英美文学——考试题库及答案

1、Leaves of Grass ran versions.收藏A.tenB.sevenC.eightD.nine回答错误！正确答案：DWhich statement is not correct concerning Hester Prynne, the heroi ne of the Scarlet Letter?收藏A.She finally eloped with Dimmesdale to Europe.B.She did not win forgivenses and respect from people around her even when she died.C.She re

2、vealed the name of her daughter / s father in public.D.She committed the sin of adultery.Which of the following works are not written by Nathaniel Hawthorn e?收藏A.Young Goodman BrownB.Moby DickC.The House of the Seven GablesD.The Scarlet Letter回答错误！正确答案：BWhich of the following is not themes of Emily

3、Dickinson ' swritings?收藏A. love and deathB.religion and philosophyC.man and natureD.war and peace回答错误！正确答案：D is regarded as England / s national epic and the hero in this work Beowulf becomes one of the national heroes.收藏A.The Canterbury TalesB.The Death of BeowulfC.The Story of BeowulfD.The Son

4、g of Beowulf回答错误！正确答案：DRobert Burns / poetry was written in the on a v ariety of subjects.收藏A.Scottish dialectB.free verseC.sonnetD.New England dialectIn the literature of Modernism, the most prominetn southern writer i s .收藏A.W川iam FaulknerB.John SteinbeckC.James JoyceD.Ernest Hemingway回答错误！正确答案：AA

5、nother fact that made Twain unique is his magic power with langu age, his use of .收藏A.vernacularB.slangC.idiomsD.dialectsWhich of the following works is the masterpiece of William Shakesp eare?收藏A.The Faerie QueenB.HamletC.Romeo and JulietD.Utopia回答错误！正确答案：BThe masterpiece of Charles Dickens is his

6、autobiographical novel _ .收藏A.A tale of two citiesB.Oliver TwistC.Great ExpectationD.Pickwick PapersOf the following writers, who does not belong to the romantic write rs ?收藏A.Walt WhitmanB.Emily DickinsonC.Charles DickensD.John Keats回答错误！正确答案：CHardy is one of the representatives of English at the t

7、urn of the 19th century.收藏A. new romanticismB.neo-classicismC.critical realismD.preromanticismIn his poetry, Robert Frost made the colloquial speech into a poetic expression.收藏A.EnglandB.PlymouthC.New EnglandD.Boston回答错误！正确答案：CThe Romantic Period began in 1798 with the publication of The Lyri cal Ba

8、llads which was written by .收藏A.JohnsonB.ColeridgeC.WordsworthD.Wordsworth and Coleridge回答错误！正确答案：AThe secular ideals were best exemplified in the life and career of _ ,who became a symbol of the Age of Reaso n and Revolution.收藏A.Benjamin FranklinB.Thomas PaineC.Philip FreneauD.Washington Irving回答错误

9、！正确答案：AIn the Elizabethan period, is the greatest writ er of England.收藏A.Christopher MarloweB.Edmund SpenserC.Willima shakespeareD.Geoffrey Chaucer回答错误！正确答案：CTwain is also known as a , who preferred to present soci al life through portraits of the local characters of his regions.收藏A.realistB.humoris

10、tC. local coloristD.naturalist回答错误！正确答案：CWhich of the following are not the belief of William Wordsworth?收藏A.Nature inspires poetryB.Common subjects can be poeticC.Reason predominates allD.Poetry is spontaneous回答错误！正确答案：CJane Austen , smasterpiece is .收藏A.Pride and PrejudiceB.Mansfield ParkC.Sense a

11、nd SensibilityD.Emma回答错误！正确答案：A was a most representative figure of the 1 920s, who was mirror of the exciting age in almost every way.收藏A.Ernest HemingwayB.Robert FrostC.Eugene O' NeilD.F. Scott Fitzgerald回答错误！正确答案：DWhich of the description is not true about John Keats? 收藏A.His leading principl

12、e is "Beauty is truth, truth beauty."B.His poetry is always sensuous, colorful and rich in imagery.C.He is a Lake Poet.D.His major achievements is the sequence of odes he wrote in 1820.回答错误！正确答案：CWhose reports of exploration, published in the eary 1600s, have bee n described as the first d

13、istinctly American literature to be written i n Englsih.收藏A.John CottonB.John WinthropC.W川iam BradfordD.John Smith回答错误！正确答案：DThe Romantic Age came to an end with the death of the last well-k nown romantic writer .收藏A.W川iam WordsworthB.Walter ScottC.Samuel Taylor ColeridgeD.Jane Austen回答错误！正确答案：B is

14、generally regarded as Woolf' s most remarkable wo rk. The autobiographical element in the novel are obvious. Mr. and Mrs. Ramsay were apparently drawn from the author ' parents.收藏A.A Room of One ' s OwnB.Jacob / s RoomC.Mrs. DallowayTo the lighthouse回答错误！正确答案：DWhich of the following is t

15、he hero in the novel Jane Eyre?收藏A.Mr RochesterB.Silas MarnerC.HeathcliffD.Hindley回答错误！正确答案：A marks the climax of Mark Twain' s literary creativity.收藏A.The Adventures of Tom SawyerB.The Gilded AgeC.The Adventures of Huckleberry FinnD.Life on the Mississippi回答错误！正确答案：CThe greatest English critica

16、l realist novelist was ,who criticized the bourgeois civilization an showed the misery o f the common people.收藏A.Emily DickinsonB.Charles DickensC.William Makepeace ThackerayD.Charlotte Bronte回答错误！正确答案：BVirginia Woolf snovelspublishedin 1925, made her reputation as an important psychological writer.

17、收藏A.A Room of One ' s OwnB.Jacob / s RoomC.Mrs. DallowayD.回答错误！正确答案：CTess is seduced by a squire named Alec before she marries the cle rgyman' s son named .收藏A.HeathcliffB.DarcyC.ClareD.Rochester回答错误！正确答案：CIn the 19th century English literature, an new literary trend appeared.收藏A.critical re

18、alismB.realismC.naturalismromanticism回答错误！正确答案：AWhich of the following time period is the golden age of English dra ma?收藏A.the Enlightenment periodB.the Middle AgesC.the Modern timeD.the Renaissance period回答错误！正确答案：DThe 1920s has got its nickname as 收藏A.The Jazz AgeB.All of the aboveC.The Roaring Tw

19、entiesD.The Dollar Decade回答错误！正确答案：BHardy is not only a novelist, but also a poet, which is not Hardy' s poetic works?收藏A.The DynastsB.Poems of the Past and the PresentC.Wessex Poems and Other VersesD.Under the Greenwood Tree回答错误！正确答案：DThe poetic style Whitman devised is now called , that i s, p

20、oetry without a fixed beat or regular rhyme scheme.收藏A.Scottish dialectB.free verseC.slant rhymesonnet回答错误！正确答案：BIn his famous novel , Daniel Defoe tells a stor y of a sailor / adventure on an inhavitated island.收藏A.Gulliver ，s TravellsB.Robinson CrusoeC.the Pilgrim / s ProgressD.Tom Jones回答错误！正确答案：

21、BIn Robert Frost ' s , the speaker tells us how the course of his life was determined when he came upon two r oads that diverted in a wood.收藏A.The Road Not TakenB.After Apple- pickingC.Stopping by Woods on a Snowy EveningD.D. .A Witness Tree回答错误！正确答案：AWith the publication of , Dreiser was launch

22、ing himself up on a long career that would ultimately made him one of the most s ignificant American writers of the school later known as literary nat uralism.收藏A.The FinancierB.The TitanC.An American TragedyD.Sister Carrie回答错误！正确答案：DWhich of the following is depicted as the mythical county in Willi

23、a m Faulkner ' snovels?收藏A.Cambrige.B.Mississippi.Yoknapatawpha.D.Oxford.回答错误！正确答案：C is a great literary giant of America! Whom H.L.Menck en considered“the true father of our national literature. ”收藏A.W川iam Dean HowellsB.Mark TwainC.Henry JamesD.Theodore Dreiser回答错误！正确答案：B题型描述：多选题Which describe

24、the writing features of Emily Dickinson?收藏A.Use of dashes.B.Innovation in rhyme.C.Use of Paradox and IronyD.Use of the Persona T'.回答错误！正确答案：A B C DWhich works were written by Charles Dickens ?收藏A.Great ExpectationB.The Pickwick PaperC.Oliver TwistD.Hard Times回答错误！正确答案：A B C DConcerning Walt Whit

25、man, which are the correct statements?收藏A.In his leaves of grass, openness, freedom, and individualism are all that concerned him.B.Leaves of Grass is an immediate success.C.He shows concern for the whole hardworking people and the burgeoning of cities.D.He enjoyed great fame and popularity when he

26、was still young.回答错误！正确答案：A CIn his poetry, Robert Frost made the colloquial () speech into a po etic expression收藏A.BostonB.EnglandC.PlymouthD.New England回答错误！正确答案：DAmong Hardy' s novels, the best known are .收藏A.Jude the obscureB.A Farewell to ArmsKimD.Tess of the D ' Urbervilles回答错误！正确答案：A

27、D题型描述：多选题Who belong(s) to the romantic school? 收藏A.W川iam WordsworthB.Charles DickensC.John KeatsD.Jane Austen回答错误！正确答案：A CWhich of the following are the works of Charlotte Bronte 收藏A.VilletteB.Wuthering HeightsShirleyD.Professor回答错误！正确答案：A C DWhich of the following are the works of Charlotte Bronte

28、?收藏A.VilletteB.Wuthering HeightsC.ShirleyD.Professor回答错误！正确答案：A C DThe three dominant figures of the realistic period in American literat ure are .收藏A.W川iam Dean HowellsB.Theodor DreiserHenry JamesD.Mark Twain回答错误！正确答案：A C DAbout the novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, which of the f ollowing

29、are correct statements ?收藏A.The book is about Huck and Jim, a runaway slave.B.The story took place along the Mississippi River. It was still before the Civil War.C.The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is Mark Twain' s masterpieceD.The novel is noted for its unpretentious, colloquial yet poetic sty

30、le, its wide-ranging humor, and its innocence and freedom.回答错误！正确答案：A B C D() is generally regarded as Woolf' s most remarkable work. The a utobiographical elements in the novel are obvious. Mr. and Mrs. Ra msay were apparently drawn from the author ' parents.收藏A.To the lighthouseB.A Room of

31、 One ' s OwnC.Mrs. Dalloway D.Jacob's Room回答错误！正确答案：AWho belong to the lake poets 收藏A.Samuel Taylor ColeridgeB.W川iam WordsworthC.Robert Burns D.Robert Southey回答错误！正确答案：A B DAbout Daniel Defoe, which description do you think are correct? 收藏A.His style is characterised by a plain, smooth,easy,

32、 dirct and even colloquial language.B.He is called "the father of English drama".C.His masterpiece is Gulliver / s Travels.D.In his works, there is not much plot or portrayal of characters, except the exact journalistic account of the daily, trivial happenings.回答错误！正确答案：A DWhich of the fol

33、lowing is true about Thomas Hardy ?收藏A.Jude the obscure was written by himB.There are elements of naturalism in most of Hardy' s later works.C.His Wessex novels are of great significance.D.There is pessimism in most of his novels.回答错误！正确答案：A B C D()is the greatest dramatist of all, who has produ

34、ced in his life 2 l ong poems, 154 sonnets and 37 plays.收藏A.Walt WhitmanJohn MiltonC.Geoffrey Chaucer D.William Shakespeare回答错误！正确答案：DWho are major representatives of the lost generation 收藏A.F.Scott FitzgeraldB.Ernest HemingwayC.Theodore DreiserD.John Steinbeck回答错误！正确答案：A BWhat are the features of c

35、ritical realistic writing? 收藏A.They showed profound sympathy for the common people.B.The works do not point toward revolution but rather evolution or reformism. The novels of the critical realists usually have happy endings or an impotent compromise at the end.C.Humor and Satire abound in the Englis

36、h realistic novels of the 19th century.D.They gave a satirical portrayal of the bourgeoisie and all the ruling classes.回答错误！正确答案：A B C DChoose the novels written by Fitzgerald.收藏A.The Great GatsbyB.The Beautiful and the DamnedC.This Side of ParadiseD.Tender is the Night回答错误！正确答案：A B C DOde to a Nigh

37、tingale is the famous works of ()收藏A.John KeatsW川iam WordsworthB.Percy ShellyC.George Byron回答错误！正确答案：AWhich descriptions are correct concerning Robert Burns? 收藏A.Burns is the national poet of Scotland.B.His poems are featured for their fresh and exquisite songlike quality, full of vitality and origi

38、nality.C.His poems are difficult to understand.D.Simplicity, humor, directness and optimism are characteristic of his songs.回答错误！正确答案：A B DIn his poems, Walt Whitmanis innovativein the terms of the formof his poetry, which is called “（）”收藏A. blank verseB.alliterationC.free verseD.end rhyming回答错误！正确答

39、案：CJane Austen ' smasterpiece is ()收藏A.EmmaB.ProfessorC.Sense and SensibilityD.Pride and Prejudice回答错误！正确答案：D题型描述：多选题In Robert Frost ' s() , the speaker tells us how the course of his li fe was determined when he came upon two roads that diverted in a wood.收藏A.After Apple- pickingB.A Witness

40、 TreeC.The Road Not TakenD.Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening回答错误！正确答案：CWhich of the following is right about Mark Twain' s style of languag e?收藏A.His humor is remarkable and characterized by puns, straight-faced exaggeration, repetition and anti-climax.B.His words are colloquial, concrete and

41、 direct in effect.C.His style of language had exerted rather deep influence on the contemporary writers.D.His sentence structures are long, ungrammatical and difficult to read回答错误！正确答案：A B C belong to Theodore Dreiser ' sTrilogy of Desire.收藏A.The TitanThe FinancierC.Sister CarrieD.The Stoic回答错误！

42、正确答案：A B DWhich writer belongs to “stream of consciousness " school? 收藏A.Thomas HardyB.Virginia WoolfC.James Joyce D.Thomas Woolf回答错误！正确答案：B COf the following statements, which are the correct description conce rning Fitzgerald and The Great Gatsby?收藏A.Fitzgerald ' s fictional world is the

43、best embodiment of the spirit of the Jazz AgeIn vivid and graceful prose, he had portrayed the hollowness of the American worship of riches and the unending American dream of love, splendor, and fuelled desires.C.His prose is smooth, sensitive, and completely original in its diction and metaphorsD.G

44、atsby ' s failure magnifies the end of the American dream. However, the affirmation of hope and expectation is self-asserted.回答错误！正确答案：A B C DWhich of the following works are generally regarded as Shakespear e , sgreat tragedies?收藏A.OthelloB.King LeareC.Romeo and JulietD.HamletE.Macbeth回答错误！正确答案

45、：A B D EChoose the works written by Mark Twain.收藏A.Life on the MississippiB.The Prince and the PauperC.The Adventures of Tom Sawyer D.The Gilded Age回答错误！正确答案：A B C DThe most important realistic writers in America are .收藏A.Henry JamesB.Mark TwainC.W川iam Dean HowellsD.Charles Dickens回答错误！正确答案：A B CThe

46、 representatives of early romanticism are .收藏A.James Fenimore CooperB.Washington IrvingC. Benjamin FranklinD.W川iam Cullen Bryant回答错误！正确答案：A B D题型描述：多选题Of the Scarlet Letter, which descriptions are correct? 收藏A.It is set in the 17th century Boston.B.The meaning of the Scarlet letter A changes through

47、out the text.C.It reveals that Hawthorne was essentially a moralist, who believed that evil was the core of human life.D.It is about a woman / s atonement for her sin.回答错误！正确答案：A B C DChoose the four immortal odes written by Keats.收藏A.Ode on MelancholyB.Ode to the West WindC.Ode to AutumnD.Ode on a

48、Grecian UrnE.Ode to the Nightingale回答错误！正确答案：A C D EThe novel () bears strong autobiographical element of Charles Dick ens.收藏A.David CopperfieldB.A Tale of Two CitiesC.Pickwick PapersD.Oliver Twist回答错误！正确答案：AAbout the poem Because I Could not Stop for Death, which stateme nts are true ?收藏A.Death is

49、portrayed here as a caller or a suitorB.The poem reflects a basic ambiguity about death and immortality.C.The mood is happy and exciting.D.The poem is a dramatic representation of the passage from this world of the living to the afterlife.回答错误！正确答案：A B DChoose the books written by Robert Frost.收藏A.W

50、est-running bookB.New HampshireC.Mountain IntervalD.A further range回答错误！正确答案：A B C DAbout the poem O Captain! My Captain, which statements are true ?收藏A.The poem consists of three stanzasB.It was first published in Leaves of Grass.C.It was writen in homage to U.S. President Abraham Lincoln after his

51、 assassination in 1865D.Its layout appearing like a ship approaching its destination, and begins with the famous apostrophe of its title.回答错误！正确答案：A B C DWhich writer(s) are the representative literary figures in the Renaiss ance Period in Britian ?收藏A.Francis BaconB.Thomas MoreC.William ShakespereD

52、.Edmund Spenser回答错误！正确答案：A B C DThe glory of the Romantic Age lies in the poetry of .收藏A.ShellyB.KeatsC.ColeridgeD.ByronE.Wordsworth回答错误！正确答案：A B C D EFaulkner wrote altogether 18 novels and three volumes of short stor ies. Of these three novels , and are masterpieces by any literary standards. ABC收

53、藏A.Go down, MosesB.The Wrath of the Grapes C.The Sound and the furyD.Absalom, Absalom!回答错误！正确答案：A C DWhich are the correct description of William Shakespeare / s Hamlet?收藏A.In this play, Hmalet / s famous soliloquy reveals his hesitation before taking decisive action.B.Hamlet is an image of the Rena

54、issance humanist.C.The story of the play is set in England.D.Hamlet is considered the summit of Shakespeare/ s art.回答错误！正确答案：A B D题型描述：多选题The 1920s has got its nickname as ()收藏A.The Roaring TwentiesB.The Jazz AgeC.The Dollar DecadeD.All of the above回答错误！正确答案：DWhich of the following is the hero in the novel Jane Eyre ?收藏A.Mr. RochesterB.Heathcliff C. HindleyC.Cathrine回答错误！正确答案：A()is a great l