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大学英美文学答案1.Herman Melville’s ______ is an encyclopedia of everything, history, philosophy, religion, etc, in addition to a detailed account of the operationsof the whaling industry.A. Billy BuddB. The Old Man and the SeaC. White JacketD. Moby DickIn addition to his novels, _______ wrote about 120 short stories and sketches. Among them are Young Goodman Brown and The Minister’s Black Veil.A. Henry David ThoreauB. Nathaniel HawthorneC. Ralph Waldo EmersonD. Herman Melville______ is an appalling fictional version of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s belief that “the wrong doing of one generation lives into the successive ones” a nd that evil will come out of evil though it may take generations to happen.A. The Marble FaunB. The Blithedale RomanceC. Young Goodman BrownD. The House of Seven GablesWhich is regarded as the “Declaration of Intellectual Independence”? A. The Conduct of Life B. Representative Men C. EnglishTraitsD. The American ScholarWhich is generally as the Bible of New England Transcendentalism? A.Nature B. WaldenC. On BeautyD. Self-RelianceThere is a good reason to state that New England Transcendentalism was actually on the Puritan soil. A. UnitarianismB. MysticismC. RomanticismD. Puritanism“The universe is composed of Nature and the soul… Spirit is present everywhere”. This is the voice of the book Nature written by Ralph WaldoEmerson, which pushed American romanticism into a new Phase, the phase of New England ______.A. RomanticismB. TranscendentalismC. SymbolismD. NaturalismWashington Irving’s works are numerous, but his most successful work is The Sketch Book, of which the most famous and anthologized are ____ and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.A. A History of New YorkB. The PioneersC. Rip Van WinkleD. Leatherstocking TalesWashington Irving’s first book appeared in 1809, titled ______. A. The History of New York B. The Marble FaunC. The American ScholarD. The Cop and the AnthemIn the early 19th century American moral values were essentially Puritan. Nothing has left a deeper imprint on the character of the people as a whole than did _____.A. RationalismB. RomanticismC. SentimentalismD. PuritanismWhich is the character who appears in the novel Moby Dick? A. Hester Prynne B. Pearl C. Mr. HooperD. AhabHerman Melville called his friend Nathaniel Hawthorne ______ in American literature. A. The transcendentalistB. The largest brain with the largest heartC. The American scholarD. Father of American poetryNathaniel Hawthorne is a master of psychological insight and central subject of his major works is the human soul. Choose his short story from the following ones.A. OmooB. Uncle Tom’s CabinC. Young Goodman BrownD. The PearlThe finest example of Nathanie l Hawthorne’s symbolism is the recreationof Puritan in ______.A. The Marble FaunB. The Ambitious GuestC. The Scarlet LetterD. Young Goodman BrownFrom Henry David Thoreau’s jail experience came his famo us essay, ______which states Thoreau’s belief that no man should violate his conscience atthe command of a government.A. Common SenseB. Civil DisobedienceC. WaldenD.NatureWhich essay is not written by Ralph Waldo Emerson? A. Self-RelianceB. The American ScholarC. The Divinity School AddressD. Of StudiesWhich book is not written by Ralph Waldo Emerson?A. Nature D. The RhodoraB. English TraitsC. NatureD. The Rhodora C. The RhodoraD. Representative Men B. English Traits C. Nature D. The RhodoraForm the following, choose the characteristics of Ralph Waldo Emerson’spoetry. A. Being highly individual B. Harsh rhythmsC. Lack of form and polishD. All of the aboveRalph Waldo Emerson’s first book _____ is th e fundamental document of hisphilosophy, and expresses his constant, deeply felt love for he natural scenes.A. Leatherstocking TalesB. WaldenC. NatureD. Daisy MillerChoose William Cullen Bryant’s poem from the follo wing ones. A. Voices ofthe NightB. LigeiaC. Song of MyselfD. ThanatopsisIn 1817, the stately poem called Thanatopsis introduced he best poet _____to appear in America up to that time.A. Edward TaylorB. William Cullen BryantC. Edgar Allan PoeD. Philip FreneauChoose Washington Irving’s works from the following items. A. Walden B. A History of New YorkC. Self-RelianceD. Sister CarrieIn the 19th century America, Romanticism had certain generalcharacteristics. Choose such characteristics from the following items.A. Moral enthusiasmB. Faith in the value of individualism and intuitive perceptionC.Presumption about the corrosive effect of human society D. All of the aboveHerman Melville’s _____ is not only an adventure story, but also asignificant philosophical work on spiritual exploration.A. The EggB. The Over-SoulC. NatureD. Moby DickA new _____ had appeared in England in the last years of the 18th century.It spread to continental Europe and then came to America early in the 19thcentury.A. RealismB. RomanticismC.Naturalism D. . Critical realismTranscendentalism appealed to those who disdained the hash God of thePuritan ancestors, and it appealed to those who scorned the pale deity of NewEngland _____.A. NaturalismB. TranscendentalismC. HumanismD. UnitarianismLed by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Ralph Waldo Emerson and _____, there arose akind of teaching of transcendentalism in the early 19th century.A. Mark TwainB. Theodore DreiserC. Henry DavidThoreauD. Herman MelvilleTranscendentalists recognized ______ as the “highest power of the soul”.A. intuitionB. thinkingC. logicD. date of the senses_____ was the most leading spirit of the Transcendental Club. A. Hawthorne B. Thoreau C. Whitman D. EmersonThe appearance of The Scarlet letter marked the maturity of NathanielHawthorne as a novelist. Soon he composed the other three important novelsincluding _____, The Blithedale Romance and The Marble Faun.A. WaldenB. The House of the Seven GablesC. The PrairieD. The Fall of the House of UsherTranscendentalist doctrines found their greatest literary advocates in_____ and Thoreau. A. Jefferson B. OversoulC. FreneauD. EmersonRalph Waldo Emerson’s essay The American Scholar____ has been regarded as“Americas Declaration of Intellectual Independence”. It called on Americ anwriters to write about America in a way peculiarly American.At 19 in 1802_ Washington Irving ___began to write a series of sketches or essays on the theatre and the New York society, using the name of Jonathan Oldstyle.__Herman Melville___is famous for writing stories about the sea and the islands of the Southern Pacific. In his masterpiece Moby Dick, he tells a story of a Whaling voyage which is set a symbolic account of the conflict between man and his fate.感谢您的阅读，祝您生活愉快。
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全国202X年4月高等教育自学考试英美文学选读真题课程代码：00604Ⅰ.Multiple Choice (40 points in all, 1 for each)Select from the four choices A],B],C],Dof each item the one that best answers the question or completes the statement and write the letter on the answer sheet.1.Romance,which uses narrative verse or prose to tell stories of ___ adventures or other heroic deeds, is a popular literary form in the medieval period.A.ChristianB.knightlyC.GreekD.primitive2.Among the great Middle English poets, Geoffrey Chaucer is known for his production of ___.A.Piers PlowmanB.Sir Gawain and the Green KnightC.Confessio AmantisD.The Canterbury Tales3.Which of the following historical events does not directly help to stimulate the rising of the Renaisssance MovementA.The rediscovery of ancient Greek and Roman culture.B.The new discoveries in geography and astrology.C.The Glorious revolution.D.The religious reformation and the economic expansion.4.Which of the following statements best illustrates the theme of Shakespeare's Sonnet 18A.The speaker eulogizes the power of Nature.B.The speaker satirizes human vanity.C.The speaker praises the power of artistic creation.D.The speaker meditates on man's salvation.5.“And we will sit upon the rocks,/Seeing the shepherds feed their flocks,/By shallow rivers towhose falls/Melodious birds sing madrigals.〞The above lines are probably taken from __.A.Spenser's The Faerie QueeneB.John Donne's “The Sun Rising〞C.Shakespeare's “Sonnet 18〞D.Marlowe's “The Passionate Shepherd to His Love〞6.“Bassanio:Antonio,I am married to a wifeWhich is as dear to me as life itself;But life itself, My wife, and all the world.Are not with me esteem'd above thy life;I would lose all, ay, sacrifice them all,Here to the devil, to deliver you.Portia:Your wife would give you little thanks for that,If she were by to hear you make the offer.〞The above is a quotation taken from Shakespeare's comedy The Merchant of Venice.The quoted part can be regarded as a good example to illustrate ____.A.dramatic ironyB.personificationC.allegoryD.symbolism7.The ture subject of John Donne's poem,“The Sun Rising,〞is to ___.A.attack the sun as an unruly servantB.give compliments to the mistress and her power of beautyC.criticize the sun's intrusion into the lover's private lifeD. lecture the sun on where true royalty and riches lie8.Of all the 18th century novelists Henry Fielding was the first to set out, both in theory and practice, to write specifically a “___ in prose,〞the first to give the modern novel its structure and style.A.tragic epic B ic epicC.romanceD.lyric epic9.The Houyhnhnms depicted by Jonathan Swift in Gulliver's Travels are ___.A.horses that are endowed with reasonB.pigmies that are endowed with admirable qualitiesC.giants that are superior in wisdomD.hairy,wild, low and despicable creatures, who resemble human beings not only in appearance but also in some other ways.10.Here are four lines from a literary work:“Others for language all their care express,/And value books,as women men, for dress.〞The work is ___.A.Thomas Gray's “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard〞B.John Milton's Paradise LostC.Alexander Pope's Essay on CriticismD.Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream11.The phrase “to urge people to abide by Christian doctrines and to seek salvation throughconstant struggles with their own weaknesses and all kinds of social evils〞may well sum up the implied meaning of ___.A.Gulliver's TravelsB.The Rape of the LockC.Robinson CrusoeD.The pilgrim's Progress12.William Wordsworth, a romantic poet, advocated all the following EXCEPT ___.A.the use of everyday language spoken by the common peopleB.the expression of the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelingsC.the use of humble and rustic life as subject matterD.the use of elegant wording and inflated figures of speech13.Which of the following is taken from John Keats’“Ode on a Grecian Urn〞A.“I fall upon the thorns of life! I bleed!〞B.“They are both gone up to the church to pary.〞C.“Earth has not anything to show more fair.〞D.“Beauty is truth, truth beauty〞.14.“If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind!〞is an epigrammatic line by __.15.“Ode o na Grecian Urn〞shows the contrast between the ___ of art and the ___ of humanpassion.A.glory …uglinessB.permanence…transienceC.transience…sordidnessD.glory…permanence16.In the statement“—oh,God! would you like to live with your soul in the grave〞the term“soul〞apparently refers to ___.A.Heathcliff himselfB.CatherineC.one's spiritual lifeD.one's ghost17.The typical feature of Robet Browning's poetry is the ___.A.bitter satirerger-than-life caricaturetinized dictionD.dramatic monologue18.The Victorian Age was largely an age of ____,eminently represented by Dickens and Thackeray.A.poetryB.dramaC.proseD.epic prose19.___is the first important governess novel in the English literary history.A.Jane EyreB.EmmaC.Wuthering HeightsD.Middlemarch20.The major concern of ______ fiction lies in the tracing of the psychological development ofhis characters and in his energetic criticism of the dehumanizing effect of the capitalist industrialization on human nature.wrence'sB.J.Galsworthy'sC.W.Thackeray’sD.T.Hardy’s21.___is considered to be the best-known English dramatist since Shakespeare, and his representative works are plays inspired by social criticism.A.Richard SheridanB.Oliver GoldsmithC.Oscar WildeD.Bernard Shaw22.Which of the following is NOT a typical feature of ModernismA.To elevate the individual and inner being over the social being.B.To put the stress on traditional values.C.To portray the distorted and alienated relationships between man and his environment.D.To advocate a conscious break with the past.23.The Romantic writers would focus on all the following issues EXCEPT the ___ in the Americanliterary histrory.A.individual feelingsB.idea of survival of the fittestC.strong imaginationD.return to nature24.Henry David Thoreau's work,__,has always been regarded as a masterpiece of New EnglandTranscendentalism.A.WaldenB.The pioneersC.NatureD.Song of Myself25.The famous 20-years sleep in “Rip Van Winkle〞helps to construct the story in such a waythat we are greatly affected by Irving's ___.A.concern with the passage of timeB.expression of transient beautyC.satire on laziness and corruptibility of human beingsD.idea about supernatural manipulation of man's life26.Walt whitman was a pioneering figure of American poetry. His innovation first of all lies in hisuse of __,poetry without a fixed beat or regular rhyme scheme.A.blank verseB.heroic coupletC.free verseD.iambic pentameter27.The literary characters of the American type in early 19th century are generally characterized byall the following features EXCEPT that they ___.A.speak local dialectsB.are polite and elegant gentlemenC.are simple and crude farmersD.are noble savages( red and white) untainted by society28.Hester Pryme, Dimmsdale,Chillingworth and Pearl are most likely the names of the charactersin ___.A.The Scarlet LetterB.The House of the Seven GablestC.The Portrait of a LadyD.The pioneers29.“This is my letter to the World〞is a poetic expression of Emily Dickinson's __ about hercommunication with the outside world.A.indifferenceB.angerC.anxietyD.sorrow30.With Howells,James,and Mark Twain active on the literary scene, __ became the major trendin American literature in the seventies and eighties of the 19th century.A.sentimentalismB.romanticismC.realismD.naturalism31.After The adventures of Tom Sawyer, Twain gives a literary independence to Tom's buddy Huckin a book entitled ___.A.Life on the MississippiB.The Gilded AgeC.The Adventures of Huckleberry FinnD.A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court32.However,___,the keynote of Daisy Miller's character,turns out to be an admiring but adangerous quality and her defiance of social taboos in the Old World finally brings her to a disaster in the clash between two different cultures.A.experienceB.sophisticationC.worldlinessD.innocence33.Generally speaking,all those writers with a naturalistic approach to human reality tend to be ___.A.transcendentalistsB.idealistsC.pessimistsD.impressionists34.Emily Dickinson wrote many short poems on various aspects of life.Which of the following isNOT a usual subject of her poetic expressionA.Religion and immortality.B.Life and death.C.Love and marriage.D.War and peace.35.In “After Apple-Picking,〞Robert Frost wrote:“For I have had too much/Of applepicking:I amovertired/Of the great harvest I myself desired.〞From these lines we can conclude that the speaker is ___.A.happy about the harvestB.still very much interested in apple-pickingC.expecting a greater harvestD.indifferent to what he once desired36.Chinese poetry and philosophy have exerted great influence over ____.A.Ezra PoundB.Ralph Waldo EmersonC.Robert FrostD.Emily Dickinson37.The Hemingway Code heroes are best remembered for their __.A.indestructible spirtieB.pessimistic view of lifeC.war experiencesD.masculinity38.IN The Emperor Jones and T he Hairy Ape,O'Neill adopted the expressionist techniques toportray the ___ of human beings in a hostile universe.A.helpless situationB.uncertaintyC.profound religious faithD.courage and perseverance39.In Hemingway's “Indian Cmap〞,Nick's night trip to the Indian village and his experienceinside the hut can be taken as ____.A.an essential lesson about Indian tribesB.a confrontation with evil and sinC.an initiation to the harshness of lifeD.a learning process in human relationship40.which of the following statements about Emily Grierson, the protagonist in Faulkner's story“A Rose for Emily,〞is NOT trueA.She has a distorted personality.B.She is physically deformed and paralyzed.C.She is the symbol of the old values of the South.D.She is the victim of the past glory.PART TWOⅡ.Reading Comprehension (16 points, 4 for each)Read the quoted parts carefully and answer the questions in English.Write your answer in the corresponding space on the answer sheet.41.“Her eyes met his and he looked away.He neither believed nor diXelieved her,but he knew thathe had made a mistake in asking;he never had known,never would know,what she was thinking.The sight of her inscrutable face,the thought of all the hundreds of evenings he had seen her sitting there like that,soft and passive,but so unreadable, unknown, enraged him beyond measure.〞Questions:A.Identify the writer and the work.B.What does the phrase “inscrutable face〞meanC.What idea does the quoted passage express42.“And when I am formulated,sprawling on a pin,When I am pinned and wriggling on the wall.Then how should beginTo spit out all the butt-ends of my days and ways.〞Questions:A.Identify the poem and the poet.B.What does the phrase “butt-ends〞meanC.What idea does the quoted passage express43.“God knows,…I'm not myself—I'm somebody else—…and I'm changed,and I can't tell what'smy name,or who I am.〞Questions:A.Identify the work and the author.B.The speaker says he is changed.Do you think he is changed, or the social environment haschangedC.What idea does the quoted sentence express44.“I shall be telling this with a sighSomewhere ages and ages hence:Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—I took the one less traveled by,And that has made all the difference.〞Questions:A.Idenfity the poem and the poet.B.What does the phrase “ages and ages hence〞meanC.What idea does the quoted passage expressⅢ.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 sheet.45.As a rule,an allegory is story in verse or prose with a double meaning: a surface meaning,and animplied meaning.List two works as examples of allegory.What is an allegory usually concerned with by its implied meaning46.Inspiration for the romantic approach initially came from two great shapers of thought.Who arethe twoAnd what ideas they expressed inspire the romantic writers47.The white whale,Moby Dick,is the most important symbol in Melville's novel.What symbolicmeaning can you draw from it48.Nature is a philosophic work, in which Emerson gives an explicit discussion on his idea of theQversoul.What is your understanding of Emersonian “Oversoul〞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.How is Romanticism different from NeoclassicismProvide brief evidence from the literaryworks you know best.50.Summerize the story of Mark twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn in about 100words,and comment on the theme of the novel.全国202X年4月高等教育自学考试英美文学选读真题答案课程代码：00604Ⅰ.Multiple Choice(40 points in all,1 for each)1.B2.D3.C4.C5.D6.A7.B8.B9.A 10.C11.D 12.D 13.D 14.D 15.B16.B 17.D 18.C 19.A 20.A21.D 22.B 23.B 24.A 25.A26.C 27.B 28.A 29.C 30.C31.C 32.D 33.C 34.D 35.D36.A 37.A 38.A 39.C 40.BⅡ.Reading Comprehension (16 points, 4 for each)41.A.John Galasworthy:The Man of Property.B.A face does not show any emotion or reaction so that it is impossible to know how thatperson is feeling or what he is thinking about.C.it presents the inner mind of Soames in face of his wife's coldness.He can never knowwhat is on his wife's mind because the makeup of his and her mentality is different. Hiswife Irene, whose mind is romantically inclined, is disgusted with her huXand'spossessiveness. Being unable to read his wife's mind is as good as saying that he reallycan't regard her as his property- this is the very reason why he is enraged beyondmeasure.42.A.T.S.Eliot:“The Love Song of J.Alfred Pruforck.〞B.The ends of cigarettes,meaning trivial things here.C.Here,Prufrock's inability to do anything against the society he is in is made strikinglyclear by using a sharp comparison .Prufrock imagines himself as a kind of insect pinnedon the wall and struggling in vain to get free.This image vividly shows Prufrock's currentpredicament.43.A.Washington Irving:“Rip Van Winkle〞.B.The social environment is changed.C.When Rip is back home after a period of 20 years,he finds thta everything has changed.Allthose old values are gone,and he can hardly feel at home in a changed society.One of thefunctions that Rip serves in the story is to provide a measuring stick for change. It isthrough him that Irving drives home the theme that a desire for change,improvement,andprogress could subvert stable society.44.A.Robert Frost:“The Road Not Taken〞.B.Many many years later.C.The speaker is telling his experience of making the choice of the roads.But he isconscious of the fact that his choice will have made all the difference in his life.Heseems to be giving a suggestion to the reader.“Make good choice of your life.〞Ⅲ.Questions and Answers (24 points in all,6 for each)45.A.Buyan's pilgrim's Progress and Spenser's The Faerie Queene.B.It is usually concerned with moral ,religious,political,symbolic or mythical ideas.46.A.The French philosopher,Jean Jacques Rousseau and the German writer Johna Wolfgan vonGoethe.B.It is Rousseau who established the cult of the individual and championed the freedom of thehuman spirit;his famous announcement was “I felt before I thought.〞Goethe and hiscompatriots extolled the romantic spirit.47.A.To Ahab,the whale is either an evil creature itself or the agent of an evil force that controlsthe universe,or perhaps both.B.To Ishmale,the whale is an astonishing force,an immense power,which defies rationalexplanation due to a sense of mystery it carries. It is beautiful,but malignant at the same time.It also represents the tremendous organic vitality of the universe,for it has a life force that surges onward irresistibly, impervious to the desires or wills of men.C.As to the reader, the whale can be viewed as a symbol of the physical limits that lifeimposes upon man. It may also be regarded as a symbol of nature, or an instrument of God's vengeance upon evil man. In general,the multiplicity and ambivalence of the symbolic meaning of the whale is such that it becomes a source of intense speculation, an object or profound curiosity for the reader.48.A.The Oversoul is believed to be an all-pervading power for goodness,omnipresent andomnipotent from which all things come and of which all are a part. It exists in nature andman alike and constitutes the chief element of the universe.B.According to Emerson,it is a supreme reality of mind, a spiritual unity of all beings, and areligion regarded as an emotional communication between an individual soul and theuniversal Over-soul of which it is a part.C.He holds that intuition is a more certain way of knowing than reason and that the mindcould intuitively perceive the existence of the Oversoul and of certain absolutes.Ⅳ.Topic Discussion (20 points in all, 10 for each)49.a.Neoclassicists upheld that artistic ideals should be order,logic,restrained emoticon andaccuracy,and that literature,should be judged in terms of its service to humanity,and thus,literary expressions should be of proportion,unity,harmony and grace.Pope's An Essay on Criticism advocates grace,wit (usually though satire/humour),and simplicity in language(and the poem itself is a demonstration of those ideals,too);Fielding's Tom Jones helped establish the form of novel;Gray's “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard' displays elegance in style,unified structure,serious tone and moral instructions.b.Romanticists tended to see the individual as the very center of all experience,includingart,and thus,literary work should be “spontaneous overflow of strong feelings,〞and no matter how fragmentary those experiences were (Wordsworth's “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud,〞or “The Solitary Reaper,) or Coleridge's “Keble Khan〞),the value of the work lied in the accuracy of presenting those unique feelings and particular attitudes.c.In a word, Neoclassicism emphasized rationality and form but Romanticism attached greatimportance to the individual's mind (emotion, imagination, temporary experience…)50.A.Mark Twain's novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a Sequa to The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.The Story takes place along the Mississippi River before the Civil War in the United States, around 1850.Along the river, floats a small raft, with two people on it; One is an ignorant,uneducated black slave named Jim and the other is little uneducated outcast white boy about the age of thirteen, called Huckleberry Finn or Huck Finn.The novel relates the story of the escape of Jim from slavery and ,more important, how Huck Finn, floating along with Jim and helping him as best he could, changes his mind ,his prejudice, about Black people, and comes to accept Jim as a man and as a close friends as well.During their journey, they experience a series of adventures:coming across two frauds, the “Duke〞and the “King〞,witnessing the lynching and murder of a harmless drunkard, being lost in a fog and finally Tom's coming to rescue.B. The theme of the novel may be best summed in a word “freedom〞: Huck wants to escape fromthe bond of civilization and Jim wants to escape from the yoke of slavery. Mark Twain uses the raft's journey down the Mississippi River to express his thematic contrasts between innocence and experience, nature and culture, wilderness and civilization.全国202X年4月自学考试英美文学选读真题答案课程代码：00604Ⅰ.Multiple Choice(40 points in all,1 for each)1.B2.D3.C4.C5.D6.A7.B8.B9.A 10.C11.D 12.D 13.D 14.D 15.B16.B 17.D 18.C 19.A 20.A21.D 22.B 23.B 24.A 25.A26.C 27.B 28.A 29.C 30.C31.C 32.D 33.C 34.D 35.D36.A 37.A 38.A 39.C 40.BⅡ.Reading Comprehension (16 points, 4 for each)41.A.John Galasworthy:The Man of Property.B.A face does not show any emotion or reaction so that it is impossible to know how that person is feeling or what he is thinking about.C.it presents the inner mind of Soames in face of his wife's coldness.He can never know what is on his wife's mind because the makeup of his and her mentality is different. His wife Irene, whose mind is romantically inclined, is disgusted with her huXand's possessiveness. Being unable to read his wife's mind is as good as saying that he really can't regard her as his property- this is the very reason why he is enraged beyond measure.42.A.T.S.Eliot:“The Love Song of J.Alfred Pruforck.〞B.The ends of cigarettes,meaning trivial things here.C.Here,Prufrock's inability to do anything against the society he is in is made strikingly clear by using a sharp comparison .Prufrock imagines himself as a kind of insect pinned on the wall and struggling in vain to get free.This image vividly shows Prufrock's current predicament.43.A.Washington Irving:“Rip Van Winkle〞.B.The social environment is changed.C.When Rip is back home after a period of 20 years,he finds thta everything has changed.Allthose old values are gone,and he can hardly feel at home in a changed society.One of the functions that Rip serves in the story is to provide a measuring stick for change. It is through him that Irving drives home the theme that a desire for change,improvement,and progress could subvert stable society.44.A.Robert Frost:“The Road Not Taken〞.B.Many many years later.C.The speaker is telling his experience of making the choice of the roads.But he is conscious of the fact that his choice will have made all the difference in his life.He seems to be giving a suggestion to the reader.“Make good choice of your life.〞Ⅲ.Questions and Answers (24 points in all,6 for each)45.A.Buyan's pilgrim's Progress and Spenser's The Faerie Queene.B.It is usually concerned with moral ,religious,political,symbolic or mythical ideas.46.A.The French philosopher,Jean Jacques Rousseau and the German writer Johna Wolfgan von Goethe.B.It is Rousseau who established the cult of the individual and championed the freedom of the human spirit;his famous announcement was “I felt before I thought.〞Goethe and his compatriots extolled the romantic spirit.47.A.To Ahab,the whale is either an evil creature itself or the agent of an evil force that controls the universe,or perhaps both.B.To Ishmale,the whale is an astonishing force,an immense power,which defies rational explanation due to a sense of mystery it carries. It is beautiful,but malignant at the same time. It also represents the tremendous organic vitality of the universe,for it has a life force that surges onward irresistibly, impervious to the desires or wills of men.C.As to the reader, the whale can be viewed as a symbol of the physical limits that life imposes upon man. It may also be regarded as a symbol of nature, or an instrument of God's vengeance upon evil man. In general,the multiplicity and ambivalence of the symbolic meaning of the whale is such that it becomes a source of intense speculation, an object or profound curiosity for the reader.48.A.The Oversoul is believed to be an all-pervading power for goodness,omnipresent and omnipotent from which all things come and of which all are a part. It exists in nature and manalike and constitutes the chief element of the universe.B.According to Emerson,it is a supreme reality of mind, a spiritual unity of all beings, and a religion regarded as an emotional communication between an individual soul and the universal Over-soul of which it is a part.C.He holds that intuition is a more certain way of knowing than reason and that the mind could intuitively perceive the existence of the Oversoul and of certain absolutes.Ⅳ.Topic Discussion (20 points in all, 10 for each)49.a.Neoclassicists upheld that artistic ideals should be order,logic,restrained emoticon and accuracy,and that literature,should be judged in terms of its service to humanity,and thus,literary expressions should be of proportion,unity,harmony and grace.Pope's An Essay on Criticism advocates grace,wit (usually though satire/humour),and simplicity in language(and the poem itself is a demonstration of those ideals,too);Fielding's Tom Jones helped establish the form of novel;Gray's “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard' displays elegance in style,unified structure,serious tone and moral instructions.b.Romanticists tended to see the individual as the very center of all experience,including art,and thus,literary work should be “spontaneous overflow of strong feelings,〞and no matter how fragmentary those experiences were (Wordsworth's “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud,〞or “The Solitary Reaper,) or Coleridge's “Keble Khan〞),the value of the work lied in the accuracy of presenting those unique feelings and particular attitudes.c.In a word, Neoclassicism emphasized rationality and form but Romanticism attached great importance to the individual's mind (emotion, imagination, temporary experience…) 50.A.Mark Twain's novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a Sequa to The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.The Story takes place along the Mississippi River before the Civil War in the United States, around 1850.Along the river, floats a small raft, with two people on it; One is an ignorant,uneducated black slave named Jim and the other is little uneducated outcast white boy about the age of thirteen, called Huckleberry Finn or Huck Finn.The novel relates the story of the escape of Jim from slavery and ,more important, how Huck Finn, floating along with Jim and helping him as best he could, changes his mind ,his prejudice, about Black people, and comes to accept Jim as a man and as a close friends as well.During their journey, they experience a series of adventures:coming across two frauds, the “Duke〞and the “King〞,witnessing the lynching and murder of a harmless drunkard, being lost in a fog and finally Tom's coming to rescue.B. The theme of the novel may be best summed in a word “freedom〞: Huck wants to escape from the bond of civilization and Jim wants to escape from the yoke of slavery. Mark Twain uses the raft's journey down the Mississippi River to express his thematic contrasts between innocence and experience, nature and culture, wilderness and civilization.。
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（完整版）《英美文学》练习题库及答案I Of the four alternative answer, choose the one that would best complete the statement:1. Benjamin Franklin was born in the family of a small ___________ .A. LandlordB. merchantC. lawyerD. clergyman2. Ralph Waldo Emerson 'asdilneg reputation began with the publication of ___________ .A. EssaysB. NatureC. OversoulD. Self-Relience3. Ellen Poe was both a poet and a ____________________ .A. dramatistB. essayist C actor D. fiction writer.4. Nathaniel Hawthorne ' s view of man and human history originates in __________________ .A. PuritanismB. SocialismC. TranscendentalismD. naturalism5. Walt Whitman was born and brought up in a family of a _____________ .A. PeasantB. carpenterC. captainD. printer6. Mark Twain ' s first successful literary work is _____________________________ .A. The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras CountyB. Life on the MississippiC. The Adventure of Tom SawyerD. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn7. Closely related to Emily Dickinson ' s religious poetry are her poems concerning ________________A. ChildhoodB.youth and happinessC. lonelinessD. death and immortality8. Among the works of Dreiser, the bet known to the Chinese readers is _______________ .A. An American TragedyB. Sister CarrieC. Th FinancierD. The Titan9. Robert Frost ' s works mainly focus on the landscape and people in ___________________ .A. the WestB. American SouthC. New EnglandD. Mississippi10. Most of the plays Eugene O l w 'roNt e ilare ______________________ .A. comediesB. . romancesC. historical plays D tragedies11. Scott Fitzgerald is often acclaimed literary spokesman of the ____________________ .A. modern timeB. young AmericansC. Jazz AgeD. Guilded Age12. ____________________________ is Hemingway ' smasterpiece, which is about the old fishermanSantiago and his losing battle with a giant marlin.A. Farewell to ArmsB. For whom the Bell TollsC. The Sun Also RisesD. The Old Man and The Sea13. As a great fiction writer, William Faulker devotes most of his works to the description of the life and the people in the _______________________________ .A. American WestB. New England in AmericaC. American SouthD. American North14. When he was young, Benjamin Franklin became an apprentice in a ________________ .A. printing houseB. storeC. Tailor ' s shopD. factory15. Ralph Emerson was born in a family of a ___________________ .A. merchantB. businessmanC. clergymanD. writer16. Ellen Poe began his literary career by writing _________________ ;A. short storiesB. playsC. essaysD. poems17. According to Nathaniel Hawthorne, there is ________ in every hearer, which may remain latent, perhaps,英美文学》练习测试题库及答案本科through the whole life; but circumstances may rouse it to activity.A. evilB. virtueC. kindn essD. tragedy18. Whitman is radically innovative in term of form of his poetry. What he prefers for his new subjects and new feeli ngs is ____________ .A. bla nk verseB. free verseC. heroic coupletD. sonnet19. Mark Twain shaped the world ' s view of America and made a comb in ati on of serious literature and _______A. America n folk humorB. En glish folkloreC. America n traditi onal valuesD. funny jokes20. Altogether, Emily Dick inson wrote ____ poems, of which only sever n had appeared duri ng her lifetime.A. 1145B. 1775C. 897D. 78521. Theodore Dreiser is gen erally ack no wledged as one of America' s literaryA. realistsB. n aturalistsC. roma ntistsD. modernists 22. In Frost ' s poems, images and metaphors in his poems are drawn from ___________________A. the simple country lifeB. the urba n lifeC. the life on the seaD. the adve ntures and trips23. Scott Fitzgerald never spared an intimate touch in his fiction to deal with the bankruptcy of the24. Eugene O ' Neill is regarded as the founder of American _____________________ .A. poetryB. dramaC. ficti onD. literature25. _________________ is Hemingway ' s masterpiece, which tellsa story about the tragic love of a woundecAmerican soldier with a British nurse.C. For Whom the Bell Tolls 26. William Faulk ner was born ina family of a ______________________ .A. mercha ntB. colonelC. man agerD. doctor27. In his essays, ______ p ut forward his philosophy of the over soul, the importa nt of the In dividual and Nature.A. Natha niel HawthorneB. Washi ngton IrvingC. Mark Twai nD. Ralph Waldo Emers on28. The chief spokesma n of New En gla nd Transcenden talism is _______A. Natha niel HawthorneB. Ralph Waldo Emers onC. Henry David ThoreauD. Wash ington Irvi ng29. _____ l iterary world turns out to be a most disturbed, tormented and problematical one, which has much to do with his black” vision of life and human beings.A. Herma n Melville'sB. Washi ngton Irvi ng'sC. Nathaniel Hawthorne'sD. Walt Whitman s30. Most of the poems in ____ sing of the en-masse and the self as well.A. Leaves of GrassB. Drum TapsC. North of Bost onD. The Can tos31. In ____ , Whitma n airs his sorrow at Preside nt Lin colnsdeath.A. Cavalry Crossing a FordB. A Pact ”C. When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom 'dD. There was a Child Went Forth ”A. America n DreamB. ruli ng classes B. America n Capitalists D.America n bourgeoisieA. A Farewell to ArmsB. The Sun Also RisesD. In Our Time32.In ___ , Whitman's own early experience may well be identified with the childhood of a young growingAmerica.A. “A Pact”B. “Song of Myself ”C. “There was a Child Went Forth”D. “Cavalry Crossing a Ford”33.In _____ , Hawthorne sets out to prove that everyone possesses some evil secret.A. “The Custom-House”B. “Young Goodman Brown”C. “Rappaccini's Daughter”D. “The Birthmark"34. _____ is called by Hemingway the one from which“all modern American literature c omes”.A. The adventures of Huckleberry FinnB. The Adventures of Tom aSwyerC. The Gilded AgeD. Life on the Mississippi35. Theodore Dreiser's forgiving treatment of the career of his heroine in ____ also draws heavily upon thenaturalistic understanding of sexuality.A McTeague B. An American Tragedy C. Sister Carri e D. The Genius36. _____ is a great giant of American, whom H.L.Mencken considers “the true father of our nationalliterature.”A. Henry JamesB. Washington IrvingC. Mark TwainD. Theodore Dreiser37. _____ is usually regarded as a classic book written for boys about their particular horrors and joys.A. The Adventures of Tom SawyerB. The Adventures of Huckleberry FinnC. Innocents AbroadD. Life on the Mississippi38. _____ is described by Mark Twain as a boy with“a sound heart and a deformed conscienc”e.A. Tom SawyerB. Huckleberry FinnC. JimD.Tony39. _______ is considered to be Theodore Dreise'sr greatest work.A. An American TragedyB. Sister CarrieC. The FinancierD. The Titan40. The leading playwright of the modern period in American literature, if not the most successful in all hisexperiments, is ______A. Arthur MillerB. Tennessee WilliamC. George Bernard ShawD. Eugene O'Neil41. The well- known soliloquy by Hamlet “ T o be , or not to be ' shows hisA. hatred for his uncleB. love for lifeC. resolution of revengeD. inner- strife42. _______ is a play that concerns the problem of modern ma'sn identity.A. The Hairy ApeB. Long Day's Journey Into NightC. The Iceman ComethD. The Emperor Jones43.In a tragic sense, ______ is a representation of life as a struggle against unconquerable forces in whichonly a partial victory is possible.A. For Whom the Bell TollsB. In Our TimeC. The Old Man and the SeaD. A Farewell to Arms44. Faulkner once said that _________ is a story of “ lost innocence,'which proves itself to be andintensification of the theme of imprisonment in the past.A. The Sound and the FuryB. Light in AugustC. Go Down, MosesD. Absalom, Absalom! 45.In A Rose for Emily, Faulkner makes best use of the __________________________ devices in narration.A. RomanticB. RealisticC. GothicD. Modernist46. _____ is Hemingway's first true novel in which he depictsa vivid portrait of “The lost Generation.”A. The Sun Also RisesB. A Farewell to ArmsC. In Our TimeD. For Whom the Bell Tolls47. The only dramatist ever to win a Nobel Prize was _________ .A. Bernard ShawB. Eugene O'NeilC. Richard Brinsley SheridanD. William Shakespeare48. __________________________ By means of “free verse,” believes that he has turned the poem into anopen field, an area of vitalpossibility where the reader can allow his own imagination to play.A. Emily DickinsonB. Walt WhitmanC. Robert FrostD. Ezra Pound49. An eccentric woman who refuses to accept the passageoftime, or the inevitable change and loss thataccompanies it may probably refer to ______ .A. Irene in The Man of PropertyB. Emily in A Rose for EmilyC. Catherine in Wuthering HeightsD. the widow Douglas in Adventures of Huckleberry Finn50. One source of evil that Nathaniel Hawthorne is concerned most is overreaching intellect. Which of the following stories is one of this kind?A. Rappaccini's DaughterB. Young Goodman BrownC. The Minister's Black VeilD. The Birthmark51. “In your rocking-chair, by your window, shall you dream such happiness as you may never feel. ”This is the last sentence of __________ .A. Sister CarrieB. An American TragedyC. The GeniusD. Jane Eyre 52.In Walt Whitman's “There was a Child Went Forth”, the child refers to _________________________________________ .A. the poet himself as a childB. any American childC. the young AmericaD. one of the poet's neighbor53. The ______ techniques are used in some of Eugene O'Neil 's plays to highlight the theatrical effect of therupture between the two sides of an individual human being, the private and the public.A. naturalisticB. expressionisticC. stream-of-consciousnessD. metaphysical54. Which of the following is true as far as Emily Dickinson 's poetry is concerned? A. She seldom uses dashes.B. All her poems are about death or immorality.C. Her poems are very personal and meditativeD. Her poems usually have well-chosen titles. 55.In his poems, Whitman tends to use ___________________ .A. oral EnglishB. the King 's EnglishC. American EnglishD. old English56. As far as Nathaniel Hawthorne's art is concerned, which of the following statement is true? A. His The Scarlet Letter tells a love story.B. His art is deeply influenced by Puritanism because he was a puritan himself.C. Young Goodman Brownis a story about superstition.D. Ambiguity is one of the salient characteristics of his art.57. “I like to see it lap the Miles—And lick the Valleys up —And stop to feed itself at Tanks—And the n ---- ” (Emily Dick inson, “like to see it lap the Miles—)Here “it” refers to _____ .A. loveB. deathC. a flyD. the train58. Which of the following statements concerning Theodore Dreise'rs style is correct?A. Dreiser'sCowperwood trilogy includes The Financier, The Titan and The GeniusB. His novels have little detail descriptions of characters and events.C. His novels are written in refined language.D. His style is not polished but very serious.59. ____ has long been well known as a poet who can hardly be classified with the old or the new.A. Ezra PoundB. Robert Lee FrostC. T. S. EliotD. Emily Dickinson60. F. Scott Fitzgerald skillfully employs the device of having events observe by ___________ to his greatadvantage.。
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1. 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 artistic creation.D. The speaker meditates on man's salvation.2. used narrative verse or prose to sing knightly adventures or other heroic deeds.A. SonnetB. RomanceC. NovelD. Drama3.The hero of romance was usually the , who set out a journey to accomplish some missions---to protect the church, to attack infidelity, to rescue a maiden，to meet a challenge, or to obey a knightly command.A. soldierB. poetC. knight（骑士）D. singer4. marked the beginning of Romanticism in English poetry.A. Wuthering HeightsB. A Red, Red RoseC. Lyrical Ballads （抒情歌谣集）D. Ode to the West Wind5. “So long as man can breathe or eyes can see,So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.’’This quotation is a .A. quatrainB. balladC. trimeterD. couplet（相连并押韵的两行诗，对句）6. “If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?” is an epigrammatic line from .A. She Walks in BeautyB. Ode to the West Wind（西风颂）C. The Solitary ReaperD. On the Seas and Far Away7. is the national epic of the Anglo-Saxon and English people.A. HamletB. BeowulfC. UtopiaD. Lyrical Ballads8. Which of the following is not included in the most famous four tragedies of William Shakespeare?A. HamletB. OthelloC. The Merchant of VeniceD. King Lear9. is the forerunner of English realistic novel, also the writer of the famous novel“Robinson Crusoe”.A. Henry FieldingB. Samuel RichardsonC. Daniel Defoe（笛福）D. Jonathan Swift10. Which of the following was not written by Ralph Waldo Emerson?A. The American Scholar（论美国学者）B. NatureC. Self-RelianceD. Walden（瓦尔登湖）11. He was called “ father of American Literature” and his stories “ Rip Van Winkle”and “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow”（睡谷的传说）are widely read even today.Who is he?A. Washington Irving（欧文）B. Sherwood AndersonC. Mark TwainD. Ernest Hemingway12. Generally speaking, which literary school was Mark Twain grouped into?A.romanticismB.realismC.naturalismD. post-modernism13. The major trend in American literature in the first half of the 19th century is .A. romanticismB. realismC. sentimentalismD. naturalism14. Who is usually acknowledged as the originator of detective fiction?A. Washington IrvingB. William Dean HowellsC. Mark TwainD. Edgar Allan Poe（埃德加·爱伦·坡）15. Which of the following is NOT true about Robert Burns?A. He wrote in Scottish dialect.B. He was a peasant poet.C. His language is plain.D. A Red Red Rose, Auld Lang Syne and The Song of Innencenc are his poems.16. In his poems, Walt Whitman is innovative（创新的）in the terms of the form of his poetry, which is called “.”A. free verse(自由诗体)B. blank verseC. alliterationD. end rhyming17.The five“I”s in Romanticism is: Imagination, Intuition, Idealism, .A. integrality and InspirationB. Inspiration and IndividualityC. Individuality and integralityD. integrality and Industry18.I Died for Beauty was written by ?A. Walt WhitmanB. Emily Dickinson（艾米丽狄金森）C. Robert FrostD. Stephen Crane19. Which literary school was Charles Dickens generally grouped into?A. The English Critical Realism of the Nineteenth CenturyB. The English Realistic School of the Eighteenth CenturyC. The English Romanticism of the Nineteenth CenturyD. The English Modernism of the Twentieth Century20. Which of the following was not written by Thomas Hardy?A. Tess of D’UrbervilleB. Far from the Madding CrowdC. Jude the ObscureD. The Forsyte Saga21. American literature is based on a myth, that is, the Biblical myth of .A. GenesisB. the Garden of EdenC. the Deliverance from SlaveryD. Song of Songs22. Among four of the following writers , who was the author of Invisible Man?A.Ralph Waldo EllisonB. Richard Wright(1908-1960ngston HughesD. Frederick Douglass23. is the national epic of the Anglo-Saxon and English people.A. HamletB. UtopiaC. BeowulfD. Lyrical Ballads24. Utopia was written by .A. Thomas MoreB. John MiltonC. John KeatsD. Ben Johnson25. “So long as man can breathe or eyes can see,So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.’’This quotation is taken from “”.A. She Walks in BeautyB. Ode to the West WindC. The Solitary ReaperD. Sonnet 18 by William Shakespeare26. “If W inter comes, can Spring be far behind?” is an epigrammatic line from .A. She Walks in BeautyB. Ode to the West WindC. The Solitary ReaperD. On the Seas and Far Away27. The hero of romance was usually the , who set out a journey to accomplish some missions---to protect the church, to attack infidelity, to rescue a maiden，to meet a challenge, or to obey a knightly command.A. soldierB. poetC. knightD. singer28. Which of the following is a comedy by William Shakespeare?A. HamletB. OthelloC. The Merchant of VeniceD. King Lear29. is the forerunner of English realistic novel, also the writer of the famous novel“Robinson Crusoe”.A. Henry FieldingB. Samuel RichardsonC. Daniel DefoeD. Jonathan Swift30. Which of the following was written by Henry David Thoreau?A. The American ScholarB. NatureC. Self-RelianceD. Walden31. He was called “ father of American Literature” and his stories “ Rip Van Winkle”and “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” are widely read even today.Who is he?A. Sherwood AndersonB. Washington IrvingC. Mark TwainD. Ernest Hemingway32. Generally speaking, which literary school was Mark Twain grouped into?A.romanticismB.realismC.naturalismD. post-modernism33. The major trend in American literature in the last decade of the 19th century was .A. romanticismB. modernismC. sentimentalismD. naturalism34. Who is usually acknowledged as the originator of detective fiction?A. Washington IrvingB. William Dean HowellsC. Mark TwainD. Edgar Allan Poe35. Which of the following is NOT true about Robert Burns?A. He wrote in Scottish dialect.B. He was a peasant poet.C. A Red Red Rose, Auld Lang Syne and The Solitary Reaper are his poems.D. His language is plain.36. Who wrote the famous short story The Triumph of the Egg?A. Sherwood AndersonB. Washington IrvingC. Mark TwainD. Ernest Hemingway37.Who wrote Catch-22 (1961) ——the first book to treat the absurdist theme with absurdist technique？A. Sherwood AndersonB. Ernest HemingwayC. Joseph HellerD. Thomas Pynch38.I Died for Beauty was written by ?A. Henry David ThoreauB. Emily DichinsonC. Robert FrostD. Stephen Crane39. Which literary school was Charles Dickens generally grouped into?A. The English Critical Realism of the Nineteenth CenturyB. The English Realistic School of the Eighteenth CenturyC. The English Romanticism of the Nineteenth CenturyD. The English Modernism of the Twentieth Century40. Poor Richard’s Alm anac was a calendar, which includes a large amount of information about weather, astronomy, puzzles, mathematics, practical household, etc. It was written by .A. Washington IrvingB. Jonathan EdwardsC. Thomas JeffersonD. Benjamin Franklin41. “Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines.”The underlined phrase refers to .A. black holeB. the sunC. the moonD. the star42. was categorized into the group of dark romanticism. He believed that there was evil in every human heart, which might remain latent, perhaps, through the whole life; but circumstance might rouse it to activity.A. Ralph Waldo EmersonB. Hermen MelvilleC. Nathaniel HawthorneD. Edgar Allan Poe43. Renaissance originated in in the 14th century and later spread throughout Europe until the 17th century.A. ItalyB. GermanC. BritainD. Greece44. As a philosophical and literary movement, the main issues involved in the debate of Transcendentalism are generally concerning .A. nature, man and the universeB. the relationship between man and womanC. the development of Romanticism in American literatureD. the cold, rigid rationalism of Unitarianism45. Who was called “father of American Literature” ? His stories “ Rip Van Winkle” and “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” are widely read even today.A. Washington IrvingB. Sherwood AndersonC. Mark TwainD. Ernest Hemingway46. In the title Vanity Fair, “Fair” means.A. town B market C. place D. equality47. is the national epic of the Anglo-Saxon and English people.A. HamletB. BeowulfC. UtopiaD. Lyrical Ballads48. believes that the chief aim of literary creation is beau ty, and “the death of a beautiful woman is, unquestionably, the most poetical topic in the world.”A. Walt WhitmanB. Edgar Allen PoeC. Anne BradstreetD. Ralph Waldo Emerson49. Idealized figures most often appear in .A. Romantic poetryB. Renaissance dramaC. Enlightenment literatureD. Victorian novels50. employs the language of common man in literary writing.A. Thomas HardyB. Emily Bronte.C. William WordsworthD. John Milton51. Hester Prynne, Dimmesdale .Chillingworth and Pearl are most likely characters in .A. The House of the Seven GablesB. The Scarlet LetterC. T he Portrait of a LadyD. The Pioneers52. The Victorian Age witnessed the perfection of in the hands of Thackeray and Dickens.A. poetryB. dramaC. novelD. epic53. All the following issues EXCEPT were emphasized by the British Romantic writers.A. individual feelingsB. idea of survival of the fittestC. strong imaginationD. return to nature54. “Where thoughts serenely sweet express / How pure, how dear their dwelling-place”. The underlined part means .A. beautyB. wisdomC. brainD. heart55. All of the following poets are regarded as “Lake Poets” EXCEPT .A. Samuel Taylor ColeridgeB. Robert SoutheyC. William WordsworthD. William Blake56. Which of the following is NOT the virtue that Franklin enumerated in his The Autobiography?A. TemperanceB. Humanity (Humility)C. FrugalityD. Immoderation57. Renaissance was the humanistic revival of classical art, architecture, literature, and learning that originated in Italy in the 14th century and later spread throughout Europe until the 17th century. The underlined word means .A GreekB GermanC oldD Greek and Roman58. Didactic and satirical literature was dominant in the .A. RenaissanceB. Age of EnlightenmentC. Victorian Age D age of Romanticism59. “So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see, / So long lives this, and this gives l ife to thee.”(Shakespeare, Sonnets 18) What does “this” refer to ?A. LoveB. PoetryC. SummerD. Time60. Which of the following was not written by Thomas Hardy?A. Tess of D’UrbervilleB. Far from the Madding CrowdC. Jude the ObscureD. The Forsyte Saga练习题：1. Shakespeare's complete works include .A. 37 plays, 4 tragedies and 154 sonnets.B .154 plays, 2 narrative poems and 37 sonnets.C. 37 plays, 2 narrative poems and 154 sonnets.D. 73 plays, 4 tragedies, and 154 sonnets.6. “All good poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings” is a declarative statement taken from .A. The Solitary ReaperB. Lyrical BalladsC. She Walks in BeautyD. On the Seas and Far Away10. Which of the following was written by Henry David Thoreau?A. The American ScholarB. NatureC. Self-RelianceD. Walden17. By the 7th century the small kingdoms on the British Island were combined called England, or the land of .A. BritonsB. AnglesC. SaxonsD. Jutes19. He was founder and great master of the historical novel in British literature, and whose death marks the ending of Romantic Period in Britain. Who was he?A. George Gordon ByronB. Thomas MoreC. John KeatsD. Walter Scott20. Which of the following was not written by Thomas Hardy?A. Tess of D’UrbervilleB. Far from the Madding CrowdC. Jude the ObscureD. The Forsyte Saga2. In 1798, together with , William Wordsworth published Lyrical Ballads,which marked the break with 18th century classicism and the beginning of romanticism in English poetry.A. Samuel Taylor ColeridgeB. Robert BurnsC. John KeatsD. William Blake7. David Copperfield(1850) is, to a certain extent, an autobiographical novel by .A. Henry FieldingB. Charles DickensC. Daniel DefoeD. Jonathan Swift8. Which of the following plays is a comedy composed by William Shakespeare?A. HamletB. OthelloC. The Merchant of VeniceD. King Lear12. Generally speaking, which literary school was John Keats grouped into?A. romanticismB. realismC. naturalismD. post-modernism20. Poor Richard’s Almanac was a calendar, which includes a large amount of information about weather, astronomy, puzzles, mathematics, practical household, etc. It was written by .A. Washington IrvingB. Jonathan EdwardsC. Thomas JeffersonD. Benjamin Franklin1. The early inhabitants on the island we now called England were , a tribe of Celts. From the Britons the island got its name of Britain, the land of Britons.A. BritonsB. AnglesC. SaxonsD. Jutes2. Paradise Lost (1667) was written by .A. Thomas MoreB. John MiltonC. John KeatsD. Ben Johnson3. , founder of modern science, his New Instrument (1602) tells some of the secrets of the inductive method of reasoning, and Of Studies is one of his most famous essays.A. Thomas MoreB. John MiltonC. Francis BaconD. Ben Johnson10. believes that the chief aim of literary creation is be auty, and “the death of a beautiful woman is, unquestionably, the most poetical topic in the world.”A. Walt WhitmanB. Ralph Waldo EmersonC. Anne BradstreetD. Edgar Allen Poe11. Idealized figures most often appear in .A. Romantic poetryB. Renaissance dramaC. Enlightenment literatureD. Victorian novels12. It is publicly believed that employs the language of common man in his literary writing.A. Thomas HardyB. Ben JohnsonC. William WordsworthD. John Milton14. Vanity Fair is Thackeray’s masterpiece. The book takes its title from that fair described in .A. John Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s ProgressB. Thomas More’s UtopiaC. John Milton’s Paradise LostD. William Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice16. Which of the following is NOT included in the virtues that Franklin enumerated in his The Autobiography?A. TemperanceB. HumilityC. FrugalityD. Immoderation19. “So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see, / So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.”(Shakespeare, Sonnets 18) What does “this” refer to ?A. LoveB. PoetryC. SummerD. Time20. A Red, Red Rose was written in “”, i.e., in each stanza the odd-numbered lines are iambic tetrameters.A. dramaB. English sonnetC. ballad metreD. monologue。
美国文学期末试卷B卷及答案
美国⽂学期末试卷B卷及答案《美国⽂学》期末考试试卷（B 卷）适⽤班级考试时间 120 分钟学院班级学号姓名Ⅰ. Choose TEN of the following works and write the names ofthe authors. (10%)1. Poor Richard’s Almanac ( )2. The House of the Seven Gables ( )3. “Raven ” ( )4. My Antonia ( )5. Babbitt ( )6. A Streetcar Named Desire ( )7. Maggie: A Girl of the Streets ( )8. A Farewell to Arms ( )9. The Call of the Wild ( )10. Long Day's Journey into Night ( ) 11. Common Sense ( )12. “Rip Van Winkle ”( ) 13. Walden ( )14. The Song of Hiawatha ( ) 15. Uncle Tom ’s Cabin ( )16. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn ( ) 17. Sister Carrie () 18. The Waste Land ( ) 19. A Farewell to Arms () 20. The Great Gatsby ( ) Ⅱ. Choose FIVE of the following and fill in the blanks.(10%)1.defined poetry as the rhythmical creation of beauty.2.While working for the Virginia City Territorial Enterprise, Samuel LanghorneClemens adopted the pseudonym , the way of a boatman taking soundings, and meaning two fathoms.3.Ezra Pound initiated a campaign for , which emphasized the directtreatment of an object or situation. He also advocated the language of common speech, but always the exact word.4.Fitzgerald summarized the experiences and attitudes of the 1920s decade in hismasterpiece novel _________.5.is the first American to win the Nobel Prize for Literature for hisvigorous and graphic art of description and his ability to create, with wit and humor, new types of characters.6.The first of American literature was not written by an American, but by___________________, a British captain, who thus became the first American writer.7._________________ has been considered the “Father of modern American Poetry.\8._______________________was a great democratic poet. He is also the great poet to use the form of free verse.9._____________________is the first American lyric poet.10._______________________is also called novel of the road, it strings the incidents on the line of the hero’s travel.Ⅲ. Choose only one answer form the four choices as the mostappropriate answer. (30%)1. In American literature, the eighteenth century was the age of the Enlightenment,_______________ was the dominant spirit.A. HumanismB. RationalismC. RevolutionD. Evolution2. Who was considered as the “Poet of American Revolution”?A. Michael WigglesworthB. Edward TaylorC. Anne BradstreetD. Philip Freneau3. The finest example of Hawthorne’s symbolism is the recreation of Puritan Boston in _______.A. The Scarlet LetterB. Young Goodman BrownC. The Marble FaunD. The Ambitious Guest4. ____________ was the most leading spirit of the Transcendental Club.A. ThoreauB. EmersonC. HawthorneD. Whitman5. Choose the work NOT written by Mark Twain.A. The Adventures of Tom SawyerB. Innocents AbroadC. Life on the MississippiD. The Rise of Silas Lapham6. Which is regarded as the “Declaration of Intellectual Independence”?A. The American ScholarB. English TraitsC. The Conduct of LifeD. Representative Men7. Melville’s ____________________ is an encyclopedia o f everything, history,philosophy, religion, etc, in addition to a detailed account of the operations of the whaling industry.A. The Old Man and the SeaB. Moby DickC. White JacketD. Billy Budd8. American literature produced only one female poet during the nineteenth century. Thiswas ___________.A. Anne BradstreetB. Jane AustenC. Emily DickinsonD. Harriet Beecher9. The main theme of _______________ The Art of Fiction reveals his literary credo that representation of life should be the main object of the novel.A. Henry James’B. William Dean Howells’C. Mark Twain’sD. O. Henry’s10. ___________ showed great interest in Chinese literature and translated the poetry ofLi Po into English, and was influenced by Confucian ideas.A. Ezra PoundB. Robert FrostC. T. S. EliotD. E. E. Cummings11. With William Dean Howells, Henry James, and Mark Twain active on the scene,_______ became the major trend in the seventies and eighties of the nineteenth century.A. sentimentalismB. romanticismC. realismD. naturalism12. Ezra Pound's long poem____________ contained more than one hundred poems loosely connected.A. The Waste LandB. The CantosC. Don JuanD. Queen Mab13. In Paris, Ernest Hemingway, along with _____________, accomplished a revolution in literary style and language.A. Gertrude SteinB. Ezra PoundC. James JoyceD. all of the above14. __________ tells the Joad family' s life from the time they were evicted from their farm in Oklahoma until their first winter in California.A. Of Mice and MenB. The Grapes of WrathC. The Great GatsbyD. For Whom the Bell Tolls15. The two areas on which the modem American writers concentrated their criticism were the failures of American society and ___________ .A. the failure of communication among AmericansB. the economic depressionC. the extreme prosperity of AmericaD. the paradise of New LandIV. Choose TEN of the following and decide whether thestatements are true or false. (10%)1 All his literary life, Hawthorne seemed to be haunted by his sense of sin and evil in life.2. Most of the poems in Leaves of Grass are about love and religion.3.The First World War led the American intellectuals to a bitter disillusionment.4. Hemingway’s works have someti mes been read as an essentially negative commentary on a modern world filled with sterility, failure, and death.5.Mark Twain’s regio n was the Deep South, with its bitter history of slavery, civil warand destruction.6. Ernest Hemingway developed a spare, tight, reportorial prose based on simple sentence structure and using a restricted vocabulary, precise imagery, and an impersonal, dramatic tone.7.John Steinbeck' s theme was usually that simple human virtues such as kindness andfair treatment were far superior to official hard-heartedness, or the dehumanizing cruelty of exploiters for their own commercial advantage.8. Short-lived, the Imagist movement failed to exert a tremendous influence on modernpoetry.9. Robert Frost won four Nobel Prizes in his life.10.In his novels, F. Scott Fitzgerald had revealed the stridency of an age of glitteringinnocence, he had portrayed the hollowness of the American worship of riches and the unending American dream of love, splendor and fulfilled desires.11.Of Plymouth Plantation was written by William Bradford.12.Realists thought highly of individual status and role in the world. The romanticistspreferred the innate or intuitive perception by the heart of man. They thought that man was essentially of goodwill, only the civilized society made him degenerate.They pointed out, the means to uproot evils and to save mankind was habits, and to return to “natural primitive state”.13.Deists believed in a Creator God, but rejected providence(Godly direction) andrevelation (divine will or Godly "truth")in favor of reason.14..President Lincoln praised Anne Bradstreet as “the little woman who wrote the bookthat made this great war.”15.Edgar Allan Poe wrote two poems both entitled “ To Helen”.16.The thinking of Locke, Hobbes, and Rousseau also greatly influenced the activethinking of Americans who became increasingly concerned with the possibility of building a government. Locke and Rousseau represented the impulse for a Jeffersonian democracy, and Hobbes represented the point of view, often expressed by Hamilton, of a strong central government.17.Hemingway, Pound, Cummings, Dos Passos, and Fitzgerald, belong to the school of“Beat Generation”.18.F. Scott Fitzgerald is called the leader and poet laureate of the Jazz Age who wrote thenovels of the Jazz Age.19.Yoknapatawpha saga is a name for John Steinbeck’s novels.” is a word Bryant borrowed from Greek meaning “meditation on death”. V. Choose THREE of the following fragments and answer the questions. (20%)Passage OneLo! in you brilliant window-nicheHow statue-like I see thee stand,The agate lamp within thy hand!Ah, Psyche, from the regions whichAre Holy-Land!Questions:1. This is the last stanza of a poem “To Helen”. Its writer is____________________.(1%)2. With whom is Helen associated in this stanza? (1%)3. How to appreciate the beauty of this poem? (3%)Passage 2I shall be telling this with a sighSomewhere ages and ages hence:Two roads diverged in a wood, and I-I took the one less traveled by,And that has made all the differenceQuestions:1. Who is the writer of this poem? (1%)2. What is the title of this poem? (1%)3. What kind of feeling does this stanza show? (3%)4. How do you appreciate this poem? (3%)Passage 3I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived. I did not wish to live what was not life, living is so dear; nor did I wish to practise resignation, unless it was quite necessary. I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life, to live so sturdily and Spartan-like as to put to rout all that was not life, to cut a broad swath and shave close, to drive life into a corner, and reduce it to its lowest terms, and, if it proved to be mean, why then to get the whole and genuine meanness of it, and publish its meanness to the world; or if it were sublime, to know it byexperience, and be able to give a true account of it in my next excursion. For most men, it appears to me, are in a strange uncertainty about it, whether it is of the devil or of God.Questions:1. This passage is taken from a famous work entitled _________ . (1%)2. The author of the work is____________ . (1%)3.List by yourself at least five reasons that the author gives for going to live in thewoods. (5%)Passage 4But, on one side of the portal（⼊⼝），and rooted almost at the threshold, was a wild rose-bush, covered, in this month of June, with its delicate gems, which might be imagined to offer their fragrance and fragile beauty to the prisoner as he went in, and to the condemned criminal as he came forth to his doom, in token that the deep heart of Nature could pity and be kind to him.Questions:1.This part is from the novel , written by . (2%)2.What does “the wild rose bush” symbolize according to your opinion? (5%) Passage 5Often I think of the beautiful townThat is seated by the sea;Often in thought go up and downThe pleasant streets of that dear old town,And my youth comes back to me.And a verse of a Lapland songIs haunting my memory still:"A boy's will is the wind's will,And the thoughts of youth are long, long thoughts." Questions:1.The stanza is taken from the poem________________?(1%)2.The author of the poem is____________ . (1%)3.The seventh line in each Stanza of this poem contains a key word, usually a verb, which sums up the feeling established in the stanza. What is the verb and what kind feeling that it conveys?(4%)Passage 6Thou hast an house on high erect,Framed by that mighty Architect,With glory richly furnished,Stands permanent though this be fled.It’s purchased and paid for tooBy Him who hath enough to do.Questions:1.This stanza is taken from the poem__________________________by____________.(2%)2.What is one’s real house according to the poet? (5%)VI. Choose TWO of the following and Comment on them. (20%)1. Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter. （10%）2. Emily Dickinson's “Because I Could not stop for Death”.（10%）3. Ralph Waldo Emerson’s Self-Reliance.（10%）《美国⽂学》期末考试试卷B卷答案暨评分标准适⽤班级060511-3 考试时间120 分钟Ⅰ. Choose TEN of the following works and write the names of the authors. (1*10=10%)1.Benjamin Franklin2.Nathaniel Hawthorne3.Edgar Allan Poe4.Willa Cather5.Sinclair Lewis6.Tennessee Williams7.Stephen Crane8.Ernest Hemingway9.Jack London10.Eugene O’Neill11.Thomas Paine12.Washington Irving13.Henry David Thoreau14.Henry Wadsworth Longfellow15.Harriet Beecher Stowe16.Mark Twin17.Theodore Dreiser18.T.S. Eliot19.Ernest Hemingway20.F. Scott FitzgeraldⅡ. Choose FIVE of the following and fill in the blanks. (2*5=10%)1.Edgar Allan Poe2.Mark Twain3.Imagism4.The Great Gatsby5.Sinclair Lewis6.John Smith7.Ezra Pound8.Walt Whitman9.William Cullen Bryant10.Picaresque novelⅢ. Choose only one answer form the four choices as the most appropriate answer. (2*15=30%)IV. Choose TEN of the following and decide whether the statements are true or false. (1*10=10%)V. Choose THREE of the following fragments and answer the questions. (20%)Passage 11.Edgar Allan Poe (1)2.Psyche (1)3.The beauty of form. （diction，rhyme and rhythm，rhetorical devices.）The beauty of content. (3)Passage 21.Robert Frost(1)2."Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening"(1)3.This poem is written in classic five-line stanzas, with the rhyme scheme a-b-a-a-b and conversational rhythm. The poem seems to be about the poet, walking in the woods in autumn, choosing which road he should follow on his walk. In reality, it concerns the important decisions which one must make in life, when one must give up one desirable thing in order to possess another. Then, whatever the outcome, one must accept the consequences of one' s choice for it is not possible to go back and have another chance to choose differently.4.In the poem, the poet hesitates for a long time, wondering which road to take, because they are both pretty. In the end, he follows the one which seems to have fewer travelers on it. Symbolically, he chose to follow an unusual, solitary life; perhaps he was speaking of his choice to become a poet rather than some commoner profession. But he always remembers the road which he might have taken, and which would have given him a different kind of life.Passage 31.Walden (1)2.Henry David Thoreau (1)3.Find the answer from the passage. (5)Passage 41.The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne.(2)2.life and liberty.(2)Passage 51.My Lost Youth.(1)2.Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1)3.“haunting" sums up the feeling that was begun earlier with "Often in thought"and "comes back to me" .(3)Passage 61.Upon the Burning of Our House, Anne Bradstreet.(2)2.One's real house is in heaven, built by the great architect, God. (2)VI. Choose TWO of the three passages and comment on them. (20%)1. Analyze Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter. （10%）2. Analyze Emily Dickinson's “Because I Could not stop for Death”.（10%）3. Ralph Waldo Emerson’s Self-Reliance.（10%）The score is given to the theme, (7) content (6) and writing style(7) of the work chosen.。
《英美文学》期末考试试卷附答案B卷
《英美文学》期末考试试卷附答案B卷一、单项选择题(70 points in all,2 for each)1. Shakespeare has established his giant position in world literature with his ______ plays, 154 sonnets and 2 long poems.A. 27B. 38C.47D. 522. john Milton’s literary achievement can be divided into three groups: the early poetic works, the middle prose pamphlets and the last ______.A. romancesB. dramasC. great poemsD. ballads3. The novels of ______ are the first literary works devoted to the study of problems of the lower —class people.A. John MiltonB. Daniel DefoeC. Henry FieldingD. Jonathan Swift4. The work ranked by many critics as William Wordswoth’s greatest work was ______.A. Lyrical BalladsB. The PreludeC. Poems in Two VolumesD. The Excursion5. The author of The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling is ______.A. Daniel DefoeB. Johathan SwiftC. Henry FieldingD. William Blake6. The works of ______ are famous for the depiction of the life of the middle —class women, particularly governess.*A. Charlotte BronteB. D.H. LawrenceC. Thomas HardyD. Jane Austen7. All of the following writings are created by William Wordsworth EXCEPT ______.A. “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud. ”B. “Composed upon Westminster Bridge, Septemer 3, 1802. ”C. “The Solitary Reaper. ”D. “The Chimney Sweeper. ”8. The most important representative work by Jonathan Swift is ______.A. A Tale of a TubB. The Battle of the BooksC. A Modest ProposalD. Gulliver's Travels9 “If winter comes, can Spring be far behind?”comes from Shelly’s ______.A. “To a Skylark”B. “Adonais”C. “Ode to Liberty”D. “Ode to the West Wind”10. In Jane Austen' s first novel ______, she tells a story about two sisters and their love affairs.A. Pride and PrejudiceB. Sense and SensibilityC. EmmaD. Persuasion11. Charles Dickens is one of the greatest ______ writers of the Victorian Age.A. romanticB. modernistC. socialistD. critical realist12. Charlotte Bronte' s most autobiographical work, ______ is largely based on her experience in Brussels.A. Jane EyreB. ShirleyC. VilletteD. The Professor13. William Wordsworth' s theory of poetry is calling for simple themes drawn from humble life expressed in the language of ordinary people. The preface to the second edition of ______ acts as a manifesto for the new school and sets forth his own critical creed.A. Lyrical BalladsB. The PreludeC. Poems in Two VolumsD. The Excursion14. George Bernard Shaw' s play ______ established his position as the leading playwright of his time.*A. Widowers’HousesB. Too True to Be GoodC. Mrs. Warren' s ProfessionD. Candida15. Eliot' s most important single poem ______, has been hailed as a landmark and a model of the 20th-century English poetry.A. The Hollow MenB. The Waste LandC. Prurrock and Other ObservationsD. Poems 1909-2516. D. wrence’s autobiographical novel, ______ shows the conflict between the earthy, coarse, energetic but often drunken father and the refined, strong —willed and up —climbing mother.A. Sons and LoversB. The White PeacockC. The TrespasserD. The Rainbow17. “To be, or not to be —that is the question; /Whether 'tis nobler 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?”These words are from ______.A. King LearB. RomeoC. AntonioD. Hamlet18. John Milton’s last important work, ______ is the most powerful dramatic poem on the Greek model.A. Paradise LostB. Paradise RegainedC. Samson AgonistesD. Lydidas19. The author of Moll Flanders and Captain Singleton is ______.A. John MiltonB. Daniel DefoeC. Henry FieldingD. Jonathan Swift20. Drapier is the pseudonym of ______.A. Jonathan SwiftB. Daniel DefoeC. Henry FieldingD. William Blake21. One of Dickens' later works, ______ in which he presents a criticism of the governmental branches which run an indefinite procedure of management of affairs and keep the innocent in prison for life.A. Bleak HouseB. Little DorritC. Hard TimesD. A Tale of Two Cities22. In the second part of Gulliver's Travels, Gulliver told his experience in ______.A. BrobdingnagB. LilliputC. Flying IslandD. Houyhnhnm23. Faulkner used the narrative techniques to construct his stories, which include ______ and mythological and biblical allusions.A. symbolismB. free indirect speechC. contrastD. dialogue24. Ernest Hemingway, had been trying to demonstrate in his works an unvarying code, known as “______,”which is actually an attitude towards life.A. facing the realityB. grace under pressureC. honesty with benevolenceD. security coming first25. The Blithedale Romance is a novel written by Hawthorne to reveal his own experience on the Brook Farm and his own methods as a ______ novelist.A. naturalistB. imagistC. psychologicalD. feminist26. Theodore Dreiser' s focus shifted from the pathos of the helpless protagonists at the bottom of the society to the power of the American financial tycoons in the late 19th century in his work ______.A. The GeniusB. An American TragedyC. Dreiser Looks at RussiaD. “Trilogy of Desire”27. Emily Dickinson frequently uses personae to render the tone more familiar to the reader, and ______ to vivify some abstract ideas.A. imagesB. metaphorC. symbolsD. personification28. In his later works, Melville becomes more reconciled with the ______, in which he admits, one must live by rules.A. womenB. world of manC. familyD. politicians29. Walt Whitman' s ______ has always been considered a monumental work which commands great attention in America.A. The Pilgrim’s ProgressB. Leaves of GrassC. A Passage to IndiaD. Rip Van Winkle30. Mark Twain’s full literary career began to blossom in 1869 with a travel book ______, an account of American tourists in Europe.A. Innocents AbroadB. The Portrait of A LadyC. The Grapes of WrathD. The Great Gatsby31. With the development of the modern novel and the common acceptance of the ______ approach, Henry James' s importance, as well as his wide influence as a novelist and critic, has been all the more conspicuous.A. deconstructionB. romanticC. FreudianD. analytic32. Emily Dickinson addresses the issues that concern the whole human beings in her poems, which include religion, death, ______, love, and nature.A. ImmortalityB. wealthC. powerD. politics33. In Sister Carrie Theodore Dreiser expressed his ______ pursuit by expounding the purposelessness of life and attacking the conventional moral standards.A. romanticB. realisticC. naturalisticD. modernistic34. Profound ideas in Robert Frost's poems are delivered under the disguise of ______.A. the plain language and the simple formB. the vivid descriptionsC. metaphorsD. the complicated narration35. In ______ Hemingway presents his philosophy about life and death through the depiction of the bullfight as a kind of microcosmic tragedy.A. The Green Hills of AfricaB. Death in the AfternoonC. The Snows of KilimanjaroD. To Have and Have Not二、名词解释（共3小题，每小题10分，共30分）1.迷茫的一代（Lost Generation）2. 启蒙运动（Enlightenment Movement）3. 英国浪漫主义（England Romanticism）英美文学参考答案：1-5. BCCBC 6-10. BDDDB 11-15. DAACB 16-20. ADABA21-25. BAABC 26-30. DDBBA 31-35. AABAB二、名词解释2.迷茫的一代（Lost Generation）The Lost Generation refers to the disillusioned intellectuals and artists of the years following the First World War, who rebelled against former ideals and values but could replace them only by despair or cynical hedonism.2. 启蒙运动（Enlightenment Movement）The Enlightenment Movement was a progressive movement, which flourished in France and swept the whole Western Europe at the time. It was a furtherance of the Renaissance from the 14th to the 17th century. Its purpose was to enlighten the whole world with the light of modern philosophical and artistic ideas. The eighteenth century marked the beginning of an intellectual movement in Europe known as the Enlightenment Movement.3. 英国浪漫主义（England Romanticism）A movement that flourished in literature,philosophy,music,and art in western culture during most of the19th century,beginning as revolt against classicism.Romanticism gave primary concern to passion emotion,and natural beauty.The English Romantic Period is an age of poetry.。
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1.Herman Melville’s ______ is an encyclopedia of everything, history, philosophy, religion, etc, in addition to a detailed account of the operations of the whaling industry.A. Billy BuddB. The Old Man and the SeaC. White JacketD. Moby DickIn addition to his novels, _______ wrote about 120 short stories and sketches. Among them are Y oung Goodman Brown and The Minister’s Black V eil.A. Henry David ThoreauB. Nathaniel HawthorneC. Ralph Waldo EmersonD. Herman Melville______ is an appalli ng fictional version of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s belief that “the wrong doing of one generation lives into the successive ones” and that evil will come out of evil though it may take generations to happen.A. The Marble FaunB. The Blithedale RomanceC. Y oung Goodman BrownD. The House of Seven GablesWhich is regarded as the “Declaration of Intellectual Independence”?A. The Conduct of LifeB. Representative MenC. English TraitsD. The American ScholarWhich is generally as the Bible of New England Transcendentalism?A. NatureB. WaldenC. On BeautyD. Self-RelianceThere is a good reason to state that New England Transcendentali sm was actual l yon the Puritan soil.A. UnitarianismB. MysticismC. RomanticismD. Puritanism“The universe is composed of Nature and the soul… Spirit is present everywhere”. This is the voice of the book Nature written by Ralph Waldo Emerson, which pushed American romanticisminto a new Phase, the phase of New England ______.A. RomanticismB. TranscendentalismC. SymbolismD. NaturalismWashington Irving’s works are numerous, but his most successful work is The Sketch Book, of which the most famous and anthologized are ____ and The Legend of Sl eepy H oll ow.A. A History of New Y orkB. The PioneersC. Rip V an WinkleD. Leatherstocking TalesWashington Irving’s first book appeared in 1809, titled ______.A. The History of New Y orkB. The Marble FaunC. The American ScholarD. The Cop and the AnthemIn the early 19th century American moral values were essentially Puritan. Nothing has left a deeper imprint on the character of the people as a whole than did _____.A. RationalismB. RomanticismC. SentimentalismD. PuritanismWhich is the character who appears in the novel Moby Dick?A. Hester PrynneB. PearlC. Mr. HooperD. AhabHerman Melville called his friend Nathaniel Hawthorne ______ in A meri can li terature.A. The transcendentalistB. The largest brain with the largest heartC. The American scholarD. Father of American poetryNathaniel Hawthorne is a master of psychological insight and central subject of his major works is the human soul. Choose his short story from the following ones.A. OmooB. Unc le Tom’s CabinC. Y oung Goodman BrownD. The PearlThe finest example of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s symbolism is the recreation of Puritan in ______.A. The Marble FaunB. The Ambitious GuestC. The Scarlet LetterD. Y oung Goodman BrownFrom Henry David Thoreau’s jail experience came his famous essay, ______ which states Thoreau’s belief that no man should violate his conscience at the command of a government.A. Common SenseB. Civil DisobedienceC. WaldenD. NatureWhich essay is not written by Ralph Waldo Emerson?A. Self-RelianceB. The American ScholarC. The Divinity School AddressD. Of StudiesWhich book is not written by Ralph Waldo Emerson?A. Nature D. The RhodoraB. English TraitsC. NatureD. The RhodoraC. The RhodoraD. Representative Men B. English TraitsC. NatureD. The RhodoraForm the following, choose the characteristics of Ral ph W al do Emerson’s poetry.A. Being highly individualB. Harsh rhythmsC. Lack of form and polishD. All of the aboveRalph Waldo Emers on’s first book _____ is the fundamental document of his philosophy, and expresses his constant, deeply felt love for he natural scenes.A. Leatherstocking TalesB. WaldenC. NatureD. Daisy MillerChoose William Cullen Bryant’s poem fr om the following ones.A. V oices of the NightB. LigeiaC. Song of MyselfD. ThanatopsisIn 1817, the stately poem called Thanatopsis introduced he best poet _____ to appear in America up to that time.A. Edward TaylorB. William Cullen BryantC. Edgar Allan PoeD. Philip FreneauChoose Washington Irving’s works from the following items.A. WaldenB. A History of New Y orkC. Self-RelianceD. Sister CarrieIn the 19th century America, Romanticism had certain general characteristics. Choose such characteristics from the following items.A. Moral enthusiasmB. Faith in the value of individualism and intuitive perceptionC. Presumption about the corrosive effect of human societyD. All of the aboveHerman Melvi lle’s _____ is not only an adventure story, but also a significant philosophical work on spiritual exploration.A. The EggB. The Over-SoulC. NatureD. Moby DickA new _____ had appeared in England in the last years of the 18th century. It spread to continental Europe and then came to America early in the 19th century.A. RealismB. RomanticismC. NaturalismD. . Critical realismTranscendentalism appealed to those who disdained the hash God of the Puritan ancestors, and it appealed to those who scorned the pale deity of New England _____.A. NaturalismB. TranscendentalismC. HumanismD. UnitarianismLed by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Ralph Waldo Emerson and _____, there arose a kind of teaching of transcendentalism in the early 19th century.A. Mark TwainB. Theodore DreiserC. Henry David ThoreauD. Herman MelvilleTranscendentalists recognized ______ as the “hi ghest power of the soul”.A. intuitionB. thinkingC. logicD. date of the senses_____ was the most leading spirit of the Transcendental Club.A. HawthorneB. ThoreauC. WhitmanD. EmersonThe appearance of The Scarlet letter marked the maturity of Nathaniel Hawthorne as a novelist. Soon he composed the other three important novels including _____, The Blithedale Romance and The Marble Faun.A. WaldenB. The House of the Seven GablesC. The PrairieD. The Fall of the House of UsherTranscendentalist doctrines found their greatest literary advocates in _____ and Thoreau.A. JeffersonB. OversoulC. FreneauD. EmersonRalph Waldo Emerson’s essay The American Scholar____ has been regarded as “Americas Declaration of Intellectual Independence”. It called on American writers to write about America in a way peculiarly American.At 19 in 1802_Washington Irving ___began to write a series of sketches or essays on the theatre and the New Y ork society, using the name of Jonathan Oldstyle.__Herman Melville___is famous for writing stories about the sea and the islands of the Southern Pacific. In his masterpiece Moby Dick, he tells a story of a Whaling voyage which is set a symbolic account of the conflict between man and his fate.Herman Melville’s world classic novel Moby Dick was dedicated to _Nathaniel Hawthorne___, a novelist.Herman Melville is best known as the author of one book named _Moby Dick___, which is, critics have agreed, one of the world’s greatest masterpieces.Ralph _Waldo___ Emerson was responsible for bringing Transcendentalism to New England.The civil war of 1861~1865 ended in the defeat of the Southerners and the abolition of__Slavery____.___Ralph Waldo Emerson__was a great American Transcendentalist and revolutionary Romanticist, whose first book Nature is the fundamental document of hi s phil osophy.In the early 19th century Rip V an Winkle had established __Washington Irving________’s reputation at home and abroad, and designated the beginning of A meri can Romanti ci sm.Another renowned New England Transcendentalist was _Henry David Thoreau___, a friend of Ralph Waldo Emerson and his junior by some 14 years._Washington Irving___’s Rip V an Winkle is a fantasy tale about a man who somehow stepped outside the main stream of life.27. The Transcendental Club often met at _Ralph Waldo Emerson____’s home i n Concord.In The Pioneers, __Natty Bumppo__ represents the ideal American, living a virtuous and free life in God’s world.In the early 19th century, Washington Irving wrote The Sketch Book___which became the first work by an American writer to win financial success on both si des of the A tl anti c.The first important American novelist was _James Fenimore Cooper___.In 1823 Cooper James Fenimore wrote The Pioneers, the first of the five novels that make up _The Leatherstocking Tales___.The remaining four books: The Last of Mohicans (1826), The Prairie (1827), The Pathfinder (1840), and The Deerslayer (1841), continue the story of Natty Bumppo, one of the most famous characters in American fiction.In 1845, Thoreau began a two year residence at _Walden___ Pond.The short story The Legend of Sleepy Hollow is taken from Washington Irving’s work named___The Sketch Book___.E merson’s truest disciple, the man who put into practice many of Emerson’s theories, was Henry __David__ Thoreau._____Edgar Allan Poe__’s poems have the musical quality and romantic beauty. The Raven is his best-known poem.Published in 1823, _The Pioneers____ was the first of the Leatherstcoking Tales, in their order of publication time, and probably the first true romance of the frontier in American literature.Washington Irving’s works are numerous, but his most successful work is The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, of which the most famous and anthol ogi zed i s_Ri p V an Wi nkl e___.__Washington Irving__was regarded as the first great prose stylist of American romanticism.__Washington Irving___was the first American to achieve an international literary reputation after the Revolutionary War.Washington Irving’s first book appeared in 1809.It was entitled _The History of New Y ork___.In 1836, a little book came out which made a tremendous impact on the intellectual life of America. It was entitled Nature by _Ralph Waldo Emerson___.The way in which __Nathaniel Hawthorne__ wrote The Scarlet letter suggests that American Romanticism adapted itself to American puritan moralism.The American Romantic Period stretches form the end of the 18th century through the outburst of the __Civil War__.To A Waterfowl is perhaps the peak of _William Cullen Bryant___’s work, it has been called by an eminent English critic “the most perfect brief poem in the language.”Emerson’s first book in 1836_Nature___brought American Romanticism into a new phase, the phase of New England Transcendentalism.The central figure in the Leatherstocking Tales is Natty Bumppo____, who goes by the various names of Leatherstocking, Deerslayer, Pathfinder and Hawkeye.Hester Prynne is the heroine in Hawthorne’s novel_The Scarl et Letter___.Herman Melville’s novel__Moby Dick__ is a tremendous chronicle of a whaling voyage in pursuit of a seemingly supernatural white whale.The English author named _Sir Walter Scott____ was, in a way, responsible for the romantic description of landscape in American literature and the development of American Indian romance. His Waverly novels were models for American historical romance.Leaves of Grass, either in content or form, is an epoch-making work in American literature; its democratic content marked the shift from romanticism to realism, and its free verse____form broke from old poetic conventions to open a new road for American poetry.In 1850, Nathaniel Hawthorne brought out his masterpiece _The Scarlet Letter___, the story of a triangular love affair in colonial America.. In Washington Irving’s work _The Sketch Book___appeared the first modern short stories and the first great American juvenile literature.For the whole 19th century _Emily Dickinson___was the only woman poet who enjoys high academic esteem today. She has been acclaimed as a poet of philosophical and tragic dimensions, a poet who was responsive to the challenging questions of man, nature and human consciousness.The American Transcendentalists formed a club called__the Transcendental Cl ub____.As a philosophical and literary movement, _____ flourished in New England form the 1830s to the Civil War.A. modernismB. sentimentalismC. rationalismD. transcendentalism。
外国文学史课考试试题(B卷)参考答案
外国文学史课考试试题（B卷）参考答案一、填空（20%）：1．波德莱尔的诗集《恶之花》是法国象征主义文学的开山之作。
2．丹麦的童话作家安徒生是第一个为北欧文学获得世界性声誉的作家。
3．在反对南方蓄奴制的斗争中形成的废奴文学，标志着美国现实主义文学的萌芽。
4．19世纪五六十年代俄国批判现实主义文学进入繁荣期，其文学中的主人公形象“多余人”也逐渐为“新人”形象所取代。
5．福楼拜是法国重要的批判现实主义独家，他所提出的“客观而无动于衷”的创作理论在法国文学史上独树一帜。
6．德国革命民主主义诗人海涅的代表作是《德国——一个冬天的童话》。
7．都德短篇小说《最后一课》和《柏林之围》都是以普法战争为背景所创作的名篇。
8．唯美主义文学提出了“为艺术而艺术”的口号。
9．巴黎公社文学的杰出代表是鲍狄埃，他的代表作是《国际歌》。
10．英国作家哈代把自己的小说分为三类，其中最重要的一类是性格和环境的小说。
11．契诃夫《套中人》中的别里科夫是个旧制度的卫道士，新事物的反对者典型形象。
12．马克·吐温《败坏了哈德莱堡的人》通过一袋金币的故事，无情地撕下了资产阶级诚实道德的外衣。
13．高尔基的《海燕之歌》采用象征的手法描绘了革命风暴到来前夕，革命人民与反动势力英勇搏斗的壮丽图景。
14．肖洛霍夫短篇小说《一个人的遭遇》通过一个普通苏维埃人索科洛夫的遭遇，表达了作家关于战争和人的命运的深刻思考。
15．肖伯纳在剧本《巴巴拉少校》中提出了“百万富翁的社会主义”的口号。
16．托马斯·曼的《布登勃洛克一家》的副标题是“一个家庭的没落”。
17．表现主义文学的理论纲领是“艺术是表现而不是再现”。
18．乔伊斯第一部小说《都柏林人》中15个短篇的一个共同的主题是“都柏林是一个瘫痪的中心”。
19．萨特的哲理剧《禁闭》的主题就是剧本结尾时的一句话“他人即地狱”。
20．马尔克斯的《百年孤立》以马贡多村镇为背景，描写了布恩地亚家族七代人的命运，折射出哥伦比亚乃至整个拉美一个多世纪的历史进程。
大学外语英美文学答案(1)
1.Herman Melville’s ______ is an encyclopedia of everything, history, philosophy, religion, etc, in addition to a detailed account of the operations of the whaling industry.A. Billy BuddB. The Old Man and the SeaC. White JacketD. Moby DickIn addition to his novels, _______ wrote about 120 short stories and sketches. Among them are Young Goodman Brown and The Minister’s Black Veil.A. Henry David ThoreauB. Nathaniel HawthorneC. Ralph Waldo EmersonD. Herman Melville______ is an appalling fictional version of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s belief that “the wrong doing of one generation lives into the successive ones” and that evil will come out of evil though it may take generations to happen.A. The Marble FaunB. The Blithedale RomanceC. Young Goodman BrownD. The House of Seven GablesWhich is regarded as the “Declaration of Intellectual Independence”?A. The Conduct of LifeB. Representative MenC. English TraitsD. The American ScholarWhich is generally as the Bible of New England Transcendentalism?A. NatureB. WaldenC. On BeautyD. Self-RelianceThere is a good reason to state that New England Transcendentalism was actuallyon the Puritan soil.A. UnitarianismB. MysticismC. RomanticismD. Puritanism“The universe is composed of Nature and the soul… Spirit is present everywhere”. This is the voice of the book Nature written by Ralph Waldo Emerson, which pushed American romanticism into a new Phase, the phase of New England ______.A. RomanticismB. TranscendentalismC. SymbolismD. NaturalismWashington Irving’s works are numerous, but his most successful work is The Sketch Book, of which the most famous and anthologized are ____ and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.A. A History of New YorkB. The PioneersC. Rip Van WinkleD. Leatherstocking TalesWashington Irving’s first book appeared in 1809, titled ______.A. The History of New YorkB. The Marble FaunC. The American ScholarD. The Cop and the AnthemIn the early 19th century American moral values were essentially Puritan. Nothing has left a deeper imprint on the character of the people as a whole than did _____.A. RationalismB. RomanticismC. SentimentalismD. PuritanismWhich is the character who appears in the novel Moby Dick?A. Hester PrynneB. PearlC. Mr. HooperD. AhabHerman Melville called his friend Nathaniel Hawthorne ______ in American literature.A. The transcendentalistB. The largest brain with the largest heartC. The American scholarD. Father of American poetryNathaniel Hawthorne is a master of psychological insight and central subject of his major works is the human soul. Choose his short story from the following ones.A. OmooB. Uncle Tom’s CabinC. Young Goodman BrownD. The PearlThe finest example of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s symbolism is the recreation of Puritan in ______.A. The Marble FaunB. The Ambitious GuestC. The Scarlet LetterD. Young Goodman BrownFrom Henry David Thoreau’s jail experience came his famous essay, ______ which states Thoreau’s belief that no man should violate his conscience at the command of a government.A. Common SenseB. Civil DisobedienceC. WaldenD. NatureWhich essay is not written by Ralph Waldo Emerson?A. Self-RelianceB. The American ScholarC. The Divinity School AddressD. Of StudiesWhich book is not written by Ralph Waldo Emerson?A. Nature D. The RhodoraB. English TraitsC. NatureD. The RhodoraC. The RhodoraD. Representative Men B. English TraitsC. NatureD. The RhodoraForm the following, choose the characteristics of Ralph Waldo Emerson’s poetry.A. Being highly individualB. Harsh rhythmsC. Lack of form and polishD. All of the aboveRalph Waldo Emerson’s first book _____ is the fundamental document of his philosophy, and expresses his constant, deeply felt love for he natural scenes.A. Leatherstocking TalesB. WaldenC. NatureD. Daisy MillerChoose William Cullen Bryant’s poem from the following ones.A. V oices of the NightB. LigeiaC. Song of MyselfD. ThanatopsisIn 1817, the stately poem called Thanatopsis introduced he best poet _____ to appear in America up to that time.A. Edward TaylorB. William Cullen BryantC. Edgar Allan PoeD. Philip FreneauChoose Washington Irving’s works from the following items.A. WaldenB. A History of New YorkC. Self-RelianceD. Sister CarrieIn the 19th century America, Romanticism had certain general characteristics. Choose such characteristics from the following items.A. Moral enthusiasmB. Faith in the value of individualism and intuitive perceptionC. Presumption about the corrosive effect of human societyD. All of the aboveHerman Melville’s _____ is not only an adventure story, but als o a significant philosophical work on spiritual exploration.A. The EggB. The Over-SoulC. NatureD. Moby DickA new _____ had appeared in England in the last years of the 18th century. It spread to continental Europe and then came to America early in the 19th century.A. RealismB. RomanticismC. NaturalismD. . Critical realismTranscendentalism appealed to those who disdained the hash God of the Puritan ancestors, and it appealed to those who scorned the pale deity of New England _____.A. NaturalismB. TranscendentalismC. HumanismD. UnitarianismLed by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Ralph Waldo Emerson and _____, there arose a kind of teaching of transcendentalism in the early 19th century.A. Mark TwainB. Theodore DreiserC. Henry David ThoreauD. Herman MelvilleTranscendentalists recognized ______ as the “highest power of the soul”.A. intuitionB. thinkingC. logicD. date of the senses_____ was the most leading spirit of the Transcendental Club.A. HawthorneB. ThoreauC. WhitmanD. EmersonThe appearance of The Scarlet letter marked the maturity of Nathaniel Hawthorne as a novelist. Soon he composed the other three important novels including _____, The Blithedale Romance and The Marble Faun.A. WaldenB. The House of the Seven GablesC. The PrairieD. The Fall of the House of UsherTranscendentalist doctrines found their greatest literary advocates in _____ and Thoreau.A. JeffersonB. OversoulC. FreneauD. EmersonAs a philosophical and literary movement, _____ flourished in New England form the 1830s to the Civil War.A. modernismB. sentimentalismC. rationalismD. transcendentalism。
浙江工商大学_英美文学(B卷)2013年_考研专业课真题试卷
浙江工商大学2013年硕士研究生入学考试试卷（B卷）考试科目：844 英美文学总分：150分考试时间：3小时Ⅰ.Choose the best answer (40%)1. “It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a goodfortune must be in want of a wife.” This is the beginning of Jane Austen’s .A. Pride and PrejudiceB. Sense and SensibilityC. Mansfield ParkD. Emma2. “April is the cruelest month, breeding/Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing/Memoryand desire, stirring/Dull roots with spring rain.” These lines are from T. S. Eliot’s .A. “The Hollow Men”B. “Ash-Wednesday”C. Four QuartetsD. “The Waste Land”3. English Romanticism, as a historical phase of literature, is generally said to havebegun in 1798 with the publication of Wordsworth and Coleridge’s .A. Lyrical BalladsB. “Kubla Khan”C. Don JuanD. Prometheus Unbound4. was composed in a dream after Coleridge took the opium.A. “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner ”B. “Kubla Khan”C. “Christabel”D. Biographia Literaria5. Heart of Darkness and Lord Jim are the novels written by .A. Graham SwiftB. Charles DickensC. Joseph ConradD. James Joyce6. All of the following are 20th-Century American Poets except .A. Robert LowellB. Elizabeth BishopC. Emily DickinsonD. Allen Ginsberg7. won the Novel Prize in 1983, and his most representative work is Lord ofthe Flies.A. William GoldingB. E. M. ForsterC. Joseph ConradD. Thomas Hardy8. is the poet who won the Nobel Prize in 1995 and is considered as thegreatest poet in Ireland after Yeats.A. Ted HughesB. Seamus HeaneyC. Dylan ThomasD. Philip Larkin9. Among those greatest figures in “The Lost Generation” or modern American literature are famous poets such as , William Carlos Williams, and Robert Frost.A. Emily DickinsonB. Ezra PoundC. Walt WhitmanD. Ralph Waldo Emerson10. The Golden Notebook is written by , and she is the woman who was awarded the 2007 Nobel Prize in literature and the oldest ever person to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature.A. Virginia WoolfB. Willa CatherC. Doris LessingD. Antonia Susan Byatt11. “The apparition of these faces in the crowd;/Petals on a wet, black bough.” This is a poem from .A. Robert FrostB. Robert LowellC. Ezra PoundD. Sylvia Plath12. Desire Under the Elms is a drama written by .A. Tennessee WilliamsB. Eugene Glastone O’NeillC. Arthur MillerD. George Bernard Shaw13. is a leading spokesman of the Imagist Movement. For him, the image itself is the speech. The image is the word beyond formulated language.A. William Butler YeatsB. T. S. EliotC. Ezra PoundD. Robert Lee Frost14. The Jazz Age of the 1920s characterized by frivolity and carelessness is broughtvividly to life in .A. The Old Man and the SeaB. The Great GatsbyC. The Sound and the FuryD. The Sun Also Rises15. All of the following are the works by Mark Twain except .A. A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s CourtB. The Adventures of Tom SawyerC. Adventures of Huckleberry FinnD. Sister Carrie16. creates in his novels his own mythical kingdom that mirrors not only thedecline of the Southern society but also the spiritual wasteland of the wholeAmerican society.A. F. Scott FitzgeraldB. Ernest HemingwayC. William FaulknerD. John Steinbeck17. The Scarlet Letter and The House of Seven Gables are the novels by .A. Edgar Allan PoeB. Herman MelvilleC. Nathaniel HawthorneD. Stephen Crane18. is written by Emily Dickinson.A. “The Second Coming”B.“She Walks in Beauty”C. “Success is Counted Sweetest”D. “The Red Wheelbarrow”19. , a typical example of Old English poetry, is regarded today as the nationalepic of the Anglo-Saxons.A. Sir Gawain and the Green KnightB. Gulliver’s TravelsC. The Canterbury TalesD. Beowulf20. was awarded 2001 Nobel Prize in literature, and among his representativeworks are Miguel Street and A House for Mr. Biswas.A. Vidiadhar Surajprasad NaipaulB. Graham SwiftC. Kazuo IshiguroD. John Fowles21. The , which means rebirth or revival, is actually a movement stimulated bya series of historical events, such as the rediscovery of ancient Roman and Greekculture, the new discoveries in geography and astrology, the religious reformation and the economic expansion.A. renaissanceB. neoclassicismC. romanticismD. modernism22. Ernest Hemingway was awarded 1954 Nobel Prize in Literature for the novel.A. The Sun Also RisesB. A Farewell to ArmsC. The Old Man and the SeaD. For Whom the Bell Tolls23. Beloved and Song of Solomon are novels written by the African American woman writer .A. Elizabeth BishopB. Sylvia PlathC. Toni MorrisonD. Maya Angelou24. Don Juan, a great comic epic of the early 19th century, is the masterpiece of .A. William WordsworthB. George Gordon ByronC. Percy Bysshe ShelleyD. John Keats25. “O, Wind, /If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?” is from Percy ByssheShelley’s poem “ ”.A. “A Song: Men of England”B. “Ode to the West Wind”C. “Ode on a Grecian Urn”D. “Song for the Luddites”26. Childhood is central to William Blake’s concern in and Songs ofExperience, and this concern gives the two books a strong social and historicalreference.A. Songs for InnocenceB. “The Chimney Sweeper”C. “The Tyger”D. In Memoriam27. In his best novels like The Rainbow and Women in Love, made a boldpsychological exploration of various human relationships, especially those between men and women, with a great frankness.A. D. H. LawrenceB. George EliotC. James JoyceD. Charles Dickens28. Speaking of American Romanticism, we can never ignore New England , which is unanimously agreed to be the summit of the Romantic period in the historyof American literature.A. realismB. imagismC. transcendentalismD. puritanism29. Leaves of Grass is written by .A. Ralph Waldo EmersonB. Walt WhitmanC. Mark TwainD. Henry James30. “The Road Not Taken” and “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” are poemsby .A. Emily DickinsonB. Ezra PoundC. Walt WhitmanD. Robert Frost31. Today Chaucer is regarded as the father of English poetry. His masterpiece is.A. Sir Gawain and the Green KnightB. BeowulfC. Piers PlowmanD. The Canterbury Tales32. The term “metaphysical poetry” is commonly used to name the work of the 17th-century writers who wrote under the influence of .A. Edmund SpenserB. Christopher MarloweC. Francis BaconD. John Donne33. In the field of literature, the Enlightenment Movement brought about a revival ofinterest in the old classical works. This tendency is known as .A. ClassicismB. NeoclassicismC. RomanticismD. Pre-romanticism34. is the representative work of aestheticism by Oscar Wilde, who advocated“art for art’s sake”.A. Lady Windermere’s FanB. The Picture of Dorian GrayC. An Ideal HusbandD. The Importance of Being Earnest35. Henderson the Rain King and Herzog are the novels written by , and hewas awarded 1976 Novel Prize in Literature.A. Arthur MillerB. Joseph HellerC. Louise ErdrichD. Saul Bellow36. “So much depends/upon//a red wheel/barrow//glazed with rain/water//beside thewhite/chickes.” This is a poem by .A. Ezra PoundB. Wallace Carlos WilliamsC. Wallace StevensD. Robert Frost37. The name of Robert Browning is often associated with the term: “ .”A. dramatic monologueB. stream-of –consciousnessC. transcendentalismD. imagism38. James Joyce’s masterpiece, gives the account of three characters’ life duringone day in Dublin.A. DublinersB. Finnegans WakeC. UlyssesD. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man39. Mrs. Dalloway and To the Lighthouse are the works of .A. Virginia WoolfB. James JoyceC. E. M. ForsterD. Doris Lessing40. was one of the first American writers to earn an international reputation,and regarded as an early Romantic writer in the American literary history and Father of the American short stories.A. Nathaniel HawthorneB. Ralph Waldo EmersonC. Walt WhitmanD. Washington IrvingⅡ. Define or explain the following terms: (50%)1. American Renaissance2. Realism3. Plot4. Soliloquy5. The "Lost Generation"Ⅲ. Interpretation (60%)1. Read the following poem and write an analysis of about 200 words: (15%)The Soldierby Rupert BrookeIf I should die, think only this of me:That there’s some corner of a foreign fieldThat is for ever England. There shall beIn that rich earth a richer dust concealed;A dust whom England bore, shaped, made aware,Gave, once, her flowers to love, her ways to roam,A boy of England’s, breathing English air,Washed by the rivers, blessed by suns of home.And think, this heart, all evil shed away,A pulse in the eternal mind, no lessGives somewhere back the thoughts by England given;Her sights and sounds; dreams happy as her day;And laughter, learned of friends; and gentleness,In hearts at peace, under an English heaven.2. Read the following poem and write an analysis of about 200 words: (15%)Driving to Town Late to Mail a Latterby Robert BlyIt is a cold and snowy night. The main street is deserted.The only things moving are swirls of snow.As I lift the mailbox door, I feel its cold iron.There is a privacy I love in this snowy night.Driving around, I will waste more time.3. Read this beginning passage of Mansfield Park by Jane Austen and write a commentary of about 300 words: (30%)About thirty years ago, Miss Maria Ward of Huntingdon, with only seven thousand pounds, had the good luck to captivate Sir Thomas Bertram, of Mansfield Park, in the county of Northampton, and to be thereby raised to the rank of baronet’s lady, with all the comforts and consequences of a handsome house and large income. All Huntingdon exclaimed on the greatness of the match, and her uncle, the lawyer, himself, allowed her to be at least three thousand pounds short of any equitable claim to it. She had two sisters to be benefited by her elevation; and such of their acquaintance as thought Miss Ward and Miss Frances quite as handsome as Miss Maria, did not scruple to predict their marrying with almost equal advantage. But there certainly are not so many men of large fortune in the world, as there are pretty women to deserve them. Miss Ward, at the end of half a dozen years, found herself obliged to be attached to the Rev. Mr. Norris, a friend of her brother-in-law, with scarcely any private fortune, and Miss Frances fared yet worse. Miss Ward’s match, indeed, when it came to the point, was not contemptible, Sir Thomas being happily able to give his friend an income in the living of Mansfield, and Mr. and Mrs. Norris began their career of conjugal felicity with very little less than a thousand a year. But Miss Frances married, in the common phrase, to disoblige her family, and by fixing on a Lieutenant of Marines, without education, fortune, or connections, did it very thoroughly.。
学历类《自考》自考专业(英语)《英美文学选读》考试试题及答案解析
学历类《自考》自考专业(英语)《英美文学选读》考试试题及答案解析姓名:_____________ 年级:____________ 学号:______________1、Opposition leaders will be watching carefully to see how the Prime Minister ________ the crisis.A、handlesB、conductsC、observesD、directs正确答案：A答案解析：A应付，对付，控制B引导，进行，实施C观察，监测，遵守D指导，监督2、Now many major employers are beginning to demand _______ the completion of schoolA、morethanB、ratherthanC、otherthanD、betterthan正确答案：A答案解析：morethan：多于，不只。
句意：现在很多雇主开始不仅仅要求学业的完成。
3、In the original test，all the animals in a test group are given a substance _______ half of them dieA、unlessB、untilC、lestD、provided正确答案：B答案解析：本题考查词义辨析。
until：直到。
符合句意，表示givenasubstance持续到halfofthemdie。
4、Nobody but you _______ what he said.A、agreeswithB、agreesoutC、agreewithD、agreeto正确答案：A答案解析：主语为nobody时，谓语动词用单数，如果主语被but,aswellas,with等短语修饰，谓语仍与主语的数保持一致。
该题易误选C、D，选D的原因在于词组记忆不清，用介词to时之后应加具体项目。
《英美文学选读》自考真题试题及答案解析
《英美文学选读》自考真题试题及答案解析一、单选题（共50题，共100分）1.( )is generally regarded as the forerunner of the 20th —century “stream— of —consciousness ” novels and the founder of psychological realism.A.Theodore DreiserB.William FapknerC.Henry JamesD.Mark Twain2.Closely relate d to Dickinson ’s religious poetry are her poems concerning( ),ranging over the physical as well as the psychological and emotional aspects of death.A.love and natureB.death and universeC.death and immortalityD.family and happiness3.considered( ) “the true father of our nationalliterature ”.A.Bret HarteB.Mark TwainC.Washington IrvingD.Walt Whitman4.Among the following writers( )is generally regarded as the forerunner of the 20th - century “stream - of - consciousness ” novels and the founder of psychological realism.A. T. S. EliotB.James JoyceC.William FapknerD.Henry James5.The childhood of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn in the Mississippi is a record of a vanished way of life in the( )Mississippi valleyA.pre - War of IndependenceB.post - War of IndependenceC.pre - Civil WarD.post - Civil War6.The Portrait of A Lady is generally considered tobe( )masterpiece,which describes the life journey of an American( )in a European cptural environment.A.Henry Adams’…widowB.William James ’…girlC.Henry James’…girlD.Theodore Dreiser ’s…widow7.Which of the following statements is NOT true of Emily Dickinson and her poetry?A.She remained unmarried all her lifeB.She wrote,1,775 poems,and most of them were published during her life time.C.Her poems have no titles,hence are always quoted by their first lines.D.Her limited private world has never confined the limitless power of her creativity and imagination.8.Henry James’ fame generally rests upon his novels and stories with the( )theme.A.internationalB.localC.colonialD.post-modern9.After the American Civil War,the literary interest in theso- called “reality ” of life started a new period in the American literary writings know an the Age of( ).A.RealismB.Reason and RevolutionC.RomanticismD.Modernism10.Mark Twain employed an unpretentious style of( )in his novels which is best described as “vernacpar ”.A.standard EnglishB.Afro-American EnglishC.colloquialismD.urbanism11.The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and,especially,its sequence( )proved themselves to be the milestone in the American literature.A.The Adventures of Huckleberry FinnB.Life on the MississippiC.The Gilded AgeD.Roughing It12.Mark Twain’s particpar concern about the local character of a region ca me about as “local colorism, ” a unique va riation of American literary( ).A.romanticismB.nationalismC.modernismD.realism13.Hemingway’s “Indian Camp ” is one of the fourteen short stories collected under the title of( ).This title is very ironic because there is no peace at all in the stories.A.Three Stories and Ten PoemsB.Across the River and into the TreesC.The Green Hills of AfricaD.In Our Time14.At the age of eighty -seven,( )read his poetry at the inauguration of President John in 1961.A.Robert FrostB.Walt WhitmanC.Ezra Pound15.Unlike his contemporaries in the early 20th century,( )did not break up with the poetic tradition nor made any experiment on form.A.Walt WhitmanB.Robert FrostC.Ezra Pound16.With the publication of( ),Theodore Dreiser was launching himself upon a long career that wopd ptimately make him one of the most significant American writers of the school later known as literary naturalism.A.Sister CarrieB.The TitanC.An American TragedyD.The Stoic17.“The dignity of movement of an iceberg is due to only one- eighth of it being above water. ” This “iceberg ” analogy is put forward by( ).A.Mark TwainB.Ezra PoundC.William FapknerD.Ernest Hemingway18.“My last Duchess ” is a poem that best exemplifies Robert Browning ’s( ).A.sensitive ear for the sounds of the English languageB.excellent choice of wordsC.mastering of the metrical devicese of the dramatic monologue19.Most literary critics think that Fitzgerald is both an insider and an outsider of( )with a double vision.A.the Jazz AgeB.the Age of Reason and RevolutionC.the Babybooming AgeD.the Post- Modern Age20.“The dignity of movement of an iceberg is due to only one -eighth of it being abov e water. ” This “iceberg ” analogy about prose style was put forward by( ).A.William FapknerB.Henry JamesC.Ernest HemingwayD.F· Scott Fitzgerald21.The Nobel Prize Committee highly praised( )for “his powerfp style - forming mastery of the art ” of creating modern fiction.A.Ezra PoundB.Ernest HemingwayC.Robert FrostD.Theodore Dreiser22.In 1950,one of the leading American writers( )was awarded the Nobel Prize for the anti-racist Intruder in the Dust.A.Robert FrostB.Theodore DreiserC.William FapknerD.Fitzgerald23.Greatly and permanently affected bythe( )experiences,Hemingway formed his own writingstyle,together with his theme and hero.A.miningB.farmingC.warD.sailing24.Like all naturalists,( )was restrained from finding a solution to the social problems that appeared in his novels and accordingly almost all his works have tragic endings.A.Theodore DreiserB.Henry JamesC.Washington IrvingD.Walt Whitman25.It was his masterpiece The Great Gatsby that made( )one of the greatest American novelists.A. FitzgeraldB.William FapknerC.Ernest HemmingwayD.Gertrude Steinbeck26.The Financier,The Titan and The Stoic by Theodore Dreiser are called his “Trilogy of( ). ”A.HatredB.DeathC.DesireD.Fate27.In Death in the Afternoon( )presents his philosophy about life and death through the depiction of the bplfight as a kind of microcosmic tragedy.A.William FapknerB.Jack LondonC.Ernest HemingwayD.Mark Twain28.Eugene O’Neill ’s first fpl — length play,( ),won him the first Ppitzer theme is the choice between life and death,the interaction of subjective and objective factors.A.Bound East for CardiffB.The Hairy ApeC.Desire Under the ElmsD.Beyond the Horizon29.In 1920,( )published his first novel This Side of Paradise which was,to some extent,his own story.A.F·Scott FitzgeraldB.Ernest HemingwayC.William FapknerD.Emily Dickinson30.Man is a “victim of forces over which he has no control. ” This is a notion held strongly by( ).A.Robert FrostB.Theodore DreiserC.Henry JamesD.Hamlin Garland31.The attitude towards life that( )had been trying to demonstrate in his works is known as “grace under pressure ”.A.William FapknerB.Theodore DreiserC.Ernest HemingwayD.F·Scott Fitzgerald32.Robert Frost is generally considered a regional poet whose subject matters mainly focus on the landscape and people in( ).A.the westB.the southC.AlaskaD.New England33.In most of his writings,( )deliberately broke up the chronology of his narrative by juxtaposing the past with the present,in the way the montage does in a movie.A.Walt WhitmanB.William FapknerC.Ernest HemingwayD. Fitzgerald34.Ezra Pound,a leading spokesman of the “( ) ”,was one of the most important poets in his time.A.Imagist MovementB.Cubist MovementC.Reformist MovementD.Transcendentalist Movement35.The effect of Darwinist idea of “survival of the fittest ” was shattering in() ’s fictional world of jungle,where “kill or to be killed ” was the law.A.Mark TwainC.Theodore DreiserD.Walt Whitman36.William Fapkner set most of his works in theAmerican( ),with his emphasis on the( )subjects and consciousness.A.North...NorthernB.East...EasternC.West...WesternD.South...Southern37.The( )Age of the 1920s characterized by frivolity and carelessness is brought vividly to life in The Great Gatsby.A.LostB.JazzC.ReasonD.Gilded38.In 1950,( )was awarded the Nobel Prize for the anti-racist Intruder in the Dust.A.William FapknerC.Ezra PoundD.Ernest Hemingway39.William Fapkner once said that( )is a story of “lost innocence, ” which proves itself to be an intensification of the theme of imprisonment in the past.A.The Great GatsbyB.The Sound and the FuryC.Absalom,Absalom!D.Go Down,Moses40.In Go Down,Moses,( )illuminates the problem of black and white in Southern society as a closeknit destiny of blood brotherhood.A.William FapknerB.Jack LondonC.Herman MelvilleD.Nathaniel Hawthorne41.This type of desk and chair can be adjusted ________ the height of students at different agesA.withB.forC.toD.in42.The teacher told us the fact _______.A.which the earth moves around the sunB.that the earth moved around the sunC.that the sun moves around the earthD.that the earth moves around the sun43.What he had done is _______A.valueB.of valuableC.of no valueD.of no valuable44.That is the house _______ you can enjoy the scenery.A. in thatB.thatC.whichD.from which45.Some persons gain goal and direction from their tensions;others ________ under pressure.A.fall outB.fall apartC.fall back onD.fall in with46.She disagrees ______ him ______ everything.A.with, onB./, onC.with, atD.on, with47.Nobody but you _______ what he said.A. agrees withB.agrees outC.agree withD.agree to48.In the original test，all the animals in a test group are given a substance _______ half of them dieA.unlessB.untilC.lestD.provided49.Now many major employers are beginning to demand _______ the completion of schoolA.more thanB.rather thanC.other thanD.better than50.Opposition leaders will be watching carefply to see how the Prime Minister ________ the crisis.A.handlesB.conductsC.observesD.directs1、正确答案： C本题解析：亨利 . 詹姆斯是美国现实主义文学大师，他的作品往往涉及美国之外的主题，其作品的风格是“心理活动”。
[东北师范大学]《英美文学》20春在线作业1
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【奥鹏】-[东北师范大学]英美文学20春在线作业1试卷总分:100 得分:100第1题,Howells , Henry James and Mark Twain are representatives of American ______ .A、romanticismB、realismC、naturalism正确答案:B第2题,Robert Frost combined traditional verse forms - the sonnet, rhyming couplets, blank verse - with a clear American local speech rhythm, the speech of _______ farmers with its idiosyncratic diction and syntax.A、SouthernB、WesternC、New HampshireD、New England正确答案:D第3题,Dubliners is writing ofA、realismB、modernismC、stream of consciousnessD、none of the above正确答案:第4题,The Idylls of the King is written byA、BrowningB、TennysonC、George EliotD、Carlyle正确答案:B第5题,Metaphysical Poetry is characterized by fantasticalA、mysticismB、romanticismC、lyricismD、decadence正确答案:A第6题,______ was written by James Joyce.A、A Portrait of the Artist as a Young ManB、Portrait of a LadyC、Picture of Dorian GrayD、To the Lighthouse正确答案:A第7题,Le Mort D’ Arthur deals with the following story exceptA、search for CupB、life of King ArthurC、fight against Roman invasionD、illicit love正确答案:C第8题,"If honest labor be unremunerative and difficult to endure; if it be the long, long road which never reachesbeauty, but wearies the feet and the heart; if the drag to follow beauty be such that one abandons the admired way, taking rather the despised path leading to her dreams quickly, who shall cast the first stone?"Where is the underlined phrase taken from?A、The Bible.B、Milton.C、Shakespeare.D、Hawthorne.正确答案:第9题,Mr. Spectator stands for the ideas ofA、the 16th centuryB、17th centuryC、the 18th centuryD、the19th century正确答案:第10题,The period before the American Civil War is generally referred to as the _______period .A、modernB、naturalistC、romantic正确答案:C第11题,In his poem“Tyger,Tyger，”W illiam Blake expresses his perception of the“fearfulSymmetry”of the big cat．The phrase“fearful Symmetry”Suggests____.A、the tiger‘s two eyes Which are dazzlingly bright and Symmetrically setB、the poet‘s fear of the predatorC、the analogy of the hammer and the anvilD、the harmony of the two opposte aspects of God’s creation正确答案:D第12题,Among the representatives of the Enlightenment, who was the first to introduce rationalism to England ?A、John BunyanB、Daniel DefoeC、Alexander PopeD、Jonathan Swift正确答案:C第13题,Here are four lines from a long poem: “Others for language all their care express, / And value books, as women men , for dress.” The poem must beA、Thomas Gray’s “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard”B、John Milton’s Paradise LostC、Alexander Pop e’s Essay on CriticismD、Shakespeare’s Midsummer Night’s Dream正确答案:C第14题,For quite sometime after its appearance , Catch–22 was seen as a structural ______ despite its narrative power .A、successB、failureC、miracle正确答案:C第15题,Of all the 18th century novelists Henry Fielding was the first to set out，both in theory and practice，to write specifically a“____in prose,”the first to give the modern novel its structure and style.A、tragic epicB、comic epicC、romanceD、lyric epic正确答案:B第16题,The theme of Austen’ s novels can be expressed by the following exceptA、marriageB、loveC、domestic dutyD、personal growth正确答案:第17题,One of the following events played an important part in Chaucer’s writing:A、his marriage with a girl of noble familyB、his visit to ItalyC、his duty as a controller of the CustomsD、his participation in the Hundred Years’ War正确答案:B第18题,The sentence “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day ?” is the beginning line of one of Shakespeare’s .A、comediesB、tragediesC、historiesD、sonnets正确答案:第19题,Christoper Marlow’s “The Passionate Shepherd to His Love” is a (n) .A、pastoral lyricB、elegyC、eulogyD、epic正确答案:A第20题,Macbeth is Shakespeare’s_______.A、sonnetB、comedyC、history playD、tragedy正确答案:D第21题,The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn reflects the moral growth of Tom Sawyer .A、错误正确答案:A第22题,Beowulf was created in England.A、错误B、正确正确答案:A第23题,Wuthering Heights deals with a story of love and violence.A、错误B、正确正确答案:B第24题,The Rape of the Lock gives an account of an anecdote of the court.A、错误B、正确正确答案:B第25题,One of the most important features in Austen’s novel Pride and Prejudice is the use of dramatic languages.A、错误B、正确正确答案:B第26题,The most gifted of the University Wits was Shakespeare.A、错误B、正确正确答案:A第27题,The poetry of Sentimentalism is characterized by sympathy for the French Revolution .A、错误B、正确正确答案:B第28题,Romanticism rose and grew under the impetus of the French Revolution. A、错误正确答案:B第29题,Neo-classicism saw its decline in Dryden.A、错误B、正确正确答案:A第30题,The poetry of Sentimentalism is characterized by sympathy for the French Revolution.A、错误B、正确正确答案:A第31题,The “dark comedy” refers to those written by Jonson in his third period of dramatic career.A、错误B、正确正确答案:B第32题,Native Son was considered the best book after WWⅡ in 1965 .A、错误B、正确正确答案:A第33题,The most striking similarities between Milton and Samson Agonistes are their blindness and unhappy marriage.A、错误B、正确正确答案:B第34题,Beowulf was brought by Anglo-Saxon people from the Continent to England.A、错误B、正确正确答案:B第35题,The Neo-classicism saw its decline in Johnson.B、正确正确答案:B第36题,All My Sons is the masterpiece of Arthur Miller .A、错误B、正确正确答案:A第37题,Stephen Crane was also a poet who influenced Imagist poetry .A、错误B、正确正确答案:B第38题,Morrison is the first black writer to win the Nobel Prize .A、错误B、正确正确答案:B第39题,The Joy Luck Club is a group of separate stories happening in men‘s club located in San Francisco Chinatown .A、错误B、正确正确答案:A第40题,T he short story “The Rocking Horse Winner” was written by Lawrence.A、错误B、正确正确答案:B。
《英美文学史》练习测试题库答案
华中师范大学网络教育学院《英美文学史》测试题答案1. Write the names of the authors of the following literary works.1. Samuel Richardson2. Henry Fielding3. Richard Brinsley Sheridan4. Samuel Johnson5.Thomas Gray6.William Blake7.Robert Burns8.William Wordsworth9.Samuel Taylor Coleridge10.Robert Southey11.Walter Scott12.William Makepeace Thackeray13.Charlotte Bronte14.Emily Bronte15.George Eliot16.Robert Louis Stevenson17.Oscar Wilde18.John Galsworthy19.Thomas Hardy20.Bernard Shaw21.William Butler Yeats22.David Herbert Lawrence23.Virginia Woolf24.Charles Dickens25.Percy Shelley26.Christopher Marlow27.Jonathan Swift28.Jane Austen29.Henry Fielding30.Thomas Hardy31.William Shakespeare32.George Gordon Byron33.Samuel Taylor Coleridge34.r Edmund Spenser35.Alexander Pope36.Richard Brinsley Sheridan37.George Eliot38.James Joyce39.Poesy John Drydenurence Sterne41.Percy Shelley42)Thomas Jefferson43) Fenimore Cooper44) Washington Irving45) Emerson46) Henry David Thoreau47) Nathaniel Hawthorne48)Herman Melville49)Edgar Allan Poe50) Walt Whitman51)Walt Whitman52)Emily Dickinson53) Robert Frost54) Edgar Allan Poe55) Harriet Beecher Stowe56) William Dean Howells57) Henry James58) Mark Twain59) O. Henry60) Jack London61) Stephen Crane62) Frank Norris63) Theodore Dreiser64) Ezra Pound65) Ezra Pound66) Wallace Stevens67) Carl Sandburg68)T. S. Eliot69) John Steinbeck70) Fitzgerald71) William Faulkner72) Ernest Hemingway73) Eugene O’Neill74) Arthur Miller75) William Faulkner76) T. S. Eliot77) Longfellow78) John Steinbeck79) Mark Twain80)John Doss Passos2. Choose the right answer. 1Answer: D2Answer: B3 Answer: D4. Answer: C6. Answer: B7. Answer: D8. Answer: B9. Answer: B10. Answer: A11. Answer: C12. Answer: C13. Answer: B14. Answer: B15. Answer: B16. Answer: B17. Answer: C18. Answer: B19. Answer: D20. Answer: C21. Answer: B22. Answer: C23. Answer: B24. Answer: B25. Answer: A26. Answer: D27. Answer: A28. Answer: D29. Answer: A30. Answer: B31. Answer: C32. Answer: D33. Answer: B34. Answer: C35. Answer: D36. Answer: C37. Answer: D38. Answer: B39. Answer: A40. Answer: B41. Answer: A42. Answer: A43. Answer: B44. Answer: C45. Answer: B46. Answer: D47. Answer: C48. Answer: A50. Answer: A51. Answer: B52. Answer: A53. Answer: D54. Answer: A55. Answer: D56. Answer: D57Answer: D58. Answer: A59. Answer: A60. Answer: A61. Answer: D62. Answer: C63. Answer: A64. Answer: B65. Answer: A66. Answer: A67. Answer: B68. Answer: C69. Answer: B70. Answer: A71. Answer: D72. Answer: B73. answer: D74. Answer: A75. Answer: B76. Answer: A77. Answer: D78. Answer: D79. Answer: C80 Answer: A3. Answer the following questions briefly.1)What is Chaucer's contribution to English language?Chaucer's language is vivid and exact. His verse is smooth. His words are easy to understand. He introduced from France the rhymed stanzas of various types, especially the rhymed couplet of iambic pentameter which was later called the "heroic couplet." Though drawing influence from French, Italian and Latin models, he is the first important poet to write in the current English language. Chaucer did much in making the dialect of London the foundation for modern English language.2)What was the English Renaissance?The English Renaissance was an intellectual movement or rebirth of letters. There were two striking features. The first was the revived interest in classical literature. People were thirsty for works of Greek and Latin. Another feature washumanism. People began to see themselves as important beings, not only living for God and a future world. Interest in beauty and achievement rose. This was the outlook of the new bourgeois class. They believed in their strength. They expected the promising world opening to them. They believed that they could make the world according to their desires.3)What are the themes of "Robinson Crusoe"?1) The novel sings high praises of self-reliance. It demonstrates that man can remake the world with his own power. He can rely on himself in difficult situations.2) This novel is also an exhibition of man's capacity. Man has boundless energy. Together with his persistence and strong will power, he can do anything that may seem impossible previously.3) This novel also glorifies human labor. It is labor that saves Robinson Crusoe from despair, and labor is also a source of pride and happiness.In short, Robinson Crusoe is representative of the English bourgeoisie at the early stage of its development.4) This novel also touches upon the theme of colonization. Crusoe makes Friday his servant, and he himself master of the island and Friday. This plot is in accordance with the exploitation of the English bourgeois class out of Britain.4)Summarize Shelley's significance in the English literature.Shelley is one of the leading Romantic poets, an intense and original lyrical poet in the English language. Like Blake, he has a reputation as a difficult poet: erudite, imagistically complex, full of classical and mythological allusions. His style abounds in personification and metaphor and other figures of speech which describe vividly what we see and feel, or express what passionately moves us.5) What are the periods of Shakespeare’s dramatic composition? And what are their respective features?Three periods: 1. Period of historical plays and comedies. This period is characterized by happiness and optimism. This period can be further put into two phases: the phase of apprenticeship and the phase of maturation. 2. Period of tragedies. This period is characterized by gloom. 3. Period of romances or tragic-comedies. This period is characterized by reconciliation.6) What are the principles of classicists? Tell three representative classicists in the English literature and their representative works.1) The classicists modeled themselves on Greek and Latin authors, and tried to control literary creation by some fixed laws and rules drawn from Greek and Latin works. Rimed couplet instead of blank verse, the three unities of time, place and action, regularity in construction, and the presentation of types rather than individuals—these were some of the standards the classicists required of drama. Poetry, following the ancient divisions, should be lyric, epic, didactic, satiric or dramatic, and each class should be guided by some peculiar principles. Prose should be precise, direct and flexible. The English classicists followed these standards in thei r writing. 2) Addison and Steele, “The Tatler,” and “The Spectator.” Alexander Pope, “Essay on Criticism,” and “The Rape of the Lock.”7)Summarize Eliot's influence briefly.The novels of George Eliot mark the beginning of a new stage in the development of English critical realism following that of Dickens and Thackeray. In one respect her work had an advantage over her predecessors. Her characters were not grotesque types, but real, common men and women, whose psychology Eliot revealed very skillfully to the reader. But in other respects her work marks a retrogression. She shifted the center of gravity in the novel from the social problems to the problems of religion and morality. Though aware of the evils of bourgeois society, she did not attack the social system. She believed in the sentimental "religion of humanity", and cherished the illusion that humanity and love could do away with the evils of capitalism.8)Why is Hamlet a representative of humanism?Hamlet is a humanist, a man who is free from medieval prejudices and superstition. He has an unbounded love for the world instead of the heaven. Such love for nature and man is characteristic of the humanists of the Renaissance. Hamlet is also a man of strong moral standards. He loves good and hates evil. He treats everybody as equal. This democratic tendency is based on his humanist thought. His intellectual genius is outstanding. He is a close observer of men and manners. He easily sees through people, so he is always unmasking the world. His image reflects the versatility of the men of the Renaissance.9) What are the characteristics of the American writings in the Romantic Period?Most of the American writings in the Romantic Period share the following characteristics: 1) there was a new emphasis upon the imaginative and emotional qualities of literature, which include a liking for the picturesque, the exotic, the sensuous, the sensational, and the supernatural. 2) The Americans also placed an increasing emphasis upon the free expression of emotions and displayed an increasing attention to the psychic states of their characters. Heroes and heroines exhibited extremes of sensitivity and excitement. 3) The strong tendency to exalt the individual and the common man was almost a national religion in American. 4) The more colorful aspects of the past are used in the literary works. 5) American Romanticism is derivative and typically American.10) How does “Rip Van Winkle” reveal Washington Irving’s conservative attitude?1) Washington Irving was a conservative and always exalted a disappearing past, which is obvious in “Rip Van Winkle”. Rip went to sleep before the War of Independence and woke up after it. The change that had occurred in the twenty years he slept was to him not always for the better. Instead of feeling happy about the country finally independent from the yoke of British colonial rule, Rip was pleased with his new life chiefly because “he had got his neck out of the yoke of matrimony”.2) The story might be taken as an illustratio n of Irving’s argument that change—and revolution—upset the natural order of things, and of the fact that Irving preferred the past to the present, a dreamlike world to the real one, and never seemed to accept a modern democratic America.11) What is Hawth orne’s writing style?1) As a man of literary craftsmanship, Hawthorne is extraordinary in that the structure and the form of his writing are always carefully worked out to cater of the thematic concern. 2) With his special interest in the psychological aspect of human beings, he is good at exploring the complexity of human psychology. 3) Hawthorne is a great allegorist and almost every story can be read allegorically. 4) Hawthorne is a master of symbolism, which he took from the Puritan tradition and bequeathed to American literature in a revivified form.12) Comment on the language of Whitman’s poems1) Contrary to the rhetoric of traditional poetry, Whitman’s language is relatively simple and even rather crude. 2) An often-used method in Whitman’s poem s if to make colors and images fleet past the mind’s eye of the reader. 3) Another characteristic in Whitman’s language is his strong tendency to use oral English.13) What is Dreiser’s writing style?Dreiser’s contribution to the American literary hist ory is great.1) He broke away from the genteel tradition of literature and dramatized the life in a very realistic way. His style is not polished but very serious and well calculated to achieve the thematic ends he sought. 2) However, his writings appear more inclusive and less selective, and the readers are sometimes burdened with massive detailed descriptions of characters and events. 3) He has been accused of being awkward in sentence structure, inept and occasionally flatly wrong in word selection and meaning, and mixed and disorganized in voice and tone.14) What is the Imagist Movement?1) Flourished from 1909 to 1917 and involved quite a number of British and American writers and poets, Imagist Movement is a movement that advanced modernism in arts which concentrated on reforming the medium of poetry as opposed to Romanticism, especially Tennyson’s worldliness and high-flown language in poetry.2) The Imagist Movement15) What is the basic concern of The Hairy Ape?1)Sister Carrie The play concerns the problem of modern man’s identity. 2) Yank’s sense of belonging nowhere, hence homelessness and rootless, is typical of the mood of isolation and alienation in the early twentieth century in the United States and the whole world as well.16) What is the theme of The Old Man and the Sea?1) A short novel by Hemingway which brought him the Nobel Prize, The Old Man and the Sea is about an old Cuban fisherman Santiago and his losing battle with a giant marlin. 2) In a tragic sense, it is a representation of life and as a struggle against unconquerable natural forces in which only a partial victory is possible. Nevertheless, there is a feeling of great respect for the struggle of mankind.17) Sea adventures are Melville’s favorite subject; "Moby-Dick" is a great novel in the theme, which is also noted for its symbolism, please analyze it in detail.1) About the sea adventure: it symbols the voyage of the mind in quest of the truth and knowledge of the universe; a spirit exploration into man’s deep re ality and psychology;2) About the boat; it symbols the society, and the crew symbol all kinds of peoplewith different social and ethnic ideas;3) About the white whale: To the author, it symbols nature, it is a complex, unfathomable and beautiful; To the captain Ahab, it is evilness, is a wall. So he will lead all his crew to cut through the wall to dig out all the unknown, mysterious things behind it. To the narrator, Ishmael, it is a mystery.18) Why Modernism is different from Realism?In many aspects, Modernism acts against Realism; 1) Modernism rejects rationalism, while Realism stresses it; 2) Modernism includes internal, subjective, psychological world, while Realism stresses external, objective, and material world;3) Modernism advocates new forms and new techniques, and it casts away all the traditional elements such as: story, character, etc. while Realism stresses it. 4) Modernism works are called anti-novel, anti-poetry, anti-drama etc.4. Answer the following questions in detail.1)What are the general features of Shakespeare's plays?1. Realism & Humanism. Shakespeare is regarded as one of the founders of realism in world literature. His theory of drama is "to hold, as it were, the mirror to nature; to show virtue her own feature, scorn her own image, and the very age and body of the time his form and pressure." This is in agreement with Engels' definition of realism: "Realism implies the truthful reproduction of typical characters under typical circumstances."Humanism is also keynote of Shakespeare's drama. Many of his characters are representatives of Shakespeare's humanistic thoughts. The women characters are such examples. Women in Shakespeare's plays are usually braver and more capable than men characters. They are no longer restrained by the feudal fetters. Falstaff, in "Henry IV," also shows Shakespeare's humanistic belief. Falstaff is fat, old, ugly, gross and guilty of many sins. He is boastful and greedy. He takes bribes. These are included in The Seven Deadly Sins. However, Shakespeare didn't create him as a bad example. On the contrary, his characterization of Falstaff is comic, not criticizing. In fact, it is said that this character was so amusing that Queen Elizabeth asked Shakespeare to write another play imply devoting to Falstaff. From the creation of Falstaff, we can see that Shakespeare is free from the religious constraints. This is an important feature of humanism.Shakespeare's histories also demonstrate hi belief in unity of the country and an ideal king, for example, "Henry IV" and "Henry V." This is also what the English people was expecting after many years' war in the Middle Ages.2. Shakespeare used a lot of adoptions. He borrowed his source materials from a variety of sources: Greek legends, Roman history, Italian stories and English historical records. However, he was always able to put a new meaning on the old stories, thus reflecting the reality of England of his time.3. Shakespeare is a master of drama. He broke the classical rules of three unities, thus caused English drama to flourish.4. Shakespeare is skillful in many poetic forms. He is especially good at sonnets and blank verse.5. Shakespeare is a master of the English language. He used about 16,000 words.Many of his coined words have remained in the English language. Shakespeare and the King James Bible are the two great treasuries of the English language.2)Summarize Byron's chief contribution and significance in the Englishliterature.As a leading Romanticist, Byron's chief contribution is his creation of the "Byronic hero," a proud, mysterious rebel figure of noble origin. With immense superiority in his passions and powers, this Byronic hero would carry on his shoulders the burden of righting all the wrongs in a corrupt society, and would rise single-handedly against any kind of tyrannical rules either in government, in religion, or in moral principles with unconquerable wills and inexhaustible energies. The conflict is usually one of rebellious individuals against outworn social systems and conventions. The image of this hero is to some extent modeled on the life and personality of Byron himself, and makes Byron famous both at home and abroad. Byron's poetry was immensely popular at home and also abroad, where it exerted great influence on the Romantic movement. This popularity owes to the author's persistent attacks on "cant political, religious, and moral," to the novelty of his oriental scenery, to the romantic character of the Byronic hero, and to the easy, fluent and natural beauty of his verse. Byron's diction on the whole has a freedom, copiousness and vigor. His descriptions are simple and fresh, and often bring vivid objects before the reader. The glowing imagination also adds to the charm of his poetry.Byron uses Ottva Rima (Octave Stanza) as the form of his poetry.Byron's poetry has great influence on the literature of the whole world. Across Europe, patriots and painters and musicians are all inspired by him. Poets and novelists are profoundly influenced by his work.3) What are the three periods of Yeats’s literary career? Enumerate some representative works at each period.Yeats' literary career can be divided into three periods. During the early years of his literary career, he wrote romantic poetry under the influence of Spenser, Shelley and the Pre-Raphaelites. He also made an intensive study of William Blake whose symbolism and mysticism attracted him very much. His early poems were full of dreams and fairies. The major themes are usually Celtic legends, local folktales, or stories of the heroic age in Irish history. Many of these poems have a dreamy quality with melancholy, passive and self-indulgent feelings. Famous poems composed in this period include "The Lake Isle of Innisfree." Collections of his early poems are: "Crossways" (1899), "The Rose" (1893), and "The Wind Among the Reeds" (1899). The first two decades of the 20th century were Yeats' period of transition, during which he departed from the romanticism of his early period and developed into modernism, influenced by the poetry and criticism of T. S. Eliot and Ezra Pound. He also studied the works of John Donne, the 17th century metaphysical poet. By finding a new force, a new dimension, and a new reality to his verse, Yeats began to write with realistic and concrete themes on a variety of subjects, exploring the profound and complicated human problems, such as life, love, politics and religion. With the combination of his appreciation of beauty and a sense of tragedy in life, Yeats gave asignificance to the ordinary events of life in his poetry. The new vigor of his verse is reflected in the precise and concrete imagery, the strong passion and the active verb forms. Through vivid images, rich symbols and controlled rhythms, the meaning of his poems was pressed disturbing home. His style is both simple and rich, colloquial and formal, with a quality of metaphysical wit and symbolic vision, which indicates that Yeats has already been on his way to modernist poetry. His famous poems composed in this period include: "No Second Troy," "September 1913," "Easter 1916" and "The Second Coming."The years 1919-1939 were Yeats' final period of maturity, in which he published many volumes of his representative poems, which include "The Wild Swans at Coole" (1919), "The Tower" (1828), "Sailing to Byzantium." In his late works he deals with the rise and fall of civilization, with eternal beauty in the world of art, with contrast between youth and old age, and with love. He created an elaborate system of symbols of his own in his poems.4) What are the characteristics of Romanticism in English literature? Give examples to illustrate them.English Romantic literature has the following characteristics: 1) sensibility; 2) primitivism; 3) love of nature; 4) mysticism; 5) individualism; 6) sympathetic interest in the past, especially the medieval; 7) against whatever characterized classicism.We can easily find examples of romantic writers whose works have the above features. Generally speaking, all romantic writers focus on the sensibility, especially the natural flow of feelings, rather than the outside world. Many romantic writers sing high praises of nature. Wordsworth is a good example. It’s said that his poetry about nature is his best poetry. A strong interest in nature naturally causes some poets to take a liking to primitive life, to idealize rural life and even to show sympathy for animal life. Goldsmith and Cowper are two examples. Mysticism, and even Gothicism, is another feature. Poets like Keats include mysterious stories in their poems. Some other poets like Percy have a strong interest in the medieval literature, while others like Burns find sources from folk songs or ballads. Individualism is an important feature of romantic literature. Lord Byron’s Don Juan is a remarkable poem in high praise of individualism. On the whole, romanticists are against whatever classicists support. They abandon the heroic couplet in favor of blank verse, the sonnet, the Spenserian stanza and many experimental verse forms. They drop the conventional poetic fiction in favor of fresher language and bolder figures. Typical literary forms of the romantic writers include the lyric, especially the love lyric, the reflective lyric, the nature lyric and the lyric of morbid melancholy and sentimental novel.5) Comment on the similarities and differences of the three dominant figures—William Dean Howells, Henry James and Mark Twain of the Realistic period.The three dominant figures of the Realistic period are William Dean Howells, Henry James and Mark Twain.a. Their similarities:Together they brought to fulfillment native trends in the realistic portrayal of the landscape and social surfaces,brought to perfection the vernacular style, and explored and exploited the literary possibilities of the interior life. They recorded and made permanent the essential life of the eastern third of the continent as it was lived in the last half of the nineteenth century on the vanishing frontier, in the village, the small town, or the turbulent metropolis. They established the literary identity of distinctively American protagonists, specially the vernacular hero and the “American Girl”, the baffled and strained middle-class family, the businessman, and the psychologically complicated citizens of a new international culture. Together, in short, they set the example and charted the future of course for the subjects, themes, techniques and styles of fiction we still call modern.b. Their differencesThough the three prominent writers wrote more or less at the same time, they differed in their understanding of “truth”. While Mark Twain and Howells seemed to have paid more attention to the “life” of the Americans, Henry James had apparently laid a greater emphasis on the “inner world” of man. He came to believe that the literary artist should not simply hold a mirror to the surface of social life in particular times and spaces. In addition, the writers should use language to probe the deepest reaches of the psychological and moral nature of human beings. He is a realist of the inner life. Though Mark Twain and Howells both shared the same concern in presenting the truth of the American society, they had each of them different emphasis. Howells focused his discussion on the rising middle class and the way they lived, while Mark Twain preferred to have his own region and people at the forefront of his stories. This particular concern about the local character of a region came about as “local colorism”, a unique variation of American literary realism.6) The background of American Modernism1)Social backgroundThe 20th century began with a strong sense of social breakdown. A series of wars fought on the international scene during the first part of the century were to affect the life of Americans and their literary writings. With all these wars the world had undergone a dramatic social change, a transformation from order to disorder. So had the United States. Despite its booming industry and material prosperity, there was a sense of unease and restlessness and underneath.2) Along with the changes in the material landscape came the changes in the non- material system of belief and behavior. The First World War had made a big impact on the life of Americans. In a word, there was a decline in moral standard and the first few decades of the twentieth century was best described as a spiritual wasteland. The First World War brought feelings of fear, loss, disorientation and disillusionment to the Americans.3) Between the mid-19th century and the first decade of the 20th century, there had been a big flush of new theories and new ideas in both social and natural sciences, as well as in the field of are in Europe, which played an indispensable role in bringing about modernism and the modernistic writings in the United States. The implicationsof modern European arts to modern American writings can also be strongly felt in the American literature between the wars, even thereafter.7) What is Hawthorne’s “black” vision of life and human beings?1) Hawthorne’s liter ary world is very disturbed, tormented and problematical because of his “black” vision of life and human beings. He rejected what he saw as the Transcendentalists’ transparent optimism about the potentialities of human nature. Instead he looked more deeply and perhaps more honestly into life, finding it much suffering and conflict but also finding the redeeming power of love. 2) According to him, “There is evil in every human heart”, and a piece of literary work should “show how we are all wronged and wrong ers, and avenge one another”. So in almost every book he wrote, Hawthorne discusses sin and evil. One source of evil Hawthorne is concerned most is over-reaching intellect, which usually refers to someone who is too proud, too sure of himself. The tension between the head and the heart constitutes one of the dramatic moments when the evil of over-reaching intellect would be fully revealed. 3) Hawthorne’s intellectuals are usually villains, dreadful because they are devoid of warmth and feeling. What’s more, they tend to go beyond and violate the natural order by doing something impossible and reaching the ultimate truth, without a sober mind about their own limitations as human beings. Chillingworth, Dr. Rappaccini in “Rappaccini’s daughter” are but a few specimens of Hawthorne’s chilling, cold-blooded human animals.8) Analyze the theory of Theodore Dreiser’naturalism with example.1) His naturalism emphasized heredity and environment as important deterministic forces shaping individualized characters that were presented in special and detailed circumstances. At bottom, life was shown to be ironic, even tragic.2) The characters in his books are often subject to the control of the natural forces, especially those of environment and heredity. For example, th e hero Hurstwood’s tragic death showed the theory.3) The effect of Darwinist idea of "survival of the fittest" was shattering. It is not surprising to find in Dreiser’s fiction a world of jungle, where "kill or to be killed" was the law.4) He criticizes materialistic to the core, living in such a society with such a value system, the human individual is obsessed with a never-ending, yet meaningless search for satisfaction of his/her desires. One of the desires is for money which was a motivating purpose of life in the United States in the late 19th century. For example in his masterpiece "Sister Carrie" he traces the material rise of Carrie Meeber, which indicates the critical attitude of the author.5) Sexual beauty symbolizes the acquisition of some social status of great magnitude.9) Take examples to analyze the style and theme of Mark Twain.Mark Twain is a great literary of America, H. L. Mencken considered him "the true father of our national literature".1) Twain’s works like "Adventure of Huckleberry Finn" and "Life on the Mississippi" shaped the views of America and combined American folk humor and serious literature together;。
2009年四川大学英语专业(英美文学)真题试卷答案
一、单项选择题1 【正确答案】 A【试题解析】《父子之间》是奈保尔著名的家庭书信集，堪与《傅雷家书》媲美。
2 【正确答案】 D【试题解析】 1904年建立的The Abbey Theatre可以说是爱尔兰戏剧复兴的摇篮，叶芝、格雷戈里夫人、辛格和奥凯西都是爱尔兰文艺复兴运动的中坚力量。
Sartor Resartus(《旧衣新裁》或《衣裳哲学》)是维多利亚时代著名的苏格兰评论家、讽刺作家和历史学家ThomasCarlyle(托马斯·卡莱尔)的作品，和爱尔兰戏剧复兴运动并没有直接关系。
3 【正确答案】 B【试题解析】 Romance是中世纪非常流行的一种文体，描写的是骑士们的爱情和冒险故事。
4 【正确答案】 B【试题解析】作为玄学派的代表诗人，约翰·多恩以其奇妙大胆的想象和暗喻著称。
5 【正确答案】 A【试题解析】这两行诗的意思是：我突然看见一簇簇、一丛丛金黄的水仙。
“host”在诗中指的是大量、很多。
6 【正确答案】 C【试题解析】梭罗是美国先验主义作家之一，其代表作是Walden(《瓦尔登湖》)。
选项A《厄舍古屋的倒塌》是Edgar Allan Poe(爱伦·坡)的作品；选项B 《塞拉斯·拉帕姆的发迹》是William Dean Howells(豪威尔斯)的小说；选项D《睡谷传奇》的作者是Washington，Irving(华盛顿·欧文)。
7 【正确答案】 D【试题解析】《马丁·伊登》是杰克·伦敦非常著名的一部小说。
选项A《红色英勇勋章》是StephenCrane(斯蒂芬·克莱恩)的作品；选项B《章鱼》是Frank Norris(弗兰克·诺里斯)的代表作；选项C《镀金时代》是Mark Twain(马克·吐温)的第一部长篇小说。
8 【正确答案】 D【试题解析】“奴隶的梦”是朗费罗的一首名诗。
选项A“乌鸦”是爱伦·坡的名诗；选项B的作者是艾米丽·狄金森；选项C是Philip Freneau(菲利普·弗雷诺)的一首诗。
英美文学选读试题及答案
英美文学选读试题Ⅰ.Multiple Choice (40 points in all, 1 for each)Select from the four choices [A],[B],[C],[D] of each item the one that best answers the question or completes the statement and write the letter on the answer sheet.1.Romance,which uses narrative verse or prose to tell stories of ___ adventures or other heroic deeds, is a popular literary form in the medieval period.A.Christian2.Among the great Middle English poets, Geoffrey Chaucer is known for his production of ___.A.Piers PlowmanB.Sir Gawain and the Green KnightC.Confessio AmantisD.The Canterbury Tales3.Which of the following historical events does not directly help to stimulate the rising of the Renaisssance Movement?A.The rediscovery of ancient Greek and Roman culture.B.The new discoveries in geography and astrology.C.The Glorious revolution.D.The religious reformation and the economic expansion.4.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 artistic creation.D.The speaker meditates on man's salvation.5.“And we will sit upon the rocks,/Seeing the shepherds f eed their flocks,/By shallow rivers to whose falls/Melodious birds sing madrigals.〞The above lines are probably taken from __.A.Spenser's The Faerie QueeneB.John Donne's “The Sun Rising〞C.Shakespeare's “Sonnet 18”D.Marlowe's “The Passionate Shepherd to His Love〞6.“Bassanio:Antonio,I am married to a wifeWhich is as dear to me as life itself;But life itself, My wife, and all the world.Are not with me esteem'd above thy life;I would lose all, ay, sacrifice them all,Here to the devil, to deliver you.Portia:Your wife would give you little thanks for that,If she were by to hear you make the offer.〞The above is a quotation taken from Shakespeare's comedy The Merchant of Venice.The quoted part can be regarded as a good example to illustrate ____.A.dramatic irony7.The ture subject of John Donne's poem,“The Sun Rising,〞is to ___.A.attack the sun as an unruly servantB.give compliments to the mistress and her power of beautyC.criticize the sun's intrusion into the lover's private lifeD.lecture the sun on where true royalty and riches lie8.Of all the 18thcentury novelists Henry Fielding was the first to set out, both in theory and practice, to write specificall y a “___ in prose,〞the first to give the modern novel its structure and style.A.tragic epic B ic epicC.romanceD.lyric epic9.The Houyhnhnms depicted by Jonathan Swift in Gulliver's Travels are ___.A.horses that are endowed with reasonB.pigmies that are endowed with admirable qualitiesC.giants that are superior in wisdomD.hairy,wild, low and despicable creatures, who resemble human beings not only in appearance but also in some other ways.10.Here are four lines from a literary work:“Others for language all their care express,/And value books,as women men, for dress.〞The work is ___.A.Thomas Gray's “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard〞B.John Milton's Paradise LostC.Alexander Pope's Essay on CriticismD.Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream11.The phrase “to urge people to abide by Christian doctrines and to seek salvation through constant struggles with their own weaknesses and all kinds of social evils〞may well sum up the implied meaning of ___.A.Gulliver's TravelsB.The Rape of the LockC.Robinson CrusoeD.The pilgrim's Progress12.William Wordsworth, a romantic poet, advocated all the following EXCEPT ___.A.the use of everyday language spoken by the common peopleB.the expression of the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelingsC.the use of humble and rustic life as subject matterD.the use of elegant wording and inflated figures of speech13.Which of the following is taken from John Keats’ “Ode on a Grecian Urn〞?A.“I fall upon the thorns of life! I bleed!〞B.“They are both gone up to the church to pary.〞C.“Earth has not anything to show more fair.〞D.“Beauty is truth, truth beauty〞.14.“If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind!〞is an epigrammatic line by __.A.J.KeatsB.W.BlakeC.W.Wordsworth15.“Ode o na Grecian Urn〞shows the contrast between the ___ of art and the ___ of human passion.A.glory …uglinessB.permanence…transienceC.transience…sordidnessD.glory…permanence16.In the statement“—oh,God! would you like to live with your soul in the grave?〞the term“soul〞apparently refers to ___.A.Heathcliff himselfC.one's spiritual lifeD.one's ghost17.The typical feature of Robet Browning's poetry is the ___.A.bitter satirerger-than-life caricaturetinized dictionD.dramatic monologue18.The Victorian Age was largely an age of ____,eminently represented by Dickens and Thackeray.A.poetryB.drama D.epic prose19.___is the first important governess(家庭女教师) novel in the English literary history.A.Jane EyreHeights20.The major concern of ______ fiction lies in the tracing of the psychological development of his characters and in his energetic criticism of the dehumanizing effect of the capitalist industrialization on human nature.wrence'sB.J.Galsworthy'sC.W.Thackeray’sD.T.Hardy’s21.___is considered to be the best-known English dramatist since Shakespeare, and his representative works are plays inspired by social criticism.A.Richard SheridanB.Oliver GoldsmithC.Oscar WildeD.Bernard Shaw22.Which of the following is NOT a typical feature of Modernism?A.To elevate the individual and inner being over the social being.B.To put the stress on traditional values.C.To portray the distorted and alienated relationships between man and his environment.D.To advocate a conscious break with the past.23.The Romantic writers would focus on all the following issues EXCEPT the ___ in the American literary histrory.A.individual feelingsB.idea of survival of the fittestC.strong imaginationD.return to nature24.Henry David Thoreau's work,__,has always been regarded as a masterpiece of New England Transcendentalism.B.The pioneersC.NatureD.Song of Myself25.The famous 20-years sleep in “Rip Van Winkle〞helps to construct the story in such a way that we are greatly affected by Irving's ___.A.concern with the passage of timeB.expression of transient beautyC.satire on laziness and corruptibility of human beingsD.idea about supernatural manipulation of man's life26.Walt whitman was a pioneering figure of American poetry.His innovation first of all lies in his use of __,poetry without a fixed beat or regular rhyme scheme.A.blank verseB.heroic coupletC.free verseD.iambic pentameter27.The literary characters of the American type in early 19th century are generally characterized by all the following features EXCEPT that they ___.A.speak local dialectsB.are polite and elegant gentlemenC.are simple and crude farmersD.are noble savages( red and white) untainted by society28.Hester Pryme, Dimmsdale,Chillingworth and Pearl are most likely the names of the characters in ___.A.The Scarlet LetterB.The House of the Seven GablestC.The Portrait of a LadyD.The pioneers29.“This is my letter to the World〞is a poetic expression of Emily Dickinson's __ about her communication with the outside world.A.indifferenceB.anger30.With Howells,James,and Mark Twain active on the literary scene, __ became the major trend in American literature in the seventies and eighties of the 19thcentury.31.After The adventures of Tom Sawyer, Twain gives a literary independence to Tom's buddy Huck in a book entitled ___.A.Life on the MississippiB.The Gilded AgeC.The Adventures of Huckleberry FinnD.A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court32.However,___,the keynote of Daisy Miller's character,turns out to be an admiring but a dangerous quality and her defiance of social taboos in the Old World finally brings her to a disaster in the clash between two different cultures.C.worldliness33.Generally speaking,all those writers with a naturalistic approach to human reality tend to be ___.A.transcendentalists34.Emily Dickinson wrote many short poems on various aspects of life.Which of the following is NOT a usual subject of her poetic expression?A.Religion and immortality.B.Life and death.C.Love and marriage.D.War and peace.35.In “After Apple-Picking,〞Robert Frost wrote:“For I have had too much/Of applepicking:I am overtired/Of the great harvestI myself desired.〞From these lines we can conclude that the speaker is ___.A.happy about the harvestB.still very much interested in apple-pickingC.expecting a greater harvestD.indifferent to what he once desired36.Chinese poetry and philosophy have exerted great influence over ____.A.Ezra PoundB.Ralph Waldo EmersonC.Robert FrostD.Emily Dickinson37.The Hemingway Code heroes are best remembered for their __.A.indestructible spirtieB.pessimistic view of life38.IN The Emperor Jones and The Hairy Ape,O'Neill adopted the expressionist techniques to portray the ___ of human beings in a hostile universe.A.helpless situationC.profound religious faithD.courage and perseverance39.In Hemingway's “Indian Cmap〞,Nick's night trip to the Indian village and his experience inside the hut can be taken as ____.A.an essential lesson about Indian tribesB.a confrontation with evil and sinC.an initiation to the harshness of lifeD.a learning process in human relationship40.which of the following statements about Emily Grierson, the protagonist in Faulkner's story “A Rose for Emily,〞is NOT true?A.She has a distorted personality.B.She is physically deformed and paralyzed.C.She is the symbol of the old values of the South.D.She is the victim of the past glory.PART TWOⅡ.Reading Comprehension (16 points, 4 for each)Read the quoted parts carefully and answer the questions in English.Write your answer in the corresponding space on the answer sheet.41.“Her eyes met his and he looked away.He neither believed nor disbelieved her,but he knew that he had made a mistake in asking;he never had known,never would know,what she was thinking.The sight of her inscrutable face,the thought of all the hundreds of evenings he had seen her sitting there like that,soft and passive,but so unreadable, unknown, enraged him beyond measure.〞Questions:A.Identify the writer and the work.B.What does the phrase “inscrutable face〞mean?C.What idea does the quoted passage express?42.“And when I am formulated,sprawling on a pin,When I am pinned and wriggling on the wall.Then how should beginTo spit out all the butt-ends of my days and ways.〞Questions:A.Identify the poem and the poet.B.What does the phrase “butt-ends〞mean?C.What idea does the quoted passage express?43.“God knows,…I'm not myself—I'm somebody else—…and I'm changed,and I can't tell what's my name,or who I am.〞Questions:A.Identify the work and the author.B.The speaker says he is changed.Do you think he is changed, or the social environment has changed?C.What idea does the quoted sentence express?44.“I shall be telling this wi th a sighSomewhere ages and ages hence:Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—I took the one less traveled by,And that has made all the difference.〞Questions:A.Idenfity the poem and the poet.B.What does the phrase “ages and ag es hence〞mean?C.What idea does the quoted passage express?Ⅲ.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 sheet.45.As a rule,an allegory is story in verse or prose with a double meaning: a surface meaning,and an implied meaning.List two works as examples of allegory.What is an allegory usually concerned with by its implied meaning?46.Inspiration for the romantic approach initially came from two great shapers of thought.Who are the two?And what ideas they expressed inspire the romantic writers?47.The white whale,Moby Dick,is the most important symbol in Melville's novel.What symbolic meaning can you draw from it?48.Nature is a philosophic work, in which Emerson gives an explicit discussion on his idea of the Qversoul.What is your understanding of Emersonian “Oversoul〞?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.How is Romanticism different from Neoclassicism?Provide brief evidence from the literary works you know best.50.Summerize the story of Mark twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn in about 100 words,and comment on the theme of the novel.Ⅱ.Reading Comprehension (16 points, 4 for each)41.A.John Galasworthy:The Man of Property.B.A face does not show any emotion or reaction so that it is impossible to know how that person is feeling or what he is thinking about.C.it presents the inner mind of Soames in face of his wife's coldness.He can never know what is on his wife's mind because the makeup of his and her mentality is different.His wife Irene, whose mind is romantically inclined, is disgusted with her husband's possessiveness.Being unable to read his wife's mind is as good as saying that he really can't regard her as his property- this is the very reason why he is enraged beyond measure.42.A.T.S.Eliot:“The Love So ng of J.Alfred Pruforck.〞B.The ends of cigarettes,meaning trivial things here.C.Here,Prufrock's inability to do anything against the society he is in is made strikingly clear by using a sharp comparison .Prufrock imagines himself as a kind of insect pinned on the wall and struggling in vain to get free.This image vividly shows Prufrock's current predicament.43.A.Washington Irving:“Rip Van Winkle〞.B.The social environment is changed.C.When Rip is back home after a period of 20 years,he finds thta everything has changed.All those old values are gone,and he can hardly feel at home in a changed society.One of the functions that Rip serves in the story is to provide a measuring stick forchange.It is through him that Irving drives home the theme that a desire for change,improvement,and progress could subvert stable society.44.A.Robert Frost:“The Road Not Taken〞.B.Many many years later.C.The speaker is telling his experience of making the choice of the roads.But he is conscious of the fact that his choice will have made all the difference in his life.He seems to be giving a suggestion to the reader.“Make good choice of your life.〞Ⅲ.Questions and Answers (24 points in all,6 for each)45.A.Buyan's pilgrim's Progress and Spenser's The Faerie Queene.B.It is usually concerned with moral ,religious,political,symbolic or mythical ideas.46.A.The French philosopher,Jean Jacques Rousseau and the German writer Johna Wolfgan von Goethe.B.It is Rousseau who established the cult of the individual and championed the freedom of the human spirit;his famous announcement was “I felt before I thought.〞Goethe and his compatriots extolled the romantic spirit.47.A.To Ahab,the whale is either an evil creature itself or the agent of an evil force that controls the universe,or perhaps both.B.To Ishmale,the whale is an astonishing force,an immense power,which defies rational explanation due to a sense of mystery it carries.It is beautiful,but malignant at the same time.It also represents the tremendous organic vitality of the universe,for it has a life force that surges onward irresistibly, impervious to the desires or wills of men.C.As to the reader, the whale can be viewed as a symbol of the physical limits that life imposes upon man.It may also be regarded as a symbol of nature, or an instrument of God's vengeance upon evil man.In general,the multiplicity and ambivalence of the symbolic meaning of the whale is such that it becomes a source of intense speculation, an object or profound curiosity for the reader.48.A.The Oversoul is believed to be an all-pervading power for goodness,omnipresent and omnipotent from which all things come and of which all are a part.It exists in nature and man alike and constitutes the chief element of the universe.B.According to Emerson,it is a supreme reality of mind, a spiritual unity of all beings, and a religion regarded as an emotional communication between an individual soul and the universal Over-soul of which it is a part.C.He holds that intuition is a more certain way of knowing than reason and that the mind could intuitively perceive the existence of the Oversoul and of certain absolutes.Ⅳ.Topic Discussion (20 points in all, 10 for each)49.a.Neoclassicists upheld that artistic ideals should be order,logic,restrained emoticon and accuracy,and that literature,should be judged in terms of its service to humanity,and thus,literary expressions should be of proportion,unity,harmony and grace.Pope's An Essay on Criticism advocates grace,wit (usually though satire/humour),and simplicity in language(and the poem itself is a demonstration of those ideals,too);Fielding's Tom Jones helped establish the form of novel;Gray's “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard' displays elegance in style,unified structure,serious tone and moral instructions.b.Romanticists tended to see the individual as the very center of all experience,including art,and thus,literary work should be “spontaneous overflow of strong feelings,〞and no matter how fra gmentary those experiences were (Wordsworth's “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud,〞or “The Solitary Reaper,) or Coleridge's “Keble Khan〞),the value of the work lied in the accuracy of presenting those unique feelings and particular attitudes.c.In a word, Neoclassicism emphasized rationality and form but Romanticism attached great importance to the individual's mind (emotion, imagination, temporary experience…)50.A.Mark Twain's novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a Sequa to The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.The Story takes place along the Mississippi River before the Civil War in the United States, around 1850.Along the river, floats a small raft, with two people on it; One is an ignorant,uneducated black slave named Jim and the other is little uneducated outcast white boy about the age of thirteen, called Huckleberry Finn or Huck Finn.The novel relates the story of the escape of Jim from slavery and ,more important, how Huck Finn, floating along with Jim and helping him as best he could, changes his mind ,his prejudice, about Black people, and comes to accept Jim as a man and as a close friends as well.During their journey, they experience a series of adventures:coming across two frauds, the “Duke〞and the “King〞,witnessing the lynching and murder of a harmless drunkard, being lost in a fog and finally Tom's coming to rescue. B.The theme of the novel may be best summed in a word “freedom〞: Huck wants to escape from the bond of civilization andJim wants to escape from the yoke of slavery.Mark Twain uses the raft's journey down the Mississippi River to express his thematic contrasts between innocence and experience, nature and culture, wilderness and civilizati。
武汉科技大学857 英美文学基础-2019(B卷答案)
2019年招收硕士研究生入学考试试题考试科目及代码：英美文学基础（代码：857）适用专业：英语语言文学；外国语言学及应用语言学答题内容写在答题纸上，写在试卷或草稿纸上一律无效。
考完后试题随答题纸交回。
考试时间3小时，总分值150分。
B卷参考答案及评分标准I.Find out the matches from column B for items in column A(注意：B栏中有两个多余的、干扰选项).Write the corresponding matches(e.g.,1—R, 5—B,etc.)on your answer sheet.(共20小题，每小题1分，共20分)评分细则：每空1分，共20分。
1—I2—E3—P4—J5—M6—A7—S8—N9—D10—R 11—Q12—G13—F14—U15—K 16—V17—B18—L19—T20—CII.Explain the following literary terms or characters with adequate details. Write your answers on your answer sheet.(共6小题，每小题5分，共30分)评分细则：本部分题目为开放式问题，评分时采用总体评分方法，即就总的印象给出奖励分，从内容、论证和语言表达三个方面对考生答案进行综合评判。
本部分满分为30分，共6题，每题5分。
本题评分的标准如下：题评分时分为3等：2分、4分和5分，根据考生答案的内容和语言可上下浮动1分。
空白或者完全文不对题且语言表述混乱的为0分。
5分标准：内容切题，论证充分且能够准确援引相应的细节或者证据，语言顺畅且无明显的语法错误，得5分。
4分标准：内容基本切题，论证较为充分且能够比较准确地援引相应的细节或者证据，语言比较通顺且语法错误较少，得4分。
2分标准：内容不太切题，论证不充分但能够提及一定量的相关细节或者证据，语言不够通顺且语法错误较多，得2分。