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1、英美文学选读自考真题试题及答案解析一、单选题 （共50题，共100分） 1.( )is generally regarded as the forerunner of the 20th century “stream of consciousness ” novels and the founder of psychological realism. A.Theodore Dreiser B.William Fapkner C.Henry James D.Mark Twain 2.Closely relate d to Dickinson s religious poetry are her
2、poems concerning( ),ranging over the physical as well as the psychological and emotional aspects of death. A.love and nature B.death and universe C.death and immortality D.family and happiness 3.considered( ) “the true father of our national literature ”. A.Bret Harte B.Mark Twain C.Washington Irvin
3、g D.Walt Whitman 4.Among the following writers( )is generally regarded as the forerunner of the 20th - century “stream - of - consciousness ” novels and the founder of psychological realism. A. T. S. Eliot B.James Joyce C.William Fapkner D.Henry James 5.The childhood of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn in t
4、he Mississippi is a record of a vanished way of life in the( )Mississippi valley A.pre - War of Independence B.post - War of Independence C.pre - Civil War D.post - Civil War 6.The Portrait of A Lady is generally considered to be( )masterpiece,which describes the life journey of an American( )in a E
5、uropean cptural environment. A.Henry Adamswidow B.William James girl C.Henry Jamesgirl D.Theodore Dreiser swidow 7.Which of the following statements is NOT true of Emily Dickinson and her poetry? A.She remained unmarried all her life B.She wrote,1,775 poems,and most of them were published during her
6、 life time. C.Her poems have no titles,hence are always quoted by their first lines. D.Her limited private world has never confined the limitless power of her creativity and imagination. 8.Henry James fame generally rests upon his novels and stories with the( )theme. A.international B.local C.coloni
7、al D.post-modern 9.After the American Civil War,the literary interest in the so- called “reality ” of life started a new period in the American literary writings know an the Age of( ). A.Realism B.Reason and Revolution C.Romanticism D.Modernism 10.Mark Twain employed an unpretentious style of( )in h
8、is novels which is best described as “vernacpar ”. A.standard English B.Afro-American English C.colloquialism D.urbanism 11.The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and,especially,its sequence( )proved themselves to be the milestone in the American literature. A.The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn B.Life on the
9、Mississippi C.The Gilded Age D.Roughing It 12.Mark Twains particpar concern about the local character of a region came about as “local colorism, ” a unique va riation of American literary( ). A.romanticism B.nationalism C.modernism D.realism 13.Hemingways “Indian Camp ” is one of the fourteen short
10、stories collected under the title of( ).This title is very ironic because there is no peace at all in the stories. A.Three Stories and Ten Poems B.Across the River and into the Trees C.The Green Hills of Africa D.In Our Time 14.At the age of eighty -seven,( )read his poetry at the inauguration of Pr
11、esident John in 1961. A.Robert Frost B.Walt Whitman C.Ezra Pound 15.Unlike his contemporaries in the early 20th century,( )did not break up with the poetic tradition nor made any experiment on form. A.Walt Whitman B.Robert Frost C.Ezra Pound 16.With the publication of( ),Theodore Dreiser was launchi
12、ng himself upon a long career that wopd ptimately make him one of the most significant American writers of the school later known as literary naturalism. A.Sister Carrie B.The Titan C.An American Tragedy D.The Stoic 17.“The dignity of movement of an iceberg is due to only one- eighth of it being abo
13、ve water. ” This “iceberg ” analogy is put forward by( ). A.Mark Twain B.Ezra Pound C.William Fapkner D.Ernest Hemingway 18.“My last Duchess ” is a poem that best exemplifies Robert Browning s( ). A.sensitive ear for the sounds of the English language B.excellent choice of words C.mastering of the m
14、etrical devices D.use of the dramatic monologue 19.Most literary critics think that Fitzgerald is both an insider and an outsider of( )with a double vision. A.the Jazz Age B.the Age of Reason and Revolution C.the Babybooming Age D.the Post- Modern Age 20.“The dignity of movement of an iceberg is due to only one -eighth of it being abov e water. ” This “iceberg ” analogy about prose style was put forward by( ). A.William Fapkner B.Henry James C.Ernest Hemingway D.F Sco
