英美文学选读40道选择题考前强化训练.docx

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英美文学选读40道选择题考前强化训练

1.Inthemedievalperiod，itisChauceralonewho，forthefirsttimeinEnglishliterature，presentedtousacomprehensive___________pictureoftheEnglishsocietyofhistimeandcreatedawholegaleryofvivid___________fromallwalksoflifeinhismasterpiece“theCanterburyTales”。

A.visionary/womenB.romantic/menC.realistic/charactersD.natural/figures

2.HumanismspmgfromtheendeavortorestoreamedievalreverencefortheantiqueauthorsandisfrequentlytakenasthebeginningoftheRenaissanceonitsconscious，intellectualside，fortheGreekandRomancivilizationwasbasedontheconceptionthatmanisthe__________ofallthings.

A.measureB.kingC.loverD.rule

3.Manypeopletodaytendtoregardtheplay“TheMerchantofVenice”asasatireofthehypocrisyof__________andtheirfalsestandardsoffriendshipandlove，theircunningwaysofpursuingworldlinessandtheirunreasoningprejudiceagainst_________.

A.Christians/JewsB.Jews/ChristianC.oppressors/oppressedD.people/Jews

4.In“Sonnet18”，Shakespearehasaprofoundmeditationonthedestructivepowerof_________andtheeternal__________broughtforthbypoetrytotheoneheloves.A.death/lifeB.death/loveC.time/beauty　D.hate/love

5.Inthe18thcenturyEnglishliterature，therepresentativewriterofneo-classicismis__________.A.PopeB.SwiftC.DefoeD.Milton

6.The______wasaprogressiveintellectualmovementthroughoutwesternEuropeinthe18thcentury.

A.RenaissanceB.EnlightenmrentC.ReligiousReformationD.ChartistMovement

7.Blake，Wordsworth，___________，Byron，Shelleyand__________arethemajorRomanticpoets

A.Coleridage/SoutheyB.Coleridge/KeatsC.Keats/ScottD.Scott/Coleridge

8.Bestofallthewell-knownlyricpieceswrittenbyP.B.Shelleyisthepoet“________”，forherehisrhapsodicanddeclamatorytendenciesfindasubjectperfectlysuitedtohim.

A.ToaskylarkB.TheCloudC.OdetotheWestWindD.MenofEngland

9.Inhisearlynovels，CharlesDickensattacksoneormorespecificsocialevilsineach：

forexample，thedehumanizingworkhousesystemandthedark，criminalunderworldlifein“______________”.A.ThepickwichPaperB.DavidCopperfieldC.OliverTwistD.ATaleofTwoCities

10.Thetitleofthenovel“VanityFair”wastakenfromBunyan'smasterpiece__________.A.Thepilgrim'sProgres　B.Gulliver'sTravelsC.HardTimesD.WutheringHeights

11.G.B.Shaw'splayshaveplots，buttheydonotworkbyplots.Itisthevitalityofthe__________thattakesprimacyovermerestory.

A.characterizationB.DepictionC.talkD.metaphor

12.Thetitleofthenovel“APortraitoftheArtistasaYoungMan”writtenbyJamesJoycesuggestsacharacterstudywithstrong_________elements.

A.autobiographicalB.sentimentalC.joyfulD.bitter

13.AtypicalForsyte，accordingtoJohnGalsworthy，isamanwithastrongsenseof__________，whoneverpaysanyattentiontohumanfeelings.

A.propertyB.justiceC.moralityD.humor

14.AccordingtoD.H.Lawrence，the__________ismostresposibleforthealienationofthehumanrelationshipsandtheperversionofhumanpersonality.

A.prideofthearistocraticclassB.vanityofthemiddleclass

C.man'sdesireforpowerandmoneyD.capitalistmechanicalcivilization

15.G.B.Shaw'splay，Mrs.Warren'sfrofessionisagrotesquelyrealisticexposureofthe_______________.

A.slumlandlordism　B.politicalcorruptioninEngland

C.economicoppressionofwomenD.religiouscorruptioninEngland

16.InShaw'splay，MrsWarren'sProfession，Mrs.Warrenoncesaid：

“IfthereisathingIhateinawoman，it'swantofcharacter.”Theword“want”heremeans__________.A.desireB.lackC.possessionD.need

17.AccordingtotheideasdiscussedinChapter13ofTheManofProperty，thetenserelationshipbetweenSoames，thehusband，andIrene，thewife，iscausedby__________.

A.Irene'sfree-mindedwayofthinkingB.Irene'sloveforBosinney

C.Soames'sloveforIreneD.Soames'sstrongdesiretopossessIrene

18.ThematicallyYeats'spoem，“TheLakeIsleofInnisfree”，__________________.

A.celebratestherichandcolorfullifeofthemodernpeople

B.criticizestheemptinessofthehermit'slifeintheremotecountry.

C.lamentsthelossoftheIrishlegendarytradition

D.lamentstheemptinessoftheurbanlifeandadvocatesareturntothesimpleandserenelifeofnaturedocumentaryprecisionaremainfeaturesofhiswriting.

19.Eliot'spoem0，TheWasteLand，ismainlyconcernedwiththe_________ofamoderncivilization.A.socialcorruptionB.spiritualbreakup

C.physicalbreakupD.religiouscorruption

20.Eliot's“TheloveSongofJ.AlfredPrufrock”ispresentedasa（n）__________，suggestinganironiccontrastbetweenapretended“lovesong”andaconfessionofhisincapabilityoffacinguptoloveandtolifeinasterileupper-classworld.

A.interiormonologueB.authenticdialogue

C.lyricsongD.religiousconfession

21.TheexcerptfromChapter10ofSonsandLoversendswiththeconflictbetweenPaulandhismother.TheconflictispossiblycausedbyPaulandhismother'sdifferentviewstowards__________.A.Paul'sfatherB.artC.LifeD.Paul'sbrother

22.The__________canberegardedasoneofthethemesofJoyce'sstory“Araby”.A.lossofinnocenceB.childishloveC.awarenessofharshlifeD.falsesentimentality

23.Afterreading“Araby”，onemayfeelthestoryhasa_________tone.

A.joyousB.HarshC.SolemnD.painful

24.In“Araby”，Joyce'sdictionevokesasortof__________qualitythatcharacterizestheboyonhisotherwisealtogetherordinaryshoppingtrip.

A.religiousB.moral　C.sentimental　D.vulgar

25.Themajorconcernof___________fictionliesinthetracingofthepsycholoicaldevelopmentofhischaractersandinhisenergeticcriticismofthedehumanizingeffectofthecapitalistindustrializationonhumannature.

A.D.H.Lawrence'sB.J.Galsworthy'sC.W.Thackeray'sD.T.Hardy's

26.Themissionof__________dramawastorevealthemoral，politicalandeconomictruthfromaradicalreformistpointofview.

A.T.S.Eliot's　B.J.Galsworthy'sC.W.Thackerary'sD.T.Hardy's

27.Irvingwasbestknowforhisfamousshortstoriessuchas___________.

A.RipVanWinkle　B.YoungGoodmanBrown　

C.LifeofGoldsmith　D.LifeofWashington

28.Melville's___________isanencycolopediaofeverything，history，philosophy，religion，etc.A.TheOldManandtheSeaB.Moby–DickC.WhiteJacketD.BillyBudd

29.MarkTwaincreated，in____________，amasterpieceofAmericanrealismthatisalsooneofthegreatbooksofworldliterature.

A.HuckleberryFinn　B.TomSowyerC.TheGildedAge　D.TheMysteriousStranger

30.Americanliteratureproducedonlyonefemalepoetduringtheninetheenthcentury，Thiswas___________.A.AnneBradsteet　B.JaneAustenC.EmilyDickinsonD.T.S.Eliot

31.Themainthemeof___________TheArtofFictionrevealshisliterarycredothatrepresentationoflifeshouldbethemainobjectofthenovel.

A.HenryJames'B.MarkTwain's　C.TheodoreDreiser'sD.WilliamHowells'

32.Inthe1920s，O'Neilestablishedaninternationalreputationwiththeplays_________.A.TheEmperorJonesB.AnnaChristleC.TheHairyApeD.alloftheabove

33.In1954，___________wasawardedtheNobelPrizeforliteratureforhis“masteryoftheartofmodernnarration.”

A.T.S.EliotB.ErnestHemingway　C.JohnSteinbeckD.WilliamFaulkner

34.“Theapparitionofthesefacesinthecrowd；Petalsonawet，blackbough.”Thisistheshortestpoemwrittenby_____________.

A.T.S.EliotB.RobertFrostC.EzraPoundD.EmilyDickinson

35.InRobertFrost'sfamouspoems“StoppingbyWoodsonaSnowyEvening”，therearefourlineslikethese：

“Thewoodsarelovely，darkanddeep，/ButIhavepromisestokeep，？

AndmilestogobeforeIsleep，/AndmilestogobeforeIsleep”。

Thesecondsleeprefersto_____________.

A.dieB.calmdownC.fallintosleepD.stopwalking

36.OfthefollowingAmericanpoets，whoseworkwasfirstrecognizedinEnglandandtheninAmerica？

___________.

A.RobertFrostB.WaltWhitmanC.EmilyDickinsonD.WallaceStevens

37.“ForIhavehadtoomuch/Ofapple-picking：

Iamovertired/OfthegreatharvestImyselfdesired”。

Fromtheselineswecanconcludethatthespeaker____________.

A.ishappyabouttheharvest　B.istiredoftheworkofapple-picking

C.isnottiredwhenseeingtheharvest　D.becomesindifferentofthejob

38.Chinesepoetryandphilosophyhadgreatinfluenceon_____.

A.RobertFrostB.RalphWaldoEmersonC.EzraPound　D.EmilyDickinson

39.TheHemingwaycodeheroesarebestrememberedfortheir________________.

A.indestructiblespiritB.pessimisticviewoflife

C.warexperiencesD.masculinity

40.LotsofpeoplerushedtoGatsby'spartyattheweekendandtheyclusteredaroundCastsby'swealthlike______________.

A.gluttonsB.fliesC.insectsD.moths

1.C2.A3.A4.B5.A6.B7.B8.C9.C10.A11.C12.A13.A14.D15.C16.B17.D18.D19.B20A21.C22.A23.D24.A25.A26.C27.A28.B29.A30.C31.A32.D33.B34.C35.A36.A37.B38.C39.A40.D