英语语言学概论总习题

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5、 john milton d. john donne2. _ is regarded today as the national epic of the anglo-saxons.a. beowulf b. the canterbury talesc. don juan d. paradise lost3. the merchant of venice is a _.a. tragedy b. comedy c. history play d. tragicomedy4. hamlet faces the dilemma between _.a. action and mind b. drea

6、m and realityc. money and power d. hate and love5. john miltons masterpiece is his _.a. paradise lost b. paradise regainedc. samson agonistes d. areopagitica6. robert frost is a regional poet in the sense that his poems depict mostly _.a. the frontier life b. the sea adventuresc. the puritan communi

7、ty d. new england landscape7. the novel _ is not written by henry james.a. the ambassadors b. the wings of the dovec. the bostonians d. the mysterious stranger8. in the 1920s decade, oneill established an international reputation with such plays as _. a. the emperor jones b. anna christiec. the hair

8、y ape d. all of the above9. fitzgeralds fictional world is the best embodiment of the spirit of the jazz age, in which he shows a particular interest in _ society.a. the middle-class b. the upper-classc. the lower-middle-class d. the working-class10. apart from the dislocation of time and the modern

9、 stream-of-consciousness, the other narrative techniques faulkner used to construct his stories include _, symbolism and mythological and biblical allusions.a. impressionism b. expressionismc. multiple points of view d. first person point of view11. the following are shakespeares greatest tragedies

10、except _.a. hamlet b. othello c. twelfth night d. king lear12. _ is a novella about a young american girl who gets “killed” by the winter in rome, and it brought henry james international fame for the first time.a. the american b. the europeans c. daisy miller d. the portrait of a lady13. john donne

11、 is the leading figure of _.a. lake poets b. graveyard school c. satanic poets d. metaphysical school14. in jane austens novels, life and human nature are exposed _.a. at moments of crisis b. during the battlesc. in the most trivial incidents of everyday d. through the traveling15. the following wri

12、ters were awarded nobel prize for literature except _.a. william faulkner b. f. scott fitzgerald c. john steinbeck d. ernest hemingwayii. complete each of the following statements with a proper word or a phrase. (30 points, 2 points each)16. edmund spensers masterpiece is _, a great poem of its age.

13、17. marlowes greatest achievement lies in that he perfected _ and made it the principle medium of english drama.18. as a lexicographer, samuel johnson distinguished himself as the author of the first english dictionary by an englishman: _, a gigantic task which johnson undertook single-handedly and

14、finished in over seven years.19. popes an essay on criticism is a didactic poem written in _.20. _ has been regarded by some as “father of the english novel” for his contribution to the establishment of the form of the modern novel.21. mark twain preferred to have his own region and people at the fo

15、refront of his stories. this particular concern about the local character of a region came about as _, a unique variation of american literary realism.22. pound was the leader of a new movement in poetry which he called “_” movement.23. dreiser broke away form the genteel tradition of literature and

16、 dramatized the life in a very _ way24. one of the most familiar themes in american naturalism is the theme of human _, especially as an explanation of sexual desire.25. two major figures of black fiction in america are _ and ralph ellison.26. apart from darwinism, the two thinkers whose ideas had t

17、he greatest impact on the modernism period were the german _ and the austrian sigmund freud.27. with the norman conquest starts the _ period in english literature.28. emily brontes masterpiece is _29. ulysses gives an account of mans life during one day in _30. in the mid-1950s and early 1960s, ther

18、e appeared a group of young novelists and playwrights with lower-middle-class or working class background, they demonstrated a particular disillusion over the depressing situation in britain and launched a bitter protest against the outmoded social and political values in their society. they were kn

19、own as “_”.iii. 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. (18 points, 6 points each)31“nor lose possession of that fair thou owst; nor shall death brag thou wanderst in his shade

20、, when in eternal lines to time thou growst: so long as men can breathe, or eyes can see, so long lives this, and this gives life to thee.”32. his father picked the baby up and slapped it to make it breathe and handed it to the old woman. “see, its a boy, nick,” he said. “how do you like being an in

21、ternee?” nick said, “all right.” he was looking away so as not to see what his father was doing.33. “two roads diverged in a yellow wood, and sorry i could not travel both and be one traveler, long i stood and looked down one as far as i could to where it bent in the undergrowth;”iv. give brief answ

22、ers to the following questions. (22 points, 11 points each)34. why do we say hawthorne is a master of symbolism? give at least two examples of symbols from the scarlet letter.35. why is thomas hardy often regarded as a transitional writer?第二套复习试卷i. choose the one that would best complete the stateme

23、nt below. (30 points, 2 points each)1.romance,which uses narrative verse or prose to tell stories of _ adventures or other heroic deeds, is a popular literary form in the medieval period. a.christian b.knightly c.greek d.primitive2.among the great middle english poets, geoffrey chaucer is known for

24、his production of _. a.piers plowman b.sir gawain and the green knight c.confessio amantis d.the canterbury tales3.which of the following historical events does not directly help to stimulate the rising of the renaisssance movement? a.the rediscovery of ancient greek and roman culture. b.the new dis

25、coveries in geography and astrology. c.the glorious revolution. d.the religious reformation and the economic expansion.4.which of the following statements best illustrates the theme of shakespeares sonnet 18? a.the speaker eulogizes the power of nature. b.the speaker satirizes human vanity. c.the sp

26、eaker praises the power of artistic creation. d.the speaker meditates on mans salvation.5.“and we will sit upon the rocks,/seeing the shepherds feed their flocks,/by shallow rivers to whose falls/melodious birds sing madrigals.”the above lines are probably taken from _. a.spensers the faerie queene

27、b.john donnes “the sun rising” c.shakespeares “sonnet 18” d.marlowes “the passionate shepherd to his love”6.“bassanio:antonio,i am married to a wife which is as dear to me as life itself; but life itself, my wife, and all the world. are not with me esteemd above thy life; i would lose all, ay, sacri

28、fice them all, here to the devil, to deliver you. portia:your wife would give you little thanks for that, if she were by to hear you make the offer.”the above is a quotation taken from shakespeares comedy the merchant of venice.the quoted part can be regarded as a good example to illustrate _. a.dra

29、matic irony b.personification c.allegory d.symbolism7.the ture subject of john donnes poem,“the sun rising,” is to _. a.attack the sun as an unruly servant b.give compliments to the mistress and her power of beauty c.criticize the suns intrusion into the lovers private life d. lecture the sun on whe

30、re true royalty and riches lie8.of all the 18thcentury novelists henry fielding was the first to set out, both in theory and practice, to write specifically a “_ in prose,”the first to give the modern novel its structure and style. a.tragic epic b.comic epic c.romance d.lyric epic9.the houyhnhnms de

31、picted by jonathan swift in gullivers travels are _. a.horses that are endowed with reason b.pigmies that are endowed with admirable qualities c.giants that are superior in wisdom d.hairy,wild, low and despicable creatures, who resemble human beings not only in appearance but also in some other ways

32、.10.here are four lines from a literary work:“others for language all their care express,/and value books,as women men, for dress.”the work is _. a.thomas grays “elegy written in a country churchyard” b.john miltons paradise lost c.alexander popes essay on criticism d.shakespeares midsummer nights d

33、ream11.the phrase “to urge people to abide by christian doctrines and to seek salvation through constant struggles with their own weaknesses and all kinds of social evils” may well sum up the implied meaning of _. a.gullivers travels b.the rape of the lock c.robinson crusoe d.the pilgrims progress12

34、.william wordsworth, a romantic poet, advocated all the following except _. a.the use of everyday language spoken by the common people b.the expression of the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings c.the use of humble and rustic life as subject matter d.the use of elegant wording and inflated fig

35、ures of speech13.which of the following is taken from john keats “ode on a grecian urn”? a.“i fall upon the thorns of life! i bleed!” b.“they are both gone up to the church to pray.” c.“earth has not anything to show more fair.” d.“beauty is truth, truth beauty”.14.“if winter comes, can spring be fa

36、r behind!” is an epigrammatic line by _. a.j.keats b.w.blake c.w.wordsworth d.p.b.shelley15.“ode o na grecian urn”shows the contrast between the _ of art and the _ of human passion. a.glory ugliness b.permanencetransience c.transiencesordidness d.glorypermanence.reading comprehension (20 points,) re

37、ad the quoted parts carefully and answer the questions in english.write your answer in the corresponding space on the answer sheet.16.“her eyes met his and he looked away.he neither believed nor disbelieved her,but he knew that he had made a mistake in asking;he never had known,never would know,what

38、 she was thinking.the sight of her inscrutable face,the thought of all the hundreds of evenings he had seen her sitting there like that,soft and passive,but so unreadable, unknown, enraged him beyond measure.”questions: a.identify the writer and the work. b.what does the phrase “inscrutable face” me

39、an? c.what idea does the quoted passage express?17.“and when i am formulated,sprawling on a pin, when i am pinned and wriggling on the wall. then how should begin to spit out all the butt-ends of my days and ways.”questions: a.identify the poem and the poet. b.what does the phrase “butt-ends” mean?

40、c.what idea does the quoted passage express?.questions and answers(30 points in all, 15 for each) give brief answers to each of the following questions in english. write your answers in the corresponding space on the answer sheet.18.as a rule,an allegory is story in verse or prose with a double mean

41、ing: a surface meaning, and an implied meaning.list two works as examples of allegory. what is an allegory usually concerned with by its implied meaning?19.inspiration for the romantic approach initially came from two great shapers of thought. who are the two? and what ideas they expressed inspire t

42、he romantic writers?.topic discussion(20 points)write no less than 150 words on each of the following topics in english in the corresponding space on the answer sheet.20.how is romanticism different from neoclassicism? provide brief evidence from the literary works you know best.第三套复习试卷i. choose the

43、 one that would best complete the statement below. (30 points, 2 points each)1.in the statement“oh,god! would you like to live with your soul in the grave?” the term“soul” apparently refers to _. a.heathcliff himself b.catherine c.ones spiritual life d.ones ghost2.the typical feature of robet browni

44、ngs poetry is the _. a.bitter satire b.larger-than-life caricature c.latinized diction d.dramatic monologue3.the victorian age was largely an age of _,eminently represented by dickens and thackeray. a.poetry b.drama c.prose d.epic prose4._is the first important governess novel in the english literar

45、y history. a.jane eyre b.emma c.wuthering heights d.middlemarch5.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.d.h.lawrences b.j.ga

46、lsworthys c.w.thackerays d.t.hardys6._is considered to be the best-known english dramatist since shakespeare, and his representative works are plays inspired by social criticism. a.richard sheridan b.oliver goldsmith c.oscar wilde d.bernard shaw7.which of the following is not a typical feature of mo

47、dernism? 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.8.the romantic writers would focus on all the f

48、ollowing issues except the _ in the american literary histrory. a.individual feelings b.idea of survival of the fittest c.strong imagination d.return to nature9.henry david thoreaus work,_,has always been regarded as a masterpiece of new england transcendentalism. a.walden b.the pioneers c.nature d.

49、song of myself10.the famous 20-years sleep in “rip van winkle”helps to construct the story in such a way that we are greatly affected by irvings _. a.concern with the passage of time b.expression of transient beauty c.satire on laziness and corruptibility of human beings d.idea about supernatural ma

50、nipulation of mans life11.walt whitman was a pioneering figure of american poetry. his innovation first of all lies in his use of _,poetry without a fixed beat or regular rhyme scheme. a.blank verse b.heroic couplet c.free verse d.iambic pentameter12.the literary characters of the american type in e

51、arly 19th century are generally characterized by all the following features except that they _. a.speak local dialects b.are polite and elegant gentlemen c.are simple and crude farmers d.are noble savages( red and white) untainted by society13.hester pryme, dimmsdale,chillingworth and pearl are most

52、 likely the names of the characters in _. a.the scarlet letter b.the house of the seven gablest c.the portrait of a lady d.the pioneers14.“this is my letter to the world” is a poetic expression of emily dickinsons _ about her communication with the outside world. a.indifference b.anger c.anxiety d.s

53、orrow15.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 19thcentury. a.sentimentalism b.romanticism c.realism d.naturalism.reading comprehension (16 points, 4 for each) read the quoted parts carefull

54、y and answer the questions in english.write your answer in the corresponding space on the answer sheet.16.“god knows,im not myselfim somebody elseand im changed,and i cant tell whats my name,or who i am.”questions: a.identify the work and the author. b.the speaker says he is changed.do you think he is changed, or the social environment has changed? c.