2018年自学考试《美国文学选读》试题
高等教育自学考试英美文学选读试题及答案
课程代码：0604请将答案填在答题纸相应的位置上(全部题目用英文作答)I. Multiple Choice(40 points in all, 1 for each)Select from the four choices of each item the one that best answers the question orcompletes the statement and write the corresponding letter on the answer sheet.1. In Renaissance, the European humanist thinkers and scholars made attempts to dothe following EXCEPT ______.A. getting rid of those old feudalist ideasB. getting control of the parliament and governmentC. introducing new ideas that expressed the interests of the rising bourgeoisieD. recovering the purity of the early church, from the corruption of the RomanCatholic Church2. The Petrarchan sonnet was first introduced into England by ______.A. SurreyB. WyattC. SidneyD. Shakespeare3. As the best of Shakespeare's final romances,______ is a typical example of hispessimistic view towards human life and society in his late years.A. The TempestB. The Winter's TaleC. CymbelineD. The Rape of Lucrece4. John Milton's greatest poetical work ______ is the only generally acknowledgedepic in English literarure since Beowulf.A.AreopagiticaB. Paradise LostC. LycidasD. Samson Agonistes5. The British bourgeois or middle class believed in the following notions EXCEPT______.A. self - esteemB. self - relianceC. self - restraintD. hard work6. “Graveyard School〞writers are the following sentimentalists EXCEPT______.A. James ThomsonB. William CollinsC. William CowperD. Thomas Jackson7. The best model of satire in the whole English literary history is Jonathan Swift's______.A. A Modest ProposalB. A Tale of a TubC. Gulliver's TravelsD. The Battle of the Books8. As a representative of the Enlightenment,______ was one of the first to introducerationalism to England.A. John BunyanB. Daniel DefoeC. Alexander PopeD. Jonathan Swift9. For his contribution to the establishment of the form of the modern novel,______has been regarded by some as “Father of the English Novel〞.A. Daniel DefoeB. Henry FieldingC. Jonathan SwiftD. Samuel Richardson10. Which of the following descriptions of Gothic Novels is NOT correctA. It predominated in the early eighteenth century.B. It was one phase of the Romantic movement.C. Its principal elements are violence, horror and the supernatural.D. Works like The Mysteries of Udolpho and Frankenstein are typical Gothic romance.11. “Byronic hero〞is a figure of the following traits EXCEPT ______.A.being proudB. being of humble originC.being rebelliousD. being mysterious12. Robert Browning created ______ by adopting the novelistic presentation ofcharacters.A. the verse novelB. the blank verseC. the heroic coupletD. the dramatic poetry13. Charles Dickens' novel ______ is famous for its vivid descriptions of theworkhouse and life of the underworld in the nineteenth- century London.A. The Pickwick PaperB. Oliver TwistC. David CopperfieldD. Nicholas Nickleby14. Charlotte Bronte's works are all about the struggle of an individualconsciousness towards ______, about some lonely and neglected young women witha fierce longing for love, understanding and a full, happy life.A. self - relianceB. self - realizationC. self - esteemD. self - consciousness15. The symbolic meaning of “Book〞 in Robert Browning's long poem The Ring and theBook is ______.A. the common senseB. the hard truthC. the comprehensive knowledgeD. the dead truth16. Thomas Hardy's pessimistic view of life predominated most of his later worksand earns him a reputation as a ______ writer.A. realisticB. naturalisticC. romanticD. stylistic17. After the First World War, there appeared the following literary trends ofmodernism EXCEPT ______.A. expressionismB. surrealismC. stream of consciousnessD. black humour18. The masterpieces of critical realism in the early 20th century are the threetrilogies of ______.A. Galsworthy's Forsyte novelsB. Hardy' s Wessex novelsC. Greene's Catholic novelsD. Woolf's stream-of-consciousness novels19. In the mid - 1950s and early 1960s, there appeared “______〞 who demonstrateda particular disillusion over the depressing situation in Britain and launcheda bitter protest. against the outmoded social and political values in theirsociety.A. The Beat GenerationB. The Lost GenerationC. The Angry Young MenD. Black Mountain Poets20.The following are English stream-of-consciousness novels EXCEPT ______.A.PilgrimageB. UlyssesC.Mrs.DallowayD. A Passage to Inida21. The leader of the Irish National Theater Movement in the early 20th centurywas ______.A. W.B.Yeats B. Lady GregoryC. J.M.SyngeD. John Galworthy22. T.S.Eliot's most popular verse play is ______.A. Murder in the CathedralB. The Cocktail PartyC. The Family ReunionD. The Waste Land23. The American writer ______ was awarded the Nobel Prize for the anti-racist In-truder in the Dust in 1950.A. Ernest HemingwayB. Gertrude SteinC. William FaulknerD.T.S. Eliot24. Hemingway's second big success is ______ , which wrote the epitaph to a decadeand to the whole generation in the 1920s, in order to tell us a story about the tragic love affair of a wounded American soldier with a British nurse.A. For Whom the Bell TollsB. A Farewell to ArmsC. The Sun Also RisesD. The Old Man and the Sea25. With the publication of ______ , Dreiser was launching himself upon a long careerthat would ultimately make him one of the most significant American writers of the school later known as literary naturalism.A. Sister CarrieB. The TitanC. The GeniusD. The Stoic26. Henry James is generally regarded as the forerunner of the 20th -century “stream-of-consciousness〞novels and the founder of ______.A. neoclassicismB. psychological realismC. psychoanalytical criticismD. surrealism27. In 1849, Herman Melville published ______ ,a semi-autobiographical novel, con-cerning the sufferings of a genteel youth among brutal sailors.A. OmooB. MardiC. RedburnD. Typee28. As a sequel to The Adventures of Tom Sawyer,______ marks the climax of Mark Twain'sliterary activity.A. The Adventures of Huckleberry FinnB. Life on the MississippiC. The Gilded AgeD. Roughing It29. Realism was a reaction against ______ or a move away from the bias towards romanceand self- creating fictions, and paved the way to Modernism.A. RomanticismB. RationalismC. Post-modernismD. Cynicism30. When World War II broke out,______ began working for the Italian government,engaged in some radio broadcasts of anti- Semitism and pro- Fascism.A. Ezra PoundB.T.S. EliotC. Henry JamesD. Robert Frost31. In 1915 ______ became a naturalized British citizen, largely in protest againstAmerica's failure to join England in the First World War.C. W.D.Howells D. Ezra Pound32. What Whitman prefers for his new subject and new poetic feelings is “______ ,〞 that is, poetry without a fixed beat or regular rhyme scheme.A. blank verseB. free rhythmC. balanced structureD. free verse33. The American woman poet ______ wanted to live simply as a complete independentbeing, and so she did, as a spinster.A. Emily ShawB. Anna DickinsonC. Emily DickinsonD. Anne Bret34. The Birthmark drives home symbolically ______ point that evil is a man's birthmark,something he was born with.A. Whitman'sB. Melville'sC. Hawthorne'sD. Emerson's35. The Financier ,The Titan and The Stoic written by ______ are called his “Trilogyof Desire〞.A. Henry JamesB. Theodore DreiserC. Mark TwainD. Herman Melville36. Disregarding grammar and punctuation,______ always used “i〞 instead of “I〞in his poems to show his protest against self-importance.A. Wallace StevensB. Ezra Pound37. Though Robert Frost is generally considered a regional poet whose subject mattersmainly focus on the landscape and people in ______ , he wrote many poems that investigate the basic themes of man's life in his long poetic career.A. the westB. the southC. New EnglandD. Alaska38. Most critics have agreed that Fitzgerald is both an insider and an outsider of______ with a double vision.A. the Gilded AgeB. the Rational AgeC. the Jazz AgeD. the Magic Age39. In the American Romantic writings,______ came to function almost as a dramaticcharacter that symbolized moral law.A. fireB. waterC. treesD. wilderness40. The desire for an escape from society and a return to ______ became a permanentconvention of the American literature.A. the family lifeB. natureC. the ancient timeD. fantasy of loveII. Reading Comprehension (16 points in all, 4 for each)Read the quoted parts carefully and answer the questions in English. Write your answers in the corresponding space on the answer sheet.41. Wherefore feed and clothe and saveFrom the cradle to the graveThose ungrateful drones who wouldDrain your sweat- nay, drink your bloodQuestions:A. Identify the poet and the title of the poem from which the stanza is taken.B. What figure of speech is used in Line 2C. Whom does “drones〞 refer to42. The following quotation is from one of the poems by T. S. Eliot:No! I am not Prince Hamlet, nor was meant to be;Am an attendant lord, one that will doTo swell a progress, start a scene or twoAdvise the prince; no doubt, an easy tool,Deferential, glad to be of use,Politic, cautious, and meticulous,Full of high sentence, but a bit obtuse;Questions:A. Identify the title of the poem from which the quoted part is taken.B. Who's the speaker of the quoted linesC. What does the first line show about the speaker43．There was a child went forth every day,And the first object he look'd upon, that object he became,And that object became part of him for the day or a certain part of the day, Or for many years or stretching cycles of years.Questions:A. Identify the poet.B.From which poem and which collection of the poet are these lines takenC.What does the poet describe in the poem44. I heard a Fly buzz- when I died-The Stillness in the RoomWas like the Stillness in the Air-Between the Heaves of Storm-The Eyes around- had wrung them dry-And Breaths were gathering firmFor that last Onset- when the KingBe witnessed - in the Room-Questions:A. Identify the poet.B. What does “the King〞 refer toC. What moment is the poem trying to describeIII. 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. List at least two leading neoclassicists in England. What did Neoclassicistscelebrate in literary creation46. Jane Eyre is one of the most popular and important novels of the Victorian Age.Why is Jane Eyre such a successful novel47. Who are the three dominant figures of the American Age of Realism and what arethe differences in their understanding of the “truth〞48. What's Dreiser' s naturalistic belief Please discuss the question with Carrie,a character in Sister Carrie as an example.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 thecorresponding space on the answer sheet.49. Briefly discuss William Shakespeare's artistic achievements in characterization,plot construction and language.50. Briefly discuss Mark Twain's art of fiction in terms of the setting,the language,and the characters, etc.,based on his novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.全国高等教育自学考试英美文学选读真题答案及评分参考〔课程代码0604〕I. Multiple Choice (40 points in all, 1 for each)1. B2. B3. A4. B5.A6.D7.A8.C9.B 10.A 11.B 12.A13.B 14.B 15.B 16.B 17.D 18.A 19.C 20.D 21.A 22.A 23.C24.B 25.A 26.C 27.C 28.A 29.A 30.A 31.A 32.D 33.C 34.C35.B 36.D 37.C 38.C 39.D 40.BII. Reading Comprehension (16 points in all, 4 for each)41. A. From Percy Shelley’s “Men of England〞(1)B. Metonymy (1)C. Here “drones〞refers to the parasitic class in human society. (2)42. A. “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock〞(1)B. J. Alfred Prufrock (1)C. Prufrock is conscious of the fact that he is like Hamlet in some respects. But he is sensibleenough that he cannot be compared with Hamlete. (2)43. A. Walt Whitman (1)B. “There Was a Child Went Forth〞from “Leaves of Grass〞(1)C. The poem describes the growth of a child who learned about the world around him andimproved himself accordingly. In the poem, Whitman’s own early ex perience may well be identified with the childhood of a young, growing American. (2)44. A. Emily Dickinson (1)B. The God of Death. (1)C. The poem is trying to describe the moment of death. (2)III. Questions and Answers (24 points in all, 6 for each)45. A. Alexander Pope, John Dryden, Samuel Johnson (任选2位作家). (2)B. They believed that the artistic ideals should be order, logic, restrained emotion andaccuracy and that literature should be judged in terms of its service to humanity. (2) They seek proportion, unity, harmony and grace in literacy expression, in an effort to delight,instruct and correct human beings. Thus a polite, elegant, witty and intellectual artdeveloped. (2)46. A. It is noted for its sharp criticism of the existing society. (2)B. It is an intense moral fable. (2)C. The success of the novel is also due to its introduction to the English novel the firstgoverness heroine. (2)47. A. William Dean Howells, Mark Twain, Henry James. (3)B. Mark Twain and Howells seemed to have paid more attention to the “life〞of theAmericans. Howells focused his discussion on the rising middle class and the way theylived; Mark Twain preferred to have his own region and people at the forefront of his stories;Henry James had apparently laid a greater emphasis on the “inner world〞of man. (3)48. A. Dreiser believes that while men are controlled and conditioned by heredity, instinct andchance, a few extraordinary and unsophisticated human beings refuse to accept their fatewordlessly and instead strive, unsuccessfully, to find meaning and purpose for theirexistence. (3)B. Carrie, as one of such, senses that she is merely a cipher in an uncaring world yet seeks tograsp the mysteries of life and thereby satisfies her desires for social status and materialcomfort, but in spite of her success, she is lonely and dissatisfied. (3)以上各题言语错误酌情扣分。
英美文学选读试题自学考试答案解析（完整版）
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I.Multiple Choice(40points in all,1for each)Select from the four choices of each item the one that best answers the question or completes the statement.Mark your choice by blackening the corresponding letter A,B,C orD on the answer sheet.1.Shakespeare has established his giant position in world literature with his______plays,154sonnets and2long poems.BA.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______.CA.romancesB.dramasC.great poemsD.ballads3.The novels of______are the first literary works devoted to the study of problems of the lower—class people.CA.John MiltonB.Daniel DefoeC.Henry FieldingD.Jonathan Swift4.The work ranked by many critics as William Wordswoth’s greatest work was______.BA.Lyrical BalladsB.The PreludeC.Poems in Two VolumesD.The Excursion5.The author of The History of Tom Jones,a Foundling is ______.CA.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.*BA.Charlotte BrontewrenceC.Thomas HardyD.Jane Austen7.All of the following writings are created by William Wordsworth EXCEPT______.DA.“I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud.”B.“Composed upon Westminster Bridge,Septemer3,1802.”C.“The Solitary Reaper.”D.“The Chimney Sweeper.”8.The most important representative work by Jonathan Swift is______.DA.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______.DA.“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.BA.Pride and PrejudiceB.Sense and SensibilityC.EmmaD.Persuasion11.Charles Dickens is one of the greatest______writers of the Victorian Age.DA.romanticB.modernistC.socialistD.critical realist12.Charlotte Bronte's most autobiographical work,______ is largely based on her experience in Brussels.AA.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.AA.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.*CA.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 the20th-century English poetry.BA.The Hollow MenB.The Waste LandC.Prurrock and Other ObservationsD.Poems1909-2516. D. /doc/info-926f89635dbfc77da26925 c52cc58bd630869377.htmlwrence’s autobiographical novel, ______shows the conflict between the earthy,coarse, energetic but often drunken father and the refined,strong —willed and up—climbing mother.AA.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 ______.DA.King LearB.RomeoC.AntonioD.Hamlet18.John Milton’s last important work,______is the most powerful dramatic poem on the Greek model.AA.Paradise LostB.Paradise RegainedC.Samson AgonistesD.Lydidas19.The author of Moll Flanders and Captain Singleton is ______.BA.John MiltonB.Daniel DefoeC.Henry FieldingD.Jonathan Swift20.Drapier is the pseudonym of______.AA.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 ofaffairs and keep the innocent in prison for life.BA.Bleak HouseB.Little DorritC.Hard TimesD.A Tale of Two Cities22.In the second part of Gulliver's Travels,Gulliver told his experience in______.AA.BrobdingnagB.LilliputC.Flying IslandD.Houyhnhnm23.Faulkner used the narrative techniques to construct his stories,which include______and mythological and biblical allusions.AA.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.BA.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.CA.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 Americanfinancial tycoons in the late19th century in his work ______.DA.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.DA.imagesB.metaphorC.symbolsD.personification28.In his later works,Melville becomes more reconciled with the______,in which he admits,one must live by rules.BA.womenB.world of manC.familyD.politicians29.Walt Whitman's______has always been considered a monumental work which commands great attention in America.BA.The Pilgrim’s ProgressB.Leaves of GrassC.A Passage to IndiaD.Rip Van Winkle30.Mark Twain’s full literary career began to blossom in1869with a travel book______,an account of American tourists in Europe.AA.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.AA.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.AA.immortalityB.wealthC.powerD.politics33.In Sister Carrie Theodore Dreiser expressed his______ pursuit by expounding the purposelessness of life and attacking the conventional moral standards.BA.romanticB.realisticC.naturalisticD.modernistic34.Profound ideas in Robert Frost's poems are delivered under the disguise of______.AA.the plain language and the simple formB.the vivid descriptionsC.metaphorsD.the complicated narration35.In______Hemingway presents his philosophy about life and death throughthe depiction of the bullfight as a kind of microcosmic tragedy.BA.The Green Hills of AfricaB.Death in the AfternoonC.The Snows of KilimanjaroD.To Have and Have Not36Of Faulkner’s literary works,four novels are masterpieces by any standards:The Sound and the Fury, Light in August,Absalom,Absalom!and______.AA.Go Down,MosesB.The FableC.The Snows of KilimanjaroD.To Have and Have Not37.As Whitman saw it,______could play a vital part in the process ofcreating a new nation.CA.musicB.fictionC.poetryD.painting38.In many of Hawthorne's stories and novels,the Puritan concept of life is condemned,especially in his The house of the Seven Gables and______.BA.Go Down,MosesB.The Scarlet LetterC.As I Lay DyingD.Song of Myself39.Henry James is generally regarded as the forerunner of the______and the founder of psychological realism.BA.“stream-of-consciousness”novelsB.metaphysical poemsC.short storiesD.literary criticism40.Generally considered to be Henry James’s masterpiece,______incarnates the clash between the Old World and the New in the life journey of an American girl in a Europe an cultural environment.BA.The AmbassadorsB.Daisy MillerC.The AmericanD.The Portrait of A Lady非选择题部分注意事项：用黑色字迹的签字笔或钢笔将答案写在答题纸上，不能答在试题卷上。
【自考真题】全国2018年4月自考外国文学作品选考试真题及答案 (2)
全国2018年4月自考外国文学作品选考试真题及答案第一部分选择题一.单项选择题本大题共30小题每小题1分，共30分，在每小题列出的备选项中，只有一项是最符合题目要求的，请将其选出。
1.在《伊利亚特》中代表着氏族英雄最高理想的人物是A.阿基琉斯B.赫克托耳C.帕里斯D.阿伽门农【答案】B【解析】《伊利亚特》主要人物形象：阿基琉斯：氏族社会向奴隶制时代转型时期的英雄形象。
勇猛又残忍、冷酷又仁慈、自私却又无私。
赫克托耳：氏族英雄的最高理想。
沉稳、内向、有人情味、具有强烈的集体责任感，不畏惧死亡，是厄运英雄。
【考点】荷马《伊利亚特》2.在《永生的阿弗洛狄忒》中提到的司劝导的女神是A.缪斯B.蓓脱C.雅典娜D.赫拉【答案】B【解析】书中节选：我狂热的心在把什么追逐。
我会问：“你希望蓓脱女神把谁说服，而领入你的情网？告诉我，是谁，委屈了萨福？···”【考点】萨福《永生的阿弗洛狄忒》3.在古希腊三大悲剧家中，被称为“舞台上的哲学家”的是A.欧里庇得斯B.索福克勒斯C.埃斯库罗斯D.阿里斯托芬【答案】A【解析】欧里庇得斯是雅典奴隶主民主制国家危机时期的悲剧作家，出身贵族，他深受智者学派影响，在悲剧里他提出了许多问题，诸如神性与人性、战争与和平、民主、妇女、家庭、奴隶等，因而被称为“舞台上的哲学家”。
他一生虽未参与过政治生活，但一直细心观察思考当时的现实，对许多问题都有自己的独到见解，在三大悲剧作家中，他是反映现实生活最具体、最真实的一位。
【考点】欧里庇得斯4.在《神曲》中贝亚特丽采带领但丁游历了A.地狱B.炼狱C.天堂D.人间【答案】C【解析】《神曲》中但丁由古罗马诗人维吉尔带领游历了地狱与炼狱；再由贝亚特丽采带领游历了天堂。
【考点】但丁《神曲》5.在十日谈的第四天故事一中，唐克烈派人杀害了A.贝尔纳博B.绮思梦达C.纪斯卡多D.加布亚【答案】C【解析】爱情悲剧故事。
亲王唐克烈的女儿绮斯梦达与侍从纪斯卡多相爱，由于地位悬殊，为父亲所不容。
2018年4月自考真题：《外国文学作品选》多选题答案及解析
2018年4月自考真题：《外国文学作品选》多选题答案及解析二.多项选择题：本大题共5小题，每小题2分共10分，在每小题列出的备选项中至少有两项是符合题目要求的，请将其选出，错选、多选或少选均无分。
31.德国“狂飚突进“作家的创作主张是A.否定现存的封建制度，主张返回自然。
B.消陈迷信，恢复理性的权威C.提倡民族意识，要求民族解放D.追求个性解放，推崇天才E.强调文学的民族风格【答案】ACDE【解析】：①主张发挥人的主观能动性，实现个性解放。
②崇尚"天才"，认为"天才"体现了个性得到充分发展的完美人的形象。
③"自然"在狂飙突进运动的词汇中是一个特定的概念。
④如果说启蒙运动提倡理性，则狂飙突进更强调感情，认为在理性与感情的结合中，由于感情的巨大作用，可以使人发挥更大的主观能动性。
⑤在德国市民阶级中唤起了民族意识的觉醒，德国自三十年战争以来的四分五裂局面，被认为是不自然的政治状况。
【考点】狂飙突进运动32.拜伦在《哀希腊》中，从“文教”的角度回顾了古希腊民族的辉煌成就，列举的作品有A.萨福诗歌B.阿那克里翁持情诗C.古希腊悲剧D.阿波罗神话E.荷马史诗【答案】ABDE【解析】诗人从“文教”和“武功”两个角度回顾了古希腊民族的辉煌成就。
“文教”提到了阿波罗神话、荷马史诗、萨福和阿那克里翁的抒情诗。
“武功”列举了马拉松战役、萨拉米海战，以及三百斯巴达勇士以血肉之躯抗击强敌的温泉关战斗，这些著名战例彰显了希腊民族勇于抵抗侵略，捍卫独立、自由的光荣传统。
【考点】拜伦《哀希腊》33.在《一千零一夜》中歌颂忠贞爱情和对于幸福生活追求的故事有A.《乌木马的故事》B.《努伦丁和迪伦丁的故事》C.《白侯图的故事》D.《巴索拉银匠哈桑的故事》E.《山鲁佐德和国王山鲁亚尔的故事》【答案】ABD【解析】表现劳动人民追求美好生活的强烈愿望，尤其是对忠贞不渝的爱情的向往的故事有：《乌木马的故事》、《努伦丁和迪伦丁的故事》、《巴索拉银匠哈桑的故事》等。
(全新整理)7月自考浙江省美国文学选读试题及答案解析
浙江省2018年7月高等教育自学考试美国文学选读试题课程代码：10055Part Ⅰ: Choose the relevant match from Column B for each item in Column A. (10 points in all, 1 point for each)Group 1Column A Column B( ) 1. F. S Fitzgerald a. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer( ) 2. Henry David Thoreau b. An American Tragedy( ) 3. Theodore Dreiser c. The Portrait of a Lady( ) 4. Henry James d. Walden( ) 5. Mark Twain e. This Side of ParadiseGroup 2Column A Column B( ) 1. Huck a. A Rose for Emily( ) 2. Carrie Meeber b. The Hairy Ape( ) 3. Yank c. The Great Gatsby( ) 4. Nick Carraway d. Sister Carrie( ) 5. Emily Grierson e. The Adventures of Huckleberry FinnPart Ⅱ: Each of the following statements below is followed by four alternatives. Choose the one that would best complete the statement. (50 points in all, 2 points for each)1. Romanticism appeared as a literary trend against _____.【】A. rationalityB. imaginationC. intuitionD. individualism2. The famous 20 years 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 beauty1C. satire on laziness and corruptibility of human beingsD. idea about supernatural manipulation of man’s life3. _____ has become so important that most people consider it an unofficial manifesto for the “Transcendental Club”.【】A. NatureB. The American ScholarC. WaldenD. Civil Disobedience4. _____ is unanimously agreed to be the summit of the Romantic period in the history of American literature. 【】A. PuritanismB. New England TranscendentalismC. DeismD. Unitarianism5. _____ is a symbol of microcosm of the world we are living in. 【】A. The PequodB. Moby DickC. The Scarlet LetterD. Nature6. _____ held a “black”vision of life and human beings.【】A. Ralph Waldo EmersonB. Nathaniel HawthorneC. Edgar Allan PoeD. James Fenimore Cooper7. Moby Dick, the big white whale, is possible read as symbolic of all the following EXCEPT_____.【】A. malignancyB. beautyC. adulteryD. God8. According to Emerson, man’s capacity is _____.【】A. ambiguousB. limitedC. infiniteD. subsidiary to God9. _____ is regarded as an encyclopedia of everything: philosophy, religion, history, etc.【】A. NatureB. WaldenC. Moby DickD. The Scarlet Letter10. Whitman’s poems are characterized by all the following features EXCEPT______.【】A. a strict poetic formB. a simple and conversational language2C. a free and natural rhythmic patternD. an easy flow of feelings11. Another fact that made _____ unique is his magic power with language, his use of vernacular. His words are colloquial, concrete and direct in effect, and his sentence structures are simple, even ungrammatical, which is typical of the spoken language.【】A. TwainB. AndersonC. JamesD. Dreiser12. While Mark Twain and William Dean Howells satirized European manners at times, _____was an admirer of ancient European civilization.【】A. Theodore DreiserB. Jack LondonC. Henry JamesD. William James13. About Naturalism, which of the following statements is NOT correct?【】A. Naturalists chose their subjects from the lower ranks of society.B. They portrayed misery and poverty of the “underdogs”, who were demonstrably victims of society and nature.C. One of the most familiar themes in American Naturalism is the theme o f human “bestiality,” especially an explanation of sexual desire.D. American Naturalism is a reaction against Realism.14. Which of the following is NOT a typical feature of Henry James’s writing style? 【】A. Exquisite and elaborate languageB. Minute detailed descriptionC. Lengthy psychological analysisD. American colloquialism15. _____ is now recognized not only as a great poetess on her own right but as a poetess of considerable influence upon American poetry of the present century.【】A. Emily DickinsonB. Emily BrontёC. Anne BradstreetD. George Eliot16. Which of the following statements is NOT a typical feature of Emily Dickinson’s poetry?【】A. Dickinson’s poetry is unique and conventional in its own way.B. Her poems have no titles, hence are always quoted by their first lines.3C. In her poetry there is a particular stress pattern.D. Her poems tend to be very impersonal and meditative.17. It is not surprising to find in _____ fiction a world of jungle, where “kill or to be killed”was the law.【】A. James’sB. Twain’sC. Dreiser’sD. Anderson’s18. The Catcher in the Rye written by _____ is regarded as a students’classic.【】A. J.D. SalingerB. John UpdikeC. Ralph EllisonD. Richard Wright19. _____ fictional world is the best embodiment of the spirit of Jazz Age, in which he shows a particular interest in the upper-class society, especially the upper-class young people.【】A. Eliot’s B. Hemingway’sC. Fitzgerald’sD. Faulkner’s20. Chinese poetry and philosophy have exerted great influence over _____.【】A. Ezra PoundB. Ralph Waldo EmersonC. Robert FrostD. Emily Dickinson21. In Hemingway’s Indian Camp, 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 sin and evilC. an initiation to the harshness of lifeD. a learning process in human relationship22. The Hemingway Code heroes are best remembered for their _____.【】A. indestructible spiritB. pessimistic view of lifeC. war experiencesD. masculinity23. Most of O’Neill’s plays are concerned about the following EXCEPT_____.【】A. success and failure in man’s literary careerB. life and death, illusion and disillusion, dream and realityC. alienation and communication, self and society, desire and frustration4D. the basic issues of human existence and predicament24. Traditional fiction featured an authoritative narrator in telling a story, while modern fiction tended to employ the first person narration or limit the reader to “_____”. 【】A. one character’s point of viewB. the central consciousnessC. more characters points of viewD. both A and B25. Which one of the following statements is NOT true of William Faulkner?【】A. He is a master of stream-of-consciousness narrative.B. His writing is often complex and difficult to understand.C. He often depicts slum life in New York and Chicago.D. He represents a new group of Southern writers.PartⅢ: Interpretation (20 points in all, 5 points for each)Read the following selections and then answer the questions.Passage 1With this excellent resolve for the future, Goodman Brown felt himself justified in making more haste on his present evil purpose. He had taken a dreary road, darkened by all the gloomiest trees of the forest, which barely stood aside to let the narrow path creep through, and closed immediately behind. It was all as lonely as could be; and there is this peculiarity in such a solitude, that the traveler knows not who may be concealed by the innumerable trunks and the thick boughs overhead; so that with lonely footsteps, he may yet be passing through an unseen multitude. Questions:1. Identify the author and the title of the story from which this excerpt is taken.2. What’s Brown’s purpose to go to the woods?Passage 2The woods are lovely, dark and deep,But I have promises to keep,And miles to go before I sleep,And miles to go before I sleep.5Questions:1. Who is the poet of this poem? Which poem is this stanza taken from?2. What does sleep suggest?Passage 3The Eyes around-had wrung them dry-And Breaths were gathering firmFor that last Onset-when the KingBe witnessed-in the Room-Questions:1. Who is the poet?2. What does “the King” refer to?Passage 4... Gatsby, standing alone on the marble steps and looking from one group to another with approving eyes. His tanned skin was drawn attractively tight on his face and his short hair looked as though it were trimmed every day. I could see nothing sinister about him. I wondered if the fact that he was not drinking helped to set him off from his guests, for it seemed to me that he grew more correct as the fraternal hilarity.Questions:1. Which novel is this passage taken from? Who is the author?2. Who is “I” ? And what is his role in the novel?Part Ⅳ: Give brief answers to the following questions. (20 points in all, 10 points for each)1. Give a brief account of Walt Whitman’s poetic style.2. Please state the major principles of Imagism.6。
《美国文学》题库及答案
第 1 页共8 页《美国文学》题库及答案I.Multiple Choice1. American literature is only more than ____ years old.A. 500B.400C. 200D.1002. The Puritan values did no include______.A. wastefulnessB. thriftC. pietyD. hard work3. The 18th century was the age of the Enlightenment.______was the dominant spirit.A. HumanismB. RationalismC. RomanticismD. Realism4. Franklin was the epitome of the______.A. American EnlightenmentB. Sugar ActC. Charlist movementD. Romanticism5. _____was the most leading spirit of the Transcendentalism.A. FranklinB. HawthorneC. PaineD. Emerson6. 6. ““Moby Dick was written by_____A. Mark TwainB. ThoreauC. MelvilleD. Whitman7. 7. ““The Scarlet Letter The Scarlet Letter”” is characterized by its______.A. symbolismB. rationalismC. PlatonismD. classicism8. 8. ““Huckleberry Finn is the masterpiece of________.A. Henry JamesB. Jack LondonC. Mark TwainD. Stephen Crane9. Choose the novel written by Henry JamesA. The Golden BowlB. The Portrait of a LadyC. Sister CarrieD. Daisy Miller10. Early in the 20th century, _____ published works that would change the nature of American poetry.A. Ezra PoundB. T.S. EliotC. Robert FrostD. both A and B11._____ is the founder of 11._____ is the founder of ““Imagist Imagist”” movement.A. Ezra PoundB. HemingwayC. Robert FrostD. Steinbeck12. Mark Twain’s 12. Mark Twain’s works are characterized by_____ works are characterized by_____A. NaturalismB. TranscendentalismC. Local ColorismD. Imagism13. ________ is said to be the father of American poetryA. T.S. EliotB. E.D. RobinsonC. Philip FreneauD. Dreiser14. Hawthorne is regarded as a _______.A. naturalistB. classicistC. realistD. romanticist15. ______ represents the most leading spirit of American Transcendentalism.A. EmersonB. FranklinC. Mark TwainD. Whitman16.16.““The Art of Fiction The Art of Fiction”” was written by_____A. LongfellowB. Henry JamesC. FitzgeraldD. Faulkner17. Imagination plays the most important part in________.A. realismB. romanticismC. naturalismD. classicism18. ______ is considered to be the masterpiece of John Steinbeck.A. Mending WallB. Dry SeptemberC. A Farewell to ArmsD. The Grapes of Wrath19. Uncle Tom in the novel 19. Uncle Tom in the novel “Uncle Tom’s Cabin was a(n “Uncle Tom’s Cabin was a(n “Uncle Tom’s Cabin was a(n)______ )______A. Negro slaveB. salesmanC. industrialistD. officer 20. Mark Twain’s works are characterized by______20. Mark Twain’s works are characterized by______A. NaturalismB. TranscendentalismC. Local ColorismD. Imagism21. 21. ““The Great Gatsby The Great Gatsby”” is the masterpiece of_____A. WhitmanB. FitzgeraldC. DickinsonD. Hemingway22. The United States of America was founded in______.A. 1776B. 1876C. 1789D.168923. The ancestors of American Indians were______A. AsiansB. AfricansC. EuropeansD. Australians24. 24. ““The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn”” was written by______.A. H.B. Stowe B. John SteinbeckC. HawthorneD. Mark Twain25. ______ does not belong to the lost generation.A. DreiserB. T.S. EliotC. FaulknerD. Hemingway26. ______ was well known for his story 26. ______ was well known for his story ““Rip Van Winkle.Rip Van Winkle.””A. BryantB. Washington IrvingC. Allan PoeD. Philip Freneau27. 27. ““Farewell to Arms Farewell to Arms”” is the master pieced produced by______A. FaulknerB. DreiserC. HemingwayD. Longfellow28. It was ______ who wrote the formal declaration of independence.A. Thomas JeffersonB. Benjamin FranklinC. WashingtonD. Washington Irving29. _____has been exerting a great and enduring influence upon world literature, especially that of France and European symbolism.A. FranklinB. BradstreetC. Edgar Allan PoeD. Philip Freneau 30. The masterpiece of Hawthorne is _________.A. The Scarlet LetterB. Sister CarrieC. Richard CoryD. A Psalm of Life31. Engene O’Neill is a _______.31. Engene O’Neill is a _______.A. novelistB. poetC. puritanD. dramatist32.Hemingway’s style of writing is characterized by______.32.Hemingway’s style of writing is characterized by______.A. high-sounding wordsB. simple dictionC. complicated sentencesD. mix metaphor33. T.S. Eliot is not only a poet but also a ______.A. criticB. statesmanC. churchmanD. novelists34. 34. “Long Day’s Journey Into Night”“Long Day’s Journey Into Night”“Long Day’s Journey Into Night” was written by_____. was written by_____.A. T.S. EliotB. O’Neill A. T.S. Eliot B. O’NeillC. Stephen CraneD. Saul Bellow35. 35. ““The Grape of Wrath The Grape of Wrath”” is one of the remarkable novels of_____.A. the Civil WarB. DepressionC. SuppressionD. Aggression 36. Theodore Dreiser showed the_____ tendency in his novels.A. PuritanismB. classicismC. romanticismD. naturalism37. Ralph Waldo Emerson was the leading figure of________.A. TranscendentalismB. RomanticismC. RationalismD. Naturalism38. 38. ““The Sound and the Fury The Sound and the Fury”” was the masterpiece of ______A. Robert Lee FrostB. T.S. EliotC. FaulknerD. Steinbeck39. Emily Dickinson is an American________.A. dramatistB. novelistC. female poetD. male poet40. 40. “Th Emily Dickinson is an American ark Twain’s______“Th Emily Dickinson is an American ark Twain’s______“Th Emily Dickinson is an American ark Twain’s______A. materialismB. classicismC. socialismD. colorism41. 41. ““The Portrait of a Lady The Portrait of a Lady”” is one of best novels of_________.A. Henry JamesB. John SteinbeckC. William FaulknerD. Walt Whitman42. What Whitman is famous for his_________.A. A. ““Leaves of Grass Leaves of Grass””B. B. ““Mending Wall Mending Wall””C. C. ““Richard Cory Richard Cory””D. D. ““The Burial of the Dead The Burial of the Dead””43. 43. ““Catch-22Catch-22”” is the masterpiece of______A. Saul BellowB. Joseph HellerC. DreiserD. Fitzgerald44. The English settlement in America began in_________A.1507B.1607C.1707D.180745. The first World War broke out in______. A.1614 B.1714 C.1814 D.191446. The jazz age refers to the decade ofA.1950’sB.1980’sC.1920’sD.1820’s A.1950’s B.1980’s C.1920’s D.1820’s47. Franklin was a _____.A. PuritanB. romanticistC. classicistD. imagist48. 48. ““Rip Van Winkle Rip Van Winkle”” was written by_______.A. FreneauB. Allan PoeC. Washington IrvingD. Thomas Jefferson49.49.““The Scarlet Letter The Scarlet Letter”” is the masterpiece of______.A. HawthorneB. EmersonC. BradstreetD. Allan Poe50.It was______who wrote 50.It was______who wrote ““The Age of Reason The Age of Reason””A. WashingtonB. JeffersonC. Benjamin FranklinD. Thomas Paine51.51.““Song of Myself Song of Myself”” is a ______written by Whitman.A. novelB. poemC. dramaD. essay52.Tom in Beecher Stowe’s novel “Uncle Tom’s Cabin is a ____52.Tom in Beecher Stowe’s novel “Uncle Tom’s Cabin is a _____. _.A. Negro slaveB. American IndianC. School masterD. industrialist 53. Mark Twain belongs to the literary school of_____.A. transcendentalismB. realismC. romanticismD. naturalism54._______is a famous American female poet.A. Allan PoeB. FreneauC. Emily DickinsonD. Robinson55. 55. ““The Adventure of Huckleberry Finn The Adventure of Huckleberry Finn”” is the masterpiece of_____.A. Mark TwainB. Henry JamesC. Stephen CraneD. Robert Lee Frost56. It was____ who wrote the poem 56. It was____ who wrote the poem ““The Road Not Taken.The Road Not Taken.””A. WhitmanB. FreneauC. Robert Lee FrostD. T.S.EliotⅡ Define the literary terms briefly in English1. American Transcendentalism2. Romanticism3. The Puritans4. Realism5. Enlightenment6. Transcendentalism7. EnlightenmentIII Explain the following quotations in your own words.1. Success is counted sweetest By those who ne’er succeed.1. Success is counted sweetest By those who ne’er succeed.2. Two roads diverged in a wood, and I took the one less traveled by And that has made all the difference.3. Let us, then, be up and doing, With heart for any fate;Still achieving, still pursuing, Learn to labor and to wait.4. And he was always quietly arrayed, And he was always human when he talked.5. Tell me not, in mournful numbers, Life is but an empty dream!_____6. To comprehend a nectar Requires sorest need.7. But still he fluttered pulses when he said,7. But still he fluttered pulses when he said,““Good morning Good morning””, and he glittered when he walked.8. something there is that doesn’t love a wall,He says again, “8. something there is that doesn’t love a wall,He says again, “Good fences make good neighbors.Good fences make good neighbors.Good fences make good neighbors.””9. Fair flower, that dost so comely grow, Hid in this silent, dull retreat10. But to act, that each tomorrow Find us farther than today11. But I have promises to keep, And miles to go before I sleep, And miles to go before I sleep. Ⅳ Answer the following questions in English1. Why is American literature important for you?2. What is the theme of 2. What is the theme of ““The Waste Land The Waste Land””?3. Whose novel (or which novel) do you enjoy most?Why?4. What is the style of Hemingway’s novel?5. What is the significance of American literature?6. Do you like American literature? Why?7. What is the real theme in 7. What is the real theme in ““Sister Carrie Sister Carrie””?8. What is the central subject and primary significance of Hawthorne’s major works? 9. Which American writer do you like best? Why?10. What is the theme of 10. What is the theme of ““Catch-22Catch-22””?11. What are the features of Emily Dickinson’s poems?11. What are the features of Emily Dickinson’s poems?12. Why should we learn American literature?13. Which poem do you enjoy most? Why?《美国文学》作业参考答案I.Multiple Choice 1.C 2.A 3.B 4.A 5.D 6.C 7.A 8.C 9.B 10.D11.A 12.C 13.C 14.D 15.A 16.B 17.B 18.D 19.A 20.C 21.B 22.C 23.A 24.D 25.A 26.B 27.C 28.A 29.C 30.A31.D 32.B 33.A 34.B 35.B 36.D 37.A 38.C 39.C 40.D41.A 42.A 43.B 44.B 45.D 46.C 47.A 48.B 49. A 50.D51.B 52.A 53.B 54.C 55. A 56. CII.Define the literary terms briefly in English1.American transcendentalism was a philosophical dissent from Unitarianism. Transcendentalists rejected the materialistic psychology in favor of the idealism of Kant who asserted that intuition could surpass reason as a guide to the truth. To transcendentalists, spirit is inherent and pervading and is the only reality in the universe in which nature stood as a symbol of Spirit. Transcendentalism第 6 页 共 8 页emphasized the divinity of man, the significance and right of the individual, and the possibility of the self-perfection of the individual.2. Romanticism is characterized by the pursuit of freedom, emphasis of individualism, a reliance upon upon the good of nature the good of nature the good of nature and and and ““natural natural”” man, man, and an abiding faith in the boundless and an abiding faith in the boundless and an abiding faith in the boundless resources of the resources of the human spirit and imagination.3.The Puritans were members of the church of England who at first wished to reform or 3.The Puritans were members of the church of England who at first wished to reform or ““Purify its doctrines. doctrines. They They They kept kept kept in in common common with with with all all all advocates advocates advocates o o f f strict strict strict Christian Christian Christian orthodox, orthodox, orthodox, insisting insisting insisting on on on man’s man’s original sin and depravity.4. Realism is a literary school. The American realist William Dean Howells refered to the method of realistic literary creation as of realistic literary creation as ““nothing more and nothing less than the truthful treatment of material. The realists tended to be highly selective in their choice of material, focusing upon what seemed real to their largely middle-class readers.5. Enlightenment Enlightenment in in America was a progressive progressive ““intellectual intellectual movement movement which contributed contributed to to free the Americans from the limitation of Puritanism which had been prevailing in American society, and stimulate them to strive for the establishment of their independent and democratic nation. The enlighteners were confident in the proqress by education and appealed to Reason.6．American transcendentalism was a political dissent from Unitarianism. Transcendentalists rejected the materialistic psychology in favour of the idealism of kant who asserted that intuition could surpass reason as a guide to the truth. To transcendentalists, spirit is inherent and surpass reason as a guide to the truth. To transcendentalists, spirit is inherent and pervading and pervading and is the only reality is the only reality in the universe in which nature stood as a symbol of Spirit. Transcendentalists in the universe in which nature stood as a symbol of Spirit. Transcendentalists emphasized the divinity of man, the significance and right of the individual, and the possibility of the self-perfection of the individual.7. Enlightenment in America was a progressive intellectual movement which contributed to free the Americans from the limitations of Purtanism which had been prevailing in American society, and stimulate them to strive for their independent and democratic nation. The enlighteners were confident in the proqress of education and appealed to reason.III Explain the following quotations in your own words.1. Those who have never succeeded before will enjoy the sweetness o success most.2. In my life 2. In my life and literary creation, I and literary creation, I and literary creation, I did not follow others’ footsteps (or footprints). did not follow others’ footsteps (or footprints). did not follow others’ footsteps (or footprints). Sometimes Sometimes I chose a different way. That was the reason why I was unique and different from them both in life and poetic writing.3. Let us rise up and take actionTo meet any challenge in our life.We should learn to work and to be patientAnd persevere in pursuing our goalTill we reap the fruit of achievement one after another.4. He always dressed himself properly and elegantly And he showed his kindness and considerateness when talked with others.5. Don’t tell me in sad voice that life is nothing but an meaningless and empty dream.6. Only when you feel thirstiest and bitterest, can you really understand and enjoy the holy sweet drink.7. He stirred the pulses pulses of of the persons persons he he was greeting greeting with with with ““Good morning morning””. While While he he was walking, his manners appeared to be so brilliant and attractive that he drow much public attention.8. Wall, as a barrier for communication or mutual understanding, is not good at all. Sometimes, it is necessary to remove the wall. Wall, Wall, as as a boundary or limitation limitation or or border, border, is is needed sometimes, sometimes, so so that good good relations relations relations can can be kept among different strata of people, or different countries.Wall is a paradox, which is both good and bad in haman life9.The honeysuckle qrows so agreeably and beautifully.However the beautiful flower hid its beauty in the quiet and lonely place. 10.We had better take action every day, not remain idle and inactive so that we can make progress each day.11.I have a lot of obligations and duties to fulfill, so there is still a long way for me to go before I can relax or leave this world.Ⅳ Answer the following questions in English1. Key points:1. Key points:①① the significance of American literature in the world literature the significance of American literature in the world literature ②② the manifestation of American life and culture manifestation of American life and culture ③③the requirement of improving English2. The theme of the poem is modern spiritual barrenness, the despair and depression that followed the first world world war, war, the sterility and turbulence turbulence of of the modern modern world, world, and the decline decline and and breakdown of Western culture.3. The answer depends on individual student’s inclination.3. The answer depends on individual student’s inclination.4. His style of writing is characterized by short and terse sentences, simple diction filled with emotion, vivid colloquialisms, and particularly the simplicity of his laconic statements.5. Key points: 5. Key points: ①① its place in the world literature② the manifestation of American life and culture③ the requirement of professional knowledge and skills as English majon.6. The answer is flexible. It de 6. The answer is flexible. It depends on an individual Student’s inclination.pends on an individual Student’s inclination.pends on an individual Student’s inclination.7. The real theme theme in in Sister Carrie is the purposelessness purposelessness of of life. While While looking looking looking at at individuals with warm, human sympathy, he also sees the disorder and cruelty of life in general.8. The central subject of Haw 8. The central subject of Hawthorne’s major works was the human soul. His exploration of the soul thorne’s major works was the human soul. His exploration of the soul resulted from his skeptical attitude toward the social reality that was characterized by a rapid change in almost all aspects of social life, and from his ambition to probe into the nature of man. The primary significance of his major works dwells in the interect and the consistend vitality of his criticism of life.9. The answer is flexible, depending on students’ inclination, logic and language skills.10. Its 10. Its real theme is to expose real theme is to expose real theme is to expose the dehumanization of all contemporary institutions, the dehumanization of all contemporary institutions, the dehumanization of all contemporary institutions, the absurd the absurd the absurd and and corrupt bureancracy and the alienation of individuals existing in a systemized chaotic condition, such as war.11. Some feature of 11. Some feature of her her her poems are the abundant use of dashes, and irregular and often idiosyncratic poems are the abundant use of dashes, and irregular and often idiosyncraticpunctuation and capitalization. capitalization. Her Her mode of expression is characterized characterized by by clear-cut and delicately original imagery, precise diction, and fragmentary and enigmatic metrical pattern.12. Key points: 12. Key points: ①①the significance of American literature in the world literature the significance of American literature in the world literature ②② the manifestation of American life and culture manifestation of American life and culture ③③ the requirement of improving English.13. 13. The answer is flexible and depends on student’s inclination.The answer is flexible and depends on student’s inclination.The answer is flexible and depends on student’s inclination.。
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。
(完整word版)美国文学史及选读试卷(A卷)包含评分标准及答案
美国文学史及选读考试试题（卷）A卷院系：考试形式：闭卷专业试时间：100 分钟姓名：学号考试科目：美国文学史及选读考I. Blanks: ( 10points, 1 point for each blank)Directions: In this part of the test, there are 9 items and 10 blanks. Fill in the best answer on the Answer Sheet according to the knowledge you have learned.1. The first American literature was neither ___ nor really ___ .2. Of the immigrants who came to America in the first three quarters ofthe seventeenth century, the overwhelming majority was _______ .3. The English immigrants who settled on America 'n s orthern seacoast werecalled _______ , so named after those who wished to “purify ” theChurch of England.4. Washington Irving, the Father of American literature, developed the as agenre in American literature.5. Franklin 's best writing is found in his masterpiece ____ .6. The most outstanding poet in America of the 18 th century was ____ .th7. In the early 19 century, “Rip Van Winkle ”had established _______ 'sreputation at home and abroad, and designated the beginning ofAmerican Romanticism.8. __ has sometimes been considered the father of the modern shortstory.9. In 1850, Nathaniel Hawthorne brought out his masterpiece ___ , thestory of a triangular love affair in colonial America.II. Multiple choice:(20 points, 1 point for each)Directions: In this part of the test, there are twenty items. Choose the best answer and write the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.1. The Colonial Period of American literature stretched roughly from the settlementof America in the early 17th century through the end of century.A. the 18thB. the 19ththC. the 20thD. 21th2. New-England 's Plantation was published in 1630 by ______A. Francis HigginsonB. William BradfordC. John SmithD. Michael Wigglesworth3. Of all the books written by Michael Wigglesworth the beat known isA. The Flesh and the SpiritB. The True TravelsC. The Day of DoomD. Christopher Columbus4. Benjamin Franklin was the epitome of the ___ .A. American EnlightenmentB. Sugar ActC. Chartist movementD. Romanticist5. In the first section of Autobiography the writer addressed to ________A. his sonB. his friendsC. his wifeD. himself6. During 1807-1808, Washington Irving wrote for his brother 's newspaper calledA. New York TimesB. Washington PostC. SalmagundiD. Daily News7. History of New York was published in 1807 under the name of _______A. Washington IrvingB. Diedrich KnickerbokerC. James Fenimore CooperD. John Whittier8. Rip Van Winkle was written by ______A. James Fenimore CooperB. Benjamin FranklinC. Washington IrvingD. Walt Whitman9. The Spy was written by James Fenimore Cooper in 1821. It is a novel aboutA. American Civil WarB. American RevolutionC. American West ExpansionD. The First World War10. Natty Bumppo is the hero in Cooper 's ______A. The PrecautionB. The SpyC. The Gleanings in EuropeD. Leatherstocking Tales11. ______ was regarded as a poet of the American RevolutionA. Philip FreneauB. Walt WhitmanC. Robert FrostD. Cal Sandburg12. The Raven was written in 1844 by _____A. Philip FreneauB. Edgar Allan PoeC. Henry Wadsworth LongfellowD. Emily Dickinson13. The Minister 's Black Veil was written by ______A. Edgar Allan PoeB. Nathaniel HawthorneC. Henry David ThoreauD. Ralph Waldo Emerson14. Anne Bradstreet was a Puritan poet. Her poems made such a stir in England that she became known as the _____ who appeared in America.A. Ninth MuseB. Tenth MuseC. Best MuseD. First Muse15. The ship ____ carried about one hundred Pilgrims and took 66 days tobeat its way across the Atlantic. In December of 1620, it put the Pilgrims ashore at Plymouth, Massachusetts.A. SunflowerB. ArmadaC. MayflowerD. Titanic16. A new ___ had appeared in England in the last years of the 18 th century.It spread to continental Europe and then came to America early in the 19th century.A. RealismB. Critical realismC. RomanticismD. Naturalism17. Washington Irving got his idea for his most famous story, Rip Van Winkle ,from a _______A. Greek legendB. German legendC. French legendD. English legend18. Rip Van Winkle is found in Irving 's longer work, _______A. The Sketch BookB. History of New YorkC. Tales of a TravelerD. The Precaution19. _____ was often regarded as America 's first man of letters, devotingmuch of his career to literature.A. Benjamin FranklinB. Philip FreneauC. Washington IrvingD. James Fenimore Cooper20. All the following novels are in Cooper 's Leatherstocking Tales exceptA. The PioneersB. The PrairieC. The DeerslayerD. The SpyIII. Identification (20 points, 1 point for each)Directions: In this part of the test, there are twenty titles. Judge the authors of these works and fill them on the Answer Sheet.1. Gleanings in Europe2. Oliver Goldsmith3. The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in America4. “The Day of Doom ”5. A History of New York6. The Last of the Mohicans7. The House of the Night8. A Forest Hymn9. “The Raven”10. “The Cask of Amontillado ”11. Mosses from an Old Manse12. “Israfel ”13. “The Flesh and the Spirit ”14. Life of George Washington15. The Pathfinder16. “the Wild Honey Suckle ”17. The Flood of Years18. “The Poetic Principle ”19. The Blithedale Romance20. “The Indian Burying Ground ”IV. Terms (20 points, 4 points for each)Directions: In this part of the test, there are f0ur terms. Please give the definition for these terms. Scores will be given for the related contents. Four individual contents will be enough for four points.1. Poor Richard 's Almanac2. Leatherstocking Tales3. Puritanism4. Benjamin FranklinV. Appreciation (10 points, 5 points for each)Directions: In this part of the test, there are two excerpts. Each of the excerpts is followed by three questions. Read the excerpts and answer the questions on the Answer Sheet.Part AFrom morning suns and evening dewsAt first thy little being came:If nothing once, you nothing lose,For when you die you are the same;The space between, is but an hour,The frail duration of a flower.1. Who is the poet of the poem and what is the title of the poem? (2 points)2. Tell the metrical structure and rhyme scheme of the poem. (1 point)3. What does the “little being ”refer to? What meaning is suggested by the phrase “but an hour”? (2 points)Part BThe opinions of this junto were completely controlled by Nicholas Vedder, a patriarch of the village, and landlord of the inn, at the door of which he took his seat from morning till night, just moving sufficiently to avoid the sun and keep in the shade of a large tree; so that the neighbors could tell the hour by his movements as accurately as by a sundial. It is true he was rarely heard to speak, but smoked his pipe incessantly. His adherents, however (for every great man has his adherents), perfectly understood him, and knew how to gather his opinions. When anything that was read or related displeased him, he was observed tosmoke his pipe vehemently, and to send forth short, frequent and angry puffs; but when pleased, he would inhale the smoke slowly and tranquilly, and emit it in light and placid clouds; and sometimes, taking the pipe from his mouth, and letting the fragrant vapor curl about his nose, would gravely nod his head in token of perfect approbation.From even this stronghold the unlucky Rip was at length routed by his termagant wife, who would suddenly break in upon the tranquility of the assemblage and call the members all to naught; nor was that august personage, Nicholas Vedder himself, sacred from the daring tongue of this terrible virago, who charged him outright with encouraging her husband in habits of idleness.1. Who was the writer of this story? What is the title of this story? (2 points)2. Who was Nicholas Vedder? (1 point)3. How did he express his opinions on public matters? (2 points)VI. Comment. (20 points, 10 points for each)Directions: In this part of the test, you are given five topics. Choose TWO of them and give a comment on the Answer Sheet. Scores will be given according to the content, grammar and the completeness of the related knowledge.1. What are the features of literature in Colonial America?2. Comment on Benjamin Franklin 's Autobiography .3. Comment on Nathaniel Hawthorne 's writing techniques.4. What philosophical meaning is implied in Philip Freneau's “The Wild HoneySuckle ”?5. What are the artistic achievements of Edgar Allan Poe?美国文学史及选读考试试题（卷）评分标准及标准答案A卷院系：专业：考试科目：美国文学史及选读考试形式：闭卷考试时间：100 分钟I. Blanks: （10%）（每题1分，共10分，答错不给分）1. American literature2. English3. Puritans4. short story5. Autobiography6. Philip Freneau7. Washington Irving8. Edgar Allan Poe9. The Scarlet LetterII. Multiple Choice: （ 20%）（每题1分，共20分，答错不给分）1. A2. B3. C4. A5. A6. C7. B8. C9. B 10. D11. A 12. B 13. B 14. B 15. C16.C 17. B 18. A 19. C 20. DIII. Identification (20%) (每题1 分，共20分，答错不给分)1. James Fenimore Cooper2. Washington Irving3. Anne Bradstreet4. Michael Wigglesworth5. Washington Irving6. James Fenimore Cooper7. Philip Freneau8. William Cullen Bryant9. Edgar Allan Poe10. Edgar Allan Poe11. Nathaniel Hawthorne12. Edgar Allan Poe13. Anne Bradstreet14. Washington Irving15. James Fenimore Cooper16. Philip Freneau17. William Cullen Bryant18. Edgar Allan Poe19. Nathaniel Hawthorne20. Philip FreneauIV. Terms （20%）（每题4分，共20 分）1. Poor Richard 's Almanackey words: Benjamin Franklin, sayings, hard work, thrift, Puritan, quotes, printed himself, etc.2. Leatherstocking TalesKey words: Cooper, five novels, Natty Bumppo, frontier, frontiersman, life from youth to old age, The Pioneer, The Last of the Mohicans, The Prairie, The Pathfinder, The Deerslayer, etc.3. Puritanismkey words: Calvin, purify, hard work, thrift, predestination, salvation, sin, God, from England to America, immigration, etc.4. Benjamin Franklinkey words: statesman, scientist and writer, Autobiography, Poor Richard 's Almanac, puritan, hard work and thrift, successful, contributions, printer, etc.V. Appreciation （10%）（每题5 分，共10 分）Part Aa） Philip Freneau 's（1 分）The Wild Honey Suckle （1分）b） It is written in iambic tetrameter, the rhyme scheme is ababcc. （1 分）c）“Little being ” refers to the wild honey suckle. （1 分）“Butanhour ” means the lifespan of a flower is very short. （ 1 分）Part B1. Washington Irving 's（1 分）Rip Van Wingkle （1分）2. Nicholas Vedder is the owner of the inn/ a patriarch of the village/ and landlord of the inn, （ 1 分）3. He expressed his opinion by the way of smoking. / When anything that was read or related displeased him, he was observed to smoke his pipe vehemently, and to send forth short, frequent and angry puffs; but when pleased, he would inhale the smoke slowly and tranquilly, and emit it in light and placid clouds; and sometimes, taking the pipe from his mouth, and letting the fragrant vapor curl about his nose, would gravely nod his head in token of perfect approbation. （ 2 分）VI. Comment. （20%）（每题10 分，此题共20 分）答案：（略）。
10月全国自考外国文学作品选试题及答案解析
全国2018年10月高等教育自学考试外国文学作品选试题课程代码：00534一、单项选择题（本大题共30小题，每小题1分，共30分）在每小题列出的四个备选项中只有一个是符合题目要求的，请将其代码填写在题后的括号内。
错选、多选或未选均无分。
1.在教材节选的《旧约·雅歌》第3首诗里，新郎用一种独特的东西来比喻新娘的脖子，这种东西是（）A.青松B.翠柏C.高塔D.山峰2.迦梨陀娑的剧本《沙恭达罗》写的是净修女沙恭达罗和一个国王的爱情故事。
这个国王名叫（）A.阿奴苏耶B.毕哩阎婆陀C.豆扇陀D.诃哩陀3.日本歌人山上忆良的《贫穷问答歌》除了长歌正文以外，后面还附有（）A.短歌B.旋头歌C.连歌D.反歌4.教材节选的纪伯伦《先知》的三首诗，除了关于婚姻和关于孩子的两首诗以外，还有一首诗是（）A.关于死亡的B.关于施与的C.关于教授的D.关于工作的5.教材节选的泰戈尔《吉檀迦利》第3首诗的第一行是（）A.你和那最贫最贱最失所的人们当中没有朋友的人作伴，我的心永远找不到那个地方B.你穿着破敝的衣服，在最贫最贱最失所的人群中行走，骄傲永远不能走近这个地方C.我想向你鞠躬，我的敬礼不能达到你歇足地方的深处——那最贫最贱最失所的人群中D.这是你的脚凳，你在最贫最贱最失所的人群中歇足6.在普列姆·昌德的《可番布》中，吉苏和马托夫父子二人凑了五个卢比要买可番布，其用途是（）A.包裹新生婴儿B.包扎病人伤口C.搭建葬礼顶棚D.包裹死人尸体7.日本作家川端康成《伊豆的舞女》的主要艺术特色，除自然与人物统一、重视感觉、刻画细腻和对人物适当美化外，还有（）A.抒情味浓B.故事曲折1C.情节紧张D.哲理性强8.荷马史诗的内容与发生在古代历史上的一次战争有关。
这次战争是（）A.希波战争B.特洛亚战争C.伯洛奔尼撒战争D.十字军战争9.《俄狄浦斯王》具有古希腊悲剧特有的形式，全剧由一系列戏剧场面和歌队的合唱歌两个部分组成。
7月全国英美文学选读自考试题及答案解析
全国2018年7月高等教育自学考试英美文学选读试题课程代码：00604请将答案填在答题纸相应位置上Ⅰ. Match authors in Column A with their literary works in Column B. Please write your answer on the Answer Sheet. (20 points, 2 for each pair)1. John Milton A. The Leaves of Grass2. Samuel Johnson B. Mrs. Warren’s Profession3. Walt Whitman C. Art of Fiction4. Jane Austen D. Sister Carrie5. Theodore Dreiser E. A Dictionary of the English Language6. George Bernard Shaw F. The Return of the Native7. Henry James G. Samson Agonistes8. Washington Irving H. Pride and Prejudice9. Thomas Hardy I. Rip Van Winkle10. Eugene O’Neill J. The Emperor JonesⅡ. Complete each of the following statements with a proper word or a phrase according to the textbook. Please write your answer on the Answer Sheet.(10 points, 1 for each)1. Christopher Marlowe’s greatest achievement lies in that he perfected the ________ and made itthe principal medium of English drama.2. The Enlightenment Movement brought about a revival interest in the old classical works. Thistendency is known as ________.3. The poem Elegy Written in a Country Church once and for all established ________’s fame asthe leader of the sentimental poetry of the day, especially “the Graveyard School”.4. In 1798, ________ and Samuel Taylor Coleridge published a joint volume of poetry entitledLyrical Ballads, which becomes a landmark in English poetry.5. With violence, horror, and the supernatural as its major elements, ________ is a type ofromantic fiction that predominated in the late 18th century.6. American fiction in the 1960s and 1970s proves to be different from its predecessors and isalways referred to as “________ fiction. ”7. ________ is the most representative Victorian poet. His poetry voices the doubt and the faith,the grief and the joy of the English people in an age of fast social changes.8. ________ is regarded as the first American prose epic. Although it is presented in the form of anovel, at times it seems like a prose poem.9. As a most representative figure of the 1920s, F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote much of his own1experience into the novel________.10. Almost all of James Joyce’s literary works have the same setting: ________.Ⅲ. Each of the statements below is followed by four alternative answers. Choose the one that would best complete the statement. Please write your answer on the Answer Sheet.(40 points, 2 for each)1. ________ employed the heroic couplet with true ease and charm for the first time in the historyof English Literature.A. Geoffrey ChaucerB. George Gordon ByronC. Edmund SpenderD. Robert Browning2. Which of the following is William Shakespeare’s history play?A. MacbethB. Henry IVC. Romeo and JulietD. King Lear3. For his contribution to the establishment of the form of the modern novel, ________ has beenregarded as “Father of the English Novel”.A. Henry FieldingB. Daniel DefoeC. John BunyanD. James Joyce4. “The apparition of these faces in the crowd;Petals on a wet, black bough. ”These two lines are quoted from ________’s poem?A. Emily DickinsonB. Robert FrostC. Ezra PoundD. William B. Yeats5. Jane Austen wrote within a very narrow sphere. The subject matter, the social setting, and plotsare all restricted to the provincial life of the ________.A. late 19th -centuryB. 17th -centuryC. 20th -centuryD. late 18th -century6. Usually basing on her own experiences, Emily Dickinson addresses issues that concern thewhole human beings. Which of the following is NOT a usual subject of her poetic expression?A. Life and DeathB. ReligionC. Love and NatureD. War and Peace7. Walden is a ________.A. Transcendentalist workB. epic in proseC. lyric poemD. short story8. Henry James’realism is different from others, because he pays more attention to ________.A. the traditional styleB. the common peopleC. the inner world of human beingsD. the class struggle9. ________ is considered Mark Twain’s greatest achievement.A. The Gilded AgeB. Innocents Abroad2C. The Adventures of Tom SawyerD. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn10. At the beginning of Faulkner’s A Rose for Emily, there is a detailed description of Emily’s oldhouse. The purpose of such description is to imply that the person living in it ________.A. is a wealthy ladyB. is a conservative aristocratC. is a prisoner of the pastD. has good taste11. ________ is NOT a Nobel Prize winner.A. Eugene O’NeillB. F. Scott FitzgeraldC. Ernest HemingwayD. William Faulkner12. Which of the following is NOT a typical feature of Mark Twain’s language?A. VernacularB. ElegantC. ColloquialD. Humorous13. The most distinguishing feature of Charles Dicken’s works lies in his ________.A. social criticismB. optimismC. character－portrayalD. social setting14. As the representative of the Enlightenment, Pope was one of the first to introduce ________ toEngland.A. rationalismB. romanticismC. criticismD. realism15. Shelley’s greatest achievement is his four-act poetic drama ________.A. AdonaisB. To a SkylarkC. A Song: Men of EnglandD. Prometheus Unbound16. The Victorian Age is most famous for its ________.A. playsB. novelsC. poemsD. essays17. Which of the following women does not belong to the famous Bronte Sisters?A. Mary BronteB. Charlotte BronteC. Emily BronteD. Anne Bronte18. “Histories make men wise; poets, witty; the mathematics, subtle; natural philosophy, deep;moral, grave; logic and rhetoric, able to contend. Abeunt studia in mores. ”This sentence appears in ________.A. The Advancement of LearningB. A Dictionary of the English LanguageC. An Essay on CriticismD. Of Studies19. In his novel, Robinson Crusoe, Defoe eulogizes the hero of the ________?A. aristocratic classB. enterprising landlordsC. rising bourgeoisieD. hard-working people20. Which of the following works does not belong to John Milton?A. Paradise LostB. Paradise RegainedC. AdonaisD. Llycidas3Ⅳ. Give a brief explanation to each of the following items. Please write your answer on the Answer Sheet.(20 points, 5 for each)1. Dramatic Monologue2. The theme of Hawthron’s “The Scarlet Letter”3. American Naturalism4. Hemingway Code heroesⅤ. Write a short essay on the following question. Please write your answer on the Answer Sheet.(10 points)The most clearly defined literary movement in Romantic period is New England Transcendentalism. Please make a comment on this philosophical and literary school.4。
4月全国自考英美文学选读试题及答案解析
全国2018年4月高等教育自学考试英美文学选读试题课程代码：00604全部题目用英文作答，并将答案写在答题纸相应位置上，否则不计分PART ONE (40 POINTS)I. Multiple Choice (40 points in all, 1 for each)Select from the four choices of each item the one that best answers the question or completes the statement. Write your choice on the answer sheet.1.The most significant idea of the Renaissance is（）.A. humanismB. realismC. naturalismD. skepticism2.Shakespeare’s tragedies include all the follow ing except（）.A. Hamlet and King LearB. Antony and Cleopatra and MacbethC. Julius Caesar and OthelloD. The Merchant of Venice and A Midsummer Night’s Dream3.The statement “Studies serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability”opens one of well-known essays by（）.A. Francis BaconB. Samuel JohnsonC. Alexander PopeD. Jonathan Swift4.In Hardy’s Wessex novels, there is an apparent（）touch in his description of the simple though primitive rural life.A. nostalgicB. humorousC. romanticD. ironic5.Backbite, Sneerwell, and Lady Teazle are characters in the play The School for Scandal by （）.A. Christopher MarloweB. Ben JonsonC. Richard Brinsley SheridanD. George Bernard Shaw6.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 epic7.In his poem “Tyger, Tyger,”William Blake expresses his perception of the“fearful symmetry”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 predator1C. the analogy of the hammer and the anvilD. the harmony of the two opposite aspects of God’s creation8.“What is his name?”“Bingley.”“Is he married or single?”“Oh! Single, my dear, to be sure! A single man of large fortune; four or five thousand a year.What a fine thing for our girls!”The above dialogue must be taken from（）.A. Jane Austen’s Pride and PrejudiceB. Emily Bronte’s Wuthering HeightsC. John Galsworthy’s The Forsyte SagaD. George Eliot’s Middlemarch9.The short story“Araby”is one of the stories in James Joyce’s collection（）.A. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young ManB. UlyssesC. Finnegans WakeD. Dubliners10.William Wordsworth, a romantic poet, advocated all the following except（）.A. the using of everyday language spoken by the common peopleB. the expression of the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelingsC. the humble and rustic life as subject matterD. elegant wording and inflated figures of speech11.Here are two lines taken from The Merchant of V enice:“Not on thy sole, but on thy soul, harsh Jew/Thou mak’st thy knife keen.”What kind of figurative device is used in the above lines?（）A. Simile. B. Metonymy.C. Pun.D. Synecdoche.12.“If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?”is an epigrammatic line by（）.A. J. KeatsB. W. BlakeC. W. WordsworthD. P. B. Shelley13.The poems such as“The Chimney Sweeper”are found in both Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience by（）.A. William WordsworthB. William BlakeC. John KeatsD. Lord Gordon Byron14.John Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress is often regarded as a typical example of（）.A. allegoryB. romanceC. epic in proseD. fable15.Alexander Pope strongly advocated neoclassicism, emphasizing that literary works should be judged by（）rules of order, reason, logic, restrained emotion, good taste and decorum.A. classicalB. romanticC. sentimentalD. allegorical16.In his essay“Of Studies,”Bacon said:“Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed,2and some few to be chewed and（）.”A. skimmedB. perfectedC. imitatedD. digested17.“For I have known them all already, known them all—/Have known the evenings, mornings, afternoons,/I have measured out my life with coffee spoons.”The above lines are taken from （）.A. Wordsworth’s “The Solitary Reaper”B. Eliot’s“The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”C. Coleridge’s“Kubla Khan”D. Yeats’s“The Lake Isle of Innisfree”18.(The)（）was a progressive intellectual movement throughout Western Europe in the 18th century.A. RomanticismB. HumanismC. EnlightenmentD. Sentimentalism19.A typical Forsyte, according to John Galsworthy, is a man with a strong sense of（）, who never pays any attention to human feelings.A. moralityB. justiceC. propertyD. humor20.The typical feature of Robert Browning’s poetry is the （）.A. bitter satireB. larger-than-life caricatureC. Latinized dictionD. dramatic monologue21.George Bernard Shaw’s play, Mrs. Warren’s Profession is a grotesquely realistic exposure of the（）.A. slum landlordismB. political corruption in EnglandC. economic oppression of womenD. religious corruption in England22.The story starting with the marriage of Paul’s parents Walter Morel and Mrs. Morel must be （）.A. Thomas Hardy’s Tess of the D’UrbervillesB. D. H. Lawrence’s Sons and LoversC. George Eliot’s MiddlemarchD. Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre23.In American literature the first important writer who earned an international fame on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean is（）.A. Washington IrvingB. Ralph Waldo EmersonC. Nathaniel HawthorneD. Walt Whitman24.The American novelist Nathaniel Hawthorne is known for his“black vision.”The term“black vision”refers to（）.A. Hawthorne’s observation that every man faces a black wallB. Hawthorne’s belief that all men are by nature evilC. that Hawthorne employed a dream vision to tell his story3D. that Puritans of Hawthorne’s time usually wore black clothes25.Theodore Dreiser was once criticized for his（）in style, but as a true artist his strength just lies in that his style is very serious and well calculated to achieve the thematic ends he sought.A. crudenessB. eleganceC. concisenessD. subtlety26.“He is the last of the romantic heroes, whose energy and sense of commitment take him in search of his personal Grail; his failure magnifies to a great extent the end of the American Dream.”The character referred to in the passage is most likely the protagonist of（）.A. Fitzgerald’s The Great GatsbyB. Dreiser’s An American TragedyC. Hemingway’s For Whom the Bell TollsD. Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn27.Almost all Faulkner’s heroes turned out to be tragic because（）.A. all enjoyed living in the declining American SouthB. none of them was conditioned by the civilization and social institutionsC. most of them were prisoners of the pastD. none were successful in their attempt to explain the inexplicable28.Yank, the protagonist of Eugene O’Neill’s play The Hairy Ape, talked to the gorilla and set it free because（）.A. he was mad, mistaking a beast for a humanB. he was told by the white young lady that he was like a beast and he wanted to see how closely he resembled the gorillaC. he was caged with the gorilla after he insulted an aristocratic strollerD. he could feel the kinship only with the beast29.In（）, Robert Frost compares life to a journey, and he is doubtful whether he will regret his choice or not when he is old, because the choice has made all the difference.A. “After Apple-Picking”B. “The Road Not Taken”C. “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening”D. “Fire and Ice”30.Though Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson were romantic poets in theme and technique, they differ from each other in a variety of ways. For one thing, whereas Whitman likes to keep his eye on human society at large, Dickinson often addresses such issues as（）, immortality, religion, love and nature.A. progressB. freedomC. beautyD. death31.The Romantic Writers would focus on all the following issues EXCEPT the（）in the American literary history.A. individual feelingB. survival of the fittestC. strong imaginationD. return to nature32.Generally speaking, all those writers with a naturalistic approach to human reality tend to be4（）.A. transcendentalistsB. optimistsC. pessimistsD. idealists33.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 19th century.A. SentimentalismB. RomanticismC. RealismD. Naturalism34.American writers after World War I self-consciously acknowledged that they were(a)“（）,”devoid of faith and alienated from the Western civilization.A. Lost GenerationB. Beat GenerationC. Sons of LibertyD. Angry Young Men35.In（）, Washington Irving agrees with the protagonist on his preference of the past to the present, and of a dream-like world to the real world.A. “Young Goodman Brown”B.“Rip Van Winkle”C. “Rappaccini’s Daughter”D.“Bartleby, the Scrivener”36.Hester Prynne, Dimmesdale, Chillingworth and Pearl are most likely characters in（）.A. The House of the Seven GablesB. The Scarlet LetterC. The Portrait of a LadyD. The Pioneers37.Like Nathaniel Hawthorne,（）also manages to achieve the effect of ambiguity through symbolism and allegory in his narratives.A. Mark TwainB. Henry JamesC. R. W. EmersonD. Herman Melville38.In his realistic fiction, Henry James’s primary concern is to present the（）.A. inner life of human beingsB. American Civil War and its effectsC. life on the Mississippi RiverD. Calvinistic view of original sin39.Which of the following is NOT a typical feature of Mark Twain’s writing style?（）A. Simple vernacular.B. Local color.C. Lengthy psychological analyses.D. Richness of irony and humor.40.Which of the following statements about E. 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 TWO (60 POINTS)Ⅱ. 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.“Words are like leaves; and where they most abound,Much fruit of sense beneath is rarely found”Questions:5A.Identify the poem and the poet.B.What idea do the two lines express?42.“To be so distinguished, is an honor, which, being very little accustomed to favors from the great, I know not well how to receive, or in what terms to acknowledge.”Questions:A.Identify the work and the author.B.What is the tone of author?43.“‘Faith! Faith!’cried the husband. ‘Look up to Heaven, and resist the Wicked One.’”Questions:A.Identify the work and the author.B.What idea does the quoted sentence express?44.“We passed the School, where Children stroveAt Recess—in the Ring—We passed the Fields of Gazing Grain—We passed the Setting Sun—”Questions:A.Identify the poem and the poet.B.What do“the School,”“the Fields”and“the Setting Sun”stand for respectively?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, and allegory is a 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 the implied meaning an allegory is usually concerned with?46.“Let it not be supposed by the enemies of‘the system,’that during the period of his solitary incarceration, Oliver was denied the benefit of exercise, the pleasure of society, or the advantages of religious consolation.”What do you think Charles Dickens intends to say in the above ironic statement taken from Oliver Twist?47.Whitman has made radical changes in the form of poetry by choosing free verse as his medium of expression. What are the characteristics of Whitman’s free verse?48.Some of Hemingway’s heroes are regarded as the Hemingway code heroes. Whatever the differences in experience and age, they all have something in common which Hemingway values. What are the characteristics of the Hemingway code hero?Ⅳ. Topics for Discussion (20 points in all, 10 for each)Write no less than 150 words on each of the following topics in English in the6corresponding space on the answer sheet.49.Elizabeth Bennet, the heroine in Pride and Prejudice, is often regarded as the most successful character created by Jane Austen. Make a brief comment on Elizabeth’s character.50.Take Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn as an example to illustrate the statement that Mark Twain was a unique writer in American literature.7。
全国自考英美文学选读(综合)模拟试卷3.doc
全国自考英美文学选读（综合）模拟试卷3一、阅读理解1 Tyger! Tyger! burning brightIn the forests of the night,What immortal hand or eyeCould frame thy fearful symmetry?Questions:A. Who is the author?B. What does "symmetry" mean?C. What does "tyger" refer to?2 "We passed the School, where Children stroveAt Recess—in the Ring—We passed the Fields of Gazing Grain—We passed the Setting Sun—"Questions:A. Identify the poem and the poet.B. What do "the School" , "the Fields" and "the Setting Sun" stand for respectively?二、简答题3 What are the features of Defoe' s writings?4 Discuss the historical background of Victorian period.5 Analyze the features of G.B.Shaw's characters.6 What are the characteristics of Whitman' s free verse?7 How do you understand Hemingway' s " Iceberg principle" according to his works?三、论述题8 Jonathan Swift' s Gulliver ' s Travels, as a whole, is one of the most effective and devastating criticisms and satires of all aspects in the English and European life of his day. Please give a brief comment on Gulliver's Travels.9 Discuss Thomas Hardy's Tess of the D'Urbervilles.10 Please make a comment on Theodore Dreiser' s writing style.。
(全新整理)4月浙江自考美国文学选读试卷及答案解析
浙江省2018年4月高等教育自学考试美国文学选读试题课程代码：10055Part Ⅰ: Choose the relevant match from Column B for each item in Column A. (10 points in all, 1 point for each)Group 1Column A Column B（）1. Nathaniel Hawthorne a. Sound and Fury（）2. Henry David Thoreau b. The House of Seven Gables（）3. Walt Whitman c. Daisy Miller（）4. Henry James d. Walden（）5. William Faulkner e. Leaves of GrassGroup 2Column A Column B（）1. Mildred Douglas a. Moby Dick（）2. Ishmael b. The Hairy Ape（）3. Hurstwood c. Indian Camp（）4. Nick d. Sister Carrie（）5. Adams e. The Great GatsbyPart Ⅱ: Each of the following statements below is followed by four alternatives. Choose the one that would best complete the statement. (50 points in all, 2 points foreach)1. Romantics put emphasis on the following EXCEPT ______.（）A. common senseB. imaginationC. intuitionD. individualism2. ______ was the first great belletrist, writing always for pleasure, to produce pleasure.（）A. IrvingB. CooperC. EmersonD. Whitman3. In 1836, a little book came out which made a tremendous impact on the intellectual life of America. It was entitled______ by Emerson.（）1A. American ScholarB. NatureC. The PoetD. Self-Reliance4.Which of the following statements concerning the basic tenets of American Transcendentalism is Not correct?（）A. Individualism is elevated by the Transcendentalists.B. Intuition is less important than experience.C. Nature is only another side of God.D. Transcendentalists have a new and delight thrill in nature.5.Melville’s novel ______ is a tremendous chronicle of a whaling voyage in pursuit of a seemingly supernatural white whale.（）A. TypeeB. OmooC. White JacketD. Moby Dick6. Hester Prynne is the heroine in Hawthorne’s novel ______.（）A. Moses from an Old ManseB. Twice-Told TalesC. The Scarlet LetterD. The Blithedale Romance7. As a philosophical and literary movement, ______ flourished in New England from the 1830s to the Civil War.（）A. ModernismB. RationalismC. SentimentalismD. Transcendentalism8. Irving was best known for his famous short stories such as ______.（）A. Rip Van WinkleB. Legend of the AlhambraC. Life of GoldsmithD. Life of Washington9. Realism was a reaction against______ or a move away from the bias towards romance and self-creating fictions, and paved the way to Modernism. （）A. RationalismB. RomanticismC. NeoclassicismD. Enlightenment10.______ had an evident influence on naturalism. It seemed to stress the animality of man, to suggest that he was dominated by the irresistible forces of evolution.（）A. TranscendentalismB. DarwinismC. MarxismD. Freudianism211. Samuel Langhorne Clemens is better known by the pen name ______.（）A. Mark TwainB. Henry JamesC. WilliamD. Howells D. Theodore Dreiser12. ______ is considered the founder of Psychological realism.（）A. Henry JamesB. Jack LondonC. Mark TwainD. Nathaniel Hawthorne13. “The Way of the Beaten: A Harp in the Wind”is the title of one chapter in Dreiser’s novel ______.（）A. An American TragedyB. Sister CarrieC. Dreiser Looks at RussiaD. Jannie Gerhardt14. Which of the following works concerns most concentratedly the Calvinistic view of original sin?（）A. The Waste LandB. The Scarlet LetterC. Leaves of GrassD. As I Lay Dying15. We can summarize that Walt Whitman’s poems are characterized by all the following features EXCEPT that they are ______.（）A. conventional and casualB. lyrical and well structuredC. simple and rather crudeD. free-flowing16. “This is my letter to the World”is a poetic expression of Emily Dickinson’s ______ about her communication with the outside world.（）A. indifferenceB. angerC. anxietyD. sorrow17. The publication of The Waste Land, written by ______ helped to establish a modern tradition of literature rich with learning and allusive thought.（）A. T. S. EliotB. Robert FrostC. Ezra PoundD. William Faulkner18. Fitzgerald summarized the experiences and attitudes of the 1920s decade in his masterpiece novel ______.（）A. This Side of ParadiseB. Tender is the NightC. The Great GatsbyD. Tales of the Jazz Age319. Early in the 1920s, the most prominent of the new American playwrights, whose name is ______, established an international reputation. （）A. T. S. EliotB. William B.YeatsC. Eugene O’NeillD. Bernard Shaw20. Which of the following novels can be regarded as typically belonging to the school of literary modernism?（）A. The Sound and the FurryB. Uncle Tom’s CabinC. Daisy MillerD. The Gilded Age21. Pound was the leader of a new movement in poetry which he called “______”movement.（）A. naturalistic B. imagistC. modernisticD. impressionist22. Hemingway was badly wounded in Italy and sent to a hospital where he fell in love with a nurse. These two persons later became the characters of his novel ______.（）A. The Old Man and the SeaB. For Whom the Bell TollsC. The Sun Also RisesD. A Farewell to Arms23. ______ wrote about the society in the South by inventing families which represented different social forces: the old decaying upper class, the rising, ambitious, unscrupulous class of the “Poor Whites”, and the Negroes who labored for both of them.（）A. FaulknerB. FitzgeraldC. HemingwayD. Steinbeck24. “For I have too much /Of apple-picking: I am overtired/ Of the great harvest I myself desired”. From these lines we can conclude that the speaker ______.（）A. is happy about the harvestB. is tired of the work of apple-pickingC. is not tired when seeing the harvestD. becomes indifferent to the job25. Which of the following statements about Hemingway’s works is Not true?（）A. Man can be physically destroyed and spiritually defeated.B. Hemingway’s style is actually polished and tightly controlled, but highly suggestive and connotative.C. Hemingway develops the style of colloquialism initiated by Mark Twain.4D. “Grace under pressure”is actually an attitude towards life that Hemingway had been trying to demonstrate in his works.Part Ⅲ: Interpretation (20 points in all, 5 points for each)Read the following selections and then answer the questions.Passage 1There was, as usual, a crowd of folk about the door, but none that Rip recollected. The very character of the people seemed changed. There was a busy, bustling, disputatious tone about it, instead of the accustomed phlegm and drowsy tranquility. He looked in vain for the sage Nicholas Vedder, ...Questions:1. Who is the author and where is this passage taken from?2. Whom does “He”refer to? How many years have passed since he left?Passage 2Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,And sorry I could not travel bothAnd be one traveler, long I stoodAnd looked down one as far as I couldTo where it bent in the undergrowth;Questions:1. Who is the poet and which poem is this stanza taken from?2. What does the quoted stanza express?Passage 3So I was full of trouble, full as I could be; and didn’t know what to do. At last I had an idea; and I says, I’ll go and write the letter -- and then see if I can pray. Why, it was astonishing, the way I felt as light as a feather , right straight off, and my troubles all gone. So I got a piece of paper and a pencil, all glad and excited, and set down and wrote:Miss Watson, your runaway nigger Jim is down here two mile below Pikesville, and Mr. Phelps has got him and he will give him up for the reward if you send.Huck Finn.I felt good and all washed clean of sin for the first time I had ever felt so in my life, and I5knowed I could pray now. But I didn’t do it straight off, but laid the paper down and set there thinking -- thinking how good it was all this happened so, and how near I come to being lost and going to hell. And went on thinking. And got to thinking over our trip down the river; and I see Jim before me , all the time: in the day and in the night-time, sometimes moonlight, sometimes storms, and we a floating along, talking and singing and laughing. But somehow I couldn’t seem to strike no places to harden me against him, but only the other kind. I’d see him standing my watch on top of his instead of calling me, so I could go on sleeping; and see him how glad he was when I come back out of the fog; and when I come to him again in the swamp, up there where the feud was; and such-likes times; and would always call me honey, and pet me and do everything he could think of for me, and how good he always was; and at last I struck the time I saved him by telling the men we had small-pox aboard, and he was so grateful, and said I was the best friend old Jim ever had in the world, and the ONL Y one he’s got now; and then I happened to look around and see that paper.It was a close place. I took it up, and held it in my hand. I was a trembling because I’d got to decide, forever, betwixt two things, and I knowed it. I studied a minute, sort of holding my breath, and then says to myself:“All right, then, I’ll go to hell”——and tore it up.Questions:1. Which novel is this passage taken from? Who is the author?2. What is the quoted passage about?Passage 4When Miss Emily Grierson died, our whole town went to her funeral: the men through a sort of respectful affection for a fallen monument, the women mostly out of curiosity to see the inside of her house, which no one save an old-servant—a combined gardener and cook—had seen in at least ten years.Questions:1. Identify the author and the title of the novel from which this passage is taken.2. Why Emily is regarded as “a fallen monument”?Part Ⅳ: Give brief answers to the following questions. (20 points in all, 10 points for each) 1. What is the most famous theme in Henry James’ fiction? And what is his favorite approach in6characterization, which makes him different from Mark Twain and W. D. Howells as realists? Give two titles of his works in which this theme and this approach are employed.2. Why are naturalists inevitably pessimistic in their view?Please discuss the above question in relation to the basic principles of literary naturalism.7。
4月浙江自考美国文学选读试题及答案解析
4月浙江自考美国文学选读试题及答案解析浙江省2018年4月自学考试美国文学选读试题课程代码：10055Part I: Choose the relevant match from Column B for each item in Column A. (10 points in all, 1 point for each)Group 1Column A Column B( ) 1. Nathaniel Hawthorne a. Nature( ) 2. Washington Irving b. Rip Van Winkle( ) 3. Ralph Waldo Emerson c. The House of Seven Gales( ) 4. Mark Twain d. The Great Gatsby( ) 5. Scott Fitzgerald e. The Gilded AgeGroup 2Column A Column B( ) 1. Charles Drouet a. The Great Gatsby( ) 2. Ishmael b. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn( ) 3. Jim c. Sister Carrie( ) 4. George Wilson d. A Rose for Emily( ) 5. Emily Grierson e. Moby DickPart Ⅱ: Each of the following statements below is followed by four alternatives. Choose the one that would best complete the statement. (50 points in all, 2 points for each)1. The period of ______ started with the publication of Washington Irving’s The Sketch Book and ended with Walt Whitman’s Leaves of Grass. ( )A. American RomanticismB. American RealismC. American TranscendentalismD. American Classicism2. The desire for an escape from society and a return to nature became a permanent convention of American literature. Such a desire is particularly evident in ______ Leather-Stocking Tales.( )A. Washington Irving’sB. Waldo Emerson’s1C. James Fennimore Cooper’sD. Walt Whitman’s3. New England Transcendentalism was started by a group of people who were members of an informal club, i.e. the Transcendental Club in New England in the ______.( )A. 1850sB. 1840sC. 1830sD. 1860s4. The American ______ as a cultural heritage exerted great influences over American moral values.( )A. PuritanismB. UnitarianismC. DeismD. Protestantism5. In his famous poem Song of Myself, Walt Whitman sets forth two principal beliefs: the belief in the singularity and equality of all beings in value, and the theory of ______, which is illustrated by lengthy catalogues of people and things. ( )A. nationalityB. universalityC. natureD. community6. Which of the following is NOT what Emerson put forward in his essays? ( )A. the Over-SoulB. the formal religion of the churches and the Deistic philosophyC. NatureD. the importance of individual7. Moby-Dick is a mixture of fantasy and ______ based upon the South Pacific whaling industry.( )A. romanticismB. naturalismC. realismD. surrealism8. Which of the following statements about Hawthorne is NOT right? ( )A. The ambiguity is one of the salient characteristics of his art.B. He is a master of realism.C. He is a great allegorist.D. He is a master of symbolism.9. Which of the following is NOT regarded as the characteristics of Whitman’s poetic style?( )2A. The use of “free verse”B. His strong tendency to use of formal languageC. The use of parallelism and phonetic recurrence at the beginning of the linesD. The use of the poetic “I”10. ______ and Emersonian Transcendentalism produced some positive effect on Melville’s writing.( )A. Washington Irving’s conservativeB. Hawthor ne’s moral courageC. Thoreau’s RomanticismD. Shakespearian tragic vision11. The period ranging from 1865 to 1914 has been referred to as ______ in the literary history of the United States.( )A. the Age of RomanticismB. the Age of EnlightenmentC. New England TranscendentalismD. the Age of Realism12. The three dominant figures of the period of Realism in American literature are ______.( )A. Mark Twain, Henry James, and Jack LondonB. Mark Twain, Henry James, and Theodore DreiserC. William Dean Howells, Mark Twain, and Jack LondonD. William Dean Howells, Mark Twain, and Henry James13. ______ once described the novel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, the one book from which “all modern American literature comes.”( )A. Ernest HemingwayB. Henry JamesC. Mark TwainD. Theodore Dreiser14. ______ was the first American writer to conceive his career in international themes.( )A. Washington IrvingB. Henry JamesC. Ralph Waldo EmersonD. Mark Twain15. Within her little lyrics Dickinson addresses those issuesthat concern the whole human beings EXCEPT______.( )A. religion and deathB. immortality3C. man and womanD. love and nature16. ______ proves to be his greatest work and by entitling this book with such a name, Dreiser intended to tell us that it is the social pressure that makes Clyde’s downfall inevitable.( ) A. The Titan B. Sister CarrieC. The FinancierD. An American Tragedy17. Ezra Pound is a leading spokesman of the famous ______ Movement in the history of American literature.( )A. SymbolistB. ImpressionistC. ExistentialistD. Imagist18. Allen Ginsburg’s Howl became the manifesto of ______.( )A. PostmodernismB. ImagismC. the Beat GenerationD. the Lost Generation19. ______ is a school of modern painting, whose emphasis is on the formal structure of a work of art and especially on the multiple-perspective viewpoints. ( )A. ExpressionismB. ImagismC. CubismD. Impressionism20. ______ is often acclaimed literary spokesman of the Jazz Age. ( )A. F. Scott FitzgeraldB. Ezra PoundC. Robert Lee FrostD. Ernest Hemingway21. ______, Hemingway’s first novel, casts light on a whole generation after the First World War and the effects of the war by way of a vivid portrait of “The Lost Generation.”( )A. The Old Man and the SeaB. The Sun Also RisesC. In Our TimeD. A Farewell to Arms22. Which of the following is depicted as the mythical county in William Faulkner’s novels?( )A. Cambridge.B. Oxford.C. Yoknapatawpha.D. Mississippi.23. Robert Frost rejected ______ choosing ______ instead.( )A. the conventional poetic principles... the revolutionary wayB. the romantic way... the revolutionary principles4C. the revolutionary principles... the romantic wayD. the revolutionary poetic principles of his contemporaries... the old-fashioned way to be new24. Which of the following is right about American fiction from 1945 onwards?( )A. Black fiction began to attract critical attention during the 1950s.B. There appeared a significant group of Jewish-American writers whose works were set against the Jewish experience and tradition.C. A group of new writers who survived the war wrote about their ideals within the artistic field.D. American fiction in the 1950s and 1960s proves to be a harvest which derived from its predecessors.25. Which of the following can NOT be included in the thematic concerns of Robert Frost’s Poems?( )A. The contradiction and misunderstanding between man and woman.B. The loneliness and poverty of the isolated human being.C. His love of life and his belief in a serenity coming from working.D. The terror and tragedy in nature as well as its beauty.Part Ⅲ: Interpretation (20 points in all, 5 points for each)Read the following selections and then answer the questions briefly.Passage 1Because I could not stop for Death——He kindly stopped for me——The Carriage held but just Ourselves——And Immortality.....Questions:1. Who is the Author of this poem?2. What do “He”and “Carriage”refer to?Passage 2There was, as usual, a crowd of folk about the door, but none that Rip recollected. The very character of the people seemedchanged. There was a busy, bustling, disputatious tone about it, instead of the accustomed phlegm and drowsy tranquility. He looked in vain for the sage Nicholas5Vedder, with his broad face, double chin, and fair long pipe, uttering clouds of tobacco smoke instead of idle speeches; or Van Bummel, the schoolmaster, doling forth the contents of an ancient newspaper. In place of these, a lean bilious looking fellow, with his pockets full of handbills, was haranguing vehemently about rights of citizens-election-members of congress-liberty-Bunker’s hill-heroes of seventy-six-and other words, that were a perfect Babylonish jargon to the bewildered Van Winkle.Questions:1. Who is the author and where is this passage taken from?2. What do you know about the protagonist?Passage 3Once I said to myself it would be a thousand times better for Jim to be a slave at home where his family was, as long as he’d got to be a slave, and so I’d better write a letter to T om Sawyer and tell him to tell Miss Waston where he was. But I soon give up that notion, for two things: she’d be mad and disgusted at his rascality and ungratefulness for leaving her, an d so she’d sell him straight down the river again; and if she didn’t, everybody naturally despises an ungrateful nigger, and they’d make Jim feel it all the time, and so he’d feel ornery and disgraced. And then think of me! It would get all round, that Huck Finn helped a nigger to get his freedom; and if I was to ever see anybody from that town again, I’d be ready to get down and lick his boots for shame. Questions:1. Please identify the author and the novel.2. Please give a brief comment on this part.Passage 4...Then took the other, as just as fair,And having perhaps the better claim,Because it was grassy and wanted wear;Though as for that the passing thereHad worn them really about the same.....Questions:61. Who wrote this poem? What’s the tit le of it?2. What can we know from the verse?Part Ⅳ: Give brief answers to the following questions. (20 points in all,10 points for each)1. What is “Leaves of Grass”mainly concerned about?2. What is the most famous theme in Henry James’ fiction? And what is his favorite approach in characterization, which makes him different from Mark Twain as a realist?7。
美国文学史及选读试卷(B卷)包含评分标准及答案
美国文学史及选读考试试题（卷）B卷院系：专业：考试科目：美国文学史及选读考试形式：闭卷考试时间： 100 分钟姓名：学号：Directions: In this part of the test, there are twenty items. Choose the best answer and write the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.1.Whitman published his first edition of ______ in 1855.a. Leaves of Grassb. The Scarlet Letterc. “Hymn to The Night”d. “The Secret of the Sea”2.Dreiser’s naturalism and his choice of subject often echo hispredecessor, ______, but his style and method are very different.a. Mark Twainb. Stephen Cranec. Henry Jamesd. Emerson3.Sister Carrie written by ______ is considered as one of therepresentative naturalistic novel in the American literature.a. Sinclair Lewisb. Theodore Dreiserc. F. Scott Fitageraldd. H.L.Mencken4．Mark Twain’s ______ tells a story of his boyhood ambitious to become a riverboat pilot, up and down the Mississippi.a.Roughing Itb.The Adventures of Huckleberry Finnc.Life on the Mississippid.The Adventures of Tom Sawyer5. Stephen Crane’s style has been called realistic, ______ andimpressionistic.a. romanticb. naturalisticc. classicald. imagining6.______ is the scene of Dreiser’s Sister Carrie.a. New Yorkb. Chicagoc. Californiad. Washington7.Which is generally regarded as the Bible of New EnglandTranscendentalism?a. Natureb. Waldenc. On Beautyd. Self-Reliance8. 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. The Old Man and the Seab. Moby Dickc. White Jacketd. Billy Budd9. Mark Twain created, in _______, a masterpiece of American realism that is also one of the great books of world literature.a. Huckleberry Finnb. Tom Sawyerc. The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburgd. The Gilded Age10.American literature produced only one female poet during the 19thcentury. This was _______.a. Anne Bradstreetb. Jane Austenc. Emily Dickinsond. Harriet Beecher11. With Howells, James, and Mark Twain active on the scene, ______ became the major trend in the seventies and eighties of the 19th century.a. sentimentalismb. Romanticismc. realismd. naturalism12. Leaves of Grass has _______ editions.a. nineb. fivec. sixd. seven13._______ is not among the artistic features of Whitman’s writing.a. The use of the poetic “I”b. Free versec. Musicality or rhythmd. Allegory14.Melville’s _______ is a semi-autobiographical novel concerning thesufferings of a gentle youth among brutal sailors.a. Typeeb. Redburnc. White Jacketd. Billy Budd15._______ is not among the writing features of Melville’s works.a. symbolismb. allgoryc. psychological analysesd. Dramatic monologue16.The realistic period is referred to as “the Gilded Age” by _______.a. Mark Twainb. Henry Jamesc. Emily Dickinsond. Theodore Dreiser17._______ is regarded by H. L. Menken as “the true father of Americannational literature.”a. Emily Dickinsonb. Henry Jamesc. Mark Twaind. Theodore Dreiser18._______, being a boy’s book specially written for the adults, is MarkTwain’s most representative book.a. Roughing Itb. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finnc. Life on the Mississippid. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer19.Henry James’s fame generally rests upon his novels and stories with________.a. the love and marriage themeb. the theme of humor and satire on lifec. the theme of revealing the miserable life of the poor andcriticizing the capitalismd. the international theme20.Within Dickinson’s little lyrics, she addresses those issues thatconcern the whole human beings, which exclude ________.a. religionb. Friendshipc. loved. immortalityII.Match. (20 points, 1 point for each)Directions: Choose the correct letters from the list of the authors for the following works and put them onto the Answer Sheet.A. Ralph Waldo EmersonB. Henry David ThoreauC. Herman MelvilleD. Henry W. LongfellowE. Walt WhitmanF. Emily DickinsonG. Mark Twain H. Stephen CraneI. Henry James1.Self-reliance ( )2.There Was a Child Went Forth ( )3.There Was a Child Went Forth ( )4.White Jacket ( )5.Moby Dick ( )6.Life on the Mississippi ( )7.Daisy Miller ( )8.What Maisie Knew ( )9.This is My Letter to the World ( )10.I Like to See It Lap the Miles ( )11. A Red Badge of Courage ( )12.Civil Disobedience ( )13.Voices of the Night ( )14.The Gilded Age ( )15.Hiawatha ( )16.Maggie, A Girl of the Streets ( )17.The Adventures of Tom Sawyer ( )18.I Heard a Fly Buzz—When I Died ( )19.The American Scholar ( )20.Song of Myself ( )III.Terms (20 points, 4 points for each)Directions: In this part of the test, there are five terms. Please give the definition for these terms. Scores will be given for the related contents. Four individual contents will be enough for four points.1.Free Verse2.Transcendentalism3.American Realism4.American Naturalism5.Local ColorIV. Appreciation (10 points, 5 points for each)Directions: In this part of the test, there are two excerpts. Each of the excerpts is followed by three questions. Read the excerpts and answer the questions on the Answer Sheet.Part ASuccessSuccess is counted sweetestThose who ne’er succeed.To comprehend a nectarRequires sorest need.Not one of all the purple hostWho took the flag todayCan tell the definition,So clear, of victory,As he, defeated, dying,On whose forbidden earThe distant strains of triumphBreak, agonized and clear.1.Who is the author of the poem? (1’)2.According to the poem, what best understands success? (1’)3.In your opinion, who wants most t o succeed? (1’)4.Translate the first stanza into Chinese. (2’)Part BI heard the trailing garments of the NightSweep through her marble halls!I saw her sable skirts all fringed with lightFrom the celestial walls!I felt her presence, by its spell of might,Stoop o’er me from above;The calm, majestic presence of the Night,As of the one of I love.I heard the sounds of sorrow and delight,The manifold, soft chimes,That fill the haunted chambers of the Night,Like some old poet’s rhymes.From the cool cisterns of the midnight airMy spirit drank repose;The fountain of perpetual peace flows there,-- From those deep cisterns flows.O holy Night! from thee I learn to bearWhat man has borne before!Thou layest thy finger on the lips of care,And they complain no more.Peace! Peace! Orestes-like I breathe this prayer!Descend with broad-winged flight,The welcome, the thrice-prayed for, the most fair, The best-beloved Night!1.What is the title of the poem? Who is the author?2.How does the poet personify the Night?3.What does he learn from her?V.Identification (20 points, 2 point for each)Directions: In this part of the test, there are ten excertps. Judge the authors and titles of these works and fill them on the Answer Sheet.1.As the door of Mrs. Pocock’s salon was pushed open for him, thenext day, well before noon, he was reached by a voice with acharming sound that made him just falter before crossing thethreshold. Madame de Vionnet was already on the field…2.Let us consider the way in which we spend our lives.This world is a place of business. What an infinite bustle! I amawaked almost every night by the panting of the locomotive. Itinterrupts my dreams. There is no Sabbath. It would be glorious tosee mankind at leisure for once. It is nothing but work, work, work.e up from the fields father, here’s a letter from our Pete,And come to the front door mother, here’s a letter from thy dear son.4.Thus advance of the enemy had seemed to the youth like a ruthlesshunting. He began to fume with rage and exasperation. He beat hisfoot upon the ground, and scowled with hate at the swirling smokethat was approaching like a phantom flood.5.I’m nobody! Who are you?Are you nobody, too?Then there’s a pair of us—don’t tell!They’d banish us, you know.6.I taste a liquor never brewed,From tankards scooped in pearl;Not all the vats upon the RhineYield such an alcohol!7.Now I had often seen pilots gazing at the water and pretending toread it as if it were a book; but it was a book that told me nothing. Atime came at last, however, when Mr. Bixby seemed to think me farenough advanced to bear a lesson on water-reading.8.Whoso would be a man must be a nonconformist. He who wouldgather immortal palms must not be hindered by the name of goodness,but must explore if it be goodness. Nothing is at last sacred but theintegrity of your own mind…9.Whether fagged by the three days’ running chase, and the resistanceto his swimming in the knotted hamper he bore; or whether it wassome latent deceitfulness and malice in him: whichever was true, theWhite Whale’s way now began to abate, as it seemed, from the boatso rapidly nearing him once more; though indeed the whale’s laststart had not been so long a one as before.10.Ah! what pleasant visions haunt meAs I gaze upon the sea!All the old romantic legends,All my dreams, come back to me.VI. Comment. (10 points)Directions: In this part of the test, you are given two selections. Choose ONE of them and give a comment on the Answer Sheet. Scores will be given according to the content, grammar and the completeness of the related knowledge.This Is My Letter to the WorldThis is my letter to the world,That never wrote to me,--The simple news that Nature told,With tender majesty.Her message is committedTo hands I cannot see;For love of her, sweet coutrymen,Judge tenderly of me!I Hear America SingingI hear America singing, the varied carols I hear,Those of mechanics, each one singing his as it should be blithe and strong, The carpenter singing his as he measures his plank or beam,The mason singing his as he makes ready for work, or leaves off work,The boatman singing what belongs to him in his boat, the deck-hand singing on the steamboat deck,The shoemaker singing as he sits on his bench, the hatter singing as he stands, The wood-cutter’s song, the plowboy’s on his way in the morning, or at noon intermission or at sundown,The delicious singing of the mother, or of the young wife at work, or of the girl sewing or washing,Each singing what belongs to him or her and to none else,The day what belongs to the day—at night the party of young fellows, robust, friendly,Singing with open mouths their strong melodious songs.美国文学史及选读考试试题（卷）评分标准及标准答案B卷院系：专业：考试科目：美国文学史及选读考试形式：闭卷考试时间： 100 分钟I.Multiple Choice: ( 20%)(每题1分，共20分，答错不给分)1. a2.b3.b4.b5.b6. b7.a8.b9.a 10.c11. c 12.a 13.d 14.b 15.d16.a 17.c 18.b 19.d 20.bII.Match (20%)（每题1分，共20分，答错不给分）1.A2.E3.E4.C5.C6.G7. I8.I9. F 10.F11. H 12.B 13. D 14.G 15. D16. H 17.G 18.F 19. A 20.EIII.Terms (20%)（每题4分，共20分。
2020年4月全国自考英美文学选读试题及答案解析
1A ． The Return of the NativeB ． Tess of the D 'Urbervilles全国 2018年4月历年自学考试 英美文学选读试题课程代码： 00604I. Multiple Choice ( 40 points in all, 1for each )Select from the four choices of each item the one that best answer the question or completes the statement. Write the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.establishment of the form of the modern novel.of the 20 th -century English poetry.time.5．William Blake 's central concern in the Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience is _________________which gives the two books a strong social and historical reference. A ． youthhood B ． childhood C ．happinessD ． sorrow6．All of the following works are known as Hardy 's “novels of character and environment EXCETP.1． The Renaissance is actually a movement stimulatedby a series of historical eventsEXCEPTA ． the rediscovery of ancient Roman and Greek cultureB ． the vast expansion of British colonies in North AmericaC ． the new discoveries in geography and astrologyD ． the religious reformation and the economic expansion 2． Henry Fielding has been regarded by some«as “_”,for his contribution to theA ． Father of the English NovelB ． F ather of the English PoetryC ． Father of the English DramaD ． F ather of the English Short Story3． T ．S ． Eliot 's most important single poemhas been hailed as a landmark and a modelA ． The Hollow ManB ． The Waste LandC ． Murder in the CathedralD ． Ash Wednesday4．G eorge Bernard Shaw 's play established his position as the leading play-wright of hisA ．Widowers 'Houses B ． Too True to Be Good C ．Mrs. Warren 's Profession D ． Candida29． Among the following writers ______________ created the verse novel by adopting the novelistic presentation of characters. A ． Robert Browning B ． Matthew Arnold C ．Alfred TennysonD ． Edward Fitzgerald10． “ Iits a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good for-tune, must be in want of a wife. ”The quoted part is taken from _____________________ . A ．Jane EyreB ． Wuthering HeightsC ．Pride and PrejudiceD ． Sense and Sensibility11． Because of her sensitivity to universal patterns of human behavior, ____________ has brought the English novel ,as an art of form, to its maturity. A ． Charlotte Bront ? B ． Jane Austen C ．Emily Bront ?D ．Ann Radcliffe12． Shelley 's greatest achievement is his four-act poetic drama _________ , which is an exultant work in praise of humankind 's potential. A ． AdonaisB ． Queen MabC ．Prometheus UnboundD ．A Defence of Poetry13． The assertion that poetry originates from “emotion recollected in tranquility ”belongs toB ． Samuel Taylor ColeridgeC ． Robert Southey 14． All of the followingpoems by William Wordsworth are masterpieces on nature EXCEPTC ． Jude the ObscureD ． Far from the Madding Crowd7．Among the works by Charles Dickens ___________ presents his criticism of the Utilitarian principle that rules over the English education system and destroys young hearts and minds. A ． Bleak House B ． Pickwick Paper C ． Great ExpectationsD ． Hard Times8． The most distinguishing feature of Charles Dickens 'works is his A ． simple vocabularyB ． bitter and sharp criticismC ．character-portrayalD ． pictures of happinessA ． William Wordsworth D ． William Blake精品自学考试资料推荐3All of the followi ng are stream -of- con scious ness no vels EXCEPT 16． Shakespeare 's four greatest tragedies are ____________ . A ． Romeo and Juliet, Othello, King Lear, Hamlet B ．Hamlet, Othello, Macbeth, The Merchant of Venice C ． Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, MacbethD ．Romeo and Juliet, The Merchant of Venice, Othello, Hamlet17．As one of the greatest masters of English prose, _______________ defined a good style as “properwords in proper places ”. A ．Henry Fielding B ． Jonathan Swift C ．Samuel JohnsonD ． Alexander Pope18．All of the following novels by Daniel Defoe are the first literary works devoted to the study of problems of the lower-class people EXCEPT __________________________ . A ．Robinson Crusoe B ． Captain Singleton C ．Moll FlandersD ． Colonel Jack19． Among the three major works by John Milton ____________________ is indeed the only generally acknowledged epic in English literature since Beowulf. A ．Paradise Regained B ． Samson Agonistes C ．LycidasD ． Paradise Lost20．English Romanticism, as a historical phase of literature, is generally said to have ended in 1832 with .A ．the passage of the first Reform Bill in the ParliamentB ．the publication of Wordsworth and Coleridge 'sLyrical BalladsC ．the publication of T ．S ．Eliot 's The waste LandD ．the passage of the Bill of Rights in the Parliament21．Contrary to the traditional romance of aristocrats, the modern English novel gives a realistic presentation of life of ________ .A ．I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud B ． “An Evening Walk C ． Tintern AbbeyD ． “The Solitary Reaper15． A ． Pilgrimage B ． UlyssesC ． Mrs. DallowayD ． Tess of the D 'UrbervillesA．the common English people B．the upper classC．the rising bourgeoisie D．the enterprising landlords22．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.A．John Galsworthy 's B．Thomas Hardy 's C．D．H．Lawrence 's D．Charles Dickens '23．The Nobel Prize Committee highly praised ___________ for “his powerful style-forming mastery ofthe art”of creating modern fiction.A．Ezra Pound B．Ernest HemingwayC．Robert Frost D．Theodore Dreiser24．In 1950, ________ was awarded the Nobel Prize for the anti-racist Intruder in the Dust .A ．William Faulkner B．Robert FrostC．Ezra Pound D．Ernest Hemingway25．Herman Melville wrote his semi-autobiographical novel _________ concerning the sufferings of a genteel youth among brutal sailors.A．Typee B．RedburnC．Moby-Dick D．Mardi26．The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and, especially, its sequence _____________ proved themselves to be the milestone in the American literature.A．The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn B．Life on the MississippiC．The Gilded Age D．Roughing It27．The Portrait of A Lady is generally considered to be ___________ masterpiece, which describes the life journey of an American _____________ in a European cultural environment.A . Henry Adams '…widow B. William James '…girlC. Henry James'…girlD. Theodore Dreiser's…widow28. Hawthorne intended to ________ in The Scarlet Letter.A . tell a story of parental loveB.tell a story of sin and bloody violence4C.call the readers back to the plantation way of livingD．reveal the human psyche after they sinned29．“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 Twain B．Ezra PoundC．William Faulkner D．Ernest Hemingway30．In many of Hawthorne 's stories and novels, the Puritan concept of life is condemned, or the Puritan past is shown in an almost totally negative light, especially in his ______________________ and The Scarlet Letter .A ．Twice-Told Tales B．The Blithedale RomanceC．The Marble Faun D．The House of the Seven Gables31 ．The white whale, Moby Dick, symbolizes ______________________ for Melville, for it is complex,unfathomable, malignant, and beautiful as well.A ．societyB ．natureC．ocean animals D ．both A and C32．After the American Civil War, the literary interest in the so-called “reality ”of life started a new period in the American literary writings know an the Age of __________ .A ．RealismB ．Reason and Revolution C．Romanticism D ．Modernism33．H ．L ．Mencken considered _______ “the true father of our national literature ”.A．Bret Harte B ．Mark TwainC．Washington Irving D ．Walt Whitman34．Altogether, Emily Dickinson wrote 1775 poems, of which only ___________ had appeared during her lifetime. A．three B ．fiveC．seven D ．nine35．The _______ Age of the 1920s characterized by frivolity and carelessness is brought vividly to life in The Great Gatsby . A．Lost B ．JazzC．Reason D ．Gilded36．Robert Frost is generally considered a regional poet whose subject matters mainly focus on the landscape and people in __________ .5A．the west B ．the southC．Alaska D ．New England37．As _______ saw it, poetry could play a vital part in the process of creating a new nation. It could enable Americans to celebrate their release from the Old World and the colonial rule.A ．Wordsworth LongfellowB ．William BryantC．Walt Whitman D ．Robert Frost38．Walt Whitman is a poet with a strong sense of mission, having devoted all his life to the creation of the “single ”poem, ________ .A．The Love Song of J．Alfred Prufrock B ．The Waste LandC．Murder in the Cathedral D ．Leaves of Grass39．Realism was a reaction against Romanticism and paved the way to ___________ .A ．ModernismB ．ScientismC．Post-Modernism D ．Feminism40．Mark Twain employed an unpretentious style of __________ in his novels which is best describeda i ”as “vernacular ”.A ．standard EnglishB ．Afro-American English C．colloquialism D ．urbanismII．Reading Comprehension ( 16 points in all,4 for each )Read the quoted parts carefully and answer the questions in English. Write your answers in the corresponding space on the Answer Sheet.41．“ Shall cI ompare thee to a summer's day?Thou art more lovely and more temperate:Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,And summer 's lease hath all too short a date:”Questions:A ．Identify the poet and the poem from which the quoted lines are taken.B．Name the figure of speech employed in the poem.C．What is the theme of the poem?642．“Do you think, because I am poor, obscure, plain, and little, I am soulless and heartless? —You think wrong!… And if God had gifted me with some beauty, and much wealth, I should have made it as hard for you to leave me, as it is now for me to leave you ------------------- i t is my spirit that addresses your spirit; just as if both had passed through the grave, and we stood at God 's feet, equal—as we are!”Questions:A．Identify the author and the novel from which the quoted part is taken.B．To whom is the speaker speaking?C．What does the quoted part imply about the speaker?43．“The woods are lovely, dark and deep,But I have promises to keep,And miles to go before I sleep,And miles to go before I sleep. ”Questions:A ．Identify the poet and the poem from which the quoted lines are taken.B．What does the word “sleep”mean?C．What idea do the four lines express?44．“Icelebrate myself, and sing myself,And what I assume you shall assume,For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you.I loafe and invite my soul,I learn and loafe at my ease observing a spear of summer grass.”(from Walt Whitman 's “Song of Myself”)Questions:A ．Whom does “myself”refer to?B．How do you understand the line “I loafe and invite my soul ”?C．What does “a spear of summer grass”indicate?III．Questions and Answers (24 points in all, 6 for each )Give a brief answer to each of the following questions in English. Write your answers inthe corresponding space on the Answer Sheet.745．“‘ Myboy! 'said the old gentleman, leaning over the desk. Oliver stated at the sound. He might be excused for doing so, for the words were kindly said, and strange sounds frighten one. He trembled violently, and burst into tears. ”( from Charles Dickens 'Oliver Twist ) Explain why Oliver Twist started first, then trembled violently and burst into tears when the words were “kindly ”said.46．It is said that B. Shaw 's play, Mrs. Warren 's Profession, has a strong realistic theme, which fully reflects the dramatist 's Fabianist idea. Try to summarize this theme briefly.47．“In your rocking-chair, by your window dreaming, shall you long, alone. In your rocking-chair, by your window, shall you dream such happiness as you may never feel. ”( from Theodore Dreiser 's Sister Carrie )What idea can you draw from the “rocking-chair ”?48．Why are naturalists inevitably pessimistic in their view?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．Daniel Defoe 's novel Robinson Crusoe was a great success partly because the protagonist was a real middle-class hero. Discuss Crusoe, the protagonist of the novel, as an embodiment of the risingmiddle-class virtues in the mid-eighteenth century England.50．“‘My faith is gone! 'cried he( Goodman Brown ) ,after one stupefied moment. ‘There is no good on earth; and sin is but a name. Come, devil! For to thee is this world given. '”( from Nathaniel Hawthorne 's “Young Goodman Brown ”)Make a comment on this passage.8。
7月美国文学选读浙江自考试题及答案解析试卷及答案解析
浙江省2018年7月高等教育自学考试美国文学选读试题课程代码：10055Part Ⅰ:Choose the relevant match from Column B for each item in Column A.(10%) Section AColumn A Column B1. Nathaniel Hawthorne A. Desire Under the Elms2. William Faulkner B. Go Down, Moses3. F.S. Fitzgerald C. Sister Carrie4. Eugene O’Neill D. The Beautiful and Damned5. Theodore Dreiser E. The House of the Seven GablesSection BColumn A Column B1. Frederic Winterbourne A. Daisy Miller2. Faith B. A Rose for Emily3. Miss Watson C. Young Goodman Brown4. Tom Buchanan D. Huckleberry Finn5. Homer Barron E. The Great GatsbyPart Ⅱ:Complete each of the following statements with a proper word or a phrase according to the textbook.(10%)1.In Rip Van Winkle, which is written by ,Rip falls into sleep for 20 years, during which the Revolutionary War takes place.2.In the history of American literature, Realism was a reaction against and paved the way to Modernism.3.Henry James’s emphasis on and on the human consciousness proved to be a big breakthrough in novel writing and had great influence on the coming generations.4.As a genre, naturalism emphasized and environment as important deterministic forces shaping individualized characters who were presented in special and detailed circumstances.5.The Jazz Age of the was characterized by frivolity and carelessness and brought vividly to life in The Great Gatsby.6.In his novels, Faulkner created a mythical kingdom which mirrors the decline of the1society of America.7.The impact of Darwin’s evolutionary theory on the American thought and the influence of the 19th century French literature on the American men of letters gave rise to another school of :American Naturalism.8.John Steinbeck is a novelist of the 1930s.His novel is a record of the life of the dispossessed and the wretched farmers during The Great Depression.9.In modern American literature, is widely acclaimed “founder of the American drama.”10.During the latter period of his life time,Pound found great affinity to the Chinese and he madestrenuous effort in the study of literature.Part Ⅲ:Each of the following statements below is followed by four alternative answers. Choose the one that would best complete the statement. (50%)1. As to the American literature from the early 1800s to the beginning of the Civil War which ofthe following is not right?A. American type of characters speaking local dialects appeared in the fiction.B. There was a desire for an escape from civilized society and a return to the ennobling nature.C. There was faith in the value of individualism and self-reliance.D. There was a stress on law and reason in literary writings of the time.2. Which of the following writers coined the term “The Gilded Age”which referred to theRealistic Period in American history?A. Henry JamesB. Mark TwainC. Ernest HemingwayD. William Faulkner3. Which of the following is not right about the characteristics of Emily Dickinson’s poeticwriting?A. Her poetry is unique and unconventional in its own way.B. Her poems have no titles and a particular stress pattern.C. Her poems are usually rather long and rarely less than 20 lines.D. Her poetic idiom is noted for its laconic brevity, directness and plainness.4. Which of the following is not right about American fiction from 1945 onwards?A. A group of new writers who survived the war wrote about their traumatic experience within themilitary machine and on European and Pacific battlefields.B. There appeared a significant group of Jewish-American writers whose work drew on theJewish experience and tradition.2C. Black fiction began to attract critical attention during the 1950s.D. American fiction in the 1950s and 1960s proves to be a harvest which derived from itspredecessors.5. Which of the following is reflected in the hero of The Great Gatsby by F.S. Fitzgerald?A. The hypocrisy and materialism of small town life in the Middle West.B. The moral confusion and social decay of the South after the Civil War.C. The contradictions and disillusionment of the American dream.D. The cynicism among American veteran soldiers.6. In spite of strong foreign influences, American romantic writings are typically American whichcan be revealed in the following except .A. a desire for an escape from civilized society and a return to the ennobling natureB. American type of characters speaking local dialects appeared in the fictionC. the American national experience of “pioneering into the west”D. an emphasis on the free expression of emotions7. As to the American realist which of the following statements is right?A. They aimed at the interpretation of the actualities of any aspect of life, free from subjectiveprejudice, idealism, or romantic color.B. Their attention was directed to the familiar daily life of the common people.C. They tried to explore the harmonious realities of life as well as the illusion of heroism.D. All of the above.8. The subjects of Emily Dickinso’s poems are mainly about .A. religionB. death and immortalityC. love and natureD. all of the above9. Which of the following does not belong to the Lost Generation of modern American literature?A. Ezra Pound and Robert FrostB. W.C. Williams and Gertrude SteinC. F.S. Fitzgerald and Ernest HemingwayD. William Faulkner and Theodore Dreiser10. Which of the following is not right about O’Neill’s plays?A. Many of them are attached with a profound insight into human nature and tremendous skill andlogic.B. His expressionistic experimentations contained his tragic vision in some nonrealistic forms.C. His plays of expressionistic experimentation daringly penetrates into race religions, classconflicts, sexual bondage and social critiques.3D. His plays concern especially the relationship between man and woman of the modern age.11. In Faulkner’s novels, the mythical county is .A. YoknapatawphaB. OxfordC. MississippiD. Pond12. Born of one common cultural heritage, the American Romanticists shared some commonfeatures —,with the English Romanticists.A. an increasing emphasis on the free expression of emotionsB. an increasing attention to the psychic states of their charactersC. an increasing emphasis on the desire to return to natureD. both A and B13. The novel Moby Dick shows the rebellious struggle of Captain Ahab against .A. the overwhelming, mysterious vastness of the universe and the awesome forcesB. the gliding great demon of the seas of lifeC. the white whaleD. the savage harpooners and the motley crew14. About Emily Dickinson’s poems of love which of the following is not right?A. Her love poems show people’s feelings of rapture and happiness coming from their loveexperience.B. Some of her love poems treat the suffering and frustration love can cause.C. Many of them give original depictions of the longing for shared moments, the pain ofseparation, and the futility of finding happiness.D. Some of them emphasize the power of physical attraction and express a mixture of fear andfascination for the mysterious magnetism between sexes.15. Which of the following indicates a permanent convention of American literature which isevident in both of Cooper’s Leather-stocking Tales and Mark Twain’s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn?A. The desire for an escape from society and a return to nature.B. The desire to push forward to the west frontier.C. The self-reliance and independence of the individual.D. Both A and B.16. In the play The Hairy Ape, the major character Yank .A. has a sense of belonging nowhere, hence homelessness and rootlessness4B. is typical of the mood of isolation and alienation in the early twentieth century in the UnitedStates onlyC. reflects the problem of modern man’s identityD. both A and C17. A Rose for Emily is difficult to read because .A. the chronology of narration is displaced alternativelyB. there are too many characters whose relations are too complicatedC. its language is too symbolic and the dialogues are fragmentedD. none of the above18. In the middle of 19th century, America witnessed a cultural flowering which is called“”.A. the English RenaissanceB. the American RenaissanceC. the Second RenaissanceD. the Salem Renaissance19. After the Civil War America had been transformed from to .A. an agrarian community…a society of freedom and equalityB. an agrarian community…an industrialized and commercialized societyC. an industrialized and commercialized society…a highly developed societyD. a poor and backward society…an industrialized and commercialized society20. Which of the following is not right about Emily Dickinson’s poems of nature?A. In them, she expressed her general skepticism about the relationship between man and nature.B. Some of them showed her belief that there existed a mythical bond between man and nature.C. Her poems reflected her feeling that nature is restorative to human beings.D. Many of them showed her feeling of nature’s inscrutability and indifference to the life andinterests of human beings.21. Eugene O’Neill is remembered for his tragic view of life and most of his plays areabout .A. the root, the truth of human desires and human frustrationsB. the moral nature of the modern mankindC. the relationship between man and nature as well as man and womanD. the inner contradiction of men before the real world22. As a spokesman of the “Roaring 20s”,Scott Fitzgerald portrayed .A. the problems of the human heart in conflict with itself5B. the psychological journey of the modern man and his helplessness in the modern worldC. the primitive struggle of individuals in the context of irresistible natural forcesD. the hollowness of the American worship of riches and the unending American dream offulfillment23. Which of the following was not written by Ernest Hemingway?A. For Whom the Bell TollsB. The Green Hills of AfricaC. The Sound and the FuryD. The Old Man and the Sea24. Which of the following cannot be included in the thematic concerns of Robert Frost’s Poems?A. The terror and tragedy in nature as well as its beauty.B. The loneliness and poverty of the isolated human being.C. His love of life and his belief in a serenity coming from working.D. The contradiction and misunderstanding between man and woman.25. As to Ezra Pound, which of the following statements is not correct?A. His artistic talents are on full display in the history of the Imagist Movement.B. For he was politically controversial and notorious for what he did in the wartime, his literaryachievement and influence are somewhat reduced.C. From his analysis of the Chinese ideogram Pound learned to anchor his poetic language inconcrete, perceptual reality, and to organize images into larger patterns through juxtaposition.D. His language is usually oblique yet marvelously compressed and his poetry is dense withpersonal, literary, and historical allusions.Part Ⅳ:Interpretation(16%)Read the following selections and then answer the questions. Write your answers on the Answer Sheet.Passage 1I celebrate myself, and sing myself,And what I assume you shall assume,For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you.I loafe and invite my soul,I learn and loafe at my ease observing a spear of summer grass.6My tongue, every atom if my blood, form’d from this soil, this air,Born here of parents born here from parents the same, and theirparents the same,I,now thirty-seven years old in perfect health begin,Hoping to cease not till death.Creeds and schools in abeyance,Retiring back a while sufficed at what they are, but never forgotten,I harbor for good or bad, I permit to speak at every hazard,Nature without check with original energy.1.What poem is this stanza extracted? Who is the writer?2.What’s the theme of this poem?Passage 2When Miss Emily Grierson died, our whole town went to her funeral: the men through a sort of respectful affection for a fallen monument, the women mostly out of curiosity to see the inside of her house, which no one save an old man-servant—a combined gardener and cook—had seen in at least ten years.It was a big, squarish frame house that had once been white, decorated with cupolas and spires and scrolled balconies in the heavily lightsome style of the seventies, set on what had once been our most select street. But garages and cotton gins had encroached and obliterated even the august names of that neighborhood; only Miss Emily’s house was left, lifting its stubborn and coquettish decay above the cotton wagons and the gasoline pumps—an eyesore among eyesores. And now Miss Emily had gone to join the representatives of those august names where they lay in the cedar-bemused cemetery among the ranked and anonymous graves of Union and Confederate soldiers who fell at the battle of Jefferson.Alive, Miss Emily had been a tradition, a duty, and a care; a sort of hereditary obligation upon the town, dating from that day in 1894 when Colonel Sartoris, the mayor－he who fathered the edict that no Negro woman should appear on the streets without an apron—remitted her taxes, the dispensation dating from the death of her father on into perpetuity. Not that Miss Emily would have accepted charity. Colonel Sartoris invented an involved tale to the effect that Miss Emily’s7father had loaned money to the town, which the town, as a matter of business, preferred this way of repaying. Only a man of Colonel Sartoris generation and thought could have invented it, and only a woman could have believed it.3.What kind of person is Emily Grierson in this story?4.Why was the death of Miss Emily compared to a “fallen Monument”?Part Ⅴ:Give brief answers to the following questions. (14%)1. Please interpret Henry James’s writings of international theme.2. Please give a brief analysis of Dreiser’s naturalism in his novel Sister Carrie.8。
英美文学选读自考题-24
英美文学选读自考题-24(总分：100.00，做题时间：90分钟)一、{{B}}Ⅰ.Multiple Choice{{/B}}(总题数：37，分数：19.00)1.American writers after World War I self-consciously acknowledged that they were (a) "______, " devoid of faith and alienated from the Western civilization.∙ A. Lost Generation∙ B. Beat Generation∙ C. Sons of Liberty∙ D. Angry Young Men（分数：0.50）A. √B.C.D.解析：[解析] 第一次世界大战爆发时，许多年轻人志愿参加战争以使战争结束，但结果是参加现代战争并不是他们以为的那样光荣。
由于他们已厌倦美国那种轻浮、贪婪的生活，于是开始写作他们的战争经历。
这批年轻人成了美国文学，尤其是现代文学中的杰出作家。
他们移居法国巴黎，与欧洲小说家一起尝试用新的方式表达思想。
这批作家后来被美国作家斯坦恩称为“迷惘的一代”。
答案为A。
2.Most recognizable literary movement that gave rise to the twentieth century American literature, or we may say, the second American Renaissance, is the ______ movement.∙ A. transcendental∙ B. leftist∙ C. expatriate∙ D. expressionistic（分数：0.50）A.B.C. √D.解析：[解析] 美国二十世纪的文学运动，也可说是美国的第二次文艺复兴，就是移居国外的运动。
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2018年自学考试《美国文学选读》试题
Multiple choice;
1._________ works are marked by a preoccupation with the Calvinistic view of original sin and the mystery of evil.
A.Emerson’s
B. Hawthorne’s
C. Thoreau’s
D. Allan Poe’s
2. Irving’s “Rip Van Winkle”got ideas from _______ legends.
A.B ritish
B. German
C. Italian
D. French
3. “Rip Van Winkle”reveals the theme of ______ the past.
A. nostalgia for
B. rejectionn to
C. detachment from
D. dislike for
4. In Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter , “A”may stand for ____________.
A. Angel
B. Adultery
C. Able
D.all the above
4. According to Hawthorne, the scarlet letter “A”which originally stood for “____”finally obtained the meaning of “able”or “angel”through Hester’s efforts.
A. adultery
B. arrogance
C. accomplishment
D. agony
5. Which one is not the characteristics of the puritan style?
A. Fresh
B. Simple
C. Grand
D. Direct
6. In his ______, Benjamin Franklin creates the image of a boy’s rise from rags to riches and demonstrates his belief that the new world America was a land of opportunities which might be met through hard work and wise management.
A. The Autobigraphy
B. Poor Richard’s Almanack
C. The Way to Wealth
D. Common Sense
7. The ________ is a doctrine of predestination, original sin, total depravity and limited atonement.
A. Puritanism
B. Transcendentalism
C. Imagism
D. Naturalism
8. Which of the following does not belong to the points of view of Transcendentalists?
A. Believing in the transcendence of the Oversoul
B. Believing in the “infinitude of man”
C. Believing in rational and logical of nature
D. Believing in making himself by making his world
9. Which is regarded as one of the most important works in the Transcendentalist period?
A. Nature
B. The Marble Faun
C. Leaves of Grass
D. The Raven
10. ______ intend to depict the local character of their region, and Mark Twain is one of the representative writers.
A. Romanticists
B. Local Colorists
C. Writers of Colonial and Revolutionary periods
D. Modernists
11. _____ put forward three Imagist poetic principles.
A. Walt Whitman
B. Robert Frost
C. Henry W. Longfellow
D. Ezra Pound
12. _____ became Mark Twain’s masterpiece, as Hemingway noted,
it is the one book from which “all modern American Literature comes”.
A. B. C. D.
13. Faulkner’s works have been termed as the ________ saga, in which he invented the geography, history and people of an imaginary county in the Deep South.
A. Winesburg
B. Yoknapatawpha
C. Forsyte
D. Olinger
14. Imagist poems are mainly composed in the form of ______.
A. blank
B. sonnet
C. free verse
D. quatrain
15. Direct treatment of the “thing”, rigid economy of words, organic rhythm and the image as a fusion of idea and emotion are principles laid down by _____ for the new poetry he championed.
A. Amy Lowell
B. T. S. Eliot
C. Wallace Stevens
D. Ezra Pound
16. Which of the following statements is not true about Imagism?
A. It rebels against the traditional ways of poetry.
B. Imagists do not use extra words that don’t express the feeling.
C. It only gets the inspiration from the ancient Greek or Latin.
D. It is the most influential movement in the 1920s of American poetry.
17. Which of the following is not one of the main ideas advocated by Emerson, the chief spokesman of American Romanticism Transcendentalism?
A. Importance of the Individual
B. Faith in Christianity。