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1、2004 年 4 月英美文学选读 试题 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 or completes the statement.Write your correct an swer on the an swer sheet.1.“And we wi sit upon the rocks,/See ing the shepherds feed
2、 their flocks,/By shallow rivers to whose falls/Melodious birds sing madrigals.”The above lines are taken from _.A.Milt on Pasadise Lost B.Marlowe s“The Passi on ate shepherd to His Love”C.Shakespeare s“Sonnet 18”D.John Donne s The Sun Rising”2.The En glish Ren aissa nee period was an age of _.A.poe
3、try and drama B.drama and no vel C.no vel and poetry D.romance and poetry 3.Here are four lines taken from Edmund Spenser The FaerieQueene:“But on his brest a bloudie Crosse he bore,/The deare remembrance of his dying Lord,/For whose sweete sake that glorious badge he wore,/And dead as living ever h
4、im adored.”Who is the“dying Lord”discussed in the above lines?A.Beowulf B.King Arthur C.Jesus Christ D.Jupiter 4.ln Shakespeare Merchant of Venice,Antonio could not pay back the money he borrowed from Shylock,because A.his money was all in vested in the n ewly-emergi ng textile in dustry B.his en te
5、rprise went ban krupt C.Bassa nio was able to pay his own debt D.his ships had all bee n lost 5.Which of the following statements best illustrates the theme of Shakespeare s Sonnet 18?A.The speaker eulogizes the power of Nature.B.The speaker satirizes human vanity.C.The speaker praises the power of
6、artistic creati on.D.The speaker meditates on man s salvation.6.In En glish poetry,a four-l ine sta nza is called _.A.heroic couplet B.quatrain C.Spen seria n sta nzaD.terza rima 7.“Let not Ambit ion mock their useful toil,/Their homely joys,and desti ny obscure;/Nor Gran deur hear with a disda infu
7、l smile/The short and simple ann als of the poor.”The above lines are taken from _.A.Alexa nder Pope Essay on Criticism B.Coleridge s“Kubla Khan”C.John Donne s The Sun Rising”D.Thomas Gray s“Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard”8.By making the truth-seek ing pilgrims suffer at the hands of the peop
8、le of Vanity Fair,Joh n Bunyan intends to show the prevale nt political and religious _of his time.A.persecuti on B.improveme nt C.prosperity D.disillusi onment 9.The 18 th century witnessed a new literary form the modern English novel,which,contrary to the medieval romance,gives a _ prese ntati on
9、of life of the com mon people.A.roma ntic B.realistic C.prophetic D.idealistic-第 1 页共 10 页-10.As a whole,_ is one of the most effective and devastating criticisms and satires of all aspects in the then English and European life socially,politically,religiously,philosophically,scientifically,and mora
10、lly.A.Moll Flanders B.Gulliver s Travels C.Pilgrim s Progress D.The School for Scan dal 11.An hon est,kin d-hearted you ng man,who is full of ani mal spirit and lacks prude nee,is expelled from the paradise and has to go through hard experie nce to gain kno wledge of himself and fin ally to have bee
11、 n accepted both by a virtuous lady and a rich relative.The above sentence may well sum up the theme of Fielding _.s work A.Jon athan Wild the Great B.Tom Jones C.The Coffe-House Politicia n D.Amelia 12.In Sheridan The School for scandal,the man who wins the hand of his beloved as well as the inheri
12、tance of his rich un cle is _.A.Charles Surface B.Joseph Surface C.Sir Peter Teazle D.Sir Benjamin Backbite 13.Which of the following works best represents the national spirit of the 18 th-century England?A.Robinson Crusoe B.Gulliver s Travels C.Jon athan Wild the Great D.A Sen time ntal Journey 14.
13、Shelley s masterpiece,rometheus Unbound,is a verse drama,which borrows the basic story from _.A.the Bible B.a Germa n lege nd C.a Greek play D.One Thousa nd and One Nights 15.In the first part of the novel Pride and prejudice,Mr.Darcy has a(n)_ of the Bennet family.A.high opinion B.great admirati on
14、 C.low op inion D.erron eous view 16.In Byron s poem“Song for the Luddites,”the word“Luddite”refers to the _.A.workers who destroyed the machi nes in their protest aga inst un employme nt B.rising bourgeoisie who fights against the aristocratic class C.desce ndents of the an cie nt king,Lud D.poor c
15、ou ntry people who suffered un der the rule of the lan dlord class 17.Mr.Micawber in David Copperfield and Sam Well in Pickwick Papers are perhaps the best _ characters created by Charles Dicke ns.A.comic B.tragic C.rou nd D.sophisticated 18.A typical feature of the En glish Victoria n literature is
16、 that writers became social and moral _,expos ing all kinds of social evils.A.revoluti on aries B.idealists C.critics D.defe nders 19.“1st not sufficient for your infernal selfishness,that while you are at peace I shall writhe in the torments of hell?”(Heathcliff uttered the seietnce in the death sc
17、ene of Catherine from Chapter XV of Wuthering Heights.)The word“hell”at the end of the quoted sentence refers _.A.Heave n B.Hades C.the n ext world D.this world 20.A typical Forsyte,accord ing to Joh n Galsworthy,is a man with a stro ng sense of _,who n ever pays any atte nti on to huma n feeli ngs.
18、A.justice B.humor C.morality D.property 21.“He was sile nt with con ceit of his son.Mrs.Morel sni ffed,as if it were nothing.SO|S and Lovers by D.H.La wrence)From the above quotation,we 试卅英美文学选读试题答案及评分参考课程代码第一问第二冋各分第三问分语言锚谋酌情扣分第一问第二问各分第三冋分第三问参考答寒中括号里的内容未答出不予扣分语言错误酌情扣分评分参考第一问第二各分第三问分第三问參语言错谋酌帝扣分粉鈔只要考
19、生琴对意轉点即可細筑语占错浜酌卅扌分比粉钳两点各分语言错课酌悄和分只要考生答对任意两点即可给満分语盲错误酌情扣分用分却只耍考生答対任诡两点即可给構分语盲错谏酌苗扣分砂轴只要考生can see that Mrs.Morel s attitude to her husband is _ -第 2 页共 10 页-试卅英美文学选读试题答案及评分参考课程代码第一问第二冋各分第三问分语言锚谋酌情扣分第一问第二问各分第三冋分第三问参考答寒中括号里的内容未答出不予扣分语言错误酌情扣分评分参考第一问第二各分第三问分第三问參语言错谋酌帝扣分粉鈔只要考生琴对意轉点即可細筑语占错浜酌卅扌分比粉钳两点各分语言错课酌悄
20、和分只要考生答对任意两点即可给満分语盲错误酌情扣分用分却只耍考生答対任诡两点即可给構分语盲错谏酌苗扣分砂轴只要考生B.genuinely kind D.merely contemptuous 22.A boy makes a quest of his idealized childish love through painful experience up to the point of losing his innocence and coming to see the drabness and harshness of the adult world.The above sentence
21、may well sum up the major theme of _.A.Eliot s poTehme love Song of J.Alfred Prufrock B.Bernard shaw lays Mprs.Warren s Profession C.Joyce s stAo ryaby D.Lawrence s stoTrhye Horse Dealer s Daughter 23.Linguistically,compared with the writings of Mark Twain,Henry James s fiction is noted for his _ A.
22、frontier vernacular B.rich colloquialism C.vulgarly descriptive words D.refined elegant language 24.Which of the following statements about Washington Irving is NOT true?A.Literary imagination should breed in a land rich in the past culture.B.He is preoccupied with the Calvinistic view of original s
23、in and the mystery of evil.C.His stories are among the best of the American literature.D.Some of his works are based on the materials of the European legendary tales.25.Which of the following is NOT one of the main ideas advocated by Emerson,the chief spokesman of New England Transcendentalism?A.As
24、an individual,man is divine and can develop and improve himself infinitely.B.Nature exercises a healthy and restorative influence on human beings.C.There exists an emotional com munication between an individual soul and the universal“Oversoul.”D.Evil and sin are ever present in human heart and will
25、pass on from one generation to another.26.Whitman s poems are characterized by all the following features EXCEPT _ .A.the strict poetic form B.the free and natural rhythm C.the easy flow of feelings D.the simple and conversational language 27.“Then all collapsed,and the great shroud of the sea rolle
26、d on as it rolled five thousand years ago.sentence,the author might imply that _.A.nothing changes in the 5000 years of human history B.man s desire to conquer nature can only end in his own destruction C.nature is evil as it was 5000 years ago D.nature has the ultimate creative power 28.“Standing o
27、n the bare ground,my head bathed by the blithe air,and uplifted into infinite space,all mean egotism vanishes.I become a transparent eye-ball.I am nothing.I see all.The currents of the Universal Being circulate through me;I am part or par ticle of God.”The above passage is taken from _.A.Stowe Unscl
28、e Tom sCabin B.Cooper s“Leatherstocking Tales”C.Emerson s“Nature”D.Dreiser Sisster Carrie 29.Which of the following works best illustrates the Calvinistic view of original sin?A.Stowe Unscle Ton s Cabin B.James Thse Portrait of a Lady.C.Hemingway AsFarewell to Arms D.Hawthorne Thse Scarlet Letter.A.
29、sincerely warm C.seemingly angry 试卅英美文学选读试题答案及评分参考课程代码第一问第二冋各分第三问分语言锚谋酌情扣分第一问第二问各分第三冋分第三问参考答寒中括号里的内容未答出不予扣分语言错误酌情扣分评分参考第一问第二各分第三问分第三问參语言错谋酌帝扣分粉鈔只要考生琴对意轉点即可細筑语占错浜酌卅扌分比粉钳两点各分语言错课酌悄和分只要考生答对任意两点即可给満分语盲错误酌情扣分用分却只耍考生答対任诡两点即可给構分语盲错谏酌苗扣分砂轴只要考生30.Beside symbolism,all the following qualities EXCEPT _ are fuse
30、d to make Melville Mosby-Dick a world classic.试卅英美文学选读试题答案及评分参考课程代码第一问第二冋各分第三问分语言锚谋酌情扣分第一问第二问各分第三冋分第三问参考答寒中括号里的内容未答出不予扣分语言错误酌情扣分评分参考第一问第二各分第三问分第三问參语言错谋酌帝扣分粉鈔只要考生琴对意轉点即可細筑语占错浜酌卅扌分比粉钳两点各分语言错课酌悄和分只要考生答对任意两点即可给満分语盲错误酌情扣分用分却只耍考生答対任诡两点即可给構分语盲错谏酌苗扣分砂轴只要考生A.narrative power B.psychological analysis C.specula
31、tive agility D.optimistic view of life 31.In all his novels Theodore Dreiser sets himself to project the _ American values.For example,in Sister Carrie,there is not one character whose status is not determined economically.A.Puritan B.materialistic D.religious s by showing her relatively unreserved
32、manners.33.The raft with which Huck and Jim make their voyage down the Mississippi River may symbolize all the following EXCEPT .A.a return to nature B.an escape from evils,injustices,and corruption of the civilized society C.the American society in the early 19th century D.a small world where peopl
33、e of different colors can live friendly and happily 34.Emily Grierson,the protagonist in Faulkner“A R osesft oryEmily,”can be redg arsdea symbol for all the following qualities EXCEPT _.A.old values B.rigid ideas of social status C.bigotry and eccentricity D.harmony and integrity 35.As a Modernist p
34、oet,Pound is noted for his active involvement in the _ .A.cubist school of modern painting B.Imagist Movement C.stream-of-consciousness technique D.German Expressionism 36.The statement that a boy s night journey to an Indian village to witness the violence of both birth and death provides all the p
35、ossibilities of a learning experience may well sum up the major theme of _ .A.Faulkner s story“A Rose for Emily”B.Hemingway s story“Indian Camp”C.Irving s story“The Legend of Sleepy Hollow”D.James s story“Daisy Miller”37.Which of the following plays by O Neill can be read autobiographically?A.The Ha
36、iry Ape B.The Emperor Jones C.The Iceman Cometh D.Long Day s Journey Into Night 38.When we say that a poor young man from the West tried to make his fortune in the East but was disillusioned in the quest of an idealized dream,we are probably discussing about _ s thematic concern in his fiction writi
37、ng.A.Henry James B.Scott Fitzgerald C.Ernest Hemingway D.William Faulkner 39._ After his experiences in the forest,Young Goodman Brown returns to Salem _.A.desperate and gloomy B.renewed in his faith C.wearing a black veil D.unaware of his own sin 40.According to Mark Twain,in river towns up and dow
38、n the Mississippi,it was every boy ome day grow s dream to s up to be B.a justice of the peace-第 4 页 共 10 页-C.psychological 32.In Daisy Miller,Henry James reveals Daisy A.hypocrisy C.grace and patience B.cold and indifference D.Americanness A.Methodist preacher 试卅英美文学选读试题答案及评分参考课程代码第一问第二冋各分第三问分语言锚谋酌
39、情扣分第一问第二问各分第三冋分第三问参考答寒中括号里的内容未答出不予扣分语言错误酌情扣分评分参考第一问第二各分第三问分第三问參语言错谋酌帝扣分粉鈔只要考生琴对意轉点即可細筑语占错浜酌卅扌分比粉钳两点各分语言错课酌悄和分只要考生答对任意两点即可给満分语盲错误酌情扣分用分却只耍考生答対任诡两点即可给構分语盲错谏酌苗扣分砂轴只要考生C.a riverboat pilot D.a pirate on the Indian ocean PART TWO(60POINTS)n.Reading comprehension(16 points,4 for each)Read the quoted parts
40、carefully and answer the questions in English.Write your answer in the corresponding space on the answer sheet.41.“One short sleep past,we wake eternally,And death shall be no more;death,thou shalt die.”Questions:A.Identify the poem and the poet.B.What does the word“sleep”mean?C.What idea do the two
41、 lines express?42.“Never did sun more beautifully steep In his first splendor,valley,rock,or hill;Ne er saw I,never felt,a calm so deep!The river glideth at his own sweet will:Dear God!The very houses seem asleep;And all that mighty heart is lying still!”(William Wordsworth s sonnet:“Composed upon W
42、estminster Bridge”September 3,1802)Questions:A.What does the word“glideth”in the fourth line mean?B.What kind of figure of speech is used by wordsworth to describe the“river”?C.What idea does the fourth line express?43.“With Blueun certain stumbling Buzz Between the light and me And then the Windows
43、 failed and then I could not see to see”Questions:A.Identify the poem and the poet.B.What do“Windows”symbolically stand for?C.What idea does the quoted passage express?44.“Is dying hard,Daddy?No,I think it s pretty easy,Nick,It all depends.”Questions:A.Identify the work and the author.B.What was Nic
44、k preoccupied with when he asked the question?C.Why did the father add“It all depends”after he answered his son s question?皿.Questions and Answers(24 points in all,6 for each)Give brief answers to each of the following questions in English.Write your answers in the corresponding space on the answer
45、sheet.45.It is said that B.Shaw splay,Mrs.Warren s Profession,has a strong realistic theme,which fully reflects the dramatist s Fabianist idea.Try to summarize this theme briefly.46.Emily Bronte used a very complicated narrative technique in writing her novel Wuthering Heights.Try to tell Bronte s w
46、ay of narration 试卅英美文学选读试题答案及评分参考课程代码第一问第二冋各分第三问分语言锚谋酌情扣分第一问第二问各分第三冋分第三问参考答寒中括号里的内容未答出不予扣分语言错误酌情扣分评分参考第一问第二各分第三问分第三问參语言错谋酌帝扣分粉鈔只要考生琴对意轉点即可細筑语占错浜酌卅扌分比粉钳两点各分语言错课酌悄和分只要考生答对任意两点即可给満分语盲错误酌情扣分用分却只耍考生答対任诡两点即可给構分语盲错谏酌苗扣分砂轴只要考生berfily.47.“In your rocking-chair,by your window dreaming,shall you long,alone.In
47、your rocking-chair,by your window,shall you dream such happiness as you may never feel.”The two sentences are taken from Theodore Dreiser Sister Carrie.What i dea can you draw from the“-crhoacikring”?48.The literary school of naturalism was quite popular in the late 19 th century.What are the major
48、characteristics of naturalism?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 corresponding space on the answer sheet.49.Discuss the possible theme in W.B.Yeats“s TheLake Isle of Innisfree a”nd how that theme is presente
49、d in the poem.50.“My faith is gone!”cried he(Goodman Brown),after one stupefied moment.“There is no good on earth;but a name.Come,devil!For to thee is this world given.”Comment on this passage from Hawthorne s“Young Goodman Brown”.试卅英美文学选读试题答案及评分参考课程代码第一问第二冋各分第三问分语言锚谋酌情扣分第一问第二问各分第三冋分第三问参考答寒中括号里的内容未答
50、出不予扣分语言错误酌情扣分评分参考第一问第二各分第三问分第三问參语言错谋酌帝扣分粉鈔只要考生琴对意轉点即可細筑语占错浜酌卅扌分比粉钳两点各分语言错课酌悄和分只要考生答对任意两点即可给満分语盲错误酌情扣分用分却只耍考生答対任诡两点即可给構分语盲错谏酌苗扣分砂轴只要考生绝密煮启用前 编号：154 2004年上半年高等教育自学考试全国统_命题考试 x 卅 英美文学选读试题答案及评分参考(课程代码0604)PART ONE I.Multiple Choice(40 points in alt,I for each)PART TWO U,Reading Comprehension(16 points,4