英美文学选读自考真题

═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════全国2010年4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的位置上(全部题目用英文作答)I．MultipleChoice(40pointsinall,1foreach)Selectfromthefourchoicesofeachitemtheonethatbestanswersthequestionorcompletesthestatement.WritethecorrespondingletterA,B,CorDontheanswersheet.1.T.S.Eliot’s______bearingastrongthematicresemblancetoTheWasteLand,isgenerallyregardedasthedarkestofEliot’spoems.A.“Gerontion”B.“Prufrock”C.MurderintheCathedralD.TheHollowMen2.Shelley’spoliticallyrics______isnotonlyawarcrycallinguponallworkingpeopletoriseupagainsttheirpoliticaloppressors,butanaddresstothempointingouttheintolerableinjusticeofeconomicexploitation.A.“OdetoLiberty”B.“OdetoNaples”C.“OdetotheWestWind”D.“MenofEngland”3.Charlotte’sworksarefamousforthedepictionofthelifeof______workingwomen,particularlygovernesses.A.themiddle-classB.thelower-classC.theupper-middle-classD.theupper-class4.AllofthefollowingworksareknownasHardy’s“novelsofcharacterandenvironment”EXCEPT______.A.TheReturnoftheNativeB.TessoftheD’UrbervillesC.JudetheObscureD.FarfromtheMaddingCrowd5.JaneAusten’spracticalidealismisthatloveshouldbejustifiedby______anddisciplinedbyself-control.A.reasonB.senseC.rationalityD.sensibility6.Shakespeare’s______,anelaborateandfantasticstory,isknownasthebestofhisfinalromances.A.TheWinter’sTaleB.TheTempestC.TheTamingoftheShrewD.Love’sLabour’sLost7.“Whereintelligencewasfallible,limited,theImaginationwasourhopeofcontactwitheternalforces,withthewholespiritualworld.”wassaidby______.A.WilliamWordsworthB.WilliamBlakeC.SamuelTaylorColeridgeD.JohnKeats═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════8.“Tobe,ornottobe-thatisthequestion;/Whether’tisnoblerinthemindtosuffer/Theslingsandarrowsofoutrageousfortune,/Ortotakearmsagainstaseaoftroubles,/Andbyopposingendthen?”Theselinesaretakenfrom______.A.KingLearB.RomeoandJulietC.OthelloD.Hamlet9.JohnMilton’smostpowerfuldramaticpoemontheGreekmodelis______.A.ParadiseLostB.ParadiseRegainedC.SamsonAgonistesD.Lycidas10.Becauseofhersensitivitytouniversalpattensofhumanbehavior,______hasbroughttheEnglishnovel,asanartofform,toitsmaturity.A.CharlotteBronteB.JaneAustenC.EmilyBronteD.HenryFielding11.DanielDefoe’s______isuniversallyconsideredashismasterpiece.A.ColonelJackB.RobinsonCrusoeC.CaptainSingletonD.AJournalofthePlagueYear12.Poetryisdefinedby______as“thespontaneousoverflowofpowerfulfeelings,whichoriginatesinemotionrecollectedintranquility”.A.WilliamWordsworthB.WilliamBlakeC.PercyByssheShelleyD.RobertSouthey13.JonathanSwift’s______isgenerallyregardedasthebestmodelofsatire,notonlyoftheperiodbutalsointhewholeEnglishliteraryhistory.A.Gulliver’sTravelsB.TheBattleoftheBooksC.“AModestProposal”D.ATaleofaTub14.AllofthefollowingstatementsabouttheVictorianperiodistrueEXCEPT______.A.Englandwasthe“workshopoftheworld”.B.Theearlyyearswasatimeofrapideconomicdevelopmentaswellasserioussocialproblems.C.Towardsthemid-century,Englandhadreacheditshighestpointofdevelopmentasaworldpower.D.Capitalismcameintoitsmonopolystage,thegapbetweentherichandthepoorwasfurtherdeepened.15.GeorgeBernardShaw’s______isagrotesquelyrealisticexposureofslumlandlordism.A.Widower’sHouseB.Mrs.Warren’sProfessionC.TheAppleCartD.GettingMarried16.Dickens’sfirstchildherois______.A.LittleNellB.DavidCopperfieldC.OliverTwistD.LittleDorrit17.Ofalltheeighteenth-centurynovelists______wasthefirsttosetout,bothintheoryandpractice,towritespecificallya═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════“comicepicinprose”,thefirsttogivethemodernnovelitsstructureandstyle.A.HenryFieldingB.DanielDefoeC.JonathanSwiftD.LaurenceSterne18.D.H.Lawrence’s______isaremarkablenovelinwhichtheindividualconsciousnessissubtlyrevealedandstrandsofthemesareintricatelywoundup.A.SonsandLoversB.TheRainbowC.WomeninLoveD.LadyChatterley’sLove19.DickensattackstheUtilitarianprinciplethatrulesovertheEnglisheducationsystemanddestroysyoungheartsandmindsin______.A.HandTimesB.GreatExpectationsC.OurMutualFriendD.BleakHouse20.Thebeliefoftheeighteenth-centuryneoclassicistsinEnglandledthemtoseekthefollowingEXCEPT______.A.proportionB.unityC.harmonyD.spirit21.TheRenaissancemarksatransitionfrom______tothemodernworld.A.theoldEnglishB.themedievalC.thefeudalistD.thecapitalist22.ThegreatpoliticalandsocialeventsintheEnglishsocietyofneoclassicalperiodwerethefollowingEXCEPT______.A.theRestorationofKingCharlesIIin1660B.theGreatPlagueof1665C.theGreatLondonFirein1666D.theWarsofRosesin168923.WiththescarletletterAasthebiggestsymbolofall,______proveshimselftobeoneofthebestsymbolists.A.HawthorneB.DreiserC.JamesD.Faulkner24.TheauthorofLeavesofGrass,agiantofAmericanletters,is______.A.FaulknerB.DreiserC.JamesD.Whitman25.InTenderistheNight,______tracesthedeclineofayoungAmericanpsychiatristwhosemarriagetoabeautifulandwealthypatientdrainshispersonalenergiesandcorrodeshisprofessionalcareer.A.DreiserB.FaulknerC.FitzgeraldD.JackLondon26.Melvilleisbest-knownastheauthorofhismightybook,________,whichisoneoftheworld’sgreatestmasterpieces.A.SongofMyselfB.Moby-DickC.TheMarbleFaunD.MossesfromanOldManse27