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阶段测验题库答案与解析一、单项选择题1. Which one of the following statements is NOT true of William Faulkner?A. He is master of stream-of-consciousness narrative.B. His writing is often complex and difficult to understand.C. He often depicts slum life in New York and Chicago.D. He represents a new group of Southern writers.2. In 1950, ________ was awarded the Nobel Prize for the anti-racist Intruder in the Dust.A. Scott FitzgeraldB. Ernest HemingwayC. Henry JamesD. William Faulkner3. The Hemingway Code heroes are best remembered for their ________.A. indestructible spiritB. pessimistic view of lifeC. war experiencesD. masculinity4. Hemingway‟s second big success is ______.A. In Our TimeB. For Whom the Bell TollsC. The Sun Also RisesD. A Farewell to Arms5. Most critics have agreed that ______ is both an insider and an outsider of the Jazz Age with a double vision.A. FitzgeraldB. FrostC. CummingsD. Hemingway6. The subject matter of Robert Frosts poems focuses on ______.A. ordinary country people and scenesB. battle scenes of ancient Greek and Roman legendsC. struggling masses and crowdedurban quartersD. fantasies and mythicalhappenings7. Which terms can best describethe modernists concern of thehuman situation in their fiction?A. Fragmentation and alienation.B. Courage and honor.C. Tradition and faith.D. Poverty and desperation.8. Which one is not written byHenry James?A. The AmbassadorsB. The Wings of the DoveC. The BostoniansD. The Mysterious Stranger9. While Mark Twain satirizedEuropean manners at times,_______ was an admirer.A. O. HenryB. Henry JamesC. Walt WhitmanD. Jack London10. More than five hundred poemsthat Dickinson wrote are aboutnature, in which her general_______ about the relationshipbetween man and nature is wellexpressed.A. skepticismB. eulogyC. happinessD. denial11. The greatest work written byTheodore Dreiser is _______.A. Sister CarrieB. An American TragedyC. The FinancierD. The Titan12. “Even then he stood there,hidden wholly in that kindnesswhich is night, while the uprisingfumes filled the room. When theodor reached his nostrils, he quithis attitude and fumbled for thebed. …what‟s the use?‟ he said,weakly, as he stretched himself torest.”The passage is taken from_______.A. Sons and Lovers by D.HLawrenceB. Jane Eyre by Charlotte BronteC. Sister Carrie by TheodoreDreiserD. Wuthering Heights by EmilyBronte13."This is my letter to the world"is a poem expressing EmilyDickinsons _______ about hercommunication with the outsideworld.A. happinessB. angerC. anxietyD. sorrow14. Theodore Dreiser is generallyregarded as one of America‟_______.A. naturalistsB. realistsC. modernistsD. romanticists15. Which of the following is nota work of Emily Dickenson‟s?A. This is my letter to the WorldB. I heard a fly buzz-when I diedC. The Road Not TakenD. I like to see it lap the miles16.________ is a school ofmodern painting, whose emphasisis on the formal structure of awork of art and especially on themultiple-perspective viewpoints.A. ExpressionismB. ImpressionismC. CubismD. Imagism17. “He is the last of the romanticheroes, whose energy and sense ofcommitment take him in search of his personal Grail; his failure magnifies to a great extent the end of the Am erican Dream.”The character referred to in the passage is most likely the protagonist of ________.A. Fitzgerald‟s The Great GatsbyB. Dreiser‟s An American TragedyC. Hemingway‟s For Whom the Bell TollsD. Twain‟s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn18. Almost all Faulkners heroes turned out to be tragic because ________.A. all enjoyed living in the declining American SouthB. none of them was conditioned by the civilization and social institutionsC. most of them were prisoners of the pastD. none were successful in their attempt to explain the inexplicable 19.________ is a representative of the 1930s, when “novels of social protest” became dominant on the American literary scene.A. Ezra PoundB. F. Scott FitzgeraldC. Robert Lee FrostD. John Steinbeck20. Fitzgerald wrote the following and he is doubtful whether he will regret his choice or not when he is old, because the choice has made all the difference.A. “After Apple-Picking”B. “The Road Not Taken”C. “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening”D. “Fire and Ice”21.American writers after World War Ⅰself-consciously acknowledged that they were (a) "_______", devoid of faith andalienated from the Westerncivilization.A. Lost GenerationB. Beat GenerationC. Sons of LibertyD. Angry Young Men22. Which of the followingstatements about E. Grierson, theprotagonist in Faulkner‟s story "ARose for Emily," is NOT true?A. She has a distorted personality.B. She is physically deformed andparalyzed.C. She is the symbol of the oldvalues of the South.D. She is the victim of the pastglory.23. disregarding grammar andpunctuation, always used hefollowing except _______.A. The Great GatsbyB. In Our TimeC. Tender Is the NightD. This Side of Paradise24. Robert Frost was the PulitzerPrize winner on _______occasions.A. twoB. threeC. fourD. five25. Which of the following bestdescribes the protagonist ofWilliam Faulkner‟s “a Rose forEmily”?A. She is a conservative aristocrat.B. She is a wealth lady.C. She is a prisoner of the past.D. She has good taste.26. “I shall be telling this with asignSomewhere ages and ages hence:Two roads diverged in a wood,and I took the one less traveled by,The passage is taken from_______.And that has made all thedifference.”A. Robert Lee Frost‟s “The RoadNot Taken”B. Alfred Tennyson‟s “Break,Break, Break”C. Edmund Spenser‟s “The FaerieQueene”D. Samuel Johnson‟s “London”27."There was music from myneighbors house through thesummer nights. In his bluegardens men and girls came andwent like moths among thewhisperings and the champagneand the stars……", the twosentences are taken from _______.A. The Great Gatsby by FitzgeraldB. Sister Carrie by TheodoreDreiserC. Moby-Dick by HermanMelvilleD. Daisy Miller by Henry James28. Which of the followingcomments on the novel The GreatGatsby is not true?A. The Great Gatsby is a novelthat is a set against the ending ofthe war.B. Gatsby is a mystical figurewhose intensity of dream partakesof a state of mind that embodiesAmerican itself.C. Gatsby is the last of theromantic heroes.D. Gatsby is wealthy butunintelligent and brutal.29. Who, disregarding grammarand punctuation, always used "i"instead of "I" to refer to himself asa protest against self-importance?A. Wallace StevensB. CummingsC. FitzgeraldD. Ernest Hemingway30. The first book Robert Frost wrote was _______.A. Mountain IntervalB. New HampshireC. A Further RangeD. A Boy‟s Will31. Which of the following is nota usual subject of poetic expression of Emily Dickinson‟s?A. war and peaceB. love and marriageC. life and deathD. religion32. “Because I could not stop for Death” is a famous poem written by _______.A. Ezra poundB. Walt WhitmanC. Robert FrostD. Emily Dickinson33.Daisy Miller‟s tragedy of indiscretion is intensified and enlarged by its narration from the point of view of _______.A. the American youth WinterbourneB. the author of Henry JamesC. her mother Mrs. MillerD. the Italian youth Giovanelli34. In Henry James‟ Daisy Miller, the author tries to portray the young woman as an embodiment of _______.A. the corruption of the newly richB. the free spirit of the New WorldC. the decline of aristocracyD. the force of convention35. Stylistically, Henry James‟ fiction is characterized _______.A. highly refined languageB. ordinary American speechC. short, clear sentencesD. abundance of local images36. In the following writers, who is generally regarded as the forerunner of the 20th century “stream of consciousness” novelsand the founder of psychologicalrealism?A. Henry JamesB. Mark TwainC. Emily DickinsonD. Theodore Dreiser37. Henry James‟s fame generallyrests upon his novels and storieswith the _______.A. international themeB. national themeC. European themeD. regional theme38. Mark Twain wrote most of hisliterary works with a _______language.A. grandB. pompousC. simpleD. vernacular39. The book from which “allmodern American literaturecomes” refers to _______.A. The Great GatsbyB. The Sun Also RisesC. The Adventures of HuckleberryFinnD. Moby Dick40. Mark Twain shaped theworld‟s view of America andmade a combination of _______and serious literature.A. English folk loreB. funny jokesC. American folk humorD. American traditional values41._______ is considered by H.L.Mencken as “the true father of ournational literature”?A. HemingwayB. PopeC. IrvingD. Mark Twain42. Statement “_______” is nottrue in describing Americannaturalists.A. they were deeply influenced byDarwinism.B. they were identified withFrench novelist and theorist EmileZola.C. they chose their subjects fromthe lower ranks of society.D. they used more serious andmore sympathetic tone in writingthan realists.43. One of the most familiarthemes in American naturalism isthe theme of human _______.A. bestiality 兽性B. goodnessC. compassionD. greed44. Naturalism is evolved fromrealism when the author‟s tone inwriting becomes less serious andless sympathetic but more ironicand more _______.A. optimisticB. pessimisticC. humorousD. rational45. Who exerts the single mostimportant influence on literarynaturalism?A. EmersonB. Jack LondonC. Theodore DreiserD. Darwin46. The period ranging from 1865to 1914 has been referred to as_______.A. the Age of RealismB. the Age of ModernismC. the Age of RomanticismD. the Age of Colonialism47. Which of the followingcomments on the writings byHerman Melville is not true?A. “Bartleby, the Scrivener” is ashort story.B. “Benito Cereno” is a novella.C. “The Confidence-Man” has something to do with the sea and sailors.D. “Moby-Dick” is regarded as the first American prose epic. 48. Which of the following writers is not the dominant figure of the realistic period in American?A. Herman MelvilleB. William Dean HowellsC. Henry JamesD. Mark Twain49. The giant Moby Dick may symbolize all except _______.A. mystery of the universeB. sin of the whaleC. power of the great natureD. evil of the world50. “Moby-Dick” is regarded as the first American _______.A. prose epicB. comic epicC. dramatic fictionD. poetic fiction51. “The horizon‟s edge, the flying sea-crow, the fragrance of salt marsh and shore mud. These became part of that child who went forth every day, and who now goes, and will always go forth every day.” The two lines are taken from _______.A. “There Was a Child Went Forth” by Walt WhitmanB. “In a Station of the Metro” by Ezra PoundC. “Cavalry Crossing a Ford” by Walt WhitmanD. “Ulysses” by Joyce52. Which of the following features cannot characterize poems by Walt Whitman?A. lyrical and well-structedB. free-flowingC. simple and rather crudeD. conversational and casual53. Walt Whitman is radicallyinnovative in the form of hispoetry. What he prefers for hisnew subject is _______.A. free verseB. blank verseC. lyric poemD. heroic couplet54._______ is the author of “TheScarlet Letter”.A. John BunyanB. Daniel DefoeC. Nathaniel HawthorneD. George Eliot55. All of the following are worksby Nathaniel Hawthorn except_______.A. The House of the Seven GablesB. White JacketC. The Marble FaunD. The Blithedale Romance56. In Hawthorne‟s novels andshort stories, intellectuals usuallyappear as _______.A. SaviorsB. villainsC. commentatorsD. observers57. “There is evil in every humanhear, which may remain latent,perhaps, through the whole life;but circumstances may rouse it toactivity.” Which is the author ofit?A. Washington IrvingB. Ralph Waldo EmersonC. Nathaniel HawthorneD. Walt Whitman58._______ is the mostambivalent writer in the Americanliterary history.A. Nathaniel HawthorneB. Walt WhitmanC. Ralph Waldo EmersonD. Mark Twain59. In the following works, whichsigns the beginning of theAmerican literature?A. The Sketch BookB. Leaves Of GrassC. Leather Stocking TalesD. Adventures of HuckleberryFinn60. The period before theAmerican civil war is generallyreferred to as _______.A. the naturalist periodB. the modern periodC. the romantic periodD. the realistic period61. Of the following works byD.H. Lawrence, _______established his position as aprominent novelist.A. The White PeacockB. The TrespasserC. Women in LoveD. Sons and Lovers62. Which of the following bestdescribes the speaker of “TheLove Song of J. Afred Prufrock”?A. He is a man of an action.B. He is a man of apathy.C. He is a man of inactivity.D. All the above are wrong.63.“The yellow fog that rubs itsback upon the windowpanes,/ Theyellow smoke that rubs its muzzleon the windowpanes/ Licked itstongue into the corners of theevening,/ Lingered upon the poolsthat stand in drains.” The stanza istaken from _______.A. T.S. Eliot‟s “The Love Song ofJ. Alfred Prufrock”B. Emily Dickinson‟s “Because Icould not stop for Death”C. Alfred Tennyson‟s “Bread,Break, Break”D. William Wordswor th‟s “IWandered Lonely as a Cloud”64. Of the following poems by T. S. Eliot, which is hailed as a landmark and a model of the 20th century English poetry?A. Poems 1909-25B. The Hollow MenC. Prufrock and Other ObservationsD. The Waste Land65. The following comments on George Bernard Shaw are true except _______.A. George Bernard Shaw‟s career as a dramatist began in 1892, when his first play Widowers‟ House was put on by the Independent Theater Society.B. Shaw began his literary career by writing novels soon after his settling down in London.C. Shaw‟s writings reflect the combination of realism and naturalismD. Shaw‟s plays can be termed as problems plays.66. G. B. Shaw‟s play “Mrs. Warren‟s Profession” is a realistic exposure of the _______.A. political corruptionB. inequality between men and womenC. slum landlordismD. economic exploitation of women67._______ is considered to be the best-known English dramatist since Shakespeare.A. Oscar WildeB. John GalsworthyC. W. B. YeatsD. George Bernard Shaw68. Who is the first “Angry Young Man”?A. OsborneB. EliotC. ChristopherD. Bernard Shaw69. All of the following works areknown as Hardy‟s “novels ofcharacter and environment”EXCETP _______.A. The Return of the NativeB. Tess of the D‟UrbervillesC. Jude the ObscureD. Far from the Madding Crowd70. The most distinguishingfeature of Charles Dickens‟ worksis his _______.A. simple vocabularyB. bitter and sharp criticismC. character-portrayalD. pictures of happiness71. Poetry has been traditionallyregarded as an art governed byrules; but to the romantics, poetryshould be free from all _______.A. rhymesB. rhythmC. rulesD. emotion72. In terms of Pride andPrejudice, which is not true?A. Pride and Prejudice is the mostpopular of Jane Austen‟s novels.B. Pride and Prejudice isoriginally drafted as “FirstImpressions”.C. Pride and Prejudice is a tragicnovel.D. In this novel, the authorexplores the relationship betweengreat love and realistic benefits.73. Jane Austen‟s first novel is_______.A. Pride and PrejudiceB. Sense and SensibilityC. EmmaD. Plan of a Novel74. The author of the work “Menof England” is _______.A. T. S. EliotB. Thomas GrayC. ShelleyD. Walt Whitman75. Shelley‟s greatest achievementis his four-act poetic drama,_______.A. Men of EnglandB. Prometheus UnboundC. Ode to the West WindD. The Revolt of Islam76. In Shelley‟s “To a Skylark”,the bird, suspended betweenreality and poetic image, poursforth an exultant song whichsuggests to the poet _______.A. both celestial rapture andhuman limitationB. both image creation andprofound meaningC. both music and wordsD. both inspiration and skill ofwriting77. “Wild Spirit, which art movingeverywhere;/ Destroyer andPreserver; hear, O hear!” the twolines are find in _______.A. Young Goodman Brown byHawthorneB. Ode to the West Wind byShelleyC. Leaves of Grass by WaltWhitmanD. Ulysses by Joyce78. In his lyrics such as “Ode toLiberty”, “Ode to Naples”, PercyBysshe Shelley expressed his lovefor _______ and his hatred towardtyranny.A. the middle classB. the poorC. freedomD. the proletariat79. Which of the following is notthe best examples to show Wordsworth‟s genuine love for the natural beauty?A. a Phantom of DelightB. To a SkylarkC. To the CuckooD. To a Butterfly80. Wordsworth‟s short poems can be classified into two groups: poems about nature and poems about _______.A. loveB. human lifeC. freedomD. social activities81. Which of the following writings is not created by William Wordsworth?A. I wandered Lonely as a CloudB. Composed upon Westminster Bridge, September3, 1802C. The Solitary ReaperD. The Chimney Sweeper82._______ is regarded as a “worshipper of nature”.A. John KeatsB. William BlakeC. William WordsworthD. Jane Austen83. The tone of literature in “Songs of Experience” by William Blake is _______.A. dolefulB. livelyC. plainD. utter84. In his poem “Tyger, Tyger,”William Blake expresses his perception of the“fearful symmetry”of the big cat. The phrase“fearful symmetry”suggests ________.A. the tiger‟s two eyes which are dazzlingly bright and symmetrically setB. the poet‟s fear of the predatorC. the analogy of the hammer andthe anvilD. the harmony of the twoopposite aspects of God‟s creation85. The declaration that “I knowthat This World is a World ofIMAGINATION & Vision,” andthat “The Nature of my work isvisionary or imaginative” belongsto _______.A. William BlakeB. William WordsworthC. Samuel Taylor ColeridgeD. George Gordon Byron86. In the following writings byWilliam Blake, which marks hisentry into maturity?A. Songs of innocenceB. Songs of ExperienceC. Marriage of Heaven and HellD. Milton87. The Romantic Movementexpressed a more or less _______attitude toward the existing socialand political conditions.A. positiveB. negativeC. neutralD. indifferent88. The Romantic Period is an ageof poetry. Blake, Wordsworth,Coleridge, Byron, Shelley andKeats are the major poets. Theystarted a rebellion against theneoclassical literature, which waslater regarded as _______.A. the poetic romanceB. the poetic movementC. the poetic revolutionD. the poetic reformation89. In the history of literature,Romanticism is generallyregarded as _______.A. the thought that designates aliterary and philosophical theorywhich tends to see the individualas the very center of all life and allexperienceB. the thought that designates manas a social animalC. the orientation that emphasizesthose features which men have incommonD. the modes of thinking90. Fielding‟s language is easyand familiar. His sentences arealways distinguished by________.A. logicB. rhythmC. powerfulnessD. both A and B91. “The novel is structuredaround the discovery of the hero‟sorigin.” This novel is mostprobably ________.A. Charles Dickens‟ DavidCopperfieldB. James Joyce‟s A Portrait of theArtist as a Young ManC. Thomas H ardy‟s Far from theMadding GrowdD. Henry Fielding‟s Tom Jones92. In which of the followingworks can you find the propernames “Lilliput,” “Brobdingnag,”“Houyhnhnm,” and “Yahoo”?A. James Joyce‟s Ulysses.B. Charles Dickens‟s BleakHouse.C. Jonathan S wift‟s Gulliver‟sTravels.D. D. H. Lawrence‟s Women inlove.93. Crusoe is the hero in RobinsonCrusoe by _______.A. Jonathan SwiftB. Daniel DefoeC. George EliotD. D. H. Lawrence94. The EnlightenmentMovement‟s purpose was toenlighten the whole world with the light of modern _______ and artistic ideas.A. religiousB. politicalC. arealD. philosophical95. The eighteenth-century England is known as the Age of _______.A. RomanticismB. ClassicismC. RenaissanceD. Enlightenment96. Daniel Defoe describes _______ as a typical English middle-class man of the 18th century, the very prototype of the empire builder or the pioneer colonist.A. Robinson CrusoeB. Moll FlandersC. GulliverD. Tom Jones97. The following comments on Daniel Defoe are right except that _______.A. Robinson Crusoe is his first novelB. Robinson Crusoe is universally considered his masterpieceC. he was a member of the upper classD. in his novels, his sympathy for the downtrodden, unfortunate poor is shown98._______ is the typical feature of Swift‟s writing.A. Elegant styleB. Casual narrationC. Bitter satireD. Complicated sentence structure99. The most important representative work by Jonathan Swift is _______.A. a Tale of a TubB. the Battle of the BooksC. A Modest ProposalD. Gulliver‟s Travels100.Of all the 18th centurynovelists, _______ was the first toset out, both in theory and practice,to write specifically a “comic epicin prose”, the first to give themodern novel its structure andstyle.A. Daniel DefoeB. Samuel JohnsonC. Oliver GoldsmithD. Henry Fielding101. In the following writings byHenry Fielding, which brings himthe name of the “Prose Homer”?A. the Coffee-House PoliticianB. The Tragedy of TragediesC. the History of Tom Jones, aFoundlingD. The History of Amelia102. Which of the followingnovels is not written by HenryFielding?A. Jonathan WildB. Moll FlandersC. Joseph AndrewsD. Tom Jones103. One of the major results ofthe reformation in England wasthe fact that the ________ inEnglish was placed in everychurch and services were held inEnglish instead of Latin so thatpeople could understand.A. Canterbury talesB. BibleC. Old TestamentD. Malorys Morte Darthur104. Humanism sprang from theendeavor to restore a medievalreverence for the antique authorsand is frequently taken as thebeginning of the Renaissance onits conscious, intellectual side, forthe Greek and Roman civilizationwas based on such a conceptionthat man is the ________ of allthings.A. measureB. kingC. loverD. defender105. William Caxton was the firstperson who introduced ________into England.A. writingB. printingC. heroic coupletD. defender106._______ shows how mankind,in the person of Christ, withstandsthe tempter and is establishedonce more in the divine favor.A. Paradise LostB. Paradise RegainedC. Samson AgonistesD. Beowulf107. “all is not lost: theunconquerable will, and study ofrevenge, immortal hate, andcourage never to submit or yield:and what is else not to beovercome?”This part comes from _______.A. Dr. FaustusB. Paradise LostC. Paradise RegainedD. Tambutlaine108. In his life, _______ showshimself a real revolutionary, amaster poet and a great prosewriter. He fought for freedom inall aspects as a Christian humanist,while his achievement in literaturemake him tower over all the otherEnglish writers of his time andexert a great influence over laterones.A. William ShakespeareB. Edmund SpenserC. John DonneD. John Milton109. Shakespeare has established his giant position in world literature with his _______ plays, 154 sonnets and 2 long poems.A. 47B. 27C. 52D. 38110. “To be, or not to be - that is the question; whether ‟tis nobler in the mind to suffer, the slings and arrows of outragerous fortune, or to take arms against a sea of troubles, and by opposing end them?” Who said these words?A. King LearB. RomeoC. AntonioD. Hamlet111. “Shall I compare thee to a summer‟s day?” this is the beginning line of one of Shakespeare‟s _______.A. songsB. sonnetsC. playsD. comedies112. The real mainstream of the English renaissance is ________.A. the Elizabethan dramaB. the Elizabethan proseC. ancient poemD. romantic novel113. The cradle of the renaissance is ________.A. GermanyB. EnglandC. AmericaD. Italy114. In The Merchant of V enice, Antonio, in order to help his friend Bassanio, has to borrow from _______, the Jewish_______.A. Portia/judgeB. Shylock/usurerC. Shylock/judgeD. Portia/usurer115. William Shakespeare‟sgreatest tragedies are: Hamlet,_______, King Lear, and_______.A. Romeo and Juliet/OthelloB. Othello/MacbethC. The Tempest/MacbethD. The Merchant ofVenice/Romeo and Juliet116. The play Romeo and Juliet,though a tragedy, is permeatedwith _______ spirit.A. optimisticB. sadC. pessimisticD. indifferent117. It can be said that thoughessentially still a medieval writer,Geoffrey Chaucer bore marks ofhumanism and anticipated a new_______ to come.A. manB. theoryC. doctrineD. era118. Geoffrey Chaucer‟sreputation has been securelyestablished as one of the bestEnglish ________ for his wisdom,humor, and humanity.A. novelistsB. dramatistsC. poetsD. A and B119. In the Norman conquest ofEngland, the Germanic tribes fromthe Northern Europe brought withthem not only the ________language, the basis of ModernEnglish, but also a specific poetictradition.A. MediterraneanB. ChristianC. Anglo-SaxonD. Roman120.After reading the first chapterof Pride and Prejudice, we maycome to know that Mrs. Bennet isa woman of _______ .A.simple character and poorunderstandingB.simple character and quick witC.intricate character and quick witD.intricate character and poorunderstanding121.Where Mark Twain satirizedEuropean manners at times,_______ was an admirer.A. O. HenryB. Henry JamesC. Walt WhitmanD. Jack London122.After reading the first chapterof Pride and Prejudice, we maycome to know that Mrs. Bennet isa woman of _______.A. simple character and poorunderstandingB. simple character and quick witC. intricate character and quickwitD. intricate character and poorunderstanding123.Which of the followingstatements about E. Grierson, theprotagonist in Faulkners story "ARose for Emily," is NOT true?A. She has a distorted personality.B. She is physically deformed andparalyzed.C. She is the symbol of the oldvalues of the South.D. She is the victim of the pastglory.。