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英国文学期末考试试题（广东外语外贸大学）
Instructions：This examination consists of 5 parts，and the total time for the examination is 2 hours. All the answers should be entered onto the Answer Sheet.
Part I：Multiple Choices （10%）
Choose the best answer to the following sentences.
1.Which of the following is NOT a feature of Beowulf？
A. Alliteration
B. Anglo-Saxons’ early life in England
C. Germanic language
D. The national epic of Anglo-Saxon people
2.English Renaissance Period was an age of.
A. prose and novel
B. poetry and drama
C. essays and journals
D. ballads and songs
3.The main literary form of the early 17th century was poetry. John Milton was acknowledged as the greatest. Besides him，there were two groups of poets. They were the Cavalier poets and.
A. the lake poets
B. the university wits
C. the Metaphysical poets
D. the Romantic poets
4. Pamela is widely considered to be the first novel and was written by ___________.
A. Thomas Hardy
B. James Joyce
C. Samuel Richardson
D. Henry Fielding
5.The publication of，which was the joint work of William Wordsworth and Samuel T. Coleridge，marked the beginning of the Romantic Age in England.
A. Don Juan
B. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
C. Lyrical Ballads
D. Queen Mab
6.Among the most famous realistic novelists of the Victorian age are，W. M. Thackeray，Bronte sisters，etc.
A. Joseph Conrad
B. Henry Fielding
C. Charles Dickens
D. D. H. Lawrence
7.In James Joyce’s ____________ the story “Eveline” paints a portrait of a young woman from Dublin deciding whether or not to leave her hometown.
A. Ulysses
B. Orlando
C. Dubliners
D. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
8.In the 18th century England，satire was much used in writing. Literature of this age produced some excellent satirists，such as Jonathan Swift，Henry Fielding and.
William Blake B. Robert Burns C.Alexander Pope D. Daniel Defoe
9.William Wordsworth never used “gaudy and inane phraseology” because he felt that poetry should ____________.
A. be read only by the well-educated
B. use difficult vocabulary to express complicated emotions
C. use simple speech to communicate the truths of human experience
D. rely on strange and uncommon words to bring people new experiences
10. Virginia Woolf is renowned for adopting the technique，which displays the sequence of thoughts and impressions in a person’s mind.
A. mind-reading
B. third-person narration
C. stream-of-consciousness
D. feminist
Part II：Gap Filling （10%）
Complete the following sentences and write your answers on the Answer Sheet.
1.Geoffrey Chaucer’s work gives us a picture of the condition of English life of his day，such as its work and play，its deeds and dreams，its fun and sympathy.
2.During the Norman Conquest，the most important form of literary composition is
，the representative of which is the legend of King Arthur and the round table knights.
3.Epoch of Renaissance witnessed a particular development of English drama. It was William Shakespeare and who made blank verse the principal vehicle of expression in drama.
4.Hamlet，Othello，Macbeth and are generally regarded as William Shakespeare’s four great tragedies.
5.Edmund Spenser is generally regarded as the greatest nondramatic poet of the Elizabethan Age. His fame is chiefly based on his masterpiece.
6.In Elizabethan Period，wrote more than 50 excellent essays，which made him one of the best essayists in English literature.
7.The was a progressive intellectual movement throughout western Europe in the 18th century.
8.In the latter part of the 18th century，there appeared，as a reaction against Reason，
___________ novel and literature of sentimentality.
9.Thomas Gray’s highly praised poem shows the poet’s sympathy for the poor，and condemns the great ones who despise the poor and bring sufferings to the common people.
10.The Romantic movement in England had two significant movements as its background：the French Revolution and.
11________ is perhaps the most talented early novelist. She wrote a number of books concerning young，relatively wealthy women pursuing marriage，such as Pride and Prejudice and Emma.
12.George Byron is chiefly known for his two long poems. One is Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage and the other is.
13John Keats wrote several famous ___________， a type of lyric poem that is meditative and formal.
14._________，the eldest of the two famous novelist sisters，wrote Jane Eyre in the middle of the 19th century.
15._____________ monologue was first successfully used in poetry by Robert Browning.
16.One of the most striking features of in the 20th century literature is anti-past，anti-tradition，anti-novel，anti-hero，etc.
17.__________，the manifesto of modernist poetry in the 20th century，was written by T. S. Eliot.
18. A Passage to India，Howard’s End，and A Room with a View are three of the most famous novels by ___________.
19.Lord Jim is one of the most famous novels by _________，who was born in Poland and learned English as his third language.
20.Man and Superman and Pygmalion are two of most famous plays by __________.
Part III：Definition of Terms （15%）
Choose THREE out of the following terms and explain them in two or three sentences.
Sonnet；Point of view；Soliloquy；Setting；Heroic couplet
Part IV：Appreciation （40%）
Choose TWO of the following three excerpts and write a passage of comment （about 80 words）on each one. Your comment should cover the questions after each excerpt.
Excerpt 1：
I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o’er vales and hills，
When all at once I saw a crowd，
A host，of golden daffodils；
Beside the lake，beneath the trees，
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.
…
For oft，when on my couch I lie
In vacant or in pensive mood，
They flash upon that inward eye
Which is the bliss of solitude；
And then my heart with pleasure fills，
And dances with the daffodils.
（William Wordsworth，“I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud”）
Questions：
1. What is the central image of this poem？What is the poet’s reaction as revealed in the poem？
2. Wordsworth believes that “All good poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings”and poetry “takes its origin from emotion recollected in tranquility”. How does this poem reflect the poet’s philosophy of composition？
Excerpt 2：
The proper study of mankind is man.
Placed on this isthmus of a middle state，
A being darkly wise，and rudely great：
With too much knowledge for the Skeptic side，
With too much weakness for the Stoic’s pride，
He hangs between；in doubt to act，or rest；
In doubt to deem himself a God，or beast；
In doubt his mind or body to prefer；
Born but to die，and reasoning such，
Whether he thinks too little or too much；
Chaos of thought and passion，all confused；
Still by himself abused or disabused；
Created half to rise，and half to fall；
（Alexander Pope，An Essay on Man）
Questions：
1. What’s the topic of the above lines？
2.Summarize the main idea in a few sentences.
Excerpt 3：
I shall now therefore humbly propose my own thoughts，which I hope will not be liable to the least objection.
I have been assured by a very knowing American of my acquaintance in London，that a young healthy child well nursed is at a year old a most delicious，nourishing，and wholesome
food，whether stewed，roasted，baked，or boiled；and I make no doubt that it will equally serve in a fricassee or a ragout.
I do therefore humbly offer it to public consideration that of the hundred and twenty thousand children，already computed，twenty thousand may be reserved for breed，whereof only one fourth part to be males，which is more than we allow to sheep，black cattle，or swine；and my reason is that these children are seldom the fruits of marriage，a circumstance not much regarded by our savages，therefore one male will be sufficient to serve four females. That the remaining hundred thousand may at a year old be offered in sale to the person of quality and fortune through the kingdom，always advising the mother to let them suck plentifully in the last month，so as to render them plump and fat for a good table.
A child will make two dishes at an entertainment for friends，and when the family dines alone，the fore or hind quarter will make a reasonable dish；and seasoned with a little pepper or salt will be very good boiled on the fourth day，especially in winter.
（Jonathan Swift，A Modest Proposal）
Questions：
1. What is the author’s modest proposal in the passage？And what do you think is his real idea behind it？
2. What kind of tone is shown in the passage？（Explain it with specific quotations from the text）
Part V. Critical Reading （25%）
Read the attached short story and answer the questions in essay form.
1. What’s the turning point in the murder trial？Describe it in a few sentences.
2.Read carefully the last two paragraphs of the story and comment，in the form of a 150-200-word essay，on the message or real meaning of the author.
The Case for the Defense
Graham Greene
1It was the strangest murder trial that I ever attended. They named it the Peckham murder in the headlines，though Northwood Street，where the old woman was found battered to death，was not strictly speaking in Peckham. This was not one of those cases of circumstantial evidence in which you feel the juryman’s anxiety—because mistakes have
been made—like domes of silence muting the court. No，this murderer was all but found with the body；no one present when the Crown counsel outlined his case believed that the man in the dock stood any chance at all.
2He was a heavy stout man with bulging bloodshot eyes. All his muscles seemed to be in his thighs. Yes，an ugly customer，one you wouldn’t forget in a hurry—and that was an important point because the Crown proposed to call four witnesses who hadn’t forgotten him，who had seen him hurrying away from the little red villa in Northwood Street. The clock had just struck two in the morning.
3Mrs. Salmon in 15 Northwood Street had been unable to sleep；she heard a door click shut and thought it was her own gate. So she went to the window and saw Adams （that was his name）on the steps of Mrs. Parker’s house. He had just come out and h e was wearing gloves. He had a hammer in his hand and she saw him drop it into the laurel bushes at the front gate. But before he moved away，he had looked up—at her window. The fatal instinct that tells a man when he is watched exposed him in the light of a street-lamp to her gaze—his eyes suffused with horrifying and brutal fear，like an animal’s when you raise a whip. I talked afterwards to Mrs. Salmon，who naturally after the astonishing verdict went in fear herself. As I imagined did all the witnesses—Henry MacDougall，who had been driving home from Benfleet late and nearly ran Adams down at the corner of Northwood Street. Adams was walking in the middle of the road looking dazed. And old Mr. Wheeler，who lived next door to Mrs. Parker，at No. 12 and was waken by a noise—like a chair falling—through the thin-as-paper villa wall，and got up and looked out of the window，just as Mrs. Salmon had done，saw Adam’s back and，as he turned，those bulging eyes. In Laurel Avenue he had been seen by yet another witness—his luck was badly out；he might as well have committed the crime in broad daylight.
4“I understand，” the counsel said，“that the defense proposes to plead mistaken identity. Adams’ wife will tell you that he was with her at two in the morning on F ebruary 14，but after you have heard the witnesses for the Crown and examined carefully the features of the prisoner，I do not think you will be prepared to admit the possibility of a mistake.”
5It was all over，you would have said，but the hanging.
6After the formal evidence had been given by the policeman who had found the body and the surgeon who examined it，Mrs. Salmon was called. She was the ideal witness，with her slight Scotch accent and her expression of honesty，care and kindness.
7The counsel for the Crown brought the story gently out. She spoke very firmly. There was no malice in her，and no sense of importance at standing there in the Central Criminal Court with a judge in scarlet handing on her words and the reporters writing them down. Yes，she said，and then she had gone down stairs and rung up the police station.
8“And do you see the man here in court？”
She looked straight and at the big man in the dock，who stared at her with his Pekingese eyes without emotion.
“Yes，” she sai d，“there he is.”
“You are quite certain？”
She said simply，“I couldn’t be mistaken，sir.”
It was as easy as that.
“Thank you，Mrs. Salmon.”
9Counsel for the defense rose to cross-examine. If you had reported as many murder trials as I have，you would have known beforehand what line he would take. And I was right，up to a point.
10“Now，Mrs. Salmon，you must have remembered that a man’s life may depend on your evidence.”
“I do remember it，sir.”
“Is your eyesight good？”
“I have never had to wear spectacles，sir.”
“You are a woman of fifty-five？”
“Fifty-six，sir.”
“And the man you saw was on the other side of the road？”
“Yes，sir.”
“And it was two o’clock in the morning. You must have remarkable eyes，Mrs. Salmon？”
“No，sir. There was moonlight，and the man looked up，he had the lamplight on his face.”
11I couldn’t make out what he was at. He couldn’t have expected any other answer than the one he got.
12“None whatever，sir. It isn’t a face one forgets.”
13Counsel took a look around the court for a moment. Then he said，“Do you mind，Mrs. Salmon，examining again the people in court？No，not the prisoner. Stand up，please，Mr. Adams，” and there at the back of the court with thick stout body and muscular legs and a pair of bulging eyes，was the exact image of the man in the dock. He was even dressed the same—tight blue suit and striped tie.
14“Now think very carefully，Mrs. Salmon. Can you still swear that the man you saw drop the hammer in Mrs. Parker’s garden was the p risoner—and not this man，who is his twin brother？”
15Of course she couldn’t. She looked from one to the other and didn’t say a word.
16There the big brute sat in the dock with his legs crossed，and there he stood too at the back of the court and they both stared at Mrs. Salmon. She shook her head.
17What we saw then was the end of the case. There wasn’t a witness prepared to swear that it was the prisoner he’d seen. And the brother？He had his own alibi too；he was with his wife.
18And so the man was acquitted for lack of evidence. But whether if he did the murder and not his brother—he was punished or not，I don’t know. That extraordinary day had an extraordinary end. I followed Mrs. Salmon out of court and we got wedged in the crowd who were waiting，of course，for the twins. The police tried to drive the crowd away，but all they could do was keep the roadway clear for traffic. I learned later that they tried to get the twins to leave by a back way，but they wouldn’t. One of them—no one knew which—said，“I’ve been acquitted，haven’t I？” and they walked bang out of the front entrance. Then it happened. I don’t know how，though I was only six feet away. The crowd moved and somehow one of the twins got pushed on to the road right in front of a bus.
19He gave a squeal like a rabbit and that was all；he was dead，his skull smashed just as Mrs. Parker’s had been. Divine vengeance？I wish I knew. There was the other Adams getting on his feet from beside the body and looking straight over at Mrs. Salmon. He was
crying，but whether he was the murderer or the innocent man nobody will ever be able to tell. But if you were Mrs. Salmon，could you sleep at night？
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一．中古英语时期 ?Beowulf is the oldest poem in the English language, and the most important specimen (范例、典范)of Anglo-Saxon literature, and also the oldest surviving epic in the English language. ?The romance is a popular literary form in the medieval period（中世纪）. It uses verse or prose to sing knightly adventures or other heroic deeds. ?Geoffrey Chaucer, one of the greatest English poets, whose masterpiece, The Canterbury Tales（《坎特伯雷故事集》）,was one of the most important influences on the development of English literature. ?Chaucer is considered as the father of English poetry and the founder of English realism. 二．文艺复兴Renaissance ?Renaissance refers to the period between the 14th and mid-17th centuries. It marks a transition(过渡) from the medieval to the modern world. ?It started in Italy with the flowering of painting, sculpture（雕塑）and literature, and then spread to the rest of Europe. ?Humanism is the essence of Renaissance -----Man is the measure of all things. ?This was England’s Golden Age in literature. Queen Elizabeth reigned over the country in this period. The real mainstream of the English Renaissance is the Elizabethan drama. The most famous dramatists in the Renaissance England ? ?“Of Studies” is the most popular of Bacon’s 58 essays. ?Thomas More ——Utopia ?Edmund Spenser——The Faerie Queene 相关练习 ? 1. Which is the oldest poem in the English language? ? A. Utopia B. Faerie Queene ? C. Beowulf D. Hamlet ? 2. _____ is the father of English poetry. ? A. Edmund Spenser B. William Shakespeare ? C. Francis Bacon D. Geoffrey Chaucer ? 3. ____ is not a playwright during the Renaissance period on England. ? A. William Shakespeare B. Geoffrey Chaucer ? C. Christopher Marlowe D. Ben Johnson 三．莎士比亚William Shakespeare ?“All the world 's a stage, and all the men and women merely players.”——William Shakespeare ?William Shakespeare is considered the greatest playwright in the world and the finest poet who has written in the English language. Shakespeare understood people more than any other writers. He could create characters that have
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En glish Lite ra ture a nd the Se le cte d Re adings Developmentof EnglishLiterature 1.EarlyandMedievalEnglishliterature(- 1485)2.TheEnglishRenaissance(1550-1642?) 3.The17thCentury–ThePeriodofRevolutionandRestoration 4 . The 1 8 thCentury–T h e AgeofEnlightenm ent 5.TheRomanticPeriod(1798- 1832)6.TheVictorianAge(1832-1901) 7.Th e20t hCen t uryLit erat ure–Mod ern is man dPo st-Mod ern ism Chapter1EarlyandMedievalEnglishliterature 一．Epic （史诗） Apoemthatcelebrateintheformofacontinuousnarrativetheachievementsofone ormoreheroicpersonagesof historyortradition. AmongthegreatepicsoftheworldmaybementionedtheIliad,OdysseyandAeneidof classical. Be owulf 1.HistoricalBackground 1)) Thre e Invasions: A.The Rom a n Conq u e st ( 5 5 B. C - 4 10 A.D) B.The English Conqu e s t ( The Anglo-Sa xon Period) C.TheNormanConquest(TheAnglo-NormanPeriod) 2)) Tw o Wars: A.TheHundredYearsWar(1337-1453) B.TheWarof theRose(1455-1485) a.Anglo-SaxonPoetry: Pagan(异教的）&ChristianBeowulf /worksofCaedmonandCynewulf. b.Anglo- NormanPoetry:Romance c.Poe try in Age of Cha u cer： d..PopularBallads:BalladsofRobinHood2. 评价 1）Beowulfisanationalepic（史诗）ofEnglishpeople. 2）ItistherepresentativeworkoftheearlyEnglishliteraturewith3000lines.3） Itswriterisunknown. 4）BeowulfisafolklegendbroughttoEnglandbytheAngloSaxonfromtheirprimitiveNorthernEurope.5）Beowulfwaspasseddownfrommouthtomouth. 6） Beowulfwaswrittendowninthe10th century.3.Charactersint hestory: Beowulf:anephewofkingofGents,apeopleinDenmark.Hrothgar:kin gofDenmark. Gre nde l: a m onster. She-monster(女妖怪):Grende l’s mother.Dra go n: a fire dra gon, a m onster. 4.OutlineofTheSongofBeowulf Te u tonic(日耳曼的） h e ro Be ow u lf, the ne phe w of the king of the Ge a t la nd, he lpe d Hrothga r kill them onste r ha lf-hu m a n ,Gre nd e l a s w e ll a s his viciou s m oth e r. W ith his he roic de e ds, he w a s m a de the kingofScyldings(Sweden)for50years.