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1、Aprose Bdrama Cnovel Dpoetry20English Romanticism, as a historical phase of literature, is generally said to have ended in 1832 with _.Athe passage of the first Reform Bill in the Parliament Bthe publication of Wordsworth and Coleridges Lyrical BalladsCthe publication of TSEliots The waste LandDthe

2、passage of the Bill of Rights in the Parliament10Literature of Neoclassicism is different from that of Romanticism in that _.Athe former celebrates reason, rationality, order and instruction while the latter sees literature as an expression of an individuals feeling and experiencesBthe former is hea

3、vily religious but the latter secularCthe former is an intellectual movement, the purpose of which is to arouse the middle class for political rights while the latter is concerned with the personal cultivationDthe former advocates the “return to nature” whereas the latter turns to the ancient Greek

4、and Roman writers for its models.8. The major British Romantic poets Blake，Wordsworth，Coleridge，Byron，Shelley and Keats started a rebellion against the neoclassical literature，which was later regarded as _.A. the poetic romance B. the poetic movementC. the poetic revolution D. the poetic reformation

5、14. All of the following poets are regarded as “Lake Poets” EXCEPT _. A. Samuel Taylor Coleridge B. Robert SoutheyC. William Wordsworth D. William Blake20. English Romanticism,as a historical phase of literature,is generally said to have begun with the publication of Wordsworth and Coleridges_.1 A.

6、Poetical Sketches B. A Defence of Poetry C. Lyrical Ballads D. The Prelude13. The Romantic period is an age of _. a. prose b. drama c. poetry d. both a and c14. The two major novelists of the Romantic period are _. a. William Wordsworth and John Keats b. John Keats and Jane Austen c. Jane Austen and

7、 Walter Scott d. William 10. Which of the following descriptions of Gothic Novels is NOT correct? 6A. It predominated in the early eighteenth century.B. It was one phase of the Romantic movement.C. Its principal elements are violence, horror and the supernatural.D. Works like The Mysteries of Udolph

8、o and Frankenstein are typical Gothic romance. 1 William Blake7. “Where intelligence was fallible, limited, the Imagination was our hope of contact with eternal forces, with the whole spiritual world.” was said by _.A. William Wordsworth B. William BlakeC. Samuel Taylor Coleridge D. John Keats 7.In

9、his poem “Tyger, Tyger,”William Blake expresses his perception of the“fearful symmetry”of the big cat. The phrase“fearful symmetry”suggests（）.A. the tigers two eyes which are dazzlingly bright and symmetrically setB. the poets fear of the predatorC. the analogy of the hammer and the anvilD. the harm

10、ony of the two opposite aspects of Gods creation13.The poems such as“The Chimney Sweeper”are found in both Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience by（）.A. William Wordsworth B. William BlakeC. John Keats D. Lord Gordon Byron13.“Tiger! Tiger! Burning bright/ In the forests of the night, / What imm

11、ortal hand or eye / Could frame thy fearful symmetry?”（“The Tiger”by William Blake） The above lines（）. A. describe the tigers fierce eyes and forceful hands at nightB. express the poets curiosity for the skillful creation of the tigerC. express the poets surprise at the sight of the tigers well-prop

12、ortioned bodyD. express the poets terror at the sight of the tiger in the forest at night5William Blakes central concern in the Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience is_, which gives the two books a strong social and historical reference. Ayouthhood BchildhoodChappiness Dsorrow17. The declarati

13、on that “I know that This World is a World of IMAGINATION & Vision，” and that “The Nature of my work is visionary or imaginative belongs to _.A. William Blake B. William WordsworthC. Samuel Taylor Coleridge DGeorge Gordon Byron11. William Blakes work _ marks his entry into maturity. A. Songs of Expe

14、rience B. Marriage of Heaven and Hell C. Songs of Innocence D. The Book of LosC. Samuel Taylor Coleridge D. John Keats22. The declaration that “I know that This World is a World of IMAGINATION & Vision,” and that “The Nature of my work is visionary or imaginative” belongs to _. C. Samuel Taylor Cole

15、ridge D. George Gordon Byron15. Blakes Songs of Experience paints a world of _ with a melancholy tone. a. misery, poverty, disease, war and repression b. happiness and love and romantic ideals c. misery , poverty mixed with love and happiness d. loss and institutional cruelty with sufferings2 Willia

16、m Wordsworth12.William Wordsworth, a romantic poet, advocated all the following EXCEPT _. A.the use of everyday language spoken by the common people B.the expression of the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings C.the use of humble and rustic life as subject matter D.the use of elegant wording an

17、d inflated figures of speech 21.William Wordsworth, a romantic poet, advocated all of the following except . Anormal contemporary speech patternsBhumble and rustic life as subject matterCelegant wording and inflated figures of speechDintensely subjective feeling toward individual experience10.Willia

18、m Wordsworth, a romantic poet, advocated all the following except（）.A. the using of everyday language spoken by the common people B. the expression of the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelingsC. the humble and rustic life as subject matterD. elegant wording and inflated figures of speech10. A po

19、et asserted that poetry originated form “emotion recollected in tranquillity”. He maintained that the scenes and events of everyday life and the speech of ordinary people were the raw material of which poetry could and should be made. Who is that poet?（）.A. William Blake B. Alfred Lord TennysonC. Wi

20、lliam Wordsworth D. John Keats13The assertion that poetry originates from “emotion recollected in tranquility” belongs to _.AWilliam Wordsworth BSamuel Taylor ColeridgeCRobert Southey DWilliam Blake14All of the following poems by William Wordsworth are masterpieces on nature EXCEPT _.A“I Wandered Lo

21、nely as a Cloud” B“An Evening Walk”C“Tintern Abbey” D“The Solitary Reaper” 10. Among the following British Romantic poets _ is regarded as a “worshipper of nature”. C. George Gordon Byron D. John Keats10. Wordsworths_ is perhaps the most anthologized poem in English literature. A. “To a Skylark” B.

22、“I Wondered Lonely as a Cloud” C. “An Evening Walk” D. “My Heart Leaps Up” 12. Poetry is defined by _ as “the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings, which originates in emotion recollected in tranquility”.C. Percy Bysshe Shelley D. Robert Southey12. In subject matter, William Wordsworths poems h

23、ave two concerns. One is about nature, the other is about _.A. French Revolution B. literary theoryC. death D. common life of ordinary people18. Wordsworths _ is perhaps the most anthologized poem in English literature.A. “To a Skylark” B. “I Wondered Lonely as a Cloud”C. “An Evening Walk” D. “My He

24、art Leaps Up” 20. The major representatives of the poetic revolution in English Romantic period were Samuel Taylor Coleridge and _.C. John Keats D. Percy Bysshe Shelley3 Shelley14.“If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind!” is an epigrammatic line by _. A.J.Keats B.W.Blake C.W.Wordsworth D.P.B.Shel

25、ley7. “Drive my dead thoughts over the universeLike withered leaves to quicken a new birth.”（Percy Bysshe Shelley, “Ode to the West Wind”）What rhetorical device does the poet use in the quoted lines? ASynecdoche. BMetaphor.CSimile. DOnomatopoeia. 14. Shelleys masterpiece, Prometheus Unbound, is a ve

26、rse drama, which borrows the basic story from _ . A. the Bible B. a German legendC. a Greek play D. One Thousand and One Nights 15. Shelleys greatest achievement is his four-act poetic drama _. A. Adonais B. To a SkylarkC. A Song: Men of England D. Prometheus Unbound 12.“If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?”is an epigrammatic line by（）. A. J. Keats B. W. BlakeC. W. Wordsworth D. P. B. Shelley12Shelleys greatest ac