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1.Thesentence"ShallIcomparetheetoasummer'sday?

"isthebeginninglineofoneofShakespeare'ssonnets.

2.ThemajorconcernofD.H.Lawrence'sfictionliesinthetracingofthepsychologicaldevelopmentofhischaractersandinhisenergeticcriticismofthedehumanizingeffectofthecapitalistindustrializationonhumannature.

3.DanielDefoedescribesRobinsonCrusoeasatypicalEnglishMiddle-classmanoftheeighteenthcentury,theveryprototypeoftheempirebuilderorthepioneercolonist.

4."Shelivedunknown,andfewcouldknow

WhenLucyceasedtobe;

Butsheisinhergrave,and,oh,

Thedifferencetome!

"

Theword"me"inthelastlineoftheabovestanzaquotedfromWordsworth'spoem"SheDweltAmongtheUntroddenWays"maypossiblyrefertoherlover.

5.BittersatireisatypicalfeatureofSwift'swritings.

6.Thestatement"Itrevealsthedehumanizingworkhousesystemandthedark,criminalunderworldlife"maywellsumupthemainthemeinDickens'sOliverTwist.

7."Doyouthink,becauseIampoor,obscure,plain,andlittle,Iamsoullessandheartless?

…AndifGodhadgiftedmewithsomebeauty,andmuchwealth,Ishouldhavemadeitashardforyoutoleaveme,asitisnowformetoleaveyou."

TheabovequotedpassageismostprobablytakenfromCharlotteBronte’sJaneEyre.

8.G.B.Shaw'splayMrs.Warren'sProfessionisarealisticexposureoftheeconomicexploitationofwomenintheEnglishsociety.

9.InWilliamBlake'spoetry,thefather（andanyotherinwhomhesawtheimageofthefathersuchasGod,priest,andking）wasusuallyafigureoftyranny.

10."'Ibelieveyouaremadeofstone,'hesaid,clenchinghisfingerssohardthathebrokethefragilecup.…'Youseemtoforget,'shesaid,'thatcupisnot!

'"

Fromtheabovequotedpassage,wecanfindthewoman'stoneisvery_______.

A.sarcastic

B.amusing

C.sentimental

D.facetious

11.AfterreadingthefirstchapterofPrideandPrejudice,wemaycometoknowthatMrs.Bennetisawomanofsimplecharacterandpoorunderstanding.

12.Ofalltheeighteenth-centurynovelists,HenryFieldingwasthefirsttosetout,bothintheoryandpractice,towritespecificallya"comicepicinprose,"andthefirsttogivethemodernnovelitsstructureandstyle.

13."Notonthysolebutonthysoul,harshJew,/Thoumak'stthyknifekeen."

IntheabovequotationtakenformTheMerchantofVenice,Shakespeareemploysapun.

14.InHardy'sWessexnovels,thereisanapparentnostalgictouchinhisdescriptionofthesimpleandbeautifulthoughprimitiverurallife.

15."Oprince,Ochiefofmanythronedpowers,"

Thatledth'embattledseraphimtowar

Underthyconduct,andindreadfuldeeds

Fearless,endangeredHeaven'sperpetualKing."

InthethirdlineoftheabovepassagequotedfromMilton'sParadiseLost,thephrase"thyconduct"referstoSatan'sconduct.

16.WecanperhapsdescribethewestwindinShelley'spoem"OdetotheWestWind"withallthefollowingtermsexcept_______.

A.tamedB.swiftC.proudD.wild

17.In1837,RalphWaldoEmersonmadeaspeechentitled_______atHarvard,whichwashailedbyOliverWendellHolmesas"OurintellectualDeclarationofIndependence."

A."Nature"

B."Self-Reliance"

C."DivinitySchoolAddress"

D."TheAmericanScholar"

18..InHawthorne's"YoungGoodmanBrown,"asatanicfigureleadsthecredulousprotagonisttoawitches'Sabbathinthewoods.ThereherecognizesmanypillarsofSalem'sPuritansocietyaswellashiswife,Faith.ThestoryillustratesHawthorne'sallegoricalthemeofhumanevilorwhatMelvillecalledthe"powerofblackness."

19.ForMelville,aswellasforthereaderandIshmael,thenarrator,MobyDickisstillamystery,anultimatemysteryoftheuniverse.

20.MostofthepoemsinWhitman'sLeavesofGrasssingofthe"en-mass"andtheselfaswell.

21.EmilyDickinson'spoem（441）"ThisismylettertotheWorld"expressesthepoet'sanxietyabouthercommunicationwiththeoutsideworld.

22.Whichofthefollowingstatementsaboutwritersin1920sistrue?

A.MarkTwainpublishedhislastandmostimportantnovel.

B.F.ScottFitzgeraldreceivedtheNobelPrize.

C.Freudianpsychologyinfluencedmanymodernwriters.

D.Mostwriterswerepoliticallyradical.

23.Naturalismisevolvedfromrealismwhentheauthor'stoneinwritingbecomeslessseriousandlesssympatheticbutmoreironicandmorepessimistic.

24.MarkTwain'sfirstnovelTheGildedAge,writtenincollaborationwithCharlesD.Warnerandpublishedin1873,thoughnotanartisticsuccess,givesitsnametotheAmericaofthepost-CivilWarperiodwhichitattemptstosatirize.

25.Dreiser'sTrilogyofDesireincludesthreenovels.TheyareTheFinancier,TheTitanandTheStoic.

26.DaisyMiller'stragedyofindiscretionisintensifiedandenlargedbyitsnarrationfromthepointofviewoftheAmericanyouthWinterbourne.

27.DaisyMiller:

FrederickWinterbourne,thenarratorofthestory,isanAmericanexpatriate

WiththepublicationofDaisyMiller,HenryJamesreputationwasfirmlyestablishedonbothsidesoftheAltantic.

WiththepublicationofDaisyMiller,DaisyMillerhaseversincebecometheAmericanGirlinEurope,acelebratedculturaltypewhoembodiesthespiritoftheNewWorld.DaisyMiller’sdefianceofsocialtaboosintheOldWorldfinallybringshertodisasterintheclashbetweenthetwodifferentcultures.

28.TheimpactofDarwin'sevolutionarytheoryontheAmericanthoughtandtheinfluenceofthenineteenth-century

FrenchliteratureontheAmericanmenoflettersgaverisetoyetanotherschoolofrealism:

Americannaturalism

35."Ifhonestlaborbeunremunerativeanddifficulttoendure;ifitbethelong,longroadwhichneverreaches

beauty,butweariesthefeetandtheheart;ifthedragtofollowbeautybesuchthatoneabandonstheadmiredway,takingratherthedespisedpathleadingtoherdreamsquickly,whoshallcastthefirststone?

"

Whereistheunderlinedphrasetakenfrom?

TheBible.

36.Mostrecognizableliterarymovementthatgaverisetothetwentieth-centuryAmericanliterature,orwemaysay,thesecondAmericanRenaissance,istheexpatriatemovement.

31.ThesecondAmericanRenaissancereferstothe20thcenturyAmericanliterature.

37.RobertFrostcombinedtraditionalverseforms-thesonnet,rhymingcouplets,blankverse-withaclearAmericanlocalspeechrhythm,thespeechofNewEnglandfarmerswithitsidiosyncraticdictionandsyntax.

39.Apartfromthedislocationoftimeandthemodernstream-of-consciousness,theothernarrativetechniquesFaulknerusedtoconstructhisstoriesincludemultiplepointsofview,symbolismandmythologicalandbiblicalallusions.

40.Stylistically,HenryJames'fictionischaracterizedbyhighlyrefinedlanguage

1.Theworkthatpresented,forthefirsttimeinEnglishliterature,acomprehensiverealisticpictureofthemedievalEnglishsocietyandcreatedawholegalleryofvividcharactersfromallwalksoflifeismostlikelyGeoffreyChaucer’sTheCanterburyTales.

4.LiteratureofNeoclassicismisdifferentfromthatofRomanticisminthattheformercelebratesreason,rationality,orderandinstructionwhilethelatterseesliteratureasanexpressionofanindividual’sfeelingandexperiences

6.Youmayhavemeettheterm"Yahoo"oninternet,butyoumayalsohavemetitinEnglishliterature.ItisfoundinJonathanSwift’sGulliver’sTravels

9.ThefirstlineofWilliamBlake’swell-knownpoem"TheTyger"reads,"Tyger!

Tyger!

Burningbright".Therepeatedword"tiger"（tiger）withanexclamationmarksuggestsfear.

10.WhatdoesWordsworth’spoem"TheSolitaryReaper"tellusaboutRomanticist?

--Toromanticists,poetryisanexpressionofanindividual’sfeelingsandexperiencesnomatterhowfragmentaryandmomentarythesefeelingsandexperiencesare.

12.PrometheusUnboundisShelley’sgreatestachievement.Prometheus,accordingtotheGreekmythology,waschainedbyZeusonMountCaucasusandsufferedthevulture’sfeedingonhisliverforstealingthefirefromheavenandgivingittoman.

16.TessoftheD’Urbervilles,oneofThomasHardy’sbestknownnovels,portraysmanashavingnocontroloverhisownfate.

17.WhichofthefollowingbringsLITTLEimpactonthedevelopmentof20thcenturyliterature?

A.FriedrichNietzche’sassertions:

"Godisdead"

B.ArtherSchopenharuer’sandHenryBergson’sphilosophicalideasofirrationality.

C.OscarWilde’sideaof"ArtforArt’sSake".

D.Freudian-Jungianpsycho-analysis

18.Thetermtoneinliteraturemeansthemannerofexpressiontoindicatethespeaker’sattitudetowardsthesubject.

19.WhichofthefollowingbestdescribesthespeakerofT.S.Eliot’s"TheLoveSongofJ.AlfredPrufrock"?

--Heisamanofinactivity

21."Hewasafraidofher-thesmall,severewomanwithgreyinghairsuddenlyburstingoutinsuchfrenzy.Thepostmancamerunningback,afraidsomethinghadhappened./theysawhistrippedcapovertheshortcurtains.MrsMorelrushestothedoor."TheabovepassageidtakenfromD.H.Lawrence’sSonsandLovers.

23.TheScarletLetterconcernsmostconcentratedtheCalvinisticviewoforiginalsin?

24.WecanperhapssummarizethatWaltWhitman’spoemsarecharacterizedbyconversationalandcrude/wimpleandrathercrude/free-flowing

25.Darwinexertsthesinglemostimportantinfluenceonliterarynaturalism,ofwhichTheodoreDreiserandJackLondonareamongthebestrepresentativewriters?

26.MarkTwain,oneofthegreatest19thcenturyAmericanwriters,iswellknownforhislocalcolor.

27.AtthebeginningofFaulkner’sARoseForEmily,thereisadetaileddescriptionofEmily’soldhouse.Thepurposeofsuchdescriptionistoimp