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the items in Column A with those of Column B (10 points in all, 1 points for each)

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6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

II. Choose the best answers to fill the following blanks(20points, 1 point for each blank)

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

11. 12. 13. 14. 15.

16. 17. 18. 19. 20.

III. Answer the following questions in your own words (20 points in all, 10points for each): 简答题

IV. Topic Discussion (50 points in all, 25points for each)阐述

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the items in Column A with those of Column B (10 points in all, 1 points for each)

II. Choose the best answers to fill the following blanks(20points, 1 point for each blank)

1. In the 14th century, the most important writer (poet) is ____ .

A. Langland

B. Wycliffe

C. Gower

D. Chaucer

2. The prevailing form of Medieval English literature is ____.

A. novel

B. drama

C. romance

D. essay

3. After the Norman Conquest, three languages co-existed in England at that time. The Normans

spoke _____.

A. French

B. English

C. Latin

D. Swedish

4."Doyouthink,becauseIampoor,obscure,plain,andlittle,Iamsoullessandheartless…AndifGodhad treatedmewithsomebeauty,andmuchwealth,Ishouldhavemadeitashardforyoutoleaveme,asitisnowformetoleavey ou."Theabovequotedpassageismostprobablytakenfrom______.

A. PrideandPrejudice

B. JaneEyre

C. WutheringHeights

D. GreatExpectations

5.The progress in industry at home stimulated the commercial expansion abroad. ____ encouraged

exploration and travel, which were compatible with the interests of the English merchants.

A. Henry V.

B. Henry VII

C. Henry VIII

D. Queen Elizabeth

6.The most gifted of the “university wits” was ____.

A. Lyly

B. Peele

C. Greene

D. Marlowe

7.Utopia was written in the form of _____.

A. prose

B. drama

C. essay

D. dialogue

8.Among many poetic forms, Shakespeare was especially at home (good at) with the _______.

A. dramatic blank verse

B. song

C. sonnet

D. couplet

9.In the plays, Shakespeare used about ______words.

A. 15000

B. 16000

C. 17000

D. 18000

10._____has been called the summit of the English Renaissance.

A. Christopher Marlow

B. Francis Bacon

C. W. Shakespeare

D. Ben Johnson

11. Sentimentalism is mostly seen in _____________.

A. poetry

B. novels

C. drama

D. romance

12．_____ compiled the A Dictionary of the English Language which became the foundation of all the subsequent English dictionaries.

A. Ben Johnson

B. Samuel Johnson

C. Alexander Pope

D. John Dryden

13. Which play is regarded as the best English comedy since Shakespeare

A. She Stoops to Conquer

B. The Rivals

C. The School for Scandal

D. The Conscious Lovers

14. ____ is the greatest representative of English critical realism.

A. Jane Austen

B. Thackeray

C. Dickens

D. Charlotte

the novel ______, Dickens describes the Chartist Movement and shows his sympathy for the workers.

A. Great Expectations

B. A Tale of Two Cities

C. Hard Times

D. Oliver Twist

16._____ is often regarded as the semi-autobiography of the author Dickens in which the early life of

the hero is largely based on the author’s early life.

A. The Curiosity Shop

B. David Copperfield

C. Oliver Twist

D. Great Expectations

17.Which of the following is Thackeray’s masterpiece

A. The Virginians

B. The Books of Snobs

C. The Newcomes

D. Vanity Fair

18.The title of the novel Vanity Fair was taken from Bunyan’s masterpiece _____.

A. The Pilgrim’s Progress

B. Child Harold’s Pilgrimage

C. Gulliver’s Travels

D. The Canterbury Tales

19.Emily Bronte wrote only one novel entitled ______.

A. Jane Eyre

B. Agnes Grey

C. Wuthering Heights

D. Emma

20.Dickens’ third literary period shows intensifying ______.

A. optimism

B. excitement

C. irritation

D. pessimism

21.The Victorian Literature began in____ and ended in _____.

A. 1837...1900 B. 1835 (1901)

C. 1832...1902 D. 1830 (1903)

22.Charles Dickens was impressive for his _____.

A. wide spread of critical realism

B. his spirit of democracy and humanism

C.his unforgettable figures with satire and simple and clear language

D.includ ing A, B and C

23.The two cities in A Tale of Two Cities refer to ____.

A. London and New York

B. London and Paris

C. Paris and New York

D. Brussels and Washington

24.Byron’s ____ is regarded as the great poem of the Romantic Age.

A. Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage

B. Hours of Idleness

C. Lara

D.Don Juan

25.The publication of ______ marks the beginning of the Romantic Movement in England.

A. “Tintern Abbey”

B. Lyrical Ballads

C. Frost at Night

D. “The Daffodils”

26.The themes of Pride and Prejudice are _____.

A. pride and prejudice

B. the writer’s own personalities

C. love and marriage

D. Both A and C

27.Some critics think that some of Byron’s poems show his _____.

A. individual heroism and pessimism

B. love of nature and optimism

C. love of old writers

D. hatred for the imperialism

28.The Romantic Age began in____ and came to an end in _____.

A. 1789...1821 B. 1778 (1823)

C. 1798...1832 D. 1768 (1819)

29.Byron, Shelley and Keats belong to Romantic poets of ___ generation.

A. the first

B. the second

C. the third

D. the forth

30. Romanticism was a literary trend prevailing in English during the period from 1798 to 1832. The

Romantic writers（）.

A. paid great attention to the spiritual and emotional life of man

B. were discontent with the development of industrialism and capitalism, and presented the

social evils minutely in their works

C. took pains to portray a world of harmony and balance(057)

D. tended to glorify Rome and advocated rational Italian and French art as superior to the native

traditions

31. Which of the following poems is a landmark in English poetry？

A．Lyrical Ballads by William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge？

B．“I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud” by William Wordswor th

C．“Remorse ” by Samuel Taylor Coleridge？

D．Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman

32. The literary form which is fully developed and the most flourishing during the Romantic Period is

______________.

A．prose B．drama C．novel D．poetry

33. Through the character of Elizabeth, Jane Austen emphasizes the importance of ______ for woman.

A. marriage

B. physical attractiveness

C. independence and self-confidence

D. submissive character

34. All of the following poets are regarded as “Lake Poets” EXCEPT______.

A. Samuel Taylor Coleridge

B. Robert Southey

C. William Wordsworth

D. William Blake

35. English Romanticism,as a historical phase of literature,is generally said to have

begun with the publication of Wordswor th and Coleridge’s_____.

A. Poetical Sketches

B. A Defence of Poetry

C. Lyrical Ballads

D. The Prelude

36. Jane Austen’s practical idealism is that love should be justified by ______ and disciplined by self-control.

A. reason

B. sense

C. rationality

D. sensibility

37. .In his poem “Tiger, Tiger,” William Blake expresses his perception of the “fearful symmetry” of the big cat. The phrase “fearful symmetry” suggests（）.

A. the tiger’s two eyes which are dazzlingly bright and symmetri cally set

B. the poet’s fear of the predator

C. the analogy of the hammer and the anvil

D. the harmony of the two opposite aspects of God’s creation

poems such as “The Chimney Sweeper” are found in both Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience by（）.

A. William Wordsworth

B. William Blake

C. John Keats

D. Lord Gordon Byron

39 .William Wordsworth, a romantic poet, advocated all of the following except .

A. normal contemporary speech patterns

B. humble and rustic life as subject matter

C. elegant wording and inflated figures of speech

D. intensely subjective feeling toward individual experience

40. Among the following British Romantic poets ______ is regarded as a “worshipper of nature”.

A. William Blake

B. William Wordsworth

C. George Gordon Byron

D. John Keats

41. Poetry is defined by ______ as “the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings, which originates in emotion recollected in tranquility”.

A. William Wordsworth

B. William Blake

C. Percy Bysshe Shelley

D. Robert Southey

42. The major representatives of the poetic revolution in English Romantic period were Samuel Taylor

Coleridge and ______.

A. William Blake

B. William Wordsworth

C. John Keats

D. Percy Bysshe Shelley

43. “If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind’’ The quoted line comes from ______.

A. Shelley’s “Ode to the West Wind’’

B. Walt Whitman’s Leaves of Grass

C. John Milton’s Paradise Lost D．John Keats’ “Ode on a Grecian Urn”

44. “It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.” The quoted part is taken from ______.

A．Jane Eyre B．Wuthering Heights

C．Pride and Prejudice D．Sense and Sensibility

45. The major theme of Jane Austen’s novels is_____.

A. love and money

B. money and social status

C. social status and marriage

D. love and marriage

III. Answer the following questions in your own words (20 points in all, 10points for

each):

Give a brief answer in your own words to each of the following questions in English. Write your answers in the corresponding space on the answer sheet.

1. Remember Shakespeare’s major plays in each literary career.

2. In your opinion, what is the Reason for Tess’s Tragedy

3. What’s the literary style of Shell ey as a Romantic poet

IV. Topic Discussion (50 points in all, 10points for each) 阐述

Write no less than 120 words on each of the following topics in English in the corresponding space on the answer sheet.

1. How is Romanticism different from Neoclassicism Provide brief evidence from the literary works you know best. Suggested answer:

Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen explored three kinds of motivations of marriage the middle-class people had in

the second half of the 18th century. Try to make a brief discussion about them with specific examples from the novel.

Make comments on Austen’s attitude towards these motivations.

3. Comment on the character of Hamlet.

4. What are the features of Shakespeare’s drama

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