1、英美文学选读自考题-23 及答案解析(总分：100.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、B(总题数：50，分数：25.00)1.Realism was a reaction against Romanticism and paved the way to _. A. Modernism B. Scientism C. Post-Modernism D. Feminism（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.2.After the American Civil War, the literary interest in the so-called “reality“ of life started a
2、new period in the American literary writings known as the Age of _. A. Realism B. Reason and Revolution C. Romanticism D. Modernism（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.3.The three dominant figures of the American realism are the following except _. A. William Dean Howells B. Mark Twain C. Henry James D. E.E. Cummings（分
3、数：0.50）A.B.C.D.4.With Howells, James, and Mark Twain active on the literary scene, _ became the major trend in American literature in the seventies and eighties of the 19th century. A. Sentimentalism B. Romanticism C. Realism D. Naturalism（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.5.In the following writers, which is not the
4、 one whose works are characterized with local colors? A. Mark Twain. B. Sarah Orne Jewett. C. William Dean Howells. D. Hamlin Garland.（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.6.The impact of Darwins evolutionary theory on the American thought and the influence of the nineteenth century French literature on the American men
5、 of letters gave rise to yet another school of Realism: American _. A. modernism B. colloquialism C. naturalism D. humanism（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.7.Naturalism is evolved from _ when the authors tone in writing becomes less serious and less sympathetic but more ironic and more pessimistic. A. Romanticism B
6、. Modernism C. Realism D. Scientism（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.8.Statement _ is not true in describing American naturalists. A. They were deeply influenced by Darwinism B. They were identified with French novelist and theorist Emile Zola C. They chose their subjects from the lower ranks or society D. They used
7、 more serious and more sympathetic tone in writing than realists（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.9.H.L. Mencken considered _ “the true father of our national literature.“ A. Bret Harte B. Mark Twain C. Washington Irving D. Walt Whitman（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.10.Mark Twain shaped the worlds view of America and made a combi
8、nation of _. and serious literature. A. English folk lore B. funny jokes C. American folk humor D. American traditional values（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.11.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 Fi
9、nn B. Gilded Age C. Innocents Abroad D. An American Tragedy（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.12.Mark Twains novel, _ written in collaboration with Charles D, Warner and published in 1873, though not an artistic success, gives its name to the America of the post-Civil War period which it attempts to satirize. A. The
10、Gilded Age B. The Age of Innocence C. Roughing It D. The Jazz Age（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.13._ explores the scrupulous individualism in a world of fantastic speculation and unstable values, and gives its name to the get-rich-quick years of the post-Civil War era. A. Innocents Abroad B. Roughing It C. The Gi
11、lded Age D. The Middle Years（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.14.Being a boys book specially written for the adults, _ is Mark Twains most representative work, describing a journey down the Mississippi undertaken by Huck and Jim. A. Innocents Abroad B. The Gilded Age C. Life on the Mississippi D. Adventures of Huckl
12、eberry Finn（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.15.The raft with which Huck and Jim make their voyage down the Mississippi River may symbolize all the following except _. A. a return to nature B. an escape from evils, injustices, and corruption of the civilized society C. the American society in the early 19th century
13、D. a small world where people of different colors can live friendly and happily（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.16.Mark Twain employed an unpretentious style of _ in his novels, which is best described as “vernacular“. A. standard English B. Afro-American English C. colloquialism D. urbanism（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.17.The
14、Adventures of Tom Sawyer and, especially, its sequence _ proved themselves to be the milestone in the American literature. A. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn B. Life on the Mississippi C. The Gilded Age D. Roughing It（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.18._, and the west became Mark Twains major theme. A. Love B. The M
15、ississippi valley C. New York D. Human nature（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.19.Mark Twain, one of the greatest 19th-century American writers, is well-known for his _. A. international theme B. waste land imagery C. local color D. symbolism（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.20.In Mark Twains Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Huck wri
16、tes a letter to inform against Jim, the escaped slave, and then he tears the letter up. This fact reveals that _. A. Huck has a mixed feeling of love and hate B. there is a conflict between society and conscience in Huck C. Huck is always an indecisive person D. Huck has very little education（分数：0.5
17、0）A.B.C.D.21.Mark Twain wrote most of his literary works with a _. A. grand style B. pompous style C. simple language D. vernacular language（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.22.Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is best known for Mark Twains wonderful characterization of “_“, a typical American boy. A. Jim B. Huck C. To
18、m Sawyer D. Miss Watson（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.23._ is described by Mark Twain as a boy with “a sound heart and a deformed conscience“. A. Tom Sawyer B. Huckleberry Finn C. Jim D. Tony（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.24.The childhood of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn in the Mississippi is a record of a vanished way of life in t
19、he Mississippi valley and it has moved millions of people of different ages and conditions all over the world about the _ American society. A. early 16th century B. late 16th century C. post-Civil War D. pre-Civil War（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.25.It is Henry James movels and his _ that make him a fascinating
20、case in the American literary history and a conspicuous figure in world literature. A. literary essays B. travel accounts C. poems D. plays（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.26.Henry Jamess short fiction _ tells a story about the troubled and abnormal psychology of oppressed children, in which a whole household is te
21、rrorized by “ghosts“. A. The Beast in the Jungle B. The Private Life C. The Turn of the Screw D. The Middle Years（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.27.The theme of Henry Jamess essay _ clearly indicates that the aim of the novel is to present life, so it is not surprising to find in his writings human experiences exp
22、lored in every possible form. A. The American B. The Europeans C. The Art of Fiction D. The Golden Bowl（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.28.Among the following writers _ is generally regarded as the forerunner of the 20th-century “stream-of-consciousness“ novels and the founder of psychological realism. A. T.S. Elio
23、t B. James Joyce C. William Faulkner D. Henry James（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.29.While Mark Twain seemed to have paid more attention to the “life“ of the Americans, _ had apparently laid a greater emphasis on the “inner world“ of man. A. William Howells B. Henry James C. Bret Harte D. Hamlin Garland（分数：0.50）A
24、.B.C.D.30.Stylistically, Henry Jamess fiction is characterized by _. A. short, clear sentences B. highly refined language C. ordinary American speech D. abundance of local images（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.31.Henry James is now considered one of the most important writers of the 20th-century for his _. A. inte
25、rnational theme B. psychological realism C. refined language D. all of the above（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.32.One of Henry James literary techniques innovated to cater for the psychological emphasis is his _. A. narrative “point of view“ B. rhetorical devices C. way of using metaphors D. way of using symbols（
26、分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.33.Daisy Miller is one of Henry Jamess early works that dealt with _. A. the international theme B. local colorism C. psychological analysis D. patriotism（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.34.In Henry Jamess Daisy Miller, the author tries to portray the young woman as an embodiment of _. A. the force
27、of convention B. the free spirit of the New World C. the decline of aristocracy D. the corruption of the newly rich（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.35.In Henry Jamess Daisy Miller, the“ Americanness“ in Daisy is revealed by her _. A. vulgarity in language and taste B. expensive jewels and clothes C. lack of grace a
28、nd patience D. relatively unreserved manners（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.36.All the following characters appear in Sister Carrie except _. A. Hurstwood B. Winterbourne C. Carrie D. Drouet（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.37.American literature produced only one female poet during the nineteenth century. This was _. A. Anne Brad
29、sreet B. Jane Austen C. Emily Dickinson D. Harriet Beecher（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.38.Within her litter lyrics Dickson addresses those issues that concern _, which include religion, death, immorality, love and nature. A. the whole human beings B. the frontiers C. the African Americans D. the Jazz Age（分数：0.5
30、0）A.B.C.D.39.More than five hundred poems that Dickinson wrote are about nature, in which her general _ about the relationship between man and nature is well-expressed. A. skepticism B. eulogy C. happiness D. denial（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.40.Closely related to Emily Dickinsons religious poetry are her poem
31、s concerning _. A. childhood B. youth and happiness C. loneliness D. death and immortality（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.41.Emily Dickinsons poetry is unique and _ in its own way. For example, her poems have no titles. A. traditional B. unconventional C. ordinary D. unbelievable（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.42.Though secluded
32、 herself in her own house, Emily Dickinson was never really indifferent of the outside world, as could be seen in her poems such as “I like to see it lap the Miles“, which describes a(n) _, an embodiment of modern civilization. A. snake B. animal C. the road D. train（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.43.Theodore Drei
33、ser is generally regarded as one of Americas _. A. naturalists B. realists C. modernists D. romanticists（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.44.With the publication of _, Theodore Dreiser was launching himself upon a long career that would ultimately make him one of the most significant American writers of the school l
34、ater known as literary naturalism. A. Sister Carrie B. The Titan C. An American Tragedy D. The Stoic（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.45.The Financier, The 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：0.50）A.B.C.D.46.Theod
35、ore Dreiser entitled his greatest work with _ intending to tell us that it is the social pressure that makes Clydes downfall inevitable. A. Death in the Woods B. Tender Is the Night C. The Sound and the Fury D. An American Tragedy（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.47.We can easily find in Dreisers fiction a world of
36、jungle, and _ found expression in almost every book he wrote. A. naturalism B. romanticism C. transcendentalism D. cubism（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.48.In _ Dreiser expressed his naturalistic pursuit by expounding the purposelessness of life and attacking the conventional moral standards. A. An American Traged
37、y B. Sister Carrie C. The Financier D. The Stoic（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.49.Theodore Dreiser was once criticized for his _ in style, but as a true artist his strength just lies in that his style is very serious and well calculated to achieve the thematic ends he sought. A. crudeness B. elegance C. concisene
38、ss D. subtlety（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.50.Dreisers language style includes the following aspects except _. A. lack of concision B. massive detailed description C. disorganized in voice and tone D. polished and graceful（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.二、B(总题数：7，分数：21.00)Read the quoted parts carefully and answer the questio
39、n in English.“We dasnt stop again at any town, for clays and days; kept right along down the river. We was down south in the warm weather, now, and a mighty long ways from home. We begun to come to trees with Spanish moss on them, hanging down from the limbs like long gray beards. It was the first I
40、 ever see it growing, and it made the woods look solemn and dismal. So now the frauds reckoned they was out of danger, and they begun to work the villages again.“（分数：3.00）(1).Identify the author and the title of the novel from which this passage is taken.（分数：1.00）_(2).Who does “we“ refer to?（分数：1.00
41、）_(3).What are the features of the language of this novel?（分数：1.00）_“This is my letter to the World/That never wrote to Me/The simple News that Nature told/With tender Majesty“（分数：3.00）(1).Who is the author?（分数：1.00）_(2).What does “the World“ mean?（分数：1.00）_(3).What does the author think about “Natu
42、re“?（分数：1.00）_“The Eyes aroundhad wrung them dry/And Breaths were gathering firm/For that last Onsetwhen the King/Be witnessedin the Room“（分数：3.00）(1).From which poem is the stanza taken?（分数：1.00）_(2).Whats the theme of this poem?（分数：1.00）_(3).What does the first line mean?（分数：1.00）_“With Blueuncert
43、ain stumbling Buzz/Between the lightand me/And then the Windows failedand then/I could not see to see“（分数：3.00）(1).Identify the poem and the poet.（分数：1.00）_(2).What do “Windows“ symbolically stand for?（分数：1.00）_(3).What idea does the quoted passage express?（分数：1.00）_I like to see it lap the Miles/And lick the Valleys up/And stop to feed itself at Tanks/And thenprodigious step“（分数：3.00）(1).Please give the name of the author.（分数：1.00）_(2).What does “it“ in this poem refer to?（分数：1.00）_
