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PAGEPAGE6PartOneEarlyandMedievalEnglishLiteratureⅠ.Fillintheblanks.1.In1066,____,withhisNormanarmy,succeededininvadinganddefeatingEngland.A.WilliamtheConquerorB.JuliusCaesarC.AlfredtheGreatD.Claudius2.Inthe14thcentury,themostimportantwriter(poet)is____.A.LanglandB.WycliffeC.GowerD.Chaucer3.TheprevailingformofMedievalEnglishliteratureis____.A.novelB.dramaC.romanceD.essay4.Thestoryof___istheculminationoftheArthurianromances.A.SirGawainandtheGreenKnightB.BeowulfC.PiersthePlowmanD.TheCanterburyTales5.WilliamLangland’s____iswrittenintheformofadreamvision.A.KublaKhanB.PiersthePlowmanC.TheDreamofJohnBullD.Morted’Arthur6.AftertheNormanConquest,threelanguagesexistedinEnglandatthattime.TheNormansspoke_____.A.FrenchB.EnglishC.LatinD.Swedish7.______wasthegreatestofEnglishreligiousreformersandthefirsttranslatoroftheBible.A.LanglandB.GowerC.WycliffeD.Chaucer8.PiersthePlowmandescribesaseriesofwonderfuldreamstheauthordreamed,throughwhich,wecanseeapictureofthelifeinthe____England.A.primitiveB.feudalC.bourgeoisD.modern9.Thethemeof____tokingandlordwasrepeatedlyemphasizedinromances.A.loyaltyB.revoltC.obedienceD.mockery10.ThemostfamouscycleofEnglishballadscentersonthestoriesaboutalegendaryoutlawcalled_____.A.Morted’ArthurB.RobinHoodC.TheCanterburyTalesD.PiersthePlowman11.______,the“fatherofEnglishpoetry”andoneofthegreatestnarrativepoetsofEngland,wasborninLondoninabout1340.A.GeoffreyChaucerB.SirGawainC.FrancisBaconD.JohnDryden12.ChaucerdiedonOctober25th,1400,andwasburiedin____.A.FlandersB.FranceC.ItalyD.WestminsterAbbey13.Chaucer’searliestworkofanylengthishis_____,atranslationoftheFrenchRomandelaRosebyGaillaumedeLorrisandJeandeMeung,whichwasaloveallegoryenjoyingwidespreadpopularityinthe13thand14thcenturiesnotonlyinFrancebutthroughoutEurope.A.TheRomauntoftheRoseB.“ARed,RedRose”C.TheLegendofGoodWomenD.TheBookoftheDuchess14.InhislifetimeChaucerservedinagreatvarietyofoccupationsthathadimpactonthewiderangeofhiswritings.Whichoneisnothiscareer?____.A.engineerB.courtierC.officeholderD.soldierE.ambassadorF.legislator(议员)15.Chaucercomposesalongnarrativepoemnamed_____basedonBoccaccio’spoem“Filostrato”.A.TheLegendofGoodWomenB.TroilusandCriseydeC.SirGawainandtheGreenKnightD.BeowulfKeytothemultiplechoices：1-5ADCAB6-10ACBAB11-15ADAABⅡ.QuestionsWhatarethefeaturesofBeowulf?CommentonthesocialsignificanceandlanguageinTheCanterburyTales.PartTwoTheEnglishRenaissanceⅠ.Matchthewriterandhisworks.ThomasMoreHolinshedHakluytRichardTottelPhilipSidneyWalterRaleighApologyforPoetryMiscellanyofSongsandSonnetsUtopiaDiscoveryofGuianaPrincipalNavigations,VoyagesandDiscoveriesChroniclesThekey:(1—C2—F3—E4—B5—A6—D)Ⅱ.Choosethebestanswer._____foundedtheTudorDynasty,acentralizedmonarchyofatotallynewtype,whichmettheneedsoftherisingbourgeoisie.A.HenryVB.HenryVIIC.HenryVIIID.JamesIThefirstcompleteEnglishBiblewastranslatedby_______,“themorningstaroftheReformation”andhisfollowers.A.WilliamTyndalB.JamesIC.JohnWycliffeD.BishopLancelotAndrewsTheprogressinindustryathomestimulatedthecommercialexpansionabroad.____encouragedexplorationandtravel,whichwerecompatiblewiththeinterestsoftheEnglishmerchants.A.HenryV.B.HenryVIIC.HenryVIIID.QueenElizabethExceptbeingavictoryofEnglandover___,theroutofthefleet“Armada”(Invincible)wasalsothetriumphoftherisingyoungbourgeoisieoverthedecliningoldfeudalism.A.SpainB.FranceC.AmericaD.NorwayThose,bothtradersandpirateslike____,establishedthefirstEnglishcolonies.A.FrancisDrakeB.LancelotAndrewsC.WilliamCaxtonD.WilliamTyndal____wasaforerunnerofclassicisminEnglishliterature.A.BenJohnsonB.WilliamShakespeareC.ThomasMoreD.ChristopherMarloweThemostgiftedofthe“universitywits”was____.A.LylyB.PeeleC.GreeneD.MarloweMoralityplaysappearedafter_____.A.miracleplaysB.mysteryplaysC.interludeD.Classicalplays_____isusedtosayanddogoodthings.A.MercyB.FollyC.ViceD.Peace_____isoneoftheforerunnersofmodernsocialistthought.A.PhillipSidneyB.EdmundSpenserC.ThomasMoreD.WalterRaleigh_____isnotafamoustranslatorintheEnglishRenaissance.A.ThomasNorthB.ThomasWyattC.GeorgeChapmanD.JohnFlorio____hadsuppliedShakespearewiththematerialforJuliusCaesar.LivesofGreekandRoanHeroes《希腊罗马名人传》MiscellanyofSongsandSonnetsDonQuixoteHistoryoftheWorld____wasoneofthefirsttoseetherelationbetweenwealthandpovertytounderstandthattherichwerebecomingricherbyrobbingthepoor.A.JohnWycliffeB.WilliamCaxtonC.GeoffreyChaucerD.ThomasMoreUtopiawaswrittenintheformof_____.A.proseB.dramaC.essayD.dialogueOneofthepopularmoralityplayswas____.A.TheShepherdsB.EverymanC.ThePlayoftheWeatherD.GammerGurton’sNeedleShakespeare’splayswrittenbetween_____aresometimescalled“romances”andallendinreconciliationandreunion.A.1590and1594B.1595and1600C.1601and1607D.1608and1612MirandaisaheroineinShakespeare’s______.A.PericlesB.CymbelineC.TheWinter’sTaleD.TheTempestIn_____appearedShakespeare’sSonnet，NeverbeforeImprinted（《莎士比亚十四行诗》“迄今从未刊印过”）whichcontains154sonnets.A.1606B.1607C.16081609Shakespeareisoneofthefoundersof____.A.romanticismB.realismC.naturalismD.classicismAmongmanypoeticforms,Shakespearewasespeciallyathome(goodat)withthe_______.A.dramaticblankverseB.songC.sonnetD.coupletIntheplays,Shakespeareusedabout______words.A.15000B.16000C.17000D.18000_____hasbeencalledthesummitoftheEnglishRenaissance.A.ChristopherMarlowB.FrancisBaconC.W.ShakespeareD.BenJohnsonKeytothemultiplechoices:1-5BCDAA6-10DDCBA11-15BDADA16-22ACBADDBⅢ.Fillintheblanks.The____wasuniversallyusedbytheCatholicChurches.TheEnglishtranslationoftheBibleemergedasaresultofthestrugglebetween____and___.TheBiblewasnotablytranslatedintoEnglishbythe____.ThefirstcompleteEnglishBiblewastranslatedby____,“themorningstarofthe_____”._____translatedtheNewTestamentandportionsoftheOldTestament,whichisknownasTyndale’sBible.AfterTydale’sBible,thenappearedthe______,whichwasmadein1611undertheauspicesof_____.Andsowassometimescalledthe____.Apartfromthereligiousinfluence,theAuthorizedVersionhashadagreatinfluenceonEnglish___and____.WiththewidespreadinfluenceoftheEnglishBible,thestandardmodernEnglishhasbeen_____and_____.Agreatnumberof____andphraseshavepassedintodailyEnglishspeechashouseholdwords.The____and____languageoftheAuthorizedVersionhascoloredthestyleoftheEnglishproseforthelast300years.____wasthefirstEnglishprinter.WilliamCaxtonwasaprosperousmerchanthimself,buthewasfondof___,andhisinterestwasturningto____.HetranslatedTheRecuyellofHistoryesofTroyintoEnglishfromFrenchwhichwasthe___bookprintedinEnglish.TheRecuyellservedasasourcefor____TroilusandCressida.《特洛埃勒斯与克雷雪达》Afterhavingestablishedhisprintingpress,WilliamCaxtondevotedhimselftothecareerofa____and_____.WilliamCaxtonpublishedabout____books,___ofwhichweretranslatedbyhimself.Byrendering(翻译)FrenchbooksintoEnglish,Caxtonexercisedtheyouthfullanguageintheairs(曲调),thegraces,thecraftsoftheelderandcontributedtothedevelopmentofthestyleof___centuryEnglish____.TheinfluenceofCaxton’spublicationsisalsogreatinfixinga____languageinEngland.AsthefirstEnglishprinter,CaxtoninventedinEnglandtheprofessionof____,whichinfacthashadalastingsignificancetothedevelopmentofEnglish___asawhole.TheRenaissancestartedinthe______centuryandendedinthe______century.Theword,“renaissance”means________,whichwasstimulatedbyaseriesofhistoricalevents,suchas________.IntheRenaissance,thehumanistthinkersandscholarstriedtogetridofthoseold____inmedievalEurope,tointroducenewideasthatexpresses____oftherisingbourgeoisie,andtorecoverthe____oftheearlychurchfromthecorruptionoftheRomanCatholicChurch.____isthethemeoftheEnglishRenaissance,whichemphasizedthecapacitiesof____andtheachievementsof____.____Stanzaisaverseformcreatedby_____forhispoem,______,inwhichtherhymeschemeis____.TheWarsoftheRoses(1455—1485)betweentheHouseof___andtheHouseof___strugglingfortheCrowncontinuedfor30years.BecauseoftheconflictbetweentheRomanCatholicChurchandtheKingofEngland,thefar-reachingmovementof___tookplaceinEngland,startedbyHenryVIII.After___inEngland,thehelpless,dispossessedpeasants,beingcompelledtoworkatalowwage,becamehiredlaborersforthemerchants.TheselaborerswerethefathersofmodernEnglish___.Theintroductionof___toEnglandbyWilliamCaxton(1476)broughtclassicalworkswithinreachofthecommonmultitude.The16thcenturyinEnglandwasaperiodofthebreakingup____ofrelationsandtheestablishingofthefoundationsof____.Becausethewooltradewasrapidlygrowinginbulk,itwasatimewhen,accordingtoThomasMore,“___”.____brokeoffwiththePope,dissolvedallthemonasteriesandabbeysinthecountry,confiscatedtheirlandsandproclaimedhimselfheadoftheChurchofEngland.TogetherwiththedevelopmentofbourgeoisrelationshipsandformationoftheEnglishnationalstatethisperiodismarkedbyaflourishingofnationalcultureknownas____.____,inhistranslationofVirgil’sAeneid,wrotethefirstEnglishblankverse.RichardTottel’sMiscellanyofSongsandSonnetscontained_____poemsby______and_____by_____.PhilipSidneythoughtthat_____hadsuperiorityoverphilosophyandhistory._____isapictureofcontemporaryEnglandwithforcibleexposureofthe___amongthelaboringclasses.Morepointsoutthattherootofpovertyisthe_________ofsocialwealth.Sonnetscontain_____sonnetsand____sonnets.ThehighestgloryoftheEnglishRenaissancewasunquestionablyits____.The“miracles”weresimpleplaysbasedon______stories.Therearesignificanttouchesof_____lifeintheplaytitledTheShepherds.Amoralityplaypresentedthe_____ofgoodand_____with_____personages.Vicewasthepredecessorofthemodern_____.Throughtherevivalofclassicalliterature,Englishplaywrightscameintocontactwith______and______drama.FromthecontactwithGreekandLatindrama,Englishplaywrightslearnedalltheimportantrulesin____and____,themoreexactconceptionof____and____.Englishcomediesandtragediesonclassicalmodelsappearedinthemiddleofthe____century.ThefirstEnglishcomedyis______.ThefirstEnglishtragedyis_____.Miracleplays,moralityplays,interludesandclassicalplayspavedthewayfortheflourishingof____.Inthe16thcentury_____becamethecentreofEnglishdrama.By____,professionalactorswereorganizedintocompanies.____werewoodenbuildings,usuallycircularinform,withtiers（一排排）ofgalleriessurroundingarooflesspit（楼下剧场）.IntheElizabethanTheater,therewereno____andwomen’spartswerealwaystakenby____.Shakespeare’snarrativepoem,VenusandAdonis,isfullofvividimagesofthe______,andaphorisms(格言、警句)onlife.Shakespearewasagreat____oftheEnglishlanguage.Shakespeare’sdramaticcreationoftenusedthemethodof_____.Shakespeare’sdramabecomesamonumentoftheEnglish______.Shakespearewasa_____forplay-writing.Shakespeare’s_____peoplerepresentallthecomplexitiesandimplicationsofreallife.Keytotheblanks:LatinBibleProtestantism;CatholicismProtestantsJohnWycliffe;ReformationWilliamTyndalAuthorizedVersion,JamesI;KingJamesBible.Language;literaturefixed;confirmedBiblecoinagessimple;dignifiedWilliamCaxtonReading;literatureFirstShakespearePrinter;publisher100;2415th;proseNationalPublisher;culture14th;17thReligiousreformationfeudalistideas;interests;purityHumanism;humanmind;humancultureSpenserian;EdmundSpenser;TheFaerieQueene;ababbcbccLancaster;YorkTheReformationtheEnclosureMovement;proletariansprintingfeudal;capitalismsheepdevoursmenWilliamVIIIRenaissanceHenryHoward,EarlofSurrey96,SirThomasWyatt,40,HenryHoward,EarlofSurreypoetryUtopia,BookOne;povertyprivateownershipItalian/Petrarchan;ShakespeareanDramaBiblerealConflict;evil;allegoricalClownGreek;LatinStructure;style;comedy;tragedy16thGammerGurton’sNeedle《葛顿大娘的缝衣针》Gorboduc《高波特克》DramaLondon1567Elizabethantheatresactress;boyscountrysidemasteradaptation(revision)Renaissancemaster-hand(能手)full-bloodⅣ.Saytrueorfalse.TheoldEnglisharistocracyhavingbeenexterminated(wipedout)inthecourseoftheWaroftheRoses,anewnobility,totallydependentonKing’spower,cometothefore.AbsolutemonarchyinEnglandreacheditssummitduringthereignofQueenElizabeth.TheprogressofbourgeoiseconomymadeEnglandapowerfulstateandenabledherin1588toinflictadefeatontheSpanishInvincibleArmada.TheProtestantReformationwasinessenceareligiousmovementinapoliticalguise.BeforetheReformation,theEnglishBiblewasuniversallyusedbytheCatholicchurches.WalterRaleighwrotehisHistoryoftheWorldinimprisonment.MorethemanisevenmoreinterestingthanMorethewriter.Utopia,BookOne,describesanidealcommunistsociety.TranslationsoccupiedanimportantplaceintheEnglishRenaissance.PhilipSidney’scollectionoflovesonnetsisAstrophelandStella.TheMiracleplayswerenotforbiddentoperforminchurchesaftertheactorsintroducedsecularandevencomicalelementsintotheperformance.ThewriterofGammerGurton’sNeedleisunknown.TwolawyerswhowroteGorboducwereThomasSackville(托马斯·萨克维尔)andThomasNorton（托马斯·诺顿）.Shakespeare’ssonnetsaredividedintothreegroups:Numbers1—17,Numbers18—126,andNumbers127—154.Shakespeare’ssonnetsarewrittenforvarietyofvirtues.Engelssaid,“Realismimplies,besidestruthindetail,thetruthfulreproductionoftypicalcharactersundertypicalcircumstances.”Shakespearewroteabouthisownpeopleandforhisowntime.Shakespeare’soneplaycontainsonetheme.(containsmorethanonetheme)Toreproducethereallife,Shakespeareoftencombinesthemajesticwiththefunny,thepoeticwiththeprosaic(散文体的)andtragicwiththecomic.EngelscalledShakespeare’splaysthe“Shakespeareanvivacity(活泼、快活)andwealthof(大量的)action”.UtopiaisMore’smasterpiece,writtenintheformoflettersbetweenMoreandHythloday,avoyage.SirPhilipSidneyiswell-knownasapoetanddramatist.CarlMarxcommentedhighlyonMore’sUtopiaandmentioneditinhisgreatwork,TheCapital.ThehighestgloryoftheEnglishRenaissancewasunquestionablyitspoetry.ThemiracleplaysweresimpleplaysbasedonBiblestories,suchasthecreationoftheworld,Noahandtheflood,andthebirthofChrist.GrammerGurton’sNeedleisthefirstEnglishcomedy,GorboducthefirstEnglisht