1、英美文学选读自考题-8 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.But it was not until the reign of _ that the Renaissance really began to show its effect in England. A. Richard B. Henry C. Henry D. Elizabeth （分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.2.The real mainstream of the English Renaissance is _. A. the Elizabethan drama
2、 B. the Elizabethan prose C. ancient poem D. romantic novel（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.3.Twelfth Night by Shakespeare is a _. A. history play B. tragedy C. poem D. comedy（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.4.Which of the following plays does not belong to Shakespeares great tragedies?_ A. Romeo and Juliet. B. King Lear. C. Hamle
3、t. D. Macbeth.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.5.The Merchant of Venice takes a step forward in its realistic presentation of human nature and human conflict. All the following characters except _ are from the play. A. Antonio B. Bassanio C. Jack Cade D. Portia（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.6._ is probably Miltons most memorable
4、 prose work. A. Paradise Lost B. Paradise Regained C. Samson Agonistes D. Areopagitica（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.7._ shows how mankind, in the person of Christ, withstands the tempter and is established once more in the divine favor. A. Paradise Lost B. Paradise Regained C. Samson Agonistes D. Beowulf（分数：1.00
5、）A.B.C.D.8.In the following great figures, _ is not the pioneers of the modern English novel. A. Daniel Defoe B. Laurence Sterne C. Samuel Richardson D. William Shakespeare（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.9.In the theatrical world of the neoclassical period, _ was the leading figure among the host of playwrights. A
6、. William Blake B. Richard Sheridan C. Ben Johnson D. Bernard Shaw（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.10.In Robinson Crusoe, Daniel Defoe glorifies all the following qualities of the middle-class men except _. A. the indignity of labour B. religious devotion C. loyalty to the king D. pioneering spirit（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.
7、11.Tom Jones, the full title being The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, is generally considered the masterpiece of _. A. John Bunyan B. Daniel Defoe C. Jonathan Swift D. Henry Fielding（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.12.For the Romantics, _ is not only the major source of poetic imagery, but also provides the dom
8、inant subject matter. A. love B. man C. nature D. death（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.13.The poems such as the “Chimney Sweeper“ are found in both Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience by _. A. William Wordsworth B. William Blake C. John Keats D. Lord Gordon Byron（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.14.William Wordsworth, a rom
9、antic poet, advocated all the following except _. A. the use of everyday language spoken by the common people B. the expression of the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings C. the use of humble and rustic life as subject matter D. the use of elegant wording and inflated figures of speech（分数：1.00
10、）A.B.C.D.15.Shelleys greatest achievement is his four-act poetic drama _. A. Men of England B. Prometheus Unbound C. Ode to the West Wind D. The Revolt of Islam（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.16.Through the character of Elizabeth Jane Austen emphasizes the importance of _ for women. A. marriage B. physical attract
11、iveness C. independence and self-confidence D. submissive character（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.17.Which of the following comments on Charles Dickens is wrong?_ A. Dickens is one of the greatest critical realistic writers of the Modern period. B. His serious intention is to expose and criticize all the poverty,
12、 injustice, hypocrisy and corruptness he sees all around him. C. The later works show the development of Dickens towards a highly conscious artist of the modern type. D. A Tale of Two Cities is one of his later works.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.18.Charles Dickens works are characterized by a mingling of _. He
13、seems to believe that life is itself a mixture of joy and grief. A. love and hate B. friendship and loneliness C. humor and pathos D. satire and criticism（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.19.Thomas Hardys novels are all Victorian in date. Most of them are set in _, the fictional primitive and crude rural region whic
14、h is really the home place he both loves and hates. A. Sussex B. Wessex C. Casterbridge D. Oxford（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.20.Thomas Hardy wrote novels of _. A. character and environment B. pure romance C. stream of consciousness D. psychoanalysis（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.21.In the mid-1950s and early 1960s, there ap
15、peared “_“ who demonstrated a particular disillusion over the depressing situation in Britain and launched a bitter protest against the outmoded social and political values in their society. A. The Beat Generation B. The Lost Generation C. The Angry Young Men D. Black Mountain Poets（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.
16、22.In the play The Importance of Being Earnest by Wilde, the upper-class people are described as the following except _. A. corrupt B. snobbish C. hypocritical D. ambitious（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.23.Which of the following plays explored Bernard Shaws idea of “Life Force“?_ A. Man and Superman. B. The Apple
17、 Cart. C. Pygmalion. D. Too True to Be Good.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.24.“The yellow fog that rubs its back upon the windowpanes,/The yellow smoke that rubs its muzzle on the windowpanes/Linked its tongue into the corners of the evening,/Lingered upon the pools that stand in drains.“ The stanza is taken from
18、 _. A. T.S. Eliots The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock B. Emily Dickinsons Because I Could Not Stop for Death C. Alfred Tennysons Break, Break, Break D. William Wordsworths I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.25.In Sons and Lovers, D.H. Lawrence presented Paul as a(n) _ man and artist. A. i
19、ndependent B. ambitious C. strong-willed D. sensitive（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.26.Which of the following statements is not true of American Transcendentalism?_ A. It can be clearly defined as a part of American Romantic literary movement. B. It can be defined philosophically as “the recognition in man of the
20、 capacity of knowing truth intuitively“. C. Ralph Waldo Emerson was the chief advocate of this spiritual movement. D. It sprang from South America in the late 19th century.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.27.All of the following are works by Nathaniel Hawthorne except _. A. The House of the Seven Gables B. White Ja
21、cket C. The Marble Faun D. The Blithedale Romance（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.28.Which one of the following statements about Hawthornes The Scarlet Letter is true?_ A. Hawthorne intended to tell a love story in this novel. B. Hawthorne intended to tell a story of sin in this novel. C. Hawthorne intended to reve
22、al the human psyche after they sinned, so as to show people the tension between society and individuals. D. Hawthorne focused his attention on consequences of the sin on the people in general, so as to call the readers back to the conventional Puritan way of living.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.29.Whitmans There
23、 Was a Child Went Forth is a poem about _. A. a soldier going to the battlefield B. the birth of a new life C. a tragic boyhood experience D. the growth of a child（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.30.Moby-Dick is regarded as the first American _. A. prose epic B. comic epic C. dramatic fiction D. poetic fiction（分数：1
24、.00）A.B.C.D.31.Who exerts the single most important influence on literary naturalism?_ A. Emerson. B. Jack London. C. Theodore Dreiser. D. Darwin.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.32.The raft on which Huck and Jim float along the river in Mark Twains Adventures of Huckleberry Finn may symbolize all the following exc
25、ept _. A. spiritual freedom B. escape from different sorts of social oppression C. mobility and instability D. a small society where people of different colors can live like brothers（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.33.Linguistically, compared with the writings of Mark Twain, Henry Jamess fiction is noted for his _.
26、 A. frontier vernacular B. rich colloquialism C. vulgarly descriptive words D. refined elegant language（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.34.Most of Emily Dickinsons poems were published _. A. when she was young B. after her failed love affair C. in her old age D. after her death（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.35.The poem “I like t
27、o see it lap the Miles“ is an interesting poem written by Emily Dickinson. What does “it“ in the poem stand for? _ A. The hound. B. The star. C. The horse. D. The train.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.36.By the end of Sister Carrie, Dreiser writes, “It was forever to be the pursuit of that radiance of delight whic
28、h tints the distant hilltops of the world.“ Dreiser implies that _. A. there is a bright future lying ahead B. there is no end to mans desire C. one should always be forward-looking D. happiness is found in the end（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.37.The subject matter of Robert Frosts poems focus on _. A. ordinary
29、country people and scenes B. battle scenes of ancient Greek and Roman legends C. struggling masses and crowded urban quarters D. fantasies and mythical happenings（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.38.In Fitzgeralds The Great Gatsby, there are detailed descriptions of big parties. The purpose of such descriptions is t
30、o show _. A. emptiness of life B. the corruption of the upper class C. contrast of the rich and the poor D. the happy days of the Jazz Age（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.39.Hemingways “Indian Camp“ is one of the fourteen short stories collected under the title of _. This title is very ironic because there is no pe
31、ace at all in the stories. A. Three Stories and Ten Poems B. Across the River and into the Trees C. The Green Hills of Africa D. In Our Time（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.40.Emily Grierson, the protagonist in Faulkners story A Rose for Emily, can be regarded as a symbol for all the following qualities except _. A
32、. old values B. rigid ideas of social status C. bigotry and eccentricity D. harmony and integrity（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.二、B(总题数：4，分数：16.00)41.The following lines are from The Merchant of Venice: “For herein Fortune shows herself more kind/Than is her custom. It is still her use/To let the wretched man out
33、live his wealth,/To view with hollow eye and wrinkled brow/An age of poverty; from which lingring penance/Of such misery doth she cut me off.“Questions:A. Who is the author of the play?B. What does “she“ refer to?C. What does the statement mean?（分数：4.00）_42.“I fall upon the thorns of life! I bleed!A
34、 heavy weight of hours has chained and bowedOne too like thee. tameless, and swift, and proud.“Questions:A. Identify the author and the title of the poem from which this passage is taken.B. What does the word “thee“ in the third line refer to?C. What does the author eulogize in this poem?（分数：4.00）_4
35、3.“Whether fagged by the three days running chase, and the resistance to his swimming in the knotted hamper he bore; or whether it was some latent deceitfulness and malice in him.“Questions:A. Where is it taken from?B. Who is the author?C. What does “he, his, him“ refer to?（分数：4.00）_44.“Dont mention
36、 it,“ he enjoined me eagerly. “Dont give it another thought, old sport.“ The familiar expression held no more familiarity than the hand which reassuringly brushed my shoulder. “And dont forget were going up in the hydroplane tomorrow morning, at nine oclock.“Questions:A. Which novel is this passage
37、taken from?B. Who is the author of this novel?C. Say something about the writing style?（分数：4.00）_三、B(总题数：4，分数：24.00)45.Why has Fielding been regarded as Father of the English Novel?（分数：6.00）_46.Jane Eyre is one of the most popular and important novels of the Victorian Age. Why is Jane Eyre such a su
38、ccessful novel?（分数：6.00）_47.“Young Goodman Brown“ is regarded as one of Hawthornes most profound tales. What is the theme of the story? Give examples from the story to show Hawthornes masterful use of symbolism.（分数：6.00）_48.Henry Jamess literary criticism is an indispensable part of his contribution
39、 to literature. Whats his outlook in literary criticism?（分数：6.00）_四、B(总题数：2，分数：20.00)49.What does Wordsworth mean when he said: “All good poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings recollected in tranquility“?（分数：10.00）_50.Comment on Whitmans style and language.（分数：10.00）_英美文学选读自考题-8 答案
40、解析(总分：100.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、B(总题数：40，分数：40.00)1.But it was not until the reign of _ that the Renaissance really began to show its effect in England. A. Richard B. Henry C. Henry D. Elizabeth （分数：1.00）A.B. C.D.解析：解析 然而直到亨利八世统治期间(15091547)，文艺复兴的春风才吹入英国。2.The real mainstream of the English Renaissance is
41、 _. A. the Elizabethan drama B. the Elizabethan prose C. ancient poem D. romantic novel（分数：1.00）A. B.C.D.解析：解析 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。3.Twelfth Night by Shakespeare is a _. A. history play B. tragedy C. poem D. comedy（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D. 解析：解析 第十二夜是莎士比亚第二阶段中的一部喜剧。4.Which of the following plays does
42、 not belong to Shakespeares great tragedies?_ A. Romeo and Juliet. B. King Lear. C. Hamlet. D. Macbeth.（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.The Merchant of Venice takes a step forward in its realistic presentation of human nature and human conflict. All the following characters exce
43、pt _ are from the play. A. Antonio B. Bassanio C. Jack Cade D. Portia（分数：1.00）A.B.C. D.解析：解析 威尼斯商人这部喜剧的主线之一是：一位陷入贫困的威尼斯年轻人，巴萨尼奥，为了与贝尔蒙家族善良、貌美、富有的女继承人鲍西娅成亲，向好朋友安东尼奥贷款。可见涉及人物有巴萨尼奥、鲍西娅、安东尼奥。6._ is probably Miltons most memorable prose work. A. Paradise Lost B. Paradise Regained C. Samson Agonistes D. A
44、reopagitica（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D. 解析：解析 论出版自由(1644 年)是他的散文代表作，主张言论自由。7._ shows how mankind, in the person of Christ, withstands the tempter and is established once more in the divine favor. A. Paradise Lost B. Paradise Regained C. Samson Agonistes D. Beowulf（分数：1.00）A.B. C.D.解析：解析 复乐园是根据新约马太福音描述以耶稣为代表的人类如何抵御诱惑的故事而创作的。8.In the following great figures, _ is not the pioneers of the modern English novel. A. Daniel Defoe B. Laurence Sterne C. Samuel Richardson D. William Sha
