7月美國文學(xué)選讀自學(xué)考試浙江試題及答案解析試卷及答案解析

1、浙江省 2019 年 7 月高等教育自學(xué)考試美國文學(xué)選讀試題課程代碼： 10055 .Choose the relevant match from column B for each item in column A.(10%)Section AColumn AColumn B1.Henry Jamesa. The Hairy Ape2.William Faulknerb. Daisy Miller3.F.S.Fitzgeraldc. The House of the Seven Gables4.Eugene O'Neilld. The Great Gatsby5.Nathaniel

2、Hawthornee. Light in AugustSection BColumn AColumn B1.Nicka. Sister Carrie2.G.Hurstwoodb. A Rose for Emily3.Ishmaelc. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer4.Huckd. Indian Camp5.Emily Griersone. Moby Dick .Complete each of the following statements with a proper word or a phrase according to thetextbook.(10%)1

3、.The Romantic Period in American literature stretches from the end of the 18th century to theoutbreak of _.2.Ralph W.Emerson s first little book _ established him as the most eloquent spokesman ofTranscendentalism.3.Realism was a move away from the bias towards romance and self-creating fictions. It

4、 paved theway to _ of the twentieth century.4.American_,another school of realism, resulted mainlyfromthe impactof Darwin sevolutionary theory and the influence of the 19 th century French literature.5.Altogether,EmilyDickinsonwrote1775 poems, ofwhichonlyhad appeared during herlifetime.6.During the

5、first part of the _ century, despite its booming industry and material prosperity,there was a sense of unease and restlessness underneath.7.The _ Age of the 1920s was characterized by frivolity and carelessness and brought vividlyto life in The Great Gatsby.8.Eugene O Neill is unquestionably America

6、s greatest _ of the modern period, and he wasthe only one ever to win a Nobel Prize for dramas.19.During his life,Pound published several volumes of translations, from which we can see hisstrenuous effort in the study of _ literature.10.Greatly and permanently affected by the war experiences, Heming

7、way formed his own writingstyle, together with his theme and hero. His heroes mirrored a vivid portrait of“ _.”.Each of the following statements below is followed by four alternative answers. Choose theone that would best complete the statement.(50%)1.Born of one common cultural heritage, the Americ

8、an Romanticists shared some common features _,with the English Romanticists.A. an increasing emphasis on the free expression of emotionsB. an increasing attention to the psychic states of their characters C. an increasing emphasis on the desire to return to natureD. both A and B2.As a philosophical

9、and literary movement, transcendentalism flourished in New England from the1830s to the Civil War, whose most important representatives are _.A. Emerson and ThoreauB. Emerson and WhitmanC. Hawthorne and MelvilleD. Edgar Poe and James Cooper3.Washington Irving s _ became the first work by an American

10、writerto win financialsuccess on both sides of the Atlantic in the first half of 19th century.A. Sketch BookB. Charles the SecondC. The Scarlet LetterD. Moby Dick4.Hawthorne s unique gift was for the creation of _ which touch the deepest roots of mansmoral nature.A. symbolic storiesB. romantic stori

11、esC. gothic storiesD. humorous stories5.Which of the following is not written by Herman Melville?_A. Typee and OmooB. Mardi and White JacketC. Moby-Dick and PierreD. The Bostonians and Billy Budd6.The novel Moby Dick shows the rebellious struggle of Captain Ahab against _.A. the overwhelming, myster

12、ious vastness of the universe and the awesome forcesB. the gliding great demon of the seas of lifeC. the white whaleD. the savage harpooners and the motley crew7.The American realists approached the harsh realities and pressures in the post-Civil war societyby _.A. a comprehensive picture of modern

13、life in its various occupations, class stratifications and2mannersB. a psychological exploration of man s subconsciousnessC. a disillusion of heroism resulting from the dark memories of the Civil WarD. both A and B8.By the turn of the century, with the publication ofThe Man that Corrupted Hadleyburg

14、and TheMysterious Stranger , the change in Mark Twain from _ to _ could be felt.A. an optimist.an almost despairing pessimistB. an almost despairing pessimist.an optimistC. a local colorist.a naturalistD. a naturalist.a local colorist9.The Portrait of A Lady is generally considered to be James maste

15、rpiece, which _.A. incarnates the clash between the Old World and the New in the life journey of an Americangirl in a European cultural environmentB. tells a story about a young and innocent American confronting the complexity of the EuropeanlifeC. is about a young American girl who gets“ killed ” b

16、y the winter in RomeD. tells about some Europeans who learn with difficulty to adapt themselves to the American life10.About the titular heroine in the novelDaisy Miller , which of the following is not right?_A. She has become a celebrated cultural type who embodies the spirit of the New World.B. Sh

17、e comes from the new world but remains traditional and conservative.C. Her innocence turns out to be an admiring but a dangerous quality in the new worldD. The authors sympathy for her, a tender flower crushed by the harsh winter in Rome waseasily felt.11.Which of the following is not right about Em

18、ily Dickinsons poems about love?_A. Her love poems show peoples feelings of rapture and happiness coming from their loveexperience.B. Some of her love poems treats the suffering and frustration love can cause.C. Many of them give original depictions of the longing for shared moments, the pain of sep

19、aration, and the futility of finding happiness.D. Some of them emphasizes the power of physical attraction and expresses a mixture of fearand fascination for the mysterious magnetism between sexes.12.In her life, Emily Dickinson makes enchanting poetry out of _.A. a happy and active lifeB. adventuro

20、us experiencesC. a single household and an inactive lifeD. a hard and suffering life13.About Henry James literary criticism, which of the following is not right?_A. It is both concerned with form and devoted to human values.B. He indicates that the aim of the novel is to present life in every possib

21、le form.C. He advocates the freedom of the artist to write about anything that concerns him.D. He believes that the artist can tfeel the life, but he can understand human nature in their own3way.14.The characters presented by the naturalist writers were _A. more often than not dominated by their env

22、ironment and heredityB. usually idealized heroes or heroines of unspotted virtue and dazzling accomplishmentsC. in most cases examples of human experienceD. people who were simply all good or all bad15.About the first few decades of the 20 th century, which of the following is right?_A. There was a

23、rise in moral standard and it was best described as a spiritual land of promise.B. Individual power and hope became part of the American experience as a result of the FirstWorld War.C. There was a decline in social standard and it was described as a spiritual wasteland.D. all of the above.16.In his

24、novels, Faulkner creates his own kingdom that mirrors not only _ but also _.A. the decline of the Southern society.the spiritual wasteland of the whole American society B. the spiritual wasteland of the Southern society.the decline of the whole American societyC. the sense of loss and despair among

25、the post-war generation.the decline of the wholeAmerican societyD. the frivolity and carelessness of theyoung generation.the sense of loss and despair ofthewhole society.17.In general terms, much serious American literature written from 1912 onwards attempted toconvey _.A. a vision of social breakdo

26、wn and moral decayB. a vision of social continuity and harmonyC. the continuity and discontinuity between the past and the modern timeD. all of the above18.Which of the following is not said about the main principles of the Imagist Movement?_A. a direct treatment of poetic subjectsB. the elimination

27、 of merely ornamental or superfluous wordsC. the rhythmical composition in the sequence of the musical phrase rather than in the sequenceof a metronomeD. the treatment of the medium of poetry in agreement with Romanticism19.Robert Frost rejected _ choosing _ instead.A. the conventional poetic princi

28、plesthe revolutionary wayB. he revolutionary poetic principles of his contemporaries the old-fashioned way to be newC. the revolutionary principlesthe romantic wayD. the romantic way the revolutionary principles20.Which of the following is not written by Eugene ONeill?_A. Beyond the Horizon and Anna

29、 ChristieB. The Emperor Jones and The Hairy Ape4C. Desire Under the Elms and The Great God DownD. Long Day sJourney into Night and The Great Gatsby21.In the play The Hairy Ape , the major character Yank _.A. has a sense of belonging nowhere, hence homelessness and rootlessnessB. is typical of the mo

30、od of isolation and alienation in the early twentieth century in the United States onlyC. reflects the problem of modern man s identityD. both A and C22.In his writings, Fitzgerald could present a panorama of the Jazz Age with a deep sight because_.A. He is both an insider and an outsider of the Jaz

31、z Age with a double vision.B. He joined the big party in the 1920s,partaking of the wealth, frivolity, temptations of the time.C. He stood aloof and kept a cold eye on the performance of his contemporaries.D. He stayed sober enough to see the corruptive nature of the society and the vanity fair.23.T

32、o Hemingway, man s greatest achievement is to show _.A. bravery before dangerB. grace under pressureC. encouragement under pressureD. optimism under pressure24.Which of the following is said of Hemingways heroes?_A. He is a lonely individual struggling against nature and the environment.B. He can be

33、 physically destroyed but never defeated spiritually.C. In a world of chaos, he is doomed to a losing battle and failure in the end.D. both A and B25.A Rose for Emily is difficult to read because _.A. the chronology of narration is displaced alternativelyB. there are too many characters whose relati

34、ons are too complicated C. its language is too symbolic and the dialogues are fragmentedD. none of the above .Interpretation(16%)Read the following selections and then answer the questions. Write your answers on the Answer SheetPassage 1To go into solitude, a man needs to retire as much from his cha

35、mber as from society. I am not solitary whilst I read and write, though nobody is with me. But if a man would be alone let himlook at the stars. The rays that come from those heavenly worlds, will separate between him and vulgar things. One might think the atmosphere was made transparent with this d

36、esign, to give man, in the heavenly bodies, the perpetual presence of the sublime. Seen in the streets of cities, how great they are! If the stars should appear one night in a thousand years, how would men believe and adore; and preserve for many generations the remembrance off the city of God which had been shown! But every night come out these preachers of beauty, and l