北语 19春《英美文学选读》作业_1234

19春《英美文学选读》作业_1一、单选题( 每题4分, 共20道小题, 总分值80分)1.The Hemingway code heroes are best remembered for their _______ .A. indestructible spiritB. pessimistic view of lifeC. war experiencesD. masculinity答案：A q：80/500/92612.Dreiser once wrote, “It is not intended as a piece of literary craftsmanship, but as a picture of conditions done as simply and effectively as the English language will permit.”which works did Dreiser remarks about?A. Jennie GerhardtB. An American TragedyC. The GeniusD. Sister Carrie答案：D3.Gatsby，Daisy，Nick are the characters of ( )A. The Beautiful and DamnedB. Tender is the NightC. The Great GatsbyD. This Side of Paradise portrays答案：C4.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 YorkB. LondonC. ParisD. Geneva答案：B5.which of Woolf＇novels was adapted into movie named The Hours?A. Mrs.DallowayB. The WavesC. The Common ReaderD. To the Light house答案：A6.Within her little lyrics Dickinson addresses those issues that concern ______, which include religion, death, immorality, love and nature.A. the whole human beingsB. the frontiersC. the African AmericansD. her relatives答案：A7.Which of the following is NOT written by Wordsworth.A. Lines Written in Early SpringB. To the CuckooC. I Wandered Lonely as a CloudD. Moll Flanders答案：D8.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 confusion答案：C9.Whitman＇s poems are characterized by all the following features EXCEPT ______ .A. the strict poetic formB. the free and natural rhythmC. the easy flow of feelingsD. the simple and conversational language答案：A10."Two roads diverged in a yellow wood /And sorry I could not travel both ..." /In the above two lines of Robert Frost’s The Road Not Taken, the poet, by implication, was referring to _______.A. a travel experienceB. a marriage decisionC. a middle-age crisisD. one’s course of life答案：D11.All of the following poems by William Wordsworth are masterpieces on nature EXCEPT ______.A. “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud”B. “An Evening Walk”C. “Tintern Abbey”D. “The Solitary Reaper”答案：D12.The Hemingway Code heroes are best remembered for theirA. indestructible spiritB. pessimistic view of lifeC. war experiencesD. masculinity13.“The apparition of these faces in the crowd ；Petals on a wet ，black bough . ”This is the shortest poem written by _________.A. T.S. EliotB. Robert FrostC. Ezra PoundD. Emily Dickinson14.Which of the following works best represents the national spirit of the 18th-century England?A. Robinson CrusoeB. Gulliver's TravelsC. Jonathan Wild the GreatD. A Sentimental Journey15.which of writer is the friend of famous poet Longfellow?A. HawthorneB. John MiltonC. Thomas GrayD. John Keats16."So much the worse for me, that I an strong. Do I want to live? What kind of living will it be when you-oh, God! /Would you like to live with your soul in the grave?"/In the above passage quoted from Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights, the word "soul" app arently refers to _______ .A. HeathcliffB. CatherineC. ghostD. one's spiritual lift17.Virginia Woolf was born in___A. 1882B. 1767C. 1678D. 189018.In I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud ,“daffodil”stands for___.A. womanB. natureC. loveD. spring19.Robert Frost won___ Plitzer prices.A. twoB. threeC. fourD. five20.The Renaissance marks a transition from ______ to the modern world.A. the old EnglishB. the medievalC. the feudalistD. the capitalist二、判断题( 每题4分, 共5道小题, 总分值20分)1.David Copperfield was born into a wealthy family.答案：错误2.The heroine of The Scarlet Letter is Hester Prynne答案：正确3.Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe created the image of an enterprising Englishman, typical of the English bourgeoisie in the 18th century.答案：正确4.Robert Frost used symbols from everyday life to express profound ideas.答案：正确5.In Pride and Prejudice,Mr. Bingley and the eldest girl Jane Bennet fall in love.答案：正确19春《英美文学选读》作业_2一、单选题( 每题4分, 共20道小题, 总分值80分)1.In Robert Frost＇s famous poems"Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" ,there are four lines like these:"The woods are lovely,dark and deep,/But I have promises to keep ,/And miles to go before I sleep ,/ And miles to go before I sleep ".The second sleep refers to( ).A. calm downB. fall into sleepC. dieD. stop walking2.Charles Dickens was born in___A. 1765B. 1889C. 1812D. 18703."The shepherd in Virgil grew at last acquainted with Love, and found him a native of the rocks."(Samuel Johnson, "To the Right Honorable the Earl of Chesterfield")The speaker here is ( ).A. cheerfulB. ironicC. mysteriousD. nonchalant4.William Wordsworth, a romantic poet, advocated all the following EXCEPTA. 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 figures of speech5.’Damn the fool! There he is’, cried Heathcliff, sinking back into his seat. ’Hush, my darling! Hush, hush, Catherine! 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 Sh opC. Samuel Richardson’s PamelaD. Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights6.We can easily find in Dreiser’s fiction a world of jungle, and ______ found expression in almost every book he wrote.A. naturalismB. romanticismC. transcendentalismD. cubism7.Which of the following is a tragedy?A. Antony and CleopatraB. Twelfth NightC. Julius CaesarD. Much ado about Nothing8.The Sun Also Rises casts light on a whole generation after WWI and the effects of the war by way of a vivid portrait of “______.”A. the Beat GenerationB. the Lost GenerationC. the Babybooming AgeD. the Jazz Age9.English Romanticism, as a historical phase of literature, is generally said to have ended in 1832with ______.A. the passage of the first Reform Bill in the ParliamentB. the publication of Wordsworth and Coleridge’s Lyrical BalladsC. the publication of T．S．Eliot’s The waste LandD. the passage of the Bill of Rights in the Parliament10.Charlotte’s works are famous for the depiction of the life of ______ working women, particularly governesses.A. the middle - classB. the lower - classC. the upper - middle - classD. the upper - class11.Among the great Middle English poets, Geoffrey Chaucer is known for his production ofA. Piers PlowmanB. Sir Gawain and the Green KnightC. Confessio AmantisD. The Canterbury Tales12."And where are they? And where art thou,"/My country? On thy voiceless shore /The heroic lay is tuneless now- /The heroic bosom beats no more!"（George Gordon Byron, Don Juan）,In the above stanza, "art thou" literally means _______ .A. "are you"B. "art though"C. "are though"D. "art you"13.Dreiser＇s Trilogy of Desire includes three novels. They are The Financier, The Titan and _______ .A. The GeniusB. The TycoonC. The StoicD. The Giant14.The Winter’s Tale of Shakespeare’s works was composed in ______.A. 1595B. 1600C. 1610D. 161215.Here are two lines from a ling poem: "Upon a great adventure he was bond, That greatest Gloriana to him gave." The poem must be_____.A. BeowulfB. John Milton’s Samson AgonistesC. Thomas Gray’s Elegy Written in a County ChurchyardD. Edmund Spenser’s The Faerie Queene16.Charles Dickens’novel, ______, is famous for its vivid descriptions of the work-house and life of the underworld in the nineteenth-century London.A. The Pickwick PaperB. Oliver TwistC. David CopperfieldD. Nicholas Nickleby17.How many periods are divided into in the creation years of Shakespeare?A. threeB. fourC. twoD. five18.Of the following American poets in the twentieth century, the one who has the best knowledge of Chinese culture is _______.A. Robert FrostB. Allen GinsbergC. Ezra PoundD. E. E. Cummings19.Dickens takes the French Revolution as the background of the novel “_______”.A. A Tale of Two CitiesB. Great ExpectationsC. Hard TimesD. David Copperfield20."This is my letter to the World" is a poetic expression of Emily Dickinson＇s___ about her communication with the outside world.A. indifferenceB. angerC. anxietyD. sorrow二、判断题( 每题4分, 共5道小题, 总分值20分)1.Each individual unit it collection of stressed and unstressed syllables is called a foot.2.In Pride and Prejudice,Mary is the third daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bennet.3.F. Scott Fitzgerald received the Nobel Prize in 1920s.4.Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind is a famous quote from WaltWhitman’s writings.5.Crusoe got spiritual support from his daily reading of the Bible.19春《英美文学选读》作业_3一、单选题( 每题4分, 共20道小题, 总分值80分)1.Hamlet by Shakespeare reflects the light of the English ______.A. RenaissanceB. ModernismC. ScientismD. Feminism2."O prince, O chief of many throned powers," /That led th＇embattled seraphim to war /Under thy conduct, and in dreadful deeds /Fearless, endangered Heaven＇s perpetual King." /In the third line of the above passage quoted from Milton＇s Paradise Lost, the phrase "thy conduct" refers to ( ).A. Satan＇sB. God＇sC. Adam＇sD. Eve＇s3.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. BlindnessB. PartialityC. SnobbishnessD. Prejudice.4.Mr. Micawber in David Copperfield is perhaps the best ______ characters created by Charles Dickens.A. comicB. tragicC. roundD. sophisticated5.Which of the following plays does not belong to Shakespeare’s great tragedies？A. MacbethB. King LearC. HamletD. The Comedy of Errors6.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 LostB. The Merchant of VeniceC. HamletD. The Tragic History of Doctor Faustus7."Do you think, because I am poor, obscur e, plain, and little, I am soulless and heartless?…And if God 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." The above quoted passage is most probably taken from _______ .A. Pride and PrejudiceB. Jane EyreC. Wuthering HeightsD. Great Expectations8.In the conversation with his wife in Chapter One of Pride and Prejudice, Mr. Bennet uses a(n) ______ tone with sarcastic humor.A. solemnB. harshC. arrogantD. teasing9.Charles Dicken＇s early years were___A. happyB. difficultC. richD. sunny10.which of the following is NOT written by Dreiser?A. Jennie GerhardtB. Go down, MosesC. An American TragedyD. Sister Carrie11.Because of her sensitivity to universal pattens of human behavior, ______ has brought the English novel, as an art of form, to its maturity.A. Charlotte BronteB. Jane AustenC. Emily BronteD. Henry Fielding12.The lines, "The only other sound’s the sweep/Of easy wind and downy flake" ,are found in __________.A. Robert Frost’s Stopping by woods on a Snowy Evening"B. William Wordsworth’s "Lines Written in Early Spring"C. John Keats’s "Ode to Autumn"D. Percy Bysshe Shelly’s "ode to the West Wind"13.George Bernard Shaw’s ______ is a grotesquely realistic exposure of slum landlordism.A. Widower’ s HouseB. Mrs. Warren’ s ProfessionC. The Apple CartD. Getting Married14.Many people today tend to regard the play “The Merchant of Venice ”as a satire of the hypocrisy of __________ and their false standards of friendship and love ，their cunning ways of pursuing worldliness and their unreasoning prejudice against _________ .A. Christians / JewsB. Jews / ChristiansC. oppressors / oppressedD. people / Jews15.In Shakespeare＇s Merchant of Venice, Antonio could not pay back the money he borrowed from Shylock, 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 lost16.What＇s the name of Hester and Dimmesdale ＇s daughter?A. AmyB. PearlC. NinaD. Berry17.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 YorkB. LondonC. ParisD. Geneva18.When we say that a poor young man from the West tried to make his fortune in the East but was disillusioned in the quest of an idealized dream, we are probably discussing about ______＇s thematic concern in his fiction writing.A. Henry JamesB. Scott FitzgeraldC. Ernest HemingwayD. William Faulkner19.The work Shakespeare wrote in 1600 is______.A. King learB. Twelfth NightC. Julius CaesarD. Much ado about Nothing20.Which of the following is not a work of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s?A. The House of the Seven Gables.B. The Blithedale RomanceC. The Marble FaunD. White Jacket.二、判断题( 每题4分, 共5道小题, 总分值20分)1.By the end of his life Robert Frost had become a national bard and he received honorary degrees from forty-four colleges and universities and won four Pulitzer Prizes.2.“American dream”refers to “An American ideal of a happy and successful life to which all may aspire”.3.The meaning of "To die, to sleep" is comparing "death" to "long sleep".4.Dickens’s first child hero is Oliver Twist.5.Robert Frost received the Bollingen Prize in 1963 just before his death.19春《英美文学选读》作业_4一、单选题( 每题4分, 共20道小题, 总分值80分)1."The shepherd in Virgil grew at last acquainted with Love, and found him a native of the rocks."(Samuel Johnson, "To the Right Honorable the Earl of Chesterfield")The speaker here is ______.A. cheerfulB. ironicC. mysteriousD. nonchalant2.During her lifetime, who published all novels anonymously?A. Jane AustenB. Charlotte BronteC. Robert FrostD. Emily Dickinson3.In May 1945, Dreiser joined the ___A. American republicanB. labor partyC. democratic partyD. communist party4.Jane Austen passed away when she was___A. 38B. 48C. 42D. 525.In American literature, escaping from the society and returning to nature is a common subject. The following titles are all related, in one way or another, to the subject except _______.A. Mark Twain＇s The Adventures of Huckleberry FinnB. Dreiser＇s Sister CarrieC. Copper＇s Leather-Stocking TalesD. Thoreau＇s Walden6.What does Wordsworth＇s poem "The Solitary Reaper" tell us about Romanticist?A. To romanticists, poetry is an expression of an individual＇s feelings and experiences no matter how fragmentary and momentary these feelings and experiences are.B. Romanticist take delight only in sound effect, the theme of a work is not their concern.C. Romanticist are not patient peopleD. they would leave before the revelation of the theme.E. Poetry should present the apparent and tangible.7.According to Hawthorne, the scarlet letter "A" which originally stood for "_______" finally obtained the meaning of "able" or "angel" through Hester＇s efforts.A. adulteryB. arroganceC. accomplishmentD. agony8.Walt Whitman was a pioneering figure of American poetry. His innovation first of all lies in his use of , poetry without a fixed beat or regular rhyme scheme.A. bland verseB. heroic coupletC. free verseD. iambic pentameter9.Elizabeth Bennet was the___ daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bennet.A. FirstB. SecondC. ThirdD. Fourth10.Where does Sister Carrier go to pursue her American dream?A. ChicagoB. New YorkC. BostonD. Los Angeles11.H. L. Mencken, a famous American critic, considered ______ “the true father of our national literature. ”A. Hamlin GarlandB. Joseph KirklandC. Mark TwainD. Henry James12.Realism was a reaction against Romanticism and paved the way to ______.A. ModernismB. ScientismC. Post-ModernismD. Feminism13..Dreiser’s Trilogy of Desire includes three novels. They are The Financier, The Titan and _______ .A. The GeniusB. The TycoonC. The StoicD. The Giant14."Bassanio: 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,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. allegoryD. symbolism15.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.16.The term tone in literature means__________.A. sound effect such as rhyme and metrical deviceB. the pitch of a word used to determine its meaning in the given contextC. the manner of expression to indicate the speaker＇s attitude towards the subjectD. a shade of colour to reflect the change of the light17.Of all the novels written by Dickens, which one did he like best?A. Oliver TwistB. David CopperfieldC. A tale of Two CitiesD. Pickwick Papers18.Lots of people rushed to Gatsby＇s party at the weekend and they clustered around Castsby＇s wealth like（）.A. gluttonsB. fliesC. insectsD. moths19.Of the following American poets ，whose work was first recognized in England and then in America？A. Walt WhitmanB. Robert FrostC. Emily DickinsonD. Wallace Stevens20.After reading the first chapter of Pride and Prejudice, we may come to know that Mrs. Bennet is a woman of _______ .A. simple character and quick witB. simple character and poor understandingC. intricate character and quick witD.intricate character and poor understanding二、判断题( 每题4分, 共5道小题, 总分值20分)1.Hester Prynne，the heroine of The Scarlet Letter, is a woman of oriental beauty who falls in love with the young minister after she comes to America alone and is separated from her husband.2.Ezra Pound gave Robert Frost a very good opinion about his poems and helped him to find British publishers.3.Daniel Defoe was born in a teacher’s family.4.The last section of To the Lighthouse is entitled “The Lighthouse”.5.Hawthorne managed to evoke readers emotional sympathy for the heroine of The Scarlet Letter.。