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英美文学练习1
英美文学练习1
(一)
Ⅰ.MultipleChoices(40pointsinall,1foreach)
Selectfromthefourchoicesofeachitemtheonethatbestanswersthequestionorcompletesthestatement.Writeyouranswerinthecorrespondingspaceontheanswersheet.
1.Theworkthatpresented,forthefirsttimeinEnglishliterature,acomprehensiverealisticpictureofthemedievalEnglishsocietyandcreatedawholegalleryofvividcharactersfromallwalksoflifeismostlikely_____B_________.
A.WilliamLangland’sPiersPlowmanB.GeoffreyChaucer’sTheCanterburyTales
C.JohnGower’sConfessionAmantisD.SirGawainandtheGreenKnight
2.ThetragedyofDr.Faustus,theprotagonistinChristopherMarlowe’sTheTragicHistoryofDr.Faustus,istheveryfactthat____A__________.
A.manisconfinedtotimeB.hetriedtojoinAfricatoSpain
C.hebecameamanwithoutsoulafterhesoldit
D.heconjuredupHelen,theladywhowaspartiallyresponsibleforthebreaking-upoftheTrojanWar
3.Thesentence“ShallIcomparetheetoasummer’sday?
”isthebeginninglineofoneofShakespeare’s______C_______
A.comediesB.tragediesC.sonnetsD.histories
4.ParadiseLostisactuallyastorytakenfrom______B________.
A.theRenaissanceB.theOldTestament
C.GreekMythologyD.theNewTestament
5.Spenser’smasterpiece_____A________isagreatpoemofitstime.
A.TheFaerieQueeneB.TheShepherdsCalendar
C.TheCanterburyTalesD.Metamorphoses
6.________C______istheessenceoftheRenaissance.
A.PoetryB.DramaC.HumanismD.Reason
7.ThemostfamousdramatistsintheRenaissanceEnglandareChristopherMarlowe,WilliamShakespeareand_______C____.
A.JohnMiltonB.JohnMarlowe
C.BenJonsonD.EdmundSpenser
8.“Tobe,ornottobe—thatisthequestion”isalinetakenfrom________A______.
A.HamletB.Othello
C.KingLearD.TheMerchantofVenice
9.FrancisBacon’sessaysarefamousfortheirbrevity,compactnessand_______C_______.
A.complicityB.complexity
C.powerfulnessD.mildness
10.LiteratureofNeoclassicismisdifferentfromthatofRomanticisminthat______A________.
A.theformercelebratesreason,rationality,orderandinstructionwhilethelatterseesliteratureasanexpressionofanindividual’sfeelingandexperiences
B.theformerisheavilyreligiousbutthelattersecular
C.theformerisanintellectualmovement,thepurposeofwhichistoarousethemiddleclassforpoliticalrightswhilethelatterisconcernedwiththepersonalcultivation
D.theformeradvocatesthe“returntonature”whereasthelatterturnstotheancientGreekandRomanwritersforitsmodels.
keys:
BACBACCACA
(二)
1.Romance,whichusesnarrativeverseorprosetotellstoriesof__B_adventuresorotherheroicdeeds,isapopularliteraryforminthemedievalperiod.
A.ChristianB.knightlyC.GreekD.primitive
2.AmongthegreatMiddleEnglishpoets,GeoffreyChaucerisknownforhisproductionofD___.
A.PiersPlowmanB.SirGawainandtheGreenKnight
C.ConfessioAmantisD.TheCanterburyTales
3.WhichofthefollowinghistoricaleventsdoesnotdirectlyhelptostimulatetherisingoftheRenaisssanceMovement?
C
A.TherediscoveryofancientGreekandRomanculture.
B.Thenewdiscoveriesingeographyandastrology,
C.TheGloriousrevolution.
D.Thereligiousreformationandtheeconomicexpansion.
4.WhichofthefollowingstatementsbestillustratesthethemeofShakespeare'sSonnet18?
C
A.ThespeakereulogizesthepowerofNature.
B.Thespeakersatirizeshumanvanity.
C.Thespeakerpraisesthepowerofartisticcreation.
D.Thespeakermeditatesonman'ssalvation.
5.“Andwewillsitupontherocks,/Seeingtheshepherdsfeedtheirflocks,/Byshallowriverstowhosefalls/Melodiousbirdssingmadrigals.”Theabovelinesareprobablytakenfrom__D.
A.Spenser'sTheFaerieQueene
B.JohnDonne's“TheSunRising”
C.Shakespeare's“Sonnet18”
D.Marlowe's“ThePassionateShepherdtoHisLove”
6.“Bassanio:
Antonio,Iammarriedtoawife
Whichisasdeartomeaslifeitself;
Butlifeitself,Mywife,andalltheworld.
Arenotwithmeesteem'dabovethylife;
Iwouldloseall,ay,sacrificethemall,
Heretothedevil,todeliveryou.
Portia:
Yourwifewouldgiveyoulittlethanksforthat,
Ifshewerebytohearyoumaketheoffer.”
TheaboveisaquotationtakenfromShakespeare'scomedyTheMerchantofVenice.
Thequotedpartcanberegardedasagoodexampletoillustrate_A___.
A.dramaticironyB.personification
C.allegoryD.symbolism
7.TheturesubjectofJohnDonne'spoem,“TheSunRising,”isto_B__.
A.attackthesunasanunrulyservant
B.givecomplimentstothemistressandherpowerofbeauty
C.criticizethesun'sintrusionintothelover'sprivatelife
D.lecturethesunonwheretrueroyaltyandricheslie
8.Ofallthe18thcenturynovelistsHenryFieldingwasthefirsttosetout,bothintheoryandpractice,towritespecificallya“__B_inprose,”thefirsttogivethemodernnovelitsstructureandstyle.
A.tragicepicB.comicepic
C.romanceD.lyricepic
9.TheHouyhnhnmsdepictedbyJonathanSwiftinGulliver'sTravelsare___A.
A.horsesthatareendowedwithreason
B.pigmiesthatareendowedwithadmirablequalities
C.giantsthataresuperiorinwisdom
D.hairy,wild,lowanddespicablecreatures,whoresemblehumanbeingsnotonlyinappearancebutalsoinsomeotherways.
10.Herearefourlinesfromaliterarywork:
“Othersforlanguagealltheircareexpress,/Andvaluebooks,aswomenmen,fordress.”Theworkis_C__.
A.ThomasGray's“ElegyWritteninaCountryChurchyard”
B.JohnMilton'sParadiseLost
C.AlexanderPope'sEssayonCriticism
D.Shakespeare'sMidsummerNight'sDream
keys:
1.B2.D3.C4.C5.D
6.A7.B8.B9.A10.C
2.MultipleChoice(40pointsinall,1foreach)
Selectfromthefourchoicesofeachitemtheonethatbestanswersthequestionorcompletesthestatement.Writeyourchoiceontheanswersheet.
1.ThemostsignificantideaoftheRenaissanceis(A).
A.humanismB.realism
C.naturalismD.skepticism
2.Shakespeare’stragediesincludeallthefollowingexcept(D).
A.HamletandKingLear
B.AntonyandCleopatraandMacbeth
C.JuliusCaesarandOthello
D.TheMerchantofVeniceandAMidsummerNight’sDream
3.Thestatement“Studiesservefordelight,forornament,andforability”opensoneofwell-knownessaysby(A).
A.FrancisBaconB.SamuelJohnson
C.AlexanderPopeD.JonathanSwift
4.InHardy’sWessexnovels,thereisanapparent(D)touchinhisdescriptionofthesimplethoughprimitiverurallife.
A.nostalgicB.humorous
C.romanticD.ironic
5.Backbite,Sneerwell,andLadyTeazlearecharactersintheplayTheSchoolforScandalby(c).
A.ChristopherMarloweB.BenJonson
C.RichardBrinsleySheridanD.GeorgeBernardShaw
6.Ofallthe18thcenturynovelistsHenryFieldingwasthefirsttosetout,bothintheoryandpractice,towritespecificallya“(B)inprose,”thefirsttogivethemodernnovelitsstructureandstyle.
A.tragicepicB.comicepic
C.romanceD.lyricepic
7.Inhispoem“Tyger,Tyger,”WilliamBlakeexpresseshisperceptionofthe“fearfulsymmetry”ofthebigcat.Thephrase“fearfulsymmetry”suggests(D).
A.thetiger’stwoeyeswhicharedazzlinglybrightandsymmetricallyset
B.thepoet’sfearofthepredator
C.theanalogyofthehammerandtheanvil
D.theharmonyofthetwooppositeaspectsofGod’screation
8.“Whatishisname?
”
“Bingley.”
“Ishemarriedorsingle?
”
“Oh!
Single,mydear,tobesure!
Asinglemanoflargefortune;fourorfivethousandayear.Whatafinethingforourgirls!
”
Theabovedialoguemustbetakenfrom(A).
A.JaneAusten’sPrideandPrejudice
B.EmilyBronte’sWutheringHeights
C.JohnGalsworthy’sTheForsyteSaga
D.GeorgeEliot’sMiddlemarch
9.Theshortstory“Araby”isoneofthestoriesinJamesJoyce’scollection(D).
A.APortraitoftheArtistasaYoungMan
B.Ulysses
C.FinnegansWake
D.Dubliners
10.WilliamWordsworth,aromanticpoet,advocatedallthefollowingexcept(D).
A.theusingofeverydaylanguagespokenbythecommonpeople
B.theexpressionofthespontaneousoverflowofpowerfulfeelings
C.thehumbleandrusticlifeassubjectmatter
D.Elegant优雅的wordingandinflatedfiguresofspeech
11.HerearetwolinestakenfromTheMerchantofVenice:
“Notonthysole,butonthysoul,harshJew/Thoumak’stthyknifekeen.”Whatkindoffigurativedeviceisusedintheabovelines?
(C)
A.Simile.B.Metonymy.借代
C.Pun.双关D.Synecdoche.提喻
12.“IfWintercomes,canSpringbefarbehind?
”isanepigrammaticlineby(D).
A.J.KeatsB.W.Blake
C.W.WordsworthD.P.B.Shelley
13.Thepoemssuchas“TheChimneySweeper”arefoundinbothSongsofInnocenceandSongsofExperienceby(B).
A.WilliamWordsworthB.WilliamBlake
C.JohnKeatsD.LordGordonByron
14.JohnBunyan’sPilgrim’sProgressisoftenregardedasatypicalexampleof(A).
A.allegory寓言B.romance
C.epicinproseD.fable
15.AlexanderPopestronglyadvocatedneoclassicism新古典主义,emphasizing强调thatliteraryworksshouldbejudgedby(A)rulesoforder,reason,logic,restrainedemotion,goodtasteanddecorum.
A.classicalB.romantic
C.sentimentalD.allegorical
16.Inhisessay“OfStudies,”Baconsaid:
“Somebooksaretobetasted,otherstobeswallowed,andsomefewtobechewedand(D).”
A.skimmedB.perfected
C.imitatedD.digested
17.“ForIhaveknownthemallalready,knownthemall—/Haveknowntheevenings,mornings,afternoons,/Ihavemeasuredoutmylifewithcoffeespoons.”Theabovelinesaretakenfrom(B).
A.Wordsworth’s“TheSolitaryReaper”
B.Eliot’s“TheLoveSongofJ.AlfredPrufrock”
C.Coleridge’s“KublaKhan”
D.Yeats’s“TheLakeIsleofInnisfree”
18.(The)(C)wasaprogressiveintellectual有智慧的movementthroughoutWesternEuropeinthe18thcent
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