英美文学作品选读试题
- 1 - Test1 1Which of the following novels by D.H.Lawrence shows the influence of Freud's theory of psychoanalysis,especially that of the "Oedipus complex"? A. The Rainbow B. Women in Love C. Sons and Lovers D. Lady Chatterley's Lover [参考答案] Sons and Lovers 2 In Chapter III of Oliver Twist, Oliver is punished for that “impious and profane offence of asking for more” . What did Oliver ask for more? A. More time to play B. More food to eat C. More books to read D. More money to spend [参考答案] More food to eat 3 "Do you think, because I am poor, obscure, plain, and little, I am soulless and heartless?... And if God had gifted me with some beauty, and much wealth, I should have made it as hard for you to leave me, as it is now for me to leave you." The above quoted passage is most probable taken from________. A. Pride and Prejudice B. Jane Eyre C. Wuthering Heights D. Great Expectations [参考答案] Jane Eyre 4 In the 19th-century English literature, a new literary trend______ appeared. A. realism B. naturalism C. romanticism D. critical realism [参考答案] critical realism 5 D.H. Lawrence artistic tendency is mainly______, which combine dramatic scence with authoritative commentary. A. romanticism B. realism C. naturalism D. modernism [参考答案] realism 6 The Victorian Age was an age of ______, eminently represented by Dickens and Thackeray. A. poetry B. drama C. prose D. epic prose - 2 -
[参考答案] epic prose 7 Dickens’best- depicted characters are the following, EXCEPT ______. A. innocent, virtuous, persecuted and helpless child characters B. horrible and grotesque characters C. broadly humorous or comical characters D. simple, innocent and faithful women characters [参考答案] simple, innocent and faithful women characters 8 The ________ Movement appeared in the 30s of the 19th century. It showed that the English workers were able to appear as an independent political force and were already realizing the fact that the industrial bourgeoisie was their principal enemy. A. Enlightenment B. Renaissance C. Chartist D. Romanticist [参考答案] Chartist 9 Charlotte Bronte’s autobiograghical work ______ largely based on her experience in Brussels. A. The Professor B. Shirley C. Villette D. Jane Eyre [参考答案] Jane Eyre 10、Most of Hardy’s later works show his ___________ view of life. A. optimistic B. pessimistic C. practical D. ironical [参考答案] pessimistic 11 The end of the 19th century is a period of struggle between ______ and _______ trends in art and literature. A. Realistic, Anti-realistic B. Realsistic, Surreslistic C. Realistic, Romantic D. Romantic, Humansism [参考答案] Realistic, Anti-realistic 12 "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. Lover B. Time C. Summer D. Poetry [参考答案] Poetry 13 The first novel written by Thomas Hardy is “__________________”. A. Desperate Remedies - 3 -
B. Under the Greenwood C. The Return of the Native D. The Mayor of Casterbridge [参考答案] Desperate Remedies 14 The major concer of _______ fiction lies in the tracing of the psychological development of his characters and in his energetic criticism of the dehumanizing effect of the capitalist industrialization on human nature. A. D.H. Lawrence's B. J.Galsworthy's C. W. Thackeray's D. T.Hardy's [参考答案] D.H. Lawrence's 15 The success of _______ is also due to its introduction to the English novel the first governess heroine. A. The Professor B. Jane Eyre C. Wuthering Heights D. Far From the Madding Crowd [参考答案] Jane Eyre 16 Which of the following is the hero in the novel Jane Eyre? A. Mr. Rochester B. Heathcliff C. Hindley D. Silas Marner [参考答案] Mr. Rochester 17 Which one is the English greatest critical realist novelist? A. William Makepeace Thackeray B. Charles Dickens C. George Eliot D. Thomas Hardy [参考答案] Charles Dickens 18 Which of the following is NOT a typical feature of Modernism? A. To elevate the individual and inner being over the social being. B. To put the stress on traditional values. C. To portray the distorted and alienated relationship between man and his environment. D. To advocate a conscious break with the past. [参考答案] To put the stress on traditional values. 19 Charles Dickens novel, ______ is famous for its vivid description of the work- house and life of the underworld in the 19th-century London. A. The Pickwick Paper B. Oliver Twist C. David Copperfield D. Nicholas Nickleby
英美文学选读自考题-7_真题-无答案
英美文学选读自考题-7(总分100,考试时间90分钟)Ⅰ.Multiple ChoiceSelect from the four choices of each item the one that best answers the question or completes the statement. Mark your choice by blacking the corresponding letter A, B, C or D on the answer sheet.1. 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 rest. C. New discovery in geography and astrology. D. The religious reformation and the economic expansion.2. The Renaissance refers to the period between 14th and mid-17th centuries, which was under the reign of Queen ______ and absolute monarchy in England reached its summit, and in which the real mainstream was ______.A. Victoria, poetry B. Elizabeth, drama C. Mary, novel D. James, drama3. In the second period, Shakespeare's style and approach became highly individualized. He wrote **edies. Which one doesn't belong to them?______A. Titus Andronicus. B. A Midsummer Night's Dream. C. The Merchant of Venice. D. Twelfth Night.4. William Shakespeare's greatest tragedies are: Hamlet, ______, King Lear and ______.A. Romeo and Juliet, Othello B. Othello, Macbeth C. The Tempest, Macbeth D. Othello, Henry IV5. Which of the following statements 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.6. Milton once had an ambition to write an epic which England would "______".A. justify the ways of God to men B. lust all for men C. not willingly let die D. not let all lost7. ______ is not written by John Milton.A. Samson Agonistes B. Paradise Lost C. Paradise Regained D. Tamburlaine8. In terms of the Age of Enlightenment, **ment is not true?______A. The Age of Enlightenmentis also thought as the Age of Reason. B. Its purpose was to enlighten the whole world with the light of modern philosophical and artistic ideas. C. The enlighteners advocated universal education. D. John Milton is one of the representatives of the Enlightenment Movement.9. The modern English novel came into being in ______.A. the middle of the 17th century B. the 17th century C. the late 18th century D. the middle of the 18th century10. Daniel Defoe's novels mainly focus on ______.A. the struggle of the unfortunate for mere existence B. the struggle of the shipwrecked persons for security C. the struggle of the pirates for wealth D. the desire of the criminals for property11. ______ is a typical feature of Swift's writings.A. Elegant style B. Casual narration C. Bitter satire D. Complicated sentence structure12. Statement "______" is true in describing Romanticists.A. To Romanticists, poetry is an expression of an individual's feeling and experiences no matter how fragmentary and momemtary these feelings and experiences are B. Romanticists are not patient people; they would leave before the revelation of the theme C. Poetry should present the apparent and tangible D. Romanticists take delight only in sound effect; the theme of a work is not their concern13. ______ is a lovely volume of poems, presenting a happy and innocent world.A. Songs of Experience B. Songs of Innocence C. Song of Myself D. There Was a Child Went Forth14. Wordsworth thought that ______ is the only subject of literary interest.A. nation B. past experience C. common life D. nature15. P.B. Shelley's greatest political lyric is "______".A. Men of England B. An Essay on Criticism C. The Prelude D. A De fence of Poetry16. The major themes of Jane Austen's novels are the stories of ______.A. love and money B. money and social status C. social status and marriageD. love and marriage17. Robert Browning created the verse novel, transferring the thematic interest from mere narration of the story to revelation and study of characters' inner world and brought to the Victorian poetry ______.A. some psycho-analytical element B. some romantic element C. some realistic element D. some classical element18. The most distinguishing feature of Charles Dickens' works lies in his ______.A. social criticism B. optimism C. character portrayal D. social setting19. ______ represents those middle-class working women who are struggling for recognition of their basic rights and equality as a human being.A. Tess B. Jane Eyre C. Dorothea D. Elizabeth20. In Thomas Hardy's works, the conflict between the old and the modern is very pervasive. His attitude toward those traditional characters is ______.A. contempt B. sympathetic C. indifferent D. interested21. The trilogy of ______ novels are masterpieces of critical realism in the early 20th century.A. Galsworthy's Forsyte B. Lewis Grassic Gibbon's Sunset Song C. D.H. Lawrence's Women in Love D. E.M. Foster's A Passage to India22. The leader of the Irish National Theater Movement in the early 20th century was ______.A. W.B. Yeats B. Lady Gregory C. J.M. Synge D. John Galsworthy23. The **ments on George Bernard Shaw are true except ______.A. George Bernard Shaw's career as a dramatist began in 1892, when his first play Widowers' Houses 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 **bination of realism and naturalism D. Shaw's plays can be termed as problems plays24. T.S. Eliot's most popular verse play is ______.A. Murder in the Cathedral B. The Cocktail Party C. The Family Reunion D. The Waste Land25. ______ was one of the first novelists to introduce themes of psychology into his works. He believed that the healthy way of the individual's psychological development lay in the primacy of the sexual impulse.A. T.S. Eliot B. George Eliot C. James Joyce D. Ｄ.H. Lawrence26. The desire for an escape from society and a return to ______ became a permanent convention of American literature.A. history B. past C. nature D. simple life27. ______ tells a simple but very moving story in which four people living in a **munity are involved in and affected by the sin of adultery in different ways.A. Young Goodman Brown B. Moby-Dick C. The Scarlet Letter D. Daisy Miller28. Hawthorne intended to ______ in The Scarlet Letter.A. tell a story of parental love B. tell a story of sin and bloody violence C. call the readers back to the plantation way of living D. reveal the human psyche after they sinned29. Whitman prefers for his new subject and new poetic feelings is "______," that is, poetry without a fixed beat or regular rhyme scheme.A. blank verse B. free rhythm C. balanced structure D. free verse30. Which of the **ments on the writings by Herman Melville is not true?______A. "Bartleby, the Scrivener" is a short 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 proseepic.31. Realism was a reaction against ______ or a move away from the bias towards romance and self-creating fictions, and paved the way to Modernism.A. Romanticism B. Rationalism C. Post-modernism D. Cynicism32. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and, especially, its sequence ______ proved themselves to be the milestone in the American literature.A. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn B. Life on the Mississippi C. The Gilded Age D. Roughing It33. The Portrait of A Lady is generally considered to be masterpiece, which describes the life journey of an American ______ in a European cultural environment.A. Henry Adams's, widow B. William James's, girl C. Henry James's, girl D. Theodore Dreiser's, widow34. Which of the following works by Henry James is the most famous one during his last and major period?______A. The Turn of the Screw. B. The Middle Years. C. What Maisie Knows. D. The Portrait of A Lady.35. However, ______, the keynote of Daisy Miller's character, turns out to be an admiring but a dangerous quality and her defiance of social taboos in the Old World finally brings her to a disaster in the clash between two different cultures.A. experience B. sophistication C. worldliness D. innocence36. Which of the following is not a work of Emily Dickinson's? ______A. This is my letter to the World. B. I heard a Fly buzz—when I died—. C. The Road Not Taken. D. I like to see it lap the Miles—.37. ______ is another human desire that Dreiser explored to considerable lengths in his novels to reveal the dark side of human nature.A. Sex B. Hunger C. Thirst D. Competition38. The defining formal characteristics of the modernistic works are ______.A. discontinuity and fragmentation B. contorted and obscure C. traditional and glorious D. prosperous and innovative39. Most critics have agreed that ______ is both an insider and an outsider of the Jazz Age with a double vision.A. F. Scott Fitzgerald B. Robert Lee Frost C. E.E. Cummings D. Ernest Hemingway40. "Grace under pressure" is a major feature of ______'s novels.A. William Faulkner B. Henry James C. Theodore Dreiser D. Ernest HemingwayⅡ.Reading ComprehensionRead the quoted parts carefully and answer the questions in English. Write your answers in the corresponding space on the answer sheet.1. "Some men there are love not a gaping pig;/Some that are mad if they behold a cat;/And others, when the bagpipe sings i' th, nose,/Cannot contain their urine; for affection,/Mistress of passion, sways it to the mood/Of what it likes or loathes."Questions:A. Identify the author and the work.B. Who is the speaker of the quoted passage?C. What idea does the quotation express?2. "Wild Spirit, which art moving everywhere;/Destroyer and Preserver; hear, O hear!"Questions:A. Identify the poem and the poet.B. What is the "Wild Spirit"?C. What does the "Wild Spirit" destroy and preserve?3. "I celebrate myself, and sing myself,/And what I assume you shall assume,/For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you./I loafe and invite my soul,/I lean and loafe at my ease observing a spear of summer grass." (from Walt Whitman's "Song of Myself") Questions:A. Whom does "myself" refer to?B. How do you understand the line "I loafe and invite my soul"?C. What does "a spear of summer grass" indicate?4. "I shall be telling this with a sigh/Somewhere ages and ages hence./Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—/ I took the one less travelled by,/And that has made all the difference."Questions:A. Who is the author of this poem?B. Identify the title of the short poem from which this part is taken.C. In one or two sentences, interpret the implied meaning of the last two lines.Ⅲ.Questions and AnswersGive a brief answer to each of the following questions in English. Write your answers in the corresponding space on the answer sheet.1. According to the neoclassicists, what are the standards for literature during the neoclassical period?2. What are the features of Charles Dickens' novels?3. What is the background of American Romanticism?4. What are the similarities and differences between the three literary giants Howells, Mark Twain, Henry James, in terms of their literary orientation?Ⅳ.Topic DiscussionWrite no less than 150 words on each of the following topics in English in the corresponding space on the answer sheet.1. Make a **ment on John Milton's literary achievements.2. Based on Hawthorne's work The Scarlet Letter, discuss the characters of his writings.。
《英美文学选读》模拟试题(5)
《英美文学选读》模拟试题(五)一、单项选择题1.The work that presented , for the first time in English literature, a comprehensive realistic picture of the medieval English society and created a whole gallery of vivid characters from all walks of life is most likely______.A. William Langland ’ Piers PlowmanB. Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Canterbury TalesC. John Gower’Confessio AmantisD. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight2."So much the worse for me, that I an strong. Do I want to live? What kind of living will it be when you-oh, God!Would you like to live with your soul in the grave?"In the above passage quoted from Emily Brontes Wuthering Heights, the word "soul" apparently refers to _______ .A.HeathcliffB.CatherineC.ghostD.ones spiritual lift3.Here are two lines from a ling poem: "Upon a great adventure he was bond, That greatest Gloriana to him gave." The poem must be_____.A. BeowulfB. John Milton’s Samson AgonistesC. Thomas Gray’s Elegy Written in a County ChurchyardD. Edmund Spenser’s The Faerie Q ueene4.The major concern of _______ fiction lies in the tracing of the psychological development of his characters and in his energetic criticism of the dehumanizing effect of the capitalist industrialization on human nature.A.Charles DickensswrencesC.Thomas HardysD.John Galsworthys5.When he writes, in An Essay on Criticism, "A vile conceit in pompous words expressed, / Is like a clown in regal purple dressed", Alexander Pope means that __________.A. pompous words are always destructive to good tasteB. the purple colour is for the royal only and it is ridiculous to dress a clown in purpleC. conceits are always misleadingD. true wit is best in a plain style6."To be so distinguished is an honor, which, being very little accustomed to favors from the great, I know not well how to receive, or in what terms to acknowledge." The above quoted sentence is presented by Samuel Johnson with a（n） _______ tone.A.delightfulB.jealousC.ironicD.humorous7."The shepherd in Virgil grew at last acquainted with Love, and found him a native of the rocks."(Samuel Johnson, "To the Right Honorable the Earl of Chesterfield")The speaker here is ______.A. cheerfulB. ironicC. mysteriousD. nonchalant8._______ is a typical feature of Swifts writings.A.Bitter satireB.Elegant styleC.Casual narrationplicated sentence structure9.The first line of William Blake’s well-known poem "The Tyger" reads, "Tyger! Tyger! Burning bright".The repeated word "tiger" (tiger) with an exclamation mark suggests_______.A. joyB. fearC. painD. fondness10."Do you think, because I am poor, obscure, plain, and little, I am soulless and heartless?…And if God had gifted me with some beauty, and much wealth, I should have made it as hard for you to leave me, as it is now for me to leave you." The above quoted passage is most probably taken from _______ .A.Pride and PrejudiceB.Jane EyreC.Wuthering HeightsD.Great Expectations11.The lines, "It was a miracle of rare device,/ A sunny pleasure dome with caves of ice," are found in __________.A. Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s "Kubla Khan"B. William Wordsworth’s "Lines Written in Early Spring"C. John Keats’s "Ode to Autumn"D. Percy Bysshe Shelly’s "ode to the West Wind"12.G.B.Shaws play Mrs.Warrens Profession is a realistic exposure of the _______ in the English society.A.slum landlordismB.inequality between men and womenC.political corruptionD.economic exploitation of women13." Damn the fool! There he is, cried Heathcliff, sinking back into his seat. Hush, my darling! Hush, hush, Catherine! I’ll stay. If he shot me so, I’d expire with a blessing in my lips." The novel from which the passage is taken must be _________.A. Jane Austen’s Pride and PrejudiceB. Charles Dicke ns’s The Old Curiosity ShopC. Samuel Richardson’s PamelaD. Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights14."I believe you are made of stone,he said, clenching his fingers so hard that he broke the fragile cup. …You seem to forget, she said,that cup is not!"From the above quoted passage, we can find the womans tone is very _______ .A.sarcasticB.amusingC.sentimentalD.facetious15.Here is a passage from Middlemarch, a novel by George Eliot: "Her bloomingfull-pulsed youth stood there in a moral imprisonment which made itself one with the chill, colourless, narrowed landscape, with the shrunken furniture, the never-read books, and the ghostly stag in pale fanatic world that seemed to be vanishing from the daylight," Who is the lady mentioned in the quoted passage?A. DorotheaB. EmmaC. MollyD. Irene16.Alexander Pope strongly advocated _______, emphasizing that literary works should be judged by rules of order, reason, logic, restrained emotion, good taste and decorum.A.sentimentalismB.romanticismC.idealismD.neoclassicism17.Which of the following brings LITTLE impact on the development of 20th century literature?A. Friedrich Nietzche’s assertions: "God is dead"B. Arther Schopenharuer’s and Henry Bergson’s philosophical ideas of irrationality.C. Oscar Wilde’s idea of "Art for Art’s Sake".D. Freudian-Jungian psycho-analysis18.Of all the eighteenth-century novelists, _______ was the first to set out, both in theory and practice, to write specifically a "comic epic in prose," and the first to give the modern novel its structure and style.A.Daniel DefoeB.Samuel RichardsonC.Henry FieldingD.Oliver Goldsmith19.Which of the following best describes the speaker of T.S.Eliot’s " The Love Song of J.Alfred Prufrock"?A. He is an man of a action.B. He is a man of apathy.C. He is a man of passion.D. He is a man of inactivity20.In Hardys Wessex novels, there is an apparent _______ touch in his description of the simple and beautiful though primitive rural life.A.humorousB.romanticC.nostalgicD.sarcastic21. "He was afraid of her -the small, severe woman with greying hair suddenly bursting out in such frenzy. The postman came running back, afraid something had happened. /they saw his tripped cap over the short curtains. Mrs Morel rushes to the door." The above passage id taken from _________.A. Charlotte Bronte’s The ProfessorB. Charles Dickens’s Domebey and SonC. wrence ’s Sons and LoversD. John Galsworthy’s The Forsyte Saga22.We can perhaps describe the west wind in Shelleys poem "Ode to the West Wind" with all the following terms except_______ .A.tamedB.swiftC.proudD.wild23.Which of the following works concerns most concentrated the Calvinistic view of original sin?A. The Wasteland.B. The Scarlet Letter.C. Leaves of Grass.D. As I Lay Dying24.In Hawthornes "Young Goodman Brown," a satanic figure leads the credulous protagonist to a witches Sabbath in the woods. There he recognizes many pillars of Salems Puritan society as well as his wife, Faith. The story illustrates Hawthornes allegorical theme of human evil or what Melville called the "power of _______ ."A.blacknessB.whitenessC.terrorD.hypocrisy25.Who exerts the single most important influence on literary naturalism, of which Theodore Dreiser and Jack London are among the best representative writers?A. FreudB. Darwin.C. W.D. Howells.D. Emerson26.Most of the poems in Whitmans Leaves of Grass sing of the "en-mass" and the _______ as well.A.natureB.self-relianceC.selfD.life27.At the beginning of Faulkner’s A Rose For Emily, there is a detailed description of Emily’s old house. The purpose of such description is to imply that the person living in it ______.A. is a wealth ladyB. has good tasteC. is a prisoner of the pastD. is a conservative aristocrat28.Which of the following statements about writers in 1920s is true?A.Mark Twain published his last and most important novel.B.F. Scott Fitzgerald received the Nobel Prize.C.Freudian psychology influenced many modern writers.D.Most writers were politically radical.29.Most of Herman Melville’s novels are based on sea voyages and sea adventures. Which of the following is not the case?A. Typee.B. Moby-Dick.C. Omoo.D. The Confidence-Man30.Mark Twains first novel _______ , written in collaboration with Charles D. Warner and published in 1873,though not an artistic success, gives its name to the America of the post-Civil War period which it attempts tosatirize.A.The Gilded AgeB.The Age of InnocenceC.The Roughing TimeD.The Jazz Age31."Two roads diverged in a yellow woodAnd sorry I could not travel both ..."In the above two lines of Robert Frost’s The Road Not Taken, the poet, by implication, was referring to _______.A. a travel experienceB. a marriage decisionC. a middle-age crisisD. one’s course of life32.Daisy Millers tragedy of indiscretion is intensified and enlarged by its narration from the point of view of_______ .A.the author Henry JamesB.the Italian youth GiovanelliC.the American youth WinterbourneD.her mother Mrs. Miller33.Which of the following is not a work of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s?A. The House of the Seven Gables.B. The Blithedale Romance.C. The Marble Falun.D. White Jacket.34.In Hawthorne’s novels and short stories, intellectuals usually appear as_______.A. commentatorsB. observersC. villainsD. saviors35.Most recognizable literary movement that gave rise to the twentieth-century American literature, or we may say, the second American Renaissance, is the _______ movement.A.transcendentalB.leftistC.expatriateD.expressionistic36.In Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, there are detailed descriptions of big parties. The purpose of such descriptions is so show _______.A. emptiness of lifeB. the corruption of the upper classC. contrast of the rich and the poorD. the happy days of the Jazz Age37.As an autobiographical play, ONeills _______ （1956）has gained its status asa world classic andsimultaneously marks the climax of his literary career and the coming of age of American drama.A.The Iceman ComethB.Long Days Journey Into NightC.The Hairy ApeD.Desire Under the Elms38.Which of the following novels can be regarded as typically belonging to the school of literary modernism?A. The Sound and the FuryB. Uncle Tom’s Cabin.C. Daisy Miller.D. The Gilded Age.39.Stylistically, Henry James fiction is characterized by _______ .A.short, clear sentencesB.abundance of local imagesC.ordinary American speechD.highly refined language二、阅读理解（二）。
英美文学选读自考题-15_真题(含答案与解析)-交互
英美文学选读自考题-15(总分100, 做题时间90分钟)Ⅰ.Multiple ChoiceSelect from the four choices of each item the one that best answers the question or completes the statement. Mark your choice by blacking the corresponding letter A, B, C or D on the answer sheet. 1.Which of the following is not regarded as one of the characteristics of the Renaissance?______• A. Rediscovery of ancient Roman and Greek culture.• B. Attempt to remove the old feudalist ideas in medieval Europe.• C. Introducing new ideas that expressed the interests of the rising bourgeoisie.• D. Praise of man's efforts in soul delivery and personal salvation.SSS_SIMPLE_SINA B C D分值: 1答案:D[解析] 文艺复兴的特点是：对古希腊、罗马文化的重新发现；竭力祛除中世纪欧洲的封建主义；推动代表新兴资产阶级利益的新思想。
2.Which of the following is not true about the Renaissance? ______• A. Humanism is the essence of the Renaissance.• B. Attitudes and feelings which had been characteristics of the 14th and 15th centuries persisted well down into the era ofHumanism and Reformation.• C. It was Chaucer who initiated the Reformation.• D. The Elizabethan drama, in its totality, is the real main stream of the English Renaissance.SSS_SIMPLE_SINA B C D分值: 1答案:C[解析] 人文主义是文艺复兴的核心。
英美文学选读试题详解2
英美文学选读-阶段测评2成绩：85分一、Multiple Choice 共40 题题号: 1 本题分数:2.5 分The assertion that poetry originates from “emotion recollected in tranquility” belongs to ( ).A、William WordsworthB、Samuel Taylor ColeridgeC、Robert SoutheyD、William Blake(P179.para.2)华兹华斯的文学观点是：诗歌的创作没有既定的规则，诗歌素材的来源应该是感观的直接经验。
题干中的陈述，是他再《抒情民谣》第二版的序言中表述的。
标准答案：A考生答案：A本题得分：2.5 分题号: 2 本题分数:2.5 分Because of her sensitivity to universal patterns of human behavior,( ) has brought the English novel,as an art of form,to its maturity.A、Charlotte Bront?B、Jane AustenC、Emily Bront?D、Ann Radcliffe(P226.para.2)简.奥斯丁生活在英国浪漫主义文学繁荣时期，但她的小说确实现实主义风格的。
她多以男女爱情作为小说的主题，并通过对真正爱情的诠释来反应人性，是英国最伟大的小说家之一。
标准答案：B考生答案：B本题得分：2.5 分题号: 3 本题分数:2.5 分English Romanticism,as a historical phase of literature,is generally said to have ended in 1832 with ( ).A、the passage of the first Reform Bill in the ParliamentB、the publication of Wordsworth and Coleridge’s Lyrical BalladsC、the publication of T.S.Elio t’s The waste LandD、the passage of the Bill of Rights in the Parliament(P157.para.1)英国的浪漫主义文学时代开始于1798年，标志性的事件是《抒情民谣》的出版，结束于1832年，标志性的事件是斯格特之死和“改革法案”的通过。
英美文学选读-英国-维多利亚时期-练习题汇总情况(选择大题)
I．Multiple Choice(40 points in all, 1 for each)Select from the four choices of each item the one that best answers the question or pletes the statement. Write the corresponding letter A, B, C or D on the answer sheet.chapter18.The Victorian Age was largely an age of ____, eminently represented by Dickens andThackeray.A.poetryB.dramaC.proseD.epic prose (024)18. A typical feature of the English Victorian literature is that writers became social and moral ______, exposing all kinds of social evils.A. revolutionariesB. idealistsC. criticsD. defenders(044)16. The Victorian Age is most famous for its ________.A. playsB. novelsC. poemsD. essays (047)14.Which of the following statements about Victorian literature is NOT true?〔〕4A. Novels became the most widely read and the most vital and challenging expression of progressive thought.B. Victorian novelists were angry with the inhuman social institutions, the decaying social morality, the widespread misery, poverty and injustice.C. Influenced by a particularly strict set of moral standards, Victorian writers like Oscar Wilde, advocated the old moderate, respectable life-style. (057)D. Victorian prose writers joined forces with the critical realist novelists in exposing and criticizing the social reality.18. Although writing from different points of view and with different techniques，writers in the Victorian Period shared one thing in mon，that is，they were all concerned about ______．A. the fate of the upper classB. the reformation of the governmentC. the fate of the mon peopleD. the future of their family clans(087)1. The first mass movement of the English working class and the early sign of the awakening of the poor, oppressed people is_____.3A. The Enclosure MovementB. The Protestant ReformationC. The Enlightenment MovementD. The Chartist Movement 〔097〕13. In the Victorian Period _____ became the most widely read and the most vital and challenging expression of progressive thought.2A. poetryB. novelC. proseD. drama〔097〕14. All of the following statements about the Victorian period is true EXCEPT ______.1A. England was the “workshop of the world〞.B. The early years was a time of rapid economic development as well as serious socialproblems.C. Towards the mid -century, England had reached its highest point of development as a world power.D. Capitalism came into its monopoly stage, the gap between the rich and the poor was further deepened. (104)18. Which of the following can't be included in the critical realists of the Victorian Period?a. Charlotte and Emily Bronteb. Charles Dickens and William M. Thackerayc. Thomas Hardy and George Eliotd. D. H. Laurence and James Joyce〔浙0210〕19. English critical realism found its expression chiefly in the form of _____.a. novelb. dramac. poetryd. sonnet〔浙0210〕19.The first mass movement of the English working class was ______, which signified the awakening of the poor, oppressed people.Charles Dickens1.“For a week after the mission of the impious and profane offence of asking formore, Oliver remained a close prisoner in the dark and solitary room...〞(Dickens, Oliver Twist) What did Oliver ask for? 4[A]More time to play.[B]More food to eat.[C]More book to read.[D]More money to spend.(034)17. Mr. Micawber in David Copperfield and Sam Well in Pickwick Papers are perhaps the best ______ characters created by Charles Dickens.3A. ic(044)?13. The most distinguishing feature of Charles Dicken’s works lies in his ________.A. social criticismB. optimismC. character－portrayal?D. social setting (047)22．Dickens’ works are characterized by a mingling of ______________ and pathos. A．humor B．satireC．passionD．metaphor〔074〕7．Among the works by Charles Dickens _______ presents his criticism of the Utilitarian principle that rules over the English education system and destroys young hearts and minds.2A．Bleak House B．Pickwick PaperC．Great Expectations D．Hard Times〔084〕?8．The most distinguishing feature of Charles Dickens’ works is his _______. A．simple vocabulary B．bitter and sharp criticism ?C．character-portrayalD．pictures of happiness〔084〕20. Among the following figures ______ is Dickens’ first child hero.A．Little Nell B．David CopperfieldC．Oliver Twist D．Little Dorrit(087)13.Charles Dickens' novel ______ is famous for its vivid descriptions of theworkhouse and life of the underworld in the nineteenth- century London.A. The Pickwick PaperB. Oliver TwistC. David CopperfieldD. Nicholas Nickleby(094)14. In Charles Dickens’early novels, he attacks one or more specific social evils, _____is a good example of describing the dehumanizing workhouse system and the dark, criminal underworld life.A. David CopperfieldB. Oliver TwistC. Great ExpectationsD. Dombey and Son〔097〕16. Dickens’ s first child hero is ______.A. Little NellB. David CopperfieldC. Oliver TwistD. Little Dorrit(104)19. Dickens attacks the Utilitarian principle that rules over the English education system and destroys young hearts and minds in ______.A. Hand TimesB. Great ExpectationsC. Our Mutual FriendD. Bleak House(104)3. Charles Dickens’ novel, ______, is famous for its vivid descriptions of the work-house and life of the underworld in the nineteenth-century London.A. The Pickwick PaperB. Oliver TwistC. David CopperfieldD. Nicholas Nickleby〔107〕6. Dickens’best- depicted characters are the following. EXCEPT ______. 1A. innocent, virtuous, persecuted and helpless child charactersB. horrible and grotesque charactersC. broadly humorous or ical charactersD. simple, innocent and faithful women characters〔107〕2 Charlotte Bronte19.___is the first important governess novel in the English literary history.A.Jane EyreB.EmmaC.Wuthering HeightsD.Middlemarch (024)5.“e to me－e to me entirely now,〞said he ; and added, in his deepest tone, speaking in my ear as his cheek was laid on mine, “Make my happiness－I will make yours.〞The above passage presents a scene in. (034)[A]Emily Bronte’s Withering Heights[B]Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre[C]John Galsworthy′s The Forsyte Saga[D]Thomas Hardy′s Tess of the D′Urbervilles17. Which of the following women does not belong to the famous Bronte Sisters? 4A. Mary BronteB. Charlotte BronteC. Emily BronteD. Anne Bronte (047)3. “Do you think, because I am poor，obscure，plain，and little，I am soulless andheartless?... And if God had gifted me with some beauty，and much wealth，I should have made it as hard for you to leave me. as it is now for me to leave you. 〞The quoted part is taken from ______. 3A. Great ExpectationsB. Wuthering HeightsC. Jane EyreD. Pride and Prejudice(087)14. Charlotte Bronte's works are all about the struggle of an individual consciousnesstowards ______, about some lonely and neglected young women with a fierce longing for love, understanding and a full, happy life.2A. self - relianceB. self - realizationC. self - esteemD. self - consciousness(094)21. Charlotte Bront e ’s work _____is famous for the depiction of the life of the middle - class working women, particularly governesses.A. Jane EyreB. Wuthering HeightsC. The ProffessorD. Shirley〔097〕3.Charlotte’ s works are famous for the depiction of the life of ______ working women, particularly governesses.A. the middle - classB. the lower - classC. the upper - middle - classD. the upper - class(104)9. Charlotte Bronte’s autobiograghical work ______ largely based on her experience in Brussels. 1A. The ProfessorB. ShirleyC. VilletteD. Jane Eyre〔107〕16. The success of ______ is also due to its introduction to the English novel the firstgoverness heroine.A. The ProfessorB. Jane EyreC. Wuthering HeightsD. Far from the Madding Crowd〔107〕8. “Do you think, because I am poor, obs cure, plain, and little, I am soulless and heartless? —You think wrong! ---- I have as much soul as you --- and full as much heart!...〞This part of quotation es from _______.A. G.B. Shaw’ s Mrs. Warren’ s ProfessionB. John Galsworthy’s The Man of PropertyC. Charlotte Bronte’s Jane EyreD. Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice3 Thomas Hardy13.Which of the following best describes the nature of Thomas Hardy’s later works?5[A]Sentimentalism.[B]Tragic sense.[C]Surrealism.[D]ic sense. (034)4.In Hardy’s We ssex novels, there is an apparent〔〕touch in his description of the simplethough primitive rural life.4A. nostalgicB. humorous(054)C. romanticD. ironic17.In Hardy’s Wessex novels, there is an apparent〔〕touch in his description of the simple and beautiful though primitive rural life.A. realisticB. nostalgicC. romanticD. sentimental(057)6．All of the following works are known as Hardy’s “novels of character and environment〞EXCETP_______.3A．The Return of the Native B．Tess of the D’UrbervillesC．Jude the Obscure D．Far from the Madding Crowd〔084〕22.In Thomas Hardy’s Wessex novels, there is an apparent ______ touch in his description of the simple and beautiful though primitive rural life.A. nostalgicB. humorous(087)16. Thomas Hardy's pessimistic view of life predominated most of his later works andearns him a reputation as a ______ writer.2A. realisticB. naturalisticC. romanticD. stylistic(094)15. Thomas Hardy’s most cheerful and idyllic work is_____.A. The Return of the NativeB. Far from the Maddin CrowdC. Under the Greenwood TreeD. The Woodlanders〔097〕4.All of the following works are known as Hardy’ s “novels of character and environment〞EXCEPT ______.A. The Return of the NativeB. Tess of the D’ UrbervillesC. Jude the ObscureD. Far from the Madding Crowd(104)13. Hardy’s ______ is a fierce attack on the hypocritical morality of the bourgeoissociety and the capitalist invasion into the country and destruction of the English peasantry towards the end of the century. 1A. Tess of the D’UrbervillesB. The Mayor of Caste BridgeC. The Return of the NativeD. Jude the Obscure〔107〕20. Hardy's last two novels _____ received a lot of hostile criticisms which led to his turning topoetry.a. The Dynasts and Jude the Obscureb. Tess of the D'Urbervilles and Jude the Obscurec. The Return of the Native and Tess of the D'Urbervillesd. The Return of the Native and Jude the Obscure〔浙0210〕21. Thomas Hardy's heroines and heroes , those unfortunate young men and women are alldepicted in_____.a. their persistent pursuit for personal fulfillment and happinessb. their desperate struggle for personal fulfillment and happinessc. their desperate struggle for individual equality and freedomd. their persistent pursuit for better life and ideals〔浙0210〕7. In Thomas Hardy’s works, the conflict between the old and the modern is very pervasive. His attitude toward those traditional characters is ______.A. contemptB. sympatheticC. indifferentD. interestedII. Reading prehension (16 points in all, 4 for each)Read the quoted parts carefully and answer the questions in English. Write your answers in the corresponding space on the answer sheet.2 Charlotte Bronte42．“Do you think, because I am poor, obscure, plain, and little, I am soull ess and heartless? —You think wrong!… And if God had gifted me with some beauty, and much wealth, I should have made it as hard for you to leave me, as it is now for me to leave you…—it is my spirit that addresses your spirit; just as if both had passed th rough the grave, and we stood at God’s feet, equal—as we are!〞Questions:A．Identify the author and the novel from which the quoted part is taken.B．To whom is the speaker speaking?C．What does the quoted part imply about the speaker?〔084〕42. A. Charlotte Bronte; Jane EyreB. Jane Eyre is speaking to Rochester.C. Jane Eyre loves Rochester but she values her basic rights and equality as a human being.III. Questions and Answers (24 points in all, 6 for each)Give a brief answer to each of the following questions in English. Write your answers in the corresponding space on the answer sheet.Charles Dickens46.“Let it not be supposed by the enemies of‘the system,’that during the period of his solitary incarceration, Oliver was denied the benefit of exercise, the pleasure of society, or the advantages of religious consolation.〞What do you think Charles Dickens intends to say in the above ironic statement taken from Oliver Twist? (054)46. A. The sentence is a typical example of irony. What Dickens intends to say is justthe opposite of the sentence’s literal meaning.B. For the “benefit〞of exercise, Oliver was whipped every morning in a stoneyard; for the “pleasure〞of society, he was carried every other day into the dining hall and flogged as a public warning and example to the boys; and as for the “advantages〞of religious consolation, he was kicked into the same apartment every evening at prayer time and listened to the boys’ prayer to be guarded against his sins andvices.C. The ironic statement is, in fact, a bitter denunciation and fierceattack at thebrutal, inhuman treatment of the poor orphan by the workhouse authority. 45．“ ‘My boy!’ said the old gentleman, leaning over the desk. Oliver sta rted at the sound. He might be excused for doing so, for the words were kindly said, and strange sounds frighten one. He trembled violently, and burst into tears.〞〔from Charles Dickens’ Oliver Twist〕Explain why Oliver Twist started first, then trembled violently and burst into tears when the words were “kindly〞said.〔084〕45. The boy started at the words because kind words were not expected; it is (was, must be) the first time in all his life that Oliver Twist had ever been “kindly〞greeted; strange sounds may predict another suffering/misfortune/torture.2 Charlotte Bronte46. Jane Eyre is one of the most popular and important novels of the Victorian Age.Why is Jane Eyre such a successful novel? (094)46. A. It is noted for its sharp criticism of the existing society.B. It is an intense moral fable.C. The success of the novel is also due to its introduction to the English novel thefirst governess heroine.46. Thomas Hardy is often regarded as a transitional writer. Some critics believe thathe is emotionally traditional and intellectually advanced. How do you understand this idea? 〔107〕46. A. In Hardy’s novel, there is an apparent nostalgic touch in his description of thesimple and beautiful though primitive rural life, which was gracually declining and disappearing in England at the time. He is always sympathetic with those traditional characters and mourns over their failure and misfortune.B. On the other hand, he was greatly influenced by Darwin’s theory of “survivalof the fittest〞, and other modern philosophical thoughts, which led to the pessimistic determinism or naturalism in fiction.IV. Topic Discussion(20 points in all, 10 for each)Write no less than 150 words on each of the following topics in English in the corresponding space on the answer sheet.Charles Dickens49.Discu ss Charles Dickens’s art of fiction: the setting, the character-portrayal, the language, etc, based on his novel Oliver Twist. (057)49. Discuss Charles Dickens’ art of fiction：the setting，the character — portrayal，the language，etc．，based on his novel Oliver Twist．(087)49. A. He sets out a full map and a large-scale criticism of the nineteenth century England,particularly London. Most of his works are deeply rooted in his knowledge of that petty-bourgeois urban world. In his later works the physical settings are sometimes a mixture of the contemporary and the recollected past.B. The characters in his works are marked out by some peculiarity in physical traits, speech ormanner. His best-depicted characters include child characters, horrible and grotesque characters and humorous or ical characters. Oliver Twist is one of the good examples of his child characters……C. His language is often pared with Shakespeare for his adeptness with the vernacular andlarge vocabulary……2 Charlotte Bronte49．Analyze the character of Jane Eyre based on the selection taken from Chapter X X Ⅲ of Jane Eyre.49．Analyze the character of Jane Eyre based on the selection taken from Chapter X X Ⅲ of Jane Eyre.〔074〕49. A. Jane Eyre, an orphan child with a fiery spirit and a longing to love and be loved,a poor, plain,little governess who dares to love her master.B. In Chapter X X Ⅲ, Jane finds herself hopelessly in love with Mr. Rochester butshe is aware that her love is out of the question. When forced to confront Mr.Rochester, she desperately and open¬ly declares her equality with him and her love for him.Hardy49. Why is Hardy regarded as a naturalistic writer in English literature? Discuss in relation to his novels you know. (104)49. A. He read Darwin’s The Origin of Species and accepted the idea of survival of thefittest.B. He was also influenced by Spencer’s The First Principle, which led him to thebelief that man’s fate is prediterminedly tragic, driven by a bined force of “nature〞.C. The outside nature is shown as some mysterious supernatural force…D. Man proves impotent before Fate…E. Discuss in relation to his novels. In his works, man is shown inevitably boundby his own inherent nature and hereditary traits which prompt him to go and search for some specific happiness or success and set him in conflict with the environment…(Tess, Jude the Obscure, etc.)。
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英美文学选读试卷-英美文学选读试卷A. Each of the following below is followed by four alternative answer. Choose the one that would bet complete the statement and put the letter in the blank.(每小题1分，共30分)1. Generally, the Renaissance refers to the period between ______ and _______ centuries.A. 14th...mid-17thB. 14th...mid-18thC. 16th...mid-18thD. 16th...mid-17th2. _______ frequently applied conceits in his poems.A. SpenserB. DonneC. BlakeD. Thomas Gray3. _______ is known as "the poet's poet".A. ShakespeareB. MarloweC. SpenserD. Donne4. The 18th century England is known as the ______ in the history.A. RenaissanceB. ClassicismC. EnlightenmentD. Romanticism5. ________ and William Shakespeare are the best representatives of the English humanism.A. Edmund Spenser, Christoper MarloweB. Thomas More, Christoper MarloweC. John Donne, Edmund SpenserD. John Milton, Thomas More6. 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. tragicomedy7. _______ is the central concern to Blake's concern in the Song of Innocence and Song of Experience.A. childhoodB. womanC. poetryD. happiness8. Among the following plays which is not written by Marlowe? _____A. Dr. FaustusB. The Jew of MaltaC. Edward IID. School for scandal9. Shakespeare's greatest tragedies are _______.A. Hamlet, Othello, King Lear and MacbethB. Hamlet, Othello, King Lear and Romeo and JulietC. Hamlet, Coriolanus, King Lear and MacbethD. Hamlet, Julius caesar, Othello and Macbeth10. Among the pioneers of the 18th century novelists wereDaniel Defoe, Samuel Richardson, Henry fielding and _______.A. Laurance SterneB. John DrydenC. Charles DickensD. Alexander Pope11. Which of the following Gothic novels was not written in the 18th century? ______A. The Castle of OtrantoB. The ItalianC. The MonkD. The Fall of the House of Usher12. In the theatrical world of the neoclassical period, _______ was the leadingfigure among the host of playwrights.A. William BlakeB. Richard SheridanC. Ben JohnsonD. Bernard Shaw13. Dickens' works are characterized by a mingling of _______ and pathos.A. humorB. satireC. passionD. metaphor14. The success of Jane Eyre is not only because of its sharp criticism of the existing society, but also due to its introduction to the English novel the first ______ heroine.A. explorerB. peasantC. workerD. governess15. In ______ Tennyson dealt with the theme of women's rights and position.A. PoemB. The PrincessC. In MemorianD. Idylls of the King16. "The Custom-House" is an introductory note to ______.A. Moby-DickB. The Scarlet LetterC. The Marble FaunD. The Blithedale Romance17. The publication of _______ established Emerson as the most eloquent spokesman of the New England Transcendentalism.A. NatureB. Self-RelianceC. The Over-SoulD. The American Scholar18. "When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloomed" is most probably a poem ______.A. that celebrates the burgeoning life of citiesB. that sings highly freedom and democracyC. that condemns violence and bloodshedD. that mourns for the death of Lincoln19. _______ is not a dominant figure of the Realistic Period.A. William Dean HowellsB. Mark TwainC. Henry JamesD. James F. Cooper20. The book from which "all modern American literature comes" refers to _______.A. Moby-DickB. The Adventures of Huckleberry FinnC. The Sun Also RisesD. The Great Gatsby21. Strong affinity to the Chinese and Oriental literature can be found in the works of _______.A. Mark TwainB. Ezra PoundC. Emily DikinsonD. Arthur Miller22. "In a Station of the Metro" is regarded by critics as a classic specimen of _______.A. the absurd poetryB. the transcendental poetryC. the romantic poetryD. the imagist poetry23. The founder of the American drama is _______.A. Arthur MillerB. Eugene O'NeillC. Tennesee WilliamsD. Clifford Odets24. F. Scott Fitzgerald is not the author of _______.A. This Side of ParadiseB. Tender is the NightC. The Great GatsbyD. In Our Time25. _______ is not a fictional character in the Scarlet Letter.A. HesterB. Arthur DimmersdaleC. Roger ChillingworthD. Ishmael26. The period ranging from 1865 to 1914 has been referred to as _____.A. the Age of ColonicalismB. the Age of RomanticismC. the Age of RealismD. the Age of Modernism27. Statement _______ is NOT true in describing American naturalists.A. They were deeply influenced by Darwinism.B. They were identified with French novelist and theorist Emile Zola.C. They chose their subjects from the lower ranks of society.D. They used more serious and more sympathetic tone in writing than realists.28. ______ is considered by H.L.Mencken as "the true father of our national literature."A. HemingwayB. PoeC. IrvingD. Twain29. they all shared the same thematic concern except ______.A. Robert Penn WarrenB. Flannery O'ConnerC. William FaulknerD. Norman Mailer30. _________ draws on the Jewish experience and tradition and examines subtly the dismantling of the self by an intolerablemodern history.A. Allen GinsbergB. John UpdikeC. Saul BellowD. J.D. SalingerB. Give the author and genre of each of the following literary works.(每小题2分，共20分)1. The Shepheardes Calender2. Farewell to love3. Much Ado About Nothing4. Childe Harold's Pilgrmage5. Dombey and the Son6. The Iceman Cometh7. The Road Not Taken8. The Cantos9. The Grapes of Wrath10. BabbitC. Define the literary terms listed below. （每小题5分，共10分）1. Utilitarianism2. Free VerseD. For each of the quotations listed below please give the name of the author and the title of the literary work from which it is taken and then briefly interpret it.(每小题5分，共15分）1. Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?Thou are more lovely and more temperate:Rough winds do shake the daring buds of May,And summer's least hath all too short a date:Sometimes too hot the eye of heaven shinesAnd often is his gold complexion dimmed;2. I heard a Flay buzz--when I died-The Stillness in the RoomWas like the Stillness in the Air-Between the Heaves of Storm-3. There is music from my neighbor's house through the summer nights. In his blue gardens men and girls came and went like moths among the whisperings and the champagne and stars. At high tide in the afternoon I watched his guests diving from the tower of his raft, or taking the sun on the hot sand of his beach while his two motor-boats slit the waters of the Sound, drawing aquaplanes over cataracts of foam. On week-ends his Rolls-Royce became an omnibus, bearing parties to and from the city between nine in the morning and long past midnight, while his station wagon scampered like a brisk yellow bug to meet all trains. And on Mondays eight servants, including an extra gardener, toiled all day with mops and scrubbing-brushes and hammers and garden-shears, repairing the ravages of the night before...E. Give brief answers to the following questions.（每小题5分，共10分）1. What is Bernard Shaw's viewpoint on literature?2. What does the night journey young Goodman Brown makes symbolize?F. Short Essay Questions(共15分）1. What is the striking feature of Paul, the main character in Sons and lovers?(7分）2. Give a brief analysis of Emily Grierson In "A Rose for Emily".(8分)。
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英美文学选读自考题-15(总分100,考试时间90分钟)Ⅰ.Multiple ChoiceSelect from the four choices of each item the one that best answers the question or completes the statement. Mark your choice by blacking the corresponding letter A, B, C or D on the answer sheet.1. Which of the following is not regarded as one of the characteristics of the Renaissance?______A. Rediscovery of ancient Roman and Greek culture. B. Attempt to remove the old feudalist ideas in medieval Europe. C. Introducing new ideas that expressed the interests of the rising bourgeoisie. D. Praise of man's efforts in soul delivery and personal salvation.2. Which of the following is not true about the Renaissance? ______A. Humanism is the essence of the Renaissance. B. Attitudes and feelings which had been characteristics of the 14th and 15th centuries persisted well down into the era of Humanism and Reformation. C. It was Chaucer who initiated the Reformation. D. The Elizabethan drama, in its totality, is the real main stream of the English Renaissance.3. Shakespeare's ______ are mainly written under the principle that national unity under a mighty and just sovereign is a necessity.A. history plays B. tragedies C. comedies D. plays4. "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", the above beautiful sonnet was written by ______.A. John Donne B. John Milton C. William Shakespeare D. Francis Bacon5. The British bourgeois or middle class believed in the following notions except ______.A. self-esteem B. self-reliance C. self-restraint D. hard work6. In this part the hero of the story, Robinson Crusoe, narrates in ______ how he goes to sea, gets shipwrecked and marooned on a lonely island, struggles to live for twenty-four years there and finally gets relieved and returns to England.A. the second person B. the first person C. the third person D. Defoe's mouth7. The best fictional work of Jonathan Swift is ______.A. A Tale of a Tub B. The Battle of the Books C. A Modest Proposal D. Gulliver's Travels8. The play The Tragedy of Tragedies is written by ______.A. Marlowe B. Fielding C. Shakespeare D. Sheridan9. ______, defined by Coleridge, is the vital faculty that creates new wholes out of disparate elements.A. Exaggerater B. Imagination C. Rhetoric D. Soliloquy10. Literarily ______ was the first important Romantic poet, showing a contempt for the rule of reason, Opposing the classical tradition of the 18th century, and treasuring the individual's imagination.A. William Wordsworth B. William Blake C. Robert Burns D. Samuel Taylor Coleridge11. In the Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience, by William Blake, what is central to Blake's concern?______A. Youthhood. B. Childhood. C. Aged. D. All the above are not.12. In 1805, **pleted a long autobiographical poem entitled "______".A. Biographic literary B. The Prelude C. Lucy Poems D. The Lyrical Ballad13. William Wordsworth asserts that poetry originates from ______.A. form B. thoughts C. artistic devices D. emotion14. Which is Shelley's masterpiece?______A. Queen Mab. B. Prometheus Unbound. C. Prometheus Bound. D. The Revolt of Islam.15. The Victorian Age was largely an age of ______, eminently represented by Dickens and Thackeray.A. poetry B. drama C. novel D. epic prose16. The success of the novel ______ is due to its introduction to the English novel the first governess heroine.A. Wuthering Heights B. Pride and Prejudice C. Jane Eyre D. Sister Carrie17. Which of the following descriptions of Thomas Hardy is wrong?______A. Most of his novels are set in Wessex. B. Tess of the D'Urbervilles is one of the most representative of him as both a naturalistic and a critical realist writer. C. Among Hardy's major works, Under the Greenwood Tree is the most cheerful and idyllic. D. From The Mayor of Casterbridge on, the tragic sense becomes the keynote of his novels.18. In the mid-19th century, Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels put forward the theory of ______.A. ideal socialism B. materialism C. scientific socialism D. analytical psychology19. Modernism is, in many aspects, a reaction against ______. It rejects rationalism which is the theoretical base of realism.A. Romanticism B. humanism C. symbolism D. realism20. The following are English stream-of-consciousness novels except ______.A. Pilgrimage B. Ulysses C. Mrs. Dalloway D. A Passage to India21. Mrs. Warren's Profession is one of George Bernard Shaw's plays. What is Mrs. Warren's profession then?______A. Real estate. B. Prostitution. C. House keeping. D. Farming.22. "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock", in a form of dramatic monologue, presents the meditation of an aging ______ man over the business of proposing marriage.A. grown B. lunatic C. old D. young23. Which of the following writings is not the novel of D.H. Lawrence's?______A. Sons and Lovers. B. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man. C. The White Peacock. D. The Rainbow.24. The development of the American society nurtured "the ______ of a great nation".A. literature B. painting C. music D. art25. Of the following works by Hawthorne, which one was a romance set in Italy?______A. The House of the Seven Gables. B. The Blithedale Romance. C. The Marble Faun. D. Twice-Told Tales.26. Which of the following works best illustrates the Calvinistic view of original sin?______A. Mrs. Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin. B. James's The Portrait of a Lady. C. Hemingway's A Farewell to Arms. D. Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter.27. Whitman's poems are characterized by all the following features except ______.A. the strict poetic form B. the free and natural' rhythm C. the easy flow of feelings D. the simple and conversational language28. Herman Melville wrote his semi-autobiographical novel ______ concerning the sufferings of a genteel youth among brutal sailors.A. Typee B. Redburn C. Moby-Dick D. Mardi29. After the American Civil War, the literary interest in the so-called "reality" of life started a new period in the American literary writings known as the Age of ______.A. Realism B. Reason and Revolution C. Romanticism D. Modernism30. Generally speaking, all those writers with a naturalistic approach to human reality tend to be ______.A. transcendentalists B. optimists C. pessimists D. idealists31. As a sequel to The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, ______ marks the climax of Mark Twain's literary activity.A. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn B. Life on the Mississippi C. The Gilded Age D. Roughing It32. Linguistically, compared with the writings of Mark Twain, Henry James's fiction is noted for his ______.A. frontier vernacular B. rich colloquialism C. vulgarly descriptive wordsD. refined elegant language33. Which of the following works does not show Dickinson's confusion and doubt about the role of women in the 19th century America?______A. I'm "wife"—I've finished that B. I heard a Fly buzz—When I died C. I cannot live with You D. I'm ceded—I've stopped being theirs34. The Financier, The Titan and The Stoic written by ______ are called his "Trilogy of Desire".A. Henry James B. Theodore Dreiser C. Mark Twain D. Herman Melville35. Which terms can best describe the modernists' concern of the human situation in their fiction?______A. Fragmentation and alienation. B. Courage and honor. C. Tradition and faith. D. Poverty and desperation.36. The first book Robert Frost wrote was ______.A. Mountain Interval B. New Hampshire C. A Further Range D. A Boy's Will37. In ______, Robert **pares life to a journey, 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 Ice38. In the beginning paragraph of Chapter 3, The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald describes a big party by saying that "men and girls came and went like moths". The author most likely indicates that ______.A. there was a crowd of party goers B. such life does not have real meaning C. these people were light-hearted D. these were crazy and ignorant characters39. In Hemingway's Indian Camp, Nick's night trip to the Indian village and his experience inside the hut can be taken as ______.A. an essential lesson about Indian tribes B. a confrontation with evil and sin C. an initiation to the harshness of life D. a learning process in human relationship40. The American writer ______ was awarded the Nobel Prize for the anti-racist Intruder in the Dust in 1950.A. Ernest Hemingway B. Gertrude Stein C. William Faulkner D. T.S. EliotⅡ.Reading ComprehensionRead the quoted parts carefully and answer the questions in English. Write your answers in the corresponding space on the answer sheet.1. "And thus the native hue of resolution/Is sicklied o'er with the pale cast of thought."(Shakespeare, Hamlet)Questions:A. What does the "native hue of resolution" mean?B. What does the "pale cast of thought" stand for?C. What idea do the two lines express?2. "The early lilacs became part of this child,/And grass and white and red morning-glories, and white and red clover, and the song of the phoebe-bird,/And the Third-month lambs and the sow's pink-faint litter, and the mare's foal and the cow's calf,/And the noisy brood of the barnyard or by the mire of the pond-side,/And the fish suspending themselves so curiously below there, and the beautiful curious liquid,/And the water-plants with their-graceful flat heads, all became part of him."Questions:A. Name the author of the poem.B. What is the poetic style called?C. What does the passage describe?3. "I celebrate myself, and sing myself,/And what I assume you shall assume,/For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you./I loafe and invite my soul,/I lean and loafe at my ease observing a spear of summer grass." (from Walt Whitman's "Song of Myself") Questions:A. Whom does "myself" refer to?B. How do you understand the line "I loafe and invite my soul"?C. What does "a spear of summer grass" indicate?4. "And so she died. Fell ill in the house filled with dust and shadows, with only a doddering Negro man to wait on her, we did not even know she was sick; we had long since given up trying to get any information from the Negro. He talked to no one, probably not even to her, for his voice had grown harsh and rusty, as if from disuse."Questions:A. Identify the author and the title of the work from which the passage is taken.B. Who dies?C. How do you describe the relationship between her and her neighbors?Ⅲ.Questions and AnswersGive a brief answer to each of the following questions in English. Write your answers in the corresponding space on the answer sheet.1. What are **mon features in Shakespear's characterization of the four greatest tragedy heroes?2. What is the position of Henry Fielding in the history of English literature?3. Whitman has made radical changes in the form of poetry by choosing free verse as his medium of expression. What are the characteristics of Whitman's free verse?4. Give a brief analysis of Carrie Meeber in Theodore Dreiser's Sister Carrie?Ⅳ.Topic DiscussionWrite no less than 150 words on each of the following topics in English in the corresponding space on the answer sheet.1. Discuss what is "stream-of-consciousness" in novel writing.2. Under the influence of the leading romantic thinkers like Kant and the Post-Kantians, Romanticists demonstrated a strong reaction against the dominant modes of thinking of the 18th-century's Neoclassicists. Discuss the relation to the works you know, the difference between Romanticism and Neoclassicism.。
英美文学选读美国现实主义时期试题汇总(选择大题)
英美文学选读美国现实主义时期试题汇总(选择大题)————————————————————————————————作者：————————————————————————————————日期：I．Multiple Choice(40 points in all, 1 for each)Select from the four choices of each item the one that best answers the question or completes the statement. Write the corresponding letter A, B, C or D on the answer sheet.Chapter30.With Howells,James,and Mark Twain active on the literary scene, __ became themajor trend in American literature in the seventies and eighties of the 19th century.A.sentimentalismB.romanticismC.realismD.naturalism (024)33.Generally speaking,all those writers with a naturalistic approach to human realitytend to be ___.A.transcendentalistsB.idealistsC.pessimistsD.impressionists (024)28.provides the main source of influence on American naturalism.[A]The puritan heritage[B]Howells’ ideas of realism[C]Darwin’s theory of evolution[D]The pioneer spirit of the wild west(034)32.Generally speaking, all those writers with a naturalistic approach to human reality tend to be（）.A. transcendentalistsB. optimistsC. pessimistsD. idealists(054)33.With Howells, James, and Mark Twain active on the literary scene,（）became the major trend in American literature in the seventies and eighties of the 19th century. (054)A. SentimentalismB. RomanticismC. RealismD. Naturalism27.Realism was a reaction against Romanticism or a move away from the bias towards romance and self-creating fictions, and paved the way to（）.A. CynicismB. ModernismC. TranscendentalismD. Neo-Classicalism(057)31.As a genre, naturalism emphasized（）as important deterministic forces shaping individualized characters who were presented in special and detailed circumstances.A. theological doctrinesB. heredity and environmentC. education and hard workD. various opportunities and economic success(057)33．Realism was a reaction against Romanticism or a move away from the bias towards romance and self—creating fictions, and paved the way to ______________. A．Cynicism B．ModernismC．Transcendentalism D．Neo—Classicalism（074）37．As a genre, naturalism emphasized ______________ as important deterministicforces shaping individualized characters who were presented in special and detailed circumstances.A．theological doctrinesB．heredity and environmentC．education and hard workD．various opportunities and economic success（074）32．After the American Civil War, the literary interest in the so-called “reality” of life started a new period in the American literary writings know an the Age of ______. A．Realism B．Reason and Revolution C．Romanticism D．Modernism（084）39．Realism was a reaction against Romanticism and paved the way to ______. A．Modernism B．ScientismC．Post-Modernism D．Feminism（084）32. Naturalism is evolved from ______ when the author’s tone in writing becomes less serious and less sympathetic but more ironic and more pessimistic.A. RomanticismB. ModernismC. RealismD. Scientism(087)33. One of the most familiar themes in American naturalism is the theme of human ______.A. peacefulnessB. joyfulnessC. bestialityD. civilization(087)29. Realism was a reaction against ______ or a move away from the bias towardsromance and self- creating fictions, and paved the way to Modernism.A. RomanticismB. RationalismC. Post-modernismD. Cynicism(094)28. The period ranging from 1865 to 1914 has been referred to as the Age of _____ in the literary history of the United States, which is actually a movement or tendency that dominated the spirit of American literature.A. RationalismB. RomanticismC. RealismD. Modernism（097）36. Guided by the principle of adhering to the truthful treatment of life, the American _______ introduced industrial workers and farmers, ambitious businessmen and vagrants, prostitutes and unheroic soldiers as major characters in fiction.A. romanticistsB. modernistsC. psychologistsD. realists（097）1 Mark Twain31.After The adventures of Tom Sawyer, Twain gives a literary independence to Tom'sbuddy Huck in a book entitled ___.A.Life on the MississippiB.The Gilded AgeC.The Adventures of Huckleberry FinnD.A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court(024)29.In Mark Twain’s The Adventures of huckleberry Finn, Huck writes a letter to inform against Jim, the escaped slave, and then he tears the letter up. This fact reveals that .[A]Huck has a mixed feeling of love and hate[B]there is a conflict between society and conscience in Huck[C]Huck is always an indecisive person[D]Huck has very little education(034)32.All his novels reveal that, as time went on, Mark Twain became increasingly .[A]prolific [B]artistic.[C]optimistic [D]pessimistic(034)33. The raft with which Huck and Jim make their voyage down the Mississippi River may symbolize all the following EXCEPT ______.A. a return to natureB. an escape from evils, injustices, and corruption of the civilized societyC. the American society in the early 19th centuryD. a small world where people of different colors can live friendly and happily (044)40. According to Mark Twain, in river towns up and down the Mississippi, it was every boy’s dream to some day grow up to be ______.A. Methodist preacherB. a justice of the peaceC. a riverboat pilotD. a pirate on the Indian ocean(044)9. ________ is considered Mark Twain’s greatest achievement.A. The Gilded AgeB. Innocents AbroadC. The Adventures of Tom SawyerD. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (047)12. Which of the following is NOT a typical feature of Mark Twain’s language?A. VernacularB. ElegantC. ColloquialD. Humorous (047)39.Which of the following is NOT a typical feature of Mark Twain’s writing style?（）A. Simple vernacular.B. Local color.C. Lengthy psychological analyses.D. Richness of irony and humor. (054)30.Hemingway once described Mark Twain’s novel（）the one book from which “all modern American literature comes.”A. The Adventures of Huckleberry FinnB. The Adventures of Tom SawyerC. The Gilded AgeD. The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg(057)34．Hemingway once described Mark Twain’s novel ______________ the one book from which “all modern American literature comes”.A．The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn B．The Adventures of Tom Sawyer C．The Gilded Age D．The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg（074）26．The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and, especially, its sequence ______ proved themselves to be the milestone in the American literature.A．The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn B．Life on the MississippiC．The Gilded Age D．Roughing It（084）33．H．L．Mencken considered ______ “the true father of our national literature”. A．Bret Harte B．Mark TwainC．Washington Irving D．Walt Whitman （084）40．Mark Twain employed an unpretentious style of ______ in his novels which is best described as “vernacular”.A．standard English B．Afro-American English C．colloquialism D．urbanism（084）28.Hemingway once described _____ the one book from which “all modern American literature comes.”A. The Adventures of Huckleberry FinnB. The Adventures of Tom SawyerC. The Gilded AgeD. Innocents Abroad(087)28. As a sequel to The Adventures of Tom Sawyer,______ marks the climax of MarkTwain's literary activity.A. The Adventures of Huckleberry FinnB. Life on the MississippiC. The Gilded AgeD. Roughing It(094)30. The renowned American critic H. L. Mencken regarded _____ as “the true father of our national literature.”A. Bret HarteB. Walt WhitmanC. Washington IrvingD. Mark Twain（097）38. H. L. Mencken, a famous American critic, considered ______ “the true father of our national literature. ”A. Hamlin GarlandB. Joseph KirklandC. Mark TwainD. Henry James(104)32. The childhood of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn in the Mississippi is a record of avanished way of life in the ______ Mississippi valley.A. pre - War of IndependenceB. post - War of IndependenceC. pre - Civil WarD. post - Civil War（107）2 Henry James32.However,___,the keynote of Daisy Miller's character,turns out to be an admiringbut a dangerous quality and her defiance of social taboos in the Old World finally brings her to a disaster in the clash between two different cultures.(024)A.experienceB.sophisticationC.worldlinessD.innocence34.Which of the following is NOT a typical feature of Henry James’s writing style?[A] exquisite and elaborate language[B]minute and detailed descriptions[C]lengthy psychological analyses[D]American colloquialism(034)23. Linguistically, compared with the writings of Mark Twain, Henry James’s fiction is noted for his ______.A. frontier vernacularB. rich colloquialismC. vulgarly descriptive wordsD. refined elegant language(044)32. In Daisy Miller,Henry James reveals Daisy’s ______ by showing her relatively unreserved manners.A. hypocrisyB. cold and indifferenceC. grace and patienceD. Americanness(044)8. Henry James’ realism is different from others, because he pays more attention to________.A. the traditional styleB. the common peopleC. the inner world of human beingsD. the class struggle (047)38.In his realistic fiction, Henry James’s primary concern is to present the（）.A. inner life of human beingsB. American Civil War and its effectsC. life on the Mississippi RiverD. Calvinistic view of original sin(054)32.（）is generally regarded as the forerunner of the 20th century “stream-of-consciousness”novels and the founder of psychol ogical realism.A. Theodore DreiserB. William Faulkner(057)C. Henry JamesD. Mark Twain35．__________ is generally regarded as the forerunner of the 20th—century “stream—of—consciousness” novels and the founder of psychological realism. A．Theodore Dreiser B．William FaulknerC．Henry James D．Mark Twain（074）27．The Portrait of A Lady is generally considered to be ______ masterpiece, which describes the life journey of an American ________ in a European cultural environment.A．Henry Adams’…widow B．Will iam James’…girlC．Henry James’…girl D．Theodore Dreiser’s…widow（084）26．People generally regarded ______ as the forerunner of the 20th —century “stream- of-consciousness” novels and the founder of psychological realism.A. Theodore DreiserB. William FaulknerC. Henry James D．Mark Twain(087)26. Henry James is generally regarded as the forerunner of the 20th -century “stream-of-consciousness”novels and the founder of ______.A. neoclassicismB. psychological realismC. psychoanalytical criticism ?D. surrealism(094)31. In 1915 ______ became a naturalized British citizen, largely in protest againstAmerica's failure to join England in the First World War.A. Henry JamesB.T.S.EliotC. W.D.Howells D. Ezra Pound(094)34. People generally considered _____ t o be Henry James’ masterpiece, which incarnates the clash between the Old World and the New in the life journey of an American girl in a European cultural environment.A. The EuropeansB. Daisy MillerC. The Portrait of A LadyD. The Private Life（097）27. The theme of Henry James’ essay “______” clearly indicates that the aim of the novel is to present life, so it is not surprising to find in his writings human experiences explored in every possible form.A. The AmericanB. The EuropeansC. The Art of FictionD. The Golden Bowl(104)29. In order to protest against America’ s failure to join England in WWI, ______ became a naturalized British citizen in 1915.A. William FaulknerB. Henry JamesC. Earnest HemingwayD. Ezra Pound(104)3 Emily Dickinson29.“This is my letter to the World” is a poetic expression of Emily Dickinson's __about her communication with the outside world.A.indifferenceB.angerC.anxietyD.sorrow (024)34.Emily Dickinson wrote many short poems on various aspects of life.Which ofthe following is NOT a usual subject of her poetic expression?A.Religion and immortality.B.Life and death.C.Love and marriage.D.War and peace. (024)33.The poem “I like to see it lap the Miles－” is an interesting poem written by Emily Dickinson. What does “it” in the poem stand for?[A]The hound. [B]The star.[C]The horse. [D]The train. (034)6. Usually basing on her own experiences, Emily Dickinson addresses issues thatconcern the whole human beings. Which of the following is NOT a usual subject of her poetic expression?A. Life and DeathB. ReligionC. Love and NatureD. War and Peace (047)30.Though Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson were romantic poets in theme and technique, they differ from each other in a variety of ways. For one thing, whereas Whitman likes to keep his eye on human society at large, Dickinson often addresses such issues as（）, immortality, religion, love and nature.A. progressB. freedom(054)C. beautyD. death26.Emily Dickinson’s poem“This is my letter to the World”expresses her（）about her communication with the outside world.A. anxietyB. eagernessC. curiosityD. optimistic outlook(057)36．Which of the following statements is NOT true of Emily Dickinson and her poetry?A．She remained unmarried all her lifeB．She wrote, 1,775 poems, and most of them were published during her life time. C．Her poems have no titles, hence are always quoted by their first lines.D．Her limited private world has never confined the limitless power of her creativity and imagination.（074）34．Altogether, Emily Dickinson wrote 1775 poems, of which only ______ had appeared during her lifetime.A．three B．fiveC．seven D．nine（084）35. In general, the American woman poet _____ wanted to live simply as a complete independent being，and so she did，as a spinster.A. Anne BretB. Emily DickinsonC. Anna DickinsonD. Emily Shaw(087)33. The American woman poet ______ wanted to live simply as a completeindependent being, and so she did, as a spinster.A. Emily ShawB. Anna DickinsonC. Emily DickinsonD. Anne Bret(094)23. Perhaps Emily Dickinson’s greatest interpretation of the moment of _____ is to be found in “I heard a Fly buzz--when I died—”, a poem universally regarded as one of her masterpieces.A. fantasyB. birthC. crisisD. death（097）37. Within her little lyrics Dickinson addresses those issues that concern ______, which include religion, death, immorality, love and nature.A. the whole human beingsB. the frontiersC. the African AmericansD. her relatives(104)35. Closely related to Dickinson’s religious poetry are her poems concerning ______,ranging over the physical as well as the psychological and emotional aspects of death.A. love and natureB. death and universeC. death and immortalityD. family and happiness（107）4 Dreiser26.To Theodore Dreiser, life is “so sad, so strange, so mysterious and so inexplicable.” No wonder the characters in his books are o ften subject to the control of the natural forces, especially those of and heredity.[A]fate [B]morality[C]social conventions [D]environment(034)39.By the end of Sister Carrie,Dreiser writes, “It was forever to the pursuit of that r adiance of delight which tints the distant hilltops of the world.” Dreiser implies that .[A]there is a bright future lying ahead[B]there is no end to man’s desire[C]one should always be forward-looking[D]happiness is found in the end(034)31.In all his novels Theodore Dreiser sets himself to project the ______ American values. For example, in Sister Carrie, there is not one character whose status is not determined economically.A. PuritanB. materialistic(044)C. psychologicalD. religious25.Theodore Dreiser was once criticized for his（）in style, but as a true artist his strength just lies in that his style is very serious and well calculated to achieve the thematic ends he sought.A. crudenessB. eleganceC. concisenessD. subtlety(054)38.In the last chapter of Sister Carrie, there is a description about Hurstwood, one of the protagonists of the novel,“Now he began leisurely to take off his clothes, but stopped first with his coat, and tucked it along the crack under the door. His vest he arranged in the same place.”Why did he do this? Because （）.A. he wanted to commit suicideB. he wanted to keep the room warmC. he didn’t want to be found by othersD. he wanted to enjoy the peace of mind(057)31. Shortly before his death in 1945，______ joined the Communist Party.A. Theodore DreiserB. Mark TwainC. Henry JamesD. Ezra Pound(087)36. Theodore Dreiser’s ______ found expression in almost every book he wrote in which “kill or to be killed” was the law.A. romanticismB. naturalismC. cubismD. classicalism(087)25. With the publication of ______ , Dreiser was launching himself upon a long careerthat would ultimately make him one of the most significant American writers of the school later known as literary naturalism.A. Sister CarrieB. The TitanC. The GeniusD. The Stoic(094)35. The Financier ,The Titan and The Stoic written by ______ are called his “Trilogyof Desire”.A. Henry JamesB. Theodore DreiserC. Mark TwainD. Herman Melville(094)31. W e can easily find in Theodore Dreiser’s fiction a world of jungle, where “kill or to be killed” was the law. Dreiser’s _____ found expression in almost every book he wrote.A. naturalismB. romanticismC. cubismD. classicalism（097）33. “He possessed none of the usual aids to a writer’ s career: no money, no friend in power, no formal education worthy of mention, no family tradition in letters. ” Thisis a description most suitable to the American writer_____.A. Henry JamesB. Theodore DreiserC. W.D. Howells D. Nathaniel Hawthorne（097）31.We can easily find in Dreiser’ s fiction a world of jungle, and ______ found expression in almost every book he wrote.A. naturalismB. romanticismC. transcendentalismD. cubism(104)33. From the first novel Sister Carrie on, Dreiser set himself to project the American values for what he had found them to be: ______ to the core.A. altruisticB. politicalC. religiousD. materialistic(104)36. The effect of Darwinist idea of “survival of the fittest” was shattering in ______ ’sfictional world of jungle, where “kill or to be killed” was the law.A. Mark TwainB. Henry JamesC. Theodore DreiserD. Walt Whitman（107）38. Like all naturalists, ______ was restrained from finding a solution to the socialproblems that appeared in his novels and accordingly almost all his works have tragic endings.A. Theodore DreiserB. Henry JamesC. Washington IrvingD. Walt Whitman（107）PART TWOⅡ.Reading Comprehension (16 points, 4 for each)Read the quoted parts carefully and answer the questions in English.Write your answer in the corresponding space on the answer sheet.3 Emily Dickinson43. “We passed the School, where Children stroveAt Recess －in the Ring －We passed the Fields of Gazing Grain－We passed the Setting Sun －”Questions:A.Who is the author of this stanza taken from the poem “Because I could notstop for Death－?B.What do the underlined parts symbolize?C.Where were “we” heading toward? (034) 4143. A. These lines are taken from a poem written by Emily Dickinson.B. The School, the Fields of Gazing Grain, the Setting Sun symbolize threestages of one' s life: youth, manhood and old age.C. "We" were riding in a hearse (or a carriage), heading toward Eternity.43. “With Blue— uncertain stumbling Buzz —Between the light — and me —And then the Windows failed — and thenI could not see to see —”Questions:A. Identify the poem and the poet.B. What do “Windows” symbolically stand for?C. What idea does the quoted passage express? (044) 4243. A. Emily Dickinson: (465) “I Heard a Fly Buzz When I Died”.B. Eyes, for they are considered as the windows of human soul.C. The last thing the dying person saw and heard was the fly and its buzz.When the eyes failed, the human soul was closed and the person died. (Thespeaker could not see any of the afterlife or God or angels she expected tosee.)44.“We passed the School, where Children stroveAt Recess—in the Ring—We passed the Fields of Gazing Grain—We passed the Setting Sun—”Questions:A.Identify the poem and the poet.B.What do“the School,” “the Fields”and“the Setting Sun”stand for respectively?(054)44. A. Emily Dickinson; “Because I could not stop for Death－”B. Three stages of life: childhood, adulthood and old age.44. I heard a Fly buzz- when I died-The Stillness in the RoomWas like the Stillness in the Air-Between the Heaves of Storm-The Eyes around- had wrung them dry-And Breaths were gathering firmFor that last Onset- when the KingBe witnessed - in the Room-Questions:A. Identify the poet.B. What does “the King” refer to?C. What moment is the poem trying to describe? (094) 4344. A. Emily DickinsonB. The God of deathC. The poem is trying to describe the moment of death.43. “This is my letter to the WorldThat never wrote to Me —The simple News that Nature told —With tender Majesty”Questions:A. Identify the poet.B. What idea does the poem express?C. Why does the poet use dashes and capital letters in the poem? (104)4443. A. Emily DickinsonB. The poem expresses the poet’s anxiety about her communication with the outside world.C. Dashes are used as a musical device to create cadence and capital letters as ameans of emphasis.43. “ We passed the School, where Children stroveAt Recess- in the Ring-We passed the Fields of Gazing Grain -We Passed the Setting Sun- ”( From Emily Dickinson’s poem Because I could not stop for Death) Questions:A. What does the phrase “Fields of Gazing Grain” symbolize?B. What figure of speech is used in the poem?C. What are Dickinson’s unique writing features?（107）43. A. It symbolizes the mature period.B. PersonificationC. (1) Her poems have no titles. (2) Dashes are used as a musical device. (3) Capital letters are used as a means of emphasis. (4) Irregular and inverted sentence structure is used. (5) Her poetic idiom is noted for its laconic brevity, directness and plainness.(6) Her poems are usually short, personal and meditative.Ⅲ.Questions and Answers(24 points in all, 6 for each)Give brief answers to each of the following questions in English.Write your answers in the corresponding space on the answer sheet.Chapter48. The literary school of naturalism was quite popular in the late 19th century. What are the major characteristics of naturalism? (044)48. A. Strongly influenced by social Darwinism, naturalism emphasizes thedetermining power of the crushing forces of environment and heredity.B. Being devoid of the freedom of choice and incapable of shaping their owndestinies, men and women are helpless and insignificant in a cold andindifferent world.C. The naturalistic writers reported truthfully and objectively, with a passion forscientific accuracy and overwhelming accumulation of factual detail. 48．Why are naturalists inevitably pessimistic in their view?（084）47. Who are the three dominant figures of the American Age of Realism and what arethe differences in their understanding of the “truth”? (094)47. A. William Dean Howells, Mark Twain, Henry JamesB. Mark Tw ain and Howells seemed to have paid more attention to the “life” ofthe Americans. Howells focused his discussion on the rising middle class and the way they lived; Mark Twain preferred to have his own region and people at the forefront of his stories; Henry James had apparently laid a greater emphasis onthe “inner world” of man.47. What are the factors that gave rise to American naturalism? (104)47. A. The impact of Darwin’s evolutionary theory on the American thought.B. The influence of the 19th century French literature on the American men ofletters.Mark Twain48. Local colorism is a unique variation of American literary realism. Who is themost famous local colorist? What are local colorists most concerned?（097）48. A. Mark TwainB. Local colorists concerned themselves with presenting and interpreting thelocal character of their regions. They tended to idealize and glorify, but theynever forgot to keep an eye on the truthful color of local life. They formedan important part of the realistic movement.48. Briefly state Mark Twain’ s magic power with language in his novels. (104)48. A. His words are colloquial, concrete and direct in effect, and his sentencestructures are simple, even ungrammatical spoken languageB. His characters speak with a strong accent, which is true of his localcolorism.C. Different characters from different literary or cultural backgrounds talkdifferently.Henry James48.What is the most famous theme in Henry James′s fiction? And what is hisfavourite approach in characterization, which makes him different from Mark and W. D. Howells as realists? Give two titles of his works in which this theme and this approach are employed. (034)48. Henry James' s most famous theme is what is generally called "the internationaltheme". His novels or short stories of the theme are always set against a larger international background,usually between Europe and America. They center around the conflict of the two cultures,represented by an innocent American anda sophisticated European. James is regarded as the founder of psychologicalrealism for his psychoanalytical approach to his Characters. Daisy Miller, The Portrait of A Lady, The American, The Ambassadors are his representative works of this kind.48．What is the most famous t heme in Henry James’s fiction? And what is his favourite approach in characterization, which makes him different from Mark Twain and W.D. Howells as realists? Give two titles of his works in which this theme and this approach are employed.（074）48. A. His most fanous theme is international theme.B. Psychological approachC. The Portrait of A Lady; Daisy Miller47．What is the most famous theme in Henry James’s fiction?And what is his favourite approach in characterization，which makes him different from Mark Twain and W·D.Howells as a realist? Give two titles of his first period works in which this theme and this approach are employed. (087)47. A. International theme.B. James’s realism is characterized by his psychological approach to his subjectmatter.C. The Portrait of A Lady; Daisy Miller; The American; The Europeans47. Henry James’ literary criticism is an indispensable part of his contribution toliterature. What’s his outlook in literary criticiam?（097）47. A. It is both concerned with form and devoted to human values. The theme of hisessay “The Art of Fiction” clearly indicates that the aim of the novel is to present life.B. He also advocates the freedom of the artist to write about anything thatconcerns him. The artist should be able to “feel” the life, to understandhuman nature, and then to record them in his own art of form.47. What is the most famous theme in Henry James’s fiction? And what is hisfavourate approach in characterization, which makes him different from Mark Twain and W. D. Howlles as realists? Give two titles of his works of his first period in which this theme and this approach are employed.（107）47. A. International theme.B. James’s realism is characterized by his psychological approach to his subjectmatter.C. The Portrait of A Lady; Daisy Miller; The American; The Europeans Theodore Dreiser47. “In your rocking-chair, by your window dreaming, shall you long, alone. In your rocking-chair, by your window, shall you dream such happiness as you may never feel.” The two sentences are taken from Theodore Dreiser’s novel, Sister Carrie. What idea can you draw from the “rocking-chair”? (044)47. A. The “rocking-chair” is a symbol standing for fate. It is like a cradle that makesone feel peaceful. It is also like a tide that ever goes on with life, the destiny of which is uncertain.B. At the end of the novel, Carrie sits in the rocking-chair which implies that herfuture is still uncertain and hard to foresee.47．“In your rocking-chair, by your window dreaming, shall you long, alone. In your rocking-chair, by your window, shall you dream such happiness as you may never feel.”（from Theodore Dreiser’s Sister Carrie）What idea can you draw from the “rocking-chair”?（084）。
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22.Which of the following is NOT a typical feature of Modernism?A.To elevate the individual and inner being over the social being.B.To put the stress on traditional values.C.To portray the distorted and alienated relationships between man and his environment.D.To advocate a conscious break with the past.(024)19.Modernism takes the irrational philosophy and（）as its theoretical base.A. the theory of psycho-analysisB. Darwin’s evolutionary theoryC. the French symbolismD. Utilitarianism(057)17．______________ is the most outstanding stream of consciousness novelist, with ___________ as his encyclopedia – like masterpiece .A．James Joyce, Ulysses B．E.M. Foster, A Passage to IndiaC．D.H. Lawrence, Sons and Lovers D．Virginia Woolf, Mrs Dalloway（074）15．All of the following are stream –of- consciousness novels EXCEPT________.A．Pilgrimage B．UlyssesC．Mrs. Dalloway D．Tess of the D’ Urbervilles（084）?21. In the play The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde，the upper — class people are described all of the following EXCEPT ______.A. corruptB. snobbishC. hypocriticalD. ambitious(087)17. After the First World War, there appeared the following literary trends of modernism EXCEPT ______.A. expressionismB. surrealismC. stream of consciousnessD. black humour(094)18. The masterpieces of critical realism in the early 20th century are the three trilogies of ______.A. Galsworthy's Forsyte novelsB. Hardy' s Wessex novels(094)C. Greene's Catholic novelsD. Woolf's stream-of-consciousness novels19. In the mid - 1950s and early 1960s, there appeared “______” who demonstrated a particular disillusion overthe depressing situation in Britain and launched a bitter protest against the outmoded social and political values in their society.5A. The Beat GenerationB. The Lost GenerationC. The Angry Young MenD. Black Mountain Poets(094)16.The rise of _____and new science greatly incited modernist writers to make new explorations on human natures and human relationships.4A. the existentialistic ideaB. the irrational philosophyC. scientific socialismD. social Darwinism（097）22. The 20th century has witnessed a great achievement in English poetry, which are mainly represented by thefollowing EXCEPT _____.3a. Thomas Hardyb. Ezra Poundc. T. S. Eliotd. Lord Byron （浙0210）25. Which of the following is James Joyce's masterpiece?a. Dublinersb. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Manc. Ulyssesd. Finnegans Wake（浙0210）20.The following are English stream-of-consciousness novels EXCEPT ______.2A. PilgrimageB. UlyssesC. Mrs.DallowayD. A Passage to Inida9. In the late nineteenth century, modernism flushed in English literature. Unlike modernist poets and novelists, modern dramatists ______.1A. showed not only satirical attitude to bourgeois class, but also optimistic emotion toward lifeB. did not make so many innovations in techniques and formsC. inherited the romantic fuzziness and self-indulged emotionismD. took the irrational philosophy and the theory of psycho-analysis as its theoretical base1 George Bernard Shaw21.___is considered to be the best-known English dramatist since Shakespeare, and his representative works are plays inspired by social criticism.A.Richard SheridanB.Oliver GoldsmithC.Oscar WildeD.Bernard Shaw(024)1.Mrs. Warren’s Profession is one of George Bernard Shaw’s plays. What is Mrs. Warren’s profession then ?[A]Real estate. [B]Prostitution.[C]House-keeping. [D]Farming. (034)21.George Bernard Shaw’s play, Mrs. Warren’s Profession is a grotesquely realistic exposure of the（）.A. slum landlordismB. political corruption in EnglandC. economic oppression of womenD. religious corruption in England(054)4．George Bernard Shaw’s play _______ established his position as the leading playwright of his time. 5 A．Widowers’ Houses B．Too True to Be GoodC．Mrs. Warren’s Profession D．Candida（084）5.George Bernard Shaw’s play Mrs. Warren’s Profession is about______.A. slum landlordismB. the economic oppression of womenC. the political corruption in EnglandD. the religious corruption in England(087)12. Among the following writers ______ is considered to be the best—known English dramatist since Shakespeare.A. Oscar WildeB. John GalsworthyC. W. B. YeatsD. George Bernard Shaw(087)18. George Bernard Shaw’s _____is a better play of the later period, with the author’s almost nihilistic bitterness on the subjects of the cruelty and madness of WWI and the aimlessness and disillusion of the young.4A. Too True to Be GoodB. Mrs. Warren’s ProfessionC. Widowers’HousesD. Fanny’s First Play（097）15. George Bernard Shaw’ s ______ is a grotesquely realistic exposure of slum landlordism.3A. Widower’ s HouseB. Mrs. Warren’ s ProfessionC. The Apple CartD. Getting Married(104)7. George Bernard Shaw’s ______ explored his idea of “Life Force”, the power that would create superior beings to be equal to God and to solve all the social, moral, and metaphysical problems of human society.2A. Man and SupermanB. The Apple CartC. PygmalionD. Too True to Be Good（107）4. As a realistic dramatist, George Bernard Shaw is concerned with political, economic, moral, or religious problems in his works. The general mood he expressed in his plays is ______.1A. indignationB. satisfactionC. optimismD. pessimism2 T. S. Eliot19. “When the evening is spread out against the sky (034) 5Like a patient etherized upon a table.”(T. S. Eliot, “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”)What does the image in the quoted lines suggest? _______.[A]Violence [B]Horror [C]Inactivity[D]Indifference (034)17.“For I have known them all already, known them all—/Have known the evenings, mornings, afternoons,/I have measured out my life with coffee spoons.”The above lines are taken from（）.A. Wordsworth’s “The Solitary Reaper”B. Eliot’s“The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” (054)C. Coleridge’s“Kubla Khan”D. Yeats’s“The Lake Isle of Innisfree”20.The beginning of “The Love Song of J.Alfred Prufrock” moves from a series of fairly concrete physical settings—a cityscape( the famous“patient etherized upon a table”)and several interiors (women’s arms in the lamplight, coffee spoons, fireplaces)—to a series of vague ocean images. It aims to convey（）.A. Prufrock’s emotional distance from the world as he comes to recognize his second-rate statusB. Prufrock’s eagerness to meet his dating loverC. Prufrock’s reluctance to meet his dating loverD. Prufrock’s excitement ab out the modern world(057)20．Which of the following poems by T.S. Eliot is hailed as a landmark and a model of the 20th century English poetry?A．Poems 1909-1925 B．The Hollow ManC．Prufrock and Other Observations D．The Waste Land（074）3．T．S．Eliot’s most im portant single poem _______has been hailed as a landmark and a model of the 20th-century English poetry. 4A．The Hollow Man B．The Waste LandC．Murder in the Cathedral D．Ash Wednesday（084）22. T. S. Eliot's most popular verse play is ______.3A. Murder in the CathedralB. The Cocktail PartyC. The Family ReunionD. The Waste Land(094)22. The Waste Land by T. S. Eliot is a poem concerned with the _____ breakup of a modern civilization in which human life has lost its meaning, significance and purpose.A. spiritualB. religiousC. politicalD. physical（097）1. T. S. Eliot’ s ______ bearing a strong thematic resemblance to The Waste Land, is generally regarded as thedarkest of Eliot’ s poems.2A. “Gerontion”B. “Prufrock”C. Murder in the CathedralD. The Hollow Men (104)1. T. S. Eliot’s ______ is a poem of dramatic monologue and a prelude to The Waste Land, helping to point up thecontinuity of Eliot’s thinking.1A. “Prufrock”B. “Gerontion”C. The Hollow MenD. Four Quartets （107）3 D. H. Lawrence4. The statement “A demanding mother turns away from her husband and gives all her affection to her sons” sums up the main plot of D. H. Lawrence′s.5[A]Lady Chatterley’s Lover[B]Women in love[C]Sons and Lovers [D]The Plumed Serpent(034)20.The major concern of ______ fiction lies in the tracing of the psychological development of his charactersand in his energetic criticism of the dehumanizing effect of the capitalist industrialization on human nature.wrence'sB.J.Galsworthy'sC.W.Thackeray’sD.T.Hardy’s (024)21. “He was silent with conceit of his son. Mrs. Morel sniffed, as if it were nothing.”(Sons and Lovers bywrence)From the above quotation, we can see that Mrs. Morel’s atti tude to her husband is ______ .4A. sincerely warmB. genuinely kindC. seemingly angryD. merely contemptuous(044)22.The story starting with the marriage of Paul’s parents Walter Morel and Mrs. Morel must be（）.A. Thomas Hardy’s Tess of the D’Urbervilles(054)B. D. H. Lawrence’s Sons and LoversC. George Eliot’s MiddlemarchD. Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre22．The major concern of ______ fiction lies in the tracing of the psychological development of his characters and in his energetic criticism of the dehumanizing effect of the capitalist industrialization on human nature. A．John Galsworthy’s B．Thomas Hardy’sC．D．H．Lawrence’s D．Charles Dickens’（084）17. In Modern English literature, the literary interest of _____ lay in the tracing of the psychological development of his characters and in his energetic criticism of the dehu-manizing effect of the capitalist industrialization on human nature.3A. George Bernard ShawB.T.S. EliotC. Oscar WildeD.D.H. Lawrence（097）18. D. H. Lawrence’ s ______ is a remarkable novel in which the individual consciousness is subtly revealed and strands of themes are intricately wound up.2A. Sons and LoversB. The RainbowC. Women in LoveD. Lady Chatterley’ s Love(104)4. D. H. Lawrence’s aut obiographical novel is ______.A. The RainbowB. Women in LoveC. Sons and LoversD. Lady Chatterley’s Lover（107）10. D. H. Lawrence’s artistic tendency is mainly ______ , which combines dramatic scenes with an authoritativecommentary.1A. romanticismB. realismC. naturalismD. modernism（107）23. In his novels, Laurence made a bold psychological exploration of various human relationships, especially thosebetween _____, with a great frankness.a. man and natureb. man and societyc. man and womand. all of the above（浙0210）II. Reading Comprehension (16 points in all, 4 for each)Read the quoted parts carefully and answer the questions in English. Write your answers in the corresponding space on the answer sheet.George Bernard Shaw42. The following quotation is from Mrs. Warren’s Profession:VIVIE: [ intensely interested by this time] No; but why did you choose that business?Saving money and good management will succeed in any business.MRS. WARREN: Yes, saving money. But where can a woman get the money to save in any other business?Could you save out of four shillings a week and keep yourself dressed as well? Not you. Of course, ifyou’ re a plain woman and cant earn anything more ; or if you have a turn for musi c, or the stage, ornewspaper - writing ; that’s different...Questions :41A. Identify the playwright of the above quotation.B. What business do you think Mrs. Warren is involved in?C. What's the theme of the play?（097）42. A. George Bernard ShawB. ProstitutionC. The economic oppression of women. By describing Mrs. Warren and her sisters’ sufferings, Shaw wants toshow that in the dark capitalist society, honest women were forced to be prostitutes and were therefore looked down upon as shameful dirty women. The play reveals the social causes of prostitution and thus sharply attacks the capitalism.T. S Eliot42.“And when I am formulated, sprawling on a pin,When I am pinned and wriggling on the wall.Then how should beginTo spit out all the butt-ends of my days and ways.”Questions:42A.Identify the poem and the poet.B.What does the phrase “butt-ends” mean?C.What idea does the quoted passage express? (024)(42.A.T.S.Eliot:“The Love Song of J.Alfred Pruforck.”B.The ends of cigarettes, meaning trivial things here.C.Here, Prufrock's inability to do anything against the society he is in is made strikingly clear by using a sharp comparison. Prufrock imagines himself as a kind of insect pinned on the wall and struggling in vain to get free. This image vividly shows Prufrock's current predicament.) .(024)42. The following quotation is from one of the poems by T. S. Eliot:No! I am not Prince Hamlet, nor was meant to be;Am an attendant lord, one that will doTo swell a progress, start a scene or twoAdvise the prince; no doubt, an easy tool,Deferential, glad to be of use,Politic, cautious, and meticulous,Full of high sentence, but a bit obtuse;Questions:A. Identify the title of the poem from which the quoted part is taken.B. Who's the speaker of the quoted lines?C. What does the first line show about the speaker? (094)42. A. “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”B. J. Alfred PrufrockC. Prufrock is conscious of the fact that he is like Hamlet in some respects. But he is sensible enough that hecannot be compared with Hamlet.42. Let us go then, you and I,When the evening is spread out against the skyLike a patient etherized upon a table;Let us go, through certain half- deserted streets,The muttering retreatsOf restless nights in one -night cheap hotelsAnd sawdust restaurants with oyster- shells:(The lines above are taken from “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” by T. S Eliot. )Questions:A. What does the poem present?B. What form is the poem composed in?C. What does the poem suggest? (104)42. A. presenting the meditation of an aging young man over the business of proposing marriage;B. in a form of dramatic monologueC. suggesting an ironic contrast between a pretended “Love song” and a confession of the speaker’sincapability of facing up to love and to life in a sterile upper-class world.III. Questions and Answers (24 points in all, 6 for each)Give a brief answer to each of the following questions in English. Write your answers in the corresponding space on the answer sheet.B. Shaw45.It is said that B. Shaw’s play, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, has a strong realistic theme, which fully reflects the dramatist’s Fabianist idea. Try to summarize this theme briefly. (044)45. A. The play reveals that guilt for prostitution lies more upon the social system than the immoral woman.B. In the play, Shaw shows clearly that all human sufferings are consequences of the cruel economicexploitation, which is pursued shamelessly by the so-called respectable members of the society through the lowest and the dirtiest means.46．It is said that B. Shaw’s play, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, has a strong realistic theme, which fully reflects the dramatist’s Fabianist idea. Try to summarize this the me briefly.（084）46. A. As one of the influential members of the Fabian Society, Shaw regarded the establishment of socialism bythe emancipation of land and industrial capital from individual and class ownership as the final goal.B. As a realistic dramatist, he took the modern social issues as his subjects. Most of his plays are concerned withpolitical, economic, moral, or religious problems.C. Mrs. Warren’s Profession is a play about the economic oppression of women.46. What are the main features of Bernard Shaw’s plays with regard to the theme, characterization and plot?（097）4546. A. Structurally and thematically, Shaw followed the great tradition of realism. As a realistic dramatist, he tookthe modern social issues as his subjects with the aim of directing social reforms.B. One feature of Shaw’s characterization is that he makes the trick of showing up one character vividly at theexpense of another. Another feature is that Shaw’s characters are the representatives of ideas, points of view that shift and alter during the play.C. Shaw’s plays have plots, but they do not work by plots.45. What are the features of George Bernard Shaw’s characterization in his plays?（107）45. A. One feature of Shaw’s characterization is that he makes the trick of showing up one character vividly at theexpense of another.B. Another feature is that Shaw’s characters are the representatives of ideas, points of view that shift and alterduring the play.T．S．Eliot46. The Waste Land is T．S．Eliot’s most important sin gle poem．Try to state the theme and the significance of the poem briefly. (087) 4646. A. Theme: the poem is concerned with the spiritual breakup of a modern civilization in which human life haslost its meaning, significance and purpose.B. Significance: The poem has been hailed as a landmark and a model of the 20th-century English poetry,comparable to Wordsworth’s Lyrical Ballads.IV. Topic Discussion(20 points in all, 10 for each)Write no less than 150 words on each of the following topics in English in the corresponding space on the answer sheet.chapter49. Define modernism in English literature. Name two major modernistic British writers and list one major workby each.（097）4949. A. Modernism rose out of skepticism and disillusion of capitalism.B. The French symbolism appearing in the late 19th century, heralded modernism. After WWI, all kinds ofliterary trends of modernism appeared: expressionism, surrealism, futurism, etc.C. Modernism takes the irrational philosophy and the theory of psycho-analysis as its theoretical base.D. Modernism is, in many aspects, a reaction against realism.E. James Joyce: Ulysses; T. S. Eliot : The Waste Land.。
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PART TWO (60POINTS)Ⅱ.Reading comprehension(16 points,4 for each)Read the quoted parts carefully and answer the questions in English. Write your answer in the corresponding space on the answer sheet.41. “One short sleep past, we wake eternally,And death shall be no more; death, thou shalt die.”Questions:A. Identify the poem and the poet.B.What does the word “sleep” mean?C. What idea do the two lines express?42. “Never did sun more beautifully steepIn his first splendor, valley, rock, or hill;Ne’er saw I, never felt, a calm so deep!The river glideth at his own sweet will:Dear God! The very houses seem asleep;And all that mighty heart is lying still!”(William Wordsworth’s sonnet: “Composed upon Westminster Bridge”September 3, 1802)Questions:A. What does the word “glideth” in the fourth line mean?B. What kind of figure of speech is used by wordsworth to describe the“river”?C. What idea does the fourth line express?43. “With Blue—uncertain stumbling Buzz—Between the light—and me—And then the Windows failed—and thenI could not see to see—”Questions:A. Identify the poem and the poet.B. What do “Windows” symbolically stand for?C. What idea does the quoted passage express?44. “‘Is dying hard, Daddy?’‘No, I think it’s pretty easy, Nick, It all depends.”’Questions:A. Identify the work and the author.B. What was Nick preoccupied with when he asked the question?C. Why did the father add “It all depends” after he answered his son’squestion?41.Read the quotation carefully and then answer the questions:The curfew tolls the knell of parting day,The lowing herd wind slowly o"er the lea,The plowman homeward plods his weary way,And leaves the world to darkness and to me.A.Scan the first line of the stanza.B.Find the irregular foot in the second line.C.Briefly explain the significance of this irregularity.42.The following is a passage taken from a dramatic work:Had I as many souls as there be starsI"d give them all for Mephistophilis!By him I"ll be great emperor of the world,And make a bridge thorough the moving airTo pass the ocean with a band of men;I"ll join the hills that bind the Afric shoreAnd make that country continent to Spain,And both contributory to my crown;The emperor shall not live but by my leave,Nor any potentate of Germany.Now that I have obtained what I desireI"ll live in speculation of this artTill Mephistophilis return again.A. Name the playwright and the title of the work from which the passageis taken.B. Name the speaker of the passage quoted above.C. Use the above passage as a guide and write down in one or twosentences the theme of the play.43.Read the following passage and then answer the questions:…I glanced back once. A wafer of a moon was shining over Gatsby"s house, making the night fine as before, and surviving the laughter and the sound of his still glowing garden. A sudden emptiness seemed to flow now from the windows and the great doors, endowing with complete isolation the figure of the host, who stood on the porch, his hand up in a formal gesture of farewell.A. Identify the author and the title of the novel from which this passage is taken.B. The passage describes the end of an event. What is it?C. What implied meaning can you get from reading this passage?44.Read the following part of a poem and then answer the questions:My tongue, every atom of my blood, form"d from this soil, this air,Born here of parents born here from parents the same, and their parents the same,I, now thirty-seven years old in perfect health begin,Hoping to cease not till death.A. Identify the poet and the title of the poem.B. What do "soil" and "air" represent in the first line?C. What does the poet try to say in the above four lines?41.“Not on thy sole, but on thy soul, harsh Jew,Thou mak’st thy knife keen; but no metal can,No, not the hangman’s axe, bear half the keennessOf thy sharp envy.”Questions:A. Identify the author and the title of the play from which this part is taken.B. What figure of speech is used in this quoted passage?C. What idea does the passage express?42. “Do you think, because I am poor, obscure, plain, and little, I am soullessand heartless? —You think wrong!… And if God had gifted me with some beauty, and much wealth, I should have made it as hard for you to leave me, as it is now for me to leave you…—it is my spirit that addresses your spirit; just as if both had passed through the grave, and we stood at God’s feet, equal—as we are!”Questions:A．Identify the author and the novel from which the quoted part is taken.B．To whom is the speaker speaking?C．What does the quoted part imply about the speaker?43.“The woods are lovely, dark and deep,But I have promises to keep,And miles to go before I sleep,And miles to go before I sleep.”Questions:A. Identify the poem and the poet.B. What does the word“sleep”mean?C. What idea do the four lines express?44.Read the following passage and then answer the questions:…I glanced back once. A wafer of a moon was shining over Gatsby"s house, making the night fine as before, and surviving the laughter and the sound of his still glowing garden. A sudden emptiness seemed to flow now from the windows and the great doors, endowing with complete isolation the figure of the host, who stood on the porch, his hand up in a formal gesture of farewell.A. Identify the author and the title of the novel from which this passage is taken.B. The passage describes the end of an event. What is it?C. What implied meaning can you get from reading this passage?Ⅲ.Questions and Answers （24 points, 6 points for each）Give brief answers to each of the following questions in English. Write your answers in the corresponding space on the answer sh eet. 45. "'My boy!' said the old gentleman, leaning over the desk. Oliver started at the sound. He might be excused for doing so, for the words were kindly said, and strange sounds frighten one. He trembled violently, and burst into tears." （Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist） Explain why the boy [Oliver Twist] started first, then trembled violently and burst into tears when the words were "kindly" said.46.Novum Organum（"New Instrument"）, along with other works, won the author the honour "Father of modern science." Who is the author? What is the main concern of the work? Why the work is so important for the development of modern science?47. Why are naturalists inevitably pessimistic in their view? Please discuss the above question in relation to the basic principles of literary naturalism.48.The white whale, Moby Dick, is the most important symbol in Melville’s novel. What symbolic meaning can you draw from it? 45.The following quotation is the ending of a poem by Robert Browning: Nay, we"ll goTogether down, sir, Notice Neptune, though,Taming a sea horse, though a rarity,Which Claus of Innsbruck cast in bronze for me.What is the title of the poem? Who is the speaker? What is the importance of the allusion "Neptune…/Taming a sea horse" in the whole poem?46. Here is the last stanza of Byron's "The Isles of Greece":Place me on sunium's mardle steep,Where nothing, save the waves and I,There, swan-like, let me sing and die:May hear our marbled murmurs sweep;A land of slaves shall ne'er be mine ——Dash down you cup of Samian wine!Determine the speaker first and then discuss BRIEFLY the main idea of the stanza or of the whole excerpt. You may want to consider the possible implications of the last two lines.47.Ezra Pound is one of the pioneers in modern poetry. What is the poeticschool of which he is a chief member?What is Pound"s representative work of many years of poetic creation? What is the title of his frequently quoted one-image poem?Pound has translated some literary works from two great ancient civilizations.One is Greece. What is the other? How do you understand his famous comment "The image itself is the speech"?48.How do you understand Henry James’ international theme? Please exemplify it based on his novels.45. It is said that B. Shaw’s play, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, has a strong realistic theme, which fully reflects the dramatist’s Fabianist idea. Try to summarize this theme briefly.46. Emily Bronte used a very complicated narrative technique in writing her novel Wuthering Heights. Try to tell Bronte’s way of narration briefly. 47. “In your rocking-chair, by your window dreaming, shall you long, alone. In your rocking-chair, by your window, shall you dream such happiness as you may never feel.” The two sentences are taken from Theodore Dreiser’s novel, Sister Carrie. What idea can you draw from the “rocking-chair”? 48. The literary school of naturalism was quite popular in the late 19th century. What are the major characteristics of naturalism?Ⅳ.Topic Discussion（20 points, 10 points for each）Write no less than 150 words on each of the following topics in English in the corresponding space on the answer sheet.49.A possible theme of James Joyce"s short story "Araby" is disillusionment. Briefly discuss the symbolism Joyce employs in presenting this theme. 50.. Mark Twain presented the 19th century America in his own unique way. Discuss Twain's art of fiction: the setting, the language, and the characters, etc., based on his novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.49. Discuss the possible theme in W.B. Yeats’s “The Lake Isle of Innisfree”and how that theme is presented in the poem.50. “My faith is gone!” cried he (Goodman Brown), after one stupefied moment. “There is no good on earth; and sin is but a name. Come, devil! For to thee is this world given.”Comment on this passage from Hawthorne’s “Young Goodman Brown”. 49. Daniel 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.50.What makes Mark Twain"s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn more than a child"s adventure story? Briefly discuss the question from THREE of the following aspects: the setting, the language, the character（s）, the theme and the style.PART TWO(60 POINTS)II. Reading Comprehension(16 points in all，4 for each)Read the quoted parts carefully and answer the questions in English．Write your answers in the corresponding space on the Answer Sheet．41. “The fiver glideth at his own sweet will：Dear God! the very houses seem asleep；And all that mighty heart is lying still!”(from William Wordsworth’s “Composed upon Westminster Bridge”)Questions：A. What figure of speech is used in the quoted lines?B. What does “that mighty heart’’ refer to?C. What does the poem decribe?42. “When the stars threw down their spears,And water’d heaven with their tears,Did he smile his work to see?Did he who made the Lamb make thee?”Questions：A. Identify the poet and the poem from which the quoted lines are takenB. Whom does the “he’’ refer to?C. What does the “Lamb”symbolize?43. “My tongue，every atom of my blood，form’d from this soil，this air,Born here of parents born here from parents the same，and theirparents the same， I，now thirty-seven years old in perfect health begin，Hoping to cease not till death”Questions： A. Identify the poet and the poem from which the quoted lines are taken.B. What do “soil” and “air” represent in the first line?C. What does the poet try to say in the above four lines?44. “I cannot rub the strangeness from my sight I got from looking through apane of glassI skimmed this morning from the drinking troughAnd held against the world of hoary grass.”Questions：A. Identify the poet and the poem from which the quoted lines are taken.B. What does the word “strangeness’’ refer to?C. What do the quoted lines imply?III．Questions and Answers(24 points in all，6 for each)Give a brief answer to each of the following questions in English．Write your answers in the corresponding space on the Answer Sheet．45. As a leading Romanticist，Byron’s chief contribution is his creation of the “Byronic Hero”．Briefly explain the literary term “Byronic Hero’’.46. TheWaste Land is T．S．Eliot’s most important single poem．Try to state the theme and the significance of the poem briefly.47．What is the most famous theme in Henry James’s fiction?And what is his favourite approach in characterization，which makes him different from Mark Twain and W·D.Howells as a realist? Give two titles of his first period works in which this theme and this approach are employed.48. As a leading spokesman of the “Imagist Movement”，what principles does Ezra Pound endorse?IV. Topic Discussion(20 points in all，10 for each)Write no less than 150 words on each of the following topics in English in the corresponding space on the Answer Sheet.49. Discuss Charles Dickens’ art of fiction：the setting，the character —portrayal，the language，etc．，based on his novel Oliver Twist．50. Greatly and permanently affected by the war experiences, Hemingway formed his own writing style，together with his theme and hero. Please discuss Hemingway’s writing style in relation to his novels you have read.。