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英国文学期末考试试题广外
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