12级英语阅读欣赏期末考试试卷

2013-2014学年第二学期期末考试试卷年级 13级大专 专业 各专业 层次 各层次 科目 英语阅读欣赏I. Multiple Choice (30 points in all, 1 for each)Select from the four choices of each item the one that best answers thequestion or completes the statement. Mark the corresponding letter A, B,C orD on the answer sheet.1. “It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.” This humorous speech is from___ B _______.A. Jane Austen ’s EmmaB. Jane Austen ’s Pride and PrejudiceC. Charles Dickins ’ The Great ExpectationD. Charlotte Bronte ’s Jane Eyre The most2. The important contribution of __ B ____ is that he not only started the modern poetry, but also changed the course of English poetry by using ordinary speech of the language and by advocating a return to nature.A. William BlakeB. William WordsworthC. G. G. ByronD. John Keats3. In the Victorian Period __ B ____ became the most widely read and the most vital and challenging expression of progressive thought.A. poetryB. novelC. proseD. drama4. Thomas Hardy’s _ A _____ view of life predominates most of his works and earns him a reputation as a ________ writer.A. pessimistic, naturalisticB. pessimistic, humorousC. romantic, realistD. determinist, stylistic5. “Do you think, because I am poor, obscure, plain, and little, I am soulless and heartless? ... 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. ” The quoted lines are most probably taken from ___ C _____.A. Great ExpectationsB. Wuthering HeightsC. Jane EyreD. Pride and Prejudice6. Jane Austen’ s first novel __A ______ tells a story about two sisters and their love affairs.A. Sense and SensibilityB. Pride and PrejudiceC. Northanger AbbeyD. Mansfield Park7. “If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?” comes from __A______.A. Shelley’s Ode to the West WindB. Walt Whitman’ s Leaves of GrassC. John Milton’s Paradise LostD. John Keats’ Ode on a Grecian Ur n8. “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud” is __D______ masterpiece on ________.A. G. G. Byron’s, loveB. John Keats’, natureC. P. B. Shelley’s, loveD. William Wordsworth’s, nature9. T.S. Eliot’s __B____ not only presents a panorama of physical disorder and spiritual desolation in the modern Western world, but also reflects the prevalent mood of disillusionment and despair of a whole post-war generation.A. The Hollow MenB. The Waste LandC. Murder in the CathedralD. Ash Wednesday10. John Milton’s greatest poetical work __B______ is the only generally acknowledged epic in English literature since Beowulf.A. AreopagiticaB. Paradise LostC. LycidasD. Samson Agonistes11. “The dignity of movement of an iceberg is due to only one-eighth of it being above water.” This “iceberg” analogy about prose style was put forward by ___C_____.A. William FaulknerB. Henry JamesC. Ernest HemingwayD. F. Scott Fitzgerald12. Among the following writers ___B____is generally regarded as the great master of the 20th century “s tream-of-consciousness” novels in British literature.A. T. S. EliotB. James JoyceC. William FaulknerD. Henry James13. In William Faulkner’s writings, the modern _A_____ technique was frequently and skillfully used to emphasize the reactions and inner musings of the narrator.A. stream-of-consciousnessB. impressionismC. imagismD. dramatic monologue14. “Byronic hero” is a figure of the following traits EXCEPT __D____.A. being proudB. being self-independentC. being rebelliousD. being of humble origin15. Charles Dickens' novel ___B___ is famous for its vivid descriptions of the workhouse and lifeof the underworld in the nineteenth-century London.A. The Pickwick PaperB. Oliver TwistC. David CopperfieldD. Nicholas Nickleby16. ____C_____ is a novel by Nobel Prize-winning English author _______ about a group of British boys stuck on an uninhabited island who try to govern themselves, with disastrous results.A. A Passage to India, E. M. ForsterB. The Rainbow, D. H. LawrenceC. Lord of the Flies, William GoldingD. To the Lighthouse, Virginia Woolf17. Jane Austen is well-known for her elaborative depiction of five different marriages in her novel ____D____.A. EmmaB. Sense and SensibilityC. Mansfield ParkD. Pride and Prejudice18. ____A___begins and ends by posing the question of whether it is possible for an Englishman andan Indian to ever be friends, at least within the context of British colonialism.A.E. M. Forster’s A Passage to IndiaB. Joseph Conrad’s Heart of DarknessC. D. H. Lawrence’s Sons and Lovers D. Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights19. “Beauty is truth, truth beauty”, which comes from ___A_____ famous poem ________, is surely the most famous metaphysical equation.A. John Keats’ Ode on a Grecian UrnB. Shelley’s To a SkylarkC. Byron’s She Walks in BeautyD. William Wordsworth’s The Solitary Reaper20. Robinson Crusoe is the true prototype of the British colonist. The whole Anglo-Saxon spirit is in Crusoe except____D_____.A. the manly independenceB. the persistenceC. the slow yet efficient intelligenceD. the thirst for knowledge21. Charles Dickens’ novel, _B_____, is famous for its vivid descriptions of the work-house and life of the underworld in the nineteenth-century London.A. The Pickwick PaperB. Oliver TwistC. David CopperfieldD. Nicholas Nickleby22. 4. D. H. Lawrence’s autobiographical novel is _C_____.A. The RainbowB. Women in LoveC. Sons and LoversD. Lady Chatterley’s Lover23. 8. For his contribution to the establishment of the form of the modern novel, ___C___ has been r egarded as “Father of the English Novel”.A. Daniel DefoeB. Jonathan SwiftC. Henry FieldingD. Oliver Goldsmith24. 12. The m ajor theme of Jane Austen’s novels is __D____ toward which she holds on a practicalidealism.A. love and moneyB. marriage and moneyC. love and familyD. love and marriage25. 14. Henry Fielding adopted “___D___” to relate a story in his novel in which the author becomesthe “all- knowing God”.A. the first- person narrationB. the epistolary formC. the picaresque formD. the third -person narration26. 16. The success of __B____ is also due to its introduction to the English novel the first governessheroine.A. The ProfessorB. Jane EyreC. Wuthering HeightsD. Far from the Madding Crowd27. 17. John Milton’s __A____ is the only generally acknowledged epic in English literature sinceBeowulf.A. Paradise LostB. Paradise RegainedC. Samson AgonistesD. Areopagitica28. Wordsworth’s ___B___ is perhaps the most anthologized poem in English literature.A. “To a Skylark”B. “I Wondered Lonely as a Cloud”C. “An Evening Walk”D. “My Heart Leaps Up”29. The Nobel Prize Committee highly praised ____B __ for “his powerful styleforming mastery ofthe art” of creating mode rn fiction.A. T. S. EliotB. Ernest HemingwayC. William FaulknerD. Mark Twain30. The attitude towards life that __C___ had been trying to demonstrate in his works is known as“grace under pressure”.A. William FaulknerB. Theodore DreiserC. Ernest HemingwayD. F ·Scott FitzgeraldⅡ. Reading Comprehension ( 10 points in all, 2 for each)Read the quoted parts carefully and answer the questions in English.Write your answers in the corresponding space on the answer sheet.1. “Do you think, because I am poor, obscure, plain and little, I am soulless and heartless?___you are wrong!_____ I have as much soul 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.”Questions:A. What’s the title of the work? （Jane Eyre ）B. Who is the writer of this work?(Charlotte Bront)2. “To be, or not to be —— that is the question;Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to sufferThe slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,And by opposing end them?”Questions:A. Who is the writer of this work? What’s the title of the work?(Shakespeare and Hamlet)B. What does the phrase “to take arms against a sea of troubles ” mean?(To take up arms against troubles that sweep upon us like a sea.)C. How do you understand the quotation “To be, or not to be -that is the question”?（Whether to live on in the world or to die is a question. It reflects Hamlet ’s dilemma and has become the eternal questioning of human action.）III. Put the following sentences into Chinese. ( 30 points in all, 3 for each)1.No matter how hard the loss, defeat might serve as well as victory to shape the soul and let theglory out.不论败得多惨，失利跟胜利一样，完善心灵，光耀千秋。