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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。

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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 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202X年7月高等教育自学考试全国统一命题考试英美文学选读卷子课程代码0604PART 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.Mark your choice by blackening the corresponding letter A，B，C Or D On theAnswer Sheet.1．_______, a typical example of old English poetry，is regarded as the national epic of the Anglo—Saxons．A．The Canterbury TalesB．ExodusC．BeowulfD．The Legend of Good Women2．It was ______ who first introduced the Petrarchan sonnet into England.A．CaxtonB．WyattC．SurreyD．Marlowe3．It is generally believed that the most important play among Shakespeare’s comedies is ______ A．A Midsummer Night’s DreamB．As You Like ItC．The Merchant of VeniceD．Twelfth Night4．All the following poets except ______ belong to the metaphysical school.A．DonneB．HerbertC．MarvellD．Milton5．Of all the eighteenth —century novelists, ______ was the first to set out, both in theory and practice, to write specifically a “comic epic in prose〞and the first to give the modern novel its structure and style.A．Daniel DefoeB．Samuel RichardsonC．Henry FieldingD．Oliver Goldsmith6．Although writing from different points of view and with different techniques, writers in the Victorican Period shared one thing in common, that is, they were all concerned about ______ .A．the love story between the rich and the poorB．the techniques in writingC．the fate of the common peopleD．the future of their own country7．In the theatrical world of the neoclassical period ______ was the leading figure among the host of playwrights.A．William BlakeB．Richard SheridanC．Ben JonsonD．Bernard Shaw8．The eighteenth —century England is also known as the Age of Enlightenment or the Age of ______.A．IntellectB．ReasonC．RationalityD．Science9．______ by Swift is generally regarded as the best model of satire, not only of the 18th century but also in the whole English literary history.A．A Tale of a TubB．The Battle of the BooksC．〞A Modest Proposal 〞D．Gulliver’s Travels10．The novels of______ are the first literary work devoted to the study of problems of the lower —class people.A．BunyanB．DefoeC．FieldingD．Swift11．Thomas Gray established his fame as the leader of the ______ of the day.A．romantic poetryB．sentimental poetryC．neoclassical poetryD．realistic novel12．Which of the following is taken from John Keats’s “Ode on a Grecian Urn〞______ A．〞If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind〞B．〞For Godsake hold your tongue, and let me love.〞C．〞Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard/Are sweeter〞D．〞The Child is father of the Man.〞13．Robert Browning’s style is ______.A．identical with that of the other VictoriansB．similar to that of TennysonC．perfectly artisticD．rough and disproportionate in appearance14．Thomas Hardy wrote novels of ______.A．character and environmentB．pure romanceC．stream of consciousnessD．psychoanalysis15．The three trilogies of ______ novels are masterpieces of critical realism in the early 20th century.A．Galsworthy’s ForsyteB．Lewis Grassic Gibbon’s Sunset Song’s Women in Love’s A Passage to India16．______ is considered to be the best—known English dramatist since Shakespeare.A．Oscar WildeB．Christopher MarloweC．John DrydenD．Bernard Shaw17．______ was awarded Nobel Prize for literature in 1923.A．Bernard ShawB．John Galsworthy18．Of the following poets, which is not regarded as “Lake Poets〞A．Samuel Taylor ColeridgeB．Robert SoutheyC．William WordsworthD．George Gordon Byron19．The four great odes of John Keats include the following EXCEPT ______.A．〞Ode on Melancholy〞B．〞Ode on a Grecian Urn〞C．〞Ode to a Nightingale〞D．〞Ode to the West wind〞’s masterpieces.A．Women in LoveB．Sons and LoversC．Lady Chatterley’s LoverD．The Plumed Serpent21．In Oscar Wilde’s masterpiece ______, he expressed a satirical and bitter attitude towards the upper —class people by revealing their corruption, snobbery and hypocrisy.A．SalomeB．The Importance of Being EarnestC．The Happy PrinceD．A Woman of No Importance22．〞The V anity Fair 〞is a well—known part in The Pilgrim’s Progress, which of the following writers later adopted it as the title of a novel？A．DickensB．ThackerayC．FieldingD．Hardy23．To the transcendentalists such as ______ and Thoreau, man is divine in nature; but to Hawthorne and Melville, everybody is potentially a sinner.A．Washington IrvingB．EmersonC．Henry JamesD．Emily Dickinson24．Washington Irving’s ______ was written in England, filled with English scenes and quotations from English authors and faithful to British orthography.A．Bracebridge HallB．Tales of a TravelerC．The Sketch BookD．The Alhambra25．The American Romantic writers celebrated America’s landscape with its virgin forests, meadows, groves, endless prairies, streams, and vast oceans.______ came to function almost as a dramatic character that symbolized moral law.A．The Atlantic OceanB．The Rocky MountainsC．The Pacific OceanD．The wilderness26．Which one of the following statements is NOT true of Washington IrvingA．He was regarded as Father of the American Short Story.B．He was one of the first American writers to earn an international reputation.C．He enjoyed the honor of being “the American Goldsmith〞for his literary craftsmanship.D．He was one of the advocates of the New England Transcendentalism.27．Which one of the following statements is NOT true of Ralph Waldo Emerson and his works A．Emerson’s essays often have a formal style, for most of them were derived from his journals or lectures.B．In his essays, Emerson put forward his philosophy of Transcendentalism, focusing on the importance of the individual and the nature.C．Emerson based his philosophy on an intuitive belief in an ultimate unity, which he called the 〞over—soul〞.D．Emerson is affirmative about man’s intuitive knowledge, with which a man can trust himself to decide what is right and to act accordingly.28．〞The lover of nature is he whose inward and outward senses are still truly adjusted to each other, who has retained the spirit of infancy even into the era of manhood〞. This is the voice of the book _____ written by Emerson, which pushed American Romanticism into a new phase, the phase of New England _________.A．Nature…SymbolismB．The American Scholar…NaturalismC．Nature…TranscendentalismD．the American Scholar…Realism29．Which one of the following statements about Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter is trueA．Hawthorne intended to tell a love story in this novel.B．Hawthorne intended to tell a story of sin in this novel.C．Hawthorne intended to reveal the human psyche after they sinned, so as to show people the tension between society and individuals.D．Hawthorne focused his attention on consequences of the sin on the people in general, so as to call the readers back to the conventional Puritan way of living.30．Walt Whitman is a poet with a strong sense of mission, having decoted all his life to the creation of the “single〞poem, ________.A．ChicagoB．My Lost YouthC．Leaves of GrassD．A Pact31．Redburn is a semi —autobiographical novel written by ________, concerning the sufferings of a genteel youth among brutal sailors.A．Walt WhitmanB．Nathaniel HawthorneC．Herman MelvilleD．Ralph Waldo Emerson32．The period ranging from ________ to ________ has been referred to as the Age of Realism in the literary history of the United States.A．1865 (1945)B．1865 (1914)C．1783 (1945)D．1783 (1914)33．________thought that the writer should use language to probe the deepest reaches of the psychological and moral nature of human beings rather than simply hold a mirror to the surface of social life in particular times and places. He is a realist of the inner life.A．Mark TwainB．William Dean HowellsC．Henry JamesD．Theodore Dreiser34．〞I felt good and all washed clean of sin for the first time I had ever felt so in my life, and I knowed 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. 〞The above passage is taken from ________.A．The Adventures of Huckleberry FinnB．The Adventures of Tom SawyerC．Uncle Tom’s CabinD．Life on the Mississippi35．The following statements are all true of Daisy Miller EXCEPT________.A．Frederick Winterbourne, the narrator of the story, es an American expatriate.B．With the publication of Daisy Miller, William James reputation was firmly established on both sides of the Atlantic.C．With the publication of Daisy Miller, Daisy Miller has ever since become the American Girl in Europe, a celebrated cultural type who embodies the spirit of the New World.D．Daisy Miller’s defiance of social taboos in the Old World finally brings her to a disaster in the clash between the two different cultures.36．Which one of the following statements is true of Dickinson’s “I like to see it lap the Miles〞A．This poem describes a mare dancing at midnight.B．This poem describes a horse galloping through valleys.C．This poem describes a train running through the mountainous area.D．This poem describes a traveler’s joyous journey through the scenic mountainous area.37．________ is considered to be a spokesman for the alienated youth in the post —war era and his The Catcher in the Rye is regarded as a students’ classicA．Allen GinXergD．Henry James38．Towards the end of After Apple —Picking，Frost writes “ Were he not gone, /The woodchuck could say whether it’s like his /Long sleep, as I describe its coming on, /Or just some human sleep.〞The “human sleep 〞here refers to ________.A．a trip to the countrysideB．deathC．rest after a day’s work in the orchardD．exaltation of mind39．In the third chapter of The Great GatXy by Fitzgerald, there is a wonderful description of GatXy’s party which evokes both ___________ of that strange and fascinating era that we call________.A．the pride and the prejudice…Victorian AgeB．the romance and the sadness…Jazz AgeC．the love and the hatred…Age of ReasonD．the Vanity and the disillusionment…Age of Reason40．Faulkner once said that ___________ is a story of 〞lost innocence〞, which proves itself to be an intensification of the theme of imprisonment in the past.A．The Sound and the FuryB．Go Down, MosesC．Light in AugustD．Absalom, Absalom!PART TWO (60 POINTS)II．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．〞To be, or not to be —that is the question;Whether’ tis nobler in the mind to sufferThe slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,And by opposing end them〞Questions:A．Identify the author and the title of the passage from which this part is taken.B．Explain the meaning of “To be, or not to be〞.C．How do you understand the last two lines42．〞The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power,And all that beauty, all that wealth e’er gave,Awaits alike the inevitable hour.The paths of glory lead but to the grave.〞Questions:A．Identify the author and the title of the passage from which this part is taken.B．What does the phrase 〞inevitable hour〞meanC．Write out the main idea of the passage in plain English.43．〞I glanced back once. A wafer of a moon was shinning over GatXy’s house, making the night fine as before, and surviving the laughter and the sound of his still glowing garden. A sudden emptiness seemed to flow now from the windows and the great doors, endowing with complete isolation the figure of the host, who stood on the porch, his hand up in a formal gesture of farewell. 〞Questions:A．Identify the author and the title of the passage from which this part is taken.B．The passage describes the end of an event, What is itC．What implied meaning can you get from reading this passage44．We passed the School, where Children strove AT Recess—in the Ring—We passed the Fields of Gazing Grain—We passed the Setting Sun—Questions:A．Who is the author of this stanza taken from the poem “Because I could not stop for Death—〞？B．What do the underlined parts symbolizeC．Where were “we〞heading towardIII．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．Edmund Spenser is one of the poets of English Renaissance. What are the qualities of his poetry46．The Man of Property is the first novel of the Forsyte trilogies by Galsworthy. What is the theme and the tone of The Man of Property47．Hawthorne’s “Young Goodman Brown〞is often read as a conventional allegory. What does the work symbolically concern48．William Faulkner is one of the greatest American novelists. What do you know about his narrative techniques IV．Topic Discussion (20 points in all, 10 for each)Write no less than 150 word on each of the following topics in English in the corresponding space on the answer sheet.49．Discuss Charles Dickens’ art of fiction: the setting, the character —portrayal, the language, etc., based on his novel Oliver Twist.50．Discuss the symbolism employed in Moby Dick.。

全国2009年07月自学考试综合英语(一)试题

全国2009年7月高等教育自学考试综合英语（一）试题课程代码：00794请将答案填在答题纸相应的位置上I．语法和词汇。

从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个最佳答案，并将所选答案的字母写在答题纸相应的位置上。

(本大题共20小题，每小题1分，共20分)1. Experienced teachers make ______ mistakes than beginners.A. lesser B．fewerC. not many D．very few2. There were 30 students and ______ of them passed the exam.A. every B．every oneC. everyone D．everybody3.The last half of the nineteenth century ______ the steady improvement in the means of travel.A. has witnessed B．was witnessedC. witnessed D．is witnessed4. The fifth generation computers, with artificial intelligence, ______ and perfected now.A. developed B．have developedC. are being developed D．will have been developed5. It's reported that by the end of this month the output of cement in the factory ______ by about 10%.A. will have risen B．has risenC. will be rising D．has been rising6. I'd rather read than watch television; the programs seem ______ all the time.A. to get worse B．to be getting worseC. to have got worse D．getting worse7. ______ seeing the damage he had done, the child felt frightened.A. By B．OnC. At D．For8. By the time the war ______, most of the people had already left.A. broke out B．broke upC. intervened D．happen浙00794# 综合英语（一）试题第1 页（共8 页）9．He studied hard at school when he was young，______contributes to his success in later life．A．which B．thatC．what D．each of which10. A judge must be ______ when weighing evidence．A．disinterested B．interestedC．separated D．disconnected11. She ______ and fell from the top of the stairs to the bottom．A．slipped B．slopedC．split D．spilt12. I could have done better if I ______ more time．A．have had B．hadC．had had D．will have had13．Wood does not conduct electricity, ______．A．nor rubber does B．nor does rubberC．als o doesn’t rubber D．so doesn’t rubber14．Not always ______ they want．A．people can do what B．people cannot do whatC．can people do what D．c an’t people do what15．I didn’t go to the party, but I do wish I ______ there．A．were B．would beC．had been D．will be16．He was______ enough to understand my question from the gestures I made．A．intelligent B．efficientC．proficient D．diligent17．Neither of the young men who had applied for the position in the university ______．A．has been accepted B．have been acceptedC．was accepted D．were accepted1 8．Until then, his family ______ from him for six months．A．didn’t hear B．hasn’t been hearingC．hasn’t heard D．hadn’t heard浙00794# 综合英语（一）试题第2 页（共8 页）19．If she doesn’t tell him the truth now,he’ll simply keep on asking her until she ______．A．does B．has doneC．will do D．would do20．Tony is very disappointed ______ the results of the exam．A．for B．toC．with D．towardⅡ．阅读理解。

全国2009年7月高等教育自学考试综合英语(一)试题课程代码00794

全国2009年7月高等教育自学考试综合英语（一）试题课程代码：00794请将答案填在答题纸相应的位置上I．语法和词汇。

从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个最佳答案，并将所选答案的字母写在答题纸相应的位置上。

(本大题共20小题，每小题1分，共20分)1. Experienced teachers make ______ mistakes than beginners.A. lesser B．fewerC. not many D．very few2. There were 30 students and ______ of them passed the exam.A. every B．every oneC. everyone D．everybody3.The last half of the nineteenth century ______ the steady improvement in the means of travel.A. has witnessed B．was witnessedC. witnessed D．is witnessed4. The fifth generation computers, with artificial intelligence, ______ and perfected now.A. developed B．have developedC. are being developed D．will have been developed5. It's reported that by the end of this month the output of cement in the fac tory ______ by about 10%.A. will have risen B．has risenC. will be rising D．has been rising6. I'd rather read than watch television; the programs seem ______ all the time.A. to get worse B．to be getting worseC. to have got worse D．getting worse7. ______ seeing the damage he had done, the child felt frightened.A. By B．OnC. At D．For8. By the time the war ______, most of the people had already left.A. broke out B．broke upC. intervened D．happen浙00794# 综合英语（一）试题第 1 页（共8 页）9．He studied hard at school when he was young，______contributes to his success in later life．A．which B．thatC．what D．each of which10. A judge must be ______ when weighing evidence．A．disinterested B．interestedC．separated D．disconnected11. She ______ and fell from the top of the stairs to the bottom．A．slipped B．slopedC．split D．spilt12. I could have done better if I ______ more time．A．have had B．hadC．had had D．will have had13．Wood does not conduct electricity, ______．A．nor rubber does B．nor does rubberC．als o doesn’t rubber D．so doesn’t rubber14．Not always ______ they want．A．people can do what B．people cannot do whatC．can people do what D．c an’t people do what15．I didn’t go to the party, but I do wish I ______ there．A．were B．would beC．had been D．will be16．He was______ enough to understand my question from the gestures I made．A．intelligent B．efficientC．proficient D．diligent17．Neither of the young men who had applied for the position in the university ______．A．has been accepted B．have been acceptedC．was accepted D．were accepted1 8．Until then, his family ______ from him for six months．A．didn’t hear B．hasn’t been hearingC．hasn’t heard D．hadn’t heard浙00794# 综合英语（一）试题第 2 页（共8 页）19．If she doesn’t tell him the truth now,he’ll simply keep on asking her until she ______．A．does B．has doneC．will do D．would do20．Tony is very disappointed ______ the results of the exam．A．for B．toC．with D．towardⅡ．阅读理解。

自考英语2009年7月真题及答案

山东省2009年7月全国高等教育自学考试英语（二）试卷（14 学分）（课程代码：0015 考试时间：150分钟）本试卷分为两部分，第一部分为选择题；第二部分为非选择题；选择题50分，非选择题50分，满分100分；考试时间150分。

将全部答案写在答案纸的相应位置上，否则不计分。

PART ONE (50 POINTS)1.Vocabulary and Structure (10 points, 1 point for each)从下列各句四个选项中选出一个最佳答案，并将答案写在答题纸的相应位置上。

1. we’ll go camping tomorrow depends on the weather.A. IfB. WhetherC. ThatD. Where2. You didn’t let me drive. If we in turn, you so tired.A. drove; didn’t getB. drove; wouldn’t getC. were driving; wouldn’t getD. had driven; wouldn’t have got3. Sarah had her washing machine repaired the day before yesterday, she?A. hadB. didC. hadn’tD. didn’t4. I’ll look into the matte r as soon as possible. Just have a little .A. waitB. timeC. patienceD. rest5. –When shall we meet again?–Make it day you like; it’s all the same to me.A. oneB. anyC.anotherD. some6.The weather turned out to be very good, was more than we could expect.A. whatB. whichC.thatD. it7. –Shall I tell John about it?–No, you . I’ve told him already.A. needn’tB.wouldn’tC. mustn’tD. shouldn’t8. I need one more stamp before my collection .A. has completedB. completesC. has been completedD. is completed9. Here’s my card. Let’s keep in.A.touchB. relationC. connectionD. friendship10. The first textbooks for teaching English as a foreign language came out in the 16 century.A. writtenB. having writtenC. to be writtenD. being writtenII. Cloze Test (10 points, 1 point for each item)下面短文中有十个空白，每个空白有四个选项。

英美文学选读2009.04-2012.07答案

全国2009年4月高等教育自学考试英美文学选读试题答案1-5: BBABA 6-10:DACBA 11-15:BABBB16-20:BDACD 21-25:AACBA 26-30:BCAAA 31-35:ADCCB 36-40:DCCDBII．Reading Comprehension (16 points in all, 4 for each)41．A from percy shelley’s “men of England”B.metonymyC．Here “drones” refers to the parasitic class in human socity.42．A．The love song of J.Alfred Prufrock B. J.Alfred PrufrockC．Prufrock is conscious of the fact that he is like hamlet in some respect. But he is sensible enough that he cant be compared with hamlet.43．A．Walt WhitmanB. “there was a child went forth” from “ leaves of grass”C. The poem describes the growth of a child who learned about the world around him and improved himself accordingly. In the poem, Whitman’s own early experience may well be identified with the childhood of a young, growing American. 44．A．Emily DickinsonB. The god of deathC．The poem is trying to describe the moment of death.III．45．List at least two leading neoclassicists in England．What did Neoclassicists celebrate in literary creation?A. Alexander pope, John Dryden, Samuel JohndonB. they believed that the artistic ideals should be order, logic, restrained emotion and accuracy and that literature should be judged in terms of its service to humanity. 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 art developed.46．Jane Eyre is one of the most popular and important novels of the Victorian Age．Why is Jane Eyre such a successful novel?A. it is noted for its sharp criticism of the existing socity.B. it is an intense moral fable.C. the success of the novel is also due to its introduction to the English novel the first governess heroine.47．Who are the three dominant figures of the American Age of Realism and what are the differences in their understanding of the “truth”?A. William Dean Howells, Mark Twain, Henry James.B. Mark Twain and Howells seemed to have paid more attention to the “life” of the Ameicans. Howells focused his discussion on the rising middle class and the way they lived: 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.48．What's Dreiser' s naturalistic belief? Please discuss the question with Carrie, a character in Sister Carrie as an example.A. Dreiser believes that while men are controlled and conditioned by heredity, instinct and chance, a few extraordinary and unsophisticated human beings refuse to accepttheir fate wordlessly and instead strive, unsuccessfully, to find meaning and purpose for their existence.B. Carrie, as one of such, senses that she is merely a cipher in an uncaring world yet seeks to grasp the mysteries of life and thereby satisfies her desires for social status and material comfort, but in spite of her success, she is lonely and dissatisfied. 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．Briefly discuss William Shakespeare's artistic achievements in characterization, plot construction and language.A. shakespeare’s major characters are neither merely individual ones nor type ones; they represent certain types; they are individuals representing certain types. By employing a psychoanalytical approach, Shakespeare succeeds in exploring the characters’inner world. Shakespeare also portrays his characters in pairs. Contrasts are frequently used to bring vividness to his characters.B. Shakespeare seldom invents his own plot; instead, he borrows them from old plays or storybook, fron ancient Greek or Roman sources. In order to make the play more lively and compact, he would shorten the time and intensify the story. There are usually several clues running through the play, thus providing the story with the suspense and apprehension.C. Shakespeare can write skillfully in different poetic forms, such as the sonnet, the blank verse and the rhymed couplet. He has an amazing wealth of vocabulary and idiom. His coinage of new words and distortion of the meaning of the old words also creates striking effects on the readers.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.A. Mark Twain uses the Mississippi Vally as his fictional kingdom, Writing about the landscape and people, the customs and the dialects of one particular region, and is therefore known as a local colorist.B. he creates life-like characters, especially the conventional Huckleberry Finn, who runs away from civilization and stands opposite to conventional morality.C. He uses a simple, direct vernacular language, totally different from any previous literary language. It is the kind of colloquial language belonging to the lower class, the living local American English.D. he has created a special humor to satirize social injustices and the decayed convention.全国2009年7月高等教育自学考试英美文学选读试题答案全国2010年4月高等教育自学考试英美文学选读试题答案Multiple Choice(40 points in all, 1 for each)01-05:DDADA 06-10:BBDCB 11-15:BACDA16-20:CACAD 21-25:BDADC 26-30:BCCBA 31-35:AADCA 36-40:BACCDReading Comprehension (16 points in all, 4 for each)41. A. Shelley & A Song : Men of England. B. This poem was written in 1819, the year of the *Peterloo Massacre(彼得卢屠杀). * 1819年8月16日发生在英国曼彻斯特圣彼得广场上的一场流血惨案。

7月自考英美文学选读试题及答案解析

全国2018年7月自考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。

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 answer on the answer sheet.1.With classical culture and the（）humanistic ideas coming into England, the English Renaissance began flourishing.A. FrenchB. GermanC. ItalianD. Greek2.“Come live with me and be my love, / And we will all the pleasures prove / That valleys, groves, hills, and fields, / Woods, or steepy mountain yields.”The above lines are taken from Marlowe’s “The Passionate Shepherd to His Love”, which derives from the （）tradition.A. pastoralB. heroicC. romanticD. realistic3.“Metaphysical conceit”is a strategy characteristic of John Donne’s poetry. It is（）.A. a confession that avoids questions of moral accountabilityB. the linking of images from very different ranges of experienceC. self-definition through images based on the four primal elementsD. the chaining of images representing solid and gaseous elements4.“So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see, / So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.”Shakespe are’s Sonnet 18 includes three stanzas according to the content with these last two lines as a（）, which completes the sense of the above lines.1A. preludeB. coupletC. epigraphD. exposition5.“Therefore at this fair are all such merchandise sold, as houses, lands, trades, places, honors, preferments, titles, countries, kingdoms, lusts, pleasures, and delights of all sorts, as whores, bawds, wives, husbands, children, masters, servants…”The above sentences are taken from（）.A. John Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s ProgressB. Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver’s TravelsC. Henry Fielding’s Tom JonesD. Daniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe6.Jonathan Swift is a master satirist in English literature. His A Tale of a Tub is an attack on（）.A. the governmentB. greedC. the churchD. the abuse of power7.Chaucer was the first English writer to adopt heroic couplet in his writhing of poems. In the early 18th century, the chief proponent of the heroic couplet was（）.A. Alexander PopeB. William WordsworthC. Lord ByronD. Thomas Gray8.As a lexicographer, he distinguished himself as the author of the first English dictionary—A Dictionary of the English Language. What is his name?（）.A. Jonathan SwiftB. Samuel JohnsonC. Ben JonsonD. John Milton9.Which of the following statements about Neo-Classicism and Enlightenment Movement is true?（）.A. The Enlightenment was a progressive intellectual movement throughout Western Europe in the 17th century.B. Neo-Classicism found its artistic models in the classical literature of the ancient Greek and Roman writers like Homer, Virgil, Horace, Ovid, etc. and in the contemporary French writers such as V oltaire and Diderot.C. Neo-Classicism put the stress on the classical artistic ideals of order, logic, proportion, spontaneous emotion, and passion.D. Satire was much used in writing in the neo-classic works. English literature of this age produced a distinguished satirist Daniel Defoe.10.A poet asserted that poetry originated form “emotion recollected in tranquillity”. He maintained that thescenes and events of everyday life and the speech of ordinary people were the raw material of which poetry2could and should be made. Who is that poet?（）.A. William BlakeB. Alfred Lord TennysonC. William WordsworthD. John Keats11.The composition of “Kubla Khan”by S.T. Coleridge was based on （）.A. a storyB. a dreamC. a dialogueD. an experience12.Romanticism was a literary trend prevailing in English during the period from 1798 to 1832. The Romantic writers（）.A. paid great attention to the spiritual and emotional life of manB. were discontent with the development of industrialism and capitalism, and presented the social evils minutely in their worksC. took pains to portray a world of harmony and balanceD. tended to glorify Rome and advocated rational Italian and French art as superior to the native traditions13.“Tiger! Tiger! Burning bright/ In the forests of the night, / What immortal hand or eye / Could frame thy fearful symmetry?”(“The Tiger”by William Blake) The above lines（）.A. describe the tiger’s fierce eyes and forceful hands at nightB. express the poet’s curiosity for the skillful creation of the tigerC. express the poet’s surprise at the sight of the tiger’s well-proportioned bodyD. express the poet’s terror at the sight of the tiger in the forest at night14.Which of the following statements about Victorian literature is NOT true?（）A. Novels became the most widely read and the most vital and challenging expression of progressive thought.B. Victorian novelists were angry with the inhuman social institutions, the decaying social morality, the widespread misery, poverty and injustice.C. Influenced by a particularly strict set of moral standards, Victorian writers like Oscar Wilde, advocated the old moderate, respectable life-style.D. Victorian prose writers joined forces with the critical realist novelists in exposing and criticizing the social reality.15.“It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want3of a （）.”This quotation in Austen’s Pride and Prejudice sets the tone of the novel.A. houseB. titleC. wifeD. fame16.Tennyson’s poem Ulysses not only expresses the poet’s own determination and courage to brave the struggle of life, but also reflects the restlessness and aspiration of the age. The poem is written in the form of （）.A. epicB. elegyC. dramatic monologueD. ode17.In Hardy’s Wessex novels, there is an apparent（）touch in his description of the simple and beautiful though primitive rural life.A. realisticB. nostalgicC. romanticD. sentimental18.“If I’ve done wrong, I’m dying for it. It is enough! You left me too; but I won’t upbraid you! I forgive you. Forgive me!”These above lines are uttered by the heroine in（）.A. Shapespeare’s Romeo and JulietB. Emily Bront e ’s Wuthering HeightsC. Thomas Hardy’s Tess of the D’UrbervillesD. Bernard Shaw’s Mrs. Warren’s Profession19.Modernism takes the irrational philosophy and（）as its theoretical base.A. the theory of psycho-analysisB. Darwin’s evolutionary theoryC. the French symbolismD. Utilitarianism20.The beginning of “The Love Song of J.Alfred Prufrock”moves from a series of fairly concrete physical settings—a cityscape( the famous“patient etherized upon a table”)and several interiors (women’s arms in the lamplight, coffee spoons, fireplaces)—to a series of vague ocean images. It aims to convey（）.A. Prufrock’s emotional distance from the world as he comes to recognize his second-rate statusB. Prufrock’s eagerness to meet his dating loverC. Prufrock’s reluctance to meet his dating loverD. Prufrock’s excitement about the modern world21.“No rth Richmond Street, being blind, was a quiet street except at the hour when the Christian Brothers’4School set the boy free. An uninhabited house of two storeys stood at the blind end, detached from its neighbours in a square ground. The other houses of the street, conscious of decent lives within them, gazed at one another with brown imperturbable faces.”The above passage is the first paragraph of Araby by James Joyce. It sets a(n)（）tone of the story.A. optimisticB. activeC. gloomyD. serious22.“I will arise and go now, and go to Innisfree, / And a small cabin build there, of clay and wattles made: / Nine bean-rows will I have there, a hive for the honey-bee, / And live alone in the bee-loud glade.”(“The Lake Isle of Innisfree”by Samuel Butler Yeats) The above lines present the state of a(n)（）life. A. quiet B. lonelyC. ambitiousD. unstable23.In Young Goodman Brown by Hawthorne, the name of Good man Brown’s wife is（）, which also contains many symbolic meanings.A. RuthB. HesterC. FaithD. Mary24.The Romantic Period, one of the most important periods in the history of American literature, stretches from the end of __________ to the outbreak of ___________.（）A. the 17th century…the American War of IndependenceB. the 18th century…the American Civil WarC. the 17th century…the American Civil WarD. the 18th century…the U.S.-Mexican War25.“The apparition of these faces in the crowd; / Petals on a wet, black bough.”This is the shortest poem written by（）.A. E.E. CummingsB. T.S. EliotC. Ezra PoundD. Robert Frost26.Emily Dickinson’s poem“This is my letter to the World”expresses her（）about her communication with the outside world.A. anxietyB. eagernessC. curiosityD. optimistic outlook527.Realism was a reaction against Romanticism or a move away from the bias towards romance and self-creating fictions, and paved the way to（）.A. CynicismB. ModernismC. TranscendentalismD. Neo-Classicalism28.In（）, William Faulkner illuminates the problem of black and white in the American Southern society as a close-knit destiny of blood brotherhood.A. Go Down, MosesB. Light in AugustC. The Marble FaunD. As I Lay Dying29.The theme of Washington Irving’s Rip Van Winkle is（）.A. the conflict of human psycheB. the fight against racial discriminationC. the familial conflictD. the nostalgia for the unrecoverable past30.Heming way once described Mark Twain’s novel（）the one book from which “all modern American literature comes.”A. The Adventures of Huckleberry FinnB. The Adventures of Tom SawyerC. The Gilded AgeD. The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg31.As a genre, naturalism emphasized（）as important deterministic forces shaping individualized characters who were presented in special and detailed circumstances.A. theological doctrinesB. heredity and environmentC. education and hard workD. various opportunities and economic success32.（）is generally regarded as the forerunner of the 20th century “stream-of-consciousness”novels and the founder of psychological realism.A. Theodore DreiserB. William FaulknerC. Henry JamesD. Mark Twain633.（）is considered to be a spokesman for the alienated youth in the post-war era and his The Catcher in the Rye is regarded as a students’ classic.A. Allen GinsbergB. E.E. CummingsC. J.D. Salinger D. Henry James34.Which one of the following statements in NOT true of Indian Camp by Hemingway?（）A. A young Indian woman had been trying to have her baby for two days.B. Nick’s father delivered this woman of a baby by Caesarian section, with a jack-knife and without anesthesia.C. Nick witnessed the violence of both birth and death in the Indian camp.D. This woman’s husband was murdered while she was in labor.35.（）is often acclaimed literary spokesman of the Jazz Age.A. Carl SandburgB. Edwin Arlington RobinsonC. William FaulknerD. F.Scott Fitzgerald36.Nathaniel Hawthorne held an unceasing interest in the“interior of the heart”of man’s being. So in almost every book he wrote, Hawthorne discussed（）A. love and hatredB. sin and evilC. frustration and self-denialD. balance and self-discipline37.Which of the following has gained its status as a world classic and simultaneously marks the climax of Eugene O’Neill’s literary career and the coming of the age of American drama?（）A. The Hairy ApeB. Long Day’s Journey Into NightC. Desire Under the ElmsD. Lazarus Laughed38.In the last chapter of Sister Carrie, there is a description about Hurstwood, one of the protagonists of the novel,“Now he began leisurely to take off his clothes, but stopped first with his coat, and tucked it along the crack under the door. His vest he arranged in the same place.”Why did he do this? Because （）.A. he wanted to commit suicideB. he wanted to keep the room warmC. he didn’t want to be found by others7D. he wanted to enjoy the peace of mind39.In Moby-Dick, the white whale symbolizes（）for Melville, for it is complex, unfathomable, malignant, and beautiful as well.A. natureB. human societyC. whaling industryD. truth40.（）,disregarding grammar and punctuation, always used“i”instead of “I”in his poetry to show his protest against self-importance.A. Wallace StevensB. Ezra PoundC. E.E. CummingsD. William Carlos WilliamsⅡ. Reading Comprehension (16 points, 4 for each)Reading the quoted parts carefully and answer the questions in English. Write your answer in the corresponding space on the answer sheet.41.“Not on thy sole, but on thy soul, harsh Jew,Thou mak’st thy knife keen; but no metal can,No, not the hangman’s axe, bear half the keennessOf thy sharp envy.”Questions:A. Identify the author and the title of the play from which this part is taken.B. What figure of speech is used in this quoted passage?C. What idea does the passage express?42.“Whene’er I passed her; but who passed withoutMuch the same smile? This grew; I gave commands;Then all smiles stopped together.”Questions:A. Identify the poem and the poet.B. What does the line “Then all smiles stopped together”imply?C. What kind of person do the lines indicate the speaker is?43.“The woods are lovely, dark and deep,But I have promises to keep,8And miles to go before I sleep,And miles to go before I sleep.”Questions:A. Identify the poem and the poet.B. What does the word“sleep”mean?C. What idea do the four lines express?44.“I 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 lean and loafe at my ease observing a spear of summer grass.”(From Walt Whitman’s “Song of Myself”)Questions:A. Who 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”symbolize?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.Edmund Spenser is one of the poets of English Renaissance. What are the qualities of his poetry?46.The Man of Property is the first novel of the Forsyte trilogies by Galsworthy. What is the theme and the tone of the novel?47.Eugene O’ Neill, America’s greatest playwright, was constantly experimenting with new styles and forms for his plays, especially during the twenties when Expressionism was in full swing. What techniques did O’ Neill use in his expressionistic plays?48.Emerson’s book Nature established him ever since as the most eloquent spokesman of New England Transcendentalism. In this book Emerson discusses his idea of the Oversoul. How do you understand theEmersonian “Oversoul”?9Ⅳ. Topic Discussion(20 points in all, 10 for each)Write no less than 150 words on each of the following topics in English in the corresponding space on the answer sheet.49.Discuss Charles Dickens’s art of fiction: the setting, the character-portrayal, the language, etc, based on his novel Oliver Twist.50.A Rose for Emily is one of Faulkner’s short stories. Comment on the character of the protagonist, Emily Grierson, and analyze how this character is depicted.10。

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全国高等教育自学考试英美文学选读模拟试题（七）（课程代码：0604）(全部题目用英文作答)PART ONE(40 POINTS)I. Multiple Choice (40 points in all，1 for each)Select from the four choices of each item the one that best answers the question or completes the statement. Write your answers on the Answer Sheet.1. Washington Irving‟s Rip Van Winkle is famous for .A. Rip‟s escape into a mysteryB. the story‟s German legendary source materialC. Rip‟s seeking for happinessD. Rip‟s 20-year sleep2. One of the most familiar themes in American naturalism is the theme of human ““.A. bestialityB. goodnessC. compassionD. greed3. Of the following poets, which is not regarded as “Lake Poets”?A. Samuel Taylor ColeridgeB. Robert Southey.C. William WordsworthD. William Shakespeare4. is considered to be the best known English dramatist since Shakespeare.A. Oscar WildeB. John CalsworthyC. W. B.YeatsD. George Bernard Shaw5. Leopold Bloom is the symbol of everyman in the Post-World-ⅠEurope. He is a character of the writing ““.A. PilgrimageB. UlyssesC. Mrs. DallowayD. The Rainbow6. Generally, English Romanticism refers to the period of .A. 1483—1547B. 1798—1832C. 1660—1798D. 1836—19017. Robert Browning‟s best-known dramatic monologue is .A. Meeting at NightB. Parting at MorningC. My last DuchessD. The Ring and the Book.8. Which of the following best describes the protagonist of “Thomas Hardy‟s “The Mayor of Casterbridge”?A. He is a man of self-esteem.B. He is a man of self-contempt.C. He is a man of self-confidence.D. He is a man of self-sufficience.9.A. Women in LoveB. Sons and LoversC. The RainbowD. Lady Chatterley‟s Lover10. With so many poems such as “The Sparrow‟s Nest,”“To a Skylark,”“To the Cuckoo” and “Toa Butterfly”, William Wordsworth is regarded as a “”.A. poet of geniusB. royal poetC. worshipper of natureD. conservative poet11. In the first part of Gulliver‟s Travels, Gulliver told his experience in .A. LilliputB. BrobdingnagC. HouyhnhnmD. Ehgland12. “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 then?” Who said these words?A. King LearB. RomeoC. AntonioD. Hamlet13. “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.”A. ironicB. jealousC. delightfulD. humorous14. In the theatrical world of the neoclassical period, was the leading figure among the host of playwrights.A. William BlakeB. Richard Brinsley SheridanC. Ben JohnsonD. George Bernard Shaw15. Among the works by John Milton, which is indeed the only generally acknowledged epic in English literature since Beowulf?A. Paradise RegainedB. Samson AgonistesC. AreopagiticaD. Paradise Lost16. Which writing is a typical example of Shakespeare‟s pessimistic view towards human life and society in his late years?A. The TempestB. King LearC. HamletD. Othello17. Who, one of the most important poets in his time, is a leading spokesman of the “Imagist Movement”?A. J. D. SalingerB. Ezra PoundC. Richard WrightD. Ralph Ellison18. lays the foundation for modern science with his insistence on scientific way of thinking and fresh observation rather than authority as a basis for obtaining knowledge.A. Francis BaconB. Thomas HardyC. Charles DickensD. William Blake19. Alexander Pope strongly advocated , emphasizing that literary works should be judged by classical rules of order, reason, logic, restrained emotion, good taste and decorum.A. idealismB. neoclassicismC. romanticismD. sentimentalism20. Dickens‟ works are characterized by a mingling of and pathos.A. metaphorB. passionC. satireD. humor21. “Self-conceited”, “cruel”and “tyrannical”are most likely the features of the characters in .A. Robert Browning‟s My Last DuchessB. Christopher Marlowe‟s Dr. FaustusC. Sh akespeare‟s Love‟s Labour‟s LostD. Sheridan‟s The School for Scandal22. Who is the author of the writing “Moby-Dick”?A. Samuel Taylor Coleridge.B. John KeatsC. Henry FieldingD. Herman Melville23. The sentences “Studies serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability”, and “Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested;…” are quoted from .A. Novum OrganumB. Of Studies by BaconC. The Advancement of LearningD. Essays24. The advancement of Learning is a great tract on .A. historyB. literatureC. policycation 25．Most of the poems in Whitman‟s Leaves of Grass sing of the “en-mass” and the as well.A. natureB. lifeC. selfD. self-reliance 26．Which of the following is not true according to James Joyce?A. Ulysses has become a prime example of modernism in literature.B. Joyce is regarded as the most prominent stream-of-consciousness novelist.C. Joyce is a realistic writer in English literature history.D. His novel “A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man”is a naturalistic account of the hero‟s bitter experiences and his final artistic and spiritual liberation.27. The following titles are all related to the subject that escapes from the society and returns to nature except .A. Dreiser‟s Sister CarrieB. Copper‟s Leather-Stocking TalesC. Thoreau‟s WaldenD. Mark Twain‟s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn28. “Wild Spirit, which art moving everywhere;/Destroyer and Preserver; hear, O hear!” the two lines are found in .A. Young Goodman Brown by HawthorneB. Ode to the West Wind by ShelleyC. Leaves of Grass by Walt WhitmanD. Ulysses by James Joyce29. “Even then he stood there, hidden wholly in that kindness which is night, while the uprising fumes filled the room. When the odor reached his nostrils, he quit his attitude and fumbled for the bed.…What‟s the use?‟ he said, weakly, as he stretched himself to rest.”The passage is taken from .A. Sons and Lovers by D. H. LawrenceB. Jane EYRE BY Charlotte BronteC. Sister Carrie by Thoedore DreiserD. Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte30. 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. leftistB. transcendentalC. expressionisticD. expatriate31. Which of the following accounts is not true for Ralph Waldo Emerson?A. He is the chief spokesman of New England Transcendentalism.B. Emerson is generally known as an dramatist.C. His works were usually derived from his journals or lecture he had already given.D. In Nature, he employed “a transparent eyeball” to illustrate his philosophical discussion.32. Which of the following comments on Christopher Marlowe is wrong?A. Marlowe composed 6 plays within his short lifetime.B. Marlowe‟s second achievement in his creation of the Renaissance hero for English drama.C. Marlowe‟s greatest achievement lies in that he perfected the blank verse and made in the principal medium of English drama.D. Marlowe is so strong in dramatic construction that he is superior to Shakespeare.33. Which of the following is not a work of Emily Dickinson‟s?A. This is my Letter to the World.B. I heard a Fly buzz-when I died.C. The Road Not Taken.D. I like to see it lap the Miles.34. Which of the following writings can be regarded as typically belonging to the school of Romantic literary?A. Don JuanB. UlyssesC. Jane EyreD. Sons and Lovers35. Which of the following can not describe “Byronic hero”?A. ProudB. MysteriousC. Noble originD. Progressive36. The following comments on Daniel Defoe are true except .A. Robinson Crusoe is his first novelB. Robinson Crusoe is universally considered his masterpieceC. He was a member of the upper classD. In his novels, his sympathy for the downtrodden, unfortunate poor is shown37. Twelfth Night by Shakespeare is .A. history playB. tragedyC. a poemD. comedy38. Which of the following is not a usual subject of poetic expression of Emily Dickinson‟s?A. War and PeaceB. Love and MarriageC. Life and DeathD. Religion39. Bacon‟s achievements mainly lie in the following fields except .A. philosophyB. scienceC. essay writingD. poem writing40. Among the writings by George Eliot, is her only novel on English politics.A. Felix Holt, the RadicalB. MiddlemarchC. Daniel DerondaD. RomolaPART TWO(60 POINTS)II. 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. “He pulled back the blanket from the Indian‟s head. His hand came away Wet. He mounted on the edge of the lower bunk with the lamp in one hand and looked in. The Indian lay with his face toward the wall. His throat had been cut from ear to ear. The blood had flowed down into a pool where his body sagged the bunk. His head rested on his left arm. The open razor lay, edge up, in the blankets.”Questions：A. Identify the writing and the writer.B. What does the “where his body sagged the bunk” mean?C. Why did the Indian kill himself?42. “Is sicklied o‟er with the pale cast of thought,/And enterprises of great pith and moment, With this regard, their currents turn away,/And lose the name of action.”Questions：A. What does the word “pith” mean?B. Tell the name of the play and the name of the author.C. Tell something about the character of the protagonist of the play.43. “My tongue, every atom of my blood, form‟d from this soil, this air/Born here of parents born here from parents the same, and their parents the same/I, now thirty-seven years old in perfect health begin,/hoping to cease not till death.”Questions：A. Name the title that the poem had used when published.B. What does “soil” or “air” stand for?C. What idea do the above four lines express?44. “A Gentle knight was picking on the plaine,Ycladd in mightie armes and silver shielde,Wherein old dints of deepe wounds did remaine,The cruell markes of many a bloudy fielde;Yet armes till that time did he never wield:His angry steede did chide his foming bitt,As much disdaining to the curbe to yield:Full jolly knight he seemed, and faire did sitt,As one for knightly giusts and fierce encounters fitt.”Questions：A. Name the poem and the poet.B. Based on the stanza, briefly discuss the qualities of the Spenserian stanza.C. What does the fifth line mean?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 in the corresponding space on the Answer Sheet．45. William FAULKNER, A Nobel Prize winner, has an important position in American literature. Do you know anything about “Yoknapatawpha Country”? What is unique of Faulkner‟s fiction, historically and geographically?46. Edmund Spenser is known as “the poet‟s poet”. What are the qualities of his poetry?47. What are the characteristics of the humanism?48. Why is American naturalists pessimistic in their writings?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. Whitman is a giant of American Letters. Discuss Whitman‟s art of poem: the language, the characters, etc.50. Discuss the striking feature of Paul, the main character in Sons and Lovers?参考答案：。

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。

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5. 审美惊异与日常惊奇的区别在于（）[1分]-----正确答案(C) A 有新奇的外在特征 B 需要理性思考 C 有内在的精神召唤 D 需要特定主体
6. 用“巫术说”解释审美发生最大的缺陷是（）[1分]-----正确答案(C) A 没有实例依据 B 缺少考古学支撑 C 仅能说明部分原始艺术现象 D 唯心主义与神秘主义
11. 审美经验的生成是（）[1分]-----正确答案(D) A 有明确目的的 B 毫无目的的 C 有时有目的，有时无目的 D 有目的与无目的的辨证统一
12. 超越现实、使主客体发生交流与融合，是艺术意象的（）[1分]-----正确答案(C) A 虚拟性 B 感性 C 想象性 D 情绪性
13. 影响接受者参与改造社会活动，是艺术的（）[1分]-----正确答案(D) A 娱乐消遣功能 B 认识功能 C 思想启迪功能 D 社会干预功能
14. 艺术品是创作主体与接受主体之间的（）[1分]-----正确答案(C) A 障碍 B 迷雾 C 桥梁 D 流程
15. 直接影响主体艺术敏感的因素是（）[1分]-----正确答案(D) A 所处社会环境 B 瞬间个人心境 C 先天个人禀赋 D 文化心理结构
16. 将艺术划分为象征型艺术、古典型艺术、浪漫型艺术的思想家是（）[1分]-----正确答案(C) A 亚里士多德 B 阿尔贝•加托 C 黑格尔 D 马克思
三、名词解释(本大题共4小题，每小题4分，共16分)
26. 审美理想[4分] 参考答案：审美理想是主体心目中关于完善的美的观念。任何观念总是一方面反映着客观对象的某种属性，另一方面又经过了主体的加工和改造。所谓审美理想就是主体通过想象在头脑中构造出来的理想形态的美。
27. 审美体验[4分] 参考答案：所谓审美体验，就是主体在具体审美活动中被具有某种独特性质的客体对象所深深地吸引，情不自禁地对之进行领悟、体味、咀嚼，以至于陶醉其中，心灵受到摇荡和震撼的一种独特的精神状态。

全国2009年7月高等教育自学考试

全国2009年7月高等教育自学考试英语翻译试题课程代码：00087请将答案填在答题纸相应位置上一、单项选择题（本大题共15小题，每小题2分，共30分）（一）本部分共有10小题，在每小题列出的四个备选项中只有一个在意义和表达方面与原文最接近，选择最佳译文。

错选、多选或未选均无分。

（20分）1. Chu Teh remembered his age. He was thirty—six, his youth had passed like a screaming eagle, leaving him old and disillusioned.A. 朱德还记得自己的年龄，他已三十六岁，青春一去不复返，留给他的是衰老和幻灭。

B. 朱德想起自己的年龄，他已三十六岁，青春像一路鸣叫的鹰，早已一闪而逝，留给他的是衰老和幻灭。

C. 朱德想起自己的年龄，他已三十六岁，青春像一路鸣叫的鹰，早已不在了，使他有衰老感和幻灭感。

D. 朱德还记得自己的年龄，他已三十六岁，青春像一路鸣叫的鹰，早已一闪而逝，留给他的是衰老和幻灭。

2. Several times on his trips to China, which he made as a guest of the Chinese government, Bill’s birthday occurred while he was in Beijing.A. 好几次访问中国，比尔都是作为中国政府的客人，而好几次生日都是在北京度过的。

B. 比尔作为中国政府的客人数次访问中国，好几次都是在北京过的生日。

C. 比尔作为中国政府的客人访问中国，好几次都赶上在北京过生日。

D. 好几次访问中国，比尔都是作为中国政府的客人，好几次都赶上在北京过生日。

3. My fingers lingered almost unconsciously on the familiar leaves and blossoms which had just come forth to greet the sweet southern spring.A. 我几乎是无意识地用手抚摸着我所熟悉的叶片和花朵，这新长的叶片和刚开的花朵在南方迎来了芬芳的春天。

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Which of the following descriptions of Enlightenment Movement is NOT true?A. It was a progressive intellectual movement that flourished in France.B. It was a furtherance of the Renaissance of the 15th and 16th centuries.C. The purpose was to enlighten the whole world with moderu philosophical and artistic ideas.D. The Enlighteners advocate individual education.7. Neoclassicists had some fixed laws and rules for prose EXCEPT_____.A. being preciseB. being directC. being flexibleD. being satiric8. A good style of prose“ proper works in proper places” was defined by_____.A. John MiltonB. Henry FieldingC. Jonathan SwiftD.T.S. Eliot9. The major theme of Jane Austen’s novels is_____.A. love and moneyB. money and social statusC. social status and marriageD. love and marriage10. Wordsworth’s_____ is perhaps the most anthologized poem in English literature.A. “To a Skylark”B. “I Wondered Lonely as a Cloud”C. “An Evening Walk”D. “My Heart Leaps Up”11. William Blake’s work ______ marks his entry into maturity.A. Songs of ExperienceB. Marriage of Heaven and HellC. Songs of InnocenceD. The Book of Los12. Best of all the Romantic well- known lyric pieces is Shelley’s_____.A. “The Cloud”B. “To a Skylark”C. “Ode to a Nightingale”D. “Ode to the West Wind”13. In the Victorian Period _____ became the most widely read and the most vital and challenging expression of progressive thought.A. poetryB. novelC. proseD. drama14. In Charles Dickens’early novels, he attacks one or more specific social evils, _____is a good e xample ofdescribing the dehumanizing workhouse system and the dark, criminal underworld life.A. David CopperfieldB. Oliver TwistC. Great ExpectationsD. Dombey and Son15. Thomas Hardy’s most cheerful and idyllic work is_____.A. The Return of the NativeB. Far from the Maddin CrowdC. Under the Greenwood TreeD. The Woodlanders16. The rise of _____ and new science greatly incited modernist writers to make new explorations on human natures and human relationships.A. the existentialistic ideaB. the irrational philosophyC. scientific socialismD. social Darwinism17. In Modern English literature, the literary interest of _____ lay 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. George Bernard ShawB.T.S. EliotC. Oscar WildeD.D.H. Lawrence18. George Bernard Shaw’s _____ is a better play of the later period, with the author’s almost nihilistic bitterness on the subjects of the cruelty and madness of WWI and the aimlessness and disillusion of the young.A. Too True to Be GoodB. Mrs. Warren’s ProfessionC. Widowers’HousesD. Fanny’s First Play19. Renaissance first started in Italy, with the flowering of the following fields EXCEPT_____.A. architectureB. paintingC. sculptureD. literature20. English Romanticism,as a historical phase of literature,is generally said to have begun with the publication o f Wordsworth and Coleridge’s_____.A. Poetical SketchesB. A Defence of PoetryC. Lyrical Ballads抒情诗集D. The Prelude21. Charlotte Bront’s work _____ is famous for the depiction of the life of the middle - class working women, particularly governesses.A. Jane EyreB. Wuthering HeightsC. The ProffessorD. Shirley22. The Waste Land by T. S. Eliot is a poem concerned with the _____ breakup of a modern civilization in which human life has lost its meaning, significance and purpose.A. spiritualB. religiousC. politicalD. physical23. Perhaps Emily Dickinson’s greatest interpretation of the moment of _____ is to be found in “I heard a Fly buzz--when I died—”, a poem universally regarded as one of her masterpieces.A. fantasyB. birthC. crisisD. death24. The fiction of the American _____ period ranges from the comic fables of Washing-ton Irving to the social realism of Rebecca Harding Davis.A. RomanticB. RevolutionaryC. ColonialD. Modernistic25. The modern _____ technique was frequently and skillfully exploited by Faulkner to emphasize the reactions and inner musings of the narrator.A. stream - of - consciousnessB. flashbackC. mosaicD. narrative and argumentative26. By means of “_____,” Whitman believed, he has turned the poem into an openfield, an area of vital possibility where the reader can allow his own imagination to play.A. balanced structureB. free verseC. fixed verseD. regular rhythm27. In 1954, _____ was awarded the Nobel Prize for “his powerful style -forming mas tery of the art” of creating modern fiction.A. Ernest HemingwayB. Sherwood AndersonC. Stephen CraneD. Henry James28. The period ranging from 1865 to 1914 has been referred to as the Age of _____ in the literary history of the United States, which is actually a movement or tendency that dominated the spirit of American literature.A. RationalismB. RomanticismC. RealismD. Modernism29. When he was eighty - seven he read his poetry at the inauguration of President John F. Kennedy in 1961. This poet was_____.A. Ezra PoundB. Robert FrostC. E. E. CummingsD. Wallace Stevens30. The renowned American critic H. L. Mencken regarded _____ as “the true father o f our national literature.”A. Bret HarteB. Walt WhitmanC. Washington IrvingD. Mark Twain31. We can easily find in Theodore Dreiser’s fiction a world of jungle, where “kill or to be killed” was the law. Dreiser’s _____ found expression i n almost every book he wrote.A. naturalismB. romanticismC. cubismD. classicalism32. A preoccupation with the Calvinistic view of _____ and the mystery of evil marked the works of Hawthorne, Melville and a host of lesser writers.A. love and mercyB. bitterness and hatredC. original sinD. eternal life33. “He possessed none of the usual aids to a writer’ s career: no money, no friend in power, no formal education worthy of mention, no family tradition in letters. ” This is a descri ption most suitable to the American writer_____.A. Henry JamesB. Theodore DreiserC. W.D. Howells D. Nathaniel Hawthorne34. People generally considered _____ to be Henry James’ masterpiece, which incarnates the clash between the Old World and the New in the life journey of an American girl in a European cultural environment.A. The EuropeansB. Daisy MillerC. The Portrait of A Lady贵妇肖像D. The Private Life35. The Jazz Age of the 1920s characterized by frivolity and carelessness is brought vividly to life in_______.A. The Great GatsbyB. The Sun Also RisesC. The Grapes of WrathD. Tales of the Jazz Age36. Guided by the principle of adhering to the truthful treatment of life, the American _______ introduced industrial workers and farmers, ambitious businessmen and vagrants, prostitutes and unheroic soldiers as major characters in fiction.A. romanticistsB. modernistsC. psychologistsD. realists37. The American literary spokesman of the Jazz Age is often acclaimed to be_______.A. Henry JamesB. Robert FrostC. William FaulknerD.F. Scott Fitzgerald38. By writing Moby - Dick, _______ reached the most flourishing stage of his literary creativity.A. Herman MelvilleB. Edgar Ellen PoeC. William FaulknerD. Theodore Dreiser39. Faulkner once said that _____ is a story of “lost innocence,” which proves itself to be an intensification of thetheme of imprisonment in the past.A. Light in AugustB. The Sound and the Fur yC. Absalom, Absalom!D. The Hamlet40. Hawthorne was not a Puritan himself, but his view of man and human history origina ted, to a great extent, in_______.A. CalvinismB. PuritanismC. RealismD. NaturalismPART TWO (60 POINTS)Ⅱ. 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. Behold her, single in the field,Yon solitary Highland lass!Reaping and singing by herself;Stop here, or gently pass!Alone she cuts and binds the grain,And sings a melancholy strain;O listen! For the Vale profoundIs overflowing with the sound.Questions:A. Identify the poet.William Wordsworth.B. What’ s the rhyme scheme for the stanza?ababccddC. What’s the theme of the poem?The poet uses rural figures to suggest the timeless mystery of sorrowful humanity and beauty.42. The following quotation is from Mrs. Warren’s Profession:VIVIE: [ intensely interested by this time] No; but why did you choose that business?Saving money and good management will succeed in any business.MRS. WARREN: Yes, saving money. But where can a woman get the money to save in any other business? Could you save out of fou r shillings a week and keep yourself dressed as well? Not you. Of course, if you’ re a plain woman and cant earn anything more ; or if you have a turn for music, or the stage, or newspaper - writing ; that’s different...Questions :A. Identify the playwright of the above quotation.George Bernard Shaw.B. What business do you think Mrs. Warren is involved in?Prostitution.C. What's the theme of the play?The economic oppression of women, by describing Mrs. Warren and her sisters’ sufferings, Shaw wants to show that in the dard capitalist society, honest women were forced to be prostitutes and were therefore looked down upon as shameful dirty women. The play reveals the social causes of prostitution and thus sharply attacks the capitalism.43. My little horse must think it queerTo stop without a farmhouse nearBetween the woods and frozen lakeThe darkest evening of the year.Questions:A. Identify the poet and the title of the poem from which this stanza is taken.Robert Frost, “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening”B. What figure of speech is used in this stanza?Personification.C. Briefly interpret the meaning of this stanza.The stanza means that the horse wonders why its owner stops in such a cld and isolated place at deep night.44. “Where are we going, Dad?” Nick asked.“Over to the Indian camp. There is an Indian lady very sick. ”“Oh,” said Nick.Across the bay they found the other boat beached. Uncle George was smoking a cigar in the dark. The young Indian pulled the boat way up on the beach. Uncle George gave both the Indians cigars.Questions :A. Identify the author and the title of the work from which the passage is taken.From Ernest Hermingway’s “Indian Camp”B. What does Dad imply when he says “There is an Indian lady very sick”?He implies that the lady is going to give birth to a baby.C. Why is Dad going to the Indian camp?Day is going to help the lady give birth.Ⅲ. Questions and Answers (24 points in all, 6 for each)Give a brief answer to each of the following 9uestions in English. Write your answers in the corresponding space on the answer sheet.n45. What’ s the literary style of Shelley as a Romantic poet?A. Shelley is one of the leading Romantic poets, an intense and original lyrical poet in the English language.B. Like Blake,he has a reputation as a difficult poet: erudite, imagistically complex, full of classical andmythological allusions.C. His style abounds in personification and metaphor and other figures of speechwhich describe vividly what wese and feel, or express what passionately moves us.46. What are the main features of Bernard Shaw’s plays with regard to the theme, charac-terization and plot?A. Structurally and thematically. Shaw followed the great tradition of realism. As a realistic dramatist, he took themodern social issues as his subjects with the aim of directing social reforms.B. One feature of Shaw’s characterization is that he makes the trick of showing up one character vividly at theexpense of anther. Another feature is that Shaw’s characters are the representative of ideas, points of view that shift and alterduring the play.C. Shaw’s plays have plots, but they do not work by plots.47. Henry James’ literary criticism is an indispensable part of his contribution to literature. What’s his outlook in literary criticiam?A. It is both concerned with form and devoted to human values. The theme of his essay “The Art of Fiction”clearly indicates that the aim of the novel is to present life.B. He also advocates the freedom of the artist to write about anything that concerns him. The artist should be able to “feel” the life, to understand human nature, and then to record them iin his own art of form.48. Local colorism is a unique variation of American literary realism. Who is the most famous local colorist? Whatare local colorists most concerned?A. Mark Twain.B. Local colorists concerned themselves with presenting and interpreting the local character of their regions.They tended to idealize and glorify, but they never forgot to keep an eye on the truthful color of local life. Theyformed an important part of the realistic movement.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. Define modernism in English literature. Name two major modernistic British writers and list one major work by each.A. Modernism rose out of skepticism and disillussion of capitalism.B. The French symbolism appearing in the late 19th century, heralded modernism. After WWI, all kinds ofliterary trends of modernism appeared: expressionism, surrealism, futurism, etc.C. Modernism take the irrational philosophy and the theory of psycho-analysis as its theoretical base.D. Modernism is, in many aspects, a reaction against realism.E. James Joyce: Ulysses; T.S. Eliot: The Waste Land.50. Briefly discuss the term “The Lost Generation”and name the leading figures of this literary movement (Give at least three).A. The term “The Lost Generation” was first used by Gertrude Stein, and then was quoted by Hemingway in hisnovel The Sun Also Rises. Stein was one of the leaders of a group of American expatriates living in Paris.They were caught in WWI, disillusioned and disgusted. They began to write from their own experiences in the war. They experimented on new modes of thought and expression.B. The term means this generation had lost the beautiful sense of the past, rejecting the former ideals andvalues. They were lost in disillusionment and spiritual void.C. Besides Gertrude Stein and Ernest Hemingway, the important figures of this movement were Ezra Pouna,E.E. Cummings,F. Scott Fitzgerald, Robert Frost, etc.。

《英美文学选读》自考真题试题及答案解析

《英美文学选读》自考真题试题及答案解析一、单选题（共50题，共100分）1.( )is generally regarded as the forerunner of the 20th —century “stream— of —consciousness ” novels and the founder of psychological realism.A.Theodore DreiserB.William FapknerC.Henry JamesD.Mark Twain2.Closely relate d to Dickinson ’s religious poetry are her poems concerning( ),ranging over the physical as well as the psychological and emotional aspects of death.A.love and natureB.death and universeC.death and immortalityD.family and happiness3.considered( ) “the true father of our nationalliterature ”.A.Bret HarteB.Mark TwainC.Washington IrvingD.Walt Whitman4.Among the following writers( )is generally regarded as the forerunner of the 20th - century “stream - of - consciousness ” novels and the founder of psychological realism.A. T. S. EliotB.James JoyceC.William FapknerD.Henry James5.The childhood of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn in the Mississippi is a record of a vanished way of life in the( )Mississippi valleyA.pre - War of IndependenceB.post - War of IndependenceC.pre - Civil WarD.post - Civil War6.The Portrait of A Lady is generally considered tobe( )masterpiece,which describes the life journey of an American( )in a European cptural environment.A.Henry Adams’…widowB.William James ’…girlC.Henry James’…girlD.Theodore Dreiser ’s…widow7.Which of the following statements is NOT true of Emily Dickinson and her poetry?A.She remained unmarried all her lifeB.She wrote,1,775 poems,and most of them were published during her life time.C.Her poems have no titles,hence are always quoted by their first lines.D.Her limited private world has never confined the limitless power of her creativity and imagination.8.Henry James’ fame generally rests upon his novels and stories with the( )theme.A.internationalB.localC.colonialD.post-modern9.After the American Civil War,the literary interest in theso- called “reality ” of life started a new period in the American literary writings know an the Age of( ).A.RealismB.Reason and RevolutionC.RomanticismD.Modernism10.Mark Twain employed an unpretentious style of( )in his novels which is best described as “vernacpar ”.A.standard EnglishB.Afro-American EnglishC.colloquialismD.urbanism11.The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and,especially,its sequence( )proved themselves to be the milestone in the American literature.A.The Adventures of Huckleberry FinnB.Life on the MississippiC.The Gilded AgeD.Roughing It12.Mark Twain’s particpar concern about the local character of a region ca me about as “local colorism, ” a unique va riation of American literary( ).A.romanticismB.nationalismC.modernismD.realism13.Hemingway’s “Indian Camp ” is one of the fourteen short stories collected under the title of( ).This title is very ironic because there is no peace at all in the stories.A.Three Stories and Ten PoemsB.Across the River and into the TreesC.The Green Hills of AfricaD.In Our Time14.At the age of eighty -seven,( )read his poetry at the inauguration of President John in 1961.A.Robert FrostB.Walt WhitmanC.Ezra Pound15.Unlike his contemporaries in the early 20th century,( )did not break up with the poetic tradition nor made any experiment on form.A.Walt WhitmanB.Robert FrostC.Ezra Pound16.With the publication of( ),Theodore Dreiser was launching himself upon a long career that wopd ptimately make him one of the most significant American writers of the school later known as literary naturalism.A.Sister CarrieB.The TitanC.An American TragedyD.The Stoic17.“The dignity of movement of an iceberg is due to only one- eighth of it being above water. ” This “iceberg ” analogy is put forward by( ).A.Mark TwainB.Ezra PoundC.William FapknerD.Ernest Hemingway18.“My last Duchess ” is a poem that best exemplifies Robert Browning ’s( ).A.sensitive ear for the sounds of the English languageB.excellent choice of wordsC.mastering of the metrical devicese of the dramatic monologue19.Most literary critics think that Fitzgerald is both an insider and an outsider of( )with a double vision.A.the Jazz AgeB.the Age of Reason and RevolutionC.the Babybooming AgeD.the Post- Modern Age20.“The dignity of movement of an iceberg is due to only one -eighth of it being abov e water. ” This “iceberg ” analogy about prose style was put forward by( ).A.William FapknerB.Henry JamesC.Ernest HemingwayD.F· Scott Fitzgerald21.The Nobel Prize Committee highly praised( )for “his powerfp style - forming mastery of the art ” of creating modern fiction.A.Ezra PoundB.Ernest HemingwayC.Robert FrostD.Theodore Dreiser22.In 1950,one of the leading American writers( )was awarded the Nobel Prize for the anti-racist Intruder in the Dust.A.Robert FrostB.Theodore DreiserC.William FapknerD.Fitzgerald23.Greatly and permanently affected bythe( )experiences,Hemingway formed his own writingstyle,together with his theme and hero.A.miningB.farmingC.warD.sailing24.Like all naturalists,( )was restrained from finding a solution to the social problems that appeared in his novels and accordingly almost all his works have tragic endings.A.Theodore DreiserB.Henry JamesC.Washington IrvingD.Walt Whitman25.It was his masterpiece The Great Gatsby that made( )one of the greatest American novelists.A. FitzgeraldB.William FapknerC.Ernest HemmingwayD.Gertrude Steinbeck26.The Financier,The Titan and The Stoic by Theodore Dreiser are called his “Trilogy of( ). ”A.HatredB.DeathC.DesireD.Fate27.In Death in the Afternoon( )presents his philosophy about life and death through the depiction of the bplfight as a kind of microcosmic tragedy.A.William FapknerB.Jack LondonC.Ernest HemingwayD.Mark Twain28.Eugene O’Neill ’s first fpl — length play,( ),won him the first Ppitzer theme is the choice between life and death,the interaction of subjective and objective factors.A.Bound East for CardiffB.The Hairy ApeC.Desire Under the ElmsD.Beyond the Horizon29.In 1920,( )published his first novel This Side of Paradise which was,to some extent,his own story.A.F·Scott FitzgeraldB.Ernest HemingwayC.William FapknerD.Emily Dickinson30.Man is a “victim of forces over which he has no control. ” This is a notion held strongly by( ).A.Robert FrostB.Theodore DreiserC.Henry JamesD.Hamlin Garland31.The attitude towards life that( )had been trying to demonstrate in his works is known as “grace under pressure ”.A.William FapknerB.Theodore DreiserC.Ernest HemingwayD.F·Scott Fitzgerald32.Robert Frost is generally considered a regional poet whose subject matters mainly focus on the landscape and people in( ).A.the westB.the southC.AlaskaD.New England33.In most of his writings,( )deliberately broke up the chronology of his narrative by juxtaposing the past with the present,in the way the montage does in a movie.A.Walt WhitmanB.William FapknerC.Ernest HemingwayD. Fitzgerald34.Ezra Pound,a leading spokesman of the “( ) ”,was one of the most important poets in his time.A.Imagist MovementB.Cubist MovementC.Reformist MovementD.Transcendentalist Movement35.The effect of Darwinist idea of “survival of the fittest ” was shattering in() ’s fictional world of jungle,where “kill or to be killed ” was the law.A.Mark TwainC.Theodore DreiserD.Walt Whitman36.William Fapkner set most of his works in theAmerican( ),with his emphasis on the( )subjects and consciousness.A.North...NorthernB.East...EasternC.West...WesternD.South...Southern37.The( )Age of the 1920s characterized by frivolity and carelessness is brought vividly to life in The Great Gatsby.A.LostB.JazzC.ReasonD.Gilded38.In 1950,( )was awarded the Nobel Prize for the anti-racist Intruder in the Dust.A.William FapknerC.Ezra PoundD.Ernest Hemingway39.William Fapkner once said that( )is a story of “lost innocence, ” which proves itself to be an intensification of the theme of imprisonment in the past.A.The Great GatsbyB.The Sound and the FuryC.Absalom,Absalom!D.Go Down,Moses40.In Go Down,Moses,( )illuminates the problem of black and white in Southern society as a closeknit destiny of blood brotherhood.A.William FapknerB.Jack LondonC.Herman MelvilleD.Nathaniel Hawthorne41.This type of desk and chair can be adjusted ________ the height of students at different agesA.withB.forC.toD.in42.The teacher told us the fact _______.A.which the earth moves around the sunB.that the earth moved around the sunC.that the sun moves around the earthD.that the earth moves around the sun43.What he had done is _______A.valueB.of valuableC.of no valueD.of no valuable44.That is the house _______ you can enjoy the scenery.A. in thatB.thatC.whichD.from which45.Some persons gain goal and direction from their tensions;others ________ under pressure.A.fall outB.fall apartC.fall back onD.fall in with46.She disagrees ______ him ______ everything.A.with, onB./, onC.with, atD.on, with47.Nobody but you _______ what he said.A. agrees withB.agrees outC.agree withD.agree to48.In the original test，all the animals in a test group are given a substance _______ half of them dieA.unlessB.untilC.lestD.provided49.Now many major employers are beginning to demand _______ the completion of schoolA.more thanB.rather thanC.other thanD.better than50.Opposition leaders will be watching carefply to see how the Prime Minister ________ the crisis.A.handlesB.conductsC.observesD.directs1、正确答案： C本题解析：亨利 . 詹姆斯是美国现实主义文学大师，他的作品往往涉及美国之外的主题，其作品的风格是“心理活动”。

全国2009年7月高等教育自学考试综合英语试题

全国2009年7月高等教育自学考试综合英语试题2009年7月全国高等教育自学考试英语语法试题一、单项选择题(本大题共20小题，每小题1分，共20分)Choose the best answer from the choices given and put the letter A, B, C or D in the brackets. 1. Even when you are at _______ end, you should not lose your head and make wrong judgment. （）A. wit'sB. you wit'sC. your wit'sD. your wit2. It's reported that by the end of this year the output of steel in the factory _______ by 20% or so.（）A. will have risenB. has risenC. will be risingD. has been rising3. A lower birth rate can _______ if the government can promote more even income distribution. （）A. achieveB. achievedC. be achievingD. be achieved4. It is recommended that the students _______ the oral interpretation test until they have had enough preparation. （）A. not takeB. takeC. don't takeD. will not take5. If he _______ hard in the past ten years, he wouldn't have achieved so much in the medical field.（）A. hadn't been workingB. had been workingC. workedD. weren't working6. Every employee _______ do his best for the development of the company, if he wants to be promoted. （）A. canB. mayC. needD. should7. So many students _______, the test had to be put off. （）A. were absentB. have been absentC. being absentD. had been absent8. I'll never forget _______ my present boss for the first time. （）A. to meetB. meetingC. to have metD. having been meeting9. The most impressive furniture in his office is a _______ chair. （）A. comfortable huge leatherB. leather comfortable hugeC. leather huge comfortableD. huge comfortable leather10. The smaller the computer is, _______. （）A. the higher the price isB. the price is higherC. higher the price isD. the higher price it is11. When it comes to mathematics, I'm _____ John. （）A. inferior toB. inferior thanC. more inferior toD. more inferior than12. The school library was named_____the donor who offered ten million yuan for its construction. （）A. byB. afterC. withD. from13. Paris is one of the places_____. （）A. where I most want to visitB. that I want to visit it mostC. in which I most want to visitD. which I most want to visit14. Although he studied very hard, he failed in the entrance exams to college, _____was really a pity. （）A. thatB. itC. whichD. as15. His beloved son died in a car accident two years ago,_____cast a shadow over the rest of his life. （）A. thatB. itD. what16. The painter and the sculptor ____to hold an exhibition in the downtown gallery.( )A. has decidedB. had decidedC. have decidedD. have been decided17. That all the students should wear school uniforms _____much stressed by the headmaster. （）A. areB. hasC. isD. have18. Emily is motivated to study_____ she knows that a good education can improve her life. （）A. thereforeB. because ofC. becauseD. so19. Although his many examples were all right, the remainder_____ not quite exact. （）A. areB. wereC. isD. was20. Are you going to buy _____ rice? （）A. all theseB. these allC. all this二、填空题(本大题共28小题，共36分)Section A Fill in the blanks with the appropriate words given in the group.(共8小题，每小题2分，共16分)21. has made, have made, makes, are, it's, they'reThe family _______ up their minds that _______ going to travel.22. a, a, the, the, any, allSingleton is _______ quiet village near Chicgester. The village has _______ population of a few hundred people.23. arranges, is arranged, has arranged, forget, have forgotten, have been forgottenThe list _______ alphabetically and nothing seems to _________.24. is, was, were, has, will have, would have_______ it to rain tomorrow, the opening ceremony _______ to be postponed.25. even though, as though, although, understand, understood, understandingWhenever the professor explained something, she kept smiling and nodding her head from time to time _______ _______ every word of his lecture.26. which, what, told, he told, was told, which was toldThere was one thing _______ me _______ I don't believe.27. is, are, to be, which, that, what_______ he said and thought _______ none of your concern.28. when, what, who, any, either, otherI don't know _______ I should choose. _______ way I'll lose a good manager.Section B Fill in the blanks with the words given in brackets. Make changes where necessary. ( 共20小题，每小题1分，共20分)29. That may be your lost car,_______ (it)?30. _______ (fast) you are running!31. No one will fail to marvel at the_______ (snow) of the Himalayas.32. She would work twelve hours a day all _______ (years) when she was at Cambridge.33. Would you mind going to the_______ (chemist) for me?34. I'm afraid you_______ (have) to be responsible for everything you do after you' re eighteen.35. John_______ (resemble) his father more and more as he grows older.36. I _______ (finish) the novel last night, but I was just too tired.37. Two bags which_______ (go) to Rome were at this moment being loaded aboard a flight to Milwaukee.38. I'm sorry, she's not here. She_______ (leave) already.39. I don't mind working late at night, but I can't stand_______ (get) up early in the morning.40. Would you speak louder so as to make yourself_______ (hear)?41. Is your mother any_______ (relaxed) after an hour's rest?42. This is by far_______ (good school) in the region.43. This coach doesn't go to Beijing. You will have to change_______ (Nanjing).44. The authority to call an emergency meeting_______ (rest) the president.45. The project_______ (which) they have been working for two years is a total failure.46. To eat to live and to live to eat_______ (constitute) two different attitudes toward life.47.In 1941 America assumed_______ (role) as a world power.48. - Haven't we met before?- I _______ (not think).三、改错题(本大题共l 2小题，每小题1分,共12分)Correct the errors in the following sentences.49. We have got enough time to read such many novels.50. —Why have you set your alarm clock to go off at 5:30?—Because I will get up then. I've got a lot to do.51. Although best known for her prose works, Maya Angelou was also published several collections of poetry.52. Yesterday he got so drunk, but he could find the front door.53. When heated, the metal expands, and if been cooled, it will contract.54. His illness may well be thanks to malnutrition.55. Marge walked away from the discussion; otherwise, she might say something she would regret later.56. Why doesn't she buy us a drink? It isn't as although she had no money.57. They can choose their own jobs, that I can not.58. That human beings live in great numbers, the rivers are very likely to become polluted.59. The girl who came late danced prettily well.60. We have received your estimate for the alterations you propose but have decided that itwould be too high.四、改句题(本大题共1 2小题，每小题2分，共24分)Rewrite the following sentences as required.61. Reinforcing the negation:These goods are not satisfactory.62. Using a question tag:I don't suppose that he is serious.63. Using a non-finite verb form:Please advise me which I should choose.64. Combining two sentences using a condition-adjunct:The weather keeps fine. I see no reason why the village fete should not be a success.65. Using a relative clause:Jupiter, the largest planet in the solar system, has 11 satellites.66. Combining two sentences using a preference-adjunct:He did not ask for help. He decided to work it out on his own.67. Combining two sentences using a contrast-adjunct:We live in poverty. Our neighbours have money to burn.68. Using a non-finite clause as subject:It is difficult to study English well within 2 years.69. Using extraposition:To drive without a license is illegal.70. Using discontinuity:The days when he could boss me around are gone.71. Using fronting:He threatened to take his revenge on his father's murderer, and he will take the revenge.72. Using an appropriate cohesive device:I inherited some skills from my mother. Those skills have been put to the rest.五、简答题(本大题共2小题，每小题4分，共8分)Answer the following questions.73. Why can some non-progressive verbs be used in the progressive form?74. Under what circumstances do we use singular verb witha collective noun denoting animate beings as subject?。

全国2009年7月自考综合英语(二)试题

全国2009年7月自考综合英语(二)试题(总分：100.00，做题时间：150分钟)一、课程代码：00795 (总题数：15，分数：15.00)1.Einstein’s special theory of ______ , far from being obscure and difficult, can be understood in its basics with no more than first-year algebra.（分数：1.00）A.relativeB.relativenessC.relativity √D.relatively解析：2.They are still not fully able to distinguish right ______ wrong.（分数：1.00）A.betweenB.from √C.forD.against解析：3.The moment when she knew that her boyfriend was going to break up with her, her eyes ______a hurt look.（分数：1.00）A.took outB.took overC.took toD.took on √解析：4. At parties Jack doesn’t mind making a ______ of himself as long as it brings about joy and laughter.（分数：1.00）A.fool √B.heroC.cowardD.man解析：5.She turned down the request because it was __ the limits of his power.（分数：1.00）A.aboveB.overC.offD.beyond √解析：6.They ______ in going in spite of the awful weather.（分数：1.00）A.insistedB.existedC.persisted √D.consisted7.You will succeed in the end ______ you give up halfway.（分数：1.00）A.even ifB.as thoughC.as long asD.unless √解析：8. It’s very ______ of you to water my garden while I was away.（分数：1.00）A.consideredB.considerate √C.consideringD.considerable解析：9. Helen probably ______ her rapid recovery to her husband’s devoted care.（分数：1.00）A.obligedB.contributedC.belongedD.owned √解析：10.______ the plan carefully, he decided to take it.（分数：1.00）A.To have judgedB.To judgeC.Having judged √D.Judging解析：11.I would like to attend the dancing class, but I was ______ the chances at school. （分数：1.00）A.lostB.denied √C.missedD.dismissed解析：12.Widespread corruption ______ serious problems to the government.（分数：1.00）A.poses √B.hasC.affectsD.results解析：13.She seemed ______ all her passion after she failed the Entrance Exam for University. （分数：1.00）A.to have lost √B.having lostC.to loseD.losing14. I consider his suggestion the most ______ that has so far been offered.（分数：1.00）A.sensible √B.sensitiveC.sentimentalD.strenuous解析：15.The prize will go to ______ of them writes the best article.（分数：1.00）A.whoever √B.whomeverC.whicheverD.whatever解析：二、II．完形填空。

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2009年7月高等教育自学考试全国统一命题考试英语国家概况试题课程代码：005221. Which of the following statements is NOT true about Britain? CA. Great Britain and England are geographical names.B. The official name of Britain is the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.C. Britain has four political divisions on the island of Great Britain.D. British Empire was replaced by the British Commonwealth in 1931.2. The successful Roman invasion took place in _A____, headed by ______.A. 43 AD, the Emperor ClaudiusB. 43 AD, Julius CaesarC. 55 BC, Julius CaesarD. 55 BC, the Emperor Claudius3. During the fifth century when the Roman Empire fell, the Germanic __D___ invaded and conquered Britain.A. Angles and CeltsB. Angles and PictsC. Angles and BritonsD. Angles and Saxons4. In the year 597, England began to be Christianized. It was mainly due to the work of ___A___.A. St. AugustineB. ConstantineC. Pope GregoryD. Ethelbert, king of Kent5. __D____ is regarded by many Englishmen as the foundation of English liberties.A. The beginning of British ParliamentB. The People’s CharterC. The Petition of RightD. Magna Carta of 12156. __C____ is known as “the father of the British navy”as he founded a strong fleet which first beat the Danes at sea.A. EthelredB. WilliamC. AlfredD. Edward7. Which of the following is NOT true about “Domesday Book”? DA. It was compiled to discover how much to be called upon to pay by taxes.B. It was so called because it seemed to the English like the Book of Doom used on JudgmentDay.C. It was completed as the result of a general survey of England.D. it is kept in the public library in London.8. The Lollards were ___A___ who had played a very important role in the Peasant Uprising of1381.A. poor priests and itinerant preachersB. poets and writersC. merchantsD. craftsmen9. The word Renaissance is from __C____, meaning “rebirth”, and was first applied by the ______ historian Jakob Burckhardt in 1860.A. English, SwissB. French, ItalianC. French, SwissD. English, Italian10. The significance of the Wars of the Roses was all the following EXCEPT that ___C___.A. feudalism received its death blowB. the great medieval nobility贵族was much weakenedC. the king’s power now became limitedD. no less than 80 nobles of royal blood were killed in the wars11. The Religious Reformation in England was led by King ______, and the direct cause was his divorce case with ___A___.A. Henry VIII, Catherine of AragonB. Henry Tudor, Elizabeth of YorkC. Henry II, Eleanor of AquitaineD. Henry I, Matilda12. Which of the following statements is NOT true about Elizabeth I? DA. Elizabeth I broke Mary’s ties with Rome.B. Elizabeth I restored her father’s independent Church of England.C. Elizabeth I’s religious reform was a compromise of views.D. Elizabeth I’s religious settlement was acceptable to both extreme Protestants and ardent Catholics.13. After the Restoration, British Parliament passed a series of severe laws called ____C__ against the Puritans, now known as Nonconformists.A. the Act of SuccessionB. the Petition of RightC. the Clarendon CodeD. the Act of Supremacy14. The spark of the First World War was struck at Sarajevo on June 28 ______, when the __B____ Crown Prince Franz Ferdinand was assassinated by a Serbian nationalist.A. 1913, GermanB. 1914,AustrianC. 1913, BulgarianD. 1914, English15. The leader of the House of Lords is _D_____.A. the Archbishops of CanterburyB. the MonarchC. the Prime MinisterD. the Lord Chancellor16. Which of the following is NOT considered a characteristic of farming in England in the late18th and early 19th centuries? CA. Use of artificial fertilizer.B. Introduction of new agricultural machinery.C. The “open-field”system.D. A system of crop rotation.17. In the United Kingdom, police officers are NOT allowed to join __A____ or to go on strike.A. a trade unionB. a political partyC. a clubD. a society18. The Church教堂of England is NOT free to change its form of worship, as laid down in ___D___, without the consent of Parliament.A. the Bill of RightsB. the Provisions of OxfordC. the Constitutions of ClarendonD. the Book of Common Prayer祈祷19. The British universities are governed by ___A___ or by ______ and enjoy academic freedom.A. royal charters, Act of ParliamentB. the People’s Charter, the Reform Act of 1832C. the Great Charter, the Bill of RightsD. the Petition of Right, the Test Act20. Rupert Murdoch’s News International, one of the largest publishing corporations, owns the following national papers EXCEPT ___D___.A. the TimesB. the SunC. News of the WorldD. the Daily Telegraph21. Now about 80% to 90% of immigration to the United States is from __A____.A. Asian and Hispanic countriesB. African countriesC. European countriesD. Central and South American countries22. The Declaration of Independence clearly explained the political theory behind the American Revolution which came from ____A__.A. the British philosopher John LockeB. the Italian philosopher John LockeC. the American president George WashingtonD. the American statesman Thomas Jefferson23. In 1787, all of the states except Rhode Island were represented to revise the Articles ofConfederation at _C_____.A. the First Continental CongressB. the Second Continental CongressC. the Constitutional ConventionD. the First US Congress24. In 1865, ____B__, which banned slavery, was added to the American Constitution.A. the Tenth AmendmentB. the Thirteenth AmendmentC. the Declaration of IndependenceD. the Bill of Rights25. Which of the following is NOT true about the Bill of Rights? AA. It was meant to protect the blacks for the right to vote, to use the public facilities and to enjoythe same education as white people.B. It was the first ten amendments to the American Constitution.C. It was not until the federalists agree to the Bill of Rights Amendments that ratification of theConstitution was assured.D. It guarantees the basic rights for the individual such as the freedom of religion, freedom ofspeech, freedom of the press, and so on.26. As a result of __A____, the territory owned by the United States almost doubled.A. the Louisiana PurchaseB. the peace treaty with MexicoC. the Gadsden PurchaseD. the armed uprising of the Americans in Texas27. After the World War I, the result of the ______ was the emergence of the ___B___.A. Peace Conference, Treaty of ParisB. Paris Conference, Versailles Treaty SystemC. Teheran Conference, V ersailles Treaty SystemD. Paris Conference, Munich Agreement28. _D_____ was not an idealist, not a dreamer, so he presented to Congress his program knownas ______.A. John F. Kennedy, the New FrontierB. Theodore Roosevelt, the New DealC. Woodrow Wilson, the program of New FreedomD. Franklin D. Roosevelt, the New Deal29. The decision of the setting-up of a world organization—the United Nations was made at the__A____.A. Yalta ConferenceB. Geneva ConferenceC. Teheran ConferenceD. Paris Conference30. The Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union basically originated from___D___.A. their different goals during the Second World WarB. their different attitudes toward GermanyC. their different attitudes toward Eastern EuropeD. their separate concepts of postwar world order31. The real purpose of the Marshal Plan is to ___D___. prevent Western Europe from possible Soviet expansionA. prevent Greece and Turkey from falling into the hands of the Soviet UnionB. support any country which said it was fighting against CommunismC. help Western Europe recover from the disrupted industrial productionD. prevent Western Europe from possible Soviet expansion32. Which of the following is NOT true about McCarthyism? DA. It was the reflection of anti-Communism on the American society.B. It refers to the anti-Communist hysteria in the United States.C. The court played a role in approving the lawfulness of anti-Communist activities.D. It frightened a large number of Americans who felt it would be more dangerous to conformthan to disagree with the majority.33. During the Cuban Missile古巴导弹Crisis, President __C____ decided to use the naval forceto prevent military material and arms from getting into Cuba.A. Franklin D. RooseveltB. Harry TrumanC. John F. KennedyD. Ronald Reagan34. After the Geneva Conference, the United States replaced ______ and became the main force inproviding aid for ____B__.A. France, the North Vietnam governmentB. France, the South Vietnam governmentC. Britain, the North Vietnam governmentD. Britain, the South Vietnam government35. After the Watergate scandal happened in 1972, the President __D____ had to resign. He is thefirst president to do so in the U.S. history.A. Ronald ReaganB. Harry TrumanC. John F. KennedyD. Richard Nixon36. ___A___ was elected president because in the late 1970s, the American society turnedconservative.A. Ronald ReaganB. Jimmy CarterC. Richard M. NixonD. George Bush37. In America, the two major parties are really not very different today. But on economic issues,the ______ traditionally favors government intervention while the __A____ stresses the role of the market more.A. Democratic Party, Republican PartyB. Republican Party, Democratic PartyC. Whig Party, Democratic PartyD. Whig Party, Republican Party38. According to the Constitution, the American President must take care that all laws be faithfullyexecuted. To carry out this responsibility, he presides over __B____ of the federal government.A. the legislative branchB. the executive branchC. the judicial branchD. the American Congress39. According to the American Constitution, the Vice President shall be President of __A____.A. the SenateB. the CongressC. the House of RepresentativesD. the Cabinet40. The six goals set by President Bush in his "America 2000" Plan are all the following EXCEPT__B____.A. eliminating drugs and violence from the schoolB. improving the nation’s high-school graduation rate to at least 80%C. requiring students to demonstrate competency in English, mathematics, science, history andgeographyD. ensuring that all adult Americans were literate41. Although relatively small in area, Ireland is large enough to show distinct regional variationsin _A_____.A. climateB. ethnic minoritiesC. religionD. language42. Ireland’s population has been __C____ during the past 100 years.A. stableB. increasingC. on declineD. doubled43. New Zealand is about 1,500 km to the ___B___.A. northeast of AustraliaB. southeast of AustraliaC. northwest of AustraliaD. southwest of Australia44. The first British settlers came to New Zealand in 1840 through ____A__, and they hoped tostart model colonies by planned migration.A. the New Zealand CompanyB. the British East India CompanyC. a private immigration agencyD. the Dutch East India Company45. Canada is bounded on the north by ______, on the west by ______, and on the east by___A___.A. the Arctic Ocean, the Pacific Ocean, the Atlantic OceanB. Antarctica, the Pacific Ocean, the Atlantic OceanC. the Arctic Ocean, the Atlantic Ocean, the Pacific OceanD. Antarctica, the Atlantic Ocean, the Pacific Ocean46. In 1971, the Canadian Government adopted a policy of ___D___, recognizing that culturalpluralism within a bilingual framework was the essence of the Canadian identity.A. unilingualismB. multilingualismC. biculturalismD. multiculturalism47. According to the new federal Immigration Act (1978), the following are the fundamentalobjectives of Canadian immigration law EXCEPT __D____.A. family reunionB. concern for refugees难民C. promotion of the economic development of the countryD. preservation of British culture48. Which of the following is the longest river in Australia? AA. The Murray.B. The Clutha.C. The Swan River.D. The Shannon River.49. The following animals are unique to Australia EXCEPT ___C___.A. kangaroosB. emusC. budgerigarsD. koalas50. The dominant aspect of Aboriginal culture was ___D___.A. rock paintings and story-tellingB. religious ceremoniesC. the DreamtimeD. the balance between the people and their environmentII. Answer the Questions. (30 points, 3 points for each)51. What is the cause of the decline of the British Empire?52. Why is the English Civil War also called the Puritan Revolution?53. What dose the British Parliament consist of?54. Why did the American Civil War break out?55. What are the two special powers of the Senate in America?56. Why is the board of trustees which governs American colleges and universities composedprimarily of laymen?57. Under what treaty was modern New Zealand founded?58. What happened to the French colony after the Seven Years’ War between Britain and France?59. What happened after the English king was declared the head of the Church of Ireland,replacing the Pope?60. How many political divisions are there in Australia? What are they?III. Term Explanation. (20 points, 5 points for each)Directions: Explain each of the following terms in English. Write your answers in the corresponding space on the Answer Sheet in around 40 words.61. NHS62. Whigs and Tories63. Electoral College64. "Manifest Destiny"。

全国2009年07月自学考试英语阅读(一)真题

全国2009年7月高等教育自学考试英语阅读(一)试题课程代码：00595请将答案填在答题纸相应的位置上。

全部题目用英文作答(翻译题除外)I. Careful Reading. (40 points, 2 points for each)Directions: Read the following passages carefully. Decide on the best answers and then write the corresponding letters on your Answer Sheet.Passage OneQuestions 1 to 5 are based on the following passage.By 1970, according to a World Wildlife Fund report, only about 4,500 tigers survived throughout the world—half of them in India. Mr. Foresters, who followed and counted tiger footprints, estimated that in May 1972 only about 1,800 tigers existed in India. Project Tiger supported by W. W. F. was immediately launched. Nine tiger reserves were created, with armed guards protecting them.The project provided opportunities for researchers from India and abroad to study tigers in the reserves and gather previously unavailable information about their habits. Studies show that a male tiger may control a hunting territory of between 10 and 20 sq. kilometers, depending on its age, size and strength. The territory of a male includes the smaller territories of three or four tigresses. A tiger marks the boundaries of its territory by spraying urine and other bodily liquids on bushes. But it tries to avoid territorial fights, being guided by the distinctive body smell of other tigers. Tigers fight to death only when a tigress is defending her young baby, or when a tiger is guarding a tigress from the attention of other males.The popular image of the tiger is that of a merciless and unconquerable hunter.But studies show that it catches only one of 20 victims it tries to attack.Fears have recently developed that Project Tiger has been too successful. It has enabled the tiger population to double (by mid-80s) but India's human population has also grown out of control. Currently it is 750 million and likely to be 900 million by the end of the century. Land problem is becoming serious and many rural people feel bitter about the fact that some rich forests are reserved for tigers. A growing number of attacks by tigers on man have added to the hostility.1. The ultimate aim of Project Tiger is to ______.浙00595# 英语阅读(一)试题第 1 页共 15 页A. protect tigers from being killedB. study the growth rate of tigersC. promote the breeding of young tigersD. analyze the behavioral patterns of tigers2. Studies have shown that ______.A. a tigress never attacks until attackedB. the tigress is not as fierce as the tigerC. the tiger is not an efficient hunter as is commonly describedD. a tiger usually fights another tiger to defend its own territory3. According to the passage, a tiger's territory ______.A. remains unchangedB. is often defended by tigressesC. is the cause of most fightsD. expands as the tiger grows up4. Some people are afraid that Project Tiger ______.A. has failed to achieve its goalB. has not received enough attentionC. has been carried too farD. is not worth the money spent on it5. The author seems to ______.A. have a matter-of-fact attitude towards Project TigerB. be enthusiastic about Project TigerC. have a hostile attitude towards Project TigerD. be satisfied with Project TigerPassage TwoQuestions 6 to 10 are based on the following passage.Central Park, emerging from a period of abuse and neglect, remains one of the most popular attractions in New York City, with half a million out-of-towners among the more than 3 million people who visit the park yearly. About 15 million individual visits are made each year.Summer is the season for softball, concerts and Shakespeare; fall is sunning; winter is wonderful for sledding, skating and skiing; and springtime is the loveliest of all. It was all planned that way.About 130 years ago Frederic Olmsted and his collaborator Calvert Vaux submitted their landscaping plan for a rectangular parcel two miles north of the town's center. The barren swamp浙00595# 英语阅读(一)试题第 2 页共 15 页was reported as “a spot where miasmic (瘴气的) odors pollute every breath of air." It took 16 years for workers with pickaxe and shovels to move 5 million cubic feet of earth and rock, and to plant half a million trees and shrubs, making a tribute to nature—a romantic 19th-century perception of nature.What exists today is essentially Olmsted and Vaux's plan, with more trees, buildings and roads. Landscape architects still speak reverently of Olmsted's genius and foresight, and the sensitive visitor can see the effects he sought.6. The passage is mainly concerned with ______.A. the lives of Olmsted and VauxB. New York City's tourist industryC. examples of nineteenth-century art in New York CityD. the development of Central Park7. According to the passage, ______ is the prettiest time of a year in Central Park.A. winterB. springC. summerD. fall8. It can be inferred that the “rectangular parcel" mentioned in the third paragraph is ______.A. the site of Central ParkB. a gift presented to New YorkC. a skyscraper in New YorkD. the proposed design for Central Park9. According to the passage, before Olmsted and Vaux began their work, the area now occupied by Central Park was ______.A. a romantic placeB. an infertile, marshy spaceC. a green and hilly parkD. a baseball field10. It can be inferred from the passage that today's landscape architects praise Olmsted for his______.A. enthusiasm for sportB. skill at designing factoriesC. concern for New York's homeless peopleD. foresight in anticipating New York's urbanization浙00595# 英语阅读(一)试题第 3 页共 15 页Passage ThreeQuestions 11 to 15 are based on the following passage.What does a scientist do when he or she “explains”something? Scientific explanation comes in two forms: generalization and reduction. Most psychologists deal with generalization. They explain particular instances of behavior as examples of general laws. For instance, most psychologists would explain a pathologically (病态的;病理的) strong fear of dogs as an example of classical conditioning. Presumably, the person was frightened earlier in life by a dog. An unpleasant stimulus was paired with the sight of the animal (perhaps the person was knocked down by an irritated dog) and the subsequent sight of dogs evokes the earlier response—fear.Most physiologists deal with reduction. Phenomena are explained in terms of simpler phenomena. For example, the movement of a muscle is explained in terms of changes in the membrane (膜) of muscle cells, entry of particular chemicals, and interactions between protein molecules (分子) within these cells. A molecular biologist would “explain”these events in terms of forces that bind various molecules together and cause various parts of these molecules to be attracted to one another.The task of physiological psychology is to “explain”behavior in physiological terms. Like other scientists, physiological psychologists believe that all natural phenomena—including human behavior—are subject to the laws of physics. Thus, the laws of behavior can be reduced to descriptions of physiological processes.How does one study the physiology of behavior? Physiological psychologists cannot simply be reductionists. It is not enough to observe behaviors and correlate them with physiological events that occur at the same time. Identical behaviors, under different conditions, may occur for different reasons and thus be initiated by different physiological mechanisms. This means that we must understand “psychologically” why a particular behavior occurs before we can understand what physiological events made it occur.11. The passage mainly discusses __A. the difference between “scientific” and “unscientific” explanationsB. the difference between human and animal behaviorC. how fear would be explained by the psychologist, physiologist and molecularbiologist浙00595# 英语阅读(一)试题第 4 页共 15 页D. how scientists differ in their approaches to explaining natural phenomena12. The word “deal” in the first paragraph could best be replaced by ______.A. studyB. bargainC. are playingD. are concerned13. Which of the following is most clearly analogous to the example in the passage of the personwho fears dogs?A. A child chokes on a fishbone and as an adolescent is reluctant to eat fishB. A person feels lonely and after a while buys a dog for companionship.C. A child studies science in school and later grows up to become a teacher.D. A person hears that a snowstorm is predicted and in that evening is afraid to drive home.14. According to the passage, ______ is important in explaining a muscle movement.A. the flow of blood to the musclesB. classical conditioningC. protein interactionD. the entry of unpleasant stimuli through the cell membrane15. The author implies that ______ is the type of scientific explanation most likely used by amolecular biologist.A. experimentationB. reductionC. interactionD. generalizationPassage FourQuestions 16 to 20 are based on the following passage.“High tech” and “state of the art” are two expressions that describe very modern technology. High tech is just a shorter way of saying high technology. And high technology describes any invention, system or device that uses the newest ideas or discoveries of science and engineering.What is high tech? A computer is high tech. So is a communications satellite. A moderm manufacturing system is surely high tech.High tech became a popular expression in the United States during the early 1980's. Because of improvements in technology, people could buy many new kinds of products in American stores, such as home computers, microwave ovens, etc.“State of the art” is something that is as modern as possible. It is a product that is based on 浙00595# 英语阅读(一)试题第 5 页共 15 页the very latest methods and technology. Something that is “state of the art” is the newest possible design or product of a business or industry. A state-of-the-art television set, for example, uses the most modern electronic design and parts. It is the best that one can buy.“State of the art” is not a new expression. Engineers have used it for years to describe the best and most modern way of doing something.Millions of Americans began to use the expression in the late 1970's. The reason was the computer revolution.Every computer company claimed that its computers were “state of the art”.Computer technology changed so fast that a state-of-the-art computer today might be old tomorrow. The expression “state of the art”became as common and popular as computers themselves. Now all kinds of products are said to be “state of the art”.16. The purpose of the passage is to ______.A. tell how “high tech” and “state of the art” have developedB. give examples of high techC. tell what “high tech” and “state of the art” areD. describe very modern technology17. It can be inferred from the passage that ______.A. American stores could provide new kinds of products to the peopleB. high tech describes a technology that is not traditionalC. “state of the art” is not as popular as “high tech”D. a wooden plough pulled by oxen is “state of the art”18. All the following examples are high tech EXCEPT ______.A. a microwave ovenB. a home computerC. a hand pumpD. a satellite19. Which of the following statements is NOT true?A. Since the computer revolution, the expression “state of the art” has become popular.B. “State of the art” means something that is the best one can buy.C. With the rapid development of computer technology, a state-of-the-art computer may easilybecome out of date.D. All kinds of products are “state of the art” nowadays.浙00595# 英语阅读(一)试题第 6 页共 15 页20. The best title for the passage is ______.A. Computer TechnologyB. High Tech and State of the ArtC. Most Advanced TechnologyD. Two New ExpressionsII. Speed Reading. (10 points, 1 point for each)Directions: Skim or scan the following passages. Decide on the best answers and then write the corresponding letters on your Answer Sheet.Passage FiveQuestions 21-25 are based on the following passage.In the United States, it is important to be on time, or punctual, for an appointment, a class, a meeting, etc. This may not be true in all countries, however. An American professor discovered this difference while teaching a class in a Brazilian university. The two-hour class was scheduled to begin at 10 A.M.. On the first day, when the professor arrived on time, no one was in the classroom. Many students came after 10 A. M.. Several arrived after 10:30 A. M.. Two students came after 11 A. M.. Although all the students greeted the professor as they arrived, few apologized for their lateness. Were these students being rude? He decided to study the students' behavior.The professor talked to American and Brazilian students about lateness in both an informal and a formal situation: lunch with a friend, and a university class. He gave them an example and asked them how they would react. If they had a lunch appointment with a friend, the average American students thought of lateness as 19 minutes after the agreed time. On the other hand, the average Brazilian students felt the friend was late after 33 minutes.In an American university, students are expected to arrive at the appointed hour. However, in Brazil, neither the teacher nor the students always arrive at the appointed hour. Classes not only begin at the scheduled time in the United States, but they also end at the scheduled time. In the Brazilian class, only a few students left the class at noon; many remained past 12:30 to discuss the class and ask more questions. While arriving late may not be very important in Brazil, neither is staying late.The explanation for these differences is complicated. People from Brazilian and North American cultures have different feelings about lateness. In Brazil, the students believe that a person who usually arrives late is probably more successful than a person who is always on time.浙00595# 英语阅读(一)试题第 7 页共 15 页If a Brazilian is late for an appointment with a North American, the American may misunderstand the reason for the lateness and become angry.As a result of his study, the professor learned that the Brazilian students were not being disrespectful to him. Instead they were simply behaving the natural way for a Brazilian student in Brazil. Later, the professor was able to change his own behavior to feel comfortable in the new culture.21. The word “punctual” in the first paragraph means ______ in the passage.A. to be respectfulB. to be disrespectfulC. to be on timeD. to be late22. In Brazil if they have a lunch appointment with a friend, the average Brazilian students willthink of lateness as ______.A. 19 minutes after the agreed timeB. 33 minutes after the agreed timeC. after 12:30D. after 11 A. M.23. In the Brazilian class, ______ didn't leave the class at noon, but remained to discuss the classand ask more questions.A. only a few studentsB. many studentsC. more important studentsD. more successful students24. In Brazil, the students believe that ______.A. a person who usually arrives early is probably more successful than a person who is alwayson timeB. a person who usually arrives on time is probably more successful than a person who isalways earlyC. a person who usually arrives on time is probably more successful than a person who isalways lateD. a person who usually arrives late is probably more successful than a person who is alwayson time25. We can infer from the passage that the professor felt comfortable in Brazil after a period oftime because he probably ______.A. made his students come to class on timeB. gave up his job and enjoyed his stay there浙00595# 英语阅读(一)试题第 8 页共 15 页C. also went to class lateD. criticized the students whenever they were latePassage SixQuestions 26-30 are based on the following passage.There are several places in the world that are famous for people who live a very long time. These places are usually in mountainous areas, far away from modern cities. Doctors, scientists and public health experts often travel to these regions to solve the mystery of a long, healthy life. The experts hope to bring to the modern world the secrets of longevity.Hunza is high in the Himalayan Mountains of Asia. There, many people over one hundred years of age are still in good physical health. Men of ninety are new fathers, and women of fifty still have babies.People in the Caucasus Mountains are also famous for their longevity. In this area, there are amazing examples of very long-lived people. Although birth records are not usually available, a woman called Tsurba probably lived until age 160; a man called Shirali may have lived until age 168. His widow was 120 years old. In general, the people not only live a long time, but they also live well. They are almost never sick, and when they die, they have not only their own teeth but also a full head of hair and good eyesight.Vilcabamba, Ecuador, is another area famous for the longevity of its people. This region—like Hunza and the Caucasus—is also in high mountains, far away from cities. In Vilcabamba, too, there is very little serious disease. One reason for the good health of the people might be the clean, beautiful environment. The temperature is about 70° Fahrenheit all year long; the wind always comes from the same direction; and the region is rich in flowers, fruit, vegetables and wildlife.In some ways, the diets of the people in the three regions are quite different. Hunzukuts eat mainly raw vegetables, fruit and chapattis—a kind of pancake; they eat meat only a few times a year. The Caucasian diet consists mainly of milk, cheese, vegetables, fruit and meat; most people there drink the local red wine daily. In Vilcabamba, people eat a small amount of meat each week, but the diet consists largely of grain, corn, beans, potatoes and fruit.Experts found one surprising fact in the mountains of Ecuador: most people there, even the very old, drink a lot of coffee, large amounts of alcohol, and smoke forty to sixty cigarettes daily!浙00595# 英语阅读(一)试题第 9 页共 15 页However, the diets are similar in two general ways: (1) the fruits and vegetables that the people of the three areas eat are all natural; that is, they contain no chemicals; and (2) the people take in fewer calories than people do in other parts of the world. A typical North American takes in an average of 3,300 calories every day; a typical inhabitant of these mountainous areas, between 1,700 and 2,000 calories.Inhabitants in the three regions have more in common than calories, natural food, their mountains and their distance from modern cities. Because these people live in the countryside and are mostly farmers, their lives are physically hard. Thus, they do not need to go to health clubs because they get a lot of exercises in their daily work. In addition, although their lives are hard, the people do not seem to have the worries of city people. Their lives are quiet. So, some experts believe that physical exercise and freedom from worry “might be the two most important secrets of longevity.26. According to the writer, experts travel to the areas where people live a long time to ______.A. find the secret medicine of longevityB. buy the secret medicine of longevityC. find out the reasons for longevityD. live a long life themselves27. The three mountainous areas the writer mentioned in this passage are ______.A. Hunza, Himalayan Mountains and AsiaB. Hunza, Caucasus Mountains and VilcabambaC. Hunza, Caucasus Mountains and AsiaD. Hunza, Himalayan Mountains and Vilcabamba28. According to the writer, people in the Caucasus Mountains not only live a long life, but also______.A. enjoy good healthB. are good-lookingC. do a lot of readingD. eat a lot of sweets29. It can be inferred from the passage that smoking heavily ______.A. seriously affects people’s healthB. does not affect people’s health at allC. may not affect people’s health浙00595# 英语阅读(一)试题第 10 页共 15 页D. may affect people’s health30. According to the passage, we should ______ in order to live a long life.A. never eat meatB. live a care-free lifeC. not drink too much coffeeD. eat raw vegetablesIII. Discourse Cloze. (10 points, 1 point for each)Directions: The following passage is taken from the textbook. Read the passage and fill in the numbered spaces (there are more suggested answers than necessary). Write your answers on the Answer Sheet.To avoid the various foolish opinions to which mankind are prone, no superhuman genius is required. 31. ______.32. ______. Aristotle could have avoided the mistake of thinking that women have fewer teeth than men, by the simple device of asking Mrs. Aristotle to keep her mouth open while he counted. 33. ______. Thinking that you know when in fact you don’t is a fatal mistake, to which we are all prone. I believe myself that hedgehogs eat black beetles, because I have been told that they do; but if I were writing a book on the habits of hedgehogs, 34. ______. Aristotle, however, was less cautious. Ancient and medieval authors knew all about unicorns and salamanders; not one of them thought it necessary to avoid dogmatic statements about them because he had never seen one of them.Many matters, however, are less easily brought to the test of experience. If, like most of mankind, you have passionate convictions on many such matters, there are ways in which you can make yourself aware of your own bias. 35. ______. If some one maintains that two and two are five, or that Iceland is on the equator, you feel pity rather than anger, unless you know so little of arithmetic or geography that his opinion shakes your own contrary conviction. The most savage controversies are those about matters as to which there is no good evidence either way. Persecution is used in theology, not in arithmetic, 36. ______. So whenever you find yourself getting angry about a difference of opinion, be on your guard; you will probably find, on examination, that your belief is going beyond what the evidence warrants.浙00595# 英语阅读(一)试题第 11 页共 15 页37. ______. When I was young, I lived much outside my own country—in France, Germany, Italy, and the United States. I found this very profitable in diminishing the intensity of insular prejudice. If you cannot travel, seek out people with whom you disagree, and read a newspaper belonging to a party that is not yours. 38. ______, perverse, and wicked, remind yourself that you seem so to them. In this opinion both parties may be right, but they cannot both be wrong. This reflection should generate a certain caution.39. ______. This has one advantage, and only one, as compared with actual conversation with opponents; this one advantage is that the method is not subject to the same limitations of time or space. Mahatma Gandhi deplores railways and steamboats and machinery; he would like to undo the whole of the industrial revolution. 40. ______, because in Western countries most people take the advantage of modern technique for granted. But if you want to make sure that you are right in agreeing with the prevailing opinion, you will find it a good plan to test the arguments that occur to you by considering what Gandhi might say in refutation of them. I have sometimes been led actually to change my mind as a result of this kind of imaginary dialogue, and, short of this, I have frequently found myself growing less dogmatic and cocksure through realizing the possible reasonableness of a hypothetical opponent.(From How to Avoid the Foolish Opinions)A. You may never have an opportunity of actually meeting any one who holds this opinionB. Be very wary of opinions that flatter your self-esteemC. If an opinion contrary to your own makes you angry, that is a sign that you are subconsciouslyaware of having no good reason for thinking as you doD. He did not do so because he thought he knewE. For those who have enough psychological imagination, it is a good plan to imagine an argumentwith a person having a different biasF. If you are a man, you can point out that most poets and men of science are male; if you are a woman, you can retort that so are most criminalsG. A few simple rules will keep you, not from all error, but from silly errorH. I should not commit myself until I had seen one enjoying this unappetizing dietI. A good way of riding yourself of certain kinds of dogmatism is to become aware of opinions held in social circles different from your own浙00595# 英语阅读(一)试题第 12 页共 15 页浙00595# 英语阅读(一)试题第 13 页共 15 页J. because in arithmetic there is knowledge, but in theology there is only opinionK. If the people and the newspaper seem madL. If the matter is one that can be settled by observation, make the observation yourself IV . Word Formations. (10 points, 1 point for each)Directions: Complete each of the following sentences with the proper form of the word in the brackets. Write your answers on the Answer Sheet.41. (confuse) The old man looked in ______ at his new surroundings, after he got off thebus.42. (reject) He keeps applying for jobs but constant ______ have discouraged him.43. (predict) With the development of science and technology, such natural disasters asearthquake and hurricane are not ______.44. (immense) The revival of the railroad service will be ______ beneficial for the speedymovement of passengers and cargo.45. (accord) The mayor must make policies in ______ with the bill passed in the Congress.46. (pursue) The whole magazine is produced and edited in the ______ of excellence.47. (destroy) Those anticancer drugs are effective, but also ______ to white blood cells.48. (hesitate) The employee has no slightest ______ in rejecting his employer's unreasonabledemand.49. (certain) Some economic experts are ______ whether the world economy in 2009 willbecome better or continue to decline.50. (confident) Nobody can answer that question with complete ______ at this stage. V . Gap Filling. (10 points, 1 point for each)Directions: The following passage is taken from the textbook. Fill in the numbered gaps with the correct form of the words or phrases in the box (there are more words than necessary).Write your answers on the Answer Sheet.English is now the international language for airline pilots, scientists, medical experts, businessmen and many others. 51. ______, more and more people are learning it. The BBC'sEnglish teaching programmes are broadcast daily to four continents and supplied to radio stations in 120 countries. Films and video are on the air or used in institutions in over 100 countries. All this helps to add more speakers to the estimated 100 million who use English as a second language. The 52. ______ to learn English has reached even China. The main reason for the upsurge in interest is recent increase in China’s contacts with the outside world.Unlike many other widely used languages, English can be correctly used in a very simple form with less than one thousand words and very few grammatical rules. This was pointed out in the 1920's by two Cambridge scholars, Ogden and Richards, who 53. ______ a system called “Basic English”. Another reason for the popularity of English is that English-speaking countries are spread throughout the world. An 54. ______ 310 million people in Britain, the U.S.A., Canada, Australia, South Africa, etc. use English as their mother tongue. Also in former British colonial areas in Africa and Asia where many local languages are spoken, no 55. ______ language has been found which would make a suitable substitute for English.In Delhi, although nationalists would prefer to phase out the use of English, the man from South India finds English more 56. ______ than Hindi, while the northerner 57. ______ English to any of the southern languages. Tuming from India to Africa, a similar problem exists. However reluctant African nations are to use English and, as it were, subject themselves to a kind of “cultural imperialism”, there seems to be no alternative language which will do the job of 58. ______ effectively.The view 59. ______ spreading the use of English is entirely beneficial has its opponents. Some teachers who have returned from overseas consider it creates a wider gap between those who are educated and those who have little or no education. Nevertheless, in many parts of the world, the technical and scientific knowledgeneeded to develop a country’s resources and improve people’s living conditions, is just not available in the mother tongue. A second language opens the door to the worldwide sharing of skills and 60. ______ in science, engineering and medicine.(From English World-Wide) VI. Short Answer Questions. (10 points, 5 points for each)Directions: The following 2 questions are based on Passage Four in this test paper. Read the passage carefully again and answer the questions briefly by referring back to Passage Four. Write your answers on the Answer Sheet.浙00595# 英语阅读(一)试题第 14 页共 15 页。

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全国2009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的位置上（全部题目用英文作答）PART ONE (40 POINTS)I．Multiple Choice(40 points in all, 1 for each)Select from the four choices of each item the one that best answers the question or completes the statement. Write your answers in the corresponding space on the answer sheet.1. The first mass movement of the English working class and the early sign of the awakening of the poor, oppressed people is_____.A. The Enclosure MovementB. The Protestant ReformationC. The Enlightenment MovementD. The Chartist Movement2. Daniel Defoe’s works are all the following EXCEPT_____.A. Moll FlandersB. A Tale of a TubC. A Journal of the Plague YearD. Colonel Jack3. “Metaphysical Poetry” refers to the works of the 17th - century writers who wrote under the influence of _____.A. John DonneB. Alexander PopeC. Christopher MarloweD. John Milton4. The most important play among Shakespeare’s comedies is _____.A. A Midsummer Night’s DreamB. The Merchant of VeniceC. As You Like ItD. Twelfth Night5. The most perfect example of the verse drama after Greek style in English is Milton’s _____.A. Paradise LostB. Paradise RegainedC. Samson AgonistesD. Areopagitica6. Which of the following descriptions of Enlightenment Movement is NOT true?A. It was a progressive intellectual movement that flourished in France.B. It was a furtherance of the Renaissance of the 15th and 16th centuries.C. The purpose was to enlighten the whole world with moderu philosophical and artistic ideas.D. The Enlighteners advocate individual education.7. Neoclassicists had some fixed laws and rules for prose EXCEPT_____.A. being preciseB. being directC. being flexibleD. being satiric8. A good style of prose“proper works in proper places”was defined by_____.A. John MiltonB. Henry FieldingC. Jonathan SwiftD.T.S. Eliot9. The major theme of Jane Austen’s novels is_____.A. love and moneyB. money and social statusC. social status and marriageD. love and marriage10. Wordsworth’s_____ is perhaps the most anthologized poem in English literature.A. “To a Skylark”B. “I Wondered Lonely as a Cloud”C. “An Evening Walk”D. “My Heart Leaps Up”11. William Blake’s work ______ marks his entry into maturity.A. Songs of ExperienceB. Marriage of Heaven and HellC. Songs of InnocenceD. The Book of Los12. Best of all the Romantic well- known lyric pieces is Shelley’s_____.A. “The Cloud”B. “To a Skylark”C. “Ode to a Nightingale”D. “Ode to the West Wind”13. In the Victorian Period _____ became the most widely read and the most vital and challenging expression of progressive thought.A. poetryB. novelC. proseD. drama14. In Charles Dickens’early novels, he attacks one or more specific social evils, _____is a good example of describing the dehumanizing workhouse system and the dark, criminal underworld life.A. David CopperfieldB. Oliver TwistC. Great ExpectationsD. Dombey and Son15. Thomas Hardy’s most cheerful and idyllic work is_____.A. The Return of the NativeB. Far from the Maddin CrowdC. Under the Greenwood TreeD. The Woodlanders16. The rise of _____ and new science greatly incited modernist writers to make new explorations on human natures and human relationships.A. the existentialistic ideaB. the irrational philosophyC. scientific socialismD. social Darwinism17. In Modern English literature, the literary interest of _____ lay in the tracing of the psychological development of his characters and in his energetic criticism of the dehu-manizing effect of the capitalist industrialization on human nature. A. George Bernard Shaw B.T.S. EliotC. Oscar WildeD.D.H. Lawrence18. George Bernard Shaw’s _____ is a better play of the later period, with the author’s almost nihilistic bitterness on the subjects of the cruelty and madness of WWI and the aimlessness and disillusion of the young.A. Too True to Be GoodB. Mrs. Warren’s ProfessionC. Widowers’HousesD. Fanny’s First Play19. Renaissance first started in Italy, with the flowering of the following fields EXCEPT_____.A. architectureB. paintingC. sculptureD. literature20. English Romanticism,as a historical phase of literature,is generally said to have begun with the publication of Wordsworth and Coleridge’s_____.A. Poetical SketchesB. A Defence of PoetryC. Lyrical BalladsD. The Prelude21. Charlotte Bront e ’s work _____ is famous for the depiction of the life of the middle - class working women, particularly governesses.A. Jane EyreB. Wuthering HeightsC. The ProffessorD. Shirley22. The Waste Land by T. S. Eliot is a poem concerned with the _____ breakup of a modern civilization in which human life has lost its meaning, significance and purpose.A. spiritualB. religiousC. politicalD. physical23. Perhaps Emily Dickinson’s greatest interpretation of the moment of _____ is to be found in “I heard a Fly buzz--when I died—”, a poem universally regarded as one of her masterpieces.A. fantasyB. birthC. crisisD. death24. The fiction of the American _____ period ranges from the comic fables of Washing-ton Irving to the social realism of Rebecca Harding Davis.A. RomanticB. RevolutionaryC. ColonialD. Modernistic25. The modern _____ technique was frequently and skillfully exploited by Faulkner to emphasize the reactions and inner musings of the narrator.A. stream - of - consciousnessB. flashbackC. mosaicD. narrative and argumentative26. By means of “_____,”Whitman believed, he has turned the poem into an openfield, an area of vital possibility where the reader can allow his own imagination to play.A. balanced structureB. free verseC. fixed verseD. regular rhythm27. In 1954, _____ was awarded the Nobel Prize for “his powerful style -forming mas tery of the art”of creating modern fiction.A. Ernest HemingwayB. Sherwood AndersonC. Stephen CraneD. Henry James28. The period ranging from 1865 to 1914 has been referred to as the Age of _____ in the literary history of the United States, which is actually a movement or tendency that dominated the spirit of American literature.A. RationalismB. RomanticismC. RealismD. Modernism29. When he was eighty - seven he read his poetry at the inauguration of President John F. Kennedy in 1961. This poet was_____.A. Ezra PoundB. Robert FrostC. E. E. CummingsD. Wallace Stevens30. The renowned American critic H. L. Mencken regarded _____ as “the true fa ther of our national literature.”A. Bret HarteB. Walt WhitmanC. Washington IrvingD. Mark Twain31. We can easily find in Theodore Dreiser’s fiction a world of jungle, where “kill or to be killed”was the law. Dreiser’s _____ found expression in almost every book he wrote.A. naturalismB. romanticismC. cubismD. classicalism32. A preoccupation with the Calvinistic view of _____ and the mystery of evil marked the works of Hawthorne, Melville and a host of lesser writers.A. love and mercyB. bitterness and hatredC. original sinD. eternal life33. “H e possessed none of the usual aids to a writer’ s career: no money, no friend in power, no formal education worthy of mention, no family tradition in letters. ”This is a description most suitable to the American writer_____.A. Henry JamesB. Theodore DreiserC. W.D. Howells D. Nathaniel Hawthorne34. People generally considered _____ to be Henry James’ masterpiece, which incar nates the clash between the Old World and the New in the life journey of an American girl in a European cultural environment.A. The EuropeansB. Daisy MillerC. The Portrait of A LadyD. The Private Life35. The Jazz Age of the 1920s characterized by frivolity and carelessness is brought vividly to life in_______.A. The Great GatsbyB. The Sun Also RisesC. The Grapes of WrathD. Tales of the Jazz Age36. Guided by the principle of adhering to the truthful treatment of life, the American _______ introduced industrial workers and farmers, ambitious businessmen and vagrants, prostitutes and unheroic soldiers as major characters in fiction.A. romanticistsB. modernistsC. psychologistsD. realists37. The American literary spokesman of the Jazz Age is often acclaimed to be_______.A. Henry JamesB. Robert FrostC. William FaulknerD.F. Scott Fitzgerald38. By writing Moby - Dick, _______ reached the most flourishing stage of his literary creativity.A. Herman MelvilleB. Edgar Ellen PoeC. William FaulknerD. Theodore Dreiser39. Faulkner once said that _____ is a story of “lost innocence,”which proves itself to be an intensification of the theme of imprisonment in the past.A. Light in AugustB. The Sound and the Fur yC. Absalom, Absalom!D. The Hamlet40. Hawthorne was not a Puritan himself, but his view of man and human history origina ted, to a great extent, in_______.A. CalvinismB. PuritanismC. RealismD. NaturalismPART TWO (60 POINTS)Ⅱ. 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. Behold her, single in the field,Yon solitary Highland lass!Reaping and singing by herself;Stop here, or gently pass!Alone she cuts and binds the grain,And sings a melancholy strain;O listen! For the Vale profoundIs overflowing with the sound.Questions:A. Identify the poet.B. What’ s the rhyme scheme for the stanza?C. What’s the theme of the poem?42. The following quotation is from Mrs. Warren’s Profession:VIVIE: [ intensely interested by this time] No; but why did you choose that business?Saving money and good management will succeed in any business.MRS. W ARREN: Yes, saving money. But where can a woman get the money to save in any other business? Could you save out of four shillings a week and keep yourself dressed as well? Not you. Of course, if you’ re a plainwoman and cant earn anything more ; or if you have a turn for music, or the stage, or newspaper - writing ;that’s different...Questions :A. Identify the playwright of the above quotation.B. What business do you think Mrs. Warren is involved in?C. What's the theme of the play?43. My little horse must think it queerTo stop without a farmhouse nearBetween the woods and frozen lakeThe darkest evening of the year.Questions:A. Identify the poet and the title of the poem from which this stanza is taken.B. What figure of speech is used in this stanza?C. Briefly interpret the meaning of this stanza.44. “Where are we going, Dad?”Nick asked.“Over to the Indian camp. There is an Indian lady very sick. ”“Oh,”said Nick.Across the bay they found the other boat beached. Uncle George was smoking a cigar in the dark. The young Indian pulled the boat way up on the beach. Uncle George gave both the Indians cigars.Questions :A. Identify the author and the title of the work from which the passage is taken.B. What does Dad imply when he says “There is an Indian lady very sick”?C. Why is Dad going to the Indian camp?Ⅲ. Questions and Answers (24 points in all, 6 for each)Give a brief answer to each of the following 9uestions in English. Write your answers in the corresponding space on the answer sheet.45. What’ s the literary style of Shelley as a Romantic poet?46. What are the main features of Bernard Shaw’s plays with regard to the theme, charac-terization and plot?47. Henry James’ literary criticism is an indispensable part of his contribution to literature. What’s his outlook in literar ycriticiam?48. Local colorism is a unique variation of American literary realism. Who is the most famous local colorist? What are localcolorists most concerned?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. Define modernism in English literature. Name two major modernistic British writers and list one major work by each.50. Briefly discuss the term “The Lost Generation”and name the leading figures of this literary movement (Give at leastthree).。