1、2009 年四川大学英语专业（英美文学）真题试卷及答案与解析一、单项选择题1 One of V. S. Naipaul s best-known nonfictional works is_.（A）Between Father and Son（B） Green Gables（C） Enchanted Castle（D）Railway Children2 Which of the following is NOT directly related to the Irish Dramatic Movement?（A）The Abbey Theatre（B） Lady Augusta Gregory
2、（C） Sean OCasey（D）Sartor Resartus3 Which of the following reflects the spirit of chivalry, i. e. , the quality and ideal of knightly conduct, in the early feudal age?（A）Morality Play（B） Romance（C） Epic（D）Gothic novel4 One of the most noticeable features of John Donne s poetry is his use of_.（A）class
3、ical vocabulary（B） conceit（C） dramatic monologue（D）exaggeration5 “When all at once I saw a crowd, A host of golden daffodils. “In the above quotation taken from William Wordsworth s poem “ I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud“ , the word “host“ refers to_.（A）a large number（B） few（C） dancing group（D）quiet gr
4、oup6 Point out the work that was written by Henry David Thoreau. _（A）The Fall of the House of Usher（B） The Rise of Silas Lapham（C） Walden（D）The Legend of Sleepy Hollow7 Jack London: the author of_ , is a naturalist writer.（A）The Red Badge of Courage（B） The Octopus（C） The Gilded Age（D）Martin Eden8 Wh
5、ich ONE of the following poems is authored by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow?（A）The Raven.（B） Wild Nights-Wild Nights!（C） The Indian Burying Ground.（D）The Slaves Dream.9 Which ONE of the following is an influential poet whose poems often express a thematic concern about the issue of death and eternity?（
6、A）Walt Whitman（B） Ralph Waldo Emerson（C） Henry Wadsworth Longfellow（D）Emily Dickinson10 “I celebrate myself, and sing myself, /And what I assume you shall assume, /For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you. “In the above quoted verse lines taken from Walt Whitman s poem “ Song of Myself“
7、 , what does the central image “myself“ refer to?（A）Merely the poet himself.（B） The common people of America.（C） Masculine sublime ego.（D）American puritans.二、名词解释11 My Last Duchess12 Martin Amis13 Vanity Fair14 American Local Colorism15 Henry James三、问答题16 Answer the following questions IN ABOUT 150
8、ENGLISH WORDS each:(20 points)Please briefly comment on Walter Scott s Ivanhoe.17 Make an introductory comment on James Fenimore Cooper s frontier saga The Leather Stocking Tales.2009 年四川大学英语专业（英美文学）真题试卷答案与解析一、单项选择题1 【正确答案】 A【试题解析】 父子之间是奈保尔著名的家庭书信集，堪与傅雷家书媲美。2 【正确答案】 D【试题解析】 1904 年建立的 The Abbey Theat
9、re 可以说是爱尔兰戏剧复兴的摇篮，叶芝、格雷戈里夫人、辛格和奥凯西都是爱尔兰文艺复兴运动的中坚力量。Sartor Resartus(旧衣新裁 或衣裳哲学)是维多利亚时代著名的苏格兰评论家、讽刺作家和历史学家 ThomasCarlyle(托马斯卡莱尔)的作品，和爱尔兰戏剧复兴运动并没有直接关系。3 【正确答案】 B【试题解析】 Romance 是中世纪非常流行的一种文体，描写的是骑士们的爱情和冒险故事。4 【正确答案】 B【试题解析】 作为玄学派的代表诗人，约翰多恩以其奇妙大胆的想象和暗喻著称。5 【正确答案】 A【试题解析】 这两行诗的意思是：我突然看见一簇簇、一丛丛金黄的水仙。“host”
10、在诗中指的是大量、很多。6 【正确答案】 C【试题解析】 梭罗是美国先验主义作家之一，其代表作是 Walden(瓦尔登湖)。选项 A厄舍古屋的倒塌是 Edgar Allan Poe(爱伦 坡)的作品；选项 B塞拉斯 拉帕姆的发迹是 William Dean Howells(豪威尔斯)的小说；选项 D睡谷传奇的作者是 Washington，Irving(华盛顿欧文)。7 【正确答案】 D【试题解析】 马丁伊登是杰克伦敦非常著名的一部小说。选项 A红色英勇勋章是 StephenCrane(斯蒂芬克莱恩)的作品；选项 B章鱼是 Frank Norris(弗兰克诺里斯)的代表作；选项 C镀金时代是 M
11、ark Twain(马克吐温)的第一部长篇小说。8 【正确答案】 D【试题解析】 “奴隶的梦”是朗费罗的一首名诗。选项 A“乌鸦”是爱伦坡的名诗；选项 B 的作者是艾米丽狄金森；选项 C 是 Philip Freneau(菲利普弗雷诺)的一首诗。9 【正确答案】 D【试题解析】 艾米丽狄金森的诗歌表达了一种对于死亡和永恒的关注，如“因为我不能停下来等待死亡”、“我死前听见一只苍蝇在嗡嗡”等。10 【正确答案】 B【试题解析】 惠特曼在自我之歌里歌颂的是伟大的美国劳动人民。二、名词解释11 【正确答案】 My Last Duchess: My Last Duchess is a poem by
12、Robert Browning, frequently anthologized as an example of the dramatic monologue. It first appeared in 1842 in Browning s Dramatic Lyrics. The poem is written in 28 rhymed couplets of iambic pentameter. The poem is preceded by the word Ferrara, indicating that the speaker is most likely Alfonso II,
13、fifth Duke of Ferrara.12 【正确答案】 Martin Amis: Martin Louis Amis is an English novelist, literary critic, professor, and short story writer. His works include such novels as Money, London Fields and The Information. Amis s raw material is what he sees as the absurdity and caricatures of the postmodern
14、 conditionhe has thus sometimes been portrayed as the undisputed master of what the New York Times has called “the new unpleasantness. “13 【正确答案】 Vanity Fair: Vanity Fair: A Novel without a Hero is a novel by William Makepeace Thackeray, satirizing society in early 19th-century Britain. The book s t
15、itle comes from John Bunyan s allegorical story The Pilgrim* s Progress. Vanity fair refers to a stop along the pilgrim s progress: a never-ending fair held in a town called Vanity, which is meant to represent man s sinful attachment to worldly things.14 【正确答案】 American Local Colorism; American Loca
16、l Colorism or Regionalism as a trend first came to prominence in the late 19th century. The local colorists were devoted to capturing the unique customs, manners, speech, folklore, and other qualities of a particular regional community, usually in humorous short stories. This trend is represented by
17、 Mark Twain, Bret Harte, Joel Chandler Harris, Kate Chopin and Sarah Orne Jewett.15 【正确答案】 Henry James: Henry James(1843 -1916)is a famous American writer and one of the key figures of 19th century literary realism. In his novels, he usually describes the upper class of the American society. He is a
18、lso famous for psychological realism. His major works include: The Portrait of a Lady, The Ambassadors, Daisy Miller etc.三、问答题16 【正确答案】 Ivanhoe, written in 1819, is one of the best-known historical fictions of Walter Scott. The plot of Ivanhoe is set in the late 12th century, when the English people
19、, or Anglo-Saxon, led a hard life under the rule of their Norman conquerors. Richard was portrayed like a knight, brave and lofty. John, Richards brother, planned to seize the throne from Richard. Ivanhoe helped Richard to defeat John and restore Richard s kingship. In Ivanhoe, as in Scott s other n
20、ovels, there are descriptions of various strata of people. Ivanhoe is a great work of art and its strength lies chiefly in the novelist s realistic description of the life of feudal England. The plot of Ivanhoe is well constructed and the language used always fits the occasion. Though the story is f
21、ictionalized, the general political events depicted in the novel are accurate. Ivanhoe is sometimes given credit for helping to increase popular interest in the middle Ages in 19th century Europe and America.17 【正确答案】 The Leather Stocking Tales is a series of novels by American writer James Fenimore
22、 Cooper. Natty Bumppo is the protagonist of the series. Although he is the child of white parents, he grew up with Native Americans, becoming a near-fearless warrior skilled in many weapons, one of which is the long rifle. He respects his forest home and all its inhabitants, hunting only what he nee
23、ds to survive. When it comes time to fire his trusty flintlock, he lives by the rule, “One shot, one kill. “ He and his Mohican “brother“ Chingachgook champion goodness by trying to stop the incessant conflict between the Mohicans and the Hurons. He is known as “Deerslayer“ in The De-erslayer, “Hawkeye“ and “La Longue Carabine“ in The Last of the Mohicans, “Pathfinder“ in The Pathfinder, “Leatherstocking“ in The Pioneers, and “the trapper“ in The Prairie. The novels recount significant events in Natty Bumppo s life from 1740 to 1806.
