1、2008 年大连外国语学院英语专业（英美文学）真题试卷及答案与解析一、单项选择题1 Here for his envy, will not drive us hence: Here we may reign secure, and in my choice To reign is worth ambition though in Hell; Better to reign in Hell, than serve in Heav nThe title of the work that contains the following selection is_.（A）Paradise Lost（B）
2、 Macbeth（C） Walden（D）Leaves of Grass2 Which of the following is NOT a religious poem by John Donne?（A）A Hymn to God the Father（B） Hymn to God my God, in My Sickness（C） The Good-Morrow（D）Death Be Not Proud3 As thus with thee in prayer in my sore need. O! Lift me as a wave, a leaf, a cloud! I fall upo
3、n the thorns of life! I bleed!The title of the work that contains the following selection is_.（A）The Second Coming（B） To a Skylark（C） Ode to the West Wind（D）Don Juan4 The poem “Virtue“ was written by_.（A）Philip Sydney（B） George Herbert（C） John Skelton（D）Thomas Wyatt5 One must have a mind of winterTo
4、 regard the frost and the boughs Of the pine-trees crusted with snow;And have been cold a long timeTo behold the junipers shagged with ice,The spruces rough in the distant glitterOf the January sun; and not to think Of any misery in the sound of the wind, In the sound of a few leaves,Which is the so
5、und of the landFull of the same windThat is blowing in the same bare placeFor the listener, who listens in the snow,And, nothing himself, beholdsNothing that is not there and the nothing that is.The following selection is from a poem entitled_.（A）The Snow Begins by William C.Williams（B） The Snow Man
6、 by Wallace Stevens（C） Mad As the Mist and Snow by W.B.Yeats（D）Fire and Ice by Robert Frost 6 The Curfew tolls the knell of parting day,The lowing herd wind slowly o er the lea, The plowman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves the world to darkness and to me.The following selection is from_.（A）I
7、n Memoriam（B） Lines Composed a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey（C） Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard（D）On a Faded Violet7 On desperate seas long wont to roam, Thy hyacinth hair, thy classic face, Thy Naiad airs have brought me home To the glory that was Greece And the grandeur that was Rome.Lo! In
8、yon brilliant window-niche How statue-like I see thee stand, The agate lamp within thy hand! Ah, Psyche, from the regions which Are Holy Land!The following selection is from a poem entitled_by Edgar Allen Poe.（A）Annabel Lee（B） To Helen（C） Romance（D）The Raven8 “Marriage of Heaven and Hell“ was writte
9、n by_.（A）Robert Burns（B） Christopher Marlow（C） Thomas Percy（D）William Blake9 The author of The Sound and the Fury also wrote_.（A）Billy Budd（B） As I Lay Dying（C） Sea Wolf（D）Dangling Man10 The writer of “The Solitary Reaper“ also wrote_.（A）Holly Willie s Prayer（B） The Defense of Poetry（C） Lucy Poems（D
10、）The Fall of Bastille11 She dwells with BeautyBeauty that must die;And Joy, whose hand is ever at his lipsBidding adieu; and aching Pleasure nigh,Turning to poison while the bee-mouth sips;Ay, in the very temple of DelightVeiled Melancholy has her sovran shrine,Though seen of none save him whose str
11、enuous tongueCan burst Joy s grape against his palate fine:His soul shall taste the sadness of her might,And be among her cloudy trophies hung.The following selection is from_by John Keats.（A）To Autumn（B） Ode to a Nightingale（C） Ode on the Grecian Urn（D）Ode on Melancholy12 A foolish consistency is t
12、he hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines. With consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do. . . Speak what you think today in words as hard as cannon balls, and tomorrow speak what tomorrow thinks in hard words again, though it contradict everything
13、 you said today.The following selection is from Emerson s work entitled_.（A）Self-Reliance（B） The American Scholar（C） Nature（D）English Traits13 To the child, the genius with imagination, or the wholly untraveled, the approach to a great city for the first time is a wonderful thing. Particularly if it
14、 be evening-that mystic period between the glare and gloom of the world when life is changing from one sphere or condition to another. Ah, the promise of the night. What does it not hold for the weary! What old illusion of hope is not here forever repeated ! Says the soul of the toiler to itself. “
15、I shall soon be free. I shall be in the ways and the hosts of the merry. The streets, the lamps, the lighted chamber set for dining, are for me. The theatre , the halls, the parties, the ways of rest and the paths of songthese are mine in the night. “The following passage is taken from the novel ent
16、itled_.（A）Main Street（B） An American Tragedy（C） Sister Carrie（D）Daisy Miller14 Others abide our question. Thou art free. We ask and askThou smilest and art still, Outtopping knowledge. For the loftiest hill, Who to the stars uncrowns his majesty, Planting his steadfast footsteps in the sea, Making t
17、he heaven of heavens his dwelling-place Spares but the cloudy border of his base To the foil d searching of mortality;The following lines are taken from a poem written by_.（A）Shakespeare（B） Matthew Arnold（C） John Donne（D）Alexander Pope15 Not one of all the purple hostWho took the flag to-day Can tel
18、l the definition, So clear, of victory! As he, defeated, dying, On whose forbidden earThe distant strains of triumph Burst agonized and clear!The first line of the following poem is_.（A）Because I could not stop for Death（B） I felt a Funeral, in my Brain（C） I taste a liquor never brewed（D）Success is
19、counted sweetest 16 The author of the story “Im a Fool“ is_.（A）Sherwood Anderson（B） Katherine Mansfield（C） Elizabeth Bishop（D）William Faulkner17 Footsteps, that, perhaps another,Sailing o er life s solemn main,A forlorn and shipwreck d brother,Seeing, shall take heart again.Let us then be up and doi
20、ng,With a heart for any fate;Still achieving, still pursuing,Learn to labor and to wait.The following selection is from_.（A）My Lost Youth（B） A Psalm of Life（C） Nature（D）The Song of Hiawatha18 Mr. Bennet was so odd a mixture of quick parts, sarcastic humor, reserve, and caprice, that the experience o
21、f three and twenty years had been insufficient to make his wife understand his character. Her mind was less difficult to develop. She was a woman of mean understanding, little information, and uncertain temper. When she was discontented she fancied herself nervous. The business of her life was to ge
22、t her daughters married; its solace was visiting and news.The following passage is taken from_.（A）Wuthering Heights（B） Emma（C） Mansfield Park（D）Pride and Prejudice19 The people so often sleepy, weary, enigmatic,is a vast huddle with many units saying:“I earn my living.I make enough to get byand it t
23、akes all my time.If I had more timeI could do more for myselfand maybe for others.I could read and studyand talk things overand find out about things.It takes time.I wish I had the time. “The following lines are taken from_.（A）Chicago（B） The People, Yes（C） Departmental（D）Salutation the Second20 I lo
24、oked at my face in the glass, and felt it was no longer plain; there was hope in its aspect, and life in its color; and my eyes seemed as if they had beheld the fount of fruition, and borrowed beams from the lustrous ripple. I had often been unwilling to look at my master, because I feared he could
25、not be pleased at my look; but I was sure I might lift my face to his now, and not cool his affection by its expression. I took a plain but clean and light summer dress from my drawer and put it on: it seemed no attire had ever so well become me, because none had I ever worn in so blissful a mood.Th
26、e speaker of the following lines is_.（A）Jane Eyre（B） Emma Woodhouse（C） Hester（D）Mrs. Dalloway21 Christian continues on his way, assisted by a new friend, Hopeful, who has been converted by Faithful s martyrdom. They hold to the high road despite many difficulties and dangers but finally, their feet
27、being weary and the road growing hourly more hard and rocky, they are tempted to take a bypath through a pleasant meadow which seems to follow the same general route.The following section describes the hero s journey in search of salvation in_.（A）Pilgrims Progress（B） Paradise Regained（C） Canterbury
28、Tales（D）Utopia22 Which of the following novelists is the leading figure of “black humor“?（A）Joseph Heller.（B） Alice Walker.（C） Norman Miller.（D）Harper Lee.23 Which of the following does NOT belong to “the marriage group“ in The Canterbury Tales?（A）The Wife of Bath s Tale.（B） The Pardoner s Tale.（C）
29、The Oxford Clerks Tale.（D）The Franklins Tale.24 What did James Joyce intend to expose in Dubliners?（A）Greed of the people.（B） Paralysis of the people.（C） Social injustice.（D）Snobbery of the people.25 Which of the following is a classic example of Restoration Comedy?（A）William Congreves The Way of th
30、e World.（B） Christopher Marlowe s Doctor Faustus.（C） Richard Sheridan s The Rivals.（D）John Gays The Beggars Opera.26 Oedipus Tyrannus, The Alchemis, and Tom Jones are the three most perfect plots ever planned. And how charming, how wholesome, Fielding always is! To take him up after Richardson is li
31、ke emerging from a sick room heated by stoves into an open lawn, on a breezy day in May.In the following selection, Coleridge is commenting upon Fieldings ability as a_.（A）realist（B） moralist（C） master of characterization（D）master of composition27 In 1859, Charles Dickens published his historical no
32、vel of the French Revolution entitled_.（A）Hard Times（B） Bleak House（C） A Tale of Two Cities（D）Our Mutual Friend28 The main part of the title of the novel was taken from Bunyan s The Pilgrim s Progress, in which the pilgrims arrive at a place where all such merchandise are sold, as houses, lands, tra
33、des, honors , titles, countries, and delights of all sorts. . . The subtide of the novel reinforces the point, for it indicates that the novel is concerned principally not with individual heroes but with the society as a whole, though it is also possible to interpret the phrase as meaning that there
34、 are only heroines or one heroine but no heroes. And indeed the novel evolves chiefly around two women, Amelia Sedley and Becky Sharp.Which novel does the following passage discuss?（A）Vanity Fair.（B） Middlemarch.（C） Hard Times.（D）The Woman in White.29 The most popular and versatile of all the writer
35、s connected with the Harlem Renaissance is_.（A）Richard Wright（B） W. E.B.Du Bois（C） Langston Hughes（D）James Baldwin30 Which beat-poet wrote the work On the Road?（A）Allen Ginsberg.（B） Jack Kerouac.（C） William Burroughs.（D）Charles Bukowski.31 Which is NOT a main focus of the American Romantic Movement
36、in general?（A）A return to eastern philosophy.（B） A deep and spiritual respect for nature and natural laws.（C） The introduction of self-salvation as opposed to salvation through Christ.（D）A demand for progress and productivity.32 Which of the following marked the beginning of Romanticism in English l
37、iterature?（A）Poetical Sketches.（B） Lyrical Ballads.（C） The Eve of St. Agnes.（D）The Lady of Shalott.33 Which of the following is closest to Shakespearean tragedy?（A）The Scarlet Letter.（B） Uncle Tom s Cabin.（C） Moby Dick.（D）Wuthering Heights.33 TYRONE:mechanicallyDrink hearty, lad.They drink. Tyrone a
38、gain listens to sounds upstairswith dreadShe s moving around a lot. I hope to God she doesn t come down.EDMUND;dullyYes. Shell be nothing but a ghost haunting the past by this time.He pausesthen miserablyBack before I was bornTYRONE : Doesnt she do the same with me? Back before she ever knew me. You
39、 d think the only happy days she s ever known were in her father s home, or at the Convent, praying and playing the piano.Jealous resentment in his bitternessAs I ve told you before, you must take her memories with a grain of salt. Her wonderful home was ordinary enough. Her father wasn t the great,
40、 general, noble Irish gentleman she makes out. He was a nice enough man, good company and a good talker. I liked him and he liked me. He was prosperous enough, too, in his wholesale grocery business, an able man. But he had his weakness. She condemns my drinking but she forgets his. It s true he nev
41、er touched a drop till he was forty, but after that he made up for lost time. He became a steady champagne drinker, the worst kind. That was his grand pose, to drink only champagne. Well, it finished him quickthat and the consumptionHe stops with a guilty glance at his son.EDMUND; We dont seem able
42、to avoid unpleasant topics, do we?TYRONE: No.then with apathetic attempt at heartinessWhat do you say to a game or two of Casino, lad?EDMUND: All right.TYRONE:shuffling the cards clumsilyWe cant lock up and go to bed till Jamie comes on the last trolleywhich I hope he won tand I don t want to go ups
43、tairs, anyway, till she s asleep.EDMUND; Neither do I.34 The selection is from Eugene O Neill s towering family drama entitled_.（A）Long Days Journey into Night（B） Beyond the Horizon（C） Emperor Jones（D）The Hairy Ape35 In this selection, “she“ is_.（A）a drug addict（B） mental retarded（C） blind（D）a cance
44、r patient36 Why does Tyrone feel guilty at the end of the selection?（A）Because he had criticized Edmund earlier.（B） Because he vaguely hints at his son s undesirable lifestyle.（C） Because he unintentionally mentions the illness that Edmund suffers from.（D）Because he has said something offensive abou
45、t Mary s father.36 Questions 52 -54 are based on the following lines.37 These lines were written by_.（A）Samuel Johnson（B） Francis Bacon（C） Alexander Pope（D）Charles Lamb38 The work that contains the lines is entitled_.（A）An Essay on Criticism（B） Of Studies（C） Chartism（D）The Battle of the Books39 The
46、work from which the lines are taken was written in_.（A）blank verse（B） interior monologue（C） villanelle（D）heroic couplets39 Questions 55-60 are based on the following selection.My mistress eyes are nothing like the sun;Coral is far more red than her lips red;If snow be white, why then her breasts are
47、 dun;If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head.I have seen roses damask d, red and white,But no such roses see I in her cheeks;And in some perfumes is there more delightThan in the breath that from my mistress reeks.I love to hear her speak, yet well I knowThat music hath a far more pleasing s
48、ound;I grant I never saw a goddess go;My mistress, when she walks, treads on the ground:And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rareAs any she belied with false compare.40 The writer of the poem is_.（A）Edmund Spenser（B） John Keats（C） Shakespeare（D）Robert Browning41 The poem is_.（A）a satire on the def
49、iciencies of the speaker s mistress（B） a tribute to the uniqueness and beauty of the speaker s mistress（C） a playful expression of faults to irritate the lady（D）a belittling of a loved one for amusement of friends42 The poem contains_ .（A）an ironic comment on female adornment（B） a humorous description of an ugly lady（C） a parody of love sonnets（D）a play on metapho
