英国文学试题
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英国文学试题
Directions: Select from the four choices of each item the one
that best answers the question or completes the statement. Write
the corresponding letter A, B, C or D on the answer sheet.
1. The Renaissance is actually a movement stimulated by a
series of historical events, which one of the following is NOT such
an event?
2. Beowulf is the most important and the first epic in the Old
English ever written. It was written in _______.
3. Tess of the D’Urbervilles, one of Thomas Hardy’s best
known novels, port rays man as ________.
4. Daniel Defoe's novels mainly focus on_________.
5 The title of Alfred Tennyson-'s poem "Ulysses" reminds the
reader of the following EXCEPT ______.
6. Whose poetry is the bone and flesh of the Scottish
common people.
7. The most distinguished literary figure of the 17th century
was ______, who was
a critic, poet, and playwright.
8. In his poem “Tyger, Tyger,” William Blake expresses his
perception of the “fearful symmetry” of the big cat. The phrase
“fearful symmetry”
suggests_______.
9. Dickens’ works are characterized by a mingling of
___________ and pathos.
10. ________found its representative writers in the field of
poetry, such as Young and Gray, but it manifested itself in the
novels of Sterne and Goldsmith.
II. Blank Filling (10 points in all, 1 for each) Directions: Complete each of the following statements with
a proper word or a phrase according to the textbook. Write your
answers in the given space on the Answer Sheet.
1. The “________” is a psychological term indicating “the
flux of conscious and subconscious thoughts and impressions
moving in the mind at any given time independently of the
person’s will”.
2. The daffodils are continually personified as human beings,
dancing and "tossing their heads" in "a crowd, a host." This
technique implies an inherent unity
________.
3. Mrs. Warren’s Profession is one of George Bernard
Shaw’s plays. Mrs. Warren’s profession is ________.
4. The most famous dramatist in the 18th century ______ is
famous for The School for Scandal.
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III. Works and Authors (10 points in all, 1 for each)
Directions: Identify the author with the following literary
works. Write your answers in the corresponding space on the
answer sheet.
1. Tom Jones
3. Ivanhoe
2. Valediction: Forbidding Mourning
4.The Picture of Dorian Gray
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IV. Explanation of Literary Terms (10 points in all, 5 for each)
Directions: Define the literary terms listed below. Write your
answers in the corresponding space on the answer sheet.
1.Dramatic monologue
2.Enlightenment 3. Romanticism
4.theme
V. Reading Comprehension (20 points, 4 for each)
Directions: Read the quoted parts carefully and answer the
questions in English. Write your answer in the corresponding
space on the answer sheet.
1. I had three encouragements - 1st, a smooth, calm sea;
2ndly, the tide rising, and setting in to the shore; 3rdly, what little
wind there was blew me towards the land. And thus，, having
found two or three broken oars belonging to the boat –and,
besides the tools which were in the chest, I found two saws, an
axe, and a hammer; with this cargo I put to sea. For a mile or
thereabouts my raft went very well, only
that I found it drive a little distant from the place where I had
landed before; by which I perceived that there was some indraft
of the water, and consequently I hoped to find
some creek or river there, which I might make use of as a
port to get to land with my cargo.
Questions:
1) What main characters have been demonstrated in this
passage?
2) How do you comment the persona’s main characters?
2. “A little black thing among the snow
Crying “’weep! ’weep! In notes of woe
“where are thy father & mother? Say? “
“They are both gone up to the church to prey.”
Questions:
1) Identify the poem and poet.
2) Explain “notes of woe”.
3) What does the sentence mean “they ate both gone up to the church to prey.”
3.
4.
VI. Questions and Answers (18 points in all, 6 for each)
Directions: Give brief answers to each of the following
questions in English. Write your answers in the corresponding
space on the answer sheet.
1. Briefly talk about the image of Satan in Paradise Lost.
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VII. Topic Discussion (12 points)
Directions: Write no less than 150 words on ONE of the
following topics in English in the corresponding space on the
answer sheet.
1. Defoe
2. Austen
3. Dickens
