1、英美文学选读自考题模拟 17 及答案解析(总分：100.00，做题时间：90 分钟)1.The belief of the eighteenth-century neoclassicists in England led them to seek the following EXCEPT _.（分数：1.00）A.proportionB.graceC.harmonyD.spirit2.“Graveyard School“ writers are the following sentimentalists of _.（分数：1.00）A.James Thomson and William Col
2、linsB.William Collins and William BlakeC.Robert Burns and James ThomsonD.Thomas Jackson and James Thomson3.The most perfect example of the verse drama after the Greek style in English is Samson Agonistes by _.（分数：1.00）A.John MiltonB.William BlakeC.Henry FieldingD.William Wordsworth4.The first period
3、 of the English Renaissance was one of imitation and _.（分数：1.00）A.Elizabethan dramaB.poetryC.reformationD.assimilation5.It is generally believed that the most important play among Shakespeare“s comedies is _.（分数：1.00）A.A Midsummer Night“s DreamB.As You Like ItC.Twelfth NightD.The Merchant of Venice6
4、._, an elaborate and fantastic story, is known as the best of the final romances written by William Shakespeare.（分数：1.00）A.The TempestB.Venus and AdonisC.Henry IVD.Romeo and Juliet7._ is not written by John Milton.（分数：1.00）A.Samson AgonistesB.Paradise LostC.Paradise RegainedD.Dr. Faustus8.The 18th-c
5、entury England is known as the Age of _ in the history.（分数：1.00）A.RomanticismB.ClassicismC.RenaissanceD.Enlightenment9._ described by Daniel Defoe is a typical English middle-class man of the eighteenth-century, the very prototype of the empire builder or the pioneer colonist.（分数：1.00）A.Tom JonesB.G
6、ulliverC.RobinsonD.Moll Flanders10.In which of the following works can you find the proper names “Lilliput,“ “Brobdingnag,“ “Houyhnhnm“ and “Yahoos“?（分数：1.00）A.The Pilgrim“s Progress.B.The Faerie Queene.C.Gulliver“s Travels.D.The School of Scandal.11.Tom Jones, the full title being The History of To
7、m Jones, a Foundling, is generally considered the masterpiece of _.（分数：1.00）A.John BunyanB.Daniel DefoeC.Jonathan SwiftD.Henry Fielding12.The literary form which is fully developed and the most flourishing during the Romantic period is _.（分数：1.00）A.dramaB.proseC.poetryD.novel13._ novel, a type of ro
8、mantic fiction that predominated in the late eighteenth century, was one phase of the Romantic movement. Its principal elements are violence, horror, and the supernatural, which strongly appeal to the reader“s emotion.（分数：1.00）A.GothicB.SentimentalC.PastoralD.Romantic14.The tone of literature in “So
9、ngs of Experience“ by William Blake is _.（分数：1.00）A.melancholyB.lovelyC.plainD.utter15.The English Romantic Age began with the publication of Lyrical Ballads which was written by _.（分数：1.00）A.William WordsworthB.Wordsworth and ColeridgeC.George Gordon ByronD.Percy Bysshe Shelley16.Wordsworth thinks
10、that _ is the only subject of literary interest.（分数：1.00）A.nationB.past experienceC.common lifeD.nature17.In his lyrics such as “Ode to Liberty,“ “Ode to Naples,“ Percy Bysshe Shelley expressed his love for _ and his hatred toward tyranny.（分数：1.00）A.the middle classB.the poorC.freedomD.the proletari
11、at18.In _ “s Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening,the speaker literally stops his horse in the winter twilight to observe the beauty of the forest scene, and then is moved to continue his journey.（分数：1.00）A.Robert Lee FrostB.William FaulknerC.Ezra PoundD.Percy Bysshe Shelley19._ mainly tells of the
12、love story between a rich, proud young man Darcy and the beautiful and intelligent Elizabeth Bennet.（分数：1.00）A.Jane EyreB.Wuthering HeightsC.Pride and PrejudiceD.Oliver Twist20.Among the famous novelists of the Victorian period were the critical realists like _, William Makepeace Thackeray, Charlott
13、e Bronte, Emily Bronte, Mrs. Gaskell and Anthony Trollope, etc.（分数：1.00）A.Jonathan SwiftB.Charles DickensC.John KeatsD.Jane Austen21.In 1925 Dreiser“s greatest work _ appeared. But it was banned in Boston in 1927.（分数：1.00）A.An American TragedyB.The StoicC.The FinancierD.The Titan22.“Do you think, be
14、cause I am poor, obscure, plain, and little, I am soulless and heartless? You think wrong! I have as much soul as youand full as much heart! .“ This part of quotation comes from _.（分数：1.00）A.B. Shaw“s Mrs. Warren“s ProfessionB.John Galsworthy“s The Man of PropertyC.Charlotte Bronte“s Jane EyreD.Jane
15、 Austen“s Pride and Prejudice23.Tess of the D“Urbervilles, one of Thomas Hardy“s best known novels, portrays man as _.（分数：1.00）A.being hereditarily either good or badB.having no control over his own fateC.being self-sufficientD.still retaining his own faith in a world of confusion24._ among “the Ang
16、ry Young Men“ novelist in the mid-1950s and early 1960s was the first to start the attack on middle-class privileges and power in his novel Lucky Jim.（分数：1.00）A.John WainB.Kingsley AmisC.John BraineD.Alan Sillitoe25.In 1948, _ was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature.（分数：1.00）A.B. YeatsB.H. Lawren
17、ceC.HemingwayD.S. Eliot26._ is a poem concerned with the spiritual breakup of a modern civilization in which human life has lost its meaning, significance and purpose.（分数：1.00）A.UlyssesB.The Waste LandC.The Confidential ClerkD.Dubliners27.Of the following works by D. H. Lawrence, _ established his p
18、osition as a prominent novelist.（分数：1.00）A.The White PeacockB.Lady Chatterley“s LoverC.Women in LoveD.Sons and Lovers28.The desire for a return to _ became a permanent convention of American literature.（分数：1.00）A.the family lifeB.natureC.the ancient timeD.fantasy of love29.Hester Prynne is the heroi
19、ne in Hawthorne“s novel _.（分数：1.00）A.The House of the Seven GablesB.The Scarlet LetterC.Moby-DickD.Daisy Miller30.Beside symbolism, all the following qualities EXCEPT _ are fused to make Melville“s Moby-Dick a world classic.（分数：1.00）A.narrative powerB.optimistic view of lifeC.speculative agilityD.ps
20、ychological analysis31.Most of the poems in _ sing of the “en-masse“ and the self as well.（分数：1.00）A.Drum TapsB.North of BostenC.The CantosD.Leaves of Grass32.The giant Moby Dick may symbolize all EXCEPT _.（分数：1.00）A.mystery of the universeB.sin of the whaleC.power of the great natureD.evil of the w
21、orld33._ provides the main source of influence on American naturalism.（分数：1.00）A.The puritan heritageB.Howells“ ideas of realismC.Darwin“ s theory of evolutionD.The pioneer spirit of the wild west34._ shaped the world“s view of America and made a more extensive combination of American folk humor and
22、 serious literature than previous writers had ever done.（分数：1.00）A.Henry JamesB.Washington IrvingC.Theodore DreiserD.Mark Twain35.In his The Art of Fiction, clearly indicates that the aim of the novel is to present life.（分数：1.00）A.Henry JamesB.Mark TwainC.Theodore DreiserD.William Dean Howells36.In
23、general, the 19th-century American woman poet _ wanted to live simply as a complete independent being.（分数：1.00）A.Emily BronteB.Emily DickinsonC.Anna DickinsonD.Emily Shaw37._ possessed none of the usual aids to a writer“s career: no money, no friend in power, no formal education worthy of mention, n
24、o family tradition in letters.（分数：1.00）A.Theodore DreiserB.D. HowellsC.Nathaniel HawthorneD.Henry James38.In _, Robert Frost compares life to a journey, and he is doubtful whether he will regret his choice or not when he is old, because the choice has made all the difference.（分数：1.00）A.After Apple-P
25、ickingB.The Road Not TakenC.Stopping by Woods on a Snowy EveningD.Fire and Ice39.The “iceberg“ analogy is _ “s style.（分数：1.00）A.S. EliotB.Ernest HemingwayC.John SteinbeckD.William Faulkner40.Faulkner once said that _ is a story of “lost innocence,“ which proves itself to be an intensification of the
26、 theme of imprisonment in the past.（分数：1.00）A.Intruder in the DustB.The Sound and the FuryC.A Rose for EmilyD.Go Down, MosesWild Spirit, which art moving everywhere; Destroyer and Preserver; hear, O hear! Questions:（分数：3.00）(1).A. Identify the poet and the poem.（分数：1.00）_(2).B. What does the “Wild S
27、pirit“ refer to?（分数：1.00）_(3).C. Why is it called “Destroyer and Preserver“ at the same time?（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 Questions:（分数：4.00）(1).A. Please give the name of the author.（分数：2.00）_(2).B. What id
28、ea does this poem express?（分数：2.00）_The woods are lovely, dark and deep, But I have promises to keep, And miles to go before I sleep, And miles to go before I sleep. Questions:（分数：6.00）(1).A. Who is the author of the poem?（分数：2.00）_(2).B. What does “promise“ refer to?（分数：2.00）_(3).C. What does the r
29、epetition serve as?（分数：2.00）_The early lilacs became part of this child, And grass and white and red morning-glories, and white and red clover, and the song of the phoebe-bird, And the Third-month lambs and the sow“s pink-faint litter, and the mare“s foal and the cow“s calf, And the noisy brood of t
30、he barnyard or by the mire of the pondside, And the fish suspending themselves so curiously below there, and the beautiful curious liquid, And the water-plants with their graceful fiat heads, all became part of him. Questions:（分数：3.00）(1).A. Name the author and the title of the poem.（分数：1.00）_(2).B.
31、 What is the poetic style called?（分数：1.00）_(3).C. What does the passage describe?（分数：1.00）_41.Some critics believe that the transitional writer Thomas Hardy is emotionally traditional and intellectually advanced. How do you understand this idea? （分数：6.00）_42.William Faulkner is one of the greatest A
32、merican novelists. What do you know about his narrative techniques? （分数：6.00）_43.Try to state the theme and the significance of T. S. Eliot“s most important single poem The Waste Land briefly. （分数：6.00）_44.Identify Henry James“s most famous theme in his fiction and his favourite approach in characte
33、rization, which makes him different from Mark Twain and W. D. Howells as realists. Please give two titles of his works in which this theme and this approach are employed. （分数：6.00）_45.Please discuss the significance of William Wordsworth“s poetry in the history of English literature. （分数：10.00）_46.R
34、etell in a few sentences the story of the last chapter (Chapter 135) “The ChaseThird Day“ of Melville“s novel Moby-Dick. Discuss the meaning of the ending of the story. （分数：10.00）_英美文学选读自考题模拟 17 答案解析(总分：100.00，做题时间：90 分钟)1.The belief of the eighteenth-century neoclassicists in England led them to se
35、ek the following EXCEPT _.（分数：1.00）A.proportionB.graceC.harmonyD.spirit 解析：解析 本题主要考查的知识点为新古典主义时期作家们的创作追求。 新古典主义者们对文学作品的观点使该时期的作家在创作时寻求表达与措辞上的协调、统一、和谐与典雅。2.“Graveyard School“ writers are the following sentimentalists of _.（分数：1.00）A.James Thomson and William Collins B.William Collins and William Blak
36、eC.Robert Burns and James ThomsonD.Thomas Jackson and James Thomson解析：解析 本题主要考查的知识点为古墓派诗人的成员。 感伤派诗人，或曰“古墓派诗人”有詹姆斯汤姆森、威廉考林斯和威廉柯柏等。3.The most perfect example of the verse drama after the Greek style in English is Samson Agonistes by _.（分数：1.00）A.John Milton B.William BlakeC.Henry FieldingD.William Wor
37、dsworth解析：解析 本题主要考查的知识点为力士参孙的作者。 弥尔顿的力士参孙是古希腊诗剧体在英语中的完美体现。4.The first period of the English Renaissance was one of imitation and _.（分数：1.00）A.Elizabethan dramaB.poetryC.reformationD.assimilation 解析：5.It is generally believed that the most important play among Shakespeare“s comedies is _.（分数：1.00）A.A
38、 Midsummer Night“s DreamB.As You Like ItC.Twelfth NightD.The Merchant of Venice 解析：解析 本题主要考查的知识点为莎士比亚最重要的喜剧。 莎士比亚最重要的喜剧是威尼斯商人。6._, an elaborate and fantastic story, is known as the best of the final romances written by William Shakespeare.（分数：1.00）A.The Tempest B.Venus and AdonisC.Henry IVD.Romeo an
39、d Juliet解析：解析 本题主要考查的知识点为莎士比亚的后期代表作。 暴风雨是莎士比亚创作后期的代表作，是一个精致奇妙的故事。7._ is not written by John Milton.（分数：1.00）A.Samson AgonistesB.Paradise LostC.Paradise RegainedD.Dr. Faustus 解析：8.The 18th-century England is known as the Age of _ in the history.（分数：1.00）A.RomanticismB.ClassicismC.RenaissanceD.Enlight
40、enment 解析：解析 本题主要考查的知识点为启蒙主义时代。 英国的 18 世纪是启蒙主义时代，又叫理性时代。9._ described by Daniel Defoe is a typical English middle-class man of the eighteenth-century, the very prototype of the empire builder or the pioneer colonist.（分数：1.00）A.Tom JonesB.GulliverC.Robinson D.Moll Flanders解析：解析 本题主要考查的知识点为笛福描述的鲁滨逊。 笛
41、福把鲁滨逊描述成一个真正的英雄：一个典型的英国 18 世纪中产阶级人士，是帝国缔造者的典范，是殖民主义者的先锋。10.In which of the following works can you find the proper names “Lilliput,“ “Brobdingnag,“ “Houyhnhnm“ and “Yahoos“?（分数：1.00）A.The Pilgrim“s Progress.B.The Faerie Queene.C.Gulliver“s Travels. D.The School of Scandal.解析：11.Tom Jones, the full t
42、itle being The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, is generally considered the masterpiece of _.（分数：1.00）A.John BunyanB.Daniel DefoeC.Jonathan SwiftD.Henry Fielding 解析：解析 本题主要考查的知识点为菲尔丁最杰出的作品。 小说汤姆琼斯的全名是汤姆琼斯一个弃儿的故事，它被认为是菲尔丁最杰出的作品。12.The literary form which is fully developed and the most flourishing
43、during the Romantic period is _.（分数：1.00）A.dramaB.proseC.poetry D.novel解析：13._ novel, a type of romantic fiction that predominated in the late eighteenth century, was one phase of the Romantic movement. Its principal elements are violence, horror, and the supernatural, which strongly appeal to the reader“s emotion.（分数：1.00）A.Gothic B.SentimentalC.PastoralD.Romantic解析：解析 本题主要考查的知识点为哥特式小说。 哥特式小说是浪漫主义文学的一部分，它盛行于 18 世纪末。这种小说的主要题材是对暴力、恐怖及超自然的描写，这些内容极能吸引读者的情感。14.The tone of literature in “Songs of Experience“ by William Blake is _.（分数：1.00）A.melancholy B.lovelyC.plai
