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英国文学习题
PartFourTheEnglishCentury
Ⅰ.Matchtheworksandthecharacters.(3points)
A
1.()TomeJones
2.()TheVicarofWakefield
3.()RobinsonCrusoe
4.()Gulliver’sTravels
5.()Pamela
6.()TheSchoolforScandal
B
a.Friday
b.KingofBrodingnag
c.Sophia
d.Mr.B
e.WilliamThornhill
f.CharlesSurface
Thekey:
(1—c,2—e,3—a,4—b,5—d,6—f)
Ⅱ.Choosetherightanswer.
1.In1701,Steelepublishedapamphlet,_____,inwhichhefirstdisplayedhismoralizingspirit.
A.TheFuneralB.TheLyingLover
C.TheChristianHeroD.TheTenderHusband
2.WhichisthemostpopularnewspaperpublishedbySteele?
A.TheTatlerB.TheSpectatorC.TheTheatreD.TheEnglish
3._____isAddison’sgreattragedy.
A.ALetterfromItalyB.RosamondC.TheCampaignD.Cato
4.WhichofthefollowingisnottheheroinTheSpectator?
A.IsaacBickerstaffB.Mr.Roger
C.CaptainSentryD.AndrewFreeport
5.______werelookeduponasthemodelofEnglishcompositionbyBritishauthorsallthroughthe18thcentury.
A.JeremyTaylor’sHolyLivingB.ThomasBrowne’sReligioMeidic
C.SamuelPepys’sdiariesD.Addison’sSpectatoressays
6.ThemostimportantclassicistintheEnlightenmentMovementis_____.
A.SteeleB.AddisonC.PopeD.Dryden
7.ThemasterpieceofAlexanderPopeis____.
A.EssayonCriticismB.TheRapeoftheLock
C.EssayonManD.TheDunciad
8.EssayonManisa_____poeminheroiccouplets.
A.didacticB.satiricalC.philosophicalD.dramatic
9.____wasanintellectualmovementinthefirsthalfofthe18thcentury.
A.TheEnclosureMovementB.TheIndustrialRevolution
C.TheReligiousReformD.TheEnlightenment
10.TheliteratureoftheEnlightenmentinEnglandmainlyappealedtothe____readers.
A.aristocraticB.middleclassC.lowclassD.intellectual
11.____isagreatclassicistbuthissatireisnotalwaysjust.
A.SteeleB.MiltonC.AddisonD.Pope
12.Themainliterarystreamofthe18thcenturywas____.Whatthewritersdescribedintheirworksweremainlysocialrealities.
A.romanticismB.classicismC.realismD.sentimentalism
13.The18thcenturywasthegoldenageoftheEnglish___.Thenovelofthisperiodspokethetruthaboutlifewithanuncompromising(unbending)courage.
A.dramaB.poetryC.essayD.novel
14.In1704,JonathanSwiftpublishedtwoworkstogether,____and___,whichmadehimwell-knownasasatirist.
A.ATaleofTubB.BickerstaffAlmanac
C.Gulliver’sTravelsD.TheBattleoftheBooks
15.InaseriesofpamphletsJonathanSwiftdenouncedthecruelandunjusttreatmentofIrelandbytheEnglishgovernment.Oneofthemostfamousis____.
A.EssaysonCriticismB.AModestProposal
C.Gulliver’sTravelsD.TheBattleoftheBooks
16.“Properwordsinproperplaces,makesthetruedefinitionofastyle.”Thissentenceissaidby____,oneofthegreatestmastersofEnglishprose.
A.AlexanderPopeB.HenryFielding
C.JonathanSwiftD.DanielDefoe
17._____’sbest-knownpamphletwasTheTruebornEnglishman—ASatire,whichcontainedacausticexposureofthearistocracyandthetyrannyofthechurch.
A.AlexanderPopeB.HenryFielding
C.JonathanSwiftD.DanielDefoe
18.HenryFielding’sfirstnovel____waswritteninconnectionwithPamelaofSamuelRichardson.Butafterthefirst10chapters,HenryFieldingbecamesointerestedandabsorbedinhisownhovelastoforgethisoriginalplanofridiculingPamela.
A.TomJonesB.JosephAndrewsC.JonathanWildD.Amelia
19.____thefirstimportantworkbyTobiasSmollett,isbasedonhisownexperienceasanavaldoctorandinpartautobiographical.
A.RoderickRandomB.HumphryClinker
C.PeregrinePickleD.ASentimentalJourney
20.FromthecharacterMr.Malaprop,in___byRichardBrinsleySheridan,isderivedtheterm“malapropism”whichmeansaridiculousmisusageofbigwords.
A.TheRivalsB.TheSchoolforScandal
C.TheBeggar’sOperaD.TheLondonMerchant
21.WhichofthefollowingperiodicalsiseditedbySamuelJohnson?
_____.
A.TheReviewB.TheTatlerC.TheRamblerD.TheBee
22.WhichofthefollowingworksarenotwrittenbyOliverGoldsmith?
____.
A.TheTravellerB.TheDesertedVillage
C.TheVicarofWakefieldD.TheSchoolforScandal
23.WhichofthefollowingworksiswrittenbyEdwardGibbon?
______.
A.TheSchoolforScandalB.SheStoopstoConquer
C.TheGood-naturedManD.TheDeclineandFalloftheRomanEmpire
24.Thesentenceof“Theplowmanhomewardplodshiswearyway,/Andleavestheworldtodarknessandtome”iswrittenby____.
A.WilliamCowperB.GeorgeCrabbe
C.ThomasGrayD.WilliamBlake
25.______isnotwrittenbyWilliamBlake.
A.TheMarriageofHeavenandHellB.SongsofExperience
C.AuldLangSyneD.PoeticalSketches
26.“Inseedtimelearn,inharvestteach,inwinterenjoy.”ThisproverbiscitedfromWilliamBlake’s_____.
A.SongsofExperienceB.SongsofInnocence
C.TheMarriageofHeavenandHellD.PoeticalSketches
27.The18thcenturywitnessedthatinEnglandthereappearedtwopoliticalparties,______,whichweresatirizedbyJonathanSwiftinhisGulliver’sTravels.
A.theWhigsandtheTories
B.thesenateandtheHouseofRepresentatives
C.TheupperHouseandlowerHouse
D.theHouseofLordsandtheHouseofCommons
28.____founditsrepresentativewritersinthefieldofpoetry,suchasEdwardYoungandThomasGray,butitmanifesteditselfchieflyinthenovelsofLawrenceSterneandOliverGoldsmith.
A.Pre-romanticismB.RomanticismC.SentimentalismD.Naturalism
29._____compiledtheADictionaryoftheEnglishLanguagewhichbecamethefoundationofallthesubsequentEnglishdictionaries.
A.BenJohnsonB.SamuelJohnson
C.AlexanderPopeD.JohnDryden
30.Whichofthefollowingnovelsisnotepistolary(writteninletterform)novels?
A.ClarissaHarloweB.Pamela
C.SirCharlesGrandisonD.TomesJones
31.WhichplayisregardedasthebestEnglishcomedysinceShakespeare?
A.SheStoopstoConquerB.TheRivals
C.TheSchoolforScandalD.TheConsciousLovers
Keytothemultiplechoices:
1-5CADAD6-10CBCDB11-15DDDDB
16-20CDBAA21-25CDDCC26-31CACBDC
Ⅲ.Fillintheblanks.
1.TheessaysinSteele’sTheTatlerwerewrittenintheformof______style.
2.Steele’sappealwasmadetothe____classes.
3.ThepurposeofAddisonandSteele’sideasexpressedinTheSpectatoris______.
4._____isthemoststrikingfeatureinTheSpectator.
5.AddisonandSteeledevelopedtheformofletterwritingtothevergeofthe_____novel.
6.Humor,intimacyandeleganceshowninTheTatlerandTheSpectatoressayshavebecomethestrikingfeaturesoftheEnglish_____.
7.EssayonCriticismisa______poem.
8.TheDunciadis______apoem.
9.Englishenlightenersbelievedinthe_____.
10.Englishenlightenersbelievedthatsocialproblemscouldbedealtwithby____.
11.Blakeattacksreligious______inthepoem,ALittleBoyLost.
12.Burns’spoemslikeTheJollyBeggarsarecharacterizedbyhumorand_____.
13.Sheridan’sTheSchoolforScandalhasbeencalledagreatcomedyof_____,givingabrilliantportrayalandabitingsatireofEnglishhighsociety.
14.SameulJohnson’s______alsomarkedtheendofEnglishwriters’relianceonthepatronageofnoblemenforsupport.
15.SamuelRichardson’sfirstnovel,Pamela,isthefirst_____novelinEnglishliterature.
16.TobiasSmollett,agoodhumorist,usedtheformof_____novel.HishumorisbettershowninHumphreyClinkerthananywhereelse.
17.IndescribingRobinson’slifeontheisland,Defoeglorifieshuman_____.
18.Fieldingthoughtthatthestageshouldbetheschoolof_____.
19.Thechapterof“OnHats”inFielding’sJonathanWildisfullofsatireand______.
20.LaurenceSternebelongedtotheschoolofthosewriterswhowereversedinthe“knowledgeof_____.”
Keytotheblanks:
1.conversational
2.middle
3.socialreform
4.Charactersketch
5.epistolary
6.familiaressay
7.didactic
8.satirical
9.powerofreason
10.humanintelligence
11.persecution
12.lightheartedness
13.manner
14.ADictionaryofEnglishLanguage
15.epistolary
16.picaresque
17.labor
18.morality
19.symbolism
20.Heart
Ⅳ.Saytrueorfalse.
1.Addison’sTheSpectatorwaspublishedthreetimesaweek,havingoneessayforeachissue.
2.Addison’schiefcontributiontoliteratureliesinhisessayswrittenforTheTatlerandTheSpectator.
3.TheessayspublishedinTheTatlerdealwiththecurrenttopicsofthetimewhichtreatedinaseriousmanner.
4.ThecharactersketchesinTheSpectatoraretheforerunneroftheEnglishnovel.
5.Steele’stranslationsofHumor’sworksaredoneinheroiccouplet.
6.IsaacBickerstaffisthemajorcharacterofTheSpectator.
7.The18thcenturywasanageofpoetry.Agroupofexcellentprosewriters,suchasJonathanSwift,SamuelRichardson,HenryFielding,wereproduced.
8.Novelwritingmadeabigadvanceinthe18thcentury.Themaincharactersinthenovelswerenolongercommonpeople,butthekingsandnobles.
9.The19thcenturyproducedthefirstEnglishnovelists,whofallintotwogroups:
thesentimentalistnovelistsandtherealistnovelist.
10.InthepoemsofEdwardYoungandThomasGray,sentimentalismfounditsfineexpression.
11.ATaleofaTubismainlyanattackonpedantryintheliteraryworldofthetime,inwhichthereaderistoldthestoryoftheBeeandtheSpider.
12.TobiasSmollettgivesatruepictureoftheevilsintheBritishnavyinthenovelofRoderickRandom,inwhichRandom,likeSmollett,isaScotandadoctor.
13.ThetwomostimportantofallSamuelJohnson’sliter