英国文学选读试题浙江2003年1月

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浙江省2003年1月高等教育自学考试

英国文学选读试题

课程代码：10054

Part Ⅰ: Choose the relevant match from column B for each item in column A.(10%) Section A

A B

(1)Jonathan Swift A. Wuthering Heights

(2)Henry Fielding B. Gulliver's Travels

(3)Richard B.Sheridan C. The School for Scandal

(4)Emily Bronte D. Jude the Obscure

(5)Thomas Hardy E. Tom Jones

Section B

A B

(1) Hamlet A. Satan

(2) Paradise Lost B. Elizabeth Bennet

(3) The History of Tom Jones C. Claudius

(4) Pride and Prejudice D. Angel Clare

(5) Tess of the D'Urbervilles E. Sophia Western

Part Ⅱ: Complete each of the following statements with a proper word or a phrase according to the textbook.(5%)

1. In Shakespeare's life, with his 38 ______, 154 sonnets and 2 long poems, he has established his

giant position in world literature.

2. In Milton's Paradise Lost, Satan took revenge by tempting _____ to eat the forbidden fruit.

3. The 18th century was an age of_____. A group of excellent writers, such as Swift, Fielding were

produced.

4. The best part of Robinson Crusoe is the _____ account of his struggle against the hostile nature.

5. Fielding has been regarded by some as “_____," for his contribution to the establishment of the

form of the modern novel.

6. English Romanticism is generally said to have begun in 1798 with the publication of

Wordsworth and Coleridge's _____.

7. The major concern of the critical realists is about the fate of the_____ people.

8. In his works, Dickens sets out a full map, and a large-scale criticism of the _____ century.

9. _____ is the most outstanding stream-of-consciousness novelist of the 20th century.

10. G.B. Shaw is considered to be the best-known English _____ since Shakespeare.

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. In the Renaissance period, the Protestant movement, which was seen as a means to recover the

purity of the early church from the corruption and superstition of the Middle Ages, was initiated by_____.

A. William Shakespeare

B. Francis Bacon

C. Thomas More

D. Martin Luther

2. As to the great tragedy Hamlet, which of the following is not true?

A. The timeless appeal of this mighty drama lies in its combination of intrigue, emotional

conflict and searching philosophic melancholy.

B. The bare outline of the play is based on a widespread legend in northern Europe.

C. The whole story of the play is created by Shakespeare himself.

D. In it, Shakespeare condemns the hypocrisy and treachery and general corruption at the royal

court.

3. Paradise Lost tells the story of _____.

A. a young prince's revenge on his father's murderer

B. the expulsion of Adam and Eve out of the garden of Eden

C. Satan's rebellion against God

D. both B and C

4. The 18th century England is known as _____.

A. the Age of Poetry

B. the Age of Prose

C. the Age of Drama

D. the Age of Romance

5. Which of the following is not the enlighteners of the 18th century?

A. Daniel Defoe

B. Henry Fielding

C. Jonathan Swift

D. Walter Scott

6. The middle of the 18th century saw a newly rising literary form —_____.

A. the modern English novel

B. the modern English poetry

C. the modern English drama

D. both A and B

7. Which of the following is Daniel Defoe's masterpiece?

A. Moll Flanders

B. Captain Singleton

C. Gulliver's Travels

D. Robinson Crusoe

8. The hero in Robinson Crusoe is a typical 18th-century English middle-class man who _____.

A. has a great capacity for work, inexhaustible energy, courage, patience and persistence in overcoming obstacles and struggling against the hostile natural environment

B. has strong will but can't endure life's loneliness

C. has a great capacity for work, but is frightened by the hostile natural environment

D. thinks all the people are born equal

9. Lilliput is _____in Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift.

A. the name of the hero who made deep-sea voyages

B. an imaginary island inhabited by people not more than six inches high

C. a minor character who accompanied the hero during his voyages

D. the country of horses endowed with human intelligence

10. Brobdingnag is an imaginary island where the inhabitants are_____.

A. ten times taller and larger than the ordinary human beings

B. the horses who are hairy, wild, low and despicable

C. the Y ahoos who are wise and intelligent

D. the small people who are only six inches tall

11. In Tom Jones, the hero Tom is _____in contrast with Blifil who is _____.

A. innocent and kind-hearted …hypocritical and wicked

B. hypocritical and wicked …innocent and kind-hearted