2015年04月自学考试00604《英美文学选读》试题和答案.docx

2015年4月高等教育自学考试英美文学选读试题课程代码：00604I.MultipleChoice(40pointsinall,1foreach)Selectfromthefourchoicesofeachitemtheonethatbestanswersthequestionorcompletesthestatement.MarkyourchoicebyblackeningthecorrespondingletterA,B,CorDontheanswersheet.1. RomioandJuliet,thoughatragedy,ispeneatedwithBspirit.A.pessimisticB.optimisticC.despairingD.passive2. AmongJohnMilton'smyorpoeticalworks.Aisthegreatest,indeedtheonlygenerallyacknowledgedepicinEnglishliteraturesinceBeowulf,A.ParadiseLostB.ParadiseregainedC.SamsonAgonistesD.Aeopagitica3. DanielDefoe'sD,anadventurestoryverymuchinthespiritofthetime,isuniversallyconsideredhismasterpiece.A.CaptainSingletonB.MollFlandersC.ColonelJackD.RobinsonCrusoe4. CharlotteBronte'sworksareallaboutthestruggleofanindividualconsciousnessto-wardsB.aboutsomelonelyandneglectedyoungwomenwithafiercelongingforlove,understandingandafull,happylife.A.self-relianceB.self-realizationC.self-esteemD.self-consciousness5. Ofalltheeighteenth-centurynovelists,Bwasthefirsttosetout,bothintheoryandpractice,towritespecificallya"comicepicinprose,"thefirsttogivethemodemnovelitsstructureandstyle.A.DanielDefbeB.HenryFieldingC.JonathanSwiftD.LaurenceSterne6. WilliamBlake'sCmarkshisentryintomaturity.A.SongsofExperienceB.SongsofInnocenceC.MarriageofHeavenandHellD.PoeticalSketches7. PoetryisdefinedbyAas"thespontaneousoverflowofpowerfulfeelings,whichoriginatesinemotionrecollectedintranquility."A.WilliamWordsworthB.WilliamBlakeC.PercyByssheShelleyD.T.S.Eliot8. Shelly'sgreatestachievementishisfour-actpoeticdramaAA.PrometheusUnboundB.ADefenceofPoetryC.TheRevoltofIslamD.Adonais9. InB,snovel,thesubjectmatter,thecharacterrange,thesocialsettings,andplotsareallrestrictedtotheprovinciallifeofthelate18thcenturyEngland,concerningthreeorfourlandedgentr),familieswiththeirdailyroutinelife.A.CharlotteBronteB.JaneAustenC.D.H.LawrenceD.ThomasHardy10. InConeofDickens'laterworks,DickenspresentsacriticismoftheUtilitarianprinciplethatrulesovertheEnglisheducationsystemanddestroysyoungheartsandminds.A.BleakHouseB.LittleDorritC.HardTimesD.ATaleofTwoCities11. ThesuccessofJaneEyreisnotonlybecauseofitssharpcriticismoftheexistingsociety,butalsoduetoitsintroductiontotheEnglsihnovelthefirstDheroine.A.workerB.peasantC.explorerD.governess12. ThelasttwonovelsbyThomasHardyareCA. TheReturnoftheNative,TheMayorofCasterbridgeB. TheMayorofCasterbridge,TessoftheD'UrbervillesC. TessoftheD'Urbervilles,JudetheObscureD. TheWoodlanders,theMayorofCasterbridge13. Dickens'best-depictedcharactersarethefollowingEXCEPTDA. innocent,virtuous,persecutedandhelplesschildcharactersB. horribleandgrotesquecharactersC. broadlyhumorousorcomicalcharactersD. simple,innocentandfaithfulwomencharacters14. Inhisfamousessay.TraditionandIndividualTalent.Aputsgreatemphasisontheimportanceoftraditionbothincreativewritingandincriticism.A.T.S.EliotB.D.H.LawrenceC.BernardShawD.CharlesDickens15. D.H.Lawrence,snovelBisastoryaboutthethreegenerationsoftheBrangwenfamilyontheMarshfarm.A.SonsandLoversB.TheRainbowC.KangarooD.LadyChatterley1SLover16. IiisgenerallybelievedthatthemostimportantplayamongShakespeare'scomediesisBA.AMidsummerNight'sDreamB.TheMerchantofVenisC.MuchAdoAboutNothingD.TwelfthNight17. JohnMi!ton'sAshowshowmankind,inthepersonofChrist,withstandsthetempterandisestablishedoncemorein(hedivinefavor.B. Paradise LostD. AreopagiticaA.ParadiseRegainedC.SamsonAgonistes18. Thedeclarationthat,IknowthatThisWorldisaWorldofImaginationandVision"andthat"ThenatureOfmyworkisvisionaryorimaginative"belongstoAA.WilliamBlakeB.WilliamWordsworthC.T.S.EliotD.PercyByssheShelley19. AllofthefollowingpoemsiswrittenbyShellyEXCEPTCA."OdetoLiberty"B."OdetoNaples"C."OdetoaNightingale"D"ToaSkylark"20. Of(hefollowingwriters.CisoftencomparedwithShakespeareforhisadeptnesswiththevernacularandlargevocabularywithwhichhebringsou(manyawonderfulverbalpictureofmanandscene.A.ThomasHardyB.GeorgeBernardShawC.CharlesDickensD.D.H.Lawrence21. T.S.Eliot,smajorachievementinplaywritinghasbeenthecreationofaDinthe20thcenturytoexpresstheideasandactionofmodemsocietywithnewaccentsoftheContemPOraryspeech.A.heroicdramaB.melodramaC.monodramaD.versedrama22. InDbyportrayingadisillusionedmanwhoattemptsosavehisintegritybyrunningawayagainandagainfromhiswifeandchildren.D.H.Lawrencetries(oshowthateverymanisasacredandholyindividualwhoseintegrityshouldneverbeviolatedordominated.A.SonsandLoversB.TheRainbowC.WomeninLoveD.Aaron'sRod23. WilliamFaulkner'sworkisdifcultandisatextendlesslysearchedforAA.meaningsB.answersC.themesD.logics24. Asagenre,naturalismemphasizedDandenvironmentasimportantdeterministicforcesshapingindividualizedcharacterswhowerepresentedinspecialanddetailedcircumstances-A.educationB.societyC.manD.heredity25. RobertFrost'sAMasqueofReasonandBarecomic-seriousdramaticnarratives,inbothofwhichbiblicalcharactersinmodemsettingsdiscussethicsandma