广外英国文学期末考试试题.docx

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广外英国文学期末考试试题

英国文学期末考试试题（广东外语外贸大学）

Instructions：

Thisexaminationconsistsof5parts，andthetotaltimefortheexaminationis2hours.AlltheanswersshouldbeenteredontotheAnswerSheet.

　　PartI：

　MultipleChoices（10%）

　　Choosethebestanswertothefollowingsentences.

　　1.　WhichofthefollowingisNOTafeatureofBeowulf？

　　A.Alliteration

　　B.Anglo-Saxons’earlylifeinEngland

　　C.Germaniclanguage

　　D.ThenationalepicofAnglo-Saxonpeople

　　2.　EnglishRenaissancePeriodwasanageof　　　.

　　A.proseandnovel　　　　B.poetryanddrama

　　C.essaysandjournals　　　D.balladsandsongs

　　3.　Themainliteraryformoftheearly17thcenturywaspoetry.JohnMiltonwasacknowledgedasthegreatest.Besideshim，thereweretwogroupsofpoets.TheyweretheCavalierpoetsand　　　.

　　A.thelakepoets　　　　　　B.theuniversitywits

　　C.theMetaphysicalpoets　　D.theRomanticpoets

　　4.Pamelaiswidelyconsideredtobethefirstnovelandwaswrittenby___________.

　　A.ThomasHardy

　　B.JamesJoyce

　　C.SamuelRichardson

　　D.HenryFielding

　　5.　Thepublicationof　　　，whichwasthejointworkofWilliamWordsworthandSamuelT.Coleridge，markedthebeginningoftheRomanticAgeinEngland.

　　A.DonJuan　　　　　B.TheRimeoftheAncientMariner

　　C.LyricalBallads　　　D.QueenMab

　　6.　AmongthemostfamousrealisticnovelistsoftheVictorianageare　　　，W.M.Thackeray，Brontesisters，etc.

　　A.JosephConrad　　        B.HenryFielding　

　　C.CharlesDickens　　D.D.H.Lawrence

7.        　　InJamesJoyce’s____________thestory“Eveline”paintsaportraitofayoungwomanfromDublindecidingwhetherornottoleaveherhometown.

　　A.Ulysses

　　B.Orlando

　　C.Dubliners

　　D.APortraitoftheArtistasaYoungMan

　　8.　Inthe18thcenturyEngland，satirewasmuchusedinwriting.Literatureofthisageproducedsomeexcellentsatirists，suchasJonathanSwift，HenryFieldingand　　　.

　　WilliamBlake　　B.RobertBurns　　C.　AlexanderPope　　D.DanielDefoe

　　9.　WilliamWordsworthneverused“gaudyandinanephraseology”becausehefeltthatpoetryshould____________.

　　A.bereadonlybythewell-educated

　　B.usedifficultvocabularytoexpresscomplicatedemotions

　　C.usesimplespeechtocommunicatethetruthsofhumanexperience

　　D.relyonstrangeanduncommonwordstobringpeoplenewexperiences

　　10.VirginiaWoolfisrenownedforadoptingthe　　　technique，whichdisplaysthesequenceofthoughtsandimpressionsinaperson’smind.

　　A.mind-reading　　　　　　B.third-personnarration　

　　C.stream-of-consciousness　D.feminist

　　PartII：

　GapFilling（10%）

　　CompletethefollowingsentencesandwriteyouranswersontheAnswerSheet.

　　1.　GeoffreyChaucer’swork　　　　givesusapictureoftheconditionofEnglishlifeofhisday，suchasitsworkandplay，itsdeedsanddreams，itsfunandsympathy.

　　2.　DuringtheNormanConquest，themostimportantformofliterarycompositionis

　　　　　，therepresentativeofwhichisthelegendofKingArthurandtheroundtableknights.

　　3.　EpochofRenaissancewitnessedaparticulardevelopmentofEnglishdrama.ItwasWilliamShakespeareand　　　whomadeblankversetheprincipalvehicleofexpressionindrama.

　　4.　Hamlet，Othello，Macbethand　　　aregenerallyregardedasWilliamShakespeare’sfourgreattragedies.

　　5.　EdmundSpenserisgenerallyregardedasthegreatestnondramaticpoetoftheElizabethanAge.Hisfameischieflybasedonhismasterpiece　　　　.

　　6.　InElizabethanPeriod，　　　　wrotemorethan50excellentessays，whichmadehimoneofthebestessayistsinEnglishliterature.

　　7.　The　　　wasaprogressiveintellectualmovementthroughoutwesternEuropeinthe18thcentury.

　　8.　Inthelatterpartofthe18thcentury，thereappeared，asareactionagainstReason，　

　　___________novelandliteratureofsentimentality.

　　9.　ThomasGray’shighlypraisedpoem　　　　showsthepoet’ssympathyforthepoor，andcondemnsthegreatoneswhodespisethepoorandbringsufferingstothecommonpeople.

　　10.　TheRomanticmovementinEnglandhadtwosignificantmovementsasitsbackground：

theFrenchRevolutionand　　　.

　　11　________isperhapsthemosttalentedearlynovelist.Shewroteanumberof　　booksconcerningyoung，relativelywealthywomenpursuingmarriage，suchasPrideandPrejudiceandEmma.

　　12.　GeorgeByronischieflyknownforhistwolongpoems.OneisChildeHarold’sPilgrimageandtheotheris　　　.

　　13　JohnKeatswroteseveralfamous___________，atypeoflyricpoemthatismeditativeandformal.

　　14.　________　_，theeldestofthetwofamousnovelistsisters，wroteJaneEyreinthemiddleofthe19thcentury.

　　15.　_____________monologuewasfirstsuccessfullyusedinpoetrybyRobertBrowning.

　　16.　Oneofthemoststrikingfeaturesof　　　inthe20thcenturyliteratureisanti-past，anti-tradition，anti-novel，anti-hero，etc.

　　17.　__________，themanifestoofmodernistpoetryinthe20thcentury，waswrittenbyT.S.Eliot.

　　18.　APassagetoIndia，Howard’sEnd，andARoomwithaViewarethreeofthemostfamousnovelsby___________.

　　19.　LordJimisoneofthemostfamousnovelsby_________，whowasborninPolandandlearnedEnglishashisthirdlanguage.

　　20.　ManandSupermanandPygmalionaretwoofmostfamousplaysby__________.

　　PartIII：

　DefinitionofTerms（15%）

　　ChooseTHREEoutofthefollowingtermsandexplainthemintwoorthreesentences.

　　Sonnet；　Pointofview；　Soliloquy；　Setting；　Heroiccouplet

　　PartIV：

　Appreciation（40%）

　　ChooseTWOofthefollowingthreeexcerptsandwriteapassageofcomment（about80words）oneachone.Yourcommentshouldcoverthequestionsaftereachexcerpt.

　　Excerpt1：

　　Iwanderedlonelyasacloud

　　Thatfloatsonhigho’ervalesandhills，

　　WhenallatonceIsawacrowd，

　　Ahost，ofgoldendaffodils；

　　Besidethelake，beneaththetrees，

　　Flutteringanddancinginthebreeze.

　　…

　　Foroft，whenonmycouchIlie

　　Invacantorinpensivemood，

　　Theyflashuponthatinwardeye

　　Whichistheblissofsolitude；

　　Andthenmyheartwithpleasurefills，

　　Anddanceswiththedaffodils.

　　（WilliamWordsworth，“IWanderedLonelyasaCloud”）

　　Questions：

　　1.Whatisthecentralimageofthispoem？

Whatisthepoet’sreactionasrevealedinthepoem？

　　2.Wordsworthbelievesthat“Allgoodpoetryisthespontaneousoverflowofpowerfulfeelings”andpoetry“takesitsoriginfromemotionrecollectedintranquility”.Howdoesthispoemreflectthepoet’sphilosophyofcomposition？

　　Excerpt2：

　　Theproperstudyofmankindisman.

　　Placedonthisisthmusofamiddlestate，

　　Abeingdarklywise，andrudelygreat：

　　WithtoomuchknowledgefortheSkepticside，

　　WithtoomuchweaknessfortheStoic’spride，

　　Hehangsbetween；indoubttoact，orrest；

　　IndoubttodeemhimselfaGod，orbeast；

　　Indoubthismindorbodytoprefer；

　　Bornbuttodie，andreasoningsuch，

　　Whetherhethinkstoolittleortoomuch；

　　Chaosofthoughtandpassion，allconfused；

　　Stillbyhimselfabusedordisabused；

　　Createdhalftorise，andhalftofall；

　　（AlexanderPope，AnEssayonMan）

　　Questions：

　　1.What’sthetopicoftheabovelines？

　　2.Summarizethemainideainafewsentences.

　　Excerpt3：

　　Ishallnowthereforehumblyproposemyownthoughts，whichIhopewillnotbeliabletotheleastobjection.

　　IhavebeenassuredbyaveryknowingAmericanofmyacquaintanceinLondon，thatayounghealthychildwellnursedisatayearoldamostdelicious，nourishing，andwholesomefood，whetherstewed，roasted，baked，orboiled；andImakenodoubtthatitwillequallyserveinafricasseeoraragout.

　　Idothereforehumblyofferittopublicconsiderationthatofthehundredandtwentythousandchildren，alreadycomputed，twentythousandmaybereservedforbreed，whereofonlyonefourthparttobemales，whichismorethanweallowtosheep，blackcattle，orswine；andmyreasonisthatthesechildrenareseldomthefruitsofmarriage，acircumstancenotmuchregardedbyoursavages，thereforeonemalewillbesufficienttoservefourfemales.Thattheremaininghundredthousandmayatayearoldbeofferedinsaletothepersonofqualityandfortunethroughthekingdom，alwaysadvisingthemothertoletthemsuckplentifullyinthelastmonth，soastorenderthemplumpandfatforagoodtable.Achildwillmaketwodishesatanentertainmentforfriends，andwhenthefamilydinesalone，theforeorhindquarterwillmakeareasonabledish；andseasonedwithalittlepepperorsaltwillbeverygoodboiledonthefourthday，especiallyinwinter.

　　　　　　　　（JonathanSwift，AModestProposal）

　　Questions：

　　1.Whatistheauthor’smodestproposalinthepassage？

Andwhatdoyouthinkishisrealideabehindit？

　　2.Whatkindoftoneisshowninthepassage？

（Explainitwithspecificquotationsfromthetext）

　　PartV.CriticalReading（25%）

　　Readtheattachedshortstoryandanswerthequestionsinessayform.

　　1.What’stheturningpointinthemurdertrial？

Describeitinafewsentences.

　　2.Readcarefullythelasttwoparagraphsofthestoryandcomment，intheformofa150-200-wordessay，onthemessageorrealmeaningoftheauthor.

　　TheCasefortheDefense

　　GrahamGreene

　　1　ItwasthestrangestmurdertrialthatIeverattended.TheynameditthePeckhammurderintheheadlines，thoughNorthwoodStreet，wheretheoldwomanwasfoundbatteredtodeath，wasnotstrictlyspeakinginPeckham.Thiswasnotoneofthosecasesofcircumstantialevidenceinwhichyoufeelthejuryman’sanxiety—becausemistakeshavebeenmade—likedomesofsilencemutingthecourt.No，thismurdererwasallbutfoundwiththebody；noonepresentwhentheCrowncounseloutlinedhiscasebelievedthatthemaninthedockstoodanychanceatall.

　　2　Hewasaheavystout