08年7月高等教育自學考試英美文學選讀真題及答案

1、08年7月高等教育自學考試英美文學選讀試題課程代碼：00604請將答案填在答題紙相應的位置上(全部題目用英文作答)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 best an swers the question or completes the statement. Write your answers on the An swer Sheet.1. Of all the eighteenth

2、century British novelists was thefirst to set out，both in theory and practice, to write specially a “ comic epic in prose”，the first to give the modern novel its structure and style.A. Thomas Gray B. Richard Brin sley Sherida nC. Jon athan SwiftD. He nry Fieldi ng2. The poem “ Elegy Written in a Cou

3、ntry Churchyard” established as the leader of the sen time ntal poetry of the dayespecially “ the Graveyard Schoo” .A. Thomas Gray B. Samuel Joh nsonC. John Bu nyanD. John Milt on3. “ Do you think, because I am poo，obscure, plain， and little，I am soulless and heartless?. And if God had gifted me wit

4、h some beauty, and much wealth, I should have made it as hard for you to leave me. as it is now for me to leave you. ” The quoted part is taken fromA. Great Expectatio nsB. Wutheri ng HeightsC. Jane EyreD. Pride and Prejudice4. The most famous dramatists in the RenaissanceEngland are allthe followi

5、ng EXCEPT.A. Fran cis Bac onB. Christopher MarloweC. William Shakespeare D. BenJonson5. George Bernard Shaw s play Mrs. Warren s Profession isabout.A. slum Ian dlordism B. the econo mic oppressi on of wome nC. the political corruption in EnglandD. the religious corruptionin En gla nd6. All of the fo

6、llowing statements can correctly describe theEnl ighte nment Moveme nt EXCEPT.A. The moveme nt flourished in Fran ce.B. The moveme nt was a furthera nee of the Ren aissa nee.C. The purpose of the movement was to enlighten the whole world.D. The purpose of the movement was to enhance the religious ed

7、ucati on.7. Among the three major poetical works by Joh n Milt onisthe most perfect example of the verse drama after the Greek style inEn glish.A. Sams on Ago nistes B. Paradise LostC. Paradise Rega ined D. Areopagitica8. The major British Romantic poets Blake, Wordsworth,Coleridge,Byron, Shelley an

8、d Keats started a rebellion against the neoclassical literature, which was later regarded as.A. the poetic roma nee B. the poetic moveme ntC. the poetic revoluti onD. the poetic reformatio n9. Jane Austen s main literary concern is about.A. huma n beings in their pers onal relati on shipsB. the love

9、 story between the rich and the poorC. maturity achieved through the loss of illusi onsD. the daily country life of the upper-middle-class English10. Among the follow ing British Roma ntic poetsis regardedas a “worshipper of nature” .A. William Blake B. William WordsworthC. George Gordon Byron D. Jo

10、h n Keats11. Jon atha n Swift s greatest satiric work is.A. A Tale of a Tub B. The Battle of BooksC. Gulliver s Travels D. “A Modest Proposal12. Among the followi ng writersis con sidered to be the best known En glish dramatist si nee Shakespeare.A. Oscar Wilde B. Joh n GalsworthyC. W. B. Y eatsD. G

11、eorge Bernard Shaw13. As a represe ntative of the Enlightenmentwas one of thefirst to in troduce rati on alism to En gla nd.A. Fran cis Bac onB. Alexa nder PopeC. Thomas Gray D. T. S. Eliot14. All of the following poets are regarded as “ Lake PoetsEXCEPT.A. Samuel Taylor Coleridge B. Robert SoutheyC

12、. William Wordsworth D. William Blake15. “ To be, or not to be that is the questio n;/ whether tisno bler in the mind to suffer,/ the sli ngs and arrows of outrageous fortun e,/Or to take arms aga inst a sea of troubles, / And by oppos ing end them? The quoted lines are take n from.A. King Lear B. R

13、omeo and JulietC. OthelloD. Hamlet16. Daniel Defoe describesas a typical En glish middle class man of the eighteenth century, the very prototype of the empire builder, the pioneer colonistA. Robi nson Crusoe B. Moll Fla ndersC. GulliverD. Tom Jones17. The declaration that “ I know that This World is

14、 a World of IMAGINATION & Vision，” and that “The Nature of my work isvisionary or imaginative belongs to.A. William Blake B. William WordsworthC. Samuel Taylor Coleridge D. George Gordon Byron18. Although writi ng from differe nt poi nts of view and with differe nttechniques, writers in the Victoria

15、n Period shared one thing in common that is, they were all concerned about.A. the fate of the upper classB. the reformatio n of the gover nmentC. the fate of the com mon peopleD. the future of their family cla ns19. “ If Win ter comes, can Spr ing be far behi nd? The quoted linecomes from.A. Shelley

16、 s “Ode to the West Wind B. Walt Whitman s Leaves of GrassC. Joh n Milt on s Paradise Lost D. Joh n Keats“ Ode on aGrecia n Urn”20. Among the followi ng figuresis Dicke ns first childhero.A. Little Nell B. David CopperfieldC. Oliver Twist D. Little Dorrit21. In the play The Importa nee of Being Earn

17、 est by Oscar Wildethe upper class people are described all of the following EXCEPTA. corrupt B. sn obbishC. hypocritical D. ambitious22. I n Thomas Hardy s Wessex no vels, there is an appare nttouch in his description of the simple and beautiful though primitive rural life.A. nostalgic 鄉(xiāng)愁的 B. humor

18、ousC. roma nticD.ir on ic23. “ Life is but a losing battle, it is a struggle man can dominate insuch a way that loss becomes dignity; man can be physically destroyed but n ever defeated spiritually. This no tio n is typically held by.A. Mark TwainB. Ezra Pou ndC. William Faulk nerD. Ern est Hemin gw

19、ay24. The literary spokesma n of the Jazz Age is.A. Henry James B. Robert FrostC. F. Scott Fitzgerald D. William Faulk ner25. North of Bost on is described by the autho, Robert Frost, as “ abook of people,， which shows a brillia nt in sight intocharacterand the backgro und that formed itA. the cowbo

20、y B. New En gla ndC. Ivy Colleague D. ivory tower26. People gen erally regardedas the forer unner of the 20th cen tury “ stream- of-con scious nesS no vels and the foun der of psychological realism.A. Theodore Dreiser B. William Faulk nerC. Henry JamesD. Mark Twain27. Accord ing to, “ There is evil

21、i n every huma n heart,which may rema in late nt, perhaps, through the whole life ; but circumsta nces may rouse it to activity ”A. Natha niel Hawthorne B. Edgar Elle n PoeC. William FaulknerD. Theodore Dreiser28. Hemin gway once describedthe one book from which allmoder n America n literature comes

22、A. The Adve ntures of Huckleberry Fi nn B. The Adve ntures of Tom SawyerC. The Gilded Age D. Innocents Abroad29. What Walt Whitma n prefers for his new subject and new poeticfeelings is “，” that is, poetry without a fixed beat or regularrhyme schemeA. fixed verse B. free verseC. fixed ending D. free

23、 ending30. By writi ngMelville reached the most flourish ing stageof his literary creativity.A. TypeeB. OmooC. MardiD. Moby-Dick31. Shortly before his death in 1945, joined the CommunistParty.A. Theodore Dreiser B. Mark Twai nC. Henry JamesD. Ezra Pound32. Naturalism is evolved from when the author

24、tone inwriting becomes less serious and less sympathetic but more ironic and more pessimistic.A. Roma nticism B. ModernismC. RealismD. Scie ntism33. One of the most familiar themes in American naturalism is thetheme of huma n.A. peacefu In essB. joyfu In essC. bestiality 獸性D. civilizati on34. Hawtho

25、rne s view of man and human history originated , to agreat exten, from.A. Tran sce nden talismB. Purita nismC. Huma nismD. Expressi onism35. In gen eral, the America n woma n poetwan ted to livesimply as a complete independent being and so she die, as a spinster老 姑娘.A. Anne Bret B. Emily Dick insonC

26、. Anna Dick insonD. Emily Shaw36. Theodore Dreiser sfound expressi on in almost everybook he wrote in which “kill or to be killed ” was the law.A. roma nticism B. n aturalismC. cubismD. classicalism37. William Faulk ner creates his own mythical kin gdom that mirrorsnot only the decli ne of thesociet

27、y but also the spiritual wastela ndof the whole America n society.A. souther nB. no rther nC. westernD. easter n38. Almost every book written by Hawthorne discusses,which reflects his unceasing interest in the“ interior of the heart ” ofman s being.A. sin and evil B. 1ove and hatredC. frustrati on a

28、nd self - denial D. bala nee and self - discipli ne39. A preoccupation with theview of original sin and themystery of evil marked the works of Hawthorne , Melville and a host of lesser writers.A. optimistic B. Calvi nisticC. Plato nic D. Socratic40. The American as a cultural heritage exerted great

29、in flue nces over America n moral values in the America n Roma ntic period.A. Purita nismB. Atheism無神論C. Deism自然神論D. Cynicism冷嘲熱諷的PART TWO(60 POINTS)II. Reading Comprehension(16 points in al, 4 for each)Read the quoted parts carefully and answer the questions inEnglish. Write your answers in the cor

30、responding space on the Answer Sheet41. “ The fiver glideth at his own sweet will:Dear God! the very houses seem asleepAnd all that mighty heart is lying still! ”(from William Wordsworth s “ Composed upon WestminsterBridge” )Questi ons：A. What figure of speech is used in the quoted lin es?B. What do

31、es “that mighty heart refer to?C. What does the poem decribe?42. “ When the stars threw dow n their spears,And water d heave n with their tears,Did he smile his work to see?Did he who made the Lamb make thee?Questi ons：A. Identify the poet and the poem from which the quoted lines aretake nB. Whom do

32、es the “ herefer to?C. What does the “Lamb” symbolize?43. “My tongue, every atom of my blood, form d from this soil, this air,Born here of pare nts born here from pare nts the samea nd theirpare nts the sameI, now thirty-seven years old in perfect health beginHoping to cease not till deathQuesti ons

33、：A. Identify the poet and the poem from which the quoted lines are take n.B. What do “ soil” and “ air” represe nt in the first line?C. What does the poet try to say in the above four lin es?44. “ I cannot rub the stra ngen ess from my sightI got from look ing through a pane of glassI skimmed this m

34、orning from the drinking troughAnd held aga inst the world of hoary grass”Questi ons：A. Identify the poet and the poem from which the quoted lines are take n.B. What does the word “strangenessrefer to?C. What do the quoted lines imply?III . Questions and Answers(24 points in a，l 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 Sheet45. As a leading Romanticist