1、英美文学选读自考题-19 及答案解析(总分：100.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、B(总题数：38，分数：19.00)1.Generally, English Romanticism refers to the period of _. A. 14831547 B. 17981832 C. 16601798 D. 18361901（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.2.English Romanticism, as a historical phase of literature, is generally said to have ended in 1832 with _. A. the p
2、assage of the first Reform Bill in the Parliament B. the publication of Wordsworth and Coleridges Lyrical Ballads C. the publication of T. S Eliots The Waste Land D. the passage of the Bill of Rights in the Parliament（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.3.William Blakes _ marks his entry into maturity. A. Poetical Sket
3、ches B. Songs of Innocence C. Marriage of Heaven and Hell D. Songs of Experience（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.4.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
4、 and all experience B. 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：0.50）A.B.C.D.5.The Romantic period is an age of poetry. Blake, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, Shelley and Keats are the majo
5、r poets. They started a rebellion against the neoclassical literature, which was later regarded as _. A. the poetic romance B. the poetic movement C. the poetic revolution D. the poetic reformation（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.6._, defined by Coleridge, is the vital faculty that creates new wholes out of dispara
6、te elements. A. Exaggerater B. Imagination C. Rhetoric D. Soliloquy（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.7.The English Romantic period produced two major novelists. They are _. A. Lamb and Hazlitt B. Byron and Shelley C. Scott and Austen D. Keats and Coleridge（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.8.Walter Scotts chief contribution to Englis
7、h literature lies in his novels of _. A. war B. history C. love D. romance（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.9.Of the following writers, which one does not belong to the Romantic period? A. William Blake. B. John Bunyan. C. Jane Austen. D. John Keats.（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.10.The work _ by William Blake is a lovely volume
8、of poems, presenting a happy world, though not without its evils and sufferings. A. Songs of Innocence B. Songs of Experience C. Poetical Sketches D. Lyrical Ballads（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.11.Literarily _ was the first important Romantic poet, showing a contempt for the rule of reason, opposing the classic
9、al 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：0.50）A.B.C.D.12._ paints a different world, a world of misery, poverty, disease, war and repression with a melancholy tone. A. Oliver Twi
10、st B. A Tale of Two Cities C. Songs of Innocence D. Songs of Experience（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.13.William Blakes _ was composed during the climax of the French Revolution and it plays the double role both as a satire and a revolutionary prophecy. A. Songs of Experience B. Songs of Innocence C. Marriage of
11、Heaven and Hell D. Poetical Sketches（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.14.The declaration that “I know that This World is a World of Imagination they would leave before the revelation of the theme. D. Poetry should present the apparent and tangible.（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.22.“She lived unknown, and few could know/When Lucy
12、ceased to be; /But she is in her grave, and, oh, /The difference to me!“The word “me“ in the last line of the above stanza quoted from Wordsworths poem She Dwelt Among the Untrodden Ways may possibly refer to _. A. the poet B. the reader C. her lover D. everybody（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.23.One of Shelleys g
13、reatest political lyrics is _, which was later to become a rallying song of the British Communist Party. A. “Ode to Liberty“ B. “Ode to Naples“ C. “Sonnet. England in 1819“ D. “Men of England“（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.24.Which is Shelleys work of literary criticism? A. An Essay on Criticism. B. A De fence of
14、 Poetry. C. On the Necessity of Atheism. D. Of Studies.（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.25.In his lyrics such as Ode to Liberty, Ode to Naples Percy Bysshe Shelley expressed his love for _ and his hatred toward tyranny. A. the middle class B. the poor C. freedom D. the proletariat（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.26.Best of all the
15、 well-known lyric pieces written by P. B. Shelley is the poets, _, here his rhapsodic and declamatory tendencies find a subject perfectly suited to them. A. To a Skylark B. The Cloud C. Ode to the West Wind D. Ode to a Nightingale（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.27.Prometheus, the hero in Shellys poetic drama Prome
16、theus Unbound, is a figure in _. A. The Bible B. Greek Mythology C. A German Legend D. Arabian Nights（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.28.We can perhaps describe the west wind in Shelleys poem “Ode to the West Wind“ with all the following terms except _. A. tamed B. swift C. proud D. wild（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.29.“Drive m
17、y dead thoughts over the universe/Like withered leaves to quicken a new birth!“ (Percy Bysshe Shelley, Ode to the West Wind)What rhetorical device does the poet use in the quoted lines? A. Synecdoche. B. Metaphor. C. Simile. D. Onomatopoeia.（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.30.“If Winter comes, can Spring be far beh
18、ind?“ the quoted line comes from _. A. Shelleys “Ode to the West Wind“ B. Walt Whitmans “Leaves of Grass“ C. John Miltons “Paradise Lost“ D. John Keats “Ode on a Grecian Urn“（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.31.Jane Austens first novel _ tells a story about two sisters and their love affairs. A. Sense and Sensibilit
19、y B. Pride and Prejudice C. Northanger Abbey D. Mansfield Park（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.32.The novel Pride and Prejudice mainly deals with the five Bennet sisters and their search for suitable husbands, centering on the love story between _ and _. A. Jane, Bingley B. Lydia, Wickham C. Elizabeth, Darcy D. Cha
20、rlotte, Collins（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.33.The sentence “three or four families in a country village are the very thing to work on“ can best reflect the writers personal knowledge and range of writing. This writer is _. A. Walter Scott B. Thomas Hardy C. Jane Eyre D. Jane Austen（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.34.“Blindnes
21、s“ “partiality“ “prejudice“ and “absurdity“ in the novel Pride and Prejudice are most likely the characteristics of _. A. Elizabeth B. Darcy C. Mr. Bennet D. Mrs. Bennet（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.35.Because of her sensitivity to universal patterns of human behavior, _ has brought the English novel, as an art
22、of form, to its maturity. A. Charlotte Bront B. Jane Austen C. Emily Bront D. Henry Fielding（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.36.In the first part of the novel Pride and Prejudice, Mr. Darcy has a(n) _ of the Bennet family. A. high opinion B. great admiration C. low opinion D. erroneous view（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.37.Which
23、 of the following is not a couple that appeared in Pride and Prejudice? A. Catherine and Heathcliff. B. Lydia and Wickham. C. Jane and Bingley. D. Charlotte and Collins.（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.38.After reading the first chapter of Pride and Prejudice , we may come to know that Mrs. Bennet is a woman of _.
24、A. simple character and quick wit B. simple character and poor understanding C. intricate character and quick wit D. intricate character and poor understanding（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.二、B(总题数：8，分数：26.00)Read the quoted parts carefully and answer the question in English.When my mother died I was very young,
25、/And my father sold me while yet my tongue/Could scarcely cry “weep! weep! weep! weep!“/So your chimney I sweep, in soot I sleep.（分数：3.00）(1).Who is the author of this stanza, and what is the title of the poem from which this stanza is taken?（分数：1.00）_(2).What does the word “weep“ mean?（分数：1.00）_(3)
26、.Based on this stanza, discuss the characteristics of his poems in his early years.（分数：1.00）_A little black thing among the snow/Crying “weep!weep!“ m notes of woe!/ “Where are thy father /Beside the lake, beneath the trees, / Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.“（分数：3.00）(1).Identify the poem and
27、the poet.（分数：1.00）_(2).In several sentences, interpret the meaning of this stanza.（分数：1.00）_(3).From the characteristics of this stanza, we can deduce which period it belongs to.（分数：1.00）_“A violet by a mossy stone/Half hidden from the eye!/Fair as a star, when only one/Is shining in the sky.“（分数：3.
28、00）(1).Identify the author and the title of the poem from which this stanza is taken.（分数：1.00）_(2).Pick out the metaphor used in this stanza.（分数：1.00）_(3).What quality does the author intend to show by using the metaphor?（分数：1.00）_“Men of England, wherefore plough/For the lords who lay ye low?/Where
29、fore weave with toil and care/The rich robes your tyrants wear?/Wherefore feed and clothe and save/ From the cradle to the grave/Those ungrateful drones who would/Drain your sweatnay, drink your blood?/Wherefore, Bees of England, forge/Many a weapon, chain, and scourge, / That these stingless drones
30、 may spoil/The forced produce of your toil?/Have ye leisure, comfort, calm, /Shelter, food, loves gentle balm?/Or what is it ye buy so dear/With your pain and with your fear?“（分数：5.00）(1).Who is the author of the poem?（分数：1.00）_(2).What does “Bees of England“ refer to?（分数：1.00）_(3).What figure of sp
31、eech is used here?（分数：1.00）_(4).What figure of speech is used in Line?（分数：1.00）_(5).Whom does “drones“ refer to?（分数：1.00）_“Cleave themselves into chasms, while far below/The sea-blooms and the oozy woods which wear/The sapless foliage of the ocean, know/The voice, and suddenly grow grey with fear, /
32、And tremble and despoil themselves: O hear !“（分数：3.00）(1).What do the two stanzas describe?（分数：1.00）_(2).What idea does the poem express from which the two stanzas are taken from?（分数：1.00）_(3).Based on the above qualities, identify the author of the poem.（分数：1.00）_“It is a truth universally acknowle
33、dged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife. However little known the feelings or views of such a man may be on his first entering a neighbourhood, this truth is so well fixed in the minds of the surrounding families, that he is considered as the rightful prope
34、rty of some one or other of their daughters.“（分数：4.00）(1).This passage is the opening of a novel. Whats its name?（分数：1.00）_(2).The writer of the novel is the first famous woman novelist. Who is she?（分数：1.00）_(3).What is the style of this passage?（分数：1.00）_(4).What is this passage describing?（分数：1.00
35、）_三、B(总题数：7，分数：21.00)39.Inspiration for the romantic approach initially came from two great shapers of thought. Who are the two? And what ideas they expressed inspire the romantic writers?（分数：3.00）_40.What is the historical and cultural background of English Romanticism?（分数：3.00）_41.Make a contrast
36、between the two generations of Romantic poets during the Romantic Age.（分数：3.00）_42.What are Austens writing features?（分数：3.00）_43.What does the poem “The Chimney Sweeper (from Songs of Experience)“ reveal?（分数：3.00）_44.Briefly introduce Blakes Songs of Innocence and Song of Experience.（分数：3.00）_45.Wh
37、at is the theme of Jane Austen Pride and Prejudice?（分数：3.00）_四、B(总题数：7，分数：34.00)46.What are the characteristics of the Romantic literature? Please discuss the above question in relation to one or two examples (in England).（分数：5.00）_47.How is Romanticism different from Neoclassicism? Provide brief ev
38、idence from the literary works you know best.（分数：5.00）_48.Literarily Blake was the first important Romantic poet, showing contempt for the rule of reason, opposing the classical tradition of the 18th century, and treasuring the individuals imagination. Please make a comment on William Blakes poetry.
39、（分数：5.00）_49.William Wordsworth is one of the greatest poet of nature. He is also the leading figure of the English Romantic poetry. Please discuss the significance of William Wordsworths poetry in the history of English literature.（分数：5.00）_50.“O wild West Wind, thou breath of Autumns being/Thou, from whose unsee
