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4、文學(xué)選讀201107() ????00604英美文學(xué)選讀201204() 相關(guān)課程() 2. 歷年真題 2.1 00604英美文學(xué)選讀200404 2004年4月高等教育自學(xué)考試全國統(tǒng)一命題考試 英美文學(xué)選讀　試題 （課程代碼0604） 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 bes

5、t answers the question or completes the statement. Write your correct answer on the answer sheet. 1.“And we will sit upon the rocks, /Seeing the shepherds feed their flocks,/By shallow rivers to whose falls/Melodious birds sing madrigals.” The above lines are taken from ______. A. Milton’s Paradis

6、e Lost B. Marlowe’s “The Passionate shepherd to His Love” C. Shakespeare’s “Sonnet 18” D. John Donne’s “The Sun Rising” 2.The English Renaissance period was an age of ______ . A. poetry and drama B. drama and novel C. novel and poetry D. romance and poetry 3.Here are four line

7、s taken from Edmund Spenser’s The Faerie Queene: “But on his brest a bloudie Crosse he bore,/The deare remembrance of his dying Lord,/For whose sweete sake that glorious badge he wore,/And dead as living ever him adored.” Who is the “dying Lord” discussed in the above lines? A. Beowulf B. King

8、Arthur C. Jesus Christ D. Jupiter 4.In Shakespeare’s Merchant of Venice, Antonio could not pay back the money he borrowed from Shylock, because ______. A. his money was all invested in the newly-emerging textile industry B. his enterprise went bankrupt C. Bassanio was able to pay his own debt

9、 D. his ships had all been lost 5. Which of the following statements best illustrates the theme of Shakespeare’s Sonnet 18? A. The speaker eulogizes the power of Nature. B. The speaker satirizes human vanity. C. The speaker praises the power of artistic creation. D. The speaker meditates on

10、 man’s salvation. 6. In English poetry, a four-line stanza is called ______. A. heroic couplet B. quatrain C. Spenserian stanza D. terza rima 7. “Let not Ambition mock their useful toil,/Their homely joys, and destiny obscure;/Nor Grandeur hear with a disdainful smile /The short and simple a

11、nnals of the poor.” The above lines are taken from . A. Alexander Pope’s Essay on Criticism B. Coleridge’s “Kubla Khan” C. John Donne’s “The Sun Rising” D. Thomas Gray’s “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard” 8. By making the truth-seeking pilgrims suffer at the hands of th

12、e people of Vanity Fair, John Bunyan intends to show the prevalent political and religious ______of his time. A. persecution B. improvement C. prosperity D. disillusionment 9. The 18th century witnessed a new literary form－the modern English novel, which, contrary to the medieval romance, gi

13、ves a ______ presentation of life of the common people. A. romantic B. realistic C. prophetic D. idealistic 10. As a whole, ______is one of the most effective and devastating criticisms and satires of all aspects in the then English and European life— socially, politically, religiously, phi

14、losophically, scientifically, and morally. A. Moll Flanders B. Gulliver’s Travels C. Pilgrim’s Progress D. The School for Scandal 11. An honest, kind-hearted young man, who is full of animal spirit and lacks prudence, is expelled from the paradise and has to go through hard exper

15、ience to gain knowledge of himself and finally to have been accepted both by a virtuous lady and a rich relative . The above sentence may well sum up the theme of Fielding’s work . A. Jonathan Wild the Great B. Tom Jones C. The Coffe-House Politician D. Amelia 12. In Sheridan’s T

16、he School for scandal, the man who wins the hand of his beloved as well as the inheritance of his rich uncle is ______ . A. Charles Surface B. Joseph Surface C. Sir Peter Teazle D. Sir Benjamin Backbite 13. Which of the following works best represents the national spirit of the 18t

17、h-century England? A. Robinson Crusoe B. Gulliver’s Travels C. Jonathan Wild the Great D. A Sentimental Journey 14. Shelley’s masterpiece, Prometheus Unbound, is a verse drama, which borrows the basic story from ______ . A. the Bible B. a German legend C. a Greek play

18、 D. One Thousand and One Nights 15. In the first part of the novel Pride and prejudice, Mr. Darcy has a (n) ______ of the Bennet family . A. high opinion B. great admiration C. low opinion D. erroneous view 16. In Byron’s poem “Song for the Luddites,” the word “Luddite” ref

19、ers to the ______ . A. workers who destroyed the machines in their protest against unemployment B. rising bourgeoisie who fights against the aristocratic class C. descendents of the ancient king ,Lud D. poor country people who suffered under the rule of the landlord class 17. Mr. Micawber in D

20、avid Copperfield and Sam Well in Pickwick Papers are perhaps the best ______ characters created by Charles Dickens. A. comic B.tragic C. round D.sophisticated 18. A typical feature of the English Victorian literature is that writers became social and moral ______ , exposing all kinds o

21、f social evils. A. revolutionaries B. idealists C. critics D. defenders 19. “Is it not sufficient for your infernal selfishness, that while you are at peace I shall writhe in the torments of hell?”(Heathcliff uttered the sentence in the death scene of Catherine from Chapter XV of Wuthering H

22、eights.) The word “hell” at the end of the quoted sentence refers to ______ . A. Heaven B. Hades C. the next world D. this world 20. A typical Forsyte, according to John Galsworthy, is a man with a strong sense of ______ ,who never pays any attention to human feelings. A. justice B.

23、 humor C. morality D. property 21. “He was silent with conceit of his son. Mrs. Morel sniffed, as if it were nothing.”(Sons and Lovers by D.H.Lawrence)From the above quotation, we can see that Mrs. Morel’s attitude to her husband is ______ . A. sincerely warm B. genuinely kind C. see

24、mingly angry D. merely contemptuous 22. A boy makes a quest of his idealized childish love through painful experience up to the point of losing his innocence and coming to see the drabness and harshness of the adult world. The above sentence may well sum up the major theme of ______. A. El

25、iot’s poem The love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock B. Bernard shaw’s play Mrs. Warren’s Profession C. Joyce’s story Araby D. Lawrence’s story The Horse Dealer’s Daughter 23. Linguistically, compared with the writings of Mark Twain, Henry James’s fiction is noted for his ______. A. frontier vernacul

26、ar B. rich colloquialism C. vulgarly descriptive words D. refined elegant language 24. Which of the following statements about Washington Irving is NOT true? A. Literary imagination should breed in a land rich in the past culture. B. He is preoccupied with the Calvinistic view of or

27、iginal sin and the mystery of evil. C. His stories are among the best of the American literature. D. Some of his works are based on the materials of the European legendary tales. 25. Which of the following is NOT one of the main ideas advocated by Emerson, the chief spokesman of New England Trans

28、cendentalism? A. As an individual, man is divine and can develop and improve himself infinitely. B. Nature exercises a healthy and restorative influence on human beings. C. There exists an emotional communication between an individual soul and the universal “Oversoul.” D. Evil and sin are ever p

29、resent in human heart and will pass on from one generation to another.” 26. Whitman’s poems are characterized by all the following features EXCEPT ______ . A. the strict poetic form B. the free and natural rhythm C. the easy flow of feelings D. the simple and conversational language 27.

30、 “Then all collapsed, and the great shroud of the sea rolled on as it rolled five thousand years ago.” In the quoted sentence, the author might imply that ______. A. nothing changes in the 5000 years of human history B. man’s desire to conquer nature can only end in his own destruction C. nature

31、is evil as it was 5000 years ago D. nature has the ultimate creative power 28. “Standing on the bare ground,—my head bathed by the blithe air, and uplifted into infinite space ,—all mean egotism vanishes. I become a transparent eye-ball. I am nothing. I see all. The currents of the Universal Being

32、 circulate through me; I am part or particle of God.” The above passage is taken from ______. A. Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin B. Cooper’s “Leatherstocking Tales” C. Emerson’s “Nature” D. Dreiser’s Sister Carrie 29. Which of the following works best illustrates the Calvinistic view of origina

33、l sin? A. Stowe’s Uncle Ton’s Cabin B. James’s The Portrait of a Lady. C. Hemingway’s A Farewell to Arms D. Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter. 30. Beside symbolism, all the following qualities EXCEPT ______are fused to make Melville’s Moby-Dick a world classic. A. narrative power B. psych

34、ological analysis C. speculative agility D. optimistic view of life 31. In all his novels Theodore Dreiser sets himself to project the ______ American values. For example, in Sister Carrie, there is not one character whose status is not determined economically. A. Puritan B. material

35、istic C. psychological D. religious 32. In Daisy Miller, Henry James reveals Daisy’s ______ by showing her relatively unreserved manners. A. hypocrisy B. cold and indifference C. grace and patience D. Americanness 33. The raft with which Huck and Jim make their voyage down the

36、Mississippi River may symbolize all the following EXCEPT ______. A. a return to nature B. an escape from evils, injustices, and corruption of the civilized society C. the American society in the early 19th century D. a small world where people of different colors can live friendly and happ

37、ily 34. Emily Grierson, the protagonist in Faulkner’s story “A Rose for Emily,” can be regarded as a symbol for all the following qualities EXCEPT______. A. old values B. rigid ideas of social status C. bigotry and eccentricity D. harmony and integrity 35. As a Modernist poet ,Poun

38、d is noted for his active involvement in the ______ . A. cubist school of modern painting B. Imagist Movement C. stream-of-consciousness technique D. German Expressionism 36. The statement that a boy’s night journey to an Indian village to witness the violence of both birth and death provides

39、all the possibilities of a learning experience may well sum up the major theme of ______ . A. Faulkner’s story “A Rose for Emily” B. Hemingway’s story “Indian Camp” C. Irving’s story “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” D. James’s story “Daisy Miller” 37. Which of the following plays by O’Neill can be

40、 read autobiographically? A. The Hairy Ape B. The Emperor Jones C. The Iceman Cometh D. Long Day’s Journey Into Night 38. When we say that a poor young man from the West tried to make his fortune in the East but was disillusioned in the quest of an idealized dream, we are probably dis

41、cussing about ______’s thematic concern in his fiction writing. A. Henry James B. Scott Fitzgerald C. Ernest Hemingway D. William Faulkner 39.After his experiences in the forest, Young Goodman Brown returns to Salem ______. A. desperate and gloomy B. renewed in his faith C. w

42、earing a black veil D. unaware of his own sin 40. According to Mark Twain, in river towns up and down the Mississippi, it was every boy’s dream to some day grow up to be ______. A. Methodist preacher B. a justice of the peace C. a riverboat pilot D. a pirate on the Indian ocean

43、 PART TWO (60POINTS) Ⅱ.Reading comprehension(16 points,4 for each) Read the quoted parts carefully and answer the questions in English. Write your answer in the corresponding space on the answer sheet. 41. “One short sleep past, we wake eternally, And death shall be no more; death, thou shalt

44、 die.” Questions: A. Identify the poem and the poet. B.What does the word “sleep” mean? C. What idea do the two lines express? 42. “Never did sun more beautifully steep In his first splendor, valley, rock, or hill; Ne’er saw I, never felt, a calm so deep! The river glideth at his own sweet

45、will: Dear God! The very houses seem asleep; And all that mighty heart is lying still!” (William Wordsworth’s sonnet: “Composed upon Westminster Bridge” September 3, 1802) Questions: A. What does the word “glideth” in the fourth line mean? B. What kind of figure of speech is used by wordsworth

46、 to describe the “river”? C. What idea does the fourth line express? 43. “With Blue—uncertain stumbling Buzz— Between the light—and me— And then the Windows failed—and then I could not see to see—” Questions: A. Identify the poem and the poet. B. What do “Windows” symbolically stand for? C.

47、 What idea does the quoted passage express? 44. “‘Is dying hard, Daddy?’ ‘No, I think it’s pretty easy, Nick, It all depends.”’ Questions: A. Identify the work and the author. B. What was Nick preoccupied with when he asked the question? C. Why did the father add “It all depends” after he answ

48、ered his son’s question? Ⅲ. 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. It is said that B. Shaw’s play, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, has a strong realistic

49、 theme, which fully reflects the dramatist’s Fabianist idea. Try to summarize this theme briefly. 46. Emily Bronte used a very complicated narrative technique in writing her novel Wuthering Heights. Try to tell Bronte’s way of narration briefly. 47. “In your rocking-chair, by your window dreaming,

50、 shall you long, alone. In your rocking-chair, by your window, shall you dream such happiness as you may never feel.” The two sentences are taken from Theodore Dreiser’s novel, Sister Carrie. What idea can you draw from the “rocking-chair”? 48. The literary school of naturalism was quite popular in

51、 the late 19th century. What are the major characteristics of naturalism? 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 the possible theme in W.B. Yeats’s “The

52、Lake Isle of Innisfree” and how that theme is presented in the poem. 50. “My faith is gone!” cried he (Goodman Brown), after one stupefied moment. “There is no good on earth; and sin is but a name. Come, devil! For to thee is this world given.” Comment on this passage from Hawthorne’s “Young Goodm

53、an Brown”. 2.2 00604英美文學(xué)選讀200504 ? 2005年上半年高等教育自學(xué)考試全國統(tǒng)一命題考試 英美文學(xué)選讀（試卷） 課程代碼:0604 PART ONE (40 POINTS) I．Multiple Choice，(40points)。 Select form the four choices of each th one that best answers the question or completes the statement．Mark your choice by blackening the corresponding lett

54、er A，B，C or D on the answer sheet． 1. the most significant idea of the Renaissance is____. A．humanism B．realism C．naturalism D．skepticism 2．Shakespeare's tragedies include all the following except____. A．Hamlet and King lear B．Antony and Cleopatra and Macbeth C. Julius Caesa

55、r and Othello D．The Merchant of Venice and A Midsummer Night`s Dream 3．The statement"Studies serve for delight，for ornament，and for ability” opens one of well-known essays by____. A． Francis Bacon B． Samuel Johnson C. Alexander Pope D． Jonathan Swift 4．In Hardy's Wessex novels，ther

56、e is an apparent____touch in his description of the simple though primitive rural life． A．nostalgic B．humorous C．romantic D．ironic 5．Backbite，Sneerwell，and Lady Teazle are characters in the play the School for Scandal by____. A． Christopher Marlowe B． Ben Jonson C．Richard

57、 Brinsley Sheridan D．George Bernard Shaw 6．Of all the 18century novelists Henry Fielding was the first to set out， both in theory and practice，to write specifically a“____in prose,”the first to give the modern novel its structure and style. A．tragic epic B．comic epic C．romance D． lyr

58、ic epic 7．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 tiger's two eyes Which are dazzlingly bright and Symmetrically set B． the poet's fear of the predator C． the analogy of the hamm

59、er and the anvil D． the harmony of the two opposite aspects of God’s creation 8． “What is his name?” “Bingley．” “Is he married or Single?” “Oh! Single，my dear, to be sure! A Single man of large fortune；four or five thousand a year．What a fine thing for our girls!” The above dialogue must

60、 be taken from____. A．Jane Austen's pride and prejudice B．Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights C．John Galsworthy's The Forsyte Saga D．George Eliot's Middlemarch 9． The short story“Araby”is one of the stories in James Joyce's collection____. A．A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man B．ulysses

61、 C．Finnegans Wake D．Dubliners 10． Willam Wordsworth，a romantic poet，advocated all the following except____. A．the using of everyday language Spoken by the common people B．the expression of the Spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings C the humble and rustic life as subject matter D. elegant

62、 wording and inflated figures of speech 11．Here are two lines taken from The Merchant of venice：“Not on thy sole，but on thy soul，harsh Jew /Thou mak’st thy knife keen．”What kind of figurative device is used in the above lines? A．Simile． B．Metonymy． C．Pun． D．Synecdoch

63、e． 12．If Winter comes，can Spring be far behind?”is an epigrammatic line by____. A．J．Keats B．W．Blake C．W. Wordsworth D．P.B．Shelley 13．The poems such as，“The Chimney Sweeper”are found in both Songs of lnnocence and Songs of Experience by____. A．William Wordsworth B．

64、William Blake C．John Keats D．Lord Gordon Byron 14．John Bunyan's Pilgrim’s Progress is often regarded as a typical example of____. A．a(chǎn)llegory B. romance C．epic in prose D．fable 15．Alexander Pope strongly advocated neoclassicism，emphasizing that literary works sh

65、ould be judged by____rules of order,reason，logic，restrained emotion， good taste and decorum． A. classical B． romantic C. sentimental D． allegorical 16．In his essay“Of Studies，”Bacon Said：“Some books are to be tasted，others to be swallowed，and some few to be chewed and____.

66、 A．skimmed B．perfected C．imitated D．digested 17．“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's“The Solitary Reaper” B．Eliot's“The Love Song of J．Alfred Prufrock，” C．Coleridge's“Kubla Khan” D．Yeats's“The Lake Isle of lnnisfree” 18．(The)____was a progressive intellectual movement throughout Western Europe in th