1、英美文学选读自考题-24 及答案解析(总分：100.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、B(总题数：37，分数：19.00)1.American writers after World War I self-consciously acknowledged that they were (a) “_, “ devoid of faith and alienated from the Western civilization. A. Lost Generation B. Beat Generation C. Sons of Liberty D. Angry Young Men（分数：0.50）A.B
2、.C.D.2.Most recognizable literary movement that gave rise to the twentieth century American literature, or we may say, the second American Renaissance, is the _ movement. A. transcendental B. leftist C. expatriate D. expressionistic（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.3._, disregarding grammar and punctuation, always u
3、sed “i“ instead of “I“ in his poetry to show his protest against self-importance. A. Wallace Stevens B. Ezra Pound C. E.E. Cummings D. William Carlos Williams（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.4.The writers in American Modern Period all shared the same thematic concern except _. A. Robert Penn Warren B. Flannery OCon
4、ner C. William Faulkner D. Norman Mailer（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.5.Which terms can best describe the modernists concern of the human situation in their fiction? A. Fragmentation and alienation. B. Courage and honor. C. Tradition and faith. D. Poverty and desperation.（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.6.American fiction in th
5、e 1960s and 1970s proves to be different from its predecessors in that the writers started to depart from the conventions of the novel writing and experimented with some new forms and is always referred to as “_“. A. new fiction B. gothic fiction C. protest fiction D. rebellious fiction（分数：0.50）A.B.
6、C.D.7.At the age of eighty-seven, _ read his poetry at the inauguration of President John F.Kennedy in 1961. A. Robert Frost B. Walt Whitman C. Ezra Pound D. T.S. Eliot（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.8.Frosts first collection A Boys Will, whose lyrics trace a boys development from self-centered idealism to maturit
7、y, is marked by an intense but restrained emotion and the characteristic flavor of _. A. New England life B. England life C. the Southern American life D. the Western American life（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.9.Robert Frost described _ as “a book of people,“ which shows a brilliant insight into New England char
8、acter and the background that formed it. A. North of Boston B. A Boys Will C. A Witness Tree D. A Further Range（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.10.Though Robert Frost is generally considered a regional poet whose subject matters mainly focus on the landscape and people in _, he wrote many poems that investigate the
9、 basic themes of mans life in his long poetic career. A. the west B. the south C. New England D. Alaska（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.11.Unlike his contemporaries in the early 20th century, _ did not break up with the poetic tradition nor made any experiment on form. A. Walt Whitman B. Robert Frost C. Ezra Pound
10、D. T.S. Eliot（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.12.Robert Lee Frosts _ won him the first Pulitzer Prizes, which includes “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening.“ A. North Boston B. “The Gift Outrigtht“ C. New Hampshire D. A Boys Will（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.13.Most of Robert Frosts poems are simple in the way that they are _
11、or dialogues, they are short and direct on the informational level, and they have simple diction. A. conversations B. stories C. descriptions D. dramatic monologues（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.14.As an active participant of his age, Fitzgerald is often acclaimed literary spokesman of the _. A. Jazz Age B. Age o
12、f Reason C. Lost Generation D. Beat Generation（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.15.In Tender is the Night, _ 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. A. Dreiser B. Faulkner C. Fitzgerald D.
13、 Jack London（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.16.F.Scott Fitzgerald shows an interest in the spiritual predicament of _ in his fiction. A. the working-class people B. the upper-class society C. the exiles in Paris D. intellectuals and artists（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.17.Fitzgeralds fictional world is the best embodiment of t
14、he spirit of _. A. the Jazz Age B. the Romantic Period C. the Renaissance Period D. the Neoclassical Period（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.18.Fitzgerald is a great _ in American literature and his style is closely related to his themes. A. poet B. critic C. essayist D. stylist（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.19.Which of the follo
15、wing comments on the novel The Great Gatsby is not true? A. The Great Gatsby is a novel that is set against the ending of the war. B. Gatsby is wealthy but unintelligent and brutal. C. Gatsby is a mystical figure whose intensity of dream partakes of a state of mind that embodies American itself. D.
16、Gatsby is the last of the Romantic heroes.（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.20.When we say that a poor young man from the West tried to make his fortune in the East but was disillusioned in the quest of an idealized dream, we are probably discussing about _s thematic concern in his fiction writing. A. Henry James B.
17、 Scott Fitzgerald C. Ernest Hemingway D. William Faulkner（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.21.A masterpiece in American literature, _ evokes a haunting mood of a glamorous, wild time that seemingly will never come again. A. This Side of Paradise B. Tender Is the Night C. The American Dream D. The Great Gatsby（分数：0.5
18、0）A.B.C.D.22.During WWI, _ served as an honorable junior officer in the American Red Cross Ambulance Corps and in 1918 was severely wounded in both legs. A. Anderson B. Faulkner C. Hemingway D. Dreiser（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.23.Greatly and permanently affected by the _ experiences, Hemingway formed his own
19、 writing style, together with his theme and hero. A. mining B. farming C. war D. sailing（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.24.Which of Hemingways novels describes the drifting life of American exiles in Europe? A. The Sun Also Rises. B. A Farewell to Arms. C. For Whom the Bell Tolls. D. The Old Man and the Sea.（分数：0.
20、50）A.B.C.D.25.Which of the following descriptions of Ernest Hemingway is appropriate? A, In Our Time is the first book to present a Hemingway heroNick Adams. B. A Farewell to Arms is Hemingways first big success. C. For Whom the Bell Tolls is Hemingways masterpiece. D. A Farewell to Arms represents
21、his climax in writing.（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.26.In a tragic sense, _ is a representation of life as a struggle against unconquerable forces in which only a partial victory is possible. A. The Sun Also Rises B. For Whom the Bell Tolls C. The Old Man and the Sea D. In Our Time（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.27.In Death in
22、 the Afternoon _ presents his philosophy about life and death through the depiction of the bullfight as a kind of microcosmic tragedy. A. William Faulkner B. Jack London C. Ernest Hemingway D. Mark Twain（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.28.Hemingways To Have and Have Not is one of many to show his characteristics pa
23、ttern of _ struggling against nature and the environment. A. a military army B. a vulnerable group C. a human society D. a lonely individual（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.29.“The dignity of movement of an iceberg is due to only one-eighth of it being above water.“ This “iceberg“ analogy about prose style was put
24、forward by _. A. William Faulkner B. Henry James C. Ernest Hemingway D.F. Scott Fitzgerald（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.30.The Nobel Prize Committee highly praised _ for “his powerful style-forming mastery of the art“ of creating modern fiction. A. Ezra Pound B. Ernest Hemingway C. Robert Frost D. Theodore Dreis
25、er（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.31.In Hemingways short story “Indian Camp“, through a story of a woman giving birth, the protagonist, Nick Adams, receives an education of _. A. birth and violent death B. charity and benevolence C. racial inequality D. devotion and kinship（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.32.The major concern of
26、Faulkners _ is primarily about the South as a state of mind. A. The Sun Also Rises B. Light in August C. The Fable D. The Mansion（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.33.William Faulkner once said that _ is a story of “lost innocence, “ which proves itself to be an intensification of the theme of imprisonment in the pas
27、t. A. The Great Gatsby B. The Sound and the Fury C. Absalom, Absalom! D. Go Down, Moses（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.34.The 20th-century stream-of-consciousness technique was frequently and skillfully used by _ to emphasize the reactions and inner musings of the narrator. A. Hemingway B. Frost C. Faulkner D. Whi
28、tman（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.35.Apart from the dislocation of time and the modern stream-of-consciousness, the other narrative techniques Faulkner used to construct his stories include _, symbolism and mythological and biblical allusions. A. impressionism B. expressionism C. multiple points of view D. first
29、 person point of view（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.36.In A Rose for Emily, Faulkner makes best use of the _ devices in narration. A. Romantic B. Realistic C. Gothic D. Post-Modernist（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.37.Which of the following statements about Emily Grierson, the protagonist in Faulkners story A Rose for Emily, is
30、 not true? A. She has a distorted personality. B. She is physically deformed and paralyzed. C. She is the symbol of the old values of the South. D. She is the victim of the past glory.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.二、B(总题数：8，分数：24.00)Read the quoted parts carefully and answer the question in English.“For all/That
31、 struck the earth, /No matter if not bruised or spiked with stubble, /Went surely to the cider-apple heap/As of no worth./One can see what will trouble/ This sleep of mine, whatever sleep it is. /Were he not gone, /The woodchuck could say whether its like his/Long sleep, as I describe its coming on.
32、 /Or just some human sleep.“（分数：3.00）(1).Who is the author of the piece of writing?（分数：1.00）_(2).From which literary work is it taken?（分数：1.00）_(3).How do you briefly interpret it?（分数：1.00）_“Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, /And sorry I could not travel both.“（分数：3.00）(1).Who is the author?（分数：1
33、.00）_(2).What does “diverged“ mean?（分数：1.00）_(3).What do the two lines imply?（分数：1.00）_“There was music from my neighbors house through the summer nights. In his blue gardens men and girls came and went like moths among the whisperings and the champagne and the stars. At high tide in the afternoon I
34、 watched his guests diving from the tower of his raft, or taking the sun on the hot sand of his beach while his two motor-boats slit the waters of the Sound, drawing aquaplanes over cataracts of foam. On weekends his Rolls-Royce became an omnibus, bearing parties to and from the city between nine in
35、 the morning and long past midnight, while his station wagon scampered like a brisk yellow bug to meet all trains. And on Mondays eight servants, including an extra gardener, toiled all day with mops and scrubbing-brushes and hammers and garden-shears, repairing the ravages of the night before.“（分数：
36、3.00）(1).Identify the author and the title of the novel from which this passage is taken.（分数：1.00）_(2).What can you imply by reading this passage?（分数：1.00）_(3).What do the “moths“ symbolize?（分数：1.00）_“He smiled understandinglymuch more than understandingly. It was one of those rare smiles with a qua
37、lity of eternal reassurance in it, that you may come across four or five times in life. It facedor seemed to facethe whole external world for an instant, and then concentrated on you with an irresistible prejudice in your favor.“（分数：3.00）(1).Identify the author and the title of the novel from which
38、the passage is taken.（分数：1.00）_(2).Who is “he“?（分数：1.00）_(3).What is going on in this part of the novel?（分数：1.00）_“.I glanced back once. A wafer of a moon was shining over Gatsbys house, making the night fine as before, and surviving the laughter and the sound of his still glowing garden. A sudden e
39、mptiness seemed to flow now from the windows and the great doors, endowing with complete isolation the figure of the host, who stood on the porch, his hand up in a formal gesture of farewell.“（分数：3.00）(1).Identify the author and the title of the novel from which this passage is taken.（分数：1.00）_(2).T
40、he passage describes the end of an event. What is it?（分数：1.00）_(3).What implied meaning can you get after reading this passage?（分数：1.00）_“Is dying hard, Daddy?No, I think its pretty easy, Nick. It all depends.“（分数：3.00）(1).Whos the author of the quoted part, and whats the title of the work?（分数：1.00）
41、_(2).What was Nick preoccupied with when he asked the question?（分数：1.00）_(3).Why did the father add “It all depends“ after he answered his sons question?（分数：1.00）_“When Miss Emily Grierson died, our whole town went to her funeral: the men through a sort of respectful affection for a fallen monument,
42、 the women mostly out of curiosity to see the inside of her house, which no one save an old man-servanta combined gardener and cookhad seen in at least ten years.“（分数：3.00）(1).Which work is this passage taken from?（分数：1.00）_(2).Why is Miss Emily Griersons death regarded as a fallen monument?（分数：1.00）_(3).Use one or two sentences to discuss Miss Emily Grierson.（分数：1.00）_
