2021年10月自考00604英美文学选读试题及答案含评分标准.docx

英美文学选读试题第5页（共8页）绝密启用前2021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（课程代码00604）注意事项：1 .本试卷分为两部分，第一部分为选择题，第二部分为非选择题。2 .应考者必须按试题顺序在答题卡（纸）指定位置上作答，答在试卷上无效。3 .涂写部分、画图部分必须使用2B铅笔，书写部分必须使用黑色字迹签字笔。第一部分选择题一、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 points in all, 1 for each)Select from the four choices of each item the one that best answers the question orcompletes the statement.1. To support his family, in 1586 or 1587went to London, a wonderful environment for the development of drama.A. John MiltonB. ShakespeareC. Henry FieldingD. Bernard Shaw2. Daniel Defbe,s language is, smooth, colloquial and vernacular.A. obscureB. complexC. easyD. rhetoric3. Charles Dickens attacks the dehumanizingand the criminal underworld life in Oliver Twist.A. nursing homeB.marriageclauseC. school conditionsD.workhouse system4. Joy, laughter, harmony andare the prevailing notes OfWilliam Blake,s early works.A. loveB.equalityC. freedomD.romance5. In the modern period of English literature,held that only superior intellects could have the ability in achieving the goal of socialism.A. T. S. EliotB. Bernard ShawC. Jane AustenD. Thomas Hardy6. John Milton composed the poemdedicated to his fellow undergraduate.A. LycidasB. AreopagiticaC. Ode to NaplesD. The Rape of Lucrece7. The works A Tale of a Tub and The Battle of the Books established the name of_ as a satirist.A. Charles DickensB. Henry FieldingC. Daniel DefbeD. Jonathan Swift8. According to the subjects, William Wordsworth,s short poems fall into two groups: poems aboutand poems about nature.A. philosophyB. human lifeC. religionD. politics9. In Charlotte Bronte*s novels, she liked to describe the following issues of the upper class EXCEPT A. hypocrisyB. crueltyC. friendshipD. evils10. T. S. Eliot produced two major volumes of poetic works:and Four Quartets in his later period.A. Murder in the CathedralB. The Family ReunionC. The Cocktail PartyD. Ash Wednesday11. In Kig Lear9 Shakespeare has not only made a profound analysis of, but also criticized the bourgeois egoism.A. historical eventsB. human progressC. the social crisisD. the economic development12. The novel Tom Jones bringsthe name of the “Prose Homer."A. HenryFieldingB. CharlesDickensC. John MiltonD. ThomasHardy13. Jane Austen wrote altogethercomplete novels.A. fourB. fiveC. sixD. seven14. As is known to all, Charlotte Bronte is a writer ofcombined with romanticism.A. naturalismB. perfectionismC. symbolismD. realism15. It is the first time for D. H. Lawrence to combinewith psychological exploration in his novel The Rainbow.A. individual thoughtsB. cultural conflictsC. social criticismD. religious belief16. During the rest four years of his life, Percy Shelley traveled and lived in variouscities, producing all his major works.A. ItalianB. FrenchC. GermanD. British17. In the novel, Daniel Defde glorifies human labor and the Puritan fortitude in describing the hero,s life on the island.A. The Battle of the BooksB. DaVid CopperfieldC. Robinson CriisoeD. Hard Times18. The play The Coffee-House Politician is written by.A. ShakespeareB. Henry FieldingC. John MiltonD. William Blake19. Thomas Hardy abandonedand returned to poetry for the criticisms against his last two novels.A. novel-writingB. drama-creatingC. play-creatingD. prose-writing20. In thepart of Gulliver Travels, Gulliver is left alone in Brobdingnag where people are too much taller and larger than ordinary human beings.A. firstB.secondC. thirdD.last21. William Blake,s Marriage of Heaven and Hell marks his entry into.A. maturityB.successC. careerD.failure22. The womanis the main character in Bernard Shaw,s Mrs. Warren Profession.A. JaneB.JoanC. FannyD. Vivie23. Generally speaking,Murder in the Cathedral is the best of his plays.A. D. H. Lawrence,sB. Thomas Hardy,sC. T. S. EliofsD. Bernard Shaw,s24. Sons and Lovers vividly presents thebetween D. H. Lawrence,s father and mother.A. conflictB. care and loveC. marriage lifeD. misunderstanding25. The publication of Far from the Madding Crowd in 1874 enabled Thomas Hardy to give upfor writing.A. paintingB.engravingC. teachingD.architecture26. In 1870, Charles Dickens died of, leaving his last novel unfinished.A. diseaseB.overworkC. povertyD.depression27. Nathaniel Hawthorne wroteto reveal his own experiences and his own methods as a psychological novelist.A. The Blithedale RomanceB. The Marble FaunC. The House of the Seven GablesD. The Sound and the Fury28. Mark Twain,s book Innocents Abroad is an account of.A. British tourists in AmericaB. British journalists in AmericaC. American tourists in EuropeD. American journalists in Europe29. A. Masque of Reason and A Masque of Mercy are comic-serious dramatic naatives, in both of which biblical characters in modern settings discuss ethics and man,s relations to God.A. John Milton,sB. Robert Frost'sC. Ezra Pound'sD. T. S. Eliofs30. Walt Whitman put forward his own set ofprinciples. Leaves of Grass was just the expression of these principles.A. psychologicalB. religiousC. philosophicalD. aesthetic31. Of the following authors,wrote the masterpiece The Portrait of A Lady.A. Mark TwainB. Nathaniel HawthorneC. Henry JamesD. Herman Melvilie32. F. Scott Fitzgerald5S This Side of Paradise portrays the emotional and spiritual collapse of during an unstable marriage.A. a wealthy young womanB. a wealthy young manC. a poor young womanD. a poor young man33. The following characteris the narrator in the novel Moby-Dick.A. AhabB.IshmaelC. StarbuckD.Stubb34. Emily Dickinson,s poetry isin its own way.A. popular and conventionalB.unique and conventionalC. vulgar and unconventionalD.unique and unconventional35. In 1954, was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature and in 1961 he committed suicide.A. Ernest HemingwayB. Robert FrostC. Herman MelvilleD. F. Scott Fitzgerald36. Assaw it, poetry could play a vital part in the process of creating a new nation.A. Ezra PoundB. T. S. EliotC. Robert FrostD. Walt Whitman37. Penniless and -'full of the illusions of»" Carrie Meeber, the protagonist in Sister Carrie, leaves home to seek work in Chicago.A. love and youthB. ignorance and youthC. ignorance and loveD. future and love38. The following workis NOT written by William Faulkner.A. The Great GatsbyB. Go Down, MOSeSC. Light 山 AugustD. Absalom, Absalom!39. Herman Melville,s Billy Budd deals with the sea and sailors and the theme of a conflict between.A. innocence and selflessnessB. romance and freedomC. innocence and corruptionD. justice and corruption40. For Whom the Bell Tolls concerns a volunteerfighting in the Spanish Civil War.A. French guerrillaB. American guerrillaC. French writerD. American writer.»；.=.；：- ;.：. <÷>>>>7S5K<><,' '-<<' xr*2-* -.,.- ：;:：，-，X*.V=w：«Qjj*：U-,，*：。-第二部分非选择题二、阅读理解题:本大题共4小题，每小题4分，共16分。Reading Comprehension (16 points in all, 4 for each)Read the quoted parts carefully and answer the questions in English.41. To grunt and sweat under a weary life, But that the dread of something after death The undiscover,d country, from whose bourn No traveler returns puzzles the will, And makes us rather bear those ills we have Than fly to others that we know not of?Thus conscience does make cowards of us all;And thus the native hue of resolutionIs sicklied o,er with the pale cast of thought, And enterprises of great pith and moment. With this regard, their currents turn awry And lose the name of action.Questions:A. Identify the author and the title of the work from which the quoted part is taken. B. Who is the narrator?C. What does the sentence utheir currents turn awry” mean?42. No Nightingale did ever chauntMore welcome notes to weary bands Of travelers in some shady haunt, Among Arabian sands;A voice so thrilling ne,er was heard In springtime from the Cuckoo bird. Breaking the silence of the seas Among the farthest Hebrides.Questions:A. Identify the poet.B. What does the poem suggest?C. What is this poet regarded as?43. Young Goodman Brown came forth, at sunset, into the street of Salem village, but put his head back, after crossing the threshold, to exchange a parting kiss with his young wife. And Faith, as the wife was aptly named, thrust her own pretty head into the street, letting the wind play with the pink ribbons of her cap, while she called to Goodman Brown.Questions:A. Identify the author.B. What is the novel concerned with?C. What does the author set out to prove?44. Every Friday five crates of oranges and lemons arrived from a fruiterer in New York every Monday these same oranges and lemons left his back door in a pyramid of pulpless halves. These was a machine in the kitchen which could extract the juice of two hundred oranges in half an hour if a little button was pressed two hundred times by a butler's thumb.Questions:A. Identify the author and the title of the work from which the quoted part is taken.B. What does the quoted part describe?C. What is the background of the novel?三、简答题:本大题共4小题，每小题6分，共24分。Questions and Answers (24 points in all, 6 for each)Give a brief answer to each of the following questions in English.45. Neoclassicists had laws and rules for almost every genre of literature. How should poetry be?46. What are the main characteristics of Thomas Hardy,s best local-colored works?47. What does Nathaniel Hawthorne,s The Scarlet Letter tell us and what does he focus his attention on in this work?48. F. Scott Fitzgerald shows a particular interest in the upper-class young people. What were they like described by Fitzgerald in his novels?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)Write no less than 150 words on each of the following topics in English in the corresponding space on the answer sheet49. "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock* is T. S. Eliofs most striking achievement. Briefly discuss the theme, the writing style, the characteristics of the protagonist, and the setting.50. The profound portrait of Huck is a great contribution of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn to the legacy of American literature. Briefly analyze the character and the impacts upon the society.英美文学选读试题第#页（共8页）英美文学选读202110 （课程代码00604）、单项选择题：本大题共40小题，每小题1分，共，40分.1.B2.C3.D4.A5.B6.A7.D8.B9.C10.D11.C12. A13；C14.D15.CF6.A17X18.B19.A20:B21.A22.D?3.C24.A25.D26.B.,27.A28.C：29.B0：D31.C32.B'33.B34.D35.A36A37.B38.A39.C40.B二、阅读理解题:本大题共4小题，每小题d分:共16分.41 .A. ,Shakespeare; H am let（2 分）B-Harhlet5 Prince OfDenmark. （1 分）O.1t means to turn away from their prignal purpose. （1 分）42 .A. William Wordsworth. （1 处）1 .It suggests the timeless mystery of sorrowful humanity and its beauty. （2 分）C.He is regarded as at4worshipper of nature.,（l 分）43 .A. Nathaniel Havthc>me. （1 分）8 .Guilt and evily（l 分）C.Everyone gsesses some evil secret. （2 丹44 .A. F. Scott Fitzgerald; 77ze Grea, （2 分）B.A description of Gatsby,s party. （1 分）C.It is set againsL,the ending of the war. （1 分）三、简答题:本大题共4小题，每小题6分,：共24分.45 . Poetry Iibuld be lyrical （1 分），epica）也分），didactic （1 分），Satii必（1 分）or dramatic （2 分）.46 .His best local-colored works are known as "novels of character7ahd environment." （1 分）They arg thk,most representative of hijz both a naturalistic and a critical realist writer. （2 分）Thd p,Qriflict between the old and the,rnodem becomes more ineij笑 in his last two novels. （1 分）切上而 we see the influence from both the past and the modemM2'分）47 .The work tells us a.sjpie but very moving StOIyQ，分）in which four people Iivyig ih a Puritan community are inveld in and affected by the sitof adultery in different wa. （2 纷）He focuses his attention one moral, emotional, and psychological effects or consequences of the sin on the - people and jgse main characters, （?,丹SO as to show us the tesiop,between society and i individual（l 分）48 .TJe had a sense of reckless 口血dence about money and life in general. They felt excused frp.p seeking the good. （2 分）Plinging into their personal adventures, engaging themselves in-casual sex and heavy driking, they took risks and spent money extravagantly and enjoyed themselves to their hearts, content. （2 分）Beneath thei masks of relaxation and joiality there was only sterility, meaninglessness and futility. （2 分）四、论述题:本决题共2小题，每小题10分，洪20分.49 .The poemspresents the meditation on nn- aging young man over> the business of proposing marriage. （1 分）The poem is in a fo .of dramatic monologue； suggesting an ironiejeontrast betweeh a pretended uIove song,' and a confession of the speaker's incapability oRfacing up to jJye and to life in a sterile upper-class world. （3 分）Thc、ProtagOnist is neuroticself-important, illogical and incapable of action. He is a tragic figure二CaUght in a sense ofzdefeated idealism and tortred by unsatisfied/desires. （3 分）The setting, of the poem resembles4fie “polite society,' of Pope,s t,The Rape of-the' Lock, , in which alea party is a Significant eVent and a game of cards 浊、 the only way to ste off boredom. （3 分）50 .The novel begins with a descriptforibf how Widow Doiiglas attempts to civilize Huck' and ends with him deciding not to Ietit happen again at the bands of Aunt Sally. The climax arises with ,Huck,s inner struggle on the Mississippi, when Huck is polarized by the two opjx>sing forces between his heart and his×head, between his affection for Jim and the laws Of the society against those who help slaves eSape. （3 分）Huck's final：decision is to follow his.op'good-hearted moral impulse rather than Snventional village morality. With the eventual vitory his moral conscience over his social, awareness, Huck grows;-Q 分）Huck is a typical American Boy whom its creaton described as a boy with "a sound hiart and a deformed ConSCiepee.” （2 分）Through the eyes of Huck, t4nnocent and reluctant'rebel, We see the pre-Cijl War American society fully, exposed and ¾the same time we>,are deeply impressed by Mark'Twain's thematic contracts Between innocence and experienriature and culture, wilderness and civilization. （3 分）