1、2011 年 4 月全国自考（英美文学选读）真题试卷及答案与解析一、单项选择题1 One of Shelleys greatest political lyrics is _, which was later to become a rallying song of the British Communist Party. ( )（A）Ode to Liberty（B） Ode to Naples（C） Sonnet: England in 1819（D）Men of England2 In Charles Dickenswork _, the Utilitarian principle ru
2、les over the English education system and destroys young hearts and minds. ( )（A）Little Dorrit（B） Hard Times（C） Great Expectations（D）Bleak House3 The tragic sense turns into despair in Thomas Hardys _, where cornered by the tradition social morality, the hero and the heroine have to kill their own w
3、ill and passion and return to their former destructive way of life. ( )（A）The Return of the Native（B） The Mayor of Casterbridge（C） Tess of the DUrbervilles（D）Jude the Obscure4 The typical representatives of G. B.Shaws early plays are _. ( )（A）Man and Superman ; The Apple Cart（B） Widowers Houses ;Mrs
4、. Warrens Profession（C） Canadian;Mrs. Warrens Profession（D）The Apple Cart ;Widowers Houses5 As a critic of music and drama, held that art should serve social purposes by reflecting human life, revealing social contradictions and education the common people. ( )（A）T. S. Eliot（B） Oscar Wilder（C） Georg
5、e Bernard Shaw（D）W.B.Yeats6 Symbolism and complex narrative are employed more richly in D.H. Lawrences _, which are generally regarded as his masterpieces. ( )（A）Women in Love; Sons and Lovers（B） The Rainbow; Women in Love（C） Sons and Lovers ; Lady Chatterleys Lover（D）Lady Chatterleys Lover; The Rai
6、nbow7 T. S. Eliot won the Nobel Prize of Literature in_. ( )（A）1945（B） 1948（C） 1952（D）19568 Thomas Hardys pessimistic view of life predominates most of his later works and earns him a reputation as a_writer. ( )（A）realistic（B） naturalistic（C） romantic（D）stylistic9 “Do you think, because I am poor, o
7、bscure, plain, and little, I am soulless and heartless? . And if God had gifted me with some beauty, and much wealth, I should have made it as hard for you to leave me, as it is now for me to leave you. “ The quoted lines are most probably taken from_. ( )（A）Great Expectations（B） Wuthering Heights（C
8、） Jane Eyre（D）Pride and Prejudice10 The most distinguishing feature of Charles Dickensworks is _. ( )（A）the vernacular and large vocabulary（B） his humor and wit（C） character-portrayal（D）pictures of pathos11 G.B.Shaws play _ established his position as the leading playwright of his time. ( )（A）Widowe
9、rs Houses（B） Too True to Be Good（C） Mrs. Warrens Profession（D）Candida12 Jane Austens first novel _ tells a story about two sisters and their love affairs. ( )（A）Sense and Sensibility（B） Pride and Prejudice（C） Northanger Abbey（D）Mansfield Park13 “If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?“ the quoted
10、 line comes from_. ( )（A）Shelleys “Ode to the West Wind“（B） Walt Whitmans “Leaves of Grass“（C） John Miltons “Paradise Lost“（D）John Keats “Ode on a Grecian Urn“14 All of the following poems by William Wordsworth are masterpieces on nature EXCEPT . ( )（A）I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud（B） An Evening Walk
11、（C） Tinier Abbey（D）The Solitary Reaper15 William Blakes_marks his entry into maturity. ( )（A）Poetical Sketches（B） Songs of Innocence（C） Marriage of Heaven and Hell（D）Songs of Experience16 Henry Fieldings_brings him the name of “Prose Ho mer“. ( )（A）The History of Jonathan Wild the Great（B） The Histo
12、ry of Tom Jones ,a foundling（C） The History of America（D）The History of Joseph Andrews17 Among the three major poetical works by John Milton, is the most perfect example of verse drama after the Greek style in English.（A）Samson Agonistes（B） Paradise Lost（C） Paradise Regained（D）Areopagitica18 T. S. E
13、liots_not only presents a panorama of physical disorder and spiritual desolation in the modern Western world,but also reflects the prevalent mood of disillusionment and despair of a whole post-war generation. ( )（A）The Hollow Men（B） The Waste Land（C） Murder in the Cathedral（D）Ash Wednesday19 In_, Sh
14、akespeare has not only made a profound analysis of the social crisis in which the evils can be seen everywhere, but also criticized the bourgeois egoism. ( )（A）Hamlet（B） Othello（C） King Lear（D）Macbeth20 John Miltons greatest poetical work_is the only generally acknowledged epic in English literature
15、 since Beowulf. ( )（A）Areopagitica（B） Paradise Lost（C） Lycidas（D）Samson Agonistes21 The work _ by William Blake is a lovely volume of poems, presenting a happy world, though not without its evils and sufferings. ( )（A）Songs of Innocence（B） Songs of Experience（C） Poetical Sketches（D）Lyrical Ballads22
16、 The plays known as “the Lawrence trilogy“ are all the following except_. ( )（A）A Colliers Friday Night（B） Lady Chatterleys Lover（C） The Daughter-in-Law（D）The Widowing of Mrs. Holroyed23 Greatly and permanently affected by the _ experiences, Hemingway formed his own writing style, together with his
17、theme and hero. ( )（A）mining（B） farming（C） war（D）sailing24 “The dignity of movement of an iceberg is due to only one-eighth of it being above water.“ This “iceberg“ analogy about prose style was put forward by_. ( )（A）William Faulkner（B） Henry James（C） Ernest Hemingway（D）F. Scott Fitzgerald25 25.In
18、Go Down, Moses, _ illuminates the problem of black and white in Southern society as a close-knit destiny of blood brotherhood. ( )（A）William Faulkner（B） Jack London（C） Herman Melville（D）Nathaniel Hawthorne26 In Death in the Afternoon _ presents his philosophy about life and death through the depicti
19、on of the bullfight as a kind of microcosmic tragedy. ( )（A）William Faulkner（B） Jack London（C） Ernest Hemingway（D）Mark Twain27 William Faulkner once said that _ is a story of “lost innocence,“ which proves itself to be an intensification of the theme of imprisonment in the past. ( )（A）The Great Gats
20、by（B） The Sound and the Fury（C） Absalom, Absalom!（D）Go Down , Moses28 Walt Whitman believed, by means of “_,“ he has turned poetry into an open field, an area of vital possibility where the reader can allow his own imagination to play. ( )（A）free verse（B） strict verse（C） regular rhyming（D）standardiz
21、ed rhyming29 Herman Melvilles second famous work, , was not published until 1924,33 years after his death. ( )（A）Pierre（B） Redburn（C） Moby-Dick（D）Billy Budd30 In 1920, _ published his first novel This Side of Paradise which was, to some extent, his own story. ( )（A）F. Scott Fitzgerald（B） Ernest Hemi
22、ngway（C） William Faulkner（D）Emily Dickinson31 Unlike his contemporaries in the early 20th century, _ did not break up with the poetic tradition nor made any experiment on form. ( )（A）Walt Whitman（B） Robert Frost（C） Ezra Pound（D）T. S. Eliot32 While Mark Twain seemed to have paid more attention to the
23、 “life“ of the Americans, had apparently laid a greater emphasis on the “inner world“ of man. ( )（A）William Howells（B） Henry James（C） Bret Harte（D）Hamlin Garland33 At the age of eighty-seven, read his poetry at the inauguration of President John F. Kennedy in 196( )（A）Robert Frost（B） Walt Whitman（C）
24、 Ezra Pound（D）T. S. Eliot34 Of all Herman Melvilles sea adventure stories, _ proves to be the best. ( )（A）Typee（B） Redburn（C） Moby Dick（D）Omoo35 Man is a “victim of forces over which he has no control. “ This is a notion held strongly by_. ( )（A）Robert Frost（B） Theodore Dreiser（C） Henry James（D）Haml
25、in Garland36 With the publication of_, Theodore Dreiser was launching himself upon a long career that would ultimately make him one of the most significant American writers of the school later known as literary naturalism. ( )（A）Sister Carrie（B） The Titan（C） An American Tragedy（D）The Stoic37 Nathani
26、el Hawthorne was affected by _s transcendentalist theory and struck up a very intimate relationship with him. ( )（A）H. W. Longfellow（B） Walt Whitman（C） R. W. Emerson（D）Washington Irving38 Among the following writers_ is generally regarded as the forerunner of the 20th-century “stream-of-consciousnes
27、s“ novels and the founder of psychological realism. ( )（A）T. S. Eliot（B） James Joyce（C） William Faulkner（D）Henry James39 Walt Whitman wrote down a great many poems to air his sorrow for the death of President _, and one of the famous is “When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom d. “ ( )（A）Washington（B
28、） Lincoln（C） Franklin（D）Kennedy40 The Marble Faun by Nathaniel Hawthorne, a romance set in , is concerned about the dark aberrations of the human spirit. ( )（A）France（B） Spain（C） England（D）Italy二、阅读理解41 “Shall I compare thee to a summers day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate: Rough winds do s
29、hake the darling buds of May, And summers lease hath all too short a date:“Questions:A. Whos the poet of the quoted stanza, and whats the title of the poem?B. What figure of speech is employed in the poem?C. What is the theme of the poem?42 “When the stars threw down their spears, And water d heaven
30、 with their tears,Did he smile his work to see?Did he who made the Lamb make thee?“Questions:A. Whos the poet of the quoted stanza, and whats the title of the poem?B. Whom does the “he“ refer to?C. What does the “Lamb“ symbolize?43 “My tongue, every atom of my blood, form d from this soil, this air,
31、 Born here of parents born here from parents the same, and their parents the same,I, now thirty-seven years old in perfect health begin,Hoping to cease not till death“Questions:A. Whos the poet of the quoted stanza, and whats the title of the poem?B. What do “soil“ and “air“ represent in the first l
32、ine?C. What does the poet try to say in the above quoted lines?44 “Is dying hard, Daddy?“No, I think its pretty easy, Nick. It all depends. “ Questions:A. Whos the author of the quoted part, and whats the title of the work?B. What was Nick preoccupied with when he asked the question?C. Why did the f
33、ather add “It all depends“ after he answered his sons question?三、简答题45 Whats the theme of Emily Brontes Wuthering Heights!46 It is said that B. Shaw s play Mrs. Warrens Profession, has a strong realistic theme, which fully reflects the dramatists Fabianist idea. Whats the theme of the work?47 Whats
34、the theme of Nathaniel Hawthornes Young Goodman Brown?48 Daisy Miller brought Henry James international fame for the first time. Whats the character of Daisy Miller, the protagonist?四、论述题49 Make a comment on the character of Jane Eyre, the heroine of the novel by Charlotte Bronte.50 Why are naturali
35、sts inevitably pessimistic in their view?2011 年 4 月全国自考（英美文学选读）真题试卷答案与解析一、单项选择题1 【正确答案】 D【试题解析】 雪莱最著名的政治抒情诗是致英格兰人民。这首诗在英国宪章运动时期成为英国共产党的战歌。2 【正确答案】 B【试题解析】 在查尔斯.狄更斯的艰难时代里，实用主义原则统治了英国的教育体系，损害了青少年的身心健康。3 【正确答案】 D【试题解析】 悲剧在托马斯.哈代的无名的裘德中更趋于绝望。这部小说中的男女主角渴望自由与爱情，但在世俗力量的压迫下，经历了一系列痛苦，不得不回到原先的生活轨道上。4 【正确答案】 B
36、【试题解析】 萧伯纳的早期戏剧的典型代表是鳏夫的房产和沃伦夫人的职业。5 【正确答案】 C【试题解析】 作为戏剧与音乐评论家，萧伯纳主张艺术应该为社会服务，应该反映人的生活与社会矛盾并教育广大人民。6 【正确答案】 B【试题解析】 虹和恋爱中的女人被认为是戴维.赫伯特.劳伦斯的代表作。象征主义与复杂的陈述在这两部作品中更为广泛地得到应用。7 【正确答案】 B【试题解析】 T.S.艾略特于 1948 年赢得了诺贝尔文学奖。8 【正确答案】 B【试题解析】 悲观主义笼罩了哈代后期的所有作品，使他成为著名的自然主义作家。9 【正确答案】 C【试题解析】 “你是不是觉得因为我生活贫穷、地位低微、长相平
37、凡、个子矮小，所以就没有头脑，毫无思想?假若上帝赐予我漂亮与富有，我敢保证你很难离开我，就像我现在很难离开你一样。”这段台词节选自简.爱。10 【正确答案】 C【试题解析】 狄更斯对人物的塑造是他小说的最大特点。11 【正确答案】 D【试题解析】 1903 年堪迪达(1895 年)在美国上演，从此，萧伯纳的一流戏剧家之名被奠定了。12 【正确答案】 A【试题解析】 简.奥斯汀的处女作理智与情感(1811 年)讲述了一对姐妹寻找如意郎君的故事。13 【正确答案】 A【试题解析】 “冬天如果已来临，春天还会遥远吗?”出自雪莱的西风颂。14 【正确答案】 D【试题解析】 我如行云独自游、傍晚漫步、我
38、心飞动及厅特恩教堂是威廉.华兹华斯描写自然风景的佳篇。15 【正确答案】 C【试题解析】 布莱克的天堂与地狱的结合(1790)一诗标志着他在创作上的成熟。16 【正确答案】 B【试题解析】 汤姆.琼斯为菲尔丁赢得了“散文荷马”的美誉，并将他创立的“散文喜剧史诗”发挥到了极点。17 【正确答案】 A【试题解析】 失乐园、复乐园和力士参孙是弥尔顿失明后的三部伟大诗作。其中力士参孙是古希腊诗剧体在英文中的完美体现。18 【正确答案】 B【试题解析】 TS 艾略特的著作 荒原不仅全面展现了现代西方社会物质上的错乱和精神上的颓败，而且也反映出战后一代人中盛行的幻灭与绝望。19 【正确答案】 C【试题解析
39、】 在李尔王中，莎士比亚不仅深刻剖析了罪恶横行的社会危机，也批判了新兴资产阶级的利己主义。20 【正确答案】 B【试题解析】 弥尔顿的失乐园是第一部最引人注目，也是继贝奥武甫之后惟一的一部公认的英国文学中的史诗。21 【正确答案】 A【试题解析】 布莱克的代表作天真之歌(1809 年)是一部受人喜爱的诗集，表述了一个愉快而纯真的世界，尽管这个世界也偶有苦难与罪恶。22 【正确答案】 B【试题解析】 1968 年，劳伦斯的三部戏剧作品，成为“劳伦斯三部曲”。这三部戏剧是矿工的周五夜晚(1909)、儿媳(1912) 以及守寡的霍尔罗伊德夫人(1914)。23 【正确答案】 C【试题解析】 由于受战
40、争经历的深远影响，海明威形成了自己的创作风格、小说主题和人物形象。24 【正确答案】 C【试题解析】 海明威曾说“冰山运动的尊严在于只有八分之一露出水面”。25 【正确答案】 A【试题解析】 在摩西，走下去里，福克纳把南方社会的黑人与和白人的关系看成命运休戚相关的血亲兄弟关系。26 【正确答案】 C【试题解析】 在死在下午(1932)中，海明威通过描写斗牛，表明了他的生死观。27 【正确答案】 B【试题解析】 福克纳曾说喧嚣与骚动是一部“失去天真”的小说，表现主人公束缚在过去思想中的强烈的主题。28 【正确答案】 A【试题解析】 惠特曼认为，“自由体诗”把诗歌带人了一片新天地，引起读者自由想象
41、和共鸣。29 【正确答案】 D【试题解析】 赫尔曼.麦尔维尔的第二大著作比利.伯德直到他死后 33 年，也就是 1924 年才出版。30 【正确答案】 A【试题解析】 1920 年，F.司各特.菲兹杰拉德的第一篇小说 人间天堂出版，这部小说从某种程度来说是他自己的故事。31 【正确答案】 B【试题解析】 与 20 世纪早期其他诗人不同，罗伯特.弗洛斯特既没有破坏旧诗，也没有创造新诗体。32 【正确答案】 B【试题解析】 詹姆斯的现实主义具有心理分析方法的倾向。他的小说关注人物内心的生活。33 【正确答案】 A【试题解析】 87 岁时罗伯特.里.弗洛斯特还在 1961 年约翰.肯尼迪总统的就职仪
42、式上吟诵他的诗。34 【正确答案】 C【试题解析】 在赫尔曼.迈尔维尔的海洋探险小说中，最著名的是白鲸。35 【正确答案】 B【试题解析】 人类是“各种力量交织在一起的受害者，这些力量人类是无法控制的。”这是西奥多.德莱塞强烈持有的观点。36 【正确答案】 A【试题解析】 嘉莉妹妹出版后，德莱塞的写作一直朝后来成为“自然主义”的一种创作倾向努力。37 【正确答案】 C【试题解析】 纳撒尼尔.霍桑深受 RV爱默生的超验主义理论的影响并且和他往来亲密。38 【正确答案】 D【试题解析】 亨利.詹姆斯被普遍认为是二十世纪意识流小说的先驱和心理现实主义的奠基者。39 【正确答案】 B【试题解析】 沃尔
43、特.惠特曼写了很多对林肯总统的逝世，表达伤感的诗。其中著名的一首是小院丁香花开时。40 【正确答案】 D【试题解析】 纳撒尼尔.霍桑的玉石雕像(1860 年)是一个发生在意大利的故事，讲述的是人类精神失常方面的东西。二、阅读理解41 【正确答案】 A. Sonnet 18 ,Shak espeare.B. Personification.C. A nice summers day is usually transient,but the beauty in poetry can last for ever.42 【正确答案】 A. The Tyger, William Blake.B. The
44、 God.C. Lamb symbolizes peace and purity.43 【正确答案】 A. Walt Whitman,“Song of Myself“.B. His native land, America or his country.C. I was born and nurtured by this land and shall from now on devote my whole life to the country. 44 【正确答案】 A. Ernest Hemingway, Indian Camp.B. Life and death.C. When the f
45、ather says that dying is pretty easy, he might be thinking about the self-murdered husband. But when he reflects on the wifes miracle survival of the violent pain in the whole process of birth,he adds the final sentence. Dying is both hard and easy, it all depends on individuals.三、简答题45 【正确答案】 A. Th
46、e novel is a riddle which means different things to different people.B. From a social point of view.it is a story about a poor man abused.C. As a love story,beautiful and horrible passion in human beings.46 【正确答案】 A. As one of the influential members of the Fabian Society, Shaw regarded the establis
47、hment of socialism by the emancipation of land and industrial capital from individual and class ownership as the final goal.B. As a realistic dramatist, he took the modern social issues as his subjects. Most of his plays are concerned with political, economic, moral, or religious problems.C. Mrs. Wa
48、rrens Profession is a play about the economic oppression of women.47 【正确答案】 A. Young Goodman Brown is essentially an allegory. It is concerned with a young Puritan who attends a witchess Sabbath in the woods.B. Goodman Browns journey is a symbolic journey of discovering sin and evil in human hearts. The discovery is horrible in that it makes Brown a distrust and doubtful man forever.C. In dealing with the theme of guilt and sin, Hawthorne exemplifies the “power of blackness“.D. The story faithfully reflects Hawthornes Puritan belief: “There is evil in every human heart, which may rem
