自考專業(英語)英美文學選讀考前密押卷1

一、單項選擇題。以下各小題所給出的四個選項中，只有一項最符合題目要求。

1、Generally,theRenaissancereferstotheperiodbetween______and______centuries.()

A．14th,mid-17th

B．16th,mid-47th

C．14th,mid-18th

D．16th,mid-19th

2、WilliamShakespeare,ChristopherMarloweandarethebestrepresentativesoftheEnglishhumanists.()

A．EdmundSpenser

B．FrancisBacon

C．JohnMilton

D．ThomasMore

3、Inthesecondperiod,Shakespeare'sstyleandapproachbecamehighlyindividualized.Hewrotesixcomedies.Whichonedoesn'tbelongtothem?()

A．TitusAndronicus.

B．AMidsummerNight'sDream.

C．TheMerchantofVenice.

D．TwelfthNight.

4、Portiaisacharacterin()

A．TheMerchantofVenice

B．AMidsummerNight'sDream

C．MeasureforMeasure

D．TheTamingoftheShrew

5、Lycidasis______.()

A．Milton'smostmemorableprosework

B．agreatpleaforfreedomofthepress

C．oneofMilton'sthreemajorpoeticalworks

D．acollectionofelegies

6、Allthefollowingworksexcept______areGothicnovels.()

A．TheCastleofOtranto

B．TheHistoryofAmelia

C．TheMysteriesofUdolpho

D．AGothicStory

7、Swift'sAModestProposalisgenerallytakenasaperfectmodel,suggestingthatpoorIrishparentsselltheirone-year-oldbabiestotherichEnglishlordsandladiesas.()

A．servant

B．child

C．slave

D．food

8、InthefollowingworksbyHenryFielding,whichbringshimthenameofthe"ProseHomer"?()

A．TheCoffeeHousePolitician.

B．TheTragedyofTragedies.

C．TheHistoryofTomJones,aFoundling.

D．TheHistoryofAmelia.

9、Theliteraryformwhichisfully-developedandthemostflourishingduringtheRomanticPeriodis()

A．prose

B．drama

C．novel

D．poetry

10、Throughallhislife,Blakehadbeenbothapoetanda(n)______.()

A．engraver

B．painter

C．novelist

D．scholar

11、It's_____thatgivesWordsworth"strengthandknowledgefullofpeace".()

A．nation

B．pastexperience

C．commonlife

D．nature

12、Theassertionthatpoetryoriginatesfrom"emotionrecollectedintranquility"belongsto______.()

A．WilliamWordsworth

B．SamuelTaylorColeridge

C．RobertSouthey

D．WilliamBlake

13、Theauthorofthework"MenofEngland"is______.()

A．T.S.Eliot

B．ThomasGray

C．P.B.Shelley

D．WaltWhitman

14、______mainlytellsofthelovestorybetweenarich,proudyoungmanDarcyandthebeautifulandintelligentElizabethBen-net.()

A．JaneEyre

B．WutheringHeights

C．PrideandPrejudice

D．OliverTwist

15、ChronologicallytheVictorianPeriodrefersto______.()

A．1798—-1832

B．1836—1901

C．theRomanticPeriod

D．theNeoclassicalPeriod

16、RobertBrowningcreated______byadoptingthenovelisticpresentationofcharacters.()

A．theversenovel

B．theblankverse

C．theheroiccouplet

D．thedramaticpoetry

17、"Cometome—cometomeentirelynow,"saidhe;andadded,inhisdeepesttone,speakinginmyearashischeekwaslaidonmine,"Makemyhappiness—Iwillmakeyours."Theabovepassagepresentsascenein______.()

A．EmilyBronte'sWutheringHeights

B．CharlotteBronte'sJaneEyre

C．JohnGalsworthy'sTheForsyteSaga

D．ThomasHardy'sTessoftheD'Urbervilles

18、ThomasHardy'snovelsareallVictorianindate.Mostofthemaresetin,thefictionalprimitiveandcruderuralregionwhichisreallythehomeplacehebothlovesandhates.()

A．Sussex

B．Wessex

C．Casterbridge

D．Oxford

19、InthenovelTessoftheD'Urbervilles,naturalistictendencyisstrong,inaway,Tessseemstobeledtoherfinaldestructionstepbystepby______.()

A．Society

B．God

C．Man

D．Fate

20、Theoutstandingrealisticnovelistsintheearly20thcenturyEnglandwere,H.G.WellsandArnoldBennett.()

A．GeorgeBernardShaw

B．JohnGalsworthy

C．JamesJoyce

D．T.S.Eliot

21、Widowers'House,aplaywrittenbyGeorgeBernardShaw,isagrotesquelyrealisticexposureof______.()

A．prostitution

B．LifeForce

C．slumlandlordism

D．politics

22、T.S.Eliot'smostimportantsinglepoem______hasbeenhailedasalandmarkandamodelofthe20th-centuryEnglishpoetry.()

A．TheHollowMan

B．TheWasteLand

C．MurderintheCathedral

D．AshWednesday

23、Theprotagonistofthepoem"TheLoveSongofT.AlfredPrufrock"isakindoftragicfigurecaughtinasenseofdefeatedi-dealismandtorturedbysatisfieddesires.Ofthefollowingdescriptionsofhim,whichisn'tsuitableforhim?(,)

A．Heisneurotic..

B．Heisself-important.

C．Heisillogical.

D．Heisamanofaction.

24、Lawrencewasrecognizedasaprominentnovelistonlyafterhepublishedhisthirdnovel______.()

A．TheRainbow

B．Womeninhove

C．SonsandLovers

D．APortraitoftheArtistasaYoungMan

25、WhichgroupofwritersareamongthosewhomaybecalledearlypioneersofAmericanliterature?()

A．MarkTwainandHenryJames.

B．FenimoreCooperandWashingtonIrving.

C．ErnestHemingwayandWilliamFaulkner.

D．JackLondonandO'Henry.

26、"TheBirthmark"driveshomesymbolicallyHawthorne'spointthat______isman'sbirthmark,somethingheisbornwith.()

A．goodness

B．gratefulness

C．evil

D．bitterness

27、WaltWhitmanisapoetwithastrongsenseofmission,havingdevotedallhislifetothecreationofthe"single"poem______.()

A．Chicago

B．MyLostYouth

C．LeavesofGrass

D．APact

28、WhichofthefollowingwritersisnotthedominantfigureoftheRealisticPeriodinAmerica?()

A．HermanMelville.

B．WilliamDeanHowells.

C．HenryJames.

D．MarkTwain.

29、"Thenallcollapsed,andthegreatshroudofthesearolledonasitrolledfivethousandyearsago."Inthequotedsentence,theauthormightimplythat______.()

A．nothingchangesinthe5000yearsofhumanhistory

B．man'sdesiretoconquernaturecanonlyendinhisowndestruction

C．natureisevilasitwas5000yearsago

D．naturehastheultimatecreativepower

30、Howells,MarkTwainandHenryJamesdifferedintheirunderstandingofthe"______".()

A．society

B．truth

C．future

D．reality

31、Allhisnovelsrevealthat,astimewenton,MarkTwainbecameincreasingly______.()

A．prolific

B．artistic

C．optimistic

D．pessimistic

32、ThePortraitofALadyisgenerallyconsideredtobemasterpiece,whichdescribesthelifejourneyofanAmericaninaEuropeanculturalenvironment.()

A．HenryAdams',widow

B．WilliamJames's,girl

C．HenryJames's,girl

D．TheodoreDreiser's,widow

33、Altogether,EmilyDickinsonwrote1775poems,ofwhichonly______hadappearedduringherlifetime.()

A．three

B．five

C．seven

D．nine

34、Thepoem"IliketoseeitlaptheMiles—"isaninterestingpoemwrittenbyEmilyDickinson.Whatdoes"it"inthepoemstandfor?()

A．Thehound.

B．Thestar.

C．Thehorse.

D．Thetrain.

35、Inallhisnovels,TheodoreDreisersetshimselftoprojecttheAmerican_____values.Forexample,inSisterCarrie,thereisnotonecharacterwhosestatusisnotdeterminedeconomically.()

A．Puritan

B．materialistic

C．psychological

D．religious

36、Americanfictioninthe1960sand1970sprovestobedifferentfromitspredecessorsinthatthewritersstartedtodepartfromtheconventionsofthenovelwritingandexperimentedwithsomenewformsandisalwaysreferredtoas"______".()

A．newfiction

B．gothicfiction