1、2011 年首都师范大学英语专业（英美文学）真题试卷及答案解析(总分：64.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、单项选择题(总题数：20，分数：40.00)1.Among the following plays, _is NOT a historical play written by Shakespeare?（分数：2.00）A.Richard IIB.Julius CaesarC.Henry IVD.King John2.“Can it be sin to know? / Can it be death? And do they only stand/By ignorance?“ are ta
2、ken from the literary work written by_.（分数：2.00）A.John KeatsB.William BlakeC.John DonneD.John Milton3._is widely regarded as the first English novelist.（分数：2.00）A.Daniel DefoeB.Jonathan SwiftC.John BunyanD.Jane Austen4.Among the following works by William Blake, _deals with good, reason and passivit
3、y.（分数：2.00）A.Songs of InnocenceB.Songs of ExperienceC.The Marriage of Heaven and HellD.The Gates of Paradise5._believed that poetry “takes its origin from emotion recollected in tranquility“.（分数：2.00）A.William WordsworthB.Percy Bysshe ShelleyC.George Gordon ByronD.Robert Burns6._describes the thieve
4、s“ den and the London underworld.（分数：2.00）A.Hard TimesB.A Tale of Two CitiesC.David CopperfieldD.Oliver Twist7._is NOT written by Jane Austen.（分数：2.00）A.Pride and PrejudiceB.Vanity FairC.Mansfield ParkD.Emma8.The stories in Bliss and The Garden Party established _ as an original and experimental wri
5、ter.（分数：2.00）A.Virginia WoolfB.Katherine MansfieldC.D.H. LawrenceD.James Joyce9._is a work that exposes the European whites“ colonialist exploitation in Africa.（分数：2.00）A.Of Human BondageB.Waiting for GodotC.Heart of DarknessD.A Passage to India10._ is well known for depicting the absurdity of human
6、 conditions in the post-industrial society after World War II in his play.（分数：2.00）A.Samuel BeckettB.Bernard ShawC.Oscar WildeD.William Golding11.According to “The Indian Burying Ground“ , some Indian tribes buried their dead in a_ position.（分数：2.00）A.standingB.sittingC.squattingD.lying12.“With a lo
7、ve that the winged seraphs of Heaven/Coveted her and me. “ are taken from the poem written by_.（分数：2.00）A.Walt WhitmanB.Emily DickinsonC.Edgar Allan PoeD.Robert Frost13.The background of the play “The Crucible“ written by Arthur Miller has something to do with one of the ancestors of_.（分数：2.00）A.Ben
8、jamin FranklinB.Washington IrvingC.Nathaniel HawthorneD.Henry James14.All the following ones written by Henry James are concerned with the “international theme“ EXCEPT_.（分数：2.00）A.The Wings of the DoveB.The Portrait of a LadyC.The Golden BowlD.The Turn of the Screw15.The setting of The Great Gatsby
9、is_.（分数：2.00）A.Yoknapatawpha CountyB.New York CityC.WinesburgD.Boston16.“High“ as in “Aloneif those veiled faces be/We cannot count on high!“ refers to_.（分数：2.00）A.heavenB.too muchC.mountainD.high price17.All the following works are written by John Updike EXCEPT_.（分数：2.00）A.Rabbit, RunB.CouplesC.Rab
10、bit at RestD.Pale Horse, Pale Rider18.According to Ernest Hemingway, all modern American literature comes from_.（分数：2.00）A.The Scarlet LetterB.Moby DickC.The Adventures of Huckleberry FinnD.The Sun Also Rises19.The missing word in “I look the one_traveled by,/And that made all the difference. “ is_.
11、（分数：2.00）A.neverB.lessC.the sameD.more20.Miss Emily Grierson is a character depicted by_.（分数：2.00）A.Katherine Anne PorterB.Alice WalkerC.William FaulknerD.Vladimir Nabokov二、名词解释(总题数：2，分数：4.00)21.Gothic novel(2 points)（分数：2.00）_22.modernism(2 points)（分数：2.00）_三、问答题(总题数：4，分数：18.00)O, for a draught of
12、vintage! that hath been Cool“d a long age in the deep-delved earth, Tasting of Flora and the country green,Dance, and Provencal song, and sunburnt mirth!O for a beaker full of the warm South, Full of the true, the blushful Hippocrene, With beaded bubbles winking at the brim, And purple-stained mouth
13、;That I might drink, and leave the world unseen,And with thee fade away into the forest dim:（分数：4.00）(1).Name the author of this poem.(1 point)（分数：2.00）_(2).Discuss how the stanza appeals to our senses through imagery.(2 points)（分数：2.00）_Anything approaching the change that came over his features I
14、have never seen before, and hope never to see again. Oh, I wasn“t touched. I was fascinated. It was as though a veil had been rent.I saw on that ivory face the expression of somber pride, of ruthless power, of craven terrorof an intense and hopeless despair. Did he live his life again in every detai
15、l of desire, temptation, and surrender during that supreme moment of complete knowledge? He cried in a whisper at some image, at some visionhe cried out twice, a cry that was no more than a breath: “ “ The horror! The horror! “ .“（分数：4.00）(1).From which novel is this excerpt taken?(1 point)（分数：2.00）
16、_(2).What is the theme of the novel?(1 point)（分数：2.00）_I grow old. I grow old.I shall wear the bottoms of my trousers rolled.Shall I part my hair behind? Do I dare to eat a peach?I shall wear white flannel trousers, and walk upon the beach.I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each.（分数：6.00）(1)
17、.Name the author of this poem.(1 point)（分数：2.00）_(2).What is the technique used in this stanza?(1 point)（分数：2.00）_(3).Is the protagonist a hero or anti-hero? Why?(1 point)（分数：2.00）_TYRONEBitterly without turning around.No, it never can be now. But it was once, before youMARYHer face instantly set in
18、 blank denial.Before I what?There is a dead silence. She goes on with a return of her detached air.（分数：4.00）(1).Name the title of this work.(1 point)（分数：2.00）_(2).What is wrong with Mary?(1 point)（分数：2.00）_四、评论题(总题数：1，分数：2.00)23.Comment on the following excerpt and write a 100-word essay on it.(10 p
19、oints)But there is of culture another view, in which not solely the scientific passion, the sheer desire to see things as they are, natural and proper in an intelligent being, appears as the ground of it. There is a view in which all the love of our neighbour, the impulses towards action, help, and
20、beneficence, the desire for stopping human error, clearing human confusion, and diminishing the sum of human misery, the noble aspiration to leave the world better and happier than we found it, motives eminently such as are called social, come in as part of the grounds of culture, and the main and p
21、re-eminent part. Culture is then properly described not as having its origin in curiosity, but as having its origin in the love of perfection; it is a study of perfection. It moves by the force, not merely or primarily of the scientific passion for pure knowledge, but also of the moral and social pa
22、ssion for doing good. As, in the first view of it, we took for its worthy motto Montesquieu“s words; “To render an intelligent being yet more intelligent!“ so, in the second view of it, there is no better motto which it can have than these words of Bishop Wilson; “ To make reason and the will of God
23、 prevail!“Only, whereas the passion for doing good is apt to be overhasty in determining what reason and the will of God say, because its turn is for acting rather than thinking, and it wants to be beginning to act; and whereas it is apt to take its own conceptions, which proceed from its own state
24、of development and share in all the imperfections and immaturities of this, for a basis of action; what distinguishes culture is, that it is possessed by the scientific passion, as well as by the passion of doing good; that it has worthy notions of reason and the will of God, and does not readily su
25、ffer its own crude conceptions to substitute themselves for them; and that, knowing that no action or institution can be salutary and stable which are; not based on reason and the will of God, it is not so bent no acting and instituting, even with the great aim of diminishing human error and misery
26、ever before its thoughts, but that it can remember that acting and instituting are of little use, unless we know how and what we ought to act and to institute.From Matthew Arnold“s Culture and Anarchy（分数：2.00）_2011 年首都师范大学英语专业（英美文学）真题试卷答案解析(总分：64.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、单项选择题(总题数：20，分数：40.00)1.Among the fol
27、lowing plays, _is NOT a historical play written by Shakespeare?（分数：2.00）A.Richard IIB.Julius Caesar C.Henry IVD.King John解析：解析：莎士比亚共写过 9 部历史剧，除约翰王写的是 13 世纪初的英国历史外，其他 8 部是内容相衔接的两个“四部曲”：亨利六世上、中、下篇与理查三世；理查二世、亨利四世上、下篇与亨利五世。尤利乌斯恺撒(Julius Caesar)是莎士比亚以罗马历史为题材写的悲剧。2.“Can it be sin to know? / Can it be deat
28、h? And do they only stand/By ignorance?“ are taken from the literary work written by_.（分数：2.00）A.John KeatsB.William BlakeC.John DonneD.John Milton 解析：解析：以上诗句出自英国作家弥尔顿的失乐园(Paradise Lost)。3._is widely regarded as the first English novelist.（分数：2.00）A.Daniel Defoe B.Jonathan SwiftC.John BunyanD.Jane A
29、usten解析：解析：丹尼尔笛福(16601731)是英国小说家，18 世纪启蒙时期英国现实主义小说的奠基人，被誉为“英国小说之父”，其代表作是鲁宾逊漂流记。4.Among the following works by William Blake, _deals with good, reason and passivity.（分数：2.00）A.Songs of InnocenceB.Songs of Experience C.The Marriage of Heaven and HellD.The Gates of Paradise解析：解析：天真与经验之歌是英国 18 世纪的诗人威廉布莱
30、克的诗集，收录了他大部分的重要诗篇。诗集按各诗所反映的内容、格调和创作特点划分为“天真之歌”与“经验之歌”两部分。其中“天真之歌”是一个处于天真心境的产物，也是出于一种未被世俗所玷污的想象中的产物。而外界的种种事件和个人的情感不久便从“天真”转向“经验”，布莱克全神贯注地执迷于“善”与“恶”的问题。他所看到人类的苦难，引起了他的愤慨号冷悯的情感，促使他创作了“经验之歌”。5._believed that poetry “takes its origin from emotion recollected in tranquility“.（分数：2.00）A.William Wordsworth
31、B.Percy Bysshe ShelleyC.George Gordon ByronD.Robert Burns解析：解析：威廉华兹华斯作为英国浪漫主义的代表人物，他对于诗歌的定义是“Poetry is the spontaneousoverflow of powerful feelings：it takes its origin from emotion recollected in tranquility”(诗歌是强烈激情的自然进发，来源于宁静中经过沉思的感情。)6._describes the thieves“ den and the London underworld.（分数：2.0
32、0）A.Hard TimesB.A Tale of Two CitiesC.David CopperfieldD.Oliver Twist 解析：解析：雾都孤儿(Older Twist)以伦敦为背景，讲述了一个孤儿悲惨的身世和遭遇。孤儿奥利弗从小在贫民习艺所受尽欺凌，逃到伦敦后又不幸落入贼窟，小说中有关于伦敦下层社会的精彩描写。7._is NOT written by Jane Austen.（分数：2.00）A.Pride and PrejudiceB.Vanity Fair C.Mansfield ParkD.Emma解析：解析：名利场(Vanity Fair)是英国小说家萨克雷的作品。8
33、.The stories in Bliss and The Garden Party established _ as an original and experimental writer.（分数：2.00）A.Virginia WoolfB.Katherine Mansfield C.D.H. LawrenceD.James Joyce解析：解析：幸福(Bliss)和花园聚会(The Garden Party)都是女作家凯瑟琳曼斯菲尔德的作品。9._is a work that exposes the European whites“ colonialist exploitation in
34、 Africa.（分数：2.00）A.Of Human BondageB.Waiting for GodotC.Heart of Darkness D.A Passage to India解析：解析：黑暗之心(Heart of Darkness)是约瑟夫康纳德的作品，作品主要讲述了一个叫库尔兹的白人殖民者的故事一个矢志将“文明”带到非洲的理想主义者，最后却堕落成贪婪的殖民者的全部过程。10._ is well known for depicting the absurdity of human conditions in the post-industrial society after Wo
35、rld War II in his play.（分数：2.00）A.Samuel Beckett B.Bernard ShawC.Oscar WildeD.William Golding解析：解析：塞缪尔贝克特是爱尔兰著名的剧作家和小说家，等待戈多是其代表作，也是荒诞派戏剧的奠基之作。11.According to “The Indian Burying Ground“ , some Indian tribes buried their dead in a_ position.（分数：2.00）A.standingB.sitting C.squattingD.lying解析：解析：美国诗人菲利
36、普弗瑞诺的诗歌印第安人殡葬地描写了来自于一些印第安部落埋葬死人的方式，他们以就座而非卧躺的姿势埋葬。诗中写道：“不管学者说什么，我依然坚持我的老观点，我们给死者安排的姿势，表明了灵魂的永远安息。这地方的古人并不如此印第安人一朝离开世人，就再次同亲友坐在一起，重新把欢乐的宴席分享。”12.“With a love that the winged seraphs of Heaven/Coveted her and me. “ are taken from the poem written by_.（分数：2.00）A.Walt WhitmanB.Emily DickinsonC.Edgar All
37、an Poe D.Robert Frost解析：解析：以上诗句出自安娜贝拉李(Annabel Lee)，是美国作家爱伦坡纪念其亡妻所作的一首长诗。13.The background of the play “The Crucible“ written by Arthur Miller has something to do with one of the ancestors of_.（分数：2.00）A.Benjamin FranklinB.Washington IrvingC.Nathaniel Hawthorne D.Henry James解析：解析：熔炉是亚瑟米勒创作于 1952 年的一
38、部戏剧作品。小说取材于发生在 1692 年马塞诸塞州的塞勒姆女巫审判案。米勒用这一事件暗讽当时盛行的麦卡锡主义和红色恐慌；纳撒尼尔霍桑的祖辈之中有人曾是“塞勒姆女巫案”的 3 名法官之一，这段家族的历史对霍桑及其作品产生了深刻的影响。14.All the following ones written by Henry James are concerned with the “international theme“ EXCEPT_.（分数：2.00）A.The Wings of the DoveB.The Portrait of a LadyC.The Golden BowlD.The Tu
39、rn of the Screw 解析：解析：螺丝在拧紧是美国十九世纪作家享利詹姆斯的一部描写心理的恐怖小说，讲述女主人公意识经受考验的过程。女主人公作为家庭女教师受雇去一个庄园照顾小孩子迈尔斯和弗罗拉。在这位女教师任职期间，她的前任和庄园男仆的鬼魂时常在庄园显现，同时她又想从迈尔斯、弗罗拉和女管家格罗斯太太那里证实自己看到的并非幻象。15.The setting of The Great Gatsby is_.（分数：2.00）A.Yoknapatawpha CountyB.New York City C.WinesburgD.Boston解析：解析：了不起的盖茨比(The Great Gat
40、sby)是作家菲茨杰拉德的代表作，其主要故事场景都设置在纽约。16.“High“ as in “Aloneif those veiled faces be/We cannot count on high!“ refers to_.（分数：2.00）A.heavenB.too much C.mountainD.high price解析：解析：狄金森的这首诗门外又听见他的声音(Again His Voice Is at the Door)共七段，前五段描写了她与意中人的甜蜜约会，第六段开始转折，讲述美好的时光可能无法永存“孤独假若天使也孤独，他们又何苦首先身试天国!孤独一一假若戴上面纱会孤独，我们
41、怎能指望有更高寄托!”因此她的怨恨在第七段中发泄，说她若有机会再与恋人重逢，她将用自己的鲜血来惩罚他的：不辞而别。17.All the following works are written by John Updike EXCEPT_.（分数：2.00）A.Rabbit, RunB.CouplesC.Rabbit at RestD.Pale Horse, Pale Rider 解析：解析：灰色马，灰色骑手(Pale Horse，Pale Rider)是美国小说家凯瑟琳安波特的中篇小说。作者在有限的篇幅内，不仅刻画了动人心魄的爱情，还深刻地揭示了人们在疾病，战争和死亡威胁下的处境和态度，特别是
42、主人公米兰达于其中的生死挣扎，具有相当强的震撼力。18.According to Ernest Hemingway, all modern American literature comes from_.（分数：2.00）A.The Scarlet LetterB.Moby DickC.The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn D.The Sun Also Rises解析：解析：海明威曾说“一切现代美国文学都来自一本书，即马克吐温的哈克贝利费恩历险记这是我们所有书中最好的。一切美国文学都来自这本书，在它之前，或在它之后，都不曾有过能与之媲美的作品。”19.The m
43、issing word in “I look the one_traveled by,/And that made all the difference. “ is_.（分数：2.00）A.neverB.less C.the sameD.more解析：解析：以上诗句选自罗伯特弗罗斯特的未选择的路(The Road Not Taken)，作者在诗中借对树林里两条小路的选择寓意人生旅途中会遇到的种种选择，无论如何选择，人生之路在选择之后就不可重来，因此在人生面前应学会豁达、乐观和珍惜。诗的最后两句是“I took the one less traveled by，And that has made
44、 all the difference”(我走上一条更少人迹的路，于是带来一番完全不同的景象。)20.Miss Emily Grierson is a character depicted by_.（分数：2.00）A.Katherine Anne PorterB.Alice WalkerC.William Faulkner D.Vladimir Nabokov解析：解析：艾米丽格里尔森小姐是福克纳短篇小说献给艾米丽的玫瑰中的主人公。二、名词解释(总题数：2，分数：4.00)21.Gothic novel(2 points)（分数：2.00）_正确答案：(正确答案：Gothic novel is a form of fiction which became popular in England in the second half of the eighteenth century. Gothic novels often involve elements of the supernatural and were designed to give a pleasing frisson of terror to the reader.)解析：22.modernism(2 points)（分数：2.00）_
