2002年7月福建自考英美文学选读真题00604

福建省2002年7月高等教育自学考试

英美文学选读试题

课程代码：00604

Ⅰ.Find the items in the right column which fit the left column the best and write the letters on the answer sheet.(10%)

Ⅱ.Complete each of the following statements with a proper word or a phrase according to the textbook.Then write your answer on the  Answer Sheet.(20%)

1.____was the first American writer to  conceive his career in international terms.

2.In the plays of Shakespeare’s last period,there is a prevalent ____ teaching of atonement.

3.John Bunyan wrote his ____ during his second term in prison.

4.____’s essays is the frist example of that genre in English Literature,which has been recognized as an important landmark in the development of English prose.

5.Henry adopted ____,in which the author becomes the “all-knowing God.”

6.____is regarded as the first American prose epic.

7.This particular concern about the local character of a  region came about as “____,”a unique variation of American literary realism.

8.Human sexuality was,to Lawrence,a symbol of ____.

9.The characters in Charles’ works are impressive not only because they are true to life,but also because they are often ____.

10.As a leading Romanticist,Byron’s chief contribution is his creation of the “____,” a proud,mysterious rebel figure of noble origin.

Ⅲ.Each of the statements below is followed by four alternative answers.Choose the one that would best complete the statement and write you answer on the Answer Sheet.(10%)

1.Shakespeare’s ____ are mainly written under the principle that national unity under a mighty and just sovereign is a necessity.

  A.history plays                    B.tragedies

  C.comedies     D.plays

2.Wordsworth thought that ____ is the only subject of literary interest.

  A.nation     B.past experience

  C.common life     D.nature

3.____ is the first important English essayist and the founder of modern science in England.

  A.Francis Bacon     B.Edmund Spenser

  C.William Carxton     D.Sidney