2024年4月安徽自學考試英美文學選讀試題 課程代碼：00604

2024年4月高等教育自學考試英美文學選讀試題課程代碼：006041.請考生按規定用筆將所有試題的答案涂、寫在答題紙上。2.答題前，考生務必將自己的考試課程名稱、姓名、準考證號用黑色字跡的簽字筆或鋼筆填寫在答題紙規定的位置上。選擇題部分注意事項：每小題選出答案后，用2B鉛筆把答題紙上對應題目的答案標號涂黑。如需改動，用橡皮擦干凈后，再選涂其他答案標號。不能答在試題卷上。一 、單項選擇題：本大題共20小題，每小題1分，共20分。在每小題列出的備選項中只有一項是最符合題目要求的，請將其選出。MultipleChoice(20 points inall,1foreach)Complete each ofthe following statements by choosingoneappropriateanswerfromthefour optionsgiven.1.Beowulfiscomposedaroundtheninthcenturyinaformof A.lyrics B.folk songs C.epics D.sagas2.Eventhoughcalledahumanist scholar,did not havemuch in commonwiththehumanistsofhistime.A.JohnSkelton B.John Milton C.JohnDryden D.John Lyly3.JohnLyly'speculiarstylecametobeknownas“”,which is a peculiarstyleofEnglishprose.A.dialect B.euphuism C.slang D.vulgarization4.“Thattimeofyearthoumaystinmebehold”isthebeginninglineofoneofWilliamShakespeare's A.comedjes B.tragedies C.novels D.sonnets00604#英美文學選讀試題第1頁(共7頁)

5.“Reading makes a full man;conferencesa readyman;andwritinganexactman”couldbefoundinA.ThomasMore'sUtopiaB.FrancisBacon's“OfStudies"C.Charles Dickens'sGreat ExpectationsD.ThomasHardy'sTessof theD'Urbervilles6.“Fromrest and sleep,which but thy pictures be”istaken from the poemwrittenbyA.Geoffrey ChaucerB.John DonneC.EdmundSpenser D.ThomasGray7.ThefollowingstatementsaboutRobinsonCrusoearetrueEXCEPT A.Crusoerescuesaprisoner,naminghimFridayB.it is written in the autobiographicalformC.itisa recordof Defoe'sownexperienceD.Crusoe is rescued by a BritishshipandreturnstoEngland8.“Theirheadsandbreastswerecoveredwithathickhair,somefrizzled,andotherslank”istheexcerptfromSwift's A.Gulliver'sTravelsB.A Taleofa TubC.TheBattle oftheBooksD.AModestProposal9.Thatis NOT true about William Wordsworth.A.heassertsthatpoetrymustconcernitselfwith"theprimarylawsofournature"B.LyricalBalladsmarksthebeginningoftheRomanticmovementinliteratureC.hehadmixedjoysandterrorsofhisboyhoodD.ThePreludeishismostnotableessay10.Onecanseethedeserted,poverty-strickenchildinA.GreatExpectationsB.DombeyandSonC.OliverTwist D.David Copperfield11.Ofthefollowing4writers, belongsto"thestreamof consciousness"school.A.Thomas Hardy B.Virginia WoolfC.D.H.Lawrence D.Thomas More12.In one canreadthreecoupleswhodefinetheirlives bytheirhatredofatyrannicalfilmproducer.A.ABetter Class ofPerson B.LookBack in AngerC.The Hotelin Amsterdam D.InadmissibleEvidence00604#英美文學選讀試題第2頁(共7頁)

13.William Bradford worked on from 1630to 1651,writingfromnotes,correspondence,and memory.A.Mourts RelationB.GovernorBradfordsLetterBookC.TheHistoryofNewEnglandD.OfPlymouthPlantation14.Edward Taylor'scan be evidencedbythePoem"UponaWaspChilledwithCold".A.fascinationwithnature B.enthusiasmaboutsportC.passionformusic D.hatred foroppression15.KnownasanAmerican“saint”,helpedshapemostof theimportantpolitical,social,and intellectualdevelopments ineighteenth-century America.A.Philip Freneau B.MarkTwainC.Washington Irving D.Benjamin Franklin16.BominwesternAfrica. wasremarkablythefirstAfricanAmericanof eithersextopublish a collectionofpoetry in colonialAmerica.A.JaneAusten B.EmilyDickinsonC.Willa Cather D.Phillis Wheatley17.“Successiscountedsweetest"istakenfromthepoem"Success”writtenbyA.Robert Frost B.John KeatsC.Emily Dickinson D.WilliamCullenBryant18.In1850,was published,for which NathanielHawthorne becamefamous.A.Twice-ToldTalesB.TheScarletLetterC.Mossesfrom an OldManseD.TheMarbleFaun19.Theodore Dreiser's finest novel was,which tells how anupstartbusinessmandegenerates into a murdererandends upinshame.A.AnAmericanTragedyB.Sister CarrieC.TheFinancierD.Dawn20.The noveltellsaboutBuck,whoishalf St.Bernardandhalf sheepdog.A.The Call oftheWildB.TheSea-WolfC.TheIronHeel D.MartinEden00604#英美文學選讀試題第3頁(共7頁)

非選擇題部分注意事項：用黑色字跡的簽字筆或鋼筆將答案寫在答題紙上，不能答在試題卷上。二、填空題：本大題共10小題，每小題3個空，每個空1分，共30分。Blank Filling(30 points inall,1foreachblank)Complete each ofthe following statements or quotesbyfillingintheblankswithwords/phrases given in parentheses.21.InEcclesiasticalHistoryoftheEnglishPeople,Bedewrites:On,whenhedid justthat,heleftthebuildingofandwentoutto ,thecareofwhichhadbeengiventohimthatnight.(thedrinkingparty,theanimalshed,acertainoccasion)22.HerearethewordsfromJohnLyly's"AdvicetoaForeignVisitortoEngland":At thycoming into England be nottooinquisitiveofnews,neithercuriousinof State,inasknoquestions,eitherconcerning or men.(manners,matters,assemblies)23.QuotesfromFrancisBacon's“Of ParentsandChildren":Let parents choose betimes thetheymeantheirchildrenshouldtake,forthentheyaremostflexible;andletthemnottoomuchapplythemselvestothe oftheir children,asthinking they will take best to that which they have most to.(mind,vocations andcourses,disposition)24.Thefollowing wordsare takenfromSamuelJohnson's“On WhatTheycan beThinking?".Itisreasonabletobelievethat,like everything else,has its ;that itmustproceed from something known,done,or suffered;and must produce some(causesandeffects,thought,actionorevent)25.Readersmayfindtheofnature,theof memory,and theofsensation in“Daffodils”.(richness,companionship,endurance)26.BertrandRussellbeganhis"WhatIHaveLivedFor"withthissentence:Threepassions,simplebutoverwhelminglystrong,havegovernedmylife:theforlove,thefor knowledge,and unbearable for thesufferingofmankind. (search,pity,longing)27.Asanartist,AnneBradstreetwasuniqueinher and progressed farbeyondreachedbynumerousreligiousanddomesticwho flourished two centuries later.(femalewriters,timeandplace,thelevel)00604#英美文學選讀試題第4頁(共7頁)

28.BenjaminFranklinbeganhisAutobiographywiththissentence:Ihavebeenthemoreparticularinthisdescriptionof my ,andshallbesoof myfirstintothatcity,thatyoumayinyourcompare such unlikely beginnings with thefigureIhavesincemadethere.(entry,mind,journey)29.AccordingtoRalphWaldoEmerson'sfamousessay“Nature":Theof natureishewhoseinwardandoutwardsensesarestilltrulyadjustedtoeachother;whohasretainedtheofinfancyevenintotheofmanhood.(era,lover,spirit)30.After abriefperiod ofturbulence in his personal life during the mid-1950s,ArthurMillerreturnedtotheAmericanstageandproducedmany of various and social(themes,settings,plays)三 、正誤判斷題：本大題共10小題，每小題1分，共10分。Trueor FalseQuestions(10 points inall,1foreach)Readeachof thefollowingstatements.Decidewhetheritistrueorfalse.Write“T”fortrueand“F”forfalseinthebracketprovided.31.( )BeforeGeoffreyChaucertooktowrite,mosttextsinEnglandwerecomposedinGreekorSpanish32.()TheTragicalHistoryofDoctorFaustustellsthestoryofadoctorFaustuswhowishestopursuetheworldlypower,luxuryandsensualpleasurebymagic.33.( )“A littlemorethankin,andlessthankind”canbefoundinWilliamShakespeare'sHamlet.34.( )SamuelJohnson'sclassicTheHistoryoftheDeclineandFalloftheRomanEmpire waspublished in six volumes between1776 and1788.35.( )MuchofPercyByssheShelly'searly philosophyinpoetryandpoliticsisexpressedinADefenceofPoetry.36.( )W.B.Yeats wroteandproducedAItheHawk'sWellin1916withJapanese-likemasks.37.( )OnSeptember 16,1620,thePilgrimssetoutforAmericaontheTitanic.38.()LettersfromanAmericanFarmerbyCrèvecoeuroccupiesauniqueplaceinAmericanliterary history.39.( )Walden became Ralph Waldo Emerson's supremeachievement and one ofthe mostaccomplished works in American literature.40.( )F.Scott Fitzgerald'smasterpiece,The GreatGatsby,isoneof the mostwidelyreadAmerican noyels00604#英美文學選讀試題第5頁(共7頁)

四、簡答題：本大題共4小題，41~42題，每題6分，43~44題，每題9分，共30分。Short AnswerQuestions(30 points inall,12for thefirst two,18forthelasttwo)41.ReadthefollowingexcerptfromJaneAusten'sPrideandPrejudice.Summarizewhatthis story is about within100words.Itisa truth universallyacknowledged,thatasingle manin possessionof agoodfortune,must beinwantof awife.Howeverlittleknownthefeelingsorviewsof suchamanmay beon hisfirstenteringa neighborhood,this truth isso wellfixedinthemindsofthesurroundingfamilies,thatheisconsideredtherightfulpropertyofsomeoneorotheroftheirdaughters.42.ReadthefollowinglinesfromRobertBurns's"ARed,RedRose".Brieflytellaboutwhattheygenerallymeanwithin100words.O myluve'slikeared,redroseThat's newlysprunginJune;O my luve'slikethemelodieThat'ssweetly play'dintune!As fairart thou,mybonnielass,So deepinluveamI;And I willluvetheestill,mydear,Tilla'theseasgangdry.43.GivecommentsonthefollowingpassagefromVirginiaWoolf's"TheDeathof theMoth"in termsof its theme within150words.Mothsthatflybydayarenotproperlytobecalledmoths;theydonotexcitethatpleasant senseof darkautumn nightsand ivy-blossom which thecommonest yellow-underwingasleepintheshadowof thecurtainneverfailstorouseinus.Theyarehybridcreatures,neithergaylike butterfliesnorsombreliketheirownspecies.Neverthelessthe presentspecimen,withhisnarrowhay-colouredwings,fringedwithatasselofthesamecolour,seemedtobecontentwithlife44.AnalyzethefollowingstanzafromWaltWhitman's"SongofMyself”within150wordsin terms ofits artisticfeatures.I celebrate myself,and sing myself,And what I assume you shallassume,For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you.00604#英美文學選讀試題第6頁(共7頁)