1、全国自考（英美文学选读）模拟试卷 18 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 American Romantic period stretches from the end of the 18th century to the outbreak of the _.（分数：2.00）A.Civil WarB.World War IIC.Independent WarD.World War I2.The American _as a cultural heritage exerted great influences ov
2、er American moral values in the American Romantic Period.（分数：2.00）A.PuritanismB.AtheismC.DeismD.Cynicism3._tells a simple but very moving story in which four people living in a Puritan community are involved in and affected by the sin of adultery in different ways.（分数：2.00）A.Young Goodman BrownB.Mob
3、y-DickC.The Scarlet LetterD.Daisy Miller4.In many of Hawthorne s stories and novels, the Puritan concept of life is condemned, or the Puritan past is shown in an almost totally negative light, especially in his_and The Scarlet Letter.（分数：2.00）A.Twice-Told TalesB.The Blithedale RomanceC.The Marble Fa
4、unD.The House of the Seven Gables5.Nathaniel Hawthorne held an unceasing interest in the “interior of the heart“ of man s being. So in almost every book he wrote, Hawthorne discussed _.（分数：2.00）A.love and hatredB.sin and evilC.frustration and self-denialD.balance and self-discipline6._has always bee
5、n considered a monumental work which commands great attention because of its uniquely poetic embodiment of American democratic ideals.（分数：2.00）A.Leaves of GrassB.NatureC.In a Station of the MetroD.After Apple-Picking7.As _saw it, poetry could play a vital part in the process of creating a new nation
6、.（分数：2.00）A.EmersonB.HawthorneC.WhitmanD.Emily Dickinson8._clearly represents a new beginning in Hemingway s career as a writer, which concerns a volunteer American guerrilla Robert Jordan fighting in the Spanish Civil War.（分数：2.00）A.For Whom the Bell TollsB.The Sun Also RisesC.A Farewell to ArmsD.I
7、ndian Camp9.“Cavalry Crossing a Ford“ by Whitman reminds its readers of a picture, or a photo, of a scene of_.（分数：2.00）A.the American War of IndependenceB.the Westward MovementC.the U. S. -Spanish WarD.the American Civil War10._is regarded as the first American prose epic.（分数：2.00）A.The Scarlet Lett
8、erB.Moby-DickC.Sister CarrieD.Daisy Miller11.Realism was a reaction against Romanticism or a move away from the bias towards romance and self-creating fictions, and paved the way to _.（分数：2.00）A.CynicismB.ModernismC.TranscendentalismD.Neoclassicism12._ exerts the most important influence on literary
9、 naturalism.（分数：2.00）A.EmersonB.Jack LondonC.Theodore DreiserD.Darwin13.One of the most familiar themes in American naturalism is the theme of human _.（分数：2.00）A.common lifeB.spiritual breakupC.bestialityD.sadness14.Mark Twain s full literary career began to blossom in 1869 with a travel book _, an
10、account of American tourists in Europe.（分数：2.00）A.Adventures of Huckleberry FinnB.The Gilded AgeC.Innocents AbroadD.An American Tragedy15._explores the scrupulous individualism in a world of fantastic speculation and unstable values, and gives its name to the get-rich-quick years of the post-Civil W
11、ar era.（分数：2.00）A.Innocents AbroadB.Roughing ItC.The Gilded AgeD.The Middle Years16.Mark Twain, one of the greatest 19th-century American writers, is well-known for his _.（分数：2.00）A.international themeB.local colorC.symbolismD.written language17.While Mark Twain and William Dean Howells satirized Eu
12、ropean manners at times, _was an admirer of ancient European civilization.（分数：2.00）A.Washington IrvingB.Henry JamesC.Walt WhitmanD.Jack London18._ s fame generally rests upon his novels and stories with the international theme.（分数：2.00）A.Mark TwainB.Theodore DreiserC.Henry JamesD.Ernest Hemingway19.
13、Stylistically, Henry James s fiction is characterized by_.（分数：2.00）A.short, clear sentencesB.highly refined languageC.ordinary American speechD.abundance of local images20.Like Nathaniel Hawthorne, _also manages to achieve the effect of ambiguity through symbolism and allegory in his narratives.（分数：
14、2.00）A.Mark TwainB.Henry JamesC.R. W. EmersonD.Herman Melville21.American literature produced only one female poet during the nineteenth century. This was_.（分数：2.00）A.Anne BradsteetB.Jane AustenC.Emily DickinsonD.Harriet Beecher22.Which of the following is NOT a usual subject of poetic expression of
15、 Emily Dickinson?（分数：2.00）A.War and peace.B.Love and nature.C.Life and death.D.Religion.23.“This is my letter to the World“ is a poem expressing Emily Dickinson s_about her communication with the outside world.（分数：2.00）A.happinessB.angerC.anxietyD.sorrow24.Though secluded herself in her own house, E
16、mily Dickinson was never really indifferent of the outside world, as could be seen in her poems such as “I like to see it lap the Miles“ , which describes a(n)_, an embodiment of modern civilization.（分数：2.00）A.snakeB.animalC.the roadD.train25.Dreisers “Trilogy of Desire“ includes three novels. They
17、are The Financier, The Titan and_.（分数：2.00）A.The TycoonB.The StoicC.The GeniusD.The Giant26.“The Way of the Beaten; A Harp in the Wind“ , this is the title of one chapter in Dreiser s novel_.（分数：2.00）A.An American TragedyB.Sister CarrieC.Dreiser Looks at RussiaD.Jannie Gerhardt27._, disregarding gra
18、mmar and punctuation, always used “i“ instead of “I“ in his poetry to show his protest against self-importance.（分数：2.00）A.Wallace StevensB.Ezra PoundC.E. E. CummingsD.William Carlos Williams28.Allen Ginsberg, whose “Howl“ became the manifesto of_.（分数：2.00）A.the Utopian MovementB.the Beat MovementC.t
19、he Westward MovementD.the Deistic Movement29._is considered to be a spokesman for the alienated youth in the post-war era and his The Catcher in the Rye is regarded as a students classic.（分数：2.00）A.Allen GinsbergB.E. E. CummingsC.J.D. SalingerD.Henry James30.The American woman poet_wanted to live si
20、mply as a complete independent being, and so she did, as a spinster.（分数：2.00）A.Emily BronteB.Anna DickinsonC.Emily DickinsonD.Anne Bret31.When he was eighty-seven, he read his poetry at the inauguration of President John F. Kennedy in 1961. This poet was_.（分数：2.00）A.Henry JamesB.Robert FrostC.Willia
21、m FaulknerD.Wallace Stevens32.After Apple-Picking is a well-known poem written by_.（分数：2.00）A.Robert Lee FrostB.Ezra PoundC.Walt WhitmanD.T. S. Eliot33.Most critics have agreed that Fitzgerald is both an insider and an outsider of_with a double vision.（分数：2.00）A.the Gilded AgeB.the Rational AgeC.the
22、 Jazz AgeD.the Magic Age34.Fitzgerald wrote one novel_, in which he traces the decline of a young American psychiatrist whose marriage to a beautiful and wealthy patient drains his personal energies and corrodes his professional career.（分数：2.00）A.Tender is the NightB.The Great GatsbyC.Red BurnD.The
23、Last Tycoon35._ evokes a haunting mood of a glamorous, wild time that seemingly will never come again.（分数：2.00）A.This Side of ParadiseB.Tender is the NightC.The American DreamD.The Great Gatsby36._is the first book to present a Hemingway heroNick Adams.（分数：2.00）A.The Sun Also RisesB.A Farewell to Ar
24、msC.In Our TimeD.The Old Man and the Sea37.Hemingways second big success is _, which wrote the epitaph to a decade and to the whole generation is the 1920s in telling us a story about the tragic love affair of a wounded American soldier with a British nurse.（分数：2.00）A.The Old Man and the SeaB.For Wh
25、om the Bell TollsC.The Sun Also RisesD.A Farewell to Arms38.“Though life is but a losing battle, it is a struggle man can dominate in such a way that loss becomes dignity; man can be physically destroyed but never defeated spiritually. “ This notion is typically held by_.（分数：2.00）A.Mark TwainB.Herma
26、n MelvilleC.William FaulknerD.Ernest Hemingway39.According to Faulkner, The Sound and the Fury is a story of “_. “（分数：2.00）A.lost generationB.lost innocenceC.farmersD.industrial labors40.In A Rose for Emily, Faulkner makes best use of the _ devices in narration.（分数：2.00）A.GothicB.realisticC.romantic
27、D.modern二、阅读理解(总题数：4，分数：8.00)41.A little black thing among the snowCrying “ weep! weep!“ in notes of woe! “Where are thy father A Harp in the Wind“ , this is the title of one chapter in Dreiser s novel_.（分数：2.00）A.An American TragedyB.Sister Carrie C.Dreiser Looks at RussiaD.Jannie Gerhardt解析：27._,
28、disregarding grammar and punctuation, always used “i“ instead of “I“ in his poetry to show his protest against self-importance.（分数：2.00）A.Wallace StevensB.Ezra PoundC.E. E. Cummings D.William Carlos Williams解析：解析：EE卡明斯对美国 20 世纪诗歌作出了很大贡献，他一反语言常规，把“我”的 I 小写为i，来反对自大。28.Allen Ginsberg, whose “Howl“ beca
29、me the manifesto of_.（分数：2.00）A.the Utopian MovementB.the Beat Movement C.the Westward MovementD.the Deistic Movement解析：29._is considered to be a spokesman for the alienated youth in the post-war era and his The Catcher in the Rye is regarded as a students classic.（分数：2.00）A.Allen GinsbergB.E. E. Cu
30、mmingsC.J.D. Salinger D.Henry James解析：解析：塞林格被认为是战后孤独的青年的代言人，他的麦田守望者被认为是一部学生的经典作品。30.The American woman poet_wanted to live simply as a complete independent being, and so she did, as a spinster.（分数：2.00）A.Emily BronteB.Anna DickinsonC.Emily Dickinson D.Anne Bret解析：解析：美国女诗人狄金森过着简朴而又独立的生活，自始至终守身如玉。31.W
31、hen he was eighty-seven, he read his poetry at the inauguration of President John F. Kennedy in 1961. This poet was_.（分数：2.00）A.Henry JamesB.Robert Frost C.William FaulknerD.Wallace Stevens解析：解析：87 岁的弗洛斯特在 1961 年肯尼迪总统的就职仪式上吟诵他的诗直率的礼物。32.After Apple-Picking is a well-known poem written by_.（分数：2.00）A
32、.Robert Lee Frost B.Ezra PoundC.Walt WhitmanD.T. S. Eliot解析：解析：摘苹果后是弗洛斯特著名的诗篇。33.Most critics have agreed that Fitzgerald is both an insider and an outsider of_with a double vision.（分数：2.00）A.the Gilded AgeB.the Rational AgeC.the Jazz Age D.the Magic Age解析：解析：大多数评论家都认为菲兹杰拉德能从内部和外部两个视角来看待爵士时代。34.Fitz
33、gerald wrote one novel_, in which he traces the decline of a young American psychiatrist whose marriage to a beautiful and wealthy patient drains his personal energies and corrodes his professional career.（分数：2.00）A.Tender is the Night B.The Great GatsbyC.Red BurnD.The Last Tycoon解析：解析：菲兹杰拉德的夜色温柔讲述了
34、一个年轻的美国精神病医生和一位美丽而又富裕的女病人结婚，最后倾尽了他的精力，事业也一蹶不振的故事。35._ evokes a haunting mood of a glamorous, wild time that seemingly will never come again.（分数：2.00）A.This Side of ParadiseB.Tender is the NightC.The American DreamD.The Great Gatsby 解析：解析：了不起的盖茨比是美国文学的杰作，描述了那个再也不会重来的迷人而疯狂的时代。36._is the first book to
35、present a Hemingway heroNick Adams.（分数：2.00）A.The Sun Also RisesB.A Farewell to ArmsC.In Our Time D.The Old Man and the Sea解析：37.Hemingways second big success is _, which wrote the epitaph to a decade and to the whole generation is the 1920s in telling us a story about the tragic love affair of a wo
36、unded American soldier with a British nurse.（分数：2.00）A.The Old Man and the SeaB.For Whom the Bell TollsC.The Sun Also RisesD.A Farewell to Arms 解析：解析：永别了，武器是海明威第二部成功的作品。小说讲的是一个受伤的美国士兵与一个英国护士的爱情悲剧。反映的是 20 世纪 20 年代整个社会和整代人。38.“Though life is but a losing battle, it is a struggle man can dominate in su
37、ch a way that loss becomes dignity; man can be physically destroyed but never defeated spiritually. “ This notion is typically held by_.（分数：2.00）A.Mark TwainB.Herman MelvilleC.William FaulknerD.Ernest Hemingway 解析：解析：海明威认为尽管人类总打败仗，但吃败仗也是有尊严的，人类的肉体可以消亡，但精神永远不可战胜。39.According to Faulkner, The Sound an
38、d the Fury is a story of “_. “（分数：2.00）A.lost generationB.lost innocence C.farmersD.industrial labors解析：解析：福克纳说过，喧嚣与骚动是一部“失去天真”的小说，表现主人公束缚在过去思想中的强烈的主题。40.In A Rose for Emily, Faulkner makes best use of the _ devices in narration.（分数：2.00）A.Gothic B.realisticC.romanticD.modern解析：二、阅读理解(总题数：4，分数：8.00)
39、41.A little black thing among the snowCrying “ weep! weep!“ in notes of woe! “Where are thy father William Blake. B. “notes of woe“means the songs/notes of sadness. C. The sentence implies : religion is the instrument of their repression /oppression; its nature is to help bring misery to the poor ch
40、ildren.)解析：42.And when I am formulated, sprawling on a pin, When I am pinned and wriggling on the wall, Then how should I beginTo spit out all the butt-ends of my days and ways? And how should I presume? Questions:A. Identify the poet and the poem.B. What does the phrase “butt-ends“ mean?C. What ide
41、a does the quoted passage express?（分数：2.00）_正确答案：(正确答案：A. T. S. Eliot; The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock. B. The ends of cigarettes, meaning trivial things here. C. Here, Prufrock s inability to do anything against the society made him strikingly clear by using a sharp comparison. Prufrock imagine
42、s himself as a kind of insect pinned on the wall and struggling in vain to get free. This image vividly shows Prufrock s current predicament.)解析：43.We passed the School , where Children strove At Recessin the Ring We passed the Fields of Gazing Grain We passed the Setting Sun Questions: A. Who is th
43、e author of this stanza taken from the poem “ Because I could not stop for Death“ ? B. What do the underlined parts symbolize? C. Where were “We“ heading toward?（分数：2.00）_正确答案：(正确答案：A- Emily Dickinson. B. The School, the Fields of Gazing Grain, the Setting Sun symbolize three stages of one s life: y
44、outh, mature period and end of life. C. “We“were riding in a hearse, heading toward Eternity.)解析：44.“Is dying hard, Daddy?“No, I think it s pretty easy, Nick. It all depends. “ Questions:A. Identify the author and the work.B. What was Nick preoccupied with when he asked the question?C. Why did the f
45、ather add “It all depends“ after he answered his son s question?（分数：2.00）_正确答案：(正确答案：A. Ernest Hemingway Indian Camp. B. Nick was preoccupied with tlte pain and violence of death. C. When the father says that dying is pretty easy, he might be thinking about the self-murdered husband. But when he ref
46、lects on the wife s miracle survival of the violent pain in the whole process of birth, he adds the final sentence. Dying is both hard and easy, it all depends on individuals.)解析：三、简答题(总题数：4，分数：8.00)45.William Shakespeare is one of the most remarkable playwrights the world has ever known. Name his f
47、our greatest tragedies and summarize the characteristics of the four tragedies in common.（分数：2.00）_正确答案：(正确答案：A. Shakespeare s four greatest tragedies are: Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, and Macbeth. B. Each portrays some noble hero, who faces the injustice of human life and is caught in a difficult situation and whose fate is closely connected with the fate of the whole nation.)解析：46.Emily Dickinson is now recognized not only a great poetess on her own right but as a poetess of considerable influence up
