1、2011 年四川大学英语专业（英美文学）真题试卷及答案与解析一、名词解释1 Francis Bacon2 Matthew Arnold3 George Bernard Shaw4 The Southern Renaissance in American Literature5 The Waste Land二、单项选择题6 Natty Bumppo is the protagonist appearing in a series five novels written by_.（A）Mark Twain（B） Theodore Dreiser（C） Nathaniel Hawthorne（D）J
2、ames Fenimore Cooper7 Which ONE of the following works deals with the conflict between the capital and the land, and with the struggle between the railroad and the farmers?（A）The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn（B） The Octopus（C） The Scarlet Letter（D）Uncle Toms Cabin8 Which ONE of the following poems
3、is composed in memory of Abraham Lincoln?（A）The Wild Honey Suckle（B） The Tide Rises, the Tide Falls（C） Because I Could Not Stop for Death（D）O Captain, My Captain9 Which ONE of the following is the author of Light in August?（A）Willa Cather（B） Richard Wright（C） Ernest Hemingway（D）William Faulkner10 Wh
4、ich ONE of the following literary schools is related with the concepts of determinism?（A）realism（B） romanticism（C） naturalism（D）modernism11 Which ONE of the following is the author of Utopia?（A）Charles Lamb（B） Washington Irving（C） Edgar Allan Poe（D）Thomas More12 Which of the following is NOT a typic
5、al feature of Modernism?（A）Allusion（B） The use of symbols（C） Irony（D）Simplicity in language13 The works of Bronte sisters are marked by strong_ elements.（A）realistic（B） pragmatic（C） romantic（D）magical14 In Preface to Lyrical Ballads“ , Wordsworth gives his definition for good poetry: “ for all good
6、poetry is the_ overflow of powerful feelings.（A）natural（B） spontaneous（C） impulsive（D）artless15 During the 1950s, there appeared a group of young writers in Britain who were fiercely critical of the established order. They were called_.（A）Angry Young Fellows（B） Critical Young Writers（C） Angry Young
7、Men（D）Cynical Young Writers三、问答题16 Make a comment on Bleak House by Charles Dickens.17 Make a comment on Ralph Waldo Emersons work Nature.2011 年四川大学英语专业（英美文学）真题试卷答案与解析一、名词解释1 【正确答案】 Francis Bacon is an English philosopher, scientist and author. He remains influential through his works, especially as
8、 philosophical advocate and practitioner of the scientific method during the scientific revolution. His works establish and popularise inductive methodologies for scientific inquiry. His main works include Advancement of Learning and Essays.2 【正确答案】 Matthew Arnold is a British poet and cultural crit
9、ic. Arnolds critical works include Essays in Criticism and Culture and Anarchy, in which he sets forth ideas that greatly reflect the predominant values of the Victorian era. Arnolds poetry is meditative and rhetorical, often wrestling with problems of psychological isolation.3 【正确答案】 George Bernard
10、 Shaw is an Irish playwright, and was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1925. He wrote more than 60 plays. Nearly all his writings address prevailing social problems. The most well-know plays of Shaw are Mrs. Warrens Profession, The Devils Disciple, Major Barbara and The Apple Cart.4 【正确答案】 T
11、he Southern Renaissance in American Literature was the reinvigoration of American Southern literature that began in the 1920s and 1930s with the appearance of writers such as William Faulkner, Katherine Anne Porter and Tennessee Williams. The Southern Renaissance addressed three major themes in thei
12、r works; the burden of history, Souths conservative culture and Souths history about racial issues.5 【正确答案】 The Waste Land is a 434-line modernist poem by T. S. Eliot published in 1922. It has been called “one of the most important poems of the 20th century“. Despite the poems obscurityits shifts be
13、tween satire and prophecy, its abrupt and unannounced changes of speaker, location and time, it elegiacally summons up a vast and dissonant range of cultures and literatures.二、单项选择题6 【正确答案】 D【试题解析】 纳蒂班波(Natty Bumppo) 是詹姆斯 库柏(James Fenimore Cooper，1789 1851)描写印第安人与边疆居民的作品皮袜子五部曲(Leatherstocking Tales)
14、中的主人公。7 【正确答案】 B【试题解析】 章鱼(The Octopus)是诺里斯(Frank Norris，1870 一 1902)“小麦史诗”(The Epic of the Wheat)三部曲中的第一部，故事讲述了加州的麦农和破坏农田的铁路部门之间的斗争。第二部是深渊(ThePit)，描述了残酷无情的小麦投机市场。计划中的第三部狼(The Wolf)，试图讲述小麦出口到欧洲和亚洲之间一个闹饥荒的村子的故事。8 【正确答案】 D【试题解析】 啊!船长!我的船长是美国诗人惠特曼(Wall Whitman ，18191892)为悼念林肯而写下的著名诗篇。诗人运用了比喻和象征的手法，把美国比作
15、一艘航船，把林肯总统比作船长，把维护国家的统一和废奴斗争比作一段艰险的航程。9 【正确答案】 D【试题解析】 八月之光叙述了孤儿裘克里斯默斯在宗教和种族偏见的虐待下悲惨死去的故事。小说以多重叙事角度和情节结构而闻名，其作者是威廉福克纳(William Faulkner，18971962)，1949 年诺贝尔文学奖获得者。10 【正确答案】 C【试题解析】 自然主义文学是现实主义文学发展的产物，也是生物学、遗传学等科学理论影响文学创作的结果。自然主义文学还受到了医学决定论的影响，认为自然界的客观因果具有必然性和规律性。11 【正确答案】 D【试题解析】 乌托邦是英国空想社会主义者托马斯莫尔的著作
16、。作品虚构了一名航海家航行到一个奇乡异国“乌托邦”的旅行见闻。在那里，财产是公有的，人民是平等的，遵循着按需分配的原则。12 【正确答案】 D【试题解析】 现代主义文学不主张用作品去再现生活，而是提倡从人的心理感受出发，表现生活对人的压抑和扭曲。矛盾、不连贯、随意、象征主义、暗示等都是此类作品的特点。13 【正确答案】 C【试题解析】 勃朗特姐妹的作品深受浪漫派诗歌的影响，充满着浪漫主义因素，这是她们与同时代的维多利亚时期作者的不同之处。14 【正确答案】 B【试题解析】 浪漫主义诗人华兹华斯认为好的诗歌是强烈的个人情感的自然流露(All good poetry is thespontaneo
17、us overflow of powerful feelings)。15 【正确答案】 C【试题解析】 “愤怒的青年”是指 19 世纪 50 年代一些愤世嫉俗的英国青年作家和评论家。三、问答题16 【正确答案】 Bleak House is chiefly aimed at the abuse of the Chancery courts with its interminable delays and huge costs. The novel is not merely an attack on the Chancery courts, but also fierce satiric th
18、rusts at the whole political system in England, particularly at the parliamentary system. The author shows that legal procedure, like other social and political apparatuses, is the source of profit for the few and the cause of misfortune for the many. Aside from such satires on the law courts and on
19、 the parliamentary system, the novel contains an intricate story of an aristocratic woman Lady Dedlock. And through the story the terrible inside of this aristocratic family is also exposed to view, which constitutes a penetrating satire on the aristocratic families whose parasitic existence is desc
20、ribed with much contempt by the author.So in this novel there is a distinct note of bitterness and the novel shows the authors loss of hope for the English society of his age.17 【正确答案】 To Emersons eyes, the physical world is vitalistic and evolutionary, and nature is, emblematic of God. It mediates
21、between man and God, and its voice leads to higher truth. He presents his transcendental view about the universe, its origin, present condition and final destiny in Nature. He divides nature into four usages: Commodity, Beauty, Language and Discipline. These distinctions define the ways by which hum
22、ans use nature for their basic needs, their desire for delight, their communication with one another and their understanding of the world. By stating “the universe is composed of nature and soul“ and “spirit is present everywhere“ , he holds the view that spirit involves mans mind and the nature, and material is the symbol of spirit. So mans transcendent effect should be unleashed.It is in this essay that the foundation of transcendentalism is put forth, so Nature is generally regarded as the Bible of New England Transcendentalism.
