1、全国自考（英美文学选读）模拟试卷 7 及答案与解析一、单项选择题1 _is the essence of the Renaissance. ( )（A）Poetry（B） Drama（C） Humanism（D）Reason2 The Renaissance was in reaching England not only because of Englands separation from the Continent but also because of its domestic unrest. ( )（A）quick（B） slow（C） speedy（D）deep3 Which of
2、 the following plays by Shakespeare is a history play? ( )（A）Julius Caesar.（B） The Merry Wives of Windsor.（C） Henry IV.（D）King Lear.4 Which of the following writings by John Milton is the most influential dramatic poem after the Greek style in English? ( )（A）Samson Agonistes.（B） Paradise Lost.（C） Pa
3、radise Regained.（D）Areopagitica.5 English Enlighteners in the 18 th century held as the yardstick for the measurement of all human activities and relations, every superstition, injustice and oppression was to yield place to “_“,“_“ and “_“. The following choice, which one is wrong? ( )（A）eternal tru
4、th（B） eternal justice（C） natural equality（D）eternal beauty6 The novels of s are the first literary works devoted to the study of problems of the lower-class people. ( )（A）Bunyan（B） Defoe（C） Fielding（D）Swift7 _is a typical feature of Swifts writings. ( )（A）Elegant style（B） Casual narration（C） Bitter
5、satire（D）Complicated sentence structure8 Fieldings works are noted by lively, dramatic dialogues and other theatrical devices such as suspense, coincidence and_. ( )（A）unexpectedness（B） internal monologue（C） irony（D）contrast9 In the history of literature, Romanticism is generally regarded as ( )（A）t
6、he thought that designates a literary and philosophical theory which tends to see the individual as the very center of all life and all experience（B） the thought that designates man as a social animal（C） the orientation that emphasizes those features which men have in common（D）the modes of thinking1
7、0 The poems such as “The Chimney Sweeper“ are found in both Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience by _. ( )（A）William Wordsworth（B） William Blake（C） John Keats（D）Lord Gordon Byron11 Of the following poets, who is not regarded as “Lake Poets“ ? ( )（A）Samuel Taylor Coleridge.（B） Robert Southey.（C
8、） William Wordsworth.（D）George Gordon Byron.12 Shelleys masterpiece, Prometheus Unbound, is a verse drama, which borrows the basic story from_. ( )（A）the Bible（B） a German legend（C） a Greek play（D）One Thousand and One Nights13 In terms of Pride and Prejudice, which is not true? ( )（A）Pride and Preju
9、dice is the most popular of Jane Austens novels.（B） Pride and Prejudice is originally drafted as “First Impressions“.（C） Pride and Prejudice is a tragic novel.（D）In this novel, the author explores the relationship between great love and realistic benefits.14 The worsening living and working conditio
10、ns, the mass unemployment and the new Poor Law of 1834 with its workhouse system finally gave rise to_,. ( )（A）Peoples Charter（B） the Enlightenment Movement（C） the Chartist Movement（D）the Reform Movement15 The author of the work Dombey and Son is_. ( )（A）Charles Dickens（B） Henry James（C） Robert Lee
11、Frost（D）Ezra Pound16 _represents those middle-class working women who are struggling for recognition of their basic rights and equality as a human being. ( )（A）Tess（B） Jane Eyre（C） Dorothea（D）Elizabeth17 In the long poem “The Ring and the Book“, the“Book“ is compared to_. ( )（A）love（B） comprehensive
12、 knowledge（C） the hard truth（D）the method of study18 _works are known as “novels of character and environment“. ( )（A）Charles Dickenss（B） Thomas Hardys（C） Jane Austens（D）George Eliots19 Which of the following is not a typical feature of Modernism? ( )（A）To elevate the individual and inner being over
13、 the social being.（B） To put the stress on traditional values.（C） To portray the distorted and alienated relationships between man and his environment.（D）To advocate a conscious break with the past.20 George Bernard Shaws play Mrs. Warrens Profession is a grotesquely realistic exposure of the . ( )（
14、A）slum landlordism（B） political corruption in England（C） economic oppression of women（D）religious corruption in England21 In his famous essay, “Tradition and Individual Talent“, _ puts great emphasis on the importance of tradition both in creative writing and in criticism. ( )（A）T. S. Eliot（B） H. La
15、wrence（C） James Joyce（D）George Bernard Shaw22 Of the following works by D.H. Lawrence, _established his position as novelist. ( )（A）The White Peacock（B） The Trespasser（C） Women in Love（D）Sons and Lovers23 Being a period of the great flowering of American literature , the period is also called “ the
16、American Renaissance“. ( )（A）Puritan（B） Romantic（C） Realist（D）Modern24 _is one of the most ambivalent writers in the American literary history. ( )（A）Hawthorne（B） Whitman（C） Emerson（D）Thoreau25 In “Young Goodman Brown“ by Hawthorne, the name of Goodman Browns wife is_, which also contains many symbo
17、lic meanings. ( )（A）Ruth（B） Hester（C） Faith（D）Mary26 Whitman wrote down a great many poems to air his sorrow for the death of Lincoln,one of the famous is_. ( )（A）Cavalry Crossing a Ford（B） When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloomd（C） Song of Myself（D）Drum Taps27 Which of the following has nothing to
18、do with sea voyages and sea adventures? ( )（A）The Confidence-Man.（B） Omoo.（C） Moby Dick.（D）Typee.28 Moby Dick, the big white whale, is possibly read as symbolic of all the following except_. ( )（A）malignancy（B） beauty（C） adultery（D）God29 In the literary history of the United States,the Age of Realis
19、m refers to ( )（A）the period ranging from 1865 to 1914（B） the period stretching from the end of the 18 th century to the outbreak of the Civil War（C） the period ranging from 1860 to 1914（D）All the above are not true30 Mark Twains full literary career began to blossom in 1869 with a travel book_, an
20、account of American tourists in Europe. ( )（A）Adventures of Huckleberry Finn（B） Gilded Age（C） Innocents Abroad（D）An American Tragedy31 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
21、 Whitman（D）Jack London32 In 1915_became a naturalized British citizen, largely in protest against America s failure to join England in the First World War. ( )（A）T. S. Eliot（B） Henry James（C） W.D.Howells（D）George Eliot33 Which one of the following statements is not true of Emily Dickinson and her po
22、etry? ( )（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 limitless power of her creativity and imagina
23、tion.34 The following titles are all related to the subject that escapes from the society and returns to nature except . ( )（A）Dreisers Sister Carrie（B） Coppers Leather-Stocking Tales（C） Thoreaus Walden（D）Mark Twains Adventures of Huckleberry Finn35 American writers after World War I self-consciousl
24、y acknowledged that they were the “_“devoid of faith and alienated from the Western civilization. ( )（A）Lost Generation（B） Beat Generation（C） Sons of Liberty（D）Angry Young Men36 _ draws on the Jewish experience and tradition and examines subtly the dismantling of the self by an intolerable modern hi
25、story. ( )（A）Allen Ginsberg（B） John Updike（C） Saul Bellow（D）J.D.Salinger37 Most of Robert Frosts poems are simple in the way that they are or dialogues, they are short and direct on the informational level, and they have simple diction. ( )（A）conversations（B） stories（C） descriptions（D）dramatic monol
26、ogues38 “He is the last of the romantic heroes, whose energy and sense of commitment take him in search of his personal grail; his failure magnifies to a great extent the end of the American Dream. “ The character referred to in the passage is most likely the protagonist of_. ( )（A）Fitzgeralds The G
27、reat Gatsby（B） Dreisers An American Tragedy（C） Hemingways For Whom the Bell Tolls（D）Twains Adventures of Huckleberry Finn39 In 1954, _was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature for his “mastery of the art of modern narration“. ( )（A）T. S. Eliot（B） Ernest Hemingway（C） John Steinbeck（D）William Faulkne
28、r40 In Faulkners The Sound and the Fury , he used a technique called_, 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 “Some men there are love not a gaping pig;/Some that are mad if they behold a cat
29、;/And others, when the bagpipe sings i th,nose,/ Cannot contain their urine; for affection,/Mistress of passion,sways it to the mood /Of what it likes or loathes. “Questions:A. Identify the author and the work.B. Who is the speaker of the quoted passage?C. What idea does the quotation express?42 “Wi
30、ld Spirit,which art moving everywhere;/Destroyer and Preserver; hear, O hear!“Questions:A. Identify the poem and the poet.B. What is the “Wild Spirit“?C. What does the “Wild Spirit“ destroy and preserve?43 “I celebrate myself, and sing myself, /And what I assume you shall assume,/For every atom belo
31、nging to me as good belongs to you. /I loafe and invite my soul,/I lean and loafe at my ease observing a spear of summer grass, “(from Walt Whitmans “Song of Myself“)Questions:A. Whom does “myself“ refer to?B. How do you understand the line “I loafe and invite my soul“?C. What does “a spear of summe
32、r grass“ indicate?44 “I shall be telling this with a sigh/Somewhere ages and ages hence:/Two roads diverged in a wood, and I /I took the one less travelled by,/And that has made all the difference. “Questions:A. Who is the author of this poem?B. Identify the title of the short poem from which this p
33、art is taken.C. In one or two sentences, interpret the implied meaning of the last two lines.三、简答题45 Why has Fielding been regarded as Father of the English Novel?46 Jane Eyre is one of the most popular and important novels of the Victorian Age. Why is Jane Eyre such a successful novel?47 “ Young Go
34、odman Brown“ is regarded as one of Hawthornes most profound tales. What is the theme of the story? Give examples from the story to show Hawthornes masterful use of symbolism.48 Henry Jamess literary criticism is an indispensable part of his contribution to literature. Whats his outlook in literary c
35、riticism?四、论述题49 Literarily Blake was the first important romantic poet, showing contempt for the rule of reason, opposing the classical tradition of the 18th century, and treasuring the individuals i-magination. Please make a comment on William Blakes poetry.50 In novel writing, Lawrence is chiefly
36、 concerned with human relationships. He was also one of the first novelists to introduce themes of psychology into his works. Please give a short introduction to the major characteristics of D. H. Lawrences literary creation.全国自考（英美文学选读）模拟试卷 7 答案与解析一、单项选择题1 【正确答案】 C【试题解析】 人文主义是文艺复兴的核心。2 【正确答案】 B【试题解
37、析】 文艺复兴浪潮影响到英国的速度比较慢，不仅因为英国远离欧洲大陆，而且还因为其国内的动荡不安。3 【正确答案】 C【试题解析】 莎士比亚的历史剧有：亨利六世(上、中、下)理查三世泰托斯.安东尼理查二世约翰王亨利四世(上、下)亨利五世。4 【正确答案】 A【试题解析】 力士参孙是英国文学史上自希腊文学后最有影响力的戏剧诗歌。5 【正确答案】 D【试题解析】 启蒙主义者认为，一旦理性成为衡量人类行为与关系的尺度，所有的迷信、不公正与压迫便都会让位给“永久的真理”“永久的公正”及“天赋的平等”。6 【正确答案】 B【试题解析】 笛福的小说是最早研究下层人民问题的文学作品。7 【正确答案】 C【试题
38、解析】 斯威夫特是讽刺作品大师，他的讽刺笔触极具力度。8 【正确答案】 A【试题解析】 菲尔丁的作品的出色之处在于生动的戏剧性的对话以及其他许多戏剧手法，如悬念、巧合与出人意料的情节等。9 【正确答案】 A【试题解析】 浪漫主义是将人们的注意力从外部世界社会文明转移到内部世界人类自己的精神实质。简而言之，浪漫主义就是将人的个体作为整个世界与生存的中心。10 【正确答案】 B【试题解析】 布莱克的天真之歌中不少诗篇在经验之歌中部有姊妹篇，烟囱清扫者就是其中的一首。11 【正确答案】 D【试题解析】 湖畔诗人包括华兹华斯、科勒律治、骚赛。12 【正确答案】 C【试题解析】 普罗米修斯取自希腊神话。
39、普罗米修斯为了解除人类没有火种的困苦，不惜触犯天规，勇敢地盗取天火，从而给人类带来光明和智慧，并与宙斯进行不屈不挠的斗争。这部戏剧颂扬了普罗米修斯不畏强权、为民造福不惜牺牲一切的伟大精神。13 【正确答案】 C【试题解析】 傲慢与偏见不是一部悲剧小说。14 【正确答案】 C【试题解析】 恶化了的生活、居住环境，大量的失业，1834 年新贫困法及济贫院的体系，这些最终引发了 1836 年至 1848 年著名的英国宪章运动。15 【正确答案】 A【试题解析】 董贝父子是查尔斯.狄更斯的作品。16 【正确答案】 B【试题解析】 简.爱代表了中产阶级的劳动妇女，她们为自己争取社会对她们的基本权利以及平
40、等地位的认可。17 【正确答案】 C【试题解析】 指环与书中“书”被比喻为“不可更变的真理”。18 【正确答案】 B【试题解析】 哈代晚年的作品最富地方色彩，这些作品是著名的“角色与环境的小说”，最好地代表了作者自然主义与批判现实主义的写作特点。19 【正确答案】 B【试题解析】 现代派文学的主题是反映人与自然、人与社会、人与人、人与自我之间被扭曲的，渐渐疏远的病态的关系。现代派作家更注重描写个人而非公众，强调主观而非客观。他们都十分关注个人的内心世界，因此心理时间比实际时间显得更为主要。20 【正确答案】 C【试题解析】 沃伦夫人的职业是萧伯纳的代表剧作。作者将此剧列入“不快意的戏剧”一类，
41、作品批判不讲道德、贪婪、腐朽的资产阶级生活，揭发披着华贵外衣者的堕落，暴露了资本主义社会对妇女的经济压迫。21 【正确答案】 A【试题解析】 艾略特在他的著名散文传统与个人中，强调传统对创作与评论两方面的重要作用。22 【正确答案】 D【试题解析】 只有儿子与情人出版后，劳伦斯才确立了杰出小说家的地位。23 【正确答案】 B【试题解析】 浪漫主义时期的文学是美国文学的繁荣时期，所以也称为“美国的文艺复兴”。24 【正确答案】 A【试题解析】 霍桑是美国文学史上最富矛盾情感的作家。25 【正确答案】 C【试题解析】 在霍桑的小说小伙子布朗中，布朗的妻子名为费思。26 【正确答案】 B【试题解析】
42、 惠特曼也有一些政治抒情诗。林肯的逝世给他很大感触，他写下了大量诗作以表达悲痛，其中著名的一首诗为小院丁香花开时。27 【正确答案】 A【试题解析】 泰比、奥穆、玛地、雷得本和白鲸都是麦尔维尔有关航海历险的书，其中白鲸最好达到了麦尔维尔创作的高峰。28 【正确答案】 C【试题解析】 白鲸象征着自然、复杂、深不可测，也很美丽。而对埃哈布则象征着邪恶。29 【正确答案】 A【试题解析】 1865 印至 1914 年间的美国文学在美国文学史上称为现实主义文学时期。30 【正确答案】 C【试题解析】 1869 年记述他旅游欧洲的幽默游记的傻瓜出国记进一步奠定了马克.吐温的声誉。31 【正确答案】 B【
43、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。32 【正确答案】 B【试题解析】 詹姆斯认为美国生活的物质倾向和缺少高层次文化不能给他提供文学创作的素材，所以于 1876 年定居英国，1915 年人英国籍，这主要因为第一次世界大战美国没有参加英国作战。33 【正确答案】 B【试题解析】 狄金森的诗歌创作开始于 19 世纪 50 年代的早期，她总共写了 1775首诗，但在她生前只有 7 首发表。34 【正确答案】 A【试题解析】 德莱塞的嘉莉妹妹一直把美国的价值观推向彻底的物质享受主义，生活在这样一个社会中，每个人都在无休止的物质欲望中挣扎，其中之一是为了金钱。35
44、 【正确答案】 A【试题解析】 Lost Generation 是第一次世界大战后出现在美国的一个文学流派。“迷惘的一代”作家的共同点是厌恶帝国主义战争，却又找不到出路。海明威等人当时对待战争的态度，像其他反战作家一样，只限于厌恶、逃避与诅咒。他对战后的和平生活也不抱希望，所以在作品中迷惘、悲观的情绪较为浓厚。36 【正确答案】 C【试题解析】 20 世纪 50 年代一群犹太美国作家开始出现，索尔.贝娄就是其中之一。他们的作品汲取了犹太人的经验和传统，通过令人难以容忍的现代历史揭露了人性的深处。37 【正确答案】 D【试题解析】 弗洛斯特的许多诗篇散发自然的芬芳，或是戏剧独白，或是对话，他诗中
45、所用的意象和暗喻都来自于简朴的乡村生活。38 【正确答案】 A【试题解析】 盖茨比是最后一个浪漫主义人物。盖茨比的失败表明了美国之梦的破灭。39 【正确答案】 B【试题解析】 在 1954 年，海明威获得了诺贝尔文学奖，是因为他精通现代讲述的艺术技巧。40 【正确答案】 A【试题解析】 在威廉.福克纳的作品喧嚣与骚动中，他使用了一种称为“意识流”的技法，这种技法用来强调叙述的反映和内心沉思，通过使用内心独白来探索人类意识的本质。二、阅读理解41 【正确答案】 A. William Shakespeare: The Merchant of Venice.B. Shylock.C. Shylock
46、 says that just as there is no rational explanation of why one man hates a pig, why another cannot tolerate a harmless cat, and why a third cannot contain his urine when listening to a bagpipe,he cannot and will not give a reason for his action other than the deep-seated hatred and loathing that he
47、bears Antonio. Here, Shylock makes himself ridiculous by comparing the unreasoning hatred he feels for Antonio with the irrational and inexplicable impulses found in all men. The examples he gives of human nature mastered by strange and powerful passions are such as to excite disgust and contempt in
48、 his hearers. 42 【正确答案】 A. Shelleys “Ode to the West Wind“.B. The West Wind:“breath of Autumns being“.C. It destroys things/thoughts/ideas that are dead (obsolete,. . . ) ;it preserves new life (or seeds that represent new life or new birth).43 【正确答案】 A. The poet himWelf and the American people.B. T
49、his line indicates a separation of the body and the soul.C. The phrase indicates Whitmans optimism and experience. 44 【正确答案】 A. Robert Lee Frost.B. The Road Not Taken.C. Confronted dilemma, one should be decisive and “took the one less traveled by“. As a result,all the differences are made.三、简答题45 【正确答案】 A. Fielding has been regarded as “Father of the English N
