新英达自考英语本科试题2009年4月英美文学试题

2009年4月高等教育自学考试全国统一命题考试英美文学选读试卷(考试时问：4月l2日上午8：30—11：00)本试卷分为两部分，共8页，满分l00分；考试时间l50分钟。1．第一部分为选择题。应考者必须在“答题卡”上的“选择题答题区”内按要求填涂，答在试卷上无效。2．第二部分为非选择题，应考者必须在“答题卡”上的“非选择题答题区”内按照试题题号顺序直接答题，答在试卷上无效。PARTONE(50分)I.MultipleChoice(50pointsinall,Iforeach)Selectfromthefourchoicesofeachitemtheonethatbestanswersthequestionorcompletesthestatement.Markyourchoicebyblackeningthecorrespondingletter[A],[B],[C]or[D]ontheANSWERSHEET.1.Generallyspeaking,theOldEnglishpoetrythathassurvivedcanbedividedintotwogroups:A.thereligiousgroupandtheseculargroupB.theromanticgroupandthepoliticalgroupC.theinnocentgroupandtheexperiencedgroupD.theAnglo-SaxongroupandtheNormangroup2.Thoughessentiallyamedievalwriter,GeoffreyChauceropposedA.earthlyhappinessB.man'sintellectC.man'senergyD.asceticism3.Beowulf,thenationalepicoftheAnglo-Saxons,wassetinA.EnglandB.ScandinaviaC.FranceD.Germany4.TheTempestisShakespeare'sA.comedyB.tragedyC.tragicomedyD.farce5.InSonnet18,WilliamShakespeareA.satirizeshumanvanityB.portraysman'slustC.praisesthepowerofartisticcreationD.mediatesonman'smortality5.WhichofthefollowingisNOTJohnMelton’sthreemajorpoeticalworks?A.ParadiseLostB.ParadiseRegainedC.SamsonAgonistesD.Areopagitica7.Allisnotlost:theunconquerablewill,/Andstudyofrevenge,itmortalhate,/Andcouragenevertosubmitoryield:/Andwhatiselsenottobeovercome?TheabovelinesarefromJohnMilton'sParadiseLost,whatdoesstudymeaninthecontext?A.abranchofknowledgeB.aliteraryworkC.astateofmentalabsorptionD.pursuit8.WhichofthefollowingmatchesisWRONG?A.GeoffreyChaucerTheRomauntoftheRoseB.EdmundSpencerThePassionateShepherdtoHisLoveC.WilliamShakespeareTheRapeofLucreceD.JohnMiltonLycidas9.Infieldofliterature,theEnlightenmentMovementbroughtaboutatheoldclassicalworks.Thistendencyisknownasneoclassicism.A.skepticalattitudetowardsB.rebellionagainstC.publicoppressionofD.revivedinterestin10.WhichofthefollowingstatementsaboutRobinsonCrusoeisNOTtrue?A.ThestoryofRobinsonCrusoeisbasedontherealadventureofanAlexander'SelkirkwhooncestayedaloneontheuninhabitedislandJuanFernandezforfiveyears.B.RobinsonCrusoeisatypicaleighteenth-centuryEnglishmiddle-classman.C.RobinsonCrusoeistheveryprototypeoftheempirebuilder,thepioneercolonist.D.ItisthePuritanfortitudethatsavesRobinsonCrusoefromdespairduringhisstayontheisland.11.Throughthewordsofhisprotagonist,DanielDefoeshowstheall-powerfulinfluenceofmaterialcircumstancesuponthoughtsandactionsofindividuals.VicecameinalwaysattheDoorofNecessity,notattheDoorofInclination.Whichprotagonistofthefollowingsaystheabovequote?A.CaptainSingletonB.MollFlandersC.ColonelJackD.RoxanaI2.InJonathanSwift'sGulliver'sTravels,GulliverisshockedanddisgustedtomeetthehairyandwildYahooslivein/onA.LilliputB.BrobdingnagC.theFlyingIslandD.theHouyhnhnmland13.HenryFielding'sfirstnovelTheHistoryoftheAdventuresofJosephAndrewswasfirstintendedasaofthedubiousmoralityandfalsesentimentalityofSamuelRichardson'sPamela.A.burlesqueB.defenseC.ironyD.sequel14.Ofalltheeighteenth-centurynovelists,adoptsthethird-personnarration,inwhichtheauthorbecomestheall-knowingGod.A.JohnDrydenB.DanielDefoeC.JonathanSwiftD.HenryFielding15.AftertheDeclarationofRightsofManwasreleasedbyThomasPaine,urgedtheequalrightsforwomeninAVindicationoftheRightsofWoman.A.Jean-JacquesRousseauB.EdmundBurkeC.MaryWollstonecraftD.WilliamGodwin16.WhichofthefollowingisNOTaprosewriterintheRomanticPeriod?A.ThomasCarlyleB.WilliamHazlittC.CharlesLambD.ThomasDeQuincey17.WilliamBlakestartswritingpoetryattheageoftwelve,andhisfirstprintedworkis,whichisacollectionofyouthfulverse.A.SongsofInnocenceB.SongsofExperienceC.MarriageofHeavenandHellD.PoeticalSketches18.Whenthestarsthrowdowntheirspears,!Andwater'dheavenwiththeirtears,!Didhesmilehisworktosee?!DidhewhomadetheLambmakethee?TheselinesarequotedfromA.WilliamBlake'sTheTygerB.WilliamBlake'sLambC.WilliamWordsworth'sIWanderedLonelyasaCloudD.WilliamWordsworth'sTheSolitaryReaper19.In1543,succeededRobertSoutheyasPoetLaureateforhisgreatcontributiontoEnglishromanticpoetry.A.WilliamWordsworthB.SamuelTaylorColeridgeC.PercyByssheShelleyD.JohnKeats20.AdonaisisanelegyforwhoseearlydeathfromtuberculosisPercyBysheShelleybelievedhadbeenhastenedbyhostilereviews.A.RobertSoutheyB.SamuelTaylorColeridgeC.GeorgeGordonByronD.JohnKeats21.Youandthegirlsmaygo,oryoumaysendthembythemselves,whichperhapswillbestillbetter,forasyouaroashandsomeasanyofthem,Mr.Bindleymightlikeyouthebestoftheparty.WhatfigureofspeechisusedintheabovequotefromPr/deandPrejudice?A.paradoxB.antithesisC.alliterationD.irony22.WhichofthefollowingstatementsaboutJaneAustenisNOTtrue?A.Sheholdstheidealsofthelandlordclassinpolitics,religionandmoralprinciples.B.Asarealisticwriter,sheconsidersitherdutytoexposeinherworksthefolliesandillusionsofmankind.C.Sheshowscontemptuousfeelingstowardssnobberystupidity,worldlinessandvulgaritythroughsubtlesatireandirony.D.Instyle,sheupholdsherfirmbeliefinthepredominanceofpassionoverreason.23.'sworksarecharacterizedbyhisvividdepictionofthoseinnocent,persecuted,helplesschildcharacters.A.CharlesDickensB.ThomasHardyC.GeorgeOrwellD.D.H.Lawrence32.Whichofthefollowi