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1、奥鹏东北师范大学网考 英美文学 考前练兵doc单选题1.Mrs. Warrens Profession is one of George Bernard Shaws plays. What is Mrs. Warrens profession then ?A.Real estate.B.Prostitution.C.House-keeping.D.Farming.答案: B2.Of all the eighteenth-century novelists , who was the first to set out, both in theory and practice , to write

2、 specially a “comic epic in prose”, the first to give the modern novel its structure and style ?A.Thomas GrayB.Richard Brinsley SheridanC.Johathan SwiftD.Henry Fielding答案: D3.Which of the following brings LITTLE impact on the development of 20th century literature?A.Friedrich Nietzches assertions: G

3、od is deadB.Arther Schopenharuers and Henry Bergsons philosophical ideas of irrationality.C.Oscar Wildes idea of Art for Arts Sake.D.Freudian-Jungian psycho-analysis答案: C4.It is alone who , for the first time in English literature, presented to us a comprehensive realistic picture of the English soc

4、iety of his time and created a whole gallery of vivid characters from all walks of life.A.Geoffrey ChaucerB.Martin LutherC.William LanglandD.John Gower答案: A5.Generally , the Renaissance refers to the period between the 14th and mid-17th centuries, its essence is .A.scienceB.philosophyC.artsD.humanis

5、m答案: D6.The term tone in literature means_.A.sound effect such as rhyme and metrical deviceB.the pitch of a word used to determine its meaning in the given contextC.the manner of expression to indicate the speakers attitude towards the subjectD.a shade of colour to reflect the change of the light答案:

6、 C7.Dr. Faustus is a play based on the German legend of a magician aspiring for and finally meeting his tragic end as a result of selling his soul to the Devil.A.immortalityB.politicalC.moneyD.knowledge答案: D8.The giant Moby Dick may symbolize all EXCEPT .A.mystery of the universeB.sin of the whaleC.

7、power of the Great NatureD.evil of the world答案: B9._ has always been regarded as a writer who “perfected the best classic style that American Literature ever produced”.A.Edgar Ellen PoeB.Walt WhitmanC.Henry David ThoreauD.Washington Irving答案: D10.Tess of the DUrbervilles, one of Thomas Hardys best k

8、nown novels, portrays man as _.A.being hereditarily either good or badB.being self-sufficientC.having no control over his own fateD.still retaining his own faith in a world of confusion答案: C11.The unquenchable spirit of Robinson Crusoe struggling to maintain a substantial existence on a lonely islan

9、d reflects .A.mans desire to return to natureB.the authors criticism of the colonizationC.the ideal of the rising bourgeoisieD.the aristocrats disillusionment of the harsh social reality答案: C12.Among the representatives of the Enlightenment, who was the first to introduce rationalism to England ?A.J

10、ohn BunyanB.Daniel DefoeC.Alexander PopeD.Jonathan Swift答案: C13.In his masterpieces _ , Pound traces the rise and fall of eastern and western empires and the moral and social chaos of the modern world .A.Make It NewB.The CantosC.Polite Essays答案: B14.The plot of _ is divided into three parts.A.Native

11、 SonB.Invisible ManC.Song of Solomon答案: A15.Of the following all were written by Amy Tan except _ .A.The Joy Luck ClubB.The Kitchen Gods WifeC.China Men答案: C16.Black humor refers to the use of the morbid and the absurd for darkly _ purposes .A.comicB.tragicC.entertaining答案: A17.Of the following writ

12、ers , who wrote the critical essay On Poetry and Poets ?A.PoundB.EliotC.Frost答案: B18.One of the earliest spokeswomen in English for the Chinese immigrant community is _.A.Lin YutangB.Sui Sin FarC.Maxine Hong Kingston答案: B19.Each of the professions listed below is correctly paired with Dickens except

13、A.novelistB.clerkC.reporterD.dramatist答案: D20.The novelist who was born in Poland wroteA.The portrait of A LadyB.A Passage to IndiaC.The Heart of DarknessD.Dubliners答案: C21.The statement “A demanding mother turns away from her husband and gives all her affection to her sons” sums up the main plot of

14、 D. H. Lawrences .A.Lady Chatterleys LoverB.Women in loveC.Sons and LoversD.The Plumed Serpent答案: C22.Dreisers language style includes the following aspects except _ .A.being polished and gracefulB.lack of concisionC.massive detailed description答案: A23.Who first used the term Beat Generation ?A.Gins

15、bergB.MailerC.Kerouac答案: C24._ believe that nature is ennobling and that the individual is important .A.PuritansB.realistsC.Transcendentalists答案: C25.The character that appears in The Red Badge of Courage is _.A.HurstwoodB.DrouetC.Fleming答案: C26.The pair not correctly associated isA.Blake-engraverB.

16、Goldsmith-poemC.Fielding-playwrightD.Richardson-essayist答案: D27.“You and the girls may go ,or you may send them by themselves , which perhaps will be still better , for as you are as handsome as any of them , Mr. Bingley might like you the best of the party.” What figure of speech is used in the und

17、erlined part ?A.ParadoxB.SimileC.IronyD.Antithesis答案: C28.In Chapter III of Oliver Twist, Oliver is punished for that “impious and profane offence of asking for more” . What did Oliver ask for more?A.More time to playB.More food to eatC.More books to readD.More money to spend答案: B29._ is often accla

18、imed literary spokesman of the Jazz Age .A.HemingwayB.FitzgeraldC.Steinbeck答案: B30._ makes the climax of ONeills literary career and the coming of age of American drama .A.The Hairy ApeB.Long Days Journey into NightC.The Iceman Cometh答案: B31.Christoper Marlows “The Passionate Shepherd to His Love” i

19、s a (n) .A.pastoral lyricB.elegyC.eulogyD.epic答案: A32.Who is the writer that wrote about frontier adventures ?A.IrvingB.CooperC.Melville答案: B33.If Winter comes，can Spring be far behind?”is an epigrammatic line by_.A.JKeatsB.WBlakeC.W. WordsworthD.P.BShelley答案: D34.“My last Duchess” is a poem that be

20、st exemplifies Robert Brownings _.A.sensitive ear for the sounds of the English languageB.excellent choice of wordsC.mastering of the metrical devicesD.use of the dramatic monologue答案: D35.Toni Morrison is the first and the only American black writer to become _ .A.poet laureateB.Nobel Prize winnerC

21、.Pulitzer Prize winner答案: B36.The statementStudies serve for delight，for ornament，and for ability”opens one of well-known essays by_.A.Francis BaconB.Samuel JohnsonC.Alexander PopeD.Jonathan Swift答案: A37.In Hawthornes Young Goodman Brown, a satanic figure leads the credulous protagonist to a witches

22、 Sabbath in the woods. There he recognizes many pillars of Salems Puritan society as well as his wife, Faith. The story illustrates Hawthornes allegorical theme of human evil or what Melville called the power of _ .A.blacknessB.whitenessC.terrorD.hypocrisy答案: A38.“Drive my dead thought over the univ

23、erse Like 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?A.Synecdoche.B.Metaphor.C.Simile.D.Onomatopoeia.答案: C39.In which of the following poems by William Butler Yeats did you find the allusion to

24、Helen and the TrojanWar?A.Sailing to ByzantiumB. Leda and the SwanC.The Lake Isle if Innisfree.D. Sown by the Sally Garden答案: B40.It is on his _ that Washington Irvings fame mainly rested.A.childhood recollectionsB.sketches about his European toursC.early poetryD.tales about America答案: D41.The sente

25、nce “Shall I compare thee to a summers day ?” is the beginning line of one of Shakespeares .A.comediesB.tragediesC.historiesD.sonnets答案: D42.Apart from the dislocation of time and the modern stream-of-consciousness, the other narrative techniques Faulkner used to construct his stories include _ , sy

26、mbolism and mythological and biblical allusions.A.impressionismB.expressionismC.multiple points of viewD.first person point of view答案: C43.Prometheus Unbound is Shelleys greatest achievement. Prometheus, according to the Greek mythology, was chained by Zeus on Mount Caucasus and suffered the vulture

27、s feeding on his liver for_.A.planning a revolt to dethrone GodB.misinterpreting Gods decree to reconcile man and natureC.prophesying the arrival of spring in a winter seasonD.stealing the fire from heaven and giving it to man答案: D44. Damn the fool! There he is, cried Heathcliff, sinking back into h

28、is seat. Hush, my darling! Hush, hush, Catherine! Ill stay. If he shot me so, Id expire with a blessing in my lips. The novel from which the passage is taken must be _.A.Jane Austens Pride and PrejudiceB.Charles Dickenss The Old Curiosity ShopC.Samuel Richardsons PamelaD.Emily Brontes Wuthering Heig

29、hts答案: D45.Emily Dickinsons poem（441）This is my letter to the World expresses the poets _ about her communication with the outside world.A.indifferenceB.joyC.anxietyD.indignation答案: C46.“Justice was done ; and the president of the Immortals had ended his sport” is a part of the quotation fromA.The F

30、orsyte SagaB.Jude the ObscureC.The picture of Dorian GrayD.Tess of D Urbervilles答案: D47.“For a week after the commission of the impious and profane offence of asking for more, Oliver remained a close prisoner in the dark and solitary room .”(Dickens, Oliver Twist) What did Oliver ask for?A.More time to play.B.More food to eat.C.More book to read.D.More money to spend.答案: B48.Mark Twains first novel _ , written in collaboration with Charles D. Warner and published in 1873,tho