英国文学史及选读试卷(A卷)

苏州科技学院期末考试试题（卷）院系：专业：考试科目：英国文学史及选读考试形式：闭卷考试时间： 100 分钟姓名：学号：I. In this section, there are 15 items. Write in the blanks the letter representing the correct answer from the four options given. 1%*15=15%1. John Bunyan‟s style was modeled after that of ____________.a. Chaucerb. English Biblec. Church serviced. French poetry2. ___________ is the most successful religious allegory in the English language.a. The Pilgrim’s Progressb.The Holy Warc. The Life and Death of Mr. Badmand. The Vanity Fair3. Daniel Defoe had a gift for organizing _______ in such a vivid way that his stories could beboth credible and fascinating.a. minute detailsb. beautiful wordsc. imaginationsd. exciting event4. Jonathan Swift‟s satire is usually masked by _______, so it becomes even more bitter.a. a smileb. an outward gravityc. kindnessd. praise5. Henry Fielding has been regarded by some as “Father of the English _____________.”a. poetryb. novelc. dramad. fiction6. “It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune mustbe in want of a wife” is the first sentence in the novel _______________.a. Gulliver’s Travelsb.Wuthering Heightsc.Jane Eyred. Pride and Prejudice7. William Wordsworth‟s short poems can be classified into two groups: poems about nature andpoems about _________________.a. loveb. human lifec. freedomd. social activities8. Don Juan is Byron‟s masterpiece, a great ________ of the early 19th century.a. comedyb. tragedyc. comic epicd. novel9. The name of the heroine in the play The Merchant of Venice is ______________.a. Emilyb. Catherinec. Portiad. Helen10. John Donne is the leading figure of the English _________________.a. romantic poetsb. realistic poetsc. metaphysical poetsd. impressionist poets11. Paradise Lost is regarded as the greatest and the only generally acknowledged _________ inEnglish literature since Beowulf.a. epicb. elegyc. eulogyd. lyric12. In Robinson Crusoe, Daniel Defoe glorifies _______________.a. adventures on the seab. human laborc. English sailorsd. universal love13. Thomas Gray‟s poems as a whole are mostly devoted to a sentimental ____________.a. meditation on lifeb. exposure of the evilsc. comments on the societyd. revelation of the darkness14. William Blake writes his poems in _____________ language.a. rich and colorfulb. plain and directc. formal and seriousd. elegant and graceful15. “Shall I compare thee to a summer‟s day?” is the beginning line of one ofShakespeare‟s_______________.a. songsb. playsc. comediesd. sonnetsII. Define the following terms. 5%*3=15%1. sonnet2. Byronic hero3. heroic coupletthe literary work from which it is taken and then briefly interpret the italicized parts. If no part is italicized in a quotation, you are required to interpret the wholequotation. There are altogether 6 items in this part. You are required to choose any 5 of them to answer. If you have done all the 6 items, only the first 5 will beassessed. 6%*5=30%1. …What though the field be lost?All is not lost: the unconquerable will,And study of revenge, immortal hate,And courage never to submit or yield:…2.The curfew tolls the knell of parting day,The lowing herd wind slowly o‟er the lea,The plowman homeward plods his wary way,And leaves the world to darkness and to me.3.I wandered lonely as a cloudThat floats on high o‟er vales and hills,When all at once I saw a crowd,A host, of golden daffodils;Beside the lake, beneath the trees,Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.4.Make me thy lyre, even as the forest is,What if my leaves are falling like its own!The tumult of thy mighty harmoniesWill take from both a deep, autumnal tone,Sweet though in sadness.5. Crafty men contemn studies, simple men admire them, and wise men use them, for theyteach not their own use; but that is a wisdom without them, and above them, won byobservation.6. She wore her cloak with dignity and charm,And had her rosary about her arm,The small beads coral and the larger green,And from them hung a brooch of golden sheen,On it a large A and a crown above;Beneath, “All things are subject unto love.”IV. Read the following excerpts and answer the questions, or fill in the blanks or choose the correct answer(s) from the options given. 6%*5=30%1.The evening arrived; the boys took their places; the master in his cook‟s uniform stationed himself at the copper; his pauper assistants ranged themselves behind him: the gruel was served out, and a long grace was said over the short commons. The gruel disappeared, and the boys whispered to each other and winked at Oliver, while his next neighbors nudged him. Child as he was, he was desperate with hunger and reckless with misery. He rose from the table, and advancing, basin and spoon in hand, to the master, said, somewhat alarmed at his own temerity—“Please, Sir, I want some more.”Questions:(1). From which literary work is this excerpt taken? Who wrote it?(2). What does “the short commons” mean?(3). What is the theme of this novel?2.To be, or not to be—that is the question:Whether …tis nobler in the mind to sufferThe slings and arrows of outrageous fortuneOr to take arms against a sea of troublesAnd by opposing end them. To die, to sleep—No more—and by a sleep to say we endThe heartache, and the thousand natural shocksThat flesh is heir to, …Tis a consummationDevoutly to be wished. Th die, to sleep—To sleep—perchance to dream: ay, there‟s the rub,For in that sleep of death what dreams may comeWhen we have shuffled off this mortal coil,Must give us pause. There‟s the respectThat makes calamity of so long life.For who would bear the whips and scorns of time,The pangs of despised love, the law‟s delay,The insolence of office, and the spurnsThat patient merit of th‟unworthly-takes,When he himself might his quietus makeWith a bare bodkin? Who would fardels bear,To grunt and sweat under a weary life,But that the dread of something after death,The undiscovered country, from whose bournNo traveller returns, puzzles the will,And makes us rather bear those ill we haveThan fly to others that we know not of?Thus conscience does make cowards of us all,And thus the native hue of resolutionIs sicklied o‟er with the pale cast of thought,And enterprises of great pitch and momentWith this regard their currents turn awryAnd lose the name of action.Questions:(1). These lines are taken from a famous play named ______________________________.(2). The author of the play is _____________________________.(3). In the play these lines are uttered by _____________________________.(4). About the utterer, what does this speech show?3.I wander thro‟ each charter‟d street,Near where the charter‟d Thames does flow,And mark in every face I meetMarks of weakness, marks of woe.Questions:(1). What is the title of the poem?(2). This poem is taken form _______________________.a. The Songs of Experienceb. The Songs of Innocencec. The Song of the Shirt(3). This poem is written in quatrains of iambic ____________________________ with alternate rimes.a. pentameterb. tetrameterc. dimeter(4). Who is the writer of this poem?(5). What does this poem describe?4.Behold her, single in the field,You solitary Highland Lass!Reaping and singing by herself;Stop here, or gently pass!Alone she cuts and binds the grain,And sings a melancholy strain;O listen! For the Vale profoundIs overflowing with the sound.No nightingale did ever chantMore welcome notes to weary bandsOf travellers in some shady haunt,Among Arabian sands;A voice so thrilling ne‟er was heardIn springtime from the Cuckoo bird,Breaking the silence of the seasAmong the farthest Hebrides.Questions:(1). This is the first two stanzas of a poem entitled __________________________________.(2). Who wrote this poem?(3). What does this poem describe?(4). The poem contains four eight-lined stanzas of ________________ verse. Most of the linesin each stanza are octosyllabics.(5). The rime scheme of each stanza is ____________________.(6). What is “Arabian sands?5I profess, in the sincerity of my heart, that I have not the least personal interest in endeavoring to promote this necessary work, having no other motive than the public good of my country, by advancing our trade, providing for infants, relieving the poor, and giving some pleasure to the rich. I have no children by which I can propose to get a single penny; the youngest being nine years old, and my wife past childbearing.Questions:(1). This passage is taken from a well-known essay entitled ___________________________.(2). The author of the essay is ______________________________.(3). What is the most striking feature of this essay? What do you think of the last sentence?V. Rewrite the poem into prose form. 10%A Red, Red RoseO, my luve‟s like a red, red rose.That‟s newly sprung in June;O, my luve‟s like a m elodieThat‟s sweetly played in tune.As fair art thou, my bonnie lass.So deep in luve am I;And I will luve thee still, my dear.Till a‟ the seas gang dry.Till a‟ the seas gang dry, my dear,And the rocks melt wi‟ the sun:I will luve thee still, my dear,While the sands o‟ life shall run.And fare thee weel, my only luve!And fare thee weel a while!And I will come again, my luve,Though it were ten thousand mile.。