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《英美文学选读》模拟试题一五整合及答案
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I.MultipleChoice.(1pointforeach,altogether30points)
Directions:
Thereare30sentencesinthissection.BeneatheachsentencetherearefourchoicesrespectivelymarkedbylettersA,B,CandD.Choosethewordthatyouthinkbestcompletethesentence.Writeyouranswersontheanswersheet.
1.AmongthegreatMiddleEnglishpoets,GeoffreyChaucerisknownforhisproductionof_______.
[A]PiersPlowman
[B]SirGawainandtheGreenKnight
[C]ConfessioAmantis
[D]TheCanterburyTales
2.In"AfterApple-Picking,"RobertFrostwrote:
"ForIhavehadtoomuch/Ofapple-picking:
Iamovertired/OfthegreatharvestImyselfdesired."Fromtheselineswecanconcludethatthespeakeris_______.
[A]happyabouttheharvest
[B]stillverymuchinterestedinapple-picking
[C]expectingagreaterharvest
[D]indifferenttowhatheoncedesired
3.WithHowells,James,andMarkTwainactiveontheliteraryscene, _______becamethemajortrendinAmericanliteratureintheseventiesandeightiesofthe19thcentury.
[A]Sentimentalism
[B]romanticism
[C]realism
[D]naturalism
4.OfthefollowingAmericanpoetsinthetwentiethcentury,theonewhohasthebestknowledgeofChinesecultureis_______.
[A]RobertFrost
[B]AllenGinsberg
[C]EzraPound
[D]Cummings
5._______isthefirstimportantgovernessnovelintheEnglishliteraryhistory.
[A]JaneEyre
[B]Emma
[C]WutheringHeights
[D]Middlemarch
6.TheHemingwayCodeheroesarebestrememberedfortheir_______.
[A]indestructiblespirit
[B]pessimisticviewoflife
[C]warexperiences
[D]masculinity
7.WhichofthefollowingistakenfromJohnKeats’OdetoaNightingale?
_______
[A]"Beautyistruth,truthbeauty."
[B]"Earthhasnotanythingtoshowmorefair."
[C]"Theyarebothgoneuptothechurchtopray."
[D]"wasitavision,orawakingdream?
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8.EmilyDickinsonwrotemanyshortpoemsonvariousaspectsoflife.WhichofthefollowingisNOTausualsubjectofherpoeticexpression?
_______
[A]Religionandimmortality
[B]Lifeanddeath
[C]Loveandmarriage
[D]Warandpeace
9.HenryDavidThoreau'swork_______,hasalwaysbeenregardedasamasterpieceofNewEnglandTranscendentalism.
[A]Walden
[B]ThePioneers
[C]Nature
[D]SongofMyself
10.GeorgeBernardShaw’splay_______establishedhispositionastheleadingplay-wrightofhistime.
[A]Widowers’Houses
[B]TooTruetoBeGood
[C]Mrs.Warren’sProfession
[D]Candida
11.Romance,whichusesnarrativeverseorprosetotellstoriesof_______adventuresorotherheroicdeeds,isapopularliteraryforminthemedievalperiod.
[A]Christian
[B]knightly
[C]Greek
[D]primitive
12.ForMelville,aswellasforthereaderand_______,thenarrator,MobyDickisstillamystery,anultimatemysteryoftheuniverse..
[A]Ahab
[B]Ishmael
[C]Stubb
[D]Starbuck
13.WhichofthefollowinghistoricaleventsdoesnotdirectlyhelptostimulatetherisingoftheRenaisssanceMovement?
_______
[A]TherediscoveryofancientGreekandRomanculture
[B]Thenewdiscoveriesingeographyandastrology
[C]TheGloriousrevolution
[D]Thereligiousreformationandtheeconomicexpansion
14.WhichofthefollowingstatementsbestillustratesthethemeofShakespeare'sSonnet18?
[A]ThespeakereulogizesthepowerofNature
[B]Thespeakersatirizeshumanvanity
[C]Thespeakerpraisesthepowerofartisticcreation
[D]Thespeakermeditatesonman'ssalvation
15.“Andwewillsitupontherocks,/Seeingtheshepherdsfeedtheirflocks,/Byshallowriverstowhosefalls/Melodiousbirdssingmadrigals.”Theabovelinesareprobablytakenfrom_______.
[A]Spenser'sTheFaerieQueene
[B]JohnDonne's“TheSunRising”
[C]Shakespeare's“Sonnet18”
[D]Marlowe's“ThePassionateShepherdtoHisLove”
16.“Bassanio:
Antonio,Iammarriedtoawifewhichisasdeartomeaslifeitself;Butlifeitself,Mywife,andalltheworld.Arenotwithmeesteem'dabovethylife;Iwouldloseall,ay,sacrificethemall,Heretothedevil,todeliveryou.Portia:
Yourwifewouldgiveyoulittlethanksforthat,Ifshewerebytohearyoumaketheoffer.”TheaboveisaquotationtakenfromShakespeare'scomedyTheMerchantofVenice.Thequotedpartcanberegardedasagoodexampletoillustrate_______.
[A]dramaticirony
[B]personification
[C]allegory
[D]symbolism
17.ThetruesubjectofJohnDonne'spoem,“TheSunRising,”isto_______.
[A]attackthesunasanunrulyservant
[B]givecomplimentstothemistressandherpowerofbeauty
[C]criticizethesun'sintrusionintothelover'sprivatelife
[D]lecturethesunonwheretrueroyalty