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英美文学选读练习题English LiteratureQuestions on The Canterbury Tales1.Lines 1-18 are the introduction to the weather. Why did the author writeso many words to describe itTo answer why so many pilgrim go to the Canterbury at the same time.2.Summarize the main idea of lines 19-34.A group of pilgrims came across at the Canterbury and go together.3.How many people are there in the group of pilgrimsThirty4.Based on Prioress’s portrait, can you give a possible reason why sheis undertaking this pilgrimageShe wants to look for the worldly love.5.What details does the narrator use in describing the Prioress, and inwhat order1,Facial expression2,voice 3,etiquette 4，sympathy and charity 5，appearance 6，dress 7，personal accessories..6.Why does the Wife of Bath go on pilgrimageFor husband.7.What is the “framing device” that Chaucer uses for his collectionof storiesFramework:a narrative which was composed for the purpose of introducing and connecting a series of tales8.The General Prologue was written in heroic couplet, analyze some ofthe lines.9.Please name and define five specific methods of characterizationChaucer uses in the “General Prologue”.Appearance description：her nose was elegant, her eyes glass-gray; her mouth was very small，but soft and red. Facial description：her way of smiling was simple and coy . behavior description：Color description 夸张Questions on Sonnet 181.What are the themes of the sonnet 182.What images does Shakespeare use in order to strengthen the theme Andwhat kinds of figures of speech are used in the sonnet3.Analyze the meter and rhyme of the poem.Questions on Paradise Lost1.The poem opens with a long sentence. Analyze the first sentence andidentify th e writer’s conception about the poem.2.Who first seduced the mother of mankind to the revolt3.How long does Satan and his peers suffer the penal fire4.How does Satan feel about being in Hell according to the poem5.Describe the condition of the Hell in your own words according to thepoem.6.Write an essay about the image of Satan.Questions on The Pilgrim’s Progress1.Why is the market called “Vanity Fair”2.What is the original of the fair3.What did people in the fair do to Christian and his friend4.What does this episode symbolizeQuestions on William Wordsworth’s poems1.Identify the meter of the first poem.2.What mood does the opening simile suggest, and what change in moodoccurs later on3.At what time of day is London being described in the second poem4.Which descriptive elements are presented objectively and whichsubjectively5.What are the themes of the third poem6.There are two images in the third poem. Identify them and analyze them. Questions on Great Expectations1.In what details does Pip describe Miss Havisham and her room2.What is Pip’s impression about Estella3.How does Estella treat Pip And why4.Analyze the characters of Miss Havisham and Estella.5.Does Pip fall in love with Estella after the first meeting And why6.There is an image in Chapter 8. Identify it and analyze it. Questions on Tess of the d’Urb ervilles1.What effect does Tess’s confession have on Angel2.Why is Angel unable to forgive Tess when she just bestowed the giftof forgiveness on him3.Why does Tess submit to Angel’s anger and take no action to win himback4.What moral differences between men and women in the Victorian period,does this chapter reflect5.In Hardy’s works the strong element of naturalism are combined witha tendency towards symbolism. Identify and analyze the symbols in thischapter.Questions on The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock1.What social class does Prufrock belong to How could you tell2.When Prufrock starts talking about the “bald spot” in the middle ofhis head, what do you think he is worrying about3.What types of images show that people are dehumanized in modern life,and suggest that inanimate objects are alive4.What is the effect of the Biblical allusion in the poem5.Irony is everywhere in the poem. Identify them.Questions on Araby1.How does the boy describe his feelings for Mangan’s sister2.Why does the boy want to go to the bazaar3.Why does he arrive so late4.What is the role of the boy’s uncle in the story What value and attitudedoes he represent5.What kind of conflict does the boy experience in the story between himand environment, or between him and the adultsAmerican LiteratureQuestions on Rip Van Winkle1.What historical events did Rip Van Winkle sleep through2.Why was Rip Van Winkle so surprised when he returned to the village3.What comparison is Irving implying when he states at the end of thestory that Dame Van Winkle’s death has released Rip from “petticoat government”4.How much effect did American Revolution have on daily life of the commonpeople5.Analyze the humorous elements in Rip Van WinkleQuestions on The Scarlet Letter1.Who empowers Dimmesdale to stand on the scaffold2.Why does Dimmesdale want to reveal3.Why does Chillingworth try desperately to stop Dimmesdale fromconfessing his sins on the scaffold4.This novel makes extensive use of symbols. How do they help developthe themes and characters in the novel5.What is the narrative point of the novel And what is the effect of thenarrative point of viewQuestions on Sister Carrie1.How many scenes did the writer describe in this chapterName them.2.Why does Carrie still suffer from unsatisfied desires after she becamesuccessful3.How do you see Draiser’s naturalism influencing his works in SisterCarrie4.Discuss the character of Carrie and her relationships with Drouet andHurswood.Questions on Indian Camp1.What kind of relationship between Nick and his father does the storydescribe Has the relationship changed Why and how does it change2.Why did the husband kill himself3.What does the last sentence mean4.What did Nick learn from his witnessing both birth and death over onenightQuestions on The Great Gatsby1.What kind of parties does Gatsby give on Saturdays according to thenarrator2.What kind of people would attend the parties according to the narrator3.What is your impression on Gatsby after reading the text4.What is the theme of the novel5.Analyze the symbols in this chapter.。
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英美⽂学选读练习（⼀）英美⽂学选读练习（⼀）I. Multiple ChoiceSelect from the four choices of each item the one that best answers the question or completes the statement. Write the corresponding letter A, B, C or D on the answer sheet.1. Shelley’ s political lyrics ______ is not only a war cry calling upon all working people to rise up against their political oppressors, but an address to them pointing out the intolerable injustice of economic exploitation.A. “Ode to Liberty”B. “Ode to Naples”C. “Ode to the West Wind”D. “Men of England”2. Jane Austen’ s practical idealism is that love should be justified by ______ and disciplined by self-control.A. reasonB. senseC. rationalityD. sensibility3. Shakespeare’ s ______, an elaborate and fantastic story, is known as the best of his final romances.A. The Winter’s TaleB. The TempestC. The Taming of the ShrewD. Love’ s Labour’ s Lost4. “To be, or not to be - that is the question;/Whether’ tis nobler in the mind to suffer / The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,/Or to take arms against a sea of troubles ,/And by opposing end then?” These lines are taken from ______.A. King LearB. Romeo and JulietC. OthelloD. Hamlet5. John Milton’ s most powerful dramatic poem on the Greek model is ______.A. Paradise LostB. Paradise RegainedC. Samson AgonistesD. Lycidas6. Because of her sensitivity to universal pattens of human behavior, ______ hasbrought the English novel, as an art of form, to its maturity.A. Charlotte BronteB. Jane AustenC. Emily BronteD. Henry Fielding7. Poetry is defined by ______ as “the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings, which originates in emotion recollected in tranquility”.A. William WordsworthB. William BlakeC. Percy Bysshe ShelleyD. Robert Southey8. Jonathan Swift’ s ______ is generally regarded as the best model of satire, not only of the period but also in the whole English literary history.A. Gulliver’s TravelsB. The Battle of the BooksC. “A Modest Proposal”D. A Tale of a Tub9. Of all the eighteenth - century novelists ______ was the first to set out, both in theory and practice, to write specifically a “comic epic in prose”, the first to give the modern novel its structure and style.A. Henry FieldingB. Daniel DefoeC. Jonathan SwiftD. Laurence Sterne10. The belief of the eighteenth - century neoclassicists in England led them to seek the following EXCEPT ______.A. proportionB. unityC. harmonyD. spirit11. The Renaissance marks a transition from ______ to the modern world.A. the old EnglishB. the medievalC. the feudalistD. the capitalist12. The great political and social events in the English society of neoclassical period were the following EXCEPT ______.A. the Restoration of King Charles II in 1660B. the Great Plague of 1665C. the Great London Fire in 1666D. the Wars of Roses in 168913.In Renaissance, the European humanist thinkers and scholars 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 Church14.The Petrarchan sonnet (彼特拉克体⼗四⾏诗) was first introduced into England by ______.A.SurreyB.WyattC.SidneyD.Shakespeare15.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 Lucrece16.John Milton's greatest poetical work ______ is the only generally acknowledged epic in English literarure since Beowulf.A.AreopagiticaB.Paradise LostC.LycidasD.Samson Agonistes17.“Graveyard School”writers are the following sentimentalists EXCEPT ______.A.James ThomsonB.William CollinsC.William CowperD.Thomas Jackson18.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 Books19.As a representative of the Enlightenment, ______ was one of the first to introduce rationalism to England.A.John BunyanB.Daniel DefoeC.Alexander PopeD.Jonathan Swift20.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 Richardson21. Which of the following descriptions of Gothic Novels is NOT correct?A.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.Gothic Novel, a type of romantic fiction that predominated in the early eighteenth century, was one phase of the Romantic movement. Its principal elements are violence, horror and the supernatural. P166, para.222. William Blake’s central concern in the Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience is_______, which gives the two books a strong social and historical reference.A. youthhoodB. childhoodC. happinessD. sorrow23. “It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good for-tune, must be in want of a wife.” The quoted part is taken from ______.A. Jane EyreB. Wuthering HeightsC. Pride and PrejudiceD. Sense and Sensibility24. Shelley’s greatest achievement is his four-act poetic drama ______, which is an exultant work in praise of humankind’s potential.A. AdonaisB. Queen MabC. Prometheus UnboundD. A Defence of Poetry25. The assertion that poetry originates from “emotion recollected in tranquility”belongs to ______.A. William WordsworthB. Samuel Taylor ColeridgeC. Robert SoutheyD. William Blake26. All of the following poems by William Wordsworth are masterpieces on nature EXCEPT ______.A.“I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud”B. “An Evening Walk”C.“Tintern Abbey”D. “The Solitary Reaper”27. Shakespeare’s four greatest tragedies are ________.A. Romeo and Juliet, Othello, King Lear, HamletB. Hamlet, Othello, Macbeth, The Merchant of VeniceC. Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, MacbethD. Romeo and Juliet, The Merchant of Venice , Othello, Hamlet28. As one of the greatest masters of English prose, ________ defined a good style as “proper words in proper places”.A. Henry FieldingB. Jonathan SwiftC. Samuel JohnsonD. Alexander Pope29. All of the following novels by Daniel Defoe are the first literary works devoted to the study of problems of the lower-class people EXCEPT ______.A. Robinson CrusoeB. Captain SingletonC. Moll FlandersD. Colonel Jack30. English Romanticism, as a historical phase of literature, is generally said to have ended in 1832 with ______.A. the passage of the first Reform Bill in the ParliamentB. the publication of Wordsworth and Coleridge’s Lyrical BalladsC. the publication of T．S ．Eliot’s The waste LandD. the passage of the Bill of Rights in the Parliament31. Contrary to the traditional romance of aristocrats, the modern English novel givesa realistic presentation of life of ______.A. the common English peopleB. the upper classC. the rising bourgeoisieD. the enterprising landlords32. The sentence “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?”is the beginning line of one of Shakespeare’s ______________.A. comediesB. tragediesC. sonnetsD. histories33. Paradise Lost is actually a story taken from ______________.A. the RenaissanceB. the Old TestamentC. Greek MythologyD. the New Testament34. ______________ is the essence of the Renaissance.A. PoetryB. DramaC. HumanismD. Reason35. “To be, or not to be —that is the question”is a line taken from______________.A. HamletB. OthelloC. King LearD. The Merchant of Venice36. Literature of Neoclassicism is different from that of Romanticism in that ______________.A. the former celebrates reason, rationality, order and instruction while the latter sees literature as an expression of an individual’s feeling and experiencesB. the former is heavily religious but the latter secularC. the former is an intellectual movement, the purpose of which is to arouse the middle class for political rights while the latter is concerned with the personal cultivationD. the former advocates the “return to nature”whereas the latter turns to the ancient Greek and Roman writers for its models.37. Daniel Defoe describes ______________ as a typical English Middle- class man of the eighteenth century, the very prototype of the empire builder or the pioneer colonist.A. Tom JonesB. GulliverC. Moll FlandersD. Robinson Crusoe38. ______________ is a typical feature of Swift’s writings.A. Bitter satireB. Elegant styleC. Casual narrationD. Complicated sentence structure39. Which of the following poems is a landmark in English poetry?A. Lyrical Ballads by William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor ColeridgeB. “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud”by William WordsworthC. “Remorse ”by Samuel Taylor ColeridgeD. Leaves of Grass Walt Whitman40. The literary form which is fully developed and the most flourishing during the Romantic Period is ______________.A. proseB. dramaC. novelD. poetry41. The real mainstream of the English Renaissance is_____________.A. the Elizabethan dramaB. the Elizabethan proseC. ancient poemD. romantic novel42. Shakespeare has established his giant position in world literature with his_____________plays, 154 sonnets and 2 long poems.A. 47B. 27C. 52D. 3843. _____________shows how mankind, in the person of Christ, withstand the tempter and is established once more in the divine favor.A. Paradise LostB. Paradise RegainedC. Samson AgonistesD. Beowulf44. In the theatrical world of the neoclassical period, _____________was the leading figure among the host of playwrights.A. William BlakeB. Richard Brinsley SheridanC.Ben JohnsonD. George Bernard Shaw45. The eighteenth century England is also known as the Age of Enlightenment or the Age of_____________.A. IntellectB. ReasonC. RationalityD. Science46. As a whole, Jonathan Swift’s _____________is one of the most effective and devastating criticisms and satires of all aspects in the then English and European life---socially, politically, religiously, philosophically, scientifically, and morally.A. Moll FlandersB. Gulliver’s TravelsC. Pilgrim’s ProgressD. The School for Scandal47. _____________is a story on the subject of human nature by Henry Fielding.A. The History of AmeliaB. The History of Jonathan Wild the GreatC. The History of Tom Jones, a FoundlingD. The History of the Adventures of Joseph Andrews and of his friend Mr. Abraham Adams48. The poems such as “The Chimney Sweeper”are found in both Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experienceby_____________.A. William WordsworthB. William BlakeC. John KeatsD. Lord Gordon Byron49. _____________is regarded as a “worshipper of nature”.A. John KeatsB. William BlakeC. William WordsworthD. Jane Austen50. The sentence “three or four families in a country village are the very thing to work on” can best reflect the writer’s personal knowledge and range of writing. This writer is ____________.A. Walter ScottB. Thomas HardyC. Jane EyreD. Jane Austen。
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202X年7月高等教育自学考试全国统一命题考试英美文学选读卷子课程代码0604PART one(40 Points)I．Multiple Choice (40 points in all, 1 for each)Select from the four choices of each item the one that best answers the question or completes the statement.Mark your choice by blackening the corresponding letter A，B，C Or D On theAnswer Sheet.1．_______, a typical example of old English poetry，is regarded as the national epic of the Anglo—Saxons．A．The Canterbury TalesB．ExodusC．BeowulfD．The Legend of Good Women2．It was ______ who first introduced the Petrarchan sonnet into England.A．CaxtonB．WyattC．SurreyD．Marlowe3．It is generally believed that the most important play among Shakespeare’s comedies is ______ A．A Midsummer Night’s DreamB．As You Like ItC．The Merchant of VeniceD．Twelfth Night4．All the following poets except ______ belong to the metaphysical school.A．DonneB．HerbertC．MarvellD．Milton5．Of all the eighteenth —century novelists, ______ was the first to set out, both in theory and practice, to write specifically a “comic epic in prose〞and the first to give the modern novel its structure and style.A．Daniel DefoeB．Samuel RichardsonC．Henry FieldingD．Oliver Goldsmith6．Although writing from different points of view and with different techniques, writers in the Victorican Period shared one thing in common, that is, they were all concerned about ______ .A．the love story between the rich and the poorB．the techniques in writingC．the fate of the common peopleD．the future of their own country7．In the theatrical world of the neoclassical period ______ was the leading figure among the host of playwrights.A．William BlakeB．Richard SheridanC．Ben JonsonD．Bernard Shaw8．The eighteenth —century England is also known as the Age of Enlightenment or the Age of ______.A．IntellectB．ReasonC．RationalityD．Science9．______ by Swift is generally regarded as the best model of satire, not only of the 18th century but also in the whole English literary history.A．A Tale of a TubB．The Battle of the BooksC．〞A Modest Proposal 〞D．Gulliver’s Travels10．The novels of______ are the first literary work devoted to the study of problems of the lower —class people.A．BunyanB．DefoeC．FieldingD．Swift11．Thomas Gray established his fame as the leader of the ______ of the day.A．romantic poetryB．sentimental poetryC．neoclassical poetryD．realistic novel12．Which of the following is taken from John Keats’s “Ode on a Grecian Urn〞______ A．〞If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind〞B．〞For Godsake hold your tongue, and let me love.〞C．〞Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard/Are sweeter〞D．〞The Child is father of the Man.〞13．Robert Browning’s style is ______.A．identical with that of the other VictoriansB．similar to that of TennysonC．perfectly artisticD．rough and disproportionate in appearance14．Thomas Hardy wrote novels of ______.A．character and environmentB．pure romanceC．stream of consciousnessD．psychoanalysis15．The three trilogies of ______ novels are masterpieces of critical realism in the early 20th century.A．Galsworthy’s ForsyteB．Lewis Grassic Gibbon’s Sunset Song’s Women in Love’s A Passage to India16．______ is considered to be the best—known English dramatist since Shakespeare.A．Oscar WildeB．Christopher MarloweC．John DrydenD．Bernard Shaw17．______ was awarded Nobel Prize for literature in 1923.A．Bernard ShawB．John Galsworthy18．Of the following poets, which is not regarded as “Lake Poets〞A．Samuel Taylor ColeridgeB．Robert SoutheyC．William WordsworthD．George Gordon Byron19．The four great odes of John Keats include the following EXCEPT ______.A．〞Ode on Melancholy〞B．〞Ode on a Grecian Urn〞C．〞Ode to a Nightingale〞D．〞Ode to the West wind〞’s masterpieces.A．Women in LoveB．Sons and LoversC．Lady Chatterley’s LoverD．The Plumed Serpent21．In Oscar Wilde’s masterpiece ______, he expressed a satirical and bitter attitude towards the upper —class people by revealing their corruption, snobbery and hypocrisy.A．SalomeB．The Importance of Being EarnestC．The Happy PrinceD．A Woman of No Importance22．〞The V anity Fair 〞is a well—known part in The Pilgrim’s Progress, which of the following writers later adopted it as the title of a novel？A．DickensB．ThackerayC．FieldingD．Hardy23．To the transcendentalists such as ______ and Thoreau, man is divine in nature; but to Hawthorne and Melville, everybody is potentially a sinner.A．Washington IrvingB．EmersonC．Henry JamesD．Emily Dickinson24．Washington Irving’s ______ was written in England, filled with English scenes and quotations from English authors and faithful to British orthography.A．Bracebridge HallB．Tales of a TravelerC．The Sketch BookD．The Alhambra25．The American Romantic writers celebrated America’s landscape with its virgin forests, meadows, groves, endless prairies, streams, and vast oceans.______ came to function almost as a dramatic character that symbolized moral law.A．The Atlantic OceanB．The Rocky MountainsC．The Pacific OceanD．The wilderness26．Which one of the following statements is NOT true of Washington IrvingA．He was regarded as Father of the American Short Story.B．He was one of the first American writers to earn an international reputation.C．He enjoyed the honor of being “the American Goldsmith〞for his literary craftsmanship.D．He was one of the advocates of the New England Transcendentalism.27．Which one of the following statements is NOT true of Ralph Waldo Emerson and his works A．Emerson’s essays often have a formal style, for most of them were derived from his journals or lectures.B．In his essays, Emerson put forward his philosophy of Transcendentalism, focusing on the importance of the individual and the nature.C．Emerson based his philosophy on an intuitive belief in an ultimate unity, which he called the 〞over—soul〞.D．Emerson is affirmative about man’s intuitive knowledge, with which a man can trust himself to decide what is right and to act accordingly.28．〞The lover of nature is he whose inward and outward senses are still truly adjusted to each other, who has retained the spirit of infancy even into the era of manhood〞. This is the voice of the book _____ written by Emerson, which pushed American Romanticism into a new phase, the phase of New England _________.A．Nature…SymbolismB．The American Scholar…NaturalismC．Nature…TranscendentalismD．the American Scholar…Realism29．Which one of the following statements about Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter is trueA．Hawthorne intended to tell a love story in this novel.B．Hawthorne intended to tell a story of sin in this novel.C．Hawthorne intended to reveal the human psyche after they sinned, so as to show people the tension between society and individuals.D．Hawthorne focused his attention on consequences of the sin on the people in general, so as to call the readers back to the conventional Puritan way of living.30．Walt Whitman is a poet with a strong sense of mission, having decoted all his life to the creation of the “single〞poem, ________.A．ChicagoB．My Lost YouthC．Leaves of GrassD．A Pact31．Redburn is a semi —autobiographical novel written by ________, concerning the sufferings of a genteel youth among brutal sailors.A．Walt WhitmanB．Nathaniel HawthorneC．Herman MelvilleD．Ralph Waldo Emerson32．The period ranging from ________ to ________ has been referred to as the Age of Realism in the literary history of the United States.A．1865 (1945)B．1865 (1914)C．1783 (1945)D．1783 (1914)33．________thought that the writer should use language to probe the deepest reaches of the psychological and moral nature of human beings rather than simply hold a mirror to the surface of social life in particular times and places. He is a realist of the inner life.A．Mark TwainB．William Dean HowellsC．Henry JamesD．Theodore Dreiser34．〞I felt good and all washed clean of sin for the first time I had ever felt so in my life, and I knowed I could pray now. But I didn’t do it straight off, but laid the paper down and set there thinking —thinking how good it was all this happened so, and how near I come to being lost and going to hell. 〞The above passage is taken from ________.A．The Adventures of Huckleberry FinnB．The Adventures of Tom SawyerC．Uncle Tom’s CabinD．Life on the Mississippi35．The following statements are all true of Daisy Miller EXCEPT________.A．Frederick Winterbourne, the narrator of the story, es an American expatriate.B．With the publication of Daisy Miller, William James reputation was firmly established on both sides of the Atlantic.C．With the publication of Daisy Miller, Daisy Miller has ever since become the American Girl in Europe, a celebrated cultural type who embodies the spirit of the New World.D．Daisy Miller’s defiance of social taboos in the Old World finally brings her to a disaster in the clash between the two different cultures.36．Which one of the following statements is true of Dickinson’s “I like to see it lap the Miles〞A．This poem describes a mare dancing at midnight.B．This poem describes a horse galloping through valleys.C．This poem describes a train running through the mountainous area.D．This poem describes a traveler’s joyous journey through the scenic mountainous area.37．________ is considered to be a spokesman for the alienated youth in the post —war era and his The Catcher in the Rye is regarded as a students’ classicA．Allen GinXergD．Henry James38．Towards the end of After Apple —Picking，Frost writes “ Were he not gone, /The woodchuck could say whether it’s like his /Long sleep, as I describe its coming on, /Or just some human sleep.〞The “human sleep 〞here refers to ________.A．a trip to the countrysideB．deathC．rest after a day’s work in the orchardD．exaltation of mind39．In the third chapter of The Great GatXy by Fitzgerald, there is a wonderful description of GatXy’s party which evokes both ___________ of that strange and fascinating era that we call________.A．the pride and the prejudice…Victorian AgeB．the romance and the sadness…Jazz AgeC．the love and the hatred…Age of ReasonD．the Vanity and the disillusionment…Age of Reason40．Faulkner once said that ___________ is a story of 〞lost innocence〞, which proves itself to be an intensification of the theme of imprisonment in the past.A．The Sound and the FuryB．Go Down, MosesC．Light in AugustD．Absalom, Absalom!PART TWO (60 POINTS)II．Reading Comprehension (16 points in all, 4 for each)Read the quoted parts carefully and answer the questions in English. Write your answers in the corresponding space on the answer sheet.41．〞To be, or not to be —that is the question;Whether’ tis nobler in the mind to sufferThe slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,And by opposing end them〞Questions:A．Identify the author and the title of the passage from which this part is taken.B．Explain the meaning of “To be, or not to be〞.C．How do you understand the last two lines42．〞The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power,And all that beauty, all that wealth e’er gave,Awaits alike the inevitable hour.The paths of glory lead but to the grave.〞Questions:A．Identify the author and the title of the passage from which this part is taken.B．What does the phrase 〞inevitable hour〞meanC．Write out the main idea of the passage in plain English.43．〞I glanced back once. A wafer of a moon was shinning over GatXy’s house, making the night fine as before, and surviving the laughter and the sound of his still glowing garden. A sudden emptiness seemed to flow now from the windows and the great doors, endowing with complete isolation the figure of the host, who stood on the porch, his hand up in a formal gesture of farewell. 〞Questions:A．Identify the author and the title of the passage from which this part is taken.B．The passage describes the end of an event, What is itC．What implied meaning can you get from reading this passage44．We passed the School, where Children strove AT Recess—in the Ring—We passed the Fields of Gazing Grain—We passed the Setting Sun—Questions:A．Who is the author of this stanza taken from the poem “Because I could not stop for Death—〞？B．What do the underlined parts symbolizeC．Where were “we〞heading towardIII．Questions and Answers (24 points in all,6 for each)Give brief answers to each of the following questions in English. Write your answers in the corresponding space on the answer sheet.45．Edmund Spenser is one of the poets of English Renaissance. What are the qualities of his poetry46．The Man of Property is the first novel of the Forsyte trilogies by Galsworthy. What is the theme and the tone of The Man of Property47．Hawthorne’s “Young Goodman Brown〞is often read as a conventional allegory. What does the work symbolically concern48．William Faulkner is one of the greatest American novelists. What do you know about his narrative techniques IV．Topic Discussion (20 points in all, 10 for each)Write no less than 150 word on each of the following topics in English in the corresponding space on the answer sheet.49．Discuss Charles Dickens’ art of fiction: the setting, the character —portrayal, the language, etc., based on his novel Oliver Twist.50．Discuss the symbolism employed in Moby Dick.。
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英美文学选读试卷-英美文学选读试卷A. Each of the following below is followed by four alternative answer. Choose the one that would bet complete the statement and put the letter in the blank.(每小题1分，共30分)1. Generally, the Renaissance refers to the period between ______ and _______ centuries.A. 14th...mid-17thB. 14th...mid-18thC. 16th...mid-18thD. 16th...mid-17th2. _______ frequently applied conceits in his poems.A. SpenserB. DonneC. BlakeD. Thomas Gray3. _______ is known as "the poet's poet".A. ShakespeareB. MarloweC. SpenserD. Donne4. The 18th century England is known as the ______ in the history.A. RenaissanceB. ClassicismC. EnlightenmentD. Romanticism5. ________ and William Shakespeare are the best representatives of the English humanism.A. Edmund Spenser, Christoper MarloweB. Thomas More, Christoper MarloweC. John Donne, Edmund SpenserD. John Milton, Thomas More6. The middle of the 18th century was predominated by a newly rising literary form, that is the modern English ______, which gives a realistic presentation of life of the common English people.A. proseB. short storyC. novelD. tragicomedy7. _______ is the central concern to Blake's concern in the Song of Innocence and Song of Experience.A. childhoodB. womanC. poetryD. happiness8. Among the following plays which is not written by Marlowe? _____A. Dr. FaustusB. The Jew of MaltaC. Edward IID. School for scandal9. Shakespeare's greatest tragedies are _______.A. Hamlet, Othello, King Lear and MacbethB. Hamlet, Othello, King Lear and Romeo and JulietC. Hamlet, Coriolanus, King Lear and MacbethD. Hamlet, Julius caesar, Othello and Macbeth10. Among the pioneers of the 18th century novelists wereDaniel Defoe, Samuel Richardson, Henry fielding and _______.A. Laurance SterneB. John DrydenC. Charles DickensD. Alexander Pope11. Which of the following Gothic novels was not written in the 18th century? ______A. The Castle of OtrantoB. The ItalianC. The MonkD. The Fall of the House of Usher12. In the theatrical world of the neoclassical period, _______ was the leadingfigure among the host of playwrights.A. William BlakeB. Richard SheridanC. Ben JohnsonD. Bernard Shaw13. Dickens' works are characterized by a mingling of _______ and pathos.A. humorB. satireC. passionD. metaphor14. The success of Jane Eyre is not only because of its sharp criticism of the existing society, but also due to its introduction to the English novel the first ______ heroine.A. explorerB. peasantC. workerD. governess15. In ______ Tennyson dealt with the theme of women's rights and position.A. PoemB. The PrincessC. In MemorianD. Idylls of the King16. "The Custom-House" is an introductory note to ______.A. Moby-DickB. The Scarlet LetterC. The Marble FaunD. The Blithedale Romance17. The publication of _______ established Emerson as the most eloquent spokesman of the New England Transcendentalism.A. NatureB. Self-RelianceC. The Over-SoulD. The American Scholar18. "When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloomed" is most probably a poem ______.A. that celebrates the burgeoning life of citiesB. that sings highly freedom and democracyC. that condemns violence and bloodshedD. that mourns for the death of Lincoln19. _______ is not a dominant figure of the Realistic Period.A. William Dean HowellsB. Mark TwainC. Henry JamesD. James F. Cooper20. The book from which "all modern American literature comes" refers to _______.A. Moby-DickB. The Adventures of Huckleberry FinnC. The Sun Also RisesD. The Great Gatsby21. Strong affinity to the Chinese and Oriental literature can be found in the works of _______.A. Mark TwainB. Ezra PoundC. Emily DikinsonD. Arthur Miller22. "In a Station of the Metro" is regarded by critics as a classic specimen of _______.A. the absurd poetryB. the transcendental poetryC. the romantic poetryD. the imagist poetry23. The founder of the American drama is _______.A. Arthur MillerB. Eugene O'NeillC. Tennesee WilliamsD. Clifford Odets24. F. Scott Fitzgerald is not the author of _______.A. This Side of ParadiseB. Tender is the NightC. The Great GatsbyD. In Our Time25. _______ is not a fictional character in the Scarlet Letter.A. HesterB. Arthur DimmersdaleC. Roger ChillingworthD. Ishmael26. The period ranging from 1865 to 1914 has been referred to as _____.A. the Age of ColonicalismB. the Age of RomanticismC. the Age of RealismD. the Age of Modernism27. Statement _______ is NOT true in describing American naturalists.A. They were deeply influenced by Darwinism.B. They were identified with French novelist and theorist Emile Zola.C. They chose their subjects from the lower ranks of society.D. They used more serious and more sympathetic tone in writing than realists.28. ______ is considered by H.L.Mencken as "the true father of our national literature."A. HemingwayB. PoeC. IrvingD. Twain29. they all shared the same thematic concern except ______.A. Robert Penn WarrenB. Flannery O'ConnerC. William FaulknerD. Norman Mailer30. _________ draws on the Jewish experience and tradition and examines subtly the dismantling of the self by an intolerablemodern history.A. Allen GinsbergB. John UpdikeC. Saul BellowD. J.D. SalingerB. Give the author and genre of each of the following literary works.(每小题2分，共20分)1. The Shepheardes Calender2. Farewell to love3. Much Ado About Nothing4. Childe Harold's Pilgrmage5. Dombey and the Son6. The Iceman Cometh7. The Road Not Taken8. The Cantos9. The Grapes of Wrath10. BabbitC. Define the literary terms listed below. （每小题5分，共10分）1. Utilitarianism2. Free VerseD. For each of the quotations listed below please give the name of the author and the title of the literary work from which it is taken and then briefly interpret it.(每小题5分，共15分）1. Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?Thou are more lovely and more temperate:Rough winds do shake the daring buds of May,And summer's least hath all too short a date:Sometimes too hot the eye of heaven shinesAnd often is his gold complexion dimmed;2. I heard a Flay buzz--when I died-The Stillness in the RoomWas like the Stillness in the Air-Between the Heaves of Storm-3. There is 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 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...E. Give brief answers to the following questions.（每小题5分，共10分）1. What is Bernard Shaw's viewpoint on literature?2. What does the night journey young Goodman Brown makes symbolize?F. Short Essay Questions(共15分）1. What is the striking feature of Paul, the main character in Sons and lovers?(7分）2. Give a brief analysis of Emily Grierson In "A Rose for Emily".(8分)。
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PART TWO (60POINTS)Ⅱ.Reading comprehension(16 points,4 for each)Read the quoted parts carefully and answer the questions in English. Write your answer in the corresponding space on the answer sheet.41. “One short sleep past, we wake eternally,And death shall be no more; death, thou shalt die.”Questions:A. Identify the poem and the poet.B.What does the word “sleep” mean?C. What idea do the two lines express?42. “Never did sun more beautifully steepIn his first splendor, 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!”(William Wordsworth’s sonnet: “Composed upon Westminster Bridge”September 3, 1802)Questions:A. What does the word “glideth” in the fourth line mean?B. What kind of figure of speech is used by wordsworth to describe the“river”?C. What idea does the fourth line express?43. “With Blue—uncertain stumbling Buzz—Between the light—and me—And then the Windows failed—and thenI could not see to see—”Questions:A. Identify the poem and the poet.B. What do “Windows” symbolically stand for?C. What idea does the quoted passage express?44. “‘Is dying hard, Daddy?’‘No, I think it’s pretty easy, Nick, It all depends.”’Questions:A. Identify the work and the author.B. What was Nick preoccupied with when he asked the question?C. Why did the father add “It all depends” after he answered his son’squestion?41.Read the quotation carefully and then answer the questions: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.A.Scan the first line of the stanza.B.Find the irregular foot in the second line.C.Briefly explain the significance of this irregularity.42.The following is a passage taken from a dramatic work:Had I as many souls as there be starsI"d give them all for Mephistophilis!By him I"ll be great emperor of the world,And make a bridge thorough the moving airTo pass the ocean with a band of men;I"ll join the hills that bind the Afric shoreAnd make that country continent to Spain,And both contributory to my crown;The emperor shall not live but by my leave,Nor any potentate of Germany.Now that I have obtained what I desireI"ll live in speculation of this artTill Mephistophilis return again.A. Name the playwright and the title of the work from which the passageis taken.B. Name the speaker of the passage quoted above.C. Use the above passage as a guide and write down in one or twosentences the theme of the play.43.Read the following passage and then answer the questions:…I glanced back once. A wafer of a moon was shining over Gatsby"s house, making the night fine as before, and surviving the laughter and the sound of his still glowing garden. A sudden emptiness seemed to flow now from the windows and the great doors, endowing with complete isolation the figure of the host, who stood on the porch, his hand up in a formal gesture of farewell.A. Identify the author and the title of the novel from which this passage is taken.B. The passage describes the end of an event. What is it?C. What implied meaning can you get from reading this passage?44.Read the following part of a poem and then answer the questions:My tongue, every atom of my blood, form"d from this soil, this air,Born here of parents born here from parents the same, and their parents the same,I, now thirty-seven years old in perfect health begin,Hoping to cease not till death.A. Identify the poet and the title of the poem.B. What do "soil" and "air" represent in the first line?C. What does the poet try to say in the above four lines?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. “Do you think, because I am poor, obscure, plain, and little, I am soullessand heartless? —You think wrong!… And if God had gifted me with some beauty, and much wealth, I should have made it as hard for you to leave me, as it is now for me to leave you…—it is my spirit that addresses your spirit; just as if both had passed through the grave, and we stood at God’s feet, equal—as we are!”Questions:A．Identify the author and the novel from which the quoted part is taken.B．To whom is the speaker speaking?C．What does the quoted part imply about the speaker?43.“The woods are lovely, dark and deep,But I have promises to keep,And miles to go before I sleep,And miles to go before I sleep.”Questions:A. Identify the poem and the poet.B. What does the word“sleep”mean?C. What idea do the four lines express?44.Read the following passage and then answer the questions:…I glanced back once. A wafer of a moon was shining over Gatsby"s house, making the night fine as before, and surviving the laughter and the sound of his still glowing garden. A sudden emptiness seemed to flow now from the windows and the great doors, endowing with complete isolation the figure of the host, who stood on the porch, his hand up in a formal gesture of farewell.A. Identify the author and the title of the novel from which this passage is taken.B. The passage describes the end of an event. What is it?C. What implied meaning can you get from reading this passage?Ⅲ.Questions and Answers （24 points, 6 points for each）Give brief answers to each of the following questions in English. Write your answers in the corresponding space on the answer sh eet. 45. "'My boy!' said the old gentleman, leaning over the desk. Oliver started at the sound. He might be excused for doing so, for the words were kindly said, and strange sounds frighten one. He trembled violently, and burst into tears." （Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist） Explain why the boy [Oliver Twist] started first, then trembled violently and burst into tears when the words were "kindly" said.46.Novum Organum（"New Instrument"）, along with other works, won the author the honour "Father of modern science." Who is the author? What is the main concern of the work? Why the work is so important for the development of modern science?47. Why are naturalists inevitably pessimistic in their view? Please discuss the above question in relation to the basic principles of literary naturalism.48.The white whale, Moby Dick, is the most important symbol in Melville’s novel. What symbolic meaning can you draw from it? 45.The following quotation is the ending of a poem by Robert Browning: Nay, we"ll goTogether down, sir, Notice Neptune, though,Taming a sea horse, though a rarity,Which Claus of Innsbruck cast in bronze for me.What is the title of the poem? Who is the speaker? What is the importance of the allusion "Neptune…/Taming a sea horse" in the whole poem?46. Here is the last stanza of Byron's "The Isles of Greece":Place me on sunium's mardle steep,Where nothing, save the waves and I,There, swan-like, let me sing and die:May hear our marbled murmurs sweep;A land of slaves shall ne'er be mine ——Dash down you cup of Samian wine!Determine the speaker first and then discuss BRIEFLY the main idea of the stanza or of the whole excerpt. You may want to consider the possible implications of the last two lines.47.Ezra Pound is one of the pioneers in modern poetry. What is the poeticschool of which he is a chief member?What is Pound"s representative work of many years of poetic creation? What is the title of his frequently quoted one-image poem?Pound has translated some literary works from two great ancient civilizations.One is Greece. What is the other? How do you understand his famous comment "The image itself is the speech"?48.How do you understand Henry James’ international theme? Please exemplify it based on his novels.45. It is said that B. Shaw’s play, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, has a strong realistic theme, which fully reflects the dramatist’s Fabianist idea. Try to summarize this theme briefly.46. Emily Bronte used a very complicated narrative technique in writing her novel Wuthering Heights. Try to tell Bronte’s way of narration briefly. 47. “In your rocking-chair, by your window dreaming, shall you long, alone. In your rocking-chair, by your window, shall you dream such happiness as you may never feel.” The two sentences are taken from Theodore Dreiser’s novel, Sister Carrie. What idea can you draw from the “rocking-chair”? 48. The literary school of naturalism was quite popular in the late 19th century. What are the major characteristics of naturalism?Ⅳ.Topic Discussion（20 points, 10 points 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.A possible theme of James Joyce"s short story "Araby" is disillusionment. Briefly discuss the symbolism Joyce employs in presenting this theme. 50.. Mark Twain presented the 19th century America in his own unique way. Discuss Twain's art of fiction: the setting, the language, and the characters, etc., based on his novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.49. Discuss the possible theme in W.B. Yeats’s “The Lake Isle of Innisfree”and how that theme is presented in the poem.50. “My faith is gone!” cried he (Goodman Brown), after one stupefied moment. “There is no good on earth; and sin is but a name. Come, devil! For to thee is this world given.”Comment on this passage from Hawthorne’s “Young Goodman Brown”. 49. Daniel Defoe's novel Robinson Crusoe was a great success partly because the protagonist was a real middle-class hero. Discuss Crusoe, the protagonist of the novel, as an embodiment of the rising middle class virtues in the mid-eighteenth century England.50.What makes Mark Twain"s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn more than a child"s adventure story? Briefly discuss the question from THREE of the following aspects: the setting, the language, the character（s）, the theme and the style.PART TWO(60 POINTS)II. Reading Comprehension(16 points in all，4 for each)Read the quoted parts carefully and answer the questions in English．Write your answers in the corresponding space on the Answer Sheet．41. “The fiver glideth at his own sweet will：Dear God! the very houses seem asleep；And all that mighty heart is lying still!”(from William Wordsworth’s “Composed upon Westminster Bridge”)Questions：A. What figure of speech is used in the quoted lines?B. What does “that mighty heart’’ refer to?C. What does the poem decribe?42. “When the stars threw down their spears,And water’d heaven with their tears,Did he smile his work to see?Did he who made the Lamb make thee?”Questions：A. Identify the poet and the poem from which the quoted lines are takenB. Whom does the “he’’ refer to?C. What does the “Lamb”symbolize?43. “My tongue，every atom of my blood，form’d from this soil，this air,Born here of parents born here from parents the same，and theirparents the same， I，now thirty-seven years old in perfect health begin，Hoping to cease not till death”Questions： A. Identify the poet and the poem from which the quoted lines are taken.B. What do “soil” and “air” represent in the first line?C. What does the poet try to say in the above four lines?44. “I cannot rub the strangeness from my sight I got from looking through apane of glassI skimmed this morning from the drinking troughAnd held against the world of hoary grass.”Questions：A. Identify the poet and the poem from which the quoted lines are taken.B. What does the word “strangeness’’ refer to?C. What do the quoted lines imply?III．Questions and Answers(24 points in all，6 for each)Give a brief answer to each of the following questions in English．Write your answers in the corresponding space on the Answer Sheet．45. As a leading Romanticist，Byron’s chief contribution is his creation of the “Byronic Hero”．Briefly explain the literary term “Byronic Hero’’.46. TheWaste Land is T．S．Eliot’s most important single poem．Try to state the theme and the significance of the poem briefly.47．What is the most famous theme in Henry James’s fiction?And what is his favourite approach in characterization，which makes him different from Mark Twain and W·D.Howells as a realist? Give two titles of his first period works in which this theme and this approach are employed.48. As a leading spokesman of the “Imagist Movement”，what principles does Ezra Pound endorse?IV. Topic Discussion(20 points in all，10 for each)Write no less than 150 words on each of the following topics in English in the corresponding space on the Answer Sheet.49. Discuss Charles Dickens’ art of fiction：the setting，the character —portrayal，the language，etc．，based on his novel Oliver Twist．50. Greatly and permanently affected by the war experiences, Hemingway formed his own writing style，together with his theme and hero. Please discuss Hemingway’s writing style in relation to his novels you have read.。
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English LiteratureQuestions on The Canterbury Tales1.Lines 1-18 are the introduction to the weather. Why did the author write so manywords to describe it?2.Summarize the main idea of lines 19-34.3.How many people are there in the group of pilgrims?4.Based on Prioress’s portrait, can you give a possible reason why she isundertaking this pilgrimage?5.What details does the narrator use in describing the Prioress, and in what order?6.Why does the Wife of Bath go on pilgrimage?7.What is the “framing device” that Chaucer uses for his collection of stories?8.The General Prologue was written in heroic couplet, analyze some of the lines.9.Please name and define five specific methods of characterization Chaucer uses inthe “General Prologue”.Questions on Sonnet 181.What are the themes of the sonnet 18?2.What images does Shakespeare use in order to strengthen the theme? And whatkinds of figures of speech are used in the sonnet?3.Analyze the meter and rhyme of the poem.Questions on Paradise Lost1.The poem opens with a long sentence. Analyze the first sentence and identify thewriter’s conception about the poem.2.Who first seduced the mother of mankind to the revolt?3.How long does Satan and his peers suffer the penal fire?4.How does Satan feel about being in Hell according to the poem?5.Describe the condition of the Hell in your own words according to the poem.6.Write an essay about the image of Satan.Questions on The Pilgrim’s Progress1.Why is the market called “Vanity Fair”?2.What is the original of the fair?3.What did people in the fair do to Christian and his friend?4.What does this episode symbolize?Questions on William Wordsworth’s poems1.Identify the meter of the first poem.2.What mood does the opening simile suggest, and what change in mood occurslater on?3.At what time of day is London being described in the second poem?4.Which descriptive elements are presented objectively and which subjectively?5.What are the themes of the third poem?6.There are two images in the third poem. Identify them and analyze them. Questions on Great Expectations1.In what details does Pip describe Miss Havisham and her room?2.What is Pip’s impression about Estella?3.How does Estella treat Pip? And why?4.Analyze the characters of Miss Havisham and Estella.5.Does Pip fall in love with Estella after the first meeting? And why?6.There is an image in Chapter 8. Identify it and analyze it.Questions on Tess of the d’Urbervilles1.What effect does Tess’s confession have on Angel?2.Why is Angel unable to forgive Tess when she just bestowed the gift offorgiveness on him?3.Why does Tess submit to Angel’s anger and take no action to win him back?4.What moral differences between men and women in the Victorian period, doesthis chapter reflect?5.In Hardy’s works the strong element of naturalism are combined with a tendencytowards symbolism. Identify and analyze the symbols in this chapter.Questions on The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock1.What social class does Prufrock belong to? How could you tell?2.When Prufrock starts talking about the “bald spot” in the middle of his head, whatdo you think he is worrying about?3.What types of images show that people are dehumanized in modern life, andsuggest that inanimate objects are alive?4.What is the effect of the Biblical allusion in the poem?5.Irony is everywhere in the poem. Identify them.Questions on Araby1.How does the boy describe his feelings for Mangan’s sister?2.Why does the boy want to go to the bazaar?3.Why does he arrive so late?4.What is the role of the boy’s uncle in the story? What value and attitude does herepresent?5.What kind of conflict does the boy experience in the story between him andenvironment, or between him and the adults?American LiteratureQuestions on Rip V an Winkle1.What historical events did Rip Van Winkle sleep through?2.Why was Rip Van Winkle so surprised when he returned to the village?3.What comparison is Irving implying when he states at the end of the story thatDame Van Winkle’s death has released Rip from “petticoat government”?4.How much effect did American Revolution have on daily life of the commonpeople?5.Analyze the humorous elements in Rip Van Winkle?Questions on The Scarlet Letter1.Who empowers Dimmesdale to stand on the scaffold?2.Why does Dimmesdale want to reveal?3.Why does Chillingworth try desperately to stop Dimmesdale from confessing hissins on the scaffold?4.This novel makes extensive use of symbols. How do they help develop the themesand characters in the novel?5.What is the narrative point of the novel? And what is the effect of the narrativepoint of view?Questions on Sister Carrie1.How many scenes did the writer describe in this chapter? Name them.2.Why does Carrie still suffer from unsatisfied desires after she became successful?3.How do you see Draiser’s naturalism influencing his works in Sister Carrie?4.Discuss the character of Carrie and her relationships with Drouet and Hurswood. Questions on Indian Camp1.What kind of relationship between Nick and his father does the story describe?Has the relationship changed? Why and how does it change?2.Why did the husband kill himself?3.What does the last sentence mean?4.What did Nick learn from his witnessing both birth and death over one night? Questions on The Great Gatsby1.What kind of parties does Gatsby give on Saturdays according to the narrator?2.What kind of people would attend the parties according to the narrator?3.What is your impression on Gatsby after reading the text?4.What is the theme of the novel?5.Analyze the symbols in this chapter.。
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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。
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。
《英美文学选读》自考真题试题及答案解析
《英美文学选读》自考真题试题及答案解析一、单选题（共50题，共100分）1.( )is generally regarded as the forerunner of the 20th —century “stream— of —consciousness ” novels and the founder of psychological realism.A.Theodore DreiserB.William FapknerC.Henry JamesD.Mark Twain2.Closely relate d to Dickinson ’s religious poetry are her poems concerning( ),ranging over the physical as well as the psychological and emotional aspects of death.A.love and natureB.death and universeC.death and immortalityD.family and happiness3.considered( ) “the true father of our nationalliterature ”.A.Bret HarteB.Mark TwainC.Washington IrvingD.Walt Whitman4.Among the following writers( )is generally regarded as the forerunner of the 20th - century “stream - of - consciousness ” novels and the founder of psychological realism.A. T. S. EliotB.James JoyceC.William FapknerD.Henry James5.The childhood of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn in the Mississippi is a record of a vanished way of life in the( )Mississippi valleyA.pre - War of IndependenceB.post - War of IndependenceC.pre - Civil WarD.post - Civil War6.The Portrait of A Lady is generally considered tobe( )masterpiece,which describes the life journey of an American( )in a European cptural environment.A.Henry Adams’…widowB.William James ’…girlC.Henry James’…girlD.Theodore Dreiser ’s…widow7.Which of the following statements is NOT true of Emily Dickinson and her poetry?A.She remained unmarried all her lifeB.She wrote,1,775 poems,and most of them were published during her life time.C.Her poems have no titles,hence are always quoted by their first lines.D.Her limited private world has never confined the limitless power of her creativity and imagination.8.Henry James’ fame generally rests upon his novels and stories with the( )theme.A.internationalB.localC.colonialD.post-modern9.After the American Civil War,the literary interest in theso- called “reality ” of life started a new period in the American literary writings know an the Age of( ).A.RealismB.Reason and RevolutionC.RomanticismD.Modernism10.Mark Twain employed an unpretentious style of( )in his novels which is best described as “vernacpar ”.A.standard EnglishB.Afro-American EnglishC.colloquialismD.urbanism11.The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and,especially,its sequence( )proved themselves to be the milestone in the American literature.A.The Adventures of Huckleberry FinnB.Life on the MississippiC.The Gilded AgeD.Roughing It12.Mark Twain’s particpar concern about the local character of a region ca me about as “local colorism, ” a unique va riation of American literary( ).A.romanticismB.nationalismC.modernismD.realism13.Hemingway’s “Indian Camp ” is one of the fourteen short stories collected under the title of( ).This title is very ironic because there is no peace at all in the stories.A.Three Stories and Ten PoemsB.Across the River and into the TreesC.The Green Hills of AfricaD.In Our Time14.At the age of eighty -seven,( )read his poetry at the inauguration of President John in 1961.A.Robert FrostB.Walt WhitmanC.Ezra Pound15.Unlike his contemporaries in the early 20th century,( )did not break up with the poetic tradition nor made any experiment on form.A.Walt WhitmanB.Robert FrostC.Ezra Pound16.With the publication of( ),Theodore Dreiser was launching himself upon a long career that wopd ptimately make him one of the most significant American writers of the school later known as literary naturalism.A.Sister CarrieB.The TitanC.An American TragedyD.The Stoic17.“The dignity of movement of an iceberg is due to only one- eighth of it being above water. ” This “iceberg ” analogy is put forward by( ).A.Mark TwainB.Ezra PoundC.William FapknerD.Ernest Hemingway18.“My last Duchess ” is a poem that best exemplifies Robert Browning ’s( ).A.sensitive ear for the sounds of the English languageB.excellent choice of wordsC.mastering of the metrical devicese of the dramatic monologue19.Most literary critics think that Fitzgerald is both an insider and an outsider of( )with a double vision.A.the Jazz AgeB.the Age of Reason and RevolutionC.the Babybooming AgeD.the Post- Modern Age20.“The dignity of movement of an iceberg is due to only one -eighth of it being abov e water. ” This “iceberg ” analogy about prose style was put forward by( ).A.William FapknerB.Henry JamesC.Ernest HemingwayD.F· Scott Fitzgerald21.The Nobel Prize Committee highly praised( )for “his powerfp style - forming mastery of the art ” of creating modern fiction.A.Ezra PoundB.Ernest HemingwayC.Robert FrostD.Theodore Dreiser22.In 1950,one of the leading American writers( )was awarded the Nobel Prize for the anti-racist Intruder in the Dust.A.Robert FrostB.Theodore DreiserC.William FapknerD.Fitzgerald23.Greatly and permanently affected bythe( )experiences,Hemingway formed his own writingstyle,together with his theme and hero.A.miningB.farmingC.warD.sailing24.Like all naturalists,( )was restrained from finding a solution to the social problems that appeared in his novels and accordingly almost all his works have tragic endings.A.Theodore DreiserB.Henry JamesC.Washington IrvingD.Walt Whitman25.It was his masterpiece The Great Gatsby that made( )one of the greatest American novelists.A. FitzgeraldB.William FapknerC.Ernest HemmingwayD.Gertrude Steinbeck26.The Financier,The Titan and The Stoic by Theodore Dreiser are called his “Trilogy of( ). ”A.HatredB.DeathC.DesireD.Fate27.In Death in the Afternoon( )presents his philosophy about life and death through the depiction of the bplfight as a kind of microcosmic tragedy.A.William FapknerB.Jack LondonC.Ernest HemingwayD.Mark Twain28.Eugene O’Neill ’s first fpl — length play,( ),won him the first Ppitzer theme is the choice between life and death,the interaction of subjective and objective factors.A.Bound East for CardiffB.The Hairy ApeC.Desire Under the ElmsD.Beyond the Horizon29.In 1920,( )published his first novel This Side of Paradise which was,to some extent,his own story.A.F·Scott FitzgeraldB.Ernest HemingwayC.William FapknerD.Emily Dickinson30.Man is a “victim of forces over which he has no control. ” This is a notion held strongly by( ).A.Robert FrostB.Theodore DreiserC.Henry JamesD.Hamlin Garland31.The attitude towards life that( )had been trying to demonstrate in his works is known as “grace under pressure ”.A.William FapknerB.Theodore DreiserC.Ernest HemingwayD.F·Scott Fitzgerald32.Robert Frost is generally considered a regional poet whose subject matters mainly focus on the landscape and people in( ).A.the westB.the southC.AlaskaD.New England33.In most of his writings,( )deliberately broke up the chronology of his narrative by juxtaposing the past with the present,in the way the montage does in a movie.A.Walt WhitmanB.William FapknerC.Ernest HemingwayD. Fitzgerald34.Ezra Pound,a leading spokesman of the “( ) ”,was one of the most important poets in his time.A.Imagist MovementB.Cubist MovementC.Reformist MovementD.Transcendentalist Movement35.The effect of Darwinist idea of “survival of the fittest ” was shattering in() ’s fictional world of jungle,where “kill or to be killed ” was the law.A.Mark TwainC.Theodore DreiserD.Walt Whitman36.William Fapkner set most of his works in theAmerican( ),with his emphasis on the( )subjects and consciousness.A.North...NorthernB.East...EasternC.West...WesternD.South...Southern37.The( )Age of the 1920s characterized by frivolity and carelessness is brought vividly to life in The Great Gatsby.A.LostB.JazzC.ReasonD.Gilded38.In 1950,( )was awarded the Nobel Prize for the anti-racist Intruder in the Dust.A.William FapknerC.Ezra PoundD.Ernest Hemingway39.William Fapkner once said that( )is a story of “lost innocence, ” which proves itself to be an intensification of the theme of imprisonment in the past.A.The Great GatsbyB.The Sound and the FuryC.Absalom,Absalom!D.Go Down,Moses40.In Go Down,Moses,( )illuminates the problem of black and white in Southern society as a closeknit destiny of blood brotherhood.A.William FapknerB.Jack LondonC.Herman MelvilleD.Nathaniel Hawthorne41.This type of desk and chair can be adjusted ________ the height of students at different agesA.withB.forC.toD.in42.The teacher told us the fact _______.A.which the earth moves around the sunB.that the earth moved around the sunC.that the sun moves around the earthD.that the earth moves around the sun43.What he had done is _______A.valueB.of valuableC.of no valueD.of no valuable44.That is the house _______ you can enjoy the scenery.A. in thatB.thatC.whichD.from which45.Some persons gain goal and direction from their tensions;others ________ under pressure.A.fall outB.fall apartC.fall back onD.fall in with46.She disagrees ______ him ______ everything.A.with, onB./, onC.with, atD.on, with47.Nobody but you _______ what he said.A. agrees withB.agrees outC.agree withD.agree to48.In the original test，all the animals in a test group are given a substance _______ half of them dieA.unlessB.untilC.lestD.provided49.Now many major employers are beginning to demand _______ the completion of schoolA.more thanB.rather thanC.other thanD.better than50.Opposition leaders will be watching carefply to see how the Prime Minister ________ the crisis.A.handlesB.conductsC.observesD.directs1、正确答案： C本题解析：亨利 . 詹姆斯是美国现实主义文学大师，他的作品往往涉及美国之外的主题，其作品的风格是“心理活动”。
英美文学选读练习题
English LiteratureQuestions on The Canterbury Tales1.Lines 1-18 are the introduction to the weather. Why did the author write so manywords to describe itTo answer why so many pilgrim go to the Canterbury at the same time.2.Summarize the main idea of lines 19-34.A group of pilgrims came across at the Canterbury and go together.3.How many people are there in the group of pilgrimsThirty4.·5.Based on Prioress’s portrait, can you give a possible reason why she isundertaking this pilgrimageShe wants to look for the worldly love.6.What details does the narrator use in describing the Prioress, and in what order 1,Facial expression2,voice 3,etiquette 4，sympathy and charity 5，appearance 6，dress 7，personal accessories..7.Why does the Wife of Bath go on pilgrimageFor husband.8.%9.What is the “framing device” that Chaucer uses for his collection of stories Framework:a narrative which was composed for the purpose of introducing and connecting a series of tales10.The General Prologue was written in heroic couplet, analyze some of the lines.11.Please name and define five specific methods of characterization Chaucer uses inthe “General Prologue”.Appearance description：her nose was elegant, her eyes glass-gray; her mouth was very small，but soft and red. Facial description：her way of smiling was simple and coy . behavior description：!Color description 夸张Questions on Sonnet 181.What are the themes of the sonnet 182.What images does Shakespeare use in order to strengthen the theme And whatkinds of figures of speech are used in the sonnet3.Analyze the meter and rhyme of the poem.！Questions on Paradise Lost1.The poem opens with a long sentence. Analyze the first sentence and identify thewriter’s conception about the poem.2.Who first seduced the mother of mankind to the revolt3.How long does Satan and his peers suffer the penal fire4.&5.How does Satan feel about being in Hell according to the poem6.Describe the condition of the Hell in your own words according to the poem.7.Write an essay about the image of Satan.&Questions on The Pilgrim’s Progress1.Why is the market called “Vanity Fair”2.What is the original of the fair3.What did people in the fair do to Christian and his friend—4.What does this episode symbolizeQuestions on William Wordsworth’s poems1.Identify the meter of the first poem.2.)3.What mood does the opening simile suggest, and what change in mood occurslater on4.At what time of day is London being described in the second poem5.Which descriptive elements are presented objectively and which subjectively6.What are the themes of the third poem|7.There are two images in the third poem. Identify them and analyze them.Questions on Great Expectations1.In what details does Pip describe Miss Havisham and her room2.#3.What is Pip’s impre ssion about Estella4.How does Estella treat Pip And why5.Analyze the characters of Miss Havisham and Estella.6.Does Pip fall in love with Estella after the first meeting And why;7.There is an image in Chapter 8. Identify it and analyze it.Questions on Tess of the d’Urbervilles1.What effect does Tess’s confession have on Angel2.]3.Why is Angel unable to forgive Tess when she just bestowed the gift offorgiveness on him4.Why does Tess submit to Angel’s anger and take no action to win him back5.What moral differences between men and women in the Victorian period, doesthis chapter reflect6.(7.In Hardy’s works the strong element of naturalism are combined with a tendencytowards symbolism. Identify and analyze the symbols in this chapter.Questions on The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock1.What social class does Prufrock belong to How could you tell2.When Prufrock starts talking about the “bald spot” in the middle of his head,what do you think he is worrying about《3.What types of images show that people are dehumanized in modern life, andsuggest that inanimate objects are alive4.What is the effect of the Biblical allusion in the poem5..6.Irony is everywhere in the poem. Identify them.Questions on Araby1.How does the boy describe his feelings for Mangan’s sister2.Why does the boy want to go to the bazaar3.~4.Why does he arrive so late5.What is the role of the boy’s uncle in the story What value and attitude does herepresent6.What kind of conflict does the boy experience in the story between him andenvironment, or between him and the adults@American LiteratureQuestions on Rip Van Winkle1.What historical events did Rip Van Winkle sleep through2.Why was Rip Van Winkle so surprised when he returned to the village3.What comparison is Irving implying when he states at the end of the story thatDame Van Winkle’s death has released Rip from “petticoat government”？4.How much effect did American Revolution have on daily life of the commonpeople5.Analyze the humorous elements in Rip Van WinkleQuestions on The Scarlet Letter1.Who empowers Dimmesdale to stand on the scaffold~2.Why does Dimmesdale want to reveal3.Why does Chillingworth try desperately to stop Dimmesdale from confessing hissins on the scaffold4.This novel makes extensive use of symbols. How do they help develop the themesand characters in the novel5.What is the narrative point of the novel And what is the effect of the narrativepoint of view，Questions on Sister Carrie1.How many scenes did the writer describe in this chapter Name them.2.Why does Carrie still suffer from unsatisfied desires after she became successful3.、4.How do you see Draiser’s naturalism influencing his works in Sister Carrie5.Discuss the character of Carrie and her relationships with Drouet and Hurswood. Questions on Indian Camp1.What kind of relationship between Nick and his father does the story describeHas the relationship changed Why and how does it change|2.Why did the husband kill himself3.What does the last sentence mean4.What did Nick learn from his witnessing both birth and death over one night Questions on The Great Gatsby1.What kind of parties does Gatsby give on Saturdays according to the narrator2.What kind of people would attend the parties according to the narrator3.What is your impression on Gatsby after reading the text4.What is the theme of the novel5.Analyze the symbols in this chapter.。
英美文学选读 习题1
答案：survival|fittest|fate|mysterious |supernatural|force|impotent|Fate
【题型：阅读】【分数：4分】得分：0分
[3]1.“When the stars threw down their spears,
And water’d heaven with their tears,
Did he smile his work to see?
Did he who made the Lamb make thee ?”
Questions:
A. Who’s the poet of the quoted stanza?
B. Whom does the“he”refer to?
C. What does the“Lamb”symbolize?
Bromanticism
Ctranscendentalism
Dcubism
答：
答案：A
【题型：论述】【分数：10分】得分：0分
[2]Why is Hardy regarded as a naturalistic writer in English literature? Discuss in relation to his novels you know.
DD. A Farewell to Arms
答：
答案：C
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[7]
“‘Do you think I can stay to become nothing to you? So you think I am an automoton?—a machine without feelings? And can bear to have my morsel of bread snatched from my lips, and my drop of living water dashed from my cup? Do you think, because I am poor, obscure, plain, and little, I am soulless and heartless?—You think wrong!—I have as much as you and full as much heart! And if God had gifted me with some beauty, and much wealth, I should have made it as hard for you to leave me, as it is now for me to leave you. I am not talking to you now through the medium of custom, conventionalities, or even of mortal flesh:—it is my spirit that addresses your spirit; just as if both had passed through the grave, and we stood at God’s feet, equal—as we are!’”
英美文学选读综合测试
【题型：论述】【分数：10分】 得分：10分
[7]
Discuss the artistic features of Shelley&s a rebellion against the neoclassical literature, extols the faculty of imagination and nature
答案：
It is a rebellion against the neoclassical literature, extols the faculty of imagination and nature.
答案：
He uses dramatic monologue, fast, rough and unmusical rhythm. His works include clipped and compressed syntax, similes and illustrations,non-poetic jarring diction.
答案：
His words are colloquial, concrete and direct in effect, and his sentence structures are simple, even ungrammatical spoken language; His characters speak with a strong accent, which is true of his local colorism;Different characters from different literary or cultural backgrounds talk differently.
英美文学选读试题及答案
英美文学选读试题Ⅰ.Multiple Choice (40 points in all, 1 for each)Select from the four choices [A],[B],[C],[D] of each item the one that best answers the question or completes the statement and write the letter on the answer sheet.1.Romance,which uses narrative verse or prose to tell stories of ___ adventures or other heroic deeds, is a popular literary form in the medieval period.A.Christian2.Among the great Middle English poets, Geoffrey Chaucer is known for his production of ___.A.Piers PlowmanB.Sir Gawain and the Green KnightC.Confessio AmantisD.The Canterbury Tales3.Which of the following historical events does not directly help to stimulate the rising of the Renaisssance Movement?A.The rediscovery of ancient Greek and Roman culture.B.The new discoveries in geography and astrology.C.The Glorious revolution.D.The religious reformation and the economic expansion.4.Which of the following statements best illustrates the theme of Shakespeare's Sonnet 18?A.The speaker eulogizes the power of Nature.B.The speaker satirizes human vanity.C.The speaker praises the power of artistic creation.D.The speaker meditates on man's salvation.5.“And we will sit upon the rocks,/Seeing the shepherds f eed their flocks,/By shallow rivers to whose falls/Melodious birds sing madrigals.〞The above lines are probably taken from __.A.Spenser's The Faerie QueeneB.John Donne's “The Sun Rising〞C.Shakespeare's “Sonnet 18”D.Marlowe's “The Passionate Shepherd to His Love〞6.“Bassanio:Antonio,I am married to a wifeWhich is as dear to me as life itself;But life itself, My wife, and all the world.Are not with me esteem'd above thy life;I would lose all, ay, sacrifice them all,Here to the devil, to deliver you.Portia:Your wife would give you little thanks for that,If she were by to hear you make the offer.〞The above is a quotation taken from Shakespeare's comedy The Merchant of Venice.The quoted part can be regarded as a good example to illustrate ____.A.dramatic irony7.The ture subject of John Donne's poem,“The Sun Rising,〞is to ___.A.attack the sun as an unruly servantB.give compliments to the mistress and her power of beautyC.criticize the sun's intrusion into the lover's private lifeD.lecture the sun on where true royalty and riches lie8.Of all the 18thcentury novelists Henry Fielding was the first to set out, both in theory and practice, to write specificall y a “___ in prose,〞the first to give the modern novel its structure and style.A.tragic epic B ic epicC.romanceD.lyric epic9.The Houyhnhnms depicted by Jonathan Swift in Gulliver's Travels are ___.A.horses that are endowed with reasonB.pigmies that are endowed with admirable qualitiesC.giants that are superior in wisdomD.hairy,wild, low and despicable creatures, who resemble human beings not only in appearance but also in some other ways.10.Here are four lines from a literary work:“Others for language all their care express,/And value books,as women men, for dress.〞The work is ___.A.Thomas Gray's “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard〞B.John Milton's Paradise LostC.Alexander Pope's Essay on CriticismD.Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream11.The phrase “to urge people to abide by Christian doctrines and to seek salvation through constant struggles with their own weaknesses and all kinds of social evils〞may well sum up the implied meaning of ___.A.Gulliver's TravelsB.The Rape of the LockC.Robinson CrusoeD.The pilgrim's Progress12.William Wordsworth, a romantic poet, advocated all the following EXCEPT ___.A.the use of everyday language spoken by the common peopleB.the expression of the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelingsC.the use of humble and rustic life as subject matterD.the use of elegant wording and inflated figures of speech13.Which of the following is taken from John Keats’ “Ode on a Grecian Urn〞?A.“I fall upon the thorns of life! I bleed!〞B.“They are both gone up to the church to pary.〞C.“Earth has not anything to show more fair.〞D.“Beauty is truth, truth beauty〞.14.“If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind!〞is an epigrammatic line by __.A.J.KeatsB.W.BlakeC.W.Wordsworth15.“Ode o na Grecian Urn〞shows the contrast between the ___ of art and the ___ of human passion.A.glory …uglinessB.permanence…transienceC.transience…sordidnessD.glory…permanence16.In the statement“—oh,God! would you like to live with your soul in the grave?〞the term“soul〞apparently refers to ___.A.Heathcliff himselfC.one's spiritual lifeD.one's ghost17.The typical feature of Robet Browning's poetry is the ___.A.bitter satirerger-than-life caricaturetinized dictionD.dramatic monologue18.The Victorian Age was largely an age of ____,eminently represented by Dickens and Thackeray.A.poetryB.drama D.epic prose19.___is the first important governess(家庭女教师) novel in the English literary history.A.Jane EyreHeights20.The major concern of ______ fiction lies in the tracing of the psychological development of his characters and in his energetic criticism of the dehumanizing effect of the capitalist industrialization on human nature.wrence'sB.J.Galsworthy'sC.W.Thackeray’sD.T.Hardy’s21.___is considered to be the best-known English dramatist since Shakespeare, and his representative works are plays inspired by social criticism.A.Richard SheridanB.Oliver GoldsmithC.Oscar WildeD.Bernard Shaw22.Which of the following is NOT a typical feature of Modernism?A.To elevate the individual and inner being over the social being.B.To put the stress on traditional values.C.To portray the distorted and alienated relationships between man and his environment.D.To advocate a conscious break with the past.23.The Romantic writers would focus on all the following issues EXCEPT the ___ in the American literary histrory.A.individual feelingsB.idea of survival of the fittestC.strong imaginationD.return to nature24.Henry David Thoreau's work,__,has always been regarded as a masterpiece of New England Transcendentalism.B.The pioneersC.NatureD.Song of Myself25.The famous 20-years sleep in “Rip Van Winkle〞helps to construct the story in such a way that we are greatly affected by Irving's ___.A.concern with the passage of timeB.expression of transient beautyC.satire on laziness and corruptibility of human beingsD.idea about supernatural manipulation of man's life26.Walt whitman was a pioneering figure of American poetry.His innovation first of all lies in his use of __,poetry without a fixed beat or regular rhyme scheme.A.blank verseB.heroic coupletC.free verseD.iambic pentameter27.The literary characters of the American type in early 19th century are generally characterized by all the following features EXCEPT that they ___.A.speak local dialectsB.are polite and elegant gentlemenC.are simple and crude farmersD.are noble savages( red and white) untainted by society28.Hester Pryme, Dimmsdale,Chillingworth and Pearl are most likely the names of the characters in ___.A.The Scarlet LetterB.The House of the Seven GablestC.The Portrait of a LadyD.The pioneers29.“This is my letter to the World〞is a poetic expression of Emily Dickinson's __ about her communication with the outside world.A.indifferenceB.anger30.With Howells,James,and Mark Twain active on the literary scene, __ became the major trend in American literature in the seventies and eighties of the 19thcentury.31.After The adventures of Tom Sawyer, Twain gives a literary independence to Tom's buddy Huck in a book entitled ___.A.Life on the MississippiB.The Gilded AgeC.The Adventures of Huckleberry FinnD.A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court32.However,___,the keynote of Daisy Miller's character,turns out to be an admiring but a dangerous quality and her defiance of social taboos in the Old World finally brings her to a disaster in the clash between two different cultures.C.worldliness33.Generally speaking,all those writers with a naturalistic approach to human reality tend to be ___.A.transcendentalists34.Emily Dickinson wrote many short poems on various aspects of life.Which of the following is NOT a usual subject of her poetic expression?A.Religion and immortality.B.Life and death.C.Love and marriage.D.War and peace.35.In “After Apple-Picking,〞Robert Frost wrote:“For I have had too much/Of applepicking:I am overtired/Of the great harvestI myself desired.〞From these lines we can conclude that the speaker is ___.A.happy about the harvestB.still very much interested in apple-pickingC.expecting a greater harvestD.indifferent to what he once desired36.Chinese poetry and philosophy have exerted great influence over ____.A.Ezra PoundB.Ralph Waldo EmersonC.Robert FrostD.Emily Dickinson37.The Hemingway Code heroes are best remembered for their __.A.indestructible spirtieB.pessimistic view of life38.IN The Emperor Jones and The Hairy Ape,O'Neill adopted the expressionist techniques to portray the ___ of human beings in a hostile universe.A.helpless situationC.profound religious faithD.courage and perseverance39.In Hemingway's “Indian Cmap〞,Nick's night trip to the Indian village and his experience inside the hut can be taken as ____.A.an essential lesson about Indian tribesB.a confrontation with evil and sinC.an initiation to the harshness of lifeD.a learning process in human relationship40.which of the following statements about Emily Grierson, the protagonist in Faulkner's story “A Rose for Emily,〞is NOT true?A.She has a distorted personality.B.She is physically deformed and paralyzed.C.She is the symbol of the old values of the South.D.She is the victim of the past glory.PART TWOⅡ.Reading Comprehension (16 points, 4 for each)Read the quoted parts carefully and answer the questions in English.Write your answer in the corresponding space on the answer sheet.41.“Her eyes met his and he looked away.He neither believed nor disbelieved her,but he knew that he had made a mistake in asking;he never had known,never would know,what she was thinking.The sight of her inscrutable face,the thought of all the hundreds of evenings he had seen her sitting there like that,soft and passive,but so unreadable, unknown, enraged him beyond measure.〞Questions:A.Identify the writer and the work.B.What does the phrase “inscrutable face〞mean?C.What idea does the quoted passage express?42.“And when I am formulated,sprawling on a pin,When I am pinned and wriggling on the wall.Then how should beginTo spit out all the butt-ends of my days and ways.〞Questions:A.Identify the poem and the poet.B.What does the phrase “butt-ends〞mean?C.What idea does the quoted passage express?43.“God knows,…I'm not myself—I'm somebody else—…and I'm changed,and I can't tell what's my name,or who I am.〞Questions:A.Identify the work and the author.B.The speaker says he is changed.Do you think he is changed, or the social environment has changed?C.What idea does the quoted sentence express?44.“I shall be telling this wi th a sighSomewhere ages and ages hence:Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—I took the one less traveled by,And that has made all the difference.〞Questions:A.Idenfity the poem and the poet.B.What does the phrase “ages and ag es hence〞mean?C.What idea does the quoted passage express?Ⅲ.Questions and Answers(24 points in all, 6 for each)Give brief answers to each of the following questions in English.Write your answers in the corresponding space on the answer sheet.45.As a rule,an allegory is story in verse or prose with a double meaning: a surface meaning,and an implied meaning.List two works as examples of allegory.What is an allegory usually concerned with by its implied meaning?46.Inspiration for the romantic approach initially came from two great shapers of thought.Who are the two?And what ideas they expressed inspire the romantic writers?47.The white whale,Moby Dick,is the most important symbol in Melville's novel.What symbolic meaning can you draw from it?48.Nature is a philosophic work, in which Emerson gives an explicit discussion on his idea of the Qversoul.What is your understanding of Emersonian “Oversoul〞?Ⅳ.Topic Discussion(20 points in all, 10 for each)Write no less than 150 words on each of the following topics in English in the corresponding space on the answer sheet.49.How is Romanticism different from Neoclassicism?Provide brief evidence from the literary works you know best.50.Summerize the story of Mark twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn in about 100 words,and comment on the theme of the novel.Ⅱ.Reading Comprehension (16 points, 4 for each)41.A.John Galasworthy:The Man of Property.B.A face does not show any emotion or reaction so that it is impossible to know how that person is feeling or what he is thinking about.C.it presents the inner mind of Soames in face of his wife's coldness.He can never know what is on his wife's mind because the makeup of his and her mentality is different.His wife Irene, whose mind is romantically inclined, is disgusted with her husband's possessiveness.Being unable to read his wife's mind is as good as saying that he really can't regard her as his property- this is the very reason why he is enraged beyond measure.42.A.T.S.Eliot:“The Love So ng of J.Alfred Pruforck.〞B.The ends of cigarettes,meaning trivial things here.C.Here,Prufrock's inability to do anything against the society he is in is made strikingly clear by using a sharp comparison .Prufrock imagines himself as a kind of insect pinned on the wall and struggling in vain to get free.This image vividly shows Prufrock's current predicament.43.A.Washington Irving:“Rip Van Winkle〞.B.The social environment is changed.C.When Rip is back home after a period of 20 years,he finds thta everything has changed.All those old values are gone,and he can hardly feel at home in a changed society.One of the functions that Rip serves in the story is to provide a measuring stick forchange.It is through him that Irving drives home the theme that a desire for change,improvement,and progress could subvert stable society.44.A.Robert Frost:“The Road Not Taken〞.B.Many many years later.C.The speaker is telling his experience of making the choice of the roads.But he is conscious of the fact that his choice will have made all the difference in his life.He seems to be giving a suggestion to the reader.“Make good choice of your life.〞Ⅲ.Questions and Answers (24 points in all,6 for each)45.A.Buyan's pilgrim's Progress and Spenser's The Faerie Queene.B.It is usually concerned with moral ,religious,political,symbolic or mythical ideas.46.A.The French philosopher,Jean Jacques Rousseau and the German writer Johna Wolfgan von Goethe.B.It is Rousseau who established the cult of the individual and championed the freedom of the human spirit;his famous announcement was “I felt before I thought.〞Goethe and his compatriots extolled the romantic spirit.47.A.To Ahab,the whale is either an evil creature itself or the agent of an evil force that controls the universe,or perhaps both.B.To Ishmale,the whale is an astonishing force,an immense power,which defies rational explanation due to a sense of mystery it carries.It is beautiful,but malignant at the same time.It also represents the tremendous organic vitality of the universe,for it has a life force that surges onward irresistibly, impervious to the desires or wills of men.C.As to the reader, the whale can be viewed as a symbol of the physical limits that life imposes upon man.It may also be regarded as a symbol of nature, or an instrument of God's vengeance upon evil man.In general,the multiplicity and ambivalence of the symbolic meaning of the whale is such that it becomes a source of intense speculation, an object or profound curiosity for the reader.48.A.The Oversoul is believed to be an all-pervading power for goodness,omnipresent and omnipotent from which all things come and of which all are a part.It exists in nature and man alike and constitutes the chief element of the universe.B.According to Emerson,it is a supreme reality of mind, a spiritual unity of all beings, and a religion regarded as an emotional communication between an individual soul and the universal Over-soul of which it is a part.C.He holds that intuition is a more certain way of knowing than reason and that the mind could intuitively perceive the existence of the Oversoul and of certain absolutes.Ⅳ.Topic Discussion (20 points in all, 10 for each)49.a.Neoclassicists upheld that artistic ideals should be order,logic,restrained emoticon and accuracy,and that literature,should be judged in terms of its service to humanity,and thus,literary expressions should be of proportion,unity,harmony and grace.Pope's An Essay on Criticism advocates grace,wit (usually though satire/humour),and simplicity in language(and the poem itself is a demonstration of those ideals,too);Fielding's Tom Jones helped establish the form of novel;Gray's “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard' displays elegance in style,unified structure,serious tone and moral instructions.b.Romanticists tended to see the individual as the very center of all experience,including art,and thus,literary work should be “spontaneous overflow of strong feelings,〞and no matter how fra gmentary those experiences were (Wordsworth's “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud,〞or “The Solitary Reaper,) or Coleridge's “Keble Khan〞),the value of the work lied in the accuracy of presenting those unique feelings and particular attitudes.c.In a word, Neoclassicism emphasized rationality and form but Romanticism attached great importance to the individual's mind (emotion, imagination, temporary experience…)50.A.Mark Twain's novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a Sequa to The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.The Story takes place along the Mississippi River before the Civil War in the United States, around 1850.Along the river, floats a small raft, with two people on it; One is an ignorant,uneducated black slave named Jim and the other is little uneducated outcast white boy about the age of thirteen, called Huckleberry Finn or Huck Finn.The novel relates the story of the escape of Jim from slavery and ,more important, how Huck Finn, floating along with Jim and helping him as best he could, changes his mind ,his prejudice, about Black people, and comes to accept Jim as a man and as a close friends as well.During their journey, they experience a series of adventures:coming across two frauds, the “Duke〞and the “King〞,witnessing the lynching and murder of a harmless drunkard, being lost in a fog and finally Tom's coming to rescue. B.The theme of the novel may be best summed in a word “freedom〞: Huck wants to escape from the bond of civilization andJim wants to escape from the yoke of slavery.Mark Twain uses the raft's journey down the Mississippi River to express his thematic contrasts between innocence and experience, nature and culture, wilderness and civilizati。
英美文学选读考试题
英美文学选读考试题一．9 authors, 20 works. (20)William Shakespearean: The tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark.Venus and Adonis, Rape of Lucrece.Daniel Defoe: Robinson Crusoe, Moll Flanders. Captain SingletonRobert Burns: My heart’s in the Highlands, A Red Red Rose. Auld Lang Syne.William Wordsworth:“The Solitary Reaper”. “We are S even”, “Lucy”, “Michael”, “Simon Lee””Lucy”I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud, The Solitary Reaper.John Keats: On First Looking into Chapman’s Homer, On a Grecian Urn, To Psyche, TO a Nightingale. “Ode to Autumn”, “Ode on Melancholy”, “Ode on a Grecian Urn”and “Ode to a Nightingale”. All were written in 1819 with the praise of beauty as their general theme.Jane Austen: Novels: Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, EmmaCharles Dickens: long novel: Pickwick Papers Novels: Oliver Twist, Nicholas Nickleby, Barnaby Rudge, Great Expectations, OurMutual FriendsCharlotte Bronte: The Professor, Jane Eyre.Thomas Hardy: The Return of the Native, The Mayer of Casterbridge, Tess of the d’Urbervilles, Jude the Obscure 二，对错（10）1. Act three is the best known and most important of Hamlet’s soliloqui es among all the soliloquies in the play. In this soliloquy, Hamlet reveals his innermost thoughts and emotions, his hesitation in particular, before taking decisive action.2. Robinson Crusoe retells, in the first person singular, a sailor’s adventure on an inhabitated island.3. Defoe traces the development of Robison Crusoe from a innocent and artless youth into a clever and hardened man, tempered by numerous trials in his eventful life.4. Burn s’s poetry was written in the Scottish dialect on a variety of subjects. A large number of his poems deal with themes of love, friendship, Scottish life and nature.5. A second edition 1800 contained more poems and a preface by Wordsworth. The preface to Lyrical Ballads best read as a statement of his principle of poems.6. According to Wordsworth, he believed that “All goodpoetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings.” Thus he located many of his poems in “common life” and his poetry is distinguished by the simplicity and purity of his language.7. There he lives a life of poverty and misery, and makes friends with the lively and penniless Mr. Micawder.8. Jane Eyre maintains that women should have equal rights with men, thus this novel has drawn the feminists’ attention in t he twentieth century.三，选择（10）According to Wordsworth, he believed that “All good poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings.”He located many of his poems in “common life” and his poetry is distinguished by the simplicity and purity of his language.四，读选文，回答问题（两诗歌，三小说）作者名字（5个40分）1.Sonnet18: Shakespearian.What is the theme of this sonnet? -- Runs in iambic pentameter, rhymed ABAB CDCD EFEF GG.2.The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark: Shakespearian.What dos e the “to or not to be” soliloquy tell us about Hamlet’s state of mind?―The soliloquy opens with a question,and there two other extended questions in the passage, all of which suggests that Hamlet is undecided, and either unable or unwilling to make up his mind, contemplating suicide, and disenchanted with the suffering of human life. He is cynical, but comforts himself with reflection, even though he is clearly suffering greatly and aware of his own sins and weakness.Why Hamlet hesitates before taking decisive action? -- Hamlet is often indecisive and hesitant, but at other times prone to rash and impulsive acts. Even at the end of this whole narrative of Hamlet's, he still doesn't decide on anything. He's just speaking his thoughts; he's not committing to anything. I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud: William Wordsworth.3. I wandered lonely as a cloud: William Wordsworth.What does “daffodil” stand for? ---Daffodil stand for nature in this poem, but the poet does not depict it simply as part of nature. As for Wordsworth, he dose not just want to depict the natural landscape, moreover, he pays much attention to the interaction between mature and human nature. He perceives nature as a stone of truths about human nature.Analyze the form of this poem by taking the first two lines as example. ---This poem consists of four stanzas and in eachstanza there are six lines. In each line there are four feet with a weak- strong sound pattern. The rime scheme in each stanza is a b a b c c.I wandered lonely as a cloud aThat floats on high o’er vales and hills, bWhen all at once I saw a crowd, aA host of golden daffodils; bBeside the lake, beneath the trees cFluttering and dancing in the breeze. C4.To Autumn: John Keats.What are the images used in this poem? Are they carefully arranged? --- Visual image, olfactory image, gustatory image, tactile image, auditory image. Through a series of images, make readers announcement of its scene, feeling rich concrete images.In the poem of To Autumn, he used visual image, auditory image, tactile image, gustatory image, kinaesthetic image and abstractimage to make the abstract impression of autumn specific, appreciable and more colorful. The pursuit to beauty is the way that Keats loves life, nature and also is the way he observes and enjoys life and nature. The pursuit to beau ty is his critique to the darkness of life and society. It also tells how he wanted beautifula nd ideal life in his short life.5.Pride and Prejudice: Jane Austen.Do you agree with the opening statement of the novel? What has the sentence to do with tone of the whole novel? --- Opening statement of the novel set the tone for whole novel. Writer is very serious in stating a universal truth, but what follows, however, is a very common topic of everyday life―marriage. Thus a humorous and ironic effect is achieved. Two key words appear in the statement: marriage and money, which in effect ate subject matter of the whole novel, the focus here is on the link between money and marriage.Based on your reading of the first two chapters of the novels, can you summarize the characteristics of Mr. and Mrs. Bennet? ―Mr. Bennet: he behaved sarcastically humorous, witty and capricious, and insightful in the process of showing his disrespect and dislike of Mrs. Bennet. Her mind was less difficult to develop. She was woman of mean understanding, little information, and uncertain temper. When she was discounted, she fancied herself nervous, the business of her life was to get her daughters married; its solace was visiting and news.What is your understanding of the relationship betweenmoney and marriage? --- A happy and strong marriage takes time to build and must be based on mutual feeling, understanding, and respect. Marriage can not built on the basis of money. If there is no real love between the couple, their marriage will become a tragedy eventually. Even though money can give people the comfortable house and the luxurious life, it can not buy a beautiful marriage6.David Copperfield: Charles Dickens.Dose David enjoys his life described in this chapter? How do you know? ---- David works very hard in the factory, but he could simply pay for his living. The real difficulty is that he feels very lonely, because from Monday morning until Saturday night, he has no advice, no encouragements, and no assistance of any kind. Luckily, his stay with the Micawber family in his leisure time turns out to be quite pleasant. They form a very precious friendship.Why dose the novel use the first point of view? --- It helps the author to select details. Only the events and details that David could have seen and experienced can logically be introduced into the story. The narrator’s limited view may create the effect o f suspense. 7.Jane Eyre: Charlotte BronteGive common: 性格特点：Jane Eyre is Straightforward andfeminism. Showed her concerns for the position of women particularly in English society.五，回答问题（20）William Shakespearean154 sonnets. Long poems: Venus and Adonis, The Rape of Lucrece. 38 plays.Daniel Defoe1. What are the characteristics of Crusoe from the selected reading?--- Self-reliance; patient; cheerful; clarity, courage and persistence in overcoming difficulties he start a new life in the desolate island, which demands a lot of courage and daring.Robert Burns―ScotlandA Red, Red Rose: wrote in 1794, published in 1796.1. An outstanding feature of this poem is the skillful use simile at the beginning of the poem. Draw on specific lines to explain its effect.---Simile means a comparison between two unlike items that includes like or as. For example, the first line of this poem: “Oh, my love is like a red, red rose"; al so, in this poem, "My love is like the melody". By comparing the speaker' s love to a red, red rose and a melody, readers canclearly sense the speaker's appreciation and deep love to his lover.2. This short poem is actually composed of a series of overstatements. What is the function of them? Give examples to illustrate your point. --- Overstatement is intentional exaggeration, which is, saying more that is actually meant. In this poem, when the speaker says that he will love his lady until all the seas go dry, he is using overstatement. By using this, the poet can attract readers’ attention and the sentence will leave a deep impression on the reader’s mind.William Wordsworth“The break with the conventional poetical tradition of the 18th century”. A second edition in 1800 contained more poems and a preface by Wordsworth. The preface to lyrical Ballads is best read as a statement or his principles of poetry.John KeatsJane AustenThe Plot Pride and Prejudice---Major characters: Elizabeth Bennet(the second eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bennet); Jane Bennet(first); Lydia Bennet(fifth); Mr. Bingley: a rich, single. Mr. Darcy (Mr. Bingley’sfriend who is a rich and proud young man)Theme: money and marriage.Writing style: Clarity, economy, skillful use of dialogue and tight plotting are the main features of Jane Austen’s style.Subject: Houses, money, estates run.Charles Dickens:David Copperfield:theme: the hero of the novel. The novel depicts David’s life experiences from an innocent boy to a famous wr iter. Style: Of Dickens’s fictional art, the most distinguishing feature is his successful characterization, especially male characters. Dickens was also a great story-teller. His plots were always very large, varied and complicated. However, the plots of his novels changed dramatically as he got older. In his later years, plots primarily became the vehicles for his characterization of thematic concerns, as readers may find in this novel.Charlotte Bronte-Jane Eyre four girls except Ann weres send to Charity School，三个姐妹中最大的,Unhappy life in charity school, with Emily go to Charlotte study. 性格特点：Straightforward直白的人feminism女权主义Romantic浪漫主义Thoughtful1.Give t hree instances in which Jane Eyre draws fromCharlotte Bronte’s background 1). Jane’s life in Lo wood is depicted based on the author’s own experiences in charity school where she spent some unhappy years of her childhood. 2) In Thornfield, Jane falls in love with Mr. Rochester, a rich squire who turns out to have had a mad wife. This is by and large Charlotte’s experience in Brussels where she falls in a married professor. 3) In Thronfield, Jane works as governess, and Charlotte herself worked as teachers and governess during 1837 to 1840.2.Discuss the symbolic use of names in this novel.1)“Eyre”, the surname of Jane, has the same pronunciation as “air”, which may symbolize Jane’s pursuit of freedom. 2) “Blanche”, the given name of Miss. Ingram, has its Fre nch origin, which actually means “white” in English. And it may symbolize the shallowness of Miss. Ingram.3.How does Mr. Rochester treat Jane in this chapter? What Jane’s character attract him ?To start with, Mr. Rochester shows some cruelty in his courtship of Jane so as to make Jane jealous. On hearing this, Jane could not help telling him her true feelings that she longs for equality and does not want to depart with him.?When Mr. Rochester confesses his real intention, Jane feels hurt and refuses his courtship at first.?Then she realizes his intention and accepts his love.?Her self-respect, her desire for independence, her courage, her moral strength, her passion and her personal loyalty and devotion, all these work together to make Mr.Rochester greatly attracted by her.Thomas Hardy:Hardy was a poet before he was a novelist. It was because his early verses could not be accepted that he turned to novel writing.Plot of the novel: Tess of the d’Unbervilles, Hardy’s most famous novel, has a subtitle, which is, A Pure Woman Faithfully Portrayed. It tells a tragic life story of a beautiful,naive country girl, Tess Durbeyfield.General features and comments: The whole story is filled with a feeling of dismal foreboding and doom. Father circumstances and tragic coincidences abound in the book. 12春《英美文学选读》作业1一、单选题1. How many periods are divided into in the creation years of Shakespeare? Three2. Defoe＇s Robinson Crusoe created the image of anenterprising Englishman, typical of the English bourgeoisie in the 18th century.3. In English poetry the _ iamb _is regarded as the most common foot.4. The excerpt The Other Side of the Island was chosen from Chapter_Ⅸ__ in Robinson Crusoe.5. "Do you think, because I am poor, obscure, plain, and little,I am soulless and heartless?。
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全国2010年7月高等教育自学考试英美文学选读试题课程代码：00604全部题目用英文作答，并将答案写在答题纸相应位置上PART ONE (40 POINTS)Ⅰ. Multiple Choice(40 points in all, 1 for each)Select from the four choices of each item the one that best answers the question or completes the statement. Write your answers in the corresponding space on the answer sheet.1. T. S. Eliot’s ______ is a poem of dramatic monologue and a prelude to The Waste Land, helping to point up the continuity of Eliot’s thinking.A. “Prufrock”B. “Gerontion”C. The Hollow MenD. Four Quartets2. Defoe’s group of four novels are the first literary works devoted to the study of problems of the lower-class people. They are the following EXCEPT ______.A. Captain SingletonB. Moll FlandersC. RoxanaD. Robinson Crusoe3. Charles Dickens’ novel, ______, is famous for its vivid descriptions of the work-house and life of the underworld in the nineteenth-century London.A. The Pickwick PaperB. Oliver TwistC. David CopperfieldD. Nicholas Nickleby4. D. H. Lawrence’s autobiographical novel is ______.A. The RainbowB. Women in LoveC. Sons and LoversD. Lady Chatterley’s Lover5. Jonathan Swift’s greatest satiric work is ______.A. A Tale of a TubB. The Battle of the BooksC. Gulliver’s TravelsD. A Modest Proposal6. Dickens’best- depicted characters are the following. EXCEPT ______.A. innocent, virtuous, persecuted and helpless child charactersB. horrible and grotesque charactersC. broadly humorous or comical charactersD. simple, innocent and faithful women characters7. George Ber nard Shaw’s ______ explored his idea of “Life Force”, the power that would create superior beings to be equal to God and to solve all the social, moral, and metaphysical problems of human society.A. Man and SupermanB. The Apple CartC. PygmalionD. Too True to Be Good8. For his contribution to the establishment of the form of the modern novel, ______ has been regarded as “Father of the English Novel”.A. Daniel DefoeB. Jonathan SwiftC. Henry FieldingD. Oliver Goldsmith9. Charlotte Bronte’s autobi ograghical work ______ largely based on her experience in Brussels.A. The ProfessorB. ShirleyC. VilletteD. Jane Eyre10. D. H. Lawrence’s artistic tendency is mainly ______ , which combines dramatic scenes with an authoritative commentary.A. romanticismB. realismC. naturalismD. modernism11. In ______ opinion, human nature is seriously and premanently flawed. To better human life, enlightenment is needed, but to redress it is very hard.A. Daniel Defoe’sB. Charles Dickens’C. Jonathan Swift’sD. Henry Fielding’s12. The major theme of Jane Austen’s novels is ______ toward which she holds on a practical idealism.A. love and moneyB. marriage and moneyC. love and familyD. love and marriage13. Hardy’s ______ is a fierce attack on the hypoc ritical morality of the bourgeois society and the capitalist invasion into the country and destruction of the English peasantry towards the end of the century.A. Tess of the D’UrbervillesB. The Mayor of Caste BridgeC. The Return of the NativeD. Jude the Obscure14. Henry Fielding adopted “______” to relate a story in his novel in which the author becomes the “all- knowing God”.A. the first- person narrationB. the epistolary formC. the picaresque formD. the third -person narration15. In ______ , Shelley created a Platonic symbol of the spirit of man, a force of beauty and regeneration.A. “To a Skylark”B. “The Cloud”C. “Ode to Liberty”D. Adonais16. The success of ______ is also due to its introduction to the English novel the first governess heroine.A. The ProfessorB. Jane EyreC. Wuthering HeightsD. Far from the Madding Crowd17. John Milton’s ______ is the only generally acknowledged epic in English literature since Beowulf.A. Paradise LostB. Paradise RegainedC. Samson AgonistesD. Areopagitica18. Wordsworth’s ______ is perhaps the most anthologized poem in English literature.A. “To a Skylark”B. “I Wondered Lonely as a Cloud”C. “An Evening Walk”D. “My Heart Leaps Up”19. As the best of Shakespeare’s final romances, ______ is a t ypical 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 Lucrece20. The major representatives of the poetic revolution in English Romantic period were Samuel Taylor Coleridge and ______.A. William BlakeB. William WordsworthC. John KeatsD. Percy Bysshe Shelley21. Samson Agonistes by ______ is the most perfect example of the verse drama after the Greek style in English.A. John MiltonB. William BlakeC. Henry FieldingD. William Wordsworth22. The declaration that “I know that This World is a World of IMAGINATION & Vision,” and that “The Nature of my work is visionary or imaginative” belongs to ______.A. William BlakeB. William WordsworthC. Samuel Taylor ColeridgeD. George Gordon Byron23. Two people could be “twain yet one” : their paths could be different, and yet they could achieve a kind of transcendent contact, ______ believed.A. Walt WhitmanB. Ezra PoundC. Washington IrvingD. Nathaniel Hawthorne24. 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 Age25. The Nobel Prize Committee hig hly praised ______ for “his powerful styleforming mastery of the art” of creating modern fiction.A. T. S. EliotB. Ernest HemingwayC. William FaulknerD. Mark Twain26. The attitude towards life that ______ had been trying to demonstrate in his works i s known as “grace under pressure”.A. William FaulknerB. Theodore DreiserC. Ernest HemingwayD. F·Scott Fitzgerald27. In 1841, ______ went to the South Seas on a whaling ship, where he gained the first- hand information about whaling that he used later in Moby -Dick.A. Herman MelvilleB. Nathaniel HawthorneC. Robert Lee FrostD.T.S. Eliot28. 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.F. Scott Fitzgerald29. 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.F. Scott Fitzgerald30. Walt Whitman ’s ______ is a collection of poems incorporating his emotions and feelings before and during theCivil War when he stood firmly on the side of the North.A. Leaves of GrassB. “Cavalry Crossing a Ford”C. “Song of Myself”D. Drum Taps31. It was his masterpiece The Great Gatsby that made ______ one of the greatest American novelists.A. F. Scott FitzgeraldB. William FaulknerC. Ernest HemmingwayD. Gertrude Steinbeck32. The childhood of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn in the Mississippi is a record of a vanished way of life in the ______ Mississippi valley.A. pre - War of IndependenceB. post - War of IndependenceC. pre - Civil WarD. post - Civil War33. In Moby-Dick, for the character Ahab, the white whale represents only ______.A. evilB. natureC. societyD. purity34. Melville’s semi- autobiographical novel, ______, concerns the sufferings of a genteel youth among brutal sailors.A. Moby-DickB. RedburnC. MardiD. Typee35. Closely relat ed to Dickinson’s religious poetry are her poems concerning ______, ranging over the physical as well as the psychological and emotional aspects of death.A. love and natureB. death and universeC. death and immortalityD. family and happiness36. The ef fect 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 Whitman37. Though Robert Frost’s subject matter s mainly 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 SouthB. the WestC. EnglandD. New England38. Like all naturalists, ______ was restrained from finding a solution to the social problems that appeared in his novels and accordingly almost all his works have tragic endings.A. Theodore DreiserB. Henry JamesC. Washington IrvingD. Walt Whitman39. “The Birthmark” drives home symbolically Hawthorne’s point that ______ is man’s birthmark, something he is born with.A. purityB. generosityC. evilD. love40. The Blithedale Romance is a novel ______ wrote to reveal his own experiences on the Brook Farm and his own methods as a psychological novelist.A. Herman MelvilleB. Nathaniel HawthorneC. Washington IrvingD. Walt WhitmanPART TWO (60 POINTS)Ⅱ. Reading Comprehension ( 16 points in all, 4 for each)Read the quoted parts carefully and answer the questions in English. Write your answers in the corresponding space on the answer sheet.41. “To be, or not to be —— that is the question;Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to sufferThe slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,And by opposing end them?”Questions:A. Who is the writer of this work? What’s the title of the work?B. What does the phrase “to take arms against a sea of troubles ” mean?C. How do you understand the quotation “To be, or not to be -that is the question”?42. “Beside a pumice isle in Baiae’s bay,And saw in sleep old palaces and towersQuivering within the wave’s intenser day,All overgrown with azure moss and flowersSo sweet, the sense faints picturing them! ThouFor whose path the Atlantic’s level powers”(From Shelley’s“ Ode to the West Wind”)Questions:A. In what form is the poem written?B. What does the quotation“ the sense faints picturing them” mean?C. What idea does Shelley express in this poem?43. “ We passed the School, where Children stroveAt Recess- in the Ring-We passed the Fields of Gazing Grain -We Passed the Setting Sun- ”( From Emily Dickinson’s poem Because I could not stop for Death)Questions:A. What does the phrase “Fields of Gazing Grain” symbolize?B. What figure of speech is used in the poem?C. What are Dickinson’s unique writing features?44. (A lot of common objects have been enumerated in the previous lines, and here are the last two lines of the poem. )“The horizon’s edge, the flying sea - crow, the fragrance of salt marsh and shore mud.These became part of that child who went forth every day, and who now goes, and will always go forth every day. ”Questions:A. Who is the author of this poem? What is the title of the poem?B. What does the child stand for in the poem?C. How do you understand “ These became part of the child” ?Ⅲ. Questions and Answers (24 points in all, 6 for each)Give a brief answer to each of the following questions in English. Write your answers in the corresponding space on the answer sheet.45. What are the features of George Bernard Shaw’s characterization in his plays?46. Thomas Hardy is often regarded as a transitional writer. Some critics believe that he is emotionally traditional and intellectually advanced. How do you understand this idea?47. What is the most famous theme in Henry James’s fiction? A nd what is his favourate approach in characterization, which makes him different from Mark Twain and W. D. Howlles as realists? Give two titles of his works of his first period in which this theme and this approach are employed.48. “Young Goodman Brown”is one of Hawthorne’s most profound tales.What is the allegorical meaning of Brown, the protagonist? What does Hawthorne set out to prove in this tale? How does Melville comment on Hawthorne’s manner of concerning with guilt and evil?IV. Topic Discussion(20 points in all, 10 for each)Write no less than 150 words on each of the following topics in English in the corresponding space on the answer sheet.49. Please elaborate Wordsworth’s theory of poetry, taking examples from the poems you have learned to sup port your ideas.50. A Rose for Emily is one of Faulkner’s short stories. Discuss the character of Emily Grierson and how this character is depicted.。