2004年4月自考00604英美文學選讀試題及答案含解析

英美文學選讀年月真題

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1、【單選題】“Andwewillsitupontherocks,/Seeingtheshepherdsfeedtheir

flocks,/Byshallowriverstowhosefalls/Melodiousbirdssingmadrigals.”The

abovelinesaretakenfrom______.

Milton’sParadiseLost

Marlowe’s“ThePassionateshepherdtoHisLove”

A:

Shakespeare’s“Sonnet18”

B:

JohnDonne’s“TheSunRising”

C:

答D:案：B

2、【單選題】TheEnglishRenaissanceperiodwasanageof______.

poetryanddrama

dramaandnovel

A:

novelandpoetry

B:

romanceandpoetry

C:

答D:案：A

3、【單選題】HerearefourlinestakenfromEdmundSpenser’sTheFaerieQueene:

“ButonhisbrestabloudieCrossehebore,/Thedeareremembranceofhisdying

Lord,/Forwhosesweetesakethatgloriousbadgehewore,/Anddeadaslivingever

himadored.”Whoisthe“dyingLord”discussedintheabovelines?

Beowulf

KingArthur

A:

JesusChrist

B:

Jupiter

C:

答D:案：C

4、【單選題】InShakespeare’sMerchantofVenice,Antoniocouldnotpayback

themoneyheborrowedfromShylock,because______.

hismoneywasallinvestedinthenewly-emergingtextileindustry

hisenterprisewentbankrupt

A:

Bassaniowasabletopayhisowndebt

B:

hisshipshadallbeenlost

C:

D:

答案：D

解析：安東尼奧在信中透露說他的商船遭遇了海難。他已身無分文了，這下，他只好割下

一磅肉來償還貸款。答案為D。P38

5、【單選題】Whichofthefollowingstatementsbestillustratesthethemeof

Shakespeare’sSonnet18?

ThespeakereulogizesthepowerofNature.

Thespeakersatirizeshumanvanity.

A:

Thespeakerpraisesthepowerofartisticcreation.

B:

Thespeakermeditatesonman’ssalvation.

C:

答D:案：C

6、【單選題】InEnglishpoetry,afour-linestanzaiscalled______.

heroiccouplet

quatrain

A:

Spenserianstanza

B:

terzarima

C:

答D:案：B

7、【單選題】“LetnotAmbitionmocktheirusefultoil,/Theirhomelyjoys,and

destinyobscure;/NorGrandeurhearwithadisdainfulsmile/Theshortand

simpleannalsofthepoor.”Theabovelinesaretakenfrom_____.

AlexanderPope’sEssayonCriticism

Coleridge’s“KublaKhan”

A:

JohnDonne’s“TheSunRising”

B:

ThomasGray’s“ElegyWritteninaCountryChurchyard”

C:

答D:案：D

8、【單選題】Bymakingthetruth-seekingpilgrimssufferatthehandsofthe

peopleofVanityFair,JohnBunyanintendstoshowtheprevalentpoliticaland

religious______ofhistime.

persecution

improvement

A:

prosperity

B:

disillusionment

C:

答D:案：A

9、【單選題】The18thcenturywitnessedanewliteraryform－themodernEnglish

novel,which,contrarytothemedievalromance,givesa______presentationof

lifeofthecommonpeople.

romantic

realistic

A:

prophetic

B:

idealistic

C:

答D:案：B

解析：18世紀中葉，還興起一種嶄新的文學形式——英國現(xiàn)代小說，這種文學與傳統(tǒng)貴族

的騎士文學相反，著重描寫英國普通百姓的現(xiàn)實生活。答案為B。

10、【單選題】Asawhole,______isoneofthemosteffectiveanddevastating

criticismsandsatiresofallaspectsinthethenEnglishandEuropeanlife—

socially,politically,religiously,philosophically,scientifically,andmorally.

MollFlanders

Gulliver’sTravels

A:

Pilgrim’sProgress

B:

TheSchoolforScandal

C:

答D:案：B

解析：作為一個整體，《格列佛游記》是最有效和最具破壞性的批評，也是對當時英國和

歐洲生活各個方面社會，政治，宗教，哲學，科學和道德上的諷刺。

11、【單選題】Anhonest,kind-heartedyoungman,whoisfullofanimalspirit

andlacksprudence,isexpelledfromtheparadiseandhastogothroughhard

experiencetogainknowledgeofhimselfandfinallytohavebeenacceptedbothby

avirtuousladyandarichrelative.Theabovesentencemaywellsumupthe

themeofFielding’swork.

JonathanWildtheGreat

TomJones

A:

TheCoffe-HousePolitician

B:

Amelia

C:

答D:案：B

12、【單選題】InSheridan’sTheSchoolforscandal,themanwhowinsthehand

ofhisbelovedaswellastheinheritanceofhisrichuncleis______.

CharlesSurface

JosephSurface

A:

SirPeterTeazle

B:

SirBenjaminBackbite

C:

答D:案：A

13、【單選題】Whichofthefollowingworksbestrepresentsthenationalspirit

ofthe18th-centuryEngland?

RobinsonCrusoe

Gulliver’sTravels

A:

JonathanWildtheGreat

B:

ASentimentalJourney

C:

答D:案：A

14、【單選題】Shelley’smasterpiece,PrometheusUnbound,isaversedrama,

whichborrowsthebasicstoryfrom______.

theBible

aGermanlegend

A:

aGreekplay

B:

OneThousandandOneNights

C:

答D:案：C

解析：雪萊的代表作《解放的普羅米修斯》是一部詩劇，它借用了希臘神話的基本故事。

15、【單選題】InthefirstpartofthenovelPrideandprejudice,Mr.Darcyhas

a(n)______oftheBennetfamily.

highopinion

greatadmiration

A:

lowopinion

B:

erroneousview

C:

答D:案：C

解析：在《傲慢與偏見》的開始部分，達西有點看不起貝內(nèi)特家庭。答案為C。P227

16、【單選題】InByron’spoem“SongfortheLuddites,”theword“Luddite”

referstothe______.

workerswhodestroyedthemachinesintheirprotestagainstunemployment

A:

risingbourgeoisiewhofightsagainstthearistocraticclass

descendentsoftheancientking,Lud

B:

poorcountrypeoplewhosufferedundertheruleofthelandlordclass

C:

答D:案：A

17、【單選題】Mr.MicawberinDavidCopperfieldandSamWellinPickwickPapers

areperhapsthebest______characterscreatedbyCharlesDickens.

comic

tragic

A:

round

B:

sophisticated

C:

答D:案：A

18、【單選題】AtypicalfeatureoftheEnglishVictorianliteratureisthat

writersbecamesocialandmoral______,exposingallkindsofsocialevils.

revolutionaries

idealists

A:

critics

B:

defenders

C:

答D:案：C

19、【單選題】“Isitnotsufficientforyourinfernalselfishness,thatwhile

youareatpeaceIshallwritheinthetormentsofhell?”(Heathcliffutteredthe

sentenceinthedeathsceneofCatherinefromChapterXVofWutheringHeights.)

Theword“hell”attheendofthequotedsentencerefersto______.

Heaven

Hades

A:

thenextworld

B:

thisworld

C:

答D:案：D

20、【單選題】AtypicalForsyte,accordingtoJohnGalsworthy,isamanwitha

strongsenseof______,whoneverpaysanyattentiontohumanfeelings.

justice

humor

A:

morality

B:

property

C:

D:

答案：D

21、【單選題】“Hewassilentwithconceitofhisson.Mrs.Morelsniffed,asif

itwerenothing.”(SonsandLoversbyD.H.Lawrence)Fromtheabovequotation,we

canseethatMrs.Morel’sattitudetoherhusbandis______.

sincerelywarm

genuinelykind

A:

seeminglyangry

B:

merelycontemptuous

C:

答D:案：D

解析：“他默不作聲，為他兒子感到自豪。莫爾太太很不屑地哼了一下，好像這沒什么大

不了的?！睆囊陨瞎?jié)選中，我們可以看出莫利爾夫人對她丈夫的態(tài)度是輕蔑的。答案為。

(P379)。

22、【單選題】Aboymakesaquestofhisidealizedchildishlovethroughpainful

experienceuptothepointoflosinghisinnocenceandcomingtoseethedrabness

andharshnessoftheadultworld.Theabovesentencemaywellsumupthemajor

themeof______.

Eliot’spoemTheloveSongofJ.AlfredPrufrock

Bernardshaw’splayMrs.Warren’sProfession

A:

Joyce’sstoryAraby

B:

Lawrence’sstoryTheHorseDealer’sDaughter

C:

答D:案：C

23、【單選題】Linguistically,comparedwiththewritingsofMarkTwain,Henry

James’sfictionisnotedforhis______.

frontiervernacular

richcolloquialism

A:

vulgarlydescriptivewords

B:

refinedelegantlanguage

C:

答D:案：D

24、【單選題】WhichofthefollowingstatementsaboutWashingtonIrvingisNOT

true?

Literaryimaginationshouldbreedinalandrichinthepastculture.

HeispreoccupiedwiththeCalvinisticviewoforiginalsinandthemystery

A:

B:

ofevil.

HisstoriesareamongthebestoftheAmericanliterature.

SomeofhisworksarebasedonthematerialsoftheEuropeanlegendarytales.

C:

答D:案：B

25、【單選題】WhichofthefollowingisNOToneofthemainideasadvocatedby

Emerson,thechiefspokesmanofNewEnglandTranscendentalism?

Asanindividual,manisdivineandcandevelopandimprovehimselfinfinitely.

Natureexercisesahealthyandrestorativeinfluenceonhumanbeings.

A:

Thereexistsanemotionalcommunicationbetweenanindividualsouland

B:

theuniversal“Oversoul.”

C:

Evilandsinareeverpresentinhumanheartandwillpassonfrom

onegenerationtoanother.”

D:

答案：D

26、【單選題】Whitman’spoemsarecharacterizedbyallthefollowingfeatures

EXCEPT______.

thestrictpoeticform

thefreeandnaturalrhythm

A:

theeasyflowoffeelings

B:

thesimpleandconversationallanguage

C:

答D:案：A

解析：隨著美國民族意識的增強，在小說、詩歌中美國人物都越來越明顯地操本地方言，

作品多表現(xiàn)農(nóng)民、窮人、兒童以及沒有文化的人，還有那些雖然沒文化但心地高尚的紅種

人和白種人。

27、【單選題】“Thenallcollapsed,andthegreatshroudofthesearolledonas

itrolledfivethousandyearsago.”Inthequotedsentence,theauthormight

implythat______.

nothingchangesinthe5000yearsofhumanhistory

man’sdesiretoconquernaturecanonlyendinhisowndestruction

A:

natureisevilasitwas5000yearsago

B:

naturehastheultimatecreativepower

C:

答D:案：B

解析：“一切都消失了，大海這塊巨大的裹尸布滾滾而去，就像五千年前一樣?！边@段節(jié)

選中，作者想表達的是“人類征服自然的渴望只會以其自身的滅亡而告終”。答案為B。

P469

28、【單選題】“Standingonthebareground,—myheadbathedbytheblitheair,

andupliftedintoinfinitespace,—allmeanegotismvanishes.Ibecomea

transparenteye-ball.Iamnothing.Iseeall.ThecurrentsoftheUniversal

Beingcirculatethroughme;IampartorparticleofGod.”Theabovepassageis

takenfrom______.

Stowe’sUncleTom’sCabin

Cooper’s“LeatherstockingTales”

A:

Emerson’s“Nature”

B:

Dreiser’sSisterCarrie

C:

答D:案：C

29、【單選題】WhichofthefollowingworksbestillustratestheCalvinisticview

oforiginalsin?

Stowe’sUncleTon’sCabin

James’sThePortraitofaLady.

A:

Hemingway’sAFarewelltoArms

B:

Hawthorne’sTheScarletLetter.

C:

答D:案：D

30、【單選題】Besidesymbolism,allthefollowingqualitiesEXCEPT______are

fusedtomakeMelville’sMoby-Dickaworldclassic.

narrativepower

psychologicalanalysis

A:

speculativeagility

B:

optimisticviewoflife

C:

答D:案：D

解析：除象征以外，麥爾維爾的語言才華，創(chuàng)造才華，心理分析能力，觀察的敏捷以及生

動的描述都使《白鯨》成為世界名著。答案為D。P461

31、【單選題】InallhisnovelsTheodoreDreisersetshimselftoprojectthe

______Americanvalues.Forexample,inSisterCarrie,thereisnotonecharacter

whosestatusisnotdeterminedeconomically.

Puritan

materialistic

A:

B:

psychological

religious

C:

答D:案：B

32、【單選題】InDaisyMiller,HenryJamesrevealsDaisy’s______byshowing

herrelativelyunreservedmanners.

hypocrisy

coldandindifference

A:

graceandpatience

B:

Americanness

C:

答D:案：D

33、【單選題】TheraftwithwhichHuckandJimmaketheirvoyagedownthe

MississippiRivermaysymbolizeallthefollowingEXCEPT______.

areturntonature

anescapefromevils,injustices,andcorruptionofthecivilizedsociety

A:

theAmericansocietyintheearly19thcentury

B:

asmallworldwherepeopleofdifferentcolorscanlivefriendlyandhappily

C:

答D:案：C

解析：《哈克貝利·芬歷險記》中，哈克和吉姆乘坐的竹筏既有現(xiàn)實意義，又有象征意

義。它象征著回歸自然，逃離文明社會的丑惡、不公正和腐化。它反映了不同膚色的人可

以友好和幸福地在一起的一個小世界。它反映了是19世紀晚期的美國社會狀況，而非早

期。答案為C(P479)。

34、【單選題】EmilyGrierson,theprotagonistinFaulkner’sstory“ARosefor

Emily,”canberegardedasasymbolforallthefollowingqualitiesEXCEPT______.

oldvalues

rigidideasofsocialstatus

A:

bigotryandeccentricity

B:

harmonyandintegrity

C:

答D:案：D

35、【單選題】AsaModernistpoet,Poundisnotedforhisactiveinvolvementin

the______.

cubistschoolofmodernpainting

ImagistMovement

A:

B:

stream-of-consciousnesstechnique

GermanExpressionism

C:

答D:案：B

36、【單選題】Thestatementthataboy’snightjourneytoanIndianvillageto

witnesstheviolenceofbothbirthanddeathprovidesallthepossibilitiesofa

learningexperiencemaywellsumupthemajorthemeof______.

Faulkner’sstory“ARoseforEmily”

Hemingway’sstory“IndianCamp”

A:

Irving’sstory“TheLegendofSleepyHollow”

B:

James’sstory“DaisyMiller”

C:

答D:案：B

37、【單選題】WhichofthefollowingplaysbyO’Neillcanberead

autobiographically?

TheHairyApe

TheEmperorJones

A:

TheIcemanCometh

B:

LongDay’sJourneyIntoNight

C:

答D:案：D

38、【單選題】WhenwesaythatapooryoungmanfromtheWesttriedtomakehis

fortuneintheEastbutwasdisillusionedinthequestofanidealizeddream,we

areprobablydiscussingabout______’sthematicconcerninhisfictionwriting.

HenryJames

ScottFitzgerald

A:

ErnestHemingway

B:

WilliamFaulkner

C:

答D:案：B

解析：當我們說一個窮孩子從西部來到東部,想要發(fā)財，但最后卻幻滅的時候,我們說的是

菲茲杰拉德的小說《了不起的蓋茨比》的主題。答案為B。P582

39、【單選題】Afterhisexperiencesintheforest,YoungGoodmanBrownreturns

toSalem______.

desperateandgloomy

renewedinhisfaith

A:

B:

wearingablackveil

unawareofhisownsin

C:

答D:案：A

40、【單選題】AccordingtoMarkTwain,inrivertownsupanddownthe

Mississippi,itwaseveryboy’sdreamtosomedaygrowuptobe______.

Methodistpreacher

ajusticeofthepeace

A:

ariverboatpilot

B:

apirateontheIndianocean

C:

答D:案：C

41、【問答題】“Oneshortsleeppast,wewakeeternally,Anddeathshallbeno

more;death,thoushaltdie.”Questions:A.Identifythepoemandthepoet.

B.Whatdoestheword“sleep”mean?C.Whatideadothetwolinesexpress?

答案：A.JohnDonne:"DeathBeNotProud.B.Death.C.Shortlyafterourdeath

(comparedto"sleep"),oursoulwillenterheavenandlivehappilyforever.

42、【問答題】“NeverdidsunmorebeautifullysteepInhisfirstsplendor,

valley,rock,orhill;Ne’ersawI,neverfelt,acalmsodeep!Theriver

glidethathisownsweetwill:DearGod!Theveryhousesseemasleep;Andall

thatmightyheartislyingstill!”(WilliamWordsworth’ssonnet:“Composed

uponWestminsterBridge”September3,1802)Questions:A.Whatdoestheword

“glideth”inthefourthlinemean?B.Whatkindoffigureofspeechisusedby

wordsworthtodescribethe“river”?C.Whatideadoesthefourthlineexpress?

答案：A.Tomovesmoothlyandquietly,asifnoeffortwasbeingmade.

B.Personification.Heretheriverispersonifiedsothatithasitsownwill.

C.Wordsworthemphasizesthattheriverrunsfreely(intheearly

morningbecausethereisnobargesorsteamersorotherkindofman-made

burdensimposedonittohinderitsrunning).

43、【問答題】“WithBlue—uncertainstumblingBuzz—Betweenthelight—and

me—AndthentheWindowsfailed—andthenIcouldnotseetosee—”

Questions:A.Identifythepoemandthepoet.B.Whatdo“Windows”symbolically

standfor?C.Whatideadoesthequotedpassageexpress?

答案：A.EmilyDickinson:(465)"IHeardaFlyBuzzWhenIDied"B.Eyes,for

theyareconsideredasthewindowsofhumansoul.C.Thelastthingthedying

personsawandheardwasthefly-anditsbuzz.Whentheeyesfailed,thehuman

soulwasclosedandthepersondied.(Thespeakercouldnotseeanyofthe

afterlifeorGodorangelssheexpectedtosee.)

44、【問答題】“‘Isdyinghard,Daddy?’‘No,Ithinkit’sprettyeasy,Nick,

Italldepends.”’Questions:A.Identifytheworkandtheauthor.B.Whatwas

Nickpreoccupiedwithwhenheaskedthequestion?C.Whydidthefatheradd“It

alldepends”afterheansweredhisson’squestion?

答案：A.ErnestHemingway:IndianCamp.B.Lifeanddeath.C.Whenthefather

saysthatdyingisprettyeasy,hemightbethinkingabouttheself-murdered

husband.Butwhenhereflectsonthewife'smiraclesurvivaloftheviolent

paininthewholeprocessofbirth,headdsthefinalsentence.Dyingisboth

hardandeasy,italldependsonindividuals.

45、【問答題】ItissaidthatB.Shaw’splay,Mrs.Warren’sProfession,hasa

strongrealistictheme,whichfullyreflectsthedramatist’sFabianistidea.Try

tosummarizethisthemebriefly.

答案：A.Theplayrevealsthatguiltforprostitutionliesmoreuponthe

socialsystemthantheimmoralwoman.B.Intheplay,Shawshowsclearlythat

allhumansufferingsareconsequencesofthecrueleconomicexploitation,which

ispursuedshamelesslybytheso-calledrespectablemembersofthesociety

throughthelowestandthedirtiestmeans.

46、【問答題】EmilyBronteusedaverycomplicatednarrativetechniquein

writinghernovelWutheringHeights.TrytotellBronte’swayofnarration

briefly.

答案：A.EmilyBrontestartsthestoryfromtowardstheendwhenHeathcliffis

masterofbothWutheringHeightsandThrushcrossGrangeandlittleCathyand

Haretonarestillinhisclutch,andthengoesbacktotheverybeginningand

movesbackandforthastheoccasionrequires.B.Mostofthestoryistoldby

Nelly,Catherine'soldnurse,toMr.Lockwood,atemporarytenantat

ThrushcrossGrange.C.PartofitistoldbyMr.Lockwoodhimself,andpart

throughCatherine'sdiaryandIsabella'sletterstoNelly.

47、【問答題】“Inyourrocking-chair,byyourwindowdreaming,shallyoulong,

alone.Inyourrocking-chair,byyourwindow,shallyoudreamsuchhappinessas

youmayneverfeel.”ThetwosentencesaretakenfromTheodoreDreiser’snovel,

SisterCarrie.Whatideacanyoudrawfromthe“rocking-chair”?

答案：A.The"rocking-chair"isasymbolstandingforfate.Itislikeacradle

thatmakesonefeelpeaceful.Itisalsolikeatidethatevergoesonwith

life,thedestinyofwhichisuncertain.B.Attheendofthenovel,Carrie

sitsintherocking-chair,whichimpliesthatherfutureisstilluncertainand

hardtoforesee.

48、【問答題】Theliteraryschoolofnaturalismwasquitepopularinthelate

19thcentury.Whatarethemajorcharacteristicsofnaturalism?

答案：A.StronglyinfluencedbysocialDarwinism,naturalismemphasizes

thedeterminingpowerofthecrushingforcesofenvironmentandheredity.

B.Beingdevoidofthefreedomofchoiceandincapableofshapingtheir

owndestinies,menandwomenarehelplessandinsignificantincold

andindifferentworld.C.Thenaturalisticwritersreportedtruthfullyand

objectively,withapassionforscientificaccuracyandoverwhelming

accumulationoffactualdetail.

49、【問答題】D