1、英美文学选读真题 2013年 04月及答案解析(总分：100.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、B(总题数：40，分数：40.00)1.T.S. Eliots _ is the best of his plays in the sense that it contains the best poetry and the most coherent drama. A. Murder in the Cathedral. B. The Cocktail Party C. The Family Reunion D. The Waste Land（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.2.All of the
2、following novels by Daniel Defoe are the first literary works devoted to the study of problems of the lower-class people EXCEPT _. A. Robinson Crusoe B. Captain Singleton C. Moll Flanders D. Colonel Jack（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.3.All of the following statements on Jane Austens works is true EXCEPT _. A. She
3、 presents the quiet, day-today country life of the lower-class English. B. Her characteristic theme is that maturity is achieved through the loss of illusions. C. Faults of characters displayed by the people of her novels are correct when, through tribulation, lessons are learned. D. Even the most m
4、inor characters are vividly particularized.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.4.It was after the publication of _, Lawrence was recognized as a prominent novelist. A. The Rainbow B. Sons and Lovers C. Lady Chatterleys Lover D. Women in Love（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.5.A good style of prose “proper words in proper places“ was d
5、efined by _. A. Henry Fielding B. Samuel Richardson C. Oliver Goldsmith D. Jonathan Swift（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.6.“It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.“ The quoted lines are taken from _. A. Jane Eyre B. Wuthering Heights C. P
6、ride and Prejudice D. Sense and Sensibility（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.7.The typical representatives of George Bernard Shaw are Widowers House and _. A. Too True to Be Good B. Man and Superman C. Candida D. Mrs. Warrens Profession（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.8.Henry Fielding has been regarded by some as “_“, for his contr
7、ibution to the establishment of the form of the moder novel. A. Father of the English Novel B. Best Writer of the English Novel C. the most gifted writer of the English novel D. conventional writer of the English novel（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.9.One of Shelleys greatest political lyrics is _, which was later
8、 to become a rallying song of the British Communist Party. A. “Men of England“ B. “Ode to Liberty“ C. “Ode to Naples“ D. “Sonnet: England in 1819“（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.10.George Bernard Shaws play _ established his position as the leading playwright of his time. A. Candida B. Widowers House C. Mrs. Warre
9、ns Profession D. Man and Superman（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.11.Miltons literary achievements can be composed of the early poetic works, the middle _ pamphlets and the last great poems. A. dramatic B. prose C. epic D. statiric（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.12.The assertion that poetry originates from “emotion recollected in
10、 tranquility“ belongs to _. A. William Wordsworth B. Samuel Taylor Coleridge C. Robert Southey D. William Blake（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.13.Thomas Hardys works known as “novels of character and environment“ are the most representatives of him as both a _ and a critical realist writer. A. romantic B. classica
11、l C. optimistic D. naturalistic（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.14.Jonathan Swifts _ makes the most devastating protest against the inhuman exploitation and oppression of the Irish people by the English ruling class. A. The Battle of the Books B. “A Modest Proposal“ C. The Drapiers Letters D. Gullivers Travels（分数：1
12、.00）A.B.C.D.15.In English Romantic period “Lake Poets“ refers to Robert Southey, Samuel Taylor Coleridge and _. A. William Wordsworth B. William Blake C. Percy Bysshe Shelley D. Robert Burns（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.16.Dickens attacks the dehumanizing workhouse system and the dark, criminal underworld life i
13、n _. A. The Pickwick Paper B. Oliver Twist C. David Copper field D. Dombey and Son（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.17.John Miltons _ is the most perfect example of the verse drama after the Greek style in English. A. Paradise Lost B. Paradise Regained C. Samson Agonistes D. Areopagitica（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.18.The major
14、 Romantic poets like Blake, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, Shelley and Keats started a rebellion against the neoclassical literature, which was later regarded as _. A. the poetic romance B. the poetic movement C. the poetic revolution D. the poetic reformation（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.19.The most important pl
15、ay among the comedies of Shakespeare is _. A. Twelfth Night B. A Midsummer Nights Dream C. The Merchant of Venice D. As You Like It（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.20.William Blakes _ paints a world of misery, poverty, disease, war and repression with a melancholy tone. A. Songs of Innocence B. Songs of Experience
16、C. Poetical Sketches D. Lyrical Ballads（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.21.The most famous dramatists in the Renaissance England are Christopher Marlowe, _ and Ben Jonson. A. John Milton B. William Shakespeare C. Daniel Defoe D. Henry Fielding（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.22.John Miltons _ is probably his most memorable prose w
17、ork, which is a great plea for freedom of the press. A. Lycidas B. Areopagitica C. The Excursion D. Persuasion（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.23.The first American prose epic is _. A. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer B. The Waste Land C. Moby-Dick D. The Great Gatsby（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.24.Henry James is generally regarde
18、d as the forerunner of the 20th-century “_“ novels and the founder of psychological realism. A. stream-of-consciousness B. naturalistic C. romantic D. revolutionary（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.25.Hemingway once said that _ was one book from which “all modern American literature comes.“ A. The Adventures of Tom
19、Sawyer B. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn C. The Mysterious Stranger D. The Gilded Age（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.26.It was a sort of first attempt at writing his masterpiece _ that made Fitzgerald one of the greatest American novelists. A. The Great Gatsby B. Tales of the Jazz Age C. All the Sad Young Men
20、D. Tender is the Night（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.27.In Moby-Dick, the skillful use of _ both as a character and a narrator gives the novel a moral magnitude. A. Melville B. Tashtego C. Ahab D. Ishmael（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.28.Fitzgeralds fictional world is the best embodiment of the spirit of _, in which he shows a
21、 particular interest in the upper-class society, especially the upper-class young people. A. the Lost Generation B. the Jazz Age C. the Post-Modern Age D. the Babybooming Age（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.29.As a key to the whole novel of The Scarlet Letter, the letter A takes on different layers of symbolic mean
22、ings. The _ is one of the salient characteristics of Hawthornes art. A. simplicity B. straightforwardness C. self-contradiction D. ambiguity（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.30.Before and during the Civil War, Whitman stood firmly on the side of the North and wrote a series of poems incorporating his emotions and fe
23、elings during the period, which were gathered as a collection under the title of _. A. Drum Taps B. Leaves of Grass C. A Boys Will D. North of Boston（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.31.Dickinsons poetry is unique and unconventional in its own way. Her poems have no _, hence are always quoted by their first lines. A
24、. themes B. rhyming schemes C. titles D. preludes（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.32.As _ saw it, poetry could play a vital part in the process of creating a new nation. It could enable Americans to celebrate their release from the Old World and the colonial rule. A. Ezra Pound B. Walt Whitman C. T.S. Eliot D. Robe
25、rt Lee Frost（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.33.As a genre, _ emphasized heredity and environment as important deterministic forces shaping individualized characters who were presented in special and detailed circumstances. A. romanticism B. imagism C. naturalism D. transcendentalism（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.34.Robert Frost
26、s first collection A Boys Will is marked by an intense but restrained emotion and the characteristic flavor of _ life. A. New England B. England C. the desert D. the ocean（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.35.Many of Frosts poems are fragrant with nature quality. _ in his poems are drawn from the simple country life
27、and the pastoral landscape. A. Images and metaphors B. Allusions and similes C. Personifications and alliterations D. Metaphors and similes（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.36.To a great extent, Hawthornes view of man and human history originates in _. A. Transcendentalism B. Puritanism C. Atheism D. Deism（分数：1.00）A
28、.B.C.D.37.Faulkner, one of the leading American writers, was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1950 for the anti-racist _. A. The Mansion B. The Town C. The Fable D. Intruder in the Dust（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.38.Most of Faulkners works are focused on the _ subjects and consciousness. A. Southern B. Northern C. E
29、astern D. Western（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.39.“Man can be physically destroyed but never defeated spiritually.“ This is an attitude towards life that _ had been trying to illustrate in his writings. A. F. Scott Fitzgerald B. Henry James C. Ernest Hemingway D. Theodore Dreiser（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.40.Hemingways fi
30、rst true novel, _, casts light on a whole generation after the First World War. A. For whom the Bell Tolls B. The Sun Also Rises C. The Old Man and the Sea D. In Our Time（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.二、B(总题数：4，分数：16.00)41.“Because I was happy upon the heath,/And smild among the winters snow;/They clothd me in th
31、e clothes of death,/And taught me to sing the notes of woe.“ (From Blakes Chimney Sweeper from Songs of Experience)Questions:A. What does “heath“ indicate?B. What does “the clothes of death“ mean?C. What idea does the poem reveal?（分数：4.00）_42.“Will no one tell me what she sings?/Perhaps the plaintiv
32、e numbers flow/For old, unhappy, far-off things,/And battles long ago;/Or is it some more humble lay,/Familiar matter of today?/Some natural sorrow, loss, or pain,/That has been, and may be again?“ (From William Wordsworths “The Solitary Reaper“)Questions:A. What does the phrase “plaintive numbers“
33、mean?B. What is the rhyme scheme of the poem?C. What do you think Wordsworth intends to suggest in the poem?（分数：4.00）_43.“I shall be telling this with a sigh/Somewhere ages and ages hence:/Two roads diverged in a wood, and I/I took the one less traveled by,/And that has made the difference.“Question
34、s:A. Who is the writer of the poem? Whats the title of the poem?B. What additional meaning do the two roads have?C. What dilemma is the speaker facing?（分数：4.00）_44.“They rose when she entereda small, fat woman in black, with a thin gold chain descending to her waist and vanishing into her belt, lean
35、ing on an ebony cane with a tarnished gold head. UHer skeleton was small and spare; perhaps that was why what would have been merely plumpness in another was obesity in her./U She looked bloated, like a body long submerged in motionless water, and of that pallid hue. Her eyes, lost in the fatty ridg
36、es of her face, looked like two small pieces of coal pressed into a lump of dough as they moved from one face to another while the visitors stated their errand.“Questions:A. Who is the writer of the story? What is the title of the story?B. Whats the meaning of the underlined sentences?C. What can yo
37、u infer from the passage about the protagonist?（分数：4.00）_三、B(总题数：4，分数：24.00)45.William Shakespeare is one of the most remarkable playwrights the world has ever known. What are his four greatest tragedies? What are the characteristics of the four tragedies in common?（分数：6.00）_46.What do you think T.S
38、. Eliots The Waste Land presents and reflects?（分数：6.00）_47.Please summarize Emily Dickinsons poetry features.（分数：6.00）_48.What is Walt Whitmans poetic style?（分数：6.00）_四、B(总题数：2，分数：20.00)49.Discuss Charles Dickens features in character portraying.（分数：10.00）_50.Discuss Melvilles symbolism in Moby-Dick
39、.（分数：10.00）_英美文学选读真题 2013年 04月答案解析(总分：100.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、B(总题数：40，分数：40.00)1.T.S. Eliots _ is the best of his plays in the sense that it contains the best poetry and the most coherent drama. A. Murder in the Cathedral. B. The Cocktail Party C. The Family Reunion D. The Waste Land（分数：1.00）A. B.C.D.解
40、析：解析 一般来说，教堂里的谋杀是艾略特最优秀的戏剧作品，因为它含有最优秀的诗句及最完美的首尾呼应的情节。2.All of the following novels by Daniel Defoe are the first literary works devoted to the study of problems of the lower-class people EXCEPT _. A. Robinson Crusoe B. Captain Singleton C. Moll Flanders D. Colonel Jack（分数：1.00）A. B.C.D.解析：解析 笛福写的辛利顿
41、船长(1720)、莫尔弗朗德斯(1722)、杰克上校(1722)及罗克萨那(1724)这四部小说表达了他对穷苦不幸的百姓的关心。这些是最早研究下层人民问题的文学作品。3.All of the following statements on Jane Austens works is true EXCEPT _. A. She presents the quiet, day-today country life of the lower-class English. B. Her characteristic theme is that maturity is achieved through
42、the loss of illusions. C. Faults of characters displayed by the people of her novels are correct when, through tribulation, lessons are learned. D. Even the most minor characters are vividly particularized.（分数：1.00）A. B.C.D.解析：解析 奥斯汀的写作素材十分狭窄，主题、角色、社会背景及情节都离不开 18世纪英国的乡村中产阶级生活。因此 A项中的 lower-class Eng
43、lish的说法是错误的。4.It was after the publication of _, Lawrence was recognized as a prominent novelist. A. The Rainbow B. Sons and Lovers C. Lady Chatterleys Lover D. Women in Love（分数：1.00）A.B. C.D.解析：解析 劳伦斯的第二部小说过客(1912 年)揭示了人际关系的疏远冷漠，这一主题在他后来的作品中被更深入地进行了探究。但只有在儿子与情人出版后，他才确立了杰出小说家的地位。5.A good style of pr
44、ose “proper words in proper places“ was defined by _. A. Henry Fielding B. Samuel Richardson C. Oliver Goldsmith D. Jonathan Swift（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D. 解析：解析 斯威夫特擅长写简练朴素的散文。他创立了一种良好的文风，即“在恰当的地方用恰当的词”。6.“It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.“ The quoted lines are taken from _. A. Jane Eyre B. Wuthering Heights C. Pride and Prejudice D. Sense and Sensibility（分数：1.00）A.B.C. D.解析：解析 “世上有条众人皆知的真理：但凡有钱的单身男子，必定少位太太。”这是节选自简奥斯汀的小
