全国英美文学选读试题及答案Word格式.docx

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PARTONE（40POINTS）

Ⅰ.MultipleChoice（40pointsinall,1foreach）

Selectfromthefourchoicesofeachitemtheonethatbestanswersthequestionorcompletesthestatement.Writeyourcorrectanswerontheanswersheet.

1.“Andwewillsitupontherocks,/Seeingtheshepherdsfeedtheirflocks,/Byshallowriverstowhosefalls/Melodiousbirdssingmadrigals.”Theabovelinesaretakenfrom______.

A.Milton’sParadiseLostB.Marlowe’s“ThePassionateshepherdtoHisLove”

C.Shakespeare’s“Sonnet18”D.JohnDonne’s“TheSunRising”

2.TheEnglishRenaissanceperiodwasanageof______.

A.poetryanddramaB.dramaandnovel

C.novelandpoetryD.romanceandpoetry

3.HerearefourlinestakenfromEdmundSpenser’sTheFaerieQueene:

“ButonhisbrestabloudieCrossehebore,/ThedeareremembranceofhisdyingLord,/Forwhosesweetesakethatgloriousbadgehewore,/Anddeadaslivingeverhimadored.”Whoisthe“dyingLord”discussedintheabovelines?

A.BeowulfB.KingArthurC.JesusChristD.Jupiter

4.InShakespeare’sMerchantofVenice,AntoniocouldnotpaybackthemoneyheborrowedfromShylock,because______.

A.hismoneywasallinvestedinthenewly-emergingtextileindustry

B.hisenterprisewentbankrupt

C.Bassaniowasabletopayhisowndebt

D.hisshipshadallbeenlost

5.WhichofthefollowingstatementsbestillustratesthethemeofShakespeare’sSonnet18?

A.ThespeakereulogizesthepowerofNature.

B.Thespeakersatirizeshumanvanity.

C.Thespeakerpraisesthepowerofartisticcreation.

D.Thespeakermeditatesonman’ssalvation.

6.InEnglishpoetry,afour-linestanzaiscalled______.

A.heroiccoupletB.quatrainC.SpenserianstanzaD.terzarima

7.“LetnotAmbitionmocktheirusefultoil,/Theirhomelyjoys,anddestinyobscure;

/NorGrandeurhearwithadisdainfulsmile/Theshortandsimpleannalsofthepoor.”

Theabovelinesaretakenfrom.

A.AlexanderPope’sEssayonCriticism

B.Coleridge’s“KublaKhan”

C.JohnDonne’s“TheSunRising”

D.ThomasGray’s“ElegyWritteninaCountryChurchyard”

8.Bymakingthetruth-seekingpilgrimssufferatthehandsofthepeopleofVanityFair,JohnBunyanintendstoshowtheprevalentpoliticalandreligious______ofhistime.

A.persecutionB.improvementC.prosperityD.disillusionment

9.The18thcenturywitnessedanewliteraryform－themodernEnglishnovel,which,contrarytothemedievalromance,givesa______presentationoflifeofthecommonpeople.

A.romanticB.realisticC.propheticD.idealistic

10.Asawhole,______isoneofthemosteffectiveanddevastatingcriticismsandsatiresofallaspectsinthethenEnglishandEuropeanlife—socially,politically,religiously,philosophically,scientifically,andmorally.

A.MollFlandersB.Gulliver’sTravels

C.Pilgrim’sProgressD.TheSchoolforScandal

11.Anhonest,kind-heartedyoungman,whoisfullofanimalspiritandlacksprudence,isexpelledfromtheparadiseandhastogothroughhardexperiencetogainknowledgeofhimselfandfinallytohavebeenacceptedbothbyavirtuousladyandarichrelative.

TheabovesentencemaywellsumupthethemeofFielding’swork.

A.JonathanWildtheGreatB.TomJones

C.TheCoffe-HousePoliticianD.Amelia

12.InSheridan’sTheSchoolforscandal,themanwhowinsthehandofhisbelovedaswellastheinheritanceofhisrichuncleis______.

A.CharlesSurfaceB.JosephSurface

C.SirPeterTeazleD.SirBenjaminBackbite

13.Whichofthefollowingworksbestrepresentsthenationalspiritofthe18th-centuryEngland?

A.RobinsonCrusoeB.Gulliver’sTravels

C.JonathanWildtheGreatD.ASentimentalJourney

14.Shelley’smasterpiece,PrometheusUnbound,isaversedrama,whichborrowsthebasicstoryfrom______.

A.theBibleB.aGermanlegend

C.aGreekplayD.OneThousandandOneNights

15.InthefirstpartofthenovelPrideandprejudice,Mr.Darcyhasa（n）______oftheBennetfamily.

A.highopinionB.greatadmiration

C.lowopinionD.erroneousview

16.InByron’spoem“SongfortheLuddites,”theword“Luddite”referstothe______.

A.workerswhodestroyedthemachinesintheirprotestagainstunemployment

B.risingbourgeoisiewhofightsagainstthearistocraticclass

C.descendentsoftheancientking,Lud

D.poorcountrypeoplewhosufferedundertheruleofthelandlordclass

17.Mr.MicawberinDavidCopperfieldandSamWellinPickwickPapersareperhapsthebest______characterscreatedbyCharlesDickens.

A.comicB.tragicC.roundD.sophisticated

18.AtypicalfeatureoftheEnglishVictorianliteratureisthatwritersbecamesocialandmoral______,exposingallk