英国文学史及选读期末试题及答案.docx

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英国文学史及选读期末试题及答案

考试课程：

英国文学史及选读考核类型：

A卷

考试方式：

闭卷出卷教师:

XXX

考试专业：

英语考试班级：

英语xx班

I.Multiplechoice（30points,1pointforeach）selectfromthefourchoicesofeachitemtheonethatbestanswersthequestionorcompletesthestatement.

1._____，atypicalexampleofoldEnglishpoetry,isregardedtodayasthenationalepicoftheAnglo-Saxons.

A.TheCanterburyTalesB.TheBalladofRobinHood

C.TheSongofBeowulfD.SirGawainandtheGreenKinght

2._____isthemostcommonfootinEnglishpoetry.

A.TheanapestB.Thetrochee

C.TheiambD.Thedactyl

3.TheRenaissanceisactuallyamovementstimulatedbyaseriesofhistoricalevents,whichoneofthefollowingisNOTsuchanevent?

A.TherediscoveryofancientRomanandGreekculture.

B.England’sdomesticrest

C.Newdiscoveryingeographyandastrology

D.Thereligiousreformationandtheeconomicexpansion

4._____isthemostsuccessfulreligiousallegoryintheEnglishlanguage.

A.ThePilgrimsProgress

B.GraceAboundingtotheChiefofSinners

C.TheLifeandDeathofMr.Badman

D.TheHolyWar

5.Generally,theRenaissancereferstotheperiodbetweenthe14thandmid-17thcenturies,itsessenceis_____.

A.scienceB.philosophy

C.artsD.humanism

6.“Solongasmencanbreathe,oreyescansee,/Solonglivesthis,andthisgiveslifetothee.”（Shakespeare,Sonnets18）Whatdoes“this”referto?

A.Lover.B.Time.

C.Summer.D.Poetry.

7.“Oprince,Ochiefofmythronedpowers,/Thatledth’embattledseraphimtowar/Underthyconduct,andindreadfuldeeds/Fearless,endangeredHeaven’sperpetualking”InthethirdlineoftheabovepassagequotedfromMilton’sParadiseLost,thephrase“thyconduct”refersto_____conduct.

A.God’sB.Satan’s

C.Adam’sD.Eve’s

8.ItisgenerallyregardedthatKeats’smostimportantandmaturepoemsareintheformof______.

A.elegyB.ode

C.epicD.sonnet

9.“ShallIcomparetheetoasummer’sday?

”ThesentenceisthebeginningofShakespeare’s_______.

A.comedyB.tragedy

C.sonnetD.poem

10.DanielDefoe’snovelsmainlyfocuson_____.

A.thestruggleoftheunfortunateformereexistence

B.thestruggleoftheshipwreckedpersonsforsecurity

C.thestruggleofthepiratesforwealth

D.thedesireofthecriminalsforproperty

11.FrancisBaconisbestknownforhis_____whichgreatlyinfluencedthedevelopmentofthisliteraryform.

A.essaysB.poemsC.worksD.plays

12.MostofThomasHardy’snovelsaresetinWessex____.

A.acruderegioninEnglandB.afictionalprimitiveregion

C.aremoteruralareaD.Hardy’shometown

13.IntermsofPrideandPrejudice,whichisnottrue?

A.PrideandPrejudiceisthemostpopularofJaneAusten’snovels.

B.PrideandPrejudiceisoriginallydraftedas“FirstImpressions”.

C.PrideandPrejudiceisatragicnovel.

D.Inthisnovel,theauthorexplorestherelationshipbetweengreatloveandrealisticbenefits.

14.ChronologicallytheVictorianPeriodrefersto_____

A.1798-1832B.1831-1901

C.1798-1901D.theNeoclassicalPeriod

15.Inthefollowingfigures,whoisDickens’sfirstchildhero?

A.Fagin.B.Mr.Brownlow.

C.OliveTwist.D.BillSikes

16.“Andwherearethey?

Andwhereartthou,”

Mycountry?

Onthyvoicelessshore

Theheroiclayistunelessnow-

Theheroicbosombeatsnomore!

（GeorgeGordonByron,DonJuan）

Intheabovestanza,“artthou”literallymeans_____.

A.“artyou”B.“arethough”C.“artthough”D.“areyou”

17.Ofthefollowingwriters,whichisnottherepresentativeoftheRomanticperiod?

A.WilliamBlake.B.JohnBunyan.

C.JaneAuten.D.JohnKeats.

18.InSongsofInnocenceandSongsofExperience,whatistheutmostconcernofBlake?

A.LoveB.ChildhoodC.DeathD.HumanExperience

19.ParadiseLostisactuallyastorytakenfrom____.

A.theRenaissanceB.theOldTestament

C.GreekMythologyD.theNewTestament

20.JaneAusten’sfirstnovelis_____.

A.PrideandPrejudiceB.SenseandSensibility

C.EmmaD.PlanofaNoel

21.Ofthefollowingpoets,whichisnotregardedas“LakePoets’”?

A.SaumelTaylorColeridge.B.RobertSouthey.

C.WilliamWordsworth.D.WilliamShakespeare.

22.DanielDefoedescribes____asatypicalEnglishmiddle-classmanoftheeighteenthcentury,theveryprototypeoftheempirebuilderorthepioneercolonist.

A.RobinsonCrusoeB.MollFlanders

C.GulliverD.TomJones

23.Thelines“Death,benotproud,thoughsomehavecalldthee/Mightyanddreadful,forthouartnotso;”arefoundin______.

A.WilliamWordsworth’swritingsB.JohnKeats’writings

C.JohnDonne’swritingsD.PercyByssheShelley’swritings

24.ThePilgrim’sprogressbyJohnBunyanisoftensaidtobeconcernedwiththesearchfor_____.

A.self-fulfillmentB.spiritualsalvation

C.materialwealthD.universaltruth

25.Withsomanypoemssuchas“TheSparrow’sNest,”“ToaSkylark,”“TotheCuckoo”and“ToaButterfly”,WilliamWordsworthisregardedasa“______”.

A.poetofgenius.B.royalpoet.

C.worshipperofnature.D.conservativepoet.

26.InthefirstpartofGulliver’sTravels,Gullivertoldthisexperiencein____.

A.LilliputB.Brobdingnag

C.HouyhnhnmD.England

27.Whichofthefollowingcannotdescribe“Byronichero”?

A.Proud.B.Mysterious.C.Nobleorigin.D.Progressive.

28.ThepoeticformwhichBrowningattachedtomaturityandperfectionis____.

A.dramaticmonologueB.useofsymbol

C.useofironiclanguageD.useoflyrics

29.Theterm“metaphysicalpoetry”iscommonlyusedtonametheworkofthe17th-centurywriterswhowroteundertheinfluenceof____.

A.JohnMiltonB.JohnDonneC.JohnKeatsD.JohnBunyan

30.WhichofthefollowingwritingsisnotcreatedbyWilliamWordsworth?

A.IWanderedLonelyasaCloud.

B.SheDweltAmongtheUntroddenWays

C.TheSolitaryReaper.

D.TheChimneySweeper.

II.FindtherelevantmatchfromcolunmBforeachiteminColomnA（10pointsinall.1pointforeach）

AB

1.GeoffreyChaucerA.ARed,RedRose

2.FrancisBaconB.OdetoaNightingale

3.JonathanSwiftC.OfTruth

4.WilliamBlakeD.NorthangerAbbey

5.RobertBurnsE.TheCanterburyTales

6.JohnKeatsF.AModestProposal

7.JaneAustenG.TheTiger

8.CharlesDickensH.Ulysses

9.TennysonI.DavidCopperfield

10.RobertBrowningJ.MyLastDuchess

III.Fillinthefollowingblanks（10pointsinall,1pointforeach）

1.Intheyear____,atthebattleofHastings,theNormansheadedbywilliam,DukeofNormandy,defeatedtheAnglo-saxons.

2.Sincehistoricaltimes,England,wheretheearlyinhabitantswerecelts,hasbeenconqueredthreetimes.ItwasconqueredbytheRomans,the____,andtheNormans.

3.____isregaredasshakespeare’ssuccessfulromantictragedy.

4.Nosoonerwerethepeopleincontrolofthegovernmentthantheydividedintohostileparties:

theliberalwhigsandtheconservative_____.

5.TheGloriousRevolutionin___meantthreethingsthesupremacyofparliament,thebeginningofmodernEnglish,andthefinaltriumphoftheprincipleofpoliticalliberty.

6.RomanticismasaliterarymovementcomeintobeinginEnglandearlyinthelatterhalfofthe___century.

7.WiththepublicationofwilliamWordsworth’s____incollaborationwithS.TColeridge,RomanticismbegantobloomandfoundafirmplaceinthehistoryofEnglishliteratare.

8.Womanas____appearedintheRomanticage.Itwasduringthisperiodthatwomentook,forthefirsttime,animportantplaceinEnglishliterature.

9.ThemostimportantpoetofthevictoriaAgewas____,Nexttohim,wereRobertBrowningandhiswife.

10.The____movementappearedinthethirtiesofthe19thcenfury.

IV.QuestionsandAnswers（20pointsinall,10pointsforeach）GivebriefanswerstoeachoffollowingquestionsinEnglish.

（1）Aselectionfromapoem

Whereforefeedandclotheandsave

Formthecradletothegrave

Thoseungratefuldroneswhowould

Drainyoursweat_nay,drinkyourblood?

Whrefore,BeesofEngland,forge

Manyaweepon,chain,andscourge

Thatthesestinglessdronesmayspoil

Theforcedproduceofyourtail?

Questions（10’）

1.Theselinesaretakenfromapoementitled___（1’）writtenby___（1’）.

2.Therhymeschemeintheselectionofthepoemis____.（1’）

3.Whatideadoesthequotationexpress?

（7’）

（2）ASelectionfromawork

Somebooksaretobetasted,otherstobeswallowed,andsomefewtobechewedanddigested;thatis,somebooksaretobereadonlyinparts;otherstoberead,butnotcuriously;andsomefewtobereadwholly,andwithdiligenceandattention.Somebooksalsomaybereadbydeputyandextractsmadeofthembyothers,butthatwouldbeonlyinthelessimportantargumentsandthemeanersortofbooks;elsedistilledbookdarelikecommondistilledwaters.

Question（10’）

1.Thispassageistakenfromawell-knownworkentiled___,（2’）writtenby____.（1’）

2.What’sthemainideaofthewholework.（7’）

V.TopicDiscussion（30pointsinall,15pointsforeach）.Writenolessthan100wordsoneachofthefollowingtopicsinEnglish,inthecorrespondingspaceontheanswersheet.

1.BasedonJaneEyrebyCharlotteBronte,discussthethemeofherworks,theimageofwomanprotagonistsandwhatandhowhernovelstruthfullypresent.（15’）

2.InPrideandPrejudice,JaneAastenexploredthreekindsofmotivationsofmarriagethatthemiddle-classpeoplehadinthesecondhalfofthe18thcentury.Trytomakeabriefdiscussionaboutthemwithspecificexamplesfromthenovel.MakecommentsonAusten’sattitudetowardsthesemotivations.（15’）

200x－200x学年度第一学期期末考试试卷

答案及评分标准

考试课程：

英国文学史及选读考核类型：

A卷

考试方式：

闭卷出卷教师:

XXX

考试专业：

英语考试班级：

英语xx班

I.MultipleChoice（1’×30=30’）

01-05CCBAD06-10DBBCA

11-15ABCBC16-20DBDBB

21-25DACBC26-30ADABD

II.FindtherelevantmatchfromcolumnBforeachitemincolamnA（1’×10=10’）

1-E2-C3-F4-G5-A

6-B7-D8-I9-H10-J

III.Fillinthefollowingblanks（1’×10=10’）

1.10662.Anglo-Saxons3.RomeoandJuliet

4.Tories5.168