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1、精选优质文档-倾情为你奉上Part 1 - Part 31. The Old English poetry can be divided into two groups: the secular and _.2. In the 14th century, the two most famous writers are_ and William Longland who wrote Piers the Plowman.3. Today，Chaucer is regarded as the father of English poetry. His masterpiece is_4. The Ca

2、nterbury Tales contains the _ and 24 tales, two of which left unfinished.5. Chaucer employed the _ couplet in writing his greatest work The Canterbury Tales.6. _ is the most prevailing literary form in the Middle Ages.7. The _ is an important stream of the British literature in the 15th century.8. P

3、oetry can be classified as narrative or lyric. Narrative poems stress action, and lyrics _. Part 41. Shakespeares four great comedies are _. _, _, _ .2. In Elizabethan period, _ wrote many excellent essays, such as “Of Studies”. 3. _ was the first to introduce the sonnet into English literature.4. _

4、 wrote the famous The Faerie Queen and is often referred to as “the peots poet”.5. A Shakespearean sonnet is composed of three four-line quatrains and a concluding _.6.The most significant intellectual movement during the English Renaissance period was _.A. the Reformation B. geographical exploratio

5、nsC. Humanism D. the Italian revival7. Which of the following poetic forms is the principal form of Shakespeares dramas?A. lyric B. blank verse C. sonnet D. quatrain8. Which of the following plays does NOT belong to Shakespeares great tragedies?A. Othello B. Macbeth C. Romeo and Juliet D. Hamlet9. C

6、hristopher Marlows The Passionate Shepherd to His Love is a(n) A. pastoral lyric B. elegy C. eulogy D. epic10. The real mainstream of the English Renaissance is _.A. ancient poem B. drama C. prose D. romantic novelPassage 1To die, to sleepNo more and by a sleep to say we endThe heartache, and the th

7、ousand natural shocksThat flesh is heir to, tis a consummationDevotedly to be wished. To die, to sleepTo sleep-perchance to dream: ay theres the rub,For in that sleep of death what dream may come?When we have shuffled off this mortal coil,Must give us a pause. Theres the respectThat makes calamity o

8、f so long life.For who would bear the whips and scorns of time,The oppressors wrong, the proud mans contumelyThe pangs of despised love, the laws delay, The insolence of office, and the spurns, The patient merit of th unworthy takes QUESTION:1. 1.       These lines

9、 are taken from a famous play named_.2. 2.       The author of the play is_.3. 3.       In the play these lines are uttered by _.4. 4.       About the utterance what does the speech show? Passage 2Shall I

10、compare thee to a summer's day?Thou art more lovely and more temperate.Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, And summer's lease hath all too short a date.Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines, And often is his gold complexion dimmed; And every fair from fair sometime declines,By

11、chance or nature's  changing course untrimmed;But thy eternal summer shall not fade, Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow'st; Nor shall Death brag thou  wander'st in his shade When in eternal lines to time thou grow'st. So long as men can breathe, or eyes can

12、see, So long lives this, and this gives life to thee. Questions:1. 1.       This is one of Shakespeares best known_.a. sonnets b, ballads c, songs2. 2.       It runs in iambic pentameter rhymed in_.3. 3.     &#

13、160; The fourteen lines include three stanzas according to their content with the last two lines as _which complete the sense of the whole poem.a. prelude b. couplet c. epigraph§ 4. What is the real purpose that the poet compare the beloved to the days of early summer?Passage 3Some books are to

14、 be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested; that is, some books are to be read only in parts; others to be read, but not curiously; and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention. Some boos also may be read by deputy, and extracts made of them by oth

15、ers; but that would be only in the less important arguments, and the meaner sort of books; else distilled books are, like common distilled waters, flashy things.Questions:1. 1.       This passage is taken from a famous essay written by_.2. 2.    

16、0;  What is the title of this passage?3. 3.       Whats the theme of the article?Part 51, John Donne is the founder of the school of _. His poetry is characterized by mysticism in content and fantasticality in form.2. The 18th century England is known as the Age of

17、 _ or the Age of Reason. 3._ is called the Father of the English Novel.4._ is a typical feature of Swifts writings.5._ , written in heroic couplet by Pope, is considered manifesto of English neoclassicism.6.Thomas Gray has been regarded as the leader of the _ of the day.A. romantic B. sentimental C.

18、 religious D. modern poetry7. In his novel, Robinson Crusoe, Defoe eulogizes the hero of the _.A. aristocratic class B. enterprising class C. rising bourgeoise D. hard-working people8. The modern English novel came into being in _-A. the middle of the 17th century B. the 17th centuryC. the late 18th

19、 century D. the middle of the 18th century9. The Pilgrims Progress is often said to be concerned with the search for _.A. material wealth B. spiritual salvation C. universal truth D. self-fulfillment10. Of the 18th century novelists, _ was the first to set out in theory and practice, to write specia

20、lly a “comic epic in prose”.A. Danniel Defoe B. Samuel Richardson C. Henry Fielding D. Oliver Goldsmith 11. Essay on Criticism is a didactic poem written in _.A. alliteration B. heroic coupletC. sonnet D. blank verse12. _ is William Blakes most important prose work, which is the manifesto of his spi

21、ritual independence.A. Songs of Innocence B. Songs of ExperienceC. The Marriage of Heaven and Hell D. LondonPart 61. The Romantic Period began in 1798 when Wordsworth and Coleridge published their joint work _.2. _ was memorized and honored as “the heart of all hearts” after his death.3. The English

22、 Romantic Age produced two major novelists, _ and _.4. Scott is considered “ the father of _” which open up to fiction the rich and lively realm of history.5. Romanticism was in effect a revolt of the English_ imagination _ against the neoclassical _ reason _, which prevailed from the days of Pope t

23、o those of Johnson.6. William Wordsworth, Coleridge and _ are known as the “ Lake poets”.A. Byron B. Robert Southey C. Shelly D. Keats7. _ is the poet who not only started the modern poetry, but also changed the course of English poetry.A. William Blake B. William Wordworth C. Byron D. Keats8. “ It

24、is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.” This sentence is presented in a(n) _ tone.A. ironic B. indifferent C. delightful D. jealousy9. “ Ode to the West Wind” is concluded with _ mood.A. pessimistic and skeptical B. triumphan

25、t and hopefulC. desperate and sad D. indifferent10. _ shows the contrast between the permanence of art and the transience of human passion.A. Ode to the West Wind B. Ode to a NightingaleC. To a Sky- Lark D. Ode on a Grecian Urn 11. Of all the 18th century novelists, _ was the first to set out in the

26、ory and practice, to write specially a “ comic epic in prose”, and the first to give the modern novel its structure and style.A. Danial Defoe B. Samuel RichardsonC. Henry Fielding D.Oliver Goldsmith 12. _ s works are characterized by a mingling of humor and pathos. A. Thomas Hardy B. Geoge Eliot C.

27、Charlotte Bronte D. Charles Dickens 13 _was the first to be buried in the Poets Corner of Westminster Abbey.A. Keats B. Southey C. Tennyson D. Chaucer14. Paradise Lost is written in _.A. epic B. blank verse C. heroic couplet D. ballad 15. Of the following writers, _ is not regarded as “Lake Poets”?A

28、. William Blake B. John Bunyan C. Jane Austen D. John Keats16. In the English Renaissance period, the most significant intellectual movement was_A. The Reformation B. Geographical explorationsC. Humanism D. The Italian revival 17In the field of literature, the Enlightenment Movement brought about a

29、revival of interest in the old classical works. This tendency is known as_.A. Classicism B. Neoclassicism C. Romanticism D. pre-Romanticism18The Pilgrims Progress written by Bunyan is often said to be concerned with the search for_. A. material wealth B. spiritual salvation C.universal truth D. self

30、- fulfillment19. “Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested” is one of the epigrams found in _.A. Francis Bacons Of Studies C. Thomas Mores UtopiaB. John Bunyans The pilgrims Progress D. Henry Fieldings Tom Jones20. _, is a typical example of Old Eng

31、lish poetry, is regarded today as the national epic of the Anglo-Saxons. A. The Wifes Complaint B. Beowulf C. The Dream of the Rood D. The SeafarerPassage 1How the chimney-sweepers cryEvery blackning church appalls;And the hapless soldiers sighRuns down palace walls. But most thro mid-night str

32、eets I hearHow the youthful harlots curseBlasts the new-born infants tear,And blights with plagues the marriage hearse.  Questions:1. 1.       What is title of the poem?2. 2.       Where is this poem taken from_.3. 3.   

33、    Who is the writer of this poem.4. 4.       The theme of this poem is _.  Passage 2 O wild West Wind; thou breath of Autumn's being, Thou, from whose unseen presence the leaves dead Are driven, like ghosts from an enchanter fleeing, - Yellow,

34、and black, and pale, and hectic red, Pestilence-stricken multitudes: O thou, Who chariotest to their dark wintry bed - The winged seeds, where they lie cold and low, Each like a corpse within its grave, until Thine azure sister of the Spring shall blow - Her clarion o'er the dreaming earth, and

35、fill (Driving sweet buds like flocks to feed in air) With living hues and odors plain and hill: - Wild Spirit, which art moving everywhere; Destroyer and preserver; hear, oh, hear! - Questions:a. What is the title of this poem and who is the poet? (2)b. Why is the West Wind called “Destroyer and pre

36、server”?(5)c. What is the symbolic meaning of the West Wind ? (5)1. Shall I compare thee to a summers dayThou art more lovely and more temperateRough winds do shake the darling buds of MayAnd summers lease hath all too short a dateQuestions:A. Where does this poem quoted and what is it about?B. What is the real purpose that the poet compares the beloved to the days of early summer?C. In what sense can the speaker make the young man eternal through poetry?2. " I wandered lonely as a cloud That floats on high