新英达自考英语本科题年4月英美文学试题.docVIP

2010年4月高等教育自学考试全国统一命题考试 英美文学选读 试卷 (课程代码00604) 本试卷分为两部分。共8页，满分l00分；考试时间l50分钟。 1．第一部分为选择题，应考者必须在“答题卡”上的“选择题答题区”内按要求填涂，答在试卷上无效。 2．第二部分为非选择题。应考者必须在“答题卡”上的“非选择题答题区”内按照试题题号顺序直接答题，答在试卷上无效。 PART ONE (共 50 分) I. Multiple Choice (50 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. Mark your choice by blackening the corresponding letter [A], [B], [C]or[D]on the ANSWER SHEET. 1. Beowulf, a typical example of Old English poetry that evokes the Anglo-Saxon sense of the harshness of circumstance and the sadness of the human lot, is regarded today as __ of the Anglo-Saxons. A. a romance B. the national epic C. a religious poem D. the first blank verse 2. The early period of the English Renaissance was one of imitation and assimilation. Wyatt introduced __ into England. A. blank verse B. terza rima C. the Petrarchan sonnet D. sestina 3. The Renaissance marks a transition from the medieval to the modem world. The essence of Renaissance is . A. religious reformation B. humanism C. economic expansion D. geographic discoveries 4. Which of the following plays is NOT one of William Shakespeares great tragedies? A. King Lear B. Henry IV C. Othello D. Macbeth 5. In Paradise Lost, Adams disobedience to God reflects the keystone of John Miltons creed, that is, __ A. the freedom of the will B. the importance of love C. evil is at the core of human nature D. human life is full of temptations 6. The 18thcentury England is known as the Age of Enlightenment. The enlighteners held that __ should be the only, the final cause of any human thought and activities. A. rationality B. equality C. science