1、2012 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 Antonio,Bassanio and Portia are the characters in ( )（A）The Merchant of Venice（B） Much Ado About Nothing（C） Twelfth Night（D）A Midsummer Nights Dream2 John Milton wrote to expose the ways of Satan and to “justify the ways of God to men. “ ( )（A）Paradise Regain
2、ed（B） Paradise Lost（C） Samson Agonistes（D）Areopagitica3 The work_written by Daniel Defoe brought him into jail and made him go through public pillory. ( )（A）The Shortest Way with the Dissenters（B） The True-horn Englishman（C） Robinson Crusoe（D）A Journal of the Plague Year4 In the first part of Gulliv
3、ers Travels,Gulliver told his experience in ( )（A）Brobdingnag（B） Lilliput（C） Flying Island（D）Houyhnhnm5 For his contribution to the establishment of the form of the modern novel,_has been regarded by some as “Father of the English Novell ( )（A）Daniel Defoe（B） Jonathan Swift（C） Henry Fielding（D）Charl
4、es Dickens6 William Blakes was composed during the climax of the French Revolution and it plays the double role both as a satire and a revolutionary prophecy. ( )（A）Songs of Experience（B） Songs of Innocence（C） Marriage of Heaven and Hell（D）Poetical Sketches7 _maintained that the scenes and events of
5、 everyday life and the speech of ordinary people were the raw material of which poetry could and should be made. ( )（A）William Blake（B） William Wordsworth（C） T. S. Eliot（D）William Shakespeare8 Prometheus, the hero in Shellys poetic drama Prometheus Unbound, is a figure in ( )（A）The Bible（B） Greek My
6、thology（C） A German Legend（D）Arabian Nights9 Jane Austens first novel is ( )（A）Pride and Prejudice（B） Sense and Sensibility（C） Emma（D）Persuasion10 All of the following statements are true of Dickens later works EXCEPT_. ( )（A）There are fewer jokes and the comedy becomes harsher.（B） There is always a
7、 happy ending.（C） The novels are of great compactness and concentration.（D）Most of the works present a criticism of the more complicated and yet most fundamental social institutions and morals of Victorian England.11 Charlotte Brontes most autobiographical work, is largely based on her experience in
8、 Brussels. ( )（A）Jane Eyre（B） Shirley（C） Villette（D）The Professor12 All of the following novels by Thomas Hardy reveal the conflict between the traditional and the modern EXCEPT ( )（A）The Mayor of Casterbridge（B） Tess of the D Urbervilles（C） Jude the Obscure（D）Under the Greenwood Tree13 Much of Shav
9、ian drama is Constructed around the of a conventional theatrical situation. ( )（A）tradition（B） inversion（C） bordering（D）distortion14 As an important prose writer, in his famous essay, Tradition and Individual Talent, Eliot put great emphasis on the importance of both in creative writing and in criti
10、cism. ( )（A）change（B） creativity（C） ethic（D）tradition15 D.H.Lawrences novel is a remarkable novel in which the individual consciousness is subtly revealed and strands of themes are intricately wound up. ( )（A）Sons and Lovers（B） The Rainbow（C） Women in Love（D）Lady Chatterleys Lover16 All of the follo
11、wing plays are among Shakespeares four greated tragedies EXCEPT . ( )（A）Hamlet（B） Macbeth（C） Romio and Juliet（D）Othello17 The work_shows how mankind, in the person of Christ .withstands the tempter and is established once more in the divine favor. ( )（A）Paradise Regained（B） Paradise Lost（C） Samson A
12、gonistes（D）Areopagitica18 As one of the greatest masters of English prose, defined a good style as “proper words in proper places. “ ( )（A）Henry Fielding（B） Jonathan Swift（C） Daniel Defoe（D）William Blake19 Dickens best depicted characters are those innocent, virtuous, persecuted and helpless . . ( )
13、（A）child characters（B） females（C） laborors（D）farmers20 The author of the work The Return of the Native is _. ( )（A）Thomas Hardy（B） D.H. Lawrence（C） Charles Dickens（D）George Bernard Shaw21 “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock“,Eliots most striking early achievement,presents the meditation of an aging
14、 young man over the business of ( )（A）proposing marriage（B） pursuing the truth（C） losing idealism（D）making a choice22 D.H. Lawrences two novels, and Women in Love, are generally regarded as his masterpieces. ( )（A）Sons and Lovers（B） The Rainbow（C） Kangaroo（D）Lady Chatterleys Lover23 Hemingways To Ha
15、ve and Have Not is one of many to show his characteristics pattern of _ struggling against nature and the environment. ( )（A）a military army（B） a vulnerable group（C） a human society（D）a lonely individual24 According to Hawthorne, there is evil in every human heart, which may remain latent, perhaps,
16、through the whole life; but may rouse it to activity. ( )（A）music（B） circumstances（C） memory（D）love25 _is best-known as the author of his mighty book, Moby Dick , which is one of the worlds greatest masterpieces. ( )（A）Herman Melville（B） Mark Twain .（C） Ernest Hemingway（D）Virginia Woolf26 Walt Whitm
17、an is a poet with a strong sense of mission,having devoted all his life to the creation of the “ single“ poem, _. ( )（A）Innocents Abroad（B） The Lost Paradise（C） Leaves of Grass（D）The Waste Land27 While Mark Twain and Howells seemed to have paid more attention to the“life“ of the Americans, Henry Jam
18、es had apparently laid a greater emphasis on the “_“of man. ( )（A）outer world（B） inner world（C） physical world（D）domestic world28 Greatly and permanently affected by the _, Hemingway formed his own writing style, together with his theme and hero. ( )（A）War experiences（B） love experiences（C） marriage
19、（D）education29 Emily Dickinsons poetry is unique and _ in its own way. For example,her poems have no titles. ( )（A）traditional（B） unconventional（C） ordinary（D）unbelievable30 Theodore Dreiser entitled his greatest work with_intending to tell us that it is the social pressure that makes Clydes downfal
20、l inevitable. ( )（A）Death in the Woods（B） Tender Is the Night（C） The Sound and the Fury（D）An American Tragedy31 Robert Lee Frosts won him the first Pulitzer Prizes, which includes“ Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening. “ ( )（A）North Boston（B） The Gift Outrigtht（C） New Hampshire（D）A Boys Will32 Fitzg
21、erald is a great in American literature and his style is closely related to his themes. ( )（A）poet（B） critic（C） essayist（D）stylist33 It is Henry James movels and his_that make him a fascinating case in the American literary history and a conspicuous figure in world literature. ( )（A）literary essays（
22、B） travel accounts（C） poems（D）plays34 The major concern of Faulkners is primarily about the South as a state of mind. ( )（A）The Sun Also Rises（B） Light in August（C） The Fable（D）The Mansion35 Compelled by an unceasing interest in the “interior of the heart“ of mans being, Hawthorne discusses in almos
23、t every book he wrote. ( )（A）love and hatred（B） sin and evil（C） frustration and self-denial（D）balance and self-discipline36 The purpose of Melvilles fictional tales, exotic or philosophical, is to penetrate as deeply as possible into the metaphysical, theological, moral, psychological, and social tr
24、uths of ( )（A）human existence（B） politics（C） religion（D）arts37 According to Whitman, poetry could enable Americans to celebrate their release from the Old World and the rule. ( )（A）academic（B） official（C） colonial（D）legislative38 Being a boys book specially written for the adults, is Mark Twains mos
25、t representative work, describing a journey down the Mississippi undertaken by Huck and Jim. ( )（A）Innocents Abroad（B） The Gilded Age（C） Life on the Mississippi（D）Adventures of Huckleberry Finn39 One of Henry James literary techniques innovated to cater for the psychological emphasis is his . ( )（A）
26、narrative “point of view“（B） rhetorical devices（C） way of using metaphors（D）way of using symbols40 More than five hundred poems Emily Dickenson wrote are about nature,in which her general _ about the relationship between man and nature is well-expressed. ( )（A）skepticism（B） belief（C） appreciation（D）
27、passion二、阅读理解41 Into this fence or fortress, with infinite labour,I carryd all my riches, all my provisions, ammunition, and stores, of which you have the account above;and I made me a large tent,which,to preserve me from the rains that in one part of the year are very violent there, I made double,
28、viz. one smaller tent within, and one larger tent above it, and covered the uppermost with a large tarpaulin which I had saved among the sails.Questions:A. Identify the author and the title of the novel from which this passage is taken.B. Who is the narrator?C. What are the narrators characteristics
29、 and whom does he represent?42 MRS. WARREN, after looking at her helplessly, begins to whimper Vi vieVIVIE. springing up sharply Now pray dont begin to cry. Anything but that. I really cannot stand whimpering. I will go out of the room if you do.MRS. WARREN. piteouslyOh, my darling, how can you be s
30、o hard on me? Have I no rights over you as your mother?VIVIE. Are you my mother?MRS. WARREN, appalledAm I your mother! Oh, Vivie!ViVIE. Then where are our relatives? my father? our family friends? You claim the rights of a mother: the right to call me fool and child; to speak to me as no woman in au
31、thority over me at college dare speak to me;to dictate my way of life;and to force on me the acquaintance of a brute whom anyone can see to be the most vicious sort of London man about town. Before I give myself the trouble to resist such claims, I may as well find out whether they have any real exi
32、stence. Questions:A. Identify the author and the title of the play from which the part is taken.B. Summarize the theme of the play in one or two sentences.C. What kind of person is the protagonist Vivie?43 I celebrate myself,and sing myself. And what I assume you shall assume,For every atom belongin
33、g to me as good belongs to you. Questions:A. Identify the poet and the title of the poem from which the stanza is taken.B. What does the word“you“ refer to?C. What does the poet express in the stanza?44 We slowly droveHe knew no haste, And I had put awayMy labor and my leisure too,Tor His CivilityWe
34、 passed the School,where Children stroveAt Recessin the Ring We passed the Fields of Gazing Grain We passed the Setting Sun Questions:A. Identify the poet and the title of the poem from which the above stanzas are taken.B. What figure of speech is used in Line 1 and Line 4?C. What do“the School“, “t
35、he Fields of Gazing Grain“and “the Setting Sun“ represent?三、简答题45 What is the theme of Jane Austen Pride and Prejudice!46 What does the poem“The Chimney Sweeper (from Songs of Experience)“ reveal?47 What is “Hemingway Code Heroes“?48 Give a brief analysis of Emily Grierson, the protagonist of A Rose
36、 for Emily by Eaulkner.四、论述题49 Discuss briefly Thomas Hardys literary achievement in terms of the setting,the literary tendency and literary features.50 Comment briefly on Robert Frosts nature poetry.2012 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】 A2 【正确答案】 B3 【正确答案】 A4 【正确答案】 B5 【正确答案】 C6 【正确答案】 C7
37、【正确答案】 B8 【正确答案】 B9 【正确答案】 B10 【正确答案】 B11 【正确答案】 C12 【正确答案】 D13 【正确答案】 B14 【正确答案】 D15 【正确答案】 C16 【正确答案】 C17 【正确答案】 A18 【正确答案】 B19 【正确答案】 A20 【正确答案】 A21 【正确答案】 A22 【正确答案】 B23 【正确答案】 D24 【正确答案】 B25 【正确答案】 A26 【正确答案】 C27 【正确答案】 B28 【正确答案】 A29 【正确答案】 B30 【正确答案】 D31 【正确答案】 C32 【正确答案】 D33 【正确答案】 A34 【正确答案
38、】 B35 【正确答案】 B36 【正确答案】 A37 【正确答案】 C38 【正确答案】 D39 【正确答案】 A40 【正确答案】 A二、阅读理解41 【正确答案】 A. From Daniel Defoes Robinson Crusoe.B. Robinson Crusoe.C. Robinson is a typical 18th century English middle class man, with a great capacity for work, inexhaustible energy, courage, patience and persistence in ove
39、rcoming obstacles, in struggling against the hostile natural environment. He is the very prototype of the empire builder, the pioneer colonist.42 【正确答案】 A. George Bernard Shaw,Mrs. Warrens profession.B. The play is about the economic oppression of women.C. Vivie is a kind of new woman, intelligent a
40、nd well educated, with a strong sense of injustice and a passion for “honest“ work.43 【正确答案】 A. From Walt Whitmans “Song of Myself“.B. The democratic “en-masse“ of America.C. The genuine participation of a poet in a common cultural was to behave as a supreme individualist; however, the poets essenti
41、al purpose was to identify his ego with the world, and with the democratic “enmasse“of America. 44 【正确答案】 A. From Emily Dickinsons “Because I could not stop for Death-“.B. Personification.C. They represent three stages of life: “the School“youth; “the Fields of Gazing“mature period;“the Setting Sun“
42、end of life.三、简答题45 【正确答案】 Pride and Prejudice ,originally drafted as “First Impressions“ in 1796,is the most delightful of Jane Austens works. The title tells of a major concern of the novel:pride and prejudice. 46 【正确答案】 The two “Chimney Sweeper“ poems are good examples to reveal the realtion betw
43、een an economic circtmatance, i. e. the exploitation of child labor,and an ideological circumstance, i. e. the role played by religion in making people compliant to exploitation. The poem from the Songs of Experience reveals the true nature of religion which helps bring misery to the poor children.
44、47 【正确答案】 Hemingways world is limited. He deals with a limited range of characters in quite similar circumstances and measures them against an unvarying code, known as “grace under pressure“, which is actually an attitude towards life that Hemingway had been trying to demonstrate is his works. Those
45、 who survive in the process of seeking to master the code with the honesty, the discipline, and the restraint are Hemingway Code Heroes. 48 【正确答案】 Set in the town of Jefferson in Yoknapatawpa,the story focuses on Emily Grierson,an eccentric spinster who refuses to accept the passage of time,or the i
46、nevitable charge and loss that accompanied it. As a descendent of the Southern aristocracy, Emily is typical of those in Faulkners. Yoknapatwapha stories who are the symbols of the Old South but the prisoners of the past. 四、论述题49 【正确答案】 A. Hardys novels are all Victorian in date. Most of them are se
47、t in Wessex,the fictional primitive and crude rural region which is really the home place he both loves and hates, such as The Return of the Native ,Tess of the DUrbervilles and Jude the Obscure. These works,known as “novels of character and environment,“ are the most representative of him as both a
48、 naturalistic and a critical realist writer. B. Living at the turn of the century, Hardy is often regarded as a transitional writer. In him we see the influence from both the past and the modern, the pessimistic view of life predominates most of Hardys later works and earns him a reputation as a nat
49、uralistic writer. Though Naturalism seems to have played an important part in Hardys works,there is also bister and sharp criticism and even open challenge of the irrational, hypocritical and unfair Victorian institutions,conventions and morals.C. He tells very good stories and he is a great painter of nature. His heroes and heroines,those unfortunate young men and women in their desperate struggle for personal fulfillment and happiness,are all vividly and
