英美文学选读自考历年真题及答案
inspired by social criticism.
A.Richard Sheridan B.Oliver Goldsmith
C.Oscar Wilde D.Bernard Shaw
22.Which of the following is NOT a typical feature of Modernism?
A.To elevate the individual and inner being over the social being.
B.To put the stress on traditional values.
C.To portray the distorted and alienated relationships between man and his environment.
D.To advocate a conscious break with the past.
23.The Romantic writers would focus on all the following issues EXCEPT the ___ in the American literary histrory.
A.individual feelings B.idea of survival of the fittest
C.strong imagination D.return to nature
24.Henry David Thoreau's work,__,has always been regarded as a masterpiece of New England Transcendentalism.
A.Walden B.The pioneers
C.Nature D.Song of Myself
25.The famous 20-years sleep in “Rip Van Winkle”helps to construct the story in such a way that we are greatly affected by Irving's ___.
A.concern with the passage of time
B.expression of transient beauty
C.satire on laziness and corruptibility of human beings
D.idea about supernatural manipulation of man's life
26.Walt whitman was a pioneering figure of American poetry. His innovation first of all lies in his use of __,poetry without a fixed beat or regular rhyme scheme.
A.blank verse B.heroic couplet
C.free verse D.iambic pentameter
27.The literary characters of the American type in early 19th century are generally characterized by all the following features EXCEPT that they ___.
A.speak local dialects
B.are polite and elegant gentlemen
C.are simple and crude farmers
D.are noble savages( red and white) untainted by society
28.Hester Pryme, Dimmsdale,Chillingworth and Pearl are most likely the names of the characters in ___.
A.The Scarlet Letter B.The House of the Seven Gablest
C.The Portrait of a Lady D.The pioneers
29.“This is my letter to the World” is a poetic expression of Emily Dickinson's __ about her communication with the outside world.
A.indifference B.anger C.anxiety D.sorrow
30.With Howells,James,and Mark Twain active on the literary scene, __ became the major trend in American literature in the seventies and eighties of the 19thcentury.
A.sentimentalism B.romanticism
C.realism D.naturalism
31.After The adventures of Tom Sawyer, Twain gives a literary independence to Tom's buddy Huck in a book entitled ___.
A.Life on the Mississippi
B.The Gilded Age
C.The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
D.A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
32.However,___,the keynote of Daisy Miller's character,turns out to be an admiring but a dangerous quality and her defiance of social taboos in the Old World finally brings her to a disaster in the clash between two different cultures.
A.experience B.sophistication