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一．盎格鲁-撒克逊时期1. The most important work of _a _is The Anglo-Saxon Chronicles, which is regarded as the best monument of the English prose.a. Alfred the Greatb. Caedmonc. Cynewulfd. Venerable Bede2. Who is the monster half-human who had mingled thirty warriors in The Song of Beowulf ？_c_a. Hrothgatb. Heorotc. Grendeld. Beowulf3. _b_ is the first important religious poet in English literature.a. Cynewulfb. Caedmonc. Shakespeared. Adam Bede4. The epic, The Song of Beowulf, represents the spirit of _d__.a. monksb. romanticistsc. sentimentalistsd. Pagan（异教徒）5. When we speak of the old English prose, the first name that comes into our minds is_ d_, who is the first scholar in English literature and has been regarded as father of English learning.a. William Shakespeareb. Beowulfc. Julius Caesard. Venerable Bede6. _a_ is not only a prose writer but also a king of Wessex.a. Alfred the Greatb. venerable Bedec. Adam Beded. King Arthur7. Prose literature did not show its appearance until the _c_ century.a. 6thb. 7thc. 8thd. 10th8. The Anglo-Saxons were Christianized in the _c_ century.a. 5thb. 6thc. 7thd. 8th9. Beowulf describes the exploits of a _d_hero, Beowulf, in fighting against the monster Grendel, his revengeful mother, and a fire-breathing dragon.a. Danishb. Scandinavianc. Englishd. Norwegian10. The Roman occupation lasted for about 400 years in Britain, and in _d_, all the Roman troops went back to the continent and never returned.a. 55 B.C.b. 78 A.D.c. 400 A.D.d. 410 A.D.11. English literature began with the _a_settlement in English. Of old English literature, Beowulf, the national epic of the English people, is an example of the mingling of nature myths and heroic legends.a. Anglo-Saxonb. Romanc. Normand. Britain二．盎格鲁-诺曼时期1. In 1066, _a_, with his Norman army, succeeded in invading and defeating English.a. William the Conquerorb. Julius Caesarc. Alfred the Greatd. Claudius2. In the 14th century, the most important writer is _d_a. Langlandb. Wycliffec. Gowerd. Chaucer3. The prevailing from of Medieval English literature is the _c_.a. novelb. dramac. romance a. essay4. The story of _a_ is the culmination of the Arthurian romances.a. Sir Gawain and the Green Knightsb. The story of Beowulfc. Piers the plowmand. The Canterbury5. William Langland’s _b_ is written in the form of a dream vision.a. Kubla Khanb. Piers the Plowmanc. The Dream of John Bulld. Morted’ Arthur6. After the Norman Conquest, three languages existed in English at that time. The Normans spoke _a_.a. Frenchb. Englishc. Latind. Swedish7._c_ was the greatest of English religious reformers and the first translator of the Bible.a. Langlandb. Gowerc. Wycliffed. Chaucer8. Piers the Plowman describes a serous of wonderful dreams the author dreamed, through which, we can see a picture of the life in the _b_ English.a. primitiveb. feudalc. bourgeoisd. modern9. The theme of _a_ to king and lord was repeatedly emphasized in romances.a. loyaltyb. revoltc. obedienced. mockery10. The most famous cycle of English ballads centers on the stories about a legendary outlaw called _b_.a. Morte d’ Aryhurb. Robin Hoodc. The Canterbury Talesd. Piers the Plowman三．乔叟时期1. Who is the “father of English poetry” and one of the greatest narrative poets of England? _b_a. Christopher Marlowb. Geoffrey Chaucerc. W. Shakespeared. Alfred the Great2. When he died, Chaucer was buried in a the Poet’s Co rner.a. Westminster Abbeyb. Normandyc. Canterburyd. Southwark3. Chaucer’s earliest work of any length is his “ c ” a translation of the French “ Roman de la Rose ” by Gaillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meung, which was a love allegory enjoying widespread popularity in the 13th and 14th centuries not only in France but throughout Europe.a. Troilus and Criseydeb. A Red, Red Rosec. Romance of the Rosed. Piers the Plowman4. Chaucer composes a long narrative poem named “ b ” based on Boccaccio’s poem “ Filotrato”.a. The Legend of Good Womenb. Troilus and CirseydeSir Gawain and the Green Knight d. Beowulf5. In his literary development, Chaucer was influenced by three literatures, Which one is not true? _d_French literature b. Italian literaturec. English literatured. German literature6. _a_creative work vividly reflected the changes which had taken root in English culture of the second half of the 14th century.a. Chaucer’sb. Byron’sc. Shelley’sd. Eliot’s四．文艺复兴时期1. The cradle of Renaissance is_ D_.A. GermanyB. EnglandC. AmericaD. Italy2. English Renaissance Period was not an age of prose, but Thomas More wrote hisfamous prose work_ A_.A. UtopiaB. Song and SonnetsC. Of StudiesD. The Shepherd’s Calendar3. The real mainstream of the English Renaissance is _A_A. the Elizabethan dramaB. the Elizabethan proseC. ancient poemD. romantic novel4. Which of the following doesn’t belong to one of the University Wits? _D_John Lyly B. Christopher Marlowe C. Robert Green D. John Milton5. Chrispopher Marlowe’s second achievement is his creation of __B__for the English drama.A. the Byronic heroB. the Renaissance heroC. the Realistic heroD. the Romantic hero6. ___B__ is the essence of the Renaissance.Reformation B. Humanism C. Chivalry D. Heroism7. The following are the main qualities of Spe nser’s poetry except __D__.A. Perfect melodyB. rare sense of beautyC. dedicated idealismD. bitter irony1. The most important and popular comedy written by Shakespeare is __C_.A. Romeo and JulietB. Twelfth NightC. The Merchant of VeniceD. As You Like It2. Which writing is a typical example of Shakespeare's pessimistic view towards human life and society in his late years? AA. TempestB. King LearC. HamletD. Othello3. Which one IS NOT one of Shakespeare's four tragedies? AA. Romeo and JulietB. King LearC. HamletD. Othello4. ___B__, the first of the great tragedies, is generally regarded as Shakespeare's most popular play on the stage.A. The Merchant of VeniceB. HamletC. King LearD. Julius Caesar5. Shakespeare has established his giant position in world literature with his __D__ plays.A. 47B. 27C. 52D. 376. Which of the following statements best illustrates the theme of Shakespeare’s Sonnet 18? CA. 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 meditated on man’s salvation17世纪王政复辟时期1. John Donne is the leading figure of __D___.A. Lake poetsB. Graveyard SchoolC. Satanic poetsD. Metaphysical School2. Which of the following is not true of John Donne? BA. John Donne is the leading figure of the “Metaphysical School ”.B. The most striking feature of Donne’s poetry is precisely its tang of romance.C. Donne is best known by the Song and Sonnets.D. Donne’s great prose works are his sermons.3. _B_ holds that the nature of love is the union of soul and body.A. John BunyanB. John DonneC. Samule JohnsonD. Daniel Defoe1. The chief force that motivated John Bunyan to write The Pilgrim’s Progress was his ___B___.A. police commitmentB. religious fervencyC. artistic pursuitD. long suffering in the prison2. As a result of the conscientious study he made of the Bible, Bunyan’s language was ____B__.A. satiric, concise and well-balancedB. concrete, living and colloquialC. general, Latinate and polysyllabicD. comic, neat and decent3. The following comments on John Bunyan are wrong except __A___.A. He was a stout Puritan.B. Bunyan’s works belong to Gothic novels.C. Bunyan’s style is different from that of the English Bible.D. A Modest Proposal in his masterpiece.1. Here is a sentence from an essay, “Read not to contradict and confuse, nor to believe and take for granted, nor to find talk and discourse, but to weigh and consider”. The essay must be ___A___.A. Of studies by Francis BaconB. The Advancement of Learning by Francis BaconC. Novum Organum by Francis BaconD. Essays by Francis Bacon2. __D__ is a great tract on education written by Bacon.A. Novum OrganumB. The New AtlantisC. EssaysD. The Advancement of Learning3. _A___ lays the foundation for modern science with his insistence on scientific way of thinking and fresh observation rather than authority as a basis for obtaining knowledge.A. Francis BaconB. Thomas HardyC. Charles DickensD. William Blake18世纪浪漫主义时期1. In the field of literature, the Enlightenment Movement brought about a revival of interest in the old classical works. This tendency is known as __B__.A. ClassicismB. Neoclassicism.C. RomanticismD. Pre-Romanticism2. The __D___ century England is known as the Age of Enlightenment or the Age of Reason.A. fifteenB. sixteenC. seventeenD. eighteen3. Which of the following cannot correctly describe Enlightenment Movement? DA. Enlightenment Movement flourished in France.B. Enlightenment Movement was a furtherance of the Renaissance.C. The purpose of the movement was to enlighten the whole world.D. It advocated individual education.4. The modern English novel came into being in __D__.A. The middle of the 17th centuryB. the 17th centuryC. The late 18th centuryD. the middle of the 18th century5. The enlighteners claim that __A__ should be the only, and the final cause of any human thought and activities.A. reasonB. equalityC. scienceD. fraternity6. As the representative of the Enlightenment, Pope was one of the first to introduce _A__ to England.A. rationalismB. criticismC. romanticismD. realism7. The Dunciad is generally considered to be Pope’s best _B__ work.A. praisingB. satiricC. fabulousD. allegorical8. Alexander Pope strongly advocated _B__, emphasizing that literary works should be judged by classical rules of order, reason, logic, restrained emotion, good taste and decorum.A. IdealismB. neoclassicismC. romanticismD. sentimentalism9. __C_ satirizes the foolish, meaningless life of the lords and ladies in the aristocratic bourgeois society of the 18th England.A. An Essay on CriticismB. The DunciadC. The Rape of the LockD. An Essay on Man1. In his novel, Robinson Crusoe , Defoe eulogizes the hero of the ___C__. Aristocratic class B. enterprising landlordsC. rising bourgeoisieD. hard-working people2. Daneil Defoe’s novels m ainly focus on __A___.A. The struggle of the unfortunate for mere existenceB. The struggle of the shipwrecked persons for securityC. The struggle of the pirates for wealthD. The struggle of the criminals for property3.__C___ is important in the history of the novel because it shows the care for persistent record of the detail of daily life, which was to become one of the most distinguishing characteristics of the novel form.A. Moll FlandersB. Robinson CrusoeC. A Journal of the Plague YearD. Roxana4. The following on Daniel Defoe are true except __C__.A. Robinson Crusoe is his first novel.B. Robinson Crusoe is universally considered his masterpieceC. He was a member of the upper class.D. In his novels, his sympathy for the downtrodden, unfortunate poor is shown.5. In his Moll Flanders, Defoe __B__.A. Satisfies his reader by making the sinner justifiably punished.B. Convinces his reader that the sinner is more sinned against than sinningC. Condemns the frailty of women when sinned againstD. Bemoans the unjust fate of the female sinner1. Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels is the greatest __B__ work in English literature. Realistic B. satiric C. romantic D. poetic2. Jonathan Swift held the opinion that human nature _A__, thus human nature and human institutions both needed constant reform and improvement.Was seriously and permanently flawedHad become corrupted and deprivedWas a mixture of the angelic and the satanicWas erroneous but capable of redemption3. The 18th century witnessed that in England there appeared two political parties, __A__, which were satirized by Jonathan Swift in his Gulliver’s Travels .A. The Whig and the ToriesB. The senate and the House of RepresentativeC. The upper House and lower HouseD. The House of Lord and the House of Common4. “Proper words in proper place, makes the true definition of a style.” The sentence is said by __D__, one of the greatest masters of English prose.A. Alexander PopeB. Henry FieldingC. Daniel DefoeD. Jonathan Swift1. Thomas Gray has been regarded as the leader of the __B__ of the day.A. Romantic poetryB. sentimental poetryC. religious poetryD. modern poetry2. In terms of Elegy Written in the Country Churchyard, which is wrong? _B_A. The author employs metaphor in this poem.B. The author excessively expresses his personal melancholy.C. Here he reveals his sympathy for the poor and the unknown.D. He mocks the great ones who despise the poor and bring havoc on them.3. Which of the following phrases cannot be used to describe the features of Gray’s poetry? _D_A. Highly artificial in dictionB. distorted in word orderC. Calculated in rhythmD. lighted-hearted in tone1. Samuel Richardson, one of the 18th century novelists, is well known for his __A__.A. Epistolary methodB. allegoryC. comic-epic in proseD. symbolism1. Which of the following writings is not completed by Sheridan? _B_A. The School for ScandalB. PamelaC. The RivalsD. The Critic2. Which play is regarded as the best English comedy since Shakespeare? _C_A. She Stoops to ConquerB. The RivalsC. The School for ScandalD. The Conscious Lovers。
（完整版）《英美文学》练习题库及答案
（完整版）《英美文学》练习题库及答案I Of the four alternative answer, choose the one that would best complete the statement:1. Benjamin Franklin was born in the family of a small ___________ .A. LandlordB. merchantC. lawyerD. clergyman2. Ralph Waldo Emerson 'asdilneg reputation began with the publication of ___________ .A. EssaysB. NatureC. OversoulD. Self-Relience3. Ellen Poe was both a poet and a ____________________ .A. dramatistB. essayist C actor D. fiction writer.4. Nathaniel Hawthorne ' s view of man and human history originates in __________________ .A. PuritanismB. SocialismC. TranscendentalismD. naturalism5. Walt Whitman was born and brought up in a family of a _____________ .A. PeasantB. carpenterC. captainD. printer6. Mark Twain ' s first successful literary work is _____________________________ .A. The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras CountyB. Life on the MississippiC. The Adventure of Tom SawyerD. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn7. Closely related to Emily Dickinson ' s religious poetry are her poems concerning ________________A. ChildhoodB.youth and happinessC. lonelinessD. death and immortality8. Among the works of Dreiser, the bet known to the Chinese readers is _______________ .A. An American TragedyB. Sister CarrieC. Th FinancierD. The Titan9. Robert Frost ' s works mainly focus on the landscape and people in ___________________ .A. the WestB. American SouthC. New EnglandD. Mississippi10. Most of the plays Eugene O l w 'roNt e ilare ______________________ .A. comediesB. . romancesC. historical plays D tragedies11. Scott Fitzgerald is often acclaimed literary spokesman of the ____________________ .A. modern timeB. young AmericansC. Jazz AgeD. Guilded Age12. ____________________________ is Hemingway ' smasterpiece, which is about the old fishermanSantiago and his losing battle with a giant marlin.A. Farewell to ArmsB. For whom the Bell TollsC. The Sun Also RisesD. The Old Man and The Sea13. As a great fiction writer, William Faulker devotes most of his works to the description of the life and the people in the _______________________________ .A. American WestB. New England in AmericaC. American SouthD. American North14. When he was young, Benjamin Franklin became an apprentice in a ________________ .A. printing houseB. storeC. Tailor ' s shopD. factory15. Ralph Emerson was born in a family of a ___________________ .A. merchantB. businessmanC. clergymanD. writer16. Ellen Poe began his literary career by writing _________________ ;A. short storiesB. playsC. essaysD. poems17. According to Nathaniel Hawthorne, there is ________ in every hearer, which may remain latent, perhaps,英美文学》练习测试题库及答案本科through the whole life; but circumstances may rouse it to activity.A. evilB. virtueC. kindn essD. tragedy18. Whitman is radically innovative in term of form of his poetry. What he prefers for his new subjects and new feeli ngs is ____________ .A. bla nk verseB. free verseC. heroic coupletD. sonnet19. Mark Twain shaped the world ' s view of America and made a comb in ati on of serious literature and _______A. America n folk humorB. En glish folkloreC. America n traditi onal valuesD. funny jokes20. Altogether, Emily Dick inson wrote ____ poems, of which only sever n had appeared duri ng her lifetime.A. 1145B. 1775C. 897D. 78521. Theodore Dreiser is gen erally ack no wledged as one of America' s literaryA. realistsB. n aturalistsC. roma ntistsD. modernists 22. In Frost ' s poems, images and metaphors in his poems are drawn from ___________________A. the simple country lifeB. the urba n lifeC. the life on the seaD. the adve ntures and trips23. Scott Fitzgerald never spared an intimate touch in his fiction to deal with the bankruptcy of the24. Eugene O ' Neill is regarded as the founder of American _____________________ .A. poetryB. dramaC. ficti onD. literature25. _________________ is Hemingway ' s masterpiece, which tellsa story about the tragic love of a woundecAmerican soldier with a British nurse.C. For Whom the Bell Tolls 26. William Faulk ner was born ina family of a ______________________ .A. mercha ntB. colonelC. man agerD. doctor27. In his essays, ______ p ut forward his philosophy of the over soul, the importa nt of the In dividual and Nature.A. Natha niel HawthorneB. Washi ngton IrvingC. Mark Twai nD. Ralph Waldo Emers on28. The chief spokesma n of New En gla nd Transcenden talism is _______A. Natha niel HawthorneB. Ralph Waldo Emers onC. Henry David ThoreauD. Wash ington Irvi ng29. _____ l iterary world turns out to be a most disturbed, tormented and problematical one, which has much to do with his black” vision of life and human beings.A. Herma n Melville'sB. Washi ngton Irvi ng'sC. Nathaniel Hawthorne'sD. Walt Whitman s30. Most of the poems in ____ sing of the en-masse and the self as well.A. Leaves of GrassB. Drum TapsC. North of Bost onD. The Can tos31. In ____ , Whitma n airs his sorrow at Preside nt Lin colnsdeath.A. Cavalry Crossing a FordB. A Pact ”C. When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom 'dD. There was a Child Went Forth ”A. America n DreamB. ruli ng classes B. America n Capitalists D.America n bourgeoisieA. A Farewell to ArmsB. The Sun Also RisesD. In Our Time32.In ___ , Whitman's own early experience may well be identified with the childhood of a young growingAmerica.A. “A Pact”B. “Song of Myself ”C. “There was a Child Went Forth”D. “Cavalry Crossing a Ford”33.In _____ , Hawthorne sets out to prove that everyone possesses some evil secret.A. “The Custom-House”B. “Young Goodman Brown”C. “Rappaccini's Daughter”D. “The Birthmark"34. _____ is called by Hemingway the one from which“all modern American literature c omes”.A. The adventures of Huckleberry FinnB. The Adventures of Tom aSwyerC. The Gilded AgeD. Life on the Mississippi35. Theodore Dreiser's forgiving treatment of the career of his heroine in ____ also draws heavily upon thenaturalistic understanding of sexuality.A McTeague B. An American Tragedy C. Sister Carri e D. The Genius36. _____ is a great giant of American, whom H.L.Mencken considers “the true father of our nationalliterature.”A. Henry JamesB. Washington IrvingC. Mark TwainD. Theodore Dreiser37. _____ is usually regarded as a classic book written for boys about their particular horrors and joys.A. The Adventures of Tom SawyerB. The Adventures of Huckleberry FinnC. Innocents AbroadD. Life on the Mississippi38. _____ is described by Mark Twain as a boy with“a sound heart and a deformed conscienc”e.A. Tom SawyerB. Huckleberry FinnC. JimD.Tony39. _______ is considered to be Theodore Dreise'sr greatest work.A. An American TragedyB. Sister CarrieC. The FinancierD. The Titan40. The leading playwright of the modern period in American literature, if not the most successful in all hisexperiments, is ______A. Arthur MillerB. Tennessee WilliamC. George Bernard ShawD. Eugene O'Neil41. The well- known soliloquy by Hamlet “ T o be , or not to be ' shows hisA. hatred for his uncleB. love for lifeC. resolution of revengeD. inner- strife42. _______ is a play that concerns the problem of modern ma'sn identity.A. The Hairy ApeB. Long Day's Journey Into NightC. The Iceman ComethD. The Emperor Jones43.In a tragic sense, ______ is a representation of life as a struggle against unconquerable forces in whichonly a partial victory is possible.A. For Whom the Bell TollsB. In Our TimeC. The Old Man and the SeaD. A Farewell to Arms44. Faulkner once said that _________ is a story of “ lost innocence,'which proves itself to be andintensification of the theme of imprisonment in the past.A. The Sound and the FuryB. Light in AugustC. Go Down, MosesD. Absalom, Absalom! 45.In A Rose for Emily, Faulkner makes best use of the __________________________ devices in narration.A. RomanticB. RealisticC. GothicD. Modernist46. _____ is Hemingway's first true novel in which he depictsa vivid portrait of “The lost Generation.”A. The Sun Also RisesB. A Farewell to ArmsC. In Our TimeD. For Whom the Bell Tolls47. The only dramatist ever to win a Nobel Prize was _________ .A. Bernard ShawB. Eugene O'NeilC. Richard Brinsley SheridanD. William Shakespeare48. __________________________ By means of “free verse,” believes that he has turned the poem into anopen field, an area of vitalpossibility where the reader can allow his own imagination to play.A. Emily DickinsonB. Walt WhitmanC. Robert FrostD. Ezra Pound49. An eccentric woman who refuses to accept the passageoftime, or the inevitable change and loss thataccompanies it may probably refer to ______ .A. Irene in The Man of PropertyB. Emily in A Rose for EmilyC. Catherine in Wuthering HeightsD. the widow Douglas in Adventures of Huckleberry Finn50. One source of evil that Nathaniel Hawthorne is concerned most is overreaching intellect. Which of the following stories is one of this kind?A. Rappaccini's DaughterB. Young Goodman BrownC. The Minister's Black VeilD. The Birthmark51. “In your rocking-chair, by your window, shall you dream such happiness as you may never feel. ”This is the last sentence of __________ .A. Sister CarrieB. An American TragedyC. The GeniusD. Jane Eyre 52.In Walt Whitman's “There was a Child Went Forth”, the child refers to _________________________________________ .A. the poet himself as a childB. any American childC. the young AmericaD. one of the poet's neighbor53. The ______ techniques are used in some of Eugene O'Neil 's plays to highlight the theatrical effect of therupture between the two sides of an individual human being, the private and the public.A. naturalisticB. expressionisticC. stream-of-consciousnessD. metaphysical54. Which of the following is true as far as Emily Dickinson 's poetry is concerned? A. She seldom uses dashes.B. All her poems are about death or immorality.C. Her poems are very personal and meditativeD. Her poems usually have well-chosen titles. 55.In his poems, Whitman tends to use ___________________ .A. oral EnglishB. the King 's EnglishC. American EnglishD. old English56. As far as Nathaniel Hawthorne's art is concerned, which of the following statement is true? A. His The Scarlet Letter tells a love story.B. His art is deeply influenced by Puritanism because he was a puritan himself.C. Young Goodman Brownis a story about superstition.D. Ambiguity is one of the salient characteristics of his art.57. “I like to see it lap the Miles—And lick the Valleys up —And stop to feed itself at Tanks—And the n ---- ” (Emily Dick inson, “like to see it lap the Miles—)Here “it” refers to _____ .A. loveB. deathC. a flyD. the train58. Which of the following statements concerning Theodore Dreise'rs style is correct?A. Dreiser'sCowperwood trilogy includes The Financier, The Titan and The GeniusB. His novels have little detail descriptions of characters and events.C. His novels are written in refined language.D. His style is not polished but very serious.59. ____ has long been well known as a poet who can hardly be classified with the old or the new.A. Ezra PoundB. Robert Lee FrostC. T. S. EliotD. Emily Dickinson60. F. Scott Fitzgerald skillfully employs the device of having events observe by ___________ to his greatadvantage.。
英美文学期末考试复习
第一章殖民主义时期的文学1、American Puritanism was one of the most enduring shaping influences in American thought and American literature.American Puritanism influences on American literature:a. Idealism and optimism 理想主义和乐观主义b. Symbolism 象征主义c. Simplicity. 简洁清教徒采用的文学体裁：a、narratives 日记 b、journals 游记清教徒在美国的写作内容：1）their voyage to the new land2) Adapting themselves to unfamiliar climates and crops3) About dealing with Indians4) Guide to the new land, endless bounty, invitation to bold spirit清教徒的思想：1）puritan want to make up pure their religious beliefs and practices 净化信仰和行为方式2) Wish to restore simplicity to church and the authority of the Bible to the theology. 重建教堂，提供简单服务，建立神圣地位3）look upon themselves as chosen people, and it follow logically that anyone who challenged their way of life is opposing God's will and is not to be accepted. 认为自己是上帝选民，对他们的生活有异议就是反对上帝4）puritan opposition to pleasure and the arts sometimes has been exaggerated. 反对对快乐和艺术的追求到了十分荒唐的地步 5）religious teaching tended to emphasize the image of a wrathful God.强调上帝严厉的一面，忽视上帝仁慈的一面。
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2012-2013学年 第二学期 《美国文学》期末考试试卷（A 卷）专业：英语 年级：2010级 考试方式：闭卷 学分：2 考试时间：110分钟I ．Multiple Choices (每小题 1分，共20分)Directions: Select from the four choices of each item the one thatbest answers the question.1. Naturalism is evolved from realism when the author’s tone in writing becomes less serious and less sympathetic but more ironic and more_____________. A . rational B . humorous C. optimisticD . pessimistic2. Which of the following is not written by Ernest Hemingway, one of the best-known American authors of the 20th century? A. The Sun Also Rises B. The Old Man and the Sea C. Mosses from the Old ManseD. Hills Like White Elephant3. The Romantic writers would focus on all the following issues Except the __________ in the American history. A. individual feeling B. survival of the fittest C. strong imaginationD. return to nature4. Almost all Faulkner ’s heroes turned out to be tragic because__________. A. all enjoyed living in the declining American South.B. none of them was conditioned by the civilization and Social institutions.C. most of them were prisoners of the past.D. none were successful in their attempt to explain the inexplicable.5. As an autobiograp hical play, O’Neill’s ________ (1955) has gained its status as a world classic and simultaneously marks the climax of his literary career and the coming of age of American drama._.A. The Iceman ComethB. Long Day’s Journey into NightC. Beyond the HorizonD. Bound East for Cardiff6. Which of the following statements is right about Robert Frost’s poetry?A. He combined traditional verse forms with the difficult and highly ornamental language.B. He combined traditional verse forms with the pastoral language of the Southern area.C. He combined traditional verse forms with a simple spoken language, the speech of New England farmers.D. He combined traditional verse forms with the experimental.7. Edgar Allen Poe was characterized by his __________.A. psycho-analysisB. novels set in the WestC. free verseD. political pamphlets8. Which of the following is depicted as the mythical county in William Faulkner’s novels?A. CambridgeB. OxfordC. MississippiD. Yoknapatawpha9. ____________ was the first great American writer to write for pleasure rather than utility. He is considered to be founder of American literature by some critics.A. James Fenimore CooperB. Washington IrvingC. Ezra PoundD. Mark Twain10. We can perhaps summarize that Walt Whitman’s poems are characterized by all the following features except that they are _______________.A. lyrical and well-structuredB. conversational and crudeC. simple and rather crudeD. free-flowing11. The Grapes of Wrath by Steinbeck reveals the miserable lives of __________ .A. factory workersB. sailorsC. landless farm laborersD. veterans12. Among the American realistic writers, _________ focused his attention on the rising middle class and the way they lived.A. Herman MelvilleB. Henry JamesC. Mark TwainD. William Dean Howells13. Which of the following is a representative novel of naturalism by an American writer? 2A. Innocents AbroadB. McTeagueC. Daisy MillerD. The Grapes of Wrath14. The first symbol of self-made American man is _________.A. Benjamin FranklinB. Washington IrvingC. George WashingtonD. Mark Twain15. The Imagist writers followed three principles. They respectively are direct treatment, economy of expression and ________.A. local colorB. ironyC. clear rhythmD. blank verse16. Robert Frost is famous for his lyric poems. Which of the following lyric poems wasnot written by Robert Frost?A. “The Raven”B. “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening”C. “After Apple-picking”D. “The Road Not Taken”17. “The lost generation”refers to the writers who relocated to Paris in the post WWⅠyears to reject to values of American materialism. All the following but ________are involved in this group.A. F. S. FitzgeraldB. Ernest HemingwayC. Theodore DreiserD. John Dos Passos18. The first settlers who became the founding fathers of the American nation were quite a few of them _________.A. AnglicansB. CatholicsC. NormansD. Puritans19. Which one of the following statements is applicable to the understanding of Transcendentalism?A. It is strongly influenced by social Darwinism.B. Belief in individualism, independence of mind, and self-reliance.C. Man has no free-will.D. It holds that determinism governs everything.20. In __________, Captain Ahab is obsessed with the revenge on a whale which shearedoff his leg on a previous voyage, and his crazy chasing of it eventually brings death to allon board the whaler except Ishmael, who survives to tell the tale.《美国文学》A卷第3页共18页4A. TypeeB. White JacketC. Moby DickD. Billy BuddII ．Explain the Following Literary Terms Briefly (每小题7分，共14分)Directions : Please write down the answers on the Answer Sheet.21. Local Colorism 22. Stream of ConsciousnessIII ．Identification of Fragments (每小题7分，共21分)Directions : Please give the name of the author and the title of the literary work from which it is taken and then briefly comment on itin English. Please write down the answers on the Answer Sheet.23. “‘That ’s right.’ He said; ‘I ’m no good now. I was all right. I had money. I ’m going to quit this,’ and, with death in his heart, he started down toward the Bowery. People had turned on the gas before and died; why shouldn ’t he? He remembered a lodging house where there were little, close rooms, with gas-jet in them, almost pre-arranged, he thought, for what he wanted to do, which rented for fifteen cents. Then he remembered that he had no fifteen cents.”24. “All day Buck brooded by the pool or roamed restlessly above the camp. Death, as a cessation of movement, as a passing out and away from the lives of the living, he knew, and he knew John Thornton was dead. It left a great void in him, somewhat akin to hunger, but a void which ached and ached, and which food could not fill.25. “Her skeleton was small and spare; perhaps that was why that would have been merely plumpness in another was obesity in her. She looked bloated, like a body long submerged in motionless water, and of that pallid hue.IV . Short Essay Questions (每小题10分，共 30 分)Directions : Please write down the answers on the Answer Sheet.《美国文学》A 卷 第5页 共18页26. The relationship between man and nature is a recurrent theme, perhaps one of the most important themes, in American literature. Write a short essay on it by contrasting tow or three American literary works, or two or three American literary movements, to tell what you know about their different views of nature. 27. Please make a comment on Eugene O ’Neil.28. Please briefly comment on Theodore Dreiser ’s novel Sister Carrie.V ．Appreciating a Literary Work (计 15 分)Directions:In this part, you are required to write a commentary paper in no less than 100 words. Please write it on the AnswerSheet .A Clean, Well-Lighted PlaceErnest HemingwayIt was very late and everyone had left the cafe except an old man who sat in the shadow the leaves of the tree made against the electric light. In the day time the street was dusty, but at night the dew settled the dust and the old man liked to sit late because he was deaf and now at night it was quiet and he felt the difference. The two waiters inside the cafe knew that the old man was a little drunk, and while he was a good client they knew that if he became too drunk he would leave without paying, so they kept watch on him."Last week he tried to commit suicide," one waiter said. "Why?""He was in despair." "What about?" "Nothing.""How do you know it was nothing?" "He has plenty of money."They sat together at a table that was close against the wall near the door of the cafe and looked at the terrace where the tables were all empty except where the old man sat in the shadow of the leaves of the tree that moved slightly in the wind. A girl and a soldier went by in the street. The street light shone on the brass number on his collar. The girl wore no head covering and hurried beside him."The guard will pick him up," one waiter said. "What does it matter if he gets what he's after?""He had better get off the street now. The guard will get him. They went by five minutes ago."The old man sitting in the shadow rapped on his saucer with his glass. The youngerwaiter went over to him."What do you want?"The old man looked at him. "Another brandy," he said."You'll be drunk," the waiter said. The old man looked at him. The waiter went away."He'll stay all night," he said to his colleague. "I'm sleepy now. I never get into bed before three o'clock. He should have killed himself last week."The waiter took the brandy bottle and another saucer from the counter inside the cafe and marched out to the old man's table. He put down the saucer and poured the glass full of brandy."You should have killed yourself last week," he said to the deaf man. The old man motioned with his finger. "A little more," he said. The waiter poured on into the glass so that the brandy slopped over and ran down the stem into the top saucer of the pile. "Thank you," the old man said. The waiter took the bottle back inside the cafe. He sat down at the table with his colleague again."He's drunk now," he said."He's drunk every night.""What did he want to kill himself for?""How should I know.""How did he do it?""He hung himself with a rope.""Who cut him down?""His niece.""Why did they do it?""Fear for his soul.""How much money has he got?" "He's got plenty.""He must be eighty years old.""Anyway I should say he was eighty.""I wish he would go home. I never get to bed before three o'clock. What kind of hour is that to go to bed?""He stays up because he likes it.""He's lonely. I'm not lonely. I have a wife waiting in bed for me.""He had a wife once too.""A wife would be no good to him now.""You can't tell. He might be better with a wife.""His niece looks after him. You said she cut him down.""I know." "I wouldn't want to be that old. An old man is a nasty thing.""Not always. This old man is clean. He drinks without spilling. Even now, drunk. Look at him.""I don't want to look at him. I wish he would go home. He has no regard for those 6《美国文学》A 卷 第7页 共18页who must work."The old man looked from his glass across the square, then over at the waiters."Another brandy," he said, pointing to his glass. The waiter who was in a hurry came over."Finished," he said, speaking with that omission of syntax stupid people employ when talking to drunken people or foreigners. "No more tonight. Close now.""Another," said the old man."No. Finished." The waiter wiped the edge of the table with a towel and shook his head.The old man stood up, slowly counted the saucers, took a leather coin purse from his pocket and paid for the drinks, leaving half a peseta(西班牙货币单位) tip. The waiter watched him go down the street, a very old man walking unsteadily but with dignity."Why didn't you let him stay and drink?" the unhurried waiter asked. They were putting up the shutters. "It is not half-past two.""I want to go home to bed." "What is an hour?""More to me than to him." "An hour is the same.""You talk like an old man yourself. He can buy a bottle and drink at home." "It's not the same.""No, it is not," agreed the waiter with a wife. He did not wish to be unjust. He was only in a hurry."And you? You have no fear of going home before your usual hour?" "Are you trying to insult me?""No, hombre （老兄）, only to make a joke.""No," the waiter who was in a hurry said, rising from pulling down the metal shutters. "I have confidence. I am all confidence.""You have youth, confidence, and a job," the older waiter said. "You have everything.""And what do you lack?" "Everything but work.""You have everything I have.""No. I have never had confidence and I am not young." "Come on. Stop talking nonsense and lock up.""I am of those who like to stay late at the cafe," the older waiter said."With all those who do not want to go to bed. With all those who need a light for the night.""I want to go home and into bed.""We are of two different kinds," the older waiter said. He was now dressed to go home. "It is not only a question of youth and confidence although those things are very beautiful. Each night I am reluctant to close up because there may be some one who needs the cafe.""Hombre, there are bodegas open all night long.""You do not understand. This is a clean and pleasant cafe. It is well lighted. The light is very good and also, now, there are shadows of the leaves.""Good night," said the younger waiter."Good night," the other said. Turning off the electric light he continued the conversation with himself, It was the light of course but it is necessary that the place be clean and pleasant. You do not want music. Certainly you do not want music. Nor can you stand before a bar with dignity although that is all that is provided for these hours. What did he fear? It was not a fear or dread, It was a nothing that he knew too well. It was all a nothing and a man was a nothing too. It was only that and light was all it needed and a certain cleanness and order. Some lived in it and never felt it but he knew it all was nada （没有，虚无）y（所以）pues（既然，那么）nada y nada y pues nada. Our nada who art in nada, nada be thy name thy kingdom nada thy will be nada in nada as it is in nada. Give us this nada our daily nada and nada us our nada as we nada our nadas and nada us not into nada but deliver us from nada; pues nada. Hail nothing full of nothing, nothing is with thee. （这是一段模仿祷告词，其中的名词和动词都被虚无所取代，表明一切事物和行为都是虚无。
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签名：____________I.Match the items in Column A with those of Column B (10 points in all, 1 pointsfor each)1. 2. 3. 4. 5.6. 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1.2.IV. Topic Discussion (50 points in all, 25points for each)阐述1.2.英美文学考题考试复习题1.Match the items in Column A with those of Column B (10 points in all, 1 pointsfor 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. LanglandB. WycliffeC. GowerD. Chaucer2. The prevailing form of Medieval English literature is ____.A. novelB. dramaC. romanceD. essay3. After the Norman Conquest, three languages co-existed in England at that time. The Normans spoke_____.A. FrenchB. EnglishC. LatinD. Swedish4."Do you think, because I am poor, obscure, plain, and little, I am soulless and heartless?…And if God hadtreated me with some beauty, and much wealth, I should have made it as hard for you to leave me, as it is now for me to leave you." The above quoted passage is most probably taken from ______ .A. Pride and PrejudiceB. Jane EyreC. Wuthering HeightsD. Great Expectations5.The progress in industry at home stimulated the commercial expansion abroad. ____ encouragedexploration and travel, which were compatible with the interests of the English merchants.A. Henry V.B. Henry VIIC. Henry VIIID. Queen Elizabeth6.The most gifted of the “university wits” was ____.A. LylyB. PeeleC. GreeneD. Marlowe7.Utopia was written in the form of _____.A. proseB. dramaC. essayD. dialogue8.Among many poetic forms, Shakespeare was especially at home (good at) with the _______.A. dramatic blank verseB. songC. sonnetD. couplet9.In the plays, Shakespeare used about ______words.A. 15000B. 16000C. 17000D. 1800010._____has been called the summit of the English Renaissance.A. Christopher MarlowB. Francis BaconC. W. ShakespeareD. Ben Johnson11. Sentimentalism is mostly seen in _____________.A. poetryB. novelsC. dramaD. romance12．_____ compiled the A Dictionary of the English Language which became the foundation of all the subsequent English dictionaries.A. Ben JohnsonB. Samuel JohnsonC. Alexander PopeD. John Dryden13. Which play is regarded as the best English comedy since Shakespeare?A. She Stoops to ConquerB. The RivalsC. The School for ScandalD. The Conscious Lovers14. ____ is the greatest representative of English critical realism.A. Jane AustenB. ThackerayC. DickensD. Charlotte15.In the novel ______, Dickens describes the Chartist Movement and shows his sympathy for theworkers.A. Great ExpectationsB. A Tale of Two CitiesC. Hard TimesD. Oliver Twist16._____ is often regarded as the semi-autobiography of the author Dickens in which the early life ofthe hero is largely based on the author’s early life.A. The Curiosity ShopB. David CopperfieldC. Oliver TwistD. Great Expectations17.Which of the following is Thackeray’s masterpiece?A. The VirginiansB. The Books of SnobsC. The NewcomesD. Vanity Fair18.The title of the novel Vanity Fair was taken from Bunyan’s masterpiece _____.A. The Pilgrim’s ProgressB. Child Harold’s PilgrimageC. Gulliver’s TravelsD. The Canterbury Tales19.Emily Bronte wrote only one novel entitled ______.A. Jane EyreB. Agnes GreyC. Wuthering HeightsD. Emma20.Dickens’ third literary period shows intensifying ______.A. optimismB. excitementC. irritationD. pessimism21.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 realismB. his spirit of democracy and humanismC.his unforgettable figures with satire and simple and clear languageD.includ ing A, B and C23.The two cities in A Tale of Two Cities refer to ____.A. London and New YorkB. London and ParisC. Paris and New YorkD. Brussels and Washington24.Byron’s ____ is rega rded as the great poem of the Romantic Age.A. Childe Harold’s PilgrimageB. Hours of IdlenessC. LaraD.Don Juan25.The publication of ______ marks the beginning of the Romantic Movement in England.A. “Tintern Abbey”B. Lyrical BalladsC. Frost at NightD. “The Daffodils”26.The themes of Pride and Prejudice are _____.A. pride and prejudiceB. the writer’s own personalitiesC. love and marriageD. Both A and C27.Some critics think th at some of Byron’s poems show his _____.A. individual heroism and pessimismB. love of nature and optimismC. love of old writersD. hatred for the imperialism28.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 firstB. the secondC. the thirdD. the forth30. Romanticism was a literary trend prevailing in English during the period from 1798 to 1832. TheRomantic writers（）.A. paid great attention to the spiritual and emotional life of manB. were discontent with the development of industrialism and capitalism, and presented the socialevils minutely in their worksC. 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 nativetraditions31. Which of the following poems is a landmark in English poetry?A．Lyrical Ballads by William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor ColeridgeB．“I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud” by William WordsworthC．“Remorse ” by Samuel Taylor ColeridgeD．Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman32. The literary form which is fully developed and the most flourishing during the Romantic Period is______________.A．prose B．drama C．novel D．poetry33. Through the character of Elizabeth, Jane Austen emphasizes the importance of ______ for woman.A. marriageB. physical attractivenessC. independence and self-confidenceD. submissive character34. All of the following poets are regarded as “Lake Poets” EXCEPT______.A. Samuel Taylor ColeridgeB. Robert SoutheyC. William WordsworthD. William Blake35. English Romanticism,as a historical phase of literature,is generally said to havebegun with the publication of Wordsworth and Coleridge’s_____.A. Poetical SketchesB. A Defence of PoetryC. Lyrical BalladsD. The Prelude36. Jane Austen’s practical idealism is that l ove should be justified by ______ and disciplined by self-control.A. reasonB. senseC. rationalityD. sensibility37. .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 symmetrically setB. the poet’s fear of the predatorC. the analogy of the hammer and the anvilD. the harmony of the two opposite aspects of God’s creation38.The poems such as “The Chimney Sweeper”are found in both Songs of Innocence and Songs ofExperience by（）.A. William WordsworthB. William BlakeC. John KeatsD. Lord Gordon Byron39 .William Wordsworth, a romantic poet, advocated all of the following except .A. normal contemporary speech patternsB. humble and rustic life as subject matterC. elegant wording and inflated figures of speechD. intensely subjective feeling toward individual experience40. Among the following British Romantic po ets ______ is regarded as a “worshipper of nature”.A. William BlakeB. William WordsworthC. George Gordon ByronD. John Keats41. Poetry is defined by ______ as “the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings, which originates in emotion re collected in tranquility”.A. William WordsworthB. William BlakeC. Percy Bysshe ShelleyD. Robert Southey42. The major representatives of the poetic revolution in English Romantic period were Samuel TaylorColeridge and ______.A. William BlakeB. William WordsworthC. John KeatsD. Percy Bysshe Shelley43. “If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?’’ The quoted line comes from ______.A. Shelley’s “Ode to the West Wind’’B. Walt Whitman’s Leaves of GrassC. John Milton’s Paradise 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 HeightsC．Pride and Prejudice D．Sense and Sensibility45. The major theme of Jane Austen’s novels is_____.A. love and moneyB. money and social statusC. social status and marriageD. love and marriageIII. 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 Shelley 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:2.In 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?。
英美文学期末复习题
英美文学期末复习题英美文学是开放英语专科的选修课。
新版教学计划中没有此课，目前仍有一部分较早时间入学的学生选修此课。
英美文学课程6学分，分两学期完成，两学期期末分别进行考试。
分别为英美文学（1）、英美文学（2）。
使用教材为外研社出版的《英美文学选读》，辅助参考资料为中华工商联合出版社出版的《英美文学选读自考过关教练》，同学们学习时要注意理清英美文学发展的脉络，把握各时期的总体情况、流派特点、代表性的作家作品等，对重要作品要会进行评析。
06年元月份的期末考试两门课程题型、分值设计等相同，如下表：份的期末考试两门课程题型、分值设计等相同，如下表：题型 题量 分值 I. I. 单项选择单项选择单项选择15 30 II. II. 填空填空填空15 30 III. III. 选段分析选段分析（给出选文，要求指出作者、作品名称，并简要分析。
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3 18 IV. IV. 问答问答问答2 22 总计总计 35 100下面的复习题包括英美文学（1）和英美文学（2）两门课的内容。
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I. Choose the one that would best complete the statement below. (30 points, 2 points each) 1. ______ is regarded today as the national epic of the Anglo-Saxons. A. Beowulf B. The Canterbury TalesC. Don JuanD. Paradise Lost 2. John Dryden called ______ the father of English poetry. A. Geoffrey Chaucer B. Edmund Spencer C. John Milton D. John Donne 3. The Merchant of V enice is a ________. A. tragedy B. comedy C. history play D. tragicomedy 4. Hamlet faces the dilemma between ______. A. action and mind B. dream and reality C. money and power D. hate and love 5. John Milton ’s masterpiece is his ______. A. Paradise Lost B. Paradise RegainedC. Samson Agonistes D. Areopagitica 6. Robert Frost is a regional poet in the sense that his poems depict mostly ______. A. the frontier life B. The sea adventures C. the Puritan community D. New England landscape 7. The novel ________ is not written by Henry James. A. The Ambassadors B. The Wings of the DoveC. The Bostonians D. The Mysterious Stranger8. In the 1920s decade, O ’Neill established an international reputation with such plays as ______. A. The Emperor JonesB. Anna ChristieC. The Hairy ApeD. all of the above 9. Fitzgerald ’s fictional world is the best embodiment of the spirit of the Jazz Age, in which he shows a particular interest in ______ society. A. the middle-class B. the upper-class C. the lower-middle-class D. the working-class 10. Apart from the dislocation of time and the modern stream-of-consciousness, the other narrative techniques techniques Faulkner Faulkner Faulkner used used used to to to construct construct construct his his his stories stories stories include include include ______, ______, ______, symbolism symbolism symbolism and and and mythological mythological and biblical allusions. A. impressionism B. expressionism C. multiple points of view D. first person point of view 11. The following are Shakespeare ’s greatest tragedies except __________. A. HamletB. OthelloC. Twelfth NightD. King Lear12. __________ is a novella about a young American girl who gets “killed killed”” by the winter in Rome, and it brought Henry James international fame for the first time. A. The AmericanB. The Europeans C. Daisy Miller D. The Portrait of A lady13. John Donne is the leading figure of ________. A. Lake Poets B. Graveyard School C. Satanic Poets D. Metaphysical School 14. In Jane Austen ’s novels, life and human nature are exposed __________________. A. at moments of crisis B. during the battles C. in the most trivial incidents of everyday D. through the traveling 15. The following writers were awarded Nobel Prize for literature except ________. A. William Faulkner B. F. Scott Fitzgerald C. John Steinbeck D. Ernest Hemingway II. Complete each of the following statements with a proper word or a phrase. (30 points, 2 points each)16. Edmund Spenser ’s masterpiece is _________, a great poem of its age. 17. Marlowe ’s greatest achievement lies in that he perfected _________ and made it the principle medium of English drama. 18. As a lexicographer, Samuel Johnson distinguished himself as the author of the first English dictionary by an Englishman: _________, a gigantic task which Johnson undertook single-handedly and finished in over seven years. 19. Pope ’s An Essay on Criticism is a didactic poem written in _________. is a didactic poem written in _________. 20. _________ has been regarded by some as “Father of the English Novel ” for his contribution to the establishment of the form of the modern novel. 21. Mark Twain preferred to have his own region and people at the forefront of his stories. This particular concern about the local character of a region came about as _____________, a unique variation of American literary realism. 22. Pound was the leader of a new movement in Poetry which he called “__________________”” movement. 23. Dreiser broke away form the genteel tradition of literature and dramatized the life in a very _________ way 24. One of the most familiar themes in American naturalism is the theme of human _________, especially as an explanation of sexual desire. 25. Two major figures of black fiction in America are ________ and Ralph Ellison. 26. 26. Apart Apart Apart from from from Darwinism, Darwinism, Darwinism, the the the two two two thinkers thinkers thinkers whose whose whose ideas ideas ideas had had had the the the greatest greatest greatest impact impact impact on on on the the Modernism period were the German ________ and the Austrian Sigmund Freud. 27. With the Norman Conquest starts the ________ Period in English Literature. 28. Emily Bronte ’s masterpiece is ___________ 29. Ulysses gives an account of man ’s life during one day in ________30. In the mid-1950s and early 1960s, there appeared a group of young novelists and playwrights with lower-middle-class or working class background, they demonstrated a particular disillusion disillusion over over over the the the depressing depressing depressing situation situation situation in in in Britain Britain Britain and and and launched launched launched a a a bitter bitter bitter protest protest protest against against against the the outmoded social and political values in their society. They were known as “______________________________””. III. For each of the quotations listed below please give the name of the author and the title of the literary work from which it is taken and then briefly interpret it. (18 points, 6 points each)31． “Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow ’st; Nor shall death brag thou wander’st in his shade, When in eternal lines to time thou grow’st: So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see, So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.”32. 32. His His His father father father picked picked picked the the the baby baby baby up up up and and and slapped slapped slapped it it it to to to make make make it it it breathe breathe breathe and and and handed handed handed it it it to to to the the the old old woman. “See, it’s a boy, Nick,” he said. “How do you like being an internee?” Nick said, “All right.” He was looking away so as not to see what his father was doing. 33. “Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth;”IV IV. . Give brief answers to the following questions. (22 points, 11 points each)34. Why do we say Hawthorne is a master of symbolism? Give at least two examples of symbols from The Scarlet Letter . . 35. Why is Thomas Hardy often regarded as a transitional writer? 期末复习题答案I ．1 A 2 A 3 B 4 A 5 A 6.D 7.D 8. D 9. B 10. C 11 C 12 C 13 D 14 C 15 C II ．16. The Faerie Queene 17. the blank verse 18. A Dictionary of the English Language 19. 19. heroic heroic heroic couplets couplets 20. 20. Henry Henry Henry Fielding Fielding 21. 21. local local local colorism colorism 22. 22. Imagist Imagist 23. 23. realistic realistic 24. 24. bestiality bestiality 25. 25. Richard Richard Richard Wright Wright 26. 26. Karl Karl Karl Marx Marx 27. 27. Medieval Medieval 28. 28. Wuthering Wuthering Heights 29. Dublin 30. The Angry Young Man III ．31. William Shakespeare: Sonnet 18. A nice summer ’s day is usually transient, but the beauty in poetry can last forever. 32. This is from “Indian Camp,” one of the fourteen short stories collected under the title of InOur Time by Ernest Hemingway. Nick watches his father deliver an Indian woman of a baby by Caesarian section. This incident brings brings the the the boy boy boy into into into contact contact contact with with with something something something that that that is is is perplexing perplexing perplexing and and and unpleasant, unpleasant, unpleasant, and and and is is is actually actually Nick Nick’’s initiation into the pain and violence of birth and death. 33．Robert Lee Frost, “The Road not Taken ”. The speaker tells us how the course of his life was determined when he came upon two roads that diverged in a wood. IV ．34. 34. Hawthorne Hawthorne Hawthorne is is is a a a master master master of of of symbolism, symbolism, symbolism, which which which he he he took took took from from from the the the Puritan Puritan Puritan tradition tradition tradition and and bequeathed to American literature in a revivified form. The symbol can be found everywhere in his writing, and his masterpiece provides the most conclusive proof. By using Pearl as a thematic symbol, Hawthorne emphasizes the consequence the sin of adultery has brought to the community and people living in that community. With the scarlet scarlet Letter Letter Letter A A A as as as the the the biggest biggest biggest symbol symbol symbol of of of all, all, all, Hawthorne Hawthorne Hawthorne proves proves proves himself himself himself to to to be be be one one one of of of the the the best best symbolists. symbolists. As As As a a a key key key to to to the the the whole whole whole novel, novel, novel, the the the letter letter letter A A A takes takes takes on on on different different different layers layers layers of of of symbolic symbolic meanings as the plot develops, but people come up with different interpretations and they do not know which one is definite. The scarlet letter A is ambiguous. And the ambiguity is one of the salient characteristics of Hawthorne ’s art. 35. Hardy is regarded as a transitional writer not only because he lived at the turn of the century, but more importantly because there is the influence on him from both. He accepted the ideas of Darwin, and was influenced by Spencer, both of which were great thinkers of his time. But in his Wessex novels, there is an apparent nostalgic touch of the primitive rural life, which was gradually disappearing as England marched into an industrial country. So, on the one hand, there is bitter criticism of his towards the social reality in the Victorian age, on the other hand, the belief that man ’s fate is predeterminedly tragic colours mysteriously his characters characters who who who are are are always always always impotent impotent impotent before before before the the the half-blind half-blind half-blind and and and supernatural supernatural supernatural force. force. force. The The The conflicts conflicts between old and new, between the rural value and the utilitarian commercialism, between social moral and human passion are prints of longings for some better past while living in modern times. 。
英美文学复习资料100题
1.the work that presented,for the first time in English literature,a comprehensive realistic picture of the medieval English society and created a whole gallery of vivid character from all walks of life is Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales. 在英国文学里提到的作品里，第一次全面逼真地刻画了中世纪英国社会，创造了一个来自各行各业的生动画面的作品是杰弗里·乔叟的坎特伯雷故事集。
2.Geoffrey Chaucer is regarded as the father of English poetry. 乔叟被视为英文诗歌之父，3.The verse form of heroic couplet was introduced into English poetry and employed in the poem with true ease and charm for the first time in the history of English literature by Geoffrey Chaucer. 在英国文学史上，第一次在英文诗中引入英雄对联诗体，真正方便和体现了诗的魅力，是有乔叟开始的。
4.The Canterbury Tales presents a whole gallery of vivid characters,the team of pilgrims,people from all walks of life,including 31 members altogether. 坎特伯雷故事集呈现的是从各行各业的所有人的生动的人物形象，比如朝圣者的队伍，其中一共包括31名成员。
大学《英美文学》期末考试题库及答案
1.William Faulkner is the author of ______.A.Far from the Madding CrowdB.The Sound and the FuryC.For Whom the Bell TollsD.The Scarlet Letter2.Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard is a poem written by ______.A.Oliver GoldsmithB.James ThomsonC.Thomas GreyD.Alexander Pope3.Which of the following is NOT written by William Shakespeare?A.OthelloB.The Tragical History of Dr. FaustusC.Romeo and JulietD.The Twelfth Night4.Beowulf narrates a story taking place in______.A.The MediterraneanB.Northern EuropeC.EnglandD.Scandinavia5.William Wordsworth is an English ______.A.PoetB.NovelistC.PlaywrightD.critic6.The great transcendental work by Henry David Thoreau is ______.A.NatureB.WaldenC.ExperienceD.Essays7.The Brontë sisters published the following famous novels EXCEPT ______.A.EmmaB.Jane EyreC.Wuthering HeightD.Agnes Grey8.In which novel can “Yahoo” be found?A.John Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s ProgressB.Edmund Spencer’s The Faerie Queen.C.Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels.D.Henry Fielding’s Tom Jones.9.Mark Twain shaped the world’s view of American and made a combination of ______and serious literature.A.American folk humorB.Funny jokesC.English folkloreD.American values10.Who was the first American to achieve an international literary reputation after the Revolutionary War?A.Fennimore Copper.B.Nathaniel HawthorneC.Walt WhitmanD.Washington Irving11.Paradise Lost is a masterpiece by______.A.Christopher MarlowB.John MiltonC.William ShakespeareD.Ben Johnson12.In the works of aesthetism, the theory of “art for art’s sake” is advocated by ______.A.Oscar WildeB.Mrs. GaskellC.Alexander PopeD.Charles Lamb13.Whose works are characterized by stream-of-consciousness?A.George EliotB.Jane AustenC.Emily BrontëD.James Joyce14.The period from 1865-1914 has been referred to as the ______ in the literary history of the United States.A.Age of RealismB.Age of ClassicalismC.Age of RomanticismD.Age of Renaissance15.“If Winter comes, can spring be far behind?” is an epigrammatic line by______.A.J. KeatsB. B. W. BlakeC.P. B. ShellyD.W. Wordsworth16.Leaves of Grass is written by ______.A.Walt WhitmanB.Carl Sandburgngston HughesD.Allen Ginsberg17.The period of Old English literature refers to ______.A.449-1066B.14th century-mid 17th centuryC.14th century-mid 18th centuryD.16th century-mid 18th century18.Sister Carrie is a masterpiece of ______ work.A.RomanticB.ClassicC.Neo-classicD.Naturalistic19.Who is the father of English poetryA.William ShakespeareB.Edmund SpencerC.John MiltonD.Geoffrey Chaucer20.The Red Badge of Courage is written by ______.A.Frank NorisB.Sherwood AndersonC.Willa CatherD.Stephen Crane21.Which of the following poem is NOT written by George Gordon Byron?A.She Walks in BeautyB.The Solitary ReaperC.When We Two partedD.Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage.22.Hester is a character in ______.A.Gone with the WindB.The fall of the House of UsherC.BabbittD.The Scarlet Letter23.Animal Farm is the masterpiece of ______.A.George OrwellB.Virginia WoolfC.Thomas HardyD. E. M. Forster24.The Catcher in the Rye is written by ______.A.J. D. SalingerB.Jack LondonC.Flannery O’ConnorD.Saul Bellow25.Hemingway once described ______ the one book from which “all modern American literature comes”.A.Moby-DickB.The Sun Also RisesC.The Adventures of Huckleberry FinnD.The Great Gatsby26.The literary spokesman of Jazz is often though to be ______.A.O’NeilB.PoundC.Robert FrostD.Scott Fitzgerald27.Which of the following poem is written by William Butler Yeats?A.Sailing to ByzantiumB.To an Athlete Dying YoungC.Musee des Beaux Arts.D.Church Going28.Among the following poets, which is not a lake poet?A.William WordsworthB.Samuel Taylor ColeridgeC.Robert SoutheyD.William Collins29.Which of the following is NOT true for Benjamin Franklin?A.He was a famous writer.B.He was a member to draft the Declaration of Independence.C.He was a great scientist.D.He was once elected American President.30.Utopia is ______ work.A.Thomas More’sB.Francis Bacon’sC.John Dryden’sD.George Herbert’s31.The American ______ as a cultural heritage exerted great influences over American Moral Values in the American Romantic Period.A.PuritanismB.AtheismC.DeismD.Cynicism32.The title of Alfred Tennyson’s poem Ulysses reminds the reader of the following EXCEPT ______.A.The Trojan WarB.Homer’s OdysseyC.Adventures over the seaD.Religious quest33.Lyrical Ballads is the joint work between Wordsworth and his friend ______.A.ColeridgeB.ByronC.KeatsD.Shelly34.The title of Thackeray’s Vanity Fair is taken from ______.A.The Holy BibleB.The Faerie QueenC.The Pilgrim’s ProgressD.Paradise Lost35.The theme of A Tale of Two Cities is ______.A.RevolutionB.WarC.LoveD.Brotherhood36.In America, there is “a little lady who started a great war”. Who is she?A.Anne BradstreetB.Harriet Beecher StoweC.Edith WhartonD.Katherine Anne Porter37.Waiting for Godot is a ______.A.PoemB.PlayC.Short storyD.Novel38.Mr. Darcy is a character in ______.A.Tess of D’UrbervillesB.Pride and PrejudiceC.Happy PrinceD.The Mill of the Floss39.Which of the following is NOT Virginia Woolf’s novel?A.To the LighthouseB.Mrs. DallowayC.The WavesD.Modern Painters.40.______ is the first American professional writer and the first writer of detective story in the world.A.Ezra PoundB.Washington IrvingC.Nathaniel HawthorneD.Edgar Allan Poe41.The Renaissance was a European cultural movement, which originated in______.A.FranceB.BritainC.ItalyD.Spain42.Among the following novels, ______ is Thomas Hardy’s best-known novel.A.The Return of the NativeB.Far From the Madding CrowdC.The Mayor of CasterbridgeD.Tess of the D’Urbervilles43.______ called himself “the trumpeter of a new age”. He was England’s first essayist.A.Richard SteeleB.Joseph AddisonC.Francis BaconD.Alexander Pope44.On the Road is the masterpiece of ______..A.Arthur MillerB.J.D. SalingerC.Allen GinsbergD.Jack Kerouacnguage spoken by the Anglo-Saxons is called the ______, which is the foundation of English language and literature.A.Modern EnglishB.Old EnglishC.Ancient EnglishD.Medieval English46.Robinson Crusoe is written by ______.A.Henry FieldingB.Samuel Richardsonwrence SterneD.Daniel Defoe47.______ is D.H. Lawrence’s semi-autobiographical novel.A.Sons and LoversB.Women in LoveC.The plumed Serpentdy Chatterley’s Lover48.The Waste Land, written by ______, is the greatest modernist poem.A.T.S. EliotB.William Butler YeatsC.Alfred TennysonD.Mathew Arnold49.The Sherlock Holmes stories were written by ___ ___.A.George EliotB.Charles DickensC.Arthur Conan DoyleD.Rudyard Kipling50.“The dignity of movement of an iceberg is due to only one eighth of it being above water.” This sentence best illustrates the writing technique of ______.A.Ernest HemingwayB.Dos PassosC. F. Scott FitzgeraldD.William Faulkner。
《英美文学选读》模拟试题(3)
《英美文学选读》模拟试题（三）一、单项选择题1.“All is not lost: the unconquerable will, and the study of revenge, immortal hate, and courage never to submit or yield: and what is else not to be overcome?”A. Dr. FaustusB. Paradise LostC. Paradise RegainedD. Tamburlaine2.Who, disregarding grammar and punctuation, always used “i” instead of “I” to refer to himself as a protest against self importance?A. CummingsB. Wallance StevensC. F. Scott. FitzgeraldD. Ernest Hemingway3.Which of the following best descri bes the speaker of T.S Eliot’s “the love song of J. Alfred Prufrock”?A. He is a man of an action.B. He is a man of apathy.C. He is a man of inactivity.D. All the above are not true.4.William Wordsworth asserts that poetry originates from .A. formB. thoughtsC. artistic devicesD. emotion5.“My Last Duchess” is a poem that best exemplifies RobberBrowning’s.A. sensitive ear for the sounds of the English languageB. excellent choice of wordsC. mastering of the metrical devicesD. use of the dramatic monologue6.“Man shall find grace.” But he must lay hold of it by an act of free will. The freedom of the will is the keystone of ____’s creed.A. MiltonB. Jonathan SwiftC. Henry FieldingD. Samuel Johnson7.In Coleridge’s “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner,” the mariner suffers the horror of death, because _____.A. he experiences a shipwreckB. he is tortured with starvationC. he undergoes much sufferingD. he kills an albatross8.Henry Jame’s fame generally rests upon his novels and stories with _____.A. international themeB. national themeC. European themeD. regional theme9.In Hardy’s “Wessex” novels, there is an apparent _____ touch in his description of the simple and beautiful though primitive rural life.A. nostalgicB. humorousC. romanticD. sarcastic10.Generally, the Renaissance refers to the period between _____ and_____ centuries.A. 14th-mid--17thB. 16th-mid--17thC. 14th-mid--18thD. 16th-mid--19th11.Of the following poems by T.S.Eliot, which is hailed as a landmark and a model of the 20th century English poetry?A. Poems 1909----1925B. The Hollow MenC. Prufrock and Other ObservationsD. The Waste Land12.“It is not so expressed, But what of that? Twere good you do so much for charity.” “What of that” in the above sentence means _____.A. this is very importantB. this is not importantC. this is trueD. this is not true13.Which of the following poems is a landmark in English Poetry?A. “Lyrical Ballads and Samuel Taylor Coleridge” by Will iam Wordsworth.B. “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud” by William WordsworthC. “Remorse” by Samuel Taylor Coleridge.D. “Leaves of Grass” by Walt Whitman.14.Which of the following writings is praised by Hemingway as a book from which “all modern American li terature comes”？A. Tom Sawyer.B. Huckleberry Finn.C. The Gilded Age.D. Life on the Mississippi.15.In which of the following works, Hemingway presents his philosophy about life and death through the depiction of the bull-fight as a kind of microcosmic tragedy?A. The Green Hills of Africa.B. The Snows of Kilimanjaro.C. To have and Have Not.D. Death in the Afternoon.16.The protagonist of the poem “Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” is a kind of tragic figure caught in a sense of deafted idealism and tortured by satisfied desires. Of the following descriptions of him, which isn’t suitable for him?A. He is neurotic.B. He is self-important.C. He is illogical.D. He is a man of an action.17.“Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? /Thou art more l ovely and more temperate: /Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, /And summer’s lease hath all too short a date”, the above beautiful sonnets was written by _____.A. John DonneB. John MiltonC. William ShakespeareD. Francis Bacon18.Here is a s entence from an essay, “Read not to contradict and confuse, nor to believe and take for granted, nor to find talk and discourse, but to weigh and consider”. The essay must be _____.A. Of Studies by Francis BaconB. The Advancement of Learning by Francis BaconC. Novum Organum by Francis BaconD. Essays by Francis Bacon19.Which of the following is considered to be a better-structured novel?A. Women in LoveB. Sons and LoversC. The RainbowD. Lady Chatterley’s lover20.With so many poems such as “The Sparrow’s Nest,” “To a Skylark,” “To the Cuckoo” and “To a Butterfly”, William Wordsworth is regarded as a “____”.A. poet of geniusB. royal poetC. worshipper of natureD. conservative poet21.In the first part of Gulliver’s Travels, Gulliver told his experience in _____.A. LilliputB. BrobdingnagC. HouyhnhnmD. England22.“To be, or not to be----that is the question; whethertis nobler in the mind to suffer. The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, or to take arms against a sea of troubles, and by opposing end them?” Who said these words?A. King LearB. RomeoC. AntonioD. Hamlet23.“to be so distinguished is an honor, which, being very little accustomed to favors from the great, I know not well how to receive or in what terms to acknowledge.”A. ironicB. jealousC. delightfulD. humorous24.In the theatrical world of the neoclassical period, was the leading figure among the host of playwrights.A. William BlakeB. Richard Brinsley SheridanC. Ben JohnsonD. George Bernard Shaw25.Among the works by John Milton, which is indeed the only generally acknowledge epic in English literature since Beowulf?A. Paradise RegainedB. Samson AgonistsC. AreopagiticaD. Paradise Lost26.Which writing is a typical example of Shakespe are’s pessimistic view towards human life and society in his late years?A. The TempestB. King LearC. HamletD. Othello27.Who, one of the most important poets in his time, is a leading spokesman of the “imagist movement”?A. J. D. SalingerB. Ezra PoundC. Richard WrightD. Ralph Emerson28._____ lays the foundation for modern science with his insistence on scientific way of thinking and fresh observation rather than authority as a basis for obtaining knowledge.A. Francis baconB. Thomas hardyC. Charles dickensD. William Blake29.Alexander pope strongly advocated , emphasizing that literary works should be judged by classical rules of order, reason, logic, restrained emotion, good taste and decorum.A. idealismB. neoclassicismC. romanticismD. sentimentalism30.Dickens’s works are characterized by a mingling of and pathos.A. metaphorB. passionC. satireD. humor31.“self-conceited”, “cruel” and “tyrannical” are most likely the names of the characters in .A. Robert Browning’s My Last DuchessB. Christopher Marlowe’s Dr. FaustusC. Shakespeare’s love’s Labour’s lostD. Sheridan’s the School for Scandal32.Who is the author of the writing “Moby Dick”?A. S. T .ColeridgeB. John KeatsC. Henry FieldingD. Herman Melville33.The sentences “studies serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability”, and “some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested;...” are quoted fromA. Novum OrganumB. Of Studies By BaconC. The Advancement Of LearningD. Essays34.The advancement of learning is a great tract on .A. historyB. literatureC. policyD. education35.Most of the poems in Whitman’s leaves of grass sing of the “en-mass” and the as well.A. natureB. lifeC. selfD. self reliance36.Which of the following is not true according to James Joyce?A. Ulysses has become a prime example of modernism in literature.B. Joyce is regarded as the most prominent stream of consciousness novelistC. Joyce is a realistic writer in English literature history.D. His novel “a portrait of the artist as a young man” is a naturalistic account of the hero’s bitter experiences and his final artistic and spiritual liberation.37.The following titles are all related to the subject that escapes from the society and returns to nature except .A. Dreiser’s Sister CarrieB. Copper’s Leather Stocking TalesC. Thoreau’s WaldenD. D Mark Twain’s The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn38.“Wild spirit, which art moving everywhere; destroyer and preserver; hear, Ohear!”The two lines are found in .A. Young Goodman Brown By HawthorneB. Ode To The West Wind By ShelleyC. Leaves Of Grass By Walt WhitmanD. Ulysses By Joyce39.“Even t hen he stood there, hidden wholly in that kindness which is night, while the uprising fumes filled the room. When the odor reached his nostrils, he quit his attitude and fumbled for the bed.‘What’s the use?’ he said, weakly, as he stretched himself to rest.”The passage is taken from .A. Sons And Lovers By LawrenceB. Jane Eyre By Charlotte BronteC. Sister Carrie By Thoedore DreiserD. Wuthering Heights By Emily Bronte40.Most recognizable literary movement that gave rise to the 20th century American literature, or we may say, the second American renaissance, isthe movement.A. leftistB. transcendentalC. expressionisticD. expatriate二、综合题1.Read the quoted part carefully and answer the questions in English.“I wandered lonely as a cloudThat floats on high o’er vales and hillsWhen all at once I saw a crowdA host, of golden daffodils;Beside the lake, beneath the trees,Flutteri ng and dancing in the breeze.”Questions:A. Identify the poem and the poet.B. In several sentences, interpret the meaning of this stanza.C. From the characteristics of this stanza, we can deduce which period it belongs to.2.Read the quoted part carefully and answer the questions in English.“I shall be telling this with a signSomewhere ages and ages hence:Two roads diverged in a wood, and I ---I took the one less traveled by,And that has made all the difference.”Question:A. Who is the author of the poem?B. Identify the title of the short poem from which this part is taken?C. In one or two sentences, interpret the implied meaning of the last two lines.3.Read the quoted part carefully and answer the questions in English.“That was the cause, but yet per accidents,For when we hear one rack the name of god,Abjure the scriptures and his Savoiour Christ,We fly in hope to get his glorious soul.”Question:A. Tell the title of the poem.B. What does “rock” mean?C. What is the play based on and give a brief introduction of it.4.Give brief answers to the question in English.In American literature what is the significance of “adventures of huckleberry Finn” by Mark Twain?5.Give brief answer to the question in English.What are the similarities and differences between the three literary giants? Howells, Mark Twain, Henry James, in terms of their literary orientation?6.Give brief answer to the question in English.What are gothic novels?7.Give brief answer to the question in English.How are naturalism and criticism reflected in Hardy’s novels?8.Write no less than 150 words on the topic in English.Try to discuss the theme of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s works.9.Write no less than 150 words on the topic in English.Enlightenment movement.10.Read the quoted part carefully and answer the questions in English.“The isles of Greece, isles of Greece!Where burning Sappho loved and sung,Where grew the arts of war and peace,Where Delos rose, and Phoebus sprung!Eternal summer gilds them yet,But all, except their sun, is set.”Question:A. Which writing is the stanza taken from? Who is the author?B. What does the “Sappho”mean?C. Try to explain the setting of the stanza.答案部分一、单项选择题1.【正确答案】 B2.【正确答案】 A3.【正确答案】 C4.【正确答案】 D5.【正确答案】 D6.【正确答案】 A7.【正确答案】 D8.【正确答案】 A9.【正确答案】 A10.【正确答案】 A11.【正确答案】 D12.【正确答案】 B13.【正确答案】 A14.【正确答案】 B15.【正确答案】 D16.【正确答案】 D17.【正确答案】 C18.【正确答案】 A 19.【正确答案】 A 20.【正确答案】 C 21.【正确答案】 A 22.【正确答案】 D 23.【正确答案】 A 24.【正确答案】 B 25.【正确答案】 D 26.【正确答案】 A 27.【正确答案】 A 28.【正确答案】 A 29.【正确答案】 B 30.【正确答案】 D 31.【正确答案】 A 32.【正确答案】 D 33.【正确答案】 B 34.【正确答案】 D 35.【正确答案】 C 36.【正确答案】 C 37.【正确答案】 A 38.【正确答案】 B 39.【正确答案】 C 40.【正确答案】 D二、综合题1.【正确答案】 A. “I Wandered Lonely As A Cloud” By William Wordsworth.B. Like a cloud flying over valleys and mountains, I was traveling. Suddenly to my surprise, I saw a grove of daffodils at the side of the lake, how beautiful they were, fluttering and dancing in the wind. This poem typically depicts the author respect for natureC. The Romantic Period2.【正确答案】 A. Robert lee FrostB. The Road Not TakenC. confronted dilemma, one should be decisive and “took the one less traveled”.3.【正确答案】 A. Dr. FaustusB. TormentC. It is based on the German legend of a magician aspiring for knowledge and finally meeting his tragic end as a result of selling his soul to the devil.4.【正确答案】The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and, especially, its sequence Adventures of Huckleberry Finn proved themselves to be the milestone in American literature, and thus firmly established Twain’s position in the literary world.The childhood of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn in the Mississippi is a record of a vanished way of life in the pre-Civil War Mississippi valley and it has moved millions of people of different ages and conditions all over the world.Tom Sawyer, Huckleberry Finn marks the climax of Twain’s literary creativity. Hemingway once described the novel the one book forms which “a modern American literature comes.”5.【正确答案】 A. Mark Twain and Howells seemed to have paid more attention to the “life” of the Americans; Henry James had apparently laid a greater emphasis on the “inner world” of man.B. Howells focused his discussion on the rising middle class and the way they lived, while Twain preferred to have his own region and people at the forefront of his stories. This particular concern about the local character of a region about as “local colorist,” a unique variation of American literary realism.6.【正确答案】 A type of romantic fiction that predominated in the late 18th century, was one phase of the Romantic Movement. Its principal elements are violence, horror, and the supernatural, which strongly appeal to the reader’s emotion, with its descriptions of the dark, irrational side of human nature. The gothic form has exerted a great influence over the writers of the romantic period.7.【正确答案】In his works, man is shown inevitably bound by his own inherent natureand hereditary traits which prompt him to go and search for some specific happiness or success and set him in conflict with the environment.The outside nature—the natural environment or nature herself- is shown as some mysterious supernatural force, it likes to play practical jokes upon human beings by producing a series of mistimed actions and unfortunate coincidences.This pessimistic view of life predominates most of Hardy’s later works and earns him a reputation as a naturalistic writer.8.【正确答案】 A. In “Young Goodman Brown”, he sets out to prove that everyone possesses some evil secret.B. According to Hawthorne, “There is evil in every human heart, which may remain latent, perhaps, through the whole life; but circumstances may rouse it toa ctivity.”C. In dealing with the theme of guilt and sin, Hawthorne exemplifies the “power of blackness”.9.【正确答案】 A. It was a progressive intellectual movement which flourished in France and swept through the whole Western Europe at the time. It was a furtherance of the renaissance of the 15th and 16th centuries.B. To enlighten the whole world with the light of modern philosophical and artistic ideas.10.【正确答案】 A. George Gordon Byron, Don Juan.B. An ancient Greek poetess known for her passionate love poems.C. The stanza was finished at the romantic period when Greece was under the rule of Turk. By contrasting the freedom of ancient Greece and the present enslavement the poet appealed to people to struggle for liberty.。
英美文学史考试试题
英美文学史考试试题一、选择题（每题 3 分，共 30 分）1、以下哪部作品是英国浪漫主义诗人威廉·华兹华斯的代表作？（）A 《唐璜》B 《抒情歌谣集》C 《恰尔德·哈洛尔德游记》D 《西风颂》2、美国作家海明威的作品常常体现出“冰山理论”，以下哪部作品最能体现这一理论？（）A 《永别了，武器》B 《老人与海》C 《太阳照样升起》D 《丧钟为谁而鸣》3、英国作家简·奥斯汀的小说以细腻的人物刻画和对婚姻爱情的探讨著称，她的哪部作品被多次改编成电影？（）A 《爱玛》B 《曼斯菲尔德庄园》C 《傲慢与偏见》D 《理智与情感》4、以下哪一位是美国浪漫主义时期的重要作家？（）A 马克·吐温B 爱伦·坡C 惠特曼D 以上都是5、英国诗人 TS艾略特的《荒原》属于哪种文学流派？（）A 象征主义B 表现主义C 意识流D 荒诞派6、以下哪部作品是英国批判现实主义作家狄更斯的代表作？（）A 《大卫·科波菲尔》B 《呼啸山庄》C 《简·爱》D 《名利场》7、美国作家福克纳的作品多以南方为背景，他的哪部作品讲述了一个家族的兴衰？（）A 《喧哗与骚动》B 《我弥留之际》C 《押沙龙，押沙龙！》D 以上都是8、英国诗人约翰·弥尔顿的哪部作品取材于《圣经》？（）A 《失乐园》B 《复乐园》C 《力士参孙》D 以上都是9、以下哪一位是美国现代主义作家？（）A 菲茨杰拉德B 德莱塞C 斯坦贝克D 以上都是10、英国女作家勃朗特姐妹的作品包括（）A 《简·爱》和《呼啸山庄》B 《爱玛》和《傲慢与偏见》C 《理智与情感》和《曼斯菲尔德庄园》D 《名利场》和《大卫·科波菲尔》二、简答题（每题 10 分，共 30 分）1、请简要分析莎士比亚悲剧作品的艺术特色。
2、简述美国文学中“黑色幽默”的特点。
3、比较英国浪漫主义文学和美国浪漫主义文学的异同。
英美文学考试题目及答案
英美文学考试题目及答案一、选择题（每题2分，共10分）1. 英国文学史上被称为“英国诗歌之父”的诗人是：A. 乔叟B. 莎士比亚C. 弥尔顿D. 拜伦答案：A2. 下列哪部作品不是简·奥斯汀的小说？A. 《傲慢与偏见》B. 《理智与情感》C. 《简·爱》D. 《曼斯菲尔德庄园》答案：C3. 美国文学中，被誉为“美国文学之父”的作家是：A. 爱伦·坡B. 马克·吐温C. 华盛顿·欧文D. 亨利·詹姆斯答案：C4. 以下哪位作家是现代主义文学的代表人物？A. 狄更斯B. 哈代C. 弗吉尼亚·伍尔夫D. 简·奥斯汀答案：C5. 美国文学中的“迷惘的一代”是指：A. 第一次世界大战后的作家群体B. 第二次世界大战后的作家群体C. 独立战争后的作家群体D. 内战后的作家群体答案：A二、填空题（每题2分，共10分）1. 威廉·莎士比亚的四大悲剧包括《哈姆雷特》、《奥赛罗》、《李尔王》和________。
答案：《麦克白》2. 《了不起的盖茨比》是美国作家________创作的一部以20世纪20年代的纽约为背景的小说。
答案：F·司各特·菲茨杰拉德3. 英国浪漫主义诗人威廉·华兹华斯与________共同发起了浪漫主义诗歌运动。
答案：塞缪尔·泰勒·柯勒律治4. 美国诗人沃尔特·惠特曼的代表作是________，它被认为是美国文学史上的里程碑。
答案：《草叶集》5. 英国现代主义诗人T.S.艾略特的代表作《荒原》是一首________诗。
答案：长三、简答题（每题10分，共20分）1. 简述乔治·奥威尔的《1984》中“老大哥”的象征意义。
答案：在《1984》中，“老大哥”象征着极权主义政权的无所不在和无所不知，代表了对个人自由和思想的全面控制。
他的形象无处不在，监视着社会的每一个角落，象征着对个人隐私的侵犯和对思想自由的压制。
英美文学理论试题及答案
英美文学理论试题及答案一、单项选择题（每题2分，共20分）1. 以下哪位作家被认为是现代主义文学的代表人物？A. 查尔斯·狄更斯B. 弗吉尼亚·伍尔夫C. 简·奥斯汀D. 威廉·莎士比亚答案：B2. 《了不起的盖茨比》的作者是谁？A. 欧内斯特·海明威B. 弗朗西斯·斯科特·菲茨杰拉德C. 约翰·斯坦贝克D. 赫尔曼·梅尔维尔答案：B3. 在《简·爱》中，简·爱最终与谁结婚？A. 爱德华·罗切斯特B. 圣约翰·里弗斯C. 乔治·林恩D. 威廉·桑菲尔德答案：A4. 以下哪部作品不是亨利·詹姆斯的作品？A. 《贵妇人的画像》B. 《好兵之帅》C. 《白鲸》D. 《鸽翼》答案：C5. 以下哪位诗人不是浪漫主义诗人？A. 威廉·华兹华斯B. 塞缪尔·泰勒·柯勒律治C. 珀西·比希·雪莱D. 托马斯·哈代答案：D6. 《荒原》是哪位诗人的作品？A. 罗伯特·弗罗斯特B. 埃兹拉·庞德C. T.S.艾略特D. 威廉·巴特勒·叶芝答案：C7. 《呼啸山庄》的作者是谁？A. 艾米莉·勃朗特B. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特C. 安妮·勃朗特D. 乔治·艾略特答案：A8. 在《老人与海》中，老渔夫圣地亚哥最终捕获了什么？A. 一条大马林鱼B. 一条鲨鱼C. 一条金枪鱼D. 一条鲸鱼答案：A9. 《傲慢与偏见》的作者是谁？A. 简·奥斯汀B. 乔治·艾略特C. 勃朗特三姐妹D. 玛丽·雪莱答案：A10. 《尤利西斯》的作者是谁？A. 詹姆斯·乔伊斯B. 弗朗西斯·斯科特·菲茨杰拉德C. 欧内斯特·海明威D. 威廉·福克纳答案：A二、多项选择题（每题3分，共15分）1. 以下哪些作品属于现代主义文学？A. 《好兵之帅》B. 《荒原》C. 《了不起的盖茨比》D. 《简·爱》答案：B, C2. 以下哪些作家属于维多利亚时代？A. 查尔斯·狄更斯B. 乔治·艾略特C. 托马斯·哈代D. 弗吉尼亚·伍尔夫答案：A, B, C3. 以下哪些作品是弗吉尼亚·伍尔夫的？A. 《达洛维夫人》B. 《到灯塔去》C. 《好兵之帅》D. 《贵妇人的画像》答案：A, B4. 以下哪些作品是亨利·詹姆斯的？A. 《好兵之帅》B. 《鸽翼》C. 《白鲸》D. 《贵妇人的画像》答案：A, B, D5. 以下哪些作家是19世纪的？A. 简·奥斯汀B. 威廉·华兹华斯C. 弗吉尼亚·伍尔夫D. 托马斯·哈代答案：A, B, D三、简答题（每题5分，共20分）1. 简述现代主义文学的特点。
英美文学史练习题和复习资料4
4. The Victorian PeriodMultiple-choice questions1.In Hard Times, Dickens attacks ______ that rules over the English educationalsystem and destroys young hearts and minds.A.bourgeois commercialismB.religious hypocrisyC.the utilitarian principleD.political corruptness2.______ is the first important governess novel in the English literary history.A. Jane EyreB. EmmaC. Wuthering HeightD. Middlemarch3.Which of the following best describe the nature of Hardy‟s later novels?A. SentimentalismB. SurrealismC. Comic senseD. Tragic sense4.______ is the most representative Victorian poet whose poetry voices the doubtand the faith, the grief and the joy of English people in an age of fast change.A. Robert BrowningB. Alfred TennysonC. George G. ByronD. Thomas Hardy5.Which of the following statements is not a typical feature of Charles Dickens?A.He sets out a large-scale criticism of the inhuman social institutions and thedecaying social morality.B.His works are characterized by a mingling of humor and pathos.C.The characters portrayed by Dickens are often larger than life.D.He shows a human being not at moments of crisis, but in the most trivialincidents of everyday life.6.“As for society, he was carried every other day into the hall where the boys dined,and there socially flogged as a public warning and example.”What figure of speech is used in the above sentence?A. SimileB. MetaphorC. IronyD. Overstatement7.“I will drink/ life to the lees.” In the quoted line Ulysses is saying that he ______till the end of his life.A.will keep travelling and exploringB.will go on drinking and being happyC.would like to toast to his glorious lifeD.would like t drink the cup of wine8.“She smiled, no doubt,/ Whene‟er I passed her…/ … This grew; I gave commands;/ Then all smiles stopped together.” The quoted lines imply that she ______.A.obeyed his order and stopped smiling at everyday, including the duke.B.obeyed his order and stopped smiling at anybody except the duke.C.Refused to obey the order and never smiled againD.was murdered at the order of duke9. A contemporary of Alfred Tennyson, ______ is acknowledged by many as themost original and experimental poet of the time.A. Thomas CarlyleB. Thomas B. MacaulayC. Robert BrowningD. T. S. Eliot10.Most of Hardy‟s novels are set in ______, the fictional primitive and crude ruralregion that is really the home place he both loves and hates.A. YorkshireB. WessexC. LondonD. Manchester11.“The floating pollen seemed to be his notes made visible, and the dampness of thegarden the weeping of the garden‟s sensibility.” The quoted sentence is suggestive of ______.A.the richness of the music in the gardenB.the beauty of the scenery in the gardenC.the great power of the music in affecting the environmentD.the harmony and oneness of the music, the garden and the heroine Tess.12.In the statement “---Oh, God! Would you like to live with your soul in thegrave?” the term “soul” apparently refers to ______.A. Heathcliff himselfB. CatherineC. one‟s spiritual lifeD. one‟s ghost13.“I have talked, face to face, with what I reverence; with what I delight in --- withan original, a vigorous, an expanded mind.” Here in the quoted passage, Jane isreally saying that she has talked face to face with ______.A.God who appears in her dreamsB.The reverent priestC.Mr. RochesterD.Miss Ingram14.In the clause “As Mr. Gamfield did happen to labor under the slight imputation ofhaving bruised three or four boys to death already…” , the word “slight” is used as a(n) ______.A. simileB. metaphorC. ironyD. overstatement15.Dickens takes the French Revolution as the background of the novel ______.A. Great ExpectationsB. A Tale of Two CitiesC. Bleak HouseD. Oliver Twist16.The Victorian Age was largely an age of _____, eminently represented by Dickensand Thackeray.A. poetryB. dramaC. proseD. epic prose17.The title of Alfred Tennyson‟s poem “Ulysses”reminds the reader of thefollowing except ______.A. the Trojan WarB. HomerC. questD. Chirst18.The character Rochester in Jane Eyre can be well termed as a ______.A. conventional heroB. Byronic heroC. chivalrous aristocratD. Homeric hero19.Mr. Micawber in David Copperfield and Sam Well in Pickwick Pape r are perhapsthe best ______ characters created by Charles Dickens.A. comicalB. tragicC. roundD. sophisticated20.The typical feature of Robert Browning‟s poetry is the ______.A. bitter satireB. larger-than-life caricatureC. Latinized dictionD. dramatic monologue21.In Tess of the D’Urbervilles, Thomas Hardy resolutely makes a seduced girl hisheroine, which clearly demonstrates the author‟s ______ of the Victorian moral standards.A. blind fondnessB. total acceptanceC. deep understandingD. mounting defiance22.In Hardy‟s Tess of the D’urberville s, the heroine‟s tragic ending is due to ______.A. her weak characterB. her ambitionC. Angel Clare‟s selfishnessD. a hostile society23.“The dehumanizing workhouse system and the dark, criminal underworld life” arethe right words to sum up the main theme of _____.A. David CopperfieldB. A Tale of Two CitiesC. Oliver TwistD. Bleak House24.“For a week after the commission of the impious and profane offence of askingfor more, Oliver remained a close prisoner in the dark and solitary room to which he had been consigned by the wisdom and mercy of the board.”In the above passage quoted from Oliver Twist, Dickens uses the words “wisdom”and “mercy” ______.A. ironicall yB. carelesslyC. nonchalantlyD. impartially25.“…and then how they met I hardly saw, but Catherine made a spring, and hecaught her, and they were locked in an embrace…” In the quoted passage, Emily Bronte tells the story in ______ point of view.A. first personB. second personC. third person limitedD. third person omniscientBlank filling1.Dickens‟best-depicted characters are those innocent, virtuous, helpless_child__characters, those horrible and grotesque characters and those broadly humorous or __comical___ ones.2.Charlotte Bronte‟s works are famous for the depiction of the life of themiddle-class working women, particularly __governess____.3.Wuthering Heights is the ___only___ novel written by Emily Bronte.4. A contemporary of Alfred Tennyson, __Robert Browning__ is acknowledged bymany as the most original and experimental poet of the time.5.__In Memorian____, Tennyson‟s greatest work, is presumably an elegy on thedeath of a dear friend.6.In her study of human life, George Eliot paid particular attention to therelationship between the individual personality and the social environment_. 7.Thomas Hardy is often regarded as a __transitional___ writer, in whose works wesee the influence from both the past and the present, both the traditional and the modern.8.The major novelists of the Victorian period made bitter and strong criticism_ ofthe inhuman social institutions and the decaying social morality.9.The Victorian Age in English literature was largely an age of prose, especially othe __novel____.10.The typical feature of Robert Browning‟s poetry is the __dramatic monologue_.Reading comprehension(for each of the quotations listed below please give the name of the author and the title of the literary work from which it is taken and then briefly interpret it.)1.“Let it not be supposed by the enemies of …the system‟, that during the period ofhis solitary incarceration, Oliver was denied the benefit of exercise, the pleasure of society, or the advantages of religious consolation.”Reference：The sentence is taken from Charles Dicken s‟ early novel, Oliver Twist. It is a typical example of irony. The word “benefit”, “pleasure”, and “advantage” actually mean the opposite. For the “benefit” of exercise, Oliver was whipped every morning in a stone yard; for the “pleasure” of society, he was carried every other day into the dinning hall and flogged as a public warning and example to the boys; and as for the “advantages” of religious consolation, he was kicked into the same apartment every evening at prayer time and listen to the boy‟s prayer to be guarded against his sins and vices. The ironic statement is, in fact, a bitter denunciation and fierce attack at the brutal, inhuman treatment of the poor orphan by the workhouse authority.2.“Do you think, because I am poor, obscure, plain and little, I am soulless andheartless? --- You think wrong!--- I have as much soul as you--- and full as muchheart…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!”Reference: The statement is taken from Charlotte Bronte‟s masterpiece Jane Eyre. In this famous declaration, Jane proves herself a new, unconventional woman, a woman who believes in the basic human rights, in the independence and equality of people of all social classes. She is courageous enough to defy the social conventions that discriminate against the poor and the unfortunate and deprive them of their right to equality. It is not just a personal protest and declaration a governess makes to her master, but a declaration made on behalf of all the unfortunate middle-class working women, and of all the poor people in the world.3.“He flung himself into the nearest seat, and on my approaching hurriedly toascertain if she had fainted, he gnashed at me, and foamed like a mad dog, and gathered her to him with greedy jealousy. I did not feel as if I were in the company of a cr eature of my own species…”Reference: The sentences are taken from Emily Bronte‟s Wuthering Heights. It is a description of the mad, desperate love between Catherine and Heathcliff in her death scene. Heathcliff, seeing his love on the verge of death, was heart-broken. Though they two tortured each other with many a false charge, they were eager to cling to each other at this last moment. Heathcliff, in his eagerness to have her all to himself, now behaved like an animal greedily and jealously guarding his dear one or treasured prey. The terms “gnashed” and “foamed”, simple action words, vividly presents the image of a man desperate in his desire to take possession of his beloved and in his anxiety that someone would come and take her away from him.4.“Tho‟/ We are not now that strength which in old days/ Moved earth and heaven;that which we are, we are;/ One equal temper of heroic hearts,/ Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will/ To strive, to speak, to find, and not to yield.”Reference: These lines are taken from Alfred Tennyson‟s “Ulysses”. In this poem, the old Ulysses is trying to persuade his old followers into setting upon further adventurewith him again. in these lines, he argues that great strength they used to have in their past glorious days, they still have the same strong will and the same heroic spirit to go on struggling and seeking new knowledge until the end of their life. his undying heroic spirit is admirable, indeed.5.“I repeat,/ The Count your master‟s known munificence/ Is ample warrant that nojust pretense/ Of mine for dowry will be disallowed; / Though his fair daughter‟s self, as I avowed/ As starting, is my object.”Reference: These lines are taken from Robert Browning‟s “My Last Duchess”. The main idea is that even though, as I said at the very beginning, my real interest in the marriage is his beautiful daughter (it should be his niece) herself, my claim of the money and property that must come with the bride can‟t be refused by your master, the Count, because he is such a rich man. The statement reveals the Duke‟s unashamed greediness for wealth. From his word, the reader can easily come to the conclusion that his real purpose of the second marriage is not for love, but for money. The marriage is conditioned by his demand for profit. The sacred marriage between people has been commercialized by him.。
2023高考英语英美文学复习 题集附答案
2023高考英语英美文学复习题集附答案文学是人类文明的瑰宝，通过阅读和理解文学作品，我们可以更好地了解各国文化和人类情感。
在高考英语中，英美文学常常作为一个重要的考点。
本文将为大家整理一些与2023年高考英语英美文学相关的题目，并附上答案供大家参考。
【题目一】阅读下面的短文，然后按照要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文。
In the novel "Pride and Prejudice," Jane Austen tells the story of Elizabeth Bennet and her complicated relationship with Mr. Darcy. The novel is set in the early 19th century in England, and explores themes of social class, marriage, and love. Through the witty and insightful writing, Austen portrays the society of her time and criticizes the rigid social norms and prejudices.请你结合上述短文内容，简要介绍该小说的主要情节，并发表你对小说的评价。
【答案一】"Pride and Prejudice" is a timeless classic written by Jane Austen, which revolves around the romantic relationships and social hierarchies in early19th century England. The story primarily focuses on the protagonist, Elizabeth Bennet, and her initial prejudice against the wealthy and proud Mr. Darcy.As the plot unfolds, Elizabeth slowly discovers her misconceptions and biases, and begins to see the true character of Mr. Darcy. Their complex relationship undergoes various twists and turns, along with the interference of societal expectations and class differences. Through Austen's eloquent writing, the readers are presented with a vivid portrayal of the challenges faced by individuals in finding genuine love amidst the constraints of social conventions."Pride and Prejudice" is not merely a love story, but a profound critique of the rigid societal norms and preconceived judgments prevalent in Austen's time. Jane Austen's wit and keen observation of human nature shines through her characters, making the novel both entertaining and thought-provoking. The story teaches us the importance of looking beyond first impressions and prejudices, and embracing the complexities of human relationships.【题目二】阅读下面的短文，然后根据短文内容回答问题。
英美文学考试试题(二)
英美文学选读试卷（二）本试题分两部分，第一部分为选择题，第二部分为非选择题。
选择题40分，非选择题60分，满分100分。
考试时间120分钟。
请将答案写在答案写在答题纸相应位置上，否则不计分。
PART ONEⅠ. Multiple Choice（40 points, 1 point for each）Select from the four choices of each item the one that best answers the question or completes the statement. Mark your choice by blackening the corresponding letter A,B,C or D on the answer sheet.1. Henry Fielding has been regarded by some as “___A___”,for his contribution to the establishment of the form of the modern novel.A．Father of the English Novel B．Father of the English PoetryC．Father of the English Drama D．Father of the English Short Story2.T．S．Eliot’s most important single poem ___B___has been hailed as a landmark and a model of the 20th-century English poetry.A．The Hollow Man B．The Waste Land C．Murder in the Cathedral D．Ash Wednesday3. William Blake’s central concern in the Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience is___B____, which gives the two books a strong social and historical reference.A．youthhood B．Childhood C．happiness D．sorrow4.Among the works by Charles Dickens ___D___ presents his criticism of the Utilitarian principle that rules over the English education system and destroys young hearts and minds.A．Bleak House B．Pickwick Paper C．Great Expectations D．Hard Times5. The most distinguishing feature of Charles Dickens’ works is his ___B___.A．simple vocabulary B．bitter and sharp criticism C．character-portrayal D．pictures of happiness6. Because of her sensitivity to universal patterns of human behavior, __B__ has brought the English novel ,as an art of form, to its maturity.A．Charlotte BrontëB．Jane Austen C．Emily BrontëD．Ann Radcliffe7. All of the following poems by William Wordsworth are masterpieces on nature EXCEPT ___D___.A．“I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud”B．“An Evening Walk”C．“Tintern Abbey”D．“The Solitary Reaper”8. Shakespeare’s four greatest tragedies are ___C___.A．Romeo and Juliet, Othello, King Lear, HamletB．Hamlet, Othello, Macbeth, The Merchant of VeniceC．Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, MacbethD．Romeo and Juliet, The Merchant of Venice, Othello, Hamlet9. As one of the greatest masters of English prose, __B__ defined a good style as “proper words in proper places”. A．Henry Fielding B．Jonathan Swift C．Samuel Johnson D．Alexander Pope10. Among the three major works by John Milton __D__ is indeed the only generally acknowledged epic in English literature since Beowulf.A．Paradise Regained B．Samson Agonistes C．Lycidas D．Paradise Lost11. English Romanticism, as a historical phase of literature, is generally said to have ended in 1832 with __A__.A．the passage of the first Reform Bill in the ParliamentB．the publication of Wordsworth and Coleridge’s Lyrical BalladsC．the publication of T．S．Eliot’s The waste LandD．the passage of the Bill of Rights in the Parliament12. Contrary to the traditional romance of aristocrats, the modern English novel gives a realistic presentation of life of __A__.A．the common English people B．the upper class C．the rising bourgeoisie D．the enterprising landlords13. The major concern of ___C___ fiction lies in the tracing of the psychological development of his characters and in his energetic criticism of the dehumanizing effect of the capitalist industrialization on human nature.A．John Galsworthy’s B．Thomas Hardy’s C．D．H．Lawrence’s D．Charles Dickens’14. The Nobel Prize Committee highly praised __B__ for “his powerful style-forming mastery of the art”of creating modern fiction.A．Ezra Pound B．Ernest Hemingway C．Robert Frost D．Theodore Dreiser15. In 1950,__A__ was awarded the Nobel Prize for the anti-racist Intruder in the Dust.A．William Faulkner B．Robert Frost C．Ezra Pound D．Ernest Hemingway16. The Portrait of A Lady is generally considered to be ___C___ masterpiece, which describes the life journey of an American ________ in a European cultural environment.A．Henry Adams’…widow B．William James’…girlC．Henry James’…girl D．Theodore Dreiser’s…widow17. Hawthorne intended to __D__ in The Scarlet Letter.A．tell a story of parental loveB．tell a story of sin and bloody violenceC．call the readers back to the plantation way of livingD．reveal the human psyche after they sinned18. “The dignity of movement of an iceberg is due to only one-eighth of it being above water.” This “iceberg” analogy is put forward by ___D___.A．Mark Twain B．Ezra Pound C．William Faulkner D．Ernest Hemingway19. The white whale, Moby Dick, symbolizes ___B___ for Melville, for it is complex, unfathomable, malignant, and beautiful as well.A．society B．Nature C．ocean animals D．both A and C20. After the American Civil War, the literary interest in the so-called “reality” of life started a new period in the American literary writings know an the Age of __A__.A．Realism B．Reason and Revolution C．Romanticism D．Modernism21. H．L．Mencken considered ___B___ “the true father of our national literature”.A．Bret Harte B．Mark Twain C．Washington Irving D．Walt Whitman22. Altogether, Emily Dickinson wrote 1775 poems, of which only __C__ had appeared during her lifetime.A．three B．Five C．seven D．nine23. The ___B___ Age of the 1920s characterized by frivolity and carelessness is brought vividly to life in The Great Gatsby. A．Lost B．Jazz C．Reason D．Gilded24. Robert Frost is generally considered a regional poet whose subject matters mainly focus on the landscape and people in ___D___.A．the west B．the south C．Alaska D．New England25. As __C__ saw it, poetry could play a vital part in the process of creating a new nation. It could enable Americans to celebrate their release from the Old World and the colonial rule.A．Wordsworth Longfellow B．William Bryant C．Walt Whitman D．Robert Frost26. Walt Whitman is a poet with a strong sense of mission, having devoted all his life to the creation of the “single” poem, ___D___.A．The Love Song of J．Alfred Prufrock B．The Waste LandC．Murder in the Cathedral D．Leaves of Grass27. Realism was a reaction against Romanticism and paved the way to __A__.A．Modernism B．Scientism C．Post-Modernism D．Feminism28. Mark Twain employed an unpretentious style of ___C___ in his novels which is best described as “vernacular”. A．standard English B．Afro-American English C．colloquialism D．urbanism29. The Petrarchan sonnet was first introduced into England by ___B___.A. SurreyB. WyattC. SidneyD. Shakespeare30.The British bourgeois or middle class believed in the following notions EXCEPT ___A___.A. self - esteemB. self – relianceC. self - restraintD. hard work31. “Graveyard School”writers are the following sentimentalists EXCEPT ___D___.A. James ThomsonB. William CollinsC. William CowperD. Thomas Jackson32. As a representative of the Enlightenment,___C___ was one of the first to introduce rationalism to England.A. John BunyanB. Daniel DefoeC. Alexander PopeD. Jonathan Swift33. Charles Dickens' novel ___B___ is famous for its vivid descriptions of the workhouse and life of the underworld in the nineteenth- century London.A. The Pickwick PaperB. Oliver TwistC. David CopperfieldD. Nicholas Nickleby34. Hemingway's second big success is __B__ , which wrote the epitaph to a decade and to the whole generation in the 1920s, in order to tell us a story about the tragic love affair of a wounded American soldier with a British nurse.A. For Whom the Bell TollsB. A Farewell to ArmsC. The Sun Also RisesD. The Old Man and the Sea35. Henry James is generally regarded as the forerunner of the 20th -century “stream -of-consciousness”novels and the founder of __B__.A. neoclassicismB. psychological realismC. psychoanalytical criticismD. surrealism36. Realism was a reaction against ___A___ or a move away from the bias towards romance and self- creating fictions, and paved the way to Modernism.A. RomanticismB. RationalismC. Post-modernismD. Cynicism37. What Whitman prefers for his new subject and new poetic feelings is “___D___ ,”that is, poetry without a fixed beat or regular rhyme scheme.A. blank verseB. free rhythmC. balanced structureD. free verse38. The Financier ,The Titan and The Stoic written by __B__ are called his “Trilogy of Desire”.A. Henry JamesB. Theodore DreiserC. Mark TwainD. Herman Melville39. Most critics have agreed that Fitzgerald is both an insider and an outsider of __C__ with a double vision.A. the Gilded AgeB. the Rational AgeC. the Jazz AgeD. the Magic Age40. Charlotte’ s works are famous for the depicti on of the life of ___A___ working women, particularly governesses.A. the middle - classB. the lower - classC. the upper - middle - classD. the upper - classPART TWOⅡ. Reading Comprehension（16 points, 8 points for each）Read the quoted parts carefully and answer the questions in English. Write your answers in the corresponding space on the answer sheet.41.“Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?Thou art more lovely and more temperate:Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,And summer’s lease hath all too short a date:”我能不能把你比作夏天？但你比夏天更可爱更温和，狂风摇撼着心爱的五月的蓓蕾，和夏天的租期实在是太短。
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I. Choose the one that would best complete the statement below. (30 points, 2 points each)1. ______ is regarded today as the national epic of the Anglo-Saxons.A. BeowulfB. The Canterbury TalesC. Don JuanD. Paradise Lost2. John Dryden called ______ the father of English poetry.A. Geoffrey ChaucerB. Edmund SpencerC. John MiltonD. John Donne3. The Merchant of Venice is a ________.A. tragedyB. comedyC. history playD. tragicomedy4. Hamlet faces the dilemma between ______.A. action and mindB. dream and realityC. money and powerD. hate and love5. John Milton’s masterpiece is his ______.A. Paradise LostB. Paradise RegainedC. Samson AgonistesD. Areopagitica6. Robert Frost is a regional poet in the sense that his poems depict mostly ______.A. the frontier lifeB. The sea adventuresC. the Puritan communityD. New England landscape7. The novel ________ is not written by Henry James.A. The AmbassadorsB. The Wings of the DoveC. The BostoniansD. The Mysterious Stranger8. In the 1920s decade, O’Neill established an international reputation with such plays as ______.A. The Emperor JonesB. Anna ChristieC. The Hairy ApeD. all of the above9. Fitzgerald’s fictional world is the best embodiment of the spirit of the Jazz Age, in which he shows a particular interest in ______ society.A. the middle-classB. the upper-classC. the lower-middle-classD. the working-class10. Apart from the dislocation of time and the modern stream-of-consciousness, the other narrative techniques Faulkner used to construct his stories include ______, symbolism and mythological and biblical allusions.A. impressionismB. expressionismC. multiple points of viewD. first person point of view11. The following are Shakespeare’s greatest tragedies except __________.A. HamletB. OthelloC. Twelfth NightD. King Lear12. __________ is a novella about a young American girl who gets “killed” by the winter in Rome, and it brought Henry James international fame for the first time.A. The AmericanB. The EuropeansC. Daisy MillerD. The Portrait of A lady13. John Donne is the leading figure of ________.A. Lake PoetsB. Graveyard SchoolC. Satanic PoetsD. Metaphysical School14. In Jane Austen’s novels, life and human nature are exposed __________________.A. at moments of crisisB. during the battlesC. in the most trivial incidents of everydayD. through the traveling15. The following writers were awarded Nobel Prize for literature except ________.A. William FaulknerB. F. Scott FitzgeraldC. John SteinbeckD. Ernest HemingwayII. Complete each of the following statements with a proper word or a phrase. (30 points, 2points each)16. Edmund Spenser’s masterpiece is _________, a great poem of its age.17. Marlowe’s greatest achievement lies in that he perfected _________ and made it the principle medium of English drama.18. As a lexicographer, Samuel Johnson distinguished himself as the author of the first English dictionary by an Englishman: _________, a gigantic task which Johnson undertook single-handedly and finished in over seven years.19. Pope’s An Essay on Criticism is a didactic poem written in _________.20. _________ has been regarded by some as “Father of the English Novel” for his contribution to the establishment of the form of the modern novel.21. Mark Twain preferred to have his own region and people at the forefront of his stories. This particular concern about the local character of a region came about as _____________, a unique variation of American literary realism.22. Pound was the leader of a new movement in Poetry which he called “_________” movement.23. Dreiser broke away form the genteel tradition of literature and dramatized the life in a very _________ way24. One of the most familiar themes in American naturalism is the theme of human _________, especially as an explanation of sexual desire.25. Two major figures of black fiction in America are ________ and Ralph Ellison.26. Apart from Darwinism, the two thinkers whose ideas had the greatest impact on the Modernism period were the German________ and the Austrian Sigmund Freud.27. With the Norman Conquest starts the ________ Period in English Literature.28. Emily Bronte’s masterpiece is ___________29.Ulysses gives an account of man’s life during one day in ________30. In the mid-1950s and early 1960s, there appeared a group of young novelists and playwrights with lower-middle-classor working class background, they demonstrated a particular disillusion over the depressing situation in Britain and launched a bitter protest against the outmoded social and political values in their society. They were known as “_______________”.III. For each of the quotations listed below please give the name of the author and the title of the literary work from which it is taken and then briefly interpret it. (18 points, 6 points each)31．“Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow’st;Nor shall death brag thou wander’st in his shade,When in eternal lines to time thou grow’st:So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see,So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.”32. His father picked the baby up and slapped it to make it breathe and handed it to the old woman.“See, it’s a boy, Nick,” he said. “How do you like being an internee?”Nick said, “All right.” He was looking away so as not to see what his father was doing.33. “Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,And sorry I could not travel bothAnd be one traveler, long I stoodAnd looked down one as far as I couldTo where it bent in the undergrowth;”IV. Give brief answers to the following questions. (22 points, 11 points each)34. Why do we say Hawthorne is a master of symbolism? Give at least two examples of symbols from The Scarlet Letter.35. Why is Thomas Hardy often regarded as a transitional writer?期末复习题答案I．1 A 2 A 3 B 4 A 5 A 6.D 7.D 8. D 9. B 10. C 11 C 12 C 13 D 14 C 15 CII．16. The Faerie Queene17. the blank verse 18. A Dictionary of the English Language 19. heroic couplets 20. Henry Fielding 21. local colorism 22. Imagist 23. realistic 24. bestiality25. Richard Wright 26. Karl Marx 27. Medieval 28. Wuthering Heights 29. Dublin 30. The Angry Young ManIII．31. William Shakespeare: Sonnet 18. A nice summer’s day is usually transient, but the beauty in poetry can last forever.32. This is from “Indian Camp,” one of the fourteen short stories collected under the title of In Our Time by Ernest Hemingway.Nick watches his father deliver an Indian woman of a baby by Caesarian section. This incident brings the boy into contact with something that is perplexing and unpleasant, and is actually Nick’s initiation into the pain and violence of birth and death.33．Robert Lee Frost, “The Road not Taken”.The speaker tells us how the course of his life was determined when he came upon two roads that diverged in a wood.IV．34. Hawthorne is a master of symbolism, which he took from the Puritan tradition and bequeathed to American literature in a revivified form.The symbol can be found everywhere in his writing, and his masterpiece provides the most conclusive proof. By using Pearl as a thematic symbol, Hawthorne emphasizes the consequence the sin of adultery has brought to the community and people living in that community. With the scarlet Letter A as the biggest symbol of all, Hawthorne proves himself to be one of the best symbolists. As a key to the whole novel, the letter A takes on different layers of symbolic meanings as the plot develops, but people come up with different interpretations and they do not know which one is definite. The scarlet letter A is ambiguous. And the ambiguity is one of the salient characteristics of Hawthorne’s art.35. Hardy is regarded as a transitional writer not only because he lived at the turn of the century, but more importantly because there is the influence on him from both.He accepted the ideas of Darwin, and was influenced by Spencer, both of which were great thinkers of his time. But in his Wessex novels, there is an apparent nostalgic touch of the primitive rural life, which was gradually disappearing as England marched into an industrial country.So, on the one hand, there is bitter criticism of his towards the social reality in the Victorian age, on the other hand, the belief that man’s fate is predeterminedly tragic colours mysteriously his characters who are always impotent before the half-blind and supernatural force. The conflicts between old and new, between the rural value and the utilitarian commercialism, between social moral and human passion are prints of longings for some better past while living in modern times.。
2024年自考-自考专业(英语)-英美文学选读考试历年真题常考点试题4带答案
2024年自考-自考专业(英语)-英美文学选读考试历年真题常考点试题带答案（图片大小可任意调节）第1卷一.单选题(共20题)1.It was his masterpiece The Great Gatsby that made( )one of the greatest American novelists.A. FitzgeraldB.William FaulknerC.Ernest HemmingwayD.Gertrude Steinbeck2.In 1920,( )published his first novel This Side of Paradise which was,to some extent,his own story.A.F·Scott FitzgeraldB.Ernest HemingwayC.William FaulknerD.Emily Dickinson3.“The dignity of movement of an iceberg is due to only one- eighth of it being above wa ter. ” This “iceberg ” analogy is put forward by( ).A.Mark TwainB.Ezra PoundC.William FaulknerD.Ernest Hemingway4.Now many major employers are beginning to demand _______ the completion of schoolA.more thanB.rather thanC.other thanD.better than5.William Faulkner set most of his works in the American( ),with his emphasis onthe( )subjects and consciousness.A.North...NorthernB.East...EasternC.West...WesternD.South...Southern6.Which of the following statements is NOT true of Emily Dickinson and her poetry?A.She remained unmarried all her lifeB.She wrote,1,775 poems,and most of them were published during her life time.C.Her poems have no titles,hence are always quoted by their first lines.D.Her limited private world has never confined the limitless power of her creativity and imagination.7.The Nobel Prize Committee highly praised( )for “his powerful style - forming mastery of the art ” of creating modern fiction.A.Ezra PoundB.Ernest HemingwayC.Robert FrostD.Theodore Dreiser8.In the original test，all the animals in a test group are given a substance _______ half of them dieA.unlessB.untilC.lestD.provided9.After the American Civil War,the literary interest in the so- called “reality ” of life started a new period in the American literary writings know an the Age of( ).A.RealismB.Reason and RevolutionC.RomanticismD.Modernism10.The effect of Darwinist idea of “survival of the fittest ” was shattering in() ’s fictional world of jungle,where “kill or to be killed ” was the law.A.Mark TwainB.Henry JamesC.Theodore DreiserD.Walt Whitman11.Nobody but you _______ what he said.A. agrees withB.agrees outC.agree withD.agree to12.In 1950,( )was awarded the Nobel Prize for the anti-racist Intruder in the Dust.A.William FaulknerB.Robert FrostC.Ezra PoundD.Ernest Hemingway13.Greatly and permanently affected by the( )experiences,Hemingway formed his own writing style,together with his theme and hero.A.miningB.farmingC.warD.sailing14.Among the following writers( )is generally regarded as the forerunner of the 20th - century “stream - of - consciousness ” novels and the founder of psychological realism.A. T. S. EliotB.James JoyceC.William FaulknerD.Henry James15.Eugene O’Neill ’s first full — length play,( ),won him the first Pulitzer theme is the choice between life and death,the interaction of subjective and objective factors.A.Bound East for CardiffB.The Hairy ApeC.Desire Under the ElmsD.Beyond the Horizon16.Man is a “victim of forces over which he has no control. ” This is a notion held strongly by( ).A.Robert FrostB.Theodore DreiserC.Henry JamesD.Hamlin Garland17.In Go Down,Moses,( )illuminates the problem of black and white in Southern society asa closeknit destiny of blood brotherhood.A.William FaulknerB.Jack LondonC.Herman MelvilleD.Nathaniel Hawthorne18.Mark Twain employed an unpretentious style of( )in his novels which is best described as “vernacular ”.A.standard EnglishB.Afro-American EnglishC.colloquialismD.urbanism19.The attitude towards life that( )had been trying to demonstrate in his works is known as “grace under pressure ”.A.William FaulknerB.Theodore DreiserC.Ernest HemingwayD.F·Scott Fitzgerald20.The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and,especially,its sequence( )proved themselves to be the milestone in the American literature.A.The Adventures of Huckleberry FinnB.Life on the MississippiC.The Gilded AgeD.Roughing It第2卷一.单选题(共20题)1.Most literary critics think that Fitzgerald is both an insider and an outsider of( )witha double vision.A.the Jazz AgeB.the Age of Reason and RevolutionC.the Babybooming AgeD.the Post- Modern Age2.At the age of eighty -seven,( )read his poetry at the inauguration of President John in 1961.A.Robert FrostB.Walt WhitmanC.Ezra Pound3.What he had done is _______A.valueB.of valuableC.of no valueD.of no valuable4.That is the house _______ you can enjoy the scenery.A. in thatB.thatC.whichD.from which5.“My last Duchess ” is a poem that best exemplifies Robert Browning ’s( ).A.sensitive ear for the sounds of the English languageB.excellent choice of wordsC.mastering of the metrical devicese of the dramatic monologue6.William Faulkner once said that( )is a story of “lost innocence, ” which proves itself to be an intensification of the theme of imprisonment in the past.A.The Great GatsbyB.The Sound and the FuryC.Absalom,Absalom!D.Go Down,Moses7.She disagrees ______ him ______ everything.A.with, onB./, onC.with, atD.on, with8.( )is generally regarded as the forerunner of the 20th —century “stream— of —consciousness ” novels and the founder of psychological realism.A.Theodore DreiserB.William FaulknerC.Henry JamesD.Mark Twain9.The childhood of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn in the Mississippi is a record of a vanished way of life in the( )Mississippi valleyA.pre - War of IndependenceB.post - War of IndependenceC.pre - Civil WarD.post - Civil War10.Hemingway’s “Indian Camp ” is one of the fourteen short stories collected under the title of( ).This title is very ironic because there is no peace at all in the stories.A.Three Stories and Ten PoemsB.Across the River and into the TreesC.The Green Hills of AfricaD.In Our Time11.Robert Frost is generally considered a regional poet whose subject matters mainly focus on the landscape and people in( ).A.the westB.the southC.AlaskaD.New England12.“The dignity of movement of an iceberg is due to only one -eighth of it being abov e water. ” This “iceberg ” analogy about prose style was put forward by( ).A.William FaulknerB.Henry JamesC.Ernest HemingwayD.F· Scott Fitzgerald13.In Death in the Afternoon( )presents his philosophy about life and death through the depiction of the bullfight as a kind of microcosmic tragedy.A.William FaulknerB.Jack LondonC.Ernest HemingwayD.Mark Twain14.considered( ) “the true father of our national literature ”.A.Bret HarteB.Mark TwainC.Washington IrvingD.Walt Whitman15.Some persons gain goal and direction from their tensions;others ________ under pressure.A.fall outB.fall apartC.fall back onD.fall in with16.The Portrait of A Lady is generally considered to be( )masterpiece,which describes the life journey of an American( )in a European cultural environment.A.Henry Adams’…widowB.William James ’…girlC.Henry James’…girlD.Theodore Dreiser ’s…widow17.In 1950,one of the leading American writers( )was awarded the Nobel Prize for the anti-racist Intruder in the Dust.A.Robert FrostB.Theodore DreiserC.William FaulknerD.Fitzgerald18.Henry James’ fame generally rests upon his novels and stories with the( )theme.A.internationalB.localC.colonialD.post-modern19.Ezra Pound,a leading spokesman of the “( ) ”,was one of the most important poe ts in his time.A.Imagist MovementB.Cubist MovementC.Reformist MovementD.Transcendentalist Movement20.The( )Age of the 1920s characterized by frivolity and carelessness is brought vividly to life in The Great Gatsby.A.LostB.JazzC.ReasonD.Gilded第1卷参考答案一.单选题1.参考答案： A本题解析：《了不起的盖茨比》是菲茨杰拉德的代表作，也使其成为了美国文坛上得一颗明星。
英美文学试题及答案
英美文学试题及答案### 英美文学试题及答案#### 一、选择题1. 以下哪部作品是威廉·莎士比亚的代表作？A. 《悲惨世界》B. 《哈姆雷特》C. 《安娜·卡列尼娜》D. 《了不起的盖茨比》答案：B2. 爱伦·坡的哪部短篇小说被誉为哥特式恐怖小说的经典之作？A. 《黑猫》B. 《红死病的假面舞会》C. 《乌鸦》D. 《告密的心》答案：B3. 以下哪位作家是现代主义文学的代表人物？A. 简·奥斯汀B. 乔治·奥威尔C. 弗吉尼亚·伍尔夫D. 马克·吐温答案：C#### 二、填空题4. 英国浪漫主义诗人威廉·华兹华斯在其作品《_______》中表达了对自然的热爱和对简单生活的向往。
答案：《抒情歌谣集》5. 弗朗西斯·斯科特·菲茨杰拉德的《了不起的盖茨比》中，盖茨比的悲剧性结局反映了20世纪20年代美国社会的一种_______。
答案：幻灭#### 三、简答题6. 简述《简·爱》中简·爱的独立精神。
《简·爱》是夏洛蒂·勃朗特的代表作，简·爱在作品中展现了强烈的独立精神。
她不屈从于社会地位和财富的压迫，坚持自己的道德信念和个人尊严。
在与罗切斯特先生的关系中，她拒绝成为他的情妇，坚持要得到平等和尊重。
简·爱的独立精神体现了19世纪女性自我意识的觉醒和对传统性别角色的挑战。
7. 描述《老人与海》中老渔夫桑地亚哥的形象。
《老人与海》是欧内斯特·海明威的杰作，老渔夫桑地亚哥是作品中的中心人物。
他是一个经验丰富、坚韧不拔的渔夫，面对连续84天没有捕到鱼的困境，他没有放弃，而是继续出海。
在与一条巨大的马林鱼的搏斗中，桑地亚哥展现了顽强的生命力和不屈的斗志。
尽管最终他只带回了鱼的骨架，但他的勇敢和坚持赢得了人们的尊敬，体现了人类与自然斗争的永恒主题。
英美文学知识150题
1．Most of Emily Dickinson‟s poems were published __________.A. when she was youngB. after her failed love affairC. in her old ageD. after her death2. __________is a kind of drama that expounds an existential ideology and views its task as essentially metaphysical. It represents a view of the absurdity of the human condition by the abandoning of rational devices and the nonrealistic form.A. black humorB. non-fictionC. anti-heroD. theater of the absurd3. The Importance of Being Earnest is a comedy by__________.A. George Bernard ShawB. Oscar WildeC. Richard Brinsley SheridandD. William Shakespeare4. The Gothic style started in _________and quickly spread through all parts of western Europe.A. FrenchB. EnglishC. HebrewD. Germanic5. Ireland is called the Emerald Isle because of __________.A. its connection with BritainB. its green countrysideC. its unique shapeD. its abundant natural resources6. __________is the oldest newspaper in Australia.A. The Sydney Morning HeraldB. he AustraliaC. Daily MirrorD. Sun7. __________ was once the president of the Royal Society for twenty-three years.A. William HarveyB. Francis BaconC. Isaac NewtonD. John Dalton8. What is the relationship between the two words “flower/rose”?A. HomonymyB. AntonymyC. HyponymyD. Polysemy9. The function of the sentence “How are you?”A. directiveB. informativeC. performativeD. phatic10. Homonyms __________.A. are words that share the same phonetic features and the same semantic featuresB. are words that share the same semantic features but have different sets of phonetic featuresC. are words that share the same phonetic features but have different sets of semantic featuresD. are two words that all but one of semantic feature in common1-10. D D B A B A C C D C11. The Ring and the Book is a masterpiece of ____.A. Alfred TennysonB. Robert BrowningC. Thomas HardyD. Ralph Waldo Emerson12. “Studies serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability” is one of the epigramsfound in _____A. Bacon‟s of StudiesB. Bunyan‟s The Pilgrim’s ProgressC. Fielding‟s Tom Jone sD. Johnson‟s A Dictionary of the English Language13. Who is Afraid of Virginia Woolf is written by ____.A. Samuel BeckettB. Virginia WolfC. Edward AlbeeD. John Barth14. The world‟s largest freshwater lake is Lake ____.A. SuperiorB. OntarioC. HuronD. Michigan15. The state _____is rich in fishing and trapping.A. HawaiiB. CaliforniaC. AlaskaD. New York16. The Australian National Day is set on January 26 to commemorate ____.A. the first European settlement of the continentB. the founding of the Commonwealth of AustraliaC. the discovery of the great southern “unknown land”D. Iacques Cartier‟s first voyage around Australia17. In 1788 Australia was settled by the British as a colony founded ____.A. to receive convicts from BritainB. to receive free settlersC. to supply Britain with wool and foodD. to expand Britain‟s imperial power18. The distinction between langue and parole is proposed by ____.A. HallidayB. SaussureC. ChomskyD. Firth19. In the following dialogue, the maxim of ____ is not observed.A. qualityB. quantityC. relevanceD. manner20. ____ are linguistic units larger than sentences.A. MovesB. DiscoursesC. TopicsD. Tendencies11-20. B A C A C A A B C B21. ____ is a classification of fiction in which a historical event is described in a way that exploits some of the devices of fiction, including a nonlineal time sequence and access to inner states of mind and feeling not commonly present in historical wirting.A. New fictionB. Nouveau RomanC. Historical storyD. Nonfiction Novel22. Ralph Waldo Emerson, the American Transcendentalist, argued for the following ideas except ____.A. man‟s dependence on himself for spiritual perfectionB. Faith in ChristianityC. direct intuition of a spiritual God in natureD. the importance of an independent American culture23. In the line “So ling lives this, and this gives life to thee”of Sonnet 18,Shakespeare ___A. meditates on man‟s mortalityB. eulogizes the power of artistic creationC. satirizes human vanityD. presents a dream vision24. Australia is the world‟s largest exporter of ____.A. wheatB. meatC. daily productsD. wool25. ____ is the most important work by Marx about Marxist economics.A. Thesis on FeuerbackB. The German IdeologyC. CapitalD. The capital26. Harvard University was founded in ____.A. 1366B. 1633C. 1636D. 136327. The state to which the Mayflower sailed is ____.A. FloridaB. MaineC. VirginiaD. Massachusetts28. Which of the following two-term sets shows the feature of complementarity?A. single/marriedB. big/smallC. hot/coldD. old/young29. Usually ____refers to the use of linguistic research in language teaching, but linguistics is used in other areas, as well.A. applied linguisticsB. theoretical linguisticsC. contextual linguisticsD. general linguistics30. Two words that are differentiated by one phoneme, such as “cat” and “rat”, are known as a ___A. distinctive featureB. argumentC. codeD. minimal pair21-30. D B B D C C D A A D31. “Utopia” was written by __________.A. Thomas MoreB. Francis BaconC. Daniel DefoeD. Jonathan Swift32. The Preface to Shakespeare and Lives of the Poets are the works of critic __________.A. G..B. Shaw B. Samuel JohnsonC. Ben JohnsonD. F. M. Foster33. In 1837, Ralph Waldo Emerson made a speech entitled __________ at Harvard, which was hailed by Oliver Wendell Holmes as “Our intellectual Declaration of Independence”.A. NatureB. Self-RelianceC. Divinity School AddressD. The American Scholar34. The U.S.A is known as a “Melting Pot” for its __________.A. mixture of nationalitiesB. mixture of climatesC. mixture of habitsD. mixture of religions35. __________ is regarded as the cradle of the Renaissance?A. GreeceB. ItalyC. GermanyD. England36. Who was “The father of psychoanalysis” and the author of The Interpretations ofDreams?A. MonetB. Sigmund FreudC. YeatsD. James Joyce37. As far as Australian culture is concerned, the history of Australia can be divided into the following phases with the exception of __________.A. the period of the original culture of Aboriginal peopleB. the period of the dominant British cultureC. the period of Asian cultureD. the period of a multicultural society38. __________ is often regarded as the founder of the study of sociolinguistics.A. SaussaureB. HallidayC. ChomskyD. Labov39. __________ is the academic discipline concerned with the study of the processes by which people learn languages in addition to their native tongue.A. IPAB. IC AnalysisC. SLAD. TG40. The __________ is the primary lexical units of a word, which carries the most significant aspects of semantic content and cannot be reduced into smaller constituents.A. bound morphemesB. affixC. rootD. prefix31-40. A B D A B B C D C C41. ____ is Mark Twain‟s master work, the one book from which as Ernest Hemingway noted, “all modern American literature comes.”A. The Gilded AgeB. The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras CountyC. The Adventures of Tom SawyerD. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn42. Apart from the dislocation of time and the modern stream-of-consciousness, the other narrative techniques Faulkner used to construct his stories include ____, symbolism and mythological and biblical allusions.A. impressionismB. expressionismC. multiple points of viewD. first person point of view43. Murder on the Orient Express is written by ____ a novelist of detective fiction.A. Arthur Conan DoyleB. Edgar Allan PoeC. Agatha ChristieD. John Fowels44. Who was the first woman Prime Minister in British history?A. Elizabeth IB. Elizabeth IIC. Margaret ThatcherD. Diana Princess of Wales45. The important thing done in the Second Continental Congress was that ____.A. “the Declaration of the Independence” was signedB. the Revolutionary Was endedC. a new government was discussedD. Washington was appointed commander of the army46. Whose book Evolution and Ethics was translated into Chinese in 1897 by Yan Fu?A. DarwinB. Thomas HuxleyC. MalthusD. Herbert Spencer47. Who is the author of On the Principle of Population?A. DarwinB. Thomas HulxleyC. MalthusD. Herbert Spencer48. In terms of Searle‟s classification system of illocutionary acts, the sentence …Ten bucks say that The Yankee will win the game‟ used to bet belongs to _____.A. representativeB. commissiveC. directiveD. declaration49. Three factors involved in describing vowels are ____.A. place of articulation/part of the tongue raised/voicingB. tongue height/ part of the tongue raised/lip roundingC. articulators/extreme vowel positions/voicingD. teeth position alveolar ridge position/voicing50. In ____ the structure of words is studied.A. phoneticsB. phonologyC. morphologyD. syntax41-50. D C C C D B C A B C51．“The Three Unities”, formulated by Renaissance dramatists, are the unities of the following elements but ____.A. timeB. placeC. actionD. character52. “The founder of English materialist philosophy” is ____.A. Geoffrey ChaucerB. Edmund SpenserC. Francis BaconD. John Donne53. Babbitt is written by ____ who is also the writer of Main Street.A. William FaulknerB. Sinclair LewisC. John SteinbeckD. Jack London54. Under the Whitlam government “God Save the Queen” was replaced by ____ as Australian national anthem.A. “Waltzing Matilda”B. “Click Go the Shears”C. “Advance Australia FairD. “My Country”55. Australia is the world‟s largest exporter of ____.A. wheatB. meatC. daily productsD. wool56. The United States is ____ populous country in the world.A. the third mostB. the second mostC. the mostD. the fourth most57. Which of the following is the father of the modern mode of painting?A. RaphaelB. TitianC. da VinciD. Michelangelo58. If we begin interpretation of a sentence spontaneously and automatically on the basis of whatever information is available to us, that is called ___.A. top-down processingB. hotttom-up processingC. inductive analysisD. Comparative analysis59. ____ is a personal dialect of an individual speaker that combines elements regarding regional, social, gender, and age variations.A. DialectB. IdiolectC. Ethnic dialectD. Linguistics repertoire60. Of the following words, ____ is an initialism.A. UNB. NATOC. BASICD. UNESCO51-60: D C B C D A B A B A61. Which of the following writer was not the representative of Harlem Renaissance?A. Claude MckayB. Countee CullenC. Langston HughesD. J.D. Salinger62. Yoknapatawpha saga refers to a series of fictions written by _____.A. Thomas HardyB. Mark TwainC. William FaulknerD. Allan Poe63. Why is Samuel Johnson called “Dictionary Johnson”?A. Because he knows a lot more than other writers in words.B. Because he often consults an encyclopedia while writing.C. Because he is a master of English language.D. Because he is author of the first English dictionary by an Englishman.64. In Australia, under _____ the legislation to provide equal pay for men and women doing the same work was passed.A. the Whitlam governmentB. the Hawke governmentC. the keating governmentD. the Fraser government65．When did the third wave of migration begin in Australia?A. After the First World WarB. After the Second World WarC. During the Second World WarD. After the Vietnam War66. The “Big Stick” Policy was advanced by President _____.A. Franklin D. RooseveltB. William MekinleyC. Thomas Woodrow WilsonD. Theodore Roosevelt67. What is the largest river in America?A. The Ohio RiverB. The ColumbiaC. The Mississippi RiverD. The Colorado68. “Autumn” and “fall” are used respectively in Britain in and America, but refer to the same thing. The words are _____ synonyms.A. collocationalB. dialectalC. completeD. stylistic69. _____ is the abstract syntactic representation of a sentence, namely, the underlying level of structural organization which specifies all the factors governing the way the sentence should be interpreted.A. surface structureB. syntactic ambiguityC. syntactic componentD. deep structure70. London speech that was illustrated by Shakespear e‟s writing was generally termed _____.A. Old EnglishB. Middle EnglishC. Early Modern EnglishD. Late Modern61-70: D C D A B D C B D C71. Percy Bysshe Shelly is famous for ________.A. Ode to a Skylark and Ode to a NightingaleB. Ode on a Grecian Urn and Ode to the West WindC. Ode to a Nightingale and Ode on a Grecian UrnD. Ode to the West Wind and Ode to a Skylark72. “Tom Jones” was written by ________.A. Henry FieldingB. Daniel DefoeC. Jonathan SwiftD. Samuel Richardson73. Love Story is written by ________.A. Margaret MillarB. Mario PuzoC. Erich SegalD. Helen Eustis74. New Zealanders have adopted their name from the Kiwi, ________.A. which is an introduced flightless birdB. which was the only mammal in New ZealandC. which is a native flightless birdD. which was introduced to New Zealand 1000 years ago75. The two main land masses in New Zealand are ________.A. the White Island and the thermal regionB. the North Island and the South IslandC. Auckland and the South IslandD. the Southern Apls and the North Island76. Which of the following was best known for his Madona (Virgin Mary)?A. RaphaelB. MichelangeloC. Da VinciD. Titian77. The first American President who inaugurated in Washington City was ________.A. George WashingtonB. Thomas JeffersonC. John AdamsD. Andrew Jackson78. The study of the linguistic meaning of words, phrases, and sentences is called _____.A. semanticsB. pragmaticsC. syntaxD. language change79. In making conversation, the general principle that all participants are expected to observe is called the ________ principle proposed by J.Grice.A. comprehensiveB. generativeC. discourseD. cooperative80. ________ is concerned with the inherent meaning of the linguistic form.A. referenceB. lexical meaningC. senseD. word71-80: D A C C B A B A D C81. The Hairy Ape by Eugene O‟Neill is a drama in the styles of ____.A. realism and romanticismB. romanticism and symbolismC. romanticism and expressionismD. realism and expressionism82. Literary criticism written from the perspective of women, reflecting female attitudes, conerns and values is regarded as ____.A. New CriticismB. PsychoanalysisC. StructuralismD. Feminist Criticism83. “Three or four families in a country village is something to work.” This statement was presented by ___.A. Emily BronteB. Jane AustenC. Mrs. GaskellD. George Eliot84. ____ had the title “the Wizard of Menlo Park”.A. John StevensB. Charlie ChaplinC. Thomas A EdisonD. Robert Fulton85. ____ major works Last Supper is the most famous of religious pictures.A. Loenardo da Vinci‟sB. Titian‟sC. Raphael‟sD. Michelangelo‟s86. What is the other official language besides English in New Zealand?A. GermanB. JapaneseC. FrenchD. Maori87. Who produced the first complete map of New Zealand in 1769?A. Abel TasmanB. a DutchmanC. HobsonD. James Cook88. Of the following linguists, ____ should be grouped into London school.A. FirthB. BloomfieldC. BoasD. Trubetzkoy89. ____ refers to a marginal language of few lexical items and straightforward grammatical rules, used as a medium of communication.A. Lingua francaB. CreoleC. PidginD. Standard language90. The basic essentials of the first language are acquired in the short period from about age two to puberty, which is called the ____ period for first language acquisition.A. initialB. one-word stageC. pubertyD. critical81-90: D D B C A D D A C D91. John Milton created Satan the real hero in his poem ___.A. “Paradise Lost”B. “Paradise Regained”C. “A gonists”D. Lycidas92. Erehwon is a satiric novel written by ____.A. Samuel ButlerB. Henry FieldingC. Thomas MoreD. Mark Twin93. “ In a station of the Metro” by ____ has been regarded as a classic specimen of Imagist poetry.A. Ezra PoundB. T.S. EliotC. William Carlos WilliamsD. Amy Lowell94. The Head of State of New Zealand is ____.A. the Prime MinisterB. the British monarchC. the Governor-GeneralD. the President95. The first settlers of New Zealand were ____.A. European navigatorsB. sealers and whalersC. voyagers from East PolynesiaD. Christian missionaries96. ____ is the oldest of all the parties in Ireland.A. Finn GaelB. The Progressive DemocratsC. Finna FailD. The Irish Labour Party97. The largest state of all the states of America is ____.A. TexasB. AlaskaC. CaliforniaD. Hawaii98. The feature that distinguishes “hotdog” and “hot dog” is ____.A. toneB. stressC. intonationD. aspiration99. ____deals with how language is acquired, understood and produced.A. PsycholinguisticsB. SociolinguisticsC. NeurolinguisticsD. Anthropological linguistics100. The study of language at some point of time is generally termed as ____ linguistics.A. appliedB. diachronicC. comparativeD. synchronic91-100: A A A B C D B B A D101. Which of the following is not written by the author of The Scarlet Letter?A. The House of the Seven GablesB. Young Good man BrownC. The Fall of the House of UsherD. The Minister‟s Black Veil102. I Have a Dream is famous speech addressed by _____.A. Abraham LincolnB. Martin Luther KingC. Winston ChurchillD. Mark Twain103. All the following writers are the great masters of “stream of consciousness” but _____.A. James JoyceB. Virginia woolfC. William FaulknerD. Henry James104. The largest city in Canada is _____.A. OttawaB. TorontoC. VancouverD. Montreal105. About _____ of the people of Quebec are French descents.A. 80%B. 30%C. 90%D. 50%106. Today, the City of London is the business centre of London where you can find _____.A. big supermarketsB. theatres and cinemasC. large financial organizationsD. restaurants and cafes107. In the United Kingdom, the party which wins the _____ number of seats in the House of Commons becomes the official Opposition.A. largestB. third largestC. fourth largestD. second largest 108. “Speech Act Theory” was proposed by ____ in 1962.A. SaussureB. ChomskyC. Jane AustinD. John Austin109. The major new development in linguistics in 20th century was _____ grammar.A. speculativeB. traditionalC. structuralD. Interference110. _____ refers to the tendency of many learners to stop developing their interlanguage grammar in the direction of the target language.A. FossilizationB. Error analysisC. OvergeneralizationD. Interference101-110: C B D B A C D D D A111. Aspect of the Novel was originally a series of lectures delivered at Cambridge by ____. It was one of the most important books on the theory of novel.A. E.M. ForsterB. Mark TwainC. William FaulknerD. Henry James112. Daniel Defoe is a famous ____.A. poetB. novelistC. playwrightD. essayist113. The famous representative drama of “theatre of the absurd” is ____ by Samuel Beckett.A. Waiting for LeftyB. Who is Afraid of Virginia WoolfC. Waiting for GodotD. The Zoo Story114. When printing was invented in the 1500‟s, the ____ Bible was the first complete work printed.A. LatinB. EnglishC. AramaicD. Hebrew115. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of the Open University?A. It‟s open to everybody.B. No university degree is awarded.C. It requires no formal educational qualification.D. University course are followed through TV, radio, correspondence, etc. 116. The backbone of Canada‟s economy is ____.A. crude oilB. cereal exportC. manufacturingD. timber117. The longest river in Canada is ____.A. the St. LawrenceB. the MackenzieC. the SevernD. the Yukon118. The most recognizable difference between American English and British English are in ____ and vocabulary.A. structureB. grammarC. usageD. pronunciation119. The study of how we do things with utterance is the study of ____, the nature of which is determined by context.A. contextB. pragmaticsC. speech actD. semantics120. A(n) ____ is a mild, indirect or less offensive word or expression that replaces a taboo word or serves to avoid more direct wording that might he harsh, unpleasantly direct, or offensive, e.g. “pass away” for “die”.A. euphemismB. deleteC. coinageD. taboo111-120: A B C A B C B D C A121. The first novel of stream of consciousness written by a black writer _____ was CranA. Claude MckayB. Countee CullenC. Langston HughesD. Jean Toomer122. The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung up in America was written by _____.A. John SmithB. John EllisC. Anne BradstreetD. Nathaniel Morton123. In reading Shakespeare, you must have come across the line “To be or not to be---that is the question” by ____.A. Iago in OthelloB. Lear in King LearC. Shylock in The Merchant of VeniceD. Hamlet in Hamlet124. The name “Canada”is thought to be derived from kanata, an Indian word meaning _____.A. a settlementB. a guitarC. a meeting placeD. a piece of land125. Canada has become the world‟s _____ exporter of fish.A. secondB. largestC. forthD. fifth126. The most important and influential of English Bible is the Authorized or King James version, first published in _____.A. 1382B. 1901C. 1611D. 1979127. In Britain, ministers are appointed by the Queen on the recommendation of _____.A. the lord ChancellorB. the Prime MinisterC. the SpeakerD. the Parliamentary Commissioner 128. In many societies of the world, we find a large number of people who speak more than one language. As a characteristic of societies, _____ inevitably results from the coming into contact of people with different cultures and different languages.A. transferB. bilingualismC. diglossiaD. interlanguage129. Pragmatics differs from traditional semantics in that it studies meaning not in isolation, but in _____.A. relationshipB. dependenceC. sentenceD. context130. _____ is a design feature of human language that enables speakers to talk about a wide range of things, free from barriers caused by separation in time and space.A. Cultural transmissionB. DualityC. DisplacementD. Productivity121-130: D C D A B C B B D C131. Robert Browning‟s “May Last Duchess” is composed in the form of a(n)____.A. dramatic monologueB. extended metaphorC. syllogistic argumentD. dialogue132. The novel starts with “It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.” This novel is Jane Austen‟s ____.A. EmmaB. PersuasionC. Sense and SensibilityD. Pride and Prejudice133. I‟m Nobody is a poem by ____ in the form of “dramatic monologue”.A. Ralph Waldo EmersonB. Emily DickinsonC. Edgar Allan PoeD. Robert Browning134. The Middle Ages is also called the ____.A. “Age of Faith”B. “Age of Christianity”C. “Age of Holy Spirit”D. “Age of Literature”135. In the latter part of the 4th century, which of the following tribes swept into Europe from central Asia, robbing and killing large numbers of the half civilized Germanic tribes?A. the MongoliansB. the TurkishC. the SyriansD. the Huns136. Who is the most influential person in the Canadian government?A. the QueenB. the Prime MinisterC. the ParliamentD. the Govbernor-General137. The Queen is represented by ____ in Canada.A. The leader of the majority partyB. the Prime MinisterC. the ParliamentD. the Governor-General138. Traditional grammarians begin with ____ definition of the sentence and its components.A. structuralB. notionalC. descriptiveD. prescriptive 139. ____ is defined as any regionally or socially definable human group identified by shared linguistic system.A. A speech communityB. A raceC. A societyD. A country140. ____ invasions established three major groups in England: Saxons, Angles and Jutes.A. GermanicB. NormanC. FrenchD. Roman131-140: A D B A D B D B A A141. Moby Dick is a novel by ____.A. Edgar Allan PoeB. Nanthaniel HawthornC. Herman MelvilleD. Henry James142. The God Father is written by ____.A. Margaret MillarB. Mario PuzoC. Dashiell HammettD. Helen Eustis143. The major concern of _____fiction lies in the tracing of the psychological development of his characters and in his energetic criticism of the dehumanizing effect of the capitalist industrialization on human nature.A. Charles Dickens‟B. D.H. Lawrence‟sC. Thomas Hardy‟sD. John Galsworthy‟s144. In Canada the Head of State is ____.A. the Prime MinisterB. the leader of the majority partyC. the government-GeneralD. Queen Elizabeth II145. What is the other official language besides English in Canada?A. GermanB. JapaneseC. FrenchD. Finnish146. The president of the Lords in Britain is called _____A. Lord ChancellorB. SpeakerC. Prime MinisterD. President147. The Church was divided into the Roman Catholic Church and Eastern OrthodoxChurch after ____.A. 1066B. 1296C. 1054D. 476148. Japanese is the only major language that uses ____ writing system.A. a word writingB. a logographicC. an alphabeticD. a syllabic149. ____ is one whose distribution is functionally equivalent to that of one or more of its constituents, i.e. a word or a group of words, which serves as a definable “centre” or “head”.A. Exocentric constructionB. CoordinationC. Endocentric constructionD. Collocation150. Of the following linguists, ____ should not be grouped into American school.A. FirthB. SapirC. BloomfieldD. Boas141-150: C B B D C A C D C A。
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上海师范大学标准试卷题型2015 ~ 2016 学年第2学期考试日期2016 年6月18日科目：英美文学选读辅修英语专业本科14年级___ 班姓名学号_______我承诺，遵守《上海师范大学考场规则》，诚信考试。
签名：____________the items in Column A with those of Column B (10 points in all, 1 points for each)1. 2. 3. 4. 5.6. 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1.2.IV. Topic Discussion (50 points in all, 25points for each)阐述1.2.英美文学考题考试复习题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. LanglandB. WycliffeC. GowerD. Chaucer2. The prevailing form of Medieval English literature is ____.A. novelB. dramaC. romanceD. essay3. After the Norman Conquest, three languages co-existed in England at that time. TheNormans spoke _____.A. FrenchB. EnglishC. LatinD. Swedish4."Do you think, because I am poor, obscure, plain, and little, I am soulless andheartless…And if God hadtreated me with some beauty, and much wealth, I should have made it as hard fo r you to leave me, as it is now for me to leave you." The above quote d passage is most probably taken from ______ .A. Pride and PrejudiceB. Jane EyreC. Wuthering HeightsD. Great Expectations5.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 VIIC. Henry VIIID. Queen Elizabeth6.The most gifted of the “university wits” was ____.A. LylyB. PeeleC. GreeneD. Marlowe7.Utopia was written in the form of _____.A. proseB. dramaC. essayD. dialogue8.Among many poetic forms, Shakespeare was especially at home (good at) with the _______.A. dramatic blank verseB. songC. sonnetD. couplet9.In the plays, Shakespeare used about ______words.A. 15000B. 16000C. 17000D. 1800010._____has been called the summit of the English Renaissance.A. Christopher MarlowB. Francis BaconC. W. ShakespeareD. Ben Johnson11. Sentimentalism is mostly seen in _____________.A. poetryB. novelsC. dramaD. romance12．_____ compiled the A Dictionary of the English Language which became the foundation of all the subsequent English dictionaries.A. Ben JohnsonB. Samuel JohnsonC. Alexander PopeD. John Dryden13. Which play is regarded as the best English comedy since ShakespeareA. She Stoops to ConquerB. The RivalsC. The School for ScandalD. The Conscious Lovers14. ____ is the greatest representative of English critical realism.A. Jane AustenB. ThackerayC. DickensD. Charlottethe novel ______, Dickens describes the Chartist Movement and shows his sympathy for the workers.A. Great ExpectationsB. A Tale of Two CitiesC. Hard TimesD. Oliver Twist16._____ is often regarded as the semi-autobiography of the author Dickens in which theearly life of the hero is largely based on the author’s early life.A. The Curiosity ShopB. David CopperfieldC. Oliver TwistD. Great Expectations17.Which of the following is Thackeray’s masterpieceA. The VirginiansB. The Books of SnobsC. The NewcomesD. Vanity Fair18.The title of the novel Vanity Fair was taken from Bunyan’s masterpiece _____.A. The Pilgrim’s ProgressB. Child Harold’s PilgrimageC. Gulliver’s TravelsD. The Canterbury Tales19.Emily Bronte wrote only one novel entitled ______.A. Jane EyreB. Agnes GreyC. Wuthering HeightsD. Emma20.Dickens’ third literary period shows intensifying ______.A. optimismB. excitementC. irritationD. pessimism21.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 realismB. his spirit of democracy and humanismC.his unforgettable figures with satire and simple and clear languageD.includ ing A, B and C23.The two cities in A Tale of Two Cities refer to ____.A. London and New YorkB. London and ParisC. Paris and New YorkD. Brussels and Washington24.Byron’s ____ is regarded as the great poem of the Romantic Age.A. Childe Harold’s PilgrimageB. Hours of IdlenessC. LaraD.Don Juan25.The publication of ______ marks the beginning of the Romantic Movement in England.A. “Tintern Abbey”B. Lyrical BalladsC. Frost at NightD. “The Daffodils”26.The themes of Pride and Prejudice are _____.A. pride and prejudiceB. the writer’s own personalitiesC. love and marriageD. Both A and C27.Some critics think that some of Byron’s poe ms show his _____.A. individual heroism and pessimismB. love of nature and optimismC. love of old writersD. hatred for the imperialism28.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 firstB. the secondC. the thirdD. the forth30. Romanticism was a literary trend prevailing in English during the period from 1798to 1832. The Romantic writers（）.A. paid great attention to the spiritual and emotional life of manB. were discontent with the development of industrialism and capitalism, andpresented the social evils minutely in their worksC. took pains to portray a world of harmony and balance(057)D. tended to glorify Rome and advocated rational Italian and French art as superiorto the native traditions31. 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 WordsworthC．“Remorse ” by Samuel Taylor ColeridgeD．Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman32. The literary form which is fully developed and the most flourishing during theRomantic Period is ______________.A．prose B．drama C．novel D．poetry33. Through the character of Elizabeth, Jane Austen emphasizes the importance of ______ for woman.A. marriageB. physical attractivenessC. independence and self-confidenceD. submissive character34. All of the following poets are regarded as “Lake Poets” EXCEPT______.A. Samuel Taylor ColeridgeB. Robert SoutheyC. William WordsworthD. William Blake35. English Romanticism,as a historical phase of literature,is generally said to havebegun with the publication of Wordsworth and Coleridge’s_____.A. Poetical SketchesB. A Defence of PoetryC. Lyrical BalladsD. The Prelude36. Jane Austen’s practical idealism is that love should be justifi ed by ______ anddisciplined by self-control.A. reasonB. senseC. rationalityD. sensibility37. .In his poem “Tiger, Tiger,” William Blake expresses his perception of the “fearfulsymmetry” of the big cat. The phrase “fearful symmetry” suggests（）.A. the tiger’s two eyes which are dazzlingly bright and symmetrically setB. the poet’s fear of the predatorC. the analogy of the hammer and the anvilD. the harmony of the two opposite aspects of God’s creationpoems such as “The Chimney Sweeper” are found in both Songs of Innocence and Songsof Experience by（）.A. William WordsworthB. William BlakeC. John KeatsD. Lord Gordon Byron39 .William Wordsworth, a romantic poet, advocated all of the following except .A. normal contemporary speech patternsB. humble and rustic life as subject matterC. elegant wording and inflated figures of speechD. intensely subjective feeling toward individual experience40. Among the following British Romantic poets ______ is regarded as a “worshipper of nature”.A. William BlakeB. William WordsworthC. George Gordon ByronD. John Keats41. Poetry is defined by ______ as “the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings, whichoriginates in emotion recollected in tranquility”.A. William WordsworthB. William BlakeC. Percy Bysshe ShelleyD. Robert Southey42. The major representatives of the poetic revolution in English Romantic period wereSamuel Taylor Coleridge and ______.A. William BlakeB. William WordsworthC. John KeatsD. Percy Bysshe Shelley43. “If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind’’ The quoted line comes from ______.A. Shelley’s “Ode to the West Wind’’B. Walt Whitman’s Leaves of GrassC. John Milton’s Paradise Lost D．John Keats’ “Ode on a Grecian Urn”44. “It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a goodfortune must be in want of a wife.” The quoted part is taken from ______.A．Jane Eyre B．Wuthering HeightsC．Pride and Prejudice D．Sense and Sensibility45. The major theme of Jane Austen’s novels is_____.A. love and moneyB. money and social statusC. social status and marriageD. love and marriageIII. 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 Tragedy3. What’s the literary style of Shelley as a Romantic poetIV. 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 worksyou know best.Suggested answer:Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen explored three kinds of motivations of marriage the middle-class people had inthe 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 drama1111。