1、全國 2005 年 4 月高等教育自學(xué)考試英美文學(xué)選讀試題課程代碼： 00604全部題目用英文作答，并將答案寫在答題紙相應(yīng)位置上，否則不計(jì)分PART ONE (40 POINTS)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 your choice on the answer sheet.1.The most sig

2、nificant idea of the Renaissance is （） .A. humanismB. realismC. naturalismD. skepticism2.Shakespeare s tragedies include all the following except（） .Hamlet and King LearAntony and Cleopatra and MacbethJulius Caesar and OthelloThe Merchant of Venice and A Midsummer Night s Dream3.The statement“ Studi

3、es serve fordelight, forornament, andfor ability ” opens one ofwell-known essays by （）.A. Francis BaconB. Samuel JohnsonC. Alexander PopeD. Jonathan Swift4.In Hardy s Wessex novels, there is an apparent（） touch in his description of the simplethough primitive rural life.A. nostalgicB. humorousC. rom

4、anticD. ironic5.Backbite,Sneerwell, and Lady Teazle are characters in the playThe School forScandal by（）.A. Christopher MarloweB. Ben JonsonC. Richard Brinsley SheridanD. George Bernard Shawthcentury novelists Henry Fielding was the first toset out, both intheory and6.Of all the 18practice,to write

5、specificallya“（） in prose,” the first to give the modern novel itsstructure and style.A. tragic epicB. comic epicC. romanceD. lyric epic7.In his poem “Tyger, Tyger,”William Blake expresses his perception of the “ fearful symmetry ”of the big cat. The phrase “ fearful symmetry ”suggests（） .A. the tig

6、er s two eyes which are dazzlingly bright and symmetrically setB. the poet s fear of the predatorC. the analogy of the hammer and the anvilD. the harmony of t he two opposite aspects of God s creation-第1頁共7頁-8.“ What is his name? ”“ Bingley. ”“ Is he married or single? ”“ Oh! Single, my dear, to be

7、sure! A single man of large fortune; four or five thousand a year.What a fine thing for our girls!”The above dialogue must be taken from （） .A. Jane AustenPrides and PrejudiceB. Emily BronteWutherings HeightsC. John GalsworthyThe Forsyte SagaD. George EliotMiddlemarchs9.The short story “Araby ” is o

8、ne of the stories in James Joyce（ s collection）.A. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young ManB. UlyssesC. Finnegans WakeD. Dubliners10.William Wordsworth, a romantic poet, advocated all the following except（） .A. the using of everyday language spoken by the common peopleB. the expression of the spontan

9、eous overflow of powerful feelingsC. the humble and rustic life as subject matterD. elegant wording and inflated figures of speech11.Here are two lines taken from The Merchant of Venice:“ Not on thy sole, but on thy soul, harshJew/Thou mak st thy knife keen”.What kind of figurative device is used in

10、 the above lines?（）A. Simile.B. Metonymy.C. Pun.D. Synecdoche.12.“ If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind? ” is an epigrammatic line by （） .A. J. KeatsB. W. BlakeC. W. WordsworthD. P. B. Shelley13.The poems such as“ The Chimney Sweeper ”are found in both Songs of Innocence and Songs ofExperience

11、by（） .A. William WordsworthB. William BlakeC. John KeatsD. Lord Gordon Byron14.John BunyanPilgrims sProgress is often regarded as a typical example of （）.A. allegoryB. romanceC. epic in proseD. fable15.Alexander Pope strongly advocated neoclassicism, emphasizing that literary works should bejudged b

12、y （） rules of order, reason, logic, restrained emotion, good taste and decorum.A. classicalB. romanticC. sentimentalD. allegorical16.In his essay“ Of Studies, ” Bacon said:“ Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed,and some few to be chewed and（） .”A. skimmedB. perfected-第2頁共7頁-C. imitate

13、dD. digested17.“ For I have known them all already, known them all /Have known the evenings, mornings,afternoons,/I have measured out my life with coffee spoons. ” The above lines are taken from（）.A. Wordsworth “sThe Solitary Reaper ”B. Eliot “sThe Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock ”C. Coleridge “sKub

14、la Khan ”D. Yeats “sThe Lake Isle of Innisfree ”18.(The)（）was a progressive intellectual movement throughout Western Europe in the 18 thcentury.A. RomanticismB. HumanismC. EnlightenmentD. Sentimentalism19.A typical Forsyte, according to John Galsworthy, is a man with a strong sense of （） ,who never

15、pays any attention to human feelings.A. moralityB. justiceC. propertyD. humor20.The typical feature of Robert Browning s（poetry is the）.A. bitter satireB. larger-than-life caricatureC. Latinized dictionD. dramatic monologue21.George Bernard Shaw s play,Mrs. Warren s Profession is a grotesquely reali

16、stic exposure ofthe（） .A. slum landlordismB. political corruption in EnglandC. economic oppression of womenD. religious corruption in England22.The story starting with the marriage of Paul s parents Walter Morel and Mrs. Morel must be（）.A. Thomas HardyTess of the D UrbervillesB. D. H. LawrenceSonss

17、and LoversC. George Eliot MiddlemarchsD. Charlotte BronteJaneEyres23.In American literature the first important writer who earned an international fame on both sidesof the Atlantic Ocean is （） .A. Washington IrvingB. Ralph Waldo EmersonC. Nathaniel HawthorneD. Walt Whitman24.The American novelist Na

18、thaniel Hawthorne is known for his“ black vision. ”The term“blackvision ” refers to（） .A. Hawthorne s observation that every man faces a black wallB. Hawthorne s belief that all men are by nature evilC. that Hawthorne employed a dream vision to tell his storyD. that Puritans of Hawthorne s time usua

19、lly wore black clothes25.Theodore Dreiser was once criticized for his （） in style, but as a true artist his strength-第3頁共7頁-just lies in that his style is very serious and well calculated to achieve the thematic ends he sought.A. crudenessB. eleganceC. concisenessD. subtlety26.“ He is the last of th

20、e romantic heroes, whose energy and sense of commitment take him insearch of his personal Grail; his failure magnifies to a great extent the end of the AmericanDream. ” The character referred to in the passage is most likely the protagonist of （）.A. FitzgeraldThe Greats GatsbyB. DreiserAn Americans

21、TragedyC. HemingwayFors Whom the Bell TollsD. TwainThes Adventures of Huckleberry Finn27.Almost all Faulkner s heroes turned out to be tragic because（）.A. all enjoyed living in the declining American SouthB. none of them was conditioned by the civilization and social institutionsC. most of them were

22、 prisoners of the pastD. none were successful in their attempt to explain the inexplicable28.Yank, the protagonist of Eugene O NeillThe Hairys playApe , talked to the gorilla and set itfree because（） .A. he was mad, mistaking a beast for a humanB. he was told by the white young lady that he was like

23、 a beast and he wanted to see how closely he resembled the gorillaC. he was caged with the gorilla after he insulted an aristocratic stroller D. he could feel the kinship only with the beast29.In（ ）, Robert Frost compares life to a journey, and he is doubtful whether he will regret his choice or not

24、 when he is old, because the choice has made all the difference.“ After Apple-Picking ”“ The Road Not Taken ”“ Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening ”“ Fire and Ice ”30.Though Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson were romantic poets in theme and technique, theydiffer from each other in a variety of ways.

25、 For one thing, whereas Whitman likes to keephis eye on human society at large, Dickinsonoften addresses such issues as（） ,immortality, religion, love and nature.A. progressB. freedomC. beautyD. death31.The Romantic Writers would focus on all the following issues EXCEPT the（） in theAmerican literary

26、 history.A. individual feelingB. survival of the fittestC. strong imaginationD. return to nature32.Generally speaking, all those writers with a naturalistic approach to human reality tend to be（）.A. transcendentalistsB. optimists-第4頁共7頁-C. pessimistsD. idealists33.With Howells, James, and Mark Twain

27、 active on the literary scene, （）became the majortrend in American literature in the seventies and eighties of the 19 th century.A. SentimentalismB. RomanticismC. RealismD. Naturalism34.American writers after WorldWar I self-consciously acknowledgedthattheywere(a)“（）,” devoid of faith and alienated

28、from the Western civilization.A. Lost GenerationB. Beat GenerationC. Sons of LibertyD. Angry Young Men35.In（）, Washington Irving agrees with the protagonist on his preference of the past to thepresent, and of a dream-like world to the real world.A. “ Young Goodman Brown ”B. “Rip Van Winkle ”C. “ Rap

29、paccini s Daughter”D. “Bartleby, the Scrivener ”36.Hester Prynne, Dimmesdale, Chillingworth and Pearl are most likely characters in（）.A. The House of the Seven GablesB. The Scarlet LetterC. The Portrait of a LadyD. The Pioneers37.Like Nathaniel Hawthorne, （）also manages to achieve the effect of ambi

30、guity throughsymbolism and allegory in his narratives.A. Mark TwainB. Henry JamesC. R. W. EmersonD. Herman Melville38.In his realistic fiction, Henry James s primary concernthe（is to present）.A. inner life of human beingsB. American Civil War and its effectsC. life on the Mississippi RiverD. Calvini

31、stic view of original sin39.Which of the following is NOT a typical feature of Mark Twain（ s writing） style?A. Simple vernacular.B. Local color.C. Lengthy psychological analyses.D. Richness of irony and humor.40.Which of the following statements about E. Grierson, the protagonist in Faulkner“ A s st

32、oryRose for Emily, ” is NOT true? （）A. She has a distorted personality.B. She is physically deformed and paralyzed.C. She is the symbol of the old values of the South.D. She is the victim of the past glory.PART TWO (60 POINTS). Reading Comprehension (16 points, 4 for each)Read the quoted parts caref

33、ully and answer the questions in English. Write your answer in the corresponding space on the answer sheet.41.“ Words are like leaves; and where they most abound,Much fruit of sense beneath is rarely found ”Questions:Identify the poem and the poet.What idea do the two lines express?-第5頁共7頁-42.“ To b

34、e so distinguished, is an honor, which, being very little accustomed to favors from the great, I know not well how to receive, or in what terms to acknowledge. ”Questions:Identify the work and the author.What is the tone of author?43.“ Faith! Faith! cried the husband. Look up to Heaven, and resist t

35、he Wicked One. ”Questions:Identify the work and the author.What idea does the quoted sentence express?44.“ We passed the School, where Children stroveAt Recessin the Ring We passed the Fields of Gazing Grain We passed the Setting Sun”Questions:Identify the poem and the poet.What do“ the School, ” “

36、the Fields” and“ the Setting Sun” stand for respectively?. Questions and Answers (24 points in all, 6 for each)Give brief answers to each of the following questions in English. Write your answers in the corresponding space on the answer sheet.45.As a rule, and allegory is a story in verse or prose with a double meaning: a surface meaning,and an implied meaning. List two works as examples of allegory. What is the implied meaning an allegory is usually concerned with?46.“ Let it not be