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5.DanielDefoedescribes_______asatypicalEnglishMiddle-classmanoftheeighteenthcentury,theveryprototypeoftheempirebuilderorthepioneercolonist.

A.TomJonesB.GulliverC.MollFlandersD.RobinsonCrusoe

6."

Tobesodistinguishedisanhonor,which,beingverylittleaccustomedtofavorsfromthegreat,Iknownotwellhowtoreceive,orinwhattermstoacknowledge."

TheabovequotedsentenceispresentedbySamuelJohnsonwitha（n）_______tone.

A.delightfulB.jealousC.ironicD.humorou

7.“LetnotAmbitionmocktheirusefultoil,/Theirhomelyjoys,anddestinyobscure;

/NorGrandeurhearwithadisdainfulsmile/Theshortandsimpleannalsofthepoor.”

Theabovelinesaretakenfrom.

A.AlexanderPope’sEssayonCriticismB.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.ItisgenerallyregardedthatKeats"

smostimportantandmaturepoemsareintheformof_______.

A.odeB.elegyC.epicD.sonnet

12.G.B.Shaw"

splayMrs.Warren"

sProfessionisarealisticexposureofthe_______intheEnglishsociety.

A.slumlandlordismB.inequalitybetweenmenandwomen

C.politicalcorruptionD.economicexploitationofwomen

13.InWilliamBlake"

spoetry,thefather（andanyotherinwhomhesawtheimageofthefathersuchasGod,priest,andking）wasusuallyafigureof_______.

A.benevolenceB.admirationC.loveD.tyranny

14."

"

Ibelieveyouaremadeofstone,"

hesaid,clenchinghisfingerssohardthathebrokethefragilecup.…"

Youseemtoforget,"

shesaid,"

thatcupisnot!

Fromtheabovequotedpassage,wecanfindthewoman"

stoneisvery_______.

A.sarcasticB.amusingC.sentimentalD.facetious

15.ThePilgrim"

sProgressbyJohnBunyanisoftensaidtobeconcernedwiththesearchfor_______.

A.materialwealthB.spiritualsalvationC.universaltruthD.self-fulfillment

16.AlexanderPopestronglyadvocated_______,emphasizingthatliteraryworksshouldbejudgedbyrulesoforder,reason,logic,restrainedemotion,goodtasteanddecorum.

A.sentimentalismB.romanticismC.idealismD.neoclassicism

17.AfterreadingthefirstchapterofPrideandPrejudice,wemaycometoknowthatMrs.Bennetisawomanof_______.

A.simplecharacterandquickwitB.simplecharacterandpoorunderstanding

C.intricatecharacterandquickwitD.intricatecharacterandpoorunderstanding

18.Ofalltheeighteenth-centurynovelists,_______wasthefirsttosetout,bothintheoryandpractice,towritespecificallya"

comicepicinprose,"

andthefirsttogivethemodernnovelitsstructureandstyle.

A.DanielDefoeB.SamuelRichardsonC.HenryFieldingD.OliverGoldsmith

19."

Notonthysolebutonthysoul,harshJew,/Thoumak"

stthyknifekeen."

IntheabovequotationtakenformTheMerchantofVenice,Shakespeareemploysa（n）_______.

A.oxymoronB.punC.simileD.synecdoche

20.InHardy"

sWessexnovels,thereisanapparent_______touchinhisdescriptionofthesimpleandbeautifulthoughprimitiverurallife.

A.humorousB.romanticC.nostalgicD.sarcastic

21."

Oprince,Ochiefofmanythronedpowers,"

Thatledth"

embattledseraphimtowar

Underthyconduct,andindreadfuldeeds

Fearless,endangeredHeaven"

sperpetualKing."

InthethirdlineoftheabovepassagequotedfromMilton"

sParadiseLost,thephrase"

thyconduct"

refersto_______conduct.

A.Satan"

sB.God"

sC.Adam"

sD.Eve"

22.WecanperhapsdescribethewestwindinShelley"

spoem"

OdetotheWestWind"

withallthefollowing

termsexcept_______.

A.tamedB.swiftC.proudD.wild

23.In1837,RalphWaldoEmersonmadeaspeechentitled_______atHarvard,whichwashailedbyOliver

WendellHolmesas"

OurintellectualDeclarationofIndependence."

A."

Nature"

B."

Self-Reliance"

C."

DivinitySchoolAddress"

D."

TheAmericanScholar"

24.InHawthorne"

s"

YoungGoodmanBrown,"

asatanicfigureleadsthecredulousprotagonisttoawitches"

Sabbathinthewoods.ThereherecognizesmanypillarsofSalem"

sPuritansocietyaswellashiswife,Faith.

ThestoryillustratesHawthorne"

sallegoricalthemeofhumanevilorwhatMelvillecalledthe"

powerof

_______."

A.blacknessB.whitenessC.terrorD.hypocrisy

25.ForMelville,aswellasforthereaderand_______,thenarrator,MobyDickisstillamystery,anultimate

mysteryoftheuniverse.

A.AhabB.IshmaelC.StubbD.Starbuck

26.MostofthepoemsinWhitman"

sLeavesofGrasssingofthe"

en-mass"

andthe_______aswell.

A.natureB.self-relianceC.selfD.life

27.EmilyDickinson"

spoem（441）"

ThisismylettertotheWorld"

expressesthepoet"

s_______abouther

communicationwiththeoutsideworld.

A.indifferenceB.joyC.anxietyD.indignation

28.Whichofthefollowingstatementsaboutwritersin1920sistrue?

A.MarkTwainpublishedhislastandmostimportantnovel.

B.F.ScottFitzgeraldreceivedtheNobelPrize.

C.Freudianpsychologyinfluencedmanymodernwriters.

D.Mostwriterswerepoliticallyradical.

29.Naturalismisevolvedfromrealismwhentheauthor"

stoneinwritingbecomeslessseriousandless

sympatheticbutmoreironicandmore_______.

A.rationalB.humorousC.optimisticD.pessimistic

30.MarkTwain’sfirstnovel_______,writtenincollaborationwithCharlesD.Warnerandpublishedin

1873,thoughnotanartisticsuccess,givesitsnametotheAmericaofthepost-CivilWarperiodwhichit

attemptstosatirize.

A.TheGildedAgeB.TheAgeofInnocenceC.TheRoughingTimeD.TheJazzAge

31.Dreiser’sTrilogyofDesireincludesthreenovels.TheyareTheFinancier,TheTitanand_______.

A.TheGeniusB.TheTycoonC.TheStoicD.TheGiant

32.DaisyMiller’stragedyofindiscretionisintensifiedandenlargedbyitsnarrationfromthepointofviewof_______.

A.theauthorHenryJamesB.theItalianyouthGiovanelli

C.theAmericanyouthWinterbourneD.hermotherMrs.Miller

33.TheimpactofDarwin"

sevolutionarytheoryontheAmericanthoughtandtheinfluenceofthe

nineteenth-centuryFrenchliteratureontheAmericanmenoflettersgaverisetoyetanotherschoolof

realism:

American________.

A.localcolorismB.vernacularismC.modernismD.naturalism

34.Itisonhis_______thatWashingtonIrving’sfamemainlyrested.

A.childhoodrecollectionsB.sketchesabouthisEuropeantours

C.earlypoetryD.talesaboutAmerica

35."

Ifhonestlaborbeunremunerativeanddifficulttoendure;

ifitbethelong,longroadwhichneverreaches

beauty,butweariesthefeetandtheheart;

ifthedragtofollowbeautybesuchthatoneabandonsthe

admiredway,takingratherthedespisedpathleadingtoherdreamsquickly,whoshallcastthefirststone?

Whereistheunderlinedphrasetakenfrom?

A.TheBible.B.Milton.C.Shakespeare.D.Hawthorne.

36.Besidessketches,talesandessays,WashingtonIrvingalsopublishedabookon______,whichisalso

consideredanimportantpartofhiscreativewriting.

A.poetictheoryB.FrenchartC.historyofNewYorkD.lifeofGeorgeWashington

37.InFitzgerald'

sTheGreatGatsby,therearedetaileddescriptionsofbigparties.Thepurposeofsuch

descriptionsissoshow_______.

A.emptinessoflifeB.thecorruptionoftheupperclass

C.contrastoftherichandthepoorD.thehappydaysoftheJazzAge

38.InAmericanliterature,escapingfromthesocietyandreturningtonatureisacommonsubject.The

followingtitlesareallrelated,inonewayoranother,tothesubjectexcept_______.

A.MarkTwain'

sTheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinnB.Dreiser'

sSisterCarrie

C.Copper'

sLeather-StockingTalesD.Thoreau'

sWalden

39.Whichofthefollowingnovelscanberegardedas