英美文学选读试题及答案(4)

英美文学选读自考历年真题及答案

C.worldliness D.innocence

33.Generally speaking,all those writers with a naturalistic approach to human reality tend to be ___.

A.transcendentalists B.idealists

C.pessimists D.impressionists

34.Emily Dickinson wrote many short poems on various aspects of life.Which of the following is NOT a usual subject of her poetic expression?

A.Religion and immortality. B.Life and death.

C.Love and marriage. D.War and peace.

35.In “After Apple-Picking,”Robert Frost wrote:“For I have had too much/Of applepicking:I am overtired/Of the great harvest I myself desired.”From these lines we can conclude that the speaker is ___.

A.happy about the harvest

B.still very much interested in apple-picking

C.expecting a greater harvest

D.indifferent to what he once desired

36.Chinese poetry and philosophy have exerted great influence over ____.

A.Ezra Pound B.Ralph Waldo Emerson

C.Robert Frost D.Emily Dickinson

37.The Hemingway Code heroes are best remembered for their __.

A.indestructible spirtie B.pessimistic view of life

C.war experiences D.masculinity

38.IN The Emperor Jones and The Hairy Ape,O'Neill adopted the expressionist techniques to portray the ___ of human beings in a hostile universe.

A.helpless situation B.uncertainty

C.profound religious faith D.courage and perseverance

39.In Hemingway's “Indian Cmap”,Nick's night trip to the Indian village and his experience inside the hut can be taken as ____.

A.an essential lesson about Indian tribes

B.a confrontation with evil and sin

C.an initiation to the harshness of life

D.a learning process in human relationship

40.which of the following statements about Emily Grierson, the protagonist in Faulkner's story “A Rose for Emily,” is NOT true?

A.She has a distorted personality.

B.She is physically deformed and paralyzed.

C.She is the symbol of the old values of the South.

D.She is the victim of the past glory.

PART TWO

Ⅱ.Reading Comprehension (16 points, 4 for each)

Read the quoted parts carefully and answer the questions in English.Write your answer in the corresponding space on the answer sheet.

41.“Her eyes met his and he looked away.He neither believed nor disbelieved her,but he knew that he had made a mistake in asking;he never had known,never would know,what she was thinking.The sight of her inscrutable face,the thought of all the hundreds of evenings he had seen her sitting there like that,soft and passive,but so unreadable, unknown, enraged him beyond measure.”

Questions:

A.Identify the writer and the work.

B.What does the phrase “inscrutable face” mean?

C.What idea does the quoted passage express?

42.“And when I am formulated,sprawling on a pin,

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