英国文学史及选读学校考试库.docx

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英国文学史及选读学校考试库

英国文学史及选读（学校考试库）

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I.Eachofthefollowingbelowisfollowedbyfouralternativeanswers.Choosetheonethatwouldbestcompletethestatement.（30%;1.5pointsforeach）

1.Romance,whichusesverseorprosetodescribetheadventuresandlifeoftheknights,isthepopularliteraryformin___C_.A.RomanticismB.RenaissanceC.medievalperiodD.Anglo-Saxonperiod

2.AmongthegreatMiddleEnglishpoets,GeoffreyChaucerisknownforhisproductionof___D

A.PiersPlowmanB.SirGawainandtheGreenKnight

C.ConfessioAmantisD.TheCanterburyTales

3.Generally,theRenaissancereferstotheperiodbetweenthe14thandmid-17thcenturies,itsessenceis__D___.

A.scienceB.philosophyC.artsD.humanism

4.Thesentence“ShallIcomparetheetoasummer’sday?

”isthelineofoneofShakespeare’s（D）

A.comediesB.tragediesC.historiesD.sonnets

5.WhichofthefollowingstatementsbestillustratesthethemeofShakespeare’sSonnet18?

C

A.Thespeakereulogizes（praise）thepowerofB.Thespeakersatirizeshumanvanity

C.ThespeakerpraisesthepowerofartisticcreationD.Thespeakermeditatesonman’ssalvation

6.“TheFairyQueen”isthemasterpiecewrittenby__C__.

A.JohnMiltonB.GeoffreyChaucerC.EdmundSpenserD.AlexanderPope

7.WhichofthefollowingworkdidBaconNOTwrite?

D

A.AdvancementofLearningB.NovumOrganumC.DeAugmentisD.Areopagitica

8.Themostdistinguishedliteraryfigureofthe17thcenturywas（B）whowasacritic,poet,andplaywright.

A.OliverGoldsmithB.JohnDrydenC.JohnMiltonD.S.T.Coleridge

9.Whichofthefollowinghas/haveassociationswithJohnDonne’spoetry?

B

A.reasonandsentimentB.conceitsandwitsC.theeuphuismD.writingintherhymedcouplet

10.HenryFieldinghasbeenregardedbysomeas“___B___”,forhiscontributiontotheestablishmentoftheformofthemodernnovel.

A.BestwriteroftheEnglishnovelB.ThefatherofEnglishnovel

C.ThemostgiftedwriteroftheEnglishnovelD.conventionalwriterofEnglishnovel

11.JohnMilton’smasterpiece—ParadiseLostwaswritteninthepoeticstyleof__B_.

A.rhymedstanzasB.blankverseC.alliterationD.sonnets

12.TheHouyhnhnmsdepictedbyJonathanSwiftinGulliver’sTravelsare____A_.

A.horsesthatareendowedwithreasonB.pigmiesthatareendowedwithadmirablequalities

C.giantsthataresuperiorinwisdom

D.hairy,wild,lowanddespicablecreatures,whoresemblehumanbeingsnotonlyinappearancebutalsoinsomeotherways

13.Gothicnovelsaremostlystoriesof___C_____,whichtakeplaceinsomehauntedordilapidatedMiddleAgecastles.

A.loveandmarriageB.seaadventuresC.mysteryandhorrorD.saintsandmartyrs

14.WilliamWordsworth,aromanticpoet,advocatedallthefollowingEXCEPT__D_.

A.theuseofeverydaylanguagespokenbythecommonpeople

B.theexpressionofthespontaneousoverflowofpowerfulfeelings

C.theuseofhumbleandrusticlifeassubjectmatterD.theuseofelegantwordingandinflatedfiguresofspeech

15.CharlesDickens’worksarecharacterizedbyaminglingof___A____andpathos.

A.humorB.satireC.passionD.metaphor

16.In__B____’shands,“dramaticmonologue”reachesitsmaturityandperfection.

A.AlfredTennysonB.RobertBrowningC.WilliamShakespeareD.GeorgeEliot

17.Thethreetrilogiesof（A）’sForsytenovelsaremasterpiecesofcriticalrealismintheearly20thcentury.

A.JohnGalsworthyB.ArnoldBennettC.JamesJoyceD.H.G.Wells

18.Thebardofimperialismwas（B）,whoglorifiedthecolonialexpansionofGreatBritaininhisworks.

A.R.L.StevensonB.RudyardKiplingC.H.G.WellsD.DanielDefoe

19.“artforart’ssake”wasputforthby___A___.

A.aestheticismB.naturalismC.realismD.neo-romanticism

20.WhichofthefollowingistakenfromJohnKeats’“OdeonaGrecianUrn”?

D

A.“Ifalluponthethornsoflife!

Ibleed!

”B.“Theyarebothgoneuptothechurchtopray.”

C.“Earthhasnotanythingtoshowmorefair.”D.“Beautyistruth,truthbeauty.”

II.Fillintheblankswithcorrectinformation.（16%;1pointsforeachblank）

1.In1066,theNormansheadedbyDukeWilliam,defeatedtheAnglo-Saxons.ThismarkedthebeginningoffeudalisminEnglandandEnglandenteredintofeudalsociety.

2.Chaucer’sTheCanterburyTalesiswritteninthestyleofrhymed（metrical）stanzainsteadofalliterationintheAnglo-Saxonperiod.

3.ThePilgrimsProgressisthemasterpieceofJohnBunyan（thewriter）,writtenintheold-fashioned,medievalformofdreamandallegory,inwhichthemaincharacterisChristian.

4.DorianGraywasthemaincharacterinthenovelThePictureofDorianGraywrittenby（Oscar）Wilde.

5.Romanticismextendedfrom1798whenTheLyricalBalladswaspublishedandin1832when（Walter）Scottdied.

6.Thewriterwhofiguredhishometown—theWessexcountryinhisworksis_（Thomas）Hardy.

7.In“IWanderedLonelyasaCloud”,hills,vales,lakes,baysandthedaffodilsarepartsof,and“daffodils”symbolize（thebeautyof.

9.Inthe“TheIdyllsoftheKing”,thepoetAlfredTennysonpaintedthefirstEnglishhero,KingArthur,andgaveanewmeaningtothelegendsabouttheknightsoftheRoundTable.

IV.Giveyouranswerstothefollowingitemslogicallyandconcisely.Youhavetomentionthewriter（andthetitleofthework）firstifnecessary.（24%）

1.Inyouropinion,whydoesSataninParadiseLostchoosetheGardenofEdenforhisbattlefield?

（7points）

Answer:

1）ParadiseLostwaswrittenbyJohnMilton.（1points）

2）TheGardenofEdenisthemostperfectofspotevercreatedbyGod;（2points）

3）ThereliveininnocentblissGod’smasterpiece,thefirstmanandwoman,AdamandEve,whoareallowedbyGodtoenjoy/revelinthesupremebeautiesofParadise,providedtheydonoteatthefruitthatgrowsonthetreeoftheknowledgeofgoodandevil;（3point）

4）SatandesirestotearthemawayfromtheinfluenceofGodandtomaketheminstrumentalinhisstruggleagainstGod’sauthority.（1point）

3.Basedonyourunderstandingof“LinesComposedaFewMilesAboveTinternAbbey”,“SheDweltAmongtheUntrodenWays”,and“IWanderedLonelyasaCloud”,discuss“Whatarethefunctionsofforthepoetexpressedinthepoems?

”（10points）

Answer:

（1）ThepoemswerewrittenbyWilliamWordsworth（inwhichhedescribedthefunctionsandbenefitsthathas/brings）.（1point）

（2）（open-endquestion:

couldmakehimlovemore,makehisthoughtspurerandloftierandmindandsoulmorecomfort.（Forexample,in“Lines”,hesaidbecauseofandbyrecalling,hecouldhavethesweetsensationandpleasuresinlonelyroomsandamidthedinoftownsandcities,couldmakehimhavetheactionsofkindnessandlove,givehimtheblessedandsublimemood,lightentheburdenoftheheavyandwearyworld,seeintothelifeofthings,makehimlookonwiththoughts,hearthestillandsadmusicofhumanity.couldbetheanchorofhispurestthought,thenurse,guide,guardianofhisheartandsoulandlifeandfoodforhisfutureyears.In“Iwonderedlonelyasacloud”,thedaffodils（）invacantorpensivemoodflashuponhisinwardeyeandfillhisheartwithpleasureanddancewiththedaffodils.In“Shedweltamongtheuntroddenways”,couldmakehimlookonmorecarefullyandwithaspecialmind.

V.WriteasummeryofPrideandPrejudiceandmakeashortcommentonthetheme.Yourmarksdependsontheelementsofthewriter（1point）,themaincharactersandtheirrelations（2points）,themainplotandresult（8points）,commentonthetheme（4points）,andgrammarandstructure（3points）.（18%）

Answer:

1）thewriter（PrideandPrejudicewaswrittenbyJaneAusten,intheromanticperiod）2）themaincharactersandtheirrelations（Mr.andMrs.Bennet;TheBennet’s5daughters:

thebeautifulJane,thecleverElizabeth,thebookishMary,theimmatureKittyandthewildLydia.Elizabeth—Mr.Darcy;（Jane—Mr.Bingley;Lydia—Mr.Wickham）3）themainplotandresult（UnfortunatelyfortheBennets,ifMr.Bennetdiestheirhousewillbeinheritedbyadistantcousinwhomtheyhavenevermet,sothefamily'sfuturehappinessandsecurityisdependantonthedaughtersmakinggoodmarriages.LifeisuneventfuluntilthearrivalintheneighborhoodoftherichgentlemanMr.Bingley,whorentsalargehousesohecanspendthesummerinthecountry.Mr.Bingleybringswithhimhissisterandthedashing（andricher）butproudMr.Darcy.LoveissoonintheairforoneoftheBennetsisters,whileanothermayhavejumpedtoahastyprejudgment.FortheBennetsistersmanytrialsandtribulationsstandbetweenthemandtheirhappiness,includingclass,gossipandscandal.4）Commentonthetheme（Theme:

explorationofthemarriage,propertyandintriguebetweenthemainandminorcharacters;delicateprobingofthevaluesofgentry/marriage,class,money）5）grammarandstructure.

英国文学试题

1.Thelongpoem_C_inAnglo-SaxonperiodwastermedEngland’snationalepic.P67

A.TheCanterburyTalesB.ParadiseLostC.TheSongofBeowulfD.TheFairyQueen

2.Romance,whichusesverseorprosetodescribetheadventuresandlifeoftheknights,isthepopularliteraryformin

A.RomanticismB.RenaissanceC.medievalperiodD.Anglo-SaxonperiodC

3.AmongthegreatMiddleEnglishpoets，GeoffreyChaucerisknownforhisproductionof_D_.

A.PiersPlowmanB.SirGawainandtheGreenKnightC.ConfessioAmantisD.TheCanterburyTales

4.__A_isregardedasthefatherofEnglishpoetry.

A.GeoffreyChaucerB.EdmundSpenserC.JohnMiltonD.W.Wordsworth

5.Itis____A____alonewho,forthefirsttimeinEnglishliterature,presentedtousacomprehensiverealistic