2011年4月全国自考英美文学选读试卷

英美文学选读试题

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全部题目用英文作答，并将答案写在答题纸相应位置上

I. Multiple Choice(40 points in all, 1 for each)

Select from the four choices of each item the one that best answers the question or completes the statement. Write the corresponding letter A, B, C or D on the answer sheet.

1. One of Shelley‟ s greatest political lyrics is ________, which was later to become a rallying song of the British Communist Party. A. “Ode to Liberty” C. “Sonnet: England in 1819”

B. “Ode to Naples” D. “Men of England”

2. In Charles Dickens‟ work ________, the Utilitarian principle rules over the English education system and destroys young hearts and minds. A. Little Dorrit C. Great Expectations

B. Hard Times D. Bleak House

3. The tragic sense turns into despair in Thomas Hardy‟s ________, where cornered by the traditional social morality, the hero and the heroine have to kill their own will and passion and return to their former destructive way of life. A. The Return of the Native C. Tess of the D’ Urbervilles

B. The Mayor of Casterbridge D. Jude the Obscure

4. The typical representatives of G. B. Shaw‟ s early plays are ________. A. Man and Superman; The Apple Cart B. Widowers’ House; Mrs. Warren’ s Profession C. Candida; Mrs. Warren’ s Profession D. The Apple Cart; Widowers’ House

5. As a critic of music and drama, ________ held that art should serve social purposes by reflecting human life, revealing social contradictions and educating the common people.

A. T. S. Eliot

C. George Bernard Shaw

B. Oscar Wilde D.W. B. Yeats

6. Symbolism and complex narrative are employed more richly in D. H. Lawrence‟s ________, which are generally regarded as his masterpieces. A. Women in Love; Sons and Lovers B. The Rainbow; Women in Love

C. Sons and Lovers; Lady Chatterley’s Lover D. Lady Chatterley’ s Lover; The Rainbow

7. T. S. Eliot won the Nobel Prize of Literature in ________. A. 1945 C. 1952

B. 1948 D. 1956

8. Thomas Hardy‟s pessimistic view of life predominates most of his later works and earns him a reputation as a ________ writer. A. realistic C. romantic

B. naturalistic D. stylistic

9. “Do you think, because I am poor, obscure, plain, and little, I am soulless and heartless? ... And if God had gifted me with some beauty, and much wealth, I should have made it as hard for you to leave me, as it is now for me to leave you. ” The quoted lines are most probably taken from ________. A. Great Expectations C. Jane Eyre

B. Wuthering Heights D. Pride and Prejudice

10. The most distinguishing feature of Charles Dickens‟ works is ________. A. the vernacular and large vocabulary C. character-portrayal

B. his humor and wit D. pictures of pathos

11. G. B. Shaw‟ s play ________ established his position as the leading playwright of his time.

A. Widowers’ Houses

B. Too True to Be Good

C. Mrs. Warren’ s Profession D. Candida

12. Jane Austen‟ s first novel ________ tells a story about two sisters and their love affairs.

A. Sense and Sensibility C. Northanger Abbey

B. Pride and Prejudice D. Mansfield Park

13. “If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?” the quoted line comes from ________.

A. Shelley‟s “Ode to the West Wind” C. John Milton‟s Paradise Lost

B. Walt Whitman‟ s Leaves of Grass D. John Keats‟“ Ode on a Grecian Urn”

14. All of the following poems by William Wordsworth are masterpieces on nature EXCEPT ________.

A. “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud” C. “Tinter Abbey”

B. “An Evening Walk” D. “The Solitary Reaper”

15. William Blake‟s ________ marks his entry into maturity. A. Poetical Sketches

C. Marriage of Heaven and Hell

B. Songs of Innocence D. Songs of Experience

16. Henry Fielding‟ s ________ brings him the name of “Prose Homer”. A. The History of Jonathan Wild the Great B. The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling C. The History of Amelia D. The History of Joseph Andrews

17. Among the three major poetical works by John Milton, ________ is the most perfect example of verse drama after the Greek style in English. A. Samson Agonistes C. Paradise Regained

B. Paradise Lost D. Areopagitica

18. T.S. Eliot‟ s ________ not only presents a panorama of physical disorder and spiritual desolation in the modern Western world, but also reflects the prevalent mood of disillusionment and despair of a whole post- war generation. A. The Hollow Men C. Murder in the Cathedral

B. The Waste Land D. Ash Wednesday

19. In ________, Shakespeare has not only made a profound analysis of the social crisis in which the evils can be seen everywhere, but also criticized the bourgeois egoism. A. Hamlet C. King Lear

B. Othello D. Macbeth

20. John Milton‟s greatest poetical work ________ is the only generally acknowledged epic in English literature since Beowulf. A. Areopagitica C. Lycidas

B. Paradise Lost D. Samson Agonistes

21. The work ________ by William Blake is a lovely volume of poems, presenting a happy world, though not without its evils and sufferings. A. Songs of Innocence C. Poetical Sketches

B. Songs of Experience D. Lyrical Ballads

22. The plays known as “the Lawrence trilogy” are all the following EXCEPT ________.

A. A Collier’ s Friday Night C. The Daughter - in - Law

B. Lady Chatterley’ s Lover D. The Widowing of Mrs. Holroyed

23. Greatly and permanently affected by the ________ experiences, Hemingway formed his own writing style, together with his theme and hero. A. mining C. war

B. farming D. sailing

24. “The dignity of movement of an iceberg is due to only one -eighth of it being above water. ” This “iceberg” analogy about prose style was put forward by ________.

A. William Faulkner

B. Henry James

C. Ernest Hemingway D. F·Scott Fitzgerald

25. In Go Down, Moses, ________ illuminates the problem of black and white in Southern society as a close- knit destiny of blood brotherhood. A. William Faulkner C. Herman Melville

B. Jack London D. Nathaniel Hawthorne

26. In Death in the Afternoon ________ presents his philosophy about life and death through the depiction of the bullfight as a kind of microcosmic tragedy. A. William Faulkner C. Ernest Hemingway

B. Jack London D. Mark Twain

27. William Faulkner once said that ________ is a story of “lost innocence,” which proves itself to be an intensification of the theme of imprisonment in the past. A. The Great Gatsby C. Absalom, Absalom!

B. The Sound and the Fury D. Go Down, Moses

28. Walt Whitman believed, by means of “________,” he has turned poetry into an open field, an area of vital possibility where the reader can allow his own imagination to play. A. free verse C. regular rhyming

B. strict verse

D. standardized rhyming

29. Herman Melville‟s second famous work, ________, was not published until 1924, 33 years after his death. A. Pierre C. Moby-Dick

B. Redburn D. Billy Budd

30. In 1920, ________ published his first novel This Side of Paradise which was, to some extent, his own story. A. F·Scott Fitzgerald C. William Faulkner

B. Ernest Hemingway D. Emily Dickinson

31. Unlike his contemporaries in the early 20th century, ________ did not break up with the poetic tradition nor made any experiment on form. A. Walt Whitman

B. Robert Frost

C. Ezra Pound D.T. S. Eliot

32. While Mark Twain seemed to have paid more attention to the “life” of the

Americans, ________ had apparently laid a greater emphasis on the “inner world” of man.

A. William Howells C. Bret Harte

B. Henry James D. Hamlin Garland

33. At the age of eighty -seven, ________ read his poetry at the inauguration of President John F. Kennedy in 1961. A. Robert Frost C. Ezra Pound

B. Walt Whitman D.T. S. Eliot

34. Of all Herman Melville‟s sea adventure stories, ________ proves to be the best. A. Typee C. Moby – Dick

B. Redburn D. Omoo

35. Man is a “victim of forces over which he has no control. ” This is a notion held strongly by ________. A. Robert Frost C. Henry James

B. Theodore Dreiser D. Hamlin Garland

36. With the publication of ________, Theodore 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 naturalism. A. Sister Carrie C. An American Tragedy

B. The Titan D. The Stoic

37. Nathaniel Hawthorne was affected by ________‟s transcendentalist theory and struck up a very intimate relationship with him. A. H. W. Longfellow C. R. W. Emerson

B. Walt Whitman D. Washington Irving

38. Among the following writers ________ is generally regarded as the

forerunner of the 20th -century “stream - of - consciousness” novels and the founder of psychological realism. A. T. S. Eliot

B. James Joyce

C. William Faulkner D. Henry James

39. Walt Whitman wrote down a great many poems to air his sorrow for the death of President ______, and one of the famous is “When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom‟ d. ” A. Washington C. Franklin

B. Lincoln D. Kennedy

40. The Marble Faun by Nathaniel Hawthorne, a romance set in______, is concerned about the dark aberrations of the human spirit. A. France C. England

B. Spain D. Italy

II. Reading Comprehension ( 16 points in all, 4 for each)

Read the quoted parts carefully and answer the questions in English. Write your answers in the corresponding space on the answer sheet. 41.“Shah I compare thee to a summer‟s day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate: Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, And summer‟s lease hath all too short a date:” Questions:

A. Who‟s the poet of the quoted stanza, and what‟s the title of the poem? B. What figure of speech is employed in the poem? C. What is the theme of the poem?

42. “When the stars threw down their spears, And water‟ d heaven with their tears, Did he smile his work to see?

Did he who made the Lamb make thee ?” Questions:

A. Who‟s the poet of the quoted stanza, and what‟s the title of the poem? B. Whom does the “he” refer to? C. What does the “Lamb” symbolize?

43. “My tongue, every atom of my blood, form‟ d from this soil, this air, Born here of parents born here from parents the same, and their parents the same, I, now thirty- seven years old in perfect health begin, Hoping to cease not till death” Questions:

A. Who‟s the poet of the quoted stanza, and what‟s the title of the poem? B. What do “soil” and “air” represent in the first line? C. What does the poet try to say in the above quoted lines? 44. “ „Is dying hard, Daddy?‟

„No, I think it‟s pretty easy, Nick. It all depends. ‟” Questions:

A. Who‟s the author of the quoted part, and what‟s the title of the work? B. What was Nick preoccupied with when he asked the question?

C. Why did the father add “It all depends” after he answered his son‟s question? III. Questions and Answers (24 points in all, 6 for each)

Give a brief answer to each of the following questions in English. Write your answers in the corresponding space on the answer sheet. 45. What‟s the theme of Emily Bronte‟ s Wuthering Heights?

46. It is said that B. Shaw‟ s play Mrs. Warren’ s Profession, has a strong realistic theme, which fully reflects the dramatist‟s Fabianist idea. What‟s the theme of the work?

47. What‟s the theme of Nathaniel Hawthorne‟ s Young Goodman Brown?

48. Daisy Miller brought Henry James international fame for the first time. What‟s the character of Daisy Miller, the protagonist? IV. Topic Discussion(20 points in all, 10 for each)

Write no less than 150 words on each of the following topics in English in the corresponding space on the answer sheet.

49. Make a comment on the character of Jane Eyre, the heroine of the novel by Charlotte Bronte.

50. Why are naturalists inevitably pessimistic in their view?