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英美文学复习试题
PARTONE(40POINTS)
Ⅰ.MultipleChoice(40pointsinall,1foreach)
Selectfromthefourchoicesofeachitemtheonethatbestanswersthequestionorcompletesthestatement.Writeyourcorrectanswerontheanswersheet.
1.“Andwewillsitupontherocks,/Seeingtheshepherdsfeedtheirflocks,/Byshallowriverstowhosefalls/Melodiousbirdssingmadrigals.”Theabovelinesaretakenfrom______.
A.Milton’sParadiseLostB.Marlowe’s“ThePassionateshepherdtoHisLove”
C.Shakespeare’s“Sonnet18”D.JohnDonne’s“TheSunRising”
2.TheEnglishRenaissanceperiodwasanageof______.
A.poetryanddramaB.dramaandnovelC.novelandpoetryD.romanceandpoetry
3.HerearefourlinestakenfromEdmundSpenser’sTheFaerieQueene:
“ButonhisbrestabloudieCrossehebore,/ThedeareremembranceofhisdyingLord,/Forwhosesweetesakethatgloriousbadgehewore,/Anddeadaslivingeverhimadored.”Whoisthe“dyingLord”discussedintheabovelines?
A.BeowulfB.KingArthurC.JesusChristD.Jupiter
4.Themajorconcernof_______fictionliesinthetracingofthepsychologicaldevelopmentofhischaractersandinhisenergeticcriticismofthedehumanizingeffectofthecapitalistindustrializationonhumannature.
A.CharlesDickens"sB.D.H.Lawrence"sC.ThomasHardy"sD.JohnGalsworthy"s
5.DanielDefoedescribes_______asatypicalEnglishMiddle-classmanoftheeighteenthcentury,theveryprototypeoftheempirebuilderorthepioneercolonist.
A.TomJonesB.GulliverC.MollFlandersD.RobinsonCrusoe
6."Tobesodistinguishedisanhonor,which,beingverylittleaccustomedtofavorsfromthegreat,Iknownotwellhowtoreceive,orinwhattermstoacknowledge."
TheabovequotedsentenceispresentedbySamuelJohnsonwitha(n)_______tone.
A.delightfulB.jealousC.ironicD.humorou
7.“LetnotAmbitionmocktheirusefultoil,/Theirhomelyjoys,anddestinyobscure;/NorGrandeurhearwithadisdainfulsmile/Theshortandsimpleannalsofthepoor.”
Theabovelinesaretakenfrom.
A.AlexanderPope’sEssayonCriticismB.Coleridge’s“KublaKhan”
C.JohnDonne’s“TheSunRising”D.ThomasGray’s“ElegyWritteninaCountryChurchyard”
8.Bymakingthetruth-seekingpilgrimssufferatthehandsofthepeopleofVanityFair,JohnBunyanintendstoshowtheprevalentpoliticalandreligious______ofhistime.
A.persecutionB.improvementC.prosperityD.disillusionment
9.The18thcenturywitnessedanewliteraryform-themodernEnglishnovel,which,contrarytothemedievalromance,givesa______presentationoflifeofthecommonpeople.
A.romanticB.realisticC.propheticD.idealistic
10.Asawhole,______isoneofthemosteffectiveanddevastatingcriticismsandsatiresofallaspectsinthethenEnglishandEuropeanlife—socially,politically,religiously,philosophically,scientifically,andmorally.
A.MollFlandersB.Gulliver’sTravels
C.Pilgrim’sProgressD.TheSchoolforScandal
11.ItisgenerallyregardedthatKeats"smostimportantandmaturepoemsareintheformof_______.
A.odeB.elegyC.epicD.sonnet
12.G.B.Shaw"splayMrs.Warren"sProfessionisarealisticexposureofthe_______intheEnglishsociety.
A.slumlandlordismB.inequalitybetweenmenandwomen
C.politicalcorruptionD.economicexploitationofwomen
13.InWilliamBlake"spoetry,thefather(andanyotherinwhomhesawtheimageofthefathersuchasGod,priest,andking)wasusuallyafigureof_______.
A.benevolenceB.admirationC.loveD.tyranny
14.""Ibelieveyouaremadeofstone,"hesaid,clenchinghisfingerssohardthathebrokethefragilecup.…"Youseemtoforget,"shesaid,"thatcupisnot!
""
Fromtheabovequotedpassage,wecanfindthewoman"stoneisvery_______.
A.sarcasticB.amusingC.sentimentalD.facetious
15.ThePilgrim"sProgressbyJohnBunyanisoftensaidtobeconcernedwiththesearchfor_______.
A.materialwealthB.spiritualsalvationC.universaltruthD.self-fulfillment
16.AlexanderPopestronglyadvocated_______,emphasizingthatliteraryworksshouldbejudgedbyrulesoforder,reason,logic,restrainedemotion,goodtasteanddecorum.
A.sentimentalismB.romanticismC.idealismD.neoclassicism
17.AfterreadingthefirstchapterofPrideandPrejudice,wemaycometoknowthatMrs.Bennetisawomanof_______.
A.simplecharacterandquickwitB.simplecharacterandpoorunderstanding
C.intricatecharacterandquickwitD.intricatecharacterandpoorunderstanding
18.Ofalltheeighteenth-centurynovelists,_______wasthefirsttosetout,bothintheoryandpractice,towritespecificallya"comicepicinprose,"andthefirsttogivethemodernnovelitsstructureandstyle.
A.DanielDefoeB.SamuelRichardsonC.HenryFieldingD.OliverGoldsmith
19."Notonthysolebutonthysoul,harshJew,/Thoumak"stthyknifekeen."
IntheabovequotationtakenformTheMerchantofVenice,Shakespeareemploysa(n)_______.
A.oxymoronB.punC.simileD.synecdoche
20.InHardy"sWessexnovels,thereisanapparent_______touchinhisdescriptionofthesimpleandbeautifulthoughprimitiverurallife.
A.humorousB.romanticC.nostalgicD.sarcastic
21."Oprince,Ochiefofmanythronedpowers,"
Thatledth"embattledseraphimtowar
Underthyconduct,andindreadfuldeeds
Fearless,endangeredHeaven"sperpetualKing."
InthethirdlineoftheabovepassagequotedfromMilton"sParadiseLost,thephrase"thyconduct"refersto_______conduct.
A.Satan"sB.God"sC.Adam"sD.Eve"s
22.WecanperhapsdescribethewestwindinShelley"spoem"OdetotheWestWind"withallthefollowing
termsexcept_______.
A.tamedB.swiftC.proudD.wild
23.In1837,RalphWaldoEmersonmadeaspeechentitled_______atHarvard,whichwashailedbyOliver
WendellHolmesas"OurintellectualDeclarationofIndependence."
A."Nature"B."Self-Reliance"C."DivinitySchoolAddress"D."TheAmericanScholar"
24.InHawthorne"s"YoungGoodmanBrown,"asatanicfigureleadsthecredulousprotagonisttoawitches"
Sabbathinthewoods.ThereherecognizesmanypillarsofSalem"sPuritansocietyaswellashiswife,Faith.
ThestoryillustratesHawthorne"sallegoricalthemeofhumanevilorwhatMelvillecalledthe"powerof
_______."
A.blacknessB.whitenessC.terrorD.hypocrisy
25.ForMelville,aswellasforthereaderand_______,thenarrator,MobyDickisstillamystery,anultimate
mysteryoftheuniverse.
A.AhabB.IshmaelC.StubbD.Starbuck
26.MostofthepoemsinWhitman"sLeavesofGrasssingofthe"en-mass"andthe_______aswell.
A.natureB.self-relianceC.selfD.life
27.EmilyDickinson"spoem(441)"ThisismylettertotheWorld"expressesthepoet"s_______abouther
communicationwiththeoutsideworld.
A.indifferenceB.joyC.anxietyD.indignation
28.Whichofthefollowingstatementsaboutwritersin1920sistrue?
A.MarkTwainpublishedhislastandmostimportantnovel.
B.F.ScottFitzgeraldreceivedtheNobelPrize.
C.Freudianpsychologyinfluencedmanymodernwriters.
D.Mostwriterswerepoliticallyradical.
29.Naturalismisevolvedfromrealismwhentheauthor"stoneinwritingbecomeslessseriousandless
sympatheticbutmoreironicandmore_______.
A.rationalB.humorousC.optimisticD.pessimistic
30.MarkTwain’sfirstnovel_______,writtenincollaborationwithCharlesD.Warnerandpublishedin
1873,thoughnotanartisticsuccess,givesitsnametotheAmericaofthepost-CivilWarperiodwhichit
attemptstosatirize.
A.TheGildedAgeB.TheAgeofInnocenceC.TheRoughingTimeD.TheJazzAge
31.Dreiser’sTrilogyofDesireincludesthreenovels.TheyareTheFinancier,TheTitanand_______.
A.TheGeniusB.TheTycoonC.TheStoicD.TheGiant
32.DaisyMiller’stragedyofindiscretionisintensifiedandenlargedbyitsnarrationfromthepointofviewof_______.
A.theauthorHenryJamesB.theItalianyouthGiovanelli
C.theAmericanyouthWinterbourneD.hermotherMrs.Miller
33.TheimpactofDarwin"sevolutionarytheoryontheAmericanthoughtandtheinfluenceofthe
nineteenth-centuryFrenchliteratureontheAmericanmenoflettersgaverisetoyetanotherschoolof
realism:
American________.
A.localcolorismB.vernacularismC.modernismD.naturalism
34.Itisonhis_______thatWashingtonIrving’sfamemainlyrested.
A.childhoodrecollectionsB.sketchesabouthisEuropeantours
C.earlypoetryD.talesaboutAmerica
35."Ifhonestlaborbeunremunerativeanddifficulttoendure;ifitbethelong,longroadwhichneverreaches
beauty,butweariesthefeetandtheheart;ifthedragtofollowbeautybesuchthatoneabandonsthe
admiredway,takingratherthedespisedpathleadingtoherdreamsquickly,whoshallcastthefirststone?
"
Whereistheunderlinedphrasetakenfrom?
A.TheBible.B.Milton.C.Shakespeare.D.Hawthorne.
36.Besidessketches,talesandessays,WashingtonIrvingalsopublishedabookon______,whichisalso
consideredanimportantpartofhiscreativewriting.
A.poetictheoryB.FrenchartC.historyofNewYorkD.lifeofGeorgeWashington
37.InFitzgerald'sTheGreatGatsby,therearedetaileddescriptionsofbigparties.Thepurposeofsuch
descriptionsissoshow_______.
A.emptinessoflifeB.thecorruptionoftheupperclass
C.contrastoftherichandthepoorD.thehappydaysoftheJazzAge
38.InAmericanliterature,escapingfromthesocietyandreturningtonatureisacommonsubject.The
followingtitlesareallrelated,inonewayoranother,tothesubjectexcept_______.
A.MarkTwain'sTheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinnB.Dreiser'sSisterCarrie
C.Copper'sLeather-StockingTalesD.Thoreau'sWalden
39.Whichofthefollowingnovelscanberegardedas
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