1、英美文学选读自考题-6 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.In Renaissance, the European humanist thinkers and scholars made attempts to do the following except _. A. getting rid of those old feudalist ideas B. getting control of the parliament and government C. introducing new ideas that expressed
2、 the interests of the rising bourgeoisie D. recovering the purity of the early church from the corruption of the Roman Catholic Church（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.2._ was the first person who introduced printing into England. A. William Caxton B. Flovio C. Homer D. Plutarch（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.3._ is not a comedy.
3、A. A Midsummer Nights Dream B. The Twelfth Night C. As You Like It D. Romeo and Juliet（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.4.Which of the following sentences about Shakespeares greatest tragedies is not true?_ A. Hamlet, the melancholic scholar-prince, faces the dilemma between action and mind. B. Othellos inner weakne
4、ss is made use of by the outside evil force. C. The old king Lear who is willing to totally give up his power makes himself suffer from treachery and infidelity. D. Macbeths lust for power stirs up his ambition and leads him to incessant crimes.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.5.“So long as men can breathe, or eyes
5、 can see, So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.“ (Shakespeare, Sonnet 18) What does “this“ refer to?_ A. Lover. B. Time. C. Summer. D. Poetry.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.6.“The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune“ is an example of _. A. allegory B. simile C. metaphor D. irony（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.7.A
6、mong the works by John Milton, which is indeed the only generally acknowledged epic in English literature since Beowulf? _ A. Paradise Regained. B. Samson Agonistes. C. Areopagitica. D. Paradise Lost.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.8.The eighteenth century England is also known as the Age of Enlightenment or the A
7、ge of _. A. Intellect B. Reason C. Rationality D. Science（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.9.Among the following writers, _ is not an enlightener. A. John Bunyan B. John Dryden C. Alexander Pope D. Joseph Addison（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.10.All of the following novels by Daniel Defoe are the first literary works devoted to t
8、he study of problems of the lower-class people except _. A. Robinson Crusoe B. Captain Singleton C. Moll Flanders D. Colonel Jack（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.11.Drapier is the pseudonym of _. A. Swift B. Defoe C. Fielding D. Goldsmith（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.12._ defines the poet as a “man speaking to men“, and poetry
9、as “the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings, which originates in emotion recollected in tranquility.“ A. William Blake B. William Wordsworth C. Samuel Taylor Coleridge D. John Keats（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.13.Which of the following is the Gothic novel?_ A. P.B. Shelleys Prometheus Unbound. B. John Kea
10、ts Lamia. C. Mary Shelleys Frankenstein, D. Jane Austens Pride and Prejudice.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.14.All of the following poems by William Wordsworth are masterpieces on nature except _. A. “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud“ B. “An Evening Walk“ C. “Tintern Abbey“ D. “The Solitary Reaper“（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.15
11、.Which of the following comments on the poem “Ode to the West Wind“ is not true?_ A. It is written in the terza rima form. B. In the poem, the author expresses his eagerness to enjoy the boundless freedom from the reality. C. The author gathers a wealth of symbolism in this poem. D. The author of th
12、e poem is F. Scott Fitzgerald.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.16.Jane Austens first novel is _. A. Pride and Prejudice B. Sense and Sensibility C. Emma D. Plan of a Novel（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.17.“The Vanity Fair“ is a well-known part in The Pilgrims Progress, Which of the following writers later adopted it as the title
13、 of a novel?_ A. Dickens. B. Thackeray. C. Fielding. D. Hardy.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.18.Among the works by Charles Dickens _ presents his criticism of the Utilitarian principle that rules over the English education system and destroys young hearts and minds. A. Bleak House B. The Pickwick Paper C. Great E
14、xpectations D. Hard Times（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.19.The success of Jane Eyre is not only because of its sharp criticism of the existing society, but also due to its introduction to the English novel the first _ heroine. A. explorer B. peasant C. worker D. governess（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.20._ believes that mans f
15、ate is predeterminedly tragic, driven by a combined force of “nature“, both inside and outside. A. Charles Dickens B. Thomas Hardy C. Bernard Shaw D.T.S. Eliot（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.21.Modernism is, in many aspects, a reaction against _. It rejects rationalism which is the theoretical base of realism. A.
16、romanticism B. humanism C. symbolism D. realism（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.22.All of the following are stream-of-consciousness novels except _. A. Pilgrimage B. Ulysses C. Mrs. Dalloway D. Tess of the DUrbervilles（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.23.George Bernard Shaws play _ established his position as the leading playwright
17、 of his time. A. Widowers Houses B. Too True to Be Good C. Mrs. Warrens Profession D. Candida（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.24._ is a poem concerned with the spiritual breakup of a modern civilization in which human life has lost its meaning, significance and purpose. A. Ulysses B. The Waste Land C. The Confident
18、ial Clerk D. Dublirwrs（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.25.Which of the following is considered to be a better-structured novel?_ A. Women in Love. B. Sons and Lovers. C. The Rainbow. D. Lady Chatterleys Lover.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.26.Henry David Thoreaus work, _, has always been regarded as a masterpiece of New England
19、Transcendentalism. A. Walden B. The Pioneers C. Nature D. Song of Myself（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.27._ 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.28.In many of Hawthornes stories and novels, the Puritan concept of life
20、 is condemned, or the Puritan past is shown in an almost totally negative light, especially in his _. A. The Scarlet Letter B. The Blithedale Romance C. The Marble Faun D. Twice-Told Tales（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.29.Whitmans poems are characterized by all the following features except _. A. the strict poeti
21、c 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.30.Melville is best-known as the author of one book named _ which is one of the worlds greatest masterpieces. A. Redburn B. Moby-Dick C. Pierre D. White Jacket（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D
22、.31._ is not a fictional character in The Scarlet Letter. A. Hester B. Arthur Dimmersdale C. Roger Chillingworth D. Ishmael（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.32.Hemingway once described Mark Twains novel _ the one book from which “all modern American literature comes.“ A. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn B. The Adventu
23、res of Tom Sawyer C. The Gilded Age D. Roughing It（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.33.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.34.Daisy Millers tragedy o
24、f indiscretion is intensified arid enlarged by its narration from the point of view of _. A. the author Henry James B. the Italian youth Giovanelli C. the American youth Winterbourne D. her mother Mrs. Miller（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.35.“This is my letter, to the World“ is a poetic expression of Emily Dickin
25、sons _ about her communication with the outside world. A. indifference B. anger C. anxiety D. sorrow（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.36.With the publication of _, Dreiser was launching himself upon a long career that would ultimately make him one of the most significant American writers of the school later known as
26、 literary naturalism._ A. Sister Carrie B. The Titan C. The Genius D. The Stoic（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.37._ is considered to be a spokesman for the alienated youth in the post-war era and his The Catcher in the Rye is regarded as a students classic. A. J.D. Salinger B. John Updike C. Norman Mailer D. Herma
27、n Wouk（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.38.Fitzgerald wrote the following except _. A. The Great Catsby B. In Our Time C. Tender is the Night D. This Side of Paradise（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.39._ is Hemingways masterpiece. A. A Farewell to Arms B. For Whom the Bell Tolls C. The Sun Also Rises D. The Old Man and the Sea（分数：1
28、.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.“Nor lose possession of that fair thou ows
29、t;/Nor shall death brag thou wanderst in his shade,/When in eternal lines to time thou growst:/So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see,/So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.“Questions:A. Where does the poem come from? Who wrote it?B. What does “lines“ mean?C. What does the word “this“
30、 in the last line refer to?（分数：4.00）_42.“Never did sun more beautifully steep/In his first splendor, valley, rock, or hill;/Neer saw I, never felt, a calm so deep!/ The river glideth at his own sweet will:/Dear God! the very houses seem asleep;/And all that mighty heart is lying still!“ (William Wor
31、dsworths sonnet “Composed upon Westminster Bridge“, September 3,1802)Questions:A. What does the word “glideth“ in the fourth line mean?B. What kind of figure of speech is used by Wordsworth to describe the “river“?C. What idea does the fourth line express?（分数：4.00）_43.“My tongue, every atom of my bl
32、ood, formd from this soil, this air,/Born here of parents born here from parents the same, and their parents the same,/I, now thirty-seven years old in perfect health begin,/Hoping to cease not till death.“Questions:A. Identify the poet and the title of the poem.B. What do “soil“ and “air“ represent
33、 in the first line?C. What does the poet try to say in the above four lines?（分数：4.00）_44.“Because I could not stop for DeathHe kindly stopped for meThe Carriage held but just OurselvesAnd Immortality.“Questions:A. Who is the author of the poem?B. What does “He“ refer to?C. What does “Carriage“ refer
34、 to?（分数：4.00）_三、B(总题数：4，分数：24.00)45.Why is John Milton the greatest writer of his time?（分数：6.00）_46.Pride and Prejudice is Jane Austens masterpiece. What does Pride and Prejudice concern about?（分数：6.00）_47.“You never give it a chance,“ she said. Then suddenly all her passion of grief over him broke
35、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!“ (D.H. Lawrence, Sons and Lovers) Explain why Mrs. Morel couldnt bear to think Pauls life wouldnt be a happy one.（分数：6.00）_
36、48.What is the difference between realism and naturalism?（分数：6.00）_四、B(总题数：2，分数：20.00)49.Hamlet is one of Shakespeares great tragedies. Try to discuss the social significances of Hamlet and analyze the character Hamlet.（分数：10.00）_50.Discuss the striking feature of Paul, the main character in Sons an
37、d Lovers.（分数：10.00）_英美文学选读自考题-6 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.In Renaissance, the European humanist thinkers and scholars made attempts to do the following except _. A. getting rid of those old feudalist ideas B. getting control of the parliament and government C. introducing new i
38、deas that expressed the interests of the rising bourgeoisie D. recovering the purity of the early church from the corruption of the Roman Catholic Church（分数：1.00）A.B. C.D.解析：解析 文艺复兴从本质上讲是欧洲人文主义者竭力祛除中世纪欧洲的封建主义，推行代表新兴城市资产阶级利益的新思想，恢复早期宗教的纯洁性，远离腐败的罗马天主教廷的一场运动。2._ was the first person who introduced prin
39、ting into England. A. William Caxton B. Flovio C. Homer D. Plutarch（分数：1.00）A. B.C.D.解析：解析 威廉卡克斯顿是第一个将印刷术引进英国的人。3._ is not a comedy. A. A Midsummer Nights Dream B. The Twelfth Night C. As You Like It D. Romeo and Juliet（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D. 解析：解析 莎士比亚的六部喜剧是仲夏夜之梦、威尼斯商人、无事生非、皆大欢喜、第十二夜、温莎的风流娘儿们。D 项罗密欧与朱丽叶是
40、莎士比亚写的悲剧。4.Which of the following sentences about Shakespeares greatest tragedies is not true?_ A. Hamlet, the melancholic scholar-prince, faces the dilemma between action and mind. B. Othellos inner weakness is made use of by the outside evil force. C. The old king Lear who is willing to totally gi
41、ve up his power makes himself suffer from treachery and infidelity. D. Macbeths lust for power stirs up his ambition and leads him to incessant crimes.（分数：1.00）A.B.C. D.解析：解析 莎士比亚的四大悲剧中：哈姆雷特，一个忧郁的学者型王子，在采取行动与深思熟虑之间进退两难；奥赛罗内心的弱点则被外界的邪恶力量所利用；李尔王不愿将王位拱手相让，却使自己陷入亲人的背叛与不忠之中；而麦克白的无尽权欲扩张着他的野心，将他引向接连不断的罪恶行为
42、。C 项说“李尔王愿意将王位拱手相让”，表述错误。5.“So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see, So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.“ (Shakespeare, Sonnet 18) What does “this“ refer to?_ A. Lover. B. Time. C. Summer. D. Poetry.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D. 解析：解析 第 18号十四行诗是莎翁最优美的十四行诗。诗中作者对时间的毁灭力量及将诗歌献给情人带来的永恒之美做了深邃的思考。夏日的晴
43、朗是短暂易变的，但诗中的美丽则会永存。由此可以看出莎士比亚对诗歌的永恒性深信不疑。题干中的 this指的是诗歌。6.“The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune“ is an example of _. A. allegory B. simile C. metaphor D. irony（分数：1.00）A.B.C. D.解析：解析 The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune 是哈姆雷特中的一句话，意思是“(一个高贵的灵魂是该去承受)狂暴命运的刀剑相加”，这里 slings and arrows指 atta
44、cks，使用了隐喻，即暗喻，的修辞手法。7.Among the works by John Milton, which is indeed the only generally acknowledged epic in English literature since Beowulf? _ A. Paradise Regained. B. Samson Agonistes. C. Areopagitica. D. Paradise Lost.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D. 解析：解析 弥尔顿的失乐园是继贝奥武甫之后惟一一部公认的英国文学中的史诗。8.The eighteenth century England is also known as the Age of Enlightenment or the Age of _. A. Intellect B. Reason C. Rationality D. Science（分数：1.00）A.B. C.D.解析：解析 英国的十八世纪也同时是启蒙主义时代，或理性时代。
