英美文学练习题自然科学

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《英美文学》练习题

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I.Selectfromtheletteredchoicetheone,whichbestcompletesthestatementoranswersthequestion.Writetheletterofyourchoiceinthebrackets.

（）1.Beowulfisanationalepicof

A.GermanyB.EnglandC.ScandinaviaD.France

()2.SirGawainandGreenKnightwascreatedby

A.ChaucerB.LanglandC.BedeD.Noneoftheabove

（）3.Theonewhoproposethestory-tellingintheCanterburytalesis

A.thepoetB.theknightC.thebossD.thepardoner

()4.OneofthefollowingeventsplayedanimportantpartinChaucer’swriting:A.hismarriagewithagirlofnoblefamily

B.hisvisittoItaly

C.hisdutyasacontrolleroftheCustomsD.hisparticipationintheHundredYears’War

()5.LeMortD’ArthurdealswiththefollowingstoryexceptA.searchforCupB.lifeofKingArthur

C.fightagainstRomaninvasionD.illicitlove

()6.Miltonwasnicknamed“theladyofChrist’s”becausehewas

A.aladyB.asseriousasaladyC.ashandsomeasaladyD.as

gentleasalady

()7.TheonewhotemptsEvetoeatanapplefromtheforbiddentreeisA.GodB.SatanC.AdamD.Raphael()8.MetaphysicalPoetryischaracterizedbyfantastical

A.mysticismB.romanticismC.lyricismD.decadence

()9.Dryen’scontributiontoEnglandliteratureliesinthefollowingexcept

A.heestablishedtheheroiccoupletasoneoftheprincipalEnglishverse

forms

B.heclarifiedtheEnglishprose

C.heraisedtheEnglishliterarycriticismtoanewlevelD.heraisedEnglishcomedytoahigherlevel()10.Mr.Spectatorstandsfortheideasof

A.the16thcenturyB.17thcenturyC.the18thcenturyD.the19th

century

()11.BestknownforhisnovelsabouttheadventureisA.DickensB.GoldsmithC.DefoeD.Scott()12.TheRapeoftheLockgivesanaccountofa

A.bullfightingB.knightduelC.writer’slifeD.anecdoteofthe

court

()13.Richardsonwasnotedasstory-telling,letterwriteranda

A.criticB.moralizerC.poetD.playwright()14.“Humor”accordingtoBenJonsonmeans

A.funB.comedythoughtD.temperament()15.AllthequalitiescanbecontributedtoPortiaexcept

A.nosyB.culturedC.courteousD.kind-hearted

（）16.RomeoandJulietbelongstoShakespeare’splaysof

A.thefirstperiodB.thesecondperiodC.thethirdperiodD.thefourthperiod

()17.Oneofthefollowingisnotknownaswriter

A.SidneyB.WyattC.SpenserD.More

()18.ThefirstplacevisitedbyGulliverinGulliver’sTravelsis

A.ThekingdomofhorsesB.BrobdingnagC.FlyingIslandD.

Lilliput

()19.Quotationandauthorarecorrectlypairedinallthefollowingexcept:

A.Alittlelearningisdangerousthing——Pope

B.ImightboastmyselfLevainqueurdelaterre——JohnsonC.Atruthartists’dutywastoproducehumanbeing——Goldsmith

D.Amanmaysurelybeallowedtotakeaglassofwinebyhisownfireside——Sheridan

()20.“Conceit”isatermappliedinparticulartotheschoolrepresentedbyA.HerrickB.BenJohnsonC.PopeD.Donne

()21.ChauceriscalledthefounderofEnglishrealismbecauseheportraysall

theclassesofEnglishfeudalsocietyexcept

A.businessmenandscholarsB.noblesandserfsC.plowmenandfranklins

()22.“VirtueRewardedisthesub-titleofthenovelwrittenbyA.GoldsmithB.SternC.RichardsonD.Smollet()23.AllofthefollowingwritersareIrishexcept

A.GoldsmithbSheridanC.SpenserD.Swift()24.DylanThomasbelongstotheschoolof

A.Neo-romanticismB.AudenGroupC.ImagismD.theMovement

()25.Thenovel,whichforetellsthefuturehappening,iswrittenbyoneofthe

followingwriters

A.HuxleyB.LawrenceC.WoolfD.Owell()26.“Thepoetofthepeasants”isatitlegiventoA.BlakeB.GrayC.ChattertonD.Burns

()27.Thegreatestachievementinthe18thcenturyEnglandinliteraturewasA.poetryB.playsC.essaysD.novels

()28.OneofthefollowingplaystakesitssubjectmatterfromChinesehistoryA.HenryIVB.MacbethC.TamburlaineD.Alchemist()29.Dr.Faustussellshissoultothedevilbecausehe

A.isfacedbyMephistophelesB.wantstogainmoremoney

C.wantstoliveanextravagantlifeD.wantstoknowmoreaboutthe

world

().30.Ofthefollowing,theonewhichemploystheformofromanceis

A.AmorettiB.VenusandAdonis

C.TheTempestD.SirGawainandGreenKnight

（）31.EachoftheprofessionslistedbelowiscorrectlypairedwithDickensexcept

A.novelistB.clerkC.reporterD.dramatist()32.TheIdyllsoftheKingiswrittenby

A.BrowningB.TennysonC.GeorgeEliotD.Carlyle()33.DramaticmonologuewascreatedbytheauthorwhowroteA.CrossingtheBarB.OdetotheWestWind

C.TheRingandtheBookD.JudetheObscure()34.AngryYoungManofthe1950’smostcamefrom

A.thelowerclassB.theupperclassC.peasantsD.workers()35.Dublinersiswritingof

A.realismB.modernismC.streamofconsciousnessD.noneoftheabove

()36.InMemoriamiswrittenbyTennysoninmemoryofhisfriendA.HallamB.BrowningC.ArnoldD.Hardy

()37.Scott’schiefcontributiontoEnglishliteratureliesinhisnovelsofA.warB.historyC.cityD.romance()38.“Thepoetofthepeasants”isatitlegiventoA.BlakeB.GrayC.ChattertonD.Burns

()39.Wordsworth,ColeridgeandSoutheyhavethefollowingincommonexcepttheyall

A.wrotepoems

B.belongedtothefirstgenerationofRomanticismC.beganasconservativesandendedasradicalsD.beganasradicalsandendedasconservatives

()40.Theline“Ifwintercomes,canspringbefarbehind”comesfromA.RevoltofIslamB.Odetothelark

C.OdetoAutumnD.OdetotheWestWind

()41.“MerryEngland”isatermusedbyoneofthefollowingschools

A.thefirstgenerationofRomanticismB.thesecondgenerationofRomanticism

C.thethirdgenerationofromanticismD.alloftheabove

()42.ThestyleofLamb’sessaysisnotcharacterizedbythefollowingfeatureA.essayistB.sarcasmC.familiarityD.gracefulness()43.ScottisbotharomanticnovelistandromanticA.essayistB.poetC.criticD.satirist()44.Satanisacharacterwithastrongdesirefor

A.submissionB.freedomC.peacefulnessD.compromise()45.Bunyan’sstyleismarkedbydignityand

A.ornatenessB.grandnessC.complicatednessD.simplicity

II．Matchtheauthor'snamewiththetitleofthebook

WhitmanIrvingHowellsJamesFitzgeraldKerouacEllisonAmyTan

MaxineHongKingstonO'Neill

BradstreetHawthorneCrane

MarkTwainSteinbeckGinsbergHughesFrankChinHellmanWilliams

MelvilleCooperSinclairJames

HemingwayPynchonMorrisonYepOdetsAlbee

1.ThePortraitofaLady2.InvisibleMan3.TheGreatGatsby4.WomanWarrior5.TheSketchBook6.LeavesofGrass7.JoyLuckClub8.OntheRoad

9.LongDay'sJourneyintoNight10.TheRiseofSilasLapham

1.TheTenthMuseLatelySprungUpinAmerica2.TheWearyBlues3.TheGrapesofWrath4.DonaldDuk

5.TheRedBadgeofCourage

6.TheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinn7.WatchontheRhine8.Howl

9.TheGlassMenagerie10.TheScarletLetter

1.TheLeatherstockingTales2.SongofSolomon3.AFarewelltoArms4.PaytheChinaman5.TheJungle

6.ThePortraitofaLady7.WaitingforLefty8.TheCryingofLot499.TheZooStory10.MobyDick

III．WriteTinthebracketifthestatementistrueandFifthestatementisfalse

()1.BeowulfwascreatedinEngland.

()2.InShakespeare’scomediestheheroesandheroinesattainedtheirvictory

withoutmuchstruggle.

()3.Marlowemainlywrotetragedies.

()4.EssaysofEliawaswrittenbyMaryLamewhensheworkedinEastIndia

House.

()5.Wordsworth’sbestpoemsaredescriptionofmountains,rivers,flowers,birds,

streetsandbuildings.

（）6.TheNeo-classicismsawitsdeclineinJohnson.

()7.ThemoststrikingsimilaritiesbetweenMiltonandSamsonAgonistesare

theirblindnessandunhappymarriage.

()8.TheCelestialCityinthePilgrim’sProgressstandsforanidealhappy

society.

()9.ItwasMaudGonnewhohelpedYeatsestablishAbbeyTheatre.()10.MonkstriedhardtotrapOliverTwist.

()11.PopeestablishedtheheroiccoupletasoneoftheprincipalEnglishverseforms.

()12.Blakeisoftenregardedasasymbolistandmystic.

()13.ThestoriesintheCanterburyTalesareonlyconnectedbythehostofTabardInn.

()14.Wordsworth’sbestpoemsaredescriptionsofmountains,rivers,flowers,andbirds.

()15.ThemaintechniqueappliedtothenovelUlyssesbyJoyceissymbolism.

()16.OneofthemostimportantfeaturesinAusten’snovelPrideandPrejudiceis

theuseofdramaticlanguages.

()17.MostofEnglishballadswerecollectedinthe18thcentury.

()18.ThestyleofLambsessaysischaracterizedbyitshumor,familiarityandarchaism.

()19.ThemostgiftedoftheUniversityWitswasShakespeare.

()20.Scott’sliterarycareermarkedthetransitionfromromanticismtorealism

()21.PardonerinTheCanterburyTalessoldtherelicsofthedeadsaintsto

exemptthesinsfromthebuyers

()22.BeowulfwasbroughtbyAnglo-SaxonpeoplefromtheContinenttoEngland.

()23.Aballadiswrittenin4-linestanzawiththefirstandthirdlinesrhymes.()24.KingLeardistributedhisterritoryamonghisthreedaughters.()25.ShakespearewasborninApril1564anddiedin1616.

()26.The“darkcomedy”referstothosewrittenbyJonsoninhisthirdperiodof

dramaticcareer.

()27.Scott’sliterarycareermarkedthetransitionfromromanticismtorealism.

1.Darwinism2.blackhumor3.naturalism4.JazzAge

VI．Answerthefollowingquestionsbriefly

1.HowdoesWordsworthpraisetheb