英国文学选读练习题含答案(推荐文档)

1、ExerciseforEnglishLiterature(2)andoneofthegreatestnarrativepoetsofEngland,wasborninB.SirGawainChoosethebestanswerforeachblank.1. ,the“fatherofEnglishpoetryLondonabout1340.A.GeoffreyChaucerC.FrancisBaconD.JohnDryden2. Chaucerdiedonthe25thOctober1400,andwasburiedin.A.FlandersB.FranceC.ItalyD.Westminst

2、erAbbey3. Theprogressinindustryathomestimulatedthecommercialexpansionabroad.explorationandtravel,whichenwerecompatiblewiththeinterestoftheEnglishmerchants.HenryVB.HenryVIIcouragedA. HenryVIIID.QueenElizabethC.4.A.C.5.ExceptbeingavictoryofEnglandover,theroutofthefleettriumphoftherisingyoungbourgeoisi

3、eoverthedecliningoldfeudalism.SpainB.FranceAmericaD.NorwayAtthebeginningofthe16thcenturytheoutstandinghumanistprofoundandtruthfulpictureofthepeople“WmsadaOthenvincible)wrotehisUtopiainwhichhegaveaandputsofwanghisidealofafuturehappysociety.ThomasMoreB.ThomasMarloweA.C.6.A.C.7.A.C.8.A.C.E.9.A.FrancisB

4、aconD.WilliamShakespearAbsolutemonarchyinEnglandreacheditssummitduringthereignofQueenMaryB.ElizabethWilliamD.VictoriaEnglishRenaissaneePseandnovelB.poetryanddramaessaysandjournalsD.balladsandsongsstrumentEssaysVenusandAdonis“ShallIcomparetheetoasummersongscomediesFromthefollowing,

5、choosetheonewhichisnotFrancisBaconTheAdvancementofLearningB.TheNewInswork:D.TheNewAtlanticssday?”ThisisthebeginninglineofoneofShakespeareB. playsD.sonnetsC.10. TheheroinesofShakespearegreatcomedies,arethedaughtersoftheRenaissanee,whoseimagesandstorieswillremainalegacytoreadersandaudiencesofalltime.A

6、.PortiaB.RoselandC.ViolaD.Beatrice11. ChoosethefourgreattragediesofShakespearefromthefollowing.A.HamletB.OthelloC.MacbethD.KingLearE.TimonofAthens12.Whichplayisnotacomedy?a.amidsummernightsdreamb.themerchantofveniceC.TwelfthNightD.RomeoandJulietE.AsYouLikeIt13. “Denmarkisaprison”.Inwhichplaydossohaj

7、lmmarisehisobservationofhisworldintosuchabittersentence?A.CharlesIB.OthelloC.HenryVIIID.Hamlet14. TheworksofandtheAuthorisedVersionoftheEnglishBiblearethetwogreattreasuriesoftheEnglishIanguage.A.GeoffreyChaucerB.EdmundSpenserC.WilliamShakespeareD.BenJohnson15. Inwhichplaydoestheheroshowhisprofoundre

8、verenceformanthroughthesentence:“Whawokisaman!Hownobelinreason!Howfiniteinfaculty!”A.RomeoandJulietB.HamletC.OthelloD.TheMerchantofVenice16. In1649,wasbeheaded.Englandbecameacommonwealth.A.JamesIB.JamesIIC.CharlesID.CharlesII17. Therevolutionof1688meantthreeofthefollowingthings:.A. thesupremacyofPar

9、liamentB. thebeginningofmodernEnglandC. thetriumphoftheprincipallibertyD. thetriumphoftheprincipleofpoliticallibertyE. theRestorationofmonarchy18. Whoofthefollowingweretheimportantmetaphysicalpoets?A.JohnDonneB.GeorgeHerbertC.JohnMiltonD.RichardLovelace19. WhichworkwasNOTwrittenbyJohnMilton?A.Paradi

10、seLostC.SamsonAgonistes20. ParadiseLostis.B.ParadiseRegainedD.Volponea.johnmiltonsmasterpieceB. agreatepicin12booksC. writteninblankverseD. abouttheheroicrevoltofSatanagainstGodsauthority21. JohnMiltonis.A. agreatrevolutionarypoetofthe17thcenturyB. anoutstandingpoliticalpamphleteerC. agreatstylistD.

11、 agreatmasterofblankverse22. FromtheOldTestament,JohnMiltontookhisstoriesofParadiseLost,i.e.A. thecreationB. therebellioninHeavenofSatanandhisfellow-angelsC. theirdefeatandexpulsionfromHeavenD. thecreationofthedeathandofadamandEveE. thefallenangelsinhellplottingagainstGodF. SatanstemptationofEveG. t

12、hedepartureofAdamandEvefromEden23. ThefinestthinginParadiseLostisthedescriptionofhell,andisoftenregardedastherealheroofthepoem.A.GodB.SatanD.EveC.Adam24. WhoisthegreatestoftheMetaphysicalschoolofpoetry?A.JohnDonneB.GeorgeHerbertC.AndrewMarvellD.HenryVaugham25. wasaprogressiveintellectualmovementthro

13、ughoutWesternEuropeinthe18thcentury.A.TheRenaissaneeB.TheEnlightenmentC.TheReligiousReformationD.TheChartistMovement26. Themainliterarystreamofthe18thcenturywas.Whatthewritersdescribedintheirworksweremainlysocialrealities.A.naturalismB.romanticismC.classicismD.realismE.sentimentalism27. Theeighteent

14、hcenturywasthegoldenageoftheEnglish.Thenovelofthisperiodspokethetruthaboutlifewithanuncompromisingcourage.A.dramaB.poetryC.essayD.novel28. In1704,JonathanSwiftpublishedtwoworkstogether,and,whichmadehimwell-knownasasatirist.A.ATaleofaTubB.BickerstaffAlmanacc.gulliverstravelsd.amodestproposal29. “Prop

15、erwordsinproperplaces,makesthetruedefinitionofastyle.”Thissentenceissaidby_ofthegreatestmastersofEnglishprose.A.AlexanderPopeB.HenryFieldingC.DanielDefoeD.JonathanSwift30. Asajournalist,hadlearnedhowtomakehisreportingvividandcrediblebyaskillfuluseofcircumstantialdetail.Thispowertomakehischaractersal

16、iveandhisstoriescredibleisaninimitablegift.A.JosephAddisonB.DanielDefoeC.SamuelRicharsonD.TobiasSmollett31. WhichofthefollowingareNOTwrittenbyWilliamBlake?A.PoeticalSketchesB.SongsofInnocenceC.SongsofExperieneeD.AuldLangSyneE.TheMarriageofHeavenandHellF.ProphecisG.VisionsoftheDaughtersofAlbionandAme

17、rica,aProphecy32. Inthe18thcenturyEnglishliterature,therepresentativepoetsofpre-romanticismwereA.WilliamWordsworthB.WilliamBlakeC.RobertBurnsD.JonathanSwift33. TheRomanticAgebegabwiththepublicationofTheLyricalBalladswhichwaswrittenbyA.WilliamWordsworthB.SamuelJohnsonC.SamuelTaylorColeridgeD.Wordswor

18、thandColeridge34. TheRomanticAgecametoanendwiththedeathofthelastwell-knownromanticwriterA.JaneAustenB.WalterScottC.SamuelTaylorColeridgeD.WilliamWordsworth35. ThegloryoftheRomanticAgeliesinthepoetryof.A.WilliamWordsworthB.SamuelTaylorColeridgeC.GeorgeGordonByronD.PercyByssheShelleyE.JohnKeats36. The

19、EnglishRomanticAgeproducedtwomajornovelists.Theyare.A. GeorgeGordonByronandPercyByssheShelleyB. WilliamWordsworthandSamuelTaylorColeridgeC. WalterScottandJaneAustenD. CharlesLambandWilliamHazlitt37. WhichpoetsbelongtotheActiveRomanticgroup?A.GeorgeGordonByronB.WilliamWordsworthC.PercyByssheShelleyD.

20、JohnKeatsE.JohnMiltonB.SamuelTaylorColeridgeD.RobertSouthey38. WhichpoetsbelongtotheLakers?A.WilliamWordsworthC.JohnKeatsE.WalterScott39. WhichofthefolloeingwerewrittenbyWordsworthONLY?A.TotheCuckooB.TheLyricalBalladsC.LucyPoemsD.TheSolitaryReaperE.IWanderedLonelyasaCloud40. Thepublicationofmarkedth

21、ebreakwiththeconventionalpoeticaltraditionofthe18thcentury,1 .e.,withclassicism,andthebeginningoftheRomanticrevivalinEngland.A.TheLyricalBalladsB.ThePreludec.childeharoldspilgrimaged.donjuan41. Ascontrastedwiththeclassicistswhomadereason,orderandtheold,classicaltraditionsthecriteriaintheirpoeticalcr

22、eations,basedhisownpoeticalprincipleonthepremisethat“allgoodpoetryisthespontaneousoverflowofpowerfulfeeling.”A.SamuelTaylorColeridgeB.GeorgeGordonByronC.PercyByssheShelleyD.WilliamWordsworth42. wasthefirstcriticoftheRomanticSchool.A.WilliamWordworthB.SamuelJohnsonC.SamuelTaylorColeridgeD.Wordworthan

23、dColeridge43. Whichofthefollowingstatementsis(are)NOTtrueaboutGeorgeGordonByron?a.byronsearlyyearshadbeenfarfromhappyforhewasbornwithaclubfoot,inthefrequentfamilysceneshismothercalledhim“youlamebrat.”B. ByrondiedinItalyanndwasdeeplymournedbytheItalianpeopleandbyallprogressivepeoplethroughouttheworld

24、.C. Thereactionarycriticismofthe19thcenturytriedtobelittleByronsgeniusandhisroleinthedeEnglishliterature,butByronremainsoneofthemostpopularEnglishpoetsbothathomeandabroad.d.sincethemay4movementin1919,moreandmoreofbyronspoemshavebeentranslatedintochineseancwellreceivedbythepoetsandyoungreaders.Byronh

25、asnowbecomeoneofthebest-knownEnglishpoetsinourcountry.44. In1805,Wordsworthcompletedalongautobiographicalpoementitled.A.BiographialiterariaB.ThePreludeC.LucyPoemsD.TheLyricalBallads45. isregardedasthemostwonderfullyricistEnglandhaseverproducedmainlyforhispoemsonnature,onlove,andonpolitics.A.WilliamW

26、ordsworthB.JohnKeatsC.GeorgeGordonByronD.PercyByssheShelley46. Whichofthefollowingstatementsis(are)NOTtrueaboutPercyByssheShelley?A. prometheusunboundispercybyssheshelleysmasterpiece,alongepicpoem.B. AtEtonPercyByssheShelleywasknownas“MadShelley”,forhisobstinateoppositiontothebrutalfaggingsystem,acc

27、ordingtowhichtheyoungerschool-boyswereobligedtoobeytheolderboysandbearagreatdealofcrueltreatment.C. GeorgeGordonByronalledPercyByssheShelley“thebestandleastselfishmanIeverknew.D. PercyByssheShelleylovedthepeopleandhatedtheiroppressorsandexploiters.47. pursuitofbeautyinallthingsbespokeanaspirationaft

28、erabetterlifethanthesordidrealityundercapitalism.Hisleadingprincipleis:“Beautyistruth,truthbeauty.”A.PercyByssheShelleyB.GeorgeGordonByronC.WilliamWordsworthD.JohnKeats48. ChoosethefourimmortalodeswrittenbyJohnKeats.A.OdetotheWestWindB.OdetoaNightingaleC.ToAutumnD.OdeonMelancholyE.OdeonaGrecianUrn49

29、. ChoosetheworkswrittenbyJaneAusten.A.PrideandPrejudiceB.SenseandSensibilityC.NorthangerAbbeyC.EmmaE.MansfieldParkF.Persuasion50. Inthe19thcenturyEnglishliterature,anewliterarytrendcalledappeared.Anditflourishedinthefortiesandintheearlyfifties.A.romanticismB.naturalismC.realismD.criticalrealism51. E

30、nglishcriticalrealismfounditsexpressionchieflyintheformof.Thecriticalrealists,mostofwhowerenovelists,describedwithvividnessandartisticskillthechieftraitsoftheEnglishsocietyandcriticisedthecapitalistsystemfromademocraticviewpoint.A.novelB.dramaC.poetryD.essay52. ThegreatestEnglishcriticalrealistnovel

31、istwas,whocriticisedthebourgeoiscivilisationandshowedthemiseryofthecommonpeople.A.WilliamMakepeaceThackerayB.CharlesDickensC.CharlotteBronteD.EmilyBronte53. Whichofthefollowingwritersbelongtocriticalrealists?A.CharlesDickensB.CharlotteBronte.HewhctewthehisB1o-1z”C.EmilyBronteD.ThomasHardy54. wrotean

32、umberoflittlesketchesof“cockneycharactersnicknameforhisyoungbrother.Hisfirstbook,SketchesbyBozappearedin1836.A.ElizabethGaskellC.CharlesDickens55.hasbeencalledA.ATaleofTwoCitiesC.PickwickPapers56. ThethemeunderlyingA. ATaleofTwoCitiesC.PickwickPapersB.WilliamM.ThackerayD.JaneAustenthesupremeepicofEn

33、glishlife.B. DavidCopperfieldD.OliverTwististheidea“Wherethereisoppression,thereisrevolutionB.DavidCopperfieldD.OliverTwist57. IntheVictorianAge,poetrywasnotamajorartintendedtochangetheworld.ThemainpoetsoftheagewereA.AlfredTennysonC.Mrs.BrowningE.WilliamBlake58. TheMovementappearedinthethirtiesofthe

34、19thcentury.ItshowedtheEnglishworkerswereB.RobertBrowningD.RobertBurnsabletoappearasanindependentpoliticalforceandwerealreadyrealisingthefactthattheindustrialbourgeoisiewastheirprincipalenemy.A.EnlightenmentB.RenaissaneeC.ChartistD.Romanticist59. Whichnovelisagreatsatireuponthesocietyandthosepeoplew

35、hodreamtoenterthehighersocietyregardlessofthesocialreality?A.ATaleofTwoCitiesB.DavidCopperfieldC.GreatExpectationD.DombeyandSon60. CharlesDickenstakestheFrenchRevolutionasthebackgroundofthenovel.A.ATaleofTwoCitiesB.GreatExpectationC.HardTimesD.DavidCopperfield61. isoftenregardedasthesemi-autobiograp

36、hyoftheauthorDickensinwhichtheearlylifeoftheheroislargelybasedontheauthorsearlylife.A.TomJonesB.DavidCopperfieldC.OliverTwistD.GreatExpectation62. TheBrontesistersare.Theywerealltalentedwritersandallofthemdiedyoung.A.CharlotteBronteB.EmilyBronteC.AnneBronteD.JaneAustenE.Catherine63. CharlotteBrontep

37、roducedfournovels:.A.ProfessorB.JaneEyreC.ShirleyD.VilletteE.AgnesGrey64. EmilyBrontewroteonlyonenovelentitled.A.WutheringHeightsB.JaneEyreC.EmmaD.AgnesGrey65. ChoosethenamesappearinthenovelJaneEyre.A.JaneEyreB.Mr.RochesterC.MaryBartonD.SilasMarner66. WhichcharactersappearinthenovelWutheringHeights?

38、A.HeathcliffB.CatherineC.HindleyD.CathyE.Hareton67. InthenovelJaneEyre,CharlotteBronte.A. poursagreatdealofherownexperieneeB. criticisesthebourgeoissystemofeducationC. showsthattrueloveisthefoundationofmarriageD. showsthatwomenshouldhaveequalrightswithmen68. WomennovelistsbegantoappearinEnglanddurin

39、gthesecondhalfofthecentury.A.17thB.18thC.19thD.20th69. AnneBrontealsowrotetwonovelsand.A.ShirleyB.VilletteC.TheTenantoftheWildfellHallD.AgnesGrey70. WhichofthefollowingstatementsaretrueaboutJaneEyre?A. Oneofthecentralthemesofthebookisthecriticismofthebourgeoissystemofeducation.B. Anotherproblemraise

40、dinthenovelisthepositionofwomeninsociety.C. ThisbookisCharlottelBrontesbestliteraryproduction.D. Inthisbook,theauthorattackedthegreed,pettytyrannyandlackofcultureamongthebourgeoisieandsympathisedwiththesufferingsofthepoorpeople.Herrealismwascolouredbypetty-bourgeoisphilanthropy.71. MostofRobertBrown

41、ingimportantworks,including,arewrittenintheformofdramaticmonologue.A.DramaticLyricsB.DramaticRomancesC.MenandWomenD.dramaticsPersonae72. ThomasHardyisoneoftherepresentativesofEnglishattheturnofthe19thcentury.A.criticalrealismB.pre-romanticismC.neo-classicismD.newromanticism73. Whichstatementistrue?A

42、. ThomasHardyisafamousnovelist.B. ThomasHardyisalsoapoet.C. ThomasHardyisacriticalrealist.d.fatalismisstronglyreflectedinthomashardynovels.74. accordingtothomashardysownclassification,hisnovelsdividedthemselvesintothreegroups.theyareA.NovelsofcharacterandenvironmentB. RomancesandFantasiesC. Novelsof

43、IngenuityD. Workingclassliterature75. NovelsofcharacterandenvironmentarealsocalledWessexnovels,takingthesouthwestcountiesofEnglandfortheirsetting.Theyinclude:.A.UndertheGreenwoodTreeB.TheReturnoftheNativeC.TheMayorofCasterbridgeD.TessoftheDUrbervillesE.JudetheObscure76. thefollowingstatementsareabou

44、tthomashardysnovels,whicharetrue?A. HisWessexnovelsareofgreatsignificanee.B. TheSouthwestcountiesofEnglandarethesettingofhisWessexnovels.C. Thereispessimisminhisnovels.D. Mankindissubjectedtohostileandmysteriousfate.E. Thereareelementsofnaturalisminhisworks.77. OscarWildeisoneoftheimportantdramatist

45、sinthe19thcentury.Inhiscomedies,hecriticisestheupperclassoftheEnglishbourgeoissociety.Hisbestcomediesare.A. LadyWindermeresFanB. AWomanofNoImportaneeC. AnIdealHusbandD. TheImportaneeofBeingEarnestE. ThePictureofDorianGray78. OscarWildewastherepresentativeamongthewritersof.A.aestheticismB.decadeneeC.

46、criticalrealismD.pre-romanticism79. AlfredTennysonspoeticoutputwasvastandvaried.HismainpoemsareA.ThePrincessB.MaudC.InMemoriamD.IdyllsoftheKingE.CrossingtheBar80. Whichofthefollowingshortpoemswas/werewrittenbyAlfredTennyson?A.Break,Break,BreakB.CrossingtheBarC.TheEagleD.SweetandLowE.Tears,IdleTears8

47、1. WhichlamentwaswrittenbyAlfredTennysonforthedeathofhisfriendHallam?A.InMemoriamB.LycidasC.AdodaisD.ElegywritteninaCountryChurchyard82. MyLastDuchessis.A. adramaticmonologueB.ashortlyricC.anovelD.anessay83.A.LordJimC.YoutharegenerallyregardedasJosephConradsfinestnovels.84.”literatureinthe20thcentur

48、y?A. JohnGalsworthyC.ThomasStearnsEliotB. Nostromod.theoldwivestaleWhoisregardedasaforerunnerofthestreamofconsciousness85. GeorgeBernardShawsessayauthorsownprogramofdramaticeartion.B.HenryJamesD.JamesJoyce,acommentaryonHenrikIbsensdramaticworks,servedalsoaa.widowershousesC.MajorBarbara86. InEnglishl

49、iterature,consciousness”school.B.Mrs.WarrensProfessionD.TheQuintesseneeofIbsenismandarethetwobest-knownnovelistsofthestreamofA.DavidHerbertLawreneeC.JamesJoyce87. sadmirershavepraisedhimasA.D.H.LawreneeC.JamesJoyce88. istheclimaxofVirginiaWoolfA.TheWindowC.TotheLighthouse89. Whichofthefollowingnovel

50、sbelong(s)totheB. RobertTressellD.VirginiaWoolf“secondonlytoShakespeareinhismasteryofEnglishIanguage.B.T.S.EliotD.W.B.Yeatsexperimessinnovelform.B.TimePassesD.TheWaves“streamofconsciousness”schoolofnovelwriting?A.UlyssesB.FinnegansWakeC.TotheLighthouseD.TheWaves90. waswrittenbyJamesJoyce.A. ThePortr

51、aitofanArtistasaYoungManB. PortraitofaLadyC. ThePictureofDorianGrayD. TotheLighthouse91. d.h.lawreneerspresentativeworkwaspositivelytakenasatypicalexampleandlivelymanifestationoftheoedipuscomplexinfiction,astheresultoflawreneeiong-rangestudyofthepsychologictheoriesofSigmundFreud.A.SonsandLoversB.TheRainbowc.ladychatterleysloverd.womeninlove92. Whichofthec