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1、2016 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 The tragic sense turns into despair in Thomas Hardy s_, where the protagonists have to kill their own will 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 D Urbervilles(D)Jude

2、the Obscure2 William Shakespeare wrote_history plays in the first period of his dramatic career.(A)3(B) 4(C) 5(D)63 Paradise Lost is a masterpiece by_.(A)Christopher Marlow(B) John Milton(C) William Shakespeare(D)Ben Johnson4 The typical representatives of G.B. Shaw s early plays are_.(A)Man and Sup

3、erman; The Apple Cart(B) Widower s House; Mrs. Warrens Profession(C) Candida; Warren s Profession(D)The Apple Cart; Widower s House5 The person who can penetrate to the heart of things and give the readers the very life of nature is_.(A)William Wordsworth(B) John Milton(C) Daniel Defoe(D)William Sha

4、kespeare6 In which novel can the word “Yahoo“ be found?(A)John Bunyan s Pilgrims Progress.(B) Edmund Spencer s The Faerie Queen.(C) Jonathan Swift s Gulliver s Travels.(D)Henry Fielding s Tom Jones.7 T. S. Eliot won the Nobel Prize of Literature in_.(A)1935(B) 1948(C) 1962(D)19768 Which of the follo

5、wing is NOT true in terms of Pride and Prejudice?(A)It is the most popular of Jane Austen s novels.(B) It is originally drafted as “First Impressions“.(C) It is a tragic novel.(D)It explores the relationship between great love and realistic benefits.9 Thomas Hardy s pessimistic view of life predomin

6、ates most of his later works and earns him a reputation as a_writer.(A)realistic(B) naturalistic(C) romantic(D)stylistic10 Shelley s greatest achievement is his four-act poetic drama_.(A)Hellas(B) Prometheus Unbound(C) Zastrozzi(D)Queen Mab11 The novel Emma is written by_.(A)Mary Shelley(B) Charlott

7、e Bronte(C) Elizabeth C. Gaskell(D)Jane Austen12 As a critic of music and drama, _thought that art should serve social purposes by reflecting human life, revealing social contradictions and educating the common people.(A)T. S. Eliot(B) Oscar Wilde(C) George Bernard Shaw(D)W.B. Yeats13 The poetic lin

8、e “If winter comes, can spring be far behind?“ is quoted from_.(A)Don Juan(B) Kubla Khan(C) To Autumn(D)Ode to the West Wind14 Which of the following novels is NOT written by Dickens?(A)A Tale of Two Cities.(B) The Mill on the Floss.(C) The Pickwick Papers.(D)Great Expectations.15 William Blake s_ma

9、rks his entry into maturity.(A)Poetical Sketches(B) Songs of Innocence(C) Marriage of Heaven and Hell(D)Songs of Experience16 Henry Fielding s_brings him the name of “Prose Homer“.(A)The History of Jonathan Wild the Great(B) The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling(C) The History of Amelia(D)The Histor

10、y of Joseph Andrews17 Daniel Defoe describes_as a typical English middle-class man of the 18th century, the very prototype of the empire builder, the pioneer colonist.(A)Robinson Crusoe(B) Moll Flanders(C) Gulliver(D)Tome Jones18 The greatest English critical realist novelist was_, who criticized th

11、e bourgeois civilization and showed the misery of the common people.(A)William Makepeace Thackeray(B) Jane Austen(C) Charles Dickens(D)Charlotte Bronte19 The success of Jane Eyre is partly due to its introduction to the English novel the first _heroine.(A)explorer(B) peasant(C) worker(D)governess20

12、Which of the following works was NOT written by David Herbert Laurence?(A)Lady Chatterley s Lover.(B) The Picture of Dorian Gray.(C) Sons and Lovers.(D)Women in Love.21 T. S. Eliot s _has been hailed as a landmark and a model of the 20th century English poetry.(A)Four Quartets(B) The Waste Land(C) A

13、sh Wednesday(D)Collected Poems22 Which of the following is NOT the major figure of English modernist movement?(A)James Joyce.(B) Ezra Pound.(C) T. S. Eliot.(D)Charles Dickens.23 Hawthorne s literary world turns out to be a most disturbed, tormented and_one possible to imagine.(A)humorous(B) bright(C

14、) problematical(D)complex24 The abundance of themes in Whitman s poetry voices_.(A)evil(B) sins(C) darkness(D)freshness25 Billy Budd by Melville deals with the sea and_and the theme of a conflict between innocence and corruption.(A)workers(B) sailors(C) farmers(D)policemen26 Mark Twain s best works

15、were produced when_.(A)he was in the prime of his life(B) he was in London(C) he got married(D)he went to Europe27 Henry James toured England, France and Italy, and met Flaubert, Maupassant, Turgenev and _, who exerted a great influence on James.(A)Russell Ash(B) Zola(C) Vincent Alsop(D)Elizabeth Am

16、herst28 Dickinson s poems are usually based on her own experiences, _.(A)her sorrows and joys(B) her marriage(C) her illness(D)her family29 In 1925 Dreiser s greatest work_appeared. But it was banned in Boston in 1927.(A)Death in the Woods(B) Old Rogaum and His Theresa(C) An American Tragedy(D)The C

17、all of the Wild30 Frost is generally considered a regional poet whose subject matters mainly focus on the landscape and people in _.(A)New England(B) Boston(C) Chicago(D)NewYork31 Hemingway s first true novel is_.(A)The Sun Also Rises(B) Dreiser Looks at Russia(C) An American Tragedy(D)Old Rogaum an

18、d His Theresa32 In almost every book by Hawthorne, he discusses sin and_.(A)evil(B) politics(C) American dream(D)culture33 Whitman shows concern for_and the burgeoning life of cities.(A)American poets(B) the whole hardworking people(C) American novelists(D)political leaders34 Moby-Dick is regarded a

19、s the first American_.(A)novel(B) drama(C) prose epic(D)poem35 All Mark Twain s masterworks drew upon the scenes and_of his boyhood and youth.(A)sadness(B) love(C) happiness(D)emotions36 It is Henry James _and his novels that make him a fascinating case in the American literary history.(A)literary e

20、ssays(B) autobiographies(C) travel accounts(D)book reviews37 In some of Dickinson s poems she wrote about her doubt and belief about_.(A)love(B) politics(C) family(D)religious subjects38 Dreiser was influenced by many writers, but his true literary influences were from_, Balzac and Charles Darwin.(A

21、)Soame Jenyns(B) Herbert Spencer(C) Elinor James(D)Selwyn Jepson39 “New Hampshire“ won Frost the first of four_.(A)Le Prix Goncourts(B) David Cohen Prizes(C) Pulitzer Prizes(D)Nobel Prizes40 Hemingway s second big success is_, which wrote the epitaph to a decade and to the whole generation in the 19

22、20s.(A)The Scarlet Letter(B) A Farewell to Arms(C) Civil Disobedience(D)The Last Tycoon二、阅读理解41 Too well I see and rue the dire event That with sad overthrow and foul defeat Hath lost us Heaven, and all this mighty host In horrible destruction laid thus low, As far as gods and heavenly essencesCan p

23、erish:for the mind and spirit remainsInvincible, and vigor soon returns, Though all our glory extinct, and happy stateHere swallowed up in endless misery.Questions:A. What is the title of the poem from which the stanza is taken? Who is the author?B What does “the dire event“ refer to in the first li

24、ne?C. What is the theme of this poem?42 I wandered lonely as a cloudThat floats on high o er vales and hills, When all at once I saw a crowd, A host, of golden daffodils; Beside the lake, beneath the trees, Fluttering and dancing in the breeze. Questions:A. What is the title of the poem from which t

25、he stanza is taken? Who is the author?B. What is the figure of speech used in the first line?C. What is the poet s attitude toward nature?43 Almost simultaneously, with a mighty volition of ungraduated, instantaneous swiftness, the White Whale darted through the weltering sea. But when Ahab cried ou

26、t to the steersman to take new turns with the line, and hold it so; and commanded the crew to turn round on their seats, and tow the boat up to the mark; the moment the treacherous line felt that double strain and tug, it snapped in the empty air!Questions:A. What is the title of the novel from whic

27、h the excerpt is taken? Who is the author?B. What scene is depicted in this excerpt?C. What does the white whale symbolize? And why?44 “Who is he“ I demanded. “Do you know?“ “ He s just a man named Gatsby. “Where is he from, I mean? And what does he do?“Now you re started on the subject, “she answer

28、ed with a wan smile. “Well, he told me once he was an Oxford man. “A dim background started to take shape behind him, but at her next remark it faded away.“However, I dont believe it. “Why not?“I dont know, “she insisted, “I just dont think he went there. “Questions:A. What is the title of the novel

29、 from which the excerpt is taken? Who is the author?B. What does Gatsby s failure stand for?C. What does the underlined sentence mean?三、简答题45 What are the general features of Shakespeare s romantic comedies?46 What is your comment on the main features of Bernard Shaw s plays in terms of the plots or

30、 the talk?47 How do you interpret the meaning of “the damned human race“ with reference to The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain?48 “Young Goodman Brown“ by Hawthorne exemplifies the power of blackness in society in general. What is the metaphorical meaning of Brown s experience in the wo

31、ods?四、论述题49 As a novelist Jane Austen writes within a very narrow sphere. In her novels, there is little reflection on the events that stirred the whole Europe at the time. Briefly discuss the weak points and strong points of the narrowness of her writings.50 Robert Frost has long been well known as

32、 a poet who can hardly be classified with the old or the new. Briefly discuss the style of his poetry.2016 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】 托马斯-哈代是英国著名的诗人、小说家,无名的裘德是他最优秀的作品之一。小说以悲怆的笔调叙述了男主人公裘德和女主人公淑反抗世俗道德和僵化的宗教,但付出高昂而又惨痛的代价却也终难如愿的悲剧故事。2 【正确答案】 C【试题解析】 威廉-莎士比亚是英国文学史上最杰出的剧作家和诗人,也是西方乃至

33、全世界最卓越的文学家之一。他的戏剧创作生涯可以分为四个阶段,在第一阶段他创作了五部历史剧和四部喜剧故事。3 【正确答案】 B【试题解析】 约翰-弥尔顿是英国文学史上最伟大的诗人之一。他最著名的作品是以圣经故事为题材的长篇诗作失乐园复乐园力士参孙。4 【正确答案】 B【试题解析】 萧伯纳是英国现代杰出的现实主义戏剧作家,他早期的戏剧主要关心社会问题,批判社会中的经济、宗教问题,主要代表作为鳏夫的财产华伦夫人的职业。5 【正确答案】 A【试题解析】 威廉-华兹华斯是英国著名的浪漫主义诗人,被誉为“桂冠诗人”。华兹华斯被称为是“自然的崇拜者”,他的诗追求简单朴素的风格,展示自然之美,具有别人无法企及

34、的纯净深远之美。6 【正确答案】 C【试题解析】 乔纳森-斯威夫特是英国作家、政论家和讽刺文学大师。“Yahoo”出自他的讽刺文学作品格列佛游记。7 【正确答案】 B【试题解析】 T-S-艾略特是著名诗人、剧作家和文学批评家,现代派诗歌运动领袖。于 1943 年结集出版的四个四重奏使他获得了 1948 年度诺贝尔文学奖并确立了当时在世的最伟大英语诗人和作家的地位。8 【正确答案】 C【试题解析】 傲慢与偏见是英国著名女性小说家简奥斯汀的代表作之一,原名最初的印象,探讨了爱情与现实利益之间的关系,通过对婚姻问题的描写展示了当时英国社会的生活画面。9 【正确答案】 B【试题解析】 托马斯-哈代的作

35、品往往带有宿命论的悲剧色彩,从作品还乡开始,悲伤感成为了他小说中的主旋律,为他赢得了自然主义作家的声誉。10 【正确答案】 B【试题解析】 雪莱是英国浪漫主义民主诗人,四幕诗剧解放了的普罗米修斯是他最伟大的作品之一,采用古代神话题材,表达了反抗专制统治的斗争必将获胜的信念和空想社会主义的理想。11 【正确答案】 D【试题解析】 简-奥斯汀是英国著名女性小说家,她的主要作品有理智与情感傲慢与偏见爱玛劝导等。12 【正确答案】 C【试题解析】 萧伯纳是英国现代杰出的现实主义戏剧作家,在艺术上萧伯纳主张写社会问题,反对奥斯卡-王尔德的“为艺术而艺术”的唯美主义主张,提倡剧本的任务是引起观众的思考,萧

36、伯纳的戏剧最突出的特点是紧密结合现实政治斗争,敢于触及资本主义社会最本质的问题。13 【正确答案】 D【试题解析】 雪莱是英国浪漫主义民主诗人,他的作品中最为读者传颂的是抒情诗西风颂的结尾:“如果冬天来了,春天还会远吗?”14 【正确答案】 B【试题解析】 查尔斯狄更斯是十九世纪英国最伟大的作家之一,也是一位以反映现实生活见长的作家,他的主要作品有双城记匹克威克外传远大前程雾都孤儿等。弗洛斯河上的磨坊是乔治-爱略特的作品。15 【正确答案】 C【试题解析】 威廉-布莱克是英国第一位重要的浪漫主义诗人、版画家,英国文学史上最重要的伟大诗人之一。他的主要诗作有诗集纯真之歌经验之歌,诗作天堂与地狱的

37、婚姻标志着他的创造进入成熟阶段,在这首诗中布雷克探索了对立事物之间的关系,提出没有对立就没有进步。16 【正确答案】 B【试题解析】 亨利-菲尔丁是 18 世纪英国启蒙运动的代表人物之一,他的代表作弃儿汤姆-琼斯的故事讲述了一个被遗弃的孩子的故事,为他赢得了“散文荷马”之名。17 【正确答案】 A【试题解析】 鲁滨逊是丹尼尔-笛福的作品鲁滨孙漂流记中的主人公,他的形象显示了男人的坚毅性格、英雄本色以及乐观向上的精神,体现了资产阶级上升时期的创造精神、开拓精神和斗争的精神,被认为是 18 世纪英国中产阶级的典型。18 【正确答案】 C【试题解析】 查尔斯-狄更斯是维多利亚时代最伟大的批判现实主义

38、小说家之一,他描写了很多生活在社会底层的“小人物”的生活遭遇,深刻地反映了当时英国复杂的社会现实,为英国批判现实主义文学的开拓和发展做出了卓越的贡献。19 【正确答案】 D【试题解析】 简-爱是十九世纪英国著名的女作家夏洛蒂 勃朗特的代表作,书中的女主人公简-爱是一个家庭教师,她敢于反抗,敢于争取自由和平等地位,从不因为自己是一个地位低贱的家庭教师而感到自卑,反而坚持自己作为个人的尊严,这是简-爱最具有精神魅力的地方。20 【正确答案】 B【试题解析】 戴维-赫伯特-劳伦斯是英国作家,是 20 世纪英语文学中最重要的人物之一,他的主要作品有恋爱中的女人儿子与情人查泰莱夫人的情人。道林-格雷的画

39、像是王尔德的作品。21 【正确答案】 B【试题解析】 T-S-艾略特是著名诗人、剧作家和文学批评家,诗歌现代派运动领袖。1922 年发表的荒原为他赢得了国际声誉,被评论界看作是二十世纪最有影响力的一部诗作,被认为是英美现代诗歌的里程碑。22 【正确答案】 D【试题解析】 查尔斯-狄更斯是维多利亚时代的批判现实主义小说家,詹姆斯-乔伊斯、T-S-艾略特和艾泽拉-庞德均属于现代主义的主要代表人物。23 【正确答案】 C【试题解析】 纳撒尼尔-霍桑是 19 世纪前半期美国最伟大的小说家之一,描写社会和人性的阴暗面是霍桑作品的突出特点。他着重探讨道德和罪恶的问题,揭露社会罪恶和人的劣根性。24 【正确

40、答案】 D【试题解析】 沃尔特-惠特曼是美国诗人、散文家、新闻工作者及人文主义者。他认为诗歌能在创造一个民族的过程中发挥至关重要的作用,诗歌能帮助美国人民摆脱旧社会并重新认识自己所处的地位,因此他诗歌主题的丰富性意味着新鲜和生机。25 【正确答案】 B【试题解析】 赫尔曼-梅尔维尔是 19 世纪美国最伟大的小说家、散文家和诗人之一。比利-巴德是他的代表作之一,故事讲述了善良的青年水手比利-巴德的不幸遭遇。26 【正确答案】 A【试题解析】 马克-吐温是美国作家、幽默大师、小说家,19 世纪后期美国现实主义文学的杰出代表之一。他写作生涯中最好的作品都是在早期创作的,包括:哈克贝利-费恩历险记汤姆

41、索亚历险记。27 【正确答案】 B【试题解析】 亨利-詹姆斯是 19 世纪美国继霍桑、梅尔维尔之后最伟大的小说家之一,也是美国乃至世界文学史上的大文豪。他的创作受到了福楼拜、莫泊桑、屠格涅夫和左拉的影响。28 【正确答案】 A【试题解析】 艾米莉-狄金森是美国传奇诗人,被视为二十世纪现代主义诗歌的先驱之一,她的诗作经常是以自己的情感经历为基础的,但她也关注整个人类的问题,包括宗教、死亡、爱情和自然等。29 【正确答案】 C【试题解析】 西奥多-德莱塞是美国现代小说的先驱、现实主义作家之一,他的作品贴近广大人民的生活,诚实、大胆、充满了生活的激情,1925 年发表了以真实的犯罪案件为题材的长篇小

42、说美国的悲剧,大胆揭露了资本主义美国的腐化堕落,因此 1927 年在波士顿被禁。30 【正确答案】 A【试题解析】 罗伯特-弗罗斯特是美国诗人,曾四度获得普利策奖,被称为美国文学中的桂冠诗人。弗罗斯特的抒情诗主要描写了大自然和农民,尤其是新英格兰的景色和北方的农民。31 【正确答案】 A【试题解析】 海明威是美国作家和记者,被认为是 20 世纪最著名的小说家之一。太阳照样升起是海明威的第一部长篇小说,作者借此成为“迷惘的一代”的代言人,并开创了海明威式的独特文风。32 【正确答案】 A【试题解析】 霍桑的文学世界是非常混乱痛苦的,几乎在他每部作品里都讨论犯罪与罪恶,这可能与他的人生观有关,他认

43、为“人人内心都有邪恶,这种邪恶可能一生都潜藏在内心,但也可能在一定的条件下表现出来。”33 【正确答案】 B【试题解析】 美国诗人惠特曼是一个有着强烈使命感的人,他关心整个劳动阶级的人民和快速发展的城市生活。34 【正确答案】 C【试题解析】 莫比-迪克又叫白鲸,是美国小说家赫尔曼-梅尔维尔的代表作之一,是美国第部散文体史诗,它不仅是海上生活的生动描述,也象征着追求宇宙真理的心路历程及对人类现实和心理的精神探索。35 【正确答案】 D【试题解析】 马克-吐温写作生涯中最好的作品都是在早期创作的,并且来源于童年和青年时期的情景和感情。36 【正确答案】 A【试题解析】 亨利-詹姆斯的小说和散文使

44、他成为美国文学史上极具吸引力的一员。37 【正确答案】 D【试题解析】 美国诗人艾米莉-狄金森的诗作经常是以自己的情感经历为基础的,但在一些诗作里,她也表达了自己在宗教方面的信仰和疑惑。38 【正确答案】 B【试题解析】 西奥多-德莱塞的文学创作受到很多作家的影响,但对他影响最深的是巴尔扎克、达尔文和斯宾塞。39 【正确答案】 C【试题解析】 弗罗斯转曾四度获得普利策奖,1923 年发表的新罕布什尔使他第一次获得该奖。40 【正确答案】 B【试题解析】 继太阳照样升起使海明威成为“迷惘的一代”的代言人之后,永别了,武器使海明威获得了又一次成功,小说讲述了受伤的美国士兵弗利德利克-亨利和英国护士

45、凯瑟琳-巴克莉悲剧的爱情故事,影响了一代人。二、阅读理解41 【正确答案】 A. Paradise Lost. Milton. B. The loss of Heaven. C. The theme is the “Fall of Man, “ i. e. Man s disobedience and the loss of Paradise, with its prime causeSatan.42 【正确答案】 A. “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud“. Wordsworth. B. Simile. C. To Wordsworth, nature acts as

46、 a substitute for imaginative and intellectual engagement with the development of embodied human beings in their diverse circumstances.43 【正确答案】 A. Moby Dick/The White Whale. Melville. B. Whale catching. C. The white whale symbolizes nature for Melville, for it is complex, unfathomable, malignant an

47、d beautiful as well.44 【正确答案】 A. The Great Gatsby. Fitzgerald. B. His failure stands for the end of American Dream. C. People began to know something about his background, but the following conversation indicated that his background information was false.三、简答题45 【正确答案】 In his romantic comedies, Shak

48、espeare takes an optimistic attitude toward love and youth. He creates tension, ambiguity, a self-conscious and self-delighting artifice that is at once intellectually exciting and emotionally engaging. The sophistication derives in part from the play between high, outgoing romance and dark forces of negativity and hate.46 【正确答案】 Shaw s plays have plots, but they do not work by plots. The plot is usually the disregarded backbone to one long, unbroken conversation. It is the vitality of the talk that takes primacy over mere story. Action is reduced to a minimum, while the dialogue

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