1、2012年四川大学英语专业（英美文学）真题试卷及答案解析(总分：34.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、名词解释(总题数：5，分数：10.00)1.Charles Lamb（分数：2.00）_2.Waiting for Godot（分数：2.00）_3.The theatre of the absurd（分数：2.00）_4.Tales of the Grotesque and the Arabesque（分数：2.00）_5.Carl Sandburg（分数：2.00）_二、单项选择题(总题数：10，分数：20.00)6.Most of Thomas Hardy“s novels are se
2、t in_, the fictional erode rural region which is really the home place he both loves and hates.（分数：2.00）A.SussexB.WessexC.CasterbridgeD.Dorsetshire7.Dickens takes the sinister aspect of the British legal system as the theme of his novel_（分数：2.00）A.Great ExpectationB.Bleak HouseC.Oliver TwistD.Hard t
3、imes8.Beowulf, a typical example of_, is regarded today as the national epic of the Anglo-Saxons.（分数：2.00）A.modern dramaB.medieval dramaC.modem poetryD.Old English poetry9.Peter is one of the major characters in_.（分数：2.00）A.Lord of the FliesB.Waiting for GodotC.LycidasD.The Pilgrim“s Progress10.The
4、word which best describes the tone of the poem When We Two Parted is_.（分数：2.00）A.sentimentalB.ironicC.paradoxicalD.realistic11.Which one of the following is the author of The Hairy Ape?（分数：2.00）A.Tennessee WilliamsB.Arthur MillerC.Eugene O“NeillD.T. S. Eliot12.A Farewell to Arms is about the traumat
5、ic war experience in_.（分数：2.00）A.World War IIB.Spanish Civil WarC.World War ID.Vietnam War13.Which one of the following writers does not belong to the school of the Lost Generation?（分数：2.00）A.Ernest HemingwayB.Scott FitzgeraldC.John Dos PassosD.Joseph Heller14.Which one of the following works deals
6、with the war experience in American Civil War?（分数：2.00）A.The Red Badge of CourageB.For Whom the Bell TollsC.The Last of the MohicansD.Light in August15.Moby-Dick is the name of_（分数：2.00）A.an octopusB.a whaleC.the captainD.the narrator三、问答题(总题数：2，分数：4.00)16.Make a comment on Julius Caesar by William
7、Shakespeare.（分数：2.00）_17.Make a statement about the use of the techniques of stream of consciousness and interior monologue in modern American fiction.（分数：2.00）_2012年四川大学英语专业（英美文学）真题试卷答案解析(总分：34.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、名词解释(总题数：5，分数：10.00)1.Charles Lamb（分数：2.00）_正确答案：(正确答案：Charles Lamb is a famous British e
8、ssayist in the Age of Romanticism. His major works are Tales from Shakespeare, Essays of Ilia and Last Essays of Ilia. His essays are expressions of his own feelings, taking insignificant things and daily events as their subject matter, especially the recollections of the good old days.)解析：2.Waiting
9、 for Godot（分数：2.00）_正确答案：(正确答案：Waiting for Godot is written by Samuel Beckett. It is a play about two people, Estragon and Vladimir, waiting for Godot under a tree. The play has two parts, but in both parts, Godot never appears. In the play, Beckett is discussing the absurdity of life.)解析：3.The thea
10、tre of the absurd（分数：2.00）_正确答案：(正确答案：“Theatre of the Absurd“ is a term for particular plays written by a number of primarily European playwrights in the late 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s, as well as the style of theatre which has evolved from their work. The representative dramatists are such as Eugene
11、Ionesco with his The Bald Soprano, Samuel Beckett with his Waiting for Godot, Harold Pinter and a few others who share a pessimistic vision of humanity are struggling vainly to find a purpose and to control their fate.)解析：4.Tales of the Grotesque and the Arabesque（分数：2.00）_正确答案：(正确答案：It is a collect
12、ion of short stories by Edgar Allan Poe. The grotesque stories are those where the character becomes a caricature or satire, as in The Man That Was Used Up. The arabesque stories focus on a single aspect of a character, often psychological, such as The Fall of the House of Usher.)解析：5.Carl Sandburg（
13、分数：2.00）_正确答案：(正确答案：Carl Sandburg was one of the Mid-west prairie poets that became known in the Chicago Renaissance. He wrote in the Whitmanesque tradition and like Whitman, he contains “multitudes“. His ideal was to be “the word of the people,“ to articulate ordinary people“s thoughts and feelings
14、, as in “The People, Yes“.)解析：二、单项选择题(总题数：10，分数：20.00)6.Most of Thomas Hardy“s novels are set in_, the fictional erode rural region which is really the home place he both loves and hates.（分数：2.00）A.SussexB.Wessex C.CasterbridgeD.Dorsetshire解析：解析：哈代的许多作品都是描写英国南部农村的生活，作者自己称这一地区为威赛克斯。因此，诸如远离尘嚣(Far from
15、 the Madding Crowd)、德伯家的苔丝(Tess of the D“urberviles)、无名的裘德(Judethe Obscure)、还乡(The Return of the Natives)等作品则被称为“威赛克斯小说”(Wessex Novels)。7.Dickens takes the sinister aspect of the British legal system as the theme of his novel_（分数：2.00）A.Great ExpectationB.Bleak House C.Oliver TwistD.Hard times解析：解析：
16、狄更斯(Charles Dickens，18121870)是维多利亚时代著名的现实主义作家，荒凉山庄(BleakHouse)是其最长的作品之一，它以错综复杂的情节揭露了英国法律制度和司法机构的黑暗。8.Beowulf, a typical example of_, is regarded today as the national epic of the Anglo-Saxons.（分数：2.00）A.modern dramaB.medieval dramaC.modem poetryD.Old English poetry 解析：解析：古英语时期(The Old English)，又称盎格鲁
17、撒克逊时期(The Anglo-Saxon)，指的是从公元 450年起日耳曼部落开始入侵以凯尔特人为主的英格兰，到 1066年诺曼底公爵带领部队攻占英格兰为止。在这一时期，贝奥武夫(Beowulf)是第一首完整保存下来的古诗。9.Peter is one of the major characters in_.（分数：2.00）A.Lord of the FliesB.Waiting for GodotC.Lycidas D.The Pilgrim“s Progress解析：解析：利西达斯(Lycidas)是弥尔顿(John Milton，1608 一 1674)的长诗，在该诗在第 109行中
18、出现的“thePilot of the Galilean lake”通常被认为是圣约翰的象征。10.The word which best describes the tone of the poem When We Two Parted is_.（分数：2.00）A.sentimental B.ironicC.paradoxicalD.realistic解析：解析：昔日依依别(When We Two Parted)是英国著名浪漫主义诗人拜伦(George Gordon Byron，17881824)的作品，诗歌对比了昔日诗人与爱人分别的依依不舍之情与今日爱人将自己抛弃忘记的冷酷之情，伤感之情
19、溢于言表。11.Which one of the following is the author of The Hairy Ape?（分数：2.00）A.Tennessee WilliamsB.Arthur MillerC.Eugene O“Neill D.T. S. Eliot解析：解析：毛猿(The Hairy Ape)是尤金奥尼尔(Eugene O“Neill，1888 一 1953)的代表剧作。该剧描写一个名叫杨克的邮船锅炉工的悲剧人生。是一部用表现主义手法创作的象征戏。12.A Farewell to Arms is about the traumatic war experienc
20、e in_.（分数：2.00）A.World War IIB.Spanish Civil WarC.World War I D.Vietnam War解析：解析：永别了，武器(A Farewell to Arms)是美国作家海明威(Ernest Hemingway，1899 一1961)以第一次世界大战为背景的战争小说。小说描写了在意大利作战的美籍救护车司机亨利(Frederick Henry)和其爱人凯瑟琳(Catherine)的故事，批判了战争的荒谬、虚无、非理性。13.Which one of the following writers does not belong to the sc
21、hool of the Lost Generation?（分数：2.00）A.Ernest HemingwayB.Scott FitzgeraldC.John Dos PassosD.Joseph Heller 解析：解析：迷惘的一代(the Lost Generation)指的是一战后期旅居欧洲的美国人，他们处在一个特殊的时代，旧的价值观已经破碎，新的观念正在形成，他们找不到前进的方向，对未来感到很迷茫，代表人有海明威、福克纳(William Faulkner 18971962)、菲茨杰拉德(FScott Fitzgerald，1896 一 1940)、帕索斯(John DosPassos
22、1896 一 1970)、肯明斯(EECummings 1894 一 1962)等。而约瑟夫海勒(Joseph Heller，1923 一 1999)的代表作第二十二条军规(Catch-22)是以其二战的经历来写的一部反战小说。14.Which one of the following works deals with the war experience in American Civil War?（分数：2.00）A.The Red Badge of Courage B.For Whom the Bell TollsC.The Last of the MohicansD.Light in
23、August解析：解析：红色英勇勋章(The Red Badge of Courage)是斯蒂芬克莱恩(Stephen Crane，1871一 1900)的一部以美国内战为背景的小说。作者从一个士兵的角度描写战争，把战争中士兵的恐惧和悲伤、懦弱和勇敢描写的淋漓尽致。小说力图表明，现代战争是毫无意义的大屠杀；人在战争这一恶魔的控制下，只能向命运屈服、作暴力的牺牲品。15.Moby-Dick is the name of_（分数：2.00）A.an octopusB.a whale C.the captainD.the narrator解析：解析：白鲸，又称莫比迪克(Moby Dick)。这是一部
24、冒险小说，讲述了海上捕鲸的惊险故事，MobyDick 是捕鲸者给一头著名的白鲸起的名字。三、问答题(总题数：2，分数：4.00)16.Make a comment on Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare.（分数：2.00）_正确答案：(正确答案：Julius Caesar is a historical play written by William Shakespeare in 1599. The play is a great one because it is concerned with several themes. One of them i
25、s whether one“s life is determined by his fate or by his free will. In Caesar“s case, he recognizes that some things like death are beyond human“s control, but to live passively is not a hero“s choice. The best course for him is to face death head-on, to die bravely and honorably. Another theme is i
26、nflexibility versus comprise. To gain one“s goal, sometimes one needs to make some concessions and comprises. If one is as stubborn and inflexible as Caesar and Brutus, one has to pay a heavy price. On the contrary, if one is like Antony who can act according to the circumstances, he would win in th
27、e end. On the whole, the play is very enlightening because it provides multiple interpretations.)解析：17.Make a statement about the use of the techniques of stream of consciousness and interior monologue in modern American fiction.（分数：2.00）_正确答案：(正确答案：Stream of consciousness, or interior monologue, is
28、 one of the modern literary techniques. It is the style of writing that attempts to imitate the natural flow of a character“s thoughts, feelings, reflections, memories and mental images as the character experiences them. It was first used in 1922 by the Irish novelist James Joyce. Later, it was adva
29、nced by the American modern writer William Faulkner. For example, in his work 77ie Sound and the Fury, stream of consciousness is skillfully used. In the novel, time sequence is dislocated. Past and present happenings are interwoven. Characters are immersed in their inner musings of either the good old days or of the complaints on the meaningless present. The narrative often breaks trough the bounds of time and space, and depicts the unconscious activity of the mind fast changing and flowing incessantly.)解析：
