英国文学选读练习题 含答案.docx

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英国文学选读练习题含答案

ExerciseforEnglishLiterature

（2）

Choosethebestanswerforeachblank.

1.________,the“fatherofEnglishpoetry”andoneofthegreatestnarrativepoetsofEngland,wasborninLondonabout1340.

A.GeoffreyChaucerB.SirGawain

C.FrancisBaconD.JohnDryden

2.Chaucerdiedonthe25thOctober1400,andwasburiedin________.

A.FlandersB.France

C.ItalyD.WestminsterAbbey

3.Theprogressinindustryathomestimulatedthecommercialexpansionabroad.________encouragedexplorationandtravel,whichwerecompatiblewiththeinterestoftheEnglishmerchants.

A.HenryVB.HenryVII

C.HenryVIIID.QueenElizabeth

4.ExceptbeingavictoryofEnglandover________,theroutofthefleet“Armada”（Invincible）wasalsothetriumphoftherisingyoungbourgeoisieoverthedecliningoldfeudalism.

A.SpainB.France

C.AmericaD.Norway

5.Atthebeginningofthe16thcenturytheoutstandinghumanist________wrotehisUtopiainwhichhegaveaprofoundandtruthfulpictureofthepeople’ssufferingandputforwardhisidealofafuturehappysociety.

A.ThomasMoreB.ThomasMarlowe

C.FrancisBaconD.WilliamShakespear

6.AbsolutemonarchyinEnglandreacheditssummitduringthereignofQueen________.

A.MaryB.Elizabeth

C.WilliamD.Victoria

7.EnglishRenaissancePeriodwasanageof________.

A.proseandnovelB.poetryanddrama

C.essaysandjournalsD.balladsandsongs

8.Fromthefollowing,choosetheonewhichisnotFrancisBacon’swork:

________.

A.TheAdvancementofLearningB.TheNewInstrument

C.EssaysD.TheNewAtlantics

E.VenusandAdonis

9.“ShallIcomparetheetoasummer’sday?

”ThisisthebeginninglineofoneofShakespeare’s________.

A.songsB.plays

C.comediesD.sonnets

10.TheheroinesofShakespeare’sgreatcomedies,________arethedaughtersoftheRenaissance,whoseimagesandstorieswillremainalegacytoreadersandaudiencesofalltime.

A.PortiaB.Roseland

C.ViolaD.Beatrice

11.ChoosethefourgreattragediesofShakespearefromthefollowing________.

A.HamletB.Othello

C.MacbethD.KingLear

E.TimonofAthens

12.Whichplayisnotacomedy?

________

A.AMidsummerNight’sDreamB.TheMerchantofVenice

C.TwelfthNightD.RomeoandJuliet

E.AsYouLikeIt

13.“Denmarkisaprison”.Inwhichplaydoestheherosummarisehisobservationofhisworldintosuchabittersentence?

________

A.CharlesIB.Othello

C.HenryVIIID.Hamlet

14.Theworksof________andtheAuthorisedVersionoftheEnglishBiblearethetwogreattreasuriesoftheEnglishlanguage.

A.GeoffreyChaucerB.EdmundSpenser

C.WilliamShakespeareD.BenJohnson

15.Inwhichplaydoestheheroshowhisprofoundreverenceformanthroughthesentence:

“Whatapieceofwokisaman!

Hownobelinreason!

Howfiniteinfaculty!

”________

A.RomeoandJulietB.Hamlet

C.OthelloD.TheMerchantofVenice

16.In1649,________wasbeheaded.Englandbecameacommonwealth.

A.JamesIB.JamesII

C.CharlesID.CharlesII

17.Therevolutionof1688meantthreeofthefollowingthings:

________.

A.thesupremacyofParliament

B.thebeginningofmodernEngland

C.thetriumphoftheprincipalliberty

D.thetriumphoftheprincipleofpoliticalliberty

E.theRestorationofmonarchy

18.Whoofthefollowingweretheimportantmetaphysicalpoets?

________

A.JohnDonneB.GeorgeHerbert

C.JohnMiltonD.RichardLovelace

19.WhichworkwasNOTwrittenbyJohnMilton?

________

A.ParadiseLostB.ParadiseRegained

C.SamsonAgonistesD.Volpone

20.ParadiseLostis________.

A.JohnMilton’smasterpiece

B.agreatepicin12books

C.writteninblankverse

D.abouttheheroicrevoltofSatanagainstGod’sauthority

21.JohnMiltonis________.

A.agreatrevolutionarypoetofthe17thcentury

B.anoutstandingpoliticalpamphleteer

C.agreatstylist

D.agreatmasterofblankverse

22.FromtheOldTestament,JohnMiltontookhisstoriesofParadiseLost,i.e.________.

A.thecreation

B.therebellioninHeavenofSatanandhisfellow-angels

C.theirdefeatandexpulsionfromHeaven

D.thecreationofthedeathandofadamandEve

E.thefallenangelsinhellplottingagainstGod

F.Satan’stemptationofEve

G.thedepartureofAdamandEvefromEden

23.ThefinestthinginParadiseLostisthedescriptionofhell,and________isoftenregardedastherealheroofthepoem.

A.GodB.Satan

C.AdamD.Eve

24.WhoisthegreatestoftheMetaphysicalschoolofpoetry?

________

A.JohnDonneB.GeorgeHerbert

C.AndrewMarvellD.HenryVaugham

25.________wasaprogressiveintellectualmovementthroughoutWesternEuropeinthe18thcentury.

A.TheRenaissanceB.TheEnlightenment

C.TheReligiousReformationD.TheChartistMovement

26.Themainliterarystreamofthe18thcenturywas________.Whatthewritersdescribedintheirworksweremainlysocialrealities.

A.naturalismB.romanticism

C.classicismD.realism

E.sentimentalism

27.TheeighteenthcenturywasthegoldenageoftheEnglish________.Thenovelofthisperiodspokethetruthaboutlifewithanuncompromisingcourage.

A.dramaB.poetry

C.essayD.novel

28.In1704,JonathanSwiftpublishedtwoworkstogether,________and________,whichmadehimwell-knownasasatirist.

A.ATaleofaTubB.BickerstaffAlmanac

C.Gulliver’sTravelsD.AModestProposal

29.“Properwordsinproperplaces,makesthetruedefinitionofastyle.”Thissentenceissaidby________,oneofthegreatestmastersofEnglishprose.

A.AlexanderPopeB.HenryFielding

C.DanielDefoeD.JonathanSwift

30.Asajournalist,________hadlearnedhowtomakehisreportingvividandcrediblebyaskillfuluseofcircumstantialdetail.Thispowertomakehischaractersaliveandhisstoriescredibleisaninimitablegift.

A.JosephAddisonB.DanielDefoe

C.SamuelRicharsonD.TobiasSmollett

31.WhichofthefollowingareNOTwrittenbyWilliamBlake?

________

A.PoeticalSketchesB.SongsofInnocence

C.SongsofExperienceD.AuldLangSyne

E.TheMarriageofHeavenandHellF.Prophecis

G.VisionsoftheDaughtersofAlbionandAmerica,aProphecy

32.Inthe18thcenturyEnglishliterature,therepresentativepoetsofpre-romanticismwere________.

A.WilliamWordsworthB.WilliamBlake

C.RobertBurnsD.JonathanSwift

33.TheRomanticAgebegabwiththepublicationofTheLyricalBalladswhichwaswrittenby________.

A.WilliamWordsworthB.SamuelJohnson

C.SamuelTaylorColeridgeD.WordsworthandColeridge

34.TheRomanticAgecametoanendwiththedeathofthelastwell-knownromanticwriter________.

A.JaneAustenB.WalterScott

C.SamuelTaylorColeridgeD.WilliamWordsworth

35.ThegloryoftheRomanticAgeliesinthepoetryof________.

A.WilliamWordsworthB.SamuelTaylorColeridge

C.GeorgeGordonByronD.PercyByssheShelley

E.JohnKeats

36.TheEnglishRomanticAgeproducedtwomajornovelists.Theyare________.

A.GeorgeGordonByronandPercyByssheShelley

B.WilliamWordsworthandSamuelTaylorColeridge

C.WalterScottandJaneAusten

D.CharlesLambandWilliamHazlitt

37.WhichpoetsbelongtotheActiveRomanticgroup?

________

A.GeorgeGordonByronB.WilliamWordsworth

C.PercyByssheShelleyD.JohnKeats

E.JohnMilton

38.WhichpoetsbelongtotheLakers?

________

A.WilliamWordsworthB.SamuelTaylorColeridge

C.JohnKeatsD.RobertSouthey

E.WalterScott

39.WhichofthefolloeingwerewrittenbyWordsworthONLY?

________

A.TotheCuckooB.TheLyricalBallads

C.LucyPoemsD.TheSolitaryReaper

E.IWanderedLonelyasaCloud

40.Thepublicationof________markedthebreakwiththeconventionalpoeticaltraditionofthe18thcentury,i.e.,withclassicism,andthebeginningoftheRomanticrevivalinEngland.

A.TheLyricalBalladsB.ThePrelude

C.ChildeHarold’sPilgrimageD.DonJuan

41.Ascontrastedwiththeclassicistswhomadereason,orderandtheold,classicaltraditionsthecriteriaintheirpoeticalcreations,________basedhisownpoeticalprincipleonthepremisethat“allgoodpoetryisthespontaneousoverflowofpowerfulfeeling.”

A.SamuelTaylorColeridgeB.GeorgeGordonByron

C.PercyByssheShelleyD.WilliamWordsworth

42.________wasthefirstcriticoftheRomanticSchool.

A.WilliamWordworthB.SamuelJohnson

C.SamuelTaylorColeridgeD.WordworthandColeridge

43.Whichofthefollowingstatementsis（are）NOTtrueaboutGeorgeGordonByron?

________

A.Byron’searlyyearshadbeenfarfromhappyforhewasbornwithaclubfoot,inthefrequentfamilysceneshismothercalledhim“youlamebrat.”

B.ByrondiedinItalyanndwasdeeplymournedbytheItalianpeopleandbyallprogressivepeoplethroughouttheworld.

C.Thereactionarycriticismofthe19thcenturytriedtobelittleByron’sgeniusandhisroleinthedevelopmentofEnglishliterature,butByronremainsoneofthemostpopularEnglishpoetsbothathomeandabroad.

D.SincetheMay4Movementin1919,moreandmoreofByron’spoemshavebeentranslatedintoChineseandwellreceivedbythepoetsandyoungreaders.Byronhasnowbecomeoneofthebest-knownEnglishpoetsinourcountry.

44.In1805,Wordsworthcompletedalongautobiographicalpoementitled________.

A.BiographialiterariaB.ThePrelude

C.LucyPoemsD.TheLyricalBallads

45.________isregardedasthemostwonderfullyricistEnglandhaseverproducedmainlyforhispoemsonnature,onlove,andonpolitics.

A.WilliamWordsworthB.JohnKeats

C.Geor