1、2004年4月英美文學(xué)選讀試題PART ONE (40 POINTS )I .Multiple Choice (40 points in all, 1 for each)Select from the four choices of each item the one that best answers the question or completes the statement.Write your correct an swer on the an swer sheet.1. “ And we wi sit upon the rocks, /See ing the shepherds f

2、eed their flocks,/By shallow rivers to whose falls/Melodiousbirds sing madrigals.” The above lines are taken from.A. Milt on Pasadise LostB. Marlowe ' s “ The Passi on ate shepherd to His Love”C. Shakespeare ' s “ Sonnet 18 ” D. John Donne ' s "The Sun Rising ”2. The En glish Ren ai

3、ssa nee period was an age of.A. poetry and dramaB. drama and no velC. no vel and poetryD. romance and poetry3. Here are four lines taken from Edmund SpenserThe Faerie'Queene :“ But on his brest a bloudie Crosse he bore,/Thedeare remembrance of his dying Lord,/For whose sweete sake that glorious

4、badge he wore,/And dead as living everhim adored. ” Who is the “ dying Lord ” discussed in the above lines?A. BeowulfB. King Arthur C. Jesus ChristD. Jupiter4.ln Shakespeare Merchant of Venice, Antonio could not pay back the money he borrowed from Shylock, becauseA. his money was all in vested in th

5、e n ewly-emergi ng textile in dustryB. his en terprise went ban kruptC. Bassa nio was able to pay his own debtD. his ships had all bee n lost5. Which of the following statements best illustrates the theme of Shakespeare' s Sonnet 18?A. The speaker eulogizes the power of Nature.B. The speaker sat

6、irizes human vanity.C. The speaker praises the power of artistic creati on.D. The speaker meditates on man' s salvation.6. In En glish poetry, a four-l ine sta nza is called.A. heroic couplet B. quatrainC. Spen seria n sta nzaD. terza rima7. “ Let not Ambit ion mock their useful toil,/Their home

7、ly joys, and desti ny obscure;/Nor Gran deur hear with adisda inful smile /The short and simple ann als of the poor.”The above lines are taken from .A. Alexa nder Pope Essay on CriticismB. Coleridge ' s “ Kubla Khan ”C. John Donne ' s " The Sun Rising ”D. Thomas Gray ' s “ Elegy Wri

8、tten in a Country Churchyard”8. By making the truth-seek ing pilgrims suffer at the hands of the people of Vanity Fair, Joh n Bunyan intends to showthe prevale nt political and religiousof his time.A. persecuti onB. improveme ntC. prosperityD. disillusi onment9. The 18 th century witnessed a new lit

9、erary form themodern English novel,which, contrary to the medievalromance,gives aprese ntati on of life of the com mon people.A. roma nticB. realisticC. propheticD. idealistic-第1頁共10頁-10. As a whole, is one of the most effective and devastating criticisms and satires of all aspects in the thenEnglis

10、h and European life socially, politically, religiously, philosophically, scientifically, and morally.A. Moll FlandersB. Gulliver s TravelsC. Pilgrim s ProgressD. The School for Scan dal11. An hon est, kin d-hearted you ng man, who is full of ani mal spirit and lacks prude nee, is expelled from the p

11、aradiseand has to go through hard experie nce to gain kno wledge of himself and fin ally to have bee n accepted both by a virtuous lady and a rich relative .The above sentence may well sum up the theme of Fielding. ' s workA. Jon athan Wild the GreatB. Tom JonesC. The Coffe-House Politicia nD. A

12、melia12. In Sheridan The School for scandal , the man who wins the hand of his beloved as well as the inheritance of hisrich un cle is.A. Charles SurfaceB. Joseph SurfaceC. Sir Peter TeazleD. Sir Benjamin Backbite13. Which of the following works best represents the national spirit of the 18 th-centu

13、ry England?A. Robinson CrusoeB. Gulliver s TravelsC. Jon athan Wild the GreatD. A Sen time ntal Journey14. Shelley' s masterpiece,rometheus Unbound , is a verse drama, which borrows the basic story from.A. the BibleB. a Germa n lege ndC. a Greek playD. One Thousa nd and One Nights15. In the firs

14、t part of the novel Pride and prejudice , Mr. Darcy has a (n)of the Bennet family .A. high opinionB. great admirati onC. low op inionD. erron eous view16. In Byron ' s poem “ Song for the Luddites,” the word “ Luddite ” refers to the.A. workers who destroyed the machi nes in their protest aga in

15、st un employme ntB. rising bourgeoisie who fights against the aristocratic classC. desce ndents of the an cie nt king ,LudD. poor cou ntry people who suffered un der the rule of the lan dlord class17. Mr. Micawber in David Copperfield and Sam Well in Pickwick Papers are perhaps the best characterscr

16、eated by Charles Dicke ns.A. comicB.tragicC. rou ndD.sophisticated18. A typical feature of the En glish Victoria n literature is that writers became social and moral, expos ing allkinds of social evils.A. revoluti on ariesB. idealistsC. criticsD. defe nders19. “ 1st not sufficient for your infernal

17、selfishness, that while you are at peace I shall writhe in the torments ofhell? ” (Heathcliff uttered the seietnce in the death scene of Catherine from Chapter XV ofWuthering Heights .) Theword “ hell ” at the end of the quoted sentence refers .A. Heave nB. HadesC. the n ext world D. this world20. A

18、 typical Forsyte, accord ing to Joh n Galsworthy, is a man with a stro ng sense of ,who n ever pays anyatte nti on to huma n feeli ngs.A. justiceB. humorC. moralityD. property21. “ He wassile nt with con ceitof his son.Mrs. Morel sni ffed, asif it were nothing.So|s and Lovers byD. H.La wrence)From t

19、he above quotation, we can see that Mrs. Morel' s attitude to her husband is-第2頁共10頁-A. sincerely warmC. seemingly angryB. genuinely kindD. merely contemptuous22. A boy makes a quest of his idealized childish love through painful experience up to the point of losing his innocence and coming to s

20、ee the drabness and harshness of the adult world.The above sentence may well sum up the major theme of .A. Eliot ' s poTehme love Song of J. Alfred PrufrockB. Bernard shaw 'lays Mprs. Warren s 'ProfessionC. Joyce ' s stAoryabyD. Lawrence ' s stoTrhye Horse Dealer s D'aughter2

21、3. Linguistically, compared with the writings of Mark Twain, Henry James' s fiction is noted for his A. frontier vernacular B. rich colloquialismC. vulgarly descriptive wordsD. refined elegant language24. Which of the following statements about Washington Irving is NOT true?A. Literary imaginati

22、on should breed in a land rich in the past culture.B. He is preoccupied with the Calvinistic view of original sin and the mystery of evil.C. His stories are among the best of the American literature.D. Some of his works are based on the materials of the European legendary tales.25. Which of the foll

23、owing is NOT one of the main ideas advocated by Emerson, the chief spokesman of New England Transcendentalism?A. As an individual, man is divine and can develop and improve himself infinitely.B. Nature exercises a healthy and restorative influence on human beings.C. There exists an emotional com mun

24、ication between an individual soul and the universal“ Oversoul. ”D. Evil and sin are ever present in human heart and will pass on from one generation to another.26. Whitman ' s poems are characterized by all the following features EXCEPT .A. the strict poetic formB. the free and natural rhythmC.

25、 the easy flow of feelingsD. the simple and conversational language27. “ Then all collapsed, and the great shroud of the sea rolled on as it rolled five thousand years ago. sentence, the author might imply that .A. nothing changes in the 5000 years of human historyB. man ' s desire to conquer na

26、ture can only end in his own destructionC. nature is evil as it was 5000 years agoD. nature has the ultimate creative power28. “Standing on the bare ground, my head bathed by the blithe air, and uplifted into infinite space ,all mean egotism vanishes. I become a transparent eye-ball. I am nothing. I

27、 see all. The currents of the Universal Being circulate through me; I am part or par ticle of God. ”The above passage is taken from .A. Stowe 'Unscle Tom s'CabinB. Cooper ' s “ Leatherstocking Tales ”C. Emerson ' s “ Nature ” D. Dreiser S'isster Carrie29. Which of the following w

28、orks best illustrates the Calvinistic view of original sin?A. Stowe 'Unscle Ton s 'CabinB. James 'Thse Portrait of a Lady .C. Hemingway 'AsFarewell to ArmsD. Hawthorne 'Thse Scarlet Letter .30. Beside symbolism, all the following qualities EXCEPT are fused to make Melville 'M

29、osby-Dick a worldclassic.A. narrative powerB. psychological analysisC. speculative agility D. optimistic view of life31. In all his novels Theodore Dreiser sets himself to project the American values. For example, inSister Carrie ,there is not one character whose status is not determined economicall

30、y.A. Puritan B. materialisticC. psychological32. In Daisy Miller, Henry James reveals DaisyD. religious's by showing her relatively unreserved manners.A. hypocrisyC. grace and patienceB. cold and indifferenceD. Americanness33. The raft with which Huck and Jim make their voyage down the Mississip

31、pi River may symbolize all the following EXCEPT .A. a return to natureB. an escape from evils, injustices, and corruption of the civilized societyC. the American society in the early 19th centuryD. a small world where people of different colors can live friendly and happily34. Emily Grierson, the pr

32、otagonist in Faulkner“A R'osesftoryEmily,” can be redg arsdea symbol for all thefollowing qualities EXCEPT.A. old valuesB. rigid ideas of social statusC. bigotry and eccentricityD. harmony and integrity35. As a Modernist poet ,Pound is noted for his active involvement in the .A. cubist school of

33、 modern paintingB. Imagist MovementC. stream-of-consciousness techniqueD. German Expressionism36. The statement that a boy' s night journey to an Indian village to witness the violence of both birth and death providesall the possibilities of a learning experience may well sum up the major theme

34、of .A. Faulkner ' s story “ A Rose for Emily”B. Hemingway ' s story “ Indian Camp ”C. Irving ' s story “ The Legend of Sleepy Hollow”D. James ' s story “ Daisy Miller ”37. Which of the following plays by O ' Neill can be read autobiographically?A. The Hairy ApeB. The Emperor Jone

35、sC. The Iceman Cometh D. Long Day s'Journey Into Night38. When we say that a poor young man from the West tried to make his fortune in the East but was disillusioned in thequest of an idealized dream, we are probably discussing about ' s thematic concern in his fiction writing.A. Henry James

36、B. Scott FitzgeraldC. Ernest HemingwayD. William Faulkner39. After his experiences in the forest, Young Goodman Brown returns to Salem .A. desperate and gloomyB. renewed in his faithC. wearing a black veilD. unaware of his own sin40. According to Mark Twain, in river towns up and down the Mississipp

37、i, it was every boyome day grow' s dream to sA. Methodist preacherup to beB. a justice of the peace -第 4 頁 共 10 頁-C. a riverboat pilot D. a pirate on the Indian oceanPART TWO (60POINTS)n .Reading comprehension(16 points,4 for each)Read the quoted parts carefully and answer the questions in Engli

38、sh. Write your answer in the correspondingspace on the answer sheet.41. “ One short sleep past, we wake eternally,And death shall be no more; death, thou shalt die.”Questions:A. Identify the poem and the poet.B. What does the word“ sleep ” mean?C. What idea do the two lines express?42. “ Never did s

39、un more beautifully steepIn his first splendor, valley, rock, or hill;Ne' er saw I, never felt, a calm so deep!The river glideth at his own sweet will:Dear God! The very houses seem asleep;And all that mighty heart is lying still!”(William Wordsworth 's sonnet:“Composed upon Westminster Brid

40、ge ” September 3, 1802)Questions:A. What does the word “ glideth ” in the fourth line mean?B. What kind of figure of speech is used by wordsworth to describe the “river ”?C. What idea does the fourth line express?43. “ With Blueuncertain stumbling Buzz Between the light and meAnd then the Windows fa

41、iled and thenI could not see to see”Questions:A. Identify the poem and the poet.B. What do “Windows” symbolically stand for?C. What idea does the quoted passage express?44. “ Is dying hard, Daddy? 'No, I think it 's pretty easy, Nick, It all depends.”'Questions:A. Identify the work and t

42、he author.B. What was Nick preoccupied with when he asked the question?C. Why did the father add“It all depends ” after he answered his son's question?皿.Questions and Answers(24 points in all, 6 for each)Give brief answers to each of the following questions in English. Write your answers in the

43、corresponding space on the answer sheet.45. It is said that B. Shaw'splay, Mrs. Warren s'Profession, has a strong realistic theme, which fully reflects the dramatist 's Fabianist idea. Try to summarize this theme briefly.46. Emily Bronte used a very complicated narrative technique in wri

44、ting her novel Wuthering Heights. Try to tell Bronte 's way of narration berfily.47. “In your rocking-chair, by your window dreaming, shall you long, alone. In your rocking-chair, by your window, shall you dream such happiness as you may never feel. ” The two sentences are taken from Theodore Dr

45、eiser Sister Carrie . What i dea can you draw from the“-crhoacikring”?48. The literary school of naturalism was quite popular in the late 19 th century. What are the major characteristics of naturalism?IV . Topic Discussion(20 points in all, 10 for each)Write no less than 150 words on each of the fo

46、llowing topics in English in the corresponding space on the answer sheet.49. Discuss the possible theme in W.B. Yeats '“s TheLake Isle of Innisfree a”nd how that theme is presented in the poem.50. “My faith is gone! ” cried he (Goodman Brown), after one stupefied moment.“There is no good on eart

47、h;but a name. Come, devil! For to thee is this world given.”Comment on this passage from Hawthorne's “Young Goodman Brown ”.絕密煮啟用前編號(hào)：1542004年上半年高等教育自學(xué)考試全國統(tǒng)_命題考試 x卅英美文學(xué)選讀試題答案及評(píng)分參考(課程代碼0604 )PART ONEI. Multiple Choice (40 points in alt, I for each)LB2. A1C 4.D8” A9+B10, B1LB15. C16. A17. Al&C1

48、2. A22* C 23” D 24. B25* D9D26. A29. D 30* D 31. B32 D31C6.B7.D13. A14, C20. D2LD27. B28. C34. D35. B36. B 37. D 38. B39, A40. CPART TWOU, Reading Comprehension (16 points, 4 for each)41. A. John Donne: "Death Be Not Proud.”B, Death.C. Shortly after our death (compared to %lcep"). our soul

49、 will enter heaven and live happily forever.第一問、第二冋各1分*第三問2分。語言錨謀酌情扣分。4Z A” To move smoothly and quietly, as if no cifoii was being made*B. Personification. Here the river i$ personified so that it has its own willG Wordsworth emphasizes ihat the river runs freely (in the early morning because there

50、 is no barges or steamers or other kind of man-made burdens imposed on it to hinder its running).第一問、第二問各分.第三冋2分©第三問參考答寒中括號(hào)里的內(nèi)容未答出，不予扣分。 語言錯(cuò)誤酌情扣分43. A. Emily Dickinson: (45) "I Heard a Fly Buzz When I Died"*B, Eyes, for they arc considered as the windows of human soulC. The last thing

51、 the dying person saw and beard was the fly and its buzz. When the eyes failed, the human soiil was closed and lhe person died* (The speaker could not see any of the afterlife or God or angels she expected to see.)【評(píng)分參考第一問、第二R各1分'第三問2分.第三問參考塔案中括號(hào)里的內(nèi)容未答出，不予扣九誦宵錯(cuò)課黔博扣分*i-j ATt* fill*'44. A. Ern

52、est Hemingway: Indian Camp.B, Ufe and death.C» When the father says that dying is pretty easy, lie might be (hiaking about the self-murdered husband. But when he reflects on the wife's miracle survival of the violent pain in the whole process of birth, he adds the final sentence. Dying is b

53、oth hard and easy, it all depends on mdividuah.第一問、第二問各1分，第三問2分。語言錯(cuò)誤怖扣分。HL Questions and Answers (24 points in all, 6 for each)45. A. The play reveals that guilt for prostitution lies more upon the social system than the immoral woman.B* In the play, Shaw shows clearly that all human sufferings are

54、consequences of the cruel economic exploitation, which is pursued shamelessly by the scxalled respectable members of the society through the lowest and the dirtiest means.人點(diǎn)2分，B點(diǎn)4分。語言錯(cuò)謀酌帝扣分。46, A+ Emily Bronte staits the story from towards the cud when Heathcliff is master ofboth Withering Heights a

55、nd Thmsbcross Grange and. little Cathy and Hareion are still in his clutch, and then goes back to the very beginning and moves back and forth a$ the occasion requires.B. Most of the story is told by Nelly, Caiherine old nurse, to Mr. Lockwood, a temporary tenant at Thrushcross Grange.C. Part of it i

56、s told by Mr Lockwood himself, and part through Cayenne's diary and Isabella letters co Nelly.【粉鈔】只要考生琴對(duì)il意轉(zhuǎn)點(diǎn)即可細(xì)筑語占錯(cuò)浜酌卅扌分.47* A+ The rocking-chair*' is a symbol standing for fate, h is like a cradle that makes one feel peaceful, It is also like a tide that ever goes on with life, the destiny

57、 of which is uncertain.比 Al the end of the novel, Carrie sits in he rocking-chair, which implies that her future is still uncertain and hard to foresee.【粉鉗A. B兩點(diǎn)各3分。語言錯(cuò)課酌悄和分“48. A, Strongly itiflucnced by social Darwinism, naturalism emphasizes the determining power of the crushijig forces of environment and heredity.B. Being devoid of the freedom of choice and incapable of shaping their own destinies, men and women arc helpless and insignificant in a cold and indifferent world.C. The naturalistic writers reported truthfully and