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英美文学考试试题二

英美文学考试试题

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英美文学选读试卷

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本试题分两部分，第一部分为选择题，第二部分为非选择题。

选择题40分，非选择题60分，满分100分。

考试时间120分钟。

请将答案写在答案写在答题纸相应位置上，否则不计分。

PARTONE

Ⅰ.MultipleChoice（40points,1pointforeach）

Selectfromthefourchoicesofeachitemtheonethatbestanswersthequestionorcompletesthestatement.MarkyourchoicebyblackeningthecorrespondingletterA,B,CorDontheanswersheet.

1.HenryFieldinghasbeenregardedbysomeas“___A___”,forhiscontributiontotheestablishmentoftheformofthemodernnovel.

A．FatheroftheEnglishNovelB．FatheroftheEnglishPoetry

C．FatheroftheEnglishDramaD．FatheroftheEnglishShortStory

2.T．S．Eliot’smostimportantsinglepoem___B___hasbeenhailedasalandmarkandamodelofthe20th-centuryEnglishpoetry.

A．TheHollowManB．TheWasteLandC．MurderintheCathedralD．AshWednesday

3.WilliamBlake’scentralconcernintheSongsofInnocenceandSongsofExperienceis___B____,whichgivesthetwobooksastrongsocialandhistoricalreference.

A．youthhoodB．ChildhoodC．happinessD．sorrow

4.AmongtheworksbyCharlesDickens___D___presentshiscriticismoftheUtilitarianprinciplethatrulesovertheEnglisheducationsystemanddestroysyoungheartsandminds.

A．BleakHouseB．PickwickPaperC．GreatExpectationsD．HardTimes

5.ThemostdistinguishingfeatureofCharlesDickens’worksishis___B___.

A．simplevocabularyB．bitterandsharpcriticismC．character-portrayalD．picturesofhappiness

6.Becauseofhersensitivitytouniversalpatternsofhumanbehavior,__B__hasbroughttheEnglishnovel,asanartofform,toitsmaturity.

A．CharlotteBrontëB．JaneAustenC．EmilyBrontëD．AnnRadcliffe

7.AllofthefollowingpoemsbyWilliamWordswortharemasterpiecesonnatureEXCEPT___D___.

A．“IWanderedLonelyasaCloud”B．“AnEveningWalk”

C．“TinternAbbey”D．“TheSolitaryReaper”

8.Shakespeare’sfourgreatesttragediesare___C___.

A．RomeoandJuliet,Othello,KingLear,Hamlet

B．Hamlet,Othello,Macbeth,TheMerchantofVenice

C．Hamlet,Othello,KingLear,Macbeth

D．RomeoandJuliet,TheMerchantofVenice,Othello,Hamlet

9.AsoneofthegreatestmastersofEnglishprose,__B__definedagoodstyleas“properwordsinproperplaces”.

A．HenryFieldingB．JonathanSwiftC．SamuelJohnsonD．AlexanderPope

10.AmongthethreemajorworksbyJohnMilton__D__isindeedtheonlygenerallyacknowledgedepicinEnglishliteraturesinceBeowulf.

A．ParadiseRegainedB．SamsonAgonistesC．LycidasD．ParadiseLost

11.EnglishRomanticism,asahistoricalphaseofliterature,isgenerallysaidtohaveendedin1832with__A__.

A．thepassageofthefirstReformBillintheParliament

B．thepublicationofWordsworthandColeridge’sLyricalBallads

C．thepublicationofT．S．Eliot’sThewasteLand

D．thepassageoftheBillofRightsintheParliament

12.Contrarytothetraditionalromanceofaristocrats,themodernEnglishnovelgivesarealisticpresentationoflifeof__A__.

A．thecommonEnglishpeopleB．theupperclassC．therisingbourgeoisieD．theenterprisinglandlords

13.Themajorconcernof___C___fictionliesinthetracingofthepsychologicaldevelopmentofhischaractersandinhisenergeticcriticismofthedehumanizingeffectofthecapitalistindustrializationonhumannature.

A．JohnGalsworthy’sB．ThomasHardy’sC．D．H．Lawrence’sD．CharlesDickens’

14.TheNobelPrizeCommitteehighlypraised__B__for“hispowerfulstyle-formingmasteryoftheart”ofcreatingmodernfiction.

A．EzraPoundB．ErnestHemingwayC．RobertFrostD．TheodoreDreiser

15.In1950,__A__wasawardedtheNobelPrizefortheanti-racistIntruderintheDust.

A．WilliamFaulknerB．RobertFrostC．EzraPoundD．ErnestHemingway

16.ThePortraitofALadyisgenerallyconsideredtobe___C___masterpiece,whichdescribesthelifejourneyofanAmerican________inaEuropeanculturalenvironment.

A．HenryAdams’…widowB．WilliamJames’…girl

C．HenryJames’…girlD．TheodoreDreiser’s…widow

17.Hawthorneintendedto__D__inTheScarletLetter.

A．tellastoryofparentallove

B．tellastoryofsinandbloodyviolence

C．callthereadersbacktotheplantationwayofliving

D．revealthehumanpsycheaftertheysinned

18.“Thedignityofmovementofanicebergisduetoonlyone-eighthofitbeingabovewater.”This“iceberg”analogyisputforwardby___D___.

A．MarkTwainB．EzraPoundC．WilliamFaulknerD．ErnestHemingway

19.Thewhitewhale,MobyDick,symbolizes___B___forMelville,foritiscomplex,unfathomable,malignant,andbeautifulaswell.

A．societyB．NatureC．oceananimalsD．bothAandC

20.AftertheAmericanCivilWar,theliteraryinterestintheso-called“reality”oflifestartedanewperiodintheAmericanliterarywritingsknowantheAgeof__A__.

A．RealismB．ReasonandRevolutionC．RomanticismD．Modernism

21.H．L．Menckenconsidered___B___“thetruefatherofournationalliterature”.

A．BretHarteB．MarkTwainC．WashingtonIrvingD．WaltWhitman

22.Altogether,EmilyDickinsonwrote1775poems,ofwhichonly__C__hadappearedduringherlifetime.

A．threeB．FiveC．sevenD．nine

23.The___B___Ageofthe1920scharacterizedbyfrivolityandcarelessnessisbroughtvividlytolifeinTheGreatGatsby.

A．LostB．JazzC．ReasonD．Gilded

24.RobertFrostisgenerallyconsideredaregionalpoetwhosesubjectmattersmainlyfocusonthelandscapeandpeoplein___D___.

A．thewestB．thesouthC．AlaskaD．NewEngland

25.As__C__sawit,poetrycouldplayavitalpartintheprocessofcreatinganewnation.ItcouldenableAmericanstocelebratetheirreleasefromtheOldWorldandthecolonialrule.

A．WordsworthLongfellowB．WilliamBryantC．WaltWhitmanD．RobertFrost

26.WaltWhitmanisapoetwithastrongsenseofmission,havingdevotedallhislifetothecreationofthe“single”poem,___D___.

A．TheLoveSongofJ．AlfredPrufrockB．TheWasteLand

C．MurderintheCathedralD．LeavesofGrass

27.RealismwasareactionagainstRomanticismandpavedthewayto__A__.

A．ModernismB．ScientismC．Post-ModernismD．Feminism

28.MarkTwainemployedanunpretentiousstyleof___C___inhisnovelswhichisbestdescribedas“vernacular”.

A．standardEnglishB．Afro-AmericanEnglishC．colloquialismD．urbanism

29.ThePetrarchansonnetwasfirstintroducedintoEnglandby___B___.

A.SurreyB.WyattC.SidneyD.Shakespeare

30.TheBritishbourgeoisormiddleclassbelievedinthefollowingnotionsEXCEPT___A___.

A.self-esteemB.self–relianceC.self-restraintD.hardwork

31.“GraveyardSchool”writersarethefollowingsentimentalistsEXCEPT___D___.

A.JamesThomsonB.WilliamCollinsC.WilliamCowperD.ThomasJackson

32.AsarepresentativeoftheEnlightenment,___C___wasoneofthefirsttointroducerationalismtoEngland.

A.JohnBunyanB.DanielDefoeC.AlexanderPopeD.JonathanSwift

33.CharlesDickens'novel___B___isfamousforitsvividdescriptionsoftheworkhouseandlifeoftheunderworldinthenineteenth-centuryLondon.

A.ThePickwickPaperB.OliverTwistC.DavidCopperfieldD.NicholasNickleby

34.Hemingway'ssecondbigsuccessis__B__,whichwrotetheepitaphtoadecadeandtothewholegenerationinthe1920s,inordertotellusastoryaboutthetragicloveaffairofawoundedAmericansoldierwithaBritishnurse.

A.ForWhomtheBellTollsB.AFarewelltoArms

C.TheSunAlsoRisesD.TheOldManandtheSea

35.HenryJamesisgenerallyregardedastheforerunnerofthe20th-century“stream-of-consciousness”novelsandthefounderof__B__.

A.neoclassicismB.psychologicalrealismC.psychoanalyticalcriticismD.surrealism

36.Realismwasareactionagainst___A___oramoveawayfromthebiastowardsromanceandself-creatingfictions,andpavedthewaytoModernism.

A.RomanticismB.RationalismC.Post-modernismD.Cynicism

37.WhatWhitmanprefersforhisnewsubjectandnewpoeticfeelingsis“___D___,”thatis,poetrywithoutafixedbeatorregularrhymescheme.

A.blankverseB.freerhythmC.balancedstructureD.freeverse

38.TheFinancier,TheTitanandTheStoicwrittenby__B__arecalledhis“TrilogyofDesire”.

A.HenryJamesB.TheodoreDreiserC.MarkTwainD.HermanMelville

39.MostcriticshaveagreedthatFitzgeraldisbothaninsiderandanoutsiderof__C__withadoublevision.

A.theGildedAgeB.theRationalAgeC.theJazzAgeD.theMagicAge

40.Charlotte’sworksarefamousforthedepictionofthelifeof___A___workingwomen,particularlygovernesses.

A.themiddle-classB.thelower-classC.theupper-middle-classD.theupper-class

PARTTWO

Ⅱ.ReadingComprehension（16points,8pointsforeach）

ReadthequotedpartscarefullyandanswerthequestionsinEnglish.Writeyouranswersinthecorrespondingspaceontheanswersheet.

41.“ShallIcomparetheetoasummer’sday?

Thouartmorelovelyandmoretemperate:

RoughwindsdoshakethedarlingbudsofMay,

Andsummer’sleasehathalltooshortadate:

”

我能不能把你比作夏天？

但你比夏天更可爱更温和，狂风摇撼着心爱的五月的蓓蕾，和夏天的租期实在是太短。

Questions:

A．Identifythepoetandthepoemfromwhichthequotedlinesaretaken.

识别诗人和这首诗是从哪里引用的。

B．Namethefigureofspeechemployedinthepoem.

这首诗用了什么修辞方法

C．Whatisthethemeofthepoem?

这首诗的主题是什么

A.Shakespeare;Sonnet18

B.Personification

C.Anicesummer’sdayisusuallytransient,butthebeautyinpoetrycanlastforever.

42.“Doyouthink,becauseIampoor,obscure,plain,andlittle,Iamsoullessandheartless?

—Youthinkwrong!

…AndifGodhadgiftedmewithsomebeauty,andmuchwealth,Ishouldhavemadeitashardforyoutoleaveme,asitisnowformetoleaveyou…—itismyspiritthataddressesyourspirit;justasifbothhadpassedthroughthegrave,andwestoodatGod’sfeet,equal—asweare!

”

Questions:

A．Identifythe