《英美文学选读》自考试题及答案解析.pdf

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1、英美文学选读自考试题及答案解析 一、单选题（共 51 题，共 0 分）1.“Woman”becomes“Frau”in German,“femme”in French and“f n”in Chinese.This example shows that in different languages the same concept can be represented by different _.A.sounds B.forms C.unities D.meanings ABCD 正确答案：A 2.The following words of the basic word stock den

2、ote the most common things and phenomena of the world around us EXCEPT _.A.fire B.hot C.photoscanning D.sister ABCD 正确答案：C 3.Aliens are borrowed words which have retained their original pronunciation and spelling.Which of the following words comes from Chinese?A.Bazaar B.Kowtow C.Rajah D.Blitzkrieg

3、ABCD 正确答案：B 4.The Indo-European language family is made up of the languages of the following EXCEPT _.A.Europe B.the Far East C.India D.the Near East ABCD 正确答案：B 5.Which of the following is NOT one of the main sources of new words in the present-day English vocabulary?A.The rapid development of mode

4、rn science and technology.B.Social,economic and political changes C.The invasion of foreign countries.D.The influence of other cultures and languages.ABCD 正确答案：C 6.Modern English vocabulary develops through the following channels EXCEPT _.A.creation B.borrowing C.semantic change D.lexical change ABC

5、D 正确答案：D 7.How many monomorphemic words are there in the following words?cats boss work improper tried A.1 B.2 C.3 D.4 ABCD 正确答案：B 8.A mong the following words,“_”does NOT have inflectional affixes.A.liked B.childrens C.happier D.its ABCD 正确答案：D 9.Which of the following words does NOT have suffixes?

6、A.Northward B.Widen C.Happy D.Worker.ABCD 正确答案：C 10.Among the following words,“_”contains a negative prefix.A.amoral B.de-compose C.antiwar D.foretell ABCD 正确答案：A 11.From the viewpoint of word formation,the word“smog”is a _.A.compound B.conversion C.clipping D.blending ABCD 正确答案：D 12.Which of the fo

7、llowing is partially converted?A.A white B.A drunk C.The poor D.Finals ABCD 正确答案：C 13.One can figure out the meaning of“airmail”to be“mail by air”by its _.A.onomatopoeic motivation B.morphological motivation C.semantic motivation D.etymological motivation ABCD 正确答案：B 14.When a reader comes across th

8、e word“home”in his reading,the word may remind him of his“family,friends,warmth,safety,etc.”In this sense,the word“home”conveys _.A.connotative meaning B.stylistic meaning C.affective meaning D.collocative meaning ABCD 正确答案：A 15.Which of the following statements is TRUE?A.Grammatical meaning refers

9、to the part of speech,tenses of verbs and stylistic features ofwords.B.Unlike conceptual meaning,associative meaning is unstable and indeterminate.C.Affective meaning indicates the listener s attitude towards the person or thing in question D.Collocation cannot affect the meaning of words.ABCD 正确答案：

10、B 16.Words that are identical only in spelling but different in sound and meaning are called _.A.perfect homonyms B.homographs C.homophones D.homonyms ABCD 正确答案：B 17.The differences between synonyms exist in the following areas EXCEPT _.A.denotation B.connotation C.reference D.application ABCD 正确答案：

11、C 18.“Apple,pear,peach,orange,lemon,etc.”make up the _ of“fruit”.A.synonyms B.homonyms C.superordinate term D.semantic field ABCD 正确答案：D 19._ of meaning is a process by which a word that originally had a specialized meaning has now become generalized.A.Degradation B.Elevation C.Extension D.Speciliza

12、tion ABCD 正确答案：C 20.Which of the following is NOT one of the extra-linguistic factors that cause changes in meaning?A.Cultural reason.B.Historical reason C.Class reason D.Psychological reason ABCD 正确答案：A 21.The word“minister”originally meant“a servant”,but now has changed to“a head of a ministry”.Th

13、is process of meaning change is called _.A.extension B.elevation C.degradation D.specialization ABCD 正确答案：B 22.In grammatical context,the meaning of a word may be influenced by the _in which it occurs.A.structure B.sentence C.phrase D.clause ABCD 正确答案：A 23.There is an ambiguity in the sentence“He is

14、 a hard businessman”due to _.A.polysemy B.homonymy C.synonymy D.antonymy ABCD 正确答案：A 24.Which of the following is NOT one of the context clues?A.Definition B.Polysemy C.Synonymy D.Antonymy.ABCD 正确答案：B 25.Which of the following is NOT one of the characteristics of idioms?A.The part of speech of each

15、element in an idiom is very important.B.The constituents of idioms can eplaced.t be r C.The word order in an idiom can t be changed.D.An idiom functions as one word.ABCD 正确答案：A 26.Idioms nominal in nature have a(n)_ as the key word in each and function as a noun in sentences.A.verb B.adjective C.pre

16、position D.noun ABCD 正确答案：D 27.Lexical manipulation is one aspect of the rhetorical features of idioms.The following EXCEPT _ belong to lexical manipulation.A.alliteration B.reiteration C.repetition D.juxtaposition ABCD 正确答案：A 28.Oxford Advanced Learner s Dictionary ,3rd Edition(1980),is among the b

17、est-known British _ dictionaries.A.unabridged B.desk C.pocket D.bilingual ABCD 正确答案：B 29.Generally,a dictionary covers the following contents EXCEPT _.A.spelling B.pronunciation C.definition D.syntactical rules ABCD 正确答案：D 30.Collins COBUILD English Language Dictionary(1987)has some unique features

18、such as definition,extra column and _.A.pronunciation B.grammar codes C.usage examples D.language codes ABCD 正确答案：C 31.The professor worked for 7 hours at a _.A.stretch B.extend C.expand D.prolong ABCD 正确答案：A 本题解析：此题考查的是固定词组搭配。at a stretch 一口气地 32.Parents,teachers in schools and communicators in or

19、using the mass media are all capable of _ our potential interests.A.raising B.rising C.arousing D.arising ABCD 正确答案：C 本题解析：arouse：唤醒，激起。符合句意。raise 和 rise 都有“上升、提高”的意思。arise：出现，发生。33.Happiness doesn t alway s _ money.A.go through B.go in for C.go with D.go over ABCD 正确答案：C 本题解析：句意：幸福未必总是伴随金钱而来。go wit

20、h：伴随，与.相配 34.He insured his car _ he had an accident.A.unless B.if C.since D.in case ABCD 正确答案：D 本题解析：他给自己的汽车投了保，以防万一遇到交通事故。考查连词词义区分题。A 否则，要不然 B 如果 C 自从，由于 D 以防万一，以免 35.It took a few seconds for her eyes to _ to the darkness.A.allocate B.adopt C.apply D.adjust ABCD 正确答案：D 本题解析：A 分配，拨出 B 收养，过 C 应用，申请

21、 D 调整，使适合 36.It has been years _ I returned home.A.after B.that C.since D.when ABCD 正确答案：C 本题解析：译文：我回家已经有好几年了。此题考查连词 since 的用法。since 表示“从(过去某事)以来，以后或到现在”时，主句多用完成时态。又如：Where have you been since I last saw you?自从我上次见到你以后，你到哪去了?37.What he told us was more of a(n)_ than a reality.A.illusion B.demonstrat

22、ion C.illustration D.reputation ABCD 正确答案：A 本题解析：他告诉我们的更可能是幻想而不是现实。考查名词词义选择题。A 幻想，错误观念 B 演示，证明 C 图解，实例 D 名声，名誉 38.To write up his novel,John is looking for an environment free _ outside distraction.A.on B.with C.from D.in ABCD 正确答案：C 本题解析：free from 使人摆脱，不受的，没有的 39.We cannot leave this tough job to a

23、 person _.A.who nobody has confidence B.in whom nobody has confidence C.for whom nobody has confidence D.who everyone has confidence of ABCD 正确答案：B 本题解析：译文：我们不能把这样一份艰巨的工作交给一个没有自信的人。本题考查定语从句，have confidence in sb 是固定用法，关系代词 whom 用作介词 in 的宾语。40.A good worker in a key spot could,so _ as he kept up prod

24、uction,take all the coffee breaks he wanted.A.long B.short C.much D.little ABCD 正确答案：A 本题解析：so long as：只要。是固定搭配。41.Modern economics _ the country s agricultural policies.A.undergoes B.understands C.underlies D.undertakes ABCD 正确答案：C 本题解析：现代经济学是国家农业政策的基础。考查形近动词词义选择题。A 经历，经受 B 了解 C 成为的基础 D 承担，保证 42.If

25、 you try to learn too many things at a time,you may get _.A.concentrated B.confused C.confirmed D.convinced ABCD 正确答案：B 本题解析：如果你试图一次学太多东西，你就有可能糊涂了。考查形近形容词意义区分题。A.浓缩的，专心的 B 糊涂的，混淆的 C 根深蒂固的 D 确信的 43.David has made great progress recently._，and _.A.So he has；so you have B.So he has；so have you C.So he

26、has；so do you D.So has he；so you have ABCD 正确答案：B 本题解析：以 so 开头的句子如果是表示前面所表达的内容也适合于另一个人或物时，句子要用倒装语序，这时前后的主语不一致;但当 so 开头的句子只是重复前一句的意思，表示“的确”，“如此”，前后主语是同一人或物时，句子不用倒装语序。根据题目的意思，本题的答案是 B。44.We are interested in the weather because it _ us so directlywhat we wear,what we do and even how we feel.A.benefits

27、 B.affects C.guides D.effects ABCD 正确答案：B 本题解析：affect 多作为动词来用，表示影响。effect 多作为名词来用，表示“作用、效果”。benefit：有利于。guide：引导。根据句意，本题应该用 affect(影响)。45.You should help them _ when your friends quarrel with each other.A.come into sight B.come to terms C.come into play D.come to power ABCD 正确答案：B 本题解析：当你的朋友吵架时，你应当帮

28、助他们协调一下。考查短语的习惯用法。come into 或 come to 都表示进入(某种状态)A 映入眼帘 B.达成协议，妥协 C 开始运作 D.上台，开始掌权 46.Perseverance is a kind of quality and that is _ it takes to do anything well.A.what B.that C.which D.why ABCD 正确答案：A 本题解析：what 在表语从句中作 takes 的宾语,构成 It takes sth.to do sth.的句型。答案为 A。47.We were told that the stone fi

29、gure _ back to the 16th century was of great value.A.dated B.dating C.coming D.kept ABCD 正确答案：B 本题解析：本句中含有 be+of+n.这个结构。dating back to the 16th century 的逻辑主语是 stone figure。48.Each of us should _ aside a few minutes to have a rest every day.A.push B.provide C.turn D.set ABCD 正确答案：D 本题解析：set aside：留出，

30、拨出。是固定搭配。49.Police are _ the disappearance of two children.A.looking up B.looking through C.looking into D.looking on ABCD 正确答案：C 本题解析：A(在书中)查找 B 仔细查阅，审查，(对某人)视而不见 C 调查，研究，查问 D.观看，旁观，看待 50.He _ his poor judgment _ Jet Lag.A.blamed.for B.blamed.to C.blamed.on D.blamed.at ABCD 正确答案：C 本题解析：此题考查固定词组 blame sth.on sb.把.怪到.头上。51.Washing the food down with water as a substitute _ chewing is not a good habit A.of B.for C.to D.from ABCD 正确答案：B 本题解析：译文：吃东西的时候，不咀嚼而用水冲下食物是一种不好的习惯。本题考查介词，表目的，应用 for。