1、英美文学选读自考题-12 及答案解析(总分：100.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、B(总题数：40，分数：40.00)1._ is the essence of the Renaissance. A. Poetry B. Drama C. Humanism D. Reason（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.2.The Renaissance was _ in reaching England not only because of Englands separation from the Continent but also because of its domestic unrest.
2、A. quick B. slow C. speedy D. deep（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.3.Which of the following plays by Shakespeare is a history play?_ A. Julius Caesar. B. The Merry Wives of Windsor. C. Henry . D. King Lear.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.4.Which of the following writings by John Milton is the most influential dramatic poem after
3、the Greek style in English?_ A. Samson Agonistes. B. Paradise Lost. C. Paradise Regained. D. Areopagitica.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.5.English Enlighteners in the 18th century held as the yardstick for the measurement of all human activities and relations, every superstition, injustice and oppression was to y
4、ield place to “_“, and “_“. The following choice, which one is wrong?_ A. eternal truth B. eternal justice C. natural equality D. eternal beauty（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.6.The novels of _s are the first literary works devoted to the study of problems of the lower-class people. A. Bunyan B. Defoe C. Fielding
5、D. Swift（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.7._ is a typical feature of Swifts writings. A. Elegant style B. Casual narration C. Bitter satire D. Complicated sentence structure（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.8.Fieldings works are noted by lively, dramatic dialogues and other theatrical devices such as suspense, coincidence and _. A.
6、 unexpectedness B. internal monologue C. irony D. contrast（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.9.In the history of literature, Romanticism is generally regarded as _. A. the thought that designates a literary and philosophical theory which tends to see the individual as the very center of all life and all experience B.
7、 the thought that designates man as a social animal C. the orientation that emphasizes those features which men have in common D. the modes of thinking（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.10.The poems such as “The Chimney Sweeper“ are found in both Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience by _. A. William Wordsworth
8、B. William Blake C. John Keats D. Lord Gordon Byron（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.11.Of the following poets, who is not regarded as “Lake Poets“?_ A. Samuel Taylor Coleridge. B. Robert Southey. C. William Wordsworth. D. George Gordon Byron.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.12.Shelleys masterpiece, Prometheus Unbound, is a verse d
9、rama, which borrows the basic story from _. A. the Bible B. a German legend C. a Greek play D. One Thousand and One Nights（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.13.In terms of Pride and Prejudice, which is not true? _ A. Pride and Prejudice is the most popular of Jane Austens novels. B. Pride and Prejudice is originally
10、drafted as “First Impressions“. C. Pride and Prejudice is a tragic novel. D. In this novel, the author explores the relationship between great love and realistic benefits.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.14.The worsening living and working conditions, the mass unemployment and the new Poor Law of 1834 with its work
11、house system finally gave rise to _. A. Peoples Charter B. the Enlightenment Movement C. the Chartist Movement D. the Reform Movement（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.15.The author of the work Dombey and Son is _. A. Charles Dickens B. Henry James C. Robert Lee Frost D. Ezra Pound（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.16._ represents tho
12、se middle-class working women who are struggling for recognition of their basic rights and equality as a human being. A. Tess B. Jane Eyre C. Dorothea D. Elizabeth（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.17.In the long poem “The Ring and the Book“, the “Book“ is compared to _. A. love B. comprehensive knowledge C. the hard
13、 truth D. the method of study（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.18._ works are known as “novels of character and environment“. A. Charles Dickenss B. Thomas Hardys C. Jane Austens D. George Eliots（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.19.Which of the following is not a typical feature of Modern ism?_ A. To elevate the individual and inner
14、 being over the social being. B. To put the stress on traditional values. C. To portray the distorted and alienated relationships between man and his environment. D. To advocate a conscious break with the past.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.20.George Bernard Shaws play Mrs. Warrens Profession is a grotesquely rea
15、listic exposure of the _. A. slum landlordism B. political corruption in England C. economic oppression of women D. religious corruption in England（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.21.In his famous essay, “Tradition and Individual Talent“, _ puts great emphasis on the importance of tradition both in creative writing
16、 and in criticism. A. T.S. Eliot B. H. Lawrence C. James Joyce D. George Bernard Shaw（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.22.Of the following works by D.H. Lawrence, _ established his position as novelist. A. The White Peacock B. The Trespasser C. Women in Love D. Sons and Lovers（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.23.Being a period of th
17、e great flowering of American literature, the _ period is also called “the American Renaissance“. A. Puritan B. Romantic C. Realist D. Modern（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.24._ is one of the most ambivalent writers in the American literary history. A. Hawthorne B. Whitman C. Emerson D. Thoreau（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.25.
18、In “Young Goodman Brown“ by Hawthorne, the name of Goodman Browns wife is _, which also contains many symbolic meanings. A. Ruth B. Hester C. Faith D. Mary（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.26.Whitman wrote down a great many poems to air his sorrow for the death of Lincoln, one of the famous is _. A. Cavalry Crossing
19、 a Ford B. When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloomd C. Song of Myself D. Drum Taps（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.27.Which of the following has nothing to do with sea voyages and sea adventures?_ A. The Confidence-Man. B. Omoo. C. Moby-Dick. D. Typee.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.28.Moby Dick, the big white whale, is possibly r
20、ead as symbolic of all the following except _. A. malignancy B. beauty C. adultery D. God（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.29.In the literary history of the United States, the Age of Realism refers to _. A. the period ranging from 1865 to 1914 B. the period stretching from the end of the 18th century to the outbreak
21、 of the Civil War C. the period ranging from 1860 to 1914 D. All the above are not true（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.30.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. Gilded Age C. Innocents Abroad D.
22、 An American Tragedy（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.31.While Mark Twain and William Dean Howells satirized European manners at times, _ was an admirer of ancient European civilization. A. O. Henry B. Henry James C. Walt Whitman D. Jack London（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.32.In 1915 _ became a naturalized British citizen, large
23、ly in protest against Americas failure to join England in the First World War. A. T.S. Eliot B. Henry James C. W.D. Howells D. George Eliot（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.33.Which one of the following statements is not true of Emily Dickinson and her poetry?_ A. She remained unmarried all her life. B. She wrote 1,
24、775 poems, and most of them were published during her life time. C. Her poems have no titles, hence are always quoted by their first lines. D. Her limited private world has never confined the limitless power of her creativity and imagination.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.34.The following titles are all related t
25、o the subject that escapes from the society and returns to nature except _. A. Dreisers Sister Carrie B. Coppers Leather-Stocking Tales C. Thoreaus Walden D. Mark Twains Adventures of Huckleberry Finn（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.35.American writers after World War I self-consciously acknowledged that they were
26、the devoid of faith and alienated from the Western civilization. A. Lost Generation B. Beat Generation C. Sons of Liberty D. Angry Young Men（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.36._ draws on the Jewish experience and tradition and examines subtly the dismantling of the self by an intolerable modern history. A. Allen Gi
27、nsberg B. John Updike C. Saul Bellow D. J.D. Salinger（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.37.Most of Robert Frosts poems are simple in the way that they are _ or dialogues, they are short and direct on the informational level, and they have simple diction. A. conversations B. stories C. descriptions D. dramatic monolog
28、ues（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.38.“He is the last of the romantic heroes, whose energy and sense of commitment take him in search of his personal grail; his failure magnifies to a great extent the end of the American Dream.“ The character referred to in the passage is most likely the protagonist of _. A. Fitzg
29、eralds The Great Gatsby B. Dreisers An American Tragedy C. Hemingways For Whom the Bell Tolls D. Twains Adventures of Huckleberry Finn（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.39.In 1954, _ was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature for his “mastery of the art of modern narration“. A. T.S. Eliot B. Ernest Hemingway C. John
30、Steinbeck D. William Faulkner（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.40.In Faulkners The Sound and the Fury, he used a technique called _, in which the whole story was told through the thoughts of one character. A. stream-of-consciousness B. imagism C. symbolism D. naturalism（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.二、B(总题数：4，分数：16.00)41.“Some me
31、n there are love not a gaping pig,Some that are mad if they behold a cat,And others, when bagpipe sings i th nose,Cannot contain their urine; for affection,Mistress of passion, sways it to the moodOf what it likes or loathes.“Questions:A. Identity the author and the work.B. Who is the speaker of the
32、 quoted passage?C. What idea does the quotation express?（分数：4.00）_42.“For oft, when on my couch I lie/In vacant or in pensive mood,/They flash upon that inward eye“Questions:A. Identify the author and the title.B. What does the phrase “inward eye“ mean?C. Write out the main idea of the passage in pl
33、ain English.（分数：4.00）_43.“You never give it a chance, she said. Then suddenly all her passion of grief over him broke out. But it does matter! she cried. And you ought to be happy, you ought to try to be happy, to live to be happy. How could I bear to think your life wouldnt be a happy one!“Question
34、s:A. From which work is this quotation taken?B. Who is speaking to whom?C. Why couldnt she bear to think his life wouldnt be a happy one?（分数：4.00）_44.“The woods are lovely, dark and deep./But I have promises to keep,/And miles to go before I sleep,/And milts to go before I sleep.“Questions:A. Who is
35、 the writer of this poem and what is the title of this poem?B. What kind of feeling does this stanza show?C. How do you appreciate this poem?（分数：4.00）_三、B(总题数：4，分数：24.00)45.What are the common features of Defoes four minor novels? And what are their social significances?（分数：6.00）_46.Whats the theme
36、of Jane Eyre?（分数：6.00）_47.Whats Dreisers naturalistic belief? Please discuss the question with Carrie, a character in Sister Carrie as an example.（分数：6.00）_48.What does Yoknapatwapha County stand for in Faulkners novels?（分数：6.00）_四、B(总题数：2，分数：20.00)49.Daniel Defoes novel Robinson Crusoe was a great
37、success partly because the protagonist was a real middle-class hero. Discuss Crusoe, the protagonist of the novel, as an embodiment of the rising middle-class virtues in the mid-eighteenth century England.（分数：10.00）_50.Brief the features of Bernard Shaws works.（分数：10.00）_英美文学选读自考题-12 答案解析(总分：100.00，
38、做题时间：90 分钟)一、B(总题数：40，分数：40.00)1._ is the essence of the Renaissance. A. Poetry B. Drama C. Humanism D. Reason（分数：1.00）A.B.C. D.解析：解析 人文主义是文艺复兴的核心。2.The Renaissance was _ in reaching England not only because of Englands separation from the Continent but also because of its domestic unrest. A. quick
39、B. slow C. speedy D. deep（分数：1.00）A.B. C.D.解析：解析 文艺复兴浪潮影响到英国的速度比较慢，不仅因为英国远离欧洲大陆，而且还因为其国内的动荡不安。3.Which of the following plays by Shakespeare is a history play?_ A. Julius Caesar. B. The Merry Wives of Windsor. C. Henry . D. King Lear.（分数：1.00）A.B.C. D.解析：解析 莎士比亚的历史剧有：亨利六世(上、中、下)理查三世泰托斯安东尼理查二世约翰王亨利四世(
40、上、下)亨利五世。4.Which of the following writings by John Milton is the most influential dramatic poem after the Greek style in English?_ A. Samson Agonistes. B. Paradise Lost. C. Paradise Regained. D. Areopagitica.（分数：1.00）A. B.C.D.解析：解析 力士参孙是英国文学史上自希腊文学后最有影响力的戏剧诗歌。5.English Enlighteners in the 18th centu
41、ry held as the yardstick for the measurement of all human activities and relations, every superstition, injustice and oppression was to yield place to “_“, and “_“. The following choice, which one is wrong?_ A. eternal truth B. eternal justice C. natural equality D. eternal beauty（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D. 解
42、析：解析 启蒙主义者认为，一旦理性成为衡量人类行为与关系的尺度，所有的迷信、不公正与压迫便都会让位给“永久的真理”“永久的公正”及“天赋的平等”。6.The novels of _s are the first literary works devoted to the study of problems of the lower-class people. A. Bunyan B. Defoe C. Fielding D. Swift（分数：1.00）A.B. C.D.解析：解析 笛福的小说是最早研究下层人民问题的文学作品。7._ is a typical feature of Swifts
43、 writings. A. Elegant style B. Casual narration C. Bitter satire D. Complicated sentence structure（分数：1.00）A.B.C. D.解析：解析 斯威夫特是讽刺作品大师，他的讽刺笔触极具力度。8.Fieldings works are noted by lively, dramatic dialogues and other theatrical devices such as suspense, coincidence and _. A. unexpectedness B. internal m
44、onologue C. irony D. contrast（分数：1.00）A. B.C.D.解析：解析 菲尔丁的作品的出色之处在于生动的戏剧性的对话以及其他许多戏剧手法，如悬念、巧合与出人意料的情节等。9.In the history of literature, Romanticism is generally regarded as _. A. the thought that designates a literary and philosophical theory which tends to see the individual as the very center of all life and all experience B. the thought that designates man as a social animal C. the orientation that emphasizes those features which men have
