1、英美文学选读自考题-7 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.The Renaissance is actually a movement stimulated by a series of historical events. Which one of the following is not such an event?_ A. The rediscovery of ancient Roman and Greek culture. B. Englands domestic rest. C. New discovery in geo
2、graphy and astrology. D. The religious reformation and the economic expansion.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.2.The Renaissance refers to the period between 14th and mid-17th centuries, which was under the reign of Queen _ and absolute monarchy in England reached its summit, and in which the real mainstream was _.
3、 A. Victoria, poetry B. Elizabeth, drama C. Mary, novel D. James, drama（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.3.In the second period, Shakespeares style and approach became highly individualized. He wrote six comedies. Which one doesnt belong to them?_ A. Titus Andronicus. B. A Midsummer Nights Dream. C. The Merchant of
4、Venice. D. Twelfth Night.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.4.William Shakespeares greatest tragedies are: Hamlet, _, King Lear and _. A. Romeo and Juliet, Othello B. Othello, Macbeth C. The Tempest, Macbeth D. Othello, Henry IV（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.5.Which of the following statements best illustrates the theme of Shakesp
5、eares Sonnet 18?_ A. The speaker eulogizes the power of nature. B. The speaker satirizes human vanity. C. The speaker praises the power of artistic creation. D. The speaker meditates on mans salvation.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.6.Milton once had an ambition to write an epic which England would “_“. A. justify
6、 the ways of God to men B. lust all for men C. not willingly let die D. not let all lost（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.7._ is not written by John Milton. A. Samson Agonistes B. Paradise Lost C. Paradise Regained D. Tamburlaine（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.8.In terms of the Age of Enlightenment, which comment is not true?_ A.
7、The Age of Enlightenment is also thought as the Age of Reason. B. Its purpose was to enlighten the whole world with the light of modern philosophical and artistic ideas. C. The enlighteners advocated universal education. D. John Milton is one of the representatives of the Enlightenment Movement.（分数：
8、1.00）A.B.C.D.9.The modern English novel came into being in _. A. the middle of the 17th century B. the 17th century C. the late 18th century D. the middle of the 18th century（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.10.Daniel Defoes novels mainly focus on _. A. the struggle of the unfortunate for mere existence B. the strug
9、gle of the shipwrecked persons for security C. the struggle of the pirates for wealth D. the desire of the criminals for property（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.11._ is a typical feature of Swifts writings. A. Elegant style B. Casual narration C. Bitter satire D. Complicated sentence structure（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.12.S
10、tatement “_“ is true in describing Romanticists. A. To Romanticists, poetry is an expression of an individuals feeling and experiences no matter how fragmentary and momemtary these feelings and experiences are B. Romanticists are not patient people; they would leave before the revelation of the them
11、e C. Poetry should present the apparent and tangible D. Romanticists take delight only in sound effect; the theme of a work is not their concern（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.13._ is a lovely volume of poems, presenting a happy and innocent world. A. Songs of Experience B. Songs of Innocence C. Song of Myself D.
12、There Was a Child Went Forth（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.14.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.15.P.B. Shelleys greatest political lyric is “_“. A. Men of England B. An Essay on Criticism C. The Prelude D. A D
13、e fence of Poetry（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 status and marriage D. love and marriage（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.17.Robert Browning created the verse novel, transferring the thematic interest from mere
14、narration of the story to revelation and study of characters inner world and brought to the Victorian poetry _. A. some psycho-analytical element B. some romantic element C. some realistic element D. some classical element（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.18.The most distinguishing feature of Charles Dickens works l
15、ies in his _. A. social criticism B. optimism C. character portrayal D. social setting（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.19._ represents those middle-class working women who are struggling for recognition of their basic rights and equality as a human being. A. Tess B. Jane Eyre C. Dorothea D. Elizabeth（分数：1.00）A.B.C.
16、D.20.In Thomas Hardys works, the conflict between the old and the modern is very pervasive. His attitude toward those traditional characters is _. A. contempt B. sympathetic C. indifferent D. interested（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.21.The trilogy of _ novels are masterpieces of critical realism in the early 20th
17、 century. A. Galsworthys Forsyte B. Lewis Grassic Gibbons Sunset Song C. D.H. Lawrences Women in Love D. E.M. Fosters A Passage to India（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.22.The leader of the Irish National Theater Movement in the early 20th century was _. A. W.B. Yeats B. Lady Gregory C. J.M. Synge D. John Galsworth
18、y（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.23.The following comments on George Bernard Shaw are true except _. A. George Bernard Shaws career as a dramatist began in 1892, when his first play Widowers Houses was put on by the Independent Theater Society B. Shaw began his literary career by writing novels soon after his sett
19、ling down in London C. Shaws writings reflect the combination of realism and naturalism D. Shaws plays can be termed as problems plays（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
20、.25._ was one of the first novelists to introduce themes of psychology into his works. He believed that the healthy way of the individuals psychological development lay in the primacy of the sexual impulse. A. T.S. Eliot B. George Eliot C. James Joyce D. .H. Lawrence（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.26.The desire fo
21、r an escape from society and a return to _ became a permanent convention of American literature. A. history B. past C. nature D. simple life（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.27._ tells a simple but very moving story in which four people living in a Puritan community are involved in and affected by the sin of adulter
22、y in different ways. A. Young Goodman Brown B. Moby-Dick C. The Scarlet Letter D. Daisy Miller（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.28.Hawthorne intended to _ in The Scarlet Letter. A. tell a story of parental love B. tell a story of sin and bloody violence C. call the readers back to the plantation way of living D. rev
23、eal the human psyche after they sinned（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.29.Whitman prefers for his new subject and new poetic feelings is “_,“ that is, poetry without a fixed beat or regular rhyme scheme. A. blank verse B. free rhythm C. balanced structure D. free verse（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.30.Which of the following comm
24、ents on the writings by Herman Melville is not true?_ A. “Bartleby, the Scrivener“ is a short story. B. “Benito Cereno“ is a novella. C. The Confidence-Man has something to do with the sea and sailors. D. Moby-Dick is regarded as the first American prose epic.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.31.Realism was a reacti
25、on against _ or a move away from the bias towards romance and self-creating fictions, and paved the way to Modernism. A. Romanticism B. Rationalism C. Post-modernism D. Cynicism（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.32.The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and, especially, its sequence _ proved themselves to be the milestone in t
26、he American literature. A. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn B. Life on the Mississippi C. The Gilded Age D. Roughing It（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.33.The Portrait of A Lady is generally considered to be masterpiece, which describes the life journey of an American _ in a European cultural environment. A. Henry Ad
27、amss, widow B. William Jamess, girl C. Henry Jamess, girl D. Theodore Dreisers, widow（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.34.Which of the following works by Henry James is the most famous one during his last and major period?_ A. The Turn of the Screw. B. The Middle Years. C. What Maisie Knows. D. The Portrait of A Lad
28、y.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.35.However, _, the keynote of Daisy Millers character, turns out to be an admiring but a dangerous quality and her defiance of social taboos in the Old World finally brings her to a disaster in the clash between two different cultures. A. experience B. sophistication C. worldlines
29、s D. innocence（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.36.Which of the following is not a work of Emily Dickinsons? _ A. This is my letter to the World. B. I heard a Fly buzzwhen I died. C. The Road Not Taken. D. I like to see it lap the Miles.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.37._ is another human desire that Dreiser explored to considera
30、ble lengths in his novels to reveal the dark side of human nature. A. Sex B. Hunger C. Thirst D. Competition（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.38.The defining formal characteristics of the modernistic works are _. A. discontinuity and fragmentation B. contorted and obscure C. traditional and glorious D. prosperous an
31、d innovative（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.39.Most critics have agreed that _ is both an insider and an outsider of the Jazz Age with a double vision. A. F. Scott Fitzgerald B. Robert Lee Frost C. E.E. Cummings D. Ernest Hemingway（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.40.“Grace under pressure“ is a major feature of _s novels. A. Willi
32、am Faulkner B. Henry James C. Theodore Dreiser D. Ernest Hemingway（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.二、B(总题数：4，分数：16.00)41.“Some men there are love not a gaping pig;/Some that are mad if they behold a cat;/And others, when the bagpipe sings i th, nose,/Cannot contain their urine; for affection,/Mistress of passion, s
33、ways it to the mood/Of what it likes or loathes.“Questions:A. Identify the author and the work.B. Who is the speaker of the quoted passage?C. What idea does the quotation express?（分数：4.00）_42.“Wild Spirit, which art moving everywhere;/Destroyer and Preserver; hear, O hear!“Questions:A. Identify the
34、poem and the poet.B. What is the “Wild Spirit“?C. What does the “Wild Spirit“ destroy and preserve?（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 invite my soul,/I lean and loafe at my ease obs
35、erving 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.“I shall be telling this with a sigh/Somewhere ages and ages henc
36、e./Two roads diverged in a wood, and I/ I took the one less travelled by,/And that has made all the difference.“Questions:A. Who is the author of this poem?B. Identify the title of the short poem from which this part is taken.C. In one or two sentences, interpret the implied meaning of the last two
37、lines.（分数：4.00）_三、B(总题数：4，分数：24.00)45.According to the neoclassicists, what are the standards for literature during the neoclassical period?（分数：6.00）_46.What are the features of Charles Dickens novels?（分数：6.00）_47.What is the background of American Romanticism?（分数：6.00）_48.What are the similarities
38、and differences between the three literary giants Howells, Mark Twain, Henry James, in terms of their literary orientation?（分数：6.00）_四、B(总题数：2，分数：20.00)49.Make a brief comment on John Miltons literary achievements.（分数：10.00）_50.Based on Hawthornes work The Scarlet Letter, discuss the characters of h
39、is writings.（分数：10.00）_英美文学选读自考题-7 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.The Renaissance is actually a movement stimulated by a series of historical events. Which one of the following is not such an event?_ A. The rediscovery of ancient Roman and Greek culture. B. Englands domestic rest. C
40、. New discovery in geography and astrology. D. The religious reformation and the economic expansion.（分数：1.00）A.B. C.D.解析：解析 文艺复兴是由一系列历史事件激发推动的，其中包括对古希腊罗马文化的重新发现，地理天文领域的新发现，宗教改革及经济发展。2.The Renaissance refers to the period between 14th and mid-17th centuries, which was under the reign of Queen _ and a
41、bsolute monarchy in England reached its summit, and in which the real mainstream was _. A. Victoria, poetry B. Elizabeth, drama C. Mary, novel D. James, drama（分数：1.00）A.B. C.D.解析：解析 文艺复兴时期指的是 14世纪到 17世纪中期。这一时期的英国处于女王伊丽莎白统治下，并且君主专制在英国达到顶峰。这一时期的文学主流是戏剧。3.In the second period, Shakespeares style and ap
42、proach became highly individualized. He wrote six comedies. Which one doesnt belong to them?_ A. Titus Andronicus. B. A Midsummer Nights Dream. C. The Merchant of Venice. D. Twelfth Night.（分数：1.00）A. B.C.D.解析：解析 在第二阶段，莎翁已表现出十分明显的个性化风格与手法。莎士比亚第二阶段创作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。泰托斯安东尼是莎士比
43、亚第一阶段的作品。4.William Shakespeares greatest tragedies are: Hamlet, _, King Lear and _. A. Romeo and Juliet, Othello B. Othello, Macbeth C. The Tempest, Macbeth D. Othello, Henry IV（分数：1.00）A.B. C.D.解析：解析 莎士比亚的四大悲剧是：哈姆雷特、奥赛罗、李尔王与麦克白。5.Which of the following statements best illustrates the theme of Shake
44、speares Sonnet 18?_ A. The speaker eulogizes the power of nature. B. The speaker satirizes human vanity. C. The speaker praises the power of artistic creation. D. The speaker meditates on mans salvation.（分数：1.00）A.B.C. D.解析：解析 第 18号十四行诗里，作者歌颂了艺术创造的力量。6.Milton once had an ambition to write an epic which England would “_“. A. justify the ways of God to men B. lust all for men C. not willingly let die D. not let all lost（分数：1.00）A.B.C. D.解析：解析 弥尔顿一度计划写一部能长久流传的英国史诗，但是他的梦想被英国资产
