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专八人文知识（11年文学真题）.doc

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TESTFORENGLISHMAJORS（2009-1998）

-GRADEEIGHT-

GeneralKnowledge—Literature

（2009）

35.OdetotheWestWindwaswrittenby

  A.WilliamBlake.

  B.WilliamWordsworth.

  C.SamuelTaylorColeridge.

  D.PercyB.Shelley.

36.Whoamongthefollowingisapoetoffreeverse?

  A.RalphWaldoEmerson.

  B.WaltWhitman

  C.HermanMelville

  D.TheodoreDreiser

37.ThenovelSonsandLoverswaswrittenby

  A.ThomasHardy

  B.JohnGalsworthy

  C.D.H.Lawrence

  D.JamesJoyce

（2008）

35.TheCanterburyTales,acollectionofstoriestoldbyagroupofpilgrimsontheirwaytoCanterburyisanimportantpoeticworkby

  A.WilliamLangland

  B.GeoffreyChaucer

  C.WilliamShakespeare

  D.AlfredTennyson

36.WhowroteTheAmerican?

  A.HermanMelville

  B.NathanielHawthorne

  C.HenryJames

  D.TheodoreDreiser

37.Whichofthefollowingarewell-knownfemalewritersin20th-centuryBritainExcept

  A.GeorgeEliot

  B.IrisJeanMurdoch

  C.DorisLessing

  D.MurielSpark

（2007）

35.WhichofthefollowingnovelswaswrittenbyEmilyBronte?

  A.OliverTwist

  B.Middlemarch

  C.JaneEyre

  D.WutheringHeights

36.WilliamButlerYeatswasa（n）     poetandplaywright.

  A.American

  B.Canadian

  C.Irish

  D.Australian

37.DeathofaSalesmanwaswrittenby

  A.ArthurMiller

  B.ErnestHemingway

  C.RalphEllison

  D.JamesBaldwin

（2006）

35.Whichofthefollowingwritersisapoetofthe20thcentury?

  A.T.S.Eliot  B.D.H.Lawrence  C.TheodoreDreiser  D.JamesJoyce

36.ThenovelForWhomtheBellTollsiswrittenby______.

  A.ScottFitzgerald          B.William Faulkner 

C.EugeneO’Neill          D.ErnestHemingway

37.______isdefinedasamexpressionofhumanemotionwhichiscondensedinto14lines.

  A.FreeVerse      B.Sonnet           C.ode           D.Epigram

（2005）

35.ThenovelEmmaiswrittenby_______.

  A.MaryShelley               B.CharlotteBronte

  C.ElizabethC.Gaskell          D.JaneAusten

36.WhichofthefollowingisNOTaromanticpoet?

  A.WilliamWordsworth      B.GeorgeElliot

  C.GeorgeC.Byron.         D.PercyByssheShelley.

37.WilliamSidneyPorter,knownasO.Henry,ismostfamousfor______.

  A.hispoems    B.hisplays   C.hisshortstories   D.hisnovels

（2004）

35.Ofallthe18thcenturynovelists,______wasthefirsttosetout,bothintheoryandpractice,towritespecificallya“comicepicinprose”,andthefirsttogivethemodernnovelitsstructureandstyle.

  A.DanielDefoe     B.SamuelJohnson     C.OliverGoldsmith   D.HenryFielding

36.MarkTwain,oneofthegreatest19thcenturyAmericanwriters,iswellknownforhis______.

  A.Internationaltheme  B.waste-landimagery  C.localcolor       D.symbolism

37.Hemingway’swritingstyle,togetherwithhisthemeandthehero,isgreatlyandpermanentlyinfluencedbyhisexperiences______.

  A.inhischildhood     B.inthewar         C.inAmerica       D.inAfrica

（2003）

35.WhichofthefollowingwritingsisnottheworkbyCharlesDickens?

  A.ATaleofTwoCities. B.HardTimes.     C.OliverTwist.     D.SonsandLovers.

36._____isadramatistwhoholdsthecentralpositioninAmericandramathemodernisticperiod.

  A.SinclairLewis      B.EugeneO’Neill  C.ArthurMiller    D.TennesseeWilliams

37.______isoftenacclaimedliteraryspokesmanoftheJazzAge.

  A.ErnestHemingway  B.F.ScottFitzgerald C.WilliamFaulkner D.EzraPound

（2002）

35.The18thcenturyEnglandisknownasthe______inthehistory.

  A.Romanticism  B.Classicism   C.Renaissance     D.Enlightenment

36.Whichofthefollowingfiguresdoesnotbelongto“TheLostGeneration”?

  A.EzraPound   B.WilliamCarlosWilliams. C.RobertFrost  D.TheodoreDreiser

37.Who,oneofthemostimportantpoetsinhistime,isaleadingspokesmanofthe“ImagistMovement”?

  A.J.D.Salinger  B.EzraPound  C.RichardWright   D.RalphEllison

（2001）

35.TheTranscendentalistgroupincludestwoofthemostsignificantwritersAmericahasproducedsofar,Emersonand______.

 A.HenryDavidThoreau         B.WashingtonIrving

 C.NathanielHawthorne          D.WaltWhitman

36.OfthefollowingpoemsbyT.S.Eliot,whichishailedasalandmarkandamodelofthe20thcenturyEnglishpoetry?

 A.Poems1909-1925.                        B.TheHollowMen.

C.PrufrockandOtherObservations.            D.ThewasteLand.

37.Thebookfromwhich“allmodernAmericanliteraturecomes”refersto______.

 A.TheGreatGatsby                         B.TheSunAlsoRises

 C.TheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinn          D.Moby-Dick

（2000）

35.______isnottherepresentativewriterintheAgeofRealismintheliteraryhistoryoftheUnitedStates.

 A.HenryJames                            B.EmilyDickinson

 C.WilliamDeanHowells                    D.MarkTwain

36.EzraPound’slongpoem      containedmorethanonehundredpoemslooselyconnected.

 A.TheWasteLand                         B.TheCantos

 C.DonJuan                              D.QueenMab

37.OfthefollowingwritingsbyJamesJoyce,whichisaprimeexampleofmodernisminliterature?

 A.Ulysses                               B.APortraitoftheArtistasaYoungMan

 C.Dubliners                             D.FinnegansWake

（1999）

35.     notonlycontinuedtoexpressandcriticizeallsortsofsocialiniquities,butfinallycametoquestionandattacktheVictorianconventionsandmorals.

    A.GeorgeEliot                     B.ThomasHardy

   C.D.H.Lawrence                   D.CharlesDickens

36.ThemainthemeofEmilyDickinsonisfollowingexcept______.

  A.religion                        B.loveandmarriage

  C.lifeanddeath                   D.warandpeace

37.In1954,______wasawardedtheNobelPrizeforliteratureforhis“masteryoftheartofmodernnarration”.

 A.T.S.Eliot                      B.ErnestHemingway

 C.JohnSteinbeck                  D.WilliamFaulkner

（1998）

35.InthefirstpartofGulliver’sTravels,Gullivertoldhisexperiencein______.

 A.Lilliput                       B.Brobdingnag

 C.Houyhnhnm                   D.England

36.InHawthorne’sTheScarletLetter,“A”maystandsfor______.

  A.Adultery         B.Angel          

C.Amiable         D.Alltheabove

37.Whoistheauthorofthework:

“TheGrapesofWrath”?

 A.JohnSteinbeck.       B.EugeneO’Neil.   

C.F.ScottFitzgerald.     D.TheodoreDreiser.

专八人文知识精练.doc

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专八人文知识精练

1.GeorgeBernardShawwasa（n）______.

  A.playwright  B.poet      C.novelist     D.essayist

2. JohnGalsworthywasmostfamousfor______.

  A.HeartofDarkness    B.Ulysses   C.TheForsyteSaga   D.APassagetoIndia

3. ThenovelTheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinnwaswittenby______.

  A.HenryJames        B.O.Henry   C.HarrietBeecherStower  D.MarkTwain

4._____washonoredas“thefatherofEnglishpoetry”

  A.WilliamLangland       B.SirThomasMarlory  C.GeoffreyChaucer D.Bede

5._____wasconsideredasthebeginningofEnglishliteratureandthefirstepicinthehistoryofEnglishliterature.

  A.HistoriaEcclesiasticaGentisAnglorum      B.Beowulf  

C.DreamoftheRood                      D.Anglo-SaxonChronicle

6.KingAlfredwashonoredas_____.

A.theFatherofEnglishPoetry.              B.theFatherofEnglishNovel

C.theFatherofEnglishSonnet.              D.theFatherofEnglishProse

7.TheperiodofOldEnglishLiteraturerefersto_____.

A.14thcentury---mid18thcentury.            B.16thcentury---mid18thcentury.

C.449---1066 .                          D.14thcentury---mid17thcentury.

8._____isthewrittenformofBeowulf.

  A.Alliteration    B.Sonnet        C.Spenserianstanza     D.Pentameter.

9._____isafamousallegoryinmedievalliterature.

 A.TheVisionConcerningPiersthePlowman       B.SirGawainandtheGreenKnight

 C.Beowulf                                   D.Anglo-SaxonChronicle

10._____isthepopularsongwhichrepresentsthesufferingsandfightsofBritishfarmers.

 A.Romance  B.Epic.  C.Ballad      D.Prose

11.Romanceisagenrepopularamong_____.

 A.theupperclass   B.thefarmerclass   C.themiddleclass   D.theclergy

12.SirGawainandtheGreenKnightisafamousromancewiththemeof_____.

 A.braveryandloyalty B.beautyandbravery C.fightingandlearningD.victoryanddefeat

13._____isaboutKingArthurandhisroundtableknights.

 A.PiersthePlowman                   B.SirGawainandtheGreenKnight

 C.TheRobinHoodBallads               D.TheCanterburyTales

14._____isthemasterpieceofGeoffreyChaucer.

 A.TheCanterburyTales                 B.TheParliamentofFowls 

C.TheHouseofFame                   D.TroilusandCriseyde

15._____isapopularliteraryforminthemedievalliterature.

 A.Sonnet B.Novel  C.Romance    D. Drama.

16._____isabouttheEnglishfarmersfightingagainsttheupperclass.

 A.LeMorted’Arthur                   B.TroilusandCriseyde

 C.TroilusandCriseyde                 D.TheRobinHoodBallads

17.LeMorted’Arthurisafamousworkby_____.

 A.JohnMilton                        B.VenerableBede

  C.ThomasMalory                     D.AlfredtheGreat.

18.TheCanterburyTalesiswrittenintheformof_____.

A.epic    B.ballad  C.heroiccouplets   D.romance