2017年10月高等教育自学考试《英美文学选读》试题
课程代码：00604
一. 单项选择题
Multiple Choice
Select from the four choices of each item the one that best answers thequestion or completes the statement.
1. , the first of the great tragedies, isgenerally regarded as Shakespeare's most popular play on the stage.
A. Hamlet B. Othello
C. King Lear D. Macbeth
2. John Milton'sParadise Lost is the only general acknowledged epic in English literature since
A. Beowulf B. Paradise Regained
C. Samson Agonistes D. Areopagitica
3. Daniel Defoedescribes Robinson Crusoe as a typical English middle-class man of the century the very prototype of theempire builder, the pioneer colonist.
A. 16th B. 17th
C. 18th D. 19th
4. Jonathan Swift is asatirist in English literature. His is taken as a perfect model.
A. Gulliver's Travels B. The Battle of the Books
C. AModest Proposal D. ATale of a Tub
5. As a whole, is one of the most effective anddevastating criticisms and satires of all aspects in the English and Europeanlife.
A. Moll Flanders B. Gulliver's Travels
C. Pilgrim's Progress D. The School for Scandal
6. Fielding'ssentences are always distinguished by
A. logic and structure B. rhythm and structure
C. powerfulness and logic D. logic and rhythm
7. Daniel Defoe'sworks are all the following EXCEPT
A. Moll Flanders B. A Tale of a Tub
C. A Journal of the Plague Year D. Colonel Jack
8. Henry Fielding hasbeen regarded as "Father of the English ,"for his contribution to the establishment of the form of the modem novel.
A. Novel B. Poetry
C. Play D. Essay
9. Literarily. was the first important Romanticpoet, showing a contempt for the rule of the reason, opposing the classicaltradition of the 18th century.
A. William Wordsworth B. William Blake
C. Robert Burns D. Samuel Coleridge
10. is the central to William Blake'sconcern in the Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience.
A. Freedom B. Nature
C. Love D. Childhood
11. It's that gives Wordsworth "strengthand knowledge full of peace".
A. nation B. past experience
C. common life D. nature
12. is NOT written by WilliamWordsworth.
A. To a Skylark B. The chimney Sweeper
C. An Evening Walk D. My Heart Leaps Up
13. Shelley'spolitical lyrics is a warcry calling upon all working people to rise up against their politicaloppressors.
A. Ode to Liberty B. Ode to Naples
C. Ode to the West Wind D. Men of England
14. "IfWintercomes, can Spring be far behind?" is an epigrammatic line by
A. John Keats B. William Blake
C. William Wordsworth D. Shelley
15. Jane Austen's mainliterary concern is about intheir personal relationship.
A. human beings B. rich people
C. the lovers D. only women
16. Because ofauthor's sensitivity to universal patterns of human behavior, has brought English novel, as an art of form,to its maturity.
A. Charlotte Bronte B. Jane Austen
C. Emily Bronte D. Henry Fielding
17. Mr. Micawber inDavid Copperfield and Sam Weller in Pickwick Papers are perhaps the best characters created by CharlesDickens.
A. comical B. tragic
C. round D. sophisticated
18. is a master story-teller. With hisfirst sentence he engages the reader's attention and holds it to the end.
A. Charles Dickens B. Emily Bronte
C. Thomas Hardy D. George Eliot
19. is the first importantgoverness novel in the English literary history.
A. Jane Eyre B. Emma
C. Wuthering Heights D. Middlemarch.
20. best describes the nature of Thomas Hardy'slater works.
A. Sentimentalism B. Tragic sense
C. Surrealism D. Comic sense
21. Charlotte Bronte's works are all about thestruggle of an individual consciousness towards
A. self-reliance B. self-realization
C. self-esteem D. self-consciousness
22. The novel the White Peacock written by is a remarkable work of a talentedyoung man.
A. George Bemard Shaw B.T.S. Eliot
C. D. H. Lawrence D. Charles Dickens
23. produced several plays, exploring his ideaof"Life Force", the power that would
create superior beings to be equal to God.
A. Bernard Shaw B. Thomas Hardy
C. D. H. Lawrence D.T.S. Eliot
24. D. H. Lawrence'sartistic tendency is mainly ,which combines dramatic scenes with an authoritative commentary.
A. romanticism B. realism
C. naturalism D. modernism
25. Widowers' Houses,a play written by George Bernard Shaw, is a grotesquely realistic exposure of
A. prostitution B. life force
C. social evil D. slum landlordism
26. Generallyspeaking, is the best of T. S. Eliot's plays in thesense that it contains the best poetry and the most coherent drama.
A. Murder in the Cathedral B. The Cocktail Party
C. The Family Reunion D. The Waste Land
27. followed the traditions of realism, and tookthe modem social issues as his subjects with the aim of directing socialreforms.
A. Bernard Shaw B. Thomas Hardy
C. D. H. Lawrence D.T.S. Eliot
28. Thomas Hardy'spessimistic view of life predominated most of his later works and earns him areputation as a writer.
A. realistic B. naturalistic
C. romantic D. stylistic
29. Closely related toDickinson's religious poetry are her poems concerning , ranging over the physical as wellas the psychological and emotional aspects of death.
A. love and nature B. death and universe
C. death and immortality D. family and happiness
30. Walt Whitman was a pioneering figure ofAmerican poetry. His innovation lies in his use of , poetry without a fixed beat or aregular rhyme scheme.
A. blank verse B. heroic couplet
C. free verse D. limbic pentameter
31. In 1849, Herman Melville published , semi-autobiographical novel,concerning the sufferings of a genteel youth among brutal sailors.
A. Omoo B. Mardi
C. Redburn D. Typee
32. The finest exampleof Hawthorne's symbolism can be found in
A. The Scarlet Letter B. The House of the SevenGables
C. The Marble Faun D. The Ambitious Guest
33. Of the Americannovelists is known for his"black vision".
A. Nathaniel Hawthome B. Bernard Shaw
C. T. S. Eliot D. William Wordsworth
34. From the firstnovel Sister Carrie on, Dreiser set himself to project the American values
for what he had found them to be: to the core.
A. bestiality B. political
C. religious D. materialistic
35. is a great literary giant of America, whomMencken considered "the tree father of our national literature".
A. Theodore Dreiser B. Herman Melville
C. Mark Twain D. Robert Lee Frost
36. The main theme ofThe Art of Fiction written by clearlyindicates that the aim of the novel is to present life.
A. Henry James B. Mark Twain
C. Theodore Dreiser D. Ernest Hemingway
37. Robert Lee Frost'sfirst collection traces aboy's development from self-centered idealism to maturity.
A. A Boy's Will B. North of Boston
C. New Hampshire D. A Witness Tree
38. As an activeparticipant, F Scott Fitzgerald is acclaimed literary spokesman of the
A. Jaz.7. Age B. Age of Reason
C. Lost Generation D. Beat Generation
39. Ernest Hemingway'snovel describes the driftinglife of American exiles in Europe.
A. The Sun Also Rises B. A Farewell to Arms
C. For Whom the Bell Tolls D. The Old Man And the sea
40. The 20th-centurystream-of-consciousness technique was frequently and skillfully used by to emphasize the reactions and innermusings of the narrator.
A. Hemingway B. Frost
C. Faulkner D. Whitman
二、阅读理解题
Reading Comprehension
Read the quoted parts carefully and answer the questions in English.
41. "I wanderedlonely as a child
That floats on high o'er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze."
Questions:
A. Identify the poem and the poet.
B. What does the poet write in the poem?
C. From the characteristics of this stanza,which period does it belong to?
42. "It's allvery well, my boy. But, then, why don't you go and talk to your father'spals?" "But they're rather different."
"Not at all.They're the common people. After all, whom do you mix with now--among thecommon people? Those that exchange ideas, like the middle classes. The restdon't interest you."
"But--there's thelife "
"I don't believethere's a lot more life from Miriam than you could get from any educatedgirl--say Miss Miriam. It is you who are snobbish about class."
Questions:
A. What is the title of the novel fromwhich this passage is taken? Who is the author?
B. Who is speaking to whom?
C. What idea does the dialogue between themexpress?
43. "There was achild went forth every day,
And the first object he look'd upon, thatobject he became,
And that object became part of him for theday or a certain part of the day,
Or for many years or stretching cycles ofyears."
Questions:
A. Who is the author of the poem?
B. What does the "child" refer to?
C. What is the main idea of the poem?
44. "We dasn'tstop again at any town, for days and days; kept right along down the river. Wewas down south in the warm weather, now, and a mighty long ways from home. Webegun to come to trees with Spanish moss on them, hanging down from the limbslike long gray beards. It was the first I ever see it growing, and it made thewoods look solemn and dismal. So now the frauds reckoned they was out ofdanger, and they begun to work the villagesagain."
Questions:
A. Identify the author and the title of thenovel from which this passage is taken.
B. who do "we" refer to?
C. what are the features of the language ofthis novel?
三、简答题
Questions and Answers
Give a brief answer to each of the following questions in English.
45. What are thecharacteristics of Fielding's language?
46. Thomas Hardy isoften regarded as a transitional writer. Some critics believe that emotionallytraditional and intellectually advanced. How do you understand this idea?
47. How do youunderstand the white whale, Moby Dick in Herman Melville's Moby-Dick?
48. Henry James'literary criticism is an indispensable part of his contribution to literature.What's his outlook in literary criticism?
四、论述题
Topic Discussion
Write no less than 150 words on each of the following topics in English inthe corresponding space on the answer sheet.
49. According to thesetting of the poem Paradise lost, discuss the theme of it.
50. The Great Gatsbyis an examination of American myth in the 20th century. Fitzgerald deliberatelydepicts Gatsby as a mysterious person so as to achieve the effect that Gatsbyis American Everyman. Please make a brief comment on The Great Gatsby.
2018年4月高等教育自学考试《英美文学选读》试题
课程代码：00604
一、单项选择题
Multiple Choice (40 points in all, 1 foreach) Select from the four choices of each item the one that best answers thequestion or completes the statement.
1. John Milton's most powerful dramatic poem on the Greekmodel is
A. SamsonAgonistes B.Areopagitica
C. ParadiseLost D.Lycidas
2. Daniel Defoe had a zest for . He wrote many pamphlets on thecurrent issues.
A. belief B. politics
C. economy D. literature
3. Henry Fielding is a good story-teller. He has a giftfor organizing
A. sentences B. structure
C. details D. languages
4. The play , though a tragedy, is permeated with optimistic spirit.
A. Hamlet B. Othello
C. King Lear D. Romeo andJulie
5. In 1724, Jonathan Swift published a series of letterscalling on the country to refuse the English . So he is still respected inIreland.
A. governmentcorruption B.political hypocrisy
C. coppercoins D.heavy taxes
6. All Charles Dickens' works present a criticism of thefundamental social institutions and morals of the Victorian England EXCEPT
A. BleakHouse B.Little Dorrit
C..4 Tale of TwoCities D. Hard Times
7. composedthe volume of poems Songs of Innocence, a lovely volume of poems.
A. WilliamWordsworth B. PercyBysshe Shelley
C. JaneAusten D.William Blake
8. Charlotte Bronte's most autobiographical work is
A. dane Eyre B. Villette
C. WutheringHeights D. Shirley
9. William Wordsworth's poem takes us to the core of his poetic belief.
A. I WanderedLonely as a Cloud B. AnEvening Walk
C. To aSkylark D. MyHeart Leaps up
10. The most famous work The Dynasts by is an epic-drama on the Napoleonic Wars.
A. CharlesDickens B. WilliamBlake
C. ThomasHardy D. BernardShaw
11. William Blake's poem was composed during the French Revolution andit plays double role both as a satire and a prophecy.
A. Songs ofInnocence B.Marriage of Heaven and Hell
C. Songs ofexperience D.Poetical Sketches
12. In the Victorian period, held the idea that man's life is composed ofbattle between sin and virtue, good and evil.
A. CharlesDickens B. Thomas Hardy
C. JaneAusten D.Charlotte Bronte
13. All the following Thomas Hardy's works are known as"novels of character and environment" EXCEPT
A. Mrs. Warren:~ Profession B. The Returnof the Native
C. The TrumpetMajor D. Jude andObscure
14. Many critics rank __ as William Wordsworth's greatestwork.
A. Poems in TwoVolumes B. ThePrelude
C. TheSparrow's Nest D. To the Cuckoo
15. Jane Austen's novel tells a story about two sistersand their love affairs.
A. Sense andSensibility B. Prideand Prejudice
C.Persuasion D. Emma
16. The poet of the greatest poetic drama PrometheusUnbound is
A. WilliamBlake B. WilliamWordsworth
C. JaneAusten D.Percy Bysshe Shelley
17. CharlesDickens is famous for the depiction of various characters. The horrible andgrotesque ones are like
A. OliverTwist and Little Nell B. DavidCopperfield and Little Dorrit
C. Fagin andBill Sikes D. Mr. Micawberand Sam Weller
18. is a drama critic who is againstthe credo of"art for art's sake."
A. BernardShaw B.T.S.Eliot
C. D. H.Lawrence D. RobertLee Frost
19. The followingwords best describe Mrs. Bennet, a character inPride and Prejudice.
A. simple andkind B. kind andwarm-hearted
C. innocentand empty-hearted D.snobbish and vulgar
20. The poem is indebted to James Joyce in terms of thestream-of-consciousness technique largely employed in T. S. Eliot's laterwritings.
A.Prufrock B.Gerontion
C. The HollowMen D. The WasteLand
21.Widowers'Houses is a famous play written by
A. D. H.Lawrence B.T.S.Eliot
C. BernardShaw D. ThomasHardy
22. Best of allthe well-known lyric pieces is by Percy Bysshe Shelley.
A. Ode toLiberty B. Menof England
C. Ode to Naples D. Ode to the WestWind
23. began writing poetry at the age of12 and Poetical Sketches is his first collection.
A. WilliamBlake B.William Wordsworth
C. PercyBysshe Shelley D. JaneAusten
24. Ursula Brangwen and her sister Gudrun are twoheroines in the novel
A. TheRainbow B.Women in Love
C. Sons andLovers D. LadyChatterley's Lover
25. The story of the novel Paradise Lost is taken from
A. the OldTestament B. the NewTestament
C. GreekMythology D.Arabian Nights
26. hadwritten in his lifetime five full-length plays, one of which is The CocktailParty.
A. BernardShaw B.D.H.Lawrence
C. ThomasHardy D.T.S.Eliot
27. The plots ofJane Austen's novels are restricted to the life of the England.
A. early18th-century B. late18th-century
C. early19th-century D. late19th-century
28. D. H. Lawrenceportrayed a man attempting to save his integrity by running away from his wifeand children in the novel
A.Kangaroo B. Gypsy
C. Aaron'sRod D. TheVirgin
29. In the lyricThe Cloud, created aPlatonic symbol of the spirit of man, a force of beauty and regeneration.
A. JaneAusten B.Percy Bysshe Shelley
C. WilliamBlake D. WilliamWordsworth
30. tells a story of Mark Twain'sboyhood ambition to become a riverboat pilot.
A. InnocentsAbroad B. Lifeon the Mississippi
C. TheAdventures of Huckleberry Finn D.The Gilded Age
31. Nathaniel Hawthorne expressed his concern about thedark aberrations of the human inhis work The Marble Faun.
A.nature B.morality
C.outlook D.spirit
32. Robert Lee Frost described as "a book of people,"which shows an insight into New England character and the background.
A. A Boy's Will B. A Witness Tree
C. North ofBoston D. AFurther Range
33. Emily Dickinson's greatest rending of the moment of is to be found in a poem "Iheard a Fly buzz--when I died "
A. death B. religion
C.immortality D.love
34. was thought of in his day as a short-storywriter, one of whose best short story is
BabylonRevisited.
A. Robert LeeFrost B. WilliamFaulkner
C. ScottFitzgerald D.Ernest Hemingway
35. Henry James' short fiction tells a story about the troubledand abnormal psychology
of oppressedchildren.
A. The Beast inthe Jungle B. ThePrivate Life
C. The Turn ofthe Screw D. TheMiddle Years
36. represents a new beginning in ErnestHemingway's career as a writer, concerning a
volunteerAmerican guerrilla fighting in Spanish Civil War.
A. A Farewellto Arms B. For Whomthe Bell Tolls
C. The Sun A/soRises D. In OurTime
37. Most of the works by are set in the American South withhis emphasis on the Southern subjects and consciousness.
A. ErnestHemingway B.Robert Lee Frost
C. ScottFitzgerald D.William Faulkner
38. found expression in almost every book TheodoreDreiser wrote. He expressed his pursuit in the novel Sister Carrie.
A.Romanticism B.Symbolism
C.Naturalism D.Realism
39. Before and during the Civil War, stood firmly on the side of theNorth and wrote a series of poems gathered as a collection under the title ofDrum Taps.
A. WaltWhitman B.Nathaniel Hawthorne
C. HermanMelville D. MarkTwain
40. Like Hawthorne, Herman Melville is a master of allegoryand in his narratives.
A. poeticimagination B.realism
C. romanticism D. symbolism
二、阅读理解题
ReadingComprehension (16 points in all, 4 for each)
R~ad the quotedparts carefully and answer the questions in English.
41. By chanceor nature's changing course untrimmed;
But thyeternal summer shall not fade,
Nor losepossession of that fair thou ow'st;
Nor shalldeath brag thou wander'st in his shade,
When it eternal lines to time thou grow'st:
So long asmen can breathe, or eyes can see,
So longlives this, and thus gives life to thee.
Question:
A.Identify the poet of the stanza.
B. What'sthe theme of the poem?
C. What dothe last two lines express?
42. I growold... I grow old...
I shallwear the bottoms of my trousers rolled.
Shall Ipart my hair behind? Do I dare to eat a peach?
I shallwear white flannel trousers, and walk upon the beach.
I haveheard the mermaids singing, each to each.
I do notthink that they will sing to me.
Question:
A. Identifythe poet.
B. Is it aromantic poem?
C. What'sthe theme of the poet?
43. We passedthe School, where Children strove
AtRecess in the Ring
We passedthe Fields of Gazing Grain--
We passedthe Setting Sun-
Orrather He passed Us
The Dewsdrew quivering and chill
For onlyGossamer, my Gown-
MyTipper only Tulle--
Question:
A. Identifythe poet.
B. What do"the School" and "the Setting Sun" represent?
C. Whatdoes the poet want to express in this poet?
44. Two roadsdiverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry Icould not travel both
And be onetravel, long I stood
And lookeddown as far as I could
To where itbent in the undergrowth;
Then tookthe other, as just as fair,
And havingperhaps the better claim,
Because itwas grassy and wanted wear;
Though asfar that the passing there
Had wornthem really about the same.
Question:
A.Identify the poet.
B. Whatdoes the phrase "wanted wear" mean?
C. Whatdoes the speaker want to tell us?
三、简答题
Questions andAnswers (24 points in all, 6 for each)
Give a briefanswer to each of the following questions in English.
45. What doesShakespeare write in his history plays?
46. Why ischaracter-portrayal the most distinguishing feature of Charles Dickens' works?
47. How doesEmily Dickinson deal with the subject love?
48. What does Ernest Hemingway tell aboutin his short story Indian Camp?
四、论述题
Topic Discussion(20 points in all, 10 for each)
Write no less than 150 words on each of thefollowing topics in English.
49. Brieflydiscuss why Jonathan Swift is a master satirist based on his greatest novelGulliver ~ Travels.
50. Brieflydiscuss the theme of Walt Whitman's volume of poems Leaves of Grass.
2018年10月高等教育自学考试《英美文学选读》试题
课程代码：00604
一、单项选择题
MultipleChoice (40 points in all, 1 for each)
Select from the four choices of each item the one thatbest answers the question or completes the statement.
1. One of the following works is NOT written by John Milton.
A.Areopagitica B. Paradise Regained
C. SamsonAgonists D. TheRape of Lucrece
2. Henry Fielding's The History of Jonathan l/ViM theGreat takes the life of a asa theme.
A. thief 13. politician
C. farmer D. solider
3. One of the following poems written by William Blake is
A. I WanderedLonely as a Cloud B.Marriage of Heaven and Hell
C. The Sparrow ~Nest D. The Cloud
4. In 1726, Jonathan Swift published his greatest work Gulliver ~ Travels.
A. romantic B. realistic
C. critical D. satiric
5. Henry Fielding has been regarded as for his contribution to Englishliterature.
A. "Fatherof the English essay" 13. "Father of the English poetry"
C. "Fatherof the English drama" D."Father of the English novel"
6. One of Percy Bysshe Shelly's greatest political lyricsis
A. "TheCloud" B."To a Skylark"
C. "Ode tothe West Wind" D."Men of England"
7. Jane Austen's novel is originally drafted as "FirstImpression" in 1796.
A. RobinsonCrusoe 13. Senseand Sensibility
C. Emma D. Pride andPrejudice
8. The following figures are the horrible and grotesquecharacters depicted by Charles Dickens EXCEPT
A. Fagin B. Sam Weller
C. BillSikes D.Quilp
9. Charlotte Bronte showed readers her own experience inher famous novel
A. Jane Eyre B. Agnes Grey
C. Pro~ssor D. Shirley
10. Living at the turn of 19th century, is regarded as a transitional writer.
A. ThomasHardy B.D.H.Lawrence
C. JonathanSwift D. DanielDefoe
11. The protagonist of The Return of the Native is described by Thomas Hardy.
A. Tess B. Eustacia
C. Farfrae D. Jude
12. In The Rainbow, D. H. Lawrence illustrates a terriblesocial that accompanies the progressof human civilization.
A.contradiction B.system
C.relation D.corruption
13. Bernard Shaw is a great in the 20th century.
A.playwright B. poet
C.novelist D.prost
14. One of the representatives of"Lake Poets"is
A. Percy ByssheShelley B. Jane Austen
C. WilliamWordsworth D. WilliamBlake
15. The woman novelist was in the Romantic period of Englishliterature.
A. EmilyDickenson B. EmilyBronte
C. JaneAusten D.Charlotte Bronte
16. Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist is famous for itsdescription of the workhouse and life of the underworld in the 19th-century
A.Liverpool B.London
C.Birmingham D.Manchester
17. Most of T. S. Eliot's early poems are about a
A. state ofmind B. panoramaof physical disorder
C. sense ofdisintegration D. memoryof death
18. The autobiographical novel of D. H. Lawrence is
A. Women InLove B. Of HumanBondage
C. Sons andLovers D. TheRainbow
19. Henry Fielding's novel Tom Jones consists of books, each with an essay before it.
A.eighteen B.nineteen
C. twenty D. twenty-one.
20. Sonnet is the literary achievement of
A. WilliamWordsworth B. JohnMilton
C.Shakespeare D.William Blake
21. Songs of Innocence is a lovely volume of poems,presenting world.
A. a happy andinnocent B. a sad andevil
C. an unhappyand miserable D. a dark anddepressive
22. William Blake had been both a(n) and an engraver through all his life.
A.carpenter B. poet
C.educator D.painter
23. Nathaniel Hawthorne's literary world tums out to be amost disturbed, problematical and
one which is possible to imagine.
A.terrible B.scared
C. tormented D. complex
24. In "Leaves of Grass", Walt Whitman isconcerned with openness, individualism and
A.freedom B.industry
C. evils D. economy
25. At the age of 15, Herman Melville left school becauseof his father's death, did many jobs and at about 20 he went to
A.college B.sea
C. thearmy D. thefactory
26. Mark Twain is a great literary giant of America, whomH. L. Mencken considered ,, ofour national literature."
A. the bestpoet B. the truefather
C. the mostfamous essayist D. thearbiter
27. In 1915, became a naturalized Britishcitizen, largely in protest against America's failure to join England in theFirst World War.
A. ErnestHemingway B. HenryJames
C. WilliamFaulkner D. MarkTwain
28. Altogether, Emily Dickinson wrote 1,775 poems, ofwhich only had appeared duringher lifetime.
A. one B. three
C. five D. seven
29. In 1925 Theodore Dreiser's greatest work An AmericanTragedy appeared. But it was banned in in 1927.
A. Paris B. London
C. Boston D. Chicago
30. Robert Frost considered the farm his home and itsactivities remained the focus of
A. hisstory B. his drama
C. hispoetry D. hisscience fiction
31. Ernest Hemingway served as an honorable juniorofficer in the American Red Cross Ambulance Corps during
A. World WarI B. World War II
C. the SpanishCivil War D. the AmericanCivil War
32. In almost every book Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote, hediscusses evil and
A. sin B. darkness
C.success D. failure
33. Walt Whitman shows concern for the whole hard-workingpeople and
A. Americanpoets B. theburgeoning life of cities
C. Americannovelists D. theburgeoning life of villages
34. In America, people regard as the first American prose epic.
A. Adventuresof Huckleberry Finn B. DaisyMiller
C.Moby-Dick D.Sister Carrie
35. Twain was restless when he was and moved a lot, firsteastward as a journeyman printer, up and down the Mississippi as
A. a steamboatpilot B. a guard
C. aservant D. asailor
36. Henry James is generally regarded as the forerunnerof the 20th-century" "novelsand the founder of psychological realism.
A. stream ofconsciousness B.transcendentalist
C.romantic D.naturalistic
37. Emily Dickinson's poetry is unconventional in its ownway. Her poems have no , henceare always quoted by their first lines.
A. titles B. plots
C. endings D. rhyme schemes
38. Theodore Dreiser's The Genius, a classic story of , was once condemned for "obscenityand blasphemy".
A. amisunderstood teacher B. amisunderstood farmer
C. amisunderstood artist D.a misunderstood lawyer
39. In 1961, Robert Frost recited at President John F. Kennedy'sinauguration.
A. A Boy'swill B. North ofBoston
C. The GiftOutright D. NevaHampshire
40. Ernest Hemingway's first true novel is which casts light on the wholegeneration after the First World War.
A. In OurTime B. AFarewell to Arms
C. The Sun AlsoRises D. The OM Manand the Sea
二、阅读理解题
ReadingComprehension (16 points in all, 4 for each)
Read thequoted parts carefully and answer the questions in English.
41. My thoughts were now wholly employed about securingmyself against either savages, if any should appear, or wild beasts, if anywere in the island; and I had many thoughts of the method how to do this andwhat kind of dwelling to make, whether I should make me a cave in the earth ora tent upon the earth: and, in short, I resolved upon both, the manner and thedescription of which may not be improper to give an account of.
Questions:
A. Identify theauthor and the title of the novel from which the quoted part is taken.
B. What causedthe narrator to live an isolated life on the island?
C. What is theauthor's deep concern shown in this novel?
42. Behold her, single in the field,
Yon solitaryHighland lass!
Reaping andsinging by herself;
Stop here, orgently pass!
Alone she cutsand binds the grain,
And sings amelancholy strain;
O listen! Forthe Vale profound
Is overflowingwith the sound.
Questions:
A. Identify thepoet and the title of the poem from which the quoted part is taken.
B. What does"a melancholy strain" in the sixth line mean?
C. What doesthe poet intend to suggest in the poem?
43. For a long while we just stood there, looking down atthe profound and fleshless grin. The body had apparently once lain in theattitude of an embrace, but now the long sleep that outlasts love, thatconquers even the grimace of love, had cuckolded him. What was left of him,rotted beneath what was left of the night-shirt, had become inextricable fromthe bed in which he lay; and upon him and upon the pillow beside him lay thateven coating of the patient and biding dust.
Questions:
A. Identify theauthor and the title of the work from which the quoted part is taken.
B. What devicesdoes the author use to narrate the story?
C. What does theunderlined sentence mean?
44. I celebrate myself, and sing myself,
And what I assumeyou shall assume,
For every atombelonging to me as good belongs to you.
I loafe andinvite my soul,
I lean andloafe at my ease observing a spear of summer grass.
Questions:
A. Identify theauthor and the title of the poem from which the stanza is taken.
B. What is therhyme scheme of this poem?
C. What are thetwo principal beliefs set forth by the poet in this poem?
三、简答题
Questions and Answers (24 points in all, 6 for each)
Give a brief answer to each of the following questions inEnglish.
45. As a realistic dramatist, what issues did BernardShaw take as his subjects?
46. Working through the tradition of a Christianhumanism, John Milton wrote Paradise Lost. What is his basic concern in thislong epic?
47. What are the major ideas of Henry James's literarycriticism reflected in his essay "The Art of Fiction"?
48. As a literary spokesman of the Jazz Age, how doesScoot Fitzgerald exemplify the spirit of the Jazz Age through his art offiction?
四、论述题
Topic Discussion (20 points in all, 10 for each)
Write no less than 150 words on each of the followingtopics in English.
49. Briefly discuss the features of Charles Dickens'works in terms of language and character portrayal.
50. Ernest Hemingway's limited fictional world implies amuch broader thematic pattern and serious philosophical concern. Discuss hiswriting style briefly.
2019年4月高等教育自学考试《英美文学选读》试题
课程代码：00604
一. 单项选择题
Multiple Choice (40 points in ali, 1 for each)
Select from the four choices of each item the one thatbest answers the question or completes the statement.
1.Shakespeare's playwright The Tempest resorts to the atmosphere and to the dreams to solvethe conflict.
A. supernatural B. natural
C. beautiful D. realistic
2. TheRenaissance first started in ,with the flowering of painting, sculpture and literature.
A. Italy B. Paris
C. London D. Rome
3. JohnMilton wrote to expose theways of Satan and to "justify the ways of God to man."
A. Paradise Regained B. Paradise Lost
C. Samson Agonistes D. Areopagitica
4. Lycidasis a typical work of John Milton written for
A. his parents B. his sister
C. his fellow undergraduate D. his teacher
5. The bestpart of the novel Robinson Crusoe is the realistic account of the successful struggleof Robinson against
A. hunger B. loneliness
C. nature D. fear
6. Thefollowing works are all written by Jonathan Swirl EXCEPT
A. A Tale of a Tub B. The Battle of theBooks
C. A Modest Proposal D. Moll Flanders
7. HenryFielding has been regarded by some as "Father of the English Novel,"for his contribution to the establishment of the of the modern novel.
A. form B. style
C. language D. structure
8. In , Percy Shelley created a Platonicsymbol of the spirit of man, a force of beauty and regeneration.
A. The Cloud B. Songs ofExperience
C. Poetical Sketches D. Lyrical Ballads
9. The workSongs of Innocence is written by
A. William Blake B. William Wordsworth
C. Jane Austen D. WilliamShakespeare
10. JaneAusten's practical idealism is that love should be justified by reason anddisciplined by
A. self-control B. self-respect
C. rationality D. sensibility
11. Manycritics regard as one of thegreatest of all English poets. They point especially to his lyrics.
A. John Milton B. Walt Whitman
C. Emily Dickinson D. Percy Shelley
12. WilliamWordsworth is regarded as a "worshipper of "
A. freedom B. nature
C. poetry D. independence
13. PercyShelley's greatest achievement is his four-act poetic drama,
A. Prometheus Unbound B. Ode to the West Wind
C. Adonais D. In Defense ofPoetry
14. DavidCopperfield is regarded as the semi-autobiography of , in which the early life of the herois largely based on the author's early life.
A. Mark Twain B. Charles Dickens
C. Thomas Hardy D.D.H. Lawrence
15. CharlesDickens' works are characterized by a mingling of and pathos.
A. humor B. satire
C. passion D. metaphor
16. As faras Emily BrontE's literary creation is concerned, she is, first of all, a
A. proser B. novelist
C. poet D. dramatist
17. In 1842,Charlotte BrontE and her sister went to to improve their foreign language to open up a school.
A. Paris B. Berlin
C. Brussels D. London
18. All ofthe following works are known as Thomas Hardy's "novels of character and environment"EXCEPT
A. Our Mutual Friend B. The Return of the Native
C. Jude and Obscure D. The Trumpet Major
19. In Tessof the D'Urbervilles, forcesTess to claim kinship with the sham but rich d'Urbervilles.
A. the poverty of the family B. innocence of the girl
C. the cruel society D. the hypocriticalmorality
20. T. S.Eliot regarded as the bestmedium of poetry. He wrote several verse plays and made a considerable success.
A. form B. language
C. drama D. structure
21. As arealistic dramatist, took themodem social issues as his subjects with the aim of directing social reforms.
A. Charles Dickens B. Nathaniel Hawthorne
C. Bernard Shaw D. Mark Twain
22. TheDoctor Dilemma is written by
A. D. H. Lawrence B.T.S. Eliot
C. Bernard Shaw D. Thomas Hardy
23. The moreimportant poems by T. S. Eliot are dominated by the dark horror of an earthly hellEXCEPT
A. Gerontion B. Prufi'ock
C. The Hollow Men D. Murder in the Cathedral
24. D.H.Lawrence employs and complexnarrative richly in The Rainbow.
A. realism B. symbolism
C. criticism D. romanticism
25. D. H.Lawrence was recognized as a prominent novelist only after publishing his thirdnovel,
A. Aaron ~ Rod B. Women in Love
C. A Portrait of the Artist as a YoungMan D. Sons and Lovers
26. As animportant prose writer, put great emphasis on the importance oftradition both in creative writing and in criticism in his essay Tradition andIndividual Talent.
A. John Milton B. Henry Fielding
C. Charles Dickens D.T.S. Eliot
27.Nathaniel Hawthorne focuses his attention on the moral, emotional, and effects of the sin on the people ingeneral and those main characters in The Scarlet Letter.
A. political B. cultural
C. religious D. psychological
28. For thedeath of President Lincoln, wrote down many poems to air his sorrow, one ofwhich is "When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd."
A. Emily Dickinson B. Walt Whitman
C. Henry James D. Mark Twain
29. Most ofHerman Melville's novels are about sea adventure stories EXCEPT
A. Typee B. Omoo
C. Mardi D. TheBlithedale Romance
30. The raftwith which Huck and Jim make their voyage down the Mississippi River may symbolize
A. American society B. hatred for Americancorruption
C. a return to nature D. a world where people canlive happily
31. It isHenry James' literary essays and thatmake him a fascinating case in the American literary history and a conspicuousfigure in the world literature.
A. novels B. travel accounts
C. poems D. plays
32. Emily Dickinsonwrote more than poems aboutnature, in which her general skepticism about the relationship between man andnature is well-expressed.
A. 500 B. 600
C. 700 D. 800
33. The bookAn American Tragedy is written by
A. Herman Melville B. Scott Fitzgerald
C. Henry James D. Theodore Dreiser
34. In 1912in England his first book, A Boy's will, brought to the attention of influentialcritics.
A. Robert Frost B.T.S. Eliot
C. Walt Whitman D. Mark Twain
35. The poet was awarded Pulitzer Prize the firstbecause of New Hampshire.
A. Walt Whitman B. Robert Frost
C. Emily Dickinson D. Jane Austen
36. ScottFitzgerald's short-story collections won him popularity, and one of them is
A. Tales of the Jazz B. Light in August
C. Tender is the Night D. The Last Tycoon
37. Theauthor said, "Thedignity of movement of an iceberg is due to only one-eighth of it being abovewater."
A. Mark Twain B. Theodore Dreiser
C. William Faulkner D. Ernest Hemingway
38. ScootFitzgerald's fictional world is the embodiment of the spirit of the Jazz Age,in which he shows a particular interest in
A. the working-class people B. the upper-class society
C. the exiles in Paris D. intellectuals and artists
39. ErnestHemingway's novel describesthe drifting life of American exiles in Europe.
A. The Sun Also Rises B. A Farewell to Arms
C. For whom the Bell Tolls D. The OM Man and the Sea
40. In ARose for Emily, William Faulkner makes best use of the devices in narration.
A. romantic B. realistic
C. Gothic D. Post-modernist
二、阅读理解题
Reading Comprehension (16 points in all, 4 for each)
Read the quoted parts carefully and answer the questionsin English.
41.Wherefore feed and clothe and save
From the cradle to the grave
Those ungrateful drones who would
Drain your sweat--nay, drink your blood?
Wherefore, Bees of England, forge
Many a weapan, chain, and scourge,
That these stingless drones may spoil
The forced produce of your toil?
Questions:
A. Identify the poet and the poem fromwhich the lines are taken.
B. What do you think the poet intends tosay in the poem?
C. What does the phrase "Bees ofEngland" refer to?
42. MRS.WARREN. [galled by the Vivie ~ indifference ] What do you know of men, child,to talk that way about them? You'll have to make up your mind to see a gooddeal of Sir George Crofts, as he's a friend of mine.
VIVE. [quiteunmoved ] Why? [She sits down and pens a book] Do you expect that we shall bemuch together? You and I, I mean?
Questions:
A. Identify the playwright and the title ofthe above quotation.
B. What's the relationship between the twospeakers?
C. What's the theme of the play?
43. Be itso, if you will. But, alas! It was a dream of evil omen for young goodmanBrown. A stern, a sad, a darkly meditative, a distrustful, if not a desperateman, did he become, from the night of that fearful dream. On the Sabbath-day,when the congregation were singing a holy psalm, he could not listen, becausean anthem of sin rushed loudly upon his ear, and drowned all the blessedstrain.
Questions:
A. Identify the title of the story fromwhich this part is taken.
B. Why does Brown become stem, sad, anddistrustful?
C. What does "that fearful dream"refer to?
44. I liketo see it lap the Miles--
And lick the Valleys up
And stop to feed itself at Tanks--
And then prodigious step
Around a Pile of Mountains
And supercilious peer
In Shanties--by the side of Roads--
And then a Quarry pare.
Questions:
A. Identify the name of the author.
B. What does "it" in the firstline mean?
C. What is the poem about?
三、简答题
Questions and Answers (24 points in all, 6 for each)
Give a briefanswer to each of the following questions in English.
45. What arethe each hero's weaknesses of the characteristics of the greatest tragedieswritten by William Shakespeare?
46. Why isJane Eyre one of the most popular and important novels of the Victorian Age?
47. SisterCarrie best embodies Theodore Dreiser's naturalistic belief. How do you understandthat?
48. What arethe characteristics of Robert Frost's poetry?
四、论述题
Topic Discussion (20 points in all, 10 for each)
Write no less than 150 words on each of the followingtopics in English in the
corresponding space on the answer sheet.
49. RobinsonCrusoe is considered to be Daniel Defoe's masterpiece because the protagonist wasa real middle-class hero. And his rest four novels manifest Defoe's deepconcern for the poor and the unfortunate in his society. Please try to discusstheir social significance.
50.Moby-Dick is not merely a whaling tale or sea adventure, considering thatHerman Melville is a great symbolist. Please make an analysis on thisviewpoint.
2019年10月高等教育自学考试《英美文学选读》试题
课程代码：00604
一、单项选择题
Multiple Choice (40 points in all, I for each)
Select from the four choices of each item the one thatbest answers the question or
completes the statement.
1.Shakespeare's Hamlet is based on a legend in
A. northern Europe B. South Africa
C. East Asia D. ancient Greece
2. Robinson,hero of Robinson Crusoe struggles to live for years on a lonely island and finallyreturns to England.
A. twenty B. twenty-two
C. twenty-four D. twenty-six
3. JohnMilton wrote three major poetical works, and one is
A. Measure for Measure B. Samson Agonistes
C. Poetical Sketches D. Areopagitica
4. Of allthe eighteenth-century novelists, was the first to give the modem novel its structure and style.
A. Jonathan Swill B. Charles Dickens
C. Daniel Defoe D. Henry Fielding
5. The part of Gulliver’s Travels deals with Gulliver's visit to the Flying Islandwhere the philosophers and projectorsstudy absurd problems.
A. first B. second
C. third D. fourth
6.Shakespeare takes a(n) attitudetowards love and youth in his romantic comedies.
A. pessimistic B. optimistic
C. realistic D. critical
7. JohnMilton once had an ambition to ,but his dreams were gone because of the
English Revolution.
A. travel on the Continent B. become a businessman
C. write an epic D. teach in auniversity
8.Literarily was the first importantRomantic poet.
A. William Blake B. Shakespeare
C. John Milton D. Jane Austen
9. The poemsWilliam Wordsworth added to the 1800 edition of the are among the best of hisachievements.
A. Poems in Two Volumes B. Venus and Adonis
C. Lycidas D. LyricalBallads
10. PercyShelley expressed his love for andhis hatred toward tyranny in Ode to Naples.
A. peace B. truth
C. freedom D. right
11. JaneAusten's Pride and Prejudice deals with the five Bennet sisters and theirsearch for suitable
A. jobs B. husbands
C. manners D. chances
12. Childcharacters depicted by Charles Dickens are innocent, virtuous, persecuted and
A. grotesque B. horrible
C. helpless D. comical
13. TheLinton family and the familyare the two ones described in Emily Brontë 's Wuthering Heights.
A. Eamshaw B. Hindley
C. Heathcliff D. Reed
14.Charlotte Brontë 's works are all about lonely and neglected young women whoare longing for ,understanding and a happy life.
A. equality B. career
C. education D. love
15. Theconflict between becomes moreintense in Thomas Hardy's last two novels, one of which is Jude the Obscure.
A. the past and the present B. the traditional and theadvanced
C. the rural and the urban D. the old and the modem
16. Tess,heroine of Tess of the D'Urbervilles, is abused and destroyed by .
A. Alec and Angel B. Henchard and Alec
C. Clare and Alec D. Farfrae and Angel
17. It is who explored his idea of"LifeForce" which creates beings to solve problems in his typical play Back toMethuselah.
A. Bemard Shaw B. Charles Dickens
C. Thomas Hardy D.T.S. Eliot
18. CharlesDickens' social attitudes are complicated and he tries his best to retain a(n) in his early works.
A. criticism B. naturalism
C. optimism D. symbolism
19. BernardShaw's play Pygmalion is about andart.
A. politics B. culture
C. economy D. education
20. The poem is T. S. Eliot's most strikingachievement.
A. Underthe Greenwood Tree B. Shirley
C. TheCloud D. The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock
21. TheAmerican novelist is known for his "blackvision" which refers to that all men
are by nature evil.
A. Walt Whitman B. Nathaniel Hawthorne
C. D. H. Lawrence D. Mark Twain
22. As aprose writer, T. S. Eliot put emphasis on the importance of in writing and in criticism.
A. logic B. ethic
C. tradition D. creativity
23. Thenovel is regarded to be a moreprofoundly ordered one than any other written by
D. H. Lawrence.
A. Women in Love B. Sons and Lovers
C. The White Peacock D. The Trespasser
24. WaltWhitman's poem Cavalry Crossing a Ford reminds its readers of a picture, or a photo,of a scene of the
A. First World War B. Second World War
C. American Civil War D. Spanish Civil War
25."The Custom-House" is an introductory note to Nathaniel Hawthorne'swork .
A. The Scarlet Letter B. The House of the SevenGables
C. The Marble Faun D. Moby-Dick
26. WaltWhitman prefers verse for hisnew subjects and feelings in terms of the form of his poetry.
A. strict B. rhymed
C. blank D. free
27. D. H.Lawrence's The Rainbow is about the family on a farm.
A. Lensky B. Brangwen
C. Crich D.Birkin
28. In 1850, went to a farm in Massachusetts, whereNathaniel Hawthorne was his neighbor and they became good friends.
A. Walt Whitman B. Theodore Dreiser
C. Herman Melville D. Robert Frost
29.Adventures of Huckleberry Finn describes a journey down the Mississippiundertaken by
A. Tom and Huck B. Huck and Mark
C. Huck and Sam D. Jim and Huck
30. HermanMelville used Moby-Dick, the white whale, to symbolize
A. nature B. strength
C. justice D. evil
31. HenryJames' The American tells a story about a young American confronting the complexityof the life.
A. Asian B. African
C. European D. Australian
32. After1862, affected by a(n) ,Emily Dickinson became a recluse, living a New England village life only withher family.
A. unhappy love affair B. serious religious crisis
C. intensive school life D. poor health condition
33. From theage of 15, Theodore Dreiser worked on his own, longed to become a writer and wentto where he learned byexperience.
A. New York B. Boston
C. Chicago D. Montreal
34. TheAmerican writer was the firstto conceive his career in international terms.
A. Nathaniel Hawthorne B. Henry James
C. Walt Whitman D. Mark Twain
35. InTheodore Dreiser's Trilogy of Desire, his focus shifted to the power of the American in the late 19th century.
A. corrupt officials B. decadent artists
C. hypocritical politicians D. financial tycoons
36. ScottFitzgerald's Tender is the Night is about the decline of a young American
A. solider B. psychiatrist
C. artist D. housekeeper
37. By usingsimple spoken language and conversional , Robert Frost achieved an effortless grace in his style.
A. methods B. rhythms
C. forms D. tones
38."The dignity of movement of an iceberg is due to only one-eighth of itbeing above water." This "iceberg" analogy is the prose style of
A. Hemingway B. Scott Fitzgerald
C. Theodore Dreiser D. Henry James
39. As anovel of history, William Faulkner's Absalom, Absalom.t is about the South, theCivil War, and the fate of
A. Compson B. Thomas Sutpen
C.Sartorise D.McCaslin
40. One ofthe following works is NOTwritten by Hemingway.
A. AsI lay Dying B. The old and the Sea
C. Menwithout Women D. The Green Hill of Africa
二、阅读理解题
Reading Comprehension (16 points in all, 4 for each)
Read the quoted parts carefully and answer the questionsin English.
41. There'slittle Tom Dacre who cried when his head
That curl'd like a lamb's back, was shav'd,so I said,
"Hush, Tom! never mind it, for whenyour head's bare,
You know that the soot cannot spoil yourwhite hair."
Question:
A. Identify the poet.
B. Identify the title of the poem and fromwhich volume this quoted part is taken.
C. What does the poem indicate?
42. When he was twenty-three years old Paulsent in a landscape to the winter exhibition at Nottingham Castle. Miss Jordanhad taken a good deal of interest in him, had invited him to her house, wherehe met other artists. He was beginning to grow ambitious.
One morningthe postman came just as he was washing in the scullery. Suddenly he heard awild noise from his mother. Rushing into the kitchen, he found her standing onthe hearthrug wildly waving a letter and crying "Hurrah!" as if shehad gone mad. He was shocked and frightened.
Question:
A. Identify the author and the title of thenovel from which the quoted part is taken.
B. Who's Paul's mother?
C. What conflict is presented in thisnovel?
43. I didn't have none, so he left. I went tothe raft, and set down in the wigwag to think. But I couldn't come to nothing.I thought till I wore my head sore, but I couldn't see no way out of thetrouble. After all this long journey, and after all we'd done for them scoundrels,here was it all come to nothing, everything all busted up and ruined, becausethey could have the heart to serve Jim such a trick as that, and make him aslave again all his life, and amongst strangers, too, for forty dirty dollars.
Question:
A. Identify the author and the title of thenovel from which the quoted part is taken.
B. Who's the narrator?
C. What do we see through the eyes of thenarrator?
44. Whosewoods these are I think I know.
His house is in the village though;
He will not see me stopping here
To watch his woods fill up with snow.
My little horse must think it queer
To stop without a farmhouse near
Between the woods and frozen lake
The darkest evening of the year.
Question:
A. Identify the author of the poem.
B. What's the poem about?
C. What does the poem stem from?
三、简答题
Questions and Answers (24 points in all, 6 for each)
Give a brief answer to each of the following questions inEnglish.
45. What areShakespeare's sonnets about?
46. What arethe characteristics of Charlotte Brontë 's works?
47. What'sthe Transcendentalism?
48. What arethe characteristics of the heroine Daisy Miller described by Henry James?
四、论述题
Topic Discussion (20 points in all, 10 for each)
Write no less than 150 words on each of the followingtopics in English.
49. Brieflydiscuss why it is said that Henry Fielding is regarded as "Father of theEnglish Novel," according to the theme, writing style, language and so on.
50. Brieflydiscuss the features of Robert Frost's poem.
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