1、全国自考（英美文学选读）模拟试卷 9 及答案与解析一、单项选择题1 But it was not until the reign of that the Renaissance really began to show its effect in England. ( )（A）Richard III（B） Henry VIII（C） Henry VII（D）Elizabeth I2 The real mainstream of the English Renaissance is ( )（A）the Elizabethan drama（B） the Elizabethan prose（C） a
2、ncient poem（D）romantic novel3 Twelfth Night by Shakespeare is a_. ( )（A）history play（B） tragedy（C） poem（D）comedy4 Which of the following plays does not belong to Shakespeares great tragedies? ( )（A）Romeo and Juliet.（B） King Lear.（C） Hamlet.（D）Macbeth.5 The Merchant of Venice takes a step forward in
3、its realistic presentation of human nature and human conflict. All the following characters except are from the play. ( )（A）Antonio（B） Bassanio（C） Jack Cade（D）Portia6 _is probably Miltons most memorable prose work. ( )（A）Paradise Lost（B） Paradise Regained（C） Samson Agonistes（D）Areopagitica7 _shows h
4、ow mankind, in the person of Christ, withstands the tempter and is established once more in the divine favor. ( )（A）Paradise Lost（B） Paradise Regained（C） Samson Agonistes（D）Beowulf8 In the following great figures,_is not the pioneers of the modern English novel. ( )（A）Daniel Defoe（B） Laurence Sterne
5、（C） Samuel Richardson（D）William Shakespeare9 In the theatrical world of the neoclassical period,_was the leading figure among the host of playwrights. ( )（A）William Blake（B） Richard Sheridan（C） Ben Johnson（D）Bernard Shaw10 In Robinson Crusoe, Daniel Defoe glorifies all the following qualities of the
6、 middle-class men except_. ( )（A）the indignity of labour（B） religious devotion（C） loyalty to the king（D）pioneering spirit11 Tom Jones ,the full title being The History of Tom Jones , a Foundling, is generally considered the masterpiece of_. ( )（A）John Bunyan（B） Daniel Defoe（C） Jonathan Swift（D）Henry
7、 Fielding12 For the Romantics, is not only the major source of poetic imagery,but also provides the dominant subject matter. ( )（A）love（B） man（C） nature（D）death13 The poems such as the “Chimney Sweeper“are found in both Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience by_. ( )（A）William Wordsworth（B） Will
8、iam Blake（C） John Keats（D）Lord Gordon Byron14 William Wordsworth,a romantic poet,advocated all the following except_. ( )（A）the use of everyday language spoken by the common people（B） the expression of the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings（C） the use of humble and rustic life as subject matt
9、er（D）the use of elegant wording and inflated figures of speech15 Shelleys greatest achievement is his four-act poetic drama _. ( )（A）Men of England（B） Prometheus Unbound（C） Ode to the West Wind（D）The Revolt of Islam16 Through the character of Elizabeth Jane Austen emphasizes the importance of for wo
10、men. ( )（A）marriage（B） physical attractiveness（C） independence and self-confidence（D）submissive character17 Which of the following comments on Charles Dickens is wrong? ( )（A）Dickens is one of the greatest critical realistic writers of the Modern period.（B） His serious intention is to expose and cri
11、ticize all the poverty, injustice,hypocrisy and,corruptness he sees all around him.（C） The later works show the development of Dickens towards a highly conscious artist of the modern type.（D）A Tale of Two Cities is one of his later works.18 Charles Dickens works are characterized by a mingling of _.
12、 He seems to believe that life is itself a mixture of joy and grief. ( )（A）love and hate（B） friendship and loneliness（C） humor and pathos（D）satire and criticism19 Thomas Hardys novels are all Victorian in date. Most of them are set in_, the fictional primitive and crude rural region which is really
13、the home place he both loves and hates. ( )（A）Sussex（B） Wessex（C） Casterbridge（D）Oxford20 Thomas Hardy wrote novels of_. ( )（A）character and environment（B） pure romance（C） stream of consciousness（D）psychoanalysis21 In the mid-1950s and early 1960s, there appeared “_“ who demonstrated a particular di
14、sillusion over the depressing situation in Britain and launched a bitter protest against the outmoded social and political values in their society. ( )（A）The Beat Generation（B） The Lost Generation（C） The Angry Young Men（D）Black Mountain Poets22 In the play The Importance of Being Earnest by Wilde, t
15、he upper-class people are described as the following except ( )（A）corrupt（B） snobbish（C） hypocritical（D）ambitious23 Which of the following plays explored Bernard Shaws idea of “Life Force“? ( )（A）Man and Superman.（B） The Apple Cart.（C） Pygmalion.（D）Too True to Be Good.24 “The yellow fog that rubs it
16、s back upon the window-panes,/The yellow smoke that rubs its muzzle on the window-panes/Linked its tongue into the corners of the evening,/Lingered upon the pools that stand in drains. “The stanza is taken from_. ( )（A）T. S. Eliots The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock（B） Emily Dickinsons Because I Co
17、uld Not Stop for Death（C） Alfred Tennysons Break,Break,Break（D）William Wordsworths I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud25 In Sons and Lovers, D.H. Lawrence presented Paul as a(n) man and artist. ( )（A）independent（B） ambitious（C） strong-willed（D）sensitive26 Which of the following statements is not true of Am
18、erican Transcendentalism? ( )（A）It can be clearly defined as a part of American Romantic literary movement.（B） It can be defined philosophically as “the recognition in man of the capacity of knowing truth intuitively“.（C） Ralph Waldo Emerson was the chief advocate of this spiritual movement.（D）It sp
19、rang from South America in the late 19 th century.27 All of the following are works by Nathaniel Hawthorne except _. ( )（A）The House of the Seven Gables（B） White Jacket（C） The Marble Faun（D）The Blithedale Romance28 Which one of the following statements about Hawthornes The Scarlet Letter is true? (
20、)（A）Hawthorne intended to tell a love story in this novel.（B） Hawthorne intended to tell a story of sin in this novel.（C） Hawthorne intended to reveal the human psyche after they sinned,so as to show people the tension between society and individuals.（D）Hawthorne focused his attention on consequence
21、s of the sin on the people in general,so as to call the readers back to the conventional Puritan way of living.29 Whitmans There Was a Child Went Forth is a poem about _. ( )（A）a soldier going to the battlefield（B） the birth of a new life（C） a tragic boyhood experience（D）the growth of a child30 Moby
22、-Dick is regarded as the first American ( )（A）prose epic（B） comic epic（C） dramatic fiction（D）poetic fiction31 Who exerts the single most important influence on literary naturalism? ( )（A）Emerson.（B） Jack London.（C） Theodore Dreiser.（D）Darwin.32 The raft on which Huck and Jim float along the river in
23、 Mark Twains Adventures of Huckleberry Finn may symbolize all the following except_. ( )（A）spiritual freedom（B） escape from different sorts of social oppression（C） mobility and instability（D）a small society where people of different colors can live like brothers33 Linguistically, compared with the W
24、ritings of Mark Twain, Henry Jamess fiction is noted for his_. ( )（A）frontier vernacular（B） rich colloquialism（C） vulgarly descriptive words（D）refined elegant language34 Most of Emily Dickinsons poems were published ( )（A）when she was young（B） after her failed love affair（C） in her old age（D）after h
25、er death35 The poem “I like to see it lap the Miles“ is an interesting poem written by Emily Dickinson. What does “it“ in the poem stand for? ( )（A）The hound.（B） The star.（C） The horse.（D）The train.36 By the end of Sister Carrie,Dreiser writes,“It was forever to be the pursuit of that radiance of de
26、light which tints the distant hilltops of the world.“ Dreiser implies that_ . ( )（A）there is a bright future lying ahead（B） there is no end to mans desire（C） one should always be forward-looking（D）happiness is found in the end37 The subject matter of Robert Frosts poems focus on ( )（A）ordinary count
27、ry people and scenes（B） battle scenes of ancient Greek and Roman legends（C） struggling masses and crowded urban quarters（D）fantasies and mythical happenings38 In Fitzgeralds The Great Gatsby, there are detailed descrip- tions of big parties. The purpose of such descriptions is to show_. ( )（A）emptin
28、ess of life（B） the corruption of the upper class（C） contrast of the rich and the poor（D）the happy days of the Jazz Age39 Hemingways “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）Thre
29、e Stories and Ten Poems（B） Across the River and into the Trees（C） The Green Hills of Africa（D）In Our Time40 Emily Grierson,the protagonist in Faulkners story A Rose for Emily, can be regarded as a symbol for all the following qualities except_. ( )（A）old values（B） rigid ideas of social status（C） big
30、otry and eccentricity（D）harmony and integrity二、阅读理解41 Read the following quotation and answer the questions. “Not on thy sole but on thy soul, harsh Jew. . . “ Questions:A. Who is the author of the quotation?B. Whats the title of this book?C. Here, whats the meaning of “soul“ and “sole“?42 “She no s
31、ooner came home than she sent for the gamekeeper, and ordered him to bring his daughter to her; saying she would provide for her in the family, and might possibly place the girl about her own person,when her own maid, who was now going away,had left her. “Questions:A. Identify the title and the auth
32、or.B. What story does the novel tell?43 “Do you think I was brought up like you? Able to pick and choose my own way of life? Do you think I did what I did because I liked it, or thought it right. . . ?“Questions:A. Where is it taken from?B. Who is the author of the play?C. What does the statement me
33、an?44 “Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, /And sorry I could not travel both. “Questions:A. Who is the author?B. What does “diverged“ mean?C. What does the line imply?三、简答题45 What are the common features in Shakespears characterization of the four greatest tragedy heroes?46 What is the position of
34、 Henry Fielding in the history of English literature?47 Whitman has made radical changes in the form of poetry by choosing free verse as his medium of expression. What are the characteristics of Whitmans free verse?48 Give a brief analysis of Carrie Meeber in Theodore Dreisers Sister Carrie?四、论述题49
35、Hamlet is one of Shakespeares great tragedies. Try to discuss the social significances of Hamlet and analyze the character Hamlet.50 Discuss the striking feature of Paul, the main character in Sons and Lovers.全国自考（英美文学选读）模拟试卷 9 答案与解析一、单项选择题1 【正确答案】 B【试题解析】 然而直到亨利八世统治期间(15091547)，文艺复兴的春风才吹入英国。2 【正确答案
36、】 A【试题解析】 总体上讲，伊丽莎白时期的戏剧是英国文艺复兴的文学主流。3 【正确答案】 D【试题解析】 第十二夜是莎士比亚第二阶段中的一部喜剧。4 【正确答案】 A【试题解析】 莎士比亚的四大悲剧是：哈姆雷特、奥赛罗、李尔王与麦克白。5 【正确答案】 C【试题解析】 威尼斯商人这部喜剧的主线之一是：一位陷入贫困的威尼斯年轻人，巴萨尼奥，为了与贝尔蒙家族善良、貌美、富有的女继承人鲍西娅成亲，向好朋友安东尼奥贷款。可见涉及人物有巴萨尼奥、鲍西娅、安东尼奥。6 【正确答案】 D【试题解析】 论出版自由(1644 年)是他的散文代表作，主张言论自由。7 【正确答案】 B【试题解析】 复乐园是根据新
37、约.马太福音描述以耶稣为代表的人类如何抵御诱惑的故事而创作的。8 【正确答案】 D【试题解析】 英国现代小说的先驱有丹尼尔.笛福、塞缪尔.理查森、亨利.费尔丁、劳伦斯.斯泰恩，托比亚斯.斯摩莱特以及奥立佛.哥尔斯密。9 【正确答案】 B【试题解析】 在戏剧界众多的剧作家中，最有名的要数理查德.比.谢立丹。10 【正确答案】 A【试题解析】 在鲁滨逊漂流记里，笛福赞美了英国中产阶级不竭的精力、勇气、耐心和持之以恒的毅力，表达了对劳动和清教徒奉献精神的热爱；所以选项A 表述错误，B 表述正确。鲁滨逊是帝国缔造者的原型，选项 C 表述正确；鲁滨逊也是殖民主义者的先锋，选项 D 表述正确。11 【正确
38、答案】 D【试题解析】 汤姆.琼斯全名为汤姆.琼斯，一个弃儿的故事被普遍认为是菲尔丁的代表作。12 【正确答案】 C【试题解析】 对于浪漫主义者来说，自然界不仅是诗人用于联想的丰富素材，并且成为许多名篇巨著的主题。13 【正确答案】 B【试题解析】 诗歌清扫烟囱的孩子在布莱克的天真之歌和经验之歌中都能找到。14 【正确答案】 D【试题解析】 华兹华斯反对当时不少人对诗歌形式的过分重视，反对那种使诗歌了无生趣的学院派作诗法，他的创作理论的核心便是普通人的生活经历，普通人的词汇语言都是诗人应该也能够汲取的素材。D 项说主张运用优雅和夸张写作语言方式是不符合华兹华斯的思想的。15 【正确答案】 B【
39、试题解析】 雪莱最有造诣的作品是他的四幕诗剧被解放的普罗米修斯(1820 年 )。诗剧源于希腊神话及古希腊悲剧家埃斯库罗斯的剧作被缚的普罗米修斯。16 【正确答案】 C【试题解析】 通过伊丽莎白这一人物角色，简.奥斯汀强调了独立和自信对女性的重要性。17 【正确答案】 A【试题解析】 狄更斯是维多利亚时期伟大的批判现实主义作家。18 【正确答案】 C【试题解析】 狄更斯的作品还有一个特点就是将幽默与哀伤的泪水交汇起来，正如人生就是欢乐与痛苦的结合，生命也正因有了喜剧和悲剧才变得丰富多彩。19 【正确答案】 B【试题解析】 托马斯.哈代的多数小说都以个叫“威萨克斯”的地方为背景，统称“威萨克斯小
40、说”，其实这背景原型就是作者既爱又恨的故乡。20 【正确答案】 A【试题解析】 托马斯.哈代的部分作品是著名的“角色与环境为纲的小说”，最好地代表了作者自然主义与批判现实主义的写作特点。21 【正确答案】 C【试题解析】 20 世纪 50 年代中期到 60 年代早期，英国文坛出现了一群年轻的小说家与剧作家。他们出身卑微，被称为“愤怒的青年人”。他们对英国败落的境况表现出绝望，并极力反对过时的政治与社会价值观。22 【正确答案】 D【试题解析】 王尔德在代表作认真的重要性(1895 年)中辛辣地讽刺了上流社会的腐败、势利以及虚伪。23 【正确答案】 A【试题解析】 萧伯纳创作了一系列话剧，探索了
41、“生命的力量”一种能够与上帝齐平，解决各种社会、道德及玄奥问题的超级力量。典型例子有人与超人(1904 年 )与 回归玛土撒拉(1921 年) 。24 【正确答案】 A【试题解析】 “黄色的雾在窗玻璃上擦着它的背，/黄色的烟在窗玻璃上擦着它的嘴，把它的舌头舐进黄昏的角落，/徘徊在快要干涸的水坑上 ”以上内容节选自T.S.艾略特的诗作JA布鲁富劳克的情歌。25 【正确答案】 D【试题解析】 劳伦斯的儿子与情人中保罗足一个敏感的艺术家，他对母亲有很强的心理依赖性。26 【正确答案】 D【试题解析】 美国浪漫主义文学运动足能彪炳历史的是新英格兰的超验主义运动。该运动开始于 19 世纪 30 年代新英
42、格兰的先验主义俱乐部。D 项说开始于 19 世纪晚期是错误的。27 【正确答案】 B【试题解析】 有七个尖角阁的房子(1851 年)是霍桑根据其曾祖父任撒洛姆巫术审判法官时有人对作者家庭进行谩骂的事件写成的。福谷传奇(1852 年)是霍桑作为心理小说家反映他在布鲁克农场的亲身经历。霍桑根据赴欧任美国驻利物浦领事馆领事和赴法国和意大利旅行的经历，写成了玉石雕像(1860 年)。28 【正确答案】 C【试题解析】 霍桑并不是要讲一个爱情或是一个犯罪的故事而是集中表现道德、情感和心理对大众的作用，尤其是对书中主要人物的作用来揭示社会与个人的紧张矛盾。29 【正确答案】 D【试题解析】 有个孩子在长大
43、描写了一个孩子的成长过程，了解身边的世界，不断提高自己。30 【正确答案】 A【试题解析】 白鲸是美国第一部散文体史诗。31 【正确答案】 D【试题解析】 达尔文对美国自然主义文学发挥了独一无二的作用。32 【正确答案】 C【试题解析】 哈克和吉姆漂流坐的竹筏象征了自由精神，象征着逃离各种社会压迫，反映了一个不同肤色的人们可以像兄弟一样相处的小世界。流动性和不稳定性没有在文章中体现。33 【正确答案】 D【试题解析】 从语言上与马克.吐温的作品做对比，亨利.詹姆斯的小说以语言的高雅而闻名。34 【正确答案】 D【试题解析】 艾米莉.狄金森的多数作品发表在其去世后。35 【正确答案】 D【试题解
44、析】 我喜欢看它舔食着一路向前这首诗里，艾米莉.狄金森把它指代为火车。36 【正确答案】 B【试题解析】 在嘉莉妹妹的结尾部分，德莱塞写到：“将远方的山峰渲染得如此多彩的永远是对那快乐的光华的追求。”德莱塞暗示了“人的渴望永无止境”。37 【正确答案】 A【试题解析】 罗伯特.李.弗洛斯特的诗歌主题聚焦于乡巴佬和乡村风光的描写。38 【正确答案】 A【试题解析】 菲兹杰拉德的了不起的盖茨比里有关宴会细节描写的目的是，展示生活的空虚。39 【正确答案】 D【试题解析】 印第安营地是在我们的时代里所收十四篇小说之一。这个题目颇有讽刺意味；因为小说里根本没有和平可言。40 【正确答案】 D【试题解析
45、】 艾米莉是福克纳小说给艾米莉的玫瑰中的主人公。她是一个不愿意接受由于时间变迁而一切都改变的古怪的老处女。这个南方贵族的后人，是为过去所束缚的旧南方的象征。二、阅读理解41 【正确答案】 A. William Shakespeare.B. The Merchant of Venice.C. “Soul“ and “Sole“ here are a rhetoric means of pun to lampoon Shylocks evil nature. The social and racial discriminations are obvious here.42 【正确答案】 A. He
46、nry Fielding; The Hi story of Tom Jones, a Foundling. B. The story tells about Tom, the titular hero of the story,who is a boy found in Mr. Allworthys house and brought up there with the kind old mans nephew Blifil. The latter, a hypocritical, wrecked man, is envious of Mr. Allworthys fondness for t
47、he foundling and of Toms intimacy with the beautiful Sophia, daughter of the well-off squire Western. He plays some tricks so that Mr. Allworthy drives Tom out of the house. Tom, intending to go to sea, wrongly takes the road to London,and Sophia, in rebellion against her fathers desire that she be
48、married to Blifil, marches out for London too, accompanied by her maid. The two young people, especially Tom, have many adventures on the road, but in the end,after some misunderstanding between them,they are happily united. 43 【正确答案】 A. Mrs. Warrens Profession.B. George Bernard Shaw.C. Although Mrs
49、. Warren did not think what she did was right and did . not like it, she could not change her way of life. She had no other choice in her time.44 【正确答案】 A. Robert Lee Frost.B. “Diverged“ means separated and went on in different directions.C. One has to make choice, especially, in the course of ones life. 三、简答题45 【正确答案】 (1) Each portrays some noble hero, who faces the inj
