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1、Four short words sum up what has lifted most successful individuals above the crowd: a little bit more.-author-date自考英美文学选读2011年7-月真题及答案2011年7月高等教育自学考试全国统一命题考试英美文学选读 试题课程代码：00604全部题目用英文作答，请将答案填在答题纸相应位置上PART ONE (40 POINTS)I. Multiple Choice(40 points in all, 1 for each)Select from the four choices o

2、f each item the one that best answers the question or completes the statement. Mark your choice and write the corresponding letter A, B, C or D on the answer sheet.1. All of Charles Dickens works, with the exception of _, present a criticism of the more complicated and yet most fundamental social in

3、stitutions and morals of the Victorian England.A. Bleak House B. Hard TimesC. Great Expectations D. A Tale of Two Cities2. From _ on, the tragic sense becomes the keynote of Thomas Hardys novels, the conflict between the traditional and the moden is brought to the center of the stage.A. The Return o

4、f the Native B. The Mayor of CasterbridgeC. Tess of the DUrbervilles D. Jude the Obscure3. George Bernard Shaws play _ shows his almost nihilistic bitterness on the subjects of the cruelty and madness of World War I and the aimlessness and disillusion of the young.A. Getting Married B. Too True to B

5、e GoodC. Widowers Houses D. The Apple Cart4. It was only after the publication of _ that D.H. Lawrence was recognized as a prominent novelist.A. The Trespasser B. The White PeacockC. Sons and Lovers D. The Rainbow5. T. S. Eliots poem _ is heavily indebted to James Joyce in terms of the stream - of -

6、consciousness technique, also a prelude to The Waste Land.A. “Prufrock” B. “Gerontion”C. The Hollow Men D. Lyrical Ballads6. Charlotte Bronts _ is noted for its sharp criticism of the existing society, e. g. the religious hypocrisy of charity institutions.A. The Professor B. Wuthering HeightsC. Vill

7、ette D. Jane Eyre7. Shelleys greatest achievement is his four - act poetic drama _ , which is an ex- ultant work in praise of humankinds potential.A. Adonais B. Queen MabC. Prometheus Unbound D. Kubla Khan8. Among the Romantic poets _ is regarded as a “worshipper of nature”.A. William Blake B. Willi

8、am WordsworthC. George Gordon Byron D. John Keats9. The most perfect example of the verse drama after Greek style in English is John Miltons _.A. Paradise Lost B. Paradise RegainedC. Samson Agonistes D. Areopagitica10. The major theme of Jane Austens novels is_.A. love and money B. money and social

9、statusC. social status and marriage D. love and marriage11. T. S. Eliots most important single poem _ has been hailed as a landmark and a model of the 20th-century English poetry.A. The Hollow Men B. The Waste LandC. Murder in the Cathedral D. Ash Wednesday12. According to the subjects, William Word

10、sworths short poems can be classified into two groups, poems about_.A. nature and human life B. happiness and childhoodC. symbolism and imagination D. nature and commonlife13. Among the following writers _ is considered to be the best -known English dramatist since Shakespeare.A. Oscar Wilde B. John

11、 GalsworthyC. W. B. Yeats D. George Bernard Shaw14. William Blakes _ composed during the climax of the French Revolution plays the double role both as a satire and a revolutionary prophecy.A. The Book of Urizen B. The Book of LosC. Poetical Sketches D. Marriage of Heaven and Hell15. Charles Dickens

12、works are characterized by a mingling of _ and pathos.A. metaphor B. passionC. satire D. humor16. Daniel Defoe describes _ as a typical English middle -class man of the eigh- teenth century, the very prototype of the empire builder, the pioneer colonist.A. Robinson Crusoe B. Moll FlandersC. Gulliver

13、 D. Tom Jones17. In Thomas Hardys Wessex novels, there is an apparent _ touch in his de- scription of the simple and beautiful though primitive rural life.A. nostalgic B. tragicC. romantic D. ironic18. Of all the eighteenth - century novelists _ was the first to set out, both in the-ory and practice

14、, to write specially a “comic epic in prose”, the first to give the modern novel its structure and style.A. Thomas Gray B. Richard Brinsley SheridanC. Jonathan Swift D. Henry Fielding19. Shakespeares authentic non-dramatic poetry consists of two long narrative poems: Venus and Adonis and_.A. Julius

15、Caesar B. The Winters TaleC. The Rape of Lucrece D. The Two gentlemen of Verona20. John Miltons _ is probably his most memorable prose work, which is a great plea for freedom of the press.A. Paradise Lost B. Paradise regainedC. Areopagitica D. Lycidas21.D. H. Lawrences novels _ are generally regarde

16、d as his masterpieces.A. The Rainbow; Women in LoveB. The Rainbow; Sons and LoversC. Sons and Lovers; Lady Chatterleys LoverD. Women in Love; Lady Chatterleys Lover22. The best representatives of the English humanists are Thomas More, Christopher Mar-lowe and_.A. William Shakespeare B. John MiltonC.

17、 Henry Fielding D. Jonathan Swift23. Mark Twains particular concern about the local character of a region came about as “local colorism,” a unique variation of American literary_.A. romanticism B. nationalismC. modernism D. realism24. As a poet with a strong sense of mission, Walt Whitman devoted al

18、l his life to the creation of the “single” poem,_.A. Drum Taps B. North of BostonC. A Boys Will D. Leaves of Grass25. William Faulkner creates his own mythical kingdom that mirrors not only the decline of the _ society of America but also the spiritual wasteland of the whole American society.A. East

19、ern B. WesternC. Southern D. Northern26. In his final years, Herman Melville turned again to prose fiction and wrote what is probably his second famous work, _ , which was published after his death.A. Billy Budd B. RedburnC. Moby - Dick D. Typee27. The Sun Also Rise casts light on a whole generation

20、 after _ and the effects of the war by way of a vivid portrait of “the Lost Generation. ”A. the Spanish Civil War B. the American- Mexican WarC. WWI D. WWII28. Herman Melville went to the South Seas on a whaling ship in 1841, where he gained the first -hand information about whaling that he used lat

21、er in_.A. Typee B. RedburnC. Moby - Dick D. Omoo29. According to _ , the life - death cycle, the spring and winter of the earth, the birth and death of the animals is reality.A. Theodore Dreiser B. William FaulknerC. Henry James D. FScott Fitzgerald30. “Though life is but a losing battle, it is a st

22、ruggle man can dominate in such a way that loss becomes dignity. ” This is an outlook towards life that _ had been trying to illustrate in his works.A. FScott Fitzgerald B. Ernest HemingwayC. Theodore Dreiser D. William Faulkner31. More than five hundred poems _ wrote are about nature, in which his

23、(her) general skepticism about the relationship between man and nature is well -expressed.A. Robert Frost B. Emily DickinsonC. Ezra Pound D. Walt Whitman32. In 1954, the Nobel Prize for literature was granted to _ , one of the greatest of American writers.A. Ernest Hemingway B. Robert FrostC. Henry

24、James D. Theodore Dreiser33. North of Boston is described by Robert Frost as “a book of poople,” which shows a brilliant insight into _ character and the background that formed it.A. Eastern B. WesternC. Southern D. New England34. Walt Whitman is radically innovative in terms of the form of his poet

25、ry. What he prefers for his new poetic feelings is “ _ ”.A. standardized rhyming B. regular rhymingC. free verse D. strict verse35. Henry James fame generally rests upon his novels and stories with the_ theme.A. international B. localC. colonial D. post-modern36. The Financier, The Titan and The Sto

26、ic by Theodore Dreiser are called his “Trilogy of _. ”A. Hatred B. DeathC. Desire D. Fate37. In 1920, FScott Fitzgeralds first novel _ was published, which was, to some extent, his own story.A. This Side of Paradise B. Tales of the Jazz AgeC. All the Sad Young Men D. Taps at Reveille38. In 1837, Nat

27、haniel Hawthorne published Twice - Told Tales, a collection of _ which attracted critical attention.A. poems B. short storiesC. essays D. plays39. William Faulkner set most of his works in the American _ , with his emphasis on the _subjects and consciousness.A. North. Northern B. East. EasternC. Wes

28、t. Western D. South. Southern40. The House of the Seven Gables was based on the tradition of a curse pronounced on _s family when his great - grandfather was a judge in the Salem witchcraft trials.A. Nathaniel Hawthorne B. Washington IrvingC. Ezra Pound D. Walt WhitmanPART TWO (60 POINTS)II. Reading

29、 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. “Nor lose possession of that fair thou owst; Nor shall Death brag thou wanderst in his shade, When in eternal lines

30、 to time thou growst: So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see, So long lives this, and this gives life to thee. ” Questions:A. Whos the poet of the quoted stanza, and whats the title of the poem?B. What does the word “this” in the last line refer to?C. What idea do the quoted lines express?42. “

31、Never did sun more beautifully steep In his first splendor, valley, rock or hill; Neer saw I, never felt, a calm so deep ! The river glideth at his own sweet will: Dear God! The very houses seem asleep; And all that mighty heart is lying still!” ( From Wordsworths sonnet Composed upon Westminster Br

32、idge) Questions: A. What does this sonnet describe?B. What does the phrase “mighty heart” refer to?C. The sonnet follows strictly the Italian form. What is the feature of the Italian form of sonnet? 43. “ The woods are lovely, dark and deep, But I have promises to keep, And miles to go before I slee

33、p, And miles to go before I sleep. ” Questions: A. Whos the poet of the quoted stanza, and whats the title of the poem?B. What does the word “sleep” mean?C. What idea do the four lines express?44. “ I celebrate myself, and sing myself, And what I assume you shall assume, For every atom belonging to

34、me as good belongs to you. I loafe and invite my soul, I lean and loafe at my ease observing a spear of summer grass. ” ( From Walt Whitmans Song of Myself) Questions: A. Who does “myself ” refer to? B. How do you understand the line “I loafe and invite my soul” ? C. What does “a spear of summer gra

35、ss” symbolize?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. Whats the theme of the poem Paradise Lost? Whats the authors intention to create it and the

36、 implication that the poem expresses?46. The Waste Land is T. S. Eliots most important single poem. Whats the theme of the poem?47. In American literature, Emily Dickinsons poetry is unique and unconventional in its own way. What are the features of Dickinsons poems?48. Whats the theme of F. Scott F

37、itzgeralds The Great Gatsby?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. Discuss Charles Dickens art of fiction: the setting, the character- portrayal, the language, etc. , based on his novel Oliver Twist.50. Summarize Ernest Hemingways artistic features.-