英国文学期末考试试题 广外Word格式.docx
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A. thelakepoets B。
the universitywits
C。
theMetaphysical poetsD。
theRomantic poets
4.Pamelaiswidely consideredtobe thefirstnovelandwaswritten by___________.
A、Thomas Hardy
B.JamesJoyce
C、SamuelRichardson
D、HenryFielding
5. Thepublication of ,whichwasthejointworkofWilliamWordsworthandSamuelT、Coleridge,marked thebeginning oftheRomanticAgeinEngland.
A.DonJuan B、TheRimeoftheAncientMariner
C、LyricalBalladsD.QueenMab
6、Among themostfamousrealistic novelistsoftheVictorianage are ,W。
M。
Thackeray,Bronte sisters,etc、
A。
Joseph Conrad
B.Henry Fielding
C。
CharlesDickens D。
D.H。
Lawrence
7、
InJamesJoyce’s____________ thestory“Eveline”paints aportraitofayoung womanfromDublindeciding whetherornotto leaveher hometown、
A. Ulysses
B、Orlando
C.Dubliners
D、APortraitoftheArtistasaYoungMan
8。
In the18th centuryEngland,satirewas muchusedinwriting、 Literatureofthisageproducedsomeexcellentsatirists, suchasJonathanSwift,HenryFieldingand、
WilliamBlake B。
RobertBurns C、AlexanderPope D、DanielDefoe
9、William Wordsworthneverused“gaudyandinanephraseology”becausehefelt that poetryshould____________、
A.beread onlybythewell—educated
B.use difficultvocabulary toexpress complicated emotions
C。
usesimplespeechto communicatethe truthsofhumanexperience
D.relyonstrangeandunmonwordstobringpeople newexperiences
10。
Virginia Woolfisrenownedforadopting the technique,whichdisplays thesequence ofthoughtsandimpressionsin aperson'
smind、
A.mind—reading B。
third-personnarration
C、 stream—of—consciousness D。
feminist
Part II:
Gap Filling(10%)
Completethefollowingsentencesand write youranswerson theAnswerSheet。
1、GeoffreyChaucer’s work givesusapictureof thecondition ofEnglishlifeofhisday,suchas itsworkand play,itsdeedsand dreams,itsfun andsympathy.
2、 DuringtheNormanConquest,themost importantformofliterarycompositionis
,therepresentativeofwhichisthelegendof KingArthurandtheround table knights.
3、 EpochofRenaissancewitnessed a particulardevelopmentofEnglish drama、ItwasWilliamShakespeareand whomade blank versethe principal vehicleofexpressionindrama。
4。
Hamlet, Othello,Macbethand are generallyregardedasWilliamShakespeare’sfourgreattragedies、
5、 EdmundSpenserisgenerallyregardedasthegreatestnondramaticpoetoftheElizabethanAge.His fameischieflybased onhismasterpiece 。
6。
In Elizabethan Period, wrote more than50excellentessays, whichmade him one of thebestessayistsin Englishliterature.
7. Thewasa progressive intellectualmovementthroughoutwesternEurope inthe18thcentury。
8. Inthe latterpartof the 18thcentury, thereappeared,asareactionagainstReason,
___________novelandliteratureofsentimentality.
9。
Thomas Gray'
s highlypraisedpoem showsthepoet’ssympathy for thepoor,andcondemns thegreatoneswhodespisethe poorandbring sufferings tothecommon people。
10。
TheRomantic movement inEnglandhad twosignificantmovementsasitsbackground:
theFrenchRevolution and 、
11 ________isperhapsthemost talentedearlynovelist。
Shewrote anumber of booksconcerningyoung,relativelywealthywomenpursuingmarriage,suchasPrideandPrejudice andEmma、
12。
George Byron is chieflyknownforhistwolongpoems。
OneisChildeHarold’sPilgrimageandtheotheris 、
13John Keatswroteseveralfamous___________, atypeof lyricpoemthatismeditative and formal。
14、_________,theeldestofthetwofamousnovelist sisters,wrote JaneEyrein themiddle of the19thcentury。
15. _____________monologue was firstsuccessfully usedinpoetry by RobertBrowning.
16、Oneof the most strikingfeaturesof inthe 20thcentury literatureisanti-past, anti-tradition,anti-novel, anti—hero, etc。
17、 __________,themanifestoofmodernistpoetryinthe20th century,was writtenby T.S。
Eliot。
18。
APassagetoIndia,Howard'
sEnd,and ARoomwithaViewarethreeofthe mostfamousnovels by___________。
19。
LordJimis oneofthemost famousnovelsby_________,whowasborninPolandand learnedEnglishashis thirdlanguage、
20.Man and Superman andPygmalionare two。
。
、。
。
ofmostfamousplaysby__________、
PartIII:
DefinitionofTerms(15%)
ChooseTHREEoutofthe followingtermsand explainthem in twoorthreesentences。
Sonnet;
Pointof view;
Soliloquy;
Setting;
Heroiccouplet
PartIV:
Appreciation(40%)
ChooseTWOofthefollowingthreeexcerptsand writeapassageofcomment(about80words) on eachone、Yourment shouldcoverthequestions aftereachexcerpt、
Excerpt1:
Iwanderedlonelyasacloud
Thatfloats onhigho'
ervalesandhills,
WhenallatonceIsawacrowd,
Ahost, of goldendaffodils;
Beside thelake,beneaththe trees,
Flutteringanddancing inthe breeze。
…
Foroft, when onmy couch Ilie
Invacantorinpensivemood,
They flash upon thatinwardeye
Whichisthebliss ofsolitude;
Andthen myheartwithpleasurefills,
Anddanceswiththedaffodils。
(WilliamWordsworth,“IWanderedLonelyasaCloud”)
Questions:
1、Whatisthecentral image ofthispoem?
What isthe poet’sreactionas revealedinthe poem?
2.Wordsworth believes that“All goodpoetryisthespontaneousoverflowofpowerfulfeelings”andpoetry“takesitsoriginfrom emotionrecollectedintranquility"
、Howdoesthis poemreflectthepoet'
s philosophyofcomposition?
Excerpt2:
Theproperstudy ofmankind isman、
Placed onthisisthmusofa middle state,
Abeingdarklywise,andrudelygreat:
Withtoomuchknowledge for theSkepticside,
WithtoomuchweaknessfortheStoic'
spride,
Hehangsbetween;
in doubtto act, or rest;
Indoubt todeem himselfaGod,orbeast;
Indoubt hismindorbody to prefer;
Born buttodie,andreasoningsuch,
Whetherhethinkstoolittle ortoo much;
Chaosofthoughtandpassion,allconfused;
Stillbyhimselfabusedordisabused;
Createdhalfto rise,andhalf to fall;
(AlexanderPope,AnEssayonMan)
Questions:
1、What’s thetopicoftheabovelines?
2.Summarize themainideainafew sentences、
Excerpt 3:
Ishallnowthereforehumbly proposemyownthoughts,whichI hope will notbeliabletotheleastobjection.
Ihavebeenassured byavery knowingAmericanofmyacquaintance inLondon,thata younghealthychildwellnursedis at ayearolda most delicious,nourishing,andwholesomefood, whetherstewed,roasted,baked,orboiled;
andImakenodoubtthatit willequallyserve in africasseeor aragout.
Idothereforehumblyoffer ittopublic consideration thatofthe hundred andtwentythousandchildren, already computed,twentythousand may bereserved forbreed,whereofonlyonefourthpart tobemales,which ismorethanwe allowto sheep, blackcattle, or swine;
andmyreasonisthatthese childrenareseldomthefruits ofmarriage,a circumstance notmuchregarded by our savages,thereforeonemale willbe sufficientto serve fourfemales. Thattheremaininghundredthousandmay atayear oldbeofferedinsaletothepersonofquality andfortunethrough the kingdom,alwaysadvisingthemotherto letthemsuckplentifullyinthelastmonth,soastorenderthemplumpandfatfor agoodtable. Achildwillmaketwodishes atan entertainment forfriends,andwhenthe family dinesalone,the foreorhindquarterwill makea reasonabledish;
and seasonedwith alittle pepper orsaltwillbe verygoodboiledonthefourthday,especiallyinwinter、
(Jonathan Swift,A ModestProposal)
Questions:
1、 What is theauthor’smodestproposalinthepassage?
Andwhatdoyouthinkishis realideabehind it?
2.Whatkindof toneisshown inthepassage?
(Explainitwithspecificquotationsfromthe text)
PartV.CriticalReading (25%)
Read theattachedshortstoryandanswerthe questions in essayform。
1、What’stheturningpoint inthemurdertrial?
Describeitinafew sentences。
2.Readcarefullythe lasttwoparagraphsofthestoryand comment,intheformofa 150-200-word essay,on themessageorrealmeaningoftheauthor。
TheCasefortheDefense
GrahamGreene
1Itwasthe strangestmurdertrialthat I everattended.Theynamed itthePeckhammurderintheheadlines,though NorthwoodStreet,where theold womanwasfoundbatteredtodeath, wasnot strictlyspeakingin Peckham、Thiswasnotoneofthosecases ofcircumstantialevidence inwhichyoufeelthe juryman’sanxiety—because mistakeshave beenmade—likedomesofsilencemutingthecourt.No,this murdererwasallbut foundwiththebody;
noonepresentwhenthe Crowncounseloutlined hiscase believedthatthemanin the dockstoodanychanceatall。
2Hewas aheavystout manwithbulgingbloodshoteyes、Allh
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