英国文学选读样卷
英国文学样卷
《英国文学(二)》I. Multiple Choice Questions (10%, 2 points each)1. Thomas Gray’s “_________” once and for all established his fame as the leader of the Sentimental poetry.A. “The Rape of the Lock”B. “A Red, Red Rose”C. “London”D. “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard”2. Who of the following was NOT a novelist in the English literature of the 18th century?A. Daniel DefoeB. Henry FieldingC. Jonathan SwiftD. Richard Brinsley Sheridan3. The two collections of poems written by William Blake, ________ and _______, hold the similar subject-matter, but the tone, emphasis and conclusion differ.A. “Songs of Innocence” / “Songs of Experience”B. “Poetical Sketches” / “Songs of Innocence”C. “Poetical Sketches” / “Songs of Experience”D. “Songs of Innocence” / “Marriage of Heaven and Hell”4. A good style as “proper words in proper places” was defined by ______________.A. Daniel DefoeB. Jonathan SwiftC. Edmund SpencerD. John Donne5. _____________ written by S. T. Coleridge was composed in a dream after the poet took the opium.A. “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner”B. “Frost as Midnight”C. “Kubla Khan”D. “The Daffodils”Ⅱ. Blank Filling.(20%, 2 points each)1. John Milton’s “________” is a long epic divided into 12 books. The original story is taken from the “Genesis” of the Bible.2. “___________” written by John Bunyan is the most s uccessful religious allegory in the English language.3. The ___________ Movement in the eighteenth-century Europe was a furtherance of the Renaissance of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries.4. The Enlightenment Movement brought about a revival of interest in the old classical works in the field of literature. This tendency is known as ___________.5. ________’s famous “Essay on Criticism”, which appeared in 1711 first established his reputation as a poet.6. ___________’s masterpiece “Robinson Crusoe”is the first important English novel in the picaresque tradition. It is also the fundamental work in English island literature.7．Samuel Richardson’s “____________” is the first epistolary novel in the English language and generally considered as his masterpiece.8. In the last twenty years of the 18th century, England produced two well-known romantic poets. They are William Blake and ___________.9. In the “Preface” to the second edition of the “Lyrical Ballads”, ___________ asserts that poetry originat es from “emotion recollected in tranquility”.10. ________________ with her “Mrs. Dalloway” is regarded as one of the most outstanding stream-of-consciousness novelists.Ⅲ. T-F Statements (20%, 2 points each)1. William Blake is the greatest poet Scotland has ever produced. His “Poems Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect” is of great significance in the English literature.2. Jonathan Swift’s masterpiece is “Gulliver’s Travels”, which mainly contains four parts.3. “Tom Jones” was based upon the experience of Alexander Selkirk, who had been marooned in an uninhabited island and had lived there for five years.4. “The Dictionary of the English Language”, which first brought fame to Samuel Johnson, was considered as the first standard work which contains sound definitions and uses illustrative quotations from authorities.5. “John Anderson, My Jo” is one of Robert Burns’s better-known lyrics celebrating lifelong affection of an old married couple.6. The publication of the first edition of the “Lyrical Ballads”in 1789 came as a shock and was regarded as the signal of the beginning of the romantic age.7. As a leading Romanticist, George Gordon Byron’s chief contribution is his cr eation of the “Byronic hero”, a proud, mysterious rebel figure, of noble origin.8. The odes are generally regarded as John Keats’s most important and mature works.9. “Pride and Prejudice”, the best-known of Jane Austen’s novels, deals with the everyday l ife of small and big landlords and their families in the English countryside, particularly with the love and marriage of the younger members of those families.10. James Joyce’s novels and short stories are regarded as his great works, almost all of which have the same setting, Dublin.Ⅳ. Literary T erms (10%, 2 points each)1. A novel written in the form of a series of letters exchanged among the characters of the story is known as ______ novel.2. Browning’s greatest contribution to English poetry is his ________. In his most famous poe ms, Browning chooses a dramatic moment or a crisis, in which his characters are made to talk about their lives, and about their minds and hearts.3. The term “______”, meaning ridiculous misuse of big words, originates from Sheridan’s “The Rivals”.4. The _____ is a lyric poem of some length, dealing with a lofty theme in a dignified manner and originally intended to be sung. Both Shelley and Keats are good at this poetic form.5. The “_____________” is a psychological term indicating “the flux of conscio us and subconscious thoughts and impressions moving in the mind at any given time independently of the person’s will.”V. Answer the Following Questions Briefly (20%, 10 points each)1. To some extent, we can say that Samson is Milton. Why?2. Explain the differences between Daniel Defoe’s realism and Jonathan Swift’s realism in their novel writing, as far as their masterpieces are concerned.VI. Essay Question (20%)Do you think “Paradise Lost” is a purely religious poem? Why or why not? Give at least t hree reasons.。
英国文学试题答案
英国文学选读样题答案一、选择题（本大题共15小题，每小题1分，总计15分）1---5 ABCCC6---10 ABBAB11---15 BBAAC二、填空（本大题共10小题，每小题2分，总计20分）1．Heroic 2 comedies 3. couplet 4. metaphysical poetry 5. Eve6. My Luve’s Like a Red, Red, Rose7.Houyhnynms8. Coleridge9. Odes 10. Emily Bronte三、诗歌分析（本大题共4个小题，每小题分值见各小题，共20分）1．William Wordsworth; I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud2．Iambic tetrameter; ababcc ababcc3.The waves beside them danced; but they_ / _ / _ / - /Out-did | the spark|ling waves | in glee:_ / _ / _ _ _ /A po|et could |not but |be gay,_ / _/ _ / _ _In such | a jo|cund com|pany:_ / _ / _ / _ /I gazed--|and gazed-|-but lit|tle thought_ / _ / _ / _ /What wealth |the show |to me |had brought:4. 水波在边上欢舞，但水仙比闪亮的水波舞得更乐；有这样快活的朋友做伴，诗人的心儿被欢愉充塞；我看了又看，却没领悟这景象给了我什么财富。
（黄杲炘）四、小说分析（本大题共5个小题，每小题分值见每小题，共20分）1.Jane Eyre; Sharlotte Bronte2.He had a mad wife who set the building on fire and climbed to the roof of thebuilding. He tried to save her. But the staircase broke and he fell down He was wounded and became blind.3.When Jane knew that Mr. Rochester had a wife. She was surprised and fledfrom Thornfield. Mr. Rochester was very sad at it.4.She wandered about and met Mr. Rivers and became a village school teacher.Mr. Rivers would go to work in India. He asked her to be his wife, which was refused. She heard Mr. Rochester calling her in the wind and came back.5.Though poor and plain, Jane Eyre, who had a strong will of life, tried hard toget her rights of equality. She lived the man very much who was about 20 years older than she and richer. She just wanted him to treat her equally. She was great because her love made disillusioned Rochester happy again. Mr.Rochester was a man full of life’s misery, yet he loved Jane truly and respected her very much. That’s why he got her love.五、文学术语解释（共5个术语，每个2分，共10分）1．Ballad: The narrative folk song that tells a story, which originates and is communicated orally mainly among illiterates.2.Couplet: A pair of rhymed lines that are equal in length and the same in rhythm and rhyme3.Soliloquy: The act of talking to oneself, whether silently or aloud. In drama it refersto the act of a character alone on the stage that utters his or her thoughts aloud.4.Elegy: Poems that lament the loss of something or someone, or loss or death more generally.5.Lyric: A poem, usually a short one, that expresses a speaker’s personal thoughts orfeelings. The elegy, ode, and sonnets are all forms of the lyric.六、简答题（本大题共3小题，每小题5分，共15分）ment briefly on the fate of Tess in Tess of the D’Urbervilles.Tess is actually a victim of her society. Hardy created the heroine Tess just to criticize the society in his time. Tess is a tragic person simply because she is not accepted by the society in which agriculture is menaced by the forces of invading capitalism. So in a way, Tess’ fate is decided by her society.2.What are the unique features of Shakespeare’s sonnets?Two features: (1) the principle person addressed by the poet is not a woman b uta young man and a mysterious dark lady. (2) the structure of three quatrainsand a concluding couplet is typically Shakespearean.3．What are the themes of Pride and Prejudice?1)a conservative criticism of the Romantic movement and in particular its con ceit oflove at first sight.2)Irony also permeates the novel.3)ordinary provincial life with keen observation.4)Marriage plays a huge role in the novel5)Social classes are also taken into account and play a major role as a theme6)Pride and prejudice both stand in the way of relationships,7)Family. Austen portrays the family as primarily responsible for the intellectual and moral education of children.(答出三个以上即可给全分)。
自考英国文学选读试题
自考英国文学选读试题Part I: Choose the relevant match from column B for each item in column A. (10%)Section AA B(1) T. S. Eliot（） A. The School for Scandal(2) John Keats（） B. Samson Agonistes(3) Richard Brinsley Sheridan（） C. My Last Duchess(4) Robert Browning（） D. The Waste Land(5) John Milton（） E. IsabellaSection BA B(1) Pride and Prejudice（） A. Mrs. Morel(2) Hamlet（） B. Mr. Brownlow(3) Wuthering Heights（） C. Claudius(4) Sons and Lovers（） D. Elizabeth Bennet(5) Oliver Twist（） E. HeathcliffPart II. Complete each of the following statements with a proper word or a phrase according to the textbook. (5%)1. The essence of the Renaissance is ______.2. Pope was the greatest poet of his time. He strongly advocated neoclassicism, emphasizing that literary works should be judged by classical rules of order, ______, logic, restrained emotion, good taste and decorum.3. The Romantic period in English literary history is an age of______. Wordsworth and Coleridge are the major representatives of this movement.4. James Joyce is regarded as the most prominent ______ novelist.5. Most of Hardy’s works are set in______, the fictional primitive and crude rural region which is really the home place he both loves and hates. Part III: Each of the following statements below is followed by four alternative answers. Choose the one that would best complete the statement.(50%)1. Marlowe’s greatest achievement lies in that he perfected the ______ and made it the principal medium of English drama.（）A. blank verseB. free verseC. sonnetD. alliteration2. Shakespeare is known to have used ______ different words. His coinage of new words and distortion of the meaning of the old ones also create striking effects on the reader.（）A. 16,000B. 1600C.20,000D. 20003. Dr. Faustus is a play based on the ______ of a magician aspiring for knowledge and finally meeting his tragic end as a result of selling his soul to the Devil.（）A. German legendB. Greek legendC. French legendD. British legend4. Paradise Lost, the only generally acknowledged epic in English literature since Beowulf, is divided into ______ books.（）A. 12B. 6C. 4D. 105. Christian is the character in （）A. The Life and Death of Mr. BadmanB. The Pilgrim’s ProgressC. Grace Abounding to the Chief of SinnersD. none of the above6. The English novelist ______ defined a good style as “proper wordsin proper places”.（）A.FieldingB. DefoeC. SwiftD. Bunyan7. Of all the 18th century novelists, ______ was the first to set out both in theory and practice, to write specifically a “comic epic in prose”, the first to give the modern novel its structure and style.（）A. Fielding B. SwiftC. DefoeD. Richardson8. ______ was the last great neoclassicist enlightener in the later eighteenth century. He was very much concerned with the theme of the vanity of human wishes.（）A. William BlakeB. Samuel JohnsonC. Thomas GrayD. Henry Fielding9. The middle of the 18th century was predominated by a newly rising literary form—（）A. the modern English novelB. the modern English poetryC. the modern English dramaD. the modern English essay10. ______ are generally regarded as important links between the masterpieces of Shakespeare and those of Bernard Shaw.（）A. The Rivals and The School for ScandalB. The Rivals and St. Patrick’s DayC. The Duenna and The School for ScandalD. St. Patrick’s Day and The Duenna11. As to Romanticism, which of the following statements is not right?（）A. Romantic poetry is written according to fixed rules.B. The Romanticists would return to the humble people and the common everyday life for the subjects.C. The Romanticists not only extol the faculty of imagination, but also elevate the concepts of spontaneity and inspiration.D. In order to achieve the effect of the individual vision, the medieval or renaissance world were particularly favored by the Romantics.12. English Romanticism is generally said to have begun in 1798 with the publication of ______’s Lyrical Ballads. （）A. Wordsworth and SoutheyB. Coleridge and SoutheyC. Wordsworth and ColeridgeD. Southey and Blake13. ______ is Byron’s masterpiece, a great comic epic of the early 19th century. It is a poem based on a traditional Spanish legend of a great lover and seducer of women.（）A. Child Harold’s PilgrimageB. Don JuanC. The Prisoner of ChillonD. The Island14. Coleridge’s ______ was composed in a dream after he took opium.（）A. Kubla KhanB. ChristabelC. The Rime of the Ancient MarinerD. Frost at Midnight15. Austen shows a human being（）A. at moments of crisisB. in the most trivial incidents of everyday lifeC. in his prime of lifeD. fighting in a battle field16. Keats’ Ode to a Nightingale expresses the contrast between（）A. the happy world of natural loveliness and human world of agonyB. the happy world of natural loveliness and human world of happinessC. the world of natural innocence and the world of human miseryD. the world of romantic dream and the world of reality and agony17 . In the portrait of her female characters, Austen tries to say that （）A. it is right to marry for material wealth and social positionB. it is right to marry just for beauty and passionC. it is right to marry for true love without consideration of the partner’s personal meritD. it is wrong to marry just for money or for beauty, but it is also wrong to marry without it18. To match his humorous genius, Dickens is also noted for his pictures of（）A. joyB. pathosC. laughterD. wit19. Wuthering Heights is known today as ______ most fascinating novel.（）A. Charlotte Bronte’sB. Anne Bronte’sC. Emily Bronte’sD. George Eliot’s20. As to Idylls of the King, which of the following statements is not right?（）A. It is Tennyson’s most ambitious work which took him over 30 years to complete.B. It is made up of 6 books of narrative poems.C. It is based on the Celtic legends of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table.D. It is a modern interpretation of the classic myth.21. Dickens sets out a full map and a large-scale criticism of the nineteenth century England, particularly（）A. WessexB.DublinC. LondonD. Stratford-on-Avon22. The name of ______ is often associated with the term “dramatic monologue”.（）A. Alfred TennysonB. Mathew ArnoldC. Elizabeth BrowningD. Robert Browning23. The mission of Bernard Shaw’s drama was to reveal the moral, political and economic truth from a radical ______ point of view. （）A. socialistB. naturalistC. reformistD. sentimentalist24. James Joyce’s ______, written in 1939, is regarded as the most original experiment ever made in the novel form, and also the most difficult book to read. （）A. DublinersB. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young ManC. Finnegans WakeD. The Portrait of a Lady25. Which of the following is NOT T. S. Eliot’s literary work? （）A. The Love Song of J. Alfred PrufrockB. The Waste LandC. Sailing to ByzantiumD. Tradition and Individual TalentPart IV. Interpretation (20%)Read the following selections and then answer the questions.（1）Sunset and evening star,And one clear call for me!And may there be no moaning of the bar,When I put out to sea.But such a tide as moving seems asleep,Too full for sound and foam,When that which drew from out the boundless deep,Turns again home.Twilight and evening bell,And after that the dark!And may there be no sadness of farewell,When I embark;For though from out our bourne of Time and PlaceThe flood may bear me far,I hope to see my Pilot face to faceWhen I have crossed the bar.1. What is the title of this poem? Who is the author?2. What is the theme of this poem?（2）I will arise and go now, and go to Innisfree,And a small cabin build there, of clay and wattles made:Nine bean-rows will I have there, a hive for the honeybee,And live alone in the bee-loud glade.And I shall have some peace there, for peace comes dropping slow, Dropping from the veils of the morning to where the cricket sings; There midnight’s all a glimmer, and noon a purple glow,And evening full of the linnet’s wings.I will arise and go now, for always night and dayI hear lake water lapping with low sounds by the shore;While I stand on the roadway, or on the pavements gray,I hear it in the deep heart’s core.3. What does “Innisfree” refer to?4. What is the central idea of this short poem?（3）He was surprised to find this young woman-who though but a milkmaid had just that touch of rarity about her which might make her the envied of her housemates-shaping such sad imaginings. She was expressing in her own native phrases-assisted a little by her Sixth Standard training-feelings which might almost have been called those of the age： the ache of modernism. The perception arrested him less when he reflected that what are called advanced ideas are really in great part but the latest fashion indefinition-a more accurate expression, by words in logy and ism, of sensations which men and women have vaguely grasped for centuries. Still, it was strange that they should have come to her while yet so young; more than strange; it was impressive, interesting, pathetic. Not guessing the cause, there was nothing to remind him that experience is as to intensity, and not as to duration. Tess’s passing corporeal blight had been her mental harvest.Tess, on her part, could not understand why a man of clerical family and good education, and above physical want, should look upon it as a mishap to be alive. For the unhappy pilgrim herself there was very good reason. But how could this admirable and poetic man ever have descended to the Valley of Humiliation, have felt with the man of Uz-as she herself had felt two or three years ago-‘My soul chooses strangling and death rather than my life. I loathe it; I would not live always.’It was true that he was at present out of his class. But she knew that was only because, like Peter the Great in a shipwright’s yard, he was studying what he wanted to know. He did not milk cows because he was obliged to milk cows, but because he was learning how to be a rich and prosperous dairyman, landowner, agriculturist, and breeder of cattle. He would become an American or Australian Abraham, commanding like a monarch his flocks and his herds, his men-servants and his maids. At times, nevertheless, it did seem unaccountable to her that a decidedly bookish, musical, thinking young man should have chosen deliberately to be a farmer, and not a clergyman, like his father and brothers.Thus, neither having the clue to the other’s secret, they were respectively puzzled at what each revealed, and awaited new knowledge of each other’s character and moods without attempting to pry into each other’s history.Every day, every hour, brought to him one more little stroke of her nature, and to her one more of his. Tess was trying to lead a repressed life, but she little divined the strength of her own vitality.5. Who does “he” in the first sentence refer to? What is Tess’s life like at Talbothay Dairy?Part V. Give brief answers to the following questions(15%)1. What are the main characteristics of the Romantic Movement in Europe?2. What are the essential characteristics of modernism?。
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12. Generally, the Renaissance refers to the period between the 14th and mid-17th centuries, its essenceis_______.A. scienceB. philosophyC. artsD. humanism13. _______ frequently applied conceits in his poems.A. Edmund SpenserB. John DonneC. William BlakeD. Thomas Gray14. _______ is known as “the poet’s poet”.A. William ShakespeareB. Christopher MarloweC. Edmund SpenserD. John Donne15. Romance，which uses narrative verse or prose to tell stories of____ adventures or other heroic deeds，is a popular literary form in the medieval period.A. ChristianB. knightlyC. pilgrimsD. primitive16. ________ and William Shakespeare are the best representatives of the English humanism.A. Edmund Spenser, Christopher MarloweB. Thomas More, Christopher MarloweC. John Donne, Edmund SpenserD. John Milton, Thomas More17. Among the following plays which is not written by Christopher Marlowe?A. Dr. FaustusB. The Jew of MaltaC. TamburlaineD. The School for Scandal18. Shakespeare’s greatest tragedies are _______.A. Hamlet, Othello, King Lear and MacbethB. Hamlet, Othello, King Lear and Romeo andJuliet C. Hamlet, Coriolanus, King Lear and Macbeth D. Hamlet, Julius caesar, Othello and Macbeth19. The sentence “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?” is the line of one of Shakespeare’s ________.A. comediesB. tragediesC. historiesD. sonnets20. “So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see, / So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.” (Shakespeare, Sonnets 18) What does “this” refer to?A. LoverB. TimeC. SummerD. Poetry21. Which of the following statements best illustrates the theme of Shakespeare’s Sonnet 18？A. The speaker eulogizes the power of NatureB. The speaker satirizes human vanityC. The speaker praises the power of artistic creationD. The speaker meditates on man’s salvation22. “Bassani 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，ff 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 illustrateA. dramatic ironyB. personificationC. allegoryD. symbolism23. “The Fairy Queen” is the masterpiece written by____.A. John MiltonB. Geoffrey ChaucerC. Edmund SpenserD. Alexander Pope24. Which of the following work did Bacon NOT write?A. Advancement of LearningB. Novum OrganumC. De AugmentisD. Areopagitica25. The greatest of pioneers of English drama in Renaissance is _______, one of whose drama is “Doctor Faustus”.A. William ShakespeareB. Christopher MarloweC. Oscar WildeD. R. Brinsley Sheridan26. “Euphues” was written by ________, the style of the novel was called “Euphuism”.A. John BunyanB. John LylyC. John DonneD. John Milton27. The most famous dramatist in the 18th century is ______, who is famous for “The School for Scandal”.A. Oliver GoldsmithB. Thomas GrayC. R. Brinsley SheridanD. G.eorge Bernard Shaw28. The most distinguished literary figure of the 17th century was ______, who was a c ritic, poet, and playwright.A. Oliver GoldsmithB. John DrydenC. John MiltonD. T. G. Coleridge29. The representative of the “Metaphysical” poetry i s ______, whose poems are famous for his use of fantastic metaphors and extravagant hyperboles.A. John DonneB. John MiltonC. William BlakeD. Robert Burns30. Which of the following has / have associations with John Donne’s poetry?A. reason and sentimentB. conceits and witsC. the euphuismD. writing in the rhymed couplet31. _____ is the successful religious allegory in the English language.A. The Pilgrim’s ProgressB. The Canterbury TalesC. Paradise LostD. Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded32. The 18th century England is known as the ______ in the history.A. RenaissanceB. ClassicismC. EnlightenmentD. Romanticism33. Of all the eighteenth-century novelists, who was the first to set out, both in theory and practice, to write specially a “comic epic讽刺史诗in prose”, the first to give the modern novel its structure and style?A. Thomas GrayB. Richard Brinsley SheridanC. Johathan SwiftD. Henry Fielding34. Henry Fielding has been regarded by some as “_______________”, for his contributi on to the establishment of the form of the modern novel.A. Best writer of the English novelB. The father of English novelC. The most gifted writer of the English novelD. conventional writer of English novel35. Among the pioneers of the 18th century novelists were Daniel Defoe, Samuel Richardson, Henry fielding and _______.A. Laurence SterneB. John DrydenC. Charles DickensD. Alexander Pope36. John Milton’s masterpiece—Paradise Lost was written in the poetic style of _____.A. rhymed stanzasB. blank verseC. alliterationD. sonnets37. Of all the 18th century novelists Henry Fielding was the first to set out____，both in theory and practice，to write specifically a “ ______ in prose,” the first to give the modern novel its structure and style. (Refer to 19)A. tragic epicB. comic epicC. romanceD. lyric epic38. Besides Sheridan, another great playwright in the 18th century is ______.A. Oliver GoldsmithB. Thomas GrayC. T. G. SmolletD. Laurence Sterne39. She Stoops to Conquer was written by _____.A. Oliver GoldsmithB. R. Brinsley SheridanC. John DrydenD. George Bernard Shaw40. The middle of the 18th century was predominated by a newly rising literary form, that is the modern English ______, which gives a realistic presentation of life of the common English people.A. proseB. short storyC. novelD. tragicomedy41. The Houyhnhnms depicted by Jonathan Swift in Gulliver’s Travels are _____.A. horses that are endowed with reasonB. pigmies that are endowed with admirable qualitiesC. giants that are superior in wisdomD. hairy，wild，low and despicable creatures，who resemble human beings not only in appearance but also in some other ways42. The unquenchable无法消除的spirit of Robinson Crusoe struggling to maintain a substantial existence ona lonely island reflects ____.A. man’s desire to return to natureB. the author’s criticism of the colo nization XC. the ideal of the rising bourgeoisie XD. the aristocrats’ disillusionment of the harsh social reality43. Gothic novels are mostly stories of_____, which take place in some haunted or dilapidated Middle Age castles.A. love and marriageB. sea adventuresC. mystery and horrorD. saints and martyrs44. “The father of English novel” is __________.A. Henry FieldingB. Daniel DefoeC. Jonathan SwiftD. John Donne。
英国文学选读练习题-含答案汇编
Exercise for English Literature (2)Choose the best answer for each blank.1.________, the “father of English poetry” and one of the greatest narrative poets of England, was born inLondon about 1340.A.Geoffrey ChaucerB. Sir GawainC.Francis BaconD. John Dryden2.Chaucer died on the 25th October 1400, and was buried in ________.A.FlandersB. FranceC.ItalyD. Westminster Abbey3.The progress in industry at home stimulated the commercial expansion abroad. ________ encouragedexploration and travel, which were compatible with the interest of the English merchants.A.Henry VB. Henry VIIC.Henry VIIID. Queen Elizabethwas also the4.Except being a victory of England over ________, the rout of the fleet “Armada” (Invincible)triumph of the rising young bourgeoisie over the declining old feudalism.A.SpainB. FranceC.AmericaD. Norway5.At the beginning of the 16th century the outstanding humanist ________ wrote his Utopia in which he gave aand put forward his ideal of a future happy society.profound and truthful picture of the people’s sufferingA.Thomas MoreB. Thomas MarloweC.Francis BaconD. William Shakespear6.Absolute monarchy in England reached its summit during the reign of Queen ________.A.MaryB. ElizabethC.WilliamD. Victoria7.English Renaissance Period was an age of ________.A.prose and novelB. poetry and dramaC.essays and journalsD. ballads and songs8.From the following, choose the one which is not Francis Bacon’s work: ________.A.The Advancement of LearningB. The New InstrumentC.EssaysD. The New AtlanticsE.Venus and Adonis9.“Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?” This is the beginning line of one of Shakespeare’A.songsB. playsediesD. sonnets10.The heroines of Shakespeare’sgreat comedies, ________ are the daughters of the Renaissance, whose images and stories will remain a legacy to readers and audiences of all time.A.PortiaB. RoselandC.ViolaD. Beatrice11.Choose the four great tragedies of Shakespeare from the following ________.A.HamletB. OthelloC.MacbethD. King LearE.Timon of Athens12.Which play is not a comedy? ________A. A Midsummer Night’s DreamB. The Merchant of VeniceC.Twelfth NightD. Romeo and JulietE.As You Like Itero summarise his observation of his world into such a bitter13.“Denmark is a prison”. In which play does the hsentence? ________A.Charles IB. OthelloC.Henry VIIID. Hamlet14.The works of ________ and the Authorised Version of the English Bible are the two great treasuries of theEnglish language.A.Geoffrey ChaucerB. Edmund SpenserC.William ShakespeareD. Ben Johnson15.In which play does the hero show his profound reverence for man through the sentence: “Whatwok is a man! How nobel in reason! How finite in faculty!” ________A.Romeo and JulietB. HamletC.OthelloD. The Merchant of Venice16.In 1649, ________ was beheaded. England became a commonwealth.A.James IB. James IIC.Charles ID. Charles II17.The revolution of 1688 meant three of the following things: ________.A.the supremacy of ParliamentB.the beginning of modern EnglandC.the triumph of the principal libertyD.the triumph of the principle of political libertyE.the Restoration of monarchy18.Who of the following were the important metaphysical poets? ________A.John DonneB. George HerbertC.John MiltonD. Richard Lovelace19.Which work was NOT written by John Milton? ________A.Paradise LostB. Paradise RegainedC.Samson AgonistesD. Volpone20.Paradise Lost is ________.A.John Milton’s masterpieceB. a great epic in 12 booksC.written in blank verseD.about the heroic revolt of Satan against God’s authority21.John Milton is ________.A. a great revolutionary poet of the 17th centuryB.an outstanding political pamphleteerC. a great stylistD. a great master of blank verse22.From the Old Testament, John Milton took his stories of Paradise Lost, i.e. ________.A.the creationB.the rebellion in Heaven of Satan and his fellow-angelsC.their defeat and expulsion from HeavenD.the creation of the death and of adam and EveE.the fallen angels in hell plotting against GodF.Satan’s temptation of EveG.the departure of Adam and Eve from Eden23.The finest thing in Paradise Lost is the description of hell, and ________ is often regarded as the real hero ofthe poem.A. GodB. SatanC. AdamD. Eve24.Who is the greatest of the Metaphysical school of poetry? ________A.John DonneB. George HerbertC.Andrew MarvellD. Henry Vaugham25.________ was a progressive intellectual movement throughout Western Europe in the 18th century.A.The RenaissanceB. The EnlightenmentC.The Religious ReformationD. The Chartist Movement26.The main literary stream of the 18th century was ________. What the writers described in their works weremainly social realities.A.naturalismB. romanticismC.classicismD. realismE.sentimentalism27.The eighteenth century was the golden age of the English ________. The novel of this period spoke the truthabout life with an uncompromising courage.A.dramaB. poetryC.essayD. novel28.In 1704, Jonathan Swift published two works together, ________ and ________, which made him well-known as a satirist.A. A Tale of a TubB. Bickerstaff AlmanacC.Gulliver’s TravelsD. A Modest Proposal29.“Proper words in proper places, makes the true definition of a style.” This sentence is said by __of the greatest masters of English prose.A.Alexander PopeB. Henry FieldingC.Daniel DefoeD. Jonathan Swift30.As a journalist, ________ had learned how to make his reporting vivid and credible by a skillful use ofcircumstantial detail. This power to make his characters alive and his stories credible is an inimitable gift.A.Joseph AddisonB. Daniel DefoeC.Samuel RicharsonD. Tobias Smollett31.Which of the following are NOT written by William Blake? ________A.Poetical SketchesB. Songs of InnocenceC.Songs of ExperienceD. Auld Lang SyneE.The Marriage of Heaven and HellF. ProphecisG.Visions of the Daughters of Albion and America, a Prophecy32.In the 18th century English literature, the representative poets of pre-romanticism were ________.A.William WordsworthB. William BlakeC.Robert BurnsD. Jonathan Swift33.The Romantic Age begab with the publication of The Lyrical Ballads which was written by ________.A.William WordsworthB. Samuel JohnsonC.Samuel Taylor ColeridgeD. Wordsworth and Coleridge34.The Romantic Age came to an end with the death of the last well-known romantic writer ________.A.Jane AustenB. Walter ScottC.Samuel Taylor ColeridgeD. William Wordsworth35.The glory of the Romantic Age lies in the poetry of ________.A.William WordsworthB. Samuel Taylor ColeridgeC.George Gordon ByronD. Percy Bysshe ShelleyE.John Keats36.The English Romantic Age produced two major novelists. They are ________.A.George Gordon Byron and Percy Bysshe ShelleyB.William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor ColeridgeC.Walter Scott and Jane AustenD.Charles Lamb and William Hazlitt37.Which poets belong to the Active Romantic group? ________A.George Gordon ByronB. William WordsworthC.Percy Bysshe ShelleyD. John KeatsE.John Milton38.Which poets belong to the Lakers? ________A.William WordsworthB. Samuel Taylor ColeridgeC.John KeatsD. Robert SoutheyE.Walter Scott39.Which of the folloeing were written by Wordsworth ONLY? ________A.To the CuckooB. The Lyrical BalladsC.Lucy PoemsD. The Solitary ReaperE.I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud40.The publication of ________ marked the break with the conventional poetical tradition of the 18th century,i.e., with classicism, and the beginning of the Romantic revival in England.A.The Lyrical BalladsB. The PreludeC.Childe Harold’s PilgrimageD. Don Juan41.As contrasted with the classicists who made reason, order and the old, classical traditions the criteria in theirpoetical creations, ________ based his own poetical principle on the premise that “all g ood poetry is thespontaneous overflow of powerf ul feeling.”A.Samuel Taylor ColeridgeB. George Gordon ByronC.Percy Bysshe ShelleyD. William Wordsworth42.________ was the first critic of the Romantic School.A.William WordworthB. Samuel JohnsonC.Samuel Taylor ColeridgeD. Wordworth and Coleridge43.Which of the following statements is (are) NOT true about George Gordon Byron? ________A.Byron’s early years had been far from happy for he was born with a clubfoot, in the frequent family scenes hismother called him “you lame brat.”B.Byron died in Italy annd was deeply mourned by the Italian people and by all progressive people throughoutthe world.C.The reactionary criticism of the 19th century tried to belittle Byron’s genius and his role in the deEnglish literature, but Byron remains one of the most popular English poets both at home and abroad.D.Since the May 4 Movement in 1919, more and more of Byron’s poems have been translated into Chinese andwell received by the poets and young readers. Byron has now become one of the best-known English poets inour country.44.In 1805, Wordsworth completed a long autobiographical poem entitled ________.A.Biographia literariaB. The PreludeC.Lucy PoemsD. The Lyrical Ballads45.________ is regarded as the most wonderful lyricist England has ever produced mainly for his poems onnature, on love, and on politics.A.William WordsworthB. John KeatsC.George Gordon ByronD. Percy Bysshe Shelley46.Which of the following statements is (are) NOT true about Percy Bysshe Shelley? ________A.Prometheus Unbound is Percy By sshe Shelley’s masterpiece, a long epic poem.B.At Eton Percy Bysshe Shelley was known as “Mad Shelley”, for his obstinate opposition to the brutal faggingsystem, according to which the younger school-boys were obliged to obey the older boys and bear a great dealof cruel treatment.C.George Gordon Byron alled Percy Bysshe Shelley “the best and least selfish man I ever knew.”D.Percy Bysshe Shelley loved the people and hated their oppressors and exploiters.47.________’s pursuit of beauty in all things bespoke an aspiration after a better life than the sordid realityunder capitalism. His leading principle is: “Beauty is truth, truth beauty.”A.Percy Bysshe ShelleyB. George Gordon ByronC.William WordsworthD. John Keats48.Choose the four immortal odes written by John Keats. ________A.Ode to the West WindB. Ode to a NightingaleC.To AutumnD. Ode on MelancholyE.Ode on a Grecian Urn49.Choose the works written by Jane Austen. ________A.Pride and PrejudiceB. Sense and SensibilityC.Northanger Abbey C. EmmaE.Mansfield ParkF. Persuasion50.In the 19th century English literature, a new literary trend called ________ appeared. And it flourished in theforties and in the early fifties.A.romanticismB. naturalismC.realismD. critical realism51.English critical realism found its expression chiefly in the form of ________. The critical realists, most ofwho were novelists, described with vividness and artistic skill the chief traits of the English society andcriticised the capitalist system from a democratic viewpoint.A.novelB. dramaC.poetryD. essay52.The greatest English critical realist novelist was ________, who criticised the bourgeois civilisation andshowed the misery of the common people.A.William Makepeace ThackerayB. Charles DickensC.Charlotte BronteD. Emily Bronte53.Which of the following writers belong to critical realists? ________A.Charles DickensB. Charlotte BronteC. Emily BronteD. Thomas Hardywhich was his54.________ wrote a number of little sketches of “cockney characters”. He signed them “Boz”nickname for his young brother. His first book, Sketches by Boz appeared in 1836.A.Elizabeth GaskellB. William M. ThackerayC.Charles DickensD. Jane Austen55.________ has been called “the supreme epic of English life.”A. A Tale of Two CitiesB. David CopperfieldC.Pickwick PapersD. Oliver Twist56.The theme underlying ________ is the idea “Where there is oppression, there is revolution”A. A Tale of Two CitiesB. David CopperfieldC.Pickwick PapersD. Oliver Twist57.In the Victorian Age, poetry was not a major art intended to change the world. The main poets of the agewere ________.A.Alfred TennysonB. Robert BrowningC.Mrs. BrowningD. Robert BurnsE.William Blake58.The ________ Movement appeared in the thirties of the 19th century. It showed the English workers wereable to appear as an independent political force and were already realising the fact that the industrialbourgeoisie was their principal enemy.A.EnlightenmentB. RenaissanceC.ChartistD. Romanticist59.Which novel is a great satire upon the society and those people who dream to enter the higher societyregardless of the social reality? ________A. A Tale of Two CitiesB. David CopperfieldC.Great ExpectationD. Dombey and Son60.Charles Dickens takes the French Revolution as the background of the novel ________.A. A Tale of Two CitiesB. Great ExpectationC.Hard TimesD. David Copperfield61.________ is often regarded as the semi-autobiography of the author Dickens in which the early life of thehero is largely based on the author’s early life.A.Tom JonesB. David CopperfieldC.Oliver TwistD. Great Expectation62.The Bronte sisters are ________. They were all talented writers and all of them died young.A.Charlotte BronteB. Emily BronteC.Anne BronteD. Jane AustenE.Catherine63.Charlotte Bronte produced four novels: ________.A.ProfessorB. Jane EyreC.ShirleyD. VilletteE.Agnes Grey64.Emily Bronte wrote only one novel entitled ________.A.Wuthering HeightsB. Jane EyreC.EmmaD. Agnes Grey65.Choose the names appear in the novel Jane Eyre. ________A.Jane EyreB. Mr. RochesterC.Mary BartonD. Silas Marner66.Which characters appear in the novel Wuthering Heights? ________A.HeathcliffB. CatherineC.HindleyD. CathyE.Hareton67.In the novel Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte ________.A.pours a great deal of her own experienceB.criticises the bourgeois system of educationC.shows that true love is the foundation of marriageD.shows that women should have equal rights with men68.Women novelists began to appear in England during the second half of the ________ century.A.17thB. 18thC.19thD. 20th69.Anne Bronte also wrote two novels ________ and ________.A.ShirleyB. VilletteC.The Tenant of the Wildfell HallD. Agnes Grey70.Which of the following statements are true about Jane Eyre? ________A.One of the central themes of the book is the criticism of the bourgeois system of education.B.Another problem raised in the novel is the position of women in society.C.This book is Charlottel Bronte’s best literary production.D.In this book, the author attacked the greed, petty tyranny and lack of culture among the bourgeoisie andsympathised with the sufferings of the poor people. Her realism was coloured by petty-bourgeois philanthropy. 71.Most of Robert Browning’s important works, including________, are written in the form of dramaticmonologue.A.Dramatic LyricsB. Dramatic RomancesC. Men and WomenD. dramatics Personae72.Thomas Hardy is one of the representatives of English ________ at the turn of the 19th century.A.critical realismB. pre-romanticismC.neo-classicismD. new romanticism73.Which statement is true? ________A.Thomas Hardy is a famous novelist.B.Thomas Hardy is also a poet.C.Thomas Hardy is a critical realist.D.Fatalism is strongly reflected in Thomas Hardy’ novels.74.Accordi ng to Thomas Hardy’s own classification, his novels divided themselves into three groups. They are________.A.Novels of character and environmentB.Romances and FantasiesC.Novels of IngenuityD.Working class literature75.Novels of character and environment are also called Wessex novels, taking the southwest counties ofEngland for their setting. They include: ________.A.Under the Greenwood TreeB. The Return of the NativeC.The Mayor of CasterbridgeD. Tess of the D’UrbervillesE.Jude the Obscure76.The following state ments are about Thomas Hardy’s novels, which are true? ________A.His Wessex novels are of great significance.B.The Southwest counties of England are the setting of his Wessex novels.C.There is pessimism in his novels.D.Mankind is subjected to hostile and mysterious fate.E.There are elements of naturalism in his works.77.Oscar Wilde is one of the important dramatists in the 19th century. In his comedies, he criticises the upperclass of the English bourgeois society. His best comedies are ________.s Fandy Windermere’B. A Woman of No ImportanceC.An Ideal HusbandD.The Importance of Being EarnestE.The Picture of Dorian Gray78.Oscar Wilde was the representative among the writers of ________.A.aestheticismB. decadenceC.critical realismD. pre-romanticism79.Alfred Tennys on’s poetic output was vast and varied. His main poems are ________.A.The PrincessB. MaudC.In MemoriamD. Idylls of the KingE.Crossing the Bar80.Which of the following short poems was/were written by Alfred Tennyson? ________A.Break, Break, BreakB. Crossing the BarC.The EagleD. Sweet and LowE.Tears, Idle Tears81.Which lament was written by Alfred Tennyson for the death of his friend Hallam? ________A.In MemoriamB. LycidasC.AdodaisD. Elegy written in a Country Churchyard82.My Last Duchess is ________.A. a dramatic monologueB. a short lyricC. a novelD. an essay83.________ are generally regarded as Joseph Conrad’s finest novels.A.Lord JimB. NostromoC.YouthD. The Old Wives’ Tale84.Who is regarded as a forerunner of the “stream of consciousness” literature in the 20th century?A.John GalsworthyB. Henry JamesC.Thomas Stearns EliotD. James Joyce85.George Bernard Shaw’s essay ________, a commentary on Henrik Ibsen’s dramatic works, served also aeation.author’s own program of dramatic crA.Widower’s HousesB. Mrs. Warren’s ProfessionC.Major BarbaraD. The Quintessence of Ibsenism86.In English literature, ________ and ________ are the two best-known novelists of the “stream o fconsciousness” school.A.David Herbert LawrenceB. Robert TressellC.James JoyceD. Virginia Woolf87.________’s admirers have praised him as “second only to Shakespeare in his mastery of English language.A. D.H. LawrenceB. T.S. EliotC.James JoyceD. W.B. Yeats88.________ is the climax of Virginia Woolf’ｓexperiments in novel form.A.The WindowB. Time PassesC.To the LighthouseD. The Waves89.Which of the following novels belong(s) to the “stream of consciousness” school of novel writing?A.UlyssesB. Finnegans WakeC.To the LighthouseD. The Waves90.________ was written by James Joyce.A.The Portrait of an Artist as a Young ManB.Portrait of a LadyC.The Picture of Dorian GrayD.To the Lighthouse91. D.H. Lawrence’s representative work ________ was positively taken as a typical example and livelymanifestation of the Oedipus Complex in fiction, as the result of Lawrence’s long-range study of thepsychologic theories of Sigmund Freud.A.Sons and LoversB. The RainbowC. Lady Chatterley’s LoverD. Women in Love92.Which of the characters are in the novel Sons and Lovers?A.Mrs. MorelB. PaulC. MiriamD. Clara93.Which of the following writers were from Ireland?A.George Bernard ShawB. Jonathan SwiftC.James Joyce Oscar WildeE.W.B. Yeats94.Which of the following play(s) was/were NOT written by George Bernard Shaw?A.Mrs. Warren’s ProfessionB. Widower’s HousesC.Major BarbaraD. PygmalionE.The Man of Property95.Which of the following plays deals with the story that a linguist trains a flower girl to speak the so-calledhigh-civilised English?A.Major BarbaraB. PygmalionC.Mrs. Warren’s ProfessionD. Man and Superman96.In 1923, ________ was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature.A.William Butler YeatsB. Samuel ButlerC.Thomas Stearns EliotD. David Herbert Lawrence97.William Butler Yeats was _______.A.an Irish poetB. a dramatistC. a criticD. a senator in the Irish Free State in 192198.Thomas Stearns Eliot defined his belief as ________.A.classicist in literatureB. royalist in politicsC.Anglo-Catholic in religionD. all of the above99.Which of the following statement is NOT true?A.Thomas Stearns Eliot was born in America.B.C.Thomas Stearns Eliot became a British subject in 1927.D.E.Thomas Stearns Eliot was educated in Harvard University and Oxford University.F.G.Thomas Stearns Eliot was a poet, a critic and a playwright.H.I.Thomas Stearns Eliot was also a great novelist.100.101.In which poem are the sterility and chaos of the contemporary world after 1st World War expressed?A.Ode to the West WindB. The Solitary ReapermiaD. The Waste LandKeys:1-5: A, D, D, A, A 6-10: B, B, D, D, ABCD11-15:ABCD, D, D, C, B 16-20: C, ABC, AB, D, ABCD21-25: ABCD, ABCDEFG, B, A, B 26-30: D, D, AD, D, B31-35: D, BC, D, B, ABCDE 36-40: C, ACD, ABD, ACDE, A41-45: D, C, B, B, D 46-50: A, D, BCDE, ABCDEF, D51-55: A, B, ABCD, C, C 56-60: A, ABC, C, C, A61-65: B, ABC, ABCD, A, AB 66-70: ABCDE, ABCD, C, CD, ABCD71-75: ABCD, A, ABCD, ABC, ABCDE76-80: ABCDE, ABCD, AB, ABCED, ABCDE81-85: A. A. AB, B, D 86-90: CD, C, D, ABCD, A 91-95: A, ABCE, ABCDE, E, B 96-100: A, ABCD, D, E, D。
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英国文学选读试题I. Prose selection：In this section, you are required to read the selection taken from some famous literary works, and then answer the questions below. Write your answers on the Answer Sheet (30 points).To spend too much time in studies is sloth; to use them too much for ornament, is affectation; to make judgment wholly by their rules, is the humor of a scholar. They perfect nature, and are perfected by experience: for natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning by study; and studies themselves, do give forth directions too much at large, except they be bounded in by experience. Crafty men contemn studies, simple men admire them, and wise men use them; for they teach not their own use; but that is a wisdom without them, and above them, won by observation. Read not to contradict and confute; nor to believe and take for granted; nor to find talk and discourse; but to weigh and consider.Questions:1.Which book is this passage taken from?And what’s the title of the essay?Who is the author of it?Essays; Of Studies; Francis Bacon2.How many abuses or misuses of studies the author summarized in this passage,and do you agree with him, why or why not?3.What is the relationship of practice and studies, try to illustrate it by relatingyour own experience.According to the author, what is the most effective way to pursue one’s studies and why?II. Poem selection：In this section, you are required to read the selection taken from some famous literary works, and then answer the questions after the selection. Writeyour answers on the Answer Sheet (30 points).Death, be not proud, though some have called theeMighty and dreadful, for thou art not so ;For those, whom thou think'st thou dost overthrow,Die not, poor Death, nor yet canst thou kill me.From rest and sleep, which but thy picture[s] be,Much pleasure, then from thee much more must flow,And soonest our best men with thee do go,Rest of their bones, and soul's delivery.Thou'rt slave to Fate, chance, kings, and desperate men,And dost with poison, war, and sickness dwell,And poppy, or charms can make us sleep as well,And better than thy stroke ; why swell'st thou then ?One short sleep past, we wake eternally,And Death shall be no more ; Death, thou shalt dieQuestions:1.What type of poem is this one, and who is the poet? What is the poet’s attitudetoward Death?2.What is the Renaissance idea of sleep, can you describe death's image andcompare it to that expressed in Hamlet’s soliloquy (To be or not to be, that is the question…).3.Why does the poet say that Death is “slave to fate, chance, kings and desperatemen”, do you think death is powerful enough to choose who is to die?4.What is your idea about death, do you think Death can be swelling with pridetoday?III. Novel Selection: In this section, you are required to read the selection taken from some famous literary works, and then answer the questions after the selection. Writeyour answers on the Answer Sheet ((40 points).Questions:1.Do you agree with the statement “it is a truth universally acknowledged, that asingle man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife”, why or why not?2.Describe the relationship between Mr. Bennet and Mrs. Bennet. Tell how youthink they feel about each other, and give details from the excerpts to support your opinion.3.Hyperbole and irony are effectively used by Jane Austen in this novel. Point outwith a single underline the hyperbolic or ironical expressions in the following sentences:"It is more than I engage for, I assure you.""Have a little compassion on my nerves. You tear them to pieces""I have heard you mention them with consideration these twenty years atleast.""It is very unlucky: but as I have actually paid the visit, we cannot escape the acquaintance now"(Chap.2).4.What do you think of the theme of this novel? Does it have anything to do withits original title: First Impressions?5.Who is your favourite character of this novel, and why?5※<试题四>英国文学选读试题I. Prose selection：In this section, you are required to read the selection taken from some famous literary works, and then answer the questions below. Write your answers on the Answer Sheet (30 points).Histories make men wise, poets witty; the mathematics, subtle; natural philosophy deep; moral, grave; logic and rhetoric, able to contend. There is no stond or impediment in the wit but may be wrought out by fit studies, like as the diseases of the body may have appropriate exercises. Bowling is good for the stone and reins, shooting for the lungs and breast, gentle walking for the stomach, riding for the head, and the like. So if a man’s wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics; for in demonstration, if his wit be called away never so little, he must begin again. If his wit be not apt to distinguish or find differences, let him study the schoolmen, for they are hair splitters. So every defect of the mind may have a special receipt.Questions:1.Which book is this passage taken from? And what’s the title of the essay?Who is the author of it?2.In what sense does reading make a full man? And what kind of reading does theauthor refer to in this context?3.Can you give an example to show the effect of a special kind of reading or sportupon human character by relating your own experience?According to the author, every defect of the mind may have a special receipt. Do youagree with the author, why or why not?II. Poem selection：In this section, you are required to read a poem taken from some famous collection, and then answer the questions after the selection. Write your answers on the Answer Sheet (30 points).Questions:1.What type of poem is this one, and its poetic features? Who is the poet? Sonnet2.Why does the poet compare `thee` to a summer’s day? And who could `thee` be, why?3.Point out some of the figures of speech used in this poem.4.What is the theme of the poem?III. Novel Selection: In this section, you are required to read the selection taken from Robinson Crosoe, and then answer the questions after the selection. Write your answers on the Answer Sheet ((40 points)Questions:1.Do you find the description of Defoe’s setting up the tent con vincing?Couldyou think of better ways to build a shelter in his situation?2.Why does Robinson pay particular attention to the entrance of his tent? Whydoes he go into his tent by a ladder instead of a door?3.From this passage, make some comment on the stylistic features of DanielDefoe’s novel?4.Try to summarize the ideas of the last two paragraphs?5.From this excerpt, what do you find admirable in Robinson Crusoe?。
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forms and they were carried on especially by Ben John.
D. was murdered at the order of the duke 16． “To wage by force or guile eternal war,/ Irreconcilable to our grand Foe.” (Milton, Paradise
Lost) Who is the “grand Foe” the speaker is referring to?
English as placed in every church.
A. Canterbury Tales B. Bible C. Ballad D. Elegy
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C. sentimental D. allegorical
23. A typical Forsyte, according to John Galsworthy, is a man with a strong sense of ______ , who
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- 1 - 江西农业大学级英国文学课程试卷A 适用范围：英语专业 班 考试日期： 试卷所需时间：120分钟 考试类型：闭卷 试卷总分：100分 Part I. Matching. Directions: Choose the relevant literary works from Column B for each writer in Column A and write your answers in the corresponding space on the answer sheet. (15 points, 1 point for each) Section A Section B 1. Robert Burns A. Jacob ’s Room 2. John Keats B. Women in Love 3. D.H. Lawrence C. The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock 4. John Donne D. Ode to a Grecian Urn 5. Jane Austen E. A Red, Red Rose 6. Virginia Woolf F. Childe Harold ’s Pilgrimage 7. William Shakespeare G. A Modest Proposal 8. Daniel Defoe H. I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud 9. Charles Dickens I. Pygmalion 10. George Bernard Shaw J. Oliver Twist 11. T. S. Eliot K. Death Be Not Proud 12. George Gordon Byron L. Northanger Abbey 13. Joseph Conrad M. Robinson Crusoe 14. William Wordsworth N. Twelfth Night 15. Jonathan Swift O. Heart of Darkness Part II. Multiple Choices. Directions: Select from the four choices of each item the one that best answers the question or completes the statement. Write your choice on the answer sheet. (25 points, 1 point for each) 16. Which of the following is NOT true about The Canterbury Tales ? A. It is written for the great part in heroic couplets. B. It is written in the form of a dream vision. C. Chaucer chose a pilgrimage as the framework for the stories involved in it. D. “The General Prologue” introduces the pilgrims and the time and occasion of the pilgrimage. 17. Shakespeare’s four great tragedies are: Hamlet , Othello , ______ and ______. A. King Lear…Romeo and Juliet B. King Lear…Macbeth C. King John…Julius Caesar D. King John…The Merchant of Venice 18. Oscar Wilde was the representative among the writers of______. A. aestheticism B. naturalism C. neo-romanticism D. sentimentalism 19. The essence of humanism is to ______. A. restore a medieval reverence for the church B. avoid the circumstances of earthly life C. explore the next world in which men could live after death D. emphasize human qualities 20. “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day” is the opening line of one of Shakespeare’s ______. A. songs B. plays C. sonnets D. tragedies Part III. Reading Comprehension. Directions: Read the quoted parts carefully and answer the questions in English. Please choose THREE from the following four questions 41, 42, 43 and 44, and write your answer in the corresponding space on the answer sheet. (24 points, 8 points for each ） 41. One shade the more, one ray the less, Had half impair’d the nameless grace Which waves in every raven tress, Or softly lightens o’er her face, Where thoughts serenely sweet express How pure, how dear their dwelling-place. And on that cheek, and o’er that brow, So soft, so calm, yet eloquent, That smiles that win, the tints that glow, But tell of days in goodness spent, A mind at peace with all below, A heart whose love is innocent! Questions: A. Identify the author and the title of the poem from which it is taken. B. What does “their dwelling place” refer to in the sixth line? C. Where are the lady’s winning smiles? How do they appear to the poet? Part IV . Topic Discussion. Directions: Please choose THREE from the following five questions 45, 46, 47, 48 and 49, and write your answer in the corresponding space on the answer sheet. (36 points, 12 points for each) 48. What is the meaning of “gentleman ” in the context of Charles Dickens ’ novel Great Expectations ? 49. What are the main characteristics of the stream of consciousness novel? Who are the representatives of this group? Write down their most important works and give your comment on one of them. 附注：今年试题结构可能会调整，仅作参考，具体情况到期末考核前再通知。
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