自考类试卷全国自考英美文学选读综合模拟试卷4及答案与解析

1、nightly（C） Greek（D）primitive2 The Petrarchan sonnet was first introduced into England by _. ( )（A）Surrey（B） Wyatt（C） Sidney（D）Shakespeare3 Shakespeares dramatic career can be divided into four periods. It was in the period that his style and approach became highly individualized. ( )（A）first（B） second（C） third（D）fourth4 _is probably Miltons most memorable prose work. ( )（A）Paradise Lost（B） Paradise Regained（C） Samson Agonistes（D）Areopagitica5 In the Neoclassical Period, along。

2、n Swift（B） Daniel Defoe（C） Henry Fielding（D）Thomas Gray2 In the Romantic Age, _is a great critic on Shakespeare, Elizabethan drama, and English poetry.（A）Byron（B） Jane Austen（C） William Hazlitt（D）William Blake3 Robert Browning who created the verse novel by adopting the novelistic presentation of characters, was among the famous_poet.（A）neoclassical（B） realistic（C） experimental（D）victorian4 Which of the following is NOT a typical feature of Modernism?（A）To elevate the individual and in。

3、 The American _as a cultural heritage exerted great influences over American moral values in the American Romantic Period.（A）Puritanism（B） Atheism（C） Deism（D）Cynicism3 _tells a simple but very moving story in which four people living in a Puritan community are involved in and affected by the sin of adultery in different ways.（A）Young Goodman Brown（B） Moby-Dick（C） The Scarlet Letter（D）Daisy Miller4 In many of Hawthorne s stories and novels, the Puritan concept of life is condemned, 。

4、 Roman and Greek culture.（B） Englands domestic rest.（C） New discovery in geography and astrology.（D）The religious reformation and the economic expansion.2 The Renaissance refers to the period between 14th and mid-17th centuries,which was under the reign of Queen and absolute monarchy in England reached its summit, and in which the real mainstream was . ( )（A）Victoria,poetry（B） Elizabeth,drama（C） Mary, novel（D）James, drama3 In the second period, Shakespeares style and approach became hi。

5、stopher Marlowe（D）Edmund Spenser,Christopher Marlowe2 _, the first important English essayist, is also the founder of modern science in England and one of the representatives of the English Renaissance. ( )（A）Christopher Marlowe（B） Francis Bacon（C） Thomas More（D）William Shakespeare3 It is generally believed that the most important play among Shakespeares comedies is ( )（A）A Midsummer Nights Dream（B） As You Like It（C） The Merchant of Venice（D）Twelfth Night4 _,an elaborate and 。

6、followings is among his later works?（A）A Tale of Two Cities.（B） Sketches by Boz.（C） Hard Times.（D）Villette.2 As a representative of the_, Alexander Pope was one of the first to introduce rationalism to England.（A）Renaissance（B） Rationalism（C） Enlightenment（D）Romanticism3 Which of the following is NOT regarded as one of the characteristics of Renaissance?（A）Rediscovery of ancient Roman and Greek culture.（B） Attempt to remove the old feudalist ideas in medieval Europe.（C） Introducing new idea。

7、ntrol of the parliament and government（C） introducing new ideas that expressed the interests of the rising bourgeoisie（D）recovering the purity of the early church, from the corruption of the Roman Catholic Church2 _was the first to start the attack on middle-class privileges and power in his novel Lucky Jim.（A）John Braine（B） Kingsley Amis（C） Alan Sillitoe（D）John Wain3 For his contribution to the establishment of the form of the modern novel, _ has been regarded as “ Father of the Engli。

8、hool“ writers are the following sentimentalists of_.（A）James Thomson and William Collins（B） William Collins and William Blake（C） Robert Burns and James Thomson（D）Thomas Jackson and James Thomson3 The most perfect example of the verse drama after the Greek style in English is Samson Agonistes by_.（A）John Milton（B） William Blake（C） Henry Fielding（D）William Wordsworth4 The first period of the English Renaissance was one of imitation and _.（A）Elizabethan drama（B） poetry（C） reformation。

9、pansion of British colonies in North America（C） the new discoveries in geography and astrology（D）the religious reformation and the economic expansion2 The Petrarchan sonnet was first introduced into England by_.（A）Surrey（B） Wyatt（C） Blake（D）Milton3 The most famous dramatists in the Renaissance England are all the following EXCEPT_.（A）Francis Bacon（B） Christopher Marlowe（C） William Shakespeare（D）Ben Jonson4 Many people today tend to regard the play The Merchant of Venice as a satire of 。

10、famous dramatists in the Renaissance England are Marlowe, William Shakespeare and . ( )（A）John Milton（B） John Marlowe（C） Ben Jonson（D）Edmund Spenser3 Shakespeares greatest tragedies are_. ( )（A）Hamlet, Othello, King hear and Macbeth（B） Hamlet,Othello,King Lear and Romeo and Juliet（C） Hamlet,Coriolanus,King Lear and Macbeth（D）Hamlet, Julius caesar ,Othello and Macbeth4 In _, Shakespeare has not only made a profound analysis of the social crisis in which the evils can be seen everyw。

11、 of the parliament and government（C） introducing new ideas that expressed the interests of the rising 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 Like It（D）Romeo and Juliet4 Which of the following sentences about Shakespeares 。

12、our（D）five2 Which of the following one is among the famous novelists of the critical realists in the Victorian 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 The author of the book “Dombey and son“ is _.（A）Charles Dicken。

13、he old feudalist ideas in medieval Europe.（C） Introducing new ideas that expressed the interests of the rising bourgeoisie.（D）Praise of mans efforts in soul delivery and personal salvation.2 Which of the following is not true about the Renaissance? ( )（A）Humanism is the essence of the Renaissance.（B） Attitudes and feelings which had been characteristics of the 14th and 15 th centuries persisted well down into the era of Humanism and Reformation.（C） It was Chaucer who initiated the Reformati。

14、al mainstream of the English Renaissance is ( )（A）the Elizabethan drama（B） the Elizabethan prose（C） ancient 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 its realistic presentation of human nature and human conflict. All the following characte。

15、tion from the Continent but also because of its domestic unrest. ( )（A）quick（B） slow（C） speedy（D）deep3 Which of 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） Paradise Regained.（D）Areopagitica.5 English Enlighteners in the 18 th century held as the y。

16、f troubles. Questions: A. Who is the author of the play?B. Who is the speaker?C. What does he mean when he says “To be,or not to bethat is the question“ ?2 “ Faith! Faith! cried the husband. Look up to Heaven, and resist the Wicked One.Questions:A. Identify the work and the author.B. What idea does the quoted sentence express?3 “There was music from my neighbor s house through the summer nights. In his blue gardens men and girls came and went like moths among the whisperin。

17、mmetry“ mean?C. What does “tyger“ refer to?2 “We passed the School, where Children stroveAt Recessin the RingWe passed the Fields of Gazing GrainWe passed the Setting Sun“Questions:A. Identify the poem and the poet.B. What do “the School“ , “the Fields“ and “the Setting Sun“ stand for respectively?二、简答题3 What are the features of Defoe s writings?4 Discuss the historical background of Victorian period.5 Analyze the features of G.B.Shaws characters.6 What are the characteristics of W。

18、e author?B. What is the title of the poem?C. What is the main idea?2 I celebrate myself, and sing myself,And what I assume you shall assume,For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you.Questions:A. Identify the author and the work.B. What are the two principal beliefs that the poet set in this poem?3 “.Only Miss Emily s house was left, rifting its stubborn and coquettish decay above the cotton wagons and the gasoline pumpsan eyesore among eyesores. “Questions:A. Identify the autho。

19、rature. From the movement went to embrace the rest of Europe. ( )（A）Germany（B） Greek（C） Britain（D）Italy2 In 1593 and 1594, Shakespeare published two narrative poems and The Rape of Lucrece. ( )（A）The Faerie Queen（B） Venus and Adonis（C） Measure for Measure（D）Sonnet 183 _shows how 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）Beowulf4 All of the following statements can 。

20、 “inward eye“ mean?C. Write out the main idea of the passage in plain English.2 “ I shall be telling this with a sighSomewhere ages and ages hence;Two roads diverged in a wood, and II took the one less traveled by,And that has made all the difference. “Questions:A. Identify the author and the title of the poem from which the quoted lines are taken.B. What additional meaning do the two roads have?C. What dilemma is the speaker facing?二、简答题3 Briefly discuss the features of Fielding s writing。