1、英美文学选读自考题-15 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.Which of the following is not regarded as one of the characteristics of the Renaissance?_ A. Rediscovery of ancient Roman and Greek culture. B. Attempt to remove the old feudalist ideas in medieval Europe. C. Introducing new ideas that ex
2、pressed the interests of the rising bourgeoisie. D. Praise of mans efforts in soul delivery and personal salvation.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.2.Which of the following is not true about the Renaissance? _ A. Humanism is the essence of the Renaissance. B. Attitudes and feelings which had been characteristics of
3、 the 14th and 15th centuries persisted well down into the era of Humanism and Reformation. C. It was Chaucer who initiated the Reformation. D. The Elizabethan drama, in its totality, is the real main stream of the English Renaissance.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.3.Shakespeares _ are mainly written under the pri
4、nciple that national unity under a mighty and just sovereign is a necessity. A. history plays B. tragedies C. comedies D. plays（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.4.“Shall I compare thee to a summer s day?/Thou art more lovely and more temperate:/Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,/And summers lease hath all
5、 too short a date“, the above beautiful sonnet was written by _. A. John Donne B. John Milton C. William Shakespeare D. Francis Bacon（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.5.The British bourgeois or middle class believed in the following notions except _. A. self-esteem B. self-reliance C. self-restraint D. hard work（分数：
6、1.00）A.B.C.D.6.In this part the hero of the story, Robinson Crusoe, narrates in _ how he goes to sea, gets shipwrecked and marooned on a lonely island, struggles to live for twenty-four years there and finally gets relieved and returns to England. A. the second person B. the first person C. the thir
7、d person D. Defoes mouth（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.7.The best fictional work of Jonathan Swift is _. A. A Tale of a Tub B. The Battle of the Books C. A Modest Proposal D. Gullivers Travels（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.8.The play The Tragedy of Tragedies is written by _. A. Marlowe B. Fielding C. Shakespeare D. Sheridan（分数
8、：1.00）A.B.C.D.9._, defined by Coleridge, is the vital faculty that creates new wholes out of disparate elements. A. Exaggerater B. Imagination C. Rhetoric D. Soliloquy（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.10.Literarily _ was the first important Romantic poet, showing a contempt for the rule of reason, Opposing the class
9、ical tradition of the 18th century, and treasuring the individuals imagination. A. William Wordsworth B. William Blake C. Robert Burns D. Samuel Taylor Coleridge（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.11.In the Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience, by William Blake, what is central to Blakes concern?_ A. Youthhood.
10、B. Childhood. C. Aged. D. All the above are not.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.12.In 1805, Wordsworth completed a long autobiographical poem entitled “_“. A. Biographic literary B. The Prelude C. Lucy Poems D. The Lyrical Ballad（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.13.William Wordsworth asserts that poetry originates from _. A. form
11、B. thoughts C. artistic devices D. emotion（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.14.Which is Shelleys masterpiece?_ A. Queen Mab. B. Prometheus Unbound. C. Prometheus Bound. D. The Revolt of Islam.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.15.The Victorian Age was largely an age of _, eminently represented by Dickens and Thackeray. A. poetry B. d
12、rama C. novel D. epic prose（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.16.The success of the novel _ is due to its introduction to the English novel the first governess heroine. A. Wuthering Heights B. Pride and Prejudice C. Jane Eyre D. Sister Carrie（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.17.Which of the following descriptions of Thomas Hardy is w
13、rong?_ A. Most of his novels are set in Wessex. B. Tess of the DUrbervilles is one of the most representative of him as both a naturalistic and a critical realist writer. C. Among Hardys major works, Under the Greenwood Tree is the most cheerful and idyllic. D. From The Mayor of Casterbridge on, the
14、 tragic sense becomes the keynote of his novels.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.18.In the mid-19th century, Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels put forward the theory of _. A. ideal socialism B. materialism C. scientific socialism D. analytical psychology（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.19.Modernism is, in many aspects, a reaction aga
15、inst _. It rejects rationalism which is the theoretical base of realism. A. Romanticism B. humanism C. symbolism D. realism（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.20.The following are English stream-of-consciousness novels except _. A. Pilgrimage B. Ulysses C. Mrs. Dalloway D. A Passage to India（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.21.Mrs. Wa
16、rrens Profession is one of George Bernard Shaws plays. What is Mrs. Warrens profession then?_ A. Real estate. B. Prostitution. C. House keeping. D. Farming.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.22.“The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock“, in a form of dramatic monologue, presents the meditation of an aging _ man over the b
17、usiness of proposing marriage. A. grown B. lunatic C. old D. young（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.23.Which of the following writings is not the novel of D.H. Lawrences?_ A. Sons and Lovers. B. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man. C. The White Peacock. D. The Rainbow.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.24.The development of the A
18、merican society nurtured “the _ of a great nation“. A. literature B. painting C. music D. art（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.25.Of the following works by Hawthorne, which one was a romance set in Italy?_ A. The House of the Seven Gables. B. The Blithedale Romance. C. The Marble Faun. D. Twice-Told Tales.（分数：1.00）A
19、.B.C.D.26.Which of the following works best illustrates the Calvinistic view of original sin?_ A. Mrs. Stowes Uncle Toms Cabin. B. Jamess The Portrait of a Lady. C. Hemingways A Farewell to Arms. D. Hawthornes The Scarlet Letter.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.27.Whitmans poems are characterized by all the followi
20、ng features except _. A. the strict poetic form B. the free and natural rhythm C. the easy flow of feelings D. the simple and conversational language（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.28.Herman Melville wrote his semi-autobiographical novel _ concerning the sufferings of a genteel youth among brutal sailors. A. Typee
21、 B. Redburn C. Moby-Dick D. Mardi（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.29.After the American Civil War, the literary interest in the so-called “reality“ of life started a new period in the American literary writings known as the Age of _. A. Realism B. Reason and Revolution C. Romanticism D. Modernism（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.30
22、.Generally speaking, all those writers with a naturalistic approach to human reality tend to be _. A. transcendentalists B. optimists C. pessimists D. idealists（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.31.As a sequel to The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, _ marks the climax of Mark Twains literary activity. A. Adventures of Huckl
23、eberry Finn B. Life on the Mississippi C. The Gilded Age D. Roughing It（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.32.Linguistically, compared with the writings of Mark Twain, Henry Jamess fiction is noted for his _. A. frontier vernacular B. rich colloquialism C. vulgarly descriptive words D. refined elegant language（分数：1.00
24、）A.B.C.D.33.Which of the following works does not show Dickinsons confusion and doubt about the role of women in the 19th century America?_ A. Im “wife“Ive finished that B. I heard a Fly buzzWhen I died C. I cannot live with You D. Im cededIve stopped being theirs（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.34.The Financier, T
25、he Titan and The Stoic written by _ are called his “Trilogy of Desire“. A. Henry James B. Theodore Dreiser C. Mark Twain D. Herman Melville（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.35.Which terms can best describe the modernists concern of the human situation in their fiction?_ A. Fragmentation and alienation. B. Courage an
26、d honor. C. Tradition and faith. D. Poverty and desperation.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.36.The first book Robert Frost wrote was _. A. Mountain Interval B. New Hampshire C. A Further Range D. A Boys Will（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.37.In _, Robert Frost compares life to a journey, and he is doubtful whether he will regret
27、 his choice or not when he is old, because the choice has made all the difference. A. After Apple-Picking B. The Road Not Taken C. Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening D. Fire and Ice（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.38.In the beginning paragraph of Chapter 3, The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald describes a big party by sa
28、ying that “men and girls came and went like moths“. The author most likely indicates that _. A. there was a crowd of party goers B. such life does not have real meaning C. these people were light-hearted D. these were crazy and ignorant characters（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.39.In Hemingways Indian Camp, Nicks
29、night trip to the Indian village and his experience inside the hut can be taken as _. A. an essential lesson about Indian tribes B. a confrontation with evil and sin C. an initiation to the harshness of life D. a learning process in human relationship（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.40.The American writer _ was awa
30、rded the Nobel Prize for the anti-racist Intruder in the Dust in 1950. A. Ernest Hemingway B. Gertrude Stein C. William Faulkner D. T.S. Eliot（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.二、B(总题数：4，分数：16.00)41.“And thus the native hue of resolution/Is sicklied oer with the pale cast of thought.“ (Shakespeare, Hamlet)Questions:A
31、. What does the “native hue of resolution“ mean?B. What does the “pale cast of thought“ stand for?C. What idea do the two lines express?（分数：4.00）_42.“The early lilacs became part of this child,/And grass and white and red morning-glories, and white and red clover, and the song of the phoebe-bird,/An
32、d the Third-month lambs and the sows pink-faint litter, and the mares foal and the cows calf,/And the noisy brood of the barnyard or by the mire of the pond-side,/And the fish suspending themselves so curiously below there, and the beautiful curious liquid,/And the water-plants with their-graceful f
33、lat heads, all became part of him.“Questions:A. Name the author of the poem.B. What is the poetic style called?C. What does the passage describe?（分数：4.00）_43.“I celebrate myself, and sing myself,/And what I assume you shall assume,/For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you./I loafe and i
34、nvite my soul,/I lean and loafe at my ease observing a spear of summer grass.“ (from Walt Whitmans “Song of Myself“)Questions:A. Whom does “myself“ refer to?B. How do you understand the line “I loafe and invite my soul“?C. What does “a spear of summer grass“ indicate?（分数：4.00）_44.“And so she died. F
35、ell ill in the house filled with dust and shadows, with only a doddering Negro man to wait on her, we did not even know she was sick; we had long since given up trying to get any information from the Negro. He talked to no one, probably not even to her, for his voice had grown harsh and rusty, as if
36、 from disuse.“Questions:A. Identify the author and the title of the work from which the passage is taken.B. Who dies?C. How do you describe the relationship between her and her neighbors?（分数：4.00）_三、B(总题数：4，分数：24.00)45.What are the common features in Shakespears characterization of the four greatest
37、 tragedy heroes?（分数：6.00）_46.What is the position of Henry Fielding in the history of English literature?（分数：6.00）_47.Whitman has made radical changes in the form of poetry by choosing free verse as his medium of expression. What are the characteristics of Whitmans free verse?（分数：6.00）_48.Give a bri
38、ef analysis of Carrie Meeber in Theodore Dreisers Sister Carrie?（分数：6.00）_四、B(总题数：2，分数：20.00)49.Discuss what is “stream-of-consciousness“ in novel writing.（分数：10.00）_50.Under the influence of the leading romantic thinkers like Kant and the Post-Kantians, Romanticists demonstrated a strong reaction a
39、gainst the dominant modes of thinking of the 18th-centurys Neoclassicists. Discuss the relation to the works you know, the difference between Romanticism and Neoclassicism.（分数：10.00）_英美文学选读自考题-15 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.Which of the following is not regarded as one of the cha
40、racteristics of the Renaissance?_ A. Rediscovery of ancient Roman and Greek culture. B. Attempt to remove the old feudalist ideas in medieval Europe. C. Introducing new ideas that expressed the interests of the rising bourgeoisie. D. Praise of mans efforts in soul delivery and personal salvation.（分数
41、：1.00）A.B.C.D. 解析：解析 文艺复兴的特点是：对古希腊、罗马文化的重新发现；竭力祛除中世纪欧洲的封建主义；推动代表新兴资产阶级利益的新思想。2.Which of the following is not true about the Renaissance? _ A. Humanism is the essence of the Renaissance. B. Attitudes and feelings which had been characteristics of the 14th and 15th centuries persisted well down into t
42、he era of Humanism and Reformation. C. It was Chaucer who initiated the Reformation. D. The Elizabethan drama, in its totality, is the real main stream of the English Renaissance.（分数：1.00）A.B.C. D.解析：解析 人文主义是文艺复兴的核心。但英国的文艺复兴并未使新文学与旧时代彻底决裂，带有十四、十五世纪特点的创作态度与情感依然贯穿于人文主义与改革时代。总体上讲，伊丽莎白时期的戏剧是英国文艺复兴的文学主流。
43、宗教改革是由德国新教徒马丁路德发起的。3.Shakespeares _ are mainly written under the principle that national unity under a mighty and just sovereign is a necessity. A. history plays B. tragedies C. comedies D. plays（分数：1.00）A. B.C.D.解析：解析 莎翁的历史剧都有这样一个主题，在一个强大英明的君主统领下的国家，统一是非常必要的。4.“Shall I compare thee to a summer s da
44、y?/Thou art more lovely and more temperate:/Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,/And summers lease hath all too short a date“, the above beautiful sonnet was written by _. A. John Donne B. John Milton C. William Shakespeare D. Francis Bacon（分数：1.00）A.B.C. D.解析：解析 题干中的这一选段是莎士比亚十四行诗第 18号，是最优美的一首。5.The British bourgeois or middle class believed in the following notions except _. A. self-esteem B. self-reliance C. self-restraint D. hard work（分数：1.00）A. B.C.D.解析：解析 英国的城市资产阶级通过自己的奋斗获取社会地位，因此他们理解劳动人民的穷困与艰苦。他们信奉自律、自立和劳动致富。6.In
