北语20春《英美文学选读》作业1.doc

1.Elizabeth Bennet was the___ daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bennet.

A.First

B.Second

C.Third

D.Fourth

【参考答案】: B

2."This is my letter to the World" is a poetic expression of Emily

Dickinson＇s___ about her communication with the outside world.

A.indifference

B.anger

C.anxiety

D.sorrow

【参考答案】: C

3.Hamlet is a prince of ___

A.England

B.Ireland

C.Britain

D.Denmark

【参考答案】: D

4.Which of the following is NOT a tragicomedy?

A.Timon of Athens

B.Cymbline

C.The winter＇s tale

D.The tempest

【参考答案】: A

5.The term tone in literature means__________.

A.sound effect such as rhyme and metrical device

B.the pitch of a word used to determine its meaning in the given context

C.the manner of expression to indicate the speaker＇s attitude towards the subject

D.a shade of colour to reflect the change of the light

【参考答案】: C

6.Among the great Middle English poets, Geoffrey Chaucer is known

for his production of

A.Piers Plowman

B.Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

C.Confessio Amantis

D.The Canterbury Tales

【参考答案】: D

7.Pride and Prejudice is mainly about the love between___

A.Jane and Bingley

B.Elizabeth and Darcy

C.Jane and

Darcy D.Kitty and Bingley

【参考答案】: B

8.which of Woolf＇ novels was adapted into movie named The Hours?

A.Mrs.Dalloway

B.The Waves

C.The Common Reader

D.To the Light house

【参考答案】: A

9.After The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Twain gives a literary

independence to Tom＇s buddy Huck in a book entitled ___

A.Life on the Mississippi

B.The Gilded Age

C.The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

D.A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur＇s Court

【参考答案】: C

10.The sentence "Shall I compare thee to a summer＇s day?" is the

beginning line of one of Shakespeare＇s ________ .

edies

B.tragedies

C.sonnets

D.histories

【参考答案】: C

11.The Hemingway Code heroes are best remembered for their

A.indestructible spirit

B.pessimistic view of life

C.war experiences

D.masculinity

【参考答案】: A

12.In "After Apple- Picking," Robert Frost wrote: "For I have had

too much / Of apple -picking: I am overtired/ Of the great harvest

I myself desired." From these lines we can conclude that the

speaker is

A.happy about the harvest

B.still very much interested in

apple-picking C.expecting a greater harvest D.indifferent to what he once desired

【参考答案】: D

13.What kind of girl is Dora?

A.pretty and clever

B.pretty and empty-headed

C.plain-looking and understading

D.lovely and clever

【参考答案】: B

14.In David Copperfield, little David＇s second father treated

him and his mother___

A.badly

B.kindly

C.nicely

D.well

【参考答案】: A

15.Which of the following is a comedy?

A.King lear

B.Macbeth

C.Hamlet

D.The Merry Wives of

Windsor

【参考答案】: D