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全国2005年4月高等教育自学考试英美文学选读试题课程代码：00604全部题目用英文作答，并将答案写在答题纸相应位置上，否则不计分PARTONE(40POINTS)I.MultipleChoice(40pointsinall,1foreach)Selectfromthefourchoicesofeachitemtheonethatbestanswersthequestionorcompletesthestatement.Writeyourchoiceontheanswersheet.1.ThemostsignificantideaoftheRenaissanceis（）.A.humanismB.realismC.naturalismD.skepticism2.Shakespeare’stragediesincludeallthefollowingexcept（）.A.HamletandKingLearB.AntonyandCleopatraandMacbethC.JuliusCaesarandOthelloD.TheMerchantofVeniceandAMidsummerNight’sDream3.Thestatement“Studiesservefordelight,forornament,andforability”opensoneofwell-knownessaysby（）.A.FrancisBaconB.SamuelJohnsonC.AlexanderPopeD.JonathanSwift4.InHardy’sWessexnovels,thereisanapparent（）touchinhisdescriptionofthesimplethoughprimitiverurallife.A.nostalgicB.humorousC.romanticD.ironic5.Backbite,Sneerwell,andLadyTeazlearecharactersintheplayTheSchoolforScandalby（）.A.ChristopherMarloweB.BenJonsonC.RichardBrinsleySheridanD.GeorgeBernardShaw6.Ofallthe18thcenturynovelistsHenryFieldingwasthefirsttosetout,bothintheoryandpractice,towritespecificallya“（）inprose,”thefirsttogivethemodernnovelitsstructureandstyle.A.tragicepicB.comicepicC.romanceD.lyricepic7.Inhispoem“Tyger,Tyger,”WilliamBlakeexpresseshisperceptionofthe“fearfulsymmetry”ofthebigcat.Thephrase“fearfulsymmetry”suggests（）.A.thetiger’stwoeyeswhicharedazzlinglybrightandsymmetricallysetB.thepoet’sfearofthepredatorC.theanalogyofthehammerandtheanvilD.theharmonyofthetwooppositeaspectsofGod’screation8.“Whatishisname?”“Bingley.”“Ishemarriedorsingle?”“Oh!Single,mydear,tobesure!Asinglemanoflargefortune;fourorfivethousandayear.Whatafinethingforourgirls!”Theabovedialoguemustbetakenfrom（）.A.JaneAusten’sPrideandPrejudiceB.EmilyBronte’sWutheringHeightsC.JohnGalsworthy’sTheForsyteSagaD.GeorgeEliot’sMiddlemarch9.Theshortstory“Araby”isoneofthestoriesinJamesJoyce’scollection（）.A.APortraitoftheArtistasaYoungManB.UlyssesC.FinnegansWakeD.Dubliners10.WilliamWordsworth,aromanticpoet,advocatedallthefollowingexcept（）.A.theusingofeverydaylanguagespokenbythecommonpeopleB.theexpressionofthespontaneousoverflowofpowerfulfeelingsC.thehumbleandrusticlifeassubjectmatterD.elegantwordingandinflatedfiguresofspeech11.HerearetwolinestakenfromTheMerchantofVenice:“Notonthysole,butonthysoul,harshJew/Thoumak’stthyknifekeen.”Whatkindoffigurativedeviceisusedintheabovelines?（）A.Simile.B.Metonymy.C.Pun.D.Synecdoche.12.“IfWintercomes,canSpringbefarbehind?”isanepigrammaticlineby（）.A.J.KeatsB.W.BlakeC.W.WordsworthD.P.B.Shelley13.Thepoemssuchas“TheChimneySweeper”arefoundinbothSongsofInnocenceandSongsofExperienceby（）.A.WilliamWordsworthB.WilliamBlakeC.JohnKeatsD.LordGordonByron14.JohnBunyan’sPilgrim’sProgressisoftenregardedasatypicalexampleof（）.A.allegoryB.romanceC.epicinproseD.fable15.AlexanderPopestronglyadvocatedneoclassicism,emphasizingthatliteraryworksshouldbejudgedby（）rulesoforder,reason,logic,restrainedemotion,goodtasteanddecorum.A.classicalB.romanticC.sentimentalD.allegorical16.Inhisessay“OfStudies,”Baconsaid:“Somebooksaretobetasted,otherstobeswallowed,andsomefewtobechewedand（）.”A.skimmedB.perfectedC.imitatedD.digested17.“ForIhaveknownthemallalready,knownthemall—/Haveknowntheevenings,mornings,afternoons,/Ihavemeasuredoutmylifewithcoffeespoons.”Theabovelinesaretakenfrom（）.A.Wordsworth’s“TheSolitaryReaper”B.Eliot’s“TheLoveSongofJ.AlfredPrufrock”C.Coleridge’s“KublaKhan”D.Yeats’s“TheLakeIsleofInnisfree”18.(The)（）wasaprogressiveintellectualmovementthroughoutWesternEuropeinthe18thcentury.A.RomanticismB.HumanismC.EnlightenmentD.Sentimentalism19.AtypicalForsyte,accordingtoJohnGalsworthy,isamanwithastrongsenseof（）,whoneverpaysanyattentiontohumanfeelings.A.moralityB.justiceC.propertyD.humor20.ThetypicalfeatureofRobertBrowning’spoetryisthe（）.A.bittersatireB.larger-than-lifecaricatureC.LatinizeddictionD.dramaticmonologue21.GeorgeBernardShaw’splay,Mrs.Warren’sProfessionisagrotesquelyrealisticexposureofthe（）.A.slumlandlordismB.politicalcorruptioninEnglandC.economicoppressionofwomenD.religiouscorruptioninEngland22.ThestorystartingwiththemarriageofPaul’sparentsWalterMorelandMrs.Morelmustbe（）.A.ThomasHardy’sTessoftheD’UrbervillesB.D.H.Lawrence’sSonsandLoversC.GeorgeEliot’sMiddlemarchD.CharlotteBronte’sJaneEyre23.InAmericanliteraturethefirstimportantwriterwhoearnedaninternationalfameonbothsidesoftheAtlanticOceanis（）.A.WashingtonIrvingB.RalphWaldoEmersonC.NathanielHawthorneD.WaltWhitman24.TheAmericannovelistNathanielHawthorneisknownforhis“blackvision.”Theterm“blackvision”refersto（）.A.Hawthorne’sobservationthateverymanfacesablackwallB.Hawthorne’sbeliefthatallmenarebynatureevilC.thatHawthorneemployedadreamvisiontotellhisstoryD.thatPuritansofHawthorne’stimeusuallyworeblackclothes25.TheodoreDreiserwasoncecriticizedforhis（）instyle,butasatrueartisthisstrengthjustliesinthathisstyleisveryseriousandwellcalculatedtoachievethethematicendshesought.A.crudenessB.eleganceC.concisenessD.subtlety26.“Heisthelastoftheromanticheroes,whoseenergyandsenseofcommitmenttakehiminsearchofhispersonalGrail;hisfailuremagnifiestoagreatextenttheendo