英美文学选读综合测试.docx

1、【题型：简答】【分数：4分】 得分：4分1What are the characteristics of Byrons works?答：Although many of Byrons works are debated by the critics, he is still one of the influential figures in the history of English literature. In most of his works, we can see Byrons violent attack on Cant politics, religion and morals,

2、 his novelty of the oriental scenery, the romantic character of Byronically hero and the easy, fluent and natural beauty of his verse. Byrons diction, though unequal and frequently faulty, has on a whole a freedom, copiousness and vigor. His descriptions are simple and fresh, and often bring vivid o

3、bjects before the reader. The glowing imagination of the poet r答案：they are violentattack on politics, religion and morals. They describe the novelty of oriental scenery and shows the easy, fluent and natural beauty of his verse.【题型：简答】【分数：4分】 得分：4分2Briefly state Mark Twain s magic power with languag

4、e in his novels.答：A.Setting: In the novel Mark Twain recreates a small-town world of America and presents the local color. B.Language: He uses simple, direct language faithful to the colloquial speech, the vernacular language of the local people C.Character: The author recreates two rebels and fugit

5、ives running away from civilization, especially Huckleberry Finn, an innocent boy who refuses to accept the conventional village morality D.Theme: The novel is a criticism of social injustice, hypocrisy, conservativeness and narrow-mindedness of the American small town society E.Style: The novel emp

6、loys a humorous答案：His words are colloquial, concrete and direct in effect, and his sentence structures are simple, even ungrammatical spoken language; His characters speak with a strong accent, which is true of his local colorism;Different characters from different literary or cultural backgrounds t

7、alk differently.【题型：简答】【分数：4分】 得分：0分3 What are the main features of Robert Brownings poetry?答：Robert Brownings poems are known for their irony, characterization, dark humor, social commentary, historical settings, and challenging vocabulary and syntax.答案：He uses dramatic monologue, fast, rough and u

8、nmusical rhythm. His works include clipped and compressed syntax, similes and illustrations,non-poetic jarring diction.【题型：简答】【分数：4分】 得分：1分4What are the Wessex novels of Thomas Hardy?答：Thomas Hardy is one of the most excellent realistic novelist and poet in the 19(th) century. His novels are famous

9、for the description of his hometown Wessexa city in England, and therefore are called by the name Wessex Novels，which are also named as Novels of Character and Environment by Hardy himself. These novels describe the unexpected and huge changes in fields of society, economy, politics, ethics, and cus

10、toms in England after the invasion of Capitalism, and the miserable fate of the broken farmers, and discover the potential crisis of the society in England which is under the mask o答案：They are the fictional and crude rural region in Wessex andHardys homeplace.【题型：简答】【分数：4分】 得分：2分5Comment on the char

11、acteristics of Romantic writers in English history.答：It is a rebellion against the neoclassical literature, extols the faculty of imagination and nature答案：It is a rebellion against the neoclassical literature, extols the faculty of imagination and nature.【题型：简答】【分数：4分】 得分：4分6The white whale, Moby Di

12、ck is endowed with symbolic meaning. What do you think it symbolizes?答：To Ahab, the whale is an evil creature or the agent of an evil force that controls the universe.To Ishmael, the whale is an astonishing force, an immense power, which defies rational explanation due to a sense of mystery it carri

13、es. It is beautiful, but malignant at the same time. To the reader, it may be regarded as a symbol of nature or an instrument of Gods vengeance upon evil man答案：To Ahab, the whale is an evil creature or the agent of an evil force that controls the universe.To Ishmael, the whale is an astonishing forc

14、e, an immense power, which defies rational explanation due to a sense of mystery it carries. It is beautiful, but malignant at the same time.To the reader, it may be regarded as a symbol of nature or an instrument of Gods vengeance upon evil man.【题型：论述】【分数：10分】 得分：10分7Discuss the artistic features o

15、f Shelleys poems.答：lyrical|poet|classical|mythological|allusions|figures of speech|metaphor|personification|description答案：lyrical|poet|classical|mythological|allusions|figures of speech|metaphor|personification|description【题型：论述】【分数：10分】 得分：10分8What does Wordsworth mean when he said All good poetry

16、is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings recollected in tranquility?答：This sentence is considered as the principle of Wordsworths poetry creation which was set forth in the preface to “the Lyrical Ballads”. As contrasted with the classicists who made reason, order and the old classical tradi

17、tions the criteria in their poetical creations，Wordsworth based his own poetic talent on the premise that“all good poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feeling” He appealed directly on individual sensations，i. e. pleasure，excitement and enjoyment，as the foundation in the creation and appre

18、ciation of poetry. A poets emotion extends from human affairs to nature，but答案：principle|Wordsworth|poetic|creation|preface|Lyrical Ballads|individual|sensations【题型：阅读】【分数：4分】 得分：0分9When the minister spoke from the pulpit, with power and fervid eloquence, and, with his hands on the open bible, of the

19、 sacred truths of our religion, and of saint-like lives and triumphant deaths, and of future bliss of misery unutterable, then did Goodman Brown turn pale, dreading, lest the roof should thunder down upon the gray blasphemer and his hearers.Questions:A. Identify the title of the short story from whi

20、ch this part is taken.B. What had happened in the story before this church scene?C. Why was Goodman Brown afraid the roof might thunder down?答：A.Hawthornes Yong Goodman Brown B.Brown had attended a witchesparty where he saw many prominent people of the village ,the minister included C.Brown was shoc

21、ked by the minister,secretly a member of the evil club, who could talk about sacred truths of the reigion openly and unashamedly . He thought God would punish such hypocrites down on them.答案：young Goodman Brown, attend a witches party,shocked by the minister【题型：阅读】【分数：4分】 得分：0分10 “I like to see it l

22、ap the MilesAnd lick the Valleys upAnd stop to feed itself at TanksAnd then-prodigiosu step”A. Please give the name of the author.B. What idea does this poem express?答：A.Dickinson B.This poem was shocked the world One of three big project - North America big railway, the material civilization develo

23、pment.答案：Emily Dichinson, suspicion of the relationship between man and nature【题型：阅读】【分数：4分】 得分：3分11To be or not to be- that is the question.Questions:A. Identify the author.B. From which work is the above sentence taken?答：A.William Shakespeare B.Hamlett答案：Shakespeare, Hamlet【题型：阅读】【分数：4分】 得分：2分12 H

24、ad I as many souls as there be stars.Id give them all for Mephistophilis!By him Ill be great emperor of the world, And make a bridge through the moving airTo pass the ocean with a band of men;Ill join the hills that bing the Africa shoreAnd make that country continent to Spain,And both contributory

25、to my crown;The Emperor shall not live by my leave,Nor any potentate of Germany.Now that I have obtained what I desireIll live in speculation of this art.Till Mephistophilis return again.”A. Identify the author and the title of the work from which the passage is taken.B. Based on the passage, write

26、down in one or two sentences the theme of the play.答：A.Dr.Faustus, a play by Christopher Marlowe. B.Mans aspiration, bounding achievements, and the inevitable failure.答案：Dr. Faustus, Christopher Marlowe, Mans aspiration, bounding achievement【题型：单选】【分数：1分】 得分：1分13_ by Melville is a novella about a sh

27、ip whose black slave cargo mutiny holds their captain a terrorized hostage.AA. “Bartleby, the Scrivener”BB. Benito CerenoCC. The Confidence-ManDD. Billy Bud答：B答案：B【题型：单选】【分数：1分】 得分：1分14The great political and social events in the English society of neoclassical period were the following EXCEPT _. At

28、he Restoration of King Charles II in 1660Bthe Great Plague of 1665Cthe Great London Fire in 1666Dthe Wars of Roses in 1689答：D答案：D【题型：单选】【分数：1分】 得分：0分15All of the following are stream of- consciousness novels EXCEPT_.AThe Sound and the FuryBUlyssesCMrs. DallowayDJude the Obscure答：A答案：D【题型：单选】【分数：1分】

29、得分：1分16Greatly and permanently affected by the _ experiences, Hemingway formed his own writing style, together with his theme and hero.A. mining &nbsAminingBfarmingCwarDsea答：C答案：C【题型：单选】【分数：1分】 得分：0分17Which of the following masterpieces doesnt belong to the tragedies of Shakespeare?AA. Romeo and Jul

30、ietBB. The Merry Wives of WindsorCC. Julius CaesarDD. King Lear答：D答案：B【题型：单选】【分数：1分】 得分：1分18Here is a sentence from an essay, “Read not to contradict and confuse, nor to believe and take for granted, nor to find talk and discourse, but to weight and consider”. The essay must be _.AOf Studies by Fran

31、cis BaconBThe Advancement of Learning by Francis BaconCNovum Organum by Francis BaconDEssays by Francis Bacon答：A答案：A【题型：单选】【分数：1分】 得分：1分197. Neoclassicists had some fixed laws and rules for prose EXCEPT_.AprecisonBdirectnessCflexibilityDsatire答：D答案：D【题型：单选】【分数：1分】 得分：1分20Rousseau published two books

32、 that electrified EuropeDu contrat Social and _ in which he explored new ideas about nature, society and education.AA. EmileBB. Declaration of Rights of ManCC. Life of NapoleonDD. The Advancement of Learning答：A答案：A【题型：单选】【分数：1分】 得分：1分21With the help of his friends Phil Stone and Sherwood Anderson, _

33、 published a volume of poetry The Marble Faun and his first novel Soldiers Pay. AFaulknerBHemingwayCEzra PoundDFitzgerald答：A答案：A【题型：单选】【分数：1分】 得分：1分22Statement _ is NOT true in describing Gothic novel.AGothic novel is a type of romantic fictionBGothic novel predominated in the early 18th centuryCIts

34、 principal elements are violence, horror and supernaturalDThe Mystery of Udolpho by Ann Radcliffe is typical Gothic romance答：B答案：B【题型：单选】【分数：1分】 得分：1分23“If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?” the quoted line comes from _.AShelleys “Ode to the West Wind”BWalt Whitman s Leaves of GrassCJohn Milto

35、ns Paradise LostDJohn Keats“ Ode on a Grecian Urn”答：A答案：A【题型：单选】【分数：1分】 得分：1分24The Transcendentalists believe that, first, nature is ennobling, and second, the individual is_.AinsignificantBevilCdivineDsilly答：C答案：C【题型：单选】【分数：1分】 得分：1分25The author of Leaves of Grass , a giant of American letters, is

36、_. AFaulknerBDreiserC. JamesDWhitman答：D答案：D【题型：单选】【分数：1分】 得分：1分26In Go Down, Moses, _ illuminates the problem of black and white in Southern society as a close- knit destiny of blood brotherhood.A. William Faulkner &nbsAWilliam FaulknerBJack LondonCHerman MelvilleDNathaniel Hawthorne答：A答案：A【题型：单选】【分

37、数：1分】 得分：1分27In 1892, Yeats wrote his first play, _, which is an Irish myth about a noblewoman who sells her soul to the devil in order to save starving peasants.AA. The Land of Hearts DesireBB. The Shadowy WatersCC. The Countess CathleenDD. Purgatory答：C答案：C【题型：单选】【分数：1分】 得分：1分28A proud, mysterious

38、rebel figure of noble origin is called _ hero in Romantic Period of English literature.ARomanticBRealisticCRenaissanceDByronic答：D答案：D【题型：单选】【分数：1分】 得分：1分29_ explores the scrupulous individualism in a world of fantastic speculation and unstable values, and gives its name to the get-rich-quick years o

39、f the post-Civil War era.AInnocents AbroadBThe Gilded AgeCRoughing ItDThe Middle Years答：B答案：B【题型：单选】【分数：1分】 得分：1分30The Advancement of Learning is a great tract on _.AA. historyBB. literatureCC. policyDD. education答：D答案：D【题型：单选】【分数：1分】 得分：1分31The 20th -century stream- of- consciousness technique was

40、frequently and skillfully used by _ to emphasize the reactions and inner musings of the narrator. AHemingwayBFrostCFaulknerDWhitman答：C答案：C【题型：单选】【分数：1分】 得分：1分32Man is a “victim of forces over which he has no control. ” This is a notion held strongly by _.ARobert FrostBTheodore DreiserCHenry JamesDWa

41、ltman答：B答案：B【题型：单选】【分数：1分】 得分：1分33The following statement _ is WRONG in describing Transcendentalism.AIt absorbed some ideological concerns of American Puritanism and European Romanticism.BIt advocates the importance of Individual and Nature.CTrancendentalists believed that there should be an emotio

42、nal communication between an indiDIt emphasizes that man is the measure of all things.答：D答案：D【题型：单选】【分数：1分】 得分：1分34Jonathan Swift s _ is generally regarded as the best model of satire, not only of the period but also in the whole English literary history. AGullivers TravelsBThe Battle of the BooksC“

43、A Modest Proposal”DA Tale of a Tub答：C答案：C【题型：单选】【分数：1分】 得分：0分35In 1847, the Bronte sisters published the following famous novels EXCEPT “_”.AJane EyreBShirleyCWuthering HeightsDThe Tenant of Windfall Hall答：D答案：B【题型：单选】【分数：1分】 得分：1分36The major concern of _ fiction lies in the tracing of the psycholog

44、ical development of his characters and in his energetic criticism of the dehumanizing effect of the capitalist industrialization on human nature.AJohn GalsworthysBThomas HardysCDHLawrencesDCharles Dickens答：C答案：C【题型：单选】【分数：1分】 得分：1分37In _, James Joyce intends to present a microcosm of the whole human

45、 life by providing an instance of how a single event contains all the events of its kind, and how history is recapitulated in the happenings of one day.AA. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young ManBB. DublinersCC. UlyssesDD. Finnegans Wake答：C答案：C【题型：单选】【分数：1分】 得分：1分38With the scarlet letter A as the b

46、iggest symbol of all, _ proves himself to be one of the best symbolists. AHawthorneBDreiserCJamesDFaulkner答：A答案：A【题型：单选】【分数：1分】 得分：1分39. “ Damn the fool! There he is, cried Heathcliff, sinking back into his seat, Hush, my darling! Hush, hush, Catherine! Ill stay. If he shot me so, Id expire with a b

47、lessing in my lips.” The novel from which the passage is taken is _.AJane Austens Pride and PrejudiceBCharles Dickenss The Old Curiosity ShopCSamuel Richardsons PamelaDEmily Brontes Wuthering Heights答：D答案：D【题型：单选】【分数：1分】 得分：1分40The dignity of movement of an iceberg is due to only one -eighth of it b

48、eing above water. ” This “iceberg” analogy about prose style was put forward by _.AWilliam FaulknerBFScott FitzgeraldCHenry JamesDErnest Hemingway答：D答案：D【题型：单选】【分数：1分】 得分：1分41Joyces masterpiece, _ gives an account of mans life during one day in Dublin.ADublinersBFinnegans WakeCUlyssesDA Portrait of

49、the Artist答：C答案：C【题型：单选】【分数：1分】 得分：1分42In Charles Dickens work _, the Utilitarian principle rules over the English education system and destroys young hearts and minds.AHard timesBOliver TwistCDavid CopperfieldDBleak House答：A答案：A【题型：单选】【分数：1分】 得分：1分43Poetry is defined by _ as “the spontaneous overfl

50、ow of powerful feelings, which originates in emotion recollected in tranquility”. AWordsworthBShellyCKeatsDWialliam Blake答：A答案：A【题型：单选】【分数：1分】 得分：1分44“O prince, O chief of many throned powers, That led th embattled seraphim to war Under thy conduct, and in dreadful deeds Fearless, endangered Heavens perpetual King.” In the third line of the above passage quoted from Miltons Paradise LosASatansBGodsCAdamsDEves答：A答案：A【题型：单选】【分数：1分】 得分：1分45Jane Austen s first novel _ tells a st