2024-2024英国文学试卷+2

I.Matching(20%)

A. Directions:Identifytheauthorwithhisorherwork.(10%)

A.CharlotteBronte B.RobertBrowning C.JohnMilton

D.ThomasHardy E.WilliamShakespeare F.FrancisBacon

G.WilliamWordsworthH.GeoffreyChaucerI.DanielDefoe

J.AlexanderPope

1. OfStudiesiswrittenby____f_____.

2. CanterburyTalesiswrittenby____h___.

3.AnEssayonManiswrittenby___j______.

4.Hamletiswrittenby____e_____.

5.ParadiseLostiswrittenby___c______.

6.IWanderedLonelyasaCloudiswrittenby____g_____.

7.JaneEyreiswrittenby______a___.

8.MollFlandersiswrittenby_____i____.

9.MyLastDuchessiswrittenby_____b____.

10.TessoftheD’Urbervillesiswrittenby_____d____.

….

B.Directions:Identifythetermwithitsdefinition.(10%)

A.epic

B. sonnet

C.romance

D.renaissance

E.heroiccouplet

F.ballad

G. Humanism

H.allegory

I.blankverse

J.AngryYoungMen

____e__referstoapairofrhymingiambicpentameterlines.

2.____c__referstoataleinverse,embodyingthelifeandadventuresofknights

3.____h__referstoastoryofdescriptioninwhichthecharactersandeventssymbolizesomedeeperunderlyingmeaning,andservetospreadmoralteaching.

4.____j__wastakenfromJohnOsborne’splayLookBackinAnger,referringtobitterdefeatedmeninsociety

5.___i___referstounrhymedpoeticlinesiniambicpentameters

6.___g___tookgreatinterestinthewelfareofhumanbeings

7._____b_referstoalyricpoemoffourteeniambicpentameterlines

8.____a__referstoalongnarrativepoemthatrecordstheadventuresofaheroinanation’shistory

9.__d____referstotherebirthofancientGreekandRomanculture

10.__f____referstoanarrativepoemthattellsastory

II.MultipleChoices(20%)

Directions:Eachofthefollowingstatementsbelowisfollowedbyfouralternativeanswers;choosetheonethatcompletesthestatementcorrectly.

1. _____b_____describestheheroinfightingagainstthemonsterGrendel,hisrevengefulmotherandadragon.

A.PiersPlowman B.Beowulf

C.TheCanterburyTales D.SirGawainandtheGreenKnight

2. WhoistherecipientofSamuelJohnson’sfamousletter?

A.LordChesterfield B.CharlesDickens

C.ThomasHardy D.JosephAddison

3.Amongthefourwriters,whichoneofthemisarepresentativeliteraryfigureinVictorianAge?

A.AlexanderPopeB.RichardSteel

C.WilliamThackerayD.SamuelJohnson

4.Inmanyways,modernismwasarestatementandexpansionof

A.theRomanticMovementB.Humanism

C.RenaissanceD.Christianity

5.AmarkedfeatureofWilliamThackeray’swritingstyleis..

A.SentimentalB.Cynical

C.EmotionalnarratorD.flatcharacters

6.Whichwriterisanadvocateof“Artforart’ssake〞?

A.CarlLewisB.WilliamThackeray

C.BernardShawD.OscarWilde

7.Whichpieceofworkismarkedby“stream-of-consciousness〞?

A.UlyssesB.Mrs.Warren’sProfession

C.TheAngryYoungManD.WhenYouAreOld

8.Whichamongthefollowingfourisnotconsideredasthecharacteristicsofmodernist:

A.AllusionB.Irony

C.realismD.Complexityandobscurity

9.The“heroes〞oftheAngryYoungmenare

A.legendaryfigureslikethoseinepicB.menwithsupernaturalpowers

C.fromnobleclassD.bitterdefeatedmeninsociety

10.ThelateryearsofVictorianwritingssaw____ofhumannature

A.pessimisticunderstandingB.optimisticunderstanding

C.shallowpictureD.decadentpicture

11.WhichofthefollowingisNOTwidelyregardedasthefourgreatesttragediesbyWilliamShakespeare?

A.RomeoandJulietB.Macbeth

C.HamletD.KingLear

12.〞Tobe,ornottobe:thatisthequestion〞appearedin______.

A.RomeoandJulietB.KingLear

C.MacbethD.Hamlet

13.Shakespeareproducedthefollowingexcept________

A.historyplaysB.novel

C.tragediesD.poetry

14.ThenovelGulliver’sTravelswaswrittenby____.

A.TobiasSmollettB.JonathanSwift

C.LaurenceSternD.JohnBunyan

15.___isthemostsuccessfulreligiousallegoryintheEnglishlanguage.

A.GenesisB.Exodus

C.ThePilgrim’sProgressD.TheHolyWar

16.Theherointheromanceisusuallya________.

A.king B.knight C.Christ D.churchman

17.LiteratureofNeo-classicismisdifferentfromthatofRomanticisminthat________.

A.theformerisanintellectualmovement,thepurposeofwhichistoarousethemiddleclassforpoliticalrightswhilethelatterisconcernedwiththepersonalcultivation

B.theformerisheavilyreligiousbutthelattersecular

C.theformercelebratesreason,rationality,orderandinstructionwhilethelatterseesliteratureasanexpressiononanindividual’sfeelingsandexperiences

D.theformeradvocatesthe“returntonature〞whereasthelatterturnstotheancientGreekandRomanwritersforitsmodels

18.Whichofthefollowingisnotthefeatureofpopularballadin15thcentury?

A.repetitionofwords

B.uniforminmood

C.dramaticinplotorcharacterportrayal

D.intheformofheroiccouplet

19.WilliamWordsworthassertsthatpoetryoriginatedfrom___________.

A form Bthoughts Cartisticdevices Demotion

20.Sonnetwasfirstwrittenby_________.

A.WilliamShakespeareB.EdmundSpenserC.ItalianpoetPetrarchD.ChristopherMarlowe

III.TrueorFalseQuestions(20%)

Directions:Readeachofthefollowingstatementsanddecidewhetheritistrueorfalse.

InTheCanterburyTales,24talesarecleverlywoventogetherbylinksbetweenthestories.

A.T B.F

ParadiseLostdrawsitssubjectmatterfromtheancientGreeklegendofcreation.

A.T B.F

3.TheidealofHumanismisGod-oriented.

A.T B.F

4.TheFaerieQueeneisanallegoricalromance.

A.T B.F

5.ThepublicationofLyricalBalladsbyWordsworthandColeridgemarkedthestartoftheRomanticMovementinBritishliterature.

A.T B.F

6.Milton’spurposeforwritingParadiseLostisto“asserteternalProvidenceandjustifythewaysofGodtoman.〞

A.T B.F

7.AlexanderPope,SamuelJohnson,JosephAddison,RichardSteelarerepresentativefiguresinRomanticism.

A.T B.F

8.TheCanterburyTalesisafaithfulpanoramicreflectionofChaucer’sage.

A.T B.F

9.FrancisBaconisapoet.

A.T B.F

10.SonnetwasfirstappearedinBritishliterature.

A.T B.F

IV. Identification(20%)

Directions:Readthefollowingpassagescarefullyandidentifytheauthorandtheworkfromwhichtheexcerptistakenfrom.

Passage1

Whatthoughthefieldbelost?

Allisnotlost,theunconquerablewill,

Andstudyofrevenge,immortalhate,

Andcouragenevertosubmitoryield,

Andwhatiselsenottobeovercome?

Theauthorofthispoemis__________.

Thisexcerptistakenfrom__________.

Passage2

Iftheybetwo,theytwoso

Asstifftwincompassesaretwo,

Thysoulthefixedfoot,makesnoshow

Tomove,butdoth,ifth’otherdo.

Theauthorofthispoemis______.

Heisa____________.

Passage3

Readingmakeafullman;conferenceareadyman;andwritinganexactman.Andtherefore,ifamanwritelittle,hehadneedhaveagreatmemory;ifheconferlittle,hehadneedhaveapresentwit:andifhereadlittle,hehadneedhavemuchcunning,toseemtoknow,thathedothnot.Historiesmakemenwise;poetswitty;themathematicssubtitle;naturalphilosophydeep;moralgrave;logicandrhetoricabletocontend.

Theauthorofthispassageis______.

6.Thispassageistakenfrom____________.

Passage4

ShallIcomparetheetoasummer’sday?

Thouartmorelovelyandmoretemperate.

RoughwindsdoshakethedarlingbudsofMay,

Andsummer’sleasehathalltooshortadate.

Sometimetoohottheeyeofheavenshines,

Andoftenishisgoldcomplexiondimmed;

Andeveryfairfromhairsometimedeclines,

Bychanceornature’schangingcourseuntrimmed;

Butthyeternalsummershallnotfade,

Norlosepossessionofthatfairthouow’st;

NorshallDeathbragthouwander’stinhisshade,

Whenineternallinestotimethougrow’st.

Solongasmencanbreathe,oreyescansee,

Solonglivesthis,andthisgiveslifetothee.

Theauthorofthispoemis______.

Thispoemisa______.

Passage