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英美文学题6

《英美文学》练习题一

一、

.Selectfromtheletteredchoicetheone,whichbestcompletesthestatementoranswers

thequestion.Writetheletterofyourchoiceinthebrackets.

（）1.____believesthatman’sfateispredeterminedlytragic,drivenbyacombinedforceof“nature”,bothinsideandoutside.

A.CharlesDickensB.ThomasHardyC.BernardShawD.GeorgeEliot

（）2.TheElizabethanliterature____________

A.hadamarkedunityandthefeelingofpatriotismanddevotiontothequeen.

B.witnessedadeclineofdegeneration

C.expressedageandsadness,eventhebrightesthourswerefollowedbygloomandpessimism.

D.wasnotromantic.

（）3.WhichofthefollowinginformationaboutJohnDonneisNOTtrue?

A.hewasborninaRomanCatholicfamily

B.hereceivedhiseducationatOxfordandCambridge

C.laterhegaveuphisCatholicfaithandtookordersintheAnglicanChurch.

D.hewroteonlyreligiouspoems.

（）4.WhichofthefollowinginformationaboutJohnMiltonisNOTtrue?

A.JohnMiltonwasthegreatestEnglishPoetsafterShakespeare.

B.MiltonwasborninaRomanCatholicfamilyandbothhisparentswereunderstandingparents.

C.HereceivededucationatCambridgeandin1632hecompletedhisM.A

D.HismasterpieceisParadiseLost

（）5.In1704,___________foundedtheperiodicals“theReview”.

A.SwiftB.BlakeC.MiltonD.Defoe

（）6.The18thcenturyiscalledAgeof______

A.ChaucerB.ShakespeareC.PopeD.Reason

（）7.ChauceriscalledthefounderofEnglishrealismbecauseheportraysalltheclassesofEnglishfeudalsocietyexcept_______

A.businessmenandscholarsB.noblesandserfs

C.plowmenandpriestsD.knightsandfranklins

（）8.Romanticismsharesthefollowingcommonfeaturesexcept

A.imaginationB.intuitionC.restraintD.naturalsentiment

（）9.Shakespeare'scomediesarecomposedof______

A.ordinarypeopleandclownsB.knightsandnobles

C.witchesandprophetsD.shrewsandprinces

（）10.ThefollowingpoetsareallPoetLaureateexcept_____

A.BenJonsonB.ThomasGray

C.RobertSoutheyD.WilliamWordsworth

（）11.AuthorofGulliver’sTtravelsalsowrote

A.AModestProposalB.RobinsonCrusoeC.HenryVD.TheTyger

（）12.JohnMiltonwrotehismasterpiecesafterblindnessexpect___

A.ParadiseLostB.ParadiseRegained

C.SamsonAgonistesD.Areopagitica

（）13.The______Movementappearedinthethirtiesofthe19thcentury.ItshowedtheEnglishworkerswereabletoappearasanindependentpoliticalforceandwerealreadyrealizingthefactthattheindustrialbourgeoisiewastheirprincipalenemy.

A.EnlightenmentB.RenaissanceC.ChartistD.Romanticist

（）14.______waswrittenbyJamesJoyce.

A.APortraitoftheArtistasaYoungManB.PortraitofaLady

C.PictureofDorianGrayD.TotheLighthouse

（）15.SaintJoanwaswrittenbyShaw.Itisa______

A.historicalplayB.novelC.poemD.ballad

．Fillintheauthor'snameaccordingtothegiventitleofthework

1.__________LeavesofGrass

2.__________TheSketchBook

3.__________TheRiseofSilasLapham

4.__________ThePortraitofaLady

5.__________TheGreatGatsby

6.__________OntheRoad

7.__________InvisibleMan

8.__________JoyLuckClub

9.__________WomanWarrior

10.__________LongDay'sJourneyintoNight

III．Fillintheblanks.

1.ThePrefaceto_________byWordsworthandColeridgeservedasthemanifestoof____________.

2.Miltonwasamasterof________.Hefirstuseditin_______.

3.Inthelastadventure,Gullivercametoacountrywhere___________werepossessedofreasonwhile___________werebrutebeasts.

4.Joycewasbornin_______andbecamethefounderof_______schoolofnovelwriting.

5.BothHardy’spoemsandnovelsaretransitionfrom__________to________.

ⅣExplainthetermsinyourownwords.

1.Transcendentalism

2.JewishLiterature

．Answerthefollowingquestionsbriefly.

1.ThesymbolicmeaningofthetitleinthestoryofArabybyJoyce.

2.Thesignificanceofthesentence“Itwasatruthuniversallyacknowledgedthatasinglemaninpossessionofagoodfortunemustbeinwantofawife”.

3.TalkaboutthedevelopmentofBlackAmericanLiterature.

二、

（）1.Beowulfisanationalepicof

A.GermanyB.EnglandC.ScandinaviaD.France

（）2.SirGawainandGreenKnightwascreatedby

A.ChaucerB.LanglandC.BedeD.Noneoftheabove

（）3.Theonewhoproposethestory-tellingintheCanterburytalesis

A.thepoetB.theknightC.thebossD.thepardoner

（）4.OneofthefollowingeventsplayedanimportantpartinChaucer’swriting:

A.hismarriagewithagirlofnoblefamily

B.hisvisittoItaly

C.hisdutyasacontrolleroftheCustoms

D.hisparticipationintheHundredYears’War

（）5.LeMortD’Arthurdealswiththefollowingstoryexcept

A.searchforCupB.lifeofKingArthur

C.fightagainstRomaninvasionD.illicitlove

（）6.Miltonwasnicknamed“theladyofChrist’s”becausehewas

A.aladyB.asseriousasaladyC.ashandsomeasaladyD.asgentleasalady

（）7.TheonewhotemptsEvetoeatanapplefromtheforbiddentreeis

A.GodB.SatanC.AdamD.Raphael

（）8.MetaphysicalPoetryischaracterizedbyfantastical

A.mysticismB.romanticismC.lyricismD.decadence

（）9.Dryen’scontributiontoEnglandliteratureliesinthefollowingexcept

A.heestablishedtheheroiccoupletasoneoftheprincipalEnglishverseforms

B.heclarifiedtheEnglishprose

C.heraisedtheEnglishliterarycriticismtoanewlevel

D.heraisedEnglishcomedytoahigherlevel

（）10.Mr.Spectatorstandsfortheideasof

A.the16thcenturyB.17thcenturyC.the18thcenturyD.the19thcentury

（）11.Bestknownforhisnovelsabouttheadventureis

A.DickensB.GoldsmithC.DefoeD.Scott

（）12.TheRapeoftheLockgivesanaccountofa

A.bullfightingB.knightduelC.writer’slifeD.anecdoteofthecourt

（）13.Richardsonwasnotedasstory-telling,letterwriteranda

A.criticB.moralizerC.poetD.playwright

（）14.“Humor”accordingtoBenJonsonmeans

A.funB.comedythoughtD.temperament

（）15.AllthequalitiescanbecontributedtoPortiaexcept

A.nosyB.culturedC.courteousD.kind-hearted

．Fillintheauthor'snameaccordingtothegiventitleofthework

1.__________TheTenthMuseLatelySprungUpinAmerica

2.__________TheScarletLetter

3.__________TheRedBadgeofCourage

4.__________TheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinn

5.__________TheGrapesofWrath

6.__________Howl

7.__________TheWearyBlues

8.__________DonaldDuk

9.__________WatchontheRhine

10.__________TheGlassMenagerie

.WriteTinthebracketifthestatementistrueandFifthestatementisfalse.

1.AccordingtoEmerson,manisdivineinnature.（）

2.Thoreau,WhitmanandHawthorneareconsideredthethreegreatTranscendentalfiguresinthe19thcentury.（）

3.IrvingwasbestknownforhisshortstoriessuchasRipVanWinkle.（）

4.HumangoodnessisoneofthemostfamiliarthemesinAmericannaturalism.（）

5.StephenCranewasalsoapoetwhoinfluencedImagistpoetry.（）

6.TheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinnreflectsthemoralgrowthofTomSawyer.（）

7.TheimaginaryplaceofYoknapatawphafunctionsasanallegoryoftheAmericanSouth.（）

8.SteinbeckisasociologicalwriterandhisBabbittpresentsadocumentarypictureofthenarrowandlimitedmiddleclassmind.（）

9.Fitzgeraldshowsaninterestbothinupper–classsociety&lower–classsociety.（）

10.Pynchon'sfascinationwithpopularcultureisoverwhelminglyevidentinthenovelV..（）

11.TheprotagonistofCatch–22iscalledHerzog.（）

12.Bellow'sthemesareconcernedwiththestruggleofcitydwellerstodefinetheirrolesandresponsibilityinmodernworld.（）

13.NativeSonwasconsideredthebestbookafterWWⅡin1965.（）

14.Inherworks,AmyTanwrotebeautifullyaboutthecontrastbetweenChineseandAmericancultures.（）

15.T.Williams'sisterRosebecamethemodelforLaurainTheGlassMenagerie.（）

ⅣExplainthetermsinyourownwords.

1.naturalism

2.JazzAge

．Answerthefollowingquestionsbriefly.

1．WhatareSteeleandAddison’scontributionstoEnglishliterature?

2．HowarecharactersportrayedinJosephAndrewsbyFielding?

3．Readthefollowingpassage,identifytheauthorandtheworkfirst,thenexplainthenumberedpartsinsimpleEnglish,finallyanswerthequestionafterthepassage.

Mostofthosereportswereanightmare—grotesque,circumstantial,eager,anduntrue.WhenMichaelis'①testimonyattheinquestbroughttolight②Wilson's③suspicionsofhiswifeI④thoughtthewholetalewouldshortlybeservedupinracypasquinade—butCatherine⑤whomighthavesaidanything,didn'tsayaword.

Question:

Whatisthethemeofthisnovel?

三、

.Selectfromtheletteredchoicetheone,whichbestcompletesthestatementoranswersthequestion.Writetheletterofyourchoiceinthebrackets.

（）1.EachoftheprofessionslistedbelowiscorrectlypairedwithDickensexcept

A.novelistB.clerkC.reporterD.dramatist

（）2.TheIdyllsoftheKingiswrittenby

A.BrowningB.TennysonC.GeorgeEliotD.Carlyle

（）3.Dramaticmonologuewascreatedbytheauthorwhowrote

A.CrossingtheBarB.OdetotheWestWind

C.TheRingandtheBookD.JudetheObscure

（）4.AngryYoungManofthe1950’smostcamefrom

A.thelowerclassB.theupperclassC.peasantsD.workers

（）5.Dublinersiswritingof

A.realismB.modernismC.streamofconsciousnessD.noneoftheabove

（）6.InMemoriamiswrittenbyTennysoninmemoryofhisfriend

A.HallamB.BrowningC.ArnoldD.Hardy

（）7.Scott’schiefcontributiontoE