1、2016 年 4 月全国自考（英美文学选读）真题试卷及答案解析(总分：100.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、单项选择题(总题数：40，分数：80.00)1.The tragic sense turns into despair in Thomas Hardy s_, where the protagonists have to kill their own will and passion and return to their former destructive way of life.（分数：2.00）A.The Return of the NativeB.The Mayor of C
2、asterbridgeC.Tess of D UrbervillesD.Jude the Obscure2.William Shakespeare wrote_history plays in the first period of his dramatic career.（分数：2.00）A.3B.4C.5D.63.Paradise Lost is a masterpiece by_.（分数：2.00）A.Christopher MarlowB.John MiltonC.William ShakespeareD.Ben Johnson4.The typical representatives
3、 of G.B. Shaw s early plays are_.（分数：2.00）A.Man and Superman; The Apple CartB.Widower s House; Mrs. Warrens ProfessionC.Candida; Warren s ProfessionD.The Apple Cart; Widower s House5.The person who can penetrate to the heart of things and give the readers the very life of nature is_.（分数：2.00）A.Willi
4、am WordsworthB.John MiltonC.Daniel DefoeD.William Shakespeare6.In which novel can the word “Yahoo“ be found?（分数：2.00）A.John Bunyan s Pilgrims Progress.B.Edmund Spencer s The Faerie Queen.C.Jonathan Swift s Gulliver s Travels.D.Henry Fielding s Tom Jones.7.T. S. Eliot won the Nobel Prize of Literatur
5、e in_.（分数：2.00）A.1935B.1948C.1962D.19768.Which of the following is NOT true in terms of Pride and Prejudice?（分数：2.00）A.It is the most popular of Jane Austen s novels.B.It is originally drafted as “First Impressions“.C.It is a tragic novel.D.It explores the relationship between great love and realist
6、ic benefits.9.Thomas Hardy s pessimistic view of life predominates most of his later works and earns him a reputation as a_writer.（分数：2.00）A.realisticB.naturalisticC.romanticD.stylistic10.Shelley s greatest achievement is his four-act poetic drama_.（分数：2.00）A.HellasB.Prometheus UnboundC.ZastrozziD.Q
7、ueen Mab11.The novel Emma is written by_.（分数：2.00）A.Mary ShelleyB.Charlotte BronteC.Elizabeth C. GaskellD.Jane Austen12.As a critic of music and drama, _thought that art should serve social purposes by reflecting human life, revealing social contradictions and educating the common people.（分数：2.00）A.
8、T. S. EliotB.Oscar WildeC.George Bernard ShawD.W.B. Yeats13.The poetic line “If winter comes, can spring be far behind?“ is quoted from_.（分数：2.00）A.Don JuanB.Kubla KhanC.To AutumnD.Ode to the West Wind14.Which of the following novels is NOT written by Dickens?（分数：2.00）A.A Tale of Two Cities.B.The Mi
9、ll on the Floss.C.The Pickwick Papers.D.Great Expectations.15.William Blake s_marks his entry into maturity.（分数：2.00）A.Poetical SketchesB.Songs of InnocenceC.Marriage of Heaven and HellD.Songs of Experience16.Henry Fielding s_brings him the name of “Prose Homer“.（分数：2.00）A.The History of Jonathan Wi
10、ld the GreatB.The History of Tom Jones, a FoundlingC.The History of AmeliaD.The History of Joseph Andrews17.Daniel Defoe describes_as a typical English middle-class man of the 18th century, the very prototype of the empire builder, the pioneer colonist.（分数：2.00）A.Robinson CrusoeB.Moll FlandersC.Gull
11、iverD.Tome Jones18.The greatest English critical realist novelist was_, who criticized the bourgeois civilization and showed the misery of the common people.（分数：2.00）A.William Makepeace ThackerayB.Jane AustenC.Charles DickensD.Charlotte Bronte19.The success of Jane Eyre is partly due to its introduc
12、tion to the English novel the first _heroine.（分数：2.00）A.explorerB.peasantC.workerD.governess20.Which of the following works was NOT written by David Herbert Laurence?（分数：2.00）A.Lady Chatterley s Lover.B.The Picture of Dorian Gray.C.Sons and Lovers.D.Women in Love.21.T. S. Eliot s _has been hailed as
13、 a landmark and a model of the 20th century English poetry.（分数：2.00）A.Four QuartetsB.The Waste LandC.Ash WednesdayD.Collected Poems22.Which of the following is NOT the major figure of English modernist movement?（分数：2.00）A.James Joyce.B.Ezra Pound.C.T. S. Eliot.D.Charles Dickens.23.Hawthorne s litera
14、ry world turns out to be a most disturbed, tormented and_one possible to imagine.（分数：2.00）A.humorousB.brightC.problematicalD.complex24.The abundance of themes in Whitman s poetry voices_.（分数：2.00）A.evilB.sinsC.darknessD.freshness25.Billy Budd by Melville deals with the sea and_and the theme of a con
15、flict between innocence and corruption.（分数：2.00）A.workersB.sailorsC.farmersD.policemen26.Mark Twain s best works were produced when_.（分数：2.00）A.he was in the prime of his lifeB.he was in LondonC.he got marriedD.he went to Europe27.Henry James toured England, France and Italy, and met Flaubert, Maupa
16、ssant, Turgenev and _, who exerted a great influence on James.（分数：2.00）A.Russell AshB.ZolaC.Vincent AlsopD.Elizabeth Amherst28.Dickinson s poems are usually based on her own experiences, _.（分数：2.00）A.her sorrows and joysB.her marriageC.her illnessD.her family29.In 1925 Dreiser s greatest work_appear
17、ed. But it was banned in Boston in 1927.（分数：2.00）A.Death in the WoodsB.Old Rogaum and His TheresaC.An American TragedyD.The Call of the Wild30.Frost is generally considered a regional poet whose subject matters mainly focus on the landscape and people in _.（分数：2.00）A.New EnglandB.BostonC.ChicagoD.Ne
18、wYork31.Hemingway s first true novel is_.（分数：2.00）A.The Sun Also RisesB.Dreiser Looks at RussiaC.An American TragedyD.Old Rogaum and His Theresa32.In almost every book by Hawthorne, he discusses sin and_.（分数：2.00）A.evilB.politicsC.American dreamD.culture33.Whitman shows concern for_and the burgeonin
19、g life of cities.（分数：2.00）A.American poetsB.the whole hardworking peopleC.American novelistsD.political leaders34.Moby-Dick is regarded as the first American_.（分数：2.00）A.novelB.dramaC.prose epicD.poem35.All Mark Twain s masterworks drew upon the scenes and_of his boyhood and youth.（分数：2.00）A.sadness
20、B.loveC.happinessD.emotions36.It is Henry James _and his novels that make him a fascinating case in the American literary history.（分数：2.00）A.literary essaysB.autobiographiesC.travel accountsD.book reviews37.In some of Dickinson s poems she wrote about her doubt and belief about_.（分数：2.00）A.loveB.pol
21、iticsC.familyD.religious subjects38.Dreiser was influenced by many writers, but his true literary influences were from_, Balzac and Charles Darwin.（分数：2.00）A.Soame JenynsB.Herbert SpencerC.Elinor JamesD.Selwyn Jepson39.“New Hampshire“ won Frost the first of four_.（分数：2.00）A.Le Prix GoncourtsB.David
22、Cohen PrizesC.Pulitzer PrizesD.Nobel Prizes40.Hemingway s second big success is_, which wrote the epitaph to a decade and to the whole generation in the 1920s.（分数：2.00）A.The Scarlet LetterB.A Farewell to ArmsC.Civil DisobedienceD.The Last Tycoon二、阅读理解(总题数：4，分数：8.00)41.Too well I see and rue the dire
23、 event That with sad overthrow and foul defeat Hath lost us Heaven, and all this mighty host In horrible destruction laid thus low, As far as gods and heavenly essencesCan perish:for the mind and spirit remainsInvincible, and vigor soon returns, Though all our glory extinct, and happy stateHere swal
24、lowed up in endless misery.Questions:A. What is the title of the poem from which the stanza is taken? Who is the author?B What does “the dire event“ refer to in the first line?C. What is the theme of this poem?（分数：2.00）_42.I wandered lonely as a cloudThat floats on high o er vales and hills, When al
25、l at once I saw a crowd, A host, of golden daffodils; Beside the lake, beneath the trees, Fluttering and dancing in the breeze. Questions:A. What is the title of the poem from which the stanza is taken? Who is the author?B. What is the figure of speech used in the first line?C. What is the poet s at
26、titude toward nature?（分数：2.00）_43.Almost simultaneously, with a mighty volition of ungraduated, instantaneous swiftness, the White Whale darted through the weltering sea. But when Ahab cried out to the steersman to take new turns with the line, and hold it so; and commanded the crew to turn round on
27、 their seats, and tow the boat up to the mark; the moment the treacherous line felt that double strain and tug, it snapped in the empty air!Questions:A. What is the title of the novel from which the excerpt is taken? Who is the author?B. What scene is depicted in this excerpt?C. What does the white
28、whale symbolize? And why?（分数：2.00）_44.“Who is he“ I demanded. “Do you know?“ “ He s just a man named Gatsby. “ “Where is he from, I mean? And what does he do?“ “Now you re started on the subject, “she answered with a wan smile. “Well, he told me once he was an Oxford man. “ A dim background started
29、to take shape behind him, but at her next remark it faded away. “However, I dont believe it. “ “Why not?“ “I dont know, “she insisted, “I just dont think he went there. “ Questions: A. What is the title of the novel from which the excerpt is taken? Who is the author? B. What does Gatsby s failure st
30、and for? C. What does the underlined sentence mean?（分数：2.00）_三、简答题(总题数：4，分数：8.00)45.What are the general features of Shakespeare s romantic comedies?（分数：2.00）_46.What is your comment on the main features of Bernard Shaw s plays in terms of the plots or the talk?（分数：2.00）_47.How do you interpret the
31、meaning of “the damned human race“ with reference to The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain?（分数：2.00）_48.“Young Goodman Brown“ by Hawthorne exemplifies the power of blackness in society in general. What is the metaphorical meaning of Brown s experience in the woods?（分数：2.00）_四、论述题(总题数：2，分数
32、：4.00)49.As a novelist Jane Austen writes within a very narrow sphere. In her novels, there is little reflection on the events that stirred the whole Europe at the time. Briefly discuss the weak points and strong points of the narrowness of her writings.（分数：2.00）_50.Robert Frost has long been well k
33、nown as a poet who can hardly be classified with the old or the new. Briefly discuss the style of his poetry.（分数：2.00）_2016 年 4 月全国自考（英美文学选读）真题试卷答案解析(总分：100.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、单项选择题(总题数：40，分数：80.00)1.The tragic sense turns into despair in Thomas Hardy s_, where the protagonists have to kill their own w
34、ill and passion and return to their former destructive way of life.（分数：2.00）A.The Return of the NativeB.The Mayor of CasterbridgeC.Tess of D UrbervillesD.Jude the Obscure 解析：解析：托马斯-哈代是英国著名的诗人、小说家，无名的裘德是他最优秀的作品之一。小说以悲怆的笔调叙述了男主人公裘德和女主人公淑反抗世俗道德和僵化的宗教，但付出高昂而又惨痛的代价却也终难如愿的悲剧故事。2.William Shakespeare wrote_
35、history plays in the first period of his dramatic career.（分数：2.00）A.3B.4C.5 D.6解析：解析：威廉-莎士比亚是英国文学史上最杰出的剧作家和诗人，也是西方乃至全世界最卓越的文学家之一。他的戏剧创作生涯可以分为四个阶段，在第一阶段他创作了五部历史剧和四部喜剧故事。3.Paradise Lost is a masterpiece by_.（分数：2.00）A.Christopher MarlowB.John Milton C.William ShakespeareD.Ben Johnson解析：解析：约翰-弥尔顿是英国文学史
36、上最伟大的诗人之一。他最著名的作品是以圣经故事为题材的长篇诗作失乐园复乐园力士参孙。4.The typical representatives of G.B. Shaw s early plays are_.（分数：2.00）A.Man and Superman; The Apple CartB.Widower s House; Mrs. Warrens Profession C.Candida; Warren s ProfessionD.The Apple Cart; Widower s House解析：解析：萧伯纳是英国现代杰出的现实主义戏剧作家，他早期的戏剧主要关心社会问题，批判社会中的
37、经济、宗教问题，主要代表作为鳏夫的财产华伦夫人的职业。5.The person who can penetrate to the heart of things and give the readers the very life of nature is_.（分数：2.00）A.William Wordsworth B.John MiltonC.Daniel DefoeD.William Shakespeare解析：解析：威廉-华兹华斯是英国著名的浪漫主义诗人，被誉为“桂冠诗人”。华兹华斯被称为是“自然的崇拜者”，他的诗追求简单朴素的风格，展示自然之美，具有别人无法企及的纯净深远之美。6.I
38、n which novel can the word “Yahoo“ be found?（分数：2.00）A.John Bunyan s Pilgrims Progress.B.Edmund Spencer s The Faerie Queen.C.Jonathan Swift s Gulliver s Travels. D.Henry Fielding s Tom Jones.解析：解析：乔纳森-斯威夫特是英国作家、政论家和讽刺文学大师。“Yahoo”出自他的讽刺文学作品格列佛游记。7.T. S. Eliot won the Nobel Prize of Literature in_.（分数
39、：2.00）A.1935B.1948 C.1962D.1976解析：解析：T-S-艾略特是著名诗人、剧作家和文学批评家，现代派诗歌运动领袖。于 1943 年结集出版的四个四重奏使他获得了 1948 年度诺贝尔文学奖并确立了当时在世的最伟大英语诗人和作家的地位。8.Which of the following is NOT true in terms of Pride and Prejudice?（分数：2.00）A.It is the most popular of Jane Austen s novels.B.It is originally drafted as “First Impres
40、sions“.C.It is a tragic novel. D.It explores the relationship between great love and realistic benefits.解析：解析：傲慢与偏见是英国著名女性小说家简奥斯汀的代表作之一，原名最初的印象，探讨了爱情与现实利益之间的关系，通过对婚姻问题的描写展示了当时英国社会的生活画面。9.Thomas Hardy s pessimistic view of life predominates most of his later works and earns him a reputation as a_writ
41、er.（分数：2.00）A.realisticB.naturalistic C.romanticD.stylistic解析：解析：托马斯-哈代的作品往往带有宿命论的悲剧色彩，从作品还乡开始，悲伤感成为了他小说中的主旋律，为他赢得了自然主义作家的声誉。10.Shelley s greatest achievement is his four-act poetic drama_.（分数：2.00）A.HellasB.Prometheus Unbound C.ZastrozziD.Queen Mab解析：解析：雪莱是英国浪漫主义民主诗人，四幕诗剧解放了的普罗米修斯是他最伟大的作品之一，采用古代神话题
42、材，表达了反抗专制统治的斗争必将获胜的信念和空想社会主义的理想。11.The novel Emma is written by_.（分数：2.00）A.Mary ShelleyB.Charlotte BronteC.Elizabeth C. GaskellD.Jane Austen 解析：解析：简-奥斯汀是英国著名女性小说家，她的主要作品有理智与情感傲慢与偏见爱玛劝导等。12.As a critic of music and drama, _thought that art should serve social purposes by reflecting human life, revea
43、ling social contradictions and educating the common people.（分数：2.00）A.T. S. EliotB.Oscar WildeC.George Bernard Shaw D.W.B. Yeats解析：解析：萧伯纳是英国现代杰出的现实主义戏剧作家，在艺术上萧伯纳主张写社会问题，反对奥斯卡-王尔德的“为艺术而艺术”的唯美主义主张，提倡剧本的任务是引起观众的思考，萧伯纳的戏剧最突出的特点是紧密结合现实政治斗争，敢于触及资本主义社会最本质的问题。13.The poetic line “If winter comes, can spring
44、be far behind?“ is quoted from_.（分数：2.00）A.Don JuanB.Kubla KhanC.To AutumnD.Ode to the West Wind 解析：解析：雪莱是英国浪漫主义民主诗人，他的作品中最为读者传颂的是抒情诗西风颂的结尾：“如果冬天来了，春天还会远吗?”14.Which of the following novels is NOT written by Dickens?（分数：2.00）A.A Tale of Two Cities.B.The Mill on the Floss. C.The Pickwick Papers.D.Grea
45、t Expectations.解析：解析：查尔斯狄更斯是十九世纪英国最伟大的作家之一，也是一位以反映现实生活见长的作家，他的主要作品有双城记匹克威克外传远大前程雾都孤儿等。弗洛斯河上的磨坊是乔治-爱略特的作品。15.William Blake s_marks his entry into maturity.（分数：2.00）A.Poetical SketchesB.Songs of InnocenceC.Marriage of Heaven and Hell D.Songs of Experience解析：解析：威廉-布莱克是英国第一位重要的浪漫主义诗人、版画家，英国文学史上最重要的伟大诗人之一。他的主要诗作有诗集纯真之歌经验之歌，诗作天堂与地狱的婚姻标志着他的创造进入成熟阶段，在这首诗中布雷克探索了对立事物之间的关系，提出没有对立就没有进步。16.Henry Fielding s_brings him the name of “Prose Homer“.（分数：2.00）A.The History of Jonathan Wild the GreatB.The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling C.The History of Ame
