全国自考英美文学选读(综合)模拟试卷3 (题后含答案及解析)
全部题型 2. 阅读理解 3. 简答题 4. 论述题
阅读理解
1. Tyger! Tyger! burning bright In the forests of the night, What immortal hand or eyeCould frame thy fearful symmetry? Questions:A. Who is the author?B. What does “symmetry”settingsun mean?C. What does “tyger” refer to?
正确答案:A. William Blake.B. The well-proportioned body of the tiger.C. There are different opinions about the tiger. Some say the tiger is made by God. Others say it is made by men.
One more idea thinks that The Tyger is a poem about work, about artistic creation. 涉及知识点:阅读理解
2. “We passed the School, where Children stroveAt Recess—in the Ring—We passed the Fields of Gazing Grain—We passed the Setting Sun—”Questions:A. Identify the poem and the poet.B. What do “the School” , “the Fields” and “the Setting Sun” stand for respectively?
正确答案:A. Emily Dickinson, Because I could not stop for Death.B. The three stages of life; youth; mature period; the end of life. 涉及知识点:阅读理解
简答题
3. What are the features of Defoe’ s writings?
正确答案:Defoe was a very good story-teller. He had a gift for organizing minute details in such a vivid way that his stories could be both credible and fascinating. His sentences are sometimes short, crisp and plain, and sometimes long and rambling, which leave on the reader an impression of casual narration. His language is smooth, easy, colloquial and mostly vernacular. There is nothing artificial in his language: it is common English at its best. 涉及知识点:简答题
4. Discuss the historical background of Victorian period.
正确答案:A. The early years of the Victorian England was a time of rapid economic development as well as serious social problems.B. The middle years of the Victorian England was a time of prosperity and relative stability.C. The last three decades of the century witnessed the decline of the British empire and the decay of the Victorian values. 涉及知识点:简答题
5. Analyze the features of G.B.Shaw’s characters.
正确答案:A. One feature of Shaw’ s characterization is that he makes the trick of showing up one character vividly at the expense of another.B. Another feature is that Shaw’ s characters are the representatives of ideas.C. Inversion is also used in character portrayal to achieve comic effects. 涉及知识点:简答题
6. What are the characteristics of Whitman’ s free verse?
正确答案:A. It doesn’ t have fixed beat or regular rhyme scheme.B. The poetic lines are simple and prose-like, varying in length, which allows him to express his ideas freely.C. Whitman also applies oral English in his free verse to make it an effective way to express freely the feelings of common people. 涉及知识点:简答题
7. How do you understand Hemingway’ s “ Iceberg principle” according to his works?
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