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1、B. Too True to Be GoodC. Widowers HousesD. The Apple Cart4. It was only after the publication of _ that D.H. Lawrence was recognized as aprominent novelist.A. The TrespasserB. The White PeacockC. Sons and LoversD. The Rainbow5. T. S. Eliots poem _ is heavily indebted to James Joyce in terms of the s

2、tream- of -consciousness technique, also a prelude to The Waste Land.A. “Prufrock”B. “Gerontion”C. The Hollow MenD. Lyrical Ballads6. Charlotte Bronts _ is noted for its sharp criticism of the existing society, e. g. the religious hypocrisy of charity institutions.A. The ProfessorB. Wuthering Height

3、sC. VilletteD. Jane Eyre7. Shelleys greatest achievement is his four - act poetic drama _ , which is an ex- ultant work in praise of humankinds potential.A. AdonaisB. Queen MabC. Prometheus UnboundD. Kubla Khan8. Among the Romantic poets _ is regarded as a “worshipper of nature”.A. William BlakeB. W

4、illiam WordsworthC. George Gordon ByronD. John Keats9. The most perfect example of the verse drama after Greek style in English is John Miltons _.A. Paradise LostB. Paradise RegainedC. Samson AgonistesD. Areopagitica10. The major theme of Jane Austens novels is_.A. love and moneyB. money and social

5、statusC. social status and marriage D. love and marriage11. T. S. Eliots most important single poem _ has been hailed as a landmark and a model of the 20th-century English poetry.A. The Hollow MenB. The Waste LandC. Murder in the CathedralD. Ash Wednesday12. According to the subjects, William Wordsw

6、orths short poems can be classified into two groups, poems about_.A. nature and human lifeB. happiness and childhoodC. symbolism and imaginationD. nature and commonlife13. Among the following writers _ is considered to be the best -known English dramatist since Shakespeare.A. Oscar WildeB. John Gals

7、worthyC. W. B. YeatsD. George Bernard Shaw14. William Blakes _ composed during the climax of the French Revolution playsthe double role both as a satire and a revolutionary prophecy.A. The Book of UrizenB. The Book of LosC. Poetical SketchesD. Marriage of Heaven and Hell15. Charles Dickens works are

8、 characterized by a mingling of _ and pathos.A. metaphorB. passionC. satireD. humor16. Daniel Defoe describes _ as a typical English middle -class man of the eigh- teenth century, the very prototype of the empire builder, the pioneer colonist.A. Robinson CrusoeB. Moll FlandersC. GulliverD. Tom Jones

9、17. In Thomas Hardys Wessex novels, there is an apparent _ touch in his de- scription of the simple and beautiful though primitive rural life.A. nostalgicB. tragicC. romanticD. ironic18. Of all the eighteenth - century novelists _ was the first to set out, both in the-ory and practice, to write spec

10、ially a “comic epic in prose”, the first to give the modern novel its structure and style.A. Thomas GrayB. Richard Brinsley SheridanC. Jonathan SwiftD. Henry Fielding19. Shakespeares authentic non-dramatic poetry consists of two long narrative poems: Venus and Adonis and_.A. Julius CaesarB. The Wint

11、ers TaleC. The Rape of LucreceD. The Two gentlemen of Verona20. John Miltons _ is probably his most memorable prose work, which is a greatplea for freedom of the press.B. Paradise regainedC. AreopagiticaD. Lycidas21.D. H. Lawrences novels _ are generally regarded as his masterpieces.A. The Rainbow;

12、Women in LoveB. The Rainbow; Sons and LoversC. Sons and Lovers; Lady Chatterleys LoverD. Women in Love;22. The best representatives of the English humanists are Thomas More, Christopher Mar-lowe and_.A. William ShakespeareB. John MiltonC. Henry FieldingD. Jonathan Swift23. Mark Twains particular con

13、cern about the local character of a region came about as “local colorism,” a unique variation of American literary_.A. romanticismB. nationalismC. modernismD. realism24. As a poet with a strong sense of mission, Walt Whitman devoted all his life to the creation of the “single” poem,_.A. Drum TapsB.

14、North of BostonC. A Boys WillD. Leaves of Grass25. William Faulkner creates his own mythical kingdom that mirrors not only the decline of the _ society of America but also the spiritual wasteland of the whole American society.A. EasternB. WesternC. SouthernD. Northern26. In his final years, Herman M

15、elville turned again to prose fiction and wrote what is probably his second famous work, _ , which was published after his death.A. Billy BuddB. RedburnC. Moby - DickD. Typee27. The Sun Also Rise casts light on a whole generation after _ and the effects of the war by way of a vivid portrait of “the

16、Lost Generation. ”A. the Spanish Civil WarB. the American- Mexican WarC. WWID. WWII28. Herman Melville went to the South Seas on a whaling ship in 1841, where he gained the first -hand information about whaling that he used later in_.A. TypeeD. Omoo29. According to _ , the life - death cycle, the sp

17、ring and winter of the earth, the birth and death of the animals is reality.A. Theodore DreiserB. William FaulknerC. Henry JamesD. FScott Fitzgerald30. “Though life is but a losing battle, it is a struggle man can dominate in such a way that loss becomes dignity. ” This is an outlook towards life th

18、at _ had been trying to illustrate in his works.A. FB. Ernest HemingwayC. Theodore DreiserD. William Faulkner31. More than five hundred poems _ wrote are about nature, in which his （her） general skepticism about the relationship between man and nature is well -expressed.A. Robert FrostB. Emily Dicki

19、nsonC. Ezra PoundD. Walt Whitman32. In 1954, the Nobel Prize for literature was granted to _ , one of the greatest of American writers.A. Ernest HemingwayB. Robert FrostD. Theodore Dreiser33. North of Boston is described by Robert Frost as “a book of poople,” which shows a brilliant insight into _ c

20、haracter and the background that formed it.D. New England34. Walt Whitman is radically innovative in terms of the form of his poetry. What he prefers for his new poetic feelings is “ _ ”.A. standardized rhymingB. regular rhymingC. free verseD. strict verse35. Henry James fame generally rests upon hi

21、s novels and stories with the_ theme.A. internationalB. localC. colonialD. post-modern36. The Financier, The Titan and The Stoic by Theodore Dreiser are called his “Trilogy of _. ”A. HatredB. DeathC. DesireD. Fate37. In 1920, FScott Fitzgeralds first novel _ was published, which was, to some extent,

22、 his own story.A. This Side of ParadiseB. Tales of the Jazz AgeC. All the Sad Young MenD. Taps at Reveille38. In 1837, Nathaniel Hawthorne published Twice - Told Tales, a collection of _ which attracted critical attention.A. poemsB. short storiesC. essaysD. plays39. William Faulkner set most of his

23、works in the American _ , with his emphasis on the _subjects and consciousness.A. North. NorthernB. East. EasternC. West. WesternD. South. Southern40. The House of the Seven Gables was based on the tradition of a curse pronounced on _s family when his great - grandfather was a judge in the Salem wit

24、chcraft trials.A. Nathaniel HawthorneB. Washington IrvingPART TWO （60 POINTS）II. Reading Comprehension （16 points in all, 4 for each）Read the quoted parts carefully and answer the questions in English. Write your answers in the corresponding space on the answer sheet.41. “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. Whos the poet of the quoted stanza, and what