欧美文学鉴赏考试重点.docx

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欧美文学鉴赏考试重点

单项选择

1.MarkTwain,oneofthegreatest19thcenturyAmericanwriters,iswellknownforhis____.

A）internationalthemeB）imageryC）localcolorD）symbolism

2.Authorsandpoemsarecorrectlypairedinallofthefollowingexcept________.

A）WilliamWordsworth—TheSolitaryReaper

B）JohnKeats—AuldLyneSyne

C）EdgarAllanPoe—ToHelen

D）WaltWhitman—LeavesofGrass

3.EmilyDickinsonwrotemanyshortpoemsonvariousaspectsoflife.Whichofthefollowingisnotausualsubjectofherpoeticexpression?

A）Religion.B）Lifeanddeath.

C）Loveandmarriage.D）Warandpeace.

4.WaltWhitmanwasapioneeringfigureofAmericanpoetry.Hisinnovationfirstofallliesinhisuseof,poetrywithoutafixedbeatorregularrhymescheme.

A）blankverseB）heroiccouplet

C）freeverseD）iambicpentameter

5.InTheScarletletterofNathanielHawthorne,theletterAhasseveralsymbolicmeaningsexcept_______.

A）AdulteryB）AvengeC）AwakeD）Angel

6.WilliamWordsworth,aromanticpoet,advocatedallthefollowingEXCEPT___.

A）theuseofeverydaylanguagespokenbythecommonpeople

B）theexpressionofthespontaneousoverflowofpowerfulfeelings

C）theuseofhumbleandrusticlifeassubjectmatter

D）theuseofelegantwordingandinflatedfiguresofspeech

7.“IfWintercomes,canSpringbefarbehind!

”isanepigrammaticlineby.

A）J.Keats         B）W.Blake        

C）W.Wordsworth     D）P.B.Shelley

8.___isthefirstimportantgovernessnovelintheEnglishliteraryhistory.

 A）JaneEyre          B）Emma

 C）WutheringHeights   D）Middlemarch

9.“Thedignityofmovementofanicebergisduetoonlyone-eighthofitbeingabovewater.”This“iceberg”analogyaboutprosestylewasputforwardby_____.

A）WilliamFaulknerB）HenryJames

C）ErnestHemingwayD）F·ScottFitzgerald

10.Forhiscontributiontotheestablishmentoftheformofthemodernnovel,______hasbeenregardedas“FatheroftheEnglishNovel”.

A）DanielDefoeB）JonathanSwift

C）HenryFieldingD）NathanielHawthorne

11.HesterPryme,Dimmsdale,ChillingworthandPearlarethenamesofthecharactersin___.

 A）TheScarletLetter        B）TheHouseoftheSevenGables

 C）ThePortraitofaLady    D）Thepioneers

12.AfterTheadventuresofTomSawyer,TwaingivesaliteraryindependencetoTom'sbuddyHuckinabookentitled___.

 A）LifeontheMississippi

 B）TheGildedAge

 C）TheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinn

 D）AConnecticutYankeeinKingArthur'sCourt

13.TheHemingwayCodeHeroesarebestrememberedfortheir.

A）indestructiblespirit       B）pessimisticviewoflife

C）warexperiences                D）masculinity

14.ToniMorrison'snovelwonthePulizerPrize.

A）ParadiseB）SulaC）BelovedD）TarBaby

15.Americanliteratureproducedonlyonefemalepoetduringthenineteenthcentury.Thiswas_____.

A）CharlotteBronte     B）JaneAusten

C）EmilyDickinson      D）T.S.Eliot

16.WhichofthefollowingplaysdoesnotbelongtoShakespeare’sfourgreattragedies?

A）RomeoandJuliet     B）KingLear

C）Hamlet             D）Macbeth

17.WhichofthefollowingplaysbyShakespeareisNOTacomedy?

A）TheMerchantofVenice

B）AMidsummerNight’sDream仲夏之夜

C）AsYoulikeIt皆大欢喜

D）Hamlet

18._____isthemostcommonfootinEnglishpoetry.

A）Theiamb 抑楊格短長格         B）Theanapest抑抑扬格

C）Thetrochee扬抑格          D）Thedactyl扬抑抑格

19.Portiaisacharacterin.

A）HamletB）RomeoandJuliet

C）TheMerchantofVeniceD）Asyoulikeit

20.Thepublicationof______markedthebeginningofRomanticAge.

A）DonJuan          

B）TheRimeoftheAncientMariner（古舟子咏byColeridge英国诗人柯勒律治）

C）LyricalBallads 

D）QueenMab

21.ThegreatestEnglishcriticalrealistnovelistwas_____,whocriticizedthebourgeoiscivilizationandshowedthemiseryofthecommonpeople.

A）WilliamMakepeaceThackeray（英国小说家萨克雷）B）CharlesDickens

C）CharlotteBronte            D）EmilyDickinson

22.CharlesDickenstakestheFrenchRevolutionasthebackgroundofthenovel______.

A）ATaleofTwoCities    B）GreatExpectations

C）HardTimes          D）DavidCopperfield

23.“Doyouthink,becauseIampoor,obscure,plain,andlittle,Iamsoullessandheartless?

...” 

Theabovequotedpassageismostprobablytakenfrom        .

A）GreatExpectationsB）WutheringHeights

C）JaneEyreD）PrideandPrejudice

24.AmongthegreatMiddleEnglishpoets,GeoffreyChaucerisknownforhisproductionof.

A）PiersPlowmanB）SirGawainandtheGreenKnight

C）ConfessioAmantisD）TheCanterburyTales

25.“AndnowhestaredathersoearnestlythatIthoughttheveryintensityofisgazewouldbringtearsintohiseyes;buttheyburnedwithanguish,theydidnotmelt”arefoundin          .

A）WutheringHeightsB）JaneEyre

C）Gulliver’sTravelsD）ParadiseLost

26.ThemostdistinguishingfeatureofCharlesDickens’worksis________.

A）thevernacularandlargevocabularyB）hishumorandwit

C）character-portrayalD）picturesofpathos

27.JaneAusten’sfirstnovel________tellsastoryabouttwosistersandtheirloveaffairs.

A）SenseandSensibilityB）PrideandPrejudice

C）NorthangerAbbeyD）MansfieldPark

28.AllofthefollowingpoemsbyWilliamWordswortharemasterpiecesonnatureEXCEPT________.

A）IWanderedLonelyasaCloudB）AnEveningWalk

C）TinterAbbeyD）TheSolitaryReaper

29.Shelley’sgreatestachievementishisfour-actpoeticdrama______,whichisanexultantworkinpraiseofhumankind’spotential.

A）AdonaisB）QueenMab

C）PrometheusUnboundD）ADefenceofPoetry

30.AmongthethreemajorpoeticalworksbyJohnMilton,________isthemostperfectexampleofversedramaaftertheGreekstyleinEnglish.

A）SamsonAgonistesB）ParadiseLost

C）ParadiseRegainedD）Areopagitica

31.In_______,Shakespearehasnotonlymadeaprofoundanalysisofthesocialcrisisinwhichtheevilscanbeseeneverywhere,butalsocriticizedthebourgeoisegoism.

A）HamletB）Othello

C）KingLearD）Macbeth

32.JohnMilton’sgreatestpoeticalwork_______istheonlygenerallyacknowledgedepicinEnglishliteraturesinceBeowulf.

A）AreopagiticaB）ParadiseLost

C）LycidasD）SamsonAgonistes

33.TheAdventuresofTomSawyeranditssequence______provedthemselvestobethemilestoneintheAmericanliterature.

A）TheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinnB）LifeontheMississippi

C）TheGildedAgeD）RoughingIt

34.WaltWhitmanisapoetwithastrongsenseofmission,havingdevotedallhislifetothecreationofthe“single”poem,______.

A）TheRoadNotTakenB）TheWasteLand

C）WhenYouAreOldD）LeavesofGrass

35.ThebestrepresentativesoftheEnglishhumanistsareThomasMore,ChristopherMarloweand__________.

A）WilliamShakespeareB）JohnMilton

C）HenryFieldingD）JonathanSwift

36.Thesentence"ShallIcomparetheetoasummer'sday?

"isthebeginninglineofoneofShakespeare's______.

A）comediesB）tragediesC）sonnetsD）histories

37.AfterreadingthefirstchapterofPrideandPrejudice,wemaycometoknowthatMrs.Bennetisawomanof_______.

A）simplecharacterandquickwit

B）simplecharacterandpoorunderstanding

C）intricatecharacterandquickwit

D）intricatecharacterandpoorunderstanding

38.TheFatherofAmericandetectivestoryis_______.

A）HermanMelvilleB）EdgarAllanPoe

C）MarkTwainD）NathanielHawthorne

39.DanielDefoedescribes__________asatypicalEnglishmiddle-classmanoftheeighteenthcentury,theveryprototypeoftheempirebuilder,thepioneercolonist.

A）RobinsonCrusoeB）MollFlanders

C）GulliverD）TomJones

40.MarkTwain'scelebratedhumoristypically________.

A）AmericanB）EuropeanC）BritishD）French

41.Greatlyandpermanentlyaffectedbythe______experiences,Hemingwayformedhisownwritingstyle,togetherwithhisthemeandhero.

A.miningB.farmingC.warD.sailing

42.JohnMilton’sParadiseLosttookitsmaterialfrom______.

A）TheBibleB）Greekmyth

C）RomanmythD）Frenchromance

43.ThethemesofWhitWhitman’spoemsincludethefollowingexcept________.

A）democracyB）thecultureC）thelandD）therace

44.CharlesDickens’novel,______,isfamousforitsvividdescriptionsofthework-houseandlifeoftheunderworldinthenineteenth-centuryLondon.

A）BleakHouseB）OliverTwist

C）DavidCopperfieldD）LittleDorrit

45.AmongtheRomanticpoets_____isregardedasa“worshiperofnature”（自然诗人）.

A）WilliamBlake B）WilliamWordsworth

C）GeorgeGordonByron D）JohnKeats

46．TheHouseoftheSevenGables wasbasedonthetraditionofacursepronouncedon________’sfamilywhenhisgreat-grandfatherwasajudgeintheSalemwitchcrafttrials.

A）NathanielHawthorne B）WashingtonIrving美作家华盛顿·欧文

C）HermanMelvilleD）WaltWhitman

47．Itis___alonewho,forthefirsttimeinEnglishliteraturepresentedtousacomprehensiverealisticpictureoftheEnglishsocietyofhistimeandcreatedawholegalleryofvividcharactersfromallwalksoflife.

A）FrancisBacon（英国作家培根）B）GeoffreyChaucer

C）WilliamShakespeareD）JohnDonne（英国诗人邓恩）

48.IntheRomanticperiod,____isthemostprosperousliteraryform.

A）proseB）poetryC）fictionD）play

49."WildSpirit,whichartmovingeverywhere;Destroyerandpreserver,hear,Ohear!

"Thetwolinesarefoundin_____.

A）ARed,RedRosebyRobertBurns

B）OdetotheWestWindbyPercyShelly

C）LeavesofGrassbyWaltWhitman

D）ShewalksinBeautybyGeorgeByron

50.IntermsofPrideandPrejudice,whichisnottrue?

A）PrideandPrejudiceisthemostpopularofJaneAusten’snovels.

B）PrideandPrejudiceisoriginallydraftedas"FirstImpressions".

C）PrideandPrejudiceisatragicnovel.