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2023 年 4 月高等教育 自学考试英美文学选读试题课程代码:006041 请考生按规定用笔将所有试题的答案涂、写在答题纸上。2 答题前,考生务必将自 己的考试课程名称、姓名 、准考证 号用黑 色字 迹的 签字笔或钢 笔填写在答题纸规定 的位置上。选择题部分注意事项:每小题选出答案后,用 2B 铅笔把答题纸上对应题目 的答案标号涂黑 。如需改动,用橡皮擦干净后,再选涂其他答案标号。不能答在试...

2023 年 4 月高等教育 自学考试

英美文学选读试题课程代码:00604

1. 请考生按规定用笔将所有试题的答案涂、写在答题纸上。2. 答题前,考生务必将自 己的考试课程名称、姓名 、准考证 号用黑 色字 迹的 签字笔或钢 笔填写在答题纸规定 的位置上。选择题部分注意事项:每小题选出答案后,用 2B 铅笔把答题纸上对应题目 的答案标号涂黑 。如需改动,用橡皮擦干净后,再选涂其他答案标号。不能答在试题卷上。一 、单项选择题:本大题共 40 小题, 每小题 1 分, 共 40 分 。在每小题列出 的备选项中只有 一项是最符合题目 要求的, 请将其选出 。Multiple Choice(40 pointsinall, 1 foreach)Select from the four choices ofeach item the one that best answers the question or completesthestatement.1.Shakespeare'sRomeoandJulieteulogizesthefaithfulnessofloveandA.thespiritofpursuingindependenceB.thespiritofpursuinghappinessC.thequalityofdedicationD.thequalityoftakingresponsibility2. John Milton's Areopagitica is rather , compared with the tough style of the otherprosework.A. simple and clear B. direct and preciseC.smooth and calm D. easy and logic3.TheplayTheTragedyofTragediesiswrittenby_A.Henry Fielding B. John MiltonC. ThomasHardy D. Bernard Shaw4.Thenovel.isoriginallydraftedas“FirstImpressions.”A. Pride and Prejudice B. EnmaC.Wuthering Heights D.Jane Eyre00604# 英美文学选读试题 第1 页(共7 页)

5. One day, because Oliver, a hero in Oliver Twist, asks for more , he is sent to anundertakertoworkasanapprentice.A.moneyB. gruelC. careD. feedom6.AlmostallEnglishwritersafterShakespearehavebeeninfluencedbyhimeitherinhisartisticpointofview,inliterary_orinlanguage.A. formB. materialC. themeD. structure7.ThefirstperiodoftheEnglishRenaissancewasoneofimitationand_A.improvement B. criticismC. assimilationD. evolution8.ThefollowingworksareallDanielDefoe'snovelsEXCEPTA. RobinsonCrusoeB . PersuasionC. CaptainSingleton D. Moll Flanders9.Gulliver s Travels is Jonathan Swift's greatest _ work.A.serious B. comicC. humorousD. satiric10.PercyByssheShelley'sgreatestachievementishisA.proseessay,ADefenseofPoetryB.lyrics,“ToaSkylark”C.politicallyrics,“MenofEngland”D.poeticdrama,PrometheusUnbound1 1 . In the novel Pride and Prejudice, is the most beautiful and good-natured eldestdaughteroftheBennets.A. ElizabethB. JaneC. MaryD. Lydia12.CharlesDickensinhisearlynovels.A.callspeople'sattentiontothesocialproblemB.criticizeshelplessprotestC.attackssocialevilsD.exploressocialmorality00604# 英美文学选读试题 第 2 页(共7页 )

13.Jane,thetitularheroinenJaneEyre,staysatLowood—aforeightyears.A.orphanage B. normal schoolC.nunnery D. charity school14.MarriageofHeavenandHelliswrittenby.A. John Milton B. William BlakeC. WaltWhitman D. Robert Frost15.WilliamWordsworth'spoem“MyHeartLeapsUp”isamasterpieceonA. natureB . hu man lifeC. politicalviewsD. religious ideas16.TheMayorofCasterbridgeisoneofthemostrepresentativeworksofasbothanaturalisticandcriticalrealistwriter.A.ThomasHardyB . Jonathan SwiftC.Daniel Defoe D. Charles Dickens17.InRobinsonCrusoe,Robinson'slifetakesaturnforthebetterwhenhe_A. growscrops B. domesticates animalsC.buildshomesforhimselfD.savesayoungNegro18.T.S.Eliot'smostfamouspoemisA.The Criterion B. Prufrock and Other ObservationsC. The Waste Land D. The Hollow Men19.Lawrencewasrecognizedasaprominentnovelistonlyafterhepublishedhisthirdnovel,·A. SonsandLoversB.Lady Chatterleys LoverC.The Trespasser D. The White Peacock20.The following works belong to Charles Dickens' later works EXCEPT_A.Bleak House B . Hard TimesC. GreatExpectationsD. David Copperfield21.In1842,inorderto,CharlotteBronteandhersisterwenttoBrusselstoimprovetheirforeignlanguages.A.beteachersorgovernessesB.writenovelsC.toopenupaschooloftheirownD.travelallovertheworld22.TheworkPygmalioniswrittenby_A. D. H. Lawrence B. Bernard ShawC. ThomasHardyD. T. S. Eliot00604# 英美文学选读试题 第 3页(共7页)

23.ThomasHardy'smostfamousepic-dramaTheDynastsisabout_A. theFirstWorld War B.the life of the interesting peopleC. theNapoleonicWars D. the old rural country24.ThethemeofLawrence'sTheTrespasserisabout_andthelackofwarmthbetweenpeople.A.thefailureofunderstandingbetweenloversB.theterriblesocialcorruptionC.thefailureofhumancontactD.unhealthyinterpersonalrelationship25.Modernismis,inmanyaspects,areactionagainstA . realism B . romanticismC. criticismD. symbolism26.Between1879and1883,BernardShawwrote__,butnoneofthembroughthimproftorfame.A. five plays B. five novelsC.tenplaysD. ten novels27.ThefollowingworksarewrittenbyNathanielHawthorneEXCEPT_A. TheScarletLetter B. The EuropeansC. TheBlithedaleRomance D. The Marble Faun28.Inthepoem_Whitmansetsforthtwoprincipalbeliefs:thetheoryofuniversality,andthebeliefinthesingularityandequalityofallbeingsinvalue.A.“TherewasaChildWentForth”B.“WhenLilacsLast in the Dooryard Bloom'd’C.“Songof Myself”D.“CavalryCrossingaFord”29.OneofthehalfdozenmajorAmericanliteraryfiguresofthenineteenthcentury,isbest-knownastheauthorofhismightybookMoby-DickA.Scott Fitzgerald B. Walt WhitmanC. HenryJamesD. Herman Melville30.MarkTwain'sAdventuresofHuckleberryFinnbeginswithadescriptionofhowA.Huck is saved bythe Gragerford familyB.HuckstrugglesontheMississippiC.HuckescapestoJackson'sIslandD.WidowDouglasattemptstocivilizeHuck00604# 英美文学选读试题 第4页(共7页)

31.MorethanfivehundredpoemsEmilyDickinsonwroteareaboutA. natureB . religionC. loveD. death32.InthelastchapterofTheodoreDreiser'sSisterCarrie,Carrie,theprotagonist,A.livesinherpoorroomlonelyB.desertsHurstwoodC . commits suicide D. is unsuccessful33 . The Ambassadors, The Golden Bowl and are widely considered to be Henry James’mostinfluentialcontributiontoliterature.A. TheAmericanB . The EuropeansC. TheWingsoftheDove D. DaisyMiller34.From1865to1914theAmericansocietychangedalot.Firstofall,affectedboththesocialandthevaluesystemofthecountryA. theCivilWarB . the Fi rst World WarC. PuritanismD. Transcendentalism35.Thewriter_ lived to be almost 90, loved and honored not only in his native NewEngandbutthroughoutAmerica.A . Walt Whitman B. Robert FrostC . Mark Twain D. Ernest Hemingway36.Theprotagonist_isthecharacterinWilliamFaulkner'sLightinAugust.A. MissRosaB. Mr. CompsonC. JoeChristmasD. Thomas Sutpen37.F.ScottFitzgeraldfollowstheJamesiantraditioninusing.inhischapters.A.thedescriptionofthecharactersB.thedescriptionofthedetailsC.psychological method D.the scenic method38.MostofEmestHemingway'slaterworksaremerelyvariationsof_inInOurTime.A. the Nick Adams stories B. the Ind ian storiesC.theNick'sfather's experience D. the Indian woman's experience39.WilliamFaulknerpublishedhisnovel_in1926.A.The Sound and the Fury B.As I Lay DyingC.Soldier s Pay D. Light in August40.Theessay“TheArtofFiction”iswrittenby.A. TheodoreDreiserB. Emily DickinsonC.Herman Melville D. Henry James00604# 英美文学选读试题 第 5页( 共 7页)

非选择题部分注意事项:用黑色字迹的签字笔或钢笔将答案写在答题纸上,不能答在试题卷上。二、阅读理解题:本大题共 4 小题, 每小题 4 分, 共 16 分。ReadingComprehension(16 points in all, 4 for each)Readthequotedparts carefully and answer the questions in English .41.Tyger!Tyger!burningbrightIntheforestsofthenight,Whatimmortalhand or eyeCouldframethyfearfulsymmetry?Questions:A.IdentifytheauthorandthetitleofthepoemfromwhichthequotedpartistakenB.Whatisthe“Tyger”pairedwithnthispoem?C.What'sthemeaningoftheword“symmetry”?42. MRS. Warren. What nonsense is this youre trying to talk? Do you want to shew yourindependence,nowthatyoureagreatlittlepersonatschool?Don'tbeafool,child.VIVE.[indulgently]That'sallyouhavetosayonthesubject,isit,mother?Questions:A.Identifythetitleoftheplayfromwhichthequotedpartistaken.B.Whoistheauthor?C.Whatistheplayabout?43.SoIwasfulloftrouble,fullasIcouldbe;anddidn'tknowwhattodo.AtlastIhadanidea; andIsays, I 'll go and write the letter — and then see if I can pray. Why, it wasastonishing, theway I felt as light as a feather, right straight off, and my troubles all gone .SoIgotapieceofpaperandapencil,allgladandexcited,andsetdownandwrote:MissWatsonyourrunawayniggerJimisdownheretwomilebelowPikesvilleandMrPhelpshasgothimandhewillgivehimupfortherewardifyousend.Questions:A.IdentifytheauthorB.Whatisthetitleofthenovelfromwhichthequotedpartistaken?C.Whatdoesthedescriptionofthispartreflect?00604# 英美文学选读试题 第 6页(共 7页 )

44. Miss Emily just stared at him, her head tilted back in order to look him eye for eye ,untilhelookedawayandwentandgotthearsenicandwrappeditup.TheNegrodeliveryboybroughtherthepackage;thedruggistdidn'tcomeback.Whensheopenedthepackageathometherewaswritteonthebox,undertheskullandbones:“Forrats.”Questions:A.IdentifytheauthorandtitleofthenovelfromwhichthequotedpartistakenB.WhatisthebestwordtodescribeMissEmily'spersonality?C.Whatkindofwritingdevicedoestheauthoruseinnarration?三 、简答题:本大题共 4小题, 每小题 6 分, 共 24 分。Questionsand Answers (24 points in all, 6 for each)Giveabriefanswertoeachofthefollowingquestions in English45.WhataretheweaknessesofeachheroinShakespeare'sgreatesttragedies?46.Character-portrayalisthemostdistinguishingfeatureofCharlesDickens’works.WhatarethecharacteristicsofthemaincharactersdepictedbyCharlesDickens?47.WhatdoesHemingway's“Iceberg”analogymean?48.WhatareEmilyDickinson'sviewpointstowardsreligion?四、论述题:本大题共 2 小题, 每小题 10 分, 共 20 分。Topic Discussion (20 points in all, 10 for each)Writenolessthan150 words on each of the followin gtopics in English in thecorrespondingspaceonthe answer sheet.49.Gulliver s Travels is an artistic masterpiece. Jonathan Swift is a great master of Englishprose.Basedonthese,brieflydiscussthefeaturesofthestructureofthisnovel.50.WaltWhitmanemployedbrand-newmeansinhispoetry.Brieflydiscussthefeaturesofhispoemsaccordingtohispoeticstyleandlanguage.

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