2025《诺奖作家英文作品赏析》题库及答案

  • 1、Why is K’s farm depicted as suffering from the shortage of water?

    A.It corresponds to the shortage of all the other vital supplies people suffer in the novel.

    B.It shows a time of social upheaval when any material possession is scarc...

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  • 2、In the novel, which two are posed as being in conflict with each other?

    A.Conflict of animal being and social being.

    B.Conflict of peaceful nature and unrest society.

    C.Duality of sensual body and rational thinking.

    D.Dua...

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  • 3、How is K’s cultivation different from Crusoe’s in Robison Crusoe?

    A.K’s cultivation is for basic survival, while Crusoe’s is also for accumulation of assets.

    B.K is in South African but Crusoe is the owner of the island.

    C.K is...

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  • 4、Why is the act of growing crops given such kind of significance in the story?

    A.Because it gives K supply of energy to go on living.

    B.Because growing crops will be able to help the rebel’s resistance and fighting.

    C.Because cu...

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  • 5、Why is he overjoyed in eating the first slice of pumpkin?

    A.Because it is the first taste of food that is grown by himself.

    B.Because it tastes really delicious.

    C.Because it means that he will not go hungry again.

    D.Beca...

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  • 6、What is the reason for depicting K as “feeling stupid” when hearing words such as morality, responsibility?

    A.Because K is a being whose simple way of living questions the definition of social and natural aspects of human being.

    B.Be...

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  • 7、In what way is K’s life representative of human being in a time of social upheaval?

    A.He is an invalid leading a life of recluse.

    B.He contributes his own bit although he is caught in an uncontrollable force.

    C.He gives up almo...

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  • 8、Why does K refuse the food in the labor camp?

    A.Because it causes damage to one’s health.

    B.Because it is too coarse and innutritious.

    C.Because it has a flavor of forced labor and exploitation.

    D.Because he does not have...

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  • 9、Why is the food in the magazine depicted with vivid coloring and detail?

    A.To indicate aesthetic pursuit of human beyond basic needs.

    B.To depict an ideal life.

    C.To show the importance of food.

    D.To show the poor conditi...

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  • 10、What is the symbolic meaning of fasting?

    A.It can mean purification of one’s body.

    B.It means denial of one’s earthly needs.

    C.It means dissatisfaction over one’s body.

    D.Both a and b.

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  • 11、Why is K fascinated by the picture of pork and pineapple in the magazine?

    A.He wants to provide his mother with such kind of life.

    B.He has never seen such kind of delicacy before.

    C.It shows his longing for better food and st...

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  • 12、When K hides in the mountain, why are his senses interaction with world depicted in detail?

    A.To show the effect of war.

    B.To present an animal-like state in which he loses connection with society.

    C.To show his inability in r...

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  • 13、Why does the author quote the words about war in the prologue

    A.Because the novel is a reflection of social upheaval in South Africa

    B.Because the story is about powerlessness one feels in the time of war.

    C.Because K is an ob...

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  • 14、Why is K described as eating the apples quickly and “chewing quickly as a rabbit, his eyes vacant”?

    A.To show the moment of K’s life, when he is possessed by the urge to eat.

    B.To show that his sadness after the death of his mother....

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  • 15、Which side is K on, the government or the rebels?

    A.The government militants

    B.The rebels

    C.The camp

    D.None of the above

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  • 16、Where does the story happen?

    A.In Australia.

    B.In South Africa

    C.In America

    D.In Great Britain

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  • 17、What is the nationality of J. M. Coetzee?

    A.He is an Australian.

    B.He is a South African.

    C.He is an American.

    D.He is a British person.

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  • 18、What kind of birth defect does K suffer from?

    A.Cerebral palsy

    B.Deaf-mute

    C.Harelip

    D.Limb

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  • 19、Before winning the Nobel, what award did he win twice?

    A.Governor General Award

    B.The Booker Prize.

    C.Le Prix de Flore

    D.The Pulitzer Prize

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  • 20、When did Coetzee become a Nobel Laureate?

    A.2003

    B.2013

    C.1993

    D.2014

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  • 21、Why does Claudia dismantles the white doll?

    A.Because it is not the kind of Christmas gift she really wants.

    B.Because she is puzzled over people’s preference of white over black.

    C.Because she dislikes dolls.

    D.Because ...

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  • 22、Why does Pecola’s mother choose the white girl over Pecola?

    A.Because she enjoys being the servant of white people.

    B.Because she is afraid that the white girl’s parents will be angry at her.

    C.Because she accepts the concept ...

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  • 23、Why does Pecola wants a pair of blue eyes?

    A.Because she has suffered prejudice for being a black.

    B.Because blue eyes are prettier.

    C.Because she thinks that blue eyes will help her to see better.

    D.Because she likes th...

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  • 24、Why does Cholly feel free from social responsibilities?

    A.He has not been through the process of subjugation to authority.

    B.He suffers greatly from his father’s denial.

    C.He grows up without parents.

    D.He has lost his p...

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  • 25、What are the qualities that Cholly supposed to develop in his quest for his father?

    A.He is supposed to learn the importance of responsibility.

    B.He is supposed to learn the importance of patience and leadership.

    C.He is suppo...

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  • 26、What kind of person does Cholly find his father to be?

    A.His father is a tall and old man.

    B.His father is a gambler and a drunkard.

    C.His father is an uncouth and rude person without a sense of responsibility.

    D.He is h...

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  • 27、What kind of attitude does Claudia hold toward the white beauty?

    A.She conducts an outright war against it.

    B.She joins her peers in their admiration of the white beauty.

    C.She wants to dismantle it and is unwilling to accept ...

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  • 28、Why does Pecola drink almost all the milk in Claudia’s household?

    A.Because she is always hungry.

    B.Because she is intimidated by Claudia.

    C.Because she is fascinated by the white girl’s face on the milk cup.

    D.Because s...

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  • 29、Why does Pecola fetishize over the white’s beauty standard?

    A.Because she is surrounded in everyday life by the symbol of white beauty.

    B.Because she is almost cut off from black tradition so that she cannot resist the influence of ...

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  • 30、What is the purpose of heading the sections in four seasons?

    A.To indicate the natural setting of the plot.

    B.To correspond to the shifting of the mood of each section.

    C.To tell the fate of the main character, Pecola.

    D...

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