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PARTONE（40POINTS）

Ⅰ.MultipleChoice（40pointsinall,1foreach）

Selectfromthefourchoicesofeachitemtheonethatbestanswersthequestionorcompletesthestatement.Writeyourcorrectanswerontheanswersheet.

1.“Andwewillsitupontherocks,/Seeingtheshepherdsfeedtheirflocks,/Byshallowriverstowhosefalls/Melodiousbirdssingmadrigals.”Theabovelinesaretakenfrom______.

A.Milton’sParadiseLostB.Marlowe’s“ThePassionateshepherdtoHisLove”

C.Shakespeare’s“Sonnet18”D.JohnDonne’s“TheSunRising”

2.TheEnglishRenaissanceperiodwasanageof______.

A.poetryanddramaB.dramaandnovel

C.novelandpoetryD.romanceandpoetry

3.HerearefourlinestakenfromEdmundSpenser’sTheFaerieQueene:

“ButonhisbrestabloudieCrossehebore,/ThedeareremembranceofhisdyingLord,/Forwhosesweetesakethatgloriousbadgehewore,/Anddeadaslivingeverhimadored.”Whoisthe“dyingLord”discussedintheabovelines?

A.BeowulfB.KingArthurC.JesusChristD.Jupiter

4.Themajorconcernof_______fictionliesinthetracingofthepsychologicaldevelopmentofhischaractersandinhisenergeticcriticismofthedehumanizingeffectofthecapitalistindustrializationonhumannature.

A.CharlesDickens"sB.D.H.Lawrence"sC.ThomasHardy"sD.JohnGalsworthy"s

5.DanielDefoedescribes_______asatypicalEnglishMiddle-classmanoftheeighteenthcentury,theveryprototypeoftheempirebuilderorthepioneercolonist.

A.TomJonesB.GulliverC.MollFlandersD.RobinsonCrusoe

6."Tobesodistinguishedisanhonor,which,beingverylittleaccustomedtofavorsfromthegreat,Iknownotwellhowtoreceive,orinwhattermstoacknowledge."

TheabovequotedsentenceispresentedbySamuelJohnsonwitha（n）_______tone.

A.delightfulB.jealousC.ironicD.humorou4.InShakespeare’sMerchantofVenice,

7.“LetnotAmbitionmocktheirusefultoil,/Theirhomelyjoys,anddestinyobscure;/NorGrandeurhearwithadisdainfulsmile/Theshortandsimpleannalsofthepoor.”

Theabovelinesaretakenfrom.

A.AlexanderPope’sEssayonCriticism

B.Coleridge’s“KublaKhan”

C.JohnDonne’s“TheSunRising”

D.ThomasGray’s“ElegyWritteninaCountryChurchyard”

8.Bymakingthetruth-seekingpilgrimssufferatthehandsofthepeopleofVanityFair,JohnBunyanintendstoshowtheprevalentpoliticalandreligious______ofhistime.

A.persecutionB.improvementC.prosperityD.disillusionment

9.The18thcenturywitnessedanewliteraryform－themodernEnglishnovel,which,contrarytothemedievalromance,givesa______presentationoflifeofthecommonpeople.

A.romanticB.realisticC.propheticD.idealistic

10.Asawhole,______isoneofthemosteffectiveanddevastatingcriticismsandsatiresofallaspectsinthethenEnglishandEuropeanlife—socially,politically,religiously,philosophically,scientifically,andmorally.

A.MollFlandersB.Gulliver’sTravels

C.Pilgrim’sProgressD.TheSchoolforScandal

11.ItisgenerallyregardedthatKeats"smostimportantandmaturepoemsareintheformof_______.

A.odeB.elegyC.epicD.sonnet

12.G.B.Shaw"splayMrs.Warren"sProfessionisarealisticexposureofthe_______intheEnglishsociety.

A.slumlandlordismB.inequalitybetweenmenandwomen

C.politicalcorruptionD.economicexploitationofwomen

13.InWilliamBlake"spoetry,thefather（andanyotherinwhomhesawtheimageofthefathersuchasGod,priest,andking）wasusuallyafigureof_______.

A.benevolenceB.admirationC.loveD.tyranny

14.""Ibelieveyouaremadeofstone,"hesaid,clenchinghisfingerssohardthathebrokethefragilecup.…"Youseemtoforget,"shesaid,"thatcupisnot!

""

Fromtheabovequotedpassage,wecanfindthewoman"stoneisvery_______.

A.sarcasticB.amusingC.sentimentalD.facetious

15.ThePilgrim"sProgressbyJohnBunyanisoftensaidtobeconcernedwiththesearchfor_______.

A.materialwealthB.spiritualsalvationC.universaltruthD.self-fulfillment

16.AlexanderPopestronglyadvocated_______,emphasizingthatliteraryworksshouldbejudgedbyrulesoforder,reason,logic,restrainedemotion,goodtasteanddecorum.

A.sentimentalismB.romanticismC.idealismD.neoclassicism

17.AfterreadingthefirstchapterofPrideandPrejudice,wemaycometoknowthatMrs.Bennetisawomanof_______.

A.simplecharacterandquickwit

B.simplecharacterandpoorunderstanding

C.intricatecharacterandquickwit

D.intricatecharacterandpoorunderstanding

18.Ofalltheeighteenth-centurynovelists,_______wasthefirsttosetout,bothintheoryandpractice,towritespecificallya"comicepicinprose,"andthefirsttogivethemodernnovelitsstructureandstyle.

A.DanielDefoeB.SamuelRichardsonC.HenryFieldingD.OliverGoldsmith

19."Notonthysolebutonthysoul,harshJew,/Thoumak"stthyknifekeen."

IntheabovequotationtakenformTheMerchantofVenice,Shakespeareemploysa（n）_______.

A.oxymoronB.punC.simileD.synecdoche

20.InHardy"sWessexnovels,thereisanapparent_______touchinhisdescriptionofthesimpleandbeautifulthoughprimitiverurallife.

A.humorousB.romanticC.nostalgicD.sarcastic

21."Oprince,Ochiefofmanythronedpowers,"

Thatledth"embattledseraphimtowar

Underthyconduct,andindreadfuldeeds

Fearless,endangeredHeaven"sperpetualKing."

InthethirdlineoftheabovepassagequotedfromMilton"sParadiseLost,thephrase"thyconduct"refersto_______conduct.

A.Satan"sB.God"sC.Adam"sD.Eve"s

22.WecanperhapsdescribethewestwindinShelley"spoem"OdetotheWestWind"withallthefollowingtermsexcept_______.

A.tamedB.swiftC.proudD.wild

23.In1837,RalphWaldoEmersonmadeaspeechentitled_______atHarvard,whichwashailedbyOliverWendellHolmesas"OurintellectualDeclarationofIndependence."

A."Nature"B."Self-Reliance"C."DivinitySchoolAddress"D."TheAmericanScholar"

24.InHawthorne"s"YoungGoodmanBrown,"asatanicfigureleadsthecredulousprotagonisttoawitches"Sabbathinthewoods.ThereherecognizesmanypillarsofSalem"sPuritansocietyaswellashiswife,Faith.ThestoryillustratesHawthorne"sallegoricalthemeofhumanevilorwhatMelvillecalledthe"powerof_______."

A.blacknessB.whitenessC.terrorD.hypocrisy

25.ForMelville,aswellasforthereaderand_______,thenarrator,MobyDickisstillamystery,anultimatemysteryoftheuniverse.

A.AhabB.IshmaelC.StubbD.Starbuck

26.MostofthepoemsinWhitman"sLeavesofGrasssingofthe"en-mass"andthe_______aswell.

A.natureB.self-relianceC.selfD.life

27.EmilyDickinson"spoem（441）"ThisismylettertotheWorld"expressesthepoet"s_______abouther

communicationwiththeoutsideworld.

A.indifferenceB.joyC.anxietyD.indignation

28.Whichofthefollowingstatementsaboutwritersin1920sistrue?

A.MarkTwainpublishedhislastandmostimportantnovel.B.F.ScottFitzgeraldreceivedtheNobelPrize.

C.Freudianpsychologyinfluencedmanymodernwriters.D.Mostwriterswerepoliticallyradical.

29.Naturalismisevolvedfromrealismwhentheauthor"stoneinwritingbecomeslessseriousandlesssympathetic

butmoreironicandmore_______.

A.rationalB.humorousC.optimisticD.pessimistic

30.MarkTwain"sfirstnovel_______,writtenincollaborationwithCharlesD.Warnerandpublishedin1873,thoughnotanartisticsuccess,givesitsnametotheAmericaofthepost-CivilWarperiodwhichitattemptsto

satirize.

A.TheGildedAgeB.TheAgeofInnocenceC.TheRoughingTimeD.TheJazzAge

31.Dreiser"sTrilogyofDesireincludesthreenovels.TheyareTheFinancier,TheTitanand_______.

A.TheGeniusB.TheTycoonC.TheStoicD.TheGiant

32.DaisyMiller"stragedyofindiscretionisintensifiedandenlargedbyitsnarrationfromthepointofviewof_______.

A.theauthorHenryJamesB.theItalianyouthGiovanelli

C.theAmericanyouthWinterbourneD.hermotherMrs.Miller

33.TheimpactofDarwin"sevolutionarytheoryontheAmericanthoughtandtheinfluenceofthenineteenth-century

FrenchliteratureontheAmericanmenoflettersgaverisetoyetanotherschoolofrealism:

American________.

A.localcolorismB.vernacularism

C.modernismD.naturalism

34.Itisonhis_______thatWashingtonIrving"sfamemainlyrested.

A.childhoodrecollectionsB.sketchesabouthisEuropeantours

C.earlypoetryD.talesaboutAmerica

35."Ifhonestlaborbeunremunerativeanddifficulttoendure;ifitbethelong,longroadwhichneverreaches

beauty,butweariesthefeetandtheheart;ifthedragtofollowbeautybesuchthatoneabandonstheadmiredway,takingratherthedespisedpathleadingtoherdreamsquickly,whoshallcastthefirststone?

"

Whereistheunderlinedphrasetakenfrom?

A.TheBible.B.Milton.C.Shakespeare.D.Hawthorne.

36.Besidessketches,talesandessays,WashingtonIrvingalsopublishedabookon______,whichisalsoconsideredanimportantpartofhiscreativewriting.

A.poetictheoryB.Frenchart

C.historyofNewYorkD.lifeofGeorgeWashington

37.InFitzgerald'sTheGreatGatsby,therearedetaileddescriptionsofbigparties.Thepurposeofsuchdescriptionsissoshow_______.

A.emptinessoflife

B.thecorruptionoftheupperclass

C.contrastoftherichandthepoor

D.thehappydaysoftheJazzAge

38.InAmericanliterature,escapingfromthesocietyandreturningtonatureisacommonsubject.Thefollowingtitlesareallrelated,inonewayoranother,tothesubjectexcept_______.

A.MarkTwain'sTheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinn

B.Dreiser'sSisterCarrie

C.Copper'sLeather-StockingTales

D.Thoreau'sWalden

39.Whichofthefollowingnovelscanberegardedastypicallybelongingtothe