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28/28英美文学历年真题全国2009年4月英美文学选读试题请将答案填在答题纸相应的位置上(全部题目用英文作答)I.MultipleChoice(40pointsinall,1foreach)Selectfromthefourchoicesofeachitemtheonethatbestanswersthequestionorcompletesthestatementandwritethecorrespondingletterontheanswersheet.1.InRenaissance,theEuropeanhumanistthinkersandscholarsmadeattemptstodothefollowingEXCEPT______.A.gettingridofthoseoldfeudalistideasB.gettingcontroloftheparliamentandgovernmentC.introducingnewideasthatexpressedtheinterestsoftherisingbourgeoisieD.recoveringthepurityoftheearlychurch,fromthecorruptionoftheRomanCatholicChurch2.ThePetrarchansonnetwasfirstintroducedintoEnglandby______.A.Surrey B.WyattC.Sidney D.Shakespeare3.AsthebestofShakespeare'sfinalromances,______isatypicalexampleofhispessimisticviewtowardshumanlifeandsocietyinhislateyears.A.TheTempest B.TheWinter'sTaleC.Cymbeline D.TheRapeofLucrece4.JohnMilton'sgreatestpoeticalwork______istheonlygenerallyacknowledgedepicinEnglishliteraruresinceBeowulf.A.Areopagitica B.ParadiseLostC.Lycidas D.SamsonAgonistes5.TheBritishbourgeoisormiddleclassbelievedinthefollowingnotionsEXCEPT______.A.self-esteem B.self-relianceC.self-restraint D.hardwork6.“GraveyardSchool”writersarethefollowingsentimentalistsEXCEPT______.A.JamesThomson B.WilliamCollinsC.WilliamCowper D.ThomasJackson7.ThebestmodelofsatireinthewholeEnglishliteraryhistoryisJonathanSwift's______.A.AModestProposal B.ATaleofaTubC.Gulliver'sTravels D.TheBattleoftheBooks8.AsarepresentativeoftheEnlightenment,______wasoneofthefirsttointroducerationalismtoEngland.A.JohnBunyan B.DanielDefoeC.AlexanderPope D.JonathanSwift9.Forhiscontributiontotheestablishmentoftheformofthemodernnovel,______hasbeenregardedbysomeas“FatheroftheEnglishNovel”.A.DanielDefoe B.HenryFieldingC.JonathanSwift D.SamuelRichardson10.WhichofthefollowingdescriptionsofGothicNovelsisNOTcorrectA.Itpredominatedintheearlyeighteenthcentury.B.ItwasonephaseoftheRomanticmovement.C.Itsprincipalelementsareviolence,horrorandthesupernatural.D.WorkslikeTheMysteriesofUdolphoandFrankensteinaretypicalGothicromance.11.“Byronichero”isafigureofthefollowingtraitsEXCEPT______.A.beingproud B.beingofhumbleoriginC.beingrebellious D.beingmysterious12.RobertBrowningcreated______byadoptingthenovelisticpresentationofcharacters.A.theversenovel B.theblankverseC.theheroiccouplet D.thedramaticpoetry13.CharlesDickens'novel______isfamousforitsvividdescriptionsoftheworkhouseandlifeoftheunderworldinthenineteenth-centuryLondon.A.ThePickwickPaperB.OliverTwistC.DavidCopperfield D.NicholasNickleby14.CharlotteBronte'sworksareallaboutthestruggleofanindividualconsciousnesstowards______aboutsomelonelyandneglectedyoungwomenwithafiercelongingforlove,understandingandafull,happylife.A.self-reliance B.self-realizationC.self-esteem D.self-consciousness15.Thesymbolicmeaningof“Book”inRobertBrowning'slongpoemTheRingandtheBookis______.A.thecommonsense B.thehardtruthC.thecomprehensiveknowledge D.thedeadtruth16.ThomasHardy'spessimisticviewoflifepredominatedmostofhislaterworksandearnshimareputationasa______writer.A.realistic B.naturalisticC.romantic D.stylistic17.AftertheFirstWorldWar,thereappearedthefollowingliterarytrendsofmodernismEXCEPT______.A.expressionism B.surrealismC.streamofconsciousness D.blackhumour18.Themasterpiecesofcriticalrealismintheearly20thcenturyarethethreetrilogiesof______.A.Galsworthy'sForsytenovels B.Hardy'sWessexnovelsC.Greene'sCatholicnovels D.Woolf'sstream-of-consciousnessnovels19.Inthemid-1950sandearly1960s,thereappeared“______”whodemonstratedaparticulardisillusionoverthedepressingsituationinBritainandlaunchedabitterprotest.againsttheoutmodedsocialandpoliticalvaluesintheirsociety.A.TheBeatGeneration B.TheLostGenerationC.TheAngryYoungMen D.BlackMountainPoets20.ThefollowingareEnglishstream-of-consciousnessnovelsEXCEPT______.A.Pilgrimage B.UlyssesC.Mrs.DallowayD.APassagetoInida21.TheleaderoftheIrishNationalTheaterMovementintheearly20thcenturywas______. B.LadyGregoryC.J.M.Synge D.JohnGalworthy22.T.S.Eliot'smostpopularverseplayis______.A.MurderintheCathedral B.TheCocktailPartyC.TheFamilyReunion D.TheWasteLand23.TheAmericanwriter______wasawardedtheNobelPrizefortheanti-racistIntruderintheDustin1950.A.ErnestHemingway B.GertrudeSteinC.WilliamFaulkner D.T.S.Eliot24.Hemingway'ssecondbigsuccessis______,whichwrotetheepitaphtoadecadeandtothewholegenerationinthe1920s,inordertotellusastoryaboutthetragicloveaffairofawoundedAmericansoldierwithaBritishnurse.A.ForWhomtheBellTollsB.AFarewelltoArmsC.TheSunAlsoRises D.TheOldManandtheSea25.Withthepublicationof______,DreiserwaslaunchinghimselfuponalongcareerthatwouldultimatelymakehimoneofthemostsignificantAmericanwritersoftheschoollaterknownasliterarynaturalism.A.SisterCarrie B.TheTitanC.TheGenius D.TheStoic26.HenryJamesisgenerallyregardedastheforerunnerofthe20th-century“stream-of-consciousness”novelsandthefounderof______.A.neoclassicism B.psychologicalrealismC.psychoanalyticalcriticism D.surrealism27.In1849,HermanMelvillepublished______,asemi-autobiographicalnovel,concerningthesufferingsofagenteelyouthamongbrutalsailors.A.Omoo B.MardiC.Redburn D.Typee28.AsasequeltoTheAdventuresofTomSawyer,______markstheclimaxofMarkTwain'sliteraryactivity.A.TheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinn B.LifeontheMississippiC.TheGildedAge D.RoughingIt29.Realismwasareactionagainst______oramoveawayfromthebiastowardsromanceandself-creatingfictions,andpavedthewaytoModernism.A.Romanticism B.RationalismC.Post-modernism D.Cynicism30.WhenWorldWarIIbrokeout,______beganworkingfortheItaliangovernment,engagedinsomeradiobroadcastsofanti-Semitismandpro-Fascism.A.EzraPound B.T.S.EliotC.HenryJames D.RobertFrost31.In1915______becameanaturalizedBritishcitizen,largelyinprotestagainstAmerica'sfailuretojoinEnglandintheFirstWorldWar.A.HenryJamesC.W.D.Howells D.EzraPound32.WhatWhitmanprefersforhisnewsubjectandnewpoeticfeelingsis“______,”thatis,poetrywithoutafixedbeatorregularrhymescheme.A.blankverse B.freerhythmC.balancedstructure D.freeverse33.TheAmericanwomanpoet______wantedtolivesimplyasacompleteindependentbeing,andsoshedid,asaspinster.A.EmilyShaw B.AnnaDickinsonC.EmilyDickinson D.AnneBret34.TheBirthmarkdriveshomesymbolically______pointthatevilisaman'sbirthmark,somethinghewasbornwith.A.Whitman's B.Melville'sC.Hawthorne's D.Emerson's35.TheFinancier,TheTitanandTheStoicwrittenby______arecalledhis“TrilogyofDesire”.A.HenryJames B.TheodoreDreiserC.MarkTwain D.HermanMelville36.Disregardinggrammarandpunctuation,______alwaysused“i”insteadof“I”inhispoemstoshowhisprotestagainstself-importance.A.WallaceStevens B.EzraPoundC.RobertFrost 37.ThoughRobertFrostisgenerallyconsideredaregionalpoetwhosesubjectmattersmainlyfocusonthelandscapeandpeoplein______,hewrotemanypoemsthatinvestigatethebasicthemesofman'slifeinhislongpoeticcareer.A.thewest B.thesouthC.NewEngland D.Alaska38.MostcriticshaveagreedthatFitzgeraldisbothaninsiderandanoutsiderof______withadoublevision.A.theGildedAge B.theRationalAgeC.theJazzAge D.theMagicAge39.IntheAmericanRomanticwritings,______cametofunctionalmostasadramaticcharacterthatsymbolizedmorallaw.A.fire B.waterC.trees D.wilderness40.Thedesireforanescapefromsocietyandareturnto______becameapermanentconventionoftheAmericanliterature.A.thefamilylife B.natureC.theancienttime D.fantasyofloveII.ReadingComprehension(16pointsinall,4foreach)ReadthequotedpartscarefullyandanswerthequestionsinEnglish.Writeyouranswersinthecorrespondingspaceontheanswersheet.41.WhereforefeedandclotheandsaveFromthecradletothegraveThoseungratefuldroneswhowouldDrainyoursweat-nay,drinkyourbloodQuestions:A.Identifythepoetandthetitleofthepoemfromwhichthestanzaistaken.B.WhatfigureofspeechisusedinLine2C.Whomdoes“drones”refertoAnswer:A:TheMenofEnglandbyPercyByssheShelleyB.Metaphor(不确定答案)C.Drones:themaleofthehoney-beesthatdonotwork,referringheretotheparasiticclassinhumansociety.42.ThefollowingquotationisfromoneofthepoemsbyT.S.Eliot:No!IamnotPrinceHamlet,norwasmeanttobe;Amanattendantlord,onethatwilldoToswellaprogress,startasceneortwoAdvisetheprince;nodoubt,aneasytool,Deferential,gladtobeofuse,Politic,cautious,andmeticulous,Fullofhighsentence,butabitobtuse;Questions:A.Identifythetitleofthepoemfromwhichthequotedpartistaken.B.Who'sthespeakerofthequotedlinesC.WhatdoesthefirstlineshowaboutthespeakerAnswer:A.TheLoveSongofJ.AlfredPrufrock.B.Prufrock.C.(待补充)43．Therewasachildwentfortheveryday,Andthefirstobjecthelook'dupon,thatobjecthebecame,Andthatobjectbecamepartofhimforthedayoracertainpartoftheday,Orformanyyearsorstretchingcyclesofyears.Questions:A.Identifythepoet.B.FromwhichpoemandwhichcollectionofthepoetaretheselinestakenC.WhatdoesthepoetdescribeinthepoemAnswer:A.WaltWhitmanB.ThereWasaChildWentForth;LeavesofGrass.C.Thispoemdescribesthegrowthofachildwholearnedabouttheworldaroundhimandimprovedhimselfaccordingly.44.IheardaFlybuzz-whenIdied-TheStillnessintheRoomWasliketheStillnessintheAir-BetweentheHeavesofStorm-TheEyesaround-hadwrungthemdry-AndBreathsweregatheringfirmForthatlastOnset-whentheKingBewitnessed-intheRoom-Questions:A.Identifythepoet.B.Whatdoes“theKing”refertoC.WhatmomentisthepoemtryingtodescribeAnswer:A.EmilyDickinsonB.theKingreferstotheGodofdeath.C.thepoemtryingtodescribethemomentofdeath.theauthorevenimaginedherowndeath,thelossofherownbody,andthejourneyofhersoultotheunknownIII.QuestionsandAnswers(24pointsinall,6foreach)GivebriefanswerstoeachofthefollowingquestionsinEnglish.Writeyouranswersinthecorrespondingspaceontheanswersheet.45.ListatleasttwoleadingneoclassicistsinEngland.WhatdidNeoclassicistscelebrateinliterarycreationA.TheNeoclassicismperiodwasanimportantagewiththeremarkableauthorsPope,Defoe,etc.B.1)TheNeoclassicalperiodisabout1660-1798,alsoknownas"theAgeofEnlightenment"or"theageofReason".

2)Inessence,theNeoclassicalPeriodwasaprogressiveintellectualmovement.

3)TheEnlightenersbelievedinself-restraint,self-relianceandhardwork;Theycelebratedreason/rationality,equalityandscience.Theyadvocateduniversaleducation,whichcouldmakepeoplerationalandprefect,theybelieved.

4)Inliterature,TheEnlightenmentMovementbroughtaboutarevivalofinterestintheancientGreekandRomanclassicalworks;theworksatthetime,heavilydidacticandmoralizing;havingfixedlawsandrulesforeverytypeoftheliterature;amongwhichproseandthemodernEnglishnovelpredominatedtheage.46.JaneEyreisoneofthemostpopularandimportantnovelsoftheVictorianAge.WhyisJaneEyresuchasuccessfulnovelAnswer:A.Thestoryopenswiththetitularheroine,JaneEyre,aplainlittleorphan.B.Thisnovelsharplycriticizetheexistingsociety,e.g.thereligioushypocrisyofcharityinstitutions,thesocialdiscriminationJaneexperiencesandthefalsesocialconventionasconcerningloveandmarriage.C.ThesuccessofthenovelisalsoduetoitsintroductiontotheEnglishnovelthefirstgovernessheroineJaneEyre.D.Itisanintensemoralfableatthesametime.Jane,likeMr.Rochester,hastoundergoaseriesofphysicalandmoralteststogrowupandachieveherfinalhappiness.47.WhoarethethreedominantfiguresoftheAmericanAgeofRealismandwhatarethedifferencesintheirunderstandingofthe“truth”Answer:A.thethreedominantfiguresoftheAmericanAgeofRealismareMarkTwain,Howells,HenryJames.B.MarkTwainandHowellsseemedtohavepaidmoreattentiontothelifeoftheAmericans,HenryJameshadapparentlylaidagreateremphasisonthe“innerworld”ofman.Howellsfocusedhisdiscussionontherisingmiddleclassandthewaytheylived,whileTwainpreferredtohavehisownregionandpeopleattheforefrontofhisstories.48.What'sDreiser'snaturalisticbeliefPleasediscussthequestionwithCarrie,acharacterinSisterCarrieasanexample.Answer:1)Pennilessand"fulloftheillusionsofignoranceandyouth",SisterCarrieleavesherruralhometoseekworkinChicago,shegrowsfromaninnocent,purecountrygirltobeagirlmatureinintellectandemotion,andshebecomesastarofmusicalcomedies.Butinspiteofhersuccessinmaterial,sheisnothappybutlonelyanddissatisfied.

2)SisterCarriebestembodiesDreiser’snaturalisticbeliefthatwhilemenarecontrolledandconditionedbyheredity,instinctandchance,afewextraordinaryandunsophisticatedhumanbeingsrefusetoaccepttheirfatewordlesslyandinsteadstrive,unsuccessfully,tofindmeaningandpurposefortheirexistenceIV.TopicDiscussion(20pointsinall,10foreach)Writenolessthan150wordsoneachofthefollowingtopicsinEnglishinthecorrespondingspaceontheanswersheet.49.plotconstructionandlanguage.Answer:Asoneofthemostremarkableplaywrightsandpoetstheworldshaseverknown,Shakespearehaseffectedhisinfluencefarbeyondthetimehelived—theRenaissanceperiod.Inthisgreatesttragedy“Hamlet”,hisskillfulhandlingofplotconstruction,powerfulcondemnationsoftheroyalcorruptionaswellashisgeniusapplicationofsoliloquyarealldisplayedperfectly,whichnotonlymakesthisplaythemostpopularoneonthestage,butalsocreatesShakespeareaneverlastingfameintheliteraryworld,goingbeyondthenationalboundariesforcenturies.50.BrieflydiscussMarkTwain'sartoffictionintermsofthesetting,thelanguage,andthecharacters,etc.,basedonhisnovelTheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinn.Answer:1).AdventuresofHuckleberryfindproveditselftobethemilestoneinAmericanliteratureandthusfirmlyestablishedTwain’spositioninAmericanliterature.2)AdventuresofHuckleberryFinnmarkstheclimaxofTwain’sliterarycreativity.ThenoveliswritteninalanguagethatistotallydifferentfromtherhetoricallanguageusedbyEmerson,Poe,andMelville.Itissimple,direct,lucid,andfaithfultothecolloquialspeech.Speakinginvernacular,awildanduneducatedHuck,runningawayfromcivilizationforhisfreedom,isvividlybroughttolife.Indeed,withhisgreatmasteryandeffectiveuseofvernacular,Twainhasmadecolloquialspeechanaccepted,respectableliterarymediumintheliteraryhistoryofthecountry.3)MarkTwain’shumorisremarkable,too.Hishumorisnotonlyofwittyremarksmockingatsmallthingsoroffarcicalelementsmakingpeoplelaugh,butakindofartisticstyleusedtocriticizethesocialinjusticeandsatirizethedecayedromanticism.4).TheprofoundportraitofHuckleberryFinnisanothergreatcontributionofthebooktothelegacyofAmericanliterature.5).Twain,knownasalocalcolorist,preferredtopresentsociallifethroughportraitsofthelocalcharactersofhisregions,includingpeoplelivinginthatarea,thelandscape,andotherpeculiaritieslikethecustoms,dialects,costumesandsoon.TheMississippivalleyandtheWestbecamehismajortheme.UnlikeJamesandHowells,MarkTwainwroteaboutthelower-classpeople.Hesuccessfullyusedlocalcolorandhistoricalsettingstoillustrateandshedlightonthecontemporarysociety.或者参考第二个答案：AsatruefatherofAmericannationalliterature,Twainhasimpressesthewholeworldwithhismilestonework“AdventuresofHuckleberryFinn”,whichnotonlygivesarecordofavanishedlifemovingmillionsofpeopleworldwide,butalsobecomeaclassicforbothchildrenandadultsowingtoitsvernacularandremarkablehumor.b2.b3.a4.b5.a6.d7.a8.c9.b10.a11.b12.a13.b14.b15.b16.b17.d18.a19.c20.d21.a22.a23.c24.b25.a26.b27.c28.a29.a30.a31.a32.d33.c34.c35.b36.d37.c38.c39.d40.b

41.

A.ASong:MenofEngland,Shelley

B.Personification

C.themaleofthehoney-beesthatdonotwork,referringheretotheparasiticclassinhumansociety.

42.

A.ThelovesongofJ.AlfredPrufrock

B.ThespeakerisPrufrock.

C.neurotic,self-important,illogicalandincapableofaction.

43.

A.WaltWhitman

B.Therewasachildwentforth.LeavesofGrass.

C.Thispoemdescribesthegrowthofachildwholearnedabouttheworldaroundhimandimprovedhimselfaccordingly.

44.

A.EmilyDinckinson

B.TheGodofdeath

C.Thispoemisadescriptionofthemomentofdeath.

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46.

A.Itisnotedforitssharpcriticismoftheexistingsociety.

B.Atthesametime,itisanintensemoralfable.

C.ThesuccessofthenovelisalsoduetoitsintuoductiontotheEnglishnovelthefirstgovernessheroine.

47.

A.ThethreedominantfiguresoftheperiodareWilliamDeanHowells,MarkTwain,andHenryJames.

B.WhileMarkTwainandHowellsseemedtohavepaidmoreattentiontothe"life"oftheAmericans,HenryJameshadapparentlylaidagreateremphasisonthe"innerworld"ofman.

C.Howellsfocusedhisdiscussionontherisingmiddlecalssandthewaytheylived,whileTwainpreferredtohavehisownregionandpeopleattheforefrontofhisstories.

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49.

A.Characterization:

a.Shakespeare'smajorcharactersareneithermerelyindividualonesnortypeones;theyareindividualsrepresentingcertaintypes.Eachcharacterhashisorherownpersonalities.

b.Byapplyingapsycho-analyticalapproach,Shakespearesucceedsinexploringthecharacters'innermind.

c.Shakespearealsoprtrayshischaractersinpairs.Contrastsarefrequentlyusedtobringvividnesstohischaracters.

B.Construction:

a.Shakespeare'splaysarewell-knownfortheiradroitplotconstruction.Heborrowsthemfromsomeoldplaysorstorybooks,orfromancientGreekandRomansources.

b.Hewouldshortenthetimeandintensifythestory.Thereareusuallyseveralthreadsrunningthroughtheplay.

C.Languageandstyle:

a.Ironyisagoodmeansofdramaticpresentation.Disguiseisalsoanimportantdevicetocreatedramaticirony,usuallywithwomandisguisedasman.

b.Hehasanamazingwealthofvocabularyandidiom.Hisinfluenceonlaterwritersisimmeasurable.AlmostallEnglishwritersafterhimhavebeeninfluencedbyhimeitherinartisticpointofview,inliteraryformorinlanguage.

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A.MarkTwainusestheMississippivalleyashisfictionalkingdom,writingaboutthelandscapeandthepeople,thecustomsandthedialectofoneparticularregion,isthereforeknownasalocalcolorist.

B.Hecreateslife-likecharacters,especiallytheunconventionalHuckleberryFinne,whorunsawayfromcivilizationandstandsoppositetoconventionvillagemorality.

C.Heusessimple,directvernacularlanguage,totallydiferentfromanypreciousliterarylanguage.Itisakindofcolloquialbelongingtolowerclass,thelivinglocalAmericanEnglish.

D.Hehascreatedaspecialhumortosatirizeandthedecayedconvention.2010年4月高等教化自学考试全国统一命题考试英美文学选读试卷+答案请将答案填在答题纸相应的位置上(全部题目用英文作答)

I．MultipleChoice(40pointsinall,1foreach)

Selectfromthefourchoicesofeachitemtheonethatbestanswersthequestionorcompletesthestatement.WritethecorrespondingletterA,B,CorDontheanswersheet.

1.T.S.Eliot’s______bearingastrongthematicresemblancetoTheWasteLand,isgenerallyregardedasthedarkestofEliot’spoems.

A.“Gerontion”B.“Prufrock”

C.MurderintheCathedralD.TheHollowMen

2.Shelley’spoliticallyrics______isnotonlyawarcrycallinguponallworkingpeopletoriseupagainsttheirpoliticaloppressors,butanaddresstothempointingouttheintolerableinjusticeofeconomicexploitation.

A.“OdetoLiberty”B.“OdetoNaples”

C.“OdetotheWestWind”D.“MenofEngland”

3.Charlotte’sworksarefamousforthedepictionofthelifeof______workingwomen,particularlygovernesses.

A.themiddle-classB.thelower-class

C.theupper-middle-classD.theupper-class

4.AllofthefollowingworksareknownasHardy’s“novelsofcharacterandenvironment”EXCEPT______.

A.TheReturnoftheNativeB.TessoftheD’Urbervilles

C.JudetheObscureD.FarfromtheMaddingCrowd

5.JaneAusten’spracticalidealismisthatloveshouldbejustifiedby______anddisciplinedbyself-control.

A.reasonB.sense

C.rationalityD.sensibility

6.Shakespeare’s______,anelaborateandfantasticstory,isknownasthebestofhisfinalromances.

A.TheWinter’sTaleB.TheTempest

C.TheTamingoftheShrewD.Love’sLabour’sLost

7.“Whereintelligencewasfallible,limited,theImaginationwasourhopeofcontactwitheternalforces,withthewholespiritualworld.”wassaidby______.

A.WilliamWordsworthB.WilliamBlake

C.SamuelTaylorColeridgeD.JohnKeats

8.“Tobe,ornottobe-thatisthequestion;/Whether’tisnoblerinthemindtosuffer/Theslingsandarrowsofoutrageousfortune,/Ortotakearmsagainstaseaoftroubles,/Andbyopposingendthen”Theselinesaretakenfrom______.

A.KingLearB.RomeoandJuliet

C.OthelloD.Hamlet

9.JohnMilton’smostpowerfuldramaticpoemontheGreekmodelis______.

A.ParadiseLostB.ParadiseRegained

C.SamsonAgonistesD.Lycidas

10.Becauseofhersensitivitytouniversalpattensofhumanbehavior,______hasbroughttheEnglishnovel,asanartofform,toitsmaturity.

A.CharlotteBronteB.JaneAusten

C.EmilyBronteD.HenryFielding

11.DanielDefoe’s______isuniversallyconsideredashismasterpiece.

A.ColonelJackB.RobinsonCrusoe

C.CaptainSingletonD.AJournalofthePlagueYear

12.Poetryisdefinedby______as“thespontaneousoverflowofpowerfulfeelings,whichoriginatesinemotionrecollectedintranquility”.

A.WilliamWordsworthB.WilliamBlake

C.PercyByssheShelleyD.RobertSouthey

13.JonathanSwift’s______isgenerallyregardedasthebestmodelofsatire,notonlyoftheperiodbutalsointhewholeEnglishliteraryhistory.

A.Gulliver’sTravelsB.TheBattleoftheBooks

C.“AModestProposal”D.ATaleofaTub

14.AllofthefollowingstatementsabouttheVictorianperiodistrueEXCEPT______.

A.Englandwasthe“workshopoftheworld”.

B.Theearlyyearswasatimeofrapideconomicdevelopmentaswellasserioussocialproblems.

C.Towardsthemid-century,Englandhadreacheditshighestpointofdevelopmentasaworldpower.

D.Capitalismcameintoitsmonopolystage,thegapbetweentherichandthepoorwasfurtherdeepened.

15.GeorgeBernardShaw’s______isagrotesquelyrealisticexposureofslumlandlordism.

A.Widower’sHouseB.Mrs.Warren’sProfession

C.TheAppleCartD.GettingMarried

16.Dickens’sfirstchildherois______.

A.LittleNellB.DavidCopperfield

C.OliverTwistD.LittleDorrit

17.Ofalltheeighteenth-centurynovelists______wasthefirsttosetout,bothintheoryandpractice,towritespecificallya“comicepicinprose”,thefirsttogivethemodernnovelitsstructureandstyle.

A.HenryFieldingB.DanielDefoe

C.JonathanSwiftD.LaurenceSterne

18.D.H.Lawrence’s______isaremarkablenovelinwhichtheindividualconsciousnessissubtlyrevealedandstrandsofthemesareintricatelywoundup.

A.SonsandLoversB.TheRainbow

C.WomeninLoveD.LadyChatterley’sLove

19.DickensattackstheUtilitarianprinciplethatrulesovertheEnglisheducationsystemanddestroysyoungheartsandmindsin______.

A.HandTimesB.GreatExpectations

C.OurMutualFriendD.BleakHouse

20.Thebeliefoftheeighteenth-centuryneoclassicistsinEnglandledthemtoseekthefollowingEXCEPT______.

A.proportionB.unity

C.harmonyD.spirit

21.TheRenaissancemarksatransitionfrom______tothemodernworld.

A.theoldEnglishB.themedieval

C.thefeudalistD.thecapitalist

22.ThegreatpoliticalandsocialeventsintheEnglishsocietyofneoclassicalperiodwerethefollowingEXCEPT______.

A.theRestorationofKingCharlesIIin1660B.theGreatPlagueof1665

C.theGreatLondonFirein1666D.theWarsofRosesin1689

23.WiththescarletletterAasthebiggestsymbolofall,______proveshimselftobeoneofthebestsymbolists.

A.HawthorneB.Dreiser

C.JamesD.Faulkner

24.TheauthorofLeavesofGrass,agiantofAmericanletters,is______.

A.FaulknerB.Dreiser

C.JamesD.Whitman

25.InTenderistheNight,______tracesthedeclineofayoungAmericanpsychiatristwhosemarriagetoabeautifulandwealthypatientdrainshispersonalenergiesandcorrodeshisprofessionalcareer.

A.DreiserB.Faulkner

C.FitzgeraldD.JackLondon

26.Melvilleisbest-knownastheauthorofhismightybook,________,whichisoneoftheworld’sgreatestmasterpieces.

A.SongofMyselfB.Moby-Dick

C.TheMarbleFaunD.MossesfromanOldManse

27.ThethemeofHenryJames’essay“______”clearlyindicatesthattheaimofthenovelistopresentlife,soitisnotsurprisingtofindinhiswritingshumanexperiencesexploredineverypossibleform.

A.TheAmericanB.TheEuropeans

C.TheArtofFictionD.TheGoldenBowl

28.DuringWWI,______servedasanhonorablejuniorofficerintheAmericanRedCrossAmbulanceCorpsandin1918wasseverelywoundedinbothlegs.

A.AndersonB.Faulkner

C.HemingwayD.Dreiser

29.InordertoprotestagainstAmerica’sfailuretojoinEnglandinWWI,______becameanaturalizedBritishcitizenin1915.

A.WilliamFaulknerB.HenryJames

C.EarnestHemingwayD.E