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1、精品自学考试资料推荐全国自考全国自考 20182018 年年 7 7 月英美文学选读试题月英美文学选读试题课程代码：00604请将答案填在答题纸相应的位置上(全部题目用英文作答)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 answers the question orcompletes the statement.Write your answers on the Answer Sheet.

2、1.Of all the eighteenth century British novelists _ was the first to set out，both intheory and practice，to write specially a“comic epic in prose”，the first to give the modernnovel its structure and style.A.Thomas GrayB.Richard Brinsley SheridanC.Jonathan SwiftD.Henry Fielding2.The poem“Elegy Written

3、 in a Country Churchyard”established _ as the leader ofthe sentimental poetry of the day，especially“the Graveyard School”.A.Thomas GrayB.Samuel JohnsonC.John Bunyan D.John Milton3.“Do you think,because I am poor，obscure，plain，and little，I am soulless and heartless?.And if God had gifted me with some

4、 beauty，and much wealth，I should have made it as hardfor you to leave me.as it is now for me to leave you.”The quoted part is taken from _.A.Great Expectations B.Wuthering HeightsC.Jane Eyre D.Pride and Prejudice4.The most famous dramatists in the Renaissance England are all the following EXCEPT_.A.

5、Francis Bacon B.Christopher Marlowe1精品自学考试资料推荐C.William ShakespeareD.BenJonson5.George Bernard Shaws play Mrs.Warrens Profession is about_.A.slum landlordismB.the economic oppression of womenC.the political corruption in EnglandD.the religious corruption in England6.All of the following statements c

6、an correctly describe the Enlightenment MovementEXCEPT _.A.The movement flourished in France.B.The movement was a furtherance of the Renaissance.C.The purpose of the movement was to enlighten the whole world.D.The purpose of the movement was to enhance the religious education.7.Among the three major

7、 poetical works by John Milton _ is the most perfect exampleof the verse drama after the Greek style in English.A.Samson AgonistesC.Paradise RegainedB.Paradise LostD.Areopagitica8.The major British Romantic poets Blake，Wordsworth，Coleridge，Byron，Shelley andKeats started a rebellion against the neocl

8、assical literature，which was later regarded as_.A.the poetic romance B.the poetic movementC.the poetic revolutionD.the poetic reformation9.Jane Austens main literary concern is about _.A.human beings in their personal relationshipsB.the love story between the rich and the poorC.maturity achieved thr

9、ough the loss of illusionsD.the daily country life of the upper-middle-class English10.Among the following British Romantic poets _ is regarded as a“worshipper ofnature”.2精品自学考试资料推荐A.William Blake B.William WordsworthC.George Gordon ByronD.John Keats11.Jonathan Swifts greatest satiric work is _.A.A

10、Tale of a Tub B.The Battle of BooksC.Gullivers TravelsD.“A Modest Proposal12.Among the following writers _ is considered to be the best known Englishdramatist since Shakespeare.A.Oscar WildeB.John GalsworthyC.W.B.YeatsD.George Bernard Shaw13.As a representative of the Enlightenment，_ was one of the

11、first to introducerationalism to England.A.Francis Bacon B.Alexander PopeC.Thomas GrayD.T.S.Eliot14.All of the following poets are regarded as“Lake Poets”EXCEPT _.A.Samuel Taylor ColeridgeC.William WordsworthB.Robert SoutheyD.William Blake15.“To be,or not to be that is the question；whether tis noble

12、r in the mind to suffer，the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,And by opposing end them?”The quoted lines are taken from _.A.King LearB.Romeo and JulietC.OthelloD.Hamlet16.Daniel Defoe describes _ as a typical English middle class man of the eighteenthc

13、entury，the very prototype of the empire builder，the pioneer colonistA.Robinson CrusoeB.Moll FlandersC.GulliverD.Tom Jones17.The declaration that“I know that This World is a World of IMAGINATION&Vision，”3精品自学考试资料推荐and that“The Nature of my work is visionary or imaginative belongs to _.A.William Blake

14、 B.William WordsworthC.Samuel Taylor ColeridgeDGeorge Gordon Byron18.Although writing from different points of view and with different techniques，writers inthe Victorian Period shared one thing in common，that is，they were all concerned about_A.the fate of the upper classB.the reformation of the gove

15、rnmentC.the fate of the common peopleD.the future of their family clans19.“If Winter comes,can Spring be far behind?The quoted line comes from _.A.Shelleys“Ode to the West WindB.Walt Whitmans Leaves of GrassC.John Miltons Paradise LostDJohn Keats“Ode on a Grecian Urn”20.Among the following figures _

16、 is Dickens first child hero.ALittle NellBDavid CopperfieldCOliver TwistDLittle Dorrit21.In the play The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde，the upper class peopleare described all of the following EXCEPT _.A.corruptB.snobbishC.hypocriticalD.ambitious22.In Thomas HardysWessex novels,there is

17、an apparent _ touch in his descriptionof the simple and beautiful though primitive rural life.A.nostalgicB.humorousC.romanticD.ironic23.“Life is but a losing battle,it is a struggle man can dominate in such a way that lossbecomes dignity；man can be physically destroyed but never defeated spiritually

18、.”This notion4精品自学考试资料推荐is typically held by _A.Mark TwainB.Ezra PoundC.William FaulknerD.Ernest Hemingway24.The literary spokesman of the Jazz Age is _.A.Henry JamesB.Robert FrostC.F.Scott FitzgeraldD.William Faulkner25 North of Boston is described by the author，Robert Frost，as“a book of people，whi

19、chshows a brilliant insight into _ character and the background that formed itA.the cowboyB.New EnglandC.Ivy ColleagueD.ivory tower26People generally regarded _ as the forerunner of the 20th century“stream-of-consciousness”novels and the founder of psychological realism.A.Theodore DreiserC.Henry Jam

20、esB.William FaulknerDMark Twain27.According to _,“There is evil in every human heart，which may remain latent，perhaps，through the whole life；but circumstances may rouse it to activity”A.Nathaniel HawthorneB.Edgar Ellen PoeC.William FaulknerDTheodore Dreiser28.Hemingway once described _ the one book f

21、rom which“all modern Americanliterature comes.”A.The Adventures of Huckleberry FinnB.The Adventures of Tom SawyerC.The Gilded AgeD.Innocents Abroad29.What Walt Whitman prefers for his new subject and new poetic feelings is“_，”that is，poetry without a fixed beat or regular rhyme schemeA.fixed verseB.

22、free verseC.fixed endingD.free ending5精品自学考试资料推荐30.By writing _ Melville reached the most flourishing stage of his literary creativity.A.TypeeB.OmooC.Mardi D.Moby-Dick31.Shortly before his death in 1945，_ joined the Communist Party.A.Theodore DreiserB.Mark TwainC.Henry JamesD.Ezra Pound32.Naturalism

23、 is evolved from _ when the authors tone in writing becomes lessserious and less sympathetic but more ironic and more pessimistic.A.RomanticismB.ModernismC.RealismD.Scientism33.One of the most familiar themes in American naturalism is the theme of human _.A.peacefulnessB.joyfulnessC.bestialityD.civi

24、lization34.Hawthornesview of man and human history originated，to a great extent，from _.A.Transcendentalism B.PuritanismC.Humanism D.Expressionism35.In general,the American woman poet _ wanted to live simply as a completeindependent being，and so she did，as a spinster.A.Anne BretB.Emily DickinsonD.Emi

25、ly ShawC.Anna Dickinson36.Theodore Dreisers _ found expression in almost every book he wrote in which“kill or to be killed”was the law.A.romanticismC.cubismB.naturalismD.classicalism37.William Faulkner creates his own mythical kingdom that mirrors not only the decline ofthe _ society but also the sp

26、iritual wasteland of the whole American society.6精品自学考试资料推荐A.southern B.northernC.western D.eastern38.Almost every book written by Hawthorne discusses _，which reflects his unceasinginterest in the“interior of the heart”of mans being.A.sin and evilB.1ove and hatredC.frustration and self-denialD.balan

27、ce and self-discipline39.A preoccupation with the _ view of original sin and the mystery of evil marked theworks of Hawthorne，Melville and a host of lesser writers.A.optimistic B.CalvinisticC.Platonic D.Socratic40.The American _ as a cultural heritage exerted great influences over American moralvalu

28、es in the American Romantic period.A.PuritanismBAtheismC.DeismD.CynicismPART TWO(60 POINTS)II.Reading Comprehension(16 points in all，4 for each)Read the quoted parts carefully and answer the questions in EnglishWrite your answersin the corresponding space on the Answer Sheet41.“The fiver glideth at

29、his own sweet will：Dear God!the very houses seem asleep；And all that mighty heart is lying still!”(from William Wordsworths“Composed upon Westminster Bridge”)Questions：A.What figure of speech is used in the quoted lines?B.What does“that mighty heart refer to?C.What does the poem decribe?7精品自学考试资料推荐4

30、2.“When the stars threw down their spears,And waterd heaven with their tears,Did he smile his work to see?Did he who made the Lamb make thee?”Questions：A.Identify the poet and the poem from which the quoted lines are takenB.Whom does the“he refer to?C.What does the“Lamb”symbolize?43.“My tongue，every

31、 atom of my blood，formd from this soil，this air,Born here of parents born here from parents the same，and theirparents the same，I，now thirty-seven years old in perfect health begin，Hoping to cease not till death”Questions：A.Identify the poet and the poem from which the quoted lines are taken.B.What d

32、o“soil”and“air”represent in the first line?C.What does the poet try to say in the above four lines?44.“I cannot rub the strangeness from my sightI got from looking through a pane of glassI skimmed this morning from the drinking troughAnd held against the world of hoary grass.”Questions：A.Identify th

33、e poet and the poem from which the quoted lines are taken.B.What does the word“strangeness refer to?C.What do the quoted lines imply?IIIQuestions and Answers(24 points in all，6 for each)8精品自学考试资料推荐Give a brief answer to each of the following questions in EnglishWrite your answers in thecorresponding

34、 space on the Answer Sheet45.As a leading Romanticist，Byrons chief contribution is his creation of the“ByronicHero”Briefly explain the literary term“Byronic Hero.46.TheWaste Land is T S Eliots most important single poem Try to state the theme and thesignificance of the poem briefly.47What is the mos

35、t famous theme in Henry Jamess fiction?And what is his favouriteapproach in characterization，which makes him different from Mark Twain and WD.Howellsas a realist?Give two titles of his first period works in which this theme and this approach areemployed.48.As a leading spokesman of the“Imagist Movem

36、ent”，what principles does Ezra Poundendorse?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 correspondingspace on the Answer Sheet.49.Discuss Charles Dickens art of fiction：the setting，the character portrayal，thelanguage，etc，based on his novel Oliver Twist50.Greatly and permanently affected by the war experiences,Hemingway formed his ownwriting style，together with his theme and hero.Please discuss Hemingways writing style inrelation to his novels you have read.9