自考英美文学选读试题(一).doc

（一） 一、Multiple Choice (40 points in all，1 for each) Select from the four choices of each item the one that best answers the question or completes the statement. Write your answers on the Answer Sheet. 1. A. PoetryB. Drama is the essence of the Renaissance. C. Humanism D. Reason 答案：C 解析： (P8) 人文主义是文艺复兴的核心。 2. In the early stage of the English Renaissance, poetry and were the most outstanding literary forms and they were carried on especially by William Shakespeare and Ben Jonson. A. fiction B. dramatic fiction C. poetic drama D. novel 答案：C 解析： (P11) 在英国文艺复兴早期，诗歌与诗剧是最杰出的文学形式，尤其是莎士比亚与本?约 翰逊继承了这种形式。 3. William Shakespeare’s greatest tragedies are: Hamlet, , King Lear and . A. Romeo and Juliet/Othello B. Othello/Macbeth C. The Tempest/Macbeth D. Othello/Henry Ⅳ 答案：B 解析： (P33) 莎士比亚的四大悲剧是：《哈姆雷特》、《奥赛罗》、《李尔王》与《麦克白》 。 4. The neoclassical period in English literature refers to the one between the return of the Stuarts to the English throne in 1660 and the full assertion of which came with the publication of Lyrical Ballads by Wordsworth and Coleridge in 1798. A. Realism  B. Humanism C. Romanticism D. Neoclassicism 答案：C 解析：(P79) 英国文学上的新古典主义时期是从1660年英国斯图亚特王朝复辟到以华兹华斯和科 勒律治于1798年合作出版的《抒情歌谣集》为创始标志的浪漫主义时期为止的英国文学时代。 5. Robinson Crusoe by A. John Bunyan B. Jonathan Swift C. Henry Fielding D. Daniel Defoe 答案：D is universally considered his masterpiece. 解析： (P97) 《鲁滨逊漂流记》是丹尼尔?笛福的代表作。 6. Of all the 18th century novelists Henry Fielding was the first to set out, both in theory and practice, to write specifically a “ in prose”, the first to give the modern novel its structure and style. A. tragic epic B. comic epic C. romance D. lyric epic 答案：B 解析： (P121) 在所有18世纪的小说家中，亨利?菲尔丁第一次在理论与实践上创造了“散文体 喜剧史诗”，并第一个为现代小说确立了结构与风格。 7. Shelley’s greatest achievement is his four-act poetic drama . A. Adonais B. To a Skylark C. A Song: Men of England D. Prometheus Unbound 答案：D 解析：(P208) 雪莱最有造诣的作品是他的四幕诗剧《解放了的普罗米修斯》。 8. Although writing from different po