comes from_.（分数：2.00）A.G.B. Shaw s Mrs. Warren s ProfessionB.John Galsworthy s The Man of PropertyC.Charlotte Bronte s Jan
15、e EyreD.Jane Austen s Pride and Prejudice23.Tess of the D Urbervilles, one of Thomas Hardy s best known novels, portrays man as_.（分数：2.00）A.being hereditarily either good or badB.having no control over his own fateC.being self-sufficientD.still retaining his own faith in a world of confusion24._amon
16、g “the Angry Young Men“ novelist in the mid-1950s and early 1960s was the first to start the attack on middle-class privileges and power in his novel Lucky Jim.（分数：2.00）A.John WainB.Kingsley AmisC.John BraineD.Alan Sillitoe25.In 1948, _ was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature.（分数：2.00）A.W. B. Yea
17、tsB.D. H. LawrenceC.HemingwayD.T. S. Eliot26._is a poem concerned with the spiritual breakup of a modern civilization in which human life has lost its meaning, significance and purpose.（分数：2.00）A.UlyssesB.The Waste LandC.The Confidential ClerkD.Dubliners27.Of the following works by D. H. Lawrence, _
18、established his position as a prominent novelist.（分数：2.00）A.The White PeacockB.Lady Chatterleys LoverC.Women in LoveD.Sons and Lovers28.The desire for a return to_became a permanent convention of American literature.（分数：2.00）A.the family lifeB.natureC.the ancient timeD.fantasy of love29.Hester Prynn
19、e is the heroine in Hawthorne s novel_.（分数：2.00）A.The House of the Seven GablesB.The Scarlet LetterC.Moby-DickD.Daisy Miller30.Beside symbolism, all the following qualities EXCEPT _ are fused to make Melville s Moby-Dick a world classic.（分数：2.00）A.narrative powerB.optimistic view of lifeC.speculativ
20、e agilityD.psychological analysis31.Most of the poems in_sing of the “en-masse“ and the self as well.（分数：2.00）A.Drum TapsB.North of BostenC.The CantosD.Leaves of Grass32.the giant Moby Dick may symbolize all EXCEPT_.（分数：2.00）A.mystery of the universeB.sin of the whaleC.power of the great natureD.evi
21、l of the world33._provides the main source of influence on American naturalism.（分数：2.00）A.The puritan heritageB.Howells ideas of realismC.Darwin s theory of evolutionD.The pioneer spirit of the wild west34._ shaped the world s view of America and made a more extensive combination of American folk hu
22、mor and serious literature than previous writers had ever done.（分数：2.00）A.Henry JamesB.Washington IrvingC.Theodore DreiserD.Mark Twain35.In his The Art of Fiction, _clearly indicates that the aim of the novel is to present life.（分数：2.00）A.Henry JamesB.Mark TwainC.Theodore DreiserD.William Dean Howel
23、ls36.In general, the 19th-century American woman poet_wanted to live simply as a complete independent being.（分数：2.00）A.Emily BronteB.Emily DickinsonC.Anna DickinsonD.Emily Shaw37._possessed none of the usual aids to a writer s career; no money, no friend in power, no formal education worthy of menti
24、on, no family tradition in letters.（分数：2.00）A.Theodore DreiserB.W.D. HowellsC.Nathaniel HawthorneD.Henry James38.In_, Robert Frost compares life to a journey, and he is doubtful whether he will regret his choice or not when he is old, because the choice has made all the difference.（分数：2.00）A.After A
25、pple-PickingB.The Road Not TakenC.Stopping by Woods on a Snowy EveningD.Fire and Ice39.The “iceberg“ analogy is_ s style.（分数：2.00）A.T. S. EliotB.Ernest HemingwayC.John SteinbeckD.William Faulkner40.Faulkner once said that _ is a story of “lost innocence, “ which proves itself to be an intensificatio
26、n of the theme of imprisonment in the past.（分数：2.00）A.Intruder in the DustB.The Sound and the FuryC.A Rose for EmilyD.Go Down, Moses二、阅读理解(总题数：4，分数：8.00)41.This is my letter to the World That never wrote to Me The simple News that Nature told With tender Majesty Questions:A. Who is the author?B. Wha
27、t does “the World“ mean?C. What does the author think about “Nature“?（分数：2.00）_42.I shall be telling this with a sigh Somewhere ages and ages hence; Two roads diverged in a wood, and II took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference. Questions:A. Who is the author?B. What does “
28、diverged“ mean?C. What does the author try to tell us?（分数：2.00）_43.It is when the feet weary and hope seems vain that the heartaches and the longings arise. Know, then, that for you is neither surfeit nor content. In your rocking-chair, by your window dreaming, shall you long, alone. In your rocking
29、-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：2.00）_44.There was a child went forth every day, And the first object he look d upon, that object he became, And that object became
30、 part of him for the day or a certain part of the day, Or for many years or stretching cycles of years.Questions:A. Who s the poet?B. From which poem and which collection of the poet is the quotation taken?C. What does the poet describe in the poem?（分数：2.00）_三、简答题(总题数：4，分数：8.00)45.What s the theme o
31、f Jane Eyre?（分数：2.00）_46.How did Walt Whitman make use of the poetic “I“ in his works?（分数：2.00）_47.What are the characteristics of English romantic literature? Please discuss the above question in relation to one or two examples.（分数：2.00）_48.Robinson Crusoe is universally considered as Daniel Defoe
32、s masterpiece. Discuss why it became so successful when it was published.（分数：2.00）_四、论述题(总题数：2，分数：4.00)49.Literarily, William Blake was the first important romantic poet. Please make a brief comment on his poetry.（分数：2.00）_50.Elizabeth Bennet, the heroine in Pride and Prejudice, is often regarded as
33、 the most successful character created by Jane Austen. Make a brief comment on Elizabeth s character.（分数：2.00）_全国自考（英美文学选读）模拟试卷 17 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.The belief of the eighteenth-century neoclassicists in England led them to seek the following EXCEPT_.（分数：2.00）A.prop
34、ortionB.graceC.harmonyD.spirit 解析：解析：新古典主义者们对文学作品的观点使该时期的作家在创作时寻求表达与措辞上的协调、统一、和谐与典雅。2.“Graveyard School“ writers are the following sentimentalists of_.（分数：2.00）A.James Thomson and William Collins B.William Collins and William BlakeC.Robert Burns and James ThomsonD.Thomas Jackson and James Thomson解析：
35、解析：感伤派诗人，或曰“古墓派诗人”有詹姆新-汤姆森、威廉-考林斯和威廉-柯柏等。3.The most perfect example of the verse drama after the Greek style in English is Samson Agonistes by_.（分数：2.00）A.John Milton B.William BlakeC.Henry FieldingD.William Wordsworth解析：解析：弥尔顿的力士参孙是古希腊诗剧体在英语中的完美体现。4.The first period of the English Renaissance was o
36、ne of imitation and _.（分数：2.00）A.Elizabethan dramaB.poetryC.reformationD.assimilation 解析：解析：莎士比亚最重要的喜剧是威尼斯商人。5.It is generally believed that the most important play among Shakespeare s comedies is_.（分数：2.00）A.A Midsummer Nights DreamB.As You Like ItC.Twelfth NightD.The Merchant of Venice 解析：6._, an
37、elaborate and fantastic story, is known as the best of the final romances written by William Shakespeare.（分数：2.00）A.The Tempest B.Venus and AdonisC.Henry IVD.Romeo and Juliet解析：解析：暴风雨是莎士比亚创作后期的代表作，是一个精致奇妙的故事。7._is not written by John Milton.（分数：2.00）A.Samson AgonistesB.Paradise LostC.Paradise Regain
38、edD.Dr. Faustus 解析：8.The 18th-century England is known as the Age of_in the history.（分数：2.00）A.RomanticismB.ClassicismC.RenaissanceD.Enlightenment 解析：解析：英国的 18 世纪是启蒙主义时代，又叫理性时代。9._described by Daniel Defoe is a typical English middle-class man of the eighteenth-century , the very prototype of the em
39、pire builder or the pioneer colonist.（分数：2.00）A.Tom JonesB.GulliverC.Robinson D.Moll Flanders解析：解析：笛福把鲁滨逊描述成一个真正的英雄：一个典型的英国 18 世纪中产阶级人士，是帝国缔造者的典范，是殖民主义者的先锋。10.In which of the following works can you find the proper names “Lilliput, “ “ Brobdingnag, “ “Houyhnhnm“ and “Yahoos“?（分数：2.00）A.The Pilgrims
40、Progress.B.The Faerie Queene.C.Gullivers Travels. D.The School of Scandal.解析：11.Tom Jones, the full title being The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, is generally considered the masterpiece of_.（分数：2.00）A.John BunyanB.Daniel DefoeC.Jonathan SwiftD.Henry Fielding 解析：解析：小说汤姆-琼斯的全名是汤姆-琼斯一个弃儿的故事，它被认为是菲
41、尔丁最杰出的作品。12.The literary form which is fully developed and the most flourishing during the Romantic period is_.（分数：2.00）A.dramaB.proseC.poetry D.novel解析：13._novel, a type of romantic fiction that predominated in the late eighteenth century, was one phase of the Romantic movement. Its principal eleme
42、nts are violence, horror, and the supernatural, which strongly appeal to the reader s emotion.（分数：2.00）A.Gothic B.SentimentalC.PastoralD.Romantic解析：解析：哥特式小说是浪漫主义文学的一部分，它盛行于 18 世纪末。这种小说的主要题材是对暴力、恐怖及超自然的描写，这些内容极能吸引读者的情感。14.The tone of literature in “Songs of Experience“ by William Blake is_.（分数：2.00）A
43、.melancholy B.lovelyC.plainD.utter解析：15.The English Romantic Age began with the publication of Lyrical Ballads which was written by_.（分数：2.00）A.William WordsworthB.Wordsworth and Coleridge C.George Gordon ByronD.Percy Bysshe Shelley解析：解析：英国浪漫主义时期一般被认为始于 1798 年，标志为华兹华斯与科勒律治的抒情歌谣集的出版。16.Wordsworth thi
44、nks that_is the only subject of literary interest.（分数：2.00）A.nationB.past experienceC.common life D.nature解析：解析：华兹华斯认为普通人的生活是文学情趣的唯一主题。17.In his lyrics such as “Ode to Liberty, “ “Ode to Naples, “ Percy Bysshe Shelley expressed his love for_and his hatred toward tyranny.（分数：2.00）A.the middle classB.
45、the poorC.freedom D.the proletariat解析：解析：雪莱对自由的渴望及对暴政的憎恶都体现在诗作中，如自由颂、那不勒斯颂、十四行诗：英格兰 1819等。18.In_ s Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening, the speaker literally stops his horse in the winter twilight to observe the beauty of the forest scene, and then is moved to continue his journey.（分数：2.00）A.Robert Lee Frost B.William FaulknerC.Ezra PoundD.Percy Bysshe Shelley解析：19._mainly tells of the love story between a rich, proud young man Darcy and the beautiful and intelligent Elizabeth Bennet.（分数：2.00）A.Jane EyreB.Wuthering HeightsC.Pride and Prejudice D.
