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全国2003年10月高等教育自学考试外国文学作品选试题课程代码00534[全文5篇]

全国2003年10月高等教育自学考试外国文学作品选试题课程代码00534[全文5篇]第一篇：全国2003年10月高等教育自学考试外国文学作品选试题课程代码00534全国2003年10月高等教育自学考试外国文学作品选试题课程代码：00534一、单项选择题（本大题共30小题，每小题1分，共30分）在每小题列出的四个备选项中只有一个是符合题目要求的，请将其代码填写在题后的括号内。

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1．《伊利亚特》通过一个发生在特洛亚战争期间的故事，全面地反映了（）A．从原始公社制向奴隶制过渡时期希腊的社会生活B．奴隶制繁荣时期希腊的社会生活C．从奴隶制向封建制过渡时期希腊的社会生活 D．封建制时代希腊的社会生活2．恩格斯所说的“中世纪的最后一位诗人，同时又是新时代的最初一位诗人”指的是（）A．莎士比亚B．歌德 C．但丁D．索福克勒斯3．《十月谈》“ 果”。

这个“主要形象”指的是（）A．民主的形象B．平等的形象 C．劳动者的形象D．战斗者的形象 8．《红与黑》 C．资产者D．地主16．在高尔基《春天的旋律》中“大声地谈论春天”，并“向同伴们唱着他从什么地方听来的一首关于海燕的歌”的是（）A．金翅雀B．云雀 C．寒鸦D．鸽子17．在小说《一个文官的死》中，主人公因打了个喷嚏而反复向将军道歉。

C．视死如归的心理D．忠于爱情的思想26．在《蔷薇园》中，一个暴君问圣徒“怎样的修行才最有价值？”圣徒回答（）A．“你最好每天睡午觉”B．“你最好每天行善” C．“你最好每天劳动”D．“你最好每天祈祷” 27．“像七月的湿云，带着未落的雨点沉沉下垂”，“像一群思乡的鹤鸟，日夜飞向它们的山巢”。

这样美妙而富于想像力的诗句出自教材节选的（）A．《吉檀迦利》（）A．小人物的奴性心理B．“金星英雄”式的卓越风采 C．普通人坚韧不拔的意志 D．小人物可鄙的生命状态 E．苏联人民朴素的爱国主义精神 35．《雅歌》他呀往往一下子就像一滴雨水似的，沉入你的深处，浮起几个苦痛的气泡，没有坟墓，不打丧钟，不用棺材，没人知道。

2003年10月全国英语阅读(二)试题及答案[1]

全国2003年10月高等教育自学考试英语阅读（二）试题课程代码：00596Ⅰ. Directions: Match the words in Column A with their definitions in Column B. Write the letter of the answer to each word in Column A on your ANSWER SHEET.(10 points, 1 point for each)A B1. accrue3. eraseⅡ. Directions: Read each of the following sentences carefully, and choose A, B, C or D that has the closest meaning to the underlined word or phrase. Write the corresponding letter of the answer on your ANSWER SHEET. (10 points, 1 point for each) OFF your soap or washing powder or dog food or whatever.A. transmissionC. distraction B. rudenessD. politeness12. A few years ago, our group at Saclay, a number of other European Laboratories, orbited a telescope.A. along withB. in the light of D. regardless ofC. in agreement withother items taken over or repossessed by the lenders.A. homogeneityC. responsibilitiesA. inaccessibleC. abundantA. increasinglyC. attributablyB. appropriateness D. probabilities B. insufficient D. extinguishable 15. Astrid and I kept talking and the man continued to swing and lurch over us, thanking us B. confidentially D. repeatedly 116. If the greenhouse effect produces lasting climatic change, national color preferences could A. changeC. renewtheir national economies will suffer as a result.A. sudden and severeC. clear and simpleA. on top ofB. slow and continuous D. far and wide B. instead of D. on behalf of B. happy D. greatly surprised 19. More people report they “feel”C. on the point of A. overjoyed C. sadⅢ. Directions: Scan Passage 1 and find the words which have roughly the meanings given below. Write the word you choose in the corresponding space on your ANSWER SHEET. (10 points, 1 point for each)Note: The numbers in the brackets refer to the numbers of paragraphs in the passage.21. exact; accurate (1)22. statement explaining the meaning of a word or expression (1)23. general (1)24. to provide more details about something in order to make it clearer (1)25. to have or use something together with someone else (2)27. information, usually in the from of facts or statistics that one can analyze (2)29. to plan, prepare, decide on all the details of something (3)30. to change something into a different form (3)Passage 12SECTION 2 READING COMPREHENSION(40 points)IV. Directions: Skim Passage 2 and read the statements given right after the passage andjudge whether they are True or False. Write the corresponding answer you choose on your ANSWER SHEET.(10 points, 1 point for each)Passage 22.In contrast are the unusual, chronic, or exceptionally severe pains that require attention from a doctor, who can determine whether or not they require special care.Angina pectoris(pain of the chest) is a heart pain that lasts from two or three minutes to ten or fifteen. Identification is extremely important, because special drugs are needed for relief and the doctor’s understanding and advice may prevent recurrence of the condition.3.Only a doctor can recognize what are called referred pains. These originate at one point, but are felt at another to which they have been carried by the nerves. A person with continuous 331.Transient pains should usually be investigated.32.All chronic pains require special care.33.Angina pectoris would probably be classified as unusual.35.Pains can be useful as a signal of the presence of disease.36.Transient pains are different from referred pains.37.Pains can serve as an aid in the diagnosis of disease.38.A person with continuous pains is usually good-tempered.39.Chronic pains are felt some distance from their source.40.All chronic pains can be identified and treated.V. Directions: Read Passages 3 and 4 and choose the correct answer. Write the corresponding letter of the answer on your ANSWER SHEET.(20 points, 1 point for each)Passage 31.Every year a great number of babies and young children die or are injured in fires. One out of every five fires is caused by careless smoking or by children playing with matches and lighters. Don’t tempt children by leaving matches or lighter s around a room.2.Never leave a child alone in a house. In just a few seconds they could start a fire. Ora fire could start and trap them. A child will panic in a fire and will not know what to do. Unless a parent is around to help, a child may try to hide under a bed or in a closet. Home fire drills are a sound idea. The best way to stop panic in case of fire is to know what to do before a fire breaks out.5.Some people use a vaporizer or portable heater in a child’s room. If you do, be sure you 4place it out of reach. Be sure, too, that it is not placed too close to blankets or bedclothes.e care in the kitchen. It is not safe to let an infant crawl or a small child walk around the kitchen while you are preparing meals. There is danger of your tripping andspilling something hot on the child. There is even danger of a child pulling in a hot pot off the stove on to herself. Also, do not use tablecloths that hang over the table edge. Children can easily pull the cloth and whatever is on the table down. Be aware of these dangers and protect your child.41. The best title of the passage can be ________.A. Better Safe Than SorryC. Escape From FireB. How to Protect Children D. Be Careful in the Kitchen B. one out of five firesD. five out of ten fires 42. Careless smoking or children playing with matches and lighters causes ______. A. most deaths of children C. eight out of ten deaths in firesA. panickingB. not knowing what to doC. trying to hide under a bed or in a closetD. calling for help44. In para graph 2, the word “sound” is closest in meaning to ________.A. healthyC. sensibleB. safe D. thorough B. be prepared D. run away B. prevention D. putting out the fire B. flames D. blaze B. bedclothes D. space heaters 43. A child will probably do the following in a fire EXCEPT ______. 45. The best way to stop panic in the case of fire is to ________. A. call a neighborC. call a policeman A. panic 46. When caught in a fire, a person’s first thought should always be ________. C. escape A. smoke C. fuel 47. The real killer in a fire is _________. 48. Burns can be caused by _______. A. harmful toys C. blankets49. Which statement is NOT mentioned in the passage?A. Never leave a young child alone at home.B. Burns can be very dangerous to children.C. Place heaters out of the reach of children.D. Do not work in a kitchen when a child is in it.50. From the passage, we can infer that _______.A. adults know how to handle fires5B. many children start fires in a houseC. some fire fighters are not well trainedD. adults are always very careful about fire.Passage 42. The way that seismic waves travel shows that the earth’s interior is far from uniform. The continents and the seabed are formed by the crust—a thin sphere of relatively light, solid rock. Beneath the crust lies the mantle, a very different layer that extends approximately halfway to the earth’s center. There the rock is the subject of a battle between increasing heat and growing pressure.3. In its high levels, the mantle is relatively cool; at greater depths, high temperatures make the rock behave more like a liquid than a solid. Deeper still, the pressure is even more intense, preventing the rock from melting in spite of a higher temperature.4. Beyond a depth of around 2,900 kilometers, a great change takes place and the mantle gives way to the core. Some seismic waves cannot pass through the core and others are bent by it. From this and other evidence, geologists conclude that the outer core is probably liquid, with a solid center. It is almost certainly made of iron, mixed with smaller amount of other elements such as nickel.5. The conditions in the earth’s core make it a far more alien world than space. Its solid iron heart is subjected to unimaginable pressure and has a temperature of about 9,000° F. Although scientists can speculate about its nature, neither humans nor machines will ever be able to visit it.51. The word “conflicting” in Paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to ________.A. controllingC. importantB. outdated D. opposing B. disagree with each other D. have found enough evidenceB. sound waves D. radio waves6 52. The geologists _________ about the nature of the earth’s interior. A. agree with each other C. are sure 53. Seismic waves are _________ . A. pulses of energy C. electromagnetic waves54. The way that seismic waves travel shows that ________.A. the interior of the earth is rockB. the interior of the earth is divided into different layersC. the interior of the earth is metal55. The word “there” at the end of Paragraph 2 refers to the ________.A. seabedC. mantle B. crustD. earth’s center56. What is true about the mantle?A. It is similar to the crust.B. It is a very thin layer of the earth.C. It is cooler as it goes deeper.57. The phrase “gives way to” in Paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to ________.A. runs alongC. turns intoA. mantleC. changeA. liquidC. solid B. rubs againstD. floats on B. core D. depth B. made of iron D. mixed with nickel 58. The word “it” in Paragraph 4 refers to the _________. 59. The inn er core of the earth is NOT __________.60. Why does the author state that the earth’s core is “more alien” than space?A. Because government funds are not interested in the characteristics of the earth’s core.B. Because scientists are not interested in the characteristics of the earth’s core.C. Because the pressure and high temperature there prevent scientists from doing research.D. Because the earth’s core is made of elements that are dangerous to humans.Ⅵ. Directions: Passage 5 is taken from the TEXTBOOK. Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer. Write the corresponding letter of the answer on your ANSWER SHEET. (10 points, 1 points for each)Passage 52. If population growth continues at its present pace, the future balance between food 75. Solar energy is available in various forms. Buildings can be heated and cooled by direct use of solar radiation, crops and trees, which are the most efficient converters of sunlight into energy, can be grown for their energy potential, wastes can be burned as fuel, sunlight can be converted into DC (direct current) electricity, electricpower can be derived from the sun-warmed surface waters of the ocean (ocean thermal power), lastly, solar radiation can be converted to heat that will drive electric power generators (solar thermal power). Serious problems still remain as to transportation and storage of solar energy.7. Nuclear energy is produced in nuclear power plants. At these plants atoms of uranium are split, thus releasing masses of energy. Another source of energy under development is the nuclear fusion of certain atoms of hydrogen. This could eventually replace natural gas as a source of energy.8. In future trade the key development to watch is the relationship between the industrialized and the developing nations. Third World countries export their mineral deposits and tropical agricultural products, which bring them desired foreign exchange. Tourism has also been greatly responsible for the rapid development of some developing nations. Western Europe has received millions of such workers from Mediterranean countries.9. The developing nations profit when these workers bring their savings and their acquired technical skills back home. Many developing nations benefit when Western nations establish manufacturing in their countries to take advantage of cheap labor.10. As economies mature, economic growth rates tend to level off. The rate of population growth is leveling off today in Western nations. This leveling-off eventually leads to static The 8Next 200 Years, says that a shift in priorities will have to occur for industrialized nations. No longer is the creation of money and jobs essential, it is rather the improvement of the quality of life that must be our concern. Today pollution is of major concern for industrialized nations. Environmentalists are worried about the relationship between industrial objectives and preserving the environment. In developing nations, however, the problem of pollution is ignored for the sake of development.11. The Western World will eventually move to a period of relatively low economic growth, coupled with a high rate of unemployment. A so-called welfare society will emerge. The unemployed in the new welfare society will be taken care of by the employed through generous contributions to the social welfare system.12. Political questions remain as to the world’s future. We can only speculate as to whether would greatly enhance world trade.61. If population growth continues at its present pace, how can people keep the balance between food demand and supply?A. People should increase the consumption of meat.B. People should increase the consumption of low protein food.C. People should turn to new dietary patterns.D. People should produce more crops.62. Trade growth will depend greatly on ___________.A. energy sourcesB. dietary patternsC. increased consumption of soybeansD. increased yields on existing croplands63. The oil crisis of 1974 caused ___________.A. countries to depend more on oilB. countries to find other energy sources to replace oil64. The problem with solar energy is that _________.9A. sunlight cannot be used directly for heating buildingsB. sunlight cannot be used to drive electric power generatorsC. it is difficult to transport and store solar energyD. it is difficult to convert sunlight into DC electricity65. Geothermal energy has not been exploited because ____________.B. it is not sufficient enoughC. little is known about exploratory technology66. Which of the following is NOT true according to paragraph 8?A. Third World countries export their mineral deposits so as to get foreign exchange.B. Workers in Third World countries emigrate to developed countries.C. Tourism will contribute much to the development of Third World countries.D. Some developing countries will absorb large numbers of foreign workers to work in their countries.67. Industrial nations show great concern for ____________.A. creation of new jobsB. pollution and environmental preservationC. high unemployment and low wagesD. the decreasing economic growth rate68. Which of the following is true according to Paragraph 10?A. Western nations are facing economic saturation.B. Developing countries pay much attention to the problem of pollution.C. As economies mature, economic growth rates tend to speed up.D. A welfare society will emerge in developing nations.69. In a welfare society ______________.A. people don’t need to work but can enjoy the welfare provided by their countriesB. more people will be laid off with the rapid growth of the economyC. rate of unemployment is very low due to low economic growthD. people who are out of work will be taken care of economically by their countries70. We can conclude from Paragraphs 12,13 and 14 that _________.B. the future of the international trade will depend on international consultation and cooperationC. there would be monetary cooperation between Western and Eastern European countriesD. future international liquidity reserves would influence growth in trade SECTION 3 QUESTIONS AND TRANSLATION (30 points)attention to the words, grammar and sentence structure in your answers. (15 points, 3 points for each)71. What energies will play a large role in the future?72. Which energy could eventually replace natural gas as a source of energy?What energy is it classified as?73. Why is it the key point in future trade to develop the relationship between the industrialized and the developing nations?74. Herman Kahn says in his book The Next 200 Years that a shift will occur for industrialized nations. What is the shift?75. What will happen if the IMF countries are not able to agree upon a new international monetary order in the future?Ⅷ.Directions: Translate the following sentences (taken from passage 5) in to Chinese and write the Chinese version in the corresponding space on your ANSWER SHEET. (15 points, 3 points for each)76. Reduced consumption of meat, increased used of new high protein food made from soybeans, and development of ocean resources for food are some alternatives that must be considered.78. Many Third World nations with high unemployment and low wages have seen an emigration of workers to the developed nations.79. A point of saturation sets in—technology and innovation have seemed to achieve the impossible, but then how much further can it go ?80. In the present political climate, this would seem impossible, although some cooperation agreements are already in effect.11121314。

1月浙江自考英国文学选读试卷及答案解析

浙江省2018年1月高等教育自学考试英国文学选读试题课程代码：10054Part I. Choose the relevant match from Column B for each item in Column A. (10%) Section AA B(1) Samuel Taylor Coleridge( ) A. Jonathan Wild(2) Henry Fielding ( ) B. In Memoriam(3) William Butler Yeats ( ) C. Middlemarch(4) Alfred Tennyson ( ) D. Kubla Khan(5) George Eliot ( ) E. Sailing to ByzantiumSection BA B(1) The Merchant of Venice( ) A.Charles Surface(2) The School for Scandal ( ) B. Paul(3) Sons and Lovers ( ) C. Catherine Earnshaw(4) Tom Jones ( ) D. Bassanio(5) Wuthering Heights ( ) E. BlifilPart II. Complete each of the following statements with a proper word or a phrase according to the textbook. (5%)1. With his 38 plays, _________ sonnets and two long poems, Shakespeare has established his giant position in world literature.2. The _________, appearing in the late 19th century, heralded modernism.3. The name of Browning is often associated with the term: “_________”.4. The two major novelists of the Romantic period are Jane Austen and _________.5. Most of Hardy’s works are set in_________, the fictional primitive and crude rural region which is really the home place he both loves and hates.Part III. Each of the following statements below is followed by four alternative answers. Choose the one that would best complete the statement.(50%)1. As to the main qualities of Spenser’s poetry, which of the following is not true?( )A. A perfect melodyB. A rare sense of beauty1C. A lofty moral purity and seriousnessD. An ironic spirit2. Marlowe’s greatest achievement lies in that he perfected the _________ and made it the principle medium of English drama.( )A. heroic coupletB. blank verseC. Petrarchan sonnetD. dramatic monologue3. Shakespeare is known to have used _________ different words. His coinage of new words and distortion of the meaning of the old ones also create striking effects on the reader.( )A. 16,000B. 1600C.20,000D. 20004. Shakespeare’s _________ are mainly written under the principle that national unity under a mighty and just sovereign is a necessity.( )A .comedies B. great tragediesC. history playsD. dark comedies5. The term “Metaphysical poetry”is commonly used to name the work of the 17th-century writers who wrote under the influence of ( )A. John MiltonB. John RansomC. John DonneD. Thomas Gray6. Which of the following is NOT Defoe’s work?( )A. Moll FlandersB. Colonel JackC. Silas MarnerD. Roxana7. In the last few decades of the 18th century, the neoclassicism was gradually replaced by _________.( )A. romanticismB. critical realismC. modernismD. naturalism8. Thomas Gray’s “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard”once and for all established his fame as the leader of the _________ poetry.( )A. romanticB. pastoralC. neoclassicalD. sentimental9. _________, generally considered Pope’s best satiric work, took him over ten years for final completion.( )A. An Essay on CriticismB. The DunciadC. An Essay on ManD. The Rape of the Lock10. Henry Fielding adopted_________ as his way to relate the story in a novel.( )A. the epistolary formB. the picaresque form2C. the third-person narrationD. flashback11. English Romanticism began in 1798 with the publication of _________and ended in 1832 with _________’s death and the passage of the first Reform Bill.( )A. Songs of Innocence....William BlakeB. Lyrical Ballads....P. B. ShelleyC. Lyrical Ballads...Walter ScottD. Popular Ballads...Jane Austen12. _________ Essays of Elia is a work that leads to a delightful interpretation of the life of London.( )A. William Hazlitt’sB. De Quincey’sC. Charles Lamb’sD. Mary Lamb’s13. The principal elements of _________in the late eighteenth century are violence, horror, and the supernatural, which strongly appeal to reader’s emotion.( )A. history novelB. Gothic novelC. romantic novelD. sentimental novel14. Generally speaking, Jane Austen was a writer of the 18th century though she lived mainly in the 19th century, because ( )A. she holds the ideals of the landlord class in politics, religion and moral principlesB. her works show clearly her firm belief in the predominance of reason over passion, the sense of responsibility, good manners and clear-sighted judgment over the romantic tendencies of emotion and individualityC. in style, she is a neoclassicism advocator, upholding those tradition of order, reason, proportion and gracefulness in novel writingD. all of the above15. Wordsworth is a poet in memory of the past. To him, life is( )A. a long pilgrimageB. a cyclical journeyC. a year-old dreamD. a sea of trouble16. Dickens’ works are characterized by a mingling of ( )A. joy and satireB. irony and griefC. humor and pathosD. happiness and sadness17. The success of Jane Eyre is due to its introduction to the English novel the first( )A. governess heroineB. adventurous heroineC. society girlD. orphan child18. The year 1850 was important in Tennyson’s life, for this year ( )A. he was appointed the Poet Laureate3B. he was finally able to marry the woman he had loved for many yearsC. saw the publication of his great work In MemoriamD. all of the above19. Which of the following is NOT the BrontёSisters’ work?( )A. Poems by Currer, Ellis and Acton BellB. The ProfessorC. The Picture of Dorian GrayD. Agnes Grey20. The name of _________is often associated with the term “dramatic monologue”.( )A. Alfred TennysonB. Mathew ArnoldC. Elizabeth BrowningD. Robert Browning21. _________ is the most outstanding stream-of-consciousness novelist. In Ulysses, his encyclopedia-like masterpiece, he presents a fantastic illogical, illusory, and mental-emotional life of Leopold Bloom, who becomes the symbol of everyman in the post-World-War-I Europe.( )A. Virginia WoolfB. Dorothy RichardsonC. D. H. Lawrence D. James Joyce22. Samuel Beckett’s first play, _________ is regarded as the most famous and influential play of the Theatre of Absurd.( )A. Murder in the CathedralB. The Playboy of the Western WorldC. Looking Back in AngerD. Waiting for Godot23. The Waste Land presents a panorama of _________ in the modern Western world, but also reflects the prevalent mood of _________ of a whole post-war generation.( )A. disillusionment and despair ... disorder and spiritual desolationB. physical disorder and spiritual desolation ...disillusionment and despairC. the lost hope of spiritual rebirth ... the disintegration of lifeD. the disintegration of life ...the lost hope of spiritual rebirth24. Lawrence believed that the healthy way of the individual’s psychological development lay in the( )A. social environmentB. universal educationC. sexual impulseD. mechanical civilization25. To write about _________for a(n)_________audience and to recreate a specially_________ literature—these were the aims that Yeats was fighting for as a poet and playwright.( ) A. Scotland...Scottish...Scottish B. Ireland...Irish...Irish4C. England...English...EnglishD. modernism...modern...modernist Part IV. Interpretation (20%)Read the following selections and then answer the questions.(1)I will arise and go now, and go to Innisfree,And a small cabin build there, of clay and wattles made:Nine bean-rows will I have there, a hive for the honeybee,And live alone in the bee-loud glade.And I shall have some peace there, for peace comes dropping slow,Dropping from the veils of the morning to where the cricket sings;There midnight’s all a glimmer, and noon a purple glow,And evening full of the linnet’s wings.I will arise and go now, for always night and dayI hear lake water lapping with low sounds by the shore;While I stand on the roadway, or on the pavements gray,I hear it in the deep heart’s core.1. What does “Innisfree”refer to?2. What is the central idea of this short poem?(2)Who’d stoop to blameThis sort of trifling? Even had you skillIn speech—(which I have not)—to make your willQuite clear to such an one, and say, “Just thisOr that in you disgusts me; here you miss,Or there exceed the mark”—and if she letHerself be lessoned so, nor plainly setHer wits to yours, forsooth, and made excuse—E’en then would be some stooping; and I chooseNever to stoop. Oh sir, she smiled, no doubt,Whene’er I passed her; but who passed without5Much the same smile? This grew; I gave commands;Then all smiles stopped together. There she standsAs if alive. Will’t please you rise? We’ll meetThe company below, then. I repeat,The Count your master’s known munificenceIs ample warrant that no just pretenceOf mine for dowry will be disallowed;Though his fair daughter’s self, as I avowedAt starting, is my object. Nay, we’ll goTogether down, sir. Notice Neptune, though,Taming a sea horse, though a rarity,Which Claus of Innsbruck cast in bronze for me!3. What is dramatic monologue? What is the title of this poem?4. Who is the speaker of this dramatic monologue? What kind of person is he?(3)“I grieve to leave Thornfield: I love Thornfield:—I love it, because I have lived in it a full and delightful life,—momentarily at least. I have not been trampled on. I have not been petrified.I have not been buried with inferior minds, and excluded from every glimpse of communion with what is bright, and energetic, and high. I have talked, face to face, with what I reverence: with what I delight in—with an original, a vigorous, an expanded mind. I have known you, Mr. Rochester; and it strikes me with terror and anguish to feel I absolutely must be torn from you for ever. I see the necessity of departure; and it is like looking on the necessity of death.”“Where do you see the necessity?”he asked, suddenly.“Where? You, sir, have placed it before me.”“In what shape?”“In the shape of Miss Ingram; a noble and beautiful woman—your bride.”“My bride! What bride? I have no bride!”“But you will have.”“Yes;—I will! —I will!”He set his teeth.“Then I must go:—you have said it yourself.”“No: you must stay! I swear it—and the oath shall be kept.”“I tell you I must go!”I retorted, roused to something like passion. “Do you think I can6stay to become nothing to you? Do you think I am an automaton?—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 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. 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!”5. What does Jane Eyre want to declare with her revolting against Mr. Rochester?Part V. Give brief answers to the following questions(15%).1. Sum up the characteristics of George Eliot’s literary works.2. What are the essential characteristics of modernism?7。

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英国文学试题答案英国文学选读样题答案一、选择题（本大题共15小题，每小题1分，总计15分）1---5 ABCCC6---10 ABBAB11---15 BBAAC二、填空（本大题共10小题，每小题2分，总计20分）1．Heroic 2 comedies 3. couplet 4. metaphysical poetry 5. Eve6. My Luve’s Like a Red, Red, Rose7.Houyhnynms8. Coleridge9. Odes 10. Emily Bronte三、诗歌分析（本大题共4个小题，每小题分值见各小题，共20分）1．William Wordsworth; I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud2．Iambic tetrameter; ababcc ababcc3.The waves beside them danced; but they_ / _ / _ / - /Out-did | the spark|ling waves | in glee:_ / _ / _ _ _ /A po|et could |not but |be gay,_ / _/ _ / _ _In such | a jo|cund com|pany:_ / _ / _ / _ /I gazed--|and gazed-|-but lit|tle thought_ / _ / _ / _ /What wealth |the show |to me |had brought:4. 水波在边上欢舞，但水仙比闪亮的水波舞得更乐；有这样快活的朋友做伴，诗人的心儿被欢愉充塞；我看了又看，却没领悟这景象给了我什么财富。

（黄杲炘）四、小说分析（本大题共5个小题，每小题分值见每小题，共20分）1.Jane Eyre; Sharlotte Bronte2.He had a mad wife who set the building on fire and climbed to the roof of thebuilding. He tried to save her. But the staircase broke and he fell down He was wounded and became blind.3.When Jane knew that Mr. Rochester had a wife. She was surprised and fledfrom Thornfield. Mr. Rochester was very sad at it.4.She wandered about and met Mr. Rivers and became a village school teacher.Mr. Rivers would go to work in India. He asked her to be his wife, which was refused. She heard Mr. Rochester calling her in the wind and came back.5.Though poor and plain, Jane Eyre, who had a strong will of life, tried hard toget her rights of equality. She lived the man very much who was about 20 years older than she and richer. She just wanted him to treat her equally. She was great because her love made disillusioned Rochester happy again. Mr.Rochester was a man full of life’s misery, yet he loved Jane truly and respected her very much. That’s why he got her love.五、文学术语解释（共5个术语，每个2分，共10分）1．Ballad: The narrative folk song that tells a story, which originates and is communicated orally mainly among illiterates.2.Couplet: A pair of rhymed lines that are equal in length and the same in rhythm and rhyme3.Soliloquy: The act of talking to oneself, whether silently or aloud. In drama it refersto the act of a character alone on the stage that utters his or her thoughts aloud.4.Elegy: Poems that lament the loss of something or someone, or loss or death more generally.5.Lyric: A poem, usually a short one, that expresses a speaker’s personal thoughts orfeelings. The elegy, ode, and sonnets are all forms of the lyric.六、简答题（本大题共3小题，每小题5分，共15分）/doc/261270158.htmlment briefly on the fate of Tess in Tess of the D’Urbervilles.Tess is actually a victim of her society. Hardy created the heroine Tess just to criticize the society in his time. Tess is a tragic person simply because she is not accepted by the society in which agriculture is menaced by the forces of invading capitalism. So in a way, Tess’ fate is decided by her society.2.What are the unique features of Shakespeare’s sonnets?Two features: (1) the principle person addressed by the poet is not a woman b uta young man and a mysterious dark lady. (2) the structure of three quatrainsand a concluding couplet is typically Shakespearean.3．What are the themes of Pride and Prejudice?1)a conservative criticism of the Romantic movement and in particular its con ceit oflove at first sight.2)Irony also permeates the novel.3)ordinary provincial life with keen observation.4)Marriage plays a huge role in the novel5)Social classes are also taken into account and play a major role as a theme6)Pride and prejudice both stand in the way of relationships,7)Family. Austen portrays the family as primarily responsible for the intellectual and moral education of children.(答出三个以上即可给全分)。

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英国文学史试题Ⅰ. Identification. (15%)1. Identify each writer on the left column with what is written on the right column. (10%)(1) John Lyly a. pre-romanticism(2) William Blake b. impressionism(3) Laurence Sterne c. Angry Young Man(4) Kingsley Amis d. comic epic in prose(5) Joseph Conrad e. historical novel(6) Walter Scott f. University Wit(7) Pamela g. sentimentalism(8) A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man h. Oedipus Complex(9) Sons and Lovers i. Künstlerroman(10) The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling j. epistolary novel2. Identify the author with his or her work. (5%)(1) Charles Dickens a. Don Juan(2) E. M. Foster b. Hard Times(3) John Milton c. Mrs. Warren’s Profession(4) Henry Fielding d. The Faerie Queene(5) George Bernard Shaw e. “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard”(6) Oscar Wilde f. The Pilgrim’s Progress(7) John Bunyan g. A Passage to India(8) Edmund Spencer h. Paradise Regained(9) Thomas Gray i. Jonathan Wild the Great(10) George Gordon Byron j. The Importance of Being EarnestⅡ. Choose the best answer for each blank. (20%)1. The hero in the romance is usually a .A. kingB. knightC. ChristD. churchman2. Modern English novel, as a product of the 18th century Enlightenment and industrialization, really came with the rising of the class.A. workingB. aristocraticC. bourgeoisD. capitalist3. The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens is written in the form of a novel.A. epistolaryB. picaresqueC. GothicD. psychological4. Which of the following is NOT from Ireland?A. Jonathan SwiftB. Daniel DefoeC. George Bernard ShawD. James Joyce5. is the most accomplished example of medieval romance, dealing with Arthurian romance.A. Sir Gawain and the Green KnightB. The Canterbury TalesC. Piers the PlowmanD. The Song of Beowulf6. by Alexander Pope is taken as a manifesto of the English Neo-classicism as Pope put forward his aesthetic theories in it.A. Essay on CriticismB. The Rape of the LockC. DunciadD. An Essay on Man7. “Some books are to be tasted, others are to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested” is taken from ’s work.A. Thomas MoreB. Francis BaconC. John BunyanD. Matthew Arnold8. Literature of Neo-classicism is different from that of Romanticism in that .A. the former is an intellectual movement, the purpose of which is to arouse the middle class for politicalrights while the latter is concerned with the personal cultivationB. the former is heavily religious but the latter secularC. the former celebrates reason, rationality, order and instruction while the latter sees literature as anexpression on an individual’s feelings and experiencesD. the former advocates the “return to nature” whereas the latter turns to the ancient Greek and Romanwriters for its models9. Which of the following places does Gulliver visit last in Gulliver’s Travels?A. LilliputB. BrobdingnagC. LaputaD. Houyhnhnms10. defined poetry as “the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings”.A. William WordsworthB. Samuel Taylor ColeridgeC. Percy Bysshe ShelleyD. T. S. Eliot11. could be classified to be both a naturalistic and a critical realistic writer.A. Charles DickensB. George EliotC. Thomas HardyD. Emily Brontë12. are Nobel Prize winners.A. James Joyce, Virginia Woolf, D. H. LawrenceB. Rudyard Kipling, T. S. Eliot, John GalsworthyC. W. B. Yeats, James Joyce, Thomas HardyD. Virginia Woolf, T. S. Eliot, James Joyce13. Christopher Marlowe first made the principal instrument of English drama.A. blank verseB. heroic coupletC. free verseD. monologue14. William Langland’s is written in the form of a dream vision.A. Kubla KhanB. Piers the PlowmanC. The Dream of John BullD. The Faerie Queene15. The title of the novel Vanity Fair was taken from .A. Gulliver’s TravelsB. The Pilgrim’s ProgressC. Childe Harold’s PilgrimageD. The Canterbury Tales16. In the chaos of the contemporary world and the despair and despondency among the westerners after the First World War are expressed.A. Ode to the West WindB. I Wandered Lonely as a CloudC. The Waste LandD. Tess of the D’Urbervilles17. Which of the following is NOT true about The Canterbury Tales?A. It is written in the form of a dream.B. Chaucer chose a pilgrimage as the framework for the stories involved in it.C. It is written for the greater part in heroic couplet.D. “The General Prologue” introduces the pilgrims and the time and occasion of the pilgrimage.18. Robert Louis Stevenson is the representative of the literary school .A. aestheticismB. neo-romanticismC. euphuismD. sentimentalism19. Which of the following is a Gothic novel?A. Northanger AbbeyB. The Mysteries of UdolphoC. Tristram ShandyD. Robinson Crusoe20. Which is correct according to the time when they appeared?A. romanticism, neo-classicism, humanism, critical realismB. humanism, neo-classicism, romanticism, critical realismC. romanticism, humanism, realism, naturalismD. realism, critical realism, romanticism, humanismⅢ. Fill in the blanks. (15%)1. wrote under the influence of Scottish folk traditions and old Scottish poetry.2. The slogan of aesthetic literature is .3. The Romantic Age is said to have begun in 1798 when Wordsworth and Coleridge published their joint work .4. In “A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning”, John Donne compares the souls of lovers to .5. A play presents the conflicts between good and evil with allegorical personages such as Mercy, Peace and Hate.6. The narrator in The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling is a(n) one.7. is the oldest poem in the English language and also the national epic.8. The dominant influence over modernist poetry came from two traditions: and .9. The three unities followed by neo-classical dramatists are the unity of , the unity of time and the unity of place.10. The most famous English ballads of the 15th century is the Ballads of , a legendary outlaw.11. The Rape of the Lock takes the form of a , which describes the triviality of high society in a grand style.12. is usually taken as the Father of English Prose.13. Modernism upholds a new view of time by emphasizing the time over the chronological time.14. written by Charles Dickens is generally taken as a semi-autobiographical novel.Ⅳ. Define the following terms. (16%)1. Omniscient narrator2. Heroic couplet3. Allegory4. Metaphysical poetry5. Naturalism6. Sonnet7. Comedy of manners8. Byronic heroⅤ. Short-answer questions. (24%)1. What are the major themes of modernist literature?2. Analyse the character of Tom Jones in The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling.3. What are the essential features of Medieval Romance?4. Name three Romantic poets and state their chief characteristics.5. Make a comparison between the two volumes of William Blake: The Songs of Innocence and The Songs of Experience.6. How many groups does Old English poetry fall into? Briefly explain.7. What are the general features of English Romanticism?8. Make a comparison between James Joyce and D. H. Lawrence.Ⅵ. Essay question. (10%)Write an essay on the following poem so as to demonstrate your understanding as well as your Englishproficiency. You’re expected to write a well-organized essay in about 150 words, with your thesis clearly stated, effectively developed and properly concluded.The Garden of LoveI went to the Garden of Love,And saw what I never had seen:A Chapel was built in the midst,Where I used to play on the green.And the gates of this Chapel were shut,And “Thou shalt not” writ over the door;So I turn’d to the Garden of Love,That so many sweet flowers bore.And I saw it was filled with graves,And tomb-stones where flowers should be:And Priests in black gowns were walking their rounds,And binding with briars my joys and desires.Notes: 1. shalt: shall2. writ: written3. Chapel: 小教堂4. bind: 束缚Part IV. Short questions (20 points).1.What does the story “The Garden Party” tell you about the class system?2.How might the plot structure of “The Dead” best be described?3.The sub-title of “Tess of the D’Urbervilles” is “A Pure Woman Faithfully Presented”. What is youropinion about the heroine?4.Mention one example of symbolism in Tess, and explain.5.What is the symbolic significance of Wuthering Heights and Thrushcross Grange in the novel?6.What is the main idea of the poem “The Second Coming”? How does it reflect Yeats’view of thecivilization of his time?7.In what way is the west wind in The West Wind by Shelley both a destroyer and a preserver?8.What are the major themes of Pride and Prejudice? List at least two and elaborate them in a fewsentences.9.What significances have Clarissa attached to her parties?10.What purpose does the rain shower serve in the first act of Pygmalion?Final Examination Paper for Grade 2002History of English LiteratureDate: January 10, 2005Ⅰ. Identification (10%)1. Identify each writer on the left column with what is written on the right column.1) Jonathan Swift A. Neo-romanticism2) John Donne B. Euphuism3) Alexander Pope C. Historical novel4) Anne Radcliff D. Lake poet5) John Lyly E. English satire6) R. L. Stevenson F. Gothic novel7) Walter Scott G. Neoclassicism8) Thomas Gray H. Metaphysical poetry9) Southey I. Epistolary novel10) Pamela J. Sentimentalism2. Identify the author with his or her work.1) William Langland A. Utopia2) Thomas More B. Paradise Lost3) Daniel Defoe C. “Of Studies”4) Francis Bacon D. Piers, the Plowman5) John Milton E. The Faerie Queen6) Byron F. Sentimental Journey7) Laurence Sterne G. Don Juan8) Edmund Spencer H. Mary Barton9) D. H. Lawrence I. Sons and Lovers10) Elizabeth Gaskell J. Robinson CrusoeⅡ.Choose the best answer for each blank. (20%)1. The title of the novel Vanity Fair was taken from .A. The Pilgrim’s ProgressB. Gulliver’s TravelsC. Childe Harold’s PilgrimageD. The Canterbury Tales2. The story of is the highest point of the Arthurian romances.A. Sir Gawain and the Green KnightB. The Song of BeowulfC. Piers, the PlowmanD. The Canterbury Tales3. is the only novel written by Oscar Wilde.A. The Importance of Being EarnestB. The Picture of Dorian GrayC. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young ManD. The Picture of a Lady4. was the first to introduce the sonnet into English literature .A. Thomas WyattB. William ShakespeareC. Henry HowardD. John Lyly5. eulogized imperialism in his works, esp. in his poems.A. John GalsworthyB. Joseph ConradC. Rudyard KiplingD.E.M. Foster6. English Renaissance Period was an age of .A. prose and novelB. poetry and dramaC. romance and balladD. essay and drama7. The major form of Chcrtist literature is in .A. proseB. dramaC. verseD. novel8. “ Shall I compare thee to a summer’s eay”`is the opening line of one of Shakespeare’s .A. songsB. plays K. sonnets D. tragedies9. In Gulliver’s Travels, Yahoos are the creatures living on .A. LilliputB. BrobdingnagC. LaputaD. Houyhnhnms10. List the following terms according to the time when they appeareD.A. romanticism , neoclassicism , humanism , critical realismB.humanism , neoclassicism , romanticism , critical realismC.romanticism , humanism , realism , naturalismD.r ealism , critical realism , romanticism , humanism11. wrote under the influence of Scottish folk tradition and old Scottish poetry.A. Jonathan SwiftB. Robert BurnsC. William BlakeD. Geoffrey Chaucer12. first made blank verse the principal instrument of English drama in the Renaissance perioD.A. William ShakespeareB. Thomas WyattC. Christopher MarlowD. Henry Howard13. The greatest English critical realist novelist was , who criticized thebourgeois civilization and showed the misery of the common people .A. Emily BronteB. Charles DickensC. W.M. ThackerayD. Charlotte Bronte14. were made poets Laureates in the 18th and 19th century .A. Wordsworth and BrowningB.Byron and ShelleyC.Keats and BrowningD.W ordsworth and Tennyson15. The principal elements of novel are mystery, horror and suspense.A. GothicB. RomanticC. SentimentalD. Realistic16. English critical realism found its expression chiefly in .A. essayB. dramaC. poetryD. novel17. Which of the following is NOT true about The Canterbury Tales?A. It is written for the great part in heroic couplets.B. It is written in the form of a dream vision.C. Chaucer chose a pilgrimage as the framework for the stories involved in it.D. “The General Prologue” introduces the pilgrims and the time and occasion of the pilgrimage.18. John Bunyan’s The Pilgrim’s Progress is a(n) .A. allegoryB. romanceC. comedy of mannersD. realistic novel19. Friday is a character in the novel .A. Tom Jones, a FoundlingB. Robinson CrusoeC. Gulliver’s TravelsD. Rob Roy20. The Chartist writers introduced a new theme into English literature, the struggle of the for itsrights.A. soldiersB. peasantsC. bourgeoisieD. proletariatⅢ. Fill in the blanks. (20%)1. Old English poetry can be divided into two groups: poetry andpoetry.2. and are the two factors that had large influence on contemporary English literature.3. The slogan of aesthetic literature is .4. Modern English novel is a natural product of the Industrial Revolution and a symbol of the growing importance of the English class.5. The Romantic Age began in 1798 when Wordsworth and Coleridge published their joint work .6. “And I will luve thee still, my dear./ Till a’ the seas gang dry.” is taken from the famous poem .7. The central character in a romance is usually a .8. A play is chiefly based on the biblical stories or the stories of the saints.9. is called the father of English poetry.10. It is in The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling that Henry Fielding succeeds best in creating a in prose.11. Dickens takes the French revolution as the background of the novel .11. In “A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning”, John Donne compares the souls of lovers to .12. Bacon’s Essays has been recognized as an important landmark in the development of English (genre).13. The most important poet in the Victorian age is . Next to him was Robert Browning.14. Three kinds of irony are verbal irony, and .15. Popular ballad is an important stream of English medieval literature. Of all the ballads, those of are of paramount importance.16. The Pickwick Papers takes the form of a novel.Ⅳ. Define the following terms. (12%)1. Epic2. Iambic pentameter3. Intrusive narrator4. Bildungsroman5. Naturalism6. Conceit答案及评分标准Final Examination Paper for Grade 2003History of English LiteratureⅠ. Identification. (15%)1. (10%) f a g c b e j i h d2. (5%) b g h I c j g d e aⅡ.Choose the best answer for each blank. (20%)1-5: B C B B A 6-10: A B C D A11-15: C B A B B 16-20: C A B B BⅢ. Fill in the blanks. (15%)1. Robert Burns2. art for art’s sake3. Lyrical Ballads4. compasses5. morality6. intrusive7. Beowulf8. Metaphysical poetry; French symbolism9. action 10. Robin Hood 11. mock epic12. John Dryden 13. psychic 14. David CopperfieldⅣ. Define the following terms. (16%)1.Omniscient narrator is a third-person narrator, who is not a character in the story. The narrator is “all-knowing”, who can describe and comment on all the characters and actions in the story.2. Heroic couplet is the rhymed couplet of iambic pentameter.3. Allegory is a tale in verse or prose in which characters, actions, or settings represent abstract ideas or moral qualities. Thus, an allegory is a story with two meaning, a literal meaning and a symbolic meaning.4. Metaphysical poetry: the poetry of John Donne and other 17th-century poets who wrote ina similar style. It is characterized by verbal wit and excess, ingenious structure, irregular meter, colloquial language, elaborate imagery, and a drawing together of dissimilar ideas .5. Naturalism is a post—Darwinian movement of the late 19th century that tried to apply the laws of scientific determinism to fiction. The naturalists went beyond the realists’ insistence onthe objective presentation of the details of everyday life to insist that the materials of literature should be arranged to reflect a deterministic universe in which a person is a biological creature controlled by environment and heredity.6. Sonnet is a verse form of fourteen lines, in English characteristically in iambic pentameter and most often in one of the two rhyme schemes: the Italian(or Petrarchan) or Shakespearean ( or English ).7. Comedy of manners is a kind of comedy representing the complex and sophisticated code of behavior current in fashionable circles of society, where appearances count for more than true moral character. Its humor relies chiefly on elegant verbal wit and repartee. In England, the comedy of manners flourished as the dominant form of Restoration comedy in the works of Etheredge, Wycherley and Congreve. It was revived in a more subdued form in the 1770s by Goldsmith and Sheridan, and later by Oscar Wilde.8. Byronic hero is a character-type found in Byron’s narrative Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage. He is a boldly defiant but bitterly self-tormenting outcast, proudly contemptuous of social norms but suffering for some unnamed sin. Emily Bronte’s Heathcliff is a later example.Ⅴ. Short-answer questions. (24%)1. The distorted, alienated and ill relationship between man and nature, man and society, man and man, and man and himself.2. Tom Jones is the pattern of the good-natured unheroic hero of the age. He is a very handsome young man of manly virtues: kind, frank, generous, high-spirited, loyal and courageous, but impulsive, wanting prudence and full of animal spirits and sensuality. He represents everyman. (He is of manly virtues and yet not without fault.)3. 1) The hero is usually a knight using sword, who sets out on a journey to seek adventures and accomplish some goal. He is devoted to the church and the king.2) It lacks general resemblance to truth or reality. (liberal use of the improbable or even the supernatural things)3) It exaggerates the vices of human nature and idealizes the virtues. (standardizedcharacterization)4) It lays emphasis on the supreme devotion to a fair lady. (Romantic love is an important part of the plot.)4. Wordsworth:the great theme remains the world of simple, natural things, in the countryside or among people.Coleridge: his interest is towards the strange, the exotic, and the mysterious things. Shelley: expresses two main ideas --- the external tyranny is the main enemy; the inherent human goodness will eliminate evil form the world.Byron: example of a personality in tragic revolt against society; prototype of romantic hero. Keats: his poetry is a response to sensuous impressions; cares about beauty.5. The two books hold the similar subject matter, but the tone, emphasis and conclusion differ.1) Songs of Innocence is a lovely volume of poems, presenting a happy and innocent world, though not without its evils and sufferings.2) Songs of Experience paints a different world, a world of misery, poverty, disease, war and repression with a melancholy tone.6. Religious (Christian) poetry and secular (pagan) poetry.1) Religious poetry is mainly on biblical themes and saints’ lives, represented by Caedmon and Cynewulf.2) Secular poetry emphasizes the harshness of the circumstance and the helplessness of humans before the power of fate, represented by Beowulf.7. 1) the emphasis on imagination2) the idealization of nature3) the praise of individualism4) the glorification of the commonplace5) the lure of the exotic8. Both are modernist novelists. James Joyce is interested in technical innovation. He introduced three new techniques into English literature: the use of myth, stream-ofconsciousness and epiphany. Lawrence is interested in the tracing of the psychological development of his major characters and the criticism of the dehumanizing effect of industrialization on human nature.Ⅵ. Essay question. (10%)Part IV. Short questions. (20 points)1.The story shows strict class system, the differences and lack of communication between the rich and thepoor.2.The story is comprised of four episode, which are quite unified with Gabriel’s frustration, and eachepisode witnesses more serious conflict than the previous, thus, it is a climaxing order in terms of structure.3.Tess is a pure woman, although society and other people believed otherwise. She has done nothingwrong. She is seduced, but does not have sex of her own accord with Alec. She is sacrificed to society, yet she has no evil intensions when she go across the threshold of her parents’ and enters the world. She is a victim.4.An example of symbolism would be the ribbon Tess wears at the may day dance, the read spot of bloodon the ceiling at the Herons, Sandbourne, that the landlady sees, the Stonehenge, the black flag at Tess’s hanging, the spoiled milk by garlic, or the dying pheasants Tess sees in the woods.5.a). The two houses embody the two major principles of life in the book: storm and calm. WutheringHeights is located on a hill and is constantly attacked by wild winds. The inhabitants are constantly being torn by strong passions and violence is their natural language. Thrushcross Grange is comparatively sheltered from the wild elements. It is delicate and refined. The people of the Grange are gentle and seek not so much wild sparkle and dance of life. b). They also represent nature and culture.6.The poem expresses Yeats’ thought that modern civilization is in a state of decay, and that a long cycleof history is ending while another is approaching. But the new historical age might be led by a monster.It expresses his disillusionment of the civilization of his time.7.The west wind is both a destroyer and a preserver because it destroys in autumn (blowing the leaves offthe trees and bury them beneath the earth) in order to revive in the spring (the seeds grow and bring new life to the Earth). It marks the cycle of the seasons. It is around this image the poem weaves various cycles of death and regeneration—vegetational, human, and divine.8.marriage and women’s fate, self-acknowledge, manners, virtue and sense of responsibility9.Richard thinks the party childish and he thinks that it is foolish of Clarissa to like excitement in spite ofher heart; Peter thinks her snobbish, liking to have famous people around her. But to Clarissa, the party is an offering, to combine and to create. The parties are her effort to create some human connection and dialogue. She hopes to be remembered even after her death.10.It helps to create a chaotic world of confusion. The crowd gather under the portico to seek shelter; theyrepresent slice of society of people from different social strata. It also provides a opportunity for themain characters to meet in an unlikely circumstance.KeysFinal Examination for Grade 2002History of English LiteratureⅠ. Identification (10%)1. 1) e2) h3) g4) f5) b6) a7) c8) j9) d10) c2. 1) d2) a3) j4) c5) b6) g7) f8) e9) i10) hⅡ.Choose the best answer for each blank. (20%)1—5 : a a b a c 6—10 : b c c d b11—15 : b c b d a 16—20 : d b a b dⅢ. Fill in the blanks. (20%)1. pagan, Christian2. Imperialism, demand for social reform3. art for art’s sake4. (bourgeois) middle5. The Lyrical Ballads6. “A Red Red Rose”7. knight 8. miracle9. Geoffrey Chaucer 10. comic epic11. A Tale of Two Cities12. a pair of compasses13. essay 14. Alfrd Tennyson15. situational, dramatic 16. Robin Hood17. picaresqueⅣ. Define the following terms. (12%)1.Epic: a long narrative poem telling about the deeds of a great hero and reflecting the values of the society from which it originated. The two most famous English epics are Beowulf and John Milton’s Paradise Lost.2.Iambic pentameter: a poetic line consisting of five verse feet, with each foot an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable. Iambic pentameter is the most common verse line in English poetry.3.Intrusive narrator: an omniscient narrator who, in addition to reporting the events of a novel’s story, offers further comments on characters and events, and who sometimes reflects more generally upon the significance of the story.4.Bildungsroman: a novel that traces the initiation, development, and education of a young person. Examples are Dickens’s David Copperfield and James Joyce’s Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man.5.Naturalism: a post--Darwinian movement of the late 19th century that tried to apply the laws of scientific determinism to fiction. The naturalists went beyond the realists’ insistence on the objective presentation of the details of everyday life to insist that the materials of literature should be arranged to reflect a deterministic universe in which a person is a biological creature controlled by environment and heredity.6. Conceit: a kind of metaphor that makes a comparison between two startlingly different things. A conceit usually provides the framework for an entire poem. An especially unusual and intellectual kind of conceit is the metaphysical conceit, used by certain 17th-century poets, such as John Donne.。

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Exercise for English Literature (2)Choose the best answer for each blank.1. ________, the “ father of English poetry ” and one of the greatest narrative poets of England, was born inLondon about 1340.A. Geoffrey ChaucerB. Sir GawainC. Francis BaconD. John Dryden2. Chaucer died on the 25th October 1400, and was buried in ________.A. FlandersB. FranceC. ItalyD. Westminster Abbey3.The progress in industry at home stimulated the commercial expansion abroad. ________ encouragedexploration and travel, which were compatible with the interest of the English merchants.A. Henry VB. Henry VIIC. Henry VIIID. Queen Elizabeth4. Except being a victory of England over ________, the rout of the fleet “ Armadawasalso”the(Invincible)triumph of the rising young bourgeoisie over the declining old feudalism.A. SpainB. FranceC. AmericaD. Norway5. At the beginning of the 16th century the outstanding humanist ________ wrote his Utopia in which he gave aprofound and truthful picture of the people and’puts sufferingforward his ideal of a future happy society.A. Thomas MoreB. Thomas MarloweC. Francis BaconD. William Shakespear6. Absolute monarchy in England reached its summit during the reign of Queen ________.A. MaryB. ElizabethC. WilliamD. Victoria7. English Renaissance Period was an age of ________.A. prose and novelB. poetry and dramaC. essays and journalsD. ballads and songs8. From the following, choose the one which is not Francis Bacon ’ s work: ________.A. The Advancement of LearningB. The New InstrumentC. EssaysD. The New AtlanticsE. Venus and Adonis9. “ Shall I compare thee to a summer ’ s day?” This is the beginning line of one of ShakespeareA. songsB. playsC. comediesD. sonnets10. The heroines of Shakespeare ’greats comedies, ________ are the daughters of the Renaissance, whoseimages and stories will remain a legacy to readers and audiences of all time.A. PortiaB. RoselandC. ViolaD. Beatrice11. Choose the four great tragedies of Shakespeare from the following ________.A. HamletB. OthelloC. MacbethD. King LearE. Timon of Athens12. Which play is not a comedy? ________A. A Midsummer Night ’ s DreamB. The Merchant of VeniceC. Twelfth NightD. Romeo and JulietE. As You Like It13. “ Denmark is a prison ” . In which play doeserothesummariseh his observation of his world into such a bittersentence? ________A. Charles IB. OthelloC. Henry VIIID. Hamlet14. The works of ________ and the Authorised Version of the English Bible are the two great treasuries of theEnglish language.A. Geoffrey ChaucerB. Edmund SpenserC. William ShakespeareD. Ben Johnson15. In which play does the hero show his profound reverence for man through the sentence: “ Whawok is a man! How nobel in reason! How finite in faculty! ” ________A. Romeo and JulietB. HamletC. OthelloD. The Merchant of Venice16. In 1649, ________ was beheaded. England became a commonwealth.A. James IB. James IIC. Charles ID. Charles II17.The revolution of 1688 meant three of the following things: ________.A. the supremacy of ParliamentB. the beginning of modern EnglandC. the triumph of the principal libertyD. the triumph of the principle of political libertyE. the Restoration of monarchy18.Who of the following were the important metaphysical poets? ________A. John DonneB. George HerbertC. John MiltonD. Richard Lovelace19. Which work was NOT written by John Milton? ________A. Paradise LostB. Paradise RegainedC. Samson AgonistesD. Volpone20. Paradise Lost is ________.A. John Milton’ s masterpieceB. a great epic in 12 booksC. written in blank verseD. about the heroic revolt of Satan against God’ s authority21. John Milton is ________.A. a great revolutionary poet of the 17th centuryB.an outstanding political pamphleteerC.a great stylistD.a great master of blank verse22.From the Old Testament, John Milton took his stories of Paradise Lost, i.e. ________.A. the creationB.the rebellion in Heaven of Satan and his fellow-angelsC.their defeat and expulsion from HeavenD.the creation of the death and of adam and EveE.the fallen angels in hell plotting against GodF.Satan ’ s temptation of EveG.the departure of Adam and Eve from Eden23.The finest thing in Paradise Lost is the description of hell, and ________ is often regarded as the real heroof the poem.A. GodB. SatanC. AdamD. Eve24. Who is the greatest of the Metaphysical school of poetry? ________A. John DonneB. George HerbertC. Andrew MarvellD. Henry Vaugham25.________ was a progressive intellectual movement throughout Western Europe in the 18th century.A. The RenaissanceB. The EnlightenmentC. The Religious ReformationD. The Chartist Movement26.The main literary stream of the 18th century was ________. What the writers described in their works weremainly social realities.A. naturalismB. romanticismC. classicismD. realismE. sentimentalism27.The eighteenth century was the golden age of the English ________. The novel of this period spoke the truthabout life with an uncompromising courage.A. dramaB. poetryC. essayD. novel28. In 1704, Jonathan Swift published two works together, ________ and ________, which made him well-known as a satirist.A. A Tale of a TubB. Bickerstaff AlmanacC. Gulliver’ s TravelsD. A Modest Proposal29.“ Proper words in proper places, makes the true definition of a style.” This sentence is said by _of the greatest masters of English prose.A. Alexander PopeB. Henry FieldingC. Daniel DefoeD. Jonathan Swift30.As a journalist, ________ had learned how to make his reporting vivid and credible by a skillful use ofcircumstantial detail. This power to make his characters alive and his stories credible is an inimitable gift.A. Joseph AddisonB. Daniel DefoeC. Samuel RicharsonD. TobiasSmollett31.Which of the following are NOT written by William Blake? ________A. Poetical SketchesB. Songs of InnocenceC. Songs of ExperienceD. Auld Lang SyneE. The Marriage of Heaven and HellF. ProphecisG. Visions of the Daughters of Albion and America, a Prophecy32.In the 18th century English literature, the representative poets of pre-romanticism were ________.A. William WordsworthB. William BlakeC. Robert BurnsD. Jonathan Swift33.The Romantic Age begab with the publication of The Lyrical Ballads which was written by ________.A. William WordsworthB. Samuel JohnsonC. Samuel Taylor ColeridgeD. Wordsworth and Coleridge34.The Romantic Age came to an end with the death of the last well-known romantic writer ________.A. Jane AustenB. Walter ScottC. Samuel Taylor ColeridgeD. William Wordsworth35. The glory of the Romantic Age lies in the poetry of ________.A. William WordsworthB. Samuel Taylor ColeridgeC. George Gordon ByronD. Percy Bysshe ShelleyE. John Keats36.The English Romantic Age produced two major novelists. They are ________.A. George Gordon Byron and Percy Bysshe ShelleyB. William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor ColeridgeC. Walter Scott and Jane AustenD. Charles Lamb and William Hazlitt37.Which poets belong to the Active Romantic group? ________A. George Gordon ByronB. William WordsworthC. Percy Bysshe ShelleyD. John KeatsE. John Milton38. Which poets belong to the Lakers? ________A. William WordsworthB. Samuel Taylor ColeridgeC. John KeatsD. Robert SoutheyE. Walter Scott39. Which of the folloeing were written by Wordsworth ONLY? ________A. To the CuckooB. The Lyrical BalladsC. Lucy PoemsD. The Solitary ReaperE. I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud40.The publication of ________ marked the break with the conventional poetical tradition of the 18th century,i.e., with classicism, and the beginning of the Romantic revival in England.A. The Lyrical BalladsB. The PreludeC. Childe Harold ’ sPilgrimage D. Don Juan41.As contrasted with the classicists who made reason, order and the old, classical traditions the criteria in theirpoetical creations, ________ based his own poetical principle on the premise that “ allgood poetry is thespontaneous overflow of powerf ul feeling.”A. Samuel Taylor ColeridgeB. George Gordon ByronC. Percy Bysshe ShelleyD. William Wordsworth42.________ was the first critic of the Romantic School.A. William WordworthB. Samuel JohnsonC. Samuel Taylor ColeridgeD. Wordworth and Coleridge43. Which of the following statements is (are) NOT true about George Gordon Byron? ________A. Byron ’ s early years had been far from happy for he was born with a clubfoot, in the frequent family scenes hismother called him“ you lame brat.”B. Byron died in Italy annd was deeply mourned by the Italian people and by all progressive people throughoutthe world.C. The reactionary criticism of the 19th century tried to belittle Byron’ s genius and his role in the deEnglish literature, but Byron remains one of the most popular English poets both at home and abroad.D. Since the May 4 Movement in 1919, more and more of Byron’ s poems have been translated into Chinese andwell received by the poets and young readers. Byron has now become one of the best-known English poets inour country.44.In 1805, Wordsworth completed a long autobiographical poem entitled ________.A. Biographia literariaB. The PreludeC. Lucy PoemsD. The Lyrical Ballads45. ________ is regarded as the most wonderful lyricist England has ever produced mainly for his poems onnature, on love, and on politics.A. William WordsworthB. John KeatsC. George Gordon ByronD. Percy Bysshe Shelley46. Which of the following statements is (are) NOT true about Percy Bysshe Shelley? ________A. Prometheus Unbound is Percy By sshe Shelley ’ s masterpiece, a long epic poem.B. At Eton Percy Bysshe Shelley was known as “ Mad Shelley” , for his obstinate opposition to the brutal faggingsystem, according to which the younger school-boys were obliged to obey the older boys and bear a great dealof cruel treatment.C. George Gordon Byron alled Percy Bysshe Shelley “ the best and least selfish man I ever knew.D. Percy Bysshe Shelley loved the people and hated their oppressors and exploiters.47. ________ ’pursuit of beauty in all things bespoke an aspiration after a better life than the sordid realityunder capitalism. His leading principle is: “ Beauty is truth, truth beauty. ”A. Percy Bysshe ShelleyB. George Gordon ByronC. William WordsworthD. John Keats48. Choose the four immortal odes written by John Keats. ________A. Ode to the West WindB. Ode to a NightingaleC. To AutumnD. Ode on MelancholyE. Ode on a Grecian Urn49. Choose the works written by Jane Austen. ________A. Pride and PrejudiceB. Sense and SensibilityC. Northanger Abbey C. EmmaE. Mansfield ParkF. Persuasion50.In the 19th century English literature, a new literary trend called ________ appeared. And it flourished in theforties and in the early fifties.A. romanticismB. naturalismC. realismD. critical realism51.English critical realism found its expression chiefly in the form of ________. The critical realists, most ofwho were novelists, described with vividness and artistic skill the chief traits of the English society andcriticised the capitalist system from a democratic viewpoint.A. novelB. dramaC. poetryD. essay52. The greatest English critical realist novelist was ________, who criticised the bourgeois civilisation andshowed the misery of the common people.A. William Makepeace ThackerayB. Charles DickensC. Charlotte BronteD. Emily Bronte53. Which of the following writers belong to critical realists? ________A. Charles DickensB. Charlotte BronteC. Emily BronteD. Thomas Hardy54. ________ wrote a number of little sketches of “ cockney characters ” . Hewhichsignedwasthemhis “ Boz”nickname for his young brother. His first book, Sketches by Boz appeared in 1836.A. Elizabeth GaskellB. William M. ThackerayC. Charles DickensD. Jane Austen55. ________ has been called “ the supreme epic of English life. ”A. A Tale of Two CitiesB. David CopperfieldC. Pickwick PapersD. Oliver Twist56. The theme underlying ________ is the idea “ Where there is oppression, there is revolution ”A. A Tale of Two CitiesB. David CopperfieldC. Pickwick PapersD. Oliver Twist57.In the Victorian Age, poetry was not a major art intended to change the world. The main poets of theage were ________.A. Alfred TennysonB. Robert BrowningC. Mrs. BrowningD. Robert BurnsE. William Blake58.The ________ Movement appeared in the thirties of the 19th century. It showed the English workers wereable to appear as an independent political force and were already realising the fact that the industrialbourgeoisie was their principal enemy.A. EnlightenmentB. RenaissanceC. ChartistD. Romanticist59.Which novel is a great satire upon the society and those people who dream to enter the higher societyregardless of the social reality? ________A. A Tale of Two CitiesB. David CopperfieldC. Great ExpectationD.Dombey and Son60.Charles Dickens takes the French Revolution as the background of the novel ________.A. A Tale of Two CitiesB. Great ExpectationC. Hard TimesD. DavidCopperfield61.________ is often regarded as the semi-autobiography of the author Dickens in which the early life of thehero is largely based on the author’ s early life.A. Tom JonesB. David CopperfieldC. Oliver TwistD. Great Expectation62.The Bronte sisters are ________. They were all talented writers and all of them died young.A. Charlotte BronteB. Emily BronteC. Anne BronteD. Jane AustenE. Catherine63. Charlotte Bronte produced four novels: ________.A. ProfessorB. Jane EyreC. ShirleyD. VilletteE. Agnes Grey64.Emily Bronte wrote only one novel entitled ________.A. Wuthering HeightsB. Jane EyreC. EmmaD. Agnes Grey65.Choose the names appear in the novel Jane Eyre. ________A. Jane EyreB. Mr. RochesterC. Mary BartonD. Silas Marner66.Which characters appear in the novel Wuthering Heights? ________A. HeathcliffB. CatherineC. HindleyD. CathyE. Hareton67.In the novel Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte ________.A. pours a great deal of her own experienceB. criticises the bourgeois system of educationC. shows that true love is the foundation of marriageD. shows that women should have equal rights with men68.Women novelists began to appear in England during the second half of the ________ century.A. 17thB. 18thC. 19thD. 20th69.Anne Bronte also wrote two novels ________ and ________.A. ShirleyB. VilletteC. The Tenant of the Wildfell HallD. Agnes Grey70. Which of the following statements are true about Jane Eyre? ________A.One of the central themes of the book is the criticism of the bourgeois system of education.B.Another problem raised in the novel is the position of women in society.C. This book is Charlottel Bronte’ s best literary production.D. In this book, the author attacked the greed, petty tyranny and lack of culture among the bourgeoisie andsympathised with the sufferings of the poor people. Her realism was coloured by petty-bourgeois philanthropy.71.Most of Robert Browning ’importants works, including ________, are written in the form of dramaticmonologue.A. Dramatic LyricsB. Dramatic RomancesC. Men and WomenD. dramaticsPersonae72.Thomas Hardy is one of the representatives of English ________ at the turn of the 19th century.A. critical realismB. pre-romanticismC. neo-classicismD. new romanticism73.Which statement is true? ________A. Thomas Hardy is a famous novelist.B. Thomas Hardy is also a poet.C. Thomas Hardy is a critical realist.D. Fatalism is strongly reflected in Thomas Hardy’ novels.74.Accordi ng to Thomas Hardy’ s own classification, his novels divided themselves into three groups. They are________.A.Novels of character and environmentB.Romances and FantasiesC.Novels of IngenuityD.Working class literature75.Novels of character and environment are also called Wessex novels, taking the southwest counties of Englandfor their setting. They include: ________.A. Under the Greenwood TreeB. The Return of the NativeC. The Mayor of CasterbridgeD. Tess of the D ’ UrbervillesE. Jude the Obscure76. The following state ments are about Thomas Hardy ’ s novels, which are true? ________A.His Wessex novels are of great significance.B.The Southwest counties of England are the setting of his Wessex novels.C.There is pessimism in his novels.D.Mankind is subjected to hostile and mysterious fate.E.There are elements of naturalism in his works.77.Oscar Wilde is one of the important dramatists in the 19th century. In his comedies, he criticises the upperclass of the English bourgeois society. His best comedies are ________.A. Lady Windermere s’FanB. A Woman of No ImportanceC. An Ideal HusbandD. The Importance of Being EarnestE. The Picture of Dorian Gray78. Oscar Wilde was the representative among the writers of ________.A. aestheticismB. decadenceC. critical realismD. pre-romanticism79. Alfred Tennys on’ s poetic output was vast and varied. His main poems are ________.A. The PrincessB. MaudC. In MemoriamD. Idylls of the KingE. Crossing the Bar80. Which of the following short poems was/were written by Alfred Tennyson? ________A. Break, Break, BreakB. Crossing the BarC. The EagleD. Sweet and LowE. Tears, Idle Tears81. Which lament was written by Alfred Tennyson for the death of his friend Hallam? ________A. In MemoriamB. LycidasC. AdodaisD. Elegy written in a Country Churchyard82. My Last Duchess is ________.A. a dramatic monologueB. a short lyricC. a novelD. an essay83. ________ are generally regarded as Joseph Conrad ’ s finest novels.A. Lord JimB. NostromoC. YouthD. The Old Wives ’ Tale84. Who is regarded as a forerunner of the “ stream of consciousness ” literature in the 20th century?A. John GalsworthyB. Henry JamesC. Thomas Stearns EliotD. James Joyce85. George Bernard Shaw ’ s essay ________, a commentary on Henrik Ibsen ’ s dramatic works, served alsoauthor ’ s own program of dramaticeationcr.A. Widower ’ s HousesB. Mrs. Warren ’ s ProfessionC. Major BarbaraD. The Quintessence of Ibsenism86.In English literature, ________ and ________ are the two best-known novelists of the “ streamofconsciousness ” school.A. David Herbert LawrenceB. Robert TressellC. James JoyceD. Virginia Woolf87. ________ ’ s admirers have praised him as “ second only to Shakespeare in his mastery of English language.A. D.H. LawrenceB. T.S. EliotC. James JoyceD. W.B. Yeats88. ________ is the climax of Virginia Woolf experiments’s in novel form.A. The WindowB. Time PassesC. To the LighthouseD. The Waves89. Which of the following novels belong(s) to the“ stream of consciousness” school of novel writing?A. UlyssesB. Finnegans WakeC. To the LighthouseD. The Waves90.________ was written by James Joyce.A. The Portrait of an Artist as a Young ManB. Portrait of a LadyC. The Picture of Dorian GrayD. To the Lighthouse91. D.H. Lawrence ’representative work ________ was positively taken as a typical example and livelymanifestation of the Oedipus Complex in fiction, as the result of Lawrence ’longs -range study of thepsychologic theories of Sigmund Freud.A. Sons and LoversB. The RainbowC. Lady Chatterley’ s LoverD. Women in Love92.Which of the characters are in the novel Sons and Lovers?A. Mrs. MorelB. PaulC. MiriamD. Clara93.Which of the following writers were from Ireland?A. George Bernard ShawB. Jonathan SwiftC. James Joyce Oscar WildeE. W.B. Yeats94. Which of the following play(s) was/were NOT written by George Bernard Shaw?A. Mrs. Warren ’ s ProfessionB. Widower ’ s HousesC. Major BarbaraD.Pygmalion E. The Man of Property95.Which of the following plays deals with the story that a linguist trains a flower girl to speak the so-calledhigh-civilised English?A. Major BarbaraB. PygmalionC. Mrs. Warren ’ s ProfessionD. Man and Superman96. In 1923, ________ was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature.A. William Butler YeatsB. Samuel ButlerC. Thomas Stearns EliotD. David Herbert Lawrence97. William Butler Yeats was _______.A. an Irish poetB. a dramatistC. a criticD. a senator in the Irish Free State in 192198. Thomas Stearns Eliot defined his belief as ________.A. classicist in literatureB. royalist in politicsC. Anglo-Catholic in religionD. all of the above99.Which of the following statement is NOT true?A. Thomas Stearns Eliot was born in America.B. Thomas Stearns Eliot became a British subject in 1927.C. Thomas Stearns Eliot was educated in Harvard University and Oxford University.D. Thomas Stearns Eliot was a poet, a critic and a playwright.E. Thomas Stearns Eliot was also a great novelist.100.In which poem are the sterility and chaos of the contemporary world after 1st World War expressed?A. Ode to the West WindB. The Solitary ReaperC. LamiaD. The Waste LandKeys:1-5: A, D, D, A, A6-10: B, B, D, D, ABCD11-15:ABCD, D, D, C, B16-20: C, ABC, AB, D, ABCD21-25: ABCD, ABCDEFG, B, A, B26-30: D, D, AD, D, B31-35: D, BC, D, B, ABCDE36-40: C, ACD, ABD, ACDE, A41-45: D, C, B, B, D46-50: A, D, BCDE, ABCDEF, D51-55: A, B, ABCD, C, C56-60: A, ABC, C, C, A61-65: B, ABC, ABCD, A, AB66-70: ABCDE, ABCD, C, CD, ABCD71-75: ABCD, A, ABCD, ABC, ABCDE76-80: ABCDE, ABCD, AB, ABCED, ABCDE81-85: A. A. AB, B, D86-90: CD, C, D, ABCD, A91-95: A, ABCE, ABCDE, E, B96-100: A, ABCD, D, E, D。

英国文学选读试卷及答案解析浙江10月自考

浙江省2018年10月高等教育自学考试英国文学选读试题课程代码：10054Ⅰ. Choose the relevant match from Column B for each item in Column A. (10%)Section AA B(1) D. H. Lawrence A. Middlemarch(2) Jane Austen B. Doctor Faustus(3) Christopher Marlower C. An Essay on Criticism(4) Alexander Pope D. The Rainbow(5) George Eliot E. Northanger AbbeySection BA B(1) Jane Eyre A. Redcrosse Knight(2) Sons and Lovers B. Angel Clare(3) Tess of the D’urbervilles C. Christian(4) The Faerie Queene D. Mrs. Morel(5) The Pilgrim’s Progress E. Mr. RochesterⅡ. Complete each of the following statements with a proper word or a phrase according to the textbook. (5%)1. The essence of the Renaissance is _____.2. Fielding adopted “the _____ person narration”, in which the author becomes the “all-knowing God”.3. English Romanticism is generally said to begin in _____ with the publication of Wordsworth and Coleridge’s Lyrical Ballads.4. _____ rose out of skepticism and disillusion of capitalism.5. _____ is regarded as the most prominent stream-of-consciousness novelist.Ⅲ. Each of the following statements is followed by four alternative answers. Choose the one that would best complete the statement. (50%)1. Edmund Spenser’s masterpiece is _____.1A. The Shepheared’s CalenderB. The Faerie QueenC. EpithalamionD. The Canterbury Tales2. Dr. Faustus is a play based on the _____ of a magician aspiring for knowledge and finally meeting his tragic end as a result of selling his soul to the Devil.A. German legendB. Greek legendC. French legendD. British legend3. Shakespeare is known to have used _____ different words. His coinage of new words and distortion of the meaning of the old ones also create striking effects on the reader.A. 16,000B. 1600C. 20,000D. 20004. _____ lust for power stirs up his ambition and leads him to incessant crimes.A. Othello’sB. Hamlet’sC. Shylock’sD. Macbeth’s5. The destination of Christian’s journey in The Pilgrim’s Progress is_____.A. the City of DestructionB. the Celestial CityC. Vanity FairD. none of the above6. The hero Robinson Crusoe is a typical 18th century English middle-calss man who _____.A. has a great capacity for work, inexhaustible energy, courage, patience and persistence in overcoming obstacles and struggling against the hostile natural environment.B. has strong will, but can’t endure life’s loneliness.C. has a great capacity for work, but is frightened by the hostile natural environment.D. thinks all the people are born equal.7. _____ is generally consiered Fielding’s masterpiece.A. Joseph AndrewsB. Jonathan Wild the GreatC. Tom JonesD. Gulliver’s Travels8. _____ has been regarded as the best comedy since Shakespeare.A. The RivalsB. The School for ScandalC. St. Patrick’s DayD. The Duenna9. The most important contribution Wordsworth has made is that _____.A. he started the modern poetry, the poetry of the growing inner self2B. he changed the course of English poetry by using ordinary speech of the language and by advocating a return to natureC. he is skillful at describing the city lifeD. both A and B10. _____ was composed in a dream after Coleridge took opium.A. Kubla KhanB. ChristabelC. The Rime of the Ancient MarinerD. Frost at Midnight11. Austen shows a human being _____.A. at moment of crisisB. in the most trivial incidents of everyday lifeC. at workD. a fight in a battle field12. In Victorian Age, the _____ became the most widely read and the most vital and challenging expression of progressive thought.A. poetryB. novelC. familiar essayD. prose13. In depiction of his characters, Dickens is famous for _____.A. those innocent, virtuous, persecuted, hopeless child charactersB. those horrible and grotesque charactersC. those broadly humors or comical onesD. all the above14. What makes Jane Eyre one of the most popular and important novels of the Victorian Age are the followings except _____.A. it is noted for its sharp criticism of the existing societyB. it is an intense moral fableC. it is the first introduction to the English novel the first governess heroineD. Jane Eyre is too timid to love her master Rochester.15. As to Idylls of the King, which of the following statements is not right? _____A. It is Tennyson’s most ambitious work which took him over 30 years to complete.B. It is made up of 6 books of narrative poems.C. It is based on the Celtic legends of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table.D. It is a modern interpretation of the classic myth.316. The name of _____ is often associated with the term “dramatic monologue”.A. Alfred TennysonB. Mathew ArnoldC. Elizabeth BrowningD. Robert Browning17. The major themes of the modernist literature are the distorted, alienated and ill relationships between _____.A. man and natureB. man and societyC. man and womanD. both A and B18. Murder in the Cathedra, with its purely dramatic power, remains the most popular of _____ verse plays in spite of its primarily religious purpose.A. W.B. Yeats’ B. Christopher Fry’sC. T. S. Eliot’sD. G. B. Shaw’s19. The overall style of Yeats’ early poetry is _____.A. very delicate with natural imageryB. dream-like atmosphereC. musical beautyD. all the above20. By presenting the psychological experience of individual human life and of human relationships, _____ has opened up a wide new territory to the novel.A. James JoyceB. Virginia WoolfC. D. H. Lawrence D. E. M. Forster21. Which of the following is a dandy in Tess of the D’Urbervilles? _____A. TessB. AlecC. BlifilD. Clare22. Lawrence was regarded as a prominent novelist only after he published his third novel, _____.A. Sons and LoversB. Women in LoveC. The RainbowD. The White Peacock23. _____ is regarded as the most prominent stream-of-consciousness novelist.A. James JoyceB. Virginia WoolfC. D. H. Lawrence D. E. M. Forster24. _____, Eliot’s most important single poem, has been hailed as a landmark and a model of the 20th-century English poetry.A. The Hollow MenB. The Waste Land4C. The Love Song of J. Alfred PrufrockD. Four Quartets25. _____ shows a particular concern for the destiny of women, especially those with great intelligence, potential and social aspirations.A. Jane AustenB. Charlotte BronteC. Mrs. GaskellD. George EliotⅣ. Interpretation(20%)Read the following selections and then answer the questions.(1)Sunset and evening star,And one clear call for me!And may there be no moaning of the bar,When I put out to sea.But such a tide as moving seems asleep,Too full for sound and foam,When that which drew from out the boundless deepTurns again home.Twilight and evening bell,And after that the dark!And may there be no sadness of farewell,When I embark;For though from out our bourne of Time and PlaceThe flood may bear me far,I hope to see my Pilot face to faceWhen I have crossed the bar.1. What does the phrase “cross the bar” mean in this poem?2. What is the theme of this poem?5(2)Some to conceit alone their taste confine,And glittering thoughts struck out at every line;Pleased with a work where nothing is just or fit,One glaring chaos and wild heap of wit.Poets, like painters, thus, unskilled to traceThe naked nature and the living grace,With gold and jewels cover every part,And hide with ornaments their want of art.True wit is nature to advantage dressed,What oft was thought, but ne’er so well expressed;Something, whose truth convinced at sight we find,That gives us back the image of our mind.As shades more sweetly recommend the light;So modest plainness sets off sprightly wit;For works may have more wit than does them good,As bodies perish through excess of blood.3. What does “conceit” mean? What is the poet’s attitude toward “conceit in poetry”?4. What does the author think is the essence of a poem?（3）Seven years, My Lord, have now passed since I waited in your outward rooms, or was repulsed from your door; during which time I have been pushing on my work through difficulties of which it is useless to complain, and have brought it, at last, to the verge of publication, without one act of assistance, one word of encouragement, or one smile of favor. Such treatment I did not expect, for I never had a patron before.The shepherd in Virgil grew at last acquainted with Love, and found him a native of the rocks.Is not a patron, my Lord, one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water, and when he has reached ground, encumbers him with help? The notice which you have6been pleased to take my labors, had it been early, had been kind; but it has been delayed till I am different, and cannot enjoy it; till I am solitary, and cannot impart it; till I am known, and do not want it. I hope it is no very cynical asperity not to confess obligation where no benefit has been received, or to be unwilling that the public should consider me as owing that to a patron which Providence has enabled me to do for myself.5. What kind of feeling does the author want to show through the refined and polite language?Ⅴ. Give brief answers to the following questions. (15%)1. List the five main qualities of Edmund Spenser’s poetry. (9%)2. What are the essential characteristics of modernism?(6%)7。

英国文学选读试卷浙江2007年1月

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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 theatres4. Which of the following works was written by John Milton? ( )A. The Song of Beowulf.B. Canterbury Tales .C. Samson Agonistes.D. Othello.5. Which of the following terms can be used to refer to the 18th-century English literature?( )A. The Age of Romance.B. The Age of Drama .C. The Age of Prose.D. The Age of Poetry.6. Which of the following authors does not belong to the enlighteners of the 18th century?( )A. Jonathan Swift.B. Walter Scott .C. Daniel Defoe.D. Henry Fielding.7. The middle of the 18th century saw a newly rising literary form—( ).A. the modern English dramaB. the modern English poetryC. the modern English novelD. both A and B28. Which of the following statements about the metaphysical poets is true? ( )A. They tried to break away from the conventional fashion of the Elizabethan love poetry.B. John Donne is the leading figure of the metaphysical school.C. They are not as rebellious as the sentimentalists.D. Both A and B.9. Britain witnessed two major romantic poets in the latter half of the 18th century. They are( ).A. John Milton and William BlakeB. Robert Burns and John KeatsC. George Herbert and John DonneD. Robert Burns and William Blake10. The language in Robinson Crusoe is ( ).A. easy, smooth and colloquialB. difficult and artificialC. lengthy and imaginativeD. obscene and difficult11. Which of the following is true about Jonathan Swift’s thoughts as a representative of theenlightenment movement? ( )A. To better human life, enlightenment is unnecessary.B. Human nature is simple and naive.C. Human nature was destined and couldn’t be changed.D. It’s possible to reform and improve human nature and human institutions.12. 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In her works George Eliot is deeply concerned with the people and life of her time and tries topursue( ).A. the perfect love between men and womenB. the secrets of inward propensity and outward circumstancesC. the fundamental moral truth about human lifeD. the inner contradictions in people’s heart420. In Hardy’s novel Tess of the D’Urbervilles, what kind of character is Tess describedas?( )A. A simple, innocent and faithful country girl.B. A cunning, strong-minded and passionate girl.C. A beautiful, natural girl as well as a victim of the society.D. Both A and C.21. Which of the following statements is true about the modernist writers? ( )A. They are more concerned with the outward appearance of an individual.B. They are more concerned with the harmonious human relationships.C. They are more concerned with the distorted, alienated and ill relationshipsD. They are more concerned with the normal and united relationships.22. 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She now first bursting into tears, told him how barbarously she had been treated.Upon which, forgetting the sex of Goody Brown, or perhaps not knowing it in his rage—for, in reality, she had no feminine appearance but a petticoat, which he6might not observe—he gave her a lash or two with his horsewhip; and then flying at the mob, who were all accused by Moll, he dealt his blows so profusely on all sides, that unless I would again invoke the Muse (which the good-natured reader may think a little too hard upon her, as she hath so lately been violently sweated), it would be impossible for me to recount the horsewhipping of that day.Having scoured the whole coast of the enemy, as well as any of Homer’s horses ever did, or as Don Quixote or any knight-errant in the world could have done, he returned to Molly, whom he found in a condition which must give both me and my reader pain, was it to be described here. 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1. B2. A3. D4. C5. C6. B7. A8. D9. C 10. A11. D 12. B 13. D 14. C 15. C16. D 17. A 18. C 19. B 20. D21. D 22. B 23. A 24. C 25. A26. D 27. C 28. C 29. C 30. D31. B 32. B 33. A 34. C 35. B36. D 37. C 38. A 39. A 40. D二、阅读理解题：本大题共4小题，每小题4分，共16分。

41. A. Henry Fielding; The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling (or Tom Jones). (2分)B. Daughter of the well-off squire Western. (1分)C. Human nature. (1分)42. A. Charles Dickens; Oliver Twist (2分)B. A chimney-sweeper. (1分)C. Character-portrayal. (1分)43. A. Theodore Dreiser; Sister Carrie.(2分)B. Hurstwood. (1分)C. He turned on the gas in a cheap lodging-house and ended his life. (1分)英美文学选读试题答案及评分参考第1页（共3页）44. A. Robert Lee Frost. (1分)B. The speaker tells us how the course of his life was determined when he came upon tworoads that diverged in a wood. (2分)C. The speaker took the road less traveled by. (1分)三、简答题：本大题共4小题，每小题6分，共24分。

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He 15 his throat and 16 his pince-nez as though he had to make sure he was not 17 . “Ah, Monsieur Voisin,” he said with a 18 undecided smile, “May I join you?”●Some people believe that the time of death is 19 by God and that no man should 20 the clock back on another. 21 if a patient’s philosophical views embrace 22 , it is not clear why the religious 23 of others should intrude 24 his death. A. reasonable B. put C. bias D. choice E. nature F. yet G. mistaken H. lives I.thin J. encountered K. euthanasia L. fool M. spread N. objections O. pages P.extent Q. elderly R. suspect S. cleared T. narrowed U. put on V. on W. supposedX. appointedⅡ. There are 15 sentences from the textbooks, with a blank in each, followed bya list of words or expressions marked A to X. Choose the one that best completeseach of the sentences and write the corresponding letter on your answer sheet.One word or expression for each blank only. (15 points, 1point each) 25. Fromthe start of that campaign, I faced ________ hostility because of my sex. 26. Abeautiful woman came along and ________ her bunch of violets, and a little boyran after to hand them to her, and she took them and threw them away as ifthey’d been poisoned. 27. Words mean more than what is set down on paper. Ittakes the human voice to ________ them with the shades of deeper meaning. 28. Ifit be true that our thoughts and mental images are perfectly ________ things,like our books and pictures, to the inhabitants of the next world, then I ammaking for myself a better reputation there than I am in this place. 29.Although I had to search, and did search, for the right words, I seemed to bemaking this descriptive effort almost against my will, under a kind of ________from outside. 30. ________ a man does not have to work so hard as to impair hisvigor he is likely to find more zest in his free time than an idle man couldpossibly find. 31. And so we are suddenly ________ a sickening situation in thiscountry. 32. With three job ________ from three of the most prestigious firms inthe country, he did not need this interview, this firm. 33. Disease-snobbery isonly one out of a great multitude of ________, of which now some, now otherstake pride of place in general esteem. 34. I once befriended two little girlsfrom Esthonia, who had narrowly escaped death from ________ in a famine. 35.There’s bound to be trouble ________ me eve ry day of my life, because troubleit’s always been and always will be. 36. It has been assumed that the youth of America has been in the ________ of the discovery of both the disease and the cure. 37. Somehow we just don’t see how it is with other folk s until —something________. 38. The figures are photocopied and distributed throughout the company to all the people and departments whose work is ________ selling. 39. Her hands and her neck began to sweat. But she knew that no emotion was ________.A. come acrossB. undisguisedC. recognizedD. in store forE. cascadeF. oppressionG. vanguardH. faced withI. fellJ. snobberiesK. pioneerL.starvation M. dropped N. tangible O. compulsion P. provided Q. even if R.relative S. comes up T. offers U. related to V. pertinent W. correct X. infuseⅢ. Each of the following sentences is given two choices of words or expressions, Choose the right one to complete the sentence and write the corresponding letteron your answer sheet. (15 points, 1 point each) 40. As the living standard improves, the (A. span, B. length) of life is getting longer and longer. 41. Thepoor emperor was forced by the usurper to (A. abandon, B. abdicate). 42. I findit difficult to operate this computer. Can you (A. demonstrate, B. exemplify) itfor me? 43. The formal declaration of the news went four (A. documents, B. drafts) before it was submitted to the conference. 44. I had a fantastic (A.stretch, B. stroke) of luck last weekend. I picked up a genuine Stradivariusviolin for only $20. 45. In the A-series football match, AC-Milan (A. beat, B. defended) all the other teams and became the champion as expected. 46. The accountant (A. specializes, B. scrutinizes) the figures very carefully before commenting on them. 47. On hearing that her best friend bought a fur coat, Susan felt (A. tempted, B. coaxed) to buy one, too. 48. When the rescue party foundthe wounded young man, he was (A. keeping, B. clinging) on to the side of the broken boat. 49. He (A. resigned, B. relinquished) all control over the company business to his son. 50. The witness refused to (A. disclose, B. enclose) theidentity of the man who supplied the information. 51. Usually my brother israther (A. reserved, B. conservative), but if you pick up a topic he isinterested in, he will talk freely about it. 52. The common (A. custom, B. practice) in English law is to consider someone innocent unless he is proved guilty. 53. He was a highly (A. conscientious, B. conscious) teacher who tookhis duties seriously but he seemed to have neither the personality nor theability to achieve further success. 54. This group of young men felt a greatsense of (A. inspiration, B. achievement) when they finally reached the top ofthe mountain.Read the following passage carefully and complete the succeeding four items: Ⅳ, Ⅴ, Ⅵand Ⅶ. Our Greedy Colleges 1) Many of our colleges are at it again. As they have done annually for the past six years, they have begun to unveil tuition increases that far outstrip the inflation rate. Next year, tuition is expectedto rise 6 percent to 8 percent – even though inflation during 1986 was about 1.8 percent. Yale’s president, Benno C. Schmidt Jr., attributes his university’stuition hike in part to “continuing cutbacks of governmental support for studentaid. ” This assertion flie s in the face of the facts. Since 1982, moneyavailable through Federal student aid programs has increased every single year. Overall, Federal outlays for student aid are up 57 percent since 1980. Since 1980, inflation has been just 26 percent. That is why the former chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, Pete V. Domenici, Republican of New Mexico, recently dismissed the claim of huge cuts in student aid programs as a “myth.”2) If anything, increases in financial aid in recent years have enabled collegesand universities blithely to raise their tuitions, confident that Federal loan subsidies would help cushion the increase. In 1978, subsidies became availableto a greatly expanded number of students. In 1980, college tuitions began rising year after year at a rate that exceeded inflation. Federal student aid policiesdo not cause college price inflation, but there is little doubt that they helpmake it possible.3) At the same time that higher education has been cutting a bigger piece of the Federal pie, it has also received huge infusions of cash from state governments, from corporations, from foundations and from loyal alumni. The total increase in higher education spending from all these non-Federal sources is staggering. Spending for higher education now consumes about 40 percent of all money spent in America for education.4) It is by no means clear that the performance of many of our colleges and universities justifies this level of expenditure. As I said on the occasion of Harvard’s 350th anniversary, too many students fail to receive the educationthey deserve at our nation’s universities. 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A graduate’s payments would never have to exceed 15 percent of his adjusted gross income, and he could have as long as necessary to repay.11) An advantage of the Administration’s proposals is that they would help make colleges and universities accountable to the prime beneficiaries of theirservices – the students.12) Because students would pay a market-based interest rate, they would bear the true cost of borrowing the additional capital needed to finance tuition increases. Instead of insulating colleges and universities form such market forces, the Administration’s policies would make colleges and universi ties more readily accountable to them.13) Higher education clearly provides benefits to society in general. Recognizing this, the American people have generously provided the tax dollars, grants and highly subsidized loans necessary to support higher education. Butthe chief beneficiaries of a college education are the students. 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It is not fair to ask those who do not go to college to pay more than they should for higher education. B. College graduates earn more than nongraduates do. C. A person’s income is closely related to his or her education. D. Some nongraduates do not mind paying for higher education. 64. The tone of this article is ________. A. informative B. ironic C. persuasive D. narrativeⅤ. There is one underlined part in each of the following sentences, followed by four choices A, B, C and D. Choose the one that is the closest in meaning to the underlined part. (10 points, 2 points each) 65. …they have begun to unveiltuition increases that far outstrip the inflation rate. A. that surpass B. thatare much more than C. that can compete with D. that are beyond 66. This assertion flies in the face of the facts. 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Underthe Administration’s fiscal 1988 budget proposal, all s tudents presentlyreceiving aid would continue to be eligible for the same dollar amount of aid.Ⅶ. Answer the following essay question in English within 80-100 words. Writeyour answer on your answer sheet. (10 points) Do you agree with the author thatthe American colleges are greedy and unaccountable? Why or Why not?Ⅷ. Translate the following into English and write your translation on youranswer sheet. (18 points, 2 points each from 75 to 79, 8 points for 80)75．前事不忘，后事之师。

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2004年4月高等教育自学考试全国统一命题考试英美文学选读试题（课程代码0604）全部题目用英文作答，并将答案写在答题纸相应位置上，否则不计分。

PART ONE （40 POINTS）Ⅰ.Multiple Choice (40 points in all, 1 for each)Select from the four choices of each item the one that best answers the question or completes the statement. Write your correct answer on the answer sheet.1.“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 taken from ______.A. Milton’s Paradise LostB. Marlowe’s “The Passionate shepherd to His Love”C. Shakespeare’s “Sonnet 18”D. John Donne’s “The Sun Rising”2.The English Renaissance period was an age of ______ .A. poetry and dramaB. drama and novelC. novel and poetryD. romance and poetry3.Here are four lines taken from Edmund Spenser’s The Faerie Queene: “But on his brest a bloudie Crosse he bore,/The deare remembrance of his dying Lord,/For whose sweete sake that glorious badge he wore,/And dead as living ever him adored.” Who is the “dying Lord” discussed in the above lines?A. BeowulfB. King ArthurC. Jesus ChristD. Jupiter4.In Shakespeare’s Merchant of Venice, Antonio could not pay back the money he borrowed from Shylock, because ______.A. his money was all invested in the newly-emerging textile industryB. his enterprise went bankruptC. Bassanio was able to pay his own debtD. his ships had all been lost5. 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.6. In English poetry, a four-line stanza is called ______.A. heroic coupletB. quatrainC. Spenserian stanzaD. terza rima7. “Let not Ambition mock their useful toil,/Their homely joys, and destiny obscure;/Nor Grandeur hear with a disdainful smile /The short and simple annals of the poor.”The above lines are taken from .A. Alexander Pope’s Essay on CriticismB. Coleridge’s “Kubla Khan”1word版本可编辑.欢迎下载支持.C. John Donne’s “The Sun Rising”D. Thomas Gray’s “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard”8. By making the truth-seeking pilgrims suffer at the hands of the people of Vanity Fair, John Bunyan intends to show the prevalent political and religious ______of his time.A. persecutionB. improvementC. prosperityD. disillusionment9. 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 people.A. romanticB. realisticC. propheticD. idealistic10. As a whole, ______is one of the most effective and devastating criticisms and satires of all aspects in the then English and European life—socially, politically, religiously, philosophically, scientifically, and morally.A. Moll FlandersB. Gulliver’s TravelsC. Pilgrim’s ProgressD. The School for Scandal11. An honest, kind-hearted young man, who is full of animal spirit and lacks prudence, is expelled from the paradise and has to go through hard experience to gain knowledge of himself and finally to have been accepted both by a virtuous lady and a rich relative .The above sentence may well sum up the t heme of Fielding’s work .A. Jonathan Wild the GreatB. Tom JonesC. The Coffe-House PoliticianD. Amelia12. In Sheridan’s The School for scandal, the man who wins the hand of his beloved as well as the inheritance of his rich uncle is ______ .A. Charles SurfaceB. Joseph SurfaceC. Sir Peter TeazleD. Sir Benjamin Backbite13. Which of the following works best represents the national spirit of the 18th-century England?A. Robinson CrusoeB. Gulliver’s TravelsC. Jonathan Wild the GreatD. A Sentimental Journey14. Shelley’s masterpiece, Prometheus Unbound, is a verse drama, which borrows the basic story from ______ .A. the BibleB. a German legendC. a Greek playD. One Thousand and One Nights15. In 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 view16. 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 fights against the aristocratic classC. descendents of the ancient king ,LudD. poor country people who suffered under the rule of the landlord class17. Mr. Micawber in David Copperfield and Sam Well in Pickwick Papers are perhaps the best ______ characters created by Charles Dickens.2word版本可编辑.欢迎下载支持.A. comicB.tragicC. roundD.sophisticated18. A typical feature of the English Victorian literature is that writers became social and moral ______ , exposing all kinds of social evils.A. revolutionariesB. idealistsC. criticsD. defenders19. “Is it not sufficient for your infernal selfishness, that while you are at peace I shall writhe in the torments of hell?”(Heathcliff uttered the sentence in the death scene of Catherine from Chapter XV of Wuthering Heights.) The word “hell” at the end of the quoted sentence refers to ______ .A. HeavenB. HadesC. the next worldD. this world20. 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. humorC. moralityD. property21. “He was silent with conceit of his son. Mrs. Morel sniffed, as if it were nothing.”(Sons and Lovers by wrence)From the above quotation, we can see that Mrs. Morel’s attitude to her husband is ______ .A. sincerely warmB. genuinely kindC. seemingly angryD. merely contemptuous22. A boy makes a quest of his idealized childish love through painful experience up to the point of losing his innocence and coming to see the drabness and harshness of the adult world.The above sentence may well sum up the major theme of ______.A. Eliot’s poem The love Song of J. Alfred PrufrockB. Bernard shaw’s play Mrs. Warren’s ProfessionC. Joyce’s story ArabyD. Lawrence’s story The Horse Dealer’s Daughter23. Linguistically, compared with the writings of Mark Twain, Henry James’s fiction is noted for his ______.A. frontier vernacularB. rich colloquialismC. vulgarly descriptive wordsD. refined elegant language24. Which of the following statements about Washington Irving is NOT true?A. Literary imagination should breed in a land rich in the past culture.B. He is preoccupied with the Calvinistic view of original sin and the mystery of evil.C. His stories are among the best of the American literature.D. Some of his works are based on the materials of the European legendary tales.25. Which of the following is NOT one of the main ideas advocated by Emerson, the chief spokesman of New England Transcendentalism?A. As an individual, man is divine and can develop and improve himself infinitely.B. Nature exercises a healthy and restorative influence on human beings.C. There exists an emotional communication between an individual soul and the universal “Oversoul.”D. Evil and sin are ever present in human heart and will pass on from one generation to another.”3word版本可编辑.欢迎下载支持.26. Whitman’s poems are charac terized 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 language27. “Then all collapsed, and the great shroud of the sea rolled o n as it rolled five thousand years ago.” In the quoted sentence, the author might imply that ______.A. nothing changes in the 5000 years of human historyB. man’s desire to conquer nature can only end in his own destructionC. nature is evil as it was 5000 years agoD. nature has the ultimate creative power28. “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 eye-ball. I am nothing. I see all. The currents o f the Universal Being circulate through me; I am part or particle of God.”The above passage is taken from ______.A. Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s CabinB. Cooper’s “Leatherstocking Tales”C. Emerson’s “Nature”D. Dreiser’s Sister Carrie29. Which of the following works best illustrates the Calvinistic view of original sin?A. Stowe’s Uncle Ton’s CabinB. James’s The Portrait of a Lady.C. Hemingway’s A Farewell to ArmsD. Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter.30. Beside symbolism, all the following qualities EXCEPT ______are fused to make Melville’s Moby-Dick a world classic.A. narrative powerB. psychological analysisC. speculative agilityD. optimistic view of life31. In 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. religious32. In Daisy Miller,Henry James reveals Daisy’s ______ by showing her r elatively unreserved manners.A. hypocrisyB. cold and indifferenceC. grace and patienceD. Americanness33. 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 American society in the early 19th centuryD. a small world where people of different colors can live friendly and happily34. Emily Grierson, the protag onist in Faulkner’s story “A Rose for Emily,” can be regarded as a symbol for all the following qualities EXCEPT______.A. old valuesB. rigid ideas of social statusC. bigotry and eccentricityD. harmony and integrity4word版本可编辑.欢迎下载支持.35. As a Modernist poet ,Pound is noted for his active involvement in the ______ .A. cubist school of modern paintingB. Imagist MovementC. stream-of-consciousness techniqueD. German Expressionism36. The statement that a boy’s night journey to an Indian village to witness th e violence of both birth and death provides all the possibilities of a learning experience may well sum up the major theme of ______ .A. Faulkner’s story “A Rose for Emily”B. Hemingway’s story “Indian Camp”C. Irving’s story “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow”D. James’s story “Daisy Miller”37. Which of the following plays by O’Neill can be read autobiographically?A. The Hairy ApeB. The Emperor JonesC. The Iceman ComethD. Long Day’s Journey Into Night38. When we say that a poor young man from the West tried to make his fortune in the East but was disillusioned in the quest of an idealized dream, we are probably discussing about ______’s thematic concern in his fiction writing.A. Henry JamesB. Scott FitzgeraldC. Ernest HemingwayD. William Faulkner39.After his experiences in the forest, Young Goodman Brown returns to Salem ______.A. desperate and gloomyB. renewed in his faithC. wearing a black veilD. unaware of his own sin40. According to Mark Twain, in river town s up and down the Mississippi, it was every boy’s dream to some day grow up to be ______.A. Methodist preacherB. a justice of the peaceC. a riverboat pilotD. a pirate on the Indian oceanPART TWO (60POINTS)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. “One short sleep past, we wake eternally,And death shall be no more; death, thou shalt die.”Questions:A. Identify the poem and the poet.B.What does the word “sleep” mean?C. What idea do the two lines express?42. “Never did sun more beautifully steepIn his first splendor, valley, rock, or hill;Ne’er saw I, never felt, a calm so deep!The river glideth at his own sweet will:5word版本可编辑.欢迎下载支持.Dear God! The very houses seem asleep;And all that mighty heart is lying still!”(William Wordsworth’s sonnet: “Composed upon Westminster Bridge” September 3, 1802) Questions:A. What does the word “glideth” in the fourth line m ean?B. What kind of figure of speech is used by wordsworth to describe the “river”?C. What idea does the fourth line express?43. “With Blue—uncertain stumbling Buzz—Between the light—and me—And then the Windows failed—and thenI could not see to see—”Questions:A. Identify the poem and the poet.B. What do “Windows” symbolically stand for?C. What idea does the quoted passage express?44. “‘Is dying hard, Daddy?’‘No, I think it’s pretty easy, Nick, It all depends.”’Questions:A. Identify the work and the author.B. What was Nick preoccupied with when he asked the question?C. Why did the father add “It all depends” after he answered his son’s question?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. It is said that B. Shaw’s play, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, has a strong realistic theme, which fully reflects the dramatist’s Fabianist idea. Try to summarize this theme briefly.46. Emily Bronte used a very complicated narrative technique in writing her novel Wuthering Heights.Try to tell Bronte’s way of narration briefly.47. “In your rocking-chair, by your window dreaming, shall you long, alone. In your rocking-chair, by your window, shall you dream such happiness as you may never feel.” The two sentences are taken from Theodore Dreiser’s novel, Sister Carrie. What idea can you draw from the “rocking-chair”?48. The literary school of naturalism was quite popular in the late 19th century. What are the major characteristics of naturalism?Ⅳ. Topic Discussion(20 points in all, 10 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. Discu ss the possible theme in W.B. Yeats’s “The Lake Isle of Innisfree” and how that theme is presented in the poem.50. “My faith is gone!” cried he (Goodman Brown), after one stupefied moment. “There is no good on earth; and sin is but a name. Come, devil! Fo r to thee is this world given.”6word版本可编辑.欢迎下载支持.Comment on this passage from Hawthorne’s “Young Goodman Brown”.7word版本可编辑.欢迎下载支持.。

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浙江省2018年10月高等教育自学考试英国文学选读试题课程代码：10054Ⅰ.Choose the relevant match from Column B for each item in Column A.(10%)Section AA B(1)Daniel Defoe ( ) A. The Pilgrim’s Progress(2)Charles Dickens ( ) B. The Silver Box(3)John Bunyan ( ) C. Robinson Crusoe(4)Richard Sheridan ( ) D. A Tale of Two Cities(5)John Galsworthy ( ) E. The School for ScandalSection BA B(1) Jane Eyre( ) A. Irene(2) The Man of Property( ) B. Mr. Rochester(3) The Merchant of Venice( ) C. Satan(4) Paradise Lost( ) D. Sophia Western(5) The History of Tom Jones ( ) E. PortiaⅡ.Complete each of the following statements with a proper word or a phrase according to the textbook.(5%)1. In the era of the Renaissance, the humanists made attempts to get rid of those old ______ ideas in medieval Europe.2. The ______ century was an age of prose. A group of excellent writers, such as Swift, Fielding were produced.3. English ______ is generally said to have begun in 1798 with the publication of Wordsworth and Coleridge’s Lyrical Ballads.4. In the Victorian period, the______ as a literary genre became the most widely read and the most vital and challenging expression of progressive thought.5. The Waste Land by T.S. Eliot is a poem concerned with the spiritual breakup of a modern1______ in which human life has lost its meaning, significance and purpose.Ⅲ.Each of the following statements is followed by four alternative answers. Choose the one that would best complete the statement.(48%)1. During the Renaissance period many European humanist thinkers and scholars did not make efforts to do the following except( )A. to make reformation of those old feudalist ideas in medieval Europe.B. to introduce new ideas that expressed the interests of the feudalist.C. to exalt human nature which is capable of individual perfection.D. to prevent the purity of the early church from the corruption of the Roman Catholic Church.2. About Shakespeare’s romantic comedies, which of the following is not true? ( )A. He takes an optimistic attitude toward love and truth.B. The romantic elements are brought into full play.C. He praises the patriotic spirit when engaging intellectual excitement and emotion.D. His youthful Renaissance spirit of jollity is fully reflected.3. As a Renaissance humanist, Shakespeare ( )A. is against religious persecution and racial discrimination, against social inequality and the corrupting influence of gold and money.B. holds that literature should be a combination of beauty, kindness and truth, and should reflect nature and reality.C. gives faithful reflection of the social realities of his time through his works.D. all of the above.4. Which of the following statements about Paradise Lost is true? ( )A. Adam and Eve were driven out of Paradise for their conspiracy with Satan.B. The writer intended to expose the ways of Satan and to justify the ways of God to men.C. Satan, as a rebel to God, was finally defeated and surrendered.D. Satan was finally reconciled with God.5. The 18th-century England is known as ( )A. the Age of PuritanismB. the Age of ReasonC. the Era of CapitalismD. the Age of Glory6. Why did the enlighteners regard education the major means to improve the society and the2people? ( )A. Because most of the human beings were perfect themselves, so only a few needed further education.B. If the common people were well educated, there would be great chance for a democratic and equal human society.C. Because universal education was limited , dualistic, imperfect, and unnecessary.D. Because human beings were not capable of rationality and perfection through education.7. The neoclassicists did not believe that ( )A. the literature should be used to delight and instruct human beings.B. the artistic ideals should be order, logic, restrained emotion and accuracy.C. the literary works should be created independently and originally.D. both A and C8. The enlighteners placed much emphasis on reason, because they thought ( )A. reason or rationality should be the only, the final cause of any human thought and activities.B. reason and emotion both could lead to truth and justice.C. superstition was above reason and rationality.D. equality and science was contrary to reason and rationality.9. The middle of the 18th century saw a newly rising literary form—( )A. the modern English novelB. the modern English poetryC. the modern English dramaD. both A and B10. In Robinson Crusoe, the writer glorifies ( )A. pride and happinessB. independence and strong willC. hard work and successD. human labor and the Puritan fortitude11. Which of the following is not Daniel Defoe’s works? ( )A. Gulliver’s TravelsB. Captain SingletonC. Moll FlandersD. Robinson Crusoe12. As a master satirist, Swift’s satire is usually masked by ( )A. outward gravity and apparent earnestnessB. apparent eagerness and sincerityC. pessimism and bitternessD. seemingly gentleness and sweetness13. In the Houyhnhnm land, Gulliver found that ______ were hairy, wild, low and despicable3brutes while ______ are endowed with reason and all good and admirable qualities. ( )A. the horses ... the YahoosB. the horses ... human beingsC. the Yahoos ... the horsesD. the Yahoos ... human beings14. Which of following is true about the poetic aesthetics of William Wordsworth? ( )A. Poetry could call for people’s sympathy to the poetic revolutionB. Poetry could make literature as an expression of individualismC. Poetry could set forth a new critical creed on poetryD. Poetry could purify both individual souls and the society15. Blake’s Songs of Innocence is a lovely volume of poems, presenting a world of ( )A. happiness and innocenceB. hope and experienceC. happiness and miseryD. misery and poverty16. Which of the following statements is true about Wordsworth’s contribution to literature? ( )A. He started the modern novel , the writing of growing inner self.B. He initiated the use of ordinary speech of the English language to poetry.C. He advocated an escape from nature.D. He refused to decorate the truth of experience.17. As to the novel Pride and Prejudice, which of the following statements is not true?( )A. It mainly tells of the love story between Darcy and Elizabeth.B. Darcy and Elizabeth symbolize pride and prejudice respectively.C. Elizabeth and Darcy symbolize pride and prejudice respectively.D. Its original title is drafted as “First Impressions”.18. Which of the following groups belongs to the critical realists of the Victorian Period?( )A. Jane Austen and Emily BronteB. Charles Dickens and Walter ScottC. Thomas Hardy and George EliotD. D. H. Lawrence and James Joyce19. The religious hypocrisy of charity institutions are sharply criticized in the novel ( )A. Oliver TwistB. Wuthering HeightsC. A Tale of Two CitiesD. Jane Eyre20. As to Thomas Hardy’s later works, which of the following statements is true? ( )A. They are regarded as novels of humanity and nature.4B. They are well-known as novels of character and environment.C. They are local-colored novels of nature and character.D. They are classified as novels of environment and nature.21. The 20th-century Modernism is thought to take ______ as its theoretical base. ( )A. the theories of skepticism and disillusion of capitalismB. the pessimistic philosophy and the doctrines of Christian moralityC. the theories of post modernism and existentialismD. the irrational philosophy and the theory of psycho analysis22. Which of the following statements is not true about the Theater of Absurd? ( )A. Waiting for Godot is regarded as the most influential play of absurd.B. It concerns more about human beings in an alien and decaying world.C. The most original absurd playwright is G B Shaw.D. It writes about human beings living a meaningless life.23. Which of the following is not written by G. B. Shaw? ( )A. The RainbowB. Mrs. Warren’s ProfessionC. PygmalionD. Widowers’ House24. As to the poem The Waste Land, which of the following statements is true? ( )A. It reflects the disillusionment and despair of a whole pre war generation.B. It presents a panorama of disorder and spiritual desolation in the modern Western world.C. It reflects a prevalent mood of hopefulness and optimism.D. It shows the lost hope of spiritual rebirth in the modern world.Ⅳ.Interpretation(20%)Read the following selections and then answer the questions.(1)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？To die, to sleep—No more; and by a sleep to say we end5... ...When he himself might his quietus makeWith a bare bodkin? Who would these fardels bear,To grunt and sweat under a weary life,But that the dread of something after death—The undiscover’d country, from whose bournNo traveler returns- puzzles the will,And makes us rather bear those ills we haveThan fly to others that we know not of?Thus conscience does make cowards of us all；And thus the native hue of resolutionIs sicklied o’er with the pale cast of thought,And enterprises of great pith and moment，With this regard，their currents turn awryAnd lose the name of action.1. Who is the author of the play? From which play is this passage taken from?2. What can be seen about the hero’s character from the monologue?(2)The curfew tolls the knell of parting day,The lowing herd wind slowly o’er the lea,The plowman homeward plods his weary way,And leaves the world to darkness and to me.... ...Oft did the harvest to their sickle yield,Their furrow oft the stubborn glebe has broke；How jocund did they drive their team afield!How bowed the woods beneath their sturdy stroke!6Let not Ambition mock their useful toil,Their homely joys, and destiny obscure;Nor Grandeur hear with a disdainful smileThe short and simple annals of the poor.The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power,And all that beauty, all that wealth e’er gave,Awaits alike the inevitable hour.The paths of glory lead but to the grave.3. Who is the author? What school of poets does he belong to?4. Make a brief comment on the artistic features of this poem.（3）Mr. Gamfield gave an arch look at the faces round the table, and, observing a smile on all of them, gradually broke into a smile himself. The bargain was made. Mr. Bumble was at once instructed that Oliver Twist and his indentures were to be conveyed before the magistrate, for signature and approval, that very afternoon.In pursuance of this determination, little Oliver, to his excessive astonishment, was released from bondage, and ordered to put himself into a clean shirt. He had hardly achieved this very unusual gymnastic performance when Mr. Bumble brought him, with his own hands, a basin of gruel and the holiday allowance of two ounces and a quarter of bread. At this tremendous sight, Oliver began to cry very piteously, thinking, not unnaturally, that the board must have determined to kill him for some useful purpose, or they never would have begun to fatten him up in that way. “Don’t make your eyes red, Oliver, but eat your food and be thankful,” said Mr. Bumble, in a tone of impressive pomposity. “You’re a going to be made a’prentice of, Oliver.”‘A’prentice, sir!’ said the child, trembling.“Yes, Oliver,” said Mr. Bumble. “The kind and blessed gentlemen which is so many parents to you, Oliver, when you have none of your own, are going to a’prentice y ou, and to set you up in life, and make a man of you, although the expense to the parish is three pound ten! — three pound ten, Oliver! —seventy shillings —one hundred and forty sixpences! —and all for a naughty orphan which nobody can’t love.”7As Mr. Bumble paused to take breath, after delivering this address in an awful voice, the tears rolled down the poor child’s face, and he sobbed bitterly.“Come,”said Mr. Bumble, somewhat less pompously, for it was gratifying to his feelings to observe the effect his eloquence had produced，“Come, Oliver! Wipe your eyes with the cuffs of your jacket, and don’t cry into your gruel; that’s a very foolish acti on, Oliver.” It certainly was, for there was quite enough water in it already.5. What can be shown according to the boy’s experience in the workhouse?Ⅴ.Give brief answers to the following questions.(17%)1. State the major characteristics of the critical realism in the Victorian Period.2. State briefly the features of Lawrence’s psychological realism.8。

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浙江省2018年1月自学考试英国文学选读试题课程代码：10054Part I . Biank-filling:Complete each of the following statements with a proper word or phrase according tothetextbook. (10 points in all, 1 point for each)1. Shakespeare ' s plays have been traditionally divided into three categories: histories, _____ andtragedies.2. William Caxton was the first person who introduced _____ into England.3. Wyatt, in the Renaissance period, introduced the Petrarchan _____ intoEngland, while Surreybrought in blank verse.4. The Enlightenment Movement brought about a revival of interest in the oldclassical works inthe field of literature. This tendency is known as _____ .5. The three unities refer to those of time, place and _____ .6. RegardedasThomasGray ' sbestandmostrepresentativework,ElegyWritteninaCo untryChurchyardis more or less connected with the melancholy event of the death of7. In 1704 Jonathan Swift published two powerful satires on corruption inreligion and learning, ATale of a Tub andThe Battle of the Books, which established his name as a _____________ .8. InLady Chatterley ' s Lover, Lawrence not only condemns the civilized world of mechanism fordistorting human relationships, but also advocates a return to _____ .9. ThesocialDarwinism,underthecoverof “ survivalofthefittest ” ,vehemen tedcolonialism and _____ .10. Dublinersis the first important work of Joyce 's lifelong preoccupatio ____ life.Part n . Multiple-choice questions:CC ■j_ ■Select from the four choices A, B, C, D of each item the one that best answers the question orcompletes the statement. (30 points in all, 1 point for each)11. Marlowe gave new vigor to the blank verse with his “ ___1A. lyrical linesC. mighty linesB. soft linesD. religious lines12. Francis Bacon is not only the first important essayist but also the founder of moderninEngland. A. poetry C. proseB. novel D. science13. Spenser ' s masterpiece is _____ , which is a great poemof the age. A.The Shepheardes CalenderC.The Rape of LucreceB.The Faierie QueeneD.The Canterbury Tales14. ___________________ John Milton wrote to expose the way of Satan and to ways of God to men ” .A.Paradise LostC.LycidasB.Paradise RegainedD.Samson Agonistes15. According to the neoclassicists, all forms of literature were to be modeled after the classicalworks of the ancient Greek and ____________ writers.A. ItalianC. GermanB. BritishD. Roman16. The romantic poets of the ____ peasant poet, Robert Burns and WilliamBlake also joinedlamenting lyrics, paving the way for the flourish of Romanticism early the next century.A. BritishC. ScottishB. IrishD. Wales17. _____________________________________________________ The Pilgrim ' s Progressis the most successful religious ___________________________ in the English language.A. allegoryC. fairy taleB. fableD. essay18. ____ once defined a good style as “ proper words in proper placesA. John DonneC. Daniel DefoeB. Jonathan SwiftD. John Bunyan19. Gray ' s “ Elegy written in a Country Churchyard ” once and for all es his fame as theleader of the _____ poetry of the day.A. romanticB. historical2C. lyricalD. sentimental20. Marx once extolled _____ as “ an instinctive defender of the masses of the people against theencroachmentof the bourgeoisie ”.A. William GodwinC. William CobbetB. William BurkeD. William Fox21. _____ ,definedbyColeridge,isthevitalfacultythatcreatesnewwholesoutofdispa rateelements.A. RationC. AlliterationB. ReasonD. Imagination22. According to the subjects, Wordsworth ' s short poems can be classified two groups: poemsabout nature and poems about ____ .A. human lifeC. social activitiesB. urban lifeD. inner life of an individual23. Coleridge ' s actual achievement as poet can be divided into two remarkably diverse groups: the ___________ and the conversational.A. naturalC. spiritualB. religiousD. demonic24. Shelley ' s greatest achievement is his ______ poetic drama,Prometheus Unbound(1820).A. one-actC. two-actB. three-actD. four-act25. __________________________________________________ Endymion, published in 1818, was a poem based on the ____________________________ myth ofEndymion and themoon goddess.C. ItalianB. RomanD. British26. __________________________________________________ JaneAusten ' sNorthangerAbbeysatirizesthosepopular ________________________ romancesofthelate18thcentury.A. sentimentalC. GothicB. lyricalD. rational27. Chronologically the Victorian period roughly conincides with the reign of Queen who3ruled over England from 1836 to 1901.A. ElizabethC. MaryB. VictoriaD. Anne28. The aestheticists Oscar Wilde and Walter Pater are two notorious advocators of the theory of .A. art for life ' s sakeC. art for art 's sakeB. art for smaokneey 'sD. art for reader ' s sake29. Brought up with strict orthodoxy, Charlotte would usually stick to the code.A. ChristianC. PuritanicalB. Islamic30. As far as Emily Bronte ' s literary creation is concerned, she is, first of all, a _____ .A. novelistC. poetB. dramatistD. essayist31. Tennyson ' s most ambitious work which took him over 30 years to complete is.A.In MemoriamC.Poems by Two BrothersB.Idylls of the KingD.Poems, Chiefly Lyrical32. __________________ ThePublicationof________________________ finallyestablishedBrowning ' spositionasoneofth estEnglish poets.A.The Ring and the BookC.Men and WomenB.The Book and the RingD.Dramatic Lyrics33. Hardy 's best -loccoalolred works are very known as “ novels of character and _____ . ” A. personalityC. domestic lifeB. natureD. environment34. The French _____ , appearing in the late 19th century, heraldedmodernism.A. symbolismC. naturismB. futurismD. surrealism35.Inhisnovelofsocialsatire,H.G.Wellsmaderealisticstudiesoftheaspirationsandfru strations of the ____________ .A.Little ManB.Big Man4 C.Social ManD.Jungle Man36. Modernist novels came to a decline in the _____ , though Joyce and Woolf continued theirexperiments.A. 1920sC. 1940sB. 1930sD. 1950s37. The most original playwright of the ____ is Samuel Beckett, who wroteabout human beingsliving a meaningless life in an alien, decaying world.A.Theater of TraditionC.Theater of AngryB.Theater of ReasonD.Theater of Absurd38. Structurally and thematically, Shaw followed the great tradition of ____ .A. romanticismC. symbolismB. realismD. humanism39. ____ is the first novel of the Forsyte trilogies written by John Galsworthyin 1920.A.The Man of PropertyC.To LetB.In ChanceryD.A Modern Comedy40. _________________________________________ Ulysses ends with the famousmonologue by ____________________________________ , who is musing in a half awake state overthe past experience.A. Leopold BloomC. MollyPart皿.Definition:Define the literary terms listed below. (20 points in all, 5 points for each)41. Humanism42. Gothic novel43. The red thirties44. SymbolismPart IV. Reading Comprehension:ReadthequotedpartscarefullyandanswerthequestionsinEnglish.(20pointsinall,5p oints for each)45. “Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow 'st;5B. Stephen DedalusD. FinnegansNor shall death bragthou wander ' st in his shade,So long as men can breathe or eyes can see,So long live this, and this gives life to thee ”.Questions:A. Identify the poem and the poet.B. Briefly interpret this part.46. “ Behold her, single in the field,You solitary Highland lass!Reaping and singing by herself;Stop here, or gently pass!Alone she cuts and binds the grain,And sings a melancholy strain;O listen! for the Vale profoundIs overflowing with the sound. ”Questions:A. Identify the poem and the poet.B. Comment the rime scheme.47. “ Do I dareDisturb the universe?In a minute there is timeFor decisions and revisions which a minute will reverse.Questions:A. Which essay is this passage taken from? Who is the author?B. Briefly interpret this passage.48. “ Ilingeredbeforeherstall,thoughIknewmystaywasuselesstomakemyinterestinh erwares seem the more real. Then I turned away slowly and walked down the middle of the bazaar. Iallowed the two pennies to fall against the sixpence in my pocket. I heard a voice call from oneend of the gallery that the light was out.Gazing up into the darkness I saw myself as a creature driven and derided by vanity; and my6eyes burned with anguish and anger ”.Questions:A. Which essay is this passage taken from? Who is the author?B. Why the hero saw himself “ as a creature driven and derided by vanityPart V . Topic Discussion:Give brief answers to the following questions.(20 points in all, 10 points for each)49. Tennysonisagenuineartist.Heisquiteknownforhisartisticfeatures.Discussthem ajorartistic features of his poetry.50. What is the theme of G. B. Shaw 's play Mrs.Warren 's Profession?7。

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。

英国文学选读试题及答案解析浙江10月自考

英国文学选读试题及答案解析浙江10月自考浙江省2018年10月高等教育自学考试英国文学选读试题课程代码：10054注：所有试题答案均做在答题纸上，否则不计分。

Part Ⅰ: Choose the relevant match from column B for each item in column A.(10%) Section AA B(1)Shakespeare a. The Pilgrim's Progress(2)John Bunyan b. King Lear(3)Charles Dickens c. Jane Eyre(4)Charlotte Bronte d. Adam Bede(5)George Eliot e. Hard TimesSection BA B(1) The Merchant of Venice a. Satan(2) Paradise Lost b. Elizabeth Bennet(3) The History of T om Jones c. Portia(4) Pride and Prejudice d. Angel Clare(5) Tess of the D'Urbervilles e. Sophia WesternPart Ⅱ: Complete each of the following statements with a proper word or a phrase according to the textbook. (5%)1. The Elizabethan_____ is the real mainstream of the English Renaissance.2. In Milton's Paradise Lost, _____took revenge by tempting Adam and Eve to eat the forbiddenfruit.3. In the field of literature, the Enlightenment Movement brought about _____.4. The best part of Robinson Crusoe is the realistic account of his _____ against the hostile nature.5. Henry Fielding has been regarded as “Father of the English Novel" for his contribution to theestablishment of the form of the _____.6. English Romanticism is generally said to have begun in 1798 with the publication of _____ andColeridge's Lyrical Ballads.7. In Austen's novels, stories of love and _____ provide the major themes.8. As a woman of exceptional intelligence and life experience, George Eliot shows a particularconcern for the destiny of _____.9. _____ is the most outstanding stream-of-consciousness novelist of the 20th century.10. Laurence's autobiographical novel is _____.Part Ⅲ: Each of the following statements below is followed by four alternative answers.Choose the one that would best complete the statement. (50%)1. 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 emphasized the dignity of human beings and the importance of the present life.c. They couldn't see the human values in their works.d. They thought people were largely subordinated to the ruling class without any freedom andindependence.2. In his tragedy Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare eulogizes _____.a. the faithfulness of loveb. the spirit of pursuing happinessc. the heroine's great beauty , wit and loyaltyd. both a and b3. 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 theatres4. Which of the following is not John Milton's works?a. Paradise Lostb. Paradise Regainedc. Samson Agonistesd. Othello5. About reason , the enlighteners thought _____.a. reason or rationality should be the only, the final cause of any human thought and activitiesb. reason couldn't lead to truth and justicec. superstition was above reason and rationalityd. equality and science is contrary to reason and rationality6. According to the neoclassicists, which of the following is true?a. All forms of literature were to be modeled after the classical works of the ancient Greek andRoman writers.b. They tried to delight, instruct and correct human beings as social animals.c. They tried to develop a polite, urbane ,witty, andintellectual art .d. all the above.7. The 18th century witnessed that in England there appeared two political parties, _____.a. the Whigs and the Toriesb. the Senate and the House of Representativesc. the upper House and lower Housed. the House of Lords and the House of Representatives8. The hero in Robinson Crusoe is the prototype of _____.a. the empire builderb. the pioneer colonistc. the working peopled. both a and b9. As a representative of the enlightenment movement, Jonathan Swift thought _____.a. human nature is simple and na?veb. it was possible to reform and improve human nature and human institutionsc. human nature was destined and couldn't be changedd. to better human life, enlightenment is unnecessary10. The social significance of Gulliver's Travels lies in _____.a. the devastating criticisms and satires of all aspects in the then English and European lifeb. his artistic skill in making the story an organic wholec. his central concern of study of human nature and lifed. both b and c11. Of the eighteenth-century novelists Henry Fielding was the first to _____.a. instruct the people through his writingb. give the modern novel its structure and stylec. amuse the people through his worksd. adopt the third-person narration12. In Sheridan's plays, he is much concerned with the current moral issues and lashes harshly at_____.a. the social goodness of his timeb. the social vices of the dayc. the moral tradition of his aged. both b and c13. The Romantic period is an age of _____.a. proseb. dramac. poetryd. both a and c14. The two major novelists of the Romantic period are _____.a. William Wordsworth and John Keatsb. John Keats and Jane Austenc. Jane Austen and Walter Scottd. William15. Blake's Songs of Experience paints a world of _____ with a melancholy tone.a. misery, poverty, disease, war and repressionb. happiness and love and romantic idealsc. misery , poverty mixed with love and happinessd. loss and institutional cruelty with sufferings16. Through his poems, Byron created the “Byronic hero" who is _____.a. a brave and stubborn rebel figure of noble originb. a proud, mysterious rebel figure of noble originc. a proud, mysterious rebel figure of lower origind. a brilliant, independent and romantic figure of his time17. In her novels, Jane Austen presents the quiet , day-to-day country life of _____.a. the upper-class Englishb. the upper-middle-class Englishc. the lower-class Englishd. the lower-middle-class English18. Which of the following can't be included in the critical realists of the Victorian Period?a. Charlotte and Emily Bronteb. Charles Dickens and William M. Thackerayc. Thomas Hardy and George Eliotd. D. H. Laurence and James Joyce19. English critical realism found its expression chiefly in the form of _____.a. novelb. dramac. poetryd. sonnet20. Hardy's last two novels _____ received a lot of hostile criticisms which led to his turning topoetry.a. The Dynasts and Jude the Obscureb. Tess of the D'Urbervilles and Jude the Obscurec. The Return of the Native and Tess of the D'Urbervillesd. The Return of the Native and Jude the Obscure21. Thomas Hardy's heroines and heroes , those unfortunate young men and women are all depictedin_____.a. their persistent pursuit for personal fulfillment and happinessb. their desperate struggle for personal fulfillment and happinessc. their desperate struggle for individual equality and freedomd. their persistent pursuit for better life and ideals22. The 20th century has witnessed a great achievement in English poetry, which are mainlyrepresented by the following except _____.a. Thomas Hardyb. Ezra Poundc. T. S. Eliotd. Lord Byron23. In his novels, Laurence made a bold psychological exploration of various human relationships,especially those between _____, with a great frankness.a. man and natureb. man and societyc. man and womand. all of the above24. In The Man of Property, the typical Forsyte represents _____.a. the traditional and conservative values of the contemporary societyb. the essence of the principle that the accumulation of wealth is the sole aim of lifec. the predominant possessive instinct of the societyd. both a and c25. Which of the following is James Joyce's masterpiece?a. Dublinersb. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Manc. Ulyssesd. Finnegans WakePart Ⅳ: Interpretation (20%)Read the following selections and then answer the questions. Write your answers on the Answer Sheet.(1)Let us go then, you and I,When the evening is spread out against the skyLike a patient etherized upon a table;Let us go, through certain half-deserted streets,The muttering retreatsOf restless nights in one-night cheap hotelsAnd sawdust restaurants with oyster shells:Streets that follow like a tedious argumentOf insidious intentTo lead you to an overwhelming question…Oh, do not ask, “What is it?"Let us go and make our visit.……We have lingered in the chambers of the seaBy sea-girls wreathed with seaweed red and brownTill human voices wake us, and we drown.1.Who's the writer of this poem? Please interpret the protagonist of the poem.(2)It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.However little known the feelings or views of such a man maybe on his first entering a neighborhood, this truth is so well fixed in the minds of the surrounding families, that he is considered as the rightful property of some one or other of their daughters.“My dear Mr. Bennet,”said his lady to him one day, “have you heard that Netherfield Park is let at last?”Mr. Bennet replied that he had not.“But it is,”returned she; “for Mrs. Long has just been here, and she told me all about it.”Mr. Bennet made no answer.“Do not you want to know who has taken it?”cried his wife impatiently.“You want to tell me, and I have no objection to hearing it.”This was invitation enough.“Why, my dear, you must know, Mrs. Long says that Netherfield is taken by a young man of large fortune from the north of England; that he came down on Monday in a chaise and four to see the place, and was so much delighted with it that he agreed with Mr. Morris immediately; that heis to take possession before Michaelmas, and some of his servants are to be in the house by the end of next week.”“What is his name?”“Bingley.”“Is he married or single?”“Oh! single, my dear, to be sure! A single man of large fortune; four or five thousand a year. What a fine thing for our g irls!”“How so? How can it affect them?”“My dear Mr. Bennet,”replied his wife, “how can you be so tiresome! You must know that I am thinking of his marrying one of them.”“Is that his design in settling here?”“Design! Nonsense, how can you talk so! But it is very likely that he may fall in love with one of them, and therefore you must visit him as soon as he comes.”2. Which novel is this passage taken from? Who is the author?3. Please interpret this passage.(3)With straining eagerness Catherine gazed towards the entrance of her chamber. He did not hit the right room directly, she motioned me to admit him, but he found it out ere I could reach the door, and in a stride or two was at her side, and had her grasped in his arms.He neither spoke nor loosed his hold for some five minutes, during which period he bestowed more kisses than ever he gave in his life before, I dare say: but then my mistress had kissed him first, and I plainly saw that he could hardly bear, for downright agony, to look into her face! The same conviction had stricken him as me, from the instant he beheld her, that there was no prospectof ultimate recovery there-she was fated, sure to die.‘Oh, Cathy! Oh, my life! How can I bear it?' was the first sentence he uttered, in a tone that did not seek to disguise his despair. And now he stared at her so earnestly that I thought the very intensity of his gaze would bring tears into his eyes; but they burned with anguish: they did not melt.‘What now?' said Catherine, leaning back, and return ing his look with a suddenly clouded brow: her humour was a mere vane for constantly varying caprices. ‘You and Edgar have broken my heart, Heathcliff! And you both came to bewail the deed to me, as if you were the people to be pitied! I shall not pity you, not I. You have killed me-and thriven on it, I think. How strong you are!How many years do you mean to live after I am gone?' Heathcliff had knelt on one knee to embrace her; he attempted to rise, but she seized his hair, and kept him down.‘I wish I could hold you,' she continued bitterly, ‘till we were both dead! I shouldn't care what you suffered. I care nothing for your sufferings. Why shouldn't you suffer? I do! Will you forget me? Will you be happy when I am in the earth? Will you say twenty years hence, “That's the grave of Catherine Earnshaw.I loved her long ago, and was wretched to lose her; but it is past. I've loved many others since: my children are dearer to me than she was; and at death, I shall not rejoice that I am going to her: I shall b e sorry that I must leave them!”Will you say so, Heathcliff?'‘Don't torture me till I am as mad as yourself,' cried he, wrenching his head free, and grinding his teeth.The two, to a cool spectator, made a strange and fearful picture. Well might Catherine deem that heaven would be a land of exile to her, unless with her mortal body she cast away her moral character also. Her present countenance had a wild vindictiveness in its white cheek, and a bloodless lip and scintillating eye; and she retained in her closed fingers a portion of the locks she had been grasping. As to her companion, while raising himself with one hand, he had taken her arm with the other; and so inadequate was his stock of gentleness to the requirements of her condition, that on his letting go I saw four distinct impressions left blue in the colourless skin.4. From which novel is this passage taken from? Who's the author?5. What's the relationship between Catherine and Heathcliff?Part Ⅴ: Give brief answers to the following questions.(15%)1. Please state Shakespeare's views on the Renaissance literature.2. Why is D.H. Laurence regarded as revolutionary in novel writing?。

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1月浙江自考英国文学选读试题及答案解析

浙江省2018年1月自学考试英国文学选读试题课程代码：10054Part Ⅰ. Blank-filling:Complete each of the following statements with a proper word or phrase according to the textbook. (10 points in all, 1 point for each)1. Shakespe are’s plays have been traditionally divided into three categories: histories, ______ and tragedies.2. William Caxton was the first person who introduced ______ into England.3. Wyatt, in the Renaissance period, introduced the Petrarchan ______ into England, while Surrey brought in blank verse.4. The Enlightenment Movement brought about a revival of interest in the old classical works in the field of literature. This tendency is known as ______.5. The three unities refer to those of time, place and ______.6. Regarded as Thomas Gray’s best and most representative work, Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard is more or less connected with the melancholy event of the death of ______.7. In 1704 Jonathan Swift published two powerful satires on corruption in religion and learning, A Tale of a Tub and The Battle of the Books, which established his name as a ______.8. In Lady Chatterley’s Lover, Lawrence not only condemns the civilized world of mechanism for distorting human relationships, but also advocates a return to ______.9. The social Darwinism, under the cover of “survival of the fittest”, vehemently advocated colonialism and ______.10. Dubliners is the first important work of Joyce’s lifelong preoccupation with ______ life.Part Ⅱ. Multiple-choice questions:Select from the four choices A, B, C, D of each item the one that best answers the question or completes the statement. (30 points in all, 1 point for each)11. Marlowe gave new vigor to the blank verse with his “______”.1A. lyrical linesB. soft linesC. mighty linesD. religious lines12. Francis Bacon is not only the first important essayist but also the founder of modern ______ in England.A. poetryB. novelC. proseD. science13. Spenser’s masterpiece is ______, which is a great poem of the age.A. The Shepheardes CalenderB. The Faierie QueeneC. The Rape of LucreceD. The Canterbury Tales14.John Milton wrote ______ to expose the way of Satan and to “justify the ways of God to men”.A. Paradise LostB. Paradise RegainedC. LycidasD. Samson Agonistes15. According to the neoclassicists, all forms of literature were to be modeled after the classical works of the ancient Greek and ______ writers.A. ItalianB. BritishC. GermanD. Roman16. The romantic poets of the ______ peasant poet, Robert Burns and William Blake also joined lamenting lyrics, paving the way for the flourish of Romanticism early the next century.A. BritishB. IrishC. ScottishD. Wales17.The Pilgrim’s Progress is the most successful religious ______ in the English language.A. allegoryB. fableC. fairy taleD. essay18. ______ once defined a good style as “proper words in proper places”.A. John DonneB. Jonathan SwiftC. Daniel DefoeD. John Bunyan19. Gray’s “Elegy written in a Country Churchyard” once and for all established his fame as the leader of the ______ poetry of the day.A. romanticB. historical2C. lyricalD. sentimental20. Marx once extolled ______ as “an instinctive defender of the masses of the people against the encroachment of the bourgeoisie”.A. William GodwinB. William BurkeC. William CobbetD. William Fox21. ______, defined by Coleridge, is the vital faculty that creates new wholes out of disparate elements.A. RationB. ReasonC. AlliterationD. Imagination22. According to the subjects, Wordsworth’s short poems can be classified into two groups: poems about nature and poems about ______.A. human lifeB. urban lifeC. social activitiesD. inner life of an individual23. Coleridge’s actual achievement as p oet can be divided into two remarkably diverse groups: the ______ and the conversational.A. naturalB. religiousC. spiritualD. demonic24. Shelley’s greatest achievement is his ______ poetic drama, Prometheus Unbound(1820).A. one-actB. three-actC. two-actD. four-act25. Endymion, published in 1818, was a poem based on the ______ myth of Endymion and the moon goddess.A. GreekB. RomanC. ItalianD. British26. Jane Austen’s Northanger Abbey satirizes those popular ______ romances of the late 18th century.A. sentimentalB. lyricalC. GothicD. rational27. Chronologically the Victorian period roughly conincides with the reign of Queen ______ who3ruled over England from 1836 to 1901.A. ElizabethB. VictoriaC. MaryD. Anne28. The aestheticists Oscar Wilde and Walter Pater are two notorious advocators of the theory of ______.A. art for life’s sakeB. art for money’s sakeC. art for art’s sakeD. art for reader’s sake29. Brought up with strict orthodoxy, Charlotte would usually stick to the ______ code.A. ChristianB. IslamicC. PuritanicalD. Cavalier30. As far as Emily Bronte’s literary creation is concerned, she is, first of all, a ______.A. novelistB. dramatistC. poetD. essayist31. Tennyson’s most ambit ious work which took him over 30 years to complete is ______.A. In MemoriamB. Idylls of the KingC. Poems by Two BrothersD. Poems, Chiefly Lyrical32. The Publication of ______ finally established Browning’s position as one of the greatest English poets.A. The Ring and the BookB. The Book and the RingC. Men and WomenD. Dramatic Lyrics33. Hardy’s best local-colored works are very known as “novels of character and ______.”A. personalityB. natureC. domestic lifeD. environment34. The French ______ , appearing in the late 19th century, heralded modernism.A. symbolismB. futurismC. naturismD. surrealism35. In his novel of social satire, H. G. Wells made realistic studies of the aspirations and frustrations of the ______.A. Little ManB. Big Man4C. Social ManD. Jungle Man36. Modernist novels came to a decline in the ______ , though Joyce and Woolf continued their experiments.A. 1920sB. 1930sC. 1940sD. 1950s37. The most original playwright of the ______ is Samuel Beckett, who wrote about human beings living a meaningless life in an alien, decaying world.A. Theater of TraditionB. Theater of ReasonC. Theater of AngryD. Theater of Absurd38. Structurally and thematically, Shaw followed the great tradition of ______.A. romanticismB. realismC. symbolismD. humanism39. ______ is the first novel of the Forsyte trilogies written by John Galsworthy in 1920.A. The Man of PropertyB. In ChanceryC. To LetD. A Modern Comedy40.Ulysses ends with the famous monologue by ______, who is musing in a half-awake state over the past experience.A. Leopold BloomB. Stephen DedalusC. MollyD. FinnegansPart Ⅲ. Definition:Define the literary terms listed below. (20 points in all, 5 points for each)41. Humanism42. Gothic novel43. The red thirties44. SymbolismPart IV. Reading Comprehension:Read the quoted parts carefully and answer the questions in English. (20 points in all, 5 points for each)45. “Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow’st;5Nor shall death brag thou wander’st in his shade,So long as men can breathe or eyes can see,So long live this, and this gives life to thee”.Questions:A. Identify the poem and the poet.B. Briefly interpret this part.46. “Behold her, single in the field,You solitary Highland lass!Reaping and singing by herself;Stop here, or gently pass!Alone she cuts and binds the grain,And sings a melancholy strain;O listen! for the Vale profoundIs overflowing with the sound.”Questions:A. Identify the poem and the poet.B. Comment the rime scheme.47. “Do I dareDisturb the universe?In a minute there is timeFor decisions and revisions which a minute will reverse.Questions:A. Which essay is this passage taken from? Who is the author?B. Briefly interpret this passage.48. “I l ingered before her stall, though I knew my stay was useless to make my interest in her wares seem the more real. Then I turned away slowly and walked down the middle of the bazaar. I allowed the two pennies to fall against the sixpence in my pocket. I heard a voice call from one end of the gallery that the light was out.Gazing up into the darkness I saw myself as a creature driven and derided by vanity; and my6eyes burned with anguish and anger”.Questions:A. Which essay is this passage taken from? Who is the author?B. Why the hero saw himself “as a creature driven and derided by vanity”?Part Ⅴ. Topic Discussion:Give brief answers to the following questions. (20 points in all, 10 points for each)49. Tennyson is a genuine artist. He is quite known for his artistic features. Discuss the major artistic features of his poetry.50. What is the theme of G. B. Shaw’s play Mrs. Warren’s Profession?7。

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