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B.TooTruetoBeGood
C.Widowers’Houses
D.TheAppleCart
4.Itwasonlyafterthepublicationof____________thatD.H.Lawrencewasrecognizedasa
prominentnovelist.
A.TheTrespasser
B.TheWhitePeacock
C.SonsandLovers
D.TheRainbow
5.T.S.Eliot’spoem____________isheavilyindebtedtoJamesJoyceintermsofthestream
-of-consciousnesstechnique,alsoapreludetoTheWasteLand.
A.“Prufrock”
B.“Gerontion”
C.TheHollowMen
D.LyricalBallads
6.CharlotteBrontё’s____________isnotedforitssharpcriticismoftheexistingsociety,e.g.thereligioushypocrisyofcharityinstitutions.
A.TheProfessor
B.WutheringHeights
C.Villette
D.JaneEyre
7.Shelley’sgreatestachievementishisfour-actpoeticdrama____________,whichisanex-ultantworkinpraiseofhumankind’spotential.
A.Adonais
B.QueenMab
C.PrometheusUnbound
D.KublaKhan
8.AmongtheRomanticpoets____________isregardedasa“worshipperofnature”.
A.WilliamBlake
B.WilliamWordsworth
C.GeorgeGordonByron
D.JohnKeats
9.ThemostperfectexampleoftheversedramaafterGreekstyleinEnglishisJohnMilton’s____________.
A.ParadiseLost
B.ParadiseRegained
C.SamsonAgonistes
D.Areopagitica
10.ThemajorthemeofJaneAusten’snovelsis____________.
A.loveandmoney
B.moneyandsocialstatus
C.socialstatusandmarriageD.loveandmarriage
11.T.S.Eliot’smostimportantsinglepoem____________hasbeenhailedasalandmarkandamodelofthe20th-centuryEnglishpoetry.
A.TheHollowMen
B.TheWasteLand
C.MurderintheCathedral
D.AshWednesday
12.Accordingtothesubjects,WilliamWordsworth’sshortpoemscanbeclassifiedintotwogroups,poemsabout____________.
A.natureandhumanlife
B.happinessandchildhood
C.symbolismandimagination
D.natureandcommonlife
13.Amongthefollowingwriters____________isconsideredtobethebest-knownEnglishdramatistsinceShakespeare.
A.OscarWilde
B.JohnGalsworthy
C.W.B.Yeats
D.GeorgeBernardShaw
14.WilliamBlake’s____________composedduringtheclimaxoftheFrenchRevolutionplays
thedoublerolebothasasatireandarevolutionaryprophecy.
A.TheBookofUrizen
B.TheBookofLos
C.PoeticalSketches
D.MarriageofHeavenandHell
15.CharlesDickens’worksarecharacterizedbyaminglingof____________andpathos.
A.metaphor
B.passion
C.satire
D.humor
16.DanielDefoedescribes____________asatypicalEnglishmiddle-classmanoftheeigh-teenthcentury,theveryprototypeoftheempirebuilder,thepioneercolonist.
A.RobinsonCrusoe
B.MollFlanders
C.Gulliver
D.TomJones
17.InThomasHardy’sWessexnovels,thereisanapparent____________touchinhisde-scriptionofthesimpleandbeautifulthoughprimitiverurallife.
A.nostalgic
B.tragic
C.romantic
D.ironic
18.Ofalltheeighteenth-centurynovelists____________wasthefirsttosetout,bothinthe-oryandpractice,towritespeciallya“comicepicinprose”,thefirsttogivethemodernnovelitsstructureandstyle.
A.ThomasGray
B.RichardBrinsleySheridan
C.JonathanSwift
D.HenryFielding
19.Shakespeare’sauthenticnon-dramaticpoetryconsistsoftwolongnarrativepoems:
VenusandAdonisand____________.
A.JuliusCaesar
B.TheWinter’sTale
C.TheRapeofLucrece
D.TheTwogentlemenofVerona
20.JohnMilton’s____________isprobablyhismostmemorableprosework,whichisagreat
pleaforfreedomofthepress.
B.Paradiseregained
C.Areopagitica
D.Lycidas
21.D.H.Lawrence’snovels____________aregenerallyregardedashismasterpieces.
A.TheRainbow;
WomeninLove
B.TheRainbow;
SonsandLovers
C.SonsandLovers;
LadyChatterley’sLover
D.WomeninLove;
22.ThebestrepresentativesoftheEnglishhumanistsareThomasMore,ChristopherMar-loweand____________.
A.WilliamShakespeare
B.JohnMilton
C.HenryFielding
D.JonathanSwift
23.MarkTwain’sparticularconcernaboutthelocalcharacterofaregioncameaboutas“localcolorism,”auniquevariationofAmericanliterary____________.
A.romanticism
B.nationalism
C.modernism
D.realism
24.Asapoetwithastrongsenseofmission,WaltWhitmandevotedallhislifetothecreationofthe“single”poem,____________.
A.DrumTaps
B.NorthofBoston
C.ABoy’sWill
D.LeavesofGrass
25.WilliamFaulknercreateshisownmythicalkingdomthatmirrorsnotonlythedeclineofthe____________societyofAmericabutalsothespiritualwastelandofthewholeAmericansociety.
A.Eastern
B.Western
C.Southern
D.Northern
26.Inhisfinalyears,HermanMelvilleturnedagaintoprosefictionandwrotewhatisprobablyhissecondfamouswork,____________,whichwaspublishedafterhisdeath.
A.BillyBudd
B.Redburn
C.Moby-Dick
D.Typee
27.TheSunAlsoRisecastslightonawholegenerationafter____________andtheeffectsofthewarbywayofavividportraitof“theLostGeneration.”
A.theSpanishCivilWar
B.theAmerican-MexicanWar
C.WWI
D.WWII
28.HermanMelvillewenttotheSouthSeasonawhalingshipin1841,wherehegainedthefirst-handinformationaboutwhalingthatheusedlaterin____________.
A.Typee
D.Omoo
29.Accordingto____________,thelife-deathcycle,thespringandwinteroftheearth,thebirthanddeathoftheanimalsisreality.
A.TheodoreDreiser
B.WilliamFaulkner
C.HenryJames
D.F·
ScottFitzgerald
30.“Thoughlifeisbutalosingbattle,itisastrugglemancandominateinsuchawaythatlossbecomesdignity.”Thisisanoutlooktowardslifethat____________hadbeentryingtoillustrateinhisworks.
A.F·
B.ErnestHemingway
C.TheodoreDreiser
D.WilliamFaulkner
31.Morethanfivehundredpoems____________wroteareaboutnature,inwhichhis（her）generalskepticismabouttherelationshipbetweenmanandnatureiswell-expressed.
A.RobertFrost
B.EmilyDickinson
C.EzraPound
D.WaltWhitman
32.In1954,theNobelPrizeforliteraturewasgrantedto____________,oneofthegreatestofAmericanwriters.
A.ErnestHemingway
B.RobertFrost
D.TheodoreDreiser
33.NorthofBostonisdescribedbyRobertFrostas“abookofpoople,”whichshowsabrilliantinsightinto____________characterandthebackgroundthatformedit.
D.NewEngland
34.WaltWhitmanisradicallyinnovativeintermsoftheformofhispoetry.Whatheprefersforhisnewpoeticfeelingsis“____________”.
A.standardizedrhyming
B.regularrhyming
C.freeverse
D.strictverse
35.HenryJames’famegenerallyrestsuponhisnovelsandstorieswiththe____________theme.
A.international
B.local
C.colonial
D.post-modern
36.TheFinancier,TheTitanandTheStoicbyTheodoreDreiserarecalledhis“Trilogyof_________.”
A.Hatred
B.Death
C.Desire
D.Fate
37.In1920,F·
ScottFitzgerald’sfirstnovel____________waspublished,whichwas,tosomeextent,hisownstory.
A.ThisSideofParadise
B.TalesoftheJazzAge
C.AlltheSadYoungMen
D.TapsatReveille
38.In1837,NathanielHawthornepublishedTwice-ToldTales,acollectionof____________whichattractedcriticalattention.
A.poems
B.shortstories
C.essays
D.plays
39.WilliamFaulknersetmostofhisworksintheAmerican____________,withhisemphasisonthe________subjectsandconsciousness.
A.North...Northern
B.East...Eastern
C.West...Western
D.South...Southern
40.TheHouseoftheSevenGableswasbasedonthetraditionofacursepronouncedon____________’sfamilywhenhisgreat-grandfatherwasajudgeintheSalemwitchcrafttrials.
A.NathanielHawthorne
B.WashingtonIrving
PARTTWO（60POINTS）
II.ReadingComprehension（16pointsinall,4foreach）
ReadthequotedpartscarefullyandanswerthequestionsinEnglish.Writeyouranswersinthecorrespondingspaceontheanswersheet.
41.“Norlosepossessionofthatfairthouow’st;
NorshallDeathbragthouwander’stinhisshade,
Whenineternallinestotimethougrow’st:
Solongasmencanbreathe,oreyescansee,
Solonglivesthis,andthisgiveslifetothee.”
Questions:
A.Who’sthepoetofthequotedstanza,andwhat
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