1、全国自考（英美文学选读）模拟试卷 2 及答案与解析一、单项选择题1 In Renaissance,the European humanist thinkers and scholars made attempts to do the following except ( )（A）getting rid of those old feudalist ideas（B） getting control of the parliament and government（C） introducing new ideas that expressed the interests of the rising
2、 bourgeoisie（D）recovering the purity of the early church from the corruption of the Roman Catholic Church2 _was the first person who introduced printing into England. ( )（A）William Caxton（B） Flovio（C） Homer（D）Plutarch3 _is not a comedy. ( )（A）A Midsummer Nights Dream（B） The Twelfth Night（C） As You L
3、ike It（D）Romeo and Juliet4 Which of the following sentences about Shakespeares greatest tragedies is not true? ( )（A）Hamlet, the melancholic scholar-prince, faces the dilemma between action and mind.（B） Othellos inner weakness is made use of by the outside evil force.（C） The old king Lear who is wil
4、ling to totally give up his power makes himself suffer from treachery and infidelity.（D）Macbeths lust for power stirs up his ambition and leads him to incessant crimes.5 “So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see, So long lives this, and this gives life to thee. “(Shakespeare, Sonnet 18)What does
5、“this“ refer to? ( )（A）Lover.（B） Time.（C） Summer.（D）Poetry.6 “The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune“ is an example of_. ( )（A）allegory（B） simile（C） metaphor（D）irony7 Among the works by John Milton, which is indeed the only generally acknowledged epic in English literature since Beowulf? ( )（A）
6、Paradise Regained.（B） Samson Agonistes.（C） Areopagitica.（D）Paradise host.8 The eighteenth century England is also known as the Age of Enlightenment or the Age of ( )（A）Intellect（B） Reason（C） Rationality（D）Science9 Among the following writers, _is not an enlightener. ( )（A）John Bunyan（B） John Dryden（
7、C） Alexander Pope（D）Joseph Addison10 All of the following novels by Daniel Defoe are the first literary works devoted to the study of problems of the lower-class people except_. ( )（A）Robinson Crusoe（B） Captain Singleton（C） Moll Flanders（D）Colonel Jack11 Drapier is the pseudonym of . ( )（A）Swift（B）
8、Defoi（C） Fielding（D）Goldsmith12 _defines the poet as a “man speaking to men“, and poetry as“ the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings, which originates in emotion recollected in tranquility. “ ( )（A）William Blake（B） William Wordsworth（C） Samuel Taylor Coleridge（D）John Keats13 Which of the follo
9、wing is the Gothic novel? ( )（A）P.B.Shelleys Prometheus Unbound.（B） John Keats Lamia.（C） Mary Shelleys Frankenstein.（D）Jane Austens Pride and Prejudice.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（C） T
10、intern Abbey（D）The Solitary Reaper15 Which of the following comments on the poem “Ode to the West Wind“ is not true? ( )（A）It is written in the terza rima form.（B） In the poem, the author expresses his eagerness to enjoy the boundless freedom from the reality.（C） The author gathers a wealth of symbo
11、lism in this poem.（D）The author of the poem is F. Scott Fitzgerald.16 Jane Austens first novel is_. ( )（A）Pride and Prejudice（B） Sense and Sensibility（C） Emma（D）Plan of a Novel17 “The Vanity Fair“is a well-known part in The Pilgrims Progress , Which of the following writers later adopted it as the t
12、itle of a novel? ( )（A）Dickens.（B） Thackeray.（C） Fielding.（D）Hardy.18 Among the works by Charles Dickens _presents his criticism of the Utilitarian principle that rules over the English education system and destroys young hearts and minds. ( )（A）Bleak House（B） The Pickwick Paper（C） Great Expectation
13、s（D）Hard Times19 The success of Jane Eyre is not only because of its sharp criticism of the existing society, but also due to its introduction to the English novel the first heroine. ( )（A）explorer（B） peasant（C） worker（D）governess20 _believes that mans fate is predeterminedly tragic,driven by a comb
14、ined force of “nature“,both inside and outside. ( )（A）Charles Dickens（B） Thomas Hardy（C） Bernard Shaw（D）T. S. Eliot21 Modernism is, in many aspects, a reaction against _. It rejects rationalism which is the theoretical base of realism. ( )（A）romanticism（B） humanism（C） symbolism（D）realism22 All of th
15、e following are stream-of-consciousness novels except _. ( )（A）Pilgrimage（B） Ulysses（C） Mrs. Dalloway（D）Tess of the DUrbervilles23 George Bernard Shaws play _ established his position as the leading playwright of his time. ( )（A）Widowers Houses（B） Too True to Be Good（C） Mrs. Warrens Profession（D）Can
16、dida24 _is a poem concerned with the spiritual breakup of a modern civilization in which human life has lost its meaning, significance and purpose. ( )（A）Ulysses（B） The Waste Land（C） The Confidential Clerk（D）Dublirwrs25 Which of the following is considered to be a better-structured novel? ( )（A）Wome
17、n in Love.（B） Sons and Lovers.（C） The Rainbow.（D）Lady Chatterleys Lover.26 Henry David Thoreaus work, ,has always been regarded as a masterpiece of New England Transcendentalism. ( )（A）Walden（B） The Pioneers（C） Nature（D）Song of Myself27 _is one of the most ambivalent writers in the American literary
18、 history. ( )（A）Hawthorne（B） Whitman（C） Emerson（D）Thoreau28 In many of Hawthornes stories and novels, the Puritan concept of life is condemned,or the Puritan past is shown in an almost totally negative light,especially in his_. ( )（A）The Scarlet Letter（B） The Blithedale Romance（C） The Marble Faun（D）
19、Twice -Told Tales29 Whitmans poems are characterized by all the following features except . ( )（A）the strict poetic form（B） the free and natural rhythm（C） the easy flow of feelings（D）the simple and conversational language30 Melville is best-known as the author of one book named which is one of the w
20、orlds greatest masterpieces. ( )（A）Redburn（B） Moby-Dick（C） Pierre（D）White Jacket31 _is not a fictional character in The Scarlet Letter. ( )（A）Hester（B） Arthur Dimmersdale（C） Roger Chillingworth（D）Ishmael32 Hemingway once described Mark Twains novel the one book from which“all modern American literat
21、ure comes“. ( )（A）Adventures of Huckleberry Finn（B） The Adventures of Tom Sawyer（C） The Gilded Age（D）Roughing It33 While Mark Twain and William Dean Howells satirized European manners at times, was an admirer of ancient European civilization. ( )（A）O. Henry（B） Henry James（C） Walt Whitman（D）Jack Lond
22、on34 Daisy Millers tragedy of indiscretion is intensified and enlarged by its narration from the point of view of . ( )（A）the author Henry James（B） the Italian youth Giovanelli（C） the American youth Winterbourne（D）her mother Mrs. Miller35 “This is my letter to the World“ is a poetic expression of Em
23、ily Dickinsons about her communication with the outside world. ( )（A）indifference（B） anger（C） anxiety（D）sorrow36 With the publication of ,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
24、 naturalism. ( )（A）Sister Carrie（B） The Titan（C） The Genius（D）The Stoic37 _is considered to be a spokesman for the alienated youth in the post-war era and his The Catcher in the Rye is regarded as a students classic. ( )（A）J.D.Salinger（B） John Updike（C） Norman Mailer（D）Herman Wouk38 Fitzgerald wrote
25、 the following except . ( )（A）The Great Gatsby（B） In Our Time（C） Tender is the Night（D）This Side of Paradise39 _is Hemingways masterpiece. ( )（A）A Farewell to Arms（B） For Whom the Bell Tolls（C） The Sun Also Rises（D）The Old Man and the Sea40 In Faulkners The Sound and the Fury , he used a technique c
26、alled , in which the whole story was told through the thoughts of one character. ( )（A）stream-of-consciousness（B） imagism（C） symbolism（D）naturalism二、阅读理解41 “To bej or not to bethat is the question. “ Questions:A. Identify the writing from which this sentence is taken.B. Who is the protagonist in thi
27、s work?C. From this sentence,try to deduce the character of the protagonist.42 “A violet by a mossy stone Half hidden from the eye!Fair as a star,when only one Is shining in the sky. “ Questions:A. Identify the author and the title of the poem from which this stanza is taken.B. Pick out the metaphor
28、 used in this stanza.C. What quality does the author intend to show by using the metaphor?43 “We paused before a House that seemed A Swelling of the GroundThe Roof was scarcely visible The Cornicein the Ground“ Questions：A. Whos the author of the stanza?B. Which period does the poem belong to?C. Wha
29、t idea does the poem express?44 “. only Miss Emilys house was left, lifting its stubborn and coquettish decay above the cotton wagons and the gasoline pumpsan eyesore among eyesores. “Questions:A. Identify the author and the title of the story from which the quoted lines are taken.B. What is the mea
30、ning of “an eyesore among eyesores“?C. What does this quoted passage indicate?三、简答题45 What are the modernistic characteristics of D. H. Lawrences novels?46 How do you philosophically define Transcendentalism?47 How did “The Lost Generation“ come into existence in the literary history of the United S
31、tates? What does the term “The Lost Generation“ mean? Who were the leading figures of this literary movement? (Gove at least two)48 Why is The Great Gatsby a successful novel?四、论述题49 By analyzing the poems by Percy Bysshe Shelley, discuss his art of poems.50 Sister Carrie, is the greatest literary w
32、ork by Theodore Dreiser. Discuss Carrie Meeber, the protagonist of the novel.全国自考（英美文学选读）模拟试卷 2 答案与解析一、单项选择题1 【正确答案】 B【试题解析】 文艺复兴从本质上讲是欧洲人文主义者竭力祛除中世纪欧洲的封建主义，推行代表新兴城市资产阶级利益的新思想，恢复早期宗教的纯洁性，远离腐败的罗马天主教廷的一场运动。2 【正确答案】 A【试题解析】 威廉.卡克斯顿是第一个将印刷术引进英国的人。3 【正确答案】 D【试题解析】 莎士比亚的六部喜剧是仲夏夜之梦、威尼斯商人、无事生非、皆大欢喜、第十二夜、温莎的
33、风流娘儿们。D 项罗密欧与朱丽叶是莎士比亚写的悲剧。4 【正确答案】 C【试题解析】 莎士比亚的四大悲剧中：哈姆雷特，一个忧郁的学者型王子，在采取行动与深思熟虑之间进退两难；奥赛罗内心的弱点则被外界的邪恶力量所利用；李尔王不愿将王位拱手相让，却使自己陷入亲人的背叛与不忠之中；而麦克白的无尽权欲扩张着他的野心，将他引向接连不断的罪恶行为。C 项说“李尔王愿意将王位拱手相让”，表述错误。5 【正确答案】 D【试题解析】 第 18 号十四行诗是莎翁最优美的十四行诗。诗中作者对时间的毁灭力量及将诗歌献给情人带来的永恒之美做了深邃的思考。夏日的晴朗是短暂易变的，但诗巾的美丽则会永存。由此可以看出莎士比亚
34、对涛歌的永恒性深信不疑。题干中的 this 指的是诗歌。6 【正确答案】 C【试题解析】 The slings and arr()WS of Outrageous fortune 是哈姆雷特中的一句话，意思是“(一个高贵的灵魂是该去承受)狂暴命运的刀剑相加”，这里slingsand arrows 指 attacks，使用了隐喻，即暗喻，的修辞手法。7 【正确答案】 D【试题解析】 弥尔顿的失乐园是继贝奥武甫之后惟一一部公认的英国文学中的史诗。8 【正确答案】 B【试题解析】 英国的十八世纪也同时是启蒙主义时代，或理性时代。9 【正确答案】 A【试题解析】 英国著名的启蒙主义文学家有约翰.德莱顿
35、、亚历山大.蒲柏、约瑟夫.艾迪森与理查.斯蒂尔(这两位是现代散文的先驱)、乔纳森.斯威夫特、丹尼尔.笛福、理查.B. 谢立丹、亨利.费尔丁和塞缪尔.约翰逊等；不包含约翰.班扬。10 【正确答案】 A【试题解析】 鲁滨逊漂流记是一部体现时代精神的游记历险小说，是公认的笛福代表作。其余四部小说辛利顿船长(1720)、莫尔.弗朗德斯(1722)、杰克上校(1722) 、及罗克萨那(1724) ，描述了贫苦的下层人民为生计而奔忙，同时却还渴望大笔财富和上等人的生活。11 【正确答案】 A【试题解析】 1724 年，斯威夫特化名德拉皮尔出版了一组书信，号召全爱尔兰人民起来抵制新铸造发行的英国铜币。12
36、【正确答案】 B【试题解析】 华兹华斯是对着广大人民讲话的人，而诗歌是强烈情感的自发流露，发乎于静谥后的情感。13 【正确答案】 C【试题解析】 哥特式小说代表作主要有安.拉得克利夫的尤道夫之谜(1794 年)、玛丽.雪利的富兰肯斯坦(1818 年)等。14 【正确答案】 D【试题解析】 我如行云独自游、傍晚漫步、我心飞动及厅特恩教堂等都是华兹华斯关于描写自然风景的佳篇。15 【正确答案】 D【试题解析】 西风颂的作者是珀西.比希.雪莱。16 【正确答案】 B【试题解析】 简.奥斯汀的处女作是理智与情感(1811 年)。17 【正确答案】 B【试题解析】 名利场是英国伟大现实主义作家和幽默大师
37、萨克雷的代表作。小说的题目“名利场”一同取自班扬的寓言小说天路历程。18 【正确答案】 D【试题解析】 狄更斯的作品中，艰难时世(1854)展现了他对侵蚀了的英国教育系统和摧残了青少年心理和精神健康的功利主义原则的批判。19 【正确答案】 D【试题解析】 简.爱这部小说的成功还在于夏洛特塑造了一个全新女家庭教师形象。20 【正确答案】 B【试题解析】 哈代信奉哲学家斯宾塞提出的观点，即人生本来就是不幸的，从内到外都受到自然世界与人性的胁迫。21 【正确答案】 D【试题解析】 现代主义从各方面看都是对现实主义的反叛。22 【正确答案】 D【试题解析】 现代派小说家如多罗西.理查森、詹姆斯.乔伊斯
38、和弗吉尼亚.沃尔夫都致力于挖掘人类各种潜意识。他们开创了史无前例的意识流小说，如理查森的朝觐(19151938) 、乔伊斯的尤利西斯(1922 年)、及沃尔夫的黛洛维夫人(1925 年) 。23 【正确答案】 D【试题解析】 堪迪达(1895 年)1903 年在美国上演，从此，萧伯纳的一流戏剧家之名奠定了。24 【正确答案】 B【试题解析】 荒原诗的主题是表现现代文明中人们精神的堕落与崩溃，人生已失去了意义与目的。25 【正确答案】 A【试题解析】 恋爱中的女人是劳伦斯作品中结构最复杂也是最严密的。26 【正确答案】 A【试题解析】 梭罗的沃尔登常被认为是新英格兰的超验主义的代表作。27 【正
39、确答案】 A【试题解析】 纳撒尼尔.霍桑(18041864)是美国文学史上最富矛盾情感的作家。他极富想象，喜欢沉思，对人类的内心世界具有极大兴趣。28 【正确答案】 A【试题解析】 霍桑在他的许多小说中都抨击清教徒对人生的观念。带有七个尖角阁的房子和红字都表现了这种反清教的思想。29 【正确答案】 A【试题解析】 惠特曼创造了“自由体诗”，这种诗没有固定的节奏和韵律，诗句的结构也较松散，语言简单、口语化。30 【正确答案】 B【试题解析】 赫尔曼.麦尔维尔(18191891)是 19 世纪美国文学中排在前列的人物。他因其巨著白鲸(1851 年)闻名。白鲸是世界文学名著之一。31 【正确答案】
40、D【试题解析】 海丝特.白兰、丁梅斯代尔、奇林沃思和珠儿都是红字里的角色。伊什梅尔是白鲸中的角色。32 【正确答案】 A【试题解析】 哈克贝利.费恩历险记是马克.吐温文学创作的高峰。海明威曾把该书看作是“所有现代美国文学之源”。33 【正确答案】 B【试题解析】 马克.吐温和豪威尔斯不时地讽刺欧洲传统，而詹姆斯却羡慕欧洲文明。34 【正确答案】 C【试题解析】 黛西.米勒的叙述者福里德里克.温特伯恩是个美国人。35 【正确答案】 C【试题解析】 诗歌这就是我给世人的书信表达了狄金森渴望与外界交流。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称为“自然主义”的一种创作
41、倾向努力。作为一种创作手法，自然主义强调遗传和环境是人物在特定条件下的决定性力量。37 【正确答案】 A【试题解析】 二战后，美国人陷入了悲观和绝望。人们不再信仰上帝，对人性开始重新审视。他们认为世界并不和谐统一，人们彼此疏远，心灰意懒。塞林杰是战后孤独的青年的代言人。他的麦田里的守望者被认为是学生的经典作品。38 【正确答案】 B【试题解析】 人间天堂是 F.司各特.菲兹杰拉德的第一部小说。 了不起的盖茨比是其第三部小说，写于 1925 年。随后他又写了夜色温柔。在我们的时代里是海明威的作品。39 【正确答案】 D【试题解析】 老人与海是海明威创作的最高峰，获得了诺贝尔文学奖；因此也被认为是
42、海明威的代表作。40 【正确答案】 A【试题解析】 表达角色心理状态的文学手法便是“意识流”。在威廉.福克纳的喧嚣与骚动里作者就运用了这种手法。二、阅读理解41 【正确答案】 A. William Shakespeares Hamlet.B. Hamlet.C. He is speculative, questioning and contemplative.42 【正确答案】 A. The stanza is taken from “She Dwelt Among the Untrodden Ways“ written by W. Wordsworth.B. The flower( viol
43、et) is used as a metaphor.C. By comparing a country girl(Lucy)to a violet,the poet intends to show her quality of beauty and her virtue which are often neglected by the common people just like a wild flower blooming by an untrodden road.43 【正确答案】 A. Emily Dickinson.B. The Realistic Period.C. In this
44、 poem Dickinson personifies death and immortality so as to make her message strongly felt.44 【正确答案】 A. Faulkners A Rose for Emily.B. The most unpleasant thing to look at.C. The house is a perfect mirror image of the owner who is stubborn and coquettish and deliberately detaches herself from the comm
45、unal life in this small town. 三、简答题45 【正确答案】 Lawrence introduces psychology into his works. He believes that the healthy way of the individuals psychological development lay in the primacy of the life impulse,or in other terms,the sexual impulse. By presenting the psychological experience of individ
46、ual human life and of human relationship, he opens up a wide new territory to the novel.46 【正确答案】 (l)Transcendental ism has been defined philosophically as “the recognition in man of the capacity of knowing truth intuitively, or of attaining knowledge transcending the reach of the senses“. (2)Other
47、concepts that accompanied Transcendentalism include the idea thatnature is ennobling and the idea that the individual is divine and, therefore, self-reliant.47 【正确答案】 When the First World War broke out, many American young men volunteered to take part in “the war to end wars“ only to find that moder
48、n warfare was not as glorious or heroic as they thought it to be. Disillusioned and disgusted by the frivolous,greedy,and heedless way of life in America,they began to write and they wrote from their own experiences in the war. Among these young writers were the most prominent figures in American li
49、terature,especially in modern American literature. They were basically expatriates who left America and formed a community of writers and artists in Paris,involved with other European novelists and poets in their experimentation on new modes of thought and expression. These writers were named by an American writer. Gertrude Stein, “The Lost Generation“. Am
