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2007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+答案PARTONE(40POINTS)I.MultipleChoice(40pointsinall,1foreach)Selectfromthefourchoicesofeachitemtheonethatbestanswersthequestionorcompletesthestatement.MarkyourchoicebyblackeningthecorrespondingletterA,B,CorDontheanswersheet.1.Theworkthatpresented,forthefirsttimeinEnglishliterature,acomprehensiverealisticpictureofthemedievalEnglishsocietyandcreatedawholegalleryofvividcharactersfromallwalksoflifeismostlikely______.A.WilliamLangland5sPiersPlowmanB.GeoffreyChaucer9sTheCanterburyTalesC.JohnGower5sConfessionAmantisD.SirGawainandtheGreenKnight2.ThetragedyofDr.Faustus,theprotagonistinChristopherMarlowe'sTheTragicHistoryofDr.Faustus,istheveryfactthat______.A.manisconfinedtotimeB.hetriedtojoinAfricatoSpainC.hebecameamanwithoutsoulafterhesolditD.heconjuredupHelen,theladywhowaspartiallyresponsibleforthebreaking-upoftheTrojanWar3.ThesentenceShallIcomparetheetoasummer5sday?isthebeginninglineofoneofShakespeare)s______.A.comediesB.tragediesC.sonnetsD.histories4.ParadiseLostisactuallyastorytakenfromA.theRenaissanceB.theOldTestamentC.GreekMythologyD.theNewTestament5.Spenser'smasterpiece______isagreatpoemofitstime.A.TheFaerieQueeneB.TheShepheardesCalenderC.TheCanterburyTalksD.Metamorphoses6._____istheessenceoftheRenaissance.A.PoetryB.DramaC.HumanismD.Reason7.ThemostfamousdramatistsintheRenaissanceEnglandareChristopherMarlowe,WilliamShakespeareand______.A.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.theformeradvocatesthereturntonaturewhereasthelatterturnstotheancientGreekandRomanwritersforitsmodels11.DmielDefoedescribes______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.Metaphysicalpoetryreferstotheworksofthe17th-centurywriterswhowroteundertheinfluenceof______.A.JohnDonneB.AlexanderPopeC.ChristopherMarloweD.JohnMilton16.ItisgenerallyregardedthatKeats9smostimportantandmaturepoemsareintheformof______.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.IWanderedLonelyasaCloudbyWilliamWordsworthC.RemorsebySamuelTaylorColeridgeD.LeavesofGrassWaltWhitman19.TheliteraryformwhichisfullydevelopedandthemostflourishingduringtheRomanticPeriodis______.A.proseB.dramaC.novelD.poetry20.WhichofthefollowingpoembyT.S.Eliotishailedasalandmarkandamodelofthe20thcenturyEnglishpoetry?A.Poems1909-1925B.TheHollowManC.PrufrockandOtherObservationsD.TheWasteLand21.MyLastDuchessisapoemthatbestexemplifierRobertBrowning's______.A.sensitiveearforthesoundsoftheEnglishlanguageB.excellentchoiceofwordsC.masteringofthemetricaldevicesD.useofthedramaticmonologue22.Dickens'worksarecharacterizedbyaminglingof______andpathos.A.humorB.satireC.passionD.metaphor23.WaltWhitman,whose______establishedhimasthemostpopularAmericanpoetofthe19thcentury.A.LeavesofGrassB.GoDown,MosesC.TheMarbleFaunD.AsILayDying24.hasalwaysbeenregardedasawriterwho“perfectedthebestclassicstylethatAmericanLiteratureeverproduced.”A.EdgarEllenPoeB.WaltWhitmanC.HenryDavidThoreauD.WashingtonIrving25.TheRomanticPeriod,oneofthemostimportantperiodsinthehistoryofAmericanliterature,stretchesfromtheendof__totheoutbreakof_____.A.the17thcentury…theAmericanWarofIndependenceB.the18thcentury…theAmericanCivilWarC.the17thcentury…theAmericanCivilWarD.the18thcentury…theU.S.-MexicanWar26.WhichoneofthefollowingstatementsisNOTtrueofAmericanTranscendentalism?A.ItcanbeclearlydefinedasapartofAmericanRomanticliterarymovement.B.Itcanbedefinedphilosophicallyastherecognitioninmanofthecapacityofknowingtruthintuitively.C.RalphWaldoEmersonwasthechiefadvocateofthisspiritualmovement.D.ItsprangfromSouthAmericainthelate19thcent