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英美文学英国部分练习题汇编

England

Review

Chapter1

1、InAnglo-Saxonperiod,Beowulfrepresentedthe_______poetry.

A.paganB.religiousC.romanticD.sentimental

2、TheAnglo-SaxonswereChristianizedinthe_______century.

A.6thB.7thC.8thD.10th

3、Beowulfdescribestheexploitsofa______hero,Beowulf,infightingagainstthemonsterGrendel,hisrevengefulmother,andafire-breathingdragon.

A.DanishB.ScandinavianC.EnglishD.Norwegian

4、Englishliteraturebeganwiththe______settlementinEngland.

A.Anglo-SaxonB.RomanC.NormanD.Britain

5、TheprevailingformofMedievalEnglishliteratureisthe_______.

A.novelB.dramaC.romanceD.essay

6、Thethemeof______tokingandlordwasrepeatedlyemphasizedinromances.

A.loyaltyB.revoltC.obedienceD.mockery

7、_______wasthefirsttobeburiedinthePoet’sCornerofWestminsterAbbey.

A.ChaucerB.ShakespeareC.MarloweD.Spenser

Answers:

ABBACAA

Chapter2

1、_______wasthefirsttointroducethesonnetintoEnglishliterature.

A.ThomasWyattB.WilliamShakespeare

C.PhilipSidneyD.ThomasCampion

2、TheepochofRenaissancewitnessedaparticulardevelopmentofEnglishdrama.Itwas______whomadeblankversetheprincipalvehicleofexpressionindrama.

A.ChristopherMarloweB.ThomasLoge

C.EdmundSpenserD.ThomasMore

3、Intheconclusionoftheprose_______theauthorpointsoutthattherootofpovertyistheprivateownershipofsocialwealth.

A.AdvancementofLearningB.UtopiaC.TamburlaineD.HenryIV

4、EnglishRenaissancePeriodwasanageof_______.

A.proseandnovelB.poetryanddrama

C.essaysandjournalsD.balladsandsongs

5、＂Liberty,FraternityandEquality＂werefirstutteredinthebook_______.

A.TheShepherd’sCalendarB.Utopia

C.TheRightsofManD.TheDeclarationofIndependence

6、＂Denmarkisaprison＂.Inwhichplaydoestheherosummarizehisobservationofhisworldintosuchabittersentence?

_______

A.CharlesIB.OthelloC.HenryVIIID.Hamlet

7、Inwhichplaydoestheheroshowhisprofoundreverenceformanthroughthesentence：

＂Whatapieceofworkisaman!

Hownobleinreason!

Howinfiniteinfaculty!

＂_______

A.RomeoandJulietB.HamletC.OthelloD.TheMerchantofVenice

Answers:

AABBBDB

HowmuchdoyouknowaboutAmerica?

1、AmericanRevolutionaryWar,alsocalledAmericanWarofIndependence,lastedfrom1775to1783

2、TheUnitedStatesofAmerica（alsoreferredtoastheAmerica）iscomprisingfiftystatesandafederaldistrict

3、TheofficialmottoofAmericaisInGodWeTrust

4、ThecapitalofAmericaisWashington,D.C.orNewYorkCity?

5、WhatdoesthenameWashington,D.C.signify?

Chapter3

1、WhichwasnotwrittenbyJohnMilton?

________

A.ParadiseLostB.LycidasC.L’AllegroD.SongtoCelia

2、JohnMiltonwrotehisbest-knowprosework,_______,intheformofaspeechaddressedtotheHousesofParliament,inwhichheappealedforthefreedomofthepress.

A.AreopagiticaB.LycidasC.L’AllegroD.OfReformationinEngland

3、InwhichfamouspamphletdidMiltonthuswrite:

”Ourkingmadenotus,butwehim.Naturehasgivenfatherstousall,butweourselvesappointedoutownking;sothatthepeoplearenotfortheking,butthekingforthem”?

_____

A.SecondDefenceoftheEnglishPeople《未为英国人民再辩》

B.TheReadyandEasyWaytoEstablishaFreeCommonwealth

C.OfReformationinEnglish

D.DefenceoftheEnglishPeople《为英国人民申辩》

4、ThefinestthinginParadiseLostisthedescriptionofhell,and______isoftenregardedastherealheroofthepoem.

A.GodB.SatanC.AdamD.Raphael

5、Anotherschoolofpoetryprevailingin17thcenturywasthatof____,i.e.thoseverse-writers,oftenknightsandsquires,whosidedwiththeKingagainsttheParliamentandPuritans.

A.MetaphysicalPoetsB.CavalierPoetsC.JohnMiltonD.JohnDryden

6、Explainthe”Puritanism”duringtheEnglishRevolution.

Answers:

DADB__

Chapter4

1、____wasaprogressiveintellectualmovementthroughoutWestemEuropeinthe18thcentury.

A.TheRenaissanceB.TheEnlightenment

C.TheReligiousReformationD.TheChartistMovement

2、MostoftheEnglishwritersinthe18thcenturywereenlighteners.Theyfellintotwogroups,oneis______,andtheotheris______.

A.themoderategroup;theradicalgroup

B.thepassiveRomanticpoets;theactiveRomanticpoets

C.theMetaphysicalpoets;theCavalierpoets

D.thelakers;thesentimentalists

3、_______wasthemostimportantEnglishpoetinthefirsthalfofthe18thcentury.

A.RichardSteeleB.JosephAddison

C.AlexanderPopeD.SamuelRichardson

4、”Properwordsinproperplaces,makesthetruedefinitionofastyle.”Thissentenceissaidby___,oneofthegreatestmastersofEnglishprose.

A.AlexanderPopeB.HenryFieldingC.DanielDefoeD.JonathanSwift

5、Asajournalist,_____hadlearnedhowtomakehisreportingvividandcrediblebyaskillfuluseofcircumstantialdetail.Thispowertomakehischaractersaliveandhisstoriescredibleisaninimitablegift.

A.JosephAddisonB.DanielDefoe

C.SamuelRichardsonD.TobiasSmollett

6、_____wastherealfounderoftherealisticnovelinEngland.HisnovelsunfoldapanoramaoflifeinallsectionsofEnglishsociety.

A.AlexanderPopeB.HenryFieldingC.DanielDefoeD.JonathanSwift

7、HenryFielding’sfirstnovel______waswritteninconnectionwithPamelaofSamuelRichardson.

A.TomJonesB.JosephAndrewsC.JonathanWildD.Amelia

8、_____,writteninheroiccoupletbyAlexanderPope,wasamanifestoofEnglishneo-classicismasheputforwardhisaesthetictheoriesinit.

A.AnEssayofDramaticPeosyB.AnessayonCriticism

C.TheAdvanceofLearningD.AnEssayonMan

9、____wasAlexanderPope’spoemwhichsatirizedtheidleandartificiallifeofthearistocracy.

A.TheRapeoftheLockB.TheRapeofLucrece

C.TheSchoolforScandalD.EveryManinHisHumor

10、_______compiledThedictionaryoftheEnglishLanguagewhichbecamethefoundationofallthesubsequentEnglishdictionaries.

A.BenJohnsonB.SamuelJohnsonC.AlexanderPopeD.JohnDryden

11、WhichplayisregardedasthebestEnglishcomedysinceShakespeare?

A.SheStopstoConquerB.TheRivals

C.TheSchoolforScandalD.TheConsciousLovers

Answers:

BB__DBBB__BC

Chapter5

1、TheRomanticAgebeganwiththepublicationofTheLyricalBalladswhichwaswrittenby

A.WilliamWordsworthB.SamuelJohnson

C.SamuelTaylorColeridgeD.WordsworthandColeridge

2、TheEnglishRomanticAgeproducedtwomajornovelists.Theyare

A.GeorgeGordonByronandPercyByssheShelley

B.WilliamWordsworthandSamuelTaylorColeridge

C.WalterScottandJaneAusten

D.CharlesLambandWilliamHazlitt

3、Ascontrastedwiththeclassicistswhomadereason,orderandtheold,classicaltraditionsthecriteriaintheirpoeticalcreations,basedhisownpoeticalprincipleonthepremisethat“allgoodpoetryisthespontaneousoverflowofpowerfulfeeling.”

A.SamuelTaylorColeridgeB.GeorgeGordonByron

C.PercyByssheShelleyD.WilliamWordsworth

4、Wasmadepoetlaureatein1813butmostofhisworks,accordingormodemcritics,are“theproductofliteraryindustry,notofliterarycreation”

A.WilliamWordsworthB.SamuelTaylorColeridge

C.RobertSoutheyD.GeorgeGordonByron

5、WhichofthefollowingstatementsisnottrueaboutDonJuan?

A.DonJuanwaswritteninItalyduringtheyears181-1823.

B.ThestorydescribesDonJuan’s,anEnglishyouthofnoblebirth,lifeandadventuresinmanycountries.

C.InaGreekisland,DonJuanmethissweetheart,Haidee,andfeelinlovewithher.

D.ThelastcantosaretakenupwithasatiricaldescriptionoftheEnglishrulingclasses,whosereactionarypolicyhasarousedthehatredfromtheothernations.

E.InDonJuanByrondisplayedhisgeniusasaromanticistandarealistsimultaneously.

6、WhichofthefollowingstatementisnottrueaboutGeorgeGordonByron?

A.Byron’searlyearshadbeenfarfromhappyforhewasbornwithaclubfoot,inthefrequentfamilysceneshismothercalledhim”youlamebrat”.

B.ByrondiedinItalyandwasdeeplymournedbytheItalianpeopleandbyallprogressivepeoplethroughouttheworld.

C.Thereactionarycriticismofthe19thcenturytruedtobelittleByron’sgeniusandhisroleinthedevelopmentofEnglishliterature,butByronremainsoneofthemostpopularEnglishpoetsbothathomeandabroad.

D.SincetheMay4Movementin1919,moreandmoreofByron’spoemshavebeentranslatedintoChineseandwellreceivedbythepoetsandyoungreaders.Byronhasnowbecomeoneofthebest-knownEnglishpoetsinourcountry.

7、ThefirstpoeminTheLyricalBalladsisColeridge’smasterpiece.

A.KublaKhanB.ThePrelude

C.TheRimeofAncientMarinerD.TinternAbbey

8、In1805,Wordsworthcompletedalongautobiographicalpoementitled

A.WilliamWordsworthB.ThePrelude

C.LucyPoemsD.TheLyricalBallads

9、Forhispamphlet.PercyByssheShelleywasexpelledfromOxfordanddisownedbyhisfather.

A.AddresstotheIrishPeople

B.VindicationoftheRightsofWomen

C.MasqueofAnarchy

D.TheNecessityofAtheism

10、WhichofthefollowingpoemiswrittenbyPercyByssheShelleyonthedeathofJohnKeats?

A.PeterBelltheThirdB.Hellas

C.AdonaisD.TheCenci

11、isregardedasthemostwonderfullyricistEnglandhaseverproducedmainlyforhispoemsonnature,onlove,andonpolitice.

A.WilliamWordsworthB.JohnKeats

C.GeorgeGordonByronD.PercyByssheShelley

12、WhichofthefollowingstatementisnottrueaboutPercyBys