高等教育自学考试英美文学选读课程模拟试题
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高等教育自学考试英美文学选读课程模拟试题
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第一部分 选择题
I . Multiple Choice (40 points ,
1point 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 the answer sheet .
1． The Renaissance is actually a
movement stimulated by a series of historical events, which one of
the following is NOT such an event ?
A. The rediscovery of ancient
Roman and Greek cu lture.
B. England’s domestic rest.
C. New discovery in geography and astrology.
D. The religious reformation and the economic expansion.
2. is the successful religious
allegory in the English language .
A. The Pilgrim’s Progress B.
Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners
C. The Life and Death of Mr.
Badman D. The Holy War
3. Among the representatives of
the Enlightenment, who was the first to introduce rationalism to
England ?
A . John Bunyan
B. Daniel Defoe C. Alexander Pope
D. Jonathan Swift
4.Of all the eighteenth-century
novelists , who was the first to set out, both in theory and
practice , to write specially a “comic epic in prose”, the first to
give the modern novel its structure and style
?
A. Thomas Gray B. Richard
Brinsley Sheridan
C. Johathan Swift D. Henry
Fielding
5. Generally , the Renaissance
refers to the period between the 14th and mid-17th centuries, its
essence is .
A. science B .
philosophy
C. arts D.
humanism
6 . “ So long as men can
breathe, or eyes can see, / So long lives this , and this gives
life to thee.”(Shakespeare, Sonnets 18) What does “this” refer to
?
A. Lover B.
Time
C. Summer D.
Poetry
7. The giant Moby Dick may
symbolize all EXCEPT .
A. mystery of the universe B.
sin of the whale
C. power of the Great Nature D.
evil of the world
8. It is alone who , for the
first time in English literature, presented to us a comprehensive
realistic picture of the English society of his time and created a
whole gallery of vivid characters from all walks of
life.
A. Geoffrey Chaucer B. Martin
Luther
C. William Langland D. John
Gower
9. Fielding has been regarded by
some as “_______________”,for his contribution to the estab-
lishment of the form of the modern novel .
A . Best writer of the English
novel B. Father of the English novel
C. the most gifted writer of the
English novel D. conventional writer of English
novel
10 .The sentence “Shall I
compare thee to a summer’s day ?” is the beginning line of one of
Shakespeare’s .
A. comedies B. tragedies
C. histories D. sonnets
11. The unquenchable spirit of
Robinson Crusoe struggling to maintain a substantial existence on a
lonely island reflects .
A. man’s desire to return to
nature B. the author’s criticism of the
colonization
C. the ideal of the rising
bourgeoisie D. the aristocrats’ disillusionment of the harsh social
reality
12. Here are four lines from a
long poem: “Others for language all their care express, / And value
books, as women men , for dress.” The poem must be
.
A. Thomas Gray’s “Elegy Written
in a Country Churchyard”
B. John Milton’s Paradise Lost
C. Alexander Pope’s Essay on
Criticism
D. Shakespeare’s Midsummer
Night’s Dream
13. Gothic novels are mostly
stories of , which take place in some haunted or dilapidated Middle
Age castles .
A. love and marriage B . sea
adventuresC. mystery and horror D. saints and
martyrs
14. the Rime of the Ancient
Mariner is a poem written in the form of .
A. ballad
B. sonnet
C. heroic couplet D. Spenserian
stanza
15. Which of the following words NOT
appropriate to describe Mrs. Bennet, a character in pride and
Prejudice .
A. Beautiful B. Intelligent
C. Snobbish
D. Vulgar
16. “You and the girls may go ,or you may send them by themselves
, which perhaps will be still better , for as you are as handsome
as any of them , Mr. Bingley might like you the best of the party.”
What figure of speech is used in the underlined part
?
A. Paradox B.
Simile C. Irony D.
Antithesis
17. In Chapter III of Oliver
Twist, Oliver is punished for that “impious and profane offence of
asking for more” . What did Oliver ask for
more?
A. More time to play B. More
food to eat C. More books to read D. More money to
spend
18. The title of Alfred
Tennyson’s poem “Ulysses” reminds the reader of the following
EXCEPT
.
A. the Trojan War B. Homer’s OdysseyC. adventures over the sea D.
religious quest
19. In Hardy’s Tess of
D’urbervilles , the heroine’s tragic ending is due to
.
A. her weak character B . her
ambitionC . Angel Clare’s selfishness D. a hostile
society
20. “I will drink / life to the lees .” In the
quoted line Ulysses is saying that he till the end of his life
.
A. will keep traveling and exploring B. will go on
drinking and being happy
C. would like to toast to his glorious life D. would like to
drink the cup of wine
21. “ He was afraid of her---the small, severe woman with
graying hair suddenly bursting out in such frenzy . The postman
came running back, afraid something had happene
d .They saw his tipped cap over the short curtains. Mrs. Morel
rushed to the door.”
The above passage is taken
from_____________.
A . Charlotte Bronte’ s The professor B . Charles
Dickens’s Dombey and Son
C. D.H. Lawrence’s Sons and Lovers D. John Galsworthy’s The
Forsyte Saga
22. James Joyce is the author of all the following novels
EXCEPT .
A. Dubliners B . Jude the Obscure
C. A portrait of the Artist as a Young Man D.
Ulysses
23. Which of the following works concerns most
concentratedly about the Calvinistic view of original sin
?
A. The Wasteland B. The Scarlet Letter
C. Leaves of Grass D. AS I Lay Dying
24. We can perhaps summarize that Walt Whitman’s poems
are characterized by all the following features EXCEPT that they
are .
A. conversational and casual B. lyrical and
well-structured
C. simple and rather crude D. free-flowing
25. Who exerts the single most important influence on
literary naturalism, of which Theodore Dreiser and Jack London are
among the best representative writers ?
A. Freud B. Darwin
C. W.D. Howells D. Emerson
26. Mark Twain, one of the greatest 19th century American
writers, is well known for his .
A. international theme B. waste- land imagery
C. local color D . symbolism
27. At the beginning of Faulkner’s A Rose for Emily ,
there’s detailed description of Emily’s old house . The purpose of
such description is to imply that the person living in it
.
A. is a wealth lady B. has good taste
C. is a prisoner of the past D . is a conservative
aristocrat
28. The period before the American Civil War is commonly
referred to as .
A. the Romantic Period B. the Realistic Period
C. the Naturalist Period D. the Modern Period
29. Most of Herman Melville’s novels are based on sea
voyages and sea adventures. Which of the following is NOT the case
?
A. Typee B. Moby- Dick
C. Omoo D. The Confidence-Man
30. In Henry James’ Daisy Miller , the author tries to
portray the young woman as an embodiment of .
A. the force of convention B . the free spirit of the New
World
C. the decline of the aristocracy D. the corruption of the newly
rich
31. Emily Dickinson’s verse is most aptly characterized
as .
A. exposing the evils of the society
B. paving the way for the following generation of free verse
poets
C. sharing the same poetic conventions as Walt Whitman
D. exhibiting a sensitiveness to the symbolic implications of
experience ,such as love , death , immortality etc.
32. In fiction writing , Henry James’s primary concern is
to present the .
A. inner life of human beings B. American Civil War and
its effects
C. life on the Mississippi River D. Calvinistic view of original
sin
33. In “After Apple-Picking”, Robert Frost wrote : “For I
have had too much / Of apple-picking: I am overtired / Of the great
harvest I myself desired .” From these lines we can conclude that
the speaker is .
A happy about the harvest
B. wearing out the freshness of apple- picking
C .still desired of apple-picking when seeing the harvest
D. indifferent of what once desired
34. 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 situation B. uncertainty
C. profound religious faith D. courage and
perseverance
35. At the beginning of A Rose for Emily , Faulkner uses
a figurative language to describe the place where Emily lives. The
house is a perfect mirror image of the owner who is supposed to
be
and deliberately detaches herself from the communal life
in this small town.
A. friendly and generous B. wealthy and
conservative
C polite and dignified D. stubborn and coquettish
36. Eugene O’Neill’s inventiveness seemingly knew no
limits . He was constantly experimenting with new styles and forms
for his plays, especially during the 1920’s when was in full swing
.
A. imagism B post-modernism
C .expressionism D .symbolism
37. Which essay of Emerson is regarded as an unofficial
manifesto for the “Transcendental Club”?
A. Self-reliance B. Nature
C. The American Scholar D. The Over-soul
38. In Pride and Prejudice , Elizabeth Bennet finds out
some weak points about herself in the process of judging others.
Which of the following is NOT a weak point of found out by
Elizabeth herself ?
A. Blindness B. Partiality C.
Snobbishness D. Over-confidence
39. A typical Forsyte , according to John Galsworthy, is
a man with a strong sense of ,who never pays any attention to human
feelings.
A. property B . justice C.
morality D. humor
40. Emerson based his religion on an intuitive belief in
an ultimate unity ,which he called “ “.
A. the Spirit B. the Over-lord C. the over- soul
D. the Self
第二部分 非选择题
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. “And ever as he rode , his hart did earne, / To prove
his puissance in battell brave”
Question :
A. Identify the poem and the poet.
B. What does the word “ puissance” mean?
C. Is the theme of the poem “Arms and the Man”? If not ,
tell your point and explain it briefly.
42. “A line in long array where they wind betwixt green
islands,
They take a serpentine course , their arms flash in the sun-hark
to the musical clank,
Be hold the silvery river , in it the splashing horses loitering
stop to drink,
Behold the brown-faced men, each group, each person, a picture,
the negligent rest on the saddles,
Some emerge on the opposite bank , others are just entering the
ford-while,
Scarlet and blue and snowy white,
The guidon flags flutter gayly in the wind .”
Questions:
A. Who is the author of this poem?
B. What is the essence of this poem ?
C. What is the unique character in this poem?
43. “Break ,break , break , / On thy cold grey stones , O
sea! / And I thought that my tongue could utter / The thoughts that
arise in me.”
Questions:
A. Give the name of the author and the title of the literary work
from which this stanza is taken .
B. Interpret this stanza.
C. Analyze the author’s art of this poem.
44. “ The apparition of the these faces in the crowed; /
Petals on a wet, black bough”
Questions:
A: From which poem does the stanza come ? Who is the
author?
B: What does the “petals” mean?
C: Briefly interpret the two lines.
III. Questions and Answers ( 24points in all , 6 points for
each ) Give questions in English. Write your answers in the
corresponding space on the answer sheet
45. .In Hamlet’s soliloquy, when he says, “ To sleep,
perchance to dream: ----ay, there’s the rub .” What is he primarily
thinking about? Why does he think there is the rub ?
46. “ I loaf and invite my soul, / I lean and loaf at my
ease observing a spear of summer grass.”
What does the underlined
part mean ?
47. “I fall upon the thorns of life ! I bleed !
A heavy weight of hours has chained and bowed
One too like thee : tameless, and swift, and proud.”
The above quotation is taken from Shelley’s poem “Ode to the West
wind”. What does the underlined part mean?
48. In “ Indian Camp”, Hemingway makes a successful use
of situational irony. Please illustrate this with some
examples.
IV. Topic discussions ( 20 points in all , 10 for each
)
Write no less than 150 words on each of the following topics in
English on the corresponding space on the answer sheet
.
49. Charles Dickens is one of the greatest Victorian
writers in his own unique way . Discuss Dickens’s art of novels :
the setting, the language , and the characters, etc . based on his
novel Oliver Twist.
50. “Sister Carrie” is the greatest literary work by
Theodore Dreiser. Discuss Carrie Meeber, the protagonist of the
novel .
