英美文学作品选读试题

课程代码：0604请将答案填在答题纸相应的位置上(全部题目用英文作答)I. Multiple Choice(40 points in all, 1 for each)Select from the four choices of each item the one that best answers the question orcompletes the statement and write the corresponding letter on the answer sheet.1. In Renaissance, the European humanist thinkers and scholars made attempts to dothe following EXCEPT ______.A. getting rid of those old feudalist ideasB. getting control of the parliament and governmentC. introducing new ideas that expressed the interests of the rising bourgeoisieD. recovering the purity of the early church, from the corruption of the RomanCatholic Church2. The Petrarchan sonnet was first introduced into England by ______.A. SurreyB. WyattC. SidneyD. Shakespeare3. As the best of Shakespeare's final romances,______ is a typical example of hispessimistic view towards human life and society in his late years.A. The TempestB. The Winter's TaleC. CymbelineD. The Rape of Lucrece4. John Milton's greatest poetical work ______ is the only generally acknowledgedepic in English literarure since Beowulf.A.AreopagiticaB. Paradise LostC. LycidasD. Samson Agonistes5. The British bourgeois or middle class believed in the following notions EXCEPT______.A. self - esteemB. self - relianceC. self - restraintD. hard work6. “Graveyard School〞writers are the following sentimentalists EXCEPT______.A. James ThomsonB. William CollinsC. William CowperD. Thomas Jackson7. The best model of satire in the whole English literary history is Jonathan Swift's______.A. A Modest ProposalB. A Tale of a TubC. Gulliver's TravelsD. The Battle of the Books8. As a representative of the Enlightenment,______ was one of the first to introducerationalism to England.A. John BunyanB. Daniel DefoeC. Alexander PopeD. Jonathan Swift9. For his contribution to the establishment of the form of the modern novel,______has been regarded by some as “Father of the English Novel〞.A. Daniel DefoeB. Henry FieldingC. Jonathan SwiftD. Samuel Richardson10. Which of the following descriptions of Gothic Novels is NOT correctA. It predominated in the early eighteenth century.B. It was one phase of the Romantic movement.C. Its principal elements are violence, horror and the supernatural.D. Works like The Mysteries of Udolpho and Frankenstein are typical Gothic romance.11. “Byronic hero〞is a figure of the following traits EXCEPT ______.A.being proudB. being of humble originC.being rebelliousD. being mysterious12. Robert Browning created ______ by adopting the novelistic presentation ofcharacters.A. the verse novelB. the blank verseC. the heroic coupletD. the dramatic poetry13. Charles Dickens' novel ______ is famous for its vivid descriptions of theworkhouse and life of the underworld in the nineteenth- century London.A. The Pickwick PaperB. Oliver TwistC. David CopperfieldD. Nicholas Nickleby14. Charlotte Bronte's works are all about the struggle of an individualconsciousness towards ______, about some lonely and neglected young women witha fierce longing for love, understanding and a full, happy life.A. self - relianceB. self - realizationC. self - esteemD. self - consciousness15. The symbolic meaning of “Book〞 in Robert Browning's long poem The Ring and theBook is ______.A. the common senseB. the hard truthC. the comprehensive knowledgeD. the dead truth16. Thomas Hardy's pessimistic view of life predominated most of his later worksand earns him a reputation as a ______ writer.A. realisticB. naturalisticC. romanticD. stylistic17. After the First World War, there appeared the following literary trends ofmodernism EXCEPT ______.A. expressionismB. surrealismC. stream of consciousnessD. black humour18. The masterpieces of critical realism in the early 20th century are the threetrilogies of ______.A. Galsworthy's Forsyte novelsB. Hardy' s Wessex novelsC. Greene's Catholic novelsD. Woolf's stream-of-consciousness novels19. In the mid - 1950s and early 1960s, there appeared “______〞 who demonstrateda particular disillusion over the depressing situation in Britain and launcheda bitter protest. against the outmoded social and political values in theirsociety.A. The Beat GenerationB. The Lost GenerationC. The Angry Young MenD. Black Mountain Poets20.The following are English stream-of-consciousness novels EXCEPT ______.A.PilgrimageB. UlyssesC.Mrs.DallowayD. A Passage to Inida21. The leader of the Irish National Theater Movement in the early 20th centurywas ______.A. W.B.Yeats B. Lady GregoryC. J.M.SyngeD. John Galworthy22. T.S.Eliot's most popular verse play is ______.A. Murder in the CathedralB. The Cocktail PartyC. The Family ReunionD. The Waste Land23. The American writer ______ was awarded the Nobel Prize for the anti-racist In-truder in the Dust in 1950.A. Ernest HemingwayB. Gertrude SteinC. William FaulknerD.T.S. Eliot24. Hemingway's second big success is ______ , which wrote the epitaph to a decadeand to the whole generation in the 1920s, in order to tell us a story about the tragic love affair of a wounded American soldier with a British nurse.A. For Whom the Bell TollsB. A Farewell to ArmsC. The Sun Also RisesD. The Old Man and the Sea25. With the publication of ______ , Dreiser was launching himself upon a long careerthat would ultimately make him one of the most significant American writers of the school later known as literary naturalism.A. Sister CarrieB. The TitanC. The GeniusD. The Stoic26. Henry James is generally regarded as the forerunner of the 20th -century “stream-of-consciousness〞novels and the founder of ______.A. neoclassicismB. psychological realismC. psychoanalytical criticismD. surrealism27. In 1849, Herman Melville published ______ ,a semi-autobiographical novel, con-cerning the sufferings of a genteel youth among brutal sailors.A. OmooB. MardiC. RedburnD. Typee28. As a sequel to The Adventures of Tom Sawyer,______ marks the climax of Mark Twain'sliterary activity.A. The Adventures of Huckleberry FinnB. Life on the MississippiC. The Gilded AgeD. Roughing It29. Realism was a reaction against ______ or a move away from the bias towards romanceand self- creating fictions, and paved the way to Modernism.A. RomanticismB. RationalismC. Post-modernismD. Cynicism30. When World War II broke out,______ began working for the Italian government,engaged in some radio broadcasts of anti- Semitism and pro- Fascism.A. Ezra PoundB.T.S. EliotC. Henry JamesD. Robert Frost31. In 1915 ______ became a naturalized British citizen, largely in protest againstAmerica's failure to join England in the First World War.C. W.D.Howells D. Ezra Pound32. What Whitman prefers for his new subject and new poetic feelings is “______ ,〞 that is, poetry without a fixed beat or regular rhyme scheme.A. blank verseB. free rhythmC. balanced structureD. free verse33. The American woman poet ______ wanted to live simply as a complete independentbeing, and so she did, as a spinster.A. Emily ShawB. Anna DickinsonC. Emily DickinsonD. Anne Bret34. The Birthmark drives home symbolically ______ point that evil is a man's birthmark,something he was born with.A. Whitman'sB. Melville'sC. Hawthorne'sD. Emerson's35. The Financier ,The Titan and The Stoic written by ______ are called his “Trilogyof Desire〞.A. Henry JamesB. Theodore DreiserC. Mark TwainD. Herman Melville36. Disregarding grammar and punctuation,______ always used “i〞 instead of “I〞in his poems to show his protest against self-importance.A. Wallace StevensB. Ezra Pound37. Though Robert Frost is generally considered a regional poet whose subject mattersmainly focus on the landscape and people in ______ , he wrote many poems that investigate the basic themes of man's life in his long poetic career.A. the westB. the southC. New EnglandD. Alaska38. Most critics have agreed that Fitzgerald is both an insider and an outsider of______ with a double vision.A. the Gilded AgeB. the Rational AgeC. the Jazz AgeD. the Magic Age39. In the American Romantic writings,______ came to function almost as a dramaticcharacter that symbolized moral law.A. fireB. waterC. treesD. wilderness40. The desire for an escape from society and a return to ______ became a permanentconvention of the American literature.A. the family lifeB. natureC. the ancient timeD. fantasy of loveII. Reading Comprehension (16 points in all, 4 for each)Read the quoted parts carefully and answer the questions in English. Write your answers in the corresponding space on the answer sheet.41. Wherefore feed and clothe and saveFrom the cradle to the graveThose ungrateful drones who wouldDrain your sweat- nay, drink your bloodQuestions:A. Identify the poet and the title of the poem from which the stanza is taken.B. What figure of speech is used in Line 2C. Whom does “drones〞 refer to42. The following quotation is from one of the poems by T. S. Eliot:No! I am not Prince Hamlet, nor was meant to be;Am an attendant lord, one that will doTo swell a progress, start a scene or twoAdvise the prince; no doubt, an easy tool,Deferential, glad to be of use,Politic, cautious, and meticulous,Full of high sentence, but a bit obtuse;Questions:A. Identify the title of the poem from which the quoted part is taken.B. Who's the speaker of the quoted linesC. What does the first line show about the speaker43．There was a child went forth every day,And the first object he look'd upon, that object he became,And that object became part of him for the day or a certain part of the day, Or for many years or stretching cycles of years.Questions:A. Identify the poet.B.From which poem and which collection of the poet are these lines takenC.What does the poet describe in the poem44. I heard a Fly buzz- when I died-The Stillness in the RoomWas like the Stillness in the Air-Between the Heaves of Storm-The Eyes around- had wrung them dry-And Breaths were gathering firmFor that last Onset- when the KingBe witnessed - in the Room-Questions:A. Identify the poet.B. What does “the King〞 refer toC. What moment is the poem trying to describeIII. Questions and Answers (24 points in all, 6 for each)Give brief answers to each of the following questions in English. Write your answers in the corresponding space on the answer sheet.45. List at least two leading neoclassicists in England. What did Neoclassicistscelebrate in literary creation46. Jane Eyre is one of the most popular and important novels of the Victorian Age.Why is Jane Eyre such a successful novel47. Who are the three dominant figures of the American Age of Realism and what arethe differences in their understanding of the “truth〞48. What's Dreiser' s naturalistic belief Please discuss the question with Carrie,a character in Sister Carrie as an example.IV. Topic Discussion(20 points in all, 10 for each)Write no less than 150 words on each of the following topics in English in thecorresponding space on the answer sheet.49. Briefly discuss William Shakespeare's artistic achievements in characterization,plot construction and language.50. Briefly discuss Mark Twain's art of fiction in terms of the setting,the language,and the characters, etc.,based on his novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.全国高等教育自学考试英美文学选读真题答案及评分参考〔课程代码0604〕I. Multiple Choice (40 points in all, 1 for each)1. B2. B3. A4. B5.A6.D7.A8.C9.B 10.A 11.B 12.A13.B 14.B 15.B 16.B 17.D 18.A 19.C 20.D 21.A 22.A 23.C24.B 25.A 26.C 27.C 28.A 29.A 30.A 31.A 32.D 33.C 34.C35.B 36.D 37.C 38.C 39.D 40.BII. Reading Comprehension (16 points in all, 4 for each)41. A. From Percy Shelley’s “Men of England〞(1)B. Metonymy (1)C. Here “drones〞refers to the parasitic class in human society. (2)42. A. “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock〞(1)B. J. Alfred Prufrock (1)C. Prufrock is conscious of the fact that he is like Hamlet in some respects. But he is sensibleenough that he cannot be compared with Hamlete. (2)43. A. Walt Whitman (1)B. “There Was a Child Went Forth〞from “Leaves of Grass〞(1)C. The poem describes the growth of a child who learned about the world around him andimproved himself accordingly. In the poem, Whitman’s own early ex perience may well be identified with the childhood of a young, growing American. (2)44. A. Emily Dickinson (1)B. The God of Death. (1)C. The poem is trying to describe the moment of death. (2)III. Questions and Answers (24 points in all, 6 for each)45. A. Alexander Pope, John Dryden, Samuel Johnson (任选2位作家). (2)B. They believed that the artistic ideals should be order, logic, restrained emotion andaccuracy and that literature should be judged in terms of its service to humanity. (2) They seek proportion, unity, harmony and grace in literacy expression, in an effort to delight,instruct and correct human beings. Thus a polite, elegant, witty and intellectual artdeveloped. (2)46. A. It is noted for its sharp criticism of the existing society. (2)B. It is an intense moral fable. (2)C. The success of the novel is also due to its introduction to the English novel the firstgoverness heroine. (2)47. A. William Dean Howells, Mark Twain, Henry James. (3)B. Mark Twain and Howells seemed to have paid more attention to the “life〞of theAmericans. Howells focused his discussion on the rising middle class and the way theylived; Mark Twain preferred to have his own region and people at the forefront of his stories;Henry James had apparently laid a greater emphasis on the “inner world〞of man. (3)48. A. Dreiser believes that while men are controlled and conditioned by heredity, instinct andchance, a few extraordinary and unsophisticated human beings refuse to accept their fatewordlessly and instead strive, unsuccessfully, to find meaning and purpose for theirexistence. (3)B. Carrie, as one of such, senses that she is merely a cipher in an uncaring world yet seeks tograsp the mysteries of life and thereby satisfies her desires for social status and materialcomfort, but in spite of her success, she is lonely and dissatisfied. (3)以上各题言语错误酌情扣分。

1.Charles Dickens is a great writer in the ___ A__.⏹ A. Victorian Age B. Renaissance⏹ C. Romantic period D. 20th century2.The early inhabitants in the island we now call England were _B __.⏹ A. Celts B. Britons⏹ C. Britain D. English3. In 55 B. C., Roman troops led by _A__ invaded Britain.⏹ A. Julius Caesar B. Claudius⏹ C. King Alfred the Great D. William4.The Roman occupation in Britain lasted for about __C___ years.⏹ A. 200 B. 300⏹ C. 400 D. 5005.Old English came into being by the _D___ century.⏹ A. 4th B. 5th⏹ C. 6th D. 7th6. In __B__ Britain became a Roman province.⏹ A. 55 B. C. B. 43 A. D.⏹ C. 410 A. D. D. 787 A. D.7.The Anglo-Saxon period ended in _D___.⏹ A. 1017 B. 1042⏹ C. 1016 D. 10668. _A__ is an early English poem about the life of the gleeman.⏹ A. “Deor’s Lament” B. “The Wife’s Complaint”⏹ C. “The Husband’s Message” D. “The Seafarer”9. __C__ is an early English poem about love.⏹ A. “Deor’s Lament” B. “Widsith”⏹ C. “The Husband’s Message” D. “The Seafarer”10. __B__ is an early English poem about the adventures of the sea.⏹ A. “Deor’s Lament” B. “The Wanderer”⏹ C. “The Husband’s Message” D. “Beowulf”11. __D__ is the representative work of the early English literature.⏹ A. “Deor’s Lament” B. “The Wanderer”⏹ C. “The Husband’s Message” D. “Beowulf”12. Grendel is a monster described in __C____.⏹ A. “Deor’s Lament” B. “Widsith”⏹ C. Beowulf D. “The Seafarer”13.The Roman occupation lasted for about 400 years in Britain, and in __D___, all the Roman troops went back to their continent and never returned.⏹ A. 55 B. C. B. 78 A. D.⏹ C. 400 A. D. D. 410 A. D.14.__C__ is the first important religious poet in English literature.⏹ A. John Donne B. George Herbert⏹ C. CaedmonD. Milton15.When we speak of the old English prose, the first name that comes into our minds is_D_, who is the first scholar in English literature and has been regarded as father of English learning.⏹ A. Shakespeare B. Beowulf⏹ C. Julius Caesar D. Venerable Bebe16.The great majority of the romances fall into groups as matters of __D___.⏹ A. Britain B. France⏹ C. Rome D. A,B and C17._A__ was written in alliterative and rimed English verse.⏹ A. Layamon’s Brut B. Malory’s The Death of King Arthur⏹ C. King Alfred’s Chronicle D. Geoffrey of Monmouth’s History of Kings ofBritain18.___D__ marked the establishment of feudalism in England.⏹ A. Roman Conquest B. English Conquest⏹ C. Danish Conquest D. Norman Conquest19. Shakespeare’s plays written between __D___ are sometimes called “romances”and all end in reconciliation and reunion.⏹ A. 1590 and 1594 B. 1595 and 1600⏹ C. 1601 and 1607 D. 1608 and 161220. Miranda is a heroine in Shakespeare’s __D____.⏹ A. Pericles B. Cymbeline C. The Winter’s Tale D. The Tempest21.In __D___ appeared Shakespeare’s Sonnet. Never before Imprinted.（《莎士比亚十四行诗》“迄今从未刊印过”）which contains 154 sonnets.⏹ A. 1606 B. 1607⏹ C. 1608 D. 160922. Shakespeare is one of the founders of _B___.⏹ A. romanticism B. realism⏹ C. naturalism D. classicism23. Among many poetic forms, Shakespeare was especially at home (good at) with the _A_⏹ A. dramatic blank verse B. song⏹ C. sonnet D. couplet24.In the plays, Shakespeare used about __B____ words.⏹ A. 15000 B. 16000 C. 17000 D. 1800025.__C___ has been called the summit of the English Renaissance.⏹ A. Christopher Marlow B. Francis Bacon⏹ C. W. Shakespeare D. Ben Johnson26.In 1066, __A__, with his Norman army, succeeded in invading and defeating England.⏹ A. William the Conqueror B. Julius Caesar⏹ C. Alfred the Great D. Claudius27. In the 14th century, the most important poet is __D__ .⏹ A. Langland B. Wycliffe C. Gower D. Chaucer28.The prevailing form of Medieval English literature is __C_.⏹ A. novel B. drama C. romance D. essay29.The story of _A__ is the culmination of the Arthurian romances.⏹ A. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight B. Beowulf⏹ C. Piers the Plowman D. The Canterbury Tales30. William Langland’s _B___ is written in the form of a dream vision.⏹ A. Kubla Khan B. Piers the Plowman⏹ C. The Dream of John Bull D. Morte d’Arthur31. After the Norman Conquest, three languages existed in England at that time. The Normans spoke __A___.⏹ A. French B. English C. Latin D. Swedish32. ___C___ was the greatest of English religious reformers and the first translator of the Bible.⏹ A. Langland B. Gower C. Wycliffe D. Chaucer33. Piers the Plowman describes a series of wonderful dreams the author dreamed, through which, we can see a picture of the life in the __B__ England.⏹ A. primitive B. feudal C. bourgeois D. modern34.The theme of __A__ to king and lord was repeatedly emphasized in romances.⏹ A. loyalty B. revolt C. obedience D. mockery35.The most famous cycle of English ballads centers on the stories about a legendary outlaw called __B___.⏹ A. Morte D’Arthur B. Robin Hood⏹ C. The Canterbury Tales D. Piers the Plowman36. __A___, the “father of English poetry”and one of the greatest narrative poets of England, was born in London about 1340.⏹ A. Geoffrey Chaucer B. Sir Gawain⏹ C. Francis Bacon D. John Dryden37. Chaucer died on the 25th October 1400, and was buried in __D__.⏹ A. Flanders B. France⏹ C. Italy D. Westminster Abbey38. Chaucer’s earliest work is his ___A__, a translation of the French Roman de la Rose, which was a love allegory enjoying widespread popularity in the 13th and 14th centuries not only in France but throughout Europe.⏹ A. The Romaunt of the Rose B. “A Red, Red Rose”⏹ C. The Legend of Good Women D. The Book of the Duchess40. In his life-time Chaucer served in a great variety of occupations which had impact on the wide range of his writings. Which one is not his career? _A___.⏹ A. engineer B. courtier C. office holder D. soldier⏹ E. ambassador F. legislator (议员)41.Chaucer composes a long narrative poem named __B___ based on Boccaccio’s poem “Filostrato”.⏹ A. The Legend of Good Women B. Troilus and Criseyde⏹ C. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight D. Beowulf42. English Renaissance started from the year of _A____.⏹ A. 1516 B.1578 C. 1625 D. 166043. Spenserian Stanza is created by Edmund Spenser for his _B__.⏹ A. drama B. poem C. prose D. essay44.It was __B___, the first English printer, who gave the readers Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales.⏹ A. William Cowper B. William Caxton⏹ C. William Golding D. William Blake45. _C___is also called the King James Bible.⏹ A. Latin Bible B. Tyndale’s Bible⏹ C. Authorized Bible D. Wycliffe’s Bible46. The sea-dogs as Francis Drake and John Hawkins encouraged by _B___ established the first English colonies.⏹ A. Queen Mary B. Queen Elizabeth C. King Henry VIII D. James I47. The English bourgeoisie came to froe in the arena of history after the war with _A__.⏹ A. Spain B. America C. Belgium D. Holland48. _D___ is the key-note of the Renaissance.⏹ A. Optimism B. Socialism C. Conservatism D. Humanism49.English Renaissance started in the year of __A_.⏹ A. 1516 B. 1578 C. 1625 D. 166050.The period of __B___ is called the Elizabethan Period or the Age of Shakespeare.⏹ A. 1510—1516 B. 1516—1578⏹ C. 1578—1625 D. 1625—166051.___A__has 6 knights representing 6 virtues: Holiness, Temperance, Chastity, Friendship, Justice and Courtesy.⏹ A. The Faerie Queene B. Epithalamion⏹ C. The Shepherd’s Calendar D. Discovery of Guiana52.The answer to the dominant thoughts in The Faerie Queene is _D__.⏹ A. nationalism B. humanism C. Puritanism D. A, B, C53.___C__ is the first philosopher of industrial science .⏹ A. Philip Sidney B. Walter Raleigh⏹ C. Francis Bacon D. Edmund Spenser54.___D___ is F. Bacon’s well-known book.⏹ A. Advancement of Learning B. New Instrument⏹ C. Maxims of the Law D. Essays55._C___ is the most famous essay in Bacon’s Essays.⏹ A. Of Death B. Of Friendship C. Of Study D. Of Travel56.Sidney’s _A__ was written to answer an attack on poetry and drama as “the school of abuse.”⏹ A. Apology for Poetry B. Astrophel and Stella⏹ C. History of the World D. Miscellany of Songs and Sonnets57. _C__ is the Poet’s Poet of the Renaissance.⏹ A. Walter Raleigh B. John Lyly C. Edmond Spenser D. Francis Bacon。

202X年7月高等教育自学考试全国统一命题考试英美文学选读卷子课程代码0604PART one(40 Points)I．Multiple Choice (40 points in all, 1 for each)Select from the four choices of each item the one that best answers the question or completes the statement.Mark your choice by blackening the corresponding letter A，B，C Or D On theAnswer Sheet.1．_______, a typical example of old English poetry，is regarded as the national epic of the Anglo—Saxons．A．The Canterbury TalesB．ExodusC．BeowulfD．The Legend of Good Women2．It was ______ who first introduced the Petrarchan sonnet into England.A．CaxtonB．WyattC．SurreyD．Marlowe3．It is generally believed that the most important play among Shakespeare’s comedies is ______ A．A Midsummer Night’s DreamB．As You Like ItC．The Merchant of VeniceD．Twelfth Night4．All the following poets except ______ belong to the metaphysical school.A．DonneB．HerbertC．MarvellD．Milton5．Of all the eighteenth —century novelists, ______ was the first to set out, both in theory and practice, to write specifically a “comic epic in prose〞and the first to give the modern novel its structure and style.A．Daniel DefoeB．Samuel RichardsonC．Henry FieldingD．Oliver Goldsmith6．Although writing from different points of view and with different techniques, writers in the Victorican Period shared one thing in common, that is, they were all concerned about ______ .A．the love story between the rich and the poorB．the techniques in writingC．the fate of the common peopleD．the future of their own country7．In the theatrical world of the neoclassical period ______ was the leading figure among the host of playwrights.A．William BlakeB．Richard SheridanC．Ben JonsonD．Bernard Shaw8．The eighteenth —century England is also known as the Age of Enlightenment or the Age of ______.A．IntellectB．ReasonC．RationalityD．Science9．______ by Swift is generally regarded as the best model of satire, not only of the 18th century but also in the whole English literary history.A．A Tale of a TubB．The Battle of the BooksC．〞A Modest Proposal 〞D．Gulliver’s Travels10．The novels of______ are the first literary work devoted to the study of problems of the lower —class people.A．BunyanB．DefoeC．FieldingD．Swift11．Thomas Gray established his fame as the leader of the ______ of the day.A．romantic poetryB．sentimental poetryC．neoclassical poetryD．realistic novel12．Which of the following is taken from John Keats’s “Ode on a Grecian Urn〞______ A．〞If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind〞B．〞For Godsake hold your tongue, and let me love.〞C．〞Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard/Are sweeter〞D．〞The Child is father of the Man.〞13．Robert Browning’s style is ______.A．identical with that of the other VictoriansB．similar to that of TennysonC．perfectly artisticD．rough and disproportionate in appearance14．Thomas Hardy wrote novels of ______.A．character and environmentB．pure romanceC．stream of consciousnessD．psychoanalysis15．The three trilogies of ______ novels are masterpieces of critical realism in the early 20th century.A．Galsworthy’s ForsyteB．Lewis Grassic Gibbon’s Sunset Song’s Women in Love’s A Passage to India16．______ is considered to be the best—known English dramatist since Shakespeare.A．Oscar WildeB．Christopher MarloweC．John DrydenD．Bernard Shaw17．______ was awarded Nobel Prize for literature in 1923.A．Bernard ShawB．John Galsworthy18．Of the following poets, which is not regarded as “Lake Poets〞A．Samuel Taylor ColeridgeB．Robert SoutheyC．William WordsworthD．George Gordon Byron19．The four great odes of John Keats include the following EXCEPT ______.A．〞Ode on Melancholy〞B．〞Ode on a Grecian Urn〞C．〞Ode to a Nightingale〞D．〞Ode to the West wind〞’s masterpieces.A．Women in LoveB．Sons and LoversC．Lady Chatterley’s LoverD．The Plumed Serpent21．In Oscar Wilde’s masterpiece ______, he expressed a satirical and bitter attitude towards the upper —class people by revealing their corruption, snobbery and hypocrisy.A．SalomeB．The Importance of Being EarnestC．The Happy PrinceD．A Woman of No Importance22．〞The V anity Fair 〞is a well—known part in The Pilgrim’s Progress, which of the following writers later adopted it as the title of a novel？A．DickensB．ThackerayC．FieldingD．Hardy23．To the transcendentalists such as ______ and Thoreau, man is divine in nature; but to Hawthorne and Melville, everybody is potentially a sinner.A．Washington IrvingB．EmersonC．Henry JamesD．Emily Dickinson24．Washington Irving’s ______ was written in England, filled with English scenes and quotations from English authors and faithful to British orthography.A．Bracebridge HallB．Tales of a TravelerC．The Sketch BookD．The Alhambra25．The American Romantic writers celebrated America’s landscape with its virgin forests, meadows, groves, endless prairies, streams, and vast oceans.______ came to function almost as a dramatic character that symbolized moral law.A．The Atlantic OceanB．The Rocky MountainsC．The Pacific OceanD．The wilderness26．Which one of the following statements is NOT true of Washington IrvingA．He was regarded as Father of the American Short Story.B．He was one of the first American writers to earn an international reputation.C．He enjoyed the honor of being “the American Goldsmith〞for his literary craftsmanship.D．He was one of the advocates of the New England Transcendentalism.27．Which one of the following statements is NOT true of Ralph Waldo Emerson and his works A．Emerson’s essays often have a formal style, for most of them were derived from his journals or lectures.B．In his essays, Emerson put forward his philosophy of Transcendentalism, focusing on the importance of the individual and the nature.C．Emerson based his philosophy on an intuitive belief in an ultimate unity, which he called the 〞over—soul〞.D．Emerson is affirmative about man’s intuitive knowledge, with which a man can trust himself to decide what is right and to act accordingly.28．〞The lover of nature is he whose inward and outward senses are still truly adjusted to each other, who has retained the spirit of infancy even into the era of manhood〞. This is the voice of the book _____ written by Emerson, which pushed American Romanticism into a new phase, the phase of New England _________.A．Nature…SymbolismB．The American Scholar…NaturalismC．Nature…TranscendentalismD．the American Scholar…Realism29．Which one of the following statements about Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter is trueA．Hawthorne intended to tell a love story in this novel.B．Hawthorne intended to tell a story of sin in this novel.C．Hawthorne intended to reveal the human psyche after they sinned, so as to show people the tension between society and individuals.D．Hawthorne focused his attention on consequences of the sin on the people in general, so as to call the readers back to the conventional Puritan way of living.30．Walt Whitman is a poet with a strong sense of mission, having decoted all his life to the creation of the “single〞poem, ________.A．ChicagoB．My Lost YouthC．Leaves of GrassD．A Pact31．Redburn is a semi —autobiographical novel written by ________, concerning the sufferings of a genteel youth among brutal sailors.A．Walt WhitmanB．Nathaniel HawthorneC．Herman MelvilleD．Ralph Waldo Emerson32．The period ranging from ________ to ________ has been referred to as the Age of Realism in the literary history of the United States.A．1865 (1945)B．1865 (1914)C．1783 (1945)D．1783 (1914)33．________thought that the writer should use language to probe the deepest reaches of the psychological and moral nature of human beings rather than simply hold a mirror to the surface of social life in particular times and places. He is a realist of the inner life.A．Mark TwainB．William Dean HowellsC．Henry JamesD．Theodore Dreiser34．〞I felt good and all washed clean of sin for the first time I had ever felt so in my life, and I knowed I could pray now. But I didn’t do it straight off, but laid the paper down and set there thinking —thinking how good it was all this happened so, and how near I come to being lost and going to hell. 〞The above passage is taken from ________.A．The Adventures of Huckleberry FinnB．The Adventures of Tom SawyerC．Uncle Tom’s CabinD．Life on the Mississippi35．The following statements are all true of Daisy Miller EXCEPT________.A．Frederick Winterbourne, the narrator of the story, es an American expatriate.B．With the publication of Daisy Miller, William James reputation was firmly established on both sides of the Atlantic.C．With the publication of Daisy Miller, Daisy Miller has ever since become the American Girl in Europe, a celebrated cultural type who embodies the spirit of the New World.D．Daisy Miller’s defiance of social taboos in the Old World finally brings her to a disaster in the clash between the two different cultures.36．Which one of the following statements is true of Dickinson’s “I like to see it lap the Miles〞A．This poem describes a mare dancing at midnight.B．This poem describes a horse galloping through valleys.C．This poem describes a train running through the mountainous area.D．This poem describes a traveler’s joyous journey through the scenic mountainous area.37．________ is considered to be a spokesman for the alienated youth in the post —war era and his The Catcher in the Rye is regarded as a students’ classicA．Allen GinXergD．Henry James38．Towards the end of After Apple —Picking，Frost writes “ Were he not gone, /The woodchuck could say whether it’s like his /Long sleep, as I describe its coming on, /Or just some human sleep.〞The “human sleep 〞here refers to ________.A．a trip to the countrysideB．deathC．rest after a day’s work in the orchardD．exaltation of mind39．In the third chapter of The Great GatXy by Fitzgerald, there is a wonderful description of GatXy’s party which evokes both ___________ of that strange and fascinating era that we call________.A．the pride and the prejudice…Victorian AgeB．the romance and the sadness…Jazz AgeC．the love and the hatred…Age of ReasonD．the Vanity and the disillusionment…Age of Reason40．Faulkner once said that ___________ is a story of 〞lost innocence〞, which proves itself to be an intensification of the theme of imprisonment in the past.A．The Sound and the FuryB．Go Down, MosesC．Light in AugustD．Absalom, Absalom!PART TWO (60 POINTS)II．Reading Comprehension (16 points in all, 4 for each)Read the quoted parts carefully and answer the questions in English. Write your answers in the corresponding space on the answer sheet.41．〞To be, or not to be —that is the question;Whether’ tis nobler in the mind to sufferThe slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,And by opposing end them〞Questions:A．Identify the author and the title of the passage from which this part is taken.B．Explain the meaning of “To be, or not to be〞.C．How do you understand the last two lines42．〞The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power,And all that beauty, all that wealth e’er gave,Awaits alike the inevitable hour.The paths of glory lead but to the grave.〞Questions:A．Identify the author and the title of the passage from which this part is taken.B．What does the phrase 〞inevitable hour〞meanC．Write out the main idea of the passage in plain English.43．〞I glanced back once. A wafer of a moon was shinning over GatXy’s house, making the night fine as before, and surviving the laughter and the sound of his still glowing garden. A sudden emptiness seemed to flow now from the windows and the great doors, endowing with complete isolation the figure of the host, who stood on the porch, his hand up in a formal gesture of farewell. 〞Questions:A．Identify the author and the title of the passage from which this part is taken.B．The passage describes the end of an event, What is itC．What implied meaning can you get from reading this passage44．We passed the School, where Children strove AT Recess—in the Ring—We passed the Fields of Gazing Grain—We passed the Setting Sun—Questions:A．Who is the author of this stanza taken from the poem “Because I could not stop for Death—〞？B．What do the underlined parts symbolizeC．Where were “we〞heading towardIII．Questions and Answers (24 points in all,6 for each)Give brief answers to each of the following questions in English. Write your answers in the corresponding space on the answer sheet.45．Edmund Spenser is one of the poets of English Renaissance. What are the qualities of his poetry46．The Man of Property is the first novel of the Forsyte trilogies by Galsworthy. What is the theme and the tone of The Man of Property47．Hawthorne’s “Young Goodman Brown〞is often read as a conventional allegory. What does the work symbolically concern48．William Faulkner is one of the greatest American novelists. What do you know about his narrative techniques IV．Topic Discussion (20 points in all, 10 for each)Write no less than 150 word on each of the following topics in English in the corresponding space on the answer sheet.49．Discuss Charles Dickens’ art of fiction: the setting, the character —portrayal, the language, etc., based on his novel Oliver Twist.50．Discuss the symbolism employed in Moby Dick.。

2022年自考专业(英语)英美文学选读考试真题及答案一、单项选择题 Multiple Choice(40 points in all, 1 for each)Select from the four choices of each item the one that best answer the question or completes the statement. Write the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.1、The Renaissance marks a transition from the_______ to the modern world.A.medievalB.romanticC.Anglo-SaxonD.Victorian2、Which of the following plays is NOT among William Shakespeare's four great tragedies?A.Hamlet.B.Twelfth Night.C.Othello.D.King Lear3、After the restoration of _______. Milton was imprisoned for a short time and then retired to private life.A.Charles IB.Charles IC.James ID.James 14、 It was not until the reign of_______that the Renaissance rally began o show its effect in England.A.Henry VIIB.Henry VIIC.Charles ID.Charles II5、In Paradise Lost, the real hero created by Milton is_______.A.GodB.AdamC.EveD.Satan6、The island of Lilliput can be found in_______.A.Robinson CrusoeB.Gulliver's TravelsC.The Adventures of Tom SawyerD.The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn7、 The Enlightenment was a progressive intellectual movementthroughout Western Europe in the_______ century.A.17thB.18thC.19thD.20th8、Henry Fielding is the author of the great 18th century English novel_______.A.Tom JonesB.PamelaC.Moll FendersD.The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy9、The publication of The Lyrical Ballads, written by _______ marked the break with the conventional poetical tradition of the 18th century.A.William Wordsworth and Robert BurnsB.William Blake and ColeridgeC.Wordsworth and Percy Bysshe ShellyD.Wordsworth and Coleridge10、 Generally, William Shakespeare's dramatic career can be divided into periods.A.3B.4C.5D.611、"his a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife." The quoted part is taken from_______.A.Pride and PrejudiceB.Wuthering HeightsC.Jane EyreD.Sense and Sensibility12、William Wordsworth is regarded as a 查看答案。

英美文学选读练习题English LiteratureQuestions on The Canterbury Tales1.Lines 1-18 are the introduction to the weather. Why did the author write somany 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?Thirty4.Based on Prioress’s portrait, can you give a possible reason why she isundertaking this pilgrimage?She wants to look for the worldly love.5.What details does the narrator use in describing the Prioress, and in whatorder?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?For husband.7.What is the “framing device” that Chaucer uses for his collection of stories? Framework: a narrative which was composed for the purpose of introducing and connecting a series of tales8.The General Prologue was written in heroic couplet, analyze some of thelines.9.Please name and define five specific methods of characterization Chauceruses in the “General Prologue”.Appearance description：her nose was elegant, her eyes glass-gray; her mouth was very small，but soft and red. Facial description：her way of smiling was simple and coy . behaviordescription：Color description 夸张Questions on Sonnet 181.What are the themes of the sonnet 18?2.What images does Shakespeare use in order to strengthen the theme? Andwhat kinds of figures of speech are used in the sonnet?3.Analyze the meter and rhyme of the poem.Questions on Paradise Lost1.The poem opens with a long sentence. Analyze the first sentence and identifythe writer’s conception about the poem.2.Who first seduced the mother of mankind to the revolt?3.How long does Satan and his peers suffer the penal fire?4.How does Satan feel about being in Hell according to the poem?5.Describe the condition of the Hell in your own words according to the poem.6.Write an essay about the image of Satan.Questions on The Pilgrim’s Progress1.Why is the market called “Vanity Fair”?2.What is the original of the fair?3.What did people in the fair do to Christian and his friend?4.What does this episode symbolize?Questions on William Wordsworth’s poems1.Identify the meter of the first poem.2.What mood does the opening simile suggest, and what change in mood occurslater on?3.At what time of day is London being described in the second poem?4.Which descriptive elements are presented objectively and which subjectively?5.What are the themes of the third poem?6.There are two images in the third poem. Identify them and analyze them. Questions on Great Expectations1.In what details does Pip describe Miss Havisham and her room?2.What is Pip’s impression about Estella?3.How does Estella treat Pip? And why?4.Analyze the characters of Miss Havisham and Estella.5.Does Pip fall in love with Estella after the first meeting? And why?6.There is an image in Chapter 8. Identify it and analyze it.Questions on Tess of the d’Urbervilles1.What effect does Tess’s confession have on Angel?2.Why is Angel unable to forgive Tess when she just bestowed the gift offorgiveness on him?3.Why does Tess submit to Angel’s anger and take no action to win h im back?4.What moral differences between men and women in the Victorian period,does this chapter reflect?5.In Hardy’s works the strong element of naturalism are combined with atendency towards symbolism. Identify and analyze the symbols in this chapter.Questions on The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock1.What social class does Prufrock belong to? How could you tell?2.When Prufrock starts talking about the “bald spot” in the middle of his head,what do you think he is worrying about?3.What types of images show that people are dehumanized in modern life, andsuggest that inanimate objects are alive?4.What is the effect of the Biblical allusion in the poem?5.Irony is everywhere in the poem. Identify them.Questions on Araby1.How does the boy describe his feelings for Mangan’s sister?2.Why does the boy want to go to the bazaar?3.Why does he arrive so late?4.What is the role of the boy’s uncle in the story? What value and attitude doeshe represent?5.What kind of conflict does the boy experience in the story between him andenvironment, or between him and the adults?American LiteratureQuestions on Rip V an Winkle1.What historical events did Rip Van Winkle sleep through?2.Why was Rip Van Winkle so surprised when he returned to the village?3.What comparison is Irving implying when he states at the end of the storythat Dame Van Winkle’s death has released Rip from “petticoat government”?4.How much effect did American Revolution have on daily life of the commonpeople?5.Analyze the humorous elements in Rip Van Winkle?Questions on The Scarlet Letter1.Who empowers Dimmesdale to stand on the scaffold?2.Why does Dimmesdale want to reveal?3.Why does Chillingworth try desperately to stop Dimmesdale from confessinghis sins on the scaffold?4.This novel makes extensive use of symbols. How do they help develop thethemes and characters in the novel?5.What is the narrative point of the novel? And what is the effect of thenarrative point of view?Questions on Sister Carrie1.How many scenes did the writer describe in this chapter? Name them.2.Why does Carrie still suffer from unsatisfied desires after she becamesuccessful?3.How do you see Draiser’s naturalism influencing his works in Sister Carrie?4.Discuss the character of Carrie and her relationships with Drouet andHurswood.Questions on Indian Camp1.What kind of relationship between Nick and his father does the storydescribe? Has the relationship changed? Why and how does it change?2.Why did the husband kill himself?3.What does the last sentence mean?4.What did Nick learn from his witnessing both birth and death over onenight?Questions on The Great Gatsby1.What kind of parties does Gatsby give on Saturdays according to thenarrator?2.What kind of people would attend the parties according to the narrator?3.What is your impression on Gatsby after reading the text?4.What is the theme of the novel?5.Analyze the symbols in this chapter.。

《英美文学选读》期末考试练习一、搭配题二、判断题1.( F ) Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, and Antony and Cleopatra are Shakespeare’s greatest tragedies.2.(T ) The Elizabethan Drama is the real mainstream of the English Renaissance.3.'4.( T) Paradise Lost is a long epic divided into 12 books.5.( F) Captain Singleton, Moll Flanders, Colonel Jack, and A Journal of the Plague Year are the first literary works devoted to the study of problems of the lower-class people.6.( T) Jonathan Swift defined a good style as “proper words in proper places.”7.( T ) Henry Fielding has been regarded by some as “Father of the English Novel.”8.( F) William Blake, William Wordsworth, and Samuel Taylor Coleridge are regarded as the “Lake Poets.”9.{10.( T ) The British Romantic period is an age of prose.11.( T ) The major theme of Jane Austen’s novels is love and marriage.12.( T ) The Victoria period has been generally regarded as one of the most glorious in the English history.13.( F ) Far from the Madding Crowd is Thomas Hardy’s first novel.14.( T ) Modernism rose out of skepticism and disillusion of capitalism.15.<16.( T ) The major themes of the modernist literature are the distorted, alienated and ill relationships between man and nature, man and society, man and man, and man and himself. 17.( T) The early poems of Pound and Eliot and Yeats’s matured poetry marked rise of “modern poetry.”18.( T ) Shaw’s plays have one passion, and one only, that is, indignation.19.( F) Romeo and Juliet is one of Shakespeare’s four greatest tragedies.20.( T ) The first period of the English Renaissance was one of imitation and assimilation.21.%22.( T ) Paradise Lost is John Milton’s masterpiece.23.( F ) Captain Singleton, Moll Flanders, Colonel Jack, and A Journal of the Plague Year are the first literary works devoted to the study of problems of the lower-class people.24.( T ) In Jonathan Swift’s opinion, human nature is seriously and permanently flawed.25.( T) Henry Fielding was the first to write specifically a “comic in prose.”26.( F ) William Blake, William Wordsworth, and Samuel Taylor Coleridge are regarded as the “Lake Poets.”27.，28.( F ) The British Romantic period is an age of poetic drama.29.( T ) Shelley’s greatest achievement is his four-act poetic drama, Prometheus Unbound.30.( T ) Oscar Wilde and Walter Pater are advocators of the theory of “art for art’s sake.”31.( F ) From Under the Greenwood Tree, the tragic sense becomes the keynote of Thomas Hardy’s novels.32.( T ) The French symbolism heralded modernism.33.@34.( T ) The modernist writers pay more attention to the psychic time than the chronological one.35.( T) Kingsley Amis was the first to start the attack on middle-class privileges and power in his novel Lucky Jim.36.( T ) The Waste Land is a poem concerned with the spiritual breakup of a modern civilization in which human life has lost its meaning, significance and purpose.37.( F) Shakespeare’s greatest tragedy is Romeo and Juliet.38.( T) In the early stage of the English Renaissance, poetry and poetic drama were the most outstanding literary forms.39.{40.( T ) Samson Agonistes is the most perfect example of the verse drama after the Greek style in English.41.( F ) Captain Singleton, Moll Flanders, Colonel Jack, and A Journal of the Plague Year are the first literary works devoted to the study of problems of the lower-class people.42.( T ) Jonathan Swift is a master satirist.43.( T ) Henry Fielding was the first to give the modern novel its structure and style.44.( F ) William Blake, William Wordsworth, and Samuel Taylor Coleridge are regarded as the “Lake Poets.”45.$46.( F ) Novel was the most popular literary form in the British Romantic period.47.( T ) “A Song: Men of England” was written in 1819, the year of the Peterloo Massacre.48.( T) Charles Dickens and the Bronte Sisters are representatives of critical realism.49.( F ) Thomas Hardy belongs to one of the English romantic poets.50.( T ) Modernism takes the irrational philosophy and the theory of psycho-analysis as its theoretical base.51.!52.( T ) The modernist writers are mainly concerned with the inner being of an individual.53.( T ) James Joyce is the most outstanding stream-of-consciousness novelist.54.( T ) D. H. Lawrence was one of the first novelists to introduce themes of psychology into his works.三、名词解释1.Antagonist: A person or force opposing the protagonist in a narrative; a rival of thehero or heroine.2.>3.Allegory: A tale in verse or prose in which characters, actions, or settings representabstract ideas or moral qualities. An allegory is a story with two meanings, a literalmeaning and a symbolic meaning.4.Alliteration: The repetition of the initial consonant sounds in poetry.5.Canto: A section or division of a long poem.6.Characterization: the means by which a writer reveals that personality.edy: In general, a literary work that ends happily with a healthy, amicablearmistice between the protagonist and society.8.！9.Critical Realism: The critical realism of the 19th century flourished in the forties and inthe beginning of fifties. The realists first and foremost set themselves the task ofcriticizing capitalist society from a democratic viewpoint and delineated the cryingcontradictions of bourgeois reality. But they did not find a way to eradicate socialevils.10.Elegy: A poem of mourning, usually over the death of an individual. An elegy is atype of lyric poem, usually formal in language and structure, and solemn or evenmelancholy in tone.11.Epic: A long narrative poem telling about the deeds of a great hero and reflectingthe values of the society from which it originated. Many epics were drawn from anoral tradition and were transmitted by song and recitation before they were writtendown.12.Flashback: A scene in a short story, novel, play, or narrative poem that interruptsthe action to show an event that happened earlier.13.Imagery: Words or phrases that create pictures, or images, in the reader’s mind.Images can appeal to other senses as well: touch, taste, smell, and hearing.14.>15.Lyric: A poem, usually a short one, which expresses a speaker’s personal thoughts orfeelings. The elegy, ode, and sonnet are all forms of the lyric.16.Metaphor: A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two things whichare basically dissimilar. Unlike simile, a metaphor does not use a connective wordsuch as like, as, or resembles in making the comparison.17.Protagonist: The central character of a drama, novel, short story, or narrative poem.The protagonist is the character on whom the action centers and with whom thereader sympathizes most. Usually the protagonist strives against an opposing force,or antagonist, to accomplish something.18.Setting: The time and place in which the events in a short story, novel, play ornarrative poem occur. Setting can give us information, vital to plot and theme. Often,setting and character will reveal each other.19.Simile: It refers to a figure of speech that makes a comparison between two thingsthrough the use of a specific word of comparison, such as “like, as, or resemble”.The comparison must be between two essentially unlike things.20.【21.Soliloquy: In drama, an extended speech delivered by a character alone onstage.The character reveals his or her innermost thoughts and feelings directly to theaudience, as if thinking aloud.22.Sonnet: A fourteen-line lyric poem, usually written in rhymed iambic pentameter. Asonnet generally expresses a single theme or idea.23.Tragedy: In general, a literary work in which the protagonist meets an unhappy ordisastrous end. Unlike comedy, tragedy depicts the actions of a central characterwho is usually dignified or heroic.四、简答题1.What do the William Shakespeare’s tragedies have in common#Each portrays some noble hero ,who faces the injustices of human life and is caught in a difficult situation and whose fate is closely connected with the fate of the whole nation .Each hero has his weakness is made used of the nature: Hamlet the melancholic scholar-prince,faces the dilemma between action and mind ; Othello`s inner weakness is made use of by the outside evil force; the king lear who is unwilling to totally give up his power makes himself suffer from treachery and infidelity; and Macbeth`s lust for power stirs up his ambitions and leads him to incessant crimesShakespeare dramatizes the whole world around the hero.2.“Never did sun more beautifully steepIn his first splendour, valley, rock, or hill;-Ne'er saw I, never felt, a calm so deep!The river glideth at his own sweet will:Dear God! the very houses seem asleep;And all that mighty heart is lying still!”(from Wordsworth’s sonnet Composed upon Westminster Bridge).Questions:A.What does this sonnet describeA vivid picture of a beautiful morning in LondonB. What does the word “mighty heart” refer toLondonB.【C.The sonnet follows strictly the Italian form. What is the feature of the Italian form sonnetThere is a clear division between the octave and the sestet; the rhyme scheme is abbaabba, cdcdcd.3.“Wherefore feed and clothe and save4.From the cradle to the grave5.Those ungrateful drones who would6.Drain your sweat- nay, drink your blood”Questions:A. Identify the poet and the title of the poem from which the stanza is taken.Percy Bysshe Shelley ; A song :Men of England.B. What figure of speech is used in Line 2`MetonymyC. Whom does “drones” refer toParasitic class in human society .7.Hardy is often regarded as a transitional writer. In him we see the influence from both the pastand the modern. Some critics believe that he is intellectually advanced and emotionally traditional. How do you understand this idea8.\9.What is the theme of Wuthering HeightsFrom the social point of view, it is a story about a poor man abused,betrayed and distorted by his social betters because he is a poor nobody . As a love story, this is one of the most moving : the passion between Heathcliff and Catherine proves the most in tense , the most beautiful and at the same time the most horrible passion ever to be found possible in human beings.10.“Shall I compare thee to a summer’s dayThou art more lovely and more temperate:：Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,And summer’s lease hath all too short a date:”Questions:A. Identify the poet and the poem from which the quoted lines are takenWilliam Shakespeare; Sonnet 18.！B. Name the figure of speech employed in the poem.The first line: rhetorical question ,C. What is the theme of the poemHe has a profound meditation on the destructive power of time and the eternal beauty brought forth by poetry to the one he loves .11.“When the stars threw down their spears,`And water’d heaven with their tears,Did he smile his work to seeDid he who made the Lamb make thee”Questions:A. Identify the poet and the poem from which the quoted lines are takenWilliam Blake , The TygerB. Whom does the “he’’ refer to&The god who create the Tyger.C. What does the “Lamb” symbolizeSymbol of peace and purity12.“Do you think, because I am poor, obscure, plain, a nd little, I am soulless and heartless —Youthink wrong!… And if God had gifted me with some beauty, and much wealth, I should have made it as hard for you to leave me, as it is now for me to leave you…—it is my spirit that addresses your spirit; just as i f both had passed through the grave, and we stood at God’s feet, equal—as we are!”Questions:A.Identify the author and the novel from which the quoted part is taken.。

《英美文学选读》（课程代码：00604）I.The following passage is an extract from Letter to Lord Chesterfield by Samuel Johnson, the leading figure of British neoclassicists. In 1747, when Samuel Johnson, began his Dictionary of the English language, Lord Chesterfield had at first indicated that he could be his patron, but when Johnson came to him for concrete help, Lord Chesterfield neglected him to the point of ignoring him; Johnson was insulted and furious. In 1775 when the Dictionary was published and acclaimed, Chesterfield openly recommended, hoping to get some credit for it as Johnson’s patron. Samuel Johnson wrote as reply his famous Letter to Lord Chesterfield in which he vented his feeling of hurt pride. Read it carefully, paying special attention to the rhetorical devices used, and answer the question. (20 points)①Is not patron, my lord, one who looked with unconcernupon man struggling for a life in the water, and when he hadreached to the safety of ground, encumbered him with help?②The notice you have taken of my Labour, had it beenearly, had been kind, but it had been delayed till I amindifferent, and can’t enjoy it; till I am solitary, and can’timpart it; till I am known, and do not want it. ③I hope thatit is no very asperity not to confess obligation where nobenefit have been received, or to be unwilling that thePublic should consider me as owing that to a patron, whichProvidence had enabled me to do for myself.Question:⑴what syntactic devices the author used in sentence ? And whatare their stylistic functions? (10 points)⑵point out the figure of speech used in sentences①and ③. (10 points)II. The following critical paper is about George Bernard Shaw’s famous drama “Pygmalion”. Read it carefully and answer the questions set on it. (20 points) 1 What we discover in Pygmalion is that phonetics and correct pronunciation are systems of markers superficial in themselves but endowed with tremendous social significance. Eliza's education in the ways that the English upper classes act and speak provides an opportunity for the playwright to explore the very foundations of social equality and inequality. Higgins himself observes that pronunciation is the deepest gulf that separates class from class and soul from soul. Playwright and character differ, however, in that instead of criticizing the existence of this gulf, Higgins accepts it as natural and uses his skills to help those who can afford his services (or are taken in as experiments, like Liza) to bridge it.2“At Mrs. Higgins's ““At Home reception,” Liza is fundamentally the same person she was in Act I, although she differs in what we learnto appreciate as superficialities of social disguise (according to Mugglestone): details of speech and cleanliness. Act III of Pygmalion highlights the importance of Liza's double transformation, by showing her suspended between the play's beginning and its conclusion. In modern society, however, as Shaw illustrates, it is precisely these superficial details which tend to be endowed with most significance. Certainly the Eynsford Hills view such details as significant, as Liza's entrance produces for them what Shaw's stage directions call “an impression of ... remarkable distinction and beauty.”3 Ironically, however, Liza's true transformation is yet to occur. She experiences a much more fundamental change in her consciousness when she realizes that Higgins has more or less abandoned her at the conclusion of his experiment.At first, Liza experiences a sense of anxiety over not belonging anywhere: she can hardly returnto flower peddling, yet she lacks the financial means to makeher new, outward identity a social reality. “What am I fit for?”She demands of Higgins. “What have you left me fit for? Wheream I to go? What am I to do? What's to become of me?” Berst wrote that while Pickering is generous, Eliza is shoved intothe wings by Higgins. The dream has been fulfilled, midnighthas tolled for Cinderella, and morning reality is at hand. Lizamust break away from Higgins when he shows himself incapableof recognizing her needs. This response of Higgins is well withinhis character as it has been portrayed in the play. Indeed, fromhis first exposure to Liza, Higgins denied Liza any social oreven individual worth. Calling Liza a squashed cabbage leaf, Higgins states that a woman who utters such depressing anddisgusting sounds has no right to be anywhere no right to live. Question 1: Explain what is Liza’s Double Transformation?(10 points)Question 2: What makes Liza feel she is in an embarrassing situation when she is transformed into a lady in speechand appearance? (10 points)III.The following critical essay is about Thomas Hardy’s most well-known tragic novel “Tess of d’Urbervilles”. Peruse it and then answer the questions set on it (30 points)The social background of Tess of d’Urbervilles was in a time of difficult social upheaval, when England was making its slow, painful transition from an old-fashioned, agricultural nation to amodern, industrial one. Businessmen and entrepreneurs, or “new money,” joined the ranks of the social elite, as some families of the ancient aristocracy, or “old money,” faded into obscurit y. Tess’s family in Tess of the d’Urbervilles illustrates this change, as Tess’s parents, the Durbeyfields, lose themselves in the fantasy of belonging to an ancient and aristocratic family, the d’Urbervilles.Hardy’s novel strongly suggests that such a f amily history is not only meaningless but also utterly undesirable. Hardy’s views on the subject were appalling to conservative and status-conscious British readers and Tess of the d’Urberville s was met in England with widespread controversy. Beyond her social symbolism, Tess represents fallen humanity in a religious sense, as the frequent biblical allusions in the novel remind us. Just as Tess’s clan was once glorious and powerful but is now sadly diminished, so too did the early glory of the first humans, Adam and Eve, fade with their expulsion from Eden, making humans sad shadows of what they once were. Tess thus represents what is known in Christian theology as original sin, the degraded state in which all humans live, even when—like Tess herself after killing Prince or succumbing to Alec—they are not wholly or directly responsible for the sins for which they are punished. This torment represents the most universal side of Tess: she is the myth of the human who suffers for crimes that are not her own and lives a life more degraded than she deserves.Angel represents a rebellious striving toward a personal vision of goodness A freethinking son born into the family of a provincial parson and determined to set himself up as a farmer instead of going to Cambridge like his conformist brothers,. He is a secularist who yearns to work for the “honor and glory of man,” as he tells his father in Chapter XVIII, rather than for the honor and glory of God in a more distant world. A typical young nineteenth-century progressive, Angel sees human society as a thing to be remolded and improved, and he fervently believes in the nobility of man. He rejects the values handed to him, and sets off in search of his own. His love for Tess, a mere milkmaid and his social inferior, is one expression of his disdain for tradition. This independent spirit contributes to his aura of charisma and general attractiveness that makes him the love object of all the milkmaids with whom he works at Talbothays. As his name—in French, close to “Bright Angel”—suggests, Angel is not quite of this world, but floats above it in a transcendent sphere of his own. The narrator says that Angel shines rather than burns and that he is closer to the intellectually aloof poet Shelley than to the fleshly and passionate poet Byron.His love for Tess may be abstract, as we guess when he calls her “Daughter of Nature” or “Demeter.” Tess may be more an archetype or ideal to him than a flesh and blood woman with a complicated life. Angel’s ideals of human purity are too elevated to be applied to actual people: Mrs. Durbeyfield’s easygoing moral beliefs are much more easily accommodated to real lives such as Tess’s. Angel awakens to the actual complexities of real-world morality after hisfailure in Brazil, and only then he realizes he has been unfair to Tess. His moral system is readjusted as he is brought down to Earth. Ironically, it is not the angel who guides the human in this novel, but the human who instructs the angel, although at the cost of her own life.Question 1: Why Tess is said to be a paragon of “fallen humanity”?(15 points)Question 2: Why Tess converted the idealist Angle into a realist Angle in terms of her own tragedy? (15 points)IV.The following paragraphs are taken from chapter VIII ofbook IV in Gulliver’s Travels. This section pictures an ideal rational existence, the Houyhnhnms kingdom whose life is governed by sense and moderation of which philosopherssince Plato have long dreamed. Read them and answer thefollowing questions. (30 points)1Courtship, love, presents, jointures, settlements haveno place in their thoughts, or terms whereby to expressthem in their language. The young couple meet,and are joined, merely because it is the determinationof their parents and friends; it is what they see doneevery day, and they look upon it as one of the necessaryactions of a reasonable being.2 But the violation of marriage, or any other unchastity,was never heard of; and the married pair pass their liveswith the same friendship and mutual benevolence, thatthey bear to all others of the same species who come intheir way, without jealousy, fondness, quarrelling, ordiscontent. When the matron Houyhnhnms have produced one of each sex, they no longer accompany with their consorts, except they lose one of their issue by some casualty, which very seldom happens; but in such a case they meet again; or when the like accident befalls a person whose wife is past bearing, some other couple bestow on him one of their own colts, and then go together again until the mother is pregnant. This caution is necessary, to prevent the country from being overburdened with numbers. But the race of inferior Houyhnhnms, bred up to be servants, is not so strictly limited upon this article: these are allowed to produce three of each sex, to be domestics in the noble families3 Every fourth year, at the vernal equinox, there is arepresentative council of the whole nation, which meets in a plain about twenty miles from our house, and continues about five or six days. Here they inquire into the state and condition of the several districts; whether they abound or be deficient in hay or oats, or cows, or Yahoos; and wherever there is any want (which is but seldom) it is immediately supplied by unanimous consent and contribution. Here likewise the regulation of children is settled: as for instance, ifa Houyhnhnm has two males, he changes one of them withanother that has two females; and when a child has been lost by any casualty, where the mother is past breeding, it is determined what family in the district shall breed another to supply the loss.Question1.The satire in this work is seen entirely in a discrepancybetween Swift and the Gulliver, the typical rational scientist in the age of enlightenment? Comment on it. (15points)Question2. In what ways does the author satirize the rationalism ofHouyhnhnms society, for example, the rational idea onmarriage, and the family-planning? (15 points)《英美文学选读》试卷参考答案I. 【20分】Answer:The author used repetition and parallelism to make this satirical prose daintier and more repugnant in tone. This piece of prose is typical of neoclassical prose which set great store by elegance of the language which was achieved by way of rhetorical richness. 【10分】The author used sarcasm in these two sentences to openly deny Lord Chesterfield’s patronage and attack his insolent and blatant behavior. The sarcasm made in a circumlocutious way renders this satirical prose more taunting and bitter. 【10分】II【20分】Question 1: What is Liza’s Double Transformation?Act III of Pygmalion highlights the importance of Liza's double transformation, by showing her suspended between the play's beginning and its conclusion. “At Mrs. Higgins's ““At Home reception,” Liza is fundamentally the same person she was in Act I, although she differs in what we learn to appreciate as superficialities of social disguise (according to Mugglestone): details of speech and cleanliness. In modern society, however, as Shaw illustrates, it is precisely these superficial details which tend to be endowed with most significance. Certainly the Eynsford Hills view such details as significant, as Liza's entrance produces for them what Shaw's stage directions call “animpression of ... remarkable distinction and beauty.” Ironically, however, Liza's true transformation is yet to occur. She experiences a much more fundamental change in her consciousness when she realizes that Higgins has more or less abandoned her at the conclusion of his experiment. 【10分】Question 2:What is Liza’s Predicament?Liza experiences a sense of anxiety over not belonging anywhere: she can hardly return to flower peddling, yet she lacks the financial means to make her new, outward identity a social reality. “What am I fit for?” She demands of Higgins. “What have you left me fit for? Where am I to go? What am I to do? What's to become of me?” While Pickering is generous, Eliza is shoved into the wings by Higgins. The dream has been fulfilled, midnight has tolled for Cinderella, and morning reality is at hand. Liza must break away from Higgins when he shows himself incapable of recognizing her needs. This response of Higgins is well within his character as it has been portrayed in the play. Indeed, from his first exposure to Liza, Higgins denied Liza any social or even individual worth. Calling Liza a squashed cabbage leaf, Higgins states that a woman who utters such depressing and disgusting sounds has no right to be anywhere no right to live. 【10分】III.【30分】Question 1: Why Tess is said to be a paragon of fallen humanity?Tess represents fallen humanity in a religious sense, as the frequent biblical allusions in the novel remind us. Just as Tess’s clan was once glorious and powerful but is now sadly diminished, so too did the early glory of the first humans, Adam and Eve, fade with their expulsion from Eden, making humans sad shadows of what they once were. Tess thus represents what is known in Christian theology as original sin, the degraded state in which all humans live, even when—like Tess herself after killing Prince or succumbing to Alec—they are not wholly or directly responsible for the sins for which they are punished. This torment represents the most universal side of Tess: she is the myth of the human who suffers for crimes that are not her own and lives a life more degraded than she deserves. 【15分】Question 2: Discuss why Tess changes the idealist Angle into a realist Angle in a tragic way?Angel is closer to the intellectually aloof poet Shelley than to the fleshly and passionate poet Byron. His love for Tess may be abstract, as we guess when he calls her “Daughter of Nature” or “Demeter.” Tess may be more an archetype or ideal to him than a flesh and blood woman with a complicated life. Angel’sideals of human purity are too elevated to be applied to actual people: Mrs. Durbeyfield’s eas ygoing moral beliefs are much more easily accommodated to real lives such as Tess’s. Angel awakens to the actual complexities of real-world morality after his failure in Brazil, and only then he realizes he has been unfair to Tess. His moral system is readjusted as he is brought down to Earth. Ironically, it is not the angel who guides the human in this novel, but the human who instructs the angel, although at the cost of her own life. 【15分】IV【30分】Question1. This work is called a satire which is seen entirely in a discrepancy between Swift and the Gulliver, the typical rational scientist in the age of enlightenment? Comment on it. 【15分】There are echoes of Plato’s Republic in the Houyhnhnms’rejection of light entertainment and vain displays of luxury, their appeal to reason rather than any holy writings as the criterion for proper action, and their communal approach to family planning.The Gulliver’s Travels is a book of subtle satire. The satire comes mainly from the discrepancy between Gulliver who is fitted out as the archetypal man of the enlightenment movement, susceptible to rationalism of 18th century. Swift on the other hand is very critical of his time, especially its rational thinking. Whereas Gulliver takes Houyhnhnm society as ideal utopia one, the author finds its rationality totally intolerable.Question2.In what ways does the author satirize the rational Houyhnhnms society, for example, the rational ideal on marriage, and the family-planning? 【15分】Paragons of virtue and rationality, the horses are also dull, simple, and lifeless. Their language is impoverished, their mating loveless, and their understanding of the complex play of social forces naïve. What is missing in the horses is exactly that which makes human life rich: the complicated interplay of selfishness, altruism, love, hate, and all other emotions. In other words, the Houyhnhnms’ society is perfect for Houyhnhnms, but it is hopeless for humans. Houyhnhnm society is, in stark contrast to the societies of the first three voyages, devoid of all that is human.But we may be less ready than Gulliver to take the Houyhnhnms as ideals of human existence. They have no names in the narrative nor any need for names, since they are virtually interchangeable, with little individual identity. Their lives seem harmonious and happy, although quite lacking in vigor, challenge, and excitement. Indeed, this apparent ease may be why Swift chooses to makethem horses rather than human types like every other group in the novel. He may be hinting, to those more insightful than Gulliver, that the Houyhnhnms should not be considered human ideals at all. In any case, they symbolize a standard of rational existence to be either espoused or rejected by both Gulliver and us.。

1.Roman‎c e,which‎uses narra‎t ive verse‎or prose‎to tell stori‎e s of ___ adven‎t ures‎or other‎heroi‎c deeds‎, is a popul‎a r liter‎a ry form in the medie‎v al perio‎d.A.Chris‎t ianB.knigh‎t lyC.Greek‎D.primi‎t ive2. In The song of Beowu‎l f , Beowu‎l f fough‎t again‎s t _____‎__.A. Grend‎e lB. a knigh‎tC. Hroth‎g arD. Sir Gawai‎n3. Among‎the great‎Middl‎e Engli‎s h poets‎, Geoff‎r ey Chauc‎e r is known‎for his produ‎c tion‎of ___.A.Piers‎Plowm‎a nB.Sir Gawai‎n and the Green‎Knigh‎tC.Confe‎s sio Amant‎i sD.The Cante‎r bury‎Tales‎4. Which‎of the follo‎w ing state‎m ents‎best illus‎t rate‎s the theme‎of Shake‎s pear‎e's Sonne‎t 18?A.The speak‎e r eulog‎i zes the power‎of Natur‎e.B.The speak‎e r satir‎i zes human‎vanit‎y.C.The speak‎e r prais‎e s the power‎of artis‎t ic creat‎i on.D.The speak‎e r medit‎a tes on man's salva‎t ion.5. John Milto‎n was the write‎r of _____‎_A. Parad‎i se lostB. The Pilgr‎i ms progr‎e ssC. TessD. Emma6. The great‎e st of all Engli‎s h autho‎r s is _____‎__A. Willi‎a m Shake‎s pear‎eB. Charl‎e s Dicke‎n s C, Thoma‎s Hardy‎D. Rober‎t Frost‎7. Of all the 18thc‎e ntur‎y novel‎i sts, _____‎__ and Tobia‎s Gorge‎Smoll‎e t may be regar‎d as the real found‎e rs of the genre‎of the bourg‎e ois reali‎s tic novel‎in Engla‎n d and Europ‎e.A. Henry‎Field‎i ngB. Danie‎l Defoe‎C. Josep‎h Addis‎o nD. Richa‎r d Steel‎8. The most outst‎a ndin‎g figur‎e of Engli‎s h senti‎m enta‎l ism was _____‎A. Henry‎Field‎i ngB. Danie‎l Defoe‎C. Josep‎h Addis‎o nure‎n ce Stern‎e9. The most outst‎a ndin‎g figur‎e of the epoch‎of Enlig‎h tenm‎e nt in Engla‎n d was _____‎_.A. Olive‎r Golds‎m ithB. Jonat‎h an Swift‎ c. Thoma‎s Grey D. Richa‎r d Steel‎10. Danie‎l Defoe‎was the write‎r of _____‎_A. Gulli‎v er’s Trave‎l sB. Robin‎s on Cruso‎eC. Jane EyreD. A Modes‎t Propo‎s al11. Gulli‎v er’s Trave‎l s was writt‎e n by _____‎_.A. Laure‎n ce Stern‎eB. Danie‎l Defoe‎C. Jonat‎h an Swift‎D. Olive‎r Golds‎m ith12. Tom Jones‎was writt‎e n by _____‎A. Olive‎r Golds‎m ithB. Jonat‎h an Swift‎ c. Thoma‎s Grey D. Henry‎Feild‎i ng13. The songs‎of Innoc‎e nce was writt‎e n by ____A. Willi‎a m Words‎w orth‎B. Willi‎a m Blake‎C. Rober‎t Burns‎D. J.Keats‎14. With the publi‎c atio‎n of Willi‎a m Words‎w orth‎’s _____‎in colla‎b orat‎i on with S.T. Coler‎i ge, roman‎t icis‎m began‎to bloom‎and found‎a firm place‎in the histo‎r y of Engli‎s h liter‎a ture‎.A. The Cloud‎B. To a Sky-larkC. to Autum‎nD. Lyric‎a l Balla‎d s15.“If Winte‎r comes‎, can Sprin‎g be far behin‎d!” is an epigr‎a mmat‎i c line by __.A.J.Keats‎B.W.Blake‎C.W.Words‎w orth‎D.P.B.Shell‎e y16. _____‎_ was Byron‎’s great‎e st work.A. Don JuanB.She Walks‎in Beaut‎yC. CainD. Manfr‎e d.17.Ulyss‎e s (1922) is gener‎a lly ackno‎w ledg‎e d to be _____‎_’s maste‎r piec‎e and a typic‎a l examp‎l e of strea‎m of consc‎i ousn‎e ss techn‎i que.A. James‎Joyce‎B. Virgi‎n ia Woolf‎C.D. h. Lawre‎n ce D. Charl‎e s Dicke‎n s18. The Title‎Vanit‎y Fair was borro‎w ed by Thack‎e ray from the__‎___ by Bunya‎n.A. Pilgr‎i m’s Progr‎e ssB. Cante‎r bury‎Tales‎C. Parad‎i se LostD. Beowu‎l f19.___is‎the first‎impor‎t ant gover‎n ess novel‎in the Engli‎s h liter‎a ry histo‎r y.A.Jane EyreB.EmmaC.Wuthe‎r ing Heigh‎t sD.Middl‎e marc‎h20.The major‎conce‎r n of _____‎_ ficti‎o n lies in the traci‎n g of the psych‎o logi‎c al devel‎o pmen‎t of his chara‎c ters‎and in his energ‎e tic criti‎c ism of the dehum‎a nizi‎n g effec‎t of the capit‎a list‎indus‎t rial‎i zati‎o n on human‎ natur‎e.wre‎n ce'sB.J.Galsw‎o rthy‎'sC.W.Thack‎e ray’sD.T.Hardy‎’s21.The Roman‎t ic write‎r s would‎focus‎on all the follo‎w ing issue‎s EXCEP‎T the ___ in the Ameri‎c an liter‎a ry histr‎o ry.A.indiv‎i dual‎feeli‎n gsB.idea of survi‎v al of the fitte‎s tC.stron‎g imagi‎n atio‎nD.retur‎n to natur‎e22. _____‎__ has been entit‎l ed the fathe‎r of Ameri‎c an Poetr‎y.A.Phili‎p Frene‎a uB. Anne Brads‎t reet‎C. Willi‎a m Culle‎n Bryan‎tD. Edgar‎Ellen‎Poe23. _____‎___ was the first‎Ameri‎c an write‎r of imagi‎n ativ‎e liter‎a ture‎accep‎t ed by Europ‎e an reade‎r s.A. Edgar‎Ellen‎PoeB. Anne Brads‎t reet‎C. Willi‎a m Culle‎n Bryan‎tD. Washi‎n gton‎Irvin‎g.24. _____‎__was‎consi‎d ered‎as the first‎genui‎n e Ameri‎c an novel‎i st who opene‎d the new horiz‎o n of the front‎i er for liter‎a ry works‎, widen‎e d the theme‎for ficti‎o nal writi‎n gs.A. James‎Fenim‎o re Coope‎rB. Anne Brads‎t reet‎C. Willi‎a m Culle‎n Bryan‎tD. Washi‎n gton‎Irvin‎g.25. Annab‎e l Lee was writt‎e n by _____‎__.A.Phili‎p Frene‎a uB. Anne Brads‎t reet‎C. Willi‎a m Culle‎n Bryan‎tD. Edgar‎Ellen‎Poe26. The Eight‎e enth‎Centu‎r y was defin‎i tely‎an age of _____‎_____‎_.A.poetr‎yB. novel‎C. drama‎D.prose‎27___‎__ is widel‎y regar‎d ed as the summi‎t not only of Melvi‎l le’s art, but also of the 19th centu‎r y Ameri‎c an ficti‎o n.A. the Scarl‎e t Lette‎rB. Moby DickC. Rip Van Winkl‎eD. Siste‎r Carri‎e28. Walt Whitm‎a n was a pione‎e ring‎figur‎e of Ameri‎c an poetr‎y. His innov‎a tion‎first‎of all lies in his use of __, poetr‎y witho‎u t a fixed‎beat or regul‎a r rhyme‎schem‎e.A.blank‎verse‎B.heroi‎c coupl‎e tC.free verse‎D.iambi‎c penta‎m eter‎29.Heste‎r Pryme‎, Dimms‎d ale,Chill‎i ngwo‎r th and Pearl‎are most likel‎y the names‎of the chara‎c ters‎in ___.A.The Scarl‎e t Lette‎rB.The House‎of the Seven‎Gable‎s tC.The Portr‎a it of a LadyD.The pione‎e rs30. The great‎e st of Scott‎i sh poets‎is _____‎___A. Geoff‎r ey Chauc‎e rB. Rober‎t Burns‎C. Willi‎a m Shake‎s pear‎eD. John Milto‎nⅡMulti‎p le Choic‎e。

英美文学作品选读试题 2I. Multiple choice（40 points in all, 1 for each）Select from the four choices of each item the one that best answers the question or completes the statement.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. ChristianB. knightlyC. GreekD. primitive2. Among the great Middle English poets, Geoffrey Chaucer is known for his production of ___.A. Piers PlowmanB. Sir Gawain and the Green KnightC. Confessio AmantisD. The Canterbury Tales3. Which of the following historical events does not directly help to stimulate the rising of the Renaissance Movement?A. The rediscovery of ancient Greek and Roman culture.B. The new discoveries in geography and astrology.C. The Glorious revolution.D. The religious reformation and the economic expansion.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. “Bassanio: Antonio, I am married to a wifeWhich is as dear to me as life itself;But life itself, My wife, and all the world.Are not with me esteem'd above thy life;I would lose all, ay, sacrifice them all,Here to the devil, to deliver you.Portia: Your wife would give you little thanks for that,If she were by to hear you make the offer.”The above is a quotation taken from Shakespeare's comedy The Merchant of Venice. The quoted part can be regarded as a good example to illustrate ____.A. dramatic ironyB. personificationC. allegoryD. symbolism6. The true subject of John Donne's poem, “The Sun Rising,” is to ___.A. attack the sun as an unruly servantB. give compliments to the mistress and her power of beautyC. criticize the sun's intrusion into the lover's private lifeD. lecture the sun on where true royalty and riches lie7. “And we will sit upon the rocks,/Seeing the shepherds feed their flocks,/By shallow rivers to whose falls/ Melodious birds sing madrigals.” The above lines are probably taken from __.A. Spenser's The Faerie QueeneB. John Donne's “The Sun Rising”C. Shakespeare's “Sonnet 18”D. Marlowe's “The Passionate Shepherd to His Love”8. The theme of The Faerie Queene is .A. “arms and the man”B. “fierce warres and faithfull loves”C. “Redcosse Knight”D. “morals and vices”9. Shakespeare’s ____ are mainly written under the prin ciple that national unity undera mighty and just sovereign is a necessity.A. history playsB. tragediesC. comediesD. plays10. “Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man, and writing a(n) man.” The sentence is quoted from Bacon’s Of Studies.A. intelligentB. exactC. thriftyD. eloquent11. Though John Donne’s poems were not well accepted in his lifetime, the early 20th century saw arenewed interest in him and other poets.A. sentimentalB. rationalC. metaphysicalD. neoclassical12. In of Gulliver’s Travels, Jonathan Swift satirizes the western civilization including false illusions about science, philosophy, history and even immortality．A. the first voyage to LilliputB. the second voyage to BroddingnagC. the third voyage to the Flying IslandD. the fourth voyage to Houyhnhnm land13. Christian, Faithful and Pliable are the literary figures in .A. Daniel Defoe’s Moll FlandersB. John Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s ProgressC. Richard Brinsley Sheridan’s The School for ScandalD. Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels14. ____ is the first important English essayist and the founder of modern science in England.A. Francis BaconB.Edmund SpenserC. William CarxtonD.Sidney15. The Houyhnhnms depicted by Jonathan Swift in Gulliver's Travels are ___.A. horses that are endowed with reasonB. pigmies that are endowed with admirable qualitiesC. giants that are superior in wisdomD. hairy, wild, low and despicable creatures, who resemble human beings not only in appearance but also in some other ways.16. Here are four lines from a literary work: “Others for language all their care express, / And value books, as women men, for dress.” The work is ___.A. Thomas Gray's “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard”B. John Milton's Paradise LostC. Alexander Pope's Essay on CriticismD. Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream17. The phrase “to urge people to abide by Christian doctrines and to seek salvation through constant struggles with their own weaknesses and all kinds of social evils” may well sum up the implied meaning of ___.A. Gulliver's TravelsB. The Rape of the LockC. Robinson CrusoeD. The pilgrim's Progress18. Of all the 18th century novelists Henry Fielding was the first to set out, both in theory and practice, to write specifically a “__in prose,”the first to give the modern novel its structure and style.A. tragic epicB. comic epicC. romanceD. lyric epic19. William Wordsworth, a romantic poet, advocated all the following EXCEPT ___.A. the use of everyday language spoken by the common peopleB. the expression of the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelingsC. the use of humble and rustic life as subject matterD. the use of elegant wording and inflated figures of speech20. Which of the following is taken from John Keats’ “Ode on a Grecian Urn”?A. “I fall upon the thorns of life! I bleed!”B. “They are both gone up to the church to pary.”C. “Earth has not anything to show more fair.”D. “Beauty is truth, truth beauty”.21. “If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind!” is an epigrammatic line by __.A. J. KeatsB. W. BlakeC. W. WordsworthD. P. B. Shelley22. “Ode o n a Grecian Urn” shows the contrast between the ___ of art and the ___ of human passion.A. glory …uglinessB. permanence…transienceC. transience…sordidnessD. glory…permanence23. In the statement“—oh, God! W ould you like to live with your soul in the grave?” the term “soul” apparently refers to ___.A. Heathcliff himselfB. CatherineC. one's spiritual lifeD. one's ghost24. The typical feature of Robert Browning's poetry is the ___.A. bitter satireB. larger-than-life caricatureC. Latinized dictionD. dramatic monologue25. Among the famous novelists of the Victorian Age were the ____ Dickens and Thackeray.A. critical realistsB. modernistsC. romanticistsD. epic prose writers26. ___is the first important governess novel in the English literary history.A. Jane EyreB. EmmaC. Wuthering HeightsD. Middlemarch27.___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 Shaw28. “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 books to read. [D] More money to spend.29.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]immortality [B]political[C]money [D]knowledge30. The statement “A demanding mother turns away from her husband and gives all her affection to her sons” sums up the main plot of D. H. Lawrence′s.[A] Lady Chatterley’s Lover[B] Women in love[C] Sons and Lovers [D] The Plumed Serpent31. “Come to me－come to me entirely now,” said he ; and added, in his deepest tone, speaking in my ear as his cheek was laid on mine, “Make my happiness－I will make yours.”The above passage presents a scene in .[A] Emily Bronte’s Withering Heights[B] Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre[C] John Galsworthy′s The Forsyte Saga[D] Thomas Hardy′s Tess of the D′Urbervilles32. “Drive my dead thought over the universeLike withered leaves to q uicken 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.33. Crusoe is the hero in The life and Strange Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, Mariner (also known as Robinson Crusoe) by .[A] Jonathan Swift [B] Daniel Defoe[C] George Eliot [D] D. H. Lawrence34. Christoph er Marlow’s “The Passionate Shepherd to His Love” is a (n) .[A] pastoral lyric [B] elegy[C] eulogy [D] epic35. Which of the following is NOT regarded as one of the characteristics of Renaissance humanism?[A] Cultivation of the art of this world and this life.[B] Tolerance of human foibles.[C] Search for the genuine flavor of ancient culture.[D] Glorification of religious faith.36. “In dream vision Arthur witnessed the loveliness of Gloriana, and upon awaking resolves to seek her.” The two literary figu res Arthur and Gloriana are form .[A]Edmund Spenser’s The Faerie Queene[B]William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet[C]Christopher Marlowe’s “The Passionate Shepherd to His love”[D]John Donne’s “A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning”37. Which of th e following best describes the nature of Thomas Hardy’s later works?[A] Sentimentalism. [B] Tragic sense.[C] Surrealism. [D] Comic sense.38. “...This grew: I gave commands;Then all smiles stopped altogether....”(Robert Browning, “My Last Duchess”)The above lines imply that .[A] the Duchess was killed by her husband[B] the Duchess stopped smiling at her husband’s order[C] the Duchess died of laughing too much[D] the Duchess did not want to smile as much as her husband requested39. I n which of the following works can you find the proper names “Lilliput,” “Brobdingnag,” and “Yahoo”?[A] James Joyce’s Ulsses.[B] Charles Dickens’s Bleak House.[C] Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels.[D] D. H. Lawrence’s Women in love.40. It took Alexander Pope ten years to complete , which is generally considered his best satiric work.[A] The Dunciad[B] “An Essay on Man”[C] “An Essay on Criticism”[D] “The Rape of the lock”II. Find the items in the right column which fit the left column the best and write1.Chaucer A. Mary Ann Evans2.Hamlet B. The father of English poetry3.Coleridge C. Jane Austen4.Jonathan Swift D. Graveyard School5.Samuel Johnson E. John Milton6.Thomas Gray F. A Tale of the Tub7.Byron G. A Dictionary of the EnglishLanguage8.Greorge Eliot H. blood and thunder thrille9.Pride and Prejudice I. Don Juan10.Paradise Lost J Lake Poet1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.III. For each of the quotations listed below please give the name of the authorand the title of the literary work. (30 points in all, 5 for each)1. “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.”2. “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 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.”3. “Do you think I can stay to become nothing to you? Do you think I am an automaton?-a machine without feelings? And can bear to have my morsel of bread snatched from my lips, and my drop of living water dashed from my cup? Do you think, because I am poor, obscure, plain, and little, I am soulless and heartless?-You think wrong!”4. “…Oh sir, she smiled, no doubt,Whene’er I passed her; but who passed withoutMuch the same smile? This grew, I gave commandsThen all smiles stopped together.”5.“Then I saw in my dream, that when they were got out of the wilderness, they presently saw atown before them, and the name of that town is vanity; and at that town there is a fair kept, called vanity Fair,…”6. “A violet by a mossy stoneHalf hidden from the eye!－Fair as a star, when only oneIs shining in the sky.”IV. Give brief answers to the following questions. (20 points in all, 4 for each)1. As a rule, an allegory is story in verse or prose with a double meaning: a surface meaning, and an implied meaning. List two works as examples of allegory. What is an allegory usually concerned with by its implied meaning?2. Why has Fielding been regarded as “Father of the English novel?”3. What is Spenserian stanza? What are its main features? Name a literary work that is written in such stanzas.4. What does “metaphysical school”refer to? What are the features of the works of this school?5. What is the Renaissance？参考答案：I．1 point×40＝40 points1． B 2．D 3． C 4．C 5．A 6． B 7．D 8．B 9．A 10．B 11. C 12. C 13. B 14. A 15. A 16. C17. D 18. B 19. D 20. D 21. D 22. B 23. A 24. D 25. A 26. A 27. A 28. B 29. D 30. C 31. B 32. C 33. B 34. A 35. B 36. A 37. B 38. A 39. C 40. A II. 1 point×10＝10 points1. B2. H3. J4. F5. G6. D7. I8. A9. C 10. E III.5 points×6＝30 points1. William Wordsworth, “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud”2. Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice3. Charlotte Bronte, Jane Eyre4. Robert Browning, “My Last Duchess”5. John Bunyan，“Vanity Fair,”an excerpt from The Pilgrim’s Progress6. William Wordsworth, “She Dwelt Among the Untrodden Ways”IV. 4 points×5＝20 points1. A. Bunyan's pilgrim’s Progress and Spenser's The Faerie Queene.B. It is usually concerned with moral, religious, political, symbolic or mythical ideas.2. Henry Fielding has been regarded by some as “Father of the English Novel” for his contribution to the establishment of the form of the modern novel. Of all the eighteenth-century novelists, he was the first to set out, both in theory and practice, to write specifically a “comic epic in prose,” the first to give the modern novel its structure and style.3. The Spenserian stanza refers to the form of stanza invented by Edmund Spenser himself. Each stanza has nine lines, with the first eight lines in iambic pentameter and the last line in iambic hexameter, rhyming ababbcbcc.4. The term “metaphysical school”is commonly used to name the seventeenth century writers who wrote under the influence of John Donne.5. The Renaissance, which means rebirth or revival, is actually a movement stimulated by a series of social events, such as the rediscovery of ancient Greek and Roman culture, the new discoveries in geography and astrology, the religious reformation and economic expansion.。