2020年8月自考00604英美文學選讀試題及答案含解析

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1、【單選題】Asadramacritic,____wasstronglyagainstthecredoof"artfor

art'ssake"heldbythedecadentaestheticartists.

Shakespeare

ThomasHardy

A:

CharlesDickens

B:

BernardShaw

C:

答D:案：D

2、【單選題】T.S.Eliot'smajorachievementinplaywritingisthecreationof

a____inthe20thcentury.

heroicdrama

versedrama

A:

monodrama

B:

blankdrama

C:

答D:案：B

3、【單選題】ThethemeofD.H.Lawrence'sTheTrespasserisaboutthefailure

ofthehumancontactandthelackof____betweenpeople.

warmth

communication

A:

love

B:

tolerance

C:

答D:案：A

4、【單選題】T.S.Eliotproducedonlytwomajorvolumesofpoeticworks:Ash

Wednesdayand____inhislaterperiod.

TheCocktail

TheElderParty

A:

FourQuartets

B:

TheHollowMen

C:

答D:案：C

5、【單選題】BernardShaw'sTheDoctor'sDilemmaisabouttheincompetence,

arroganceandbigotryofthe____medicalprofession.

ambition

ignorance

A:

smart

B:

trick

C:

答D:案：B

6、【單選題】ThefirstchildherodescribedbyCharlesDickensis____

DavidCopperfield

LittleDorrit

A:

LittleNell

B:

OliverTwist

C:

答D:案：D

7、【單選題】CharlotteBronte'sfirstnovel____wasrejectedbythepublisher.

Theprofessor

WutheringHeights

A:

Shirley

B:

JaneEyre

C:

答D:案：A

8、【單選題】TheworkJudetheObscure,knownas"novelsofcharacterand

environment"isoneofthemostrepresentativesof____

DanielDefoe

D.H.Lawrence

A:

ThomasHardy

B:

JaneAusten

C:

答D:案：C

9、【單選題】Henchard,heroofThomasHardy'sTheMayorofCasterbridge,is

a____man.

decent

shrewd

A:

modern

B:

self-sufficient

C:

D:

答案：D

10、【單選題】In____,CharlesDickenspresentstheoverwhelmingsocial

environmentwhichbringsmoraldegenerationanddestructiontopeople.

HardTimes

GreatExpectations

A:

ATaleofTwoCities

B:

NicholasNickleby

C:

答D:案：B

11、【單選題】InBrussels____fellinlovewithamarriedmanandthisone-

sidedlovewaslaterrecountedinvillette.

EmilyBronte

CharlotteBronte'

A:

AnneBronte

B:

EmilyDickinson

C:

答D:案：B

12、【單選題】Inthenovel,____D.H.Lawrenceillustratesaterriblesocial

corruptionaccompaniestheprogressofhumancivilization.

TheRainbow

SonsandLovers

A:

WomeninLove

B:

Aaron'sRod

C:

答D:案：A

13、【單選題】JaneAusten'sPersuasioncontraststhetrue____withthe

prudentialcalculations.

love

friendship

A:

freedom

B:

equality

C:

答D:案：A

14、【單選題】At18,____wroteTheNecessityofAtheism,repudiatingthe

existenceofGod,andthisresultedinhisexpulsionfromtheuniversity.

WilliamBlake

A:

ThomasHardy

PercyShelley

B:

T.S.Eliot

C:

答D:案：C

15、【單選題】Thepoem____takesustothecoreofWilliamWordsworth'spoetic

belief.

“ToSkylark

TheSparrow'sNest

A:

ToButterfly

B:

IWanderedLonelyasCloud

C:

答D:案：D

16、【單選題】ThemajorthemeofJaneAusten'snovelsisloveandmarriage

towardswhichsheholdsonapractical____

realism

criticism

A:

idealism

B:

materialism

C:

答D:案：C

17、【單選題】ManycriticsrankThePreludeasthegreatestworkwrittenby____

ThomasHardy

JaneAusten

A:

WilliamWordsworth

B:

JohnMilton

C:

答D:案：C

18、【單選題】WilliamBlake'sSongsofInnocenceisalovelyvolumeofpoems,

whilehisSongsofExperiencepaintsadifferentworldwitha____tone.

cheerful

melancholy

A:

lyric

B:

graceful

C:

答D:案：B

19、【單選題】Theperfectmodelof____inliteraryhistoryisJonathanSwift'sA

ModestProposal

satire

nature

A:

realism

B:

humor

C:

答D:案：A

20、【單選題】ItisHenryFielding'sTheHistoryofTomJonesthatisaboutthe

subjectof____

historydevelopment

socialsystem

A:

growthofyoungman

B:

humannature

C:

答D:案：D

21、【單選題】MarriageofHeavenandHellwascomposedby____duringtheclimax

oftheFrenchRevolution.

T.S.Eliot

WilliamBlake

A:

D.H.Lawrence

B:

CharlesDickens

C:

答D:案：B

22、【單選題】AccordingtothedescriptionoftheheroofRobinsoninthefirst

partofRobinsonCrusoe,oneofthefollowingthings,"____"isNOTtrue.

howhegoestosea

howhereturnstoNewEngland

A:

howhegetsshipwrecked

B:

howhestrugglestolive

C:

答D:案：B

23、【單選題】ThefollowingworkisNOTwrittenbyJonathanSwift

ATaleofaTub

TheBattleoftheBooks

A:

TheExaminer

B:

TheTragedyofTragedies

C:

D:

答案：D

24、【單選題】The____partofGulliver'sTravelisamostinterestingaccount

ofGulliver'sdiscoveriesintheHouyhnhnmland.

first

second

A:

third

B:

last

C:

答D:案：D

25、【單選題】Shakespeare'swork____eulogizesthefaithfulnessofloveand

spiritofpursuinghappiness.

Hamlet

Othello

A:

RomeoandJuliet

B:

TheTempest

C:

答D:案：C

26、【單選題】InSamsonAgonistes,JohnMiltonborrowshisstoryfromthe____

Bible

legend

A:

Greekmyth

B:

Frenchtale

C:

答D:案：A

27、【單選題】Shakespeare'sVenusandAdonisandTheRapeofLucreceare

dedicatedtothe____

EarlofSouthampton

KingofLear

A:

DarkLady

B:

PrinceDenmark

C:

答D:案：A

28、【單選題】InRobinsonCrusoe,____issavedbyRobinsonandsoonbecomesa

loyalservantofhim.

Tom

A:

Nick

Friday

B:

Jim

C:

答D:案：C

29、【單選題】Itis____thatadoptsthe"thethird-personnarration"inwhichthe

authorbecomesthe"all-knowing-God".

JohnMilton

PercyShelley

A:

ThomasHardy

B:

HenryFielding

C:

答D:案：D

30、【單選題】NathanielHawthornediscusses____inalmosteverybookhewrote.

loveandhatred

sinandevil

A:

joyandsorrow

B:

freedomanddiscipline

C:

答D:案：B

31、【單選題】InLeavesofGrass,all____isconcernedwithareopenness,

freedomandindividualism.

WaltWhitman

RobertFrost

A:

EmilyDickinson

B:

HermanMelville

C:

答D:案：A

32、【單選題】InMoby-Dick,thepurposeofthecaptain,Ahab,isto____

saveamissingsailor

travelinaremoteisland

A:

capturethewhitewhale

B:

catchtheblackwhale

C:

答D:案：C

33、【單選題】AdventuresofHuckleberryFinnbeginswithdescriptionofhow

Widow____attemptstocivilizeHuck.

Sally

Douglas

A:

Hurstwood

B:

Zelda

C:

答D:案：B

34、【單選題】ThethemeofHenryJames'essay"TheArtofFiction"clearly

indicatesthattheaimofthenovelistopresent____

beauty

nature

A:

love

B:

life

C:

答D:案：D

35、【單選題】Amongthefollowingpoets,____wrote1775poems,ofwhichonly

sevenhadappearedduringthepoet'slifetime.

WaltWhitman

HenryJames

A:

EmilyDickinson

B:

RobertFrost

C:

答D:案：C

36、【單選題】Oneofthefollowingworks____iswrittenbyTheodoreDreiser.

AnAmericanTragedy

TheEuropeans

A:

TheAmerican

B:

Redburn

C:

答D:案：A

37、【單選題】EarnestHemingwaydramatizesinhisnovelsthesenseofloss

and____amongthepost-wargeneration.

despair

struggle

A:

anxiety

B:

worry

C:

D:

答案：A

38、【單選題】RobertFrostdescribesNorthofBostonas"abookof____"

life

nature

A:

society

B:

people

C:

答D:案：D

39、【單選題】Nick,thenarratorofTheGreatGatsby,isayoungMidwesterner

whosellsin____NewYork.

insurance

furniture

A:

bonds

B:

houses

C:

答D:案：C

40、【單選題】WilliamFaulknerhascreated____novelsandseventy-fiveshort

stories,manyofwhichareaboutpeoplefromasmallregioninNorthern

Mississippi.

sixteen

seventeen

A:

eighteen

B:

nineteen

C:

答D:案：D

41、【問答題】BeforeIsetupmytent,Idrewahalfcirclebeforethehollow

place,whichtookinabouttenyardsinitssemi-diameterfromtherock,and

twentyyardsinitsdiameter,fromitsbeginningandending.Inthishalfcircle

Ipitchtworowsofstrongstakes,drivingthemintothegroundtilltheystood

veryfirmlikepiles,thebiggestendbeingoutofthegroundaboutfivefootand

half,andsharpenedonthetop.Thetworowsdidnotstandabovesixinchesfrom

oneanother.Question:A.Identifytheauthorandthetitleofthenovel

fromwhichthequotedpartistaken.B.Whoisthenarrator?C.Whydidthe

narratorsetupatent?

答案：A.DanielDefoeRobinsonCrusoe.B.RobinsonCrusoe.C.Whenthe

narratorwenttosea,getsshipwreckedandmaroonedonanisland,hehadto

liveinthetent.

42、【問答題】Whenthestarsthrewdowntheirspears,Andwater'dheavenwith

theirtears,Didhesmilehisworktosee?DidhewhomadetheLambmakethee?

Tyger!Tyger!BurningbrightIntheforestsofthenight,Whatimmortalhandor

eyeDareframethyfearfulsymmetry?Question:A.Identifythepoetofthe

quotedlines.B.What'sthemeaningofthefirsttwosentences?C.Whatdoes

theword"Lamb"symbolize?

答案：A.WilliamBlake.B.Whenthesmithishammeringtheheatedmetal,the

firesparkleslikeshootingstarswhichareoftencalledasangles'tears'by

children.C.Symbolofpeaceandpurity.

43、【問答題】IheardaFlybuzz-whenIdied-TheStillnessintheRoomWas

liketheStillnessintheAir-BetweentheHeavensoftheStorm-TheEyes

around-hadwrungthemdry-AndBreathsweregatheringfirmForthatlastOnset-

whenthekingBewitnessed-intheRoom-Question:A.Identifythepoetofthe

quotedlines.B.Whatdoesthefirstlineofthesecondparagraphmean?C.What

doesthephrase"theKing"referto?

答案：A.EmilyDickinson.B.Therelativesandfriendscriedandcriedsothat

therewerenotearsanylonger.C.TheGodofdeath.

44、【問答題】Itwasabig,squarishframehousethathadoncebeenwhite,

decoratedwithcupolasandspiresandscrolledbalconiesintheheavilylightsome

styleoftheseventies,setonwhathadoncebeenourmostselectstreet.But

garagesandcottonginshadencroachedandobliteratedeventheaugustnamesof

thatneighborhood;onlyMissEmily'shousewasleft,liftingitsstubborn

andcoquettishdecayabovethecottonwagonsandthegasolinepumps-an

eyesoreamongeyesore.Question:A.Identifytheauthorandthetitleofthe

novelfromwhichthequotedpartistaken.B.Whatdoesthephrase"aneyesore

amongeyesores"mean?C.Inthisstory,whatdevicesdoestheauthormakebest

useofinnarration?

答案：A.WilliamFaulkner;ARoseforEmily.B.Itmeansthemostunpleasant

thingtolookat.C.TheGothicdevices.

45、【問答題】HowisthestoryofEmilyBronte'sWutheringHeightstold?

答案：A.ItistoldbyNelly,Catherine'soldnurse,toMr.Lockwood,a

temporarytenant.ThelattergivesanaccountofwhatheseesatWuthering

Heights.B.AndpartofthestoryistoldthroughIsabella'sletterstoNelly.

C.Whilethecentralinterestismaintained,thesequenceofitsdevelopmentis

disorderedbyflashbacksmakingthestoryallthemoreenticingandgenuine.

46、【問答題】WhatarethefeaturesofBernardShaw'scharacterization?

答案：A.Hemakesthetrickofshowingupcharacterattheexpenseofanother

B.Hewouldtakeanunconventionalcharacterapersonwiththegiftof

insightafreedom,andimpingeituponagroupofconventionalsocialanimals.

C.BemardShaw'scharactersaretherepresentativesofideas,pointsof

view,thatshiftandalterduringtheplay.

47、【問答題】WhatarethesubjectsorthemesthattheAmericannaturalists

chosefortheirworksandwhatabouttheirnaturalisticwritings?

答案：A.Theychosetheirsubjectsfromthelowerranksofsociety.B.They

portrayedmiseryandpovertyofthe"underdogs"whowerevictimsofsocietyand

nature.C.Oneofthemostfamiliarthemesisthethemeofhuman

"bestiality"asanexplanationofsexualdesire.

48、【問答題】BasedonTheGreatGatsby,whatarethecharacteristicsofthe

protagonistsinScottFitzgerald'sworks?

答案：A.Thedisillusionmentoftheprotagonists'pdreamsisduetothe

clashesbetweentheirromanticvisionoflifeandthereality.B.Hismany

storiesstartedwiththesituationinwhicharisingyoungmanofthemiddle-

classisinlovewiththedaughterofarichfamily.Theman'srealdreamis

thatofachievinganewstatusandnewessence.C.ThatiswhyDaisyseemsso

charmingtoGatsbyandthatiswhyGatsbyhasdirectedhiswholelifeto

winningbackherlove.

49、【問答題】ParadiseLostisJohnMilton'smasterpiece.Brieflydiscussthe

theme,theauthor'sintentionandtheimplicationthatMiltonwantstoexpress.

答案：A.Thethemeisthe"FallofMan."i.e.man'sdisobedienceandtheloss

ofParadise.withitsprimecause-Satan.Miltonintendedtoexposetheways

ofSatanandto"justilvthewaysofGodtomen.”B.Atthecenterof