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英国文学期末考试试题广外
英国文学期末考试试题(广东外语外贸大学)
Instructions:
Thisexaminationconsists of5parts,andthetotal time forthe examination is2hours、All theanswersshould beentered ontotheAnswerSheet。
PartI:
Multiple Choices (10%)
Choosethe bestanswertothe following sentences、
1、Whichof thefollowing isNOTafeatureof Beowulf?
A.Alliteration
B、Anglo-Saxons’earlylife in England
C、Germaniclanguage
D、The nationalepicofAnglo—Saxonpeople
2、 EnglishRenaissancePeriod was anageof 、
A、prose andnovel B、poetry anddrama
C、essaysandjournals D。
balladsandsongs
3、 The main literary formoftheearly17thcenturywaspoetry. JohnMiltonwasacknowledged asthe greatest。
Besideshim,thereweretwogroupsof poets.TheyweretheCavalierpoetsand、
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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