2023年自考類英語自考英美文學(xué)選讀題庫卷I一.歷年考點(diǎn)試題黑鉆版(共50題)1.InSamsonAgonistes,Miltonagainborrowshisstoryfromthe______.Butthistimeheturnstoamorevitalandpersonaltheme.A.historyB.religionC.legendD.Bible2."Tobe,ornottobe—thatisthequestion;/Whether'tisnoblerinthemindtosuffer/Theslingsandarrowsofoutrageousfortune,/Ortotakearmsagainstaseaoftroubles,/Andbyopposingendthen?"Theselinesaretakenfrom______.A.KingLearB.RomeoandJulietC.OthelloD.Hamlet3.AmongtheworksbyCharlesDickens______presentshiscriticismoftheUtilitarianprinciplethatrulesovertheEnglisheducationsystemanddestroysyoungheartsandminds.A.BleakHouseB.ThePickwickPaperC.GreatExpectationsD.HardTimes4.ThemostfamousdramatistsintheRenaissanceEnglandareMarlowe,WilliamShakespeareand______.A.JohnMiltonB.JohnMarloweC.BenJonsonD.EdmundSpenser5."Blindness""partiality""prejudice"and"absurdity"inthenovelPrideandPrejudicearemostlikelythecharacteristicsof______.A.ElizabethB.DarcyC.Mr.BennetD.Mrs.Bennet6.SonsandLoversisanovelwrittenby______.A.D.H.LawrenceB.JamesJoyceC.ThomasHardyD.T.S.Eliot7.ThemodernEnglishnovelcameintobeingin______.A.themiddleofthe17thcenturyB.the17thcenturyC.thelate18thcenturyD.themiddleofthe18thcentury8.WhichofthefollowingdescriptionsofGothicNovelsisNOTcorrect?A.Itpredominatedintheearlyeighteenthcentury.B.ItwasonephaseoftheRomanticmovement.C.Itsprincipalelementsareviolence,horrorandthesupernatural.D.WorkslikeTheMysteriesofUdolphoandFrankensteinaretypicalGothicromance.9.______byHenryJamestellsastoryaboutayoungandinnocentAmericanconfrontingthecomplexityoftheEuropeanlife.A.TheAmericanB.DaisyMillerC.TheEuropeansD.ThePortraitofALady10.The18th-centuryEnglandisknownastheAgeof______inthehistory.A.RomanticismB.ClassicismC.RenaissanceD.Enlightenment11.HemingwayoncedescribedMarkTwain'snovel______theonebookfromwhich"allmodernAmericanliteraturecomes."A.AdventuresofHuckleberryFinnB.TheAdventuresofTomSawyerC.TheGildedAgeD.RoughingIt12.Icelebratemyself,andsingmyself,

AndwhatIassumeyoushallassume,

Foreveryatombelongingtomeasgoodbelongstoyou.

Iloafeandinvitemysoul,

Ileanandloafeatmyeaseobservingaspearofsummergrass.

Questions:

A.identifytheauthorandthetitleofthepoemfromwhichthestanzaistaken.

B.Whatistherhymeschemeofthispoem?

C.Whatarethetwoprincipalbeliefssetforthbythepoetinthispoem?13.ReturningtoEnglandfromGermanyin1799,WilliamWordsworthandhissistersettledatDoveCottageinGrasmere,Westmoreland.Thepoet______aswellas______livednearby,andthethreemenbecameknownasthe"LakePoets."A.SamuelTaylorColeridge;GeorgeGordon

ByronB.RobertSouthey;SamuelTaylorColeridgeC.JohnKeats;RobertSoutheyD.GeorgeGordonByron;PercyByssheShelley14.TheRomanticperiodisanageof______.Blake,Wordsworth,Coleridge,Byron,ShelleyandKeatsarethemajorRomanticpoets.A.novelB.dramaC.essayD.poetry15.WhyisJohnMiltonthegreatestwriterofhistime?16.Wherefore,BeesofEngland,forge

Manyaweapon,chain,andscourge,

Thatthesestinglessdronesmayspoil

Theforcedproduceofyourtoil?

Questions:

A.Whoistheauthorofthepoem?

B.Whatdoes"BeesofEngland"referto?

C.Whatfigureofspeechisusedhere?17.TheRomanticperiodisanageofpoetry.Blake,Wordsworth,Coleridge,Byron,ShelleyandKeatsarethemajorpoets.Theystartedarebellionagainsttheneoclassicalliterature,whichwaslaterregardedas______.A.thepoeticromanceB.thepoeticmovementC.thepoeticrevolutionD.thepoeticreformation18.Fieldinghasbeenregardedbysomeas"______",forhiscontributiontotheestablishmentoftheformofthemodernnovel.A.FatheroftheEnglishNovelB.FatheroftheEnglishPoetryC.FatheroftheEnglishDramaD.FatheroftheEnglishShortStory19.Mr.MicawberinDavidCopperfieldandSamWellinThePickwickPaperareperhapsthebest______characterscreatedbyCharlesDickens.A.comicalB.tragicC.roundD.sophisticated20.Shakespeare'splaywright______resortstothesupernaturalatmosphereandtothedreamstosolvetheconflict.A.TheTempestB.TwelfthNightC.AMidsummerNight'sDreamD.Hamlet21.Linguistically,comparedwiththewritingsofMarkTwain,HenryJames'sfictionisnotedforhis______.A.frontiervernacularB.richcolloquialismC.vulgarlydescriptivewordsD.refinedelegantlanguage22.WhichofthefollowingstatementsbestillustratesthethemeofShakespeare'sSonnet18?______A.Thespeakereulogizesthepowerofnature.B.Thespeakersatirizeshumanvanity.C.Thespeakerpraisesthepowerofartisticcreation.D.Thespeakermeditatesonman'ssalvation.23.Whatisstreamofconsciousnessinnovelwriting?Trytoexplainthequestionfromtwoangles.24.Thestatement"Itrevealsthedehumanizingworkhousesystemandthedark,criminalunderworldlife"maywellsumupthemainthemeinDickens'______.A.DavidCopperfieldB.BleakHouseC.GreatExpectationsD.OliverTwist25.InWilliamBlake'slaterperiod,hewrotequiteafewpropheticbooksincludingthefollowingwritingsexcept______.A.TheBookofUrizenB.TheBookofLosC.MiltonD.MarriageofHeavenandHell26.WhichofthefollowingstatementsisnottrueofAmericanTranscendentalism?A.ItcanbeclearlydefinedasapartofAmericanRomanticliterarymovement.B.Itcanbedefinedphilosophicallyas"therecognitioninmanofthecapacityofknowingtruthintuitively".C.RalphWaldoEmersonwasthechiefadvocateofthisspiritualmovement.D.ItsprangfromSouthAmericainthelate19thcentury.27.AllofthefollowingplaysareamongShakespeare'sfourgreatesttragediesEXCEPT______.A.HamletB.MacbethC.RomioandJulietD.Othello28.______,andthewestbecameMarkTwain'smajortheme.A.LoveB.TheMississippivalleyC.NewYorkD.Humannature29.Youmayhavemettheterm"Yahoo"onInternet,butyoumayalsohavemetitinEnglishliterature.Itisfoundin______.A.JohnBunyan'sPilgrim'sProgressB.SamuelJohnson'sTheVanityofHumanWishesC.JonathanSwift'sGulliver'sTravelsD.HenryFielding'sTomJones30.P.B.Shelley'sgreatestpoliticallyricsis______.A.MenofEnglandB.AnEssayonCriticismC.ThePreludeD.ADefenceofPoetry31.WaltWhitmanbelieved,bymeansof"______,"hehasturnedpoetryintoanopenfield,anareaofvitalpossibilitywherethereadercanallowhisownimaginationtoplay.A.freeverseB.strictverseC.regularrhymingD.standardizedrhyming32.AmongthefamousnovelistsoftheVictorianPeriodwerethecriticalrealistslike,

______,WilliamMakepeaceThackeray,CharlotteBrontё,EmilyBrontё,Mrs.GaskellandAnthonyTrollope,etc.A.ThomasHardyB.CharlesDickensC.RobertBrowningD.JaneAusten33.OfthefollowingworksbyHawthorne,whichonewasaromancesetinItaly?______A.TheHouseoftheSevenGables.B.TheBlithedaleRomance.C.TheMarbleFaun.D.Twice-ToldTales.34.ItisHenryJames'novelsandhis______thatmakehimafascinatingcaseintheAmericanliteraryhistoryandaconspicuousfigureinworldliterature.A.literaryessaysB.travelaccountsC.poemsD.plays35.WhatistheanalogythatEmilyDickinsonusesinherpoem"BecauseIcouldnotstopforDeath—"?______A.Horseandcarriage.B.Stageandperformance.C.Cloudandshade.D.Shipandharbor.36.InRenaissance,theEuropeanhumanistthinkersandscholarsmadeattemptstodothefollowingexcept______.A.gettingridofthoseoldfeudalistideasB.gettingcontroloftheparliamentandgovernmentC.introducingnewideasthatexpressedtheinterestsoftherisingbourgeoisieD.recoveringthepurityoftheearlychurchfromthecorruptionoftheRomanCatholicChurch37.Theperiodrangingfrom1865to1914hasbeenreferredtoas______.A.theAgeofColonialismB.theAgeofRomanticismC.theAgeofRealismD.theAgeofModernism38.LiteratureofNeoclassicismisdifferentfromthatofRomanticisminthat______.A.theformercelebratesreason,rationality,orderandinstructionwhilethelatterseesliteratureasanexpressionofanindividual'sfeelingsandexperiencesB.theformerisheavilyreligiousbutthelattersecularC.theformerisanintellectualmovementthepurposeofwhichistoarousethemiddleclassforpoliticalrightswhilethelatterisconcernedwiththepersonalcultivationD.theformeradvocatesthe"returntonature",whereasthelatterturnstotheancientGreekandRomanwritersforitsmodels39.Dickens'laterworkspresentacriticismofthemorecomplicated,andyetmostfundamentalsocialinstitutionsandmoralsoftheVictorianEngland.Whichofthefollowingsisamonghislaterworks?A.ATaleofTwoCities.B.SketchesbyBoz.C.HardTimes.D.Villette.40.WhichwriterdoesnotbelongtothegroupofAmericanRomanticwriters?A.WilliamＣ.Bryant.B.HenryW.Longfellow.C.EdgarEllenPoe.D.AnnBradstreet.41."Allright,then,I'llgotohell"—andtoreitup."

(TheabovesentenceistakenfromoneofMarkTwain'sworks.)

Questions:

A.Fromwhichworkistheabovesentencetaken?

B.UnderwhatcircumstancesdidHuckFinnsaythis?

C.Andwhatdidhetearup?42.AModestProposalisasatirewrittenbySwiftanditisgenerallytakenasaperfectmodelofsatire.Gulliver'sTravelsisSwift'smasterpiece.Basedonthem,discusswhySwiftisamastersatirist.43.BrieflyintroduceBlake'sSongsofInnocenceandSongsofExperience.44.TheRenaissancemarksatransitionfromthemedievaltothe______world.A.newEnglishB.modernC.feudalD.capital45.AllofthelaterworkswrittenbyCharlesDickens,withtheexceptionof______,presentacriticismofthemorecomplicatedandyetmostfundamentalsocialinstitutionsandmoralsoftheVictorianEngland.A.BleakHouseB.ATaleofTwoCitiesC.LittleDorritD.HardTimes46.TheraftwithwhichHuckandJimmaketheirvoyagedowntheMississippiRivermaysymbolizeallthefollowingexcept______.A.areturntonatureB.anescapefromevils,injustices,andcorruptionofthecivilizedsocietyC.theAmericansocietyintheearly19thcenturyD.asmallworldwherepeopleofdifferentcolorscanlivefriendlyandhappily47.What'sthethemeofNathanielHawthorne'sYoungGoodmanBrown?48.Asanovelist______writeswithinaverynarrowsphere,theprovinciallifeofthelate18th-centuryEngland.A.JonathanSwiftB.JaneAustenC.ThomasHardyD.HenryFielding49.ChronologicallytheVictorianPeriodrefersto______.A.1798—1832B.1836—1901C.theRomanticPeriodD.theNeoclassicalPeriod50.Asagenre,naturalismemphasized______asimportantdeterministicforcesshapingindividualizedcharacterswhowerepresentedinspecialanddetailedcircumstances.A.theologicaldoctrinesB.heredityandenvironmentC.educationandhardworkD.variousopportunitiesandeconomicsuccess卷I參考答案一.歷年考點(diǎn)試題黑鉆版1.參考答案：D[解析]《力士參孫》是一出悲劇詩，也取材于《舊約·士師記》；但這次作者轉(zhuǎn)向了更加重要并切合自身的主題。答案為D。2.參考答案：D[解析]“生存，還是毀滅，這是個問題……”選自莎士比亞的作品《哈姆雷特》。3.參考答案：D[解析]狄更斯的作品中，《艱難時世》(1854)展現(xiàn)了他對侵蝕了的英國教育系統(tǒng)和摧殘了青少年心理和精神健康的功利主義原則的批判。4.參考答案：C[解析]文藝復(fù)興時期英國最著名的戲劇家有克里斯托夫·馬洛、威廉·莎士比亞與本·瓊生。5.參考答案：A[解析]在與他人進(jìn)一步接觸中，伊麗莎白發(fā)現(xiàn)了自己的毛病：盲目、片面、偏見與荒唐。答案為A。6.參考答案：A[解析]本題主要考查的知識點(diǎn)為《兒子與情人》的作者。

《兒子與情人》的作者是勞倫斯。7.參考答案：D[解析]英國現(xiàn)代小說興起于18世紀(jì)中葉。8.參考答案：A主要考查的知識點(diǎn)為哥特式小說。哥特式小說是浪漫主義運(yùn)動的一部分。它盛行于浪漫主義前期的18世紀(jì)末。這種小說的主要題材是對暴力、恐怖及超自然力(鬼神)的描寫，這些內(nèi)容極能刺激讀者的情緒。哥特式小說的代表作主要有安·拉得克利夫的《尤道夫之謎》、瑪麗·雪利的《富蘭肯斯坦》等。9.參考答案：A本題主要考查的知識點(diǎn)為詹姆斯的《美國人》的內(nèi)容。詹姆斯的《美國人》講述了一個天真的美國年輕人所面對的歐洲生活的復(fù)雜性。10.參考答案：D[解析]本題主要考查的知識點(diǎn)為啟蒙主義時代。

英國的18世紀(jì)是啟蒙主義時代，又叫理性時代。11.參考答案：A[解析]《哈克貝利·費(fèi)恩歷險記》是馬克·吐溫文學(xué)創(chuàng)作的高峰。海明威曾把該書看作是“所有現(xiàn)代美國文學(xué)之源”。12.參考答案：Whitman.SongofMyself.

Freeverse.

Twoprincipalbeliefs:thetheoryofuniversality.whichisillustratedbylengthycatalogsofpeopleandthings,andthebeliefinthesingularityandequalityofallbeingsinvalue.13.參考答案：B主要考查的知識點(diǎn)為“湖畔詩人”的成員。1799年，華茲華斯從德國回到英格蘭大湖區(qū)。詩人騷塞、科勒律治也居住在同一地域，三人并稱為著名的“湖畔詩人”。14.參考答案：D15.參考答案：Inhislife,Miltonshowshimselfarealrevolutionary,amasterpoetandagreatprosewriter.HefoughtforfreedominallaspectsasaChristianhumanist,whilehisachievementsinliteraturemakehimtoweroveralltheotherEnglishwritersofhistimeandexertagreatinfluenceoverlaterones.16.參考答案：A.PercyByssheShelley.

B.ThelaboringpeopleinEngland.

C.Metaphor.17.參考答案：C[解析]浪漫主義時代也是詩歌的時代。代表詩人有布萊克、華茲華斯、科勒律治、拜倫、雪萊和濟(jì)慈。他們發(fā)起了對新古典主義的反叛，這便是后世所稱的“詩歌革命”。答案為C。18.參考答案：A[解析]菲爾丁被一些人尊為“英國小說之父”，因?yàn)樗麨楝F(xiàn)代小說模式的創(chuàng)立作出了很大貢獻(xiàn)。答案為A。19.參考答案：A[解析]本題主要考查的知識點(diǎn)為狄更斯塑造的角色。

麥考伯先生和山姆·韋勒等是狄更斯塑造的幽默滑稽的角色。20.參考答案：A[解析]《暴風(fēng)雨》中，莎士比亞借助了超自然的神話氣氛及夢幻來解決人世間的各種沖突問題。答案為A。21.參考答案：D[解析]亨利·詹姆斯(1843—1916)，美國著名小說家、文學(xué)評論家，著有長篇小說《一位女士的畫像》《鴿翼》《使節(jié)》《金碗》，中短篇小說《黛西·米勒》《螺絲在擰緊》等，作品文風(fēng)獨(dú)樹，語言精致文雅，這奠定了其在美國現(xiàn)代文學(xué)史上不可動搖的地位。22.參考答案：C[解析]第18號十四行詩里，作者歌頌了藝術(shù)創(chuàng)造的力量。23.參考答案：A.Inmodernliteraturequitemanynewtrendsappeared.Amongthemtherewas"streamofconsciousness"thetheoryofwhichwasdiscoveredbyWilliamJames,anAmericanpsychologistFitzgeraldutilizedthismethodinnovelwriting,creatingnewfeaturesindeepeningthethemeofthenovel.

B.Generallyspeaking,thenovelof"streamofconsciousness"isjustwrittenagainsttheorderoftimeorlogic,thusmakingtheplotqueer.Butthroughthisqueerness,thereaderisenchantedintothepsychologicalworldwithinheroesandthechaoticworldwithoutthem.24.參考答案：D[解析]在狄更斯早期的每一部作品中(直至1850年)，他都用筆墨抨擊了一種或更多具體的社會罪惡：例如，《霧都孤兒》(1837—1838)中那非人道的工廠廠房與黑暗的充滿犯罪的下層生活。25.參考答案：D[解析]在晚年，布萊克還寫過許多預(yù)言性的書，把自己看成普天下政治與精神自由的預(yù)報者，是大革命的發(fā)言人。其主要作品有：《尤萊森林》、《洛斯之書》和《彌爾頓》。答案為D。26.參考答案：D[解析]概括題。美國浪漫主義文學(xué)運(yùn)動足能彪炳歷史的是新英格蘭的超驗(yàn)主義運(yùn)動。本來，這個超驗(yàn)主義只是對新英格蘭人提出來的。超驗(yàn)主義文學(xué)的主要代表是愛默生和梭羅，他們的作品對美國產(chǎn)生了很大影響。超驗(yàn)主義“承認(rèn)人類具有本能了解或認(rèn)識真理的能力，能夠超過感官獲取知識”。答案為D。27.參考答案：C[解析]莎士比亞的四大悲劇是《哈姆雷特》、《奧賽羅》、《李爾王》和《麥克白》。28.參考答案：B[解析]密西西比河的峽谷和美國西部是馬克·吐溫文學(xué)創(chuàng)作的主要選材地點(diǎn)。答案為B。29.參考答案：C[解析]在斯威夫特的《格列佛游記》中格列佛最后一次航海到了慧駟國，在那他遇到了丑惡、貪婪、淫亂、好戰(zhàn)的獸類——亞胡。30.參考答案：A主要考查的知識點(diǎn)為雪萊的政治抒情詩。雪萊最著名的政治抒情詩是《致英格蘭人民》。31.參考答案：A[解析]惠特曼認(rèn)為，“自由體詩”把詩歌帶入了一片新天地，引起讀者自由想象和共鳴。答案為A。32.參考答案：B[解析]維多利亞時期著名小說家有批判現(xiàn)實(shí)主義的狄更斯、薩克雷、布朗蒂姐妹、哥斯凱爾夫人與特羅洛普等人。答案為B。33.參考答案：C[解析]霍桑自1853年赴歐任美國駐利物浦領(lǐng)事館領(lǐng)事，然后赴法國和意大利旅行，這段經(jīng)歷助他寫成了另一部書《玉石雕像》。這是一個發(fā)生在意大利的故事，講的是人類精神失常方面的故事。34.參考答案：A[解析]亨利·詹姆斯的小說和散文使他成為美國文學(xué)史上極具吸引力的一員和世界文壇上的顯赫人物。35.參考答案：A[解析]《因?yàn)槲也荒転樗郎裢Ｏ隆防铮桌颉さ医鹕昧祟惐葘懛ǖ氖邱R和靈柩。36.參考答案：B[解析]文藝復(fù)興從本質(zhì)上講是歐洲人文主義者竭力祛除中世紀(jì)歐洲的封建主義，推行代表新興城市資產(chǎn)階級利益的新思想，恢復(fù)早期宗教的純潔性，遠(yuǎn)離腐敗的羅馬天主教廷的一場運(yùn)動。答案為B。37.參考答案：C主要考查的知識點(diǎn)為美國文學(xué)現(xiàn)實(shí)主義時期的界定。1865年至1914年間的美國文學(xué)在美國文學(xué)史上被稱為是現(xiàn)實(shí)主義時期。38.參考答案：A[解析]英國的十八世紀(jì)是啟蒙主義時代，也叫理性時代，啟蒙主義者贊頌理性、平等和科學(xué)。在文學(xué)領(lǐng)域，啟蒙主義運(yùn)動還使人們重新對古典時代的作品產(chǎn)生了興趣，這股思潮就是新古典主義。在幾乎所有的文學(xué)形式中，新古典主義者們都設(shè)定了創(chuàng)作的規(guī)則。如果說新古典主義強(qiáng)調(diào)的是人與人的共性，那么浪漫主義強(qiáng)調(diào)的是每個人與眾不同的個性與思想，浪漫主義認(rèn)為文學(xué)藝術(shù)就是以人為本，表述人的獨(dú)特情感與人生態(tài)度，描繪人的各種經(jīng)歷。答案為A。39.參考答案：C40.參考答案：D[解析]美國浪漫主義文學(xué)時期涌現(xiàn)了許多作家，著名的有富雷諾(PhilipFreneau)、布雷恩特(WilliamCullenBryant)、朗費(fèi)羅(HenryWordsworthLongfellow)、婁威爾(JamesRasselLowell)、惠特(JohnGreenleafWhitter)、愛倫·坡(EdgarEllenPoe)以及惠特曼(WaltWhitman)。答案為D。41.參考答案：A.AdventuresofHuckleberryFinn.

B.WhenhedecidednottosellhisfriendJim.

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