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that “The Nature of my work is visionary or imaginative’’ belongs to ______. A. William Blake B. William Wordsworth
C. Samuel Taylor Coleridge D．George Gordon Byron
18. Although writing from different points of view and with different techniques，writers in the Victorian Period shared one thing in common，that is，they were all concerned about ______． A. the fate of the upper class
B. the reformation of the government C. the fate of the common people D. the future of their family clans
19. “If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?’’ The quoted line comes from ______. A. Shelley’s “Ode to the West Wind’’ B. Walt Whitman’s Leaves of Grass
C. John Milton’s Paradise Lost D．John Keats’ “Ode on a Grecian Urn” 20. Among the following figures ______ is Dickens’ first child hero. A．Little Nell B．David Copperfield C．Oliver Twist D．Little Dorrit
21. In the play The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde，the upper — class people are described all of the following EXCEPT ______. A. corrupt B. snobbish
C. hypocritical D. ambitious
22. In Thomas Hardy’s Wessex novels, there is an apparent ______ touch in his description of the simple and beautiful though primitive rural life. A. nostalgic B. humorous C. romantic D.ironic
23. “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 ______．
A. Mark Twain B. Ezra Pound
C. William Faulkner D. Ernest Hemingway
24. The literary spokesman of the Jazz Age is ______. A. Henry James B. Robert Frost
C. F. Scott Fitzgerald D. William Faulkner 25．North of Boston is described by the author，Robert Frost，as “a book of people，’’ which shows a brilliant insight into ______ character and the background that formed it． A. the cowboy B. New England C. Ivy Colleague D. ivory tower
26．People generally regarded ______ as the forerunner of the 20th — century “stream- of-consciousness” novels and the founder of psychological realism. A. Theodore Dreiser B. William Faulkner C. Henry James D．Mark Twain 27. According to ______, “There is evil in every human heart，which may remain latent，perhaps，through the whole life；but circumstances may rouse it to activity．” A. Nathaniel Hawthorne B. Edgar Ellen Poe C. William Faulkner D．Theodore Dreiser
28. Hemingway once described _____ the one book from which “all modern American literature
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comes.”
A. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn B. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer C. The Gilded Age D. Innocents Abroad
29. What Walt Whitman prefers for his new subject and new poetic feelings is “______，”that is，poetry without a fixed beat or regular rhyme scheme． A. fixed verse B. free verse C. fixed ending D. free ending
30. By writing _______ Melville reached the most flourishing stage of his literary creativity. A. Typee B. Omoo C. Mardi D. Moby-Dick
31. Shortly before his death in 1945，______ joined the Communist Party. A. Theodore Dreiser B. Mark Twain C. Henry James D. Ezra Pound
32. Naturalism is evolved from ______ when the author’s tone in writing becomes less serious and less sympathetic but more ironic and more pessimistic. A. Romanticism B. Modernism C. Realism D. Scientism
33. One of the most familiar themes in American naturalism is the theme of human ______. A. peacefulness B. joyfulness C. bestiality D. civilization
34. Hawthorne’s view of man and human history originated，to a great extent，from ______. A. Transcendentalism B. Puritanism C. Humanism D. Expressionism
35. In general, the American woman poet _____ wanted to live simply as a complete independent being，and so she did，as a spinster. A. Anne Bret B. Emily Dickinson C. Anna Dickinson D. Emily Shaw
36. Theodore Dreiser’s ______ found expression in almost every book he wrote in which “kill or to be killed” was the law. A. romanticism B. naturalism C. cubism D. classicalism
37. William Faulkner creates his own mythical kingdom that mirrors not only the decline of the ______ society but also the spiritual wasteland of the whole American society. A. southern B. northern C. western D. eastern
38. Almost every book written by Hawthorne discusses _____，which reflects his unceasing interest in the “interior of the heart” of man’s being. A. sin and evil B. 1ove and hatred
C. frustration and self - denial D. balance and self - discipline
39. A preoccupation with the ______ view of original sin and the mystery of evil marked the works of Hawthorne，Melville and a host of lesser writers. A. optimistic B. Calvinistic C. Platonic D. Socratic
40. The American ______ as a cultural heritage exerted great influences over American moral
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values in the American Romantic period. A. Puritanism B．Atheism C. Deism D. Cynicism
PART TWO(60 POINTS)
II. Reading Comprehension(16 points in all，4 for each)
Read the quoted parts carefully and answer the questions in English．Write your answers in the corresponding space on the Answer Sheet． 41. “The fiver glideth at his own sweet will： Dear God! the very houses seem asleep； And all that mighty heart is lying still!”
(from William Wordsworth’s “Composed upon Westminster Bridge”) Questions：
A. What figure of speech is used in the quoted lines? B. What does “that mighty heart’’ refer to? C. What does the poem decribe?
42. “When the stars threw down their spears, And water’d heaven with their tears, Did he smile his work to see?
Did he who made the Lamb make thee?” Questions：
A. Identify the poet and the poem from which the quoted lines are taken B. Whom does the “he’’ refer to? C. What does the “Lamb” symbolize?
43. “My tongue，every atom of my blood，form’d from this soil，this air, Born here of parents born here from parents the same，and their parents the same，
I，now thirty-seven years old in perfect health begin， Hoping to cease not till death” Questions：
A. Identify the poet and the poem from which the quoted lines are taken. B. What do “soil” and “air” represent in the first line? C. What does the poet try to say in the above four lines? 44. “I cannot rub the strangeness from my sight I got from looking through a pane of glass
I skimmed this morning from the drinking trough And held against the world of hoary grass.” Questions：
A. Identify the poet and the poem from which the quoted lines are taken. B. What does the word “strangeness’’ refer to? C. What do the quoted lines imply?
III．Questions and Answers(24 points in all，6 for each)
Give a brief answer to each of the following questions in English．Write your answers in the
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corresponding space on the Answer Sheet．
45. As a leading Romanticist，Byron’s chief contribution is his creation of the “Byronic Hero”．Briefly explain the literary term “Byronic Hero’’.
46. TheWaste Land is T．S．Eliot’s most important single poem．Try to state the theme and the significance of the poem briefly.
47．What is the most famous theme in Henry James’s fiction?And what is his favourite approach in characterization，which makes him different from Mark Twain and W?D.Howells as a realist? Give two titles of his first period works in which this theme and this approach are employed. 48. As a leading spokesman of the “Imagist Movement”，what principles does Ezra Pound endorse?
IV. Topic Discussion(20 points in all，10 for each)
Write no less than 150 words on each of the following topics in English in the corresponding space on the Answer Sheet. 49. Discuss Charles Dickens’ art of fiction：the setting，the character — portrayal，the language，etc．，based on his novel Oliver Twist．
50. Greatly and permanently affected by the war experiences, Hemingway formed his own writing style，together with his theme and hero. Please discuss Hemingway’s writing style in relation to his novels you have read.
全国2008年4月高等教育自学考试 英美文学选读试题 课程代码：00604
I. Multiple Choice（40 points in all, 1for each）
Select from the four choices of each item the one that best answer the question or completes the statement. Write the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.
1．The Renaissance is actually a movement stimulated by a series of historical events EXCEPT_________.
A．the rediscovery of ancient Roman and Greek culture B．the vast expansion of British colonies in North America C．the new discoveries in geography and astrology
D．the religious reformation and the economic expansion
2．Henry Fielding has been regarded by some as “_______”,for his contribution to the establishment of the form of the modern novel.
A．Father of the English Novel B．Father of the English Poetry C．Father of the English Drama D．Father of the English Short Story
3．T．S．Eliot’s most important single poem _______has been hailed as a landmark and a model of the 20th-century English poetry.
A．The Hollow Man B．The Waste Land C．Murder in the Cathedral D．Ash Wednesday 4．George Bernard Shaw’s play _______ established his position as the leading play-wright of his time.
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A．Widowers’ Houses B．Too True to Be Good C．Mrs. Warren’s Profession D．Candida 5．William Blake’s central concern in the Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience is_______, which gives the two books a strong social and historical reference. A．youthhood B．childhood C．happiness D．sorrow
6．All of the following works are known as Hardy’s “novels of character and environment” EXCETP_______.
A．The Return of the Native B．Tess of the D’Urbervilles C．Jude the Obscure D．Far from the Madding Crowd 7．Among the works by Charles Dickens _______ presents his criticism of the Utilitarian principle that rules over the English education system and destroys young hearts and minds. A．Bleak House B．Pickwick Paper C．Great Expectations D．Hard Times
8．The most distinguishing feature of Charles Dickens’ works is his _______. A．simple vocabulary B．bitter and sharp criticism C．character-portrayal D．pictures of happiness
9．Among the following writers _______ created the verse novel by adopting the novelistic presentation of characters.
A．Robert Browning B．Matthew Arnold C．Alfred Tennyson D．Edward Fitzgerald 10．“It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good for-tune, must be in want of a wife.” The quoted part is taken from ______. A．Jane Eyre B．Wuthering Heights
C．Pride and Prejudice D．Sense and Sensibility
11．Because of her sensitivity to universal patterns of human behavior, ______ has brought the English novel ,as an art of form, to its maturity. A．Charlotte Bront? B．Jane Austen C．Emily Bront? D．Ann Radcliffe 12．Shelley’s greatest achievement is his four-act poetic drama ______, which is an exultant work in praise of humankind’s potential. A．Adonais B．Queen Mab
C．Prometheus Unbound D．A Defence of Poetry
13．The assertion that poetry originates from “emotion recollected in tranquility” belongs to ______.
A．William Wordsworth B．Samuel Taylor Coleridge C．Robert Southey D．William Blake
14．All of the following poems by William Wordsworth are masterpieces on nature EXCEPT ______. A．“I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud” B．“An Evening Walk” C．“Tintern Abbey” D．“The Solitary Reaper”
15．All of the following are stream –of- consciousness novels EXCEPT________. A．Pilgrimage B．Ulysses
C．Mrs. Dalloway D．Tess of the D’ Urbervilles
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