英美文选复习题

“ 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.1) Where does the poem comes from? Who wrote it?It comes from sonnet18 William shakespeare2) What does “eternal lines” mean?3) Interpret it briefly（in English）.2. Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man. And therefore, if a man write little, he had need have a great memory; if he confer little, he had need have a present wit; and if he read little, he had need have more cunning, to seem to know that he doth not. Histories make men wise; poets, witty; the mathematics, subtle; natural philosophy, deep, moral, grave; logic and rhetoric able to contend.1) the work and author.“of studies” Francis Bacon2) What idea does the passage express?3) Translate .读书使人充实，讨论使人机智，笔记使人准确因此不常作笔记者须记忆特强，不常讨论者须天生聪颖，不常读书者须欺世有术，始能无知而显有知。

读史使人明智，读诗使人灵秀，数学使人周密，科学使人深刻，伦理学使人庄重，逻辑修辞之学使人善辩：凡有所学，皆成性格。

4）In what sense does reading make a full man?3. “One short sleep past, we wake eternally,And death shall be no more; death, th ou shalt die.”1) Identify the poem and the poet.Holy sonnet 10 John Donne2) What does the word “sleep” mean?death3) What idea do the two lines express?4.“O my luve is like a red, red rose,That's newly sprung in June;O my luve is like the melodieThat's sweetly played in tune.As fair thou art, my bonie lass,So deep in luve am I;And I will luve thee still, my dear,Till a' the seas gang dry.”1) Identify the work and authorA Red Red Rose Robert Burns2) What’s the rhyme scheme is?3) What do you know about the poem?5. “… All is not lost: the unconquerable will, And study of revenge, immortal hate,And courage never to submit or yield:And what is else not to be overcome?……Irreconcilable to our grand Foe”1) Please identify the poem and the poet. Paradise lost Jhon Milton2) Interpret “all is not lost”.3) What does the whole passage mean?6. “I soon found the place I was in was not for my settlement, particularly because it was upon a low Moorish ground near the sea, and I believed would not be wholesome, and more particularly because there was no fresh water near it, so I resolved to find a more healthy and more convenient spot of ground.”1) the novel and novelist.The life and surprising adventures of Robinson Crusoe Daniel Defoe2) Who is “I” in this novel?Robinson Crusoe3) Make a brief comment on the hero .4) What are the characteristics of the style ?Writing style simple language concise desciription well-knit plot constructionII. 问答题1. According to elements of fiction, analyze this novel Robinson Crusoe.2. What are the characteristics of the Humanism?3. Analyze Hamlet’s soliloquy “To be or not to be”.III. 填空题1.The __________ period witnessed a transition from tribal society to feudalism.2.In the year 1066, the Normans defeated the Anglo-Saxons at the battle of _________.3 Thomas More wrote his famous prose work ________45. Shakespearean Sonnet is made up of three quatrains with different rhymes, followed by a couplet. The rhyme scheme is _________________________________________.6. After the death of Cromwell, the parliament recalled Charles II to England in 1660; then followed the ____________ period.7. John Donne is a poet of peculiar _________, having his own way of reasoning and comparison.8. The _____________ was a progressive intellectual movement throughout Western Europe in the 18th century.9. __________________ wrote some patriotic poems, in which he expressed his deep love for his motherland, such as My Heart’s in the Highlands.10. ________________(1794) are in marked contrast with the Songs of Innocence.IV. 选择题1. The Renaissance refers to between 14th----mid-17th century, which was under the reign of Queen _______ and absolute monarchy in England reached its summit, and in which the ‘real mainstream (真正的文学主流)’ was ________.A. Victoria/poetryB. Elizabeth/ dramaC. Mary/ novelD. James/ drama2. Alexander Pope strongly advocated __________, emphasizing that literary works should be judged by rules of order, reason, logic, restrained emotion, good taste and decorum.A. sentimentalismB. romanticismC. idealismD. neoclassicism3. ___________is a typical feature of Swift’s writings.A. Bitter satireB. Elegant styleC. Casual narrationD. Complicated sentence structure4. In the last twenty years of the 18th century, England produced two great romantic poets. They are _________.A. Samuel Johnson and William BlakeB. Thomas Gray and Edward YoungC. Alexander Pope and Oliver GoldsmithD. William Blake and Robert Burns5.The poem “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard” established ______ as the lead er of the sentimental poetry of the day，especially “the Graveyard School”.A. Thomas GrayB. Samuel JohnsonC. John BunyanD. John Milton6. Which of the following statements best illustrates the theme of Shakespeare’s Sonnet 18?A. The speaker eulogizes the power of Nature.B. The speaker satirizes human vanity.C. The speaker praises the power of artistic creation.D. The speaker meditates on man’s salvation.7. As a whole, ______is one of the most effective and devastating criticisms and satires of all aspects in the then English and European life—socially, politically, religiously, philosophically, scientifically, and morally.A. Moll FlandersB. Gulliver’s TravelsC. Pilgrim’s ProgressD. The School for Scandal8. The 18th century witnessed a new literary form－the modern English novel, which, contrary to the medi romance, gives a ______ presentation of life of the common people.A. romanticB. realisticC. propheticD. idealistic9. Alexander Pope strongly advocated ___________, emphasizing that literary works should be judged by rules of order, reason, logic, restrained emotion, good taste and decorum.A. sentimentalismB. romanticismC. idealismD. neoclassicism10. "O prince, O chief of many throned powers,That led th’embattled seraphim to warUnder thy conduct, and in dreadful deesFearless, endangered Heaven’s perpetual King."In the third line of the above passage quoted from Milton’s Paradise Lost, the phrase "the conduct" refers to _________conduct.A. Satan’sB. God’sC. Adam’sD. Eve’s11. The work that presented , for the first time in English literature, a comprehensive realistic picture of the medi English society and created a whole gallery of vivid characters from all walks of life is most likely______.A. William Langland ’ Piers PlowmanB. Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Canterbury TalesC. John Gower’Confessio AmantisD. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight12. Romance, which uses narrative verse or prose to tell stories of adventures or other heroic deeds, is a popular literary form in the medi period.A. ChristianB. KnightlyC. GreekD. Primitive13. _____, is a typical example of Old English poetry, is regarded today as the national epic of the Anglo-Saxons.A. The Wife’s ComplaintB. BeowulfC. The Dream of the RoodD. The Seafarer14. Which of the following historical events does not directly help to stimulate the rising of the Renaissance Movement?A. The rediscovery of ancient Greek and Roman culture.B. The new discoveries in geography and astrology.C. The Glorious revolution.D. The religious reformation and the economic expansion.15 Literature of Neoclassicism is different from that of Romanticism in that ______.A .the former celebrates reason, rationality , order and instruction while the latter sees literature as an expression_r of an individual’s feeling and experiencesB. the former is heavily religious but the latter secularC. the former is an intellectual movement the purpose of which is to arouse the middle class for political rights while the latter is concerned with the personal cultivation.D. the former advocates the "return to nature" whereas the latter turns to the ancient Greek and Roman writers for its models16. Paradise Lost is actually a story taken from____.A. Greek MythologyB. Roman legendC. The Old TestamentD.The New Testament17. Another school of poetry prevailing in 17th century was that of _______, i.e. those verse-writers, often knights and squires, who sided with the King against the Parliament and Puritans.A. Metaphysical PoetsB. Cavalier PoetsC. John MiltonD. John Dryden。