《英美文学选读》模拟试题(1)答案
《英美文学选读》模拟试题(1)
《英美文学选读》模拟试题（一）一、单项选择题cadaa1.The excerpt from Chapter 10 of Sons and Lovers ends with the conflict between Paul and his mother. The conflict is possibly caused by Paul and his mother’s different views towards _____.A. Paul’s fatherB. artC. lifeD. Paul’s brother2.The _____ can be regarded as one of the themes of Joyce’s story “Araby”.A. loss of innocenceB. childish loveC. awareness of harsh lifeD. false sentimentality3.After reading “Araby”, one more feel the story has a _____ tone.A. joyousB. harshC. solemnD. painful4.In “Araby”, Joyce’s diction evokes a sort of _____ quality that characterizes the boy on this otherwise altogether ordinary shopping trip.A. religiousB. moralC. sentimentalD. vulgar5.The major concern of _____ fiction lies in the tracing of the psychological development of his characters and in his energetic criticism of the dehumanizing effect of the capitalist industrialization on human nature.A. D. H. Lawre nce’sB. J. Galsworthy’sC. W. Thackeray’sD. T. Hardy’s6.The mission of _____ drama was to reveal the moral, political and economic truth from a radical reformist point of view.A. T. S. Eliot’sB. J. Galsworthy’sC. B. Shaw’sD. W. B. Yeats’7.Irving was best known for his famous short stories such as _____.A. Rip Van WinkleB. Young Goodman BrownC. Life of GoldsmithD. Life of Washington8.Melville’s _____ is an encyclopedia of everything, history, p hilosophy, religion, etc.A. The Old Man and the SeaB. Moby–DickC. White JacketD. Billy Budd9.Mark Twain created, in _____, a masterpiece of American realism that is also one of the great books of world literature.A. Huckleberry FinnB. Tom SowyerC. The Gilded AgeD. The Mysterious Stranger10.American literature produced only one female poet during the nineteenth century. This was _____.A. Anne BradsteetB. Jane AustenC. Emily DickinsonD. T. S. Eliot11.The main theme of _____The Art of Fiction reveals his literary credo that representation of life should be the main object of the novel.A. Henry James’B. Mark Twain’sC. Theodore Dreiser’sD. William Howells’12.In the 1920s, O’Neill established an international reputation with the plays ______.A. The Emperor JonesB. Anna ChristleC. The Hairy ApeD. all of the above13.In 1954, _____ was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature for his “mastery of the ar t of modern narration.”A. T. S. EliotB. Ernest HemingwayC. John SteinbeckD. William Faulkner14.“The apparition of these faces in the crowd; Petals on a wet, black bough.” This is the shortest poem written by _____.A. T. S. EliotB. Robert FrostC. Ezra PoundD. Emily Dickinson15.In Robert Frost’s famous poem “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening”, there are four lines like these: “The woods are lovely, dark and deep, /But I have promises to keep, /And miles to go befor e I sleep, /And miles to go before I sleep”. The second sleep refers to _____.A. dieB. calm downC. fall into sleepD. stop walking16.Of the following American poets, whose work was first recognized in England and then in America?A. Robert FrostB. Walt WhitmanC. Emily DickinsonD. Wallace Stevens17.“For I have had too much / Of apple-picking: I am overtired / Of the great harvest I myself desired”. From these lines we can conclude that the speaker _____.A. is happy about the harvestB. is tired of the work of apple-pickingC. is not tired when seeing the harvestD. becomes indifferent of the job18.Chinese poetry and philosophy had great influence on _____.A. Robert FrostB. Ralph Waldo EmersonC. Ezra PoundD. Emily Dickinson19.The Hemingway code heroes are best remembered for their _____.A. indestructible spiritB. pessimistic view of lifeC. war experiencesD. masculinity20.Lots of people rushed to Gatsby’s party at the weekend and they clustered around Gatsby’s wealth like ____.A. gluttonsB. fliesC. insectsD. moths二、综合题1.Read the quoted part carefully and answer the questions in English.It may be that the gulfs will wash us down;It may be we shall touch the Happy Tales,And see the great Achilles, whom we knew,Tho’ much is taken, much abides, and tho’We are not now that strength which in old daysMoved earth and heaven; that which we are, we are;One equal temper of heroic hearts,Made weak by time and fate, but strong in willTo strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.A. The passage is taken from th e poem “___________”.B. The author of the poem is ____________.C. The poem is written in the form of _________.D. The speaker is __________.2.Read the quoted part carefully and answer the questions in English.Whether fagged by the three days’ runnin g chase, and the resistance to his swimming in the knotted hamper he bore; or whether it was some latent deceitfulness and malice in him: whichever was true, the white Whale’s way now began to abate, as it seemed, from the boat so rapidly nearing him once more; though indeed the whale’s last start had not been so long a one as before. And still as Ahab glidede over the waves the unpitying sharks accompanied him; and so pertinaciously stuck to the boat; and so continually bit at the plying oars, that the blades became jagged and crunched, and left small splinters in the sea, at almost every dip.A From which novel is the paragraph taken?B What is the name of the author?C Who is Ahab?D What is the theme of the novel?3.Read the quoted part carefully and answer the questions in English.Standing on the bare ground, ----- my head bathed by the blithe air and uplifted into infinite space, ------- all mean egotism vanishes. I become a transparent eyeball; I am nothing; I see all; the currents of the Universal Being circulate through me; I am part or particle of God.A. Which work is this fragment taken from?B. How do you understand the philosophical ideas in this words?4.Read the quoted part carefully and answer the questions in English.“if he be not apt to beat over matters, let him study the lawyer’s cases, so every defect of the mind may have a special receipt.”A. what does “beat over matters” mean?B. what does “receipt” refer to?C. from which essay does the above sentences come?5.Give brief answers to the question in English.What is Lyrical Ballads?Why is Lyrical Ballads regarded as a landmark in English poetry?6.Give brief answers to the question in English.Do you think the two collections of poems written by William Blake are the same? If not, what is the difference?7.Give brief answers to the question in English.What are some of the general artistic features of Walt Whitman’s poetry?8.Give brief answers to the question in English.Can we say that when Brown （Hawthorne’s Young Goodman Brown） enters the dark forest he is really enter his own evil mind? If yes （or no）, please explain.9.This monologue, a psychological exploration of life and death, reveals the character of Hamlet as a man of contemplation rathe r than action. With the intolerable burden of the duty to revenge his father’s death and the challenge of evil forces, Hamlet seems to withdraw into a mental world which is thrown into a conflict or a choice between life and death. The philosophical speculation mixed up with a deep pessimistic outlook resists against action at first, but later awakens the hero out of his melancholy to a sense of the “enterprise of great pith and moment”, indicating that he is to do something for what he concerns himself wit h.10.Write no less than 150 words on the following topic in English.Make a comparison between Henry James’ realism and Mark Twain’s realism.答案部分一、单项选择题1. C2. A3. D4. A5. A6. C7. A8. B9. A10. C11. A12. D13. B14. C15. A16. A17. B18. C19.A20. D二、综合题1.【正确答案】 A. UlyssessB. Afred TennysonC. Dramatic MonologueD. Ulysses2.【正确答案】 A. Moby – DickB. Herman MelvilleC. The Captain of the whaling shipD. The rebellious struggle of Captain Ahab against the over-whelming, mysterious vastness of the universe and its awesome sometimes merciless forces.3.【正确答案】 A. NatureB. Emerson regards nature as the purest, and the most sanctifying moral influence on man, and advocated a direct intuition of a spiritual and immanent God in nature. The soul has completely transcended the limits of individuality and become part of the Over soul. Emerson sees spirit pervading everywhere, not only in the soul of man, but behind nature, throughout nature.4.【正确答案】 A. make through exam of things.B. cure, prescriptionC. of studies Francis Bacon5.【正确答案】 A. It is a collaboration of Wordsworth and Coleridge, the major representatives of the Romantic Movement.B. In the book, they explored new theories and innovated new techniques in poetry writing. They saw poetry as a healing energy; they believed that poetry could purify both individual souls and the society. The preface to the second edition of the Lyrical Ballads acts as a manifesto for the new school. Wordsworth’s poems in the Lyrical Ballads differs in marked ways from his early poetry, notably the uncompromising simplicity of much of the language, the strong sympathy not merely with the poor in general but with particular, dramatized examples of them, and the fusion of natural description with expressions of inward states of mind.6.【正确答案】 A. NoB. The two collections of poems written by William Blake, “Sons of Innocence” and “Sons of Experience”, hold the similar subject-matter, but the tone, emphasis and conclusion differ.7.【正确答案】Walt Whitman was an important poet in American literary history. His originality lies first of all in his use of the poetic form free verse, by means of which he becomes conversational and casual. He usually uses the first person pronoun “I” to stress individualism, and oral language to acquire symp athy from the common reader. His topics are sometimes sexual but his themes are far more than sexual.8.【正确答案】Hawthorne’s stories are generally read as allegories symbolic of human experience, so is “Young Goodman Brown”. Allegorically Brown’s night journey to the forest could be taken as a journey of the mind into the dark region of evil. It is especially true if we allow for some very important details about the light and the shadow, the dreamlike atmosphere, the words and phrases he uses to describe what Brown has experienced in the forest, none of which seems to be substantially solid or physically present.9.【正确答案】This monologue, a psychological exploration of life and death, reveals the character of Hamlet as a man of contemplation rather than action. With the intolerable burden of the duty to revenge his father’s death and the challenge of evil forc es, Hamlet seems to withdraw into a mental world which is thrown into a conflict or a choice between life and death. The philosophical speculation mixed up with a deep pessimistic outlook resists against action at first, but later awakens the hero out of his melancholy to a sense of the “enterprise of treat pith and moment”, indicating that he is to do something for what he concerns himself with.10.【正确答案】Although James and Twain both worked for realism, there were obvious differences between them. In thematic terms, James wrote mostly of the upper reaches of American society, whereas Mark Twain dealt largely with the lower strata of society. Technically, James pursued psychological realism, but Mark Twain’s contribution to the development of realism and to American literature as a whole was partly through his theories of Local Colorist in American fiction, and partly through his colloquial style.Henry James believed that reality lies in the impressions made by life on the spectator, and not in any facts of which the spectator is unaware, such realism is therefore merely the obligation that the artist assumes to represent life as he sees it, which may not be the same life as it “really” is. James shifted the ground of realistic art from the outer to the inner world.Mark Twain preferred to represent social life through portraits of local places which he knew best. He drew heavily from his own rich fund of knowledge of people and places. He confined himself to the life with which he was familiar. By quoting from his own experience, Mark Twain managed to transform into art the freedom and humor, in short, the finest elements of western culture.。
《英美文学选读》模拟试题(一-五)整合
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I. Multiple Choice. (1 point for each, altogether 30 points)Directions: There are 30 sentences in this section. Beneath each sentence there are four choices respectively marked by letters A, B, C and D. Choose the word that you think best complete the sentence. Write your answers on the answer sheet.1. Among the great Middle English poets, Geoffrey Chaucer is known for his production of_______.[A] Piers Plowman [B] Sir Gawain and the Green Knight[C] Confessio Amantis [D] The Canterbury Tales2. In "After Apple- Picking," Robert Frost wrote: "For I have had too much / Of apple -picking: I am overtired/ Of the great harvest I myself desired." From these lines we can conclude that the speaker is_______.[A] happy about the harvest[B] still very much interested in apple-picking[C] expecting a greater harvest[D] indifferent to what he once desired3.With Howells, James, and Mark Twain active on the literary scene, _______became the major trend in American literature in the seventies and eighties of the 19th century.[A] Sentimentalism [B] romanticism [C] realism [D] naturalism4. Of the following American poets in the twentieth century, the one who has the best knowledge of Chinese culture is _______.[A] Robert Frost [B] Allen Ginsberg [C] Ezra Pound [D] Cummings5. _______is the first important governess novel in the English literary history.[A] Jane Eyre [B] Emma[C] Wuthering Heights [D] Middlemarch6. The Hemingway Code heroes are best remembered for their_______.[A] indestructible spirit [B] pessimistic view of life[C] war experiences [D] masculinity7. Which of the following is taken from John Keats’Ode to a Nightingale? _______[A] "Beauty is truth, truth beauty."[B] "Earth has not anything to show more fair."[C] "They are both gone up to the church to pray."[D] "was it a vision, or a waking dream?"8. Emily Dickinson wrote many short poems on various aspects of life. Which of the following is NOT a usual subject of her poetic expression? _______[A] Religion and immortality [B] Life and death[C] Love and marriage [D] War and peace9. Henry David Thoreau’s work_______, has always been regarded as a masterpiece of New England Transcendentalism.[A] Walden [B] The Pioneers[C] Nature [D] Song of Myself10. 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] Candida11. Romance, which uses narrative verse or prose to tell stories of _______ adventures or other heroic deeds, is a popular literary form in the medieval period.[A] Christian [B] knightly[C] Greek [D] primitive12. For Melville, as well as for the reader and _______ , the narrator, Moby Dick is still a mystery, an ultimate mystery of the universe. .[A] Ahab [B] Ishmael[C] Stubb [D] Starbuck13. Which of the following historical events does not directly help to stimulate the rising of the Renaissance Movement? _______[A] The rediscovery of ancient Greek and Roman culture[B] The new discoveries in geography and astrology[C] The Glorious revolution[D] The religious reformation and the economic expansion14. Which of the following statements best illustrates the theme of Shakespeare's Sonnet 18?[A] The speaker eulogizes the power of Nature[B] The speaker satirizes human vanity[C] The speaker praises the power of artistic creation[D] The speaker meditates on man's salvation15. ―And we will sit upon the rocks,/Seein g the shepherds feed their flocks,/By shallow rivers to whose falls/Melodious birds sing madrigals.‖ The above lines are probably taken from _______.[A] Spenser's The Faerie Queene[B] John Donne's ―The Sun Rising‖[C] Shakespeare's ―Sonnet 18‖[D] Marlow e's ―The Passionate Shepherd to His Love‖16. ―Bassanio: Antonio, I am married to a wife which is as dear to me as life itself; But life itself, My wife, and all the world. Are not with me esteem'd above thy life;I would lose all, ay, sacrifice them all, Here to the devil, to deliver you. Portia: Your wife would give you little thanks for that, If she were by to hear you make the offer.‖ The above is a quotation taken from Shakespeare's comedy The Merchant of Venice. The quoted part can be regarded as a good example to illustrate _______.[A] dramatic irony [B] personification[C] allegory [D] symbolism17. The true subject of John Donne's poem, ―The Sun Rising,‖ is to _______.[A] attack the sun as an unruly servant[B] give compliments to the mistress and her power of beauty[C] criticize the sun's intrusion into the lover's private life[D] lecture the sun on where true royalty and riches lie18. Of all the 18thcentury novelists Henry Fielding was the first to set out, both in theory and practice, to wri te specifically a ―_______ in prose,‖ the first to give the modern novel its structure and style.[A] tragic epic [B] comic epic[C] romance [D] lyric epic19. The Houyhnhnms depicted by Jonathan Swift in Gulliver's Travels are _______.[A] horses that are endowed with reason[B] pigmies that are endowed with admirable qualities[C] giants that are superior in wisdom[D] hairy, wild, low and despicable creatures, who resemble human beings not only in appearance but also in some other ways.20. Here are four lines from a literary work: ―Others for language all their care express, /And value books, as women men, for dress.‖ The work is _______.[A] Thomas Gray's ―Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard‖[B] John Milton's Paradise Lost[C] Alexander Pope's Essay on Criticism[D] Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream21. The phrase ―to urge people to abide by Christian doctrines and to seek salvation through constant struggles with their own weaknesses and all kinds of social evils‖ may well sum up the implied meaning of _______.[A] Gulliver's Travels [B] The Rape of the Lock[C] Robinson Crusoe [D] The pilgrim's Progress22. William Wordsworth, a romantic poet, advocated all the following EXCEPT _______.[A] the use of everyday language spoken by the common people[B] the expression of the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings[C] the use of humble and rustic life as subject matter[D] the use of elegant wording and inflated figures of speech23. Which of the following is taken from John Keats’ ―Ode on a Grecian Urn‖? _______[A] ―I fall upon the thorns of life! I bleed!‖[B] ―They are both gone up to the church to pray‖[C] ―Earth has not anything to show more fair‖[D] ―Beauty is truth, truth beauty‖24.―If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind!‖ is an epigr ammatic line by _______.[A] J.Keats [B] W.Blake[C] W.Wordsworth [D] P.B.Shelley25. ―Ode o na Grecian Urn‖shows the contrast between the _______ of art and the _______ of human passion.[A] glory …ugliness[B] permanence…transience[C] transience…sordid ness [D] glory…permanence26. In the statement―—oh, God! would you like to live with your soul in the grave?‖ the term ―soul‖ apparently refers to _______.[A] Heathcliff himself [B] Catherine[C] one's spiritual life [D] one's ghost27. The typical feature of Robert Browning's poetry is the _______.[A] bitter satire [B] larger-than-life caricature[C] Latinized diction [D] dramatic monologue28. The Victorian Age was largely an age of _______, eminently represented by Dickens and Thackeray.[A] poetry [B] drama[C] prose [D] epic prose29. _______is the first important governess novel in the English literary history.[A] Jane Eyre [B] Emma[C] Wuthering Heights [D] Middlemarch30. The major concern of ______ fiction lies in the tracing of the psychological development of his characters and in his energetic criticism of the dehumanizing effect of the capitalist industrialization on human nature.[A] wrence's [B] J.Galsworthy's[C] W.Thackeray’s[D] T.Hardy’sII. Match the writer with his/her works and Write your answers on the answer sheet. (2point for each, altogether 20points)31. Henry Fielding A. The Passionate Shepherd to His Love32. James Joyce B. Composed upon Westminster Bridge33. Daniel Defoe C. The Moll on the Floss34. Alfred Tennyson D. Break, Break, Break.35. John Keats E. A Portrait of the Artist As a Young Man36. George Eliot F. The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling37. William Bulter Yeats G. A Journal of the Plague Year38. William Wordsworth H. Ode on a Grecian Urn39. Walt Whitman I. The Lake Isle of Innisfree40. Christopher Marlowe J. There Was a Child Went ForthIII. Decide whether the following statements are true or false and write your answers in the brackets. (2 point for each, altogether10 points)()41．The preface to the Lyrical Ballads is best read as a statement of Keats’s principles of poetry.()42．Besides novel writing, Hawthorne is also a very good writer of short stories.()43．Robert Frost’s poems are New England in their setting, and are characterized by the familiar speaking voice.()44．George Hurstwood is a friend of Drouet’s who steals a great deal of money from his employer and actually kidnaps Carrie to Canada.()45．Renaissance had its beginning in Italy in the middle of the fifteenth century. IV. Define the literary terms listed below and write your answers on the answer sheet. (5 point for each, altogether 10 points)46. Romanticism47. Stream of ConsciousnessV. Give brief answers to the following questions. Write your answers on the answer sheet. (5 point for each, altogether 15 points)48. How do you understand the character of Robinson Crusoe?49. In the novel To the Lighthouse, is Lily lonely while completing her picture? Please justify your ideas.50. What is the implication of the description of roses beside the prison door in the first chapter of The Scarlet Letter?Ⅵ. Write no less than 150 words on the following topics in English in the corresponding space on the answer sheet. (15 point for each, altogether 15 points) 51.William Shakespeare is one of the most remarkable playwrights the world has ever known.( 1) Name his four greatest tragedies.(2) What are the characteristics of the four tragedies in common?(3) Briefly summarize each hero' s weakness of nature.《英美文学选读》模拟试卷一答案II. Multiple Choice. (1 point for each, altogether 30 points)题号 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15答案 D D C C A A D D A D B B C C D题号16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30答案 A B B A C D D D D B B D C A AII. Match the writer with his/her works and write your answers in the brackets. (2point for each, altogether 20points)题号31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40答案 F E G D H C I B J AIII. Decide whether the following statements are true or false and write your answers in the brackets. (2 point for each, altogether10 points)题号41 42 43 44 45答案 F T T T FIV.Define the literary terms listed below and write your answers in the brackets. (10%) 46.复习范围或考核目标：课件Course 03 William Wordsworth47.复习范围或考核目标：课件Course06 Virginia WoolfV. Give brief answers to the following questions. Write your answers on the answer sheet. (15%)48.复习范围或考核目标：课件Course 02 Daniel Defoe49.复习范围或考核目标：课件Course06 Virginia Woolf50.复习范围或考核目标：课件course07 Nathaniel HawthorneⅥ. Write no less than 150 words on each of the following topics in English in the corresponding space on the answer sheet. (15%)51.复习范围或考核目标：课件course01 William ShakespeareNetwork Education College, BLCU《英美文学选读》模拟试卷二注意：1.试卷保密，考生不得将试卷带出考场或撕页，否则成绩作废。
2023年自考专业(英语)《英美文学选读》考试历年真题摘选附带答案
2023年自考专业(英语)《英美文学选读》考试历年真题摘选附带答案第1卷一.全考点综合测验(共20题)1.【单选题】The childhood of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn in the Mississippi is a record of a vanished way of life in the( )Mississippi valleyA.pre - War of IndependenceB.post - War of IndependenceC.pre - Civil WarD.post - Civil War2.【单选题】( )is generally regarded as the forerunner of the 20th —century “stream— of —consciousness ” novels and the founder of psychological realism.A.Theodore DreiserB.William FaulknerC.Henry JamesD.Mark Twain3.【单选题】William Faulkner set most of his works in the American( ),with his emphasis on the( )subjects and consciousness.A.North...NorthernB.East...EasternC.West...WesternD.South...Southern4.【单选题】Among the following writers( )is generally regarded as the forerunner of the 20th - century “stream - of - consciousness ” novels and the founder of psychological realism.A. T. S. EliotB.James JoyceC.William FaulknerD.Henry James5.【单选题】In 1950,one of the leading American writers( )was awarded the Nobel Prize for the anti-racist Intruder in the Dust.A.Robert FrostB.Theodore DreiserC.William FaulknerD.Fitzgerald6.【单选题】The attitude towards life that( )had been trying to demonstrate in his works is known as “grace under pressure ”.A.William FaulknerB.Theodore DreiserC.Ernest HemingwayD.F·Scott Fitzgerald7.【单选题】The Portrait of A Lady is generally considered to be( )masterpiece,which describes the life journey of an American( )in a European cultural environment.A.Henry Adams’…widowB.William James ’…girlC.Henry James’…girlD.Theodore Dreiser ’s…widow8.【单选题】“My last Duchess ” is a poem that best exemplifies Robert Browning ’s( ).A.sensitive ear for the sounds of the English languageB.excellent choice of wordsC.mastering of the metrical devicese of the dramatic monologue9.【单选题】Most literary critics think that Fitzgerald is both an insider and an outsider of( )with a double vision.A.the Jazz AgeB.the Age of Reason and RevolutionC.the Babybooming AgeD.the Post- Modern Age10.【单选题】Robert Frost is generally considered a regional poet whose subject matters mainly focus on the landscape and people in( ).A.the westB.the southC.AlaskaD.New England11.【单选题】Ezra Pound,a leading spokesman of the “( ) ”,was one of the most important poets in his time.A.Imagist MovementB.Cubist MovementC.Reformist MovementD.Transcendentalist Movement12.【单选题】What he had done is _______A.valueB.of valuableC.of no valueD.of no valuable13.【单选题】That is the house _______ you can enjoy the scenery.A. in thatB.thatC.whichD.from which14.【单选题】In the original test，all the animals in a test group are given a substance _______ half of them dieA.unlessB.untilC.lestD.provided15.【单选题】“The dignity of movement of an iceberg is due to only one- eighth of it being above water. ” This “iceberg ” analogy is put forward by( ).A.Mark TwainB.Ezra PoundC.William FaulknerD.Ernest Hemingway16.【单选题】The Financier,The Titan and The Stoic by Theodore Dreiser are called his “Trilogy of( ). ”A.HatredB.DeathC.DesireD.Fate17.【单选题】“The dignity of movement of an iceberg is due to only one -eighth of it being abov e water. ” This “iceberg ” analogy about prose style was put forward by( ).A.William FaulknerB.Henry JamesC.Ernest HemingwayD.F· Scott Fitzgerald18.【单选题】William Faulkner once said that( )is a story of “lost innocence, ” which proves itself to be an intensification of the theme of imprisonment in the past.A.The Great GatsbyB.The Sound and the FuryC.Absalom,Absalom!D.Go Down,Moses19.【单选题】The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and,especially,its sequence( )proved themselves to be the milestone in the American literature.A.The Adventures of Huckleberry FinnB.Life on the MississippiC.The Gilded AgeD.Roughing It20.【单选题】The teacher told us the fact _______.A.which the earth moves around the sunB.that the earth moved around the sunC.that the sun moves around the earthD.that the earth moves around the sun第2卷一.全考点综合测验(共20题)1.【单选题】The( )Age of the 1920s characterized by frivolity and carelessness is brought vividly to life in The Great Gatsby.A.LostB.JazzC.ReasonD.Gilded2.【单选题】Some persons gain goal and direction from their tensions;others________ under pressure.A.fall outB.fall apartC.fall back onD.fall in with3.【单选题】Greatly and permanently affected by the( )experiences,Hemingway formed his own writing style,together with his theme and hero.A.miningB.farmingC.warD.sailing4.【单选题】Opposition leaders will be watching carefully to see how the Prime Minister ________ the crisis.A.handlesB.conductsC.observesD.directs5.【单选题】In Go Down,Moses,( )illuminates the problem of black and white in Southern society as a closeknit destiny of blood brotherhood.A.William FaulknerB.Jack LondonC.Herman MelvilleD.Nathaniel Hawthorne6.【单选题】In most of his writings,( )deliberately broke up the chronology of his narrative by juxtaposing the past with the present,in the way the montage does in a movie.A.Walt WhitmanB.William FaulknerC.Ernest HemingwayD. Fitzgerald7.【单选题】The effect of Darwinist idea of “survival of the fittest ” was shattering in() ’s fictional world of jungle,where “kill or to be killed ” was the law.A.Mark TwainB.Henry JamesC.Theodore DreiserD.Walt Whitman8.【单选题】In 1950,( )was awarded the Nobel Prize for the anti-racist Intruder in the Dust.A.William FaulknerB.Robert FrostC.Ezra PoundD.Ernest Hemingway9.【单选题】Eugene O’Neill ’s first full — length play,( ),won him the first Pulitzer theme is the choice between life and death,the interaction of subjective and objective factors.A.Bound East for CardiffB.The Hairy ApeC.Desire Under the ElmsD.Beyond the Horizon10.【单选题】Now many major employers are beginning to demand _______ the completion of schoolA.more thanB.rather thanC.other thanD.better than11.【单选题】It was his masterpiece The Great Gatsby that made( )one of the greatest American novelists.A. FitzgeraldB.William FaulknerC.Ernest HemmingwayD.Gertrude Steinbeck12.【单选题】Man is a “victim of forces over which he has no control. ” This is a notion held strongly by( ).A.Robert FrostB.Theodore DreiserC.Henry JamesD.Hamlin Garland13.【单选题】Mark Twain’s particular concern about the local character of a region came about as “local colorism, ” a unique va riation of American literary( ).A.romanticismB.nationalismC.modernismD.realism14.【单选题】Nobody but you _______ what he said.A. agrees withB.agrees outC.agree withD.agree to15.【单选题】In 1920,( )published his first novel This Side of Paradise which was,to some extent,his own story.A.F·Scott FitzgeraldB.Ernest HemingwayC.William FaulknerD.Emily Dickinson16.【单选题】considered( ) “the true father of our national literature ”.A.Bret HarteB.Mark TwainC.Washington IrvingD.Walt Whitman17.【单选题】At the age of eighty -seven,( )read his poetry at the inauguration of President John in 1961.A.Robert FrostB.Walt WhitmanC.Ezra Pound18.【单选题】Unlike his contemporaries in the early 20th century,( )did not break up with the poetic tradition nor made any experiment on form.A.Walt WhitmanB.Robert FrostC.Ezra Pound19.【单选题】Which of the following statements is NOT true of Emily Dickinson and her poetry?A.She remained unmarried all her lifeB.She wrote,1,775 poems,and most of them were published during her life time.C.Her poems have no titles,hence are always quoted by their first lines.D.Her limited private world has never confined the limitless power of her creativity and imagination.20.【单选题】Mark Twain employed an unpretentious style of( )in his novels which is best described as “vernacular ”.A.standard EnglishB.Afro-American EnglishC.colloquialismD.urbanism第1卷参考答案一.全考点综合测验1.正确答案：C本题解析：马克吐温是以为地方主义作家，他的作品主题是密西西比河流域和美国的西部。
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A. the rediscovery of ancient Roman and Greek cultureB. the vast expansion of British colonies in North America C ．the new discoveries in geography and astrology D ．the religious reformation and the economic expansion10.Which of the following is NOT regarded as one of the characteristics of Renaissance humanism? A. Cultivation of the art of this world and this life. B. Tolerance of human foibles.C. Search for the genuine flavor of ancient culture.D. Glorification of religious faith.11. The Renaissance marks a transition from ______ to the modern world.A. the old EnglishB. the medievalC. the feudalistD. the capitalist 12.The English Renaissance period was an age of ______ .A. poetry and dramaB. drama and novelC. novel and poetryD. romance and poetry 13.The most significant idea of the Renaissance is______.A. humanismB. realismC. naturalismD. skepticism 14．______ is the essence of the Renaissance.A ．PoetryB ．DramaC ．HumanismD ．Reason 15. About the Renaissance humanists which of the following statements is true? A. They thought money and social status was the measure of all things.B. They thought people were largely subordinated to the ruling class without any freedom and independence.C. They couldn’t see the human values in th eir works.D. They emphasized the dignity of human beings and the importance of the present life. 16. One of the distinct features of the Elizabethan time is_____.A. the flourishing of the dramaB. the popularity of the realistic novelC. the domination of the classical poetryD. the close-down of all the theatres 17. _____ is known as the poets’ poet.A. SpenserB. MarloweC. MiltonD. Shakespeare18. Marlowe’s greatest achievement lies in that he perfected the _____and made it the principal medium of English drama.A. blank verseB. free verseC. heroic coupletD. sonnet 19. Which of the following descriptions of Gothic Novels is NOT correct? A. It predominated in the early eighteenth century.年级 班级 准考证号 姓名B. It was one phase of the Romantic movement.C. Its principal elements are violence, horror and the supernatural.D. Works like The Mysteries of Udolpho and Frankenstein are typical Gothic romance.20. “Byronic hero” is a figure of the following traits EXCEPT ______.A. being proudB. being of humble originC. being rebelliousD. being mysterious21. Robert Browning created ______ by adopting the novelistic presentation of characters.A. the verse novelB. the blank verseC. the heroic coupletD. the dramatic poetry22. Charles Dickens' novel ______ is famous for its vivid descriptions of the workhouse and life of the underworld in thenineteenth- century London.A. The Pickwick PaperB. Oliver TwistC. David CopperfieldD. Nicholas Nickleby23. Charlotte Bronte's works are all about the struggle of an individual consciousness towards ______ about some lonely and neglected young women with a fierce longing for love, understanding and a full, happy life.A. self - relianceB. self - realizationC. self - esteemD. self - consciousness24. The symbolic meaning of “Book” in Robert Browning's long poem The Ring and the Book is ______. A. the common sense B. the hard truth C. the comprehensive knowledge D. the dead truth25. Thomas Hardy's pessimistic view of life predominated most of his later works and earns him a reputation as a ______writer.A. realisticB. naturalisticC. romanticD. stylistic26. After the First World War, there appeared the following literary trends of modernism EXCEPT_____.A. expressionismB. surrealismC. stream of consciousnessD. black humour27. The masterpieces of critical realism in the early 20th century are the three trilogies of ______.A. Galsworthy's Forsyte novelsB. Hardy' s Wessex novelsC. Greene's Catholic novelsD. Woolf's stream-of-consciousness novels28. In the mid-1950s and early 1960s, there appeared “______” who demonstrated a particular disillu sion over the depressing situation in Britain and launched a bitter protest. against the outmoded social and political values in their society.A. The Beat GenerationB. The Lost GenerationC. The Angry Young MenD. Black Mountain Poets29.The following are English stream-of-consciousness novels EXCEPT ______.A.PilgrimageB. UlyssesC.Mrs.DallowayD. A Passage to Inida30. The leader of the Irish National Theater Movement in the early 20th century was ______.A. W.B.Yeats B. Lady GregoryC. J.M.SyngeD. John Galworthy31. T.S.Eliot's most popular verse play is ______.A. Murder in the CathedralB. The Cocktail PartyC. The Family ReunionD. The Waste Land32.The Petrarchan sonnet was first introduced into England by ______.A. SurreyB. WyattC. SidneyD. Shakespeare33. As the best of Shakespeare's final romances,______ is a typical example of his pessimistic view towards human life and society in his late years.A. The TempestB. The Winter's TaleC. CymbelineD. The Rape of Lucrece34. John Milton's greatest poetical work ______ is the only generally acknowledged epic in English literarure sinceBeowulf.A. AreopagiticaB. Paradise LostC. LycidasD. Samson Agonistes35. The British bourgeois or middle class believed in the following notions EXCEPT ______.A. self - esteemB. self - relianceC. self - restraintD. hard work36. Byron’s masterpieces is ________.A. Hours of idlenessB. The Prisoner of ChillonC. ManfredD. Don Juan37. The best model of satire in the whole English literary history is Jonathan Swift's ______.A. A Modest ProposalB. A Tale of a TubC. Gulliver's TravelsD. The Battle of the Books38. As a representative of the Enlightenment,______ was one of the first to introduce rationalism to England.A. John BunyanB. Daniel DefoeC. Alexander PopeD. Jonathan Swift39. For his contribution to the establishment of the form of the modern novel,______ has been regarded by some as “Father of the English Novel”.A. Daniel DefoeB. Henry FieldingC. Jonathan SwiftD. Samuel Richardson40. In Renaissance, the European humanist thinkers made attempts to do the following EXCEPT ______.A. getting rid of those old feudalist ideasB. getting control of the parliament and governmentC. introducing new ideas that expressed the interests of the rising bourgeoisieD. recovering the purity of the early church, from the corruption of the Roman Catholic ChurchII. Reading Comprehension (16 points in all, 4 for each)Read the quoted parts carefully and answer the questions in English. Write your answers in thecorresponding space on the answer sheet.41. Wherefore feed and clothe and saveFrom the cradle to the graveThose ungrateful drones who wouldDrain your sweat- nay, drink your blood?Questions:A. Identify the poet and the title of the poem from which the stanza is taken.B. What figure of speech is used in Line 2?C. Whom does “drones” refer to?42. The following quotation is from one of the poems by T. S. Eliot:No! I am not Prince Hamlet, nor was meant to be;Am an attendant lord, one that will doTo swell a progress, start a scene or twoAdvise the prince; no doubt, an easy tool,Deferential, glad to be of use, Politic, cautious, and meticulous,Full of high sentence, but a bit obtuse;Questions:A. Identify the title of the poem from which the quoted part is taken.B. Who's the speaker of the quoted lines?C. What does the first line show about the speaker?43. When my motherdied I was very young,And my father sold me while yet my tongueCould scarcelycry " 'weep! 'weep! 'weep! 'weep!"So yourchimneys I sweep, in soot I sleep.Questions:A. Identify the poet.B. From which poem and which collection of the poet are these lines taken?C. What does the poet describe in the poem?44. In his first splendour valley, rock, or hill;Ne'er saw I, never felt, a calm so deep!The river glideth at his own sweet will:Dear God! the very houses seem asleep;And all that mighty heart is lying still!Questions:A. Identify the poet.B. What does “mighty heart” refer to?C. What moment is the poem trying to describe?III. Questions and Answers (24 points in all, 6 for each)Give brief answers to each of the following questions in English. Write your answers in the corresponding space on the answer sheet.45. What is the difference between Romanticism and Neoclassicism?46. What are the fixed laws and rule on literature of the Neoclassical Period?47. What is Renaissance hero?48. What is the theme of Daniel Defoe’s work Robinson Crusoe?IV. Brief discussion (20 points in all, 10 for each)Give a brief discussion to each of the following questions in English. Write your answers in the corresponding space on the answer sheet. 49. Briefly discuss “William Shakespeare's artistic achievements in characterization, plot construction and language”.50. List at least two leading neoclassicists in England. What did Neoclassicists celebrate in literarycreation?答案：I.选择题(每小题1分，计40分)1-5 CBDAB 6-10 CBBBD 11-15 BAACD 20. AAAAB21-25ABBBB 26-30 DACDA 31-35 ABABB 36-40 DACBBII.阅读题（每小题4分，计16分）41. A. A Song: Men of England, Shelley （1分）B. Metonymy （1分）C. the male of the honey-bees that do not work, referring here to the parasiticclass in human society. （2分）42. A. The love song of J. Alfred Prufrock（1分）B. The speaker is Prufrock. （1分）C. neurotic, self-important, illogical and incapable of action. （2分）43. A. William Blake（1分）B. The Chimney Sweeper（1分）C. This poem describes the miserable life the little sweeper. （2分）44. A. William Worthwords（1分）B. London（1分）C. The quiet morning in London（2分）III.问答题（每小题6，计24分）45. Romanticism is associated with vitality, powerful emotion and dreamlikeideas.(3分)Neoclassicism is associated with order, common sense and controlled reason.(3分)46. A. Prose should be precise, direct, smooth and flexible. (2分)B. Poetry should be lyrical, epical, didactic, satiric or dramatic, and each classshould be guided by its own principles. (2分)C. Drama should be written in the Heroic Couplets. (2分)47. A Renaissance hero refers to one created by Christopher Marlowe in his drama. (2分)Such a hero is always individualistic and full of ambition, facing bravely thechallenge from both gods and men. (2分)He embodies Marlowe's humanistic ides of human dignity and capacity. (2分)48. (1) h is marvelous capacity for work; (2分)(2) his boundless energy and persistence in overcoming obstacles;(2分)(3) his hard struggle against nature and making all bend to his will.(2分)49. A. The Neoclassicism period was an important age with the remarkable authorsPope, Defoe, etc. (2分)B. 1) The Neoclassical period is about 1660-1798, also known as "the Age of Enlightenment" or "theage of Reason". (2分)2)In essence, the Neoclassical Period was a progressive intellectual movement. (2分)3)The Enlighteners believed in self-restraint, self-reliance and hard work; They celebratedreason/rationality, equality and science. They advocated universal education, which could makepeople rational and prefect, they believed. (2分)4)In literature, The Enlightenment Movement brought about a revival of interest in the ancientGreek and Roman classical works; the works at the time, heavily didactic and moralizing; having fixed laws and rules for every type of the literature; among which prose and the modern English novel predominated the age. (2分)50. A. Characterization:a. Shakespeare's major characters are neither merely individual ones nor type ones;they areindividuals representing certain types. Each character has his or her own personalities. (2分)b. By applying a psycho-analytical approach, Shakespeare succeeds in exploring the characters'inner mind. c. Shakespeare also prtrays his characters in pairs. Contrasts are frequently used tobring vividness to his characters. (2分)B. Construction:a. Shakespeare's plays are well-known for their adroit plot construction. He borrows them fromsome old plays or storybooks, or from ancient Greek and Roman sources. (2分)b. He would shorten the time and intensify the story. There are usually several threads runningthrough the play.(2分)C. Language and style:Irony is a good means of dramatic presentation. Disguise is also an important device to createdramatic irony, usually with woman disguised as man. (2分)。
英美文学选读自考题-1_真题(含答案与解析)-交互
英美文学选读自考题-1(总分100, 做题时间90分钟)Ⅰ.Multiple ChoiceSelect from the four choices of each item the one that best answers the question or completes the statement.1.In Renaissance, the European humanist thinkers and scholars made attempts to do the following EXCEPT ______.A. getting rid of those old feudalist-ideasB. getting control of the parliament and governmentC. introducing new ideas that expressed the interests of the rising bourgeoisieD. recovering the purity of the early church, from the corruption of the Roman Catholic ChurchSSS_SIMPLE_SINA B C D分值: 1答案:B主要考查的知识点为对文艺复兴的描述。
文艺复兴从本质上是欧洲人文主义者竭力摒弃中世纪欧洲的封建主义，推行代表新兴城市资产阶级利益的新思想，并恢复早期**的纯洁性，远离腐败的罗马天主教廷的一场运动。
2.______ was the first to start the attack on middle-class privileges and power in his novel Lucky Jim.A. JohnBraine B. Kingsley AmisC. AlanSillitoe D. John WainSSS_SIMPLE_SINA B C D分值: 1答案:B3.For his contribution to the establishment of the form of the modern novel, ______ has been regarded as "Father of the English Novel. "A. DanielDefoe B. Jonathan SwiftC. Henry FieldingD. Oliver GoldsmithSSS_SIMPLE_SINA B C D分值: 1答案:C主要考查的知识点为英国小说之父。
北语17秋《英美文学选读》作业1答案1
3.WhichofthefollowingisNOTwrittenbyDefoe?
A.CaptainSingleton
B.Sailor
landers
D.RubinsonCrusoe
满分：5分
正确答案:B
4.InPrideandPrejudice,ElizabethBennetfindsoutsomeweakpointsaboutherselfintheprocessofjudgingothers.WhichofthefollowingisNOTaweakpointofhers?
A.dramaticirony
B.personification
C.allegory
D.symbolism
满分：5分
正确答案:A
6.HowmanyperiodsaredividedintointhecreationyearsofShakespeare?
A.three
B.four
C.two
D.five
满分：5分
正确答案:A
7.InShakespeare＇sMerchantofVenice,AntoniocouldnotpaybackthemoneyheborrowedfromShylock,because______.
A.hismoneywasallinvestedinthenewly-emergingtextileindustry
满分：5分
正确答案:B
2.CharlesDickenstakestheFrenchRevolutionasthebackgroundofhisnovel______.
A.GreatExpectations
B.ATaleofTwoCities
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全国自考英美文学选读（综合）模拟试卷1(总分：20.00，做题时间：90分钟)一、阅读理解(总题数：3，分数：6.00)1.To be, or not to be—that is the question; Whether' tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, Or to take arms against a sea of troubles. Questions: A. Who is the author of the play?B. Who is the speaker?C. What does he mean when he says "To be,or not to be—that is the question" ?（分数：2.00）__________________________________________________________________________________________ 正确答案：(正确答案：A. William Shakespeare. B. Hamlet. C. To live on in this world or to die; to suffer or to take action.)解析：2." ' Faith! Faith!' cried the husband. ' Look up to Heaven, and resist the Wicked One.Questions:A. Identify the work and the author.B. What idea does the quoted sentence express?（分数：2.00）__________________________________________________________________________________________ 正确答案：(正确答案：A. Nathaniel Hawthorne, Young Goodman Brown. B. Goodman Brown here is obviously addressing the image of his wife, urging her to resist the devil. At the same time he is exhorting himself to have faith, to look heavenward, to withstand the infernal eloquence of the Wicked One.)解析：3."There was music from my neighbor' s house through the summer nights. In his blue gardens men and girls came and went like moths among the whisperings and the champagne and the stars. At high tide in the afternoon I watched his guests diving from the tower of his raft, or taking the sun on the hot sand of his beach while his two motor-boats slit the waters of the Sound, drawing aquaplanes over cataracts of foam. On week-ends his Rolls-Royce became an omnibus, bearing parties to and from the city between nine in the morning and long past midnight, while his station wagon scampered like a brisk yellow bug to meet all trains. And on Mondays eight servants, including an extra gardener, toiled all day with mops and scrubbing-brushes and hammers and garden-shears, repairing the ravages of the night before. "Questions;A. Identify the author and the title of the novel from which this passage is taken.B. What can you imply by reading this passage?C. What do the " moths" symbolize?（分数：2.00）__________________________________________________________________________________________ 正确答案：(正确答案：A. F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby. B. This passage describes Gatsby' s extravagance. C. Moths are used metaphorically to refer to those people who are drawn to the party simply for its glamour, for the wealth of Gatsby.)解析：二、简答题(总题数：4，分数：8.00)4.What is the Gothic novel?（分数：2.00）__________________________________________________________________________________________ 正确答案：(正确答案：Gothic novel, a type of romantic fiction that predominated in the late eighteenth century, was one phase of the Romantic movement. Its principal elements are violence, horror , and the supernatural, which strongly appeal to the reader's emotion. With its descriptions of the dark, irrational side of human nature, the Gothic form has exerted a great influence overthe writers of Romantic period. Works like The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Radcliffe and Frankenstein by Mary Shelley are typical Gothic romance.)解析：5.What's the theme of "Jane Eyre"?（分数：2.00）__________________________________________________________________________________________ 正确答案：(正确答案：A. The work is one of the most popular and important novels of the Victorian Age. It is noted for its sharp criticism of the existing society, e. g. the religious hypocrisy of charity institutions such as Lowood school where poor girls are trained, through constant starvation and humiliation, to be humble slaves, the social discrimination Jane experiences first as a dependent at her aunt' s house and later as a governess at Thornfield, and the false social convention of love and marriage. B. At the same time, it is an intense moral fable. Jane, like Mr. Rochester, has to undergo a series of physical and moral tests to grow up and achieve her final happiness.)解析：6.Analyze the characteristics of D. H. Lawrence' s novels.（分数：2.00）__________________________________________________________________________________________ 正确答案：(正确答案：A. The writer expresses a strong reaction against the dehumanizing effect of mechanical civilization on the sensual tenderness of human nature, and it is this agonized concern that haunts his writing. B. Lawrence, introducing psychological elements into his works, holds that human sexuality is the dominating " Life Force" , and defiantly and frankly describes scenes of sex. C. As far as artistic tendency is concerned, the writer is mainly realistic, though not without the use of poetic imagination, symbolism and psychological description in his writing.)解析：7.______ was the first American writer to conceive his career in international terms.（分数：2.00）__________________________________________________________________________________________ 正确答案：(正确答案：A. His most famous theme is international theme. B. Psychological approach.C. The Portrait of A Lady; Daisy Miller.)解析：三、论述题(总题数：3，分数：6.00)8.Please analyze Hamlet by Shakespeare.（分数：2.00）__________________________________________________________________________________________ 正确答案：(正确答案：A. Shakespeare depicts the image of Hamlet as a Renaissance humanist to embody the dramatist' s own ideals, personal ideal, and social and political one. B. In Hamlet' s case, first and foremost it is his own personal ideal of filial piety and a strong sense of justice that demands revenge. But he has his social and political ideals too. On the one hand, he eulogizes the infinite capabilities of man: " What a piece of work is man; how noble in reason! How infinite in faculty!" On the other hand he sees and hopes to get rid of the social evils besetting human beings, as he speaks of a "sea of troubles". C. So Hamlet engages himself in personal revenge but at the same time intends to set right the "time" that is "out of joint". The burden of these duties makes Hamlet a man of contemplation rather than of action, which leads to the soliloquies revealing the inner working of his mind. Then, the struggle between good and evil dominatively controls the scene of Hamlet' s tragedy, a tragedy of a humanist who is always to see and construct a better world.)解析：9.Please discuss the significance of William Wordsworth' s poetry in the history of English literature.（分数：2.00）__________________________________________________________________________________________正确答案：(正确答案：A. First of all, Wordsworth' s theory, as stated in his "Preface" to the second edition of the "Lyrical Ballads" , serves as a manifesto of Romanticism. The poet takes the direct experience of the senses as the source of poetic truth as poetry comes from the "emotion recollected in tranquility". The significance of the "Preface" also presents itself in the poet' s advocation of the writing of the common people in ordinary language. B. Secondly, his practice is what his theory implies, for the joys and sorrows of the common people are themes in many of his poems such as the " Lucy poems". C. Thirdly, natural scenery with its beauty and mystery acts also as one of his favorite themes and the sympathy out of the poet' s nature towards the poor in rural places becomes part of his concern. D. Fourthly, as one of the leading Romantic poets, the inner workings of individual' s mind remains what Wordsworth likes to reveal in his depiction of natural scenery, and the spiritual growth of his own makes his masterpiece The Prelude. E. Finally, the seemingly simplicity of the poet both in diction and description is immersed in a profound and sympathetic longing for a better world. So the most important contribution he has made is that he has not only started the modern poetry, the poetry of his growing inner self, but also changed the course of English poetry by using ordinary speech of the language and by advocating a return to nature.)解析：10.Discuss the way symbolism is used in Melville ' s Moby-Dick.（分数：2.00）__________________________________________________________________________________________正确答案：(正确答案：A. To Ahab, the whale is either an evil creature itself or the agent of an evil force that controls the universe, or perhaps both. The chase of the white whale symbolizes Ahab' s pursuit of truth and fighting against the evil power. B. To Ishmael, the whale is an astonishing force, an immense power, which defies rational explanation to the sense of mystery it carries. C. It also represents the tremendous organic vitality of the universe. D. To the readers, the whale can be viewed as a symbol of the physical limits that life imposes upon man. E. It may also be regarded as a symbol of nature. At the end of the chapter, the author says "... the great shroud of the sea rolled on as it rolled five thousand years ago. " Here the sea symbolizes nature that remains moving but unmoved.)解析：。
2003英美文学选读试卷及答案(1)(1)
2003英美文学选读试卷及答案（1）(1) part onei. multiple choice1. although _______ was essentially a medieval writer, he bore marks of humanism and anticipated a new era of literature to come.a. william langlandb. john gowerc. geoffrey chaucerd. edmund spenseranswer: c2. the religious reformation in the early 16th-century england was a reflection of the class struggleswaged by the _____.a. rising bourgeoisie against the feudal class and its ideologyb. working class against the corruption of the bourgeoisiec. landlord class against the rising bourgeoisie and its ideologyd. feudal class against the corruption of thecatholic churchanswer: a3. the statement that a man gained the whole world but lost his own soul makes a good summary of the main plot of ______.a. paradise lostb. the merchant of venicec. hamletd. the tragic history of doctor faustusanswer: d4. "is not a patron, my lord, one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water, andwhen he has reached ground, encumbers him with help?"the above passage is taken from _______.a. francis bacon’s "of studies"b. william shakespeare’s the merchant of venicec. samuel johnson’s "to the right honorable the earl of chesterfield"d. jonathan swift’s "a modest proposal"answer: c5. the essence of humanism is to ______.a. restore a medieval reverence for the churchb. avoid the circumstances of earthly lifec. explore the next world in which men could live after deathd. emphasize human qualitiesanswer: d6. in the pilgrim’s progress, john bunyan describes the vanity fair in a ______ tone.a. delightfulb. satiricalc. sentimentald. solemnanswer: b7. the 18th century witnessed a new literary form -the modern english novel, which, contrary to the medieval romance, gives a ______ presentation of life of the common english people.a. romanticb. idealisticc. propheticd. realisticanswer: d8. as a literary figure, john rivers appears in _______.a. fielding’s tom jonesb. dickens’s oliver twistc. bronte’s jane eyred. austen’s pride and prejudiceanswer: c9. defoe’s robinson crusoe created the image of an enterprising englishman, typical of the english bourgeoisie in the ______ century.a. 17thb. 18thc. 19thd. 20thanswer: b10. in "elegy written in a country churchyard," thomas gray compares the common folk with the great ones, wondering what the commons could have achieved if they had had the ______.a. chanceb. lovec. moneyd. material sourcesanswer: a11. the poetic view of ______ can be best understood from his remark about poetry, that is, "all good poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings."a. samuel taylor coleridgeb. john keatsc. william wordsworthd. percy bysshe shellyanswer: c12. pip, estella, havisham, magwitch, and joe gargery are most likely names of characters in _______.a. oliver twistb. david copperfieldc. bleak housed. great expectationsanswer: b13. in english poetry the _______ is regarded as the most common foot.a. iambb. anapestc. trocheed. dactylanswer: a14. in pride and prejudice, elizabeth bennet finds out some weak points about herself in the process of judging others. which of the following is not a weak point of hers?a. blindness.b. partiality.c. snobbishness.d. prejudice.answer: c15. in byron’s poem "song for the luddites," the word "luddite" refers to the _______.a. workers who destroyed the machines in their protest against unemploymentb. rising bourgeoisie who fought against the aristocratic classc. descendents of the ancient king, king ludd. poor country people who suffered under the rule of the landlord classanswer: a16. "five miles meandering with a mazy motionthrough wood and dale the sacred river ran,then reached the caverns measureless to man,and sank in tumult to a lifeless ocean."the above lines are taken from ______.a. wordsworth’s "the solitary reaper"b. blake’s "the chimney sweeper"c. coleridge’s "kubla khan"d. keats’s "ode on an grecian urn"answer: c17. in his poem, "ode to the west wind," shelley intends to present his wind as a central _______ around which the poem weaves various cycles of death and rebirth.a. conceptb. symbolc. similed. metonymyanswer: b18. in the conversation with his wife in chapter one of pride and prejudice, mr. bennet uses a(n) ______tone with sarcastic humor.a. solemnb. harshc. arrogantd. teasinganswer: d19. charles dickens takes the french revolution as the background of his novel ______.a. great expectationsb. a tale of two citiesc. bleak housed. oliver twistanswer: b20. a typical feature of the english ______ literature is that writers BECame social and moral critics,exposing all kinds of social evils.a. renaissanceb. romanticc. victoriand. medievalanswer: c21. the statement that those extraordinary people, seeking something beyond the provincial life, have finally to subject themselves to the limitations of the reality either due to their own weakness or the social environment may well sum up one of the major themes of ______.a. fielding’s tom jonesb. defoe’s robinson crusoec. austen’s pride and prejudiced. eliot’s middlemarchanswer: d22. a typical forsyte, according to john galsworthy, is a man with a strong sense of ______, who never pays any attention to human feelings.a. justiceb. propertyc. moralityd. humoranswer: b23. which of the following statements about the scarlet letter is not true?a. it explores man’s never-ending search for thesatisfaction of materialistic desires.b. it relates the conflicts between the society and the individual.c. it is about the effect of sin on the people involved and the society as a whole.d. it presents a psychological analysis of the inward tensions of the characters.answer: b24. "nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind" is a famous quote from _______’s writings.a. walt whitmanb. henry david thoreauc. herman melvilled. ralph waldo emersonanswer: d25. which of hemingway’s novels describes the drifting life of american exiles in europe?a. the SUN also rises.b. a farewell to arms.c. for whom the bell tolls.d. the old man and the sea.answer: b26. the theme of _______ may be well stated as "it sings of nationalism and of the nature of the self in relation to the cosmos and the meaning and purpose of birth and death."a. edgar allan poe’s "to helen"b. robert frost’s "the road not taken"c. walt whitman’s "song of myself"d. emily dickenson’s "BECause i could not stop for death"answer: c27. the american puritanism as a cultural heritage benefited the americans in _______.a. strengthening their moral valuesb. weakening their religious faithc. knowing truth intuitivelyd. developing their science and technologyanswer: a28. mark twain, one of the greatest 19th century american writers, is well known for his ______.a. international themeb. waste-land imageryc. local colord. symbolismanswer: c29. "strange names were over the doors -strange faces at the windows -every thing was strange. his mind now began to misgive him, that both he and the world around him were bewitched. surely this was his native village, which he had left but the day before." the above passage is taken from ______.a. irving’s "rip van winkle"b. hawthorne’s "young goodman brown"c. james’ "daisy miller"d. hemingway’s "indian camp"answer: a30. according to hawthorne, the scarlet letter "a" which originally stood for "_______" finally obtained the meaning of "able" or "angel" through hester’s efforts.a. adulteryb. arrogancec. accomplishmentd. agonyanswer: a31. as a naturalist writer, theodore dreiser was greatly influenced by _______.a. nathaniel hawthorneb. charles darwinc. henry jamesd. ralph waldo emersonanswer: b32. in sister carrie, hurstwood, extremely hopeless and totally devastated, ends his life by turning onthe gas, while at the same time carrie is rocking comfortably in her luxurious hotel room before she boards a ship for _______.a. new yorkb. londonc. parisd, genevaanswer: b33. in henry james’ "daisy miller," the author tries to portray the protagonist as an embodiment of______.a. the force of conventionb. the decline of aristocracyc. the free spirit of the new worldd. the corruption of the new richanswer: c34. american writers of the first postwar era who were devoid of faith and alienated from the civilization were commonly called "______."a. sons of libertyb. fatherless childrenc. a beat generationd. a lost generationanswer: d35. the raft with which huck and jim make their voyage down the mississippi river may symbolize all the following except ______.a. a return to natureb. an escape from evils, injustices, and corruption of the civilized societyc. the heavenly kingdom of christianityd. a small world where people of different colorscan live friendly and happilyanswer: c36. of the following american poets in the twentieth century, the one who has the best knowledge ofchinese culture is _______.a. robert frostb. allen ginsbergc. ezra poundd. e. e. cummingsanswer: c37. emily grierson, the protagonist in faulkner’s story "a rose for emily," can be regarded as a symbol standing for all the following qualities except _______.a. no prejudice against the northernersb. rigid ideas of social statusc. bigotry and eccentricityd. grace and integrityanswer: d38. robert frost is a regional poet in the sense that his poems are mainly concerned about the _______.a. life in new yorkb. country life in new englandc. sea adventuresd. life on the mississippianswer: b39. in hemingway’s story "indian camp" nick, the protagonist, witnesses _______.a. a tragic killing of the indians by the white manb. real friendship between the white men and the indiansc. men’s senseless killing of each otherd. terrible scenes of birth and deathanswer: d40. great gatsby, written by fitzgerald in 1925, is a story about ______ who was destroyed by the influence of the wealthy, pleasure-seeking people around him.a. a vagabondb. an idealistc. an eccentricd. an opportunistanswer: b。
英美文学选读 习题1
答案：survival|fittest|fate|mysterious |supernatural|force|impotent|Fate
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[3]1.“When the stars threw down their spears,
And water’d heaven with their tears,
Did he smile his work to see?
Did he who made the Lamb make thee ?”
Questions:
A. Who’s the poet of the quoted stanza?
B. Whom does the“he”refer to?
C. What does the“Lamb”symbolize?
Bromanticism
Ctranscendentalism
Dcubism
答：
答案：A
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[2]Why is Hardy regarded as a naturalistic writer in English literature? Discuss in relation to his novels you know.
DD. A Farewell to Arms
答：
答案：C
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[7]
“‘Do you think I can stay to become nothing to you? So you think I am an automoton?—a machine without feelings? And can bear to have my morsel of bread snatched from my lips, and my drop of living water dashed from my cup? Do you think, because I am poor, obscure, plain, and little, I am soulless and heartless?—You think wrong!—I have as much as you and full as much heart! And if God had gifted me with some beauty, and much wealth, I should have made it as hard for you to leave me, as it is now for me to leave you. I am not talking to you now through the medium of custom, conventionalities, or even of mortal flesh:—it is my spirit that addresses your spirit; just as if both had passed through the grave, and we stood at God’s feet, equal—as we are!’”
英美文学选读综合测试
【题型：简答】【分数：4分】得分：4分[1] What are the characteristics of Byron's works?答：Although many of Byron’s works are debated by the critics, he is still one of the influential figures in the history of Englis his works, we can see Byron's violent attack on" Cant politics, religion and morals," his novelty of the oriental scenery, th of Byronically hero and the easy, fluent and natural beauty of his verse. Byron's diction, though unequal and frequently fa freedom, copiousness and vigor. His descriptions are simple and fresh, and often bring vivid objects before the reader.imagination of the poet r答案：they are violentattack on politics, religion and morals. They describe the novelty of orienta shows the easy, fluent and natural beauty of his verse.【题型：简答】【分数：4分】得分：4分[2] Briefly state Mark Twain’s magic power with language in his novels.答： A.Setting: In the novel Mark Twain recreates a small-town world of America and presents the local color. nguage: He language faithful to the colloquial speech, the vernacular language of the local people C.Character: The author recreates fugitives running away from civilization, especially Huckleberry Finn, an innocent boy who refuses to accept the conventioD.Theme: The novel is a criticism of social injustice, hypocrisy, conservativeness and narrow-mindedness of the AmericaE.Style: The novel employs a humorous答案：His words are colloquial, concrete and direct in effect, and his sentence structures are si ungrammatical spoken language; His characters speak with a strong accent, which is true colorism;Different characters from different literary or cultural backgrounds talk differently.【题型：简答】【分数：4分】得分：0分[3]What are the main features of Robert Browning’s poetry?答：Robert Browning’s poems are known for their irony, characterization, dark humor, social commentary, historical settings vocabulary and syntax.答案：He uses dramatic monologue, fast, rough and unmusical rhythm. His works include clip compressed syntax, similes and illustrations,non-poetic jarring diction.【题型：简答】【分数：4分】得分：1分[4] What are the "Wessex novels" of Thomas Hardy?答：Thomas Hardy is one of the most excellent realistic novelist and poet in the 19~(th) century. His novels are famous for hometown Wessex—a city in England, and therefore are called by the name "Wessex Novels"，which are also named a and Environment by Hardy himself. These novels describe the unexpected and huge changes in fields of society, eco and customs in England after the invasion of Capitalism, and the miserable fate of the broken farmers, and discover th society in England which is under the mask o答案：They are the fictional and crude rural region in Wessex andHardy's homeplace.【题型：简答】【分数：4分】得分：2分[5] Comment on the characteristics of Romantic writers in English history.答：It is a rebellion against the neoclassical literature, extols the faculty of imagination and nature答案：It is a rebellion against the neoclassical literature, extols the faculty of imagination and na 【题型：简答】【分数：4分】得分：4分[6] The white whale, Moby Dick is endowed with symbolic meaning. What do you think it symbolizes?答：To Ahab, the whale is an evil creature or the agent of an evil force that controls the universe.To Ishmael, the whale is an immense power, which defies rational explanation due to a sense of mystery it carries. It is beautiful, but malignant at th reader, it may be regarded as a symbol of nature or an instrument of God's vengeance upon evil man答案：To Ahab, the whale is an evil creature or the agent of an evil force that controls the univer To Ishmael, the whale is an astonishing force, an immense power, which defies rational exa sense of mystery it carries. It is beautiful, but malignant at the same time.To the reader, it may be regarded as a symbol of nature or an instrument of God's vengea man.【题型：论述】【分数：10分】得分：10分[7] Discuss the artistic features of Shelley's poems.答：lyrical|poet|classical|mythological|allusions|figures of speech|metaphor|personification|description答案：lyrical|poet|classical|mythological|allusions|figures of speech|metaphor|personification|de 【题型：论述】【分数：10分】得分：10分[8] What does Wordsworth mean when he said "All good poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings recollec答：This sentence is considered as the principle of Wordsworth’s poetry creation which was set forth in the preface to “the contrasted with the classicists who made reason, order and the old classical traditions the criteria in their poetical crea based his own poetic talent on the premise that“all good poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feeling．”He individual sensations，i. e. pleasure，excitement and enjoyment，as the foundation in the creation and appreciation of po extends from human affairs to nature，but答案：principle|Wordsworth|poetic|creation|preface|Lyrical Ballads|individual|sensations【题型：阅读】【分数：4分】得分：0分[9] When the minister spoke from the pulpit, with power and fervid eloquence, and, with his hands on the open bible, of threligion, and of saint-like lives and triumphant deaths, and of future bliss of misery unutterable, then did Goodman Brow lest the roof should thunder down upon the gray blasphemer and his hearers.Questions:A. Identify the title of the short story from which this part is taken.B. What had happened in the story before this church scene?C. Why was Goodman Brown afraid the roof might thunder down?答： A.Hawthorne’s Yong Goodman Brown B.Brown had attended a witches’party where he saw many prominent people o minister included C.Brown was shocked by the minister,secretly a member of the evil club, who could talk about sacre openly and unashamedly . He thought God would punish such hypocrites down on them.答案：young Goodman Brown, attend a witches' party,shocked by the minister【题型：阅读】【分数：4分】得分：0分[10]“I like to see it lap the Miles—And lick the Valleys up—And stop to feed itself at Tanks—And then-prodigiosu step”A. Please give the name of the author.B. What idea does this poem express?答： A.Dickinson B.This poem was shocked the world One of three big project -- North America big railway, the material civ 答案：Emily Dichinson, suspicion of the relationship between man and nature【题型：阅读】【分数：4分】得分：3分[11]"To be or not to be-- that is the question."Questions:A. Identify the author.B. From which work is the above sentence taken?答： A.William Shakespeare B.Hamlett答案：Shakespeare, Hamlet【题型：阅读】【分数：4分】得分：2分[12]Had I as many souls as there be stars.I’d give them all for Mephistophilis!By him I’ll be great emperor of the world,And make a bridge through the moving airTo pass the ocean with a band of men;I’ll join the hills that bing the Africa shoreAnd make that country continent to Spain,And both contributory to my crown;The Emperor shall not live by my leave,Nor any potentate of Germany.Now that I have obtained what I desireI’ll live in speculation of this art.Till Mephistophilis return again.”A.Identify the author and the title of the work from which the passage is taken.B.Based on the passage, write down in one or two sentences the theme of the play.答： A.Dr.Faustus, a play by Christopher Marlowe. B.Man's aspiration, bounding achievements, and the inevitable failure. 答案：Dr. Faustus, Christopher Marlowe, Man's aspiration, bounding achievement【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：1分[13] ______ by Melville is a novella about a ship whose black slave cargo mutiny holds their captain a terrorized hostage.A A. “Bartleby, the Scrivener”B B. Benito CerenoC C. The Confidence-ManD D. Billy Bud答： B答案： B【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：1分[14] The great political and social events in the English society of neoclassical period were the following EXCEPT ______A the Restoration of King Charles II in 1660B the Great Plague of 1665C the Great London Fire in 1666D the Wars of Roses in 1689答： D答案： D【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：0分[15]All of the following are stream –of- consciousness novels EXCEPT________.A The Sound and the FuryB UlyssesC Mrs. DallowayD Jude the Obscure答： A答案： D【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：1分[16]Greatly and permanently affected by the ________ experiences, Hemingway formed his own writing style,theme and hero.A. mining &nbsA miningB farmingC warD sea答： C答案： C【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：0分[17] Which of the following masterpieces doesn’t belong to the tragedies of Shakespeare?A A. Romeo and JulietB B. The Merry Wives of WindsorC C. Julius CaesarD D. King Lear答： D答案： B【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：1分[18] Here is a sentence from an essay, “Read not to contradict and confuse, nor to believe and take for granted, nor to findbut to weight and consider”. The essay must be ______.A Of Studies by Francis BaconB The Advancement of Learning by Francis BaconC Novum Organum by Francis BaconD Essays by Francis Bacon答： A答案： A【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：1分[19] 7. Neoclassicists had some fixed laws and rules for prose EXCEPT_____.A precisonB directnessC flexibilityD satire答： D答案： D【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：1分[20] Rousseau published two books that electrified Europe—Du contrat Social and ____ in which he explored new ideas aboeducation.A A. EmileB B. Declaration of Rights of ManC C. Life of NapoleonD D. The Advancement of Learning答： A答案： A【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：1分[21] With the help of his friends Phil Stone and Sherwood Anderson, ______ published a volume of poetry The Manovel Soldiers’Pay.A FaulknerB HemingwayC Ezra PoundD Fitzgerald答： A答案： A【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：1分[22] Statement ____ is NOT true in describing Gothic novel.A Gothic novel is a type of romantic fictionB Gothic novel predominated in the early 18th centuryC Its principal elements are violence, horror and supernaturalD The Mystery of Udolpho by Ann Radcliffe is typical Gothic romance答： B答案： B【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：1分[23]“If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?”the quoted line comes from ________.A Shelley’s “Ode to the West Wind”B Walt Whitman’s Leaves of GrassC John Milton’s Paradise LostD John Keats’“Ode on a Grecian Urn”答： A答案： A【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：1分[24]The Transcendentalists believe that, first, nature is ennobling, and second, the individual is__________.A insignificantB evilC divineD silly答： C答案： C【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：1分[25] The author of Leaves of Grass , a giant of American letters, is ______.A FaulknerB DreiserC . JamesD Whitman答： D答案： D【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：1分[26]In Go Down, Moses, ________ illuminates the problem of black and white in Southern society as a close- knit destinbrotherhood.A. William Faulkner &nbsA William FaulknerB Jack LondonC Herman MelvilleD Nathaniel Hawthorne答： A答案： A【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：1分[27] In 1892, Yeats wrote his first play, ____, which is an Irish myth about a noblewoman who sells her soul to the devil inpeasants.A A. The Land of Heart’s DesireB B. The Shadowy WatersC C. The Countess CathleenD D. Purgatory答： C答案： C【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：1分[28] A proud, mysterious rebel figure of noble origin is called _____ hero in Romantic Period of English literature.A RomanticB RealisticC RenaissanceD Byronic答： D答案： D【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：1分[29] _____ explores the scrupulous individualism in a world of fantastic speculation and unstable values, and gives itsget-rich-quick years of the post-Civil War era.A Innocents AbroadB The Gilded AgeC Roughing ItD The Middle Years答： B答案： B【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：1分[30] The Advancement of Learning is a great tract on _____.A A. historyB B. literatureC C. policyD D. education答： D答案： D【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：1分[31] The 20th -century stream- of- consciousness technique was frequently and skillfully used by ______ to emphand inner musings of the narrator.A HemingwayB FrostC FaulknerD Whitman答： C答案： C【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：1分[32]Man is a “victim of forces over which he has no control. ”This is a notion held strongly by ________.A Robert FrostB Theodore DreiserC Henry JamesD Waltman答： B答案： B【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：1分[33] The following statement ______ is WRONG in describing Transcendentalism.A It absorbed some ideological concerns of American Puritanism and European Romanticism.B It advocates the importance of Individual and Nature.C Trancendentalists believed that there should be an emotional communication between an indiD It emphasizes that man is the measure of all things.答： D答案： D【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：1分[34] Jonathan Swift’s ______ is generally regarded as the best model of satire, not only of the period but also in the whistory.A Gulliver’s TravelsB The Battle of the BooksC “A Modest Proposal”D A Tale of a Tub答： C答案： C【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：0分[35] In 1847, the Bronte sisters published the following famous novels EXCEPT “______”.A Jane EyreB ShirleyC Wuthering HeightsD The Tenant of Windfall Hall答： D答案： B【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：1分[36]The major concern of ______ fiction lies in the tracing of the psychological development of his characters and in hithe dehumanizing effect of the capitalist industrialization on human nature.A John Galsworthy’sB Thomas Hardy’sC D．H．Lawrence’sD Charles Dickens’答： C答案： C【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：1分[37] In _____, James Joyce intends to present a microcosm of the whole human life by providing an instance of how a singleevents of its kind, and how history is recapitulated in the happenings of one day.A A. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young ManB B. DublinersC C. UlyssesD D. Finnegans Wake答： C答案： C【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：1分[38] With the scarlet letter A as the biggest symbol of all, ______ proves himself to be one of the best symboliA HawthorneB DreiserC JamesD Faulkner答： A答案： A【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：1分[39]. “‘Damn the fool! There he is’, cried Heathcliff, sinking back into his seat, ‘Hush, my darling! Hush, hush, Catherine!so, I’d expire with a blessing in my lips.’”The novel from which the passage is taken is _______.<A Jane Austen’s Pride and PrejudiceB Charles Dickens’s The Old Curiosity ShopC Samuel Richardson’s PamelaD Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights答： D答案： D【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：1分[40]The dignity of movement of an iceberg is due to only one -eighth of it being above water. ”This “iceberg”analogwas put forward by ________.A William FaulknerB F·Scott FitzgeraldC Henry JamesD Ernest Hemingway答： D答案： D【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：1分[41] Joyce’s masterpiece, ______ gives an account of man’s life during one day in Dublin.A DublinersB Finnegans WakeC UlyssesD A Portrait of the Artist答： C答案： C【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：1分[42] In Charles Dickens’work ________, the Utilitarian principle rules over the English education system and destroysminds.A Hard timesB Oliver TwistC David CopperfieldD Bleak House答： A答案： A【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：1分[43]Poetry is defined by ______ as “the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings, which originates in emotion recoA WordsworthB ShellyC KeatsD Wialliam Blake答： A答案： A【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：1分[44]“O prince, O chief of many throned powers, That led th’embattled seraphim to war Under thy conduct, anFearless, endangered Heaven’s perpetual King.”In the third line of the above passage quoted from MiltonA Satan’sB God’sC Adam’sD Eve’s答： A答案： A【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：1分[45] Jane Austen’s first novel ________ tells a story about two sisters and their love affairs.A Mansfield ParkB Sense and SensibilityC Pride and PrejudiceD Sons and Lovers答： B答案： B【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：1分[46] Shakespeare’s ______, an elaborate and fantastic story, is known as the best of his final romances.A The Winter’s TaleB The TempestC The Taming of the ShrewD Love’s Labour’s Lost答： B答案： B【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：1分[47] 6. Which of the following descriptions of Enlightenment Movement is NOT true?A It was a progressive intellectual movement that flourished in France.B B. It was a furtherance of the Renaissance of the 15th and 16th centuries.C C. The purpose was to enlighten the whole world with moderu philosophical and artistic idD D. The Enlighteners advocate individual education.答： D答案： D【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：1分[48] In Milton’s works, “____”is the greatest, indeed the only generally acknowledged epic in English literature since “BA A. Paradise LostB B. Paradise RegainedC C. Samson AgonistesD D. Lycidas答： A答案： A【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：1分[49] From the first novel Sister Carrie on, Dreiser set himself to project the American values for what he had fouto the core.A altruisticB politicalC religiousD materialistc答： D答案： D【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：1分[50] The three trilogies of ______’s Forsyte novels are masterpieces of critical realism in the early 20th century.A John GalsworthyB Arnold BennetC James JoyceD H. G. Wells答： A答案： A【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：1分[51]Of all Herman Melville’s sea adventure stories, ________ proves to be the best.A TypeeB ReburnC Moby –DickD Omoo答： C答案： C【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：1分[52] The Rivals and _____ are generally regarded as important links between the masterpieces of Shakespeare and thosA The School for ScandalB The DuennaC Widower’s HousesD The Doctor’s Dilemma 答： A答案： ATHANKS !!!致力为企业和个人提供合同协议，策划案计划书，学习课件等等打造全网一站式需求欢迎您的下载，资料仅供参考。
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北语18春《英美⽂学选读》18春《英美⽂学选读》作业_1⼀、单选题( 每题5分, 共10道⼩题, 总分值50分)1.Charlotte’s works are famous for the depiction of the life of ______ working women, particularly governesses.A. the middle - classB. the lower - classC. the upper - middle - classD. the upper - class答案：A2.As a naturalist writer, Theodore Dreiser was greatly influenced by _______.A. Nathaniel HawthorneB. Charles DarwinC. Henry JamesD. Ralph Waldo Emerson答案：B3.From the first novel Sister Carrie on, Dreiser set himself to project the American values for what he had found them to be: ______ to the core.A. altruisticB. politicalC. religiousD. materialistic答案：D4.Jane Austen passed away when she was___A. 38B. 48C. 42D. 52答案：C5.The pen name Mark Twain means___A. waterB. safe waterC. riverD. clear water答案：B6.In his poetry, Whitman shows concern for ______ and the burgeoning life of cities.A. the colonistsB. the capitalistsC. the whole hard -working peopleD. the intellectuals7.After The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Twain gives a literary independence to Tom＇s buddy Huck in a book entitled ___A. Life on the MississippiB. The Gilded AgeC. The Adventures of Huckleberry FinnD. A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur＇s Court8.The ______ Age of the 1920s characterized by frivolity and carelessness is brought vividly to life in The Great Gatsby.A. LostB. JazzC. ReasonD. Gilded9.In his poetry, Wordsworth shows concern for nature and______ .A. the colonistsB. the capitalistsC. the labouring peopleD. the intellectuals10.What kind of girl is Dora?A. pretty and cleverB. pretty and empty-headedC. plain-looking and understadingD. lovely and clever⼆、判断题( 每题5分, 共10道⼩题, 总分值50分)1.William Wordsworth was brought up by his relatives beacaus of the death of his parents.答案：正确2.In Pride and Prejudice,Mary is the third daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bennet.3.In To the Lighthouse,Minta and Paul are happy together.4.Pip, Estella, Havisham, Magwitch, and Joe Gargery are most likely names of characters in Oliver Twist.5.In Pride and Prejudice,Mr. Bennet regards Elizabeth as the most intelligent and spirited daughter.6.In Pride and Prejudice,Mr. Darcy dislike Elizabeth.7.Ezra Pound gave Robert Frost a very good opinion about his poems and helped him to find British publishers.8.William Wordsworth, a romantic poet, advocated the use of elegant wording and inflated figures of speech.9.The 20th -century stream- of- consciousness technique was frequently and skillfully used by Frost.10.As a literary figure, John Rivers appears in Austen’s Pride and Prejudice18春《英美⽂学选读》作业_2⼀、单选题( 每题5分, 共10道⼩题, 总分值50分)1."Two roads diverged in a yellow wood /And sorry I could not travel both ..." /In the above two lines of Robert Frost’s The Road Not Taken, the poet, by implication, was referring to _______.A. a travel experienceB. a marriage decisionC. a middle-age crisisD. one’s course of life2.The literary characters of the American type in early 19th century are generally characterized by all the following features EXCEPT that theyA. speak local dialectsB. are polite and elegant gentlemenC. are simple and crude farmersD. are noble savages(red and white) untainted by society3.Which of the following is not written by Robert Frost?A. To AutumnB. Stopping by Woods on a Snowy EveningC. Mending WallD. A Boy＇s Will4.When Robert Frost was 87, he read his poetry at the inauguration of President___A. BushB. KennedyC. ClintonD. Fort5.which of writer is the friend of famous poet Longfellow?A. HawthorneB. John MiltonC. Thomas GrayD. John Keats6.American literature produced only one female poet during the ninetheenth century ，This was _______ .A. Anne BradsteetB. Jane AustenC. Emily DickinsonD. T. S. Eliot7.As an active participant of his age, Fitzgerald is often acclaimed literary spokesman of the ______.A. Jazz AgeB. Age of ReasonC. Lost GenerationD. Beat Generation8.Here are some lines from a literary work:I shall be telling this with a sigh,/Somewhere ages and ages hence:/Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—/I took the one less traveled by,/And that has made all the difference.The work is ___.A. Robert Frost'sThe Road Not TakenB. John Milton's Paradise LostC. Alexander Pope's Essay on CriticismD. Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream9.William Wordsworth, a romantic poet, advocated all the following EXCEPTA. the use of everyday language spoken by the common peopleB. the expression of the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelingsC. the use of humble and rustic life as subject matterD. the use of elegant wording and inflated figures of speech10.According to Hawthorne, the scarlet letter "A" which originally stood for "_______" finally obtained the meaning of "able" or "angel" through Hester＇s efforts.A. adulteryB. arroganceC. accomplishmentD. agony⼆、判断题( 每题5分, 共10道⼩题, 总分值50分)1.Kitty is the fourth daughter of the Bennet family.2.The themes of Robert Frost’s poems include landscape and people of New England, loneliness and poverty of isolated farmers, beauty, terror, and tragedy in nature.3.The last section of To the Lighthouse is entitled “The Lighthouse”.4.Pearl in The Scarlet Letter is the daughter of Hester and Chillingworth.5.Crusoe travelled on the other side of the island for three month.6.Fitzgerald’s greatness lies in the fact that he found intuitively in his personal experience the embodiment of that of the nation and created a myth out of American life.7.The publication of Twice-told Tales marked a turning point both in Hawthorne’s career and personal life.8.Capitalism came into its monopoly stage, the gap between the rich and the poor was further deepened during Victorian period.9.Critical realism is the period between 1875 and 1920 to apply the methods of realistic diction to the criticism of society and the examination of social issues.10.Frost had rejected the revolutionary poetic principles of his contemporaries, choosing instead “the old-fashioned way to be new”18春《英美⽂学选读》作业_3⼀、单选题( 每题5分, 共10道⼩题, 总分值50分)1.The ______ was a progressive intellectual movement throughout western Europe in the 18th century .A. EnlightenmrentB. RenaissanceC. Religious ReformationD. Chartist Movement2.Which is Dofoe’s masterpiece?A. Robinson CrusoeB. Queen MabC. The Revolt of IsiamD. The Taming of the Shrew3.The title of the novel “A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man ”written by James Joyce suggests a character study with strong _________ elements .A. autobiographicalB. sentimentalC. joyfulD. bitter4.What＇s the name of Hester and Dimmesdale ＇s daughter?A. AmyB. PearlC. NinaD. Berry5.Virginia Woolf was born in a____A. poor familyB. small familyC. rich familyD. talented family6.Of the following American poets ，whose work was first recognized in England and then in America？A. Walt WhitmanB. Robert FrostC. Emily DickinsonD. Wallace Stevens7.Robert Frost is the author of all the following books of poetry except ______.A. A Witness TreeB. Steeple BushC. A Masque of MercyD. Jude the Obscure8.Mark Twain, one of the greatest 19th century American writers, is well known for his ____.A. international themeB. waste-land imageryC. local colorD. symbolism9.The statement that a man gained the whole world but lost his own soul makes a good summary of the main plot of ______.A. Paradise LostB. The Merchant of VeniceC. HamletD. The Tragic History of Doctor Faustus10.The excerpt The Other Side of the Island was chosen from Chapter___ in Rubinson Crusoe.A. ⅨB. ⅪC. ⅩD. Ⅷ⼆、判断题( 每题5分, 共10道⼩题, 总分值50分)1.Robinson Crusoe was published in 17192.The character of Robinson Crusoe saves a savage and names him Friday.3.Robinson Crusoe retells the story in the first person singular4.The Scarlet Letter is set in the 17th-century Boston.5.The second section of To the Lighthouse is entitled “Time Passes”.6.In Pride and Prejudice,Mr. Bingley and the eldest girl Jane Bennet fall in love.7.Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe created the image of an enterprising Englishman, typical of the English bourgeoisie in the 18th century.8.The 18th century witnessed a new literary form -the modern English novel, which, contrary to the medieval romance, givesa realistic presentation of life of the common English people.9.David Copperfield was born into a wealthy family.10.The name of the first and most successful section in To the Lighthouse is “Window”.18春《英美⽂学选读》作业_4⼀、单选题( 每题5分, 共10道⼩题, 总分值50分)1."＇I believe you are made of stone,＇he said, clenching his fingers so hard that he broke the fragile cup. …＇You seem to forget,＇she said,＇that cup is not!＇" .From the above quoted passage, we can find the woman＇s tone is very( ) .A. sarcasticB. amusingC. sentimentalD. facetious2."Two roads diverged in a yellow wood /And sorry I could not travel both ..." In the above two lines of Robert Frost’s The Road Not Taken, the poet, by implication, was referring to _______.A. a travel experienceB. a marriage decisionC. a middle-age crisisD. one’s course of life3.We can perhaps describe the west wind in Shelley＇s poem "Ode to the West Wind" with all thefollowing terms exceptA. tamedB. swiftC. proudD. wild4.Here are two lines from a ling poem: "Upon a great adventure he was bond, That greatest Gloriana to him gave." The poem must be_____.A. BeowulfB. John Milton’s Samson AgonistesC. Thomas Gray’s Elegy Written in a County ChurchyardD. Edmund Spenser’s The Faerie Queene5.Hamlet by Shakespeare reflects the light of the English ______.A. RenaissanceB. ModernismC. ScientismD. Feminism6.All the following poets belong to lake poets EXCEPTA. WordsworthB. ColeridgeC. Robert SoutheyD. Shelley7.Because of her sensitivity to universal pattens of human behavior, ______ has brought the English novel, as an art of form, to its maturity.A. Charlotte BronteB. Jane AustenC. Emily BronteD. Henry Fielding8.Who try a new creative method of “stream of consciousness”in writing？A. Arnold BennettB. John GalsworthyC. H. G. WellsD. Virginia Woolf9."The shepherd in Virgil grew at last acquainted with Love, and found him a native of the rocks."(Samuel Johnson, "To the Right Honorable the Earl of Chesterfield")The speaker here is ( ).A. cheerfulB. ironicC. mysteriousD. nonchalant10.The poem Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening is selected from____A. A Witness TreeB. Steeple BushC. New HampshireD. A Further Range⼆、判断题( 每题5分, 共10道⼩题, 总分值50分)1.In Robinson Crusoe，Crusoe read magazine everyday2.There were many literary artists involved in the groups known as the Lost Generation. The three best known areSherwood Anderson, Ernest Hemingway and John Dos Passos.3.By the end of his life Robert Frost had become a national bard and he received honorary degrees from forty-four colleges and universities and won four Pulitzer Prizes.4.Fitzgerald became “the angel of the twenties”and his writings those of a man inside that legendary period.5.Wordsworth’s attitude towards the French Revolution changed at his later years.6.The Scarlet Letter relates the conflicts between the society and the individual.7.Of all Dickens’s novels, Nicholas Nickleby is regarded as his masterpiece.8.In David Copperfield,Mr. Micawber is a rich squire who lives a comfortable life.9.Daniel Defoe was born in a teacher’s family.10.Charles Dickens is one of the greatest critical realist writers of the Victorian Age.。
《英美文学选读》英美文学选读模拟题一及答案.doc
英美文学选读模拟题一A. Each of the statements below is following by four alternative answers. Choose the one that would best complete the statement and put the letter in the brackets. (20x1 points)()1. In Spenser's "The Faerie Queene", _______ is the play role in each of the 12 major adventures.A. ArthurB. RedcrosseC. UnaD. Archimago()2. In Milton's works, H" is the greatest, indeed the only generally acknowledged epic inEnglish literature since "Beowulf".A. Paradise LostB. Paradise RegainedC. Samson AgonistesD. Lycidas()3. _______ was regarded as "Father of the English Novel", for his contribution to theestablishment of the form of the modern novel.A. Daniel DefoeB. Jonathan SwiftC. Jane AustenD. Henry Fielding()4. _______ compiled the "The Die廿onary of the English Language" which became the foundationof all the subsequent English dictionaries.A. Ben JohnsonB. Samuel JohnsonC. Alexander PopeD. John Dryden()5. The "Byronic hero** first appears in Byron's works, n__________ ”.A. Childe Harold's PilgrimageB. Don JuanC. Oriented TalesD. Manfred()6. _______ made criticism on Elizabethan drama, which renewed interest in Shakespeare and ledto the discovery of his contemporaries.A. ColeridgeB. ByronC. WordsworthD. Keats()7. _______ is the most distinguishing feature of Charles Dickens* works.A. Language*s Forsyte novels are masterpieces of critical realism in theB. Character - PortrayalC. HumorD. Plot()8 In 1847, the Bronte Sisters published the following famous novels except ” ___________ ”.A. Jane EyreB. ShirleyC. Wuthering HeightsD. The Tenant Of Wildfell Hall()9. In _______ 's hands, "drama 廿c monologue" reaches its maturity and perfection.A. Alfred TennysonB. Robert BrowningC. William ShakespeareD. George Eliot()10.As a woman of exceptional intelligence and life experience, George Eliot shows a particular concern for ______________ .A. the feminismB. the education for womenC. the des 廿ny of womenD. the low status of women()11. Symbolism appeared in the late 19th century in ______________ .A. FranceB. GermanyC. EnglandD. Italy ()12. The three trilogies of early 20th century.A. John GalswortryB. Arnold BennettC. Jame JoyceD. H. G. Wells()13. In the following statements, ____________ is Bernard Shaw's political point of view.A. He regarded the establishment of socialism by the emancipation of land and industrial capital from individual and class ownership as the final goal.B. He was for the means of violent revolution of armed struggle in achieving the goal of socialism.C. He had a trust of the uneducated working class in fighting against capitalists.D. He held that both those superior intellects and those industrial workers could have the ability to shoulder the task of fighting against the capitalism.()14. The New England transcendentalism was from the very beginning a local phenomenon restricted only to those people living in new England, who carried out the movement as a reaction against the cold, rigid rationalism of______________________ in Boston.A. PuritanismB. CalvinismC. ClassicismD. Unitarianism()15. In the following statements, __________ is not true as to Washington lrving*s famous story ”Rip Van Winkle".A. The story is a tale remembered mostly for Rip's 20 - year sleep, set against the background of the inevitably changing America.B. In the story Irving skillfully presents to us paralleled juxtapositions of two totally different worlds before and after Rip's 20 years' sleep.C. Irving describes Rip's response and reaction in dramatic way, so that we see clearly both the narrator and Irving agree on the preferability of the present to the past, and the preferability of the real world to a dream - like one.D. The social conservatism and literary preference for the past is revealed, to some extent, in the story.()16. _______ is not among the artistic features of Whitman's writing.A. The use of the poetic "l MB. Free verseC. Musicality or rhythmD. Allegory()17. Henry James's fame generally rests upon his novels and stories with _____________ .A. the love and marriage themeB. the theme of humor and satire on lifeC. the theme of revealing the miserable life of the poor and criticizing the capitalismD. the international theme()18. In the following statements, __________ is not true as to the backgrounds for the American literature between the two world wars.A. The United states had become the most powerful industrialized nation in the world.B. The technological revolution had brought about great changes in the life of the American people.C. The Crash marked the beginning of "The Great Economic Depression" in the 1920s.D. Despite its booming industry and material prosperity, there was a sense of unease and restlessness underneath.()19. Ezra Pound's "The Cantos" is ________ .A. lyricsB. epic poemC. odeD. pastoral()20. _______ is acknowledged by many as the most original poet of the Victorian period.A. Robert BrowningB. Alfred TennysonC. George EliotD. John KeatsB. Complete each of the following statements with a proper word or a phrase according to the textbook. (20x1 points)1. _____ i s the essence of the Renaissance.2. In "The Faerie Queene", the Redcrosse knight in Book I stands for St. George, and Sir Guyon in Book II Represents Temperance. Such kind of writing style is called _____________ .3. "H amlet”，"Othello”，"King Lear" and " ______ " are generally regarded as Shakespeare's four great tragedies.4. As a represents廿ve of the enlightenment, Pope was one of the first to introduce _____________ to England.5. _____ *s novels are the first literary works devoted to the study of problems of the lower - class people.6. The literary form of neo - classicism is of the strict symmetry. The prevailing genre ofneoclassical literature is ________ w hich consists of two riming lines of iambic pentameter, and the second line completes the thoughts expressed by the couplet.7. _____ i s central to Blake's concern in the "Songs of Innocence" and "Songs of Experience".8. The poet Robert Southey as well as Coleridge and Wordsworth lived nearby and the three men became known as the ”_________ ”.9. Jane AusteiYs masterpiece is " _____________10. ________ is Robert Browning's masterpiece.11. The realistic novels of the 1920s and 1930s were more or less touched by a pessimistic mood, preoccupied with the theme of ___________ , and shaped in different forms.12 In the mid - 1950s and early 1960s, there appeared a group or young novelists and playwrights with lower - middle - class background, who were known as ”___________________ ”.13. Melville is best known as the author of one book named ______________ , which is, critics have agreed, one of the world's greatest masterpieces.14. The particular concern about the local character of a region came about as ”_________ ", a unique variation of American literary realism.15. By the turn of the century, with the publics廿on of "The Man That Corrupted Hadleybury** (1900) and "The Mysterious Stranger" (1916), the change in Mark Twain from an optimist to an almost despairing pessimist could be fell and his cynicism and disillusionment with what Twain referred to regularly as the " _______________________ " became obvious.16. As a sequel to "Tom Sawyer", " __________ ” marks the climax of Twain*s literary creativity.17. One of James's literary techniques innovated to cater for the psychological emphasis is his narrative ” ________ H.18. The postwar poet Robert Lowell is the leading figure of _____________ poetry.19. In Fitzgerald's great fiction, there's always full of the main theme of the bankruptcy of the" _____ ”, especially in "The Great Gatsby" (1925).20. Most of Faulkner's works are set in the American South about people from a small region in Northern Messissippi, ____________ County.C. Decide whether the following statements are true or false and write your answers in the brackets. (10x1 points)( )1. In his poetry, Donne frequently applies conceits, i. e. extended metaphors involvingdrama廿c contrasts.( )2. "The Pilgrim's Progress** is the most successful religious allegory in the English language.()3. The 19th century produced the first English novelists, who fall into two groups the sen廿mentalist novelists and the realist novelists.()4. The most important contribution Byron has made is that he has not only started the modern poetry, the poetry of the growing inner self, but also changed the course of English poetry by using ordinary speech of the language and by advocating a return to nature.()5. Generally speaking, Jane Austen was a writer of the 18th - century, though she lived mainly in the nineteenth century.()6. In the Victorian period, the novel became the most widely read and the most vital and challenging expression of progressive thought.()7. "The Waste Land", Eliofs most important single poem, has been hailed as a landmark and a model of the 20th - century English poetry, comparable to Wordsworth's "Lyrical Ballads".()8. While Mark Twain and Henry James seemed to have paid more ail ention to the "life" of the Americans, Howells had apparently laid a greater emphasis on the "inner world" of man.()9. Dickinson's poetry is unique and unconventional in its own way. Her poems have no titles hence are always quoted by their first lines. In her poetry there is a particular stress pattern, in which dashes are used as a musical device to create cadence and capital letters as a means of emphasis.()10. Most of Faulkner's works are set in the American North, with his emphasis on the Northern subjects and consciousness.D. Name the author of the following literary works. (5x1 points)1. The Passionate Shepherd to His Love: Marloew2. Composed upon Westminster Bridge: Wordsworth3. The Moll on the Floss4. Break, Break, Break. :Tennyson5. A Portrait of the Artist As a Young Man: JoyceE. Define the literary terms listed below. (2x4 points)1. The Heroic Couplet2. Stream of ConsciousnessF. For each of the quotations listed below please give the name of the author and the title of the literary work from which it is taken and then briefly interpret it. (2x4 points)1. "The curfew tolls the knell of parting day,The lowing herd wind slowly o'er the les,The plowman homeward plods his weary way,And leaves the world to darkness and to me."2. "Round the cape of a sudden came the sea,And the sun looked over the mountains rim:And straight was a path of gold for him,And the need of a world of men for me."G. Give brief answers to the following questions. (3x5 points)1. Make a comment on the image of Robinson Crusoe.2. What are the features of Charles Dickens's novels?3. What's Nathaniel Hawthorne's "black" vision of life and human beings?H. Short essay questions. (2x7 points)I. How is the fatalism revealed in Hardy's works?(Naturalist)2. Analyse the artistic features of Earnest Hemingway*s novels.附：答案全国高等教育自学考试模拟试卷(一)英美文学选读参考答案A.1. A2. A3. D4. B5. A6. A7. B8. B9. B10. C11. A12. A13. A14. D15. C16. D17. D18. C19. B20. AB.1. Humanism2. allegory3. Macbeth4. ra廿onalism5. Daniel Defoe6. heroic couplet7. Childhood8. Lake poets9. Pride and Prejudice10. The Ring and the Book11. man's loneliness12. the Angry Young Men13. Moby - Dick14. local colorism15. damned human race16. Adventures of Hucklebrry Finn17. point of view18. Confessional19. American Dream20. YoknapatawphaC.1. T2. T3. F4. T5. T6. T7. T8. F9. T10. FD.1. Christopher Marlowe2. William Wordsworth3. George Eliot4. Alfred Tennyson5. James JoyceE.1. The heroic couplet refers to iambic pentameter rhymed in two lines. During the Restoration and the 18th century Alexander Pope perfected the closed couplet, which means only a couplet xan express a compete idea, and developed it to the heroic couplet. A good example in " The Rape of the Lock" is: but when to mischiet mortals bend their will, how soon they find fit instruments of ill!2. In Joyce's opinion, the artist, who wants to reach the highest stage and to gain the insights necessary for the crea廿on of dramatic art, should rise to the position of a godlike objectivity; he should have the complete conscious control over the creative process and depersonalize his own emotion in the artistic creation. He should appear as an omniscient author and present unspoken materials directly from the psyche of the characters, of making the characters tell their own inner thoughts in monologues. This literary approach to the presentation of psychological aspects of characters is usually termed as "stream of consciousness**.1. The 廿tie of the literary work is "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard'*, and its author is Thomas Gray.译文如下：晚钟响起来一阵阵向白昼告别，牛群在草原上迂回，吼声起落，耕地人累了，回家走，脚步踉跄，把整个世界留给了黄昏与我。
英美文学选读考试题
英美文学选读考试题一．9 authors, 20 works. (20)William Shakespearean: The tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark.Venus and Adonis, Rape of Lucrece.Daniel Defoe: Robinson Crusoe, Moll Flanders. Captain SingletonRobert Burns: My heart’s in the Highlands, A Red Red Rose. Auld Lang Syne.William Wordsworth:“The Solitary Reaper”. “We are S even”, “Lucy”, “Michael”, “Simon Lee””Lucy”I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud, The Solitary Reaper.John Keats: On First Looking into Chapman’s Homer, On a Grecian Urn, To Psyche, TO a Nightingale. “Ode to Autumn”, “Ode on Melancholy”, “Ode on a Grecian Urn”and “Ode to a Nightingale”. All were written in 1819 with the praise of beauty as their general theme.Jane Austen: Novels: Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, EmmaCharles Dickens: long novel: Pickwick Papers Novels: Oliver Twist, Nicholas Nickleby, Barnaby Rudge, Great Expectations, OurMutual FriendsCharlotte Bronte: The Professor, Jane Eyre.Thomas Hardy: The Return of the Native, The Mayer of Casterbridge, Tess of the d’Urbervilles, Jude the Obscure 二，对错（10）1. Act three is the best known and most important of Hamlet’s soliloqui es among all the soliloquies in the play. In this soliloquy, Hamlet reveals his innermost thoughts and emotions, his hesitation in particular, before taking decisive action.2. Robinson Crusoe retells, in the first person singular, a sailor’s adventure on an inhabitated island.3. Defoe traces the development of Robison Crusoe from a innocent and artless youth into a clever and hardened man, tempered by numerous trials in his eventful life.4. Burn s’s poetry was written in the Scottish dialect on a variety of subjects. A large number of his poems deal with themes of love, friendship, Scottish life and nature.5. A second edition 1800 contained more poems and a preface by Wordsworth. The preface to Lyrical Ballads best read as a statement of his principle of poems.6. According to Wordsworth, he believed that “All goodpoetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings.” Thus he located many of his poems in “common life” and his poetry is distinguished by the simplicity and purity of his language.7. There he lives a life of poverty and misery, and makes friends with the lively and penniless Mr. Micawder.8. Jane Eyre maintains that women should have equal rights with men, thus this novel has drawn the feminists’ attention in t he twentieth century.三，选择（10）According to Wordsworth, he believed that “All good poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings.”He located many of his poems in “common life” and his poetry is distinguished by the simplicity and purity of his language.四，读选文，回答问题（两诗歌，三小说）作者名字（5个40分）1.Sonnet18: Shakespearian.What is the theme of this sonnet? -- Runs in iambic pentameter, rhymed ABAB CDCD EFEF GG.2.The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark: Shakespearian.What dos e the “to or not to be” soliloquy tell us about Hamlet’s state of mind?―The soliloquy opens with a question,and there two other extended questions in the passage, all of which suggests that Hamlet is undecided, and either unable or unwilling to make up his mind, contemplating suicide, and disenchanted with the suffering of human life. He is cynical, but comforts himself with reflection, even though he is clearly suffering greatly and aware of his own sins and weakness.Why Hamlet hesitates before taking decisive action? -- Hamlet is often indecisive and hesitant, but at other times prone to rash and impulsive acts. Even at the end of this whole narrative of Hamlet's, he still doesn't decide on anything. He's just speaking his thoughts; he's not committing to anything. I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud: William Wordsworth.3. I wandered lonely as a cloud: William Wordsworth.What does “daffodil” stand for? ---Daffodil stand for nature in this poem, but the poet does not depict it simply as part of nature. As for Wordsworth, he dose not just want to depict the natural landscape, moreover, he pays much attention to the interaction between mature and human nature. He perceives nature as a stone of truths about human nature.Analyze the form of this poem by taking the first two lines as example. ---This poem consists of four stanzas and in eachstanza there are six lines. In each line there are four feet with a weak- strong sound pattern. The rime scheme in each stanza is a b a b c c.I wandered lonely as a cloud aThat floats on high o’er vales and hills, bWhen all at once I saw a crowd, aA host of golden daffodils; bBeside the lake, beneath the trees cFluttering and dancing in the breeze. C4.To Autumn: John Keats.What are the images used in this poem? Are they carefully arranged? --- Visual image, olfactory image, gustatory image, tactile image, auditory image. Through a series of images, make readers announcement of its scene, feeling rich concrete images.In the poem of To Autumn, he used visual image, auditory image, tactile image, gustatory image, kinaesthetic image and abstractimage to make the abstract impression of autumn specific, appreciable and more colorful. The pursuit to beauty is the way that Keats loves life, nature and also is the way he observes and enjoys life and nature. The pursuit to beau ty is his critique to the darkness of life and society. It also tells how he wanted beautifula nd ideal life in his short life.5.Pride and Prejudice: Jane Austen.Do you agree with the opening statement of the novel? What has the sentence to do with tone of the whole novel? --- Opening statement of the novel set the tone for whole novel. Writer is very serious in stating a universal truth, but what follows, however, is a very common topic of everyday life―marriage. Thus a humorous and ironic effect is achieved. Two key words appear in the statement: marriage and money, which in effect ate subject matter of the whole novel, the focus here is on the link between money and marriage.Based on your reading of the first two chapters of the novels, can you summarize the characteristics of Mr. and Mrs. Bennet? ―Mr. Bennet: he behaved sarcastically humorous, witty and capricious, and insightful in the process of showing his disrespect and dislike of Mrs. Bennet. Her mind was less difficult to develop. She was woman of mean understanding, little information, and uncertain temper. When she was discounted, she fancied herself nervous, the business of her life was to get her daughters married; its solace was visiting and news.What is your understanding of the relationship betweenmoney and marriage? --- A happy and strong marriage takes time to build and must be based on mutual feeling, understanding, and respect. Marriage can not built on the basis of money. If there is no real love between the couple, their marriage will become a tragedy eventually. Even though money can give people the comfortable house and the luxurious life, it can not buy a beautiful marriage6.David Copperfield: Charles Dickens.Dose David enjoys his life described in this chapter? How do you know? ---- David works very hard in the factory, but he could simply pay for his living. The real difficulty is that he feels very lonely, because from Monday morning until Saturday night, he has no advice, no encouragements, and no assistance of any kind. Luckily, his stay with the Micawber family in his leisure time turns out to be quite pleasant. They form a very precious friendship.Why dose the novel use the first point of view? --- It helps the author to select details. Only the events and details that David could have seen and experienced can logically be introduced into the story. The narrator’s limited view may create the effect o f suspense. 7.Jane Eyre: Charlotte BronteGive common: 性格特点：Jane Eyre is Straightforward andfeminism. Showed her concerns for the position of women particularly in English society.五，回答问题（20）William Shakespearean154 sonnets. Long poems: Venus and Adonis, The Rape of Lucrece. 38 plays.Daniel Defoe1. What are the characteristics of Crusoe from the selected reading?--- Self-reliance; patient; cheerful; clarity, courage and persistence in overcoming difficulties he start a new life in the desolate island, which demands a lot of courage and daring.Robert Burns―ScotlandA Red, Red Rose: wrote in 1794, published in 1796.1. An outstanding feature of this poem is the skillful use simile at the beginning of the poem. Draw on specific lines to explain its effect.---Simile means a comparison between two unlike items that includes like or as. For example, the first line of this poem: “Oh, my love is like a red, red rose"; al so, in this poem, "My love is like the melody". By comparing the speaker' s love to a red, red rose and a melody, readers canclearly sense the speaker's appreciation and deep love to his lover.2. This short poem is actually composed of a series of overstatements. What is the function of them? Give examples to illustrate your point. --- Overstatement is intentional exaggeration, which is, saying more that is actually meant. In this poem, when the speaker says that he will love his lady until all the seas go dry, he is using overstatement. By using this, the poet can attract readers’ attention and the sentence will leave a deep impression on the reader’s mind.William Wordsworth“The break with the conventional poetical tradition of the 18th century”. A second edition in 1800 contained more poems and a preface by Wordsworth. The preface to lyrical Ballads is best read as a statement or his principles of poetry.John KeatsJane AustenThe Plot Pride and Prejudice---Major characters: Elizabeth Bennet(the second eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bennet); Jane Bennet(first); Lydia Bennet(fifth); Mr. Bingley: a rich, single. Mr. Darcy (Mr. Bingley’sfriend who is a rich and proud young man)Theme: money and marriage.Writing style: Clarity, economy, skillful use of dialogue and tight plotting are the main features of Jane Austen’s style.Subject: Houses, money, estates run.Charles Dickens:David Copperfield:theme: the hero of the novel. The novel depicts David’s life experiences from an innocent boy to a famous wr iter. Style: Of Dickens’s fictional art, the most distinguishing feature is his successful characterization, especially male characters. Dickens was also a great story-teller. His plots were always very large, varied and complicated. However, the plots of his novels changed dramatically as he got older. In his later years, plots primarily became the vehicles for his characterization of thematic concerns, as readers may find in this novel.Charlotte Bronte-Jane Eyre four girls except Ann weres send to Charity School，三个姐妹中最大的,Unhappy life in charity school, with Emily go to Charlotte study. 性格特点：Straightforward直白的人feminism女权主义Romantic浪漫主义Thoughtful1.Give t hree instances in which Jane Eyre draws fromCharlotte Bronte’s background 1). Jane’s life in Lo wood is depicted based on the author’s own experiences in charity school where she spent some unhappy years of her childhood. 2) In Thornfield, Jane falls in love with Mr. Rochester, a rich squire who turns out to have had a mad wife. This is by and large Charlotte’s experience in Brussels where she falls in a married professor. 3) In Thronfield, Jane works as governess, and Charlotte herself worked as teachers and governess during 1837 to 1840.2.Discuss the symbolic use of names in this novel.1)“Eyre”, the surname of Jane, has the same pronunciation as “air”, which may symbolize Jane’s pursuit of freedom. 2) “Blanche”, the given name of Miss. Ingram, has its Fre nch origin, which actually means “white” in English. And it may symbolize the shallowness of Miss. Ingram.3.How does Mr. Rochester treat Jane in this chapter? What Jane’s character attract him ?To start with, Mr. Rochester shows some cruelty in his courtship of Jane so as to make Jane jealous. On hearing this, Jane could not help telling him her true feelings that she longs for equality and does not want to depart with him.?When Mr. Rochester confesses his real intention, Jane feels hurt and refuses his courtship at first.?Then she realizes his intention and accepts his love.?Her self-respect, her desire for independence, her courage, her moral strength, her passion and her personal loyalty and devotion, all these work together to make Mr.Rochester greatly attracted by her.Thomas Hardy:Hardy was a poet before he was a novelist. It was because his early verses could not be accepted that he turned to novel writing.Plot of the novel: Tess of the d’Unbervilles, Hardy’s most famous novel, has a subtitle, which is, A Pure Woman Faithfully Portrayed. It tells a tragic life story of a beautiful,naive country girl, Tess Durbeyfield.General features and comments: The whole story is filled with a feeling of dismal foreboding and doom. Father circumstances and tragic coincidences abound in the book. 12春《英美文学选读》作业1一、单选题1. How many periods are divided into in the creation years of Shakespeare? Three2. Defoe＇s Robinson Crusoe created the image of anenterprising Englishman, typical of the English bourgeoisie in the 18th century.3. In English poetry the _ iamb _is regarded as the most common foot.4. The excerpt The Other Side of the Island was chosen from Chapter_Ⅸ__ in Robinson Crusoe.5. "Do you think, because I am poor, obscure, plain, and little,I am soulless and heartless?。
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一、Muliple choice1. "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?"This is the beginning line of Shakespeare's.A.songs B.PlaysediesD.Sonnets2.Which of the followings is not Shakespeare’s work?A.The merchant of VeniceB. Romeo and JulietC. King LearD. Of Truth3.___is regarded as the pioneer of English drama.A.William ShakespeareB.Christopher MarloweC.Edmund SpenserD.John Donne4. ___are Shakespeare's two narrative poems.A.Venus and AdonisB.The Two Noble KinsmenC.The Rape of lucreceD.The Winter's Tale5.English Renaissance Period was an age of____.A.prose and novelB.poetry and dramaC.essays and journalsD.ballads and songs6."Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?"This is the beginning line of Shakespeare's______.A.songsB.playsediesD.sonnets7.Which play is not a comedy?A.A Midsummer Night'sB.The Merchant of VeniceC.Twelfth NightD.Romeo and JulietE.As You Like It8.In1847,the Bronte Sisters published the following famous novels except______.A.Jane EyreB.ShirleyC.Wuthering HeightsD.The Tenant of Wildfell Hall9.In_____'s hands,"dramatic monologue"reaches its maturity and perfection.A.Alfred TennysonB.Robert BrowningC.Williams ShakespeareD.George Eliot10.___is a natural medium for Hamlet to release his anguish.A.conversationB.speechC.soliloquyD.action11．The Renaissance is actually a movement stimulated by a series of historical events EXCEPT_ ________.A．the rediscovery of ancient Roman and Greek cultureB．the vast expansion of British colonies in North AmericaC．the new discoveries in geography and astrologyD．the religious reformation and the economic expansion12. William Shakespeare,Christopher Marlowe and____are the best representatives of the English humanists.A.Edmund SpenserB.Francis BaconC.John MiltonD.Thomas More13. ___is not a comedy.A.As You Like ItB.Romeo and JulietC.A Midsummer Night DreamD.The Twelfth Night14.Marlowe's____is a play based on the German legend of a magician aspiring for knowledge a nd finally meeting his tragic end as a result of selling his soul to the Devil.A. Dr.FaustusB.TamburlaineC.The Jew of MaltaD.Edward II15.All the following poets except___belong to the metaphysical school.A. DonneB.HerbertC.Marvellton16.The publication of___established Emerson as the most eloquent spokesman of New England t ranscendentalism.A.NatureB.Self-relianceC.The American ScholarD.The Over-soul17.American Romanticism started with the publication of___and ended with Leaves of Grass.A.The Sketch BookB.NatureC.The AlhambraD.Leatherstocking Tales18.Being a period of the great flowering of American literature,the___period is also called"the American Renaissance".A.PuritanB.RomanticC.RealisticD.modern19.The American___as a cultural heritage exerted great influence over American moral values a nd literature.A.democracyB.idealC.PuritanismD.Romanticism20.___is considered by H.L.Mencken as"the true father of our national literature."A.Ernest HemingwayB.Edgar Allan PoeC.Washington IrvingD.Mark Twain21．“It is a truth universally acknowledged,that a single man in possession of a good for-tune,m ust be in want of a wife.”The quoted part is taken from______.A．Jane Eyre B ．Wuthering HeightsC．Pride and Prejudice D．Sense and Sensibility22．All of the following poems by William Wordsworth are masterpieces on nature EXCEPT___ _.A．“I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud”B．“An Evening Walk”C．“Tintern Abbey”D．“The Solitary Reaper”23．All of the following are stream–of- consciousness novels EXCEPT________. A．Pilgrimage B．Ulysses C．Mrs.Dalloway D．Tess of the D’Urbervilles24．Shakespeare’s four greatest tragedies are________.A．Romeo and Juliet,Othello,King Lear,HamletB．Hamlet,Othello,Macbeth,The Merchant of VeniceC．Hamlet,Othello,King Lear,MacbethD．Romeo and Juliet,The Merchant of Venice,Othello,Hamlet25．All of the following novels by Daniel Defoe are the first literary works devoted to the study o f problems of the lower-class people EXCEPT______.A．Robinson Crusoe B．Captain Singleton C．Moll Flanders D．Colonel Jack二、True or False1.English Renaissance is an age of essay and drama.2.Ode to the West Wind is Bysshe Shelley’s work.3.Jane Austin is the author of Pride and Prejudice.4.Oliver Twist is written by Charles Dickens.5.The leading figures of the naturalism at the turn of19th century are Thomas Hardy,John Galsworthy and Bernard Shaw.6.If Winters comes, can Spring be far behind? is from Ozymandias.7.Emily Dickinson is remembered as the“All American Writer”.8.The Civil War divides the American literature into romantic literature and realist literature.9.Mark Twain is the first American writer to discover an American language and Americanconsciousness.10.In the decade of the1910s,American literature achieved a new diversity and reached its greatest heights.三、1.Enlightenment2.Humanism3.Renaissance4.Allusion5.Byronic Hero1.选择DDBABDDDBCBDBADCABCDCDACA2.正误FTTTFFFTTF3.名词解释1.Enlightenment1>Enlightenment movement was a progressive philosophical and artistic movement which flouris hed in france and swept through western Europe in the18th century.2>the movement was a furtherance of the Renaissance from14th century to the mid-17th century.3>its purpose was to enlighten the whole world with the light of modern philosophical and artistic ideas.4>it celebrated reason or rationality,equality and science.It advocated universal education.5>famous among the great enlighteners in england were those great writers like Alexander pope.J onathan swift.etc.2.Humanism1>Humanism is the essence of the Renaissance.2>it emphasizes the dignity of human beings and the importance of the present life.Humanists voiced their beliefs that man was the center of the universe and man did not only have the right to enjoy the beauty of the present life,but had the ability to perfect himself and to perform wonders.3.Renaissance1>The word“Renaissance”means“rebirth”,it meant the reintroduction into westerm Europe of the full cultural heritage of Greece and Rome.2>the essence of the Renaissance is Humanism.Attitudes and feelings which had been characterist ic of the14th and15th centuries persisted well down into the era of Humanism and reformation.3>the real mainstream of the english Renaissance is the Elizabethan drama with william shakespe are being the leading dramatist.4.AllusionA reference to a person,a place,an event,or a literary work that a writer expects the reader to reco gnize and respond to.An allusion may be drawn from history,geography,literature,or religion.5.Byronic Hero1>Byronic hero refers to a proud,mysterious rebel figure of noble origin.2>with immense superiority in his passions and powers,this Byronic Hero would carry on his sho ulders the burden of righting all the wrongs in a corrupt society.And would rise single-handedly a gainst any kind of tyrannical rules either in government,in religion,or in moral principles with un conquerable wills and inexhaustible energies.3>Byrons chief contribution to English literature is his creation of the“Byronic Hero”。
2002英美文学选读试卷及答案(1)(1)
2002英美文学选读试卷及答案（1）(1) part onei. multiple choice1. romance, which uses narrative verse or prose to tell stories ofadventures or other heroic deeds, is a popular literary form in the medieval period.a. christianb. knightlyc. greekd. primitiveanswer: b2. among the great middle english poets, geoffrey chaucer is known for his production ofa. piers plowmanb. sir gawain and the green knightc. confessio amantisd. the canterbury talesanswer: d3. which of the following historical events does not directly help to stimulate the rising of the renaissance movement?a. the rediscovery of ancient greek and roman culture.b. the new discoveries in geography and astrology.c. the glorious revolution.d. the religious reformation and the economic expansion.answer: c4. which of the following statements best illustrates the theme of shakespeare’s sonnet 18?a. the speaker eulogizes the power of nature.b. the speaker satirizes human vanity.c. the speaker praises the power of artistic creation.d. the speaker meditates on man’s salvation.answer: c5. "and we will sit upon the rocks, /seeing the shepherds feed their flocks, /by shallow rivers to whose falls/ melodious birds sing madrigals." the above lines are probably taken froma. spenser’s the faerie queeneb. john donne’s "the SUN rising"c. shakespeare’s "sonnet 18"d. marlowe’s "the passionate shepherd to his love"answer: d6. "bassanio: antonio, i am married to a wifewhich is as dear to me as life itself;but life itself, my wife, and all the world,are not with me esteem’d above thy life;i would lose all, ay, sacrifice them all,here to the devil, to deliver you.portia: your wife would give you little thanks for that,if she were by to hear you make the offer."the above is a quotation taken from shakespeare’s comedy the merchant of venice. the quoted part can be regarded as a good example to illustratea. dramatic ironyb. personificationc. allegoryd. symbolismanswer: a7. the true subject of john donne’s poem, "the sun rising," is toa. attack the sun as unruly servantb. give compliments to the mistress and her power of beautyc. criticize the sun’s intrusion into the lover’s private lifed. lecture the sun on where true royalty and riches lieanswer: b8. of all the 18th century novelists henry fielding was the first to set out, both in theory and practice, to write specifically a " in prose," the first to give the modern novel its structure and style.a. tragic epicb. comic epicc. romanced. lyric epic。
英语专业《英美文学导论》作业（一）
英语专业《英美文学导论》测试题（一）答案The Introduction of British and American LiteratureⅠ.Choose the best answer for the each question.(20%)1. is the most outstanding writer during the 16"century in English. (Answer: A)A. ShakespeareB. AustenC. BaconD. Chaucer2.Who is the representative poet of the metaphysical school? (Answer: B)A. MiltonB. DonneC. BurnsD. Coleidge3.In which book did Milton appeal for the freedom of person? (Answer: D)A. LycidasB. Paradise lostC. AreopagiticaD. Paradise Regained4. was called"Father of English Novel"? (Answer: A)A. DefoeB. SwiftC. DickensD. Austen5.Who enjoyed equal fame with Tennyson in the Victorian age? (Answer: B)A. ArnoldB. BrowningC. ByronD. Keats6.Who didn't belong to "Lake Poet"? (Answer: D)A. SoutheyB. ColeridgeC. WordsworthD. Keats7.In 1878 Hardy published , which established his position as an important writer and turned to tragic theme from that. (Answer: A)A. The Return of the NativeB. A Pair of Blue eyesC. Far From the Madding CrowdD. Under the Greenwood Tree8.Arnold published the first poem collection . (Answer: C)A. New PoemsB. Poems: second SeriesC. The Strayed RevelerD. Poems9. was the main poets in the age of Victorian and conferred upon "Poet Laureate" in 1850. (Answer: A )A. TennysonB. BrowningC. DickensD. Wordsworth10.What is the representative poem of Byron ? (Answer: C)A. The GlaourB. Childe Herold's PilgrimageC. Don JuanD. Cain11. is one of the most complex and personal poets in English Literature history. (Answer: A)A. BlakeB. TennysonC. BurnsD. Wordsworth12. published the first poem collection "Poems. Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect" in 1786. (Answer: B )A. ColeridgeB. BurnsC. KeatsD. Arnold13. is Austen’s representative novel. (Answer: A)A. Pride and PrejudiceB. Sense and SensibilityC. Mansfield ParkD. Persuasion14.What is Dickens' first novel? (Answer: D)A. Oliver TwistB.A Tale of Two CitiesC. Bleak HouseD. The Posthumous Paper of Pickwick Club15.When Tennyson was 12years old he wrote lines epic. (Answer: C)A. 5000B.4500C.6000D.700016.Hardy wrote short lyric poems. (Answer: C)A. nearly 900B.nearly800C.nearly1000D. nearly 70017."Adonais"is an elegiac poem on death of . (Answer: D)A. ByronB. ColeridgeC. LowellD. Keats18. was expert in satirizing and called the master of learning and integrity on satire of our time. (Answer: C)A. HardyB. WildeC. SwiftD. Defoe19.What is Shakespeare’s first romantic tragedy? (Answer: C)A .Hamlet B. Othello C. Romeo and Juliet D. Macbeth20.Who is "Father of English Poem"? (Answer: B)A. DonneB. ChaucerC. MiltonD. BlakeⅡ.Identify-please refer to the writer of the following Work.(20%)1.The Canterbury Tales Answer: Georffrey Chaucer2.He is not of an age but for all time. Answer: William Shakespeare3.A journal of the Plague Year Answer: Daniel Defoe4.Ode on a Grecian Answer: John Keats5.A Red, Red Rose Answer: Robert Burns6.Oliver Twist Answer: Charles Dickenson7.Dramatic Lyrics Answer: Robert Browning8.Under the Greenwood Tree Answer: Thomas Hardy9.New poems Answer: Matthew Arnold10.Kubla Khan Answer: Samuel Taylor ColeridgeⅢ.Fill in the blanks.(20%)1.The representative work of the Anglo-Norman period is Beowulf .2.Shakespeare created altogether 38 plays, 7 long poems and 154 sonnets.3. Humanism is the most striking feature of the English Literature of the Renaissance.4."Essays" is written by Bacon including 58 essays.5.Byron published the first two cantos of Childe Herold’s Pilgrimage,which made him famous overnight.6.The poetry showed ingenuity on , , ,and .7.John Milton's works embody the style of ancient Greece , ancient Roman and Renaissance .8.In 1798 Wordsworth published The Book of Thel in collaboration with Songs of Innocence . The preface to this collection of poems can be read as a declaration of romanticism.9. principle is beauty is .truth of beauty.10. Tennyson was conferred upon "Poet Laureate" in 1843 when he was getting on for seventy.Ⅳ.Answer the Following questions.(30%)1.what is meaning of "the heroic couplet"?Answer: The heroic couplet is the rhymed couple of iambic pentameter, which was to be very important in the 18th century.2.What are the three periods of Milton's literature career?Answer:(1) The first period was up to 1641, during which time he is to be seen chiefly as a son of the humanists and Elizabethans.(2) The second period is from 1641 to 1654, When the puritan was in such complete ascendancy that he wrote almost no poetry.(3) The third period is from 1655 to 1671, when humanist and puritan have been fused into an exacted entity.3.what does "Gullivers Travel” satirze?Answer: "Gullivers Travel” insinuatingly satirized the British politics and society and weakness of human beings mercilessly.4.what does Wordsworth think of the poem?Answer: Poem is of perfect simplicity , vivid imagery ,directness of language, and unadorned beauty.5.what did Burn's satire poem satirize?Answer: His poem satirized the hypocrisy and egoism of the ruling class and clergy.Ⅴ.Name the main work for each writer.(10%) the four most famous tragedies of Shakespeare's.Answer: Hamlet Othello King Lear Macbeth Swift's chief satire work.Answer: A Tale of a Tub A Modest ProposalThe Battle of the Books The Drapier’s Leteer Tennyson's main poems.(more than two)Answer: The Princess In Memoriam MaudEnoch Arden Idylls of the King Dickinson's main works.Answer: Oliver Twist Great ExpectationsDavid Copperfield The Posthumous Papers of Pickwick Club Keats' main works.(more than two)Answer: Endymion IsabellaThe Eve of Saint Anges Ode on a Grecian。
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大学外语英美文学答案(1)1.Herman Melville’s ______ is an encyclopedia of everything, history, philosophy, religion, etc, in addition to a detailed account of the operations of the whaling industry.A. Billy BuddB. The Old Man and the SeaC. White JacketD. Moby DickIn addition to his novels, _______ wrote about 120 short stories and sketches. Among them are Young Goodman Brown and The Minister’s Black Veil.A. Henry David ThoreauB. Nathaniel HawthorneC. Ralph Waldo EmersonD. Herman Melville______ is an appalling fictional version of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s belief that “the wrong doing of one generation lives into the successive ones” and that evil will come out of evil though it may take generations to happen.A. The Marble FaunB. The Blithedale RomanceC. Young Goodman BrownD. The House of Seven GablesWhich is regarded as the “Declaration of Intellectual Independence”?A. The Conduct of LifeB. Representative MenC. English TraitsD. The American ScholarWhich is generally as the Bible of New England Transcendentalism?A. NatureB. WaldenC. On BeautyD. Self-RelianceThere is a good reason to state that New England Transcendentalism was actuallyon the Puritan soil.A. UnitarianismB. MysticismC. RomanticismD. Puritanism“The universe is composed of Nature and the soul… Spirit is present everywhere”. This is the voice of the book Nature written by Ralph Waldo Emerson, which pushed American romanticism into a new Phase, the phase of New England ______.A. RomanticismB. TranscendentalismC. SymbolismD. NaturalismWashington Irving’s works are numerous, but his most successful work is The Sketch Book, of which the most famous and anthologized are ____ and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.A. A History of New YorkB. The PioneersC. Rip Van WinkleD. Leatherstocking TalesWashington Irving’s first book appeared in 1809, titled ______.A. The History of New YorkB. The Marble FaunC. The American ScholarD. The Cop and the AnthemIn the early 19th century American moral values were essentially Puritan. Nothing has left a deeper imprint on the character of the people as a whole than did _____.A. RationalismB. RomanticismC. SentimentalismD. PuritanismWhich is the character who appears in the novel Moby Dick?A. Hester PrynneB. PearlC. Mr. HooperD. AhabHerman Melville called his friend Nathaniel Hawthorne ______ in American literature.A. The transcendentalistB. The largest brain with the largest heartC. The American scholarD. Father of American poetryNathaniel Hawthorne is a master of psychological insight and central subject of his major works is the human soul. Choose his short story from the following ones.A. OmooB. Uncle Tom’s CabinC. Young Goodman BrownD. The PearlThe finest example of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s symbolism is the recreation of Puritan in ______.A. The Marble FaunB. The Ambitious GuestC. The Scarlet LetterD. Young Goodman BrownFrom Henry David Thoreau’s jail experience came his famous essay, ______ which states Thoreau’s belief that no man should viol ate his conscience at the command of a government.A. Common SenseB. Civil DisobedienceC. WaldenD. NatureWhich essay is not written by Ralph Waldo Emerson?A. Self-RelianceB. The American ScholarC. The Divinity School AddressD. Of StudiesWhich book is not written by Ralph Waldo Emerson?A. Nature D. The RhodoraB. English TraitsC. NatureD. The RhodoraC. The RhodoraD. Representative Men B. English TraitsC. NatureD. The RhodoraForm the following, choose the characteristics of Ralph Waldo Emerson’s poetry.A. Being highly individualB. Harsh rhythmsC. Lack of form and polishD. All of the aboveRalph Waldo Emerson’s first book _____ is the fundamental document of his philosophy, and expresses his constant, deeply felt love for he natural scenes.A. Leatherstocking TalesB. WaldenC. NatureD. Daisy MillerChoose William Cullen Bryant’s poem from the following ones.A. Voices of the NightB. LigeiaC. Song of MyselfD. ThanatopsisIn 1817, the stately poem called Thanatopsis introduced he best poet _____ to appear in America up to that time.A. Edward TaylorB. William Cullen BryantC. Edgar Allan PoeD. Philip FreneauChoose Washing ton Irving’s works from the following items.A. WaldenB. A History of New YorkC. Self-RelianceD. Sister CarrieIn the 19th century America, Romanticism had certain general characteristics. Choose such characteristics from the following items.A. Moral enthusiasmB. Faith in the value of individualism and intuitive perceptionC. Presumption about the corrosive effect of human societyD. All of the aboveHerman Melville’s _____ is not only an adven ture story, but also a significant philosophical work on spiritual exploration.A. The EggB. The Over-SoulC. NatureD. Moby DickA new _____ had appeared in England in the last years of the 18th century. It spread to continental Europe and then came to America early in the 19th century.A. RealismB. RomanticismC. NaturalismD. . Critical realismTranscendentalism appealed to those who disdained the hash God of the Puritan ancestors, and it appealed to those who scorned the pale deity of New England _____.A. NaturalismB. TranscendentalismC. HumanismD. UnitarianismLed by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Ralph Waldo Emerson and _____, there arose a kind of teaching of transcendentalism in the early 19th century.A. Mark TwainB. Theodore DreiserC. Henry David ThoreauD. Herman MelvilleTranscendentalists recognized ______ as the “highest power of the soul”.A. intuitionB. thinkingC. logicD. date of the senses_____ was the most leading spirit of the Transcendental Club.A. HawthorneB. ThoreauC. WhitmanD. EmersonThe appearance of The Scarlet letter marked the maturity of Nathaniel Hawthorne as a novelist. Soon he composed the other three important novels including _____, The Blithedale Romance and The Marble Faun.A. WaldenB. The House of the Seven GablesC. The PrairieD. The Fall of the House of UsherTranscendentalist doctrines found their greatest literary advocates in _____ and Thoreau.A. JeffersonB. OversoulC. FreneauD. EmersonAs a philosophical and literary movement, _____ flourished in New England form the 1830s to the Civil War.A. modernismB. sentimentalismC. rationalismD. transcendentalism。
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英美⽂学《英美⽂学选读》仿真试题I. Multiple Choice (40 points,1 point 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. The Renaissance is actually a movement stimulated by a series of historical events，which one of the following is NOT such an event?A. The rediscovery of ancient Roman and Greek culture .B. England’s domestic rest.C. New discovery in geography and astrology.D. The religious reformation and the economic expansion.2. _________ is the successful religious allegory in the English language.A. The Pilgrim’s ProgressB. Grace Abounding to the Chief of SinnersC. The Life and Death of Mr. BadmanD. The Holy War3. Among the representatives of the Enlightenment，who was the first to introduce rationalism to England?A. John BunyanB. Daniel DefoeC. Alexander PopeD. Jonathan Swift4. Of all the eighteenth-century novelists，who was the first to set out，both in theory and practice，to write specially a “comic epic in prose”，the first to give the modern novel its structure and style ?A. Thomas GrayB. Richard Brinsley SheridanC. Johathan SwiftD. Henry Fielding5. Generally，the Renaissance refers to the period between the 14th and mid-17th centuries，its essence is_________A. scienceB. philosophyC. artsD. humanism6. “So long as men can breathe，or eyes can see，So long lives this,and this gives life to thee.” (Shakespeare，Sonnets 18) What does “this” refer to?A. LoverB. TimeC. SummerD. Poetry7. The giant Moby Dick may symbolize all EXCEPT _________.A. mystery of the universeB. sin of the whaleC. power of the Great NatureD. evil of the world8. It is _________ alone who，for the first time in English literature，presented to us a comprehensive realistic picture of the English society of his time and created a whole gallery of vivid characters from ail walks of life. A. Geoffrey Chaucer B. Martin Luther C. William Langland D. John Gower9. Fielding has been regarded by s ome as “ _________ ”，for his contribution to the establishment of the form of the modern novel.A. Best writer of the English novelB. Father of the English novelC. the most gifted writer of the English novelD. conventional writer of English novel10.The sentenc e “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day ?” is the beginning line of one of Shakespeare’s_________A. comediesB. tragediesC. historiesD. sonnets11. The unquenchable spirit of Robinson Crusoe struggling to maintain a substantial existence on a lonely island reflects_________A. man’s desire to return to natureB. the author’s criticism of the colonizationC. the ideal of the rising bourgeoisieD. the aristocrats’disillusionment of the harsh social reality12. Here are four line s from a long poem: “Others for language all their care express，And value books，as women men，for dress.” The poem must be _________A. Thomas Gray’s “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard”B. John Milton’s Paradise LostC. Alexander Pope’s Essay on Cri ticismD. Shakespeare，s Midsummer Night’s Dream13. Gothic novels are mostly stories of _________，which take place in some haunted or dilapidated Middle Age castles.A. love and marriageB. sea adventuresC. mystery and horrorD. saints and martyrs14. the Rime of the Ancient Mariner is a poem written in the form of _________A. balladB. sonnetC. heroic coupletD. Spenserian stanza15. Which of the following words NOT appropriate to describe Mrs. Bennet，a character in pride and Prejudice_________ .A. BeautifulB. IntelligentC. SnobbishD. Vulgar16. “You and the girls may go，or you may send them by themselves，which perhaps will be still better，for as you are as handsome as any of them，Mr. Bingley might like you the best of t he party.”What figure of speech is used in the under tined part?A. ParadoxB. SimileC. IronyD. Antithesis17. In Chapter III of Oliver Twist，Oliver is punished for that “impious and profane offence of asking for more”. What did Oliver ask for more?A. More time to playB. More food to eatC. More books to readD. More money to spend18. The tire of Alfred Tennyson’s poem “Ulysses” reminds the reader of the following EXCEPT _________A. the Trojan WarB. Homer’s OdysseyC. adventures over the seaD. religious quest19. In Hardy’s Tess of D’urbervilles，the heroine’s tragic ending is due to _________A. her weak characterB. her ambitionC. Angel Clarets selfishnessD. a hostile society20. “I will drink / life to the lees.” In the quoted line Ulysses is saying that，he _________ till the end of，his life.A. will keep traveling and explo ’rangB. will go on drinking and being happyC. would like to toast to: his glorious lifeD. would like to drink the cup of wine21. “He was afraid of her -- the small，severe woman with graying hair suddenly bursting out in such frenzy. The postman came running back，afraid something had happened,They saw his tipped cap over the short curtains. Mrs. Morel rushed to the door.”The above passage is taken from _________A. Charlotte Bronte’s The professorB. Charles Dickens’s Dombey and SonC. D.H. Lawrence’s Sons and Lovers D. John Galsworthy’s The Forsyte Saga22. James Joyce is the author of all the following novels EXCEPT _________A. DublinersB. Jude the ObscureC. A portrait of the Artist as a Young ManD. Ulysses23. Which of the following works concerns most concentratedly about the Calvinistic view of originalsin?A. The WastelandB. The Scarlet LetterC. Leaves of GrassD. AS I Lay Dying24. We can perhaps summarize that Walt Whitman’s poems are characterized by all the following features EXCEPT that they are _________A. conversational and casualB. lyrical and well-structuredC. simple and rather crudeD. free-flowing25. Who exerts the single most important influence on literary naturalism，of which Theodore Dreiser and Jack London are among the best representative writers?A. FreudB. DarwinC. W.D. Howells D. Emerson26. Mark Twain，one of the greatest 19th century American writerS，is well known for his _________A. international themeB. waste- land imageryC. local colorD. symbolism27. At the beginning of Faulkner’s A Rose for Emily，there’s detailed description of Emily’s old. The purpose of such description is to imply that the person living in it _________A. is a wealth ladyB. has good tasteC. is a prisoner of the pastD. is a conservative aristocrat28. The period before the American Civil War is commonly referred to as _________A. the Romantic PeriodB. the Realistic PeriodC. the Naturalist PeriodD. the Modem Period29. Most of Herman Melville’s novels are based on sea voyages and sea adventures. Which of the following is NOT the case?A. TypeeB. Moby-DickC. OmooD. The Confidence-Man30. In Henry James’Daisy Miller，the author tries to portray the young woman as an embodiment of _________A. the force of conventionB. the free spirit of the New WorldC. the decline of the aristocracyD. the corruption of the newly rich31. Emily Dickinson’s verse is most a ptly characterized as _________A. exposing the evils of the societyB. paving the way for the following generation of free verse poetsC. sharing the same poetic conventions as Walt WhitmanD. exhibiting a sensitiveness to the symbolic implications of experience,such as love，death，immortality etc.32. In fiction writing，Henry James’s primary concern is to present the _________A. inner life of human beingsB. American Civil War and its effectsC. life on the Mississippi RiverD. Calvinistic view of original sin33. In “After Apple-Picking”，Robert Frost wrote: “For I have had too much / Of apple-picking: I am overtired / Of the great harvest I myself desired.” From these lines we can conclude that the speaker is _________A happy about the harvest B. wearing out the freshness of apple- pickingC.still desired of apple-picking when seeing the harvestD. indifferent of what once desired34. In The Emperor Jones and The Hairy Ape，O’Neill adopted the expressionist techniques to portray the_________ of human beings in a hostile universe.A. helpless situationB. uncertaintyC. profound religious faithD. courage and perseverance35. At the beginning of A Rose for Emily，Faulkner uses a figurative language to describe the place where Emily lives. The house is a perfect mirror image of the owner who is supposed to be _________ and deliberately detaches herself from the communal life in this small town.A. friendly and generousB. wealthy and conservativeC. polite and dignifiedD. stubborn and coquettish36. Eugene O’Neill’s inventiveness seemingly knew no limits. He was constantly experimenting with new styles and forms for his plays，especially during the 1920’s when _________ was in full swing.A. imagismB. post-modernismC. expressionismD. symbolism37. Which essay of Emerson is regarded as an unofficial manifesto for the “Transcendental Club”?A. Self-relianceB. NatureC. The American ScholarD. The Over-soul38. In Pride and Prejudice，Elizabeth Bennet finds out some weak points about herself in the process of judging others. Which of the following is NOT a weak point of found out by Elizabeth herself?A. BlindnessB. Partiality B. Snobbishness D. Over-confidence39. A typical Forsyte，according to John Galsworthy，is a man with a strong sense of _________,who never pays any attention to human feelings.A. propertyB. justiceC. moralityD. humor40. Emerson based his religion on an intuitive belief in an ultimate unity,which he called _________A. the SpiritB. the Over-lordC. the over- soulD. the Self第⼆部分⾮选择题II. Reading comprehension (16 points，4 for each )Read the quoted parts carefully and answer the questions in English. Write your answer in the corresponding space on the answer sheet.41. “And ever as he rode，his hart did earne,/ To prove his puissance in batteU brave”Question :A. Identify the poem and the poet.B. What does the word“ puissance” mean?C. Is the theme of the poem “Arms and the Man”? If not，tell your point and explain it briefly.42. “A line in long array where they wind betwixt green islands，They take a serpentine course，their arms flash in the sun-hark to the musical clank，Be hold the silvery river，in it the splashing horses loitering stop to drink，Behold the brown-faced men，each group，each person，a picture，the negligent rest on the saddles，Some emergeon the opposite bank，others are just entering the ford-while，Scarlet and blue and snowy white，The guidon flags flutter gayly in the wind.”Questions:A. Who is the author of this poem?B. What is the essence of this poem ?C. What is the unique character in this poem?43. “Break，break，break,/ On thy cold grey stones，O sea! / And I thought that my tongue could utter / The thoughts that arise in me.”Questions:A. Give the name of the author and the title of the literary work from which this stanza is taken.B. Interpret this stanza.C. Analyze the author’s art of this poem.44. “The apparition of the these faces in the crowed，/ Petals on a wet，black bough”Questions:A. From which poem does the stanza come? Who is the author?B. What does the “petals” mean?C. Briefly interpret the two lines.III. Questions and Answers (24 points in all，6 points for each) Give questions in English. Write your answers in the corresponding space on the answer sheet45. In Hamlet’s soliloquy，when he says，“To sleep，perchance to dream. ----ay，there’s the rub.” What is he primarily thinking about? Why does he think there is the rub?46. “I loaf and invite my soul,/ I lean and loaf at my ease observing a spear of summer grass.”What does the underlined part mean ?47. “I fall upon the thorns of life! I bleed!A heavy weight of hours has chained and bowedOne too like thee: tameless，and swift，and proud.”The above quotation is taken from Shelley’s poem “Ode to the West wind”. What does the underlined part mean?48. In“ Indian Camp”，Hemingway makes a successful use of situational irony. Please illustrate this with some examples. IV. Topic discussions (20 points in all，10 for each)Write no less than 150 words on each of the following topics in English on the corresponding space on the answer sheet. 49. Charles Dickens is one of the greatest Victorian writers in his own unique way. Discuss Dickens’s art of novels : the setting，the language，and the characters，etc. based on his novel Oliver Twist.50. “Sister Carrie” is the greatest literary work by Theodore Dreiser. Discuss Carrie Meeber，the protagonist of the novel.答案:1．B。
北京语言大学 18秋《英美文学选读》作业1满分答案
18秋《英美文学选读》作业1When Robert Frost was 87, he read his poetry at the inauguration of President___A.BushB.KennedyC.ClintonD.Fort正确答案:BEmily Dickinson wrote many short poems on various aspects of life. Which of the following is NOT a usual subject of her poetic expression?A.Religion and immortalityB.Life and deathC.Love and marriageD.War and peace正确答案:DIn the first part of the novel Pride and prejudice, Mr. Darcy has a （n） ______ of the Bennet family .A.high opinionB.great admirationC.low opinionD.erroneous view正确答案:CRobert Frost won___ Plitzer prices.A.twoB.threeC.fourD.five正确答案:CThe story of the Scarlet Letter is set in___A.New YorkB.EnglandC.BostonD.Salt lake City正确答案:CWhich of the following is a comedy?A.King learB.MacbethC.HamletD.The Merry Wives of Windsor正确答案:DWalt Whitman was a pioneering figure of American poetry. His innovation first of all lies in his use of , poetry without a fixed beat or regular rhyme scheme.A.bland verseB.heroic coupletC.free verseD.iambic pentameter正确答案:CIn Fitzgerald＇s The Great Gatsby, there are detailed descriptions of big parties. The purpose of such descriptions is so show _______.A.emptiness of lifeB.the corruption of the upper classC.contrast of the rich and the poorD.the happy days of the Jazz Age正确答案:AIn all his novels Theodore Dreiser sets himself to project the ______ American values. For example, in Sister Carrie, there is not one character whose status is not determined economically.A.PuritanB.materialisticC.psychologicalD.religious正确答案:BWhitman＇s poems are characterized by all the following features EXCEPT ______ .A.the strict poetic formB.the free and natural rhythmC.the easy flow of feelingsD.the simple and conversational language正确答案:Awhich of the following is NOT written by Dreiser?A.Jennie GerhardtB.Go down, MosesC.An American TragedyD.Sister Carrie正确答案:BMr. Micawber in David Copperfield and Sam Well in Pickwick Papers are perhaps the best ______ characters created by Charles Dickens.icB.tragicC.roundD.sophisticated正确答案:AIn English poetry the _______ is regarded as the most common foot.A.iambB.anapestC.trocheeD.dactyl正确答案:AJane Austen passed away when she was___A.38B.48C.42D.52正确答案:CWhich of the following is taken from John Keats＇Ode to a Nightingale?A."Beauty is truth, truth beauty."B."Earth has not anything to show more fair."C."They are both gone up to the church to pray."D."was it a vision, or a waking dream?"正确答案:DThe pen name Mark Twain means___A.waterB.safe waterC.riverD.clear water正确答案:BWhich of the following is a tragedy?A.Antony and CleopatraB.Twelfth NightC.Julius CaesarD.Much ado about Nothing正确答案:AAfter reading the first chapter of Pride and Prejudice, we may come to know that Mrs. Bennet is a woman of _______ .A.simple character and quick witB.simple character and poor understandingC.intricate character and quick witD.intricate character and poor understanding正确答案:BYou may have meet the term "Yahoo" on internet, but you may also have met it in English literature .It is found in _____A.John Bunyan＇s Pilgrim＇s ProgressB.Samuel Johnson＇s The Vanity of Human WishesC.Jonathan Swift＇s Gulliver＇s TravelsD.Henry Fielding＇s tom Jones正确答案:CWhat kind of girl is Dora?A.pretty and cleverB.pretty and empty-headedC.plain-looking and understadingD.lovely and clever正确答案:B。
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《英美文学选读》模拟试题（一）一、单项选择题1.The excerpt from Chapter 10 of Sons and Lovers ends with the conflict between Paul and his mother. The conflict is possibly caused by Paul and his mother’s different views towards _____.A. Paul’s fatherB. artC. lifeD. Paul’s brother2.The _____ can be regarded as one of the themes of Joyce’s story “Araby”.A. loss of innocence 在所有有關童年故事中，孩子都是同叔叔同姨媽同住，父母則不在身邊—這便是一種象征，象征父母與孩子之間骨肉親情的隔絕和一種正常關系的缺失.B. childish loveC. awareness of harsh lifeD. false sentimentality 錯誤的多愁善感3.After reading “Araby”, one more feel the story has a _____ tone.A. joyousB. harshC. solemnD. painful4.In “Araby”, Joyce’s diction evokes a sort of _____ quality that characterizes the boy on this otherwise altogether ordinary shopping trip.A. religiousB. moralC. sentimentalD. vulgar5.The major concern of _____ fiction lies in the tracing of the psychological development of his characters and in his energetic criticism of the dehumanizing effect of the capitalist industrialization on human nature.A. D. H. Lawrence’sB. J. Galsworthy’sC. W. Thackeray’sD. T. Hardy’s6.The mission of _____ drama was to reveal the moral, political and economic truthfrom a radical reformist point of view.A. T. S. Eliot’sB. J. Galsworthy’sC. B. Shaw’sD. W. B. Yeats’7.Irving was best known for his famous short stories such as _____.A. Rip Van WinkleB. Young Goodman BrownC. Life of GoldsmithD. Life of Washington8.Melville’s _____ is an encyclopedia of everything, history, philosophy, religion, etc.A. The Old Man and the SeaB. Moby–DickC. White JacketD. Billy Budd9.Mark Twain created, in _____, a masterpiece of American realism that is also one of the great books of world literature.A. Huckleberry FinnB. Tom SowyerC. The Gilded AgeD. The Mysterious Stranger10.American literature produced only one female poet during the nineteenth century. This was _____.A. Anne BradsteetB. Jane AustenC. Emily DickinsonD. T. S. Eliot11.The main theme of _____ The Art of Fiction reveals his literary credo that representation of life should be the main object of the novel.A. Henry Ja mes’B. Mark Twain’sC. Theodore D reiser’sD. William Howells’s小說的藝朮一文中明確指出，小說的目的是現實生活，所以他作品中表現了各種形式生活是不足為奇的，如幻覺，絕望，回報，折磨，靈感，歡樂等.他還主張藝朮家有自由去寫作任何與他相關的東西，甚至是異端的，丑的和普通的東西，藝朮家應能夠感受生活，理解人性，然后將忠實地將這些錄入作品12.In the 1920s, O’Neill established an int ernational reputation with the plays ______.A. The Emperor Jones 瓊斯皇帝B. Anna Christle 個人思想的復雜性，表明了生活是一個具備了各种可能性的封閉了的圈子，任何人無法擺脫C. The Hairy Ape 毛猿D. all of the above13.In 1954, _____ was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature f or his “mastery of the art of modern narration.”A. T. S. EliotB. Ernest HemingwayC. John SteinbeckD. William Faulkner14.“The apparition of these faces in the crowd; Petals on a wet, black bough.” This is the shortest poem written by _____.A. T. S. EliotB. Robert FrostC. Ezra PoundD. Emily Dickinson15.In Robert Frost’s famous poem “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening”, there are four lines like these: “The woods are lovely, dark and deep, /But I have promises to keep, /And miles to go before I sleep, /And miles to go before I sleep”. The second sleep refers to _____.A. dieB. calm downC. fall into sleepD. stop walking16.Of the following American poets, whose work was first recognized in England and then in America?A. Robert FrostB. Walt WhitmanC. Emily DickinsonD. Wallace Stevens17.“For I have had too much / Of apple-picking: I am overtired / Of the great harvestI myself desired”. From these lines we can conclude that t he speaker _____.A. is happy about the harvestB. is tired of the work of apple-pickingC. is not tired when seeing the harvestD. becomes indifferent of the job他乘船去了英國，出版了第一本書“一個男孩的愿望”，以抒情的筆調追蹤一個男孩以自我為中心的理想主義發展到成熟的過程，詩篇充滿激情和新英格闌的生活情調第二本詩集“波士頓以北”出版后，Frost決定回國住進自已的農場：被作者自已稱為寫“人的一本書”，對新英格闌的人物及其背景寫得很深刻，他的許多重要作品都收入了這本書18.Chinese poetry and philosophy had great influence on _____.A. Robert FrostB. Ralph Waldo EmersonC. Ezra PoundD. Emily Dickinson19.The Hemingway code heroes are best remembered for their _____.A. indestructible spiritB. pessimistic view of lifeC. war experiencesD. masculinity20.Lots of people rushed to Gatsby’s party at the weekend and they clustered around Gatsby’s wealth like ____.A. gluttonsB. fliesC. insectsD. moths二、综合题1.Read the quoted part carefully and answer the questions in English.It may be that the gulfs will wash us down;It may be we shall touch the Happy Tales,And see the great Achilles, whom we knew,Tho’ much is taken, much abides, and tho’We are not now that strength which in old daysMoved earth and heaven; that which we are, we are;One equal temper of heroic hearts,Made weak by time and fate, but strong in willTo strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.A. The passage is taken from t he poem “___________”.UlyssesB. The author of the poem is ____________.TennysonC. The poem is written in the form of _________.Dramatic MonologueD. The speaker is __________.Ulysses2.Read the quoted part carefully and answer the questions in English.Whether fagged by the three days’ running chase, and the resistance to his swimming in the knotted hamper he bore; or whether it was some latent deceitfulness and malice in him: whichever was true, the white Whale’s way now began to abate, as it seem ed, from the boat so rapidly nearing him once more; though indeed the whale’s last start had not been so long a one as before. And still as Ahab glidede over the waves the unpitying sharks accompanied him; and so pertinaciously stuck to the boat; and so continually bit at the plying oars, that the blades became jagged and crunched, and left small splinters in the sea, at almost every dip.A From which novel is the paragraph taken?Moby DickB What is the name of the author?Herman MelvilleC Who is Ahab?Captain of the whaling shipD What is the theme of the novel?The rebellious struggle of Captain Ahab against the over-whelming,mysterious vastness of the universe and its awesome sometimes merciless forces, the voyage of the mind will forever remain a rearch of the truth.補充．《白鲸》的象征意义Melville is a master of allegory and symbolism.Different people on the board the ship are representation of different ideas and different social and ethnic groups.The Peauod is the microcosm of human society and the voyage becomes a search for truth. The white whale, Moby Dick, symbolizes nature for Melville, and for Ahab, the whale represents only evil, as well as for reader and Ishmael, the marrator, Moby Dick is still mystery , an ultimate mystery of the universe, inscrutable(不能预测的) and ambivalent(矛盾的), and the voyage of the mind will forever remain a rearch of the truth.3.Read the quoted part carefully and answer the questions in English.Standing on the bare ground, ----- my head bathed by the blithe air and uplifted into infinite space, ------- all mean egotism vanishes. I become a transparent eyeball; I am nothing; I see all; the currents of the Universal Being circulate through me; I am part or particle of God.A. Which work is this fragment taken from?NatureB. How do you understand the philosophical ideas in this words?Emerson regards nature as the purest ,and most sanctifying moral influence on man, And advocated a direct intuition of a spiritual and immanent God in nature.The soul has compeletly transcended the limits of individuality and become part of over soul.Emerson sees spirit pervading everywhere,not only in the soul of man, but behind nature, troughout nature自已總結的答案: A this presents Emersonian TranscendentalismB Emerson put forward his philosophy of the over-soul,the importance of the Individual, and NatureC He based his religion on an intuitive belief in an ultimate unity which he called “over-soul”and believed that there should be an emotional communication between an individual soul and the universal “over-soul”D Emerson is affirmatively about man’s intuitive knowledge,with which a man can trust himself to decide what is right and to act accordingly. The ideal individual shold be self-reliant man4.Read the quoted part carefully and answer the questions in English.“if he be not apt to beat over matters, let him study the lawyer’s cases, so every defect of the mind may have a special receipt.”A. what does “beat over matters” mean?Make through exam of thingsB. what does “receipt” refer to?Cure ,prescriptionC. from which essay does the above sentences come?Francis Bancon “Of Studies”5.Give brief answers to the question in English.What is Lyrical Ballads?It is a collaboration of Wordsworth and Coleridge, the major representatives of the Romantic MovementWhy is Lyrical Ballads regarded as a landmark in English poetry?A In the book, they explored new theories and innovated new techniques in poetry writing.B They saw poetry as a healing energy,they believed that poetry could purify both individual soulsC The preface to the second edition of the Lyrical Ballads acts as a manifesto for the new school.D.Wordworth’s poems in the Lyrical Ballards differs in marked ways from his early poetry, notably the uncompromising simplicity of much of the language, the strong sympathy not merely with the poor in general but with particular,dramatized examples of them, and the fusion of natural description with expressions of inward states of mind6.Give brief answers to the question in English.Do you think the two collections of poems written by William Blake are the same? If not, what is the difference?William blake: romantic period, the Chinmey Sweeper/ the TygerThe two collections of peoms written by William Blake,” songs of innocence” and “songs of experience”,hold the similar subject-matter, but the tone, emphasis and conclusion differ 這兩部詩集擁有相似的主題，但筆調，強調之處與與結論是相異的The songs of innocence the chinmey sweeper 表述了使宗教成為一種安慰，一種幻想中的極樂世界的社會環境而 The song of experience the chinmey sweeper 揭示出宗教的本來面目，即為兒童帶來災難痛苦7.Give brief answers to the question in English.What are some of the general artistic features of Walt Whitman’s poetry?A Walt Whiteman was an important poet in Amrican literary history.B His originality 創新lies first of all in his use of the poetic form free verse,by means of which he becomes conversational and casual.C He ususally uses the first person pronoun 代名詞 to stress individualism,and oral language to acquire sympathy from the common readerD His topics are sometimes sexual but his themes are far more than sexual8.Give brief answers to the question in English.Can we say that when Brown （Hawthorne’s Young Goodman Brown） enters the dark forest he is really enter his own evil mind? If yes （or no）, please explain. Hawthorne’s storie s are generally read as allegories symbolic of humanexperien ce,so is “young goodman brown”,Allegorically Brown’s night journey to the forest could be taken as a journey of the mind into the dark region of evil. It is especially true if we allow for some very important details about the light and the shadow, the dreamlike atmosphere ,the words and phrases he uses to describe what Brown has experienced in the forest, none of which seems to be substantially solid and physically present9.This monologue, a psychological exploration of life and death, reveals the character of Hamlet as a man of contemplation rather than action. With the intolerable burden of the duty to revenge his father’s death and the challenge of evil forces, Hamlet seems to withdraw into a mental world which is thrown into a conflict or a choice between life and death. The philosophical speculation mixed up with a deep pessimistic outlook resists against action at first, but later awakens the hero out of his melancholy to a sense of the “enterprise of great pith and moment”, indicating that he is to do something for what he concerns himself with ??This monologue , a psychological exploration of life and death,reveals the character of Hamlet as a man of contemplation rather than action,with the intolerable burden of the duty to revenge his father’s death and challenge of evil forces,Hamlet seems to withdraw into a mental world which is trown into a conflict or a choice between life death,. The philosophical speculation mixed up with a deep pessimistic outlook resists against action at first,but later awakens the hero out of his melancholy to a sense of the “enterprise of treat pith and moment”,indicating that he is to do something for what he concerns himself with10.Write no less than 150 words on the following topic in English.Make a comparison between Henry James’ realism and Mark Twain’s realism. Although James and Twain both worked for realism, there were obvious differeces between them. In thematic terms,James wrote mostly of the upper reaches of American society, whereas Mark Twain dealt largely with the lower strata of society Technically, James pursued psychological realism, but Mark Twain’s contribution to the development of realism and to Amrican literature as a whole was partly through his theories of Local Colorist in Amrican fiction, and partly through his colloqua l style.Henry James believed that reality lies in the impressions made by life on the spector,and not in any facts of which the spector is unaware,such realism is therefore merely the obligation that the artist assumes to represent life as he sees it ,which may not be the same life as it “really”is, James shifted the ground of realistic art from outer to the inner worlMark Twain preferred to represent social life through portraits of the local places he confined himself to the life with which he was familiar. By quoting from his own experience, Mark Twain managed to transform into art the freedom and humor,in short,the finest elements of western culture補充閱讀:★三个现实主义小说家的比较: Howell, Mark Twain and Henry James.Through the three prominent writers wrote more or less at the same time, they differed in their understanding of the “truth.”While Mark Teain and Howells seemed to have paid more attention to the “life”of the Americans, Henry James had apprently laid a greater emphasis on the “inner world” of man.Through Twain and Howells both shared the same concern in presenting the truth of the American socielty, they had each of the different emphssis. Howells focused his discussion on the rising middle class and the way they live, while twain preferred to have his own reigion and people at the forefront of his story.答案部分一、单项选择题1.【正确答案】 C2.【正确答案】 A3.【正确答案】 D4.【正确答案】 A【正确答案】 A6.【正确答案】 C7.【正确答案】 A8.【正确答案】 B9.【正确答案】 A10.【正确答案】 C11.【正确答案】 A12.【正确答案】 D13.【正确答案】 B14.【正确答案】 C15.【正确答案】 A16.【正确答案】 A17.【正确答案】 B18.【正确答案】 C19.【正确答案】 A20.【正确答案】 D二、综合题1.【正确答案】 A. UlyssessB. Afred TennysonC. Dramatic MonologueD. Ulysses2.【正确答案】 A. Moby – DickB. Herman MelvilleC. The Captain of the whaling shipD. The rebellious struggle of Captain Ahab against the over-whelming, mysterious vastness of the universe and its awesome sometimes merciless forces.【正确答案】 A. NatureB. Emerson regards nature as the purest, and the most sanctifying moral influence on man, and advocated a direct intuition of a spiritual and immanent God in nature. The soul has completely transcended the limits of individuality and become part of the Over soul. Emerson sees spirit pervading everywhere, not only in the soul of man, but behind nature, throughout nature.4.【正确答案】 A. make through exam of things.B. cure, prescriptionC. of studies Francis Bacon5.【正确答案】 A. It is a collaboration of Wordsworth and Coleridge, the major representatives of the Romantic Movement.B. In the book, they explored new theories and innovated new techniques in poetry writing. They saw poetry as a healing energy; they believed that poetry could purify both individual souls and the society. The preface to the second edition of the Lyrical Ballads acts as a manifesto for the new school. Wordsworth’s poems in the Lyrical Ballads differs in marked ways from his early poetry, notably the uncompromising simplicity of much of the language, the strong sympathy not merely with the poor in general but with particular, dramatized examples of them, and the fusion of natural description with expressions of inward states of mind.6.【正确答案】 A. NoB. The two collections of poems written by William Blake, “Sons of Innocence” and “Sons of Experience”, hold the similar subject-matter, but the tone, emphasis and conclusion differ.7.【正确答案】 Walt Whitman was an important poet in American literary history. His originality lies first of all in his use of the poetic form free verse, by means of which he becomes conversational and casual. He usually uses the first person pronoun “I” to stre ss individualism, and oral language to acquire sympathy from the common reader. His topics are sometimes sexual but his themes are far more than sexual.8.【正确答案】Hawthorne’s stories are generally read as allegories symbolic of human experience, so is “Young Goodman Brown”. Allegorically Brown’s night journey to the forest could be taken as a journey of the mind into the dark region of evil. It is especially true if we allow for some very important details about the light and the shadow, the dreamlike atmosphere, the words and phrases he uses to describe what Brown has experienced in the forest, none of which seems to be substantially solid or physically present.9.【正确答案】 This monologue, a psychological exploration of life and death, revealsthe character of Hamlet as a man of contemplation rather than action. With the intolerable burden of the duty to revenge his father’s death and the challenge of evil forces, Hamlet seems to withdraw into a mental world which is thrown into a conflict or a choice between life and death. The philosophical speculation mixed up with a deep pessimistic outlook resists against action at first, but later awakens the hero out of his melancholy to a sense of the “enterprise of treat pith and moment”, indicating that he is to do something for what he concerns himself with.10.【正确答案】 Although James and Twain both worked for realism, there were obvious differences between them. In thematic terms, James wrote mostly of the upper reaches of American society, whereas Mark Twain dealt largely with the lower strata of society. Technically, James pursued psychological realism, but Mark Twain’s contribution to the development of realism and to American literature as a whole was partly through his theories of Local Colorist in American fiction, and partly through his colloquial style.Henry James believed that reality lies in the impressions made by life on the spectator, and not in any facts of which the spectator is unaware, such realism is therefore merely the obligation that the artist assumes to represent life as he sees it, which may not be the same life as it “really” is. James shifted the ground of realistic art from the outer to the inner world.Mark Twain preferred to represent social life through portraits of local places which he knew best. He drew heavily from his own rich fund of knowledge of people and places. He confined himself to the life with which he was familiar. By quoting from his own experience, Mark Twain managed to transform into art the freedom and humor, in short, the finest elements of western culture.。