《英美文学选读》模拟试题6Word文件下载.docx

1、In the above stanza, art thou literally means _ . A.are youB.art thoughC.are thoughD.art you4.Which of the following statements best illustrates the theme of Shakespeares Sonnet 18?A.The speaker eulogizes the power of Nature. B.The speaker satirizes human vanity. C.The speaker praises the power of a

2、rtistic creation. D.The speaker meditates on mans salvation.5.Daniel Defoe describes _ as a typical English Middle-class man of the eighteenth century, the very prototype of the empire builder or the pioneer colonist. A.Tom Jones B.Gulliver C.Moll Flanders D.Robinson Crusoe6.“Bassanio:Antonio,I am m

3、arried to a wife Which is as dear to me as life itself;But life itself, My wife, and all the world. Are not with me esteemd above thy life;I would lose all, ay, sacrifice them all, Here to the devil, to deliver you. Portia:Your wife would give you little thanks for that, If she were by to hear you m

4、ake the offer.” The above is a quotation taken from Shakespeares comedy The Merchant of Venice. The quoted part can be regarded as a good example to illustrate _. A.dramatic irony B.personification C.allegory D.symbolism7.She lived unknown, and few could know When Lucy ceased to be;But she is in her

5、 grave, and, oh, The difference to me!The word me in the last line of the above stanza quoted from Wordsworths poem She Dwelt Among the Untrodden Ways may possibly refer to _ . A.the poet B.the reader C.her lover D.everybody8.Of all the 18thcentury novelists Henry Fielding was the first to set out,

6、both in theory and practice, to write specifically a “_ in prose,”the first to give the modern novel its structure and style. A.tragic epic B.comic epic C.romance D.lyric epic9.The statement It reveals the dehumanizing workhouse system and the dark, criminal underworld life may well sum up the main

7、theme if Dickenss _ . A.David Copperfield B.Bleak House C.Great Expectations D.Oliver Twist10.Here are four lines from a literary work:“Others for language all their care express,/And value books,as women men, for dress.”The work is _. A.Thomas Grays “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard” B.John Mi

8、ltons Paradise Lost C.Alexander Popes Essay on Criticism D.Shakespeares Midsummer Nights Dream11.It is generally regarded that Keatss most important and mature poems are in the form of _ . A.ode B.elegy C.epic D.sonnet12.William Wordsworth, a romantic poet, advocated all the following EXCEPT _. A.th

9、e 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 and inflated figures of speech13.In William Blakes poetry, the father（and any other in whom he s

10、aw the image of the father such as God, priest, and king）was usually a figure of _ . A.benevolence B.admiration C.love D.tyranny14.“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.Shelley15.The Pilgrims Progress by John Bunyan is oft

11、en said to be concerned with the search for _ . A.material wealth B.spiritual salvation C.universal truth D.self-fulfillment16.In the statement“oh,God! would you like to live with your soul in the grave?” the term“soul” apparently refers to _. A.Heathcliff himselfB.Catherine C.ones spiritual life D.

12、ones ghost17.After reading the first chapter of Pride and Prejudice, we may come to know that Mrs. Bennet is a woman of _ . A.simple character and quick wit B.simple character and poor understanding C.intricate character and quick wit D.intricate character and poor understanding18.The Victorian Age

13、was largely an age of _,eminently represented by Dickens and Thackeray. A.poetry B.drama C.prose D.epic prose19.Not on thy sole but on thy soul, harsh Jew,/Thou makst thy knife keen.In the above quotation taken form The Merchant of Venice, Shakespeare employs a（n）_ . A.oxymoron B.pun C.simile D.syne

14、cdoche20.The major concern of _ fiction lies in the tracing of the psychological development of his characters and in his energetic criticism of the dehumanizing effect of the capitalist industrialization on human nature. A.D.H.Lawrences B.J.Galsworthys C.W.Thackerays D.T.Hardys21.O prince, O chief

15、of many throned powers,That led th embattled seraphim to war Under thy conduct, and in dreadful deeds Fearless, endangered Heavens perpetual King.In the third line of the above passage quoted from Miltons Paradise Lost, the phrase thy conduct refers to _ conduct. A.Satans B.Gods C.Adams D.Eves22.Whi

16、ch of the following is NOT a typical feature of Modernism?A.To elevate the individual and inner being over the social being. B.To put the stress on traditional values. C.To portray the distorted and alienated relationships between man and his environment. D.To advocate a conscious break with the pas

17、t.23.In 1837, Ralph Waldo Emerson made a speech entitled _ at Harvard, which was hailed by Oliver Wendell Holmes as Our intellectual Declaration of Independence.NatureSelf-RelianceDivinity School AddressThe American Scholar24.Henry David Thoreaus work,_,has always been regarded as a masterpiece of N

18、ew England Transcendentalism. A.Walden B.The pioneers C.Nature D.Song of Myself25.For Melville, as well as for the reader and _ , the narrator, Moby Dick is still a mystery, an ultimate mystery of the universe. A.Ahab B.Ishmael C.Stubb D.Starbuck26.Walt whitman was a pioneering figure of American po

19、etry. His innovation first of all lies in his use of _,poetry without a fixed beat or regular rhyme scheme. A.blank verse B.heroic couplet C.free verse D.iambic pentameter27.Emily Dickinsons poem（441）This is my letter to the World expresses the poets _ about her communication with the outside world.

20、 A.indifference B.joy C.anxiety D.indignation28.Hester Pryme, Dimmsdale,Chillingworth and Pearl are most likely the names of the characters in _. A.The Scarlet Letter B.The House of the Seven Gablest C.The Portrait of a Lady D.The pioneers29.Naturalism is evolved from realism when the authors tone i

21、n writing becomes less serious and less sympathetic but more ironic and more _ . A.rational B.humorous C.optimistic D.pessimistic30.With Howells,James,and Mark Twain active on the literary scene, _ became the major trend in American literature in the seventies and eighties of the 19thcentury. A.sent

22、imentalism B.romanticism C.realism D.naturalism31.Dreisers Trilogy of Desire includes three novels. They are The Financier, The Titan and _ . A.The Genius B.The Tycoon C.The Stoic D.The Giant32.However,_,the keynote of Daisy Millers character,turns out to be an admiring but a dangerous quality and h

23、er defiance of social taboos in the Old World finally brings her to a disaster in the clash between two different cultures. A.experience B.sophistication C.worldliness D.innocence33.The impact of Darwins evolutionary theory on the American thought and the influence of the nineteenth-century French l

24、iterature on the American men of letters gave rise to yet another school of realism: American _ . A.local colorism B.vernacularism C.modernism 34.The impact of Darwins evolutionary theory on the American thought and the influence of the nineteenth-century 35.If honest labor be unremunerative and dif

25、ficult to endure; if it be the long, long road which never reaches beauty, but wearies the feet and the heart; if the drag to follow beauty be such that one abandons the admired way, taking rather the despised path leading to her dreams quickly, who shall cast the first stone?Where is the underlined

26、 phrase taken from?A.The Bible. B.Milton. C.Shakespeare. D.Hawthorne36.Chinese poetry and philosophy have exerted great influence over _. A.Ezra Pound B.Ralph Waldo Emerson C.Robert Frost D.Emily Dickinson37.Robert Frost combined traditional verse forms - the sonnet, rhyming couplets, blank verse -

27、with a clear American local speech rhythm, the speech of _ farmers with its idiosyncratic diction and syntax. A.Southern B.Western C.New Hampshire D.New England38.IN The Emperor Jones and The Hairy Ape,ONeill adopted the expressionist techniques to portray the _ of human beings in a hostile universe

28、. A.helpless situation B.uncertainty C.profound religious faith D.courage and perseverance39.Apart from the dislocation of time and the modern stream-of-consciousness, the other narrative techniques Faulkner used to construct his stories include _ , symbolism and mythological and biblical allusions. A.impressionism B.expressionism C.multiple points of view D.first person point of view40.which of the following st