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2024年4月高等教育自学考试全国统一命题考试
英美文学选读试题答案及评分参考
（课程代码00604）
一、单项选择题:本大题共20小题，每小题1分，共20分。
1．C2．A3．B4．D5.B
6．B7．C8．A9．D10.C
11．B12．C13．D14．A15.D
16．D17．C18．B19．A20.A
二、填空题:本大题共10小题，每小题3个空，每个空1分，共30分。
21．acertainoccasion;thedrinkingparty;theanimalshed
22．matters;assemblies;manners
23．vocationsandcourses;disposition;mind
24．thought;causesandeffects;actionorevent
25．companionship;endurance;richness
26．longing;search;pity
27．timeandplace;thelevel;femalewriters
28．journey;entry;mind
29．lover;spirit;era
30．plays;themes;settings
三、正误判断题:本大题共10小题，每小题1分，共10分。
31．F32．T33．T34．F35．F
36．T37．F38．T39．F40．T
（说明：41~45题所给答案和所给分值点仅供阅卷教师参考，阅卷教师可根据学生的答题情况
酌情给分。）
四、简答题：本大题共4小题，41~42题，每题6分，43~44题，每题9分，共30分。
41.PrideandPrejudicetellsthestoryofMr.andMrs.Bennet,asomewhatabsurdcouple,and
theirfiveyoung,unmarrieddaughters.Theplotrevolvesmainlyaroundthesecond
daughter,Elizabeth,andhertroublesomeromancewiththewealthybutarrogantMr.Darcy.
（2分）Mr.Darcyrepresentstheprideofthenovel’stitle,whiletheprejudiceis
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representedbyElizabeth’sattitudetowardMr.Darcy.（2分）Aftermanytwistsandturns,
misunderstandingsdisappearandtheyarehappilyunited.Intheprocessofjudgingothers,
Elizabethfindsoutsomethingaboutherself:herblindness,prejudiceandabsurdity.（2分）
42.“ARed,RedRose”openswiththespeakercomparinghisbelovedtoaredroseandpraising
herbeauty.（2分）Hedeclaresthathisloveforherissodeepandeverlastingthatitwill
surviveuntiltheseadriesup.（2分）Helikenshislovetoarosebecausethefloweris
associatedwithromance,andredsymbolizespassionatelove.Also,flowersareassociated
withthewarm,growingseasonsoftheyear.（2分）
43.In“TheDeathoftheMoth”,VirginiaWoolfgivesadetaileddescriptionofhowamoth
beginsabattletorightitselfbeforedeathovertakesit.（1分）Themothintheessay,asa
metaphoroflifeanddeath,embodiesthenatureoflifeandexhibitsakindofheroismin
hisunremittingeffortstofightagainstdeath.（2分）Thoughtrivialandhumblebyitself,
evenwithlittleattention,themothdancesalmostinexhaustiblyandenjoysitslifetothe
full,illustratingwhatlifeis-tolive,tostrive,andtoappreciateone’sownexistence.（2分）
Woolfdrawsthemothasanoblecreaturewithgreatdignityandperseverance.Themoth
alsorevealsthetragicsideofdeathforitsinsignificancecomparedwiththeoutsideworld.
（2分）Themainthemesintheessayarethreefold:thewilltolive,thestrangenessoflife
anddeath,andthemutabilityandfutilityofanindividuallife.（2分）
44.“SongsofMyself”consistingof1345linesinall,isthelongestpoemin“LeavesofGrass”.
（1分）WaltWhitmandoesnotfollowapatternedrhymeschemenoranyregularityof
metre,whichiscalledfreeverse,fittinghissubjectmatterwithfeeling.Inhispoem,lines
andsentencesofdifferentlengthsareleftlyingsidebysidejustasthingsare,undisturbed
andseparate.（2分）Asusual,therelationshipWaltWhitmanisdramatizingisatriangleone:
“I”thepoet,thesubjectinthepoem,and“you”thereader.（2分）WaltWhitmanis
conversationalandcasual,inthefluid,expansive,andunstructuredstyleoftalking.
However,thereisastrongsenseofthepoemsbeingrhythmical.（2分）Whitman’spoetic
styleismarked,firstofa1l,bytheuseofthepoetic“I.”（2分）
五、论述题:本题10分。
45.Fitzgerald’sfictionsoftendealwiththebankruptcyoftheAmericanDream,whichis
high1ightedbythedisillusionmentoftheprotagonists’personaldreamsduetotheclashes
betweentheirromanticvisionoflifeandthesordidreality.(2分）AmericanDreamisthe
U.S.ideal,accordingtowhich,equalityofopportunitypermitsanyAmericantoaspireto
highattainmentandmaterialsuccess.(2分）Yetinthe1920s,theAmericanDreamwas
bankruptinthesensethatthewealthypeoplewerespirituallydisorientatedandmorally
corrupted.Thefactthattherichpeopleturnedtobemoreindifferentandcarelessbrought
forththedisillusionmentofAmericanDream.(2分）
AgreatnumberofFitzgerald’sstoriesstartedwiththebasicsituationinwhicharising
youngmanofthemiddleclassisinlovewiththedaughterofaveryrichfamily.Actually,
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intheman’seyes,moneyisonlyaconvenientandinadequatesymbolforwhathedreams
ofearning,andloveismerelyavehiclethatcantransporthimtoamagicworldofeternal
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