英美文學(xué)選讀年月真題

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1、【單選題】_______,thefirstofthegreattragedies,isgenerallyregarded

asShakespeare'smostpopularplayonthestage.

Hamlet

Othello

A:

KingLear

B:

Macbeth

C:

答D:案：A

解析：《哈姆雷特》是莎士比亞第一部偉大的悲劇，被普遍認(rèn)為是莎士比亞最受歡迎的舞

臺(tái)劇。

2、【單選題】JohnMilton'sParadiseLostistheonlygeneralacknowledgedepic

inEnglishliteraturesince_______.

Beowulf

ParadiseRegained

A:

SamsonAgonistes

B:

Areopagitica

C:

答D:案：A

解析：約翰·彌爾頓的《失樂園》是繼《貝奧武夫》之后唯一一部公認(rèn)的英國史詩。

3、【單選題】DanielDefoedescribesRobinsonCrusoeasatypicalEnglishmiddle-

classmanofthe_______century---theveryprototypeoftheempirebuilder,the

pioneercolonist.

16th

17th

A:

18th

B:

19th

C:

答D:案：C

解析：丹尼爾·笛福將魯濱遜·克魯索描述為18世紀(jì)典型的英國中產(chǎn)階級——帝國締造

者和拓荒者的原型。

4、【單選題】JonathanSwiftisasatiristinEnglishliterature.His________is

takenasaperfectmodel.

Gulliver'sTravels

TheBattleoftheBooks

A:

AModestProposal

B:

ATaleofaTub

C:

答D:案：C

解析：喬納森·斯威夫特是英國文學(xué)的諷刺作家。他的《一個(gè)溫和的建議》被認(rèn)為是一個(gè)

完美的典范。

5、【單選題】Asawhole,_______isoneofthemosteffectiveanddevastating

criticismsandsatiresofallaspectsintheEnglishandEuropeanlife.

MollFlanders

Gulliver'sTravels

A:

Pilgrim'sProgress

B:

TheSchoolforScandal

C:

答D:案：B

解析：《格列佛游記》是英國和歐洲生活中最有效、最具破壞性的批評和諷刺作品之一。

6、【單選題】Fielding'ssentencesarealwaysdistinguishedby________.

logicandstructure

rhythmandstructure

A:

powerfulnessandlogic

B:

logicandrhythm

C:

答D:案：D

解析：菲爾丁的句子總是以邏輯和韻律來區(qū)分的。

7、【單選題】DanielDefoe'sworksareallthefollowingEXCEPT________.

MollFlanders

ATaleofaTub

A:

AJournalofthePlagueYear

B:

ColonelJack

C:

答D:案：B

解析：參見教材P97，丹尼爾·笛福的作品：MollFlanders，AJournalofthePlague

Year，ColonelJack。ATaleofaTub《一只桶的故事》是斯威夫特,喬納森的作品。

8、【單選題】HenryFieldinghasbeenregardedas"FatheroftheEnglish_______"

forhiscontributiontotheestablishmentoftheformofthemodemnovel.

Novel

Poetry

A:

Play

B:

Essay

C:

答D:案：A

解析：亨利·菲爾丁被譽(yù)為“英國小說之父”，因?yàn)樗麨榻F(xiàn)代小說的形式做出了貢

獻(xiàn)。

9、【單選題】Literarily_______wasthefirstimportantRomanticpoet,showing

contemptfortheruleofthereason,opposingtheclassicaltraditionofthe18th

century.

WilliamWordsworth

WilliamBlake

A:

RobertBurns

B:

SamuelColeridge

C:

答D:案：B

解析：文學(xué)上，威廉·布萊克是第一個(gè)重要的浪漫主義詩人，他蔑視理性的規(guī)則，反對18

世紀(jì)的古典傳統(tǒng)。

10、【單選題】______isthecentraltoWilliamBlake'sconcernintheSongsof

InnocenceandSongsofexperience.

Freedom

Nature

A:

Love

B:

Childhood

C:

答D:案：D

解析：在《天真之歌》和《經(jīng)驗(yàn)之歌》中，童年是威廉·布萊克關(guān)注的中心。

11、【單選題】It's_______thatgivesWordsworth"strengthandknowledgefullof

peace".

nation

pastexperience

A:

commonlife

B:

nature

C:

答D:案：D

解析：大自然賦予華茲華斯“力量與知識(shí)的寧靜”。

12、【單選題】______isNOTwrittenbyWilliamWordsworth.

ToaSkylark

ThechimneySweeper

A:

AnEveningWalk

B:

MyHeartLeapsUp

C:

答D:案：B

解析：參考教材P176，威廉·華茲華斯的作品：ToaSkylark，AnEveningWalk，My

HeartLeapsUp。

13、【單選題】Shelley'spoliticallyrics________isawarcrycallinguponall

workingpeopletoriseupagainsttheirpoliticaloppressors.

OdetoLiberty

OdetoNaples

A:

OdetotheWestwind

B:

MenofEngland

C:

答D:案：D

解析：雪萊的政治抒情詩《英格蘭的男人》是號召所有勞動(dòng)人民起來反抗政治壓迫者的戰(zhàn)

爭口號。

14、【單選題】"lfWintercomes,canSpringbefarbehind?"isanepigrammatic

lineby________.

JohnKeats

WilliamBlake

A:

WilliamWordsworth

B:

Shelley

C:

答D:案：D

解析：“冬天來了，春天還會(huì)遠(yuǎn)嗎?”這是雪萊的一句警句。

15、【單選題】JaneAusten'smainliteraryconcernisabout_______intheir

personalrelationship.

humanbeings

richpeople

A:

thelovers

B:

onlywomen

C:

答D:案：A

解析：簡·奧斯汀的主要文學(xué)作品關(guān)注的是人與人之間的私人關(guān)系。

16、【單選題】Becauseofauthor'ssensitivitytouniversalpatternsof

humanbehavior,______hasbroughtEnglishnovel,asanartofform,toitsmaturity.

CharlotteBronte

JaneAusten

A:

EmilyBronte

B:

HenryFielding

C:

答D:案：B

解析：簡·奧斯丁使英國小說作為一種形式藝術(shù)走向成熟。

17、【單選題】Mr.MicawberinDavidCopperfieldandSamWellerinPickwick

Papersareperhapsthebest_______characterscreatedbyCharlesDickens.

comical

tragic

A:

round

B:

sophisticated

C:

答D:案：A

解析：《大衛(wèi)·科波菲爾》中的米考伯先生和《匹克威克外傳》中的山姆·韋勒也許是查

爾斯·狄更斯筆下最滑稽的人物。

18、【單選題】_______isamasterstory-teller.Withhisfirstsentencehe

engagesthereader'sattentionandholdsittotheend.

CharlesDickens

EmilyBronte

A:

ThomasHardy

B:

C:

GeorgeEliot

答D:案：A

解析：查爾斯·狄更斯是講故事的大師。他的第一句話吸引了讀者的注意力，并一直寫到

最后。

19、【單選題】_______isthefirstimportantgovernessnovelintheEnglish

literaryhistory.

JaneEyre

Emma

A:

WutheringHeights

B:

Middlemarch.

C:

答D:案：A

解析：《簡愛》是英國文學(xué)史上第一部重要的家庭女教師小說。

20、【單選題】_______bestdescribesthenatureofThomasHardy'slaterworks.

Sentimentalism

Tragicsense

A:

Surrealism

B:

Comicsense

C:

答D:案：B

解析：《悲劇意識(shí)》最能描述托馬斯·哈代后期作品的本質(zhì)。

21、【單選題】CharlotteBronte'sworksareallaboutthestruggleofan

individualconsciousnesstowards_________.

self-reliance

self-realization

A:

self-esteem

B:

self-consciousness

C:

答D:案：B

解析：夏洛蒂·勃朗特的作品都是關(guān)于個(gè)人意識(shí)向自我實(shí)現(xiàn)的斗爭。

22、【單選題】ThenoveltheWhitePeacockwrittenby_______isaremarkablework

ofatalentedyoungman.

GeorgeBernardShaw

T.S.Eliot

A:

D.H.Lawrence

B:

CharlesDickens

C:

答D:案：C

解析：小說《白孔雀》是勞倫斯的杰出作品，他一位才華橫溢的年輕人。

23、【單選題】______producedseveralplays,exploringhisideaof"LifeForce",

thepowerthatwouldcreatesuperiorbeingstobeequaltoGod.

BernardShaw

ThomasHardy

A:

D.H.Lawrence

B:

T.S.Eliot

C:

答D:案：A

解析：蕭伯納創(chuàng)作了幾部戲劇，探索他的“生命力”概念，即創(chuàng)造出與上帝平等的高級生

命的力量。

24、【單選題】D.H.Lawrence'sartistictendencyismainly______,whichcombines

dramaticsceneswithanauthoritativecommentary.

romanticism

realism

A:

naturalism

B:

modernism

C:

答D:案：B

解析：勞倫斯的藝術(shù)傾向主要是現(xiàn)實(shí)主義，將戲劇場景與權(quán)威評論相結(jié)合。

25、【單選題】Widowers'Houses,aplaywrittenbyGeorgeBernardShaw,isa

grotesquelyrealisticexposureof______.

prostitution

lifeforce

A:

socialevil

B:

slumlandlordism

C:

答D:案：D

解析：蕭伯納的戲劇《鰥夫之家》是對貧民窟地主主義的荒誕現(xiàn)實(shí)的揭露。

26、【單選題】Generallyspeaking,_______isthebestofT.S.Eliot'splaysin

thesensethatitcontainsthebestpoetryandthemostcoherentdrama.

MurderintheCathedral

TheCocktailParty

A:

TheFamilyReunion

B:

TheWasteLand

C:

答D:案：A

解析：《大教堂謀殺案》是艾略特戲劇中最好的一部，因?yàn)樗俗詈玫脑姼韬妥钸B貫

的戲劇。

27、【單選題】_______followedthetraditionsofrealism,andtookthemodern

socialissuesashissubjectswiththeaimofdirectingsocialreforms.

BernardShaw

ThomasHardy

A:

D.H.Lawrence

B:

T.S.Eliot

C:

答D:案：A

解析：蕭伯納遵循現(xiàn)實(shí)主義的傳統(tǒng)，以現(xiàn)代社會(huì)問題為主題，旨在指導(dǎo)社會(huì)改革。

28、【單選題】ThomasHardy'spessimisticviewoflifepredominatedmostofhis

laterworksandearnshimareputationasa_______writer.

realistic

naturalistic

A:

romantic

B:

stylistic

C:

答D:案：B

解析：托馬斯·哈代的悲觀人生觀主導(dǎo)了他后期的大部分作品，并為他贏得了自然主義作

家的聲譽(yù)。

29、【單選題】CloselyrelatedtoDickinson'sreligiouspoetryareher

poemsconcerning______,rangingoverthephysicalaswellasthepsychological

andemotionalaspectsofdeath.

loveandnature

A:

deathanduniverse

deathandimmortality

B:

familyandhappiness

C:

答D:案：C

解析：與狄金森的宗教詩歌密切相關(guān)的是她關(guān)于死亡和永生的詩歌，涉及死亡的生理、心

理和情感方面。

30、【單選題】WaltWhitmanwasapioneeringfigureofAmericanpoetry.His

innovationliesinhisuseof______,poetrywithoutafixedbeatoraregular

rhymescheme.

blankverse

heroiccouplet

A:

freeverse

B:

limbicpentameter

C:

答D:案：C

解析：沃爾特·惠特曼是美國詩歌的先驅(qū)。他的創(chuàng)新之處在于他對自由詩的運(yùn)用，即沒有

固定節(jié)拍和韻律的詩歌。

31、【單選題】In1849,HermanMelvillepublished______,semi-autobiographical

novel,concerningthesufferingsofagenteelyouthamongbrutalsailors.

Omoo

Mardi

A:

Redburn

B:

Typee

C:

答D:案：C

解析：1849年，赫爾曼·梅爾維爾出版了半自傳體小說《紅本》，講述了一個(gè)上流社會(huì)青

年與殘暴的水手之間的痛苦。

32、【單選題】ThefinestexampleofHawthorne'ssymbolismcanbefoundin______.

TheScarletLetter

TheHouseoftheSevenGables

A:

TheMarbleFaun

B:

TheAmbitiousGuest

C:

答D:案：A

解析：霍特伯恩象征主義的最好例子可以在《紅字》中找到。

33、【單選題】OftheAmericannovelists_______isknownforhis"blackvision".

NathanielHawthorne

BernardShaw

A:

T.S.Eliot

B:

WilliamWordsworth

C:

答D:案：A

解析：在美國小說家中，納撒尼爾·霍桑以他的“黑色視野”而聞名。

34、【單選題】FromthefirstnovelSisterCarrieon,Dreisersethimselfto

projecttheAmericanvalueforwhathehadfoundthemtobe_____tothecore.

bestiality

political

A:

religious

B:

materialistic

C:

答D:案：D

解析：從第一部小說《嘉莉妹妹》開始，德萊塞就致力于把他所發(fā)現(xiàn)的美國價(jià)值觀的精髓

表現(xiàn)出來。

35、【單選題】______isagreatliterarygiantofAmerica,whomMencken

considered"thetruefatherofournationalliterature".

TheodoreDreiser

HermanMelville

A:

MarkTwain

B:

RobertLeeFrost

C:

答D:案：C

解析：馬克·吐溫是美國偉大的文學(xué)巨人，門肯認(rèn)為他是“民族文學(xué)之父”。

36、【單選題】ThemainthemeofTheArtofFictionwrittenby_______clearly

indicatesthattheaimofthenovelistopresentlife.

HenryJames

MarkTwain

A:

TheodoreDreiser

B:

C:

ErnestHemingway

答D:案：A

解析：亨利·詹姆斯的《小說的藝術(shù)》的主題明確表明小說的目的是呈現(xiàn)生活。

37、【單選題】RobertLeeFrost'sfirstcollection_______tracesaboy's

developmentfromself-centeredidealismtomaturity.

ABoy'swill

NorthofBoston

A:

NewHampshire

B:

AWitnessTree

C:

答D:案：A

解析：羅伯特·李·弗羅斯特的第一本詩集《一個(gè)男孩的意志》追溯了一個(gè)男孩從自我中

心的理想主義到成熟的發(fā)展過程。

38、【單選題】Asanactiveparticipant,FScottFitzgeraldisacclaimed

literaryspokesmanofthe______.

JazzAge

AgeofReason

A:

LostGeneration

B:

BeatGeneration

C:

答D:案：A

解析：作為一個(gè)積極的參與者，F(xiàn)·斯科特·菲茨杰拉德是爵士時(shí)代著名的文學(xué)發(fā)言人。

39、【單選題】ErnestHemingway'snovel_______describesthedriftinglifeof

AmericanexilesinEurope.

TheSunAlsoRises

AFarewelltoArms

A:

ForWhomtheBellTolls

B:

TheOldMonAndthesea

C:

答D:案：A

解析：歐內(nèi)斯特·海明威的小說《太陽照常升起》描述了美國流亡者在歐洲漂泊的生活。

40、【單選題】The20th-centurystream-of-consciousnesstechniquewasfrequently

andskillfullyusedby______toemphasizethereactionsandinnermusingsof

thenarrator.

Hemingway

Frost

A:

Faulkner

B:

Whitman

C:

答D:案：C

解析：?？思{經(jīng)常巧妙地運(yùn)用20世紀(jì)的意識(shí)流技巧來強(qiáng)調(diào)敘述者的反應(yīng)和內(nèi)心的思考。

41、【問答題】"IwanderedlonelyasacloudThatfloatsonhigho'ervalesand

hills,WhenallatonceIsawacrowd,Ahost,ofgoldendaffodils;Besidethe

lake,beneaththetrees,Flutteringanddancinginthebreeze."Questions:

A.Identifythepoemandthepoet.B.Whatdoesthepoetwriteinthepoem?C.From

thecharacteristicsofthisstanza,whichperioddoesitbelongto?

答案：A."Iwanderedlonelyasacloud"byWilliamWordsworth.B.Wordsworth

wrotethispoemofnatureafterhecameacrossalongbeltgolddaffodials

tossingandreelinganddancingalongthewaterside.C.Theromanticperiod.

42、【問答題】"lt'sallverywell,myboy.But,then,whydon'tyougoandtalk

toyourfather'spals?""Butthey'reratherdifferent.""Notatall.They're

thecommonpeople.Afterall,whomdoyoumixwithnow-amongthecommon

people?Thosethatexchangeideas,likethemiddleclasses.Therestdon't

interestyou.""But-there'sthelife-""Idon'tbelievethere'salotmorelife

fromMiriamthanyoucouldgetfromanyeducatedgirl-sayMissMiriam.Itis

youwhoaresnobbishaboutclass."Questions:A.Whatisthetitleofthe

novelfromwhichthispassageistaken?Whoistheauthor?B.Whoisspeaking

towhom?C.Whatideadoesthedialoguebetweenthemexpress?

答案：A.SonsandLovers,D.H.Lawrence.B.ThemotherMrs.Morelisspeaking

totheson.C.Mrs.Morelwantshersontoclimbintothemiddle-class.

43、【問答題】“Therewasachildwentfortheveryday,Andthefirstobjecthe

look'dupon,thatobjecthebecame,Andthatobjectbecamepartofhimfortheday

oracertainpartoftheday,Orformanyyearsorstretchingcyclesofyears.

"Questions:A.Whoistheauthorofthepoem?B.Whatdoesthe"child"referto?C.

Whatisthemainideaofthepoem?

答案：A.WaltWhitman.B.Firstly,thepoethimself,andsecondly,itrefers

totheyoungAmerica.C.Thispoemdescribesthegrowthofachildwholearned

abouttheworldaroundhimandimprovedhimselfaccordingly.Inthepoem

Whitman'sownearlyexperiencemaywellbeidentifiedwiththechildhoodofa

young,growingAmerica.

44、【問答題】"Wedasn'tstopagainatanytown,fordaysanddays;keptright

alongdowntheriver.Wewasdownsouthinthewarmweather,now,andamighty

longwaysfromhome.WebeguntocometotreeswithSpanishmossonthem,hanging

downfromthelimbslikeIonggraybeards.ItwasthefirstIeverseeit

growing,anditmadethewoodslooksolemnanddismal.Sonowthefraudsreckoned

theywasoutofdanger,andtheybeguntoworkthevillagesagain."Questions:

A.Identifytheauthorandthetitleofthenovelfromwhichthispassageistaken.

B.Whodo"we"referto?C.Whatarethefeaturesofthelanguageofthisnovel?

答案：A.AdventuresofHuckleberryFinnbyMarkTwain.B.JimandHuck.

C.Vernacularlanguage.

45、【問答題】WhatarethecharacteristicsofFielding'slanguage?

答案：Fielding'slanguageiseasy,unlabouredandfamiliar,butextremely

vividandvigorous.Hissentencesareallwaysdistinguishedbylogicand

rhythm,andhisstructurecarefullyplannedtowardsaninevitableending.His

worksarealsonotedforlively,dramaticdialoguesandothertheatrical

devicessuchassuspense,coincidenceandunexpectedness.

46、【問答題】ThomasHardyisoftenregardedasatransitionalwriter.Some

criticsbelievethatemotionallytraditionalandintellectuallyadvanced.Howdo

youunderstandthisidea?

答案：Inhiswessexnovels,thereisanapparentnostalgictouchinhis

descriptionofthesimpleandbeautifulthoughprimitiverurallife,whichwas

graduallydecliningdisappearingasEnglandmarchedintoindustrialcountry.

Andwiththosetraditionalcharactersheisalwayssympathetic.

47、【問答題】Howdoyouunderstandthewhitewhale,MobyDickinHerman

Melville'sMoby-Dick?

答案：Thewhitewhale,MobyDick,symbolizesnatureforMelville,foritis

complex,unfathomable,malignant,andbeautifulaswell.However,thewhale

representsonlyevil.MobyDick,islikeawall,hidingsomeunknown,

mysteriousthingsbehind.Fortheauthor,aswellasthereaderandishmael,

thenarrator,MobyDickisstillamystery,anultimatemysteryoftheuniverse,

inscrutableandambivalent,andthevoyageofthemindwillforeverremaina

search,notadiscovery,ofthetruth.

48、【問答題】HenryJames'literarycriticismisanindispensablepartofhis

contributiontoliterature.What'shisoutlookinliterarycriticism?

答案：Itisbothconcenrnedwithformanddevotedtohumanvalues.Healso

advocatesthefreedomoftheartisttowriteaboutanythingthatconcernshim,

eventhedisagreeable,theuglyandthecommonplace.Theartistshouldbeable

to"feel"thelife,tounderstandhumannature,andthentorecordthemin

hisownartform.

49、【問答題】AccordingtothesettingofthepoemParadiselost,discussthe

themeofit.

答案：A.Thethemeisthe"FallofMan"I.e.,Man'sdisobedienceandtheloss

ofparadise,withitsprimecause—Satan.Inheaven,Satanledarebellion

againstGod.Defeated,heandhisrebelangelswerecastintohell.However,

Satanrefusedtoaccepthisfailure,vowingthat"allwasnotlost"andthat

hewouldseekrevengeforhisdownfall.B.MiltonwroteParadiseLost,

intendingtoexposethewaysofSa