《英美文學(xué)選讀》模擬試題（一）一、單項(xiàng)選擇題

1.TheexcerptfromChapter10ofSonsandLoversendswiththeconflictbetweenPaulandhismother.TheconflictispossiblycausedbyPaulandhismother’sdifferentviewstowards_____.

A.Paul’sfather

B.art

C.life

D.Paul’sbrother

2.The_____canberegardedasoneofthethemesofJoyce’sstory“Araby”.

A.lossofinnocence

在所有有關(guān)童年故事中，孩子都是同叔叔同姨媽同住，父母則不在身邊—這便是一種象征，象征父母與孩子之間骨肉親情的隔絕和一種正常關(guān)系的缺失.

B.childishlove

C.awarenessofharshlife

D.falsesentimentality錯(cuò)誤的多愁善感

3.Afterreading“Araby”,onemorefeelthestoryhasa_____tone.

A.joyous

B.harsh

C.solemn

D.painful

4.In“Araby”,Joyce’sdictionevokesasortof_____qualitythatcharacterizestheboyonthisotherwisealtogetherordinaryshoppingtrip.

A.religious

B.moral

C.sentimental

D.vulgar

5.Themajorconcernof_____fictionliesinthetracingofthepsychologicaldevelopmentofhischaractersandinhisenergeticcriticismofthedehumanizingeffectofthecapitalistindustrializationonhumannature.

A.D.H.Lawrence’s

B.J.Galsworthy’s

C.W.Thackeray’s

D.T.Hardy’s

6.Themissionof_____dramawastorevealthemoral,politicalandeconomictruthfromaradicalreformistpointofview.

A.T.S.Eliot’s

B.J.Galsworthy’s

C.B.Shaw’s

D.W.B.Yeats’

7.Irvingwasbestknownforhisfamousshortstoriessuchas_____.

A.RipVanWinkle

B.YoungGoodmanBrown

C.LifeofGoldsmith

D.LifeofWashington

8.Melville’s_____isanencyclopediaofeverything,history,philosophy,religion,etc.

A.TheOldManandtheSea

B.Moby–Dick

C.WhiteJacket

D.BillyBudd

9.MarkTwaincreated,in_____,amasterpieceofAmericanrealismthatisalsooneofthegreatbooksofworldliterature.

A.HuckleberryFinn

B.TomSowyer

C.TheGildedAge

D.TheMysteriousStranger

10.Americanliteratureproducedonlyonefemalepoetduringthenineteenthcentury.Thiswas_____.

A.AnneBradsteet

B.JaneAusten

C.EmilyDickinson

D.T.S.Eliot

11.Themainthemeof_____TheArtofFictionrevealshisliterarycredothatrepresentationoflifeshouldbethemainobjectofthenovel.

A.HenryJames’

B.MarkTwain’s

C.TheodoreDreiser’s

D.WilliamHowells’s小說(shuō)的藝朮一文中明確指出，小說(shuō)的目的是現(xiàn)實(shí)生活，所以他作品中表現(xiàn)了各種形式生活是不足為奇的，如幻覺(jué)，絕望，回報(bào)，折磨，靈感，歡樂(lè)等.他還主張藝朮家有自由去寫作任何與他相關(guān)的東西，甚至是異端的，丑的和普通的東西，藝朮家應(yīng)能夠感受生活，理解人性，然后將忠實(shí)地將這些錄入作品12.Inthe1920s,O’Neillestablishedaninternationalreputationwiththeplays______.

A.TheEmperorJones

瓊斯皇帝

B.AnnaChristle個(gè)人思想的復(fù)雜性，表明了生活是一個(gè)具備了各種可能性的封閉了的圈子，任何人無(wú)法擺脫

C.TheHairyApe毛猿

D.alloftheabove13.In1954,_____wasawardedtheNobelPrizeforliteratureforhis“masteryoftheartofmodernnarration.”

A.T.S.Eliot

B.ErnestHemingway

C.JohnSteinbeck

D.WilliamFaulkner

14.“Theapparitionofthesefacesinthecrowd;Petalsonawet,blackbough.”Thisistheshortestpoemwrittenby_____.

A.T.S.Eliot

B.RobertFrost

C.EzraPound

D.EmilyDickinson

15.InRobertFrost’sfamouspoem“StoppingbyWoodsonaSnowyEvening”,therearefourlineslikethese:“Thewoodsarelovely,darkanddeep,/ButIhavepromisestokeep,/AndmilestogobeforeIsleep,/AndmilestogobeforeIsleep”.Thesecondsleeprefersto_____.

A.die

B.calmdown

C.fallintosleep

D.stopwalking

16.OfthefollowingAmericanpoets,whoseworkwasfirstrecognizedinEnglandandtheninAmerica?

A.RobertFrost

B.WaltWhitman

C.EmilyDickinson

D.WallaceStevens

17.“ForIhavehadtoomuch/Ofapple-picking:Iamovertired/OfthegreatharvestImyselfdesired”.Fromtheselineswecanconcludethatthespeaker_____.

A.ishappyabouttheharvest

B.istiredoftheworkofapple-picking

C.isnottiredwhenseeingtheharvest

D.becomesindifferentofthejob他乘船去了英國(guó)，出版了第一本書“一個(gè)男孩的愿望”，以抒情的筆調(diào)追蹤一個(gè)男孩以自我為中心的理想主義發(fā)展到成熟的過(guò)程，詩(shī)篇充滿激情和新英格闌的生活情調(diào)第二本詩(shī)集“波士頓以北”出版后，F(xiàn)rost決定回國(guó)住進(jìn)自已的農(nóng)場(chǎng)：被作者自已稱為寫“人的一本書”，對(duì)新英格闌的人物及其背景寫得很深刻，他的許多重要作品都收入了這本書

18.Chinesepoetryandphilosophyhadgreatinfluenceon_____.

A.RobertFrost

B.RalphWaldoEmerson

C.EzraPound

D.EmilyDickinson

19.TheHemingwaycodeheroesarebestrememberedfortheir_____.

A.indestructiblespirit

B.pessimisticviewoflife

C.warexperiences

D.masculinity20.LotsofpeoplerushedtoGatsby’spartyattheweekendandtheyclusteredaroundGatsby’swealthlike____.

A.gluttons

B.flies

C.insects

D.moths二、綜合題

1.ReadthequotedpartcarefullyandanswerthequestionsinEnglish.

Itmaybethatthegulfswillwashusdown;

ItmaybeweshalltouchtheHappyTales,

AndseethegreatAchilles,whomweknew,

Tho’muchistaken,muchabides,andtho’

Wearenotnowthatstrengthwhichinolddays

Movedearthandheaven;thatwhichweare,weare;

Oneequaltemperofheroichearts,

Madeweakbytimeandfate,butstronginwill

Tostrive,toseek,tofind,andnottoyield.

A.

Thepassageistakenfromthepoem“___________”.Ulysses

B.

Theauthorofthepoemis____________.Tennyson

C.

Thepoemiswrittenintheformof_________.DramaticMonologue

D.

Thespeakeris__________.Ulysses

2.ReadthequotedpartcarefullyandanswerthequestionsinEnglish.

Whetherfaggedbythethreedays’runningchase,andtheresistancetohisswimmingintheknottedhamperhebore;orwhetheritwassomelatentdeceitfulnessandmaliceinhim:whicheverwastrue,thewhiteWhale’swaynowbegantoabate,asitseemed,fromtheboatsorapidlynearinghimoncemore;thoughindeedthewhale’slaststarthadnotbeensolongaoneasbefore.AndstillasAhabglidedeoverthewavestheunpityingsharksaccompaniedhim;andsopertinaciouslystucktotheboat;andsocontinuallybitattheplyingoars,thatthebladesbecamejaggedandcrunched,andleftsmallsplintersinthesea,atalmosteverydip.

AFromwhichnovelistheparagraphtaken?MobyDick

BWhatisthenameoftheauthor?HermanMelville

CWhoisAhab?Captainofthewhalingship

DWhatisthethemeofthenovel?TherebelliousstruggleofCaptainAhabagainsttheover-whelming,mysteriousvastnessoftheuniverseanditsawesomesometimesmercilessforces,thevoyageofthemindwillforeverremainarearchofthetruth.補(bǔ)充．《白鯨》的象征意義Melvilleisamasterofallegoryandsymbolism.Differentpeopleontheboardtheshiparerepresentationofdifferentideasanddifferentsocialandethnicgroups.ThePeauodisthemicrocosmofhumansocietyandthevoyagebecomesasearchfortruth.Thewhitewhale,MobyDick,symbolizesnatureforMelville,andforAhab,thewhalerepresentsonlyevil,aswellasforreaderandIshmael,themarrator,MobyDickisstillmystery,anultimatemysteryoftheuniverse,inscrutable(不能預(yù)測(cè)的)andambivalent(矛盾的),andthevoyageofthemindwillforeverremainarearchofthetruth.

3.ReadthequotedpartcarefullyandanswerthequestionsinEnglish.

Standingonthebareground,-----myheadbathedbytheblitheairandupliftedintoinfinitespace,-------allmeanegotismvanishes.Ibecomeatransparenteyeball;Iamnothing;Iseeall;thecurrentsoftheUniversalBeingcirculatethroughme;IampartorparticleofGod.

A.Whichworkisthisfragmenttakenfrom?Nature

B.Howdoyouunderstandthephilosophicalideasinthiswords?Emersonregardsnatureasthepurest,andmostsanctifyingmoralinfluenceonman,AndadvocatedadirectintuitionofaspiritualandimmanentGodinnature.Thesoulhascompeletlytranscendedthelimitsofindividualityandbecomepartofoversoul.Emersonseesspiritpervadingeverywhere,notonlyinthesoulofman,butbehindnature,troughoutnature自已總結(jié)的答案:AthispresentsEmersonianTranscendentalismBEmersonputforwardhisphilosophyoftheover-soul,theimportanceoftheIndividual,andNatureCHebasedhisreligiononanintuitivebeliefinanultimateunitywhichhecalled“over-soul”andbelievedthatthereshouldbeanemotionalcommunicationbetweenanindividualsoulandtheuniversal“over-soul”DEmersonisaffirmativelyaboutman’sintuitiveknowledge,withwhichamancantrusthimselftodecidewhatisrightandtoactaccordingly.Theidealindividualsholdbeself-reliantman

4.ReadthequotedpartcarefullyandanswerthequestionsinEnglish.

“ifhebenotapttobeatovermatters,lethimstudythelawyer’scases,soeverydefectofthemindmayhaveaspecialreceipt.”

A.whatdoes“beatovermatters”mean?Makethroughexamofthings

B.whatdoes“receipt”referto?Cure,prescription

C.fromwhichessaydoestheabovesentencescome?FrancisBancon“OfStudies”

5.Givebriefanswersto

thequestioninEnglish.

WhatisLyricalBallads?ItisacollaborationofWordsworthandColeridge,themajorrepresentativesoftheRomanticMovement

WhyisLyricalBalladsregardedasalandmarkinEnglishpoetry?AInthebook,theyexplorednewtheoriesandinnovatednewtechniquesinpoetrywriting.BTheysawpoetryasahealingenergy,theybelievedthatpoetrycouldpurifybothindividualsoulsCTheprefacetothesecondeditionoftheLyricalBalladsactsasamanifestoforthenewschool.D.Wordworth’spoemsintheLyricalBallardsdiffersinmarkedwaysfromhisearlypoetry,notablytheuncompromisingsimplicityofmuchofthelanguage,thestrongsympathynotmerelywiththepooringeneralbutwithparticular,dramatizedexamplesofthem,andthefusionofnaturaldescriptionwithexpressionsofinwardstatesofmind

6.GivebriefanswerstothequestioninEnglish.

DoyouthinkthetwocollectionsofpoemswrittenbyWilliamBlakearethesame?Ifnot,whatisthedifference?Williamblake:romanticperiod,theChinmeySweeper/theTygerThetwocollectionsofpeomswrittenbyWilliamBlake,”songsofinnocence”and“songsofexperience”,holdthesimilarsubject-matter,butthetone,emphasisandconclusiondiffer這兩部詩(shī)集擁有相似的主題，但筆調(diào)，強(qiáng)調(diào)之處與與結(jié)論是相異的Thesongsofinnocencethechinmeysweeper表述了使宗教成為一種安慰，一種幻想中的極樂(lè)世界的社會(huì)環(huán)境而Thesongofexperiencethechinmeysweeper揭示出宗教的本來(lái)面目，即為兒童帶來(lái)災(zāi)難痛苦

7.GivebriefanswerstothequestioninEnglish.

WhataresomeofthegeneralartisticfeaturesofWaltWhitman’spoetry?AWaltWhitemanwasanimportantpoetinAmricanliteraryhistory.BHisoriginality創(chuàng)新liesfirstofallinhisuseofthepoeticformfreeverse,bymeansofwhichhebecomesconversationalandcasual.CHeususallyusesthefirstpersonpronoun代名詞tostressindividualism,andorallanguagetoacquiresympathyfromthecommonreaderDHistopicsaresometimessexualbuthisthemesarefarmorethansexual

8.GivebriefanswerstothequestioninEnglish.

CanwesaythatwhenBrown（Hawthorne’sYoungGoodmanBrown）entersthedarkforestheisreallyenterhisownevilmind?Ifyes（orno）,pleaseexplain.Hawthorne’sstoriesaregenerallyreadasallegoriessymbolicofhumanexperience,sois“younggoodmanbrown”,AllegoricallyBrown’snightjourneytotheforestcouldbetakenasajourneyofthemindintothedarkregionofevil.Itisespeciallytrueifweallowforsomeveryimportantdetailsaboutthelightandtheshadow,thedreamlikeatmosphere,thewordsandphrasesheusestodescribewhatBrownhasexperiencedintheforest,noneofwhichseemstobesubstantiallysolidandphysicallypresent

9.Thismonologue,apsychologicalexplorationoflifeanddeath,revealsthecharacterofHamletasamanofcontemplationratherthanaction.Withtheintolerableburdenofthedutytorevengehisfather’sdeathandthechallengeofevilforces,Hamletseemstowithdrawintoamentalworldwhichisthrownintoaconflictorachoicebetweenlifeanddeath.Thephilosophicalspeculationmixedupwithadeeppessimisticoutlookresistsagainstactionatfirst,butlaterawakenstheherooutofhismelancholytoasenseofthe“enterpriseofgreatpithandmoment”,indicatingthatheistodosomethingforwhatheconcernshimselfwith??Thismonologue,apsychologicalexplorationoflifeanddeath,revealsthecharacterofHamletasamanofcontemplationratherthanaction,withtheintolerableburdenofthedutytorevengehisfather’sdeathandchallengeofevilforces,Hamletseemstowithdrawintoamentalworldwhichistrownintoaconflictorachoicebetweenlifedeath,.Thephilosophicalspeculationmixedupwithadeeppessimisticoutlookresistsagainstactionatfirst,butlaterawakenstheherooutofhismelancholytoasenseofthe“enterpriseoftreatpithandmoment”,indicatingthatheistodosomethingforwhatheconcernshimselfwith.10.Writenolessthan150wordsonthefollowingtopicinEnglish.

MakeacomparisonbetweenHenryJames’realismandMarkTwain’srealism.AlthoughJamesandTwainbothworkedforrealism,therewereobviousdifferecesbetweenthem.Inthematicterms,JameswrotemostlyoftheupperreachesofAmericansociety,whereasMarkTwaindealtlargelywiththelowerstrataofsocietyTechnically,Jamespursuedpsychologicalrealism,butMarkTwain’scontributiontothedevelopmentofrealismandtoAmricanliteratureasawholewaspartlythroughhistheoriesofLocalColoristinAmricanfiction,andpartlythroughhiscolloqualstyle.HenryJamesbelievedthatrealityliesintheimpressionsmadebylifeonthespector,andnotinanyfactsofwhichthespectorisunaware,suchrealismisthereforemerelytheobligationthattheartistassumestorepresentlifeasheseesit,whichmaynotbethesamelifeasit“really”is,JamesshiftedthegroundofrealisticartfromoutertotheinnerworlMarkTwainpreferredtorepresentsociallifethroughportraitsofthelocalplacesheconfinedhimselftothelifewithwhichhewasfamiliar.Byquotingfromhisownexperience,MarkTwainmanagedtotransformintoartthefreedomandhumor,inshort,thefinestelementsofwesternculture補(bǔ)充閱讀:★三個(gè)現(xiàn)實(shí)主義小說(shuō)家的比較:Howell,MarkTwainandHenryJames.Throughthethreeprominentwriterswrotemoreorlessatthesametime,theydifferedintheirunderstandingofthe“truth.”WhileMarkTeainandHowellsseemedtohavepaidmoreattentiontothe“l(fā)ife”oftheAmericans,HenryJameshadapprentlylaidagreateremphasisonthe“innerworld”ofman.ThroughTwainandHowellsbothsharedthesameconcerninpresentingthetruthoftheAmericansocielty,theyhadeachofthedifferentemphssis.Howellsfocusedhisdiscussionontherisingmiddleclassandthewaytheylive,whiletwainpreferredtohavehisownreigionandpeopleattheforefrontofhisstory.

答案部分一、單項(xiàng)選擇題1.

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C2.

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A3.

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D4.

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A5.

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A6.

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C7.

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A8.

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B9.

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A10.

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C11.

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A12.

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D13.

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B14.

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C15.

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A16.

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A17.

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B18.

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C19.

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A20.

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D二、綜合題1.

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A.Ulyssess

B.AfredTennyson

C.DramaticMonologue

D.Ulysses2.

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A.Moby–Dick

B.HermanMelville

C.TheCaptainofthewhalingship

D.TherebelliousstruggleofCaptainAhabagainsttheover-whelming,mysteriousvastnessoftheuniverseanditsawesomesometimesmercilessforces.3.

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A.Nature

B.Emersonregardsnatureasthepurest,andthemostsanctifyingmoralinfluenceonman,andadvocatedadirectintuitionofaspiritualandimmanentGodinnature.ThesoulhascompletelytranscendedthelimitsofindividualityandbecomepartoftheOversoul.Emersonseesspiritpervadingeverywhere,notonlyinthesoulofman,butbehindnature,throughoutnature.4.

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A.makethroughexamofthings.

B.cure,prescription

C.ofstudiesFrancisBacon5.

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A.ItisacollaborationofWordsworthandColeridge,themajorrepresentativesoftheRomanticMovement.

B.Inthebook,theyexplorednewtheoriesandinnovatednewtechniquesinpoetrywriting.Theysawpoetryasahealingenergy;theybelievedthatpoetrycouldpurifybothindividualsoulsandthesociety.TheprefacetothesecondeditionoftheLyricalBalladsactsasamanifestoforthenewschool.Wordsworth’spoemsintheLyricalBalladsdiffersinmarkedwaysfromhisearlypoetry,notablytheuncompromisingsimplicityofmuchofthelanguage,thestrongsympathynotmerelywiththepooringeneralbutwithparticular,dramatizedexamplesofthem,andthefusionofnaturaldescriptionwithexpressionsofinwardstatesofmind.6.

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A.No

B.ThetwocollectionsofpoemswrittenbyWilliamBlake,“SonsofInnocence”and“SonsofExperience”,holdthesimilarsubject-matter,butthetone,emphasisandconclusiondiffer.7.

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WaltWhitmanwasanimportantpoetinAmericanliteraryhistory.Hisoriginalityliesfirstofallinhisuseofthepoeticformfreeverse,bymeansofwhichhebecomesconversationalandcasual.Heusuallyusesthefirstpersonpronoun“I”tostressindividualism,andorallanguagetoacquiresympathyfromthecommonreader.Histopicsaresometimessexualbuthisthemesarefarmorethansexual.8.

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Hawthorne’sstoriesaregenerallyreadasallegoriessymbolicofhumanexperience,sois“YoungGoodmanBrown”.AllegoricallyBrown’snightjourneytotheforestcouldbetakenasajourneyofthemindintothedarkregionofevil.Itisespeciallytrueifweallowforsomeveryimportantdetailsaboutthelightandtheshadow,thedreamlikeatmosphere,thewordsandphrasesheusestodescribewhatBrownhasexperiencedintheforest,noneofwhichseemstobesubstantiall