2008年4月历年自学考试英美文学选读试题2008年4月历年自学考试英美文学选读试题.doc

全国2008年4月历年自学考试英美文学选读试题 课程代码：00604 I. Multiple Choice（40 points in all, 1for each） Select from the four choices of each item the one that best answer the question or completes the statement. Write the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet. 1．The Renaissance is actually a movement stimulated by a series of historical events EXCEPT_________. A．the rediscovery of ancient Roman and Greek culture B．the vast expansion of British colonies in North America C．the new discoveries in geography and astrology D．the religious reformation and the economic expansion 2．Henry Fielding has been regarded by some as “_______”,for his contribution to the establishment of the form of the modern novel. A．Father of the English Novel B．Father of the English Poetry C．Father of the English Drama D．Father of the English Short Story 3．T．S．Eliot’s most important single poem _______has been hailed as a landmark and a model of the 20th-century English poetry. A．The Hollow Man B．The Waste Land C．Murder in the Cathedral D．Ash Wednesday 4．George Bernard Shaw’s play _______ established his position as the leading play-wright of his time. A．Widowers’ Houses B．Too True to Be Good C．Mrs. Warren’s Profession D．Candida 5．William Blake’s central concern in the Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience is_______, which gives the two books a strong social and historical reference. A．youthhood B．childhood C．happiness D．sorrow 6．All of the following works are known as Hardy’s “novels of character and environment” EXCETP_______. A．The Return of the Native B．Tess of the D’Urbervilles C．Jude the Obscure D．Far from the Madding Crowd 7．Among the works by Charles Dickens _______ presents his criticism of the Utilitarian principle that rules over the English education system and destroys young hearts and minds. A．Bleak House B．Pickwick Paper C．Great Expectations D．Hard Times 8．The most distinguishing feature of Charles Dickens’ works is his _______. A．simple vocabulary B．bitter and sharp criticism C．char