英国文学选读样卷
英国文学样卷
《英国文学(二)》I. Multiple Choice Questions (10%, 2 points each)1. Thomas Gray’s “_________” once and for all established his fame as the leader of the Sentimental poetry.A. “The Rape of the Lock”B. “A Red, Red Rose”C. “London”D. “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard”2. Who of the following was NOT a novelist in the English literature of the 18th century?A. Daniel DefoeB. Henry FieldingC. Jonathan SwiftD. Richard Brinsley Sheridan3. The two collections of poems written by William Blake, ________ and _______, hold the similar subject-matter, but the tone, emphasis and conclusion differ.A. “Songs of Innocence” / “Songs of Experience”B. “Poetical Sketches” / “Songs of Innocence”C. “Poetical Sketches” / “Songs of Experience”D. “Songs of Innocence” / “Marriage of Heaven and Hell”4. A good style as “proper words in proper places” was defined by ______________.A. Daniel DefoeB. Jonathan SwiftC. Edmund SpencerD. John Donne5. _____________ written by S. T. Coleridge was composed in a dream after the poet took the opium.A. “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner”B. “Frost as Midnight”C. “Kubla Khan”D. “The Daffodils”Ⅱ. Blank Filling.(20%, 2 points each)1. John Milton’s “________” is a long epic divided into 12 books. The original story is taken from the “Genesis” of the Bible.2. “___________” written by John Bunyan is the most s uccessful religious allegory in the English language.3. The ___________ Movement in the eighteenth-century Europe was a furtherance of the Renaissance of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries.4. The Enlightenment Movement brought about a revival of interest in the old classical works in the field of literature. This tendency is known as ___________.5. ________’s famous “Essay on Criticism”, which appeared in 1711 first established his reputation as a poet.6. ___________’s masterpiece “Robinson Crusoe”is the first important English novel in the picaresque tradition. It is also the fundamental work in English island literature.7.Samuel Richardson’s “____________” is the first epistolary novel in the English language and generally considered as his masterpiece.8. In the last twenty years of the 18th century, England produced two well-known romantic poets. They are William Blake and ___________.9. In the “Preface” to the second edition of the “Lyrical Ballads”, ___________ asserts that poetry originat es from “emotion recollected in tranquility”.10. ________________ with her “Mrs. Dalloway” is regarded as one of the most outstanding stream-of-consciousness novelists.Ⅲ. T-F Statements (20%, 2 points each)1. William Blake is the greatest poet Scotland has ever produced. His “Poems Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect” is of great significance in the English literature.2. Jonathan Swift’s masterpiece is “Gulliver’s Travels”, which mainly contains four parts.3. “Tom Jones” was based upon the experience of Alexander Selkirk, who had been marooned in an uninhabited island and had lived there for five years.4. “The Dictionary of the English Language”, which first brought fame to Samuel Johnson, was considered as the first standard work which contains sound definitions and uses illustrative quotations from authorities.5. “John Anderson, My Jo” is one of Robert Burns’s better-known lyrics celebrating lifelong affection of an old married couple.6. The publication of the first edition of the “Lyrical Ballads”in 1789 came as a shock and was regarded as the signal of the beginning of the romantic age.7. As a leading Romanticist, George Gordon Byron’s chief contribution is his cr eation of the “Byronic hero”, a proud, mysterious rebel figure, of noble origin.8. The odes are generally regarded as John Keats’s most important and mature works.9. “Pride and Prejudice”, the best-known of Jane Austen’s novels, deals with the everyday l ife of small and big landlords and their families in the English countryside, particularly with the love and marriage of the younger members of those families.10. James Joyce’s novels and short stories are regarded as his great works, almost all of which have the same setting, Dublin.Ⅳ. Literary T erms (10%, 2 points each)1. A novel written in the form of a series of letters exchanged among the characters of the story is known as ______ novel.2. Browning’s greatest contribution to English poetry is his ________. In his most famous poe ms, Browning chooses a dramatic moment or a crisis, in which his characters are made to talk about their lives, and about their minds and hearts.3. The term “______”, meaning ridiculous misuse of big words, originates from Sheridan’s “The Rivals”.4. The _____ is a lyric poem of some length, dealing with a lofty theme in a dignified manner and originally intended to be sung. Both Shelley and Keats are good at this poetic form.5. The “_____________” is a psychological term indicating “the flux of conscio us and subconscious thoughts and impressions moving in the mind at any given time independently of the person’s will.”V. Answer the Following Questions Briefly (20%, 10 points each)1. To some extent, we can say that Samson is Milton. Why?2. Explain the differences between Daniel Defoe’s realism and Jonathan Swift’s realism in their novel writing, as far as their masterpieces are concerned.VI. Essay Question (20%)Do you think “Paradise Lost” is a purely religious poem? Why or why not? Give at least t hree reasons.。
英国文学试题答案
英国文学选读样题答案一、选择题(本大题共15小题,每小题1分,总计15分)1---5 ABCCC6---10 ABBAB11---15 BBAAC二、填空(本大题共10小题,每小题2分,总计20分)1.Heroic 2 comedies 3. couplet 4. metaphysical poetry 5. Eve6. My Luve’s Like a Red, Red, Rose7.Houyhnynms8. Coleridge9. Odes 10. Emily Bronte三、诗歌分析(本大题共4个小题,每小题分值见各小题,共20分)1.William Wordsworth; I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud2.Iambic tetrameter; ababcc ababcc3.The waves beside them danced; but they_ / _ / _ / - /Out-did | the spark|ling waves | in glee:_ / _ / _ _ _ /A po|et could |not but |be gay,_ / _/ _ / _ _In such | a jo|cund com|pany:_ / _ / _ / _ /I gazed--|and gazed-|-but lit|tle thought_ / _ / _ / _ /What wealth |the show |to me |had brought:4. 水波在边上欢舞,但水仙比闪亮的水波舞得更乐;有这样快活的朋友做伴,诗人的心儿被欢愉充塞;我看了又看,却没领悟这景象给了我什么财富。
(黄杲炘)四、小说分析(本大题共5个小题,每小题分值见每小题,共20分)1.Jane Eyre; Sharlotte Bronte2.He had a mad wife who set the building on fire and climbed to the roof of thebuilding. He tried to save her. But the staircase broke and he fell down He was wounded and became blind.3.When Jane knew that Mr. Rochester had a wife. She was surprised and fledfrom Thornfield. Mr. Rochester was very sad at it.4.She wandered about and met Mr. Rivers and became a village school teacher.Mr. Rivers would go to work in India. He asked her to be his wife, which was refused. She heard Mr. Rochester calling her in the wind and came back.5.Though poor and plain, Jane Eyre, who had a strong will of life, tried hard toget her rights of equality. She lived the man very much who was about 20 years older than she and richer. She just wanted him to treat her equally. She was great because her love made disillusioned Rochester happy again. Mr.Rochester was a man full of life’s misery, yet he loved Jane truly and respected her very much. That’s why he got her love.五、文学术语解释(共5个术语,每个2分,共10分)1.Ballad: The narrative folk song that tells a story, which originates and is communicated orally mainly among illiterates.2.Couplet: A pair of rhymed lines that are equal in length and the same in rhythm and rhyme3.Soliloquy: The act of talking to oneself, whether silently or aloud. In drama it refersto the act of a character alone on the stage that utters his or her thoughts aloud.4.Elegy: Poems that lament the loss of something or someone, or loss or death more generally.5.Lyric: A poem, usually a short one, that expresses a speaker’s personal thoughts orfeelings. The elegy, ode, and sonnets are all forms of the lyric.六、简答题(本大题共3小题,每小题5分,共15分)ment briefly on the fate of Tess in Tess of the D’Urbervilles.Tess is actually a victim of her society. Hardy created the heroine Tess just to criticize the society in his time. Tess is a tragic person simply because she is not accepted by the society in which agriculture is menaced by the forces of invading capitalism. So in a way, Tess’ fate is decided by her society.2.What are the unique features of Shakespeare’s sonnets?Two features: (1) the principle person addressed by the poet is not a woman b uta young man and a mysterious dark lady. (2) the structure of three quatrainsand a concluding couplet is typically Shakespearean.3.What are the themes of Pride and Prejudice?1)a conservative criticism of the Romantic movement and in particular its con ceit oflove at first sight.2)Irony also permeates the novel.3)ordinary provincial life with keen observation.4)Marriage plays a huge role in the novel5)Social classes are also taken into account and play a major role as a theme6)Pride and prejudice both stand in the way of relationships,7)Family. Austen portrays the family as primarily responsible for the intellectual and moral education of children.(答出三个以上即可给全分)。
自考英国文学选读试题
自考英国文学选读试题Part I: Choose the relevant match from column B for each item in column A. (10%)Section AA B(1) T. S. Eliot() A. The School for Scandal(2) John Keats() B. Samson Agonistes(3) Richard Brinsley Sheridan() C. My Last Duchess(4) Robert Browning() D. The Waste Land(5) John Milton() E. IsabellaSection BA B(1) Pride and Prejudice() A. Mrs. Morel(2) Hamlet() B. Mr. Brownlow(3) Wuthering Heights() C. Claudius(4) Sons and Lovers() D. Elizabeth Bennet(5) Oliver Twist() E. HeathcliffPart II. Complete each of the following statements with a proper word or a phrase according to the textbook. (5%)1. The essence of the Renaissance is ______.2. Pope was the greatest poet of his time. He strongly advocated neoclassicism, emphasizing that literary works should be judged by classical rules of order, ______, logic, restrained emotion, good taste and decorum.3. The Romantic period in English literary history is an age of______. Wordsworth and Coleridge are the major representatives of this movement.4. James Joyce is regarded as the most prominent ______ novelist.5. Most of Hardy’s works are set in______, the fictional primitive and crude rural region which is really the home place he both loves and hates. Part III: Each of the following statements below is followed by four alternative answers. Choose the one that would best complete the statement.(50%)1. Marlowe’s greatest achievement lies in that he perfected the ______ and made it the principal medium of English drama.()A. blank verseB. free verseC. sonnetD. alliteration2. Shakespeare is known to have used ______ different words. His coinage of new words and distortion of the meaning of the old ones also create striking effects on the reader.()A. 16,000B. 1600C.20,000D. 20003. Dr. Faustus is a play based on the ______ of a magician aspiring for knowledge and finally meeting his tragic end as a result of selling his soul to the Devil.()A. German legendB. Greek legendC. French legendD. British legend4. Paradise Lost, the only generally acknowledged epic in English literature since Beowulf, is divided into ______ books.()A. 12B. 6C. 4D. 105. Christian is the character in ()A. The Life and Death of Mr. BadmanB. The Pilgrim’s ProgressC. Grace Abounding to the Chief of SinnersD. none of the above6. The English novelist ______ defined a good style as “proper wordsin proper places”.()A.FieldingB. DefoeC. SwiftD. Bunyan7. Of all the 18th century novelists, ______ was the first to set out both in theory and practice, to write specifically a “comic epic in prose”, the first to give the modern novel its structure and style.()A. Fielding B. SwiftC. DefoeD. Richardson8. ______ was the last great neoclassicist enlightener in the later eighteenth century. He was very much concerned with the theme of the vanity of human wishes.()A. William BlakeB. Samuel JohnsonC. Thomas GrayD. Henry Fielding9. The middle of the 18th century was predominated by a newly rising literary form—()A. the modern English novelB. the modern English poetryC. the modern English dramaD. the modern English essay10. ______ are generally regarded as important links between the masterpieces of Shakespeare and those of Bernard Shaw.()A. The Rivals and The School for ScandalB. The Rivals and St. Patrick’s DayC. The Duenna and The School for ScandalD. St. Patrick’s Day and The Duenna11. As to Romanticism, which of the following statements is not right?()A. Romantic poetry is written according to fixed rules.B. The Romanticists would return to the humble people and the common everyday life for the subjects.C. The Romanticists not only extol the faculty of imagination, but also elevate the concepts of spontaneity and inspiration.D. In order to achieve the effect of the individual vision, the medieval or renaissance world were particularly favored by the Romantics.12. English Romanticism is generally said to have begun in 1798 with the publication of ______’s Lyrical Ballads. ()A. Wordsworth and SoutheyB. Coleridge and SoutheyC. Wordsworth and ColeridgeD. Southey and Blake13. ______ is Byron’s masterpiece, a great comic epic of the early 19th century. It is a poem based on a traditional Spanish legend of a great lover and seducer of women.()A. Child Harold’s PilgrimageB. Don JuanC. The Prisoner of ChillonD. The Island14. Coleridge’s ______ was composed in a dream after he took opium.()A. Kubla KhanB. ChristabelC. The Rime of the Ancient MarinerD. Frost at Midnight15. Austen shows a human being()A. at moments of crisisB. in the most trivial incidents of everyday lifeC. in his prime of lifeD. fighting in a battle field16. Keats’ Ode to a Nightingale expresses the contrast between()A. the happy world of natural loveliness and human world of agonyB. the happy world of natural loveliness and human world of happinessC. the world of natural innocence and the world of human miseryD. the world of romantic dream and the world of reality and agony17 . In the portrait of her female characters, Austen tries to say that ()A. it is right to marry for material wealth and social positionB. it is right to marry just for beauty and passionC. it is right to marry for true love without consideration of the partner’s personal meritD. it is wrong to marry just for money or for beauty, but it is also wrong to marry without it18. To match his humorous genius, Dickens is also noted for his pictures of()A. joyB. pathosC. laughterD. wit19. Wuthering Heights is known today as ______ most fascinating novel.()A. Charlotte Bronte’sB. Anne Bronte’sC. Emily Bronte’sD. George Eliot’s20. As to Idylls of the King, which of the following statements is not right?()A. It is Tennyson’s most ambitious work which took him over 30 years to complete.B. It is made up of 6 books of narrative poems.C. It is based on the Celtic legends of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table.D. It is a modern interpretation of the classic myth.21. Dickens sets out a full map and a large-scale criticism of the nineteenth century England, particularly()A. WessexB.DublinC. LondonD. Stratford-on-Avon22. The name of ______ is often associated with the term “dramatic monologue”.()A. Alfred TennysonB. Mathew ArnoldC. Elizabeth BrowningD. Robert Browning23. The mission of Bernard Shaw’s drama was to reveal the moral, political and economic truth from a radical ______ point of view. ()A. socialistB. naturalistC. reformistD. sentimentalist24. James Joyce’s ______, written in 1939, is regarded as the most original experiment ever made in the novel form, and also the most difficult book to read. ()A. DublinersB. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young ManC. Finnegans WakeD. The Portrait of a Lady25. Which of the following is NOT T. S. Eliot’s literary work? ()A. The Love Song of J. Alfred PrufrockB. The Waste LandC. Sailing to ByzantiumD. Tradition and Individual TalentPart IV. Interpretation (20%)Read the following selections and then answer the questions.(1)Sunset and evening star,And one clear call for me!And may there be no moaning of the bar,When I put out to sea.But such a tide as moving seems asleep,Too full for sound and foam,When that which drew from out the boundless deep,Turns again home.Twilight and evening bell,And after that the dark!And may there be no sadness of farewell,When I embark;For though from out our bourne of Time and PlaceThe flood may bear me far,I hope to see my Pilot face to faceWhen I have crossed the bar.1. What is the title of this poem? Who is the author?2. What is the theme of this poem?(2)I will arise and go now, and go to Innisfree,And a small cabin build there, of clay and wattles made:Nine bean-rows will I have there, a hive for the honeybee,And live alone in the bee-loud glade.And I shall have some peace there, for peace comes dropping slow, Dropping from the veils of the morning to where the cricket sings; There midnight’s all a glimmer, and noon a purple glow,And evening full of the linnet’s wings.I will arise and go now, for always night and dayI hear lake water lapping with low sounds by the shore;While I stand on the roadway, or on the pavements gray,I hear it in the deep heart’s core.3. What does “Innisfree” refer to?4. What is the central idea of this short poem?(3)He was surprised to find this young woman-who though but a milkmaid had just that touch of rarity about her which might make her the envied of her housemates-shaping such sad imaginings. She was expressing in her own native phrases-assisted a little by her Sixth Standard training-feelings which might almost have been called those of the age: the ache of modernism. The perception arrested him less when he reflected that what are called advanced ideas are really in great part but the latest fashion indefinition-a more accurate expression, by words in logy and ism, of sensations which men and women have vaguely grasped for centuries. Still, it was strange that they should have come to her while yet so young; more than strange; it was impressive, interesting, pathetic. Not guessing the cause, there was nothing to remind him that experience is as to intensity, and not as to duration. Tess’s passing corporeal blight had been her mental harvest.Tess, on her part, could not understand why a man of clerical family and good education, and above physical want, should look upon it as a mishap to be alive. For the unhappy pilgrim herself there was very good reason. But how could this admirable and poetic man ever have descended to the Valley of Humiliation, have felt with the man of Uz-as she herself had felt two or three years ago-‘My soul chooses strangling and death rather than my life. I loathe it; I would not live always.’It was true that he was at present out of his class. But she knew that was only because, like Peter the Great in a shipwright’s yard, he was studying what he wanted to know. He did not milk cows because he was obliged to milk cows, but because he was learning how to be a rich and prosperous dairyman, landowner, agriculturist, and breeder of cattle. He would become an American or Australian Abraham, commanding like a monarch his flocks and his herds, his men-servants and his maids. At times, nevertheless, it did seem unaccountable to her that a decidedly bookish, musical, thinking young man should have chosen deliberately to be a farmer, and not a clergyman, like his father and brothers.Thus, neither having the clue to the other’s secret, they were respectively puzzled at what each revealed, and awaited new knowledge of each other’s character and moods without attempting to pry into each other’s history.Every day, every hour, brought to him one more little stroke of her nature, and to her one more of his. Tess was trying to lead a repressed life, but she little divined the strength of her own vitality.5. Who does “he” in the first sentence refer to? What is Tess’s life like at Talbothay Dairy?Part V. Give brief answers to the following questions(15%)1. What are the main characteristics of the Romantic Movement in Europe?2. What are the essential characteristics of modernism?。
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12. Generally, the Renaissance refers to the period between the 14th and mid-17th centuries, its essenceis_______.A. scienceB. philosophyC. artsD. humanism13. _______ frequently applied conceits in his poems.A. Edmund SpenserB. John DonneC. William BlakeD. Thomas Gray14. _______ is known as “the poet’s poet”.A. William ShakespeareB. Christopher MarloweC. Edmund SpenserD. John Donne15. Romance,which uses narrative verse or prose to tell stories of____ adventures or other heroic deeds,is a popular literary form in the medieval period.A. ChristianB. knightlyC. pilgrimsD. primitive16. ________ and William Shakespeare are the best representatives of the English humanism.A. Edmund Spenser, Christopher MarloweB. Thomas More, Christopher MarloweC. John Donne, Edmund SpenserD. John Milton, Thomas More17. Among the following plays which is not written by Christopher Marlowe?A. Dr. FaustusB. The Jew of MaltaC. TamburlaineD. The School for Scandal18. Shakespeare’s greatest tragedies are _______.A. Hamlet, Othello, King Lear and MacbethB. Hamlet, Othello, King Lear and Romeo andJuliet C. Hamlet, Coriolanus, King Lear and Macbeth D. Hamlet, Julius caesar, Othello and Macbeth19. The sentence “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?” is the line of one of Shakespeare’s ________.A. comediesB. tragediesC. historiesD. sonnets20. “So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see, / So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.” (Shakespeare, Sonnets 18) What does “this” refer to?A. LoverB. TimeC. SummerD. Poetry21. Which of the following statements best illustrates the theme of Shakespeare’s Sonnet 18?A. The speaker eulogizes the power of NatureB. The speaker satirizes human vanityC. The speaker praises the power of artistic creationD. The speaker meditates on man’s salvation22. “Bassani Antonio,I am married to a wife Which is as dear to me as life itself;But life itself,my wife,and all the world,Are not with me esteem’d above thy life;I would lose all,ay,sacrifice them all,Here to the devil,to deliver you. Portia:Your wife would give you little thanks for that,ff she were by to hear you make the offer.” The above is a quotation taken from Shakespeare’s comedy The Merchant of Venice. The quoted part can be regarded as a good example to illustrateA. dramatic ironyB. personificationC. allegoryD. symbolism23. “The Fairy Queen” is the masterpiece written by____.A. John MiltonB. Geoffrey ChaucerC. Edmund SpenserD. Alexander Pope24. Which of the following work did Bacon NOT write?A. Advancement of LearningB. Novum OrganumC. De AugmentisD. Areopagitica25. The greatest of pioneers of English drama in Renaissance is _______, one of whose drama is “Doctor Faustus”.A. William ShakespeareB. Christopher MarloweC. Oscar WildeD. R. Brinsley Sheridan26. “Euphues” was written by ________, the style of the novel was called “Euphuism”.A. John BunyanB. John LylyC. John DonneD. John Milton27. The most famous dramatist in the 18th century is ______, who is famous for “The School for Scandal”.A. Oliver GoldsmithB. Thomas GrayC. R. Brinsley SheridanD. G.eorge Bernard Shaw28. The most distinguished literary figure of the 17th century was ______, who was a c ritic, poet, and playwright.A. Oliver GoldsmithB. John DrydenC. John MiltonD. T. G. Coleridge29. The representative of the “Metaphysical” poetry i s ______, whose poems are famous for his use of fantastic metaphors and extravagant hyperboles.A. John DonneB. John MiltonC. William BlakeD. Robert Burns30. Which of the following has / have associations with John Donne’s poetry?A. reason and sentimentB. conceits and witsC. the euphuismD. writing in the rhymed couplet31. _____ is the successful religious allegory in the English language.A. The Pilgrim’s ProgressB. The Canterbury TalesC. Paradise LostD. Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded32. The 18th century England is known as the ______ in the history.A. RenaissanceB. ClassicismC. EnlightenmentD. Romanticism33. Of all the eighteenth-century novelists, who was the first to set out, both in theory and practice, to write specially a “comic epic讽刺史诗in prose”, the first to give the modern novel its structure and style?A. Thomas GrayB. Richard Brinsley SheridanC. Johathan SwiftD. Henry Fielding34. Henry Fielding has been regarded by some as “_______________”, for his contributi on to the establishment of the form of the modern novel.A. Best writer of the English novelB. The father of English novelC. The most gifted writer of the English novelD. conventional writer of English novel35. Among the pioneers of the 18th century novelists were Daniel Defoe, Samuel Richardson, Henry fielding and _______.A. Laurence SterneB. John DrydenC. Charles DickensD. Alexander Pope36. John Milton’s masterpiece—Paradise Lost was written in the poetic style of _____.A. rhymed stanzasB. blank verseC. alliterationD. sonnets37. Of all the 18th century novelists Henry Fielding was the first to set out____,both in theory and practice,to write specifically a “ ______ in prose,” the first to give the modern novel its structure and style. (Refer to 19)A. tragic epicB. comic epicC. romanceD. lyric epic38. Besides Sheridan, another great playwright in the 18th century is ______.A. Oliver GoldsmithB. Thomas GrayC. T. G. SmolletD. Laurence Sterne39. She Stoops to Conquer was written by _____.A. Oliver GoldsmithB. R. Brinsley SheridanC. John DrydenD. George Bernard Shaw40. The middle of the 18th century was predominated by a newly rising literary form, that is the modern English ______, which gives a realistic presentation of life of the common English people.A. proseB. short storyC. novelD. tragicomedy41. The Houyhnhnms depicted by Jonathan Swift in Gulliver’s Travels are _____.A. horses that are endowed with reasonB. pigmies that are endowed with admirable qualitiesC. giants that are superior in wisdomD. hairy,wild,low and despicable creatures,who resemble human beings not only in appearance but also in some other ways42. The unquenchable无法消除的spirit of Robinson Crusoe struggling to maintain a substantial existence ona lonely island reflects ____.A. man’s desire to return to natureB. the author’s criticism of the colo nization XC. the ideal of the rising bourgeoisie XD. the aristocrats’ disillusionment of the harsh social reality43. Gothic novels are mostly stories of_____, which take place in some haunted or dilapidated Middle Age castles.A. love and marriageB. sea adventuresC. mystery and horrorD. saints and martyrs44. “The father of English novel” is __________.A. Henry FieldingB. Daniel DefoeC. Jonathan SwiftD. John Donne。
英国文学选读练习题-含答案汇编
Exercise for English Literature (2)Choose the best answer for each blank.1.________, the “father of English poetry” and one of the greatest narrative poets of England, was born inLondon about 1340.A.Geoffrey ChaucerB. Sir GawainC.Francis BaconD. John Dryden2.Chaucer died on the 25th October 1400, and was buried in ________.A.FlandersB. FranceC.ItalyD. Westminster Abbey3.The progress in industry at home stimulated the commercial expansion abroad. ________ encouragedexploration and travel, which were compatible with the interest of the English merchants.A.Henry VB. Henry VIIC.Henry VIIID. Queen Elizabethwas also the4.Except being a victory of England over ________, the rout of the fleet “Armada” (Invincible)triumph of the rising young bourgeoisie over the declining old feudalism.A.SpainB. FranceC.AmericaD. Norway5.At the beginning of the 16th century the outstanding humanist ________ wrote his Utopia in which he gave aand put forward his ideal of a future happy society.profound and truthful picture of the people’s sufferingA.Thomas MoreB. Thomas MarloweC.Francis BaconD. William Shakespear6.Absolute monarchy in England reached its summit during the reign of Queen ________.A.MaryB. ElizabethC.WilliamD. Victoria7.English Renaissance Period was an age of ________.A.prose and novelB. poetry and dramaC.essays and journalsD. ballads and songs8.From the following, choose the one which is not Francis Bacon’s work: ________.A.The Advancement of LearningB. The New InstrumentC.EssaysD. The New AtlanticsE.Venus and Adonis9.“Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?” This is the beginning line of one of Shakespeare’A.songsB. playsediesD. sonnets10.The heroines of Shakespeare’sgreat comedies, ________ are the daughters of the Renaissance, whose images and stories will remain a legacy to readers and audiences of all time.A.PortiaB. RoselandC.ViolaD. Beatrice11.Choose the four great tragedies of Shakespeare from the following ________.A.HamletB. OthelloC.MacbethD. King LearE.Timon of Athens12.Which play is not a comedy? ________A. A Midsummer Night’s DreamB. The Merchant of VeniceC.Twelfth NightD. Romeo and JulietE.As You Like Itero summarise his observation of his world into such a bitter13.“Denmark is a prison”. In which play does the hsentence? ________A.Charles IB. OthelloC.Henry VIIID. Hamlet14.The works of ________ and the Authorised Version of the English Bible are the two great treasuries of theEnglish language.A.Geoffrey ChaucerB. Edmund SpenserC.William ShakespeareD. Ben Johnson15.In which play does the hero show his profound reverence for man through the sentence: “Whatwok is a man! How nobel in reason! How finite in faculty!” ________A.Romeo and JulietB. HamletC.OthelloD. The Merchant of Venice16.In 1649, ________ was beheaded. England became a commonwealth.A.James IB. James IIC.Charles ID. Charles II17.The revolution of 1688 meant three of the following things: ________.A.the supremacy of ParliamentB.the beginning of modern EnglandC.the triumph of the principal libertyD.the triumph of the principle of political libertyE.the Restoration of monarchy18.Who of the following were the important metaphysical poets? ________A.John DonneB. George HerbertC.John MiltonD. Richard Lovelace19.Which work was NOT written by John Milton? ________A.Paradise LostB. Paradise RegainedC.Samson AgonistesD. Volpone20.Paradise Lost is ________.A.John Milton’s masterpieceB. a great epic in 12 booksC.written in blank verseD.about the heroic revolt of Satan against God’s authority21.John Milton is ________.A. a great revolutionary poet of the 17th centuryB.an outstanding political pamphleteerC. a great stylistD. a great master of blank verse22.From the Old Testament, John Milton took his stories of Paradise Lost, i.e. ________.A.the creationB.the rebellion in Heaven of Satan and his fellow-angelsC.their defeat and expulsion from HeavenD.the creation of the death and of adam and EveE.the fallen angels in hell plotting against GodF.Satan’s temptation of EveG.the departure of Adam and Eve from Eden23.The finest thing in Paradise Lost is the description of hell, and ________ is often regarded as the real hero ofthe poem.A. GodB. SatanC. AdamD. Eve24.Who is the greatest of the Metaphysical school of poetry? ________A.John DonneB. George HerbertC.Andrew MarvellD. Henry Vaugham25.________ was a progressive intellectual movement throughout Western Europe in the 18th century.A.The RenaissanceB. The EnlightenmentC.The Religious ReformationD. The Chartist Movement26.The main literary stream of the 18th century was ________. What the writers described in their works weremainly social realities.A.naturalismB. romanticismC.classicismD. realismE.sentimentalism27.The eighteenth century was the golden age of the English ________. The novel of this period spoke the truthabout life with an uncompromising courage.A.dramaB. poetryC.essayD. novel28.In 1704, Jonathan Swift published two works together, ________ and ________, which made him well-known as a satirist.A. A Tale of a TubB. Bickerstaff AlmanacC.Gulliver’s TravelsD. A Modest Proposal29.“Proper words in proper places, makes the true definition of a style.” This sentence is said by __of the greatest masters of English prose.A.Alexander PopeB. Henry FieldingC.Daniel DefoeD. Jonathan Swift30.As a journalist, ________ had learned how to make his reporting vivid and credible by a skillful use ofcircumstantial detail. This power to make his characters alive and his stories credible is an inimitable gift.A.Joseph AddisonB. Daniel DefoeC.Samuel RicharsonD. Tobias Smollett31.Which of the following are NOT written by William Blake? ________A.Poetical SketchesB. Songs of InnocenceC.Songs of ExperienceD. Auld Lang SyneE.The Marriage of Heaven and HellF. ProphecisG.Visions of the Daughters of Albion and America, a Prophecy32.In the 18th century English literature, the representative poets of pre-romanticism were ________.A.William WordsworthB. William BlakeC.Robert BurnsD. Jonathan Swift33.The Romantic Age begab with the publication of The Lyrical Ballads which was written by ________.A.William WordsworthB. Samuel JohnsonC.Samuel Taylor ColeridgeD. Wordsworth and Coleridge34.The Romantic Age came to an end with the death of the last well-known romantic writer ________.A.Jane AustenB. Walter ScottC.Samuel Taylor ColeridgeD. William Wordsworth35.The glory of the Romantic Age lies in the poetry of ________.A.William WordsworthB. Samuel Taylor ColeridgeC.George Gordon ByronD. Percy Bysshe ShelleyE.John Keats36.The English Romantic Age produced two major novelists. They are ________.A.George Gordon Byron and Percy Bysshe ShelleyB.William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor ColeridgeC.Walter Scott and Jane AustenD.Charles Lamb and William Hazlitt37.Which poets belong to the Active Romantic group? ________A.George Gordon ByronB. William WordsworthC.Percy Bysshe ShelleyD. John KeatsE.John Milton38.Which poets belong to the Lakers? ________A.William WordsworthB. Samuel Taylor ColeridgeC.John KeatsD. Robert SoutheyE.Walter Scott39.Which of the folloeing were written by Wordsworth ONLY? ________A.To the CuckooB. The Lyrical BalladsC.Lucy PoemsD. The Solitary ReaperE.I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud40.The publication of ________ marked the break with the conventional poetical tradition of the 18th century,i.e., with classicism, and the beginning of the Romantic revival in England.A.The Lyrical BalladsB. The PreludeC.Childe Harold’s PilgrimageD. Don Juan41.As contrasted with the classicists who made reason, order and the old, classical traditions the criteria in theirpoetical creations, ________ based his own poetical principle on the premise that “all g ood poetry is thespontaneous overflow of powerf ul feeling.”A.Samuel Taylor ColeridgeB. George Gordon ByronC.Percy Bysshe ShelleyD. William Wordsworth42.________ was the first critic of the Romantic School.A.William WordworthB. Samuel JohnsonC.Samuel Taylor ColeridgeD. Wordworth and Coleridge43.Which of the following statements is (are) NOT true about George Gordon Byron? ________A.Byron’s early years had been far from happy for he was born with a clubfoot, in the frequent family scenes hismother called him “you lame brat.”B.Byron died in Italy annd was deeply mourned by the Italian people and by all progressive people throughoutthe world.C.The reactionary criticism of the 19th century tried to belittle Byron’s genius and his role in the deEnglish literature, but Byron remains one of the most popular English poets both at home and abroad.D.Since the May 4 Movement in 1919, more and more of Byron’s poems have been translated into Chinese andwell received by the poets and young readers. Byron has now become one of the best-known English poets inour country.44.In 1805, Wordsworth completed a long autobiographical poem entitled ________.A.Biographia literariaB. The PreludeC.Lucy PoemsD. The Lyrical Ballads45.________ is regarded as the most wonderful lyricist England has ever produced mainly for his poems onnature, on love, and on politics.A.William WordsworthB. John KeatsC.George Gordon ByronD. Percy Bysshe Shelley46.Which of the following statements is (are) NOT true about Percy Bysshe Shelley? ________A.Prometheus Unbound is Percy By sshe Shelley’s masterpiece, a long epic poem.B.At Eton Percy Bysshe Shelley was known as “Mad Shelley”, for his obstinate opposition to the brutal faggingsystem, according to which the younger school-boys were obliged to obey the older boys and bear a great dealof cruel treatment.C.George Gordon Byron alled Percy Bysshe Shelley “the best and least selfish man I ever knew.”D.Percy Bysshe Shelley loved the people and hated their oppressors and exploiters.47.________’s pursuit of beauty in all things bespoke an aspiration after a better life than the sordid realityunder capitalism. His leading principle is: “Beauty is truth, truth beauty.”A.Percy Bysshe ShelleyB. George Gordon ByronC.William WordsworthD. John Keats48.Choose the four immortal odes written by John Keats. ________A.Ode to the West WindB. Ode to a NightingaleC.To AutumnD. Ode on MelancholyE.Ode on a Grecian Urn49.Choose the works written by Jane Austen. ________A.Pride and PrejudiceB. Sense and SensibilityC.Northanger Abbey C. EmmaE.Mansfield ParkF. Persuasion50.In the 19th century English literature, a new literary trend called ________ appeared. And it flourished in theforties and in the early fifties.A.romanticismB. naturalismC.realismD. critical realism51.English critical realism found its expression chiefly in the form of ________. The critical realists, most ofwho were novelists, described with vividness and artistic skill the chief traits of the English society andcriticised the capitalist system from a democratic viewpoint.A.novelB. dramaC.poetryD. essay52.The greatest English critical realist novelist was ________, who criticised the bourgeois civilisation andshowed the misery of the common people.A.William Makepeace ThackerayB. Charles DickensC.Charlotte BronteD. Emily Bronte53.Which of the following writers belong to critical realists? ________A.Charles DickensB. Charlotte BronteC. Emily BronteD. Thomas Hardywhich was his54.________ wrote a number of little sketches of “cockney characters”. He signed them “Boz”nickname for his young brother. His first book, Sketches by Boz appeared in 1836.A.Elizabeth GaskellB. William M. ThackerayC.Charles DickensD. Jane Austen55.________ has been called “the supreme epic of English life.”A. A Tale of Two CitiesB. David CopperfieldC.Pickwick PapersD. Oliver Twist56.The theme underlying ________ is the idea “Where there is oppression, there is revolution”A. A Tale of Two CitiesB. David CopperfieldC.Pickwick PapersD. Oliver Twist57.In the Victorian Age, poetry was not a major art intended to change the world. The main poets of the agewere ________.A.Alfred TennysonB. Robert BrowningC.Mrs. BrowningD. Robert BurnsE.William Blake58.The ________ Movement appeared in the thirties of the 19th century. It showed the English workers wereable to appear as an independent political force and were already realising the fact that the industrialbourgeoisie was their principal enemy.A.EnlightenmentB. RenaissanceC.ChartistD. Romanticist59.Which novel is a great satire upon the society and those people who dream to enter the higher societyregardless of the social reality? ________A. A Tale of Two CitiesB. David CopperfieldC.Great ExpectationD. Dombey and Son60.Charles Dickens takes the French Revolution as the background of the novel ________.A. A Tale of Two CitiesB. Great ExpectationC.Hard TimesD. David Copperfield61.________ is often regarded as the semi-autobiography of the author Dickens in which the early life of thehero is largely based on the author’s early life.A.Tom JonesB. David CopperfieldC.Oliver TwistD. Great Expectation62.The Bronte sisters are ________. They were all talented writers and all of them died young.A.Charlotte BronteB. Emily BronteC.Anne BronteD. Jane AustenE.Catherine63.Charlotte Bronte produced four novels: ________.A.ProfessorB. Jane EyreC.ShirleyD. VilletteE.Agnes Grey64.Emily Bronte wrote only one novel entitled ________.A.Wuthering HeightsB. Jane EyreC.EmmaD. Agnes Grey65.Choose the names appear in the novel Jane Eyre. ________A.Jane EyreB. Mr. RochesterC.Mary BartonD. Silas Marner66.Which characters appear in the novel Wuthering Heights? ________A.HeathcliffB. CatherineC.HindleyD. CathyE.Hareton67.In the novel Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte ________.A.pours a great deal of her own experienceB.criticises the bourgeois system of educationC.shows that true love is the foundation of marriageD.shows that women should have equal rights with men68.Women novelists began to appear in England during the second half of the ________ century.A.17thB. 18thC.19thD. 20th69.Anne Bronte also wrote two novels ________ and ________.A.ShirleyB. VilletteC.The Tenant of the Wildfell HallD. Agnes Grey70.Which of the following statements are true about Jane Eyre? ________A.One of the central themes of the book is the criticism of the bourgeois system of education.B.Another problem raised in the novel is the position of women in society.C.This book is Charlottel Bronte’s best literary production.D.In this book, the author attacked the greed, petty tyranny and lack of culture among the bourgeoisie andsympathised with the sufferings of the poor people. Her realism was coloured by petty-bourgeois philanthropy. 71.Most of Robert Browning’s important works, including________, are written in the form of dramaticmonologue.A.Dramatic LyricsB. Dramatic RomancesC. Men and WomenD. dramatics Personae72.Thomas Hardy is one of the representatives of English ________ at the turn of the 19th century.A.critical realismB. pre-romanticismC.neo-classicismD. new romanticism73.Which statement is true? ________A.Thomas Hardy is a famous novelist.B.Thomas Hardy is also a poet.C.Thomas Hardy is a critical realist.D.Fatalism is strongly reflected in Thomas Hardy’ novels.74.Accordi ng to Thomas Hardy’s own classification, his novels divided themselves into three groups. They are________.A.Novels of character and environmentB.Romances and FantasiesC.Novels of IngenuityD.Working class literature75.Novels of character and environment are also called Wessex novels, taking the southwest counties ofEngland for their setting. They include: ________.A.Under the Greenwood TreeB. The Return of the NativeC.The Mayor of CasterbridgeD. Tess of the D’UrbervillesE.Jude the Obscure76.The following state ments are about Thomas Hardy’s novels, which are true? ________A.His Wessex novels are of great significance.B.The Southwest counties of England are the setting of his Wessex novels.C.There is pessimism in his novels.D.Mankind is subjected to hostile and mysterious fate.E.There are elements of naturalism in his works.77.Oscar Wilde is one of the important dramatists in the 19th century. In his comedies, he criticises the upperclass of the English bourgeois society. His best comedies are ________.s Fandy Windermere’B. A Woman of No ImportanceC.An Ideal HusbandD.The Importance of Being EarnestE.The Picture of Dorian Gray78.Oscar Wilde was the representative among the writers of ________.A.aestheticismB. decadenceC.critical realismD. pre-romanticism79.Alfred Tennys on’s poetic output was vast and varied. His main poems are ________.A.The PrincessB. MaudC.In MemoriamD. Idylls of the KingE.Crossing the Bar80.Which of the following short poems was/were written by Alfred Tennyson? ________A.Break, Break, BreakB. Crossing the BarC.The EagleD. Sweet and LowE.Tears, Idle Tears81.Which lament was written by Alfred Tennyson for the death of his friend Hallam? ________A.In MemoriamB. LycidasC.AdodaisD. Elegy written in a Country Churchyard82.My Last Duchess is ________.A. a dramatic monologueB. a short lyricC. a novelD. an essay83.________ are generally regarded as Joseph Conrad’s finest novels.A.Lord JimB. NostromoC.YouthD. The Old Wives’ Tale84.Who is regarded as a forerunner of the “stream of consciousness” literature in the 20th century?A.John GalsworthyB. Henry JamesC.Thomas Stearns EliotD. James Joyce85.George Bernard Shaw’s essay ________, a commentary on Henrik Ibsen’s dramatic works, served also aeation.author’s own program of dramatic crA.Widower’s HousesB. Mrs. Warren’s ProfessionC.Major BarbaraD. The Quintessence of Ibsenism86.In English literature, ________ and ________ are the two best-known novelists of the “stream o fconsciousness” school.A.David Herbert LawrenceB. Robert TressellC.James JoyceD. Virginia Woolf87.________’s admirers have praised him as “second only to Shakespeare in his mastery of English language.A. D.H. LawrenceB. T.S. EliotC.James JoyceD. W.B. Yeats88.________ is the climax of Virginia Woolf’sexperiments in novel form.A.The WindowB. Time PassesC.To the LighthouseD. The Waves89.Which of the following novels belong(s) to the “stream of consciousness” school of novel writing?A.UlyssesB. Finnegans WakeC.To the LighthouseD. The Waves90.________ was written by James Joyce.A.The Portrait of an Artist as a Young ManB.Portrait of a LadyC.The Picture of Dorian GrayD.To the Lighthouse91. D.H. Lawrence’s representative work ________ was positively taken as a typical example and livelymanifestation of the Oedipus Complex in fiction, as the result of Lawrence’s long-range study of thepsychologic theories of Sigmund Freud.A.Sons and LoversB. The RainbowC. Lady Chatterley’s LoverD. Women in Love92.Which of the characters are in the novel Sons and Lovers?A.Mrs. MorelB. PaulC. MiriamD. Clara93.Which of the following writers were from Ireland?A.George Bernard ShawB. Jonathan SwiftC.James Joyce Oscar WildeE.W.B. Yeats94.Which of the following play(s) was/were NOT written by George Bernard Shaw?A.Mrs. Warren’s ProfessionB. Widower’s HousesC.Major BarbaraD. PygmalionE.The Man of Property95.Which of the following plays deals with the story that a linguist trains a flower girl to speak the so-calledhigh-civilised English?A.Major BarbaraB. PygmalionC.Mrs. Warren’s ProfessionD. Man and Superman96.In 1923, ________ was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature.A.William Butler YeatsB. Samuel ButlerC.Thomas Stearns EliotD. David Herbert Lawrence97.William Butler Yeats was _______.A.an Irish poetB. a dramatistC. a criticD. a senator in the Irish Free State in 192198.Thomas Stearns Eliot defined his belief as ________.A.classicist in literatureB. royalist in politicsC.Anglo-Catholic in religionD. all of the above99.Which of the following statement is NOT true?A.Thomas Stearns Eliot was born in America.B.C.Thomas Stearns Eliot became a British subject in 1927.D.E.Thomas Stearns Eliot was educated in Harvard University and Oxford University.F.G.Thomas Stearns Eliot was a poet, a critic and a playwright.H.I.Thomas Stearns Eliot was also a great novelist.100.101.In which poem are the sterility and chaos of the contemporary world after 1st World War expressed?A.Ode to the West WindB. The Solitary ReapermiaD. The Waste LandKeys:1-5: A, D, D, A, A 6-10: B, B, D, D, ABCD11-15:ABCD, D, D, C, B 16-20: C, ABC, AB, D, ABCD21-25: ABCD, ABCDEFG, B, A, B 26-30: D, D, AD, D, B31-35: D, BC, D, B, ABCDE 36-40: C, ACD, ABD, ACDE, A41-45: D, C, B, B, D 46-50: A, D, BCDE, ABCDEF, D51-55: A, B, ABCD, C, C 56-60: A, ABC, C, C, A61-65: B, ABC, ABCD, A, AB 66-70: ABCDE, ABCD, C, CD, ABCD71-75: ABCD, A, ABCD, ABC, ABCDE76-80: ABCDE, ABCD, AB, ABCED, ABCDE81-85: A. A. AB, B, D 86-90: CD, C, D, ABCD, A 91-95: A, ABCE, ABCDE, E, B 96-100: A, ABCD, D, E, D。
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英国文学选读试题I. Prose selection:In this section, you are required to read the selection taken from some famous literary works, and then answer the questions below. Write your answers on the Answer Sheet (30 points).To spend too much time in studies is sloth; to use them too much for ornament, is affectation; to make judgment wholly by their rules, is the humor of a scholar. They perfect nature, and are perfected by experience: for natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning by study; and studies themselves, do give forth directions too much at large, except they be bounded in by experience. Crafty men contemn studies, simple men admire them, and wise men use them; for they teach not their own use; but that is a wisdom without them, and above them, won by observation. Read not to contradict and confute; nor to believe and take for granted; nor to find talk and discourse; but to weigh and consider.Questions:1.Which book is this passage taken from?And what’s the title of the essay?Who is the author of it?Essays; Of Studies; Francis Bacon2.How many abuses or misuses of studies the author summarized in this passage,and do you agree with him, why or why not?3.What is the relationship of practice and studies, try to illustrate it by relatingyour own experience.According to the author, what is the most effective way to pursue one’s studies and why?II. Poem selection:In this section, you are required to read the selection taken from some famous literary works, and then answer the questions after the selection. Writeyour answers on the Answer Sheet (30 points).Death, be not proud, though some have called theeMighty and dreadful, for thou art not so ;For those, whom thou think'st thou dost overthrow,Die not, poor Death, nor yet canst thou kill me.From rest and sleep, which but thy picture[s] be,Much pleasure, then from thee much more must flow,And soonest our best men with thee do go,Rest of their bones, and soul's delivery.Thou'rt slave to Fate, chance, kings, and desperate men,And dost with poison, war, and sickness dwell,And poppy, or charms can make us sleep as well,And better than thy stroke ; why swell'st thou then ?One short sleep past, we wake eternally,And Death shall be no more ; Death, thou shalt dieQuestions:1.What type of poem is this one, and who is the poet? What is the poet’s attitudetoward Death?2.What is the Renaissance idea of sleep, can you describe death's image andcompare it to that expressed in Hamlet’s soliloquy (To be or not to be, that is the question…).3.Why does the poet say that Death is “slave to fate, chance, kings and desperatemen”, do you think death is powerful enough to choose who is to die?4.What is your idea about death, do you think Death can be swelling with pridetoday?III. Novel Selection: In this section, you are required to read the selection taken from some famous literary works, and then answer the questions after the selection. Writeyour answers on the Answer Sheet ((40 points).Questions:1.Do you agree with the statement “it is a truth universally acknowledged, that asingle man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife”, why or why not?2.Describe the relationship between Mr. Bennet and Mrs. Bennet. Tell how youthink they feel about each other, and give details from the excerpts to support your opinion.3.Hyperbole and irony are effectively used by Jane Austen in this novel. Point outwith a single underline the hyperbolic or ironical expressions in the following sentences:"It is more than I engage for, I assure you.""Have a little compassion on my nerves. You tear them to pieces""I have heard you mention them with consideration these twenty years atleast.""It is very unlucky: but as I have actually paid the visit, we cannot escape the acquaintance now"(Chap.2).4.What do you think of the theme of this novel? Does it have anything to do withits original title: First Impressions?5.Who is your favourite character of this novel, and why?5※<试题四>英国文学选读试题I. Prose selection:In this section, you are required to read the selection taken from some famous literary works, and then answer the questions below. Write your answers on the Answer Sheet (30 points).Histories make men wise, poets witty; the mathematics, subtle; natural philosophy deep; moral, grave; logic and rhetoric, able to contend. There is no stond or impediment in the wit but may be wrought out by fit studies, like as the diseases of the body may have appropriate exercises. Bowling is good for the stone and reins, shooting for the lungs and breast, gentle walking for the stomach, riding for the head, and the like. So if a man’s wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics; for in demonstration, if his wit be called away never so little, he must begin again. If his wit be not apt to distinguish or find differences, let him study the schoolmen, for they are hair splitters. So every defect of the mind may have a special receipt.Questions:1.Which book is this passage taken from? And what’s the title of the essay?Who is the author of it?2.In what sense does reading make a full man? And what kind of reading does theauthor refer to in this context?3.Can you give an example to show the effect of a special kind of reading or sportupon human character by relating your own experience?According to the author, every defect of the mind may have a special receipt. Do youagree with the author, why or why not?II. Poem selection:In this section, you are required to read a poem taken from some famous collection, and then answer the questions after the selection. Write your answers on the Answer Sheet (30 points).Questions:1.What type of poem is this one, and its poetic features? Who is the poet? Sonnet2.Why does the poet compare `thee` to a summer’s day? And who could `thee` be, why?3.Point out some of the figures of speech used in this poem.4.What is the theme of the poem?III. Novel Selection: In this section, you are required to read the selection taken from Robinson Crosoe, and then answer the questions after the selection. Write your answers on the Answer Sheet ((40 points)Questions:1.Do you find the description of Defoe’s setting up the tent con vincing?Couldyou think of better ways to build a shelter in his situation?2.Why does Robinson pay particular attention to the entrance of his tent? Whydoes he go into his tent by a ladder instead of a door?3.From this passage, make some comment on the stylistic features of DanielDefoe’s novel?4.Try to summarize the ideas of the last two paragraphs?5.From this excerpt, what do you find admirable in Robinson Crusoe?。
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英国文学选读期末考试样卷及参考答案和参考答案样卷一(英国文学部分)I. Each of the following below is followed by four alternative answers. Choose the one that would best complete the statement. (30%; 1.5 points for each)1. Romance, which uses verse or prose to describe the adventures and life of the knights, is the popular literary form in ___C _.(中世纪的一种流行的文学形式)A. RomanticismB. RenaissanceC. medieval periodD. Anglo-Saxon period2. Among the great Middle English poets, Geoffrey Chaucer is known for his production of___DA. Piers PlowmanB. Sir Gawain and the Green KnightC. Confessio AmantisD. The Canterbury Tales埃特伯雷故事3. Generally, the Renaissance refers to the period between the 14th and mid-17th centuries, its essence(本质)is____D___.A. scienceB. philosophyC. artsD. Humanism(人文主义)4. The sentence “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?” is the line of one of Shakespeare’s(D)A. comediesB. tragediesC. historiesD. Sonnets(十四行诗)5. Which of the following statements best illustrates the theme(主题)of Shakespeare’s Sonnet 18? CA. The speaker eulogizes (praise) the power ofB. The speaker satirizes human vanityC. The speaker praises the power of artistic creation(赞扬艺术创造)D. The speaker meditates on man’s salv ation6. “The Fairy Queen” is the masterpiece(杰作)written by__C__.A. John MiltonB. Geoffrey ChaucerC. Edmund SpenserD. Alexander Pope7. Which of the following work did Bacon(培根)NOT write? DA. Advancement of LearningB. Novum OrganumC. De AugmentisD. Areopagitica(论出版自由)8. The most distinguished literary figure of the 17th century was(B)who was a critic, poet, and playwright.A. Oliver GoldsmithB. John Dryden (约翰德莱顿)C. John MiltonD. S.T. Coleridge9.Which of the following has / have associations with (约翰多恩)John Donne’s poetry? (B)A. reason and sentimentB. conceits and wits (自负与智慧)C. the euphuismD. writing in the rhymed couplet10. Henry Fielding has been regarded by some as “___B___”, for hiscontribution to the establishment of the form of the modern novel.A. Best writer of the English novelB. The father of English novelC. The most gifted writer of the English novelD. conventional writer of English novel11. John Milton’s masterpiece—Paradise Lost was written in the poetic style of __ B _.A. rhymed stanzasB. blank verse无韵诗C. alliterationD. sonnets12. The Houyhnhnms depicted by Jonathan Swift in Gulliver’s Travels are ____A_.(格列佛游记)A. horses that are endowed with reasonB. pigmies that are endowed with admirable qualitiesC. giants that are superior in wisdomD. hairy, wild, low and despicable creatures, who resemble humanbeings not only in appearance but also in some other ways13. Gothic novels are mostly stories of___C_____, which take place insome haunted or dilapidated Middle Age castles(城堡).A. love and marriageB. sea adventuresC. mystery and horror 推理恐怖小说D. saints and martyrs14. William Wordsworth威廉华兹华斯, a romantic poet, advocated提倡all the following EXCEPT除了__D_.A. the use of everyday language spoken by the common peopleB. the expression of the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelingsC. the use of humble and rustic life as subject matterD. the use of elegant wording and inflated膨胀的figures of speech15. 查尔斯狄更斯Charles Dickens’ works are characterized by a mingling(混合)of ___A____ and pathos伤感.A. humor 幽默B. satireC. passionD. metaphor16. In __B____ ’s hands, “dramatic monologue(独角戏)”reaches its maturity and perfection成熟和完善.A. Alfred TennysonB. Robert Browning 罗伯特布朗宁C. William ShakespeareD. George Eliot17. 三部曲The three trilogies of()’s Forsy te novels are masterpieces ofcritical realism in the early 20th century.A. John Galsworthy 约翰高尔斯华B. Arnold BennettC. James JoyceD. H. G. Wells18. The bard诗人of imperialism 帝国主义was(B), who glorified颂扬the colonial expansion殖民扩张of Great Britain in his works.A. R. L. StevensonB. Rudyard Kipling 鲁德亚德吉卜林C. H. G. WellsD. Daniel Defoe19. 为艺术而艺术“art for art’s sake” was put forth提出by ___A___.A. aestheticism 唯美主义B. naturalismC. realismD. neo-romanticism20. Which of the following is taken from John Keats济慈’ “Ode on a Grecian Urn”希腊古瓮颂? DA. “I fall upon the thorns of life! I bleed!”B. “They are both gone up to the church to pray.”C. “Earth has not anything to show more fair.”D. “Beauty is truth, truth beauty.”美就是真,真就是美II. Fill in the blanks with correct information. (16%; 1 points for each blank)1. In 1066, the Normans诺曼斯headed by Duke William, defeated the Anglo-Saxons. This marked the beginning of feudalism封建制度in England and England entered into feudal 封建的society.2. Chauce The Canterbury Talesr’s is written in the style of 押韵的rhymed (韵律的metrical) stanza节instead of alliteration in the Anglo-Saxon period.3. The Pilgrims Progress is the masterpiece of John Bunyan (the writer), written in the 老式的old-fashioned, medieval form ofdream and 寓意allegory, in which the main character is Christian 基督教徒.4. 道林Dorian Gray was the main character in the novel The Picture of Dorian Gray written by (Oscar) Wilde .5. Romanticism extended from 1798 when The Lyrical Ballads was published and in 1832 when (Walter) Scott died.6. The writer who figured his hometown—the Wessex country in his works is _(Thomas) Hardy.7. In “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud”, hills, vales, lakes, bays and the daffodils are parts of , and “daffodils” symbolize (th e beauty of) .8. “Dubliners”is a collection of short stories written by James Joyce in the writing style of stream of consciousness.9. In the“国王的田园诗The Idylls of the King”, the poet Alfred Tennyson painted the first English hero, King Arthur亚瑟, and gave a new meaning to the legends about the knights of the Round Table. III. Answer the following questions briefly based on your understanding of the texts studied. (12%; 1 point for each question) 1. Dull sublunary lover’s love世俗的男女彼此的相好,(Whose soul is sense) cannot admit(他们的灵魂是官能)就最忌Absence, because it doth remove别离,因为那就会取消Those things which elemented it.组成爱恋的那一套东西。
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英国⽂学选读试题资料⼀1. What is the name of Miss Havisham’s manor?(A) Satis House (B) Lockmont(C) Larchmont (D) Satyr House2. In what region of England are the marshes of the novel found?(A) Sussex (B) Wessex(C) Kent (D) Gloucestershire3. How old is Pip when Magwitch returns to his life?(A) 9 (B) 23 (C) 18 (D) 74. In what publication was Great Expectations originally serialized?(A) Home and Away(B) The English Almanac(C) Simple Wisdom(D) All the Year Round5. To what genre of fiction, defined by its depiction of a character’s growth from childhood to adulthood, does Great Expectations belong?(A) Bildungsroman (B) Kunstlerspiegel(C) Mannerism (D) Victorian paternalism6. Who is Pip’s tutor in London?(A) Harold Pocket (B) Walter Pocket(C) Herbert Pocket (D) Matthew Pocket7. Who is Estella’s father?(A) Compeyson (B) Magwitch(C) Joe (D) Jaggers8. What action does Jaggers perform obsessively?(A) He straightens his necktie(B) He adjusts his hair(C) He signs his name(D) He washes his hands9. What is Pip’s reaction to Joe’s visit to him in London? (A) Embarrassment (B) Joy(C) Anger (D) Resignation10. Who takes credit for Pip’s rise in social status?(A) Mrs. Joe (B) Joe(C) Pumblechook (D) Biddy11. Who is responsible for the attack on Mrs. Joe?(A) Magwitch (B) Orlick(C) Compeyson (D) Pip12. For most of the novel, whom does Pip suspect of being his secret benefactor?(A) Jaggers (B) Magwitch(C) Joe (D) Miss Havisham13. What name does Wemmick call his elderly father?(A) “Aged Parent”(B) “Venerable Ancestor”(C) “Decrepit Sire”(D) “Old Feller”14. Who tells Pip that Compeyson was Miss Havisham’s fiancé?(A) Wemmick (B) Estella(C) Herbert (D) Magwitch15. What is Herbert’s nickname for Pip?(A) Haydn (B) Handel(C) Mendelssohn (D) Salieri16. Where does Pip first encounter Magwitch?(A) The river (B) Mrs. Joe’s house(C) The smithy (D) The churchyard17. Who is the “pale young gentleman”?(A) Wemmick (B) Herbert(C) Jaggers (D) Startop18. Whom does Estella marry?(A) Startop (B) Pip(C) Drummle (D) Herbert19. Who buys Herbert’s way into business?(A) Pip (B) Miss Havisham(C) Drummle (D) Estella20. What happens to Compeyson at the end of the novel?(A) He escapes with the Havisham fortune(B) He is shot by the police(C) He is killed by Orlick(D) He disappears and is presumed drowned21. Where does Estella live when she goes abroad?(C) Germany (D) Boston22. What was the name of Miss Havisham’s brother, Compeyson’s first partner?(A) Magwitch (B) Tumbler(C) Arthur (D) John23. What accident befalls Miss Havisham before her death?(A) She is thrown from a horse(B) She falls from a window(C) A table crushes her legs(D) She is burned in a fire24. What is the source of the Havisham fortune?(A) Lumberyards (B) A cotton mill(C) A brewery (D) A noble estate25. What code name do Pip and Herbert devise for Magwitch?(A) Provis (B) Clovis(C) Quo Vadis (D) Uncle Caveat⼆1. The action of the novel takes place in what area of England?(A) Essex (B) Sussex (C) Wessex (D) London2. Which of the following does John Durbeyfield learn at the beginning of the novel?(A) That he has lost his job(B) That he comes from an aristocratic family(C) That he won the lottery(D) That he is a prince3. Angel and Tess first see each other at:(A) The market(B) The May Day dance(C) Trantridge (D) Talbothays Dairy4. Who tells Angel that Tess has gone to Sandbourne?(A) Mrs. Brooks (B) Reverend Clare(C) Alec (D) Mrs. Durbeyfield5. After Angel picks up Tess while sleepwalking, where does he place her?(A) In a coffin (B) In their bed(C) On a rock (D) On a bridge6. Which of these women is not a milkmaid?(C) Mercy (D) Retty7. Angel plays which musical instrument?(A) The harpsichord (B) The accordion(C) The harp (D) The guitar8. In what town did Tess grow up?(A) Kingsbere (B) Trantridge(C) Sandbourne (D) Marlott9. Why can’t Mr. Durbeyfield make the trip to the market?(A) He is too sick (B) He is tootired(C) He is too old (D) He is too drunk10. What advice does Mrs. Durbeyfield give Tess?(A) Not to tell Angel her secret(B) Not to tell Alec her secret(C) To leave Alec (D) To marry Alec11. How much money does Angel give to Tess?(A) 100 shillin (B) gs100 poun(C) ds50 poun (D) ds50 shillings12. How much of the money does Tess initially give to her family?(A) 25 shillin (B) gs25 poun(C) ds50 poun (D) ds50 shillings13. What part of the house do the Durbeyfields need to repair?(A) The floor (B) The wall(C) The roof (D) The door14. Where is the Talbothays Dairy located?(A) The Valley of the Herons(B) The Valley of Marlott(C) The Valley of the Great Dairies(D) The Valley of the Small Dairies15. Who does Cuthbert Clare marry?(A) Izz (B) Mercy Chant(C) Liza-Lu (D) Marian16. Midway through the novel, Alec becomes a:(A) Farmer(B) Preacher(C) Traveling salesman (D) Nice guy17. Who is primarily responsible for Prince’s death?(A) Mr. Durbeyfield(B) Parson Tringham(C) Abraham (D) Tess18. Angel leaves England to farm where?(A) America (B) Italy(C) Brazil (D) Argentina19. What is the stone monument called on which Alec makes Tess swear?(A) Stonehenge (B) Poor Man’s Pass(C) Cross-in-Hand (D) The Rosetta Stone20. Which of these people or animals does Tess not kill?(A) The pheasants (B) Alec(C) Sorrow, her baby (D) Prince, the horse21. What is the name of the bar to which the Durbeyfield’s go?(A) McSorely’s (B) Rolliver’s(C) Heffernan’s (D) Ye Olde Pubbe22. What does Tess confess to Angel on their wedding night?(A) That she lied about her age(B) That she does not love him(C) That she is not a virgin(D) That she ran away from home23. Liza-Lu is Tess’s:(A) Daughter (B) Sister(C) Mother (D) Friend24. How does Alec die?(A) He commits suicide(B) Angel kills him(C) Tess kills him(D) He does not die25. How does Tess die?(A) Pneumonia (B) She ishanged(C) Angel kills her (D) Heartache三.1. Complete the quotation: “it isa truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a ___”(A) house (B) title (C) wife(D) dog2. The Bennet family lives in the village of(A) Pemberley (B) Longbourn(C) Rosings (D) London3. Mr. Bingley, when he attends the ball in Meryton, seems to be quite taken with(A) Elizabeth (B) Jane(C) Lydia (D) Charlotte Lucas4. How does Mr. Darcy offend Elizabeth at the first ball?(A) He insults her father(B) He dances with Jane too often(C) He slaps her(D) He refuses to dance with her5. Elizabeth’s best friend is named(A) Mrs. Phillips (B) Charlotte Lucas(C) Miss Bingley (D) Mrs. Gardiner6. Why does Jane’s visit to the Bingleys end up lasting for days?(A) She gets soaked in a rainstorm and becomes ill(B) Mr. Bingley proposes to her(C) Mrs. Bennet forgets to send a carriage to bring her home(D) Jane is hoping to make Mr. Darcy fall in love with her7. What does it mean that Mr. Bennet’s property is “entailed”? (A) Lady Catherine de Bourgh gave it to him(B) It can only be inherited by a male(C) It comes from his wife’s family(D) He rents from Sir William Lucas8. What reason does Wickham give Elizabeth for his dislike of Darcy?(A) Darcy killed his cousin in a duel(B) Darcy wouldn’t let Wickham marry his sister(C) Darcy betrayed his country(D) Darcy cheated him out of an inheritance9. To which Bennet daughter does Mr. Collins propose marriage?(A) Elizabeth(B) Jane(C) Mary(D) Lydia10. Whom does Mr. Collins marry?(A) Jane (B) Lydia(C) Miss Bingley (D) Charlotte Lucas11. Why does Miss Bingley dislike Elizabeth?(A) She is jealous of Darcy’s growing attraction to Elizabeth(B) Elizabeth insulted Miss Bingley at the ball(C) Wickham has told Miss Bingley lies about Elizabeth’s character (D) Darcy is constantly speaking ill of Elizabeth12. Where do the Bingleys and Darcy go for the winter?(A) Pemberley (B) London(C) They remain at Netherfield(D) France13. In March, Elizabeth goes to visit(A) Miss Darcy(B) Charlotte Lucas(C) Wickham and Lydia(D) Miss Bingley14. Lady Catherine de Bourgh is Darcy’s(A) Aunt (B) Sister(C) Mother (D) First wife15. When Darcy first proposes to Elizabeth, he spends most of the proposal dwelling on(A) Her beauty(B) How socially unsuitable a match she is for him(C) How much he adores her family(D) How much money he will lavish on her16. When Darcy proposes for the first time, Elizabeth(A) Tells him that she is engaged to Wickham(B) Asks him for more time(C) Turns him down (D) Faints17. Elizabeth’s feelings toward Darcy begin to change when he(A) Sends her a letter explaining his actions(B) Fights a duel with Wickham(C) Sends money to Jane(D) Marries Miss Bingley18. Darcy’s estate is called(A) Rosings (B) London(C) Pemberley (D) Brighton19. Where does Lydia spend the summer, and why?(A) Netherfield, to be near Darcy(B) London, because she enjoys the opera(C) Brighton, to be near the militia regiment(D) Barbados, for her health20. What socially disastrous romantic decision does Lydia make?(A) She elopes with Wickham (B) She marries Bingley(C) She rejects Mr. Collins’s proposal(D) She runs away to France witha lover21. Who spearheads the search for Lydia after Mr. Bennet returns home in defeat?(A) Mr. Gardiner(B) Sir William Lucas(C) Charlotte Lucas(D) Mrs. Phillips22. Who pays off Wickham, convincing him to marry Lydia?(A) Bingley (B) Darcy(C) Mr. Gardiner (D) Mr. Collins23. When he returns to Netherfield, Mr. Bingley(A) Has just married Miss Darcy(B) Pursues the priesthood(C) Begins courting Elizabeth(D) Resumes courting Jane24. What does Lady Catherine forbid Elizabeth to do?(A) Marry Bingley (B) Visit Rosings(C) Marry Darcy (D) See Wickham25. The novel ends with(A) Darcy marrying Elizabeth, and Bingley marrying Miss Darcy(B) Darcy marrying Elizabeth, and Wickham marrying Jane(C) Bingley marrying Jane, and Elizabeth marrying Wickham(D) Bingley marrying Jane, and Darcy marrying Elizabeth。
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E x e r c i s e f o r E n g l i s h L i t e r a t u r e(2) Choose the best answer for each blank.1.________, the “father of English poetry” and one of the greatest narrative poets of England, was born inLondon about 1340.A.Geoffrey ChaucerB. Sir GawainC.Francis BaconD. John Dryden2.Chaucer died on the 25th October 1400, and was buried in ________.A.FlandersB. FranceC.ItalyD. Westminster Abbey3.The progress in industry at home stimulated the commercial expansion abroad. ________ encouraged exploration andtravel, which were compatible with the interest of the English merchants.A.Henry VB. Henry VIIC.Henry VIIID. Queen Elizabeth4.Except being a victory of England over ________, the rout of the fleet “Armada” (Invincible) was also the triumph ofthe rising young bourgeoisie over the declining old feudalism.A.SpainB. FranceC.AmericaD. Norway5.At the beginning of the 16th century the outstanding humanist ________ wrote his Utopia in which he gave aprofound and truthful picture of the people’s suffering and put forward his ideal of a future happy society.A.Thomas MoreB. Thomas MarloweC.Francis BaconD. William Shakespear6.Absolute monarchy in England reached its summit during the reign of Queen ________.A.MaryB. ElizabethC.WilliamD. Victoria7.English Renaissance Period was an age of ________.A.prose and novelB. poetry and dramaC.essays and journalsD. ballads and songs8.From the following, choose the one which is not Francis Bacon’s work: ________.A.The Advancement of LearningB. The New InstrumentC.EssaysD. The New AtlanticsE.Venus and Adonis9.“Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?” This is the beginning line of one of Shakespeare’s ________.A.songsB. playsediesD. sonnets10.The heroines of Shakespeare’s great comedie s, ________ are the daughters of the Renaissance, whose images andstories will remain a legacy to readers and audiences of all time.A.PortiaB. RoselandC.ViolaD. Beatrice11.Choose the four great tragedies of Shakespeare from the following ________.A.HamletB. OthelloC.MacbethD. King LearE.Timon of Athens12.Which play is not a comedy? ________A.A Midsummer Night’s DreamB. The Merchant of VeniceC.Twelfth NightD. Romeo and JulietE.As You Like It13.“Denmark is a prison”. In which play does the hero summarise his observation of his world into such a bittersentence? ________A.Charles IB. OthelloC.Henry VIIID. Hamlet14.The works of ________ and the Authorised Version of the English Bible are the two great treasuries of the Englishlanguage.A.Geoffrey ChaucerB. Edmund SpenserC.William ShakespeareD. Ben Johnson15.In which play does the hero show his profound reverence for man through the sentence: “What a piece of wok is aman! How nobel in reason! How finite in faculty!” ________A.Romeo and JulietB. HamletC.OthelloD. The Merchant of Venice16.In 1649, ________ was beheaded. England became a commonwealth.A.James IB. James IIC.Charles ID. Charles II17.The revolution of 1688 meant three of the following things: ________.A.the supremacy of ParliamentB.the beginning of modern EnglandC.the triumph of the principal libertyD.the triumph of the principle of political libertyE.the Restoration of monarchy18.Who of the following were the important metaphysical poets? ________A.John DonneB. George HerbertC.John MiltonD. Richard Lovelace19.Which work was NOT written by John Milton? ________A.Paradise LostB. Paradise RegainedC.Samson AgonistesD. Volpone20.Paradise Lost is ________.A.John Milton’s masterpieceB.a great epic in 12 booksC.written in blank verseD.about the heroic revolt of Satan against God’s authority21.John Milton is ________.A.a great revolutionary poet of the 17th centuryB.an outstanding political pamphleteerC.a great stylistD.a great master of blank verse22.From the Old Testament, John Milton took his stories of Paradise Lost, . ________.A.the creationB.the rebellion in Heaven of Satan and his fellow-angelsC.their defeat and expulsion from HeavenD.the creation of the death and of adam and EveE.the fallen angels in hell plotting against GodF.Satan’s temptation of EveG.the departure of Adam and Eve from Eden23.The finest thing in Paradise Lost is the description of hell, and ________ is often regarded as the real hero of thepoem.A. GodB. SatanC. AdamD. Eve24.Who is the greatest of the Metaphysical school of poetry? ________A.John DonneB. George HerbertC.Andrew MarvellD. Henry Vaugham25.________ was a progressive intellectual movement throughout Western Europe in the 18th century.A.The RenaissanceB. The EnlightenmentC.The Religious ReformationD. The Chartist Movement26.The main literary stream of the 18th century was ________. What the writers described in their works were mainlysocial realities.A.naturalismB. romanticismC.classicismD. realismE.sentimentalism27.The eighteenth century was the golden age of the English ________. The novel of this period spoke the truth aboutlife with an uncompromising courage.A.dramaB. poetryC.essayD. novel28.In 1704, Jonathan Swift published two works together, ________ and ________, which made him well-known as asatirist.A.A Tale of a TubB. Bickerstaff AlmanacC.Gulliver’s TravelsD. A Modest Proposal29.“Proper words in proper places, makes the true definition of a style.” This sentence is said by ________, one of thegreatest masters of English prose.A.Alexander PopeB. Henry FieldingC.Daniel DefoeD. Jonathan Swift30.As a journalist, ________ had learned how to make his reporting vivid and credible by a skillful use ofcircumstantial detail. This power to make his characters alive and his stories credible is an inimitable gift.A.Joseph AddisonB. Daniel DefoeC.Samuel RicharsonD. Tobias Smollett31.Which of the following are NOT written by William Blake? ________A.Poetical SketchesB. Songs of InnocenceC.Songs of ExperienceD. Auld Lang SyneE.The Marriage of Heaven and HellF. ProphecisG.Visions of the Daughters of Albion and America, a Prophecy32.In the 18th century English literature, the representative poets of pre-romanticism were ________.A.William WordsworthB. William BlakeC.Robert BurnsD. Jonathan Swift33.The Romantic Age begab with the publication of The Lyrical Ballads which was written by ________.A.William WordsworthB. Samuel JohnsonC.Samuel Taylor ColeridgeD. Wordsworth and Coleridge34.The Romantic Age came to an end with the death of the last well-known romantic writer ________.A.Jane AustenB. Walter ScottC.Samuel Taylor ColeridgeD. William Wordsworth35.The glory of the Romantic Age lies in the poetry of ________.A.William WordsworthB. Samuel Taylor ColeridgeC.George Gordon ByronD. Percy Bysshe ShelleyE.John Keats36.The English Romantic Age produced two major novelists. They are ________.A.George Gordon Byron and Percy Bysshe ShelleyB.William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor ColeridgeC.Walter Scott and Jane AustenD.Charles Lamb and William Hazlitt37.Which poets belong to the Active Romantic group? ________A.George Gordon ByronB. William WordsworthC.Percy Bysshe ShelleyD. John KeatsE.John Milton38.Which poets belong to the Lakers? ________A.William WordsworthB. Samuel Taylor ColeridgeC.John KeatsD. Robert SoutheyE.Walter Scott39.Which of the folloeing were written by Wordsworth ONLY? ________A.To the CuckooB. The Lyrical BalladsC.Lucy PoemsD. The Solitary ReaperE.I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud40.The publication of ________ marked the break with the conventional poetical tradition of the 18th century, ., withclassicism, and the beginning of the Romantic revival in England.A.The Lyrical BalladsB. The PreludeC.Childe Harold’s PilgrimageD. Don Juan41.As contrasted with the classicists who made reason, order and the old, classical traditions the criteria in theirpoetical creations, ________ based his own poetical principle on the premise that “all good poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful fe eling.”A.Samuel Taylor ColeridgeB. George Gordon ByronC.Percy Bysshe ShelleyD. William Wordsworth42.________ was the first critic of the Romantic School.A.William WordworthB. Samuel JohnsonC.Samuel Taylor ColeridgeD. Wordworth and Coleridge43.Which of the following statements is (are) NOT true about George Gordon Byron? ________A.Byron’s early years had been far from happy for he was born with a clubfoot, in the frequent family scenes hismother called him “you lame brat.”B.Byron died in Italy annd was deeply mourned by the Italian people and by all progressive people throughout theworld.C.The reactionary criticism of the 19th century tried to belittle Byron’s genius and his role in the development ofEnglish literature, but Byron remains one of the most popular English poets both at home and abroad.D.Since the May 4 Movement in 1919, more and more of Byron’s poems have been translated into Chinese and wellreceived by the poets and young readers. Byron has now become one of the best-known English poets in our country.44.In 1805, Wordsworth completed a long autobiographical poem entitled ________.A.Biographia literariaB. The PreludeC.Lucy PoemsD. The Lyrical Ballads45.________ is regarded as the most wonderful lyricist England has ever produced mainly for his poems on nature, onlove, and on politics.A.William WordsworthB. John KeatsC.George Gordon ByronD. Percy Bysshe Shelley46.Which of the following statements is (are) NOT true about Percy Bysshe Shelley? ________A.Prometheus Unbound is Percy Bysshe Shelley’s masterpiece, a long epic poem.B.At Eton Percy Bysshe Shelley was known as “Mad Shelley”, for his obstinate opposition to the brutal fagging system,according to which the younger school-boys were obliged to obey the older boys and bear a great deal of cruel treatment.C.George Gordon Byron alled Percy Bysshe Shelley “the best and least selfish man I ever knew.”D.Percy Bysshe Shelley loved the people and hated their oppressors and exploiters.47.________’s pursuit of beauty in all things bespoke an aspira tion after a better life than the sordid reality undercapitalism. His leading principle is: “Beauty is truth, truth beauty.”A.Percy Bysshe ShelleyB. George Gordon ByronC.William WordsworthD. John Keats48.Choose the four immortal odes written by John Keats. ________A.Ode to the West WindB. Ode to a NightingaleC.To AutumnD. Ode on MelancholyE.Ode on a Grecian Urn49.Choose the works written by Jane Austen. ________A.Pride and PrejudiceB. Sense and SensibilityC.Northanger Abbey C. EmmaE.Mansfield ParkF. Persuasion50.In the 19th century English literature, a new literary trend called ________ appeared. And it flourished in the fortiesand in the early fifties.A.romanticismB. naturalismC.realismD. critical realism51.English critical realism found its expression chiefly in the form of ________. The critical realists, most of who werenovelists, described with vividness and artistic skill the chief traits of the English society and criticised the capitalist system from a democratic viewpoint.A.novelB. dramaC.poetryD. essay52.The greatest English critical realist novelist was ________, who criticised the bourgeois civilisation and showed themisery of the common people.A.William Makepeace ThackerayB. Charles DickensC.Charlotte BronteD. Emily Bronte53.Which of the following writers belong to critical realists? ________A.Charles DickensB. Charlotte BronteC. Emily BronteD. Thomas Hardy54.________ wrote a number of little sketches of “cockney characters”. He signed them “Boz”, which was hisnickname for his young brother. His first book, Sketches by Boz appeared in 1836.A.Elizabeth GaskellB. William M. ThackerayC.Charles DickensD. Jane Austen55.________ has been called “the supreme epic of English life.”A.A Tale of Two CitiesB. David CopperfieldC.Pickwick PapersD. Oliver Twist56.The theme underlying ________ is the idea “Where there is oppression, there is revolution”.A.A Tale of Two CitiesB. David CopperfieldC.Pickwick PapersD. Oliver Twist57.In the Victorian Age, poetry was not a major art intended to change the world. The main poets of the age were________.A.Alfred TennysonB. Robert BrowningC.Mrs. BrowningD. Robert BurnsE.William Blake58.The ________ Movement appeared in the thirties of the 19th century. It showed the English workers were able toappear as an independent political force and were already realising the fact that the industrial bourgeoisie was their principal enemy.A.EnlightenmentB. RenaissanceC.ChartistD. Romanticist59.Which novel is a great satire upon the society and those people who dream to enter the higher society regardless ofthe social reality? ________A.A Tale of Two CitiesB. David CopperfieldC.Great ExpectationD. Dombey and Son60.Charles Dickens takes the French Revolution as the background of the novel ________.A.A Tale of Two CitiesB. Great ExpectationC.Hard TimesD. David Copperfield61.________ is often regarded as the semi-autobiography of the author Dickens in which the early life of the hero islargely based on the auth or’s early life.A.Tom JonesB. David CopperfieldC.Oliver TwistD. Great Expectation62.The Bronte sisters are ________. They were all talented writers and all of them died young.A.Charlotte BronteB. Emily BronteC.Anne BronteD. Jane AustenE.Catherine63.Charlotte Bronte produced four novels: ________.A.ProfessorB. Jane EyreC.ShirleyD. VilletteE.Agnes Grey64.Emily Bronte wrote only one novel entitled ________.A.Wuthering HeightsB. Jane EyreC.EmmaD. Agnes Grey65.Choose the names appear in the novel Jane Eyre. ________A.Jane EyreB. Mr. RochesterC.Mary BartonD. Silas Marner66.Which characters appear in the novel Wuthering Heights? ________A.HeathcliffB. CatherineC.HindleyD. CathyE.Hareton67.In the novel Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte ________.A.pours a great deal of her own experienceB.criticises the bourgeois system of educationC.shows that true love is the foundation of marriageD.shows that women should have equal rights with men68.Women novelists began to appear in England during the second half of the ________ century.A.17thB. 18thC.19thD. 20th69.Anne Bronte also wrote two novels ________ and ________.A.ShirleyB. VilletteC.The Tenant of the Wildfell HallD. Agnes Grey70.Which of the following statements are true about Jane Eyre? ________A.One of the central themes of the book is the criticism of the bourgeois system of education.B.Another problem raised in the novel is the position of women in society.C.This book is Charlottel Bronte’s best literary production.D.In this book, the author attacked the greed, petty tyranny and lack of culture among the bourgeoisie and sympathisedwith the sufferings of the poor people. Her realism was coloured by petty-bourgeois philanthropy.71.Most of Robert Browning’s important works, including ________, are written in the form of dramatic monologue.A.Dramatic LyricsB. Dramatic RomancesC. Men and WomenD. dramatics Personae72.Thomas Hardy is one of the representatives of English ________ at the turn of the 19th century.A.critical realismB. pre-romanticismC.neo-classicismD. new romanticism73.Which statement is true? ________A.Thomas Hardy is a famous novelist.B.Thomas Hardy is also a poet.C.Thomas Hardy is a critical realist.D.Fatalism is strongly reflected in Thomas Hardy’ novels.74.According to Thomas Hardy’s own classification, his novels divided themselves into three groups. They are________.A.Novels of character and environmentB.Romances and FantasiesC.Novels of IngenuityD.Working class literature75.Novels of character and environment are also called Wessex novels, taking the southwest counties of England fortheir setting. They include: ________.A.Under the Greenwood TreeB. The Return of the NativeC.The Mayor of CasterbridgeD. Tess of the D’UrbervillesE.Jude the Obscure76.The following statements are about Thomas Hardy’s novels, which are true? ________A.His Wessex novels are of great significance.B.The Southwest counties of England are the setting of his Wessex novels.C.There is pessimism in his novels.D.Mankind is subjected to hostile and mysterious fate.E.There are elements of naturalism in his works.77.Oscar Wilde is one of the important dramatists in the 19th century. In his comedies, he criticises the upper class ofthe English bourgeois society. His best comedies are ________.dy Windermere’s FanB.A Woman of No ImportanceC.An Ideal HusbandD.The Importance of Being EarnestE.The Picture of Dorian Gray78.Oscar Wilde was the representative among the writers of ________.A.aestheticismB. decadenceC.critical realismD. pre-romanticism79.Alfred Tennyson’s poetic output was vast and varied. His main poems are ________.A.The PrincessB. MaudC.In MemoriamD. Idylls of the KingE.Crossing the Bar80.Which of the following short poems was/were written by Alfred Tennyson? ________A.Break, Break, BreakB. Crossing the BarC.The EagleD. Sweet and LowE.Tears, Idle Tears81.Which lament was written by Alfred Tennyson for the death of his friend Hallam? ________A.In MemoriamB. LycidasC.AdodaisD. Elegy written in a Country Churchyard82.My Last Duchess is ________.A.a dramatic monologueB. a short lyricC.a novelD. an essay83.________ are generally regarded as Joseph Conrad’s finest novels.A.Lord JimB. NostromoC.YouthD. The Old Wives’ Tale84.Who is regarded as a forerunner of the “stream of consciousness” literature in the 20th century?A.John GalsworthyB. Henry JamesC.Thomas Stearns EliotD. James Joyce85.George Bernard Shaw’s essay ________, a commentary on Henrik Ibsen’s dramatic works, served also as theauthor’s own program of dramatic creatio n.A.Widower’s HousesB. Mrs. Warren’s ProfessionC.Major BarbaraD. The Quintessence of Ibsenism86.In English literature, ________ and ________ are the two best-known novelists of the “stream of consciousness”school.A.David Herbert LawrenceB. Robert TressellC.James JoyceD. Virginia Woolf87.________’s admirers have praised him as “second only to Shakespeare in his mastery of English language.”A.. LawrenceB. . EliotC.James JoyceD. . Yeats88.________ is the climax of Virginia Woolf’s experiments i n novel form.A.The WindowB. Time PassesC.To the LighthouseD. The Waves89.Which of the following novels belong(s) to the “stream of consciousness” school of novel writing?A.UlyssesB. Finnegans WakeC.To the LighthouseD. The Waves90.________ was written by James Joyce.A.The Portrait of an Artist as a Young ManB.Portrait of a LadyC.The Picture of Dorian GrayD.To the Lighthouse91.. Lawrence’s representative work ________ was positively taken as a typical example and lively manifestation ofthe Oedipus Comp lex in fiction, as the result of Lawrence’s long-range study of the psychologic theories of Sigmund Freud.A.Sons and LoversB. The RainbowC. Lady Chatterley’s LoverD. Women in Love92.Which of the characters are in the novel Sons and Lovers?A.Mrs. MorelB. PaulC. MiriamD. Clara93.Which of the following writers were from Ireland?A.George Bernard ShawB. Jonathan SwiftC.James Joyce Oscar WildeE.. Yeats94.Which of the following play(s) was/were NOT written by George Bernard Shaw?A.Mrs. Warren’s Prof essionB. Widower’s HousesC.Major BarbaraD. PygmalionE.The Man of Property95.Which of the following plays deals with the story that a linguist trains a flower girl to speak the so-called high-civilised English?A.Major BarbaraB. PygmalionC.Mrs. Warren’s ProfessionD. Man and Superman96.In 1923, ________ was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature.A.William Butler YeatsB. Samuel ButlerC.Thomas Stearns EliotD. David Herbert Lawrence97.William Butler Yeats was _______.A.an Irish poetB. a dramatistC. a criticD. a senator in the Irish Free State in 192198.Thomas Stearns Eliot defined his belief as ________.A.classicist in literatureB. royalist in politicsC.Anglo-Catholic in religionD. all of the above99.Which of the following statement is NOT true?A.Thomas Stearns Eliot was born in America.B.Thomas Stearns Eliot became a British subject in 1927.C.Thomas Stearns Eliot was educated in Harvard University and Oxford University.D.Thomas Stearns Eliot was a poet, a critic and a playwright.E.Thomas Stearns Eliot was also a great novelist.100.In which poem are the sterility and chaos of the contemporary world after 1st World War expressed?A.Ode to the West WindB. The Solitary ReapermiaD. The Waste LandKeys:1-5: A, D, D, A, A 6-10: B, B, D, D, ABCD11-15:ABCD, D, D, C, B 16-20: C, ABC, AB, D, ABCD21-25: ABCD, ABCDEFG, B, A, B 26-30: D, D, AD, D, B31-35: D, BC, D, B, ABCDE 36-40: C, ACD, ABD, ACDE, A41-45: D, C, B, B, D 46-50: A, D, BCDE, ABCDEF, D51-55: A, B, ABCD, C, C 56-60: A, ABC, C, C, A61-65: B, ABC, ABCD, A, AB 66-70: ABCDE, ABCD, C, CD, ABCD71-75: ABCD, A, ABCD, ABC, ABCDE76-80: ABCDE, ABCD, AB, ABCED, ABCDE81-85: A. A. AB, B, D 86-90: CD, C, D, ABCD, A91-95: A, ABCE, ABCDE, E, B 96-100: A, ABCD, D, E, D。
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I・ Each of the following below is followed by four alternative answers ・ Choose the one that would bet con^lete the statement・1.The long poem ______ i n Anglo-Saxon period was termed England's national epic.A The Canterbury Tales B. Paradise Lost C・ The Song of Beowulf D. The Fairy Queen2.Romance, which uses verse or prose to describe the ad\r enture$ and life of the kmghts, is the popular literaryform in _____ .A. RomanticismB. RenaissanceC. medieval periodD. Anglo-Saxon period3.Among the great Middle English poets. Geoffrey Chaucer is known for his production of __ .A. Piers PlowmanB. Sir Gawain and the Green KnightC. Confessio Amantis D ・ The Canterbury Tales4.______ i s regarded as the father of English poetry.A Geoffrey Chaucer B. Edmund Spenser C. John Milton D. XV XVbrdsworth5.It is_____ alone who. for the first time in English literature, presented to us a comprehensive realisticpicture of the English society of his time and created a whole galley of vivid characters from all walks of life.A. Geof&ey ChaucerB. Maitin LutherC. William ShakespeareD. John Gower6.One of Chaucers mam contnbutions to English poetry is ______ .A he introduced the rhymed stanzas from France to English poetiy B. he created striking brilliant panorama ofliis time and his country C. he wrote m blank verse D. he wzs the first to \\nte sonnet7.During the Renaissance, _______ 辛*as the first one to introduce the sonnet into English poetry.A. ChaucerB. John Donne C・ Thomas Wyatt D. Earl of Suney& During the Renaissance, ______ wrote the first English blank verse.A. ChaucerB. Edmxmd SpencerC. Thomas Wyatt D・ Earl of Surreyr iMTtoc n R«<ry nTha fni docuneNsd UM Uar*. in tie tr<^sh «IM by « hi V*nabnc<i d TnMl c 154Q• I Ma pcaU9<K rvfjrwl by the LMti a^rwi Lain fm Gfatfc dad rwi 1564-f 5^7Tha(<■>* Goctcdbc mca "E Entflah play n bteik -MCW.CMvtqsha* M*4ov«mat* hl uvaot Tham^er in EnQbkh Uank WTM rr«l» by ■»««■ ParadM • Mfltn n MnkwriK ^tofMrda. H *.\X 4 Tl 篦/*9.Which of the following historical events does not directly help to stimulate the rising of the Renaissance Mo\*ement?A The rediscovery of ancient Greek and Roman cultxire astrology C. The Glorious resolution D. The religious reformation and the economic expansion10.The Renaissance is actually a movement stimulated by a series of historical events. Which one of the following is NOT such an event?A The rediscover of ancient Roman and Greek cultxire. B. Englands domestic rest C. New discovery ingeography and astrology. D. The religioxis reformation and the economic expansion11.Generally, the Renaissance refers to the period between ______ and ______ centuries. B 14tli...mid-18th C.16th...mid-lSth A・lizh.. .ntid-17chMarry K ITAW M a? K KYV/B. The newlha fnrt la rrcrii a* ccmml of ta Rwyv n ExMart/ dcvSed to MrthKW uirvj il Icr aramsta n hadiscoveries in geography and D. 16±. mid12.Generally, the Renaissance refers to the period between the 14th and mid-17th centuries, its essenceis ______ .A. scienceB. philosophyC. aits D ・ humanism13. _______ frequently applied conceits in his poems.A Edmund Spenser B・ John Donne C. William Blake D. Thomas Gray14.______ is known as “the poet's poet".A_ William Shakespeare B. Christopher Marlo^*e C・ Edmund Spenser D. John Donne15.Romance・ which uses nanative verse or prose to tell stories of _ adventures or other heroic deeds ・ is apopular literary form in the medie\r al period.A ChristianB ・ knightly C. pilgnms D. pnmitive16.______ and William Shakespeare are the best representatives of the English humanism.A Edmund Spenser, Christopher Marlowe B・ Thomas More. Christopher Marlowe C. John Donne.Edmund Spenser D. John Milton, Thomas More17.Among the following plays which is not written by Christopher Marlo^*e?A. Dr. FaustusB. The Jew of MaltaC. Tamburlaine D・ The School for ScandalIS. Shakespeare's greatest tragedies are _______ .A. Hamlet, Othello, King Lear and MacbethB. Hamlet. Othello. King Lear and Romeo andJuliet C. Hamlet. Conolanus. King Lear and Macbeth D. Hamlet. Julius caesar. Othello and Macbeth19.The sentence “ Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? " is the line of one of Shakespeare's _________ .A. comediesB. tragediesC. histories D・ sonnets20.“ So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see, I So long lives this, and this gi^es life to thee." (Shakespeare,Sonnets 18) What does 44 this M refer to?A Lover B. Time C. Summer D・ Poetry21.Which of the fblloxving 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 speakerpraises the power of artistic creation D. The speaker meditates on mans salvation22.“Bassani Antonio ・ I am married to a wife Which is as dear to me as life itself: But life itself・ my wife・ and all theworld. Are not with me esteem'd above thy life: I would lose all. ay. sacrifice them all. Here to the devil. to deliver you. Portia: Your \nfe would give you little thanks for that • ff she were by to hear you make theoffer. '* The above is a quotation taken from Shakespeare's comedy The Merchant of \Emce. The quoted pan canbe regarded as a good example to illustrateA・ dramatic irony B. personification C. allegory D. symbolism23.“ The Fairy Queen “ is the masterpiece written by ____ .A. John MiltonB. Geofftey Chaucer C ・ Edmund Spenser D. Alexander Pope24.Which of the follov.mg work did Bacon NOT 瞇Tite?A. Advancement of LearningB. Noxiuii OrgaimniC. De Augments D・ Areopagitica25.The greatest of pioneers of English drama in Renaissance is _______ . one of whose drama is “ DoctorFaustus” .A XMlliam ShakespeareB ・ Christopher Marlowe C. Oscar Wilde D. R. Brinsley Sheridan26.“ Euphues " was ^Titten by _________ , the styde of the novel was called “ Euphiusm ".A. John BunyanB. John LylyC. John DonneD. John Milton27.The most famous dramatist in the 1 Sth century is _____ , vho is famoxis for “The School for Scandal” .A Oliver Goldsmith B. Thomas Gray C. R・ Brinsley Sheridan D. G eorge Bernard Shaw也century was ____ , who was a c28. The most distinguished literary figure of the 17ritic, poet, andplaywright.A. Oln r er Goldsmith B ・ John Dryden C. John Milton D. T. G. Colendge29.The representative of the “ Metaphysical M poetry is ________ , ^iiose poems are famous for his use offantastic metaphors aud extravagant hyperboles.A ・ John Donne B. John Milton C. William Blake D. Robert Bums30.Winch of the following has have associations with John Donnes poetry?A. reason and sentiment B ・ conceits and wits C. the euphiusm D. ^Titing in the rhymed couplet31.___ is the successful religious allegory in the English language.A. The Pilgrim's ProgressB. The Canterbury* TalesC. Paradise LostD. Pamela, or \irtue Re^-arded32.The 1 Sth century England is known as the _____ in the history.A Renaissance B. Classicism C・ Enlightenment D. Romanticism33.Of all the eighteenth-century novelists, was the first to set out, both in theory and practice, to write specially a comic epic 讽刺史诗in prose " , the first to give the modem no\r el its structure and style? A Thomas Gray B. Richard Brinsley Sheridan C. Johathan Swift D ・ Henry Fielding34.Henry Fielding has been regarded by some as “_______________ " ? for liis contribution to theestablishment of the form of the modem novel.A Best ^nter of the English novel B・ The father of English novel C. The most gifted ^Titer of the English novel D. com'entional wiiter of English novel35.Among the pioneers of the 18th century novelists were Daniel Defoe, Samuel Richardson. Henry fieldingand _______ .A. Laurence SterneB. John DrydenC. Charles Dickens D ・ Alexander Pope36.John Miltons masteipiece—Paradise Lost was written in the poetic style of ________ .A rhymed stanzas B・ blank verse C. alliteration D. sonnets37.Of all the 1 Sth century novelists Henry Fielding the first to set out ____ . both in theory and practice ・ to write specifically a “ _______ in prose," the first to give the modem novel its stnictiire and style. (Refer to 19)A. tragic epic B ・ comic epic C. romance D. lyric epic也century is ____ . 38. Besides Sheridan. another great playwright in the ISA ・ Oliver Goldsmith B. Thomas Gray C.T. G. Smollet D. Laurence Sterne39.She Stoops to Conquer was written by __________ .A. Oliver GoldsmithB. R. Brinsley ShendanC. John DrydenD. George Bernard Shaw40.The middle of the 18th centuiy was predominated by a newly rising literary form, that is the modemEnglish _____ , which gives a realistic presentation of life of the common English people.A prose B. short story C ・ novel D. tragicomedyby Jonathan Swift m Gullivers Travels are _____ .41. The Houyhnhnms depictedA. horses that are endowed with reasonB. pigmies that are endowed with admirable qualitiesC. giants that are superior in wisdomD. hairy ・ wild・ low and despicable creatures ・ who resemble human beings not only in appearance but also in some other ways42.The unquenchable 无法消除的spint of Robinson Cnisoe stniggling to maintain a substantial existence ona lonely island reflects ___A. man's desire to return to natureB. the authors criticism of the colonization XC. the ideal of the nsing bourgeoisie XD. the aristocrats disillusionment of the harsh social reality43.Gothic novels are mostly stories of___ , which take place in some haunted or dilapidated Middle Agecastles.A lo\-e and marriage B. sea adventures C ・ mystery and horror D. saints and martyTs44.“ The father of English novel ” is __________ .A Henry FieldingB ・ Daniel Defoe C. Jonathan Swift D. John Donne。
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The statement “Studies serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability" opens one of well—known essays by__________.2. “The Chimney Sweeper” are found in both Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience by___________________。
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William Wordsworth, a romantic poet, advocated all of the following except ________.A。
language used by common peopleB。
intensively subjective feelingC。
nature as a source of poetic writingD。
elegant wording4. The most significant idea of the Renaissance is______________.5。
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英国⽂学练习题英国⽂学选读练习1.English Romanticism is generally said to have begun with_____in 1798.A. the publication of Lyrical BalladsB. the death of Sir ScottC. the birth of William Wordsworth D the passage of the first Reform Bill in the Parliament2. The Romantic Period is first of all an age of_____.A. NovelB. poetryC. dramaD. prose3. Romanticism does not emphasize_____.A. the special qualities of each individual’s mindB. the inner world of the human spiritC. IndividualityD. the features that men have in common4._____ is not a Romantic poet.A. William BlakeB. Sir ScottC. P. B. ShelleyD. Lord Byron5. _____ is a Romantic novelist but is impressed with neo-classic strains.A. Walter ScottB. Mary ShelleyC. Jane AustenD. Ann Radcliff6. _____ is not characteristic of William Blake’s writing.A. plain and direct languageB. compression of meaningC. supernatural qualityD. symbolism7. Wordsworth published Lyrical Ballads in 1789 with _____.A. ByronB. ColeridgeC. ShelleyD. Keats8. Wordsworth thinks that _____ is the only subject of literary interest.A. the life of rising bourgeoisieB. aristocratic lifeC. the life of the royal familyD. common life9. Don Juan is the masterpiece of_____.A. Lord Byron’sB. P. B. Shelley’sC. John Keats’sD. Samuel Coleridge’s10. _____ is not a novel written by Jane Austen.A. Jane EyreB. Sense and SensibilityC. Pride and PrejudiceD. EmmaII. Decide whether the following statements are true or false and write your answers in the brackets.( T )1. The Romantic period is also a great age of prose.( T )2. Romantics also tend to be nationalistic, defending their own literary heritage against the advocates of classical rules. ( F)3. Coleridge has been rewarded as Poet Laureate.( F )4. Keats is one of the “Lake Poets.”( F )5. Jane Austen is a typical Romantic writer.III. Name the author of each of the following literary work.1.“The Rime of the Ancient Mariner”-----Coleridge2.Songs of Innocence-----Blake3“Ode to a Nightingale”-----Keats4.“A Song: Men of England”-----Shelley5.The Prelude-----WordsworthIV. Define the literary terms listed below1.Romanticism: Romanticism is a movement that flourished in literature, philosophy, music and art in western culture during most of the nineteenth century, beginning as a revolt against classicism. There have been many varieties of Romanticism in many different times and places. The leading features of Romantic movements are Wordsworth, Shelley, etc.2.Ode:Ode is a complex and often lengthy lyric poem, written in a dignified formal style on some lofty or serious subject. Odes are often written fora special occasion, to honour a person or a season or to commemorate an event.V. 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….Be through my lips to unawakened Earth.The trumpet of a prophecy! O, Wind,If winter comes, can Spring be far behind?2.For oft, when on my couch I lieIn vacant or in pensive mood,They flash upon that inward eyeWhich is the bliss of solitude;And then my heart with pleasure fills,And dances with the daffodils.V. 1. It is taken from Shelley’s Ode to the West Wind. In this poem, Shelley eulogizes the powerful west wind and expresses h is eagerness to enjoy the boundless freedom from the reality. In these last lines, the poet shows his optimistic spirit for the future.2.It is taken from Wordsworth’s “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud.” The poet thinks that it is a bliss to recollect the beauty of n ature in his mind while he is in solitude. He expresses his strong affecting for nature in the poem.1.The Renaissance is actually a movement stimulated by a series of historical events, which one of the following is not such an event?A.The rediscovery of ancient Rome and Greek culture.B.England's domestic rest.C.New discovery in geography and astrology.D.The religious reformation and the economic expansion.2.Which of the following is regarded as the most successful religious allegory in the English language.A.The Pilgrim's ProgressB. Grace Abounding to the Chief of SinnersC.The Life and Death of Mr. BadmanD. The Holy War3.It is alone who, for the first time in English literature, presented to us a comprehensive realistic picture of the English society of his time and created a whole gallery of vivid characters from all walks of life.A. Geoffrey ChaucerB. Martin LutherC. William LanglandD. John Gower4.All of the following four except are the most eminent dramatists in the Renaissance England.A. Francis BaconB. Christopher MarloweC. William ShakespeareD. Ben Jonson5.It is generally regarded that Keats's most important and mature poems are in the form of .A. elegyB. odeC. epicD. sonnet6.Daniel Defoe's novels mainly focus on .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 desire of the criminals for property7.In Beowulf, fought against the monster Grendel and a five breathing dragon.A. the Anglo-SaxonsB. BeowulfC. the ScandinavianD. the Winter Dragon8.Francis Bacon is best known for his which greatly influenced the development of this literary form.A. essaysB. poemsC. works D plays9.Most of Thomas Hardy's novels are set in Wessex .A. a crude region in EnglandB. a fictional primitive regionC. a remote rural areaD. Hardy's hometown10.We can perhaps describe the west wind in Shelley's poem "Ode to the West Wind" with all the following terms except .A. swiftB. proudC. tamedD. wild11. "Blindness", "partiality", "prejudice", and "absurdity" in the novel "Pride and Prejudice" are most likely the characteristics of .A. ElizabethB. DarcyC. Mr. BennetD. Mrs. Bennet12.The modern English novel came into being in .A. the middle of the 17th centuryB. the 17th centuryC. the late 18th centuryD. the middle of the 18th century13.Who is not the major figure of modernist movement?A. EliotB. JoyceC. Charles DickensD. Pound14.Who is considered to be the best known English dramatist since Shakespeare?A. Oscar WildeB. John GalsworthyC. W.B. YeatsD. George Bernard Shaw15.Of the following poets, which is not regarded as "Lake Poets"?A. Samuel Taylor ColeridgeB. Robert SouthyC. William Words worthD. William Shakespeare16.In the first part of Gulliver's Travels, Gulliver told his experience in .A. LilliputB. BrobdingnagC. HouyhnhnmD. England17.Which of the following cannot describe "Byronic hero"?A. proudB. mysteriousC. noble origin D progressive18.In the history of literature, Romanticism is generally regarded as .A. the thought that designates a literary and philosophical theory which tends to see the individual as the very center of all life and allexperience.B. the thought that designates man as a social animalC. the orientation that emphasizes those features which men have in commonD. the modes of thinking19.The term "metaphysical poetry" is commonly used to name the work of the 17th century writers who wrote under the influence of .A. John MiltonB. John DonneC. John KeatsD. John Bunyan20."The Vanity Fair" is a well-known part in .A. The Pilgrim's ProgressB. Grace Abounding to the Chief of SinnersC. The Life and Death of Mr. BadmanD. The Holy War21.In Oliver Twist, Charles criticizes .A. money worshipping tendencyB. dehumanizing of workhouse systemC. hypocrisy of the upper societyD. distortion of human heart22.Which of the following plays by Shakespeare is history play?A. OtharoB. The Merry Wives of WindsorC. Henry IVD. King Lear23.Who is regarded as a "worshipper of nature".A. John KeatsB. William BlakeC. William WordsworthD. Jane Austen24.Which of the following writing is not the work by Charles Dickens?A. A Tale of Two CitiesB. Hard TimesC. Oliver TwistD. Sons and Lovers25.The 18th century England is known as the in the history.A. RomanticismB. ClassicismC. RenaissanceD. Enlightenment26.Romance, which uses narrative verse or prose to tell stories of ___ adventures or other heroic deeds, is a popular literary form in the medieval period.A.ChristianB. knightlyC. GreekD. Primitive27.The Romantic writers would focus on all the following issues EXCEPT the ___ .A. individual feelingsB. idea of survival of the fittestC. strong imaginationD. return to nature28. Generally , the Renaissance refers to the period between the 14th and mid-17th centuries, its essence is .A. science B . philosophy C. arts D. humanism29. In the field of literature, the Enlightenment Movement brought about a revival of interest in the old classical works. This tendency is known as .A. ClassicismB. NeoclassicismC. RomanticismD. pre-Romanticism30. Paradise Lost is actually a story taken fromA. the RenaissanceB. the Old TestamentC. Greek MythologyD. the New TestamentComplete each of the following statements with a proper word or a phrase according to the textbook. ( 20×1 points)1. In "The Canterbury Tales", Chaucer employed the heroic couplet with true ease and charm for the first time in the history of English literature.2. Christopher Marlowe is the most gifted of the "University Wits ".3. The term " metaphysical poetry" is commonly used to name the work of the 17th - century writers who wrote under the influence of John Donne.4. Spenser is generally regarded as the greatest non-dramatic poet of the Elizabethan age. His fame is chiefly based on his masterpiece "The Faerie Queene".5. Swift is a master satirist, his satire is usually masked by an outward gravity and an apparent earnestness which renders his satire all the more powerful.6. From the middle part to the end of the 18th century, in English literature Gothic novels flourished. They were mostly stories of mystery and horror which take place in some haunted or dilapidated middle age castles.7. As a leading romanticist, Byron's chief contribution is his creation of the "Byronic hero", a proud, mysterious rebel figure of noble origin.8. Wordsworth is regarded as a "worshipper of nature".Romance: The romance was a long composition, sometimes in verse, sometimes in prose, describing the life and adventures of a noble hero. The medieval romances were tales of chivalry or amorous adventure occurring in King Arthur's court. "SirGawain and the Green Knight" is an exampleof a medieval romance.Ballad: It is a story in poetic form, often about tragic love and usually sung. Ballads were passed down from generation to generation by singers. The medieval ballads are ballads of Robin Hood. Coleridge’s "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" is a 19th century English balla d. For a ballad, in each stanza the odd-numbered lines are iambic tetrameters which the even-numbered lines are iambic trimeters, and the rhyme scheme is a,b,c,b. Heroic couplet: They are poetry composed in iambic pentameter. In this form of poetry, lines consisting of five iambic feet rime together in pairs. The rime scheme :aa bb cc …..Renaissance: Renaissance marks the transition from the medieval to the modern world. It first started in Italy in the 14th century and gradually spread all over Europe. The word “Renaissance” means rebirth or revival. In essence, it is a historical period in which the E uropean humanist thinkers and scholars made attempts to get rid of those old feudalist ideas in medieval Europe and introduce new ideas that expressed the interests of the rising bourgeoisie, and to lift the restriction in all areas placed by the Roman Catholic Church authorities. Two features of renaissance: It is a thirsting curiosity for the classical literature. People learned to admire the Greek and Latin works as models of literary form. It is the keen interest in the activities of humanity.Sonnet: A lyric poem of fourteen lines whose rhyme scheme is fixed. The rhyme scheme in the Italian form as typified in the sonnets of Petrarch is abbaabba cdecde. The Petrarchian sonnet has two divisions: the first is of eight lines (the octave), and the second is of six lines (the sestet). The rhyme scheme of the English, or Shakespearean sonnet is abab cdcd efef gg. The change of rhyme in the English sonnet is coincidental with a change of theme in the poem. The meter is iambic pentameter.Blank vers e: A poem written in unrhymed iambic pentameter.Spenserian Stanza: Spenser invented a new verse form for his poem. The verse form has been called "Spenserian Stanza" since his day. Each stanza has nine lines, each of the first eight lines is in iambic pentameter form, and the ninth line is an iambic hexameter line. The rhythm scheme is abab bcbc c.Enlightenment : The Enlightenment was a progressive intellectual movement throughout Western Europe in the 18th century. It was an expression of struggle of the bourgeoisie against feudalism. The enlighteners fought against class inequality, stagnation, prejudices and other survivals of feudalism. They thought the chief means for bettering the society was "enlightenment" or "education" for the people. The English enlighteners were bourgeois democratic thinkers. They set no revolutionary aim before them and what they strove for was to bring it to an end by clearing away the feudal ideas with the bourgeois ideology.Sentimentalism: Sentimentalism appeared in the middle of the 18th century, as a reaction against commercialism and the cold rationalism. Sentimentalists emphasize “the human heart” and show sympathy to the poor. This trend marks the transition form neoclassicism to romanticism in English poetry. Thomas Gray is one of the models. Another sentimentalist poet is Oliver Goldsmith (The Disserted Village). The most outstanding figure of English sentimentalism is Laurence Sterne. Pre-romanticism: The Romantic Movement was marked by a strong protest against the bondage of Classicism, by a renewed interest in medieval literature. In England, this movement showed itself in the trend of Pre-romanticism in poetry. It was represented by Blake and Robert Burns. They struggled against the neoclassical tradition of poetry.Romanticism : Romanticism was in effect a revolt of the English imagination against the neoclassical reason, which prevailed from the days of Pope to those of Johnson. The Romantic Movement expressed a more or less negative attitude toward the existing social and political conditions that came with industrialization and the growing importance of the bourgeoisie. Romantics saw men essentially as an individual in the solitary state and emphasized the special qualities of each individual's mind. In essence it designates a literary and philosophical theory which tends to see the individual as the very center of all life and all experience. It also places the individual at the center of art, making literature most valuable as an expression of his or her unique feelings and particular attitudes, and valuing its accuracy in portraying the individual's experiences. The romantics extol the faculty of the imagination, write about nature and they get inspiration form nature, turn to the humble people and the common everyday life for subjects and turn to other times and places, where the qualities they valued would be convincingly depicted.Neo-classicism: A revival in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries of classical standards of order, balance and harmony in literature. John Dryden was the first person who started the movement at the end of the 17th century, while Alexander Pope brought it to its culmination. Elegy: it seeks for "lament". It is a poem on death or on a serious loss; characteristically a sustained meditation expressing sorrow and, frequently, an explicit or implied consolationRealism: A term used in literature and art to present life as it really is without sentimentalizing or idealizing it. Realistic writing often depicts the everyday life and speech of ordinary people. This has led, sometimes to an emphasis on sordid details. Lake Poets: Wordsworth, Coleridge and Southey have often been mentioned as the "Lake Poets" because they lived in thelake district in the northwestern part of England. The three traversed the same path in politics and in poetry, beginning as radicals and closing as conservatives. Metaphysical Poetry: The poetry of John Donne and other seventeenth-century poets who wrote in a similar style. Metaphysical poetry ischaracterized by verbal wit and excess, ingenious structure, irregular meter, colloquial language, elaborates imagery, and a drawing together of dissimilar ideas.Humanism: it refers to the main literary trend and is the keynote of English Renaissance. Humanists took interest in human life and human activities and gave expression to the new feeling of admiration for human beauty, human achievement. They think that man has a potential for culture which distinguishes him from lower orders of beings, and which he should strive constantly to fulfill.Iambic Pentameter: A poetic line consisting of five verse feet, which each foot an iamb__ that is, an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed one. Iambic pentameter is the most common verse line in English poetry.Byronic hero: is an idealized but flawed character exemplified in the life and writings of Lord Byron. It first appears in Byron's semi-autobiographical epic narrative poem Childe Harold's Pilgrimage (1812-18). The Byronic hero typically exhibits the following characteristics: high level of intelligence and perception; cunning and able to adapt; criminal tendencies; sophisticated and educated; self-critical and introspective; mysterious, magnetic and charismatic; struggling with integrity; power of seduction and sexual attraction; social and sexual dominance; emotional conflicts, bipolar tendencies, or moodiness; a distaste for social institutions and norms; being an exile, an outcast, or an outlaw; "dark" attributes not normally associated with a hero; disrespect of rank and privilege; a troubled past; cynicism; arrogance; self-destructive behavior; a good heart in the end.问答题:1.Please state Shakespeare's three periods of his literary career and major works.As a dramatist Shakespeare’s career is usually divided into three periods. The first period dates from 1590 to 1600.In this period he wrote most of his historical plays and comedies and these plays are imbued with an optimistic atmosphere of humanism.The second period ,from 1601 to 1608, includes chiefly his great tragedies. The four great tragedies were created in this period. The third period dates from 1609-1612, he wrote some tragi-comedies.2. What is the beginning sentence of Pride and Prejudice? How do you understand it?The opening sentence is “It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.” This sentence establishes the centrality of advantageous marriage, a fundamental social value of Regency England. It has a subtle, unstated significance. In its declarative and hopeful claim that a wealthy man must be looking for a wife, it hides beneath its surface the truth of such matters: a single woman must be in want of a husband, especially a wealthy one. In fact, in Jane Austen’s novels, there are no heroic passions nor astounding adventures and the most urgent preoccupation of her bright, young heroines is courtship and finally marriage, as is shown clearly in this sentence.3. How do you understand of the image of the West Wind in Shelley’s “Ode to the West Wind”?The "West Wind" represents liberty, the untamedness of nature and power for Shelley. The wind is the changing part in nature, which also controls heaven and the sea. It can stand for death, but at the same time it means life. On the one hand, the wind that Shelley describes is simple in its function ("Destroyer and preserver"), but on the other, it is a mystical thing. Its power and its position in nature can only be compared with the function of a god. The wind decides on life and death. Shelley sees the wind as a chance to get a new inspiration and to transmit his ideas and "prophecy".4. How do you understand the ending of Shelley’s “Ode to the West Wind”?The poem ends it with a question - “If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?”, which might appear rhetorical, but is more probably intended to indicate Shelley's own uncertainty. It is important to note that Shelley did not advocate the willing application of force and revolution. Clearly the poet hoped that radical social change, or a rebirth of personal inspiration, could be accomplished without violence. His comments in his notebook are useful to help us to read this final line: "the spring rebels not against winter but it succeeds it - the dawn rebels not against night but it disperses it." The unanswered question in this poem is whether or not the same cyclical inevitability will apply to social and political change as it does to the changes within Nature.。
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英国文学选读试题英国文学选读试题PART ONE I. Multiple Choice 1. Although _______ was essentially a medieval writer, he bore marks of humanism and anticipated a new era of literature to come. A. William Langland B. John Gower C. Geoffrey Chaucer D. Edmund Spenser Answer: C 2. The religious reformation in the early 16th-century England was a reflection of the class struggles waged by the _____. A. rising bourgeoisie against the feudal class and its ideology B. working class against the corruption of the bourgeoisie C. landlord class against the rising bourgeoisie and its ideology D. feudal class against the corruption of the Catholic Church Answer: A 3. The statement that a man gained the whole world but lost his own soul makes a good summary of the main plot of ______. A. Paradise Lost B. The Merchant of Venice C. Hamlet D. The Tragic History of Doctor Faustus Answer: D 4. "Is not a patron, my Lord, one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water, and when he has reached ground, encumbers him with help?" The above passage is taken from _______. A. Francis Bacon’s "Of Studies"B. William Shakespeare’s The Merchant of VeniceC. Samuel Johnson’s "To the Right Honorable the Earl of Chesterfield"D. Jonathan Swift’s "A Modest Proposal"Answer: C 5. The essence of humanism is to ______. A. restore a medieval reverence for the church B. avoid the circumstances of earthly life C. explore the next world in which men could live after death D. emphasize human qualities Answer: D 6. In The Pilgrim’s Progress, Jo hn Bunyan describes The Vanity Fair in a ______ tone. A. delightful B. satirical C. sentimental D. solemn Answer: B 7. The 18th century witnessed a new literary form -the modern English novel, which, contrary to the medieval romance, gives a ______ presentation of life of the common English people. A. romantic B. idealistic C. prophetic D. realistic Answer: D 8. As a literary figure, John Rivers appears in _______. A. Fielding’s Tom JonesB. Dickens’s Oliver TwistC. Bronte’s Jane Eyre and Prejudice D. Austen’s Pride and Prejudice Answer: C 9. Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe created the image of an enterprising Englishman, typical of the English bourgeoisie in the ______ century. A. 17th B. 18th C. 19th D. 20th Answer: B 10. In "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard," Thomas Gray compares the common folk with the great ones, wondering what the commons could have achieved if they had had the ______. A. chance B. love C. money D. material sources Answer: A 11. The poetic view of ______ can be best understood from his remark about poetry, that is, "all good poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings." A. Samuel Taylor Coleridge B. John Keats C. William Wordsworth D. Percy Bysshe Shelly Answer: C 12. Pip, Estella, Havisham, Magwitch, and Joe Gargery are most likely names of characters in _______. A. Oliver Twist B. David Copperfield C. Bleak House D. Great Expectations Answer: B 13. In English poetry the _______ is regarded as the most common foot. A. iamb B. anapest C. trochee D. dactyl Answer: A 14. In Pride and Prejudice, Elizabeth Bennet finds out some weak points about herself in the process of judging others. Which of the following is NOT a weak point of hers? A. Blindness. B. Partiality. C. Snobbishness. D. Prejudice. Answer: C 15. In Byron’s poe m "Song for the Luddites," the word "Luddite" refers to the _______. A. workers who destroyed the machines in their protest against unemployment B. rising bourgeoisie who fought against the aristocratic class C. descendents of the ancient king, King Lud D. poor country people who suffered under the rule of the landlord class Answer: A 16. "Five miles meandering with a mazy motion\ Through wood and dale the sacred river ran, Then reached the caverns measureless to man, And sank in tumult to a lifeless ocean." The above lines are taken from ______. A. Wordsworth’s "The Solitary Reaper"B. Blake’s "The Chimney Sweeper"C. Coleridge’s "Kubla Khan"D. Keats’s "Ode on an Grecian Urn"Answer: C 17. In his poem, "Ode to the West Wind," Shelley intends to present his wind as a central _______ around which the poem weaves various cycles of death and rebirth. A. concept B. symbol C. simile D. metonymy Answer: B 18. In the conversation with his wife in Chapter One of Pride and Prejudice, Mr. Bennet uses a(n) ______ tone with sarcastic humor. A. solemn B. harsh C. arrogant D. teasing Answer: D 19. Charles Dickens takes the French Revolution as the background of his novel ______. A. Great Expectations B. A Tale of Two Cities C. Bleak House D. Oliver Twist Answer: B 20. A typical feature of the English ______ literature is that writers became social and moral critics, exposing all kinds of social evils. A. Renaissance B. Romantic C. Victorian D. Medieval Answer: C 21. The statement that those extraordinary people, seeking something beyond the provincial life, have finally to subject themselves to the limitations of the reality either due to their own weakness or the social environment may well sum up one of the major themes of ______. A. Fielding’s Tom J ones B. Defoe’s Robinson CrusoeC. Austen’s Pride and PrejudiceD. Eliot’s MiddlemarchAnswer: D 22. A typical Forsyte, according to John Galsworthy, is a man with a strong sense of ______, who never pays any attention to human feelings. A. justice B. property C. morality D. humor Answer: B 23. Which of the following statements about The Scarlet Letter is NOT true? A. It explores man’s never-ending search for the satisfaction of materialistic desires. B. It relates the conflicts between the society and the individual. C. It is about the effect of sin on the people involved and the society as a whole. D. It presents a psychological analysis of the inward tensions of the characters. Answer: B mind" is a famous quote from _______’s 24. "Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own writings. A. Walt Whitman B. Henry David Thoreau C. Herman Melville D. Ralph Waldo Emerson Answer: D 25. Which of Hemingway’s novels describes the drifting life of American exiles in Europe?A. The Sun Also Rises. B. A Farewell to Arms. C. For Whom the Bell Tolls. D. The Old Man and the Sea. Answer: B 26. The theme of _______ may be well stated as "It sings of nationalism and of the nature of the self in relation to the cosmos and the meaning and purpose of birth and death." A. Edgar Allan Poe’s "To Helen"B. Robert Frost’s "The Road Not Taken"C. Walt Whitman’s "Song of Myself"D. Emily Dickenson’s "Because I could not stop for Death"Answer: C 27. The American Puritanism as a cultural heritage benefited the Americans in _______. A. strengthening their moral values B. weakening their religious faith C. knowing truth intuitively D. developing their science and technology Answer: A 28. Mark Twain, one of the greatest 19th century American writers, is well known for his ______. A. international theme B. waste-land imagery C. local color D. symbolism Answer: C 29. "Strange names were over the doors -strange faces at the windows -every thing was strange. His mind now began to misgive him, that both he and the world around him were bewitched. Surely this was his native village, which he had left but the day before." The above passage is taken from ______. A. Irving’s "Rip V an Winkle"B. Hawthorne’s "Young Goodman Brown"C. James’ "Daisy Miller"D. Hemingway’s "Ind ian Camp" Answer: A 30. According to Hawthorne, the scarlet letter "A" which originally stood for "_______" finally obtained the meaning of "able" or "angel" through Hester’s efforts.A. adultery B. arrogance C. accomplishment D. agony Answer: A 31. As a naturalist writer, Theodore Dreiser was greatly influenced by _______. A. Nathaniel Hawthorne B. Charles Darwin C. Henry James D. Ralph Waldo Emerson Answer: B 32. In Sister Carrie, Hurstwood, extremely hopeless and totally devastated, ends his life by turning on the gas, while at the same time Carrie is rocking comfortably in her luxurious hotel room before she boards a ship for _______. A. New York B. London C. Paris D, Geneva Answer: B ortray the protagonist as an embodiment of 33. In Henry James’ "Daisy Miller," the author tries to p______. A. the force of convention B. the decline of aristocracy C. the free spirit of the New World D. the corruption of the new rich Answer: C 34. American writers of the first postwar era who were devoid of faith and alienated from the civilization were commonly called "______." A. sons of liberty B. fatherless children C. a beat generation D. a lost generation Answer: D 35. The raft with which Huck and Jim make their voyage down the Mississippi River may symbolize all the following EXCEPT ______. A. a return to nature B. an escape from evils, injustices, and corruption of the civilized society C. the heavenly kingdom of Christianity D. a small world where people of different colors can live friendly and happily Answer: C 36. Of the following American poets in the twentieth century, the one who has the best knowledge of Chinese culture is _______. A. Robert Frost B. Allen Ginsberg C. Ezra Pound D. E. E. Cummings Answer: C 37. Emily Grierson, the pro tagonist in Faulkner’s story "A Rose for Emily," can be regarded as a symbol standing for all the following qualities EXCEPT _______. A. no prejudice against the northerners B. rigid ideas of social status C. bigotry and eccentricity D. grace and integrity Answer: D 38. Robert Frost is a regional poet in the sense that his poems are mainly concerned about the _______. A. life in New York B. country life in New England C. sea adventures D. life on the Mississippi Answer: B 39. In Hemingway’s story "Ind ian Camp" Nick, the protagonist, witnesses _______. A. a tragic killing of the Indians by the white man B. real friendship between the white men and the Indians C. men’s senseless killing of each otherD. terrible scenes of birth and death Answer: D 40. Great Gatsby, written by Fitzgerald in 1925, is a story about ______ who was destroyed by the influence of the wealthy, pleasure-seeking people around him. A. a vagabond B. an idealist C. an eccentric D. an opportunist Answer: B P ART TWO II. Reading Comprehension 41. "Busy old fool, unruly sun, Why dost thou thus, Through windows and through curtains call on us?" Questions: A. Identify the poem and the poet. B. What does the word "fool" refer to? C. What idea does the quotation express? 参考答案:参考答案:A It is taken from Jone Donne’s "The Sun Rising" (P66) B. "fool" refers to the sun. C. Donne’s great prose works are his sermons, the quotation expresses a strong sense of rebellious spirit, the author tried to break away from the conventional fashion of the Elizabethan love poetry. (P63+66) 42. "Most mighty Emperor of Lilliput, delight and terror of the universe, whose dominions extend five thousand blustrugs (about twelve miles in circumference) to the extremities of the globe; Monarch of all Monarchs; taller than the sons of men; whose feet press down to the center, and whose head strikes against the sun; at whose nod the princes of the earth shake their knees; pleasant as spring, comfortable as summer, fruitful as autumn, dreadful as winter." Questions: A. Identify the work and the author. B. What is the tone of the author? C. What does the author parody here? Answers: A. The passage comes from "Gulliver’s Travels" written by Jonanthan Swift. (P115) B. The author used the Ironic tone of the passage. C. Romance (prose)/ Adventurous prose is the parody here. 43. "She thanked men -good! but thanked Somehow -I know not how -as if she ranked My gift of a nine-hundred-years-old name With anybody’s gift."Questions: A. Identify the poem and the poet. B. What kind of tone does the speaker use here? C. What idea does the quoted passage express? Answers: A. The poem is "My Last Duchess", by Robert Browning. (P286) B. The speaker is Duke, he is a villain. The speaker uses the tone of arrogant (傲慢的) here. C. The quoted passage reveals the duke is a self-conceited, cruel and tyrannical man. (P287) 44. "This is my letter to the World That never wrote to Me - The simple News that Nature told - With tender Majesty" Questions: A. Identify the poet B. What does the word "World" refer to? C. What idea does the quoted passage express? Answers: A. The poet is Emily Dickinson. (P520) B. "World" refers to the outside world. ide world. (P520) C. The poem expresses Dickinson’s anxiety about her communication with the outsIII. Questions and Answers 45. "For herein Fortune shows herself more kind Than in her custom; it is still her use To let the wretched man outlive his wealth, To view with hollow eye and wrinkled brow ring penance An age of poverty; from which ling’Of such misery doth she cut me off." The above lines are taken from a speech made by Antonio, a major character in Shakespeare’s play The Merchant of Venice. Why does Antonio say that Fortune is more kind to him than in her custom? 参考答案: This sentence means she, Lady Fortune, is more kind to him because she is taking away both his wealth and life. The speaker is Antonio, it’s said that his ship have all been lost, and he is penniless, and will have to pay the pound of flesh. (Because Shylock has made a strange bond that requires Antonio to pay him a pound of flesh if he can’t repay him, the money that he borrowed for his friend in due time.) (P38) 46. "The first shot I made among these creatures, I killed a she-goat which had a little kid by her which she gave suck to, which grieved me heartily; but when the old one fell, the kid stood stock still by her till I came and took her up, and not only so, but when I carried the old one with me upon my shoulders, the kid followed me quite to my enclosure, upon which I laid down the dam, and took the kid in my arms, and carried it over my pale, in hopes to have it bred up tame, but it would not eat, so I was forced to kill it and eat it myself; these two supplied me with flesh a great while, for I ate sparingly; and saved my provisions (my bread especially) as much as possibly I could." This is a very significant sentence with great details that reveals the character of Robinson Crusoe. vealed then? What aspects of Crusoe’s character are re参考答案: 1) In most of his works, Defoe gave his praise to the hard-working, sturdy middle class and showed his sympathy for the lower-class people. Robinson Crusoe was such a character. 2) Robison goes out to sea, gets shipwrecked and marooned/landed on a lonely island, struggles to live for 24 years there and finally is saved by a ship and returns to England. During the period Robinson leads a harsh and lonely life and survives by growing corps, taming animals, etc. growing from a na?ve young man into a hardened man. 3) With a great capacity for work, inexhaustible energy (精力充沛), courage and persistence in overcoming difficulties(在克服困难方面持之以恒), in struggling against nature, Crusoe becomes the prototype / representative of the empire builder, the pioneer colonist. (他是大英帝国缔造者的完美典范,同时也是殖民者的先驱).4) In the novel, Defoe glorified human labor and the puritan fortitude which the middle class praised highly, so he can be regarded as a spokesman of the bourgeois. (P98-100) 47. Situational irony occurs when what happens turns out to be quite different from what is expected; sometimes what happen is just the opposite of what is expected. In "Indian Camp," Hemingway makes a successful use of this kind of irony. Please illustrate it with some examples. (本题属于超纲题,书上没有现成的答案,可忽略不计) 48. "The only thing I don’t like, she proceeded, is the society." ("Daisy Miller" by Henry James)What kind of society does Daisy not like? Why? 参考答案: ---European life. Because she is the American Girl in Europe, a She doesn’t like the old world celebrated cultural type who embodies the spirit of the New World. However, innocence, the keynote of her character, turns out to be an admiring but a dangerous quality and her defiance of social taboos in the Old World finally brings her to a disaster in the clash between two different cultures. (P499---500) IV Topic Discussion 49. List three distinctive features of English Renaissance movement in literature and then illustrate each with proofs from either the concerned chapter in your textbook or your own reading. 参考答案: 1) The first period of the English Renaissance was one of imitation and assimilation. Petrarch was regarded as the fountainhead of literature by the English writers. Wyatt introduced the Petrachan sonnet into England and Surrey brought in blank verse. 2) The Elizabethan drama, in its totality, is the real mainstream of the English Renaissance. The Greek and Roman Drams had a great influence on the Elizabeth Drama, especially on Shakespeare’s tragedies. E.g. Hamlet, the first of the great tragedies, is regarded as Shakespeare’s most popular play on the stage. 3) Francis Bacon, the first important English essayist, is best known for his essays which greatly influenced the development of his literary form. He was the founder of modern science in England. (P10---12) 50. "My faith is gone!" cried he (Goodman Brown), after one stupefied moment. "There is no good on earth; and sin is but a name. Come, devil! for to thee is this world given." Comment on t his passage from Hawthorne’s "Young Goodman Brown".this passage from Hawthorne’s "Young Goodman Brown".参考答案: 1) Allegorically, Young Goodman Brown becomes an Everyman called Brown, who will be aged in one night by an evil adventure, and the evilness makes everyone a fallen idol in the world. 2) "My Faith is gone" is a pun, it means my wife has disappeared or my faith to God has gone. In the angle of Symbol: "Brown look up to the Heaven and resist the wicked one" symbols Brown has the force to resist the evilness of the Nature and he still has the faith to God; but "he is alone in the forest" symbol symbols the society is the place full of sins and evilness, Brown’s strength is not enough at all; then s the society is the place full of sins and evilness, Brown’s strength is not enough at all; then after returning, he lives a dismal and gloomy life symbols he has been crushed down by the social evilness and lost his belief in goodness and piety. (P434—435)。
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Exercise for English Literature (2)Choose the best answer for each blank.1.________, the “father of English poetry” and one of the greatest narrative poets of England, was born inLondon about 1340.A.Geoffrey ChaucerB. Sir GawainC.Francis BaconD. John Dryden2.Chaucer died on the 25th October 1400, and was buried in ________.A.FlandersB. FranceC.ItalyD. Westminster Abbey3.The progress in industry at home stimulated the commercial expansion abroad. ________ encouragedexploration and travel, which were compatible with the interest of the English merchants.A.Henry VB. Henry VIIC.Henry VIIID. Queen Elizabeth4.Except being a victory of England over ________, the rout of the fleet “Armada” (Invincible) was also thetriumph of the rising young bourgeoisie over the declining old feudalism.A.SpainB. FranceC.AmericaD. Norway5.At the beginning of the 16th century the outstanding humanist ________ wrote his Utopia in which he gave aprofound and truthful picture of the people’s suffering and put forward his ideal of a future happy society.A.Thomas MoreB. Thomas MarloweC.Francis BaconD. William Shakespear6.Absolute monarchy in England reached its summit during the reign of Queen ________.A.MaryB. ElizabethC.WilliamD. Victoria7.English Renaissance Period was an age of ________.A.prose and novelB. poetry and dramaC.essays and journalsD. ballads and songs8.From the following, choose the one which is not Francis Bacon’s work: ________.A.The Advancement of LearningB. The New InstrumentC.EssaysD. The New AtlanticsE.Venus and Adonis9.“Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?” This is the beginning line of one of Shakespeare’s ________.A.songsB. playsediesD. sonnets10.The heroines of Shakespeare’s great comedies, ________ are the daughters of the Renaissance, whoseimages and stories will remain a legacy to readers and audiences of all time.A.PortiaB. RoselandC.ViolaD. Beatrice11.Choose the four great tragedies of Shakespeare from the following ________.A.HamletB. OthelloC.MacbethD. King LearE.Timon of Athens12.Which play is not a comedy? ________A.A Midsummer Night’s DreamB. The Merchant of VeniceC.Twelfth NightD. Romeo and JulietE.As You Like It13.“Denmark is a prison”. In which play does the h ero summarise his observation of his world into such a bittersentence? ________A.Charles IB. OthelloC.Henry VIIID. Hamlet14.The works of ________ and the Authorised Version of the English Bible are the two great treasuries of theEnglish language.A.Geoffrey ChaucerB. Edmund SpenserC.William ShakespeareD. Ben Johnson15.In which play does the hero show his profound reverence for man through the sentence: “What a piece ofwok is a man! How nobel in reason! How finite in faculty!” ________A.Romeo and JulietB. HamletC.OthelloD. The Merchant of Venice16.In 1649, ________ was beheaded. England became a commonwealth.A.James IB. James IIC.Charles ID. Charles II17.The revolution of 1688 meant three of the following things: ________.A.the supremacy of ParliamentB.the beginning of modern EnglandC.the triumph of the principal libertyD.the triumph of the principle of political libertyE.the Restoration of monarchy18.Who of the following were the important metaphysical poets? ________A.John DonneB. George HerbertC.John MiltonD. Richard Lovelace19.Which work was NOT written by John Milton? ________A.Paradise LostB. Paradise RegainedC.Samson AgonistesD. Volpone20.Paradise Lost is ________.A.John Milton’s masterpieceB.a great epic in 12 booksC.written in blank verseD.about the heroic revolt of Satan against God’s authority21.John Milton is ________.A.a great revolutionary poet of the 17th centuryB.an outstanding political pamphleteerC.a great stylistD.a great master of blank verse22.From the Old Testament, John Milton took his stories of Paradise Lost, i.e. ________.A.the creationB.the rebellion in Heaven of Satan and his fellow-angelsC.their defeat and expulsion from HeavenD.the creation of the death and of adam and EveE.the fallen angels in hell plotting against GodF.Satan’s temptation of EveG.the departure of Adam and Eve from Eden23.The finest thing in Paradise Lost is the description of hell, and ________ is often regarded as the real hero ofthe poem.A. GodB. SatanC. AdamD. Eve24.Who is the greatest of the Metaphysical school of poetry? ________A.John DonneB. George HerbertC.Andrew MarvellD. Henry Vaugham25.________ was a progressive intellectual movement throughout Western Europe in the 18th century.A.The RenaissanceB. The EnlightenmentC.The Religious ReformationD. The Chartist Movement26.The main literary stream of the 18th century was ________. What the writers described in their works weremainly social realities.A.naturalismB. romanticismC.classicismD. realismE.sentimentalism27.The eighteenth century was the golden age of the English ________. The novel of this period spoke the truthabout life with an uncompromising courage.A.dramaB. poetryC.essayD. novel28.In 1704, Jonathan Swift published two works together, ________ and ________, which made him well-known as a satirist.A.A Tale of a TubB. Bickerstaff AlmanacC.Gulliver’s TravelsD. A Modest Proposal29.“Proper words in proper places, makes the true definition of a style.” This sentence is said by ________, oneof the greatest masters of English prose.A.Alexander PopeB. Henry FieldingC.Daniel DefoeD. Jonathan Swift30.As a journalist, ________ had learned how to make his reporting vivid and credible by a skillful use ofcircumstantial detail. This power to make his characters alive and his stories credible is an inimitable gift.A.Joseph AddisonB. Daniel DefoeC.Samuel RicharsonD. Tobias Smollett31.Which of the following are NOT written by William Blake? ________A.Poetical SketchesB. Songs of InnocenceC.Songs of ExperienceD. Auld Lang SyneE.The Marriage of Heaven and HellF. ProphecisG.Visions of the Daughters of Albion and America, a Prophecy32.In the 18th century English literature, the representative poets of pre-romanticism were ________.A.William WordsworthB. William BlakeC.Robert BurnsD. Jonathan Swift33.The Romantic Age begab with the publication of The Lyrical Ballads which was written by ________.A.William WordsworthB. Samuel JohnsonC.Samuel Taylor ColeridgeD. Wordsworth and Coleridge34.The Romantic Age came to an end with the death of the last well-known romantic writer ________.A.Jane AustenB. Walter ScottC.Samuel Taylor ColeridgeD. William Wordsworth35.The glory of the Romantic Age lies in the poetry of ________.A.William WordsworthB. Samuel Taylor ColeridgeC.George Gordon ByronD. Percy Bysshe ShelleyE.John Keats36.The English Romantic Age produced two major novelists. They are ________.A.George Gordon Byron and Percy Bysshe ShelleyB.William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor ColeridgeC.Walter Scott and Jane AustenD.Charles Lamb and William Hazlitt37.Which poets belong to the Active Romantic group? ________A.George Gordon ByronB. William WordsworthC.Percy Bysshe ShelleyD. John KeatsE.John Milton38.Which poets belong to the Lakers? ________A.William WordsworthB. Samuel Taylor ColeridgeC.John KeatsD. Robert SoutheyE.Walter Scott39.Which of the folloeing were written by Wordsworth ONLY? ________A.To the CuckooB. The Lyrical BalladsC.Lucy PoemsD. The Solitary ReaperE.I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud40.The publication of ________ marked the break with the conventional poetical tradition of the 18th century,i.e., with classicism, and the beginning of the Romantic revival in England.A.The Lyrical BalladsB. The PreludeC.Childe Harold’s PilgrimageD. Don Juan41.As contrasted with the classicists who made reason, order and the old, classical traditions the criteria in theirpoetical creations, ________ based his own poetical principle on the premise that “all good poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerf ul feeling.”A.Samuel Taylor ColeridgeB. George Gordon ByronC.Percy Bysshe ShelleyD. William Wordsworth42.________ was the first critic of the Romantic School.A.William WordworthB. Samuel JohnsonC.Samuel Taylor ColeridgeD. Wordworth and Coleridge43.Which of the following statements is (are) NOT true about George Gordon Byron? ________A.Byron’s early years had been far from happy for he was born with a clubfoot, in the frequent family scenes hismother called him “you lame brat.”B.Byron died in Italy annd was deeply mourned by the Italian people and by all progressive people throughoutthe world.C.The reactionary criticism of the 19th century tried to belittle Byron’s genius and his role in the development ofEnglish literature, but Byron remains one of the most popular English poets both at home and abroad.D.Since the May 4 Movement in 1919, more and more of Byron’s poems have been translated into Chinese andwell received by the poets and young readers. Byron has now become one of the best-known English poets in our country.44.In 1805, Wordsworth completed a long autobiographical poem entitled ________.A.Biographia literariaB. The PreludeC.Lucy PoemsD. The Lyrical Ballads45.________ is regarded as the most wonderful lyricist England has ever produced mainly for his poems onnature, on love, and on politics.A.William WordsworthB. John KeatsC.George Gordon ByronD. Percy Bysshe Shelley46.Which of the following statements is (are) NOT true about Percy Bysshe Shelley? ________A.Prometheus Unbound is Percy By sshe Shelley’s masterpiece, a long epic poem.B.At Eton Percy Bysshe Shelley was known as “Mad Shelley”, for his obstinate opposition to the brutal faggingsystem, according to which the younger school-boys were obliged to obey the older boys and bear a great deal of cruel treatment.C.George Gordon Byron alled Percy Bysshe Shelley “the best and least selfish man I ever knew.”D.Percy Bysshe Shelley loved the people and hated their oppressors and exploiters.47.________’s pursuit of beauty in all things bespoke an a spiration after a better life than the sordid realityunder capitalism. His leading principle is: “Beauty is truth, truth beauty.”A.Percy Bysshe ShelleyB. George Gordon ByronC.William WordsworthD. John Keats48.Choose the four immortal odes written by John Keats. ________A.Ode to the West WindB. Ode to a NightingaleC.To AutumnD. Ode on MelancholyE.Ode on a Grecian Urn49.Choose the works written by Jane Austen. ________A.Pride and PrejudiceB. Sense and SensibilityC.Northanger Abbey C. EmmaE.Mansfield ParkF. Persuasion50.In the 19th century English literature, a new literary trend called ________ appeared. And it flourished in theforties and in the early fifties.A.romanticismB. naturalismC.realismD. critical realism51.English critical realism found its expression chiefly in the form of ________. The critical realists, most ofwho were novelists, described with vividness and artistic skill the chief traits of the English society and criticised the capitalist system from a democratic viewpoint.A.novelB. dramaC.poetryD. essay52.The greatest English critical realist novelist was ________, who criticised the bourgeois civilisation andshowed the misery of the common people.A.William Makepeace ThackerayB. Charles DickensC.Charlotte BronteD. Emily Bronte53.Which of the following writers belong to critical realists? ________A.Charles DickensB. Charlotte BronteC. Emily BronteD. Thomas Hardy54.________ wrote a number of little sketches of “cockney characters”. He signed them “Boz”, which was hisnickname for his young brother. His first book, Sketches by Boz appeared in 1836.A.Elizabeth GaskellB. William M. ThackerayC.Charles DickensD. Jane Austen55.________ has been called “the supreme epic of English life.”A.A Tale of Two CitiesB. David CopperfieldC.Pickwick PapersD. Oliver Twist56.The theme underlying ________ is the idea “Where there is oppression, there is revolution”.A.A Tale of Two CitiesB. David CopperfieldC.Pickwick PapersD. Oliver Twist57.In the Victorian Age, poetry was not a major art intended to change the world. The main poets of the agewere ________.A.Alfred TennysonB. Robert BrowningC.Mrs. BrowningD. Robert BurnsE.William Blake58.The ________ Movement appeared in the thirties of the 19th century. It showed the English workers wereable to appear as an independent political force and were already realising the fact that the industrial bourgeoisie was their principal enemy.A.EnlightenmentB. RenaissanceC.ChartistD. Romanticist59.Which novel is a great satire upon the society and those people who dream to enter the higher societyregardless of the social reality? ________A.A Tale of Two CitiesB. David CopperfieldC.Great ExpectationD. Dombey and Son60.Charles Dickens takes the French Revolution as the background of the novel ________.A.A Tale of Two CitiesB. Great ExpectationC.Hard TimesD. David Copperfield61.________ is often regarded as the semi-autobiography of the author Dickens in which the early life of thehero is largely based on the author’s early life.A.Tom JonesB. David CopperfieldC.Oliver TwistD. Great Expectation62.The Bronte sisters are ________. They were all talented writers and all of them died young.A.Charlotte BronteB. Emily BronteC.Anne BronteD. Jane AustenE.Catherine63.Charlotte Bronte produced four novels: ________.A.ProfessorB. Jane EyreC.ShirleyD. VilletteE.Agnes Grey64.Emily Bronte wrote only one novel entitled ________.A.Wuthering HeightsB. Jane EyreC.EmmaD. Agnes Grey65.Choose the names appear in the novel Jane Eyre. ________A.Jane EyreB. Mr. RochesterC.Mary BartonD. Silas Marner66.Which characters appear in the novel Wuthering Heights? ________A.HeathcliffB. CatherineC.HindleyD. CathyE.Hareton67.In the novel Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte ________.A.pours a great deal of her own experienceB.criticises the bourgeois system of educationC.shows that true love is the foundation of marriageD.shows that women should have equal rights with men68.Women novelists began to appear in England during the second half of the ________ century.A.17thB. 18thC.19thD. 20th69.Anne Bronte also wrote two novels ________ and ________.A.ShirleyB. VilletteC.The Tenant of the Wildfell HallD. Agnes Grey70.Which of the following statements are true about Jane Eyre? ________A.One of the central themes of the book is the criticism of the bourgeois system of education.B.Another problem raised in the novel is the position of women in society.C.This book is Charlottel Bronte’s best literary production.D.In this book, the author attacked the greed, petty tyranny and lack of culture among the bourgeoisie andsympathised with the sufferings of the poor people. Her realism was coloured by petty-bourgeois philanthropy.71.Most of Robert Browning’s important works, including________, are written in the form of dramaticmonologue.A.Dramatic LyricsB. Dramatic RomancesC. Men and WomenD. dramatics Personae72.Thomas Hardy is one of the representatives of English ________ at the turn of the 19th century.A.critical realismB. pre-romanticismC.neo-classicismD. new romanticism73.Which statement is true? ________A.Thomas Hardy is a famous novelist.B.Thomas Hardy is also a poet.C.Thomas Hardy is a critical realist.D.Fatalism is strongly reflected in Thomas Hardy’ novels.74.Accordi ng to Thomas Hardy’s own classification, his novels divided themselves into three groups. They are________.A.Novels of character and environmentB.Romances and FantasiesC.Novels of IngenuityD.Working class literature75.Novels of character and environment are also called Wessex novels, taking the southwest counties ofEngland for their setting. They include: ________.A.Under the Greenwood TreeB. The Return of the NativeC.The Mayor of CasterbridgeD. Tess of the D’UrbervillesE.Jude the Obscure76.The following state ments are about Thomas Hardy’s novels, which are true? ________A.His Wessex novels are of great significance.B.The Southwest counties of England are the setting of his Wessex novels.C.There is pessimism in his novels.D.Mankind is subjected to hostile and mysterious fate.E.There are elements of naturalism in his works.77.Oscar Wilde is one of the important dramatists in the 19th century. In his comedies, he criticises the upperclass of the English bourgeois society. His best comedies are ________.dy Windermere’s FanB.A Woman of No ImportanceC.An Ideal HusbandD.The Importance of Being EarnestE.The Picture of Dorian Gray78.Oscar Wilde was the representative among the writers of ________.A.aestheticismB. decadenceC.critical realismD. pre-romanticism79.Alfred Tennys on’s poetic output was vast and varied. His main poems are ________.A.The PrincessB. MaudC.In MemoriamD. Idylls of the KingE.Crossing the Bar80.Which of the following short poems was/were written by Alfred Tennyson? ________A.Break, Break, BreakB. Crossing the BarC.The EagleD. Sweet and LowE.Tears, Idle Tears81.Which lament was written by Alfred Tennyson for the death of his friend Hallam? ________A.In MemoriamB. LycidasC.AdodaisD. Elegy written in a Country Churchyard82.My Last Duchess is ________.A.a dramatic monologueB. a short lyricC.a novelD. an essay83.________ are generally regarded as Joseph Conrad’s finest novels.A.Lord JimB. NostromoC.YouthD. The Old Wives’ Tale84.Who is regarded as a forerunner of the “stream of consciousness” literature in the 20th century?A.John GalsworthyB. Henry JamesC.Thomas Stearns EliotD. James Joyce85.George Bernard Shaw’s essay ________, a commentary on Henrik Ibsen’s dramatic works, served also as theauthor’s own program of dramatic cr eation.A.Widower’s HousesB. Mrs. Warren’s ProfessionC.Major BarbaraD. The Quintessence of Ibsenism86.In English literature, ________ and ________ are the two best-known novelists of the “stream ofconsciousness” school.A.David Herbert LawrenceB. Robert TressellC.James JoyceD. Virginia Woolf87.________’s admirers have praised him as “second only to Shakespeare in his mastery of English language.”A.D.H. LawrenceB. T.S. EliotC.James JoyceD. W.B. Yeats88.________ is the climax of Virginia Woolf’s experiments in novel form.A.The WindowB. Time PassesC.To the LighthouseD. The Waves89.Which of the following novels belong(s) to the “stream of consciousness” school of novel writing?A.UlyssesB. Finnegans WakeC.To the LighthouseD. The Waves90.________ was written by James Joyce.A.The Portrait of an Artist as a Young ManB.Portrait of a LadyC.The Picture of Dorian GrayD.To the Lighthouse91. D.H. Lawrence’s representative work ________ was positively taken as a typical example and livelymanifestation of the Oedipus Complex in fiction, as the result of Lawrence’s long-range study of the psychologic theories of Sigmund Freud.A.Sons and LoversB. The RainbowC. Lady Chatterley’s LoverD. Women in Love92.Which of the characters are in the novel Sons and Lovers?A.Mrs. MorelB. PaulC. MiriamD. Clara93.Which of the following writers were from Ireland?A.George Bernard ShawB. Jonathan SwiftC.James Joyce Oscar WildeE.W.B. Yeats94.Which of the following play(s) was/were NOT written by George Bernard Shaw?A.Mrs. Warren’s ProfessionB. Widower’s HousesC.Major BarbaraD. PygmalionE.The Man of Property95.Which of the following plays deals with the story that a linguist trains a flower girl to speak the so-calledhigh-civilised English?A.Major BarbaraB. PygmalionC.Mrs. Warren’s ProfessionD. Man and Superman96.In 1923, ________ was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature.A.William Butler YeatsB. Samuel ButlerC.Thomas Stearns EliotD. David Herbert Lawrence97.William Butler Yeats was _______.A.an Irish poetB. a dramatistC. a criticD. a senator in the Irish Free State in 192198.Thomas Stearns Eliot defined his belief as ________.A.classicist in literatureB. royalist in politicsC.Anglo-Catholic in religionD. all of the above99.Which of the following statement is NOT true?A.Thomas Stearns Eliot was born in America.B.Thomas Stearns Eliot became a British subject in 1927.C.Thomas Stearns Eliot was educated in Harvard University and Oxford University.D.Thomas Stearns Eliot was a poet, a critic and a playwright.E.Thomas Stearns Eliot was also a great novelist.100.In which poem are the sterility and chaos of the contemporary world after 1st World War expressed?A.Ode to the West WindB. The Solitary ReapermiaD. 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英国文学选读练习题含答案
英国文学选读练习题含答案Exercise for English Literature (2)Choose the best answer for each blank.1.________, the “father of English poetry” and one of the greatest narrative poets of England, was born inLondon about 1340.A.Geoffrey ChaucerB. Sir GawainC.Francis BaconD. John Dryden2.Chaucer died on the 25th October 1400, and was buried in ________.A.FlandersB. FranceC.ItalyD. Westminster Abbey3.The progress in industry at home stimulated the commercial expansion abroad. ________ encouragedexploration and travel, which were compatible with the interest of the English merchants.A.Henry VB. Henry VIIC.Henry VIIID. Queen Elizabeth4.Except being a victory of England over ________, the rout of the fleet “Armada” (Invincible) was also thetriumph of the rising young bourgeoisie over the declining old feudalism.A.SpainB. FranceC.AmericaD. Norway5.At the beginning of the 16th century the outstanding humanist ________ wrote his Utopia in which he gave a profound and truthful picture of the people’s suffering and put forward his ideal of a future happy society.A.Thomas MoreB. Thomas MarloweC.Francis BaconD. William Shakespear6.Absolute monarchy in England reached its summit during the reign of Queen ________.A.MaryB. ElizabethC.WilliamD. Victoria7.English Renaissance Period was an age of ________.A.prose and novelB. poetry and dramaC.essays and journalsD. ballads and songs8.From the following, choose the one which is not Francis Bacon’s work: ________.A.The Advancement of LearningB. The New InstrumentC.EssaysD. The New AtlanticsE.Venus and Adonis9.“Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?” This is thebeginning line of one of Shakespeare’s ________.A.songsB. plays/doc/4212843878.html,ediesD. sonnets10.The heroines of Shakespeare’s great comedies, ________ are the daughters of the Renaissance, whoseimages and stories will remain a legacy to readers and audiences of all time.A.PortiaB. RoselandC.ViolaD. Beatrice11.Choose the four great tragedies of Shakespeare from the following ________.A.HamletB. OthelloC.MacbethD. King LearE.Timon of Athens12.Which play is not a comedy? ________A.A Midsummer Night’s DreamB. The Merchant of VeniceC.Twelfth NightD. Romeo and JulietE.As You Like It13.“Denmark is a prison”. In which play does the h ero summarise his observation of his world into such a bitter sentence? ________A.Charles IB. OthelloC.Henry VIIID. Hamlet14.The works of ________ and the Authorised Version of the English Bible are the two great treasuries of theEnglish language.A.Geoffrey ChaucerB. Edmund SpenserC.William ShakespeareD. Ben Johnson15.In which play does the hero show his profound reverence for man through the sente nce: “What a piece ofwok is a man! How nobel in reason! How finite in faculty!” ________A.Romeo and JulietB. HamletC.OthelloD. The Merchant of Venice16.In 1649, ________ was beheaded. England became a commonwealth.A.James IB. James IIC.Charles ID. Charles II17.The revolution of 1688 meant three of the following things: ________.A.the supremacy of ParliamentB.the beginning of modern EnglandC.the triumph of the principal libertyD.the triumph of the principle of political libertyE.the Restoration of monarchy18.Who of the following were the important metaphysical poets? ________A.John DonneB. George HerbertC.John MiltonD. Richard Lovelace19.Which work was NOT written by John Milton? ________A.Paradise LostB. Paradise RegainedC.Samson AgonistesD. Volpone20.Paradise Lost is ________.A.John Milton’s masterpieceB.a great epic in 12 booksC.written in blank verseD.about the heroic revolt of Satan against God’s authority21.John Milton is ________.A.a great revolutionary poet of the 17th centuryB.an outstanding political pamphleteerC.a great stylistD.a great master of blank verse22.From the Old T estament, John Milton took his stories of Paradise Lost, i.e. ________.A.the creationB.the rebellion in Heaven of Satan and his fellow-angelsC.their defeat and expulsion from HeavenD.the creation of the death and of adam and EveE.the fallen angels in hell plotting against GodF.Satan’s temptation of EveG.the departure of Adam and Eve from Eden23.The finest thing in Paradise Lost is the description of hell, and ________ is often regarded as the real hero ofthe poem.A. GodB. SatanC. AdamD. Eve24.Who is the greatest of the Metaphysical school of poetry? ________A.John DonneB. George HerbertC.Andrew MarvellD. Henry Vaugham25.________ was a progressive intellectual movement throughout Western Europe in the 18th century.A.The RenaissanceB. The EnlightenmentC.The Religious ReformationD. The Chartist Movement26.The main literary stream of the 18th century was ________. What the writers described in their works weremainly social realities.A.naturalismB. romanticismC.classicismD. realismE.sentimentalism27.The eighteenth century was the golden age of the English ________. The novel of this period spoke the truthabout life with an uncompromising courage.A.dramaB. poetryC.essayD. novel28.In 1704, Jonathan Swift published two works together, ________ and ________, which made him well-known as a satirist.A.A Tale of a TubB. Bickerstaff AlmanacC.Gulliver’s TravelsD. A Modest Proposal29.“Proper words in proper places, makes the true definition of a style.” This sentence is said by ________, oneof the greatest masters of English prose.A.Alexander PopeB. Henry FieldingC.Daniel DefoeD. Jonathan Swift30.As a journalist, ________ had learned how to make his reporting vivid and credible by a skillful use ofcircumstantial detail. This power to make his characters alive and his stories credible is an inimitable gift.A.Joseph AddisonB. Daniel DefoeC.Samuel RicharsonD. Tobias Smollett31.Which of the following are NOT written by William Blake? ________A.Poetical SketchesB. Songs of InnocenceC.Songs of ExperienceD. Auld Lang SyneE.The Marriage of Heaven and HellF. ProphecisG.Visions of the Daughters of Albion and America, a Prophecy32.In the 18th century English literature, the representative poets of pre-romanticism were ________.A.William WordsworthB. William BlakeC.Robert BurnsD. Jonathan Swift33.The Romantic Age begab with the publication of The Lyrical Ballads which was written by ________.A.William WordsworthB. Samuel JohnsonC.Samuel Taylor ColeridgeD. Wordsworth and Coleridge34.The Romantic Age came to an end with the death of the last well-known romantic writer ________.A.Jane AustenB. Walter ScottC.Samuel Taylor ColeridgeD. William Wordsworth35.The glory of the Romantic Age lies in the poetry of ________.A.William WordsworthB. Samuel Taylor ColeridgeC.George Gordon ByronD. Percy Bysshe ShelleyE.John Keats36.The English Romantic Age produced two major novelists. They are ________.A.George Gordon Byron and Percy Bysshe ShelleyB.William Wordsworth and Samuel T aylor ColeridgeC.Walter Scott and Jane AustenD.Charles Lamb and William Hazlitt37.Which poets belong to the Active Romantic group? ________A.George Gordon ByronB. William WordsworthC.Percy Bysshe ShelleyD. John KeatsE.John Milton38.Which poets belong to the Lakers? ________A.William WordsworthB. Samuel Taylor ColeridgeC.John KeatsD. Robert SoutheyE.Walter Scott39.Which of the folloeing were written by Wordsworth ONLY? ________A.To the CuckooB. The Lyrical BalladsC.Lucy PoemsD. The Solitary ReaperE.I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud40.The publication of ________ marked the break with the conventional poetical tradition of the 18th century,i.e., with classicism, and the beginning of the Romanticrevival in England.A.The Lyrical BalladsB. The PreludeC.Childe Harold’s PilgrimageD. Don Juan41.As contrasted with the classicists who made reason, order and the old, classical traditions the criteria in theirpoetical creations, ________ based his own poetical principle on the premise that “all good poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerf ul feeling.”A.Samuel Taylor ColeridgeB. George Gordon ByronC.Percy Bysshe ShelleyD. William Wordsworth42.________ was the first critic of the Romantic School.A.William WordworthB. Samuel JohnsonC.Samuel Taylor ColeridgeD. Wordworth and Coleridge43.Which of the following statements is (are) NOT true about George Gordon Byron? ________A.Byron’s early years had been far from happy for he was born with a clubfoot, in the frequent family scenes his mother called him “you lame brat.”B.Byron died in Italy annd was deeply mourned by the Italian people and by all progressive people throughoutthe world.C.The reactionary criticism of the 19th century tried to belittle Byron’s genius and his role in the development of English literature, but Byron remains one of the most popularEnglish poets both at home and abroad.D.Since the May 4 Movement in 1919, more and more of Byron’s poems have been translated into Chinese and well received by the poets and young readers. Byron has now become one of the best-known English poets in our country.44.In 1805, Wordsworth completed a long autobiographical poem entitled ________.A.Biographia literariaB. The PreludeC.Lucy PoemsD. The Lyrical Ballads45.________ is regarded as the most wonderful lyricist England has ever produced mainly for his poems onnature, on love, and on politics.A.William WordsworthB. John KeatsC.George Gordon ByronD. Percy Bysshe Shelley46.Which of the following statements is (are) NOT true about Percy Bysshe Shelley? ________A.Prometheus Unbound is Percy By sshe Shelley’s masterpiece, a long epic poem.B.At Eton Percy Bysshe Shelley was known as “Mad Shelley”, for his obstinate opposition to the brutal fagging system, according to which the younger school-boys were obliged to obey the older boys and bear a great deal of cruel treatment.C.George Gordon Byron alled Percy Bysshe Shelley “the best and least selfish man I ever knew.”D.Percy Bysshe Shelley loved the people and hated theiroppressors and exploiters.47.________’s pursuit of beauty in all things bespoke an a spiration after a better life than the sordid realityunder capitalism. His leading principle is: “Beauty is truth, truth beauty.”A.Percy Bysshe ShelleyB. George Gordon ByronC.William WordsworthD. John Keats48.Choose the four immortal odes written by John Keats. ________A.Ode to the West WindB. Ode to a NightingaleC.To AutumnD. Ode on MelancholyE.Ode on a Grecian Urn49.Choose the works written by Jane Austen. ________A.Pride and PrejudiceB. Sense and SensibilityC.Northanger Abbey C. EmmaE.Mansfield ParkF. Persuasion50.In the 19th century English literature, a new literary trend called ________ appeared. And it flourished in theforties and in the early fifties.A.romanticismB. naturalismC.realismD. critical realism51.English critical realism found its expression chiefly in theform of ________. The critical realists, most ofwho were novelists, described with vividness and artistic skill the chief traits of the English society and criticised the capitalist system from a democratic viewpoint.A.novelB. dramaC.poetryD. essay52.The greatest English critical realist novelist was ________, who criticised the bourgeois civilisation andshowed the misery of the common people.A.William Makepeace ThackerayB. Charles DickensC.Charlotte BronteD. Emily Bronte53.Which of the following writers belong to critical realists? ________A.Charles DickensB. Charlotte BronteC. Emily BronteD. Thomas Hardy54.________ wrote a number of little sketches of “cockney characters”. He signed them “Boz”, which was hisnickname for his young brother. His first book, Sketches by Boz appeared in 1836.A.Elizabeth GaskellB. William M. ThackerayC.Charles DickensD. Jane Austen55.________ has been called “the supreme epic of English life.”B. David CopperfieldC.Pickwick PapersD. Oliver Twist56.The theme underlying ________ is the idea “Where there is oppression, there is revolution”.A.A Tale of Two CitiesB. David CopperfieldC.Pickwick PapersD. Oliver Twist57.In the Victorian Age, poetry was not a major art intended to change the world. The main poets of the agewere ________.A.Alfred TennysonB. Robert BrowningC.Mrs. BrowningD. Robert BurnsE.William Blake58.The ________ Movement appeared in the thirties of the 19th century. It showed the English workers wereable to appear as an independent political force and were already realising the fact that the industrial bourgeoisie was their principal enemy.A.EnlightenmentB. RenaissanceC.ChartistD. Romanticist59.Which novel is a great satire upon the society and those people who dream to enter the higher societyregardless of the social reality? ________B. David CopperfieldC.Great ExpectationD. Dombey and Son60.Charles Dickens takes the French Revolution as the background of the novel ________.A.A Tale of Two CitiesB. Great ExpectationC.Hard TimesD. David Copperfield61.________ is often regarded as the semi-autobiography of the author Dickens in which the early life of thehero is largely based on the author’s early life.A.Tom JonesB. David CopperfieldC.Oliver TwistD. Great Expectation62.The Bronte sisters are ________. They were all talented writers and all of them died young.A.Charlotte BronteB. Emily BronteC.Anne BronteD. Jane AustenE.Catherine63.Charlotte Bronte produced four novels: ________.A.ProfessorB. Jane EyreC.ShirleyD. VilletteE.Agnes Grey64.Emily Bronte wrote only one novel entitled ________.A.Wuthering HeightsB. Jane EyreC.EmmaD. Agnes Grey65.Choose the names appear in the novel Jane Eyre. ________A.Jane EyreB. Mr. RochesterC.Mary BartonD. Silas Marner66.Which characters appear in the novel Wuthering Heights? ________A.HeathcliffB. CatherineC.HindleyD. CathyE.Hareton67.In the novel Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte ________.A.pours a great deal of her own experienceB.criticises the bourgeois system of educationC.shows that true love is the foundation of marriageD.shows that women should have equal rights with men68.Women novelists began to appear in England during the second half of the ________ century.A.17thB. 18thC.19thD. 20th69.Anne Bronte also wrote two novels ________ and ________.A.ShirleyB. VilletteC.The Tenant of the Wildfell HallD. Agnes Grey70.Which of the following statements are true about Jane Eyre? ________A.One of the central themes of the book is the criticism of the bourgeois system of education.B.Another problem raised in the novel is the position of women in society.C.This book is Charlottel Bronte’s best literary production.D.In this book, the author attacked the greed, petty tyranny and lack of culture among the bourgeoisie andsympathised with the sufferings of the poor people. Her realism was coloured by petty-bourgeois philanthropy.71.Most of Robert Browning’s important works, including________, are written in the form of dramatic monologue.A.Dramatic LyricsB. Dramatic RomancesC. Men and WomenD. dramatics Personae72.Thomas Hardy is one of the representatives of English ________ at the turn of the 19th century.A.critical realismB. pre-romanticismC.neo-classicismD. new romanticism73.Which statement is true? ________A.Thomas Hardy is a famous novelist.B.Thomas Hardy is also a poet.C.Thomas Hardy is a critical realist.D.Fatalism is strongly reflected in Thomas Hardy’ novels.74.Accordi ng to Thomas Hardy’s o wn classification, his novels divided themselves into three groups. They are ________.A.Novels of character and environmentB.Romances and FantasiesC.Novels of IngenuityD.Working class literature75.Novels of character and environment are also called Wessex novels, taking the southwest counties ofEngland for their setting. They include: ________.A.Under the Greenwood TreeB. The Return of the NativeC.The Mayor of CasterbridgeD. Tess of the D’UrbervillesE.Jude the Obscure76.The following state men ts are about Thomas Hardy’s novels, which are true? ________A.His Wessex novels are of great significance.B.The Southwest counties of England are the setting of his Wessex novels.C.There is pessimism in his novels.D.Mankind is subjected to hostile and mysterious fate.E.There are elements of naturalism in his works.77.Oscar Wilde is one of the important dramatists in the 19th century. In his comedies, he criticises the upperclass of the English bourgeois society. His best comedies are ________./doc/4212843878.html,dy Windermere’sFanB.A Woman of No ImportanceC.An Ideal HusbandD.The Importance of Being EarnestE.The Picture of Dorian Gray78.Oscar Wilde was the representative among the writers of ________.A.aestheticismB. decadenceC.critical realismD. pre-romanticism79.Alfred Tennys on’s poetic output was vast and varied. His main poems are ________.A.The PrincessB. MaudC.In MemoriamD. Idylls of the KingE.Crossing the Bar80.Which of the following short poems was/were written by Alfred Tennyson? ________A.Break, Break, BreakB. Crossing the BarC.The EagleD. Sweet and LowE.Tears, Idle Tears81.Which lament was written by Alfred Tennyson for the death of his friend Hallam? ________A.In MemoriamB. LycidasC.AdodaisD. Elegy written in a Country Churchyard82.My Last Duchess is ________.A.a dramatic monologueB. a short lyricC.a novelD. an essay83.________ are generally regarded as Joseph Conrad’s finest novels.A.Lord JimB. NostromoC.YouthD. The Old Wives’ Tale84.Who is regarded as a forerunner of the “stream of consciousness” literature in the 20th century?A.John GalsworthyB. Henry JamesC.Thomas Stearns EliotD. James Joyce85.George Bernard Shaw’s essay ________, a commentary on Henrik Ibsen’s dramatic works, ser ved also as theauthor’s own program of dramatic cr eation.A.Widower’s HousesB. Mrs. Warren’s ProfessionC.Major BarbaraD. The Quintessence of Ibsenism86.In English literature, ________ and ________ are the two best-known novelists of the “stream ofco nsciousness” school.A.David Herbert LawrenceB. Robert TressellC.James JoyceD. Virginia Woolf87.________’s admirers have praised him as “second only to Shakespeare in his mastery of English language.”A.D.H. LawrenceB. T.S. EliotC.James JoyceD. W.B. Yeats88.________ is the climax of Virginia Woolf’s experiments in novel form.A.The WindowB. Time PassesC.To the LighthouseD. The Waves89.Which of the following novels belong(s) to the “stream of consciousness” school of novel writing?A.UlyssesB. Finnegans WakeC.To the LighthouseD. The Waves90.________ was written by James Joyce.A.The Portrait of an Artist as a Young ManB.Portrait of a LadyC.The Picture of Dorian GrayD.To the Lighthouse91. D.H. Lawrence’s representative work ________ was positively taken as a typical example and livelymanifestation of the Oedipus Complex in fiction, as the result of Lawrence’s long-range study of the psychologic theories of Sigmund Freud.A.Sons and LoversB. The RainbowC. Lady Chatterley’s LoverD. Women in Love92.Which of the characters are in the novel Sons and Lovers?A.Mrs. MorelB. PaulC. MiriamD. Clara93.Which of the following writers were from Ireland?A.George Bernard ShawB. Jonathan SwiftC.James Joyce Oscar WildeE.W.B. Yeats94.Which of the following play(s) was/were NOT written by George Bernard Shaw?A.Mrs. Warren’s ProfessionB. Widower’s HousesC.Major BarbaraD. PygmalionE.The Man of Property95.Which of the following plays deals with the story that a linguist trains a flower girl to speak the so-calledhigh-civilised English?A.Major BarbaraB. PygmalionC.Mrs. Warren’s ProfessionD. Man and Superman96.In 1923, ________ was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature.A.William Butler YeatsB. Samuel ButlerC.Thomas Stearns EliotD. 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Exercise for English Literature (2)Choose the best answer for each blank.1.________, the “father of English poetry” and one of the greatest narrative poets of England, was born inLondon about 1340.C.Geoffre.Chaucer B.Si.Gawain2.Franci.Bacon D.Joh.Dryden3.Chaucer died on the 25th October 1400, and was buried in ________.C.Flanders B.France3.Italy D.Westminste.Abbeymercia.expansio.abroad._______.encourage.exploratio.an.travel.wpatibl.wit.th.interes.o.th.Englis.merchants.C.Henr.V B.Henr.VII4.Henr.VIII D.Quee.Elizabeth5.Except being a victory of England over ________, the rout of the fleet “Armada” (Invincible) was also thetriumph of the rising young bourgeoisie over the declining old feudalism.C.Spain B.France5.America D.Norway6.At the beginning of the 16th century the outstanding humanist ________ wrote his Utopia in which he gave aprofound and truthful picture of the people’s suffering and put forward his ideal of a future happ y society.C.Thoma.More B.Thoma.Marlowe6.Franci.Bacon D.Willia.Shakespear7.Absolute monarchy in England reached its summit during the reign of Queen ________.C.Mary B.Elizabeth7.William D.Victoria8.English Renaissance Period was an age of ________.C.pros.an.novel B.poetr.an.drama8.essay.an.journals D.ballad.an.songs9.From the following, choose the one which is not Francis Bacon’s work: ________.C.Th.Advancemen.o.Learning B.Th.Ne.InstrumentE.Essays D.Th.Ne.AtlanticsF.Venus and Adonis9.“Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?” This is the beginning line of one of Shakespeare’s ________.C.songs B.playsedies D.sonnets11.The heroines of Shakespeare’s great comedies, ________ are the daughters of the Renaissance, whoseimages and stories will remain a legacy to readers and audiences of all time.C.Portia B.Roseland11.Viola D.Beatrice12.Choose the four great tragedies of Shakespeare from the following ________.C.Hamlet B.OthelloE.Macbeth D.Kin.LearF.Timon of Athens12.Which play is not a comedy? ________C..Midsumme.Night’.Dream B.Th.Merchan.o.VeniceE.Twelft.Night D.Rome.an.JulietF.As You Like ItA.“Denmar.i..prison”.I.whic.pla.doe.th.her.summaris.hi.observatio.o.hi.worl.int.suc..bitte.sentence.________C.Charle.I B.Othello14.Henr.VIII D.Hamlet15.The works of ________ and the Authorised Version of the English Bible are the two great treasuries of theEnglish language.C.Geoffre.Chaucer B.Edmun.Spenser15.Willia.Shakespeare D.Be.Johnson16.In which play does the hero show his prof ound reverence for man through the sentence: “What a piece ofwok is a man! How nobel in reason! How finite in faculty!” ________C.Rome.an.Juliet B.Hamlet16.Othello D.Th.Merchan.o.VeniceA.I.1649._______monwealth.C.Jame.I B.Jame.II17.Charle.I D.Charle.II18.The revolution of 1688 meant three of the following things: ________.A.the supremacy of ParliamentB.the beginning of modern EnglandC.the triumph of the principal libertyD.the triumph of the principle of political libertyE.the Restoration of monarchy18.Who of the following were the important metaphysical poets? ________C.Joh.Donne B.Georg.Herbertton D.Richar.Lovelace20.Which work was NOT written by John Milton? ________C.Paradis.Lost B.Paradis.Regained20.Samso.Agonistes D.Volpone21.Paradise Lost is ________.A.John Milton’s masterpieceB.a great epic in 12 booksC.written in blank verseD.about the heroic revolt of Satan against God’s authority21.John Milton is ________.A.a great revolutionary poet of the 17th centuryB.an outstanding political pamphleteerC.a great stylistD.a great master of blank verseto.too.hi.storie.o.Paradis.Lost.i.e.________.B.the creationC.the rebellion in Heaven of Satan and his fellow-angelsD.their defeat and expulsion from HeavenE.the creation of the death and of adam and EveF.the fallen angels in hell plotting against GodG.Satan’s temptation of EveH.the departure of Adam and Eve from Eden23.The finest thing in Paradise Lost is the description of hell, and ________ is often regarded as the real hero ofthe poem.A.GodB.Satan24. C.Adam D.Eve25.Who is the greatest of the Metaphysical school of poetry? ________C.Joh.Donne B.Georg.Herbert25.Andre.Marvell D.Henr.Vaugham26.________ was a progressive intellectual movement throughout Western Europe in the 18th century.C.Th.Renaissance B.Th.Enlightenment26.Th.Religiou.Reformation D.Th.Chartis.MovementA.Th.mai.literar.strea.o.th.18t.centur.wa.________.Wha.th.writer.describe.i.thei.work.wer.mainl.socia.realities.C.naturalism B.romanticismE.classicism D.realismF.sentimentalismA.Th.eighteent.centur.wa.th.golde.ag.o.th.Englis.________.Th.nove.o.thi.perio.spok.th.trut.abou.lif.wit.a.uncompromisin.courage.C.drama B.poetry28.essay D.novel29.In 1704, Jonathan Swift published two works together, ________ and ________, which made him well-known as a satirist.C..Tal.o..Tub B.Bickerstaf.Almanac29.Gulliver’.Travels D..Modes.Proposal30.“Proper words in proper places, makes the true definition of a style.” This sentence is said by ________, oneof the greatest masters of English prose.C.Alexande.Pope B.Henr.Fielding30.Danie.Defoe D.Jonatha.SwiftA.A..journalist._______.o.circumstantia.detail.Thi.powe.t.mak.hi.character.aliv.an.hi.storie.credibl.i.a.inimitabl.gift.C.Josep.Addison B.Danie.Defoe31.Samue.Richarson D.Tobia.Smollett32.Which of the following are NOT written by William Blake? ________C.Poetica.Sketches B.Song.o.InnocenceE.Song.o.Experience n.SyneG.Th.Marriag.o.Heave.an.Hell F.ProphecisH.Visions of the Daughters of Albion and America, a Prophecy32.In the 18th century English literature, the representative poets of pre-romanticism were ________.C.Willia.Wordsworth B.Willia.Blake33.Rober.Burns D.Jonatha.Swift34.The Romantic Age begab with the publication of The Lyrical Ballads which was written by ________.C.Willia.Wordsworth B.Samue.Johnson34.Samue.Taylo.Coleridge D.Wordswort.an.Coleridge35.The Romantic Age came to an end with the death of the last well-known romantic writer ________.C.Jan.Austen B.Walte.Scott35.Samue.Taylo.Coleridge D.Willia.Wordsworth36.The glory of the Romantic Age lies in the poetry of ________.C.Willia.Wordsworth B.Samue.Taylo.ColeridgeE.Georg.Gordo.Byron D.Perc.Byssh.ShelleyF.John KeatsA.Th.Englis.Romanti.Ag.produce.tw.majo.novelists.The.ar.________.B.George Gordon Byron and Percy Bysshe ShelleyC.William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor ColeridgeD.Walter Scott and Jane AustenE.Charles Lamb and William Hazlitt37.Which poets belong to the Active Romantic group? ________C.Georg.Gordo.Byron B.Willia.WordsworthE.Perc.Byssh.Shelley D.Joh.KeatsF.John Milton38.Which poets belong to the Lakers? ________C.Willia.Wordsworth B.Samue.Taylo.ColeridgeE.Joh.Keats D.Rober.SoutheyF.Walter Scott39.Which of the folloeing were written by Wordsworth ONLY? ________C.T.th.Cuckoo B.Th.Lyrica.BalladsE.Luc.Poems D.Th.Solitar.ReaperF.I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud40.The publication of ________ marked the break with the conventional poetical tradition of the 18th century,i.e., with classicism, and the beginning of the Romantic revival in England.C.Th.Lyrica.Ballads B.Th.Prelude41.Child.Harold’.Pilgrimage D.Do.Juan42.As contrasted with the classicists who made reason, order and the old, classical traditions the criteria in theirpoetical creations, ________ based his own poetical principle on the premise that “all good poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feeling.”C.Samue.Taylo.Coleridge B.Georg.Gordo.Byron42.Perc.Byssh.Shelley D.Willia.Wordsworth43.________ was the first critic of the Romantic School.C.Willia.Wordworth B.Samue.Johnson43.Samue.Taylo.Coleridge D.Wordwort.an.Coleridge44.Which of the following statements is (are) NOT true about George Gordon Byron? ________A.Byron’s early years had been far from happy for he was born with a clubfoot, in the frequent family scenes hismother called him “you lame brat.”B.Byron died in Italy annd was deeply mourned by the Italian people and by all progressive people throughoutthe world.C.The reactionary criticism of the 19th ce ntury tried to belittle Byron’s genius and his role in the development ofEnglish literature, but Byron remains one of the most popular English poets both at home and abroad.44.Sinc.th.Ma..Movemen.i.1919.mor.an.mor.o.Byron’.poem.hav.bee.translate.int.Chines.an.wel.receive.b.th.poet.an.youn.readers.Byro.ha.no.becom.on.o.th.best-know.Englis.poet.i.ou.country.45.In 1805, Wordsworth completed a long autobiographical poem entitled ________.C.Biographi.literaria B.Th.Prelude45.Luc.Poems D.Th.Lyrica.Ballads46.________ is regarded as the most wonderful lyricist England has ever produced mainly for his poems onnature, on love, and on politics.C.Willia.Wordsworth B.Joh.Keats46.Georg.Gordo.Byron D.Perc.Byssh.Shelley47.Which of the following statements is (are) NOT true about Percy Bysshe Shelley? ________A.Prometheus Unbound is Percy Bysshe Shelley’s masterpiece, a long epic poem.B.At Eton Percy Bysshe Shelley was known as “Mad Shelley”, for his obstinate opposition to the brutal faggingsystem, according to which the younger school-boys were obliged to obey the older boys and bear a great deal of cruel treatment.C.George Gordon Byron alled Percy Bysshe Shelley “the best and least selfish man I ever knew.”D.Percy Bysshe Shelley loved the people and hated their oppressors and exploiters.A.________’.pursui.o.beaut.i.al.thing.bespok.a.aspiratio.afte..bette.lif.tha.th.sordi.realit.unde.capitalism.Hi.leadin.principl.is.“Beaut.i.truth.trut.beauty.”C.Perc.Byssh.Shelley B.Georg.Gordo.Byron48.Willia.Wordsworth D.Joh.KeatsA.Choos.th.fou.immorta.ode.writte.b.Joh.Keats.________C.Od.t.th.Wes.Wind B.Od.t..NightingaleE.T.Autumn D.Od.o.MelancholyF.Ode on a Grecian UrnA.Choos.th.work.writte.b.Jan.Austen.________C.Prid.an.Prejudice B.Sens.an.SensibilityE.Northange.Abbey C.Emma50.Mansfiel.Park F.PersuasionA.I.th.19t.centur.Englis.literature..ne.literar.tren.calle._______.appeared.An.i.flourishe.i.th.fortie.an.i.th.earl.fifties.C.romanticism B.naturalism51.realism D.critica.realismA.Englis.critica.realis.foun.it.expressio.chiefl.i.th.for.o.________.Th.critica.realists.mos.o.wh.wer.novelists.describe.wit.vividnes.an.artisti.skil.th.chie.trait.o.th.Englis.societ.an.criticise.th.capitalis.syste.fro..democrati.viewpo int.C.novel B.drama52.poetry D.essay53.The greatest English critical realist novelist was ________, who criticised the bourgeois civilisation andshowed the misery of the common people.C.Willia.Makepeac.Thackeray B.Charle.Dickens53.Charlott.Bronte D.Emil.Bronte54.Which of the following writers belong to critical realists? ________Charle.Dickens B.Charlott.Bronte54. C.Emil.Bronte D.Thoma.HardyA._______.wrot..numbe.o.littl.sketche.o.“cockne.characters”.H.signe.the.“Boz”.whic.wa.hi.nicknam.fo.hi.youn.brother.Hi.firs.book.Sketche.b.Bo.appeare.i.1836.C.Elizabet.Gaskell B.Willia.M.Thackeray55.Charle.Dickens D.Jan.Austen56.________ has been called “the supreme epic of English life.”C..Tal.o.Tw.Cities B.Davi.Copperfield56.Pickwic.Papers D.Olive.Twist57.The theme underlying ________ is the idea “Where there is oppression, there is revolution”.C..Tal.o.Tw.Cities B.Davi.Copperfield57.Pickwic.Papers D.Olive.TwistA.I.th.Victoria.Age.poetr.wa.no..majo.ar.intende.t.chang.th.world.Th.mai.poet.o.th.ag.wer.________.C.Alfre.Tennyson B.Rober.BrowningE.Mrs.Browning D.Rober.BurnsF.William BlakeA.Th._______.Movemen.appeare.i.th.thirtie.o.th.19t.century.I.showe.th.Englis.worker.wer.abl.t.appea.a.a.independen.politica.forc.an.wer.alread.realisin.th.fac.tha.th.industria.bourgeoisi.wa.thei.principa.enemy.C.Enlightenment B.Renaissance59.Chartist D.Romanticist60.Which novel is a great satire upon the society and those people who dream to enter the higher societyregardless of the social reality? ________C..Tal.o.Tw.Cities B.Davi.Copperfield60.Grea.Expectation D.Dombe.an.Son61.Charles Dickens takes the French Revolution as the background of the novel ________.C..Tal.o.Tw.Cities B.Grea.Expectation61.Har.Times D.Davi.Copperfield62.________ is often regarded as the semi-autobiography of the author Dickens in which the early life of thehe ro is largely based on the author’s early life.C.To.Jones B.Davi.Copperfield62.Olive.Twist D.Grea.ExpectationA.Th.Bront.sister.ar.________.The.wer.al.talente.writer.an.al.o.the.die.young.C.Charlott.Bronte B.Emil.BronteE.Ann.Bronte D.Jan.AustenF.Catherine63.Charlotte Bronte produced four novels: ________.C.Professor B.Jan.EyreE.Shirley D.VilletteF.Agnes Grey64.Emily Bronte wrote only one novel entitled ________.C.Wutherin.Heights B.Jan.Eyre65.Emma D.Agne.Grey.appea.i.th.nove.Jan.Eyre.________C.Jan.Eyre B.Mr.Rochester66.Mar.Barton D.Sila.Marner67.Which characters appear in the novel Wuthering Heights? ________C.Heathcliff B.CatherineE.Hindley D.CathyF.Hareton67.In the novel Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte ________.A.pours a great deal of her own experienceB.criticises the bourgeois system of educationC.shows that true love is the foundation of marriageD.shows that women should have equal rights with men68.Women novelists began to appear in England during the second half of the ________ century.C.17th B.18th69.19th D.20th70.Anne Bronte also wrote two novels ________ and ________.C.Shirley B.Villette70.Th.Tenan.o.th.Wildfel.Hall D.Agne.Grey71.Which of the following statements are true about Jane Eyre? ________A.One of the central themes of the book is the criticism of the bourgeois system of education.B.Another problem raised in the novel is the position of women in society.C.This book is Charlottel Bronte’s best literary production.c.o.cultur.amon.th.bourgeoisi.an.sympathise.wit.th.suffering.o.th.poo.people.He.realis.wa.coloure.b.petty-bourgeoi.philanthropy.72.Most of Robert Browning’s important works, including ________, are written in the form of dramaticmonologue.Dramati.Lyrics B.Dramati.Romances72. C.Me.an.Women D.dramatic.Personae73.Thomas Hardy is one of the representatives of English ________ at the turn of the 19th century.C.critica.realism B.pre-romanticism73.neo-classicism D.ne.romanticism74.Which statement is true? ________A.Thomas Hardy is a famous novelist.B.Thomas Hardy is also a poet.C.Thomas Hardy is a critical realist.D.Fatalism is strongly reflected in Thomas Hardy’ novels.A.Accordin.t.Thoma.Hardy’.ow.classification.hi.novel.divide.themselve.int.thre.groups.The.ar.________.B.Novels of character and environmentC.Romances and FantasiesD.Novels of IngenuityE.Working class literatureA.Novel.o.characte.an.environmen.ar.als.calle.Wesse.novels.takin.th.southwes.countie.o.Englan.fo.thei.setting.The.include.________.C.Unde.th.Greenwoo.Tree B.Th.Retur.o.th.NativeE.Th.Mayo.o.Casterbridge D.Tes.o.th.D’UrbervillesF.Jude the Obscure76.The following statements are about Thomas Hardy’s novels, which are true? ________A.His Wessex novels are of great significance.B.The Southwest counties of England are the setting of his Wessex novels.C.There is pessimism in his novels.D.Mankind is subjected to hostile and mysterious fate.E.There are elements of naturalism in his works.edies.h.criticise.th.uppe.clas.o.th.Englis.bourgeedie.ar.________.dy Windermere’s FanC.A Woman of No ImportanceD.An Ideal HusbandE.The Importance of Being EarnestF.The Picture of Dorian Gray78.Oscar Wilde was the representative among the writers of ________.C.aestheticism B.decadence79.critica.realism D.pre-romanticismA.Alfre.Tennyson’.poeti.outpu.wa.vas.an.varied.Hi.mai.poem.ar.________.C.Th.Princess B.MaudE.I.Memoriam D.Idyll.o.th.KingF.Crossing the Bar80.Which of the following short poems was/were written by Alfred Tennyson? ________C.Break.Break.Break B.Crossin.th.BarE.Th.Eagle D.Swee.an.LowF.Tears, Idle Tears81.Which lament was written by Alfred Tennyson for the death of his friend Hallam? ________C.I.Memoriam B.Lycidas82.Adodais D.Eleg.writte.i..Countr.Churchyard83.My Last Duchess is ________.C..dramati.monologue B..shor.lyric83..novel D.a.essay84.________ are generally regarded as Joseph Conrad’s finest novels.C.Lor.Jim B.Nostromo84.Youth D.Th.Ol.Wives.Tale85.Who is regar ded as a forerunner of the “stream of consciousness” literature in the 20th century?C.Joh.Galsworthy B.Henr.James85.Thoma.Stearn.Eliot D.Jame.Joyce86.George Bernard Shaw’s essay ________, a commentary on Henrik Ibsen’s dramatic works, served also as theauthor’s own program of dramatic creation.C.Widower’.Houses B.Mrs.Warren’.Profession86.Majo.Barbara D.Th.Quintessenc.o.Ibsenism87.In English literature, ________ and ________ are the two best-known novelists of the “stream ofconsciousness” school.wrence B.Rober.Tressell87.Jame.Joyce D.Virgini.Woolf88.________’s admirers have praised him as “second only to Shakespeare in his mastery of English language.”wrence B.T.S.Eliot88.Jame.Joyce D.W.B.Yeats89.________ is the climax of Vir ginia Woolf’s experiments in novel form.C.Th.Window B.Tim.Passes89.T.th.Lighthouse D.Th.Waves90.Which of the following novels belong(s) to the “stream of consciousness” school of novel writing?C.Ulysses B.Finnegan.Wake90.T.th.Lighthouse D.Th.Waves91.________ was written by James Joyce.A.The Portrait of an Artist as a Young ManB.Portrait of a LadyC.The Picture of Dorian GrayD.To the Lighthousewrence’.representativ.wor._______.wa.positivel.take.a..typica.exampl.an.livel.manifestatio.o.th.Oediwrence’.long-rang.stud.o.th.psychologi.theorie.o.Sigmun.Freud.Son.an.Lovers B.Th.Rainbow92. d.Chatterley’.Lover D.Wome.i.Love93.Which of the characters are in the novel Sons and Lovers?93.Mrs.Morel B.Pau.. C.Miriam D.Clara94.Which of the following writers were from Ireland?C.Georg.Bernar.Shaw B.Jonatha.SwiftCI.James Joyce Oscar Wilde94.W.B.Yeats95.Which of the following play(s) was/were NOT written by George Bernard Shaw?C.Mrs.Warren’.Profession B.Widower’.HousesE.Majo.Barbara D.PygmalionF.The Man of Property95.Which of the following plays deals with the story that a linguist trains a flower girl to speak the so-calledhigh-civilised English?C.Majo.Barbara B.Pygmalion96.Mrs.Warren’.Profession D.Ma.an.Superman97.In 1923, ________ was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature.C.Willia.Butle.Yeats B.Samue.Butler97.Thoma.Stearn.Eliot wrence98.William Butler Yeats was _______.98. a.Iris.poe. B..dramatis..C..criti.. D..senato.i.th.Iris.Fre.Stat.i.192199.Thomas Stearns Eliot defined his belief as ________.C.classicis.i.literature B.royalis.i.politics99.Anglo-Catholi.i.religion D.al.o.th.above100.Which of the following statement is NOT true?A.Thomas Stearns Eliot was born in America.B.Thomas Stearns Eliot became a British subject in 1927.C.Thomas Stearns Eliot was educated in Harvard University and Oxford University.D.Thomas Stearns Eliot was a poet, a critic and a playwright.E.Thomas Stearns Eliot was also a great novelist.100.In which poem are the sterility and chaos of the contemporary world after 1st World War expressed?C.Od.t.th.Wes.Wind B.Th.Solitar.ReaperLamia ndKeys:1-5: A, D, D, A, A 6-10: B, B, D, D, ABCD11-15:ABCD, D, D, C, B 16-20: C, ABC, AB, D, ABCD21-25: ABCD, ABCDEFG, B, A, B 26-30: D, D, AD, D, B31-35: D, BC, D, B, ABCDE 36-40: C, ACD, ABD, ACDE, A41-45: D, C, B, B, D 46-50: A, D, BCDE, ABCDEF, D51-55: A, B, ABCD, C, C 56-60: A, ABC, C, C, A61-65: B, ABC, ABCD, A, AB 66-70: ABCDE, ABCD, C, CD, ABCD71-75: ABCD, A, ABCD, ABC, ABCDE76-80: ABCDE, ABCD, AB, ABCED, ABCDE81-85.A.A.AB.B.D 86-90.CD.C.D.ABCD.A91-95: A, ABCE, ABCDE, E, B 96-100: A, ABCD, D, E, D。
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南通大学2009-2010学年第一学期英国文学作品选读(闭卷)试卷(A)第 1 页共 4 页南通大学2009-2010学年第一学期英国文学作品选读(闭卷)试卷(A)第 2 页共 4 页A. Far from the Madding CrowdB. The Return of the NativeC. Tess of the D’UrbervillesD. Jude the Obscure18. Charlotte Bronte produced four novels. Which of the following works does not belong to her?___________.A. ProfessorB. ShirleyC. Jane EyreD. Wuthering Heights19. Robert Browning distinguished himself in ______.A. lyricsB. dramatic monologuesC. sonnetsD. odes20. Oscar Wilde was the author of the following works except ________.A. The Picture of Dorian GrayB. SaloméC. Lady Windermere’s FanD. My Fair Lady21. In Mrs. Dalloway, Virginia Woolf adopted a writing technique called__________, in which the whole story was presented with the interior monologues of the characters.A. stream-of-consciousnessB. ExpressionismC. SymbolismD. Naturalism22. ___is considered to be the best-known English dramatist since Shakespeare, and his representative works are plays inspired by social criticism.A.Richard SheridanB.Oliver GoldsmithC.Oscar WildeD.Bernard Shaw23. Joyce‟s short story “Araby” is charac terized by the following except ________.A. realistic descriptionB. symbolic detailsC. epiphanyD. excitement of the plot24. In “The Rocking-Horse Winner”, Paul‟s mother defines luck as ________.A. moneyB. the thing that causes one to have moneyC. to be born richD. to be healthy25. Lord of the Flies represents _____.A. the civilizationB. the orderC. the intelligenceD. the dark side of human nature26. Forster's book on literary criticism is ______.A. Where Angels Fear to TreadB. A Room with a ViewC. A Passage to IndiaD. Aspects of the Novel27. Among the following works written by Graham Swift, which is a collection of short stories?A. The sweet Shop OwnerB. Out of This WorldC. Last OrdersD. Learning to Swim28. “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”. Here “the unconquerable will” refers to the will of ________.A. ZeusB. SatanC. GodD. Adam29. Paradise Lost is_______.A. John Milton‟s masterpiece.B. a great epic in 12 booksC. about the heroic revolt of Satan against God‟s authorityD. all of the above30. The most successful novel of A. S. Byatt is ______.A. The GameB. Babel TowerC. Possession: A RomanceD. Shadow of the SunPart ⅡIdentification (总分20分,每小题1分)There are 20 selections in this part. Choose A, B,C or D on your Answer Sheet.1. It will be no use to us, if twenty such should come, since you will not visit them.A. Hamlet‟s SoliloquyB. Pride and PrejudiceC. Death, be not proudD. Jane Eyre2. He that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune; for they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief.A. Sonnet 18B. of Marriage and Single LifeC. Of StudiesD. Death, be not proud3. Till a‟the seas gang dry, my dear, /And the rocks melt wi‟the sun,/O, I will luve thee南通大学2009-2010学年第一学期英国文学作品选读(闭卷)试卷(A)第 3 页共 4 页still, my dear,/While the sands o‟life shall run.A. The LambB. Death, be not proudC. A Red, Red RoseD. Of Studies4. In what distant deeps or skies / Burnt the fire of thine eyes? / On what wings dare he aspire? / What the hand dare seize the fire? / And what shoulder, & what art, / Could twist the sinews of thy heart?A. Sonnet 18B. A Red, Red RoseC. Death, be not proudD. The Tyger5. My master told me there were some qualities remarkable in the Yahoos, which he had not observed me to mention, or at least very slightly, in the accounts I had given of humankind.A. Robinson CrusoeB. Gulliver‟s TravelsC. Death, be not proudD. Of Studies6. One shade the more, one ray the less,/ Had half impair‟d the nameless grace/ Which waves in every raven tress,/ Or softly lightens o‟er her face;A. Sonnet 18B. She walks in BeautyC. Death, be not proudD. Ode to the West Wind7. The waves beside them danced; but they / Out-did the sparkling waves in glee: / A poet could not but be gay, / In such a jocund company: / I gazed---and gazed---but little thought / What wealth the show to me had brought:A. Sonnet 18B. The Canterbury TalesC. I Wandered Lonely as a CloudD. Of Studies8. They perfect nature, and are perfected by experience: for natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning by study; and studies themselves do give forth directions too much at large, except they be bounded in by experience.A. Sonnet 18B. Of StudiesC. Death, be not proudD. A Red, Red Rose9.Thou art slave to fate, chance, kings, and desperate men,/ And dost with poison, war, and sickness dwell,/ And poppy or charms can make us sleep as well/ And better than thy stroke; why swell‟st thou then?A. Sonnet 18B. The FleaC.Holy Sonnet 10D. Of Studies10. I watched my master‟s face pass from amiability to sternness; he hoped I was not beginning to idle. I could not call my wandering thoughts together. I had hardly any patience with the serious work of life which, …seemed to me child‟s play, ugly monotonous child‟s play.A. Death, be not proudB. Lord of the FliesC. ArabyD.Jane Eyre11. “Look‟ee here, Pip.I‟m your second father. Y ou‟re my son - more to me nor any son. I‟ve put away money, only for you to spend. When I was a hired-out shepherd in a solitary hut, not seeing no faces but faces of sheep till I half forgot wot men‟s and women‟s faces wos like, I see yourn.”A.Lord of the FliesB. Great ExpectationsC.Wuthering HeightsD. Of Studies12. Oh, sir, she smiled, no doubt,/ Whene‟er I passed her; but who passed without/ Much the same smile? This grew; I gave commands;/ Then all smiles stopped together.A.My Last DuchessB. Great ExpectationsC. Death, be not proudD. Of Studies13. The morning was wet and foggy, and Clare, rightly informed that the caretaker only opened the windows on fine days, ventured to creep out of their chamber and explore the house, leaving Tess asleep.A. Jane EryeB. Robinson CrusoeC. Gulliver‟s TravelsD. Tess of the D‟Urbervilles14. …Beauty is truth, truth beauty, ---that is all/Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know‟A. Ode to the West WindB. A Red, Red RoseC. Ode on a Grecian UrnD. Of Studies15. The entrance into this place I made to be not by a door, but by a short ladder to over the top, which ladder, when I was in, I lifted over after me, and I was completely fenced in.A.ArabyB. Tess of D‟UrbervillesC. Robinson CrusoeD. Jane Eyre16. She stood, with arrested muscles, outside his door, listening. There was a strange, heavy, and yet loud noise. Her heart stood still. It was a soundless noise, yet rushing and powerful. Something huge, in violent, hushed motion.A. Pride and PrejudiceB. The Rocking—horse WinnerC.Great ExpectationsD. Araby17. He gave himself then to thoughts of the future, to practical arrangements. Sarah must be suitably installed in London. They should go abroad as soon as his affairs could be settled,…A. Pride and PrejudiceB. The Rocking--horse WinnerC.Great ExpectationsD. The French Lieutenant‟s Woman18. A heavy weight of hours has chained and bowed/ One too like thee: tameless, and swift, and proud.A. I Wandered Lonely as a CloudB. Ode to the West WindC. Death, be not proudD. Tyger19. O, well for the fisherman's boy, / That he shouts with his sister at play! / O, well for the sailor lad, / That he sings in his boat on the bay!A. Sonnet 18B. Break, Break, BreakC. Death, be not proudD. Auld Lang Syne20. What though the field be lost?/ All is not lost; the unconquerable will,/ And study of南通大学2009-2010学年第一学期英国文学作品选读(闭卷)试卷(A)第 4 页共 4 页。
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- 1 - 江西农业大学级英国文学课程试卷A 适用范围:英语专业 班 考试日期: 试卷所需时间:120分钟 考试类型:闭卷 试卷总分:100分 Part I. Matching. Directions: Choose the relevant literary works from Column B for each writer in Column A and write your answers in the corresponding space on the answer sheet. (15 points, 1 point for each) Section A Section B 1. Robert Burns A. Jacob ’s Room 2. John Keats B. Women in Love 3. D.H. Lawrence C. The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock 4. John Donne D. Ode to a Grecian Urn 5. Jane Austen E. A Red, Red Rose 6. Virginia Woolf F. Childe Harold ’s Pilgrimage 7. William Shakespeare G. A Modest Proposal 8. Daniel Defoe H. I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud 9. Charles Dickens I. Pygmalion 10. George Bernard Shaw J. Oliver Twist 11. T. S. Eliot K. Death Be Not Proud 12. George Gordon Byron L. Northanger Abbey 13. Joseph Conrad M. Robinson Crusoe 14. William Wordsworth N. Twelfth Night 15. Jonathan Swift O. Heart of Darkness Part II. Multiple Choices. Directions: Select from the four choices of each item the one that best answers the question or completes the statement. Write your choice on the answer sheet. (25 points, 1 point for each) 16. Which of the following is NOT true about The Canterbury Tales ? A. It is written for the great part in heroic couplets. B. It is written in the form of a dream vision. C. Chaucer chose a pilgrimage as the framework for the stories involved in it. D. “The General Prologue” introduces the pilgrims and the time and occasion of the pilgrimage. 17. Shakespeare’s four great tragedies are: Hamlet , Othello , ______ and ______. A. King Lear…Romeo and Juliet B. King Lear…Macbeth C. King John…Julius Caesar D. King John…The Merchant of Venice 18. Oscar Wilde was the representative among the writers of______. A. aestheticism B. naturalism C. neo-romanticism D. sentimentalism 19. The essence of humanism is to ______. A. restore a medieval reverence for the church B. avoid the circumstances of earthly life C. explore the next world in which men could live after death D. emphasize human qualities 20. “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day” is the opening line of one of Shakespeare’s ______. A. songs B. plays C. sonnets D. tragedies Part III. Reading Comprehension. Directions: Read the quoted parts carefully and answer the questions in English. Please choose THREE from the following four questions 41, 42, 43 and 44, and write your answer in the corresponding space on the answer sheet. (24 points, 8 points for each ) 41. One shade the more, one ray the less, Had half impair’d the nameless grace Which waves in every raven tress, Or softly lightens o’er her face, Where thoughts serenely sweet express How pure, how dear their dwelling-place. And on that cheek, and o’er that brow, So soft, so calm, yet eloquent, That smiles that win, the tints that glow, But tell of days in goodness spent, A mind at peace with all below, A heart whose love is innocent! Questions: A. Identify the author and the title of the poem from which it is taken. B. What does “their dwelling place” refer to in the sixth line? C. Where are the lady’s winning smiles? How do they appear to the poet? Part IV . Topic Discussion. Directions: Please choose THREE from the following five questions 45, 46, 47, 48 and 49, and write your answer in the corresponding space on the answer sheet. (36 points, 12 points for each) 48. What is the meaning of “gentleman ” in the context of Charles Dickens ’ novel Great Expectations ? 49. What are the main characteristics of the stream of consciousness novel? Who are the representatives of this group? Write down their most important works and give your comment on one of them. 附注:今年试题结构可能会调整,仅作参考,具体情况到期末考核前再通知。
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