1、英美文学选读自考题-14 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.Generally the Renaissance refers to the period between the 14th and mid-17th centuries. It first started in Italy, with the flowering of painting, sculpture and literature. From _ the movement went to embrace the rest of Europe. A. German
2、y B. Greek C. Britain D. Italy（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.2.In 1593 and 1594, Shakespeare published two narrative poems _ and The Rape of Lucrece. A. The Faerie Queen B. Venus and Adonis C. Measure for Measure D. Sonnet 18（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.3._ shows how mankind, in the person of Christ, withstands the tempter a
3、nd is established once more in the divine favor. A. Paradise Lost B. Paradise Regained C. Samson Agonistes D. Beowulf（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.4.All of the following statements can correctly describe the Enlightenment Movement except _. A. The movement flourished in France. B. The movement was a furtherance
4、of the Renaissance. C. The purpose of the movement was to enlighten the whole world. D. The purpose of the movement was to enhance the religious education.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.5._ was written by Defoe and it brought him into jail and made him go through public exposure in the pillory. A. The Shortest Wa
5、y with the Dissenters B. The True-born Englishman C. Colonel Jack D. A Journal of the Plague Year（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.6.You may have met the term “Yahoo“ on Internet, but you may also have met it in English literature. It is found in _. A. John Bunyans Pilgrims Progress B. Samuel Johnsons The Vanity of
6、Human Wishes C. Jonathan Swifts Gullivers Travels D. Henry Fieldings Tom Jones（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.7.In _ of Gullivers Travels, Jonathan Swift satirizes the western civilization including false illusions about science, philosophy, history and even immortality. A. the first voyage to Lilliput B. the seco
7、nd voyage to Brobdingnag C. the third voyage to the Flying Island D. the fourth voyage to Houyhnhnm land（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.8.For his contribution to the establishment of the form of the modern novel, _ has been regarded as “Father of the English Novel“. A. Henry Fielding B. Daniel Defoe C. John Bunyan
8、 D. James Joyce（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.9.The Romantic Age began in 1798 when Wordsworth and Coleridge published their joint work _. A. Leaves of Grass B. The Cantos C. Nature D. Lyrical Ballads（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.10.The Romantic Movement expressed a more or less _ attitude toward the existing social and polit
9、ical conditions that came with industrialization. A. positive B. negative C. neutral D. indifferent（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.11.In the Romantic Age, _ is a great critic on Shakespeare, Elizabethan drama, and English poetry. A. Byron B. Jane Austen C. William Hazlitt D. William Blake（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.12.In his
10、 poem “Tyger, Tyger“, William Blake expresses his perception of the “fearful symmetry“ of the big cat. The phrase “fearful symmetry“ suggests _. A. the tigers two eyes which are dazzlingly bright and symmetrically set B. the poets fear of the predator C. the analogy of the hammer and the anvil D. th
11、e harmony of the two opposite aspects of Gods creation（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.13.Wordsworth thought that _ is the only subject of literary interest. A. nation B. past experience C. common life D. nature（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.14.P.B. Shelleys greatest political lyrics is _. A. Men of England B. An Essay on Critic
12、ism C. The Prelude D. A De fence of Poetry（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.15.Prometheus Unbound is Shelleys greatest achievement. Prometheus, according to the Greek mythology, was chained by Zeus on Mount Caucasus and suffered the vultures feeding on his liver for _. A. planning a revolt to dethrone God B. misinte
13、rpreting Gods decree to reconcile man and nature C. prophesying the arrival of spring in a winter season D. stealing the fire from heaven and giving it to man（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.16.The major themes of Jane Austens novels are the stories of _. A. love and money B. money and social status C. social statu
14、s and marriage D. love and marriage（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.17.In the Victorian period, _, that Wessex man, not only continued to expose and criticize all sorts of social iniquities, but finally came to question and attack the Victorian conventions and morals. A. Charles Dickens B. William Makepeace Thacker
15、ay C. Thomas Hardy D. Charlotte Bronte（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.18.In the following writings, which is not the work by Charles Dickens?_ A. Oliver Twist. B. David Copper field. C. A Tale of Two Cities. D. The Ring and the Book.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.19.Charles Dickens is one of the greatest critical realist writer
16、s of _. A. the Romantic Period B. the Renaissance Period C. the Neoclassical Period D. the Victorian Period（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.20._ is a master story-teller. With his first sentence, he engages the readers attention and holds it to the end. A. Charles Dickens B. Emily Bronte C. Thomas Hardy D. George E
17、liot（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.21.Charlotte （分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.22.Thomas Hardys most cheerful and idyllic work is _. A. The Return of the Native B. Far from the Madding Crowd C. Under the Greenwood Tree D. The Woodlanders（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.23.Mrs. Warrens Profession, written by _, is a play about the economic opp
18、ression of women. A. George Bernard Shaw B. John Galsworthy C. Richard Brinsley Sheridan D. William Butler Yeats（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.24.T.S. Eliots most popular verse play is _. A. Murder in the Cathedral B. The Cocktail Party C. The Family Reunion D. The Waste Land（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.25.The frank discussi
19、on of _ in his novel Lady Chatterleys Lover is the chief reason why D.H. Lawrence had been accused of pornographic writing. A. hell B. death C. sex D. love（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.26.Nathaniel Hawthorne held an unceasing interest in the “interior of the heart“ of mans being. So in almost every book he wrote
20、, Hawthorne discusses _. A. love and hatred B. sin and evil C. frustration and self-denial D. balance and self-discipline（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.27._ has always been considered a monumental work which commands great attention because of its uniquely poetic embodiment of American democratic ideals. A. Leave
21、s of Grass B. Nature C. In a Station of the Metro D. After Apple Picking（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.28.Beside symbolism, all the following qualities except _ are used to make Melvilles Moby-Dick a world classic. A. narrative power B. psychological analysis C. speculative agility D. optimistic view of life（分数：1
22、.00）A.B.C.D.29.Realism was a reaction against Romanticism or a move away from the bias towards romance and self-creating fictions, and paved the way to _. A. Cynicism B. Modernism C. Transcendentalism D. Neoclassicalism（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.30.The impact of Darwins evolutionary theory on the American tho
23、ught and the influence of the nineteenth century French literature on the American men of letters gave rise to yet another school of realism: American _. A. modernism B. colloquialism C. naturalism D. humanism（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.31.Hemingway once described Mark Twains novel _ the one book from which “a
24、ll modern American literature comes“. A. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn B. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer C. The Gilded Age D. Roughing It（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.32._s fame generally rests upon his novels and stories with the international theme. A. Mark Twain B. Theodore Dreiser C. Henry James D. Ernest Hem
25、ingway（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.33.As a genre, naturalism emphasized _ as important deterministic forces shaping individualized characters who were presented in special and detailed circumstances. A. theological doctrines B. heredity and environment C. education and hard work D. various opportunities and eco
26、nomic success（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.34.Among the following writers, almost all of whose works have tragic endings?_ A. Mark Twain. B. Henry James. C. Emily Dickinson. D. Theodore Dreiser.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.35.North of Boston is described by the author, Robert Frost, as “a book of people“, which shows a bril
27、liant insight into _ character and the background that formed it. A. the cowboy B. New England C. Ivy League D. ivory tower（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.36.A masterpiece in American literature, _ evokes a haunting mood of a glamorous, wild time that seemingly will never come again. A. This Side of Paradise B. Te
28、nder Is the Night C. The American Dream D. The Great Gatsby（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.37.In a tragic sense, _ is a representation of life as a struggle against unconquerable forces in which only a partial victory is possible. A. The Sun Also Rises B. For Whom the Bell Tolls C. The Old Man and the Sea D. In Ou
29、r Time（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.38.Typical of the “iceberg“ analogy is _s style. A. T.S. Eliot B. Ernest Hemingway C. John Steinbeck D. William Faulkner（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.39.In _, William Faulkner illuminates the problem of black and white in the American Southern society as a close knit destiny of blood broth
30、erhood. A. Go Down, Moses B. Light in August C. The Marble Faun D. As I Lay Dying（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.40.In A Rose for Emily, Faulkner makes best use of the _ devices in narration. A. Romantic B. Realistic C. Gothic D. Post-Modernist（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.二、B(总题数：4，分数：16.00)41.“Mr. Western had an estate in th
31、is parish; and as his house stood at little greater distance from this church than from his own, he very often came to Divine Service here; and both he and the charming Sophia happened to be present at this time.“Questions:A. Identify the author and the title of the book.B. What name does this book
32、bring to the author?C. What is the social significance of the book?D. What are the scenes in this book?（分数：4.00）_42.“Yes, so, sir, I rejoined: and yet not so; for you are a married manor as good as a married man, and wed to one inferior to youto one with whom you have no sympathywhom I do not believ
33、e you truly love; for I have seen and heard you sneer at her. I would scorn such a union; therefore I am better than you let me go!“Questions:A. What does “I“ represent? Who is “I“ in the text?B. Identify the writer and the title of the novel from which this passage is taken.C. What idea does the pa
34、ssage expresses?（分数：4.00）_43.“The harpoon was darted; the stricken whale flew forward; with igniting velocity the line ran through the grooves;ran foul. Ahab stooped to clear it; he did clear it; but the flying turn caught him round the neck, and voicelessly as Turkish mutes bowstring their victim,
35、he was shot out of the boat, ere the crew knew he was gone.“Questions:A. Identify the author and the title of the work.B. Who is Ahab?C. What happens to Ahab?（分数：4.00）_44.“There was music from my neighbors house through the summer nights. In his blue gardens men and girls came and went like moths am
36、ong the whisperings and the champagne and the stars. At high tide in the afternoon I watched his guests diving from the tower of his raft, or taking the sun on the hot sand of his beach while his two motor-boats slit the waters of the Sound, drawing aquaplanes over cataracts of foam. On week-ends hi
37、s Rolls-Royce became an omnibus, bearing parties to and from the city between nine in the morning and long past midnight, while his station wagon scampered like a brisk yellow bug to meet all trains. And on Mondays eight servants, including an extra gardener, toiled all day with mops and scrubbing-b
38、rushes and hammers and garden-shears, repairing the ravages of the night before.“Questions:A. Identify the author and the title of the novel from which this passage is taken.B. What can you imply by reading this passage?C. What do the “moths“ symbolize?（分数：4.00）_三、B(总题数：4，分数：24.00)45.What are the mo
39、dernistic characteristics of D.H. Lawrences novels?（分数：6.00）_46.How do you philosophically define Transcendentalism?（分数：6.00）_47.How did “The Lost Generation“ come into existence in the literary history of the United States? What does the term “The Lost Generation“ mean? Who were the leading figures
40、 of this literary movement? (Gove at least two)（分数：6.00）_48.Why is The Great Gatsby a successful novel?（分数：6.00）_四、B(总题数：2，分数：20.00)49.Thomas Hardy, living at the turn of the century, is often regarded as a transitional writer. In him we see the influence from both the past and the modern. Tess of t
41、he D Urbervilles is one of his greatest works. Try to discuss the fate of Tess in this work.（分数：10.00）_50.Symbolism is an important literary practice in literature and it has been widely used by many American writers. Discuss the way of symbolism which is used in Faulkners story A Rose for Emily.（分数
42、：10.00）_英美文学选读自考题-14 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.Generally the Renaissance refers to the period between the 14th and mid-17th centuries. It first started in Italy, with the flowering of painting, sculpture and literature. From _ the movement went to embrace the rest of Europe. A.
43、 Germany B. Greek C. Britain D. Italy（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D. 解析：解析 一般来说，文艺复兴时期是从 14世纪到 17世纪中叶。它从意大利兴起，伴随着绘画、雕塑和文学领域的百花齐放，而后文艺复兴浪潮从意大利席卷了整个欧洲。2.In 1593 and 1594, Shakespeare published two narrative poems _ and The Rape of Lucrece. A. The Faerie Queen B. Venus and Adonis C. Measure for Measure D. Sonnet 18（
44、分数：1.00）A.B. C.D.解析：解析 1591 年到 1611年这段时期是莎士比亚创作的黄金时代。除了戏剧他还分别于 1593年和1594年发表了两首叙事诗维纳斯与安东尼斯及鲁克丽斯受辱记，这两首诗都是献给南安普教伯爵的。3._ shows how mankind, in the person of Christ, withstands the tempter and is established once more in the divine favor. A. Paradise Lost B. Paradise Regained C. Samson Agonistes D. Beowulf（分数：1.00）A.B. C.D.解析：解析 复乐园是根据新约马太福音描述以耶稣为代表的人类如何抵御诱惑的故事而创作的。4.All of the following statements can correctly describe the Enlightenment Movement except _. A. The movement flourished in France. B. The movement was a furtherance of the Renaissance. C. The purpose of th
