英美文学选读 习题1.docx

1、英美文学选读 习题1【题型：单选】【分数：1分】 得分：0分1 We can easily find in Dreiser s fiction a world of jungle, and _ found expression in almost every book he wrote. A naturalism B romanticism C transcendentalism D cubism答： 答案： A【题型：论述】【分数：10分】 得分：0分2 Why is Hardy regarded as a naturalistic writer in English literature?

2、 Discuss in relation to his novels you know.答： 答案： survival|fittest|fate|mysterious |supernatural|force|impotent|Fate【题型：阅读】【分数：4分】 得分：0分3 1. “When the stars threw down their spears,And water d heaven with their tears,Did he smile his work to see?Did he who made the Lamb make thee ?”Questions:A. Who

3、s the poet of the quoted stanza?B. Whom does the “he” refer to?C. What does the “Lamb” symbolize?答： 答案： William Blake;God; peace and purity【题型：简答】【分数：4分】 得分：0分4 What are the characteristics of Byrons works?答： The only major languag答案： they are violentattack on politics, religion and morals. They des

4、cribe the novelty of oriental scenery and shows the easy, fluent and natural beauty of his verse.【题型：论述】【分数：10分】 得分：0分5 Make a comment on the character ofJane Eyre, the heroine of the novel by Charlotte Bronte.答： 答案： orphan|child|poor|plain|governess|middle class |working|woman【题型：单选】【分数：1分】 得分：0分6

5、_ is Hemingways firt true novel, which portrays “The Lost Generation”. A A. For Whom the Bell Tolls B B. The Old Man and the Sea C C. The Sun Also Rises D D. A Farewell to Arms答： 答案： C【题型：阅读】【分数：4分】 得分：0分7 “ Do you think I can stay to become nothing to you? So you think I am an automoton?a machine w

6、ithout feelings? And can bear to have my morsel of bread snatched from my lips, and my drop of living water dashed from my cup? Do you think, because I am poor, obscure, plain, and little, I am soulless and heartless?You think wrong!I have as much as you and full as much heart! And if God had gifted

7、 me with some beauty, and much wealth, I should have made it as hard for you to leave me, as it is now for me to leave you. I am not talking to you now through the medium of custom, conventionalities, or even of mortal flesh: it is my spirit that addresses your spirit; just as if both had passed thr

8、ough the grave, and we stood at Gods feet, equal as we are!”A. Identify the author and the work.B. Summarize the speakers meaning.答： 答案： Charlotte Bronte, Jane Eyre, Jane doesnt want to become his accessory. Mr. Rochester doesnt treat her as an equal being.【题型：简答】【分数：4分】 得分：0分8 What is expressionism

9、?答： 答案： It is a reaction against materialism,describesindividuals internal state of mind. the representatives are August Strinberg,Frank Wedeking and Eugene ONeill.【题型：单选】【分数：1分】 得分：0分9 All of the following poems by William Wordsworth are masterpieces on natureEXCEPT_. A “I Wandered Lonely as a Clou

10、d” B “An Evening Walk” C “Tinter Abbey” D “The Solitary Reaper”答： 答案： D【题型：阅读】【分数：4分】 得分：0分10 It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good forturen must be in want of a wife.However little known the feelings or views of such a man many be on his first entering a n

11、eighbourhood, this truth is so well fixed in the minds of the surrouding families, that he is considered as the rightful property of some one or other of their daughters.Questions:A. Identify the author and the title from which the above passage is taken.B. What is this passage describing?答： 答案： Jan

12、e Austen, Pride and Prejudice, Mrs Bennet, considering her daughters marriage【题型：简答】【分数：4分】 得分：0分11 Do you know something about Yoknapatawpha County? What are the characteristics of Faulkners fiction?答： 答案： Yoknapatawpha County is an imagined place based on Faulkners own hometown, a place that he to

13、ok for the setting of 15 of his 19 novels and many short stories. This small region in the American South becomes in Faulkners fiction an allegory or a parable of the old south.Characteristics: representation of the Old South; his theme of the deterioration, loss and moral decay of the Old South whe

14、n it was falling apart.【题型：单选】【分数：1分】 得分：0分12 “Shall I compare thee to a summers day?/Thou art more lovely and more temperate/ Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May/And summers lease hath all too short a date,” the above beautiful sonnet was written by _. A John Donne B John Milton C William

15、Shakespeare D Francis Bacon答： 答案： C【题型：阅读】【分数：4分】 得分：0分13 “Nor lose possession of that fair thou owst;Nor shall Death brag thou wanderst in his shade,When in eternal lines to time thou growst:So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see,So long lives this, and this gives life to thee. ”Questions:A. W

16、hos the poet of the quoted stanza, and whats the title of the poem?B. What does the word “this” in the last line refer to?C. What idea do the quoted lines express?答： 答案： Shakespeare, Sonnet 18, permance of poetry【题型：简答】【分数：4分】 得分：0分14 Whats the theme of Emily Bronte s Wuthering Heights?答： 答案： a stor

17、y of revenge;From the social point of view, it is a story about a poor man abused; it is also a love story.【题型：单选】【分数：1分】 得分：0分15 All of the following statements about the Victorian period is true EXCEPT _. A England was the “workshop of the world”. B The early years was a time of rapid economic dev

18、elopment as well as serious social problem C Towards the mid -century, England had reached its highest point of development as a world D Capitalism came into its monopoly stage, the gap between the rich and the poor was further答： 答案： D【题型：简答】【分数：4分】 得分：0分16 what is Bacons Of Studies about?答： 答案： the

19、 aims, ways and infulence of studies【题型：单选】【分数：1分】 得分：0分17 The work _ by William Blake is a lovely volume of poems, presenting a happy world, though not without its evils and sufferings.A.Songs of Innocence&n A Songs of Innocence B Songs of Experience C Poetical Sketches D Lyrical Ballads答： 答案： A【题型

20、：简答】【分数：4分】 得分：0分18 Please comment on Alexander Popes literary achievements.答： 答案： An Essay on Criticism follows the neoclassicist tradition. The Rape of the Lock mocks the epic. He uses heroic couplet.【题型：单选】【分数：1分】 得分：0分19 The assertion that poetry originates from “emotion recollected in tranquili

21、ty” belongs to _. A Wordsworth B Coleridge C Shelley D Blake答： 答案： A【题型：单选】【分数：1分】 得分：0分20 _ is a poem based on a traditional Spanish legend of a great lover and seducer of women. A Adonais B Don Juan C Prometheus Unbound D The Revolt of Islam答： 答案： B【题型：单选】【分数：1分】 得分：0分21 _ by Henry James tells a s

22、tory about a young and innocent American confronting the complexity of the European life. A A. The American B B. The Europeans C C. Daisy Miller D D. The Portrait of a Lady答： 答案： A【题型：单选】【分数：1分】 得分：0分22 Generally, the Renaissance refers to the period between _ and _ centuries. A 14th; mid-17th B 16t

23、h; mid-17th C 14th; mid-18th D 16th; mid-19th答： 答案： A【题型：单选】【分数：1分】 得分：0分23 The literary form which is fully-developed and the most flourishing during the Romantic period is _. A prose B drama C novel D poetry答： 答案： D【题型：单选】【分数：1分】 得分：0分24 Charlottes works are famous for the depiction of the life of

24、 _ working women, particularly governesses. A the middle - class B the lower class C the upper - middle - class D the upper - class答： 答案： A【题型：单选】【分数：1分】 得分：0分25 7. Neoclassicists had some fixed laws and rules for prose EXCEPT_. A precison B directness C flexibility D satire答： 答案： D【题型：单选】【分数：1分】 得分

25、：0分26 Charlotte Brontes autobiograghical work _ largely based on her experience in Brussels. A The Professor B Shirley C Villette D Jane Eyre答： 答案： D【题型：单选】【分数：1分】 得分：0分27 In 1892, Yeats wrote his first play, _, which is an Irish myth about a noblewoman who sells her soul to the devil in order to sa

26、ve starving peasants. A A. The Land of Hearts Desire B B. The Shadowy Waters C C. The Countess Cathleen D D. Purgatory答： 答案： C【题型：单选】【分数：1分】 得分：0分28 In Charles Dickensearly novels, he attacks one or more specific social evils, _is a good example of describing the dehumanizing workhouse system and th

27、e dark, criminal underworld life. A Oliver Twist B Bleak house C David Copperfield D Great Expectations答： 答案： A【题型：单选】【分数：1分】 得分：0分29 _ , which bears a strong resemblance to The Waste Land is generally regarded as the darkest of T. S. Eliots poems. A “Gerontion” B The Hollow Men C “The Love Song of

28、J. Alfred Prufrock” D The Cocktail Party答： 答案： B【题型：单选】【分数：1分】 得分：0分30 The author of Leaves of Grass , a giant of American letters, is _. A Faulkner B Dreiser C . James D Whitman答： 答案： D【题型：单选】【分数：1分】 得分：0分31 While Mark Twain seemed to have paid more attention to the “life” of the Americans, _ had a

29、pparently laid a greater emphasis on the “inner world” of man. A William Howells B Henry James C Bret Harte D Hamlin Garland答： 答案： B【题型：单选】【分数：1分】 得分：0分32 The Transcendentalists believe that, first, nature is ennobling, and second, the individual is_. A insignificant B evil C divine D silly答： 答案： C【

30、题型：单选】【分数：1分】 得分：0分33 _ is a great critic on Shakespeare, Elizabethan Drama, and English poetry. A A. Charles Lamb B B. Jane Austen C C. Walter Scott D D. William Hazlitt答： 答案： D【题型：单选】【分数：1分】 得分：0分34 “If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?” the quoted line comes from _. A Shelleys “Ode to the West Wind” B Walt Whitman s Leaves of Grass C John Miltons Paradise Lost D John Keats“ Ode on a Grecian Urn”答： 答案： A【题型：单选】【分数：1分】 得分：0分35 “Man shall find grace