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1、/ 我自考网整理2010 年 4 月高等教育自学考试全国统一命题考试英美文学选读试卷+答案请将答案填在答题纸相应的位置上(全部题目用英文作答) I Multiple Choice(40 points in all, 1 for each) Select from the four choices of each item the one that best answers the question or completes the statement. Write the corresponding letter A, B, C or D on the answer sheet. 1. T.
2、S. Eliot s _ bearing a strong thematic resemblance to The Waste Land, is generally regarded as the darkest of Eliot s poems. A. “Gerontion” B. “Prufrock” C. Murder in the Cathedral D. The Hollow Men 2. Shelley s political lyrics _ is not only a war cry calling upon all working people to rise up agai
3、nst their political oppressors, but an address to them pointing out the intolerable injustice of economic exploitation. A. “Ode to Liberty” B. “Ode to Naples” C. “Ode to the West Wind” D. “Men of England” 3. Charlotte s works are famous for the depiction of the life of _ working women, particularly
4、governesses. A. the middle - class B. the lower - class C. the upper - middle - class D. the upper - class 4. All of the following works are known as Hardy s “novels of character and environment” EXCEPT _. A. The Return of the Native B. Tess of the D Urbervilles C. Jude the Obscure D. Far from the M
5、adding Crowd 5. Jane Austen s practical idealism is that love should be justified by _ and disciplined by self-control. A. reason B. sense C. rationality D. sensibility 6. Shakespeare s _, an elaborate and fantastic story, is known as the best of his final romances. A. The Winters Tale B. The Tempes
6、t C. The Taming of the Shrew D. Love s Labour s Lost 7. “Where intelligence was fallible, limited, the Imagination was our hope of contact with eternal forces, with the whole spiritual world.” was said by _. A. William Wordsworth B. William Blake C. Samuel Taylor Coleridge D. John Keats 8. “To be, o
7、r not to be - that is the question;/Whether tis nobler in the mind to suffer / The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,/Or to take arms against a sea of troubles ,/And by opposing end then?” These lines are taken from _. A. King Lear B. Romeo and Juliet C. Othello D. Hamlet 9. John Milton s most
8、 powerful dramatic poem on the Greek model is _. A. Paradise Lost B. Paradise Regained C. Samson Agonistes D. Lycidas 10. Because of her sensitivity to universal pattens of human behavior, _ has brought the / 我自考网整理English novel, as an art of form, to its maturity. A. Charlotte Bronte B. Jane Austen
9、 C. Emily Bronte D. Henry Fielding 11. Daniel Defoes _ is universally considered as his masterpiece. A. Colonel Jack B. Robinson Crusoe C. Captain Singleton D. A Journal of the Plague Year 12. Poetry is defined by _ as “the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings, which originates in emotion recol
10、lected in tranquility”. A. William Wordsworth B. William Blake C. Percy Bysshe Shelley D. Robert Southey 13. Jonathan Swift s _ is generally regarded as the best model of satire, not only of the period but also in the whole English literary history. A. Gullivers Travels B. The Battle of the Books C.
11、 “A Modest Proposal” D. A Tale of a Tub 14. All of the following statements about the Victorian period is true EXCEPT _. A. England was the “workshop of the world”. B. The early years was a time of rapid economic development as well as serious social problems. C. Towards the mid -century, England ha
12、d reached its highest point of development as a world power. D. Capitalism came into its monopoly stage, the gap between the rich and the poor was further deepened. 15. George Bernard Shaw s _ is a grotesquely realistic exposure of slum landlordism. A. Widower s House B. Mrs. Warren s Profession C.
13、The Apple Cart D. Getting Married 16. Dickens s first child hero is _. A. Little Nell B. David Copperfield C. Oliver Twist D. Little Dorrit 自考历年试题 ,自考白皮书17. 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
14、”, the first to give the modern novel its structure and style. A. Henry Fielding B. Daniel Defoe C. Jonathan Swift D. Laurence Sterne 18. D. H. Lawrence s _ is a remarkable novel in which the individual consciousness is subtly revealed and strands of themes are intricately wound up. A. Sons and Love
15、rs B. The Rainbow C. Women in Love D. Lady Chatterley s Love 19. Dickens attacks the Utilitarian principle that rules over the English education system and destroys young hearts and minds in _. A. Hand Times B. Great Expectations C. Our Mutual Friend D. Bleak House 20. The belief of the eighteenth - century neoclassicists in England led them to seek the following EXCEPT _. A. proportion B. unity C. harmony D. spirit / 我自考网整理21. The Renaissance marks a transition from _ to the modern world. A. the old English B. the medieval C. the feudalist D. the capitalist 22. The great politica
