英国文学试卷

英国文学考试There are 30 statements in this part. Choose A, B,C or D on your Answer Sheet.1.Chaucer was a master of the heroic couplet which consists of two rhyming lines in iambic pentameter. Iambicpentameter means________.A.the line has 6 feet, and an unstressed syllable is followed by a stressed syllable.B.the line has 6 feet, and a stressed syllable is followed by an unstressed syllable.C.the line has 5 feet, and an unstressed syllable is followed by a stressed syllable.D.the line has 5 feet, and a stressed syllable is followed by an unstressed syllable.2.Which of the following statements best illustrates the theme of Shakespeare’s Sonnet 18?A.The speaker eulogizes the power of Nature.B.The speaker satirizes human vanity.C.The speaker praises the power of artistic creation.D.The speaker meditates on man’s salvation.3. The story of The Grass is Singing takes place in ______.A. EnglandB. AmericaC. AsiaD. Africa4. Which work was not written by John Milton?______________.A. Paradise LostB. Paradise RegainedC. Samson AgonistesD. Volpone5. John Donne was a great poet and ________ as well.A. dramatistB. novelistC. preacherD. lawyer6. John Donne’s “Holy Sonnet 10” expresses ________.A. the fear of deathB. the admiration of deathC. the triumph over deathD. the pleasure from death7. In addition to The Life and Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, Defoe also wrote ______.A. Tom JonesB. PamelaC. The Adventures of Roderick RandomD. Moll Flanders8. Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels is the greatest _________ work in English literature.A. realisticB. satiricC. romanticD. poetic9. The central image of “The Tyger” is ________.A. hammerB. chainC. anvilD. fire10. Authors and poems are correctly paired in all of the following except ________.A. William Wordsworth—“The Solitary Reaper”B. William Blake—“I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud”C. Samuel Taylor Coleridge—“The Rime of the Ancient Mariner”D. Robert Burns—“The Tree of Liberty”11. William Wordsworth asserts that poetry originated from_______________.A. formB. thoughtsC. Artistic devicesD. Emotion.12. That supernatural an d fantastic stories call for “a willing suspension of disbelief” was a statement made by________.A. Sir Arthur Conan DoyleB. Mary ShelleyC. Samuel Taylor ColeridgeD. H. G. Wells13. The description of “a man proud, moody, cynical, with def iance on his brow, and misery in his heart, a scorner of his kind, implacable in revenge, yet capable of deep and strong affection” may be applied to ________.A. an epic heroB. an antiheroC. a Byronic heroD. a modern hero14. All the following have written plays in verse except ________.A. George Gordon ByronB. Percy Bysshe ShelleyC. George Bernard ShawD. T. S. Eliot15. “It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.” This sentence is presented in a(an)__________ tone.A. ironicB. indifferentC. delightfulD. jealousy16. English critical realism found its expression chiefly in the form of _____.A. novelB. dramaC. poetryD. sonnet17. “A Pure Woman” is the subtitle of ________.A. Far from the Madding CrowdB. The Return of the NativeC. Tess of the D’UrbervillesD. Jude the Obscure18. Charlotte Bronte produced four novels. Which of the following works does not belong to her?___________.A. ProfessorB. ShirleyC. Jane EyreD. Wuthering Heights19. Robert Browning distinguished himself in ______.A. lyricsB. dramatic monologuesC. sonnetsD. odes20. Oscar Wilde was the author of the following works except ________.A. The Picture of Dorian GrayB. SaloméC. Lady Windermere’s FanD. My Fair Lady21. In Mrs. Dalloway, Virginia Woolf adopted a writing technique called__________, in which the whole story was presented with the interior monologues of the characters.A. stream-of-consciousnessB. ExpressionismC. SymbolismD. Naturalism22. ___is considered to be the best-known English dramatist since Shakespeare, and his representative works are plays inspired by social criticism.A.Richard SheridanB.Oliver GoldsmithC.Oscar WildeD.Bernard Shaw23. Joyce’s short story “Araby” is characterized by the following except ________.A. realistic descriptionB. symbolic detailsC. epiphanyD. excitement of the plot24. In “The Rocking-Horse Winner”, Paul’s mother defines luck as ________.A. moneyB. the thing that causes one to have moneyC. to be born richD. to be healthy25. Lord of the Flies represents _____.A. the civilizationB. the orderC. the intelligenceD. the dark side of human nature26. Forster's book on literary criticism is ______.A. Where Angels Fear to TreadB. A Room with a ViewC. A Passage to IndiaD. Aspects of the Novel27. Among the following works written by Graham Swift, which is a collection of short stories?A. The sweet Shop OwnerB. Out of This WorldC. Last OrdersD. Learning to Swim28. “What though the field be lost?/ All is not l ost: the unconquerable will,/ And study of revenge, immortal hate,/ And courage never to submit or yield”. Here “the unconquerable will” refers to the will of ________.A. ZeusB. SatanC. GodD. Adam29. Paradise Lost is_______.A. John Milton’s masterpiece.B. a great epic in 12 booksC. about the heroic revolt of Satan against God’s authorityD. all of the above30. The most successful novel of A. S. Byatt is ______.A. The GameB. Babel TowerC. Possession: A RomanceD. Shadow of the SunPart ⅡIdentification (总分20分，每小题1分)There are 20 selections in this part. Choose A, B,C or D on your Answer Sheet.1. It will be no use to us, if twenty such should come, since you will not visit them.A. Hamlet’s Solil oquyB. Pride and PrejudiceC. Death, be not proudD. Jane Eyre2. He that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune; for they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief.A. Sonnet 18B. of Marriage and Single LifeC. Of StudiesD. Death, be not proud3. Till a’the seas gang dry, my dear, /And the rocks melt wi’the sun,/O, I will luve thee still, my dear,/While the sands o’life shall run.A. The LambB. Death, be not proudC. A Red, Red RoseD. Of Studies4. In what distant deeps or skies / Burnt the fire of thine eyes? / On what wings dare he aspire? / What the hand dare seize the fire? / And what shoulder, & what art, / Could twist the sinews of thy heart?A. Sonnet 18B. A Red, Red RoseC. Death, be not proudD. The Tyger5. My master told me there were some qualities remarkable in the Yahoos,which he had not observed me to mention, or at least very slightly, in the accounts I had given of humankind.A. Robinson CrusoeB. Gulliver’s TravelsC. Death, be not proudD. Of Studies6. One shade the more, one ray the less,/ Had half impair’d the nameless grace/ Which waves in every raven tress,/ Or softly lightens o’er her face;A. Sonnet 18B. She walks in BeautyC. Death, be not proudD. Ode to the West Wind7. The waves beside them danced; but they / Out-did the sparkling waves in glee: / A poet could not but be gay, / In such a jocund company: / I gazed---and gazed---but little thought / What wealth the show to me had brought: A. Sonnet 18 B. The Canterbury TalesC. I Wandered Lonely as a CloudD. Of Studies8. They perfect nature, and are perfected by experience: for natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning by study; and studies themselves do give forth directions too much at large, except they be bounded in by experience.A. Sonnet 18B. Of StudiesC. Death, be not proudD. A Red, Red Rose9.Thou art slave to fate, chance, kings, and desperate men,/ And dost with poison, war, and sickness dwell,/ And poppy or charms can make us sleep as well/ And better than thy stroke; why swell’st thou then?A. Sonnet 18B. The FleaC.Holy Sonnet 10D. Of Studies10. I watched my master’s face pass from amiability to sternness; he hope d I was not beginning to idle. I could not call my wandering thoughts together. I had hardly any patience with the serious work of life which, …seemed to me child’s play, ugly monotonous child’s play.A. Death, be not proudB. Lord of the FliesC. ArabyD.Jane Eyre11. “Look’ee here, Pip.I’m your second father. You’re my son - more to me nor any son. I’ve put away money,only for you to spend. When I was a hired-out shepherd in a solitary hut, not seeing no faces but faces of sheep till I half forgot wot men’s and women’s faces wos like, I see yourn.”A.Lord of the FliesB. Great ExpectationsC.Wuthering HeightsD. Of Studies12. Oh, sir, she smiled, no doubt,/ Whene’er I pass ed her; but who passed without/ Much the same smile? This grew; I gave commands;/ Then all smiles stopped together.A.My Last DuchessB. Great ExpectationsC. Death, be not proudD. Of Studies13. The morning was wet and foggy, and Clare, rightly informed that the caretaker only opened the windows on fine days, ventured to creep out of their chamber and explore the house, leaving Tess asleep.A. Jane EryeB. Robinson CrusoeC. Gulliver’s TravelsD. Tess of the D’Urbervilles14. ‘Beauty is truth, truth beauty, ---that is all/Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know’A. Ode to the West WindB. A Red, Red RoseC. Ode on a Grecian UrnD. Of Studies15. The entrance into this place I made to be not by a door, but by a short ladder to over the top, which ladder, when I was in, I lifted over after me, and I was completely fenced in.A.ArabyB. Tess of D’UrbervillesC. Robinson CrusoeD. Jane Eyre16. She stood, with arrested muscles, outside his door, listening. There was a strange, heavy, and yet loud noise. Her heart stood still. It was a soundless noise, yet rushing and powerful. Something huge, in violent, hushed motion.A. Pride and PrejudiceB. The Rocking—horse WinnerC.Great ExpectationsD. Araby17. He gave himself then to thoughts of the future, to practical arrangements. Sarah must be suitably installed in London. They sh ould go abroad as soon as his affairs could be settled,…A. Pride and PrejudiceB. The Rocking--horse WinnerC.Great ExpectationsD. The French Lieutenant’s Woman18. A heavy weight of hours has chained and bowed/ One too like thee: tameless, and swift, and proud.A. I Wandered Lonely as a CloudB. Ode to the West WindC. Death, be not proudD. Tyger19. O, well for the fisherman's boy, / That he shouts with his sister at play! / O, well for the sailor lad, / That he sings in his boat on the bay!A. Sonnet 18B. Break, Break, BreakC. Death, be not proudD. Auld Lang Syne20. What though the field be lost?/ All is not lost; the unconquerable will,/ And study of revenge, immortal hate,/ And courage never to submit or yield;A.Paradise LostB. Break, Break, BreakC. Death, be not proudD. Paradise RegainedPart ⅢTrue or false statements. (总分10分，每小题1分)Decide whether the following statements are true or false. Mark T or F on your answer sheet.1. John Donne was the forerunner of the English classical school of literature in the 18th century.2. Robert Burns is remembered mainly for his songs written in the Scottish dialect on a variety os subjects.3. Mr. Rochester is a character in the novel Great Expectations, which was written by Charles Dickens.4. To the Lighthouse was written by James Joyce. The Waves was his another novel.5. The Romantic Age is emphatically an age of poetry. Many young enthusiastic writers turned to poetry.6. In dream, Samuel Taylor Coleridge composed a poem, which is the dream-poem, the Rime of the Ancient Mariner.7. English critical realism found its expression chiefly in the form of novel.8. Jane Austen is the first historical novelist in English literature.9. Coming from an old Greek legend, Hamlet is considered the summit of Shakespeare’s art.10. Geoffrey Chaucer, one of the greatest narrative poets of England, is acclaimed as the “father of English poetry”.Part ⅣPoem appreciation. (10分)Analyze the following poem and write an essay within 150 words on the Answer Sheet .“Holy Thursday”Is this a holy thing to see,In a rich and fruitful land,Babes reduced to misery,Fed with cold and usurous hand?Is that trembling cry a song?Can it be a song of joy?And so many children poor?It is a land of poverty!And their sun does never shine.And their fields are bleak & bare.And their ways are fill’d with thorns.It is eternal winter there.For where-e’er the sun does shine,And where-e’er the rain does fall,Babe can never hunger there,Nor poverty the mind appall.—taken from William Blake’s Songs of ExperiencePart ⅤEssay writing.(30分)There are two topics in this part. Please choose either of them and write an essay of 400 words on the Answer Sheet. ( 任选一题)1. What do you find admirable in Robinson Crusoe? How do you think of the image created by Defoe in his Robinson Crusoe?2. Analyze and comment on the protagonist in the short story Araby. What does the boy gain and what is thenature of his sudden realization?。

1. ____________________________________ The national epic of the Anglo-Saxons is .A Robin HoodB Sir Gawain and the Green KnightC The Canterbury TalesD Beowulf2. __ w as the most outstanding single romance on the Arthurian legend written inalliterative verse.A The Canterbury TalesB Piers the PlowmanC Sir Gawain and the Green KnightD Beowulf3. __ w as famous for The Canterbury Tales.A Geoffrey ChaucerB John MiltonC William ShakespeareD Francis Bacon4. Most of the ballads of the 15th century focused on the legend about __ as a heroicfigure.A Green NightsB GawainC Robin HoodD Hamlet5.In the 16th century, Thomas More's work ______ became immediately popular after its publication.A Paradise LostB A Pleasant Satire of the Three EstatesC Of StudiesD Utopia6. __ was Edmund Spencer 's masterpiece which has been regarded as one of the great poems in the English language.A AmorettiB The Shepherd 's CalendarC The Faerie QueeneD Four Hymns7. __ is from Shakespeare 's sonnet No.18.A “Lemt e not to the marriage of true minds ”B “Tobe or not to be: that is the question ”C “ ShallI compare thee to a summer's day” D“ Nolonger mourn for me when I am dead”8. ___ , the “father of English poetry ”and one of the greatest narrative poets of England,was born in London about 1340.A. Geoffrey ChaucerB. Sir GawainC. Francis BaconD. John Dryden9. The four great tragedies written by Shakespeare are Hamlet, Macbeth, Othello and ___A. Antony and CleopatraB. Julius CaesarC Twelfth NightD King Lear10. Which of the following does not belong to Shakespeare 's romantic love comedies?A Twelfth NightB The TempestC As You Like ItD The Merchant of VeniceD C A C D C C A D B1. All of the following are the most eminent dramatists in theRenaissance England except __________ .a. William Shakespeareb. Ben Jonsonc. Christopher Marlowed. Francis Bacon2. The English Renaissance period was an age ofa. poetry and dramab. drama and novelc. novel and poetryd. romance and poetry3. Paradise Lost is the masterpiece of ______a. William Shakespeareb. Robert Burnsc. John Miltond. William Blake4. Which of the following plays written by Shakespeare is history play ?a. A Midsummer Night ' s Dreamb. The Merry Wives of Windsorc. H enry IVd. King Lear5. The first official version of Bible known asthe Great Bible , was revised in ______a. 16th centuryb. 17th centuryc. 18th centuryd. 19th century6. Francis Bacon ' s Essays first published in 1597 has beenconsidered as an important landmark in the development of English , and as the firstcollection of essays in the English language.a. poetryb. epicsc. fictiond. prose7. Daniel Defoe was famous for his novel ___ whichfirst established his reputation.a. Gulliver ' s Travelsb. The Adventure of Robinson Crusoec. The Pilgrim ' s Progressd. Oliver Twist8. The famous poem “ A Red Red Rose ” was written bya. William Wordsworthb. George Byronc. Robert Burnsd. William Blake9. Mary Shelley ' s nvoel Frankenstein belongs to thetype of ____ which is often set in gloomy castles wherehorrifying, supernatural events take place.a. Gothicb. Realismc. Romanticismd. Classicism10. The first complete English Bible was translated by , “the morning star of the Reformationand his followers.A. William LanglandB. James IC. John WycliffeD. Bishop Lancelot AndrewsD A C C B D B C A C1. The literature of the Anglo-Saxon period falls naturally into two divisions, ___________ and Christian.a. Paganb. Romanc. Frenchd. Danish2. “ Poetry is Spontaneous ” was put forward by _______________a. Robert Burnsb. William Blakec. William Wordsworthd. Charles Lamb3. Which of the following writings can be regarded as typical belonging to the school of Romantic literature?c. Jane Eyrea. Don Juanb. Ulyssesd. Sons and Lovers4. ____ is the first important English essayist and thefounder of modern science in England.a. Francis Baconb. Edmund Spenserc. Thomas Mored. Sidney5. What is flourished in Elizabethan age more than any other form of literature?a. novelb.dramac. essayd. poetry6. The publication of _____ marked the beginning of theRomantic Age.a. Don Juanb. The Rime of the Ancient Marinerc. The Lyrical Balladsd. Ode to the West Wind7. Which of the following did not belong to Romanticism?a. John Keatsb. Percy Shelleyc. William Wordsworthd. Alfred Tennyson8. Frankenstein was filmed many times. Who wrote the book?a. Edgar Allan Poeb. James Joycec. Mary Shelleyd. Walter Scott9. In the mid-18th century, a new literary movement called came to Europe and then to England.a. Romanticismb. Classicismc. Realismd. Restoration10. Which of the following poem was not written by John Keats?a. Ode to the West Windb. Ode to Autumnc. Ode on a Grecian Urnd. Ode to a NightingaleA C A ABCD C A A1. William Shakespeare is one of the giants of ______a. Romanticismb. Critical Realismc. Aestheticismd. the Renaissance2. ______ is the first important religious poet in Englishliterature.a. John Donneb. George Herbertc. Caedmond. Milton3. _______ was the first to introduce thesonnet into English literature.a. Thomas Wyattb. William Shakespearec. Philip Sidneyd. Thomas Gray4. The English poets _______ , WilliamWordsworth, and Robert Southey, were known as “ Lake Poets ”because they lived in the LakeDistrict Northwestern England at the beginning ofthe 19th century.a. George Byronb. John Keatsc. Percy Shelleyd. Samuel Coleridge5. The most gifted of the “University Wits ”was ___ .A. John LilyB. Thomas KydC. Thomas GreeneD. Christopher Marlowe6. __ is one of the forerunners of modern socialistthought.A. Phillip SidneyB. Edmund SpenserC. Thomas MoreD. Christopher Marlowe7. Morality plays appeared after ____ .A. miracle playsB. mystery playsC. interludeD. Classical plays8. Which of the following is NOT regarded as one of characteristics of Renaissance?a. Exaltation of man 's pursuit of happiness in thislife.b. Cultivation of the genuine flavor of ancient culture.c. Tolerance of human weaknesses.d. Praise of man 's efforts in having his soul delivered.9. The most intellectual movement of the Renaissance was .A. the ReformationB. HumanismC. the Italian revivalD. Geographical exploration10. What is the relationship between Claudius and Hamlet?A. CousinsB. Uncle and nephewC. Father-in-lawD. Father and sonD C A D D C A D B B1. Which of the following is a typical feature of Swift's writings?A. Great wit.B. Bitter satire.C. Rich mythic allusions.D. Complicated sentence structures.2. __ is the leading figure of Metaphysical poetry.A. John DonneB. George HerbertC. Andre MarvellD. Henry Vaughan3. The _______ was a progressive intellectual movement throughout Western Europe in the 18th century.A. RomanticismB. HumanismC. EnlightenmentD. Sentimentalism4. Who was the greatest dramatist in the 18th century?A. Oliver GoldsmithB. Richard SheridanC. Laurence SterneD. Henry Fielding5. In which of the following works can you find the proper names“ Lilliput ” , “ Brobdingnag ” , “ Houyhnhnm” and “ Yahoo ”? A.The Pilgrim ' s ProgressB. The Faerie QueeneC. Gulliver ' s TravelsD. The School for Scandal6. _ poems can be divided into two categories: the youthfullove lyrics and the later sacred verses.A. John MiltonB. John BunyanC. John DonneD. John Dryden7. In The Pilgrim's Progress, John Bunyan describes The Vanity Fair in atone.A. delightfulB. solemnC. sentimentalD. satirical8. Defoe 'Rsobinson Crusoe created the image of an enterprisingEnglishman, typical of the English bourgeoisie in the _________century.A. 17thB. 19thC. 18thD. 20th9. ___ compiled the A Dictionary of the English Languagewhich became the foundation of all the subsequent English dictionaries.A. Ben JohnsonB. Samuel JohnsonC. Alexander PopeD. John Dryden10. __ found its representative writers in the field of poetry, such as Edward Young and Thomas Gray, but it manifested itself chiefly in the novels of Lawrence Sterne and Oliver Goldsmith. A. Pre-romanticism B. RomanticismC. SentimentalismD. NaturalismB AC B C CD C B C。

英国文学考试试题一、选择题（每题2分，共20分）1. 英国文学中被誉为“英国诗歌之父”的诗人是：A. 威廉·莎士比亚B. 杰弗里·乔叟C. 约翰·弥尔顿D. 托马斯·莫尔2. 以下哪部作品是查尔斯·狄更斯的代表作之一？A. 《简·爱》B. 《傲慢与偏见》C. 《雾都孤儿》D. 《呼啸山庄》3. 英国浪漫主义文学运动的兴起时间大约是：A. 16世纪B. 17世纪C. 18世纪D. 19世纪初4. 以下哪位作家被认为是现代主义文学的先驱？A. 乔治·奥威尔B. 弗吉尼亚·伍尔夫C. 托马斯·哈代D. 奥斯卡·王尔德5. 《坎特伯雷故事集》的作者是：A. 威廉·莎士比亚B. 杰弗里·乔叟C. 约翰·弥尔顿D. 亚历山大·波普二、填空题（每空2分，共20分）6. 威廉·莎士比亚的四大悲剧包括《哈姆雷特》、《奥赛罗》、《李尔王》和________。

7. 英国文学史上的“湖畔诗人”包括威廉·华兹华斯、塞缪尔·泰勒·科尔里奇和________。

8. 弗吉尼亚·伍尔夫的代表作《到灯塔去》是现代主义文学的典型作品，其特点是________和内心独白。

9. 《鲁滨逊漂流记》是丹尼尔·笛福的作品，被认为是________小说的先驱。

10. 英国文学中的“维多利亚时代”是指________女王统治时期。

三、简答题（每题10分，共30分）11. 简述约翰·弥尔顿的《失乐园》的主题思想。

12. 描述一下简·奥斯汀在《傲慢与偏见》中如何通过人物塑造来反映当时英国社会的阶级观念。

13. 简述乔治·奥威尔的《1984》中对极权主义社会的批判。

四、论述题（共30分）14. 论述英国文学中的哥特式小说的特点及其对后世的影响。

《英国文学》课程考试试卷 (A卷)专业：英语年级：2010级考试方式：闭卷学分：3 考试时间：110分钟Ⅰ. Multiple Choices (每小题1分，共20分)that best answers the question.1. It was during the ________ that Christianity was introduced to Britain.A. Roman ConquestB. Norman ConquestC. English ConquestD. Anglo-Saxon Conquest2. Which one of the following statements about Beowulf is False?A. Beowulf is the first epic in the English history.B. The most striking feature in its poetical form is the use of alliteration.C. Other features of Beowulf are the use of similes and of overstatements.D. Beowulf is a folk legend brought to England by Anglo-Saxons.3. _____ marks a turning point in the literary creation of Mrs. Gaskell, who now abandoned critical realism for a kind of writing more acceptable to the bourgeois public.A. Mary BartonB. All the Year RoundC. CranfordD. North and South4. _________ is one of Dickens’s masterpieces of social satire, famous for its criticism of both the British and American bourgeoisie.A. Dombey and SonB. Martin ChuzzlewitC. Hard TimesD. Bleak House5. The romantic poet, _______ maintains that “all good poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feeling”.A. Samuel ColeridgeB. George ByronC. William WordsworthD. Robert Burns6. In Renaissance period, ______ wrote the first English blank verse, the form of poetry to be later masterly handled by Shakespeare.A. Earl of SurreyB. Thomas WyattC. Sir Philip SidneyD. Christopher Marlowe7. In The Canterbury Tales, Chaucer used the rhymed couplet of iambic pentameter inEnglish, which is to be called later _________.A. the Spenserian StanzaB. the heroic coupletC. the blank verseD. the free verse8. Dr. Faustus is a play based on the _______ legend of a magician aspiring for knowledge and finally meeting his tragic end as a result of selling his soul to the Devil. A. British B. DanishC. GermanD. French9. _________ has been regarded by some as “Father of the English novel”for its contribution to the establishment of the form of the modern novel.A. Daniel DefoeB. Jonathan SwiftC. GermanD. Henry Fielding10. The poem “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard”is regarded as the most representative work of _______.A. the Metaphysical SchoolB. the Gothic SchoolC. the Romantic SchoolD. The Graveyard School11. Jonathan Swift is a master of satire. He satirizes philosophers and projectors and also makes a reference to the relationship between Ireland and England. It is obvious in _______ in Gulliver’s Travels.A. LilliputB. BrobdingnagC. Flying IslandD. Horse Island12. The two major novelists of the English Romantic Period are ________ and Walter Scott.A. Washington IrvingB. Jane AustenC. Charles DickensD. George Eliot13. Shelley’s greatest achievement is his four-act poetic drama, ________.A. Childe Harold’s PilgrimageB. The Revolt of IslamC. Prometheus UnboundD. Ode to the West Wind14. Most of Hardy’s novels are set in _______, the fictional primitive and crude region which is really the home place he both loves and hates.A. LondonB. ParisC. YoknapatawphaD. Wessex15. John Galsworthy’s masterpiece, The Forsyte Saga includes the following except ________.A. The White MonkeyB. T he Man of PropertyC. In ChanceryD. To Let16. In his famous essay “Tradition and Individual Talent,” ________ puts great emphasis on the importance of tradition both in creative writing and in criticism.A. D.H. LawrenceB. James JoyceC. George Bernard ShawD. T.S. Eliot17. “And where are they? And where art thou,My country? On thy voiceless shoreThe heroic lay is tuneless nowThe heroic bosom beats no more!” (George Gordon Byron, Don Juan)In the above stanza, “art thou” literally means ________.A. art thoughB. are thoughC. are youD. art you18. G.B. Shaw’s play, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, is a realistic exposure of the ______ in the English society.A. inequality between men and womenB. slum landlordismC. economic exploitation of womenD. political corruption19. We can perhaps describe the west wind in Shelley’s poem “Ode to the West Wind”with all the following terms except _______.A. swiftB. tamedC. proudD. wild20. The enlighteners of the 18th century believed that _______ should be usedas the yardstick for the measurement of all human activities and relations.A. educationB. scienceC. emotionD. reasonⅡ.Identification of Fragments (每小题10分，共30分)Directions: please give the name of the author and the title of the literary work from which it is taken and then briefly comment on it. Please writedown the answers on the Answer Sheet.21. “Now might I do it pat, now he is praying:And now I’ll do it: and so he goes to heaven:And so am I revenged. That would be scanned.”22. “It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.However little known the feelings or views of views of such a man may be on his first entering a neighborhood, this truth is so well fixed in the minds of the surrounding families, that he is considered as the rightful property of some one or other of their daughters.”23. “All is not lost; the unconquerable will,And study of revenge, immortal hate,And courage never to submit or yield,And what is else not to be overcome;That glory never shall his wrath or might extort (夺取) from me.”Ⅲ.Short Essay Questions （每小题10分，共30分） Directions: Please write down the answers on the Answer Sheet .24. Write a short essay on Byron ’s Don Juan .25. Please comment on Charles Dickens ’ literary achievements .26. Why is Jane Eyre a successful novel?Ⅳ.Appreciating a Literary Work (共20分) Directions : In this part, you are required to write a commentarypaper in no less than 150 words.27. The Rocking-Horse Winner (by D.H. Lawrence)There was a woman who was beautiful, who started with all the advantages, yet she had no luck. She married for love, and the love turned to dust. She had bonny （漂亮的） children, but she did not love them. They looked at her coldly, as if they were finding fault with her. Nevertheless, when her children were present, she was all the more gentle and anxious for her children, as if she loved them very much. Only she herself knew that at the centre of her heart was a hard little place that could not feel love, no, not for anybody. Everybody else said of her: “She is such a good mother. She adores her children.” Only she herself, and her children themselves, knew it was not so. They read it in each other ’s eyes.There were a boy and two little girls. They lived in a pleasant house, with a garden, and they had servants, and felt themselves superior to anyone in the neighborhood. Although they lived in style, they felt always an anxiety in the house. There was never enough money. The mother had a small income, and the father had a small income, but not nearly enough for the social position which they had to keep up. There was always the grinding sense of the shortage of money, though the style was always kept up.The children were growing up, they would have to go to school. There must be more money. The father, who was always very handsome and expensive in his tastes, seemed as if he never would be able to do anything worth doing. And the mother, who had a great belief in herself, did not succeed any better, and her tastes were just as expensive.And so the house came to be haunted by the unspoken phrase: There must be more money! There must be more money! The children could hear it all the time though nobody said it aloud. They heard it at Christmas, when the expensive and splendid toysfilled the nursery. Yet nobody ever said it aloud. The whisper was everywhere, and therefore no one spoke it. Just as no one ever says: “We are breathing!” in spite of the fact that breath is coming and going all the time.“Mother,” said the boy Paul one day, “why don’t we keep a car of our own? Why do we always use uncle’s, or else a taxi?”“Because we’re the poor members of the family,” said the mother.“But why are we, mother?”“Well - I suppose,”she said slowly and bitterly, “it’s because your father has no luck.”“Oh!” said the boy. “Then what is luck, mother?”“It’s what c auses you to have money. If you’re lucky you have money. That’s why it’s better to be born lucky than rich. If you’re rich, you may lose your money. But if you’re lucky, you will al ways get more money.’“Well, anyhow,” he said stoutly, “I’m a lucky person.”“Why?” said his mother, with a sudden laugh.He stared at her. He didn't even know why he had said it. “God told me,” he asserted. “I hope He did, dear!”, she said, again with a laugh, but rather bitter.“He did, mother!” Paul assertedHe went off by himself, and in his room he would sit on his big rocking-horse, driving madly. “Now!”he would silently command the horse. “Now take me to where there is luck! Now take me!” He knew the horse could take him to where there was luck, if only he forced it. At last he stopped forcing his horse and slid down. “Well, I got there!”he announced fiercely, his blue eyes still flaring. “Where did you get?” asked his uncle, “Could you know its name?”“Well, he has different names. He was called Sa nsovino last week.”“Sansovino, eh? Won the Ascot horse-racing. How did you know this name?” asked his uncle.“My horse told me and now I have won 300 pounds by betting the race already. You won’t tell others, right?” answered the boy.“Now, son,” Uncle Oscar said doubtedly, “Let’s check it. There will be a race today. I’m putting twenty on Mirza, and I’ll put five on any horse you fancy. What’s your pick?”“Daffodil this time, uncle.”At last, Daffodil came in first, Lancelot second, Mirza third. His uncle brought himfour five-pound notes, four to one. （四比一的胜率）“What am I to do with these?” the uncle cried, waving the money before boys’ eyes.“I suppose we’ll talk to Bassett, our gardener and he is also my partner in horse-racing,” said the boy. “I expect I have had fifteen hundred now.”Uncle Oscar turned to Bassett and asked how they wined in horse racing. “It’s Master Paul, sir,” said Bassett in a secret, religious voice. “It’s as if he had the news from heaven.” Later, his uncle joined them and Paul even had made ten thousand in a race.“But what are you going to do with your money?” asked the uncle.The boy said, “I started it for mother. She said she had no luck, because father is unlucky, so I thought if I was l ucky, it might stop whispering.”“What might stop whispering?”“Our house. I hate our house for whispering.”“What does it whisper?”The boy answered: “I don't know. But it’s always short of money, you know, uncle. The house whispers, like people laughing at you behind your back. It's awful, that is! I thought if I was lucky,…”“You might stop it,” added the uncle.“Well, then!” said the uncle. “What are we doing?”“I shouldn't like mother to know I was lucky,” said the boy.“All right, son! We’ll manage it without her knowing.”They managed it very easily. Paul, at the other’s suggestion, handed over five thousand pounds to his uncle, who deposited (存入) it with the family lawyer, who was then to inform Paul's mother that a relative had put five thousand pounds into his hands, which sum was to be paid out a thousand pounds at a time, on the mother’s birthday, for the next five years.“So she’ll have a birthday present of a thousand pounds for five succes sive years,”said Uncle Oscar. “I hope it won’t make it all the harder for her later.”Paul’s mother had her birthday in November. The house had been “whispering”worse than ever lately, and, even in spite of his luck. She was down to breakfast on the morning of her birthday. Paul watched her face as she read her letters. He knew the lawyer’s letter. As his mother read it, her face hardened and became more expressionless. Then a cold, determined look came on her mouth. She hid the letter under the pile of others, and said not a word about it.But in the afternoon Uncle Oscar appeared. H e said Paul’s mother had had a longinterview with the lawyer, asking if the whole five thousand could not be advanced at once, as she was in debt.“What do you think, uncle?” said the boy. The uncle said, “I leave it to you, son.”“Oh, let her have it, then! We can get some more with the other,” said the boy.So Uncle Oscar signed the agreement, and Paul’s mother touched the whole five thousand. Then something very curious happened. The voices in the house suddenly went mad, like a chorus of frogs on a spring evening. “There must be more money! Oh-h-h; there must be more money. More than ever! More than eve r!”“I’ve got to know the result for the Derby horse-racing! I’ve got to know for the Derby!” the child reiterated (反复说), his big blue eyes blazing with a sort of madness.Paul’s secret of secrets was his wooden horse, that which had no name. To keep it, he had his rocking-horse removed to his own bedroom at the top of the house.“Surely you’re too big for a rocking-horse!” his mother had remonstrated.（告诫）“Well, you see, mother, till I can have a real horse, I like to have some sort of animal about,” had been his answer.The Derby was drawing near, and the boy grew more and more tense. He hardly heard what was spoken to him, he was very frail, and his eyes were really strange.Two nights before the Derby, she was at a big party in town. But an unrest was so strong that she had to leave the dance and go downstairs to telephone her house. “Are the c hildren all right, Miss Wilmot?”“Oh yes, they are quite all right.”Paul’s mother said: “It's all right. Don’t sit up. We shall be home fairly soon.”It was about one o’clock when Paul’s mother and father drove up to their house. All was still. Pau l’s mother went to her room and slipped off her white fur cloak. She had told her maid not to wait up for her. She heard her husband downstairs, mixing a whisky and soda.And then, because of the strange anxiety at her heart, she stole upstairs to her son’s room. Noiselessly she went along the upper corridor. Was there a faint noise?Then suddenly she switched on the light, and saw her son, in his green pajamas, madly surging on the rocking-horse. The blaze of light suddenly lit him up, as he urged the wooden horse, and lit her up, as she stood, blonde, in her dress of pale green and crystal, in the doorway.“Paul!” she cried. “Whatever are you doing?”“It’s Malabar!” he screamed in a powerful, strange voice. “It’s Malabar!”“What does he mean by Malabar?” asked the heart-frozen mother.“I don’t know,” said the father stonily. “What does he mean by Malabar?” she asked her brother Oscar, who came here as soon as he heard Paul was ill.“It’s one of the horses running for the Derby,” was the answer.The third day of the illness was critical: they were waiting for a change. The boy, with his rather long, curly hair, was tossing ceaselessly on the pillow. He neither slept nor regained consciousness, and his eyes were like blue stones. His mother sat, feeling her heart had gone, turned actually into a stone.The gardener tiptoed into the room and stole to the bedside, staring with glittering, smallish eyes at the tossing, dying child.“Master Paul!” he whispered. “Master Paul! Malabar came in first all right, a clean win. I did as you told me. You've made over seventy thousand pounds, you have; you’ve got over eighty thousand. Malabar c ame in all right, Master Paul.”“I never told you, mother, that if I can ride my horse, and get there, then I’m absolutely sure - oh, absolutely! Mother, did I ever tell you? I am lucky!”“No, you never did,” said his mother. But the boy died in the night.And even as he lay dea d, his mother heard her brother’s voice saying to her, “My God, Hester, you’re eighty thousand to the good, and a poor devil of a son to the bad. But, poor devil, poor devil, he’s best gone out of a life where he rides his rocking-horse to find a winner.”ABC大学2012-2013学年第一学期《英国文学》课程考试试卷答案适用班级：英语系2010级卷型：（A卷）Part I Multiple Choices (每小题 1分，共20分)Part II Identification of Fragments (每小题10分，共30分)21. From William Shakespeare’s Hamlet; (5分)Hamlet has a good chance to kill his uncle, but he hesitated. The reason Hamlet gives for his refusing to kill the king is that if he kills the villain now, he would send his soul to heaven; he would fain kill soul as well as body. What he considers now is no longer his personal wrong but the fate of his country.（5分）22. From Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice; (5分)This is the beginning sentences of the novel. During that time, girls’ marriage is the most important thing in a family, especially in those families whose daughters don’t have much pension. These sentences are ironical. It is not those single man who needs a wife but those young maids who are in need of a rich husband. 5分)23. From John Milton’s Paradise Lost; (5分)It’s through Satan’s mouth. Although defeated, he prevails. Since he has won from God the third part of his angels. Though wounded, he triumphs, for the thunder which hit upon his head left his heart invincible. (5分)Part III Short Essay Questions (每小题10分，共30分)24. Don Juan is Byron’s masterpiece, written in Italy during the years 1818-1823. （2分）It is 16,000 lines long, in 16 cantos, and written in ottava rima, each stanza containing 8 iambic pentameter lines rhymed abababcc.（2分）The story of the poem takes place in the latter part of the 18th century. Don Juan, its hero, is a Spanish youth of noble birth. The vicissitudes of his life and his adventures in many countries are described against varied social backgrounds, and he is seen to take part in different historical events, thus giving a broad panorama of contemporary life. (2分)Don Juan, a noble man, falls in love with Julia, a married woman. But the affair is soon discovered and Juan is sent abroad. Juan alone comes out alive and swims to a Greek island, where he is saved by Haidee. Haidee dies, heart-broken and Juan is sold as a slave to Turkey and then to St. Peterburg. The writer intended to let Don Juan go on a tour through Europe, take part in the French Revolution and die fighting against the reigning tyranny. He called this poem an “epic satire.” (4分)25. Charles Dickens is the greatest writer in critical realism. He wrote lots of novels. (2分)Dickens’s literary creation can be divided into three periods: in the first period, Dickens shows strong belief that social evils can be settled if only every employer reformed himself according to the model set by the benevolent gentlemen in his novels, such as The Pickwick Papers and Oliver Twist. In the second period, Dickens came back from America. His travel to America impressed him most there was the rule of dollars and the enormously corrupting influence of wealth and power, such as Martin Chuzzlewit and Dombey and Son. In the third period, Dickens became pessimistic and his major works include Bleak House and Hard Times etc. (4分)As a novelist, Dickens is remembered first of all for his character-portrayal. Another feature of Dickens’s fictional art is his humor and satire. In Dickens’s novels’’construction, the main plot is often interwoven with more than one sub-plot so that some interesting minor characters as well as a broader view of life may be introduced. (4分) 26. The work is one of the most popular and important novels of the Victorian age. It is noted for its sharp criticism of the existing society, e.g. the religious hypocrisy of charity institutions, the social discrimination and the false social convention as concerning love and marriage. At the same time, it is an intense moral fable. (4分)Jane, like Mr. Rochester, has to undergo a series of physical and moral tests to grow up and achieve her final happiness. The success of the novel is also due to its introduction to the English novel the first governess heroine. （2分）Jane Eyre is a completely new woman image. She represents those middle-class working women who are struggling for recognition of their rights and equality as a human being. The vivid description of her intense feelings and her thought and inner conflicts brings her to the heart of the audience. （4分）Part IV Appreciating a Literary Work (计20分)答题要点：Plot. Theme：desire for money causes alienation of human relationship, 3rd person point of view, repletion, language features, short conversations, character analysis, your personal ideas about luck.《英国文学》A卷第11页共11页。

英国文学试题及答案一、选择题（每题2分，共20分）1. 英国文学史上被誉为“英国文学之父”的诗人是：A. 乔叟B. 莎士比亚C. 弥尔顿D. 拜伦答案：A2. 下列哪部作品不是简·奥斯汀的作品？A. 《理智与情感》B. 《傲慢与偏见》C. 《曼斯菲尔德庄园》D. 《简·爱》答案：D3. 英国浪漫主义文学的代表人物包括以下哪些？A. 华兹华斯B. 雪莱C. 拜伦D. 以上都是答案：D4. 以下哪位作家不是英国文学中的“湖畔诗人”？A. 华兹华斯B. 柯勒律治C. 雪莱D. 南希答案：C5. “荒原”是哪位英国诗人的代表作？A. 艾略特B. 奥登C. 叶芝D. 狄兰·托马斯答案：A6. 下列哪部作品是弗吉尼亚·伍尔夫的代表作？A. 《到灯塔去》B. 《乌托邦》C. 《美丽新世界》D. 《1984》答案：A7. 英国现代主义文学的代表作家T.S.艾略特的代表作是：A. 《荒原》B. 《老人与海》C. 《了不起的盖茨比》D. 《太阳照样升起》答案：A8. 以下哪部作品是乔治·奥威尔的代表作？A. 《动物农场》B. 《杀死一只知更鸟》C. 《查泰莱夫人的情人》D. 《美丽新世界》答案：A9. 英国文学中“黑色幽默”的代表作家是：A. 弗朗西斯·培根B. 约瑟夫·海勒C. 弗吉尼亚·伍尔夫D. 乔治·奥威尔答案：B10. 英国文学中的“哥特式小说”起源于哪部作品？A. 《弗兰肯斯坦》B. 《呼啸山庄》C. 《简·爱》D. 《德古拉》答案：A二、填空题（每题2分，共20分）1. 英国文学史上的“文艺复兴”时期，代表作家有________和________。

答案：莎士比亚；克里斯托弗·马洛2. 英国文学中的“维多利亚时代”是指________年到________年。

答案：1837；19013. 英国文学中的“湖畔诗人”包括威廉·华兹华斯、________和________。

考试课程:英国文学史及选读考核类型：A 卷考试方式:闭卷出卷教师：XXX考试专业：英语考试班级：英语xx班I。

Multiple choice (30 points，1 point for each）select from the four choices of each item the one that best answers the question or completes the statement。

1._____,a typical example of old English poetry ,is regarded today as the national epic of the Anglo—Saxons.A.The Canterbury TalesB.The Ballad of Robin HoodC。

The Song of Beowulf D.Sir Gawain and the Green Kinght2._____is the most common foot in English poetry.A。

The anapest B。

The trocheeC。

The iamb D.The dactyl3。

The Renaissance is actually a movement stimulated by a series of historical events, which one of the following is NOT such an event？A。

The rediscovery of ancient Roman and Greek culture.B.England's domestic restC。

New discovery in geography and astrologyD。

The religious reformation and the economic expansion4._____is the most successful religious allegory in the English language。

Instructions： This examination consists of 5 parts，andexamination is 2 hours. All the answers should be entered onto the Answer Sheet.Part I：Multiple Choices（10%）Choose the best answer to the following sentences.1. Which of the following is NOT a feature of Beowulf？the total time for theA.AlliterationB.Anglo- Saxons’ early life in EnglandC.Germanic languageD.The national epic of Anglo-Saxon people2. English Renaissance Period was an age of.A. prose and novelB. poetry and dramaC. essays and journalsD. ballads and songs3. The main literary form of the early 17 th century was poetry. John Milton was acknowledged as the greatest. Besides him， there were two groups of poets. They were theCavalier poets and.A. the lake poetsB. the university witsC. the Metaphysical poetsD. the Romantic poets4.Pamela is widely considered to be the first novel and was written by ___________.A. Thomas HardyB. James JoyceC. Samuel RichardsonD. Henry Fielding5. The publication of，which was the joint work of William Wordsworth and Samuel T. Coleridge，marked the beginning of the Romantic Age in England.A. Don JuanB. The Rime of the Ancient MarinerC. Lyrical BalladsD. Queen Mab6. Among the most famous realistic novelists of the Victorian age are，W. M. Thackeray ， Bronte sisters， etc.A. Joseph Conrad C. Charles DickensB. Henry Fielding D. D. H. Lawrence7.In James Joyce’ s ____________ the story“ Eveline” paints a portrait of a young woman from Dublin deciding whether or not to leave her hometown.A.UlyssesB.OrlandoC.DublinersD.A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man8. In the 18 th century England， satire was much used in writing. Literature of this ageproduced some excellent satirists， such as Jonathan Swift， Henry Fielding and.William Blake B. Robert Burns C. Alexander Pope D. Daniel Defoe9.William Wordsworth never used“gaudy and inane phraseology” because he felt thatpoetry should ____________.A. be read only by the well-educatedB. use difficult vocabulary to express complicated emotionsC. use simple speech to communicate the truths of human experienceD. rely on strange and uncommon words to bring people new experiences10. Virginia Woolf is renowned for adopting the technique，which displays the sequence of thoughts and impressions in a person’ s mind.A. mind-readingB. third-person narrationC. stream-of-consciousnessD. feministPart II：Gap Filling（10%）Complete the following sentences and write your answers on the Answer Sheet.1. Geoffrey Chaucer ’s work gives us a picture of the condition of English life ofhis day，such as its work and play2.During the Norman Conquest ， its deeds and dreams，its fun and sympathy.，the most important form of literary composition is，the representative of which is the legend of King Arthur and the round tableknights.3.Epoch of Renaissance witnessed a particular development of English drama. It wasWilliam Shakespeare and who made blank verse the principal vehicle of expression indrama.4.Hamlet， Othello， Macbeth and are generally regarded as William Shakespeare ’ s four great tragedies.5.Edmund Spenser is generally regarded as the greatest nondramatic poet of the Elizabethan Age. His fame is chiefly based on his masterpiece.6.In Elizabethan Period，wrote more than 50 excellent essays，which made himone of the best essayists in English literature.7.The was a progressive intellectual movement throughout western Europe in the18 th century.8.In the latter part of the 18th century， there appeared， as a reaction against Reason，___________ novel and literature of sentimentality.9.Thomas Gray’s highly p raised poem shows the poet ’s sympathy for the poor， and condemns the great ones who despise the poor and bring sufferings to the common people.10.The Romantic movement in England had two significant movements as its background： the French Revolution and.11________is perhaps the most talented early novelist.She wrote a number of books concerning young， relatively wealthy women pursuing marriage， such as Pride and Prejudice and Emma.12.George Byron is chiefly known for his two long poems. One is Childe Harold ’s Pilgrimage and the other is.13John Keats wrote several famous___________， a type of lyric poem that is meditative and formal.14._________ ， the eldest of the two famous novelist sisters， wrote Jane Eyre in the middle of the 19th century.15._____________monologue was first successfully used in poetry by Robert Browning.16.One of the most striking features of in the20 th century literature is anti-past， anti-tradition， anti-novel， anti-hero， etc.17.__________， the manifesto of modernist poetry in the 20th century， was writtenby T. S. Eliot.18. A Passage to India， Howard’s End， and A Room with a View are three of the mostfamous novels by ___________.19.Lord Jim is one of the most famous novels by _________， who was born in Polandand learned English as his third language.20.Man and Superman and Pygmalion are two of most famous plays by __________.Part III：Definition of Terms（ 15%）Choose THREE out of the following terms and explain them in two or three sentences.Sonnet；Point of view；Soliloquy；Setting ； Heroic coupletPart IV：Appreciation（40%）Choose TWO of the following three excerpts and write a passage of comment（ about 80 words ） on each one. Your comment should cover the questions after each excerpt.Excerpt 1：I wandered lonely as a cloudThat floats on high o’er vales and hills，When all at once I saw a crowd，A host， of golden daffodils；Beside the lake ， beneath the trees，Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.⋯For oft， when on my couch I lieIn vacant or in pensive mood，They flash upon that inward eyeWhich is the bliss of solitude；And then my heart with pleasure fills，And dances with the daffodils.（W illiam Wordsworth，“I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud” ）Questions：1. What is the central image of this poem？What is the poet’s reaction as revealed in thepoem ？2. Wordsworth believes that“All good poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerfulfeelings” and poetry“ takes its originfrom emotion recollected in tranquility” . How does this poem reflect the poet’ s philosophy of composition ？Excerpt 2：The proper study of mankind is man.Placed on this isthmus of a middle state，A being darkly wise， and rudely great：With too much knowledge for the Skeptic side，With too much weakness for the Stoic’s pride，He hangs between； in doubt to act， or rest；In doubt to deem himself a God， or beast；In doubt his mind or body to prefer；Born but to die， and reasoning such，Whether he thinks too little or too much；Chaos of thought and passion， all confused；Still by himself abused or disabused；Created half to rise， and half to fall；（Alexander Pope， An Essay on Man）Questions：1. What’s the topic of the above line s ？2.Summarize the main idea in a few sentences.Excerpt 3：I shall now therefore humbly propose my own thoughts， which I hope will not be liableto the least objection.I have been assured by a very knowing American of my acquaintance in London， that ayoung healthy child well nursed is at a year old a most delicious，nourishing， and wholesomefood ， whether stewed， roasted， baked， or boiled； and I make no doubt that it will equallyserve in a fricassee or a ragout.I do therefore humbly offer it to public consideration that of the hundred and twentythousand children，already computed，twenty thousand may be reserved for breed，whereofonly one fourth part to be males， which is more than we allow to sheep， black cattle， orswine ； and my reason is that these children are seldom the fruits of marriage， acircumstance not much regarded by our savages，therefore one male will be sufficient toserve four females. That the remaining hundred thousand may at a year old be offered in saleto the person of quality and fortune through the kingdom，always advising the mother to letthem suck plentifully in the last month， so as to render them plump and fat for a good table.A child will make two dishes at an entertainment for friends，and when the family dines alone， the fore or hind quarter will make a reasonable dish；and seasoned with a little pepperor salt will be very good boiled on the fourth day，especially in winter.（Jonathan Swift， A Modest Proposal）Questions：1. What is the author’s modes t proposal in the passage？And what do you think is hisreal idea behind it？2. What kind of tone is shown in the passage？（ Explain it with specific quotations fromthe text）Part V. Critical Reading（25%）Read the attached short story and answer the questions in essay form.1. What’s the turning point in the murder trial？Describe it in a few sentences.2.Read carefully the last two paragraphs of the story and comment， in the form of a150-200-word essay，on the message or real meaning of the author.The Case for the DefenseGraham Greene1 It was the strangest murder trial that I ever attended. They named it the Peckhammurder in the headlines， though Northwood Street， where the old woman was found battered to death， was not strictly speaking in Peckham. This was not one of those cases ofcircumstantial evidence in which you feel the juryman’ sanxiety—because mistakes have been made—like domes of silence muting the court. No， this murderer was all but found withthe body ； no one present when the Crown counsel outlined his case believed that the manin the dock stood any chance at all.2 He was a heavy stout man with bulging bloodshot eyes. All his muscles seemed to bein his thighs. Yes， an ugly customer， one you wouldn’ t forget in a hurry and that— was an important point because the Crown proposed to call four witnesses who hadn ’ tforgotten him ， who had seen him hurrying away from the little red villa in Northwood Street. The clockhad just struck two in the morning.3 Mrs. Salmon in 15 Northwood Street had been unable to sleep；she heard a door click shut and thought it was her own gate. So she went to the window and saw Adams（that was his name）on the steps of Mrs. Parker’ s house. He had just come out and he was wearing gloves. He had a hammer in his hand and she saw him drop it into the laurel bushes at thefront gate. But before he moved away，he had looked up—at her window. The fatal instinctthat tells a man when he is watched exposed him in the light of a street-lamp to her gaze—hiseyes suffused with horrifying and brutal fear，like an animal’ s when you raise a whip. I talked afterwards to Mrs. Salmon，who naturally after the astonishing verdict went in fear herself.As I imagined did all the witnesses—Henry MacDougall， who had been driving home from Benfleet late and nearly ran Adams down at the corner of Northwood Street. Adams waswalking in the middle of the road looking dazed. And old Mr. Wheeler， who lived next doorto Mrs.Parker， at No.12and was waken by a noise — like a chair falling—through the thin-as-paper villa wall， and got up and looked out of the window， just as Mrs. Salmon had done ， saw Adam ’ s back and， as he turned， those bulging eyes. In Laurel Avenue he hadbeen seen by yet another witness—his luck was badly out； he might as well have committedthe crime in broad daylight.4“I understand，” the counsel said ，“that the defense proposes to plead mistaken identity. Adams’ wife will tell you that he was with her at two in the morning on February14 ， but after you have heard the witnesses for the Crown and examined carefully the features of the prisoner， I do not think you will be prepared to admit the possibility of amistake.”5 It was all over， you would have said， but the hanging.6 After the formal evidence had been given by the policeman who had found the bodyand the surgeon who examined it， Mrs. Salmon was called. She was the ideal witness， with her slight Scotch accent and her expression of honesty， care and kindness.7The counsel for the Crown brought the story gently out. She spoke very firmly. Therewas no malice in her，and no sense of importance at standing there in the Central CriminalCourt with a judge in scarlet handing on her words and the reporters writing them down.Yes ， she said，and then she had gone down stairs and rung up the police station.8 “And do you see the man here in court？”She looked straight and at the big man in the dock，who stared at her with his Pekingeseeyes without emotion.“Yes，” she said ，“there he is.”“You are qui te certain？”She said simply，“I couldn’t be mistaken，sir.”It was as easy as that.“Thank you ， Mrs. Salmon. ”9Counsel for the defense rose to cross-examine. If you had reported as many murdertrials as I have，you would have known beforehand what line he would take. And I wasright， up to a point.10 “Now， Mrs. Salmon，you must have remembered that a man’s life may depend onyour evidence.”“I do remember it，sir.”“Is your eyesight good？”“I have never had to wear spectacles， sir.”“You are a woman of fifty-five？”“Fifty-six ， sir.”“And the man you saw was on the other side of the road？”“Yes， sir. ”“And it was two o ’clock in the morning. You must have remarkable eyes， Mrs. Salmon？”“No， sir. There was moonlight， and the man looked up， he had the lamplight on his face.”11I couldn ’t make out what he was at. He couldn’t have expected any other answerthan the one he got.12“None whatever， sir. It isn’t a face one forgets.”13Counsel took a look around the court for a moment.Then he said ，“Do you mind， Mrs. Salmon， examining again the people in court？ No ， not the prisoner. Standup ， please， Mr. Adams，” and there at the back of the court with thick stout body andmuscular legs and a pair of bulging eyes， was the exact image of the man in the dock. He waseven dressed the same— tight blue suit and striped tie.14“Now think very carefully， Mrs. Salmon. Can you still swear that the man you sawdrop the hammer in Mrs. Parker’ s garden was the prisoner and not this—man， who is his twin brother？”15Of course she couldn ’t. She looked from one to the other and didn’t say a word.16There the big brute sat in the dock with his legs crossed， and there he stood too atthe back of the court and they both stared at Mrs. Salmon. She shook her head.17What we saw then was the end of the case. There wasn’t a witness prepared to swearthat it was the prisoner he’ d seen. And the brother？ He had his own alibi too； he was withhis wife.18And so the man was acquitted for lack of evidence. But whether if he did the murderand not his brother— he was punished or not， I don’ t know. That extraordinary day had an extraordinary end. I followed Mrs. Salmon out of court and we got wedged in the crowd whowere waiting， of course， for the twins. The police tried to drive the crowd away， but all they could do was keep the roadway clear for traffic. I learned later that they tried to get the twinsto leave by a back way， but they wouldn’ t. One of them no one— knew which— said ，“ I ’ ve been acquitted ， haven’ t I ？” and they walked bang out of the front entrance. Then it happened.I don ’ tknow how ， though I was only six feet away.The crowd moved and somehow one of the twins got pushed on to the road right in front of a bus.19He gave a squeal like a rabbit and that was all； he was dead， his skull smashed justas Mrs. Parker’ s had been. Divine vengeance ？ I wish I knew. There was the other Adamsgetting on his feet from beside the body and looking straight over at Mrs. Salmon. He wascrying ，but whether he was the murderer or the innocent man nobody will ever be able to tell. But if you were Mrs. Salmon，could you sleep at night？。

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