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1、全国2000年4月高等教育自学考试英美文学选读试题PART ONE. Multiple Choice1. The sentence Shall I compare thee to a summers day? is the beginning line of one of Shakespeares _. A. comedies B. tragedies C. sonnets D. histories 4. The major concern of _fiction lies in the tracing of the psychological development of his chara
2、cters and in his energetic criticism of the dehumanizing effect of the capitalist industrialization on human nature. A. Charles Dickenss B. D. H. Lawrences C. Thomas Hardys D. John Galsworthys5. Daniel Defoe describes_ as a typical English middle-class man of the eighteenth century, the very prototy
3、pe of the empire builder or the pioneer colonist. A. Tom Jones B. Gulliver C. Moll Flanders D. Robinson Crusoe7. She lived unknown, and few could knowWhen Lucy ceased to be;But she is in her grave, and, oh,The difference to me?The word me in the last line of the above stanza quoted from Wordsworths
4、poem She Dwelt Among the Untrodden Ways may possibly refer to _. A. the poet B. the reader C. her lover D. everybody8._ is a typical feature of Swifts writings. A. Bitter satire B. Elegant style C. Casual narration D. Complicated sentence structure9. The statement It reveals the dehumanizing workhou
5、se system and the dark, criminal underworld life may well sum up the main theme of Dickenss_ . A. David Copperfield B. Bleak House C. Great Expectations D. Oliver Twist10. Do you think, because I am poor, obscure, plain, and little, I am soulless and heartless? . And if God had gifted me with some b
6、eauty, and much wealth, I should have made it as hard for you to leave me, as it is now for me to leave you.The above quoted passage is most probable taken from_ . A. Pride and Prejudice B. Jane Eyre C. Wuthering Heights D. Great Expectations12. G. B. Shaws play Mrs. Warrens Profession is a realisti
7、c exposure of_ the in the English society. A. slum landlordism B. inequality between men and women C. political corruption D. economic exploitation of women13. In William Blakes poetry, the father (and any other in whom he saw the image of the father such as God, priest, and king) was usually a figu
8、re of_ . A. benevolence B. admiration C. love D. tyranny17. After reading the first chapter of Pride and Prejudice, we may come to know that Mrs. Bennet is a woman of_ . A. simple character and quick wit B. simple character and poor understanding C. intricate character and quick wit D. intricate cha
9、racter and poor understanding18. Of all the eighteenth-century novelists_was the first to set out, both in theory and practice, to write specifically a comic epic in prose, and the first to give the modern novel its structure and style. A. Daniel Defoe B. Samuel Richardson C. Henry fielding D. Olive
10、r Goldsmith19. Not on thy sole but on thy soul, harsh Jew, /Thou makst thy knife keen.In the above quotation taken from The Merchant of Venice, Shakespeare employs a(n) _. A. oxymoron B. pun C. simile D. synecdoche20 In Hardys Wessex novels, there is a apparent_ touch in his description of the simpl
11、e and beautiful though primitive rural life. A. humorous B. romantic C. nostalgic D. sarcastic21. O prince, O chief of many throned powers,That led thembattled seraphim to warUnder thy conduct, and in dreadful deesFearless, endangered Heavens perpetual King.In the third line of the above passage quo
12、ted from Miltons Paradise Lost, the phrase the conduct refers to _conduct. A. Satans B. Gods C. Adams D. Eves22. We can perhaps describe the west wind in Shelleys poem Ode to the West Wind with all the following terms except_ . A. tamed B. swift C. proud D. wild24. In Hawthornes Young Goodman Brown,
13、 a satanic figure leads the credulous protagonist to a witches Sabbath in the woods, There he recognizes many pillars of Salems Puritan society as well as his wife, Faith. The story illustrates Hawthornes allegorical theme of human evil or what Melville called the power of _. A. blackness B. whiteness C. terror D. hypocrisy25. For Melville, as well as for the reader and , the narrator_, Moby Dick is still a mystery, an ultimate mystery of the universe. A. Ahab B. Ishmael C. Stubb D. Starbuck26. Most of the poems in Whitmans Leaves of Grass sing of the en-mass and the_ as well. A. nature B.
