环球时代：2013英语专业考研(英美文学)模拟题(9)

环球时代：2013英语专业考研英美文学模拟试卷（9）I.British literature.(75points)A.Fill out the following blanks.(10points,1for each)1.Thomas Carlyle proved his favorite view of history:“The History of the World is the Biography of the Great Men”in his book____________________.2.___________by Charlotte Bronte is a realistic description of her sad and miserable experiences at a boarding school in Brussels.()3.The most autobiographical work in the creation of Charles Dickens is______________.4.In the literary field,the Victoria Period produced a group of women novelists,including the Bronte sisters,Mrs.Gaskell and_____________,though most of them used men’s names as pseudonyms because of the social prejudice against women.5.The Aesthetic Movement,represented by Oscar Wilde,who advocated his theory or slogan “___________”emerged towards the end of Victorian Age.6.When in1895Hardy was shocked and sickened by the reception of his last novel, ___________________,he was confirmed in his determination to write no more novels and to write only poetry.7.Among“The Big Three”of Victorian poets,Tennyson was the most popular and gained the title of“___________”.8.______________was imitated by many poets after Browning and brought to its most sophisticated form by T.S.Eliot in his The Love Song of J.Alfred Prufrock.9.In the late Victorian Period,British imperialism found his voice in the creation of Joseph Rudyard Kipling,who was the________English writer to win the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1907.10.The representative novel of Oscar Wilde is________________,whose hero is an embodiment of the aesthetic way of life.B.Define the following terms.(15points,3for each)1Dramatic monologue2Victoria Period3point of view4Flashback5critical realismC.Multiple Choice.(15points,0.5for each)1.Pip,Estella,Havisham,Magwitch,and Joe Gargery are most likely names of characters in__________.A.Oliver TwistB.David CopperfieldC.Bleak HouseD.Great Expectations2.A typical feature of the English__________literature is that writers became social and moralcritics,exposing all kinds of social evils.A.RenaissanceB.RomanticC.VictorianD.Medieval3.“So much the worse for me,that I am strong.Do I want to live?What kind of living will it bewhen you—oh,God!Would you like to live with your soul in the grave?”In the above passage quoted from Emily Brontё’s Wuthering Heights,the word“soul”apparently refers to__________.A.HeathcliffB.CatherineC.ghostD.one’s spiritual life4.“Do you think,because I am poor,obscure,plain,and little,I am soulless and heartless?...Andif God had gifted me with some beauty,and much wealth,I should have made it as hard for you to leave me,as it is now for me to leave you The above quoted passage is most probably taken from__________.A.Pride and PrejudiceB.Jane EyreC.Wuthering HeightsD.Great Expectations5.In Hardy’s Wessex novels,there is an apparent__________touch in his description of thesimple and beautiful though primitive rural life.A.humorousB.romanticC.nostalgicD.sarcastic6.Robert Browning’s My Last Duchess is composed in the form of a(n)__________.A.dramatic monologueB.extended metaphorC.syllogistic argumentD.dialogue7.“Oliver remained a close prisoner in the dark and solitary room to which he had been consignedby the wisdom and mercy of the board.Oliver Twist)In the above passage,Dickens uses the words“wisdom”and“mercy”__________.A.nonchalantlyB.carelesslyC.ironicallyD.impartially8.The title of Alfred Tennyson’s poem Ulysses reminds the reader of the following EXCEPT__________.A.the Trojan WarB.HomerC.questD.Christ9.“Damn the fool!There he is,cried Heathcliff,sinking back into his seat.‘Hush,my darling!Hush,hush,Catherine!I’ll stay.If he shot me so,I’d expire with a blessing on my lips.’”The novel from which the passage is taken must be__________.A.Jane Austen’s Pride and PrejudiceB.Charles Dickens’s The Old Curiosity ShopC.Samuel Richardson’s PamelaD.Emily Brontё’s Wuthering Heights10.Here is a passage from Middlemarch,a novel by George Eliot:“Her blooming full-pulsed youth stood there in a moral imprisonment which made itself one with the chill,colorless,narrowed landscape,with the shrunken furniture,the never-read books, and the ghostly stag in a pale fantastic world that seemed to be vanishing from the daylight.”Who is the lady mentioned in the quoted passage?A.Dorothea.B.Emma.C.Molly.D.Irene.11.The term tone in literature means__________.A.sound effect such as rhyme and metrical deviceB.the pitch of a word used to determine its meaning in the given contextC.the manner of expression to indicate the speaker’s attitude towards the subject.D.a shade of color to reflect the change of light12.The Victorian Age was largely an age of___________,eminently represented by Dickens andThackeray.A.poetryB.dramaC.novelD.epic prose13.Most of Thomas Hardy’s novels are set in Wessex__________.A.a crude region in EnglandB.a fictional primitive regionC.a remote rural areaD.Hardy’s hometown14.Which of the following statements about Emily Brontёis NOT true?A.She was famous for her Wuthering Heights.B.She wrote193poems.C.She lived a very short life.D.Her masterpiece is noted for its optimistic tone.15.Chronologically the Victorian Period refers to__________.A.1798-1832B.1836-1901C.the Romantic PeriodD.the Neoclassical Period16.Which of the following comments on Charles Dickens is NOT true?A.Dickens is one of the greatest critical realist writers of the Modern Period.B.His serious intention is to expose and criticize all the poverty,injustice,hypocrisy andcorruptness he sees all round him.C.The later works show the development of Dickens towards a highly conscious artist of themodern type.D.A Tale of Two Cities is one of his later works.17.The first two lines of Alfred Tennyson’s well-known poem“Break,Break,Break”read“Break,break,break,/On thy cold grey stones,O Sea!”The repeated word“Break”suggests __________.A.griefB.fearC.fondnessD.hatred18.Which of the following best describes the hero of Thomas Hardy’s The Mayor ofCasterbridge?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-sufficiency.19.Although writing from different points of view and with different techniques,writers in theVictorian 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 country20.Among the writings by George Eliot,__________is her only novel on English politics.A.Felix Holt,the RadicalB.MiddlemarchC.Daniel DerondaD.Romola21.The death-bed scenes of little Nell(The Old Curiosity Shop)and little Paul(Dombey and Son)are the vivid description by__________.A.Charles DickensB.William ShakespeareC.Thomas HardyD.George Bernard Shaw22.Robert Browning’s style is__________.A.identical with that of the other VictorianB.similar to that of TennysonC.perfectly artisticD.rough and disproportionate23.The title of the novel Vanity Fair was taken from__________.A.The Pilgrim’s ProgressB.Childe Harold’s PilgrimageC.Gulliver’s TravelsD.The Canterbury Tales24.__________,the pioneering woman,according to wrence,was the first novelist that“started putting all the actions inside.”A.George EliotB.Jane AustenC.Charlotte BrontёD.Emily Brontё25.The most distinguishing feature of Charles Dickens’s works lies in his___________.A.social criticismB.optimismC.character-portrayalD.social setting26.__________is an elaborate and powerful expression of Alfred Tennyson’s philosophical andreligious thoughts.A.Idylls of the KingB.UlyssesC.Poems,Chiefly LyricalD.In Memoriam27.__________works are known as“novels of characters and environment.” A.CharlesDickens’s B.Thomas Hardy’sC.Jane Austen’sD.George Eliot’s28.Which of the following poems is NOT written by Victorian poets?A.Break,Break,Break.B.My Last Duchess.C.In Memoriam.D.The Isles of Greece.29.“I hope to see my Pilot face to face/When I have crossed the bar.”The above sentence ispresented in a(n)__________tone.A.indifferentB.exaltedC.fearless and calmD.ironic30.In the novel__________,George Eliot sets herself to paint what she describes as“a life ofmistake,the offspring of a certain spiritual grandeur ill-matched with the meanness of opportunity A.Adam Bede B.The Mill on the FlossC.MiddlemarchD.Silas MarnerD.Read the following quotations and answer the questions.(20points,4for each)1.“Sunset and evening star,And one clear call for me!And may there be no moaning of the bar.When I put out to sea,”(Alfred Tennyson’s“Crossing the Bar”A.What is the meaning of“Crossing the BarB.What do the“Evening star”and“sea”mean?C.What was the setting when the poem was finished?2.“Her blooming full-pulsed youth stood there in a moral imprisonment which made itself onewith the chill,colorless,narrowed landscape,with the shrunken furniture,the never-read books, and the ghostly stag in pale fantastic world that seemed to be vanishing from the daylight.”A.Who is the lady mentioned in the passage?B.Identify the author and the novel.C.What kind of person is the heroine in this novel?3.“‘Yes,so,sir,’I rejoined:‘and yet not so;for you are a married man—or as good as a marriedman,and wed to one inferior to you—to one with whom you have no sympathy—whom I do not believe you truly love;for I have seen and heard you sneer at her.I would scorn such a union;therefore I am better than you—let me go!”A.Identify the author and the novel.B.Who is the speaker?C.What idea does the passage express?4.“Let it not be supposed by the enemies of‘the system’,that during the period of his solitaryincarceration,Oliver was denied the benefit of exercise,the pleasure of society,or the advantages of religious consolation.”A.Identify the author and the work.B.What is the tone of the narrator?C.What idea does the sentence express?5.“Still,it was strange that they should have come to her while yet so young;more that strange;it was impressive,interesting,pathetic.Not guessing the cause,there was nothing to remind him that experience is as to intensity,and not as to duration.Tess’s passing corporeal blight had been her mental harvest.”A.Identify the author and the title of the novel from which this passage is taken.B.Who does“him”refer to?C.What does the last sentence of the passage mean?E.Discuss the following questions briefly.(15points,3for each)1.“Round the cape of a sudden came the sea,And the sun looked over the mountain’s rim:And straight was a path of gold for him,And the need of a world of men for me.”Determine the title first and then discuss briefly the main idea of the whole poem.ment briefly on the theme of Jane Eyre.ment on the themes of George Eliot’s works.4.Thomas Hardy,living at the turn of the century,is often regarded as a transitional writer.Inhim we see the influence from both the past and the modern.Tess of the D’Urbervilles is one of his greatest works.Try to discuss the fate of Tess in this work.5.List the best-depicted characters of Charles Dickens.Ⅱ.American Literature(75points)A.Fill out the following blanks.(10points,1for each blank)1.Early in the1920s,the most prominent of the new American playwrights,whose name is __________,established an international reputation.2.__________wrote about the disintegration of the old social system in the American Southern States,and its effect on the lives of modern people,both black and white.3.Fitzgerald’s second novel__________,describes a handsome young man and his beautiful wife, undoubtedly modeled after himself and Zelda.4.Robert Frost’s first book__________brought him to the attention of influential critics,such as Ezra Pound,who praised him as an authentic poet.5.The American writers of the1950s often used the psychological insights taken from the writing of Sigmund__________and his followers.6.__________was successful in two fields of activity which did not seem compatible with one another:he was a very successful businessman and very remarkable contemporary poet at the same time.7.In1935,Steinbeck published__________,a collection of short stories which vividly described the life of poor Mexican-Americans with affection and humor.8.There are five parts in T.S.Eliot’s The Waste Land:“The Burial of the Dead”,“__________”,“The Fire Sermon”,“Death by Water”and“_________”.9.Arthur Miller’s__________deals with the relation between the family and the work.B.Define the following terms.(15points,3for each)1.The Imagist Movement2.Expressionism3.Imagism4.Determinism5.PostmodernismC.Multiple Choice.(15points,0.5for each)1.In a tragic sense,__________is a representation of life as a struggle against unconquerableforces in which only a partial victory is possible.A.The Old Man and the SeaB.In Our TimeC.A Farewell to ArmsD.For Whom the Bell Tolls2.Which of the following statements is NOT a typical feature of Frost’s poetry?A.It is usually presented in the dramatic monologue.B.It is rich in images,metaphors and symbols.C.Most of his poems are written in the form of free verse.D.Nature is one of the most important thematic concerns in his poetry.3.Ezra Pound’s long poem_________contained more than one hundred poems looselyconnected.A.The Waste LandB.The CantosC.Don JuanD.Queen Mab4.Eugene O’Neil’s The Hairy Ape explores the problem of__________in the early twentiethcentury.A.human disillusionmentB.the corruption of human desireC.the loss of human identityD.human responsibility5.Faulkner once said that__________is a story of“lost innocence,”which proves itself to be anintensification of the theme of imprisonment in the past.A.Light in AugustB.Go Down,MosesC.The Sound and the FuryD.Absalom,Absalom!6.That profound ideas are delivered under the disguise of the plain language and the simple formmay be a very appropriate statement to describe__________’s poetry.A.T.S.EliotB.Ezra PoundC.Emily DickinsonD.Robert Frost7.Which statement about Eugene O’Neil is NOT true?A.He was awarded the Nobel Prize.B.He experimented with expressionism.C.He has produced over40plays in his lifetime.D.His later works are generally inferior in quality.8.__________is Hemingway’s first true novel in which he depicts a vivid portrait of The LostGeneration.”A.A Farewell to ArmsB.The Sun Also RisesC.In Our TimeD.For Whom the Bell Tolls9.__________is not the work by Robert Frost.A.Home BurialB.The Road Not TakenC.After Apple-PickingD.I heard a Fly Buzz—when I died10.Nick Carraway is both a character and a narrator in the novel entitled__________.A.This Side of ParadiseB.The Sun Also RisesC.The Great GatsbyD.Tender is the Night11.When we say that a boy’s night journey into an Indian village to witness the violence of bothbirth and death provides all the possibilities of a learning experience,we are probably discussing about__________’s thematic concern in his fiction writing.A.William FaulknerB.Ernest HemingwayC.Mark TwainD.Henry James12.In a Station of the Metro is regarded by critics as a classic specimen of__________.A.the romantic poetryB.the imagist poetryC.the absurd poetryD.the transcendental poetry13.“Later when he started to operate Uncle George and three Indian men held the woman still.She bit Uncle George on the arm and Uncle George said,‘Damn squaw bitch!’and the young Indian who had rowed Uncle George over laughed at him.”The above two sentences must be taken from__________.A.Hemingway’s story Indian CampB.James’s story Daisy MillerC.Faulkner’s story A Rose for EmilyD.Irving’s story The Legend of Sleepy Hollow14.Strong affinity to the Chinese and Oriental literature can be found in the works of__________.A.Mark TwainB.Emily DickinsonC.Arthur MillerD.Ezra Pound15.__________is often acclaimed literary spokesman of the Jazz Age.A.Ernest HemingwayB.F.Scott FitzgeraldC.Ezra PoundD.William Faulkner16.The beginning of the Modern Period in American literature was marked by__________.A.World War IB.World War IIC.the turn of the centuryD.the Great Depression17.Which of the following comments on the novel The Great Gatsby is NOT true?A.The author of it is F.Scott Fitzgerald.B.Gatsby’s failure magnifies the end of the American Dream.C.It is the greatest novel in American literature.D.It fully explores the disillusionment and despair of the Lost Generation.18.__________showed great interest in Chinese literature and translated the poetry of Li Po intoEnglish,and was influenced by Confucian ideas.A.Ezra PoundB.Robert FrostC.T.S.EliotD.Emily Dickinson19.__________fuses symbolism,poetry,and the affirmation of a pagan idealism to show howmaterialistic civilization denies the life-giving impulses and destroys the genuine artist.zarus LaughedB.The Great God BrownC.Desire Under the ElmsD.The Emperor Jones20.Who is the person that used the term The Lost Generation A.Ezra Pound B.T.S.Eliot C. Gertrude Stein D.Sherwood Anderson21.Hemingway was badly wounded in Italy and sent to a hospital where he fell in love with anurse.These two persons later became the characters of his novel__________.A.The Old Man and the SeaB.For Whom the Bell TollsC.The Sun Also RisesD.A Farewell to Arms22.__________has been regarded as the“founder of the American Drama”.A.Hendrik IbsenB.Eugene O’NeilC.Tennessee WilliamsD.Arthur Miller23.Which of the following plays is regarded as a semi-autobiographic play by O’Neil?A.Beyond the Horizon.B.The Emperor Jones.C.The Iceman Cometh.D.Long Day’s Journey Into Night.24.In1954,__________was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature for his“mastery of the art ofmodern narration.”A.T.S.EliotB.Ernest HemingwayC.John SteinbeckD.William Faulkner25.Which of the following statements is NOT a typical feature of imagism?A.To use the language of common speech,but to employ always the exact word.B.To create new rhythms,as the expressions of a new mood.C.To allow absolute freedom in the choice of subject.D.To recommend heroic couplet as a preferable verse form.26.Here are four lines from a short poem:“I feel the ladder sway as the boughs bend./And I keephearing from the cellar bin/The rumbling sound/Of load on load of apples coming in.”The poem must be__________.A.Whitman’s There Was a Child Went ForthB.Frost’s After Apple-PickingC.Dickinson’s Because I could not stop for DeathD.Eliot’s The Love Song of J.Alfred Prufrock27.In a Station of the Metro is a typical imagist poem that fully displays Pound’s definition ofimage,which is__________.A.to reveal a poet’s instantaneous experience of lifeB.to present an intellectual and emotional complex in an instant of timeC.to bring out a natural outburst of the poet’s emotionsD.to retell a poet’s past moment of experience28.__________does not belong to the“Lost Generation”.A.Ezra PoundB.Ernest HemingwayC.F.Scott FitzgeraldD.Eugene O’Neil29.“My little horse must think it queer/To stop without a farm house near.”The above two lines are taken from Frost’s Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening,a beautifully structured poem which follows__________.A.iambic tetrameterB.iambic pentameterC.trochaic tetrameterD.trochaic pentameter30.William Faulkner was worldly famous not only for his ingenuous mastery of the stream ofconsciousness technique,but also for his imaginative creation of a mythic kingdom called __________.A.The Mississippi RiverB.The Town of JeffersonC.Oxford CountyD.Yoknapatawpha CountyD.Read the following quotations and answer the questions.(20points,4for each)1.“...It was you that broke the new wood,Now is a time for carving.We have one sap and root—Let there be commerce between us.”A.What is the title of the work from which these lines are taken?B.Who does“you”refer to?C.What is the meaning of“broke the new wood”and“commerce”?2.“Every Friday five crates of oranges and lemons arrived from a fruiterer in New York—every Monday these same oranges and lemons left his back door in a pyramid of pulpless halves.There was a machine in the kitchen which could extract the juice of two hundred oranges in half an hour if a little button was pressed two hundred times by a butler’s thumb.”A.Identify the work and the author.B.What does the word“pyramid”mean here?C.What picture does the quoted passage present?3.“‘Is dying hard,Daddy?’‘No,I think it’s pretty easy,Nick.It all depends.’They were seated in the boat,Nick in the stern,his father rowing.The sun was coming up over the hills.A bass jumped,making a circle in the water.Nick trailed his hand in the water.It felt warm in the sharp chill of the morning.In the early morning on the lake sitting in the stern of the boat with his father rowing,he felt quite sure that he would never die.”A.Identify the work and the author.B.What does“it all depends”mean here?C.Why does Nick feel“he would never die”?And do you think he has accomplished hisinitiation or not,please give your reasons.4.“I shall be telling this with a sighSomewhere ages and ages hence:Two roads diverged in a wood,and I—I took the one less traveled by,And that has made all the difference.”A.Identify the poem and the poet.B.What does the phrase“ages and ages hence”mean?C.What idea does the quoted passage express?5.“But me—I ain’t got no past to tink in,nor nothing‘dat’s comin’!on’y what’s now—and datdon’t belong.”A.Identify the work and the author.B.What tone,do you think,does the speaker use here?C.What idea does the quoted passage express?E.Discuss the following questions briefly.(15points,3for each)1.Robert Frost has long been well known as a poet,who can hardly be classified with old or the new.Discuss Frost’s art of poetry,the thematic concerns,the form,the language,and the speakers and so on.2.What is the relationship between William Faulkner and American South Literature?3.Ernest Hemingway is one of the greatest American two of his major novels.Try to discuss the characteristics of the heroes in Hemingway’s novels.4.What is Pound’s contribution to American literature?5.Chapter3of Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby is a vivid description of one of Gatsby’s fabulous parties,which are characteristic of the roaring twenties in the United States.Discuss the spirit of the Jazz Age with examples from the chapter.参考答案I.British literature.(75points)A.Fill out the following blanks.(10points,1for each)1.Heroes and Hero-Worship2.Villette3.David Copperfield4.George Eliot5.art for art’s sake6.Jude the Obscure7.Poet of the People8.Dramatic monologue9.first10.The Picture of Dorian GrayB.Define the following terms.(15points,3for each)1.(a)Dramatic monologue is a kind of poem in which a single fictional or historical character other than the poet speaks to a silent“audience”of one or more persons.(b)Such poems reveal not the poet’s own thoughts but the mind of the impersonated character, whose personality is revealed while the implied presence of an auditor distinguishes it from a soliloquy.(c)Some plays in which only one character speaks,in the form of a monologue or soliloquy, have also been called dramatic monologues;but to avoid confusion it is preferable to refer to these simply as monologues or as monodramas.(d)Robert Browning is associated with the term.His My Last Duchess is a case in point.2.(a)In this period,the novel became the most widely read and the most vital and challenging expression of progressive thought.While sticking to the principle of faithful representation of the 18th century realist novel,novelists in this period carried their duty forward to the criticism of the society and the defense of the mass.(b)Although writing from different points of view and with different techniques,they shared one thing in common,that is,they were all concerned about the fate of the common people.They were angry with the inhuman social institutions,the decaying social morality as represented by the money-worship and Utilitarianism,and the widespread misery,poverty and injustice.(c)Their truthful picture of people’s life and bitter and strong criticism of the society had done much in awakening the public consciousness to the social problems and in the actual improvement of the society.（d）Some leading figures of the Victorian Period were Charles Dickens in fiction and Alfred Tennyson in poetry.3.(a)The events of a story may be told as they appear to one or more participants or observers.In first-person narration the point of view is automatically that of the narrator.(b)More variation is possible in third-person narration,where the author may choose to limit his or her report to what could have been observed or known by one of the characters at any given point in the action—or may choose to report the observations and thoughts of several characters. The author might choose to intrude his or her own point of view.4.(a)A device by which the writer presents scenes or incidents that occurred prior to the opening scene of the work.(b)Various devices may be used,among them recollections of the characters,narration by the characters,dream sequence and reveries.This is a break in the chronological sequence of a story made to deal with earlier events.(c)It is a common device used in many literary works,such as“Wuthering Height”by Emily Bronte,and“The Snow of Kilamanjaro”by Hemingway.5.(a)It refers to the realistic fiction in the late18th and early19th century.(b)It means the tendency of writers and intellectuals in the period between1875-1920to apply the methods of realistic fiction to criticism of society and the examination of social issues.(c)Realist writers were all concerned about the fate of common people and described what was faithful to reality.Charles Dickens was the most important critical realist in English literature.C.Multiple Choice.(15points,0.5for each)1—5DCBBC6—10ACDDA11—15CCBDB16—20AADCA21—25ADAAC26—30DBDCCD.Read the following quotations and answer the questions.(20points,4for each)1.A.“Crossing the Bar”means leaving this world and entering the other world.B.“Evening star”is the image of the end of life,and“sea”is the symbol of life.C.This poem was written in the later years of Tennyson’s life when we can feel his fearlessness towards death,his faith in God and an afterlife.2.A.The lady mentioned here is Dorothea.B.The author is George Eliot and the novel is Middlemarch.C.Dorothea is a beautiful,intelligent young lady of an“ardent and theoretic nature”.She,with great intelligence,potential and social aspirations,isn’t satisfied with the common fate of gentlewomen,but she fails in achieving her goals owing to the social environment as well as her own vulnerability.3.A.The author is Charlotte Brontёand the novel is her Jane Eyre.B.The speaker refers to Jane Eyre,the heroine of the novel.C.Those middle-class working women are struggling for recognition of their basic rights and equality as a human being.4.A.The passage is taken from Charles Dickens’s Oliver Twist.B.The tone is ironic.C.The sentence is a typical example of irony.The words“benefit”,“pleasure”,and “advantages”actually mean the opposite.For the“benefit”of exercise,Oliver was whipped every morning in a stone yard;for the“pleasure”of society,he was carried every other day into the dining hall and flogged as a public warning and example to the boys;and as for the“advantages”of religious consolation,he was kicked into the same apartment every evening at prayer time and。