英美文学选读练习题

【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：0分[1] H. L. Mencken, a famous American critic, considered ______ “the true father of our national literature. ”A Hamlin GarlandB Joseph KirklandC Mark TwainD Henry James答：答案： B【题型：简答】【分数：4分】得分：0分[2] Why are naturalists inevitably pessimistic in their view?答：答案： The negative influence comes from Darwin's theory of evolution, belief in man's instinct|environment and other social and economic forces|determinism.【题型：阅读】【分数：4分】得分：0分[3]But it seemed that both his audacity and his respect were lost on Miss Daisy Miller. ‘I guess mother wouldn’t go—for you,’she smiled. ‘And she ain’t much bent on going, anyway. She don’t like to ride round in the afternoon.’After which she familiarly proceeded: ‘But did you really mean what you said just now—that you’d like to go up there?’Most earnestly I meant it, Winterbourne declared.A. Identify the author and the work.B. Where are they going to visit？答：答案：Henry James, Daisy Miller, visit an old castle【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：0分[4] Nigger Jeff, Old Rogaum and His Theresa are all _____ by Dreiser.A A. novelsB B. novellasC C. playsD D. short stories答：答案： D【题型：简答】【分数：4分】得分：0分[5] The white whale, Moby Dick is endowed with symbolic meaning. What do you think it symbolizes?答：答案：To Ahab, the whale is an evil creature or the agent of an evil force that controls the universe.To Ishmael, the whale is an astonishing force, an immense power, which defies rationalexplanation due to a sense of mystery it carries. It is beautiful, but malignant at the same time.To the reader, it may be regarded as a symbol of nature or an instrument of God's vengeance upon evil man.【题型：阅读】【分数：4分】得分：0分[6] Then where are our relatives? My father? Our family friends? You claim the rights of a mother: the right to call me fool and child; to speak to me as no woman in authority over me at college dare speak to me; to dictate my way of life; and to force on me the acquaintance of a brute whom anyone can see to be the most vicious sort of Lodon man about town. Before I give myself the trouble to resist such claims, I may as well find out whether they have any real existence. Questions:A. From which work is this quotation taken?B. Which character is speaking?C. What does this work expose?答：答案：Bernard Shaw, Mrs. Warren's Profession, Vivie, economic exploitation, women and society【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：0分[7]The work ________ by William Blake is a lovely volume of poems, presenting a happy world, though not without its evils and sufferings.A. Songs of Innocence &nA Songs of InnocenceB Songs of ExperienceC Poetical SketchesD Lyrical Ballads答：答案： A【题型：简答】【分数：4分】得分：0分[8] It is said that B. Shaw’s plays reflect the dramatist’s Fabianist idea. Give one example.答：答案： Mrs. Warren’s Profession【题型：阅读】【分数：4分】得分：0分[9]“Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow’st;Nor shall Death brag thou wander’st in his shade,When in eternal lines to time thou grow’st:So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see,So long lives this, and this gives life to thee. ”Questions:A. Who’s the poet of the quoted stanza, and what’s the title of the poem?B. What does the word “this”in the last line refer to?C. What idea do the quoted lines express?答：答案：Shakespeare, Sonnet 18, permance of poetry【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：0分[10] In the description of sun-rise, the poet unconsciously expresses his helplessness in having to face up his duty as a man. This statement is about Robert Browning’s _______.A “My Last Duchess”B “Meeting at Night”C “Parting at Morning”D “Pippa Passes”答：答案： C【题型：简答】【分数：4分】得分：0分[11] List three characters of Tom Jones.答：答案：Tom, Blifil and Sophia【题型：阅读】【分数：4分】得分：0分[12]“Never did sun more beautifully steepIn his first splendor, 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 describe?B. What does the phrase “mighty heart”refer to?C.What is the form of the poem?答：答案：London, sonnet【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：0分[13] The Renaissance marks a transition from ______ to the modern world.A the old EnglishB the medievalC the feudalistD the capitalist答：答案： B【题型：简答】【分数：4分】得分：0分[14]What contributions did Geoffrey Chaucher make to English literature？答：答案：He celebrates earthly happiness and opposes asceticism and satirizes the social vices. His characters are with both typical qualities and individual dispositions. He uses the octosyllabic couplet and the heroic couplet. Canterbury Tales makes him the father of English poetry.【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：0分[15]Walt Whitman believed, by means of “________,”he has turned poetry into an open field, an area of vital possibility where the reader can allow his own imagination to play.A free verseB standardized rhymingC strict verseD regular rhyming答：答案： A【题型：简答】【分数：4分】得分：0分[16] Comment on the characteristics of Romantic writers in English history.答：答案：It is a rebellion against the neoclassical literature, extols the faculty of imagination and nature.【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：0分[17]The most original playwright of the Theatre of Absurd was __________.A Bernard ShawB John OsborneC Samuel BeckettD W. B. Yeats答：答案： C【题型：论述】【分数：10分】得分：0分[18] Make a comment on the character of Jane Eyre, the heroine of the novel by Charlotte Bronte.答：The only major languag答案：orphan|child|poor|plain|governess|middle class |working|woman【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：0分[19] The literary form which is fully-developed and the most flourishing during the Romantic period is _________.A proseB dramaC novelD poetry答：答案： D【题型：论述】【分数：10分】得分：0分[20] "A Modest Proposal" is a satire written by Swift and it is generally taken as a perfect model of satire. Gulliver's Travels is Swift's masterpiece. Based on them, discuss why Swift is a master satirist.答：答案：satirist|satires|corruption|religion|learning|Gulliver's Travels|English society|earnestness|A Modest Proposal|sincerity and detachment【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：0分[21] Theodore Dreiser’s forgiving treatment of the career of his heroine in ____ drew heavily upon the naturalistic understanding of sexuality.A A. Sister CarrieB B. The FinancierC C. The TitanD D. The American Tragedy答：答案： A【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：0分[22] “Do you think, because I am poor, obscure, plain, and little, I am soulless and heartless? ... 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. ”The quoA Jane EyreB HameletC Wuthring HeightsD Bleak House答案： A【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：0分[23] Which writing is a typical example of Shakespeare’s pessimistic view towards human life and society in his late years?A The TempestB King LearC HamletD Othello答：答案： A【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：0分[24] John Milton’s most powerful dramatic poem on the Greek model is ______.A Paradise LostB Paradise RegainedC Samson AgonistesD Lycidas答：答案： C【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：0分[25] In Charles Dickens’early novels, he attacks one or more specific social evils, _____is a good example of describing the dehumanizing workhouse system and the dark, criminal underworld life.A Oliver TwistB Bleak houseC David CopperfieldD Great Expectations答：答案： A【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：0分[26]Literature of Neoclassicism is different from that of Romanticism in that _______.A the former celebrates reason, rationality, order and instruction while the latter sees liB the former is heavily religious but the latter secularC the former is an intellectual movement the purpose of which is to arouse the middle classD the former advocates the “return to nature”whereas the latter turns to the ancient Greek答：【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：0分[27] ______ is the leading figure of the English Romantic poetry, the focal poetic voice of the period.A William BlakeB William WordsworthC George Gordon ByronD Percy Bysshe Shelley答：答案： B【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：0分[28] Symbolism and complex narrative are employed more richly in D. H. Lawrence’s ________, which are generally regarded as his masterpieces.A Women in LoveB Sons and LoversC Lady Chatteley's LoverD Farewell to Arms答：答案： A【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：0分[29] The four great odes of John Keats are the following EXCEPT _______.A Ode on MelancholyB Ode on a Grecian UrnC Ode to a NightingaleD Ode to the West Wind答：答案： D【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：0分[30] We can easily find in Dreiser’s fiction a world of jungle, and ______ found expression in almost every book he wrote.A naturalismB romanticismC transcendentalismD cubism答：答案： A【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：0分[31]Among the following writers ________ is generally regarded as the forerunner of the 20th-century “stream - of - consciousness”novels and the founder of psychological realism.A T. S. EliotB James JoyceC William FaulknerD Henry James答：答案： D【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：0分[32] “Metaphysical Poetry”refers to the works of the 17th - century writers who wrote under the influence of _____.A MiltonB John DonneC JohnsonD Fielding答：答案： B【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：0分[33] Within her little lyrics Dickinson addresses those issues that concern ______, which include religion, death, immorality, love and nature.A the whole human beingsB the frontiersC the African AmericansD her relatives答：答案： A【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：0分[34] The most important characteristics in Ulysses by Alfred Tennyson is ____.A A. mastering of languageB B. excellent choice of wordsC C. use of the dramatic monologueD D. excellent metaphor答：答案： C【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：0分[35] As a woman of exceptional intelligence and life experience, George Eliot shows a particular concern for _________.A the feminismB the education for womenC the destiny of womenD the low status of women答：答案： C【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：0分[36] The belief of the eighteenth - century neoclassicists in England led them to seek the following EXCEPT ______.A proportionB unityC harmonyD spirit答：答案： D【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：0分[37]William 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 Great GatsbyB The Sound and the FuryC Absalom, Absalom!D Go Down, Moses答：答案： B【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：0分[38]Which of the following brings LITTLE impact on the development of 20th century literature?A Oscar Wilde’s idea of “Art for Art’s Sake”.B Friedrich Nietzche’s assertion: “God is dead”.C Arthur Schopenhauer’s philosophical ideas of irrationality.D Freudian-Jungian psychoanalysis.答：答案： A【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：0分[39] _____ is NOT a dramatist who holds the central position in American drama in the modernistic period.A A. Sinclair LewisB B. Eugene O’NeillC C. Arthur MillerD D. Tenessee Williams答：答案： A【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：0分[40] Romance, a popular literary form in the medieval period reflects a ________ age.A chivalricB heroicC realisticD modern答：答案： A【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：0分[41] Robert Frost described ______as “a book of people,”which shows a brilliant insight into New England character and the background that formed it.A North of BostonB A Boy’s WillC A Witness TreeD A Further Range答：答案： A【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：0分[42] Daniel Defoe’s works are all the following EXCEPT_____.A Moll FlanderB MacbethC HamletD Ulysses答：答案： A【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：0分[43] Modernism rejects rationalism, which is the theoretical base of _____.A A. classicismB B. neo-classicismC C. romanticismD D. realism答：答案： D【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：0分[44]John Milton’s greatest poetical work ________ is the only generally acknowledged epic in English literature since Beowulf.A AreopagiticaB Paradise LostC LycidasD Samson Agonistes答：答案： B【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：0分[45] The protagonist of the poem “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”is a kind of tragic figure caught in a sense of deafened idealism and tortured by unsatisfied desires. Of the following descriptions of him, which isn’t suitable for him?A He is neurotic.B He is self-important.C He is illogical.D He is a man of action.答：答案： D【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：0分[46] Dickens attacks the Utilitarian principle that rules over the English education system and destroys young hearts and minds in ______.A Hard TimesB Great ExpectationsC Our Mutual FriendD Bleak House答：答案： A【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：0分[47]In Death in the Afternoon ________ presents his philosophy about life and death through the depiction of the bullfight as a kind of microcosmic tragedy.A. William Faulkner &nbsA William FaulknerB Jack LondonC Ernest HemingwayD Mark Twain答：答案： C【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：0分[48]Which of the following best describes the speaker of T. S. Eliot’s “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”?A. He is a man of action.B. He is a man of apathy.A a man of action.B a man of apathy.C a man of inactivity.D a man of passion.答：答案： C【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：0分[49] ______ shows the contrast between the performance of art and the transience of human passion.A Ode to the West WindB Ode to a NightgaleC Ode to PsycheD Ode on a Grecian Urn答：答案： D【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：0分[50] William Wordsworth, Coleridge and _______ are known as the “Lake Poets”.A A. George Gordon ByronB B. Robert SoutheyC C. Percy Bysshe ShelleyD D. John Keats答：答案： B【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：0分[51] Thomas Hardy’s pessimistic view of life predominates most of his later works and earns him a reputation as a ________ writer.A naturalisticB romanticC modernistD optimistic答：答案： A【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：0分[52] In William Blake’s later period, he wrote quite a few prophetic books including the following writing EXCEPT _____.A The Book of UrizenB The Book of LosC MiltonD Lyrical Ballads答：答案： D。

1.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 complets the statement . Mark your choice by blackening the corresponding letter A.B.C or D on the answer sheet .1. In the medieval period ， it is Chaucer alone who ， for the first time in English literature ， presented to usa comprehensive ___________ picture of the English society of his time and created a whole galery of vivid ___________ from all walks of life in his masterpiece “the Canterbury Tales ”。

A. visionary / womenB. romantic /menC. realistic / charactersD. natural / figures2. Humanism spmg from the endeavor to restore a medieval reverence for the antique authors and is frequently taken as the beginning of the Renaissance on its conscious ， intellectual side ，for the Greek and Roman civilization was based on the conception that man is the __________ of all things .A. measureB. kingC. loverD. rule3. Many people today tend to regard the play “ The Merchant of Venice ”as a satire of the hypocrisy of __________ and their false standards of friendship and love ， their cunning ways of pursuing worldliness and their unreasoning prejudice against _________ .A. Christians / JewsB. Jews / ChristiansC. oppressors / oppressedD. people / Jews4. In “ Sonnet 18 ”， Shakespeare has a profound meditation on the destructive power of _________ and the eternal __________ brought forth by poetry to the one he loves .A. death/ lifeB. death/ loveC. time / beautyD. hate / love5. In the 18th century English literature ， the representative writer of neo-classicism is __________ .A. PopeB. SwiftC. DefoeD. Milton6. The ______ was a progressive intellectual movement throughout western Europe in the 18th century .A. RenaissanceB. EnlightenmrentC. Religious ReformationD. Chartist Movement7. Blake ， Wordsworth ， ___________ ， Byron ， Shelley and __________ are the major Romantic poets .A. Coleridage / SoutheyB. Coleridge / KeatsC. Keats / ScottD. Scott / Coleridge8. Best of all the well -known lyric pieces written by P.B. Shelley is the poet “________”， for here his rhapsodic and declamatory tendencies find a subject perfectly suited to him .A. To a skylarkB. The CloudC. Ode to the West WindD. Men of England9.In his early novels ， Charles Dickens attacks one or more specific social evils in each ： for example ， the dehumanizing workhouse system and the dark ， criminal underworld life in “______________” .A.The pickwich PaperB.David CopperfieldC.Oliver TwistD.A Tale of Two Cities10. The title of the novel “ Vanity Fair ” was taken from Bunyan's masterpiece __________.A. The pilgrim's ProgressB. Gulliver's TravelsC. Hard TimesD. Wuthering Heights11. G.B. Shaw's plays have plots ，but they do not work by plots . It is the vitality of the __________ that takes primacy over mere story .A. characterizationB. depictionC. talkD. metaphor12. The title of the novel “ A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man ”written by James Joyce suggests a character study with strong _________ elements .A. autobiographicalB. sentimentalC. joyfulD. bitter13. A typical Forsyte ， according to John Galsworthy ， is a man witha strong sense of __________ ， who never pays any attention to human feelings .A. propertyB. justiceC. moralityD. humor14. According to D.H. Lawrence ， the __________ is most resposible for the alienation of the human relationships and the perversion of human personality .A. pride of the aristocratic classB. vanity of the middle classC. man's desire for power and moneyD. capitalist mechanical civilization15. G.B. Shaw's play ， Mrs . Warren's frofession is a grotesquely realistic exposure of the _______________.A. slum landlordismB. political corruption in EnglandC. economic oppression of womenD. religious corruption in England16.In Shaw 's play ， Mrs Warren's Profession ， Mrs. Warren once said ：“ If there is a thing I hate in a woman ，it's want of character. ” The word “want ” here means __________.A.desireB. lackC.possessionD. need17. According to the ideas discussed in Chapter 13 of The Man of Property ， the tense relationship between Soames ， the husband ，and Irene ，the wife ， is caused by __________.A.Irene's free-minded way of thinkingB.Irene's love for BosinneyC. Soames's love for IreneD. Soames's strong desire to possess Irene18. Thematically Yeats's poem ，“ The Lake Isle of Innisfree ”，__________________.A. celebrates the rich and colorful life of the modern peopleB.criticizes the emptiness of the hermit's life in the remote country .C. laments the loss of the Irish legendary traditionD. laments the emptiness of the urban life and advocates a return to the simple and serene life of nature documentary precision are main features of his writing .19. Eliot's poem ， The Waste Land ， is mainly concerned with the _________ of a modern civilization .A. social corruptionB. spiritual breakupC. physical breakupD. religious corruption20. Eliot 's “ The love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock ” is presented as a （n） __________， suggesting an ironic contrast between a pretended “love song ”and a confession of his incapability of facing up to love and to life in a sterile upper-class world .A. interior monologueB. authentic dialogueC. lyric songD. religious confession21. The excerpt from Chapter 10 of Sons and Lovers ends with the conflictbetween Paul and his mother . The conflict is possibly caused by Paul and his mother's different views towards __________ .A. Paul's fatherB. artc. lifeD. Paul's brother22. The __________ can be regarded as one of the themes of Joyce's story “ Araby ” .A. loss of innocenceB. childish lovec. awareness of harsh lifeD. false sentimentality23. After reading “ Araby ”， one may feel the story has a _________ tone .A. joyousB. harshc. solemnD. painful24. In “Araby ”， Joyce's diction evokes a sort of __________ quality that characterizes the boy on his otherwise altogether ordinary shopping trip .A. religiousB. moralC. sentimentalD. vulgar25. The major concern of ___________ fiction lies in the tracing of the psycholoical development of his characters and in his energetic criticism of the dehumanizing effect of the capitalist industrialization on human nature .A. D. H. Lawrence 'sB. J. Galsworthy'sC. W. Thackeray 'sD. T. Hardy's26. The mission of __________ drama was to reveal the moral ， political and economic truth from a radical reformist point of view .A. T.S. Eliot'sB. J. Galsworthy'sC. W. Thackerary 'sD. T. Hardy 's27. Irving was best know for his famous short stories such as___________ .A. Rip Van WinkleB. Young Goodman BrownC. Life of GoldsmithD. Life of Washington28. Melville's ___________ is an encycolopedia of everything ， history ，philosophy ， religion ， etc .A. The Old Man and the SeaB.Moby - DickC. White JacketD. Billy Budd29 . Mark Twain created ， in ____________ ， a masterpiece of American realism that is also one of the great books of world literature .A. Huckleberry FinnB. Tom SowyerC. The Gilded AgeD. The Mysterious Stranger30. American literature produced only one female poet during the ninetheenth century ， This was ___________ .A. Anne BradsteetB. Jane Austenc. Emily DickinsonD. T. S. Eliot31. The main theme of ___________ The Art of Fiction reveals his literary credo that representation of life should be the main object of the novel .A. Henry James'B. Mark Twain'sC. Theodore Dreiser'sD. William Howells'32. In the 1920s， O'Neil established an international reputation with the plays _________.A. The Emperor JonesB. Anna ChristleC. The Hairy ApeD. all of the above33.In 1954 ， ___________ was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature for his “ mastery of the art of modern narration . ”A. T.S. EliotB. Ernest HemingwayC. John SteinbeckD.William Faulkner34. “The apparition of these faces in the crowd ； Petals on a wet ，black bough . ” This is the shortest poem written by _____________.A. T.S. EliotB. Robert FrostC. Ezra PoundD. Emily Dickinson35. In Robert Frost 's famous poems “ Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening ”， there are four lines like these ：“The woods are lovely ，dark and deep ， /But I have promises to keep ，？And miles to go before I sleep ，/ And miles to go before I sleep ”。

英美⽂学选读练习（⼀）英美⽂学选读练习（⼀）I. Multiple ChoiceSelect 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. Shelley’ s political lyrics ______ is not only a war cry calling upon all working people to rise up against their political oppressors, but an address to them pointing out the intolerable injustice of economic exploitation.A. “Ode to Liberty”B. “Ode to Naples”C. “Ode to the West Wind”D. “Men of England”2. Jane Austen’ s practical idealism is that love should be justified by ______ and disciplined by self-control.A. reasonB. senseC. rationalityD. sensibility3. Shakespeare’ s ______, an elaborate and fantastic story, is known as the best of his final romances.A. The Winter’s TaleB. The TempestC. The Taming of the ShrewD. Love’ s Labour’ s Lost4. “To be, or not to be - that is the question;/Whether’ tis nobler in the mind to suffer / The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,/Or to take arms against a sea of troubles ,/And by opposing end then?” These lines are taken from ______.A. King LearB. Romeo and JulietC. OthelloD. Hamlet5. John Milton’ s most powerful dramatic poem on the Greek model is ______.A. Paradise LostB. Paradise RegainedC. Samson AgonistesD. Lycidas6. Because of her sensitivity to universal pattens of human behavior, ______ hasbrought the English novel, as an art of form, to its maturity.A. Charlotte BronteB. Jane AustenC. Emily BronteD. Henry Fielding7. Poetry is defined by ______ as “the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings, which originates in emotion recollected in tranquility”.A. William WordsworthB. William BlakeC. Percy Bysshe ShelleyD. Robert Southey8. Jonathan Swift’ s ______ is generally regarded as the best model of satire, not only of the period but also in the whole English literary history.A. Gulliver’s TravelsB. The Battle of the BooksC. “A Modest Proposal”D. A Tale of a Tub9. 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”, the first to give the modern novel its structure and style.A. Henry FieldingB. Daniel DefoeC. Jonathan SwiftD. Laurence Sterne10. The belief of the eighteenth - century neoclassicists in England led them to seek the following EXCEPT ______.A. proportionB. unityC. harmonyD. spirit11. The Renaissance marks a transition from ______ to the modern world.A. the old EnglishB. the medievalC. the feudalistD. the capitalist12. The great political and social events in the English society of neoclassical period were the following EXCEPT ______.A. the Restoration of King Charles II in 1660B. the Great Plague of 1665C. the Great London Fire in 1666D. the Wars of Roses in 168913.In Renaissance, the European humanist thinkers and scholars made attempts to do the 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 Roman Catholic Church14.The Petrarchan sonnet (彼特拉克体⼗四⾏诗) was first introduced into England by ______.A.SurreyB.WyattC.SidneyD.Shakespeare15.As the best of Shakespeare's final romances,______ is a typical example of his pessimistic view towards human life and society in his late years.A.The TempestB.The Winter's TaleC.CymbelineD.The Rape of Lucrece16.John Milton's greatest poetical work ______ is the only generally acknowledged epic in English literarure since Beowulf.A.AreopagiticaB.Paradise LostC.LycidasD.Samson Agonistes17.“Graveyard School”writers are the following sentimentalists EXCEPT ______.A.James ThomsonB.William CollinsC.William CowperD.Thomas Jackson18.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 Books19.As a representative of the Enlightenment, ______ was one of the first to introduce rationalism to England.A.John BunyanB.Daniel DefoeC.Alexander PopeD.Jonathan Swift20.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 Richardson21. Which of the following descriptions of Gothic Novels is NOT correct?A.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.Gothic Novel, a type of romantic fiction that predominated in the early eighteenth century, was one phase of the Romantic movement. Its principal elements are violence, horror and the supernatural. P166, para.222. William Blake’s central concern in the Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience is_______, which gives the two books a strong social and historical reference.A. youthhoodB. childhoodC. happinessD. sorrow23. “It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good for-tune, must be in want of a wife.” The quoted part is taken from ______.A. Jane EyreB. Wuthering HeightsC. Pride and PrejudiceD. Sense and Sensibility24. Shelley’s greatest achievement is his four-act poetic drama ______, which is an exultant work in praise of humankind’s potential.A. AdonaisB. Queen MabC. Prometheus UnboundD. A Defence of Poetry25. The assertion that poetry originates from “emotion recollected in tranquility”belongs to ______.A. William WordsworthB. Samuel Taylor ColeridgeC. Robert SoutheyD. William Blake26. All of the following poems by William Wordsworth are masterpieces on nature EXCEPT ______.A.“I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud”B. “An Evening Walk”C.“Tintern Abbey”D. “The Solitary Reaper”27. Shakespeare’s four greatest tragedies are ________.A. Romeo and Juliet, Othello, King Lear, HamletB. Hamlet, Othello, Macbeth, The Merchant of VeniceC. Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, MacbethD. Romeo and Juliet, The Merchant of Venice , Othello, Hamlet28. As one of the greatest masters of English prose, ________ defined a good style as “proper words in proper places”.A. Henry FieldingB. Jonathan SwiftC. Samuel JohnsonD. Alexander Pope29. All of the following novels by Daniel Defoe are the first literary works devoted to the study of problems of the lower-class people EXCEPT ______.A. Robinson CrusoeB. Captain SingletonC. Moll FlandersD. Colonel Jack30. English Romanticism, as a historical phase of literature, is generally said to have ended in 1832 with ______.A. the passage of the first Reform Bill in the ParliamentB. the publication of Wordsworth and Coleridge’s Lyrical BalladsC. the publication of T．S ．Eliot’s The waste LandD. the passage of the Bill of Rights in the Parliament31. Contrary to the traditional romance of aristocrats, the modern English novel givesa realistic presentation of life of ______.A. the common English peopleB. the upper classC. the rising bourgeoisieD. the enterprising landlords32. The sentence “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?”is the beginning line of one of Shakespeare’s ______________.A. comediesB. tragediesC. sonnetsD. histories33. Paradise Lost is actually a story taken from ______________.A. the RenaissanceB. the Old TestamentC. Greek MythologyD. the New Testament34. ______________ is the essence of the Renaissance.A. PoetryB. DramaC. HumanismD. Reason35. “To be, or not to be —that is the question”is a line taken from______________.A. HamletB. OthelloC. King LearD. The Merchant of Venice36. Literature of Neoclassicism is different from that of Romanticism in that ______________.A. the former celebrates reason, rationality, order and instruction while the latter sees literature as an expression of an individual’s feeling and experiencesB. the former is heavily religious but the latter secularC. the former is an intellectual movement, the purpose of which is to arouse the middle class for political rights while the latter is concerned with the personal cultivationD. the former advocates the “return to nature”whereas the latter turns to the ancient Greek and Roman writers for its models.37. Daniel Defoe describes ______________ as a typical English Middle- class man of the eighteenth century, the very prototype of the empire builder or the pioneer colonist.A. Tom JonesB. GulliverC. Moll FlandersD. Robinson Crusoe38. ______________ is a typical feature of Swift’s writings.A. Bitter satireB. Elegant styleC. Casual narrationD. Complicated sentence structure39. Which of the following poems is a landmark in English poetry?A. Lyrical Ballads by William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor ColeridgeB. “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud”by William WordsworthC. “Remorse ”by Samuel Taylor ColeridgeD. Leaves of Grass Walt Whitman40. The literary form which is fully developed and the most flourishing during the Romantic Period is ______________.A. proseB. dramaC. novelD. poetry41. The real mainstream of the English Renaissance is_____________.A. the Elizabethan dramaB. the Elizabethan proseC. ancient poemD. romantic novel42. Shakespeare has established his giant position in world literature with his_____________plays, 154 sonnets and 2 long poems.A. 47B. 27C. 52D. 3843. _____________shows how mankind, in the person of Christ, withstand the tempter and is established once more in the divine favor.A. Paradise LostB. Paradise RegainedC. Samson AgonistesD. Beowulf44. In the theatrical world of the neoclassical period, _____________was the leading figure among the host of playwrights.A. William BlakeB. Richard Brinsley SheridanC.Ben JohnsonD. George Bernard Shaw45. The eighteenth century England is also known as the Age of Enlightenment or the Age of_____________.A. IntellectB. ReasonC. RationalityD. Science46. As a whole, Jonathan Swift’s _____________is one of the most effective and devastating criticisms and satires of all aspects in the then English and European life---socially, politically, religiously, philosophically, scientifically, and morally.A. Moll FlandersB. Gulliver’s TravelsC. Pilgrim’s ProgressD. The School for Scandal47. _____________is a story on the subject of human nature by Henry Fielding.A. The History of AmeliaB. The History of Jonathan Wild the GreatC. The History of Tom Jones, a FoundlingD. The History of the Adventures of Joseph Andrews and of his friend Mr. Abraham Adams48. The poems such as “The Chimney Sweeper”are found in both Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experienceby_____________.A. William WordsworthB. William BlakeC. John KeatsD. Lord Gordon Byron49. _____________is regarded as a “worshipper of nature”.A. John KeatsB. William BlakeC. William WordsworthD. Jane Austen50. The sentence “three or four families in a country village are the very thing to work on” can best reflect the writer’s personal knowledge and range of writing. This writer is ____________.A. Walter ScottB. Thomas HardyC. Jane EyreD. Jane Austen。

【题型：简答】【分数：4分】得分：0分[1]Please comment on Alexander Pope’s literary achievements.答：The only major languag答案： An Essay on Criticism follows the neoclassicist tradition. The Rape of the Lock mocks the epic. He uses heroic couplet.【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：0分[2]All of the following are stream –of- consciousness novels EXCEPT________.A The Sound and the FuryB UlyssesC Mrs. DallowayD Jude the Obscure答：答案： D【题型：论述】【分数：10分】得分：0分[3] How did the Lost Generation come into being in the literary history of the United States? Who were the leading figures of this literary movement?答：答案：First World War|American|young men|disillusioned|expatriates|European countries|Pound|Frost|Fiztgerald|Hemingway|Faulkner【题型：阅读】【分数：4分】得分：0分[4]Had I as many souls as there be stars.I’d give them all for Mephistophilis!By him I’ll be great emperor of the world,And make a bridge through the moving airTo pass the ocean with a band of men;I’ll join the hills that bing the Africa shoreAnd make that country continent to Spain,And both contributory to my crown;The Emperor shall not live by my leave,Nor any potentate of Germany.Now that I have obtained what I desireI’ll live in speculation of this art.Till Mephistophilis return again.”A. Identify the author and the title of the work from which the passage is taken.B. Based on the passage, write down in one or two sentences the theme of the play.答：答案：Dr. Faustus, Christopher Marlowe, Man's aspiration, bounding achievement【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：0分[5] _____ is the leading figure of the metaphysical school.A John MiltonB John DonneC John BunyanD John Keats答：答案： B【题型：论述】【分数：10分】得分：0分[6] Please elaborate Wordsworth’s theory of poetry, taking examples from the poems you have learned to support your ideas.答：答案：Lyrical Ballads|emotions|recollected|tranquility|I wandered lonely as a cloud|nature|individual|common speech【题型：简答】【分数：4分】得分：0分[7] Briefly introduce Blake’s Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience.答：答案： Songs of Innocence is a lovely volume of poems, presenting a happy and innocent world, though not without its evils; Songs of Experience paints a different world, a world of misery, disease, war and repression with melancholy tone; The two books hold the similar subject-matter, but the tone, emphasis and conclusion differ.【题型：阅读】【分数：4分】得分：0分[8] ‘Is dying hard, Daddy?’‘No, I think it’s pretty easy, Nick. It all depends. ’”Questions:A. Who’s the author of the quoted part, and what’s the title of the work?B. What was Nick preoccupied with when he asked the question?C. Why did the father add “It all depends”after he answered his son’s question?答：答案：Hemingway, Indian Camp|life and death|Death can be both easy and hard.【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：0分[9]Among the following writers ________ is generally regarded as the forerunner of the 20th -century “stream - of - consciousness”novels and the founder of psychological realism.A T. S. EliotB James JoyceC William FaulknerD Henry James答：答案： D【题型：简答】【分数：4分】得分：0分[10] What are the features of Charles Dickens' novels?答：答案：They provides a complete and realistic picture of the English bourgeoisie society. Many of them are about childhood experience and are famous for humor.【题型：阅读】【分数：4分】得分：0分[11]“I like to see it lap the Miles—And lick the Valleys up—And stop to feed itself at Tanks—And then-prodigiosu step”A. Please give the name of the author.B. What idea does this poem express?答：答案：Emily Dichinson, suspicion of the relationship between man and nature【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：0分[12] Which of the following writings is NOT completed by William Blake?A Songs of ExperienceB Songs of InnocenceC Marriage of Heaven and HellD Emma答：答案： D【题型：简答】【分数：4分】得分：0分[13] Elizabeth Bennet is the heroine of Pride and Prejucide. What kind of character do you think Elizabeth Bennet is?答：答案：Elizabeth is clever, alert, and observant. She is able to match wits with Darcy several times and with Colonel Fizwilliam, earning their respect and admiration.Fearless and frank, not rattled by the attack of Lady Catherine de Bourgh, she wins a notable cictory, sending her ladyship away completely routed.She is independent but not infallible in her judgement-- taken in by the charm of the worthless Wickham. She cannot be blamed for misjudging Darcy. She shows flexibility, discernment and honesty of mind when she reads Darcy's defense in his letter and admits the justice of much of what he says.She is able to control her emotions at times of stress-- when she first encounters Darcy at Pemberley; when she realizes that she loves Darcy and has good reason to fear that she has losthim, she waits without replying for time to bring a solution. She is witty, fun-loving, recognizing humor in herself and in others, but ridicuing only folly, nonsense, and inconsistencies. She recognizes the follies of her own family and their shortcomings as well as their virtues.【题型：阅读】【分数：4分】得分：0分[14] When the minister spoke from the pulpit, with power and fervid eloquence, and, with his hands on the open bible, of the sacred truths of our religion, and of saint-like lives and triumphant deaths, and of future bliss of misery unutterable, then did Goodman Brown turn pale, dreading, lest the roof should thunder down upon the gray blasphemer and his hearers.Questions:A. Identify the title of the short story from which this part is taken.B. What had happened in the story before this church scene?C. Why was Goodman Brown afraid the roof might thunder down?答：答案：young Goodman Brown, attend a witches' party,shocked by the minister【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：0分[15] Within her little lyrics Dickinson addresses those issues that concern ______, which include religion, death, immorality, love and nature.A the whole human beingsB the frontiersC the African AmericansD her relatives答：答案： A【题型：简答】【分数：4分】得分：0分[16]What is the difference between the easy conceits and the difficult conceits employed in John Donne’s poetry？答：答案： The former are mythology and natural objects, while the latter are concerned with law, psychology and philosophy|intellectual difficulties【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：0分[17] All of the following works are known as Hardy’s “novels of character and environment”EXCEPT ______.A The Return of the NativeB Tess of the D’UrbervillesC Jude the ObscureD Far from the Madding Crowd答：答案： D【题型：简答】【分数：4分】得分：0分[18] List three characters in Tess.答：答案：Angel, Tess and Alec【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：0分[19] 9. The major theme of Jane Austen’s novels is_____.A moneyB powerC murderD love and marriage答：答案： D【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：0分[20] As a woman of exceptional intelligence and life experience, George Eliot shows a particular concern for _________.A the feminismB the education for womenC the destiny of womenD the low status of women答：答案： C【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：0分[21] Jonathan Swift is one of the greatest masters of English prose, and his best prose work is ______.A A. “A Modest Proposal”B B. “Of Studies”C C. “Areopagitica”D D. “Tradition and Individual Talent”答：答案： A【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：0分[22]William 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 Great GatsbyB The Sound and the FuryC Absalom, Absalom!D Go Down, Moses答：答案： B【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：0分[23] Who, disregarding grammar and punctuation, always used “i”instead of “I”to refer to himself as a protest against self-importance?A CummingsB Wallance StevensC F. Scott FitzgeraldD Ernest Hemingway答：答案： A【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：0分[24] Melville is best - known as the author of his mighty book, ________, which is one of the world’s greatest masterpieces.A Sister CarriedB Song of MyselfC Moby - DickD The Marble Faun答：答案： C【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：0分[25] _____ is NOT a dramatist who holds the central position in American drama in the modernistic period.A A. Sinclair LewisB B. Eugene O’NeillC C. Arthur MillerD D. Tenessee Williams答：答案： A【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：0分[26]Washington Irving was one of the first American writers to earn international fame and was regarded as _____.A father of American dramaB father of American poetryC father of American literatureD father of short stories答：答案： D【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：0分[27] Romance, a popular literary form in the medieval period reflects a ________ age.A chivalricB heroicC realisticD modern答：答案： A【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：0分[28] George Bernard Shaw’s career as a dramatist began in 1892, when his first play ____ was put on by the Independent Theatre Society.A A. CandidaB B. Widower’s HousesC C. Mrs. Warren’s ProfessionD D. The Apple Cart答：答案： B【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：0分[29]Henry Fielding’s ________ brings him the name of “Prose Homer”.A The History of Jonathan Wild the GreatB The History of AmeliaC The History of Tom Jones, a FoundlingD The History of Joseph Andrews答：答案： C【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：0分[30]Literature of Neoclassicism is different from that of Romanticism in that _______.A the former celebrates reason, rationality, order and instruction while the latter sees liB the former is heavily religious but the latter secularC the former is an intellectual movement the purpose of which is to arouse the middle classD the former advocates the “return to nature”whereas the latter turns to the ancient Greek答：答案： A【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：0分[31] George Bernard Shaw’s ______ is a grotesquely realistic exposure of slum landlordism.A Widower’s HouseB Mrs. Warren’s ProfessionC The Apple CartD Getting Married答：答案： A【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：0分[32] Symbolism and complex narrative are employed more richly in D. H. Lawrence’s ________, which are generally regarded as his masterpieces.A Women in LoveB Sons and LoversC Lady Chatteley's LoverD Farewell to Arms答：答案： A【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：0分[33]In Hardy’s Wessex novels, there is an apparent ______ touch in his description of the simple and beautiful though primitive rural life.A humorousB romanticC nostalgicD sarcastic答：答案： C【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：0分[34]Nathaniel Hawthorne was affected by ________’s transcendentalist theory and struck up a very intimate relationship with him.A H. W. LongfellowB Walt WhitmanC R. W. EmersonD Washington Irving答：答案： C【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：0分[35] The Sun Also Rises casts light on a whole generation after WWI and the effects of the war by way of a vivid portrait of “______.”A the Lost GenerationB the Beat GenerationC the Babybooming AgeD the Jazz Age答：答案： A【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：0分[36] The protagonist of the poem “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”is a kind of tragic figure caught in a sense of deafened idealism and tortured by unsatisfied desires. Of the following descriptions of him, which isn’t suitable for him?A He is neurotic.B He is self-important.C He is illogical.D He is a man of action.答：答案： D【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：0分[37]In Death in the Afternoon ________ presents his philosophy about life and death through the depiction of the bullfight as a kind of microcosmic tragedy.A. William Faulkner &nbsA William FaulknerB Jack LondonC Ernest HemingwayD Mark Twain答：答案： C【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：0分[38] In Tender is the Night, ______ traces the decline of a young American psychiatrist whose marriage to a beautiful and wealthy patient drains his personal energies and corrodes his professional career.A DreiserB FitzgeraldC FaulknerD Jack London答：答案： B【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：0分[39] William Wordsworth, Coleridge and _______ are known as the “Lake Poets”.A A. George Gordon ByronB B. Robert SoutheyC C. Percy Bysshe ShelleyD D. John Keats答：答案： B【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：0分[40]________ is not a fictional character in The Scarlet Letter.A HesterB Arthur DimmesdaleC Roger ChillingworthD Ishmael答：答案： D【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：0分[41] In William Blake’s later period, he wrote quite a few prophetic books including the following writing EXCEPT _____.A The Book of UrizenB The Book of LosC MiltonD Lyrical Ballads答：答案： D【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：0分[42] ____ is Hemingway’s firt true novel, which portrays “The Lost Generation”.A A. For Whom the Bell TollsB B. The Old Man and the SeaC C. The Sun Also RisesD D. A Farewell to Arms答：答案： C【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：0分[43]All of the following poems by William Wordsworth are masterpieces on nature EXCEPT________.A “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud”B “An Evening Walk”C “Tinter Abbey”D “The Solitary Reaper”答：答案： D【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：0分[44]_________ is a play based on the German legend of a magician aspiring for knowledge and finally meeting his tragic end as a result of selling his soul to the Devil.A TamburlaineB Hero and LeanderC Dr. FaustusD Amores答：答案： C【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：0分[45] All of the following statements about the Victorian period is true EXCEPT ______.A England was the “workshop of the world”.B The early years was a time of rapid economic development as well as serious social problemC Towards the mid -century, England had reached its highest point of development as a worldD Capitalism came into its monopoly stage, the gap between the rich and the poor was further答：答案： D【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：0分[46] As a critic of music and drama, ________ held that art should serve social purposes by reflecting human life, revealing social contradictions and educating the common people.A YeatsB Oscar WildC Bernard ShawD Milton答：答案： B【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：0分[47]The assertion that poetry originates from “emotion recollected in tranquility”belongs to ______.A WordsworthB ColeridgeC ShelleyD Blake答：答案： A【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：0分[48] ______ is a poem based on a traditional Spanish legend of a great lover and seducer of women.A AdonaisB Don JuanC Prometheus UnboundD The Revolt of Islam答：答案： B【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：0分[49] Generally, the Renaissance refers to the period between ____ and _____ centuries.A 14th; mid-17thB 16th; mid-17thC 14th; mid-18thD 16th; mid-19th答：答案： A【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：0分[50] Charlotte’s works are famous for the depiction of the life of ______ working women, particularly governesses.A the middle - classB the lower classC the upper - middle - classD the upper - class答：答案： A【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：0分[51] 8. A good style of prose“proper works in proper places”was defined by_____.A MiltonB FieldingC SwiftD John Donne答：答案： C【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：0分[52] _____, the pioneering woman who, according to D. H. Lawrence, was the first novelist that“started putting all the actions inside”.A A. George EliotB B. Jane AustenC C. Mrs. GaskellD D. Charlotte Bronte答：答案： A[文档可能无法思考全面，请浏览后下载，另外祝您生活愉快，工作顺利，万事如意!]。

2023年自考专业(英语)《英美文学选读》考试历年真题摘选附带答案第1卷一.全考点综合测验(共20题)1.【单选题】The childhood of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn in the Mississippi is a record of a vanished way of life in the( )Mississippi valleyA.pre - War of IndependenceB.post - War of IndependenceC.pre - Civil WarD.post - Civil War2.【单选题】( )is generally regarded as the forerunner of the 20th —century “stream— of —consciousness ” novels and the founder of psychological realism.A.Theodore DreiserB.William FaulknerC.Henry JamesD.Mark Twain3.【单选题】William Faulkner set most of his works in the American( ),with his emphasis on the( )subjects and consciousness.A.North...NorthernB.East...EasternC.West...WesternD.South...Southern4.【单选题】Among the following writers( )is generally regarded as the forerunner of the 20th - century “stream - of - consciousness ” novels and the founder of psychological realism.A. T. S. EliotB.James JoyceC.William FaulknerD.Henry James5.【单选题】In 1950,one of the leading American writers( )was awarded the Nobel Prize for the anti-racist Intruder in the Dust.A.Robert FrostB.Theodore DreiserC.William FaulknerD.Fitzgerald6.【单选题】The attitude towards life that( )had been trying to demonstrate in his works is known as “grace under pressure ”.A.William FaulknerB.Theodore DreiserC.Ernest HemingwayD.F·Scott Fitzgerald7.【单选题】The Portrait of A Lady is generally considered to be( )masterpiece,which describes the life journey of an American( )in a European cultural environment.A.Henry Adams’…widowB.William James ’…girlC.Henry James’…girlD.Theodore Dreiser ’s…widow8.【单选题】“My last Duchess ” is a poem that best exemplifies Robert Browning ’s( ).A.sensitive ear for the sounds of the English languageB.excellent choice of wordsC.mastering of the metrical devicese of the dramatic monologue9.【单选题】Most literary critics think that Fitzgerald is both an insider and an outsider of( )with a double vision.A.the Jazz AgeB.the Age of Reason and RevolutionC.the Babybooming AgeD.the Post- Modern Age10.【单选题】Robert Frost is generally considered a regional poet whose subject matters mainly focus on the landscape and people in( ).A.the westB.the southC.AlaskaD.New England11.【单选题】Ezra Pound,a leading spokesman of the “( ) ”,was one of the most important poets in his time.A.Imagist MovementB.Cubist MovementC.Reformist MovementD.Transcendentalist Movement12.【单选题】What he had done is _______A.valueB.of valuableC.of no valueD.of no valuable13.【单选题】That is the house _______ you can enjoy the scenery.A. in thatB.thatC.whichD.from which14.【单选题】In the original test，all the animals in a test group are given a substance _______ half of them dieA.unlessB.untilC.lestD.provided15.【单选题】“The dignity of movement of an iceberg is due to only one- eighth of it being above water. ” This “iceberg ” analogy is put forward by( ).A.Mark TwainB.Ezra PoundC.William FaulknerD.Ernest Hemingway16.【单选题】The Financier,The Titan and The Stoic by Theodore Dreiser are called his “Trilogy of( ). ”A.HatredB.DeathC.DesireD.Fate17.【单选题】“The dignity of movement of an iceberg is due to only one -eighth of it being abov e water. ” This “iceberg ” analogy about prose style was put forward by( ).A.William FaulknerB.Henry JamesC.Ernest HemingwayD.F· Scott Fitzgerald18.【单选题】William 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 Great GatsbyB.The Sound and the FuryC.Absalom,Absalom!D.Go Down,Moses19.【单选题】The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and,especially,its sequence( )proved themselves to be the milestone in the American literature.A.The Adventures of Huckleberry FinnB.Life on the MississippiC.The Gilded AgeD.Roughing It20.【单选题】The teacher told us the fact _______.A.which the earth moves around the sunB.that the earth moved around the sunC.that the sun moves around the earthD.that the earth moves around the sun第2卷一.全考点综合测验(共20题)1.【单选题】The( )Age of the 1920s characterized by frivolity and carelessness is brought vividly to life in The Great Gatsby.A.LostB.JazzC.ReasonD.Gilded2.【单选题】Some persons gain goal and direction from their tensions;others________ under pressure.A.fall outB.fall apartC.fall back onD.fall in with3.【单选题】Greatly and permanently affected by the( )experiences,Hemingway formed his own writing style,together with his theme and hero.A.miningB.farmingC.warD.sailing4.【单选题】Opposition leaders will be watching carefully to see how the Prime Minister ________ the crisis.A.handlesB.conductsC.observesD.directs5.【单选题】In Go Down,Moses,( )illuminates the problem of black and white in Southern society as a closeknit destiny of blood brotherhood.A.William FaulknerB.Jack LondonC.Herman MelvilleD.Nathaniel Hawthorne6.【单选题】In most of his writings,( )deliberately broke up the chronology of his narrative by juxtaposing the past with the present,in the way the montage does in a movie.A.Walt WhitmanB.William FaulknerC.Ernest HemingwayD. Fitzgerald7.【单选题】The effect of Darwinist idea of “survival of the fittest ” was shattering in() ’s fictional world of jungle,where “kill or to be killed ” was the law.A.Mark TwainB.Henry JamesC.Theodore DreiserD.Walt Whitman8.【单选题】In 1950,( )was awarded the Nobel Prize for the anti-racist Intruder in the Dust.A.William FaulknerB.Robert FrostC.Ezra PoundD.Ernest Hemingway9.【单选题】Eugene O’Neill ’s first full — length play,( ),won him the first Pulitzer theme is the choice between life and death,the interaction of subjective and objective factors.A.Bound East for CardiffB.The Hairy ApeC.Desire Under the ElmsD.Beyond the Horizon10.【单选题】Now many major employers are beginning to demand _______ the completion of schoolA.more thanB.rather thanC.other thanD.better than11.【单选题】It was his masterpiece The Great Gatsby that made( )one of the greatest American novelists.A. FitzgeraldB.William FaulknerC.Ernest HemmingwayD.Gertrude Steinbeck12.【单选题】Man is a “victim of forces over which he has no control. ” This is a notion held strongly by( ).A.Robert FrostB.Theodore DreiserC.Henry JamesD.Hamlin Garland13.【单选题】Mark Twain’s particular concern about the local character of a region came about as “local colorism, ” a unique va riation of American literary( ).A.romanticismB.nationalismC.modernismD.realism14.【单选题】Nobody but you _______ what he said.A. agrees withB.agrees outC.agree withD.agree to15.【单选题】In 1920,( )published his first novel This Side of Paradise which was,to some extent,his own story.A.F·Scott FitzgeraldB.Ernest HemingwayC.William FaulknerD.Emily Dickinson16.【单选题】considered( ) “the true father of our national literature ”.A.Bret HarteB.Mark TwainC.Washington IrvingD.Walt Whitman17.【单选题】At the age of eighty -seven,( )read his poetry at the inauguration of President John in 1961.A.Robert FrostB.Walt WhitmanC.Ezra Pound18.【单选题】Unlike his contemporaries in the early 20th century,( )did not break up with the poetic tradition nor made any experiment on form.A.Walt WhitmanB.Robert FrostC.Ezra Pound19.【单选题】Which of the following statements is NOT true of Emily Dickinson and her poetry?A.She remained unmarried all her lifeB.She wrote,1,775 poems,and most of them were published during her life time.C.Her poems have no titles,hence are always quoted by their first lines.D.Her limited private world has never confined the limitless power of her creativity and imagination.20.【单选题】Mark Twain employed an unpretentious style of( )in his novels which is best described as “vernacular ”.A.standard EnglishB.Afro-American EnglishC.colloquialismD.urbanism第1卷参考答案一.全考点综合测验1.正确答案：C本题解析：马克吐温是以为地方主义作家，他的作品主题是密西西比河流域和美国的西部。

英美文学选读试卷-英美文学选读试卷A. Each of the following below is followed by four alternative answer. Choose the one that would bet complete the statement and put the letter in the blank.(每小题1分，共30分)1. Generally, the Renaissance refers to the period between ______ and _______ centuries.A. 14th...mid-17thB. 14th...mid-18thC. 16th...mid-18thD. 16th...mid-17th2. _______ frequently applied conceits in his poems.A. SpenserB. DonneC. BlakeD. Thomas Gray3. _______ is known as "the poet's poet".A. ShakespeareB. MarloweC. SpenserD. Donne4. The 18th century England is known as the ______ in the history.A. RenaissanceB. ClassicismC. EnlightenmentD. Romanticism5. ________ and William Shakespeare are the best representatives of the English humanism.A. Edmund Spenser, Christoper MarloweB. Thomas More, Christoper MarloweC. John Donne, Edmund SpenserD. John Milton, Thomas More6. The middle of the 18th century was predominated by a newly rising literary form, that is the modern English ______, which gives a realistic presentation of life of the common English people.A. proseB. short storyC. novelD. tragicomedy7. _______ is the central concern to Blake's concern in the Song of Innocence and Song of Experience.A. childhoodB. womanC. poetryD. happiness8. Among the following plays which is not written by Marlowe? _____A. Dr. FaustusB. The Jew of MaltaC. Edward IID. School for scandal9. Shakespeare's greatest tragedies are _______.A. Hamlet, Othello, King Lear and MacbethB. Hamlet, Othello, King Lear and Romeo and JulietC. Hamlet, Coriolanus, King Lear and MacbethD. Hamlet, Julius caesar, Othello and Macbeth10. Among the pioneers of the 18th century novelists wereDaniel Defoe, Samuel Richardson, Henry fielding and _______.A. Laurance SterneB. John DrydenC. Charles DickensD. Alexander Pope11. Which of the following Gothic novels was not written in the 18th century? ______A. The Castle of OtrantoB. The ItalianC. The MonkD. The Fall of the House of Usher12. In the theatrical world of the neoclassical period, _______ was the leadingfigure among the host of playwrights.A. William BlakeB. Richard SheridanC. Ben JohnsonD. Bernard Shaw13. Dickens' works are characterized by a mingling of _______ and pathos.A. humorB. satireC. passionD. metaphor14. The success of Jane Eyre is not only because of its sharp criticism of the existing society, but also due to its introduction to the English novel the first ______ heroine.A. explorerB. peasantC. workerD. governess15. In ______ Tennyson dealt with the theme of women's rights and position.A. PoemB. The PrincessC. In MemorianD. Idylls of the King16. "The Custom-House" is an introductory note to ______.A. Moby-DickB. The Scarlet LetterC. The Marble FaunD. The Blithedale Romance17. The publication of _______ established Emerson as the most eloquent spokesman of the New England Transcendentalism.A. NatureB. Self-RelianceC. The Over-SoulD. The American Scholar18. "When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloomed" is most probably a poem ______.A. that celebrates the burgeoning life of citiesB. that sings highly freedom and democracyC. that condemns violence and bloodshedD. that mourns for the death of Lincoln19. _______ is not a dominant figure of the Realistic Period.A. William Dean HowellsB. Mark TwainC. Henry JamesD. James F. Cooper20. The book from which "all modern American literature comes" refers to _______.A. Moby-DickB. The Adventures of Huckleberry FinnC. The Sun Also RisesD. The Great Gatsby21. Strong affinity to the Chinese and Oriental literature can be found in the works of _______.A. Mark TwainB. Ezra PoundC. Emily DikinsonD. Arthur Miller22. "In a Station of the Metro" is regarded by critics as a classic specimen of _______.A. the absurd poetryB. the transcendental poetryC. the romantic poetryD. the imagist poetry23. The founder of the American drama is _______.A. Arthur MillerB. Eugene O'NeillC. Tennesee WilliamsD. Clifford Odets24. F. Scott Fitzgerald is not the author of _______.A. This Side of ParadiseB. Tender is the NightC. The Great GatsbyD. In Our Time25. _______ is not a fictional character in the Scarlet Letter.A. HesterB. Arthur DimmersdaleC. Roger ChillingworthD. Ishmael26. The period ranging from 1865 to 1914 has been referred to as _____.A. the Age of ColonicalismB. the Age of RomanticismC. the Age of RealismD. the Age of Modernism27. Statement _______ is NOT true in describing American naturalists.A. They were deeply influenced by Darwinism.B. They were identified with French novelist and theorist Emile Zola.C. They chose their subjects from the lower ranks of society.D. They used more serious and more sympathetic tone in writing than realists.28. ______ is considered by H.L.Mencken as "the true father of our national literature."A. HemingwayB. PoeC. IrvingD. Twain29. they all shared the same thematic concern except ______.A. Robert Penn WarrenB. Flannery O'ConnerC. William FaulknerD. Norman Mailer30. _________ draws on the Jewish experience and tradition and examines subtly the dismantling of the self by an intolerablemodern history.A. Allen GinsbergB. John UpdikeC. Saul BellowD. J.D. SalingerB. Give the author and genre of each of the following literary works.(每小题2分，共20分)1. The Shepheardes Calender2. Farewell to love3. Much Ado About Nothing4. Childe Harold's Pilgrmage5. Dombey and the Son6. The Iceman Cometh7. The Road Not Taken8. The Cantos9. The Grapes of Wrath10. BabbitC. Define the literary terms listed below. （每小题5分，共10分）1. Utilitarianism2. Free VerseD. For each of the quotations listed below please give the name of the author and the title of the literary work from which it is taken and then briefly interpret it.(每小题5分，共15分）1. Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?Thou are more lovely and more temperate:Rough winds do shake the daring buds of May,And summer's least hath all too short a date:Sometimes too hot the eye of heaven shinesAnd often is his gold complexion dimmed;2. I heard a Flay buzz--when I died-The Stillness in the RoomWas like the Stillness in the Air-Between the Heaves of Storm-3. There is music from my neighbor's house through the summer nights. In his blue gardens men and girls came and went like moths among the whisperings and the champagne and stars. At high tide in the afternoon I watched his guests diving from the tower of his raft, or taking the sun on the hot sand of his beach while his two motor-boats slit the waters of the Sound, drawing aquaplanes over cataracts of foam. On week-ends his Rolls-Royce became an omnibus, bearing parties to and from the city between nine in the morning and long past midnight, while his station wagon scampered like a brisk yellow bug to meet all trains. And on Mondays eight servants, including an extra gardener, toiled all day with mops and scrubbing-brushes and hammers and garden-shears, repairing the ravages of the night before...E. Give brief answers to the following questions.（每小题5分，共10分）1. What is Bernard Shaw's viewpoint on literature?2. What does the night journey young Goodman Brown makes symbolize?F. Short Essay Questions(共15分）1. What is the striking feature of Paul, the main character in Sons and lovers?(7分）2. Give a brief analysis of Emily Grierson In "A Rose for Emily".(8分)。

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. Write the corresponding letter A, B, C or D on the answer sheet.chapter22.Which of the following is NOT a typical feature of Modernism?A.To elevate the individual and inner being over the social being.B.To put the stress on traditional values.C.To portray the distorted and alienated relationships between man and hisenvironment.D.To advocate a conscious break with the past.(024)19.Modernism takes the irrational philosophy and（）as its theoretical base.A. the theory of psycho-analysisB. Darwin’s evolutionary theoryC. the French symbolismD. Utilitarianism(057)17．______________ is the most outstanding stream of consciousness novelist, with ___________ as his encyclopedia – like masterpiece .A．James Joyce, Ulysses B．E.M. Foster, A Passage to IndiaC．D.H. Lawrence, Sons and Lovers D．Virginia Woolf, Mrs Dalloway（074）15．All of the following are stream –of- consciousness novels EXCEPT________. A．Pilgrimage B．UlyssesC．Mrs. Dalloway D．Tess of the D’ Urbervilles（084）?21. In the play The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde，the upper — class people are described all of the following EXCEPT ______.A. corruptB. snobbishC. hypocriticalD. ambitious(087)17. After the First World War, there appeared the following literary trends ofmodernism EXCEPT ______.A. expressionismB. surrealismC. stream of consciousnessD. black humour(094)18. The masterpieces of critical realism in the early 20th century are the three trilogiesof ______.A. Galsworthy's Forsyte novelsB. Hardy' s Wessex novels(094)C. Greene's Catholic novelsD. Woolf's stream-of-consciousness novels19. In the mid - 1950s and early 1960s, there appeared ―______‖ who demonstrated aparticular disillusion over the depressing situation in Britain and launched a bitter protest against the outmoded social and political values in their society.5 A. The Beat Generation B. The Lost GenerationC. The Angry Young MenD. Black Mountain Poets(094)16. The rise of _____ and new science greatly incited modernist writers to make new explorations on human natures and human relationships.4A. the existentialistic ideaB. the irrational philosophyC. scientific socialismD. social Darwinism（097）22. The 20th century has witnessed a great achievement in English poetry, which aremainly represented by the following EXCEPT _____.3a. Thomas Hardyb. Ezra Poundc. T. S. Eliotd. Lord Byron （浙0210）25. Which of the following is James Joyce's masterpiece?a. Dublinersb. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Manc. Ulyssesd. Finnegans Wake（浙0210）20.The following are English stream-of-consciousness novels EXCEPT ______.2A. PilgrimageB. UlyssesC. Mrs.DallowayD. A Passage to Inida9. In the late nineteenth century, modernism flushed in English literature. Unlike modernist poets and novelists, modern dramatists ______.1A. showed not only satirical attitude to bourgeois class, but also optimistic emotion toward lifeB. did not make so many innovations in techniques and formsC. inherited the romantic fuzziness and self-indulged emotionismD. took the irrational philosophy and the theory of psycho-analysis as its theoretical base1 George Bernard Shaw21.___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 Shaw(024)1.Mrs. Warren’s Profession is one of George Bernard Shaw’s plays. What is Mrs.Warren’s profession then ?[A]Real estate. [B]Prostitution.[C]House-keeping. [D]Farming. (034)21.George Bernard Shaw’s play, Mrs. Warren’s Profession is a grotesquely realistic exposure of the（）.A. slum landlordismB. political corruption in EnglandC. economic oppression of womenD. religious corruption in England(054)4．George Bernard Shaw’s play _______ established his position as the leading playwright of his time. 5A．Widowers’ Houses B．Too True to Be GoodC．Mrs. Warren’s Profession D．Candida（084）5.George Bernard Shaw’s play Mrs. Warren’s Profession is about______.A. slum landlordismB. the economic oppression of womenC. the political corruption in EnglandD. the religious corruption in England(087)12. Among the following writers ______ is considered to be the best—known English dramatist since Shakespeare.A. Oscar WildeB. John GalsworthyC. W. B. YeatsD. George Bernard Shaw(087)18. George Ber nard Shaw’s _____is a better play of the later period, with the author’s almost nihilistic bitterness on the subjects of the cruelty and madness of WWI and the aimlessness and disillusion of the young.4A. Too True to Be GoodB. Mrs. Warren’s ProfessionC. Widowers’HousesD. Fanny’s First Play（097）15. George Bernard Shaw’ s ______ is a grotesquely realistic exposure of slum landlordism.3A. Widower’ s HouseB. Mrs. Warren’ s ProfessionC. The Apple CartD. Getting Married(104)7. George Be rnard Shaw’s ______ explored his idea of ―Life Force‖, the power that would create superior beings to be equal to God and to solve all the social, moral, and metaphysical problems of human society.2A. Man and SupermanB. The Apple CartC. PygmalionD. Too True to Be Good（107）4. As a realistic dramatist, George Bernard Shaw is concerned with political, economic, moral, or religious problems in his works. The general mood he expressed in his plays is ______.1A. indignationB. satisfactionC. optimismD. pessimism2 T. S. Eliot19. ―When the evening is spread out against the sky (034) 5Like a patient etherized upon a table.‖(T. S. Eliot, ―The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock‖)What does the image in the quoted lines suggest? _______.[A]Violence [B]Horror [C]Inactivity[D]Indifference (034)17.―For I have known them all already, known them all—/Have known the evenings, mornings, afternoons,/I have measured out my life with coffee spoons.‖The above lines are taken from（）.A. Wordsworth’s ―The Solitary Reaper‖B. Eliot’s―The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock‖ (054)C. Coleridge’s―Kubla Khan‖D. Yeats’s―The Lake Isle of Innisfree‖20.The beginning of ―The Love Song of J.Alfred Prufrock‖ moves from a series of fairly concrete physical settings—a cityscape( the famous―patient etherized upon a table‖)and several interiors (women’s arms in the lamplight, coffee spoons,fireplaces)—to a series of vague ocean images. It aims to convey（）.A. Prufrock’s emotional distance from the world as he comes to recognize his second-rate statusB. Prufrock’s eagerness to meet his dating loverC. Prufrock’s reluctance to meet his dating loverD. Prufrock’s excitement about the modern world(057)20．Which of the following poems by T.S. Eliot is hailed as a landmark and a model of the 20th century English poetry?A．Poems 1909-1925 B．The Hollow ManC．Prufrock and Other Observations D．The Waste Land（074）3．T．S．Eliot’s most important single poem _______has been hailed as a landmark and a model of the 20th-century English poetry. 4A．The Hollow Man B．The Waste LandC．Murder in the Cathedral D．Ash Wednesday（084）22. T. S. Eliot's most popular verse play is ______.3A. Murder in the CathedralB. The Cocktail PartyC. The Family ReunionD. The Waste Land(094)22. The Waste Land by T. S. Eliot is a poem concerned with the _____ breakup of a modern civilization in which human life has lost its meaning, significance and purpose.A. spiritualB. religiousC. politicalD. physical（097）1. T. S. Eliot’ s ______ bearing a strong thematic resemblance to The Waste Land, is generally regarded as the darkest of Eliot’ s poems.2A. ―Gerontion‖B. ―Prufrock‖C. Murder in the CathedralD. The Hollow Men (104)1. T. S. Eliot’s ______ is a poem of dramatic monologue and a prelude to The WasteLand, helping to point up the continuity of Eliot’s thinking.1A. ―Prufrock‖B. ―Gerontion‖C. The Hollow MenD. Four Quartets （107）3 D. H. Lawrence4. 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.5[A]Lady Chatterley’s Lover[B]Women in love[C]Sons and Lovers [D]The Plumed Serpent(034)20.The major concern of ______ fiction lies in the tracing of the psychologicaldevelopment of his characters and in his energetic criticism of the dehumanizing effect of the capitalist industrialization on human nature.wrence'sB.J.Galsworthy'sC.W.Thackeray’sD.T.Hardy’s (024)21. ―He was silent with conceit of his son. Mrs. Morel sniffed, as if it were nothing.‖(Sons and Lovers by wrence)From the above quotation, we can see that Mrs. More l’s attitude to her husband is ______ .4A. sincerely warmB. genuinely kindC. seemingly angryD. merely contemptuous(044)22.The story starting with the marriage of Paul’s parents Walter Morel and Mrs. Morel must be（）.A. Thomas Hard y’s Tess of the D’Urbervilles(054)B. D. H. Lawrence’s Sons and LoversC. George Eliot’s MiddlemarchD. Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre22．The major concern of ______ fiction lies in the tracing of the psychological development of his characters and in his energetic criticism of the dehumanizing effect of the capitalist industrialization on human nature.A．John Galsworthy’s B．Thomas Hardy’s C．D．H．Lawrence’s D．Charles Dickens’（084）17. In Modern English literature, the literary interest of _____ lay in the tracing of the psychological development of his characters and in his energetic criticism of the dehu-manizing effect of the capitalist industrialization on human nature.3A. George Bernard ShawB.T.S. EliotC. Oscar WildeD.D.H. Lawrence（097）18. D. H. Lawrence’ s ______ is a remarkable novel in which the individual consciousness is subtly revealed and strands of themes are intricately wound up.2A. Sons and LoversB. The RainbowC. Women in LoveD. Lady Chatterley’ s Love(104)4. D. H. Lawren ce’s autobiographical novel is ______.A. The RainbowB. Women in LoveC. Sons and LoversD. Lady Chatterley’s Lover（107）10. D. H. Lawrence’s artistic tendency is mainly ______ , which combines dramaticscenes with an authoritative commentary.1A. romanticismB. realismC. naturalismD. modernism（107）23. In his novels, Laurence made a bold psychological exploration of various humanrelationships, especially those between _____, with a great frankness.a. man and natureb. man and societyc. man and womand. all of the above（浙0210）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.George Bernard Shaw42. The following quotation is from Mrs. Warren’s Profession:VIVIE: [ intensely interested by this time] No; but why did you choose that business?Saving money and good management will succeed in any business.MRS. WARREN: Yes, saving money. But where can a woman get the money to save in any other business? Could you save out of four shillings a weekand keep yourself dressed as well? Not you. Of course, if you’ re a plainwoman and cant earn anything more ; or if you have a turn for music, orthe stage, or newspaper - writing ; that’s different...Questions :41A. Identify the playwright of the above quotation.B. What business do you think Mrs. Warren is involved in?C. What's the theme of the play?（097）42. A. George Bernard ShawB. ProstitutionC. The economic oppression of women. By describing Mrs. Warren and her sisters’sufferings, Shaw wants to show that in the dark capitalist society, honest women were forced to be prostitutes and were therefore looked down upon as shameful dirty women. The play reveals the social causes of prostitution and thus sharply attacks the capitalism.T. S Eliot42.―And when I am formulated, sprawling on a pin,When I am pinned and wriggling on the wall.Then how should beginTo spit out all the butt-ends of my days and ways.‖Questions:42A.Identify the poem and the poet.B.What does the phrase ―butt-ends‖ mean?C.What idea does the quoted passage express? (024)(42.A.T.S.Eliot:―The Love Song of J.Alfred Pruforck.‖B.The ends of cigarettes, meaning trivial things here.C.Here, Prufrock's inability to do anything against the society he is in is made strikingly clear by using a sharp comparison. Prufrock imagines himself as a kind of insect pinned on the wall and struggling in vain to get free. This image vividly shows Prufrock's current predicament.) .(024)42. 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 lines?C. What does the first line show about the speaker? (094)42. A. ―The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock‖B. J. Alfred PrufrockC. Prufrock is conscious of the fact that he is like Hamlet in some respects. But heis sensible enough that he cannot be compared with Hamlet.42. Let us go then, you and I,When the evening is spread out against the skyLike a patient etherized upon a table;Let us go, through certain half- deserted streets,The muttering retreatsOf restless nights in one -night cheap hotelsAnd sawdust restaurants with oyster- shells:(The lines above are taken from ―The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock‖ by T. S Eliot. )Questions:A. What does the poem present?B. What form is the poem composed in?C. What does the poem suggest? (104)42. A. presenting the meditation of an aging young man over the business ofproposing marriage;B. in a form of dramatic monologueC. suggesting an ironic c ontrast between a pretended ―Love song‖ and aconfession of the speaker’s incapability of facing up to love and to life in a sterile upper-class world.III. Questions and Answers (24 points in all, 6 for each)Give a brief answer to each of the following questions in English. Write your answers in the corresponding space on the answer sheet.B. Shaw45.It is said that B. Shaw’s play, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, has a strong realistic theme, which fully reflects the dramatist’s Fabianist idea. Try to su mmarize this theme briefly. (044)45. A. The play reveals that guilt for prostitution lies more upon the social systemthan the immoral woman.B. In the play, Shaw shows clearly that all human sufferings are consequences ofthe cruel economic exploitation, which is pursued shamelessly by the so-called respectable members of the society through the lowest and the dirtiest means.46．It is said that B. Shaw’s play, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, has a strong realistic theme, which fully reflects the dramatist’s Fab ianist idea. Try to summarize this theme briefly.（084）46. A. As one of the influential members of the Fabian Society, Shaw regarded theestablishment of socialism by the emancipation of land and industrial capital from individual and class ownership as the final goal.B. As a realistic dramatist, he took the modern social issues as his subjects. Most ofhis plays are concerned with political, economic, moral, or religious problems.C. Mrs. Warren’s Profession is a play about the economic oppression of women.46. What are the main features of Bernard Shaw’s plays with regard to the theme,characterization and plot?（097）4546. A. Structurally and thematically, Shaw followed the great tradition of realism. As arealistic dramatist, he took the modern social issues as his subjects with the aim of directing social reforms.B. One feature of Shaw’s characterization is that he makes the trick of showing upone character vividly at the expense of another. Another feature is that Shaw’s characters are the representatives of ideas, points of view that shift and alter during the play.C. Shaw’s plays have plots, but they do not work by plots.45. What are the features of George Bernard Shaw’s characterization in his plays?（107）45. A. One feature of Shaw’s character ization is that he makes the trick of showing upone character vividly at the expense of another.B. Another feature is that Shaw’s characters are the representatives of ideas, pointsof view that shift and alter during the play.T．S．Eliot46. The Waste Land is T．S．Eliot’s most important single poem．Try to state the theme and the significance of the poem briefly. (087) 4646. A. Theme: the poem is concerned with the spiritual breakup of a moderncivilization in which human life has lost its meaning, significance andpurpose.B. Significance: The poem has been hailed as a landmark and a model of the20th-century English poetry, comparable to Wordsworth’s Lyrical Ballads. 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.chapter49. Define modernism in English literature. Name two major modernistic Britishwriters and list one major work by each.（097）4949. A. Modernism rose out of skepticism and disillusion of capitalism.B. The French symbolism appearing in the late 19th century, heralded modernism.After WWI, all kinds of literary trends of modernism appeared: expressionism, surrealism, futurism, etc.C. Modernism takes the irrational philosophy and the theory of psycho-analysis asits theoretical base.D. Modernism is, in many aspects, a reaction against realism.E. James Joyce: Ulysses; T. S. Eliot : The Waste Land.。

自考《英美文学选读》00604考前试题和答案一、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. Write your answers on the Answer Sheet.第1题 The most famous dramatists in the Renaissance England are________, William Shakespeare, and Ben Johson.A. Christopher MarloweB. John MarloweC. John MiltonD. Edmund Spenser【正确答案】 A【你的答案】本题分数1分第2题 A number of poems from the Songs of Innocence find a counterpart in the Songs of Experience.“Infant Joy” is matched with “Infant Sorrow”, and the pure “Lamb” is paired with the flaming “_________”.A. Chimney SweeperB. LondonC. SheepD. Tyger【正确答案】 D【你的答案】本题分数1分第3题 Jane Austen’s main literary concern is about___________.A. human beings in their personal relationshipsB. the love story between the rich and the poorC. maturity achieved through the loss of illusionsD. the daily country life of the middle-class English【正确答案】 A【你的答案】本题分数1分第4题 Leaves of Grass commands great attention because of its uniquely poetic embodiment of_________, which are written in the founding documents of both the Revolutionary War and the Civil War in the United States.A. the democratic idealsB. the romantic idealsC. the self?reliance spiritsD. the religious ideals【正确答案】 A【你的答案】本题分数1分第5题 The poetic style Whitman devised is now called__________, that is, poetry without a fixed beat or regular rhyme scheme.A. heroic coupletB. dramatic monologueC. blank verseD. free verse【正确答案】 D【你的答案】本题分数1分第6题 The_________ was a progressive intellectual movement throughout Western Europe in the 18th century.A. RenaissanceB. EnlightenmentC. Religious ReformationD. Chartist Movement【正确答案】 B【你的答案】本题分数1分第7题 For his contribution to the establishment of the form of the modern novel, ________ has been regarded as “Father of the English Novel”.A. Henry FieldingB. Daniel DefoeC. John BunyanD. James Joyce【正确答案】 A【你的答案】本题分数1分第8题 The Romantic period is an age of________. Blake, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, Shelley and Keats are the major Romantic poets.A. novelB. dramaC. essayD. poetry【正确答案】 D【你的答案】本题分数1分第9题 __________is perhaps the most anthologized poem in English literature, and one that takes us to the core of the poetic beliefs of William Wordsworth.A. The Solitary ReaperB. The Sailor’s MotherC. I Wandered Lonely as a CloudD. Ode to the West Wind【正确答案】 C【你的答案】本题分数1分第10题 ________represents those middle?class working women who are struggling for recognition of their basic rights and equality as a human being.A. CarrieB. Jane EyreC. CatherineD. Emily【正确答案】 B【你的答案】本题分数1分第11题 Modernism is, in many aspects, a reaction against_______. It rejects rationalism, which is the theoretical base of realism.A. romanticismB. humanismC. symbolismD. realism【正确答案】 D【你的答案】本题分数1分第12题 __________, T.S.Eliot’s most important single poem, has been hailed as a landmark and a model of the 20th?century English poetry.A. The Waste LandB. Ash WednesdayC. Four QuartetsD. The Love Song of J.Alfred Prufrock【正确答案】 A【你的答案】本题分数1分第13题 Walt Whitman is a poet with a strong sense of mission, having devoted all his life to the creation of the “single”poem,__________ .A. ChicagoB. My Lost YouthC. Leaves of GrassD. A Pact【正确答案】 C【你的答案】本题分数1分第14题 In 1915__________ became a naturalized British citizen, largely in protest against America’s failure to join England in the First World War.A. T.S.EliotB. Henry JamesC. W.D.HowellsD. George Eliot【正确答案】 B【你的答案】本题分数1分第15题 Fitzgerald never spared an intimate touch in his fiction to deal with_________ of the American Dream.A. the successB. the bankruptcyC. the fulfillmentD. the forming【正确答案】 B【你的答案】本题分数1分第16题 Most of________’s works are set in the American South,with his emphasis on the Southern subjects and consciousness.A. FaulknerB. FitzgeraldC. HemingwayD. Steinbeck【正确答案】 A【你的答案】本题分数1分第17题 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.【正确答案】 A【你的答案】本题分数1分第18题Shelley’s masterpiece, Prometheus Unbound, is a verse drama, which borrows the basic story from ___________.A. the BibleB. the Greek mythologyC. a Greek playD. One Thousand and One Nights【正确答案】 B【你的答案】本题分数1分第19题 Returning to England from Germany in 1799, William Wordsworth and his sister settled at Dove Cottage in Grasmere, Westmoreland. The poet__________ as well as___________ lived nearby, and the three men became known as the “Lake Poets”.A. Samuel Taylor Coleridge/George Gordon ByronB. Robert Southey/Samuel Taylor ColeridgeC. John Keats/Robert SoutheyD. George Gordon Byron/Percy Bysshe Shelley【正确答案】 B【你的答案】本题分数1分第20题 In 1950, _________was awarded the Nobel Prize for the anti?racist Intruder in the Dust.A. Robert FrostB. William FaulknerC. Ezra PoundD. Ernest Hemingway【正确答案】 B【你的答案】本题分数1分第21题 Lawrence was recognized as a prominent novelist only after he published his third novel,________.A. The RainbowB. Women in LoveC. Sons and LoversD. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man【正确答案】 C【你的答案】本题分数1分第22题 The Birthmark drives home symbolically Hawthorne’s point that ________ is man’s birthmark, something he is born with.A. goodnessB. gratefulnessC. evilD. bitterness【正确答案】 C【你的答案】本题分数1分第23题 According to Whitman, the genuine participation of a poet in a common cultural effort was to behave as a supreme_________.A. democratB. individualistC. romanticistD. leader【正确答案】 B【你的答案】本题分数1分第24题 The Hemingway Code heroes are best remembered for their______.A. masculinityB. war experienceC. indestructible spiritD. pessimistic view of life【正确答案】 C【你的答案】本题分数1分第25题 Tom Jones, the full title being The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, is generally considered the masterpiece of_________.A. John BunyanB. Daniel DefoeC. Jonathan SwiftD. Henry Fielding【正确答案】 D【你的答案】本题分数1分第26题 The literary form which is fully developed and the most flourishing during the Romantic period is________.A. dramaB. proseC. poetryD. novel【正确答案】 C【你的答案】本题分数1分第27题 In his lyrics such as “Ode to Liberty”,“Ode to Naples”, Percy Bysshe Shelley expressed his love for ___________and his hatred toward tyranny.A. the middle classB. the poorC. freedomD. the proletariat【正确答案】 C【你的答案】本题分数1分第28题 Tess of the D’Urbervilles, one of Thomas Hardy’s best known novels, portrays man as________.A. being hereditarily either good or badB. having no control over his own fateC. being self?sufficientD. still retaining his own faith in a world of confusion【正确答案】 B【你的答案】本题分数1分第29题 The giant Moby Dick may symbolize all EXCEPT_________.A. mystery of the universeB. sin of the whaleC. power of the great natureD. evil of the world【正确答案】 B【你的答案】本题分数1分第30题 ___________shaped the world’s view of America and made a more extensive combination of American folk humor and serious literature than previous writers had ever done.A. Henry JamesB. Washington IrvingC. Theodore DreiserD. Mark Twain【正确答案】 D【你的答案】本题分数1分第31题 In_________, Robert Frost compares life to a journey, and he is doubtful whether he will regret his choice or not when he is old, because the choice has made all the difference.A. After Apple?PickingB. The Road Not TakenC. Stopping by Woods on a Snowy EveningD. Fire and Ice【正确答案】 B【你的答案】本题分数1分第32题 The play Romeo and Juliet, though a tragedy, is permeatedwith__________ spirit.A. optimisticB. sadC. pessimisticD. just【正确答案】 A【你的答案】本题分数1分第33题 William Wordsworth is a poet in memory of the past. To him, life is a cyclical journey. Its beginning finally turns out to be its end. His philosophy of life is presented in his masterpiece___________.A. The PreludeB. My Heart Leaps upC. Tintern AbbeyD. The Solitary Reaper【正确答案】 A【你的答案】本题分数1分第34题“If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?”is an epigrammatic line by___________.A. John KeatsB. William BlakeC. William WordsworthD. P.B.Shelley【正确答案】 D【你的答案】本题分数1分第35题 After reading the first chapter of Pride and Prejudice, we may come to know that Mrs.Bennet is a woman of_________.A. simple character and poor understandingB. simple character and quick witC. intricate character and quick witD. intricate character and poor understanding【正确答案】 A【你的答案】本题分数1分第36题 _________, which bears a strong thematic resemblance to The Waste Land, is generally regarded as the darkest of T.S.Eliot’s poems.A. GerontionB. The Hollow MenC. The Love Song of J.Alfred PrufrockD. The Cocktail Party【正确答案】 B【你的答案】本题分数1分第37题 American Transcendentalists most typically believe that__________.A. art is superior to lifeB. man is divine in natureC. man can transform natureD. poetry is the highest form of art【正确答案】 B【你的答案】本题分数1分第38题Frost’s first collection A boy’s Will, whose lyrics trace a boy’s development from self?centered idealism to maturity, is marked by an intense but restrained emotion and the characteristic flavor of________.A. England lifeB. New England lifeC. the Southern American lifeD. the Western American life【正确答案】 B【你的答案】本题分数1分第39题 __________ is generally regarded as the forerunner of the 20th?century “stream?of?consciousness”novels and the founder of psychological realism.A. Henry JamesB. Mark TwainC. Theodore DreiserD. Walt Whitman【正确答案】 A【你的答案】本题分数1分第40题 Theodore Dreiser’s_________ found expression in almost every book he wrote in which “kill or to be killed”was the law.A. romanticismB. naturalismC. cubismD. classicalism【正确答案】 B二、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．“Is dying hard, Daddy?”“No, I think it’s pretty easy, Nick. It all depends.”第1题 Identify the author and the work.【正确答案】 (P609)Ernest Hemingway, Indian Camp.【你的答案】本题分数1分你的得分第2题 What was Nick preoccupied with when he asked the question?【正确答案】 Life and death.【你的答案】本题分数1分你的得分第3题 Why did the father add “It all depends”after he answered his son’s question?【正确答案】 When the father says that dying is pretty easy, he might be thinking about the self?murdered husband. But when he reflects on the wife’s miracle survival of the violent pain in the whole process of birth, he adds the final sentence. Dying is both hard and easy, it all depends on individuals.【你的答案】本题分数2分你的得分“I consulted several things in my situation which I found would be proper for me:1st, health and fresh water I just now mentioned; 2ndly, shelter from the heat of the sun; 3rdly, security from ravenous creatures, whether men or beats; 4thly, a view to the sea, that if God sent any ship in sight, I might not lose any advantage for my deliverance, of which I was not willing to banish all my expectation yet.”第1题Identify the author and the work.【正确答案】 (P100~101)Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe.【你的答案】本题分数2分你的得分第2题 What idea does the quoted passage express?【正确答案】 Robinson is considering the measures that must be taken in hissituation.【你的答案】本题分数2分你的得分Wild Spirit, which art moving everywhere;Destroyer and Preserver; hear, O hear!第1题 Identify the poet and the poem.【正确答案】 (P212)It is “Ode to the West Wind” of Shelley.【你的答案】本题分数1分你的得分第2题 What does the “Wild Spirit”refe r to?【正确答案】“Wild Spirit” refers to west wind.【你的答案】本题分数1分你的得分第3题 Why called it “Destroyer and Preserver”at the same time?【正确答案】 Because west wind buried the dead year and year and prepared fora new spring.【你的答案】本题分数2分你的得分The early lilacs became part of this child,And grass and white and red morning?glories, and white and red clover, and the song of the phoebe?bird,And the Third?month lambs and the sow’s pink?faint litter, and the mare’s foal and the cow’s calf,And the noisy brood of the barnyard or by the mire of the pondside,And the fish suspending themselves so curiously below there, and the beautiful curious liquid,And the water?plants with their graceful flat heads, all became part of him.第1题Name the author of the poem.【正确答案】 (P452)Walt Whitman.【你的答案】本题分数1分你的得分第2题 What is the poetic style called?【正确答案】 Free style.【你的答案】本题分数1分你的得分第3题 What does the passage describe?【正确答案】 The passage describes the growth of a child who is wandering and admiring the scene around him. In the poem, the early experience of the poet may well be identified withthe childhood of a young and growing America.【你的答案】三、Questions and Answers(24 points in all，6 for each) Give a brief answer to each of the following questions in English．Write your answers in the corresponding space on the Answer Sheet．第1题“Even then he stood there, hidden wholly in that kindness which is night, while the uprising fumes filled the room. When the odor reached his nostrils, he quit his attitude and fumbled for the bed.‘What’s the use?’ he said, weakly, as he stretched himself to rest.”They above is quoted from Theodore Dreiser’s Sister Carrie.Briefly tell the situation that leads to the suicide and interpret Hurstwood’s final words—“What’s the use?”【正确答案】 (P528)A.When they live together, Carrie becomes mature in intellect and emotion, while Hurstwood, away from the atmosphere of success on which his life has been based, steadily declines. So their relations become strained. At last, she thinks him too great a burden and leaves him. After Carrie deserts Hurstwood, he is in great despair. Feeble and penniless, Hurstwood wanders in a cold winter night with nobody trying to help. Extr?emely hopeless and totally devastated, he turns the gas on in a cheap lodging?house and ends his life.B.By making that comment, Hurstwood seems to have realized that it is useless to continue to fight against fate. His fate is not controlled by his own efforts but by some social forces too strong for him to resist, so he decides to give up.【你的答案】第2题“Robinson Crusoe”is universally considered as Daniel Defoe’s masterpiece. Discuss why it became so successful when it was published?【正确答案】 (P98~100)A.Robinson Crusoe is supposedly based on the real adventure of an Alexander Selkirk who once stayed alone on the uninhabited island Juan Fernandez for five years. In fact, the storyis an imagination.B.In Robinson Crusoe, Defoe traces the growth of Robinson from a naive and artless youth into a shrewd and hardened man, tempered by numerous trials in his eventful life.C.In the novel, Robinson is a real hero and he is an embodiment of the rising middle?class virtues in the mid?eighteenth century England.D.Robinson Crusoe is an adventure story very much in the spirit of the time. Because of the above reasons, when it was published, people all liked that story, and it became an immediate success.【你的答案】第3题 What is “the Enlightenment Movement”?【正确答案】 (P80~81)A.The Enlightenment Movement was a progressive intellectual movement which flourishedin France and swept through the whole Western Europe at the time. The movement was a furtherance of the Renaissance of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries.B.Its purpose was to enlighten the whole world with the light of modern philosophicaland artistic ideas. The enlighteners celebrated reason or rationality, equality and science. They held that rationality or reason should be the only, the final cause of any human thought and activities.C.The enlighteners advocated universal education. They believed that human beings werelimited, dualistic, imperfect, and yet capable of rationality and perfection through education.【你的答案】本题分数6分你的得分第4题 What is the most famous theme in Henry Ja mes’s fiction? And what is his favourite approach in characterization, which makes him different fromMark Twain and W.D.Howells as realists? Give two titles of his works in which this theme and this approach are employed.【正确答案】 (P496?498)A.The international theme.B.James’s psychological approach.C.The Portrait of A Lady incarnated the clash between the Old World and the New in the life journey of an American girl in European cultural environment. The Princess Casamassima, which exposed the anarchist conspiracy in the slum of London, were written in a naturalistic mode. 【你的答案】四、Topic Discussion(20 points in all，10 for each) Write no less than 150 words on each of the following topics in English in the corresponding space on the Answer Sheet.第1题 The Great Gatsby is an examination of American myth in the 20th century. Fitzgerald deliberately depicts Gatsby as a mysterious person so as to achieve the effect that Gatsby is American Everyman. Please make a brief comment on The Great Gatsby.【正确答案】 (P582)A.The Great Gatsby is a masterpiece in American literature. It evokes a haunting moodof a glamorous, wild time that seemingly will never come again.B.Besides, the loss of an ideal and the disillusionment that comes with the failureare exploited fully in the personal tragedy of a young man whose “incorruptible dream”is “smashed into pieces by the relentless reality”.C.Gatsby is a mythical figure whose intensity of dream partakes of a state of mindthat embodies America itself; Gatsby is the last of the romantic heroes, whose energy and sense of commitment takes him in search of his personal grail; Gatsby’s failure magnifies to a great extent the end of the American Dream.【你的答案】本题分数10分你的得分第2题 Theodore Dreiser is generally acknowledged as one of America’s literary naturalists. Please make a comment on Theodore Dreiser’s writing style.【正确答案】A.Dreiser’s style has been a point of heated discussion. The consensus that has been reached so far seems to be that, although Dreiser’s novels are formless at times and awkwardly written, and his characterization is found deficient and his prose pedestrian and dull, yet his very energy proves to be more than a compensation.B.Dreiser’s stories are always solid and intensely interesting with their simple but highly moving characters. Dreiser is good at employing the journalistic method of reiteration to burn a central impression into the reader’s mind. His interest in painting is reflected in his taste for word?pictures, sharp contrast, truth in color, and movement in outline. Here lies the power and permanence that have made Dreiser one of Americ a’s foremost novelists.【你的答案】。

《英美文学选读》综合测验题库一、单项选择题1. Which one of the following statements is NOT true of William Faulkner?A. He is master of stream-of-consciousness narrative.B. His writing is often complex and difficult to understand.C. He often depicts slum life in New York and Chicago.D. He represents a new group of Southern writers.2. In 1950, ________ was awarded the Nobel Prize for the anti-racist Intruder in the Dust.A. Scott FitzgeraldB. Ernest HemingwayC. Henry JamesD. William Faulkner3. The Hemingway Code heroes are best remembered for their ________.A. indestructible spiritB. pessimistic view of lifeC. war experiencesD. masculinity4. Hemingway’s second big success is ______.A. In Our TimeB. For Whom the Bell TollsC. The Sun Also RisesD. A Farewell to Arms5. Most critics have agreed that ______ is both an insider and an outsider of the Jazz Age with a double vision.A. FitzgeraldB. FrostC. CummingsD. Hemingway6. The subject matter of Robert Frosts poems focuses on ______.A. ordinary country people and scenesB. battle scenes of ancient Greek and Roman legendsC. struggling masses and crowded urban quartersD. fantasies and mythical happenings7. Which terms can best describe the modernists concern of the human situation in their fiction?A. Fragmentation and alienation.B. Courage and honor.C. Tradition and faith.D. Poverty and desperation.8. Which one is not written by Henry James?A. The AmbassadorsB. The Wings of the DoveC. The BostoniansD. The Mysterious Stranger9. While Mark Twain satirized European manners at times, _______ was an admirer.A. O. HenryB. Henry JamesC. Walt WhitmanD. Jack London10. More than five hundred poems that Dickinson wrote are about nature, in which her general _______ about the relationship between man and nature is well expressed.A. skepticismB. eulogyC. happinessD. denial11. The greatest work written by Theodore Dreiser is _______.A. Sister CarrieB. An American TragedyC. The FinancierD. The Titan12. “Even then he stood there, h idden wholly in that kindness which is night, while the uprising fumes filled the room. When the odor reached his nostrils, he quit his attitude and fumbled for the bed. ‘what’s the use?’ he said, weakly, as he stretched himself to rest.”The passage is taken from _______.A. Sons and Lovers by D.H LawrenceB. Jane Eyre by Charlotte BronteC. Sister Carrie by Theodore DreiserD. Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte13."This is my letter to the world" is a poem expressing Emily Dickinsons _______ about her communication with the outside world.A. happinessB. angerC. anxietyD. sorrow14. Theodore Dreiser is generally regarded as one of America’ _______.A. naturalistsB. realistsC. modernistsD. romanticists15. Which of the following is not a work of Emi ly Dickenson’s?A. This is my letter to the WorldB. I heard a fly buzz-when I diedC. The Road Not TakenD. I like to see it lap the miles16.________ is a school of modern painting, whose emphasis is on the formal structure of a work of art and especially on the multiple-perspective viewpoints.A. ExpressionismB. ImpressionismC. CubismD. Imagism17. “He is the last of the romantic heroes, whose energy and sense of commitment take him in search of his personal Grail; his failure magnifies to a great extent the end of the American Dream.”The character referred to in the passage is most likely the protagonist of ________.A. Fitzgerald’s The Great GatsbyB. Dreiser’s An American TragedyC. Hemingway’s For Whom the Bell TollsD. Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn18. Almost all Faulkners heroes turned out to be tragic because ________.A. all enjoyed living in the declining American SouthB. none of them was conditioned by the civilization and social institutionsC. most of them were prisoners of the pastD. none were successful in their attempt to explain the inexplicable19.________ is a representative of the 1930s, when “novels of social protest” became dominant on the American literary scene.A. Ezra PoundB. F. Scott FitzgeraldC. Robert Lee FrostD. John Steinbeck20. In _______, Robert Frost compares life to a journey, and he is doubtful whether he will regret his choice or not when he is old, because the choice has made all the difference.A. “After Apple-Picking”B. “The Road Not Taken”C. “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening”D. “Fire and Ice”21.American writers after World War Ⅰself-consciously acknowledged that they were (a) "_______", devoid of faith and alienated from the Western civilization.A. Lost GenerationB. Beat GenerationC. Sons of LibertyD. Angry Young Men22. Which of the following statements about E. Grierson, the protagonist in Faulkner’s story "A Rose for Emily," is NOT true?A. She has a distorted personality.B. She is physically deformed and paralyzed.C. She is the symbol of the old values of the South.D. She is the victim of the past glory.23. Fitzgerald wrote the following except _______.A. The Great GatsbyB. In Our TimeC. Tender Is the NightD. This Side of Paradise24. Robert Frost was the Pulitzer Prize winner on _______ occasions.A. twoB. threeC. fourD. five25. Which of the following best describes the protagonist of William Faulkner’s “a Rose for Emily”?A. She is a conservative aristocrat.B. She is a wealth lady.C. She is a prisoner of the past.D. She has good taste.26. “I shall be telling this with a signSomewhere ages and ages hence:Two roads diverged in a wood, and II took the one less traveled by,The passage is taken from _______.And that has made all the difference.”A. Robert Lee Frost’s “The Road Not Taken”B. Alfred Tennyson’s “Break, Break, Break”C. Edmund Spenser’s “The Faerie Queene”D. Samuel Johnson’s “London”27."There was music from my neighbors house through the summer nights. In his blue gardens men and girls came and went like moths among the whisperings and the champagne and the stars……", the two sentences are taken from _______.A. The Great Gatsby by FitzgeraldB. Sister Carrie by Theodore DreiserC. Moby-Dick by Herman MelvilleD. Daisy Miller by Henry James28. Which of the following comments on the novel The Great Gatsby is not true?A. The Great Gatsby is a novel that is a set against the ending of the war.B. Gatsby is a mystical figure whose intensity of dream partakes of a state of mind that embodies American itself.C. Gatsby is the last of the romantic heroes.D. Gatsby is wealthy but unintelligent and brutal.29. Who, disregarding grammar and punctuation, always used "i" instead of "I" to refer to himself as a protest against self-importance?A. Wallace StevensB. CummingsC. FitzgeraldD. Ernest Hemingway30. The first book Robert Frost wrote was _______.A. Mountain IntervalB. New HampshireC. A Further RangeD. A Boy’s Will31. Which of the following is not a usual subject of poetic expression of Emily Dickinson’s?A. war and peaceB. love and marriageC. life and deathD. religion32. “Because I could not stop for Death” is a famous poem written by _______.A. Ezra poundB. Walt WhitmanC. Robert FrostD. Emily Dickinson33.Dai sy Miller’s tragedy of indiscretion is intensified and enlarged by its narration from the point of view of _______.A. the American youth WinterbourneB. the author of Henry JamesC. her mother Mrs. MillerD. the Italian youth Giovanelli34. In Henry Jam es’ Daisy Miller, the author tries to portray the young woman as an embodiment of _______.A. the corruption of the newly richB. the free spirit of the New WorldC. the decline of aristocracyD. the force of convention35. Stylistically, Henry James’ fi ction is characterized _______.A. highly refined languageB. ordinary American speechC. short, clear sentencesD. abundance of local images36. In the following writers, who is generally regarded as the forerunner of the 20th century “stream of consciousness” novels and the founder of psychological realism?A. Henry JamesB. Mark TwainC. Emily DickinsonD. Theodore Dreiser37. Henry James’s fame generally rests upon his novels and stories with the _______.A. international themeB. national themeC. European themeD. regional theme38. Mark Twain wrote most of his literary works with a _______ language.A. grandB. pompousC. simpleD. vernacular39. The book from which “all modern American literature comes” refers to _______.A. The Great GatsbyB. The Sun Also RisesC. The Adventures of Huckleberry FinnD. Moby Dick40. Mark Twain shaped the world’s view of America and made a combination of _______ and serious literature.A. English folk loreB. funny jokesC. American folk humorD. American traditional values41._______ is considered by H.L. Mencken as “the true father of our national literature”?A. HemingwayB. PopeC. IrvingD. Mark Twain42. Statement “_______” is not true in describing American naturalists.A. they were deeply influenced by Darwinism.B. they were identified with French novelist and theorist Emile Zola.C. they chose their subjects from the lower ranks of society.D. they used more serious and more sympathetic tone in writing than realists.43. One of the most familiar themes in American naturalism is the theme of human _______.A. bestialityB. goodnessC. compassionD. greed44. Naturalism is evolved from realism when the author’s tone in writing becomes less serious and less sympathetic but more ironic and more _______.A. optimisticB. pessimisticC. humorousD. rational45. Who exerts the single most important influence on literary naturalism?A. EmersonB. Jack LondonC. Theodore DreiserD. Darwin46. The period ranging from 1865 to 1914 has been referred to as _______.A. the Age of RealismB. the Age of ModernismC. the Age of RomanticismD. the Age of Colonialism47. Which of the following comments on the writings by Herman Melville is not true?A. “Bartleby, the Scrivener” is a short story.B. “Benito Cereno” is a novella.C. “The Confidence-Man” has something to do with the sea and sailors.D. “Moby-Dick” is regarded as the first American prose epic.48. Which of the following writers is not the dominant figure of the realistic period in American?A. Herman MelvilleB. William Dean HowellsC. Henry JamesD. Mark Twain49. The giant Moby Dick may symbolize all except _______.A. mystery of the universeB. sin of the whaleC. power of the great natureD. evil of the world50. “Moby-Dick” is regarded as the first American _______.A. prose epicB. comic epicC. dramatic fictionD. poetic fiction51. “The horizon’s edge, the flying sea-crow, the fragrance of salt marsh and shore mud. These became part of that child who went forth every day, and who now goes, and will always go forth every day.” The two lines are taken from _______.A. “There Was a Child Went Forth” by Walt WhitmanB. “In a Station of the Metro” by Ezra PoundC. “Cavalry Crossing a Ford” by Walt WhitmanD. “Ulysses” by Joyce52. Which of the following features cannot characterize poems by Walt Whitman?A. lyrical and well-structedB. free-flowingC. simple and rather crudeD. conversational and casual53. Walt Whitman is radically innovative in the form of his poetry. What he prefers for his new subject is _______.A. free verseB. blank verseC. lyric poemD. heroic couplet54._______ is the author of “The Scarlet Letter”.A. John BunyanB. Daniel DefoeC. Nathaniel HawthorneD. George Eliot55. All of the following are works by Nathaniel Hawthorn except _______.A. The House of the Seven GablesB. White JacketC. The Marble FaunD. The Blithedale Romance56. In Hawthorne’s novels and short stories, intellectuals usually appear as _______.A. SaviorsB. villainsC. commentatorsD. observers57. “There is evil in every human hear, which may remain latent, perhaps, through the whole life; but circumstances may rouse it to activity.” Which is the author of it?A. Washington IrvingB. Ralph Waldo EmersonC. Nathaniel HawthorneD. Walt Whitman58._______ is the most ambivalent writer in the American literary history.A. Nathaniel HawthorneB. Walt WhitmanC. Ralph Waldo EmersonD. Mark Twain59. In the following works, which signs the beginning of the American literature?A. The Sketch BookB. Leaves Of GrassC. Leather Stocking TalesD. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn60. The period before the American civil war is generally referred to as _______.A. the naturalist periodB. the modern periodC. the romantic periodD. the realistic period61. Of the following works by D.H. Lawrence, _______ established his position as a prominent novelist.A. The White PeacockB. The TrespasserC. Women in LoveD. Sons and Lovers62. Which of the following best describes the speaker of “The Love Song of J. Afred Prufrock”?A. He is a man of an action.B. He is a man of apathy.C. He is a man of inactivity.D. All the above are wrong.63.“The yellow fog that rubs its back upon the windowpanes,/ The yellow smoke that rubs its muzzle on the windowpanes/ Licked its tongue into the corners of the evening,/ Lingered upon the pools that stand in drains.” The stanza is taken from _______.A. T.S. Eliot’s “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”B. Emily Dickinson’s “Because I could not stop for Death”C. Al fred Tennyson’s “Bread, Break, Break”D. William Wordsworth’s “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud”64. Of the following poems by T. S. Eliot, which is hailed as a landmark and a model of the 20th century English poetry?A. Poems 1909-25B. The Hollow MenC. Prufrock and Other ObservationsD. The Waste Land65. The following comments on George Bernard Shaw are true except _______.A. George Bernard Shaw’s career as a dramatist began in 1892, when his first play Widowers’ House was put on by the Independent Theater Society.B. Shaw began his literary career by writing novels soon after his settling down in London.C. Shaw’s writings reflect the combination of realism and naturalismD. Shaw’s plays can be termed as problems plays.66. G. B. Shaw’s play “Mrs. Warren’s Profession” is a realistic exposure of the _______.A. political corruptionB. inequality between men and womenC. slum landlordismD. economic exploitation of women67._______ is considered to be the best-known English dramatist since Shakespeare.A. Oscar WildeB. John GalsworthyC. W. B. YeatsD. George Bernard Shaw68. Who is the first “Angry Young Man”?A. OsborneB. EliotC. ChristopherD. Bernard Shaw69. All of the following works are known as Hardy’s “novels of character and environment” EXCETP _______.A. The Return of the NativeB. Tess of the D’UrbervillesC. Jude the ObscureD. Far from the Madding Crowd70. The most distinguishing feature of Charles Dickens’ works is his _______.A. simple vocabularyB. bitter and sharp criticismC. character-portrayalD. pictures of happiness71. Poetry has been traditionally regarded as an art governed by rules; but to the romantics, poetry should be free from all _______.A. rhymesB. rhythmC. rulesD. emotion72. In terms of Pride and Prejudice, which is not true?A. Pride and Prejudice is the most popular of Jane Austen’s novels.B. Pride and Prejudice is originally draf ted as “First Impressions”.C. Pride and Prejudice is a tragic novel.D. In this novel, the author explores the relationship between great love and realistic benefits.73. Jane Austen’s first novel is _______.A. Pride and PrejudiceB. Sense and SensibilityC. EmmaD. Plan of a Novel74. The author of the work “Men of England” is _______.A. T. S. EliotB. Thomas GrayC. ShelleyD. Walt Whitman75. Shelley’s greatest achievement is his four-act poetic drama, _______.A. Men of EnglandB. Prometheus UnboundC. Ode to the West WindD. The Revolt of Islam76. In Shelley’s “To a Skylark”, the bird, suspended between reality and poetic image, pours forth an exultant song which suggests to the poet _______.A. both celestial rapture and human limitationB. both image creation and profound meaningC. both music and wordsD. both inspiration and skill of writing77. “Wild Spirit, which art moving everywhere;/ Destroyer and Preserver; hear, O hear!” the two lines are find in _______.A. Young Goodman Brown by HawthorneB. Ode to the West Wind by ShelleyC. Leaves of Grass by Walt WhitmanD. Ulysses by Joyce78. In his lyrics such as “Ode to Liberty”, “Ode to Naples”, Percy Bysshe Shelley expressed his love for _______ and his hatred toward tyranny.A. the middle classB. the poorC. freedomD. the proletariat79. Which of the following is not the best examples to show Wordsworth’s genuine love for the natural beauty?A. a Phantom of DelightB. To a SkylarkC. To the CuckooD. To a Butterfly80. Wordsworth’s short poems can be classified into two groups: poems about nature and poems about _______.A. loveB. human lifeC. freedomD. social activities81. Which of the following writings is not created by William Wordsworth?A. I wandered Lonely as a CloudB. Composed upon Westminster Bridge, September3, 1802C. The Solitary ReaperD. The Chimney Sweeper82._______ is regarded as a “worshipper of nature”.A. John KeatsB. William BlakeC. William WordsworthD. Jane Austen83. The tone of literature in “Songs of Experience” by William Blake is _______.A. dolefulB. livelyC. plainD. utter84. In his poem “Tyger, Tyger,”William Blake expresses his perception of the“fearful symmetry”of the big cat. The phrase“fearful symmetry”suggests ________.A. the tiger’s two eyes which are dazzlingly bright and symmetrically setB. the poet’s fear of the predatorC. the analogy of the hammer and the anvilD. the harmony of the two opposite aspects of God’s creation85. The declaration that “I know that This World is a World of IMAGINATION & Vision,” and that “The Nature of my work is visionary or imaginative” belongs to _______.A. William BlakeB. William WordsworthC. Samuel Taylor ColeridgeD. George Gordon Byron86. In the following writings by William Blake, which marks his entry into maturity?A. Songs of innocenceB. Songs of ExperienceC. Marriage of Heaven and HellD. Milton87. The Romantic Movement expressed a more or less _______ attitude toward the existing social and political conditions.A. positiveB. negativeC. neutralD. indifferent88. The Romantic Period is an age of poetry. Blake, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, Shelley and Keats are the major poets. They started a rebellion against the neoclassical literature, which was later regarded as _______.A. the poetic romanceB. the poetic movementC. the poetic revolutionD. the poetic reformation89. In the history of literature, Romanticism is generally regarded as _______.A. the thought that designates a literary and philosophical theory which tends to see the individual as the very center of all life and all experienceB. the thought that designates man as a social animalC. the orientation that emphasizes those features which men have in commonD. the modes of thinking90. Fielding’s language is ea sy and familiar. His sentences are always distinguished by ________.A. logicB. rhythmC. powerfulnessD. both A and B91. “The novel is structured around the discovery of the hero’s origin.” This novel is most probably ________.A. Charles Dickens’ Davi d CopperfieldB. James Joyce’s A Portrait of the Artist as a Young ManC. Thomas Hardy’s Far from the Madding GrowdD. Henry Fielding’s Tom Jones92. In which of the following works can you find the proper names “Lilliput,” “Brobdingnag,” “Houyhnhnm,” and“Yahoo”?A. James Joyce’s Ulysses.B. Charles Dickens’s Bleak House.C. Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels.D. D. H. Lawrence’s Women in love.93. Crusoe is the hero in Robinson Crusoe by _______.A. Jonathan SwiftB. Daniel DefoeC. George EliotD. D. H. Lawrence94. The Enlightenment Movement’s purpose was to enlighten the whole world with the light of modern _______ and artistic ideas.A. religiousB. politicalC. arealD. philosophical95. The eighteenth-century England is known as the Age of _______.A. RomanticismB. ClassicismC. RenaissanceD. Enlightenment96. Daniel Defoe describes _______ as a typical English middle-class man of the 18th century, the very prototype of the empire builder or the pioneer colonist.A. Robinson CrusoeB. Moll FlandersC. GulliverD. Tom Jones97. The following comments on Daniel Defoe are right except that _______.A. Robinson Crusoe is his first novelB. Robinson Crusoe is universally considered his masterpieceC. he was a member of the upper classD. in his novels, his sympathy for the downtrodden, unfortunate poor is shown98._______ is the typical feature of Swift’s writing.A. Elegant styleB. Casual narrationC. Bitter satireD. Complicated sentence structure99. The most important representative work by Jonathan Swift is _______.A. a Tale of a TubB. the Battle of the BooksC. A Modest ProposalD. Gulliver’s Travels100.Of all the 18th century novelists, _______ 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.A. Daniel DefoeB. Samuel JohnsonC. Oliver GoldsmithD. Henry Fielding101. In the following writings by Henry Fielding, which brings him the name of the “Prose Homer”?A. the Coffee-House PoliticianB. The Tragedy of TragediesC. the History of Tom Jones, a FoundlingD. The History of Amelia102. Which of the following novels is not written by Henry Fielding?A. Jonathan WildB. Moll FlandersC. Joseph AndrewsD. Tom Jones103. One of the major results of the reformation in England was the fact that the ________ in English was placed in every church and services were held in English instead of Latin so that people could understand.A. Canterbury talesB. BibleC. Old TestamentD. Malorys Morte Darthur104. Humanism sprang from the endeavor to restore a medieval reverence for the antique authors and is frequently taken as the beginning of the Renaissance on its conscious, intellectual side, for the Greek and Roman civilization was based on such a conception that man is the ________ of all things.A. measureB. kingC. loverD. defender105. William Caxton was the first person who introduced ________ into England.A. writingB. printingC. heroic coupletD. defender106._______ shows how mankind, in the person of Christ, withstands the tempter and is established once more in the divine favor.A. Paradise LostB. Paradise RegainedC. Samson AgonistesD. Beowulf107. “all is not lost: the unconquerable will, and study of reven ge, immortal hate, and courage never to submit or yield: and what is else not to be overcome?”This part comes from _______.A. Dr. FaustusB. Paradise LostC. Paradise RegainedD. Tambutlaine108. In his life, _______ shows himself a real revolutionary, a master poet and a great prose writer. He fought for freedom in all aspects as a Christian humanist, while his achievement in literature make him tower over all the other English writers of his time and exert a great influence over later ones.A. William ShakespeareB. Edmund SpenserC. John DonneD. John Milton109. Shakespeare has established his giant position in world literature with his _______ plays, 154 sonnets and 2 long poems.A. 47B. 27C. 52D. 38110. “To be, or not to be - that is t he question; whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer, the slings and arrows of outragerous fortune, or to take arms against a sea of troubles, and by opposing end them?” Who said these words?A. King LearB. RomeoC. AntonioD. Hamlet111. “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?” this is the beginning line of one of Shakespeare’s _______.A. songsB. sonnetsC. playsD. comedies112. The real mainstream of the English renaissance is ________.A. the Elizabethan dramaB. the Elizabethan proseC. ancient poemD. romantic novel113. The cradle of the renaissance is ________.A. GermanyB. EnglandC. AmericaD. Italy114. In The Merchant of Venice, Antonio, in order to help his friend Bassanio, has to borrow from _______, the Jewish _______.A. Portia/judgeB. Shylock/usurerC. Shylock/judgeD. Portia/usurer115. William Shakespeare’s greatest tragedies are: Hamlet, _______, King Lear, and _______.A. Romeo and Juliet/OthelloB. Othello/MacbethC. The Tempest/MacbethD. The Merchant of Venice/Romeo and Juliet116. The play Romeo and Juliet, though a tragedy, is permeated with _______ spirit.A. optimisticB. sadC. pessimisticD. indifferent117. It can be said that though essentially still a medieval writer, Geoffrey Chaucer bore marks of humanism and anticipated a new _______ to come.A. manB. theoryC. doctrineD. era118. Geoffrey Chaucer’s reputation has been securely established as one of the best English ________ for his wisdom, humor, and humanity.A. novelistsB. dramatistsC. poetsD. A and B119. In the Norman conquest of England, the Germanic tribes from the Northern Europe brought with them not only the ________ language, the basis of Modern English, but also a specific poetic tradition.A. MediterraneanB. ChristianC. Anglo-SaxonD. Roman120.After reading the first chapter of Pride and Prejudice, we may come to know that Mrs. Bennet is a woman of _______ .A.simple character and poor understandingB.simple character and quick witC.intricate character and quick witD.intricate character and poor understanding121.Where Mark Twain satirized European manners at times, _______ was an admirer.A. O. HenryB. Henry JamesC. Walt WhitmanD. Jack London122.After reading the first chapter of Pride and Prejudice, we may come to know that Mrs. Bennet is a woman of _______.A. simple character and poor understandingB. simple character and quick witC. intricate character and quick witD. intricate character and poor understanding123.Which of the following statements about E. Grierson, the protagonist in Faulkners story "A Rose for Emily," is NOT true?A. She has a distorted personality.B. She is physically deformed and paralyzed.C. She is the symbol of the old values of the South.D. She is the victim of the past glory.综合测验题库答案与解析一、单项选择题1. 正确答案：C答案解析：福克纳是美国“南方文学”流派的主要代表人物。