1、全国自考（英美文学选读）模拟试卷 13 及答案与解析一、单项选择题1 Gulliver s Travels contains_ parts, each dealing with one particular voyage during his extraordinary adventures on some remote island.（A）two（B） three（C） four（D）five2 Which of the following one is among the famous novelists of the critical realists in the Victorian
2、Period?（A）Thomas Hardy.（B） Charles Dickens.（C） Robert Browning.（D）Jane Austen.3 _ novels are all Victorian in date. Most of them are set in Wessex, the fictional primitive and crude rural region which is really the home place he both loves and hates.（A）Hardy s（B） Bronte s（C） Lawrence s（D）Joyce s4 Th
3、e author of the book “Dombey and son“ is _.（A）Charles Dickens（B） Henry James（C） Robert Browning（D）Robert Lee Frost5 T. S. Eliot s early poems are marked by _ in comparison to his later ones.（A）a philosophical and emotional calm（B） a set of historical, cultural and religious themes（C） a dreamy qualit
4、y, expressing melancholy and self-indulgent feelings（D）a mood of disillusionment and the sufferings of modern people6 The frank discussion of_in his novel Lady Chatterley s Lover is the chief reason why D. H. Lawrence had been accused of pornographic writing.（A）hell（B） death（C） sex（D）love7 _believed
5、 he had turned the poem into an open field, an area of vital possibility where the reader could allow his own imagination to play.（A）Whitman（B） Blake（C） Pound（D）Longfellow8 While Marie Twain and William Dean Howells satirized European manners at times, _ was an admirer of ancient European civilizati
6、on.（A）O. Henry（B） Henry James（C） Walt Whitman（D）Jack London9 Allen Ginsberg, whose “Howl“ became the manifesto of_.（A）the Westward Movement（B） the Utopian Movement（C） the Beat Movement（D）the Romantic Movement10 In Shakespeares The Merchant of Venice, Antonio could not pay back the money he borrowed
7、from Shylock, because_.（A）his money was all invested in the newly-emerging textile industry（B） his enterprise went bankrupt（C） Bassanio was able to pay his own debt（D）his ships had all been lost11 The 18th century witnessed a new literary formthe modern English novel, which, contrary to the medieval
8、 romance, gives a_presentation of life of the common people.（A）romantic（B） realistic（C） prophetic（D）idealistic12 “An honest, kind-hearted young man, who is full of animal spirit and lacks prudence, is expelled from the paradise and has to go through hard experience to gain knowledge of himself and f
9、inally to have been accepted both by a virtuous lady and a rich relative. “The above sentence may well sum up the theme of Fielding s work_.（A）Jonathan Wild the Great（B） Tom Jones（C） The Coffee-House Politician（D）Amelia13 “He was silent with conceit of his son. Mrs. Morel sniffed, as if it were noth
10、ing. “ (Sons and Lovers by D. H. Lawrence) From the above quotation, we can see that Mrs. Morel s attitude to her husband is_.（A）sincerely warm（B） genuinely kind（C） seemingly angry（D）merely contemptuous14 Whitman s poems are characterized by all the following features EXCEPT_.（A）the strict poetic fo
11、rm（B） the free and natural rhythm（C） the easy flow of feelings（D）the simple and conversational language15 Which of the following works best illustrates the Calvinistic view of original sin?（A）Stowe s Uncle Tom s Cabin.（B） James s The Portrait of A Lady.（C） Hemingway s A Farewell to Arms.（D）Hawthorne
12、 s The Scarlet Letter.16 In Daisy Miller, Henry James reveals Daisy s_by showing her relatively unreserved manners.（A）hypocrisy（B） cold and indifference（C） grace and patience（D）Americaness17 The raft with which Huck and Jim make their voyage down the Mississippi River may symbolize all the following
13、 EXCEPT_.（A）a return to nature（B） an escape from evils, injustices, and corruption of the civilized society（C） the American society in the early 19 th century（D）a small world where people of different colors can live friendly and happily18 Shakespeare s tragedies include all the following EXCEPT_.（A
14、）Hamlet and King Lear（B） Antony and Cleopatra and Macbeth（C） Julius Caesar and Othello（D）The Merchant of Venice and A Midsummer Night s Dream19 “What is his name?“ “Bingley. “Is he married or single?“ Oh! Single, my dear, to be sure! A single man of large fortune; four or five thousand a year. What
15、a fine thing for our girls!“The above dialogue must be taken from_.（A）Jane Austen s Pride and Prejudice（B） Emily Bronte s Wuthering Heights（C） John Galsworthy s The Forsyte Saga（D）George Eliot s Middlemarch20 Here are two lines taken from The Merchant of Venice: “ Not on thy sole, but on thy soul, h
16、arsh Jew/Thou mak st thy knife keen. “ What kind of figurative device is used in the above lines?（A）Simile.（B） Metonymy.（C） Pun.（D）Synecdoche.21 In_, Robert Frost compares life to a journey, and he is doubtful whether he will regret his choice or not when he is old, because the choice has made all t
17、he difference.（A）After Apple-Picking（B） The Road Not Taken（C） Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening（D）Fire and Ice22 Though Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson were romantic poets in theme and technique, they differ from each other in a variety of ways. For one thing, whereas Whitman likes to keep his e
18、ye on human society at large, Dickinson often addresses such issues as_, immortality, religion, love and nature.（A）progress（B） freedom（C） beauty（D）death23 With Howells, James, and Mark Twain active on the literary scene, _ became the major trend in American literature in the seventies and eighties o
19、f the 19th century.（A）Sentimentalism（B） Romanticism（C） Realism（D）Naturalism24 Which of the following is NOT a typical feature of Mark Twain s writing style?（A）Simple vernacular.（B） Local color.（C） Lengthy psychological analyses.（D）Richness of irony and humor.25 As a realist dramatist, George Bernard
20、 Shaw is concerned with social, economic, moral and religious problems in his works. The general mood he expressed in his plays is_.（A）indignation（B） satisfaction（C） optimism（D）pessimism26 Through the character of Elizabeth, Jane Austen emphasizes the importance of _for women.（A）marriage（B） physical
21、 attractiveness（C） independence and self-confidence（D）submissive character27 Being a period of the great flowering of the American literature, the Romantic period is also called “_. “（A）the American Enlightenment（B） the American Renaissance（C） the American Optimistic Movement（D）the American Literary
22、 Revolution28 Which one of the following statements is NOT true of Indian Camp by Hemingway?（A）A young Indian woman had been trying to have her baby for two days.（B） Nick s father delivered this woman of a baby by Caesarian section, with a jack-knife and without anesthesia.（C） Nick witnessed the vio
23、lence of both birth and death in the Indian camp.（D）This woman s husband was murdered while she was in labor.29 _is a great literary giant of America, whom Mencken considered “the true father of our national literature. “（A）Theodore Dreiser（B） Bret Harte（C） Mark Twain（D）W.D. Howells30 Which of the f
24、ollowing poems is a landmark in English poetry?（A）Lyrical Ballads by William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge（B） I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud by William Wordsworth（C） Remorse by Samuel Taylor Coleridge（D）Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman31 The Romantic Period, one of the most important periods i
25、n the history of American literature, stretches from the end of_to the outbreak of_.（A）the 17th century;the American War of Independence（B） the 18th century;the American Civil War（C） the 17th century;the American Civil War（D）the 18th century;the U. S. -Mexican War32 Of the following statements, whic
26、h one is NOT true of Emily Dickinson and her poetry?（A）She remained unmarried all her life.（B） She wrote 1, 775 poems, and most of them were published during her life time.（C） Her poems have no titles, hence are always quoted by their first lines.（D）Her limited private world has never confined the l
27、imitless power of her creativity and imagination.33 Hemingway s “ Indian Camp“ is one of the fourteen short stories collected under the title of_.This title is very ironic because there is no peace at all in the stories.（A）Three Stories and Ten Poems（B） Across the River and into the Trees（C） The Gre
28、en Hills of Africa（D）In Our Time34 Walt Whitman was a pioneering figure of American poetry. His innovation first of all lies in his use of_, poetry without a fixed beat or regular rhyme scheme.（A）blank verse（B） heroic couplet（C） free verse（D）iambic pentameter35 The keynote of Daisy Miller s characte
29、r, _, turns out to be an admiring but a dangerous quality and her defiance of social taboos in the Old World finally brings her to a disaster in the clash between two different cultures.（A）experience（B） sophistication（C） worldliness（D）innocence36 Emily Dickinson wrote many short poems on various asp
30、ects of life. Which of the following is a usual subject of her poetic expression?（A）Religion and immortality.（B） Evil and death.（C） Love and money.（D）War and peace.37 _ is a collection of poems incorporating Walt Whitman s emotions and feelings before and during the Civil War when he stood firmly on
31、 the side of the North.（A）Leaves of Grass（B） Cavalry Crossing a Ford（C） Song of Myself（D）Drum Taps38 Which one of the followings is NOT the belief of the British bourgeois or middle class?（A）Self-esteem.（B） Self-reliance.（C） Self-restraint.（D）Hard work.39 We can easily find the expression of_in almo
32、st every Dreiser s fiction.（A）naturalism（B） romanticism（C） transcendentalism（D）cubism40 As a prelude to The Waste Land, T. S. Eliot s_is a poem of dramatic monologue, helping to point up the continuity of Eliot s thinking.（A）Prufrock（B） Gerontion（C） The Hollow Men（D）Four Quartets二、阅读理解41 Nor lose po
33、ssession of that fair thou ow st;Nor shall death brag thou wander st in his shade, When in eternal lines to time thou grow st: So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see, So long lives this, and this gives life to thee. Questions:A. Where does the poem come from? Who wrote it?B. What does “lines“ m
34、ean?C. Interpret the poem briefly.42 Wherefore, Bees of England, forge Many a weapon, chain, and scourge, That these stingless drones may spoil The forced produce of your toil? Questions:A. Who is the author of the poem?B. What does “Bees of England“ refer to?C. What figure of speech is used here?43
35、 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 authority 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
36、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 existence. Questions:A. From which work is this quotation taken?B. Which character is speaking?C. What does this work expose?44 I wander
37、ed 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.Continuous as the stars that shine And twinkle on the milky way, They stretched in never-ending line Alo
38、ng the margin of a bay: Ten thousand saw I at a glance, Tossing their heads in sprightly dance. Questions:A. Who wrote this poem?B. What s the title of this poem?C. What is the poem mainly about?三、简答题45 Jane Eyre is the greatest governess image in the literature history; please analyze briefly the c
39、haracter of her.46 Please cite examples from “Gulliver s Travels“ to explain briefly how did Swift criticize and allude to the government and the society.47 Mrs. Warren s Profession by George Bernard Shaw, has a strong realistic theme, which fully reflects the dramatist s Fabianist idea. Try to summ
40、arize this theme briefly.48 English Romanticism is generally said to have begun in 1798 with the publication of Wordsworth and Coleridge s Lyrical Ballads. Why is Lyrical Ballads considered the milestone to mark the beginning of English Romanticism?四、论述题49 In Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen explore
41、d three kinds of motivations of marriage the middle-class people had in the second half of the 18th century. Try to make a brief discussion about them with specific examples from the novel. Make comments on Austen s attitude towards these motivations.50 Mark Twain presented the 19th-century America
42、in his own unique way. Discuss Twain s art of fiction: the setting, the language, and the characters, etc. , based on his novel Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.全国自考（英美文学选读）模拟试卷 13 答案与解析一、单项选择题1 【正确答案】 C【试题解析】 格列佛游记一书共分 4 卷，讲述了格列佛在遇上不幸事件后漂流到遥远的岛国上的特殊历险故事。2 【正确答案】 B【试题解析】 维多利亚时期著名小说家有批判现实主义的狄更斯、萨克雷、布朗蒂
43、姐妹、哥斯凯尔夫人与特罗洛普等人。3 【正确答案】 A【试题解析】 哈代的小说带有典型的维多利亚时期的特点。多数小说都以一个叫“威塞克斯”的地方为背景，共称“威塞克斯”小说。这个背景的原型就是作者既爱又恨的故乡。4 【正确答案】 A【试题解析】 董贝父子的作者是狄更斯。5 【正确答案】 D【试题解析】 本题主要考查的知识点为艾略特早期作品的特点。6 【正确答案】 C【试题解析】 在小说查泰莱夫人的情人中大胆直白地谈到“性”是劳伦斯一度被控诉为“淫秽作家”的主要原因。7 【正确答案】 A【试题解析】 惠特曼认为，他通过“自由体诗”把诗歌带入了一片新天地，引起读者的自由想象和共鸣。8 【正确答案】
44、 B【试题解析】 马克-吐温和豪威尔斯不时地讽刺欧洲传统，而詹姆斯却羡慕古欧洲文明。9 【正确答案】 C【试题解析】 艾伦-金斯伯格的嚎叫成了“垮摔的一代”文学运动的宣言。10 【正确答案】 D【试题解析】 安东尼奥给巴萨尼奥写信透露说，安东尼奥的商船在海上遭难，他已身无分文，无法偿还贷款。11 【正确答案】 B【试题解析】 18 世纪中叶，兴起一种崭新的文学形式英国现代小说，这种文学与中世纪传奇相反，着重描写英国普通百姓的生活。12 【正确答案】 B【试题解析】 本题主要考查的知识点为汤姆-琼斯的主题。13 【正确答案】 D【试题解析】 本题主要考查的知识点为儿子与情炎中莫尔太太对莫尔先生的
45、态度。14 【正确答案】 A【试题解析】 惠特曼创造了“自由体诗”，没有固定的节奏和用韵。在诗中惠特曼就像普通人一样，家常、随意，不讲究死规矩。读他的诗，我们能体会得出惠特曼式的思想和感情的节律。15 【正确答案】 D16 【正确答案】 D17 【正确答案】 C【试题解析】 哈克和吉姆采坐的小筏子象征着回归自然，逃离邪恶、不公正的文明社会，也象征着不同肤色人民友善幸福地一块生活的小世界。19 世纪前期的美国是那个所谓的文明社会，故不正确。18 【正确答案】 D【试题解析】 威尼斯商人和仲夏夜之梦是莎士比亚的喜剧。因此本题答案为 D。19 【正确答案】 A【试题解析】 本段节选自简-奥斯汀的小说
46、傲慢与偏见。20 【正确答案】 C【试题解析】 这两句话是格拉西安诺对犹太人所说的。在这里，作者用了双关语的修辞方法。21 【正确答案】 B【试题解析】 本题主要考查的知识点为弗洛斯特的未选择的路的主旨。22 【正确答案】 D【试题解析】 尽管惠特曼和狄金森都是浪漫主义诗人，但是他们在很多方面都不相同。如：惠特曼喜欢关注整个人类社会，而狄金森所关注的却是宗教、死亡、不朽、爱情和自然。23 【正确答案】 C【试题解析】 现实主义在十九世纪七、八十年代成为美国文学的主流，这个时期的三个代表作家是豪威尔斯、亨利-詹姆斯和马克-吐温。24 【正确答案】 C【试题解析】 马克-吐温的作品用词口语化，句子
47、简单，地方色彩浓厚。他的讽刺幽默也很突出。25 【正确答案】 A【试题解析】 作为现实主义戏剧家，萧伯纳在他的作品中关注社会、经济、道德和宗教问题。他的剧作中只有一种情感：“愤怒”。26 【正确答案】 C【试题解析】 通过对伊丽莎白性格特点的描写，简-奥斯汀强调了女性独立、自信的重要性。27 【正确答案】 B【试题解析】 浪漫主义时期是美国文学的繁荣时期，也称为“美国的文艺复兴”。28 【正确答案】 D【试题解析】 本题主要考查的知识点为印第安营寨的内容。29 【正确答案】 C【试题解析】 马克-吐温是美国文学巨匠，门肯认为他是“我们真正的民族文学之父”。30 【正确答案】 A【试题解析】 科
48、勒律治和华兹华斯合作出版的抒情歌谣集是英国诗歌发展史上的一座里程碑，标志着英国浪漫主义的开始。31 【正确答案】 B【试题解析】 美国浪漫主义时期开始于 18 世纪末，到内战爆发为止，是美国文学史上最重要的时期之一。32 【正确答案】 B【试题解析】 狄金森终身未嫁，她的诗歌创作开始于 19 世纪 50 年代的早期，她总共写了 1 775 首诗，在她生前只有 7 首发表。她生活在一个有限的范围内，却从来没有限制自己的创造力和想象力。她的诗歌大多没有名字，只能引用诗歌的第一句。因此选项 B 是错误的。33 【正确答案】 D【试题解析】 本题主要考查的知识点为印第安营寨所在小说集的名字。34 【正
49、确答案】 C【试题解析】 惠特曼是一位勇于创新的先锋诗人。他创造的“自由体诗”，没有固定的节奏和用韵。35 【正确答案】 D【试题解析】 黛西的天真是令人羡慕而又具有危险性质的。她对欧洲社会禁忌的公然蔑视最终给她带来了两种文化冲突的灾难。36 【正确答案】 A【试题解析】 狄金森的小诗主要表达的主题是宗教、死亡、不朽、爱情和自然等。37 【正确答案】 D【试题解析】 在美国内战之前和内战之中，惠特曼都坚定地站在北方一边，他写了一系列表达当时情感的诗作，后集为鼓点。38 【正确答案】 A【试题解析】 英国的城市资产阶级通过自己的奋斗获取社会地位，因此他们理解劳动人民的穷困与艰苦，信奉自强自立，劳动致富。39 【正确答案】 A【试题解析】 德莱塞小说中整个世界就是一片丛林，他的自然主义在他的每本书里几乎都得到了表现。40 【
