练习题5
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1. In the 19th century English literature, a new literary trend called
__critical realism____ appeared after the romantic poetry.
2. Critical realism found its fine expression in the form of
___novels____.
3. The English critical realists of the 19th century not only gave a
satirical portrayal of the bourgeoisies and all the ruling class, but also
showed profound sympathy for the __common people_______.
4. As the novel Martin Chuzzlewit describes, in the United States,
young Martin meets with all sorts of adventures and suffered many
hardships, the narration of which gives the author a good chance to
expose the social vices prevalent in that country, especially the
worship of _money_______.
5. The Victorian Age in English literature was largely an age of prose,
especially of the __novel_______.
6. The novel __martin chuzzlewit____________ attacks the worship of
money in England and America. In England the money motive was
concealed beneath the outward show of morality and so turned into
hypocrisy; while in America the cult of the dollar was openly
acknowledged and it led to shameless display of motives and actions
with money grubbing as the only objective.
7. The most important poet of the Victorian Age was _alfred
tennyson_______. Next to him were Robert Browning and his wife.
8. __charles dickens________ was the greatest representative of
English critical realism.
9. The novel __the pickwick papers________ deals with the adventures
of Mr. Pickwick, a retired old merchant, who is the founder and
chairman of the Pickwick Club.
10. The novel __nicholas nickleby_______ touches upon a burning
question of Dickens’s time: the education of children in the private
school.
11. Of all of Dickens’s novels, __david copperfield_______ is regarded
as his masterpiece.
12. The novel Hard Time makes a fierce attack on the bourgeois system
of education and the bourgeois philosophy
__utilitarianism_________.
13. In A Tale of Two Cities, the two cities are __paris and
london__________ in the time of revolution.
14. The Bronte sisters are Charlotte Bronte, _emily bronte________ and
Anne Bronte.
15. Charlotte Bronte’s masterpiece is _jane eyre_________.
16. Emily Bronte’s masterpiece is __wuthering heights________.
17. Thomas Hardy’s novels of character and environment, which are also
called __wessex novels_______, are of great significance.
18. Among Thomas Hardy’s novels, the best-known are _ tess of the
D’urbervilles__________ and Jude the Obscure.
19. Thomas Hardy’s novel ___jude the obscure_________ tells a story
about poor villager’s love affaires with a married school mistress
named Sue.
20. Tess is seduced by a squire named Alec before she marries the
clergyman’s son named ___angel clare__________.
21. In Victorian poetry, the “Brownings” refers to Robert Browning and
his wife _elizabeth barret________ Browning.
22. Maud is a long poem by _alfred tennyson________ in the form of
monodrama.
23. Tennyson’s Idylls of the King consist of 12 metrical tales telling the
stories of ___king arthur_______ and his knights.
24. In Memoriam is a collection of 131 short poems intended as a lament
for the death of his friend __Hallam_________.
25. _the ring and the book___________is Robert Browning’s
masterpiece which tells a horrible story of a man’s murder of his
beautiful young wife.
T/F
1. In the period of Victorian Age, a new literary trend call pre-
romanticism (critical realism)appeared, which flourished in the
forties and the early fifties. F
2. English critical realism found its expression chiefly in the form of
drama(novel). F
3. The Pickwick Papers(oliver twist), written in 1837-1838, tells a story
of an orphan boy, whose adventures provided a description of the
lower depths of London. F
4. Besides the cult of money, corruption (hypocrisy) is also the target of
bitter satire in Martin Chuzzlewit. F
5. In A Tale of Two Cities, the “two cities” are Paris and Manchester
(london)in the time of the French revolution. F
6. The greatest English critical realist was Charles Dickinson(dickens).
F
7. The most important poet of the Victorian Age was William
Wordsworth. (alfred tennyson)F
8. Both Charles (charlott)Bronte and her sister Emily Bronte were well-
known poets. F
Questions
1. Summarizes the three periods of Charles Dickens’s literary career.
2. Tell the story of Tess of the D’Urbervilles.
3. what are the characteristics of Thomas Hardy’s novels?
1. The 18th-century England is known as ( ) (浙0710) A. the Age of Puritanism B. the Age of Reason C. the Era of Capitalism D. the Age of Glory 2. English Enlighteners in the 18th century held ________ as the yardstick for the measurement of all human activities and relations. （一）1 A. property B. education C. emotion D. reason 3. In the Enlightenment Movement, the progressive representatives intended ______. (浙0810) A. to call the people to fight against poverty and hardship B. to tell people to economize and to accumulate wealth C. to enlighten the whole world with the light of modern philosophical and artistic ideas D. to instruct people to obtain their present social status through hard work 4. As to education, the enlighteners thought that ______. （浙0310） A. human beings were limited, dualistic, imperfect, and not capable of rationality and perfection through education. B. universal education was unnecessary. C. if the common people were well educated, there would be great chance for a democratic and equal human society. D. most of the human beings were perfect themselves, so only a few needed further education. 5. Why did the enlighteners regard education the major means to improve the society and the people? ( ) (浙0710) A. Because most of the human beings were perfect themselves, so only a few needed further education. B. If the common people were well educated, there would be great chance for a democratic and equal human society. C. Because universal education was limited , dualistic, imperfect, and unnecessary. D. Because human beings were not capable of rationality and perfection through education. 6. About reason , the enlighteners thought _____. （浙0210） A. reason or rationality should be the only, the final cause of any human thought and activities B. reason couldn't lead to truth and justice C. superstition was above reason and rationality D. equality and science is contrary to reason and rationality 7. In the field of literature, the Enlightenment Movement brought about the tendency of ( ) A. realism B. puritanism C. neoclassicism D. romanticism 8. Which of the following statements about Neo-Classicism and Enlightenment Movement is true? A. The Enlightenment was a progressive intellectual movement throughout Western Europe in the
(一) Hollywood movies are regularly filled with sex and violence. They can be exciting films but sometimes all you want is a little light-hearted entertainment. Have you heard of Bollywood? All singing, all dancing and unrealistic, it is the perfect alternative to normal Hollywood movies. Bollywood is the Indian film industry, based in Mumbai, formerly known as Bombay. 1 Yet Bollywood is the largest producer of films in the world. This year the Indian Filmgare Awards, Bollywood's Oscars, turn 50 years old. The typical Bollywood movie usually has the following ingredients: a cup of romance, a tea-spoon of comedy, a dash of international sight-seeing, served with a huge slice of singing and dancing. There will also be one brave hero, one beautiful heroine and one baddie. 2 Bollywood films are full of ideal things and free of daily worries. 3The actors change clothes and locations within a single song. But the audience don't mind. T o Indian movie lovers, especially the poor, such films are a gateway to heaven and the stars are their gods. The films take them to a magical world away from their everyday troubles. The films tell them the impossible is possible and that true love conquers all. 4Behind the beautiful scenes, Bollywood still emphasizes traditional family values. In most films, if two lovers want to break an arranged marriage, they can't just run away. They must win over their parents. Bollywood is a decent refreshing replacement for those over-stimulating Hollywood films. 5They will take you to a brighter, cheerier and more colorful world, where it's still cool to dance around a tree and sing a love song. A．Bollywood has gradually won its reputation on the world stage. B．There is never any mention of politics, poverty or war. C．Most Chinese school kids have probably never seen an Indian film. D．Bollywood films are mostly comic romances with light-hearted incidental music. E. Bollywood pays great attention to traditional values. F．The result is a fun-filled musical. G．So if you're tired of all that Hollywood actions, check out the following Bollywood films. (二) The Internet has opened up a whole new online world for us to meet, chat and go where we’ve never been before. But just as in face to face communication, there are some rules of behavior that should be followed when on line. 1 Imagine how you’d feel if you were in the other person’s shoes. For anything you’re about to send: ask yourself, “Would I say this to the person’
广东商学院硕士研究生入学考试试卷 考试年度：20010年考试科目代码及名称：807-英美文学适用专业：050201-英语语言文学 [友情提醒：请在考点提供的专用答题纸上答题，答在本卷或草稿纸上无效！] I. Define the following five terms. (25 points in all, 5 points for each) 1. Symbol 2. The English Renaissance 3. Naturalism 4. Romanticism 5. Transcendentalist Club II. Multiple choice. In this part, there are 20 statements or questions; in each of them, there are four choices marked by A), B), C), and D). Choose the ONE answer that is the most suitable to the statement or question. (20 points in all, 1 point for each) 1. Geoffrey Chaucer, the “___________” and one of the greatest narrative poets of England, was born in London in or about the year 1340. A)Father of English literature B)founder of British literature C)Father of English poetry D) compiler of Canterbury Tales 2. Which of the following is not John Milton's works? A) Paradise Lost B) Paradise Regained C) Samson Agonistes D) Ulysses 3. “My Last Duchess” is a poem that best exemplifies Robert Browning?s ________. A) sensitive ear for the sounds of the English language B) excellent choice of words C) mastering of the metrical devices D) use of the dramatic monologue 4. Shakespeare?s four great tragedies are: Hamlet, Othello, ______ and ______. A) King Lear…Romeo and Juliet B) King Lear…Macbeth C) King John…Julius Caesar D) King John…The Merchant of Venice 5. The greatest English critical realist novelist was ______ , who criticized the bourgeois civilization and showed the misery of the common people. A) Charles Dickens B) Emily Bronte C) W.M. Thackeray D) Charlotte Bronte 6. Richard Brinsley Sheridan?s famous comedy, ________ written in 1777, is considered his masterpiece.
I Of the four alternative answer, choose the one that would best complete the statement: 1. Benjamin Franklin was born in the family of a small ______ . A. Landlord B. merchant C. lawyer D. clergyman 2. Ralph Waldo Emerson 'asdilneg reputation began with the publication of _____ . A. Essays B. Nature C. Oversoul D. Self-Relience 3. Ellen Poe was both a poet and a ___________________ . A. dramatist B. essayist C actor D. fiction writer. 4. Nathaniel Hawthorne 's view of man and human history originates in _____________ . A. Puritanism B. Socialism C. Transcendentalism D. naturalism 5. Walt Whitman was born and brought up in a family of a _________ . A. Peasant B. carpenter C. captain D. printer 6. Mark Twain 's first successful literary work is ________________________ . A. The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County B. Life on the Mississippi C. The Adventure of Tom Sawyer D. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 7. Closely related to Emily Dickinson 's religious poetry are her poems concerning ______________ A. Childhood B.youth and happiness C. loneliness D. death and immortality 8. Among the works of Dreiser, the bet known to the Chinese readers is ___________ . A. An American Tragedy B. Sister Carrie C. Th Financier D. The Titan 9. Robert Frost 's works mainly focus on the landscape and people in ______________ . A. the West B. American South C. New England D. Mississippi 10. Most of the plays Eugene O l w'roNt e ilare ____________________ . A. comedies B. . romances C. historical plays D tragedies 11. Scott Fitzgerald is often acclaimed literary spokesman of the _______________ . A. modern time B. young Americans C. Jazz Age D. Guilded Age 12. ________________________________ is Hemingway'smasterpiece, which is about the old fisherman Santiago and his losing battle with a giant marlin. A. Farewell to Arms B. For whom the Bell Tolls C. The Sun Also Rises D. The Old Man and The Sea 13. As a great fiction writer, William Faulker devotes most of his works to the description of the life and the people in the _________________ . A. American West B. New England in America C. American South D. American North 14. When he was young, Benjamin Franklin became an apprentice in a _______________ . A. printing house B. store C. Tailor 's shop D. factory
English Literature Questions on The Canterbury Tales 1. Lines 1-18 are the introduction to the weather. Why did the author write so many words to describe it? To answer why so many pilgrim go to the Canterbury at the same time. 2. Summarize the main idea of lines 19-34. A group of pilgrims came across at the Canterbury and go together. 3. How many people are there in the group of pilgrims? Thirty 4. Based on Prioress 's portrait, can you give a possible reason why she is undertaking this pilgrimage? She wants to look for the worldly love. 5. What details does the narrator use in describing the Prioress, and in what order? 1, Facial expression2,voice 3,etiquette 4 ，sympathy and charity 5 ，appearance 6，dress 7 ，personal accessories.. 6. Why does the Wife of Bath go on pilgrimage?
高考英语7选5阅读自测练习题（含答案） 1 Running is a very popular sport. Millions of people run because they enjoy it or want to be in good physical shape. A runner does not need special skills or equipment. 1 Daily running improves a person's physical condition. It helps oxygen circulate(循环) through your body and makes your heart and leg muscles stronger. 2 What's more, running helps you control your weight because when you run, you burn up the fat in your body. Many runners like taking part in long distance races like marathons (马拉松).3 They are held in many cities all over the world. For a good runner, taking part in a famous marathon is an honour of a running career. There are no official world records in marathon races because courses are different all over the world. 4 However, sometimes a course may be hilly with lots of ups and downs. Bad weather with a lot of wind and rain also makes it more difficult for runners to achieve good results. 5 Don't start too fast, or you will become tired very quickly and can't continue. This is called “hitting the wall”. In most cases, runners then give up completely. On the other hand, you shouldn’t start too slowly, or you won't reach the time limit you want to achieve. A. He needs to be well-prepared and train a lot. B. Marathons are the most popular running events.
英语专业-英美文学试卷及答案-期末
英美文学试卷A 共9页第 I. Mark the following statements as true (T) or false (F). (10 x 1’=10’) 1. ( ) Chaucer is the first English short-story teller and the founder of English poetry as well as the founder of English realism. His masterpiece The Canterbury tales contains 26 stories. 2. ( ) English Renaissance is an age of essay and drama. 3. ( ) The rise of the modern novel is closely related to the rise of the middle class and an urban life. 4. ( ) The French Revolution and the American War of Independence were two big influences that brought about the English Romantic Movement. 5. ( ) Charlotte’s novels are all about lonely and neglected young women with a fierce longing for life and love. Her novels are more or less based on her own experience and feelings and the life as she sees around. 6. ( ) The leading figures of the naturalism at the turn of 19th century are Thomas Hardy, John Galsworthy and Bernard Shaw. 7. ( ) Emily Dickinson is remembered as the “All American Writer”. 8. ( )The Civil War divides the American literature into romantic literature and realist literature. 9. ( ) Mark Twain is the first American writer to discover an American language and American consciousness.
1.Romance,which uses narrative verse or prose to tell stories of ___ adventures or other heroic deeds, is a popular literary form in the medieval period. A.Christian B.knightly C.Greek D.primitive 2. In The song of Beowulf , Beowulf fought against _______. A. Grendel B. a knight C. Hrothgar D. Sir Gawain 3. Among the great Middle English poets, Geoffrey Chaucer is known for his production of ___. A.Piers Plowman B.Sir Gawain and the Green Knight C.Confessio Amantis D.The Canterbury Tales 4. 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. 5. John Milton was the writer of ______ A. Paradise lost B. The Pilgrims progress C. Tess D. Emma 6. The greatest of all English authors is _______ A. William Shakespeare B. Charles Dickens C, Thomas Hardy D. Robert Frost 7. Of all the 18thcentury novelists, _______ and Tobias Gorge Smollet may be regard as the real founders of the genre of the bourgeois realistic novel in England and Europe. A. Henry Fielding B. Daniel Defoe C. Joseph Addison D. Richard Steel 8. The most outstanding figure of English sentimentalism was _____ A. Henry Fielding B. Daniel Defoe C. Joseph Addison https://www.doczj.com/doc/a43412196.html,urence Sterne 9. The most outstanding figure of the epoch of Enlightenment in England was ______. A. Oliver Goldsmith B. Jonathan Swift c. Thomas Grey D. Richard Steel 10. Daniel Defoe was the writer of ______ A. Gulliver’s Travels B. Robinson Crusoe C. Jane Eyre D. A Modest Proposal 11. Gulliver’s Travels was written by ______. A. Laurence Sterne B. Daniel Defoe C. Jonathan Swift D. Oliver Goldsmith 12. Tom Jones was written by _____ A. Oliver Goldsmith B. Jonathan Swift c. Thomas Grey D. Henry Feilding 13. The songs of Innocence was written by ____ A. William Wordsworth B. William Blake C. Robert Burns D. J.Keats 14. With the publication of William Wordsworth’s _____ in collaboration with S.T. Colerige, romanticism began to bloom and found a firm place in the history of English literature. A. The Cloud B. To a Sky-lark C. to Autumn D. Lyrical Ballads 15.“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.Shelley 16. ______ was Byron’s greatest work. A. Don Juan B.She Walks in Beauty C. Cain D. Manfred. 17.Ulysses (1922) is generally acknowledged to be ______’s masterpiece and a typical example of stream of consciousness technique. A. James Joyce B. Virginia Woolf C. D. h. Lawrence D. Charles Dickens 18. The Title Vanity Fair was borrowed by Thackeray from the_____ by Bunyan. A. Pilgrim’s Progress B. Canterbury Tales C. Paradise Lost D. Beowulf
英美文学选读-阶段测评4 成绩：30分 一、Multiple Choice 共40 题 题号: 1 本题分数:2.5 分 ( )is generally regarded as the forerunner of the 20th—century “stream—of—consciousness” novels and the founder of psychological realism. A、Theodore Dreiser B、William Faulkner C、Henry James D、Mark Twain (P498.para.2)亨利.詹姆斯是美国现实主义文学大师，他的作品往往涉及美国之外的主题，其作品的风格是“心理活动”。被誉为20世纪美国意识流文学的先驱。 标准答案：C 考生答案：D 本题得分：0 分 题号: 2 本题分数:2.5 分 Closely related to Dickinson’s religious poetry are her poems concerning( ),ranging over the physical as well as the psychological and emotional aspects of death. A、love and nature B、death and universe C、death and immortality D、family and happiness （P518para2）迪金森的诗歌涉及宗教和爱情两方面，而其涉及宗教的诗歌往往是以死亡和永恒为主题的，所以答案是C。 标准答案：C 考生答案：A
2011年高考英语阅读七选五专项训练（10题）根据短文内容, 从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项, 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。选项中有两项为多余选项。 专项练习一 For over one hundred and fifty years, Americans of all social classes have worn blue jeans．1 Whether they are worn for work or for fashion today．Strauss' invention continues to be popular not only among Americans but also among people around the world．Levi Strauss was born in Germany in 1829． 2 He grew up in Kentucky before moving to New York in 1847．Before becoming an American citizen and moving to the West in 1853, Strauss worked in his brother's dry goods business．This gave him a chance to produce his famous invention．After the gold rush of 1849, Strauss decided to move to the West to seek his fortunes．Strauss did not want to be a person who searched an area for minerals．Instead, he knew he could make a good living by selling supplies to the miners．At first, he planned to sell sewing supplies and cloth． 3 When he heard miners complaining that their clothes were easily broken or they usually tore their pockets during mining, he decided to use a special fabric to make pants for the miners．These pants proved so popular that he quickly ran out of materials to make more． In 1873, Strauss received a letter from a Jewish tailor named Jacob Davis who had invented a process of connecting pockets with copper rivets（铆钉）．This made the pants last a long time．Because Davis did not have the money to patent his idea, he offered to share it with Strauss if Strauss would agree to pay for the patent． 4 ． By the time Strauss died in 1902, he had made a great contribution to American fashion． 5 The business has been growing ever since and Levi Strauss' company is now one of the largest clothing companies in the world． A．As a young boy, he moved with his family to the United States． ！ B．Nobody knew what kind of material was suitable． C．He did and Levi jeans have been made with metal rivets ever since． D．However, he did not get much business for those products． E．He also made a great contribution to America's clothing industry． F．Since they were invented by Levi Strauss, they have become a symbol of American consumer culture． G．As the business grew, Strauss got much money from it．
英美文学选读-阶段测评3 成绩：87.5分 一、Multiple Choice 共40 题 题号: 1 本题分数:2.5 分 https://www.doczj.com/doc/a43412196.html,wrence’s novels( )are generally regarded as his masterpieces. A、The Rainbow，Women in Love B、The Rainbow，Sons and Lovers C、Sons and Lovers，Lady Chatterley’s Lover D、Women in Love，Lady Chatterley’s Lover （P370.para2）劳伦斯的成名作是《儿子和情人》，而其代表作是《虹》和《恋爱中的女人》 标准答案：A 考生答案：A 本题得分：2.5 分 题号: 2 本题分数:2.5 分 T.S.Eliot’s poem( )is heavily indebted to James Joyce in terms of the stream - of -consciousness technique,also a prelude to The Waste Land. A、―Prufrock‖ B、―Gerontion‖ C、The Hollow Men D、Lyrical Ballads （P358.para3）―Gerontion‖是一部用戏剧式独白写成的诗歌，是《荒原》的前奏曲，也采用了意识流派的文风。 标准答案：B 考生答案：B
本题得分：2.5 分 题号: 3 本题分数:2.5 分 https://www.doczj.com/doc/a43412196.html,wrence’s autobiographical novel is( ). A、The Rainbow B、Women in Love C、Sons and Lovers D、Lady Chatterley’s Lover （P369.para1）劳伦斯的作品大多都是从心理上去探求让人的本能的，同时也反映人性中最内在的东西。其作品《儿子和情人》真实地反映了自己在童年时期的家庭状况，被视为其半自传体小说。 标准答案：C 考生答案：C 本题得分：2.5 分 题号: 4 本题分数:2.5 分 The typical representatives of G.B.Shaw’ s early plays are( ). A、Man and Superman，The Apple Cart B、Widowers’ House，Mrs. Warren’ s Profession C、Candida，Mrs. Warren’ s Profession D、The Apple Cart，Widowers’ House （P321-322）。萧伯纳的第一步剧作是Widowers’ House，写于1892年；第二部剧作是Mrs. Warren’ s Profession，写于1893年。 标准答案：B 考生答案：B 本题得分：2.5 分 题号: 5 本题分数:2.5 分 It was only after the publication of( )that https://www.doczj.com/doc/a43412196.html,wrence was recognized as a prominent novelist.