英美文学选读试题A

1、.西安外国语大学考试试题（A）编号: 2012-2013学年第1学期系（院、部）：英语教育学院专业：英语 课程：英美文学选读班级：09级本科/11级专升本 命题时间：12.3命题教师：肖婉丽以上栏目由命题教师填写，下栏由考生填写学号：系（院）：专业：班级：I. Multiple Choice (30 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. Mark the corre

2、sponding letter A, B, C or D on the answer sheet.1. The most important contribution of _ is that he not only started the modern poetry, but also changed the course of English poetry by using ordinary speech of the language and by advocating a return to nature.A. William Blake B. William WordsworthC.

3、 G. G. Byron D. John Keats2.“It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.”This humorous speech is from_.A. Jane Austens Emma B. Jane Austens Pride and PrejudiceC. Charles Dickins The Great Expectation D. Charlotte Brontes Jane

4、Eyre3. In the Victorian Period _ became the most widely read and the most vital and challenging expression of progressive thought.A. poetry B. novelC. prose D. drama4. Thomas Hardys _ view of life predominates most of his works and earns him a reputation as a _ writer.A. pessimistic, naturalistic B.

5、 pessimistic, humorousC. romantic, realist D. determinist, stylistic5. “Do you think, because I am poor, obscure, plain, and little, I am soulless and heartless" . And if God had gifted me with some beauty, and much wealth, I should have made it as hard for you to leave me, as it is now for me

6、to leave you. ” The quoted lines are most probably taken from _.A. Great Expectations B. Wuthering HeightsC. Jane Eyre D. Pride and Prejudice6. Jane Austen s first novel _ tells a story about two sisters and their love affairs.A. Sense and Sensibility B. Pride and PrejudiceC. Northanger Abbey D. Man

7、sfield Park7. “If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind"” comes from _.A. Shelleys Ode to the West Wind B. Walt Whitman s Leaves of GrassC. John Miltons Paradise Lost D. John Keats Ode on a Grecian Urn8. “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud” is _ masterpiece on _.A. G. G. Byrons, love B. John Keats,

8、natureC. P. B. Shelleys, love D. William Wordsworths, nature9. T.S. Eliots _ not only presents a panorama of physical disorder and spiritual desolation in the modern Western world, but also reflects the prevalent mood of disillusionment and despair of a whole post-war generation.A. The Hollow Men B.

9、 The Waste LandC. Murder in the Cathedral D. Ash Wednesday10. John Miltons greatest poetical work _ is the only generally acknowledged epic in English literature since Beowulf.A. Areopagitica B. Paradise LostC. Lycidas D. Samson Agonistes11. “The dignity of movement of an iceberg is due to only one-

10、eighth of it being above water.” This “iceberg” analogy about prose style was put forward by _.A. William Faulkner B. Henry JamesC. Ernest Hemingway D. F. Scott Fitzgerald12. Walt Whitman believed, by means of “_,” he has turned poetry into an open field, an area of vital possibility where the reade

11、r can allow his own imagination to play.A. free verse B. strict verseC. regular rhyming D. standardized rhyming13. Of all Herman Melvilles sea adventure stories, _ proves to be the best.A. Typee B. RedburnC. Moby Dick D. Omoo14. Nathaniel Hawthorne was affected by _s transcendentalist theory and str

12、uck up a very intimate relationship with him.A. Herman Melville B. Walt WhitmanC. R. W. Emerson D. Washington Irving15. Among the following writers _is generally regarded as the great master of the 20th century “stream-of-consciousness” novels in British literature.A. T. S. Eliot B. James JoyceC. Wi

13、lliam Faulkner D. Henry James16. In William Faulkners writings, the modern _ technique was frequently and skillfully used to emphasize the reactions and inner musings of the narrator. A. stream-of-consciousness B. impressionismC. imagism D. dramatic monologue17. “Byronic hero” is a figure of the fol

14、lowing traits EXCEPT _.A. being proud B. being self-independent C. being rebellious D. being of humble origin18. Charles Dickens' novel _ is famous for its vivid descriptions of the workhouse and life of the underworld in the nineteenth-century London.A. The Pickwick Paper B. Oliver TwistC. Davi

15、d Copperfield D. Nicholas Nickleby19. _ used Christian imagery regarding the Apocalypse and second coming as allegory to describe the atmosphere in post-war Europe in his poem, which is considered a major work of Modernist poetry.A. W. B. Yeats B. T. S. EliotC. Ezra Pound D. Robert Frost20. _, with

16、its emphasis on _, gained momentum as an artistic movement in Britain after the publication of the Lyrical Ballads by William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor ColeridgeA. Classicism, reason B. modernism, innovationC. Realism, objective representation D. Romanticism, imagination and emotion 21. _ is a no

17、vel by Nobel Prize-winning English author _ about a group of British boys stuck on an uninhabited island who try to govern themselves, with disastrous results. A. A Passage to India, E. M. ForsterB. The Rainbow, D. H. LawrenceC. Lord of the Flies, William GoldingD. To the Lighthouse, Virginia Woolf2

18、2. Jane Austen is well-known for her elaborative depiction of five different marriages in her novel _.A. Emma B. Sense and SensibilityC. Mansfield Park D. Pride and Prejudice23. _begins and ends by posing the question of whether it is possible for an Englishman and an Indian to ever be friends, at l

19、east within the context of British colonialism.A.E. M. Forsters A Passage to India B. Joseph Conrads Heart of Darkness C. D. H. Lawrences Sons and Lovers D. Emily Brontes Wuthering Heights24. “Beauty is truth, truth beauty”, which comes from _ famous poem _, is surely the most famous metaphysical eq

20、uation. A. John Keats Ode on a Grecian Urn B. Shelleys To a SkylarkC. Byrons She Walks in Beauty D. William Wordsworths The Solitary Reaper25. Robinson Crusoe is the true prototype of the British colonist. The whole Anglo-Saxon spirit is in Crusoe except_.A. the manly independence B. the persistence

21、C. the slow yet efficient intelligence D. the thirst for knowledge26. Ralph Waldo Emerson, who led the _movement across the United States in the mid-19th century, was seen as a champion of individualism.A. Romantic B. Realist C. Transcendentalist D. Naturalist27. Much of _writing centers on New Engl

22、and, many works featuring moral allegories with a Puritan inspiration. His fiction works are considered part of the _.A. Melvilles, Dark romanticism B. Emersons, active RomanticismC. Hawthorne's, Dark romanticism D. Benjamin Franklin, American Realism28. The White Whale swam before him as the mo

23、nomaniac incarnation of all those malicious agencies which some deep men feel eating in them, till they are left living on with half a heart and half a lung. This is most probably from _.A. Gullivers Travel B. Moby Dick C. The Scarlet Letter D. Robinson Crusoe 29. When _ stated “The United States th

24、emselves are essentially the greatest poem” in his Preface to_, he meant that the diversity of geography, culture, beliefs and work all combine to create a wonderful country.  A. R. W. Emerson, Self-reliance B. Emily Dickenson, Complete PoemsC. Henry. W. Longfellow, A Psalm of Life D. Walt Whit

25、man, Leaves of Grass30. _'s poems reflect the auhtors lifelong fascination with dying and death, for instance,One dignity delays for all.A. Emily Dickinson B. Walt WhitmanC. T. S. Eliot D. Mathew ArnoldII. Decide whether the following statements are true or false.Mark the corresponding letter T

26、or F on the answer sheet.(10 points in all, 1 for each)1. In "The Canterbury Tales", Chaucer employed the blank verse with true ease and charm for the first time in the history of English literature.2. The term metaphysical poetry is commonly used to name the work of the 17th century write

27、rs who wrote under the influence of John Donne.3.Jonathan Swift is a master satirist, which is usually masked by an outward gravity and an apparent earnestness which renders his satire all the more powerful.4. From the middle part to the end of the 18th century, in English literature naturalism flou

28、rished. They were mostly stories of mystery and horror which take place in some haunted or dilapidated middle age castles.5. Charles Dickens's later works like Oliver Twistpresent a criticism of the more complicated and yet most fundamental social institutions and morals of the Victorian England

29、.6.Nearly all Bernard Shaws writings address prevailing social problems, but have a vein of comedy which makes their stark themes more palatable. 7. Ernest Hemingways 1954 Nobel Prize winning story The Old Man and the Sea centers upon Santiago, an aging fisherman who struggles with a giant marlin fa

30、r out in the Gulf Stream. 8. American romanticism was in a way derivative; American romantic writing was some of them modeled on English and European works. 9. Transcendentalism exalted reason over feeling, individual expression over the restraints of law and custom.10. Heart of Darkness by Joseph C

31、onrad presents a psychological journey into the core of evil or "heart of darkness" in one's own mind, as he or she progresses through the wild South American land.III. Answer the following questions. ( 60 points in all, 15 for each)1. What did Neoclassicists celebrate in literary crea

32、tion" Please illustrate it with examples.2. Why is William Shakespeare called ahumanist" Please explain it through one or two of his works. 3. What is the common theme of Thomas Hardys works" Please illustrate it through Tess of the DUrbervilles .4. What is the common theme of Nathaniel Hawthornes works" Please explain it through one or two of his works.西安外国语大学考试试卷 （A）答卷注意事项：1、 学生答题前必须先将试卷上的院（系）、专业、班级、学号、考试日期及考试科目填写清楚。2、 答题字迹要工整