英美文学作品选读试题1

1、英美文学作品选读试题 1I. 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.1. Romance, which uses narrative verse or prose to tell stories of _ adventures or other heroic deeds, is a popular literary form

2、in the medieval period.A. ChristianB. knightlyC. GreekD. primitive2. Among the great Middle English poets, Geoffrey Chaucer is known for 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 doe

3、s not directly help to stimulate the rising of the Renaissance Movement?The rediscovery of ancient Greek and Roman culture.The new discoveries in geography and astrology.The Glorious revolution.The religious reformation and the economic expansion.A.B.C.D.The speaker eulogizes the power of Nature.The

4、 speaker satirizes human vanity.The speaker praises the power of artistic creation. The speaker meditates on mans salvation.4. Which of the following statements best illustrates the theme of Shakespeares Sonnet 18?A.B.C.D.5. “ BassanioA:ntonio, I am married to a wife Which is as dear to me as life i

5、tself; But life itself, My wife, and all the world. Are not with me esteemd above thy life; I would lose all, ay, sacrifice them all, Here to the devil, to deliver you. Portia: Your wife would give you little thanks for that, If she were by to hear you make the offer.”The above is a quotation taken

6、from Shakespeares comedTyhe Merchant of Venice. The quoted part can be regarded as a good example to illustrate .A. dramatic irony B. personification C. allegory D. symbolismattack the sun as an unruly servantgive compliments to the mistress and her power of beauty criticize the suns intrusion into

7、the lovers private life lecture the sun on where true royalty and riches lie6. The true subject of John Donnes poem“, The Sun Rising, ” is to _.A.B.C.D.7. “ Andwe will sit upon the rocks,/ Seeing the shepherds feed their flocks,/By shallow rivers to whose falls/ Melodious birds sing madrigals. The a

8、b”ove lines arep robably take n from _.A. Spen sersThe Faerie Quee neB. Joh n Donn es“ The Sun Risi ng ”C. Shakespeares“Sonnet 18 ”D. Marlowes “ The P assi on ate Shep herd to His Love8. The theme ofThe Faerie Quee neis .A. “ arms and the man ”B.“ fierce warres and faithfull lovesC.“ Redeosse Knight

9、 ”D.“ morals and vices ”9. Shakespeare sare mainiy written under tlneipie that national unity undera mighty and just sovereig n is a n eeessity.A. history p laysB. tragediesC. eomediesD. pl ays10. “ Readingmaketh a full man, conference a ready man, and writing a(n) man.” Thee ntence is quoted from B

10、ae on Of StdsesA. in tellige ntB. exactC.thriftyD. eloque nt11. Though John Donne s poems were not well aeeepted in his lifetime, the eaFly 20 cen tury saw arenewed interest in him and other poets.A.C.sen time ntalB. rati onalmeta physicalD. n eoelassieal12. Ineivilization ineluding false illusions

11、about seienee, philosophy, history and even immortality .A. the first voyage to Lilli putBrodd ingnagC. the third voyage to the Flying IslandHouyh nhnm landB. the see ond voyage toD. the fourth voyage toof Gulliver Travels, Jonathan Swift satirizes the western13. Christia n, Faithful and Pliable are

12、 the literary figures inDaniel Defoe McSl FlandersJohn Bunyan Sgrim sPregressRichard Brinsley Sheridan The SCiool for SeandalJonathan Swift GuHsve r sTravelsis the first imp orta nt En glish essayist and the foun der of moder n seie nee inA.B.C.D.14. En gla nd.A.Francis Bae onB.Edm und Spen serC.Wil

13、liam CarxtonD.Sid ney15. The Houyh nhnms depi eted by Jon atha n Swift inGullivers Travels are.A. horses that are en dowed with reas onB. p igmies that are en dowed with admirable qualitiesC. gia nts that are sup erior in wisdomD. hairy, wild, low and des pi cable creatures, who resemble huma n bein

14、gsnot only in app eara nee but also in some other ways.16. Here are four lines from a literary work: “ Othersor Ianguage all their careexp ress, / And value booksas wome n men, for dress. The work isA. Thomas Grays “ Elegy Writte n in a Country ChurchyardB. Joh n Milto ns P aradise LostC. Alexa nder

15、 Pop es Essay on CriticismD. Shakes peares Midsummer Nights Dream17. The p hrase “ to urge people to abide by Christia n doctri nes and to seek salvati onthrough constant struggles with their own weaknesses and all kinds of social evils ” may well sum up the imp lied meaning of.A. Gullivers TravelsB

16、. The Rape of the LockC. Robinson CrusoeD. The p ilgrims P rogress18. Of all the 18thcentury novelists Henry Fielding was the first to set out, both intheory and practice, to write specifically a “_ in prose, the first to give themoder n no vel its structure and style.A. tragic ep icB. comic epicC.

17、roma neeD. lyric epic19. William Wordsworth, a roma ntic poet, advocated all the followi ng EXCE PT.A. the use of everyday Ian guage sp oke n by the com mon peopleB. the exp ressi on of the spontan eous overflow of po werful feeli ngsC. the use of humble and rustic life as subject matterD. the use o

18、f elega nt word ing and in flated figures of sp eech“ Ode on a Grecia n Urn”？20. Which of the followi ng is take n from Joh n Keats“I fall upon the thor ns of life! I bleed!“They are both gone up to the church to pary. “ Earth has not any thi ng to show more fair. “Beauty is truth, truth beautyA.B.C

19、.D.21. “If Win ter comes, can Spring be far beh ind!A.J. KeatsB.C.W. WordsworthD.is an ep igrammatic line by _.W. BlakeP. B. Shelley22. “ Ode to a Grecian Urn shows the contrast between theof art and theofhuma n p assi on.A. glory ugli nessB. p erma nence tran sie neeC. transienee sordidnessD. glory

20、 permanence23. In the stateme ntoh, od! Would you like to live with your soul in the grave?the term “ soul ” apparently refers to.A. Heathcliff himselfB. Catheri neC. on es sp iritual lifeD. on es ghost24. The typ ical feature of Robert Brow nin gs p oetry is the.A. bitter satireB. larger-tha n-life

21、 caricatureC. Lati ni zed dict ionD. dramatic mono logue25. Among the famous no velists of the Victoria n Age were theDicke ns andThackeray.A. critical realistsB. moder ni stsC. roma nticistsD. ep ic p rose writers26. is the first imp orta nt gover ness no vel in the En glish literary history.A. Jan

22、e EyreB. EmmaC. Wutheri ng HeightsD. Middlemarch27. is con sidered to be the best-k nown En glish dramatist since Shakes peare, andhis rep rese ntative works are p lays insp ired by social criticism.A. Richard SheridanB. Oliver GoldsmithC. Oscar WildeD. Bernard Shaw28. “ For a week after the commiss

23、i on of the impious and profane offence of ask ing for more, Oliver remained a close prisoner in the dark and solitary room. (Dickens, Oliver Twist) What did Oliver ask for?A More time to p lay.B More food to eat.C More books to read.D More money to spend.29. Dr. Faustus is a p lay based on the Germ

24、a n lege nd of a magicia n aspiring forand fin ally meet ing his tragic end as a result of selli ng his soul to the Devil.A immortalityB politicalCm oneyDk no wledge30. The stateme nt“ A dema nding mother turns away from her husba nd and gives allher affection to her sons” sums up the main plot of D

25、. H. LawrencesA Lady Chatterleys LoverB Women in loveC Sons and LoversD The P lumed Serpe nt31. “ Come to me come to me en tirely now, ” said he ; and added, in his dee pest tone,sp eak ing in my ear as his cheek was laid on mine,“ Make rinwih aipakeessyours.The above p assage p rese nts a sce ne in

26、 .A Emily Bronte isheri ng HeightsB Charlotte Bronte Janes EyreC John Galsworthy Th Forsyte SagaD Thomas Hardy Tess of the D Urbervilles32. “ Drive my dead thought over the uni verseLike withered leaves to quicke n a new birth. ”(Percy Bysshe Shelley, “Ode to the West Wind ”) What rhetorical device

27、does the p oet use in the quoted lin es?A Syn ecdoche.B Meta phor.C Simile.D Ono mat op oeia.33. Crusoe is the hero in The life and Strange Surprising Adventures of RobinsonCrusoe, of York, Marin er (also known asRob inson Crusoe by .A Jon athan SwiftB Da nielDefoeC George EliotD D. H.Lawre nee34. C

28、hrist opher Marlow s “ The Passi on ate She pherd to HisiLovn)”A p astoral lyricB elegyC eulogyD e pic35. Which of the following is NOT regarded as one of the characteristics of Ren aissa nee huma ni sm?A Cultivati on of the art of this world and this life.B Tolera nee of huma n foibles.C Search for

29、 the genuine flavor of ancient culture.D Glorificati on of religious faith.36. “In dream visi on Arthur wit nessed the loveli ness of Gloria na, and upon awak ingresolves to seek her. ” The two literesyAghur and Gloriana are formA Edmund Spenser he Faerie QueeneB William Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet

30、C Christ op her Marlowe s “ The P assi on ate Shep herd to His loves later works?D John Donne s “A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning”37. Which of the follow ing best describes the n ature of Thomas HardyA Sen time ntalism.B Tragic sen se.C Surrealism.D Comic sen se.38. “ .This grew: I gave comma nds;

31、Then all smiles stopped altogether.(Robert Browning, “ My Last Duchess ”)The above lines imply that.s orderA the Duchess was killed by her husba ndB the Duchess stopped smili ng at her husba ndC the Duchess died of laugh ing too muchD the Duchess did not want to smile as much as her husba nd request

32、ed39. In which of the follow ing works can you find the proper n ames “ Lilli put,“ Brobdingnag, ” and“Yahoo” ?A James Joyce Ulsses.B Charles Dicke ns Bleak House.C Jonathan Swift Gullsver s Travels.D D. H. Lawrenee Women in love.40. It took Alexander Pope tencon sidered his best satiric work.A The

33、Dun ciadC“ An Essay on Criticismyears tocomp lete,which is gen erallyB ” D“An Essay on Man ”“The Rape of the lock ”II. Find the items in the right colu mn which fit the left colu mn the best and write your letters in the bla nks. (10 points in all, 1 point for each)I.ChaucerA. Mary Ann Eva ns2.Hamle

34、tB. The father of En glish p oetry3.ColeridgeC. Jane Auste n4.Jo natha n SwiftD. Graveyard School5.Samuel Joh nsonE. John Milt on6.Thomas GrayF. A Tale of the Tub7.Byro nG A Dictionary of the English Language8.Greorge EliotH. blood and thun der thrille9. Pride and P rejudiceI. Don Jua nJ Lake PoetlO

35、.Paradise Lost1. 2.3.4.5.6.7.8.9.10.III. For each of the quotati ons listed below pl ease give the n ame of the author and the title of the literary work. (24 points in all, 4 for each)1. “ For oftwhen on my couch I lieIn vaca nt or in pen sive mood,They flash upon that in ward eyeWhich is the bliss

36、 of solitude;And the n my heart with pl easure fills,And dan ces with the daffodils.”2. “It is Struth uni versally ack no wledged that a sin gle man in po ssessi on of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.However little known the feeli ngs or views of such a man may be on his first en teri ng a

37、n eighborhood, this truth is so well fixed in the minds of the surr ounding families, that he is con sidered as the rightful prop erty of some one or other of their daughters.3.“ Doyou think I can stay to become nothing to you? Do you think I am anautomat on?-amach ine without feeli ngs? And can bea

38、r to have my morsel of bread snatchedfrom my lips, and my drop of living water dashed from my cup? Do you think, because I am poor, obscure, plain, and little, I am soulless and heartless?-You think wrong! ”4. “Oh sishe smiled, no doubt,Whene er I passed hebut who passed without Much the same smile?

39、 This grew, I gave comma nds Then all smiles stopped together.”5. “Then I saw in my dream, that when they were got out of the wilderness, they presently saw a tow n before them, and the n ame of that tow n is van ity; and at that tow n there is a fair kept, called vanity Fair,”6. “ A violet by a mos

40、sy stone Half hidden from the eye! Fair as a star, when only oneIs shining in the sky.”IV. Give brief answers to the following questions. (6 points in all, 3 for each)1. As a rule, an allegory is story in verse or prose with a double meaning: a surface meaning, and an implied meaning. List two works

41、 as examples of allegory. What is an allegory usually concerned with by its implied meaning?2. Why has Fielding been regarded as “ Father of the English novel? ”V. Short Essay Questions. (20 points in all, 10 for each) Write on each of the following topics in English. s Poetry.1. List the main quali

42、ties of Edmund Spenser1 B2D3 C4C5A6B7D8 B9A10 B11. C12.C13.B14.A15. A16. C17. D18. B19. D20.D21. D22.B23.A24. D25. A26. A27. A28.B29.D30.C31.B32. C33. B34. A35. B36.A37.B38.A39.C40. AII. 1 pointX 10= 10 points1. B 2.H 3.J4. F5. G6. D7.I8. A9.C10. E参考答案：I1pointX 40= 40 p oi nts2. How is Romanticism d

43、ifferent from the literary works you know best.Neoclassicism? Provide brief evidence fromIII. 4 points X 6 = 24 points1.2.3.4.5.William Wordsworth, “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud”Jane Austen,Pride and PrejudiceCharlotte Bronte, Jane EyreRobert Browning, “My Last Duchess”John Bunyan， “Vanity Fair,” an

44、 excerpt fromThe Pilgrim sProgress6. William Wordsworth, “She Dwelt Among the Untrodden Ways”IV. 3 points X 2= 6 points1. A. Bunyans pilgrimsProgressand SpensersThe Faerie Queene.B. It is usually eoneerned with moral, religious, politieal, symbolie or mythieal ideas.2. Henry Fielding has been regard

45、ed by some a“s Father of the English Novelfor ” his eontribution to the establishment of the form of the modern novel. Of all the eighteenth-eentury novelists, he was the first to set out, both in theory and praetiee, to write speeifieally a “eomie epiein prose,”the first to give the modern novel its strueture and style.V. 10 po