《英语语言学》概论总习题.docx

1、英语语言学概论总习题英语语言学概论总习题第一套复习试卷I. Choose the one that would best complete the statement below. (30 points, 2 points each)1. John Dryden called _ the father of English poetry.A. Geoffrey Chaucer B. Edmund SpencerC. John Milton D. John Donne2. _ is regarded today as the national epic of the Anglo-Saxons.A

2、. Beowulf B. The Canterbury TalesC. Don Juan D. Paradise Lost3. The Merchant of Venice is a _.A. tragedy B. comedy C. history play D. tragicomedy4. Hamlet faces the dilemma between _.A. action and mind B. dream and realityC. money and power D. hate and love5. John Miltons masterpiece is his _.A. Par

3、adise Lost B. Paradise RegainedC. Samson Agonistes D. Areopagitica6. Robert Frost is a regional poet in the sense that his poems depict mostly _.A. the frontier life B. The sea adventuresC. the Puritan community D. New England landscape7. The novel _ is not written by Henry James.A. The Ambassadors

4、B. The Wings of the DoveC. The Bostonians D. The Mysterious Stranger8. In the 1920s decade, ONeill established an international reputation with such plays as _. A. The Emperor Jones B. Anna ChristieC. The Hairy Ape D. all of the above9. Fitzgeralds fictional world is the best embodiment of the spiri

5、t of the Jazz Age, in which he shows a particular interest in _ society.A. the middle-class B. the upper-classC. the lower-middle-class D. the working-class10. Apart from the dislocation of time and the modern stream-of-consciousness, the other narrative techniques Faulkner used to construct his sto

6、ries include _, symbolism and mythological and biblical allusions.A. impressionism B. expressionismC. multiple points of view D. first person point of view11. The following are Shakespeares greatest tragedies except _.A. Hamlet B. Othello C. Twelfth Night D. King Lear12. _ is a novella about a young

7、 American girl who gets “killed” by the winter in Rome, and it brought Henry James international fame for the first time.A. The American B. The Europeans C. Daisy Miller D. The Portrait of A lady13. John Donne is the leading figure of _.A. Lake Poets B. Graveyard School C. Satanic Poets D. Metaphysi

8、cal School14. In Jane Austens novels, life and human nature are exposed _.A. at moments of crisis B. during the battlesC. in the most trivial incidents of everyday D. through the traveling15. The following writers were awarded Nobel Prize for literature except _.A. William Faulkner B. F. Scott Fitzg

9、erald C. John Steinbeck D. Ernest HemingwayII. Complete each of the following statements with a proper word or a phrase. (30 points, 2 points each)16. Edmund Spensers masterpiece is _, a great poem of its age.17. Marlowes greatest achievement lies in that he perfected _ and made it the principle med

10、ium of English drama.18. As a lexicographer, Samuel Johnson distinguished himself as the author of the first English dictionary by an Englishman: _, a gigantic task which Johnson undertook single-handedly and finished in over seven years.19. Popes An Essay on Criticism is a didactic poem written in

11、_.20. _ has been regarded by some as “Father of the English Novel” for his contribution to the establishment of the form of the modern novel.21. Mark Twain preferred to have his own region and people at the forefront of his stories. This particular concern about the local character of a region came

12、about as _, a unique variation of American literary realism.22. Pound was the leader of a new movement in Poetry which he called “_” movement.23. Dreiser broke away form the genteel tradition of literature and dramatized the life in a very _ way24. One of the most familiar themes in American natural

13、ism is the theme of human _, especially as an explanation of sexual desire.25. Two major figures of black fiction in America are _ and Ralph Ellison.26. Apart from Darwinism, the two thinkers whose ideas had the greatest impact on the Modernism period were the German _ and the Austrian Sigmund Freud

14、.27. With the Norman Conquest starts the _ Period in English Literature.28. Emily Brontes masterpiece is _29. Ulysses gives an account of mans life during one day in _30. In the mid-1950s and early 1960s, there appeared a group of young novelists and playwrights with lower-middle-class or working cl

15、ass background, they demonstrated a particular disillusion over the depressing situation in Britain and launched a bitter protest against the outmoded social and political values in their society. They were known as “_”.III. For each of the quotations listed below please give the name of the author

16、and the title of the literary work from which it is taken and then briefly interpret it. (18 points, 6 points each)31“Nor lose possession of that fair thou owst; Nor shall death brag thou wanderst in his shade, When in eternal lines to time thou growst: So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see, S

17、o long lives this, and this gives life to thee.”32. His father picked the baby up and slapped it to make it breathe and handed it to the old woman. “See, its a boy, Nick,” he said. “How do you like being an internee?” Nick said, “All right.” He was looking away so as not to see what his father was d

18、oing.33. “Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth;”IV. Give brief answers to the following questions. (22 points, 11 points each)34. Why do we say Hawthorne is a

19、 master of symbolism? Give at least two examples of symbols from The Scarlet Letter.35. Why is Thomas Hardy often regarded as a transitional writer?第二套复习试卷I. Choose the one that would best complete the statement below. (30 points, 2 points each)1.Romance,which uses narrative verse or prose to tell s

20、tories of _ adventures or other heroic deeds, is a popular literary form in the medieval period. A.Christian B.knightly C.Greek D.primitive2.Among the great Middle English poets, Geoffrey Chaucer is known for his production of _. A.Piers Plowman B.Sir Gawain and the Green Knight C.Confessio Amantis

21、D.The Canterbury Tales3.Which of the following historical events does not directly help to stimulate the rising of the Renaisssance Movement? A.The rediscovery of ancient Greek and Roman culture. B.The new discoveries in geography and astrology. C.The Glorious revolution. D.The religious reformation

22、 and the economic expansion.4.Which of the following statements best illustrates the theme of Shakespeares Sonnet 18? A.The speaker eulogizes the power of Nature. B.The speaker satirizes human vanity. C.The speaker praises the power of artistic creation. D.The speaker meditates on mans salvation.5.“

23、And we will sit upon the rocks,/Seeing the shepherds feed their flocks,/By shallow rivers to whose falls/Melodious birds sing madrigals.”The above lines are probably taken from _. A.Spensers The Faerie Queene B.John Donnes “The Sun Rising” C.Shakespeares “Sonnet 18” D.Marlowes “The Passionate Shephe

24、rd to His Love”6.“Bassanio:Antonio,I am married to a wife Which is as dear to me as life itself; But life itself, My wife, and all the world. Are not with me esteemd above thy life; I would lose all, ay, sacrifice them all, Here to the devil, to deliver you. Portia:Your wife would give you little th

25、anks for that, If she were by to hear you make the offer.”The above is a quotation taken from Shakespeares comedy The Merchant of Venice.The quoted part can be regarded as a good example to illustrate _. A.dramatic irony B.personification C.allegory D.symbolism7.The ture subject of John Donnes poem,

26、“The Sun Rising,” is to _. A.attack the sun as an unruly servant B.give compliments to the mistress and her power of beauty C.criticize the suns intrusion into the lovers private life D. lecture the sun on where true royalty and riches lie8.Of all the 18thcentury novelists Henry Fielding was the fir

27、st to set out, both in theory and practice, to write specifically a “_ in prose,”the first to give the modern novel its structure and style. A.tragic epic B.comic epic C.romance D.lyric epic9.The Houyhnhnms depicted by Jonathan Swift in Gullivers Travels are _. A.horses that are endowed with reason

28、B.pigmies that are endowed with admirable qualities C.giants that are superior in wisdom D.hairy,wild, low and despicable creatures, who resemble human beings not only in appearance but also in some other ways.10.Here are four lines from a literary work:“Others for language all their care express,/A

29、nd value books,as women men, for dress.”The work is _. A.Thomas Grays “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard” B.John Miltons Paradise Lost C.Alexander Popes Essay on Criticism D.Shakespeares Midsummer Nights Dream11.The phrase “to urge people to abide by Christian doctrines and to seek salvation thr

30、ough constant struggles with their own weaknesses and all kinds of social evils” may well sum up the implied meaning of _. A.Gullivers Travels B.The Rape of the Lock C.Robinson Crusoe D.The pilgrims Progress12.William Wordsworth, a romantic poet, advocated all the following EXCEPT _. A.the use of everyday language spoken by the common people B.the expression of the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings C.the use of humble and rustic life as subject matter D.the use of elegant wording and inflated figures of speech13.Wh