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英国文学期末测试题(C)I.

英国文学期末测试题（C）I. Authors and their works (one point for each)A. Try to give one of the works by the following writers1. Thomas More _________________________2. Daniel Defoe _________________________3. John Milton _________________________4. Henry Fielding _________________________5. Percy Bysshe Shelley _________________________6. Charlotte Bronte _________________________7. G. Bernard Shaw _________________________8. Virginia Woolf _________________________B. Please point out the author of the following works9. The Canterbury Tales _________________________10. Macbeth _________________________11. The Pilgrim’s Progress _________________________12. Gulliver’s Travels _________________________13. I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud _________________________14. Hard Times _________________________15. The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists ___________________ ______II. Multiple Choice（one point for each）1. The only complete piece of epic in old English is ________.A. The Geste of Robin HoodB. BeowulfC. Sir Gawain and the Green KnightD. Mort d’Arthur2. ________ is the main literary trend in the first period of the English Enlightenment.A. RealismB. RomanticismC. Neo-classicismD. Sentimentalism3. Robert Burns wrote his poems chiefly in the ________ dialect.A. IrishB. LondonC. DublinD. Scottish4. The rise and growth of the ________ is the most prominent achievement of the 18thcentury English literature.A. romantic poetryB. realistic novelC. neo-classical poetryD. sentimental novel5. Most of Shakespeare’s best plays were written in the ________ period of his dramaticcareer.A. firstB. secondC. thirdD. fourth6. John Milton is a great poet in the period of English ________.A. feudalismB. RenaissanceC. Bourgeois RevolutionD. Enlightenment7. ________ is regarded as“Father of English Prose”, who was the first to write essays inthe English language.A. BedeB. AlfredC. Francis BaconD. Samuel Johnson8. The well-known soliloquy by Hamlet“To be or not to be…”shows his ________.A. hatred for his uncleB. love for lifeC. resolution of revengeD. inner strife9. The impact of ________ upon Bernard Shaw was important and far reaching, whichcould find evident expression in many of his literary efforts.A. socialismB. capitalismC. UtopiaD. Fabianism10. “Don Juan”was written by Byron in ________. Don Juan, the hero in the poem, is a（an）________ youth of noble birth.A. Italy; SpanishB. Span; ItalianC. England; ItalianD. Italy; EnglishIII. Blank-filling （one point for each）1. The story in“Hamlet”comes from an old ________________ legend.2. Sir Thomas Wyatt first brought the sonnet to England from ________________.3. “The Geste of Robin Hood”is the best known ________________ in the MiddleEnglish period.4. Paradise Lost is a long ________________ divided into 12 books.5. Robert Browning’s principal achievement lies in his introducing to English poetry________________.6. The most important poet in the Age of Elizabeth was ________________.7. English literature began with the ________________ settlement in England.8. ________________ was the representative poet of passive romanticism.9. Richard Brinsley Sheridan was the most important English dramatist of the 18thcentury. His masterpiece is ________________.10. In his novel“A Tale of Two Cities”, Dickens takes the ________________ as thebackground.IV. Explain the following terms (five points for each)1. Oxford Reformers2. Romanticism3. Enlightenment4. HumanismV. Talk about the following topics1. Analyze the theme of “Oliver Twist”. (15 points)2. Analyse the image of Maggie in “The Mill on the Floss”. (20 points)VI. Analyze the following lines (10 points)“Beauty is truth, truth beauty,”—that is allYe know on earth, and all ye need to know英国文学试题(C)参考答案及评分细则I.A.1. Thomas More Utopia2. Daniel Defoe Robinson Crusoe3. John Milton Paradise Lost4. Henry Fielding The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling5. Percy Bysshe Shelley Prometheus Unbound6. Charlotte Bronte Jane Eyre7. G. Bernard Shaw Widowers’ Houses8. Virginia Woolf To the LighthouseB.9. The Canterbury Tales Geoffrey Chaucer10. Macbeth William Shakespeare11. The Pilgrim’s Progress John Bunyan12. Gulliver’s Travels Jonathan Swift13. I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud William Wordsworth14. Hard Times Charles Dickens15. The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists Robert Tressell每小题1分,共15分, 作家名字中姓拼写错的扣1分, 名拼写错的扣0.5分; 作品中拼写错单词酌情扣0.25-0.5分, 作家代表作之外的作品与代表作一样得全分.II. （每小题1分,共10分）1.B2.C3.D4.B5.B6.C7.C8.D9.D10.AIII. 填空。

英国文学史及选读__期末试题及答案

考试课程：英国文学史及选读考核类型：A 卷考试方式：闭卷出卷教师: XXX考试专业：英语考试班级：英语xx班I.Multiple choice (30 points, 1 point for each) select from the four choices of each item the one that best answers the question or completes the statement.1._____，a typical example of old English poetry ,is regarded today as the national epic of the Anglo-Saxons.A.The Canterbury TalesB.The Ballad of Robin HoodC.The Song of BeowulfD.Sir Gawain and the Green Kinght2._____is the most common foot in English poetry.A.The anapestB.The trocheeC.The iambD.The dactyl3.The Renaissance is actually a movement stimulated by a series of historical events, which one of the following is NOT such an event?A.The rediscovery of ancient Roman and Greek culture.B.England’s domestic restC.New discovery in geography and astrologyD.The religious reformation and the economic expansion4._____is the most successful religious allegory in the English language.A.The Pilgrims ProgressB.Grace Abounding to the Chief of SinnersC.The Life and Death of Mr.BadmanD.The Holy War5.Generally, the Renaissance refers to the period between the 14th and mid-17th centuries, its essence is _____.A.scienceB.philosophyC.artsD.humanism6.“So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see,/So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.”(Shakespeare, Sonnets18)What does“this”refer to ?A.Lover.B.Time.C.Summer.D.Poetry.7.“O prince, O chief of my 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 Los t, the phrase“thy conduct”refers to _____conduct.A.God’sB.Satan’sC.Adam’sD.Eve’s8. It is generally regarded that Keats’s most important and mature poems are in the form of ______.A.elegyB.odeC.epicD.sonnet9.“Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?”The sentence is the beginning of Shakespeare’s_______.edyB.tragedyC.sonnetD.poem10. Daniel Defoe’s novels mainly focus on _____.A.the struggle of the unfortunate for mere existenceB.the struggle of the shipwrecked persons for securityC.the struggle of the pirates for wealthD.the desire of the criminals for property11. Francis Bacon is best known for his_____which greatly influenced the development of this literary form.A.essaysB.poemsC.worksD.plays12. Most of Thomas Hardy’s novels are set in Wessex____.A.a crude region in EnglandB.a fictional primitive regionC.a remote rural areaD.Hardy’s hometown13. In terms of Pride and Prejudice, which is not true?A.Pride and Prejudice is the most popular of Jane Austen’s novels.B.Pride and Prejudice is originally drafted as “First Impressions”.C.Pride and Prejudice is a tragic novel.D.In this novel, the author explores the relationship between great love and realistic benefits.14. Chronologically the Victorian Period refers to _____A.1798-1832B.1836-1901C.1798-1901D.the Neoclassical Period15. In the following figures, who is Dickens’s first child hero?A.Fagin.B.Mr.Brownlow.C.Olive Twist.D.Bill Sikes16. “And where are they? And where art thou,”My country? On thy voiceless shoreThe 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.“art you ”B.“are though”C.“art though”D.“are you ”17. Of the following writers, which is not the representative of the Romantic period?A.William Blake.B.John Bunyan.C.Jane Auten.D.John Keats.18. In Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience, what is the utmost concern of Blake?A.LoveB.ChildhoodC.DeathD.Human Experience19. Paradise Lost is actually a story taken from____.A.the RenaissanceB.the Old TestamentC.Greek MythologyD.the New Testament20. Jane Austen’s first novel is _____.A.Pride and PrejudiceB.Sense and SensibilityC.EmmaD.Plan of a Noel21. Of the following poets, which is not regarded as “Lake Poets’”?A.Saumel Taylor Coleridge.B.Robert Southey.C.William Wordsworth.D.William Shakespeare.22.Daniel Defoe describes____as a typical English middle-class man of the eighteenth century, the very prototype of the empire builder or the pioneer colonist.A.Robinson CrusoeB.Moll FlandersC.GulliverD.Tom Jones23. The lines“Death, be not proud, though some have calld thee/Mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so;”are found in ______.A.William Wordsworth’s writingsB.John Keats’ writ ingsC.John Donne’s writingsD.Percy Bysshe Shelley’s writings24.The Pilgrim’s progress by John Bunyan is often said to be concerned with the search for_____.A.self-fulfillmentB.spiritual salvationC.material wealthD.universal truth25.With so many poems such as “The Sparrow’s Nest,”“To a Skylark,”“To the Cuckoo”and “To a Butterfly”,William Wordsworth is regarded as a “______”.A.poet of genius.B.royal poet.C.worshipper of nature.D.conservative poet.26.In the first part of Gulliver’s Travels, Gulliver told this experience in ____.A.LilliputB.BrobdingnagC.HouyhnhnmD.England27.Which of the following can not describe“Byronic hero”?A.Proud.B.Mysterious.C.Noble origin.D.Progressiv e.28.The poetic form which Browning attached to maturity and perfection is ____.e of ironic languagee of lyrics29.The term “metaphysical poetry”is commonly used to name the work of the 17th-century writers who wrote under the influence of ____.A.John MiltonB.John DonneC.John KeatsD.John Bunyan30. Which of the following writings is not created by William Wordsworth?A.I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud.B.She Dwelt Among the Untrodden WaysC.The Solitary Reaper.D.The Chimney Sweeper.II. Find the relevant match from colunm B for each item in Colomn A (10 points in all. 1 point for each)A B1.Geoffrey Chaucer E A. A Red, Red Rose2.Francis Bacon C B. Ode to a Nightingale3.Jonathan Swift F C. Of Truth4.William Blake G D.Northanger Abbey5.Robert Burns A E.The Canterbury Tales6.John Keats B F.A Modest Proposal7.Jane Austen D G.The Tiger8.Charles Dickens I H. Ulysses9.Tennyson H I.David Copperfield10.Robert Browning J J.My Last DuchessIII. Fill in the following blanks (10 points in all, 1 point for each)1. In the year__1066__,at the battle of Hastings, the Normans headed by william, Duke of Normandy, defeated the Anglo-saxons.2. Since historical times, England, where the early inhabitants were celts, has been conquered three times. It was conquered by the Romans, the ANGLO-SAXONS____,and the Normans.3.Remeo and Juliet____is regared as shakespeare’s successful romantic tragedy.4. No sooner were the people in control of the government than they divided into hostile parties: the liberal whigs and the conservative__Tories___.5. The Glorious Revolution in 1688___meant three things the supremacy of parliament, the beginning of modern English, and the final triumph of the principle of political liberty.latter half of the 18th___century.7. With the publication of william Wordsworth’s Lyrical Ballad____in collaboration with S.T Coleridge, Romanticism began to bloom and found a firm place in the history of English literatare.8. Woman as _novelists ___ appeared in the Romantic age. It was during this period that women took, for the first time ,an important place in English literature.9. The most important poet of the victoria Age was__ Tennyson __, Next to him, were Robert Browning and his wife.10. The ____movement appeared in the thirties of the 19th cenfury.1. 10662. Anglo-Saxons3. Romeo and Juliet4. Tories5. 16886.18th7.Lyrical Ballads 8.novelists 9. Tennyson 10.ChartistIV. Questions and Answers (20 points in all ,10points for each) Give brief answers to each of following questions in English.(1)A selection from a poemWherefore feed and clothe and saveForm the cradle to the graveThose ungrateful drones who wouldDrain your sweat_nay, drink your blood?Whrefore, Bees of England, forgeMany a weepon, chain, and scourgeThat these stingless drones may spoilThe forced produce of your tail?Questions (10’)1. These lines are taken from a poem entitled_A Song: Men of England)written by __ Shelley _2. The rhyme scheme in the selection of the poem is _aabb ccdd___.(1’)3.What idea does the quotation express?(7’)1. 1’) (1’)This poem is a war cry calling upon all working people to rise up against their political oppressors, it points out the intolerable injustice of economic exploitation. The poet calls the exploiters “ungrateful drones”, Who drain the sweat and drink the blood of the labouring people, He illustrates with concrete examples the relationship of economic exploitation between the ruling class and the working people.(7’)(2) A Selection from a workSome books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested; that is, some books are to be read only in parts; others to be read, but not curiously; and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention. Some books also may be read by deputy and extracts made of them by others, but that would be only in the less important arguments and the meaner sort of books; else distilled bookd are like common distilled waters.Question(10’)1. This passage is taken from a well-known work entiled___,(2’) written by ____.(1’)2. What’s the main idea of the whole work. (7’)V. Topic Discussion (30 points in all,15 points for each). Write no less than 100 words on each of the following topics in English , in the corresponding space on the answer sheet.1. Based on Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte, discuss the theme of her works, the image of woman protagonists and what and how her novels truthfully present.(15’)2. In Pride and Prejudice, Jane Aasten explored three kinds of motivations of marriage that the middle-class people had in the second half of the 18th century. Try to make a brief discussion about them with specific examples from the novel. Make comments on Austen’s attitude towards these motivations.(15’)200x－200x学年度第一学期期末考试试卷答案及评分标准考试课程：英国文学史及选读考核类型：A 卷考试方式：闭卷出卷教师: XXX考试专业：英语考试班级：英语xx班I. Multiple Choice (1’×30=30’)01-05 C C B A D 06-10 D B B C A11-15 A B C B C 16-20 D B D B B21-25 D A C B C 26-30 A D A B DII. Find the relevant match from column B for each item in colamn A (1’×10=10’)1-E 2-C 3-F 4-G 5-A6-B 7-D 8-I 9-H 10-JIII. Fill in the following blanks (1’×10=10’)1. 10662. Anglo-Saxons3. Romeo and Juliet4. Tories5. 16886.18th7.Lyrical Ballads 8.novelists 9.Tennyson 10.ChartistIV. Questions and Answers (20 points in all )(1) A PoemQuestions(10’)1. A Song: Men of England(1’) Shelley(1’)2. aabb ccdd (1’)3. This poem is a war cry calling upon all working people to rise up against their political oppressors, it points out the intolerable injustice of economic exploitation. The poet calls the exploiters “ungrateful drones”, Who drain the sweat and drink the blood of the labouring people, He illustrates with concrete examples the relationship of economic exploitation between the ruling class and the working people.(7’)(2) A Selection from a work1. Of Studies(1’) Bacon(1’)2. It analyzes the use and abuse of studies ,the different ways adopted by different people to pursue studies. And how studies exert influence over human character.V .Topic Discussion (30 points in all, 15 points for each)A. Charlotte’s works are all about the struggle of an individual consciousness towards self-realization, about some lonely and neglected young women with a fiece longing for love, understanding and a full, happy life.B. All ber heroines’ highest joy arises from some sacrifice of self or some human weakness overcome.C. The image of woman protagonists in her works are mostly the life of the middle-calss working women, particularly governesses.t0D. Her works present a vivid realistic picture of the English society by exposing the cruelty, hypocrisy and other evils of the upper calsses, and by showing the misery and suffering of the poor. Especially in Jane Eyre by her, she sharply criticises theexisting society, e.g. religious hypocrisy of charity institutions.(2) In the novel ,three kinds of attitudes towards marriage are presented for manifestation: marriage merely for material wealth and social position; marriage just for beauty, attraction and passion regardless of economic condition or personal merits; and the ideal marriage for true love with a consideration of the partner’s personal merit as well as his economic and social status. What jane Aasten tries to say is that it is wrong to marry just for money or for beauty, but it is also wrong to marny without consideration of economic conditions.。

英国文学期末考试题目

Part Ⅰ:Choose the relevant match from column B for each itemin column A. (10%)Section Acolumn A column B(1)Charles Dickens A. Oliver Twist(2) Lawrence B. The Forsyte Saga(3)Jonathan Swift C. The Jew of Malta(4)John Galsworthy D. Sons and Lovers(5)Christopher Marlowe E. A Modest ProposalSection Bcolumn A column B(1) Doctor Faustus A. Darcy(2) The Merchant of Venice B. Joseph Surface(3) The School for Scandal C. Portia(4) Pride and Prejudice D. Friday(5) Robinson Crusoe E. MephistophilisPart Ⅱ:Complete each of the following statements with a proper words ora phrase. (10%)1. The Canterbury Tales first time to use“”is Spenser’s idealism, his love of beauty, and his exquisite melody th at made him known as “______”.3. is a playwright & poet who is considered above all writers in the past and in the present time4. Pope is one of the first to introduce to England, for him the supreme value was order.5. The Pilgrim’s Progress is a religious , its purpose is to urge people to abide by Christian doctrines and seek salvation(拯救) through constant struggles with their own weaknesses and all kinds of social evils. Its predominant metaphor –life as a journey.6.The two major novelists of the Romantic period are Jane Austen and ______.7. William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge & Robert Southey are “”.8. James Joyce’s novels and short stories are regarded as his great works , all of which have the same setting: ______.9. Love and are the major themes in Jane Austin’s novels.10. is the most outstanding stream-of-consciousness novelist in 20th century English literaturePart Ⅲ:Each of the following statements below is followed by four alt ernative answers. Choosethe one that would best complete the statement. (40%)1. which of the following is regarded as the most successful religious allegory in the English language.？A. The Pilgrim's ProgressB. Grace Abounding to the Chief of SinnersC. The Life and Death of Mr. BadmanD. The Holy War2. Shakespeare’s four great tragedies are: Hamlet, Othello, ______ and ___.A. King Lear…Romeo and JulietB. King Lear…MacbethC. King John…Ju lius CaesarD. King John…The Merchant of Venice3. it is generally regarded that keats's most important and mature poems are in the form Of____.A. elegyB. odeC. epicD. sonnet4. Francis bacon is best known for his ____which greatly influenced the development of this literary form.A. essaysB. poemsC. works D plays5. who is not the major figure of modernist movement?A. EliotB. JoyceC. Charles dickensD. Pound6. who is considered to be the best known English dramatist since Shakespeare?A . Oscar Wilde B. john Galsworthy C. . Yeats D. George Bernard Shaw7. Of the following poets, which is not regarded as 'lake poets'?A. Samuel Taylor ColeridgeB. Robert Southy C .William words worth D. William Shakespeare8. Which of the following cannot describe 'Byronic hero'?A. proudB. mysteriousC. noble originD. progressive9. who is regarded as a 'worshipper of nature'.A. john KeatsB. William BlakeC. William WordsworthD. Jane Austen10. Thomas Gray’s“Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard”once and for all established his fame as theleader of the ______ poetry.A. RomanticB. PastoralC. NeoclassicalD. Sentimental11. “If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?”isquoted from Shelley’s______.A. The CloudB. Ode to LibertyC. Ode to the West WindD. To a Skylark12. According to the subjects, Wordsworth’s short poemscan be classified into two groups: poems about ______ and poems about _ _____.A. nature…love& friendshipB. nature…huma n lifeC. Scotland…love& friendshipD. Scotland…human life13. Which of the following is NOT James Joyce’s works?A. The Portrait of a LadyB. DublinersC. UlyssesD. Finnegans Wake14. As a leading Romanticist, Byron’s chief contributionis his creation of the “Byronic hero”, a ______.A. proud, strong-minded rebel under pressureB. proud, mysterious rebel of noble birthC. proud, selfish person with evil heartD. a proud, vindictive person without mercy15. In his works, ______ set out a full map and a large-scalecriticism of 19th century England, particularlyLondon.A. DickensB. HardyC. George EliotD. Walter Peter16. The name of Robert Browning is often associatedwith the term______.A. dramatic monologueB. transferred epitetC. blank verseD. free verse17. In Lawrence’s opinion, the______ is responsible for the unhealthy dev elopment of human personalities, the perversion of love and the failure of human fulfillment in marital relationships.A. the First World WarB. original sinC. Victorian conventionsD. mechanical civilization18. .__________is the pseudonym of Marry Ann Evans.A. Jane AustenB. George EliotC. D. Anne Bronte19. .__________is regarded as the most prominent stream-of-consciousness novelist.A. James JoyceB. Virginia WoolfC. D.20. .__________, a collection of 15 short stories, is the firstimportant work of James Joyce’s life longpreoccupation with Dublin life.A. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young ManB. DublinersD. Finnegans WakePart Ⅳ:Answer the following questions(40%)1. W hat are the reasons for Chaucer’s being honored as “the father of English poetry”?(10 points )2. What is dramatic monologue? (5 points)Defoe’s novel Robinson Crusoe was a great success partly because the protagonist was a real middle-class hero. Discuss Crusoe, the protagonist of the novel, as an embodiment of the rising middle-class virtues in the mid-eighteenth century England. (15points)briefly the character of Elizabeth, the heroine in Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice.(10 points )。

英国文学期末测试题

英国文学期末测试题I. Authors and their works (one point for each)A. Try to give one of the works by the following writers1. Thomas More _________________________2. Daniel Defoe _________________________3. John Milton _________________________4. Henry Fielding _________________________5. Percy Bysshe Shelley _________________________6. Charlotte Bronte _________________________7. G. Bernard Shaw _________________________8. Virginia Woolf _________________________B. Please point out the author of the following works9. The Canterbury Tales _________________________10. Macbeth _________________________11. The Pilgrim’s Progress _________________________12. Gulliver’s Travels _________________________13. IWandered Lonely as a Cloud _________________________14. Hard Times _________________________15. The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists ___________________ ______II. Multiple Choice（one point for each）A. The Geste of Robin HoodB. BeowulfC. Sir Gawain and the Green KnightD. Mort d’Arthur2. ________ is the main literary trend in the first period of the English Enlightenment.A. RealismB. RomanticismC. Neo-classicismD. Sentimentalism3. Robert Burns wrote his poems chiefly in the ________ dialect.A. IrishB. LondonC. DublinD. Scottish4. The rise and growth of the ________ is the most prominent achievement of the 18th century English literature.A. romantic poetryB. realistic novelC. neo-classical poetryD. sentimental novel5. Most of Shakespeare’s best plays were written in the ________ period of his dramatic career.A. firstB. secondC. thirdD. fourth6. John Milton is a great poet in the period of English ________.A. feudalismB. RenaissanceC. Bourgeois RevolutionD. Enlightenment7. ________ is regarded as“Father of English Prose”, who was the first to write essays in the English language.A. BedeB. AlfredC. Francis BaconD. Samuel Johnson8. The well-known soliloquy by Hamlet“To be or not to be…”shows his ________.A. hatred for his uncleB. love for lifeC. resolution of revengeD. inner strife9. The impact of ________ upon Bernard Shaw was important and far reaching, which could find evident expression in many of his literary efforts.A. socialismB. capitalismC. UtopiaD. Fabianism10. “Don Juan”was written by Byron in ________. Don Juan, the hero in the poem, is a （an）________ youth of noble birth.A. Italy; SpanishB. Span; ItalianC. England; ItalianD. Italy; EnglishIII. Blank-filling （one point for each）1. The story in“Hamlet”2. Sir ThomasWyatt first brought the sonnet to England from ________________.3. “The Geste of Robin Hood”is the best known ________________ in the Middle English period.4. Paradise Lost is a long ________________ divided into 12 books.5. Robert Browning’s principal achievement lies in his introducing to English poetry________________.6. The most important poet in the Age of Elizabeth was ________________.7. English literature began with the ________________ settlement in England.8. ________________ was the representative poet of passive romanticism.9. Richard Brinsley Sheridan was the most important English dramatist of the 18th century. His masterpiece is ________________.10. In his novel“A Tale of Two Cities”, Dickens takes the ________________ as the background.IV. Explain the following terms (five points for each)1. Oxford Reformers2. Romanticism3. Enlightenment4. HumanismV. Talk about the following topics1. Analyze the theme of “Oliver Twist”. (15 points)2. Analyse the image of Maggie in “The Mill on the Floss”. (20 points)VI. Analyze the following lines (10 points)“Beauty is truth, truth beauty,”—that is allYe know on earth, and all ye need to know英国文学试题(C)参考答案及评分细则I.A.1. Thomas More Utopia2. Daniel Defoe Robinson Crusoe3. John Milton Paradise Lost4. Henry Fielding The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling5. Percy Bysshe Shelley Prometheus Unbound6. Charlotte Bronte Jane Eyre7. G. Bernard Shaw Widowers’ Houses8. Virginia Woolf To the LighthouseB.9. The Canterbury Tales Geoffrey Chaucer10. Macbeth William Shakespeare11. The Pilgrim’s Progress John Bunyan12. Gulliver’s Travels Jonathan Swift13. IWandered Lonely as a Cloud WilliamWordsworth14. Hard Times Charles Dickens15. The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists Robert Tressell每小题1 分,共15 分, 作家名字中姓拼写错的扣1 分, 名拼写错的扣0.5 分; 作品中拼写错单词酌情扣0.25-0.5 分, 作家代表作之外的作品与代表作一样得全分.II. （每小题1分,共10分）1.B2.C3.D4.B5.B6.C7.C8.D9.D 10.AIII. 填空。

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考试课程：英国文学史及选读考核类型：A 卷考试方式：闭卷出卷教师: XXX考试专业：英语考试班级：英语xx班I.Multiple choice (30 points, 1 point for each) select from the four choices of each item the one that best answers the question or completes the statement.1._____，a typical example of old English poetry ,is regarded today as the national epic of the Anglo-Saxons.A.The Canterbury TalesB.The Ballad of Robin HoodC.The Song of BeowulfD.Sir Gawain and the Green Kinght2._____is the most common foot in English poetry.A.The anapestB.The trocheeC.The iambD.The dactyl3.The Renaissance is actually a movement stimulated by a series of historical events, which one of the following is NOT such an event?A.The rediscovery of ancient Roman and Greek culture.B.England’s domestic restC.New discovery in geography and astrologyD.The religious reformation and the economic expansion4._____is the most successful religious allegory in the English language.A.The Pilgrims ProgressB.Grace Abounding to the Chief of SinnersC.The Life and Death of Mr.BadmanD.The Holy War5.Generally, the Renaissance refers to the period between the 14th and mid-17th centuries, its essence is _____.A.scienceB.philosophyC.artsD.humanism6.“So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see,/So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.”(Shakespeare, Sonnets18)What does“this”refer to ?A.Lover.B.Time.C.Summer.D.Poetry.7.“O prince, O chief of my 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 Los t, the phrase“thy conduct”refers to _____conduct.A.God’sB.Satan’sC.Adam’sD.Eve’s8. It is generally regarded that Keats’s most important and mature poems are in the form of ______.A.elegyB.odeC.epicD.sonnet9.“Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?”The sentence is the beginning of Shakespeare’s_______.edyB.tragedyC.sonnetD.poem10. Daniel Defoe’s novels mainly focus on _____.A.the struggle of the unfortunate for mere existenceB.the struggle of the shipwrecked persons for securityC.the struggle of the pirates for wealthD.the desire of the criminals for property11. Francis Bacon is best known for his_____which greatly influenced the development of this literary form.A.essaysB.poemsC.worksD.plays12. Most of Thomas Hardy’s novels are set in Wessex____.A.a crude region in EnglandB.a fictional primitive regionC.a remote rural areaD.Hardy’s hometown13. In terms of Pride and Prejudice, which is not true?A.Pride and Prejudice is the most popular of Jane Austen’s novels.B.Pride and Prejudice is originally drafted as “First Impressions”.C.Pride and Prejudice is a tragic novel.D.In this novel, the author explores the relationship between great love and realistic benefits.14. Chronologically the Victorian Period refers to _____A.1798-1832B.1836-1901C.1798-1901D.the Neoclassical Period15. In the following figures, who is Dickens’s first child hero?A.Fagin.B.Mr.Brownlow.C.Olive Twist.D.Bill Sikes16. “And where are they? And where art thou,”My country? On thy voiceless shoreThe 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.“art you ”B.“are though”C.“art though”D.“are you ”17. Of the following writers, which is not the representative of the Romantic period?A.William Blake.B.John Bunyan.C.Jane Auten.D.John Keats.18. In Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience, what is the utmost concern of Blake?A.LoveB.ChildhoodC.DeathD.Human Experience19. Paradise Lost is actually a story taken from____.A.the RenaissanceB.the Old TestamentC.Greek MythologyD.the New Testament20. Jane Austen’s first novel is _____.A.Pride and PrejudiceB.Sense and SensibilityC.EmmaD.Plan of a Noel21. Of the following poets, which is not regarded as “Lake Poets’”?A.Saumel Taylor Coleridge.B.Robert Southey.C.William Wordsworth.D.William Shakespeare.22.Daniel Defoe describes____as a typical English middle-class man of the eighteenth century, the very prototype of the empire builder or the pioneer colonist.A.Robinson CrusoeB.Moll FlandersC.GulliverD.Tom Jones23. The lines“Death, be not proud, though some have calld thee/Mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so;”are found in ______.A.William Wordsworth’s writingsB.John Keats’ writingsC.John Donne’s writingsD.Percy Bysshe Shelley’s writings24.The Pilgrim’s progress by John Bunyan is often said to be concerned with the search for_____.A.self-fulfillmentB.spiritual salvationC.material wealthD.universal truth25.With so many poems such as “The Sparrow’s Nest,”“To a Skylark,”“To the Cuckoo”and “To a Butterfly”,William Wordsworth is regarded as a “______”.A.poet of genius.B.royal poet.C.worshipper of nature.D.conservative poet.26.In the first part of Gulliver’s Travels, Gulliver told this experience in ____.A.LilliputB.BrobdingnagC.HouyhnhnmD.England27.Which of the following can not describe“Byronic hero”?A.Proud.B.Mysterious.C.Noble origin.D.Progressive.28.The poetic form which Browning attached to maturity and perfection is ____.A.dramatic monologuee of symbole of ironic languagee of lyrics29.The term “metaphysical poetry”is commonly used to name the work of the 17th-century writers who wrote under the influence of ____.A.John MiltonB.John DonneC.John KeatsD.John Bunyan30. Which of the following writings is not created by William Wordsworth?A.I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud.B.She Dwelt Among the Untrodden WaysC.The Solitary Reaper.D.The Chimney Sweeper.II. Find the relevant match from colunm B for each item in Colomn A (10 points in all. 1 point for each)A B1.Geoffrey Chaucer A. A Red, Red Rose2.Francis Bacon B. Ode to a Nightingale3.Jonathan Swift C. Of Truth4.William Blake D.Northanger Abbey5.Robert Burns E.The Canterbury Tales6.John Keats F.A Modest Proposal7.Jane Austen G.The Tiger8.Charles Dickens H. Ulysses9.Tennyson I.David Copperfield10.Robert Browning J.My Last DuchessIII. Fill in the following blanks (10 points in all, 1 point for each)1. In the year____,at the battle of Hastings, the Normans headed by william, Duke of Normandy, defeated the Anglo-saxons.2. Since historical times, England, where the early inhabitants were celts, has been conquered three times. It was conquered by the Romans, the ____,and the Normans.3.____is regared as shakespeare’s successful romantic tragedy.4. No sooner were the people in control of the government than they divided into hostile parties: the liberal whigs and the conservative_____.5. The Glorious Revolution in ___meant three things the supremacy of parliament, the beginning of modern English, and the final triumph of the principle of political liberty.6. Romanticism as a literary movement come into being in England early in the latter half of the ___century.7. With the publication of william Wordsworth’s____in collaboration with S.T Coleridge, Romanticism began to bloom and found a firm place in the history of English literatare.8. Woman as ____ appeared in the Romantic age. It was during this period that women took, for the first time ,an important place in English literature.9. The most important poet of the victoria Age was____, Next to him, were Robert Browning and his wife.10. The ____movement appeared in the thirties of the 19th cenfury.IV. Questions and Answers (20 points in all ,10points for each) Give brief answers to each of following questions in English.(1) A selection from a poemWherefore feed and clothe and saveForm the cradle to the graveThose ungrateful drones who wouldDrain your sweat_nay, drink your blood?Whrefore, Bees of England, forgeMany a weepon, chain, and scourgeThat these stingless drones may spoilThe forced produce of your tail?Questions (10’)1. These lines are taken fr om a poem entitled___(1’)written by ___(1’).2. The rhyme scheme in the selection of the poem is ____.(1’)3.What idea does the quotation express?(7’)(2) A Selection from a workSome books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested; that is, some books are to be read only in parts; others to be read, but not curiously; and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention. Some books also may be read by deputy and extracts made of them by others, but that would be only in the less important arguments and the meaner sort of books; else distilled bookd are like common distilled waters.Question(10’)1. This passage is taken from a well-known work entiled___,(2’) written by ____.(1’)2. What’s the main idea of the whole work. (7’)V. Topic Discussion (30 points in all,15 points for each). Write no less than 100 words on each of the following topics in English , in the corresponding space on the answer sheet.1. Based on Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte, discuss the theme of her works, the image of woman protagonists and what and how her novels truthfully present.(15’)2. In Pride and Prejudice, Jane Aasten explored three kinds of motivations of marriage that the middle-class people had in the second half of the 18th century. Try to make a brief discussion about them with specific examples from the novel. Make comments on Austen’s attitude towards these motivations.(15’)200x－200x学年度第一学期期末考试试卷答案及评分标准考试课程：英国文学史及选读考核类型：A 卷考试方式：闭卷出卷教师: XXX考试专业：英语考试班级：英语xx班I. Multiple Choice (1’×30=30’)01-05 C C B A D 06-10 D B B C A11-15 A B C B C 16-20 D B D B B21-25 D A C B C 26-30 A D A B DII. Find the relevant match from column B for each item in colamn A (1’×10=10’)1-E 2-C 3-F 4-G 5-A6-B 7-D 8-I 9-H 10-JIII. Fill in the following blanks (1’×10=10’)1. 10662. Anglo-Saxons3. Romeo and Juliet4. Tories5. 16886.18th7.Lyrical Ballads 8.novelists 9.Tennyson 10.ChartistIV. Questions and Answers (20 points in all )(1) A PoemQues tions(10’)1. A Song: Men of England(1’) Shelley(1’)2. aabb ccdd (1’)3. This poem is a war cry calling upon all working people to rise up against their political oppressors, it points out the intolerable injustice of economic exploitation. The poet calls the exploiters “ungrateful drones”, Who drain the sweat and drink the blood of the labouring people, He illustrates with concrete examples the relationship of economic exploitation between the ruling class and the working people.(7’)(2) A Selection from a work1. Of Studies(1’) Bacon(1’)2. It analyzes the use and abuse of studies ,the different ways adopted by different people to pursue studies. And how studies exert influence over human character.V .Topic Discussion (30 points in all, 15 points for each)A. Charlotte’s works are all about the struggle of an individual consciousness towards self-realization, about some lonely and neglected young women with a fiece longing for love, understanding and a full, happy life.B. All ber heroines’ highest joy arises from some sacrifice of self or some human weakness overcome.C. The image of woman protagonists in her works are mostly the life of the middle-calss working women, particularly governesses.D. Her works present a vivid realistic picture of the English society by exposing the cruelty, hypocrisy and other evils of the upper calsses, and by showing the misery and suffering of the poor. Especially in Jane Eyre by her, she sharply criticises the existing society, e.g. religious hypocrisy of charity institutions.(2) In the novel ,three kinds of attitudes towards marriage are presented for manifestation: marriage merely for material wealth and social position; marriage just for beauty, attraction and passion regardless of economic condition or personal merits; and the ideal marriage for true love with a consideration of the partner’s personal merit as well as his economic and social status. What j ane Aasten tries to say is that it is wrong to marry just for money or for beauty, but it is also wrong to marny without consideration of economic conditions.。

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Part Ⅰ: Choose the relevant match from column B for each item in column A. (10%)Section Acolumn A column B(1)Charles Dickens A. Oliver Twist(2)D.H Lawrence B. The Forsyte Saga(3)Jonathan Swift C. The Jew of Malta(4)John Galsworthy D. Sons and Lovers(5)Christopher Marlowe E. A Modest ProposalSection Bcolumn A column B(1) Doctor Faustus A. Darcy(2) The Merchant of Venice B. Joseph Surface(3) The School for Scandal C. Portia(4) Pride and Prejudice D. Friday(5) Robinson Crusoe E. MephistophilisPart Ⅱ: Complete each of the following statements with a proper words or a phrase. (10%)1. The Canterbury Tales first time to use“”2.It is Spenser’s idealism, his love of beauty, and his exquisite melody that made him known as “______”.3. is a playwright & poet who is considered above all writers in the past and in the present time4. Pope is one of the first to introduce to England, for him the supreme value was order.5. The Pilgrim’s Progress is a religious, its purpose is to urge people to abide by Christian doctrines and seek salvation(拯救) through constant struggles with their own weaknesses and all kinds of social evils. Its predominant metaphor –life as a journey.6. The two major novelists of the Romantic period are Jane Austen and ______.7. William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Cole ridge & Robert Southey are “”.8. James Joyce’s novels and short stories are regarded as his great works, all of which have the same setting : ______.9. Love and are the major themes in Jane Austin’s novels.10. is the most outstanding stream-of-consciousness novelist in 20th century English literaturePart Ⅲ: Each of the following statements below is followed by four alternative answers. Choosethe one that would best complete the statement. (40%)1. which of the following is regarded as the most successful religious allegory in the English language.？A. The Pilgrim's ProgressB. Grace Abounding to the Chief of SinnersC. The Life and Death of Mr. BadmanD. The Holy War2. Shakespeare’s four great tragedies are: Hamlet, Othello, ______ and ___.A. King Lear…Romeo and JulietB. King Lear…MacbethC. King John…Julius CaesarD. King John…The Merchant of Venice3. it is generally regarded that keats's most important and mature poems are in the formOf____.A. elegyB. odeC. epicD. sonnet4. Francis bacon is best known for his ____which greatly influenced the development of this literary form.A. essaysB. poemsC. works D plays5. who is not the major figure of modernist movement?A. EliotB. JoyceC. Charles dickensD. Pound6. who is considered to be the best known English dramatist since Shakespeare?A . Oscar Wilde B. john Galsworthy C. W.B. Yeats D. George Bernard Shaw7. Of the following poets, which is not regarded as 'lake poets'?A. Samuel Taylor ColeridgeB. Robert Southy C .William words worth D. William Shakespeare8. Which of the following cannot describe 'Byronic hero'?A. proudB. mysteriousC. noble originD. progressive9. who is regarded as a 'worshipper of nature'.A. john KeatsB. William BlakeC. William WordsworthD. Jane Austen10. Thomas Gray’s“Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard”once and for all established his fame as theleader of the ______ poetry.A. RomanticB. PastoralC. NeoclassicalD. Sentimental11. “If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?” isquoted from Shelley’s ______.A. The CloudB. Ode to LibertyC. Ode to the West WindD. To a Skylark12. According to the subjects, Wordsworth’s short poemscan be classified into two groups: poems about ______ and poems about ______.A. nature…love & friendshipB. nature…human lifeC. Scotland…love & friendshipD. Scotland…human life13. Which of the following is NOT James Joyce’s works?A. The Portrait of a LadyB. DublinersC. UlyssesD. Finnegans Wake14. As a leading Romanticist, Byron’s chief contributionis his creation of the “Byronic hero”, a ______.A. proud, strong-minded rebel under pressureB. proud, mysterious rebel of noble birthC. proud, selfish person with evil heartD. a proud, vindictive person without mercy15. In his works, ______ set out a full map and a large-scalecriticism of 19th century England, particularlyLondon.A. DickensB. HardyC. George EliotD. Walter Peter16. The name of Robert Browning is often associatedwith the term______.A. dramatic monologueB. transferred epitetC. blank verseD. free verse17. In Lawrence’s opinion, the______ is responsible for the unhealthy development of human personalities , the perversion of love and the failure of human fulfillment in marital relationships.A. the First World WarB. original sinC. Victorian conventionsD. mechanical civilization18. .__________is the pseudonym of Marry Ann Evans.A. Jane AustenB. George EliotC. T.S.EliotD. Anne Bronte19. .__________is regarded as the most prominent stream-of-consciousness novelist.A. James JoyceB. Virginia WoolfC. wrence D. E.M.Forster20. .__________, a collection of 15 short stories, is the first important work of James Joyce’s life long preoccupation with Dublin life.A. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young ManB. DublinersC.UlyssesD. Finnegans WakePart Ⅳ: Answer the following questions(40%)1. W hat are the reasons for Chaucer’s being honored as “the father of English poetry”?(10 points )2. What is dramatic monologue? (5 points)3.Daniel Defoe’s novel Robinson Crusoe was a great success partly beca use the protagonist was a real middle-class hero. Discuss Crusoe, the protagonist of the novel, as an embodiment of the rising middle-class virtues in the mid-eighteenth century England. (15points)4.Discuss briefly the character of Elizabeth, the heroine in Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. (10 points )。

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英国文学期末考试题目(英语专业必备)country and her patronage of the arts led to a flourishing of literature。

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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 are Christopher Marlowe and William Shakespeare.♦The greatest of the pioneers of English drama was Christopher Marlowe.♦Francis Bacon was the best known essayist of this period. “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 meaning beyond the time and place of his plays. His four tragedies are Hamlet(《哈姆雷特》), Othello(《奥赛罗》), King Lear(《李尔王》) and Macbeth(《麦克白》).♦Shakespeare’s sonnets, 154 in number, are the only direct expression of the poet’s own feelings; Sonnet 18 deserves its fame because it is one of the most beautifully written verses in the English language ♦诗选♦Sonnet 18♦Shall I compare thee to a Summer’s day?♦Thou art more lovely and more temperate.♦Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,♦And Summer’s lease hath all too short a date.♦（我怎能将你与夏日相比? /你比它更温和可爱： /动人的花蕾在五月咆哮的风中颤抖， /夏日的美好时光也绝不长久：）♦Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,♦And often is his gold complexion dimm’d;♦And every fair from fair sometime declines,♦By chance, or nature’s changing course, untrimm’d;♦（太阳的金色光芒虽然耀眼， /却常常以灰暗的面貌出现；/再美貌的物什都逃不过凋谢，/命运流转或无意间将其拆解；）♦But thy eternal Summer shall not fade,♦Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow’st♦Nor shall Death brag thou wander’st in his shade,♦When in eternal line to time thou grow’st.♦So long as men can breath or eyes can see,♦So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.♦（可你如夏日般不会褪色, /你的美貌也将永存; /死神无法夸耀你曾在它的阴影中游荡, /伴随永恒的诗篇你将留存。

/只要人类生生不息我的诗句能被见证, /你就会在传承中得到永生！）♦相关练习♦ 1. Shakespeare’s greatest tragedies are the following works except ____.♦ A. Hamlet B. King Lear C. Romeo and Juliet D. Othello♦ 2. The Essence of Renaissance, the most significant intellectual movement, was_____.♦ A. Geographical exploration B. Religious reformation♦ C. Publishing and translation D. Humanism.♦ 3. In “Sonnet 18”, Shakespeare_________________.♦ A. Meditate on the destructive power of time and eternal beauty by poetry.♦ B. Satirize(讽刺) human’s vanity.♦ C. Predict(预测) the eternity of love.♦ D. Eulogize(颂扬) the power of the beauty.♦ 4. Which of the following statement best illustrates the theme of Shakespeare’s Sonnet 18?♦ A. The speaker eulogizes the power of Nature.♦ B. The speaker satirizes human vanity.♦ C. The speaker praises the power of artistic creation.♦ D. The speaker meditates on man’s salvation.♦ 5. The Renaissance refers to between 14th-mid-17th century, which was under the reign of Queen ___and absolute monarchy in England reached its summit, and in which the ’real mainstream (真正的文学主流)’ was ____.♦ A. Victoria/poetry♦B. Elizabeth/ drama♦ C. Mary/ novel♦ D. James/ drama♦ 6. _____, the first of the great tragedies, is generally regarded as Shakespeare’s most popular play on the stage, for it has the qualities of a “blood-and-thunder” thriller and a ’philosophical exploration’ of life and death.♦ A. The Merchant of Venice B. Hamlet♦ C. King Lear D. The Winter’s Tale四．18世纪英国文学♦The 18th-century England is known as the Age of Enlightenment or the Age of Reason.♦17th century writer John Milton ranks as one of the greatest poets in the history of English literature. His masterpiece Paradise Lost (失乐园)was published in 1667. Later another epic poem Paradise Regained(复乐园), sequel to Paradise Lost, was published with the poetic drama Samson Agonistes(力士参孙).♦The mid-18th century was, however, predominated by a newly rising literary form, the modern English novel, which, contrary to the traditional romance of aristocrats, gives a realistic presentation of life of the common English people.♦Daniel Defoe is considered to be the father of the English novel.His masterpiece is Robinson Crusoe.It is considered to be the first English novel♦Jonathan Swift is generally considered the greatest prose satirist(讽刺散文家) in English literature. His language is simple,clear and vigorous. He once asserted: “ Proper words in proper place, makes the true definition of a style.”他曾把文字风格定义成“恰到好处的词语用在恰到好处的地方”♦There are no ornaments in his writings. In simple, direct and precise prose, Swift is almost unsurpassed in English literature.♦Gulliver's Travels, Jonathan Swift's best fictional work, contains four parts, each about one particular voyage during which Gulliver has extraordinary adventures on some remote island after he has met with shipwreck or piracy or some other misfortune.♦相关练习♦ 1. In which of the following works can you find the proper names "Lilliput", "Brobdingnag", Houyhnhnm" and "Yahoo”?A. The Pilgrim’s ProgressB. The Farrie QueeneC. Gulliver’s TravelsD. The School of Scandal2. ______is a typical feature of Swift’s writings.A. Elegant styleB. Causal narrationC. Bitter satireD. Complicated sentence structure3. The Houyhnhnms depicted by Jonathan Swift in Gulliver’s Travels are________.A. horses that are endowed with reason.B. pigmies that are endowed with admirable qualitiesC. giants that are superior in wisdom.D. Hairy, wild, low and despicable creatures, who resemble human beings not only in appearance but also in some other ways.五．浪漫主义诗歌♦（一）先驱：Robert Burns 罗伯特·彭斯，William Blake 威廉·布莱克♦Robert Burns is a national poet of Scotland, a poet of peasants, his poems are written in Scottish dialect. A Red, Red Rose(《红红的玫瑰》) and Auld lang Syne are his most popular poems.♦To see a world in a grain of sand, /And a heaven in a wild flower, /Hold infinity in the palm of your hand, /And eternity in an hour.——William Blake一花一世界，一沙一天国，君掌盛无边，刹那含永劫。

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