搜索
月高等教育自学考试英美文学选读试题课程代码：00604请将答案填在答题纸相应位置上Ⅰ.MultipleChoice(40pointsinall,1foreach)Selectfromthefourchoicesofeachitemtheonethatbestanswersthequestionorcompletesthestatement.Writeyouranswerinthecorrespondingspaceontheanswersheet.1．Theworkthatpresented,forthefirsttimeinEnglishliterature,acomprehensiverealisticpictureofthemedievalEnglishsocietyandcreatedawholegalleryofvividcharactersfromallwalksoflifeismostlikely______________.A．WilliamLangland’sPiersPlowmanB．GeoffreyChaucer’sTheCanterburyTalesC．JohnGower’sConfessionAmantisD．SirGawainandtheGreenKnight2．ThetragedyofDr.Faustus,theprotagonistinChristopherMarlowe’sTheTragicHistoryofDr.Faustus,istheveryfactthat______________.A．manisconfinedtotimeB．hetriedtojoinAfricatoSpainC．hebecameamanwithoutsoulafterhesolditD．heconjuredupHelen,theladywhowaspartiallyresponsibleforthebreaking-upoftheTrojanWar3．Thesentence“ShallIcomparetheetoasummer’sday?”isthebeginninglineofoneofShakespeare’s______________.A．comediesB．tragediesC．sonnetsD．histories4．ParadiseLostisactuallyastorytakenfrom______________.A．theRenaissanceB．theOldTestamentC．GreekMythologyD．theNewTestament5．Spenser’smasterpiece_____________isagreatpoemofitstime.A．TheFaerieQueeneB．TheShepheardesCalenderC．TheCanterburyTalesD．Metamorphoses6．______________istheessenceoftheRenaissance.A．PoetryB．DramaC．HumanismD．Reason7．ThemostfamousdramatistsintheRenaissanceEnglandareChristopherMarlowe,WilliamShakespeareand______________.．JohnMiltonB．JohnMarloweC．BenJonsonD．EdmundSpenser8．“Tobe,ornottobe—thatisthequestion”isalinetakenfrom______________.A．HamletB．OthelloC．KingLearD．Themerchantofvenice9．FrancisBacon’sessaysarefamousfortheirbrevity,compactnessand______________.A．complicityB．complexityC．powerfulnessD．mildness10．LiteratureofNeoclassicismisdifferentfromthatofRomanticisminthat______________.A．theformercelebratesreason,rationality,orderandinstructionwhilethelatterseesliteratureasanexpressionofanindividual’sfeelingandexperiencesB．theformerisheavilyreligiousbutthelattersecularC．theformerisanintellectualmovement,thepurposeofwhichistoarousethemiddleclassforpoliticalrightswhilethelatterisconcernedwiththepersonalcultivationD．theformeradvocatesthe“returntonature”whereasthelatterturnstotheancientGreekandRomanwritersforitsmodels.11．DanielDefoedescribes______________asatypicalEnglishMiddle-classmanoftheeighteenthcentury,theveryprototypeoftheempirebuilderorthepioneercolonist.A．TomJonesB．GulliverC．MollFlandersD．RobinsonCrusoe12．______________isatypicalfeatureofSwift’swritings.A．BittersatireB．ElegantstyleC．CasualnarrationD．Complicatedsentencestructure13．ThePilgrim’sProgressbyJohnBunyanisoftensaidtobeconcernedwiththesearchfor______________.A．materialwealthB．spiritualsalvationC．universaltruthD．self-fulfillment14．AlexanderPopestronglyadvocated______________,emphasizingthatliteraryworksshouldbejudgedbyrulesoforder,reason,logic,restrainedemotion,goodtasteanddecorum.A．SentimentalismB．RomanticismC．IdealismD．Neoclassicism15．“Metaphysicalpoetry”referstotheworksofthe17th-centurywriterswhowroteundertheinfluenceof______________.A．JohnDonneB．AlexanderPope．ChristopherMarloweD．JohnMilton16．ItisgenerallyregardedthatKeats’smostimportantandmaturepoemsareintheformof______________.A．odeB．elegyC．epicD．sonnet17．______________isthemostoutstandingstreamofconsciousnessnovelist,with___________ashisencyclopedia–likemasterpiece.A．JamesJoyce,UlyssesB．E.M.Foster,APassagetoIndiaC．D.H.Lawrence,SonsandLoversD．VirginiaWoolf,MrsDalloway18．WhichofthefollowingpoemsisalandmarkinEnglishpoetry?A．LyricalBalladsbyWilliamWordsworthandSamuelTaylorColeridgeB．“IWanderedLonelyasaCloud”byWilliamWordsworthC．“Remorse”bySamuelTaylorColeridgeD．LeavesofGrassWaltWhitman19．TheliteraryformwhichisfullydevelopedandthemostflourishingduringtheRomanticPeriodis______________.A．proseB．dramaC．novelD．poetry20．WhichofthefollowingpoemsbyT.S.Eliotishailedasalandmarkandamodelofthe20thcenturyEnglishpoetry?A．Poems1909-1925B．TheHollowManC．PrufrockandOtherObservationsD．TheWasteLand21．“MylastDuchess”isapoemthatbestexemplifiesRobertBrowning’s______________.A．sensitiveearforthesoundsoftheEnglishlanguageB．excellentchoiceofwordsC．masteringofthemetricaldevicesD．useofthedramaticmonologue22．Dickens’worksarecharacterizedbyaminglingof______________andpathos.A．humorB．satireC．passionD．metaphor23．WaltWhitman,whose______________establishedhimasthemostpopularAmericanpoetofthe19thcentury.A．LeavesofGrassB．GoDown,MosesC．TheMarbleFaunD．AsILayDying．______________hasalwaysbeenregardedasawriterwho“perfectedthebestclassicstylethatAmericanLiteratureeverproduced”.A．EdgarEllenPoeB．WaltWhitmanC．HenryDavidThoreauD．WashingtonIrving25．TheRomanticPeriod,oneofthemostimportantperiodsinthehistoryofAmericanliterature,stretchesfromtheendof______________totheoutbreakof____________.A．the17thcentury…theAmericanWarofIndependenceB．the18thcentury…theAmericanCivilWarC．the17thcentury…theAmericanCivilWarD．the18thcentury…theU.S.–MexicanWar26．Wh