PGA高三期末(英语试卷)

湛江一中培才学校2015-2016学年第二学期期末测试 PGA 国际班高三英语科试卷 时间：90分钟 满分：100分 命题教师：CYT 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 sentence "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?" is the beginning line of one of Shakespeare's ________ . edies B.tragedies C.sonnets D.histories 2."So much the worse for me, that I an strong. Do I want to live? What kind of living will it be when you-oh, God! Would you like to live with your soul in the grave?" In the above passage quoted from Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights, the word "soul" apparently refers to _______ . A.Heathcliff B.Catherine C.ghost D.one's spiritual lift 3."And where are they? And where art thou," My country? On thy voiceless shore The heroic lay is tuneless now- The heroic bosom beats no more!"（George Gordon Byron, Don Juan ） In the above stanza, "art thou" literally means _______ . A."are you" 校： 班别： 姓名： 学号：B."art though"C."are though"D."art you"4.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.Charles Dickens'swrence'sC.Thomas Hardy'sD.John Galsworthy's5.Daniel Defoe describes _______ as a typical English Middle-class man of the eighteenth century, the very prototype of the empire builder or the pioneer colonist.A.Tom JonesB.GulliverC.Moll FlandersD.Robinson Crusoe6."To be so distinguished is an honor, which, being very little accustomed to favors from the great, I know not well how to receive, or in what terms to acknowledge."The above quoted sentence is presented by Samuel Johnson with a（n）_______ tone.A.delightfulB.jealousC.ironicD.humorous7."She lived unknown, and few could knowWhen Lucy ceased to be;But she is in her grave, and, oh,The difference to me!"The word "me" in the last line of the above stanza quoted from Wordsworth's poem "She Dwelt Among the Untrodden Ways" may possibly refer to _______ .A.the poetB.the readerC.her loverD.everybody8._______ is a typical feature of Swift's writings.A.Bitter satireB.Elegant styleC.Casual narrationplicated sentence structure9.The statement "It reveals the dehumanizing workhouse system and the dark, criminal underworld life" may well sum up the main theme if Dickens's _______ .A.David CopperfieldB.Bleak HouseC.Great ExpectationsD.Oliver Twist10."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 above quoted passage is most probably taken from _______ .A.Pride and PrejudiceB.Jane EyreC.Wuthering HeightsD.Great Expectations11.It is generally regarded that Keats's most important and mature poems are in the form of _______ .A.odeB.elegyC.epicD.sonnet12.G.B.Shaw's play Mrs.Warren's Profession is a realistic exposure of the _______ in the English society.A.slum landlordismB.inequality between men and womenC.political corruptionD.economic exploitation of women13.In William Blake's poetry, the father（and any other in whom he saw the image of the father such as God, priest, and king）was usually a figure of _______ .A.benevolenceB.admirationC.loveD.tyranny14."'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.facetious15.The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan is often said to be concerned with the search for _______ .A.material wealthB.spiritual salvationC.universal truthD.self-fulfillment16.Alexander Pope strongly advocated _______, emphasizing that literary works should be judged by rules of order, reason, logic, restrained emotion, good taste and decorum.A.sentimentalismB.romanticismC.idealismD.neoclassicism17.After 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 understanding18.Of all the eighteenth-century novelists, _______ was the first to set out, both in theory and practice, to write specifically a "comic epic in prose," and the first to give the modern novel its structure and style.A.Daniel DefoeB.Samuel RichardsonC.Henry FieldingD.Oliver Goldsmith19."Not on thy sole but on thy soul, harsh Jew,/Thou mak'st thy knife keen."In the above quotation taken form The Merchant of Venice, Shakespeare employs a（n）_______ .A.oxymoronB.punC.simileD.synecdoche20.In Hardy's Wessex novels, there is an apparent _______ touch in his description of the simple and beautiful though primitive rural life.A.humorousB.romanticC.nostalgicD.sarcastic21."O prince, O chief of many throned powers,"That led th' embattled seraphim to warUnder thy conduct, and in dreadful deedsFearless, endangered Heaven's perpetual King."In the third line of the above passage quoted from Milton's Paradise Lost, the phrase "thyconduct" refers to _______conduct.A.Satan'sB.God'sC.Adam'sD.Eve's22.We can perhaps describe the west wind in Shelley's poem "Ode to the West Wind" with all the following terms except_______ .A.tamedB.swiftC.proudD.wild23.In 1837, Ralph Waldo Emerson made a speech entitled _______ at Harvard, which was hailed by Oliver Wendell Holmes as "Our intellectual Declaration of Independence."A."Nature"B."Self-Reliance"C."Divinity School Address"D."The American Scholar"24.In Hawthorne's "Young Goodman Brown," a satanic figure leads the credulous protagonist to a witches' Sabbath in the woods. There he recognizes many pillars of Salem's Puritan society as well as his wife, Faith. The story illustrates Hawthorne's allegorical theme of human evil or what Melville called the "power of _______ ."A.blacknessB.whitenessC.terrorD.hypocrisy25.For Melville, as well as for the reader and _______ , the narrator, Moby Dick is still a mystery, an ultimate mystery of the universe.A.AhabB.IshmaelC.StubbD.Starbuck26.Most of the poems in Whitman's Leaves of Grass sing of the "en-mass" and the _______ as well.A.natureB.self-relianceC.selfD.life27.Emily Dickinson's poem（441）"This is my letter to the World" expresses the poet's_______ about hercommunication with the outside world.A.indifferenceB.joyC.anxietyD.indignation28.Which of the following statements about writers in 1920s is true?A.Mark Twain published his last and most important novel.B.F. Scott Fitzgerald received the Nobel Prize.C.Freudian psychology influenced many modern writers.D.Most writers were politically radical.29.Naturalism is evolved from realism when the author's tone in writing becomes less serious and less sympatheticbut more ironic and more _______ .A.rationalB.humorousC.optimisticD.pessimistic30.Mark Twain's first novel _______ , written in collaboration with Charles D. Warner and published in 1873,though not an artistic success, gives its name to the America of thepost-Civil War period which it attempts to satirize.A.The Gilded AgeB.The Age of InnocenceC.The Roughing TimeD.The Jazz Age31.Dreiser's Trilogy of Desire includes three novels. They are The Financier, The Titan and _______ .A.The GeniusB.The TycoonC.The StoicD.The Giant32.Daisy Miller's tragedy of indiscretion is intensified and enlarged by its narration from the point of view of_______ .A.the author Henry JamesB.the Italian youth GiovanelliC.the American youth WinterbourneD.her mother Mrs. Miller33.The impact of Darwin's evolutionary theory on the American thought and the influence of the nineteenth-centuryFrench literature on the American men of letters gave rise to yet another school of realism: American ________ .A.local colorismB.vernacularismC.modernismD.naturalism34.It is on his _______ that Washington Irving's fame mainly rested.A.childhood recollectionsB.sketches about his European toursC.early poetryD.tales about America35."If honest labor be unremunerative and difficult to endure; if it be the long, long road which never reachesbeauty, but wearies the feet and the heart; if the drag to follow beauty be such that one abandons the admired way, taking rather the despised path leading to her dreams quickly, who shall cast the first stone?"Where is the underlined phrase taken from?A.The Bible.ton.C.Shakespeare.D.Hawthorne.36.Most recognizable literary movement that gave rise to the twentieth-century American literature, or we may say, the second American Renaissance, is the _______ movement.A.transcendentalB.leftistC.expatriateD.expressionistic37.Robert Frost combined traditional verse forms - the sonnet, rhyming couplets, blank verse - with a clear American local speech rhythm, the speech of _______ farmers with its idiosyncratic diction and syntax.A.SouthernB.WesternC.New HampshireD.New England38.As an autobiographical play, O'Neill's _______ （1956）has gained its status as a world classic andsimultaneously marks the climax of his literary career and the coming of age of American drama.A.The Iceman ComethB.Long Day's Journey Into NightC.The Hairy ApeD.Desire Under the Elms39.Apart from the dislocation of time and the modern stream-of-consciousness, the other narrative techniques Faulkner used to construct his stories include _______ , symbolism and mythological and biblical allusions.A.impressionismB.expressionismC.multiple points of viewD.first person point of view40.Stylistically, Henry James' fiction is characterized by _______ .A.short, clear sentencesB.abundance of local imagesC.ordinary American speechD.highly refined languageⅡ.Topic Discussion（60 points, 30 points for each）Write no less than 150 words on each of the following topics in English in the corresponding space on the answer sheet.49.A possible theme of James Joyce's short story "Araby" is disillusionment. Briefly discuss the symbolism Joyce employs in presenting this theme.50.What makes Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn more than a child's adventure story? Briefly discuss the question from THREE of the following aspects: the setting, the language, the character（s）, the theme and the style.。