全国2009年7月自考英美文学选读试题

1全国2009年7月自考英美文学选读试题PARTONE(40POINTS)I．MultipleChoice(40pointsinall,1foreach)1.ThefirstmassmovementoftheEnglishworkingclassandtheearlysignoftheawakeningofthepoor,oppressedpeopleis_____.A.TheEnclosureMovementB.TheProtestantReformationC.TheEnlightenmentMovementD.TheChartistMovement2.DanielDefoe’sworksareallthefollowingEXCEPT_____.A.MollFlandersB.ATaleofaTubC.AJournalofthePlagueYearD.ColonelJack3.“MetaphysicalPoetry”referstotheworksofthe17th-centurywriterswhowroteundertheinfluenceof_____.A.JohnDonneB.AlexanderPopeC.ChristopherMarloweD.JohnMilton4.ThemostimportantplayamongShakespeare’scomediesis_____.A.AMidsummerNight’sDreamB.TheMerchantofVeniceC.AsYouLikeItD.TwelfthNight5.ThemostperfectexampleoftheversedramaafterGreekstyleinEnglishisMilton’s_____.A.ParadiseLostB.ParadiseRegainedC.SamsonAgonistesD.Areopagitica6.WhichofthefollowingdescriptionsofEnlightenmentMovementisNOTtrue?A.ItwasaprogressiveintellectualmovementthatflourishedinFrance.B.ItwasafurtheranceoftheRenaissanceofthe15thand16thcenturies.C.Thepurposewastoenlightenthewholeworldwithmoderuphilosophicalandartisticideas.D.TheEnlightenersadvocateindividualeducation.7.NeoclassicistshadsomefixedlawsandrulesforproseEXCEPT_____.A.beingpreciseB.beingdirectC.beingflexibleD.beingsatiric8.Agoodstyleofprose“properworksinproperplaces”wasdefinedby_____.A.JohnMiltonB.HenryFieldingC.JonathanSwiftD.T.S.Eliot9.ThemajorthemeofJaneAusten’snovelsis_____.A.loveandmoneyB.moneyandsocialstatusC.socialstatusandmarriageD.loveandmarriage10.Wordsworth’s_____isperhapsthemostanthologizedpoeminEnglishliterature.2A.“ToaSkylark”B.“IWonderedLonelyasaCloud”C.“AnEveningWalk”D.“MyHeartLeapsUp”11.WilliamBlake’swork______markshisentryintomaturity.A.SongsofExperienceB.MarriageofHeavenandHellC.SongsofInnocenceD.TheBookofLos12.BestofalltheRomanticwell-knownlyricpiecesisShelley’s_____.A.“TheCloud”B.“ToaSkylark”C.“OdetoaNightingale”D.“OdetotheWestWind”13.IntheVictorianPeriod_____becamethemostwidelyreadandthemostvitalandchallengingexpressionofprogressivethought.A.poetryB.novelC.proseD.drama14.InCharlesDickens’earlynovels,heattacksoneormorespecificsocialevils,_____isagoodexampleofdescribingthedehumanizingworkhousesystemandthedark,criminalunderworldlife.A.DavidCopperfieldB.OliverTwistC.GreatExpectationsD.DombeyandSon15.ThomasHardy’smostcheerfulandidyllicworkis_____.A.TheReturnoftheNativeB.FarfromtheMaddinCrowdC.UndertheGreenwoodTreeD.TheWoodlanders16.Theriseof_____andnewsciencegreatlyincitedmodernistwriterstomakenewexplorationsonhumannaturesandhumanrelationships.A.theexistentialisticideaB.theirrationalphilosophyC.scientificsocialismD.socialDarwinism17.InModernEnglishliterature,theliteraryinterestof_____layinthetracingofthepsychologicaldevelopmentofhischaractersandinhisenergeticcriticismofthedehu-manizingeffectofthecapitalistindustrializationonhumannature.A.GeorgeBernardShawB.T.S.EliotC.OscarWildeD.D.H.Lawrence18.GeorgeBernardShaw’s_____isabetterplayofthelaterperiod,withtheauthor’salmostnihilisticbitternessonthesubjectsofthecrueltyandmadnessofWWIandtheaimlessnessanddisillusionoftheyoung.A.TooTruetoBeGoodB.Mrs.Warren’sProfessionC.Widowers’HousesD.Fanny’sFirstPlay19.RenaissancefirststartedinItaly,withthefloweringofthefollowingfieldsEXCEPT_____.A.architectureB.paintingC.sculptureD.literature20.EnglishRomanticism,asahistoricalphaseofliterature,isgenerallysaidtohavebegunwiththepublicationofWordsworthandColeridge’s_____.3A.PoeticalSketchesB.ADefenceofPoetryC.LyricalBalladsD.ThePrelude21.CharlotteBronte’swork_____isfamousforthedepictionofthelifeofthemiddle-classworkingwomen,particularlygovernesses.A.JaneEyreB.WutheringHeightsC.TheProffessorD.Shirley22.TheWasteLandbyT.S.Eliotisapoemconcernedwiththe_____breakupofamoderncivilizationinwhichhumanlifehaslostitsmeaning,significanceandpurpose.A.spiritualB.religiousC.politicalD.physical23.PerhapsEmilyDickinson’sgreatestinterpretationofthemomentof_____istobefoundin“IheardaFlybuzz--whenIdied—”,apoemuniversallyregardedasoneofhermasterpieces.A.fantasyB.birthC.crisisD.death24.ThefictionoftheAmerican_____periodrangesfromthecomicfablesofWashing-tonIrvingtothesocialrealismofRebeccaHardingDavis.A.RomanticB.RevolutionaryC.ColonialD.Modernistic25.Themodern_____techniquewasfrequentlyandskillfullyexploitedbyFaulknertoemphasizethereactionsandinnermusingsofthenarrator.A.stream-of-consciousnessB.flashbackC.mosaicD.narrativeandargumentative26.Bymeansof“_____,”Whitmanbelieved,hehasturnedthepoemintoanopenfield,anareaofvitalpossibilitywherethereadercanallowhisownimaginationtoplay.A.balancedstructureB.freeverseC.fixedverseD.regularrhythm27.In1954,_____wasawardedtheNobelPrizefor“hispowerfulstyle-formingmasteryoftheart”ofcreatingmodernfiction.A.ErnestHemingwayB.SherwoodAndersonC.StephenCraneD.HenryJames28.Theperiodrangingfrom1865to1914hasbeenreferredtoastheAgeof_____intheliteraryhistoryoftheUnitedStates,whichisactuallyamovementortendencythatdominatedthespiritofAmericanliterature.A.RationalismB.RomanticismC.RealismD.Modernism29.Whenhewaseighty-sevenhereadhispoetryattheinaugurationofPresidentJ