自考英国文学选读试题
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A. the rediscovery of ancient Roman and Greek cultureB. the vast expansion of British colonies in North America C ．the new discoveries in geography and astrology D ．the religious reformation and the economic expansion10.Which of the following is NOT regarded as one of the characteristics of Renaissance humanism? A. Cultivation of the art of this world and this life. B. Tolerance of human foibles.C. Search for the genuine flavor of ancient culture.D. Glorification of religious faith.11. The Renaissance marks a transition from ______ to the modern world.A. the old EnglishB. the medievalC. the feudalistD. the capitalist 12.The English Renaissance period was an age of ______ .A. poetry and dramaB. drama and novelC. novel and poetryD. romance and poetry 13.The most significant idea of the Renaissance is______.A. humanismB. realismC. naturalismD. skepticism 14．______ is the essence of the Renaissance.A ．PoetryB ．DramaC ．HumanismD ．Reason 15. About the Renaissance humanists which of the following statements is true? A. They thought money and social status was the measure of all things.B. They thought people were largely subordinated to the ruling class without any freedom and independence.C. They couldn’t see the human values in th eir works.D. They emphasized the dignity of human beings and the importance of the present life. 16. One of the distinct features of the Elizabethan time is_____.A. the flourishing of the dramaB. the popularity of the realistic novelC. the domination of the classical poetryD. the close-down of all the theatres 17. _____ is known as the poets’ poet.A. SpenserB. MarloweC. MiltonD. Shakespeare18. Marlowe’s greatest achievement lies in that he perfected the _____and made it the principal medium of English drama.A. blank verseB. free verseC. heroic coupletD. sonnet 19. Which of the following descriptions of Gothic Novels is NOT correct? A. It predominated in the early eighteenth century.年级 班级 准考证号 姓名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.20. “Byronic hero” is a figure of the following traits EXCEPT ______.A. being proudB. being of humble originC. being rebelliousD. being mysterious21. Robert Browning created ______ by adopting the novelistic presentation of characters.A. the verse novelB. the blank verseC. the heroic coupletD. the dramatic poetry22. Charles Dickens' novel ______ is famous for its vivid descriptions of the workhouse and life of the underworld in thenineteenth- century London.A. The Pickwick PaperB. Oliver TwistC. David CopperfieldD. Nicholas Nickleby23. Charlotte Bronte's works are all about the struggle of an individual consciousness towards ______ about some lonely and neglected young women with a fierce longing for love, understanding and a full, happy life.A. self - relianceB. self - realizationC. self - esteemD. self - consciousness24. The symbolic meaning of “Book” in Robert Browning's long poem The Ring and the Book is ______. A. the common sense B. the hard truth C. the comprehensive knowledge D. the dead truth25. Thomas Hardy's pessimistic view of life predominated most of his later works and earns him a reputation as a ______writer.A. realisticB. naturalisticC. romanticD. stylistic26. After the First World War, there appeared the following literary trends of modernism EXCEPT_____.A. expressionismB. surrealismC. stream of consciousnessD. black humour27. The masterpieces of critical realism in the early 20th century are the three trilogies of ______.A. Galsworthy's Forsyte novelsB. Hardy' s Wessex novelsC. Greene's Catholic novelsD. Woolf's stream-of-consciousness novels28. In the mid-1950s and early 1960s, there appeared “______” who demonstrated a particular disillu sion over the depressing situation in Britain and launched a bitter protest. against the outmoded social and political values in their society.A. The Beat GenerationB. The Lost GenerationC. The Angry Young MenD. Black Mountain Poets29.The following are English stream-of-consciousness novels EXCEPT ______.A.PilgrimageB. UlyssesC.Mrs.DallowayD. A Passage to Inida30. The leader of the Irish National Theater Movement in the early 20th century was ______.A. W.B.Yeats B. Lady GregoryC. J.M.SyngeD. John Galworthy31. T.S.Eliot's most popular verse play is ______.A. Murder in the CathedralB. The Cocktail PartyC. The Family ReunionD. The Waste Land32.The Petrarchan sonnet was first introduced into England by ______.A. SurreyB. WyattC. SidneyD. Shakespeare33. As the best of Shakespeare's final romances,______ is a typical example of his pessimistic view towards human life and society in his late years.A. The TempestB. The Winter's TaleC. CymbelineD. The Rape of Lucrece34. John Milton's greatest poetical work ______ is the only generally acknowledged epic in English literarure sinceBeowulf.A. AreopagiticaB. Paradise LostC. LycidasD. Samson Agonistes35. The British bourgeois or middle class believed in the following notions EXCEPT ______.A. self - esteemB. self - relianceC. self - restraintD. hard work36. Byron’s masterpieces is ________.A. Hours of idlenessB. The Prisoner of ChillonC. ManfredD. Don Juan37. 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 Books38. As a representative of the Enlightenment,______ was one of the first to introduce rationalism to England.A. John BunyanB. Daniel DefoeC. Alexander PopeD. Jonathan Swift39. 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 Richardson40. In Renaissance, the European humanist thinkers made attempts to do the 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 Roman Catholic ChurchII. Reading Comprehension (16 points in all, 4 for each)Read the quoted parts carefully and answer the questions in English. Write your answers in thecorresponding 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 blood?Questions: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 2?C. Whom does “drones” refer to?42. 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 lines?C. What does the first line show about the speaker?43. When my motherdied I was very young,And my father sold me while yet my tongueCould scarcelycry " 'weep! 'weep! 'weep! 'weep!"So yourchimneys I sweep, in soot I sleep.Questions:A. Identify the poet.B. From which poem and which collection of the poet are these lines taken?C. What does the poet describe in the poem?44. In his first splendour valley, rock, or hill;Ne'er saw I, never felt, a calm so deep!The river glideth at his own sweet will:Dear God! the very houses seem asleep;And all that mighty heart is lying still!Questions:A. Identify the poet.B. What does “mighty heart” refer to?C. What moment is the poem trying to describe?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. What is the difference between Romanticism and Neoclassicism?46. What are the fixed laws and rule on literature of the Neoclassical Period?47. What is Renaissance hero?48. What is the theme of Daniel Defoe’s work Robinson Crusoe?IV. Brief discussion (20 points in all, 10 for each)Give a brief discussion to each of the following questions in English. Write your answers in the corresponding space on the answer sheet. 49. Briefly discuss “William Shakespeare's artistic achievements in characterization, plot construction and language”.50. List at least two leading neoclassicists in England. What did Neoclassicists celebrate in literarycreation?答案：I.选择题(每小题1分，计40分)1-5 CBDAB 6-10 CBBBD 11-15 BAACD 20. AAAAB21-25ABBBB 26-30 DACDA 31-35 ABABB 36-40 DACBBII.阅读题（每小题4分，计16分）41. A. A Song: Men of England, Shelley （1分）B. Metonymy （1分）C. the male of the honey-bees that do not work, referring here to the parasiticclass in human society. （2分）42. A. The love song of J. Alfred Prufrock（1分）B. The speaker is Prufrock. （1分）C. neurotic, self-important, illogical and incapable of action. （2分）43. A. William Blake（1分）B. The Chimney Sweeper（1分）C. This poem describes the miserable life the little sweeper. （2分）44. A. William Worthwords（1分）B. London（1分）C. The quiet morning in London（2分）III.问答题（每小题6，计24分）45. Romanticism is associated with vitality, powerful emotion and dreamlikeideas.(3分)Neoclassicism is associated with order, common sense and controlled reason.(3分)46. A. Prose should be precise, direct, smooth and flexible. (2分)B. Poetry should be lyrical, epical, didactic, satiric or dramatic, and each classshould be guided by its own principles. (2分)C. Drama should be written in the Heroic Couplets. (2分)47. A Renaissance hero refers to one created by Christopher Marlowe in his drama. (2分)Such a hero is always individualistic and full of ambition, facing bravely thechallenge from both gods and men. (2分)He embodies Marlowe's humanistic ides of human dignity and capacity. (2分)48. (1) h is marvelous capacity for work; (2分)(2) his boundless energy and persistence in overcoming obstacles;(2分)(3) his hard struggle against nature and making all bend to his will.(2分)49. A. The Neoclassicism period was an important age with the remarkable authorsPope, Defoe, etc. (2分)B. 1) The Neoclassical period is about 1660-1798, also known as "the Age of Enlightenment" or "theage of Reason". (2分)2)In essence, the Neoclassical Period was a progressive intellectual movement. (2分)3)The Enlighteners believed in self-restraint, self-reliance and hard work; They celebratedreason/rationality, equality and science. They advocated universal education, which could makepeople rational and prefect, they believed. (2分)4)In literature, The Enlightenment Movement brought about a revival of interest in the ancientGreek and Roman classical works; the works at the time, heavily didactic and moralizing; having fixed laws and rules for every type of the literature; among which prose and the modern English novel predominated the age. (2分)50. A. Characterization:a. Shakespeare's major characters are neither merely individual ones nor type ones;they areindividuals representing certain types. Each character has his or her own personalities. (2分)b. By applying a psycho-analytical approach, Shakespeare succeeds in exploring the characters'inner mind. c. Shakespeare also prtrays his characters in pairs. Contrasts are frequently used tobring vividness to his characters. (2分)B. Construction:a. Shakespeare's plays are well-known for their adroit plot construction. He borrows them fromsome old plays or storybooks, or from ancient Greek and Roman sources. (2分)b. He would shorten the time and intensify the story. There are usually several threads runningthrough the play.(2分)C. Language and style:Irony is a good means of dramatic presentation. Disguise is also an important device to createdramatic irony, usually with woman disguised as man. (2分)。
高等教育自学考试英美文学选读试题及答案
课程代码：0604请将答案填在答题纸相应的位置上(全部题目用英文作答)I. Multiple Choice(40 points in all, 1 for each)Select from the four choices of each item the one that best answers the question orcompletes the statement and write the corresponding letter on the answer sheet.1. In Renaissance, the European humanist thinkers and scholars made attempts to dothe following EXCEPT ______.A. getting rid of those old feudalist ideasB. getting control of the parliament and governmentC. introducing new ideas that expressed the interests of the rising bourgeoisieD. recovering the purity of the early church, from the corruption of the RomanCatholic Church2. The Petrarchan sonnet was first introduced into England by ______.A. SurreyB. WyattC. SidneyD. Shakespeare3. As the best of Shakespeare's final romances,______ is a typical example of hispessimistic view towards human life and society in his late years.A. The TempestB. The Winter's TaleC. CymbelineD. The Rape of Lucrece4. John Milton's greatest poetical work ______ is the only generally acknowledgedepic in English literarure since Beowulf.A.AreopagiticaB. Paradise LostC. LycidasD. Samson Agonistes5. The British bourgeois or middle class believed in the following notions EXCEPT______.A. self - esteemB. self - relianceC. self - restraintD. hard work6. “Graveyard School〞writers are the following sentimentalists EXCEPT______.A. James ThomsonB. William CollinsC. William CowperD. Thomas Jackson7. The best model of satire in the whole English literary history is Jonathan Swift's______.A. A Modest ProposalB. A Tale of a TubC. Gulliver's TravelsD. The Battle of the Books8. As a representative of the Enlightenment,______ was one of the first to introducerationalism to England.A. John BunyanB. Daniel DefoeC. Alexander PopeD. Jonathan Swift9. For his contribution to the establishment of the form of the modern novel,______has been regarded by some as “Father of the English Novel〞.A. Daniel DefoeB. Henry FieldingC. Jonathan SwiftD. Samuel Richardson10. Which of the following descriptions of Gothic Novels is NOT correctA. It predominated in the early eighteenth century.B. It was one phase of the Romantic movement.C. Its principal elements are violence, horror and the supernatural.D. Works like The Mysteries of Udolpho and Frankenstein are typical Gothic romance.11. “Byronic hero〞is a figure of the following traits EXCEPT ______.A.being proudB. being of humble originC.being rebelliousD. being mysterious12. Robert Browning created ______ by adopting the novelistic presentation ofcharacters.A. the verse novelB. the blank verseC. the heroic coupletD. the dramatic poetry13. Charles Dickens' novel ______ is famous for its vivid descriptions of theworkhouse and life of the underworld in the nineteenth- century London.A. The Pickwick PaperB. Oliver TwistC. David CopperfieldD. Nicholas Nickleby14. Charlotte Bronte's works are all about the struggle of an individualconsciousness towards ______, about some lonely and neglected young women witha fierce longing for love, understanding and a full, happy life.A. self - relianceB. self - realizationC. self - esteemD. self - consciousness15. The symbolic meaning of “Book〞 in Robert Browning's long poem The Ring and theBook is ______.A. the common senseB. the hard truthC. the comprehensive knowledgeD. the dead truth16. Thomas Hardy's pessimistic view of life predominated most of his later worksand earns him a reputation as a ______ writer.A. realisticB. naturalisticC. romanticD. stylistic17. After the First World War, there appeared the following literary trends ofmodernism EXCEPT ______.A. expressionismB. surrealismC. stream of consciousnessD. black humour18. The masterpieces of critical realism in the early 20th century are the threetrilogies of ______.A. Galsworthy's Forsyte novelsB. Hardy' s Wessex novelsC. Greene's Catholic novelsD. Woolf's stream-of-consciousness novels19. In the mid - 1950s and early 1960s, there appeared “______〞 who demonstrateda particular disillusion over the depressing situation in Britain and launcheda bitter protest. against the outmoded social and political values in theirsociety.A. The Beat GenerationB. The Lost GenerationC. The Angry Young MenD. Black Mountain Poets20.The following are English stream-of-consciousness novels EXCEPT ______.A.PilgrimageB. UlyssesC.Mrs.DallowayD. A Passage to Inida21. The leader of the Irish National Theater Movement in the early 20th centurywas ______.A. W.B.Yeats B. Lady GregoryC. J.M.SyngeD. John Galworthy22. T.S.Eliot's most popular verse play is ______.A. Murder in the CathedralB. The Cocktail PartyC. The Family ReunionD. The Waste Land23. The American writer ______ was awarded the Nobel Prize for the anti-racist In-truder in the Dust in 1950.A. Ernest HemingwayB. Gertrude SteinC. William FaulknerD.T.S. Eliot24. Hemingway's second big success is ______ , which wrote the epitaph to a decadeand to the whole generation in the 1920s, in order to tell us a story about the tragic love affair of a wounded American soldier with a British nurse.A. For Whom the Bell TollsB. A Farewell to ArmsC. The Sun Also RisesD. The Old Man and the Sea25. With the publication of ______ , Dreiser was launching himself upon a long careerthat would ultimately make him one of the most significant American writers of the school later known as literary naturalism.A. Sister CarrieB. The TitanC. The GeniusD. The Stoic26. Henry James is generally regarded as the forerunner of the 20th -century “stream-of-consciousness〞novels and the founder of ______.A. neoclassicismB. psychological realismC. psychoanalytical criticismD. surrealism27. In 1849, Herman Melville published ______ ,a semi-autobiographical novel, con-cerning the sufferings of a genteel youth among brutal sailors.A. OmooB. MardiC. RedburnD. Typee28. As a sequel to The Adventures of Tom Sawyer,______ marks the climax of Mark Twain'sliterary activity.A. The Adventures of Huckleberry FinnB. Life on the MississippiC. The Gilded AgeD. Roughing It29. Realism was a reaction against ______ or a move away from the bias towards romanceand self- creating fictions, and paved the way to Modernism.A. RomanticismB. RationalismC. Post-modernismD. Cynicism30. When World War II broke out,______ began working for the Italian government,engaged in some radio broadcasts of anti- Semitism and pro- Fascism.A. Ezra PoundB.T.S. EliotC. Henry JamesD. Robert Frost31. In 1915 ______ became a naturalized British citizen, largely in protest againstAmerica's failure to join England in the First World War.C. W.D.Howells D. Ezra Pound32. What Whitman prefers for his new subject and new poetic feelings is “______ ,〞 that is, poetry without a fixed beat or regular rhyme scheme.A. blank verseB. free rhythmC. balanced structureD. free verse33. The American woman poet ______ wanted to live simply as a complete independentbeing, and so she did, as a spinster.A. Emily ShawB. Anna DickinsonC. Emily DickinsonD. Anne Bret34. The Birthmark drives home symbolically ______ point that evil is a man's birthmark,something he was born with.A. Whitman'sB. Melville'sC. Hawthorne'sD. Emerson's35. The Financier ,The Titan and The Stoic written by ______ are called his “Trilogyof Desire〞.A. Henry JamesB. Theodore DreiserC. Mark TwainD. Herman Melville36. Disregarding grammar and punctuation,______ always used “i〞 instead of “I〞in his poems to show his protest against self-importance.A. Wallace StevensB. Ezra Pound37. Though Robert Frost is generally considered a regional poet whose subject mattersmainly focus on the landscape and people in ______ , he wrote many poems that investigate the basic themes of man's life in his long poetic career.A. the westB. the southC. New EnglandD. Alaska38. Most critics have agreed that Fitzgerald is both an insider and an outsider of______ with a double vision.A. the Gilded AgeB. the Rational AgeC. the Jazz AgeD. the Magic Age39. In the American Romantic writings,______ came to function almost as a dramaticcharacter that symbolized moral law.A. fireB. waterC. treesD. wilderness40. The desire for an escape from society and a return to ______ became a permanentconvention of the American literature.A. the family lifeB. natureC. the ancient timeD. fantasy of loveII. Reading Comprehension (16 points in all, 4 for each)Read the quoted parts carefully and answer the questions in English. Write your answers in the corresponding space on the answer sheet.41. Wherefore feed and clothe and saveFrom the cradle to the graveThose ungrateful drones who wouldDrain your sweat- nay, drink your bloodQuestions:A. Identify the poet and the title of the poem from which the stanza is taken.B. What figure of speech is used in Line 2C. Whom does “drones〞 refer to42. The following quotation is from one of the poems by T. S. Eliot:No! I am not Prince Hamlet, nor was meant to be;Am an attendant lord, one that will doTo swell a progress, start a scene or twoAdvise the prince; no doubt, an easy tool,Deferential, glad to be of use,Politic, cautious, and meticulous,Full of high sentence, but a bit obtuse;Questions:A. Identify the title of the poem from which the quoted part is taken.B. Who's the speaker of the quoted linesC. What does the first line show about the speaker43．There was a child went forth every day,And the first object he look'd upon, that object he became,And that object became part of him for the day or a certain part of the day, Or for many years or stretching cycles of years.Questions:A. Identify the poet.B.From which poem and which collection of the poet are these lines takenC.What does the poet describe in the poem44. I heard a Fly buzz- when I died-The Stillness in the RoomWas like the Stillness in the Air-Between the Heaves of Storm-The Eyes around- had wrung them dry-And Breaths were gathering firmFor that last Onset- when the KingBe witnessed - in the Room-Questions:A. Identify the poet.B. What does “the King〞 refer toC. What moment is the poem trying to describeIII. Questions and Answers (24 points in all, 6 for each)Give brief answers to each of the following questions in English. Write your answers in the corresponding space on the answer sheet.45. List at least two leading neoclassicists in England. What did Neoclassicistscelebrate in literary creation46. Jane Eyre is one of the most popular and important novels of the Victorian Age.Why is Jane Eyre such a successful novel47. Who are the three dominant figures of the American Age of Realism and what arethe differences in their understanding of the “truth〞48. What's Dreiser' s naturalistic belief Please discuss the question with Carrie,a character in Sister Carrie as an example.IV. Topic Discussion(20 points in all, 10 for each)Write no less than 150 words on each of the following topics in English in thecorresponding space on the answer sheet.49. Briefly discuss William Shakespeare's artistic achievements in characterization,plot construction and language.50. Briefly discuss Mark Twain's art of fiction in terms of the setting,the language,and the characters, etc.,based on his novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.全国高等教育自学考试英美文学选读真题答案及评分参考〔课程代码0604〕I. Multiple Choice (40 points in all, 1 for each)1. B2. B3. A4. B5.A6.D7.A8.C9.B 10.A 11.B 12.A13.B 14.B 15.B 16.B 17.D 18.A 19.C 20.D 21.A 22.A 23.C24.B 25.A 26.C 27.C 28.A 29.A 30.A 31.A 32.D 33.C 34.C35.B 36.D 37.C 38.C 39.D 40.BII. Reading Comprehension (16 points in all, 4 for each)41. A. From Percy Shelley’s “Men of England〞(1)B. Metonymy (1)C. Here “drones〞refers to the parasitic class in human society. (2)42. A. “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock〞(1)B. J. Alfred Prufrock (1)C. Prufrock is conscious of the fact that he is like Hamlet in some respects. But he is sensibleenough that he cannot be compared with Hamlete. (2)43. A. Walt Whitman (1)B. “There Was a Child Went Forth〞from “Leaves of Grass〞(1)C. The poem describes the growth of a child who learned about the world around him andimproved himself accordingly. In the poem, Whitman’s own early ex perience may well be identified with the childhood of a young, growing American. (2)44. A. Emily Dickinson (1)B. The God of Death. (1)C. The poem is trying to describe the moment of death. (2)III. Questions and Answers (24 points in all, 6 for each)45. A. Alexander Pope, John Dryden, Samuel Johnson (任选2位作家). (2)B. They believed that the artistic ideals should be order, logic, restrained emotion andaccuracy and that literature should be judged in terms of its service to humanity. (2) They seek proportion, unity, harmony and grace in literacy expression, in an effort to delight,instruct and correct human beings. Thus a polite, elegant, witty and intellectual artdeveloped. (2)46. A. It is noted for its sharp criticism of the existing society. (2)B. It is an intense moral fable. (2)C. The success of the novel is also due to its introduction to the English novel the firstgoverness heroine. (2)47. A. William Dean Howells, Mark Twain, Henry James. (3)B. Mark Twain and Howells seemed to have paid more attention to the “life〞of theAmericans. Howells focused his discussion on the rising middle class and the way theylived; Mark Twain preferred to have his own region and people at the forefront of his stories;Henry James had apparently laid a greater emphasis on the “inner world〞of man. (3)48. A. Dreiser believes that while men are controlled and conditioned by heredity, instinct andchance, a few extraordinary and unsophisticated human beings refuse to accept their fatewordlessly and instead strive, unsuccessfully, to find meaning and purpose for theirexistence. (3)B. Carrie, as one of such, senses that she is merely a cipher in an uncaring world yet seeks tograsp the mysteries of life and thereby satisfies her desires for social status and materialcomfort, but in spite of her success, she is lonely and dissatisfied. (3)以上各题言语错误酌情扣分。
1月浙江自考英国文学选读试题及答案解析
浙江省2018年1月自学考试英国文学选读试题课程代码：10054PartⅠ. Blank-filling:Complete each of the following statements with a proper word or phrase according tothetextbook. (10 points in all, 1 point for each)1. Shakespeare’s plays have been traditionally divided into three categories: histories, ______ andtragedies.2. William Caxton was the first person who introduced ______ into England.3. Wyatt, in the Renaissance period, introduced the Petrarchan ______ into England, while Surreybrought in blank verse.4. The Enlightenment Movement brought about a revival of interest in the old classical works inthe field of literature. This tendency is known as ______.5. The three unities refer to those of time, place and ______.6.RegardedasThomasGray’sbestandmostrepresentativework,ElegyWritteninaCo untryChurchyardis more or less connected with the melancholy event of the death of ______.7. In 1704 Jonathan Swift published two powerful satires on corruption in religion and learning, ATale of a Tub andThe Battle of the Books, which established his name as a ______.8. InLady Chatterley’s Lover, Lawrence not only condemns the civilized world of mechanism fordistorting human relationships, but also advocates a return to ______.9.ThesocialDarwinism,underthecoverof“survivalofthefittest”,vehementlyadvoca tedcolonialism and ______.10.Dublinersis the first important work of Joyce’s lifelong preoccupation with______ life.PartⅡ. Multiple-choice questions:Select from the four choices A, B, C, D of each item the one that best answers the question orcompletes the statement. (30 points in all, 1 point for each)11. Marlowe gave new vigor to the blank verse with his “______”.1A. lyrical linesC. mighty linesB. soft linesD. religious lines12. Francis Bacon is not only the first important essayist but also the founder of modern ______ inEngland.A. poetryC. proseB. novelD. science13. Spenser’s masterpiece is ______, which is a great poemof the age.A.The Shepheardes CalenderC.The Rape of LucreceB.The Faierie QueeneD.The Canterbury Tales14.John Milton wrote ______ to expose the way of Satan and to “justify the ways of God to men”.A.Paradise LostC.LycidasB.Paradise RegainedD.Samson Agonistes15. According to the neoclassicists, all forms of literature were to be modeled after the classicalworks of the ancient Greek and ______ writers.A. ItalianC. GermanB. BritishD. Roman16. The romantic poets of the ______ peasant poet, Robert Burns and William Blake also joinedlamenting lyrics, paving the way for the flourish of Romanticism early the next century.A. BritishC. ScottishB. IrishD. Wales17.The Pilgrim’s Progressis the most successful religious ______ in the English language.A. allegoryC. fairy taleB. fableD. essay18. ______ once defined a good style as “proper words in proper places”.A. John DonneC. Daniel DefoeB. Jonathan SwiftD. John Bunyan19. Gray’s “Elegy written in a Country Churchyard” once and for all established his fame as theleader of the ______ poetry of the day.A. romanticB. historical2C. lyricalD. sentimental20. Marx once extolled ______ as “an instinctive defender of the masses of the people against theencroachmentof the bourgeoisie”.A. William GodwinC. William CobbetB. William BurkeD. William Fox21.______,definedbyColeridge,isthevitalfacultythatcreatesnewwholesoutofdispa rateelements.A. RationC. AlliterationB. ReasonD. Imagination22. According to the subjects, Wordsworth’s short poems can be classified into two groups: poemsabout nature and poems about ______.A. human lifeC. social activitiesB. urban lifeD. inner life of an individual23. Coleridge’s actual achievement as poet can be divided into two remarkably diverse groups: the______ and the conversational.A. naturalC. spiritualB. religiousD. demonic24. Shelley’s greatest achievement is his ______ poetic drama,Prometheus Unbound(1820).A. one-actC. two-actB. three-actD. four-act25.Endymion, published in 1818, was a poem based on the ______ myth of Endymion and themoon goddess.C. ItalianB. RomanD. British26.JaneAusten’sNorthangerAbbeysatirizesthosepopular______romancesofthela te18thcentury.A. sentimentalC. GothicB. lyricalD. rational27. Chronologically the Victorian period roughly conincides with the reign of Queen ______ who3ruled over England from 1836 to 1901.A. ElizabethC. MaryB. VictoriaD. Anne28. The aestheticists Oscar Wilde and Walter Pater are two notorious advocators of the theory of______.A. art for life’s sakeC. art for art’s sakeB. art for money’s sakeD. art for reader’s sake29. Brought up with strict orthodoxy, Charlotte would usually stick to the______ code.A. ChristianC. PuritanicalB. Islamic30. As far as Emily Bronte’s literary creation is concerned, she is, first of all, a______.A. novelistC. poetB. dramatistD. essayist31. Tennyson’s most ambitious work which took him over 30 years to complete is ______.A.In MemoriamC.Poems by Two BrothersB.Idylls of the KingD.Poems, Chiefly Lyrical32.ThePublicationof______finallyestablishedBrowning’spositionasoneofthegreat estEnglish poets.A.The Ring and the BookC.Men and WomenB.The Book and the RingD.Dramatic Lyrics33. Hardy’s best local-colored works are very known as“novels of character and ______.”A. personalityC. domestic lifeB. natureD. environment34. The French ______ , appearing in the late 19th century, heralded modernism.A. symbolismC. naturismB. futurismD. surrealism35.Inhisnovelofsocialsatire,H.G.Wellsmaderealisticstudiesoftheaspirationsandfru strations of the ______.A.Little ManB.Big Man4C.Social ManD.Jungle Man36. Modernist novels came to a decline in the ______ , though Joyce and Woolf continued theirexperiments.A. 1920sC. 1940sB. 1930sD. 1950s37. The most original playwright of the ______ is Samuel Beckett, who wrote about human beingsliving a meaningless life in an alien, decaying world.A.Theater of TraditionC.Theater of AngryB.Theater of ReasonD.Theater of Absurd38. Structurally and thematically, Shaw followed the great tradition of ______.A. romanticismC. symbolismB. realismD. humanism39. ______ is the first novel of the Forsyte trilogies written by John Galsworthy in 1920.A.The Man of PropertyC.To LetB.In ChanceryD.A Modern Comedy40.Ulysses ends with the famous monologue by ______, who is musing in a half-awake state overthe past experience.A. Leopold BloomC. MollyPartⅢ. Definition:Define the literary terms listed below. (20 points in all, 5 points for each)41. Humanism42. Gothic novel43. The red thirties44. SymbolismPart IV. Reading Comprehension:ReadthequotedpartscarefullyandanswerthequestionsinEnglish.(20pointsinall,5p oints for each)45. “Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow’st;5B. Stephen DedalusD. FinnegansNor shall death bragthou wander’st in his shade,So long as men can breathe or eyes can see,So long live this, and this gives life to thee”.Questions:A. Identify the poem and the poet.B. Briefly interpret this part.46. “Behold her, single in the field,You 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 poem and the poet.B. Comment the rime scheme.47. “Do I dareDisturb the universe?In a minute there is timeFor decisions and revisions which a minute will reverse.Questions:A. Which essay is this passage taken from? Who is the author?B. Briefly interpret this passage.48.“Ilingeredbeforeherstall,thoughIknewmystaywasuselesstomakemyinterestinh erwares seem the more real. Then I turned away slowly and walked down the middle of the bazaar. Iallowed the two pennies to fall against the sixpence in my pocket. I heard a voice call from oneend of the gallery that the light was out.Gazing up into the darkness I saw myself as a creature driven and derided by vanity; and my6eyes burned with anguish and anger”.Questions:A. Which essay is this passage taken from? Who is the author?B. Why the hero saw himself “as a creature driven and derided by vanity”?PartⅤ. Topic Discussion:Give brief answers to the following questions.(20 points in all, 10 points for each)49.Tennysonisagenuineartist.Heisquiteknownforhisartisticfeatures.Discussthem ajorartistic features of his poetry.50. What is the theme of G. B. Shaw’s play Mrs.Warren’s Profession?7。
2023年自考专业(英语)《英美文学选读》考试历年真题摘选附带答案
2023年自考专业(英语)《英美文学选读》考试历年真题摘选附带答案第1卷一.全考点综合测验(共20题)1.【单选题】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 War2.【单选题】( )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 Twain3.【单选题】William Faulkner set most of his works in the American( ),with his emphasis on the( )subjects and consciousness.A.North...NorthernB.East...EasternC.West...WesternD.South...Southern4.【单选题】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 FaulknerD.Henry James5.【单选题】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 FaulknerD.Fitzgerald6.【单选题】The attitude towards life that( )had been trying to demonstrate in his works is known as “grace under pressure ”.A.William FaulknerB.Theodore DreiserC.Ernest HemingwayD.F·Scott Fitzgerald7.【单选题】The Portrait of A Lady is generally considered to be( )masterpiece,which describes the life journey of an American( )in a European cultural environment.A.Henry Adams’…widowB.William James ’…girlC.Henry James’…girlD.Theodore Dreiser ’s…widow8.【单选题】“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 monologue9.【单选题】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 Age10.【单选题】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 England11.【单选题】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 Movement12.【单选题】What he had done is _______A.valueB.of valuableC.of no valueD.of no valuable13.【单选题】That is the house _______ you can enjoy the scenery.A. in thatB.thatC.whichD.from which14.【单选题】In the original test，all the animals in a test group are given a substance _______ half of them dieA.unlessB.untilC.lestD.provided15.【单选题】“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 FaulknerD.Ernest Hemingway16.【单选题】The Financier,The Titan and The Stoic by Theodore Dreiser are called his “Trilogy of( ). ”A.HatredB.DeathC.DesireD.Fate17.【单选题】“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 FaulknerB.Henry JamesC.Ernest HemingwayD.F· Scott Fitzgerald18.【单选题】William 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 Great GatsbyB.The Sound and the FuryC.Absalom,Absalom!D.Go Down,Moses19.【单选题】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 It20.【单选题】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 sun第2卷一.全考点综合测验(共20题)1.【单选题】The( )Age of the 1920s characterized by frivolity and carelessness is brought vividly to life in The Great Gatsby.A.LostB.JazzC.ReasonD.Gilded2.【单选题】Some persons gain goal and direction from their tensions;others________ under pressure.A.fall outB.fall apartC.fall back onD.fall in with3.【单选题】Greatly and permanently affected by the( )experiences,Hemingway formed his own writing style,together with his theme and hero.A.miningB.farmingC.warD.sailing4.【单选题】Opposition leaders will be watching carefully to see how the Prime Minister ________ the crisis.A.handlesB.conductsC.observesD.directs5.【单选题】In Go Down,Moses,( )illuminates the problem of black and white in Southern society as a closeknit destiny of blood brotherhood.A.William FaulknerB.Jack LondonC.Herman MelvilleD.Nathaniel Hawthorne6.【单选题】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 FaulknerC.Ernest HemingwayD. Fitzgerald7.【单选题】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 TwainB.Henry JamesC.Theodore DreiserD.Walt Whitman8.【单选题】In 1950,( )was awarded the Nobel Prize for the anti-racist Intruder in the Dust.A.William FaulknerB.Robert FrostC.Ezra PoundD.Ernest Hemingway9.【单选题】Eugene O’Neill ’s first full — length play,( ),won him the first Pulitzer 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 Horizon10.【单选题】Now many major employers are beginning to demand _______ the completion of schoolA.more thanB.rather thanC.other thanD.better than11.【单选题】It was his masterpiece The Great Gatsby that made( )one of the greatest American novelists.A. FitzgeraldB.William FaulknerC.Ernest HemmingwayD.Gertrude Steinbeck12.【单选题】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 Garland13.【单选题】Mark Twain’s particular concern about the local character of a region came about as “local colorism, ” a unique va riation of American literary( ).A.romanticismB.nationalismC.modernismD.realism14.【单选题】Nobody but you _______ what he said.A. agrees withB.agrees outC.agree withD.agree to15.【单选题】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 FaulknerD.Emily Dickinson16.【单选题】considered( ) “the true father of our national literature ”.A.Bret HarteB.Mark TwainC.Washington IrvingD.Walt Whitman17.【单选题】At the age of eighty -seven,( )read his poetry at the inauguration of President John in 1961.A.Robert FrostB.Walt WhitmanC.Ezra Pound18.【单选题】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 Pound19.【单选题】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.20.【单选题】Mark Twain employed an unpretentious style of( )in his novels which is best described as “vernacular ”.A.standard EnglishB.Afro-American EnglishC.colloquialismD.urbanism第1卷参考答案一.全考点综合测验1.正确答案：C本题解析：马克吐温是以为地方主义作家，他的作品主题是密西西比河流域和美国的西部。
英国文学选读试题
英国文学选读试题I. Prose selection：In this section, you are required to read the selection taken from some famous literary works, and then answer the questions below. Write your answers on the Answer Sheet (30 points).To spend too much time in studies is sloth; to use them too much for ornament, is affectation; to make judgment wholly by their rules, is the humor of a scholar. They perfect nature, and are perfected by experience: for natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning by study; and studies themselves, do give forth directions too much at large, except they be bounded in by experience. Crafty men contemn studies, simple men admire them, and wise men use them; for they teach not their own use; but that is a wisdom without them, and above them, won by observation. Read not to contradict and confute; nor to believe and take for granted; nor to find talk and discourse; but to weigh and consider.Questions:1.Which book is this passage taken from?And what’s the title of the essay?Who is the author of it?Essays; Of Studies; Francis Bacon2.How many abuses or misuses of studies the author summarized in this passage,and do you agree with him, why or why not?3.What is the relationship of practice and studies, try to illustrate it by relatingyour own experience.According to the author, what is the most effective way to pursue one’s studies and why?II. Poem selection：In this section, you are required to read the selection taken from some famous literary works, and then answer the questions after the selection. Writeyour answers on the Answer Sheet (30 points).Death, be not proud, though some have called theeMighty and dreadful, for thou art not so ;For those, whom thou think'st thou dost overthrow,Die not, poor Death, nor yet canst thou kill me.From rest and sleep, which but thy picture[s] be,Much pleasure, then from thee much more must flow,And soonest our best men with thee do go,Rest of their bones, and soul's delivery.Thou'rt slave to Fate, chance, kings, and desperate men,And dost with poison, war, and sickness dwell,And poppy, or charms can make us sleep as well,And better than thy stroke ; why swell'st thou then ?One short sleep past, we wake eternally,And Death shall be no more ; Death, thou shalt dieQuestions:1.What type of poem is this one, and who is the poet? What is the poet’s attitudetoward Death?2.What is the Renaissance idea of sleep, can you describe death's image andcompare it to that expressed in Hamlet’s soliloquy (To be or not to be, that is the question…).3.Why does the poet say that Death is “slave to fate, chance, kings and desperatemen”, do you think death is powerful enough to choose who is to die?4.What is your idea about death, do you think Death can be swelling with pridetoday?III. Novel Selection: In this section, you are required to read the selection taken from some famous literary works, and then answer the questions after the selection. Writeyour answers on the Answer Sheet ((40 points).Questions:1.Do you agree with the statement “it is a truth universally acknowledged, that asingle man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife”, why or why not?2.Describe the relationship between Mr. Bennet and Mrs. Bennet. Tell how youthink they feel about each other, and give details from the excerpts to support your opinion.3.Hyperbole and irony are effectively used by Jane Austen in this novel. Point outwith a single underline the hyperbolic or ironical expressions in the following sentences:"It is more than I engage for, I assure you.""Have a little compassion on my nerves. You tear them to pieces""I have heard you mention them with consideration these twenty years atleast.""It is very unlucky: but as I have actually paid the visit, we cannot escape the acquaintance now"(Chap.2).4.What do you think of the theme of this novel? Does it have anything to do withits original title: First Impressions?5.Who is your favourite character of this novel, and why?5※<试题四>英国文学选读试题I. Prose selection：In this section, you are required to read the selection taken from some famous literary works, and then answer the questions below. Write your answers on the Answer Sheet (30 points).Histories make men wise, poets witty; the mathematics, subtle; natural philosophy deep; moral, grave; logic and rhetoric, able to contend. There is no stond or impediment in the wit but may be wrought out by fit studies, like as the diseases of the body may have appropriate exercises. Bowling is good for the stone and reins, shooting for the lungs and breast, gentle walking for the stomach, riding for the head, and the like. So if a man’s wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics; for in demonstration, if his wit be called away never so little, he must begin again. If his wit be not apt to distinguish or find differences, let him study the schoolmen, for they are hair splitters. So every defect of the mind may have a special receipt.Questions:1.Which book is this passage taken from? And what’s the title of the essay?Who is the author of it?2.In what sense does reading make a full man? And what kind of reading does theauthor refer to in this context?3.Can you give an example to show the effect of a special kind of reading or sportupon human character by relating your own experience?According to the author, every defect of the mind may have a special receipt. Do youagree with the author, why or why not?II. Poem selection：In this section, you are required to read a poem taken from some famous collection, and then answer the questions after the selection. Write your answers on the Answer Sheet (30 points).Questions:1.What type of poem is this one, and its poetic features? Who is the poet? Sonnet2.Why does the poet compare `thee` to a summer’s day? And who could `thee` be, why?3.Point out some of the figures of speech used in this poem.4.What is the theme of the poem?III. Novel Selection: In this section, you are required to read the selection taken from Robinson Crosoe, and then answer the questions after the selection. Write your answers on the Answer Sheet ((40 points)Questions:1.Do you find the description of Defoe’s setting up the tent con vincing?Couldyou think of better ways to build a shelter in his situation?2.Why does Robinson pay particular attention to the entrance of his tent? Whydoes he go into his tent by a ladder instead of a door?3.From this passage, make some comment on the stylistic features of DanielDefoe’s novel?4.Try to summarize the ideas of the last two paragraphs?5.From this excerpt, what do you find admirable in Robinson Crusoe?。
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。
自学考试《英国文学选读》备考练习题
自学考试《英国文学选读》备考练习题自学考试《英国文学选读》备考练习题为了能帮助广大学生朋友们提高成绩和思维能力，以下是店铺搜索整理的一份自学考试《英国文学选读》备考练习题，供参考练习，希望对大家有所帮助!自学考试《英国文学选读》备考练习题篇1PART ONEI. Multiple Choice1. Although _______ was essentially a medieval writer, he bore marks of humanism and anticipated a newera of literature to come.A. William LanglandB. John GowerC. Geoffrey ChaucerD. Edmund SpenserAnswer: C2. The religious reformation in the early 16th-century England was a reflection of the class struggleswaged by the _____.A. rising bourgeoisie against the feudal class and its ideologyB. working class against the corruption of the bourgeoisieC. landlord class against the rising bourgeoisie and its ideologyD. feudal class against the corruption of the Catholic ChurchAnswer: A3. The statement that a man gained the whole world but lost his own soul makes a good summary of the mainplot of ______.A. Paradise LostB. The Merchant of VeniceC. HamletD. The Tragic History of Doctor FaustusAnswer: D4. "Is not a patron, my Lord, one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water, andwhen he has reached ground, encumbers him with help?"The above passage is taken from _______.A. Francis Bacon’s "Of S tudies"B. William Shakespeare’s The Merchant of VeniceC. Samuel Johnson’s "T o the Right Honorable the Earl of Chesterfield"D. Jonathan Swift’s "A Modest Proposal"Answer: C5. The essence of humanism is to ______.A. restore a medieval reverence for the churchB. avoid the circumstances of earthly lifeC. explore the next world in which men could live after deathD. emphasize human qualitiesAnswer: D6. In The Pilgrim’s Progress, John Bunyan describes The Vanity Fair in a ______ tone.A. delightfulB. satiricalC. sentimentalD. solemnAnswer: B7. The 18th century witnessed a new literary form -the modern English novel, which, contrary to themedieval romance, gives a ______ presentation of life of thecommon English people.A. romanticB. idealisticC. propheticD. realisticAnswer: D8. As a literary figure, John Rivers appears in _______.A. Fielding’s Tom JonesB. Dickens’s Oliver TwistC. Bronte’s Jane EyreD. Austen’s Pride and PrejudiceAnswer: C9. Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe created the image of an enterprising Englishman, typical of the Englishbourgeoisie in the ______ century.A. 17thB. 18thC. 19thD. 20thAnswer: B10. In "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard," Thomas Gray compares the common folk with the great ones,wondering what the commons could have achieved if they had had the ______.A. chanceB. loveC. moneyD. material sourcesAnswer: A11. The poetic view of ______ can be best understood from hisremark about poetry, that is, "all goodpoetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings."A. Samuel Taylor ColeridgeB. John KeatsC. William WordsworthD. Percy Bysshe ShellyAnswer: C12. Pip, Estella, Havisham, Magwitch, and Joe Gargery are most likely names of characters in _______.A. Oliver TwistB. David CopperfieldC. Bleak HouseD. Great ExpectationsAnswer: B13. In English poetry the _______ is regarded as the most common foot.A. iambB. anapestC. trocheeD. dactylAnswer: A14. In Pride and Prejudice, Elizabeth Bennet finds out some weak points about herself in the process ofjudging others. Which of the following is NOT a weak point of hers?A. Blindness.B. Partiality.C. Snobbishness.D. Prejudice.Answer: C15. In Byron’s poem "Song for the Luddites," the word "Luddite" refers to the _______.A. workers who destroyed the machines in their protest against unemploymentB. rising bourgeoisie who fought against the aristocratic classC. descendents of the ancient king, King LudD. poor country people who suffered under the rule of the landlord classAnswer: A16. "Five miles meandering with a mazy motionThrough wood and dale the sacred river ran,Then reached the caverns measureless to man,And sank in tumult to a lifeless ocean."The above lines are taken from ______.A. Wordsworth’s "The Solitary Reaper"B. Blake’s "The Chimney Sweeper"C. Coleridge’s "Kubla Khan"D. Keats’s "Ode on an Grecian Urn"Answer: C17. In his poem, "Ode to the West Wind," Shelley intends to present his wind as a central _______ aroundwhich the poem weaves various cycles of death and rebirth.A. conceptB. symbolC. simileD. metonymyAnswer: B18. In the conversation with his wife in Chapter One of Pride and Prejudice, Mr. Bennet uses a(n) ______tone with sarcastic humor.A. solemnB. harshC. arrogantD. teasingAnswer: D19. Charles Dickens takes the French Revolution as the background of his novel ______.A. Great ExpectationsB. A Tale of Two CitiesC. Bleak HouseD. Oliver TwistAnswer: B20. A typical feature of the English ______ literature is that writers became social and moral critics,exposing all kinds of social evils.A. RenaissanceB. RomanticC. VictorianD. MedievalAnswer: C21. The statement that those extraordinary people, seeking something beyond the provincial life, havefinally to subject themselves to the limitations of the reality either due to their own weakness or thesocial environment may well sum up one of the major themes of ______.A. Fielding’s Tom JonesB. Defoe’s Robinson CrusoeC. Austen’s Pride and PrejudiceD. Eliot’s MiddlemarchAnswer: D22. A typical Forsyte, according to John Galsworthy, is a man with a strong sense of ______, who neverpays any attention to human feelings.A. justiceB. propertyC. moralityD. humorAnswer: B23. Which of the following statements about The Scarlet Letter is NOT true?A. It explores man’s never-ending search for the satisfaction of materialistic desires.B. It relates the conflicts between the society and the individual.C. It is about the effect of sin on the people involved and the society as a whole.D. It presents a psychological analysis of the inward tensions of the characters.Answer: B24. "Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind" is a famous quote from _______’swritings.A. Walt WhitmanB. Henry David ThoreauC. Herman MelvilleD. Ralph Waldo EmersonAnswer:25. Which of Hemingway’s novels describes the drifting life of American exiles in Europe?A. The Sun Also Rises.B. A Farewell to Arms.C. For Whom the Bell Tolls.D. The Old Man and the Sea.Answer: B26. The theme of _______ may be well stated as "It sings of nationalism and of the nature of the self inrelation to the cosmos and the meaning and purpose of birth and death."A. Edgar Allan Poe’s "To Helen"B. Robert Frost’s "The Road Not Taken"C. Walt Whitman’s "Song of Myself"D. Emily Dickenson’s "Because I could not stop for Death"Answer: C27. The American Puritanism as a cultural heritage benefited the Americans in _______.A. strengthening their moral valuesB. weakening their religious faithC. knowing truth intuitivelyD. developing their science and technologyAnswer: A28. Mark Twain, one of the greatest 19th century American writers, is well known for his ______.A. international themeB. waste-land imageryC. local colorD. symbolismAnswer: C29. "Strange names were over the doors -strange faces at the windows -every thing was strange. His mindnow began to misgive him, that both he and the world around him were bewitched. Surely this was hisnative village, which he had left but the day before." The above passage is taken from ______.A. Irving’s "Rip Van Winkle"B. Hawthorne’s "Young Goodman Brown"C. James’ "Daisy Miller"D. Hemingway’s "Indian Camp"Answer: A30. According to Hawthorne, the scarlet letter "A" which originally stood for "_______" finally obtainedthe meaning of "able" or "angel" through Hester’s efforts.A. adulteryB. arroganceC. accomplishmentD. agonyAnswer: A31. As a naturalist writer, Theodore Dreiser was greatly influenced by _______.A. Nathaniel HawthorneB. Charles DarwinC. Henry JamesD. Ralph Waldo EmersonAnswer: B32. In Sister Carrie, Hurstwood, extremely hopeless and totally devastated, ends his life by turning onthe gas, while at the same time Carrie is rocking comfortably in her luxurious hotel room before sheboards a ship for _______.A. New YorkB. LondonC. ParisD, GenevaAnswer: B33. In Henry James’ "Daisy Miller," the author tries to portray the protagonist as an embodiment of______.A. the force of conventionB. the decline of aristocracyC. the free spirit of the New WorldD. the corruption of the new richAnswer: C34. American writers of the first postwar era who were devoid of faith and alienated from thecivilization were commonly called "______."A. sons of libertyB. fatherless childrenC. a beat generationD. a lost generationAnswer: D35. The raft with which Huck and Jim make their voyage down the Mississippi River may symbolize all thefollowing EXCEPT ______.A. a return to natureB. an escape from evils, injustices, and corruption of the civilized societyC. the heavenly kingdom of ChristianityD. a small world where people of different colors can live friendly and happilyAnswer: C36. Of the following American poets in the twentieth century, the one who has the best knowledge ofChinese culture is _______.A. Robert FrostB. Allen GinsbergC. Ezra PoundD. E. E. CummingsAnswer: C37. Emily Grierson, the protagonist in Faulkner’s story "A Rose for Emily," can be regarded as a symbolstanding for all the following qualities EXCEPT _______.A. no prejudice against the northernersB. rigid ideas of social statusC. bigotry and eccentricityD. grace and integrityAnswer: D38. Robert Frost is a regional poet in the sense that his poems are mainly concerned about the _______.A. life in New YorkB. country life in New EnglandC. sea adventuresD. life on the MississippiAnswer: B39. In Hemingway’s story "Indian Camp" Nick, the protagonist, witnesses _______.A. a tragic killing of the Indians by the white manB. real friendship between the white men and the IndiansC. men’s senseless killing of each otherD. terrible scenes of birth and deathAnswer: D40. Great Gatsby, written by Fitzgerald in 1925, is a story about ______ who was destroyed by theinfluence of the wealthy, pleasure-seeking people around him.A. a vagabondB. an idealistC. an eccentricD. an opportunistAnswer: BPART TWOII. Reading Comprehension41. "Busy old fool, unruly sun,Why dost thou thus,Through windows and through curtains call on us?"Questions:A. Identify the poem and the poet.B. What does the word "fool" refer to?C. What idea does the quotation express?参考答案：A It is taken from Jone Donne’s "The Sun Rising" (P66)B. "fool" refers to the sun.C. Donne’s great prose works are his sermons, the quotation expresses a strong sense of rebelliousspirit, the author tried to break away from the conventional fashion of the Elizabethan love poetry.(P63+66)42. "Most mighty Emperor of Lilliput, delight and terror of the universe, whose dominions extend fivethousand blustrugs (about twelve miles in circumference) to the extremities of the globe; Monarch of allMonarchs; taller than the sons of men; whose feet press down to the center, and whose head strikesagainst the sun; at whose nod the princes of the earth shake their knees; pleasant as spring, comfortableas summer, fruitful as autumn, dreadful as winter."Questions:A. Identify the work and the author.B. What is the tone of the author?C. What does the author parody here?Answers:A. The passage comes from "Gulliver’s Travels" written by Jonanthan Swift. (P115)B. The author used the Ironic tone of the passage.C. Romance (prose)/ Adventurous prose is the parody here.43. "She thanked men -good! but thankedSomehow -I know not how -as if she rankedMy gift of a nine-hundred-years-old nameWith anybody’s gift."Questions:A. Identify the poem and the poet.B. What kind of tone does the speaker use here?C. What idea does the quoted passage express?Answers:A. The poem is "My Last Duchess", by Robert Browning. (P286)B. The speaker is Duke, he is a villain. The speaker uses the tone of arrogant (傲慢的) here.C. The quoted passage reveals the duke is a self-conceited, cruel and tyrannical man. (P287)44. "This is my letter to the WorldThat never wrote to Me -The simple News that Nature told -With tender Majesty"Questions:A. Identify the poetB. What does the word "World" refer to?C. What idea does the quoted passage express?Answers:A. The poet is Emily Dickinson. (P520)B. "World" refers to the outside world.C. The poem expresses D ickinson’s anxiety about her communication with the outside world. (P520)III. Questions and Answers45. "For herein Fortune shows herself more kindThan in her custom; it is still her useTo let the wretched man outlive his wealth,To view with hollow eye and wrinkled browAn age of poverty; from which ling’ring penanceOf such misery doth she cut me off."The above lines are taken from a speech made by Antonio, a major character in Shakespeare’s play TheMerchant of Venice. Why does Antonio say that Fortune is more kind to him than in her custom?参考答案:This sentence means she, Lady Fortune, is more kind to him because she is taking away both his wealthand life. The speaker is Antonio, it’s said that his ship have all been lost, and he is penniless, andwill have to pay the pound of flesh. (Because Shylock has made a strange bond that requires Antonio topay him a pound of flesh if he can’t repay him, the money that he borrowed for his friend in due time.) (P38)自学考试《英国文学选读》备考练习题篇21. What are Shakespear e ’ s achievements?a. Shakespeare represented the trend of history in giving voice to de desires and aspirations of the people.b. Shakespeare’s humanism: more important than his historical sense of his time, Shakespeare in his plays reflects the spirit of his age.c. Shakespeare’s characterization: Shakespeare was most successful in his characterization. In his plays he described a great number of characters.d. Shakespeare’s originality: Shakespeare drew most of his materials from sources that were known to his audience. But his plays are original because he instilled into the old materials a new spirit that gives new life to his plays.e. Shakespeare as a great poet: Shakespeare was not only a great dramatist, but also a great poet. Apart from his sonnets and long poems, his dramas are poetry.f. Shakespeare as master of the English language.2. What are the basic characteristics of ballads?a. The beginning is often abrupt.b. There are strong dramatic elements.c. The story is often told through dialogue and action.d. The theme is often tragic, though there are a number of comic ballads.e. The ballad meter is used.3. How do you interpret Humanism?With the spreading of the Greek and Roman culture there appeared a number of humanist scholars who took great interestin the welfare of human beings. According to them it was against human nature to sacrifice the happiness of this life for an after life. They argued that man should be given full freedom to enrich their intellectual and emotional life. In religion they demanded the reformation of the church, in art and literature, instead of singing praise to God, they sang in praise of man and of the pursuit of happiness in this life. Humanism shattered the shackles of spiritual bondage of man’s mind by the R oman Catholic Church and opened his eyes to “a brave new world” in front of him.4. How do you sum up the characteristics of Neo-Classicism?a. People emphasized reason rather than emotion, form rather than content.b. As reason was stressed, most of the writings of the age were didactic and satirical.c. As elegance, correctness, appropriateness and restraint were preferred, the poet found closed couplet the only possible verse form for serious work.d. It is almost exclusively a “town” poetry, catering to the interests of the “society” on great cities. The humbler aspects of life are neglected and it shows no love of nature, landscape, or country things and people.e. It is entirely wanting in all those elements that are related with the “romantic”.5. What is the significance of The Canterbury Tales ?a. It gives a comprehensive picture of Chaucer’s time.b. The dramatic structure of the poem has been highly commended by critics. In the Canterbury Tales, stories are related to the personalities of the tellers.c. Chaucer’s humor: humor is a characteristic feature of theEnglish literature. His gentle satire and mild irony.d. Chaucer’s contribution to the English language. Chaucer greatly increased the prestige of the English language.6. Please summarize the characteristic features of the Romantic Movement .a. Subjectivism: romantic poets describe poetry as “the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings” which expresses the poet’s mind.b. Spontaneity: Wordsworth defines poetry as “the spontaneous overf low of feelings”. The role of instinct, intuition, and the feelings of “the heart” is stressed.c. Singularity: romantic poets have a strong love for the remote, the unusual, the strange, the supernatural, the mysterious, the splendid, the picturesque, and the illogical.d. Worship of nature: the romantic poets are worshippers of nature, especially the sublime aspect of a natural scene.e. Simplicity: romantic poets take to using everyday language spoken by the rustic people as opposed to the poetic diction used by neo-classic writers. There is a dominating note of melancholy in the poems of the romantic poets.f. It was an age of poetry by which the poets outpoured their feelings and emotions.7. What is William Wordsworth ’ s definition of the word “ poet ” ?He defines poetry as “the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings”.8. What are the main factors that explain the rise of novels asa dominant literary genre during the Victorian age?First, the growth of urban population resulted in the appearance of a new reading public.Second, with the development of the method of printing and paper making, the price of books dropped, and besides regular books, there were serial publications. In addition, many libraries were set up by philanthropists so that books were now available to readers who could not afford to buy books.Third, writing had become a profession, which made it possible for the writers to make a living by writing.Fourth, with the ascendancy of the industrial capitalists, the majority of whom lived an idle life on interests, there was a large idle class who needed recreation and entertainment. Novels met with their desires.Fifth, the conditions of the time and the dire poverty on the one hand and the enormous wealth on the other hand needed a secular form to explore human relations rather than sermons given in the church.Finally, the feminist movement had much to do with the growth of the novel.9. Please summarize Dickens ’ artistic techniques.a. Dickens has a tendency to depict the grotesque (very odd or unusual, fantastically ugly or absurd) characters or events.b. Dickens loves to instill life into inanimate things and to compare animate beings to inanimate things.c. Dickens is noted for his descriptions of pathetic scenes that aim to arou se people’s sympathy.10. Please define Robert Browning ’ s dramatic monologue.A poem in which there is one imaginary speaker addressing an imaginary audience.In his dramatic monologues, he penetrates to depth the psychology of his characters and through their own speeches, he analyzes and dissects his characters and reveals the innermostsecret of their lives.。
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Exercise for English Literature (2)Choose the best answer for each blank.1. ________, the “ father of English poetry ” and one of the greatest narrative poets of England, was born inLondon about 1340.A. Geoffrey ChaucerB. Sir GawainC. Francis BaconD. John Dryden2. Chaucer died on the 25th October 1400, and was buried in ________.A. FlandersB. FranceC. ItalyD. Westminster Abbey3.The progress in industry at home stimulated the commercial expansion abroad. ________ encouragedexploration and travel, which were compatible with the interest of the English merchants.A. Henry VB. Henry VIIC. Henry VIIID. Queen Elizabeth4. Except being a victory of England over ________, the rout of the fleet “ Armadawasalso”the(Invincible)triumph of the rising young bourgeoisie over the declining old feudalism.A. SpainB. FranceC. AmericaD. Norway5. At the beginning of the 16th century the outstanding humanist ________ wrote his Utopia in which he gave aprofound and truthful picture of the people and’puts sufferingforward his ideal of a future happy society.A. Thomas MoreB. Thomas MarloweC. Francis BaconD. William Shakespear6. Absolute monarchy in England reached its summit during the reign of Queen ________.A. MaryB. ElizabethC. WilliamD. Victoria7. English Renaissance Period was an age of ________.A. prose and novelB. poetry and dramaC. essays and journalsD. ballads and songs8. From the following, choose the one which is not Francis Bacon ’ s work: ________.A. The Advancement of LearningB. The New InstrumentC. EssaysD. The New AtlanticsE. Venus and Adonis9. “ Shall I compare thee to a summer ’ s day?” This is the beginning line of one of ShakespeareA. songsB. playsC. comediesD. sonnets10. The heroines of Shakespeare ’greats comedies, ________ are the daughters of the Renaissance, whoseimages and stories will remain a legacy to readers and audiences of all time.A. PortiaB. RoselandC. ViolaD. Beatrice11. Choose the four great tragedies of Shakespeare from the following ________.A. HamletB. OthelloC. MacbethD. King LearE. Timon of Athens12. Which play is not a comedy? ________A. A Midsummer Night ’ s DreamB. The Merchant of VeniceC. Twelfth NightD. Romeo and JulietE. As You Like It13. “ Denmark is a prison ” . In which play doeserothesummariseh his observation of his world into such a bittersentence? ________A. Charles IB. OthelloC. Henry VIIID. Hamlet14. The works of ________ and the Authorised Version of the English Bible are the two great treasuries of theEnglish language.A. Geoffrey ChaucerB. Edmund SpenserC. William ShakespeareD. Ben Johnson15. In which play does the hero show his profound reverence for man through the sentence: “ Whawok is a man! How nobel in reason! How finite in faculty! ” ________A. Romeo and JulietB. HamletC. OthelloD. The Merchant of Venice16. In 1649, ________ was beheaded. England became a commonwealth.A. James IB. James IIC. Charles ID. Charles II17.The revolution of 1688 meant three of the following things: ________.A. the supremacy of ParliamentB. the beginning of modern EnglandC. the triumph of the principal libertyD. the triumph of the principle of political libertyE. the Restoration of monarchy18.Who of the following were the important metaphysical poets? ________A. John DonneB. George HerbertC. John MiltonD. Richard Lovelace19. Which work was NOT written by John Milton? ________A. Paradise LostB. Paradise RegainedC. Samson AgonistesD. Volpone20. Paradise Lost is ________.A. John Milton’ s masterpieceB. a great epic in 12 booksC. written in blank verseD. about the heroic revolt of Satan against God’ s authority21. John Milton is ________.A. a great revolutionary poet of the 17th centuryB.an outstanding political pamphleteerC.a great stylistD.a great master of blank verse22.From the Old Testament, John Milton took his stories of Paradise Lost, i.e. ________.A. the creationB.the rebellion in Heaven of Satan and his fellow-angelsC.their defeat and expulsion from HeavenD.the creation of the death and of adam and EveE.the fallen angels in hell plotting against GodF.Satan ’ s temptation of EveG.the departure of Adam and Eve from Eden23.The finest thing in Paradise Lost is the description of hell, and ________ is often regarded as the real heroof the poem.A. GodB. SatanC. AdamD. Eve24. Who is the greatest of the Metaphysical school of poetry? ________A. John DonneB. George HerbertC. Andrew MarvellD. Henry Vaugham25.________ was a progressive intellectual movement throughout Western Europe in the 18th century.A. The RenaissanceB. The EnlightenmentC. The Religious ReformationD. The Chartist Movement26.The main literary stream of the 18th century was ________. What the writers described in their works weremainly social realities.A. naturalismB. romanticismC. classicismD. realismE. sentimentalism27.The eighteenth century was the golden age of the English ________. The novel of this period spoke the truthabout life with an uncompromising courage.A. dramaB. poetryC. essayD. novel28. In 1704, Jonathan Swift published two works together, ________ and ________, which made him well-known as a satirist.A. A Tale of a TubB. Bickerstaff AlmanacC. Gulliver’ s TravelsD. A Modest Proposal29.“ Proper words in proper places, makes the true definition of a style.” This sentence is said by _of the greatest masters of English prose.A. Alexander PopeB. Henry FieldingC. Daniel DefoeD. Jonathan Swift30.As a journalist, ________ had learned how to make his reporting vivid and credible by a skillful use ofcircumstantial detail. This power to make his characters alive and his stories credible is an inimitable gift.A. Joseph AddisonB. Daniel DefoeC. Samuel RicharsonD. TobiasSmollett31.Which of the following are NOT written by William Blake? ________A. Poetical SketchesB. Songs of InnocenceC. Songs of ExperienceD. Auld Lang SyneE. The Marriage of Heaven and HellF. ProphecisG. Visions of the Daughters of Albion and America, a Prophecy32.In the 18th century English literature, the representative poets of pre-romanticism were ________.A. William WordsworthB. William BlakeC. Robert BurnsD. Jonathan Swift33.The Romantic Age begab with the publication of The Lyrical Ballads which was written by ________.A. William WordsworthB. Samuel JohnsonC. Samuel Taylor ColeridgeD. Wordsworth and Coleridge34.The Romantic Age came to an end with the death of the last well-known romantic writer ________.A. Jane AustenB. Walter ScottC. Samuel Taylor ColeridgeD. William Wordsworth35. The glory of the Romantic Age lies in the poetry of ________.A. William WordsworthB. Samuel Taylor ColeridgeC. George Gordon ByronD. Percy Bysshe ShelleyE. John Keats36.The English Romantic Age produced two major novelists. They are ________.A. George Gordon Byron and Percy Bysshe ShelleyB. William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor ColeridgeC. Walter Scott and Jane AustenD. Charles Lamb and William Hazlitt37.Which poets belong to the Active Romantic group? ________A. George Gordon ByronB. William WordsworthC. Percy Bysshe ShelleyD. John KeatsE. John Milton38. Which poets belong to the Lakers? ________A. William WordsworthB. Samuel Taylor ColeridgeC. John KeatsD. Robert SoutheyE. Walter Scott39. Which of the folloeing were written by Wordsworth ONLY? ________A. To the CuckooB. The Lyrical BalladsC. Lucy PoemsD. The Solitary ReaperE. I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud40.The publication of ________ marked the break with the conventional poetical tradition of the 18th century,i.e., with classicism, and the beginning of the Romantic revival in England.A. The Lyrical BalladsB. The PreludeC. Childe Harold ’ sPilgrimage D. Don Juan41.As contrasted with the classicists who made reason, order and the old, classical traditions the criteria in theirpoetical creations, ________ based his own poetical principle on the premise that “ allgood poetry is thespontaneous overflow of powerf ul feeling.”A. Samuel Taylor ColeridgeB. George Gordon ByronC. Percy Bysshe ShelleyD. William Wordsworth42.________ was the first critic of the Romantic School.A. William WordworthB. Samuel JohnsonC. Samuel Taylor ColeridgeD. Wordworth and Coleridge43. Which of the following statements is (are) NOT true about George Gordon Byron? ________A. Byron ’ s early years had been far from happy for he was born with a clubfoot, in the frequent family scenes hismother called him“ you lame brat.”B. Byron died in Italy annd was deeply mourned by the Italian people and by all progressive people throughoutthe world.C. The reactionary criticism of the 19th century tried to belittle Byron’ s genius and his role in the deEnglish literature, but Byron remains one of the most popular English poets both at home and abroad.D. Since the May 4 Movement in 1919, more and more of Byron’ s poems have been translated into Chinese andwell received by the poets and young readers. Byron has now become one of the best-known English poets inour country.44.In 1805, Wordsworth completed a long autobiographical poem entitled ________.A. Biographia literariaB. The PreludeC. Lucy PoemsD. The Lyrical Ballads45. ________ is regarded as the most wonderful lyricist England has ever produced mainly for his poems onnature, on love, and on politics.A. William WordsworthB. John KeatsC. George Gordon ByronD. Percy Bysshe Shelley46. Which of the following statements is (are) NOT true about Percy Bysshe Shelley? ________A. Prometheus Unbound is Percy By sshe Shelley ’ s masterpiece, a long epic poem.B. At Eton Percy Bysshe Shelley was known as “ Mad Shelley” , for his obstinate opposition to the brutal faggingsystem, according to which the younger school-boys were obliged to obey the older boys and bear a great dealof cruel treatment.C. George Gordon Byron alled Percy Bysshe Shelley “ the best and least selfish man I ever knew.D. Percy Bysshe Shelley loved the people and hated their oppressors and exploiters.47. ________ ’pursuit of beauty in all things bespoke an aspiration after a better life than the sordid realityunder capitalism. His leading principle is: “ Beauty is truth, truth beauty. ”A. Percy Bysshe ShelleyB. George Gordon ByronC. William WordsworthD. John Keats48. Choose the four immortal odes written by John Keats. ________A. Ode to the West WindB. Ode to a NightingaleC. To AutumnD. Ode on MelancholyE. Ode on a Grecian Urn49. Choose the works written by Jane Austen. ________A. Pride and PrejudiceB. Sense and SensibilityC. Northanger Abbey C. EmmaE. Mansfield ParkF. Persuasion50.In the 19th century English literature, a new literary trend called ________ appeared. And it flourished in theforties and in the early fifties.A. romanticismB. naturalismC. realismD. critical realism51.English critical realism found its expression chiefly in the form of ________. The critical realists, most ofwho were novelists, described with vividness and artistic skill the chief traits of the English society andcriticised the capitalist system from a democratic viewpoint.A. novelB. dramaC. poetryD. essay52. The greatest English critical realist novelist was ________, who criticised the bourgeois civilisation andshowed the misery of the common people.A. William Makepeace ThackerayB. Charles DickensC. Charlotte BronteD. Emily Bronte53. Which of the following writers belong to critical realists? ________A. Charles DickensB. Charlotte BronteC. Emily BronteD. Thomas Hardy54. ________ wrote a number of little sketches of “ cockney characters ” . Hewhichsignedwasthemhis “ Boz”nickname for his young brother. His first book, Sketches by Boz appeared in 1836.A. Elizabeth GaskellB. William M. ThackerayC. Charles DickensD. Jane Austen55. ________ has been called “ the supreme epic of English life. ”A. A Tale of Two CitiesB. David CopperfieldC. Pickwick PapersD. Oliver Twist56. The theme underlying ________ is the idea “ Where there is oppression, there is revolution ”A. A Tale of Two CitiesB. David CopperfieldC. Pickwick PapersD. Oliver Twist57.In the Victorian Age, poetry was not a major art intended to change the world. The main poets of theage were ________.A. Alfred TennysonB. Robert BrowningC. Mrs. BrowningD. Robert BurnsE. William Blake58.The ________ Movement appeared in the thirties of the 19th century. It showed the English workers wereable to appear as an independent political force and were already realising the fact that the industrialbourgeoisie was their principal enemy.A. EnlightenmentB. RenaissanceC. ChartistD. Romanticist59.Which novel is a great satire upon the society and those people who dream to enter the higher societyregardless of the social reality? ________A. A Tale of Two CitiesB. David CopperfieldC. Great ExpectationD.Dombey and Son60.Charles Dickens takes the French Revolution as the background of the novel ________.A. A Tale of Two CitiesB. Great ExpectationC. Hard TimesD. DavidCopperfield61.________ is often regarded as the semi-autobiography of the author Dickens in which the early life of thehero is largely based on the author’ s early life.A. Tom JonesB. David CopperfieldC. Oliver TwistD. Great Expectation62.The Bronte sisters are ________. They were all talented writers and all of them died young.A. Charlotte BronteB. Emily BronteC. Anne BronteD. Jane AustenE. Catherine63. Charlotte Bronte produced four novels: ________.A. ProfessorB. Jane EyreC. ShirleyD. VilletteE. Agnes Grey64.Emily Bronte wrote only one novel entitled ________.A. Wuthering HeightsB. Jane EyreC. EmmaD. Agnes Grey65.Choose the names appear in the novel Jane Eyre. ________A. Jane EyreB. Mr. RochesterC. Mary BartonD. Silas Marner66.Which characters appear in the novel Wuthering Heights? ________A. HeathcliffB. CatherineC. HindleyD. CathyE. Hareton67.In the novel Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte ________.A. pours a great deal of her own experienceB. criticises the bourgeois system of educationC. shows that true love is the foundation of marriageD. shows that women should have equal rights with men68.Women novelists began to appear in England during the second half of the ________ century.A. 17thB. 18thC. 19thD. 20th69.Anne Bronte also wrote two novels ________ and ________.A. ShirleyB. VilletteC. The Tenant of the Wildfell HallD. Agnes Grey70. Which of the following statements are true about Jane Eyre? ________A.One of the central themes of the book is the criticism of the bourgeois system of education.B.Another problem raised in the novel is the position of women in society.C. This book is Charlottel Bronte’ s best literary production.D. In this book, the author attacked the greed, petty tyranny and lack of culture among the bourgeoisie andsympathised with the sufferings of the poor people. Her realism was coloured by petty-bourgeois philanthropy.71.Most of Robert Browning ’importants works, including ________, are written in the form of dramaticmonologue.A. Dramatic LyricsB. Dramatic RomancesC. Men and WomenD. dramaticsPersonae72.Thomas Hardy is one of the representatives of English ________ at the turn of the 19th century.A. critical realismB. pre-romanticismC. neo-classicismD. new romanticism73.Which statement is true? ________A. Thomas Hardy is a famous novelist.B. Thomas Hardy is also a poet.C. Thomas Hardy is a critical realist.D. Fatalism is strongly reflected in Thomas Hardy’ novels.74.Accordi ng to Thomas Hardy’ s own classification, his novels divided themselves into three groups. They are________.A.Novels of character and environmentB.Romances and FantasiesC.Novels of IngenuityD.Working class literature75.Novels of character and environment are also called Wessex novels, taking the southwest counties of Englandfor their setting. They include: ________.A. Under the Greenwood TreeB. The Return of the NativeC. The Mayor of CasterbridgeD. Tess of the D ’ UrbervillesE. Jude the Obscure76. The following state ments are about Thomas Hardy ’ s novels, which are true? ________A.His Wessex novels are of great significance.B.The Southwest counties of England are the setting of his Wessex novels.C.There is pessimism in his novels.D.Mankind is subjected to hostile and mysterious fate.E.There are elements of naturalism in his works.77.Oscar Wilde is one of the important dramatists in the 19th century. In his comedies, he criticises the upperclass of the English bourgeois society. His best comedies are ________.A. Lady Windermere s’FanB. A Woman of No ImportanceC. An Ideal HusbandD. The Importance of Being EarnestE. The Picture of Dorian Gray78. Oscar Wilde was the representative among the writers of ________.A. aestheticismB. decadenceC. critical realismD. pre-romanticism79. Alfred Tennys on’ s poetic output was vast and varied. His main poems are ________.A. The PrincessB. MaudC. In MemoriamD. Idylls of the KingE. Crossing the Bar80. Which of the following short poems was/were written by Alfred Tennyson? ________A. Break, Break, BreakB. Crossing the BarC. The EagleD. Sweet and LowE. Tears, Idle Tears81. Which lament was written by Alfred Tennyson for the death of his friend Hallam? ________A. In MemoriamB. LycidasC. AdodaisD. Elegy written in a Country Churchyard82. My Last Duchess is ________.A. a dramatic monologueB. a short lyricC. a novelD. an essay83. ________ are generally regarded as Joseph Conrad ’ s finest novels.A. Lord JimB. NostromoC. YouthD. The Old Wives ’ Tale84. Who is regarded as a forerunner of the “ stream of consciousness ” literature in the 20th century?A. John GalsworthyB. Henry JamesC. Thomas Stearns EliotD. James Joyce85. George Bernard Shaw ’ s essay ________, a commentary on Henrik Ibsen ’ s dramatic works, served alsoauthor ’ s own program of dramaticeationcr.A. Widower ’ s HousesB. Mrs. Warren ’ s ProfessionC. Major BarbaraD. The Quintessence of Ibsenism86.In English literature, ________ and ________ are the two best-known novelists of the “ streamofconsciousness ” school.A. David Herbert LawrenceB. Robert TressellC. James JoyceD. Virginia Woolf87. ________ ’ s admirers have praised him as “ second only to Shakespeare in his mastery of English language.A. D.H. LawrenceB. T.S. EliotC. James JoyceD. W.B. Yeats88. ________ is the climax of Virginia Woolf experiments’s in novel form.A. The WindowB. Time PassesC. To the LighthouseD. The Waves89. Which of the following novels belong(s) to the“ stream of consciousness” school of novel writing?A. UlyssesB. Finnegans WakeC. To the LighthouseD. The Waves90.________ was written by James Joyce.A. The Portrait of an Artist as a Young ManB. Portrait of a LadyC. The Picture of Dorian GrayD. To the Lighthouse91. D.H. Lawrence ’representative work ________ was positively taken as a typical example and livelymanifestation of the Oedipus Complex in fiction, as the result of Lawrence ’longs -range study of thepsychologic theories of Sigmund Freud.A. Sons and LoversB. The RainbowC. Lady Chatterley’ s LoverD. Women in Love92.Which of the characters are in the novel Sons and Lovers?A. Mrs. MorelB. PaulC. MiriamD. Clara93.Which of the following writers were from Ireland?A. George Bernard ShawB. Jonathan SwiftC. James Joyce Oscar WildeE. W.B. Yeats94. Which of the following play(s) was/were NOT written by George Bernard Shaw?A. Mrs. Warren ’ s ProfessionB. Widower ’ s HousesC. Major BarbaraD.Pygmalion E. The Man of Property95.Which of the following plays deals with the story that a linguist trains a flower girl to speak the so-calledhigh-civilised English?A. Major BarbaraB. PygmalionC. Mrs. Warren ’ s ProfessionD. Man and Superman96. In 1923, ________ was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature.A. William Butler YeatsB. Samuel ButlerC. Thomas Stearns EliotD. David Herbert Lawrence97. William Butler Yeats was _______.A. an Irish poetB. a dramatistC. a criticD. a senator in the Irish Free State in 192198. Thomas Stearns Eliot defined his belief as ________.A. classicist in literatureB. royalist in politicsC. Anglo-Catholic in religionD. all of the above99.Which of the following statement is NOT true?A. Thomas Stearns Eliot was born in America.B. Thomas Stearns Eliot became a British subject in 1927.C. Thomas Stearns Eliot was educated in Harvard University and Oxford University.D. Thomas Stearns Eliot was a poet, a critic and a playwright.E. Thomas Stearns Eliot was also a great novelist.100.In which poem are the sterility and chaos of the contemporary world after 1st World War expressed?A. Ode to the West WindB. The Solitary ReaperC. LamiaD. The Waste LandKeys:1-5: A, D, D, A, A6-10: B, B, D, D, ABCD11-15:ABCD, D, D, C, B16-20: C, ABC, AB, D, ABCD21-25: ABCD, ABCDEFG, B, A, B26-30: D, D, AD, D, B31-35: D, BC, D, B, ABCDE36-40: C, ACD, ABD, ACDE, A41-45: D, C, B, B, D46-50: A, D, BCDE, ABCDEF, D51-55: A, B, ABCD, C, C56-60: A, ABC, C, C, A61-65: B, ABC, ABCD, A, AB66-70: ABCDE, ABCD, C, CD, ABCD71-75: ABCD, A, ABCD, ABC, ABCDE76-80: ABCDE, ABCD, AB, ABCED, ABCDE81-85: A. A. AB, B, D86-90: CD, C, D, ABCD, A91-95: A, ABCE, ABCDE, E, B96-100: A, ABCD, D, E, D。
学历类《自考》自考专业(英语)《英美文学选读》考试试题及答案解析
学历类《自考》自考专业(英语)《英美文学选读》考试试题及答案解析姓名:_____________ 年级:____________ 学号:______________1、Opposition leaders will be watching carefully to see how the Prime Minister ________ the crisis.A、handlesB、conductsC、observesD、directs正确答案：A答案解析：A应付，对付，控制B引导，进行，实施C观察，监测，遵守D指导，监督2、Now many major employers are beginning to demand _______ the completion of schoolA、morethanB、ratherthanC、otherthanD、betterthan正确答案：A答案解析：morethan：多于，不只。
句意：现在很多雇主开始不仅仅要求学业的完成。
3、In the original test，all the animals in a test group are given a substance _______ half of them dieA、unlessB、untilC、lestD、provided正确答案：B答案解析：本题考查词义辨析。
until：直到。
符合句意，表示givenasubstance持续到halfofthemdie。
4、Nobody but you _______ what he said.A、agreeswithB、agreesoutC、agreewithD、agreeto正确答案：A答案解析：主语为nobody时，谓语动词用单数，如果主语被but,aswellas,with等短语修饰，谓语仍与主语的数保持一致。
该题易误选C、D，选D的原因在于词组记忆不清，用介词to时之后应加具体项目。
英国文学选读试卷及答案解析浙江10月自考
浙江省2018年10月高等教育自学考试英国文学选读试题课程代码：10054Ⅰ. Choose the relevant match from Column B for each item in Column A. (10%)Section AA B(1) D. H. Lawrence A. Middlemarch(2) Jane Austen B. Doctor Faustus(3) Christopher Marlower C. An Essay on Criticism(4) Alexander Pope D. The Rainbow(5) George Eliot E. Northanger AbbeySection BA B(1) Jane Eyre A. Redcrosse Knight(2) Sons and Lovers B. Angel Clare(3) Tess of the D’urbervilles C. Christian(4) The Faerie Queene D. Mrs. Morel(5) The Pilgrim’s Progress E. Mr. RochesterⅡ. Complete each of the following statements with a proper word or a phrase according to the textbook. (5%)1. The essence of the Renaissance is _____.2. Fielding adopted “the _____ person narration”, in which the author becomes the “all-knowing God”.3. English Romanticism is generally said to begin in _____ with the publication of Wordsworth and Coleridge’s Lyrical Ballads.4. _____ rose out of skepticism and disillusion of capitalism.5. _____ is regarded as the most prominent stream-of-consciousness novelist.Ⅲ. Each of the following statements is followed by four alternative answers. Choose the one that would best complete the statement. (50%)1. Edmund Spenser’s masterpiece is _____.1A. The Shepheared’s CalenderB. The Faerie QueenC. EpithalamionD. The Canterbury Tales2. Dr. Faustus is a play based on the _____ of a magician aspiring for knowledge and finally meeting his tragic end as a result of selling his soul to the Devil.A. German legendB. Greek legendC. French legendD. British legend3. Shakespeare is known to have used _____ different words. His coinage of new words and distortion of the meaning of the old ones also create striking effects on the reader.A. 16,000B. 1600C. 20,000D. 20004. _____ lust for power stirs up his ambition and leads him to incessant crimes.A. Othello’sB. Hamlet’sC. Shylock’sD. Macbeth’s5. The destination of Christian’s journey in The Pilgrim’s Progress is_____.A. the City of DestructionB. the Celestial CityC. Vanity FairD. none of the above6. The hero Robinson Crusoe is a typical 18th century English middle-calss man who _____.A. has a great capacity for work, inexhaustible energy, courage, patience and persistence in overcoming obstacles and struggling against the hostile natural environment.B. has strong will, but can’t endure life’s loneliness.C. has a great capacity for work, but is frightened by the hostile natural environment.D. thinks all the people are born equal.7. _____ is generally consiered Fielding’s masterpiece.A. Joseph AndrewsB. Jonathan Wild the GreatC. Tom JonesD. Gulliver’s Travels8. _____ has been regarded as the best comedy since Shakespeare.A. The RivalsB. The School for ScandalC. St. Patrick’s DayD. The Duenna9. The most important contribution Wordsworth has made is that _____.A. he started the modern poetry, the poetry of the growing inner self2B. he changed the course of English poetry by using ordinary speech of the language and by advocating a return to natureC. he is skillful at describing the city lifeD. both A and B10. _____ was composed in a dream after Coleridge took opium.A. Kubla KhanB. ChristabelC. The Rime of the Ancient MarinerD. Frost at Midnight11. Austen shows a human being _____.A. at moment of crisisB. in the most trivial incidents of everyday lifeC. at workD. a fight in a battle field12. In Victorian Age, the _____ became the most widely read and the most vital and challenging expression of progressive thought.A. poetryB. novelC. familiar essayD. prose13. In depiction of his characters, Dickens is famous for _____.A. those innocent, virtuous, persecuted, hopeless child charactersB. those horrible and grotesque charactersC. those broadly humors or comical onesD. all the above14. What makes Jane Eyre one of the most popular and important novels of the Victorian Age are the followings except _____.A. it is noted for its sharp criticism of the existing societyB. it is an intense moral fableC. it is the first introduction to the English novel the first governess heroineD. Jane Eyre is too timid to love her master Rochester.15. As to Idylls of the King, which of the following statements is not right? _____A. It is Tennyson’s most ambitious work which took him over 30 years to complete.B. It is made up of 6 books of narrative poems.C. It is based on the Celtic legends of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table.D. It is a modern interpretation of the classic myth.316. The name of _____ is often associated with the term “dramatic monologue”.A. Alfred TennysonB. Mathew ArnoldC. Elizabeth BrowningD. Robert Browning17. The major themes of the modernist literature are the distorted, alienated and ill relationships between _____.A. man and natureB. man and societyC. man and womanD. both A and B18. Murder in the Cathedra, with its purely dramatic power, remains the most popular of _____ verse plays in spite of its primarily religious purpose.A. W.B. Yeats’ B. Christopher Fry’sC. T. S. Eliot’sD. G. B. Shaw’s19. The overall style of Yeats’ early poetry is _____.A. very delicate with natural imageryB. dream-like atmosphereC. musical beautyD. all the above20. By presenting the psychological experience of individual human life and of human relationships, _____ has opened up a wide new territory to the novel.A. James JoyceB. Virginia WoolfC. D. H. Lawrence D. E. M. Forster21. Which of the following is a dandy in Tess of the D’Urbervilles? _____A. TessB. AlecC. BlifilD. Clare22. Lawrence was regarded as a prominent novelist only after he published his third novel, _____.A. Sons and LoversB. Women in LoveC. The RainbowD. The White Peacock23. _____ is regarded as the most prominent stream-of-consciousness novelist.A. James JoyceB. Virginia WoolfC. D. H. Lawrence D. E. M. Forster24. _____, Eliot’s most important single poem, has been hailed as a landmark and a model of the 20th-century English poetry.A. The Hollow MenB. The Waste Land4C. The Love Song of J. Alfred PrufrockD. Four Quartets25. _____ shows a particular concern for the destiny of women, especially those with great intelligence, potential and social aspirations.A. Jane AustenB. Charlotte BronteC. Mrs. GaskellD. George EliotⅣ. Interpretation(20%)Read the following selections and then answer the questions.(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.But such a tide as moving seems asleep,Too full for sound and foam,When that which drew from out the boundless deepTurns again home.Twilight and evening bell,And after that the dark!And may there be no sadness of farewell,When I embark;For though from out our bourne of Time and PlaceThe flood may bear me far,I hope to see my Pilot face to faceWhen I have crossed the bar.1. What does the phrase “cross the bar” mean in this poem?2. What is the theme of this poem?5(2)Some to conceit alone their taste confine,And glittering thoughts struck out at every line;Pleased with a work where nothing is just or fit,One glaring chaos and wild heap of wit.Poets, like painters, thus, unskilled to traceThe naked nature and the living grace,With gold and jewels cover every part,And hide with ornaments their want of art.True wit is nature to advantage dressed,What oft was thought, but ne’er so well expressed;Something, whose truth convinced at sight we find,That gives us back the image of our mind.As shades more sweetly recommend the light;So modest plainness sets off sprightly wit;For works may have more wit than does them good,As bodies perish through excess of blood.3. What does “conceit” mean? What is the poet’s attitude toward “conceit in poetry”?4. What does the author think is the essence of a poem?（3）Seven years, My Lord, have now passed since I waited in your outward rooms, or was repulsed from your door; during which time I have been pushing on my work through difficulties of which it is useless to complain, and have brought it, at last, to the verge of publication, without one act of assistance, one word of encouragement, or one smile of favor. Such treatment I did not expect, for I never had a patron before.The shepherd in Virgil grew at last acquainted with Love, and found him a native of the rocks.Is not a patron, my Lord, one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water, and when he has reached ground, encumbers him with help? The notice which you have6been pleased to take my labors, had it been early, had been kind; but it has been delayed till I am different, and cannot enjoy it; till I am solitary, and cannot impart it; till I am known, and do not want it. I hope it is no very cynical asperity not to confess obligation where no benefit has been received, or to be unwilling that the public should consider me as owing that to a patron which Providence has enabled me to do for myself.5. What kind of feeling does the author want to show through the refined and polite language?Ⅴ. Give brief answers to the following questions. (15%)1. List the five main qualities of Edmund Spenser’s poetry. (9%)2. What are the essential characteristics of modernism?(6%)7。
2023年10月自考00604英美文学选读试题及答案含评分标准
绝密★启用前2023年10月高等教育自学考试全国统一命题考试英美文学选读试题答案及评分参考（课程代码00604）一、单项选择题：本大题共40小题，每小题1分，共40分。
1. B2. A3. D4. C5. C6. B7. A8. D9. C 10. A11. D 12. B 13. D 14. C 15. C16. D 17. A 18. C 19. B 20. D21. D 22. B 23. A 24. C 25. A26. D 27. C 28. C 29. C 30. D31. B 32. B 33. A 34. C 35. B36. D 37. C 38. A 39. A 40. D二、阅读理解题：本大题共4小题，每小题4分，共16分。
41. A. Henry Fielding; The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling (or Tom Jones). (2分)B. Daughter of the well-off squire Western. (1分)C. Human nature. (1分)42. A. Charles Dickens; Oliver Twist (2分)B. A chimney-sweeper. (1分)C. Character-portrayal. (1分)43. A. Theodore Dreiser; Sister Carrie.(2分)B. Hurstwood. (1分)C. He turned on the gas in a cheap lodging-house and ended his life. (1分)英美文学选读试题答案及评分参考第1页（共3页）44. A. Robert Lee Frost. (1分)B. The speaker tells us how the course of his life was determined when he came upon tworoads that diverged in a wood. (2分)C. The speaker took the road less traveled by. (1分)三、简答题：本大题共4小题，每小题6分，共24分。
全国自考英美文学选读(综合)模拟试卷1
全国自考英美文学选读（综合）模拟试卷1(总分：20.00，做题时间：90分钟)一、阅读理解(总题数：3，分数：6.00)1.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. Questions: A. Who is the author of the play?B. Who is the speaker?C. What does he mean when he says "To be,or not to be—that is the question" ?（分数：2.00）__________________________________________________________________________________________ 正确答案：(正确答案：A. William Shakespeare. B. Hamlet. C. To live on in this world or to die; to suffer or to take action.)解析：2." ' Faith! Faith!' cried the husband. ' Look up to Heaven, and resist the Wicked One.Questions:A. Identify the work and the author.B. What idea does the quoted sentence express?（分数：2.00）__________________________________________________________________________________________ 正确答案：(正确答案：A. Nathaniel Hawthorne, Young Goodman Brown. B. Goodman Brown here is obviously addressing the image of his wife, urging her to resist the devil. At the same time he is exhorting himself to have faith, to look heavenward, to withstand the infernal eloquence of the Wicked One.)解析：3."There was music from my neighbor' s house through the summer nights. In his blue gardens men and girls came and went like moths among the whisperings and the champagne and the stars. At high tide in the afternoon I watched his guests diving from the tower of his raft, or taking the sun on the hot sand of his beach while his two motor-boats slit the waters of the Sound, drawing aquaplanes over cataracts of foam. On week-ends his Rolls-Royce became an omnibus, bearing parties to and from the city between nine in the morning and long past midnight, while his station wagon scampered like a brisk yellow bug to meet all trains. And on Mondays eight servants, including an extra gardener, toiled all day with mops and scrubbing-brushes and hammers and garden-shears, repairing the ravages of the night before. "Questions;A. Identify the author and the title of the novel from which this passage is taken.B. What can you imply by reading this passage?C. What do the " moths" symbolize?（分数：2.00）__________________________________________________________________________________________ 正确答案：(正确答案：A. F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby. B. This passage describes Gatsby' s extravagance. C. Moths are used metaphorically to refer to those people who are drawn to the party simply for its glamour, for the wealth of Gatsby.)解析：二、简答题(总题数：4，分数：8.00)4.What is the Gothic novel?（分数：2.00）__________________________________________________________________________________________ 正确答案：(正确答案：Gothic novel, a type of romantic fiction that predominated in the late eighteenth century, was one phase of the Romantic movement. Its principal elements are violence, horror , and the supernatural, which strongly appeal to the reader's emotion. With its descriptions of the dark, irrational side of human nature, the Gothic form has exerted a great influence overthe writers of Romantic period. Works like The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Radcliffe and Frankenstein by Mary Shelley are typical Gothic romance.)解析：5.What's the theme of "Jane Eyre"?（分数：2.00）__________________________________________________________________________________________ 正确答案：(正确答案：A. The work is one of the most popular and important novels of the Victorian Age. It is noted for its sharp criticism of the existing society, e. g. the religious hypocrisy of charity institutions such as Lowood school where poor girls are trained, through constant starvation and humiliation, to be humble slaves, the social discrimination Jane experiences first as a dependent at her aunt' s house and later as a governess at Thornfield, and the false social convention of love and marriage. B. At the same time, it is an intense moral fable. Jane, like Mr. Rochester, has to undergo a series of physical and moral tests to grow up and achieve her final happiness.)解析：6.Analyze the characteristics of D. H. Lawrence' s novels.（分数：2.00）__________________________________________________________________________________________ 正确答案：(正确答案：A. The writer expresses a strong reaction against the dehumanizing effect of mechanical civilization on the sensual tenderness of human nature, and it is this agonized concern that haunts his writing. B. Lawrence, introducing psychological elements into his works, holds that human sexuality is the dominating " Life Force" , and defiantly and frankly describes scenes of sex. C. As far as artistic tendency is concerned, the writer is mainly realistic, though not without the use of poetic imagination, symbolism and psychological description in his writing.)解析：7.______ was the first American writer to conceive his career in international terms.（分数：2.00）__________________________________________________________________________________________ 正确答案：(正确答案：A. His most famous theme is international theme. B. Psychological approach.C. The Portrait of A Lady; Daisy Miller.)解析：三、论述题(总题数：3，分数：6.00)8.Please analyze Hamlet by Shakespeare.（分数：2.00）__________________________________________________________________________________________ 正确答案：(正确答案：A. Shakespeare depicts the image of Hamlet as a Renaissance humanist to embody the dramatist' s own ideals, personal ideal, and social and political one. B. In Hamlet' s case, first and foremost it is his own personal ideal of filial piety and a strong sense of justice that demands revenge. But he has his social and political ideals too. On the one hand, he eulogizes the infinite capabilities of man: " What a piece of work is man; how noble in reason! How infinite in faculty!" On the other hand he sees and hopes to get rid of the social evils besetting human beings, as he speaks of a "sea of troubles". C. So Hamlet engages himself in personal revenge but at the same time intends to set right the "time" that is "out of joint". The burden of these duties makes Hamlet a man of contemplation rather than of action, which leads to the soliloquies revealing the inner working of his mind. Then, the struggle between good and evil dominatively controls the scene of Hamlet' s tragedy, a tragedy of a humanist who is always to see and construct a better world.)解析：9.Please discuss the significance of William Wordsworth' s poetry in the history of English literature.（分数：2.00）__________________________________________________________________________________________正确答案：(正确答案：A. First of all, Wordsworth' s theory, as stated in his "Preface" to the second edition of the "Lyrical Ballads" , serves as a manifesto of Romanticism. The poet takes the direct experience of the senses as the source of poetic truth as poetry comes from the "emotion recollected in tranquility". The significance of the "Preface" also presents itself in the poet' s advocation of the writing of the common people in ordinary language. B. Secondly, his practice is what his theory implies, for the joys and sorrows of the common people are themes in many of his poems such as the " Lucy poems". C. Thirdly, natural scenery with its beauty and mystery acts also as one of his favorite themes and the sympathy out of the poet' s nature towards the poor in rural places becomes part of his concern. D. Fourthly, as one of the leading Romantic poets, the inner workings of individual' s mind remains what Wordsworth likes to reveal in his depiction of natural scenery, and the spiritual growth of his own makes his masterpiece The Prelude. E. Finally, the seemingly simplicity of the poet both in diction and description is immersed in a profound and sympathetic longing for a better world. So the most important contribution he has made is that he has not only started the modern poetry, the poetry of his growing inner self, but also changed the course of English poetry by using ordinary speech of the language and by advocating a return to nature.)解析：10.Discuss the way symbolism is used in Melville ' s Moby-Dick.（分数：2.00）__________________________________________________________________________________________正确答案：(正确答案：A. To Ahab, the whale is either an evil creature itself or the agent of an evil force that controls the universe, or perhaps both. The chase of the white whale symbolizes Ahab' s pursuit of truth and fighting against the evil power. B. To Ishmael, the whale is an astonishing force, an immense power, which defies rational explanation to the sense of mystery it carries. C. It also represents the tremendous organic vitality of the universe. D. To the readers, the whale can be viewed as a symbol of the physical limits that life imposes upon man. E. It may also be regarded as a symbol of nature. At the end of the chapter, the author says "... the great shroud of the sea rolled on as it rolled five thousand years ago. " Here the sea symbolizes nature that remains moving but unmoved.)解析：。
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浙江省2018年10月高等教育自学考试英国文学选读试题课程代码：10054Ⅰ.Choose the relevant match from Column B for each item in Column A.(10%)Section AA B(1)Daniel Defoe ( ) A. The Pilgrim’s Progress(2)Charles Dickens ( ) B. The Silver Box(3)John Bunyan ( ) C. Robinson Crusoe(4)Richard Sheridan ( ) D. A Tale of Two Cities(5)John Galsworthy ( ) E. The School for ScandalSection BA B(1) Jane Eyre( ) A. Irene(2) The Man of Property( ) B. Mr. Rochester(3) The Merchant of Venice( ) C. Satan(4) Paradise Lost( ) D. Sophia Western(5) The History of Tom Jones ( ) E. PortiaⅡ.Complete each of the following statements with a proper word or a phrase according to the textbook.(5%)1. In the era of the Renaissance, the humanists made attempts to get rid of those old ______ ideas in medieval Europe.2. The ______ century was an age of prose. A group of excellent writers, such as Swift, Fielding were produced.3. English ______ is generally said to have begun in 1798 with the publication of Wordsworth and Coleridge’s Lyrical Ballads.4. In the Victorian period, the______ as a literary genre became the most widely read and the most vital and challenging expression of progressive thought.5. The Waste Land by T.S. Eliot is a poem concerned with the spiritual breakup of a modern1______ in which human life has lost its meaning, significance and purpose.Ⅲ.Each of the following statements is followed by four alternative answers. Choose the one that would best complete the statement.(48%)1. During the Renaissance period many European humanist thinkers and scholars did not make efforts to do the following except( )A. to make reformation of those old feudalist ideas in medieval Europe.B. to introduce new ideas that expressed the interests of the feudalist.C. to exalt human nature which is capable of individual perfection.D. to prevent the purity of the early church from the corruption of the Roman Catholic Church.2. About Shakespeare’s romantic comedies, which of the following is not true? ( )A. He takes an optimistic attitude toward love and truth.B. The romantic elements are brought into full play.C. He praises the patriotic spirit when engaging intellectual excitement and emotion.D. His youthful Renaissance spirit of jollity is fully reflected.3. As a Renaissance humanist, Shakespeare ( )A. is against religious persecution and racial discrimination, against social inequality and the corrupting influence of gold and money.B. holds that literature should be a combination of beauty, kindness and truth, and should reflect nature and reality.C. gives faithful reflection of the social realities of his time through his works.D. all of the above.4. Which of the following statements about Paradise Lost is true? ( )A. Adam and Eve were driven out of Paradise for their conspiracy with Satan.B. The writer intended to expose the ways of Satan and to justify the ways of God to men.C. Satan, as a rebel to God, was finally defeated and surrendered.D. Satan was finally reconciled with God.5. The 18th-century England is known as ( )A. the Age of PuritanismB. the Age of ReasonC. the Era of CapitalismD. the Age of Glory6. Why did the enlighteners regard education the major means to improve the society and the2people? ( )A. Because most of the human beings were perfect themselves, so only a few needed further education.B. If the common people were well educated, there would be great chance for a democratic and equal human society.C. Because universal education was limited , dualistic, imperfect, and unnecessary.D. Because human beings were not capable of rationality and perfection through education.7. The neoclassicists did not believe that ( )A. the literature should be used to delight and instruct human beings.B. the artistic ideals should be order, logic, restrained emotion and accuracy.C. the literary works should be created independently and originally.D. both A and C8. The enlighteners placed much emphasis on reason, because they thought ( )A. reason or rationality should be the only, the final cause of any human thought and activities.B. reason and emotion both could lead to truth and justice.C. superstition was above reason and rationality.D. equality and science was contrary to reason and rationality.9. The middle of the 18th century saw a newly rising literary form—( )A. the modern English novelB. the modern English poetryC. the modern English dramaD. both A and B10. In Robinson Crusoe, the writer glorifies ( )A. pride and happinessB. independence and strong willC. hard work and successD. human labor and the Puritan fortitude11. Which of the following is not Daniel Defoe’s works? ( )A. Gulliver’s TravelsB. Captain SingletonC. Moll FlandersD. Robinson Crusoe12. As a master satirist, Swift’s satire is usually masked by ( )A. outward gravity and apparent earnestnessB. apparent eagerness and sincerityC. pessimism and bitternessD. seemingly gentleness and sweetness13. In the Houyhnhnm land, Gulliver found that ______ were hairy, wild, low and despicable3brutes while ______ are endowed with reason and all good and admirable qualities. ( )A. the horses ... the YahoosB. the horses ... human beingsC. the Yahoos ... the horsesD. the Yahoos ... human beings14. Which of following is true about the poetic aesthetics of William Wordsworth? ( )A. Poetry could call for people’s sympathy to the poetic revolutionB. Poetry could make literature as an expression of individualismC. Poetry could set forth a new critical creed on poetryD. Poetry could purify both individual souls and the society15. Blake’s Songs of Innocence is a lovely volume of poems, presenting a world of ( )A. happiness and innocenceB. hope and experienceC. happiness and miseryD. misery and poverty16. Which of the following statements is true about Wordsworth’s contribution to literature? ( )A. He started the modern novel , the writing of growing inner self.B. He initiated the use of ordinary speech of the English language to poetry.C. He advocated an escape from nature.D. He refused to decorate the truth of experience.17. As to the novel Pride and Prejudice, which of the following statements is not true?( )A. It mainly tells of the love story between Darcy and Elizabeth.B. Darcy and Elizabeth symbolize pride and prejudice respectively.C. Elizabeth and Darcy symbolize pride and prejudice respectively.D. Its original title is drafted as “First Impressions”.18. Which of the following groups belongs to the critical realists of the Victorian Period?( )A. Jane Austen and Emily BronteB. Charles Dickens and Walter ScottC. Thomas Hardy and George EliotD. D. H. Lawrence and James Joyce19. The religious hypocrisy of charity institutions are sharply criticized in the novel ( )A. Oliver TwistB. Wuthering HeightsC. A Tale of Two CitiesD. Jane Eyre20. As to Thomas Hardy’s later works, which of the following statements is true? ( )A. They are regarded as novels of humanity and nature.4B. They are well-known as novels of character and environment.C. They are local-colored novels of nature and character.D. They are classified as novels of environment and nature.21. The 20th-century Modernism is thought to take ______ as its theoretical base. ( )A. the theories of skepticism and disillusion of capitalismB. the pessimistic philosophy and the doctrines of Christian moralityC. the theories of post modernism and existentialismD. the irrational philosophy and the theory of psycho analysis22. Which of the following statements is not true about the Theater of Absurd? ( )A. Waiting for Godot is regarded as the most influential play of absurd.B. It concerns more about human beings in an alien and decaying world.C. The most original absurd playwright is G B Shaw.D. It writes about human beings living a meaningless life.23. Which of the following is not written by G. B. Shaw? ( )A. The RainbowB. Mrs. Warren’s ProfessionC. PygmalionD. Widowers’ House24. As to the poem The Waste Land, which of the following statements is true? ( )A. It reflects the disillusionment and despair of a whole pre war generation.B. It presents a panorama of disorder and spiritual desolation in the modern Western world.C. It reflects a prevalent mood of hopefulness and optimism.D. It shows the lost hope of spiritual rebirth in the modern world.Ⅳ.Interpretation(20%)Read the following selections and then answer the questions.(1)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？To die, to sleep—No more; and by a sleep to say we end5... ...When he himself might his quietus makeWith a bare bodkin? Who would these fardels bear,To grunt and sweat under a weary life,But that the dread of something after death—The undiscover’d country, from whose bournNo traveler returns- puzzles the will,And makes us rather bear those ills we haveThan fly to others that we know not of?Thus conscience does make cowards of us all；And thus the native hue of resolutionIs sicklied o’er with the pale cast of thought,And enterprises of great pith and moment，With this regard，their currents turn awryAnd lose the name of action.1. Who is the author of the play? From which play is this passage taken from?2. What can be seen about the hero’s character from the monologue?(2)The curfew tolls the knell of parting day,The lowing herd wind slowly o’er the lea,The plowman homeward plods his weary way,And leaves the world to darkness and to me.... ...Oft did the harvest to their sickle yield,Their furrow oft the stubborn glebe has broke；How jocund did they drive their team afield!How bowed the woods beneath their sturdy stroke!6Let not Ambition mock their useful toil,Their homely joys, and destiny obscure;Nor Grandeur hear with a disdainful smileThe short and simple annals of the poor.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.3. Who is the author? What school of poets does he belong to?4. Make a brief comment on the artistic features of this poem.（3）Mr. Gamfield gave an arch look at the faces round the table, and, observing a smile on all of them, gradually broke into a smile himself. The bargain was made. Mr. Bumble was at once instructed that Oliver Twist and his indentures were to be conveyed before the magistrate, for signature and approval, that very afternoon.In pursuance of this determination, little Oliver, to his excessive astonishment, was released from bondage, and ordered to put himself into a clean shirt. He had hardly achieved this very unusual gymnastic performance when Mr. Bumble brought him, with his own hands, a basin of gruel and the holiday allowance of two ounces and a quarter of bread. At this tremendous sight, Oliver began to cry very piteously, thinking, not unnaturally, that the board must have determined to kill him for some useful purpose, or they never would have begun to fatten him up in that way. “Don’t make your eyes red, Oliver, but eat your food and be thankful,” said Mr. Bumble, in a tone of impressive pomposity. “You’re a going to be made a’prentice of, Oliver.”‘A’prentice, sir!’ said the child, trembling.“Yes, Oliver,” said Mr. Bumble. “The kind and blessed gentlemen which is so many parents to you, Oliver, when you have none of your own, are going to a’prentice y ou, and to set you up in life, and make a man of you, although the expense to the parish is three pound ten! — three pound ten, Oliver! —seventy shillings —one hundred and forty sixpences! —and all for a naughty orphan which nobody can’t love.”7As Mr. Bumble paused to take breath, after delivering this address in an awful voice, the tears rolled down the poor child’s face, and he sobbed bitterly.“Come,”said Mr. Bumble, somewhat less pompously, for it was gratifying to his feelings to observe the effect his eloquence had produced，“Come, Oliver! Wipe your eyes with the cuffs of your jacket, and don’t cry into your gruel; that’s a very foolish acti on, Oliver.” It certainly was, for there was quite enough water in it already.5. What can be shown according to the boy’s experience in the workhouse?Ⅴ.Give brief answers to the following questions.(17%)1. State the major characteristics of the critical realism in the Victorian Period.2. State briefly the features of Lawrence’s psychological realism.8。
英国文学选读试题及答案解析浙江10月自考
英国文学选读试题及答案解析浙江10月自考浙江省2018年10月高等教育自学考试英国文学选读试题课程代码：10054注：所有试题答案均做在答题纸上，否则不计分。
Part Ⅰ: Choose the relevant match from column B for each item in column A.(10%) Section AA B(1)Shakespeare a. The Pilgrim's Progress(2)John Bunyan b. King Lear(3)Charles Dickens c. Jane Eyre(4)Charlotte Bronte d. Adam Bede(5)George Eliot e. Hard TimesSection BA B(1) The Merchant of Venice a. Satan(2) Paradise Lost b. Elizabeth Bennet(3) The History of T om Jones c. Portia(4) Pride and Prejudice d. Angel Clare(5) Tess of the D'Urbervilles e. Sophia WesternPart Ⅱ: Complete each of the following statements with a proper word or a phrase according to the textbook. (5%)1. The Elizabethan_____ is the real mainstream of the English Renaissance.2. In Milton's Paradise Lost, _____took revenge by tempting Adam and Eve to eat the forbiddenfruit.3. In the field of literature, the Enlightenment Movement brought about _____.4. The best part of Robinson Crusoe is the realistic account of his _____ against the hostile nature.5. Henry Fielding has been regarded as “Father of the English Novel" for his contribution to theestablishment of the form of the _____.6. English Romanticism is generally said to have begun in 1798 with the publication of _____ andColeridge's Lyrical Ballads.7. In Austen's novels, stories of love and _____ provide the major themes.8. As a woman of exceptional intelligence and life experience, George Eliot shows a particularconcern for the destiny of _____.9. _____ is the most outstanding stream-of-consciousness novelist of the 20th century.10. Laurence's autobiographical novel is _____.Part Ⅲ: Each of the following statements below is followed by four alternative answers.Choose the one that would best complete the statement. (50%)1. About the Renaissance humanists which of the following statements is true?a. They thought money and social status was the measure of all things.b. They emphasized the dignity of human beings and the importance of the present life.c. They couldn't see the human values in their works.d. They thought people were largely subordinated to the ruling class without any freedom andindependence.2. In his tragedy Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare eulogizes _____.a. the faithfulness of loveb. the spirit of pursuing happinessc. the heroine's great beauty , wit and loyaltyd. both a and b3. One of the distinct features of the Elizabethan time is _____.a. the flourishing of the dramab. the popularity of the realistic novelc. the domination of the classical poetryd. the close-down of all the theatres4. Which of the following is not John Milton's works?a. Paradise Lostb. Paradise Regainedc. Samson Agonistesd. Othello5. About reason , the enlighteners thought _____.a. reason or rationality should be the only, the final cause of any human thought and activitiesb. reason couldn't lead to truth and justicec. superstition was above reason and rationalityd. equality and science is contrary to reason and rationality6. According to the neoclassicists, which of the following is true?a. All forms of literature were to be modeled after the classical works of the ancient Greek andRoman writers.b. They tried to delight, instruct and correct human beings as social animals.c. They tried to develop a polite, urbane ,witty, andintellectual art .d. all the above.7. The 18th century witnessed that in England there appeared two political parties, _____.a. the Whigs and the Toriesb. the Senate and the House of Representativesc. the upper House and lower Housed. the House of Lords and the House of Representatives8. The hero in Robinson Crusoe is the prototype of _____.a. the empire builderb. the pioneer colonistc. the working peopled. both a and b9. As a representative of the enlightenment movement, Jonathan Swift thought _____.a. human nature is simple and na?veb. it was possible to reform and improve human nature and human institutionsc. human nature was destined and couldn't be changedd. to better human life, enlightenment is unnecessary10. The social significance of Gulliver's Travels lies in _____.a. the devastating criticisms and satires of all aspects in the then English and European lifeb. his artistic skill in making the story an organic wholec. his central concern of study of human nature and lifed. both b and c11. Of the eighteenth-century novelists Henry Fielding was the first to _____.a. instruct the people through his writingb. give the modern novel its structure and stylec. amuse the people through his worksd. adopt the third-person narration12. In Sheridan's plays, he is much concerned with the current moral issues and lashes harshly at_____.a. the social goodness of his timeb. the social vices of the dayc. the moral tradition of his aged. both b and c13. The Romantic period is an age of _____.a. proseb. dramac. poetryd. both a and c14. The two major novelists of the Romantic period are _____.a. William Wordsworth and John Keatsb. John Keats and Jane Austenc. Jane Austen and Walter Scottd. William15. Blake's Songs of Experience paints a world of _____ with a melancholy tone.a. misery, poverty, disease, war and repressionb. happiness and love and romantic idealsc. misery , poverty mixed with love and happinessd. loss and institutional cruelty with sufferings16. Through his poems, Byron created the “Byronic hero" who is _____.a. a brave and stubborn rebel figure of noble originb. a proud, mysterious rebel figure of noble originc. a proud, mysterious rebel figure of lower origind. a brilliant, independent and romantic figure of his time17. In her novels, Jane Austen presents the quiet , day-to-day country life of _____.a. the upper-class Englishb. the upper-middle-class Englishc. the lower-class Englishd. the lower-middle-class English18. Which of the following can't be included in the critical realists of the Victorian Period?a. Charlotte and Emily Bronteb. Charles Dickens and William M. Thackerayc. Thomas Hardy and George Eliotd. D. H. Laurence and James Joyce19. English critical realism found its expression chiefly in the form of _____.a. novelb. dramac. poetryd. sonnet20. Hardy's last two novels _____ received a lot of hostile criticisms which led to his turning topoetry.a. The Dynasts and Jude the Obscureb. Tess of the D'Urbervilles and Jude the Obscurec. The Return of the Native and Tess of the D'Urbervillesd. The Return of the Native and Jude the Obscure21. Thomas Hardy's heroines and heroes , those unfortunate young men and women are all depictedin_____.a. their persistent pursuit for personal fulfillment and happinessb. their desperate struggle for personal fulfillment and happinessc. their desperate struggle for individual equality and freedomd. their persistent pursuit for better life and ideals22. The 20th century has witnessed a great achievement in English poetry, which are mainlyrepresented by the following except _____.a. Thomas Hardyb. Ezra Poundc. T. S. Eliotd. Lord Byron23. In his novels, Laurence made a bold psychological exploration of various human relationships,especially those between _____, with a great frankness.a. man and natureb. man and societyc. man and womand. all of the above24. In The Man of Property, the typical Forsyte represents _____.a. the traditional and conservative values of the contemporary societyb. the essence of the principle that the accumulation of wealth is the sole aim of lifec. the predominant possessive instinct of the societyd. both a and c25. Which of the following is James Joyce's masterpiece?a. Dublinersb. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Manc. Ulyssesd. Finnegans WakePart Ⅳ: Interpretation (20%)Read the following selections and then answer the questions. Write your answers on the Answer Sheet.(1)Let us go then, you and I,When the evening is spread out against the skyLike a patient etherized upon a table;Let us go, through certain half-deserted streets,The muttering retreatsOf restless nights in one-night cheap hotelsAnd sawdust restaurants with oyster shells:Streets that follow like a tedious argumentOf insidious intentTo lead you to an overwhelming question…Oh, do not ask, “What is it?"Let us go and make our visit.……We have lingered in the chambers of the seaBy sea-girls wreathed with seaweed red and brownTill human voices wake us, and we drown.1.Who's the writer of this poem? Please interpret the protagonist of the poem.(2)It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.However little known the feelings or views of such a man maybe on his first entering a neighborhood, this truth is so well fixed in the minds of the surrounding families, that he is considered as the rightful property of some one or other of their daughters.“My dear Mr. Bennet,”said his lady to him one day, “have you heard that Netherfield Park is let at last?”Mr. Bennet replied that he had not.“But it is,”returned she; “for Mrs. Long has just been here, and she told me all about it.”Mr. Bennet made no answer.“Do not you want to know who has taken it?”cried his wife impatiently.“You want to tell me, and I have no objection to hearing it.”This was invitation enough.“Why, my dear, you must know, Mrs. Long says that Netherfield is taken by a young man of large fortune from the north of England; that he came down on Monday in a chaise and four to see the place, and was so much delighted with it that he agreed with Mr. Morris immediately; that heis to take possession before Michaelmas, and some of his servants are to be in the house by the end of next week.”“What is his name?”“Bingley.”“Is he married or single?”“Oh! single, my dear, to be sure! A single man of large fortune; four or five thousand a year. What a fine thing for our g irls!”“How so? How can it affect them?”“My dear Mr. Bennet,”replied his wife, “how can you be so tiresome! You must know that I am thinking of his marrying one of them.”“Is that his design in settling here?”“Design! Nonsense, how can you talk so! But it is very likely that he may fall in love with one of them, and therefore you must visit him as soon as he comes.”2. Which novel is this passage taken from? Who is the author?3. Please interpret this passage.(3)With straining eagerness Catherine gazed towards the entrance of her chamber. He did not hit the right room directly, she motioned me to admit him, but he found it out ere I could reach the door, and in a stride or two was at her side, and had her grasped in his arms.He neither spoke nor loosed his hold for some five minutes, during which period he bestowed more kisses than ever he gave in his life before, I dare say: but then my mistress had kissed him first, and I plainly saw that he could hardly bear, for downright agony, to look into her face! The same conviction had stricken him as me, from the instant he beheld her, that there was no prospectof ultimate recovery there-she was fated, sure to die.‘Oh, Cathy! Oh, my life! How can I bear it?' was the first sentence he uttered, in a tone that did not seek to disguise his despair. And now he stared at her so earnestly that I thought the very intensity of his gaze would bring tears into his eyes; but they burned with anguish: they did not melt.‘What now?' said Catherine, leaning back, and return ing his look with a suddenly clouded brow: her humour was a mere vane for constantly varying caprices. ‘You and Edgar have broken my heart, Heathcliff! And you both came to bewail the deed to me, as if you were the people to be pitied! I shall not pity you, not I. You have killed me-and thriven on it, I think. How strong you are!How many years do you mean to live after I am gone?' Heathcliff had knelt on one knee to embrace her; he attempted to rise, but she seized his hair, and kept him down.‘I wish I could hold you,' she continued bitterly, ‘till we were both dead! I shouldn't care what you suffered. I care nothing for your sufferings. Why shouldn't you suffer? I do! Will you forget me? Will you be happy when I am in the earth? Will you say twenty years hence, “That's the grave of Catherine Earnshaw.I loved her long ago, and was wretched to lose her; but it is past. I've loved many others since: my children are dearer to me than she was; and at death, I shall not rejoice that I am going to her: I shall b e sorry that I must leave them!”Will you say so, Heathcliff?'‘Don't torture me till I am as mad as yourself,' cried he, wrenching his head free, and grinding his teeth.The two, to a cool spectator, made a strange and fearful picture. Well might Catherine deem that heaven would be a land of exile to her, unless with her mortal body she cast away her moral character also. Her present countenance had a wild vindictiveness in its white cheek, and a bloodless lip and scintillating eye; and she retained in her closed fingers a portion of the locks she had been grasping. As to her companion, while raising himself with one hand, he had taken her arm with the other; and so inadequate was his stock of gentleness to the requirements of her condition, that on his letting go I saw four distinct impressions left blue in the colourless skin.4. From which novel is this passage taken from? Who's the author?5. What's the relationship between Catherine and Heathcliff?Part Ⅴ: Give brief answers to the following questions.(15%)1. Please state Shakespeare's views on the Renaissance literature.2. Why is D.H. Laurence regarded as revolutionary in novel writing?。
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Exercise for English Literature (2)Choose the best answer for each blank.1. ________, the “ father of English poetry ” and one of the greatest narrative poets of England, was born inLondon about 1340.A. Geoffrey ChaucerB. Sir GawainC. Francis BaconD. John Dryden2. Chaucer died on the 25th October 1400, and was buried in ________.A. FlandersB. FranceC. ItalyD. Westminster Abbey3.The progress in industry at home stimulated the commercial expansion abroad. ________ encouragedexploration and travel, which were compatible with the interest of the English merchants.A. Henry VB. Henry VIIC. Henry VIIID. Queen Elizabeth4. Except being a victory of England over ________, the rout of the fleet “ Armadawasalso”the(Invincible)triumph of the rising young bourgeoisie over the declining old feudalism.A. SpainB. FranceC. AmericaD. Norway5. At the beginning of the 16th century the outstanding humanist ________ wrote his Utopia in which he gave aprofound and truthful picture of the people and’puts sufferingforward his ideal of a future happy society.A. Thomas MoreB. Thomas MarloweC. Francis BaconD. William Shakespear6. Absolute monarchy in England reached its summit during the reign of Queen ________.A. MaryB. ElizabethC. WilliamD. Victoria7. English Renaissance Period was an age of ________.A. prose and novelB. poetry and dramaC. essays and journalsD. ballads and songs8. From the following, choose the one which is not Francis Bacon ’ s work: ________.A. The Advancement of LearningB. The New InstrumentC. EssaysD. The New AtlanticsE. Venus and Adonis9. “ Shall I compare thee to a summer ’ s day?” This is the beginning line of one of ShakespeareA. songsB. playsC. comediesD. sonnets10. The heroines of Shakespeare ’greats comedies, ________ are the daughters of the Renaissance, whoseimages and stories will remain a legacy to readers and audiences of all time.A. PortiaB. RoselandC. ViolaD. Beatrice11. Choose the four great tragedies of Shakespeare from the following ________.A. HamletB. OthelloC. MacbethD. King LearE. Timon of Athens12. Which play is not a comedy? ________A. A Midsummer Night ’ s DreamB. The Merchant of VeniceC. Twelfth NightD. Romeo and JulietE. As You Like It13. “ Denmark is a prison ” . In which play doeserothesummariseh his observation of his world into such a bittersentence? ________A. Charles IB. OthelloC. Henry VIIID. Hamlet14. The works of ________ and the Authorised Version of the English Bible are the two great treasuries of theEnglish language.A. Geoffrey ChaucerB. Edmund SpenserC. William ShakespeareD. Ben Johnson15. In which play does the hero show his profound reverence for man through the sentence: “ Whawok is a man! How nobel in reason! How finite in faculty! ” ________A. Romeo and JulietB. HamletC. OthelloD. The Merchant of Venice16. In 1649, ________ was beheaded. England became a commonwealth.A. James IB. James IIC. Charles ID. Charles II17.The revolution of 1688 meant three of the following things: ________.A. the supremacy of ParliamentB. the beginning of modern EnglandC. the triumph of the principal libertyD. the triumph of the principle of political libertyE. the Restoration of monarchy18.Who of the following were the important metaphysical poets? ________A. John DonneB. George HerbertC. John MiltonD. Richard Lovelace19. Which work was NOT written by John Milton? ________A. Paradise LostB. Paradise RegainedC. Samson AgonistesD. Volpone20. Paradise Lost is ________.A. John Milton’ s masterpieceB. a great epic in 12 booksC. written in blank verseD. about the heroic revolt of Satan against God’ s authority21. John Milton is ________.A. a great revolutionary poet of the 17th centuryB.an outstanding political pamphleteerC.a great stylistD.a great master of blank verse22.From the Old Testament, John Milton took his stories of Paradise Lost, i.e. ________.A. the creationB.the rebellion in Heaven of Satan and his fellow-angelsC.their defeat and expulsion from HeavenD.the creation of the death and of adam and EveE.the fallen angels in hell plotting against GodF.Satan ’ s temptation of EveG.the departure of Adam and Eve from Eden23.The finest thing in Paradise Lost is the description of hell, and ________ is often regarded as the real heroof the poem.A. GodB. SatanC. AdamD. Eve24. Who is the greatest of the Metaphysical school of poetry? ________A. John DonneB. George HerbertC. Andrew MarvellD. Henry Vaugham25.________ was a progressive intellectual movement throughout Western Europe in the 18th century.A. The RenaissanceB. The EnlightenmentC. The Religious ReformationD. The Chartist Movement26.The main literary stream of the 18th century was ________. What the writers described in their works weremainly social realities.A. naturalismB. romanticismC. classicismD. realismE. sentimentalism27.The eighteenth century was the golden age of the English ________. The novel of this period spoke the truthabout life with an uncompromising courage.A. dramaB. poetryC. essayD. novel28. In 1704, Jonathan Swift published two works together, ________ and ________, which made him well-known as a satirist.A. A Tale of a TubB. Bickerstaff AlmanacC. Gulliver’ s TravelsD. A Modest Proposal29.“ Proper words in proper places, makes the true definition of a style.” This sentence is said by _of the greatest masters of English prose.A. Alexander PopeB. Henry FieldingC. Daniel DefoeD. Jonathan Swift30.As a journalist, ________ had learned how to make his reporting vivid and credible by a skillful use ofcircumstantial detail. This power to make his characters alive and his stories credible is an inimitable gift.A. Joseph AddisonB. Daniel DefoeC. Samuel RicharsonD. TobiasSmollett31.Which of the following are NOT written by William Blake? ________A. Poetical SketchesB. Songs of InnocenceC. Songs of ExperienceD. Auld Lang SyneE. The Marriage of Heaven and HellF. ProphecisG. Visions of the Daughters of Albion and America, a Prophecy32.In the 18th century English literature, the representative poets of pre-romanticism were ________.A. William WordsworthB. William BlakeC. Robert BurnsD. Jonathan Swift33.The Romantic Age begab with the publication of The Lyrical Ballads which was written by ________.A. William WordsworthB. Samuel JohnsonC. Samuel Taylor ColeridgeD. Wordsworth and Coleridge34.The Romantic Age came to an end with the death of the last well-known romantic writer ________.A. Jane AustenB. Walter ScottC. Samuel Taylor ColeridgeD. William Wordsworth35. The glory of the Romantic Age lies in the poetry of ________.A. William WordsworthB. Samuel Taylor ColeridgeC. George Gordon ByronD. Percy Bysshe ShelleyE. John Keats36.The English Romantic Age produced two major novelists. They are ________.A. George Gordon Byron and Percy Bysshe ShelleyB. William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor ColeridgeC. Walter Scott and Jane AustenD. Charles Lamb and William Hazlitt37.Which poets belong to the Active Romantic group? ________A. George Gordon ByronB. William WordsworthC. Percy Bysshe ShelleyD. John KeatsE. John Milton38. Which poets belong to the Lakers? ________A. William WordsworthB. Samuel Taylor ColeridgeC. John KeatsD. Robert SoutheyE. Walter Scott39. Which of the folloeing were written by Wordsworth ONLY? ________A. To the CuckooB. The Lyrical BalladsC. Lucy PoemsD. The Solitary ReaperE. I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud40.The publication of ________ marked the break with the conventional poetical tradition of the 18th century,i.e., with classicism, and the beginning of the Romantic revival in England.A. The Lyrical BalladsB. The PreludeC. Childe Harold ’ sPilgrimage D. Don Juan41.As contrasted with the classicists who made reason, order and the old, classical traditions the criteria in theirpoetical creations, ________ based his own poetical principle on the premise that “ allgood poetry is thespontaneous overflow of powerf ul feeling.”A. Samuel Taylor ColeridgeB. George Gordon ByronC. Percy Bysshe ShelleyD. William Wordsworth42.________ was the first critic of the Romantic School.A. William WordworthB. Samuel JohnsonC. Samuel Taylor ColeridgeD. Wordworth and Coleridge43. Which of the following statements is (are) NOT true about George Gordon Byron? ________A. Byron ’ s early years had been far from happy for he was born with a clubfoot, in the frequent family scenes hismother called him“ you lame brat.”B. Byron died in Italy annd was deeply mourned by the Italian people and by all progressive people throughoutthe world.C. The reactionary criticism of the 19th century tried to belittle Byron’ s genius and his role in the deEnglish literature, but Byron remains one of the most popular English poets both at home and abroad.D. Since the May 4 Movement in 1919, more and more of Byron’ s poems have been translated into Chinese andwell received by the poets and young readers. Byron has now become one of the best-known English poets inour country.44.In 1805, Wordsworth completed a long autobiographical poem entitled ________.A. Biographia literariaB. The PreludeC. Lucy PoemsD. The Lyrical Ballads45. ________ is regarded as the most wonderful lyricist England has ever produced mainly for his poems onnature, on love, and on politics.A. William WordsworthB. John KeatsC. George Gordon ByronD. Percy Bysshe Shelley46. Which of the following statements is (are) NOT true about Percy Bysshe Shelley? ________A. Prometheus Unbound is Percy By sshe Shelley ’ s masterpiece, a long epic poem.B. At Eton Percy Bysshe Shelley was known as “ Mad Shelley” , for his obstinate opposition to the brutal faggingsystem, according to which the younger school-boys were obliged to obey the older boys and bear a great dealof cruel treatment.C. George Gordon Byron alled Percy Bysshe Shelley “ the best and least selfish man I ever knew.D. Percy Bysshe Shelley loved the people and hated their oppressors and exploiters.47. ________ ’pursuit of beauty in all things bespoke an aspiration after a better life than the sordid realityunder capitalism. His leading principle is: “ Beauty is truth, truth beauty. ”A. Percy Bysshe ShelleyB. George Gordon ByronC. William WordsworthD. John Keats48. Choose the four immortal odes written by John Keats. ________A. Ode to the West WindB. Ode to a NightingaleC. To AutumnD. Ode on MelancholyE. Ode on a Grecian Urn49. Choose the works written by Jane Austen. ________A. Pride and PrejudiceB. Sense and SensibilityC. Northanger Abbey C. EmmaE. Mansfield ParkF. Persuasion50.In the 19th century English literature, a new literary trend called ________ appeared. And it flourished in theforties and in the early fifties.A. romanticismB. naturalismC. realismD. critical realism51.English critical realism found its expression chiefly in the form of ________. The critical realists, most ofwho were novelists, described with vividness and artistic skill the chief traits of the English society andcriticised the capitalist system from a democratic viewpoint.A. novelB. dramaC. poetryD. essay52. The greatest English critical realist novelist was ________, who criticised the bourgeois civilisation andshowed the misery of the common people.A. William Makepeace ThackerayB. Charles DickensC. Charlotte BronteD. Emily Bronte53. Which of the following writers belong to critical realists? ________A. Charles DickensB. Charlotte BronteC. Emily BronteD. Thomas Hardy54. ________ wrote a number of little sketches of “ cockney characters ” . Hewhichsignedwasthemhis “ Boz”nickname for his young brother. His first book, Sketches by Boz appeared in 1836.A. Elizabeth GaskellB. William M. ThackerayC. Charles DickensD. Jane Austen55. ________ has been called “ the supreme epic of English life. ”A. A Tale of Two CitiesB. David CopperfieldC. Pickwick PapersD. Oliver Twist56. The theme underlying ________ is the idea “ Where there is oppression, there is revolution ”A. A Tale of Two CitiesB. David CopperfieldC. Pickwick PapersD. Oliver Twist57.In the Victorian Age, poetry was not a major art intended to change the world. The main poets of theage were ________.A. Alfred TennysonB. Robert BrowningC. Mrs. BrowningD. Robert BurnsE. William Blake58.The ________ Movement appeared in the thirties of the 19th century. It showed the English workers wereable to appear as an independent political force and were already realising the fact that the industrialbourgeoisie was their principal enemy.A. EnlightenmentB. RenaissanceC. ChartistD. Romanticist59.Which novel is a great satire upon the society and those people who dream to enter the higher societyregardless of the social reality? ________A. A Tale of Two CitiesB. David CopperfieldC. Great ExpectationD.Dombey and Son60.Charles Dickens takes the French Revolution as the background of the novel ________.A. A Tale of Two CitiesB. Great ExpectationC. Hard TimesD. DavidCopperfield61.________ is often regarded as the semi-autobiography of the author Dickens in which the early life of thehero is largely based on the author’ s early life.A. Tom JonesB. David CopperfieldC. Oliver TwistD. Great Expectation62.The Bronte sisters are ________. They were all talented writers and all of them died young.A. Charlotte BronteB. Emily BronteC. Anne BronteD. Jane AustenE. Catherine63. Charlotte Bronte produced four novels: ________.A. ProfessorB. Jane EyreC. ShirleyD. VilletteE. Agnes Grey64.Emily Bronte wrote only one novel entitled ________.A. Wuthering HeightsB. Jane EyreC. EmmaD. Agnes Grey65.Choose the names appear in the novel Jane Eyre. ________A. Jane EyreB. Mr. RochesterC. Mary BartonD. Silas Marner66.Which characters appear in the novel Wuthering Heights? ________A. HeathcliffB. CatherineC. HindleyD. CathyE. Hareton67.In the novel Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte ________.A. pours a great deal of her own experienceB. criticises the bourgeois system of educationC. shows that true love is the foundation of marriageD. shows that women should have equal rights with men68.Women novelists began to appear in England during the second half of the ________ century.A. 17thB. 18thC. 19thD. 20th69.Anne Bronte also wrote two novels ________ and ________.A. ShirleyB. VilletteC. The Tenant of the Wildfell HallD. Agnes Grey70. Which of the following statements are true about Jane Eyre? ________A.One of the central themes of the book is the criticism of the bourgeois system of education.B.Another problem raised in the novel is the position of women in society.C. This book is Charlottel Bronte’ s best literary production.D. In this book, the author attacked the greed, petty tyranny and lack of culture among the bourgeoisie andsympathised with the sufferings of the poor people. Her realism was coloured by petty-bourgeois philanthropy.71.Most of Robert Browning ’importants works, including ________, are written in the form of dramaticmonologue.A. Dramatic LyricsB. Dramatic RomancesC. Men and WomenD. dramaticsPersonae72.Thomas Hardy is one of the representatives of English ________ at the turn of the 19th century.A. critical realismB. pre-romanticismC. neo-classicismD. new romanticism73.Which statement is true? ________A. Thomas Hardy is a famous novelist.B. Thomas Hardy is also a poet.C. Thomas Hardy is a critical realist.D. Fatalism is strongly reflected in Thomas Hardy’ novels.74.Accordi ng to Thomas Hardy’ s own classification, his novels divided themselves into three groups. They are________.A.Novels of character and environmentB.Romances and FantasiesC.Novels of IngenuityD.Working class literature75.Novels of character and environment are also called Wessex novels, taking the southwest counties of Englandfor their setting. They include: ________.A. Under the Greenwood TreeB. The Return of the NativeC. The Mayor of CasterbridgeD. Tess of the D ’ UrbervillesE. Jude the Obscure76. The following state ments are about Thomas Hardy ’ s novels, which are true? ________A.His Wessex novels are of great significance.B.The Southwest counties of England are the setting of his Wessex novels.C.There is pessimism in his novels.D.Mankind is subjected to hostile and mysterious fate.E.There are elements of naturalism in his works.77.Oscar Wilde is one of the important dramatists in the 19th century. In his comedies, he criticises the upperclass of the English bourgeois society. His best comedies are ________.A. Lady Windermere s’FanB. A Woman of No ImportanceC. An Ideal HusbandD. The Importance of Being EarnestE. The Picture of Dorian Gray78. Oscar Wilde was the representative among the writers of ________.A. aestheticismB. decadenceC. critical realismD. pre-romanticism79. Alfred Tennys on’ s poetic output was vast and varied. His main poems are ________.A. The PrincessB. MaudC. In MemoriamD. Idylls of the KingE. Crossing the Bar80. Which of the following short poems was/were written by Alfred Tennyson? ________A. Break, Break, BreakB. Crossing the BarC. The EagleD. Sweet and LowE. Tears, Idle Tears81. Which lament was written by Alfred Tennyson for the death of his friend Hallam? ________A. In MemoriamB. LycidasC. AdodaisD. Elegy written in a Country Churchyard82. My Last Duchess is ________.A. a dramatic monologueB. a short lyricC. a novelD. an essay83. ________ are generally regarded as Joseph Conrad ’ s finest novels.A. Lord JimB. NostromoC. YouthD. The Old Wives ’ Tale84. Who is regarded as a forerunner of the “ stream of consciousness ” literature in the 20th century?A. John GalsworthyB. Henry JamesC. Thomas Stearns EliotD. James Joyce85. George Bernard Shaw ’ s essay ________, a commentary on Henrik Ibsen ’ s dramatic works, served alsoauthor ’ s own program of dramaticeationcr.A. Widower ’ s HousesB. Mrs. Warren ’ s ProfessionC. Major BarbaraD. The Quintessence of Ibsenism86.In English literature, ________ and ________ are the two best-known novelists of the “ streamofconsciousness ” school.A. David Herbert LawrenceB. Robert TressellC. James JoyceD. Virginia Woolf87. ________ ’ s admirers have praised him as “ second only to Shakespeare in his mastery of English language.A. D.H. LawrenceB. T.S. EliotC. James JoyceD. W.B. Yeats88. ________ is the climax of Virginia Woolf experiments’s in novel form.A. The WindowB. Time PassesC. To the LighthouseD. The Waves89. Which of the following novels belong(s) to the“ stream of consciousness” school of novel writing?A. UlyssesB. Finnegans WakeC. To the LighthouseD. The Waves90.________ was written by James Joyce.A. The Portrait of an Artist as a Young ManB. Portrait of a LadyC. The Picture of Dorian GrayD. To the Lighthouse91. D.H. Lawrence ’representative work ________ was positively taken as a typical example and livelymanifestation of the Oedipus Complex in fiction, as the result of Lawrence ’longs -range study of thepsychologic theories of Sigmund Freud.A. Sons and LoversB. The RainbowC. Lady Chatterley’ s LoverD. Women in Love92.Which of the characters are in the novel Sons and Lovers?A. Mrs. MorelB. PaulC. MiriamD. Clara93.Which of the following writers were from Ireland?A. George Bernard ShawB. Jonathan SwiftC. James Joyce Oscar WildeE. W.B. Yeats94. Which of the following play(s) was/were NOT written by George Bernard Shaw?A. Mrs. Warren ’ s ProfessionB. Widower ’ s HousesC. Major BarbaraD.Pygmalion E. The Man of Property95.Which of the following plays deals with the story that a linguist trains a flower girl to speak the so-calledhigh-civilised English?A. Major BarbaraB. PygmalionC. Mrs. Warren ’ s ProfessionD. Man and Superman96. In 1923, ________ was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature.A. William Butler YeatsB. Samuel ButlerC. Thomas Stearns EliotD. David Herbert Lawrence97. William Butler Yeats was _______.A. an Irish poetB. a dramatistC. a criticD. a senator in the Irish Free State in 192198. Thomas Stearns Eliot defined his belief as ________.A. classicist in literatureB. royalist in politicsC. Anglo-Catholic in religionD. all of the above99.Which of the following statement is NOT true?A. Thomas Stearns Eliot was born in America.B. Thomas Stearns Eliot became a British subject in 1927.C. Thomas Stearns Eliot was educated in Harvard University and Oxford University.D. Thomas Stearns Eliot was a poet, a critic and a playwright.E. Thomas Stearns Eliot was also a great novelist.100.In which poem are the sterility and chaos of the contemporary world after 1st World War expressed?A. Ode to the West WindB. The Solitary ReaperC. LamiaD. 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浙江省2018年1月自学考试英国文学选读试题课程代码：10054Part Ⅰ. Blank-filling:Complete each of the following statements with a proper word or phrase according to the textbook. (10 points in all, 1 point for each)1. Shakespe are’s plays have been traditionally divided into three categories: histories, ______ and tragedies.2. William Caxton was the first person who introduced ______ into England.3. Wyatt, in the Renaissance period, introduced the Petrarchan ______ into England, while Surrey brought in blank verse.4. The Enlightenment Movement brought about a revival of interest in the old classical works in the field of literature. This tendency is known as ______.5. The three unities refer to those of time, place and ______.6. Regarded as Thomas Gray’s best and most representative work, Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard is more or less connected with the melancholy event of the death of ______.7. In 1704 Jonathan Swift published two powerful satires on corruption in religion and learning, A Tale of a Tub and The Battle of the Books, which established his name as a ______.8. In Lady Chatterley’s Lover, Lawrence not only condemns the civilized world of mechanism for distorting human relationships, but also advocates a return to ______.9. The social Darwinism, under the cover of “survival of the fittest”, vehemently advocated colonialism and ______.10. Dubliners is the first important work of Joyce’s lifelong preoccupation with ______ life.Part Ⅱ. Multiple-choice questions:Select from the four choices A, B, C, D of each item the one that best answers the question or completes the statement. (30 points in all, 1 point for each)11. Marlowe gave new vigor to the blank verse with his “______”.1A. lyrical linesB. soft linesC. mighty linesD. religious lines12. Francis Bacon is not only the first important essayist but also the founder of modern ______ in England.A. poetryB. novelC. proseD. science13. Spenser’s masterpiece is ______, which is a great poem of the age.A. The Shepheardes CalenderB. The Faierie QueeneC. The Rape of LucreceD. The Canterbury Tales14.John Milton wrote ______ to expose the way of Satan and to “justify the ways of God to men”.A. Paradise LostB. Paradise RegainedC. LycidasD. Samson Agonistes15. According to the neoclassicists, all forms of literature were to be modeled after the classical works of the ancient Greek and ______ writers.A. ItalianB. BritishC. GermanD. Roman16. The romantic poets of the ______ peasant poet, Robert Burns and William Blake also joined lamenting lyrics, paving the way for the flourish of Romanticism early the next century.A. BritishB. IrishC. ScottishD. Wales17.The Pilgrim’s Progress is the most successful religious ______ in the English language.A. allegoryB. fableC. fairy taleD. essay18. ______ once defined a good style as “proper words in proper places”.A. John DonneB. Jonathan SwiftC. Daniel DefoeD. John Bunyan19. Gray’s “Elegy written in a Country Churchyard” once and for all established his fame as the leader of the ______ poetry of the day.A. romanticB. historical2C. lyricalD. sentimental20. Marx once extolled ______ as “an instinctive defender of the masses of the people against the encroachment of the bourgeoisie”.A. William GodwinB. William BurkeC. William CobbetD. William Fox21. ______, defined by Coleridge, is the vital faculty that creates new wholes out of disparate elements.A. RationB. ReasonC. AlliterationD. Imagination22. According to the subjects, Wordsworth’s short poems can be classified into two groups: poems about nature and poems about ______.A. human lifeB. urban lifeC. social activitiesD. inner life of an individual23. Coleridge’s actual achievement as p oet can be divided into two remarkably diverse groups: the ______ and the conversational.A. naturalB. religiousC. spiritualD. demonic24. Shelley’s greatest achievement is his ______ poetic drama, Prometheus Unbound(1820).A. one-actB. three-actC. two-actD. four-act25. Endymion, published in 1818, was a poem based on the ______ myth of Endymion and the moon goddess.A. GreekB. RomanC. ItalianD. British26. Jane Austen’s Northanger Abbey satirizes those popular ______ romances of the late 18th century.A. sentimentalB. lyricalC. GothicD. rational27. Chronologically the Victorian period roughly conincides with the reign of Queen ______ who3ruled over England from 1836 to 1901.A. ElizabethB. VictoriaC. MaryD. Anne28. The aestheticists Oscar Wilde and Walter Pater are two notorious advocators of the theory of ______.A. art for life’s sakeB. art for money’s sakeC. art for art’s sakeD. art for reader’s sake29. Brought up with strict orthodoxy, Charlotte would usually stick to the ______ code.A. ChristianB. IslamicC. PuritanicalD. Cavalier30. As far as Emily Bronte’s literary creation is concerned, she is, first of all, a ______.A. novelistB. dramatistC. poetD. essayist31. Tennyson’s most ambit ious work which took him over 30 years to complete is ______.A. In MemoriamB. Idylls of the KingC. Poems by Two BrothersD. Poems, Chiefly Lyrical32. The Publication of ______ finally established Browning’s position as one of the greatest English poets.A. The Ring and the BookB. The Book and the RingC. Men and WomenD. Dramatic Lyrics33. Hardy’s best local-colored works are very known as “novels of character and ______.”A. personalityB. natureC. domestic lifeD. environment34. The French ______ , appearing in the late 19th century, heralded modernism.A. symbolismB. futurismC. naturismD. surrealism35. In his novel of social satire, H. G. Wells made realistic studies of the aspirations and frustrations of the ______.A. Little ManB. Big Man4C. Social ManD. Jungle Man36. Modernist novels came to a decline in the ______ , though Joyce and Woolf continued their experiments.A. 1920sB. 1930sC. 1940sD. 1950s37. The most original playwright of the ______ is Samuel Beckett, who wrote about human beings living a meaningless life in an alien, decaying world.A. Theater of TraditionB. Theater of ReasonC. Theater of AngryD. Theater of Absurd38. Structurally and thematically, Shaw followed the great tradition of ______.A. romanticismB. realismC. symbolismD. humanism39. ______ is the first novel of the Forsyte trilogies written by John Galsworthy in 1920.A. The Man of PropertyB. In ChanceryC. To LetD. A Modern Comedy40.Ulysses ends with the famous monologue by ______, who is musing in a half-awake state over the past experience.A. Leopold BloomB. Stephen DedalusC. MollyD. FinnegansPart Ⅲ. Definition:Define the literary terms listed below. (20 points in all, 5 points for each)41. Humanism42. Gothic novel43. The red thirties44. SymbolismPart IV. Reading Comprehension:Read the quoted parts carefully and answer the questions in English. (20 points in all, 5 points for each)45. “Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow’st;5Nor shall death brag thou wander’st in his shade,So long as men can breathe or eyes can see,So long live this, and this gives life to thee”.Questions:A. Identify the poem and the poet.B. Briefly interpret this part.46. “Behold her, single in the field,You 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 poem and the poet.B. Comment the rime scheme.47. “Do I dareDisturb the universe?In a minute there is timeFor decisions and revisions which a minute will reverse.Questions:A. Which essay is this passage taken from? Who is the author?B. Briefly interpret this passage.48. “I l ingered before her stall, though I knew my stay was useless to make my interest in her wares seem the more real. Then I turned away slowly and walked down the middle of the bazaar. I allowed the two pennies to fall against the sixpence in my pocket. I heard a voice call from one end of the gallery that the light was out.Gazing up into the darkness I saw myself as a creature driven and derided by vanity; and my6eyes burned with anguish and anger”.Questions:A. Which essay is this passage taken from? Who is the author?B. Why the hero saw himself “as a creature driven and derided by vanity”?Part Ⅴ. Topic Discussion:Give brief answers to the following questions. (20 points in all, 10 points for each)49. Tennyson is a genuine artist. He is quite known for his artistic features. Discuss the major artistic features of his poetry.50. What is the theme of G. B. Shaw’s play Mrs. Warren’s Profession?7。
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自考英国文学选读试题Part I: Choose the relevant match from column B for each item in column A. (10%)Section AA B(1) T. S. Eliot（） A. The School for Scandal(2) John Keats（） B. Samson Agonistes(3) Richard Brinsley Sheridan（） C. My Last Duchess(4) Robert Browning（） D. The Waste Land(5) John Milton（） E. IsabellaSection BA B(1) Pride and Prejudice（） A. Mrs. Morel(2) Hamlet（） B. Mr. Brownlow(3) Wuthering Heights（） C. Claudius(4) Sons and Lovers（） D. Elizabeth Bennet(5) Oliver Twist（） E. HeathcliffPart II. Complete each of the following statements with a proper word or a phrase according to the textbook. (5%)1. The essence of the Renaissance is ______.2. Pope was the greatest poet of his time. He strongly advocated neoclassicism, emphasizing that literary works should be judged by classical rules of order, ______, logic, restrained emotion, good taste and decorum.3. The Romantic period in English literary history is an age of______. Wordsworth and Coleridge are the major representatives of this movement.4. James Joyce is regarded as the most prominent ______ novelist.5. Most of Hardy’s works are set in______, the fictional primitive and crude rural region which is really the home place he both loves and hates. Part III: Each of the following statements below is followed by four alternative answers. Choose the one that would best complete the statement.(50%)1. Marlowe’s greatest achievement lies in that he perfected the ______ and made it the principal medium of English drama.（）A. blank verseB. free verseC. sonnetD. alliteration2. Shakespeare is known to have used ______ different words. His coinage of new words and distortion of the meaning of the old ones also create striking effects on the reader.（）A. 16,000B. 1600C.20,000D. 20003. Dr. Faustus is a play based on the ______ of a magician aspiring for knowledge and finally meeting his tragic end as a result of selling his soul to the Devil.（）A. German legendB. Greek legendC. French legendD. British legend4. Paradise Lost, the only generally acknowledged epic in English literature since Beowulf, is divided into ______ books.（）A. 12B. 6C. 4D. 105. Christian is the character in （）A. The Life and Death of Mr. BadmanB. The Pilgrim’s ProgressC. Grace Abounding to the Chief of SinnersD. none of the above6. The English novelist ______ defined a good style as “proper wordsin proper places”.（）A.FieldingB. DefoeC. SwiftD. Bunyan7. Of all the 18th century novelists, ______ was the first to set out both in theory and practice, to write specifically a “comic epic in prose”, the first to give the modern novel its structure and style.（）A. Fielding B. SwiftC. DefoeD. Richardson8. ______ was the last great neoclassicist enlightener in the later eighteenth century. He was very much concerned with the theme of the vanity of human wishes.（）A. William BlakeB. Samuel JohnsonC. Thomas GrayD. Henry Fielding9. The middle of the 18th century was predominated by a newly rising literary form—（）A. the modern English novelB. the modern English poetryC. the modern English dramaD. the modern English essay10. ______ are generally regarded as important links between the masterpieces of Shakespeare and those of Bernard Shaw.（）A. The Rivals and The School for ScandalB. The Rivals and St. Patrick’s DayC. The Duenna and The School for ScandalD. St. Patrick’s Day and The Duenna11. As to Romanticism, which of the following statements is not right?（）A. Romantic poetry is written according to fixed rules.B. The Romanticists would return to the humble people and the common everyday life for the subjects.C. The Romanticists not only extol the faculty of imagination, but also elevate the concepts of spontaneity and inspiration.D. In order to achieve the effect of the individual vision, the medieval or renaissance world were particularly favored by the Romantics.12. English Romanticism is generally said to have begun in 1798 with the publication of ______’s Lyrical Ballads. （）A. Wordsworth and SoutheyB. Coleridge and SoutheyC. Wordsworth and ColeridgeD. Southey and Blake13. ______ is Byron’s masterpiece, a great comic epic of the early 19th century. It is a poem based on a traditional Spanish legend of a great lover and seducer of women.（）A. Child Harold’s PilgrimageB. Don JuanC. The Prisoner of ChillonD. The Island14. Coleridge’s ______ was composed in a dream after he took opium.（）A. Kubla KhanB. ChristabelC. The Rime of the Ancient MarinerD. Frost at Midnight15. Austen shows a human being（）A. at moments of crisisB. in the most trivial incidents of everyday lifeC. in his prime of lifeD. fighting in a battle field16. Keats’ Ode to a Nightingale expresses the contrast between（）A. the happy world of natural loveliness and human world of agonyB. the happy world of natural loveliness and human world of happinessC. the world of natural innocence and the world of human miseryD. the world of romantic dream and the world of reality and agony17 . In the portrait of her female characters, Austen tries to say that （）A. it is right to marry for material wealth and social positionB. it is right to marry just for beauty and passionC. it is right to marry for true love without consideration of the partner’s personal meritD. it is wrong to marry just for money or for beauty, but it is also wrong to marry without it18. To match his humorous genius, Dickens is also noted for his pictures of（）A. joyB. pathosC. laughterD. wit19. Wuthering Heights is known today as ______ most fascinating novel.（）A. Charlotte Bronte’sB. Anne Bronte’sC. Emily Bronte’sD. George Eliot’s20. As to Idylls of the King, which of the following statements is not right?（）A. It is Tennyson’s most ambitious work which took him over 30 years to complete.B. It is made up of 6 books of narrative poems.C. It is based on the Celtic legends of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table.D. It is a modern interpretation of the classic myth.21. Dickens sets out a full map and a large-scale criticism of the nineteenth century England, particularly（）A. WessexB.DublinC. LondonD. Stratford-on-Avon22. The name of ______ is often associated with the term “dramatic monologue”.（）A. Alfred TennysonB. Mathew ArnoldC. Elizabeth BrowningD. Robert Browning23. The mission of Bernard Shaw’s drama was to reveal the moral, political and economic truth from a radical ______ point of view. （）A. socialistB. naturalistC. reformistD. sentimentalist24. James Joyce’s ______, written in 1939, is regarded as the most original experiment ever made in the novel form, and also the most difficult book to read. （）A. DublinersB. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young ManC. Finnegans WakeD. The Portrait of a Lady25. Which of the following is NOT T. S. Eliot’s literary work? （）A. The Love Song of J. Alfred PrufrockB. The Waste LandC. Sailing to ByzantiumD. Tradition and Individual TalentPart IV. Interpretation (20%)Read the following selections and then answer the questions.（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.But such a tide as moving seems asleep,Too full for sound and foam,When that which drew from out the boundless deep,Turns again home.Twilight and evening bell,And after that the dark!And may there be no sadness of farewell,When I embark;For though from out our bourne of Time and PlaceThe flood may bear me far,I hope to see my Pilot face to faceWhen I have crossed the bar.1. What is the title of this poem? Who is the author?2. What is the theme of this poem?（2）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 honeybee,And live alone in the bee-loud glade.And I shall have some peace there, for peace comes dropping slow, Dropping from the veils of the morning to where the cricket sings; There midnight’s all a glimmer, and noon a purple glow,And evening full of the linnet’s wings.I will arise and go now, for always night and dayI hear lake water lapping with low sounds by the shore;While I stand on the roadway, or on the pavements gray,I hear it in the deep heart’s core.3. What does “Innisfree” refer to?4. What is the central idea of this short poem?（3）He was surprised to find this young woman-who though but a milkmaid had just that touch of rarity about her which might make her the envied of her housemates-shaping such sad imaginings. She was expressing in her own native phrases-assisted a little by her Sixth Standard training-feelings which might almost have been called those of the age： the ache of modernism. The perception arrested him less when he reflected that what are called advanced ideas are really in great part but the latest fashion indefinition-a more accurate expression, by words in logy and ism, of sensations which men and women have vaguely grasped for centuries. Still, it was strange that they should have come to her while yet so young; more than 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.Tess, on her part, could not understand why a man of clerical family and good education, and above physical want, should look upon it as a mishap to be alive. For the unhappy pilgrim herself there was very good reason. But how could this admirable and poetic man ever have descended to the Valley of Humiliation, have felt with the man of Uz-as she herself had felt two or three years ago-‘My soul chooses strangling and death rather than my life. I loathe it; I would not live always.’It was true that he was at present out of his class. But she knew that was only because, like Peter the Great in a shipwright’s yard, he was studying what he wanted to know. He did not milk cows because he was obliged to milk cows, but because he was learning how to be a rich and prosperous dairyman, landowner, agriculturist, and breeder of cattle. He would become an American or Australian Abraham, commanding like a monarch his flocks and his herds, his men-servants and his maids. At times, nevertheless, it did seem unaccountable to her that a decidedly bookish, musical, thinking young man should have chosen deliberately to be a farmer, and not a clergyman, like his father and brothers.Thus, neither having the clue to the other’s secret, they were respectively puzzled at what each revealed, and awaited new knowledge of each other’s character and moods without attempting to pry into each other’s history.Every day, every hour, brought to him one more little stroke of her nature, and to her one more of his. Tess was trying to lead a repressed life, but she little divined the strength of her own vitality.5. Who does “he” in the first sentence refer to? What is Tess’s life like at Talbothay Dairy?Part V. Give brief answers to the following questions(15%)1. What are the main characteristics of the Romantic Movement in Europe?2. What are the essential characteristics of modernism?。