1. 2015 5 英国文学 A 卷试卷

北京理工大学2014-2015学年第二学期英国文学期末试题A卷班级学号姓名成绩I. Multiple Choice（50 points in all, 1for each）Select from the four choices of each item the one that best answer the question or completes the statement. Write the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.1.The sentence "Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day"is the beginning line of one ofShakespeare’s ___.A. comediesB. tragediesC. sonnetsD. histories2.The major concern of ______fiction lies in the tracing of the psychological development of hischaracters and in his energetic criticism of the dehumanizing effect of the capitalist industrialization on human nature.A. Charles Dickens’sB. D. H. Lawrence’sC. Thomas Hardy’sD. John Galsworthy’s3.Daniel Defoe describes____ as a typical English middle-class man of the eighteenth century, thevery prototype of the empire builder or the pioneer colonist.A. Tom JonesB. GulliverC. Moll FlandersD. Robinson Crusoe4."She lived unknown, and few could know5.When Lucy ceased to be;6.But she is in her grave, and, oh,7.The difference to me"8.The word "me" in the last line of the above stanza quoted from Wordsworth’s poem "She DweltAmong the Untrodden Ways" may possibly refer to ____.A. the poetB. the readerC. her one-sided loverD. everybody9._____ is a typical feature of Swift’s writings.A. Bitter satireB. Elegant styleC. Casual narrationD. Complicated sentence structure10.The statement "It reveals the dehumanizing workhouse system and the dark, criminalunderworld life" may well sum up the main theme of Dickens’s____ .A. David CopperfieldB. Bleak HouseC. Great ExpectationsD. Oliver Twist11."Do you think, because I am poor, obscure, plain, and little, I am soulless and heartless ... And ifGod had gifted me with some beauty, and much wealth, I should have made it as hard for you to leave me, as it is now for me to leave you."12.The above quoted passage is most probable taken from_____ .A. Pride and PrejudiceB. Jane EyreC. Wuthering HeightsD. Great Expectations13.The short story“Araby”is one of the stories in James Joyce’s collection_____.A. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young ManB. UlyssesC. Finnegans WakeD. Dubliners14.In William Blake’s poetry, the father (and any other in whom he saw the image of the fathersuch as God, priest, and king) was usually a figure of____ .A. benevolenceB. admirationC. loveD. tyranny15.After reading the first chapter of Pride and Prejudice, we may come to know that Mrs. Bennet isa woman of____ .A. simple character and quick witB. simple character and poor understandingC. intricate character and quick witD. intricate character and poor understanding16.“For a week after the commission of the impious and profane offence of asking?for more, Oliverremained a close prisoner in the dark and solitary room ...”(Dickens,Oliver Twist) What did Oliver ask forA. More time to play.B. More food to eat.C. More book to read.D. More money to spend.17.Christopher Marlow’s“The Passionate Shepherd to His Love” is a (n)_____ .A. pastoral lyricB. elegyC. folk songD. epic18.In Hardy’s Wessex novels, there is a apparent____ touch in his description of the simple andbeautiful though primitive rural life.A. humorousB. romanticC. nostalgicD. sarcastic19.In which of the following works can you find the proper names “Lilliput,” “Brobdingnag,”“Houyhnhnm,” and “Yahoo”A. James Joyce’s Ulysses.B. Charles Dickens’s Bleak House.C. Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels.D. D. H. Lawrence’s Women in love.20.We can perhaps describe the west wind in Shelley’s poem "Ode to the West Wind" with all thefollowing terms except____ .A. tamedB. swiftC. proudD. wild21.“When the evening is spread out against the sky Like a patient etherized upon a table.”(T. s.Eliot, “The Love song of J. Alfred Prufrock”) What does the image in the quoted lines suggestA. Violence.B. Horror.C. Inability.D. Indifference.22.Which of the following qualifies does NOT feature Jane Austen's styleA.Austen's main literary concern is about human beings in their personal relationships.B.Everything in Austen's novel results in an observation, of a quiet, uneventful and contentedlife of the English country.C.Austen is a great realist and her characters are from all walks of life.D.Austen's works show clearly her firm belief in the predominance of reason over passion.23.The work that presented, for the first time in English literature, a comprehensive realistic pictureof the medieval English society and created a whole gallery of vivid characters from all walks of life is most likely______.A. William Langland’s Piers PlowmanB. Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Canterbury TalesC. John Gower’ Confession AmantisD. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight24." Damn the fool! There he is’, cried Heathcliff, sinking back into his seat. ’Hush, my darling!Hush, hush, Catheri ne! I’ll stay. If he shot me so, I’d expire with a blessing in my lips.’" The novel from which the passage is taken must be _________.A.Jane Austen’s Pride and PrejudiceB.Charles Dickens’s The Old Curiosity ShopC.Samuel Richa rdson’s PamelaD.Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights25.James Joyce is the author of all the following novels except ______.A. DublinersB. Jude the ObscureC. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young ManD. Ulysses26.Naturalism is evolved from realism when the author’s tone in writing becomes less serious andless sympathetic but more ironic and more ____.A. rationalB. humorousC. optimisticD. pessimistic27."He was afraid of her -the small, severe woman with graying hair suddenly bursting out in suchfrenzy. The postman came running back, afraid something had happened. They saw his tripped cap over the short curtains. Mrs. Morel rushes to the door." The above passage is taken from _________.A. Charlotte Bronte’s The ProfessorB. Charles Dickens’s Domebey and SonC. D. H. Lawrence ’s Sons and Lovers D. John Galsworthy’s The Forsyte Saga28.Tess of the D’Urbervilles, one of Thomas Hardy’s best known novels, portrays man as________.A. being hereditarily either good or badB. being self-sufficientC. having no control over his own fateD. still retaining his own faith in a world of confusion29.Romance, which uses narrative verse or prose to tell stories of _____ adventures or other heroicdeeds, is a popular literary form in the medieval period.A. ChristianB. KnightlyC. GreekD. Primitive30."Bassanio: Antonio, I am married to a wifeWhich 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,If 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 illustrate ______.A. dramatic ironyB. personificationC. simileD. symbolism31."If Winter comes, can spring be far behind" is an epigrammatic line by ______.A. J. KeatsB. W. BlakeC. W. WordsworthD. P. B. Shelley32.The Victorian Age was largely and age of ______, eminently represented by Dickens andThackeray.A. poetryB. dramaC. proseD. novel33.Which of the following is NOT a typical feature of ModernismA. To elevate the individual and inner being over the social being.B. To put the stress on traditional values.C. To portray the distorted and alienated relationships between man and his environment.D. To advocate a conscious break with the past.34."And we will sit upon the rocks, /Seeing the shepherds feed their flocks, /By shallow rivers towhose falls/ Melodious birds sing madrigals." The above lines are probably taken from ______.A. John Milton’s Paradise LostB. John Donne’s "The Sun Rising"C. Shakespeare’s "Sonnet 18"D. Marlowe’s "The Passionate Shepherd to His Love"35.The Romantic writers would focus on all the following issues EXCEPT the ____ in theAmerican literary history.A. individual feelingsB. idea of survival of the fittestC. strong imaginationD. return to nature36.The essence of humanism is to ______.A. restore a medieval reverence for the churchB. avoid the circumstances of earthly lifeC. explore the next world in which men could live after deathD. emphasize human qualities37.The poetic view of ______ can be best understood from his remark about poetry, that is, "allgood poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings."A. Samuel Taylor ColeridgeB. John KeatsC. William WordsworthD. Percy Bysshe Shelly38.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. conceptB. symbolC. simileD. personification39.“Come to me－come to me entirely now,” said he ; and added, in his deepest?tone, speaking inmy ear as his cheek was laid on mine, “Make my happiness－I?will make yours.” The above passage presents a scene in____ .A. Emily Bronte’s Withering HeightsB. Charlotte Bronte’s Jane EyreC. John Galswo rthy’s The Forsyte SagaD. Thomas Hardy’s Tess of the D′ Urbervilles40.Which of the following best describes the nature of Thomas Hardy’s later worksA. Sentimentalism.B. Tragic sense.C. Surrealism.D. Comic sense.41.A possible theme of James Joyce’s short story "Araby" is______.A. hopeB. disillusionmentC. puppy loveD. loss42.The Normans brought the Mediterranean civilization, include ______to England.A. Greek cultureB. Roman lawC. the Christian religionD. all of above43.The Enlighteners believed in______EXCEPT_____.A.They believed in self-restraint, self-reliance and hard work.B.They believed in God and fate.C.They celebrated reason/rationality, equality and science.D.They advocated universal education, which could make people rational and perfect, theybelieved.44.In the poem “A violet by a mossy stone?Half hidden from the eye!－Fair as a star, when onlyone?Is shining in the sky.” What literary devices are usedA. simile and personificationB. simile and metaphorC. metaphor and symbolD. simile and pun45.In Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice, Antonio could not pay back the money he borrowed fromShylock, because_______.A．his money was all invested in the newly-emerging textile industryB．his enterprise went bankruptC．Bassanio was able to pay his own debtD．his ships had all been lost41. In the first part of Gulliver’s Travels, Gulliver told his experience in .A. BrobdingnagB. LilliputC. Flying IslandD. Houyhnhnm42. All of the following novels by Thomas Hardy reveal the conflict between the traditional and themodern EXCEPTA. The Mayor of CasterbridgeB. Tess of the D’UrbervillesC. Jude the ObscureD. Under the Greenwood Tree43. D. H. Lawrence’s novel is a remarkable novel in which the individual consciousness issubtly revealed and strands of themes are intricately wound up.A. Sons and LoversB. The RainbowC. Woman in LoveD. Lady Chatterley’s Lover44. All of the following plays are among Shakespeare’s four greatest tragedies EXCEPT。